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OMEWHERE on a —Michigan farm

tonight, a tired farmer is throwing

,_ aside the newspaper after scan

ning the farm page for news. “Certi-

fied seed pctatoes,” he exclaims.

“Wonder what fancy process makes

them any better -than those of mine

that went 200 bushels to the acre last

And table stock worth thirty-

five cents a hundred; too—when you

can get cars. They make me tired.”

. Something like ‘that was in the

minds of. many farmers up inMason

county a year ago. And because they

determined to give the thing a trial,

and see whether there was a differ-

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are better, yield better and are worth

the money. .



Mason county grows quite a lot of

spuds. Not that it is exclusively a po-

tato county, for it ships as much live

stock, as much grain, and as much

fruit as itspotato crop amounts to.

Probably the Value of these four com-

modities would» total up in about four

equal parts. But at 'that, the fanmers

of that section found time. last year to

grow and ship about 150 Cars of pota-

toes from Ludington; Scottville, Cus-

t'er, Fountain and Freesoil.



Early in the spring of 1922, the Ma-

son County Farm Bureau began to col-

lect orders for certified Russet Rural

seed, and by planting time over 11,000

pounds had been secured and shipped

in from three growers in Antrim coun-

ty, who had a reputation for disease—

free stock. Demonstrations of the

treatment for black scurf followed, and

the county agent was kept busy for

two weeks showing how the corrosive

sublimate process is applied to make

’em clean and bright. The certified

seed went out to thirty-two difi'erent

growers, and the season was started.



Six g'rowers,,concluded to apply for

inspection on their plots, and early in

July, Mr. H. C. Moore, of the Potato

Growers’ Association, was on the job.





 





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

 

 





 

 





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Ordinary Seed 072 Mar Own Farms





By Kris P. Bemis





Followed later by the first and second

official inspections, his visit was the

openingwedge in a campaign of dem-

onstrating what" makes potato seed

Mosaic and-leaf roll were





way that they can be recognized—by

seeing the affected plants in the field.

Hopperburn was pointed out. Grow-

ers made first-hand acquaintance with

flea beetles and aphids, which had





been present before, but were “travel-



ing incognito”



were carried on.

Early in September, J. W. Weston,





Spraying programs





 





disease in these fields since they were

from certified seed?” The answer, as

Weston puts it, is that the mosaic dis-

ease cannot be completely eliminated

till our seed is made absolutely free

from it by strict roguing or culling,

and kept free by pelfect spraying. The

1ecent discovery by P10f. Ray Nelson

of the cause of mosaic, moves that

Sucking insects, like fleabeetles and

leafhoppers, inoculate healthy plants

with the virus from diseased ones,

till such insects are prevented from

attacking the vines. And ordinary

fields show three times as much dis-





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other five bushels to the row, of small,

undersized ones.’ His father, stand-

ing by, nodded assent.



Ben Wilson, sec1etary of the County

Farm Bureau, had a small plot of cer-

tified seed adjacent to some of his

own. Pressure of work got too much

for the organization at a critical time,

and Ben couldn’t keep the leaf hopper

in check. He thought his comparison

was done for, sure——till digging time.

Then in spite of handicaps, the certi-





fied seed off a measured areashowed »





its superiority by outyielding the patch

right next, fifty-one bushels to the

acre.



John Judge, on a small plot near

Pentwater, secured a yield of 306

bushels per acre. D. W. Leedy, who

represents Mason county folks in the

legislature, and keeps a farm busy,

too, produced a plot for his own use

another season, and was complimented

by Inspector Stanley Warner, of the

Michigan State Farm Bureau, on the

freedom from fork wounds of his crop.

“I carried every punctured potato 0113

the field in my pocket,” answered Mr.

Leedy.



Monroe Williams produced a; fine

crop of Russets on new ground and





hung up the record for the largest -'





yield of the certified plots, 310 bushels

per acre. Chris Millwood’s patch suf-

fered from wet weather. but as he puts

it, “They yielded 240 bushels to the

acre, and my own were hardly worth

harvesting.” Wilson Miller living near





Chiiberg's Field of Certified Yielded 305 Bu. Per Acre; Uncertified 240 Bu. Cusfler is all set to use his own certi-





state potato specialist, arrived in the

county and the interested growers

made a‘ tour of the fields to make; com-

parisons. The certified plots of Mon-

roe Williams, Clint Lehman, Claus

Chilberg and Chris Millwood were vis-

ited, as well as several fields of ordi-

nary seed, and special features were

pointed out. Some roadside stops were

made at— other points, and coutrasts

noted. By night every man in the

crowd knew what made the leaves

turn black at the tip, what “Giant hill”

is, and what relation the mosaic dis-

ease and the leafhopper have to each

other. And it began to be noticed that

while unsprayed fields commenced to

slacken growth, blacken and quit, the

sprayed vines resisted the insidious

attacks of the hopperburn and started

filling out a generous number of sal-

able tubers.



Roguing began in a week or two.

Growers of inspected fields knew the

mosaic and leaf roll diseases now, and

knew the cure. They went into their

fields and pulled out all the infected

plants. On a sizeable seed plot at

Louis Anderson’s farm northeast of

Ludington,.Mr. Anderson and his sans

headed a crew of five that did whole-

‘sale execution of the infected vines.





One man Went ahead and pulled but

He was fol-z The -





all suépicious characters.





loWed by two others who dug the tut





hers. Two more helpers removed the





’ _ vines and this potatoes from the held,

one hundred bushels. “And- when we come to grade

()ch

"' ““5 back titer ailing up the laSt crate,





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ease as certified ones, because no ef-

fort has been made to control the

trouble before digging time.



Final inspection of the certified

plots resulted in certificatiou for all,

a tribute to the stick—to-it-and-learn

spirit of Mason county. When it came

to checking up the yields some sur-

prises were in store.



Claus Chilberg, on his farm near

Scottfillefihas grown a field of spuds:

One-half this field was from seed cer-

tified in 1920 The othei half was from

his own seed, previously h1lI selected

The plowing, d1 agging, seed treatment,

cultivation, spraying and all opera-

tions of culture were in every respect

identical, save in the seed.



By the middle of the summer, the

field showed that something was going

to happen. The certified seed showed

up strongand vigorous, while the oth-

er began to show mosaic injury. By

September, ninety per cent of the 1m-

certified vines showed either mosaic

or ‘leaf roll. “I’m going to dig ten

rows of each, side by side,” said Chil-

berg, “and see how they come out.”

When digging time came, measure-

ments were taken. The rows were

short, only'eight .and one-third rods

‘long. They were twenty-eight inches

apart, thirty-six inches in the row.

certified seed rows averaged

twenty-three and one-half bushels to

the row, while the uncertified came

limping in with eighteen and one- -half





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fied seed next season.



There is a need for development

work in early potatoes similar to what

has been accomplished with Rurals.

Early sorts do not go to market much

from this section, but are used for

home consumption. The yield per acre

is all to small, due to the presence of

mosaic, black scuri‘, and the ravages

of leaf hoppers.





So when our friend says, “My pota-





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CURRENT COMMENT

THE MICHIGAN FARMER SAYS:





Sp1ing is the season of faith and

hope. Good work based on faith and

hope usually brings tulfillment.





Many people spend so much time

getting ready to do something that

they never get anything done.





The early‘ bird gets the worm, but

in poultry parlance, the early bird

brings the profits. Moral: hatch early.





Farming is a triune affair for it is an

industry, a business and a life. To

make it successful attention to all

three is necessary.





Cooperate with the sow in making

the pig crop a success by taking care

of the, pigs after she has delivered

them.





W0 cousins not

yet in their teens





The cm}, were seen enjoying

and The each other’s company

County to the full at a small

Michigan railway sta-



tion. One was from the big city, and





the other lived upon a farm. Each

contributed from his own obseivation

and experiences to the gene1al knowl-

edge of the other.



\\ hat a boon it would be to all of





us if dads and uncles, as well as little .





cousins, could break down all the bar-

riers between the country and the

city

1101 a few years back the merchants

of Battle Creek and the farm leaders

in the surrounding territory have been

working on this problem. Now, when

you go into that city, you will often

see farm folks addressing merchants

in the familia1 language, “Good-morn-

ing, John ” and, “Howdy, B111” The

merchants are thinking of their farm-

er friends, and the falmers are mak-

ing a special effort to serve their city

cousins with the products they can

provide. . ~

Chi-cagofs captains of industry——

forty-six of them—.have joined with

farmer groups-to inaugurate a gigantic

movement to blend that city with a

9 large rural territory which it should

be serving. "These farmers and mer-

Chan-ts we‘ll know that misunderstand-

icy are detrimanhl to the best inter-

acts of both. A ml oflort will be

made to clear my these wrong mn-

mus. and to mg to encumber 11'1-

muses on Warns of common in-





 





"Agltisn of mm aid the ,9 ' " ‘9 y

of nasal Mismatch We “Mamie





inspiration born of urban activities.



Is not this a gut)?! time to place in

our list of obsolete words ,tbe‘ terms,

“Country Robes” and “City Stickers?"





DEALER in. 1111-

plements told us'.





- Reduce the other day that it

The , took twénty-five cents

,Overhcad of every dollar of. 1113





receipts to pay his ov-

erhead expenses, “and yet,” says be,

“lots of people think if we charge ten

pier cent over costs it is enoug .”



We suggested that this was agreat

time to put into practice methods that

would tend to reduce that excessive

overhead. Extravagant and wasteful

practices in business have contributed

in no slight degree to the high costs

that are still agonizing the consumer.

Perhaps some good may come from a

condition that causes the retailer to‘

take note seriously of his overhead.



And while thinking‘of overhead, I

wonde‘r if this subject might not well

deserve some careful consideration by

the farmer. Overhead, strictly speak—

ing, is an expense not directly charge-

able to any one product but remains

as an added expense to be spread over

all before a two balance can be struck

in any one, department. Overhead

often tells where the money went that

you ought to have but have not. It

has a subtle way of eating into the

profits.



“Rust doth corrupt.” It is estimated

that the loss due to rusting of steel

and iron implements on the American

farm runs into hundreds of millions of

dollars annually. Much of this can

be avoided by a little effort in the use

of shelter, oil, and paint. Carelessness

in the use of tools, harnesses and im-

plements out of repair, often causes

accidents and breakage otherwise

avoidable, restilting in a blow to prof-

its. Paint as a preservative of expos-

ed wood does not cost anything in the

long run. The inefficient use of time





and labor applied to our job, indirectly '





means increased overhead.



A liberal application of thought giv-

en to the details of our farming busi-

ness may reasonably be expected to

point the way to an appreciable reduc-

tion of our overhead expense.





T is a broad field

the Michigan Farm-





Your , .



F . ex attempts to cover

avor’te in her advocacy of im-

Breed proved l i v e s t o c k.





When we? say “im-

proved live stock” we mean just what

the word implies, live stock that is an

improvement over the common run.

Not all improved live stock need‘nec-

essarily be pure-bred, neither can all

pure- brads qualify as a guarantee of

improvement.



For the a purpose of reproduction,

however, it is the pure- -bred animal of

quality that stands the test. He has a

record of achievement behind him in

a long line of known ancestry, and

can be depended upon to reproduce

his kind.



When it comes to breed, the Mich-

igan Faimer is strictly nonspaitisan.

There is no one best breed of cow,

sheep,, or hog for all conditions.,There

is a great variety of conditionsin the





good state of Michigan, and likewise,





the likes and dislikes of her people

vary widely.



The dairyman may be ever so sure

that his favorite breed. is the very

best and most profitable; the beéf

breeder can not understand why any

man should delibefl . ‘ ’

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do the; milking so WWIY nod mibw»;





m We: of all classes of live

stock. :11. iii. well that we do not all

see tlika- It is perfectly natural to

wonder what on earth anyone 18 think-





same breed we do, yet if we all

thought and acted alike we would all

want the same farm, the same job; the,

same woman. We fear the competition

would be too great fOr comfort.



No, there is no «one boat breed for

all conditions and for all people But.

among the many cla‘sbes of improved

live stock there-may be found one that





'is best for each individual farmer and





his environment. The choice is up to

the man. '



Theme is just one kind of live stock

that we are against, and that is

“scrubs? .We want to help hasten the

day when they will be replaced on the





farms of Michigan, not by any one.

brand or breed of live stock, but by:





improved animals of the kind best

suited to tho individual and his en-

vironment.





HERE

things which eve-





are , t wo





Builders, ry farmer should keep

N at in mind, particularly

Wreckers if he plans on staying

in the farming buSi-



ness. One of these is to make a liv-





ing, and the other is to so‘handle his

land that it will be more easy to sup—

ply his wants in years to come than

it is now. -



There are too many farmers who

feel that the immediate present is the

all-important time. They mortgage

the future by taking fertility from

their land to a point where the soil

becomes exhausted. Farmers should

definitely plan some sure and economic

way of building sail instead (if wreck-

ing it. This plan should also pay its

way as it goes.



Professor Abbott, of Massachusetts

Agricultural College, makes, in this

connection, the following suggestions:

1. Conserve rigid-1y all animal ma-

nures, solid and liquid.





2. Squlement them with phosphate. .





fertilizers.



3. In short rotations use more clo-

ver,’ and in long rotations add nitro—

genous fertilizers on the hay crop.



4. Use high analysis fertilizers on

the cash crop.



5. Lime when and as much as nec-

essary. '



we believe that thousands of Mich-

igan farmers could adopt Professor

Abbott’s program to their advantage.





HE Federal Land





The M. Bank ‘of' St. Paul,

mnesota, IS one of



Federal .the twelve; district

Land Bank land banks of the

United States. The





territory under its jurisdiction includes

Michigan. It has been doing a great

work during the past few years to re-

lieve the financial stress of many of

our good Michigan farmers. Its growth

has been remarkable, and under the





fable management of President E. G.





Quamme, it has made a, phenOmenal

success. Its resources are "very close

to, $100,000,000. It has more than $11,-





.000 000 loaned on Michigan farms at





.the present time,- and is increasing its

total farm mortgage loans at the rate

of $300 000 per month. Its low- inter-

est rates have been instrumental in

helping to keep the interest rates of

qmany private concerns down where

they balms- .



It is not all. easy- gallium- however,

so cranium! so s9dd an in.





 





 





 





 





lngf conducted under the guise of





agenda under several dilierent name's.





_ The joint stock land banks, which

, are private corporations organized for





private gain. are also said to be em-





.plo'ying unethmal methods of 4111111112117

aimed to discredit the tedoral 1am,

loan bonds as a means of promoting '





the sale of their own.

National tarm loam associations,





which are, the local organs of the fed~ ‘





e'ral Land bank, are in existence be-





cause of the Vearnest, hard, conscicn— '





tious wOrk cf the federal farm loan

board, and it is well to get their view-

point on questth of national 111:1por1'.~





ance, rather than take the word of un- ~





constitutional authority. The National

Farm Loan Association has been a life

saver for hundreds of fanners and its

continued efliciency should be main-

tained. The monled. interests who

hold federal farm loan bonds are even

more interested in its welfare than

the farmers, because they have put

the bulk of the money into it. It is

not always easy, but it is important

to know who are our friends.





Sadie:





NAKES.is what Mr. St. Patrick



chased outta Ireland. That is what

put Ireland on the map and made Mr.

St. so famous that most every man

what comes from Ireland is named

Patrick after him. ‘Am-d, likewise, we

kin now wear green One day in the

year without embarrassment.





Now, the book of leamin’ says that

snakes is reptiles what belong to the

Order of Ophidia, which is something

I don’t know noth-

in about. It must

. be a real large

secret organiza-

shun, ’cause the

book says there



‘is 120 differunt

' kinds of snakes

what belong to it.

These snakes get

along by wiggling

their body. Some of them is poison~

ous, others ain't. ’



I say this book of learnin’ ain’t right,

’cau‘se there is lots of Snakes what

ain’t classified in it.» For inst, there’s

all those what belong to the Order of

Alcohaulic what ain’t even mentioned.

They’s the kind what gets [along by

makin’ men wiggle and woggle along

the streets.~ All of this kind is pois-

onous.





Both kinda snakes is found in the

low, moist or wet places. Where there

ain’t no sign 0’ moisture there ain’t

no snakes either. Those what belong

to the Ophjdia Order is found in the

wild grasses and the other kind in the

wild places'where men is. The snakes

of the Alcohaulic Order has got a,





 





what you call, faculty what the other ‘





kind ain’t. f It kin mike monkeys out-





ta men.

Now, Mr. Patrick maybe did a good





job with his snake chasm , but there '

aint’ nobody whatfins succeeded yet '





in gettin’ rid of the Alcohaulic snake,

’cause they can’t getthim dry enough

to do so. But you know we are learn-

in’ lots about drainage and under-

drainage and some day we are going

to dry up those places where/file

“mil”

snakes can’t we no more. The world

domovuandiatismovin’in the right

dtnecshdn and that means sink holes.





 





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L receive-m induiryiromsomeone who

L» ' ” 's’ijeein’ moved-tou-sow some alfalfa





 





. , , 'oli ' his" own ‘farih‘fiecapse “everybody

‘s .. ,is talking abOut i if 'Thls is, indeed,

' J ; aggg'ood thing for everyone, ,llving‘in

ll” Michigan,.vwhether°in cunhtry-‘“or. city.

, ' F51"- it insanelnerei’gacrgs ofj'good, old

. “alfalfa—rule» best of silt legumes;-

,‘ , which in‘ turn, is going "to mean better

‘~ crops, more prosperOus farmers, , and

consequently more"pr0sperity for all.

‘The farmers are talking about the

big yields of hay, and the big crops of

corn and ‘wh’eat which follow when

planted on. an alfalfa sod. One Wash-

tenaw county farmer told us that he

would have lost. his farm had he not

bought 'some lime and then sowed the

field toIalfalfa. He put up 125 loads

of alfalfa hay this past, summer and

will have forty acres to cut this year.

One of the big questions in the mind

of the beginner is what variety he

shall sow. With such a good market

for alfalfa seed in Michigan it is no

(wonder that seed from~many sources

finds its way into the state for sale.

Alfalfa seed is produced in several of

the‘southwestern states as well as in

Idaho, Utah and Michigan. Large

quantities of alfalfa seed are imported

each year and then we have Grimm,

Cossack, and Hardtgan, all desirable

varieties. It is seldém possible to tell

the variety or where grown by the ap-

pearance of alfalfa seed. He can buy

good northern-grown seed (meaning

Seed from the Dakotas, Montana, Ida-

ho, Utah and Michigan), at thirty

cents per pound, or Grimm at fifty

cents per pound. The‘common alfalfa

from‘ the southwest winter-kills so se:

verely that it is a waste of money to

buy such Seed; and the Grimm is the





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'~ with \farm~work‘has‘ been elim-

inated by the introduction of

"tractors and other laborsa'vulg ma-

chinery. On more than a third of the

improved land in Michigan, farms,

however, the full advantage of this

machinery is never realized because

of poor drainage conditions. .What

will it avail a farmer to own a tractor,

‘ for instance, if his land is so Wet dur-

ing the seasons of preparing seed-beds

that he cannot use it, except at the

risk of puddling the soil? Tile-drain-

age not onlsr makes the use of labor-

saving'machinery more practical, but

is itself a labor-saying agency in that

it“ reduces the need of dead-furrows

.and open ditches to a minimum;

' makes a better seed—bed possible at a

considerable saving in labor; and

greatly facilitates the cultiVating and

harvesting cf crops. ‘





Until the advent of the tractioll

I‘ditcher, tile-draining itself was drudg-





nlle‘ve it of. its disagreeableness; but

, norm of‘ them will dig true to grade so





 

 

 

   





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UCH of the drudgery connected ,,





cry of theworst sort: True, horSe-f“: '

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”that skilled laborpis required to. grade -

. The scarcity ~of,;d.itch-. 1 ~' '

(1 gears 'and' even of unskilled: labor... .





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cheapest of the three (Grimm, Cos-

sack and Hardigan), an'ddatai‘s laCk-

ing to show at the present time that

the othertwo" are worth,more ”as a:





hay crop. Gonsequently these (Grimm ,





and northern-grown are .the only two

which should generally be considered-

when ordering alfalfa seed. Usually

he, will figure sowing each at the same





rate, fifteen; pounds per acre,. which





' makes him wonder if. the Grimm is





worth the exra $3.00 per acre. How-





'ever, ten pounds of- Grimm alfalfa





seeded on a clean and firm seed-bed

will be sufficient. The Grimm then

costs but fifty cents» more ‘per acre for

seed than the common.- Some men

have had excellent results with the

common, others have had only indiffer-

ent success, or failure, ,while the

Grimm has given uniformly good re-

sults in so far as winter-killingis con-





.cerned, and is generally recommended





' identical c0nditions,





‘Raincy;





~ ' Extmrian Specialirt, M. A. C.





fo'r Michigan farmersas they are prac-K

tically insured against a loss due to

winter-killing in so far as possible, for

the Grimm is very Winter‘hardy.



It is not unusual to meet someone

who will tell about sowing 'both the

common and Grimm in,a field under





that the common rapidly thinned out

and the June grass took its place,

while the Grimm continued to have an

excellent stand, practically no June

grass in it, and giving good big cut-

tings of hay. And this all happening

in a couple or three years. No doubt

many of these men got southernagrown

or imported alfalfa for “Common.”



In a previous issue of the Michigan

Farmer, there was an article by Prof.

J. F. Cox, head of the Farm Crops De—

partment, M. A. C., telling about a1-

falfa seed being produced on a com-

mercial basis by farmers in Monroe





 





 





the length. of time required to do the

work,.are considered. ‘ .



Owing to the scarcity of reliable, ex-

perienced contractors ‘who own trac-

tion-ditchers, many farmers who'would

like to under-drain portions of their

farms, have been obliged to postpone

doing so until such a time as a ditcher

should become available. ,Few farmers

can afford to purchase a ditch-er for

use on their own farms exclusively

because there is not sufficient ditch-

ing to, be done on the“ average farm to

warrant such an investment. It seems

to us, therefore, that the only practi-

cal means by which this work can be

done is through a community-owned





Alfalfa Variety Test on D. D. Phillip’s Farm, Kalkaska. ,





traction-ditcher, provided soil condi-

tions are favorable. ‘



The advantage of a partnership

will allow.‘ Any profits that are made

will revert to members who have had

work done, which means .that they

will get their drains dug practically at

cost. Since orders for tile can be

bulked, a considerable reduction in

the cost of tile can be effected. Profits

from custom work done. for non-mem-

vbers should make the venture a fairly

profitable one if good judgment is used

in the estimation of the cost of such

work. If the ditcher can be kept busy

during six or seven months of the

year,- and in such amounts, within cer-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





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With the result '





~ the most convenient





county, it'being. estimated that there _‘ l





was 9,000 bushels of seed produced in

that district this year. All this seed

is apparently descended from a field

of alfalfa sown about thirty-five years





ago by a Mr. LeBeau, who introduced _





an adapted variety. This field pro-

duced seed which was sold to his

neighbors. and used for further in-

crease. '





In other counties of the state there

are farmers who have been growing





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alfalfa successfully for 'many years'





and who are contributing directly to

Michigan’s rapidly increasing alfalfa

acreage by producing seed from their

fields which have survived many Mich-

igan winters. Such seed is adapted to

Michigan conditions and results secur-

ed from sowing such seed is seldom

other than satisfactory.



For many years attempts had been

made to introduce alfalfa into Minne-

sota but always the stands winter-kill-





ed. Then one day in 1900 some of the ,





officials of the agricultural college

heard that some of the farmers in Car-

ver county had a variety of alfalfa

which did not winter-kill. An investi-

gation was made and they found there

were many l'aruers growing alfalfa.

cutting hay from the stand every year

and sometimes getting a crop of seed





to sell to neighboring farmers which _





further increased their acreage in the

county. But the striking point is that

all 01' these stands traced back to one

man’s farm; and had he not been so

fortunate as to get a particularly win-

ter-hardy variety. alfalfa growing

might today still be in the experiment-

al stage in Minnesota.



_Variety tests are being conducted by

the farm crops department at the ex-

—periment Station, East Lansing, to de

termine the relative yielding ability of



(Continued on page 372).





The Community Drainage Problem

A Praotz'ca/ Suggestion (is to It; Solution

’ By WaltgréVan Haitsma





tain limits, as their financial condition

drainage work on their farms done at

season of the

made up of five or six farmers is read-

ily apparent. Members can have the

year it will be‘possible to engage an





experienced crew, or at least keep one .





that has become experienced, so. that

better work should result than that

done by. the average contractor. Then,

too, a competent drainage engineer

whose services will be indispensable





in a venture of this sort, can be en-

gaged to do the work of planning re-

systems collectively





quil‘ad drainage

at less cost than where this work is

done piecemeal.





which the crew and

drainage engineer are selected.





Capital Required.

Rebuilt or





companying





\Vhether the above

advantages are fully realized will de-

- pend largely upon the. cooperation of

the members, and the wisdom, with .

the consulting‘





completely overhauled

machines can be purchased for less

than half the cost of a new one, and

will prove to be just as serviceable. A

ditcher of theltype shown in the ac-

picture will prove_ the





most practical for average farm condi-





, l

tlons.





inder,





It is not, however, recommend»

ed'for stony soil or decidedly rolling _‘

land. It is equipped .with a. single-cyl-



' fourteen-horisepower gasoline





enginewhich operates the ditcher at





varying speeds of from one tooleven

feet a minute, depending. upon soil A

conditiOfis- It wflldisatrence eleven ,.





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FERTILIZERS are usedto increase .

crops and profits. The right kinds

and amounts of plant food make profits

byreducing the cost of production of a ,

unit of crop, by improving the quality, ‘

and by increasing the yield. '.

one-sided fertilizers may be unprofit-

able. Today Potash is the cheapest

ingredient used in fertilizers, even

cheaper than before the, war.





If one Wishes to increase the number

of units of plant food in a fertilizer,

German Pctash will do it for the least

money, and at the same time balance

the other ingredients so that the value

of them may be more fully secured.

For GRAIN and CORN use a fertilizer

with 6 to 8 per cent of Potash; for root

crops and truck use 10 per cent.



It is always safe to use at least as much

Potash as Phosphoric Acid. -





SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE

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an congress that has just, ad»

iourned passed more legislation

which aims to benefit'_'agrioul-;

ture than any, other threemdngresses.

I have never claimed that legislation





- will we the troubles of the farmer, .

v but the measures passed by, thiscon-





grass, will at least help the tanner to.

help himself. In passing the “farm-

bloc” measures congress served the

interests not only of the farmers bu

of all the people.

Stated briefly as maybe, the agri-





cultural legislation tends measurably





to promote a square deal for the Amer-

ican tamer. He is entitled to that. No

one is entitled to deny it him.

Under the grain t‘rading act the

farmer is protected from wheat. pit

gamblers who manipulate markets and





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With a “dirt farmer” on the federal

reserve board, made possible by the

activity of the “farm bloc” in the six;

ty-seventh congress, the American

farms; should not again be discrimi-

nated against as he was during the

“deflation period” of 1919 and 1920

when the arbitrary ruling of the re-

serve board restricted farm credit and

forced the banks of, the farming areas

to pay extortionate “progressive dis-

count rates.” ' ' .





 





By reviving the War Finance Cor-





ture and live stock producers a reser‘





' voir of credit amounting to one billion





dollars, without which the effects of

the arbitrary “deflation policy” of the

federal reserve bank would have had





- even more disastrous and ruinous re-





sults. The money advanced by the

government saved the situation and, in





' some degree at least, eased the blow.





 





.\ The Packer Act.

With Secretary rWallace warning

Armour and Morris that their propos‘

ed merger is in violation of the law of

the land, we shall soon see the packer

and stock yards control act passed by

the sixty-seventh congress in function.

This act is intended to protect the

producer and consumer from monop«





' 0W that farmers are putting

N away their sleighs until another



winter, the law-makers are wag-

ing the perennial battle as to what





Michigan.



In 1919, after years of agitatiOn, a

law was passed to require all sleighs

manufactured and sold in the state

to be the same width of track as autos

and wagons. Now, after a rather warm

debate, the house has passed by a

fifty-two to thirty-four vote, Represent-

ative Hulett’s bill repealing the 1919

law and legalizing narrow sleighs

again. . \ . . . .

Northern 'Michigan members mostly

voted against the repeal, declaring

that Standardization of sleigh and auto

track fwidths made. winter highWay

travel better .for all concerned. "





 





_ " 9Trufla-in-Fabric" Bill" Appears,

aniv‘hnjeot ccngreSs to pass Senator

Grippers “Truth—in-Fabrlc”~bill at their

lantgin'in‘ute rush has shifted the-(fight

wnst sh‘oddwto the state ’ieg‘isl

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By Senator Copper





sures legal status of associations of ‘





clone that Can be devised.

the cooperative movement Potters gifeat—

er mnemontheecononnc salvation or:

remedies combined.





War Finance Corporation‘to Rescue. -'





poration, the congress offered agricul- .





Capital Corn





By .Our Lansing Corraponc’ent .





shall be the legal width of sleighs in.





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supp-ly. ,‘ ' '

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at-ive‘ selling ’of their’products. -- Sound ‘ »

cooperative marketing ..'-ot£ers greater .

hope to the farmer ,- than an [other

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. Better Facilities for Farm Cred-it.



