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VOLUME CLX NUMBER FIFTEEN





DETROIT, APRIL 14, 1923

CURRENT COMMENT





Spring brings inspiration, hope and

hard work.





The turns in the road of life are

what make it interesting.





A little learned and remembered is

better than constantly learning and

forgetting. .



Now is the time that the orchardist

should say, “Let Us Spray,” and then

do a good job of it.





In these days both the snow shovel

and the lawn mower should be kept

handy.





 





 





The man who makes pets of his ani~

male is usually a good farmer, because

he shows a love for the things about

him.



The lazy man thinks the best labor-

saver is doing nothing; the ambitious

’man saves labor by finding ways to do

more with less effort.





The functions of our educational in-

stitutions are to prepare us for liv-

ing; and the most logical way of de~

termining whether these institutions

are efficient, is to learn to what de-

gree they discharge these functions





‘ OMEONE has said





that society may



For the be divided into three

600‘, classes of people. One

ofAIl class consists of those

who work for them-



selves. They think of nobody; they





care for nobody. The sole purpose of

their existence is to do something of

a perfectly selfish nature. They crowd

others down that they might rise.



The members of the secoud class

are a little broader. They include, in

the dominion of their favor, immediate

relatives. The outside world is to

them simply a medium through which

they can act to supply the needs for

Véthemselves and families





The third; clues is made up of men





take issue with friends when neces-

sary for the sake of principle. Their

lives are the unselfish lives. They are

the rock in our social structure upon

which we build serviceable and per-

manent institutions.





V0.11? great effort is to get the folks

ttof class one into class two and

from class two into class three.



’ ejV. believe this was the unselfish

[hi lonot‘ the late Milo D. Campbell,

water whose service for farm:

for his country cbntinued till

1118...th breath .11; few..,dm





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farmers cf the country to. the ewe de-





gree that it functions for other in»

tomato.





All through his life, whether in the.

school room, on his farm, in the law

office. or out working for agriculture.

dairying, or for his country, he seemed

always to ' be dominated by the high-

est principles and ideals.



We miss such men in our councils.

and in the passing of Mr. Campbell a.

genuine'loss has been suffered by the

farmers of Michigan and of America.

But his work will not be lost to us





' because he built on the solid rOck of





serviCe and unselfishness.





IX live stock com-

mission firms on-





Saneguard- fflve different stock

"'8' the markets recently fail-

Sbipper ed. The aggregate





claims of farmers and

other shippers against these firms was

$100,000.



Everyone of these firms were using

shippers’ money for the personal use

of member-s of the firms and for spec-

ulation. The government audit of the

books of commission houses has re

vealed the rather general practice of

using funds belonging to clients while

the checks are in transit. This money

they call “float.” As the checks from

early transactions come in, the money

frOm more recent deals is deposited

and the burden is thereby shifted.

This makes it possible for a firm to do

business upon a small capital. It works

well until something happens; then

failure results, and the farmers. or

whoever do the shipping, find it impos—

sible to get their money.





Under the provisions of the packers

and stock yards’ administration meas-

ure, these commission houses come un-

der the scrutiny of the government

officials. These irregularities are be~

ing found out, and already, ,many of

the houses not doing b‘usines‘s as they

should, are retiring from the market.





Besides the effect of this govern-

ment supervision, we feel that the an

pearance of the farmers’ commission

houses upon our live stock markets is

helping the producer to get a much

better chance. It is only the houses

which are endeavoring to render real

service that can long expect to con-

tinue. operating. Those who cannot

earn the money they take from the

business, should begin looking else-

where for fields less hazardous to op-

erate in.





E are learning





Sanitation ‘

and

Health





in this scientific age.

of the relation ofvsan—

itatiotho health. The

day of the germ has

arrived and we find that there is a

germ for everything, and everything

has its germ. There are good germs

and bad germs, the good germs we

need to encourage, and the bad germs

we must control. The efforts put forth

to control these bad germs we call

Sanitary measures.

of health depends upon them.





This fact applies to humans, to ani-

male or to plants. Bad germs-breed in

filth, largely in the excrement of the

bodies of their hosts. We employ doc-

tors and nurses, maintain hospitals

and sanitariums to teach us how to

clean up and keep clean, and it is a

great work they are doing in prolong-

ing, saying, and making human life





more ,en'jbyable and comfortable. We





rotate our crops partly because We

have learned that a soap: “1:"





 





been appointed by Wat Hardiugy -:

to where it would fimction for the





   





more and more,





The preservation





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desire to the development and spread





sanitary incestuous necessary camel»





tain‘ it. Perhaps the dream has;

this line that has 15111an outstanding

results is the government. test to pre—

vent by sanitation such apparently in

significant things as worms and line in

little pigs. It has been demonstrated

that many times when we do not knew

they are present they are cutting the

possible growth and gains in‘half, and

that prevention is far better than elim-

ination. '



The method consists in thorough

cleanliness of the dam before farrow-

ing. of the quarters in which the little

fellows spend' their earlydays, and of

the forage lots. Thorough cleanliness

in this sense does not mean simply the

use of a brush, a shovel and a plow.

These are necessary and good as far

as they go, but they should be follow-

ed by soap and water, a_ broom, a

strong disinfectant, and fresh forage.



Let the good work of sanitation go

on and let us study it and put it into

practice. It will mean more comfort,

better health, greater contentment and

increased prosperity. What more do

we live for,Vanyway?





HILE ~ attending

a farm meeting-





Producing





recently a clear-eyed

Too farmer stated that he

Much thought our idea





about production was

wrong. He contended that the farms

of the country are now producing too

much for the demand and that, in-

stead of advocating methods of grow-

ing more, we should urge the produc—

tion of smaller crops.



This farmer did not understand our

position. When this was explained.

he agreed fully with us.



We are unanimous in the general

conclusion that a bumper crop means

low prices and small. if any, profits.



We are quite as generally agreed

that high acreage production makes

possible a lower unit cost. That is,

cats are produced cheaper per bushel

when the yield is ninety bushels per

acre than when only forty bushels are





V' grown.





Our position is that these two situ-

ations ought to be combined. We

should grow more per acre, but fewer

acres of crops for which the demand

is likely'to be over-supplied. The re-

maining acres of the farm might then

be given over to the production of

wool, or, sugar, or possibly pasture, or

a woodlot for the production of which

the demand is sufficient to care for





. the additional supply.





HIST is clean up





'time. The rub-



Clljea" bish is bound to ao—V

VP cumulate around the

Time V farm where things are





doing. During the

long winter days when the great out-

doors is locked up with ice and snow

it is impossible to keep all things in

order. Old boards, and odds and ends

or varibus sorts get thrown out to the

weather in the most available places:

the ashes from the flares or furnace

may be heaped in the back.- yard; the

litter accin'nuiates about the barn

floors and stables; old fences that

have passed their days of usefulness

need removing entirely and perhaps

replacing with new ones.





The early spring is the time. for

these things. The warm spring days

when the frost goes out, the refresh.





mgshowerscomeandthegrassbo- ~





glue to green. Those are the days





human breast, as Vwell





   





when life asserts itself anew in the , ’





   





now much .1...“er it’ll!!!"





get those little' an out or the “inf”!





season, than to, have them go undone

or. hanging on to bore nil thr'





 





the working days The improved, up?

pearmoe of the honiestead is stimulant ‘





recompense for the expended effort.





but leaving that out of consideration





it always pays in dollars and cents.





The places where rats are prone to '





abound and destroy good food and

property are these self-same rubbish

piles of which we. speak. Flies. breed

by the millions in those heaps of heat—

ing, decaying litter, and the- old rails

and rubbish are of some value in the

wood pile.





The value of your farm is increased .





if it is clean; the impression on the

visitor, the passerhy or the casual ob-

server is favorable, he reads your

character in your handiwork; and last-





'ly, you will havea better opinioii of





yourself and. you will be doing your

bit toward making your farm, your





‘county and your state what it should

‘ be, the most delightful living place in





the universe.





Wfiere z'r t/ze lVear?





HERE’S folks what claim they kin

tell by character readin’ just what

you are, better’n you kin yourself.





Fer-inst, one of them fellows once





says’to me that I had a congenial dis-

posishun. I felt insulted and says I

didn’t have no such thing in my-pos-

seshun. He says, too, my favorite oc-

cupashuns was the cultivashun of

peace and repose, and that I was a.

good advocate of the Peace League,

’cause I never used energy enough to

start a war. .



Now, maybe he was all right but.

lookin’ at him, it seemed to me like

his nose was just

the right shape to

stick- into other

folkses’ business,

and pull out man-2

ey when doin’ it.



I got a better

system than his’n.

‘I kin tell the man

by his clothes,

_ whether he is in

them or not. For inst,

my clothes that I am a' pretty good

sitter, ’cause the sittin’ part is what

wears out the first.



Those what is good workers usually

get ihe front part of their'clothes worn

out first. The men what gets the front

part of their clothes worn out gets

them that way by goin’ ahead and

doin’ somethin’X Those What get the

back part worn out first is the ones

what sit back and do nothin’.



There’s some what gets their knees

worn out first. That’s . either from

workin’ or prayin’. If its overalls, its

from work. If it's Sunday suits, it’s

from prayin’. ‘ '



Some ,men get the front of their

vests worn ..out If it's black broad-

cloth, it’s a banker what's Worn out

his vest at the money cOunte'r. If it's

a light checked suit with the vest front





 





worn out and: the right times W3, ,. ...





the man whstlfsea/in it “

his tithe atdhe bin? ' ,

with near beer and such like.



There’s lots 3 other things I kin tell

but it’s hard for me to tell about wim=

min ’cause they don’t wear the same

kind of clothes us men do. ,



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.ed 3,642.67 pounds of butter.

: forty-six tons of the lactic fluid and





 





for the quality and abundance

of her bean crop. California raises a





larger total or all varieties but Michi-

gas leads, by all odds, in the produc-

ftlon of white beans. '





our beans are rapidly becoming in-





tested with the common bean. weevil,

. and buyers from outside are commenc~

'ing to note the fact. These buyers dis-





like to stop buying Michigan beans,





but they. are in self—defense forced to

‘ 'seachmore andtmore for clean beans,

and therefore to buy from districts





least affected by the weem, both in

and out of Michigan.



Naturally a canner finds it quite dis-

appointing whenhe buys a carload of





beans from an elevator from which he





has been in the habit of securing his

supply year after year, .to-—find a fair

proportion of the beans with weevils.



Now the value of,the bean crop in

1919 in Michigan was more than sev-

enteen million dollars. In 1922 it was

a little more than in 1919. It is a crop

that keeps well, ships well, and which

isstaple the world over, from Alaska

to the ships which ply the tropics.

Michigan wants to stand first for clean





beans and all the rest that goes with





that reputation. So that our app will

be the world’s standard for beans and,

therefore, sell just as fast as we can

grow it. In other Words, Michigan





   





beans should be regarded as “money

in the bank.” “ [,4 .

Let's Get Rid of the Weevil.





stored beans, ,and a. few in peas. It

flies to the young bean plants (unless

we carelessly sow infested beans,

when it (hes not even have to fly),

and feeds on the young plants until

.the'pods are formed; at this time eggs





are5 laid inside the pod, the beetle bor- “





ing a light hole right through the pod.

Soon the .grubs from the eggs enter

the young seeds, feeding therein and

remaining there until 'the beans are

harvested. In due time the gruibs

change to beetles and come out, bor—

ing their ways out, sometimes several

from one bean. If the weather is warm

or if'the beans are stored in a warm

place, the new crop of beetles seen

lays eggs and fresh seeds are attack-

ed, the process going on until nothing

remains but a worthless, evil~smelling

powder. Clean beans stored near in»

fested ones are practically sure to be-

come infested since the pests work .in

stored seeds as well, as in :the field.

Treatment.



Perhaps some beans will escape

treatment, but let us always see to it

that ”our seed beans are free from

weevils, and in order to make sure let

Us fumigate all seed beans that can-

tain weevils.



The treatment is cheap enough. Car-





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"inCHIGAN has. up to W enjoy-

Led a most enviable reputation.





bon disulphide, or bisulphide, or sul~

phuret of carbon,- no matter under





- which name it hides, is a sure remedy.

The beetle lives over the winter in





It costs about six cents a pound if pur-

chased in fifty-pound drums of the

makers and it kills the weevil very

efficiently. Buy the carbon disulphide

in quantity. Pay for the drum and get

your money back after returning the

drum, but save some to kill the wood-

chucks and gophers. Use about one

pound for‘ fifty bushels in a tight bin,

and take every precaution possible to

avoid accident by fire or by breathing

the fumes. Do not try to fumigate dur-

ing cold weather since no fumigant

works well when the weather is cold.

If the beans to be fumigated are Only

a few bushels, do the work away from

the barns, since the insurance lapses

during such operations, and remember

to air the beans well to get rid of the

odor afterwards.



The pea-weevil works much like the

bean-weevil but it does not work in

dry peas. It confines its work to peas

attacked in the field. One beetle only,

develops in a pee. The bean—weevil is

smaller, works both in peas and in

beans and often several develop in

one seed.



Directions for Treatment.



Place. the beans in tight bins or bar-

rels, capable of being tightly and

quickly closed. Old carpets, blankets,

etc, with newspapers between them,





   





often will be found useful in helm!!!”

to make the bins tight.



Measure the inside of the bin, coun

ing the air space above the seeds,'i-lf{>

the bin is not entirely full; and place -

some ol_,d,pans or plates on top of‘the

seeds. Then for every cubiofoot all

space in the bin put two drumstif.





 





liquid disulphide in the pans and quick-“j





1y close the bin. Thus a pound of the

liquid will suffice for about fifty cubic

feet of space or a little more, or for

about fifty bushels of beans.



The bin should remain tightly clos-





ed for from twenty-four to forty-eight , ‘





hours, 'a longer exposure is likely to

injure the germinative power in the

seeds. The liquid carbon disulphide.

on being liberated, will quickly trans-

form into a gas, which being heavier

than the air, settles to the bottom and

fills all the air spaces between the

seeds. .



Caution—Keep Away From Fire.



The work must be done in the day

time, away from lamps, stoves or fire '

of any sort. No fire must be allowed

to come near until everything has been

thoroughly aired for the gas or fumes

are very explosive when mixed with

air. The beans should be shoveled over

several times. Great care must be ‘ob-

served to breathe as little as possible

of the fumes as they are very poison-

ous and will as easily produce death

among men as among insects.





Three Famous Cows Grace This Herd





Daiml- Hiytory Is. Being Made 072 Me Loeb Farms Mar (Mar/6720752, Micfligmz





go to your stables each day. and se-



cure from three cows enough milk

to fill three big cans, you would feel

proud, indeed. In fact, it is more than

probable that you would have difficulty

in convincing your neighbors that you

had cows which would give this

amount; Two hundred fifty pounds of

milk and ten pounds of butter from

three cows in a single day, is indeed a

most wonderful production.



This, however, is the average pro-

duction record of three cows in the





IF you; were a dairyman and ,could





remarkable herd kept on the Loeb





Farms, .at Charlevoix, Michigan. In





«one year these three animals produced





91,700.8 pounds of milk which’ contain-

Nearly





over one and three-quarter .tons of

good vitamine-filled butter from three





. cows in one year is a real record. On

.the basis of the average production for





Michigan, it would require a herd of





twenty-three cows to produce this





amount of dairy products.





So far as we,know, there is no herd





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in the state which has three cows pro-

ducing‘over one thousand pounds of.

butter per year, according to official

tests. On this page appear the like-





nesses of theseihree animals.





One of the cows is Kolrain Marion

Finderne. This cow is known from





coast to coast. She has the highest

yearly milk record of any animal east

of the Rocky Mountains. For a two-





year period she holds a world record.

In a 365-day test, she produced 35,-

3395 pounds of milk, which contained

1,278.56 pounds of butter.





 





 





   





Kolrain Eleanor Pontiac Korndyke

is another of these good animals. She

is the'mother of the cow just men—

tioned. The two hold the world’s com~

bined record for dam and daughter.

Eleanor, in a 365-day test, produced

26,995.4 pounds of milk which yielded

1,143.71 pounds of butter.



Scarcely had the dairy world recov-

ered from these records when Queen

Grace Pontiac, another cow in this

same Michigan herd, finished a 365-

day test, during which time 29,3563,

pounds of milk and 1,238.98 pounds of

butter were produced.



Thus within a period of seven

months these three official tests were

completed on the Loeb Farms with the

cows averaging 30,567.9 pounds of milk

containing 1,220.42 pounds of butter.

This average is higher than any other

Michigan cow heretofore has produc-

ed, and only two cows in the state

ever exceeded this average for butter

production.



Certainly the Loebs are to be con-

gratulated upon the development of

these remarkable animals.





 





 





-‘ .emon hm. spams-ems.» the» amt Trio. 4 ' '
sugar bandits. These grafters

iner. If the government wereto-Vmake

Eta: levy anywhere near what such a

sugar tax will levy on the families and





on: ofpower.





modifies, is in a fighting mood It has

4 been victimized long enough. Every-

body recognizes this form of grand

larceny has got to be stopped for good

and all. '



~This check may take the form or

stringent legislation prohibiting

' “gambling" and “prize-jacking" in

foodstuffs and fuel. ‘





that the law seek out and punish the





have beested the retail price of granu—

lated cane sugar from a lével of a lit-

tle more than six cents a pound to

‘ nine and then to twelve cents, or fifty

per cent, with no shortage of the sugar

supply in sight, but a surplus.





 





While the government is wrestling

with the sugar bandits, let the people

take a hand. Go back to, the sugar ra-

‘tions of war-time two pounds per

month per person—and in a few weeks

you will have the sugar profiteer beg-

ging for mercy. If the public would

make an example of these sugar profit-





 





VER‘Y housewife in the United '3

States is being profite‘ered by the.





it; Fol" twenty-cent sugar by midfsu’méj".





homes of the- land. it would be voted

The American public, tired of being‘





robbed and exploited and frozen by.

arbitrary increases in the price of com- 1





In the meantime it will he demanded '





sugar bandits, who within a short time '





 





eons by; cracking. down on





cease. Then the- regular once-ayes!





“trimming of Uncle- Sam’s folks by. a "





few greedy men would cease to be

fashionable or profitable.





 





.The Michigan farmers twenty-four—

cents-'a-bushel potatoes for which a

Virginia woman paid $12.0, or five





tatoes received interests the Wash-

ington Daily News whose readers are

potato consumers. -





The man who grew the potatoes

owned or lented land which he plow-

ed; harrowed and fertilized. Then he

bought ’seed potatoes, cut them for

planting, put them in the. ground, plow«

ed and hoed them several times, spray-

ed them to save them from the potato

beetle, dug them up, cleaned them;

dried thfim. graded, them, hauled-them

to market—«and got twenty-four cents

for them. ' ‘





' The News discovers that the man.

who bought the potatoes put them in a

car with a lot of other potatoes, ship-

ped them to a commission merchant,

who sold them without seeing them.

to the retailer who sold them to the

woman.



During this process the price was

doubled, then tripled, then quadrupled

and finally made five times the figure

the grower got who, in partnership

with God. produced the potatoes. He

worked and sweated to sell them for

twenty—four cents. The dealers divid-





 





ESOLUTIONS have been intro—



duced in both the house and the



senate urging congress and the

federal trade commission to take im-

mediate steps to abolish the practice

of selling steel on the “Pittsburgh

Plus” basis.



'11 is explained that “Pittsburgh

Plus" is the trade name for the prac-

.tice of selling steel at the Pittsburgh

price plus freight from Pittsburgh to



point of delivery, regardless of Where

the steel is actually made.



Michigan steel is largely made in

Gary and South Chicago at a cost of

production considerably below that at

Pittsburgh. Yet Michiganfarmers and

other consumers of rolled steel must

pay the Pittsburgh price plus the

phantom freight from Pittsburgh to

point of delivery.



The Michigan State Farm Bureau is

backing the resolutions to put a stop

‘to this vicious and unjust practice.



Sugar Beet Child Labor.



Child labor conditi0ns in the Michi-

gan sugar beet districts are being

made the subject of a thorough legis-

. lative investigation. It seems that the

national child labor committee broad-





statements about how bad conditions

were in Michiganand the sugar beet

'cOm‘panies and growers objected and

amended an investigation so that

they might present the read condi-





 





There Is no question but what farm



fldren are very helpful. not only, in"

3. ” 1m beet districts, but in the po'

511, and on the farms in gen





 

 





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orally and would. promote heal econ-'





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theguse of

Sugar for a- time. this term omission -

wide highway rebber-y would soon.:.





times what the man who grew the 110 '





ed a gross profit or four

111 this the best marketing system

that can be devised asks the News

Within ten years farmers' coopera-





"this marketing associations will have;





answered that question satisfactorily

to every-body.





 





..Farm_ers into Bio Business-



I believe that the corporate coopera-

tive farm organization is, certain to

come.

he in coming. .There is no goodgreaf

son why farmers should not form

great corporationsin which they..will

be. managed according to the most suc-

cessful business models in the world.

These organizations will solve the

problems of both production and dis

tribution. They will produce in the

most effective way and will eliminate

the tremendous expense of distribu-p





tion under our present system. The '





raw product will be manufactured into

the finished product where. it is pro-

duced and will be marketed when and

where the conditions are favorable.

Then instead of the producer get-

ting less than twenty-fi-ve- cents out'of

the ultimate consumer’s dollar,” he will

get seventy-five. cents or more: There

will be a decided saving, both to the





producer and consumer, and the pro--





ducer will also become a'ma‘nufactur-

er. I think the Capper—Volstead law

was a step in the direction of this ao-

complishment.



More than 75,000 cotton growers,

Washington learns, now market their





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.I do'not know how long it will ~~ '





as the Farm Bureau Cattle Growers’





Associatton has .‘a membership of .259; " _, . .

000.1. m minimise Cotton airshow [ ‘ ,

The Ar-





Assmion masters 36 000,

We association has 7 00,0 1110111001?!

and the Arizona coopeiators number

12,000. A TeXas’ Wheat Growers A3"





sociation was organized; ih- January.





mend an same drive for members is. .





now under way





 





Wall Street “shorts’hwho said about





25,000 shares of Piggly .Wiggly stout





that they didn’t have and couldn't get,

have been “squeezed," ‘or beaten all"

their own game by an outsider, whose

settlement with these traders will not

him anywhere from hundreds of thoun

sands up to two million dollars“ Estlo

mates vary





It is current the Piggly Wiggly deal

will cost the speCulators two and three-

.quarter millions. Many of them will

have to settle with Saunders at his

price. What the Wall Street traders

did to Piggly Wiggly, or tried to do, is

what the Chicago Board of Trade

manipulators do every fall to the

wheat market. But farmers cannot

get on the train with a big roll, as

Saunders did, and beat them at their

game. Cooperative selling is the only

thing in sight at this time that will

help the» farmer.





