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:1 MEN—”MW! ' _, - : A_ H > - _ f, -.__:.__________ .—
Which bankfls have the largest





deposits from farmers-and why ?





Observe any bank which carries a large

amount of farmers’ deposits—and in-

variably you will find a banker who is

active in his co-operation with farmers to

promote better farming methods.





You will find a banker who realizes

that anything which benefits the farmer,

which enables him to increase the

yields per acre and, to grow crops of better

quality, increases the prosperity of his

community and builds up bank deposits.





He is a banker who knows that good

farming and the right fertilizers, rightly

used, pay big dividends. He encourages

the farmer to apply as much fertilizer

per acre as can be used profitably.





The banker and the A. S. A.





He is in touch with the best agricultural

thought of his state, as developed by the

agricultural colleges, the experiment

stations and the county agent, and he is

working with them to help“ the farmers

decide the right amounts of the right ferti-

lizers for their particular crops and soils.





, In turn, the Authorized Swift Agent—

the man or firm or store selected by

.Swift & Company, after investigation,

.to supply the Swift ’s Red Steer Fertilizers

' , required byyour community— co-operates





with the. farmer, the banker and the

county agent to attain these same results.





He recommends

Fertilizers because he knows that ,“it

pays to use _thern”—and because he

knows that back of every bag he sells are





the vast resources, the supplies of raw '





materials, the manufacturing skill, the

chemical and agricultural knowledge, the

reputation, of Swift & Company.





Fertilizers that are right





He knows that Swift’s Red Steer

Fertilizers are high in available plant

food; that they contain the right elements

for each crop; that they are accurately

and uniformly mixed; and that when

properly applied they will return. the

farmer’s investment many times over.





lGet acquainted with the Authorized

Swift Agent in your town and work out

with him and your banker your fertilizer

problems and requirements for the

present season.



Get acquainted with him now—it will

pay you. If you cannot locate himreadily.

write our nearest sales division.





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It’s mighty important for every

farmer to make plans to grow more ,

per acre and per man—to make sure

of‘a profit and to have money in the

bank, or to be in good credit standings



The wise thing for you to do is to

plan to use Swift’s Red Steer Fer-

tilizers—to make sure of the largest

yields and best quality crops.



As the Authorized Swift Agent I '

know the Swift retonunendations.

I also try to keep in touch witir'the

work of the State Experiment Station.

Come in—and we will decide ' the

analysis for. you to use to make the

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FoG‘e/t‘ Taxation .On an Equal Basis





' l ' ‘Wn‘ut Is Medea! to. Carry on Income T we Amendment in Mz'cnzgun _‘





N Order to convert Michigan voters

to the state income tax, a definite

program must be laid down as to

the nature of the proposed law and





'.'men must be elected to the state leg-





islature pledged to carry out this pro-





‘gram, in the opinion of Edward H.





Ryder, professor of political science

Land history at M. A. 0., and mayor of

east Lansing. .,



Having been called upon to discuss

the subject at meetings

\points in the state previous to the re-

cent election, Professor Ryder was

'able to learn at first hand the objec-





tions ‘of various claSSes of voters to





'the amendment that was proposed.

.The chief weaknesses” in the amend-





' ment seem to have been the lack of a





provision abolishing the present gen-

eral property tax and the general con-

'fusion regarding the type of exemp-

tions that might be allowed. Most

voters of the urban classes were in-

clined to be suspicious of any income

tax. Some of the farmers, fearing that

their taxes might be doubled if an in-

come tax were made possible in addi-

tion to those already in existence, also

proceeded to vote no.



Specific clauses might have been in-

cluded in the amendment clearing up

the doubtful points, but these would

have been objectionable, declared Pro-

.fessor' Ryder, since they would have

cluttered up the constitution with mat-

ters properly belonging on the‘statute

books. For this neasOn, along with the

proposal of an amendment,- candidates

for the legislature must pledge them-





selves to work for certain ends in con-6





at various ,





nection with it and for it, he held.





“Of course, it does not pay to put

an income tax on all incomes,” said

the professor-mayor. “In the first

place, it costs too much to collect. Be-

sides, taxing of too small incomes may

necessitate aid for individuals in order

for them to live. ‘It won’t do to in-

crease poverty merely to enrich the

coffers of the state.



“The great question about the in-

come tax is whether it should fall on

the great mass of moderate incomes

or on the higher incomes. The amend-

ment specified a tax ‘not to exceed

four per cent.’ People thought it was

too low. What we need is a graduated

tax‘similar to that of the federal gov-

ernment during the war. At that time

sixty per cent was not found too high.



“What type of income is to be ex-

empt presents a delicate problem,

which must be solved by a process of

evolution. In the end the tax will





- probably be levied in great part upon





the income _from intangible and non-

landed property. In the past this type

of property consisting of corporate ex-

cess, good will and the like, has escap

,ed’taxation because,it could not be

found.



“B. F. Burtless,

state tax commission,





secretary of the

contends that





the commission has reached a high

state of efficiency in taxing the corporu

ations of the state. This is probably

true insofar as it can be done undei

the present system. But piopeity can-





'not be evaluated fairly unless income





is taken into consideration. If one





were to judge of the value of automo-





bile properties in Lansing by the tan-

gible assets in sight, the amount would

be far below the market value of the

stock of these companies.



“In order to get an accurate meas-

ure of a corporation’s income, we must

enforce a uniform system of account-

ing. We must know that a dollar of

income in one set of books is worth

the same as a dollar of income in an-

other set.



“Opposition to the amendment on

the part of city people seems to have

been aimed directly against the income

tax itself. In the country, many peo-

ple were afraid that it might be added

to the present property tax. A cam-

paign of education is needed to over-

come the prejudice that prevails

against the income tax idea. Also, in-

come tax laws must be simplified and

their administration made more intel-

ligent to convince people who have

had unpleasant experiences in paying

their federal income taxes.





 





 





“From the standpoint of the disin-

terested political scientist there are

several strong arguments in favor of

the adoption of an income tax by the

state. Our present system was design-

ed to meet agricultural conditions. In

recent years, however, the state has

become to a large extent industrial,

with a great accumulation of capital.

These industries have imposed upon

the state new expenses in connection

with the utilities commission, the

w0rkmen’s compensation act, educa-

tional institutions and in a number of

other ways. State expenses have in-

creased enormously without a corres-

ponding adaptation of the taxing sys-

tem. The result is the burden falls

abnormally upon the farmer and the

small land-owner of the city.





“Along with the industrial develop- .

ment has been in the increased pro-g.





portion of intangible property. We lay

a tax of one-half on one per cent on a

mortgage when it is filled, but it can-





not be taxed thereafter no matter how .





long it is in existence. In theesame

way much intangible property of other

types escapes taxation. It would be

much easier to reach this kind of prop—

erty with an income rather than with

a property tax.



“I do not think the income taX. will

be applied to local. government. There.

is no good reason why it should. If

we can do away with the property tax

for 'state purposes, we can do away

with disputes over equalization. When

it won’t make any difference about

valuations in the local units.”—Hen-

shaw.





Michigan Man Built First Harvester





an/e flzrum Moore Lacéed Business Acumen, He





HILE attending a meeting,oil

the Michigan Pioneer and His-

torical Society at Mackinac Is—

land, I learned from Mrs. J. H. Camp-

bell, of Grand Rapids, that she was in

possession of a collection of letters of





Hiram Moore, of Kalamazoo county,_





relating to his invention of a machine

for cutting, threshing, cleaning and

sacking grain in one operation.

The letters consisted chiefly of cor-

respondence between Hiram Moore

- . and Lucius Lyon,

‘ one time United

' States congress-

man/from Michi-

qgan, and were far-

meriy in posses-

sion of GeorgeW.

Thayer, o 1' De-

troit. Stored in a

barn with great

quantities of oth-

er manuscripts

"and; books, they

“had been salvag-





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By L. A. Chase





very well acquainted with the Thay-

ers, and whose- interest in Michi-

gan history was known to be keen,

came into the possession of these sal-

vaged letters and other manuscripts

in 1916. After her return to Grand

Rapids she made it possible for me to

examine numerous letters of Mr.

Moore’s correspondence.



My interest being arousewl applied

to Mr. H. A. Keller, president of the

Agricultural History Society and Li-

brarian of the McCormick Estate Li-

brary of Chicago, for such additional





[information as might be available in





his collection. Mr. Keller responded

most‘liberally with» law reports and

transcripts of court and congressional

records bearing on Moore’ 3 invention.

There is also some pertinent matter

in the collections of the Michigan Pion-

eer and Historical Society. From these

three sources, then, bits of informa-

tion were gathered in which, when

duly fitted tagether, are presented a





 





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come to western Michigan in 1831, es-

tablishing themselves in Kalamazoo

county. Hiram Moore purchased a con-

siderable tract of land on Climax Prai-

rie—one of thOSe numerous deforested

regions that attracted the settler in

early Michigan when the dense forest

still abounded elsewhere in the terri-

tory, and whose presence greatly di-

minished the labor of farm-making in

the western wilderness.



There was a considerable number of

New England Yankee farmers located

in this region at this time, and they

seem to have introduced into the Mich-

igan wilderness both the New England

Yankee, inventiveness and New Eng-

land aptitude for social reforms, for it

was here that \dwelt Moore, the in-

ventor of the harvester, and Reed, the

inventor of the spring-toothed barrow;

and here, a few years later, was estab-

lished the ‘short—lived attempt at com~

munistic agriculture in the shape of





' the “Alphadelphia Association,” which





sought to carry out the socialistic

schemes of the French





iFourier

Just when Hiram Moore conceived





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Hun’ Real Inventive Genius





the idea of the halvesting machine is





refermer, '





not thus fai revealed; but his corres-

pondence indicates that in 1835 he was

making preparations for patenting the

invention and the Iecords of the Unit-

ed States Patent Office show that such

a patent was issued to Hiram Moore,

of Kalamazoo county and to John Has-

call, a lawyer, associated with Moore

in the early years of the project, on

June 28, 1836.



In 1836, however,

was not yet in completed form and

eight years, or so, were required to

perfect it. Meanwhile, Moore and Has—

call being in moderate financial cir-

cumstances, had associated with them,

for the pill pose of marketing their

harvester, Rix Robinson, a Well-known

fur-'trader and pioneei

Michigan, and Lucus Lyon, later a con-

gressman from this state In 1841 Has-

call withdrew by assigning his intel est





to Lyon, and Robinson was not active

Moore .

insists in his letters that Hascall had. ,

the invention, al-*





in' the enterprise, it appears.





no real share in

though, it appears, he was reputed in





some quarters to have had a part in it. >





During the f6urteen~year period this.

Moore’ s patent had to run, the inven

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CURRENT COMMENT





THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS:





Farming is getting to be more of a

business every day.





Anyone can go down hill, but i

' takes determination to make the up

grade.





Cooperation and consolidation are

essentials of business and farming

efficiency.





It is the last part of the race which

determines the winner; it is that little

extra effort to do better which makes

success in farming.





_ The consumption of wood products

exceeds, by three times, the produc-

tion of timber. How long can .this

process last?





It is when we are amidst trouble-

some times that other fields are most

likely to look the greenest. At such

times we should recall that “distance

lends enchantment.”





HE slogan of the





SJIOUId day is better mar-

.kets. All progressive



We Help business concerns are

Ourselves? now giving their sales





departments the max-

imum of consideration. The possibil-

ities of placing goods in the hands of

Fiji Islanders, Hottentots, Bushmen or

Eskimos, are scanned with avidity by

salesmen. This is true of those hav-

ing to do with the sale of agricultural

gnods, no less than of other lines. This

general tendency of selling goods at

a distance may be observed in a more

limited sense. We havé here in Mich-

igan an outstanding instance.





This particular case has to do with



. the production and the consumption

of wheat. The practiCe is to ’ship much

of the fiourmade of Michigan grown

wheat to southern points while Mich-

igan people eat flour manufactured



- .7 from grain grown on western farms.

, Our normal consumption of flour re-

. ‘quires that we import from the west

considerable supplies. But there is no





business sense in permitting the high





, quality flour made “from our home-

grown crop to leave the state.





Today we are complaining not only

, ofliigh railroad rates, but also of the

service which transportation compo»

are giving Much of our traffic,

eyer. could be saved if consulnp-

m areas were kept as closely as pos-

ofil‘e to production areas. Thus in-





i m . _n

' mm Keisha, ”we should

. our own wheat and allow mass to-





 

   





ship directly to the Atlantic Coast





This would save our room, of whit-aha





there has been such a'shortage of late.



No group 'of people is in a better

position to correct this situation than

Michigan farmers. If they all insisted

on being sold flour manufactured from

Michigan-grown wheat, possibly only

lightly blended with imported stock.

over half of the 15,000,000 bushels of

this grain annually grown here would

be disposed of. Then local millers would

not be to the expense ofmaintaining

markets hundreds of miles away. They

could deliver the bulk, at least, of their

product right at their very door.



The cost of delivering wheat from

surplus “states is the measure of areal





Vprotection wall to Michigan wheat





growers, ‘unless this wall is lbwered

by forcing those who turn the wheat

into flour to sell it at a high sales

cost on distant markets. A general

demand from Michigan farmers for

the home-grown product

doubtedly get for the growers a pre-

mium‘ for their ’wheat and would not

necessarily increase the cost of flour.

Such an effort, we believe, is worth

while.





HIS .month ofJan-

uary was named





Lock’ng by the Romans in

Bath honor of one of their

Ways gods, named Janus.





This was a two-faced.





god who could look backward as well

as forward.



They named this month after Janus

because they thought that this was the

appropriate time of the year to look





because the humans-started .





would un< '





   

     

   





able custom or not, January. m now



almost universally need to mane a rac-

Ord and inventory of the past audio

start a neyr sheet. upon which to pencil

the future.



In business this practice is common,

in fact, almost necessary. Inventories

are taken, accounts settled, new stock.

brought in and new campaigns started.

In farming it is intuitively and perhaps.

haphazardly done. ' Our agricultural

practices would undoubtedly be im-

proved if we went at it systematically.

. It would be of value as well as en-

lightening if each year we took an in-

ventory of our stock and tools. If we

were fair in figuring the depreciation

on our tools we would come to the

realization of the loss carelessness and

neglect causes. In our farm crop and

live stock operations we would find

out if We are making headway or not.



In another ‘Way a study of the ‘past‘

will prove beneficial. The past con-

tains the record of our experience and

that of others who have gone before

us. The past is valuable because upon





it has been builded our present stater





of advancement and there is no doubt

but what our civilization would have

been on a much higher plane if we had

heeded more the lessons those who

have gone before have learned. Our

future will be more certain and mere

profitable from every standpoint if we

will plan it in accordance with the ex-

periences of the past.



It will profit us all if we will use at

least a part of this month playing the

part of Janus and looking both ways

before we proceed with the coming

season.





A Pledge from the Publisher





By Senator Art/zur Copper, .





Prerident, The Lawrence Publzrlting Company





HAVE no higher ambition for The



Michigan Farmer than that it may



continue to hold the same place in

the esteem and affection of the good

people of Michigan that it has held

during the many years of its existence.

And I know only one way whe1 eby that

esteem may be held, and that is by

deserving it.



As long as I have any influence

upon the paper’s destiny it shall con-

tinue to champion the welfare of the

agriculture of the state. There is just

one standard by which its policies will

be judged: Is the thing proposed for

the best interests of the farmers of

Michigan? If the answer is “yes,” the

policy is adopted. If not, it is killed

right there.



I knew the late M. J. Lawrence for

a numbe1 of years and was familiar

with his general ideas of what a farm

paper should be. (In the past yearul’

have become acquainted with the ex-

cellent staff that he had gathered

around him to serve his several publi-





cations, and I realize that it is their





loyalty and devotion to a high ideal

that has enabled The Michigan Farm-

er to render such high service to its

readers and to the state. They are

still in the saddle and will remain

there, I hope, for years to come. And

as long as theylare there they will

have no interest, political, business or





economic, to serve other than the in-,





r





terests of their readers.

A Square Deal for the Farmer.

I believe that the business prosper-

ity and the social well-being of Amer-

ica rest upon agricultural prosperity

I believe that America can prosper

in both an economic and a social way

only when agriculture prosper-3., e»

And I believe that we are serving

the highest interests of the nation as

a whole when we advocate and fight

for a square deal for the farmer.





While we shall continue to discuss.





problems of production. Music: to





our readers every method that science g





and experiment have tested and tried

and proved, we realize that produc-

tion is only half the battle; the prob-

lem of selling it at a profit still re-

mains. New economic problems con-

front us every day, and the farm paper

that is, alive to its mi'Ssion of service

must be in the vanguard in their solu-

tion. This is not always easy. To find

the truth and to tell it fearlessly, in

this constantly shifting tide of eco-

nomic struggles, is our ideal. No one

knows better than we that our future

depends absolutely on the degree to

which we render this service to the

farmers of Michigan.



We may not always be right, for we

are human. But the columns of the

paper are always open to carry the

opinions of the folks‘ who do not agree

with the ideas we have expressed. We

can:- not an. agree, . perhaps; :but. if we

do not agree to what has been printed

we certainly can do our bit in helping

to form public sentiment.



The Home is Supreme.



A great deal of space in The Michi-

gan Farmer will continue to be devot-

ed to rur'al social conditions. We folks

who make up the organization of this

paper believe that a better and more

satisfactory rural life is coming, which

will return more in. definite human

values than the life we have known.

Naturally some communities are lead-

ing with community center movements

and the thousand and one things which

make up better rural human relation-

‘ships. We propose to tell about these

in the future, as we have done in the

past; in‘ considerable detail.



And even more space will be devot-

ed to the women and children. Farm-

ing is after all a life,.not merely a





business, and it is around the fireside

that the larger and finer towards of-





life are obtained. I have taken much

We in the, purpose of this ‘* amica-

tion. which is devoted toitlie‘





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than with any other‘class the home is

supreme. We hope to do our shape





in making the rural homes of Michigan





a little brighter, a little better and a

little happier because of our weekly

visits. .



These Are Our Ideals.





To be fearless in a championship of

agriculture, to be interesting, to be

helpful these are our ideals. I think

they will be realized to even a‘greater

extent in the coming years. I am

mighty proud of the folks with whom

I am associated on the Michigan

Farmer. We have a fine organization





_ in Detroit and all over the state. It





is their work inrthe past years that

has rooted The Michigan Farmer 80

firmly into the life and work of the ag-

riculture of this state. Our mission is

real service to the farmers of Michi-

gan. With this as Our ideal we go on.

into "the future, secure in a belief in

what. the coming days will bring forth.





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Underwear





AYBE this is what you call a del-

icate subject. These silk undies

things what some folks wear is deli-

cate, but there ain’t nothin’ delicate

about the red 'fiannel ones I wear.

They are good and healthy. ‘ '

Now, I ain’t offerin’ no excuse for

writin’ about this, ’cause some of our

most famous writers wrote about

clothes and I want to be in keepin’

with what the rest of the big bugs do,

Only I ain’t goin’ to write about

clothes in general, but am goin’ to dis-‘

cuss them in detail. So I am goin’

to start with the

nearest thing to

me. ,

There ain’t

.nothin’r

to a fellow as his

underwear. It al-

ways stays right

by you through

thick~ and thin,

' and even with

such a close acduaintunce it doesn't

ever tell any secrets. It is so faithful

that it helps protect, you through a lot

what you call stress and strain until

it simply can’t stand it no more and

just gives out. ‘

Now, your underwear ain’t- nothin’

you ought to be shamed of, ’cause it

is sweet and clean. It’s ourselves we

ought to be ashamed of, "cause this

nice clean underwear gets so contam-

inated by bein’ in what you call close

contact with us that every month or

oftener it has got to take a vacashun

and get a good boilin’ out. "





 





Now,.they say that women is afraid '-





of different kinds of! animals, but that

ain't so, 'cause lots of them has got

teddy bears ahuggin them most all.

Right here I want to tell

you that Sophie don't wear such new-

fangled stuff. She wears just plain

underwear what ain’t got no zoological

name.



Underwear comes in differunt coi-

ors. Ladies like the pink kind but i

like mine a little stronger, especially

for winter. A real robust, healthy red

is what I like, 'cause all you gotta do

is look at it and it makes you warm.

Flor summerljdon’t care what color

it‘ is as long as it ain’t red, and the

less color and less underwear the bet?

tor I like it.



Sophie says it ain't nice to Wk

about such private matters, but I want

you to know that I appreciate my m1-

derwear. It sticks right by me even

if it is a disagreeable job and It don’t

make no fuss over it either It does





'iots moratormeflnamtm -,

collar I weanSunda‘ps and don’t we , ,

half the showin’ fof, itSslij.- Just Wok. "

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‘ \/
gar approaches, buries his head

. in the sand and, seeing nothing

of the havoc about him, believes him; .

sen safe. .The original forests of white

' pine here in the lake states are, esti-

:f.. 111,3ted to have contained about 350,-

E ., .1100 000 000 feet. Today, including the

E " Norway, they contain lgss than 8, 000,-



- 000, 000.