‘ The creation ”of two banking sys-

tems to serve the farmer’s need of .

productive-credit is the purpose of the

farm credit act passed during‘the last

hours of the congress. This act is a

combination of the major features of

the Capper bill and the Lenroot-An-

dersou bill, both of which passed the

senate without opposition. The bills

were in no sense in conflict. On the

contrary, they complemented each oth-

er, working out a complete system of

credit facilities, assuring the Farmer

and livestock producer as ample cred-

it resources as the business man. The

credit system, created bythe act, pro-

vides both governmental and private

banking facilities for productive cred-

its and in my judgment is a great con-

structive measure that Will be of im-

mense value to farmers and stockmen.





 





 





Ford’s Offer' Refused.



It is my opinion that in failing to

accept Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals

proposal, congress erred. Ford’s ofler,

in my judgment, is fair, and should

have been accepted. There was en-

tirely too muchv'politics in considering

this question. Ford’s proposition

should have been decided strictly on

its merits. I favor giving Ford a

chance at Muscle Shoals, because no

man in the United States is as well

equipped to handle a. project of “such

magnitude. Thisquestion must'tbe de-

cided by the next congress.





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drafted and limits its scope to woél.

similar vills are pending in some eight-

een or more state legislatures this

session. '





 





 





 





More Pay for State Officials?

The legiSlature isn’t taking kindly

to any requests for salary increases

for state officials and employee. Yet

there is one bill along this line that

seems to be fairly just and reasonable.





_ Representative ‘ Oscar Braman, of

Kent county, proposes to pay members

of the state Board of Agriculture, the

managing body" of theMichigan Agri-

cultural College, $10 per day, while

actually engaged in their official dutw

ies. At present, all that the members

receive ‘is' their expenses.





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Bee Law May be Tightened.



lQuarantine regulations tor'fthe con-

trol of bee: diseases . are "proposed 33y

RepreSentotlve’ Edward. B. fullnwar-

ring, of Ann Arbor.» ’Specialx.pprecan—

, tions and“ mgulatsons;«am «prescribed

.ror incse‘brecudgmmmm

queen? becaf’NoVbeos wodltii‘jfiflallowfi .f "

ed to be broughtintoz-Wn was, ‘
. Eli. pertormanne of Michigan's viously Which werqurown by‘Wheeler,

1 "fipedtgreedgjloat“varieties' curing; Powell ‘fand Grueber,,ahd in. addition

' £136" L'Wt’vfiemnf'is worthy of that grown by P. P. Pope, of Mt. Pleas-

~ .. (efficiency. .in’fp‘roduction. r'rwo' out- Lant, Ralph ’Arboga‘st, of, Union. City, ~

~ ‘ ‘ - standing varietieshave'won‘theirgway and G. D. Dailey, of Kalamazoo, was

f into the; esteem of" farmers in this of good'enough quality to win honors

state. _ -’ . " ' ; , , at the recent International Grain and

. ”Wolverine cats, developed by Prof. Hay Show-incompetition with the best

, . 'F. A". Spragg, at M. A. 0., add first re- oats in North’America. - "

,, 3‘, P . ,leased in 1917, hasattained the widest For the heavier lowland soils where

’ ' popularity. It partICularly leads in lodging of oats is usually a problem,

productivity on the. loams and upland the Worthy variety has lbng been the

soils. Undoubtedly it fits into a wider leader. This variety has been grown

range of conditions than any other very extensively in the vicinity of

Michigan variety. It is a white, open Fair'gro‘ve in Tuscola~ county. Dav1s

panicle oatwith an erect straw and a Brothers, John A. Gordon and others

. , very vigorous habit of growth. The of that locality grew it in comparison

.-' ' kernels under’ favorable conditions with old varieties and the Worthy oats

.wlll be bright, plump, and unusually proved to have the much sfiiier .straw





 





thinhulled. Much of the WOIVerine and- led in yield by ten b shels..-per

~ ’ \ oats produced by members of the acre-._ J. T. Davis had an e hty-four-





[, Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-"'bushels per acre yield on' fourteen ‘ O

' . tion in 1922 weighed from thirty-seven acres, while sixteen’ growers, all on _ e , . a





to forty pounds per bushel; with but the heavier types of soil characteris-



one run over a tanning mill after tic of that neighborhood, raised an av-



threshing. ‘ erage of 64.5 bushels per acre on over



The variety is considered to be from 200 acres. Much of this total average



three to five days earlier than the us- must, of course, be attributed to the



ual oat now used throughout the state. fertile land of that section. Still the





v j . mer droughts which cut seriously into over the common oats is deserving-of

the yields of the later varieties. . the heavy land 'farmers’ close atten-

'1” In producing ability, Wolverine oats tion.

' is a winner. As grown by over sev— Unfortunatelymuch of the oats pro- ,

i\,_ enty members of the Crop Improve- duced in the Fairgrove district was

ment Association, under every con- not real bright in color, due to bad

. ceivable Michigan condition, ranging weather at harvest time, but that seed

at from the borders of the jackpine belt certified by the Crop Improvement As-

l' to the best soils in the Saginaw Val— sociation was all of good weight and

ley, the variety averaged a yield of high in purity and germination.

forty-seven and one-half bushels per The College Wonder variety is an-

acre, fourteen and one-half‘bushels other ,stiff-strawed and high-producing

1 more than the state oat average for cat, which is being grown with excel-

\l , 1922. - Possibly all of the increased lent satisfaction by L. L. Lawrence, of

yield cannot be attributed to good Decatur; Jay Bradley, of Blissfield;

seed, yet ”accurate variety tests indl- F. L. Houghton, of Alto, and others.

cate equal advantage 9‘79? the, com~ Many farmers are interested in oats

mon‘ run ~ of Michigan seed oats with for the muck soils and for other lands

the Wolverine variety outyielding its exceptionally high in organic matter

nearest competitors among the more where lodging is the chief problem.

improved strains by five to ten bush— For such conditions a sixty-day vari-

'els per acre. , ety, such as Iowa 103, has been found

, Alfred Grueber, of Frankenmuth, re- best suited to Michigan needs. ”The

ported the best yield'of Wolverine oats Iowa 103 is a short season oat with

on record for 1922, his four—acre field the'characteristic short, erect straw

producing slightlymorethan 100 bush— and it stands up well on soils where

els per acre. Albert Laser, of Rodney, the use of a later variety would be

’, with sandy soil, had the remarkable out of the question. Alfred Vincent,

yield for those conditions, of sixty-six of Durand, grew eleven acres on a

and one-half bushels per acre. A thir—_ muck soil bordering on peat. The oats

teen-acre field produced seventy-three matured in seventy days and produced

and one-half bushels per acre for H. sixty-seven bushels of good quality

E. Powell &.Son, of Ionia; seven acresggrain per acre. While none of the

yielded seventy-seven bushels per acre early oats are regularly listed on the

for Walter Vasold,’ of Swan ”Creek; Crop Improvement Association's Ped~

George Wheeler, of Mt. Pleasant, had igreed seed list, some field inspections

r a fifteen-acre field yielding seventy-one were made and the association secre-

bushels per acre; at Clinton, 0. D. tary has, information as to reliable

Finkbeiner's Wolverines produced sev- seed sources.

enty bushels, and at, Saginaw, 0. 1M. ' The present policy of the’ Michigan

Dietrich's field yielded eighty bushels. Crop Improvement Association is to

‘ Others, of- course, whose conditions offer certified seed entirely upon its

. Were not=so favorable experienced low- productive merit and at prices which

er yields but the forty-seven and one- make such seed a sound investment to

half bushel average speaks for itself. every crop-growing farmer because of

l The Wolverine oats mentioned pre- (Continued on page 370).





1‘ Frequently it matures ahead of sum- increased yield of, Certified Worthys sometimes learn new poin'ts about his Ford





 





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EXEMPTION OF EX- SERVICE MEN.





- black loamy soil.





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Are ex—service men who are taxpay-

ers exempt from paying taxes?—.—J.





Compiled Laws of 1915 as amended





. by ACt 331 of Sessions Laws of 1919

. exempt from taxation the homesteads





of veterans of the Civil War, Mexican

War, or Spanish American War to the





w. lime or not





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alfalfa, because alfalfa is a great con-





,sumer of lime, and as you will .1111





amount of $1,000, ifsuch soldier serv-.





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CONSTITUTIQN'AL AM END\M ENT.





 





Road

highway improve-





My road taxes for 1922 were:

repair tax, $3.08:

ment, $3.08; county road tax, $4.51;

total, $10.67. My valuation for preced-

ing year was $850. I note you state as

the constitutional limit: “The tax for

road purposes in any one year shall

not exceed $3.00 per $1,000 of the as-

sessed, value of the preceding year."

Will you please inform me under what





. provision of law the authorities here





are taxing me in excess of that





amount?—H. L.



In my former anSWei‘ the amend-

ment to Sec. 26 of Art. VIII of the

state constitution adopted in 1916, es-

caped my attention. This amendment

permits a levy of $5 per thousand as-

sessed valuation for road purposes.—

Rood.





TAXES AS INGUMBRANCE.





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'A sells his farm to B on the tenth

day of September. In the absence of





: agreement as to December taxes, who

is liable for them, A. or B?——V. E.





Taxes become a lien on the land

from the first day that they may be





paid. On sale before December 1 the'

pays the taxes in the absence.





buyer

of agreement.—-—Rood.





MILK DEALER’S LICENSE.





 





we live in the country and send

milk to seven families. Our cows are

twbercular tested. The city of Cros-

well passed an ordinance that anyone

selling milk must have a license cost-

ing $2.50, 01‘ $1.00 if sold at the house.

Doesn’t Michigan have a law that a

producer can sell his own products

without license?—-J. B.



C. L. (1915) See. 6376, declares that

any person who sells milk or cream

from any conveyance or depot, or de-

livers milk to any public place, is a.

dealer and .must first obtain a license

from’the dairy and food commission-

er. C. L. (1915) See. 3021. Sub. 11,

empowers cities to regulate by ordi-

nance and license the selling of goods.

wares, or merchandise of any kind in

the streets ‘or from house to house.—

Rood.





SEEDING ALFALFA WITH OATS.





I have th1ee ac1 es of black loam soil

which I want to seed to allalfa. with

oats this spring I cut hay fiom this

field, the next season it was used for

hog pastuie Then it was well ma-

nured twice and drilled to corn with

fertilizer, 250 pounds per acre of six-

teen per cent phosphoric acid. Have

again manUred it this winter. Will I

gain by sowing fertilizer with the 1 me,

and is the common lime the be

-use?——H. M.





. I would advise that you use 250

pounds of acid phosphate pe1 acre and





 





‘ at least one ton of grbund limestone





when you seed alfalfa and cats on this

There is very little

soil'in Michigan that does not respond





: perfectly to“ an'_applicat10n 'of acid





phosphate and I would expect to im-

prove the cat crop and the stand of

alfalfa very much by its u-.se



Black loam soil is apt to be deficient

111- lime. Some of it is not. You codid





, ., determine by making a careful litmus





paper test Whether your soil needed





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doubtedly leave this field seeded to al-

falfa for several years, the lime will

prove beneficial during ‘this whole pe-

1iod. I Would apply the lime while

preparing the field. Work it Well into





, the soil, then you can apply the ter-





tilizer' when you drill the oats-and

alfalfa. By all ‘means inOculatthhe

alfalfa seed before you sow it."





You could use cemmon commercial

lime or builders’ lime, or in other

words, hydrated lime, but it will cost

you more.

more value pound for pound. About

1,350 pounds of thislime would be

equal to a ton of ground limes,t0ne,‘but

the limestone would be the cheaper,

and so far as the results are concernf

ed, one would equal the other. Hy~

di'aled lime is also much worse to sow.



If the season .should prove dry it

would be much better {'01 youi alfalfa

if you would cut the oats fo1 hay be-

fore they 1ipen and give the alfalfa

full control of the soil and‘ moisture.

If, however, there is plenty of rain

then the cats may be left till they are

ripe and thleshed f01 glain and still

get a good stand of alfalfa.





 





~WHEN T0 sow swear CLOVER.





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I would like to get some information

on sweet clover When is the best

time to sow it and how much to put

to the acne? I have a field that is

sandy and sowed it to sweet clover

last July. Some of it came up but not

very thick on the ground. _I sowed fiVe

quarts to the acre. Will it winter—kill

very much? Do you think it will come

ori better this spring as I sowed it

when awful d1'y?-—S. C. 8.



Sandy land is almost invariably de-

ficient in lime for good results with

sweet clover. Sweet clover, like al-

falfa, must have limefalso phosphor-

us and potash. It may beyoii have

suflicientphosphate and potash in the

soil, but not likely.





Five or six quarts (or ten to twelve

pounds) is sufiicient seed if it is prime

seed.

fertilized you should get a good stand,

provided you inoculated the seed. This

must, be done on land where sweet





pclover has not been grown before.





' pota.:toes





Sweet. clover is a very hardy plant

and stands winter weather very well.

There is not much danger from wini

tar-killing if the land is well limed and

fertilized with the mineral elements of

plant food. >



Probably the best time to sow is

early in the spring. But that doesn’t

make so much difference‘if' the land

has [been properly prepared.





 





POTATOES FOR BREEDING EWES.





 





I have a flock of twenty- five b1eed~

ing ewes that will begin lambing about

Ma1 ch 1. Would you tell me whether

it would be all fight to feed them raw

if so howr much to feed

daily?——W. H. B.





Raw potatoes would make a very

satisfactory succulent feed for breed:

ing ewes. Previous to lambing, it

would not be desirable to feed more

than two to two and one-half pounds

per head daily.



After the ewes are through lambing

and the lambs growing well over three

pounds of potatoes could well be fed

per eWe per day. '





It Would be advisable to chop these:

1-potatoes up to avoid thedanger 6f the _





sheep choking -——G. A B





thatdt would be better to; use one ton I

F- 'of ground limestone where you seed to





Of course, it' is 201" a little’





If the land is well limed and'
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Have these farm hOme comforts

which make life more worth living





Why is it that, in every county, there are

certain farmers who are more successful

than their neighbors—farmers who enjoy

fine homes and all the comforts of the

better city homes?



Not always, either, do these farmers

own the largest farms. In every county

there are men who farm 40, 80, or 160

acres and always seem 'to make money.

Why is it? _



' Isn’t it bedause they keep abreast of

modern farming practices—diversifica-

tion, rotation, fertilization— as developed

and proved by ‘ their State Experiment





Stations, their County Agents,'their





neighbors, and others? . ‘





HOW to increase yields





Learn from these farmers the secrets of

their success. Learnpfrom them how the

right fertilizers, for instance, will produce

enough extra cotton or cOrn or other

crops to pay for an automobile, or piano,

brother luxury which you would like to

provide for your family. _



i There is a man in your town—the

Authorized Swift Agent, the man or firm

or, store selected \by Swift 8% Company,

after investigation,~‘to supply the Swift’s

“Red Steer Fertilizers required “by the

farming Cornmunity—who will help you

,to obtain fthese comforts.





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He will do this by helping you to make

your farming operations more resultful.

He will help you to grow more and better

crops on less land, to increase your acre

yields, and to improve the quality of your

crops. ”



Get,the right fertilizers





Backed by the resources and reputation

of Swift 8; Company, he is qualified to

advise with you regarding the Swift’s Red

Steer Fertilizers which will give you the

best results, or to get this information for

you from your state experiment station

or from the Agricultural Research bureau

maintained by Swift 85 Company.





. He recommends Swift’s Red Steer Fer-

tilizers because he knows that “it pays

to use them”—and because he knows

that they are high in available plant food,

that they are accurately and uniformly

mixed, and that when properly applied





‘ they will return the farmer’s investment ’





many times over.





Get acquainted with the Authorized

Swift Agent in your town. Get acquainted

with him now—it will pay you. If yOu

cannot locate him readily, write our

nearest sales division. "





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FERTILIZER WORKS,- DEPT. 43

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REGISTERED





A. S. A. says:





Your acre yields and the quality of

your crops are more important to

you than prices.





No matter what the price is, you

are better off if you have a thousand

bushels to sell than if you have five

hundred. You will get just twice as

much money.





The most successful farmers in this

county are the ones who are growing

the biggest acre yields of high quality

crops. And likewise, you can be

more succeszul if you increase your

acre yields and improve the quality

of crops you grow.





Perhaps I can show you a way to

do this. Come in and talk it over.





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Success with alfalfare-

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Reincmbetwearehead-

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Michigan grown and

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The greatest pasture and soil building crop of Michigan.

Also a good hay crop on lighter soils and a valuable

crop to pave the way for alfalfa.





Good sweet clover 1s still cheap so if you must save

money on seed use. Farm Bureau Brand Sweet Clover,

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Allin avor of fencing! Use it. Get the

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I, of the Michigan State Farm Bureau,

.1 with whom many of the association

‘; -' growers consign their Surplus seed for:





friends This feature of the 1.111 has

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APPLE AND GRAPE STANDARDS.



Two bills dealing with horticultural

standards were dropped into the leg-

islative hopper by Representative Os-

car Bremen, of Kent county. The first

to be called “Michigan Standard 08

Color.”



Three official grades of grapes are

established by his other 11111 drawn up

in accordance with the desires'of the

leading grep gerowers and dealers.





 





 





While abuses of the Covert highway

law have become so prevalent and

flagrantthat a strong movement is on

foot to repeal the law in its entirety,

Senator William L. Connelly, of





amended so as to prevent abuses and

conserve its good features.



Under Senator Connelly’s bill county

supervisors would have the right to

suspend the exercise of powers now

possessed by county road commission-

er by a two-thirds vote of the-board.

They would also be empowered to 111m

it the amount of tax that the road com;

missioners might‘ assess against the

county at large for a road.‘



Each supervisor would be authoriz-

ed to “sit in” with the road commis-

sioners and have a voice in laying out

the assessment districts in his town-

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PRODUCTIVE OAT VARIETIES.





 





(Continued from page 367).



the seed’s productivity. In keeping

with this program, the crop grown

from certified seed is not eligible for

further inspectiOn except on the farm

which produced it. Growers desiring

to start the production of pedigreed

seed under inspection must use, as

parent stock, seed from a registered

grade. The registered seed is chosen

in limited quantity from the regularly

inspected seed lots, as being particu-

larly suitable for seed foundation

stock. For regular cropproduction‘it

is no more désirable than the certified

seed which is the real commercial

product of the association with which

the agricultural college and the Mich-

igan Crop Improvement Association

hope to increase the efficiency of the

Michigan oat ploduction. .



The plices established on certified

seed by the association board of direc~

tors are in definite relation to the com-

mercial oat market. An increase in





turns the grower’s additional seed in-

vestment with inteiest at Over 140 per,

cent. If the grower of a ten-acre field

of oats experiences an added yield of

ten bushels per acre, through the use

of certified seed, this, in ”the light of

1922 farm experience, being-a. fairly

average condition, 'hisi extra seed in-

vestment of about $9. 00 will increase

the income from that field by frOm $40

to $45, based on the present oat

market. . =





The dissemination of certified seed

of thest productive varieties is further-

ed ,by lists of growers published and

distributed by the Michigan Crop Im-

provement Association secretary at

East Lansing, and through the mar.

ketlng service of the Seed Department





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MUCH HOMESTEAD LAND CAN'T

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HE Michigan State Department of

/ Agriculture has issued a warning

to ex—soldiers who coutemplate taking

up homestead land for agricultural

purposes. It says that .little 'of the





6,732 acres recently} opened for heme- ,





stead entry ih Otsego, Cheboygan,

Roscommon, Crawford, Montgomery,

Ogemaw, Presque Isle, Oscoda, Iosco,

Alcona and Alpena counties is fit for

agricultural purposes.



The department urges ex-soldiers

contemplating homestead entry to. see

the land before making application,

and oflers to give them all the infor-

mation available relative to these

lands.





START SHIPPING éAav CHICKS.





 





HE Holland, Michigan, post office

has arranged to handle-sixty thou-

sand chicks per week as. . compared

with a. maximum of fifty thousand per

week last . year.

was made on March 1.

It is expected that over a million

chicks will be shipped from the H01-

land post office during the hatching





season. These will be the product of

forty-one hatcheries in the Holland

section. 4





These hatcheries and those around

Zeeland, which bring the total up to

about a hundred, have made Ottawa

county nationally.,famous as a chick-

hatching center. -





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SHIP SUIT.





 





AT the circuit court in Centerville,

Michigan, the Michigan State

Farm Bureau was granted judgment

against John Davis, a Constantine

farmer, for twenty dollars for back

farm bureau membership fees. The

defendant had previously lost his case

in the justice court and appealed it to

the circuit court, where the outcome

was similar.



The Centerville case is the first one

that was talcen to the circuit court and

the quick verdict in favor of the farm

bureau is regarded as important in

any future contest. The defendant

claimed he received no benefits from

the farm bureau, But the farm bu-

reau proved that it had developed mar-

keting and other valuable services and

proved the validity of its contract.





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N Newaygo county, F. S. Matthews



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two acres of marsh land, with about

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he has over a hundred muckrats and.





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You CAN get more milk from your cows

through the winter and

how—and why—then act.





Late fall, winter and spring mondu‘are a severe

strain on the milch cow’s system. Winter feeds are

harder to assimilate and turn into milk than green ,





pasturage. The digestive and milk-making organs

heme run down. milk and lowered vitality

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level and decidedly increase the mill: flow by a one-

week-a-month use of Kow-Kare. This famous medi-

cine for cows tones up the genital and di estive

organs—enables them to throw of? disease an make

milk faster.





- Thousimds of dairymen follow this plan and find

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fold. Only a tablespooniul of Kaw-Kare morning and





night is required— and only one week out of the

month.





if disease does creep into the herd, Kow—Ksre

goes to this origin of the trouble and acts promptly.

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Milk Fever, Bunches, Loss of Appetite. etc., Kow-Kare

has been the standard remedy the country over for

, twenty- five years.





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N the entire corn belt, farmers are



getting a better focus on the. busi-



ness of farming. one thing that

stands out preeminently, is that bags

have shoWn profits. United States is

the greatest SWine-producing nation in

the world, and’our production nearly

equals“ that of all the other nations

combined.



The foundation and mother of this

vast industry, is none other than the

brood sow that you, Mr. Farmer, are

keeping on your individual farm

here in Michigan. You will find her

on nearly every farm in this country.





Many farmers will be increasing

their number of brood sows this spring,

and to thOSe will come the problem of

selecting breeding individuals

will show results, with profits at the

end 0f the year. Like all other phases

of farming, the hog feeder should

give his best thought to this business

of pork production



You must have an ideal type of hog

in mind, one that fulfills all require-

ments, and that has withstood the ex-

perience of former years. More de-

pends upon this ideal type than upon

the breed. ’The interest of the feeder

in his home market, should above all

things, guide him in his; selections.





In. the purchase of a brood sow or

a bred gilt for future breeding, you

should carry in your mind the firm be-

lief that you are buying a producer,

one that will farrow a good-sized lit-

ter. There is a chance to be taken in

this respect but you can insure your-

self somewhat if the sire and dam

were from large, healthy litters. It is

of importance that your purchase

should carry such a. record.





The next important characteristic in

the buying of a brood sow is the prob-

lem of feeding her new-born family.

Consequently'a real milking machine

is of vast importance ‘and a real nec-

essity. Great care and attention must

absolutely be given the sow and her

new family to start the baby porkers

on the right road to profits. You can-

not use slip-shod methods, nor neglect

the duty that is yours for the success

of the litter. So when you purchase

that brood sow examine her closely,

see that she possesses a good udder,

with places for twelve or more little

fellows to partake of , nourishment.

This is an important foundation for

the future development of a strong,

robust and healthy .litter.



As you have your ideal type in mind,

do not neglect to adhere to it, for

there lies your future success. I re-

cently received a sale catalogue of a

very prominent breeder. It was very

pleasing to note that he was advertis-

mg individuality. Little does the av-

bother with individ-

uality, and I dare say a majority are

entirely at a loss to connect any such

characteristic with brood sows or the

hogs that are in his feed lots.



The feeder should endeavor td‘keep

his brood sows uniform, all as near

the ideal type as possible, so that their

offspring will show individuality and

quality that will command the highest

market price on sale day. It is one

sure way to more“ profits. —



Where and when shall I purchase

my brood saw or bred gilt?

auctions and private sales should not

be overlooked and if the individuals

merit your approval, buy the number

you need, being very careful in your

selectiOns. See that each one has the

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‘ ‘ALFALFA- For: MlCHlGAN.





 





(COntinued from page 365).

the different varieties of alfalfa and

alfalfa seed secured from different

states.’



Some farmers and county agents in

different parts of the state have been

particularly interested in this kind of

work so they are cooperating with the

farm crops department in conducting

variety, tests of alfalfaon their farms.

Arrangements haye been made for the

department to furnish seed from dif-





ferent sections 'and of different vane--





ties. A man from the college is on

hand to assist in planting, cleaning out

the drill after sowing, making a record

of the plot, etc. Great care is taken

to see that planting is uniform for each

variety and in so far as possible ex-

periment station methods are follow-

ed. One drill width of each variety is

sown with a strip about twelve inches

wide between each.





During the next few years in several

of these tests samples will be secured

from each variety at each cutting and

the yield will be computed. Then we

willhave more accurate information

as to relative hardiness and desirabil-

ity of such varieties and strains as the

Grimm, ‘Cossack, Hardigan, Kansas

Seed, Michigan, Montana, Utah, and

Turkestan will be available from 'sev-

eral sections of Michigan.



There are now variety tests in the

following counties: Emmet, Benzie.

Kalkaska, Mason, Montcalm, VanBur-

en. Gratiot, Calhoun; Jackson, Branch,

Hillsdale, Wayne and Sa ila‘c. And

these are located on all kinds of soils

from the very light to the very heavy

ones. Similar tests using these varie-

ties wlll be sown this year, hoping

ultimately to have them located in all

sections of the state.





The illustration shows the alfalfa

variety test on the farm of D. D. Phil-

lips, east of Kalkaska. It was planted

on May 25 and the picture was taken

August 23 of the same year, after it

had been clipped. This picture shOws

the drill width strips of some of the

varieties in this test and how they are

separated bya narrow strip. The soil

is a sandy loam;



It is of prime importance that Mich-

igan farmers secure adapted alfalfa

seed and it is also important to them

to know whether Grimm, or Montana

alfalfa seed or that from Utah or

Michigan grown will be the cheapest

according to their system of farming

or rotatious they may be following.





 





THE TON LITTER CLUB.





 





MEDALS of gold, silver or bronze

will be awarded to farmers

whoso litters of pigs attain certain

weights when 180 days old, according

to the rules of the “Michigan Ton Lit-

ter Club” now organized by the ani-

mal husbandry department of M. A. C.

in cooperation with the Michigan

Swine “Breeders’ Association. For lit-

ters that weigh 2,000'pounds or more

at that time, gold medals will be giv-

en. For those between 1,800 and 2,000

pounds, silver medals are offered, and

for those between. 1,600 and 1,800

pounds, bronze medals will be the

prize.



Pigs {iii-rowed any time between

March 1 and May ,15 will be eligible.

For purposes of identification the pigs

:11th be ear-marked within seven days





after birth and report must be cent to 5

w. ,.





the state loader-of the club.





Avoid the undersized and gm
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lame horses.





made it a study

many horses for contraction and my

best results came from treating the

foot thus:



First, pare foot on the me till the

blood runs freely. This is to make the

sole thin so the toot wfll spread In.

paring the heel leave brace in, that

runs from the back part of heel to

front of frog. Then concave the shoe





from back nail to the end of shoe and.

set it flush with the outside of the,





hoof on both sides, Which will tend to

spread the hoof. If you study the

anatomy of a horse’s foot, you will

find a small bone laying crossways in

the heel just over the frog and in case

of contraction it passes against the

horn of the foot near the heel, which

is the cause of lameness.



I have tried 'this treatment many

times, and it never' failed to cure. I

have spread a horse’s foot one inch in

six months. As soon as the hoof

spreads over shoe, remove shoe and

Widen the reset.



If anyone Wishes further talk on

horses’ feet, just put the question. in

the Michigan Farmer and I will by

to. answer it.——J. W. Smith.





 





0. I. C.’S WIN.





HE United States Court of Ap~

peals at Cincinnati has recently

granted a victory to the L. B. Silver

Company, which originated the Ohio





'Improved Chester and O. I. C. breed





of hogs. After years of litigation dur—

ing which judges and juries had very

little in the way of precedent to guide

them, the court decided that the twen-

ty thousand breeders of O. I. C.’s can

lawfully continue to advertise and sell

their 0. I. C.’s as a separate and dis-





from ,. the __ Chester White breeds.

The advertising of the Silver Com

pany maintained that the O. I. C.





’breed was less susceptible to disease





than the “common or garden variety”

of hog, and that there has been no

cholera, foot-and-mouth or other con-

tagious disease in the locality where

the O. I. C. was produced for over fifty

years.



As part of the evidence it was

shown that the O. I. C. herd book con-.

tains more registries than all three of

the herd books of the Chester White

breed. This indicates that the O. I.

C.’s are rapidly gaining in popularity.

- HOG MARKETING COSTS.



HOG marketing study by the Unit-



ed States Department of Agricul-

ture in the corn belt shows that one-

third of the- total cost of marketing

hogs consists of terminal charges,

such as commission, yardage and feed.

