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" HEN is farming at its best?

This is a bold question,

and would, no doubt, have





rived from a single source. But hard les-

sons have been learned these past two

years in the great out-door school of ag-

riculture. .-



Farms, like the one inspected by one of





our foremost economists, appear Know to be





leading the ”way. - From this farm of 145

acres “were received for sheep, lambs and

wool: $2,087; for swine, $1,240; forbeans,

$855; for apples, $800, and for potatoes,

$105., The value of the farm was inven-





- toned at $12,090. , ,





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.farmer quite differently three years ago-

thannow.’ Then envious eyes were cast





tip-on the one-crop farms—farms where, at

leaSt,_fortyper cent of the income was de-





lowed a diversified type of agriculture. He

insisted that there were certain definite

advantages in his program which could not

be had through specialization. First in im-

portance, he declared, was the opportunity

for the rotation of crops. There were un—

usual circumstances, he thought, where one

may be justified in devoting himself to spe-

cialized lines, but this does not hold true

in strictly farming sections. Many Cl'OpS

make possible a wiSe policy of. soil feeding

which keeps it strong for crop production.



“Then we do not take the risk,” he con-

tinued, “which the specialist does. He,

truly, may make a ‘killing’ occasionally,

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variably enjoys * success in, at

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farming every year, regardless oil

the temperament of the weather man.”



This farmer further contended that both

horse and man labor could be better dis-,

tributed throughout the year. He and his

men are not crowded to exhaustion one

month and then drawing gravel or helping

the section boss the following month. Live

stock and many crops, properly adjusted to

each other, call for all the time of the men

and the teams and, yet, occasion the seek-

ing of very little extra hiring.



Finally, a glance at the income column

of the ledger kept by this man told plainly

that returns were had at different seasons

of the‘ryear.‘ He sold his lambs in January,

wool in August and individual sheep for

breeding purposes,(Continued on page 41).





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he Cherry Industry of Michigan

Leads and Has Panzer/Ute: of Mace Greater Development

By Verne H. Church,





Agricultural Statirtican





T bis State New





HE’cherry industry in the region

of the Great Lakes, as-you"well

. know, has had a phenomenal

‘ growth during the last two decades.

The winter of 1898-1899 was unusually

cold, the Great Lakes froze over, auto-

matically eliminating the tempering

influence of their waters, and caused

widespread damage to the peach or-

chards of western New York, northern

Ohio, and western Michigan. Not only

were many orchards killed outright,

but the trees remaining alive were so

severely shocked that many died later

_ either as a direct result of the freeze

i or. having succumbed to disease. This

severe blew caused many fruit growers

to become discouraged With peaches,

_which‘had proven to be a rather uncer-

tain and often unprofitable crop. It





this list are Allegan, Antrim, Benzie,

Berrien, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse,

Kent, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Oce-

ana and Van Buren. According to the

1920 census \Grand Traverse county led

with 140,521 bearing trees; Benzie was

second with 103,453; Oceana. was third

with 97,453, and Leelanau was fourth

with 483,885 trees. The smallest num—

ber of trees for any county of the Mich-

igan group was 14,422 in Charlevoix

county. A survey made ,by the super-

visors during the past summer shows

the present number of bearing cherry





trees in the state to be 1,270,000, or

slightly more than 200,000 increase in

the last. three years. As it is believed

that no such change has taken 'place

in New York, it is quite certain that

we have considerably increased our

lead OVer that state during that time.

Every commercial county included in

the Michigan list shows a greater num-

ber than in 1920 except Antrim. Grand





Traverse has increased to 160,165, Ben—





zie with the report for one township

missing, to 108,095; Oceana. to 122,480,

and Leelanau to 94,958 bearing trees.





 





.was only natural that they should seek ,





a more hardy fruit and one that had a

better reputation for regularity in

hearing.



The record of existing commercial

cherry orchards was favorable and that

“fruit offered possibilities-for profitable



development. The setting of trees in-

creased slowly at first and then more

rapidly. The spreading of the dread

San Jose‘scale through the'apple 9r-

~ chards, and— further injury to the re-





maining peach orchards by later freez— '





es gave additional impetus .to the cher-

ry industry.



From an examination of the United

States census figures of 1920, we find

that Michigan leads in the number of

bearing trees of this fruit, although the

total number is only slightly greater



’ than in New York. In 1910, the num-

ber of bearing trees as shown in the

Iederal census was 760,183 in Michi-

. ~gen; 673,989 in New York; 1,144,271 in

, Ohio, and 290,495 in Wisconsin. At





‘ . _ that time each of these states, except

Ohio, also had about one-half as many _





'more trees that had not yet reached

the bearing age. By 1920, the number

'0! bearing, trees in Michigan had in-

creased forty—two 'per cent, making a

total of 1,077,000 in round numbers;

’New York had increased fifty-two per

' cent,'mak"ing-a total of 1,027,000; Ohio

had decreased twenty-six per cent,

.leaving’a total of 805,838, and Wiscon-





sin had increased fifty-one per cent,-





._ making a total of 437,480. The number

of young treesbelow the bearing age

{in 1920 was considerably legs than in

j .1910, but Michigan showed the greatest

number, nearly equaling those of New

.York and Wisconsin combined, and be-

ing one-third as many as the bearing

' acreage in the state at that time. New





‘Y‘orkhad only‘a little more than one-‘

_‘ .>~iféurth as many. Ohio 9. little less than

713' 011943011th as many, and Wiscousin one- -





fifth as many as in bearing. These fig-





‘ .,- ures indicate that the setting of trees

' ihas lessened considerably in recent





years but that the rate of decrease is

proportionately less in Michigan than





«nor cent: rubber, forty per cent; auto-j

' . thirteen per cent. Debits and bank

‘ .‘clearings show the same relation.” , ,





Here isEvidcnce of Michigan's Adaptability .to a Wide Variety of Crops.





Gains in Business Measured





'HE United States Department of

Commerce which makes a constant

study of business developments re-

views the progress in 1922 and out:

lines the prospect for 1923 as follows:

“It is with a feeling of satisfaction

that most industries can view the pro-

gress of the past year in spite of the

many difficulties which have been ex-

perienced. At the close of 1922 there

are no seribus obstacles in sight which

should hinder further advances during

the early part of the new year. The

unsettled conditions in foreign coun-

tries, particularly in Europe, are still

depressing our trade, and, to‘a certain

extent have, no doubt, kept the price

of agricultural products below the level

of other commodities. Within the past

two months this latter condition has,

in a measure, been relieved.

Production of manufactured commod-

ities in 1922 was about fifty per cent

greater than in 1921. Textile mills were

about twenty per cent moreactive than





in 193111“ the iron 'and- steel industry,





increased output from sixty to sev-

enty per: cent Otter 1921; non-ferous





metals from fifty to ninety-five per '





cent; petroleum, fifteen per cent; coke,

forty per cent;- paper, twenty to thirty





five pe1 cent; bliCk, fifty percent; ce-

ment, fifteen per cent; leathei, twenty

per cent; suga1,f—ortyfi-ve pei cent, and

meats about five pe1 cent. Agiicultur-

a1 receipts were in general higher than

in 1921. The only declines of outstand-

ing importance were seven per cent in

bituminous coal and forty-seven per

cent in anthracite.



The increase in production and the

reduction in immigration improved the

labor situation from the large surplus

of labor at the end of 1921 to a point

Where shortages occur, while unem-

ployment has almost ,been eliminated.



Transportation conditions changed

from a huge surplus of idle freight cars

to a considerable shortage, while. car

loadings were eleven per cent greater

than in 1921.



Prices to the farmer increased about

seventeen per cent during the year,

wholesale prices advanced ten per cent

and retail food prices declined five per

cent. This condition gives the farmer

a greater purchasing power and nar-





‘rows the margin between wholesaler





and retailer.



The v'olume of trade was consider~

ably heavier» than in 1921, Sales of

mail order houses increased six per

cent and chain stores show a gain of





The yeai 1919 was a poor fruit sea.-

son and the p1oduction for New York

was 166,877 bushels; Wisconsin, 160,-

592 bushels; Ohio, 338.644 bushels, and

Michigan, 360.952 bushels. The aver-

age yield per trees was .16 bushel in

New York; .30 in Ohio; .37 in Wiscon-

sin, and .34 in Michigan. In 1909, the

yields were better in New York and

Michigan but less in Ohio and Wiscon-

sin, the average per tree being .43

bushel for New York; .18 for Ohio;

.28 for \Visconsin, and .45 for Michi-

gan. These two years do not afford

sufficient evidence to indicate any su-

pe1iority of one state over another

with iespect ‘10 yields





F01 the 1egion as a whole, it is prob-

able that the Montnioiency is the lead-

ing variety, although in many counties

the honors are about equally divided

with the Early Richmond. Only the

sour varieties are grown in the WS-

cousin commercial district, and the

number of trees of Early Richmond

and Montmorency is about equal. The

sweet varieties are grown only to a

small extent, and very few trees are

being set. As the old orchards are

gradually dying, the number of sweet

cherry trees is steadily diminishing.



There are places in Michigan that

seem to be more favorable to the grow-





- ing of tender fruits than are found in





other sections of the lake region. The

prevailing winds are from the west,

and the greatest protection is afforded

in localities that lie along the eastern

edge of large bodies of water. Such a

region is western Michigan where,'f0r

nearly 300 miles north and south, there

is an expanse of open water to the

westward varying from fifty to nearly

one hundred miles in width. The only

times that Michigan has suffered se-

vere losses of trees has been the few

years that, Lake Michigan froze entire-

ly across as in 1899, 1913 and 1918.

The value of water influences is em-

phasized by the fact that nineteen of

the twenty»four commercial cherry

counties mentioned in this paper bor-.

der on the Great Lakes.





Michigan offers by far the best and

safest territory for future expansion.

The state of New York has many cit-

ies, including the metropolis of the

world, which will naturally consume a.

large proportion of its production. in

the *form of fresh fruits. Ohio’s re-

stricted area will only produce enough

for home consumption in its numerous

large industrial centers. VVisconsin’s

area cannot be expanded to any con-

siderable extent.



As a natural consequence of this sit-

uation, the canning industry has made,

extensive development in our state and;

there is no reason why Michigan

should not hold the center of the stage

in this direction for the future. , Dur-

ing the last twenty years, the period

in which our cherry production has

chiefly been developed, the industrial

population of our state has doubled,"





the great cities just beyond our bor- ' "





ders have grown rapidly, and mg 1131' '

proved methods in handling, preparing 3

and preserving our fruits have War p





sharpened our appetites for them:- j
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CURRENT COMMENT





THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘SAYS:





This is a good time to cultivate the

mental garden, for there are weeds

among thoughts as well as among

, crops.





The use of system enables one to do

things with the least wear and tear.

Be a “system” man even to the extent

of water and light systems.





Fixing up one side of our economic

house does not necessarily mean that

any injustice is being done the side

that is already in first~class order.





N the last issue we

commented on the





Stop the desirability of Michi-

Is’e Royale gan Farmer readers

Scheme keeping close tab on





the work of the legis-

lature and in close touch with their

representatives in that body during

the session just opened; to the end

that state taxes may be kept within

reasonable bounds. We take this op-

pOrtunity to point to a specific exam-

ple of this immediate need.





For some months numerous press

items have directed public attention to

Isle Royale. These were largely of a

historical trend, directing attention to

ancient mine workings on the island.

For some weeks propaganda has been

freely advanced for the purchase of

this same island by the state for a

state park. The idea has received lib-

eral support from strong newspapers,

and was endorsed by some of the most

prominent members of the legislature

before that body assembled for its ini-

tial session. Finally Governor Groes-

beck recommended it in his message,

thus making this proposition one for

serious and immediate consideration.





Our readers will be interested in

knowing more about Isle Royale and

the influences back of this scheme to

sell it to the state, at a price said to

be around four million dollars, for use

as a state park: The first item of

knowledge can be simply acquired.

The children’s geography will give its

location. The second item of informa-

tion is one which the taxpayers of the

State have every right to ask the back

‘ ems of this scheme to elucidate.

Briefly, Isle Royale is a large island

, ' InjLake Superior, something over forty

‘ ’Infles long and of some 250 square

miles in area. It lies within a few

miles of the Canadian. shore, some fifty

33.335 north from Kewcenow Point. the

point of, the state’s main





integral part of the state of Michigan.‘





It is traversed by ridges paralleling





those of Keweenaw Point which are _





said to contain valuable copper depos-

its. It has‘ been suggested in a recent-

ly published statement that the own-

ers of the portion or the island con-

taining. these deposits maybe behind

the scheme for the purchase of the

island for a state park, which might

enable them to hold their mineral

rights in reserve for future develop-

ment without the payment of a con-

siderable item of state andlcounty tax-

es which are, or should be, levied on

these holdings.



While the truth or falsity of this

published suggestion should be estab-

lished in the interest of the public wel-

fare, it is not essential to a determina-

tion on the part of the people of the

state as to whetheo they want to be

taxed millions of dollars for the pur-

chase of this distant and inaccessible

island for a state park. We believe

they will be able to decide this ques-

tion ’on its merits and Without preju-

dice, regardless of any sinister influ-

ences which may or may not be back-

ing the plan. To this end let us review





the plan strictly on its merits.





Whether this island is well adapted

for its proposed use seems to be a sub-

ject of dispute among those who have

explored it, with opinion widelydivid-

ed. But as to its accessibilty to the

people of the state there can be but

one opinion. It is farther from the

state’s center of population than the

famous Thousand Islands of the St.

Lawrence, and about equidistant with

Coney Island, New York’s noted jazz

playground. Few Michigan people

would be able to visit it‘even in sum-

mer without the aid of a private yacht,

while in winter it would be inaccessi-

ble to all.



Conservation of natural beauty for

the benefit of future generations iS‘an

admirable aim. But if the advocates

of this scheme are to be taken ser‘

iously, the natural beauty of this is—

land has been preserved to date. No-

body has yet stolen this beauty spot.

Probably nobody will in the near fu-

ture. The people of the state can well

afford to delay the purchase of this

island by their public servants on

state account until at least a reason-

able percentage of them have had

time, opportunity and inclination to go

and look it over, to see whether they

want it or not. We would suggest that





our readers advise their represent-.





atives at Lansing of their views on the

matter.





EVER 1n the his-





A tory of the state



, , have we been more

Leg’SIatme interested in govern-

Service mental activities at





Lansing, than we are

at this very moment. Agriculture in

particular, has been burdened with tax

loads which can no longer be borne

with grace. ' Something must be done.

Light is the greatest energizer, and

renovator. To keep the light turned

upon our state legislative body and up-

on individual legislators will, perhaps,

in the long run, help more to relieve

the citizens, than any other single act.



To this end the Michigan Farmer

desires to make it easy for its readers

to keep informed on the important leg-

islative work that is being done, and

especially asregards bills relating to

agriculture and rural life. Our repre-

sentative will be on the job in Lansing

throughout the present session, and,

through him, readers will be given a

regular news service on activities at

the capitol building. '



Furthermore, this journal hopes to

render a more personal service. Should

any reader desire to learn the status





of any bill in which he is interested, .

we shall be pleased to inform him.’





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not only keeping posted on what the

legislators are doing, but it should

also enable us as citizens to assist

in the enactment of favorable laws

and the defeat of undesirable ones

through proper petitioning ' and cor-

respondence with- a member, or mem-

bers, of our state law-making body.





 





Legislature Opens





By Our Special Correspondent





T Was Wednesday, the third day of



the ‘New Year, when the wise men



were gathered together at the Leg-

islative Halls. They came from the

east and from the west and from the

north and from the south, one hundred

strong in the house of representatives

and thirty—two in the senate.



Like all well managed concerns the

first thing on the docket was the set-

ting of the stage. The house had to

have a. new leader and numerous other

appurtenances whatsoever, and the

senate suitable drinking water and

other items of major or minor import-

once.



The Speaker’s Address.



Hon. George W. Welsh, the newly

elected speaker of the house, is a bril-

liant young man from Kent county. He

believes thoroughly in team work. He

had his teams, half a, hundred of them,

already selected when he took the

chair. He calls them committees and

has instructed them to get into the

harness and pull all they can before

saddling their load onto the commit-

tee of the whole. He doesn’t want any

lagging so is not putting any top loads

on the leaders to worry them and dis-

tract their attention. He puts on the

finishing touches by urging somewhat

thusly: “To thine own self be true





and thou canst not then be false to





any man.”

The President’s Address.



Up in the senate chamber the pres-

ident and lieutenant-governor hit ofew

bulls’-eyes..He Said (only he said it in

nice language) that there were so

many places to spend the ,people’s

money that we would have to watch

the corners closely if the taxes be not

increased; that every dollar of in-

creased landtaxes meant another dol-

lar’s worth of blues to the farmer; that

all kinds of property must pay its

share of taxes; that economy should

be the watchword, but that our gov-

ernmental agencies which have been

built up for the protection of the peo-

ple must be kept in working condition.

He said that we should not forget to

say “thank yen” as well as “d—n you”

to our public servants; that the presi-

dential primary law should be

strengthened or repealed; that the

state wanted something to say about

railroad rates; that while the trucks





and the railroads compete for busi-,





ness, the railroads maintain their own

right-of—way while the people maintain

that for the trucks, some attention

needed here. Guess he said something

every time, eh?



The Governor’s Message.



All the state officers, the supreme

court, the Senators, and the people,

while the [standing-room lasted, came

into the house to hear the governor’s

message. He spoke deliberately and

distinctly and told how the state treas-

ury had been dug out of the mire of

debt, and how the establishmenLof a

complete System of acCountlng had

made an accurate record ‘1' the state’ s

business ‘ transactions , immediately

available. He then submitted Michi-

gan’s first Current balance sheet, show-

ing a current surplus of over ten mil-

lion dellars. . ‘ \



The governor named three para-





mount fiscal issues confronting uson‘d

calling for careful consideration. First. ':





 





Goondi,thcop





our road mogrom‘ as expeditiously lei ..





possible. ThirdIy, the urgent need. on





additional buildings at many of one

.State institutIOns. .





He advocated a subatontlalrdein‘eaoo





in the tax levy on real estate, a apo-~





cifio annual tax on government securi-

ties, and a small tax on intangibles.





He recommended civil service rules:





and the eight-hour day for state em-

ployes, a re~drafting of the Corrupt

Practices Act, drastic action against

the use of firearms, the placing of pri-

vate banks under state supervision,

more extensive control over fire insur-

ance rates, amend ts to the Blue

Sky Law to keép‘igfiace with existing

conditions, a. ferry service across the

Straits of Mackinac, the acqui ‘

of Isle Royale in Lake Superior;

converted into a state park,‘ if: .

hospital for crippled children, a new

state prison as soon as funds can be

obtained, the completion of the wom-

an’s training school at Okemos, and

the expunging of criminal features and

sentences from our corrective institu-

tions at Lansing and Adrian;





False Fairer





THE other day they got me to go

to a maskraid, what is aevent

where-folks want to look like what

they don’t want to any other time. For

inst, I went lookin’ like what you call

a lawyer, which is somebody what

helps us get into trouble. I looked so

much like old Dan Webster that one

couple wanted me to sign their Dec-

larashun of Independence, what law-

yers call divorce. I told them I be-

lieved in “United we stand, divided we

fall.” And anyhow their’s bein’ a fight

amongst themselves made it a civil

war which me.

rbein’ Mr. Web—

ster, didn’t know

nothin’ about.

At these mask-

raids you dance

with folks 'wh'at





 

 

 





 





 





 





dance with other

times. For inst.

' I danced with a

beautiful young lady what held me

tight and wiggled her shoulders, which





 





made Dan Webster feel pretty uncom- _





fortable.



Now I like to shake a wicked foot,

but when it comes to shakin’ other

parts 0’ the human anatomy I think

it’s more healthy to take the exercises

alone. ‘Anyhow, when they took the

false faces off, I found this nice young

lady was the young fellow what sold

me my Oughto, so what you call my

embarrassment was relieved.



But, you know, maskraids ain’t the

only place where folks wear false fac-

es. There’s some folks what put them

on and off- like their clothes. For inst,

there’s PennydPulford What is the

most accommodatin’ skinflint there is.

He kin rob you and make you feel

good While he is doin’ it. But after

the event is over, you really know-ho

is a robber in disguise.



The fellow what worked in Jones’

gents’ furnishin’ store wore such a





nice false face that he got Susie Mil- *





ler, one of the sweetest girls in town,

to go off and marry him. The other

day they found Susie in a county hos-





pital and brought her home a. lookin' V





like a wilted flower.

We all wear false faces sometimes.





Lots a times we give our hand when





we would like to give our fist.





Any kind of pretenshun, or actin' ,.

like what you ain't, is wearin’ a false





face.





You knew, I think it is a. good thing.





or all of us to try to find out. case:

b hind the faces wo see, ’c'ouso r:

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HAVE boon permitted to road a

manuscript statement on taxatiOn



in Michigan prepared by the Michi-

gan Real Estate Association for pre-





" sentation to the special state commis-

‘sion on inquiry into taxation, which





will report to the state legislature.

Pointing out that heavy taxation of





lgreal estate discourages home and farm





ownership and promotes tenancy beth





I in town and country, the association





gives its opinion that the present sys-

tern of taxing real estate has broken

down, that'real estate is hearing more

than its fair proportion of the cost of

government, and that attempts to les-

sen the tax (in real estate by certain

forms of supplemental taxes have not

been entirely successful. Methods of

assessment permit glaring discrepan-

cies, says the association, and the great

bulk of personal property, particularly

intangible property, pays little to the

cost of government.



The association in its recommenda-

tions calls for economy and even re-





' trenchment in governmental expendi-





tures, state and local, and urges that

the legislature refram from extending

the present functions of government,

such as will increase governmental out—

lays.



The association advocates the adop-

tion of the county as a unit for assess-

ing property in place of the township

and city, securing thereby greater uni-

formity and equity in assessments.





. This, it believes, would give greater _





dignity and importance to the office of

assessor and remove ~-assessors from

the immediate influence of those as-

sessed. The title of the county asses-





Checking Over the Year’s Business





How lVe Do Me 105 and Wéat We Fozma’





N every farm there is, or should



be, a set time, for beginning or



ending, the farm year. This time



is set apart for making the annual farm



inventm y, and for holding a sort of



"post mortem” of the seasonfs receipts

and expenditures.



Some people start the farm year the



first of April, or the first of March. We





'choose the first of January. There is





more about the farm to be placed in

the inventory at that tifne than at the

later date, but we also find more time

to devote to the job, and more time for

a thorough examination of the records,

and for a careful study of the results.



So interspersed with the big holiday

dinners, the gorging of sweets and





~ nuts, the games of “pit” or “put and

take,” the reading of thevnew Xmas-





books, and playing the children’s

games—interspersed with all these are

many hours devoted to close inspection

of the year's business. Here are some





' of the discoveries:





The inventory which usually comes

first and-,which tells the rounded out





story of profit, or loss, on the year’s





work remains about the same. The re





‘ sources showing lower on horses, high-

'er on cattle and hogs, lower on farm-

-ing tools, higher on ,i‘arm'prdduce, and

lower on miscellaneous items, stocks,

'bonds and notes, ’bills receivable and





cash on hand, the total of all resources





Vfo'ot within $100 of last year.





”This part of the inventory is not so





 





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Recammmdatzom Made 5y z‘fle State Real Estate .4 35061417072





are Treated” 53/ L. 21.6%416 '





-sor would then be, “the county director

of assessments}? The cointy director

of assessments would appoint neces-





sary. assistants for placing valuations





on property and making assessments.

The association calls for the submis-





sion to the assessor of a sworn state-T





ment of the amount of both tangible

and intangible personal property own-

ed and subjeCt to taxation under the

general property tax, the tax rates

thereon to be reduced. To provide the

uniform valuation of real estate, the

association recommends the compul-

sory use by assessors of land value

maps which show the foot frontage or

per acre valuation placed upon land for

assessment purposes. They would in-





‘dicate to the assessor and others the





rates applying to all properties of a

similar character. .They would present

a means of mathematical determina-





tion of values of lots at irregular di-

mensions.



The basic unit method of determin-

ing valuation of buildings is recom-

mended. The tax roll and receipt

should enter“land, buildings, tangible

personal, and intangible personal prop-

erty separately. Tax rates should be

entered for each class of propertyand

for each governmental division.



That all taxes payable in Michigan

should be entered on a single tax state-

ment with permission to pay taxes

semi-annually, is recommended. Tax

statements should be mailed to each

taxpayer prior to the date of collection

in order that each taxpayer may know

without special inquiry what taxes are

due from him. ~



As a feature of the new state budget

system, the association recommends

that all state appropriations be pre





 





 





 





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A Good Silver





Black Fox Skin Brings $300 and Over.





By P. P. Pope





ceeded in paying over $1,600 on old

obligations, nev’ertheless, the accru-

ments of interest, taxes, bills payable,

etc., have been sufficient tobring the

final summary of the liabilities very

close to last year’s high mark.

Perhaps we should gather some sat-

isfaction from the fact that we do not

have to register another heavy loss as

we have been accustomed to doing the

two years past, but it sort of takes the

jOy out of life to work a forty thousand

investment for all there is in it, and

come out just where we started from.





We told last year how we kept ac-

count of our receipts by" depositing all

funds received in the bank, taking a

duplicate deposit slip and writing

thereon the source of the funds depos-

ited. Going over these slips and put-

ting down the amounts under sub—

headings, we glean the following: The

largest single item of receipts comes

from the sale of farm produce. This is

made up almost entirely of sales of

wheat, beans and sugar beets. The

yield of wheat was low, and the price

very low, but by selling the bulk of the





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 





 

 





 

   





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sented to the legislature in a single

bill. Greater use of the labor of the

inmates of state institutions in their

own maintenance is advised, where,

this is practicable. Land, the associa-

tion thinks, should pay a higher tax

rate than buildings, and buildings a

higher rate than live stock, machinery,

implements, bank credits, etc. Maxi-

mum rates for each class of property

ranging well below the general rate

now in force are suggested.