Thirty years ago, the mills of the

lake states were cutting 9,000,000,000

feet a year.

less than 2, 500, 000, 000. Old-timers in

Michigan can remember when Michi-

gan lumber supplied the markets of

g the middle west. In 1889, we cut 4,-

l“ , ‘ ' 300,172,000 feet of timber. By 1919,

E 9. fthirt'y years later, our annual out had

' dropped ‘to 875, 8911000 feet and we

‘ . were importing timber into the state

from long distances. Wisconsin was

the only,lake state in 1920 to produce

more timber than she used and her

surplus was less than one per cent.





, I .THEY say an ostrich, when dan





‘, Michigan white pine lands sold .in

. ‘ , 1866 for $1. 00 per acre (possibly eight

J ' » cents per thousand feet). In 1905, the

' stumpage price was $15 per thousand.

Stands of hemlock in. Michigan were

sold for taxes in 1897. In 1900 the

hemlock was [bringing fifty cents per

thousand. By 1912, the hemlock had

gone to. 87:00. My grandfather, whose

folks were pioneers over in Clinton

county in the days when they had to

haul their flour in 011- -carts clea1 from

. the Detroit settlement, has told me of

. y »- ' great piles of walnut logs burned to

1 get space to put in his farm crops. And



’ he lived to salvage walnut fence rails.





“ 9. In 1920, the department here made

“ a study of prices which were being

paid for standing hardwood timber in

ft. Michigan. The farm wood- lot had been

‘ _ considered by many farmers as an en-

‘2 cumbrance to the soil, to be removed



' as soon as he got money enough .to

blow out the stumps, or at best as a

shade for his grazing stock, or a

source of fuel for the winter. The





Today, they are cutting _





 





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By J. C. . DeCamp,





Arrixtarit Pro/Error qf' Forestry, M A C .





rapid rise in timber values caught

many unaware and they were selling

on valuable-wood-lot ”timber for little

or’ nothing. A summary of these prices

is well worth repeating here, as indi-

catIVe of growing scarcity of the. local

supply:



Average of prices paid by timber

dealerS"in 1920 for standing hardwood





transported them bodily over to Cad-

illac. What remains of the town of





Jennings is a few deserted shacks by ,





the side of a beautiful,little lake, sur-

rounded by a wilderness of stumps

and sandy soil that'had grown wonder-

ful timber but is too poor tosupport

a farming community.





Another good example of what hap

pens when the timber goes is the old

town-site of Au Sable. Some years

ago it put out some improvement





 





Cut-over Land in losco County Coming Back to Timber.





in Michigan: Sugar maple, $17.36;

soft maple, $17. 36; beech, $13. 28; bass-

wood, $20. 18, white elm, $18. 37; ash,

$30. 80; black walnut, $41; white oak,

$26.30; red oak, $22. 72; cherry $21;

birch, $13.28. The prices are per thou

sand feet, board measure.



A few years ago, Jennings was a.

flourishing mill town up in Missaukee

county. Then they ran out of timber.

This summer they took the whole

town, what was worth transplanting,





loaded the houses on trucks, specially -





constructed for that purpose, and_





 





 





Centralized Electric CU’rren





Same Prod/ems twill: W Izic/z





HE problem 01’ providing rural cus-

, , tomers with electric power and

‘ ' light is discussed by Mr. F. A. New—

9 ton, of the Hodenpyl, Hardy & Com—

‘ pany, of Jackson, Michigan, in a letter

to’ the State Department of Agricul-

ture, which I have recently been per-

mitted to see. Undoubtedly Mr. New-

ton’s conclusions will be of interest to

county agents and others who have

\ been working on this problem.



Mr. Newton points "out at the outset

the necessity of detexmining what con-

stitutes a rural customer, and he sug-

gests mapping an area where rural





 

 





defining a rural customer as one living

outside the corporate limits of a city

or village since urban conditions as

9 related to power distribution often‘e'x-

"' ist without as well as within such

limits.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





pressed simply in terms of a rate per

K. W. H., sinCe the cost of service is

not mainly the cost of furnishing the

. [current to'the rural consumer. ‘ '

"" Nor does he approve of taking the





 

 

 





 





 





   

   

   





- tionai. charge» to cover the cost of rural

service. Rural service, he says, is es-





 





 





conditions clearly obtain rather than ..





The cost of service cannot be ex-~





city rate and adding thereto an addi-'





:9 annually different from. city; servme

-' ‘ contracts are unsatisfactory, he says.

‘Mr. Newton thinks in most cases the



' farmer has the alternative of buying





Rural Customers are Faced





he has such service. The rate should

be fixed by the utility subject to the

approval of the utilities commission of

the state. The rural charge, where

the installation is made by the con-

sumer, should cover taxes, deprecia-

tion, and the maintenance of the in-

vestment, plus extra cost of reading

meters, delivering bills, testing met-

ers, “etc.



The cost of rural extensions, he

points out, will va1y with the cost of

material and the circumstances of

each case. Tree—trimming, telephone

interference, railroad crossings, etc.,

must be taken into account. The rural

charge should be expressed rather in

percentage of‘cost of line than- in num-

ber of dollars per consumer, he says.





.Where the business received will jus-

tify the investment





the utility will

want to extend its lines into rural

communities and here the utility will

carry its own investment, but in most

cases he thinks the farmers will have

to carry the cost of the investment,

rates being adjusted accordingly. The

utilty will not want to take a chance

on the rates remaining high enough

to cover the cost of the investment

unless there is a long-term contract

"with the consumer. Such long-term





a prtyate plant or- makipg his own line

to ..





 





 





bonds, and built up a town that it was

good to live in. When the improve-





‘iem In the Face





l5 Some Factr 072 t/ze Forest Situation 272 Mz'cflzgm'z





 





ment bonds matured in 1915, them

was no t‘OWn left to pay the bonds

Timber cut, land left bar,ien too poor





for agricultural development, the fire‘

of July, 1911, virtually wiped it off thef

map. Timber gone, there was nothing1





to rebuild f01.





Many an old mill town‘





of Michigan is now only a blackened:





heap of fire- swept wins to show for

its f01mer prosperity.



Michigan has been famous in the

past for its wood- w01king industries.

Fuiniture, veneer, tool handle, vehicle,





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agricultural implement industries, one

by one they have been following the





timber.

terial no

h'eavy freight rates, they can no long-i;

er Word to ship the law material in





and must needs move south and west;





to the centers of timber production.





Saginaw plants reported in Septem-

ber 27 state that No. 3 basswood and

months ahead, they were obliged to

turn down ordeis because they could

not get stocks to work from. Reports

for the Menominee maiket on Septem-

ber 27 state that No. 3 basswood and

No.4 pine, stocks essential to many 01‘

our local indust1ies, me almost impos

sible to obtain. The hardwood used

in furniture is customaiily seasoned

six to nine months before sale. Furni-

ture manufacturers me now competing

in open market for stock with which;

to keep their iactories going and are:

taking the mateiial piactically greeni

from the saw. Repmts to the Ameri-

can Lumberman for Octobe1 14, showE

basswood and birch very haid to get. E

The auto industry is demanding elm

and the implement and wagon factor-

ies have bid the price of gum lumber

up $5. 00 in ten days. The wagon peo-

ple have been working on reserve

stocks for the past two years, waiting

for a decrease in timber prices, and





depleted Stocks are now forcing them .





back into a buying market.





What the consequences will amount

to, it is hard to females, whether still





With the better grades of Ina-V

longer available and the





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higher prices to the consumer becausei





of increased cost of raw material, or

the loss of Michigan industries forced





 





NAnoNAI.‘

LIGHT





KEROSENE

Heat~Light

Powel-





For Oil Lamps





Forty years ago the first

National Light Kerosene was

sold for oil lamps. It gave

a steady white, bright light

with a clear chimney and

a clean wick. Almost im-

mediately it lifted itself out

of the ordinary CoalOil class

of oils and became famous as

a Kerosene with no smoke or

odor. People traveled miles

out of their way to buy it.





Today National Light

Kerosene is known as the

highest quality Kerosene on

the market.





For Oil Stoves





Use it in your oil stoves and

heaters. No impurities to

clog wick or burner. No

smoke or odor to cause ill

health.





For Incubators





Use it in your incubators,

its uniform heat will hatch

healthy chicks from every

fertile egg. No poisonous

fumes to clog egg shell pores

when used in Incubators 9r

fumes to kill little chicks in

the Brooder. ‘





For Tractors



’ Use it in your Tractor, it will

develop more power than

ordinary Coal Oil because

every drop is consumed in

the firing chamber, elimin-

ating any chance of the un-

used portion diluting Lubri-

cating oil in the crank case.





For Lighting Plants





Use National Light Kerosene

for your Lighting Plant,

Lanterns, every purpose

where Kerosene is used you

will find “National Light”

more satisfactory and eco-

nomiCal.





You can use a drum or more.

Mail your order if your

dealer cannot supply yen

and we will ship from one

,of our 96 Distributing

Branches nearest to you.





Use En-ar-co Motor Oil°

En-ar-co Gear Compo





White Rose Gasoline.

THE NATIONAL REFlNlNG C0.





Scientific Refining





"MO-Ill National 3H... Cleveland, OH)





The national Refining Co.

704-!!! National 31111., Ceveludmflo





Quote me cuss-$211101: drums National

$1.0m. Kerosene. a Vining nearest distrib- _





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Weuno"nevu-ou-uoounuoone”d' ':
. - 1*Serv1ce Dcparttricnt . '





" Off to school





011 a winter 1110“]ng





—fresh and rosy—or pinched and chilly? That’s a matter

for Mother to decide. \





Children, as well as grown-ups, need a, hot. mealtime

beverage that is wholesome, invigorating, and free from

harmful after-efiects.





Coffee is known to be harmful—especially to children.

That is why so many thoughtful mothers give their children

delicious Postum. This pure cereal beverage gives needed

warmth and comfort, has delightful flavor and aroma, and

is free from anything that can injure the health of children

or adults.





Your grocer sells Postum in two

forms: Instant Postum (in tins) pre-

‘pared instantly in the cup by the addi-

tion of boiling water. Postum Cereal

(in packages) for those who prefer to

make the drink while the meal is being

prepared; made by boiling fully 20

minutes.





Postum





FOR HEALTH

“T here’s a Reason”





 

 

   

   

   

 





 

 





 





 





 





Made by Postum CerealCompany, Inc.

Battle Creek, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 





 

     

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Start using this tool to prevent winter



on your wheat the minute it

gets dry enough to go on this spring.

Use it on every seed bed you make

from your early cats to your on

wheat seeding.





Go over the- growing crops with it .

whenever they are retarded by lumps cannot save a cent by waiting and

,orcrusts. youwiilcertainlylosemanydoilnrs._





Write for illustrated book “The Foundation of Farming. "





g. The Ohio Cultivator Co., Bellevue, Ollie





FREE— Strawberries we will nend' 2.5 due plants

Que. Mason Nursery Company. Piedmont. Missouri.





3 .111 aid us show 0‘ wm'l

Him-19m"? 5%... ionis. Mien.





i.





Usedinthiswayitwillpsyforitself

twice in one year—first by the labor

it will save—agecond by the increased

crop that carries with better seed bed

and tillage.



The price is lower per pound than

youpsytorgeodstovegrates. You





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

   

 

 





 





To introduce our Pedigreed overbearing STRAWBERR‘ES $3 '50

gorilla” Sotfsndard vsdemsngtioegfiggsnan well rooted.



dos w .

$2.11], 1':- "331$. name's film





 





   





 





' navy beans but they are called a thou-

W. M.





, sufficient quantity it is a balanced ra-





 





   





 





 





 





TRESPASS CUTTING TIM'ER.





by cutting timber on another’s land, in





Can complainant collect more than the

-ma.1‘ket value of timber?——H.





er in an action on the“’case.

trespass was. accidental, the trespass-





was'his own he is liable only for the

actual damage—Rood.





AUCTIONEER'S WARRANTY.





 





I bought a piece of machinery at

public auction.-





tion. I paid for same and took it home.

It proved to be in need of $12 worth





of repairs. Can' the former owner‘ be

made to pay for repairs ?—-S. B.





ing on the seller. ——Rood.





LIABILITYFOR ’I‘NJURY TO STOCK.





 





One of my neighbors threw some

frozen potatoes in the public alley. My

cows got out of the pasture and ate

“some of the potatoes and onechoked

- to death. Can I make him pay for my

cow? He refuses to do so.—D. L. NV.



The statements indicate

tory negligence by the owner of the

cow, which would ‘bar recovery.—

Rood.





DESTROYING wesvn. lN BEANS.





 





Please tell me what to do to keep

bugs out of my seed beans and yet not

destxoy the germination of the beans.

The beans look the same as the Whité





sand- from- -one bean. —E

. The onlv practical way known for





destroying weevil in grain is to treat

with bisulphidve of carbon. Place your

beans in a tight room and eXpose them

for two or three days to the fumes.

One pound of bisulphide is sufficient

for 100 bushels of beans. If you treat





injured by the weevil so- as to-destmy





TAXI NG BAN K STOCK.





Is a farmer who holds stockinul

locallbank taxed for the stock? Does

it not have to be given to the super-

visor Gthe same as personal property?





Compiled laws of 1915, Sec. 4013

provides for taxation of the capital

stock of all banks against the stock





ducting the value of the real estate

taxed to the banks. This looks like

double taxation; since [the banks also

pay taxes on this residue. 'But what

Rood.





_‘ RATIONHFOR , onws.





 





Please prescribe a preparation for

my cows. I have corn silage, corn

fodder, clover bay. 1 have been feed

ing ground corn and oats mixed half

and half with commercial milkmaker.

Cottonseed can be bought for $2. 75. I

also haVe rye meal. ——W. O. M.





It would be diflicult to recommend a

better ration than you are new feed—

ing. It has variety, a‘ succulent food,

and if fed in proper proportion and





tion and cows should do well on it.



‘ If you will feed one pound of grain

for every four pounds of- milk produc-

ed, and give them all the silage and





clean, your cows ought to produce the

maximum yields.





this is mixed With 100 pounds of corn





. and oats, it will give you su’mclent pm- ' ;

tein so there would be no need or ' ‘





 





What is the penalty for trespassing .

places twenty rods. or more over line? 3 ,'





The trespasser is liable ,to the own- . ‘ ’ ‘

If the





er in good faith believing that the land“





It. was guaranteed by ,

auctioneer to be in first-class condi--





The auctioneer’ s warranty is bind- -





contribu- ‘





the beans at once, they will ,notbe 1..





them for seed. Bisulphide fumes are .140

A . poisonous, so handle-with great care. -





holders at‘ their cash value after de—_





of it, the public needs the money.— ,





hay and corn fodder they will eat up ."4





The commercial _ .

milkmaker contains tWenty-four per ‘

cent protein and when 100 pounds of f ‘





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wthe err-sensed lnsbenttwo

~ii10nths.’ l“f.IMJ(:ornweli.Water-to . . .





More then {50.009 satisfied users Ive had

similar experiences suds Says -The- rse. '

hes unrivslkd record of success (or 29 years.





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is Guam teed by' MONEY BACK eon-

treeteo core 8 A 'nsboanho robin.—

Hoof and Tenden

Dionne. Write god” forefinEEOS-pe'eSev

The- -:oraeBO a—on how to locate. under-

. "a?“ imam vmnnsry '

tee



vice-l. figs-.11; :1: obligationi write today.

810 MM! . mum... NJ].



Dru Its nnd Deniers with .1





 





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are over on Tanning





Hides and Furs





emtnto FINE FUR

COATS, 08m SETS. ROBES.

ETC. Our Prices- for doing this

WOfiK are on s level with what

the Farmers received for this

year's

Our CATALOG is Free, it tells

how you can bathe. Western! I.

Fine Fur Coat, etc.. at the low-.

est prices quoted in vests for

Custom Fur Work. Address





» W. G. White

The Bllssllelll Tannery,





Bliufield, Mich.





 





 





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inn-usher lonesome-saline «Distillate. Stem

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. fl
sebasves misscoaos

E sooner fire- get down to a care-

ful analysis of our farming, the

, shoner will we farmers arrive at a

’ basis of efficiency. Records (if every

transaction should be kept.

count should also be opened with each

. . _ field and each kind of stock. The farm-

’ .y -~ er should know whether a department

" of the farm is worth continuing. Of

course, returns from some department-

.- 'may not show that it pays directly,

‘ " but its indirect benefits may make it

worth continuing. The only Way, how-

. _ ."ever, for the farmer to know the things

* ' . necessary to guide him, is to keep

‘ ‘ , books. So, brother farmers, let’s not

delay longer getting next to this busi-

ness side of our 'profession. ——-Sam

Hardy, Allegan County.





 





 





l . » H-IGH scH'oOL AGRICULTURAL

, WORK. .





 





1’ ‘ WHAT of the future of the high

. school agricultural work? I for

one, believe thoroughly that the local

high school is destined to become a

realfactor in building up the farming

of every community: ’

Today we look to the county agent

for much of the personal help needed

to , solve puzzling questions. This

county man has worked faithfully and

, hard, and done much to help us but of

‘ difficulties. But when the demand

grows beyond the ability of one man





(Continued frOm page 69).

tion costs. It maybe too late now to

save our woodworking industries.

Hardwood forests are hot grown in a

day. But it is not too late to take

stock of our tomorrow.

We reached the peak of timber pro-

duction here in Michigan in 1889. By

- 1909, we were going as far as Louis-

iana for our timber. - The southern

mills out. 16,000,000,000 feet of pine

that year;

650, 000, 000, 000 ’feet and today they

, ' have less than 139, 000, 000 ,.000 A state-

ment in the financial section of the

-"Detroit News, date of September 26,

.1 says that due to depletiOn of supply,

> the southern mills can maintain pres-





 





next two or three years, after which

. We must look to the far west, with in-

creased cost of production and trans-

. portation.

5 We retailed our Michigan timber

._ while it lasted, at $15 to $20 per thou-

sand. With the depletion of our tim-

1 , her, the price rose until at $25 to $35

( , southern pine entered‘the market. In





1

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w, / 1 .

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‘g 'E f ern timber, the western pine dominat-



_ ' , ed local markets at $80 to $85. Fifty

'. V . *per cent of the timber remaining in

this country is in three Pacific Coast





   

 

 





 





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, . _. alone to get it here Last year, We

' ' .» shipped in red- fir common boards from





 





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' .1 " er lumber prices. It meant that prices



,7 i; had gone up until the West could. af-

., -‘.‘ ford to gdii'fijeast its poorer grades.



_ That Will is the story from now On:



. "“pddre'r grades of lumber at higher



. prices





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' ‘1- ,

to cover the county, as it' already-has ‘





1 more and more to the professor in the .

high school who has charge of the





relations with the young people, gain-





An ac- '.in the school,





» before been possible for- any other

- man. For this reason I am convinced





QLooking the ' Problem in the Face





‘ JacksonvilleFlorida, at $38 per thou-

They had ,virgin forests of ‘





ent rate of production only for the





f1 ;{ 1920, due to the depletion of the south;





0', states and it costs as $20 in freight’

.’-, A. » Seattle. But that didn’t mean cheap-V

’ feel keenly the‘ need of your .coopera—

Lumber consuitners in Mich?





aplanting policy?

‘leave our lands waste?

. ”reproduction come in on the jackpine ,

‘ plains, it We keep the fires out? Can '

we change OW' taxation laWs to induce,





emu-Readers





in many instances, will we not turn





teaching of farm subjects. This man’s





ed through class and laboratory work

munity in a manner which has never





that farmers in particular should be

deeply concerned-about the course of

study being pursued in local schools.

—-R. S. Risdon.





 





I APPREClATEs SERVICE.‘





 





E farmers are pleased that the



Michigan Farmer is giving‘a re-

port on legislative work at Lansing,

Some of us feel that our representa-

tiVe will guard our interests. But hav-

ing definite knowledge of how things

are progressing in the legislature, will

give us a chance to render some as-

sistance, should that be necessary—

and we assume that at this session, at

least, it will benecessary before the

members make their home trip.



I for one, feel that these men should

make a very determined effort to keep

down taxes. Why the state should in-

vest in Isle Royale for a state park at

this time, is more than I can figure

out. Looks like something else than

working for the “dear public,” prompts

this scheme—Roy Winster.





tailing in Michigan at the time at $200

per thousand. Similarly, No. 1 com-

mon, eight-inch southern pine boards

which were selling. f. o. b. mills, at





sand, were costing the consumer in

Michigan $70. Retail dealers in Mich~

igan are running shert of stock. Mills,

located in the timber, are piling stock

in'their yards. In between lies the

problem of transportation. '



The presentforest policy in Michi-

gan calls, I believe, for a planting of

4,000 acres \per year for fifty years.