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By Our Lansing Correspondent





eral. The question should be whether

or not such employment interferes

with their education or retards their

physical and mental development. Cer-

tainly a moderate amount of useful

employment is a big factor in charac-

ter building.





Taxation Department Proposed.



Complete control by Wayne county

of all taxation matters seems to be the

object of the bill to abolish the state

board of tax commissioners and sub-

stitute a state taxation department un-

der comrol of a single commissioner

to be appointed by the governor at an

annual salary of $6,000. '



Itis openly rumored that the plan

of those backing this. scheme is to

secure the appointment of George Lord

of Detroit, to this position. This might;

not prove advantageous to the rural

portions of the state because of the

centralization of the authority regard‘

ing assessments and equalization in

the hands of a Wayne sympathizer.





Income .Tax Gains Favor.



Present indications are that the

house committee on general taxation

will report favorably Representative

Byrum’s bill providing for _a personal

income tax to entirely replace the gen-

eral property tax for state purposes.



Sentiment in the house is develop-

ing rapidly in support of this measure.





 





bill will pass the house. Its enactment





wouldcertalnlycomeasatofleftog





farmers and seal— etstate owners gen-





   





omy, because the general property'tax

would then be entirely a local matter

and the blame for high property taxes





' could no longer be shifted to the leg-





islature.





Primary Fund Change Favored.



The house education committee has

reported favorably on the Meggison

bill,to revise the system of distribut-

ing the primary school interest fund

aniong the several school districts.

There is every indication that this bill

will pass the house;



.Enactment of this measure will in-

crease the state aid to the poorer dis-

tricts and will tend to equalize the op-

portunity for securing a primary

school education in Michigan.



Fixing a Tax Limit. 1



Representative Charles Evans, 00

Tipton. chairman of the general taxa-

tion committee of the house, has a

new scheme for keeping down the gen-'

eral property tax. He would fix two

per cent 'per year as the maximum

rate of increase of the general prop-

erty. tax for, the state or any local

unit, except in special emergencies.

when under certain restrictions a

more rapid increase might tempomrlly

be granted.





This tax limitation scheme is being

strongly urged by the Michigan Real

Estate Automation who see in it the

means of scouring enforced economy

ails tax reform. ~





 





   





 





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Comments from the State Capital





mittee to report favorably a. bill to

allow farmers'to obtain licenses to ad-





- minister hog cholera serum and virus





to swine.



Although the bill is surrounded with

certain safeguards, it is not looked up-

on with favor by many farmer mem-

bers. Hog cholera is a rather danger-

ous disease with which to trifle. Then.

too, veterinarians are of extreme im‘

portance to the live stock industry and

anything which would increase their

competition and reduce their business

might prove a short-sighted policy.



No Signs of a Short Session.



The senate defeated Senator Wm.~

L. Case's proposed constitutional

amendment. to limit the length of a

legislatiVe session to ninety days. Sen-

ator Case insisted that three months

would be ample time for a. session it

they would get down to business and

avoid delays. Others said that hur-

riedly made laws were not good laws.



Whatever the right or wrong of the

it is certain that

ninety days of the present session are

nearly gone and nearly all the import-

ant legislation still awaits definite

action.



None of the important appropriation

bills have been passed, the redistrict-

ing or apportionment fight is yet to be





waged, the revenue bills are yet to be





considered, and most of the depart-



mental bills up still in oommttoe



New bills still appear in sun ng



numbers seventy-two me in '

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coinmonly accepted . truth

that

. strength applies only to a limit-

ed d6gree‘ in the organization of a

3 farmers cooperative traction-ditcher

Since the purpose of. the

bompa‘ny is to have a machine avail-

, able for drainage work during 366son's

‘of th6- year when such work can be

most conveniently done, it is obvious





I' that the number of members that can





be accommodated is necessarily lim-

ited. '

Membership should be limited to

from five to. ten farniers; the drainage

needs of whose farms .are > general

enough so. that they can underdrain

five acres or more annually for at least

five years. Seasonal condition are

generally such that a" ditcher‘ can be

'used almost continually-between the

middle of April and the middle of No-

vember. If~there is sufficient unculti-

vated, poorly drained land in~a com-

munity to. keep a ditcher in operatibn





in numbers: there is





over a p6riod or five years and the in- '6





terest charged is seven per cent the

total annual payment per member

Would be just $97. 56.



Under this plan, each member who

wishes to take advantage 'of it gives

his banker, or any other person from





whom he bOrrow-s the money with.





which to purchase his share in the en-

terprise, a note for the amount of the

”loan, with the understanding that if a

renewal is desired it is to be for an

amount reduced in accordance with

this plan. This permits members to

meet' their obligations in easy, equal,

(annual installments of such amounts

that at the end of five years interest

on the principal for the entire period

will have been paid and the principal

extinguished.



It alsoypermits them to terminate

their obligations at any time before

the end or the five years that they de-

sire, by paying both the balance of the

original principal still due and the in-





during this period, a larger number of





terest to date. The reader will note





 





 





it is All-important to Have the Tile Drains Properly Laid Out.





members can be accommodated than

where the period of operation is limit-

ed to‘the spring and fall of the year.





If members are properly imbued

with the spirit of fair play it should





be possible to arrange a schedule from .





year to year that will be continuous

from spring to fall. Efficiency and

economy are best served in this way,

and the disadvantage of having to en-

gage a part-time crew which generally

means frequent changes in persOnnel

with a consequent sacrifice in the qual-

ity of work done, i_s thua eliminated.



Contrdl of the company should be

vested in a small board of not less

than three nor more than five directs

era. The success of the enterprise will

depend to a large extent upon the wis-

dom with which the men delegated to

take care of the various duties” con-

nected/with it, are selected. Board

members and other officers should be

chosen, because of their qualifications

for the positions. Because ene’ man





has more time to give to an ofllce than .





another does not necessarily better





’ qualify him for it.





. Financing the Company.



The splan of having each member

own an equal share in the company

has been found to be the most desir-

‘able. With five or more members and

a total investment in equapment of

about $2, 000, or $400 or less per mem-

her. the problem at. financing the en-





terprise should not .be diflicult. Where





members find it inconvenient to take

carp of this ainount in- ohe payment.

the following 911111 for whlch We are

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that the interest decreases while the

payments on the principal Increase in

such a way that the sum of the two is

the same at the end of each year.



The plan outlined above may be var-

ied so as to accommodate any desired

number of members, a larger or small-

er investment, or a longer or shorter

period of years.





 





SOY-BEANS IN MUCK.





 





I would like to know if soy- -beans

will grow in muck? Has teosinte been

raised in Michigan? If so, with what

result? What are the food properties

of it as a Hforage crop and as dry fod-

der?—C.





Soy-beans may be grown quite suc-

cessfully on muck. Would suggest

either the Manchu, Ito San or Black:

Eyebrow varieties. Better results

would probably be secured by sowing

in twenty- eight-inch rows and cultivat

ing occasionally. From thirty- five to

ferty pounds of seed would be suffi~

cient to plant one acre. ,



Teosinte has been tried a number of

times in Michigan but does not com-

pare favorably with the dent varieties

of corn. The following table from

Henry & Morrison shows the digesti-

ble nutrients in one hundred pounds

of dried roughage of Teasinte and corn *

fodder (ears remaining).



Teosihte- crude protein, 5.6 per

cent; carbohydrates, 40.2 per cent, fat,

-.0 9 per cent. Total 47. 8 per cent.



Corn foddercrude protein, 3. 5 per

cent; carbohydrates 51. 7 per cent; fat,





1.5 per cent Total 58.6 par cent.——_

C. R. M6566





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FOR ROADS lN MIOHlGAN





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For plowing here’s

the shoe. High enough

to keep out dirt, low

enough for coolness. It

fits snug and protects ,

and supports the ankles .

going over rough, ‘

broken ground. And it

wears like iron.





Ask for Stock Nos.

470 and 446





   

   

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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It Wears 61000 Miles





and it stays soft—rain or shine





We are exclusive makers of work

shoes made of horsehide double-

tanned by our own secret process.





This 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 tan?

hing, in our own spe-

cialized tanneries. We

tan horsehide, and it

is known as the tough-

est fibre leather on

earth, yet we make it

soft and pliable as





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 3

hide—the butts, where the fibre is 5

toughest and most enduring“



You’ll say that !

Rouge Rex Shoes are l

the most economical 1

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





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Rouge Rex

Comfort Shoe '





 





buckslicm.Horlseh1de , like velvet. Yet Rouge

is use to cover ea ue ThisRougeRexisso 1 hi 6 ' '

g loft youcandouble itpd; lickina Rex wear like If9fl._

baseballs because it is mouunain. Itviears like 112:: but And they never tire

' hard] now .



the only leather tough Ilioeonfituysosofl;631661111Xa a your feet.

enough to stand the Fortenderfeet. orwhere youdo ,



. ,not encounter wet weather. wear We make a Rouge

poundmg. this Comfort Shoe You 11 find it





Rex work shoe fer;

every purpose. All are

horsehide through and

through. For field and factory, fer

lumber and mining camp or oil fields,

for hunting and motormg, where a

husky, hard- -wearing, comfort-giving. .

shoe is needed, there is a spec1al 1:?

Rouge R'ex shoe. - ‘ '





If your. dealer hasn’t the Rouge Réx

we’ll see that you are Suppliéd them



' by our nearest dealer. Write to us for

catalog. 5





 





 





ohlelsingtothefeet

And-it stays soft '

when double tanned »

our way. When other leathers get

Wet they dry out hard. Rouge Rex

double-tanned horsehide stays soft.

Wet’it, soak it inf-"water, snow, slush,





 





 

 





as velvet. Wear Rouge Rex shoes

and you’ll say you- have gained an

entirely new conception of shoe serv-

ice, endurance and comfort.





’We are the largest ‘tanncrs’ of.-





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Over'l'en MillionMoI-e BoyssndCiflsonths Perm





Greater Blue-- Valley Market ,

In 1923‘ tkh‘erevw‘aes sohlgthJZQJfl trade-mart

knees ne y as 'ustnm

T tin Managers! $8456 456.791aigimonepesr. .106

wo age can great increase. Man

'morebmheufarmersjoinedtheranksoflhz





Valley cream rs.



asked for Blue V package butter. These two



great Mme! hrmem and consumers tormdhat that



thet Bl alley direct d‘eal gave them full value.

“become steady Blue Valley shims



‘consumers. This. and the natural increase in



cows milked by old Blue Valley 8





any more consumers





.increased

theBlueValley husinessovertenmrllionpnckases

and made the cream market for all BlueValley





. Shippers that much hegreater and better.



' In the case olt cousumers.t yfonnd full

value in the blue and yellow Blue Valley package.



, because the butter in it was good and dependable.



Otherwise they would not have paid more tor it

than for other butter. It came direct to their



grocers-ac commission men or speculum m be-

tween coherent! the price to consumers and deduct

what belongs to the farmers.





The Direct Deal





It Is this Blue Valley direct deal all through. from

farmer to consumer that gives old and new Blue

Blue Valley shippers full value for their cream.

Blue Valleyhas





ships direct to Blue Valley. We pay each shipper

direct. No commissions No dues. No member-

‘ship fees. No organization expenses. No rebates

to any 0! agency for doing something the

farmer can do cheaper and better himself. Nobody

and nothing in between. Just the individual.

thinking farmer and Blue Valley. it is the free

simple. direct. man-to-man deal all through.

strict]! on its own merit.



That's what is making a still greater sale for

1923 And what' 3 most important—a still better

cream market for every farmer.





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Plenty of Room

The United States has 8 cows per square mile.

Switzerland dhae 60. Denmark 147 and the Nethen

lands 154. Plenty of room for more cows in our

country. and a growing home market for her pro—





; of the boys and girls onthe farm.

e”America





, on the farm. Don‘t overlook that,





no cream agents. Each farmer '





The biggest opportuuityio- III-the magic in front





.men' women

stout tin-If!



uiglou no dgub: hear your father“

y are” no ge ting enough



theyrai That'is ‘ But ”PW dihel Icing



modem that line” and i won’t



every farm product wiflbe besdd at M“

But even right nose there is money to be made



If with the



same amount of expense you can raise twice the



crops. the results in money will hegractlmlly the



same so i! farm products brought ouble present





prices.



“ith a. stable. full value cream market such as

Blue Valley has established. the zopg'eritlunity for

making money is greatly increased now help

in this greatly. By the careyou give the.eows.- by

handling then gently. by seeing that winter shelter

really protects and by studying the kind of food

that produces cream. possible for you to

increase butter fat production with the some num-

beroieow‘s. Wea‘renowenteringontheeraol

greater posterity for the farmer. In no business





on the farmnow

Stick to the farm now—and twenty years from

now you will be glad





it!





Can: Cleaned Clean





Take the lid off your empty cream an inst back

from the Blue Valley creamery and smell the can.

Sweet and clean. always!



No can is returned from the Blue Valley Cream.



( ry before it is cleaned clean. Not simply scrubbed

\\ ith a brush and a dab of warm water, but cleaned

with hot water and washing powder. then steamed

and sterilized, then dried over a hot air blast, thed

inspected.

Farmers and their wives tell us this helps them

a whole lot. It relieves them of a task that is

oftentimes a bother and always hardto do the way

the good wife wants it done. Blue Valley does it

for her. Always a clean can for their cream. No

fear of their good cream taking on bad odors or

contamination from the can. Also. the Blue

\' alley method is a protection against rust and

makes the can last much longer.

t t t





Age never makes good cream better.





 





 





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No neodfoe





us and save all commission and handling expense. Blue

cries ALI. over the middle west. See list below. Take advantage of Blue

Valley direct buying organization perfected from 23 years experience.

BlueValley buys cream direct—sells butler

direct—no deducting either way That‘s ’





why we can pay full





direct to you. It's the easy way that pays.

Simply take your can of cream to your

nearest railway station addressed to near-

est Blue Valley Creamery. That' s all From

then on we are responsible. We send )9“.

check day can is received. You'll be saris. ,

fiedand continue toship. Every Blue-Valley

shIpper IS a free will shipper because It





. pays. That I. what holds him Your satis

cream faction Is our only way of building busi-r





Just ship a can of cream. Our guar-





ncss.

antee protects you





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CREAM (AN OFFER





 





10 gallon can 83. 35.





Ship Direct to Blue Valley-lees trouble-mm profit. BlueValley pays

full value for cream. You get every cent. No one nor anything lube-

tweeu to at up your profit. You are the producer. We are the buyer.





BLUE VALLEY CREAMEIN C0. ‘





Detroit. Mlch. Grand Rapids" rich. Indisannpolis. Ind. Cleveland 0.



c .Inma. MO.

weir .-. tics... v.2 5;. figs”. W

Cedar m. in minimum. Ky. Cm on.





If on need cans. we will be glad to send you byprwépa id pa-rcel Ml

dizect to your door two cream cans on 30 days‘ free trial. If at the

end of that trial you are satisfied with our cream prices and cans.

pay out of your cream check: 5 gallon can 32. 25. 8 gallon can 33. 00.





If not satisfied. return cansatourexpcosesnd no charge will be made.





in between. We count on you—you count on

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We Guarantee



That our check in pay-

ment for oneh and ovary

can of cream you send us

will satisfy you.





We guarantee the sale

Moms





value for your cream





; _ merciless





mathengehmturs





moaey‘tortiethism.





. change believes. hoivever, that the ma?





in life. is. there a bigger opportunity than there is.





' Car shortage we advocate more early





 





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I! tor any reason what-

svoryou on not swelled

we expect to Mar from

you.





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ed to 31;! Or 35'





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For plowinc. discing. seeding. belt work. etc



The only mall tractor that will pull I. riding V

j spiky w‘itli IO or 12 inch bottom. At our to



handlsssan suto~turns in 3% it. radius. 1m-

volsmsuts eerily changed in a few moments. ‘





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ARO TRII G TOR





Does better work and covers more ground without tiring you.

4 with an ARC can do as much as two men with two horses—1nd you ride!

, For cultivating between rows, the. wheels can be: set so that tractor 33,28.

For straddling rows. the wheel spacing can be cheng- .'





‘ purposes on my farm of 230 acres at Williams-

. ton and it has been handled almost entirely -

. by my 14 v





3 H. P.

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for Cultivating.





One man





 





ldyearpldihoyeultivates 193m.





“l Purchased this tractor for cultivating





old boy who has cultivated

about -:.l96 acres olcrop and has used the.

tractOr for many other purposes. It has.

ven indiioensnble and more i



U; . 030.1 puns -. .



. William-top. Midl—



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.4 Comtmctrw Program z: 0.2th by tbe Exchange

1TH over-production. car. short- .

, __ age... freezing. Door duality. auction we advocate very careful sort-

rough banding. mumcient. lag: and grading in order to out an“ at-

grading. bad “(Ira-86 followed by the tractive and superior quality- pack on

actions of unscrupulous the market, also the useot trade-mark-

brokers in “bearing” the market, with ed sacks for each grade adopted by us

all these confronting him the potato, in order to realize both financially as

”grower; has been discouraged to an u‘n- well as in increased faVorable reputa-





usual degree . . , ' tion on the prestige established by our

The Michigan PQtatO. Growers" Ext-quality utterings. ‘





jority of these conditions are older es and the installation of proper best-

able to correction, and have subscribed ing and ventilating facilities to we

‘to the folloWifig program looking _to- vent abnormal heating, sweating.

.ward the modification. at, least, of molding and discoloration.

these opposing factors and practices: 8. More general pooling of potatoes

1. The promotion of an educational through the cooperative marketing as"

campaign for more careful. sorting andr societions; also an educational cam»

grading; and the feeding of .the s'ur- paign to unveil the “bearish” practices.

plus in case the government crop-re: of unscrupulous buyers and brokers

port for August 1 shows a possible within the state.

crop of 380,000,000 bushels or more 9. The system of farming, in some

. 2. To insist that the railroads of the localities; which limits the. amount of

state. in their capacity as common live stock and- iegume hays, in favor

carriers, take ' steps immediately to of. specialization in potato growing, we

live up to their franchise obligatibnsbelieve to be fundamentally erong

and proceed to equip themselves foriWe advocate enough dairy and other

handling in an orderly and expeditious stock to take care of all the cull pcta-

manner the tonnage offered for shl‘p- toes during times of normal produc_

ment. If an unbiased presentation of. tion and consume the surplus during

the seriousness of our case does not years of over -pr0duction.

meet with adequate response on the

part of the 'railroads,'th_en We advo-

cate the leasing of a. reasonable num—

ber of refrigerator cars by the Ex-

change. As furthep precautibns toward

the end of meeting the bad effects of





TO PORTRAY DEVELOPMENT OF

DAIRY .INDUSTRY.





 





PREPARATION of the largest and



most extensive single exhibit fea-

shipping in box cars and a careful ture ever undertaken by the United

study by Exchange members of the States Department of Agriculture is

system of pooling all potatoes by sea- now under way in the office 0f exhibo

sons as a means of equalizing the prio— itS.‘ The exhibit is being constructed

es to growers which result from em to portray the development of the

forced inequality of shipping. dairy industry in the United States

3. Earlier planting of the late crop, and will be shown at the -National

to soothe maturei' stock; and earlier Dairy Show at Syracuse, ‘New York.

digging to avoid possible danger of in October.’ It will combine newly do-

ficld freezing. veloped features in the line of port-

4. The impIovement of the quality able exhibits and its construction is

of our commercial crop by the more-being supervised by Charles A. Cor-

geneIaI use of certified or high quality win and Paul J. Fair. both of whom

seed; seed treatment; ' early Wpianting ’have-dOn'e'some of the finest Work of

and control of leaf diseases by high this kind in the world for the Academy

pressule spraying. of Science in San Francisco, and the

5. The use of machine diggers where Field Muéeum in ChiCagO Mr Corwin

possible; more careful handling in came to the department from Boston

field and warehouse; and the elimina~ where he recently finished pointing.





tion of unduly severe sigingvmaehmm-y the cyclorama of the battle or Chateau"





in potato warehouses





 





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» growing :‘and know the stock is O. K.





. eties is so similar that it is almost





”Green- Podded Bush -_Beans, >

‘ among the leading states in the pro-





4





. the latter, garden beans have some ad-





ly from the appearance of the seed.





tweather conditions. Their earliness is





operating in this state. The seed com-

‘pany furnishes the planting stock and





 





FE growing of garden beans and

7? ilWeet corn for deed bufposes

has been carried on for more





._Michigan, from Petoske'y to the Ohio

line. “ -

Sweet corn is produced mainly in





been. steadily increasingvuntil, at the

present time. Michigan ranksfirst in

“the",production of Wax Padded and

and is





limited to the early varieties mostly.

The actual cultivation isvery similar

to that of ileld corn, except that most

of the varieties of sweet corn, being

of dwarfed habit of growth, are plant-

ed three feet apart, Theearliest var -

eties, such as Cory and Golden Ban-

tam, “are usually allowed to become

thoroughly ripe and then the,ears

picked off the standing stalks. Where





duction'Of sweet corn for seed.



The growing of garden beans for

seed purposes is very similar to .the

preduct‘ion of navy or pea beans. The

chief __ditferences are that the garden





 





Garden Crops Often Produce Profits While the Orchard is Developing.





beans, generally, are somewhat earlier

and of dwarfed-habit of growth. They

are grown successfully wherever pea

beans-are grown. In comparison with





it is desired to save the fodder as well,

the ears must be husked out as seen

as the fodder is cut as they will mould

if allowed ‘to remain in the shock if

the fodder is at all green.





Sweet corn for seed must be isolated

from field corn to avoid cross polloni-

zation. This . can be accomplished

much more easily in this state than in

the great corn-producing states of the

corn belt, where one is scarcely ever

out of sight of a field of corn. The

“prevalence of hills, woods, swamps

and lakes helps in accomplishing the

necessary isolation.