The association winds up its report

by suggesting additional sources of rev-

enue: The $10,000 maximum for the

new state corporation tax should be

removed or increased. The minimum

should also be reduced. There should

be a gasoline tax of one cent per gal-

lon. Truck and bus lines should be

taxed on a basis of gross earnings, car-

rying capacity or value of property

used. Inheritance tax rates as affect-

ing strangers and collateral relatives

might be made progressive. Finally,

all taxes should be collected by one

collector in the county. 1



In preparing its report, the Michigan

Real Estate Association first made in-

quiry regarding the taxation Situation

in other states and municipalities; and

while it found unsatisfactory condi-

tions everywhere, it also found Wide-

spread approval of the proposal to sub-

stitute one county assessor for town‘

ship assessors, and also the classifica-

tion of property with special rates

adapted to each class. The Michigan

Real Estate Association is composed

of land owners and local real estate

organizations in both peninsulas of the

state.





crop for seed, it came very close to

paying out. Had we guessed a. little

better on the trend of bean prices, and

held until now, instead of hurrying

them to market before the price drop-

ped and taken $4.50 per cwt., we would

have realized a real profit on the crop.

There is a prospect yet of a bonus on

the beets that will leave a little profit.





A close second is the item that rep-

resents the sales of hogs. Here is the

One place on the farm that we can see

a real, sure enough, worth while profit.

it has been one of the best years for

the hog feeder that we have experi-

enced in some time. Following this

item comes receipts from sources other

than from sales which we term inde-

pendent receipts, there comes in order

receipts for sales of cattle, horses and

miscellaneous goods.





The expenditures which are taken





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frOm the record on the check stubs, an '





also listed under sub-headings, show

that the expenditures are for the fol-

lowing items: Interest and taxes, 01d

accounts, labor, feeds and fertilizers,

live stock, seeds and miscellaneous

items.





Such is the 1922 record of achieve-

ment, and shows a net profit consist-

ing wholly of experience. It indicates

clearly that agricultural conditions

must improve, which I am inclined to

believe is already on the road.



The government has given out fig-

ures showing that the consumption of





milk increased fourteen per cent durv' '

ing 1921. That is the amount used per j





capita was forty-nine gallons instead





   





F1
> FARMERS WILL SHIP av TRUCK.





 





NUMBER of successful and pro-



gressive farmers of Maple Grove

township, Saginaw “county, have decid-

ed to inaugurate direct shipment of

live stock and poultry to Detroit by

motor truck. _Their first experiment

will be in the shipment of a load of

dressed hogs, veal and poultry on Jan-

uary 4, direct to the Detroit Produce

Exchange- If the plan is found satis-

factory farmers of the vicinity of Lay-

ton’s Cemers will form an association

to supervise shipments on a large

scale—Mills.





ALFALFA BIG FACTOR IN NORTH-

ERN MICHIGAN DEVELOPMENT.





 





HE wonder crop of the world is to

play an important part in solving

land settlement problems in northern

Michigan areas, where thousands of

acres of light soil extend from town-

ship to township and county to county.

No better proof of the statement can

be found than the splendid work in

this connection on the Buckles farm

near White Cloud. A few years ago

the present owners bought a large

tract of cut-over land and set out to

show the public that it was 'worth in-

vesting good money in.





ST. LOUIS FACTORY MAKES 4,000

TONS OF SUGAR.





 





HE St. Louis sugar plant of the



Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company,

has just completed the campaign for

1922, having sliced about 35,000 tons of

beets and made mere than 4,000 tons

of sugar, aside from 1,200 tons of dried

pulp. The total amount paid to farm-

ers for beets ‘this year was about $250,—

000. This, with more than $40,000 paid

for labor in factory, shows that the

plant is one ofthe important factors





in the industrial progress of this vicin- '





ity. About 13,000 pounds of beet seed

were produced this year, which will be

sold to the farmers contracting for

next year’s crop—Mills.





HEMLOCK SHIPPERS ELATED BY

REPORTS.





 





ORE than sixty farmers attended

the annual meeting of the Hem-

lock Shipping Association on January

3 at the town hall, when it was decid-

ed to resume its monthly meetings dur-

ing the winter. Frank Short, secretary

of the association, reported a very suc-

\cessful year for the organization in

1922, and reviewed the progress of

farmers’ cooperative associations dur-

ing the. past year.

The general agricultural situation





was discussed and the plans for a ship- .





by—truck projectwas explained. Wil-

liam Watson, president of the associa-

tion, presided at the meeting and spoke

briefly on the purposes of the newly





organized Saginaw branch of the Mich--





igan Milk Producers’ Association. The

election of oilicers of the Hemlock As-

sociation will take place at a.meeting

to be held soon—Mills.

CAUSE OF SECRETARY FALL’S

RESIGNATION.





 





AILING in his efforts to secure the



- removal of the bureau of forestry

from the department of agriculture to

the interior department, Secretary of

the Interior, Albert B. Fall, has resigned

'from the President’s cabinet, and his

resignation has been accepted to take





I ‘-. effect March 4. This is regarded as a





Yietory for Secretary of Agriculture

alhce, who has insisted that the for-





at





ment, the‘ American Farm Bureau Fed-

eration says that many farmers are in-

quiring concerning the progress of Wal-

ter G. Brown’s plan for reorganization

of the departments of the government.

They are wondering what the said

Brown is doing to earn his salary.

More than a year'ago it was announced

that Brown proposed to transfer the





bureau of markets to the commerce,

department and the bureau of publiC'





roads to the new department of public,

works. None of these changes have

been made, and it is not likely that

they will be made. ' ,





 





FARM ERS’ DEPEN DEN‘CE ON

EUROPE.





 





N a letter addressed to the depart-



ment of agriculture, J. R. Howard,

retiring president of the Amfirican

Farm Bureau Federation, says: “The

welfare of the American

much more cloSely related to the Eu‘

ropean situation than is usually consid-

ered. Europe purchases approximately

ninety per cent of our agricultural sur-

plus. She is therefore our principal

customer. The purposes of the govern-

ment as recently expressed in the pub—

lic press to take an active hand in the

settling of the European situation

means tremendous things to American

agriculture. What the farmer needs

above all other things is price. There

is every reason to believe the recent

advances will be held and further gains

in many commodities registered.”





FAVORS BUREAU OF MARKETS.





 





HE Farm Bureau Federation has

been on record as favoring reten-

tion of the bureau of markets, or agri-

cultural economics as it is now known,





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by the department of agriculture. The

federation representative. says the

farmers do not intend to see marketing.

work divorced from farm production.

“They are interested in the distribu-

tion of farm products through to the

point where they are manufactured or

sold to the consumer. And as cooper-

ative marketing and manufacturing de-

velop their interest will be continued

through these processes. Farmers





have no idea of divorcing the depart- ' *





ment of agriculture’s interest in their

products as soon as they leave the

farm for the whole history of the de-

velopment of the bureau of markets

has shown the necessity for following

the products‘through to theimanufac-

turing stage, or in the case of fruits

and vegetables to the consumer in or-

der that the farmers may have the

proper information for production and

marketing of their goods. ‘





POTATO Pnooucens' MEET.





 





EVERY potato grower who can,

should attend the annual meeting

of the Michigan Potato Producers’ As-

sociation. This meeting is to be held

at the Michigan Agricultural College,

East Lansing, on February 1-2. The

date comes during Farmers’ Week at

the college. A most interesting pro-

gram has been prepared.



On Thursday, February 1, at 9:00 a.

m., the session will be opened by Prof.

J. F. Cox, of the Michigan Agricultural

College, who will explain ‘what the col-

lege is doing for Michigan potato pro-

ducers. To give the listeners an idea

of Michigan’s place in the production

of certified seed potatoes, Thomas

Buell, of Elmira, president of the State

Association, will show what our state

has done along this line as compared





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Wednesday, January 3.

HE Turkish Nationalist troops are

concentrated for‘an attack on Con-

stantinople and other strategic points.

—Verne Perry, a prisoner at Charles-





town, W. Va., dug his way out of pris- ,





on with two spoons and a knife.--Ac—

cording to figures based on returns

from large hotels and cafes in Chicago,

that city spent six million dollars cel-

ebrating New Years.





Thursday, January 4.





‘EATHS in Cleveland from poison-

ed liquor showed a marked in-

crease in'1922 over the previous year.





r—Two hundred camps for girl scouts





are to be opened in various parts of

the country next winter.——The world’s





largest perfect bell is located at Man-'





dalay, Burma. It is eighteen feet in

diameter and thirty-one feet high.

Friday, January 5.

W0 Chicago families celebrated

New Years by the addition of trip-

lets to the already large family—Na-





tional association of manufacturers,





ask a modification of the immigration

law so that more aliens can be let in.—





Faneul Hall, the “Cradle of American .





Liberty.” in Boston, will be restored to

its original architectural condition.

‘ ' Saturday, January 6.

GREAT BRITAIN warns France not

to seize the Rhine‘district because

of the ‘ non-payment of the. German





debt —'-J., Ogden Armour resigns as,





president of Armour & Comp

is as president» -





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rcetors.—_—The production of (the Ford

automobile plants in 1922 was 1,352,478

cars and-trucks.



Sunday, January 7.





I HE United States will pay Norway





award, for commanding Norwegian

ships during the war _The chief of po-

lice at Des Moines, Iowa, is taking pic-

tures“ of all perSons arrested for drunk-

enness. He believes a “see yourse‘ll:

when you are drunk" photo will help

- the temperance cause—John A. Doelle,

commissioner of the State Department

of Agricultlnre, tendered his resigna-

tion to Governor Groesbeck to take ef-

fect January 31.

Monday, January 8.

. HE total number of auto and truck

licenses issued by the state of

Michigan

cause the steamer Hateras was without

a prayer book, a funeral service at sea

for its captain was conducted by wire

less.———There are six hundred more pris-

oners in Jackson this year than last.

Sixty-six per cent of the prisoners are

Detroiters. «

Tuesday,»January 9.

, -. HE National House of Representa-

" tives passes the agricultural japI

propriati‘on bill carrying $68,981,553 for

agricultural purposes—Race rioting in

Florida caused the death of. sixr-Mrs.

31.0. Ketcham‘. Wife of Johntc Ketch-

am, rcpresentative of the fourth Mich-





 





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in 1922 was 578,580.—Be-’-





 





igan congressional district,- and fol-pier ,

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to activities elsewhere. H. B. Fuller'-

ton, of Lohg Island, New York, is com-

ing to explain how healthy spuds are

being secured on Long Island. Experi-~

mental work with potatoes in Michigan

is to be presented by our potato spe—

cialist, J. W. Weston; of the M. A. C.





The last discussion at this session will‘





treat of ,potato diseases in this state by

J. E. Kotila, of the botanical depart-

ment of the college.





Professor Stuart, of the United States

Department of Agriculture, explains





how: the quality. of certified seed pota--





toes may be improved. Followingthis





will be the report of H. C. Moore, see?





.retary—treasurer of the Midnigan‘Asso-



ciation on the work of the past year.

The business meeting and election or

officers will follow.



In connection with the business ses-

sion there will be held a potato show.

This show promises to attract wide at-

tention. Prize exhibits at the recent

Grand Rapids show will be exhibited

on this occasion. All who have good

potatoes are encouraged to participate

in this competitive exhibit, Boys' and

girls’ club members have special class.





For detailed information write H. C.’





Moore, secretary- -treasurer, East Lan-

sing, Michigan.





HIGH HONORS TO A BARRED

RO’CK.





 





T the second Canadian egg-laying



contest held in New Brunswick, a

Barred Rock hen carried away the blue

ribbon with a credit of 247 eggs. Two

hundred birds were in the. contest, cov-

ering a period of fifty-two weeks and

making an average of 139.43 eggs, as

compared with an average of 152.13 for

the previous year. The best pen in the





,‘contest was of Barred Rocks, with a»

credit of 2,143. eggs for the fifty-two‘





weeks, and was the only pen which

showed an average of over 200 eggs

per hen.

laid over 200 eggs, and the lowest one

had a record of 171. The 200 hens con-

sumed 11,672 pounds of-mixed grains,

7,790 pounds of mash, 8,930 pounds of

skim-milk, 585 pounds of grit, 682

pounds of shell, a small quantity of

charcoal, and a liberal amount‘of green

feed during the year. _The total cost

of this feed was $515.38 and the value

of the eggs sold Was $902. 27, leaving a

balance of $386. 89 to cover the cost of-

labor and housing.





‘ WILL HOLD GRAIN SHOW.





 





HE Saginaw County Grain Grow-

ers’ Associatibn has completed ar-

rangements for the First Annual Grain

Show to be held in Saginaw, on Janu-

ary 18-19—20. . '

Secretary _‘Douglas Bow announces

there will be complete classes for corn,

wheat, oats, rye, barley, beans, and

other small grains, seeds and pota-

toes. There wi-ll be about sixty classes

for which there will be first, second

and third premiumsin each class. .

All grain growers in Saginaw and

adjoining counties are invited to com-

pete at .this show. There will be no

entry charges and admittance will be

free. Judging will be by competent

judges from M A. C.

Intending exhibitors who wish for





' further details may obtain desired in- _“





formation by writing Douglas Bow or

the office of county club leader at the

court house. ‘ ~



Saginaw Valley Grain Growers have





urecently won many hone" at the N830 .;





 

 





tional Show just. concluded 4L,

They _won places on. all child sent

and brought home ore hon;





 





The following day'at the same- hour '





Six of the birds‘in this pen»
7 finance son 'Doons.‘





 





prop for outside doors a great

savor of time, and it is always on the

: job: Place a small strap hinge on the

- "”73:- .' ‘ — lower cleat of the door six or eight





from the ground. A strip of wood..-

bluntly sharpened and about eighteen

inches long is fastened to the other

. end of the hinge. Whisn left to itself

. this strip will drop to the ground and‘

‘ form a brace. '

To keep the brace off the ground

when not in use, a strong cord is fast-

'_ened to a screweye near the lower end

of the brace, run through another

screweye eighteen inches above the





 





 





'bo You Feea’t/ze Hogr?





I F you look after this important

chore,"you, no ~doubt, have

worked out little short cuts or

conveniences, either in feeding or ‘

caring for the hogs, that would

be helpful, or suggestive, to your

neighbors.



Just to give your neighbors a

chance, will you not write me a

letter telling briefly of any meth-

od of. feeding, or caring for the

hogs, or of any convenience





 





», I , iv. E find the following described





inches from the end and nine inches‘





 





about your hoggery which is

adaptable to other farms?



For each of the fine best let-

ters received I am going to send

one of the handiest pair of com-

bination pliers that ever went

upon a farm. No fancy writing

necessary, merely send a plain,

letter by January 20. Address it

to The Handy Man, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





hinge and then to the second cleat of

the door. The string should be long

enough to permit the brace to drop to

the ground. A nail is'then driven in

the door far enough ‘from the top screw

so the string when hooked onto the nail

will hold. the brace up against the

doom—«Charles B. Ward.





MAKES STAsLEs CONXENIENT.

, I .





 





UCH time is wasted on many

farms by retracing steps. To





' avoid this, the placing of doors, gates





and passageways at convenient places

in the barn so that one may pass di-

rectly,from the finish of one chore to





'the beginning of another, is” of the





the best

No other





greatest help. In shoring,

short cut is _a long head.





business offers greater opportunity for

concentration on the work in hand,

than farming.



On many farms where the stables





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 





 





of Tom Buell





were erected years ago, little attention

‘w.as paid to step saving; but with the





increased cost of labor this becomes

of vital importance, a realignment of

stables may be a matter of economy.



If the bins for the storage of grain

for feeding are not located in the sta-

bles,-the "granary and cribsshould be

located on the path to the stables, and

a strong cart with high wheels, on

which may be loaded several items of

feed, has been found a great help in

saving steps—W. E. Whitney.





CONVENIENT ENGINE HOUSE.





 





, HOSE using small gasoline engines

out of ddors will find the engine

house of the type built by the writer,

to be far handier than an old oil cloth,

or a box, ~to cover the engine. Our

house was built with a wall of sheet

iron on the pulley side of the engine.

We allowed the pulley ,to extend

through a hole in the sheet iron. On

the opposite side the door made up the

wall. This door may be removed to

allow room for cranking, or working

on, the engine. The two ends may then

be built of‘old lumber, and a roof plac-

'ed over the top to shed water. We

find this house easy to build, handy

and convenient, and greatly prolongs

the life of the engine as well as keeps

it in more perfect running order. ——T. J

Robertson.





"METHOD OF CLEANING STABLES.





 





HE following is a short-cut which?





I found helpful in the stable. For-





merly I used to gather up every little

particle of dirt or manure with. a shov-





el. I now take out What I can of horse





manure with the barley fork and the





cow manure with the manure‘fork.

Then I use a scraper with a two-foot

blade and six-foot handle to shove the

material left in the horse stables, up

against the two—inch planks on which

the horses stand, and in the cow stable

I shove this litter into the gutter. After

the. animals are then properly bedded,

the stables look’neat and altogether

satisfactory. I find this saves about

one—third of the- time required by the

old method—Alex. Paulsen.





WATER THE HORSES INSIDE.





 





E used to water the horses out-



side-the barn. A great deal of

time was required in leading a single

horse out and waiting for it to drink

the water needed. We now have a.

tank inside the stable. With this

change we untie one of the horses and

permit him to drink while we clean out

the stall before he returns. This little

change enables us to save a great deal

of time both morning and evening in

caring for the horses.—;—Edward Elson.





 

 





 





 





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LI‘NE TREES.





 





I understand that there is a law to

- compel a neighbor to cut timber along

a line fence, where it hangs over the

fence and does considerable damage.

Please let me know what the law is,

and what steps to take. ——C. B.





It is believed there is no such law.

The owner of land over which branch-

es of trees hang from the other side.

has the right after notice to the owner

to remove them, and reasonable oppor-

tunity to do so, to trim off the over-

hanging branches himself, doing no

more. damage than is necessary to re—

more them.——Rood.





HUNTERS.





 





A is the owner of a farm and has

signs up warning hunters to keep out.

There is a ditch through this property,

and hunters persist in hunting along

the right-of-way of this ditch, claim-

ing they have the right to do so, and

that Mr. A can't keep them off. Who

is right?——-R. W.



The ditch is not a highway, and the

hunters have no greater rights there





than elsewhere—Rood.





WILD CARROT WEED.





 





I would like some information re-

garding the Dancus Carota, or more

commonly known as Wild Carrot. I

have an eight- -acre field of fine black

loam, comparatively new soil, level and

well drained, in the southwest comer

of a section which is entirely covered

with this weed. I now have it’t‘all—

plowed and I would like to know what

crop would be the best for the destruc-

tion of this weed, a cultivated crop or

oats? Or is there some othe1 remedy

which is good? Also, does this plant

Spread by seed or root ?—-C. L. S.



This weed will not survive any sys-

tem of rotation of crops. It will not

stand plowing. It is, however, a per.-

fect nuisance in clover or any meadow

‘or by the roadside.





It is propagated by seed and we usu-

ally get it from clover seed. Where

one has it in a crop of, clover seed, it.

would pay to go through the field with

a spud and take every plantout. If

you do not intend to harvest the clover

seed, then plowing the field and plant:

ing to other crops will take‘ care of

them. .



Of course, after this plant_is once

established on the roadside, so it will

be if left, we are bound to be bothered

every time we have a crop of clover

seed. because the seed will get scat:

tered. _ I ,



For ordinary crops, there is little

cause for concern from this plant. But

it should be exterminated because of

the fact that it gets mixed with clover

seed and nearly.ruins it for sale.





BUTTERMILK FOR PIGS.





 





Please tell me if buttermilk is good

to grow and fatten young pigs; 1 can

get it for one and a half cents per

gallon. Can I make any money buying

it at that price and feeding it to fifty

or more pigs?—-I. M.



Buttermilk of good quality, at one

and one-half cents ‘per gallon, is an

ideal food for pigs and very cheap.

Used in connection with corn, rye or

barley at the rate of three pounds of

buttermilk to one pound of grain it

will give better results than if fed in

larger quantities. It may safely be as-

sumed that buttermilk to ,which no

water has been addedis equal in value

to skim-milk for pig feeding.——Pope.





MOULDY WHEAT FOR COWS.





 





I have some wheat that got heated.

It has a blue mould in it. By mixing it

with one part wheat, two parts oats,

would it hurt my dairy cows ?—1. E. L





There is little or no danger that

wheat spoiled by heating in the bin

will be injurious to dairy cows or other





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. aye Gm Name and address

as Satisfactory SEN/It! Cannot be Gwen to Unsigned 1W5





hen Ee‘ndiug Inquiries





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stbck when given to them as food.

Farmers have. always utilized: grain

spoiled for human food by feeding it to

live stock. Sometimes cows or horses

will refuse to eat it until they are prac-

tically compelled to do so. Isis more

often fed to hogs for the reason that

hogs are not so particular in their

tastes.



If this wheat Would injure the cows,

mixing' it with date would not over-

come this, but the cows'will be more

apt to eat it because the oats will

cover up or tend to at least the abnor-

mal flavor of the wheat.



It will be advisable to feed carefully

at first and in small amounts, until you

are sure, but in all probability there

will be no bad results.





WARRANTY.





 





I bought a cow a few days before she

freshened. The cow was in very poor





shape. But the man said she was a.

goodfvmilker, giving sixty pounds at.





r day. I brought her home, and

from he first night she has not eaten

well, and only gives ten to twelve

quarts of milk per day. I telephoned

him about her and he wrote saying he

did not guarantee her and if he had

wanted her he would not have sold

her. What can I do ?—E. Y.





The matters of fraud and warranty

are questions of fact, as to Which the

burden would be on the plaintiff: but

if made out the plaintiff could recover

the purchase price if he notified the

seller'of his repudiation of the asale as

soon as he learned that the cow did





milk rile





not comply with the representations,





or he might keep the cow and sue for

the damages from the breach of war-

ranty.——Rood.





 





OPENING HIGHWAYS.





 





Is a three-rod road on a quarter-line

a legal road to be laid out? Must the

road be directly on the line or may it‘





 





 





 

 

 

 





 





be beside the line, and close to it? The

town board wishes tobuy a. right-of-way

on a quarter-line. A and B, Who own

the farms adjoining, decided to ask

$200 for right-of—way, selling two acres

or one and enehalf acres, whichever

the road required. The board decided

to lay out three- road road. Without

consulting B,‘ A agreed to take $150

and commissioner went to work with

out saying anything to B. B supposed

when they began work on the road that

the board had accepted the Ofler of

$200. Could the board hafe forced this

road through? B not being willing to

settle for $150, they bought a three-rod

road of A~ and

the quarter-line. can B force them to

settle for the trespassing and take the

right of way and pay the $200?—A. S.‘



Entry with consent, of the owner is

not trespass. The highway does not





have to be on the quarter line. B can‘





not force to township to take and pay -





for his land. ———-Rood.

..______.._Q.__._..





. LIABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICER.





 





Our township treasurer returned the

ditch tax of 1918. My brother, serving

in France in the United States army at

that time, owned the farm. I was rent-

ing the place. I asked the treasurer

if there was a ditch tax on the place

and he said there wasn’t. October 1,

1922, we got a letter claiming there

was a ditch tax title against it.

treasurerhad returned the ditch tax

delinquent. There was personal prop-

erty on the place. Is the township

treasurer responsible for those taxes?

Are soldiers exempt from taxes when

in service?—-VV. K. C.



A public officer is liable civilly to any

person injured by a niisfeasanceor

non‘feasance of a ministerial duty. To

make him so liable it is necessary to

show that the duty was plain, absolute,

and imperative. It is believed to be

the duty of the treasurer correctly to

inform persons inquiring as to the

amount of tax due from them. The

treasurer is clearly not liable for the

taxes. Nor is the soldier exempt.—

Rood.





Better Potatoes Make Better Markets





T fit: 25 Me Opzmmz of a Dealer W50 Has Been Impressed witfl tfie Way

,, Me Consuming Pué/z'c T alter Eta/aI of Good Start





HE following letter from Mr. De



Haven, of Andrews Brothers, of



Detroit, who handle a large vol-

ume of potatoes, will be of special in-

terest to potato growers and farmers

generally:



It is with a great deal of pleasure

and anticipation of a vast amount of

good to be accomplished, that we en-

dorse the campaign for the production

of better quality potatoes throughout

the eastern counties of Michigan.



In our mind there is no reason why

certain localities in eastern Michigan

cannot produce fully as good quality

potatoes as other sections and be a

credit to this branch of farming.



It is a well known fact that Michi-

gan is the leader among all the states

in quantity of potatoes produced for

market but the growers in some parts

' 'of Michigan seem to carry the idea



that quantity is the desired goal,



whereas we, at this end where we come

almost in direct contact with the ulti-

mate consumer, know positively that

' appearance and cooking qualities are

‘.the first considerations. If this were

not true, why would it be necessary to

‘ bring into Detroit, potatoes grown» in



Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and north-

hwestern Michigan? Unless the quality

is improvad in this nearby territory,

.‘Detroit will soon be drawing her entire

requirements from other districts.





