VOL. CLx; ANS. 4"". Number 4237 'lllllllllllllllllll'll in Hill”: l!|llHillllllllll'llllllllll 1munflayywmmuwum IIIH lilllllllllllllllllllllLllllllHl |llIInlHHHllillllllHHIIHIHIIIIHII minim”’lllllllfllllll‘flllllflmlINIHIHHIIHHMU‘llilllfillllllilliEHlillIHHHIllllllllllllllliINlllllllllliiilllllllllllllllllllllllll | TIHHHHIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllilllllllihlHllllllé'IHHIELIth—IIHIinlllllllllllIHIHHLEILII- IFE has numerous L roads, many high- ways and 'byways, ,many crooks and turns, that the way is often confusing. We go blindly at time-s, at others we see the clear road, but often we think we see the way clear but only find a mirage at the end. Only too often we do not know whether we are on the road of Construction or the one of Destruction. We don’t know where we are going, but we are on our way. And why do we find ourselves amidst such perplexities and confusions? We cer- tainly do not choose them. 5 But do we not choose the conditions which bring them about? “Do not all of us have the strong desire to hobnob at times with destructive forces? Do we not all have impulses which makeuus want to court ,evil?' And is it not because we compromise with these things that wecome to confusion and perplexi- ties? Yes, these things are so, for they are part of life and it takes foresight, judg- .. ll!|5m!fIll[lilllIllllllllliIt1IllItlIlllllllHMlll”H|lIll“iiillIllllilllllHllHllHHllllIIllllllll llIIllllllmlllllllllIIIIIIIHIHIHIN DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1923 IlllllllllilllIIIIIIHIIIIIIHllllllll!lllllll|lll|lllIIIIIIIHHIIIIHIIIlllllllllllI"HlllllllllllliilllllllllllllIIHilllllll"III”HlllllliIHINIHHII|lIllllIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllNIllHillllllllllllIlllllllllllllllIllllllllll mmmnnumuunnnmm illIllIllIlllllHllllllllllllllllmillHilllllllllllmlllIlIllllllIlllllH!llllllll||\\\\\‘ _l|lhlHIIHHII'llItI!llllillllllllIHHHH5Illllll|IHillIIllllIlIII|IlIllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllIIHIIIIIIHHi”ll!I“I"lllllllflmflllllllllllllll|Ill|lI"llII|HIlllllllllllllHIllllllllllllllllllllll Whither Are We Going? ment and determination to ignore these factors in life. And so it is in all the activities of life. In farming we all know the way. “’0 know that better bred cattle means more bread for us, and that the judicious use of fer- tilizer will bring with certainty increased returns in the pocket book. But, we suffer with ennui because we do not know these things c0nvincingly enough to stir us to action. And, therefore, we worry along because. we find it easy to compromise with what we know are not good agricul- tural practices. It takes a new and more convincing presentation of facts, in other words, it takes education, to stir us into enough action to break away from this compromising attitude. ‘Our civilization is involved in a. race be- tween education and catastrophe‘and in . , ”WV/2;,“ we» lllllllllllIIHIIIIIIIIHIIMIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"!IIIIIIIIIHIIHINIIHIIIIIHIllllllllllllllllililllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllillllllllllllllllIllllllll||\\\“J this farming has an im- portant part. Agricul— ture is the balance wheel of civilization as well as the feeder of the people. Unappre- ciated, like the mother is often unappre- ciated by her children, it nevertheless keeps civilization from going headlong into destruction. Agriculture produces sturdy humans, - many of whom go forth in the world to re- place those who the rush and rankling of the city has worn out. It is necessary that farming remain steadfast in its fundamental goodness and in demanding its just award. As each of us become more proficient in our agricultural and business practices we add to the influence of civilization’s bal- ance wheel. If we will all wake up and learn to raise such farm products that pay, as are shown above, we can. feel sure that catastrophe will lose out in the race, and that civilization will remain sound. rm: u‘” :1 ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS “.00 81.00 . .c ".1 r.” u .-,A,», llllllllllllllllllllllllllIl||l||l|lm|”infill“! 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If you are not delighted with your bargain return cheerfully refunded. the goods and your money will be ORDER. NOW. $123 Classy stitch -down Oxford for women. Wonderfully comfort- able an d stylish. . ~ tippers of dark ma- V ”1 I hogany leather. New Wool uW rated Pollyanna slimmer, two 10! Smooth leather in. $|.98. Choice of all colors. 30135, Flex‘lble Marvelous bargain in women’s and misst-s' all wool stitched-down oak worsted knit slip-over, the very latest thing in smart Spring and Summer wear. (‘an be worn over a waist or with watchable collars and cuffs. Comes in Misses sizes 14 20 and women's 34 to 44, two for SIAM. (‘hoico oi' the following colors: Order Orchid b No. I8E8205: Bull. No. l8E6206; Brown. No. [8 6287: Jade. No. I8E6208: Navy. No. ”£6209. Send no money. Pay Sl.98 and postage on arrival. 9 women SCI outsolos. Low rut}; ° her heels. Size 2 BlaCk Kl to 8. Wide widths. Order by No. IBA 268. Send no money. Pay only Si.” and postage on arrival. Order similar style Patent Leather by No. IMZM. Pay $2.48 and postage on arrival. (lium toes with pretty imitation perforated tips, 80ft Kid Slipper llil' perforation around Black 0113""... vamp. and on lat-e stays. $ I I9 Hi-Cut * Send for this hand- some rich black kid skin shoe. Note the me- \'ery popular model and really a sensational bar- gain now. Durable, flexi— ble soles. Sizes 2‘75 to 8. Wide widths. Give size. Always Mention Size Stylish strap model round toe. Cushion Solid oak leather Sizes 2% . Wide widths. Order black by No. l8A228. Order brown by No. l8A229. Send no money. Pay “.49 and postage on arrival. Soft kid slipper. Medium rubber heels. leather with two buttons. Medium A bargain at our slashed price. Order kid by No. l8Al'22. Pay $2.29 and postage on arrival. Women’s Patent Leath- er Brown Calf Finish Oxfords Women’s Felt Moccasins .. 98c Trimmed Fine grade wool felt wiiu combination insert of fanm. Sizes 3 m 8. Order American Beauty by No. l8A389. Order Blue by No. l8A390. Order Lavender by No. l8A39l. Send no money. Pay 98c tor any color. state Size. Strong Comfort Work Shoefor Men Si ate:Size Size 2% to 8, wide Widths. in black patent leather or Brown L‘alfwa. stunning one—strap model with imitation shield Lip medallion. effectively perforated. Has medium rubber heel. Order Patent by No. ISA72. $i.98. irder brown by No. l8A73. Send no money. Pr} sud and postage on arrival. One-Buckle Order your pair quick-while this bargain odor lute. Wonderhll .work shoe for men. Has-eon. strong uppers that resist barnyard acida Solid leather in- soles. All seams stitched with waxed thread. Stmns leather soles. Wide widths. Sizes 6 to 11. Order roof top Genuine Heavy cashmeiette, snowp . gum rubber bottoms; with heavy single soles; fall fleece lined: sizes for all the family. Order Mlues' sizes. ll Order Women’s sizes.» .to 2. by No. IBA970. Price 991:. Order Youths' 8A969. Price SI . l9. o 2% to 8. by No. l . 9 to l3'/z. by No. IBA968. Price $I.l9. Order by No. l8A758. Send no money._ Pay [.98 and sizes. l to 5%. by No. l8A967. Price SL29- postago on arrival. Order boya’ sizes. I to 5'/: b! M0“'$.slzes. 6 to l2. by No. l8A953- Price l8A554.. Price $l.89. Order little ponts’ sizes ” No. . “.39. Pay Bargain Price and Postage on arrival. 9 to I3‘/2 by No. NA 55. -' ”P'- ' . ' ” * on m;-~Mnfi l tummy sam,cobn, mergfia SH .."Afllj0rders Frat-ti'l'li‘iawi'l’agepire‘d to . 1 ' ' prices going up everywhere else. ' the heart out of prices and oilersyou here the biz- geet values you have ever seen. bargain Jud ' a real money-met. piomt yourself for the future. Women’s Patent’ Prloo' $1.19 _ and not?!" > . :‘;...‘i."'l ‘4_ '..“_~ Pay On Arrival Sharood leads again in the Bargain ‘World with Sharood has out. Every item; a 3 Order now Jud" Gun-Metal or Calf F iniohed . Leather ' Words $12 Women's black patent leather oxford, with imitation shield tip and medallion, performed. vamp. imitation circular faxing. and lace stay perforated. Medium rubber heel and medium narrow toe, sizes 21.5 to 8. Order patent leather by No. NA“. Order similar style in gunmotal by No. l8A69. Order similar style In brown oali‘ finish by No. lilA7o. Sond- no money. Pay SL9!) and postage on arrival. Men’s Dress Shoes A Big Value at State .Sizel . oxfords in Have medium toes. dress shoes or mahogany aalf-flnished leather. M e n ’ e Frenchme perforated. oak soles and rubber heels. Perforated on vamp and eyelet stay. Sensational values. Sizes 6 to 11 wide widths. Oxfords No. IBA658. Boot No. I8A660. Send no money. Pay $2.98 and postage on arrival for either style. State sizes. Smashing Bargains in Men’s Hip Boots Don't fall to make this big saving on Men’s pure gum hip boots: friction lined: heavy corrugated sole and heel; guaranteed first anality. Made of the very best rubber. Usually re- tails at $5. Be sure to order your_ pair while this great sav- ing offer lasts. Sizes 4 to 14. Wide widths. No half sizes. Order by l8A949. . Sen e on arrival. Send no money. Pay $2.88 and WM ' ' ' ifig‘lfiii‘ 5 . ‘ postage on or- .in¢ line to ‘ Note how the No. 10 money. Pay $2.98 and pos- t 8 ate size want- , ed. 0 tier alml- ‘ I" this in knee . ~ boot sizes 7 to l2 by Hi “Stylish 1 Stout” “Garhrbne'v' .'[ brass I Women' or . large We will . no in t h l. I ' n e w model their ideal dress. Planned waive long slender- stout figures. collar reveres a‘ n d panels carry a 11 ii the long enact. Note. too. the attractive em— b ro i d e z y on sleeves, veetoe and panels. The mil—material belt ties at bank. Sizes 39 to 53. Order Navy. by No. ”£5470. 54 . Brown by No. taE5472. Send no money. Pay $3.98 and postage on arrival. State size. ‘ Men’s Four-Buckle 1: i All, ' Rubber ARCTICS Order Quick. Guaranteed best quality all _ rubber 4-buckle in. ' cut arctic for men. Made with double thick soles and seams reinforced. Snow—excluding tongue. Furnished in men’s sizes 6 to 13. Wide'widths. Sensational value. Send quick. Order by No. 18A990. Send no money. Pay $2.48 and postage on arrival. State size. Women’s Warm Fleece Lined Comfort . Shoes You’ll never get cold feet in these splendid kid-fin- ished comfort 5 h o e s . Uppei‘s are warm, thick, cream-fleece 1m- ed. Splendid nat- ural oak soles; low rubber heels. Roomy. comfort last, built in Wide widths. Sizes 2% to 8. " Be sure to mention \ . size; 893. Send no .money. iPly e on- arrival. Money ._ .Qtder by No. dIEA . an ._ ”I- . .Z' . ~.. xx .- ‘. Reed, of Missouri, DVQTED. 5 s ’ . . MiCHIGAN VOLUME 01.x. . em; ~:.; fiWEEKLY Vpu‘eusfl MICHIGAN SECTION / do; ESTABLIS A Practical Journal for the Rural Family HE CAPPER FARM PRESS QUALITY ;. RELIABILITY SERVICE NUMBER FOK‘ R O Market Quality of Michigan A/Iflougfl MIIcfl Can Be QIIa/Ity of MIcflIgIIII Spuds II .RECENT study of the potato sit- nation (in the Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland markets has brought out some interesting facts as to the comparative value- of Michigan stock and those potatoes from other sources This study was for the purpose of de- termining market demands and their relation to the deveIopment or pro- duction'in Michigan] along the right lines ‘and to-find out why Michigan potatoes of this season’s crop were quoted at lower prices than potatoes from certain other states. A On the Cleveland market, December 15, Michigan'potatoes were quoted at $1. 50_ to $1 65 per 150- pound sack; New York potatoes $2. 00; Ohio potatoes $1. 75. , At Pittsburgh, Michigan pota- toes was quoted at $1. 50 to $1. 60; Pennsylvania, $1. 75@1. 90, and New York, §175 to $1. 80. Michigan pota— toes were then dismiminated against to the extent of thlity to thirty-five cents per 150- pound sack. The condi- tion on January 5 was more marked between Michigan and New Y,ork Michigan being quoted at $1.40 and New York $1.95, and the New York offers being accepted. On'account of the dark color and poor market quality of Michigan po- tatoes on the Cleveland market, Michv igan potatoes sell at a disadvantage. The consumers there have been edu- cated to use a white potato of more attractive appearance and better mar- ket quality, even at a sacrifice of the better eating quality which the Mich- igan potato possesses. The bulk of stock used on the market at this time comes from 'Michigan and New York, BENCH troops are now occupying the Ruhr Valley, Germany’s great- est industrial center'.» American troops are coming home from the Rhine. ‘ Thus, after four years Europe is face to face with a situation which diplo- matic fencing has failed to avoid..- WithdraWal of American troops is being variously interpreted. It need not be. The United States govern- ment is determined to keep hands-off, and it is the part of wisdom that it . . should. American soldiers have had no busi- ness on the Rhine for months. Prior to their withdrawal the senate asked that. they come home. Their presence in an area aptly described by Senator "as a .“hell~pot” would mean that eventually the Unit- \ed States would be involved in the trouble over there. Neither” the government In» the 7 Alderman people care to shed. more cricanI blood » - a’ time when the Presi- With some from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho and Colorado. Some of the chief reasons why the Michigan potatoes are at a disadvan- tage on the Cleveland market is due to the large amount of potatoes of poor market quality. This is shown by a lack of uniformity of stock, variation between cars, and often between sacks in the same car. Eating Quality of Michigan Potatoes. The cooking quality of Michigan po- tatoes was generally agreed to excel or equal. any .except the quality._of those coming from the Virginia east shore, Long Jsland, Colorado and Ida. ho. The advantage due to better eat- ing quality is/largely lost because of the poor market quality of much of tfle Best. By]. ”7. the Michigan stock, a situation which can be remedied- before shipment greatly to the Michigan potato grow- ers’ advantage. W’ith more careful gIading, Michigan potatoes could bring the top prices offered by the market. Better Grading Movement Necessary. Grading of the different lots of po- tatoes showed that much can be done along this (line. Samples examined in the warehouses showed that from eight to 36 per cent of the potatoes should have been left on the farms and fed to the live stock of Michigan. An average of twenty-five per cent of the weight of potatoes examined belonged to this class. The chief offenders were the under—sized and the over-sized rough, deep-eyed, peanut-shaped, point- The BestPlace to Grade Potatoes is in further American moves are now con- templated.. Europe will recover its sanity some day. America hopes soon. When it dges the United States will be ready to lend a helping hand. Partisanship Being Forgotten. ' Senators and congressmen, both re- publican and democratic, have forgot- ten factional differences during the European crisis. This is "a hopeful sign. Loud talking will do no good, ' but will do much harm. Thisis a time when not only legislators and other public serVants, but the individual eit- izen, must take care not to aggravate the situation. They must remember that “words better unsaid may come back to grieve us when we think them dead. ” England Will Pay Its Debts. The British Debt Funding Commis- sion in Washington, negotiating with Wthe American commission on the allied loans, makes the positivepromise that England will pay itsfd'ebts.‘ This is cheerful news to the over- burdened farmer and the other tax-1' payers. Every dollar of principal and j interest paid .hy England on this debt 9. corresponding reduction eta. the Field. Injured, or Sun- Small, burned Tubers Should be Kept on the Farm. Cappcr’s Washington Letter without permitting details of the offer to reach the war department. Earlier in his administration he di- rected that no surplus guns be sold to dollar in the amount of taxes congress must assess to meet the obligated and current expenses of the government. Terms of the payment have not been agreed upon. It may be that congress will have to amend the law in order that greater leniency can be given in the method ‘of, payment. There should be no objection to this. The important 'question is that the debt will be paid. 'If assurance can be gotten, at some future time, that France and Russia and Italy and Belgium will also pay, there can be hope for a substantial re- duction in the burden of taxation. Buyers of Liberty Bonds gladly con- sented to loaning this money to the allied nations. At no time did they regard it as a gift. Now, after four years, they are even less inclined to do so. ‘ ‘ ‘ President Contributes to World Peace. dent Harding to the cause of world peace has just come to light. Informed by the state department that a European nation wanted to buy 600, 000 surplus army rifles the Presi- dent promptly vetoed the proposal A, significant contribution by Presi-. Potatoes Done to Improve Metfloa’s of Hand/mg, Me EIIIIIIg ”/ 651072 ed, sunburned and scabby potatoes, a. majority of which would find their way into the garbage can rather than onto the consumeis’ table. There were al- together too many mechanically injur- ed and fork—pricked tubers that show- ed yellow, blue or green mold, which would cause considerable loss in prep- aration for eating. The appearance 01' the potatoes was very much affected by this moldy con- dition. This comes probably as a re- sult of poor ventilation in the storage places at point of origin, or during transit. Whatever the cause may have been, the effect was to give the potato a dark and unattractive appearance. The had lots hurt sales of good stock from Michigan. Another complaint was the time it took to get a car of potatoes from Michigan shipping points to the Cleve-. land market, often consuming five days to two weeks in transit. The frosted potatoes are not. giving much trouble at this time but had been a serious question during N0vember and December. The hollow—heart was more pronounced in the large pota- toes. IL was the opinion of Mr. Ray C. Bish, bureau of markets representa- tive at Cleveland, that their inspection service showed more, hollowheart in potatoes 110m Michigan, Wisconsin and Maine than in potatoes from New York. More caieiul glading to elimi- nate the over-sized potatoes at point of origin would undoubtedly reduce the percentage of hollow heart in the Michigan potatoes. (Continued on page 105). individuals or companies. Mr. Harding announces that as long as he is President the United States will never permit the sale of guns with which man can kill his fellow man. With a single word the President strikes at the root of the evil of world conditions. Since time immemorial ease with which men and nations could obtain munitions has caused in- ‘ dividual and national bloodshed. He deserves the plaudits of the Christian world. Some day greedy munitions makers will be stopped. Then a real period of “peace on earth, good will to man” will come. ' This government. and other govern- ments can and should take note of“ what the President has done. Out of this example may come a. sure-enough , move towards international disarma- Ident. a..é.e.»..‘ ‘ V - .- '. we: was“ ”is“ « amuse ~muz- .1 L- 1 ‘. I . . ....~wu:amvmw‘wr usr .WAImea—e . a.“ "- 4-4....“ I”... . w . I... In. it»... w.— A. _ gwx..s ;«, Max... '3‘,“ ' '1 . . ‘élbllm Weekly mum 1843 Copyright 192 > The Lawrence PublishingCo. m2 IAFnyotte Boulevard . Detroit. Ionian Editors and Proprietors TELEPHONE Cumin! ~ Inn A surges assess ... s. at St. ‘ ND OFFICE-NH l 1013 Oregon Ave” N E §EL¥IYEII3fiLPHI A OFFICE- 2011263 Baum Third 81.. ARTHUR CAPPER ........... Preslaen MARCO OMOR ROW ...... m-‘Prulden!’ PAUL NLIIWBJEI NOE“ ................. Vice-President *F. ILN _.-......---.Seeretar! 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Many men are kept from making a success by the necessity for making dollars. , to be warmed either by the cow or by you. If the cow warms it, it takes food; if you warm it, it takes wood. If food is cheaper than wood let the cow do it. ‘ EVENTY per cent, or more of the . T,he farmers of Michigan Drmnage are interested direct- Problem ly in the question of drainage. One-third of the improved land in our farms, or four and one-half million tilled acres, .is in need of artificial means for car- rying away surplus moisture. Water control is the one big factor in crop production. Many of the haz- ards in growing cereals, and hoed- cropsin particular, are reduced, or re— moved, through tile drains. By them the farmer’s labor problem is simpli- fied while yields are increased. Since lower costs and higher production is the basis of all successful businesses, it seems then to us at least, that here is one factor which should be given the closest consideration by the farm- er and by those who are seeking to aid in the solution of practical farm economies How will tile drains cut costs? They' enable the farmer to start the plow a week or ten days earlier in the spring. Often the man working drained soil will have his ‘crop in before the neigh- bor can get upon his wet ,fields. Cul- tural ‘work is done easier and better, and with larger units of labor-saving farm machinery. Cat-holes, low plac- es, dead-furrows and open ditches are ~ largely done away with, to the eco- nomic advantage of both man and horse labor and of the machinery. Drains also improve crop produc- tion. Often they enable the farmer to adopt a. better rotation of crops—one more suited to his soil and climate and to. his local markets. Furthermore; " with the water under better control, the farnier can stick closer to the ro-‘ tation chosen. Tiledrained land warms ' up more quickly in the spring. giving ‘ the ficrop a longer season in which to a grow A finer seed-bed also insures a ., W} ‘ will Roots, 1311118 (18899? a tne more! open soils resulting- . good drainage and, therefore, get more ‘ more W1ect stand, and an earlier, un- ‘ plant 10011,,an a larger supply of available moisture, have the; benefit V' of more 13011 protection in periods of drought, and are favored with a larger volume .of air which aids helpful bac- teria to prepare plant food. Now, made not want to be under- ‘ stood to criticize the culling of poultry flocks, the testing of cows, the clear- ing of land, the surveying of the state' s agricultural possibilities. These services strike at the very root of evils in our agricultural practices. But we venture to say that the full realiza- tion of: any one of these other advan- tages would fall far below the results that would accrue to the farmers of the state by the establishment of good tile drains where they are needed. ‘ We merely suggest, therefore, this question, “Why not a drainage demon- stration train?” ICHIGAN, t h a 1: state unpreten- .The tentiously sticking up P’Oneer in the waters of the Road State great lakes, has in many ways beenafac‘ tor in things that have had a nation- wide influence. For instance, it is the birthplace of the republican party; it started the first rural free mail deliv- ery route; it is where the cow-testing association was born; it had the first state agricultural college, and it has been the starter, and still leads in many other things. But in another way this state has added to its accom- plishments. Years ago automobile springs were , ' poor and the roads were rough, and, The water you give your cattle has - . therefOre, the going tough. But now the springs spring, and we have taken the kink out of the roads so that they are better than the sidewalks used to be. And we ride with the ease, speed and comfort that the Court of King Arthur would envy and the Sultan of Zulu knows nothing about. For all this Michigan is responsible. For here was perfected the auto and its. springs. And, also, here was made the first automobile “sidewalk," the popular concrete road of today. In 1909 the Wayne county road commis- sioners ‘ in cooperation with “Good Roads” Earle, then state highway 'com— missioner, built one mile of the world’s first concrete road, and incidentally made the greatest advancement since ,Telford and MacAdam gave the world their methods of road building. This road was on Woodward avenue, De- troit, near the State Fair .Grounds, and was so well built that it was still very good for traveling after thirteen years of service. In 1922 it was pulled up to be replaced by a larger road. Many farmers will recall the. «good roads discussions in the old farmers’ institutes. These discussions were a part of the pioneering of thepresent‘ method of road building. Michigan, both rural and urban, can consider it as her accomplishment that she put the world on wheels and/then gave the wheels a good place to go. She has done much to make om neighborhoods larger and broaden our individual fields of activity. HERE is. cause Palate N at ‘ t o r en‘eoumgé' he ment to the farmer in t the fact that public Source sentiment is rapidly turning in his favor. Every cloud has its silver‘ lining, and the silver lining of the dark clouds that have been hovering over the farmer, is beginning. to show up in the concern of city people f01 his welfare Why this concern? ‘ The curtailed- buying power. of the farmer is being seriously felt by .bllfllr ness in general, and the attention of the public is being focnseo upon his problems to a, mum r extent ' economical ..importance of the farm in the life of the nation. For“ example, an investigation recently made in one of our leading large cities ‘ disclosed the fact that eighty-fiVe per. cent or its successful business men came di- rectly from the country, and ninety- eight pel cent of them sprang either ffim the country or from country-bred parentage. With" these facts in view, it is evi- dent that the rapid rise of the city has been due to a source of human supply that is laden with vitality and'ideals‘ such as the quiet, healthful life of the open country only can instill. People who are concerned for the future wel- fare of their cities are realizing that their city’s progress and prosperity, in fact, the very life of the city eventu- ally, depends upon a satisfying con- tented country life. They are, there- fore, seeing that the source of their supply of vitality must be kept pure and wholesome, and in order to keep it so there must be a degree of pros- perity in the open country that will attract and hold to the farms a high type of American citizen. THE tourist travel- Be ing over the state today finds a great Courteous many things to en- Always gage his attention. Among them are the numerous kinds and designs of sign boaids and signs at the limits of towns and villages. City fathers have taxed their wits to put in few words and big letteis the thing which their town wished most to say to the world in 11 ans1t As we enter one town we ale ad- monished to “Drive Slow,” another says, “What’s Your Hurry,” another with a show of civic pride reads thus; “Watch Us Grow,” and still another in commanding style fairly shouts at us, “Observe The Law.” Entering a neat little village over toward the eastern side of the state recently we read the name ofAhe town on an attractive Sign. board and beneath it just these words, “Be Courteous.” That sounded friend- ly and naturally we warmed up toward ‘ the little place. Perhaps little more would have come of it had not our vis- ion the following moment been aflixed by the old familiar expression, "Safety First.” » Instantly the meaning of these two m’axims presented itself in contrast, the former appealing to us to think of others, the latter warning us to take care of ourselves. I thought how typ- ically American that “Safety First” sign, and how perfectly it seemed to fit us, but how thoughts of self, thoughts constantly turned are responsible for{ much of the misery and suffering in the world today. ' To be Conrteous we must turn the" flow of our thoughts outward, away from ourselves and toward others, and there is great need today for just that thing. Kindness and consideration to- ward others makes happy homes, de— lightful business relations, and many friends. Genuine “Courtesy” in soci- ety, in business, in politics, in interna-E tional affairs, is what the world needs to redeem it from the plightlin which selfishness and greed are causing it to flounder. HE other day 1 we - ‘ got a letter from Hwh a reader, a farmer, brow too, which said that Words farmers raised roost- ers instead of cocks, and cockeiels, and trimmed trees in- stead of pruning them. He inferred that many the words cocks, cockerels and prun- ing meant are leading to ‘ “'V'estigations that are or shedding a great deal of light upon the *‘ inward" farmers did not know what - No- one has a complete knowledge of: word's expressed ~befor I cher new' words come with new activities Tile . automobile and aviation industries “ have in themselves brought many new words. While it is impossible for any of us to keep strictly up to date on lan- guage, we feel sure that most farmers - know that prunes and pruning need not necessarily refer to the same thing, and that a cockerel is not an in- sect but a young rooster. Also, from personal experience, we believe many farmers, as well as many city folks, know that people can be trimmed as well as trees. The chief difference between the trimming of trees and people is that one is beneficial to the common good, while the other is not. Now, it is hardly ‘pOssi‘ble far all of us to be high-brow enough to know that aqua pura is not a disease but means just plain water; that an allium cepa. would bring tears to your eyes if it is cut, because .it is an onion, and hat Solanum tuberosums are a,drhg on the market and for that reason many farmers are feeding potatoes to" their stock. But really, it doesn’t make any difference if we prune or trim, or cull roosters or cocks and cockerels, as long as we do them in accordance with the best knowledge available. Taléz'fl ’ ALKIN’ is the human beins’ most convenient way of makin’ a noise. It is also the hardest way of lettin’ folks know what you mean. . For inst., I kin say, “I am .dry,” and right away most fellbws will pull out from their hip pockets a bottle of forty per cent foolish water. If ’I say it where there is old maids they will say, “Just a. minute, I will get you a cup of tea.” When all I mean is that I did not get wet ’cause I carried. a um‘ brella. A lawyer kin make what you say mean anything he wants itto, even if it is hard for you to make other folks know what you are talkin’ about. There is a say-f in’ that “still wa- ters run deep," which ain’t got nothin’ to do with the makin’ of dev- il water. It means that some folks make a lotta noise with their mouths, what usually don’t mean much, ’cept that maybe they is entertainin’nyou with a lotta tongue music which ain’t entertainin’. Talkin’ is more satisfyin’ to the one what’s ‘doin it than‘ it is to the one what he is doin’ it to. To be a good listener is to look pleasant while you are havin’ your ears grated. ' ‘ ‘Talk'ln’ may be easy, but it ain’t al- ways convenient. For inst., a China- man , and a negro could talk to each other all day and not hear nothin’ but noise. Lots a times, two what is talk- in’ English kin do the same, thing and .get the same result. \ . Moshuns is more universal than lan- guige, ’cause the beggar of Bagdad kin let the Merchant of Venice know what he means .by his moshuns. Girls know the language of the eyes is more eflishunt than the languige of the mouth. ~ Older women forget how. ‘ to use that languige, but the older men? never forget to understandfit. , When folks don’t say much, what they say means more. When you sup ply the market with more talk than can be consumed tit che'apens itself? That’s wby so many talks .33}? "talk is cheap.” 