Sweet corn is grown'ou contract by

the farmers with various seedcom-

panies and is considered a good pay-

ing crop. When the corn is thoroughly

dry it is sorted and shelled. If the

sorting has been done properly there

is only a small shrinkage in milling or

cleaning the seed. Where the corn" is





vantages and some disadvantages.

Most varieties of garden beans have

colored seeds, which is a distinct ad-

vantage in harvesting as they are not

so liable to discoloration by adverse





also an advantage as they can be har-

vested before frosts and gotten out of

the way so that-wheat or rye may be

sown where they are grown,





Most of the garden beans thresh

easily. A few of the round podded

variety thresh somewhat harder, but

as a rule those varieties are the great-

.est yielders, and threshing is not diffi-

cult if they are properly cured.





Garden beans, with few exceptions,

ane practically as hardy as pea beans

and the average yield is Only slightly

lower. The different varieties have

their advocates. Growers in some dis-

tricts prefer one variety, other dis-

tricts pnefer different kinds. The vari-

eties most largely grown are the Red

Valentine, Black Valentine, Stringless

Green, Pod, Bountiful, Golden Wax,

Prolific Black Wax, Pencil Pod Wax,

Da‘vis White Wax, and Currie’s Rust

Proof. Henderson’ 8 Bush Lima,

small early lima, is the only lima bean





hand- picked to remove the discolored

kernels and make it fit for seed pur-

poses.





Michigan-grown sweet corn seed and

beans are well and favorably known in

all the great trucking districts of the

United States. Great quantities " of

beans are ‘shipped to the southern

states, which in turn ship the green

beans to the northern markets.





 





CAREFUL PRUNING PAYS.

remarkably well here.





 





H ORTICULTURISTS assert that a

great many orchardists prune too

much, without regard to the real need

of the tree. It is pointed out that with

trees which were well selected when

the orchard was set out it is necessary

to remove only occasional branches

which start out in the wrong place

and to remove dead, injured, and

Crossed limbs.





If the trees are bearing small fruits,

if the tops contain many dead branch-

es, or if the season! growth is short

and scant, judicious pruning is recom-

mended as a means of rejuvenation.

This usually consists in cutting back

; . many branches and in entirely remov-



1118 others. Prune weak-growing vari-

. eties heavily; strong-growing kinds

.' lightly, .‘Varleties Which brdneh freely

2 n





Practically all the garden beans are

raised on contract for the various seed '

firms, of which there are about ten





looks after the rogueing or removal of

any impure stock from the beans

while, growing. Most seed firms hesi-

tate about buying garden beans from

a groWer ~.unless they have seen them





The seed of some very different vari-l





impossible to designate them absolute





 





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little pruning; those with many; .





 





 





RAINS, trolleys, and trucks

would halt if suddenly de-

prived of the lead they con-





tain. Steamships would drift peril-

ously on unknown seas. Aeroplanes





. and dirigibles would not rise.





The coal for your furnace, the food

for your table, the clothing for your

body, are brought to your door with

the assistance of lead.



The products and treasures of

distant countries are more easily

transported because of lead.





When you travel by rail



You do not see lead 1n the railroad

train or along the road, but your

train can not go far before storage

batteries, made mostly of lead, play

an important part in assuring a safe

and comfortable journey. These

lead batteries operate drawbridges,

set the signals that guard your safety,

and furnish power for the electric

lights that add to your comfort.





At terminal stations you may see

trunks and express packages carried

on platform trucks whose motive

power is derived from storage bat-

teries that are little else but lead.





Lead in other places





The bulb in the locomotive head-

light and the electric light bulbs in

day coaches and Pullman cars are

made of finc- lead glass. Railroads

use lead expansion bolts, calking lead,

or lead wool for anchoring rails

securely to a concrete roadbcd.



Lead is in the rubber air-hose

through which passes the air that

puts the brakes on all car wheels.

Bearings, some of which contain

lead, help to decrease friction which

would otherwise stop the train. The

safety torpedo that bangs like a

shot to warn of danger ahead is

held to the track by a lead clasp.





T he most familiar use of lead

Another use of lead by railroads





New York



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on every journey





' linseed oil.





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is as paint. Red—lead, an oxide of _ ,

lead, makes a paint that protects l:

iron and steel equipment against the . " {

attacks of rust.



White-lead, on the other hand, is

the most valued paint for wood and , ,

other non-metallic surfaces. Paint is .

the best known of all the many uses ' -

of lead and its products. '





People are realizing today what

“Save the surface and you save all”

means. And they are saving the

surface by protecting it with—paint

containing a high percentage of

white- lead. For the best paints have

the greatest amount of white-lead.





The professional painter uses lead-

and oil, or pure white~lcad thinned

to painting consistency with pure

Such a mixture sticks

to the surface and~ adds indefinitely

to the life of a building.





Look for the Dutch Boy 1





NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY makes

white-lead and sells it, mixed with

pure linseed oil, under the'name and __

trademark of Dutch Boy Whito-

Lead. The figure of '

theDutch Boy you see '

here is reproduced on

every keg of white-

lead 'and is a guar-

antee of exceptional

purity.



Dutch Boy prod-

ucts also include red-

lead, linseed oil, flat-

ting oil, babbitt

metals, and solder. ,



Among other products manufac-.

tured by National Lead Company ,

are lead castings, sugar of lead, lead

weights, calking lead, lead washers,

music plates, and pinking blocks.





More about lead





If you use lead, or think you might in ‘

use it in any form, write to us for'

specific information.





 





 

   

   

   

 

   

 

 





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to increase your income—not only this year, but for m_any

years to come.





You can thrash your own grain better and when in the best of condition

and you can make money doing the some good work for the neighbors,





 





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Durable—The average life of a

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today are even more durable.





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threshing time.





Efficient—Case machines are .noted-

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all crops.





Threshes All Grain: and Seeds—

. From peanuts and beans to the

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Steel covering and steel con-

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King of the Late Potatoes!





Resists heat, drought

and disease. ‘





Potato producers growing for market or home consumption

are paying 100% production costs for 65% crops. Disease

takes the other 357 .

Some diseases can be controlled by spraying—some by seed

treatment—~but others, someof the worst, can be controlled 2

only by planting disease free seed.

Michigan certified seed potatoes are the best insurance for

100% production. .

Safe requirements for certification and rigid inspections

" eliminate diseases.

' ' If your Local Cooperative AsSociatiOn or County

A , ’Agen't' cannot take. your. order: write to: ..

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road through. - my. farm. with deep

ditches. _Who has to build the cul-

verts to get to the fields and build-

ings? If the township builds any, how

many?—E. L. M.





The statute requires the highway

commissioner to furnish bridge to each

enclosure, which abutting owner must

maintain after it is built—«Rood. '





one-name RENTAL.





 





Will you please explain the proper

way to rent a farm on one-thud, the

farm having eighteen or twenty cows,

seven or eight horses. and some hogs?

What would the one- eighth consist of





ed to furnish ?——Subscriber. .

Regarding the above inquiry, on the

one-third basis where the landlord fur-

nishes everything, the tenant should

furnish the labor and pay one-third of

the threshing bills and- also buy one-

third of the seed, etc. The tenant also

receives one~third of stock increases.





. .11. T. Riddell.





A coon DAIRY RATION.





 





We have two cows that freshened

this month. We have no silo and would

like to know the best feed for them

in order to get the. most out of them.

We are feeding at present, alfalfa hay.

ground oats and com and they pasture

in a corn field that was husked on the

stalk and in which rye was sown ea1ly

in Septembm. Until it f1oze up they

had good rye pasture. ~—S. R.





A great many diffeient 1ations might

be compounded that Would give prac-

tically the same results.



Your foods are all-excellent, and not

a bad ration as they are. But for econ-

omy and best results it will be better

to mix wheat bran with the corn and

oats. Mix them equal parts by weight.

That is, 100 pbunds of each; making

300 pounds, or that proportion.



Feed each cow one pound of: grain

for every three pounds of milk she

gives, daily, if the milk tests four and

one-half per cent, or one pound of

grain for every four pounds of milk if

the milk tests three and one—half per

cent.



‘Give them all the alfalfa hay they

will eat up clean without waste. It





‘ would be better if you had some suc-





culent food like carrots, beets, bagas,





‘ or potatoes, and feed a small amount





each, day. When they had the rye pas-

ture, this was not necessary. You can

get along without the. succulent feed

it you haven’t got it. But it would be

better with it.





 





GRAFTING.





 





I would like the formula for grafting

wax, also directions for grafting apple

trees ten years old. —-A’. H. S.





Grafting wax can be made very eas-

ily by melting together four parts of

resin by weight, two of beeswax and

one of rendered tallow. After this mix-





" ture is thoroughly! melted it Should be





poured into a pail of cold water. Then 11,

with hands well greased " with tailow,

the spongey mass should be taken out

after it has cooled, and thoroughly

kneaded and pulled like molasses

candy until In is smooth and pliable:

When properly made, the wax has

Ivory much the appearance of molasses

candy and is perfectly smooth.



The bést time for grafting: is after





the: leaf buds babe-2}- started: WE“: the





scions for grafting «some» out he:





" fore any growth:- has “mode-wt all: 80





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tunes called. as boon am





 





‘ :27; store them in moist sand until. needed.

I , The .tOwnship has built a graveled,





' three-bud lengths.





and what would the renter be suppos-'





The anions should be made or heal-





thy last, year’s wood, and when. used,





for grafting they. should be cut into

At the lower end

they should be out wedge-shapeed and

inserted into a cleft stub which has

been previously p1 epared



The best way to graft the trees. is

to pick out some well-located limb

that is one and~~one»half inches 1n

diameter. Cut it off squarely and split





it in the center so that the wedge~-

shaped grafts can~be inserted‘ at each





end'of the.split. The object is to put

these Wedge~shaped scions in so that





the cambium layer, or inner bark, of“





both the stock and scion touch. Then

all exposed surfaces should be well

covered with grafting wax. This should

include the tips of the grafts or scions.

There are various methods of grafting.

but this is the most simple and ‘prac—

tical one. If you use care in getting

the two cambium layers to touch. and





thoroughly c0ver the exposed surfaces.





with grafting wax, the results will be

good_ '





HUBAM CLOVER.





 





I would like to know why you do not A





give some reports through the Michi-

gan Farmer about the Hubam clover

trials of last year? Everything was

Hubam———now there is nothing about

it.——-C. H. K.





Experiences with Hubam clover

throughout Michigan during the past

year were variable.





mid-summer drought. On heavy, mois-

ture—retentive soils, Hu-bam gaveigpod

growth for hay or pastme, but on the

lighter lands, m01e subject to the dry

weather its growth was disappointing.



This crop is conceded to be one of

the best of honey crops. It has met

with great favor from the bee-keepers.

It apparently has value as a short-

season hay crop, pasture crop and soil

improvement crop, but has not yet

been shown to be more valuable for

these purposes than the common bien-

nial white sweet clover. It will take

several seasons to work out the true

value and place of this crop.——J. F. G.-





 





DAMMING A CREEK.





 





There is a lake located on the corner

of four farms. These farmers want to

.dam a creek running from said lake

(the creek being the border line of my

f,arm) which empties into a lake own-

ed by a neighbor and myself:' C‘ofild

they lawfully do this without our con-

sent ?—~McK.





No.—-Rood. .' I '





necono TITLE RETAINING con~

,TnAcrs





 





A farm was bought with stock and

tools on coutiaet.- Down payment cov-

ered price of stock and tools, but the

contract read that stock and tools did

not belong to said party until one-half

of price for faim was paid. Not being





able to meet payments buyers are let- "

ting farm go back, but 113% sold the





cows, chickens and some tools. Is

there any way of making them replace

things sold?—-F. S.





Unless the title retaining contract





is recorded, being retained only as new -





curity, the buyer has power to pass

good title to another haying~no notice





at the contract, and then the seller has i

7 j nothing but the contract right against

the buyer, and the right- to sue hlm- ,

for conversion' ‘on 5111111111 a body execu- ' '





tint! might be he‘d. 37330.04.





 





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,. Midst farmers.

found that it suffered severely from -
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But the final point will please you

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Potash for Swamp Land





OES the corn grown on your

swamp or muck land look like



the large ear or like the small one?

The small one shows the kind of corn

roduced on potash hungry muck





and. When 100 to 200 lbs.





1' acre





of German Muriate of Potas , or400

to 800 lbs. of German Kainit, are

broadcasted on potash hungry muck,

full yields of sound c0rn are produced.





For onions, on such lands, 100 to 200

lbs. per acre of. German Sulfate of

Potash is the right amount to produce

full yields of sound onions that ripen

normally and keep well.





With potatoes and truck crops, like

results are obtained.





Even at war prices potash gave a good profit





 





I 42 Broadway





on swamp lands. Today it is the cheapest

plant food. Genuine German Potash will

help you reduce the cost of production, and

greatly improve the quantity and quality of

your crops. There is plenty of it if you will

take the trouble to insist on having it.





SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE

H. A. HUSTON. Manager





New York





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“Time is money" on the farm today.

Every farmer knows that he must make

_ every minute count to get the moat produc-

tion and profit out of his place. You can

continue—and “time saved in money made"

A-with a Fairbankvllotoe “7.” Engine.

This famous helper is now at work on more

than 350,000 farms. At present remarkably

. low prices the 1% H. P. Battery Equipt

' Rode! lo the cheapest farm help any man can

have. Itdoea more work for lean moneythan

other machine or man you can employ.

t _ 0 been in ouch great demand all overthe

country that for; many months the factory

unable to build enough of them. ‘ .





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Uses gasoline alone. Has high tension bat-

tery ignition, hit‘andamiu governor and bal-





anced safety flywheels; Control lever gives aix- -'





apeed changes. Carburetor requires no





adjusting. A remarkable value. '

The magneto equip't 1% H. 15., .3 H. P..





me- Hg P. are areal kerooeneengineonbun

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ple high tension oocillatin magneto.

Throttling 6 ernor assures atgady

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Other “2” Engine: up to 20 H. P. '

Write for complete deteiil. See the engine-

at your dealer's. ,





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speed.

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f M mos . t' all'puhlications “was.“

clals tending 'to show thatnnder pres..-

ent conditions they are unable to on-

erate without financial loss, will you‘

kindly publish an article that will con-

vince the average farmer (myself in-

cluded) that their . complaint is justi-

fied. At the present time most real-

roads have locomotives which, will

haul from fifty to 'one hundred loaded

cars with a tonnage of from forty to

fifty tons, with the same crew that a

few years ago were hauling, from

twenty-live to twenty tons per ‘ car.

and the rate in someJnstances is nee:-

ly double what they were then—7E. a.





AILROADS and farming as dis-

R tinctive industries have a few



points in common that are not

apparent in ether industries. The in-

vestment in property and equipment

represents several times 'the annual

turnover, i. e., the value of the com-

modities pro.duced.- In the case of the

farmer. he has his money invested in

the farm, tractors or horses, machin-

ery, etc, and he has to continue opera-

tiOns regardless of the demand, in the

main, for the commodities he pro-





duces. . .

So the railroad has its investment in





the line of railway, terminals, locomo-

tives, cars, etc., and

transportation service continuously re-

gardless, to a certain extent, of the

amount of transportation that is used

by the consumers, the shipping and

traveling public. The average railroad

represents an investment four to five

times the amount of money taken in

each year. This is where both of

these industries are different from oth-

er, enterprises. What is more, the

character is constantly changing, i. e.,





one decade may be largely unfit for

the serVice required in the next. Rail-

roads, too, because of the wide terri-

tory over which their property is

spread cannot necessarily give the at-

tention and care to their equipment

that, say, a substantial farmer may

give to his equipment.‘ These condi-

tions all enter into the large amount

of expense involved through the retire4

ment of equipment because of the

wear and tear or becoming ”obsolete.





What your correspondent says about

the tonnage of loaded cars in' former

years and what obtains at presentgis

correct. The increasing costs, how-

ever, can hardly be fully explained in

a brief article. I shall endeavor to

answer this in as few words as possi-

ble. 'From fifty to sixty per cent of

the mud operating revenues of a rail-

road represents money that has to’ be

paid out for labor in wages, etc. These

variations naturally ar'e dependent up-

on the volume of traflic, and the bal-

ance of traffic, ‘whether a railroad has

a return load movement in each case.

This varies according to the character

of the country tapped. On a line where

there is heavy tonnage or heavy pas-





to will necessarily be lower than on

one where the density of traffic or of

population is'lean.~ Now, as ever-y-





improvement in'the status and theliv-

ing conditions of the workers. This is

particularly true in the cities and

Condos. . ‘ .. - ' . -



, “Zerah' Colburn, writing in 1850,” I

am quoting frdm "Railroad Freight





,. Transportation?” Mr LF Loreejfs .





book," recently published; "fruits the.

wages of a‘ first-class ‘ passenger en-





3,000 miles - per _.-month, -. this 'wqul‘d

make the " rate of ‘pay, 2.4:'cen,ts_;,iper_,

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it must produce.





equipment that meets. conditions in-





senger traffic, the percentage referred





body knows there has been'a gradual _





glnemamrunnin'g onehnndred miles‘a .

day for. one year, at 3720‘: Assuming





» per day. out ‘ when the tow" ” _'





“a” rive an ,- in shop; they . 'did magma. , .





work on it." . ,



From that, day until today,5.,there has

been a. gradual rise in the rates of'pay

not only in the/case of the enginemen. '

and this 'class is taken simply for an

illustrationmbut in every class of all.

wdrkers in every department of. railm

road endeavor. Mr. Loree shows that

from 1915 to 1920 alone, ”the wages

paid to the trainmen increased 106.?

per, cent; to firemen, 105.4 per cent; to

engineers, 72.4 per cent; to conduct-

are, 72.2 per cent. ‘ " _,



“Assuming three trainmen -to on

fireman, and that these may be consid-

ered as analogous to unskilled labor in -

industry, their average increase would

have-been 105.7 per cent;



,“Assuming an equal number of ens

gineers and conductors, and their oc- -

cupations as analogous to skilled la-

bor in industry, their average increase

would have been 72.3 per cent.



“That is, the wages of unskilled la-

bor increased 46.2 per cent more than

the wages of skilled labor.~ ~For this

coudition railroad officers were in no

way responsible. It was the result of

the Adamson law and the acts of the

director‘general' and the labor board."





That shows, in brief, the trend o'fi

events in five years only, and on the

whole there was a gradual increase

since 1850.



Railway wages since the passing of

the Adamson law, September 3-5, 1916,

have been raised by legislative action,

a condition which obtains in no other

field of public enterprise. Up to that

time, the law of supply and demand

and the advantages which "concerted

action on the part of large labor or-

ganizations had been able to' force

were the only factors that entered in

the equation. .



“From 1900 to 1920, the averag

compensatiou of railway employes in-

creased from 100 per cent to over 260

per cent in 1919.” I am again quoting

Mr. Loree. “From .1906 to 1920, the

revenue ton miles of the railways in-

creased by about 173 per cent.”.Mean-

while, too, there has been a gradual

lessening of work On the part of the

employes through the rules imposed

upon- the railways- This was so par-

ticularly during the World War periv

0d. and this practice was put into ef-

fect by the labor board. These con-

ditions remain. The hands of the rail-

roads are tied. They can do nothing.





Moreover, in addition there has

gradually deVeloped a tendency on the

part of the federal and state govern-

ments to legislate all manner of laws

against the railroads. Tremendous ex-

penditures are involved in carrying

out the provisions of these laws.



It\ can.. therefore, be easily seen

from these two conditions, that the

railroads have been able to operate

Only because of the greater effective-

ness of the instruments of operation,

and the greater efficiency of manage-

ment; ,otherwise, these increasing

charges on transportation would have

overwhelmed the railroads long ago.



As quickly, therefore, as economies





» in operation through greater power,





better roadbeds and heavier loading

have been effected, these anticipated

economies have been absorbed by the

increasing labdr, “costs. higherprices



for scammodities used, such. as ties. '

x fuel,~‘_,steel~ and the necessary exten-

Sipns, tol'termiiials.. eta. made. necesé



sary‘by the ' greater: volume of traffic

”be. handled; » “ ‘ ‘ I : ' '
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henna: loss that would, have pleased





.. theimmtgexaqnng, old-time lumberman;





We were. compelled ,to' admit that





' OtsegO“ 5county‘ had. other things to





boast about besides its, potatoes ”and





alfalfa. {It is a fact that every winter





Harvesting Rlpe Tirnber Furnishes Profitable Winter Work;





many of the farmers invest their spare

time to great advantage by going out

into the woods to cut some of the re-

maining timber.



This brings to mind, however, the

tragedy of the north woods—how our

beautiful pine forests were laid waste

by the extravagant fortune-hunters

and their consequent forest-fires, strip-

ping the country of its natural wealth

in one generation. It must be gratify-

ing to‘those who witnessed this devas-





tation, to now behold a land-holder.‘





here and there, keeping a woodlot, or

reforesting an area 0f land, for future

generations.~Probably the foremost in

this work is Mr. J. C.~Gi1bert. who is

reforesting 240 acres of land on Lake

Guthrie, in the southern part of 0t-

sego. He has quite a standof white

pine but he is'iilling in with NorWay

pine to avoid the danger from the





white pine blister. He is also going





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tb’ try: out some of the Chinese white

pine. . He_ calls this farm the “Lake





Guthrie Reserve," and. it is indeed a '





delightful spot. It encloses four lakes

of'great natural beauties and undoubt-

edly will become a great scenic attrac-

‘tion in the future. It will bring back

some of the scenes which have made

northern Michigan famous.



~With the price cf wood products

soaring to the skiesand the world’s

supply rapidly diminishing, farmers





 





could do far worse than start a wood-

lot today under the Woodlot Act 0'.“

1917, which provides for exemption

from taxes until the crop is ready to

be harvested. By that time such a

man will have built up a mighty val-

uable asset for himself or his family.

Many a man in northern Michigan is

paying taxes on a portion of his farm

which he is not using for general crops

and he might as well turn it into a

woodlot, get it. exempt from taxes, and

begin to raise a crop (timber) that

will be worth more than the meager

pasture which he may get out of that

same field—E. J. Leenhouts.