While no one can criticize the grown

ers of other states for taking advan-

tage of any market. that offers them

an outlet for their production, we be-

lieve we are justified in questioning





the business judgment of the growers.’





of Michigan adjacent to Detroit 'for al-

lowing the farmers of these other

states to put it over them when it

would be the simplest thing in the

world, by paying more attention to the

selection of seed, selection of soil

adapted to pctatoes, preparation of soil

for planting, fertilization, care of the

growing crops and grading at digging

time, to keep every other state out of

this g1eat Detroit market of over a

million people. ‘



If they would just consider the won-

derful advantage they have over the‘

other potato growing localities, not

only of other states but of their own

state and this quick money crop, we

believe they could keep all others out

and reap the benefit of the low'carry-

ing charge in these days of high freight

rates when. the difference in all in-

stances is good profit. '



we know Whereof we speak in these





matters, if you will pardon a personal





reference, as we maintain a great many

buying stations throughout Michigan

and market hundreds of cars of pota-

toes annually in Detroit and other cit-

ies. We regret to. say we have found.





it necessary to close quite a number or

these stations this and other years on

account of the poor quality of the po-

tatoes offered by the growers, which

no amount of grading or sorting would

make marketable in competition with

potatoes from other sections. The sta-

tions closed were all in the eastern

counties of Michigan.



We realize that this has been a dis-

astrous year for the growers of pota-

toes, but to preclude the possibility of

a repetition of this season’s experience,

we want to urge the growers to follow

the advice of your publication and the

agricultural college and Detroit will

surprise them with her capacity to ab-

sorb their potatoes at prices that will

show a. handsome return. .



All our growers in the territory close

to Detroit need to do is look up the

achievements of the growers in the

Greenville, Cadillac and Traverse City

districts where they have made history

in quality as well as quantity produc-

tion, to be convinced that success will

be theirs also if they but listen to the:

agricultural college expérts.Whose only

aim in life is to help them-



Organizations such as cure for buy-





ing and handling the crops to the re-





tailer are just as necessary to- the farm-

er as his to'ols, and that is our reason

for urging your paper to make this

campaign inst as strong as you. are





able, because if we can secure suffi-

cient potatoes nearby to supply the de-

mand in Detroit for quality and quan-

tity, we are going to operateon a

smaller margin of profit as our risk is

reduced in proportion to the distance

weship. No one of your readers 'can

deny that the greater distance it is nec-





\ essary to ship, the greater the risk of





freezing and rotting, all of which is

reflected in the price paid the grower.

-' Please understand that our motive is

not entirely selfish in this matter, but

we know that to be successful our-

selves, we must take the other fellow

and his problems into consideration

and do all we can to help him-—he in

turn will do his part.





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"SHIPPED FIFTY-FIVE CARS OF

BERRIES WITHOUT Loss. ‘





 





HE Lincoln Fruit‘Growers' Associ-

ation, the first to build a pro-cool-





.ing plant in this state, handled fifty-





five carloads of berries this year with-





out one cent of loss attributed to pre- ’ I





cooling, according to Henry Wetter-

mann, manager of the associatiOn. The





.megnbers are very well pleased with





their first year’s experiment with pre-

cooling. —.—Mills._ ,





 





 

 

 





 

 

 





The average Ohm“ hen

year, not enough to flay her; '





 

 

   

 





 





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”thesaddestof the year—time to





 





‘ ”pay taxes. “Ye" scribe collects taxl





75“:





. eager/thistownship and listens to the





groans “and means as the (farmers dig

deep3into "their. jeans; I listen with a

Very empathetic ear, for my own tax~

es‘make me wonder where the money





is coming from; Oui- taxesare twenty]





.. per cent higher than last year, ”last





", year they were twenty per cent higher





than the year before, and so on ad

infinitum, a'd nauseum, and add bol-

shevikum, I fear, if a change isn’t

made. Taxation is rapidly reaching





, the point. of confiscation.





I see thatthe‘ state university only

wants a little over seven million dol-





: ' lars this year. My, but they are mod-





est. One item is a half million for-a





little piece of land they wish to buy.





Suffering catfishl- A half million will

buy "a couple of townships, on even

half a county, in some parts of the

state. It only costs about four thou-

sand dollars to send a boy to the state-

supported “U.” for four years. No won-

der they are over-crowded; what is a

measly four thousand dollars to a farm-





, er? Personally, I shbuld feel rich if I





had four thousand cents right now.

Nuff of that sore subject.



I cannot brag about winter eggs this

time. My pull'ets are all dolled upgin

new winter coats, red hats and have

even put on a little red face paint but,

like so many flappers, it is all show

and little substance. I dish out feed

‘until my arm aches, they gobble it

down and then give me the glassy eye.

I handed out some hard dollars for

some ”Lay or Bust” mash. A fancy

self-feeder came with each bag of feed.

My wife grabbed them.. She took the

cute, wire dingus from the top and

used itxas a table mat to set hot dish-

es on and grabbed the crooks for milk

crocks. I made "a self-feeder out of

some old boards and hopefully filled it.





A dozen roosters rushed up and gorgedx.

' themselves.





Those roosters show no

signs of busting but they surely will

lay befOre spring. I expect to make

one lay this week. Right while he is

layin’, I shall gently lay an axe "on his

neck. If my Jersey Giants roosters

keep on growing they will be able to

eat from the roof of the corn‘Crib. They

are too young to crow yet Butihey





' tower above the other chickens. as





though they were on stilts.



We went into the winter with the

dryest ground we have‘had fol years.

"All the shallow wells are dry around





' ' .3 here and some are compelled to haul

- water‘from the creeks. , The'swamps

gamma? and springs are either dry or -

‘E {can trickieflltfihtnbwthere is good

' aslei'ghing' oh‘fthe‘ roads but nary a."





sleigh to be seen. I did intend to start

my grape trimming today but the wind

is howling across the ‘fields and drift-

ing the snow. I, hardly will need a

step ladderto trim‘ trees this year. I





. _, . have carried water until my arms feel





stretched a , toot ’ longer. Wading





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. .. 1188168. .otfiakland , _

ant t(ll‘vlellljn-what can, be/done*at“‘_feeding calves _

'antAne‘us bulhf The oldeolsteinr'bull’is shown



Mfid Angus hull‘calf. may ,be-seen at left.





through snow drifts an eighth of a mile

with tWQ pails of Water three or four

times a day is sure some arm stretcher.





Those pictures on the front page of ,





our paper bring back many boyhood

memories. Log barns chinked with





 





 





 





 





Having an acre, or so, of his land clear-

ed by the demonstration specialists,

brings a mile of smiles across the



, face of Roy Wiegandt. not yet twen-





ty-one, but the owner of a promising





farm near Johannesburg.





 





 





mud, ox teams trudging through the

snow, minute puddin’ and punkin but—

ter, red—topped boots with copper toes,

revival meetins’ and warm maple sug-

ar, Wow.





FARMING AT ITS BEST.





(Continued from first page).

at various dates throughout the year.

Hogs went to market in February, June

and November. The beans were sold

in October, receipts for the apples

were credited in November and for the

potatoes in December.





The keeping of live stock and the

growing of many crops also enables

the manager to dispose of inferior

grades through the live stock depart-

ment.

the specialized farmer





 





animal prBductss" .3 ‘ ._. ' »



These facts are beginning to be gen-

erally understood:-Q.In a dozen states

where farmers have depended upOn

the one, or two, crop system they are

now being urged to turn to diversified

schedules. No state can lay claim to

a more diversified type of farming

than Michigan. Thus again we see our

state taking the lead in another great

farm movement.-





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





 





county, has Ttaken the





* the ‘Horse -Thieves’ ".





 





Not only this, but time which!

3 would waste,‘

this man Spends in the production of I





ting feature prevents them





, . NICHOLS-BIEHL co, Milwaukee, Wis.





 





 





 

 





 





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ARMERS see some encouragement

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due largely to the recent advances in

prices of farm products, according to

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declined five points. Since these com-

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further advances, with live stock prices

about unchanged. '



“Crop and live stock production in

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more than in 1921, and is close to the

average of the preceding ten years, dc.-

Spite the general belief that there has

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soil. They have -made very thrifty,

vigorous growth. They were just little

one-year whips when set five years

ago, and now are eight or ten, feet

high and well proportioned. They are

inclined to upright growth like the

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They gave me a few specimens 8.

year ago” last harvest, and this year

favored me with better. crops. One

tree produced two bushels of the fruit.





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present date. The fruit was sampled

by very many of my friends and neigh-

bors, with the unanimous vote that the

flavor was simply “Delicious.”



As for appearance, they were large,

many of .the specimens excelling. the

highly ornamental cuts in the catalbgs.

I had some on exhibition at the local

bank. and nurserymen on seeing them

procured specimens to help them with

their sales.



The Dwarfs I set fifteen feet apart,

tilled the ground, alternated sweet

corn and potatoes. Now, the ground

is seeded to alfalfa. I have Dwarf, As-

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Northwestern Greening, Tompkins,





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ana. .A tree of this last variety bore

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time, like. myself, who was past sev-

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Farm Outlook Is Good—





bushel than shown by previous records.



“Exports of wheat and flour from the

United States during the first eleven

months of 1922 totaled 215,614,000

bushels, compared with 340,647,000

bushels during the same period in 1921.,

Europe’s reduced purchasing power is

strikingly shown in decreased exports.

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agricultural products, prices undoubt-

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higher levels than they actually were-



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ment’s pig survey last spring. About

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twenty per cent mere sheep and‘lambs

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the form of live stock than would-have

been secured in the grain as grainsFor

the present winter season of 1922-1923

feeder cattle went into the trim belt

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already started back to killers and are

showing satisfactory prices for the

grain and roughage fed to them. Farm-

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rugs or gloves when so ordered: or we

can make your hides into Oak Tanned

Harness or slaughter Solo or Bolt Leath-

or: your callsklns Into Shoo Leather.

colors Gun Metal. Mahogany Russet or

lighter shade. Calfskins tanned in the

lighter. shades of shoe leather. also

make pleas.“ aloud and table covers;

great. for birthday. wedding and holi-

day guts.





LET US FIX YOUR

WORN F URS





fashion, repair and reshape them if

needed. Furs are very light weight.



therefore it would coat but little to

send them in to us by Parcel Post for our oatlmata of

coat. then we will hold them aside awaiting your de-

cision. Any estimate we make calls for our boat work.

Our Illustrated catalog and style be It combined-gives

3 lot of useful information. i: t‘el 3 how to take of!

and care for hides. About our late dyeing nroceaa on

cow and horse hides. calf and fur skins. About dressing

the fur skins and making them into neckpieces. mufl's

d garments. About our sharp reduction In manu-

rlou Nloaa- About Taxidermy and Head Mounting.





The Crosby Frisian Fur Com anv.

571 Lyell Aveqkochcater. Y.





WE TAN





and make to your order from your

' cattle. horse and all kinds of hides

\'and furs. men’s fur coats, robes, caps.

gloves, and mittens, ladies’ fur coats



* fur sets. Remodeling and re-

Iahest stylea. Ship us

work and save one-half. New

'robee, gloves and

We are the oldest

runners; 34 yearléontmuolig. [“13an

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THREE banks at Sault Ste. Marie





assist in the purchase of liVe stock

in Chippewa. county.

. these banks in” this new departure is

said to be connected with the recent

rural credits conference held at Mar-

quette in November. ~





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HERDS.





recently represented before the

Houghton County Board of Supervisors

in connection with its campaign to rid





siderable data bearing on the situation

in Houghton county was presented.

The county physician stated to the

board that the dairy herd at the Coun-

ty Infirmary was the only herd which

had been tested and re—tested for tu-

berculosis in the county. On the other

hand, he reported that the cleanliness

of the milk produced in the county had

greatly improved in recent years. This,

however, did not prevent tuberculosis

and he admitted that little headway

was being made in the prevention of

this disease in the county, and milk

infection was held in part responsible

for this situation.





 





FARM SCHOOL ACTIVE. .





. IFTY—NINE students are enrolled

in the second term of the Menomi-

nee County Agricultural School. A

motor-sled has been constructed by the

students and is said to have given

good service on the state road. Boys

in the radio course are constructing

their own receiving sets at' low cost.

A radio short course for farm boys will

start January 8. The federal men are

constructing bee—hives in preparation

for the summer course in bee-keeping.

A general review of the school activi-

ties indicates that they largely have to

do with practical farm problems and

farm economy. ‘





 





NUMBER OF FARMS GREATLY IN-

CREASED.





 





HE county agent of Schoolcraft

county has prepared a study of the

present farm situation in that county

based 'on a comparison of the 1920

United States census returns and the

statistics gathered, this year, by the

supervisors. An increase in the num-

ber of farms in the county of 24.6 per

cent between the two dates is indicat-

ed. The increase of farm acreage is

8.8 per cent. Still only six per cent of

Schoolcraft county is in farms. The

size of farms has decreased from 122.7

acres to 98.14 acres per farm. ‘





 





CLOVERLAND FARMERS TO HAVE

A REAL TREAT.





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NE of the most important meet-

ings in relation to agriculture,_re—

forestation and conservation ever held

in northern Michigan, will take place

at Menominee on January 18—19. This

is the third gathering of the kind held

gress, which/includes Minnesota, Wis-

consin and Michigan in its scope. This

is- the third gathering of the kind held

in the northern Great Lakes region,

that, two years ago taking place at St.

Paul, Minnesota, and that a. year ago

being held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.





 





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18, the general theme will be, “A Na.-

tional Reelamatlon Policy," and P. S.

Lovejoy, 'of Ann Arbor) will talk on

“Settlement and Forest.”





national land settlement policies. At

this session Mr. Oscar Smth, com is-

sioner of immigration of the state of

Minnesota,

land settlement plan, while Mr. Ben

Feast, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, will

present Wisconsin’s colonization plan.





the 1923 session of the legislature will

- -—— also be described at this session.

WOMEN’S club of Calumet was Elmer Grimmer, president of the Wis-





A considerable number of distin-

guished speakers have already signi-

ified- their. intention of being present. In

the session on the foreman of January





 





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In the afternoon the topic will be

will describe Minnesota’s





The Michigan plan to be presented .to

,Mr.





consin Real Estate‘Board, will discuss

“State Supervision of LandSales.”

The general topic for the evening





 





the county of bovine tuberculosis. Con- will be, “Conservation Assets of Lake?





States.” Under. this head, Michigan}

will be. represented by Albert Stoll,a

J r., of the Michigan Conservation Com-T

mission; Wisconsin by W. E. Barber,

of the Wisconsin Department of Con?

servation, and Minnesota by W. T. Cox,

of St. Paul. . , |





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At the Friday morning’s session,f

“County Organization and Farm Devel-

opment” will be handled, by Mr. M. J.

Thompson, of Duluth. L. F. Living-

ston, of Marquette, will describe land-i

clearing progress in Michigan, while;

John M. Swinehart, of Madison, Wis-T

consin, will speak on “Wholesale Clear--

ing in the Utilization of Cut—over‘

Lands.” Wallace Ashby, of Meadow-i

lands, Minn, will speak on “Power in.|

Land-clearing.” E. G. Quamme, presivi

dent of the Federal Land Bank at St.-

Paul, will state how the Federal Land





Bank can help the settler in the cut- "'





over region. ’

In the afternoon, Mr. C. N. Houses,

holder, associate director of immigra-'

tion of Wisconsin, will speak on “State?

Land Mortgage Associations as a;

Means of Financing the Settler.”‘

“Pending National Rural Credits Leg-1

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islation” will be considered by Mr. Os-

‘car E. Bradfute, president of the Amer-





ican Farm Bureau FederatiOn. “The;





Dairy Cow the Settler’s Friend,” will, ‘





be discussed by Professor Reid, of M.‘;

A: C. The Upper Peninsula. represent-j

ative of the Michigan Farmer will at-

tendfihese meetings and report them|





_ for this paper.





 





To BOOST DAIRYING.





A SERIES of meetings that will fea-

ture the dairy cow as an asset to

farmers of northern Michigan will take

place on February 14-15—16 at Ironwood,

Escanaba. and Sault Ste. Marie in suc—

cession. The extension department of

the Michigan Agricultural College and

the Upper Peninsula Development Bu-

reau are cooperating. in staging these

meetings.





The speakers for these meetings will

include Prof. O. E. Reed, of the Mich-

igan Agricultural College; A. G. Ket-

tunen, of Marquette; L. F. Livingston,

of Marquette; C. E. Gunderson, of Iron-

wood; B. P. Pattison, of Escanaba, and

H. C. Lawton—all men qualified to

speak on the dairy cow and the farmer.

Dairying as a business, dairying in a

new section, calf clubs as a. means to

an end, land-clearing, and the future of





the industry will be topics at these‘





meetings.





 

 





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$2.80 for them. We have paid the delivery charges.

Wear both articles and if you don’t and than all you

expected. return them and we will cheerfully refund

your money at once. Order by no. 48.





 

 

 





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





 





 





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TANNERS





of. CATTLE, HORSE,

ALF, COON, FOX,



UNK, MINK. MUSK.

RAT, WOODCHUCK,

DOG, CAT and RAB-

BIT SKINS.





What kind of skins have you?

We make up and line Men’s &-.

Ladies' F u r C o a t s, Scarfe,

Mulls. Capes. Collars. Robes

and Mittens from raw sk

Circylsrs Free. Use plenty 1‘

salt on green hides.





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We tan hides and make them

into robes, coats, mittens and

ladies' furs, at reasonable!

rices. Send us your hides. and

ms whichyou want remodel-





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j Fertilizers in Orchards Pay

1‘ t: Slime; Value of Orr/24rd Fertilization

By Roy E. Marshall "





 





 





 





. ‘ i’ Prafamr of Horticulture, M. A. C.





' . 'I-IE Pennsylvania orchard fertil-

izer experiments, as reported in

Bulletin 153 of that experiment



station, show nitrogen to be the most

important element in increasing the

yields of apple orchards. \These ex-

periments were conducted for a period

often years in‘ six bearing apple or-

chards located on soils of varying de-

grees of fertility, as shown by chemical





fi‘ in several parts of the state.» Furtlyan





more, four of the orchards re'ceiv'ed

‘ the usual orchard, tillage and two were

sod Orchards. , ,

-in, one of the sod orchards, that wa

ten years old at the time the experi-

ments’ were started, the three plots

which received nitrogen in combination

with phosphorus, potash, or both phos-

phorus and potash, gave an average an-

nual yield of 473 bushels per acre,

whileithe yield for the non-fertilized

” plots was 228 bushels. Since phosphor-

us gave a yield of only twenty-three

per cent greater than the non-fertilized

plot, and potash failed to increase the

yield, it is evident that most of the 107

per cent increasein the yield of the

plots receiving nitrogen over that of

the unfertilized plots was due to'the

nitrogen. Dr. J. P. Stewart, under

whose direction the work was done,

says that nitrogen was dire‘ctly respon-

sible for an average annual gain in

yield of ninety-four per cent, or 214

bushels per acre. .



In another similar experiment nitro-

gen gave an average annual gain in

yield of 148 per cent, or 171 bushels

per acre, while phosphorus gave an in-

crease of twenty-seven per cent and

potash twenty-three per cent over the

unfertilized plots. Furthrmore, the

plots receiving nitrogen produced fifty-

four per cent more twig growth than

the .‘unfertiliz’ed ones.





In the other four orchards, which

were under cultivation, nitrogen gave

average annual increaSed yields of

thirty-three, fifty-three, six and twenty-

one bushels per acre respectively over

thenon>fertilized plots. The interest-

ing thing about these tests is that the

poorest soil from the standpoint of

chemical analysis gave the poorest re-

sponse to the fertilizer treatment while

the richest soil gave a twenty-seven



'per cent increasegdue to the .use of

nitrogenous fertilizers, showing that

the orchardist must rely upon the per-

formance of the orchard in the Way or

yields, rather than upon chemical an-



'alysis in determining whether or not

the orchard is in need of fertilizers.





In summarizing the results of the six





experiments, Dr. Stewart states that

nitrogen gave an increased yield of

, fifty per cent, phosphorus fourteen per

' cent, and potassium nine per cent over

and above the yields of check or unfer-

tilized plots. Nitrogen in combination

. with other elements produced fruit with

sixteen per cent less color, while the

fruit from the phosphorus plots showed





_ _ thme per cent less than that from the

' .7 potash 'plots two per cent more color.





- "“With many varieties, the reduction in





" '_ [color can be fully overcame by defer-

",‘.“,1_’ing-_-the picking of the fertilized fruit





 





over the ten-year period shows nitro-

gen to have produced nineteen per

cent more twig growth, and potash two

per cent more, while phosphorus gave

two per cent less than the check plots.





The results of these experiments, 1





show nitrogen to be by far the most

essential single element in increasing

apple orchard yields and that phos-

phorous has produced profitable gains

while potash is of doubtful value in

the average orchard. Furthermore, the

combination of nitrogen and phosphor-

us was usually much better than nitro—

gen alone and the two elements can

profitably be combined in orchard prac-

tice. ‘





 





CAREFUL PRUNING PAYS.





 





FRUIT growers throughout ,the state

are just now giving much attention

to pruning,‘ and questions frequently

arise regarding the best procedure un-

der certain conditions.



In the opinion of horticultural ex-

perts, many fruit growers often prune

too much, without regard to the real

need of the tree. It is pointed out

that with‘trees which were well select-

ed when the orchard was set out, it is

necessary to remove only occasional

branches which start out inthe wrong

place and to remove dead, injured, and

crossed limbs.



If the trees are bearing small fruits,

if the tree tops contain many dead

branches, or if the seasonal growth is

short and scant, judicious pruning is

recommended as a means of rejuvena-

tion. This usually consists in cutting

back many branches and in entirely

removing others. The following gen-

eral rules are applicable under such

conditions:

eties heavily;





strong-growing kinds

lightly. Varietieswhich branch freely





need little pruning; those 'with many plain truth about The 13681: SEEdS That Grow. It





unbr'anched limbs, . much pruning.

Prune trees in rich, deep soils lightly;

in poor, shalldw soils, heavily.



The cutting back of all the branches





of a tree is practiced regularly only





with peaches and some plums, accord-

ing to the station experts.

tributed to the fact that with these





fruits, the wood of the past season, colors Of nature.





and therefore the crop,.is borne pro-

gressively further away from the trunk





5° that it is necessary t0 head'in these Annual will be mailed to you free. Write for your





fruits by cutting back the branches in





order to keep the bearing wood near “Annual” today. JUSt tear Off the C0up0n and





the trunk. Apples, pears, cherries and

most plums are borne on'spurs from





wood two or more years old and with -— —— -— — — — —— TEAR HERE —— — -- —— —— —— —-





these heading~in is not needed.





The best time to prune ,is in the win-





ter, when the wood is dormant, that is,





at any time after the leaves drop in





the fall until the buds start in spring.





HONEY IMPR'ovss SOFT DRINKS.





 





HE Bureau of Chemistry of the N *

United States Agricultural Depart— lame

ment, in its experimentation on soft





drinks, has found that the quality of i . ’r

saspar‘illa R'D- 01" Stree





such drinks as root beer,





Prune weak-growing vari-





This is at-





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finest vegetables and flowers illustrated in the





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cksaat the usual picking I se‘a~ :the' sugar used in their, manufaCture.‘

H '3' Dr, Sfevimrtfl The fruit from This improvement in Quality causes

firm: " ‘ ' ,“Was Slightly‘larger,. no decrease in the food value of the.

'"’ rtnized ones. firinltandfat the, very slightest increase



" mantra: it. reexamine of, one percent
. TAKING ouT THE TONSILS.





HE job of getting the consent of



Mrs. Harper to the removal of

Lgury’s tonsils was much more of a

task than the operation itself.



“I don’t believe in it,” Mrs. Harper

declared. “If there had not been a

use for the tonsils they never would

have been put there. How will she do

without ’em?"



Mrs. Harper was quite right in her

protect. There is a use for the tonsils.

Conservative physicians do not remove

the tonsils of young children unless it

is clearly evident that they are in such

condition as to seriously impair the

child’s health and development.

puberty the tonsil has no function and

in normal health it undergoes atrophy;

but if it is diseased it lingers along,

usually causing much sore throat and

more serious troubles, and the only

sensible thing to do with it is to re-

move it. ‘



Even young children are very often

proper subjects for the removal of the

tonsils. When these glands become

enlarged in such a way as to interfere

with proper breathing or when they

become diseased, even though not en-

larged, they must be taken out. Their

presence in the body is then very dan-

gerous to health. .It is not merely that

the throat and neighboring glands are

affected but the poison spreads through

the entire body. Often it‘causes the

swelling and pain in the joints com-

monly known as rheumatism. It affects

the heart severely and is one of the

most common causes of the heart dis-

ease that‘appears later in life and cans—

es so large a proportion of all deaths.

Once the tonsil has become infected

and the infection has become chronic

the only wise thing is to have a sur-

gical operation.





Tonsil surgery is not an easy job,

one that can be done by any and every

doctor. There' is more to it than mere-

ly chopping out the tonsil. It is highly

important that every scrap of diseased

tissue shall be removed in such a way

that the whole focus of infection is

cleared and that t0nsillar tis‘sue will

not grow in again. This is not a sim-

ple matter and even with the best of

skill there may be left some fragments

of lymphoid tissue that will afterwards

increase until it leads one to think that

the tonsil was never removed, but this

is much less likely at the hands of an

expert. Have diseased tonsils removed

by all means, but be sure to get the

very best skill available for the oper-

ation.





APPLES IN DIET.





Is there such a thing as apples, eith-

er fresh or cooked, being harmful to

any one, especially one troubled With

constipation,—I. J. H.





I consider the apple the most bene-

ficial of all domestic fruits. It is espe-

cially helpful as a spur to the bowels

and is a great tonic and appetizer. I

have no personal knowledge of anyone

being unable to eat apples so long as

a normal digestion is enjoyed, yet I

must admit the possibility that some

may have an idiosyncracy’ against

them, just as is the case with straw-

z berries and other fruit.