The commission comprises about fifty

per. ceht of the total terminal charges,

yardage about twenty-six and feed

about twenty-four per cent. 0n» the

average, the terminal costs range from

$1.60 to $2.23 per thousand pounds. By

individual 'cooperative associations,

the lowest costis $1.55 and the high-~

est $2. 63. .



Losses from crippling were found

heavier in the months from November

to March. Losses from hogs killed in

transit were greater in the" spring

months, especially May andJune. Both





crippled and dead hogs were more nu— ‘





merous in mixed shipments than in.





‘ 7 straight ones.





The Study involves the collection of





3 data from 237 cooperatI-Ve livc stock

. shipping associations in ten middiéé .;

h h





I wish to say I have



1, worked at horse shoeing and biack-v ’

smithing tor thirty-.tvm years and have

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they may be breaking the rule, but you





The makers of Royal Cords, for their

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The more quality a tire has—and the

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gation to be simple and direct. Royal

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The makers of Royal Cords devote

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LUCK AND PROGRESS.





report

very thoroughly by potato and market





and is han

Those potatoes are put up in branded





this Winter

closely as they should have been and

often arrive at destination in poor con-





This Was explained by

on.” M. A.

Under Michigan methods a certain»

per cent of potatoes going into each

sack are mechanically injured (fork





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under the caption,

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Now, optimism, unquestion-

ably and undeniably, is a valuable as-

set to anyone, and a characteristic well

worth cultivating, but if R. D. B. will

kindly tell uslhow, during these hard

to provide the necessities of

life, pay the doctor bill and meet oth-





obligations, send the chil-





dren to school and to college, and then

rake up enough cash to pay the inter-

, est and taxes, we will all be so full of



optimism that we will willingly buSt

and still look pleasant.~W. H. Collar.





WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH

MICHIGAN POTATOES?





 





ROM time to time there have been

reports in the daily press stating

that Michigan potatoes were being dis-

criminated against on the markets of

our midwest cities and that





being shown to the white





potato from the New York and Penn-

sylvania growers.





has been investigated





from the Michigan Depart-





Agriculture and the college.

report shows very clearly that

the Russet potato which is favored by

our growers is ‘quite as acceptable as-

‘ the potatoes from other states 'on the

same market and that Michigan Rus-

sets are commanding a better «price

than Wisconsin Whites.

goodly share of

Pennsylvania are

Russet seed originating in northern





In fact, a

the potatoes from

grown from Rural





which shows that the trou-





ble is not in the color of our potato.





However, there is a very wide dif—

ference in the price of some of the

eastern stock over that, of Michigan.

Their grOWers are netting about. forty

to forty-seven and one—half cents per

hundred over

Michigan glowers.



Investigation disclosed that this dil-

ference is due entirely to the grading

at shipping point.





the prices received by





Pennsylvania Cooperative





Association it was learned that they

not only sort very closely when the

potatoes are taken into the, storage,

but the potatoes are given a much

inspection while being sacked

for loading. The potato, when leaving





in run over the sorter

ficked over by two men.





sell very readily because





they not only look good but they are





the storekeeper that gets





them can sell practically every potato

to satisfied customers.





Quite a lot of theMichigan potatoes





been going on the market

have not'becn sorted as





not they are going to school; he would





"Jim Wes-

C‘. potato specialist.





etc), and almost every one





of these injured potatoes‘ will show





leaving storage. They are





loaded into a refrigerator car and to

keep the potatoes from freezing the-

car is heated to about ninety degrees

and sealed '





transit for about ten days.

temperature 31st , this





 





 





 





mold a wonderful chance to develop





and usually more or less wet rot 'shows‘





up when the car is opened for inspec-

tion. Naturally the car will. not sell





as. Well as one that was well sorted1





and arrives in good condition'.





Storekeepers told our investigators





that they found twenty to thiry

pounds to the sack of some Michigan

cars which were too poor to sell with

put injuring trade and that these had

to be “dumped. ”





It would have been much better if

these poor and ill-shaped potatoes





could have been “dumped” by the ship- _





per and that much freight saved,

which together with the better price

that the good potatoes would have sold

for would have made 'quite a differ-

ence in the grower’s receipts.





Not all Michigan potatoes were in





this bad condition, but enough were to

make the buyers generally afraid to.





take any Michigan stock, while they

could get other potatoes that they

were sure weie good.





‘ This matter is being taken up by

the Michigan Potato Gr"owe1s Ex-

change at Cadillac, and a meeting of

about forty managers of local cooper-

ative associations, together with some

of their directors and county agents,

was held at Cadillac, Wednesday, Feb-

ruary 28. At this meeting a commit-

tee of three of the managers was ap-

pointed to confer wtih'the board of

directors and manager of the ex-

change at Cadillac. They will endeav-

or to establish grades of potatoes to

be put in branded sacks and shipped

in competition with the eastern grow—

ers. In fact, it is planned to take at

least one step in the lead.





Meetings of the growers are 'sched-

uled to be held at the local marketing

associations and the advantages of

better grading and keeping of the poor

potatoes on the farm for feedingipur-

pos‘es will be illustrated—J. A. Brown.





CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLs.‘





 





N the February and March Michigan



Farmer, I read about the consolidat-

ed school.



Some say that the consolidated

school is much better than the public

school, because of the high school

right at home,





for the teachers, etc. But, my friends,

you have not stopped to think about

how much it is going to cost for the

running of. this school. V





The day. is coming when we will





have to give up all the old things and . , .- . . .. m

11.11%“..30 if you have been waiting for Inch





take up new. We may have to build

up—to-date high schools, buy busses,

hire horses, cabs (and drivers; and

make way—houses to keep the children

so they will not get cold while waiting

for the bus during the winter, ,



But, supposing the children are not

at the way-houses and the cab driver

does‘not happen to know whether or





not know whether to go on or not.



The schoolwill have tobe built up to

specifications and will cost taxpayersp

more than they can stand. It will cost

more than they can pay. '





As the schools are now when £1 ‘





scholar does not .want to go tobcho'oig

a taxis is not waiting for him to “see

whether or not he is sick; he simply

does not go. '





   





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. likely to make errors in figuring





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I. What the family takes from the farm





in the‘ way, of living. A careful study

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nual profit of our farms.





.. MUCK FARMERS ORFANIZE.





 





HE leading muck .crop farmers in

the vicinity of Byron Center have

organized the Golden Yellow Celery

Company, which is capitalized at $10,-

000. The purpose of‘ this company is

to pool the products of the muck farm-

ers in that section of the state, pre-

pare them for sale and'then sell them.

It is planned to erect a modern

.warehouse, where the celery will be

received in the rough and prepared for

market. If the organization is Suc-

cessful, it will handle close to four

hundred cars," which was the produc-

tion of this section last year.



The officers of the association 'are:

President, Wm. Kooeinga; Vice-Presi-

dent, A. G. Van Stokema; Secretary-

Treasurer, A. Berkampas. These men

with Peter Aukema and H. J. Feyen,





» are directors.





GOOD SEED NECESSARY IN

POTATO PRODUCTION.





 





R. H. C. MOORE, secretary of

the Michigan Potato Producers’

Association, says that millions of dol-

lars are lost annually to potato pro-

ducers from the results of planting

poor seed. The use of good seed is

the keynote of success, as good yields

of high quality tubers must be secured

if growers are to make a success.

Certified seed has proven its value

in securing better production in both

Michigan and other statesfi As the de-

mand is good Michigan growers could

make arrangements for their certified

seed to assure themselves a. supply.





In 1922 only twenty-two per cent at“





the certified seed ofi'ered for sale in

the state went to Michigan farmers.

The other seventy-eight per cent went

to outside states, Pennsylvania alone,

taking 40,000 bushels of Michigan cer-

tified stock. These potatoes outyield-

ed other strains with which they were





. compared by fifty per cent, and as a





result, Pennsylvania growers have al-

ready ordered 80,000'bushe1s of Michi-

gan certified seed for 1923.





FIVE O'CLOCK MILK POPULAR IN

CHINA. '





 





HE regular and ancient custom of



five o’clock tea is being threaten-

ed in China. Its rival is the five o’clock

milk. The Chinese people find that

condensed milk is a very pleasant bev-

erage to drink, and although they can

get fresh high- -testin.g milk from water





7 buffaloes and other 'cattle, they do not





'use it on their tables for cooking.





‘ Their coming national drink will prob-

. ably be the sweetened condensed milk

_ f diluted with hot water.





This means

an“ increasing- market for American





dairy product's.

,’ », .. TREAT seen OATS. ' .





HE treating of seed oats requires .





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YEN the highbrow accountants are .





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NE year ago waste stump land——now it’s

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time. Dumorite has saved time and money.”





Dumorite, the new du Pont explosive, shoots, stick for

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of “20%.” Your dealer sells 135 to 140 sticks of

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GRAPES STRAWBE’R [{[IES





By Roy E





”FEE several fertilizer tests with



apples in Michigan show that"

. where nitrogen has been applied

in a quickly available form, one may

reasonably expect increases in the

yields of average orchards of from.





" ~~ seventy five to two hundred per cent.

' Inthe orchard in which the first fer-H





tilizer experiment in the state was laid

out, phosphorus has evidently played

an important part in increasing the

set of apples, but unless the phosphor-

us was combined with nitrogen the

fruit was too small for market pur-

poses and the twig growth was n‘ot bet-

ter than that in non- -fertilized plots.

Tree vigor depreciated rather than im-

proved where phosphorus was used

alone and ..conisequen~tly the trees pro-

duced fewer blossoms and fruits after

the first fertilized" crop than the non-

fertilized trees. _



Nitrogen alone gave an average

yieldmore than three times as great

as that fromthe non-fertilized plots,

but when it was combined with phos-

phorus the yield was twenty-five to

fifty per cent better than where nitro—

gen was used alone. Potash has fail-

ed to establish its value as an essen-

tial application in these tests.’ Nitro—

gen and phosphorus should evidently

be combined to produce the greatest

and most economical gains in produc-

tion.



In the above experiment nitrogen

also operated to increase the size of

fruits. More than seventy per cent

of the fruits from plots receivingnh

trogen, alone or in combination with

some other element, were more than

two and one—half inches in diameter,

while only fifty per cent of unfertilized

fruits attained this size.



Furthermore, nitrogen was responsi-

blefor increasing twig growth to two

to three times that of the check plot.

The gain in yield over the unfertilized

plots by the fertili’zed ones was pro-

duced in 1921 at a cost of about twcn:





By R. H.





served in the past to‘ control

scale, seems inadequate to the

task at present has led some of our

groWers to believe that a resistant

race of scale'has been developed—a

race capable of enduring the lime-sul—

phur wash without being killed. The

situation seems to the writer to be

due to an entirely different reason.

Firstl—Lime-sulphur kills by depriv—

ing the insect under the scale of its

oxygen and itis hard to conceive of





T HE fact that lime-sulphur, which





any inseCt acquiring the ability to get





along without oxygen, any more than





. , one could conclude that a rabbit could





bécome immune to a change of shot.

Furthermore, we know through 1ear-

ing experiments conducted by the de-



partment of entomology at the celiege

that a number of native parasites have

started to work on the scale. Now,

the battle 'waged between any insect

and its parasites is apt to go first one

way. and then the other. ‘



Once more.

years we will remember that owing to

the reduction in the activity of the

scale, and to the increased cost of

spraying due to cost of materials and

of labor, the wintei spray of lime- sul-

phur was put on more dilute than for-

merly. Everything worked satisfac-

toriiy until the parasites “knocked 03-”

for "some reason or ether- and the

scale commenced to: multipiyfithen it





 





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In another experiment, nitrogen





proved to be the essential element in-





bringing a’ fifteen- year-old Duchess or-

chard, which had never produced a.

crop, int-o profitable production. ,I The

average yield for several fertilized

plots, each of which received nitrogen

alone (51' iii-combination with .some

other element, was 199 pounds per

tree in 1922 while the average pfthe

unfertilized trees was -‘ sixtyeseven

pounds of apples.

ples £10111 the unfertilized trees to fill

a. bushel,

fruits made a bushel.



The Michigan Experiment Statiou

has found that it pays to apply nitro-

genous fertilizers to other tree fruits,

such as plums, pears and cherries. The

results are a little slower in showing

up in the cases of pears and cherries,

that is, they may not be conspicuous

the same season that the fertilizer is

applied, but they frequently show in-

c1 eases of twenty-five to 150 per cent





in yield the second season after fer-





tilization. Cheiry yields axe frequent-

ly low because of the short annual

growth produced by the trees, and

while both pruning and fertilization

are means \of increasing this twig

growth. the latter method more read-

ily forces the desired change.



Michigan pomologists have estimat-

ed that, fully seventy-five per cent of

the orchards in that state will respond

to nitrogenous fertilizers and they

have played an important part in in«

creasing the use of quickly available

nitrogenous fertilizers in orchards

from a few tons in 1920 to fully 1,500

tons in 1922. They adv0cate the Use

of acid phosphate in conjunction won

the nitrogen because phosphorus and

nitrogen usually 5 give better yields

than nitrogen alone and phosphorus

increases the growth of cover crops in

cultivated orchards and of grass in

sIod orchards. ‘





The Scale Situation





Petz‘iz‘





Entomologiyt M. A. (1.





keep them in subjection. It is not un-

likely tha‘tcareless spraying resulted

as well, since most anything seemed

to keep the trees clean enough to get

by in good condition



The scale is coming back, therefore,

come back at it with the old- -time

stroug application of six and one—quar-

ter gallons of thirty-three degree

Baume" lime-sulphur in fifty gallons of

water and hit every part of the tree,

using no spreader. Furthermore, ,test

your lime-sulphur before diluting it.





Get a Baume' tester and make sure.





Put in some hydrated lime fora mark-

er and to give the spray a little “body”

and the writer feels sure that the

scale will respond just as it did in the

beginning. 9



If you prefer to use one of the oil

sprays, do so. They are just as effec-

tive as they ever were and many grow—

ers prefer them largely because they

spread better, and f61' other reasons.

The “red Oil” emulsions that one hears





about so often- are home—made emul-‘





sions of lubricating oils. If one wants





to try them out and cares to use heme—f





made splays it is easy enough to do

so, the main difficulty being in getting

the potash fish- oil soap which is the

one to use.





One final Word——put the.s spray-o





just as late as is safe before growth. :I'

in the spring... gince‘ 11 (its .





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while 180 of the fertilized '
‘- ,manyzfgpgtato‘ specialists

, figi i‘e flint poor grading has

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. f 38811 potatiies on the .consumfing'maré

. , g'ketsgeii‘tijjmuch smart: is being made.

,to encourage the'ggrowers‘ to grade

. better. But R..H.-_Shoemaker, Michi-



' ga’n represehtatlve, of the United

States Bureau of Agricultural Econom-



ics, says that While poor grading un-



‘ doubtedly has‘some effect on the price

received for Michigan'potatoes, he be-



lieves the russet color is‘ one of the



chief causes. To support his, conten-



. tion he has reports from federal in-

spectors and several of the large mar-



kets of the country. »



‘ He says that the russet color helps:



to sell Michigan pbtatOes in the‘ fall, -

but after they have been in storage I

this color gets darker and tends to be-



/ _ come undesirable. ‘ .

Some of the Michigan potato spe-,





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the color matters, but expressed the}.





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receiving a square deal in the classifi- ,





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A BILL to provide a new Michigan





. seed law .l1as been intnoduced in

the state senate by Senatoi George





Leland, of Fenn-ville, chairman of the





senate committee on agriculturafrhe

senator declares that this is not his

own 'pet bill, but was drafted by a

council of leading seed experts of the

_state, convened by L. Whitney Wat-

kins, the new commissioner of agri-

culture. '



In explaining the need for a new

agricultural seed law, it was stated

that Michigan is one ofthe leading

seed producing states in the Union.

and, it it is to retain this position, the

quality of the seed sown in the state

must be protected. Those responsible

for the bill feel that the business of

producing quality seeds on a commer-

cial basis in Michigan had deveIOped

in spite of existing state laws rather

than because of them.





State officials who are urging pas-

sageol’ this bill declare the present

law is bunglesoine and wholly inade—

quate. There are no teeth in it. they

say, to allow for expeditious handling

of cases of bad seed when discovered.





In the opinion of those who prepar-

ed-the bill, one of the first requisites

of a workable statute is to get a “seiz—

ure clause" such as provided in the

pure t'ood law so that seed which is

much below standard could be seized

and held pending settlement of the

case and not distributed and planted

as at present. Under the operation of

the present statute cases have been

(l1awn out fo1 over six months before

settlement. ’





In drafting the: proposed bill, a sin—

cere effort was made to consider the

practical operation and administration

of the law and to reconcile theory and

practice. The bill is aimed to control

those who are jumping impure and

dead seed on the Michigan. market

and would set up standard specifica-

tions and require labeling to showde-

gree of purity, per cent of germina-

tion, and source of origin of seed.



Members of the committee which

drew up the proposed seed law were:





reau of Foods and Standards, State

Department of Agriculture; M. J.

\V. P. Hartman, director of the ’Bu—





Smith, Chief Clerk, State Department

of” Agriculture; Prof. J. F. Cox, Farm

("i-ops Department, M. A. C.; 'Prof. E.

A. Bessey, Botany Department, M. A.

(I; C. B. Ballard. Extension Depart-

ment, M. A. C.; J. W. Nicolson, Man-

ager Seed Department, State Farm

Bureau; F. G. Mock, Seed Depart-

ment. State Farm Bureau; H. M. Ren-

wick, Seed Department,





Department, State Farm Bureau.





SU MMER HORTICULTURAL TQUR

ANNOUNCED.





 





T its recent Paw Paw meeting, the



Michigan State Horticultural So-

ciety decided to hold its annual tour

in the vicinity of Grand Rapids and

lonia.



In the selection of this tour, the

committee had in consideration the

many interesting things which fruit

growers could see. There will be‘the

air-cooled storage plants on Henry

Crat‘t’s farm, near Sparta, the ice-cool-

ed plant on Charles VVile’s farm, and

the well-known Thome Brothers’ Bray-

man and Haweorchards._ The first

day of the tour will be held at the

Brayman Experiment Station and oth-

er places around Grand Rapids. The

'second and third days will be held in

the Ionia, Muir and Beldjng districts.

The executive committee elected

. George Friday, of Colosa, as vice-pres-

identr-for the society. '





State Farm,

Bureau, and S. M. Powell, Legislative





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Great Britain paid its tribute at H- SHOW, Of_ California, is looking into the jaws of death and inci- To keep in practice on board ship

the tomb of Washington on his dentally aiming to kill a ferocious African male lion which he Frank L. Kramer, bicycle chain:

recent birthday captured and Which measured twelve-feet from tip to tip. pion, used stationary “bike.”





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





As a follow up to .the Spinal Contest of last year, the National, Smoky Gaston won the American dog derby at Ashton, Idaho, by

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The main doomay of the Manhattan State Hospital for the"Ins'ane ‘ . 1 " 'Mr. Rummel is making ready for a spin in his “iceflivver” on Lake

on Ward's Island, New York where 25 maniacs were burned ‘ _ Ronkonkoma, Long island. where he can make ninety miles per

to death and one hundred more injured in panic caused by fire. hour with this unique scooter.





 





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M Mdlmflh... _... .,
HIS sweet, unomcial christening

might have resulted in a beautiful,



enduring friendship, but a sudden, ter-



rific patter ot feet in the next corral



came through the air accompanied by



a nauseating (loud of smoke, and all



was confusion again. Round and round



their section of the corral they swept



again till they realized that the men



were not yet molesting them. When'

they stopped to investigate, little

Queen saw a man in the other section

of the corral rush tov’vard a more with

a long hideous stick She saw him

strike the coll: that tried to follow her

and saw the colt run back into the

corral while the mother had run out.

She could not quite understand what

he was. doing; but she experienced an

overwhelming fear of losing her

mother, and clung to her beloved sides

with more tenacity than ever.



The other section of the corral was

finally cleared of all the mares who,

standing on the outside, would not go

away; but. in concert rent the air with

their cries of protest. Queen was so

curious that, despite her beating heart,

she moved to where she could soc what

was going 011. She saw ropes flash

through the air and immediately after,

a little colt fell to the dusty ground.

The cry from the little one’s mother

was answered by a stifled cry from

the ground and as Queen, unable to

stand still for fear, listened to that

cry, there suddenly began coming to

her the odor of blood and burning flesh.

Madness seized upon them once more

and the dizzying whirl round the chok-

ing corral gave them some relief. They

finally stopped to rest a while, only to

have another colt throwu and his cries

and the smell of burningfiesh set them

through the frenzied motion round the



' corral, all over again.





OST of the afternoon it took be-

fore colts in the first section had

been branded and mutilated. It was a

noisy, dusty, cruel process; and the

men, perspiring heavily, their faces

wet and black with the dust that, set-

tled 011 them, looked like tormenting

imps of hell; but they were no more

to be blamed for the cruelty that was

‘ theirs to do than were their helpless

victims.



All that clamour of pain and strug-

gle could not disturb the mist-like lone-

liness that brooded over the far-reach-‘

ing distance. On the other side of the

river, visible beyond less rugged banks,

stretched a lifeless country of hills and

plains, so desolate and so motionless

that the very tones that dotted them

seemed with their feeble reflections to

be futilely protesting against their

destitution.



A pause came to the torturous strug-

gle. The gate of the first corral was

opened and the sickened little colts





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shambled out into the open where their

frantic mothers caressed them, then

led them away to the east: The men

walked off and disappeared in the

house Taking advantage of the si-

lence and the respite, the still captive





colts, one after ‘another, took to suck-





ing. It was not very long, however.

before they were interrupted by the

reappearance of the men. The skin on

every” captive began to tremble and

the eight mothers vwith their eight

colts packed into one corner.



One man, carrying a. long stick, en-

tered the section and advanced to the

middle while the other stationed him-





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leaving her. brought her to her senses. their sickened colt! would not to.



Rebelliously, she reared and lell The buckskin mm me them hard-

with full force upon the gate. It swung ly a glance. She struck up the steep

violently backward, striking the man incline with risk: speed, bent upon

who held it so severely am it knocks getting out of the mens reach, as soon

ed him on his feet and sent him roll- as was possible. The men, on the oth-

ing to the wall. The second man who or hand were at a disadvantige. De- I

was. trying to prevent Queen from fol- fore they could saddle their ponies,

lowing her mother was away over at the mares, they knew, would he on!

the other end of the corral. The gate- somewhere ‘at the other end of the

man’s cry and the image of him on the range They realised too that the

dusty ground, so confused the other mares were now so excited that they

that. for a few moments he stood still, would have very great diflculty in

unable to move a‘ muscle. When he rounding them up The)? WON angry

saw his partner pick himself up, he at the rebellious more, but these ani-





‘realised that he should have hurried to mals were their property and they did





not want to hurt them. Another Strug-





 





 





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By. C. E. Gerbcrich





Hard times has surely struck us an'

r l’m feelin’ mighty poor;

An' I have to work and slave to keep!

The wolf outside the door,

But a better time is comin', of

That I’m very- sure,

As soon as our ol’ cow comes in.





My wife has been complainln' that

She hasn’t decent shoes, I

I don’t blame her—it's enough

To give ’most anyone the blues,

But won’t she be delighted when

I break the joyful news I





An’ tell her that the cow’s come .in? When I take ’em to the stable to





An’ Johnny's pants .are gittin' to be

Much the worse for wear,





It seems there don’t a day go by but When our good ol’ bossy cow comes in.





What they git a tear——





' An' we will all be happy an'





‘ gle at that time, they felt might even



, endanger their own lives The man

who had been knocked over was not

'only as tired as the other fellow was,

but he was aching from head to foot.

Besides, the afternoon was rapidly galv-

ing way to early evening. They de-

cided to finish the branding on the fol-

lowlng day. I





/

But never mind—he’s going to

Have another brau’ new pair

Jest as soon as our ol’ cow comes in.





An' the babyublcss her little heart

She wants a doll so bad,



She's clean wore out Jenny——

The only one she ever had,



But we’ve promised hc‘r another—

Won't the little one be glad?-



As soon as our ol’ cow comes in.





O the buckskin mare the spaces be-

. hind her seemed peopled with

rumors, and she

' the slippery incline as if her very life

depended upon getting to the top and

away. The rest of the mares that tied

with her and ,their little ones seemed

to find greater difficulty in getting to

the top, but they followed as eagerly.

Rocks and sand rolle thunderously

down behind them an the dust rose

from the mouth of the canyon like vol-

canic smoke.





0h, won't the children clap their .

Hands an’ caper ’round an’ laugh





See the little calf?





Our cares be lessened half

, When they finally reached the level

1 ' plains above, the old mare was white



with foam. "l‘hey had that afternoon





 





self at the gate. First the man with

the stick forced the group to move into

the opposite cornel, then, after a. long

struggle, he singled out the buckskin

mare. He had driven her toward the

gate but a few feet, when little Queen,

bending so low that she passed under

the stick, rushed out of reach of it and

gained her mothei’ s side. Had it not

been for the vigilance ol’ the man at

the gate they would have both escap-

ed. It was getting to be late in the

afternoon and the man was tired and

impatient. As





his impatience.





punish her.





with most impatient

people,‘ his common sense gave way to

He was not only de—

te1mined to get the buckskin male out of the hills.

first, but he was even more axnious to c1op ot' oats and the cats had been

He singled her out again





been rounded up in a. hollow toward

the gate and closed it' but by that the northeast of where they now were

time the whole gloup had escaped and and fear of being rounded up again

were racing fo1 the hills, the buckskin sent the buckskin more to the west

more in the lead and her precious Her usual fear of man, many times in-

Queen eagerly behind her. '

With a majestic tOSS Of her head would be severely punished for break-

CODSCiOUS 0f having 500193 a. victory, ing loose, amused in her bld head the

and deteimined to keep it the buck- instinctive desire of the animal that is

skin mane fled across the flats. It was pursued to get undercover" Though

now not only the overwhelmmg desire there was neither sight 1101‘ sound of

*0 SBt away. Vaguely she realised that any one behind her, she ran with

she had Crossed the malls Win and might and main for the cowee that

that that was a. punishable .oflence. she knew was a mile and a half to the

west, and until she had turned. over

OTHERS whose foals had' been the lip of the coulee and had reached

branded were in a field at foot the very- end of its slope, she did not

‘The field had yielded a slacken her pace, several times almost

b1eaking a. leg in badger holes that

1eaped and taken from the field; but she only avoided by a hair’s breadth.





and 1eaching her, struck her wilth his thele was still enough grain left to Down in the gulch them was a path





stick.

rushed for the gate.





opened and she was half way out when tives with their eyes, they had any the river.

a cry from little Queen, who saw her desire to go along, they knew that





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In pain and fright, the mare make it Worth their while to remain made by the water of the melted snow

It was partially there. It, when they followed the fugi- in spring as it had wound its way to .





Along this path, which led

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the iirst sign of any sane pursuing

them. The _mothers-‘ began grazing





‘ slowly while their young,'moving with





them, strove to get the milk they felt

belonged to' them.As soon as the colts





‘had had all the milk there was for





them they Wentuieisurely in search of

tender grasses and soon all were graz-

ing.as- if nothing. had ever happened.





But the buckskin mare was still wor-

ried. She walked to the two wires

that barred her way and with her head

above the upper wire sh-e'gazed to the

north. A quarter of annile away, the

coulee ended. Its floor curved upward

like the bottom of a ship. ,Where it

ended and the prairie floor began

there was a cluster of sagebrush. The

evening was rapidly turning the sage

into a silhouette against the bright

background of the sky. Fear oi‘ pur-

suit came back with the coming of the

night' and the old mare roused herself.

With‘a sudden impulse she backed

away from the wires and dropped to

her knees. Pushing her head under

the lower wire she moved cautiously

forward. an inch at a time. Slowly

she felt the wire move backward over

her body and each time the barb dug

through her skin she. stopped and

tried to. crouch lower. With a sharp

scratch it rolled over her withers and

stuck painfully into her back. She tried

again to crouch down lower, but fail-

ing to rid herself of the barb, she rest-

ed a moment.





HE barb hurt her considerably and



she made a great effort to lower

herself out 'of its reach, and in so do-

ing pressed her outstretched muzzle

right into a rosebush. While the pain

of thorns still pricked her lips there

was a sudden flash of white right be-

fore her eyes and a, thump on the

ground as if a rock had been thrown

at her. With all the strength in her

body, forgetting in her fright the wire

on her back, she sprang backward to

her feet, snapping the lower wire and

stretching the upper one as if it had

lbeen a string.





Her f’rightened‘jump, the momen-





tary struggle with the upper wire that'





had caught in her mane, and the cry

that escaped her, set the group into

a stampede, and she herself when fin-

ally freed from the entangling wire,

dashed otho the rear for a dozen rods.

The slopes of, the coulee were dotted

with the mares and colts who had fled

in every direction. Outside the range

and on the rim of» the coulee lay a

silly rabbit, stretching himself and

gazing down with foolish eyes.





There was nothing dangerous vis-

ible and nothing in the air to worry

her, so the old mare started slowly

and cautiously back again toward the

one wire now hanging liniply, and, in

one plade, less than two feet from the

ground. ,There she sniffed about care—

fully and suddenly raising ‘her head,

she caught sight of the rabbit, as he

was bOundi-ng away. ‘



There were many things that the

old buckskin was afraid of, but a rab-

bit was not oneof them. Realising

that she had allowed herself to be-

come alarmed, at nothing, she went at





her task with greater determination.