1 “think rye said, about a‘ nickei's rth 11 cad 811 flu. Faith is Fzrmly Ink/d by Sanilac County Farmer: HE recent depression in agricul- l ture has not ruined. the faith of ‘the' farmers of Sanilac county, as has been shown by the amount of tile drainage that has been installed this year. The Extension Service of the Mich~ igan Agricultural College, in conjunc' ltion 'with the "Sanilac County Farm Bureau, started a drainage campaign last fall by holding meetings at Brown City, Marlette, Peck, Croswell, San- .A dusky, and other paints in the county. ' Using the Tractor to Fill Trenches. " At these meetings the benefits of drainage were explained fully by Mr. 0. E. Robey, drainage specialist of the Michigan Agricultural College, and the names taken of all the farmers who were interested in drainage, or who had drianage problems that they could not'solve themselves. A plan was also outlined whereby a farmer could have his farm surveyed and a system installed at a compara- tively low figure, but, the farmer in re- turn was to allow his plot to be used for demonstration purposes, one dem- onstration to be held while the ma- chine was at work and others at in- tervals during the season following. A large number of farmers availed themselves of this opportunity and Mr. Robesr was busy most of the summer surveying these farms and determin- . ing the best system to install. To date there have been several hundred acres drained and, in addition, several farm- ers have stated that they would drain next year. ' 0n the farm of Mr. W. W. Frey, of Brown City, twenty-two acres of land were tile-drained. Although these twen- ty-two’ acres produced ninety-five loads of alfalfa hay last year, the owner feared severe heaving as this land is a. heavy clay and slightly soggy. In this system a six-inch main was placed par- allel to an open county drain and the four-inch laterals, which were four rods apart were connected to the mains. Although only twenty-two acres of this 120-acre farm was in- stalled, it was planned so that the rest of the farm could be drained by hook- ing onto the part already put in. The farmers who have drained and the agricultural departments of the Brown City, Sandusky, and Croswell High Schools are cooperating with the Michigan Agricultural College, in se- By A. J. B‘eu curing data relative to the depth and distance apart the drains should be placed. In Michigan it has been cus- tomary to place the tile lines two and one-half feet deep and four rods apart, but in other sections of the country it has been thought that lines fifty feet apart give much better satisfac- tion. It is to determine this that these experiments are being run. The students of the agricultural de- partments will collect the data and record it on blanks furnished by the college, and then turn it in to the in- structor in agriculture. He, in turn, will send it to the college where it will be graphed. This graph will show con- clusively the condition of the soil at the drains and at stated intervals away from-the drain as well as under simi- lar conditions on undrained land. It is planned in the future to keep . records of the yields, time of sowing, and time and seed required to replant because of too much moisture, and compare them with the data received for the last five years. Signs will be placed on the plots and tours will be made occasionally so that the public will be able to see the benefits ob- '. tained. Sanilac county is rapidly becoming one of the leading agricultural coun- ties of Michigan. _> Although it stands tenth in total land area, according to the fourteenth Michigan census, it stands first in total number of beef cattle, first in total value of dairy This Machine Digs Ten Feet Every Minute. ‘ cattle, first in total number of dairy cattle, second in total value of crops, third in the total milk production, third in the total value of. all domestic animals, and ninth in to- tal value of land and buildings. It is, ,however, just beginning to wake up to the fact that the land must be drained before they can realize the most from the labor and money expended. In many cases the drainage pays for it,- self in one year and never fails to pay for itself in from three to five years, and from there on the. proceeds are clear profit. Where needed the up-to-date farmer can not find a surer investment than drainage. The next few years should see Sanilac county competing With the ’ l'eadenfor first place in all branches of agricultural. production. OPEN OITCH N 7 '1 I V' A 7‘ .l'i, ; ; H." .1 - ' .lll' : 1:2/1’ Ill-H g ' ' , .4' 7 ”A“ i I ll... '.'-.. """‘f""°'"‘".""“"'— ""‘"'"" :c .fL-J‘JL :1 12:". :. '2. '2. 2. “:13: r: I -:.“-=..::J':::::a 2:: T...- 1...: L“ giegglfl'fiuiwf" gm Haw *1 lines -‘:mcme -o Jinn-fen flow 1m 6741/: 2:705; «Teller! Log/o 0.3- 1 'Lefinls on change lit-Mon 7 Montgomeryward a e. 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(Mail this con- ' pen to the house nearest you. ) Please mail me my free 00W of Montgomery Ward’s complete Worm-I'm: Ff: .' . ".oo-«T‘ M ining German Potash Healthy Crops It has long been known that Ger- man Potash Salts prevented cer- tain great plant diseases, y increased the quantity and as well as improved the quality of crops. Scientific investigation now shows us that not only Potash but also Magnesia is required to prevent certain plant diseases. The German Potash Salts contain Magnesta as well as Potash. If you insist on having your fertil- izer contain from 5 to 10 per cent of Potash, derived from Genuine German Potash Salts, you will secure at the same time enough magnesia to prevent plant dis- eases due to magnesia hunger. For Tobacco, and for those Fruits which are injured by Chlorin, the . fertilizer should carry 10 per cent of Potash, derived from Sugate. o Potash or from Sulfate of M agnesza Use the latter if your tobacco leaves are not sound. SOIL '& CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE H. A. HUSTON, Manager 42 Broadway otas New York City POTASI-I PAYS V 01 luscioul Shooter-'11”. also stun din-d Varieties. 100 each Proli- fic and Gibson, 32 cash post-l I Spine or 2 Concord id guanine: with every order of $6 or more We IlIo save you money on thrltty Fruit Trees. Shrubs and OrnamentnlI. Mn' l Strawberry .Gnnd BapldI.Iid1 1mm: ms" "co“ Wrilzpf Salmon 120. Box Quickm Shipment. But 5 0'00“ Lake land For Exchange Salem, Mich. e- ve». ‘* We have forsaleowo $2) No: -'Seed . , traction. ‘ Erodneing all kind- fish. Fancy new winter-cansht pickcfd 9c; winter-mm yellowpikc.12c; ww- aft-£33111: mullets, 6c. Box charges 35c. Remit 1 Cf. CONSUMERS’ FISH (20.. L FOR SALE Green Bay. Wis. Grain, Bem‘ Cleaning Mummies. mumm- T. Fen-ell Company. and tured by A. Wm: menthol no do are listed in Ferrell‘s 1:: 8750.211“... b. Chicago or ’ min! -’welcht Maid Rosin Growers. 513 Hearst Bldg” Chicago. Ill A Better Job New2 Lou-n trim Wzmgdm- “0:51:30!!!“ Whi- FREE can I-l 8.11m Mlch- ‘ tan! that are 111 perfect condition, having been 111?; 1 z 3 08119-1 Ca Ital Comment By pOur L’ammg Correrpondentr F' the introduction of bills can. be 1 gross, the present legislature has surely exceeded the speed limit. The first nine days have brought forth a. glist of 142 bills. The problems proper distribution of the state funds among her various departments, and new forms of taxation. (The commit- tee on “ways and means” havea real task to perform in working out the first problem and are, no doubt, appre- ' ciating the Speaker’s thoughtfulness in not assigning them work on addi- tional committees. A great deal of in- terest is being shown, not only at the capitol but throughout the state, in ‘ several bills aimed to create additional revenue. . Two of the more prominent bills of ithis character are backed by Repre- sentative 0. Jay Towne, chairman of -the agricultural committee, one to pro- vide a three mill tax upon all state and municipal bonds, and another known as the “Filled Milk” bill. The former aims to put an end to tax-exempt se- curities within the state, and the latter would prohibit the traffic in milk in which the butter-fat has been replaced by vegetable oils. Both bills have the support of the federated legislative committee which is made up of sub- committees of the grange, the farmers’ club, the farm bureaus and gleaners. The gasoline tax, so much talked ' about and recommended by the State ,Fa considered as an. indiCation of ~pro-. uppermost are the,x Bureau at its last annual meet- ing has at ‘last put in-its appearance in the, form of a" bill introduced by Jos- eph Warner, of Ypsilanti. The returns that this tax would bring into the high- way iund' of the state are. estimated at $7,000,000 annually. Approximately $5, 000, 000 of this fund would go to re- tiring highway bonds and paying in- terest thereon. The balance wOuld go to the current highway fund." Most people seem to favor this bill except Detroiters, some of whom think it is “another attempt‘of the farmers to get' the city folks to pay their tax'és for them ” Senator Berme L. Case, of Ithaca, would relieve the supervisors of tak- ing the statistical census by repealing the present law. This law provides the most accurate source of state, county and township statistics ever- created and the cost of it is exceed- ingly light. Farmers’ organizations generally oppose its repeal. Representative Palmer, of Detroit, would change the term of office of governor and lieutenantgovernor from two years to four years, believing the governor would thus be kept from playing politics in order to secure re- election. Sounds like having to ofier a job for tomorrow in order to get a. good day’s work today.‘ - Astate-owned cement factory, man- ned by prisoners and making cement for state building and highway“ pur- poses, is also being considered. Doings at Washington By Our W arlzmgton Correspondent GOVERNMENT TO GO INTO FER- TILIZER BUSINESS. HE senate adopted a resolution for the appropriation .of $10,000,000 to at cost to cotton growers. - . ' mscussion On. this resolution has stii red up considerable interest in the proposal of Henry Ford to manufac- , tine fertilizers at Muscle Shoals, Ala- bama, and thereby free the country :from the grip of the Chilean-British i nitrate monopoly. BUILDING AT MUSCLE SHOAILS. THE army appropriation bill as passed by the house provides an appropriation of $10, 000, 000 for com- pletion of dam No.2 at Muscle Shoals. This makes $25, 000, 000 appropriated by congress for construction work at Muscle Shoals since the World war ended, $17,500,000 since Mr. Ford :made his offer for Muscle Shoals. These millions are being expended With no guarantee of interest, and no apparent object in view, except to en- able the war department to keep Mr. .Ford from purchasing or leasing the plant and carrying out his contracts to produce fertilizers. Sentiment appears to be strong for the acceptance of the Ford offer among farmers in all the states where fertil— were are extensively used; I OA-PPER ON RURAL CREDIT S the three rural credit measures . now up. “I .had a part in, framing the two credit measures," be continued. purchase nitrate of soda..-and. calcium, a1 senate to be sold by the government, _ . do not believe will interfere with the . Lenroot bill. :paSsed.; As a member ofxthe' semit- ENATOR CAPPER said her was for ~ some three months on rural credits legislation. I joined with the commis~ sion to report what is known as the Lenroot-Anderson bill. I think that is a good measure. and it should be pass- ed. I introduced what has been re- ferred to asythe Cancer bill, which-j» I I hopeto see both. bills tee on agriculture I voted in the com- mittee to ‘report the Norris bill, and I expect to support it with possibly some slight amendments, because I believe it is a good measure." Senator Capper said his bill repre— sented what can be accomplished im- - mediately, without controversy, and upon sound and constructiVe lines. He emphasized the need for rural credits by saying that. the farmers were in no better position now than last year. TH E' EGG-LAYING CONTEST. HE Evergreen Poultry Farm with~ its Wyandottes, still maintains its lead, having a total production of 436 eggs. Next comes the Leghorns .be- longing to .J. A. Hanson, of Corvallis, Oregon, with a total production of 411 eggs. E. E. Shaw’s Leghprns have come‘third withl402 eggs to their cried- it. .W. H. B. Kent’s Plymouth Rocks follow closley behind with a. produc- 1‘ tion of 401 eggs Pesplte the cold weather the pro- .dootion. of the contest birds has; made»: a good increase Some pens arle still ., moulting heavily, but most of them , are getting into good production. I» I. “Better and more harmonious coop? oration in producing and marketing ot- ' agricultural products is :,““I"/Ii;as a mentor fifths mm: W W America‘s " V» l By Stanley Johnston, Supt. South Harv”; Experiment Station I FRUIT grower during the past season shipped fifteen bushels of Fall Pippins to. Chicago, and up- on receiving his returns found that he . , would have been money ahead to have left nine bushels at home. Usually a. person expects that the more fruit they ship the more money they will make, and it seems strange indeed, that a man should lose money because ‘he didn’t let nine bushels stay away from the boatrdOck. Sounds as rea- r sonable as two and two make three. This grower shipped six bushels of A-Grade and nine bushels of Unclassi- fied, and the problem works out as folloWs: Unclassified. Selling price per bushel. . . . . .$0. 50 Expenses. Basket . .21 Freight .25 Cartage ....................... .05 Commission . .05 Total .....ICC'....0..CII.C..CO$ .56 Loss o-oc'ooc- .couooooo-oocoonoo n06 A- Grade. Selling price .......’............$1.00 Expenses. Basket Freight Cartage Commission Total ........ ......... $ .61 Gain ._ ............. . ........... .39 On the six bushels of .A-Grade the grower had a net return of $2.34. ‘ On the nine bushels of Unclassified the grower had a loss of $.54: If this grower had taken the 'nine bushels of unclassified apples to the cider mill he could have sold them at the rate of. thirty cents per hundred weight, or a net return of $1.35. In selling them to the cider mill he would have had no package to pay for, no labor of packing and none of the ex- pense of selling. Thesefigures were obtained from S. H. Wilson; of the South Haven Steam- . ship Line. In commenting on them, Mr. Wilson remarkedthat many peo- ple would say, “Oh, well, the Steam- ship Company should worry, they got their freight, whether the bushel is Unclassified or A—Grade.” Mr..Wilson OCCIOOOOOOUUOOIIOOOOOQC .2]. connect... .25 was emphatic, in stating that he would v muchflrather see the higherrgrades of fruit shipped because, as soon as ’.the growers began to realize a loss on their shipments they cut down on the quantity sent over to Chicago. On the other hand, if growers shipped better grades and realized a profit, the ship- ments kept up in a normal manner. Occasionally another erroneous idea is expressed in regard to the amount of fruit handled by the commission men. As a rule, the commission men v do not care to handle unclassified fruit as their commission is so much small- er on 'each- basket. ' They Would rather handle less baskets of high-grade fruit on a market that kept up than to ban- dle a lot of unclassified apples that ' would glut the market and cause it to decline or- become unsteady. This little, simple problem in arith- meti-c should carry more signifiCance than volumes of words in telling us_ what to do with our unclassified ap— ples. Once in a while some unclassi- fied apples can be sold to a certain trade to advantage, but as a rule they should either be sent to the cider mill or dumped on the ground, which ever method seems to be the best ' gnnsessn-RY. VMOSA-lc. "wa. H. RANKIN, of the Geneva Experiment Station, is the discov- r "eras: of the" mode oi dissemination of ' 'mosaic and its control. In .‘the one Which permitted the free dis- tribution of garden seeds by congress. ted the distribution of these seeds. (ruling of Vice—President Coolidge. So .We will no longer have packages of says a very minute aphid is the agent of distributing the disease. He doubts, however, if any control measure ap‘-’ plied to kill the aphids would be ef- fective. His method of control is re- moving and destroying the diseased plants, thus destroying the aphids at the same time. Roguing of the plants is done in the time of year in which there is the least spread of the dis- ease. On the Geneva station grounds roguing done early in August results , in one test in reducing the amount of mosaic from 4.7 per cent to one—third. of one per cent. Another field_rogued had twelve per cent in 1921 and one and one-fourth per cent the next sea— son. Another field with thirty-two per centof mosaic was rogued August 1. The next year it had two and one-fifth per cent. The plants should be re- moved immediately after being taken out, and burned. They should be car- ried, not dragged from the field. Dr. Rankin would wait a year before replanting where the diseased plants have been taken out. He says the source of infection has been nursery stock, and that diseaSe-free stock is the key to the situation. LOVING-CUP FOR FRUIT PIONEERS. LARGE and handsome silver lov- ing-cup has been presented to the Michigan State Horticultural Society; as a memorial to the pioneer fruit} growers of the state. Among the. names inscribed on it as pionee1 fruit growers are: Charles W. Garfield, ' Samuel S. Fuller, Asa W. Slayton and. R. D. Graham. This cup will be given a permanent place in the new agricul- tural building at M. A. 0. LARGE VEGETABLE SEED CROP. CCORDING to data obtained by the United States Department of Agriculture the commercial production of Vegetable seed during the past year was much larger than in 1921, and compare favorably with the five‘year average. The outstanding increases in production over last year are as fol— lows:' Dwarf snap beans, 120 per cent; garden peas, 75 per cent; sweet corn,-100 per cent; garden beets and lettuce, 100 per cent; cabbage, carrots, kale and parsnip, 50 per Cent; water- melon, 60 per cent; parsley, radish and tomatoes, 100 per cent; onion see'd, 25 per cent; onion sets, 25 per cent, and cucumbers, 15 per cent. This would indicate that it ought not to be hard to get good quality vegetable seeds at a fair price. CONGRESSIONAL SEED BILL KILLED. HE bill which has been effective from almost time immemorial and which has been the butt of numerous jokes regarding congressional graft, is At a recent meeting of the senate, Senator Lodge, republican leadei, made a point of order against the amendment to the agricultural appro» ' priation bill which wOuld have permit- ThislpOint of order was upheld by a government seed gracing our mantels, aging in urns or bringing questionable results in our garden patch. 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Sill Broadway. N.Y. N7TENIS Mews. Write today for free in- ztruction book and "Evi- REGIBTIRKD Elm 31118.. Washington. D. 0. ”Bank a: Fag; all!” ' " Stoves. Ranges. Imus. Furniture, / Rflflfll’llflfs, Farm . -' and Home mods. _ ’ Let me send you my new ; . « free catalog and show you how to make great savmgs at wholesale—dir- ‘1 1‘ col: from factory, at money " ‘- savin prices. Everything guar- q. antee —set in your home on 30 Days Trial—Don't Rlsk a Penny . Your money back without ques- . tron or quibble. More than 500.0003atisfiedcustomers. Easy toms—Wt. at one. Just send.name and address. A postal Will do. W. C. Dewing. "The Stove Man}? Kalamazoo Stove Company , unknown»... .\ Kpllnllldlm) “mm )ir..l m ‘mu ’ 5.; POTATOES FOR CALVES. r Are potatoes a good winter feed for ‘gcalves seven to eight months old? If 'oats are-fed should they be ground? —-F. F. , Potatoes are a good succulent food when fed raw to‘cattle, sheep, horses or poultry. If fed to hogs they should be cooked. But only a. moderate amount should be fed. It would not do to try and make potatoes half the ration for calves 'or other stock. They contain too much water for that. They should be fed in. moderate amounts in connection with the hay and grain. It would probably not be advisable to feed more than ten pounds per day to each calf. , It always pays to grind oats for the calves or cattle. If fed whole, some of them will not be thoroughly digested. It is not necessary, nor is it advis- able to grind oats for horses with good sound teeth. They can grind them themselves. But it is different with cattle. SUBROGATION. Two parcels of land in different sec- tions owned by one man were mort- gaged. Later all was sold and later sold to two different men. Later the owner of one place failed to pay the interest and the whole mortgage was sold. When it is redeemed, will both parcels fall to one man if only one pays the amount due on the mort- gage‘l—D. H. The owner of property who pays a debt another should pay, in order to save his own property is put into the shoes of the creditor to recover the amount of the debtor. A better way 'would be to allow the property to pro- oeed to foreclosure and bUy at the sale; by which means the owner of the one.parcel gets title to both unless the other party will pay his share to redeem. There is another doctrine in- volved in these facts. If the owner of two parcels covered by one mortgage sells one of them, promising clear title, and later sells the other; when the matter comes up between the buy— ers of the two parcels, the parcel last sold is bOund to pay the whole mort- . gage—Rood. LICENSE FOR SELLING. Does any one have to pay license for selling one product? I am selling milk and have to pay both a state and vii- lage license. Can the village stop me if I don’t pay the license? Can the village make a law to make us pay a license for selling milk?—-O. M. There is.no doubt of the power of cities to regulate by ordinance or 1i- cense any matter that is necessary to protect the public health or safety of its citizens, and in this class may be included the sale of food—Rood. TENAiNT AGREEMENT. I have hired a man. to work on my farm. I give him house and wood, and do not know what else they are» en- titled to. I pay him a monthly salary. Please tell me what usually goes with this arrangement—E. G. Usually the house and a small gar— den spot are furnished. Under special conditions other things are ”added as you have added too. On dairy forms, for example, a. small amount of milk daily. When such additions occur they offset .a certain amount of salary 'or wage .or special qualifications of the hired man. —‘ . Below are some wage figures recent- ly issued by the United States Depart- ,gm, Please ”Memo... The, Whigan. mu... m... a... ; r ment of Agriculture, and ‘vgivi'n the newsswass paid $9 ram hall. 23‘ in the north. central states east 'of-..'tbef -. s . ./~ w M...‘ all»... I‘d. Sol-4:5: I“ Jamel Cacao!» Loft-nu. to “seq-cl pttor’o , true 3‘. “up“; I. _ L Mississippi, in which group Michigan is situated. And while they do notin- elude men to whomrhou-ses are furnish- ed, they will form a basis of com- parison. - 'In 1921 wages by the month, with board, averaged, $34.98 per month; without board, $48.84. In 1922 "the monthly wage, with board, was $33.92; without board, $47.02. By-the day, wages with board in 1921 were $2.04; without board. $2.61. In 1922 the av~ erage was $1.95 with board, and $2.54 Without board—Eliot. \ . -——-——————————- I DRAINING WATER ON NEIGHBOR’S LAND. ‘There was a tile ditch put in and accepted by our drain commissioner. Now my neighbor has dug a. ditch from two to eight feet deep along the road to get the water off his land and put it over me, because he said it can’t. get in the catch basin fast enough and run through the tile. It hurts my crops. He has two catch basins on his farm, the same as I. And I have no other outlet only through the tile. Can he 'ditch this water away from his catch basins, and put it over on me>because my3 lgnd is a little lower than his? The making of such a ditch and con- veying of water which does not natur- ally flow upon the" adjoining premises is a violation of the rights of the ad- joining property owner and the con- veying of water in this way which re- sults in a damage makes the property owner liable therefore, and the prop- erty owner who suffers-the damage may bring an action against the,p1‘op« erty owner constructing the ditch for such damage» as may result therefrom which action may be repeated each and every time~that surface water flows through this ditch resulting in damage to adjoining property owner.— H. H. Partlow. LESSEE OF VEN DEE. A sells his farm to B on a land con-s tract. B lets his land to C on shares. B lets the land go back to A. Can A hold C’s share of the grain that was sowed?—W. E. S: The tenant’s title is no better than his lessor’s; and on failure of the buyer to keep up his payments, the seller may oust him and all holding under him.