HAS, DIZZY SPELLS.





I have dizzy spells; am not able to

see for several minutes. I also faint at

- times. I have two babies aged five and

‘- ~sixteen months. The spells have come

since my last baby.——M‘rs. J. H. D.

~ .‘Seyeral different things might ac-



tor such spells. The most likely





After J





is that your nutrition is below par, on





account of the burden of the two bah--





ies. This would be helped by taking

extra nourishment, such as. milk, either

fresh or malted, drinking cocoa, etc.

You should also be particular to get

enough sleep. If your rest is disturbed

at‘night be sure that you make up for

it by getting a long nap in the day.

Another very likely thing is that your

eyes are ,at fault and need correction

by spectacles.





COLD SORES 0N LIPS.





What is the cause of sores, common~

ly called “cold sores,” on the lips?—F.





The skin has much in common with

the internal mucous membranes. When

a “cold” occurs and inflames the mu-

cous linihg of mouth and throat-by

catarrhal infection it is a very logical

thing that this should spread to the

skin in close proximity. Such sores,

known to doctors as “herpes labialis”





are really a catarrh of the skin. They .





must be kept clean and allowed to heal

without interruption by “picking.”





THE HEALTH DOCTOR.





If the health doctor is sent out is he

not supposed to give medicine and look

after the sick and see they have pro-

visions and care and tell what the

trouble is ?—Mrs. 'J. C.





This depends upon the contract that

he has with the county authorities.

Sometimes a county only engages a

health officer to look after quarantine

and sanitary work. In such a case he

would be under .no obligation to go

further unless prompted by humanitar-

ian impulses. You should get your

county officials to employ a doctor to

give his whole time to looking after

the health, of the community. Then

you will get better services. Few doc-

tors who do this work as a part time

job, give any satisfaction.





How To TREAT CHILBLATNS.





What is a good thing to do for chil-

blains ?——G. R.



A chilblain is a spot of defective

tissue in which the circulation has

been destroyed by frostbite. Around it

is usually a large area of poor tissue

in which the circulatiOn is very feeble.

This is always aggravated by pinching

the foot into a tight shoe or getting

them cold or wet. Woolen stockings

should be worn and nothing should be

allowed tight enough to impede the

circulation. Do not warm the feet by





artificial heat but bring the blood back





by rubbing or bathing in cool water.

Lotions containing camphor, tar or

menthol may relieve the itching. It is

important to eat plenty of nourishing





food and build up the system in every;





possible way so that tissue building

may progress.readily. You will not





cure chilblain simply by “putting some- '





thing on." You must build up the de-

vitalized tissue.





‘MILK FOR AN ADULT.





Is there any good reason why the “





drinking of milk is harmful for an





adult? In his eighteen miles, “How to '

live 100 years, ” by Sir James Sawyer,





rule nine is “Drink no milk. ” ——.L P. F.



Milk is a food and one,of the best

foods that can be used for adult and

child alike, though not so indispensible

to the adult person. It should be con-

sidered as a food rather than a bever-

age and there are few hearty adult per-

sons who will not find it to adVantage

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What do these MS 7





mean to you.





HETHER you know the fer-



tilizers of this organization

as “A A C,” or by any of the

names which for ten to sixty years

have been famous brands of its

predecessors or subsidiaries, it is

well to remember this fact:





All are to-day the product of

The American Agricultural Chem-

ical Company, with its unlimited

facilities for manufacture and ob-

taining the world’s choicest ma-

terials. All have behind them the

accumulated discoveries and ex-

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most noted group of soil, crop and

plant food authorities in all fer-

tilizer history.





Where else can you find such

assurance of value for your fer;

tilizer dollar? ,





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‘ There-was a long silence. Finally?

- "Where’s: Rodaine ‘2” ’



, “In Center City.” It was Anita who

spo e. “He's getting ready‘to run away

and leave you two to stand the brunt

of all this trouble.” '



Again a silence. And again Harry’s

voice: ‘



.“Tell it. Wasn’t you the man?”



' “Ohcemore a long wait. Finally:



"What do I get out of it?"



Fairchild moved to the man’s. side.



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we’ll do what we can to get you lend

iency. And you might as well do it;

there's little chance of you getting

away otherwise. As soon as we can

get the sheriff’s office, we’ll have Ro-

daine under arrest, anyway. And I

don’t think that he’s going to hurt him-

self to help you. So tell the truth;

weren't you the man who help up the

Old Times dance?"



Taylor Bill’s breath traveled slowly

past his bruised lips.



“Rodaine gave me a hundred dollars

to pull it,” came finally. ~



“And you stole the horse and every-

thing—"



“And cached the stuff by the Blue

Poppy, so's I’d get the blame?” Harry

wiggled his mustache fiercely. “Tell

it or I'll pound your ’ead into a jelly!”



“That’s about the size of it.”



But Fairchild was fishing

pockets fer pencil and paper, finally to

bring them forth.



“Not that we doubt your sincerity,

Bill,” he said sarcastically, “but I think

things would be a bit easier if you’d

just write it out. Let him up, Harry.”



The big Cornishman obeyed grudg-

ingly. But as he did so, he shook a

list at his bruised, battered enemy.



“It ain’t against the law to ’it a man

when ’e’s a criminal,” came at last.

The thing was weighing on Harry’s

mind. “I don’t care anyway if it is—”



“Oh, there’s nothing to that," Anita

cut in. “I know all about the law—-





father has explained it to me 'lots of,





times when there’ve been cases before

him. ,In- a thing of this kind, you’ve

got a right to take any kind of steps

neCessary. Stop worrying about it.”



“Well/f and Harry stood watching a

moment as Taylor Bill began the writ-

ing of his confession, “it's such a relief

to get four charges off my mind, that

I didn’t want to worry about any more.

Make 'hit fulsome, Bill—‘tell just ’ow

you did it!”



And Taylor Bill, bloody, eyes black,

lips bruised, obeyed. Fairchild took

the bescrawled paper and wrote his

name as a witness, then handed it to





in his-





Harry and Anita for their signatures.»

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faced-the dolorious high—jacker.

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“About what? Rodaine? Nothing—

except that we were in cahoots on this

crosscut. There isn’t any use denying

itZ—there had come to the surface the

inherent honor that is in every metal

miner, a stalwartness that may lie

dormant, but that, sooner or later, must

rise. There is something about taking

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tighter against the cold- ”blast'that was

coming from without. One—to the

mouth of the mine. Then they'stopped

——short. . .. ‘



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and in ruggedness, and it builds an

honor which fights. against any attempt

to thwart it. Taylor Bill was finding

that honor now. He seemed .to

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the three persons before him.



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give up everything I’ve got.”



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wheeled, rushing down the mountain

side, urging his mount to dangerous

leaps, sending him plunging through

drifts where a misstep might mean.

death, fleeing for the main road. Anita

Richmond screamed:



That’s Maurice! I got a glimpse of

his 'face! He’s gotten away—go after

him somebody—go after him!"



But it was useless. The horseman

had made the- road and was speeding

down it. Rushing ahead of the others,

Fairchild gained a point of vantage

where he could watch the fading black

smudge of the horse and rider as it

went on'and on along the rock road,

finally to reach the main thoroughfare

and turn swiftly. Then he went back

to join the others.



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came his announcement." “Is there a

turn-off on. it anywhere?"





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[goes straight through—but he’ll have





a hard time making it there in this

blizzard.» If we only had horses!"

“They Wouldn’t do us much good

now! Climb on my back as you did on

Harry’s. You‘ can handle these two

men alone ?"' This to his partner. The

Cornishman grunted.

‘ “Yes.

Why?”

“I’m going to take .Miss,‘ Richmond.





and hurry ahead to the: Sheriff’s oflice”





He might not believe me. ’But he’ll

take her word—~and that’ll be sufficient

until you get there with the prisoners.

I’ve got to persuade him to telephone

to Center City and head off the R0-

dainesl"

CHAPTER XXIV.

Squin.t Rodaine Escapes.





E stooped and Anita, laughing at

her posture, cl'ambered upon his

back, her arms about his neck, arms

which seemed to shut .out the biting

blast of the blizzard as he staggered

through the high-piled snow and down-

ward to the road. There he continued

to Carry her; Famhild found himself

wishing that he could carry her for-

ever, and that the road to the sheriff’s

office were twenty miles away instead

of two. But her voice out in on his

wishes. .

, “I can walk now.”

“But the drifts—3’

“We can get along so much faster!”

came her plea. .“I’ll hold on to you——

and you can [help me along.”





Fairchild released her and she seiz-





ed his arm. For a_quarter of a mile '





they hurried along, skirting the places

where the snow had collected in breast.-

high drifts, now and then being forced

nearly down to the bank of the stream

to avoid the mountainous piles of

fleecy white. Once, as they floundered

through a knee-high mass,- Fairchild’s

arm went quickly about her waistand

"he lifted her against him as he liter-

ally carried her‘through. When they

reached the other side, the arm still





held its placewand she did not resist. .





Fairchild wanted to whistle, or sing, or

shout. But breath was too valuable——

and besides, what little remained had

momentarily been taken from him. A





small hand had found. his, where it en- '





circled her. It had rested there, calm

and warm and enthralling, and it told

Fairchild more than all the words in

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outskirts of the city."



Grudgingly he gave up his hold upon

her, as they hurried for the sidewalks

and for the sheriff’s office. There Fair-

. _ child did not attempt to talk—~he left



it all to Anita, and Bardwell, the sher-

,iff listened- Taylor Bill had confessed

to the robbery at the Old Times dance

and to his attempt to so arrange the

evidence that the blame would fall 0n

Harry. Taylbr Bill and Blindeye Boze-



man had been caught at work in a



cross-cut tunnel which led to the prop-



erty of the—Blue Poppy mine, and one

‘ of them, at least, had admitted that

. the sole output of the Silver Queen had

Come from this thieving encroachment.





Then Anita completed the recital—rot.





the plans of the Rodaines to leave'and.

of their departure for Center City. At

last Fairchild spoke, and he told the

happenings which he had encountered

in the 1amshack1e house occupied by

Crazy Laura. It was sufficient. The

sheriff reached for the telephone.



“No need for hurry,” he announced.

“Young Rodaine can’t possibly make

that trip in less than two hours. How

long did »it take you to come down

here?”.



“About an hour, I should judge.”



“‘Then we've got‘ plenty of time—

hello—Central? Long distance, please,

What’s that? Yeh—Long Distance.

Want to put in a call for Center City.”

A long wait, while a metallic voice

streamed over the wire into the sher-



‘ iff’s ear. He hung up‘the receiver.

“Blocked," he said. shortly. “The Wire’s

down. Three or four poles fell from

the force of the storm. Can’t get in

there before morning.”



“But there’s the telegraph!"



“It'd take half an hour to‘ get the

operator out of bed—office is closed.

Nope. We’ll take the short out. And

We’ll beat him there by a half-hour!”



Anita started.



“You mean the Argonaut tunnel?”



“Yes. Call up there and tell them

to get a motor ready for us to shoot

straight through. We can make it at

thirty miles an hour, and the skip in

the Reunion Mine will get us to the

surface in five minutes. The tunnel

' ends sixteen hundred feet underground,

about a thousand feet from Center

City," he explained, as he noted Fair-

child’s wondering gaze. “You stay

here. We’ve got to wait for those pris-

oners—and lock ’em up. I’ll be getting

my car warmed up to take us to the

tunnel.” ‘



Anita already was at the 'phone, and

Fairchild sank into a chair, watching

her with- luminous eyes. The world

was becoming brighter; it might be

night, with a blizzard blowing, to eve-

ry one else—but to Fairchild the sun

was shining as it never had shone be-

fore. A thumping sound came from

without. Harry entered with his two

charges, followed shortly by Bardwell,

the sheriff, while just beneath the of-

fice window a motor roared in the proc-

ess of “warming up." The sheriif look-

ed from one to the other of the two

men.



“These people have made charges

against you,” he said shortly. “I want

to know a little more about them be-

fore I go‘ any farther. They say You’ve

been high—jacking.”



Taylor Bill nOdded in the affirmative.



“And that you robbed the Old Times

dance and framed the evidence against

this big Cornishman‘?”



Taylor Bill scraped a foot on the



. floor. '



“It’s true. Squint Redaine wanted

me to do it. He’d been trying for.thir-

ty years to get that Blue Poppy mine.

There was some kind of a'mix-up away

back there (that I didn’t know, much

about—fact is, I didn’tknow anything.



' The Silver Queen didn't, amount to



3much‘and when demonetization set in,





 





of” years ago, I naturally went to him

for a job again. Then he put this prop- _





I quit—~y0u’ll remember, Sheriff—and





l I «and when I came back a couple





osition up to me at ten dollars a day

and ten per cent. It looked too good

to be turned down. ” ~-



“How about you?” Bardwell faced

Blindeye. The sandy lashes blinked

and the weak eyes turned toward the

floor.



“I—was in on it."



That was enough. The sheriff reach-

ed for his keys. A moment more and

asteel door clanged upon the two men

while the officer led the way to his

motor car. There he looked quizzically

at Anita Richmond, piling without hes-

itation into the front seat. .



“You going too?"



“I certainly am ” and she covered

her intensity with a laugh, “there are

a number of things that'l want to say

to Mr. Maurice Rodaine—and I haven’t

the patience to wait!”





Bardwell chuckled. The‘doors of the

car slammed and the engine roared

louder than ever. Soon they were

churning along through the driving

snow toward the great buildings of the

Argonaut Tunnel Company, far at the

other end of the town. There men

awaited them, and artram motor, to-

gether' with its operator—happy in the

expectation of a departure from the

usual routine of hauling out the. long

strings of ore and refuse cars from the

great tunnel which, driving straight

through the mountains, had been built

in the boom days to cut the workings

of mine after mine, relieving the own-

ers of those holdings of the necessity

of taking their product by the slow

method of burro packs to the railroads,

and gaining for the company a freight

business as enriching as a bonanza

itself. The four pursuers took their

places on the. benches of the car/be-

hind the motor. The trolley was at-

tached. A great door was opened, al-

lowing the cold blast of the blizzard to

whine within the tunnel. Then, clat-

tering over the frogs, green ’ lights





flashing from the trolley wire, thei





speeding journey was begun.‘



It was all new to Fairchild, engross-

ing, exciting. Close above them were

the ragged rocks of the tunnel roof,

seeming to reach down as if to seize

them as they roared and clattered be-

neath. Seepage ‘dripped at intervals,

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they dashed through it. Side tracks

appeared momentarily when they paSs-g

ed the opening of some mine where the





'or cars stood in long lines, awaiting!





their turn to be filled. The air grew

warmer.





the tunnel. Great gateways sped past





them; the motor smashed over side-g





tracks and switches as they clattered





by the various mine openings, the op—=





erator reaching above him to hold the

trolley steady as they went under nar-

row, low places where the timbers had

been placed, thick and heavy, to hold

back the sagging earth above.



. Three miles, four, five, while Anita

Richmond held close to Fairchild as

the speed became greater and the

sparks from the wire above threw their

green, vicious light over the yawning

stretch before them. A last spurt,

slightly down-grade, with the motor

pushing the wheels at their greatest

velocity; then the crackling of elec-

tricity suddenly ceased, the motor

slowed in its progress, finally to stop.





\ The driver pointed tothe right.





“Over there, sheriff—about fifty feet;

that’s the Reunion opening.”



“Thanks!” They ran across the spur

tracks in the fai'nt light of a dii't'y'in—

candescent, gleaming from above. A

greasy being faced them and Bardwell,

the sheriff, shouted his mission; .



“Got to catch some people that are

making a get-away ' through Center

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UMILITY has been thought of so

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~ those found in the Bible: “Better if is

to be in an humble spirit with the

lowly, than to divide the spoil with the

proud.” “A man’s pride shall bring

him low; but honor shall uphold the

humble in spirit.” “By humility and the

fear of the Lord, are riches, honor and

life.” “Whosoev-er therefore shall hum-

ble himself as this little child, the same

is great’in the kingdbm of heaven.”

”‘For whosoever exalteth himself ‘shall

be abased; and he that humbleth him-

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mility.” “Life is a long lesson in hu-

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yan, in Pilgrim’s Progress, puts it thus:

“He that is down need fear no fall, he

that is low, no pride.” “Humility, that

low, sWeet root, from which all heav-

enly Virtues shoot,” says Thomas

“Humility is a virtue all

preach, none practice, and yet every-

body is content to hear,” says the wise

John Selden. Suprgeon, the celebrated

English preacher, says, “Humility. is to

have a just idea of yourself.” Two old

proverbs run: “Better eat humble pie

than no pie at all,” and, “The meek-

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LL this is not much in accord with

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One might almost say, that the present

day beatitude is, “Blessed are the braz-

en, for they shall inherit the earth. And

yet at bottom, we know that it is not

so. The great are humble today, just

as they have ever been.



One day a. man was looking for Dan-

iel Webster. Webster was at that time

secretary of state, under President

Tyler. A small river lay in the strang-

er’s path. “Ho, there,” said he to a

rough’looking man, in high boots, “I_

will give you what it is worth to carry

me over the river." The rough looking

fellow agreed, and it was Webster him-

self. Oneday some Englishmen were

being shown through the White House

in the days of President Lincoln. Ac-

cidentally, so‘the story goes, they came

upon the President blackjng his boots.

The visitors excused themselves as

best they could, one of them muttering

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goodness of God he passes away.

Tycho Brahe, the great Danish astron~

omer, has the same attitude.

he is deprived of his living by a

thoughtless'king, and must leave for

other parts, he continues his making

of the charts of the heavens, and

passes on the torch of truth to young

Kepler. It is a great story, and it is

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[TH literary men it has often



been the same. While a writer

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into doing your Will. I like that say-

ing of Huxley, “Science seems to me

to teach in the highest and strongest

manner the great truth which Ts em--

bodied in the Christian conception of

entire consecration to the will of God.’

Sit down before a. fact as a little~child,

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influence of such men as Francis

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icitr. canyonsend us up inthe skip?





“Yes, two at a. time" ' -



“All right!” The sheriff turned to

Harry. “You and I’ll go on the firist

trip and hurry for the Ohadi road.

Fairchild and Miss Richmond Will wait

for the second and go to Sheriff Mas-

on '9 office and tell him what’s up. Meet

us there,” he said to Fairchild, as he





went forward. Already the hoist was _

working; from far above came the,





grinding of the wheels on rails as the

skip was lowered. A wave of the hand,

then Bardwell and Harry entered the

big, steel receptacle. At the wall the

greasy workman pulled three times on





. the electric signal; a moment more and





the skip with its two occupants had

passed out of sight. ' _



A long wait followed while Fairchild

strove to talk of many things—and





‘ failed in all of them. Things vars hap-





pening too swiftly for them to be put

into criSp sentences by a man whose

thoughts were muddled by the fact

that beside him waited a girl in a Whip-

cord riding suit—the same girl who

had leaped from an automobile on the

Denver highway and-.—



It crystallized things for him. mo-

mentarily. . 1



“I’m going to ask you something af-

tera while—something that I’ve won-

dered and wondered about. I know it

wasn't anything—but—” ‘



She laughed up at him.



“It did look terrible, didn’t it?”



“Well, it wouldn’t have been so mys-

terious if you hadn’t hurried away so

quick. And then—”



“You really didn’t think I was the

Smelter bandit, did you?” the laugh

still was. on her lips. Fairchild scratch-

ed his head.



“Darned if I know what I thought.

And I don't know what I think yet.”



“But you’ve managed to live through

it, haven’t you?” _



“Yes—but—-"



She touched his arm and put on a

scowl. .



“It’s very, veryawful!” ‘came in a.

low, mock-awed voice. "‘But— " then

the laugh came again— “maybe if you

are good and——well, maybe I’ll tell you

after a while.”



“Honest?”



“Of course I’m honest!

the skip 2',"



Fairchild walked to the shaft. But

the skip was. not in sight. A long ten

minutes they waited, while the great

steel carrier made the trip to the sur-

face with Harry and Sheriff Bardwell,

then came lumbering down again.

Fairchild stepped in and lifted Anita to

his side.



The journey was made in darkness—

darkness which Fairchild longed to

turn to his advantage, darkness which

seemed to call to him .to throw his

arms about the girl at his side, to

crush her to him, to seek out with an

instinct that needed no guiding light

the laughing, pretty lips which had





any? that





caused him many a. day of happiness,





many a day of worried wonderment.

He strove to talk away the desire——

but the. grinding wheels in the narrow

shaft denied that. His fingers twitch-

ed, his arms trembled as he sought to

hold back the muscles, then, yielding

to the impulse, he started——



“Da-a-a~gone it!”



“What’s the matter?”



“Nothing.”



But Fairchild wasn’t telling the





_.truth. They had 1eached the light just





at the wrong, wrong mement. Out of

the skip he lifted her, then inquired





the. way to the sheriff’s office of this, a~

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story.





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“Yes.

ute start on us. Do ydu think—‘1”



“We’ll wait here. They’re hefty and

strong. They can handle him alone."



But an hour passed without word

from the two searchers. Two more

went by. The sheriff rose from his

chair, stamped about the room, and

looked out at the night, a driving, aim-

less thing in the clutch of a blizzard.



“Hope they ain’t lost,” came at last



“Hadn’t we bettere—i’”



But a noise from without cut off the

conversation.

on the steps, the knob turned, and

Sheriff Bardwell, snow-white, entered,

shaking himself like a great dog, as he

sought to rid himself of the effects of

the blizzard.



“Hello,- Mason,” came curtly.



“Hello, Bardwell, what’d you find?"



The sheriff of Clear Creek county

glanced toward Anita Richmond and





_ was silent. The girl leaped to her feet.





“Don’t be afraid to talk on my ac-

count,” she begged. “Where’s Harry?

Is be all right? Did he come back

with you?”



“Yes—he’s back.”



Bardwell was silent again, biting at

the end of his mustache. Then he





. squared himself.





“No matter how much a person dis-

likes another one—it’s, it’s—always a

shock,” came at last.

closer.



“You mean that he’s dead?”



The sheriff nodded, and Fairchild

came suddenly to his feet. Anita’s face

had grown suddenly old—the oldness

that precedes the” youth of great relief.



“I’m sorry—for any one who must

die,” came finally. “But perhaps—per-

haps it was better. Where was he?"



“About a mile out. He must have

rushed his horse too hard. The sweat





.was frozen all over it—nobody can





push a beast. like that through these

drifts and keep it alive.”





“He didn’t know much about riding.”



“I should say not. Didn’t know much

of anything when we got to him. He

was just about gone—tried to stagger

to his feet when we came up, but he

couldn’t make it. Kind of acted like

he’d lost his senses through fear or ex-

posure or something. Asked me who I

was, and I said Bardwell. Seemed to

be tickled to hear my name—but he

called it Barnham. Then he got up on

his hands and knees and clutched at

me and asked me if I’d drawn out all

the money and had it safe. Just to

humor him, I said I had. He tried to

say something after that, but it wasn’t

much use.

he’d passed out. That’s where Harry

is now—took him over to the mortuary.

There isn’t anybody named Barnham,

is there?” _



“Barnham?” The name had awak-

ened recollections for Fairchild; “why

he’s the fellow that—”



But Anita cut in.



-“He’s a lawyer in Denver. They’ve

been sending all the income from stock

sales to him for deposit. If Maurice

asked if he’d gotten the money out, it

must mean that they meant to run

with all the proceeds. We’ll have to

telephone Denver.”



“Providing the line’ s working." Bard-

well stared at the other sheriff. “Is it ‘7'”



“Yes—to Denver.”



3 (Concluded next week).





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married sister who used to be a boon

to busy farm m0the1s is a much-occu-

pied business woman in town, and the

hired girl in the country. is almost ex-

tinct. You can’t expect a girl to work

in a house where she has to carry

water from a Well and wash milk pails

and stoke a wood stove, when she can

get almost any wages she wants in the

neighborhood of steam heat and mov-

ies and water-power washing machines.



The farmer’s wife does this herself,





By W G. Earle





not just because her lot has beencast‘

-in the country, but because she be-





lieves_the advantages of the country





far outWeigh those of. the city as a;

place to live. Sometimes she gets ov-‘

ertired and discouraged and wants to





leave the farm. Sometimes her health

breaks down and the family have to

move to to'wn-——and pay doctor bills for

years. Her husband knows just one

trade or profession—farming—so he

hires out as a common laborer; he does

not like it a little bit; he longs for the

wide acres and herds again. Having

to buy every scrap of food ahd fuel is

a new practice after coming from the

abundance of home-grown things on

the farm, and the man’s wages are not

large and evaporate very easily. So

the ex-farm family find themselves

scrimping along on the edge of pov-

erty, and they cannot give the children

the chance they want them to have.





All of which is the result of failing





to give mother the little necessities of

labor-saving devices which not only

make life‘worth-while, but conserves

the life of the mother. \Vould it not

have been better had this father put

into improved labor-saving devices for

the farm home, .that which he later

paid out as doctor bills and sacrificed





NeW Dieclaratlon 0f Independent?“





income and happiness, because he was





forced to move to town and become a '





ditch-digger in his prime?





. These recurring tragedies may be \





averted. Hired help is out of the ques-

tion. A man on a farm cannot give

much help around the house because

he already has more than he can do

outSide. The only solution is' mechan-





ical equipment that will save and take'





over the heavier manual. of

housework.



Farm women agree‘ that the country

is the best place in the World to live

and the only place to bring up chil-





dren, and that home-making is the hap~





labor





, piest profession for a woman, that in _





no other place has she such a scope

for her head and her heart and her





'hands and all the executive and admin-





istrative ability she can cultivate. ‘



But if the possibilities of. the farm

home and country life, and the profes-

sion of home-making and motherhood

are to be all ”that is claimed for them,

it must be put within the strength and

ability of the average farm woman to

do the work of her home happily and

comfortably.