She was about to get down to her





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(Continued from page 386).





.. northward”, they trotted without stop-

: ping till they came to where the range

. fence forced them to halt.





ing- with her excitement, the buckskin

mare stepped over the wire into free-





.dom; and little Queen, frightened to





see . her mother beyond the fence.

made it with a single leap.





HE old buckskin was for running



as fast as she could for the north,

but she wanted the rest of the mares

to go with her. She turned to look at

them. There they were grazing at

various points with absolute indiffer-

ence to the great achievement she had

consummated. She called to them to

follow, but beyond. a busy reply they





‘paid no heed to her. When, however,





they heard the sound of her tearing

the more abundant grass outside the

range, they awoke to the fact that





they were not getting all they might ’





get. Whereas the ideal of liberty had

been an‘abstraction to them, the fact

of abundant grass was a reality, and

it was not many minutes before, one

by one, they had ‘all made their way

over the hanging wire.





The late autumn nights had steadily

grown colder and, since hollows are

colder than the higher portions of the

prairie at. night, they moved rapidly

to the plains above. Round about, them

lay the silent night, dark and infinite,

and the stars looked down upou its

hidden desolation. Closely together

they grazed, lips fairly touching lips,

without protest or impatience. As they

grazed, they moved on to the north,

and the rhythmic tear—tear of grass in-

terspersed with 1hythmic footfalls was

the accompanying cadence of their

half—unconscious flight.





Some four miles from the range,

they slept for the night on a low round

hill and when dawu came they found

the earth covered white with frost.

The sun rose, putting a slight tinge of

red into the whiteness, and Queen was

so curious about it she went looking

for the spots where it was thickest

and licked it of! the sage or r-ose

bushes.





O warm up they raced for half an



hour, following the ‘old buckskin to

the north, then spent the rest of the

morning grazing and moving leisurely.

It was well on toward the middle of

the day when an open triangle of

honking geese, high in the air, made

them look up. The old mare watched

the geese move across the sky till

they were lost in- the south and was

just about to return to her grazing

when she saw twp small objects ap-

pear on the horizon. They were so

far away that they were indiscernible,

but she did not wait to make certain

'what they were. With a‘ call that

frightened the little herd she turned

north and fled.





For several hours'they raced on to—





ward the heart of the wilderness; then

complaint on the part of the little

ones,,who did not like this endless

running, stopped them. But they had

rested only a few minutes when they

discovered the rancher and his assist-

ant rounding'a hill about two miles

behind them. The frantic mothers, re-

membering yesterday’s struggle, fled

at top speed, never slackening for a

moment till, nearly twelve miles farth-

er north, the little ones deliberately





hung back. When, however, half an '





hour later, their pursuers surprised

them by_c'oming up on top of a hill





only halfa mile to their rear, the coltsv





fully realised the danger and from that

‘time’ on they Sped along Without a

murmur ' '

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‘ie1 of Isaiah get this conception? The -_. ,

more you read these chapters the more . ,g ‘





F has is to judge by results, the





g1eatest event that has taken place





on this earth since “the morning

stars sang together," was the death of

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, same Christ.





The influence of the crucifixion of

our Lord cannot be. overestimated. I

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Arc was the strange, mystical peasant

girl of the fifteenth century who led

the French forces to victory, was cap-

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to death at the stake. The powerful

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found all through her short, throbbing

life. When she had been tried on a.

false charge, and was confined in the

gray, cold tower at Rouen, it was the

thought” of Him who suffered in the

garden and on the cross that sustained

her. She was told one day that she

was to die by fire before sundowri.

She has already been scourged, and

she remembered that He, too, had suf-

fered thus, and that He died for oth-

ers. Her last words were addressed

to her Lord, some one holding a cross

for her to look at.





OW this idea of progress by suf-



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are slowest to learn. For instance,

read two or three chapters in Isaiah.

These are the most eiralted pictures of

suffering and its meaning to be found

anywhere. Take‘this: “The Lord God

hath opened mine ear, and I was not

rebellious, neither turned away back.

I gave my back to the smiters, and my





~cheeks to them that plucked off the





hair: I hid not my face from shame

and spitting. For the Lord God will

help mertherefore shall I not be con-

founded: therefore have I set my face





like a flint, and I know that Ishall not





be ashamed. (Chap. 50). Or take

this: “Yet it pleased the Lord to

bruise him; he hath put him to grief:

when thou shalt make his ‘soul an of-

fering for sin, he shall see his seed,

he shall prolong his days, ‘and the





pleasure of the Lord shall prosper In.

He Shall see the travail of





his hand:

his soul and shall be satisfied: by his

knowledge shall my righteous servant

Justify many, for he shall bear .thelr





" ‘ iniqultléi. ” (Chap. 63). The Idea, then,

of one suffering for others, was old -‘

» long before Christ came

world. But only He gave a perfect,





into the





 





illusration or it. were did this write





‘ thing in China.





(it.





you marvel at them. It is a picture or "

unselfish suffering that finds. no, par-

allel outside the Bible. 0116 ‘Gan‘o'nly

say that‘such ls instinctive in the very

spiritual nature of man.



In other words, good comes by suf- ,

fering. It is much easier to talk about

than to experience. No one likes suf-

fering. And yet we are certain that

God suffers with us, and with the race.

“In all their affliction He was afflicted,

and the angel of His presence saved

them.” When one is sure of that, he

can endure almost anything.





OMETIMES the greatest good



»comes by suffering. In the ‘Boxer

uprising in China, in 1900, a mob gath-

ered “at Paotingfu, at the Compound

where some foreign missionaries lived.

They were American missionaries. In

the mob' of Chinese was a recruit by

the name of Feng Yu Hs‘lang. Miss

Mary Merrill came out .to find out

what the mob wanted. She raised her





hand for silence and said,‘ “Why do

you come here to kill us? Why do

you want to take our lives? We are





your friends. You know how we have

taught your children, how we have

visited you in your homes, and how

we have cured your sick in the hos-

pital. Is it for this that you seek to

kill us? Cannot the many lives we

have saved be put to our credit and

ours spared ?” “No, no," they shouted.

“You are our enemies and we must





kill you.” Then Mary Morrill said,

“Then let me die for the others. Kill_

me, but spare my friends. Here I am,





hefpless and alone; take me; you can

do what you please.” This so smote

many in the mob that its spirit was

gone. All but one’were for sparing

the foreigners. Gradually the crowd

melted away. One soldier who had

witnessed the scene was doing some

thinking. It was young Feng. "There

is a young womanfi’ he said to him-

self, “who has a religion that is a re-

ligion. She offered to lay down her

life for the others. The time is com-

»ing when I shall have to be a Chris-

tian.”





DAY or two later the mob reas-



sembled, attacked the mission

compound, and all the missionaries

were murdered. But Feng Yu Hsiang

never forgot Mary Morrill. He was

as good as his resolution. He became

a Christian, and he is the moist re-

markable general in China today. The

stories told of him are as fascinating

as the stories of Oliver Cromwell,

whom he greatly admires. He is call-

ed the Stonewall Jackson of China.

Some time .ago he'cut off the retreat

of a. rebel army and compelled it to

surrender. But he did not execute the

officers he had captured, but read them

a lecture on patriotism, gave each Olli-

cer ten dollars and each private five

dollars and told them to go home. The

effect was electric. “The amazed men

fell all around weeping, then arose

and went gladly home." In General

Feng’s army all smoking‘is forbidden,

all» drinking, gambling and 'prostitu-

tion. In territory which he rules the

opium traffic and prostitution are

fought with continuous energy. A

school for ofilce'rs’ wives has been es

tablished in his army, an unheard of





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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR



, MARcH 18. ,_



SUBJECT: -Jesus Crucifled. Luke‘23.

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WTWO earshot} picric acid frOm sal-

‘to be. delivered :to Qn‘t‘ona‘gon county

afarmers the middle of _March.





explosive c‘osts farmers here twelve

"cents per pound, running three sticks





' 'as high as twenty-eight cents a pound





, are to be made at Ewen and Ontona-





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percent of iron to the ton of rock. It



'now runs much less than this. .. The

great problem now is to develop meth-

ods of handling low-grade ores that

’will make these available. A godd

deal has been accomplished in this di-

rection already and more will doubt-

less be achieved. We are now work-

ing deposits that a few years back

would. have been considered worth-

less. There are billions of tons of low-

grade iron ore in this region and hun-

dreds of millions of pounds of copper

recoverable from low-grade rock, and

if these can be worked profitably by

new methods that may hereafter be

discovered, this country has still a

long mineral future ahead.





vaged government . stores, are due





This





'to' the pound. It is said to be equal,

Stick for stick, to any dynamite sold.

Hitherto Ontonagon farmers have paid





,for explosives. Orders have been hand-

led by the county agent, Mr. W. N.

Clark, with the c00peration of local

banks and county officials. Deliveries





gon. The Ontonagon county board of





(ran as high, as sixty-three to sixty-nine ".





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Canada Offers

a - 99 ~ .

Last Chance for

o O ‘ ' ‘

Virgin Farms a»

THINK of what you could produce on a farm of virgin fertility, without the

burden of high-acreage cost. Think of what 20-to-40 bushel wheat would mean





to you under these conditions, and of dairying and stock raisingon cheap pasture land.

Land pays for itself in a few crops—no artificial fertilizer—no heavy investment.





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supervisors has made an appropria-



tion of $200 to assist in putting on ten



land-clearing schools this spring.



‘ These schools are conducted under the



direction of _the Michigan Agricultural



College. One day will be given to



\ each school. For these schools the



equipment will censist ot' a horse-pow-



er stump-puller, a.hand-power puller,



an electric blasting maéhine, steel



I , driving bars and earth-augurs, explos-



ives, Paul Bunyan’s hammer, siccor



stoneboat, and Frost-tripot used in pil-



ing stumps, a tractor, and a "tractor



breaking-plow. A crew of eight men



, will bein charge. There is no charge

‘ g for attendance at these schools.





 





UPPER PENINSULA CEDAR POSTS.

, MR. H. I. DAVIES, district engin-

' eer of the state highway depart-

, ment, assigned to the .U'pper Penin-

"’ sula, is investigating the securing of

six thousand cedar posts to be used in

erectingvroad signs, this season. The

specifications call for straight, well-

formed posts about six inches thick

and ten fleet long. These posts will

carry one-two-three and four-way signs

indicating directions and distances at

junction points to important places

_in the peninsula." The posts and signs

will be prepared for erection at the

departmental plant at Charlotte. 1 The

cedar-post output of the Upper Penin-

sula is large.





 





 





STAN DARDIZI‘NG FEES.





‘ ’ HE Onton‘agon Valley'g‘fi‘armers’

Association is advocatifig‘that all

farmers in its territory plant only one

kind of pea to avoid poor seed and

mixtures. This will also permit car-

load shipments out of the county at

reduced rates. The favored variety is

Pedigreed Scotch Green. At the Feb-

‘ ruary meeting of the association, the

State Bank of Ewen distributed among"

the members present a farmers’ ac-

count bOok prepared by the Michigan

Agricultural College, and urged ,all

farmers to keep accountsf The busi-

l - . neSs men of Ewen will entertain the

u. 'local farmers at luncheon March 17.

__...._..____O_'.___...





‘ , , ,How LONG WILL MINING LAST?





. HE interdependence of mining and

agriculture in the Upper Peninsu-



la suggests the, inquiry, how long-will



_ , the deposits of iron and copper hold

» 1 ‘out? Iron One, of Ishpemjng—a well-

‘ known mining paper, recently pointed

out that the richness of iron and cop-

per-bearing rocks here is much less

than it used to be. Copper rock is



‘, not "half as ricll as it was a few years

back and .we are now taking copper



. , 1 “out of rock, that’yields only one per

:,1 , I: mentor the-fired} metal. This means

‘ - ,gtiggt you: must. mas.

och?» relatives pounds of copper.

has -. as , w z it our iron :ore “deposns





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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into northern Michigan, last fall.





and work a ton, of ,





 





CLOVERLAND REINDEER.





N the December number of Ameri-

[can Forestry, Mr. Albert Stoll, Jr.,





secretary of the Michigan Conserva-

tion Commission, gives an account of





the introduction of a herd of reindeer

The

herd consisted of sixty deer and cost

in Norway, $125 each. There were

fii'ty cows and ten bulls in the herd.

Dr. H. Christiansen, of' Norway, who

sold the herd to the state, and two

Lapland boys as caretakers of the

deer, accompanied the consignment to

this country. Reindeer produce One

call each SEason, in late May or early

June. Both males and females carry

horns and one bull in the Michigan

herd has horns with a spread of four

feet ten inches. Reindeer average

about 250 pounds in weight. They will

dress about 190 pounds. In Norway





their meat sells at about thirty cents





per pound.



In the Lake Superior forest reserve

north of Newberry the deer have been

confined to a fenced tract four miles





square and are in charge of an expe-





rienced Finlander. The herd lost five

of the original consignment through

accident but has been increased by

twenty-six calves born since coming to

this country, so the net number is now

eighty-one deer.





reindeer and . the





of reindeer





the experiment ought to





own in the far north.





LIVE STOCK IN CLOVERLAND.





 





HE, February report-of the Mich-





igan Department of Agriculture

relating to live stock in Michigan





shoWs that there are 28,938 horses in

the Upper Peninsula, of which Menom-

inee county has 4,842, and Chippewa

4,365. There are 71,029 milch cows, of





Which Menominee county has 16,008





and Houghton 9,449: Other cattle num-





ber 42,329, of

5,323, and Menominee 5,795.





Chippewa.

Houghton county. Of swine the num





ber- 1516.379, of which Menominee has





4,079.





 





Wolves are said to

be the most dangerous enemy of the

increase of these

varmints in northern Michigan during

the past winter should warn us against

over-optimism. Rev. William Thomas, "

of Port Hope, northern Alaska,’and>

Dr. W. T. Grent‘ell, ot' Labrador, have

‘been in Marquette, this winter, and

the writer asked both men what they

thought of the attempted introduction

inter northern Michigan;

Both thought well of it and thought“

succeed.

Each of them has a large herd of his l.





which Houghton has

1 ’ There

are 20,147 sheep, of which 4,014 are in

There [are 3,567 sheep in





The man r1who[contin’ually.-boasts~ of '

_hlsancestorzs. is like a "potato—theonly

1 good belonging to him islunderground. rm





You have envied the farmer who got his start when land was cheap. Here’s your

chance, perhaps your last chance, for the same brand of prosperity.





Western Canada— Special Renter’s Plan-—

Your Opportunity! Buy Out of Profits





To aid and encourage the honest worker with



I; Western Canada is‘ the farmer’s land of oppor- perhaps little capital.the Canadian Government

I tunity. Thousands of settlers who started not has a “Reoter's Plan". whereby one may work

I many years ago with_little or nothing, are today a new or improved farm— ‘Try It OUt" for sev-

, the owners of fine farms, with comfortable eral years if desired-and buy a farm of his own

homes and barns, thoro'bred stock, dairy herds out Of profits.

—all the marks of prosperity. Yet land is not .

dear-only $15 to $20,'an acre‘for rich, virgin, prai- Thirty-Two Years to Pay

rie convenient to railways. Land is not dear in For the benefit of those wishing to buy land, a

Westem Canada—yet—bocause there I. somuch national non-profit sharing organization __ the



Canada Colonization Associations-has been me-





of it. But many settlers are expected in 1923,

and now is Kym" opportunity, before the be“ tablished. with head office at Winnipeg, and

farms are taken. Get started. Taxes are '9‘ United States office at St. Paul. This Associa-

' duced’ not ““ed' on land brought under culti- tion offers selected land convenient to railways

—much of it at $15 to $20 per acre—on very small





vation. On farm. buildings, improvements,

machinery. personal effects, automobile, etc., cash payment; no further payment until third

year; balance extended over thirty years, but





there is no~tax at all. Canada wants workers—-

It wants its land farmed—and the farmers, purchaser may pay up and obtain title at any

time, if desired. Inter-





through their municipal councils, have practical

est six per cent.





control of all local taxation.

Get the Facts — Casts You Nothing

Mail the Coupon to the agent mentioned below, located nearest to you. He





is the official representative of the Canadian Government. authorized to

give you information and aSSlstance, Without charge, and glad to be





of service to you.

' Tell us something of your position, and

Mall the CO" on what you are lookin for. and receive





descriptive book with maps, and_free service 0 the Canadian

Government Agent in your territory; also information how

speaal railway rates can be arranged for a trip of inspection.





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are still available in some localities. Can-

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UTTONHOLE around the linen



center with No.20 white cotton



thread. Then crochet the lace on

with chochet cotton No. 50. .,



First Row—Make 1 tr under stitch

of the! bu'ttonholing; 2 ch, 1 tr_ under

next stitch. Repeat to end of round,

and join to'first tr.



Second_Row.——Dc 1 in next 2 ch, 3

ch; 4 tr in same hole, * 2 ch; 1 tr in

each of next five holes with 2 ch be-

tween each; 2 ch, 5 tr in next hole.

Repeat from * to end of next hole, and

join.



Third Row—Make 4 51 st on the 4

tr at the beginning of the last row;

1 do in next hole, 3 ch; 4 tr in same

hole (this occurs at the beginning of

the next seven rows, so will be de-

scribed as 5 tr to save space); * 2 ch,

1 tr in each of the next four holes

with 2 ch between each; 2 ch, 5 tr in

next hole; 2 ch, 5 tr in next hole. Re-

peat from * to end of row and join.



Fourth Row.——* tr 5 in next hole 2

ch; 1 tr in second hole from tr just

made, 2 ch; 5 tr in second hole from

tr just made, 5 ch; 1 long tr in hole

between the two groups of tr, 5 ch.

Repeat from * and join.



Fifth Row. ——* tr in next hole, 2 ch;

5 tr in next hole, 5 ch; 1 do under

next 5 ch, 1 do on the long tr; 1 dc in

next hole, 5 ch. Repeat from * and

join



Sixth Row —Tr 5, * 8 ch; 5 dc, one

before, three on and one after the

three do of last row, 8 ch, 5 tr in next

hole. Repeat from * and join.



Seventh Bowl—J tr 5 in next hole of

8 ch in last row, 5 ch; 3 do in center

of the 5 do, 5 ch; 5 tr in next hole of

8 ch, 4 ch. Repeat from * and join.



Eighth R0w.———* 5 tr, 3 ch; 1 long tr

on second dc, 3 ch; 5 tr in next hole,

3 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 4 ch;

2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr all under the

next 4 ch, 3 ch. Repeat from ** and

join.



Ninth Row.—* 5 tr in next hole, 2

ch; 5 tr in next hole, 2 ch; 2 long tr

in first hole of 1 ch, 1 ch; 2 long tr

in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, \1 ch; 2

long tr all in middle hole of 1 ch, 1

oh; 2 long tr in next hole, 2 ch. Re-

peat from * and join.



Tenth Row.—* 5 tr between the two





 





Simple Demgn





 





groups of tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr in the

first hole of 1ch, 1‘ ch; 2 long tr-in

next hole, 1 .ch; 2 long tr, 1. ch; 2 long

tr, 4 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr in

middle hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr in next

hole, 1 ch; 2 long’tr in next hole, 1

ch. Repeat from * and join. '



Eleventh Row.——Sl at on theg'first

tr, 1 do on the 3rd tr,._4 ch; “ 2 long

tr in first between 1 tr, 1 ch; 2 long

tr in 2d hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr in 3d

hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, l‘ch; 2 long tr, 1

ch; 2 long tr in middle hole, 1 ch; 2

long tr in 1st, 2d and 3d holes of 1 ch;

1 long tr in 3d tr of the group. Repeat

from * and join to the 4 ch at begin-

ning of the row.



Twelfth Row.-—“ 5 ch and 1 do in

every hole. In the previous row there

is a. 1~ tr between the points, and the

dc must come on the 1 tr, so there

will be 10 holes of 5 ch. Repeat from

* and join.



Thirteenth Row.~—Sl at on the first

2 st of previous ‘row; 1 dc under the





for Centerpiece

To Taée the Place of the Worn One Afie'r Homecleam’ng .'





5 ch; * 6 ch, 1 dc into each- loop’

around the point; at the tenth hole of





last row after 6 chinsert the hook in. '





the 10th hole and first hole of next

point, and dc, which will make 9holes

around the‘point. Repeat from * and

join. ‘



Fourteenth Row.———Liker the 13th ex-

cept that you make 8 ch instead of 6

ch, and insert the hook in the 9th row

and lst holes. ,’ “



Fifteenth Row. ——10 ch instead of 8

ch between dc. ,

Sixteenth‘Rowé-IZ ch between each

dc. ~ - ,

Seventeenth Row.—_14 ch between

each dc.



Eighteenth, Row—15. ch between

each dc. -



This design was taken from Michi-

gan Farmer Needlecraft Book No. 50,

which contains numerous other equal-

ly pretty patterns, and canwbe had for





‘fifteen cents from the Michigan Farm-





er, Detroit, Michigan.





Sweet are Uses of Adversity





cards in the old- fashioned game



of Authors we used to play. In

these days when the farmer’s job is

so hedged about with adverse condi-

tions, will it not be time well spent to

t1y to figme out a few of the “sweet

uses?”



There is always that cheerful fellow

who bobs up on the outskirts of every

diSaster and chirps, “Well, it could be

so much 11 one As though it solved

any of the difficulty, or suggested any

lemedy.



And his hopeful brother who tells

us that “everything is bound to come

out all right.” This may be 21 more

pleasant little ditty to listen to, but

the one great big thing we’ve got to

settle is, what to do and think and

feel in the present issue, not what we

would have had to do had things been

worse nor what we hope to be able

to do when they are better.



One of the first, advisable things to

do is to take a leal good look at things

just as they are.

ism to just, look at. any situation fair-

ly and squarely; we want so much to

see as we want to and we are so afraid

we will see what we do not want to.

see.



It seems to be a practice very much





S O RAN the quotation on one of the





The Mona pattern

is new and attrac-

tive when finished

and is simple in the

making.





 

 

 

 

   

 





It takes some hero--





in the present time to engage in an

effort to “fix the responsibility," and

the spectacle often looks like a pair of

angry neighbors throwing. a dead cat

back and forth over the line fence. It

wouldn’t be so bad if anything nice

came of it, and it takes up valuable

time. Some pretty bad messes would

fade away if folks could dispense with

the glee of passing judgment.



What a “sweet use” of adversity we

may find in a more discriminating sense

of real values. To be able to know

what we really’want. If we could be-

come so wise that, having in our pos-

session some of life’s rarest blessings,





we are able to get from them all the





good we ought to get. _.



Would it be altogether a bad thing

if we farmer folks were to lose some

of highly esteemed independence of

each other which is the result of latter

day inventions and many conveniences.

Do we not miss the sense of our need

of our fliends as well as the feeling

that we could and should be useful to

them.



Then suppose we were able, everyone

of 11s, a real “honest-true” this- world-

as-well- “as -the- next e v e r y-day-imthe.

week religion.



Sweet, indeed, may be the uses of.

adversity ——Irene_ Kendrick.





HINTS, 'ro HOME-MAKERS.





 





L. M. '1'.



Instead of spending needless time

“sising” flat irons, numberlthem with

white chalk and use in rotation, it

being easy to tell the one that has

been longest on the stove. .



Fresh Vegetables. ——Keep a. box of

mOiSt sand and after using a part of

a bunch of; celery, carrots, or similar

vegetables ’bury the rest in the moist

sand. Vegetables may be kept fresh

for weeks.



Mashed Potatoes—After mashing

potatoes and seasoning with salt, pep-





per and butter, add a. few drops of





onion juice and a dust of nutmég. The

novel flavor makes a very delightful

change.





Turkish Towels. —>When the edges »'





or Turkish towels become frayed, bind





_ with brighthcolored gingham. (the ef- J3-

.. feet is decidedly good and the towels





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a dressed chicken, into thin meat





slices, flour these well, or if preferred,





draw them through egg and cover

them With bread crumbs,w which have

been mixed with a little butter in a

small frying pan, when hot put in the

slices of meat, cook them gently, turn-





ing them once or twice during the





process.

dish and send brown to the table.





When b1own pile them on a





Potato Puffs. ~Boil. six potatoesand

put through rice1. Beat one egg, mix

with it one-fourth cupful of milk add

the potatoes, piece of butter and salt

Form potatoes into fancy shapes

brush with egg and bake in hot oven





St. Patrick’s Cake. —~One cupful of:

butter, two cupfuls of flour, two cup-

fuls of sugar, tWo teaspoonfuls of bak-

ing powder, one cupful of.milk, four

whites of eggs, one cupful of corn-

starch, one—halt‘ teaspoonful of almond

extract: Cream butter, add‘sugar, and

almond, sift together, flour, cornstarch,

baking powder. Add alternately with





 





-Housecleaning Time





OUSECLEANING Jtime is



coming! These bright, sun-

ny March days, even though

they are few and far between,

make us yearn to move the fur-

niture out on the porch. We are

eager to kick up the rug, to

move it outside £01 a 1egular

beating and with that th01ough~ _

1 ly guaianieed cleaning com—

pound, soap and hot water, to'

get busy to remove all indica-

tions of the wintei’ s dirt and

dust. Our judgment Only re—

strains us until the weather is

a little warmer. '



We all have little helps and

. short-cuts that we make use of

I during our spiing cleaning,

1 which are p1actical and 1eal

time and labor—savers.



For the best "letter containing

the helps and short-cuts which

have aided you most at this time "

of the year, we. will give an al-

uminum double boiler. The sec—

ond prize will be an aluminum

1 preserving kettle, while third.

fourth «and fifth prizes will be

. aluminum sauce pans.



- Address your

that Cole, Michigan 173311193, De—

troit, Michigan, before March 29..





*rfor St. Patrick’ Day

HICKEN Fritters. ——Cut meat from





. hot oven.





letters to Mar-H





 





 





 





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milk to first mixture beat





beat v'igOrously. Make into loaves.





Frosting. —-Whites of three eggs and;

pulverized sugar to make a good stiff

ening, add a. little vanilla flavoring





and gneen coloring.





St.Pa1t1ick’s Rolls. -——One cupf'ul of

milk scalded and cooled,’ one table-

spoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt, one-

haif cupful of compreSsed yeast, two

Let rise over night.

In the morning add flour, enough to

make a stifi dough Let rise again,

then add one—half 011pr of sugar, 3.

piece of butter, 3. little nutmeg, two

eggs. Beat ‘butiterysugar and eggs tea

Knead.

roll with rolling pin, cut with a large

cake cutter, then cut in laxatives, dip in

melted but-term lay against one an

other, with rounded part up. Let rise





Guilds of flour.





cream, then add to dough.”





again then take. Very delicious.





"Bea Mimics—Cook one table



spoufdofflm, inoneandahlh’te—

.7- bWofW,-when hustling,

»,;.s,.tir m gradually. mini: mum of





egg-v

(whites) until stiff, add to cake and





 





through a sieve, turn into greased tim-

bale molds. Stand them in a pan of

hot water and bake in a moderately

Turn out on heated plates

and serve with White sauce.



Cur-led Celery. -—Select the fine white

stalks, wash well, and cut in two- inch

lengths, then with a small knife sliir ’

the ends into fringe, about one-half-

inch long. Keep in a bowl of ice wa-

ter to which a little lemon juice has

been added to keep it white. Serve

in dainty piles in individual dishes

with French or mayonnaise dressing.

~11. G. L.





 





WHEEL TABLE is BIG HELP.





 





IT is nothing less than the effete tea

wagon of the society novel that is

made in a fashion big. and strong to

do the work of the farm Wife, that is

coming into high favor. ‘



it has been found to save countless

steps. Whole meals can be served

with only one or two trips from the.

dining-room to the kitchen and it is

Just as useful in clearing the table af-

tcrwards. The dishes can be stacked

on it as they are washed, and wheeled

to the cupboard in one trip. The

wheel table is also convenient for serv-

ing buffet lunches in any room of the

house 01' on the porch. In time of sick-

ness it is invaluable.



This wheel tray or table need. not

be expensive. If friend husband is

handy with tools, he can transform an

old wash- stand 01 kitchen table to this

use. it should be made of durable ma-

telial and coveled with a hard finish

so that it can be washed to'keep it

clean and sanitary. W’heels from an

old baby carriage, particularly if rub—

ber tired, have often been found use-

ful for these homemade wheel trays.





 





A CH l LD’S BOOK-CASE.





 





BBB] is an outline of the book-

case we made for om" little boy.

'It is made out of a. dry goods box,





 





 





’GSteméh'fld" kitchen sinks, yard stick high,"

provide comfort and prevent back strain.

How high 13 yours?





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face was sandpapered and then tieat-I

ed with a varnish stain. It. is neat,‘

durable and, of course, very inexpen-

sive. The youngster takes a great

deal of pride in a book-case which is

his very own. The two upper shelves

are used for books and the bottom one

for toys. games, etc.. —G. T. _





 





 





 





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three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An

18-year size requires 4% yards of‘32-

inch material. The width at the loot

is 214 yards. Price 120. '





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sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.





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3% for the skirt. Price 120.





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in tour sizes, 2, 4, 6 amid years; A

six-year size requires three yards of

32-inch material. Price 12c.