—Rood. HOLD 'UP MILK. I am milking seven cows, nearly all fi‘esh,,and out of the seven, five of them hold their milk until they are very disagreeable to milk. Have been unable to learn either the cause, or a cure—C. L. R. It is something unusual to have five cows out of seven hold up their milk. There must be something wrong in the way they are milked or being cared for. Occasionally there is a cow, from some reason not discernible, that will hold her milk when one first begins to milk, in spite of all the best cow men can do. But for a such a large per cent of them to get this habit is hardly to be attributes to the cows, though, of course, this might be the cause. Where one has a cow that persists in this habit, the best plan is to get rid of- her as Soon as possible without too much sacrifice. Ordinarily coWs like to be milked. Heavy milkers especially. Drawing the milk seems a relief to them. If cows are well cared‘ for, kept'in a warm, well-lighted stable, treated kind- ly, and well-fed, they seem to be glad tobe milked. If you have been feeding your cows , ,feedingjust before milking p , Mr. "Joe. salmon, purchasing agent best as a. rule, although there was an for',_Fish'elj Brothers? ~ Company, “who occasional car of poor'potatoes even" .1 havev'120 chain stores—in and. about , among these. Early, in the season field Cleveland,"purelras'esTpractically all Of frost caused a lot of trouble but that the potatoesused 'by‘this firm from had practically disappeared. Toledo Michigan.‘ He stated that» “the chiet seems to be" well satisfied with the eat- objection to Michigan stock was its ing quality of Miohigan’potatoes. Sam'- ~ appearance,’ it being dark in 001013" ples examined in the warehouse would He‘al'so. stated that “the consumer indicate that they had\ been more for- 'puts quality first and the price sec- tunate than some of their Cleveland end.” But the city censunier buys on brothers. ' market quality rather'than on eating Detroit Market. quality.” The Detroit market is supplied very It seemed to be the opinion of many largely by the farmers' market and by dealers- that Michigan potatoes had trucks bringing potatoes from the sur- the eating quality, but not the. market rounding _ counties, principally Oak- qualityfjand “that the Russet Rural land, Lapeer and Tuscola In 1920- was' of particularly geod eating qual- 1921 Detroit used 2,593 cars of pota- ity. This preference for appearance toes, 1,226 of these coming from Mich- was brought out by, copies of telegrams igan. Examination of stock on the at the office of K. B. ’Pocock, a large farmers’ market showed them to be broker on the Cleveland market. 'Quo-' field-run and generally of very poor tations had been 1 secured from Michi- market quality, occasionally some And NOW the Red To gan and New York shippers foraparty would be found which had enjoyed - better care in growing and handling. _ ‘ O . One Man Post Driver H used Certified Russet Rural seed and ' all” ,m #12 game Zigifffigghfogpgjfljggf 33391313: THE steel post has always been the cheapest post in the FAABMER‘ ”9K and Famer- t ‘ fence line and now RED TOP cuts the cost of‘setting. B111 take a hint from my old any 0 hers on the market. 0f the , quill' if success is to be your three markets visited the Detroit mar— steel DOStS. ’ ' ket showed the poorest general run of goal don’t forget the women’s ppm", stock , With the RED TOP Post Driver one man, without a helper, sole. Save those soles from so _ . much soil, keep their hands frOm ‘ This investigation would lead usto can set 200 to 300 RED TOP Posts per day. The driver too much toil; take account of believe that Michigan producers must works on the principle of a pile driver and. sinks the post the farm wife’s late, and begin of necessity have a better grading SYS' straight and solid. The operator simply raises and releases before it is too late, to relieve term if they are to obtain the best price - . - her of much stress, certainly especially when in competition with lt’ the dnver does the heavy WOI'k. keep her from distress ~ “her States Where ”Perm“ grading RED TOP Handy Fence Fasteners are another time and - has been established. The distinction - ll To tell other Jacks and 131 S is we“ defined, between market and work saver. When usmg Handy Fasteners one man can through the medium 0f y°ur eating quality, although the eating attach the fencing to posts. A helper is not required to hold quills, what can be done about . , , . . the home to give its keeper time quality of the potatoes produced from the fencmg or feed staples. Except for stretching the fenc- to roam, is my appeal to you to- diseased StOCK 0f the same variety is ‘ing, fence building Wlth RED TOP Double Strength Studded day as I enethis little lay. Tell pretty apt to be inferior to that of - us in you? Own sweet way, what stock produced from certified seed Tee POStS has become a one man 1013' is in your hearts to say on how :finifigra‘jgfiiznfge2:33;?”iii,M3“ These exclusive labor saving features coupled with the out- to ease the g°°d Wlte’s work. D W am standing features of RED TOP Studded Tees give the farm- - . ket quality are' due to disease. Many . O thi tt d t h k, to . tonal: 31.1,: $ho°vfgtes 1:; be; of the ntshaped, peanuoshapedmom. er the most value for his post money. The RED TOP (can say what may happen ,0 ed tubers are undoubtedly produced Studded Tee is a stronger post—it doesn’t contain a single the rest) I shall give one pair of “of“ 9‘59““ seed Watoes- hole or rivet. The sturdy anchor plate insures a firm setting. Pliers that “’1” gladde“ the M'°“'9a" Farmers Taking the Hint- The aluminum metallic finish looks better, lasts longer. In heart of sire‘s. “Help for wom- The use of better seed for the pro- . . . en” is this week’s cry, so do not duction of table stock potatoes would every respect good for many years of seerce. let this chance go by, but get unquestionably raise the standard or Ask your RED TOP Dealer to show you this new post. Handle it, your quill and Write me straight the market quality. The benefit would _ inspect it. See how the new Driver works. Circular describing for February second will be too come to the producer also in the great- RED TOP line “mt °“ reque't' late—The Handy Man. . er net returns. The 1,585 farmers test- ' ‘ lag $4.168 1bushels of certified seed in Watch for Your Dealer’s Announcement of His ic igan ast-season found that an - - at Akron, Ohio, who wanteda car of average increase of forty~one bushels 8‘6 RED Top sale potatoes. Pocock telephoned the Ak— per acre was obtained from the use of mu dealer and/quoted Michigan’s p0. certified seed over that of their own tatoes at $1.40 per 150-pound sack, and home-grown se\ed. This increase Of New York’s’at $1.95 per1150—pound forty-one bushels per acre does nor sack.’ The dealer took the New York represent the only gain. The general potatoes. Why? ‘ As stated by the run of the crop was better. There were broker’s representatTve, New York 110‘ SO many small and miSShapen tu- stock on the whole is more dependa- bers, and a greater per cent 0f the ble. The pack is uniform, ,clean' and whole crop was 0f market grade. of good market quality. Trouble with If Michigan farmers are shipping rejections seldom occur and theoretail- twenty-five per cent of their potatoes ers are willing to pay the extra price which should be consumed on the of fifty-five cents per 150-pound sack farm, think of the expense of freight - rather than take the risk of getting and handling charges brought against 3:; Sffi‘ffiifihfi‘efifiififl'fizGagging? (giggsedFfilSiE-grdegthhaaspdggltdmsggl113(1):; stock from Michigan that will disap- them. In this case the producer pays and 267% more holding power_than the same staple in a wood post. ' point their trade. ' for the extra cartage and other hand— Greenville and‘Cadillac furnish most ling charges beside losing the use Of 38-L So. Bourbon Street of the potatoes for Cleveland. The the cull or small potatoes as stock food Red Top Steel P OSt C0. CHICAGO, . ILLINOIS only dependable stock now coming out 01' as fertilizer. , , . of Michigan is in the Chief Petoskey Idaho an Example of Market Grading. branded sacks shipped by the Michi- Idaho potatoes were bringing $2.25 I . 'gan Potato GrowerS‘ Exchange. This per sack delivered in Cleveland. They I I . brand brings a premium of ten to flf- are prepared in two grades, “Bakers” R e d o P teen” cents per sacl: more than any for hotel and restaurant use, and other potatoes frpm Michigan. “Home Use” for the housewife, The GUARANTE E D ~ ~ Toledo Market. market quality was practically the , D b' St th St dd d T The Toledo market is supplied prin- same for both grades except that the OU e reng U 9 ee olpally from Michigan during the sea— bakers were larger and more uniform. son for late potatoes. eThe Russet However, Idaho producers by very Ste I F r‘ p St 5 Rural being as well accepted by the careful grading can overcome the ex— e e C e o . trade as the White Rural. One firm cessive freight rate and compete suc- _ , ‘ , , ham 1 four or five hu (1 d' rs f cessful with Mi h' ‘ ' ‘ ’ - - ' - " 1‘ . magi“? ,, _ n ’5? ca» 9 . , 1y, c ‘gap ,0“ her own. - EVERGREENSfl'zvmz When writing to advertisers H p .1 gen potatoes a year stated that markets. The report of the bureau of Fm” winm‘m“andhwn I. _ i _ _ .4 ..4 , . :‘thefilua’lit ‘Was fair togood this year markets up to December 22, 1922. 13A hard .leoronamdweu mafia}: Please menaon the Mich“: _ . ,. , , ' ’ .' Wt! f f . ‘ yum:tho,‘ohleg,,.retoskoy. wittsthe showed Idaho shipping 6,286 cars, as armmdznofidma‘lm‘. gan Farmer. steps-lam eumyummn The Handy Fastener is putin place and the fencing held with one hand. A tap of Stop this Three Months Robbery 3 of‘ Horse Power! forever l Get this Valuable Hone Boole FREE! 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Arm) Reonlaimed Raincoats in Men' 1; Array Wool Underwear. shirt Vl rite for our late t Catalogue listing bundveds of Cash or Money Order must accompany all orders 7 Money refunded if goods 31 r‘ NFOID SALES CO ’PAN'Y Sam: SuppliesDept MP Ne vl.uk N J trailed bookf ;, 2. Address nudes PLANT museum. Marni. Mich. .SIRAngRYO PLANTS 11.365.13.90”?ng We Treesfie each brain scales at and _‘ ... ~fmm ”WW macfraias,w '29. 7.133;” Mg!” Plants. Vi 1923 1168. 309% Ordaho growers out of necessity,_havs "to grade er their" shipments wouldn’t ,. pay the freight. As it is; Idaho pota- toes were being sold by the market men for $3. 00 per 150- pound sack, and many of the more fancy grocers were price of $2. 50 per box of fifty pounds It is evident by the market report "that the grower in Idaho is getting little for his potatoes, but still he is holding even with the Michigan/producer and paying three times as much freight. The Farmer's Problem. Consider the situation as it stands. today with freight rates practiCally the same from Cadillac ”Or Greenville, New York to Cleveland. There. is a difference of sixty cents per 150-pound. sack in favor of the New ‘York .pro- d-ucer. The difference caused by the extra Cost in'freight and cartage 01 the twenty-five per cent of culls found’ in Michigan stock accounts for the forty cents difference in 150~pound sack. The remaining twenty, cents must ,be the premium that the buying public iswilling to pay for a standard grade of uniform pack and .of known lepac'king them and getting a. fancy. mums rCummtnf tum” MchIgan form: r linden potatoes th'e' - demand for human can V sumption seldom absorbs the entire~ crop. At ‘such times the profitable 11116 of surplus potatoes as a live "stack food becomes a vital question. The value of potatoes as stock feed will depend upon the‘ comparative value of grains. On this basis potatoes would be worth at least twenty cents a bushel for any live’”stock feed and at the present price of fertilizers each-bushel of po- tatoes contains seven and one-half cents worth of nitrogen, phosphorus - and potash. . . Our Responsibility. The above evidence Shows this to be a marketing problem: based almost entirely upon: better preductiim. maths- . ods. Involving the use of better seed, care of the crop and more careful grading in the field, and handling op- erations in the warehouse '_ ' In. order .to acquire furtherivmforma- tion representatives ofthefarm crops department of the‘Mi'chigan Agricul- tural College will continue to; make systematic observatidns. on the mar- kets where Michigan potatoes are sold . ;_ DISTRICT V8. CONSOLIDATED‘ SCHOOLS. N article with above title- appear- A ed in this paper, some time ago. , 'The writer of said article took issue with those “who persist in as- , sorting that the rural child is far bet- ' ter educated than 'the child who at- tends the consolidated, or city, schooh .We beg to say that not only are they ' right in their assertion, but the school work in district is done in a school months. After 1924 when ever teacher must have a life ceItificate from the State Normal, or some other equally accred- ~ ited institution, then if all the added knowledge and training are so helpful as we tgust it will be, our district schools will make a still better show- ing, although we confess to being well satisfied with the comparative show- ing made now. A superintendent of schools with ‘many yeals’ experience said the best students in his high school came from the surrounding district schools. For proof of our claims for the dis- trict school, one has only to look among the leading business men of our cities and read in the best maga~ zines of the day, how men at the head of great enterprises, grew to fill the places they occupy. Take President Harding and his cabinet of “best minds” of the country. The ‘vice—pres- ident, Calvin Coolidge, was born on a _ farm in New Hampshire and ’tis said, that when he goes back to the old home’where his parents stillllive, he puts on old-time clothes and goes out to help with the milking. Of the sec- retaries in. the cabinet, fully one—half spent their youth on the farm, and it is fair to assume, attended the common district school. The writer of said, article seems to lament .that Michigan is behind some other states, Ohio for one. Pennsyl- vania should have been included in ,his list, as an expert on consolidating went there to work seme time ago. ' In an issue of the Michigan Farmer dated November 25 is, an. editorial en- ity._’_’ .311! a report on mlgratmn we ple who came in the state, "to”A Nit.” , . one-third of the number leave the‘state year of nine (months instead of ten' ititled, “Indicating Michigan’s Popular. panther of ' It. “Michigan, however, had ronly that came into it to makes home. Michigan also made‘the rug-best pro. portional gain in population of any of the-lead-ing‘stat’es of the“. Uni I”‘v£ Among the factors winch; make her a. favored state, we think might; well be included-her present. school-system. Next to the bread and butter problem, a man with a family will think Of schools and churches, especially the fmmer. That our distIict schools may and should be improved, there is no doubt, and the first step in thau'direction for many counties, is to-elect a. new school commissioner whose qualifications shall be at least as high as the teach- ers over whom he is placed. After 1924 every teacher must hold a life certificate, as already noted. The terms ,of county school commissioner is four years. Men elected to that ofl‘lce this spring ‘ should be up-to-date in qualifications and training, and with right ideals of the work before them. A few years ago the Germans were coming over here to eat us up, figura- tively speaking, and» they would have done it, too, if we had not roused our- selves to action. And this highly Prussianized system of education will be Jorced on us unless we aWake to the situation before it is too late. This year the primary comes March 7. All nominating petitions must be 1etu1ned at least twenty- one days be— f01e the primary, preferably soonel, to the county clerk of Whom the blank forms are to be had. All names on the petition must give'piace of residence and date of signing. For further in- formation send to the secretary of state, Lansing, Michigan, for copies of school laws and election laws, espe- cially primary election laws. Also to the state superintendent of public in- struction, Lansing, Michigan, for his annual report. All these are free and were printed for ydur use. Send for these'and study them. NOW. as ever, “Knowledge is Power.” ‘ The primary'is really the deciding factor and this is the time for .best efforts. As you value your home schools look carefully around for the .best candidate; axallablafor the “‘7" _ “snowman that Ohio. and WM WWMWM ’, 1318th iler cent of the. , .dayj‘} The inajbrlty of dairymennmilk twice dailytmorning and evening. on . farms where dairying is carried on in 'conjunctidn with other farm work, milking is generally done between five and six in the morning and about the same hours at night. I find these hours best suited on my farm where dairy- ’ ing is a part of the general farm work. , However, if it is more convenient to milk at other hours, system and regu- larity should be practiced. Thefirst step in milking cows is to get ready. The stable should be clean :and free from odOr and_dust. Loose particles of dirt should be carefully brushed from the udder and flanks with a clean dry cloth. It has been my experience that cows‘properly sta- bled will seldom have their -udders and rear parts soiled, and washing is not necessary unless strictly high quality of milk is being produced. Quietness about the stable at milk- ing time is essential in getting all the milk and butter—fat cows will produce. Loud talking, abusive language will cut production. The process of giving ; down milk is largely controlled by the nervous system and any localpexcite- Here is_ Mr. Lumley, of Charlevoix County, who Believes in Thorough Cultivation as oneof the Requisites in Growing Potatoes of Quality. ' ment during milking is apt to affect the milk yield. While milking at For- est Grove Farm we talk in a normal tone of voice and work, among the cows in a gentle way. No two milkers milk just alike, therefore, the same milker should milk the same cows regularly. Cows are creatures of habit and quickly notice any change in management. ‘Fast ' milkingi is more acceptable to the cow than slow milking. If a cow takes kindly to the milker and the milking is done in a business-like manner the milk secreting system will develop to maximum milking capacity. Milking cows dry is essential. When‘ milk is left in the udder after each! milking, the glands will gradually slow up on ' secreting milk and ultimately . the cow will dry' up. I find that it pays to spend a few extra minutes stripping .the udder to makeiceitain that all the milk has been extracted. When milking I‘milk the front two _ quarters first, extracting about half I the amount, then milk the rear quar- ters in the same manner.’ I do not know as this has any particular influ~ ' once upon milk production, but I do. know that the cow milks much better ‘ C Rand‘giiies down her milk more freely. " Part ‘Of the/fear: 191189 a milking ma- yids " ' TILKING‘ should be done regularly, , ‘ that is, ati‘regular hours each_ Ella \\\¥;_ as \‘e— II ‘17; in over 200 not.- oMo oov inc about over, or not of lobar- - loving Born 9- ~ mt. Bell on orig no- tor—olyoyo - l or. Eff gylrgzodqu: F Give , 7- YOUR Cows a Chance! Of course you’re not keeping, ifeeding and milking your cows—mommg and night, every day in the year— Purely for pleasure. You expect those cows to pay at east a fair profit On their feed and care. 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The first of these is scheduled for 8:15 on Monday evening, January 29, when his subject will be, “A Policy for the Agriculture of State and Na.- tion.” In the other address, to be given at 3:45 on the afternoon of Thursday, February 1, he will discuss “A, Culture for the Rural Community.” The complete program for Farmers’ Week, just announced, gives promise of equaling, and possibly eclipsing, those of recent years, which have at- Itracted increasingly large groups of farmers each winter. All agricultural interests of the state will be centered at East Lansing for the week, and the attention of the agriculural world will be directed toward the discussions held at the M. A. C. Round-up. Motion pictures will open the first general session in the gymnasium at 6:30 Monday evening, January 29. Robert S. Shaw, director of the ex- periment station, and dean of agricul- ture at M. A'. C,. will follow with an address, “College and Experiment Sta- tion Work,” and President Friday will utilize the remainder of the evening with his discussion of a state and na- tional policy for agriculture. On Tuesday afternoon Charles Sny- der, editor of the Chicago Daily Drov- try;” W. A. Cochel, western represent- ative of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, with headquar- tel's at Kansas City, will deliver an ad- dress on “The Live Stock Situation,” and Dr. W. J. Kiernan, of the bureau of animal industry at Washington, will discuss some of the work of his de- partment. Tuesday evening will be given Over to an athletic ment, which will include boxing and wrestling and a basket ball game be- tween M. A. C. and Chicago Y. M. C. A. College. “Prices of Farm Products and Pl’ob- able Future Prices” will be the subject of the first address Wednesday after- noon by Dr. G. F. W’arren, professor of agricultural economics amggrnell Uni- versity. He will be followed by Don- ald Conn, transportation expert and member of the committee of agricul- tural inquiry at} Washington,'who will take up “Transportation Problems.” In the evening moremotion ,pictureS‘will be shown and addresses will be given by Mrs. W. R. Alvord, of Detroit, for- merly president of the State Federal- tion of Women’s Clubs, and Dr. Eu- gene' Davenport, of Woodland, .former- 1y dean of agriculture and vice-presi- dent of the University of Illinois. Dr. Davenport will discuss “The Neces- sary Conditions for a Permanent Ag- riculture.” During the early part of the after- noon of Thursday the annual “.M A. C. Parade” will be held on the campus. In this feature every phase of college will be represented. Signora Olivia Agresti, of Rome, Italy, will be the first speaker of the program in the gymnasium, her subject being “The International Institute of Agriculture.” nun. President Friday’s second address, on rural community life will follow. Syd- ney Anderson, Minnesota congress- be the only speaker Thursday "evening. The last general program will takeé “ion Farmers T he Interext afE‘very Clay: ofFarmers Wau- Comzdered in Arrangmg t/zu Year .r Program. . ers’ Journal, will speak on “Some Eco-‘7 nomic Phases of the Live Stock Indus- entertain-. *‘mlui; wholhas? been one-"of the leading figures 01’" the agricultural bloc,‘ wilL out that way. , I 2‘ Staff: Monday. place Friday forenoon, whenDr. Dav- enpOrt, James Schermerhorn, Detroit newspaper editor, and James L. Feis- er, manager of the American Red Cross, with headquarters at Washing- ton, will give addresses. Friday after- , noon the programs of the Housewives’ Congress and the Michigan Press As~ sociation’ will be continued and the. ShorthornA Breeders’ Association will hold an auction sale of live stock. Nearly thirty state farm organiza— tions will utilize the forenoons during the week for their annual sessions. The Housewives’ Congress will contin- ue from Tuesday to Friday. The Mich- igan State Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday and Thursday the Michigan Crop Improvement _Associa- tion will meet. The program for the Michigan Improved Live Stock Breed- ers’ and Feeders’ Association will be merged with the general program in the gymnasium on Tuesday, and the seventeen allied bodies will meet on succeeding days. Othel annual meetings are sceduled as follows: Michigan Potato Produc- ers’ Association, Thursday and Friday; Michigan Soils Association, Wednes- day and Thursday; Michigan Muck Farmers’ Association, Tuesday and Wednesday; Michigan Beekeepers’ As- sociation, Tuesday and Wednesday; Michigan Branch of the American Poultry Association, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; Michigan Press Association, Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday ; County Agricultural Agents' Conference, Monday; County Club Leaders' Conference, Monday and Tuesday; County Y. M. C. A. Confer- ence, Wednesday, Thursday and PFri-' day; High School Boys’ Contests, Thursday; County Red Cross Chair- men Conference, Friday. Special rates for Farmers’ Week vis- itors .have‘ been granted by all steam and electric railroads in Michigan. Round-trip tickets may be had for one and one- -half times the regular one- way fare from any point in the state to East Lansing. Rooms will be available in East Lan- sing and Lansing homes, as well as in Lansing hotels. Reservations for rooms in private houses may be made in advance, at a cost of $1.00 pér night per person, by- communicating with Mrs. E. M. McElroy at the People’s church, East Lansing. Besides the res— taurants of Lansing and East Lansing, special eating facilities will be pro— vided at the Women‘s Building and at the Dairy Building. On arrival, vis- itors will register at a booth to be maintained in the street car waiting room at the entrance'to. the campus.— Henshaw. SEEK APHIS CONTROL. '.V (. HE entomologists and vegetable canners of Michigan and Wiscon- sin will cooperate during the coming year against the pea. aphis which did untold damage during the past Season. Considerable work was done around Grand Rapids last year by the W. R. Roach Canning Co. “Various spraying and dusting experiments were tried with fair success. During the coming year this work will be continued and in addition, the special study will be made of the natural enemies of this aphis. Thisbug is a close relative of the aphis which attacks rose bushes and sweet peas. Under favorable con~ dltions, it almost ruins the season’s pea crop. ,. , . . Our best argument that orderlin‘ess and neatness does pay. is the. cries . . ~/ M ,M _ ‘ only’tWenty-two pounds of silage daily. .test was held in connection with the -' first; Sturgis, second; Three Rivers, Mr R J._D1tn6an. of the crops depart- ECENTLY .‘ dairy extension .9.— cialist found a dairyman feeding This man hadnever weighed his Silage but thought he was feeding thirty pounds daily, The extension worker proved to this man's Satisfaction that more silage should be fed to his cows. The dairymanlagreed to increase the amount of silage for his ten cows. Within ten days he had them eating thirty-two pounds daily. 4 The ten cows made/a total'increase of fifty pounds of milk per day. This mm: was “sold at ' $3.00 a hundred p‘Ounds, making a total increase of $45 per month from the change in feed ing. The increased amount of silage consumed amounted to 100 pounds per day, or one and one-half tons for thir— ty days. At $5.00 a- ton this silage would be valued at $7.50. It gave an increased income of $37.50 per‘ month. What is a ten of silage worth? HOLDS SUCCESSFUL GRAIN AND POTATO SHOW. REAL success wasthe third an- nual Grain and Potato Show of St. Joseph county, held at Centerville, Michigan, where over two hundred ex- hibits were shown. _ Classes were arranged for yellow, white, and white cap dent corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, cowpeas, soy-beans, buckwheat .and popcorn. Prizes amounting to $275 were con- , tributed by the county farm .bureau, banks, business men, and the publish- ers of several newspapers and farm publications. The county was divided into four sections of four townships each and prizes offered in each sec- tion, to insure the distribution of the prizes over the county. The sectional winners then competed for the county championships. There was also a sweepstakes prize in“ corn for the coun- ty, all varieties competing, and an op- en class for corn open to the whole state. The ten-ear exhibit of yellow dent corn shown by P. I. Marvine, of Men- don, won first in his section and first in the county in the yellow dent class, sweepstakes over all varieties in the county, and first in the open class. County champion white dent was_ shown by Wm. F. Wahl & Sons, of Centerville, and county champion white cap by Marshall Stowell, of Colon. 'In the open class, any variety, - P. I. Mervine was first; Winn. Wahl & Sons, white dent, second; Wahl & Sons, yellow dent, third in E. Turner, Mosherville, Hillsdale county, yellow dent fourth; Charles Wadsworth, of Centerville, yellow dent, fifth, and William Folks, of Hanover, Jackson county, white cap dent, sixth. - John Fletcher, of Centerville, had the first prize single ear, a yellow dent. 