After all, perhaps the Nebraska

women have given the farm women of

other states a good suggestion.

tainly they demand only justice, name-

ly, that the home keep pace with the

farm in adopting improved devices.





Care of the Home Meat Supply





(Continued from last week).

Third Prize.

Mrs. F. K., New Lothrop, Michigan. ,

Home-made Bacon.



. After pork is cold, lay it on the

table, skin side down, and rub into the

fleshy parts a generous supply of brown

sugar.



For 100 pounds put two pounds of

good coarse barrel salt in an iron fry-

ing pan over a hot fire and stir con-

stantly until it will hiss when a drop

of water touches it.



Just before removing from the stove

stir in two ounces of pulverized salt-

peter. Spread this over the meat, while

hot, with a large spoon and let remain

for three days, then wipe dry and

smoke immediately.



Hasty Mincemeat.



Two teacups cold meat (either roast

or boiled beef) chopped; three teacups

of apples; one teacnp of sugar; half

teacup of molasses; pinch of soda; half

cup of prune or other fruit juice (any

kind); half teacup cold coffee; half

lemon (in place of vinegar); one pound

seeded raisins; two tablespoons cur-

rant or grape jelly; two teaspoons of

cinnamon; half teaspoon of clover and





nutmeg; salt and pepper to taste. Mi); ‘





It will make three pies.

Minccmeat Without Apples.

Slice and pare a pumpkin. Put it

through a food chopper with a medium

cutter, not too fine. Pour over it weak

vinegar. Let set Over night. Put on

the stove and let it come to a boil.

Drain it, and proceed exactly as if it

were apple. After you have the mince-





well.





meat all mixed, boil all together until.





the pumpkin is soft, using. great care

not to cook a minute too long, else it





will be mushy. A critic cannot toll that.





apples were not used.





 





Fourth Prize. .

Mrs. D. R. W., Rochester, Michigan.

When butchering there is 80 mi: ch





' until done.

and one=half quarts to make it moist.





" é eflelcti-ve in Sand-cola





der. Cut up in slices, salt and pepper

to taste, cook as if to use on table only

not quite so hard. The water must be

all cooked out of meat. Pack in crooks

and when crock is full put a plate on

top, smaller than crock.

con strips in with the ham and smoke

when hams are smoked. Cut all the

meat from the head that can be and

put with sausage meat. Give the bones

to the chickens and get more eggs.





Mlnccmeat.





One quart of meat beef; half pint of

suet; two quarts of apples; one cup of

vinegar; one cup of molasses; one

quart of fruit juice (cherry is good);

one heaping teaspoon of cloves; one

heaping teaspoon of cinnamon; one

heaping teaspoon of allspice; salt and

sweeten to suit taste. Put in a little

water to cook, half package of our-

rants and half package of raisins. Cook

‘It will make about three





 





ular as it! is right now and it is most

to





 





I put the be:





2 learn how; to conserve her

.., ' . good energy.- .

Australian Fur has never been cramp .~ '





Good Sausage.



. Twenty- seven and one-half pounds of

meat, two-thirds lean and one- -third fat;

half pound Salt; three ounces of good

black pepper; half teaspoon red pep-

per; two tablespoons of sage; half cup

of cornmeal; three-fourths cup flour;

mix thoroughly. — Pack in pans, cover

top with melted lard about a. quarter—

inchithick, set away in a. c001 place.





 





Fifth Prize.

Mrs. D. R., Conway, ~Michigan.

Best-ever Mincemeat.

Many people don’t like mincemeat.

I never liked it until I made Some like





this and I have had several people say,





they never ate such good mince pies

before. Here it is. You can use beef,

chicken or tame rabbit, or wild meat

of any kind. I used for mine, four wild

rabbits; three quarts of peeled apples;

one quart of pitted cherries; one pint

of seeded grapes; one pound of seed-

less iaisins; one pound of suet; two

tablespoons of cinnamon; one teaspoon

each of cloves, allspice and nutmeg;

one tablespoon of salt; two quarts of

sugar. First Leook the meat until it





can be easily picked off the bone, "and\'





then' grind it through the food chopper.

Next I add my can of cherries; chop





apples quite. fine, and add; then grapes,





raisins, spice, sugar, Salt and suet; the

suet should be Chopped fine or run





through food chopper.





This will keep a long time for pies

if kept cold It can be canned by pack-_





ing in cans cold, and cooked insteamer ‘

(It does;





for three and on‘éjhalfé hours.

not have to be cooked firsTttor piesgg





 





Every busy wife and mother should .l.’





arrange to see in, media} house and





strength





Ger:





 





4
HE results of the contest this

week demonstrate to a good ad-

vantage that the housewives are





., ever on the alert to make both ends





meet and to have these ends overlap

as far as possible. The problem of

making pin money appears to have

been successfully solved by some, even

when the duties of caringfor a‘large

family demand much time and atten-

tion.



Many letters were received that con-

tained profitable suggestions for re-

plenishing the family purse, but space

will permit only the five prize winners

to appear here. Some told about the

\money earned by raising poultry, but

that can hardly be considered as pin

money. It should more appropriately

be placed among profits of other. farm

produce and shared with friend .hus—

band. Not a few told about their meth-

ods of economizing and saving in the

home. The old adage, “A penny saved,

a. penny earned," is quite suited here.

The returns of economy and frugality

are really “long distance wages.”



The replies to the contest have be-

come so numerous each week that I

have had to push other work aside in

order to take care of them. So it has

been deemed advisable to get someone

else to look after this part of the work.

Henceforth address your letters to

Martha Cole. I believe you can rely





on her to pass fair judgment in each 4





case. She will also help you solve any

of your home problems and answer

with a personal reply any question you

send her. I trust you will like her and

show her the splendid cooperation you

have shown me.



And now, Martha, you may have the

chain—Household Editor.





 





First Prize.



Mrs. N. 0., Mt. Clemens, Michigan.



Many farm women have large, old-

fashioned houses with more room than

they need. I, for one, am so situated,

and last summer turned this extra

room into pin money. I rented the

rooms for light housekeeping to amoth-

er and her children from the city dur-

ing the summer. By entering an ad.

in a Detroit paper the last part of June,

I received several replies. I rented the

two rooms furnished as sleeping room

and kitchen. Rent, milk, eggs, broil-

ers and vegetables came to about $80

after expenses were paid. 'People com-

ing from the city come more to enjoy

the out-of-doors than beautiful rooms.

They only ~ask for rooms to be clean

and comfortable and not elaborately

furnished. ‘





 





Second Prize.

Mrs. A. S., Hermansville, Michigan.

My pin money comes to me from

raising Scotch Collie puppies. I have

so much work to do, both in the house

and field, that I have very little spare

time. There is no work at all in this





, “side line,” as my puppies have the run





of the farm and are usually. sold before

they are three months old. I feed them

stale bread, ~boiled potatoes, skim-milk

and all the table scraps In return

they give me a fair piofit to help fill

the family purse. . ,





 





Third Prize.

Mrs. B. T. Brown City, Michigan.



I believe I have found a very efficient

way for making pin money. With the

little slipdver sweaters so much in

vogue, I bought some yarn and cro‘

clieted them. I could buy the yarn for

about two dollars and could sell them

readily for four dollars. Later I found

that people wanted collars and cuffs

for them so I made them some pretty

ones oflinen, organdy and leather and





I ' sold them generally with the. sweaters.

make up very thickens .—-—Mrs. F L





\





 





“oncy at Home





By the ”Prize Winner:





quickly, and thus the more gain for me.





 





Fourth Prize.



Mrs. H. B. W.,_ Coloma, Michigan.



I live on a farm and would like to

tell others how I make my pin‘money.

During the winter time I make cottage

cheese and sell it to our near town gro-

cery and meat market. Besides I have

all the customers I can furnish directly

from my home. I charge ten cents per

pound and make a supply onCe a week.





 





Fifth Prize.



Mrs. W. P. 0., Charlotte, Michigan.



I raise about one— -fourth of an acre of

flowers and sell the cut flowers. In

the spring I raise a good many aster,

pansy and salvia plants to sell, and get

my seed from a seed company. In the

fall I save my own seed and sell some

to friends, and thus it is necessary to





 





How I Made My Rugs





T is during the long winter



evenings that the housewife

plans and makes the small rugs

to replace those worn out during

the past year. There are numer-

ous methods and interesting col-

or schemes to be worked out.



We will give an aluminum pre-

serving kettle for the best letter

telling your method, color combi-

nation and means of dying mate-

rial for home-made rugs. The

second prize will be an aluminum

frying-pan, while third, fourth

and fifth prizes will be aluminum

sauce pans. -



Address all letters to Martha

Cole, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, *

Mich., before January 19.





 





 





 





buy seed only every other year. I sold

about forty dollars worth of flowers

last summer and had all I could use

for myself and friends. I took some

flowers to the fair and got a number

of premiums on them.





A TIM ELY SUGGESTION.





 





00L nights suggest more bed cov-



ers. 01d comforters can often be

made to do double service by doing a

little extra work on them. When the

top is much worn, but the lining is in

a good state .of preservation, a new

top can be pieced from extra pieces

that we have laid by, either in a de-

sign or crazy work. Carefully launder

the old comforter than tie on the top.

Be sure to have the border come well

over the edge of the old lining and

whip down carefully. Old comforters

too much worn to be used as covers

can be made into very good mattress

pads. Ten yards of outing will make

the top and bottom, tied in the usual

way. Much worn blankets used in the

place of batten in making new com-

forters are very good—Mrs. H. E. K.,

Emmet County.





HOUSEHOLD SERVICE.





 





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Stir one tablespoon of granulated

sugar with three level tablespoons of

dry mustard. Then stir in with the





dry mustard one egg until it is all,





smooth. Then add a few drops at a

time, One teacup of good cider vinegar.

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menus. AUTHOR- .‘ :.
Does the Boy Own His Calf?





For Young Folk: and T lzezr Parent: to Read





NEVER before have we seen such

splendid calf club shows as have

been offered recently at the county

and state shows. Boys and girls are

not only making a name in the club

classes, but are stepping right into the

open classes and holding their own

with the experienced breeders and

snowmen.



Such are proud moments for the

boys and girls. For they know they

have achieved something well worth

while, the thing they have been work-





 





Maurice Stead, Howard Bryant, Leon-

ard Hoerner, of St. Johns, Winners

at State Apple Show.





ing for all year, or in some cases for

two and three years. ()n the other

hand, we often find the parents watch-

ing from the side lines, very proud in-

deed of the young people who are tak-

ing the game of life and farm in a ser-

ious way. Perhaps in their boy and

girlhood days‘such things as young

people’s clubs were unknown.



There is one feeling which a boy or

girl loves even more than winning a

coutest, and this is the sense of own—





but of winning a contest unless he

owns the calf that is making the rec-

ord. He (can’t take father's or the

neighbor’s calf, fit it up, and win whole

heartedly. Yet this is what we find

some boys and girls trying to do. Dur-

ing the past few weeks at various

shows we haVe talked with a large

number of boys and girls in the calf

club barns. In most cases the calf club

work is a complete reality to the young

people. They own their calves and

have registration papers made out in

their own names to prove it, and this

is how it should be. How sorry we

feel for the little fellow who says, “It’s

Dad’s, but I call it mine, and I get the

money for showing.”



What a contrast that statement is to

the boys who says, “You bet it's mine.

I bought it last March and gave my

note at the bank.”





The first boy has never known the

joy of ownership. Nothing but disap~

pointment can await him when the calf

goes back into the herd and his money,

if he won any, is spent. We can’t see

where he has gotten any help from

such work either. It usually turns out

that the winner is Dad, because he has

a heifer well raised which he proudly

displays to his friends or sells at a

profit. But where does Johnnie

come in?



Once in a while We meet a father

who seems to think it’s all right to di-

vide up his calves among his boys and

girls about show time. Certainly such

a practice is not fair, either to his own

children, the other boys and girls in

the ring, or himself. Enough could not

be said against such a practice, but we





are glad to say that such instances





are few.



Let your boy own his calf, not only

in name but in fact. See that the reg-

istration papers are made out in his

name. On the other hand, the boy

should pay for this calf. It will not





 





ership. No boy can get a real thrill be appreciated as a gift.

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

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

advice. The most interesting letters each week will appear here.





Address your letters to me. -—-Uncle Frank.





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Here I am knocking again at the

door of this “Merry Circle.” Please

move over and make room for another

cousin. I wrote a letter a long time

ago but it landed in that horrid “Waste

Paper Basket ” But “if at first you



. don’t succeed, try and try again,’ is

my motto, and I think it is a pretty

good one, don’ t you Uncle Frank?



I guess I had better tell you what I

look like: I weigh 119 pounds and am

five feet two and one- -half inches high.

I have light blue eyes and medium

brown hair. Of course, I’ve got freck~

les on my noSe and am dreadful tan-

ned, but I can't help that. Hope I’m

accepted as a cousin.



I go to school every day and like it

very much.

and hope to pass the examination. If

I do its high school next year if noth-

ing happens.



Will close for this time. —-Grace Rin-

ard, Mesick, Mich.





You’re accepted and welcome. That

waste :basket is a horrid place, isn’t it?





 





Dear Uncle Frank.

May I join your happy circle of

‘ nephews and nieces? I have written

four letters to you before but have

never seen one published yet. But this

tine I hope to be more successful.

_' uh! you like to hear about





 





I am in the eighth grade-





. ,. everyone





doves you ever say. I supDOSe you

will wonder where and how I got them.

Well, we have a number of dove-nests

in the barn. I watch them and just as

soon as the eggs are hatched I pick

out the prettiest ones and feed them

myself. It does seem cruel but they

don’t seem to mind it for when they

‘become about two months old they fly

on my shoulder and even eat out of

my hand—Your nephew, Donald Saw-

er, Ada, Mich, R. 1.



You are to be congratulated on your

persistency. It’s a good thing t0‘have.





Your dove pets must be interesting.





 





Dear Uncle Frank



I have just walked in once more,

you see, but I just can’t keep out. I

had to come this time to find my let-

ter. .

didn’t see it or an answer to eithe1 one,

that or your photo either. But I guess

I won’t cry over spilled milk, as they

say.



Dear Uncle Frank I do hope you had

a nice time today, and I expect you did

as this is Xmas. I wish you a very

happy New Year.



My brother, and also father,- are in

Battle Creek, so you see mother and I

are the chore boys, if so we might be

called.



This letter is gettipg rather long and



also gone . be I





   





I wrote the last time and as I .





guess it is time I quit this and go too.

A niece, Lola Court, Allen Mich, R. 1. g





I appreciate very much your, writing

me on Christmas Day. Often letters





have to go unanswered because I have —





not the time to answer them. I pre-

sume you have seen my pictures.





 





Dear Uncle Frank.

I have written you before, but my





\lettel must have found the waste paper





basket, as I did not see it in print. I,

hope this one will be interesting

enough to reach the “Letter Box ” I

enjoy 1eading the boys’ and girls' let-

ters so much and only wish you had

100m to print more.



I live on a ten- -acre fruit farm but

wish .I could live on a larger one.

What fun it must be to live on a farm

with cows and horses, sheep and pigs.



I live but a few minutes’ walk from

Lake Michigan and’ love to go in swim-

ming in the summer and climbing over

the .ice in- winter. My brother and I

have a small black dog that loves to

go with us, and he sure looks black

and small among the mountains of ice.



I think this is getting too long so

will close, with a Happy New Year to





 





Stock Show





you all. ——-Faith H. Goodell, St. Joseph,

Mich.



I, too, wish I had room to print more

of the nice letters I receive. I used to

live next to old Lake Michigan and

have experienced the fun you have. I

like the meaning of your first name.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am writing you for my third time

and I am a Ball. So it is thxee times

{indl out, as you know when you play



al .



This is the first Read-and-Win Con-

test I ever tried to write, ,but it was

very easy. ,



One of the questions, “Who bought

a f01ty-acre farm fox $160?” My father

knows the man very well; he has

grown thousands of buShels of pota-

toes which he sold at the same market

that Mr. Petifor did.



Well, I must say good- -bye. ——Arthur

Ball, DeWitt, Mich. .



In baseball it is also four balls and

take your base. So, you really had an-





other chance coming.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



May a lonely little city girl join your

circle? I sincerely hope I may.



I am sixteen years old, have bobbed

hair and am not very pretty. Will that

do for a desoliption of myself?



I have often read the cheery letters





from your other nieces and nephews





and so hoped that I could be one of

.them.

Well, as my letter is getting rather





lengthy, I will bring it to a close. —-—I>





am your loving niece, Phoebe A. Bel-

anger, Gladstone, Mich, Box 804.





You certainly are welcome. Judging: _»





from your description of yourself, I be-

lieve you are modest. That’s a good





trail: to have. . 7 .4

(Far a Could Be; is 1:.- Maybe, , _' 5

“ With a chance of tfionching. par. . ’ I“





 





Dear Uncle Frank: , _ r. ,

This is my first letter. ' .

body will make fun of it. s -

I live ~ F ,

two tame





thirteen years old and in eighth ads.

I like to read story books, my avar-

ite ones are: Again; Rip Van

Winkle; Sink or wim; Shifting for

Himself, and others. .

I have eleven sisters and two broth-

ers. One brother is in Chicago, and

the other one is in Ann Arbor at the

hospital —-Another nephew,

Panttila, Kaleva, Mich,





I used to like the same kind of books

when I was thirteen. You have many

more sisters than I had; I didn'thave

any. ' ‘





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

YMerry Christmas and a Happy New

car. -.

What did you get for Christmas? I

got a No.2 Kewpie camera, four books,

and other things.





I have three cats. I am going to





take the cats and my sister Edith’s

picture with my camera. '



I have been trapping this fall and

winter.

of furs so far.

one muskrats and one mink.

get a skunk in the morning.





I haVe made over $50 worth

~ I haVe- caught thirty-

I hope to

I tracked





Part of the 670 Boys and Glil‘ls who Won Free Trips to the International Live





Last Month.





him into a hole. I like hunting and

trappng. I have a rifle.



Well, I believe it is bedtime so will

have to stop. I am a boy, thirteen years

old, and in seventh grade at school.—

Your unknown nephew, Leonard Gar-

lick, Willis, Mich, R. 1



’The most appreciated thing I got

for Christmas was the many good wish-

es from pals. I would be glad to re-

ceive a picture of your sister and the

cats. Come again, Leonard.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: »



How are you? Did you have a happy

Xmas? I wonder if Santa Claus brought

you many toys, * .



I was going to send you a Christmas

letter, but I kept putting it off, and it

isn’t written yet, you see. So that

proves the famous old saying that you

should never put off anything that—you

can do today until tomorrow.



Ha! Ha! I’ve got it all mixed up.



Well, I’m sending my five resolutions

in“ I think they’re pretty good, but I

don’t think I’ll win, because of .my writ-

ing. I always had trouble with my writ-

ing, anyway. I wish I could improve

it some. . -



Well, I’ll say good- bye —now, and a

Happy New Year’s Day. (You see, I

can’t wish .you a. happy Xmas, so I

wish you a. Happy New Year. ——Susie

Lurty, Fair Haven, Mich;





You bet I had a nice Christmas but

I did not get any toys, although I think

some boys should have gotten me a

rattle to play with. ~





 





TO BE out NOTV To BE.





 





.I’d rather. be a‘Could Be .

If I could not be an Are;





 





Francis .
, _ A. THOUGHT.





Wishing star: that shines tonight,



.. Do not smile at me,



Look you toward some lovely child,

. Who in the dark may be.





Bluebird, sing not at my door,

.. But be you. swiftly flown, ,

‘To. where perhaps some little child

In silence sits alone. .

~ Roadside berries, red in June,

Change—your place to grow,

For fear some lonely little child

May empty-handed go. . ~

—By Miss Hulda A. Schafer, Hopkins,

Michigan.





THE TEACH E'Rs.‘





Tell me not in mournful numbers

Latin’s but an easy dream.



For the pupil is lostthat slumbers



' As verbs are not what they seem.





" School is real, teachers earnest;





.Andaplay "is not their rule.

Fun thou art, to fun returnest

x Is not spoken of their school.





Not enjoyment, only sorrow

Is their destined end or way.

But they work that each tomorrow

Finds us further than today.





Exams. are long and time is fleeting.

Teachers all are strict and brave,



While our loyal hearts are beating



~ Our funeral marches to the grave.





In Literature’s broad. field of battle,

In the terrible Latin scramble,



We are dumb, like driven cattle,

And all we do'is, Ramble! Ramble!





Trust no teacher, however pleasant,

Exams they’ll bring before they

leave. ,

Work—~Work in the living present, .

For when they come your heart’ll

grieve. /

The teachers all can well remindus

0f the chemistry equation.

For tho’ the past we leave behind us,

The test will come before vacation.





Notebook, that today to me, look _

Terrible, another time, this same



Forlorn and shipwrecked book

Seeing, may take heart again.





—By Helen M. Finkler, Coopersville,

Michigan, R; 2. .





DISHES. '





When the evening meal is o’er,

And locked and bolted every door,

Comes the time of which I dread;

0ft I wish I were in bed.





For stacked upon the table low

A thOusand dishes in a row, ' ,

Stacked till they almost reach the sky,

And most of them smeared With

sticky pie. ‘ ~





Themuflin pans all crusted: with: dough

Stand“ in a helpieaslamlrstraggly row.

And I must scrape till i get them clean,

Np finder-themufim pans think ,I’m



' ' . ean. , -





In the niorning’mother says with a.

, 818.. - ,‘ _.

"Florence, look at these muffin pans,"

I almost could cry. 7

-“There’s muflin in, every crack and

, crease

. And the trying Dan’s literally cover-

- ‘ ed with grease.





“The spoons are filthy with dirt and

.egg. _ .

Do tiller dishes right. Do I have to

eg.lD . ,



Then at nine I go to bed,





. Holding the morning dishes in dread-





By Florence Louise .Dunn, EIWell,

Michigan, R. 1.





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DEAR UNC LE FRAN K.





While looking'at the pictures

‘ That the lads and. lasses drew,

I tried my very hardest . - '

To decide which looked like you.





In one-you are young. in another'old.

in some you are in between,



While in. one you-are stout and pussy,

In, the other you are rather lean.





Lbne shows theimarks of intellect,

.. ‘ The others vacant stare. - 2

. Marmara dressed like, a haysecd

‘ 8:36 ammmspare.’ '



-- “an 1 sea ‘-





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Some certainly must be takers.

I think they got you, muddled up

‘ With Uncle Hy and Al. Acres.





I don’t pretend to be a judge

In this conglomeration,.

But if any one is Uncle Frank



They are surely no relation. ,

'—By Paul Dewent, Hudsonville, Mich-

igan, R. 1. ‘~





LON ESOM EN ESS.





When I am lonesome I like to write,



And when I am so I write half the

night.



It seems as if my heart would break,



In the night when I lay awake.



I’m lonesome, lonesome, all the while,



As lonesome as on the banks of the

Nile.



It matters not what sport I try,



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And just because I’m so young is the

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I’m as lonesome as the wind that pass-

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—By a Lonesome Girl.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Oh, here’s to the Michigan Farmer,

The paper we hold so dear.





Fifty-two times in a year.





We take the Michigan Farmer,

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didn’t lay. But on the eleventh day, they

laid 13 eggs, and it is wonderful what Don

Sung has done for our egg basket through

the fall, winter and spring. There never

was another tonic like Don Sung."——Miu

Damn Wright, Veronia, Ore.



A $1 package of Don Sung lasts 15 hens

90 days. The extra eggs for just. a few

days paid Miss Wright for her Don Sung.



. The rest was clear profit.

. You may not believe

that hens can lay‘weli all

winter. Neither did Mis

Wright until she accept

our offer. It's open to you

—here it is:



Give Don Sung to 15

hens. Then watch results

. for 30 days. If it doesn’t

, show you a big increase in

eggs, if it doesn’t pay for itself and pay

you a good profit besides, tell us and your

money will be promptly refunded.



Don Sung (Chinese for egg laying) acts

directly on the egg-laying organs. and is

beneficial Iin every way. It makes hens

healthy and happy. They scratch and sing.

Pullets develop earlier. The whole flock

lays regularly in any season, in any

weather, when eggs are scarce and high.



Can you attord to ignore the wonderful

reports you are hearing from Don Sung

users everywhere? Why not let us show



on the same results, with your own flock?

%on Sung is no trouble to use. It costs

nothing to tr . All we ask is a chance to



rave our cla ms, entirely at our risk. Get



on Sung from your local dealer, or send

50 cents for package by mail prepaid (large

size. holds _.three times as much).

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,. and-swells slowly and turns bluish. ‘We '





a day. Some of the hens lose control





can’t walk, and then die—T. S.





of something in their ration which they

craVe and it is also due .to idleness land

a. lack of exercise while ‘v-in winter

.Quarters. The leg weakness is prob-

ably due to. errors in feeding. A ‘bal-

anced mash should be used.

‘ consist of equal parts by weight of.





oats and beef scrap. The amount of

meat scrap can be reduced one-half “if

the hens'have plenty of sour milk.



The scratch grain should always be

fed in litter to induce exercise. One

of the best ways to stop feather eating

is to turn the flock. out on range where ‘

they will hunt and scratch and forget

each other. If you have no time tO'

mix maShes it will pay to use the com-

mercial mashes generally sold by feed

stores or elevators.





SMALL ,FRUIT ,AND POULTRY. ~

. __.__,__ ._. .