Supervisor Schaaf’s estimate for the

planting alone was $5.50. Costs of

administration, fire protection,

_will bring the expenditure up around

$50 per acre. Professor Watson, of

the University of Michigan, in a re-

cently published article,

since the beginning of intensive man-

agement of state forests, in 1903, the

state has only been able to plant about

11,000 acres out of total state forests

of approximately 175, 000.. He esti-

mates the final cost of reforesting

Michigan’s 12,000,000 acres of defor-

ested, non-agricultural timber-lands

at rOughly $2,000,000.000 and concludes

that the job is too big for the'state to

handle alone. But, if" the state doesn’t

do it, who will?

‘Such are some of the forestry prob-

lems on Which We are working today.





They are not presented helplessly nor .





with pessimism, but as facts, however

disagreeable, that need to be brought

home to us. We of this department





Vtion in Working out these problems.

Talk them over in the home, in the





store, at the grange, the farm bureau, .

’the farmers’ club and at school meet-





Can we afford to increase our

Can We afford to





ings.





it? esting by private interests.





will make it possible ..

' for him 'to serve the agricultural com-





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roofing before you buy it.





And buy the kind you can

forget-«you’ll remember

the name-once it’s on your.

roof. ‘





And when you buy, think

first of toughness.





Toughness 1n somethings

is a wee.





In roofing it is a primary

Virtue.





Therefore, see not how

much roofin you can buy

fora dollar, at how much

toughness.





And watch for the roll

with the mule’s head on it.





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, power. A simple carburetor and spe-

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A rigid frame holds all bearings;

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ment.





This is one of the best forms of crop and

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Power is transmitted to both drive

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j“, Also Ladlos' Coats and

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H's magnum feature or. the

second week's- work ‘ut the law-

makers“ madame: “was the





'great array of bills that werefishobin'





to the reading clerk. They came in





rapid succession and the presiding om,





cers as>rapldly passed them 'on to the

various committees. That the house

members are not devbid of humor is





shownby a resolution introduced (and,





cleverly written, directing 'a- certain

member,

cigars, to iprese'nt one cigar to each

member of the house. ' A sense of hu-

mor is a great balancer and as legis-

lators are human it may come. invery

handy before the serious business of

this‘ session is; over with. A ,

Taxation- Bil Is.

or: sixty-eight ,





A total bills have





been introduced to date, many of them ‘

. centering arounthhe' question of tax-





ation reform. 11;. is _quite generally

agreed that real- estate has been-pay-

ing, heretofore, an altogether unjust

proportion of tax. A rich. state with

the great diversity" of prospering in-

dustries of which Michigan boasts,

should be able to take care of. its run-

ning expenses without burdening any-

one if the' costs were equitably dis-

tributed. It is this problem of- rightly

spreading the tax levy over the real

estate, the personal property and the

industry of the state, that promises to

act for a spell as a. brain teaser for a





»whose business is making“





expect to get.





hundred: or so of the best heads in the

State. "



The’ committee of inquiry into” tans-

tion, appointed ._ two. years ago, and

headed by. George Lord, labored

earnestly and faithfully and the report





'Which It has presented sheds much





light on the subject of taxation, and

will. utter many leads for the legislat-

ors. to fol-low in their attempts to deal

out justice to the citizens of. Michigan.



Next to the volume of bills:prov1d-

ing new methods of raising money”,

come the numerous appropriation bills

providing ways of spending it. Most

of the state institutions are asking for

funds in excess of the recommendav

tions of the administrative board, and

in excess, we believe, of what they

Practically all of these

requests no doubt should be, and will

be liberally pared. The Michigan

Farmer and the farmers of Michigan

stand- for a' curbing of state expendi-

tures to the point where it hurts a

little if necessary, rather than for hav-

ing the finest public institutions roads

and parks in the land at the risk of .

losing our financial equilibrium.



We would suggest to our readers





that they keep posted on the progress





of legislative eVents and by acting in





groups through their farmers’ clubs,





granges, gleaners and farm bureaus,

let- their representatives at the capital

know Where they stand. .





 





 





Doings at Washington





By Our W ar/zz'rzgtan Correspondent





 





 





CAPPER"S LIVE STOCK FINANCING

BILL.





ENATOR CAPPERlS live stock fi-



nancing bill, after some revisions

were made, was reported out by the

senate banking and currency commit-

tee. 'The title of the bill has been

changed from ‘.‘The Rural Credits” to

“The Federal Agricultural Credits”

act.

ed somewhat to meet the needs of the

general farmer as well as those of the

cattlemen.



The formation of privately financed

agricultural credits corporations with

a minimum capitalization of $250,000,

under the supervision of the‘ comp-

troller of the currency, is authorized

in the bill. Paper secured by ware-

house receipts covering readily mar-

ketable and non-perishable products.

or by chattel mortgages upon live

stock which are‘ being fattened for

market, may be discounted or pur-





chased with a. maturity not exceeding:





nine months. Paper secured by chat-





tel mortgage upon maturing and breed-,





ing live stock and dairy herds may be

discounted 'or purchased with a ma-

turity not exceeding three years.





' SUPPLY OF Houses SHORT.





HE present production and de-

mands indicate‘that the supply of





. horses in this country-is soon to run





short. The colt production figures





fl compiled by the department of agri~_

,culture show that less than one colt

.for each fifteen head of horses and-





mules on farms in the corn bélt was

produced in 1922, whereas the produc-

tion of one colt per‘ year for nine or





uten head of horses and- mules now on

my. ._ forms is required to meet the exist-

‘ lug demand for horses in cities. and on





the Items or. the corn belt states and





in the east and south.





It is suggested that cheap horses

and cheap feed have been unfavorable





to the use of- the tractor but. with





\





Its provisions have been broaden?





23.2 per cc





higher feed costs and higher prices for

horses, due to a scarcity, there will

be a largerturning from horse to trac-

tor farming.





'ON TAX-EXEMPT BONDS.





E proposed submission of a con-



stitutional amendment prohibiting

the issuing of tax-exempt bonds and.

other securities, has been brought to

life again by a letter submitted. to the

house from Secretary of the Treasury

Mellon in support of this proposition.

Secretary Mellon argues, that tax-ex-

empt. privilege, with the facility it.





. gives toeborrowing‘, Ieadsin many. cas‘





es to unnecessary or wasteful public

expenditures, which is bringing about

a menacing increase in the, debts .of

the states and nation. . He believed

that the continued issuance of tarfree

securities saved nothing to the tax-

payers of the states and that in the



long run it brings heavier taxes. ‘





THE MICHIGAN EGG- LAYING CON-

TEST.





HE last report shows that the Leg-



horns have given up first place in.

favor‘of the Wyandottes. The Ever-

green Poultry Farm Wyandottes new"

lead with a total production of 386

eggs. Next come the Leghorns belong-

ing to E. D. Shaw, of South Haven.

which. held first place for a long time

are third with 364 eggs. The Plymouth

Rocks belonging to W. H B. Kent, of





:Cazenovia, N. Y., rank fourth with 354

eggs to their credit





All the different classes show an in-

crease in the production percentage.





‘The Wyandottes hold the lead with a





43 .3 per cent production. The Barred





Rocks come next with a 41. 6 per cent





production. The Ancona class made

another big jump in their production

in the pact week by increasing it from

last week to 35:2?- Dar,
What’s under the rubber;





—hidden weakness or rugged strength 7





Get the inside story before you buy your boots





There’s nothing mysterious about the wear

of a boot— '



You get just as much wear out of it as

the maker builds 11110 it.





What’s built under the smooth rubber

surface? 13 it .‘rugged strength or hidden

weakness? ~



In the illustrations below we’re making

just as plain as diagrams can,‘what"s “un-

der tlie‘rubber” in a “U. S.” Bo‘ot.



VVe’ve picked out the four points where

boots get the hardest wear—ankle, back of

the heel, instep and sole.





Notice the strong reinforcements.





built into U. S. Boots at every one of

these points! .



We’ve been making rubber foot-

wear for 75 years. We don’t just buy

rubber—we actually produce on our

own plantations the finest grade that





 





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“U. S ” Boot ha: an





extra collar ” that

. run: all the wayround





the leg, and on top of





~xthat 1: vulcanized a





heavy, :ide-xtay.





 





uated reinforcing layer: 1'11 the

irtrtep combiner. u'rmmal flex-

ibility with :urpriring :trength.





can be grown. Our factories are manned by

the most experienced boot makers in the

country—craftsmen who know the im-

portance of painstaking care. And we’re

proud of the results—and of the satisfaction

farmers take in them.





Other Footwear in the big “U. S.” line——

all built to give the utmost service





You’ll find every type of rubber footwear

in .the big U. S. line. There’s the U. S.

Walrus, the-famous all-rubber overshoe—

the U. S. lace Bootee,.a rubber work-

shoe for spring and fall—«U. S. Arctics

and Rubbers—all styles 'and sizes for

the whole family. Look for the “U. S.”

trademark whenever you buy—the

honor mark of the oldest rubber organ—





 





 





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ization in the world.





no: on THE HEEL—Eleven

layer: of heavy duck and highest



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THE sous— —A thick, single layerof'

the finert, toughest h1gh-grade rub- .





her. It: flange :hape mean: extra

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1

,.,M. e um. 1.:fi.fl_,;,.‘,‘..m,r_.u
. Cost Less

Than All Wood-,-

Last 5 Times as Longee





Every landowner will save money by having a



copy of my big newbook of Can’ t- -Sag Gates. Shows

a full line of these strong, Sag- proof gates of wood

and steel built In the world' s largest gate factory

for less than you can build clumsy, all wood gates

at home. Can'tzSag Gates hays no wood joints

to rot, no nails to rust or pull out. Every board

is double bolted between four pairs of angle steel

uprights. They always hang plumb and trim.

They can 't sag. warp, or twist out of shape. The steel and





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Used

on America’s

Finest Farms





wood construction makes them flexible. They '_ve under



Siniuippi Farms. Oreson. llL. pressure but 6011' t break. Top hinge is self-l ng when

ow act! by Ex- GOV- 3“ 0- gate is closed. Hogs can ’t root them off hinges. Elevating

Lowdon. attachment can be urnished to let small stock pass under.





t F . 0 nomo- ‘

"232,5 ‘-’f." "“ °° I’ll Furnish Complete Gates... °" "1:

‘ ‘ M f e Gate Book shows complete Can’ t- SagGates painted,

Lfifighééfifnh‘l n W e r " ty regdyglo hang with your name or name of your farm, or "No





Hunting" sign lettered on boards. Or, if you prefer I’ll 1laur-

nish everything but the boards and you

can build your own Can' t- Sag Gates at





home and save still more money.





BlueValley Cream' y Co. Chicago





Forms of Joseph Leiter. "The

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Post Estate, PostuIn Cereal Co.. Write for My Free Book

B‘tue end" ME!“ Get In new low prices See for your-

Funk Farms, Bloommgton. lll. self wfiy Can' t- Sag Gates are “every-





where In America. More than a million

in use. It does not pay to build or buy

any other Gate. Free book proves my

claim. Write for it today.

. Alvin V. Rowe, Pres.

ROWE MANUFACTURING CO.

1019 Adams so, Galesbnrg, Ill.





R. E. Olds, Automobile Manu-

facturer, Lansing. ie .





H. F. Firestone, Pres. Firestone

Tire & Rubber C0,. Akron, 0.





Reservations and Farms of the

United States Government.





 





 





 





 





At the lntemational Live Stock Show at Chicago,

December, 1922, exhibits from CANADA were

awarded the following prizes:





Grand Championship and First Prize for Hard Red

Spring Wheat. In this class Canadian exhibits won 19

prizes out of a total of 25 awarded.



Grand Championship and First prize for Oats, winning

24 out of 35 prizes awarded.



First, 2nd, 3rd and 4th prizes for Peas, winning 4 out

of 5 prizes awarded.



Grand Championship and First Prize for Rye; first

prize for two-rowed Barley.



Grand Championship and Sweepstakes for Clydesdale

Senior Stallion; lst prize for Clydesdale 4 and 6 horse

teams; lst prize for Clydesdale Mares 3 years and under.

Championship for Galloway Steers; twelve 1st and 2nd

prizes for Sheep. Many other prizes for Grains, Fod-

ders and Live-stock.





Cheap Land in Canada





roduces better grains, fodders and live stock than high

landsh e sewhere, and produces the»: more abu ntly, may be the so ution

of your farm problem. Get the facts. with free books. maps, etc.. and an

order for reduced railway rates, direct from the Canadian Government





bywriting

J. M. MacLachlan,





Desk 29, 10 Jefferson Ave., East, Detroit,» Mich.





 





 





 

 

 





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Johan's seeds. Send today for our co yof Isbell’s Seed Annual—the author-

1923 itative book on seeds on plea showing quality sent with it FREE.

catalog 5. M. Isssu. a. company". 7 1 o Mochsnlc st. (431 Jackson. Inch.

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- work'very well. It cut twenty





'01: med himself with improving it

and: securing its manufacture, first at

Rochester, New York, and later at

Schoolcraft. Bat-tie Creek, and perhaps

elsewhere in Michigan. Moore was

constantly in straightened financial

circumstances, frequently calling upon

Lyon for; adVances of cash, and in ill-

health, spending many long weeks in

bed. All this delayed the‘ perfection

. and marketing of the harvester, and

as. the time for the expiration of the.

patent approached, the inventor had

little tangible to show for his exer-

tions and his deprivations.





strenuous efforts were made by Moore

and his friends to gain from congress

an extension of his patent, and even

the Michigan legislature exerted itself

in his behalf through a memorial to

congress. But Moore’s application be-

came involved in the controversy be-

tween Obed Hussey and. Cyrus McCor-

mick and their friends, over similar

patent difficulties and extensions, and

all seem to have been shelvedtogeth-

er. Later on (in 1860) Hiram Moore

was granted a patent for a seed drill

on which he seems to have been work-

ing as far back as 1845, and an exten-

sion of patent for this machine was

granted in 1873.





Just how did Moore’s harvesting

machine operate? Here again, by put-

ting odds and ends of information

from several sources together, it is

possible to form a pretty,clear picture

of the device and its Working. A num-

ber of machines—apparently at least

a half-do’zen—jwere constructed and

put into operation. The' later ma-

chines~ were considerably larger than

the earlier. They were horse-drawn,

twelve or sixteen horses being requir-

ed for their propulsion. .





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i The essential parts of the machine,

‘Iwhose outside dimensions are given by

.Moore for the latei ones as seventeen

by fifteen feet—included a toothed

sickle or cutting-bar seven, ten, twelve

and fourteen feet successively in

length Oscilated by a crank operated

from the gearing connected with the

drive-wheels; a revolving cylinder

with rake-teeth in its surface and lat-





. er a. revolving reel to press the straw

, ”against the cutting edge of the sickle





and to carry the heads after cutting

over to the.revolving apron to be car-

ried thence to the threshing cylinder;

a revolving screen which separated the

straw frOm the grain after leaving the

threshing cylinder; a revolving fan to

clean the grain; a concaved trough

that received the grain after screen-

ing, in which operated a. screw convey-

or that conducted the grain to the ele-

vator, .whence it was delivered into

boxes or sacks. At the front of the

machine on one side was a dividing.

finger to separate the standing grain

,from that to be out. This .was cruder

3111 construction than that invented

1'about the‘ same time by McCormick.

fThe cutting and associated mechanism

was adjustable to varying heights so

as to permit removing only the heads

of the standing grain: The threshing

cylinder operated in 7a concave, both

apparently provided with teeth. The

drive~wheels were large, said to have

been seven feet in diameter.



The harvester required one man to

operate it forward, ‘one to attend to

the grain as delivered from the elevat-

or, one rider for each‘ four horses used

to draw the machine, and a. contingent

of: attendants to remove the sacked or

boxed grain to the granary or barn.



All accounts agree that “Moore and

Hascall’s ‘ harvesting machine”_—-.to

giVe it its usual designation—did its.





 





 

 

 

 





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Ward all: the rate (if we bird on





(Continued from page 67)“





In the» late forties and early fifties





miles per hour, according to its in-‘ ‘





ventor. , ' I

Moore claimed to be able to saVe

four-fifths in the cast of harvesting





wheat'in Michigan. , He estimated. the ‘





cost; by the methods then in'uSe at

abdut $3 50 per acre. He claimed to

be able to harvest wheat at $1. 00 per

acre and that there Would be a saving

of two and one-half bushels of wheat

per. acre that was commdnly lost. by

methods then in use.



The ultimate failure of the enter-

prise seems to have been due to nat-

ural and economic. conditions which

Moore had not thoroughly taken into

consideration or had closed his eyes

against. There" was relatively little

prairie land in Michigan and. Moore





conceded that his machine was not





adapted to rough and cut-over land.

The climate was moist in summer—or

likely so to be, and the machine would

work well only in dry weather—a fea-

ture which made it well adapted for

the western wheat states later on. Ac-

cording to Moore’s figures his harvest-

er cost $500—~too large a sum for the

pioneer farmers of Michigan to pay,

even if it had all the advantages which

were claimed fer it; and it required

many horses to operate it—too many

for a sparsely settled and poor from

tier farming community to provide for

each farmer in it.



An acquaintance of Moore states

that, when he first beheld one of the

new McCormick reapers working in a.

field in western Michigan, he foresaw

the doom of his own invention, since

the reaper did not operate under the

disadvantages just indicated. He -him-

self seems to have regarded conditions

for success better in Wisconsin than

in Michigan, an he purchased at one

time 1,900 acres of land, he tells us.-

beyond Lake Michigan ‘for the purpose

of producing wheat in his own way.

About 1852, he appears to have sold

his farm on the Kalamazoo and to

have removed to Wisconsin where he

died at a date which I haVe not been

able to learn.



Gradually his machines went out of

usein Michigan, but it is affirmed that

one of them, being shipped to Califor-

nia. around the “Horn.” gave rise to

the widespread use of the harvester on





the Pacific coast. Moore himself seems





to have suffered the fate that attends





those inventors who possess mechani-





cal genius umelated to financial re-

sources and sound business sagaclty.





Yet both for what he achieved and for

what he tried to achieve his memory





deserves to be held in honor along





with other benefactors of mankind,

and particularly by the people of Mich-

igan where he labored, suffered, tri-

umphed and failed





 





OPPOSE TRUTH-lN-FABRIC BILL.





 





D ELEGATIONS of woolen manufac-

turers, clothing manufacturers





and jobbers are in Washington in op-

position to the truth in fabric, or wov-

en wool fabrics, bill.

ing strenuous efforts to prevent action

on the bill.

senate, calendar,

ing senators to induce them to oppose

the bill. '

indicating that twenty-seven senators

favor the bill, twenty-five are opposed

and thirty-nine on the fence.





They are mak—





As_ the bill is now on the

they are button-hol-





A statement has been issued





 





Home econbmists figure that the





farm kitchen ought to‘ be at least 175

square feet in area. It should be well-

lighted, well-painted. and have a. lot

of table space.





 





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kitchen to hold large spoons paring

knives, etc. —L.- B. Reber.





CROP SPECIALISTS TO JUDGE

GRAIN S‘HOW.





gage’d by the Saginaw County Gtain

Growers' Association, to judge the

first annual county grain show, Janu-

ary 18-20. The show rooms will be at

the southwest corner of Genesee and

Weadock avenues.-.—M. ‘





. . M A. C Professm Putnam oi

‘1 I. ' the farm crops department, and Dwain

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THIRTY carloads of fruit and veg-

etables on the Chicago market

were handled by the Farmers’ Cooper-

ative Company on January 4, the op-

ening day of the FedeIated Fruit

Growers, Inc. One hundred and thirty

other cooperative companies opened at

the same timein market centers in all

sections of the country, according to

’ ' the titanic plans of the national co-

operative mganziation of ploducers

designed to reduce wastage and ineffi-

ciency in the marketing of perishables.

The passing of the eight calloads of

‘ 7apples,'twelve carloads of celery,'and

ten of potatoes, through the hands of

the company in’ one day brought to a.

realization the dreams of: orchardists

and gardeners for the last quarter of

a century. "

' Membership in the new organization

.__. 7 will be mainly through associations

.- ’ and exchanges. Only true cooperative

‘ associations are‘admitted.



Primarily the products will be dis-i

tributed in carload lots. The thirty

7 earloads of fruit and vegetables mar-'

I/‘I ' keted in Chicago the firstday of bus-

‘ )7 7. iness for? the new association were

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merchants. It is impractical, the com—

{7x’ , . _ , pany officials say, for the organization

1 ‘ to market 'for isolated small growers

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'_ SAGINA7w COUNTY BOYS WIN AT

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hisexhibit of ten ears of flint corn at

77 __ the Chicago International Show, ac-

. .. - \cGrding to information received from

J V * r“ —' ' Lansing

"' ‘ The display of flint corn from Sagi-

naw county competed with exhibits

"from southern Michigan, the. eastern

half of South Dakota, Southern Min-

‘7 nesota, .Northern Iowa, Southern Wis-

7 . 'consin,.,Gonnecticut;and 'Rhode' Island.