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He was so rich that he was poor, and didn’t know it. - This is one of the most powerful parables ever uttered by our Lord. It is not as famous as the one on the prodigal son, or the one on the ‘good Samaritan, but it is piercing, ‘in its power. One reason that it is not more quoted is, that it makes « many folks rath- er uncomfortable. [t is not pleasant to have hell pic- tured in such remorseless vividness. There is much teaching on wealth, in the New Testament, and it would not The commissioner of education of the United States is urging the construc- tion of 250,000 new class rooms which would cost three billion dollars. This seems like a colossal sum, yet it. is only one-seventh of the amount spent in 1920 for luxuries, namely, twenty- two billions. The United States can stand a whole lotxof preaching on the use of wealth. And when we also rec ollect the want which exists at our doors—an average of_ ten millions of people constantly at the poverty 1ine~~ the parable of the Dives is by no means out of date. OW, there is nothing bad recorded about the rich man. He got his clothes at the besttailors’, and he ate dinners of many courses, from soup to nuts. of entertaining. Such people usually do. His estate was no doubt large. and he had hounds and horses for some fine hunting in season. We are not told where his villa was located, where he spent the winters, or here his summer residence was. Probably somewhere in the Lebanon mountains. But he 'was able to hit a fast pace, and he was hitting it most of the time. He did not disbelieve in God. In fact, he was probably very orthodox in his beliefs. He simply did not think much about God. It is very evident that he } did not think much of his duty to God, which would mean his duty to his fel- low men. In that respect he was hard and uncompassionate. The poor man desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from Dives’ table, but apparently his desire was not gratified. Most of the time he waslhungry. The rich man did not “live in the light of eternity” He lived for today Now it sounds very old-fashioned to talk about living in the light of eter- nity. It is preacherifled, and stiff. But it is worth while to remember that all great work is done with t t attitude. ed, but the statesman is not satisfied with that She - 'of his brush: be a bad thing if it were studied more; Doubtless he did a great deal ' The politician lives so as to get elect~ ' He sceslthe life} of the > people on its moral side, as._well ‘as' 10111 the physical side A great 9uthor- .. - 11.11 on literature has Said that “3.0%" big . novel can be written except with Our Weeély Seman~3y N. A. Mosze eternity for its background. As for art, we know that many of the master- pieces have religious subjects Much of the greatest music is built upon subjects from the Bible. HEN Christ describes the deaths of these two men, Dives and Laz- arus, the rich man and the sick beg- gar, he does so with one‘short sweep “And it. came to pass, that the beggar 'died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abra- ham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.” John McNeill says: “To me this one of the splen— did passages of the—Bible; the calm, majestic tones in which Christ dings .asideithe curtain, and passes in. To him, the ‘.undiscovered coun’try’ is fa- miliar and the books of judgment are an open scroll.” Abrahamh bosom is the way that the happy dead are often spoken of. It represents them as at- tending a feast at— which Abraham is the host. Nothing is said as to the beggars funeral, probably” because there wasn’t any. His emaciated frame was hastily castinto a hole. But for the rich man there was doubtless a most magnificent funeral service. There were hired mourners and pip- ers, and he was laid in a carved sar- cophagus. ’ Of this type of man, Henry Ward Beecher said: “There are men of wealth in New York, honored be- causeprosperous, who heap up riches, and boa-1d them, and live in a magnifi— cent selfishness. They use the whole of society as a cluster to be squeezed into their cup. . They are neither ac- tive in any enterprise of good, except for their own prosperity, nor generous to their fellows. They build palaces and fit them sum-ptuously, but the poor starve and freeze around th’em. No struggling creature of the army of the weak ever blesses them. And yet their names are heralded. They waikdn spacious and spectacular honor. Men flatter them and fawn upon them. Dy- ing, the newspapers, like so many :. trumpets in procession, go blaring af- ‘ter them to that grave over which should be inscribed the ‘text of Scrip- ture, “The name of the wicked shall rot"! ’! ND in Hades he lifted up his eyes. being in torments, and seeth Ab- raham afar nth/and Iiazarus in his bos- om.” This picturing of heaven’s be- ing in sight of hades is terrific. The suffering soul has=two requests to make. The first is for himself. He wants some one to come and ease his pain. Inasmuch as Lazarus had been but a poor beggar, the rich man still thinks that he should wait on him. When he learns that this is impossi- ble, the better side of his nature comes out, and it is the first time that any- thing thoughtful of other people is manifest. He thinks of his brothers and wants them warn (1. And here is one of the deep places of Scripture. "If some one goes to. them from the dead, he thinks, they will repent. But he is .told that he is mistaken. Mir- acles do not convince men. ‘Jesus wrought miracles and his enemies went immediately away and plotted to kill Him. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESS‘ONIFOR JANUARY 28. SUBJECTz—The Rich ,Man and Laz- arus. LESSON. —Luke 16 GOLDEN TEXT: ——“Charge them that are rich in this present world, that {they be npt high minded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God who minus ’- giclhliy all things to ean ” '- :- ‘RURALHEALTH "'By Dr. c. H. Lerrigv -« TAKING TH E AlR. HERE is no room for difference 01' Opinion as to the fact that the beat and most necessary of all agencies for health is the free and unlimited use of God’s fresh air. The- oretically we all agree as to this, but in actual practice there is evidently wide difference elf-opinion. We still find the person who has _a conviction that it is very dangerous to breathe “night air.” The fact that there is no other kind available between dawn and dark s‘hould dispose of these critics. But a much larger class is composed of those who are afraid. of chili or raw air and who are therefore inclined to keep all bedroom windows closed in any but the mildest weather. They are making a mistake. 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And, between the lighted windows of the big white farmhouse and the fields of sunlit wheat, a solitary figure lean- ed against the gate post beneath the tall pine which stands like a sentinel by the roadway in front of the Mas- ters’ homestead. Heavily he leaned against the post, chin on hand, eyes looking out over the sunlit fields yet seeing not; nor, was he listening to the sharp, sweet calls of the robins, gathering nest ma- terial on the lawn. Coatless and hat- less, he was a man of medium height, whose broad, 'ell—muscled shoulders were slightly bent with years of toil, his hair frosted to an iron grey. Yet on his smooth—sliaven face there gered a tinge of healthful color and the tiny creases at the corners of his now saddened brown eyes, showed that they were more wont to smile, 1‘. “212”“? fl???” "‘ A": * and his wide firm month, one knew, ,‘ could be either firm and stubborn or .. curved wide in hearty laughter. This was Masters; Hiram Masters, whose broad fields rolling slightly to .. the southwards were conceded to be among the most fertile of all Stratford clouded with sadness and, with unsee- t’ ing eyes he was gazing afar off into the misty past from whence a thorny roadway had wound itself slowly up- ward over the hills of time. Masters was fifty-five, not old you will say, just middle aged. He was .. still physically strong and rugged. if ; not quite so spry and quick of move- 3 ment as in his younger days, but sharp " 3 he was still, and alert mentally and poised with the balancing weight of experience. Ten years ago his wife had died, leaving him with their one child, Hel- en. He had tried to be both a father and mother to her but Helen had re- sponded to his kindly generosity and sacrifice with a smug selfishness. She You MUST HAVE THIS - t BOOK, SIR, NO FARM ‘ is COMPLETE WITH r39! Isa! I‘VE GOTTA BOOK! lim‘ , county, and yet. this day, his face was had married two years before. our story starts and she and John \Vell- _ ing, tall, shifty-eyed and dark, were carrying on the farm; and Hiram, in unsuspecting kindness had given a step here and a step there, until he had found himself crowded into the corners. His opinions were given but scant consideration. The business of the farm swung along and he, who had always been its moving factor, was forced to the background; to the po- sition of bystander and, even at times, » was made to feel himself almost an in- truder, an unwanted burden, and a nuisance. Helen scolded at his clum- siness, burned and destroyed many of the little knickknacks of the old home, about which clustered untold sacred memories to him; and, when they, Hel- en and John, had company he ate in the kitchen and stole softly up the back stairs to listen longingly (for his was a natural social disposition) to the laughter and gaiety below. Upon these things Masters mind was dwelling tonight and, perhaps it was the odors of spring, the call of the night birds, or the waving of the fresh_ wheat blades; or, through them, the call of nature herself bidding all crea- tures and things to build anew; that awakened in him the cord of rebel- lion. As the dusk deepened a horse and buggy moving slowly down the road, came within his range of vision. Slow- ly he straightened up, gazed fixedly at the rig for a moment to make sure of its identity, then walked to the road side and there waited its arrival. As the rig drew nearer the occupant 'of the buggy could be discerned, a. small AL A C RES—Al Say: t/ze Book War Not Complete BUT THISBOOK TELLS How To RID THE FARM OF RATS, sPAeRows, CROP- :DEsmowNG wows, s . GROWS, RWATO " sues, AN ~ Aw SHOW it To .' AL! [1,, Hiram Gazed Meditatively at'the Doctor as He Drove Away. man he was, with snowy white hair and beard. He .wore a soft felt hat bent down to shade a pair of kindly grey eyes, and,,.when ~he \pulled his horse to a stop, Hiram Masters greet- ed him as Doc. For it was Doctor ’ Stoddard, or Old Doc Stoddard, as he was known far an wide. , Keenly the doctor surveyed Mas- ters’ half averted face for a moment then, abruptly: _. i‘Well, what’s it all about?” Hiram turned quickly and for a I short space studied his friend’s face, then, grinning a mite sheepishly said: “Doc, you’ve knowed me ofl and on fer some forty years, now I want you to tell' me something straight from the shoulder, no palaver and no need to case it to me. I got to know straight, I suppose you’ll laugh but' I get to thinking at times, and a wondering, and I just got to know, that’s all. Now would you say—I don’t know how to ask it exactly—but would you say that I had commenced to slip, inside I mean, is my mind on the down Slide?” Querulously, anxiously he looked up to where the Doctor’s grey eyes took on a saddened look, for lie-had known forsome time the trend of affairs at the Masters’ home and had troubled over the misfortune of his old friend, then the sadness was swept "away and a twinkle replaced it, as he said: “Hiram, you’re a little stiff in your joints, but there are no joints in your head and I don’t‘believe you’ve slipped enough so that I‘d care to be on ’tother end of a horse trade.‘ If you still have your doubts you might try a trade or two—horses, farms or fish stories— and, if you eomeloff second-hand, then SAY: LET Mr. see: rHAT. 000K 'DLEASE! '_ come to me and I’ll look your head » over." ‘ , , Laughingly Doc clucked to his horse then paused to add slowly, thought- fully: . . g ' “I neticed Mart Shoals has a couple of places for sale over town, the little white cottage on the corner of flat street and the old Hill place next :to Durands. If you know anybody who’s thinking of mbving to town—for a. spell, you might tell them, but be sure and warn them that Mart is a. bit tricky and they’ll need to keep their mouths tight or they’ll lose their eyeteeth.” So saying he again started his horse and the little narrow-gauged buggy rolled off into the gathering dusk. For a space Hiram gazed perplex- edly after ‘the disappearing buggy then his face lighted up. “Well, I’ll be blowed. I got ye, Doc‘ I got- ye!” A moment more of meditation then, “By George, I’ll do it.” _ With which strange exclamation he strode into the house, mounted the stairs to his bedroom, partly undress- ed, then sat by the open window gaz- ing out into the starlit night, breath- ing deeply the smell of the spring and listening to the song of the frogs and —Hope and Faith these two—came and sat with him long into the night. Busy with his thoughts, the doctor jogged along toward the village, turn- ing at the first corner into a’seldom used road, which would shorten the distance home. When he came oppo- site the Masters’ woods at the rear oil ‘the farm he was surprised to see a bright- light, flashing in and out among the tall trees. Watching it closely he decided that someone was picking their way 'over the woods path and, by the way they flashed the light on and off at intervals, he surmised that: whoever it was, was not anxious to attract attention. The doctor hitched his horse under the deep shadow of some tall willows then, climbingthe fence, followed, with caution the retreating figure through the woods. The way led finally to a. cut-over field, where hazel bushes and old brush piles tangled the pasture land. At one side of the field was a. marsh are-a whence a sluggish stream: let flowed, or rather drifted, diagonally across a corner and crept under the fence to disappear again in the midst/7 of another marsh on a neighboring farm. It was down near the source of this stream that the doctor beheld, through the now deepened darkness, the shad- owy iform of 1 a man moving slowly about, with the bright, circle . of his ——By Frank R. Leet. _ \ ww ”.~\ {J‘s-W” mgvrnsg * ”a. 1 i — ”3w .. s...«. r—‘Q‘ n-~‘ «navy-us“ .. ,Ww _ l: . .. .V 1 law. ., . ._. , . W ‘9 ‘v‘vw‘ enl‘n‘g Qfs flashlight to a low bush so that its” rays fell slantingly down'Ward, he commenced prodding the ground ’with a crowbar, pausing now ant] then to kneel With his faCe close to the ground Upon one of these occasions his face came within the circle of light The old”doctor~gasped excitedly, drew back and slowly and with great care picked his way through the woods to whe1e his horse was hitched, climbed , into the buggy and drove thoughtfully homeward. (Continued next week). ILLITERACY IN,C.ITY AND COUN- TRY. ‘AST week figures werepresented in this column calling attention to the fact that six per cent of'the popua lation of this country were illiterate to the extent of no schooling whatever, and that the army test showed 24.9 per cent “unable to read newspapers and write letters.” gration and our southern negro popu- latiOn which are both contributing fac- tors, but let us not fonget that we have 1,200,000 native-born white illiterates. Iwish this week to submit some fig- mes relating to compaiative illiteracy in country and city. Many would think that the city, with her slums and for- eign districts, would certainly have a higher percentage of illiteracy than the country, but here are the figures: In 1920 we had a native-born popula- tion over ten years of age of 68,905,- 092; let us make it easier by calling it 69,000,000. Of this number 33,750,- 000 were urban, and 35,250,000 rural. Now, of the 33 750,000 first considered 613,000, or 1.82 per cent, were illiterate and ot' the number 35,250,000 living in the country, 2,471,000, or 7.1 per cent, had enjoyed no schooling. These fig- ures are -for- native-born Americans. Do they reflect the comparative effi- ciency of the graded and rural school systems? Should equality ofi educa- tional opportunity be guaranteed to all children irrespective of where they happen to live?—-—E. R. Root. wrenesrs OF THE. DAIRY PAIL. BY HUGH:KEPHART.. , Kolrain Mario-n. Finderne; Hail/l “Thou Empress of-the Dairy Pail,” All Wolverines with gla‘d acclaim And honest pride point to your fame, Thou snow white beauty! From out the fullness of our north Your mighty records blazon forth A shining mark among brave deeds; But ta1get dim for othei breed-s, A noble duty. A mild- eyed bossy, mute you stand, A product of fair Michigan. Today you are our pioudest boast Long may you be a reigning toast Across our nation. While you possess a lofty place Proud mother of the human race With laurels on your patient brow, - There’ 5 none on earth more meek than thou In any station. Time passes ’on, beneath the sun Men live and die, unknown, unsung, While teeming millions aimless slave Tho count for aught from birth to grave ' As gods are gzieving. You’ve swelled the hearts of st1iving souls; The fearless ones who fight for goals, ' The willing-handed sons of toil Now your reward’s a noble spoil And worth receiving. Let every bard withgitted pen Portray the deeds and fame or; men, Or from Parnassus’ mistic hill Send forth their .notes- that stir and thrill. _ While sweetly ringing The h‘onest lads beside your stall Who did their duties one and all And Marion, our .dairyqu Shall make my lay, shun be the theme .I’m proudly singing. fIQolrain Marion Finderne is the emit fist» ofidtthe We are inclined to charge this condition to foreign immiwf 'his sleet Finally he stopped and, fast~ , ~ The History o5 Dickinson’s I’rogress ACK 1n the early fifties, really in the days when the Forty Niners” were wending their perilous ways across the western prairies, the founder of DICKINSON’S first began to gather seeds, and clean, sort and pack them for farmers. For sixty-nine years the name Dickinson, in the seed world, has stood for Quality and Rehabdity- for nearly three-quarters of a century farmers have ‘ o b ' . , Dnokmson s Pine Tree Brand In 1854, the year the Dickinson business was founded, hand fanning machines supplied the only means of recleaning seeds. In the virgin fields, given up to seed production, many weeds had not yet made their appearance —— but today clean fields are rare, and clean seeds are most important. ion The increasing demand for clean seed, and the unyielding requirements of stringent seed laws have combined to stimulate inventive genius in devising new methods and processes for doing away with weeds in seeds. The Albert chlunaon Company now use many processes, requiring costly and special machinery to remove the seeds of objectionable weeds, and to further purify Pine Tree Brand Seeds. iments and countless tests haVe gone into the mak- ing of Dickmson’ o Perfected Process of Purifi- cation for Seeds — with D1ckinson’ s recleaning has become a science. In this important work D1ck1nson has made tremen- dous strides. Dtclunson always keeps a step ahead. Insure for bigger, better crops by sowing Dickinson' 3 Pine Tree Brand Timothy, Red Clover,Alfalfa, Alaike and Grass Seeds. THE ALBERT DICKINSON comm Wholesale Grass and Field Seeds Pine Trek Brand Seeds and Globe Feeds Chicago, 0. S. A. 'Etié'r" “—4-!“ ' \Sx ”‘V' ‘ if ' Mair-Q [-4.1 __,. ~‘.‘.'.-— ~. ‘~ ~ - . 4 ' ' AWN“‘ ’4' , ’ ' ' f r’ , ,. -T- ‘:“" W '- "A \_s\ ‘1'” /’/ I‘," 4/ M/L,‘ // ”/14 ; . ”2 4 1,4 /, '— A." um?" -‘"“ ~T€§§xfi~s- * hi "i V 12/1/ / (4 1w/ /. g , ' 7 ‘\ 0"“uWflIWm JAA'A'A‘.‘ 43' ' known that when they purchased Dickinson’s . Seeds they would always get precisely what they had bought. ’ Good will, good name and customer’s confidence acquired and retained thru all these years are esteemed by D1clz1'nson as a priceless asset, and constitute the sure foundation upon which stands this greatest institution of its kind. $3335 Endless exper- ‘fllo Albert Dickinson 00., 2166 W. 35:11 St" Chicago. Ill. GENTLEMEN: Please send me your special illustrated Booklet: “Dickinson' 5 Clover Seed Facts." Yours truly Name Street 1 l r 1 l I l TownW%_,n Wtfi, ,___ q,,,,._,,Ctatc_1,_.___ , t Seed Dealer's Name ._ r—-------1 ——————_—_——-—-.-—a‘—-nn-—— ,.__.__ Jargfih Q without tru - BEAN 'SPRAVPUMP CO.’ SIMPLlClTY SPRAYER “BEAN" An Ideal Outfit for the Grower with Limited Acreage A complete, high grade, light weight Power Sprayer for the grower with small acreagenvho gull”: clean orchard and profitable crops. . e v to 5V2 Gallons at Minuteat 250 Pounds Pressure Equipped with Complete Rota: itato Built—in Bream-e Regulator;2 ZHI’A'Sprayg- : pod Truck; Bean Pump—and other features found in no other low-priced FREE. Post Your-sell: ' TRIAL - - . m -—65 after 30 days' trial—- 5' .. Every Gardener and Floater , , should tut Our Northern Grown Soodl. spsclnLuon-‘m W lmallpost d FOR 10° "imam couggngil DAYS 3» NVESTIGATE—Get facts on Walsh No-Buckle Harness. before buying any harness. Let me send you this wonderful harness on 30 daya' free trial See loryouneli thishnrneuwhichoutmbuckk harnes- because lt has no buckles to tearstraps. nolrlction rims to wear them. no holcsinltraps to weaken them. High- at possible quality of leather. Proven success on thouundc of farms in every state for ove'r 8 yars. Try Walsh Harness on Your'l'oam Return if not satisfactory. Costs less. :aves rrepalirshwtfarsallonger. fits any size creeps cct y. 11 c111 at 1 back he! ' lumctc. mgg'PAYMgul‘ld’l's.wa 1min: Also 12 FVii-10:!” Choice Flower “.8004: £55 Writ. Oodoy! Send 10 cont. to help pay pelts” and packing and receive, the above “Eamon. Colloc- tion” and our New Instruc— livo Gordon Guido. Great Northern Seed Go. ' , mam 8i.-.'Iockfud.lllinols ? cc monthly. Write for catalog. priest. my terms. JAMES M. WALSH, Pun. WQ‘ISH HARNESS C0 . . ' Keefe Ave. - ' maniac, Win. , SAVE 101111 MAPLE 111123 Earn mourn by making maple syrup ' Great. demad for quali—ty- product: . GRAMMOI HAPORATOB_ outfit. Bean cmfiualltythm and thru. Furnished. P1 “ ~flnelt 811HosmerStrcct. Lan' ,Mich. , 251mm“ Street 8,311 05:, California . Gentlemen we catch: and full ' ,. .. ' 4 § '_ Juiu'tney‘} Saves» seams . ea BISTEMPER : of seasona— last 1111 many years» .dgtailsoftheB‘canS pacity. - . . it 59 on” . ‘ .. , Name ' “Moog. pupa-dicing” Cough 9”,, Tanks, fullba- Line'. , t ‘- ‘ Wriubr r52 9:306k on Heatwave; ' unfit?“ «11m "We" , -. . 1 WELLS mom co. was,“ 1 W031 amoral" 111., mm. 1111 m, . . ‘ Horse or Cow hide. Call! or other skins 'dllll hair or lur on. and make them into coats (for men and women).robes. sings orgloves when so ordered; or we . - «name your hides into Oak Tanned Harness or SlaughIePSeh er loll Leath- . or- your esllslrlne Into shoe Leather. on on Gun Metal. Mahogany Russet or lighter shade. Calfskins tanned in the lighter shades of shoe leather. also make elegant stand and table eoversl gent for birthday. wedding and hell- y Irma LET US-FIX YOUR WORN FURS fashion. repair and reshape them it ., needed. Furs are very light weight. ‘ therefore it would see! but lltlle to send them in to us by Parcel Post ler our estimate 0! east. then we will hold them aside awaiting your de- cision. Any estimate we make calls for our best work. Our Illustrated catalog and e le book combined gives a lot of useful information. t tells how to take OR and care for hides. About our sale dyeing process on cow and horse hides. calf and fur skins. About dressing tine fur skins and making- them into neckpieces. mufls nd garments. About our sharp reduction In menu- amrlng prlees. About Taxidermy and Head Mounting. The Crosb Frisian Fur com nv. 571 LyelfAvea Rochester, . Y. Do Farm Women Travel? Amazing Rem/t: of an Unmua/ Experiment OME would answer this question at first thought‘wfth a negative answer. Some would: hesitate to answer such a peculiar question at all. while not a few, perhaps would be amazed at the correct answer. It is indeed true that the farm woman does travel and in several cases farther than many'of the folks that we look upon as “travelers.” In a number of farm homes we find an' inconvenient arrangement of living NEW HUCKLEBERRY The Garden Variety that grows from seed the .v. 7 . first year. A Huckleberry that ‘ » thrives in allolimstes and on all kinds of soil; remarkably prolific. yielding an immense crop of lruit. EXTRA LARGE You Will be astonished at the unusual size ofthe fruit and the rapid, easy growth. A great berry {or jelly, pies and preserves. SEND FOR SEED TODAY Simply mail us 25c in coin or stamps, and we will at once send you. postpald. three ‘ full size packets of seed. and also give you a three months subscription to a big Fruit and Garden Magazine. NOVELTY GARDEN CLUB 7042 CAMPAU BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN lsbell‘s Bell Brand Garden Seeds are Michigan-grown — hardiness and early maturity are bred \ into them throu h“ years of selection and evelopment. 1: Planting Isbell's seeds is the , first step toward a big profit- able garden. Isbell's 1923 Seed An- cata|og Free nuai - giving valunble information about seeds and gardening. and noting direct-from-grower prices. sent ree on request. 5. M. lsbell & Com an 7 I Zflechanle St. (40) Jagluoryl, MichLl 3 E 5 chEKW / You've heard your neighbor praise the Path- finder. the wonderful illustrated news and story paper published at Wash- ington. for people everywhere. This paper is the Ford 0! the publishing world; has hall a million subscribers. Chucklullollust the kind of reading you want. Question Box answers your questions. Real fun for all. Exciting serial story starts soon. Send 15 cents (coin or stamps) hdsy {or this big 81 paper 13 weeks. You will be more than sieased. Pathfinder, 654 langdon Sis.. Washington. 0.0. PLANT 8 t r a w b e r r y , largest, sweetest and most pro- ductive berry known. One berrymakes a bl: mouthful. 9 berries make a layer in a quart box. 400 crates per acre. Sells for a third more than other varieties. A full assortment of otherkindsofsmallfruitpl'ants. Prices greatly "diced. Wholesale prices on large amounts. , OurfreecatalogshowstheCoo erandtenother ' in their natural colors rite for ittoday. —s.n.wrsrouaco..n.n.uo. mama-mun. : 0|) SEEDS Grown From Select Stock —None Better—53 years selling good seeds to satisfied * customers. Prices below all others. Extra lot free in all orders I fill. Bl: (reassu- lsm has over 700 pictures of vegetables and flowers yourandneighbors’addresses. I. ll- QIIUIWAY. ma. I ', am! PLANTS 53:59“ fl!" .1492: . "if?“ ,, i room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, ;cellar and other rooms which call for ‘her presence many times each day. In such a case as this, an unusual ex- periment was performed to determine ‘to just what extent a farm woman gtraveled. 'She wore for a length of ;time a pedometer, an instrument gwhich' records the distance a person" iwalks. The results were amazing and gwithout proof might have been doubt Eed. This woman doing ordinary house- :work on a farm walked on the average {of twelve miles a day when she was :doing only her regular daily work about .the house and farm. On such “Helping Mother Churn.” First Prize by Mrs. B. H. E., Decatur, Mich. days as threshing day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the other days that call Ifor extra steps she averaged between fifteen and eighteen miles of walking. EWhen We make the total, we are sur- fprised to find that she covers nearly i \ l ARMERS’ WEEK comes this year 1' from January 29 to February 2. 3 Be~sure you get Friend Husband inter- down to East Lansing and that you come along with him. ~ 1 \ All the women’s programs will be help in the auditorium of the People’s Church, in East Lansing. The first one will be on Tuesday afternoon and Dean Campbell will preside. If you farm ladies don’t know Dean Campbell you have a rare treat in store for you, because she is a truly wonderful wom- an. Miss Grace Frysinger, who is sionService will be there to talk at that meeting, about-farm homes. Bess Rowe will be' there, too. She is Field Editor for the Farmers’ Wife and will give the results of that contest, “Do You want Your Daughter to. Marry a Farmer?” « - « ' \ ‘On Wednesdaynnorning Dr.