ED raspberries» furnish a dense



shade on the poultry range where"

young stock are growing. They also

furnishs‘a hiding place when hawks ap-

pear. The berries are borne high

enough in the foliage so thatfew will

be taken by young chickens. Black-

berries are borne out where the poul-

try can “see them' and will often be

pecked. They do not make as good _

shade as raspberries. Currants and . w ’

gooseberries will-usually be all picked WILL SELL “APPROVED'"CHICKS-

off while still very small and green. ' “——



In small poultry yards plums seem T a recent Ameeting the Michigan

to be the most satisfactory tree fruit. Bay Chick Association decided to ~

Select varieties that grow near to the change the term used in Connection

ground and prune them so the lower with the certified flocks from which"

limbs will remain for shade. Growing they get their eggs. instead 0? using





 





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The Farm of E. E. Wang, Van Buren County, is Ideal for Poultry Raising. ~





the word— “certified” they will use the

word “approved.”



As this is the first year that the

members of this association have made

an effort to put a. better grade of chick-

ens on the market, they have decided

it would 'be better not to call their

products “state certified” until the

Michigan Agricultural College could

furnish the necessary inspectors and

culling experts to do the work.



Each flock owner and hatcher has

culled his own birds this year 'on the

120-egg minimum basis. The college

has one man now in thefield checking

up on this work and “approving” the

flocks which meet this standard.



Hatching from eggs which come from

hens having a 120-egg per year aver-

age, will do much to increase the pro-

duction of the farm flocks throughout

the state, as the average state produc-

tion, according to Prof. E. C. Foreman,

is now only between- sixty and seventy

eggs per year. ,





poultry will not fly into the trees

enough to injure the fruit seriously but

they will pick up curculio and other

insects that may injure the fruit.





Peach trees need a lot of cultivation

and spraying and are not as good as

plums in the poultry yards. Apples

grow slowly and. when mature they

may be too large for small yards.

They need a lot of spraying and trees

too near poultry houses cannot be

sprayed thoroughly without spotting up

the houses with the spray dope. A,

large apple orchard in sod is’a fine

range for poultry as it will furnish

both shade and green food and be a

little less windy than an open field

range. -





The combination of fruit and poultry ,

cannot be made on a large scale‘un-

less there is plenty of labor available. ‘

Both are jobs for specialists when car-

ried on intensively. But a small amount

of fruit on the poultry farm proves

good for the poultry and may prove a

profitable sideline if properly manag—

ed.——Kirby.





 





 





. HOUSE FOR 500 HENS.





 





Will you please give me full dimen-

sions” of- a coop that would be conven-

ient for 500 hens, also the size at} the

park?—'-;C. D. H.’ ,‘ ‘ ' "





TURKEY'S HEAD 'SWELLS.





 





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Our turkeys have‘the swelled head. .

It-begins between the bill and‘the ’eye . _ . .

, feet'long will give you a .‘floor 'area‘of

2,000 square‘feet._ That will give four

square feet for'each of the 500 hens.

.You do not. state the breed of. hens.

The heavier breeds require a. little

more room than Leghorns ‘butfour

square feet per bird is generally con-

sidered about right by practical poul-

trymen. ‘ .,



If you build a shed-roof house you‘ '

can have it four feet high in the real"

and eight feet in front. A half span

house can be four feet in the rear, six

in front and eight or nine at the high- ;

est point. -I believe a house 100 feet

long should be divided into 'five sec—v

tions, each twenty feet wide. These

sectional dvisions can be boarded from

floor to roof to stop droughts. The en-

tire. house. can be open in summer ii}

the. birds range in one flock. In the ‘

winter the‘house, will be warmer and

more free from droughts if the doors

from, one section to. another are all

'closed.' - ' 1 _ .: ~



The M. IA;_ .0. Experinient Station,





had an” old turkey which has had it

ever since May: .it is getting worse

and the young turkeysgare also getting

it.-‘——R. B. 1'



The swelling on the turkeys head

should be opened and drained and the

wound washed with a disinfectant.

Treatment in such cases is similar to

roup in chickens. Rubbing the bird's

head with camphorated gasoline may '

help to reduce the swelling and assist

in healing. '





 





FEATHER-EATING HABIT.





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My poultry pick the feathers off,one

another, and they don’t do well. I

feed corn once a day and wheat once





of their legs and in time get‘ so they’





Hens eat feathers because of a lack





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nAlslNe PeKlN DUCKS.





 





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At what temperature should «an in-

cubator be for hatching duck eggs? Is

thele any profit in raising thorough—

bred White Pekin ducks? How often





 





should ducks be fed and what kind of-





feedi—A. K.

One hundred and two degrees is the

temperature recommended for duck





- eggs in an incubator. The White Pekin





ducks are very popular and considered

one of the. most profitable breeds. How

ever, duck raising requires some skill

and plenty of feed and the amount of

profit in any individual case calmer be

estimated.



A good ration for laying ducks con-

sists of equal parts bran and corn meal

to which is added twenty per cent low

grade flour. Then add about one-quar-

ter green food and ten per cent beef

scrap with a sprinkling of oyster

shells and grit. During the laying sea-

son the ducks might be given three

feeds a day, while at other seasons two

feeds would be sufficient. The manner

of feeding will depend somewhat on

the size of the range and its cendition.

If ducks have water and march land

on which to graze they will gather a

great deal of their feed at certain sea-

sons.





AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS.





 





Quite a number of our hens have

died during the summer. They grow

very thin and poor, some are lame at

first. I. out two of them open and

found the: livers spotted. Is it tuber-

culosis Is there anything I can do to

protect the flock, except killing the

sick hens Is there any danger in cat-

ing hens from the same flock who

seem we11?——M-. P.



The symptoms indicate tuberculosis

in the flock. It will be best to kill and

burn all sick birds as the disease may

spread rapidly. Hens from the same

flock that are in good healthy condi-

tion are undoubtedly fit for food. This





~ can be definitely determined by exam-





ining the condition of the internal or-

gans- .

_' When a small flock is suffering con-

stant losses from tuberculosis it is usu-

ally best to kill them all. Those that

are all right can be -used for meat.

Then a new start can be made after

the premises have .been thoroughly

cleaned and disinfected. If the flock

is large and valuable I think it pays to

consult a veterinarian and have him

make a 'personal inspection and then

make recommendations.



There is no .cure for avian tubercu-

losis and it must be controlled by pre-

vention and sanitation.





BREED COMPARISONS.





 





How do Plymouth Rocks, Wyan-

dottes and Orpingtons compare as lay-

ers for the entire year? Is there any

difference other than color between

different kinds of the same breed? Fer

instance, are the SilverLaced Wyan—

dottes as good, or better, than the

White Wyandottes? Do'es either one

of these breeds bear confinement bet—

ter than the others? What are the

standard weights for these breeds? Is

there another breed you would consid-

er better than either of these to keep

in town? If so why?——H. A. H.



It is difficult to compare Plymouth

Rocks, Wyandottes and Orpingtons as





layers» for the entire year. All of the





breeds" mentioned are considered good,





winter layers under the proper man-

agement. Trapnest records and laying

contests prove that it is- the quality of-

birds within a breed





[do not believe that the celor of the





Jlulnage of a hen influences the egg.

' ‘ goreduction or the flavor and quality of





meat... 01? course, hens with black

.910“ not usually look quite as





 





‘ing the. bird with a cold and curing the





White Wyandottes would probably de-

pend on the care and culling and skill-

ful breeding that were given the indi-





. vidual flocks in question.





‘I do not think any one of the breeds

mentioned would ‘bear confinement

better than the others. Again, the suc-

cess with either breed on a. limited

area would depend more on the system

of management than the name of the

breed.



Plymouth Rocks have a standard

weight of nine and one-half pounds for

cocks; seven and one-half pounds for

hens; eight pounds for cockerels, and

six pounds for pullets.



Wyandottes have a standard weight

of eight and one-half pounds for cocks;

six and one-half pounds for hens; sev-

en and one-half pounds for cockerels,

and five and onehalf pounds for the

pullets.



Orpingtons have a standald weight

of ten pounds for cocks; eight pounds

for hens; eight and one-half pounds for

cockerels, and seven pounds for the

pullets.



Some like Rhode Island Reds or Leg-

horns better than the above mentioned

breeds. Others like the Rdcks, Wyan—

dottes or Orpingtons best. I have nev-

er been able to find proof that any

special breed is superior for a town

flock. The quality of the individuals is

linore important that the breed. The

heavier breeds are easier to confine

and keep out of neighbors’ gardens

than the lighter breeds.





COLD IN EYES.





 





My chickens have a disease which

causes their eyes to swell when cold

weather comes and will stay by them

until spring. Their eyes get so sore





that a foamy pus comes in the eye. It.





is hard forrthem tosee.

any pullets with it.——A. A





The chickens have colds_which may

be caused by damp or dusty litter, ex-

posure to dampness and cold, or lack

of a balanced ration. Lice and mites

devitalize hens and make them more

susceptible to colds. Colds spread rap-

idly through a flock by means of the

drinking water. Color the water with

potassium permanganate as a preven-

tive. Give the sick birds individual

treatment. Remove the mucus from

the nostrils with tissue paper. Rub the

nostrils and head of each sick bird

with camphorated vaseline. Hens that

recover may be all right for a long!

time but sometimes chronic colds of

long standing are difficult to cure and'

such hens may develop roup. By us-

ing clean litter and a dry poultry house

try and keep the flock as vigorous as

possible. Then there Will be less trou-

ble from the colds and the prevention

is more satisfactory than .the cure.





I never saw

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HENS WITH ROUP.





 





I wish to know what disease my hens





have. Their head swells all around the ,;





eyes until the eyes are closed entirely.

Pretty soon they die. Will you give a

remedy? It seems to attack healthy

hens. They have tlleig- mouths open

and can hardly breathe. -—-J. E. C. ,





The symptoms indicate severe cases





nice: reflector market as, #:J‘White ,

,. feathered bird. ~Whether Silver Laced

Wyandottes are as good or” better than





 





 





 





of roup. It will probably be best to kill

the hens in the worst condition. It mayl

pay to treat the others. Roup should

be controlled by prevention, which

means preventing colds or curing any

simple colds before they reach the roup‘

stage.



Dampness or draughts in the poultry

house cause roup. Isolate the sickE

birds. Remove as much of the accum-

ulations in the nostrils as possible.

Rub the head of the sick hen with

camphorated vaseline. A coal tar dis;

infectant is useful in treating, and es

pecially preventing roup. The success

with most roup cures depends on treat~





cold before thedevitalized condition of

the hen makes a cure impossible.





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See to it that there is song and

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That’s when the eggs come.





Hess Poultry





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See them get busy. It gives hens pep.





Nux Vomica is what does it—that greatest

A Pan-a-ce-a hen can’t

It’s her good feeling that makes





Pan-a-ce—a has Quassia in it to make hens

hungry. Great combination! One makes them

cot—tho other helps them digest what they





No dormant egg organs when that com-

bination gets to work on a hen’s system.





A Pan-a~ce-a hen is always a hungry hen—-

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winter mornings, ready to scratch for her





Tell your dealer how many hens you have.





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TILL going it strong’L—that Is the

S,latest report from the man in



charge of the oldest cow-testing

association in America. Hoyt D. Shis-

ler, who operates the Babcock tester

and advises the members of this

Newaygo Association about feeding,

has just given us some, interesting

items regarding the“ past season’s

work. Here Is what he said:



The association has had a successful

year. The first three months were dis-

but through the untlrlng

efforts and cooperation of County

Agent Taylor, it was possible to put

the work across in a strong way. The

records are from twenty-one carefully

managed and well-fed herds, compris-

ing a total of 205 cows, which have run

for them” year.



The highest honors from the associ-





 





 





 





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ation goes to Raymond Kempf, of Fre~

mont, and his herd ofveleven register-

ed Holsteins. 'Mr. Kempf has justly

earned all the praise that can be given

to him. He has earned it because he

has given time and study to the big





a member of the cow-testing associa-

tion; has used great care in selecting

the sires and the dams Of his cows to

be. He, also, is a very careful feeder,

'and his cows are never in the want of

attention. For this he gets in return

1:111 average of 12,404 pounds of milk,

'416.3 pounds of

pounds of butter, and has an average

Jeturn of $1. 79 1'01 every dollar expend-

ed 1‘01 feed and he spent $960. 81.



The high cow awards are again given

ito “Old Millie,” the grade Guernsey

{(fifty per cmtfi'Durham and fifty-per

; who has stood the

Itest, and for the fourth time been the

Ihigh cow in this association. At the





 





butter-fat, which is more than she ever

gave before.

ship of Herman Zerlaut,- her owner,

who has .been like a daddy to her. He

gave her the best of grain, and milked

her with a milking machine. She gave

him $224.55 worth of butter-fat and





thing, isn’t she? And tyVere years

old too Most always they get pretty

stingy at that age. ~



We hope to give all the Credit due





I to Fairy Maid’s Golden.-_ She is a two-'

' ' year-old heifer owned by the Black 3:.





Neiusma Stack Form. This heifer has





 





 





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America’: Oldert» Cow- Testing 2111’” Continua to Run on High





 





Here is the World’s Record Grade Cow.

, and 1,022 Pounds of Butter In One Year.





game, “Dairying.” Hehas always been,





butter-fat, or 520.37





age of twelve making 549.7 pounds off

my father and I a. long time to drive





She is under the tutor, her into the barn, and Still longer to.





only charged him $84.66. Kind old“





made 468. 7 pounds of fat. in nine },

months at a coat of 547.20.81115 fresh?





ened when only twenty-two months





-old. A thousand dollars looks mighty





small to~“Doc" compared to her. Can

you blame him?



Alfred Nelson’s herd is the highest

testing herd in the association. It con-

sists or three registered Jerseys and

three grades. He has an average of

5, 816 pounds of milk and 312 pounds

of fat.





Herman Zerlant’s cow No.2 might\





be considered the most plofltahle cow,

_returning $2. 79 for every dollar spent.

But "01d Millie” is high cow, making a

clear prout of $145.



Raymond Kempf spent $102.90 for

feed on “No. 2," the second best cow 1n

the association. This was the, highest

feed bill for any one cow. His whole

herd brought in the largest gross in-

come, 01' $1,960.81, carrying a profit of





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She Produced 20,932 Pounds of Milk





$881.57. Hermon Zerlauf’s herd yield-

ed a gross income of $1,833.12, out of

which he has a profit of $916.87.



The total income from 136 cows was

$15,415.96, or an average of $113.35 per

cow. The profit above feed cost was

$53.87 per cow. The profit included

in the gross income of the members

was $7,325.96.





 





BREAKING HEIFE'Rs TO MILK.

a) 1 .

BOUT a month ago I got hold of a

“on1g” two-year-old Durham heifer.





She had never been handled, not even »





tied in a stable since she was a calf.

and consequently was as wild as a

hawk: About two weeks ago she came

fresh, and now I am milking and hand-

ling her as n‘icely'as any old cow 1

have. My" method of handling her,

which is my usual way, maybe of in—

terest if not of help to some of your

modem.



The first night we had her, it took





get her into a. stanchion. Then we be~

gan feeding and petting and fussing





with her, so that by the .timeyshe fresh-g





ened we could handle her'ewithout her

showing excessive nervousness orfear.



When I began milking her I fastened

her. legs, using a _“rig" I have used.





nearly ever since I began farming. I' “

take a quarter strap from a single hair->1

ness, putting a snap in where it fast-





ens to the breaching ring, buckl'

back with an ordinary “joint'” hri’d

in the loop. made by this bucklin
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of the 00w. ' W .feetfour inches _tO.each animal. I like

‘ To apply I‘llui. the. heifer in a theswinging stanchions as they .give

stanchel. Then taking the "strap by the cows plenty Of liberty, yet they-are





the gnapend I put it (around the left properly held to keep them clean.

._ hind leg. just above» the gambrel joint. To keep cows clean during the win-

4 ‘4 from. behind forward, on‘ the outside. ter while confined to the stable, each

I i ' ‘.slip the snap through the ring of the cow must fit her stall, that is, the plat-

bit which is feat in the strap; then form upon which she stands must be

crossing the strap so as to bring the adjusted to the length of the cow so

» ' ,‘snap again from the rear to the front the droppings will fall into the gutter.

‘ ’ ' on the outside of the right leg. I snap If the platform is a little too short, the

l ‘it into the free ring of the bit- Then cow will stand in the gutter and,» when

A -. ‘ ' pushing the right leg back as far as it feeding, will step upon the platform

‘ ‘ Will 80. I Sit down, and begin milking, and keep it dirty. On the other hand,

avoiding all rOUShDeSS and milking if the platform is a little too long, she

rather slowly for a few times. will drop her manure on the edge of

This “rig" when proverly applied the gutter and become soiled while

- . .makes a modified “handcuff tie" and lying down. The platform on which

Fl . not only prevents Rieliing. but also the cows stand should be the proper

“ raising afoot over three or four inches length so that the cows may stand

a from the fiber. It is very easily and comfortably.



’ q‘uickly applied and can in no way I consider the use of plenty of dry

injure the‘heifer. BY standing very absorbent an essential factor in keep-

' closely to the heifer’s right flank there mg cows clean during the winter

is little or no chance of their hurting months. I know of nothing' equal to

me: in fact, the only danger is of their barn-stored, or well-stacked, straw. l

' falling over on me in case they try to bed my cows well, but I do not over-

kick, and that danger is negligible. The bed .them. Too much straw in the gut-



, stray, including snap and bit, should ters is nearly as bad as not enough.

i be “031 thirty tOthirtY'SiXmCheS 1035' Stables should be cleaned at least

i the smaller or “meaner” the cow the twice daily. I practice cleaning my

shorter. A snap with the tongue brok— stable morning and evening. By s”

(. en out, leaving a hook, works as well doing, I materially increase my ma.-

j as a. perfect snap and is a little easier nurial output, begides keeps my stable

‘0 ”'3th and unfasten. in a wholesome. sanitary condition.

l I have used this math“ 8 great num‘ With liquid-tight gutters behind the

her of times, and it has always-been cows I am able to conserve an the

SUGCGSSfm-‘C- A- Wagner, Calhoun liquid manure from my stable. ' During

County. winter dry straw takes up all this liqlfid

' "" manure and I find it an easy matter

3 POTATOES AS cow FEED DOUBLE to get it upon the land—Leo C..Rey-



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QUOTATIONS ON puns-Base





A f,’ K [F one cannot get thirty cents per

" DAIRY CATTLE.





bushel for his potatoes right on the

i form, he can get‘ this sum by feeding

them to good cows while butter-lat is BELOW are given price quotations

around fifty cents per pound. is the on dairy cattle for the week ending

assertion of A. R. Sattler, secretary of December 30, reported from bids, of.

the Lake Ann Cooperative Association. fers and sales in Waukesha county,

V. .v . “We have about 2.200 bushels of the Wisconsin, by the Pure-bred Board of

.3 best spuds we ever raised on our farm," Trade. The demand is active for good



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said Mr- Sattler. “The present price stock, one car of Holstein grades av-

would net us about eighteen cents per eraging $112; 1 car Guernsey grades

bushel, and as it is worth ten cents per averaged $110@120 per head. Market

bushel to haul them to the warehouse, shows an advance in Holstein grades





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These Three» made a VVbrld’s Record.





Mr. R. R. Stevens, of Bowman-

vllle, Ont., with the assistance of

a De Laval Milker, just recently

made a world’s record with his



urebred Holstein cow Orndyke



iotertje Korndyke, who produced

1,122.5 lbs. of butter and'24,119

lbs. of milk in 805 days. During

the entire period she *was milked

with a De Laval Milkcr. Mr.

Stevens says:



“While Orndyke is a wonderful

animal and would make a Splendid

showing by hand milking, I can

truthfully assert that the use of

the De Laval Mllker throughout

this test has made it possible for

her to show this wonderful pro-

duction. I have been using the

De Laval Milker exclusively for

two years.”



Mr. Stevens also has other cham—

pions in his remarkable‘hcrd, most

notable of which are Ormsby Jane,

junior two—yoar-old milk cham—

pion of Canada, and Jane DeKol

of Glen Rae, senior two-year-old

milk champion of Canada, both of

which haVe never been milked in

any other way but with a De Laval

Milker. Mr. Stevens says: ,





“I am very proud and'naturally

much gratified over my success in

producing these champion animals,

but it is only right that I should

give the De Laval Milking Ma-

chine its full ducs as the most im-

portant agency in the develop--

nlcnt of those records. These

facts are all beyond question and

should settle the matter con-

clusivcly for those intelligent

(lairymcn who are asking the ques—

tion as to whcther the De Laval

Milking Machine will pay them.”



Thousands of De Laval Milker

users in all parts of the country

and with all breeds of dairy cattle

will subscribe to Mr. Stcvens’

statements, many of whom have

also made splcndid records.



You may not be interested in

making production records but you

certainly want to get the most

milk from your cows, in the clean—

est condition, at the least expense,

and 'you can do this with a

De Laval better than in any other

way. Sold on easy terms so that

it will pay for itself _while you are

using it. ' ‘





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.i we concluded to feed them. We icd of $1@5 per head.



’ . about a half bushel a day to each milk Holstein Purebred—Swinging cows,

i A cow. The third feed we noticed the good breeding, at $180@300; A. R. 0.

difference in the milk and in ten days breeding, $206@500; special bred A. R.

1| the production of milk increased fifty o, cows, $500; heifer calves, $55@200;

, ., 4 ‘ per cent. . yearling bulls, $75@200; special bred



.' 7 ' “Wevsliced the potatoes raw and fed six months to one-year, $210 and ill)-

. 2 with salt. I believe potatoes cooked Holstein Grades—Backward spring-





' and mixed with grain will net thirty ers, $65@115; thin and backward, $62 .





two-year-old springers, $78@

. butter-fat at fifty cents. / We are l'eed- 136; bred yearlings, $63@111; unbred

‘ mg 250 bushels a month and will feed yearlings, $55@64; calves $31@55.





. all of them unless we can get forty Guernsey Pure~bred.~—Springing cows

i' . ' .cents per bushel, net, later on.”-v—-Mills. of good breeding, $200@350; A. R. 0,





. breeding, $250@500; special bred A. R.

‘ . . CREAMERIES PRODUCE 60.000.000 0. cows, $500 and up; bred two-year-





“ gs , '. .‘ POUNDS 0F BUTTER 'N “’22- olds, $175@400; yearling heiiers, $125

' , @250; heifer calves, $100@150; year-

{ MICHIGAN is gradually strengthen— ling bulls, $75@200; special bred, Six

-. ing its claim to be a dairy state, months to one year, $200 and up.



,as an estimate of the butter produc- Guernsey Grades.———Backward spring-

tion in 1922 exceeds any previous year, ers, $110@130; thin and backward,

. the figures reaching 60,000,000 pounds. $100@11o; two-year-old springers, $75

.- In 1919 the Wolverine state produced @125; bred yearlings, $60@100; un-

6i . about 45,207,000 pounds of butter; in bred yearlings, $35@75‘; calves $15@35.

1920, 45,404,000 pounds, while in ‘1920 Jersey Purebred—Swinging cows,

the production of the creameries jump- good breeding $200@350; A. R. 0-

ed to 55,011,000 pounds. The estimate breeding, $250@‘500; special bred A. R.

for the last year indicate about 5,000; D. cows, $500 and up; bred two-year-

000 pounds increase over 1921.—-M. oldg’ $175@400; Yearling heifers, $125

' - @250; heifer calves, $100@150; year-

KEEPING CQWS CEEAN IN ling bulls, $75@200; special bred, six



- a WINTER- months to one year, $200 and up.

’, p , - , Jersey Grades—Backward spring.

’, - _ I STABLE my cows the year around; ers, $75@110§ thin and backward. $100

' 1 ’4. - .— that is, I stable them at night dur~ @110; two-year-Old springers, $60@75;





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‘ I do not haVe a great deal or trouble lings, s35@75; calves, $15@35.

C . with unclean cows, and I ascribe this Brown Swiss Pure-bred.——Springing





0&2;me dry straw man absorbent. 0.‘ breeding, $205@'500; bred two-year-





 

 

 





” gs; ‘mk anther 3‘95: heifer 03W.-$50@150; lie-lining





.ing the summer, the same as in winter. bred yearlings, $60@100; unbred year- ,,





o:My Wellkarrangedstable andthe use 'cows, _, good breeding, $177@300; A. R. “





., sew-stable lilies cement floor Olds, $150@800; yearlinghelteregsvlgz, , . , .—

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tie up real estate for any kind of contract without first know-

ing those you are dealing with are absolutely honorable. re

sponsiblc and reliable.





 





80 Acres, 3 Horses, 6 Cable

Brood Sow, 60 Hens,





Ducks. ease. 100 bus. potatoes. 9 tons hay. ensilase

f :- stoo . corn in crib. 100 bushels oats. long

list of farm tools. everything in readiness for new

owner to step right in tostan; with good income; in

the heart of prosperous fol-min sectionpn improved

mad 5 railroad towns handy; acres rich produc-

tive loamy tillage. 15 acres wood and pasture, wire

fenced stream watered:2 Ito 8-roomollouse axed,

fine cellar. mail delivered, to ephone availab 9, milk

and cream collected; 50 ft. barn ties 12 head. poultry

house. granary. hog house, tool shed. cattle shed;

owner’s failing health forces him to retire and he

sacrifices at $4800 to quick buyer. SW00 secures every-

thing. balance very easy terms; quick possession. See



MILTON S. HOPKINS. Coopersville. Mich.





 





$1000 Secures Equipped Farm

A Good Ho "e; Handy Detroit





Prosperity all around, good neighbors, excellent mar-

kets, convenient transportation; 40 acres near live

R. R. town: 30 am'es heavy c in: fields. 10-cow

stream-watered pasture.‘ acre appe orchard, variety

other fruit; good, easily , 2-story, 8-room house.

barn. granary. garage, stable; to settle affairs $4000

gets it: horses, cows, heifers, poultry. tools. crops

included if taken soon. Only $1000 needed and the

rest easy. Details page‘ 66 Big Illus. Catalog 1200

Bargains. Cogly free. STROUT FARM AGENCY.