 





The world production of beet sugar

for.the current year is estimated at

20,450,000 tons, which is about 200,000

tons more than were produced the pre-

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Y arrangement with the Soo Line

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the local farmers are. hauling to ship-

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BOYS AND GIRLS DOING REAL

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HE growth of boys’- and girls’ club

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ject. In 1920, twenty-eight clubs had

been organized in Iron county, enroll-

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ber 128Jfinished the course. Two years

later there were forty-nine clubs with

an enrollment of 523. of which 493 fin-

ished the course, These clubs included

canning, garment, dairy, calf, dairy

heifer, garden, handicraft, pig. potato

and hot lunch clubs. The estimated

value of products produced by club

members is given as $12,180, of which

$7,296 was profit. Several state cham-

pions are included in the 1922 club

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CLOVERLAND FARM VALUES.





 





HE crop report for March of the



State Department of Agriculture,

presents information relative to the

value of farm lands in Michigan. Tak-

ing that portion of the. report which

refers to the Upper Peninsula, we find

that the value of poor plow lands av-





. erages $27 per acre. while the average





of good plow lands is put at $50 per

acre. This works out an average of

$40 for all plow lands. The average

value per acre of all farm lands is giv~

en as $62 with improvements. and $35

without improvements.





FURNISHING CAPS WITH EXPLOS-

IVES.





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R. L. F. LIVINGSTON, land-clear-



ing specialist of the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College. has announced

through the county agents of the Up—

per Peninsula, that farmers may re-

ceive salvaged blasting caps as well

as explosives from government stores,

this season. The caps are being for-

nished at the rate of 100 for each 100

pounds of picric acid and at a cost

which is merely nominal. The maps

are those designated as No. 6 and it

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FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN

LUNCH TOGETHER.





 





_Erea'rY. Frvn fenders and business;





men of Ewen, Ontomgsn county,

set down to- lunch together, Marsh 17

in the interest of good fellowship and

better agriculture. Farmers from many

outlying townships were present and

the Herald. of Qntonas‘on. pronounces

the affair a. “huge success." Business

men got first-hand from the farmers

their present problems and methods.\





elation presided, and addresses were

made by)“. A. I. Ahderson, cashier

or the State Bank ot'Ewen, and W. N.

Clark. county “Mural agent, in~

gm since the meeting took place.

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Rudyard and Dafter, Chippewa county«





21 recently published report on the sub-~





The president of the farmers' ssso- ‘





ported that his concern manufactured tor-m





120,000 pounds of butter, last year.

from 4,000. 000 pounds of milk, and





said that he is making three times as ,





much butter this month as two years

ago at the same season. Another

speaker ‘recommended' that tanner-s

unite on one standard variety of peas

and advised the Pedigree

Green.



Farmers Were also free with sugges-

tions, including a better local market

for surplus live

slaughter, and the establishment of a





pea-canning factory so that farmers





can raise pets for the market.





 





FARMERSilNTERESTE‘D m PEA

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N effort is to be made this season



td bring about the establishment

of a pea-canning factory in the copper

country. Enough seed to plant twenty

acres will be scoured and distributed

to farmers for trial plantings and rep-

resentatives of canning factories will

be afforded an opportunity to look at

the results.



Ten farmers will plant the seeds in

two-acre lots. It is estimated that from

1,500 to 3,000 acres of peas will be re-

quired to supply a local factory. If

the trial sowing is successful and the

factory is assured, this year’scrop will

be permitted to ripen for next year’s

seeding. Otherwise the crop will be

shipped to a factory already establish-

ed, it is stated. Local farmers are said

to be much interested in the project.





HOLD EN‘THUSIASTIC DAIRY

MEETING.





 





F the series of dairy meetings held



at several points in the Upper

Peninsula in March, that at Rudyard

was particularly successful. Business

men and farmers to the number of 250

crowed the assembly room of the high

school and listened to addresses by

dairy experts under the auspices/of

the Michigan Agricultural College and

the Upper Peninsula. Development

Bureau.



Prof. O. E. Reed, of the college, said

later that in sixteen years’ experience

in this work, he had never attended

such an inspiring meeting as this one.

Farmers with their families came





many miles over winter roads and list-‘





ened' intently to what the speakers

had to offer them. Speaking in the

heart of the hay country of the east-

ern portion of the peninsula, Professor

Reed said emphatically that farmers

who raised hay as a cash crop under

existing conditions were headed

straight for disaster, and he pointed

out the desirability of extending the

dairy interests of the section.



Senator A. W. Sanborn, or Ashland,

Wisconsin, described the “Ashlsnd

Plan" of linking up business men and

farmers for a better dairy industry. By

this plan business men endorse dairy





paper which is saleable to. the local '





banks, and which later is'paid'ofl by





the farmers as a. portion. of their re?- »

runs from. the enterprise men in: 367‘

showed how- dairying had. put: a hactm ~-





ward agricultural region on the map.

as one of the most prosperous in

northern Wisconsin. '





 





BETTER DAIRYING NEEDED.





 





HE present demand for dairy pro

ducts is fairly good, dairy'speoial-

ists point out, but production irhesvy

and increasing. Here again they sang .

gent the tumor must go after the ad-

dad dollar by 11.111111: bu 7&6:an in

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and all the animals known as coarse,

. "bucky” lambs which may weigh as

‘, much as 100 mounds, and which are





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high-price cuts are obtained. Other





breadth or body, denoting blockiness,





- and absence of p'aunchin'ess and rough- -





. nass which might indicate waste. Short

legs and neck are usually associated





’ “Quality" is one Of the most import}

ant: factors, according to the depart-





ment of agriculture, in determiningthe





value of fat lambs asit indicates the

grade or‘quality‘of the meat. Other

factors~being equal it also indicates





 





Good Butchers Neglect the Cull.





waste. General 'quality is indicated by

a medium-sized, clean-cut head, ears or

fine texture, fine bone and full, well-

rounded outlines indicating a thick,

even development-of firm flesh.



Quality in the flesh of a lamb is very

largely dependent upon‘ the condition.

Condition indicates the degree of fin-

ish or fatness. ‘A finished lamb yields

a larger percentage of meat and a

more attractive'carcass than does a

thin lamb. The meat has a better fla-

-vor and ‘is more palatable. Good con-

dition of flesh in the live lamb is indi~

cated by thickness and firmness along

the back, at the loins, over the sides,

and on the legs. In addition to being

firm there should be enough springi-

ness to the flesh for it to yield slightly

to the touch. Condition is determined

by feeling the thickness of the back,

loin, dock, and leg as it cannot be de-

termined by sight alone.



The ideal weight in lambs is from

sixtyTfive to eighty pounds, although

the preferred weight varies slightly





 





But they Grab this Kind.





with the season. Lambs weighing near

the top of this range probably are in

greater demand during the summer

months because of the heavier chops

which they yield.



Common or cull lambs are decidedly

lacking in the conformation, candition

and quality which killers demand

when they are buying to, meet the

wants of discriminating consumers.

Coarse, angular lambs commonly be-

long to this grade, but not unless they

are noticeably lacking in quality of

flesh and amount of fat. Lambs grad-

ing common or cull include those

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Front and Back of Six-inch Belt.



slated to take the belt to town to have

it mended, for Jed knew nothing about

lacing a belt. when Jed’s son just out





Nothing of the kind," said he. “I know

how to lace that belt. Let me have a

chance at it."



In less than a half hour the corn

s‘heller was doing duly again, and Jed

was just tickled to pieces, although he

wouldn’t admit it to the boy. The

hired man was not so close with his

admiration, however, and asked the





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Both Sides of Lacing on Three-inch

Belt.



boy where he learned to lace the belt.



“Learned it in high school.” was his

quick answer. (There is a rural high

schoolin ch’s district, and the boys

have to take a. course in agriculture).

“I'll shew you how to do it," he said

to the hired man. And as he showed

the hired man, I watched, That is how

I learned. and now I will tell you, us-

ing sketches. which Jed’s boy did not





 





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Both Sides of Lacing on Two-inch

Belt.



make, and could not make while help-



ing around the wagOn.



Sketch number» one shows front and

back of a. six-inch belt; laced. .

right side of the sketch shows the part

which lays against the pulley. The





ing starts at the contor, and ends at





 





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saw, and started to saw some wood.

The belt, which was





of high school, came out of the

granary. \

“Trip to town to lace the belt?





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lafcing is double on that side. The lacs





 





tucked through ‘me‘bait" '11 new ,

is needed, of course, and one cnn 2

made in the farm shop A good cool

ity of w’hang is needed for lace; poor





lacing materials are costly. The same p:





is true cf belts; get the best quality.





Set the holes ”for lacing for enough .

from the ends of the belting pieces so '





that they will not tear out. Samar!

inch for the'short lace and two inches

for the long lace; on a six-"inch belt;

On heavier belts, which are seldom

used on farms. the distance will be

greater.-



Sketch two shows both sides of lac‘~

ing for a. three-inch belt.

part is the side that lies againstythe





 





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Hinge Lacing for Canvas Belt.





pulley. Sketch three shows lacing for

a two-inch bolt, the upper one showing

the side that lies against the pulley.

In all three sketches, the pulley side

of the belt has single strands of lace.



Sketch four shows the hinge lacing

used on canvas belts; The strands of

lace on left half of sketch are double,

and on the right are single.



Holes should never be cut in a can-

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Use a. blunt punch and work .it be-





tween the stitching. so as not to cut- ‘





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Berlin and Frenchtown, in Monroe

county; Brownstown, Detroit, Ecorse,

Gratiot, Greenfield, Grosse Pointe.

Hamtramck, Monguaigon and Spring-

wells, in Wayne county. The quaran-

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this area, of corn, broom corn, sorgh-

ums: Sudan grass; celery; green

beans in the pod; beets with tops;

spinach; rhubarb; oat and rye straw;

cut flowers, or entire plants of Chrys-

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line engine (but it; might have been.

his tractor, if the tractor had not

been busy in the field)‘. to the buzz-

saw, and started to saw some wood,’

when sip, hang! The belt, which was

a trifle worn in one place, broke in

two.



‘It looked‘ like the hired man was





JED THOMPSON hitched his gasor





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Front and Back of Six-inch Belt.



slated to take the belt to town to have

it mended, for Jed knew nothing about

lacing a. belt when Jed’ 3 son, just out





of high school, came out of the

granary. \

“Trip to tOWn to lace the belt?





Nothing of the kind," said he. “I know

how to lace that belt. Let me have a

chance at it."



In less than a half hour the corn

s’heller was doing duty again, and Jed

was just tickled to pieces, although he

wouldn’t admit it to the boy. The

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Both Sides of Lacing on Three-inch

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boy where he learned to lace the belt.



“Learned it in high school,” was his

quick answer. (There is a rural high

schoolin Jed’s district, and the boys

have to take a course in agriculture).

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to the hired man. And as he showed

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Both Sides of Lacing on Two- inch

Belt.



make, and could not make while help-



ing around the wagOn.



Sketcli’ number one shows front and

back of a six—inch belt; laced.

right side of the sketch shows the part

which lays against the pulley. The

lacing is double on that side. The lac-

i-ng‘ starts at the center, and ends at





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lacing materials are costly. The same 5,





is true of belts; get the host quality;

Set the holes for lacing far enough





from the ends of the belting pieces so i





that they will not tear out. Saxon





inch for the short. lace and two inches ‘





for the long lace; on a six-inch belt;

On heavier belts, which are seldom

used on farms. the distance will be

greater.



Sketch two shows both sides of Ian‘-

ing for a three-inch belt.

part is the side that. lies against,1thc





 





 





 





 





 





Hinge Lacing for Canvas Belt.





pulley. Sketch three shows lacing for

a two-inch belt, the upper one showing

the side that lies against the pulley.

In all three sketches, the pulley side

of the belt has single strands of lace.



Sketch four shows the hinge lacing

used on canvas beltsi The strands of

lace on left half of sketch are double,

and on the right are single.



Holes should never be cut in a can-

vas belt, for they will weaken the belt.





Use a blunt punch and work it be- -





tween the stitching, so as not to cut'

any of the threads—E. A. Kirkpatrick.





CORN BORER QUARANTINE EX-

TENDED IN MICHIGAN





 





HE federal government has in-



creased the area over which the

quarantine, occasioned by the presence

of the European corn borer has been

spread. In this state the areas in-

cluded after April 1, are as follows:

Berlin and Frenchtown, in Monroe

county; BrOWnstown, Detroit, Ecorse,

Gratiot, Greenfield, Grosse Pointe,

Hamtramck, Monguagon and Spring-

wells, in Wayne county. The quaran-

tine permits the free movement within

this area, of corn, broom corn, sorgh-

ums: Sudan grass; celery; green

beans in the pod: beets with tops;

spinach; rhubarb; oat and rye straw;

cut flowers, or entire plants of Chrys-

anthemum, aster. cosmos, Zinnia, hol-

lyhock and cut flowers or entire plants

of gladiolus. dahlia, except the bulbs

thereof without stems. The quarantine

limits the movement of these materi-

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AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS GROW

IN POPULARITY.





 





TIHE attendance in agricultural v0-

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Our 1923 production are mostly from prize win-

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15y We know how We will teach you.

WRITE TODAY for our broad guarantee and

easy payment plans.





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.in abundance, the cod getting them





_ stable well lighted and'well ventilated.





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is known that milk contains iii





. J..¥f~ti‘iifi%rst°9¢ae viral- Wfifivalé‘ sailed





vitanfines,’ which. seem to" haveso‘r





muchto dowi'th life itself. .

. S6 (essential are these vitamines that

. lower animals,~likj_‘rats, rabbits, guin-



ea. "pigs,**~etlci,;jsoon die if a. sufficient



Quantity. .is;~yn0t‘CQntained in their ra-



thin.“- 'so"v1ta1 are these vitamines that



it was observed ‘.in the great war that

soldiers having a ration containing





butter recovered from their wOunds





‘ much sooner'than those deprived of





butter. Hence it is, that dairy products

are becoming more universally used in





. our diet than ever before. .





Now it‘is learned that cows' milk

has a greater number of 'vitamines in

summer than in winter, presumably

due to the fact that they have greater

access to sunlight in summer than in

winter ,and that they have more green

leaves of plants in their rations. From

this fact it isto be observed how very

essential it is to have a well-lighted

stable, one with plenty of windows to





' let in the sunlight. Also, how import- .





antrit is to secure forage crops for

winter feeding in such a manner as to

preserve the green leaves, as in clo-

ver and alfalfa hay and the corn plant

for silage and to be fed in the dry





 





These Dogs Are From the Same Litter..

The Larger One Got Milk; the Other

Did Not. '





state. Some people have seemed to

think that the leaves of plants, be-

cause they did not weigh very much,

were of little importance to the ra-

tion; but now we know they contain

these vital principals.



[Just recently it has been shown that

if cows are given cod liver oil in their

ration in winter, the number of vita-

mines in the milk is greatly increased.

Cod liver oil contains these vitamines-





'from the green leaves of. sea weed.

Hence the vitamine can be maintained

in milk during the winter by adding

the oil to the cow’s ration.



But it will be much better and more

economical to furnish the vitamines to

the cow in her regular food than to

feed her cod liver oil. Certainly if the

practice should become common, the

prioeof the oil wouldso advance that

it would ‘ become prohibitive.



The first thing to do is to hays the





This allows the-"bow to-function nor-

mally. ' , '- ‘ ‘

The next thing is to soprepare for-

age. crops that .they\ will retain their

leaves.‘ ‘ ' ‘

“If. cloverisfcut and allowedtolm in





all“ thef'mbisture‘ evaporates, tithe xieaf





”4 Stéifi‘i‘besomé ~ refs" , brittle and , .





“1.1.91.1 filli‘dteii‘ the mainstr- of the





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:‘Betterj Se lf-feed‘ ‘ . Than, . ,

Ever—j, Save: a Man

. ,, . Throw the bundles from the we. n—one, two, even three *

down more compactly 30 it will shed at a time. The improved Self- eedof the 1923 Pasec will '

rein more readily and in case of wind take care of them. It saves a man at the fee table,



Will not blow over 'to be exposed to yet handles more com than ever.



the weather. The new Angle-steel Link Belt also he] s to make the





When'the clover or alfalfa is in feedin automatic. lt 'ves a positive eed thatcan be

’ ’ depen ed on, even With eavy corn.





 





 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





proper cendition to cut, it should be litiganwtiflihts‘h

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cocks. Then when cured it can be ‘ f/ g ,1 ’ {:38 wimfiziif‘s‘zi‘i

drawn into the barn with the least "‘ " . - m“

loss of leaves. This gives’the hay the , , ‘ Briefings Cutter





At A New Low Price





Besides giving you an improved Cutter in the 1923 Papec

we have reduced the rice. Nowhere else can on find

such a wonderful Ensflage Cutter value. Now ere N

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greatest degree of palatability, the _

largest percentage of digestible nutri-

ents, and, not of the least importance,

an- abundance of those essential vita-

mines. "



Then 'we will not have to feed cod

liver oil to get normal milk—L.





else can you et the simple, Wm construction

that means reedom from repairs, (legs and pg:

clogging on any Silo. There's som _mz in e

bur-r-r oi the smooth-running Papec which delights

the ear of the man who knows machinery. There's

a Papec to fltalour Tractor or your farm engine—3

h. p. and up. me today for the 1923 Catalog.





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,9 How it feels to bethe

leader of the tire business





THERE was a time when the bigger a Yet the makers of Royal Cords believe

business grewthe more“uppish”it got. that Royals deliver the greatest average

These days are over-epraise be!





'llt‘lliil‘eage of any tire that was ever made.

The I rs of Royal Cords are the 18 seems to be proven by the confi-

,leaders of the industry, but they don’t





dense car owners have in these tires.

. feel it any loss of dignity to reach out Reyal Cords have never been sold at

’for new friends.-





‘ébig ldiscounts:l orhfeatured in “salelsi’.

, eopecantte w atatire is actua y

., And they take the very ample way of worth if it sells for all kinds of prices in

. Just asking you to try one Royal Cord. All

the U. S.‘Ro_yal Cord policies are simple.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





, different sections of the country. , ,

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Most far-m lands need lime, and

none is better than Sol'vay Pulverizecl

Limestone-high test, non-caustic,

furnace dried, and groundfine to,

spread easily.





Every farmer should read the





Solvay Booklet on Liming

+sent FREE on request.





Sales “out, Wing & Evans, Inc.

Real Estate Exchange Building

Detroit, Mich.





little and bring big results.





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SOLVAY brings better,'greater crops _

the first harvest. SOLVAY makes ~

sour soil sweet and releases all for-

tility the land contains to hasten

growing crops to full maturity.





 





 





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1 parts made by the manufacturer of

Every repair part madeb

I the initials ® plainly visible.

‘ Genuine E-B Osborne repair parts are exact duplicates

1' of theo tunnels, so they always fit. Do not accept imita-

It costs no more to get genuine

“E-B” repairs for Osborne machines—and you are sure

» of getting better and longer service. , ‘

'Tbe makerof bogusrepairs' is onlycoriceérned insell'mc‘ 7

repairs. 9% are interested' in giving you goodrepair parts 3 .

so that Osbom'e machines will continue to please you. 1





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. 389 acres in twenty. southern and east. ._

ern states; as compared with 340,370 .





acres for '-.1922 This year’s acreage ,. T ‘

is the smallest since 1919, The per .





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' representatives ,of various farm organ-





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, with peaches and some plums: ,

is attributed 'to the fact thati'e'vith~



. those fruits the wood 01 the past sea?

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HE acreage planted to early pom-

toes this year is estimated tit/260:





cent decrease in the early producing

states is twenty-three, while the de-





states is twenty-four per cent: .-

STRAWBERRY "ACRE‘AGE‘J fin- }





CREASES.





 





cent is indicated





cent over 1919. Early strawberry pro-

duction is, therefore. growing rapidly.





 





RAISIN GROWERS REORGANIZE.





 





HE announcement is made that the



raisin growers of California are

reorganizing to meet the conditions of

the Capper-Volstead cooperative mar-

keting act. In the old Organizationi

around fifteen per cent of the stoc‘kt

was held by individuals who were not

confined to raisins. The above law

requires that membership be confined

to prdducers. In reorganizing it is

the purpose to reduce the capital stock





it be held only by raisin growers.





WOULD INCREASE EXPORTS 01:

FARM paooucrs. '





 





N informal conference was recent—

ly held in Washington between





irations and members of foreign; e111-

bassies and legations in Washington.

The subjects discussed were the for-





‘ucts, the best methods of exporting

these goods, and the» Security which.

foreign countries have to offer.

further conference will, be necessary

before any statement will be made as

to the progress of the move.





FARMERS RAISE o'w~ SEEDS. "





FARMERS in Houghton county are



raising more of their owu seed~and

buying less from outsidepoints, says

L. M. Geismar, county agent. Mr.





since seeds grown locally are more

likely to give satisfactory repui‘ts be?

cause better adapted to the peculiar

climatic conditi-Ons obtaining in this

most northerly section of the state.





CONTROLLING APPLE APH1os‘

(Continued 11cm page 519).

limbs. much pruning

Prune trees in rich deep soils lightly;

in poor, shallow soils heaVily. '. ‘4

The cutting back of all the branches

of a tree is practiced regularly only

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progreissively further away from the





'. trunk, so that it is necessary to: head E.

in these fruits by cutting bael: the

branches in order to keep: the bearing





Wood near the tron-h 0n the When ,

hand, apples,- pears, cherries; and mo‘SE '





crease in nine; mtermedlaté producing -





   





N the early and intermediate produo- .

111g states an increase of seven. perv

in the strawberry .

acreage. This increase is seventy-fiver ~

per cent over 1920. and ninety-opener.





   

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Why pour into your garden

good seeds, tools, labor, your

cntbusiasm~and then forget the

INSURANCE that Pyrox gives?

This high-power blend of poison

and fungicide kills the bugs, or

repels them; controls the blights,

rots and mildew; gives theicrop‘s

\a chance to ripen fully. ’





You buy Pyrox as a smooth,

firm paste. 1! is very easy to

mix, and sprays without clog—

ging the nozzle; sticks like paint

when dry, even in a heavy, driv-

ing rain. . It is fine, also, for

small fruits, flowers, shrubhery





Read the PYROX BOOK—en

unbiased, authoritative dis—

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control them. It’s FREE.





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limit! lager-eye -- exuune mine—{t

surprised that It can be

at so low eprlee~D0n' 1'. ac-

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a tines batonb one "wining

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. . parison than the increase in prices of





~ ; least, according i-to C. L. Whalin, gov-

}, ernment wool *egpert' The country ‘

’. must, replenish large” retocks 1 of 'rwoolen

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-A .T f‘lheflglnnins of the 4923 seeding

“81:33an the buregu an! agricultural





“‘ _ economics sees areason‘ably 'fai-r out-





look forefarmers... Reports are coming





A ‘in of a more optimistic annosphere on

the farm. In .the entire range of sta-





ple crops, however, according to the

bureau, well informed men appear. to

feel that not more than two major

Iarm products are likely to be expand-

ed'this year at a profit; These are





' " cotton and sheep.