- Dye is t6 lecture at ‘nine o’élb’ck on nutrition- 7 «911 W1 f " aha? M. A C ’Dr " Dye i , most mp four hundred miles in one month, and- field agent of the Middle States Exten-’ now—wake up—in six‘years she Would walk the distance around the world in her own house. . ' A short time ago the following con- fabulation was overheard: “What have ya been doin’ today, Mol- ly?” inquiringiy asked John as he‘ re- turned from the field. ‘ ‘ “Just the housework,” wearily an- ‘ swered Molly. . ,“What makes you so tired tonight then?" he again ventured. I “Just the housework,” Molly repeat- ed, and went wearily on with her sup~ per preparation. , There is a goodly number of men who regard housework in the same light as John did. Undoubtedly many housewives have speculated a good deal on what would happen if John were to take their place in the kitchen for one day. Some have stated that they believe that if it were to be on Monday and there was no washing ma- chine with which to do the family washing, there would be a new wash- ing machine in the home before an- other wash-day arrived. Or, if it were a warm day in August, and the ironing was to be done, an oil stove would un-h doubtedly be forthcoming to take the place of the cook stove on warm days before the next week’s ironing had to be finished. -- . » L In the majority of cases, men do not realize the inconveniences of the house. They may have many of the modern labor-saving devices to lighten the labor about the barn and in the fields. It is all very well, too, that the farmer should have just as many as he can afford, for who needs to have their labor'lightened more than . those who work on the farm? But often, the farmer’s wife is left to do her work on the farm with-old devices .rather than have“ new ones installed for her. In some cases, if the farmer could be given an object lesson by being obliged to do the en- tire housework himself, for just one day, he would soon acquire anew viewpoint. The tables would be turned and instead of “just the housework” it would be “just the workhouse.”« A great many farm homesgnow con- tain conveniences similar to those (Continued on opposite page). Coming Doings at M. A. C. a practical way in nutritional work. On Thursday morning Miss Webb will talk about “Some Stumbling 3ested in a little winter vacation trirKBlocks in Dress Construction.” At that meeting, too, you are going to hear Mrs. Thompson on “Home Life of Girls at M. A. C.” .Dr. Haynes will talk on Friday after- noon about the Shepherd-Towner Act-4 and how it 'works. Dr. Haynes also ought to be able to clear up some QUes- tions in regard to the maternity bill. At this time there Will also be another nutrition talk T'by Miss Hopkins and a clothing talk by Miss Ryan, both, ex- tension specialists. , That’s'the program for the mornings and Friday afternoon. The other at”- '- ternoons there are demonstrations in the Woman’s Building and exhibits to see .._everywhere. The evenings-Will be - given over to Joint meetings Hwith‘the men and you will also Want to see the exhibits in the Agricultural Hall and - the,_apple showwin Ithejarmo‘ry.‘ , ,- *' Don’t forget the date, and arrange *hhe Pram ,y.’ You can’t afford to be satisfied un- til you have tried Li ht- house. or y o u will never know h ow g o o d coffee canbe until thisde- licious blend has delight- ed your al- ate. K PT fresh in the round tin can. Your grocer has it in the whole bean or steel cut. ; Roasted and ' Packed by NATIONAL GROCER co t.. with new. prisms} , ru “ in My mumm‘sm‘ at AFTER perusing the letters receiv- ed this week on the making of - rugs, I discovered the reason why the profession of the rural rug man is be- coming nearly extinct. It appears to be quite evident that very little cast- off clothing is wasted. When beyond re- a dual purpose and woven, Crocheted . -~ or hooked into beautiful rugs. When ‘I‘ . the old rag man comes ambling down the road with the advent of spring, the housewife having spent many busy evenings in the past winter making -. ~ rugs and comforters, waves to him to ' pass on, for she has nothing to add to his collection The letters Were all vely interesting. They portrayed a. great enthusiasm to- wald domestic economy, and I enjoyed - . . reading every one of them. Eventu- h ally I learned some new things in the rug making art myself. Fourteen dif- ferent methods of making rugs were , ‘ explained. Space allows but one of ' » ' 1 the prize winners to appear here. The ,5. others will be printed next week. ‘ This week the letters are to contain some practical general hints in house- keeping. For the letter containing the three best hints that you have worked out in your 'home and found valuable in the kitchen, in the dining-room or on cleaning or baking day, we will give an aluminum preserving kettle. The second prize will be an aluminum ‘ frying pan, while thedthird, fourth and fifth prizes will be aluminum sauce pans. Address your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, before February 2.~ First Prize. Mrs. F. C., Ravenna, Michigan. I have a rag rug that is admired by all who see it, because it is so differ- ent. I wash the cast—off garments as , they accumulate and store them away to be dyed all at one time. To color red use one ounce of coch- ineal, two ounces of madder compound, one ounce of cream of tartar. This is for one pound of goods. Soak the ,co’chineal in water pvel night; in the morning boil the goods in the cochi- neal for two hours, then put in the madder compound. Let stand till cool. To dye pink boil your rags in alum water first for two hours, then set-off and let the alum water get about milk. warm, then put in your madder, after it is all dissolved. Lift out the rags when you put in the'vmadderand add one pint of good cider vinegar. Stir well, then put in your rags and boil fora half hour. One-half .pound of madder'aml a half pdund of alumwith one pint of vinegar will color two pounds of rags. , : When dying blue use one ounce cf ~‘ :prussiate potash, one tablespoonful of ,cop-peras, two ounces of alum. Bring allto a boil in water, put in rags, let stand twenty minutes; stir often. Take out, rinse in warm water. This quan- Itity will color five pounds. When yellow is desired use one pounds of sugar of lead dissolved in hot Water, quarter pound of bichro- matic potash dissolved in vessel of wood in cold water. Dip rags in the lead water first, then in potash Do ‘ this till the color suits. For orange take lime, slake, let set- tie, and drain off. Reduce by'adding . . _ more water Put in your yellow rags ._ ‘ ' ‘ and boil till the color is dark enough. For green dip your blue sags into 7,‘ '3' the yellow dye till the right shade of ’ l ‘ . green results. , After the rags are dyed and'torn in strips aboutone inch wide, I sew them . I "I use two Quai-se, homemade knitting . By 1‘lze Prize Wmner: , pair as clothing, it is made to perform . and then are may to begin my rug. ' three, turn and knit back; (2) knit six, turn and knit back; (3) knit nine, turn and knit back. Proceed in this man- ner, knitting three more each time ’un— til you come to the point .end. Then knit back. This completes one gore. Clip rag and sew on some harmonizing color and proceed as'before. COntinue until the work will lie flat on the floor and the ends meet. Bind off and over- cast ends together. For a border I use black, mostly old cotton sto'ckings and medium blue. Cast on fifteen stitches; ,(1) knit three, turn and knit back; (2) knit six, turn and knit back; (3) knit nine, turn and knit back. Proceed until you have finished the gore as before. Knit in reverse. order until you have finished a double gore of black. Sew a blue rag to the end at the point of the gore and knit a deuble gore of blue, making it only twelve stitches deep. This gives a curve to the border, making it fit perfectly to'the gored rug. Overcast border to rug and, prestol—a beauti- ful rug which will please and puzzle old knitters. DO FARM WOMEN TRAVEL? (Continued from page 20). found in the city homes, but on many, many farms the old-fashioned methods are still used. If a questionnaire were to be sent out to each farmer’s wife on “What do you consider the most helpful thing to have in you1 kitchen?” the answers would undoubtedly come back, “Running hot and cold water." This is something that one uses at every turn and can be had at a mod- erate expense. Various methods for installing such asystem depends upon the ultimate needs and facilities of each case. Next, a furnace or steam plant would be second choice for the farm woman in many cases. The average man will manage a furnace, but he seems to take it for granted that his wife will manage the stoves. There are many very adequate heating plants on the market that can be installed at a small cost, considering their prac- tical value. Then comes electricity, from munici- pal or individual plants, which is not a necessity on the farm but a wonder- Lily White A GOOD RECIEPE FOR CINNAMON ROLLS 2 cups Lily White hour, 176 teaspoon salt. baking powder, 1 cup sugar. enough milk to make a soft Roll out on board. brush over with melted but- ter, sprinkle with 14 brown sugar, 1A teaspoon cinnamon. dough. 1A. cup raisins. cut in 2-inch lengths. Bake 20 minutes. Our Guarantee We Guarantee you will like Lily White Flour, 'tho flour the belt cooks use" bot- tom than any flour you ever used for every of home baking. If ' for any reason whatsoever you do not, your dcalerwill refund the purchase price. ---He '0 no in- ltructed. VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY “ The Flour the Best Cooks Use" For Three Generations For three generations the best cooks have found in Lily White A a flour that best meets all their baking requirements. Breads, rolls and biscuits are light, ten— der, of even texture, wholesome. easily digested—but best of all —-—good to eat. There is a taste to Lily White breads. The fla— vor is superb. This is because the flavor of America’s finest - wheat has been retained, and the result of a scientific milling process which retains this fla- vor, eliminates all dirt, produces a uniformly perfect granulation and makes baking triumphs assured. Why You Should Use Lily White REASON No.21 It will please you better than any flour you have ever used. Some may think we claim too much for Lily White. We know we do not. The most convincing way we can bring this home to you is to guar- antee every sack you buy to please you better than any floul you ever used. Read our guarantee, then call your grocer. 6 teaspoons together and add R01 1 up and requirement GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ”Millers for Sixty Years” ful convenience, not alone to the farm- “0 er’s wife but also to the farmer. It is valued not only for lighting but for power. The house and barns can all be lighted by simply pressing a button, while the farmer can use the power for running his silage .cutter,‘ wood 'saw, milk separator and other machin- ery and his wife can have the power for the washing machine, electric iron, churn, vacuum sweeper and numerous other household devices which are op- erated by electricity. It is by no means an expensive convenience for the service it renders. These are only a few of the needed home conveniences for the farm home, but if‘ Mr. Farmer would just look around a bit and see the extra labor of Mrs. Farmer, because of the lack of some of the modern conveniences, he could very wisely invest some of his spare cash for this purpose. CONSERVI NG CLOSET SPACE. _ A good way to make the most of closet space is to construct a whirling rack, similar to those used in stores, on which to hang garinents. Take an old wheel off a disused baby cab or velocipede, paint it Wife and attach it by a long nail or bolt to the bottom sot 421111111211 No 4240—41l2—Ladios Coat 4240 cut in seven shes, 34, 36, 38. A0 42, 44 and 46 Inch M 4112 out in the closet shelf, so it will turn easily. Hangers may be attached slipped over .Ith’e rim, and the wheel Whirled Libdut ;, toweet:|:mple:ute;1llhyo' 'l'rl nl . 1 FREE Lantern As a Ipeciel in ‘.make the suit f‘01 a medium size re: quires 6% yards of 40- inch material. , an s The width of the skirt at the foot is {2% yards. Two separate patterns 12c . worth of common It - eene or coal oil widgets-l for each pattern N0. 4242—Chi1d's Play Suit. Cut in . fimiigfgggflgjz five sizes, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. Produces 800 candle of the purest, whitest and in ' . knowntosclence. Nothing 9h materlal ctor offer, we will A. _ four-year size requires 2% yards of 86- ‘ Price 12c. 131531.111 " 15"}. fist-.3 _; l Ev: you n 300 andle wer sunny tern FREE. with the first put-chm ihts up the yard 1or burn likell a maul-c light. VII-ho “any for full Information and Agency ’1- on. 111410111- 11me . Dept. 3101 ' CHWIE the W genres-PW "r ' MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS. Some Attractive Spring Styles. No. 4266—‘Ladies’ Dress. sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38-inch size requires 5% yards of 36-inch material. ' e width at the foot is 2% yards, Price Cut in five sizes: and 4 years. \ 1 yard for the drawers. Cut in six No. 4248—-Boys’ Coat. sizes, 4 6, 8 and 10 years. A s aerial. Price 12c. No. 4251—Girls’ Dress. Cut; crashes 6, 8, 109.1111”? e year size requires ‘. ‘ hastens! Price 13c ‘ etSuIt No. 3441—A Set of “Short Clothes." Six months, 1, 2, 3 A two-year size will re- quire 3% yards of 27- inch material for - the dress, 1% yards for the slip, and -' Plice 12c. 4 Outin- sine requires 2% yards of 54 .e ADE all day in water, slush, snow or mud—— , , your feet will always be warm, dry and c0mfort- able if you wear Goodyear “Besto” Boots or Bootees. They’re steam-cured in vacuum and firmly welded, from top to toe, into one solid leak-proof, wear-proof piece. Extra heavy extension soles are a special feature. Longer Wear in Every Pair No Shoddy substitutes to crack, peel or freeze. Only ’ live, springy Para rubber, scientifically ' compounded with wear-resisting mate- rials, is used in Goodyear rubber foot— . wear. Seventy years of experience en- ables us to put such quality into Besto brand boots and bootees that they’ll last much longer than the ordinary kind. If you don’t know the Goodyear dealer nearest you, write and ask for his name. GOODYEAR RUBBER Co., of New York MILWAUKEE,WIS., Branch: 380-382 E.Water St. ST. PAUL, MINN., Branch: 371-377 Sibley St. Look for the BESTO Brand on Every Pair. and colloc: I . 32mm, ”£53393; The work of preparing the land i°'“":""$'r.lri*.':'s"*'-d ; and planting is the same whether you use unknown seed or edigreed seed. But the crop tel s the story; often double .or triple the profit comes from usmg HIRDV."BIG-YIELDINIG. MICHIGAN GROWN . Many at or I s Hudsn‘hr c It . Hampton, Io TRADE RK 44 years of improv ment are back of Isbell’s seeds. Every ounce is tested gran-“$2 ; , vomro s DIFFERENT egg. pr 032i.°‘fi'3r§“d‘m°°‘h“ Isbell's I923 Seed Annual is an au- olific. and of good size. ’ thontative treatise o . mt Gaifiienis n slgaetdmfiseiidyog seed selection. plan- ur . SW 00 In ' ' . wamd _ mzwim .. d Swen ning and planting . tested. and wlll moneybaok". Sendyour ~ really 0 “El“ FIELD 8 El 60.. Dept. 7 stock, true to strain and of high germination — pure bred seeds. selected for hardiness and yield. and scientifically cleaned by Isbell. 200.000 buyers find them money-makers. Get This Book—FREE way: means a BothFreo Whenyoubuy poorprdenMy my seeds you get “your seeds are al money’s worth or your G“ W' “m""mmm’m' «mum s.M.IsasLLa.c'oMPANY 71 1 Mechanic St... Jackson, Mlch. ‘ Found In; Our Letter Box Letters from Pals Found in #26 Correspondence Cam” ., " thoroughbred Poland China pigs which I bought from my father. I like to correspond with some one.— Yours truly, Catherine Lewis, East Le‘- roy, Mich. - Dear Uncle Frank: I am a boy fifteen years of age. I have blue eyes and brown hair, red lips and msy cheeks. Why, ‘I am as pretty as a kewpie doll. ,I also am smart at sending the dog after the cat. The whole reason 1 do it is to see the cat clean house on the 'dog. I like the taste of green apples, and also the taste of delicious castor oil, and I like to have a bellyache. We have a large ram with large horns, which chased me up on the woodpile and the woodpile fell down, and believe .me, I did the same as the woodpile. .. . Well, Uncle, it is time for your nephew to roll into bed: I hOpe this letter will not reach the waste basket, unless you have a good one. I will tell you later, Uncle, how much I love you. About your picture, I think it is \ Hattie Speatr Took this Picture on Her Grandpa’s Farm. too bad that all the children have not seen their uncle—Your nephew, Hel- mer Blomquist, Wallace, Mich. The climate, or something in Wal lace, must stimulate humor. I am ex pecting that love letter, Helmer. I wish more boys would write interest- ing letters. Dear Uncle Frank: I just finished finding the answers to the Read—and-Win Contest" which I am enclosing. Here is hoping I will win a prize, for I have tried many times. Anyway, I will have a button, and that will be quite an honor, that is, if I have the answers right. I am fourteen years old and am in the tenth grade at Lapeer High School. We have a fine collie dog which has seven fine puppies. They are now old enough to sell but we have not offered them for sale yet. I am going to have a regis- tered calf in the spring. Well, my letter is getting long so I will close.——Y0ur niece, Anna Nelson, Lapeer, Mich., R. F. D. 6. I think in a little while after the ' Merry Circle buttons get out, it will be “button, button, whO’s got a but- ton?”_ It is fine that you will have a registered calf next spring. Dear Uncle Frank: This is my second letter and with this I am sending my answers for the Read-and-Win Contest. I hope I get a. prize for I have tried about four times. I have nearly given up, but I tried again because I want one of those Merry Circle buttons. I second the motion of some of my the Boys’ and Girls” Page. I know what all my uncles look like except. you. It sure seems funny not to know what my own uncle looks like. I didn’t realize this letter was get- ting so long. I must close—Your niece, Helen Sawyer; South Haven, Mich. I don’t think it pays to give up, do you? Although my picture‘won’t help Send our 1923 Seed Annual quoting w ENGINE FR direct. tom-grower prices on Quality 8323. FOR THIRTY DAYS . IQ Name -' min! new ol Id 2 .9. UNIT ~ - " " agrggum marries 3‘ MW“? I _.____J . °-pln.co to place 7001' P I , e- , the department any I am going to print it some of these days._ So, just . and we will tan and makcyoua' ' . Beautiful Coat. ,Robe or Mittens » to order. We make and remodel “Em Mariam snow m m... as... Samples and Price List FREE. CATALOG FREE Gallow- Coats and Robe- for Great 'nl. Standard Varieties, 3." v. _ e at Wholesale Prices _ ; Best Quality, Low Prices. Satisfac- .All WorR'Gumntecd ,. a 'tion or moneyrefunded. ”your: in ~ Before 5' ltize "8t teB k " businenproofofour responsibility. ' 'noeulltordanfnd.. an ' »Wd3e_ to: Nanny-sud catalog. ' . 8‘89“” 9 '— We Want Your Cow or Horse Hide wait. Dear Uncle Frank: . May I be one ofnyour nieces? -I was in a. canning club this summer and won a. trip tothe State Fair at Detroit. We were there fortour days. I go to. Battle Creek ‘Very Saturday for my piano lessens, and Saturdaygevenings we’haye'a singing school at our Con- gregational church, Which we use as a community center. _ . j .. ' We also. have ,a sewing club 1.11:0“! ’7 school; so i am ery~ busy. I. own“ our ~. ’3 * erine, for I like girls for nieces who are busy in such wholesome activities as you are. Dear Uncle Frank: poetry contest. . and hope you will have some more half past. cousins that you put your picture in, would You certainly can be‘ my niece, Cath- Let’s hear more about your work. ' . I think I shall make a try in the" I like to write verses contests. . I am eleven years old and nearly I have been in fourteen different states in this country but think Michigan is good. Oceans of love from your niece, Opal Beilby, Centerville, Mich. I am pleased to get oceans of love from my. half past eleven-year-old . niece who has been in fourteen states. Dear Uncle Frank: I wager you w0u1d he very Cross it you had written four letters and never saw one in print. Can‘t you imagine how I feel, too? I said that I would get very much discouraged .if'I did not see my third letter, but it will be four times and out. ' I am a girl fifteen years old. Am five feet one inch tall, and I weigh 101 pounds, (that is, a short time ago). I have brown eyes and dark brown hair. Most girls would have bobbed their hair but I didn’t, and now bobbed hair is going out of style and I’m glad mine is long now. ‘ I am answering the popular Read- and—Win Contest for the third time. ] m} M If I should be so lucky as to see my name in print I would stand on my head. Well, this letter is just about to the speed limit. I must stop cacklin‘g or else the other cousins won’t have any room. “Now, best beloved,” ('so a pop- ular story starts out), don’t forget to I mean all the cousins write to me. . I’d love to get ‘1 0f the Merry Circle. , one of those wonderful pins.——,—G1adys { Miller, Alma, Mich., R. 2, Box 78. 1 It doesn’t take much imagination to i know how you feel, but I hesitated r‘ about using this letter, because I am not' sure whether it is right for you to stand on your head'or not. Let me know if you did. " g l l Dear Uncle Frank: . I wrote you a letter some time ago but I did not see it in print, but I am going to try my luck again. , I described myself in the other let- ' ‘ ter so I think there is no use describ- ing myself. again, as you know what ,‘ I look like, but I am afraid if you saw ~ ‘ “Sonny” Riding on M. R. Soule's Hay-rake at Romeo. me, you would die by just looking at - { me. Ha! Ha! " ‘ . . - The boys and; girls sure have got some! opinion of how‘, you. ‘look. , Haven’t they? "Gimy Gump sure had " p 4 some opinion of how you looked, didn’t ,. ' ‘7 ‘ “ he? Well, I 'must close my chatterbox. '-——I remain, . your niece, Minnie Black- bird, Petoskey, Mich., R. ‘1, Box 69. - . I would like to see you,, even though I would take a chance on dying. ;I “an: . , anious‘fto know ’more‘abont" f ‘ ack- ’ “9; 16118” W “ him 'I'," «HIV or n 7 ‘\ ' £01 me'. ‘ studies real well. ' or nine months of school. By Olive schneider, Melrrili, Michigan.” Nothing is the matter with school I like it real well. My. schoolmates I like'most of my I think‘my teacher If I very good teacher. are also agreeable. tiles to make them intelesting. did not have a good, and part of the time pleasant, teacher, I think Ishould not. like school.- Another reason for liking school is that I enjoy learning. 'Ho‘w sad 'it “would be if we had no school to go to. Some very amusing things happen at school which some- times make us laugh. It seems nat- ' ural to enjoy being with other children. toplay together at recesses and noons. ' Possibly the- lessons we. learn by as- sociation with other children are as important as those we learn from our ‘ books. : By Marie Bush, Chelsea, Mich., R. 1. In Michigan there is gene1 ally eight I think there should be about six or seven monthb in a schodl yeal because, in the spring the farmers need the help g of the older children in the plowing . and planting time. - If they are kept ' from school it counts off that much on their 1eports. In the fall they are needed to help than parents harvest . the grain, cut wood and butcher, so‘ are again kept from school It is hard to study in. such'warm weather as the last. of May and the ' first of September. In some districts the school board do not pick out teachels that are help: ful to the pupils. Some of the teachers are cruel to the scholars, especially. men. I think every school should have something to amuse the children with. like croquet, basket ball, base ball and other games. " Every school district shouldsee that the school is' fitted with a good heat- ing and ventilating system they can all enjoy good health. By John Chatlosk, Stephenson, Michigan, R. 1. I would like school better if we had Some shade curtains and some music. We have an organ, but it’s good for nothing. I would like it better if we could have more books. We haven’t much play ground either. We have no swimming pool nor haven’t much room to play games in school. The pump is pretty far. We haven’t enough blackboards. We haven’t a very good woodshed and the wood gets wet so it’s not very warm in school. And it is dark in the hall. We need some ‘ bookcases as‘ we haven’t enough room for our books. By Derotha Warner, Traverse City, Michigan, R. 5. I think that there are many things the matter with school, especially high school, for: 1. .One must not be late or absent, for then one misses the necessary things and then, too, one must get an excuse from home, which makes a lot of bother. ' 2. One must be careful in the choos- ing of the subjects which one may take. 3. There are too many unnecessary subjects taught in high school, which would never be of any account to one in later life. 4. And there is all study and no play, forone must study all day long and sometimes until eleven. o’clock at night, leaving no time to tease er both- 4 or little sister or brother. 7. -7 illmsmathatthlmisall By The Pr1'2e Warmer: ' I bays a7 so that, ice pond. We Although, I think that if one does go through school, he will 1n the fu-' ture be ‘glad‘ of it, even if he did have a thousand troubles. By Stanley Hood, Detroit, Michigan. School, what is it? Oh, who knows? Just a nuisance, some suppose. Work day after day And not half enough play. There is not a gym Not even a place to swim. The 'seats are hard And arithmetic not soft. When it cOmes to report cards ' I wish there was no school, and oft, When vacation does come I have not the life for fun. But vacation does not last. You have to get up early And often have to hurry. 14 a’ . ‘ Reading Contest HIS contest is just like the Read-and-Win Contests, ex- - 'cept that you will flnd‘the an- swers in the advertising colunms of this issue. After you have- found what you think is the an- i swer, write it as briefly as pos- sible and give page on which you found it. It is .not necessary to write the questions or to ’make the answers out in sen- tence‘ form. The two-best pa- pers will entitle, their writers to Michigan Farmer pencil boxes; the next three, nickled pocket pencils. and the next five, Mich- igan Farmer maps of the world and new Europe. This contest closes February 1. Address Uncle Frank, Michi- gan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. 1. What has 267 per cent more holding powel than a one- and a half inch staple in a wood post? 2. What carries with it cel- tain definite 1esponsibilities on the part of the dealer? 3. What new tomato is differ- cut? 4. What saves halt" the cost of dairying? 5. How much increase per week in butter-fat did clipping cows produce? 6. Oldest, largest and best; established in 1874. What is it? 7. What does your grocer have, either in the whole bean or steel cut? 8. W110 never sacrifices qual- ity to make a low price? 9. What has one-third of the working parts of any other mill? 10. Who has cut the heart out of prices? 1 ‘u-‘ul farmer. can own? Superior start. 0 ”I‘IA iii/ho ' I‘ \Li’hzhl'r'éh pl"! ] w‘ ' ml" 'Ma Give Your 'a SUPERIOR Start DO you know the most costly piece of equipment any he answer Is easy—a worn-om grain drill! Poor seeding makes real profits impossible. ll you want a bumper crop this year—and every year —play safe on the seeding job. Give your grain a A CPIOP. Grain Drills For Team or Any Tractor ‘ I positively lpsure perfect seeding The right depth; the right distance between rows; the right kind of trench; i . individual grain—every factor lor successlu is assured when you use the world ’3 standard grain drill. wanted-:1 4/ cl. proper covenng for each germlnation and growth See your Superior dealer—or write direct and let us tell you ex- actly ywhy SUPERIOR seeding always means better seeding. V The American Seeding-Machine Co., Inc. ' Springfield, Ohio )JJJ ( .—»- “fife—v) \“ . ', r 1‘. if/ ’y’: I "1‘ a. The Real Estate 1 Market Place special real es For more books I hate to ask They tizllallge the hardest part 013 the s . The grades go flying by And then we go to high. But after all, we’re glad We’ve gone to school as a lad. THE WINNERS. BOVE are the letters of the first mower rake 2 wanton: grain drill five prize winners in the school ensilase fitonshay many other crops. contest. es and the next three nickled pocket For 'Bl.ds. The following five, whose pa- pers could not be printed because of FOR SALE: £12... “3,” so ' - - ._0loeld"—Shl ft m It the lack 01' space. Win Michlgan Falm 31.1.22; Two iafiiflhpnz‘lene‘tl xiiilgi°§lis§wtfi pencils. er mapsz; Ralph Hawker, Ypsilanti, 3, Box 71. Mich R. George Meldrum, 9756 Yosemite, De-M troit, Mich. .Gmce-E. Wood, Adrian, Mich. R. 4. Ruth Tabor; Whyne gmmhl --.. 1.! ..2. The first two Win pencil box— with $230000 ha sh d.own ,tMich; , Enz‘abeth Polly Svinieke, - Stephen-- Special discougfigiven when used' in combination with 7 other Copper Publications. e advertising rates on these papers which reach over a million and a half familleo RATES For Real Estate Advertising On This Page 35¢ a line per issue on 4 time order. 