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three sizes: Small, medium and

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In a recent issue’ of the Michigan

Farmer, A. S. asks for a recipe for

Lebkuchen. Here is a recipe that-was

given to me by an old German lady

and we all like it very 'much.



One quart of

brought to boiling; one quart of sour

cream; one lump of butter or one pint

of sour milk, and one cup shortening;

three teaspoons soda; spices, nuts and

raisins; flour enough to make as stiff

as you can stir with a spoon. Let it

stand over night. In the morning cut

into lengths or anyqshape, but the

lengths are best as the cookies are

somewhat thicker than other-kinds,

and bake in a moderately hot’ oven.

Keep ina cool place and they will

always be fresh and nice. This makes

a large batch but I find it very inex-

pensive for my family and we all like

them very much—Mrs. M. J. H.





CLARIFY RANCID LARD. .





 





If c. D. 'will boil rancid la'rd in equal





CHARACTERISTIC too often over-

looked, or at least unemphasized

in the training of children, is that of

adaptability. How does your child re—

spond to adverse conditions or new

contacts? When you take him visiting

does he make aeroar because he can’t

sleep in his own bed or eat with his

own spoon or ride in the front seat of

the car as he does at home? If he

responds unfavorahly to new conditions

then his training in conforming to cir-

cumstances has been neglected.



A child that cannot comply with

the routine of the home in which he is

a guest can upset plans and create

friction until the pleasure of the visit

is spoiled for mother and hostess; and

to prepare him so that this unpleasant—

ness may be» avoided cannot be done

in the two or three days that precede

a visit. ' ' . \



To be sure, a child should have his

own things and should be held to a

system of conduct at home—else how

can he form any habits of regularity?

Not for a moment can this theory be

discounted. And it is very well to

add that small children should he left

at home as much as possible and not

subjected ,to a change of living condi-

tions—but every mother knows that

there are exceptions to this rule. We

cannot all have nurse girls and house-

keepers, and we cannot always stay at

home; so while we are training the

children in good habits, let. us not give

them the idea that these habits are

.not adjustable to other conditions.





 





cooking molasses ..

prevent boiling oven—M. M.





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amounts of water, allowing it tocool





in ’the same kettle, the lard can be

removed when cold. Any sediment or





2water scraped. from. the underpsme





should be thrown away. If necessary,

repeat this operation two or three

times, using-fresh water each :time.

On account of the soda used in=previ-,

ous experiment, care mustbe taken to ;





To clarify lard use white lye made

with wood ashes or the concentrated.

Use ‘oné tablespoon of concentrated





lye dissolved in one-half cup 'of water





for'half a kettle of lard. Watchcareé

fully 'as it quickly boils over. 8111111

and drain-after boiling one and one-

half’ hours. When a little- cool, you

will be surprised to see how sweet and

white it will be. You will think when

it is boiling you have 'soap, but. it will

finally become clean—Mrs. M. C.





HOMINY WITH SODA.





 





I would like very much a recipe for-

making hominy of sweet corn, using

soda instead of lye. Could one of our

readers send one?——Mrs. J. 0.





\Teach Adaptability at Home





“’ell, how shall we do it? The fun-

damental point in adjustability is un-

selfishness. In fact, when you stop to

thinkeof it, doesn’t unselfishness almost

always solve the problem of friction in

social and busineSs life?





One little‘ mother helped her chil-

dren by having a guest day at home.

On this [day the whole family pre-

tended they rzwere dining some place

else. Bobbie, instead of having his

high chair, sat on two books and a

cushion as he has to do at Aunt El-

len’s when he visits there. And Es-

ther had to eat with a big knife and

“grown-up

glass” and there wasn’t any'milk so

they drank Water and were very polite

about it.





You get the idea! The family are

lifted out of \the rut—boosted upas

it were to peek over the highboard

fence to see what is in the neighbor’s

yard. And the change of scene is in-

spiring rather than annoying.





In social life the happiest individual

and the most popular is the one com-

monly kndwn as a good mixer, the

qualifications for which are simply

adaptability to circumstances and re-

spect for the interests and ideas of

others. So the sooner and the more

thoroughly our children cultivate these

traits, the easier Will everyday living

be for them and their associates, but

only by the careful patient guidance

of the mother can these acquirements

be attainedf—N. K. A..- ~ ‘





 





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"11115111111119 THE TosA—coo HABJIT.





 





N a recent issue I mentioned the

fact that while it was almost im-



- possible to, administer drugs to

cure the tobacco habit, without the

cooperation of'the victim, there were

«certain drugs that would prove quite

helpful to 1a person who wanted help

in quitting. Numerous requests have

come that these helpful drugs ,he giv-

on publication; so we print the form~

me for the benefit of anyone who wish-

es to make the attempt. This is not





’an original formula'but is one that has





had wide use for many years.



Local Treatment. —Carry a box of

one-grain zinc sulpho-carbolate tab-

lets, and nibble one of these whenever

"the desire to smoke is strong. They





' give a metallic taste but are harmless.





Internal Treatment.—-One quinine

pill of five grains in strength before

each meal. As soon as the craving les-

sens 1educe the size of the dose. Stop

this treatment at the end of two

weeks, but lesume if there is any ten-

dency to relapse.



Diet—Eat well, not only regular

meals, but lunches in between, if de-

sired. A full stomach leaves less room

for the tobacco craving.



General Habits—Be as active as

possible, both at work and rec1eation.

Spend asmuch time as possible out-

doors at active work and play.. Plan

your-time so that there shall be no

idle hours, being especially careful to

p1ovide something of interest to fill

the time usually allotted to smoking.



Drink plenty of water and eat f1uit.

Be particular to see that the 1egular

daily action of the bowels is maintain-

ed. These things have a decided in-

fluence on the mental processes upon

which you will call to break up this

habit.



I cannot tell you how long you will

have to keep up the fight. One of our

edit01s,a smoker for twelve years, be-

coming convinced that a rising blood

pressure demanded that he forego the

habit, simply laid his tobacco aside

with the exclamation; “Here goes,”

and would not even take so much as a

chew of gum to help pass the crisis.

Ot-.eas have to fight quite a battle be-

fore they get beyond the miserable

feeling that they are constantly in need

01 semething that they cannot get.





liN-D‘IIGESTlON. -





 





Please tell me what causes my stom-

ach to ache It feels as though there

was a weight on it pulling it down.

This comes one 01 two hours after



mealtimeH—A G. L.





This is a very common symptom of

indigestion and may be produced by

any (meet 'a number of different form '

of indigestion. My suggestion ‘iS‘that

you eat less, masticate much more

thoroughly, limit amount of starchy

food and make‘the diet rather laxa-

IVE.





etables, such as lettuce, *cabbage, chard

and cauliflower. it is just possible

that you have a dilated stomach, in

which case you must never out large

meals.





_ PN'E‘U’MON IA CONTACIOU S?





 





1's thmo any reason to think that

pneumonia is a Contagious disease“? I





have new heard mat it was but re-.





cently my mother died of pneumonia

that were four members





 





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To~ do this you must include a‘

good supply of fruit and the leafy veg— .





medical prdt'esSion that pneumonia is

contagious, and several states 1equire.

that it be reported as such. This in-

formation should be given as ‘much

publicity as possible so as to avoid‘





such unfortunate expeliences as yours. .-





Had you known that pneumonia is con-

tagious you might have taken precau-

tious that would have saved the «other

members of your household from the

disease.





 





GET WELL BY REMOVII'N‘G CAUSE,





 





Will five drops of oil of Wintergreen,

on sugar, taken thlee times a day 101

neuritis, cause ulcers or cancer of the

stomach?——A. B. C.



No! 'I do not recommend the pre-

soription, howevei. Find out what is

causing the neuritis and get the cause

removed. Then you have a chance to

get well.





 





SPREADING 'OF MUMPS.





 





Does a case of mumps always have

to spxead to “both sides?——~B. B





The1e a1e many cases in which the

whole fo1ce of the attack seems to be





 





capes. Probably both glands ale at

fiected to some degree, but

there is not sufficient disturbance to

ploduce a noticeable swelling.





TU BERCU LAR CONTAGION.





 





When a person has had tuberculosis

of the 11u1gs and has been in a state

sanitorium, and then comes home a

good deal bettel,

well is he a safe man to be going

around in the neighborhood? Can he

still spread the di—sease?——M. J.



I considet such a patient to be per-

fectly safe to the community. In the

first place, it is not likely that he

would be discharged from the state

institution unless his sputum had





but not altogether»





spent on one side and the other es-( ‘

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cleared up and was no longer c0ntag~

ious. Secondly, a person [who has been

in a sanitorium for tuberculosis is al-

ways careful about anything that

would spread the disease. It is a part

of their training and is insisted upon

in every such institution. Tubercuc,

‘losis is spread by people who are care"

less about their sputum. There is no

danger in clontact with a careful con-

sumptive.11tl1-ink you may rely upon

this man who has

training bemg a perfectly safe man to

have in your community.





PSYCHOLOGICAL CU R ES.





 





How do you account for the marvel-

ous cures the F1enchman,Coue,work-

ed while he was in this country?~—~

Reader.





I do not positively know that M.

Coue worked any marvelous cures..He

.said himself that he did not, and I am.





inclined to agree with him. Marvelous,

cures are being worked every day,

right in the hospitals of our own state;





It is a splendid thing that we have





men willing to give their lives to such .





work. We should support them.





TE NDENCY TOWARD COSS-EYES.





 





What about a child, five years old,

who has a little tendency to look

Cross- eyed out of one eye‘? Is it any-

,thing to be anxious about? Would

wearing glasses make it all right?

l1163;111(l§rd.l=1e discard the glasses later?—





While this is hardly a cause for anx-

ie‘ty the child's eyes should certainly

he .g‘lwen attention. At this age cor-





‘- recur-e glasses may do all that is use





 





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the morning?





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Coffee and tea are known to affect many people that

way. Often, these beverages cause nervousness, sleep-





lessness and severe headache.





“’There s a Reason.”





Postum, made from wheat roasted just like coffee,

.is a delightful mealtime beverage free from any element





of harm.





Try it instead of coffee or tea, and let the sum





shine in.





 





POStum FOR HEALTH





‘ ‘There ’s a Reason”





Your grocer sells Postum in two forms:

Instant Postum (in tins) prepared instantly

in the cup by the addition of boiling water.

Postum Cereal (in packages) for those who

prefer to make the drink while the meal is

being prepared; made by boiling fully 20





 





 





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I hope I may call you by that name

if you have room for another niece. I

want Russel Carter, of Dighton, to

know I saw his article on “Sports,”

and think it fine. Wouldn’t be sur-

prised if my cousin, Norbert Curtice,

was with him when he” killed the raba

bit.—Your niece, Emma Jane Winfield,

Grandville, Mich.



Russel undoubtedly knows if you are

a. good guesser.

a niece. Write again.





Dear Uncle Frank: »



I was born in the same city you are

living in. My mother died, so I came

to live with my aunt in the country.

I would sooner live in the country’ than

in the city.



I don’t‘ouite understand how to set

down the Read-and-Win answers, so

please give me an example,



I guess I won’t howl about the waste

paper basket, because you can’t pub-

lish all of them.





I have a lot more to say, but I will





 





 





Jemmy Kelly, Jr., Taking a Ride.

say it in my next letter. I wish to be

a. member of the club, so please send

me a. button and a membership card.



Well, I will close—From your neph-

ew, Herbert Estes, Webberville, Mich,

R 3 ’





It is fine that you like living in the





country. I like your attitude about the





waste basket. The answers to the

Read—and-Win contests which I print

will show how I would like to have





them. Write again, Herbert. I hope

you Win a button.

Dear Uncle Frank:



This is my second letter. I am 11





years young, in the fifth grade in

school, have four sisters, one brother.

My little sister that was in Ann Arbor

Hospital is home again. She came

home Xmas with mamma. We were

so pleased she is getting along nicely.



I help mamma do the work. I can

cook and bake cakes as good as.most

girls of my size.



I like to work in the fields. We raise

peppermint mostly and distil it here.

We have a big distillery but we don’t

make whiskey. My papa. doesn’t use

any such stuff, nor use tobacco or bad

language. 80 you see, I have a good





papa. .

Well, this is getting long so I Will

close—Your niece, Dora Williams,

Niles, Michigan. .

I am glad your sister is getting

along so nicely. I bet you area good





helper. Your father is the right kind

to have. His habits are the kind I

like.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: . ‘



Do you think you could add another

bay 'to your Merry Circle?

school, and am in the sixth grade. I

want to get a good education, and

grow up to be a good man as all boys

should do. Let us make the best men

we» can of ourselves, boys. Come .on!‘

——Everett A. Fifield, Lake City, Mich..-

R. 3, Box 106. ‘





have. You can’t’ start too 'soon to

make something of yourself. You cer-

tainly are welcome. '





(Dear Uncle Frank:





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Letter: from Pa]: for Our Correrpona’mce Comer





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waste basket, and stayed there, too,





but I don’t think they all ought to'go.





there, so I'll "‘try, try, again," that is

my motto.



There is ”a basket-ball game in Our

town tonight. I’d like to go, but I

can’t, as I’ve got a. gathering in my

head. ,.



Well, I guess you’ll die reading this

f‘dry” letter, if I don’t close. A niece,

if accepted, Ruth M. Anderson, Kent

City, Michigan.



I get. heaps of letters that ought not





to go to the waste basket, but it gets





\them just the same, because I can't





find [places for them in the paper. I.

judge'you' could not attend the gather-

ing in’ town because of the gathering

in_your head. I hope the latter disap-

pears soon.





Dear Uncle Frank:



_Once more I am trying the Read-and-

Win contest, though I have never won

I enjOy trying.



When I come from school Thursday





, I,can hardly wait to get my things off





before seeing the Michigan Farmer.

(Can you guess what for)?





_ I am ten years old, in the sixth

grade, and spend most of my spare

time reading—From your niece, Mar-

garet A. Fish, Manchester, Mich.,'R. 4.





You have the right idea regarding

the contests. Just because you feel

that way about it, I hope you win

some time. '





\





Dear Uncle Frank:



I wish to thank you for the beautiful

pencil box that you sent me.‘ I con-

sider myself lucky, as this is about the

fifth time I have tried various contests

and this is the first time Lhave re-

ceived any results.





I thought I had quite a. good Uncle

Frank until I saw your picture. It was

very good as a baby picture, but I was

very much disappointed with it. I had

hoped and expected that you would

publish oné of your recent pictures.



I should enjoy hearing from some of

your other pals—«Your niece, Margaret

Thompson, Paris, Mich, R. 1.





’3 V I dongle-tulate ’yOu on. your persist!

I .





en’cy. It brings results, doeén’t it?

am sorry that you are disappointed

about me. 'Istill feel that is the best

picture I have had taken. .





Dear Uncle Frank: ' - “ ’-





I received the Merry_:Circle button"





and the membership card today. And,

Uncle Frank, I fairly held my breath.

when I. opened the envelope and out

came the button. * .





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Eva Whidby Going After the Cows.





Uncle Frank, I’m going to try and

win another pin and card, so I can

wear one this spring and summer on

my school coat and Sunday coat. I

also hope to win a prize. ,



I think your idea about having a.

contest every other week is good. I

will try .to enter the contest ~every

time—Your niece, Grace Frances

Cramer, Comstock, Mic-h, Box 2.



\Ve do not give membership cards

and buttons to those who already have





them.’ Couldn’t, you change your but-





ton from your work—day to yOur Sun-‘





day coat?

Other-week contest idea.

everybody. likes it.





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“Wooden houses may not last; but

farms will last, and farming will al-

ways last. The Americans can sow

and plow and reap and live by these

foundations of their state be moved."

—G. K. Chesterton’s “What I Saw in

America.”





 





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State Club ChampiOns '





N rec0gnition of the achievements



of Boys’ and Girls’ Club members

who win championships in their re-

spective projects, the State Board of

Agriculture awards scholarships to

the Michigan Agricultural College' to

those who win such honors. , '



Following is the list of club mem-

bers” who were awarded scholarships

for the year just past:





Clothing—First year Helen Mar-

shall, Newaygo; second year, Grace





Aldrich, Ridgeway; third year, Miriam .





Hagerman, Tekonsha;

Fanny Mo‘og, Goldwater.

Handicraft.—'—First , year,, Stanley

Wehner, Hemlock; sec0nd' ,ear, Aldric

Moungrain, Quinnesec; thir year, Geo.

Wicklund, ,Ishpemlng. . *





fourth year,





' s ‘ Canning—First year, Celia Weber,





Sand Creek; second year, Aice Zur-





’bur'g, Quincy; third year, Mary Plech-

' Owiak,





Bay _ Cityz" fourth, year, Viola:

Stevens, Bay City; fifth year Beatrice}

Enrich/Bay City. » .g _‘ , ~

7 Copking.——:First' year, .Marian., Russ.





     





sell, Athens; second year, Zeta Thom-



as, Hemlock; third year,



ell, Topinabee. ' , _

Beans—Paul Sherwood, Bellevue.

Corn—Lester Case, Jasper.

Pontoons—Edward Domke, Ocqueoc.





.Poultry—First,year,_.Russell Miller, __ ~





Plymouth; second year, Herbert Mil.

ler, Plymouth; third year, Russell

Price, Romulus; fourth year, Elroy

Damerow, Romulus. ’





Garden.—'—Linford DeForest, Mem-

*phis.



Pig, Breeding Gilt—Walter, Ball,

Charlotte. .





Sow and Litteré—Clifton'Lyon, Pitts-

ford. ~ ' ' . , _



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nen, Keewenaw Bay. -

'~ Dairy Calla-Lloyd Baker,.Clayt0n.





Yearling Heifer.—~Andrew * Waite.“





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2. Two million po‘unds—3—291.



3. Denmark—3-291.



4. Add a little flour and knead

again—e—308-20.



5. When soft water is not readily

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correct. -

The letters I get show that most all





tons and membership cards. Many Of

them sayth'at they are wearing their

buttons every day. That is what I am

doing. I have mine on all the time.‘ I

also carry a membership card.



It pleases me that the sentiments on

the membership card are liked and



fl .. - that many of my

pals have said they

are going to try to

live up to‘ them.

Our loyalty to

goodness is the on-

l-y thing that does

~ . ‘ not bring i’egrets.

Everything that has the least’element

of badnes'sin it, regardless of how. en—

joyable it may be, will bring regrets

and. puniShment at some time. '



Several boys and girls anticipate

getting buttons and‘memibership cards

after they have received one. This is

not necessary as one button and mem-

bership card to each is plenty and it

leaves more to pass out to others who

meet the requirements.



Some still ask what is necessary to

join the‘M’erry Gircle. So I will re-

peat therequirement here. All who

get the correct answers to one Read-

and-Win Contest get a button and

card. Also, all who do worthy work

in our other contests, such as the lit-

tle-essay, drawing and poetry contests,

will get them. No buttons will be sent

to those‘who send in drawings, poems

and little stories not entered in the

contests. ' V



All who have had correct answers

to the Read-and—Win Contests and

have done good work in the others

Since the first of the year should have

received buttons and cards. If you

'think you are entitled to a button and

have not received it, write me and I

Will look up our'records. '



I have been thinking of getting out

a very neat metal Merry Circle pin

which has a negular safety-clasp on

it and looks like a regular lodge or

sorority pin. Who Of those now hav—

ing pins, would like to get one of these

better kind ' for a little additional

work? Please let me hear from you’

about this. , .

~. Just remember, this is our depart-

ment andpMe‘rry Circle, not mine. ‘80,

always feel free to make suggestions

and criticisms; ‘Vhat kind of contests

would you like next?





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Foo-l" Stunt Contest





PRIL first will soon be here. We

all know that day is the interna-

tional holiday for fools. It means a

holiday for all of us because every

one of us has qualified as a fool some

time or other. For that day we are

all interested in stunts which make

other folks reel foolish. Some; of these

stunts are good and furnish innocent

amusement. In order that we all can

get next to some good stunts I ask you

to tell the best April Fool stunt you

know. The best ones we get will be

published in March 31, issue, so you

will have them- in time to try them

out. The best ten will get the usual

prizes: The first two, pencil boxes;

the next three, nickled pocket pencils,

and the next five, Michigan Farmer

maps of the world and Europe.

Send your'stunts' in to Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan,

on or before March 22.





 





 





 





 





WANT TO. CORRESPON D.





 





The following boys and girls would

like to correspond with others inter-

ested in this department:



Leona Renner, Reese, Mich.



Alice J. Keller. Watervliet, Mich.



Gertrude Bruen, Manitou Beach,

Mich., R. 1.,



John Snomi, Trenany, Mich., R. 4.



Sara Beach, Grand Blanc, Mich. l



Gladys Sigler, White Pigeon Mich.,:

R. 3, Box 21. l



Clarissa Conlan, Hardwood, ‘ Mich.



Gertie Munroe, Manistique, Mich.,

R. 2, Box 41.



Irene Horton,

R. 1.



Mary Picha, Owosso, Mich., R. 6,

Box 108. '



Elizabeth Hudecek, Owosso, Mich.,

R. 6, Box 104.



Gladys G. Miller. Alma, Mich., R. 2.

94Jennie Gusler, Atlanta, Mich., Box





 





Fowlerville, Mich.,





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THEY LEARNED ABOUT CERTI-

FIED SEED.





 





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.. toes went 200 bushels to the acre, and





THE .W'NNERS- why are these certified seed any bet-





 





___u. ter?”—-—tell it to him like thisr "Myl

friend, if you know leaf’ roll and mo—i

sale—know them and pull them out ofl

your field, root and branch—and if you

can recognize hopperburn and flea-

: beetle injury and keep them oi! with



NinaHMaxine Hover, Akron, Mich. thorough spraying with Bordeaux—-

RHlomer Vanderkolk, Hopkins, .Mich., I said through spraying, not sprinkling

j . . ,‘ Pencils. _ , -——yes, and if you pull out all mixed va-



Frances Herring, Litchfleld, Mich. rieties—then you’re on your way, and



Linnea Bruce, Bark River, Mich., you’ll stack up with the certified grow-





R 2- ers r 011”

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ps. -

L5awrence Jumper, St. Johns, Mich.,





HE following are the onewho had

the'neatest and most correct an~

swers to the Read-and-Win Contest of





Pencil Box.





True. Sadly true. But how about next

year, and the next, and the one after

that?» We need less acres and more

to the acre. We need to eliminate the

potato plunger, in this year and out

next, and probably getting a low yield

per acre, too. We’ve got to lower the

cost of producing a bushel. And cer~

. titled, pedigreed seed 5 producing as.





'Geneva Macomber, Howell, Mich.,

llgenn‘eth . Calkins, Morrice, Mich.,

“Egne‘tst Krueger, Saginaw, Mich., E.





Ste-phey, Harold, Bremen, Ind., R. 3.

RFglorenceSchaefer, Dundee, Mich.,





 





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Greater Blue Valley

Cream Market





This bulletin will be published every month for

the benefit of those who want to make more money

from their cows. It will contain articler‘qf special

interest to milkerr, and we invite questions regard-

ing breeding, feeding and care of cows. as well a:

production, handling and marketing of cream. It

wz'llbeedited bythe Blue ValleyStaf-thnsgim'ngit

tkebenefit of wide experience and unusual facilities.





Blue Valley cream shippers will be glad to know

that more cream was sold to Blue Valley last year

than ever before. Also, more packages of Blue

Valley butter were bought by consumers and at a

higher price. compared with wholesale butter

quotations.





That explains to Blue Valley shippers who kept



tab on their cream income for the year, why the

Blue Valley Cream Market was the most profitable

to them and assures them a still better Blue Valley

Cream Market this year. It has been that way

ever since the Blue Valley Creamery Company was

organized in 1900 and the Blue Valley Direct Cream

Shipping System was first introduced.





Every year since then additional thousands of

farmers have found' out for themselves that the

Blue Valley way is the direct way to the butter

consumer, cutting out all the increasing number

of expensive middlemen and therefore making more

money for the farmers.





Here are the reasons why—for the benefit of all

new Blue Valley shippers and other farmers who

realize the need of improved marketing.





No Middlemen the Blue Valley Way





There are no middlemen in the Blue Valley

Creamery System.





Blue Valley has no cream stations to take toll of

every gallon of the farmers' cream and lower its

quality by mixing and holding before shipping.





Blue Valley cream is made into butter by the

largest exclusive butter manufacturing company in

the world—twenty-three years' successful expe-

rience in economical, high grade buttermaking

behind it.





 





Blue Valley sells this butter in Blue Vallegepack-

ages directto retailers in large cit ties. -

sumers y more. because they know they ere

gett lue Valley butter. The great volume

turn out by the seventeen Blue Valley creamen'es

tirriisfiires steady supply most economical dis-

ution.





No commission men, brokers or speculators

ever make a cent on Blue Valley butter. They never

get a chance.





All the middlemen’ s profits and expenses all along

the line from the farm to the grocery store are cut

out by Blue Valley and a higher price obtained for

the finished product. That’ 3 why farmers find the

Blue Valley Cream Market the most profitable.





Deal Direct





Every farmer deals direct with Blue Valley. We

deal direct with you. You write us. We write you.

You know us. We know you. Some way with

every one of thousands of grocers. And every one

of millions of Blue Valley butter co umers gets

his butter out of an original Blue V

right in his own home.





It is the simple. direct. man-to-inan deal in

marketing of cream.





Blue Valley Guarantee





The Blue Valley Guarantee which for many years

has insured every Blue Valley shipper against loss.

also protects absolutely any farmer who is not

familiar with BluexValley ways and who is desirous

of trying out the Blue Valley Cream Market for



hi.mself The Blue Valley Guarantee reads:





We Guarantee





That our chock' in payment for each and every

can of cream you send us willea you.





We guarantee the safe return of your empty

cans.





If for any reason whatever you are not satisfied

we expect to hear from you.





We guarantee to satisfy you perfectly.





Every Blue Valley creamery is always glad to

hear from cream shippers and help them solve

their, dairy problems. Every Blue Valley creamery

is also glad to answer inquiries from farmers who

want to know more about Blue Valley before ship-

ping us their cream—but shipping a can of cream

will tell better than anything else how profitable

the Blue Valley Cream Market is.





 





Ship Your Cream Direct





Full Value for Your Cream. You produce the cream, why not get all the money it is

worth? Why help a middleman make an easy living out of your labor? You own your





COWS.





 





CREAM CANS on

Thirty Days’

FREE yTRIAL





If you are not shipping direct at present

because you have no cream cans, we will

send you by prepaid parcel post direct

to your door,two cream @115 on 30days'



free trial. If at the end of this time you

are satisfied with our market and the

material and workmanship. pay out of

yourcream checks, 5- -gallon cai1,52.25;



8- -gallon can, 33. 00; 10- —gallon can $3. 35.



ll not satisfied return cans at our ex-

pense and no charge will be made.





direct.





 





 





 





Get all the profits out of them.

with any cream agent. Make your cows work for you

alone. Keep the Easy Money yourself by shipping

Simply take your can of cream to nearest

railroad station addressed to nearest Blue Valley

Creamery. (See list of towns below). Check for full

value of cream in each can will be sent you as soon as

we receive shipment, and cans thoroughly cleaned and

sterilized will be returned to you.





No obligations. We do not bind you to any contract;

you ship of your own free will. Hundreds of thousands

Blue Valley Shippers continue to deal direct with us

because we pay them full value. Just ship one can of

cream and see.





Don’t divide





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Columbus, 0.

Sioux elty, Ia.

Coder Replde, In.





Grand Rnplde, Mlcli.

Kenna elty, no.

Milwaukee, Wle.

Louisville, Ky.





lndlenepollo, Ind.

Persona, Ken-Io

St. Loule, Mo.

cllnton. III.





Clairol-lid. 0.



St. Joseph, Mo.

lie-tinge. Hebe.

Springfield. Ill.





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WNERS of the Loch Farms of



Charlevoix, whose cow, Kolraln



Marion Finderne, holds second

place in theentire world for milk and

butter-fat production, also have in

their herd Michigan’ s second best H01-

stein cow. it is shown by the honor

roll just issued by the Michigan Hol-

stein-Frieslan Association.



For the year ending October 30,

1922, Kolrain Marion Finderne is cred-

itcd with 35339.5 pounds of milk and

1,022.85 pounds of butter-fat. Kolrain

Eleanor Pontiac Korndyke, second in

the full-aged class; produced 26,995.41

pounds of milk and 914.47 pounds or

fat. Annabelle Anza Posch, owned by





Mount Clemens, was third in this class

with 25,711.4 pounds of milk and 902.68

pounds of fat.



The Loeb~farms also took second in

the senior fOur—year-old class and sec-





.





0nd in the junior two-year-old class.

Eight other dairy farms of Michigan

are represented in the yearly division

of the honor roll. They are those of

the Traverse City State Haspltal,firSt

in the senior four—year-old class and

second in the junior three-yearrold

class; Walter T. Hill, Davison, third in

the senior four—year 01d class; J.. H.