, The variety of coin has been grown

* 7 the =Hubbe‘ll farms fer a score of7

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An actual fact-this is. Mrs. Louis Mo-

Cutcheon of Kitchener. Ontario. bought a

mare for $100. The more absolutely refused

to work. Even to harness her was a day 6 work In

itself. She kicked, bit balked and shed at every-

thing. No one on the farm could do nnytbmg With

her. Then a neighbor told Mrs. McCutcheon the

secret of his own mastery over horses--and how she

too could learn It.



In a few days she had the mare eating out of her

hand! in afew days this “ferocious brute" became

a hard and willing worker. In a few days Mrs.

McCutcheon turned 8100 into 8879. What was the

secret? How did she do It?





The Secret of Home Training



Mrs. McCutcheon, like more than 107,000 otherS,

learned the secret of masterm horses from Prof.

Jesse Beer ’5 Course in Horse reakmg and Tram-

ing. And t ru learning Bccry methods she_was able

, to sell the mere for $297 more than she paId for It.



It took Prof. Bee over 80 cars to learn these

secrets. They arerynow all disclosed In his homo

study course In horsemanshig. No matter how

mean. wicked-tempered or Wll your horse may be

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one half by buying at once. These arches

were a special purchase way under market

price and cannot be duplicated for future

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New Bulletins





for Farmers





who are interested in maintaining or

increasing the productiveneas of their

soils.



These bulletins will be written in

plain, understandable language for

farmers who grow ,





Productive





Farm Crops





They willf caning: Elie latest devel-

opments 0 met a or growi at er

and better crops. as I



They will be issued at intervals and



\ will be mailed free to farmers.



Your address on a Post Card ack-

ing for my Bulletin Service will bring

them to you as issued, covering a pe-

riod of a year or more. ,



They will make an interesting and



" valuable addition to the farm library.





Dr. William S. Myers, Director

Chilean Nitrate Committee

25 Madison Avenue, New York





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.E secretaries and presidents of.-

’the county fair associations in the

Upper Peninsula will .hold a meeting

at Marquette on. February 20 for the

purpose of discussing the various as-

pects or the problem of producing a.-

good agricultural fair, as related to

advertising, exhibits and attractions.

etc. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, will

also be represented at this meeting.





 





CONDITION OF WINTER CROPS.





,‘HE Michigan CrOp Report for.De-



cember‘gives the condition of win-

ler wheat and rye in the various coun-

ties of the Upper Peninsula reporting.

The results are .as follows: Baraga,

98'per cent; Chippewa, 92; Delta, 88;

Dickinson, 98; Gogebic, 88; Houghton,

92; Keweenaw, 98; Luce, 99; Mack-

inac, 98; Menominee, 98; the percent-

age for the district as a whole being

95. The district’s acreage is rated at

_106 per cent of last year. Rye had a

condition of 89per cent in Alger‘coun-

ty; 99 in Baraga; 69 in Chippewa; 86

in Delta; 99 in Dickinson, 89 in Goge:

bic; 88 in Houghton; 100 in Igewee-

naw; 99 in Luce; 99 in Mackinac; 97

in Marquette; 108 in Menominee; the

average condition being 95 per cent

and the acreage ‘98 per cent of last

year.





GETTING BETTER ACQUAINTED.





THE increasing tendency of Lower

Peninsula people to visit the Up-

per Peninsula during the summer sea-

son is indicated by statistics recently

collected relating to the passage of

automobiles over the ferry at the

In 1918 there

were 700 automobiles transported at

this point; in 1919 the figure had risen

to 1,600; in 1920, to 3,472; in 1921, to

4,731; and in 1922, to 9,326.





NEARLY ATTAINED LAND-CLEAR-

ING GOAL.

D





R. L. F. LIVINGSTON, in charge



of land-clearing work of the

Michigan Agricultural College in Mich-

igan, has made a canvass of‘the re-

sults of land—clearing operations in the

Upper Peninsula the past year. Infor-

mation was secured through the

schools, the supervisors, the county

agricultural agents, business men and

through a-farm to farm investigation,

and in some sections by the land-clear-

ing extension, workers themselves.

The aggregate returns fell some 8,000

acres short of the predicted goal of

60,000 acres, but the total of 52,000

acres realized is claimed to be four

times that of any preceding year.





In‘Delta county 6,000 'acres were

cleared, exceeding the achievement of

any other county. In Alger county the

acres cleared per farm were 15.8 which

excelled the results in any other coun-

ty. In Gogebic county 5.1 acres were

cleared per farm, which puts this coun-

ty in second place. In Iron 'county 4.4

acres were cleared per farm.



To help effect the grand result there

were shipped into the peninsula, last

year .twenty-one earloads of salvaged

plcric . acid from government stocks.

This amdunted to 504,000 pounds and

at government prices is said to have

saved our farmers $55,440. Nine car-

loads of commercial explosives were

also imported into this region. last

year. amounting to 198,000 pounds,





_ which resulted also in large earnings





to the purchasers through the practice





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To prepare our farmers for the sea.-





4 son’s laud—clearing operations, eighty-





three preliminary .meetihgs were held

last winter, and thirty-eight land-clear-

ing schools were'held during the sum-

mer which, it is estimated, were at-

tended! by 10,000 farmers, and 2,800

certificates were granted to farmers

who actually, took part in these

schools.





CLOVERSEED DOES NOT MATURE

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7- ITTLE cloverseed isralsed in the





Upper Peninsula in spite of the

name “Cloverland” that is often ap.

plied to this territory. Rains in‘the





harvest season are said to be the chief '





deterrent. In a recent Michigan Crop

Report only Menominee county made

a. showing as to cloverseed production.

This is .the most southerly county in

the peninsula. The average yield in

this county was high, however,

amounting to 3.5 bushels per acre,

while .that for the entire state was 1.6

bushels. '





On the other hand, the quality of

the apples produced in thexUpper Pe-

ninsula for the mOSt part ranged high,

last season. In Baraga. county the

quality was 95 per cent; in Chippewa,

70; in Delta, 70; in Dickinson, 93; in





GOgebic, 95 ; in Houghton, 9Q; inlron, ‘





90; in Luce, 70; in Marquette, 89; in

Menominee, 94; in Ontonagon, 95; in

Schoolcraft, 76, making an average of

89‘ per cent for the peninsula, while

the average for the whole state was

74 per cent. It has long been recog-

nized that apples do very well in this

territory, especially if certain well-

adapted varieties are selected.





 





CHAMPION GRAPES-SPOIL CON- ,,

CORD MARKET.





HE fruit growers in the Lawton

grape district in Van Buren county

have found that {he ChampiOn grapes

spoil the market for the Concords. Us-

ually during the grape-mowing season

the market starts out strongly and





maintains its prices until theIChampia





ons are shipped. This variety looks

very much like the Concord and is

often sold by retailers as such, but

although this grape has a. very good

appearance its flavor is not good and

consumers become disappointed. In

some cases the prices drop from twen-

ty-five to forty per cent during the

Champion season and it takes the first

pickings of Concords at low prices to

regain the consumer’s confidence. The

fruit growers in the grape growing sec-

tions are being urged-to pull out their

Champions, as it is estimated that they

will make just as much money as they

are now making without this variety

in their vineyard. »'





 





REGARDING IMMIGRATION.





HE Farm Bureau Federation fav-

' ors the proposition to determine

the admis‘sibility of aliens at the port

of embarkatlon.



Secretary of Labor James J. Davis

disapvproves of any plan to let down

the bars of immigration because of

the supposed need for labor. He favors

the plan of selective immigration,

which would allow only the most do-

sirable classes of aliens to enter the

United States. He believes that many

,of the problems of immigration would

be eliminated if thework of examina-

tion now done at; Ellisilslan-ducould he

cared for atthe point of emberkaldon.





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' . DeVeIOping Our * Markets

' .By I ncrearz’rzg t/ze Cumumptz'w Demand

7 By Verne EfChurch





ROM my several years’ experience



as a fruit .grower and twenty



‘ years devoted to the gathering of

Weather and crop statistics, 1 am grad;

ually incliningto the opinion that our

market problem is one'of under-con-

sumption rather than over-production,





_ and that quality holds the key to the

‘whole situation.





_ If every apple of

Michigan’s twelve million~bushel crop

this year had been utilized, each indi-





. vidual in this state alone would have





only one and one-half apples per day.

I suspect some families would have

used their entire annuanuota within

a month if it had been converted into

liquid form. That is what appetite will

Cultivate a desire for good fruit





and in tin cans. If Michigan’s cherry

crop this year reached a bushel per





tree, or more than twice the produc-'





tion reported for 1909 and three times

that reported for 1919, each individual

would have to consume only eight

quarts during the entire year to en-

tirely utilize this crop within the state.



-However, we may not hope for even

this limited consumption when Grand

Traverse counties decilious sweet





tables of





cherries cannot be found on the hotel

gaverse City in season,

when onlyVCalifornia oranges are ob-

tainable in the hotels of Hart and

Shelby on the same days.that the can-

ning plants are turning away loads of

cherries because of inability to handle

them; when four leading restaurants

in Benton Harbor could produce noth-

ing but oranges, grape fruit and ban-

anas in mid-September when carloads

and boatloads of peaches, grapes,

pears and apples were being shipped

from that city daily, and when ten

grocers in Lansing could not find a

single Michigan apple in their stores

around the middle of September, 1922.



I am quite sure that Michigan’s can-

ning factories could amply supply the

state’s population with canned goods,





but I am reliably informed that more .





than three-fourths of those found on

the shelves of our stores come from

other states. Is it not about time that





we started a campaign for “GrOWn in





Michigan, Canned in Michigan, Eaten

in Michigan?” Patriotism and loyalty

to our nation is glorious, but should

we not also hold allegiaIICe to our own

state, to its citizens.





Asparagus in Home Garden

Some Practzf‘a/ Hints on tflzlr.P0pu/ar Garden Perennial

By H. F.‘ Grinstead





NY soil that is fit to produce

A other vegetables will answer for

asparagus, though a light sandy

loam is best. The preparation of soil

should be thorough, and a liberal ap-

plication of stable manure given where

it is obtainable. If stable manure is

not to be had, commercial fertilizer at

the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre

and in the proportion" of 150 pounds

of nitrate of soda, 500 pounds of‘ acid

phosphate, sixteen per cent, and 200

pounds’ of muriate of potash will give

good results. In addition to manure,

300 pounds‘of common salt should be

applied. If commercial fertilizer is

used, the salt is not necessary. .

Doubtless the best and most econom—

ical way to begin with asparagus is to

grow your own roots from seed. A

little time would be gained by buying

year-old roots from a nursery, but the

selection would not be so good. In

early spring, sow the seed in drills

fifteen to thirty inches apart, depend-

ing on Whether -to 'be cultivated by

hand or with horse. The séed should

be planted an inch apart in the row





‘ and later thinned so the plants will





stand three inches apart. ~

Clean~cultivati0n should be. given



the seedlings. and the following year



they should“ be transplanted in rows.





_When setting roots, whether from the





nursery 'o,r..your' own growing, lay off





.affurrow with 'plow,lmaking the rows





three 'feet apart, and set the roots in





.the'bottom of the furrow and cover





with two inches \of” soil. Gradually





fiwork the soil in asthe‘shoots "begin to





grow till the grOund is, level. One





“long row: in the garden is tob’epre-A





ferred tea bed as was once the-prac-





tisehnrths’r. thi‘eé ...fgb;t..-rrom the

pna’vlittle' nearer if: space is lim-





- ground level.





. as in succeeding years.





If more than a row is desired:-





year. In the south the roots may be

transplanted in fall, though spring is

best in northern latitudes. Possibly

as good results may be had by plant-

ing» the seed eight or ten inches apart

in the, row and thinning to the proper

distance without transplanting, though





.it would not allow the selection of





strong roots as the first plan would.



The first year after the roots are

set, good cultivation should be given,

and, some crop like beans planted be;

tween the rows. Every spring the

ground should be disced thoroughly

or harrowed before the shoots put up.

For home use it is as well to leave the

The cr‘owns'of the as-

paragus will then be four or five inch-

est, beneath the surface, and when cut-

ting shoots the cut is made just under

the ground after the shoot shows three

inches or more above. If perfectly

White shoots are desired, however,

which is frequently the case when mar-

keting, a ridge of earth should be

thrown over the plants early in spring,

and the shoots out several inches be-

low the surface as quick as they show

the tip above ground. .



No shoots should be cut from roots

the first year they are transplanted,

but they should be allowed to grow

and kept well fertilized so as to pro-

duce-a good crop‘next year. The sec-

ond year, not so much should be cut

Given proper

care a bed or row of asparagus will

produce prefitably for fifteen to twen-

ty years. It should be cultivated eve-

ry year during the cutting season, and

should be supplied with manure. When

the cutting season is over it should

be harrowed, \and at ..this time it is

best to applythe manure. The tops

should be alloWed to grow and remain

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potatoes, and the seed of grass, clover,

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“Then let’s get headquarters in a

, hurry. You know Captain Lee, don’t

'you‘f You "do the talking, Tell him

to get hold of this fellow Barnham and

[pinch him, and then send him up to

Ohadi in care of Pete Carr or some

other good officer. We’ve got alot of

.. things'to say to him.”



The. message went through. Then



the .two sheriffs rose and looked at



their revolvers.



“Now~'for the tough one.” Bardwell

made the remark, and Mason smiled

grimly. Fairchild rose and went to

him.



(“May I go along?”



“Yes, but not the girl.

time.”



Anita did not demur. She moved to





the ,big rocker beside the old base





burner and curled up in it.



walked to her side.



“You won’t run away,” he begged.



“1? Why?”



“Oh—I don’t know.

too good to be true!”



She laughed and pulled her cap from

her head, allowing her wavy, brown

hair to fall about her shoulders, and

over her face. Through it she smiled

up at. him, and there was something in



' .that smile which made Fairchild’s

heart beat faster than ever.



"I’ll be right here,” she answered

and with that. assurance, he followed

the other two men out into the night.



Far down the street, where the rath-

er bleak outlines of the hotel showed

bleaker than ever in the frigid night,

a light was gleaming in a second-story

window. Mason turned to his fellow

sheriff. , '



“He usually stays there. That must

be him~waiting for the kid.”



“Then we’d better hurry—before

somebody springs the news."



The three entered, to. pass the

drowsy night clerk, examine the regis—

ter and to find that their conjecture

had been correct. Tiptoeing, they went

to the door and knocked. A high-pitch-

ed voice came from within.



“That you, Maurice?”



Fairchild answered in the best imi-

tation he could give.



, * “Yes. I’ve got Anita with me.”



Steps, then the door opened. For

just a second, Squint Roda‘ine stared at

them in ghastly, sickly fashion. Then

he moved back into the rodm, still fac-

ing them.



“What’s the idea of this?” came his

forced query. Fairchild stepped for-

ward. ’ »



“Simply to tell you thateverything’s



. blown up as far as you’re concerned,

,Mr. Rodaine.”

“You needn’t be so dramatic about





Fairchild





It—it just seems





Not this





it. You act like I’ll committed a mat:





der! What’ve I

should— ?”





“Just a minute. I wouldn’t try to act

innocent. For one thing, I happened

to,be in the same house with you one

night when you showed Crazy Laura,

your wife, how to make people immor-

tal. And we’ll probably learn a few

more things about your character When

we’ve gotten back there and

viewed—"



He stopped his accusations to leap



, forward, clutching wildly. But in vain.





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.Whe'n Honor Triumphs.

CHAPTER XXV.





FAIRCHILD felt the logic of'the 1‘8‘.





mark and ceased his worriment.

Quietly, as though nOthing had’happen-

ed, the three men 'went' down the

stairs,jpassed the sleeping night clerk

and headed back to thé sheriff’s office,

where waited Anita and Harry, who

had completed his last duties in regard

to the chalky-faced Maurice, Rodaine.





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JO, the hitching post is missing”

me‘the street it's gone away

And the motor cars are hissing

Where we .tied him yesterday.

80 we move along and ramble

' 'To another placeinstead,

’Round the town we,'looking, amble

For a plaCe to tie Old' Ned.





There’s no place to park securely,

With a rope around the' neck;

So we'stand around d-emurely‘

While we hold him by the check.

And we buy our goods by proxy;-

For we have to watch the sled,

With the horses feelin’ foXy

And no place to tie Old Ned.





With a lunge, Squint Rodaine had t-urn-

ed, then springing high 'from the floor,

had seemed to double in the air as he

crashed through the big pane of the

window and out to the twenty-foot

plunge which awaited him.‘ Blocked

by the form of Fairchild, the two sher-

iffs sought in vain to use the guns

which they had drawn from their hol-

sters. Hurriedly they gained the win-

dow, but already the form of Rodaine

had unrolled itself from the snow bank

into which it had fallen, dived beneath

the protection of the low coping which

ran above the first-floor windows of

the hotel, skirted the building in safety

and whirled into the alley that lay be-

yond.’ Squint Rodane'was gone. Frans

tically, Fairchild turned for the door,

but a big hand stopped him. ‘





(‘Let‘him go—let him think he’s got~

ten away,”said.grizzled Sheriff Mason.

“He ain’t got a chance. There’s snow

everywhere~and We can trail him like

a hound dawg trailing a rabbit. And

I think I know where he’s bound for.

Whatever that was you said about

Crazy Laura hit awful close to home.





0, the tie-shed’s full of flivvers'

Where ,we used to park the-team,

Where the horses bit the slivers

_ From the tle—rails' w00den -beam,-~

Cars to rent and buy and borrow

' Have pre-empted all the shed,

And we turn away in sorrow,

With no place to tie Old Ned.





For a hitching-post we hanker

Like a Chinaman for dope—

Ned has got to have an anther

'That is fastened to a rope,

Or he goes to .escapading—

Strai‘ght for home he takes_the sled,

While we’re left to do our trading

With no place to tie Old Ned.





. The telephone jangled. It was Denver.





Mason talked a moment over the wire,

then turned~to his fellow oflicer.





“They’ve got Barnham. He was in

his office, evidently ‘waiting for a call

from here. - What’s more, he had close

to a million dollars in currency strap~

ped around him. Pete Carr's bringing

him and the boodle up to Ohadi on the

morning train. Guess we’d better stir

up some horses now and chase along,

hadn’t we?” ,



“‘Yes, and get a gentle one for me,”

cautioned Harry. “It’s been eight years

since I’ve sit on the “urricane deck of

a ’orse!" ’



“That goes for me too,” laughed Fair-

child. 7 .



“And mes-f like automobiles better,"

Anita was twisting her long hair into

a braid, to be once more shOved under

her cap; Fairchild looked at her with»

a new sense of proprietorship.



“You’re not going to be warm

enough!”



“Oh, yes, I will.”

“But——” _ ‘

“I’ll end the argument,” boomed old





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Sheriff Mason, dragging a heavy fur:

’coa't from a closet.‘ f'If- she gets cold

. in this—I’m crazy.” " "

i. There was little chance. In fact, the

only difficulty was to'flnd the girl her-

self, once she‘and the greatrcoat were

0n the «hack of a. saddle herse. . The

'start‘was made. Slowly the five figures-

-eircledrthe hotei. and into the; alley, to

follow the ‘tracks‘in the snow to a barn

far at theedge of town. They looked

within. A horse and saddle were miss-

ing, and the tracks in the snow point-

ed the way they .had gone. There Was

nothing necessary but to follow. ,



'A detour, then thetracks led the way

to the Ohadi road, and behind them

cathethe pursuers, heads, down against

the wind. horses snorting and coughing

as they forced their» way through the

big drifts, each following one another

for the protection it afforded. A long,

silent, cold-gripped two hours—then

finally the lights‘of Ohadi. ‘ - '



But even‘then the trail was not difli~

cult. The little town was asleep; hard-

ly a. track showed in the streets \be—_

yond the hoofprints of a horse leading

up the principal thoroughfare and on.

out to the Georgeville road. Onward,

until before them was the. bleak, rat-

ridden old roadhouse which formed

Laura’s home, and a light was‘gleam—

ing Within. '



Silently ‘the pursuers dismounted and

started ferward, only to stop short. A

scream had come to them, faint in the

bluster of the storm, the racking

screamof a woman in a tempest of

anger; Suddenly the light seemed to

bob about in the old house; it“ showed

:first at the window—then another—as

though some” one were running from '

room to “room- Once two gaunt shad-

‘ows stoOd forth—10f a crouching wom—

am, one hand; extended in the— air, as

she whirled the lamp before her for an

‘instant and brought herself betWeen

its rays and those\'who watched;





Again the chase and then the'scream, '

louder than ever, accompanied. by

streaking red flame which spread

across the top floor like wind-blown

spray. Shadows weaved before the,

windows, while the flames seemed to

reach out and enwrap every portion of

the upper floor. The staggering figure

of a man with the blaze all about him '

was visible; then a woman who rushed

past him. Groping as though blinded,

the burning form of the man weaved a

moment before a window, clawing in a

futile attempt to open it, the flames,

which seemed to leap from every por: , '

tion of his’ body' enwrapping him. ,

Slowly, a torch-like, stricken thing, he





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eVery window 0‘13 the upper portion of

the honey-Eve heavy, sheepskin-bound.

books at the ledger tire Wrapped tight

‘ in a grasp that not even Harry could

loosen.‘



“Don’t take them from me!” the in-





sane woman Screamed. ‘fHe tried‘it,

didn’t he? And where’s he now—up





there burning! \He hit me—and I threw,

I the lamp at him! He wanted my books





-.——he wanted, to take them away from

me~=—b11t I wouldn’t let him. And you

Can’t have them—hear me—let go of

my arm—let go!”