40¢ a hoe per Issue on 1 time orders Write foo PAY NO ADVANCE FEE; don't give option of tie up real estate for any kind of contract without first know ing those you are dealing with are absolutely honorable. re- sponsible and reliable. Splendidly Equipped ’75 Acre State Road Farm Located on one of the main highways to large thriv- ing cities, 1% miles to R. R depot stores church es. motor bus passes door, milk and cream an other pro‘ ducts collected at door. 65 acres tillahle A 1 soil ,spriVn watered. wire fenced pasture, plenty fruit. 2 stor room house good cellar. porch water pumps windmill. pleasant surroundings. Basement barn 32 170.18 ti e- ups. 4 stalls. silo. hay fork. tank at barn new lean-to garage. hen : house. hog house. milk house" horses. 6 cows. brood sow.’ 25 hens binder. roller plow, barrow. 3 cultivation-l long list of implements. 40 tons Poor health forces this wonder-gal bargain on market at $7000. 00 J er or see . S Bi Holl. Mich. or MICHIGAN FARM AGENCY. 628 'lbetro is. cleared farm UNNY side of % ‘Adjacent to county road: near railroad an supp] centers. Few rods from Kennedy La Three ml as from Manllsthue Lake—beautitul sum- mer resort region. acres on Msniatlgue Lake wwgmmble to rig“: party or pa Hart! to iii-grayed” pruce St. Marquette, Mich California lemma two midyear; dloumtrwoyafiomrl '7m*”“%w r. 1. 2% Western Colorado ' Long growing season. irrigation water in abundance. and a. wonderful climate make the valley of the Colorado the garden spot of the state for general farming fruit and trunk Practical farmers 11mm to write for information. THE MESA COUNTY CHAMBER 01“ com I Dept A. Grand Junction, Colorado "The Garden of the Rockies" s.” d a ‘- Poor 1‘ an ’s Chance ’ "35‘. gom‘fifi' productive land near town. Some timber Price ‘25- Other bar-alas. Box 426-2. Carthage. Mo ' 80 } cres Improvedm macro cg 1' acre 3le cash! 011‘ proved $67.60 COUNTY S T.\ ENT 00.. Farms Wanted 32312155" .‘°'"h“.‘:l.:“ " Olnarm Inn-L Leaderbrand Sales Annoy. to hear from partv having {am he ‘3‘- ant Give particulars and lowest price JOHN J. BLACK. Copper St. We Have Cash Buyer-sfiagfieg' Breath-fie fully. Cami-319ml Bureau. New Franklin.Mo To hear fro owner of land Wantedo KHAWI'TEY. Baldwin. VIII-cog; also .. so... We mm. AWE-rm Chippewa Falls. Win 7 ' ‘ .4__.. _,.V , g ‘- . -. ii. . "u": M: ”“II'” Inn,” ""lifl" II Use Square Deal Everywhere Many thousands of careful buyers who know true economy buy“Square Deal”fence in preference to all others. These five paints decide them: . l—Full gauge wires are stronger and last longer than the slumped kind. 2-good galvanizing keeps out rust and ecay. , ' 3—8quare Deal .xnot holds stay and strand Wires in a Vice-like, yet flexible,’grip. 4-Stlil’ stay wires act as pickets—keep fence tight and trim. 5-Wayy or crimpecl strand wires prov1de elastic tenSion that prevents bag- ging and sagging. “Square Deal” fence adds beauty; increases farm values; is easy to put up and economical because ofits ~ long years of serVice. - Two Fine Books Free If you own land we will send on free 3 50¢ copy of Rop ’s New C culator ——a handy farm ok that answers 75,000 farm problems‘ tells how to figure capacities of barns, cribs. silos; shows tonnage of hay stacks; gives commerCial law parcel post rates. Also Square eal Farm Book that tells what fence is best suited for every farm need. Write postal today for both books. Send no postage. Keystone Steel & Wire Co. 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Tiltlnc Gates-Can't bank snow, freeze in or drag. Bandy Panels—Necessities for breeding and show use. Corn Cribs-Cheapest for temporary storage. Barbed and Smooth wire nails and staples and fence stretchers are dependable when they bear the Keystone mark. /\)()/)l, . 1' -. .5 7 < (rim: Vii ‘l’ r THINK or IT 140 EGG . -. Klondike incubator is built for wome on, who raise 90% of the nation’s oultry. ‘ e Klondike is easy to operate. Yt has a - rfect heating system and positive heat control. . supplied With handy-to—handle" eg trays and Redwood nursery trays. And it stays riggt Ask Yo Ill; Dealer 0 wire at our 6 . a: e findfggimmnueigi‘atefi? to y 1' FREE CATALoé‘. F351 (but, helpful . information for all inc 1- T - neurathgafltl s pduztato an e wi out obligatlgn Klondlko Incubator Go. 8898. W.- 9th St. Des Memes, Iowa 5“ E991ncubator$ {5 i 140 30 DugsTrial 3 :— F . . . . azil‘lé‘é.¥fi:?:::§.°’.:hf per tanks—double walls-den . . Erasers? “shim" Shipped complete, set upgregd; to nag. 140 Egg Incubator and Broader . $17.7 180 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 15.75 180 Egg Incubator and Breeder -" 250 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 250 Egg Incubator and Brooder - 31.00 Made of California Redwood—last a lifetime. Positively TRI A HONEY "016., I! nor SATISFIED 0 This big capacity hot water incubator and hot water :Rag'gER-IIOT broader, built of materials WATER—coPPIR TANKS that Will last for years, at a price that is a real bar- gain. _oth incubator and Brooder have copper tanks and Here. Guaranteed to please or your money back. If you prefer alarger outfit, order our 260 Egglncubator . . . Freight paid. This incubator has two doors and two egg trays. Order direct from this ad and save time, or send for free catalog today. IIIOIGLAD IIGIIBITOII co. Box 91 RacineMis. . . 23.50 260 ‘Egg Incubator with Broodersaz.90 4 the best value on the market today. Order the size you want direct from this ad. 80 days trial—mone ha k if not pleased. It not read to d y_ c until you get our new 1923 gating; er now, don t buy MSGOISII IIGIIBI'I'OR GO. Deni-116 Racine. Wis. 11¢ Direct ‘RodGUp l'gl ‘ 651' 1r mall!" THE Men Save “- “I saved one-third," declares Wm. B. Lee, Stanton, Michigan. “I saved one-halt by ordering. from you," says Elnord Psi-ski, Kearsarge, Fough- ton County, Michigan. F a I Direct from Factory to Farm You, too, can save money. Our thous. ands upon thousands of regular custom- ers are cutting their fence costs to the very bone by buying direct from us at Lowest Factory Prices. The quvalit 0f Kitselman Fence was never hi er; prices are ‘wa down. Buy now and the difference n your own pocket. We Pay the Freight ,Let us send ou our Free loo-page Cata- log of Farm, oultry and Lawn Fence, Gates, Posts, and Barbed Wire, Write today for this money-saying book. Pei Think of it! the well-known high made Peerless Fence sold for as low as We a rod; it’s because we now sell direct from factory at iso- ‘tory prices. This means a big saving for farmers everywhere. Write for free 104 page mtalog of Fence, Farm Gates, Steel _Posts. B_arb Wire, Roofing, Paints --the low prices WI“ astonish you—save you 40 . "Ens.“ assassin - ° . Was n on °3iiio. Adrian. hm... Memphis. 'I’eaai it America’s Oldest Fence Manufacturers. Kll§l1MAN FENCE These Michigani eep. KITSELMAN BROS. Dept.278 MUNCIEJNDIANAE 2—— 0": liol Illion m . from m on Sawmill. mm. rue aadwn rauca a Will co. wales. Olav-Inmate Oldest, Largest and Best as wear CHICKS -. '0 Champion Layers. Cart! A ing-t. . p . , ‘g‘v versges over 100 ‘ ' ‘ “A“ mmnw . ' p ' A . Qua ‘ . :. ~_ moo-r . «1., .. 32 mm . A referee-rawwmww . “uh-61m. Onlyfleforlgnop ,-: .; American Poultiy Miami 4 i‘fifi‘ff.’ 25 cts. 1Yr.750 2‘YEARS lasagna e--” I at ‘1 _ -1. T118 T/zzrd grub/eon 1);)? Prevention 0f Poultry Emma: I ' By H l ‘J. ’ Stafseth, 9 1 Dept. Bqderialogy, M. A. c. ' - ' - _ \ HERE are several reasons for emphasizing the importance of sanitary conditions in the poul- try yard.‘ Inthe first place, almost all contagiousdiseases of poultryare, as has already been maintained, spread through the droppings; Some ‘of them are spread through other channels, but in every case contaminated premises play an important role in the dissem- ination of communicable» diseases of domesticated fowls. ‘ Second; No diseases of' this char- acter can successfully be treated med- cinally without the. simultaneous. ap- plication of preventive measures, in- cluding cleaning, disinfection and iso- lation. Third: ‘When soil has once become Intestinal Intoxi- Fig. ll—Wryneck. catiOn.’ contaminated with disease-producing organisms it is not so easy to obtain a complete disinfection. Thus the ground may become a future menace to the flock, especially so in the case of worm infection. Eggs of intesrinal worms are very resistant to the com— mon agents which in most cases would destroy disease-producing bacteria. The following are some of the require- ments that emery modern poultry plant should meet as far as yards are con- cerned. The yards must be well-drain- ed. There should be no pools of stag- nant water. The soil should be light and there should be sufficient room so as to prevent crowding. Shade should be available, but'owing to the fact that direct sunlight is an excellent dis- infectant the shade trees should not be, placed so that portions. of the yard are permanently prevented from being exposed to the .direct rays of the sun. _ . ' The yards should be divided into a number of pens so that the rotation system of pens may be practiced and frequent inspection may be facilitated. This is indispensable if certain con- tagious diseases should make their ap— pearance because by such a system one may move the' flock to clean, un- contaminated pens while the infected ones are being disinfected and expos- edto the purifying effects of sunlight , and air. Without such an arrangement it would be exceedingly diflicult to get rid of intestinal worms because of the resistance which their eggs possess against the common agents employed in yard disinfection. It is also now known that the eggs of the Heterakis papillosa (a round worm of poultry) may harbor the cause of blackhead. The Histbmanas meleagridis (cause or? blackhead) may remain for years in the soil without losing its disease-pro- ducing power, owing to the protection it derives from being contained .in these eggs. ‘ the birds from one pen to another, 3.1- lowing-the vadated pens to remain. un- used for several months should aid materially in the eliminatiOn of com- municable ‘ diseases- and especially so if the soil 'is'bovered 'with lime and turned over'. before returning . the birds. - _ g. " “if contagious diseases could "51,9 Bx- ? I eluded «from the state. no "conditions Z. .municable diseases. . more difficult The praCtice of moving. fromthe ratio Tools oh , ”we. 'e .; 3;; . would perhaps be better, in many re- spects, than those' provided ”by the range. Here the birds would have plenty of freedom and room for exer- cise. They would be able' to pick up certain nutritional constituents which they instinctively feel the need of and which! arexoften lacking under the arti- fiCial conditions of the poultry plant. lit is, however, a. well known fact that birds on the range are not immune to contagious diseases. The idea that tu— berculosis and certain other diseases of similar nature are caused by‘crowd- ing is erroneous. Close and inadequate quarters aid in~the spread of infec— tious disease, but without the specific cause, the germ, there can be no com- Many of these germs will find just as favorable con- ditions on the range as‘ in the farm yard and it will therefore be evident that disease eradication is made the the greater the area. over which it has been spread. The Dust Bath. This is a most important adjunct to the comfort and'good health of poul- try. In the“dust bath the birds find opportunity for ridding themselves of loose feathers, dea’d scales and scurfs of skin and at least a considerable number of external parasites. It also is a great aid to individual cleanliness. The dust bath should consist of dry, light sand and the addition of a little cheap snuff will ibcrease its useful- ness in combating‘parasites. If con- ditiOns permit, the best place for the dust bath is in the open. It may, how; ever", be placed in a convenient place in the house to almost equally good advantage. ' Feeding. It is not the purpose of this para— graph to give full instructions regard- ing feeding of poultry. However, as the main purpose of feeding very of— ten seems to be that of obtaining high production, a few remarks relative to this matter should not be wasted. It should not be forgotten that health is at least to some extent dependent on proper feeding and that although a. ration brings excellent results as far as production is concerned, it may nevertheless in time prove disastrous to health. The inner secrets of proper feeding are stillfar from being known, but we do know a' few things which , Fig. l—leberneck 'Botulism. -- have a direct relation to the subject under discussion. Spoiled feed, Whether it be of plant or animal origin, should never be fed. Fig. 1 shows a picture of a. hen affect.- ed with botulinus poisoning. The own or of the flock to which this hen be- longed lost twenty-two out of tWenty- five birds in four days after having , thrown a can of spoiled'corn‘ into the yard where the- chickens quickly dis- posed of it. This condition should not be confused with the chef-shown in Fig. 2. The‘ latter is called wryneck / and is ‘notcaused by: any one agent as’. . is b‘otulism or,_as it is commonly call- ed, limberneck. Wryneck "may often be eliminated by .a dose jofgphysic or at other times by .removing.:_ ‘ ' .98": ' A /' 4fieatifi ’2 Q We ,tyo , nves‘t gated‘a number \ fowl cholera end; 'fo’. " ,d‘\ that the re. . mpval of'me‘at from the ration check- ‘ed all of the outbreaks. have been ‘linked up with nutritional 1' have proved their value in promoting my. ‘3’ It may be noted that an unusually large amount of meat was fed in most of these cas- es. Leg 'weakness and diseases re- sembling roup, together with a num— ber of other disturbances of health, deficiency. The feeding of roughage in the form of paper pulp, or tissue -’ paper, ground and mixed with a wet mash, has been found beneficial in certain forms of leg weakness. Food rich in’ minerals and vitamines, such as tomatoes, sprouted oats (fed before they turn~complete1y green), bran, buttermilk and similar substances health and their influence should not be lost sight of. ' In order to keep the feed clean and free from contamination with drop- pings, hoppers, or a construction sim- ilar to the one mentioned in a previous installment of this article, should be used. It is a very common practice to feed scratch feed in the litter. This has the advantage of inducing the birds to take exercise. It has, however, one rather serious disadvantage, namely that of forcing, as it were, the [owls to pick their feed out of a more or less contaminated mass. In the presence of contagious diseases this is a potent factor in the spread of the infection. The amount of dust which is raised during' the time that the birds hunt for their grain is sometimes so great that it may be injurious to the mucous membranes of the nasal passages. The litter should therefore be as free from dust as possible. Too much attention can scarcely be given to this phase of poultry hus- bandry and many factors involved in proper feeding cannot be controlled. One thing, however, is within the pow- er of control of. any poultryman and that is the amount fed. Over-feeding is about as bad as under-feeding. FEATHER EATING AND LEG ” WEAKNESS. READ in the last issue of the Mich- igan Farmer, 'where T. S. complain- ed of the poultry flock . picking the feathers off one anotherhand also of ‘ leg weakness among the flock. ,Feather picking among the flock is cauSed by the birds not getting enough meat material. A hen, in trying to produce eggs, craves all~ the materials necessary to produce this: Flesh, bone, blood, etc., as this is what an egg con- sists of. The flock should be fed daily ofa mixture of bran and meat scraps, one-fourth meat scraps to three-fourths bran. Leg weakness is caused by any of the following: In-breeding, lack of nourishing -food, over-crowding, damp quarters and sometimes from too wide .a perch to rodst upon. The fowls have an unsteady gait. 'In attempting to walk, they topple over, either forward or backward, and in advance stages are wholly unable to walk. The feet and legs become (feverish and dry. For a treatment, one should rub the legs with oil of ,camphor, and add about fifteen grains of iodide of potas- sium to every quart of drinking water. A generous supply of good poultry tonic should be mixed‘ with nourishing food—L. B. Reber. \ ‘ USE OF' LIGHTS. fiLights from about 4:00 a. m. until" daylight, or from 8:00 to 9:00 in the \evening,'- "with feeding at, that time— ‘ these two methods have found most gfavor among poultrymen who. have . bf. “"i uu‘z / i . Yes, sir! J us NOCOLD BROO on the market, we. ever saw at any price, The burner of the ‘ Sen do ' lids Canoflyrfiroodcr " B A B y ’25—, 10 Days At Our Risk t to prove to you that the " V] for 10 days at our risk. T TheNo-Cold Breeder Stove ' Guaranteed to Satisfy ‘ burnsoll with a steady. hot blue flame. curry. No ashes. You start it and then you can forget about it. Entirely automatic in operation. keeps the temperature constant. da or night. Can’t conlnmgtlon of only 1 gallon every 4 ours. ”(on our free caulo folder and spool-l 10- Gfllc'KS 1' purge!» Prices—Write unfamncstpayingmigh- I est quality,Pure BredTom * Barron and Hollywood ~ ‘ 3 White Leghorns—Egg Records 270 t0300 i eggs in one year—Brown Leghorns. .Anconas. i ‘Barred Rocks. Rhode Island Reds. White W yan- * dottes. Book,orders now—get liberal discount. 3Valuablecatalog free. -. ‘ i We guarantee to save you money—give g you strong. healtbv. perfect chicks, the best that 1 money can buy, guarantee live delivery. and absolute satisfaction. Write today sure. ' SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS (1) Box' 101 - Zeeland, Michigan BABY CHICKS DER STOVE is the best canopy brooder Will let you try it on your own little chicks _ . lien if you don’t say it’s the best you shunt back to us and you won’t be out one cent. “No-Cold" is wickless. It starts on oil and No smoke. No soot. No coal to Our Special Oil Controller nn't over est. venue oil h overflow. 8 Froe'l'rlelomir. store oubw. Poem rlu I complete inform- on. rlto for mgr-State Sales Co. byi Ash St, ‘I’lpbn, Ind. Dealers and Agents Wanted for Egg roduction. breeds, Legh'orns, Rock Minorcas and Anconas. consideration. This sho special offer for have them. It is ree. ‘ . ' A White B CHICKS Pure Bred for 1923 Bred to In from carefully mated Flooks, of standard Quality and We offer you exceptional values in the Wolf Hatching & Breeding (:0. Dept. ll], fiibsonburg, Ohio Tom Sheppards Barron 331 ‘— lmported Egg Strain l Anconas - World's Famous Layers. . l n 8’ RBdS, W WyandOtteS’ Orp ngto 'S’ Flocks culled by poultry experts and headed by our prices are right When Quality IS 1“ vigorous pedigreed} males. tSilvgr Wartild Chicks ' ' ' - '1] t t on rig t. at us no cure or now. “Id be the main pomt ll’l Vlel‘V. For SUC Eineflillrustyruted CATALOG Free. rite today. cess, get our Big Catalog of Chicks and Brooders, we have a , ' . .A 1 .Mi h cu, also how to care for your chicks after you SILVER WARD HATOHERY 3”” 9° “d c By Parcel Post Prepaid. better chicks for the mone Pedigreed and Utility Grades and S. C. R guaranteed by prepaid Parcel iCHICKS: range. WHITE LEGHDRNS,. Catalog Free . Route 8, Box 5 BARRED ROCKS. 50, $8.50; ' Postpaid to your door. full Our 14th Year 1,000,000 For 1923 for some of Our Reliable Chicks and we will prove that we give you tion offers and Specials offered. Order early. and Free Illustrated Catalog. HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY, East High Street, Good Chicks--F air Prices Michigan Hatchery 8: Poultry Farms, ' ROCKS 85 REDS, 50,'$8.; 100, $15.; 500, $72.50. From Extra Select flocks livery guaranteed- 2-; headed by Mich. Ag. College Cockerels, WHITE LEGI—IORNS, 50, $8.50; 100. $15.; 500, $72.50. BARRED ROCKS 85 REDS, 50, $9.; 100 $17.; 500, $82.50. Postpaid and full live delivery guaranteed. Order now from this ad. LAKE VIEW POULTRY FARM ~BABY CHICKS. GUARANTEED CHICKS FROM SELECT CERTIFIED F‘LOCKS. Kept on free range. Carefully feed and cared for to insure the best of health and vigor. WHITE d: BROWN LEGHORNS. ANCONAS. 50, $7.50; 100, $14; 500. $65. EXTRA SELECT from Certified Flocks $2 per 100 higher. alog. We want your business not only for this year but for years to come and That Grow, Lay and Pay RELIABLE cmcnsj Barron English White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, and Anconas. Purchase this year’s crop of chicks from tested layers. headed by large Vigorous 260 to 288 Pcdigrecd Males. Customers Report Big Profits with these wonderful layers. Write today for our large illustrated cata- logue. It tells all about them, its free. Wyngarden Hatchery, Box M, Zeeland, Michigan 100% Live Delivery. Give us your order y than you can get elsewhere. Combina- Write for prices FOSTORIA, OHIO BABY CHICKS on Barron Type White Leghoms, also Barred Rocks Barred Rocks, R. C. Rhode Island Reds . I. Reds. Customers report Pullets laying at 4 months and 20 days. ' _ Pcdigrecd Chicks from flocks headed by males bred by Mich. Ag. College from trap- Arlicotngs arild (Ed/bite! Leghorns Bred from nested hens of 200 to 300 egg record. Leghoms, 25.$5.50; 50. $10; 100, $20. Rocks 36 cc 6 C“ e 0‘“ ayers. and ths'k 25. $6 Ls;d50fi$12.75; 100, $25.h Utilith Chicllrs fromMsezl‘ected, free what you want at range cc 3. pure re , cavy egg strain ens, rent vs no in c ium Priced ' ‘ ‘ ' . Chicks. White Leghorns, 25. s4; 50, $7.50; 100, $15; 500, $70; 1,000, $135. Barred pr‘ces‘ wr‘te for catalogue and pnce “St Rocks & Reds. 25. $5; 50, $9; 100, $18; 500, $88. All prices hold until May lst, dis— count of one cent per chick on all orders placed before March 1st. 97% live delivery Dundee, We have just exceptionally low THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Michigan Post. Instructive catalog free. Bank Reference. Box C Holland Mich. E B d h. k ' . gg- re C 1c 3 ENGLISH type white Leghorns, Brown Leg- $10 per 100 and UP horns. From wonderful layers. 1 years of breeding for egg productfion. greelders hegdtlild by From good heavy laying flocks on free arge Vlg‘OI‘OllS ma es rom 1g recor ' ens. Large combed deep bodied type. You Will be 50. $7.; 100. $134 500» $6250- BARRED proud to own a flock of these Leghorns. Live de- Illustrated catalog free. Write today. Royal Hatchery 8; Farms, R.2, Zeeland, Mich. B-A-B—Y C-I-I-I-X Order Now For 1923 WHITE LEGHORNS AND MOTTLED ANCONAS Also Black Leghorns, BI‘OWn Leglflirns. Bufi Leg- horns, Black Minorcas, “.0. Rhode Island Reds. HOLLAND MICHIGAN Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Plymouth Rocks, 9 Silver Wyandottes, White Wyandottes. WE HATCH eggs from Hoganized flocks on free range on separate farms. Send for Price List. _ CRESCENT EGG COMPANY Allegan Michigan assailant! l’US’l‘AGI“. PAID, 955 live ' rrivul guaranteed. 100,316; 500,375 Write for prices on 1.000 or more. live count guaranteed. Bank Reference. Free cat- we will certainly endeavor to handle your orders so as to merit your continued . c d, , .. . . . patronage. Colonial Poultry Farms, Box C. Zee and, ichigan. EA 3.1% hk 3*th {3:10}? 01.13:}1330 Egg}: - Ve y ee chicks. 4 breeds ducklings, Postpaid to you and full live a and this guananteed and you from this advertisement NOW, select and exhibition grades. BABY CHICKS-$1 2 per 1 00 AUDI’D 5 A“ Year. giagttzglgg free. stamps appre. ' FROM SELECT. HEAVY LAYING, VIGOROUS HENS. ANCONAS, 50, 87: 100, $13; 500, 860. BARRED ROCKS. 50, 38.50; 100, $16; 500 875. Well batched in modern machines. Carefully and correctly packed and shipped Dept. 15. Gambier, 0 W'HITE LEGHORNS. NABOB HATCHERY. C H I C K S ThatPay rrival guaranteed. We give you Bank Referance are perfectly safe in ordering your Chicks direct and get them when you want them. All your orders §I€S§eq%e:$ ng‘l‘l‘llétvgotaigggggful personal attention. WE WANT YOUR BUSI— from hens “m lay. Engnsh White Leghorn 131-on WINSTROM HATCHERY.- , _ POULTRY winter layers. “locks culled by poultry experts and headed by large. vigorous 900-303 erg pedigreed males. Place your order now as these lei)“ etched. egg bred chicks will prove to be res mol.‘ma§em Box H-G, ‘ ZEELAND, MICHIGAN smart. Hot-Water Co Tank.Doublc Wells no; 303% Bell-Regulated Safety Lanes, Deep Nursery, With $6.95 Hot ate:- MI“! —'Islh for only l Seed-ivarmnssusming. periods , on. their ‘ next fall and winter. EVERI.AY POULTRY FARM, ,1 8 leading vurleties:‘ifree ,Whillaker’sl-Ileds ”a... ' live delivery Lguaranteed. Michigan's greatest color and egg strain. Bred from CHICKS Postage prepaid. Catalog winter layers for thirteen years. Customers report and price list free- HUDSONVILLD. broilers at 7 weeks, 2% pound broilers at 9 weeks. Write for-free 6mm ““1““ pm“ °n em and CHICKS 12 Leading Breed! chicks. Bess and Single Combs.’ finrsnflLAKEs; .. FARMS ' Box .39, ‘ Lawrence, “won. the catalog free. Prices rla t. -, Ransom Farms, Box 6, Addititmsl Poultry’Ads. 0:1;qu 123' 5,. (.4_‘_~ ,.- . . . _x.. 1‘ Fine illustrated utuof‘n 1., flock average of 24 eggs per ban for January. 2 pound SCOtt Bros. Hatchery’ Edison, 0”“ Free range. purebred. heav laying floooks, 1m rumor“ .. ’ Gaming : NOT ALL DEALERS SELL GOODYEAR TIRES The privilege of selling Goodyear Tires carries with it certain definite responsrbilities on the part of the dealer. He pledges himself, for example, to give you service that will help you get from Goodyear Tires all the mileage built into them at the factory. He prefers to sell Goodyear Tires because he knows he can sell them to more people, and thus be com. pensated for lower profits on each sale. Not all dealers see the wisdom of doing business on this basis; consequently not all dealers sell Goodyear Tires. ‘ But Goodyear Dealers implicitly believe, as we do, that the foundation of a permanent and successful business is sat1sfied- customers. ‘ Dealing with them, you are sure of a quality prod- uct of exceptional and demonstrated value, sup- . ported by a serv1ce that Will save you money. Goodyear Means Good Wear SToKVIGOR Make your own Stock Tonic and Calf Meal at home. Don’t pay freight on bulky material. We supply the medicinal ingredients. A.12 lb. can of Dr. David Roberts STOKVIGOR mixed with 150 lbs. of linseed meal makes you the very best STOCK TONIC . without adulterations. Feed it to your Cows, Horses, .Sheep and Pigs and raise your Calves on it. It makes an excellent Calf Meal. For sale by dealers or postpaid $1.00 and $5.00. Ask for FREE copy of The Cattle S ecialist and- how to get the Practical Home Veterinarian witliout cost: Veterinary advice FREE. nn. DAVID ROBERTS VETERINARY 00., INC lZeGrand Ave.. Waukesha. Wis. ' FERRET-‘5 FOR. SALE , _ N. a. KNAPP a son. R. 2. New London. 0 BARREN COWSfld‘: l couraeiousaaonriou Eugyzmnmgbgmhflzfimmmo _ Inc‘- Kill! _ ' RY, a . Michigan Farmer rt :- toe refit: ified Diner. TheyJ , 0!, .,«‘.",M°.'f§@ ° "1 ' .¥ casg 19.3““? i .