Brewer, of Grand Rapids, first in the

junior four-year-old class; Spillane,

Spillane & Geiger, Clio, second in the

junior four-year~olds; R. Bruce Mc-

Pherson, of Howell, third inrthe junior

four-year-olds, first and third in the

junior three-year—olds and first and

third in the senior two-year-old; Pon-

tiac State Hospital, first and second in

the senior three-year-olds, second in

the senior two-year-olds' and first in

the junior two-year—olds; Wayne coun-

ty superintendent of poor, Eloise, third





in the senior three-year-olds; and John





Schlaff, Mount Clemens, third in the

junior two-year‘olds. '

Records were also kept for periods

of seven days, thirty 'days and ten

months. In the seven-day division J.

F. Berkheimer, of Homer, leads the

dairymen with cows in the full-aged

class, his-entrant, Eureka Segis Dos-

sie, producing 651.4 poundsof 'milk

and 28.931 pounds of fat: The Trav-

erse City Hospital took the next two

places, Traverse Colantha Walker giv-





mg 5156 pounds of milk and 28. 784

, pounds of fat, and Traverse Inkir Har-





tog giving 694. 5 pounds of milk and

28. 401 pounds of fat. . ‘ ..

Other Winners in the seven-day Idl-rv





 





 





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South mm;





 





Holstein Honor Roll





the Detroit Creamery Company, of,





State Hospital; W. W Mountain, oi:





Flint; 20. S. Heeg, Howell; E. W Me."

Nitt, Grand Rapids; Detroit Creamery,





Company, Mount Clemens; H. E. Ris-

ing. Woodland; I. A. Kidney, Brant;

J. H. Winn, Rochester; G. W. Ridge-

man, Vassar; John Bailey, Ypsilanti;

W. E. Fellows, Flint; M. H. Piper, of

Flint, and J. N. Lamorcaux, of Com-

stock Park.





In the thirty-day division the Trav-‘





erse City Hespltal took the first two

places in the full- aged class. Traverse

Inka Hartog gave 2, 855 4 pounds of

milk and 114. 494 pounds of fat, and

Traverse Colantha Walker gave 2,398.4

pounds of milk and 113.906 pounds of

fat. Eureka Segls Dossie owned by

Mr. Berkheimer was third with 2,779.1

pounds of milk and, 106.119 pounds of

fat. Additional dairymen represented

wene D. D. Aitken, of Flint; Dudley

E. Waters, Grand Rapids; C. S. Mott,





 





The Cow-tester Often Works in an Improvised Laboratory But he is Able to

Give the Dairyman Exact Data on Every Cow.





Flint, and ,F. M. Shinnick, Rochester.



John Schlaff, of Mount Clemens, was

first in the ten-months’ division. His

Artis Pontiac Easkia gave 19.8753

pounds of milk and 715.18 pounds of

‘fat. Traverse Duchess Walker, owned

by the state hospital at Traverse City,

was second with 19853.4 pounds of

milk and 877.13 pounds of butter. Car-

rie Johanna Wayne, owned by A. R.

Black & Sons, of Lansing, was third

with 17,6488 pounds of milk and 6109

pounds of fate The roll for this divis-

ion includes Otis Scott & Sons, Clio,

and H. G. Booth, Gladwin.———H.





 





,KEEP MILKING MACHINES CLEAN.





XPERIMENT station authorities

at Geneva, New York, have found

that unless milking machines are giv-

en wreaths-y are likely to become

sources of bacterial contaminatmn. '

There are two methods of keeping

milking machines clean and sterile.

The most prevalent one is to thor-





oughly clean the machine in the ordi-





nary way and then immerse the teat

0111p and milker tubesinto some chemi-

cal solution, usually strong orine made





by adding two pounds of salt to a. gal- .





lon of water. The brine is kept’sterile

by adding hydrochloride solutions or

chloride of lime. -. -





J:

Another accepted met-bod of keep-





lug machines clean is to immerse the'

milking tubes and teat cups in hot

water at \a temperature pl: 160 to 180

degrees -F. There is no doubt but ’what





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milk and? butter-fat producing ca-

pacify of different individuois in the

herd On practically the same ration

and care some c'oWs will produce a

large uniform flow ofmilk of high but-





' tor—fat content; while other cows will





not. In herd-s bred and cared for in

the same manner over a period of

years, cows of low milk yields and but-

tor-fat test are found along with cows

of high production.



Practical dairymen know that profit





. from dairying depends in a. very large





measure upon’fcows of large uniform.

milk and butter—fat. production. Cows

that respond at the pail to liberal feed-

ing and. proper care. Cows that can





_ consume roughage and grain propor-





tioned into swell-balanced ration and

convert it into a good profit over cost

of consummion.



The value of the dairy cow as a

proflt~making organization rests quite

entirely upon‘her breeding, feeding and

care. To consume feed profitably she

must be bred for the purpose for

which she is being maintained. She

must have the capacity to consume

food. Sixty per cent of all the food

the cow eats goes to sustain her body

and only aftel this is taken care of

can there be any return to the dairy-

man. The dairy cow must have a con-

stitution that will endure heavy work,

for she labors night and day digesting

and assimilating' food for milk prod-

ucts. ‘



The dairy cow, to prove her value to





' convert roughage and grain into prof-





itable returns must be well fed. The

milk and butter-fat products of the cow

contain the richest and most nutri-

tious food elements. To manufacture

this highly nutritive product the cow

must be supplied with a splendid qual~

ity of raw material and in liberal

amounts. Her ration should at all

times be palatable, appetizing, easily

digestible and Well balanced in essen-

tial nutriments.. '



Every dalryman knows that no two

cows are just alike. They may be bred,

.fed and cared for in the same manner,

yet there is a decided difference in

their ability to consume food and con-

vert it into profitable returns. To

make dairying most profitable the

dairyman must‘make a very careful

study of his cows. He must under-

stand their individual need. He must

cater to'their likes and dislikes. The

value of .a cow as ‘a milk and butter-

fat producer can only be computed

when she has been supplied with all

the vital requirements that meet her

individual needs.



I believe one of the commonest mis-

takes made by the average dairyman

is an unwillingness to pay additional-

ly for the cow of large producing ca-

pacity. Many a large producing cow

has passed on undeveloped simply‘be-

cause her owner failed to cooperate





‘with 1191 and supply the essential food





ingredients to encourage maximum

production. To work profitably the

cow must at all times be in perfect





and furnished With a variety of pain»





 





petitowa stnong. work digestive system





table feed to induce large consump-

tion .—L. C. Reynolds.





THE STORY OF TWO MILK

PATRONS.





 





 





RANK ADAMS was a neighbor of



Tom Jones. Both belonged to the;

same cow-testing associatiou in a west-

ern Michigan county. During 1922!

both men milked nine mature cows}

and both Bold their product on the

same market. Some interesting facts

resulted when the summaries on these

tw0 herds were obtained:





condition She must have a good or.





Adams Jones. :

Pounds milk ...... 7, 471. 00 5,152.00.

Pounds butter-fat . . 3968 , 190.1 1

Value product . .$1,442.65 $680.41 3

Feed cost 408.62 402.04

Value les's feed cost 1,034.03 278.37

Net value per cow 114.79 30. 93'





Every dollar that Adams spent for.

teed on his cow returned $3. 54, while?

Tom Jones had only $1.70 return for

each dollar spent. Many stories could

be told from these records. One story

to be emphasized, however, is that thei

dairyman should not fail to study his

home market. The cows that he milks

may mean the difference between suc-

cess or just average results when it

comes to returns on the last year’s

crops grown on his farm.





MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN MEMBER-

SHIP.





 





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EN Michigan dailymen wexe 1e-

cently admitted to membe1sh1p in

The Holstein- Friesian Association of.

America, according to an announce-i

ment just issued by Sec1etary F L

Houghton. They Were Lyman E.

Beach, of Croswell; F. B. Brooks, of

Corunna; C. E. Chappell, of Charlotte;

Robert J. Grouse, of Howell; A. B.

George. of Garland; Francis D: Gun-

cer, of Riga; Edward B. Henne, of

Manchester; Mark A. Knight, of Rock-

wood; 0. B. Merriman, oi' Deckerville,

and Marion B. Wilkinson, of Dowagiac.

The Michigan membership in this

association now numbers 1,443. Ac-

cording to the 1920 government cen-

sus, there were 46,533 pure-bred dairy

cattle in this state, of which 32,702

were Holsteins. (With a total mem-

bership of over 22,000 living animals

registered in its herd books, this live

live stock breeders’ association is the

largest in the world.





If you’ve still apples in your cellar,

better get out the recipe bookand

serve them up fast and variously.

They won’t keep forever.





 





The reason the boys in Erance used

to crave the juice of canned tomatoes

is that this juice is loaded with vita-

mines, dietitians say, and vitamines

ran low in the overseas diet. One

dietitian figures that the family ought

to eat twelve quarts a head of canned

tomatoes between fall and spring.





 





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Thousands _ of De Laval

Separator Users Have

Received 20 to 30 Years of

Efficient Service.





As a result of the Oldest

De Laval Separator contest in

which it was announced $25

would be given to the owner of

the oldest Dc Laval in each state,

ithousands of letters have been

received. which prove beyond all

question of doubt that 20 to 30

years of satisfactory service from

a De Laval Separator is not un-





to be expected.

$25 for the Oldest De Laval





This contest will be open until

April 7th and other users of Old

Dc Lavals who have not entered

the contest, still have time to do

so. Simply write us. giving the

date of purchase. length of serv-

ice. serial number. and a state-

ment concerning its service. Even

though your De Laval may not

be as old as some mentioned here,

enter it anyway. as it, must be

kept in mind that this contest



» covers every state; and in some

sections separators have not been

used so long as in others. Win-

ners will be announced May lst.



'Following are a few of the

many letters from old De Laval

users. which are typical:





30 Year:





“Our De Laval Separator woo pur-

chased July IZlh. l893. lt has taken

care of all the milk produced on this

form from I893 until November, I9”.

and we were milking over 30 cows at

limes.S1ncc November, I9I7, l have

shipped the whole milk. The last hmc

l leaked the skim— mllk it showed Z/IOO

of l% fol. —chry Petersen.





usual. and with reasonable care,'





cars

“l have a Do Laval Separator bought

‘in 'May' or juno. IBM: which boo been

run twice each day our since. but one'

day. It has many a day upmud’

2.000 lbs. of milk and in still in int-l





class condition. -—-Fred G. Palmer.





20 Years 'y

"We have a De Laval Separator

that we bought in the fall of I903. ll

has been used twice a day nearly every

day. separating on on average of

83, 579 lbs. of milk per year, and in

still In good repair and doing its work‘

well. The last time that the skim-

milk wns tested by the tcslmg associa-

tion it was skimmmg to l/I00 of I%

fail. If this separator ever wears out

we shall want another De Laval." —-





A. B. and]. M. Bicknell.





22 Years



"I purchased my /De Laval on De?

cember 2|, I90I. and it is still in very

good working cohditlon. My neighbor

has worn out two other makes already

and has the lh1rd.M1nc still sklms-

cleaner than his and I hope to use it

about ten years yet. ll 1:,not to be

worn out. "—Gcorgc P. Leibold.





25 Years





'My De Laval Separator was bought

1n the spnng of I890. e have used

no other. This summer we had our

skim-milk tested at the creomery and

it tested 2/I00 of I%. ll will be

good for years yel."——Mrs. Tenn

Larson.





24 Years





uMy Dc Laval Separator was pur-

chased in I899 and has been in service

every year. This machine has sepa-





rated about l8,(XJO gallons of milk on-

nually. ll has given me excellent serv-

ice and skim: cold milk perfectly. My

sister purchased a new. Dc Laval last

spring and has saved nearly enough to

buy a good milch cow."-——Emil S.

Shubcrl.

Four to Five Times’ More Use

Evidence such as this from

thousands of users proves that a

De Laval will last from four to

five times as long as the average

separator, and do better work all

the time. It proves conclusively

that the De Laval is the best and

cheapest separator. The De Laval

you buy today is the best cream

separator ever. built. With rea-

spnablc care it will last you a

hfctnne, and will pay for itself

w1th1n a. year. 50ch on easy

tcrmsn See your De Laval agent

or write us for full information.





The De Laval Separator Co.

NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO,

I65 Broadway 29 E. Madison St. 6| Beale St.





 





 





 





 





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Can you tell me what is the matter

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and come to clean them, I find all the

skin back of the breast bone, beneath

the vent is of a very dark color and

scarcely any fat, and what there is, is

very tough. All of my chickens are

not like that. Others would have a.

cup or more of fat where those with

dark skin have scarcely any. They

are all in the same coop. Would they

be fit to eat?—W. D.





The skin beneath the vent of old

hens might be rather dark, due to con-

gestion of blood or sunburn if the

parts were not protected by feathers.

The skin and layer'of fat in a thin

bird might be very tough at that point.

Whether such a bird would be fit for

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BAD CONDITION OF CROP.





We have found three hens with rot-

ten crops. The first one we operated

011 according to crop-bound rules found

in the Michigan Farmer. She is still

alive, eatsr sings, and seems to feel

fine, and I can’t tell how she can live

as her crop all seems to have rotted

away.





is wrong is by their breast being wet

and rotted. We have a. nice dry, sun-

shiny pleasant coop, with oat straw

for them to scratch in On the floor.

And feed them a balanced ration of

dry mash in hoppers, which consists

of the following: Equal parts of bran,

middlings, ground oats and ground

corn, also half part of meat scrap,

oyster shell and clean water are be-

fore them all the time. For scratch-

feed in the morning we give them

equal parts of cracked corn, wheat and

a few oats. For green feed at noon

we give them sliced raw potatoes, and

at night cracked corn and a warm wet

mash, minus the meat scrap. About

two weeks ago we gave wood ashes

from the cook stove, only once. Could

this have caused the trouble?-—R. P.



Wood ashes are not good for hens

because of the lye they contain. Hens

on range will pick bits of charcoal

from. a heap of wood ashes without

causing harm, while hens confined in

the house in’winter might eat a large

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available. This might cause- a. bad

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" . “Gentlemen: I see reports of so

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‘end never lost one or had one sick

after giving the medicine, and my

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get the remedy by return mail.—Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.”





Causeof White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is caused by the



- Bacillus Bacterium ul-lorum. This

germ is transmitted-to the baby chick

through the yolk of the newly hatched

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Never Lost a Single Chick





ers. L. L..v Tam, Burnetts Creek,

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Walko not only prevents White Diar-

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Noyer Lost One Alter First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,

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chicks, when but a few days old, be-

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and was about discouraged with the

chicken business. Finally I sent to the

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for a box of their Walko White Diar—

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take a. piece of fat salt pork about the





little larger) and cut it up in pieces ‘

and put this amount down each one.

Onle dose usually will bring them out

all right, if not repeat again—Reader.





 





KEEPING TURKEYS HEALTHY.





 





AVE. had some sick turkeys.

Their bowelswere real loose and

yellow. I think they had cholera. Just





put them in a warm place away from

the rest of the turkeys and gave each

one a. teaspoon 6f castor oil, and con-

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morning until nearly well. The last .

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and drink, and plenty of grit they will:

be all right. 7 1



Two of my turkeys didn’t care to

eat, so I took some ground oats and

corn and put in a little pepper, some

wheat, and some charcoal pounded up

fine. I mixed this with a little warmil

water and put a. little at a time down;

their throats until I thought they had

enough. Bread crumbs and apples are:

also good. Feed them twice a day. I;

brought one of my turkeys out K

little over a week by using castor oil.'

—Reader.





HAT,CH ING GOOSE EGGS.





 





Can geese eggs be hatched in incu-





<bator, and at what temperature? How's





would it be to use incubator for a;

week or two, then place under hens or;

geese? Can you tell me what caused

the young to have spells of not being

able to walk for an hour or so? After

having several spells they die—R. C.



Goose eggs .can be hatched in an in;

cubator although most breeders have.‘

the best success by using hens and

the mother geese. Other breeders

have been successful in keeping the

goose eggs in an incubator for three

weeks and then finishing the hatch un-

der hens. A temperature between 101

and 102 degrees-ls right for the incu-

bation of goose eggs.



For the first three weeks some goose;

breeders dip the eggs





in water at

about 110'degrees and do it twice each;

week. The fourth week the eggs areI

dipped every night until some of them,

begin to pip. , “



Goslings sometimes have congestion

of the brain, often caused by acute in-7

digestion or worms. Two teaspoonfuls

of castor oil as a laxative may help

such cases. If parasitic worms. are

found in the droppings give a half tea-

spoonful of turpentine to each goslingfl

A medicine dropper placed as deep in’

the throat as possible is handy to ad-

minister the dose.



Exposure to very hot sun, lack of

range, and spoiled feed might cause:

similar trouble. ;

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BLUE OINTMENT FOR LlCE





 





Last summer I noticed an item in

your paper telling how to use Blue?

~Ointment, but forgot how and how1

much to use. Please let me knowl

hows to use some, how much to use1

and if it may be applied in winter.





The blue ointment can be mixed

with equal parts low grade vaselene.





rub it thoroughly into the skin.

a 'very small dab under each wing and





may be used in winter or at any sea-





 





 





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A. Dull. Port Huron. h’lich. The pulleta

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F. L. Hess. Chicago. Ill. writes: I averaged

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The Best Way





 





Your success in the poultry business de«

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feed. pure water. fresh air. and good care“

Colu'nm Feeders. and all our other appli-

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CELLAR with a. little ventilation

is an ideal location. for the incu-

bator. The temperature will net





’ vary greatly and the floor is free frOm





jarring. If the machine must be op~





.erate‘d upstairs do'not have it close “to





the stove. AvOid- heavy walking and

slamming doors. vaeep the room tem-

perature as uniform as possible as the

outside air is constantly passing

though the incubator. .Regulation is

difficult if the room is hot during the

day and cold at night.



Chicks often'knock down the ther-

mometer at hatching time. Then you

have to run the machine by guess





animus better , uh saws, suck;

Such shipments Would says buyers’





 

 

 

   





time in going for exprees consign-

ments. But I suppose the authorities

must draw the line somewhere. '-



When buying batching eggs at. a. dis-.

tance the advice has beento-allow

them to stand and settle for. a day

before starting incubation. I cannot

find that this delay is of any. Special

value. It takes a few hours for the

eggs to warm up in the machine and

they should have ample time to settle

before much growth starts. It seems'

good judgment to start incubation at

once, as every day lost means the





 





This House Has‘the Essentials of





work as the door cannot be safely op-

ened when the chicks are emerging. I

find it pays to wire the thermometer

to the tray when the eggs are turned

the last time. Then it will stay up

right and you can keep the machine

from becoming four or five degrees

too hot at hatching time.



The air around an incubator is im-

proved if you use high»g1ade oil and

have a fresh wick for each hatch. The

burner can be boiled in hot soda water

to remove gummy accumulations. Then

the wick will turn easily and the flame

is more easy to regulate. .



Do not worry too much if a. few—

chicks die in the shell. I understand

many experienced poultrymen are sat-

isfied if they obtain close to fifty per

cent hatches as an average for the

season. Of course, the fertility of the

eggs‘is much higher and it must'be

that even the best of poultry keepers

cannot be sure of hatching every egg.



Breeding stock will produce a larger

per cent of‘ fertile eggs if they are al-

lowed free range as soon as weather

conditions are at all favorable. Bal-

anced rations in the winter laying

house are necessary, but fresh green

grass, angleworms and exercise on the

soil ’is the original formula for poultry

vigor and thrifty chicks.



Shipping Hatching Eggs.



Parcel post shipment of hatching

eggs is a great help to-poultrymen.

Keep a supply of the commercial card-

board cartons and know the weight of

different sizes of boxes when packed.

Keep a. map handy and know the zone

to which your shipment is made. Buy

stamps in quantities of the different

denominations you will need.

make the postman fish around in the

mail box every day until he has har-

vested'enough pennies to stamp your

boxes of eggs. 4’



’Many poultrymen receive inquiries

about shipping mature breeding stock

by parcel post. The post office will

only accept day-old chicks. Personally

I think a. neatly. crated cockerel ‘is‘

about as easy for the postman to de-

liver as. a big box' of chirping chicks.

If a'ctill apple is placed in the crate

it would supply enough moieture fer a

short trip and a sloppy water dish

would net be needed. A vigorous c6919





 





ere! would mild the? hardShlp of. e" do:





 





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Good Light and Good Ventilation.





eggs axe older, and experiments prove

that the freshest eggs bring the best

chicks.



The problem of applying moisture

to hatching eggs has not. been solved

to my satisfaction. Sometimes the

best hatches have seemed to result

when warm water on woolen cloths





has been applied to the eggs for a cou—_ _





ple of hours the last time they have

been turned. Some poultrymen report

the best results when no moisture has.

been used.

poultry information of this kind that

is not backed up by thorough experi—

mental .data. Until such facts are

known an .abundant supply of common

sense Will be useful in running a. poul-

try business. Not all successful man-

agers do eveF'ything in exactly the

same way.





Poultry YardrPlantings.



Evergreen hedge‘s for windbreaks

should be started as early in spring as

the ground can be worked. Fruit trees

must be ordered early to insure a sup-

ply of the desired varieties. Cool

shade on the poultry range is a help

in delaying the moult in summer and

keeps the birds more healthy and pro-

ductive. A little work with fruit is

very useful in helping a..poultryman

to occasionally get his mind off the

worries of» caring for poultry. I think

many of the men who have stayed

with the poultry business the longest

have maintained their interest by not

getting an overdose of hens 365 days

a year. They can appreciate a good

cow or a productive fruit tree as well

as a. heavy laying hen. They do not

get too narrow and the variety of

work helps to make lifemore inter-

esting on the farm.





A double range is useful near a

large laying~house. 'While the birds

are on one side of the fence it is pos-

sible to start corn,.or sunflowers on

the other side. When the crop is about

high the, birds can use the field as a

finge and they, will gather many bugs

and weed seeds around the corn and

enjoy working in the fresh soil. This

chance of turning under the soil where

the beds have been running should





not be neglected where many hens are . I





 

 





using a limited range,

that most hens use. a.





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‘negatived by the failure of sellers .to

hold 'to the index of supply and de-

mand. .Then all the deduction-s are,

worthless, and the would-be “prophet”

the ‘laughing stock ‘of the _

“pilofitleers.” ‘



The wool dealers get

line possible on the markets then

“drop under” what _is called the “mar- ‘

gin of safety,” and this becomes the





becomes





price. T

profit in.

charge.





ized. Many of the wool dealers are

by wholesalers and merely'

get a commission for handling, and _in

.this way





financed





lprice adyances until “advised.”

f‘l'ortunately the weakness on the part

iof the seller is that he has no com-

lmunity of advices or knowledge of

what other producers are asking, or

market tendencies, as the master of: ‘





1

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HE writer has received many in—

lquirles as to wool prices for 1923

and the cost of shearing. When any

man undertakes to name positive pric-

es, he may 'be. perfectly justified in

the analysis of supply and demand as





 





 





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, yet this very fact may be





the very best





his margin carries with it a





It may or may not be real-





havc no option in matters of





 





the State Grange, A. B. Cook, styles

it. “no mark to shoot at."





Michigan wool is excellent in tensile 1,





manage-son 1923. '





addition to the handling,





Un- .





l

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strength and is desirable for using

with tender wools‘ to Amake a stronga





fabric and is in good demand. A com-!.





parison of Boston, London and the?





prices in





‘wools‘together with fabric styles for

weaves.



The writer has a folio of price cur-1

rents, t‘orccasts and statistics that he”





coarser





the west where feeders are“

being tried out, should make Michigan

wool-sales to the

than fifty cents for good average clips.

This is a mark to shoot at.

The margins between delaines and

KALAMTZOO’ Mic” § cross-bred wools

30 purebred certified egg-tested 1 last year. The clean scoured wool con:

jtcnt duty of thirty-one cents a p0und

Iworks to the advantage of the middle





farmer at not less





is much less than





 





has compiled to reach the above con-

clusion, and feels that it is a fair price.





There is





a provision in the tariff law





which permits tariff reductions in case

the sales price becomes excessive as

compared to the cost of production.

The duty may be changed by the Pres:





ident of





the United States. Produc-





tion costs are fairly met at the above}

prices. -» Based on the low prices andl

losses of past years, the price Should?





Be highe





equitable





As a new basis, it is now

with general price levels.





I‘.





The level of wool at this base woule

be 166, as compared with 100 in 1.913.?

and the general cost of living at 164.;

Pig iron at 170; lumber 1-93, and rail-l





road rates at 188; cotton 209.





Wool





at these figures is not out of line with

what the farmer has .to buy.

The cos‘pf sheep shearing, based





j upon skilled labor





prices which are





conceded to be high, should not exceed





fifteen





,board, twelve and one-half

flames N. McBride, President Of the

1Michigan State Breeders‘ and Feeders’





cents; shearer-s demanding





cents.~—





Association.





THE“





TON LITTER CONTEST. ‘





(Continued from page 372).

-will be inspected before July 1 by the

county agent ”or the state leader, along

a»; paid. ; with two or more disinterested farm‘

lots of the, township. Litters must be‘

gweighed within'three days before or

Eafter they are 180 days old.





 





 





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Plow time is'near at hand. This .

,shoe is high enough to keep out the

dirt and low enough for coolness. It

fits snug and protects and supports





the ankles going over rough and

broken ground. It wears like iron.





Ask for Stock Numbers





470 if a double sole is wanted

446 if a single sole is wanted





A Double Tanned





Horse Hide Shoe.





THAT STAYS SOFT

PAIN OR SHINE





WORK SHOES ARE

OUR SPECIALTY





We are exclusive makers of work shoes

made of horsehide double-tanned by our

_ . own secret process. . ,

M Thls IS our specialty. Our every energy is

' bent on making the world’s strongest work‘

shoes. To insure the best wearing leather we do our own tanning, in our

own specialized tanneries. We tan horsehide, and it is known as the

toughest fibre leather on earth, yet we make it soft and pliable as buck-

skin. Horsehide is used to cover league baseballs because it is the only

leather tough enough to stand the grief.

And it stays soft when double tanned our way. When other leathers get

wet they dry out hard. Rouge Rex double—tanned horse‘hide stays soft.

~Wet it, soak it in water, snow, slush, mud, and it dries out soft afnd flexible

as velvet. Wear Rouge Rex shoes and you’ll say you have gained an

entirely new conception of shoe service, endurance and comfort.

We are the largest tanners of horsehides for work shoes in the country.

We buy only the choicest hides. 'In making Rouge Rex shoes we use

only the strongest part of each hide—the butts, where the fibre is tough-

est and most enduring. '

You’ll say that Rouge Rex Shoes are the most economical shoes you

ever owned, and you’ll rejoice in the comfort they give you. Notice

how thick the leather is, and then feel how soft it is. Just like velvet.

Yet Rouge Rex shoes wear like iron. And they never tire your feet.

We make a Rouge Rex work shoe for every purpose. All are horsehide

through and through. For field and factory, for lumber and mining camp

or oil fields, for hunting and motoring, where a husky. grief defying com~

fort-giving shoe is needed, there is a special Rouge Rex shoe.

If your dealer hasn’t the Rouge Rex we’ll see that you are supplied them

by our nearest dealer. Write to us if you can not find a Hirth-Krause

dealer in your tomin.





HIRTH-Kgoégggo SPMPANY _

SHB‘E HAHUHGWBERS and TMlllEBS, Grand Rapids. Mich.

Write us direct if yuo cannot find our dealer. ‘





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lf‘lt().\l “0(th ’l‘llS’l‘lCl), l-‘lllil‘l lt.\\‘(lI'I llll'..\\"\' l..\\'l.\'(: FLUCKR. ALI. VAlllE’l‘IES.

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WHITE “TANINJT’J‘ICS. WHITE R001 l‘.l'l"l~‘ RM‘KS ........................................... $17.50

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EXTRA SELM‘TE’I) FLOORS ................ : ....................................... $2.00 per 100 higher

.\ll lots of 500. $1.00 1101‘ 100 discount. Largv l’ril-c Inst for ntum mail.





Postpaid full 1ch delivery guaranteed. ,Hatched by the most‘modcm mvthud of incubation from good. vigorous,

pure-bred varieties. carefully excluded and safely packed. .\u cataloging Order right from this ad and save

time and dicappolntmmt. Tlsfcrencu, Chesanlng State Bank or any business in (‘ln-saning,



Address BABlflN'S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM. Guy L. Babion. Prom. Chesaning. Mich.





Buy “Better Quality” CHICKS





Wu are in n pnsézlun to {unilsh chicks from some of the best flocks of ENGLISH WHITE LFA.’lH)RNS and

ANFONAS tn lu- luul. regardless of price. We will hr plcascd to Show any prosper-two customer the flocks

from Which we bun-11 our chicks and have them insxm-t our modern equippedhatchery. ('hicks sent postpald.

100% good live chicks and your absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Instructlve cataloguc and prices free on

request. '





QUALITY HATCHERYhLock Box '42, Zeeland, Mich.





Egg Bred White Leghorn Chicks





From our famous wintcrlaying English White Leghorns. Largo. vigorous birds of film utility type. Wonder-

ful layers—the result of many years of breeding for increased production of large. white eggs. Our grade A

chicks are from these schctml females matcd with pelllgrecd sires brctl from 200 to 30:: egg dams.

descefidents from Penna, Poultry [farm's egg laying (-nntest Winners. limitaluy Lady Victory. 30! eggs and

Keystone Maid, 306 eggs. Prim-s: 27-. $3.75: 30. $7; 100. $13}: 500, $02.90; 1000, $120.00.. Full count and

live arrival guaranteed by prepaid part-cl post, ()rdur dirf‘ct from ad. Sou can do so With absolute safety.

as you are fully protected by our guurmxtm- of perfect sailsmctlou. Reference, chland State Bank. Catalog





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GUARANTEED CHICKS 1?.