 





' TBE' SUGARL‘LSITUATION.





 





.‘ ; ALTHOUGH reports er the depart-





, .ment of commerce show that there

is no justification for the rapid in-

crease in price of sugar, there is. a

feelingwhich “will not down that the

new tariff is in some measure respon-

sible. Opponents of the tariff are tak-

ing advantage of the rise in sugar to

call attention to what they acclaim

“the diref-u‘l effects of the tariff.” It



Cis‘ giving them opportunity to make a

general attack against ‘the entire tar-

. inf schedule. '



"This profiteering in sugar has start-

ed an, agitation which is crystalizing

into a powerful demand for legislation

designed to prevent gambling in food-

stuffs. The progressive bloc in con-

gress will include this demand in their

program and undertake to secure early

action on such a bill. ‘





WALNUT TREES AT COST.





 





HE department of agriculture of

the Central Michigan Normal

School at Mt. Pleasant, has a way of

rendering various and’valu‘able ser-

vices to the people of the community

and of the state. One of these is the

distribution of walnut trees for plant-

ing, at cost. Prof. M. A. Cobb, head

of the department, has made a special

leature of this movement for several

years until, to date, 35,000 walnut seed-

lings have been ~set‘out largely to

school children in all parts of the

state.‘

The first of these trees to be dis-





tributed are now bearing and each re- '





turning spring sees thousands more of

them planted by people who secure

them from this source. Walnuts make

beautiful trees, every farm home

should have a few of them around.

They are valuable for , the delicious

food they bear, for their shade and for

their timber. The cost is nominal and

the returns will increase and multiply

as the years go by.-—Pope.





THE LIVE srocK SITUATION.





 





. REPORTS indicate} that sheep are



increasing, especially in the mid-



dle west, many ewe lambs having been

picked out- to save as breeders. ,



The cattle situation is disappointing





yior the past year being on 81.50 'per

hundred pounds, which is less in com-





other farm products.





 





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favorable for‘ a year or . two at‘





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production, and market » movement

makes it appear that there might be a

large surplus of lambs back in th

country. -



It may be well for the sheep raisers

to keep in mind, however, the sheep

specialists think. that although the

present trend is favorable the sheep

industry has been declining over a

long period, and we are still competing

with the countries where free grazing

makes low cost of production.





.TDAIRY INDUSTRY cE'rs ATTEN-

TION.





 





The senate and house have finally

reached an agreement over the, terms

of the Horton cheese bill which estab-

lishes standards for fat and moisture

content and requires honest labeling.



The senate passed twenty-nine to

nothing the Town anti-filled milk bill

to prevent substituting vegetable oils,

such as cocoanut oil, for butter-fat in

milk products. Both of these dairy

bills have now been sent to the gov-

ernor for his signature.





 

 





 

 

 





 

   





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I Tile is made from selected uslity fire clay in our own plant located in the center of the finmlr‘





firechy district. Let our ulldlng Plum Department help you. Write

for descriptive literature. Free estimates 'on receipt of your rough plans. _. ,

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: Kalamazoo Silos Choice of Wood Stave or Glazed Tile construction.





. Product of thirty years’ experience in silo building.

i A Kalamazoo Silo ves you mater production at less cost—more profit—an

investment that will a handsome dividend year after veer. Write for Free Silo Book.



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4 TIMES Around the World with ONE Olllllfl

100,000 Miles Without Stopping for Oil .





An inventor who could develop an automobile, a railroad car or



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be consxdered a "wonder. But such is the record of regular

.;. accomplishment by the Auto-oiled Aermotor during the pm



:5. .. eightyears m pumping water.



.3 . Did you ever stop to think how many revolutions the wheel . ‘

of a wmdmill makes? If the wheel of an Aermotor should roll along the



of the ground at the same speed that it makes when pumping water it w



encn-cle the world in 90 days, or would go four times around in a car. It



travel on an average 275311113 per day or about 30 miles per hour or9 hours



day. An automobile which keepspp that pace day after day needs a charm



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“Air— Cure Your Hay





with McCOrmick-Deering Hay Tools.





T lSN'T sundrying that puts quality into hay. but oir-curing. And hay is air-

best when side-tedded into light, breeze-sifting windrows such as those

“ that trail off in thevwake of the _





McCormick-Deering Side Rake and Tedder





. You can follow closely behind the mower with this machine and rake the hay be-

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clean, picking up every last wisp—and there is-

no shattering of leaves. The hay is turned com-\

pletely over and deposited in snug. airy windrows L

through which the air circulates freely, curing I,

evenly both stems and leaves with its magic touch.

There are points of mechanical excellence that

distinguish this fast-working, gentle hay-handling

machine from all other types of side rakes and

tedders. There are also many points of mech-

anical excellenCe that distinguish all hay

machines made in the International Harvester

factories—McCormick, Deering and Milwau-

kee mowers, McCormick-Deering self-dump

rakes, tedders, sweep rakes, stackers and load-

‘ ers. Ask your near-by McCormick-Deering

dealer to show you.

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beets grown on muck and peat lands}

. .On loam soils—and these are best-

for growing the crop, yields depend.





'ful thinning, and cultivation, and we?

hate of high- analysis feltilizers ot' the

analysis suited to this ‘crop. E



J. F. Cox and E. B. Hill of the Mich--

' igan Experiment Station, have the fol-1



lowing to say 01: the subject of l'ertil‘l

‘ izing the sugar beet crop: ;

> “Under average Michigan soil con--

ditions. sugar beets respoml best 1'0?





high in phosphoric acid and potash.I

Growers report good results from th:

use of 300 to 500 pounds pei acre of

'complete leitilizei suth as 2-12-2 0r

2-10-4, or a like amount of acid phOs-f

phate. When this amount. of fertilizer

is used, it should be applied broadcast,‘

when fitting the seed-bed, or han'owed}

in just before planting. When smal'lerl

applications, 100 to 125 pounds per

acre, are made, the fertilizer should be

applied in the row. usually with a spe

cial fertilizer attachment on the seed—

er. The common practice, which is 11

poor one, is to apply too little fertiliz—

er of a low analysis for maximum re

turns per acre. 9

“Barnyard manure is the most rom-

rnon fertilizer used on the farm today.

Barnyard manure, ‘which has been lip--

plied the spring or fall the year pre-v

vious to planting beets, gives the best.

results. Spring applications of fresh

manure immediately before planting i:

not recommended for several reasons:

(.1) the beet plant is not able to make

the best use of this manure, as it is

not. immediately available; (2) heavy

applications of fresh manure may,

cause. short. prongy. lowy'elding

beets: (3) the spring topdressing of

fresh manure in many cases is also :1.

top-dreaming of weed seeds. This great-

l_v increases the amount of labor-nee—

essary to care, forthe crop. \\’¢~lf—rol-~

ted manure may profitably be applied

.. in the spring.



“Manure should he sup ilementeilv

with an application 01 acid phosphate .

as above 1ecommended. 01 ol leililizcr

high in' phosphorous. As the price of‘



. potash declines. its use may again ‘be-1

§ come more general.

- “On soils which are acid, sugar beet '

refuse lime at the rate of one to three

lions per acre, or one to two tons of

ground limestone applied in rotation.

' 4 when fitting the seed-beds for corn or'

beets, will increase beet yields directly

and markedly increase the yields of

clover and alfalfa l‘ollowingin rotation,.‘

thus providing a greater residue of or-

ganic matteI and nit10gen imploving

both the fertility and structure at the

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When the first warm day of spring came, 175, 000 people strolled

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to pursue the hot dog to its lair, rier with Clan McLean
. luring day before the cutting wind





subsided and the snow ceased falling.

:The black colt, who was completely

-.covered with snow, broke out first and

. Queen followed him at once.

‘ had not gone more than a few yards





They





when they saw the head of the white





V ~mare rise above the rim of the bowl-

” like valley. As soo'n as she spied her

" Colt the {white mare began to neigh





eagerly, her piercing call echoing from

the hills and bringing her the baby

response that thrilled her out of pa-

tience. Snorting and puffing she plow-

ed the deep snow which fell away from

her like spray from the keel of a ship.

' When she reached him at last, she

caressed him with tremulous lips, run-

ning them along his little forehead, be}

tween the two small cars, and down

his mane and back. Caresses make

life worth while, but they have their

time and their use and the black colt

was hungry. He struck out at once for

his‘ milk. But his mother had whinnied

for him all through the long dark night

and 'her excitement at having found

him again was. so great she hardly

knew what she was doing. He slipped

from her caresses. Her lips craved the

touch of him. Little, Queen had come

with him out of the unknowu where

she had feared he had been swallowed

up. So it happened that her exuberant

caresses fell partly upon little Queen.





It was like having refound her moth-

er. to Queen. Changed, yes; but life

is all change! She switched her little

tail and danced about the white mare,

finally sliding along her other side and

reaching out and seizing the second

dug. The black colt, little Queen’s erst-

while tormentor, touched noses ’with

her as she drank, and shared his milk

with her without the slightest sign of.

objection. .



No figures affected his philanthropy.

Fractions, division, these abstractions

never entered the sphere of his mind.

The philosophy of that period of his

life may be summed up in the precept:

“Drink all there is to drink, all you

happen to find, and if still hungry, eat

grass and try again later.”



Every time he went for his milk,

'Queen took the other side as if she

had never known another mother.

Though the white mare often showed

a natural predilection for her son, she

adopted little Queen, because no

thought presented itself to her mind

against tolerating her, especially since

she and her little son had become in-

separable.



They played together, rested side

by side, drank and thrived together;





L and so over little Queen’s grievous or-

phanage rose the sun of a happier





youth. '





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' T was about the middle of the fol.-





 





_HE winter‘was a hard one. The

skies were persistently and mo-

notonously. dull. A few moments [of

sunshine’Were invariably followed by

days of howling winds and leaden

skies. Blizzard succeeded blizzard

and the hollows filled so full of snow

that it became dangerous for c'olts to

wander off alone and they clung to

their mothers’ sides.

During the short periods of daylight,

the horses, the mares, and the colts





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encompassed all horses of the herd.





The nights were very long. The sun

rose and .set so far to the south and

the are it made in its dail course

was so small that a. drink or two of

her'share of the black colt’s milk and

the‘procuring of a single meal on the

deep, hidden grass, spent the day.

W'hen the shadows of one night, driv-

en out by. the dawn, came back.so

soon in the next night and there was

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'IORGUU;





FORGET





By ,Vcrnc H.‘ Church '





When angry words in haste are 'said,

Why do we choose a friend to maim?

Why not select a fiend instead,

The target for our deadly aim?





When we speak out the cutting jest,

And try thereby to wound some one,

Why thrust at thorn we love the best,

For some misdoed they may have

done?





When to us come suspicion.deep,

' Why place the blame on some dear

friend, ,

The love of whom we fain would keep

Throughout all time till life shall

end?





I fear we trifle most with them

' To whom we owe the'groatost debt,





Forgetting love, the priceless gem,

Is only claimed in friends we’ve

met.





Our stay on oanth is short at most,

Qan we afford to selfish be,

Or shall We play the kindly host,

To those who dwell with you

and me?





if other: 'would our joy 'assail,

We still may hope that

" regret

To them will come, if on the trail

We post the words, “forgive, forget.”





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I’m sure our brightest, sweetest day,

Will really be whén we have met



Thom face to face, and frankly say

“We can forgive and will forget."





 





broke up into groups and wandered

away as far as the deeps allowed or

hunger urged; but each night they

congregated in the same corner of the

valley. This nightly congregating kept

the snow in one big spot firmly trod-

den to the ground and raised two walls

with the rest of it, in the lee of which

they obtained the comforts of an airy

barn.





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Many a night when the shrieking

wind overhead poured shower after

shower of dry snow over them, cover-

ing them as with a blanket, little

Queen, lying‘ close to the black colt

and his white mother, indulged in a

happy gratefulness for the comforts

she experienced, Where man thinks

and knows, animals feel. Ekperience

had taught her in sensations and emo-

tions, which she had not forgotten,

what discomfort and disagreeableness

were. The change in conditions

which she now experienced brought

into her mind sensations of a grateful-

ness which expressed itself in an ard-

ent love for thecolt and the white

mare, a love which, as the days mov—

ed on, slowly overflowed toward and





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AL A C R ESL—Every Bady’r Doing It.





came tiresome, and the necessary

shifting from side to side kept the

mind awake and active. Impressioris

made and forgotten rekindled like em-

bers in the windblown ashes of a fire.

These impressions, varied as they

were, and so largely without order cf

time or place, were nevertheless as

useful to her as experience‘is useful

to us. It was out or this experience

that she built the indiViduality of her

character, andonly thos‘é' who are lot-





ally ignorant of animalkind can deny





that they have character and individs

uality. ‘





Often the phantom form of the old

buckskin mare came to haunt the





dreams of little Queen and always on





the followingr day; she pawedthe snow

less energetically'and gazed wiStf‘ulls’r

away over the endless prairie snows,

puzsled over the' incongruity of her

mother’s coming in the dark hours and

never “by daylight when she could en-l

joy her most. '



She was comfortable. and happy in

her second fosterage and thrived well

upon it; yet these persistent dreams

of‘ her nights haunted her wakeful





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days and in, time left on her beautiful

head marks of sorrow, vague. amt-111°





tangible, ‘ but' unmistakably there, ad—-





ding a charm to. that head that it nevs

er lost. .





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HEN the ‘days began lengthening.





; The sun climbed higher in the sky





and'broke through the spell of wins.





ter’s clouds with a smiling kindness

that stirred every cell in Queen’sbody.

Spring came upon the stern winter as

a rosy dawn breaks upon an unpleas-





began smiling to cloudless ”skies with

a silent and radiating wetness and the

snows shrank away, exposing brown

spots." The earth began to emit intox-

icating odors of growth and the valleys

filled with cool, trembling water. Like

living things born in the night these

rippling pools appeared everywhere.





Birds came daily in greater numbers

from the south and their songs aug-

mented the nameless urge that the

south winds bore and filled the deso-

late wilds with friendliness and good~

will. Before the snows had completely

disappeared, a layer of thick green





grass began carpeting the earth and'





myriads of delicate crocuses studded

the~green with color-illumined stars.





Long as the days were becoming,

the colts found them all too short'for

the full expression of the jay that

Spring was giving them. Nights came

altogether too soon and the vapory

light of early dawn revealed them al-

ready romping over the plains, seek-

ing to rid their joints of the sleepy

feeling that the long winter had given

them. In wide circles they ran, plung-

ing through sloughs, jumping, kicking

at the air, pretending to bite each oth—

er in violent anger, stopping only wnen

hunger demanded it.





Changes met them wherever they

looked. The earth itself and all life

upon it seemed to have become 'an

endless play of the forces of change.

Just as each day was in itself a suc-

cession of changes, white light merg-

ing into the .tinted colors‘of evening,

fading out in night and breaking again

into the colors and light ofa new day,

so one day was different from another

and they felt themselves each day

changing from what they. had been

the day before. -





Queen was only vaguely conscious"





of these changes in herself, and in

her companions, but one change was

clearest of all. Most easily percepti-

ble of all, this change, in a way, vex»-





res:ented:them all. _lt was the change ‘





which she one day realized was taking

place in the black colt. Something

was very apparently happening to him.

His blackv-hair-fell rapidly, as she had





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“mother“ was? so distracting was this

""change‘, however, that she sometimes

looked at him with the feeling that he

was another colt, and in those rare

.moments she experienced a peculiar

depressive ennouon, hke the reeung

she had’ experienced when she was

standing before her dead mother, look-

ing confesed‘ly down upon her. Yet

she knew that it was he. There were

fortunately other Characteristics that

remained unchanged. In time, of

course, she got quite used _to the

change in his appearance; but she

never forgot that he had been black.

The image of him, the picture that

rose in her mind’ when she thought. of

him and when he was not immediately

before her, was a changeable image

which was black one moment and

white the next.





IF Queen had been in the habit of



applying to every image in her mind

some name, she would have called him

“Whiteblack.” Possibly ' she might

have added the .word or the idea,

“big,” for he was much bigger than he

had been; but, since that quality ap-

plied, to all the colts, she would prob-

ably have left that off.



By the varying degrees of this qual-

ity in the many colts, as well as by the

many other qualities she learned he-

longed to all onto each of them, Queen

knew one from the other. All through

the long winter her companionship had

been restricted’to the black colt and

his mother, but now, the common de-

sires of youth: brought the colts to-

gether and led them in time to aban-

don the companionship of the mares

_ and the adult horses. Some of them

‘ went back every day to their mothers

for milk, but they all played by them-

selves and even at night they rested

in a group. together, away from their

mothers. Though their mothers had

their own soliac life and activities to

occupy them and did not mind the

daily absence of their overgrown foals,

their maternial instincts, their anxiety

over their erstwhile babies, was still

very. great. In spite of this division of

interests, in spite of this habitual

grouping, they lived near each other

and at the first sound or sign of clan-1

ger, they gathered and fled in concert.





The old desire for her mother, the

longing, the urge to go forth and to

seek, had lost what little definiteness

it had had and had turn-ed into an im-

pulse to go, which spasmodically well-

ed up in Queen and sent her loping

over the plains without purpose. Al-

ways as soon as he saw her start

away,-White-black loped after her and

always the rest of the colts followed.

, Sometimes the older horses and

mares, mistaking the escapade for a

sign of danger, would lope after them;



First happening occasionally, this

game began to take place daily and

even several times a day. Just as 'the

colts and other horses got into the

habit of following her, Queen acquired

the habitual desire to be followed.





It happened one morning that the

big brown colt led the race. Jealousy

seized at the heart and mind of Queen

and she exerted herself to the very

end or her strength to get ahead of

him, as if her life depended upon do-

ing so. She puffed and snorted and

pumped away with her this. long legs;

but could not even get abreast of him.

Behind her she could hear the milder}





snorting of White-black. Suddenly she” '





veered to the left. _ She was exhausted





and intended getting out of the way 1,





of the herd; but she felt White-black:

'2 veering with her and knew that the"

* 'gj gimme Mowiugshim. 1' ‘r -»





Wed that my bf motibn He turned and followl- . '





ed' them, trying hard to catch up, lat





realizing that he had 10313.01: the

other hand; Queen had discovered a ‘





trick whereby the newly acquired lead-

ership could be kept, and she meant

to keep it.





' HEIR food grew in abundance

wherever they turned. The grass

was rich and juicy; wild plants, sweet

and delightful to the taste, grew

abundantly on the hillsides; and W81-

ter. cool and refreshing, trembled in

every hollow.



Plenty to eat and a great deal of

exercise to sharpen the appetite filled

out all the depressions in Queen’s

body and because she was too active

to be fat, she became delightfully

plump, Her hair now shorter was

sleek and its gloss flashed in the sun—

light. Her mane was luxuriantly thick

and wavy. Part of it came down be-

tween her ears and over the white

spot on her forehead, down to her

eyes, giving her magnificent head,

with the imprint of sadness up0n it, a

touch of queenliness that few queens

possess.



(Continued next week).





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dislike him. They were hard—working

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dreams is turned to good account. One

of the two is executed, the other set

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about the young man who cheered him

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antee that they'are not spies, andthat

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the nine men arrive at home each map

finds his money in the mouth of one

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Joseph is put in Benjamin’s sack. Ben-

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Joseph’s own brother. -' The men get





some distance from the city and are

recalled and charged with stealing.

They protest their innocence, but

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sack of Benjamin. Benjamin is ac-

cused of being the thief, and the gov-

ernor tells the rest they may depart,

but that Benjamin must remain, as a

slave. , - . V



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sages of the Old Testament. Judah

steps forward and offers to give him-

self in place of Benjamin, saying that

it will kill the old father, if Benjamin

does not return with the others. After

reviewing how they had been compell-

ed to seek grain in 'Egypt because of

the general famine, Judah says: “For

thy servant became a surety for the

lad unto my father, saying, ‘If I bring

him not unto thee, then shall I bear

the blame to my father forever. Now,

therefore, let thy servant abide in-

stead-of the lad a bondman to my

lord; and let the lad go with his breth-

ren. For how shall I go up to. my

father, if the lad be not with. me?"

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chapter has strange gripping power

over the reader. ,



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to leave the room, and he said, “I am

Joseph.” It is a moving scene, this,

and a fitting climax to a story that is

told with matchless power. The old





father is sent for, and is introduced to

the king.





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Egypt, when they were driven to ask

food of the state. But this is nowhere-

nearly as bad as other actions of some

modern governments toward their sub-

jects.

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patriarchs. An age that indulges in

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' I ’ ENERALLY speaking, the .twen- wentiwest. A few years ago one of

' ‘ ty—seven years following the CiVil them was' presidentbf the National

War was an era of prosperity for Wood G-row‘ers’ Association, the other



the farmers on the oak opening lands became {offer-nor of his state and a

of southern Michigan. ‘ United States Senator. \These two men

It is'true that the period of deflation when boys about seventeen and nine-

which followed the war prices of the teen years _01 age. -I)el'f0rmed a days 9

early sixties for a time bore heavily work husking. corn, 'that never has

on all farmers, but those living on the been equaled in this country. Scores

openings felt the hard times the least. of those old—fashmned, square-dealing,

3 Their farms were well improved. As hard—working. money-savmg hired

a rule, permanent buildings had re- men” in later years owned good farms,

placed the rude structures of pioneer. and not a few of them becamemen of

days. Substantial rail fences surround- prominence. in their communities.

ed the fields and there was a full com- The farmers of forty and fifty years

moment of live stOCk. ’ ago on southern Michigan sandy

While some of the farmers on the 10211118. practiced “mixed husbandry.”

openingsowed money, by far the great, They raised corn,.wheat, oats, clover

er portion of them were not only out and grass. .Rye, 1f grown, was used

of debt but had accumulated a com- mainly for late fall and early spring

fortable surplus. Many of them be- pasture. Sheep, hogs and cattle were

came stockholders in the national R91“ on practicallyevery firm. Prod-

banks that were organized in the late ‘1ch 801d 111011}de wheat, W001. sheep,

sixties and early seventies. Others h0g3» cattle tor bPPl. colts, butter,

were money loaners. A considerable eggs apples and Cloverseed. ()n a ma-

proportiou o the “second crop of set- JOl‘llry 01‘ farms wheat and wool were

tiers” who were laboriously clearing ”19 leading cash DI‘Odue.fS. With few

and draining the heavily timbered clay “081)“th the flOCkS 01 sheep were of

loams in this part of the state, bor- ”‘9 1119111") breed kt’lfir Primarily for

rowed needed cash from men living on wool production. mutton was moment-

the comparatively old and well-improv- al. Around wheat .and wool was bmlt

Taxes had not yet a system of agriculture commonly

A couple of wag- practiced 'in southern Michigan after

the war. It was especially adapted to

our sandy loams for it produced a rea-

sonable income and to a great degree

maintained the productivity of the soil.





ed opening farms.

become burdensome.

on loads of wheat, or one of Tat hogs,

would pay all annual assessments lev-

ied on a good one—hundred-sixty-acro

farm. While the prices of farm prod-

‘ucts had. gone down, those paid for . '

farm and household supplies ,had (10“ F a “sheep to the acre” was kept in

creased in like proportiOn. , addition to the other live stock, and

l - . that was the ambition of many farm-

ARM machinery to a large ‘extent ers, a majority of the acres in a farm

had taken the place of hand-labor. must beadevoted t0 hay and9pasture.