She bit. at them. She twisted and

butted them with her gray head. She

screamed and squirmed—at last Ito

weaken; SIOwly Harry forced her arms





aside and took from them the precious 4





contents—whatever they might be.

Grimly old Sheriff Mason wrapped her

in his'coat and led her to a horse, there

to force her to. mount and ride with

him into town! The house—with Squint

Rodainefiwas gone. Already the flame

was breaking through the roof in a

It would be ashes be-

fore the antiquated fire department of

the little town of Ohadi could reach

there '

I Back in the ofl‘lce of Sheriff Bardwell

the books were opened, and Fairchild

uttered an exclamation.



““Ha1"1y! Didn’t she talk about her

books‘ at the coroner’s inquest?"





“Yeh. That’s them.~ Them’s her

dairy.” ’ I

“Diary," Anita corrected. “Every-





body knowrs about that—she writes

everything down in there. And the

funny part about~it, they say, is that

when she is writing, her mind is

straight and she knows what she’s

done and‘tells about it. They’ve tried

her out.”



Fairchild was leaning forward.



“See‘ if there’s any entry along early

in July—about the time of the inquest.”



BardWell turned the: closely written

pages, with their items set forth with

a slight margin and a double line di-

viding them from the events tabulat-

ed above. At last he stopped.



“Testified today at. the. inquest,”- he

read. “I lied. Roady made me do it.

I never saw anybody quarreling. Be-

sides, I did it myself.”



“What’s she mean—did it herself?”

.the she1iff ‘looked 1111. “Guess we’ll

have .to go ’way back for that.”



“First let’s see how accurate the

thing is,” Fairchild interrupt-ed. “See

if there’s an item under November 9

,of this year.” I



The sheriff searched, then read:



“I dug a grave tonight. It was not

filled. The immortal thing left me. I

knew‘it would. Roady had come and





told me to dig a grave and put it in.

* there.





I did. We filled it with quick-

lime. Then we went upstairs and it

was gone.

Roady wanted me to kill him, Why

didn’t he say so. I will kill. if “Roady

will be good to me. I’ve killed before

for him.”



“Still referring to somebody she’s

killed, ” out in Anita. “I wonder if it





. could be possible—”





“I’ve just thought of the date!” Har-

ry broke in excitedly. “It was along

about ,June 7, 1892. "I’m sure it was

around there.” I I



The old bookswere mulled over, one

after the'other. At last Bardwell lean-

ed forward and. pointed to a certain





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“Here’s an item under May 28; ‘ It ~





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Let’s see;

yes;

and we’ll live together again, and he’ll

be good to me and I can have the boy.

I know what it’s all about. He wants

to get the mine without Sissie Larsen

having anything to do with it. Sissie

has cemented up the hole he drilled

intoIthe pay ore and hasn’t told Fair-‘

child about it, because he thinks Roady





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will go partnerships with him and help- '





him buy it. But Roady 'won’t do'it. He

wants that extra money for me. He

told me so. Roady is good to me some-

times. He kisses me and makes over

me just like he did the night our boy

was born. But that’s when he wants

me to do something. If he’ll keep his

promise I’ll fix the mine so they won’t

get out, .Then we can buy it at public

sale or from the heirs; and Roady and

I will live together again.’ ”



“The poor old soul,” there was ach-

ing sympathy in Anita Richmond’s

voice. “I—-I 'can’t help it if she was,

willing to kill people. The poor old

thing was crazy ”



.,“Yes and she’s ’ad us bloody near

crazy too. Maybe there’s another

entry.”



“I’m-coming to it. It’s along in June.

The d‘ate’s blurred. Listen: ‘I did what

Roady wanted me to. I sneaked into

the mine and planted dynamite in the

timbers. 'I wanted to wait until the,

third man was there, but I couldn’t.

Fairchild and- Larsen were fussing.

Fairchild had learned about the hole

and wanted to know what Larsen hadi

found. Finally Larsen pulled a gun

and shot Fairchild. He fell, and I:

knew he was dead. ~Then Larsen bentf

over him, and when he did I hit him—l.

on the head with a single— —jack hams:

mer. Then I set off the, charge. No- |

body will ever know how it happened,





 





unless they find the bullet or the gun

I don’t care if they do. Roady wanted

me to do it.’ ” '



Fairchild started to speak, but the

sheriff stopped him.



“Wait, here’s another item:



“‘I failed. I didn’t kill either of

them. They got out someway and

drove out of town tonight. Roady is

mad at me. He won’t come near me.

And I’m so lonesome for him!”’ ‘





“The explanation!” Fairchild almost

shouted it as he seized the book and}

read it again. “Sheriff, I‘ve got to;

make a confess‘on. My father always:

thought that he had killed a man. Not‘

that heItold me——-but I could guess it‘

easily enough, from other things thatt

happened. When he came to,*he found;





' a single-jack hammer lying beside him,





and Larsen’s body across him.

Couldn’t he naturally believe that he‘

had killed him while’ in a daze? He?

was afraid of Rodaine—that Rodaine]

would get up a lynching party and?

string him up. Harry here and Mrs.f

Howard helped him outof town. And

this is the explanation!”



Bardwell smiled quizzically.



“It looks like there’s going to be a

lot of explanations. What time was it

when you were, "trapped in that mine,

Harkjns?”



“Along about the first of November."



The sheriff turned to the page It

was theregthe story of Crazy Laura

and her descent into the Blue Poppy





mite which wrecked the tunnel. With

a little sigh, BardWell closed the book

and looked out at the dawn, forcing its

way through the blinding snow.



“Yes, I guess we’ll find a1 lot of

things in this old book,” came at last.

“But- I think right now that the best

thing any of us can find is a little

sleep.” '



Rest—rest for five wearied persons,

but the rest of contentment and peace.

A114, late in the afternoon, three of



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HE parable of the Prodigal 8011

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riotous living, as far as their means

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means they often secure it by foul

means. In short, there isfla. break-1

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than their elders. ' Further, fiction

that is widely read has a powerful in-

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much of recent fiction the moral re-

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make' light of the fears of a. child.

Women are represented as living with

men, unmarried, and being received at

the same time in_ good society. God

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to say nothing of a certainty. ..

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this way: A certain man had tWO

sons. And he said unto the younger,

“Boy, I am very busy these days, 'I

have no time to tell you a story to-

night. Your mother will do that.” And

it came to pass that the father Was

out’every night, and he never taught

his little boy anything about the Bible.

And when the boy was much grown,





'he fell into a very serious trouble, so

that the hands of the law were laid -on '





him. And he disgraced his family,

while his mother was broken—hearted.

And the father was alarmed and he

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against my son. I will take him back

again, and I will give him time, yes,

I will even be a chum to him, and he

shall no more go wrong.” And the

father did so, and even went camping

with his younger son, and read the

same books that his boy read. '

Not long ago I read the- story of a.

boy Who‘did what the prodigal of old

did. He went into the far country.

He went to the city, to have a. good

time, and took some of his father’s

money with him. The mother tele-

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the boy got off the train he wasvmet

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master at his job. That night the boy

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ited the courts where young fellows

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When the would-be prodigal looked on

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he began to cry. “I want to go home,”

he said. That afternoon the father ar-

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did not upbraid the boy, nor threaten

him, for he well knew that he himself!

had been a fool,

enough to say so. ‘





HAT was the beginning of a new



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father. They spent the next summer’s

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A step on the veranda, and Mother

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should be neglected.





It is also true that piles, once the

condition is chronic, can never be cur»

ted by any form of home treatment,

and this is also a good reason for ex-

amination by a doctor.





FEET’ HAVE BAD ODOR“





 





Is there any remedy for sweating

'feet that also have a bad odor?~—Mrs.

E. JV. M.



One must make sure that this is not

a conditiOn due to faulty elimination



1 of the kidneys. If the trouble is strict-

ly local it may be remedied by bathing

. the feet :3va night- in warm water to.

.0 . , which has been added a teaspoonful of

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\ “Why didn’t you speak it all out?”

he gurgled. “I ’eard every word.”



Anita’s eyes snapped.



.“Well, I don’t guess that’s any worse

than‘me standing behind the folding

dOOlS listening to you and Mower

Howard gushing like a couple of sick

doves!"



“That ’olds me,” announced Harry.

“That ’olds me. I ain’t got a word to

sye!” '



Anita laughed.



“‘Persons who live in glass houses,

you know. Butabout this explanation.

I’m going to. ask a hypothetical ques-

tion. Suppose you and your family

were in the clutches of persons who

were always trying to get you into a

position where you’d be more at their

mercy. And suppose an old friend' of





the family wanted to make the family‘





a present and called up from Denver

for you to come on down and get it—

not for yourself, but just to have

around in case of need. Then suppose

you Went to Denver, got the valuable

present and then, just when you were

getting up speed to make the first

grade on Lockout, you heard a shot

behind you and looked around to see

the sheriff coming. And if he caught

you, it’d mean a lot of work and the

worst kind of gossip, and maybe you’d

have to go to jail for breaking laws

and everything like that? In a case of

that kind, what’d you do?”



“Run to beat blazes!” blurted out

Harry.



“And that’s just what she did,” ad-

ded Fairchild. “I know because I saw

her.” ’



Anita was unwrapping the package.



“And seeing that I did run,” she ad-

ded with a laugh, “and got away with

it, who would like to share in what re—

mains of one beautiful bottle of Man-

hattan cocktails?”



There was not one dissenting voice.



THE END.





It is necessary to wear

fresh, clean hose every day and to

keep extra pairs of shoes so that it





will be possible to have shoes thor—





oughly aired after each time they are »

worn. Keep the nitrogenous foods to





a minimum and be sure to drink plen- _





ty of fresh water.





 





A CURE FOR THUMB 8UCKING.-





 





PleaSe tell me how to keep a boy of

fifteen months from thumb sucking. _

—Mother.





The best way is to make a splint of

light material that will reach from

upper arm to wriSt and keep him from

bending his elbow. This can be taken





oii when needed and will" give“ him per- . I





fect freedom in his play while abso-

lutely'keeping his hands from his

mouth. ‘





 





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Please tell me what causes the mus-

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has no control over the food being





swallowed and it Will neither go down _.





or come up..——J D Mc G.



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cardiac end of the stomach. This can-

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skeins of zephyr good grade four-fold

yarn for a small child. Any color de-

sired may be used: No. 4 amber knit-

ting needles are employed. . _



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number of stitches employed must be

divisible by four). Next work one

inch of ribbing of knit 1, purl 1 for

th eborder of the garment.



After the first row, always slip the

commencing stitch of each row.



Change now to the pattern, made

this way: First, Second and Third

R0ws.——*- knit 2, purl 2, repeat from *

to the length of the row.



Fourth Row—Knit plain. ‘Repeat

the design one to four until twelve





. inches of the pattern have been made.





Cast off all the stitches except 14

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should be 100sely done that the sweat-





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this is a “slip on” garment.

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plain bnsthe 14 stitches to form the .,

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Cast off. . . ,



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"Proceed in like manner for the other

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seams together, beginning at the bet-

tom to- join the seams and leave sufli— "

cient room at the top for the armholes.





The shoulder pieces are next sewn in '





position. ' _



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of * chain 2, treble crochet ,1 around

with angora wool, preferably white.

USe bone hook. ‘ ~ V





Over the row of spaces work open





shells, * 5 trebles in hole separated by

1 st between trebles. Ch 4, single cro-

chet 1 in next hole, ch . Repeat from

* around. .

Cover the trebles with picot loops.

Work this. same design around arm-

‘holes and bottom of sweater.

Crochet 3 chains of sufficient length

and run through spaces around neck

and armholes. .

Finish ends of chains With fluffy

angora tassels. This completes the

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House/101d Problems. flddrer: all Letter:

71 Farmer, Detroit, Mir/z. ‘

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CONCRETE WASH TU BS.





 





We certainly have enjoyed your farm





, paper so much. I want- some station-





ary tubs to wash in. Can you tell me

the amount of cement and gravel you

would need and how to put the hard

smooth finish on?—Mrs. M. B. M.



I would suggest that for the mate-

rials to be used for this tub a propor-

tion of 'one part cement to two parts

of sand, in which the largest particles

are not over'a quarter-inch in diam-

eter be used. This should be mixed

two or three times as much as would

ordinarily be done, and put into forms

rather wet so that it will fill more com-





cement will also make it more smooth

and water tight- The surface can then

be painted with a mixture of cement

and water mixed to a consistency of

thick cream, before this is put on the

surface it is well to see that the sur-

face is well wet so that the Water will

not remove the paint. After this has

had time to set it should be kept wet

or moist for a' period, of a week or

more. A little lime can be added to

this surface water. With this treat-

ment it would scarcely be necessary to

use any other surface finish, however,

if desired a finer grade of cement paint

or a special cement and Water can be

used for a surface finish.





cerning the type of laundry tub, but it





the ordinary tub set on a stand is more

desirable in many respects than a sta-

tionary tub, provided With casters so





also provided a stand is built for each

tub. ’ , '



In a particular case which I have in

mind the stand was built ofordinary





tenoughlapart so that the lower rim of





 





 





 





pletely. The addition .of about one.

pound "of lime to each ten pounds of '





Suggestions are not requested con- "





has been the writer’s experience that -





that it can be: easily moved about and;





two by two-inch legs spaced just far,





of these legs. Openings were made in

the bottom of the tubs and hose con-

nections were soldered on and hose

pieces attached. The hose was then

provided with a wire hook with which

it was hooked over the end of the tub,

the tub is drained by simply lowering

the hose, if a drain is- provided in the

cellar floor.) This answers very satis—

factorily and is inexpensive.





The best advantage this tub has over ,





stationary tubs is that it is possible to

work entirely around the group of tubs

and washing machine.——Musselman.





 





A HANDY DEVICE.





 





SAVED myself lots of worry and



made my work much easier when I

took the latch off from the door lead—

ing from the kitchen to the woodshed.



To close and hold the door shut I

fastened a screweye in the upper cor—

ner of the door and tied a stout cord

(about five feet long) in it. I then

made a pulley by fastening a picture

hook-into the door casing opposite the

screwe'ye. Put an empty spoolon the

picture «hook and draw the cord over

this With a. weight on the end—A Sub-

scriber. '





 





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they-dgorat s are paintings. in oils L
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Editor told you last week, I am



on the job to read your contest



letters, and help you in solving your

home problems.



The postman brought in a goodly





I number of “homey” farm pictures this





week. -I greatly enjoyed studying

them and really think this picture con-

test was a good way to get acquainted

and serve quite as an introduction for

us. I might not 1emember your name

when ,I meet you, but I feel sure I





~ would recognize the lady in the over-





alls on the way to the berry patch, or

the lady, feeding the chickens out by

the barn.



Because of the lack of contrast be-

tween the light and shadow in some

of the‘pictures it would not be possi-

ble to reproduce them on this page,

even though the subject matter be

good. It also takes some time for our

engraver to make cuts for these pic-

tures, so the prize winners will‘not

appear until next week. The winners





, are:‘ First, Mrs. R. H. E., Decatur,





Michigan; second and thir,d 'Mrs. J.

H. H., Cedar Springs, and Mrs. E. G,

Capac, Michigan;' fourth and fifth,

L. S. ,Halfway, Michigan, and

Mrs. G. V. Ellsworth, Michigan.





This picture contest proved so suc—

cessful that I believe we will have to

have a baby picture contest some time.

Watch for a future announcement

of it.



Ou1 contest this next week will be

the “Contents of the School Lunch

Basket.” Send us a letter on how you

solve this problem which comes be-

fore the mother five days a week. Tell

about some of the little dainties and

methods of disguising plain food to

tempt the appetites of the youngsters.





For first prize we will give an‘ alumi- '

~num preserving kettlef





the second

prize will be an aluminum frying pan;

while the third, fourth and fifth prizes

will be aluminum sauce pans.



Address your letters to Martha Cole,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan

before January 26.





MAKE YOUR OWN YEAST CAKES.





 





HIS yeast cake recipe has always



jproven out. I have just finished

making over two hundred of them and

when yeast cakes are so high it helps

to cut down expenses where a family

makes eight or ten loaves twiCe a

week, and yeast cakes cost nine and

ten cents per package, and only five

in a package. '



Put a pint of good strong hops in

half a gallon of water and let it boil

a half hour. Have one quart of flour

in a jar and strain the boiling hop





. water on the flour, stirring it well: Set‘





it in a cool place and when it is cool

enough to hear your finger in, pour

in one teacupful of good yeast to start

it, and put it in- a warm place until it

rises. When light stir it down, and

continue this until fermentation ceas-

es. which will be in about two days.

Stir in enough cornmeal so you can

handle it, roll out the desired thick-

ness and cut into cakes. Put them

onto a boar d with paper on and turn

often until dry, in a warm, not hot,

place. If used three months after mak-





ing they will be as good as when first





made—Mrs. W. P. ‘ O.





——.—_——J__—___._. '





ROU'FINE.





 





'ROUTINE is often called dull and





uninteresting but it need not be

so. The creation of a. routine is an art

requiring ingenuity and experiment.

After it is perfected, the sense of re-

‘ b11fi.;yxiseaeed. ‘Qne.may slip





on the “Contests

By Mart/m Cole

H ELLO, folks! as the Household





‘the details into what seems to be the





,lifies’ work surprisingly.





element like a fish in water. The sub-

conscious mind seems to do the work

and while the trained hands are busy

going through their accustomed 'mo-

tions, one’s thoughts, as free as birds,

may be up and a thousand miles away.





Routine is a great saver of timeand

nervous energy. It is simply doing

things in a regular way which, oft-re

peated, makes of ,Work an easy—running

mechanism. Just as a mechanism is

composed of nicely adjusted parts, so

is work made up of many details. It

is by paying close attention to these

details‘for a while that the routine, by

which work swings easily, rhythmical-

ly along is established.





Take any piece of work you have to

do and think it over. Then arrange





smoothest working order. Make a list

of them and do your work in the order

written with the list before you if

that is necessary to fix the routine.

After a few times of following the list

as you work you know it and that way

of doing the thing has become a habit.

This method of dissecting a job simp

With such



aprocedure in mind one goes steadily,

to work without wasting any time in‘:

wondering where to begin or what to

do next in hesitating or making false

moves.



If you can find the rhythm that

beats everywhere in life, even in the

doing of the simplest task, and let

your motions swing in time, then, in-

deed, labor becomes, not drudgery, but

a rare and tireless joy. This is get-_

ting into the spirit of your work and

glorifying it, no matter how humble

it may seem, with the light of your

own --personality.——-Alice A. Keen.





 





CRUDE OIL TO KILL RATS.





 





THERE is a remedy for the rat

nuisanc





e—one that is cheap and

effectual. If crude oil (petroleum) is

placed in the runs, the rats will leave

the vicinity. If they are caught in

their runs, so that , they have to

breathe the fumes for an hour or more

they will be poisoned. Meat that con-

tains petroleum can be used as bait to

catch this offensive rodent. Experi-3

ments proved that rats which ate meat:

treated with crude oil died in fifteen;

minutes. :

Ships, from time immemorial, have

been infested with rats, and to these

carriers “of merchandise the rats owe

.their dissemination. The rats were5

formerly particularly destructive to

cargoes of silk cocoons; but so effec-

tive is the crude oil remedy that one

ship which had been carrying sugar,

and as a consequence, whose bilge wa—

ter was sweet and particularly attrac-

tive to rats, has been entirely rid of

them. The remedy was applied after

qne cargo had been practically de-

stroyed. The crude oil was added to

the bilge water,





The gases produced by the evapor-

ation of the crude oil are very inflam-

mable when present in large quanti-

ties, but the amount necessary to use‘

about, barn or outbuildings Would not[

endanger the property—M. A. C.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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I didn’t write you since I received

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thank you for it.



We had a Christmas-dinner in school





*and we gave each other presents. We





also had a prettyChristmas tree there.

Now we have a. week’s vacation. It is

wintry this week, although I had fun

sliding down hill.



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I had to speak there, too. We got a.

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Dear Uncle Frank:



I am a young Holland girl. I am

only thirteen years old. I was eleven

when I came here, so don’t count my

mistakes. . '



I will try to tell you something

about my trip on the boat.



I liked it the first day pretty well,

but before another day most of them

were seasick, but I was not. One oth-

er big family went on the boat when

we did. We lived right next to them

in our town, so we knew them pretty

well. The man had some meat in his

room, so lots of rats came down there

for meat. One day my sister was in

the room with a scissors. She saw a

rat and cut his tail off. That rat start-

ed to blow and she got scared of him,

I tell you.