- - . «with . ‘ mmga'd’geme» 39"". '> SKlM-MILK COMPARED WITH» 1 TANKAGE. KIM-MILK is worth about one-tenth, the value of tankage from a stock- feeding standpoint, according to a ta- ble recently prepared by Prof. George A. Brown, M. A. C. Buttermilk which is fresh and has not been diluted with churn washings has the same value as skim-milk. , Skim-milk is also worth about twen- ty-flve per cent the value of middlings, pound for pound, and about ten per cent the value of oil meal. EXCELLENT RESULTS IN WEST ’ ALLEGAN. IN his yearly report of the West Al- legan County Cow-testing Associa- tion for the year 1922, Tester J. R. Livermore says: There were 231 cows entered. in the association for the year, averaging 6,778.8 pounds of milk and 320.2 pounds of butter-fat. In 1914-1915 Mr. R. H. Addy, then cow-tester in Allegan, succeeded in raising the average of this same association to 301 pounds of butter-fat, the‘ first time this mark had ever been reached in the United States in any cow—testing association. Now for 1922 this same association has reached the 320-pound butter-fat mark and is still “going strong” with pros- pects for 1923 better than ever before. Six of these 231 cows made over 500 pounds of butter-fat and thirty of them over 400 pounds of butter-fat. Al— though the average feed cost for the association was $62.62 per cow, the average return for the association was $85.18 above cost of feed, or $2.25 for every dollar expended for feed. Mr. H. M. Atwater had high cow for 1922, Jersey, May Star of St. Lambert, II, producing 547.3 pounds of butter- ‘ fat. Frank T. Lane was second with a Holstein, Carrie, having 531 pounds of butter-fat. C. s. Methvan was third high, with a four-year-old Guernsey, Evelyn, 514 pounds of fat, and‘L. C. Pedersen had‘fourth high cow in the three-year-old Jersey, 'BeSsie, 512.4 pounds of fat. Mr. H. M. Atwater also carried off high herd average with 1,066.5 pounds of milk and 531 pounds of fat for five cows. 0'. S. Methven’s herd of seven cows was second with 9,715.3 pounds of milk and 439.8 pounds of fat, ‘while the Taylor & Jag— er Guernsey herd ranked third with 9,134 pounds of milk and 413.4 pounds of fat. Just what would be better than" a C. T. A. with, good live cooperating members? In eight years this Allegan county, Michigan, Cow-testing Association has raised its average to almost twice the average for this country and is still improving. Let us all. speak 'a kind word for good cows, better sires and with the cow-testing association to help let us know "where we stand. HELPS FARMERS TO GIMPROVE HERDS. HAVE lately discovered that we have something unique for north- eastern Michiga'n. We now have a cow-testing‘ association in Ogemaw county which has been in operation for two months with excellent results. Mr. Baltzer tells me that it is the first ' in this part of the state. Some very good results have already been achieved in the work. The last report of the tester which was for the month of November showed one cow giving sixty-three pounds of butter-fat per month and several giving over fifty. On the other hand, it showed several not paying their board and some-of these in the flush of their milking period. The culling out proc- ess is already on and the acquiring of new and better stock has also begun. But the most notable result has been the improved feeding methods. One very good feeder has been enabled to increase the production of one single cow over ten pounds of butter-fat per month and without increasing the feed of the herd at all. Part of the feed was taken away from one cow that could not- handle so much and given to another that could handle more. The low one did ndt decrease but the other one increased. Another had two cows that returned eighty-nine cents and $1.25 respective- ly for each dollar’s worth of feed. They have since been marked for slaughter and the owner has replaced them with excellent grades. Another man was feeding high-prio- ed, ready-mixed feeds. A ration was worked out for him that saved him a dollar per hundred on his home-grown feed, supplemented with some concen— trates. , And so on, I could” name many such results. Improved feeding rations have been furnished over half of the members with good results. The as- sociation is considered by practically all of the members as one of the great- est steps ever taken to promote the dairy interests of the county. The association hired JesseHuggett as tester and he is giving excellent re- sults.——W-. E. McCarthy. Ontario, to keep her position in the British dairy market, ‘has organized a million dollar cooperative selling as- sociation. ‘ ' MereAcres of ' Good Plowing It’s an unusually long-lived plow—there are more acres of good plowing in it—that’s the reputation the John Deere Stag has, earned in many years of . ,wide use. And note these other qualities: ‘ The Stag is - Light Draft ——all weight carried on smooth running wheel bearings—- no dragging frictions Genuine John Deere bottom scours, re- sists wear and does thorough work. Quick detachable share. Greater clearance than» usual llama beam and share-point, and bet 0 moldboard and front furrow wheels. Landing lever enables oper- ator to maintain full width cut around curves and hold low to work on hillsides. See the tag at your John Deere dealer’s. SEND TODAY for free Stag fold- er. Also tell us of other imple- ments on which ou want infor- mation and we wil send you free, “Bookkeeping on the Farm, "—-use- ful for our farm accounts. ~Ad- VALUE OF‘r-‘Es'rme ASSOCIATION. T is diflicult to secure positive evi. dence of the value of many organ- izations. Here, however, is a‘little evi- dence which goes to show something of the benefit that a member may de- rive from a cow-testing association. One dairyman,was.offered $2,000 for a herd of six registered Holstein cows and sixteen grade cows. The cow—test- er felt' that this was not sufilcient money. 'As airesult he cleaned the an- imals, clipped and fitted them for sale, when $2,750 was realized as compared to the former offer of $2,000. This work was a little aside from the regu- lar duties of a cow-tester, but: illus- trates how these men can be of spe- cial service to the farmers among whom they work. MICHIGAN MAN APPOINTED MEM- BER OF RESERVE BOARD. RESIDENT HARDING .has nomii Every cow in your herd can be made to pro- duce up to her full capacity —-if you look well to her ration, her health, her appetite and her digestion. Balance the ration. Feed bran, oats and water, Michigan, to be the member representing American agriculture on the federal reserve board. This ap—i pointment is to fill the new position? created on this board by the act of. congress of June 3, 1922. [ Mr. Campbell has labored long and?E actively in the interests of agriculture and agricultural organizations. Since nated Milo B. Campbell, of COld'; the launching of the National Milk: corn, or their equivalent, cottonseed or linseed meal, clover hay, alfalfa, silage—pasture in season. ~. Remember, the better the appetite the greater the food consumption, the greater the milk production. DR. HESS STOGK TONIG Keeps Cows Healthy Makes Cows Hungry It conditions cows to turn their ration of Producers’ Organization, he has been: its president. Also for more than forty: grain, hay and fodder into pails of milk. It contains Nun: Vomica, greatest of all dress .10 n Deere, Mollne, Illinois, and ask for Package SX622. JOHN“.::’I“’DEERE ‘ TRA'EN K0 .0 V A' FIN 58 OHOIMFLEME 5 POULTRY Day-old baby chickse—seven varieties, all from pure-bred flocks. Better-bred, better- hatched stock. We guarantee satisfaction. Write for free catalog. Lee’s Poultry Farm and Hatchery Edison, Ohio CHICKS Rare Bergnlns. in High Grade Stock. Proven Layers. Liberal Discount on all orders booked now. Strong. Vigorous free range. English White Le horns.Brown ‘ urns. A’noon‘ns. Live arrival and hue t .. faction guaranteed; Write at onpe for'free catahgueu‘ettrmlve‘nricee.» 9m. - RURAL POULTRY FARM. ' - Dept. I“. R; l. . . - Zeeland. Michigan 011 AL! 1' Y: c H H: xe- Barron Eng. White Leg. Br. Leg and Ancones. Strong SturdyChlaksfwm wlentifloallyoulled M.A.‘C. Inspec- ted free range breeders. Ten years of consistent breeding for egg reduction. Wonderful Winter layers. inners at us shows. uy direct from Our 66 core poultry farm and get ICES. I Postpaid. guaranteed. Special discount on all or- ers booked now. Illustrated Get. free. erte (so-day. Townline Poultry Farm. _ ° Dept. 34.. Zeeland R. I. Mich. DAY OLD GHIGKS L- l' flee y n31 P535: Bred Tom stock. MM” ll lie h lend Red or i n t “:2“? :rtedend humid ' :- atnew Merle”. instructive catalog FR“. Brenner‘s Pulls! Purl. Bex'20 Bountlllcllus ' - in accordance" with the . provement of the wool market durinyl BABY V' CHICKS ‘ S. C. W. Leghorns owed eggs from out-gown 2300 hens only. Batis- . aranteed. Dlsctiptive circular. arkema a Son. 8.. 1. Holland. Michigan :‘1' ‘3 EB” eke. turkeys and . ghdmnpureébreddllorthern rowed. lgowls. ~ ,lncubemat reduced? . «A - a area! :1 form. act year. Valu- able new 007mm book and catalog tree. R.F.NEUBERT GMMBM Ina-ha. Mlnn. . é . gnggggs‘ga.°;r.;a.m.rf2srazr.8 ’1‘“ . '- ' .‘ on or tree, ‘ . ‘ ‘ 1' ED IBTLINg.“ Constantine, mo], Baby Chicks $12.00 per 100 and u Hatchln eggs. $1.60 - or setting to 815,00’per l . We are lstlnsl’l va 1: oi pure bred fowls; Chick; ens. Geese. , ucke. Guineas. also breeding stock, gepdefor prices a§§o§mfik¥cggl§§ug§og ffiii‘earlx e iv 11!. ' 0 T Y FARMS. Wilmington. Ohio. . . . .R . faction Simon . :ietleel frpm "W '3 n3 ‘ Get 1- ".Leedl _ selq-- port made by the farm bureau’s wool valuable. Oriana" Most Profitable anemic" 00 over previous pools. and worker in the grange. WOOL POOL SETTLED' IN FULL. ESULTS of the Michigan State Farm Bureau’s 1922 wool pool accounts have been sent to the mem-‘ bers. The 1922 pool paid the farmer, an average net price of 39.14 cents for; the five best grades of wool and an} average net price of thirty-four and one-half cents a pound for all thirteen grades of wool, including discounts, tags and bucks, according to the re- department. - The average price paid- farmers by local dealers during 1922 was. thirty-one and one-half cents a pound, according to reports made by. them up to November 1 last to Verne H. Church, United States Crops Esti- mator at Lansing. The farm bureau opened its pool on May 1, 1922, and advanced fifty per cent of the market value of the wool. years he has been an active member; His ap-z pointment should prove most valuable1 and popular with American farmers.I have been announced by the bureau.~ Checks in final settlement of all 1922: pooled. The last pound of wool in the pool was sold the last week in Novem-[ her and one week later the farm bu-‘i Farm bureau wool pool sales were the Summer and fallvso that some of the better grades of wool \sold from forty-two to forty-six cents a pOund. The small amount of delaine wool in the pool sold for fifty cents a pound. Farm bureau officials declare that the management and sales service of the 1922 pool effected c'onsiderble savings well under way for the farm bureau’s 1923 wool pool. MICHIGAN JERSEY BREE‘DERS TO MEET. / ' -HE annual meeting of the Michlr gan Jersey Cattle Club is called for, January 30:31.11n connection'with Famem’Week at: the, Michigan Agrié cultural College.» Every Jersey breed. er should make his way to this gather- ing of the club. join if not already a member, listen, to .the good gram and take part in the election of om- eers. » Knit. 'Probert; of Jackson, ierthe presidenthand David B. Miller, of E's», ' ‘ mmpmss iS—the reau had the final checks in the mails! i strain. steady im-l Preparations are ’ nerve tonics. digestion. Salts of Iron keeps the blood rich. There are Laxatives for the bowels, Diuretics for the kidneys, to help throw off the waste materials which so often clog the cow’s system. I spent .90 ‘ years in perfect- " ing this Tomc' . GILBERT H , H.D., D. .8. Quassz‘a produces appetite, aids Excellent for cows at calving. Feed it be- fore freshing. Geod alike for all cattle. Tell your dealer how many cows you have. He has a package to suit. 25-“). Pail $2.25 GUARANTEED. 100-“). Drum $8.00 Except in the for West, South and Canada. Honest goods—honest price—why pay more? DR. HESS &' CLARK Ashland, O. DnHess Dip and Disinfectant Keeps the Dairy and Stables Healthful and Clean Smelling BABY CHICKS of SUPERIOR QUALITY From 1?. select heavy laying varieties of Standardbred {oultry free range and Ho- - gan tested. 81 per 100 up. Full value for your money. Shipde by prepaid parcel poet and 1 live delivery guaranteed. Bend for free catalogue and prices. Bowling Green Hatchery & Breeding Co. Box 115M. Bowling Green. Ohio Day Old Chicks Strong, sturdy, S. C. White Leghorn: (English Strain) from large. Vigorous. ye ‘ng Hens, raised on our own farms. that Lay and Pay. Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds from beet laying Send for our illustrated catalog free. Hillcrest Poultry Farms 8: Hatchery. R. 2 Holland, Mich. - ' e Bithluc Baby Chicks Are Guaranteed to Live. 12 popular breeds-he“)! to raise. husky. healthy. vigorous. Write today for free ‘ ‘ : showing many breed. in lull colors. Bills l'llllllll “ROS and HAICIIERY Box 6, Marlon, Ohio ls WOLVERINE BABY CHICKS ' Are chicks that satisfy. Bred for egg produ ion 13years. We hatched and shipped chicks or 12 years. This assures vou success. English type White and brown horns. 100* safe arrival guaranteed. Write for catalogue. Its free. ‘ WOLVERINE HATCHERY IRELAND, HIGH. R 2 =.. CHICKS Eggs from year he hens hatched fifths“: ”J.“ “‘3“ tom . . . m vice-duty stock. was: for prices. HUDSONVILLE horns . only. . ' eatery-treasurer; .2 ' Single" Comb - lb. cock. from winter layingEn iehS.C.W. Leg-n RANcn. Hudson“, f a news. BABY CHICKS We hatch‘leeding varieties of StenMWv. _ vigorous. heavy laying stOCR. Postage paid. ..., Lire arrival guaranteed; Sand for our price” open dates and large illustrated catalogue free. Write today. . Superior Poultry Co. Box MF. Windsor.Mo Attention, Northern Michigan Breeders! S. C. White Leghorns Eggs $1.00 er 15. $6.00 per 100. Orders filled as book- ed. High ertility and satisfaction guaranteed. W. G. PARKER. Charlevoix. Mich. Cooker-ale $5.00 each. Prize Barred H’moulh Bock winning laying strain. J. A. BARNUM, Union City. Mich RHODE ISLAND WHITES win nver all breeds at the egg luyin contest. 300gge So; 50 88:100810 order from this a . Some chicks_ H. H. JUMP, R. 5. Jackson.Mloh. S. C. White Leghorns Cocks and Cockerels RALPH S. TOTTEN. Pittsford, Mich Strong. Vigorous chicks ... “momma . EGGS 8. 0. An ones. White and Brown Leghorns. Postpaid. Safe agrlvpl. Also pullets. ' and breeding stock. Cat ogue free. Ottawa Hatchery and Poultry Farm. Hgllland. Mich Bred-To- Lay White Wyandottes S ecial sale of cookers-ls from 20068 bone for 85.00 1 taken early. EVERGREEN POUiTRY FARM. Blending &. Sons. Greenville. Mich. - White Leghorns. Hhen .Anconee en Rocks. SUMMIT HATOEl’ERY. Byron Center. . White Leghorn BABY onions of “was...“ exclusively. Safe arrival true a t ed. Ciro l r THE .MABION HATCHEai’." is. s. Hugo‘s. - HICKS from good selected heavy! in Hm CS. 0. Bull Leghorns. We kee justt e :no 9' Write for circular.- Willard We 15- not. mm. mm. Jess otetee‘ cooker-ole. mndponeof-enrv B. W. MIL . fleas: ' Sal; dill-0:135 Leghoui c’h - ~ , ‘ smlln mums dMl‘firm *3 .oo laugh?" Mrs. Giau‘dlsmfiotts. mung... ‘ White Wyandotte 33mg,"- ‘ ‘_ HOWARD GRANT. M, , BABY CHICKS utmamh‘rdfihw lty. from our on breeding fail; I ma 89mm Bed Turk ‘We have t on. 0!“ , a .I g.” Oswell.» " BREEDBRS’ DIRECTORY Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach on Ten Days before date of publication , .wr,‘ mm or" ‘iim N, 1 " lgi’ w:% a George , Henry 5 Grand Champions ZBFIRSTS and other prizes. Such was the remarkable performance of our animals at the 1922 Michigan State Fair. What could be better proof of the unvarying quality of our animals or more representative of the ideal for which we have striven? Our success is the natural culmination of our efforts and our reward for years of careful and costly breeding. Ours is symbolic of the best. Mediocrity is not tolerated. Our success can also be yours. Our young animals are the finest examples of breeding and will do much to improve your herd. Get the blood of the King of Sires ED ROF DALMENY into your herd and you will have individuality. distinc- tion and quality. The services of our Grand ChampiOn Stallion. GEORGE HENRY are available. Your correspondence and inspection are invited. WILDWOODL FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN w. E. SGRIPPS, Piop. srnnrr SMITH, Supt. ' "Aberdeen- Angus cattle 'lwo bulls Registered from eight to ele ven months old. One ashow bull. large and growth\ Priced reasonable Inquire of F. J. WILBER. Clio. Mich. Pure Breed Aberdeen Angus cattle For sale; both males It females HeifeIs. with calvesbytheirside. AndrewEitel. Vermontville. Mich. The Michigan State Ayrshire Breeder’s Association Will have a consignment sale of thirty Registered Ayrshires at. the M. A. C. on Jan. 29th. mostly females consigned by some of the best breeders in the State. For Cataloguefitpply to Edward C. W. Roberts, Sec Feneville. Mic Registered Guernseys Another crop of calves. Choice bull calves $75. their breeding and records will please se.you J. WILLIAMS No. Adams. Mich. GUERNSEYS 4.3.8.3.... BULL Oalves. Containing blood of world champions. co ws. Federal inspected. HICKS’ GUERNSEY FAARM. Saginaw. W. S. Mc Wallmwood Guernseys — Young bulls from A R. cows for sale F. W. WA LLIN. Jeuison, Mich. sale Registered Guernsey cows. May Rose Breed- ing also bull calves $50 each. Registered A. R. J( )NH EBELS. R. 2 Holland. Mich. For dams. Ieady for service From Adv. Reg cows. Accredited herd. Glen Clark Eau Claire. Mich. Guernse I Bulls Write for pedigree. Bulls of super LONG VIEW FARM GUERNSEYS ,0. breed”... ready for service. GSINS. Ionia. Mich WINNWUUD HERD Registered HolSteins ? Ask us about a Real Bull a Maple Crest or an Ormsby. JOHN H: WINN, Inc., Rochester, Mich. The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the large, fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors Dam's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and 'quotations. stating about age desired. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL ' Traverse City, Mich. Friesiau dheifer and bull calves, purebred dand high- grade. rice 820 up. [duals and breeding. Write us you; r;- "thinning pleudid in ivld Browncroft Farms. McGraw TCOLANTHA BULLS l on. from high-produciu dams. Also a few g2“ reddaud high- rude Ho inoows at farmers' recs an prices upon request. A clean P under edera . rd BITE FARMS. Whitney. Mich Consisting of Tried Sows, Champion. He is a the hog business. Field Men: P. P. POPE, Michigan Swine Herd, Auctioneers: Wm. Waffle, Coldwater, Big Type Poland Chmas Fall Yearling, Spring Gilts J and 5 Choice Fall Boars THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, .1 923 At the Farm in Basement Barn Regardless of Weather. Most of this offering is bred to Hover’ s Liberator and Tuscola Clansman. Tuscola Clansman was lst prize pig at Mich. State Fair and his sire was Grand real: boar and a litter sired by him will start you in Wl‘lte today for catalog. It describes them all. , John Hoffman, Hudson Farmer, WESLEY HlLE, American E. R. LEONARD, National Poland China Journal DORUS HOVER, Akron,flMich. immune. Tie Barn--Sturgis, HERE IS AGBUDDNE A Yearling son of MAPLECREST DE KOL HEN- GERVPJJ), sire having three sisters each with rec.- ords of over 1200 lbs. of buttcr in a year. two of them former World (hanIIions. (‘alf‘s dam sister to three, each with recorrs of over 1200 lbs. by PONTIAC AGGIE KORNUYKE». This combination of breeding has produced more 1000 to 1200 lb. cows than any other of the breed If yearly production (cunts with you. where can you equal it? Price $150.00 for quick sale. HILLCREST FARM KALAMAZOO, MICH. For Sale King Segis Breeding Nine months old bull whose seven nearest dams average 27. 72. This Is the last of my nineteen of this age. The others are all sold. Grand River Stock Farms Corey J. Spencer, III E. Main St. JACKSON, MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN BULL Wanted herd bull prefer one that has some tested daughters must be a sure breeder and priced right. Send pedigree and Photo also Price in first letter Address. X. Y. .Michigsn Farmer. REGISTERED HOLSTEINS A few of those huge size. Strai ht Top cows for sale. Some with good oflicial recor as. these would be excellent for a foundation herd. I. . SHORMA N Fowlerville Mich. FOR SALE Registered Holstein bull ready for service from good A. R. O. dams. Well grown, good individuals. nicely m.arked Write for prices and pedigrees. Federal accredited herd. (300.1) . ( laIke.1l.Z. Ithaca. Mich. accepted in payment of finely breu reg ‘ 600d “Ola istered Holstein bull calxes Quality of the best. and at prices within reach of all. Write GEO. D. CLARKE. Vassar. Mich' or lease 27 lb. son Maple Crest Korn- For sale, Hang. his daughters better individu. ale and over.% more milk than their dams McLaulln, Redford. Mich. BUTTER BRED ”altruism" ’ CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. Jersey bulls ready FOR SAWLE forservi.ce cows Register of Merit. Accredited he SMI’l‘ { AND PARKER R. 4. Howell. Mich. Lillie mo. old. Farmstead Jerseys For sale. 3 heifers bred to freshen this fall 2 bull calves, 6 to 9 Col lon O. Lillie. Ooopersvllle, Mich. cattle. young bulls. for al.e Tuber-calla tested Registered Jersey,“ Lake Odessa, Mich. J. L. CARTER. Produce Your Own Feeders under EARLIRIPE HEREFORD BEEF . PLAN which guarantees maxi- .r all Rum"; ”““i".l“'°§fi‘i.‘° sou y can oesso o . gan Farmers. E’o riuformati ouwrite or c ‘ T. F. B. Sotham 8: Sons, (Eerefords since 1839). ‘CSt.01sir. Mich. HEREFORDS Sale I: F ' 0-5“ m radius 015““: byaIfmeI- a psi-seam We have oghei'a‘ not “1“ng ity to stadium. am fimmr bull. FRANK BORGERT, Prop., ‘ wit] M1 11 “Sunbrite Farms” BRED DUROC SOW SALE Tues. Feb. 6,1923,1:30 P. M. 15 daughters of the Grand Champion W'olver'me Woodford Sensation bred to Jack Terrel, son of Orion T, Grand Champion Ohio State Fair 1922 and out of the first prize litter at same fair. outstanding boars bred to Wolverine Woodford Sensation. Ten sows out of All double Mich. Write for Catalog Sturgis, Mich. The Michigan Agricultural Collage offers for sale the Hereford Herd Bull Anxiety Fairfax 4th, No.703709 also the Aberdeen-Angus Herd Bull, Blackbird Brandon 2nd. No. 247885. Both of these bulls are now five years of age. Each has sired winning steers for us at the Chicago International. FOR SALE ’Polled Shorthorn 'Cows & Heifers in calf and calf by side. Also a few young bulls. Herd.l headed by Victor Sultan and Royal N on- pare) We can please you in richly bred cattle'with quality at farmers prices GE OE. BURDICK. Mgr. Goldwater, Mich. Branch County Farm, Richland. Shorthcrns Special ‘ofier on several bulls at Farmers' pric- es. Suitable for grading up purposes where beef is required. Also several high class herd headers of the best of breeding. 0. ll. Prescott & Sons, Office at Tawas City, Mich. Hard at Prescott, Mich. Central Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn ofl'er f r sale both Imilk nd beef breedin all ages Wriote M.E ER 860‘ y, GreenviTle, Mich. Shorthorns priced reasonably. An ac- Milking credited herd selected for beef and milk. Béland and Belaud Tecumseh, Michigan Milking Shorthorns ROSEMARY FARMSL Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. Scotch. Clayton Ullltq Scotch To and Milking Sh_orthorns forsaleall ages. W. J. Hink ey. Sec' y, Flushing, Mich_ for sale. white first rize. Shorthorn Bull winner, by ImportedpSire J. A BARNUM Union City. Mich OUBLE Standard Polled Shorthorns. milk strain. Bulls and Heifers all ages at farmers' prices Paul Quack, Sault;8te. Marie. Mich. Red Poll Cattle, E. S. Carr. Homer, Mich STEERS for SALE 90 Herefords '800 lbs. 68 Herefords 680 lbs 86 Herefords 575 lbs. 50 Herefords 450 lbs. 30 Shorthorns 725 lbs. 48 Shorthorns 950 lbs Know of other bunches Also Angus cows 3 and 4yr olds and Angus calves. If in the market for real quality. one load or more. your choice, write stating number and weight preferred. VAN B. BALDWIN Eldon, Wapello Co. - Hoes - Are You Shari offiniriiaIPEh s hires to scrubs? If so bu Bull calves for sale. Also '3. cows. Williamston, Mich Bulls. Cows and Heifers. Yorkshire Swine,. ’ Iowa you proton extra (500d rebred Talcouro Farm under pa on! rolhlamer lOthan '- r lug. Pigs to spring b1 lines and cone rust on TALQA FARM, _ R. '1. “Lansing. Mich. Dun-foe Fall Yearling page I... .... ... scans? delivery. All Col. or all. Fail pigsol her sex “White for e ‘ am. . .132.“ ”,7 w. (3 nylon. Minn. sues By P P. Pope I . r.‘ I-i'AMpsi-Irsss canons. \ rT~ OVER at the side of Michigan State Trunk Line No. 14, a. couple of miles south of St. Johns and in front of the home of John W. Snider we Set the brakes: The landscape, was cov- ered with hogs, black hogs with white saddles, and they all looked alike. Mr. Snider was away from home but his “Charge de Affairs,” MI). Harris, very kindly showedvus around. Out behind the barn we saw more brood sows than one farm often car- ries in Michigan. , Twentysix of them all told. These are the regular herd sows, and in addition sixty Agilts are being bred for the spring trade. Mr. Snider'evidently believes in “putting all his eggs in one basket and then watching the basket,” for he farms on a comparatively small scale and raises hogs to beat the band. There were about the pens and lots a. hundred or more hogs, besides so big a. grist of fall pigs we couldn’t count them. Here is a good sign to put up in your hog house. “When in need of Hampshires, see Snider. ” LITTLE BROTHERS'SHORTHORNS. I SPENT a. delightful hour the other day with Little Brothers. They are not so little either, neither in person nor as cattle men. They have a good farm over on the county line between Lenawee and Washtenaw counties near the village of Macon. We had 'been told that they had some real dual-purpose ’Shorthorns. There has always been a warm spot in my heart for cattle of this sort since the days of “Old Bess,” an old family cow that long ago exploded the theory that both.beef and milk could not be profitably produced by the same ani— mal,pso we drove over to the farm and can say that we were not disappointed. Out in the barnyard we saw half a dozen aged cows, cows with large frames covered with smoOth flesh, and swinging good udders that have been regularly and consistently filling big pails. . Among them, looking cententedly prosperous, stood a. mountain of beef flesh and quality, a son of the noted milking Shorthorn bull, Imp. Harts- forth-~Welfare. He is a great bull by a. great sire, and Wins increased admir- ation by a disposition that welcomes rather than resents the presence of ‘ strangers. ‘ 'A few beautiful two-year-old daugh- ters of this bull were just about to enter the sea of maternity, and some big rugged yearling sons and daugh- ters were the kind that delight the heart of the practical farmer who wants to‘milk cows that also have beef-making inheritance. In oneof the roomy comfortable box stalls were a thrifty bunch of babies. They “are tied in their individual plac- es 'at feeding time so that each. calf gets his share and no more. They say, “it is the eye of the master that fatteneth his cat‘tle, ” and, allowing me to be the judge, I say that; Little Bros. have a good eye for cattle as well as an eye for good cattle. FELDKAMP a FOXY. UT- on the JaCkSOn road (M 14) about three miles west of: litan- O , rchester, thererstands a little red brick school house; , That’s where you turn. Ten minutes- north from here is where you stop- ~tramp and Foxy Clansman .31?» It is the home orjA. A. seis- - 1 -- ~_...,.. . . w’i. ’5 Vl n g ,rfispots.’ . hernia one part, 'chlnosol and " WM " ~ - mm '3,de -. Tues been his carried. - good condition. . C. A. C., Axin, Mich. . i . dram- w. successiongdr. li‘eld , mp- ’ofl this coveted prize with ,\ ‘ ’ years his Poland China bears. . F's Clansman has a wonderful back,- is very smooth, and weighs like lead. Roxy Clansman is long and tall with the best 'bone and feet you ever saw. These boars mated with a bunch of high-class sows have left a great lot. of. daughters that are being well-de- veloped and mated with other grand champion prospects. These will be sold in his February bred sow sale. ’36 has had a very fine private trade on boars and had disposed of his en- tire spring crop but one by the first of the year. ' Mr.-Feldkamp farms something over a quarter-section of good land; he» milks a lotof cows and sells the milk for spending money; 'his good wife keeps up the household with a beauti- ful flock of Barred- Rocks; she rocks the baby for exercise, but the hogs that win the prizes, they’re the ones ‘ lfllflllllllllflllllfi Veterinary. % WWIWHWMHMIlllflllllllllllllllllllfllllllm CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib- ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of each case and give. name and address of the writer. Initials only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the aflvice becomes private practice and 31 must be enclosed. Difficult Churning.-—-—I have a Jersey cow ten years old, which freshenod in September and I .bred her, last month. Now we find it very difl‘icult to churn her cream into butter. She is the only cow, we keep. W. S. S., Bridgman, Mich—Warm cream and cold cream should not be mixed; keep the cream in a warm room for eighteen hours be- fore you churn, stir it every few hours .——cool it down to churning tempera- ture (fifty-two to fifty-eight degrees F.) for at- least two hours before: churning. Keeping the cream in a warmer place might help you‘to over- come this trouble. The writer has made butter, but he does not pose as an expert. ‘ Blind Staggers.—~I have a calf eight months old that is troubled with fits or blind staggers and these attacks last about twenty-four hours. W. W. H.._St. Johns, Mich.—-Doubtless your calf suffers from indigestion. Keep the bowels open, make him take a walk twice daily, give a dessertspoon- ml of baking soda, tablespoon of pow- dered charcoal, and same quantity of epSOm salts at a dose twice a. day. Piles.