Hay was '5th raked and unloaded by No fixed rotations were practiced. An

horse-power. Reapers cut the wheat "Old pasture 50d might be plowed for

although it was still bound by hand. “0m. followed by a- summer fallow.

Improved machines threshed Small sown to wheat and 896’de t0 clover.

grains and hulled the cloverseed. Two- 01' a 010V" 3"“ plowed for wheat fol-

horse corn cultivators and much bet~ lowed by corn, OMS and clover, 01‘ a

ter types of plows and harrows still sod planted to corn. then oats, wheat,





further increased‘the efficiency of the clover, all] were common practices. 00'

farmer and the men who helped him casmnally a drouth killed the new clo





do his work. Competent farm labor ver seedings. the“ 3mm“? crop 0f?

was abundant and wages were in pro- small grain would follow wrth another.

pertion to the prices of: farm com- seeding 0‘ clover and generally timo-

moditi’esw thy added. Not infrequently a field

“ . . ” thus seeded would not be plowed

.l€0$p$;:°nsb::el (£1332: :lialrlmll: , again for four or five years or longer,

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. . . H becoming a pasture for sheep. Gradu—

pardoned ‘f I pay tribute to the Old- ally June grass. Canadian blue grass

faShloned hired man: AS a rule he (wire grass). and white clover woald

was the son Of a neighboring farmer. take the place of red clover and timo—

Usually he was from fitteen to twenty- thy. If the land was rolling, the sheep

five years Of age. He received from would lie at night on the slopes or

sixteen to twenty dollars a month. He ridges, leaving their droppings to en-

took a pride in the excellence of his





. rich these naturally thinner portiOns

work and in the amount he could per- of the fields.





form in a day. If he/was a full-growu

man he regarded himself as disgraced

if he could not bind as much wheat,

pitch as much hay, or husk as much

corn as the man he worked or, or any

one of. the men he worked with. He

saved his money for he intended eith~

or to own his owmfarm or enter some .





In a l'ew‘years, the land would be

covered with a thick thrifty sod which

when finally plowed up, not only pro«

duced good crops of grain, but furnish-

ed the necessary “binding” material of .

organic matter which kept the side

bills from washing and the sandy

knolls-from blowing. The seeding of

clover which followed the crops that ‘

_, _ -. ,; Succeeded these-prolonged~-pei'iods-»of

IT is interesting to note thesubsev .pasturing. rarely failed to “stick" and '



quent history of some of the men make a vigorous growth the following

who‘worked on the farms minus 10- two years. Clover failures were not

cality during'the time referred to. One .80 common and as a- rule the farmers





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T seems early to be thinking of our

summer canning; but this year we

want to .be “forehanded” and’plan

our vegetable garden in such a way

that the canning budget we have ‘11.,-

uned out for the family’s use can be

carried out. Last year we rather got

the “cart before the horse," for the

Michigan budget was worked out too

late for considering our own home-

raised vegetables. If we review that

canning plan before discussing the

garden, we will have more clearly in

mind our own cellar shelves as they

should look next winter, and then cast

‘ back to our garden space to see what

‘ we need to carry out our plan.



We usually can products to cover

thirty weeks of the year when fresh

products are too high-priced for fre—

quent consumption. The table follow-

ing gives the necessary amount per

person. Cut this out and watch it

through the summer and see if you‘

are accomplishing your goal.



Product Per Person for Thirty Weeks.



1. Greens, spinach, dandelions, chard

and other greens. Five quarts (one

serving per week).





2. Tomatoes, ten quarts, (two serv-

ings per week).

-‘ 3. Other vegetables, peas, beans,





beets, carrots. Fifteen quarts, (two

servings per week).





supplement canned vegetables with





stored ones, such as cabbage, ruta-

bagas, onions.

4. Fruits (including jellies). Thirty





quarts. _



Supplement canned fruits with dried

or stored ones, such as prunes and

apples.



5. Meats, thiity quarts. Through the

warm months, beginning April through

October.



Total, ninety quarts.



You will notice that we recommend

the eating of greens at least once a

week, tomatoes in various forms, twice

a week, and the other commonly can-

ned vegetables also twice weekly. This

makes a total of five days for which

the canned produ‘cts cellar is respon-

sible. The remaining two days should

be supplied by our commonly pitted

vegetables for we should eat one gen-





erous serving of vegetables in addition ‘





to potatoes, at least once each day.

Children under seven years of age

should not be counted in when esti-

mating the amount of sweet corn need-

ed for it is not_good for them, but

they can eat all other products in chu-





By Barbara Van Heulen





siderable quantities and be the better

for it. ’1 ’

Fruits should also be included in

every day’s menu. It is never difficult

to interest the housewife in putting’up

berries and tree fruits. They always

keep easily and furnish for her table

an attractive, wholesome dessert. The

amount given below, of course, is a

minimum diet requirement and many

of our readers will doubtless find they

have gone far ahead‘of this chart. In

general, it should be said that there

should be equal amounts of fruit and

vegetables put up for the winter. If

this were true we would find high

standards of health throughout the

country. It is the continuous unvaried





 





prevent too much shading from sun.

The Size of the Garden.



The size of the garden comes up next

for consideration. It must be large

enough to supply theytable daily

throughout the summer with fresh veg-

etables, to raise the usual pitted prod-

ucts in .suflicient quantities for the

coming winter, and to furnish the nec-

essary amount of corn, beans, peas,

greens, and the like, for the winter

canning budget. Space for the first

two types can be reckoned by compar-

ison of last year’s garden plot. Space

for the canning can be figured by the

general rule given below.



If the ga1den is large so it must be

cultivated with a horse, it should be





Norman Clark, of Ovid, Planned His Garden to Have Enough to Sell.





diet of meat, potatoes, bread and but-

ter, and pie that becomes a menace

ultimately to the family which keeps

itself to these foods, even though gen-

erously supplied.



The meat canning usually comes in

the fall, but recent requests for can-

ning directions onkthis subject indicate

that housewives are filling up their

fast emptying fruit and vegetable jars

with the summer’s meat supply.



The time for studying the seed cat-

alogs and planning the garden has

come and the following points should

be considered in its making.





Location of the Garden.





The garden should be near the house

since it is often cared for after supper,

or odd times, and it is also more eas-

ily” accessible for the housewife. Since

rapid growth is desirable, a protected

spot should be-chosen. A southern or

eastern slope is best with the tall-

growing plants at the north or west to

long and narrow rather than square, so





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10ng and narrow rather than square, so .





that the turning around of the cultivat-

or and horse will be less frequent.



Length of row or number of plants

to produce:



One bushels of tomatoes, five to ten

plants; one bushel of string beans, 100

feet of row; one bushel of sweet com.

100 feet of row; one bushel of shelled

peas, 200 feet‘of row; one bushel of

spinach, 100' feet of row; one bushel

of small beets, fifty feet of row.





Ratio of Uncooked to Canned Products.





1 bu. peaches ................. 18 qts.

1 bu. pears 3O qts.

1 buplums .30 qts.

1 crate blackberries (16 qts).. .14 qts.

1 crate strawberries (16 qts.. .12 qts.

‘1 bu. tomatoes 16 qts

1 bu. string beans ..... ....20 qts

1 bit sweet corn ..............12 qts.

1 bu. shelled peas .8 qts.

1 bu. spinach or other greens 7 qts.

1 bu. small beets or carrots. .16 qts.





Canning.



When you can get the vegetables

fresh from the garden early in the

morning and in prime canning condi-

tion as regards ripeness, it is fairly

safe to skip the blanching and cold

dipping process, excepting where

shrinkage previous to filling the jars is

necessary. There are several argu-

ments for this, notably the conserving

of the mineral matter. For safety’s





sake, since women have varying defl—





nitions‘ for ,“freshness” and “prime-

ness,” we have not suggested the elim-

ination of blanching in the regular





canning club bulletin, and usually ad-_ ,





vise to try it very sparingly the first





* summer until they: are satisfied With

. themselves that they are successful in





this work.- A diy not season would

not =pém’l‘it the overlooking of the-

ice





 





The Heme Gardcnand anmng Shelf





Lengtfl of the Row: for Adequate Summer Camzmg





‘ing in the seed vegetables, thus allow-~

. ing greater liberty in canning.





The Boys’ and Girlst Club Depart-





ment of M. A. 0., East Lansing, will, ,





gladly furnish information on cunning

and suggests that interested readers

write in .for Club Bulletin No. 10, Ra'-

vised.





 





HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK._





 





HREE types of work, nutrition.

clothing and household manage-





ment, have been carried on by the





home demonstration agents during the

past winter. The month .of February

was rather stormy and yet real results

were accomplished.



Nutrition.



Each county _ reports commendable

gains among the school children who

have had the nutrition series in their

schools and have tried to live up to

them. Miss Wixson reports that in

Marquette county 9. larger percentage

of the children are eating vegetables

every day this year, but not as large a

percentage are eating vegetables as

are drinking milk every day.



In Wayne county the fourth of the

series of meeting fOr training leaders

in nutrition was .held at‘both Plymouth

and Romulus. Five organizations were

represented at these meetings. Each

leader is expected to return to her

own organization and present the

same work. This plan makes it possi-

ble to reach many more people. .



V Clothing.



Interest in the clothing project I!

constantly on the increase. Ottawa

county is carrying on the work in four-

teen different communities. Allegan

has eight communities doing clothing.

with others planning on taking it as

soon as possible. Six new groups have

just been organized in Kalamazoo

county. Those are located at Gales-

burg, Oshtemo, Richland, Cooper, and

two in Climax township. Dress formil

are. still being made allover the state.





Household Management.

Different phases of this project are

being carried on in different counties.

In twocommunities of Oakland conn-





-' ty home accounts and schedules of





work’were discussed with Miss Rog-

‘ers, household management specialist

Several women are working on certain

practices, .as washing dishes for a

month’s time according to a certain

method, to find the best and shortest

way. Two communities in Wayne coun-

ty are carrying on testing circle work

in which the women are trying out

different types of equipment. Splendid

results have been reported. -





 





HOUSECLEANINGHINTS.





 





O renovate a dust mop put a in-

blecpoon of concentrated lye into





about a gallon and .a halflof water and ,

let mop boil in it. Rinse severe! times;

and. the map will be as. good as new. ',





.To clean painted walla. discolve two,

ounces of borax in two qufit’s oi? sitter.

add a tablespooni‘ul oi ammonia; "Put

half the mixture into amps: i. " ’

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Efi-ior' poster of Paris and a trowel for the "





mortar





winter underwear, draperies rm





etc, may be #611911 away if desired.

‘and so that the health of the house-





boldneed not, antler by reason at open

windows and" dampness attendant up-





on scrubbing of floors and walls, paint-





ing andthe-like. . . —



Experienced housewives arrange for

housecleaning by preparing food in ad—

vance, boiling ham, baking beans, pies,

bread, and cake, so as, to be spared as





far as possible, the labor of cooking





while house-cleaning is going on.



Half thedisagreeableness of house-

cleaning is taken’away by having a

lotion to apply to parboiled and un-

comfortable hands.- Soak two or three

.ounces of quince seed over nightfi





strain through a cheesecloth, add two »





quarts of water, two ounces each of

glycerine, boracic acid and witchhazel.

This is one of the best of lotions.





Fourth Prize.



Mrs. R. L. 8., Ovid, Michigan.

Alter scrubbing floors and shelves

of the closets and pantry, I rinse them

with clear lime water. It makes them

delightfully pure.

I mend the matting on my bedroom

with radio. .

I paint the oven of my stove ,wlth

aluminum paint each year. I can 'see

into the farthest corner and my oven

doesn’t rust.

I do not use soap in cleaning paint

or varnished surfaces. I use one ta-

blespoonful of soda to a quart of warm

water. Rinse in clear warm water.





 





17212 Hz/zdzeyz‘ T/img

in M v Home





Y means ol’inumerous small

contrivances and arrange-

ments many Steps and much la-

bor can be saved in the home

work. Many a disagreeable . task‘

is turned into a pleasant one by

having just the right, equipment; ‘

This week the prize for the

best letter telling of the handi-

est thing in your home will be

an aluminum double boiler. lf'

possible-send, a- sketch jot" .the

article.- The— second, prize will

be an I aluminunrpreserving ket~ .

tle; while the third, fourth and

fifth prizes will be aluminum

sauce pans

Address your letters to Mar-

tha. Cole, Michigan Farmer,.De-

troit,,Michigan, before 'April— 26.





 





 





 





l put-a little lye in my' paste for

papering. Makes it stick better.



I use a bicycle pump to cleansucb

parts of my sewing machine, Which I

can not reach with a rag or an old

toothbrush.



I turn old zinc can tops in my kitch-

en stove to' remove soot from chimney.





' . HOUSECLEANING H ELPS.





Fifth Prize.

Mrs. .V. C., Sullivan, Michigan. ,

I find it an excellent plan to com-

lilence housecleaning with a full lard-

er. I bake cookies, fruit cake and sev-

eral pie crusts to be filled as needed

I like to have my walls all ready for





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in plaster I fill with plaster of. Paris

dissolved in vinegar. The larger breaks

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tern Department Michigan Farmer. bust measure. A- medium size reunites

also wanted. flouncing as illustrated 2% yards 15

N0 4132—Boys Suit Cut in four inches Wide will be required. Price

sizes, 3,A ., 5 and 6 years. A four-year“ 2°- , .

size requires 1%,. yards of 27-inCh ma-

terial for the blouse and 1% yards for

the trousers. To make collar and culls

.of contrasting material will require a

half-yard. Price 12c.





 





 





—Ladies’ Waist. Cut in sev- ' - '4

enNgfz339734 36 33 4o 42 44 and 46 No. 4073- 4113—Ladies’ Costume. The

inches bust measure. A 381nch size blouse, N0 4073 cut in six 81288. 34.

requires three yards of 32.111011 mate- 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust meas-

rial. Price 129 ure. Skirt, No. 4113, cut in seven siz-

es, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35 and 37 inches

waist measure. To make the dress for

a medium size as illustrated requires

51,4 yards of 32-inch figured material

and 3% yards of plain material Two

. separate patterns, each 12 c.





No. 4127——-Ladies’ Cape Cut in four

sizes. Small 34- 36, medium 38@40;

large 42- 44; extra large 46- 48 inches

bust measure. A medium size requires

5% yards 44—inch material. Price 12c.





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No. 3753—Junior’s Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 12, 14 and 16 years.” A 14-

year size requires 2%, yards of 36-inch

material for the dress, and 214 yards

of 32-inch material for the guimpe.

Price 120.



No. 3997—Gir1’s Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 10-

year size requires 514 yards of 32-inch

material. Price 120.





 





, No. 3969—Ladies’ House Dress Cut



! in seven sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and

48 inches bust measure. A 38-inch

size requiies six yards of 36-inch ma.-

terial. Price 120.



No. 4124—Misses’ Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An

18- -year size requires 514 yards of 36-

inch material. The width of the skirt

at the foot is 2%, yards. Price 120.





 





 





 





 





 





No. 4103—Girls’ Cape. Cut in six

sizes, 6,- 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. A

12-year size requires four yards of 44-

inch material. Price 12c.



No. 4114—Junior’s Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 12, 14 and 16 years. A 14-

year size requires 4% yards of 36-inch

material. Price 12c.



No. 4003—Ladies’ “Apron Frock.”

Cut in four sizes: Small 34-36; medi-

uin 3840; large 42-44‘; extra large 46-

48 inches bust'measure. A medium.

size required 41,4 yards of 36 inch ma-

terial. The width at the foot is about

2% yards. Price 12c.





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No. 4263—Ladies' Apron. Cut in one

size, medium. It requires 1% yards of

32 inch material. Price 12c.





No. 4081—Ladies’ House Dress. Cut

in seven sl2es, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and

46 inches bust measure. A 38—inch

size requires 5%, yards of 32-inch ma-

terial. The width at the foot is 263

yards with plaits’ extended. Collar an

cuifs of contrasting material requires

64-yard 32 inches Wide Price 12c.





 





 





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: stand over night

bubbles in the homing, the yeast is"

~ . all right Home-made liquid yeast may



be tested in the same ways -

for igni- umdate spring ' .

may be due to too ion"





your Household Problems. Address

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan).





 





HOW TO STORE Fuss.





 





I had trouble with moths getting

into my furs last summor. Will you

please tell me how to pack them so

they cannot molest them?‘——Mrs. B. R.





If you have no cedar chest for your

furs, you can improvise one very nice.

ly. Take any tight wooden container

with a closely fitting 'cover,

an old-fashioned trunk or hinged box.

Scald this out thoroughly, and let dry

in the open air. Now take some clean

newspapers and a generous quantity

of- freshly made, cooked paste which

contains borax or alum. A teaspoon-

ful of either one to a pint of paste

will be sufficient.



Line the box with, the paper, fitting

neatly at the corners, and leaving no

edges to curl up. Leave open to dry.

Get 'some cedar chips 'or shavings, and

put into a loose cheesb‘cloth bagf or if

you cannot get these, get some store-

keeper to save for you his empty ced-

ar cigar boxes. Break these up. Take

out the nails and put in the bottom of

your cedar chest.



Purchase an ounce of cedar oil at

the drug store. Take a wide-mouthed

bottle, such as olives or pickles ‘come

in when bought from the grocery store.

Fill the clean bottle with absorbent

cotton. Pour in sufficient of the cedar

oil-to moisten the cotton lightly. Then»

cork with a clean, fresh pledget of cot-

‘ot‘ the

paper-lined box.



Lay your furs in carefully, being

sure that each piece is clean and free

from moths or duSt, for if there are

moth eggs present, they will hatch out.

Cover the furs and woolens with clean

newspapers. Sprinkle a few drops of

turpentine over the whole, and'close

the cover‘tightly.





 





POOR BREAD.





 





I have been having trouble with my

bread lately Sometimes it is coarse

and the loaves crack open. It seems

too dark in color and the crust is too

thick. Can you recommend a good

brand of floor that would prove suc-

cessful?——-Mrs M. M.





Good bread with any sort of flour





lute cleanliness, good bread flour, and

yeast, and just the right amount of

salt, sugar and fat, plus the right tem-

perature. To this some will add the

right amount of kneading and others

will argue for or against setting the

sponge over night. But, as the experi-

enced housekeepers differ as to the

length of time spent in kneading and

in standing to rise and still have good

bread by any method, these two points

seem to be merely personal opinions.





The trouble may be with the yeast

cakes you use. A good yeast cake is

light in color with no dark- streaks

through it. if you feel doubtful of

your yeast, put one-quarter of a cake

in half a cup. of lukewarm water with

a teaspoonful of sugar and ,-two table-

spoonfuls of flour... Stir well and lot

If it is full of air





 





 





The coarse texture of“





 





(Use this department to help solve

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan





such , as 2





de ends 11 0 th '

p p n e same things, abso-' only one seemed in working order, did





any joints. that are





 





bread darker in color and also coarser.



8"A hot oven at first win give a thick



dark crust. '



.‘ There are so many brands- of good

bread flour on the market that it is

mostly a matter of personal opinion as

to which one is best.

may have excellent results with a cer-

tain brand, while another would not.





'One has to suit the bread recipe to ,_





the kind of flour used. From the eco-

- nomical, and al-soflthe efficiency stand-

point, Michigan housewives should





Michigan folks.” With slight changes

in a general bread recipe, excellent

bread can be made from flour milled

from Michigan-grown wheat.





_ SHERBET RECIPES.





 





Will you kindly- send me a good.





recipe for a frozen fruit sherbet?-

Mrs. B. F.





The following are three recipes with

the fruits which one usually has at

hand in the spring.



Currant Sherbet—One pint of red

currant juice, one pound of sugar, the

juice of three lemons, one pint of boil-

ing water. Dissolve sugar in boiling

water; when cold add currant juice

and freeze. Makes three pints. *



Orange Sherbet—one scant pint of

cold water, one tablespoonful gelatine,

One cup sugar, .six oranges or one pint

of orange juice, half cup of boiling wa»

ter. Soak gelatine for ten minutes in

a half-cup of cold water; put sugar and

remainder of cold water into pitcher,

also the orange juice; if the Oranges

are very sour add more sugar. Dise

solve the gelatine in the boiling water

and add to the mixture. Strain into

the can and freeze. ,



Pineapple Sherbet.—-Three lemons,

one can of pineapple, three cups sugar,

two quarts of water, whites of three

eggs. Whip the whites until stiff and

add to the mixture after it is frozen;

turn awhile to thoroughly mix it.





 





IS YOUR OIL STOVE READY?





 





HOW about that oil'stove, did you .





clean it before you put it away



last fall? ‘

Or when, during that last warm

spell you used it, one humor smoked.

the wick, burned out in another, and





you pack it away in disgust until next

summer?





If so. now is the time to bring it





out and clean it in preparation for the

first hot days which will soon be here.





Remove the chimneys and wash.





them in a good suds. Take all the





burners apart and put them in a pail .

of water in which one—half package of .

baking soda has been dissolved; then

. boil for half an hour. Rinse in several





Waters and dry in the oven. When

possible remove the oil supply pipe

and flush with hot soda amount.