That same night a cat and a rat

came after the meat and met each

other on the man’s knee. They had a.

great fight and the man awoke and

started to squeal just like a pig. We

heard him but when we got in his

room he was gone.



If you want me to tell you more

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Diena Nieuwenhuis, Kalamazoo, Mich-

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Dear" Uncle Frank:



How goes it with you already yet?

In school we’ve formed a hiking club.

For every hundred miles we hike we

get a medal and when we’ve hiked out

the season the one who has the most

medals gets a prize. I‘ve hiked twen-

ty-four miles and-we only organized

two weeks before Christmas vacation.

We also have a singing club, called

a. chorus club. We all chorus together,

see? One night just before Christmas.

we went carolling, that is visiting the

unfortunates and singing Christmas

songs to cheer them up. ‘





Goodness, how I rattle on. I’ll close





now. From your niece. . Au Revoir,

Mea Amigo. Bonnie Gillness, Sutton’s

Bay, Mich.





Yep, Santa. called. Your club activ-

ities are interesting. Also yours is

a. rattling good letter. Please trans-

late the ending of it for me. It must

be something good.





 





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I am a little girl twelve years old,

but small for my age. My little eight-

year-old sister is as large as I am. I





Found In Our Letter “Box

Letter: from P4]: Found in the Coverporidence Corner





Dear Uncle Frank:





‘ have another sister and brother.





Uncle Frank, do you Want to know

how to keep from getting the whom).

ing cough? When we'started to school

last fall many of the scholars had the

whooping cough. None of us children

had had it and we don’t want to get. it

because We might have to stay out of

school for weeks. . '



You have heard of the noted doctor

who makes his patients say, “Every

day, ’in every way, I’m growing better

and better.” We didn't want to say

that because we> didn’t have the

whooping cough yet.

to school we sang, over and over:



I'm not going to get the whooping

cough, . '



I’m not going to get the whooping

cough, ,



I’m not, I’m not, going to get the

whooping cough.





I think we sang it to the tune “The-





Old Cow Died.” It’s been fOur months

and We haven’t got it yet.



From your little friend, Evelyn Bat-

ten, Galien, Mich.





I really think that whooping 'up on

the singing did help the whooping'

cough. That “better and better” say-

ing we should all practice. It helps.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Hi! Uncle Frank, I have thirteen

uncles, which is an unlucky number.

So it is goodl have you to get me off

the unlucky spot.



One night when we were milking, a

cat was upstairs in the barn and he

jumped into the feed box and came

down the feed chute. Then I had to

dig all the oats out to get the cat. He

looked awful surprised to see light

again.



I Went to town the other day to

have a. tooth filled. It didnft hurt

much.





My fingers are getting tired so I will ‘





have to quit. Your elevengyear-old

nephew Raymond Aslakson, Holton,

Mich., R. 2.





Glad to help you break up that un-

lucky number. I bet the thought of

having that tooth filled hurt more than

the actual filling of it.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

This is the first time I have written





to youand I suppose this letter will .'





strike the waste basket.



I am twelve years old and in the

sixth grade. I have light brown hair

and-medium brown eyes. I am about

five feet tall. I used to have white

hair, so with my brown eyes, I was

quite a combination. Don’t you think

so, too?



We are printing a. paper in our

school and the children chose me for

editor-in-chief. I do not like the job

very well.



I think the pictures of you are very

comical, especially the one which Dor-

othy Pinnon drew. It would remind

a person of an old retired farmer who

was loafiing around and couldn’t find

a. toothpick. -

‘ My letter is getting long, so good-

bye for awhile.——A little niece, Helen

Smith, St. Johns, Mich., R. 'F.





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the times. You got 'the right impres-

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I have trouble with my '8. C.-W.

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Can you tell me hat. is the matter

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Please inform me as to the most

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Will you kindly tell what is wrong

with some of my chickens, which are

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seem to be filled with mucous, and they

sneeze. Please tell me what to do for

them at once before they die. —W. S.





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build up the resistance and crowding

tOgether in the corners of the houses

instead of roosting.



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Ellie}; and geese'raising in general?—~





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Would you please advise me what is

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It is best to have the cockerel with

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I have two hens that are healthy,

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their eyes. Am using salve, also have

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I have two nice Rhode Island ‘Red

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FEEDING BRAN T0 DAIRY COWS.





HEAT bran is extremely valuable

in the ration for dairy 'cows and

is relished by them. When it is fed in

limited quantities to cows producing

a. large flow of milk, there is less dan-

ger of the animals going “off feed.”



Branis highly palatable. It is quite

bulky and, when added to the ration,

assists digestion and keeps entire di-

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from concentrated feeds, such as corn-

meal, flnely ground oats and cotton-

seed, meal, it is advisable tolighten

the ration by adding a liberal amount

of bran. .



Heavy producing cows on a dryvra-

tion with limited succulent matter

need, in addition some kind of. feed

having‘a laxative effect upon diges-

tion. From my experience in feeding

dairy cows under varied conditions I

consider bran a most excellent food

for this purpose. Cows confined to

stables during winter should receive

a liberal feed of bran daily to preserve

the digestive system and promote food

assimilation. . .



Dairymen should not, however,‘ look

upon bran as an economic source or

protein, carbohydrates, or fat. Many

a-dairyman has reduced his profits

from his herd by going to the extreme

of feeding too liberally ot‘ branfthink-

ing that if a little is good more is bet-

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fed judiciously to add bulk, palatabil-





‘ ity and mineral matter to the ration.





Cows freshening in the winter

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STABLING THE DAIRY HERD._





 





D AIRYMEN practice difierent meth-

ods in handling the dairy herd

Some con-





ously, while others follow the practice,

of turning their cows out daily for ex

ercise. I have practiced both meth-

ods, but I am convinced that turning

the cows out once or twice daily for a.

short time gives the best results.



Up till four ’years ago I practiced

keeping my cows stabled, a. greater

portiop of the time during the winter

months. I ‘had thought that it increas—

ed production cost to expose the herd

to ’cold weather, especially if stabled

in a warm basement barn. However,

after following the practice of close

stabling‘ for a. number of years I am

convinced that there are certain evils

which follow the practice.





Constitutional vitality and milk pro-

duction suffer from close confinement

for any length of time. I have found

this to be true in handling my dairy

herd. While my stable is spacious,

well-lighted, ventilated and kept in a.

sanitary condition, my dairy cows

showed the effects of‘this treatment

at the milk pail.





’ I practice turning my cows out for a

short time twice daily, morning and

night. If the weather is-severe I do

not allow them to be out only long

enough to get what water they want

to drink, and While the stables are

being cleaned. If the weather is mild

I allow them to stay out from thirty

minutes to one hour.





I do not consider itan advisable

practice] to overdo this matter of out-

door exercise. \The cows should not



e turned out in the morningand ex;-

posed to the cold ”chilling winds for

several hours. About sixty per cent

of the food consumed by a. dairy cow

is used in her maintenance. Itlis too

expensive to attempt to warm'the

barnyard through the dairy cows. To

produce maximum returns for food





consumed she must be well cared for.





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Department of Agriculture.



“This campaign against bovine tu-

'berculosis is an important factor in

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‘white piague’ among human beings,”

said W. A_. Fraser, “In the war on

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nation of sources of origin is be ng

considered as .well as the effect of

healthful environment and wholesome

conditions of living.



Dr. Wright says in a recent report

that the department of agriculture had

a. waiting list of 85,900 farmers -in, the

United States who had asked to have

their herds tested and, on that date,





'there were 227,000 herds containing





2,718,000 cattle under supervision. The

complete eiadication of bovine tuber-

culosis, Dr. Wright declares, is be-

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SEE in the Michigan Farmer that

a Wisconsin Holstein cow gave





birth to a calf weighing 128 pounds;

“I have a Holstein cow which gave





birth to a. calf weighing 147 pounds.

I think this is one of the largest

calves on record.



A few years ago at the Michigan

Agricultural Cellege the smallest calf





'that they had was thirty-five pounds





from an Ayrshire, and the largest was





135 pounds from a Shorthorn c‘ow.,





Since then they have reported a calf

weighing 145 pounds from a Holstein

cow. I should like to hear. through

the Michigan Farmer from other breed-

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Francisco Farm Notes

By P. P. Pope





 





 





 





 





Culling the Farm Flock.

E read the other night that it

was better to have little and get

much than to have much and get fit

tie, or something like that; which, be-





ing interpreted, meant that it was bet- .





ter to have a limited number of fowls

that could be well, cared for than to

have the poultry house overcrowded

with the accompanying bad results.





. Then and there I reached around.





and patted myself on the back because.

I had just recently finished culling the

flock. We had put it ed a little longer

than we ought to, as a matter of cone

venience.‘ '



We do not specialize in poultry cul-

ture out on Francisco Farm, but we





- do keep a fair-sized farm flock, and





we 'do not think any farm is living up

to its opportunities without one. It is

very easiryhowever, for these side

lines, through inefficient management,

to develop an overhead expense suffi-

cient to counteract all the profits.



‘It is the early hatched pullets and

the younger hens that can be expect-

ed to shell out the eggs when they are

high in priCe, therefore they should





. have every opportunity to do their





best. VVe'have picked out all the old

hens, the late hatched pullets, and the

ecckerels, except those that are to be

kept for breeding purposes, and sent

them to the dressing-rooms where

they are prepared to serve the great‘

-est purposa in life of which they are

capable. The result is an attractive

flock of uniform color age and size,

with four square feet of floOr space

for each bird. And eggs? Yes, a few

of them every day. . '

Com Shocks.



Yes, they are still out in the field.



A . hundred or more of them. Many





. farmers, in Michigan feel that it is a





rather shiftieSs practice to have the





shocks of corn left in the field after





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‘ winter sets 'in. 1





We share this feeling to a certain





extent, but being raised in a corn and





cattle feeding section, where it is the





common practice to haul the corn di-e





rectly from the fields- to the feed lot,

_ . the feeling of Blackness does not sink





- Station.





ping the seed in the solution,





.rinsed in clean water and spread out ‘-

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that as we have to pay for all the

work on the farm except what we do

ourselves, we look upon time as

money.



In connection with the corn shocks

we feel that there is no great loss

without a. greater gain. There is a

loss in the feeding value of the fodder





to be sure, but to offset this the labor:





is distributed over. a longer period,

there is winter work for ethe other-

wise idle hands, and idle horses, and

the freshly husked corn, I am convinc-

ed, is more palatable to the stock. We

aim to keep a few days’ supply ahead

in case of bad weather, or other most

pressing work, but speaking in a gen-

eral way, some corn is being hauled

from the field each day, the ears husk-

ed out for the hogs and the fodder fed

to the cattle.

More Light.





We spent one of these very short:





days on the feed. grinder. A feed

grinder in the neighborhood is a handy

thing. At the mill the price has been

reduced to fifteen cents per hundred

pounds for grinding" barley and-oats.

We put through a ton and a half in

less time than we could have taken it

to the mill and back. The outlay was

one dollar for gas.





We finished early and belted to the

buzz saw. Too soon the shades of

night fell thick and threatened to halt

the work before the day was done. We

turned the switch another notch and

presto, there was light. The staccatic

song— of the buzz saw continued for

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EAF spot in cucumbers’is trans-



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through the seed, according to recent

findings of the Florida Experiment

It can be controlled 'by.treat-

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During the months of winter feeding the

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pm A. Chadwick of Cox-0:3. 0.1., writes .

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afterbirth. and. barrennese. all of which I .





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are available.

Your correspondence and inspection are invited.





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN ,

w. 5. samples, Prop. slower SMITH, Supt.





 





 





 





 





Aberdeen- Angus cattle. Two bulls

Registered from eight to 616 ven months old. One

a. show bull large and growthy Priced reasonable



Inquire of F. J. WILBER. Clio. Mich





l d A

FOR SALE. Aiié‘iflggfiE‘sfl‘é hgié‘fié’eé‘é





various ages. ., Davison. Mich.





. Registered Guernseys





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





breedin and records will lease you

g J. .WILLI “S, No Adams, Mich.





._ One fine 13 mo. old bull ready for

Guemse’s- ‘service, and some good growthy

bull calves 4 mo. old sired by a gra dean of Imp.

Kingn ofh the May and from goodM pro Augvg dams.

Ole erd. Priced moderate GOLD

GllEnliNSEY FARM 8.8. St. yJohns. Mich.





GUERNSEYS





of world champIons.

HICKS’ OULR'NSILY FARM.





~REGISTERED BULL

Calves. Containing blood

cows. Federal inspected



Saginaw. W. S; Ml c.h





F sale Registered Guernsey cows. May Rose Breed-

or ing also full calves $50 each. Registered A. ii.





Idams. NEBELS. R. 2. Holland Mich.





. ready for service. From Adv.

GuernSEI Bill's Reg. cows. Accredited hem.

Write for pedigree. Glen Clark. Edi] ClaiIe. Mich.





'





[ONE VIEW FARM GUERNSEYS Ein‘i.?§..sé‘i’3‘g





' ready for service, GI.NS Ionia, Mich.





FOR SALE Efigo?“%’{,‘3?{ 355‘. 12 mo. one 10





JAYD. RUSSELL. R l. Gobles. Mich.





WINNWUDD HERD





Registered Holsteins





 





Ask us about a Real Bull a

Maple Crest or an Ormey.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc., Rochester, Mloh.





The Traverse Herd





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

line growthy type. guaranteed right in every way,

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

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

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

TravevseCity, Mich.





 





H I i ‘ Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

o 5 Bill registered and high -grade. Price 8% up.

Splendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re-

quirements. Browncroft Farms. McGraw. N. Y





COLANTHA "BULLS .





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

stored and high- grade Ho stein cows at tarniers'





 





oes. Pedi recs and prices upon request A clean

Kerri under ederals ervisio n.

' » -. HITN FARMS. Whitney. Mich





 





' A ,, s . I - ‘i

For Sale King Segls Breeding



" months old bull. whose seven nearest dams

27. 72. Thlsia thel last of my nineteen of





 





 





,





vet. come-and see them.





$50 3 year $33!...





' REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





of the best. and at. prices within reach of

‘ RKE. V





 





as. Fe see. Mersey e

n as

with bayou: reco cord Evil“ lb b no HI )4.





and 29 b. 4 yr. old cow and her ‘2 it.

both a to” freshen in Feb. Also .15! l colt o

322 lb. 3 yr. old darn. If interest Mod!“





0.





 

 





RTHUR 0.1mm uranium

FOR SA E i... sandman: gm bun





co

Well grown. ividualst mostly

marked. Write





tot rices an pod

accredited herd, geopD. Links? R. Ithaca. Mich.





o’t Bazeiilet Idlpa

B

0% lb milk 7 days. Mom c£¥§cha.n





Young Bulls that will plow you in breeding individ-

em arewery “desirable





unlit and price. Some of

for ending’ pure bred herds. Federally accredited

I. M. 33 3.0B.MAN. Fowlerville. Mich





 





accepte din p8 ment of finely bred re

A 600d “Eli istered Holstein bull c ":11 Qvtea ails:

rite





GEO. .OLA assar. Mich'





BUTTER BRED ”3%“ 3.3““





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FFARM r

Silver Creek Allegan County. Michigan

Jerse





FOR SALE: ,0.





cows Register of Merit. Accredited her

SMITH AND PARKER R 4.





 





bulls ready

r vice.





Howell. Mich.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey For sale. 3 heifers

bred to fresh this fall. 2 bull calves. 6 to 9





mo. old. Colon .Lillie. Coopersviile. Mich.





 





cattle o n bulls for

Registered Jersey“, fie “ “corediwd

J. L CARTER. Lake Odessa. Mich.





HEREFORDS





For Sale at Farmer’ 3 prices.

5 yearling bulls 8 yearling heifers

10 of the above sired by our 5200 Repeater bull.

_We have others not related. his Is an opportun-

Ity to start In good stock at: a moderate price.





ALLEN BROS.





616 So. West St., Kalamazoo, Mich.





The Michigan Agricultural college





offers for sale the





Hereford Herd Bull

IAnxiety Fairfax 4th, No. 703709





also the Aberdeen- Angus Herd Bull, Blackbird

Brandon 2nd. No. 247885 Bot]; of these bulls

are now five years of age. Each has sired winning

steers for us at the Chicago International.

Shorthorns riced re sombl An ace

Milking credited heigi selectgd for ybeet and

milk . Beland and Beland. Tecumseh. Michigan





FOR SALE





Polled Shorthorn Cows & Heifers





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

Herdi1 headed by Victor Sultan and Royal Non-

pare

We can please you in richly bred cattle with

quality at farmers' prices.



GEO 0'.E BURDICK. Mgr.

Goldwater. Mich.





 





 





Branch County Farm.





Riehlaod Shorihorns





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.





6. ll. Presooii & Sons,





Miles at Towns City, Mich. Hard at Prescott, Mlch.





f

Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn





oiier fotr sale both milk and beef breedin n? all ages

Write M. E. MILLER Sec' y. Greenvi le, Mich





 





 





calves for





Milking Shorthorns Bull. “,0 . cm...

ROSEMARY FARMS. W liiamston. Mich





' Shorthorn Breedel's' Assn. Scotch.

Clayton Unlt Scotch To and Milking Shorthorns

forsaleall ages. W. J. Hink ey. Sec‘ y. Flushing. Mich





for sale. white first rlze.

Shorthorn Bu“ winner. by Importedpei ire

' J. A. BARNUM. Union City. Mich





HOGS





Are You Sheri oi Bapilal?g 9° MV‘R ”$9.5," fig?





shires to scrubs? If so buy of Talcoa Farm dand pa

with hogs. Spring hear of Royal Charmer 10th an

Matchless Lee 8th breeding. Fail lgs for spring

delivery. BestL of blood lines and con ormation.

00A FARM. R. 7. Lansing. Mich.





 





Duroc F all Yearling





and Gaming0 boars. Some real herd prospects slredb

O l. 2nd. All Col. of San time and Diamon

Joe. Priced to sell. Fall pigs eit or sex. Write for





desori tion and pric%vs.

p W0. TAYLOR. Lilian. hiich.





BROOKWATER DUROC JERSEYS





Ready for Service Boars





Six-ed by Panama Special 55011 and Big Bone Giant





Sensation.

BROOKWATER FARM. Ann Arbor. Michigan

11- .Andrews. Lessor





W. Mumford. Owner. J.B





Woodlawn Farm 2.2.9:. 3,13% 3.3%?



we “not.“ “.8“ “ii“i “m was who:

u are



:gtfrawgtfion’ GREE can an Ihlg Alma. Mich.





guaranteed. Jesse “Bliss“ a Son. 3





 





 





sfi:





Redatcrd. Fillies.- .-





i b . lite. d fall ‘

Dnroc $35.29. °i€§u§n wifminwguun “attests;





Do on w A

.DUROEEEEEEEENE‘: ““ fl .





.ABEAMERfs BABY B‘EEVES. =

OWN at the state line. in the

.. southeast corner of Lenawee

county starts the trail of the field edi-

tor. T'I-‘he new year had been ushered

in; the b soft snow flakes fan thick

and fast, (1 stay right on the wind-

shield where they light; the wiper is

kept busy clearing the vision. '



The first stop occurs near Blissfleld,

in the heart of one of the best feeding





 





'and at the Well equipped feeding plant

of E. A. Beamer. ‘ _



Here we found Mr. Beamer just re-

turned from a dehorning act at- a

neighboring farm. They had put about

half a. hundred heads through the guil-

otine in a. couple of hours. You see,

Mr. Beamer is emcient at a number of

things besides presiding at long ses-

sions of the Tri-state Cooperative Ship-





successful conclusion, big cooperative

business ventures that in the face of

boycotts and other difficulties have. at

times, seemed impossible. But that is

another story.



We found a. beautiful bunch of

calves contentedly lapping away at the

feed bunks, eighty odd head of them.

About a score of them were Angus, the

rest were pure—bred Here't‘ords. They

came from the Springer ranch in New

Mexico.



Mr. E. R. Porter, a brother-in-law

and a neighbor of Mr. Beamer, has on

feed a similarlot. There are also a.

few lots of S. M. S. yearlings near by

which we will endeavor to see at a

later date. Our plans also include a

more detailed description of the feed-

ing operations in this territory, togeth-

er with some pictures of these good

cattle.





 





WITT BROTHERS—HOG MEN.





‘ ITT BROTHERS raise lots of

hogs. They breed hogs, feed

h0g5, and sell hogs. ' The hog of their

'choice is the Big Type Poland China.

They have some good. farms down

near Jasper and another over the state

line in Ohio.



I stopped at the farm of the brother

known as “Felix” and after draining

the radiator of his tractor we went. to

look at the hogs. He told me that

most of their hogstwere over at the

other place; but they seemed to turn

out from every nook. and corner re-

gardless.