81480 Ford (13.. Detroit. Mich.





GOO!) HOME gflgm£ogllen Coun'





,, In house-

small stables. never-failing well, on good auto road.

Near town. School house on land. Price $3.400;

terms. 8800 down, balance on time. Great sacrifice.

Possession March 1a. Address The Allen County

Investment Co., Iola, Kane. ,





For Sale 122 A. Best of Soil





All in hi ll state of cultivation. good building. 40 rod

to solace . (I3 Emily,“ Lgnsiug finesgtiooaflgl on good



rvoroa,m mu .111 ro. peraore

a :old noon. 8. W. HfilPi R.'l. Lansing. Mich.





 





 





’ .ola and oval loam soil in

Eighty Acres mimosa“ cultivation all

liable “cunt three some . use other. mod

building- it location close to school 'and church. also

80 A. of first clue: pasture land. For full description

intrigue write on





warm swsfirmlvo. North Branch. Mich





 





 

 

 





 

 





 





F 0 R S A L E In the gouth. 210 acres rich

land. loo acres improved.

‘ odern S-room house. 2 tenant houses. good barn.

situated on Jackson Highway main thoroughfare of

the South. 85 miles from overnment Dam at Muscle

Shoals. 2 miles from Summertown on L. t! N. Roll-

wny. Excellent water. fine climate, no posts. Only

$6.) per acre. terms. Address.

CHAS. McPHEBSON. R. 2, Crestview. Tenn.





FOR SALE at a bargain 115 A. land in

Hale 00.. Ala. This land is in



the famous lime land or alfalfa land of Ala. 01' will

trade for small farm in Northern Ohio. Northern In~

diana or Southern Michigan. will pay dlflerence in

cash up to 86000 value. Price 0 per acre dress

- H. 8. ALBIN, Lexington. Teen'





Farm Catalog Just Out mesa???

cribes many farm bargains in Southern New Jersey.

Photos and map of State. Write today. VINELAND

FARM AGENCY, 549 NH Landis Ave.. Vineland.N.J





Twenty Aeres Orange Grove and truck land

home, market, all year "on season. ideal climate.





Ver reasonable rice and terms. I“. B. DAVIS. 8 '

509 gionon Bldg.,'l}bicago. Ill. unto





Poor Man’s Chance piggy; ’i‘o'mn‘h‘





acre.

productive land near town. Some timber. Price 8225-

Other bargains. Box 426-2. Carthage. Mo.





roved 867.50% acre 81000 cash.

BOUNTY ‘IN TM ENT 00.. Iola. Kan-ac.





Farms Wanted 933i ‘Sflefhfii‘c'i‘fi‘law

Leaderbrand Sales Agency. 3%, Clmnrron. Kama.





 





lf you want to buy, “gig exchange





or city

property. write Jerome Probst. Ann Arbor Mich.





Want to hear from part having farm for sale.





Give particulars an lowest price.

JOHN J. BLACK. Copper St..' Chippewa Falls. Wis.





f t rm at MIDI!-

We Have Cash Buyers .23, “W3... 9......”

fully. Central Land Bureau, New Franklin. Mo.





‘ * Morlbo

I Want Farms §°,,’d°'f.%2t§“’prl°3. a. A

Mellon. 824 Wilkinson Bldg" Omaha. 30b.





 





 





 





l d for sale

Wanted 3? gfidfififivb'ufigigmm.





 

 

 





 





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near Tampa. Florida. Fine -





80 Acres Improved mpg; 830%“?ng ~

THE ALL“.





TRY a Michigan Farmer

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5 Grand Champions

ZBFIRSTS





- and other prizes. Such was the remarkable performance

of our animals at the 1922 Michigan State Fair. What

could be better proof of the unvarying quality of our

animals or more representative of the ideal for which we

have striveni Our success is the natural culmination of

our efiorts and our reward for years of careful and costly

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



EDG AR 0F DALME NY

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. E. scmprs, Prop. SIDNEY smuu, Supt.





 





 





 





 





' Aberdeen- Angus cattle Two bulls

Reg‘Stered from eight to ele ven months old. One

ashow bull. large and growth\. Priced reasonable

Inquire of F. J. WILBER. Clio. Mich.



Several





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registered Aberdeen-

and Milton; of

Davison, Mich





Registered Guernseys





Anothegr crop of calves. Choice bull calves $75. their

breeding and records will please you.

J. .11. WILLIAMS. No. Adams, Mich.





 





One fine 13 1110. old bull ready for

Guemseys:_ service, and some good grownhy

bull calves 4 mo. old sired bv agrandson of Imp.

King of the May and from good producin dams

01 can Priced moderate MEADO -GOLD

GUERNSEY FARM. R. 8, St. Johns. Mich





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of wdrld chnmmons.

I'llCKS' GUERNSEY FARM.





 





—REGISTERED BULL



Calves. Containing blood



c.ows Ede eralinspected.

Saginaw. W.S. Mich





Wallinwood Guernseys

Young bulls from A. R. cows for sale.

F. W. VVALLI.N Jenison, Mich.





For sale Registered Guernsey cows. May Rose Breed-

ing also bull calves $50 each. Registered A it.

dams. J0 NEBELS. R. 2. Holland, Mich





 





ready for service. From Adv

Reg. cows. PAcoredited herd.

Glen Clark. E: 111 Claire. Mich.





Guernsey Bulls





Write for pedigree.

Bulls of super





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Wk hwgirde fared-1?)??? . H,

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nglinlf “111.110.3199er 0: them are very “amok.





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co ted in montl of finely bred no

r 500‘ lflli lster‘dd 1111153111111 aka.) (who,

of the best, and at prices within roach of rite

GEO.D . 01.3KB. Vasaa asaar. Mioh'





gLBIdEIIrNLM bull moalt, big astocky). (Ilium by Pontin:_~

am e 11

tion or moyncyh back. 3. Mi, urns. Rigging.“ Mioh





 





RYBTAL 8?





C INC STOCK FAR

‘ Silver Creek.





Michigan-





 





. Al scan. Countyu

Jersey bulls resAdly





FOR SALE: forservico





cows Register of Merit. Accredited her

SMITH AND PARKER. R. 4. How.ell Mich.





Lillie





mo. old.





 





Farmstead Jerseys For sale. 3 heifers

bred to freshen thyis fall. 2 ball calves. 6 t09

Colon 0. Lillie. Coopersviile. Mich.





 





cattle young bulls for



sale. Herdh |a.ccredlted



J. L. CARTER. Lake Odessa, Mich.



bulls and heifers. Mar

Rwl Interest strains.





JERSEYS

ARK Clurkston. Mich.





HEREFORDS





For Sale at Farmer" s prices.

5 yearling bulls 8 yearling heifers

10 of the above sired by our $5200_ Repeater bull.

We have others not related. This" is an opportun-

ity to start in good stock at a moderate pnce.





ALLEN BROS.





616 50. West St... Kalamazoo, Mich.





For Sale





Registered Jersey





 





Reg. youn

cit andA





 





 





Hereford cows and heifers bred to

and young bulls b Woodford 100th.

ELARNED do SO Hamilton. Ind.





REGISTERED HoLsTEuss





BUTTER‘BRED “Filings???“





/ we 'saw.





 





Herefords For Sale





5- 2 and 3 year old registered Polled heifers, with

heifer calves by side. price $150 to $175 each

Also 2 bull calves born in April. price 875 each





COLE & GARDNER

Hudson, Mich.





 





Jan. 2%“, 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 Shorthorn 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 gills, 6 fall sows and 6 fall boars.





Andy Adams, Auctioneer ‘

Catalogue on Requert.





Claxton Bros., & Dieck





 





ready for service. .18 GNS. Ionia. Mich.

Reg. Guernse





FOR SALE mo. old. 3 bill





JAY D. RUSSELL.





WINNWUUD HERD





Registered Holsteins





2





Ask us about a Real Bull :1

Maple Crest or an Ormsby.





JOHN H. WINN, Ino., Rochester, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





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

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way

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

Dam' 5 records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and

quotations, stating about age desired.





1 TRAVERSE CITY STATE {1051111711

Trove-so City, Mich.





“ | i ' Friesian heifer and bulle calves, purebred



‘ o 8 8m registered and high-gr rice up.



Splendid individuals and breeding. 6Write us your to-

quirernento Brownoroft Farms. McGraw.N





COLANTHA BULLS





All ages from high-producin dams. Also a tow

re terede and high- grade Ho stein cows at farmers'

as and prices upon request. A clean





' de “Fedefal su ervision

Ford an or FARMS. Whitney. Mich





£018an King Segis Branding





. Nine months old bull. whose ven nearest dams

average 27. 72. This 18 the lac of my nineteen of

Theoth etc are all sold.





Marsha River Stock Farms

m ,





“i Eight“.

mu .





bull 12 1110.. one 10

R.calves

R. l. Gobles. Mich.





 





 





 





 





~delivery.





Swartz Creek, Mich.

' ' Shorthorns priced reasonably. An ao-

Mllklng credited herd selected for beef and

milk. Roland and Beland. Tecumseh. Michigan





FOR SALE





Polled‘ Shorthorn Cows & Heifers





in calf and calf by side Also a few young built:

Herdllheaded by Victor Sultan and Royal Non-

pare1

We can please you in richly bred cattle With

quality at farmers' prices.



GEO E. BURDICK. Mgr.

Goldwater. Mich.





Riohland Sho-nhorns





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. II. Prescott 81 Sons,





Oiiice at Tawas City. Mich. licrd ai Prescott, Mich.





Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn





Branch County Farm.





 





 





rite M. E..- LLEB. Sec' y. Greenville, Mich.





Milking Shorthorns





ROSEMARY FARMS.

Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn. Sc ch.

Clayton Ul‘llt Scotch To and Milking Shortlifirns

forsale all ages. W J. Hink ey. Sec’ y, Flushing. Mich

for sale. white first. rize.

Shorthogn Bu“ winner. by ImportedpSl ire

.A. BARNUM. Union City. Mich,





 





Bull calves for

sale. Also. 9 cows.

Williamston, Mich





 





 





 





Bull calf. Pure Scotch and extra line

Shorthom one. for service' Photo Free.





FRANKH. R SSELL, Wakeman. Ohio





 





 





.HOGS

in You Short of Gspllslfkgd





shires to scrubs? I



with hogs Spring hro ioyol Charmer- 10!:th



Matchless Lee o8th roofing. Fall igs for spring

fblood lines d con mamas



TA ALOQA FARM. '1, Lnnsinz‘. °Skids.





Duroc Full Yearling





curl up. 111 herd proopooti

1.21111 wool"3 and

aging :oaosobo $3.611. mi p‘li. . :- ., w





 





rob Ber -

$0! Tomb: Farina and k





 





Public Auction;





offer for sole bothI milk and beef breeding. all ages-





New: Gleaned by PM Enter P P Pope:





 





 





THE. MONSTER.





./





ALONG about chore time the other

evening I dropped in at the home

of F. W. Alexander, of Vassar,- to see

“The Monster)“ Mr. and Mrs. Alexan-

der had just returned from a trip to

town but in their friendly manner

made me more than welcome.



. We went out ‘to the boar. pen to see

“The Monster.” and'that is Just what

He is rightly named. A long,

tail, high-backed, good-footed,’ big-bon-





greet us in the same- good natured

kindly manner as did his keeper.



We went out to the new and modern

hog house which is built on the Iowa.

sunlit' style, with roof windows, hollow

tile floors overlaid with a. thin coat of

concrete, and built the long way north

and south. Those who are contemplat-

ing the building of a new hog'house

could study it with profit. ‘



Here we saw some great brood sows,

representatives of Iowa’s best herds,





and a choice lot of The Monster’s

daughterd. Mr. Alexander is joining

with a neighbor, F.1L. Bodimer, who

gets his mail at Reese, and whose herd

is built up along the same blood lines,

for a real Chester White hog sale

which will be held on the Alexander

farm on March 8. ,





WITH comps HOVER.





Thumb district. It is not dead, but

sleepeth. At least'that is the impres-

sion it gives to the casual visitor. But

it is surrounded by alarming section

that is very much alive. After follow—

ing a zig zag course for three or four

miles northeast, we came upon a pros-

perous looking farmstead, where we ar-

rived just in time to help Doris Hover

and his visitors crate a. big lusty spring

boar and load him on the running-

board. ’



We spent an hour looking over the

excellent herd of pure-bred Poland

Chinas that under the skillful manage

ment of Mr. Hover, has gradually re-

placed the herds of market stock. Mr.

Hover may well feel proud of his ac-

complishments. He not only has some

mighty good stock but he gives them

good care. He has spared neither pains

nor money in securing top notch herd

sires, the latest acquisition being a

winner of first in class at the State

Fair, and a son of Feldkamp’s grand

champion, “Foxy Clansman.” He drove





of big tried brood sows as we have

seen in many a. day, a dozen or more

of them, and among a. very attractive

lot of spring gills are several outstand-

ing individuals of strictly up- -to date





'type. 5 _.





you prefer extra .





Mr. Hover possesses both the Iquaiis

ties of a good feeder and a. good breed-





1111111111113 home is the right 3011:9on back-

lug. You see. I happened «01111de a





 





ed, yearling came up to the fence to‘





KRON is a little town over in the‘





out far our inspection as fine a bunch .





or, which is a winning combination..

and within the brick walls of his com-





w—.





good dinner 'whichlviihe nttlelady 01





.the house presented; played no finial! -





part in the pleasure of my visit.





A coon KICK-OFF. , _ - .





1





was on the Midland side of the





county line a. few miles north of:

St. Louis lies the pleasant home and





productive farm of Souley Brothers. ‘





Upon the shoulders, of these young lads

fell the burden of respOnslbility, which

is inseparable from the operation of a

goodly‘ farm, when their father was

called across the great divide some

time ago.





That they are making good not only '





as farmers, but as. live stock breeders

and as business men, was ably demon-

strated at their first stock sale recently

held at the farm. They are to be com-

mended upon the sportsmanlike way

in which they conducted the event from

first to last. Not a. by bid, no bluster,

not one bit of complaint.

around a dozen young Shorthorns at





Grand Champion Hereford Male and Female at the Recent Royal Live Stock

Show at Kansas City.





prices that seemed a. bit low, but that

would surely bring satisfaction to the

buyers, and a. creditable lot of thirty

odd Poland Chinas. The boys are young

in the business but they are in it to

"stay and you will hear more of. them in

the future.





' LAMB MARKET UNSETTLED.





N unsettled draggy tone has been ’





manifest in the lamb market re-

cently. Receipts are light while the





consumptive demand has been fairly.





satisfactory. 0n the other hand, trade

scouts report that akliberal run for

January is on the horizon. In the re-

cent government’s estimate .of lambs

on feed, an ”unusual percentage ex-

pressed an intention to market during

January. it is known that many heavy

lambs were placed on feed and since





heavy fat lambs are being discriminat- .





ed against, an early movement to mar-

ket is logical. Colorado, which has an

unusually large number on feed is al-

ready beginning to top out. These con-

ditions may. cause some setback in val-

ues in the next month or six weeks al-

though higher prices later in the win-





-.ter are altogether-likely. The enthusi-





asm of feeders has received a decided

check recently and the number of thin

lambs going out from the twelve lead-

ing markets has declined more than

fifty per’cent in the lastmonth and is

only one-fifth of the volume at the sea-

son’s high point. ‘





Seven members of the National As».





sociation of» Wool Manufacturers, com-

posing the joint committee on research

and standardization, visited the bureau

of agricultural economics a, few days

ago, and after discussing the bursau's

standardization program, unqunllflodly





endorsed the proposed Wool grades. .. ‘





The folks of

1115 more butter

higher. "

mum





cries. «are 11





They sold ’
HO . ' rams.





THE recent fifth annual consign-M

ment Isale of eighty-three register-

ed Holsteins of the Washtenaw county

Holstein breeders, which was held; at

- Ann Arbor Fair Grounds, was largely

attended. The cattle sold were con-

signed from seventeen different breed-

ers. The largest consignment was

‘made by W. B. Hatch, of Ypsilanti,

Michigan, 'who sold twenty-one females

and ten males, practically dispersing

his herd.



The highest priced female sold was

Huron Hill Pontiac Johanna, a twenty:

. six pound cow, censigned by A. A. Sny-

der. of Belleville, Michigan, sold for

$270.. The highest priced male sold

was a calf, One Prince Pieter, who has

a'twenty-pound two-year-old dam, Tula

Segis Pieter, and his sire is King Ona.

Champion, was consigned by R. B.

Waltrous, “Friesland Farm " Chelsea,

Michigan, and sold to Robert Garrod,

of Milan, Michigan, for $175. The av-

erage price per head was about $100.

A great many buyers were present, but

not outside state buyers. The forenoon

was taken up in selling males, those of

serviceable age brought a fair price

while the younger ones sold for less.

The females were sold in the after-

noon, which included a number of

calves ,and yearlings and which ac-

‘counts for the low average. The sale

was under the management of Colonel

Perry, of Columbus, Ohio, and assisted

by Colonel Schresder, of Saline, and

R. Austin Backus, .of Mexico, New

York, «pedigree reader.—I. D.





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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-

Us. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

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

only are published. When a reply by mail' is requested the

urvicc becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed.





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Sore Teat—Infected Udders—Ivhave

a cow that has a sore teat, and besides

her milk is thick and stringy. V. J.,

Dorr, Mich—Give her a dessertspoon‘

fill of nitrate of potash at a dose in

feed twice daily for ten days. Apply

one part fluid extract of poke .and five

parts wool-fat to infected quarter daily,

not forgetting the benefit of gentle

hand-rubbing, the teat canal. may re-

quire dilating, this can be done with

smooth dull-pointed probe.





Centagious «Abortion.—I have an

~eight-year—old cow that slipped her calf

last year about six weeks before she

was due to freshen. This year she slip-

ped her calf three weeks too early.

This is a good cow and I would like to

keep her. She has had“ good care and

. seems to be healthy. J. M. S., Gum-

fask, Mich.——Doubt1ess she will carry

her next calf the full gestation period.

Clean and disinfect ‘your cow, stable,

and if she has any vaginal discharge

flush her daily, using a one per cent

lysol solution until discharge ceases,

then breed her.





Mechanical Lameness.-——I have’re-

cently purchased a mare eight years

old; she is stiff in one hind leg. Her





stifle is enlarged but not inflamed; she '





also has bone spavin on same leg, but

this has been killed. When standing

in stable her heel is off the floor most

of the time. I paid a low price for her

believing she Could be- helped by treat-

ment. What shall I apply? C.

Brown City, Mich. ——If you will apply

one part iodine and ten parts fresh

lard to buncll on stifle once daily it.

might help her. Her ailment is chron-

ic, besides the lameness is mechanical.





Cow Fails to Come in Heat. ——I have

a ten-year-old cow that fresh-cued July

1, and since then has failed to come

in heat. Is there any remedy? M. E.

W., St. Clair, Mich. —Give her one dram

of fluid extract of nux vomica and two

drains of ground capsicum at a dose in

ground grain three times a day. You

might obtain better results by giving

Yehinfbine; howewer, it is too expen-.

give for cattle practice. If you have a

Maintain syringe, flush the vagina with

‘ water twice a day. This inex-

, W. hows a seed





 





uc on it





DUROCO- JERSEY

SWINE





‘4o-Head'of

Bred Sows‘ and Bears





AT

Fair Grounds, Northville, Mich.

ON





WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923

12:30 P. M. Sharp





From The Horde of

T1108. Underhill & Son,

Salem, Mich.



and g

Maple Hill Farms





Farmington, Mich.

Lloyd Lovewell, Auctioneer





HOGS





BROOKWAIER DUROC JERSEYS





' Ready for Service Boats

Sired by Panama Special 55th and Big Bone Giant

Sensation.





BROOKWATER FARM,

H. W. Mumford. Owner. ‘ J.





 





 





Ann Arbor, Michigan

Andrews, Lessor.





Duroc Hogs meet





Woodlawn Farm mm, day requm

ments. length, size and quality. Young stock for

sale at. reasonable when“ and REuLHE'Y guaranteed. Write

your wants. Alma, Mich.





DUROC'JERSEYD‘ Choice fall pigs





1 M dA rilf w i d i8hound sows bred

, arro pr 06 r

°' 8' an 9 unusnn os., Romeo. Mich





spring boars, gilts. summer and fall pigs

D “[00 for sale Reasonable prices and satisfaction

guaranteed. Jesse Bliss a Son, Henderson, Mich.



D0 7011 want agood





DUROC-JERSEYS Pathfinder boar lg?





E. D. HEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mich.





DUROC-JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.





Prolific. big bone. best breedin 510

Durocs Write for descri tion. ' Satlzsfactiggshsp

moiey back. .13. K ES. Hillsdale. Mich





BI_G TYP___E c11_13__51111 WH_I__TES





'I‘_—he rlze winner kind {mm the besft prize winner

blood lnes. Earl develnpem, ready for market at

six months old have started ore breeders on the

road to success than any manl11i.ng I Want to lace

weithofg in each cogimnlgfég to advertise my erd.



r e ors encyan m

y 10. Portland. Mich.





G. 8 BEN AMIN. R. F



We are sold out of Boers. Choice

Chester's spring pigs For lmmediateshl ment

of spring pigs. write WEBER BROS . Roya Oak

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





CHESTER WHITES





l ld. B d sleMaroh 8th.

mm” 5° FR nrfinsfiwsdprmnn. Reese. Mich.





 





Sprin

tors sa 9.





Bears





 





Ch I Whites. Choice spring nllts bred to Giant.

es er 2nd prlzt‘ajboIal‘ at State Fair. Also fall gilts

UCIA AN HILL, 'I‘ekonsha. Mich





Registered 0. I. C. Boars





J CARL JEWETT Mason. Mich.





 





50 last spring pigs either sex not

0' I‘ C? akin. Big. growthy stock, recorded

free, )6 mile west “.1388 ct. Cltizs. Pho



Noashville. Mich.





TOTO ULZE.

o I C & Chester White Swine strictly big

type with quality. eThe kind that

gm w large. A few spring pigs elthers

owman 3 Stock Farm. Mariette. Mich.





 





have quality new we 1 as s e.





LARGE TYPE P. C.

Largest inh Mich ti.Pifim3 ready to ship, why not order

fromthe askfnven so many their 31131111



thebust ness. ti.111“: d has makes good, ey





E.LIVINGSTON, Patina. Mich.





LARGE TYPE POLANDCHINAS'





Bonn and gilts for e from one of the best herds in

Mich. Slrcd by B' s lanaman Mich. 1921 Grand Cham-

ion. Alasha. M andW and Daddy Long

2nd. Give us a visit. and oak them over if not



write to N. EBOR NOR Fauna. lch.





L. T. P. C.





Choice Gilts $25 to $40. Beans 830 Fall Pigs $15.

HART AND CLINE. Addressll' . T.,HART S

Louis. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





 





 





_ String gilts sired by a grandson of National Grand





ion Bow and bred to a grandson of Natli 1131

Grand) Champipnibogr P glow read





t Pleasant. Mich.





‘ Iowa's greatest herds.





nard'c Big Type P. C. gilt: sired by Leonard' s ‘-





Lu.





bargain Prices. E. R. LE O,NARD St. Louis. Mich.





 





Bigy Ty pe P. 0. some very choice boars double im-

mnne. out 11.00%. ire and mammoth sows from

EJ. Mathewson Burr OahMich.‘





 





Large Type Poland Chinas~

Baring boars sired b6 Foxy Clansmnn 1922 Grand

Campion and by F s lnnsman1920 Grand Champion

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

1mmn eby double treatment. me and see them

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

' From Mich honeer herd

soars at H8" Pnce of Big Type Poland China:

We have been breeding them his for30years. Our





hogs represent the blood lines of Giant Buster, The

Clansman, Liberator, The Yankee. Big Bob. etc.





Write for what on wan

J.Y'l0 BUTLER, Portland. Mich





 





Choice Boars izfni’nit'.:3§'§:‘i .52.?“ ‘°





C. E. GARNANT, Eaton Rapids. Mich

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Poultry advertising will be run in this department

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MISCELLANEOUS





SILVER. FOXES. We are making very special prices

011 nineteen twenty- tree pups if bargalnul for now.

Our stock is very best quality, all pedigreed and

registered. Victory foxes are Good foxes. Buy now,

pay later, save onc- -.third Volman & Hughes, Mus-

kegon, Michigan.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Smoking—45 lbs. $1. 25;

20 lbs. . $3. 50. Chewing—5 lbs.,

$3 00. Furnish free recipe for pro-

psrlng. Send no money. Pay when received. O'Con-

nor Smokehouse, Mayflold,





HOMESPU'N SBIOKING TOBACCO hiild and mel-

low—10 lbs. $1 75 ; 20 lb 5. $3 00; delivery guaranteed.

We furnish free recipe for preparing. Smoking TO-

bacco Exchange. Sedalia, Kentuclw





HOMESPUN TOBACCO Chewing; Spounds. $175:

10 pounds. 38; 20 pounds. 85, Smoking; 5 pounds

81 25; 10 pounds 82; pounds. 83. Send mi

money. pay when received Co-Opcrative Tobacco

Growers. Paducnh. Kentucky.





NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO. Chewing: 5Pounds.

$1.75;10 comic, 3: 20 pounds, 85. Smoking:

5 Pounds. !.:?5 10 pounds. 82. Pay when received.

Tobacco Growers’ Union. Paducah. Ky.