Quite likely new wicks will he need

ed Better buy them by .t;#9 doses air





,they' come «cheaper and Wit will have,





them ready to renew from time to

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AM geing to remind you of a few



important facts about the tempor—



ary teeth of children, commonly

called the “baby teeth,” because I find

a great ignorance as to their import-

ance. I find that parents are slighting

their care, under the impression that

they don’t last long anyway and their

decay is a matter of nogreat import-

ance.

. The temporary teeth are twenty in

number. They begin to erupt at five

to seven months and are all erupted





by the time the Child is from two and-





a half to three years old. At six years





' of age the child should get his first





permanent teeth, the "“six-year mol-





ars,” and very important teeth they





are. If they break through intoa mouth

that is filled with a lot of decayed

teeth, there is grave probability that

they will soon be. infected.



There was a. time, years ago. when

“1%, teeth of children never received

attehtionpunless they had toothache.

If the toothache Was severe the offend-

ing tooth was extracted and the child

got alongyiu the best way possible.

After a. time it was found that the ex-

traction of these teeth. even though

they were only temporary teeth. inter-

fered disastrously. with the develop-

ment of the jaw. Then we were ad-

vised that “baby teeth” should be al-

lowed to remain in the jaw until their

permanent successors came, regard-

less of their condition. Perhaps it. is

because of their advice that the teeth

of present-day children so seldom re—

ceive attention of any kind. It is a





- very common thing to find children





whose mouths are filled with dead

roots. They have ceased aching but

are foul and infectious, causing a con—

stitnt stream of fetid pus which the

child absorbs.



This virulent pus may give rise to

heart disease of the most vicious type:

it, may cause joint infections; it is

sure to destroy digestion. Please do

not allow yourselves to think that be-

cause the children no longer complain

of the pain of an abscessed tooth, its

power for harm is therefore past. If

the old snag or stump remains you

may be quite sure that it is doing

some damage, and perhaps a tremen-

dous amount. Examine your child’s

teeth, yourself. If they show even‘ a

spot of decay take the little one to the

dentist. He will clean up the tooth

and put in a temporary filling that will

save it from further trouble so long as

it must remain in the child’s head. If

he cannot clean it up have it extract—

ed, for there is no doubt whatever as

to the damage that decayed teeth do

to any child. Have these baby teeth





'cared‘ for properly and the child ‘will





have them for mastication, and thus

have better digestion. They will hold





' the jaw in proper place and allow the





teeth that are yet to come down to

have room to do so. 'Allow no one to

tell you that they need no care, be-

cause they are “only baby teeth."

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DlSTpRBANCE OF THE GENITAL

ORGANS. ”





 





Please tell me the cause of stin

of the genital organs in a boy of sagging-r

teen—G. B.





When boys of that age have any dis.

turbanco that attracts their attention





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that a long tight foreskin prevents the

proper-cleansing of the parts, and thus

“sets up an irritation. The simple op-

eration of circumcision gives relief,

and it is always important that it. be

done. to avoid the developmentof more

serious conSequences.’





 





DlZZlNESS.





 





I am very dizzy a great deal of the

lime, everything seems to be going

round and round. What can it be? It





has troubled me for several months.





'——if. U. .



Have a careful examination. which

should include special tests as to the

blood pressure; the elimination of the

body poisons through the kidneys and

bowels: also tests -ol' the eyes and

ears. A trouble of this nature that

persists may be an indication of some

serious disease.





 





RELIEF FROM ASTHMA.





 





Do you think that change of climate .





will give any relief from asthma? I

have had it for three years and have

never tried changing climate; am des-

perate enough to do anything now.—--

G. G.



Change of climate often does give.

relief from asthma, yet I hesitate to'

recommend it because, if you can find

the root of the trouble, you can, no

doubt. get well at home. Some doctors

who specialize in such matters are





 





 





 





able to give tests that will find the

particular offensive material that caus-

es the asthmatic attacks. Very often

it is inhalation of certain dusts that is

responsible. Go to some good doctor

who makes a specialty of internal

medicine and ask him to study your

case.





FUMIGATING FOR TUBERCULOSIS.





 





Vt'hat do you cansider the best to

use in fumigating a house after the

head of the family has died of tuber-

culosis? How. may we be sure that

none of the rest of the family will

suffer?—-M. K.



Fumigation is no good. Open the

house thoroughly to the sun and fresh

air, scrub all the woodwork in soap-

suds: then paint and paper the whole

house. The last measure is not so

very necessary if the scrubbing is well

done. As soon as possible have a care-

ful examination of every one of the

remaining members of the family. If

there are any signs whatever of the

disease begin the fresh air cure at

once.





 





EYE TROUBLE RESULTING FRéM

MEASLES.





 





I am forty-eight years old. My eyes

hurt from measles in my young days.

Now they are running badly with was

ter and matter. Will glasses help me,

and can I fit them myself at a. drug

store?-——M. J. E.



My opinion is that you need more

treatment than the fitting of glasses.

I suspect that the lachrymal ducts, the

little passages that carry off the tears





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





   

   

 





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can with lukewarm water. The chicks





be~~mashed‘ an,





frame can be marked with the toe

panch and all, placed in the same

'brooder. When the culling work be-

gins the sp-eCial chicks are easily iden-

titled.



The Missouri Station advocates lye

for worms in poultry. Here is the

method: A tableSpoonful of lye is mix-

ed with half a gallon of oats and half

a. gallon of wheat. This mixture is

boiled slowly for a couple of hours.





Then the hens are starved for about

twelve hours and given all the grain

mixture they will eat. The tapeworms

are killed by the caustic action of the

lye and thrown off in the droppings.



The California Station recommends

tobacco dust for round worms. It

should contain about one and one-half

per cent nicotine. One pound of the

tobacco dust is mixed with fifty

pounds of dry mash. This can be fed

to the birds for a month but only mix

the tobacco dust in the mash as it is

used, as the amount of nicotine is re-

duced gradually when the mash is ex-

posed to the air.



This problem of intestinal parasites

is attracting more attention from poul~

trymen each year. They seem to at-





thelr strength to develop. The old

birds may harbor worms'and yet be

strong enough to thrive in spite of

them, So it pays to keep the growing

pullets away from the range used by

the old’birds as much as possible.

Plowing- the ground around poultry

houses is a great help in destroying

the worms. It also pays to spread all

poultry manure on the fields as far

from the poultry range as possible.



If growing pullets seem to become

unthrifty in spite of good rations and

colony houses, worms may be the

cause of the trouble. The worms can

often be seen in the droppings, or a

postmortem on a. dead bird may locate

them. The use of the portable colony

house is a great help in keeping down

the losses from gape worms and ether

internal parasites as the chicks can be

raised on clean soil when the old earth

becomes contaminated.





Tomatoes for Chicks.

I have used tomato juice for early

brooder chicks this year with good ‘re-

sults. It coutains vltamines and is

very useful if you have Only a. moder—

ate supply of sour milk. I divide a.

quart can of tomatoes between two of





in small metal dishes, milking them

into chick fountains. Then I “fill each





drink the liquid eagerly. When: it is

gone, the toinato pulp, in each-jar? cam





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talus» soamaautli‘cieat tor-





 





 





One of .the Egg-laying Contest





tack the young stock which need all-





the one—quart fruit jars which invert“





"then, the remain...“-

duel! with waters. ” ’





chicks of that type. There may be a

few 'lacklng in vigOr,'even in a care-

,full‘yman'aged flock of several hundred

good ones." By dislocating the neck or

the chick it passes out ’painlessli. and

.then cremation in the bro’bder stove

removes all further chance of con?

tagion. ‘-



‘ If you have an incubator with a glass

door, pin a. paper over the glass when

the chicks begin to \hatch. This will





 





Houses at M. A. C.





keep the chicks resting quietly where

they hatch, and prevent crowding near

the light. After the chicks have been

out a day the dark incubator will keep

the chicks from picking at each other

and possibly being infected with white

diarrhea from the droppings of an in-

fected bird.





High Temperature Hardena Yolks.



Be careful about allowing the tem-

eraturre to go too high at hatching

time. This high temperature in arti-

ficial incubation is said to help harden

the egg yolk, making it more difficult

to be absorbed. This resultsindiges—

tive disorders. 1 think it pays to never

allow the thermometer to go above 105

degrees when the chicks are coming

out.



Chicks that scratch in the moist

earth and eat green feed on the range,

seldom have leg weakness. Sometimes

the early chicks cannot go outdoors

for days at a time. Then give them

several moist sods in each brooder

house and also plenty of green feed.

It will make them exercise and furnish

conditions similar to the range.





Hen-hatched chicks may be attacked

by head lice at the most unexpected

time. Rubbing the head of each chick

lightly with olive oil is a preventive.

Be sure that the old hen is free from

lice. This is one of the surest ways

of protecting the chicks. Brood coops

often become infested with mites be

fore the chicks are weaned. Spray the

walls and floor of each coop with ker-

osene oil or a coal tar dip.





During the spring the campaign

against rats should .never be neglected.

A rat will clean cut a brood of chicks

in one night or get in a broader house

and kill until it is tired. This con-

stant danger means that chicks must

spend the. night in. rat-proof colony

houses and brood coops. Even if a.

farm is free from rats and weasels the

pests may move ayer from some other

farm almost any night. I“ believe; that

poisons and traps are more satisfacs

tory in fighting rats than 'a . cat. al-

though bothers useful. ’I thinkmany .





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The following letter will no doubt

'be of utmost interest to poultry raiscrs

who have had serious losses from

White 'Diarrheu. We will let Mrs.

Bradshaw tell of her experience in her

own words: .





“Gentlemen: I see reports of so

many losing their little chicks with

White Diarrhea, so thought I would

.tell my euperience. I used to lose a

great many from this cause, tried

many remedies and was about dis-

couraged. As a last resort I sent to

the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 507,

Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White

Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 50c

packages, raised 300 White Wyando‘ttcs

and never lost one or had one sick

after giving the medicine, and my

chickens are larger and healthier than

ever before. I have found this com-

pany thoroughly reliable and always

get the remedy by return mail.—Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw, Beacorisficld, Iowa.”





Cause of White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is» caused by the

Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This

germ is transmitted to the baby chick

through the yolk of the newly hatched

egg. Readers are warned to beware

of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until

it kills half your chicks. -Take the

“stitch in time that saves nine.” Re-

member, there is scarcely a hatch

without some infected chicks. Don't

let these few infect your entire flock.

Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking

water for the first two weeks and you

won’t lose one chick where you lost

hundreds before. These letters prove it:





Never Lost a Single Chick





Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek,

Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of

chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally

I sent for two packages of Walko. I

raised over 500 chicks and I never lost

a single chick from White Diarrhea.

Walko not only prevents White Diar-

rhea, but it gives the chicks strength

and vigor; they develop quicker and

feather earlier.”





Never Lost One After First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,

Iowa, writes: “My first incubator

chicks, when but a few days old, be-

gan to die by the dozens with White

Diarrhea. I tried different remedies

and was about discouraged with the

chicken business. Finally I sent to the

Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa,

for a box of their Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing

for this terrible disease. We raised

700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never

lost a single chick after the first dose.”





You Run No Risk





We will send Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy entirely at, our risk

——postage prepaid—so you can see for

yourself what a wonder-working rem-

edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby

chicks. So you can prove—as thou»

sands have proven—that it will stop

your losses and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 50c for

package of Walko— give it in all drink-

ing water for the first two weeks and

watch results. You’ll find you won’t

lose one chick where you lost hun-

dreds before. It’s a positive fact. We

guarantee it. The Leavittf. & Johnson





 





 





 





 





 





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ics sees in the poultry industry a situ-

ation' by no means bad. The price of

eggs at the farm this spring so far has

averaged higher than a year ago. The

farmer has been receiving fer his eggs

relatively a high price compared with

most of his staple food products. But

over-production of eggs is easily ac-

complished, and the trend of .grain

feed costs is upward.



Expansion of the poultry flock is re-

garded as a doubtful policy this spring.

But any move in the direction of bet-

ter breeding, more careful culling, and

more economic feeding is so much

clean gain on the production end.





 





POULTRY FEEDING QUESTIONS.





 





What kind of feed should the young

chicks be given for the first weeks?

How much per 100 chicks? In feeding

the mash ration to laying hens, should

it be fed dry or wet? Would it be all

right to have the mash in one of these

self-feeders constantly before the hens

so they can eat whenever they want

to?——A. M. _ ‘



We often start chicks successfully

by using rolled oats about five times

per day for the first three'days. Then

the rolled cats are alternated by us-

ing two feeds per day of fine commer-

cial chick scratch feed. A more com-

plicated way that is successful is to

take two handfuls of rolled oats, two

handfuls of clean bran and mix it with

a raw egg. This is given five times





then the chicks are worked over to

scratch feed rations and commercial

growing'mash. Sour milk is very ben-

eficial at all times, regardless of the

remainder of the ration. Just feed the

amount the chicks will clean up in a

short time and still remain a little

hungry.





ROM, 'a long—range point of view. ‘.

the. bureau of agricultural econom- '





per day for the‘first three days, and ,





 





I like a dry mash in hoppers the

best for laying hens. Keep it before

them at all times. The amount requir-

ed will vary with the other rations

that are given to supplement the mash.

If the mash hopper is always filled

every hen has a chance at a full ration

each day.





HENS WITH PARALYSIS.‘





 





My hens seem to be paralyzed in

their legs. They seem all right in the

evening but in the morning they can't

stand up; their feet go right out be-

hind them. During the day after they

lay, sometimes they can run around

nearly as well as even—0. W.





‘ Paralysis of birds is not very well

understood as yet. It seems to occur

because of errors in feeding and most

often attacks young cockerels that

have grown rapidly until the weight is

more than their strength can bear. In





ness of the legs than paralysis. The

only remedy is to provide the birds

with a balanced ration and make them





feed. Everything in the way Of sani-

tation and good feeding methods that

makes hens vigorous also makes them





resistant. to paralysis and leg weak-

ness.





National Bank, the oldest and. strong-u





est bank. in Waterloo, Iowa, ragga;

back oftl'us tee. You-rerun

risk. If you; mhhm





little chick saver you ever used, your

money Will be instantly refunded.

. WALKER REMEDY CO.. Dept. 507,

Waterloo. Iowa.





, Send me the .[ ] 50c regular size (or [ ,1



81 economical large size) package of Walko



_ to try at your risk.



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,» in old hens cases of leg weakness





(crowding of tha'poultry. hmlackor

“ventilation-J and a damp ‘fl’oor' might

bring about conditions which would

result in rheumatism and leg weak-

ness. .





 





. A foot of feeding space for each six

hens is about right when it comes' to

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mber Layers





Make it ten weeks from peeps to

broilers—two—pounders.





Do it this way:





Keep them healthy. '

Keep them hungry-

Feed the old reliable





PAN-AsCE-A your chicks—then put them

on the scales at ten weeks, set her at two

pounds, and watch that beam come up!



' You will see a mighty difference in the

feather growth, too, between your flock and

a non-Pan-a-ce-a flock.





Pan-a-ce—a will develop your pullets into

early henhood—fall and winter layers.



Tell your dealer how many hens you have.

There’s a right-size package for every flock.





200 hens, the 25-"). pail

500 hens. the too-lb. drum

, For fewer hens, there is a smaller package.





GUARANTEED





DR. HESS a CLARK Ashland, o.





   

 





 

   





 





 

   

   

   

 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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Letter: from Pal: for Our Correspondence.- Comer





Dear Uncle Frank ,



Now I’ll take time to Write to Uncle

Frhnk and let him know that there is

in the world a thing like I am. Excuse

me because I haven’ t written to you,

Uncle, about my Merry Circle pin and

membership card. I certainly was sur-

prised to find my card on the table

when I came from school. And an-'





They are about as tall as an ordinary





horse and can run or gallop as fast

as a coach horse. They have a solid

flesh hump on their backs immediately

behind the shoulders. They are called

sacred because they come from India,

where they are blessed, and they have

the power of a spirit or saint. They

can go into any fruit stand and eat.

The owner can’t abuse them but can

lead them: away.





We have had one calf named Bon-

nie. She was just like a deer and was

a. dear, but one day she got out and

ran away to the swamp. My brother

tried to head it off but could not. He

had held of it once and succeeded in

getting his belt around it and the calf

gave one jump and broke the belt.





. Then it got dark and he had to come





home. The next morning he went and

found the calf dead in the creek.—

Yours truly, George Conway, Manlstee,

Mich, ..1



Even though your cattle are sacred,

they will have to get another kind of

hump on themselves to be profitable.

The calf must have been interesting.





‘ Too bad it didn’t live.





Bertha Weesner. of Lowell, Likes Her

Pet Lamb.





other thing, I am wild over your mot-

to on it.



My sister also received abutton, and

she had it in school one day. The oth-

er girls asked her where she got it

from. She said, “From Uncle Frank."

They asked, “Have you an uncle by

the name of Frank?” She said. “To

be sure I have.” She didn’t correct

it, either, and neither did I.



I certainly agree with Gladys Clark.

She sure did put it fine.



Well, I guess I'll ring off now. From

another would-be niece if accepted.

Ellen Ruotschainen, Daggett, Mich.





I am glad to know there is in the

world somebody like yOu. You and

your sister are telling the truth, but

perhaps not enough of it. Don’t keep

the other girls guessing too long.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I live on an eig‘ht~acre farm,



Down in Bangor, far from harm;



We have nearly eVery animal

sheep,





but





' For them we have room, but do not





care to keep.





Your waste paper basket must be a

huge old fellow,



May its color be green or yellow,



It seems to have found plenty of room,



For both my letters a little too soon.





I hope as my third letter this will net

cry,

For gofipghup in smoke a million miles





Very glad am I that spring is near,

Then all the songbirds we may hear.





Here’ 3 hoping I may seek,

My letter in the Michigan Farmer next

week

If any of the cousins would write,

An answer to them would be written

that night. _

Ethel I. Singer, Bangor, Mich.





The spring poetic feeling must have 1





gotten you early. You guessed. wrong

on the color of my waste basket. It

is a dull, dark brown. Some day,~ I will

,erto. again,





Dear Uncle Frank: ‘ IV ‘1 -

If yes have room for smother 11131111:

ew I 111111 write you a few lino r

My $111119? 1.3. keeper bribe linoleum;

letter would mermaid Ethic other

boys m glfls‘t'u'v'lt «111761121161 *h‘a. .1116:

misfortgfnotgo be cisthatsid ”is :‘ .7

no e mos erecting things

on this. farm go the sacred cattle we

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was When IV. ,

- button a‘iid membership asset-.1 1111153111“;

,very proud of them. I wear” my butto'n'. _ ~





Dear Uncle Frank:



I received my card and button, and,

goo! but I was tickled.

for it more than I can write.



I have joined a sheep club. We have

only five membe1s now, but there are

two more we are quite sure will join.

The name of 0m club is “Full 0’ Pep. "

Don’t you think that is a good name?



Well, I guess I had better close or

this letter will find the waste basket.

So good-bye, Uncle Frank, thanking





View on the Farm of a' Merry Circler.





you a million and one times From an-

other nieco, Ada. S. Carpenter, Bron-

son, Mich.



It pleases me to know you like your

button so well. The name of your club

is a good one. Make it live up to its

name.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I thought that you might be Willing



to adopt another nephew. I am going

to give you a. chance anyway.

. I want to tell Everett Field that he

is not the only one that wants to get

a good education. I want to go to the

M. A. C and become a farmer.





I thank you '





4 1 partly agree with Rosanndhmer.

bee. I do not think that the should

wear knickers only when y have to 4





do Work in which knickers are noses-4 ‘





sary.



I think that some girls look good

with bobbed hair; othbrs don’t. I have

not got my hair bobbed and I hope 1»





71117111 not have to have it, because it





spoils the hair.



Well, I think I had better close my

chatterbox. Bye-bye, Clara McDOnald

Clarion, Mich.





I think you’ll have to be a milkmaid.

instead of a housewife. You have sen-

sible views regarding knickers and

bobbed hair. ‘





Dear Uncle Frank:





I trapped this winter but didn’t get

much. I caught six muskrats and three

skunks. I kept two of the skunks

alive as it was early in the season

when I caught them. I fed them the

body of the muskrats, mice and spar-

rows. They grew very tame and would'

take meat out of my hand. You may

think they would smell, but if you do

not tease them, they Will never hurt

you.





I also had some pet pigeons. I had

their house built inside of our granary

and every morning I would whistle for

them and they would fly down and eat

out of my hand. I think I will start a

muskrat farm this summer.





Well, this letter is getting long, so

I must close. Your nephew, Karl J.

Carling, Emmet, Mich.





I am glad you like animals so well,

and that animals like you. You cer-

tainly must get a. lot of enjoyment

from your pets.





TH E M EADOWLARK.





OW I envy the farmer whose



meadows invite that lovely and

useful bird—the meadowlark. From

the time it arrives from the southland

in the early spring - until the call

comes to again migrate to a warmer

climate, the meadowlark’s exquisite

golden notes can be heard from the

fences, weed stalks, and mest'any

place in. the fields which Will afford it

a porch. Its lovely “Spring 0’ the

Year, Spring-0’ the Year,” is just as

welcome a sound to all who drive

along country roads, or walk in the

fields, as is its lovely golden breast





. The meadowlark seems to be the best





loved and known bird of the fields; no

doubt because they are more numer-

ous than any other. meadow birds.

Many farmers have told me that they





I have a Shetland pony and when I -





get a good picture of it I will send you

one.



I want to thank you for the Merry

Circle pin that I won. I wore it to

Sunday school the next Sunday, and

all the boys wanted to know where I

got that nice pin. I always carry my

card with me. ‘





I guess I will close. From your





Wants- -to—be-nephew, Thomas Norman "





Hurd, Port Hope, Mich, R. 1.



I am glad you gave me a. chance, as

I like to have ambitious boys as neph-

ews.





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place to live, for many reasons . mil

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lark spies them in the fields after their"





arrival in the springzhhe calls out.

.' ,“Spfihg' or

meaning that spring must be here.





the Year, Look Here ”





Several naturalists feel that it calls,

out. f‘l’m a good "felloW, and you re a" '





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And the bees that softly hum.





 





The old sow roots in the medder lot,

The little pigs squealing near.



I love the sounds that do prevail



About this time 0’ year.





The 'frogs are croakin’ in the pond.

The fish flop near the shore.



I’m langing for the warm spring days;

I hope it snows no more.