—Two of my cheats have been trubled with piles for the past two weeks. I also have horse that is lame in back or hips, he travels out of line. G. B. V., Paris, Mich—Dissolve one ounce of acetate of lead in one quart of cold water, apply to piles three times daily. Keep their bowels open. Apply equal parts of turpentine and ,olive oil to backtwicé a week. Hand- rub hind quarters twice a day. Worms—Indigestion.——We have a couple of ewes which are poor and the wool is very thin, but they have few ticks. ‘The rest of my-floclc are in —-Mix equal parts of powdered gen-‘ tian, baking soda, powdered 'red cin- chona and salt together, give ’each gheep a quarter of a teaspoon twice a ay. < ‘- Corneal Opacity.-—I bought some ewes a short time ago, t o of them are blind, the eye is cov red with a white film and ‘I might add that sev- eral of my other sheep drip water from their eyes... Is this eye disease con- tagious? W. O. B., Martin, Mich.—-—I am inclined to believe you may have an infectious ophthalmic. in your flock. Try blowing some calomel into eyes of blind sheep. This treatment might clear the eyeball. Be sure to‘treat» them daily. Keep the diseased ones by themselves until’well. This treat- ment when applied early, will ner- ally clear eye of opacity. Was .the eyes of your other sheep with boric acid lotion—a dessertspoonliul to each pint of clean water. » Eczema—Flay. cats have some kind cuisine itching. patch- . _ .. 1» comes» Mrs. H: K, Butterfield, W3 BROfiKWATER 011800 JERSEYS ‘Ready for Service Boats Slrsd {iy Panama Special 55th and Big Bone Giant \ O ; ‘ 3‘4," Vl' . T Sonsst on: / . . BROOKWATEB FARM, Ann Arbor, Michigan H. W. Mumford. Owner. J. B. Andrews. Maser. ments, length your W811“. sprin Duroc to... guaranteed. DURO bloodlines. E Boars all sold. ERSON, Elm O. l. C. CLOVER O. I. C. O. I. C’s row. Bred to Spring blood lines. Cows that arfi HART AND Louis. Mich. gilta Gran a andeon 0 ea yearllns with quality. § berator Bis Type P- mune. out BIG mine no arises. will mprove 9 D Woodlawn Farm “$223.. CAREY U. EDMONDS. D Early Fall both sex. . “mes- good breeding, satisfact on or money bat-k. Write your wants. 8. E. KIES six months old. I have 3 road to success than any 111 gele‘thofg in each origami!“i an r e or agenc an my - o. s. BENJAMI’N, . 1?, D- 10. CHESTER WHITES c. .1. THOMPSON. o l 0' 1° - - srsows open for Extra good boar. ERED W. KENNEDY. a d t . m” ° '39r'ro B. SCHULZE. 0. >1. C. AJ BAR L. T. Poland ,Chinas sonable prices, Larseva Lionard’s Big Type P. barlaln Prices. Boats at Half Price W 'h ve been bleeding them big tor-80 hoegs :epresent the blood lines of Giant (v’l‘vlta‘nsnéan. l{Alliaeratom t to orw a on wan . silo. o .Iowa'sgrentest ascola Clans rst rice pig at Mich. tare 1" today for catalog. Hogs meet day. re ulre- . size and quality. Young stoc for sale at reasonable Wricasfiind fully‘guarnnteed. Write ARTLL Alma, Mich. boars. gilts.~ summer and fall pigs 0. Reasonable prices and satisfaction Jesse Bliss & Sen. Henderson. Mich. Spring Boers C'JERSEYS for sale, Hastins. M ch. roliflc. big bone. , ‘Hillsdale. Mich. BIG "Till CHESTER W‘l‘lEE The prize winner kind from the best prize winner lopors ready for market at “fly dove tarted more breeders on the on living. I want to lace by to advertise my erd. 3 Portland. Mich. B 1 March 8th. rifiiffil'lidfirmnn. Reese, Mich Che I Whites. Choice spring cilts bred to Giant 5 er 2nd prise boar Fair. Also fall gllts'. t St. t a .. e Tekonsha. Mich. LUCIAN HILL. CHESTER WHITE: .Bu’é‘lfigf'bt‘i‘isgliii tall gllts 0.0.D. ALBERT DORE. Clinton. Mich. I l . P azakln. Alstul, 0.l.C 3 itmfohiia no“? pl° M L0 H. PEI:- s. I urst Farm. ouiafivflicb. Cltz. Phone 20 la growthy gllts furrow in Mar 1 t lbo r l . . LIBBAOF STD K han, Monroe, Mich. GlLTS furrow at es. 0rd, Mich. bred for Apri reasonable Roc sows bred for early spring litters. 17 S k hfall grecding 40] mo. old. too 8 lo 0 on approve . . DR. 2, Plymouth, Mich. 20 last spring gllts bred to furrow in ° Mar. and April. big growthy stock. 3‘ mile west of Depot. ultz's phone. Nashville. Mich. breidAfo'rI tMarch an on arrow. Danavllle, Mich. GI LTS H. W. MANN. 0. I. C. :firgm' and Wm all sold. Am tak era for fall and spring pigs. KER it SON, Belmont, N lch o ‘ c 4; Chester White Swine Strictly’Blg Type with . - Iquality. Few choice gilts bred for spring far- Lenghty Monster. One of the best boars we cverowned. Newman's Stock Farm,Marlettc,Mlch. Boats Now Ready To Siip H. O. SWARTZ, Schoolcl‘uft, Mlch spring boars and bred sows at 1'93“ also fall pigs either sex of popular Aberdeen-Angus bulls. Heifers and show winners. Write or come. . A. CLARK. B 3, St. Louis Mich. LARGE TYPE P. C. A o d as the row. ‘Fsll pigs eithersex. Bred stgwgigr caleaired bay theWolverlne. M. B’s Clansman. immune. Sale Fem-fiat; 213i. tit W's..0rango, Alaska and Black Buster. Cholera BORNOR, Par-ma. Mich. L. T. P. C. Choice Gilts $25 to 340. Boats $30. Fall Pigs :15. CLINE. Address 1“- T. HART. St. Francisco Farm Poland Chinas sired by a grandson of National Grand 8 ring Chum ion Sow and bred to a grandson of National- dDOhumplonlpogr. Now ready to sh POPE. P. C. r “The-Rd boar I ever owned has size combined Come and see the real kind. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma, Mich and Origige Clunsman and fall Pigs at. E. . LEONARD. St. Louis. Mich From 1011. Pioneer herd of Big ype Poland Chinas ears. Our mater, The The Yankee, Big ‘Bob, etc. . BUTLER. Portland. Mich 0. some very choice boars double im 11 lb. sire and mammoth sows from rds. E.J.Mathewson. Burr Oak,Mich. TYPE POLANDS ‘all sold. fall pigs either sex at tsrmers’ an 8 our he r P. bllcs'le Feb 1 y Dgltos‘lr “ ovnn Akion. Mich. Ilnut A] T . .Gllts bred or open. two good boar?" 1" “P‘C ' left. The 11 I d 300d K03 and will again. y ave a "I“ ms 9 ' ' “'1' Write for mv lan of sellin . M. M. Pamela Gd. Ledge. Mich. WV lay I of?! . deand Chlnas , . 13.. na- Middlsvflle.fllch Adm-1'77 M m .7 intuit ' -. r. "' --." ' «Wis .71 1; lp. Mt. Pleasant. M 'lch_ Largest in Mich. A few fall pigs to sale. , Slred by “The Wolverine" nbow and Big Bo " the great-. C. gllts sired by Leonard's. B T e P. C. 'gilts . re We best ho.3‘i'i.32?ee°§ . ’ “vi. ism-amen \ . -' ,1.» ,.\ ‘ a". his classlfled advertising Small advertisements bring best using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Rates 8 consecutive inse ans 6 cents a word. display type or illustrations admitted. cents a word, each insertion, Remittances ‘Mlnlmum charge. 10 words. Rates in Effect October 7. ‘1922 One Four One Four times Words , time times $2.40 26......” 08 $6.24 2.64 6.48 2.88 8.12 3.12 6.86 3.86 1.20 . 1.2 3.60 1.44 . . 8.84 7.68 17 ....... . 1.36 4.08 7.92 18 ........ 1.44 4.32 8.16 19 ........ 1.52 4.56 8.40 20 ........ 1.60 4.80 8.64 21 ..... , . . 1.68 5.04 8.88 22 ........ 1.76 5.28 9.12 2 ........ 1.84 5.52 9.36 24 ........ 1.92 5.76 9.60 25 ..... . . . 2.00 6.00 8.84 . 0 All admm'flng copy peela otlce dlmntlnuana "dun or (hangs of up] In- tended for the Clauified Dam-mum mun roach this warm day: in advance ofpubllca lion dais. \ MISCELLANEOUS TO INTRODUCE our old mellow and sweet flavored Kentucky Smoking and hewin Tobacco. we will sell you 0 lbs very best 3-year-ol mild smoking for .06; 10 lbs. very best Burley and Green River mixed for $2.00; l0 lbs. very best. 3-year-old chewing for$3.25. A genuine 81.00 French Bricr‘fipe Free with every order. Satisfaction guarantee . Send no money. Pa for tobacco and postage on delivery, Kentucky To acco 00., Box 622. Owensboro. Ky. HEMSTITCHING, PICO’l'ING AND SHIBBINGL—All done with our one attachment. Fits any machine. Easily adjusted. No electric or other extra power needed so rlm same. Samples of work and full in- structions sent with each attachment. Price $2.50. Oriental Novelfl 00.. Box 1.1. Corpus Christi, Texas. SILVER FOXES. We are making very special prices on nineteen twenty-tree pups if bargained for now. Our stock is very best. quality, all pedigreed and registered. Victory foxes are Good foxes. Buy now, Volmarl & Hughes, Mus- pay later, save one-third. cgon. Michigan. sTRAWBERRIES—Progressive Everbearing, hear all summer. Good healthy plants. Never a failure. We have same ‘customers order 3 years. 75c per hunfiddred prepaid. Frank Rich, Alloglm. Mich, Stats Re '. HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing: 5 Pounds. $1.75: 10 pounds, $3; 20 pounds, $5. Smoking: 5 Pounds. $1.25; 10 pounds. 82; 20 pounds, $3.50. Send no money, pay when received. Co-operative Tobacco Growers. Paducah, Kentucky. EOMESPUN TOBACCO. ' Smoking—5 lbs” $1.25; . $2.00; 20 “16.. $3.50. Chewing—5 lbs.. 10 lbs, $3.00. Furnish free recipe Ior_prc- paring. Send no money. Pay when received. 0000- nor Smokehouse, Hayfield. . HOMESPUN SMOKING TOBACCO. Mild and mel- low—10 lbs. $1.75; 20 lbs. $3.00; delivery guaranteed. We furnish free recipe (or preparing. Smoking To- bacco Exchange. Sedulla. Kentucky. NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO. Chewing: 5 Pounds. 81.75; 10 pounds, $3; 20 pounds $5. Smokin ; 5 Pounds, $1.25: 10 pounds, $2. Pay when rece vcd. Tobacco Growers Ulllon, Paducah. Ky. INOCULATE your Alfalfa. Sweet. Clover, Soy beans with best. pure culture bacteria. Guaranteed. Bushel 900. E. E. Basll Sweet. Clover Grower. size postpaid Letty, Ohio. COAL BURNlNG BROODER STOVES—Beal ones: none better. The 'll save your hatch. Guaranteed. 30 do a ,lil‘lal. rices way down. Folder free. Geo. attach r ck. Lafa'ette Ind. GLADIOLI DAHLIA BULBS. Choice named vari- eties. Postpaid. 20c dozen up. Catalogue Free. Reno Fast. North Adam, Michigan. DOGS GERMAN Shepherd, Airedales, Collies; Old English Shepherd dogs; Puppies; 100 illustrated instructive list. W. B. Watson. Box 35. Macon. Mo. POULTRY DON'T BUY CHICKS & HATCHING EGGS UNTIL {gauges our catalog and prices on Barred Rooks. White g. Ancouas. Write today. Discount on early or- ders. Model Poultry Farm til Hatchery. It. 4. Zeo- land. Mich. GET EVERGREEN POULTRY FARM'S cheap prices on'pul'e bred poultry. chickens, turkeys. ducks. geese. gulneas. baby chicks best. laying strain. Illus- rated catalog free. Evergreen Poultry Farm Hatch- eries. Hampton. Iowa.‘ MANY VARIETIES pure bred poultry. baby chicks and lgeons at low prices. 100 page book in colors desc has them Mailed for 5 cents. Frank For. Box 9. Clinton. Iowa. SILVER LACED and White Wyandotte Cookerels, $3.00, two for $5.00. Ext-rs choice, $5.00 bitch. Sal- isiactlon Guaranteed. C. W. Browning, R. 2. Port- land, Mich. HATCHING EGGS WANTED. We can use your out- put in any of the odd breeds such as Houdsns. Polish, Cornish. W. Mlnorcns. Write us at once. Chick Hatchery. Dept. 6, Shelbyvllle. Ill. ' WALKER’S R. C. REDS—State cup winners. Breed-k mg cockerels $3.00 to $10.00: Pullcts $2.50 to $5.00. Some good hens 2 for $5.00. Red Acres Poultry Farm. Battle Creek, Mich” B. No. 6. Box 1953. BAltltED PLYMOUTH ROCKS for sale. stock and eggs at. reasonable prices. Fair View Poultry Form. B. No. 3: Box B, Hastings, Mich. RHODE ISLAND REDS—R. Cf Large fancy cockersls Ed pullets at $3 each. Burt Sisson. -Imlav City. S. O. DUFF LEGRORN. “Those real eg Order your chlx now from those won 2 John J. Bouwcns, R. 2. Zoeland. Mich. GEESHoulouss. African, Emden. DUCKS—Penn. Rotten Runner, vaey. Price reasonable. John Has. Batmdorf. Iowa. MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS, winners at the loadlnz Fairs. $1.50 per set. Ducklings 30¢ each 8. B. 2, Romeo. Mich. - 88 VARIETIES Fine pure bred chickens. ducks.¢e'ose. machines". erl'ul layers. urke s.ctocke . chicks. Large catalog 5o. A.A. IE ‘ _, Angel. Minn. . m: norm runners. at In new fine cola l~ later! clock. . wlffimli‘égy Stebbins. Ssrsnac grands. Cows. Mich. department is established for the results under classified headings. Poultry adve at classified rates, or in display columns at commercial rates. on orders for lea than four Count as a. word each . léoroua pu red IA!!! 13110qu recurs Lam Tm- gun's. convenience of Michigan farmers. Try it {or want ads and for adver- rtislng will be run in this department insertions; for tour or more No abbreviatlon, initial or number. must accompany order. Real estate and live stock advertising have separate departments and are not accepted as classified. 200 GIANT 8.0. Black Mlnorcs cockerels none better $2.25 each. Mike Schaeler. R. 1. Essexvllle. Mich {do}; rounousn GEESE try M. B. NOBLE. Saline. . r‘. TURKEYS. White Holland. extra ass stain. Archie Bennett, Rockford. h. BABY CHICKS CHICKS GUARANTEED —Honlth , sturgg thriv- ing chicks, [Hooks that. are mate with lohlgou Agricultural College cockerels, Barred .lrs. S. C. bullets and Anronas, Vi'hile and Brown Leglloms. breeding cockerols. Safe arrival, postage aid. cata- log free: Falrview Hatchery and Po try I‘m Route 2, Zeoland, Mich. BARRED ROCK CIIIX—From my stock that won Mich. merit. test. 1921. 26-} and 258 egg hens. Won champion sweepstakes and all possible firsts but one. in greatest production class of rocks ever 0001106. Grand Rapids, Jam. 1923. Get my price list today. It costs you nothing. L. W. Aseldne. B. 1. Grand Rapids, Mich. BABY CHICKS—S. C. White and Brown Leghorns. Bufl Orplngwns, Bar and Plymouth Rooks. S. C. and R. C. Reds. White Wyaudottes and Anconas. \Free range on separate rams. $15.00 per 100 up. Writ» for prices. . W. Stone Hatchery, F. Willis. Gen. Mgr., Fonlon, Mich. Lock Box 44. CUSTOM HATCHING. four cents per egg. Ship no your eggs, chicks hatched and returned parcel post prepaid. Satisfactory hatch guaranteed. Now con- tracting space tor spring hatching. Akron Hatchery. Akron, Mich. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from pedigreed cook- erels direct from Hollywood Farms, every breeder ersonall selected by Prof; Foreman of M. A. C. auantity imited. Quality the very best. Circular free. Maple Haven Farm, 8.5, Jackson, Mich. S. C. W. LEGHORN Chicks and famous Sheppard Anconas. Leghorn foundation stock from M. A. C. with egg records up to 279. Write for Catalogue. Byron Center Poultry Farm, G. C. Kelzer. Byron Center. Mich. - QUALITY CHICKS, eggs. Sixteen standard. bred varieties. Best. winter laying strains. Free delivery. Reasonable prices. Catalog free. Missouri Poultry Farms, Columbia, Missouri. BABY CHICKS-Barred Plymouth Rocks and s. C. White Leghoms. Send for catalogue. Snowflake Poultry Farm and Hatchery. Route 5. Mlddlevlllo. Michigan. BABY CHICKS bargain riccs. Barred Books. White and Brown Logllom. uni-antes full 100% olive. tree delivery. Hillview\Poultry Farm Hatchery. .R. 12, Holland, Mich. White Leghorns that Write for tree cata- Hatchery. CHICKS—English strain S. C. lay and pay. Order early. logue and price list. Honorbilt Farm 8: 145 S. Elm St... Zeeland, Mich. from heavy 882 producing strfln. S. C. W. Leghorlls closely culled. Rom BABY CHICKS Barren and young 100% alive. Circular tree. Montolla Hatchery, 1. Holland, Mich. BABY CHICKS. 15 Leading varieties. 2'6 mum {or 1923. The kind that lay early. Large. vigoroul. flufl’y kind. Lowest prices. Send for large «um. D. '1‘. Farrow Chickorles. Peoria. 111. strolls“). BABY CHICKS—Remarkable for size and Redo. Reasonable prices. Leghoms, Anconas. Rocks, Wyalldottes, Orpingtons. Mlnorcss. S 'l'yronc Poultry Farm, Fenton. Mich. SELECTED CHICKS Irom best strains-sat llvlnl prices. All popular varieties. Fll'st' hatch in Jan- uary. Hutchin eggs. Write for circular and p 0 lat. thohiiel Hatchery, Litchileld, Mich. QUALITY March lst. live delivery. Catalog free. Box 3. Zeeland, Mlch. STERLING QUALITY CHICKS from 14 Various; CHICKS for delivery each week after B. C. White and Brown Leghorns. 100’ Standard Hatchery. Pure Bred Certified Stock. Prices Right. P. . Clardy, Mammoth Hatchery, Highland View Poultry Farm, Box 6. Ethel. Mo. BABY CHICKS—~Slx leading varieties. Write your wants. Spiel“ prices on large. advance orders. Free catalog. H. Pierce, Jerome, Mich. CHICKS; Low rices for pure bred stock. 8. 0. Eng llsh Whites, rowns. Anconas and Barred Rooks Catalo no free. Free delivery. 809. Hatchery. Zac- land. , 2. Mich. (Formerly Fairview Hatchery). CHICKS. From free range selected flocks bred to lay. All pepular varieties. Prices right. Send gt catalogue. 100% delivery guaranteed. Homer Hatc - fiery, Homer, Michigan. 25.000 PUREBRED chicks weekly. live delivery guaranteed. Catalog Hatchery. Clinton, Mo. Lowest prices. Wm CHICKS—Get 20 page 1.000.000 PUREBRED our Rex Poultry 00.. 011nm catalog before ordering. Missouri. ’- HELP-WANTED « '7 WANTED—Experienced farmer to run a Monroe Come ty stock farm for Detroit man. Must. have had 01- ‘ perience with pure bred live stock and general hu- 1 ing. First letter must have complete informatics to experience, size of family. salary expected when at llberty to go to work. Apply Box Michigan Farmer. WANTED—Reliable man on 150 acre far-ha: ‘ 1 going ahead with work as owner is shay . Six registered Holsteins and three horses to assist with housework. year gland gt. wages wanted and experience. . S. Van from Detroit. Must be capable of taking of. Can use single man or married man a% Salem, Mich. WE PAY $200 monthly salary and furnish pig :3 expenses to introduce our guarau poultry stock powders. Bigler Company, X 683._Spm.‘ Illinois. / ' ‘ , ,_ . WEB, 40,:,farmer. 4r m.:d¥¢g r. For further particulars write Q.» Alba. Mich. ‘_ . WANTED—Martian” for farm by you los- ‘ far? 8 2 , Gives. cause. I. ., . ‘ .- lm'iswaaam m...» ins and general vol-kl , an. . a _--i-k;..iid'li: ill "EY'IJJI .giflL‘flllfii [IE GRAIN QUOTATIONS - Tuesday, January 23. Wheat. Detroit.—‘No. 2 red $1.34; No. 2 mix- ed $1.33; No. 2 white $1.33. Chicag0.--No. 2 hard $1.1514@1.16; May $1.161/2. Toledo,—.Cash $1.34%@1.361/2. Corn. Detroit—Cash No. 2 at 770; N0. 3 yellow 760. Chicago.—No. 2 mixed 691/2c; No. 2 yellow 69%@700. Oats. Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 500; No. 3, 48%0. Chicago—No. 2 white at 43%@44c; No. 3 white 421A2@42%c. Beans. Detroit—Immediate shipment $7.90. Chicago—Choice hand-picked Mich- gan beans $8.10@8.l5; red kidneys at $8.25. and prompt New York—Choice pea $8.50; red kidneys $8.25@8.50. Rye. Detroit—Cash No. 2, 900. Chicago.——860. Toledo—Cash at 92c. Seeds. Detroit.—Prime red clover cash at $13.20; March $13.35; alsike at $10.65; timothy $3.30. Toledo—Prime red clover cash at $13.50; alsike $10.70; timothy, new at $3.30; old $3.35. Hay. Detroit—No. 1 timothy $16.50@17; standard $16@i6.50; light mixed $16@ 16.50; No. 2 timothy $14@15; No. 1 clover $14.50@15; rye straw $11.50@ 12; wheat and oat straw $11@11.50 per ton in carlots. - Feeds. Bran $36@36.50; standard middlings $356I>35.50; fine do at $36@37; cracked corn $35@35.50; coarse cornmeal at $34; chop $29.50 per ton in loo-pound sacks. ' Fruit. Apples.—Jonathans $4.50 per bbl; Kings at $5@5.25; Northern Spies at $4@6; Baldwins $4.50@5; Greenings $4.25@4.50; Wageners $4. WHEAT The pendulum of wheat prices has swung over a relatively small area in the last three weeks, and it is at about the same point as on the opening day of the year. Usually such a penform- ance is followed by a rise rather than a fall in prices. Whether the rule will hold good this time depends on the extent to which the market has 'been artificially supported on the declines. CORN The corn market has become less brisk as both domestic and export de- mand have fallen off. While prices which importing sections are offering in the corn belt are higher in many cases than those at terminals, receipts at the latter remain' slightly above normal for this season of the year. Chicago particularly has accumulated a rather large stock in the last six weeks and the visible supply is larger than usual. . OATS The oats market takes much of its color from the other grains but con- sumptive demand appears to be keen so that comparatively heavy receipts are being‘absorbed without any spe- cial weakness. Germany bought some rye last week' in' spite of her political situation and sales to her in the last month range as high as 10,000,000 bushels. FEEDS .Feed markets have strengthened in the last week with bran at the sea- hon’s high mark although the demand from consumers is inactive, interior .dealersvare fairly well stocked up and ‘wheat feeds are piling up at milling ..-centers. Moderate winter tempera- ‘tures as a factor in consumption are ”a partial offset to the increase in num- bers of animals on feed. ' ~ ‘ HAY f_.wé-er receipts of poor hay have A, although; Etched, markets generally \ _ . . Fair to good sheep . . . . .. price declines were small.. Nearly three-fourths of the surplus of alfalfa in producing districts has been sold. The crop in the southwest was small- er than last year and only about half of the surplus has been marketed ac- cording to surveys made by the de- partment of agriculture. BUTTER All'past records in the butter mar- ket for this time of year have been broken by receipts since the first of January. The previous high point was in January, 1922, but this year’s total shows a gain ol' about twelve per cent. The market weakened recently under the heavy supply but some firmness as the rate of disappearance into con- sumption .shows no diminution and in spite of increased receipts storage re- serves at the four markets have de- clined nearly one-third since the first of the year. It is still possible that a pronounced shortage of butter may develop before the flush period starts. Prices on 92secre fresh butter were as follows: Chicago 501/20; New York 52c. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells for 48%@49c. POULTRY AND EGGS Egg prices developed more stability last week as the recent drop has stim- ulated consumption, turned some buy- ers from storage to fresh eggs and probably discounted the increase in production for the present. Eggs for April delivery are quoted at about the same level as last year. ’Dressed poul- try is still piling up in storage but stocks in recent years have reached their high point by the third or fourth week in January. Prices are holding well as consumptive demand is keen. Chicago. Eggs, miscellaneous 3361] 34c; diriies 2641J28c; checks 24@250; fresh firsts 34@34‘l/gc; ordinary firsts 30@32c. - Live poultry, hens 23c; springers at: 18c; roosters 14c; ducks .180; g’eese 15c; turkeys 350. Detroit.e—Eggs, fresh Candied and graded 37@380; storage 25@27c. POTATOES Potato prices were steady to firm. last week. Shipments have been a lit- tle lighter but are slightly above nor- mal for this season of the year. As a result of low prices the prospective acreage of early potatoes in the south is said to be much smaller than last year. Northern round whites are now quoted at 80@95c per 100 pounds at Chicago and $1.05@1.25 in other lead- BEANS , The bean market declined last week with choice hand-picked whites quoted at the close at $8 per 100 lbs. f. o. b. Michigan shipping points. Red kidneys were unchanged at $8.25. While producers are not selling“ many beans, and the demand has been ex- ceptionally light, no effort is being made by holders to push sales at the lower price and a recovery seems likely. GRAND RAPIDS Tone of the egg market in Gran Rapids was unsettled early this week with a decline in prospect before Sat- urday, dealers. Prices were out of line with Chicago and buyers said they were planning to slice bids just as soon as a small surplus began to accumulate. Early this week Grand Rapids was paying 36@37c per dozen, or 2@3c a dozen more for eggs than Chicago. Bids on heavy fowls easedunder pres- sure of heavy receipts, 18@19c per pound, live weight, being the average prices. Beans were a dime lower, mostly $6.50@6.75 per cwt. Wheat was higher at $1.24 per bushel for No. 1 Live Stock Market Service, Wednesday, January 24. DETROIT ' Cattle. Receipts 300. Market is very slow, with canners and bulls steady; all oth- ers 50c lower than last week’s close. Best steers ............. $ 8.50@ 8.75 Handyweight butchers 7.50@ 8.00 Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ Handy light butchers... . 6.00@ Light butchers .......... 4.50@ Best cows 5.00@ Butcher COWS 4.00@ Common cows Canners Choice bulls Bologna bulls Stock bulls Stockers Feeders ......... , ....... Milkers and springers. . .$ Veal Calves. Receipts 510. Market strong. Best .................... $15.00@15.50 Others . .. . . . . 7.00@14.00 4.50@ 5.25 3.50@ 4.25 4.50@ 6.00 6.00@ 6.50 40@80.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 2,110. Sheep strong; lambs very 'slow but 250 higher. ‘ 15.00 Best lambs Fair lambs ............. 12.50@13.25 Light to common .. 9.00(rr311.25 6.50@ 8.00 2.00@ 4.00 . 1000001275 Cuils and common Yearlings Hogs. , Receipts 2,100. Market 10c lower. Mixed hogs ............. $ 8.80 Pigs 1and light weights. 9.15@ 9.25 CHICAGO Hogs. Estimated receipts today are 25,000; holdover 17,811. Market slow and 15 @200 lower. Bulk of sales at $7.90@ 8.35; tops $8.55 early; heavy 250 lbs‘ up $8.05@8.25; medium 200 to 250 lbs $8.15@8.35; light 150 to 200 lbs $8.25 @850; light lights 130 to 150 lbs $8.25 @850; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up $7.20@7.50; packing sows 200 lbs up-‘ §6ég0@7.25; pigs 130,.lbs' down $7.75@ . Cattle. * ‘ - Estimated receipts atoday. are 9,000. Market'Slgtv; killing classes steady ‘9”. o 'u-"\ wet Weak; veal calves strong to 250 high- er. weight 1100le up $11.25@12.50; do medium and good at $8.50@11.25; do common $6.50@8.15; light weight 1100 lbs down $9.65@12; do common and medium at $6.25@9.65; butcher cattle heifers $4.90@10.50; cows $3.75@8; bulls bologna and beef at $4.50@6.50; canners and cutters cows and heifers $2.75@3:85; do canner steers $3.50@ 4.75; veal calves light and handy- weight at $8.75@12.25; feeder steers ‘ common $6.35@8.25; stocker steers at $4.65@8; stocker cows and heifers at $3.25@5.25. ‘ , Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 18,000. Market slow and'generally steady to lower. Lambs 84 lbs down $15.25@ 15.50; do culls and common at $9.50@ 13.25; spring lambs $9.50@13.50; ewes $5@6.35; ewes cull and common $3.50 @6; yearling wethers $12.75@’14.85. BUFFALO Cattle.‘ Receipts five cars. Market is slow. Choi‘ce to prime shipping steers 1,400 lbs and up $9.50@10; good to choice shipping steers $8.50@9; heavy fat, medium quality $8@8.25; medium to good $7.50@8; light native yearlings, fancy quality» $9.50@10; medium to good $8@8.50; best handy steers $7@ 8; plain at $7@7.25; handy steers an heifers $6@7; western heifers at $6.75 @725; light Michigan butchering heif- ers $6.50@7;“.best fat cows $5.75@6; medium to good‘ $4.50@5.50; cutters $3.25@4.25; canners good weight $2.25 @250; common andoid rims $1@1.50; best heavy bulls $5.50@6; heavy bo- logna bulls $4.75@5.25; common bulls $4@4.50; best feeders 700 to_800 lbs $6.50@7.25; medium feeders $6@6.50; stockers, good $5.50@6; light common $4@5; best milkers an’d springers $60 @80; common and=medium "$35@4’5. .Calves,\tops $16. ' ' “H . ogs. ~ Receipts 30 cars. ,Market‘is louver.- berries Medium and heavy $9.15@9.30~;. york- ers and pigs'39,50@‘9.7,0.1 , _ ' "Isn‘eep andLamb'o. Top...” yearlinas . mm 1W. f$115a25; ”m; fiwea according to leading produce. Beef steers medium and heavy - Receipts five “cars. Market steady. red. Elsewhere the market wasum changed. - COMING LIVE, STOGK‘SALES. , Shorthorns.» Feb. 2.——Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Association“, East Lansing. Chester Whites. ‘ March 8.—Alexander & Bodimer, Vas-e sar. - Poland Chinas. ' Feb. 1.——Doris Hover, Akron. Feb. 16.—E. J. Mathewson, Burr Oak, Feb. 17.——-Witt Bros, Adrian. Feb. 21.—C.J Q. Goodrich, Plymouth. Indiana. ,- Feb. 21.—-N;« Fay Borner, Parma. Feb. 22.—A. A. Feidkamp, Manchester. Feb. 27.——J. E. Mygants, St. Johns. Feb. 28.—Chas. Wetzei & Sons, Ithaca. March 1.——Archie Ward, Breckenridge. March 22.——Sonley Bros, St. Louis. ‘ Duroc-Jerseys. Feb. 6.——-Frank Borgert, Sturgis. Feb. 8.—St. Joe County Duroc Associa- tion, Centerville. Feb. 9.—J. 0. Barney, Goldwater. Spotted Poland Chinas. Feb. 14.——G. C. Coffman, Goldwater. March 2.——C. Watson, Breckenridge. 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We ship '39-,“ dlr to you at wholooolo "loos. rates "you orda- m. Our Ion! - Pr “°'§t'"e'£ ‘ sicmdnfor good liberal was so once you. on w'ifi) reap bf. 1;" the owin mbie catalog “:1! c°or°' dons" , en. the wholo story. Write for you! can! “CV-RM". "WHO.- Box IO. ”mull“. fllell~ ‘ simian $3.50 Per M 7 b. , “““rstrtnt ”sears: . varieties 4M _ .ood' i Bar. B ,- PW Portable Saw- ruins are built for accuracy and service. The Double Belt Feed assures fast sawing. " J The carriage is controlled in both burying;a and backward W M- single Ever. 3The speed of e carriage can be varied by , . - the operator’s pressure on 'on.