KENTUCKY TOBACCO Three year old leaf. Pay for

tobacco and postage when received. Chewing5 lbs.

$1.65: smoking 10 lbs. $1. 50. Farmers’ Grange, D115.

Hawesville, Ky.





INOCULATE your Alfalfa, Sweet Clover, Soy beans

with best pure culture bacteria. Guaranteed. Bushel

size postpaid 90¢. E.E. Basil Sweet Clover Grower,

Latty, Ohi 1.0





FREE CATALOG Cnrpenter' 5 Auction School. Larg-

est in world. Terms. ( pens soon. ’luition $100 Hall

Bldg.. Kansas City, M1ssouri. and Atlanta. Georgia.





 





 





Collies; Old English

illustrated instructive

Macon, M0.





GERMAN Shepherd. Aircdnles,

Shepherd dogs; Puppies: 101:

list. W. B. Watson, Box 35,





 





non SALE—Registered American Bull Terriers and

Collies—Hayneshurst Kennels, Jackson. Mich.





POULTRY





 





DON‘T BUY CHICKS & HATCHING EGGS UNTIL

iouget our catalog and prices on Barred Rocks. White



eg Anconas. Write today. Discount on early or-

ders. Model Poultry Fardzm .4. Zoe-

land, Mich.





Hatchery.R





 





68 VARIETIES Fine pure bred chickens. d-ucks,geese,

turkeys. stock eggs. chicks. Large catalog 5c. A.A.

ZIEM ER. Austin, Minn.





SINGLE COMB Black Minorca Cockerels guaran-

teed 84-310. Chas. Schook, Allenton, Mich.





 





200 GIANT S. C Black Minmca cockerels none better

52. 25 each. Mike Schaefcr, R. l, Essexville, Mich





BARRED ROCK Cockerels for sale.

Fennvillc, Mic ,





PEAFOWLS. Pheasants, Bantams, Pigeons. Guinea

Pigs. John Haas, Bettendorf. Iowa.





Henry Vickery.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





CHICKS GUAILAN’I'EEIFFrom certified improved

moneymakers. Flocks that are mated with Michigan

Agricultural (‘oilcgo cockcrels, Barred Rocks, S. C.

Amonus, White and Brown Leghorns, pullers and

breeding cooke1els. Safe anival, postage paid. cata-

log free. Fairvicw Hatchery and Poultry Farms.

Route 2, Zeeland. Mich.





 





CUSTOM HATCHING. four cents per egg. Ship us

your eggs, chicks hatched and returned parcel post

prepaid. Satisfactory hutch guaranteed. Now con-

trnr ting space for spring hatching. Akron Hatchery.

Akron, Mich.





QUALITY CHICKS AND KOCH—25.000 Standard

Brod lrccdcrs. 12 varieties. Best laying strains.

Incubate 15.000 eggs daily. Catalog free. Reason-

able prices. Free live delivery. Missouri Poultry

Farms, Columbia. Mo.





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from pedigreed cock-

erels direct from Hollywood F.arms every breeder

personally} selected by Prof Foreman of A. C.



imited. Quality the very best. Circular

Jackson, Mich.





 





 





Quantity

free. M nple Haven Farm. R.’ .1,





 





BABY CHICKS—Barred Plymouth Rocks and S. C.

White Lt‘ghoms Smd for catalogue. Snowflake

Poultry Farm and Hatchery, Route 5, Middleville,

Michigan.





 





BABY CHICKS bargain prices. Barred Rocks, White

and Brown chhom. luaruntce full 100% alive.

rec delivery. Iiillvicw Poultry Farm Hatchery,



2, Holland, Mich.





 





CIiICKS——Englisl1 strain S. C.

lay and pay. Order early.

logos and price list. Honorbilt Farm &

145 S. Elm St.. chland, Mich.





White Leghorns that ,

Write for free name

Hatchery.





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy egg producing strain.

Barron and young S. C. w. Longhorns closely culled.

100% alive. ‘ Circular free. Montclla Hatchery, Route

1 Holland. Mich.





SELFC'] ED CHICKS from best strains at. living

prices. All popular varieties. First hatch in Jail-

uary Hatchin nf eggs. Write for circular and price

ist. Litchfiel Hatchery, L1tchfleld Mich.





QUALITY CHICKS for delivery each week after

March lst. S. C. White and Brown Leghorns.100$

live delivery. Catalog free. Standard Hatchery,

Box B. Zeeland, Mich.





 





 





 





STERLING QUALITY CHICKS 710m 14 Varieties,

Pure Bred Certified Stock. I'rius Rigl1t.I‘.

(lardy, Mammoth Hatchery. Highland View Poultry

F,arm B0116 . lethal, Mo.





BAP-Y CHICKS~Six leading varieties.

wants. Swolal prices on huge, advance orders.

catalog. . ll. Pierce, Jerome, Mich.





Write your

Free





 





CHICKS: Low prices for pure bred stock. S. C. Eng

lish Whites, Browns. Anconas and Barred Rocks

{3813310 no free. Free delivery. 808. Hatchery. Zoe;

and 2 Mich. (Formerly Fairview Hatchery).





 





0 I C’s Spring pigs. SPairs not akin. AlsoJuly,

t pigs. MILO H. PET-





ERSON sElmhiln-stan Farm. sefonia, Mich Citz. Phone





0 I C 20 Ixrge growthy gilts ferrowinMar.

1 hour



CLOVER LEAF sroox iiiAnM Monroe. Mich.



bred for April furrow at





0- I. C- GILTS reasonable rce

c. J. 'rnomrsou Roc‘iuord'.’ Mich

111

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litters. 17

JD‘ 1110. old.



Extra good boar. Stock shipped on arm-o

FR RED W KENNEDY, 12.2. month, Mich.





Registered 0. I. C. Boars

YEW. MANN. Dansvllle. Mich.





o I CA Bred Its and boars all sold, Am tak-

' ' 1113 0 etc for fall and springp

ARKER a SON. Belmont. Mich





Spring Boers Now Ready To Ship

3- 0 SWARTZ: Schoolctaft. Mich

L. T. Poland China: 3353"” 25;"; 33;}





sonable prices. Aalsod fall ”pigs either sex of popular

blood lines. ngus ho! is, Heifers and

Cows that are show winners. W tero come.



'.E ACLARK. 8t. Louilech.





T..P C. Mulch Boers and stool?!“





lone Maple F1111“ .1“; Pfioegreuo

represented. _.1" R. Davis a Son. 11.8. Beldlanlch.





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BUFF ORPINGTONS. Barred Rocks, Young White

Leghorns, Guineas. Illustrations. Fenner Bailey.

Montgomery, Mich.





BIG BLACK LANGSHANS, heavy laying strain,

prizes won at MonroelCo. poultry show, lst pullet

st hen. 131: and 2nd pen. A few pens and cockerels

Mrs. Ethel Burget. May-





for sale. Write for prices.





bee, Mich.





GET EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM' 8 cheap

prices on pure bred poultry. chickens, turkeys, ducks.

geese. guineas. baby chicks best laying strain. Illus-

rated catalog free. Evergreen Poultry Farm Hatch-

eries. Hampton, Iowa.





MANY VARIETIES pure bred poultry. baby chicks-

and pigeons at low prices. 100 page book in colors

describes them. Mailed for 5 cents. Frank Foy.

Box 9. Clinton. Iowa.‘





 





 





 





SILVER LACED and'Whltc Wyandotte Cookerels.

$3.00, two for $5.00. Extra choice, $5.00 each. Sat-

isfaction Guaranteed. 0. W. Browning, R. 2. Port-

land, Mich. 1 ‘ ‘





 





MICHIGAN‘S Best Giant Bronze. Large'vigorous

birds from America'sbest strains. Both ut1lit and

fancy Furnish unrelated stock. N. Evelyn ama-

dell Ionia, Mich.





GIANT “BRONZE TURKEYB. Vigorous purebred

stock. Best strains. lare e.type fine coloring. Unre-

lated stock. Wri ite Mrs. erry Stebblns. Saranac.Mich,





GEESE—Toulcuse. African, Emden. DUCKS—Penn.

Rouen,Runne1-.Musoovcy. Price reasonable. John

Haas. Bettendorf. Iowa.





White Wyandotta Cock-





OTH Pskln Ducks,

$2.00. Choice laying Leghorn Hens, $1. 50.





hem Smith, Caro.





 





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CHICKS. From free range selected flocks bred to

lay. All popular varieties. Prltcs right. Semi for

catalogue. 100% delivery guaranteed. llomer Hatch-

ery, Homer, Michigan.





BABY CHICKS. Save 831:0 SIOKerIOOb lacing order

now. Pullets Tlafly at 4 mont 8 age rite for free

catalog arrow Ohickeries. Successors Far-

row- -Hirsh Company, Peoria, Illinois,





 





 





 





HELP WANTED





SALESMAN wanted in your locality. to sell and

install one of the best lines of Pipeless and Pipe

Furnaces made 111 Michigan. Now is the time to

art a good paying business of your own. Farmers

-e selling our line. some have sold as many as 30

Furnaces in one season Why not you do the same?

In answering give full particulars as to yourself and

present business. where rated name in full and post

office address. All correspondence is confidential.

Address to H. C. Murray, State Agent. 304 South

Woodward Ave... Birmingham, Mich.





WANTED—Reliable man on 150 acre farm 30 mil

from Detroit. Must be capable of taking charge an

going ahead with work as owner is away all day.

Six registered Holstelns and three horses to take care

of. Can use single man or married man if wife will

assist with housework. All year round job. State

wanes wanted and experience. E. S. VanDalson.

Salem. Mich.





 





 





 





EXPERIENCED farmer wanted. Must understand

care of stock. Wife must understand butter mak-

ing. Prefer family with son old enough to manage

tractor. Farm is near De.troit Apply by letter. ~-

Box 0. B..—-2 Michigan Farmer, stating experimcc: _

and reference. ' "»

WE PAY $200 monthly salary and furnish I'll a

expenses dues our film poultry .

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"aerator and Orange Cinnamon and fa]: Pigs at ,
Tuesday,- January 9. '

Wheat. ,,

Detroit—No. 2 red $1.34; No. 2 mix-

ed $1.32; No. 2 white $1.32.

Chicago-“No. 2 hard $1.19@1.20;

December $11794.

Toledo—Cash $1.34.

Corn.

Detroit.—Cash,No. 2 at 750; No. 3

yellow 74c.

Chicago—No. 2 mixed 7114@71‘1,éc;

No. 2 yellow 72c.

' Oats.

' Detroit—Cash No. 9. white 491,430;

No. 3, 48c.

Chicago—No. 2 white 43%(02451/éc;

No. 3 White ,43@4317§c.

Beans.

‘Detroit.~—lmmediate

shipment $8.

Chicago.——Choice hand-picked Mich-

gan beans $8; red kidneys $8.

Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 901/30.

Chicago—~87 14 c.

, Seeds.

Detroit.-——Prime red clover cash at

$13.40; March $13.55; alsike at $10.75;

timothy $3.40.

Toledo—Prime red clover cash at

$13.40; alsike $10.85; timothy, new, at

$3.30; old $3.35.





and prom pt





Hay.



Detroit.—No. 1 timothy $16.50@17;

standard $16@16.50; light mixed $16@

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—Ib sacks.



Fruit.



Apples.——Jonathans $4.50 per bbl;

Wageners $4; Greenings at $4rm4.50

per bbl; Kings at $5@5.50; Northern

Spies $5; Baldwins $4@4.50.





WHEAT





Most of the gains in wheat prices

in the last month were erased last

week. The sales of speculative hold-

ings as a result of the political crisis

abroad, heavy primary receipts and

additional evidence that foreign coun-

tries will be unable to finance the pur-

chase of their full estimated require—

ments were factors. Primary receipts

of wheat have been running at practi-

cally a record pace for this time of

year and two or three times as large

as a year ago. In addition Argentine

and Australian shipments are increas-

ing. Even India with an excellent new

crop prospect is selling more freely

and Canadian wheat has had the at-

traction of being cheaper than our

hard or red winters. The situation is

.not entirely one-sided, however, as Eu-

rope will continue to buy at least mod—

erately, the southern hemisphere sur-

plus is smaller than a year ago, a poor

crop outlook in our southwest and oth-

er factors tempers views of lowerpric-

es. The break may have already touch-





ed bottom.

RYE





In the last six months about 35,000,-

000 bushels of rye have been cleared

7 for export and the movement keeps up

‘ rather steadily. Germany bought about

4,000,000 bushels last week in spite of

her depreciated currency.





CORN





In the last three weeks receipts of

corn at primary markets

largest on record for this period with

one exception. Prices have declined

along with wheat and the movement

has subsided as growers are confident

of higher prices later. Export demand

has picked up again and average week-

‘ly clearances in the next six months

of about 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels

from the United States appear prob-

able in view of foreign needs.





OATS _





" ' . Both eastern and southerndistribut.

ng demand for oats have increased

recently but prices lost ground along

th wheat. -Receipts" have been sur-

Wprrisgingly uniform from week to week

in. be last four” months and are now





 





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about twenty per cent above normal

for this time of year. They are disam

pearing into consumption, however,

and the visible supply‘is slowly melt.





ing away.

SEEDS





Clover seed prices advanced to the

former season’s high point early last

week but lost the advanCe later. Re-

ceipts this season at Toledo, the prin-'

cipal market, have been about 25 per

cent larger than last year. Timothy

seed prices have changed but little for

several weeks.





FEEDS



By-product feeds are not in keen de-

mand at present while stocks in the

hands of both manufacturers and deal-

ers are liberal. Wheat feeds in transit

are offered considerably cheaper than

mill prices for future shipment- Flour

mill operations have declined but little

from the high point of the season.





HAY





Light receipts of hay have been di-

minished still more by the holidays.

Demand is limited but timothy prices

on the leading markets were steady to

higher while alfalfa, prices were firm.





EGGS & POULTRY





In spite of the supposed increase in

poultry production, receipts of eggs at

the four principal cities in the last five

months of 1922 were lighter than in

the correspondng period of 1921. This

has made good prices for fresh eggs

possible and helped work off storage

eggs to advantage which will have

some effect on next Season’s prices

when eggs are going into storage.

Prices have been erratic recently, ad-

vancing early last week only to slump

sharply later on. Receipts in the new

year are starting lighter than last year

and consumption is at a high rate but





the large storage stock and the sea?





sonal increase in the lay will check

further price advances. ._ '



Chicago—Eager. miscellaneous 38@

400; dirties 25@280; checks 24@260;

'fresh firsts 42c; ordinary firsts 36@

380; Live poultry,“ hens 2134c; spring-

ers 21-22c; roosters 14c; ducks 190;

geese 180; turkeys 350.



Detroit—Eggs fresh candled and

graded 43@460; storage 26@28%c.

Live poultry, heavy springers 23@25c;

light springers 18@200; heavy hens

250; light hens. 18@20c; roosters 16c;

geese 20@22c; ducks 20@24c.-





BUTTER _





Butter prices at the leading eastern

markets declined early last week but

when a parity with Chicago was reach-

ed, ,a more stable tone became evi-

dent. ».Buyers have taken hold more

freely since the first of the year but

receipts are much ‘heavier’ than

month ago and are running materially

larger than last year even though pro-

duction reports show no increase. As

a result, daily drafts on cold storage

stocks have been decidedly reduced in

the last two weeks.



Prices on 92-score fresh butter were:

Chicago 51c; New York 52%c. Fresh

creamery in tubs sell -in Detroit for

46@48c per pound.





POTATOES





The potato markets were generally

steady last week. The holiday season

curtailed shipments but the movement

was about twenty per cent above the

average for this time of year. The be-

havior of the market Suggests an ad—

Vance later on but it is slow to arrive.

Northern whites are quoted mostly at

75c@$1.10 per 100 pounds in middle-

western markets.





APPLES





Apple shipments from producing

sections were far above normal last

week, especially boxed apples which

weakened in price while the barreled





 





 





 





Wednesday,

DETROIT

’ Cattle.

Receipts 360. Market strong.



Best steers ....... . ...... $ 8.75@ 9.25

Handyweight butchers 7.75@ 8.50

Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.25

Light butchers .......... 6.00

Handy light butchers. . . . 6.00@ 6.75

Best cows ........... 4.75@ 6.00

Butcher cows ., ..... 3.50@ 4.50

Common cows . . . . . . . . . . 2.75@ 3.25

Canners ................ 2.25@ 2.75

Choice bulls ........ .. . . . 5.00@ 6.00

Bologna bulls ........ . . . 4.50@. 5.25

Stock bulls ............. 3.50@ 4.25

Feeders ................. 6.00@ 6.75

Stockers ................ 4.75@ 6.25

Milkers and springers. . . .$ 40@70.00





Veal Calves.

Receipts 610. Market steady

lower.

Best





to 50c





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Sheep and Lambs. .

Receipts 2,470. Market steady.

Best lambs ............. $14.50@14.75





Fair lambs ............. 12.50@13.25

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

Light to common 9.00@11.25

Fair to good sheep. ..... 6.50@. 8.00





so...





Yearlings . . .





, Hogs.



Receipts 2,980. Market is 5@10¢

lower. ‘



Mixed hogs COO-OOOOOIOOI$ . ' 8'76

Pigs OIIOOIIO'IIOOIOOOOIOI ' 8‘90

Stags I....II...I..OOII_OOI 4'50@ 5.00

Roughs OOOOOOOIOIQOOIDOO 7‘35

HeaVies ‘oorooioeootcooto 8000@ 8035





CHICAGO

. Hogs. , . -

Estimated receipts today are 31,000;

holdover 24,432., Market slow and 10

@15c lower. Bulk of‘sales $8.25@‘8.55;

tops $8.65; heaVy 250 lbs up $8.30@

8.40; medium 200. to 250 lbs $8.35@





8.65; light‘150 to 200 lbs $8.50@8.65§ ‘ '

light lights 130 to 150 lbs $8.45@8.65; g





heavy packing sows 250 lbs up'S’lJiOQ



8; packing sows 200 lbs up at $7.25@;



7.65; [pigs -130» lbs down $7.75@8.45‘.

cattle. ' ' ‘





__;Estimatedireceipts today are 7,000.





   





   

 





. . . . 10.00@13\25 ‘





LiVe Stock Market Servics J





January 10.





Beef steers medium and heavy weight

1100 lbs up $11.50@12.75; do medium

, and good $8.f5@11.50; do common at

$6.50@8.15; light weight 1100 lbs down

$9.85@12.25; do common and medium

at $6.25@9.85; butcher cattle heifers

$4.~55@10.50; cows $3.55@8; .bulls bo-

logna and beef $4.25@6.65; canners

and cutters cows and heifers $2.75@

3.85; do canner steers af $3.50@4.50;

veal calves light and handyWeight at

‘$9.25@11.25; feeder steers $6@7.85;

stocker steers at $4.50@7.85; stocker

cows and heifers $3.50@5.50.

, Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today at 14,000.

Market steady. Lambs 84 lbs down

$13@15; do culls and common $9.50@

13; spring lambs $9.25@13; ewes $5@

8.75; ewes cull and common $3.50@6;

yearling wethers $12.75@i4.75.





BUFFALO

Cattle.





Receipts five cars. Market steady.

Choice to prime ship'ping steers, 1,400

pounds and up at $9.50@10;- good to

choice shipping steers $8.50@9; heavy,

fat medium quality $7.50@8; medium

to good $7@7.25; light native year-

lings, fancy quality $10@10.50; medi-

um to good $8.25@9.25; best handy

steers $7.50@8; plain at $6.50@7.25;

handy steers and heifers at $6.75@7;

western heifers $6@6.50; flight Michi-

gan butchering heifers $6.50@7; best

fat $5.50@6.25; medium to good $3.75

4.50; cutters $2.50@3.25; canners good,

weight 81.756.12.25; common and old

rims $1@1.50; best heavy bulls $5.50@

6; heavybologna bulls at $4.75@5.25;'

common bulls $4@4.50; best feeders

700 to 800 lbs at $6.50@7.25; medium

feeders '$6@6.50; stockers good $5.50





@6; light common ”@550; "best milk-3

common .





ers and springers $60‘@80;

and medium $35®45. _ ‘. ,

Calves. Mérket steady at $14.50.



' Hogs. ’ ‘

cars;





Receipts" 35- Market: steady;





Heavy _ _

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$9.15; yorkars; and pigs 59.50. ‘





4:.





ed. cropand barreled storage holdings

were relatively heavier-r than boxed.

Exports up





ceed those of two years ago by about





’60 per cent. ' British prices are quite





attractive. New York Baldwins are





quoted at $4@5 per barrel. in leading





cities. . _ ‘





WOOL *





Moderate expansion in the demand





for wool from manufacturers was re-

ported at eastern concentration points

last, week. Prices were firm at levels





.recently prevailing. Foreign wool mar“

kets also shOWed strength although no .





auctions were held during the holi-

days. Stocks of “Bawra” wools, _or

British Australian Wool Realization

Association wools at the end of No-

vember were 940,894 bales, indicating

that 949,494 bales had been disposed

of during the previous eleven months,

and suggesting that the balance of

these Australian wools carried over

from the war period will be disposed

of . within another year. Presumably

holdings of free wools in Australia

were no larger on November 30 than

they were on the corresponding date

ayear ago. The situation in Australia

is one piece ‘of evidence that wool con-

sumption is steadily gaining on,pro-





duction. .

BEANS





Details of thdgovernment’s final es-

timate upon the bean crop show that

the Michigan returns were increased





305,000 bushels to a total. of 4,809,000. '





bushels. The new York and Idaho es-

timates also were raised 'while Cali-

fornia, Colorado and New Mexico all

showed severe losses and the total

crop was estimated at 11,893,000 bush-

els or 1,120,000 bushels less‘than in

October. SinCe prices advanced dur-

ing the usually dull holiday and inven-

tory period and the crop is below the

average, trade sentiment is mostly

bullish. -





DETROIT CITY MARKET





.The demand was good for poultry,

celery, cauliflower, apples and cab-

bage. Because of the cold weather

potatoes are not in such great supply

and are bringing better prices. Pumps

kins, squash, carrots. and onions are

moving slowly. Apples are bringing

75c@$3; cauliflower $2; celery 15@

75c per dozen bunches; carrots 75c@

$1.25; eggs 65@70c; dry onions $1.25

per bu; potatoes 55@60c'; poultry, live

25@32c; ducks 280; geese 26c; squash

$2@2 50.





GRAND RAPIDS





The white bean market late last

week and early this week again staged

the unexpected by advancing during

the/last few days of the rush tax-pay-

ing season. Three~ advances in as

many days carried prices up 30c per

hundred weight. Most of thecountry

elevators Were paying from $7.25@7.50

percwt. Egg bids rebounded two





cents a dozen to 380, and live stock, ‘





especially lambs, were marked up frac-

tionally to a whole cent. The potato

market shows. no improvement with





the car shortage again'restricting the V





movement. Poultry was quiet but the

trade was getting set to handle more

as the furniture season gets farther

advanced and more buyers come into

the city. ‘ . . p .





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Poland Chime—February 1, Doris .





Hover, Akron; February 17, W1

Bros‘., -Adrian;,Fe‘bruary 27,’ J} ,’

,My‘grants, ; St; 3 Johns; February,

Charles ‘Wetzel It 80:33,

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049,647 barrels and 1.869.964 boxes as

compared with. about 500,000 barrels,

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Evergreen Poultry Farm, of Greenville,

Mich., coine next with 337 eggs.



. The pen of Leghorns belonging to E.

D. Shaw, of South Haven, which have

been leading the1contest until the- past

week has slipped to third place with a.

total of 329 eggs. Tied for fourth place

are the Plymouth Rocks belonging to

H. E. Dennison, of East Lansing, and

W. H. P. Kent, of Cazenovia, New

York, each having a, total of 312 eggs.



Among the Rhode Island Red pens

that belong to O. L. Dunning, of Del-

ton, Mich., and that belonging to Mrs.

E. S. Travis, of Vicksburg, Mich., are

tied for first place with 207 hens. The

high pen of Anconas belong to A. R.

Van Ralte, of Zeeland, Mich., with 193

eggs.



For the week the White Wyandottes

led in production when they attained

an average of 41. 9 eggs for the week.

The Barred Rocks showed an avelage

of 38. 8 and the Anconas made a sen-

sational increase of nearly one-fifth

per cent in the week by producing an

average of 23.2. The high pen of the

week was the White Wyandottes be—

longing to the Evergreen Poultry

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(The man modern‘and but equipptd

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English and Amer-

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Strong. well hatched ch11 ks

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make wonderful winter layers





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Look '75. 000 Hi- Grade Chicks 120 and up. 10 varieties

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calf 6 mo. for pullets

PARK LAKE FARM. Ciarkston. Mich





White Wyan dotte $33.13;...“ “‘9‘“

HOWARD GRANT Marsyhall Mich.





k.eys Registered English Berkshire

sows from six 111011.150 2 yrs of age.





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spring bums all sold fall pigs either sex at farmers'

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will in plO\( \our he1d. l’ul1li1 sale Feb.1. Write



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Gilts bred or open. two good boars



LeT' "C left. They have always made good.

and W1“ again. \Vrite for my plan of selling, r.



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“7111mm Alley Big Type P. C. gilts now ready to

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this (all A. I) Gill GURY Ii 3. 11min. lVIioli.

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W. VAN APPLEDORN, ll. 7, Holland, Mich. GEO. B. FERRIS. 9341111011. mm mm

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our prices before buy

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S. C. White Leghorns





3115 81. 00 per 1.3. $6. 00 per 100. Orders filled as book-

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S. C. White Leghorns





Cocks and Cockerela

RALPH S. TOTTEN. Pittaford, Mich





.0 Anconas.

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