Among these were a senior bear that

is good all over, and one of the thou-

sand pound kind; a couple of younger





I





sections in this, or any other, state,.





pers’ Association, and directing to a '





 





.4-





beers with hot blood and a promising; _. _

future; big roomy brood Bows, and g.-. " '





lot of good gilts. and fall pigs too hue

merous to mention.





saw enough to assure‘me that when

their sale occurs in Adrian on Febru-

ary 17 the hogs that find new homes

will be the kind that spells progress.





 





BELAN D &. BELAND—i-SHOBT-

HORNS.





 





COUPLE of miles east of Tecum-

seh lies the Davidson farm, long

known- as . a.

ground: In the early days Mr. David-





son bred good Shorthbrns with milk-' '





ing ability and milked them.' His son-

in-law, Mr. Hall; later took up the

work and for many years the firm of

Davidson & Hall has been known for

its good milking Shorthorns.



Not satisfied that the seed work

should stop here, a son—in-law of Mr.

Hall’s, Clare Beland by name, who





owns the farm adjoining, together with





the enthusiastic support of his‘~ good

wife, is carrying on. They are work—

ing under the firm name of Beland &

Beland. .



I arrived just in time’ to help Mr,

Beland. and “Laddie” (that’s the dog)





drive an acre or so of lambs’back the





lane to the corn ‘field. Mrs. Beland

joined us at the barns for a squint at

the cattle. They have a. newly pur-

chased herd hull of pleasing’type and

conformation, that promises to develop

extreme size. Their crop of fall calves

are a uniform let, all males, and, in





Ithe yards, were found a group ofcome-

1y matrons chewing their ends and





carrying good udder-s. ' Some of them

were descended from the original Dav-

idson stock, some' from prominent

‘Oliio herds, and one low-down, smooth,

dark roan, “Young Mary,” that they

had recentlylanded on the high bid at

one of the association sales at Lan—

sing; There is no question about the

appeal to the general farmer that

comes from the big, rugged cow ‘of

smooth» bodily conformation that

swings a good milkable udder. ‘





 





MARKETS DEMAND BIG PQRKERS.





 





PIE market hog, which the butcher





and packer are demanding to meet

their fresih.meat trade, is around the

'200-pound mark, not much above or

”below this weight. , There is a marked

increase in. the consumption of this

young, tender, lean pork meat. It com-

petes with young chicken in gratify-

ing taste to the consumer.—M.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





‘ Time would not?

permit ,a: complete -‘_-inspection,fl but. I .





.Shorthorn breeding:





   





 

   

 

 

 





 





 

 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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, W.“ "w...





- "iinént 118-33811 5





’ troubed with sor





.“





;.f;- 1 "or __.h.us. screwssmoes

' , merit. of "-fBlue Bell,” the famous





' crossbred heifer, who Was the supreme

champion at allot the "great live stock

expositions in; the British Isles for two

years. is the recent accomplishment of

“Heather Hero of Wildwood,” another

son of the great Aberdeen Angus sire.

“Edgar of Dalmeny.” “Blue Bell," the

famous cross-bred daughter of “Edgar

of Dalmeny,".was for two years grand

champion at the fat stock shows of

Britain. She was the first yearling to





-' win the Smithfleid honors in the his-





tory of that show. And so this cross-

bred heifer, the daughter of “Edgar of





Dalmeny,” goes down in live stock his- ,





tory as having attained one of. the

greatest fat show records of modern

times. ‘



And now to the credit of “Edgar of

Dalmeny" goes another mark of dis-





' ’tinction. ‘At the fat stock show held in





Detroit on December 11-12-13, the first

premium for grand champion steer was

awarded to “Heather Hero of Wild-

~wood”, a half brother to the‘famous

“Blue Bell.” The opinion of the judges

was that it was the best animal ever

seen on the Detroit market.



Eighty cents a pound, the highest

price ever paid in Michigan, bought

this “Doddie” steer fromW. E. Scripps.

The animal weighed 1,590 pounds, was

five months old and dressed out at 67.1

per cent, a mark not far below the

world’s record. '





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





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Difficult Churning.——-I have a Durham

cow, seemingly healthy, due to freshen

next spring, which is fed corn fodder,

hay, potatoes,’and has clean water to

drink. The last two times I churned

the butter-fat would not separate from

the buttermilk, Mrs. R. M., Brutus,

Mich.—'—Difhcult churning is usually

'caused by one or more of the following

factors: Cream is too cold, cream

from cows nearly dry, cream too thin,

that is less than twenty per cent of

butter-fat. Your cream may not be

sour enough, too much cream in-the

churn, and improper agitation of the

cream may prevent churning it into

butter in thirty or forty minutes. The

proper richness of cream is from thir-

ty to thirty-five per cent butter-fat and

I might say that the temperature of

the churning should be .from fifty-six

to sixty-two ’degrees Fahrenheit, de-

pending somewhat on the time of the

year, the richness of the cream and

acidity of the cream. Doubtless your

cream is not rich enough, and perhaps





too cold while churning. Cream from'





a fresh cow mixed with what you get

from above cow might help you out

of your trouble. .

Foot-Sore.———Have a mare that will

weigh 1,500 pounds which has been

doing heavy work on hard gravel road.

Her front feet are contracted. Have

removed shoes and shall not work her

this winter. What can be done for

her? C. S. W,, Concord, Mich.—-——Clip

hair of pastern, apply one part pow~

dered cantharides and five parts lard

every film weeks. This treatment will

stimulate a more healthy growth of

horn, besides it will have a tendency

to expand her heels. -If‘ you will apply

lanloi-n to ‘front hoofs it will soften

them..' ~ 2‘ I -

Malignant Tumor.—I have "a horse

that was troubled with warts, which

we cutoff; since then the wounds

have refused to heal- What shall I ap-

ply? G. ‘R., Flint, Mich—~Heat a piece

of iron to white. heat, burn raw sore,

this willstimulate a healthy action,

then apply equal parts iodoform and

boric_acid daily. v, . p . '

infectious Ophthalmic—My cows are





 

 

 





is hmois scum. . :

has prescribed forth





 





 





 





Fair; View St





.. , 5.311340.





 





Big; _, hype Poland Chinas





consisting, of Tried sows,

and 5 Choic





F all Yearlin’g, Spring Gilts

e Fall Boars





THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1923





‘ , At the Farm in Basement/B

Most ofvthis offering is bred to'Hover’s

Tuscola Clansman was lst prize pig at

Champion. He is :1





am Regardless of Weather.





Liberator and Tuscola Clansman.

Mich. State Fair and his sife was Grand





reat boar and a litter sired by him will start you in

the hog business. 'Write today for catolog.





It describes them all.





Auctioneers: Wm. Waffle, Coldwater, John Hoffman, Hudson





Field Men: P. P. POPE, Michigan





Swine Herd,





Farmer, WESLEY HILE, American





E. R. LEONARD. National Poland China Journal





DORUS 'HOVER, Akron, Mich.





 





. HOGS ‘





' P liflc. b bone, best breeding. :10 to sis.

Duroca Wrr‘lte fol" descri tlon. Satisfaction or

money back. B. E. K ES. Hllisdale. Mich.





BIG mg CHESTER WHITE





from the best prize winner

Ema 33?, “£133.33: l,§iel,1,gloi>91~sa readyhfordmarkettgt

- ' ‘ starte more ree ere on 9

six months old. I have man living. I want to £1309.





road to success than any nity to advertise my





one hog in each cornmu

W rite for agency and m





yglam

G. S. BENJAMIN. R. . D. 10. Portland. Mich.





W 9 sold out of Boers. Choice

CheSters‘ spgirligr pigs. For immediateshi ment





1'1 1 . write WEBER BROS. Roya Oak.

Slang. filamI.g:nd Ridge Rds.. Phone 408.





CHESTER WHITES

3“" a“ 5°” F%§I)?I§313I¥t%h§.ethncese. Mich.





Whites. Choice spring cilts bred to Giant.

Chester t St. to Fair. Also fall gilts.

‘ 2ndpr%%‘dfl§nifln Tekonsha. Mich.





CHESTER WH ITES inhuman





fall gllts C.O.D. ALBERT DOBR. Clinton. Mich.





 





o‘ck Farm





 





I LargeTyps Pei-ha chins} f

‘BRED‘ 30W SALE . ,

’ . FEBRUARY 22, 1923 .





' ‘ 'Writ‘o for Catalogue _

A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester, Mich





B I l’ I: gilts sired by BigBob son of World 0h ' -

. - v - pion and Rater Pan he so (1 31.075 0%,

also fall pigs. 0: E. Gainant. Eaton aplds. Mich.





 





Big Type P. 0. somemvery choice boars double im-

mune. our. 1100 lb. sire -and mammoth sows from

Iowa's greatest herds. E.J . M athews’on. Burr Oak. Mich.





BIG TYPE POLANDS '





spring boars all sold. fall pigs either sex at farmers'

(Si-ices. Tuscola Clansman 8 our young herd sire.



rst rlze pig at Mich. State Fair. Litter from him

will mprove your herd. Public sale Feb. I. Write

today for catalog. DORUS HOVER. Akron. Mich.





Gilts bred or open. tw db

L°T¢P.C'left. They have alwaysolggge $235?

and will again. Write for my Inn of selling.



M. M. PAl‘iiIC . Gd. Ledge. Mich.





 





 





 





7

Walnut Alley BIg Type P. C. gilts now ready to

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

this fall. A. D. GREGORY. 1t 3, Ionia, Mich.‘





 





Big'Type Poland Chinas





G. A. bAUh/iGARDNER" Ii. 2. Middlevillc. Mich.





 





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MISCELLANEOUS





T0 INTRODUCE our old mellow and sweet flavored

Kentucky Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. we will

sell you (libs very best 3-year-old mild smoking for

31.65510 lbs. very best Hurley and Green liiver mixed

for 82.00; 10 lbs. very best 3-year-old chewing for $3.25.

A genuine 81.00 French Briar pipe Free with every

order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send no money.

Pay for tobacco and postage on delivery, Kentucky

Tobacco 00.. Box 622. ()wensboro. Ky. ,,





 





 





SILVER FOXES. W0 are making xvery special prices

on nineteen twcniy-trcc pups if bargained for now.

Our stock is very best quality, all pedigrccd and

regls'ered. Victory foxes are Good foxes. Buy now.

pay iatcr. save one-third. Volxnan & Hughes, Mus-

kegon. Michigan,





HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing: 5 Pounds. $1.75:

10 pounds, $3; 20 pounds. $5. Smoking: 5 Pounds.





 





. .

RegIStered 001. Cs Boats $1.25: 10 pounds. $2; iii) dpoun(ds. $3.581. Sang n3

- money, pay wren rece vc . Io-opera ve scc



J' CARL JEWETT‘ Mason. Mwh’ Growers. Paducah. Kentucky.

HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Smoking—5 1105., $1.25:





0 I 50 last spring pigs either sex not



0 0 ‘ akin. Big.cgir(iwwt1i)yhstock. recorded

f D t. t zs. one.



me' “weohe'i'bon. s°d§ULG. . Nashville. Mich.



1: White Swine strictly big



0' I' C' :ypghevsitthr quality. The kind that





row is: e. A few spring pi either sex.

Iiewmangs Stock Farm. 3. 4. M arlette. Mich.





S l igs. ‘ Pairs not akin. AlsoJul'y,

0- loc’s»Al’1r33§'t. pond Sept. pigs. MILO H. PEI-

ERSON. Elmhurst Farm. Ionia, Mich. Citz. Phone





0 I C 20 large” growthy gilts far-row in Mar.

’ also full boar pigs. '



CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM.‘Monroe, Mich.

bred for April furrow at



O. I. C. GILTS reasonable rices.

C. J. THOMPSON, Roe ford. Mich

' I 10 sows bred for early spring litters. 17

0- I. o 3- sows open for fall breeding 1-10 mo. old.





od b0 . Stock shipped on a proval.

EanIfED WI'KENNEDY. s. 2. r ymonth. Mich.





0. I. C. SILTS





. W. MANN.





bred for March

and April furrow.

Dansville, Mich.





0 I C Bred gilts and boars all sold. Am tak-

. ' ‘ ing orders for fall and spring pigs.

A. J. BARKER A SON. Belmont. Mich





Spring Boats Now Ready To Ship





II. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcrafg. Mich





-' l b d



L. T. Poland Chinas gagdngowzgafi, 33;.



1 rices. also fall pigs either sex 0 popu ar



I333; Iir‘i’es. I.14berdieen-Angi‘i}; ibulls. Heifers and-

C 9th tares ow w nners. r e or come.



W a 'n. A. CLARK. R 3. St. Louis Mich.





L. T. P. 0. March Boar-I and gilts

Infill?“ Fm ready. Prices reasonable. stock as

represented F. R. Davis A: Son. R. 3. Belding.Mich.





 





Type Polands. Spring hours and gllts. sired

Large by Michigan Liberaton and Big Checkers.

Immuned by double treatment. Also fall pigs both

sexes. George F. Aldrich. R. 6. Ionia. Michigan





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Largest In Mich. Pi ready to ship. why not order

from the herd that as ven so many their start in

the hog business. the 1! nd that makes good. they





h lit well as am.

"° °“ y ”iv. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich.





LARGE TYPE P. C.





As good as they grow. Fall pigs either sex. Bred

sows for sale sired by theWolverine. M. .ltW’s. Orange.





B‘s Clansman. Alaska and Black Buster. Cholera

immune. Bale February 2131:.

N. F. BORNOR. Parana, Mich.





 





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Choice Gilts :25 to :40. Boots 330. Fall P125315.

HART AND ‘CLINE. Address s. Drum. st.

Louis. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





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$1.75; 10 lbs. $3.00. Furnish free recipe for pre-

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





nor Smokehouse, Mayfleld. Ky.





HOMESPUN SMOKING TOBACCO. Mild and incl-

low—lo lbs. $1.75; 20 lbs. $3.00; delivery guaranteed.

We furnish free recipe for preparing. Smoking Tb-

bac. Exchange. Sedalla. Kentucky.





KENTUCKY TOBACCO Three year old leaf; Pay for

tobacco and postage when received. Chewxngfi lbs.

$1.65: smoking 10 lbs. $1.50. Farmers’ Grange. D115.

Hawgsvllle. Ky. .





NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO. Chewing: 5 Pounds.

$1.75: 10 pounds, $3; 20 pounds. $5. Smoking: 5

Pounds. $1.25; 10 pounds. $2. Pay when received.

Tobacco Growers Union, Paducah, Ky.





 





 





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68 VARIETIES Fine purebred chickens. ducks.geese.

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

ZIEMER. Austin. Minn.





A FEW Fine Light Brahma Cocherels left. 84 00 each.

Mrs E. B Willits. Reading Mich.





 





 





GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS Large Type. “'ard A.

Strnuch. (lorunna. Mit‘h.

FINE LARGE Bourbon Rcd Turkeys. Archie D.”





Ives. R. 3. Rockford. Mich.





 





:00 GIANT 8.0. Black Mlnorca cockerels none better

31.32;) each. Mike Schuefer. It. 1. Essexville. Mich





 





PEAFOWLS. Pheasants. Bantams. Pigeons. Guinea

Pigs. John Hess. Bettendorf. Iowa.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





 





CHICKS IGIIAIMNTEED —— Healthy. sturdy thriv-

ing chicks. Flocks that are mated with Michigan

Agricultural College cockerels, Barred Rocks. S. C.

Anconas. White and Brown Leghoms, pullcts and

breeding cockcrels. Safe arrival, postage paid, cata-

log free. Falrvlcw Hatchery and Poultry Farms.

Route 2-, Zceland. Mich.





 





CUSTOM ILATCBING. four cents per egg. Ship us

your eggs. chicks hatched and returned parcel post

prepaid. Satisfactory batch guaranteed. Now con-

tracting space for spring hatching. Akron Hatchery.

Akron. Mich.





 





QUALITY CHICKS AND EGGS~25.000 Standard

Bred Breeders. 12 varieties. Best laying strains.

Incubate 15.000.eggs daily. Catalog free. Reason-

able prices. Free live delivery. Missouri Poultry

Farms. Columbia, Mo.





 





INOCULATE your Alfalfa. Sweet Clover. Soy bean?

with best pure culture bacteria. Guaranteed. Bushe

size postpaid 900. E. E. Basil Sweet Clover Grower"

Lattr. Ohio.



FOR SALE. Millions of Strawberry and other plants

Standard varieties. Everbearing Strawberries. Rapsp.

berries and Blackberries; Asparagus roots. Shrubs-

Roses. etc. Alexander 00.,Nurseries. McClure, Ill.





(‘OAL BURNING BROODER STOVEL—Real ones;

none better. They'll save your hutch. Guaranteed.

30 daysti‘ial. Prices way down. Bolder free.

Geo Wettschurack. Lafayette. Ind.





GLADIOLI DAHIJA BULBS. Choice named vari-

eties. Postpaid. 20c. dozen. up. Catalogue Free.

Reno Fast, North Adam, Mlclngan.





DOGS





ERMAN She herd, A edsles, Collies; Old English

(Shepherd dogs? Pimple-lg; 10c illustrated instructive

list. W. R. Watson. Box 35, Macon. Mo.





POULTRY





N’T BUY CHICKS d: HATCHING EGGS UNTIL

3318“ our catalog and prices onyBarred Rocks. White

Leg. Anconns. Write today. Discount on early or-

ders. Model Poultry Farm & Hatchery. R. 4.. Zeo-

lnnd. Mich.



‘ RPINGTONS. Barred Rocks. Young White



Benglhgrng. Guinean. Illustrations. Fenner Bailey.

Montgomery. Mich.

GET EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM'S cheap

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

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

rated catalog free. Evergreen Poultry Farm Hutch-

cries. Hampton. Iowa.





MANY VARIE'I‘IES pure bred poultry. baby chicks

and pigeons at low prices. 100 page book in mlora

describes them. Mailed for 5 cents. Frank Foy.

Box 9.'Clinton. Iowa.





WHITE LEGrHORN CHICKS from pedigreed cock.

erels direct from Hollywood Farms. every breeder

Berson'alli. selected by Prof. Foreman of M. A. 0.

_ uantlty imlted. Quality the very best. Circular

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





BABY CHICKS—Barred Plymouth Rocks and S. C.



White Leghcms. Scnd for catalogue. Snowflake



{guilty Farm and Hatchery. Route 5, Middlevlllo.

(' gall.





BABY CHICKS bargain prices. Barred Rocks, White

and Brown Leghorn. Guarantco full 100% alive.

’[ree delivery. Hlllview Poultry Farm Hatchery. R.

12. Hollmd. Mich.





CHICKS—English strain S. C. White lmglmms that

lay anddpay.‘ Olldter (Early. Write for free cata-

ogue an price s. onorbilt Farm & Hatche .

145 S. Elm St.. Zeeland, Mich. ry





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy egg

Barrn and young S. C.-W. Leghorns closcly culled.

100 o alive. Circular free. Montclla. Hatchery, Route

1. Holland. Mich. '





BABY CHICKS.





producing strain.





15 Leading varieties.

for 1923. The kind that lay early. Large. vigorous,

fluffy kind. Lowest prices. Send for large catalog.

D..'.i‘;_lf‘arro_w* Chickcrles. Peoria, 111.





SELECTED CHICKS from, best strains at living

prices. Albpopular varieties. First hatch in Jan-

uary Hatching eggs. Write for circular and price

131:. thohfleld Hatchery. thchfield. Mich.





QUALITY CHICK.Q

March lst. S

live delivery. Catalog free.

Box B. Zeeland. Mich.





STERLING QUALITY CHICKS from 14 Va led

Pure Bred Certified Stock. Prices Right. rP. “I

Clardy, Mammoth Hatchery. Highland View Poultry





2% Million





. _ for delivery each week after

. C \\ Into and Brown Leghorns. 100!

Standard Hatchery.





 





Farm, Box 6, Ethel. Mo.



BABY CHICKS—Six leading varieties. Write your

wants. Spitcial prices on large. advance orders. Free

catalog, . H. Pierce, Jeromc, Mich.





 





SILVER LACED and White Wyaudotte Cockerels.

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

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





land. M101". 1





MICHIGAN'S Best Giant Bronze Large vigorous

birds from America's best strains. Both utility and

fancy Furnish unrelated stock. N. Evalyn Rams-

d_ell. Ionic. Mich.





HATCHING EGGS WANTED. We can use your out-



t in any of the odd breeds such as Boudans.

gush. Cornish, W, Minor-cos. Write us at once.

Chick Hatchery. Dept. 6. Shelbyville. Ill.





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

Rouen. Runner. Muscovey. Price reasonable. John

Tings. Befimdorf. Iowa.





RHODE- ISLAND nuns. 11,0. Large fancy cooker-

els and‘pullets at 83 each. Burt Sisson. Imlay

City. Min ‘





PULL-MS... for Sale—three to five pounds. Good

Stock. eds Barred to Rocka‘ Thirty is a





R . Whl , can

mil. Edward. A. Brooks, 3. 6, Milford. Mich.