RURAL





Emu)” VALUES IN HIGHEST QUALITY. PROVEN l AYERS

PURE BRED S. 0. English White. Leghorus. Heavy Laying Brown 1.23,. Select An-

conas. Heavy winter layers. Result. of constant breedingfor high flock gn-erages Buy di.

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  OOd ChiCkS- Fair" Prices





Pedlgroed and Utility Graded of Barron Type White teams. Barred Rocks, s. c. R. I. Reds. Customers

report, pdllerts‘laylng at 4 mos. 20 days. Pedigreed chicks fryn flocks headed by males bred by Mich. 5.8.. _

came from unwanted hens or 200 to 300 egg records Moms. 25. $5.50; '50; $10: 100. $20., Book: and

“Reds. 15: $6.75: 50. $12.50: 100. $25. Umltxchicks from selected, free-range flocks. pure-bred. heavy egg-

stmln hens -- Great Value in Medium Prlr‘ed (t‘hlcks. {W Lie-ghouls. {1.5, 34:50; 50, $7.50: 100. 815: 500. 370:

m. 6136. Based Racks and Bods. 25:85.50: 50: $3.50: 190. $18; 500. $85: 1m.~sms. Smenld.Dlmnt’

of 2d per chick on all orders with remlttance-ln full sum in bcfore April 19C. qugld 97% live debug; '.





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BllllEIlEllS’ DIRECTORY

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Dars before date of publication





 





 





{Andy Adams,





LITCHFIELD, MICHIGAN‘

Michigan’s Leading Live





Stock Auctioneer

DATES and TERMS on APPLICATION





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Registered IIIIIsIeiHs





‘Ask us about a'Real’Bull a

Maple Crest or an Ormsby.





JOIIILH.'WIIIII, IIIc., Rochester, Minn.





 





 





 





5 Grand Champions

ZSFIRSTS





and otheI prizes. Such was the remarkable performance

of our animals at the 1922 Michigan State Fair. What

could he better proof of the unvaryinz 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



EDG R OF DAL ENY

into your herd and you will have Individuality. distinc-

tion and quality.~

The services of our Grand Champion Stallion.

g GEORGE HENRY

are available.

Your correspondence and inspection are invited.





WILDW-OOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

w. r. SGRIPPS. Prop. SIDNEY sIIIIrH, Supt.





 





 





 





 





Public Sale of

Aberdeen-AngusCattle





at Bellevue Stock Farm, Merrill, Mich.

Wed. Mar. let, 1923





at l o’lock P. M.

22 head 15 females 7 bulls

8 cows with calves at foot 7 heifers





An opportunity to buy real quality cattle at

your own price.



.These cattle are right in pedigree and indi-

viduality, Teeming In the blood of such fash-

ionable families as, Blackbirds, Aricas and





Prides. In this offering will be found real

show prospects. This.sale should appeal to

beginners.





Nine months time will be given on bankahle

notes. Write for catalog. Farm easily

reached by rail or auto.





Auc’s. Col.J.P.Hutton, D.J.McInnes





RUSSELL BROS, Prbp.

Merrill, (Sag. Co.,) Mich.





AUCTION





MAR. 22, 1923





I will sell at public auction all the live stock of the

late Frank Smith Somerset Hillsdalo County,

Mich. consisting of a herd of 17 re istered and elig-

ible to register Ayrshire Cows and oifel's, and three

bulls. (Catalog on request.) Eleven head of extra



nod Grade Holstein Cows. Fifteen head of Grade

fiolstein Young Cattle. 13 head of good Work Horses.

China BIood Sows from reg-





 





Ten Largo T ype Poland

istered stock. Also one 12- horse Gasoline Engine.

one Hinman \lilking Machine



Ayrshire Cattle will be sold between 11: 00 a. m and

l: m. Somerset is located on N.Y .0. R. R...

Ypsilfnti and Hillsdale Branch. Trains arrive and

depart from the East 10: 37 _a. m.7and 4: 00p .m. From

the West 8:57 a. In. and 1:4 5p .m. Good hotel accom-

modations here if desired.



TERMS O SALE—All sums of 82500 and under

cash. over that amount 5 months' credit. with

good bankable notes at ’l per cent interest.

Those coming from a distance please bring Bank

Reference. Auc. John T. Hellman. Andy Adams





Fred S. Smith, Admin. J. D. McLouth. Clerk





' Aberdeen Angusllo heifers. 6 bulls

Reg‘Stered from eightto fourteen months.

Best of breeding. The growthv kind that makelgcod

Reasonable. Inquire of EJ.W Wilber. Clio. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





» 2 Choice Heifers about a this.” old for $800. Bull old enough

for light service. out of tar Erwin who is making a

..M Williams. No. Adams. Mich.





fine record 8150.

GUERNSEYS 53321253225323





f world chum Ions A. 11.0 ows. Federal inspected.

ICKS‘ GUI: NSEY FARM. Saginaw, w. S.





For





 





sale Illegistered Guernsey cows. May Rose Brood-

lling al so bull calves $50 each. Resist tered A.

JOB NEBELS. 11.2 Holland. Mich.





The Traverse Herd





, We have what you want in BULL CALI/£8. the large.

if.” wthy type. guaranteed right in every way

from high producing A. B. _0. Knee-tors

Msmuowwlh Writotor ”Jigsaws



We obOut undesired ‘ -





H I t ' Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

ll 3 Gill re istered and high-grade.w Price :20 up.

Splendid in ividual s and breed Write us your re-

quirements. Browncroft Farms. McGraw. N. Y





FOR SALE IIIHs sssIs BIlEElIIIIIi





Born Sept. 26. 1922 His dam recently qo mglcted semi-

oificial test giving 12. 475. 3 poun of mil an d 449. 004

pounds of butter. Average (1 res recently given

show 3600 pounds of milk in a year for Michigan

cows. You will notice that this cow shows an increase

of 4001. This milk production 00!!!“an with show

type is a. decided asset as a future herd sire





GRAND RIVER STOOK FARMS Jackson. MchI.

Gorey J. Spencer, III E. Main St.





REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





A few of those Iarg’e size Straight Top cons fuI

sale. Some with good official records. these would be

excellent for a foundation herd. 1 Vi. SHUIIMAN





Fowlerville. Mich.

B 11 adv. Jan. 27 sold to Ex- Gov. Warner. Daughters

u of his bred to son of largest semi record heif-

or In Wayne 00. Terms S50aye e.ar Federal tested.

M. L. McLAULIN, Redford Mich.





 





 





accepted In payment of finely bred reg

‘ “and "Old istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best. and at prices within reach ovf all. Write





GEO. .CLARKE. assar .Mich'

Reg. Holstein Heifer. 9‘ Black





FOR SALE 4 weeks oldR at 1840.00. ARTHUll





C. MOORE. Lawrence. Mich.





BUTTER BRED JERSEY BULL"

FOR SALE

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM,

Silver Creek. Allegan County. MIchIgan.

Jersey bulls ready.

All





FOR SALE: for service.





cows Register of Merit. Accredited her l'.d

SMITH AND PARKER. R. 4. Howell, Mich.





 





 





' Holstein cows. heifers and heifer calveé

Registered priced reasonable. Best of breeding

Bulls pricRe'tlig 30v?” quick. All test-





and production.

Akron. Mich.





ed and guaranteed. B. B ‘Y,





Lillie





Inc. old.





 





Farmstead Jerseys For sale. 3 heifers

bred to freshen this fall. 2 bull calves, 6 tall

Colon 0. Lillie. Coopersville, Mich.





 





 





cattle. young bulls. for

sale. Tuberculin tested





Registered Jersey

Lake Odessa. Mich.





J. L. CARTER.

entire herd Rog. Holstein





FOR SALE MilchCowst10l.Young males.





RAY B, PARHA \1 ,





 





Bronson. Mich.





 





 

 

 





Produce Your Own F eedors

under EARLIRIPE

HEREFORD BEEF

PLAN. asshpazrnsszhat

ersonally the success ofother M ichi-

gan Farmers. 1‘ or information write





S no. (Herefords since 1839).

T. F. B. Sothams & Coir Mich.





HEREFORDS





- For Sale at Farmer' 5 prices

5 yearling bulls 8 yearling heifers

10 of the'above sired by our $520()_ Repeater bull.

We have others not related. This' Is an opportun-

ity to start in good stock at a moderate price.





ALLEN BROS.





616 So. Wont St., Kalamazoo, Mich.





Richland Shorthurns





Special offer on several bulls at Farmers' pric-

es. Suitable for grading up purposes where

beef is required. Also several high class herd

headers of the best of breeding. —





0. ll. Prescott & Sons.



Office at Tawaa City. Mlch. Herd of Prescott, Mich.



Bidwell Revolution Jr. heads herd

Shorlhoms Sire. Revolution. Dam. Maxwalton Rose‘

wood 3d. 2d Dam. Imp. Rosewood 86th. Now offering

on no good roan two year old bull out of a Mart Mari-

gold dam. also a few cows and heifers cafe in calf.

Prompt attention to cor respondence--visitors welcome.





State Accredited herd. One hr. from Toledo. 0. N. Y. C. R.

EL‘L STOCK FARM. Tecumseh. Mich" Box





Milking





milk.



ShorthoI-n Breeders’ A 8 h.

Clayton Unit Scotch Torah an'd .IMtlk Igliiiionmé

forests all ages. W. J. Hink or. See If. hing. .Ilich





 





 





ohably. An ac-





Slim-thorns priced re

for beef and





credited herd se lecte





 





 





FOR SALE Shanon am. “amuse”...





SIMON a MIIonIIILn a 5. Mindlcyille MIcIi.‘





B St d P H assert ilk

Dogmfind‘ll‘cw o 0 human strain





   

 





 





 





Beland and Beland. Tecumseh. Michigan '





‘95:va 5's" r16. purist}; :4.





 





 





Breeders Page





By P. P. Pope





 





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. RUSSELL pno‘rI-Ieas' Demos:





HERE is a farm overuin the Sagi-



naw Valley that folks call “The

Bellevue Stock Farm."

the little town of Merrill one mile

northof M. 46 and is owned by Rus-

sell Brothers. They have beendevct-

ing their energies for‘several years to

the production-of Aberdeen-Angus cat-

tle; Periodically they sell admit of

them at public auction. and they have

a Very attractive lot of cattle to offer

this spring. The type iii cattle they

have been producing on the rich level

fields of the Bellevue Stock Farm,

have lots of scale and a very good denH

gree of quality.



I was much interested in a cross-

bred heifer that offers a very good

demonstration of the quality of beef

that can be produced by mating Hol-

stein cows to Angus bulls. Also a few

grade steers and heifers on this farm

showed a marked degree of Angus

quality.



It is a useful lot of cattle that the

‘boys have developed on this farm and

it is with no little pride that they show

them to visitors- One of the brothers

has moved to. town so they are making

a considerable reduction in the size of

the herd, but are reserving a few of

the good ones for themselves.





 





GRATIOT COUNTY DU ROCS.





HE Gratiot county breeders of Du;-



roc swine have formedthemselves

into’an association and one cfatheir.

activities is an annual

sale. They are in the habit of putting;

up a high class offering at these sales

and as a result have been realizing

strong prices. Weather conditidns,"the

price of pork, and plenty of bred sows

for sale in this community, combined

to- hold prices down this year. and re-

sults were not so satisfactory as last

year.



The top of the sale was first prize

winner in her class last fall at the

local countyvfair. She was consigned

by‘J. B. Miller,- and bought by Roy

Marzolff, of Ithaca, for $155.



The forty—six head realized $2,056,311

average of $45 per head. The Katie

as follows: ‘



Alonzo Simcox Ithaca. . . .847. 00

Eli Roberts, Middleton . . . . . 50: 00

L. E. Johnson, Sumner. . . . . . 40. 00

HarveyWassoiI. Ithaca .. . . . . 40.00

Jas. Hnetynka, Perrinton... 45.00

0. O. Hagerman, Ithaca 29.00

Louie Schultheiss, St. Louis 40.00

0. 0. Hagerman 35.00

. J. H. Warner, Breckenridge 35.00

Eli Roberts.................. 44.00

2 . Wm. Hubbard, Ithacaa. . . . . . 45.00

12. L. E. Johnson, Sumner. . . . . . 43. 00

. Howard Erickson, Ithaca ‘39 00

C. A. Story, Lowell 60.00

Haynes & Green, Elsie . . . . . 42. 50

Wm. Edgar, Breckenridge .. 50. 00

17. Elmer White, St. Louis .41.00

Haynes & Green 38.00

. Daniel H. Fisher, Ithaca..... 46:00

. Daniel H. Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . .46.'00

Geo. D. Clark, Ithaca '. . . . . . 60.00

Alonzo H. Simcox 40.00

.0. N. Martin, Ithaca . . . . . . . 30. 00

25. J. H. Warner, Breckenridge 55. 00



T M. Lamy. Ithaca . . . . . . . . 42.00

. D. S. Herrictt, St. Johns.... 43. 00



Haynes & Green 49.00

29. G. E Ester, Ithaca ‘ 60.00

‘ Roy Curtiss', Breckénrldg .. 52 00

31. Roy Marzolfif Ithaca . . . ;. . . . .155. 00‘

Dr. F. R. McNabb‘, Ithfica. .. 70 00

..AIOQ'ZO Simco ‘ . . . . z . 1.... . 40.00





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TOPMAST SENSATlON





"The largestp of his sin Mich“ 11—-

stands 40 Iiiiies mist one yell-“51s.-





A boar whose sire was world’s Junior -

sire was twice





Champion, whose

Worlds Grand Champion. 7





some of his Toffspring in your herd?

Think it over.





Loss FARMS“





Charlev'oix,‘ , Michigan

‘ The Home of Grand Champions" .





BROOK". Tm mm m

SW MIT! “El Fg‘vllflfllp “Km WE”

Herd sires: Panama 55th DB1; BoneB Giant 8on-





amaASBecioli

on. “Breakwater rinoipal Col; hind Bmckwatu'

II. All are exc dpticrmlon ndividuals and





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fianvsggvlv; on“ t eir abllityto

II Arbor. Michigan

umerh‘FA Owner. J. .Andrevn.





 





Whitney Farms Durocs

We offer an excellent line of bred sows and silt!

well as two boars that are real sires. Prioodto .





Write for pede’rec

BITNEY FARMS. Whitney. Mich





 





Woodlawn Farm ”@2. 53“,:531‘





ments. length. size and qualityy 0

sale at reasonable {IvI-icesB and ful {mounted}. W to

. Alma. Mic





your wants. BART-L





I AM OFFERING BRED SOWS





fall yearling and spring gilts. bred for March and

April furrow. that are tops. M afltodtoo 0.11001.



2nd and Orion Giant Col. I’Writo for price l.ist

W. C. TAYLOR. Milan, Mich.





 





 





BURNS—Special Sale 33..”‘8 '3l'..’,°‘i.““.f'm" ‘“





spring furrow. Alsot now wei hin 2001“

All sired by or MmfidG to State piFair winn “rs g

GANA FARM. Pa’vilon. Mich.





Plum Cree Stock Fa arm has a





00500 JERSEYS choice loto fall boars for sprint





service. Large hoDavy boned type.





 





teed. F.J DRODT, Prop. R. 1. Monroe Mich

Duroc Jerseys. fi,.fif‘.{,“-‘“°5°'°““°’“ "

CARET ILEDMOND. Hastings. Mich.





 





pursue—Jerseys are fewtoPathflnderw allot:

Fcust's Top 001;. E D. Heydsnberlr. Way/mmndtch.





 





tall boars cited 16! Master Col. Walt. Bred





buroc no" I}? Egan... it SON holera immune.





Henderson. Mich.





 





is It Worth“ While?





A real boar

Dams of Dofo





If so.





We have them of Sept. furrow. notoniy showing

extreme guitar}? but greater size than you will

expect to {follow M 29 to





Kope-Kon Farms, Coldwater,Mich





Bean amln’s 523......“ "m mwfiamm-

bloodlingue of Chimpioul Ind





pg sired by Wood‘ordfionantion.

n or or Pathfinder breeding.





 





OHESTEB"“'“°“°’ "Ml

Marauders .

roadtosuecesam than’an living





man. Lettrhe-hel





start. Cos

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WHTITE’S





Chester Whites,





bred cows and tits.

Io Mile and all... ads. Royal on. Mich.





CHESTER WHITES .





Bears all sold. Bred sow sale March 8th.

FRED L. BODIMEB. Reese. Mich.





 





We are offering some

choice fall pill. also





 





Ch Wlhite Bred Bocws for A 111 Palm v.1)“.

OStGr‘l lo'odl lip on d

approval. OSCAR-u FATE? liaison. 0th saloon on





Chester Whites 83°5‘gs‘59c?” m“ w“

ALBERT DORE, Clinton. Mich.





 





 





O. l». C’s and Chester Whites





Gilt: sired by Mich State Fair Gr. Champion

1921. andrbrsd for Mai-ch and April fart-ow to





ulch. State Fair Jr. Champion 1922. the common ,





sense type and price.





 





 





 





ANDY ADAMS. 4 .Litchfield. Mich.

0.1. Cy? “fyfi'm' Vallta furowluMar



oLovsn I. Is lb" I'm. Monroe. inst. '

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Satisfaction guaran. .





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Prices reasonable. Weber Bros.
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RENme

Truck Scales





The first time the famous

Renfrew scales have been of-

fered on such liberal terms.





Here is a portable weighing

machine as easily handled as

a wheelbarrow which weighs

with absolute accuracy any-

thing from one pound to 2000

pounds. Absolutely guaran-

teed to be the equal in capa-

cityand accuracy of any farm

scale. regardless of price .





I Will stand up under hardest





i usage. Enables you to check

, . / up on everything you buy

\- and sell.

Saves Its Price

Users everywhere tell us that it saves money

and makes money every day. In three deals

alone one buyer-reports a saving of $50.00—





principally because he was able to take the

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CONDUCTE BY DR. W. C. FAIR.

Advice through this column'il given free ‘to our subscrib-

ers. ‘ Letters should mic fully the history and symptoms of

each use and give. name and address of-thc writét. Initials

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

service becomes private practice and 81 must be enacted.





 





 





—-.Elephantiasis.——During last summer

1/ fed my horse some oil meal; hind

leg swelled, opened in several places,

but healed. Our veterinary said he





it. His leg‘ remains enlarged, but he

does-not walk lame. A. G. 0., Lawton,

Mich—Light feeding ,of grain ’when

idle, ,keeping bowels open, daily exer-

cise will help ward. off future attacks,

but his ailment is incureable. Hand-

rub leg twice daily.





Chronic Lymphangitis.-—Horse was





leg was badly swollen; have applied

liniment, also blisters, but leg remains

thick. Can he be cured? I. P., Ray,

Indiana—No, his leg. will remain

thick. Had you given him cathartic,

fomented swelling with warm water,

fed no grain, walked him some three

times a day, his leg would have soon

reduced to its normal size. Another,

bad result of stuffing idle horses with

(gralin and failure to exercise them

am y. ~





Ringbone.——My seven-year—old horse

has ringbone. I would like to enrol

him. W. M., Evart, Mich—Give him:

rest. clip off hair, apply one part red:

iodide of mercury and four parts lard.

once every week or ten days.

fails, have him fired.





 





 





rubs her tail. E. M. J., Buchanan.

Mich—Don’t forget the importance of

washing tail occasionally, with soap

and water, apply one part bichlorid‘e‘

of mercury and 1,000 parts of water

three timesa day.





_ Horse Eats Wood.—I have a horse

sixteen years old that eats his man-

ger, chews wood, licks earth. ~Had~

teeth floated one year ago. E. E. D.,

Fowler, Mich—Mix equal parts baking

soda, ginger, gentian, salt, powdered

wood charcoal together and let him

help himself. Feed some roots.





High-colored Urine.—Urine which

my 'eleven-month-old heifer passes

seems to have a. little blood in it, or

it may be only high-colored. She

seems to be in good health. H. J. M.,

Pontiac, Mich—Give her a teaspoon

of acetate of potash in feed or water

once a day. She may have been in-

jured. ' '





Want on Navel.——I have a. ten-month-

old heifer that has a large bunch on

navel which resembles a wart. There

are three more small ones between the

navel and udder. C. B., Riga, Mich.—

Cut them out, then apply one part of

alum and nine parts boric acid daily.





Loss of Appetite—One of our cows

came fresh three weeks ago; since

then her appetite has been poor; she

is most fond of grain; she passes some

T. L., Levering, Mich.——Give





three times a day. Feed her some

roots and clover or alfalfa.





\White Scours.—-—We have registered

cow that has had three calves, every

one of them have died of the “white

scours.” One of them lived about

three months. one a. week old. the oth-

er lived only a few days. S. P., Clare,

Mich—You should clean and thor-

oughly disinfect your stable, prepare

a stable for your cow to calve in;

promptly clean the navel of calf, paint

cord stub with tincture 'of iodine, then-

apply boric acid three times a day;

also give calf a full dose of white

scour serum soon as it is born.





Abnormal Appetite—Some of my

cows are

sticks, old pieces of blankets. W. N.

M., Bay City, Mich—In treating such

cases we must try to improve the

process of digestion and to supply the

animal with a. sufficiency of. sound,

wholesome food. Mix carbonate of

iron, feur ounces: powdered gentian,

six .ounces; powdered fenugreek, four

ounces: salt, (fight ounces; finely

ground bone or

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our, one pound; give -





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A few fall pigs for sale. Sired by “The Wolverine"

a grandson of “The Rainbow and Big Bob" the great-

est yearling hour I ever owned has size combined

‘ with quality. Come and see the real kind. .



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BIG TYPE POLANDS





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

prices. Tuscola Clansman is our young herd sire.

first rize plg at Mich. State Fair Litter from him

will mprove your herd. Public sale Feb. 1. Write

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

ship they are bred to the best hour I have seen

this fall. A. I). GREGORY. 1:3, Ionla. blil'h.



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blood lines. Aberdeen-Angus bulls. Heifers and

Cows that are show w lune-rs. 'ri’te or come. .



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' P .land Chinas. Attractive spring

Mapleh “1 gi(lts bred to a grandson of Liberator,

Now ready for sale. George R. Wheeler Mt. Pleasant.

Michigan.





Large Type P. C.





The Real Kind A few of those big. smoothnretchy.



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Large Type Poland Chinas

Fall pigs of either sex. Sired by Foxy Clansman

43797.3 Mich. Sr. Champ. 192‘}. 'l"s Clansman 391211

Mirh. Sr. Champ. 1920 and T's Big 0range481463.

Write or come and see them. _



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' Poland China Gilts sired by M ich

Large Type Liberator. & Big (‘hevkr-rs. Bred

to model Giant and Mich. Libermm-rd. fur Mun-b dc

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April furrow. George F.





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Bred sows and gilts sired by King Wonder 30035 broil to

l’erfectign Builder also full boars and ullts. If imm-

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l . - Bob and 1075 Peter Pan. Bred m Model Clans-

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800 BRED EWES

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in lots 0160 or more, black faced. from 1 to 4 yrs old;

no broken months. in good cendition, bred to 'Shro -

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For Sale First Class ‘ffif,°‘;°’::,’; S‘filfifigg

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Whites. om. bred for April and May ru-‘

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

' Tuesday, March 13. 7‘

Wheat.

Detroit.—~No. 2 red at $13415; No. 2



mixed $1134%; No. 2 white $1.341/.

Chicago—No. 3 red at $1.31; 130. 2



dark northern $1.23; May $1.19.

Toledo—Cash $1.35@1.36.





Corn.

Detroit.-——Cash No. 2, 790; No. 3 yel-

low. 77c. ,

Chicago—No. 2 yellow 73%@751/éc;

No. 2 miXed 73%@74%c.

.Oats.

Detroit.—~Cash No. 2 white 491/2c;

No. 3, 48c.

Chicago—No. 2 white 451/2@4614c.

No. 3 white 44@45c.



, Beans.

Detroit—Immediate

shipment $7.75. .



Chicago—Choice hand-picked Mich-

igan beans $8.25; red kidneys at $8.60.



New York—Choice pea $8.50; red

kidneys $8.50.





Rye.

Detroit—Cash 84‘1/2c.

Chicago—None.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red~clover cash at

$12.75; April $12.25; alsike at $10.25;

timothy $3.30.

Toledo—Prime red clover cash at

$12.75; alsike at‘ $10.50; timothy cash

at $3.40.





and prompt





Hay.



Detroit.~—No. 1 timothy $16@16.50;

standard $15.5Mi)16: lightmixed at

$15.50@16; No. 2 timothy at, $l4’@15;

N0. 1 clover $13,114; rye straw $11.50

@12; wheat and oat straw $11@11.50





per ton in carlots.

" Feeds.

Bran $33; standard middlings at





$37.50; fine do $39; cracked corn $36;

coarse cornmeal $34; chop $30 per ton

in 100-pound sacks.



Fruit.





Applestonathans $6.50 a bbl.;

Kings $5.50@5.75; Northern Spies $5

@6; Greenings $5.50@5:75; Wageners





“((114.50

WHEAT





While exporting countries altogether

have more wheat, than importing coun-

tries will .be able to buy, stocks in the

United States are not excessive. The

official estimate upon farm reserves as

of March 1 was 153,134,000 bushels as

compared with 134,253,000 bushels last

year and an average of 156,000,000

bushels. Prices advanced following the

issuance of the report and the market

may be lifted out ot'_the rut by it. Con~

ditions as to receipts, flour production

and export demand remain about the

same as in the last two or three

weeks. Prices recently prevailing

should be sustained in the next few

weeks and an advanCe may occur, es-

pecially if the southwest does not re-

ceive more rain. On the other hand.

an extremely favorable turn in spring

weather would have a very depressing





effect.

CORN





Based on the estimate of March 1

reserves, disappearance of corn in the

last four months was 1,965,000,000



' bushels which is the largest on record



with the exception of last .year when

.the total was 2,027,000,000 bushels.

Farm reserves on March 1 were 1,087,-

412,000 bushels. Adding the visible

supply makes a total of 1,115,000,000

bushels,.or about 230,000,000 bushels

less than last.year and

bushels less than two years ago. Like-

wise it is less than the apparent con-

sumption in the last eight months of

each of the last two crop.years. Con-

mdering the increased number of ani-

mals to be fed, the outlook for corn

prices 18 promising. * ’





OATS

Roldings of oats on farms and in‘the

visrble supply on March 1 were about

450,000,000 bushels or 30,000,000 bUsh-

els less than last year and 58,000,000





‘ . bushels less than the twelve-year av-





erage. Since oats consumption has

been running rather high in themlg’st

, _> seven months, the‘ market should 'show

,kstren‘gthiin the remainder of the crop





 

 

 

 





late in central and eastern '

‘ klahoma {ind} Kansas





475,000,000 ,





:31? HSeeding‘of'Ioats is'nearly coup





 





 





has-started in». Mis- guidover 8.966;? Marketldsflartéun





SEEDS - _



Receipts of clover seedat the prin-

cipal markets are running heavier

than at this time a year ago, while

shipments therefrom are lighter._ The

spring demand has been disappointing

thus far, and prices are the lowest .111

many weeks. Official estimates indi-

cate that less of the crop ,of red, al~

sike and sweet clover seed, but more

of the surplus‘alfalfa and timothy seed

has been shippedrfrom producing Ysec-

tions than at the corresponding time





a year ago. -

FEEDS .





While prices of most feeds are prac-

tically steady with a week ago, offer~

ings are increasing, especially ofwheat





feeds which are quoted at a discount





of $3 per ton for -April shipmcnt. De—

mand usually subsides as soon as grass

is available. At present consuming sec-

tions are buying at a 'moderate rate,

while production of most feeds is in

fairly large volume. Linseed meal has

eclined sharply in the last ten days.





HAY





Prices for good hay are firm in most

markets, with advances quoted at sov-

eral points. Receipts are re‘:‘.t.ively

light because of weather and road con—

ditions.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Receipts of eggs-at the four leading

markets in the last ten days have

been about one-third lighter than in

the corresponding period of 1922. 'l‘h.n

prolonged cold spell in February is

probably responsible, as the check in

production which it caused is now be—

ing reflected in market supply. But

offerings from Texas and Oklahoma

for early shipment have increased in

the last few days and prices have

weakened sharply. \Vith heavy con-

sump‘ion during the Easter’ period

still to be supplied and no sign of ac-

cumulation thus far, the market may

regain a good deal of this loss. The

receipts of dressed poultry ‘at the four

leading markets have dropped down

to a more normal figure for this sea-

son. and with current consumption

running higher than last year, heavier





   





 





 





necessary in the last week.- ,

Chicago.—~Eggs miscellaneous 25%

@260; dirttes 24@25c,; checks at 23@

24c; fresh firsts 26%@26%c; ordinary

firsts 25@25%c. Live poultry, hens

at 24c; springers 25c; roosters 16c;

ducks 25c; geese 13c; turkeys 200.

' Detroit—Eggs fresh candled and

graded .33c. ,Live poultry at 26@270;

light springers 24c; heavy hens 26@

270; light hens 24c; roosters at 17c;

geese 20c; ducks 30c.