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CHICKS; Low prices for pure bred stock. 8. 0. Eng

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Catalogue free. Free delivery. Ros. Hatchery. Zoe-

lnnd. R. 2. Mich. (Formerly Fairvlew Hatchery).





CHICKS. F‘mm free range selected flocks bred to

lay. All popular varieties. Prices right. Send for

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HELP WANTED





WANWReilable man on 150 acre farm. 30 miles

from Detroit. be capable of taking charge and

going ahead with work as owner is away all day.

Six registered Holsteins and three horses to take care

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

mist with housework. year round job. Stat.

wages wanted and experience. E. S. VanDslson.

Salem. Mich.





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. TATIVES WANTED. To represent large

farm sol organization; previous selling experience

not necessary: should own auto. must be honest and.

willing to work: for such in we have an sxmilent.

proposition. Stats full Quail flcatious in first letter.

Michigan Farm Agency. 028





Ind give references.

Fog Bldg” Benoit. Mich.





WE PAY $200 monthly salary and furnish rig and





t to in , .our

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mums . up” .- 2' .'





a .
Tuesday, .lanuary 16.

Wheat. '





Detroit.——No. 2 red $1.36; No. 2 mix-

ed $1.34; No. 2 white $1.34. ,



Chicago.——No. 2 hard at $1.21%@

1.22%; May $1.2I%. .



Toledo—Cash $1.38@1.40. 0'





Corn.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 at 78c; No. 3





yellow. 77c. ‘

Chicago.—-N0. 2 mixed 721/2@731/20;





'No. 2 yellow 72:21 @73'1/2c.





, Oats.



Detroit.—-—Cash No. 2 white 50%0;

No. 3, 49c.



Chicago—No. 2 white 453/2@471,.’1.c;

No. 3 white 43%,@45c.



' Beans.



Detroit—Immediate

shipment $8.



Chicago—Choice handpicked Mich-

gan beans $8.10@8.15; red kidneys at

$8.25.





and





1 Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 920.

Chicago.——88%c.





Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$13.30; March $13.45; alsike at $10.65;

timothy $3.30.

Toledo.——Prime red clover cash at

$13.50; alsike $10.75; timothy, new at





$3.30; old $3.35.





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.





 





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Bran $34@34.50; standard middlings

$33@34;‘flne do at $35; racked corn

$35.50@36; coarse cornmeal $34; chop

$29.50@30 per ton in 100-lb sacks.



Fruit.





Apples.——30nathans $4.50 per bbl;

Kings at $5@5.25; Northern Spies .at

$4@5; Baldwins $4.50@5.





WHEAT





Wheat is not disappearing into con-

sumptive channels as rapidly as a

month ago and the market has lost

some of its snap. Receipts at primary

markets have declined in the last

three weeks but are more than 50 per

cent below normal for this season of

the year. The visible supply has in-

creased practically every week in the

last two months and the total gain is

over 25 per cent.





CORN





Corn receipts have been fairly uni-

form for the last five weeks but the

country turned off the spout on the re-

cent break and lighter arrivals are ex-

pected in the immediate future. Con-

suming regions in many cases are out-

bidding the central markets in the sur-

plus states while the distributing de-

mand at terminals continues gratify-





ing.

OATS





Oats prices are trailing other grains.

Receipts are above normal for‘ this

season of the year but they are insuffi-

cient to take care of the demand,

compelling slight Withdrawals from

the visible supply. Clearances for ex-

port have dropped off sharply in the





last month.

FEEDS





The mill feed market was easier

last week as interior stocks are heavy

and country demand is light. Produc-





Live StOck Market Service J





 





 





Wednesday, January 17. ‘





DETROIT





Forty cars on Pere Marquette did

not arrive in time for sale today.





Cattle.



Receipts 127. Market ,steady.

Best steers . .'. .......... $ 8.75@ 9.00

HandyWeight butchers 7 75@ 8.50

Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.25

Handy light butchers. . . . 6 00@ 6.75

Light butchers .......... 4.50@ 5.25

Best coWs ........... . . . . 5.50@ 6.00

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.50@ 5.00

Common cows . . . . . . . 3.00@ 3.50

Canners 2.26@ 2.75

Choice bulls . . . . . . . . . .. . 5.00@ 5.75

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . -. . . 4.50@ 5.00

StOCk bulls ooIe’ooocooooo 3.50@ 4.25

Feeders Quote-00.0.0.0} 6n00@ 6‘50

Stockers. ............ . . . . 4.75@ 6.00

Milkers and springers. . . .$ 40@85.00



Veal Calves.

Receipts 318. Market strong.



Best ....... $14.00@14.50

Others . . . ............... 7.00@13.50

Sheep and Lambs. »



Receipts 1,424. Market strong.

Best lambs ............. $13.75@14.25

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

Light to common . . . . . 9.00@11.75

Fair to good sheep. . . . . . (5.50@ 7.75

' C-ulls and common . . . . . . 2.00@ 3.75

Yearlings .......... . . . . . 10.00@ 12.00



Hogs. -

Receipts 940. Market steady.



Mixed hogs .............$ 8.60

Pigs ..... CCCIIIOIOOIOO'I 9000

Roughs 7.10

Stags OIIQOOODOCOOCIOIIO‘. 4.50@ 5.00

Light yorkers . . . . . . . . . . .. 8.85





CHICAGO

_ Hogs.

Estimated recepits today are 21,000;





holdover 22,712. Market is slow and

steady with Tuesday’s close. Bulk of





7 sales $7.80@8.35; tops $8.50; heavy 250





lbs up $7.90@8.10; medium 200 to 250

lbs $8@8.30; light 150 to 200 lbs $8.25

8.50; light lights 130 to 150 lbs at

8.25@8.50; heavy packing sows 250





,. .1118 up $7.15@7.50; packing sows 200

lbsup$6.80@7.15; pigs- 130 lbs down

' §$?‘.Zi5@8.25. ‘ - '





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_ Estimated rece pts today are 14,000. '

- Beet steers and butchering she stock-

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about. steady. Beef steers medium and

heavy weight 1100 lbs up at $11.25@

[2.50; do medium and good $7.85@

11.25; do, common $6.50@7.85; light

weight 1100 lbs down $9.50@12; dO.

$6.25@9.50; butcher cattle heifers at

$4.50@10.40; cows $3.65@7.85; bulls

bologna and beef $4.50@6.75; canners

and cutters cows and heifers at $2.75

@365; do canner steers $3.50@4.40;

veal calves light and handyweight at

$8.50@11.75; feeder steers $6.25@8;

stocker steers at $4.50‘@7.85; stocker

cows and heifers $3.50@5.50.

' Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 13,000.

Fat lambs strong and pending higher;

Feeders steady; sheep 250 higher.

Lambs 84 lbs down at $12.75@14.75;

do culls and common at $9.50@12.75;

spring lambs $9.25@13; ewes $5@8;

ewes cull and common $3.50@6; year-

ling wethers $12.75@14.85. '





BUFFALO





Cattle. .



Receipts ten cars. - ’The market is

steady. . Prime shippin steers $9.50@

10; good to choice shi ping steers at

$8.75@9.25; heavy fat medium quality

$8.50@9; medium to good at $8@8.50;

light native yearlings .of fancy quality

$10@10.50; medium to good $9@9.50;

best handy steers $8@8.50; plain at

‘$7@7.50; handy steers and heifers at

$7@7.50; western heifers $6.75@7.25;

light Michigan butchering heifers at

$7@7._25; best fat cows $6@6.50; me-

dium to good $4.50@5.50; cutters $3.25

@435; canners good weight $2.25@

2.50; common and old rims at $1.25@

1.50; best heavy bulls $5.50@6; heavy

bologna bulls $4.75@5.25'; common

bulls $4.50@4.55; best feeders $7@8;

medium feeders at $6@6.50; stockers

good $5.50@6; light common at $4@5;





best, milkers and springers $60@80;p





common and medium $35@45. ,

. Calves steady; tops at $14.50.

Hogs-

Receipts 20 cars.

and steady. . ~

@875; yorkers and pigs $9.40@9350.

. Sheep, and/Lamps. “.‘v





Market is strong





Receipts 20‘ cars. [Market is steadg.





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--M‘e'di-um and heavy $8.50 . .' ,





tion has declined but is still at a lib-

eral rate. Cottonseed meaL declined

about'$1.50 as a result of light demand

from both range and feeding districts.

Linseed meal has held at most points

but offerings are equal to the require-

mrtients. Corn feeds have advanced in

p ce. ~





POULTRY AND sons





Egg receipts have expanded notice-

ably in the last month, reflecting the

increase lin production ,,_in the south-

west where weather conditions favor

further enlargement in the lay. The

recent drop in prices probably dis-

counted the increased production fora

while as the rate of distribution has

been accelerated but the season tren

of values is downward.‘ ’



Detroit.“~‘—Eggs fresh candled and

graded 39@4lc; storage 27@300. ‘



Live poultry, heavy springers 20@

21c; light springers 17c; heavy hens

23c; light hens 17@200; roosters 15c;

geese 15@18c; ducks 18@23c; turkeys

32c per pound.





POTATOES





Potato markets revived: slightly last -





week as shipments were of only nor-

mal volume and a steady demand was

reported\at consuming centers. The





movement from the eighteen leading‘





late shipping states is over 12,000 cars

behind last season to the same date.

Prices on northern sacked

whites are quoted at 800@$1.15 in the

leading markets, and 62@67c f. o. b.

shipping points.





' BEANS





‘The bean market advanced again

last week with the choice hand-picked

whites quoted at $8.15@8.25 per 100

100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan at the

close of the week. Red kidneys at the

close of the week were in about the

same notch, or around $8.25. Elevat-

ors have fair supplies but . farmers





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grocers are disposed to buy only from‘

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BUTTER -





The butter market regained its

stride last week and advances of one

to two cents per pound occurred at the

leading markets. Receipts declined

slightly while the demand broadened

as stocks of many distributors were al-

lowed to run low during the holiday

period. As a result, much larger with-

drawals from storage stocks were nec-

essary and the tension in the market

because of its strong statistical posi—

tion was increased.



Prices on 92-score fresh butter were

as follows: Chicago 520; New York

53c. In Detroit fresh creamery in

tubs sells for 48%@49c.





 





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Holsteins..—-January 24, Henney & Le-

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last week were not entirely discourag-





111g. No Special letdown in domestic, ' ‘





trade followed the holidays and indus-

trial activity has

Wool and- cotton mills appear to be





running at greater than a normal rate, .5





auto makers are starting the new year

at a faster pace than in December, the

steel mills are operating at eighty to

eighty-five per cent of capacity, or

about the same as during the last few

months. railroads are in the market





for large" quantities of new equipment, .





and freight car leadings for the last

week remitted upon set a new record

for the cgnes'ponding period.



The markets took the European





event's better than expected. Cottou'





reached a new high for the season,

wheat prices ignored the news to some

extent, and hug prices were well main-

tained.. Sterling exchange did not ev-

en shiver, but rose before the close of

the week almost to the highest point

reached in 1922. Apparently the feel-

ing is developing that there is a pros-

pect of some, kind of settlement of the

German Situation before many months

that will stick.





German marks plunged to a new low

of over 10,000 to a dollar. ,Total circu-

lation of marks is well over the tril-

lion mark and increasing ten to fifteen

per cent each week, but reduced to

dollars at current rates of exchange, a

trill-ion marks are only worth $100,;

000,000. This shows the difliculty Ger-

many has in making purchases of any

consequence of wheat, rye, cotton,

pork and lard in this country and of

making sizable payments on repara-

tions.





Another angle of great importance

is attracting some attention. German

bonds iSSued to pay 101 the war, most

of which were sold to German citizens,

are payable in maiks. While heavy

taxes have not been levied in Germany

the depreciation of the currency has

practically annihilated the value of

these War obligations and indirectly

the German people have been paying

rapidly for the war. If the paper cur-

rency is repudiated, or its valuation

greatly reduced, one or the other of

which appears inevitable, Germany

will emerge with its war debt practi-

cally paid by these kisses in values of

government bonds suffered by its citi-

zens, and, therefore, in position to

make reasonable payments on its rep—

arations obligations as soon as produc-

tive enterprise can be restored to

normal.





 





comma. 1.1V: stock sates.





Chester Whine—March 8,

der & Badimer, Vassar.





Alexan—





Poland Gilliam—February 1, Doris

Hover, Akron; February 17, Witt

Bros, Adrian; February 27, J. E.

Mygrants, St. Johns, February 28,

,Charles Wetzel & Sons, Ithaca;

Mgrch 1, Archie Ward, Brecken-

r1 ge





Shorthorns and 0.1. c.’s.~Jan-uary

-,23 at 1.00 p. 111., Claxton & Dieck,

Swartz Creek.





Poland Chinas.-February 16, E. J.

Mathewson, Burr Oak.



Dome-Jersey. —'January 24, Thos. Un-

der-hill & Son and Maple Hill Farms,

at Fair Grounds, Northville.





Poland Onions, Shorthorns,





one and Sheep—February 6, J. M

Hicks & Sons, Williamston, Mich.





Duroc-Jemy. “February 2 at 1: 001)

m, St. Joseph County Duroc Associ-

ation, Centervilie, J. W. Fletcher,

seeretary’. ,





ney, Goldwater,- Mich





Michigan

Shorthorn Breeders Association, at

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Easier to load. _ Only 36

inches to top of box—6. toflO

inches lower than others. To

prove what this means to you,

lift a forkful of heavy rotted

manure 36 inches high, and

then continue the lift from 6

to 10 inches higher.



Easier

Wheels 4 to 8 inches higher

than others.

much easier your horses pull

a high-wheel wagon than a

low-wheel truck. Load of ma-

nure moves back to beater on

apron which runs on 48 rollers.

It is not dragged back—this is

another horse-saving feature.





» A cm: Tribute to the

- John Deere Spreader





-In most agricultural sections more farmers use

John“ Deere Spreaders than any other make.

is a real tribute to this distinctive spreader.





JOHN DEERE SPREADER





TEE SPREADER. WITH m HEATER ON THE AXLE





Here are a few of the reasons for this preferencei





Does better work. Beater.

low to ground, does not throw

manure high in air—wind does

not cause drifting of manure.

Revolving rake—another pat-

ented feature -— prevents





bunching.

on the horses.





You know how





operate in oil bath.





farm.





1 ran—“son. FERTILIZIRS"-—a valuable book.

real hostile on farm manure: and other fertilizers. Full

of interesting and valuable inter-motion. To get this

book, and a bookletm on John Deere Spreader, address

John Deere, Molina!“





., and ask for Package MB- 422.





That





Lasts longer — no chains

‘—no clutches—no adjust-

ments—only about half the

part usually required. Beater

drive gears are enclosed——





You will know real manure-

spreader satisfaction with a

John Deere Spreader on your





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John Lcssiters’ Sons,





and





Consignors





H. E. Peters and Son, - Carland,



. McLachlan Brothers, Evart,

L.‘P. Otto, Charlotte,

L. C._Ke11y, Plymouth,

W. B. Kelly, Ypsilanti, ‘

Mich. Agr’l.‘Col-lege, East Lansing,

P. P. Pope, . ' Mt. Pleasant,

Robert Booth, Owosso,

F. S. Postal, Evart,

0. Hampton and Son, Leslie,



' . well and Wheatlake, . ' Big Rapids,



1 » R. W. Weinberg, Vicksburg,



' ‘ H. E. Hartwell, Williamston,





If you want good Smrtboms with fancy pedigrees.

DO NO'T MISS THIS OPFOR'TUNlTY

Now' is the time to buy.





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Write for Catalogue - .





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SHORTHORN

Midgg‘gionhom Breeders ASSBClallllll





SALE





M. A. C. East Lansing, Michigan

Friday, Febmary 2,1923





Show 9. 00 A. M. Sale 1’00 P. M.





l l Bulls





Clarkston, Michigan





Every animal guaranteed. Tuberculin tested and sold subject to





East Lansing, Michigan





- and Dixie Hi hway.





 





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WOLVERINE BABY CHlCKS





Are chicks that satisfy.





Bred for egg production 18 years. We hatched

and shipped chEicks for 12 years. This as'Sunes

you success uglish type white and brown

Leghorns 100* safe arrival guaranteed Write

for catalogue Its free





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ZEELAZD. MICH. R 2





from winter laying English S.C.W. Leg-

Eggs from yearling hens hatched





 





 





only. No pullet eggs used.

to make big profits, you will need my





stock. Write for prices. HUDSONVILLED





LEGHORN RANCH, Hudsonvillc, Mich.

BETTER BABY CHl CKS





, Toledo’ 5 largest hatchery. Known’

l for qualit All leading vaneties

hatched dzily. Complete catalog

, and prices. Both phones.

Minced-continental Mallory





5~ 1806 Superior St.. Toledo. Ohio

Or ier Your Baby Chicks Today





We (an supply you with chicks from carefully select-

ed stock of the following varieties; S. C. White Les-

borns. White Wyandotles. R. C. Rhodas Island Reds.

Foreman Strain Barred Plymouth Roe



THE MILAN HAT CHERY, ksMrllan. Mich





B A B Y C H l C K S

We hatch leading varieties of Standard- Bred

vigorous heavy laying stock. Postage paid.

Live arrival guaranteed. Send for our prices.

open dates and large illustrated catalogue





free. Write today.

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Attention. Northern Michigan Breeders!





.C. White Leghorns





Eggs :1. 00 per 5.86. 00 per 100. Orders filled as book-

ed. High fertility and satisfaction guaranteed.

W. G. PARKER Charlevoix Mich.





Barred Plymouth Rock RSNfifofilfaiinogé’ffi’in. “W

M, Union City Mich





RHODE IS LAND WHITES





win over all breeds at the egglaying contest. BOeggs

85; 00 88; 100 $15 order from this ad. Some chickn_

H. H. JUAP R. 5, Jackson Mich





S. C. White Leghorns





Cocks and Cockerels

RALPH S TOTTEN. Pittsford, Mich





Swlrong, Vigorous Chicks “‘1 H A T 0 H I N G





EGGS S. C. Anconns.

Whi be and Brown Legholns. Postpaid Safe arrival.

Also pullets. and breeding stock Catalogue free





Ottawa Hatcherx and Poultxy Farm. Holland, Mich





Bred- To-L'ay WhiteWyandottes





Special sale of cockerels from 200 egg hens for S.” ()0

if taken early VERGREEN POUL'l RY FARM,

Blanding & Sons. Greenville. Mic.h





BABY CHICKS from good selected Bhesazgy





' laying flo( ks of'l

White Leghorns. Sheffard Am ones and Buried

Rocks. SUMMIT HATC ERY. Byron Center Mich





White Leghorn BABY CHICKS of supexior qual-





it). from our own breeding ens

cxclusitely. Safe arrival guaranteed. (‘ ircular roe

THE MARION HAT‘CHI‘R R.Y .6, Marion Ohio





 





 





 





 





 





 





XHICKS from good selected heavy laying flocks of

( IS. L‘ Bufl' Legh orns. We keep Just the one breed.

“'illard Webster. Bath Mich.





Smgle Comb B‘Mk Mlnorcas Few choice





Rm kerels. grandsons of our 12.

lb. cock. .W MILLS Saline. Mich.





Write for circular.





 





 





8 id Sale of R. C. Br. Leghorn c'kr'ls.’frnm win

we ners at Mad. 8 State Fairs. 81.50 to

$3.00 each. Mrs. Clau in Betts. Hillsdale. Mich.





White Wyandotte 53931:: Litmus“

HOWARD GRANT IVlarshall. Mich.

100. .000 chix 120 up 20 pure bred certified egg- -tested





exhibition varieties. Hatching eggs. Catalogue.

Beokman Hatchery. 26E. Lyon, Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





 





Mammoth Bronze hen and tom tur

For sale keys. Registered English Berkshire

cows from six mos. to 2 yrs of age.

Drakes. Rob‘ 1: P. Reavex & Son R. 1,





Giant BOurbon Red Turke‘





from heavy loving strains. I«I‘lxthin abut purebred

oc.k ERNEST E. Hillmun. .\'.li(ih





Vl 11“ t

Bourbon Bed Turkeys 133.1. 12?, £32,, 2?” m"

SMI'J H BROS. R 3. Augusta. Mich





HOGS





’ spring boars and bred gilts from

HamPShu'e‘...) 9" sows to select from. Place your

order now or you“; mm be too late. 10th ear:



JOHN SNYDER. 11.4 Bufivhns. Mich.





Bred slits $20. 825; bred cows :30.

HamPShire& 3'30 ”Guarantee safe delivery. reg-

istered free .LUCKHARD, Bach. Mich.





SHEEP





Kope-Kon Farms

Offers the best in yearling Shro shires

of course. Also choice of the st'lo't





of Ram Lambs you will see this year.

Follow M 29.





S.L.Wing, *Coildwater,Mich.





800 3121113 owns

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Telegraph address. llrr-kuooll.

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