' ’BU'I'I-‘ER ,

After opening strong andhigher, the

.butter markets declined slightly then





turned firm toward the close of last.”





week. "Production reports show furth-

er increases and the supply at the

leading markets is expected to enlarge

gradually as spring weather develops.

Stocks of storage butter are extremely

small for this season. 'ot' the year so

that the market. lacks a balance wheel.

Dealers avoid accumulations and the

market is highly sensitive to indica-.

tions at an increased supply. '



Prices on 92-score fresh butter were

as follows: Chicago 471/20; New York

480. In Detroit fresh Creamery in tubs

sells for 46@471/éc.





POTATOES





Shipments of potatoes from pro-

ducing sections have averaged around

5.000 cars in each 'of the last' two

weeks. This, is slightly larger than

the record movement in corresponding

period of 1922. The early crop of

while. potatoes in ‘thesouthern states

is estimated at 146,750 acres as com-

pared with 190.37 acres last year.





APPLES





llarrellcd apples were steady to firm

last week while boxed stock is advanc—

ing. Shipments from producing sec—

t.‘ons are running about fifty per cent

above. the average for this season of

the year. New York Baldwins are

quoted mostly at $5@5.50 per barrel in

consuming markets. . '





BEANS





~The bean. market is quiet with the

choice hand—picked whites quoted at

$8 per 100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan





 





 





 





Wednesday,





DETROIT





Receipts 430. Market is strong at

Tuesday’s advance.





Best steers ............. $ 8.12561) 8.50



Handyweight butchers 7.50@ 8.25



Mixed steers and heifers 7.00@ 7.50



Handy light butchers. . . . 6.25@ 6.75



Light butchers .......... 5.00@ 5.75



Best cows .............. 5.256;) 6.00



Butcher cows . . ......... 4.2501: 5.00,

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



Canners ..... . .. . . . . . . . . 2.50@ 3.00



Choice bulls . . . . . . . . . 5.50'@ 6.00



Bologna bulls . ......... _. 4.75@ 5.50



Stock bulls . . . . . . . . ..... 4.00@ 4.50

Feeders . . . . . . . .. . ..... 6.00@ 6.50



Stockers 4.75@ 6.00



Milkers and springers. . . .





40.00@75.00

Veal Calves. '

Receipts 698. Market steady.

Best -. . . . . . ...'. . . . . . . .$13.50@14.00

Others '6.00@12.5

Sheep and Lambs. . , '

Receipts 674. Market steady.

Best lambs ... . . . . . . .s14.50@14.75





Fair lambs ..... . . . . . . . . 12.50@14.00

Light to common . . . . . . . 8.00@11.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 7.00@ 8.50





Culls and common .......

Hogs.





2.00@ 4.00





Receipts 2.252. Market is steady to.

five cents higher. '

Mixed hogs and yorkers . .$ 8.80-

Stags .. 4.00@ 5.0

Pigs,naoooooll'ooooooslooo . _8025





Roughs

Heavies





j Cinema

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2.

tiller. -Bulk~of sales; a

8.65;.h 71725 lbs ’8.





‘ ., 6.90 «

8-90@ii8a25,





Live. Stock Market Service l





March 14.





medium 200 to 250 lbs at $8.25@8.60;

light 150 to 200 lbs $8.50@8.65; light

lights 130 to 150 lbs $8@8.60; heavy

packing sows 250 lbs. up $7.25@7.50;

packing sows 200 lbs up $7.10@7.35;

pigs 130 lbs down $7@8.25. ‘





Cattle.





,Estimated receipts today are 8,000.

All classes active; unevenly higher,

mostly 10@25c up. Beef steers me-

dium and heavyweight 1100 lbs up at

$9.40@10.60; do medium and good at

$8.256L9.90; do common at $6.75@8.25;

light weight 1100 lbs down at $9.25@





10.45; do common and'medium at $8.50 ,





@925; butcher cattle heifers $5.65@

9.65; cows $4.50@7.75; bulls bologna

and beef $4.75@6.75; canners and cute

ters cows and heifers $5.60,@6.40; do

canner steers $3.75@5.25; veal calves

light and handywelght at $9.75@10.75;

feeder steers at $6.45@8.35; stocker

steers at $4.75@8; stocker cOWs and





heifers $3.75@5.50.





Sheep and Lambs.





Estimated receipts today are 16,000711Vii1‘8‘





Market slow and steady. Lambs 84

lbs down $13.-25@14.85; do culls and

common $9.50“@13.25: spring lambs at

$9.75@.13._50; ewes $6.50@6.75;

coil and common $3.75@6.75; yearling

wethers; $13.50@15.30. , , ’





‘ BUFFALO‘r





‘- -. fearing; - ~





, , sesame. car. ‘

Cs va's’ at $14,510,, ..

" ‘Hqgs... a.





g; £413.; ecfiiptslscars markotlis higher





 





H ‘,:‘.$‘8:75:@}l; trorkers» 9-353- .. 8 at";





withdrawals from: storage have béen’





ewes '





' Market steady. A»: '





$8.25. Statisticallil, the, situation is

strong as the quantity ot‘. beans still

held back is light'but prices are ram

tr high, which tends to restrict trad-





ing. . _

.. , wooL . . .

The wool consumption by domestic

mills in Januarywas closet to 80,000,-

000 pounds grease equivalent weight





and probably the highest in the his;





tory of the industry. As mos mills

are oversold, on orders for clot , they.

have been using wool at somewhere

near the same rate during February

and early March. The tone of ‘the

wool market- improved last week. The

British markets and foreign primary

markets have become steady at the

slight declines _which‘developed in the

last month. Prices in this country did

.not follow the trend abroad although

the amount sold to mills declined

while foreign markets were easy.





CHEESE





Exporters bought two and one-half

million pounds of cheese for the ‘Eng-

lish trade last week and it was rumor-

ed ‘that a similar amount was being

negotiated for. This sale practically

‘cleans up the supply of twins, both at

Chicago and at country points. Prices

declined last week following the break





at country markets, although dealers.





were inclined to oppose making con—

cessions until the situation was more

definitely known. The loss in values

would have been grtater if export

buying had not occurred.

citymarkets are light and dealers are

reluctant to increaSe them ,to any ex.

tent at pres nt. Storage holdings in

the United States .on March 1 were

21,008,000 pounds. as compar ‘with

15,608,000 pounds last year and a five

year average of 22,820,000 pounds.





DETROIT crrv MARKET





The activity on the market is not

verygreat as it is the tag end of the

season. Apples and poultry are in the.

gr:atest demand and onions and pota-

toes still dtag. Apples bring $1@2.25

per but; beets 75c@$1.25; celery 25@

700 per dozen; cabbage $1@2; carrots

600@$1.25; eggs 40@500 per dozen;

dry onions $1.25@1.75: potatoes 50@

60c; live poultry 26@350; veal 16@

180; hogs 12@14c.





FARM CHUNKS M—dvme.





 





Trade in farm chunks is reported

brisk at practically allmarkets and is

expected to continue for another

month, by which time it usually tap-

ers off. Prices are far from flattering

with $75@150~ taking the bulk. Good

and choice drafters Weighing 1,600 to





1,900p0unds, are selling at $200@300,’





with the demand exceeding the supply.





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





Aberdeen-Angus.

March 21.—-Russell Bros, Merrill. ~





Ayrshires.





March 22—Fred S. Smith, Somerset.





‘ Mich., _F-arm Auction.

Poland Chinas.

March 22.—Sonley Bros... St. Louis.





Mich: Farm Auction.





March 22—Fred S. Smith, Somerset.





Accounts kept by some "farmers

shew them that they ought to add to





their incomes around $700 .a year, to '





take care of the part of the family

which is furnished by the farm.





 





 





 





 

   

   

   

 





 

 

 

 





 





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$031000 1,115 Recommend them to your,

vybearer. 01ng iciilgingwm

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your neighbors want. final-antes; money unfunded for

.» seed M W amw

Home Seed Farm. Pa water





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.5 Pouch.

- money;





- SWEET 610m SEED—Who!





' my and flavor. 5 lbs. chewing. $1. 50; smoking. :1. 25;





‘ These plants are

, list. .





’ GRAPEVINE SPECIAL OFFER—~12 No.1





-MIXED Color G’ladiela Flo'wer Bulbs. 1% u 2

inches “in diameter. 250 doz. 511%.. 5100. Post-

age pal any me. . Martha Osmond, Vernon. anon.





SBEEDAWAY Form Golden ~Russet





. specials at $10 each Careful attention to mail orders.





. D am. Wed. Sweet‘

Wm





 





CHARLIE. made with Gold!

hush. 1“qu enamel and :gold letters. with

.1 .dm. sautoir or card for wearing around the,

.mpomflsrwthOmeuthroughou outAmerica.





‘ . leading the originatw.

paid for, Jihad .Address W

Detroit-M ' A' "





mourn HEAL





Brawn, Furl! Bid!“





WAD W MACCO. Chewinl'

3115;; 10 pounds 53; 20 nounda. ”“25

“mm 15cm...“ 355‘...” 1““o‘figs‘ain“:



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Tobacco Union Paducab. Ky





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.Dsarbom





ten cents. Sim lex Products (lo-.8 - -SOF

St... Chicago.





50 Giant Black Minor-m Cooker-sis 32.2.5. Eels $8. 00

MikeSdhaeiar, Essen-111mm





gear ’100.





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”CHARDSWC ROCKY

Barred Rock Bdby Chicks, 31-6 per 100.

6383 $2110 anu- setting. Hanover. Mich.





I; pure Park .





11110111118





 





mm mason Baiw (hicks tram «our

uricdly manure arling hens. mated to

dam and sire?- dam each 151d no

to: yur. Edisfaction guaranteed. ce

mourners Poultry Farm, Route ’10, Ban

mazoo. Mich.





Rosalind.





47. Inla- g





 





nARnED fiocz CHICKS

an. contiaslt 1921, 264 and





swoe possible firsts. Greatest

class ever cooped. Grand Rapids 1923.

Jfree. L. Aseitine. PR. 1, Grand Rapids.M





from my stock that won

hens champion





production

(‘ atalogue

ich.





 





m Want!” 08!! $100 per 15. 0.11





m



Spooner, um,

WI. .thuee Dam ms.Pl oonsrreecir‘

cular. JOKE BASS. Pettendorf-

WHITE PMIN DUCKS, either sex; $2.50. Bronze

Toms. Toulouse geese. Chase Farms. Mariette. Mich.





FOR SALE W H. Toms. Large, healthy and vigorous.

A. Tm Senttville. Mich.





 





 





easy xcmcks





 





yellow biennial.





Inoculaior .‘lor alfdli'a, muzlnm: my beans. Best





 





 





WHITE WYANDOTI‘EB $18 per .1001;





$9. 50 for 50 and





 





 





 





NATURAL IEAF—Fo or years old. unexoelled qual-





,61. 50.

Farm- -





second grade smoking. 6 lbs. $1.00;

Pay for Macro and postage when reeceived.

ers' Exchange, Haweeville, Kellenolw.





FOR Slim—Straw!) erry Plants $3. 75 per 1,000 and

Raspberry Plants $1100 per 1,000 and



all state inspectedMt Write for price



Fred & Ben. Holly.Ml





 





 





Concord.

.2 white. 1 red.- maid $1. 00. Gables, Mich” Nurs-

eries. 1’! above doubled. with neighbor, you get 2 yr.

Spires. tree. .





TOBACCO. extra. duality. hand picked. nothing shod-

dy. satisfaction mused Chewin

mild smoking: 5 lbs.$175,10 lbs

money. postage vunpald. Chas Goff, Hardinaburg,Ky





 





, culled flocks on tree range.

amend.





cu)! m $4.751mr was; Barred

. gifmnmgnm . postman 261:. d”; afi‘bfifitfi 235- I-vfiSts {girl 13- 3“ 7513’ a?!) 5392303453" 32'

‘ ' ' ' . e oms per .



. Clover Grower. WY.0111_ $4 00 1a. 35 d With [at u 198.1. :5

13331011115; m “w“ 131mm? .0. ago 1...?“ guy 06 gm- itfld‘llflfi‘é‘ 25““ ”$38?“ “131.2113? 155.1

ingfs martin; 10 lbs. $2.00: 21) lease ' ..‘50 H‘““' M‘ mm" mm .

it as am- risk $311” yrerund ed tobacco return

COOPERATIVE BACCO GROW, Sedans, Ky, CHICKS GUARANTEED— Health sturd thriv-



3151.101110ij glficks $112112: aria piste éwithk'iehigzan

HOMESPUN ACCO-Chowin , 1113.. I. 75; on “11' 0 95° 0° "39: and Ba.

lbs. $3. 00. Smoking, 6 lbs, $3.5 25; 10 "1111‘ $2010..J gnomes. ”Hillel‘s-ands“ WI: alfghgsms' Bugs“ and

Pieand e nome, h P6961118 conkers DIV DMD (‘3'

refeed. 109311191)” 003.1000 oaovlr'iaks.” ”312133.10: tree. Funte'w Hitched! and Poultry Farms,

Ky; . Route 2, Zaclahd, Mich.



TOSBAOCO—Exlra. mnoklrghfi 1115.. $1. 00; 10 1118.. BABY CHICKS—S. C. White Ind Brown Iaghoms.

$15;0 20 lbs.. $2. 75 owing, 5 lune $1.0:5 10 Buff Gapingtone, Barred Plymouth Rocks. 5. and

lbs mm an] 11% consumed. O'CONNOR 11.0 Beds. 'Whito Wyandottes and Anconenc Free

S M0 , 13 meld KI. range on separate farms. $15. 00 per 10 0 up.





Writ.

for prices. P. W. Stone Hatchery, F. M. Millikan

Mgr” Fenton, man” Dock Box 4‘.





PEERLESS CHICKS—Hatched from bred- -to-lay S. C.

White Leghoms. They we selected long, deep—bodied,

with large lapped combs Liberal discount Live

arrival guaranteed. Catalog free. Reference Zeeland



Peerless Hatchery & Poultry Farm.

Box 9, Zeellmd, ..h





HIGH QUALITY utility baby chicks and hatching eggs

from certified flock S. 0. Win Leghorns. English

strain, bred to pedigreed cockerels from .



Chicks $18. 00 per 100; Eggs $8. 00 per 100. Macalwhlte

Poultry Yards, Caro. Mich.





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS 1 heavy egg producing strains.



S C. . Leghoms, An-

conas and Barred Becks. H amuled from closely

100% live arrival guar-l

Baker's Hatchery, Imesiown. Mich.





 





 





Ger-tilled Seed

Potatoes. Single bushel or car-load lots. Write

or wire for Moon Geo Harrison Mauton. Mich.

DO IT RIGHT. Keep safe mold. Bill of 89.1843

Form for Farmers and Breeders, $1.00 . 100.

8’8 Dime Bank. Detroit. Mich.





EARLY PLANTS Cabbage, Tomato. Potato. Peo-

nor. am. Hardy open field grown. Produne earlier

crops. Cntalog free. Plant Farms, .Ashburn. Georgia.





(‘ALICO SEED CORN. also Early Golden Surprise.

C. L. Freed. Lancaster 0.





“inns. Plants. Vines.

Joseph. 111011., 8. Z-B. 23





amen POTATOES —- Certified Peioakeys.

grown. Butternut Farm, Lupton, Mich.





 





 





 





Shrubs. J. Izanda. St.





 





Northern





BABY CHICKS. From Michi 'a (linmpion Layer-a





0: best Barron Strain. 0301a average 3232 eggs

than in one yr. All that toPodifieed Cock

birds. All rds Trap Em descriptivo





catalogue. Live arrivalp gar :ran'teed. Buick Poultry

Farm. 8.4.3031»! Eu nfllle.lVBoh





CHICKS—English type. White Leghorn; Andean.

From flocks culled Werner-1mm



poultry men. Quality is what we llgot. Trial orders



make permanent customers. 97%11erte





cry, Zeeland, Michigan.





'1 varieties. Best winter. laying strains.





(Heller;

for free catalog and price list. 01110 Reliable Hatch-





GUAU'I‘Y CHICKS. eggs.





Reasonable prices. Catalog free.

Farms. Columbia. Missouri.





Sixteen standard bred

"Free delivery.

Missouri





Poultry





 





CHICKS. From free range sel

lay All popular varieties Prices right.

catalogue.

ery, Homer. Michigan.





acted flocks

100% delivery gu'aran’teed. Homer





bred to

Send lor

Hail-h-





 





11.000 000 PU’REBR





CH ICES—Get our 20 page,

$11110ng before ordering. Rex Poultry 0o.. Clinton.





 





'live delivery guaranteed. free.





Hatchery, Clinton. Mo.





0611.108





eight pure breed varieties





25,000 mm chicks weekly. Lowest prices.'





Linden-om





CHIX 812 per hundred 11% Big. flufiy, vi orolus.

ighth season. 0 rcul or

free. Silver Spring Hatchery. Box97. Abingdon Ill





 





EGGS THAT HATCH: Chicks that live.





Low prices





‘ truck farm near Akron,





 





 





to

. anion.

(7111015119 Leghorns, bites: mnlity

mandated. acclimated. 0. > S - smaville.

Elohim





 





'TANCRED and Hollywood White Leghorn.

and chicks. Prices rum. Circular.





direct.

Ease Maple

Elam Farm, Jackson, Mich.





 





QR EDS hatchingF eggs, $6, 00 per 100. few chicks

£8.16. 00 per 1.00. (.lclerry denAlnmo. Mich.





HELP WANTED





 





MARRIED man with small family wanted to manage

60 acre fruit and vegetable farm with shrubs brand or-

namental "use. Beaugitul modern home; located

betweeen Ygsilan dAnn Arbor. Write Dr. 0. E.

Vreoland. 118 David nWhitney Bldg. , Detroit.





 





WE PH $200 monthly salary and efurnish rignnd

expenses to introduce our guarante poultry and

thin teck.ipowdus Bigier Company. X 683, Springfield.



os.





WANTED—Young couple without "children. to work

on small (arm inst out of city. Address Box M-s.

Michigan Farmer, Detroit.





 





WANTED—mp emerlenced gardener at once to run

Ohio. Courtland Marshall.

Mgr. Edgebrook Farms. Copley, Ohio.





 





POSITIONS WANTED





 





 





 





 





Market Place 3





Special discount given when used to combination with 7 other Copper Publications.

apecial real estate advertising rates on these papers which reach over a million and a





Won over5.000 prizes. Furnished Government and WTDOW. two sons ‘13 and 5%. want positions as

schools. Catalog free. Sterling Poultry Farms. housekeeper and chore boy. Farm preferred. Jennie

Box 3C0. Sterling. Ill. , Pelletier, Alba. Mich.

The Real Estate ..,, R... 5...... ......o...

On Thl a Page





35¢ a line per issue on 4 time orders



.Iinc per issue on 1 time orders ,

Write to!

1111! families_





 





 





in: those you are dealing with are absolutely h

aponaible and reliable.





PAY NO ADVANCE FEE; don't give option 0!





tie up real estate for any kind of contract without first kown‘





operable. rc-





 





 





Well Located 65 Acres,





an improved road. 2 miles to good live

population oifering all advantages, 18

city markets. milk collected. mall delivered.





53 acres loamy productive tillage,





14 plums. 16

variety of different kinds of fruit;





tern. maple and walnut shade.

lugs: 60 ft. basement barn

supply. 2 hen houses. other buildings,



retiring; includes 2 horses, 5 cattle, l

heating stove, small tools. mPrice‘ "’36t6 800,

cash down. balance easy



Lott. Elmdale. Mich.

628 Ford Bids" Detroit.





100 Tree Orchard, Horses, Cows, Tools





Here is a real bargain where you can enjoy a beau-

tiful home and make yourself independently wellzgff,





miles to big





10 acres woven

wire fenced pasture, 150 apples. 800 peaches.11 pears,

* cherries, grapes and berries; excellent

2 story 9 room

house, painted, good cellar, 3 porches. well and cis-

beautlrul surround-

cemented; handy water





72 chickens, long list farm machinery, kitchen range,





10 ML. E.

or MlénHlGAN FAROM AGENCY.





town





telephone,





aged owner

br'ood sow.





only part





 





ANCONAS—' Superior Quality”

Hatching Eggs from our prize winnin.

ing M. A. selected hreedingsioc

able. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Ancona Farm. Goldwater.





ORIGINAL flock Dr. Hensley El! W Strain,

Burr Leghorn: Chicks, Breeding Hens and Cookerels.

Also Tom Barren English Strain White



Chicks and Barred Rocks M. A. Stock. Circular

free Hillside Hatchery Farm. Holland, 1111011., 3.





heavy lay—

ces reason-

Catalog Mappings





 





DAMOQQWR. Prl 1'11. DotyDi

Gardens. T " wannaz N. Ye.“ Eh abi a

DOGS ‘



Shepherd. Males, Collies: Old English





11W

shepherd dogs: WOO; 100 illustrated instructive

list. W. 8.. Watson. 30! 35. Macon. Mo.





 





BABY OEICKS gbai'gain prices. Barred Rocks; White

and Brown Guam tee full 100% alive,

[ree dainty. Hhillview Poultry Farm Hatchery. R.

12, Mound, Mich.





BABY CHICKS from heavy egg producing strain.

American 8. C. W. orns closdy c





 





REGISTERED COLL-IE PUP?IF8. and . -

vercrest Kennels, Giadwln. 111111. 5110 up 811





POULTRY





COAL, BURNING 311009111113 ’50th 01105.

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

30 da e um. rioos way down. Folder free.

Geo ettsc'huraok. Lafayette. Ind.





—

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lumps 15mm Rose Comb Cockerele, hen.a

hatched. farm raised. 3151511111111 dark colored

birds from prize winning strains, $4 to $750. Two





.Bidwell Stock Farm, Tecumseh, Michigan.

BARB!!!) PLYMOUTH ROCKS ia- ifle. m and





eggs at reasonable prlces Fair View “Poultry Farm.

B. No.3, Boxhfiatinmmch.





 





 





rim—mm. Mean. linden. DUCKS—hide.

Rouen. Runner, Muscqvey m «Me. John

Haas. Bettendarf. Iowa. . «





at.r 111?). guard $310115); W “15m

3 W “1

comm. c. '5'? pushchairs-u. m





£15363} c0113 Rhoda01$:anl 03.11: Occurring.” hum

Ira s'. Billet. City Mich. ' I " «





1m

WINGOL’D RUFF OKPIN S—Best m win-

nus at (heel inland “£111.“th Great





 





 





 





 





router layers. mug-em moekaveragons

more). 1019.330 15: $5.00 Wm: $15.00 w

100. -0rdu'direot Iist‘l’ree. I. A. er.

813mm,,



anon mm! .13.. ‘ Large, Inlay“-

M11403],s to 35 l



HAW‘ -‘ 3



10.115... VEGESS 13.. maximum Daphn-





 





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1.11.1110.ng Wine. omen: Hitch a



m 1. l m m

aunties. 2% Million





BABY CHICKS 1‘5 Loadingv



lot 1.92am find‘thn't lay early. Large. vigorous,

11m kind. lowest prices. Send for large catalog.

3.11!“ 0111“qu 111.





31:13! CHICKS—Bauhaus for also and strength.

prices. Leghorns. Anounas. Rocks. Bede.

Wyahdostee. Orpingtons, Minorcas. Spanish, Brahmas.





 





_ Tyrone Pantry Farm, Fenton. Mich.

eruaov Ghloka—Pure Bred to—Lay Flocks Single





 





Comb White Leghorns. Anconls. Rooks, Reds, Pckin

5111chle fistulas. Slimrylmpuk Poultry Faun, Hills-

ae. c ‘





STERLING QUALITY InCHICKS_14 varieties. pure



Minspmd flocks. ’ Inspectors who knew a chicken.

Satisfaction positively guaranteed. Attraotlea prices.

Catalog f.ree F. C.la.rdy Ethel. Mo.





QUALITY (gHI'GKS for delivery eadh week after

Much let. S. White deananWr-na. 100$

gm delivery. Catalog tree. Standard Hatchery.





 





 





 





.Zeoland. 3.11011

ANCONAS—Sheppard’s famous strain-pm direct. Founda-

tion M from Sheppards first Chicks at.





farmers prices. Jacob ver Duln. Route L Zanland,‘





 





 





BABY CHICKS All) In TUBING EGGS

Direct from our & greatly reduced prices, only

and names.





 





221.1”. 3”“ a mm?“ mm.



or are an intro



Model Maud winery. leeinal. B. 4.

Mich.



WINTEREGGS and lotsiolthamif mg h

from our own prinewinn gwn 40%;?

Leon w Am‘fifir



cular., e m“Town Farm. Home 9. Grand Rapids,

(lbirreee.Micirlgan.





 





ems— s—s. c. w. mamas ' mo. R.

$1.315 per 101;.n ammo. 100$ 211'». age-um}.

Route 4. 'Ho‘nmd. . . '





 





ml:





 





 





I hill-1., matron _, “11% V





 





Baby Chicks and





Leghorn .





leading «rim your

:msrdp prices on lame. advance urinal. m,

Pierce. Jerome. Blob.





V $011 fill-I 2°“;





«(1mm

Morena. Write

finite delivery“ guarantees. mg:





Largo holdin .

in Western

Reno, are being subdivided.

age is available at roawuahle

tractiye terms. These

and mutton. production. dairylng

farming. Principal crops are

onions, vegetables and grain.

' plentiful under old established rights.

there as wonderful opportunities for the

Deal

I): 0. Wheeler. inc" P. 0.





80 Acre Michigan Farm





1'





Box 731.





(.‘0 cream separator. full implements,

clu ed if taken now; pleasant healthful





pasture. woodlot; excellent orchard, at

room house. good barn

takes all, part cash.

Bar 119. Copy free.





42711511 Marquette Bldg. Chicago, Ill.





For Sale Nevada Farm and firazmg lands

the property of one family,

vada, in vicinity of the modern city of

Small or large acre-

prices and on at-

lands are adapted to



intensive truck

alfalfa.

Irrigation

Oome w





with the owner and eliminate commissions.

Reno.





1m Apples and Cherries





surroundings;

in sight city; machine worked fields, springavatered





9. Owner called away.

Details page 33 Illna Catalo

STROUT FARM AGENCY.





located





beef

potatoes.

water is

est—

farmer.





Nevada.





tools. in-





tractive 7 -

$3000





 





MESA





of the Mountain States.

make it THE





Dept CF. Grand Junction. Colorado.





Own a Farm

In MinnesotaC Dakota, Montana. Idaho.

top momma or terms.

fauna on. St. Paul.‘





so ACRES 5° mm 10 m





maple second growth,

out of town on good state award gravel

8-room house with basement. barn 40 x





Western Colorado





COUNTY offers more opportunities to the

home-seeker and the investor than any other section

Unlimited natural renames

GARDEN OF THE ROCKIES.

days of sunshine :1. year. Write us for information.





The Mesa County Chamber of Commerce





state II. weasy Byerly, 71 Northern

Minn.





354





Washington

Free lit-





beech and

3 miles

to . good.

50.





 





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road; 8 ml. to Innis;

sell. This menu money ‘1 you.



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good orchards. l loam soil, mus resold 13on

cash Within 30 Price $1600.00. terte W.l‘ -

Umphrey, Evert. higan.



Good buildings. 1 mi. 10 Stall





.Rioh cl” loam

35 1111. to milk-and Rapids. Muit

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FOR SALE 8?)aores improved. 41ml. oity;horees,





ws hay. sravv. grain. silage.

milking mar-bins, cream separator and farm ple-

ments included. Good roads. One-half mile school

and church. C. Zimmer & Son, RA. Jackson.Mich.





WHY RENT When you can buy ., farm in





the famous Milk River Valley on



This Valley was once the bottom of

the Big Mifioufrl Raver. 11 Most productive soil in

arme we two crops pays for the

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FARMERS’ LAND EXCHANGE. Ssco. Mont.





160‘. MIC“ farm, team.$000 cow Atools $3300 '800

- down. be]. near schoolo on

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20 acres. Fenced, about 12 acres in e nt-

For sale- vation 5 room frame house, on hollse.

stable. School 40 rods. R.R. station 3 miles. Manisteo

River 316 mile. R. F.D. heap for quick sale. Also 80

unimproved. F. M. Warfleld R. Wollston. Mich





 





 





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Real 11 state Salesman 00., 515 Browne“. [41:13:12. 1133'





Poor Man’s Chance 1‘3“”;2: frag};

roductiveland near town. 8 t 32%.

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80 Acres Improved 315211. .pelrm 1:019 noon





res 1 ~

acre 81000 cash. in





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FOR SALE





or trade for farm. Jackson A 1:. house 0 M8200

income. Apply Box M- 11, £11011. ll‘arl'rner. month

and 3 ranches in





l 5 F A R M S Central Mich. atbnr—





gain priceeto close an Est. Productive farms on 0

payments. C.L 08E. Executor. Evert. M121:





we ”Ive C‘sh .Buyen gain prices. Describe

fully. Central Land Bureau. New Franklin. Mo.





CASH YOUR PROPERTY QUICKLY.

material. Give best price. Universal Sales Agency.





Box 43,11. Topeka, Kane.





1 m ACRESf nurntborono land. Beetof buildings.





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Men's pure gum hip

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size wanted. Order by No. l8AIO6. Send no money.

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