 

 





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YOU can find in this issue the



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The sheep bla! bla! in the pasture lat,

The crows are lookin' for corn.





HAICHERY 8c FARMSJnc.





DEPT. 57





_ $$ . So Spring, I think, is surely here,.

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lie in the shade. -

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—Ellis Cline, Richland, Mich.





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NE of the interesting develop-

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rapid replacement of the scrub

dairy sires by pure-bred sires. It‘iis

doubtful whether any -county in this

state or any other state can show. a

record that , will equal it. Two and

one-half years ago there were just-

eight pure-bred dairy sires in Otsego

county, while today there are forty-two

such sires. Duringthe last year, half

of this number, twenty-one,

brought in. -

Many of these bulls went to groups

of farmers and it is very likely that

they will be organized into bull asso-

ciations during the ensuing summer.

Two breeds have been chosen from

largely—the Guernsey. and the Hol-

stein—with. a few Shofthorns and one

Jersey mixed in. Community breed-

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stance.





This development means two things.

First, it shows that someone is on the

job, preaching pure-bred sires, because

these things do not just happen. When

Mr. A. C. Lytle came to this county as

county agent, the scrub-bulls began to

tremble. Mr. Lytle started firing be-

fore he had crossed the county line in

1920‘ and has been at it ever since.

Last year he laid down such a'barrage

that the miserable scrubs by the doz-

ens turned toward the slaughter-house

for relief from this constant vilifica—

tion. This year this St. Patrick of

Otsego county plans to complete the

work and purge his county of the last

scrub-bull. With about seventy-five per

cent of the job completed, it seems as

if he will attain his goal. Of the twen-

ty-one bull's brought in last year, he

was directly involved in the introduc-

tion of twenty of them.



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live stock of this county during the

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ue of a calf sired by a scrub bull and

an ordinary calf is considered worth

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SOME eight or ten years ago when

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in abundance on all our best farms,

and Van Buren county became pretty

well dotted with it: due in no small

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the Michigan Agricultural College, and

this paper.



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3111 year wel'nad our-amt field

.of alfalfa. It: was seeded on one of

Our poorer pieces. but we got aura)!

with it, and now we expect to make it

part of our regular crop rotation un-

less sweet clover proves to be bette1.





' . In the last few years I haveobserv _

.. ed alfalfa being sown in small patches





on very thin land. Land that has con-

stantly refused to grow a crop of corn.

There was no lack of pains taken, es-

pecially as to packing the soil. and I

have been surprised to see these plots'

produce fair stands.



There is a neighbor of mine who has

been growing poor crops of rye and





a little ten-





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Some men are blessed he soWed a nice

big field of alfal’la. Last fall he told

me that he had to brace his barn to

support his crop; but he added, with

a laugh, that he did not dare tell it to

anyone, unless they were right there

so .he could show them.



There is no doubt that the wonder!-

fdl improvement in alfalfa culture in

this state’has been due. to, first, bet-

ter seed; second, to better cultural

methods. The. limit has not been reach-

ed in either of these directions, and I

am just wondering in years to come

if we will not say that a piece of

high ground that cannot be made to

produce a crop of alfalfa is unfit for

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Y 01‘} f‘i‘md V113 Densmore, had W'hatever milk above this amount

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made the basis of this determination.

The farmer is paid twenty per cent

more than these butter prices tor the

butter-tat contained in the surplus.

Already this plan appears to be de-

veloping a more uniform flow of milk

from the farms. The dairymen are

seeing to it that the. COWs are coming

fresh at, such time as will enable them

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lent direct-to-consumer market. The.

customers were delighted. They were

pleased to pay a substantial premium

over the current price to get such ex-

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hens began to cut down DI‘Od'IlCti'GU- ble and yet to maintain their basic

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bountiful output of spring was reluc- In spite of this program, there is





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other details in the marketing of

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bound to be a substantial surplus of

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manufacturing institutions around the

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1921 and again in September





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economist put, the matter. .



The Michigan Milk Producers’ Asso-

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his assistants. appreciate fully, the

- need of stabilizing the milk business.

They are now working out two general

programs to meet this need.



One oi: these programs consists in

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the Detroit trade- Blue is 110w the

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(Continued from page 543).



It’s 111011: appiopriate to snuggle down

safe in your bed,



With wool socks on your feet and a

seat on your head.



Too early, dear uncle, for poems of





, spring.

the last six months of 1922 was eight \Vait a month or six weeks, ‘then'ask

hundred pounds then du1 mg the first ““1 agam'





Verda R. Coler “Mt Pieasant, Micli.

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Maxine Anderson Chief, Mich.





six months of 1923. he would be paid I‘

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however through regular monthly sur-

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that more milk is. needed than each

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more 1113 8 rebuked to meet the "more“? Nelson. Mom Mich:

Penis Redman, Jonas, Mich. ‘ -

Margaret Walters. Aloha, Mich.





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cow kept getting worse' and dd not oat

hardly anything for two weeks and

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she was on her feet and eating real good.

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The blocks which line this

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This is one of the big questions

which bureau specialists are being

Much depends

upon the development of economic con-

ditions at home and abroad that it is

difficult to make a prediction so far

ahead. Much depends upon the corn

crop, the indications now being that

the corn ‘acreage may be increased in

the corn belt.



The'conclusions of the bureau of





' specialists are that the fall farrowings





should not be increased over those of

last fall. Some of the reasons given

for this conclusion are that thepack-

ing industry is not moving its hog

products at satisfactory prices. An era

of domestic prosperity does not hold

glowing promises for the hog producer.

Beefvand lamb are the meats for‘peri-

ads of prosperity, full employment and

high wages. An increased supply of

hogs next year would bend the price

curve downward in terms of the. farm-

er’s dollar. A decrease in next fall’s

farrowings as compared with last fall

is the safest game for the farmer to

play.





 





FEED FOR THE YOUNG BROOD

sows.





 





I have a full blooded Duroc-Jersey

sow that is due to farrow in May.

Would you please give me a good ra-

tion to feed her before and after far-

rowing? This will be her first litter.

I could buy' some ~tankage.—J. S. Y.





Such foods as oats, middlings and

skim-milk and clover are well balanc-

ed foods in themselves. They may be

fed in any quantity, One or all of them,

without throwing the ration out of bal-

ance. .



Corn, barley or rye are too wide, or

too rich in the starches and fats, and

should be fed in connection with a

high protein or nitrogenous food such

as tankage, oil meal, soy-beans, or

alfalfa. ' .



When sows are confined to the yards

for long periods, as in winter, some

sort of roughage is very beneficial to

health and contentment. Bright clo-

ver or alfalfa are ideal and they will

eat it like cows. Hogs root in the

ground for animal and mineral foods

It is one of the demands of hog nature

and may be supplied, when rooting in

clean ground is impossible or undesir-

able, by feeding tankage and minerals,





 





   

   





 





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Such as ashes, salt, 111118. sulphur and

Nine meal, or phosphate

There is no one. best ration.





sonally, we like to use the foods that

are at hand so far as' possible and pur-

chase only what is necessary to bal-

ance themgAt present, our brood sows





are getting a slop made up of ground

oats, one-fourth; ground barley,‘ one;

fourth; middlings, one-half, to which





is added enough tankage to balance

‘the barley, and a little corn which is

fed in the ear.





Many ..

I combinations are equally- good. ’-Per-;





AbOut one-tenth -as '





much tankage is used as barley and ,





corn combined. In addition, they get

a feedof alfalfa hay once a day; this





is more important than most people ‘





think, and we aim to keep a mineral

mixture before them atjall times.





The corn should be regulated ao-.





cording to the condition of the sow. It





is fattening and one of the best hog .





foods there is, but, on this account,

is often either fed exclusively, with

bad results, or discriminated against.





.It should be fed very lightly for a few .





days before, and for a week following,

farrowing t.ime L'kewise the balance

of the grain ration should be fed spar-

ingly at this time



Strict rules do not always fit the

case. We should remember that there

are marked changes going on in the

sow’s system at this critical time, and

.her case should have careful consider-

ation and treatment accordingly. Is

the sow fat or lean? Is the litter large

or small? These and other questions

should be considered.



The ration that the sow is accus-

tomed to before farrowing, provided it

is a good one, is the best to continue

on through the suckling period.





Exercise is very important. A sow





eonflned to a small pen and left to





sleep in the nest most of the time is in

an ideal condition to produce a weak

litter of pigs.——P.





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PURCHASING POWER INCREASES.





 





THE ability of the farmer to pur-

chase other commodities improv-

ed during the month of February, ao-





cordlng to announCement by the tie--





partment of agrpiculture The index

figure for February was at sixty-nine,

as compared with sixty-eight in Jan-

uary. Although the prices of com-

modities othe1 than food which farm-

ers buy, jumped two points during the

month, the prices of crops went up





four points and of live stock one point.‘





 





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HESE notes wedld hardly run true:





to" form unless we got in a word

about- pig‘s This- time the story is not‘

so interesting._1to. tell.- We recently

dipped down pretty deep into the ex-

.' chequer- for. a choice gilt in. order to

* secure some new blood for our little





swine herd, mate up pairsLand tries





not akin,-tand perhaps raise an out-

standing herd headei for ourselves.

The litter came according to schedule,

nine of them, and most all hairless.

Seven of them have gone the way of.

all hairless pigs, the othei two have a

chance to survive.



This is the third time that we have

-had such an experience, and, strange





' \as it may seem, they have all been





gilts purchased shortly before i‘arrow-_

ing, that had been fed liberally on

skim-milk. Now, skim:mi.lk is suppos—

ed to be the last word in swine feeds,

‘but l-note'that 'in most of the” cases of

piles, fits, worms and breakdowns,that

have been reported to the Michigan

Farmer the past winter, skim-milk has

played an important part in the ra-

tion. I also note the statement of an

old feeder that sweet skim-milk is sure)

to be accompanied by a big crop of

worms. ' ,



Now, I wonder if skim-milk, like

corn, while being one oi the very best

ho<r foods in existence does not lack

some vital element ['01 the normal de-

velopment of swine. We are told by





The Oak





(Continued from page 535).





stalks used to supplement the hay.

It may surprise some of ‘my younger





readers when I make the statement:





that forty and fifty years ago a large

part of the corn crop grown on the

sandy farms in the southern counties

was hushed from the hill. The good

farmer filled his barns With clover.

111s corn was husked from the hill or.

bogged down. The stalks were. left

where they grew to reinforce the or-

ganic matter of the soil,

‘much to be commended.

0n the average sandy loam farm.

cattle were secondary to sheep; A few

cows were kept. ~The farmer’s wife

made butter for the market

time creamery butter had not replaced

1111111 made butter in the homes of peo;

ple living in towns. Many taimers





..wives.had enviable reputations as but:





tor --1nakers and received extra prices‘

from private customers. As a usual

)1 hingl howevera butter was traded for

groceries at‘the village store. The

cows~ kept» generally were of a beefy





' type and farmers fattened the surplus





animals for the'market or sold them

to other farmers who were “stock

feeders.” All farms raised hogs. They

consumed the skim-milk, pastured on

clover gleaned the wheat stubbles and

were finished off on corn produced on'

the farm.





N trying to give an idea of the farm



practices that were general on the

southern Michigan sandy loams during

the years that followed the Civil War,~

I do not forget that there was a wide

variation in the plans followed. What

I have endeavored to do was to dew-

scribe in a general way the syStem'

that obtained (in the average “open-

ings” form during that period All i





' Linings considered, it was a good sys-





tem. tit involved a minimum of plow-

ing and a maximum of meadow and

ipasture. #011 the great minority or” the





matter hr) the soil diminished .

): owl-y (011 some farms probably

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problem. especially so to those who

own them "





‘come hairless, goitre is present, (it is





a disease affecting the glands of the)





‘ throat similar to goitre in people), and

that it may be prevented by giving

some form of iodine in the ration duré

ing the gestation period.





We believe thoroughly in science

and know we'owe much to the findings

thereof,

ed to'begin doping out hog food in



» drops, and our twenty years with hogs

and the care of hundreds of litters,

with never‘a hairless pig except in the

cases ' above mentioned , strengthens

our belief that what a brood sow

needs for‘normal development and suc-

cessful. reproduction is a variety of

foods that contain the things that na~

ture decrees she should have.





They may be summed up in a ration

that is well balanced in all its parts,

and that means not only a proper nu-

tritive ration, but includes a variety

of grains, suitable forage in summer

and roughage in winter, minerals, such

as may be provided in ashes, salt, lime

and sulphur, and some kind of meat

or animal. food, most commonly sup-

plied in a high-grade of feeding tank-

age ormeat meal. The supply of min-

erals and meat food is especially im-

portant when the frost or rings in the

nose keep them from rooting in the

ground for such things—P. P. Pope.





Openings





clover fifty years later and the acre-





yields of wheat on well—managed “op-

ening" farms were never better than

the crops grown duringlthe eighties

and early nineties. Never had the

farmers on the sandy loams been bet-





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scientific authorities that when pigs





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Farmer sales policy means—a

planned exactly to fit your needs,

saving barn equipment, and quicker

factory serv1ce based upon the low





needs, make suggestions for saving





knows the value of Jamcsway Equipmc nt.

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tor satisfied with their condition, or.

more sanguine 01' a prosperous future?

~ Then things began-~t.o~happen: There:

were-three years ot.‘ drouth from 1893.

to 1895. During the. Same years. two;

deadly-insect pests, the midge and root:

borer, invaded our clover fields. In'

1892 we cut one of the heaviest crops

of hay we ever harvested. In 1895 I‘

did not see on high land or low land.»

on ”sandy





loam' “timbered” land or: '





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prairie a field of clover in southwest-f, '





'In 1893 washed" fine?

wools dropped from thirty to twelve:

cents per pound and stayed there.‘

Farmers sold their sheep and to ob

tain needed income increased their:

acreage of grain and other soil deplet—l

ing crops. Every year they sowed Clo-1‘

ver. Drouth and insect enemies killed;

or crippled the new seedings The

sandy loams. afte1 half a century of 1

profitable production, began to grow

poor.





Beginnning with 1898 there was an

increase in the summer rainfall. Par-

asitic enemies checked to some extent

the ravages of the root borer, and the

farmers on the lighter soils in favor-

able years again grew some clover but

never again did it fill the place in our

farming that it held prior to 1893. In

recent years, getting a catch has be

come more and more difficult until to-





day there are whole townships where, :

up to thirty years ago cl'o've‘r‘ was the . , , ,.





 





main reliance for hay and pasture, in '

which a good clbver seeding is a cur-





iosity.Wl'1at is going to happen to

these lands?





grow poorer until finally they are aban-

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Abexdeen Angus‘lO heifers. 6 bulls

from eight to fourteen months.

The growthv kind that make_good

.Wilber. Clio. Mich.





Registered

Best of breeding.

Reasonable. Inquire of





VReg istered Guernseys





A fine Bull ready for light service. special

terms if you wish. J. M. Williams. No. ems.

Micl.1





c chea. ()ne registered Guern-

For sale hymn. .ochaban-Prince No. 75880

Born April 13.1921 from good milk stralns Address





V. P. CASH. Alma. Mich.



NSEYS —»REGIST'ERED BULL

G U E R Calves .l‘antafiing bltootii.

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1 Re i tered Guernsey cows, May Rose Breed-

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

quotations. stating about age desired.





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Travc ae City. Mich.





m SALE 1111111 seals BREEDING-I,“





Born mu dam recently co létfid semi-

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pounds .of butter. Average figures recently ven-

show ads of milk in a year for Mic an

You wi‘Il notice that this new chews an crease-

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11311111 1min STOCK mils Jackson. 1111111.

floral. Spencer. Meme.





 





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Offering registered cows. heifers. bulls and bull

calves 'at prices the average farmer can p.ay Colan-

ha blood rsdomlnatlng Pedigrees furnished upon



r'educst. Iferd under Federal superv on.

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Bets 4 he fersat Slt. .1011 a. They must be

sold quic iyr. 01

her 21; r. daughter. nil yr

hanna am.

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FOR SALE Registered Holstein. Fresians



Cattle A R. 0. Heifers,somef

8125. Bulls with cod milk records ready for service

‘75. Bull calves 8:0. cows with milk records. one to I

car load. bred to a35lb bull.



RANK STAFFEN. Howard City. Mich.



‘ accepted In payment of ilnely bred re



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IO extra nice Repeater and Fairfax heif-

ers from 14 to 20 months old for sale,

also 10 cows.





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Young Cows with calves by side consis-

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Bulls including prize

winners at the larger shows at practi-

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Edge 1169786. one of t“ o sonsof perfect-

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Famous Disturber. T. F. .Soth am 8:

Sons. (Herefords since 1839). St. Clair. Mich.

and Disturber





Meadow Brook Herefords 11 e g . .... ... d

breeding stock for sale both sexes. any age Call.

phone or write. Earl C McCarty. Bud Are. Huron Co.





Fairfax

Breeding.





 





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BROOK WA TER JERSEYS

BULL CALVES FOR SALE



From Register of Mer t d

Intense 127191 and Brookwggesriglgdzusegllhygndfiggigtv 8

Write for Prices and discription. Herd 15 on federal

accredited tuberculosis free list.

BROOKWATER FARM,





A A h , M' h'

H W. Mumford Owner. . nn r or 10 1gan





B. Andrews. Lessor.





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CRYSTAL SPRING 8100!! FFARML

Pilver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

Jersey bulls ready





FOR SALE- for service.‘ All





cows RegMister of Merit. Accredited her

MI’l‘l-I AND PARKER. R. 4. Howell Mich.





 





 





calves of the very choicest breed-

Jersey Bu“ ing. of good type& from high pro-

ducing dams. Federal Accredited herd. ”Moderately

p1- l”ced C..S Bassett. Kalamazoo.l\ii oh.

Registered Jersey Cattle Will sell a

For sale few females of any are to suit pur-





chaser or also one yearling bull. Herd tuberculin

tested. A. H. Donaldson, Fenton, Mich. ,





 





 





cattle. young bulls. for

uberculln tested

filLoire Odessa, Mich.





Registered Jeremy“,

J. L. CARTER.





Registered Jerseys all ages.





FOR' SALE Best, of breeding Low prices.





FRED DONALD. Oxford, Mich.





 





30 Head of Jersey cows nd heifers for sale . Chance

to select from herd do 70. Some fresh. others bred

for fall freshening. Colon .Lillle. Coopersvllle.Mlch,





 





Bidwell Revolution Jr. heads herd

SIIOI'IIIOI'IIS Sire. Revolution Dam. Maxwalton Rose'

wood 3d. ZdD am. Imp. Rosewood 86th New on‘ering

one good roan two year old bull out of a Mart Mari.

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

Prompt attention to cor respondenceuvlsitors welcome.

State Accredited herd. one hr. from Tpledo. 0. N. Y c R.

BIDW ELL STOCK FARM, Tecumseh. Mlch.. Box





fliehland Shorthoms‘





 





four months old. Red. White. Roan. Good site. best

of breeding-from good milking dams. Priced for

quick sale Write for particulars.





ll. ll. Prescoll 8: Sons,





Office 111.1... Olly. Mich. llsrd a! Prescott, Mich





CLARADALE FARM!»- w. shown...





are c ri

80o chefih heifersaml ayoung 3111le ““8600?

for the t “’1?le ng Brogdlngd” We“. can sell you

sad call es.

W. JOHNSON A 80 B.





..l “11:00le ohlgsn Drawer 20

Shorthorns prlosd reasonably.





Mdinng dhrd 1 tedfor “w"

milk. - Roland and Boltnd,”chumseh. llamas:





Wynn/Um horthorn Breeders Assn





foraala all ages. W J Hi ink or. 800'1. Flushing. Rich.





FOR SAEIE 8““ oii' “Nuisance sows.





 





 





 





D‘Nfiills‘n Btdndatt! PalIed





yfiwmmasumu‘n"





 





 





lb. 11111121 lb. dam. ‘

old’grd





Special offer; Twelve Bulls from twelve to twenty.





11:11 To and Milking 31.11%...





SIMON G. MAIOHE E. R. 35'. Middleiifle.hflchr





 





 





THE ORATIOT COUNTY POLAND

' sALE.





 





HE. Gratiot county breeders, of

‘ Poland Chinas have organized an

association to promote the interests oft

their favorite breed. They recently

held a. public sale of choice animals

contributed from the herds of the var-

ious members. They have a live bunch

of members and a high-class lot of

hogs and they are in the heart of one

of the best hog-producing sections of

the state. Whenever they combine to

hold a sale or when any of: their mem-

bers hold a sale it can usually be

counted on beforehand to be a. good

one. This sale was no exception. Most

.of the animals found new homes with-

in ‘this rich central section but No. I?

crossed several state lines and stop-

ped over in Minnesota. The top of

the sale went to the Wetzel firm at

Ithaca, for $176, and the sale average

was a little over $50 each.





 





TH E WETZEL SALE.





 





C HARLES WETZEL & SONS, of

‘ Ithaca, farm a lot of land. They

raise a lot of corn, grow a. lot of hogs

and hold sales often. This time there

were sales on all sides and a. total of

over five hundred bred soWs sold in

near-by territory within the week of

their sale. With this handicap they

still made an average on a, very good

lot of bred gilts, of $40. Some fall pigs

were also sold, the top bringing $50.

The top ameng the bred gilts went to

Glen Pompey, of St. Louis, at $80, and

Arthur Iles secured a. winner at $74.

The range of prices ran very even and

with all the difficulties encountered

the sale was considered satisfactory.





BROOD SOWS NEED MINERALS.





I have a sow that has a nice litter

of pigs, but she has started eating

them. I gave her a good- sized piece

of salt pork, but she has eaten another

since. What should I give her to break

her of this? Other years, when my

sows ate their pigs, I gave them tank-

age, but it did not do much good, eith-

er. Before a sow has her pigs. can

she be fed such food that will insure

her from eating her pigs? If so, what?



T. M.





Sows that eat their pigs invariably

do so, not out of pure cannibalism, but

because the ration during the period

of gestation has failed to supply the

demands of the system. Sows that are

provided With a well-balanced ratidn

during pregnancy seldom if ever set

their pigs. By “well-balanced” we

mean a ration that not only has the

proper nutritive ratio but that includes

a liberal supply of leguminous rough-

age, plenty of mineral elements, and

a reasonable allowance of animal mat-HA

ter combined with exercise stifliclent

to promote health and vigor ' '





after the 'pigs' are bern. The feeding”

of tankage or meat will often help and

may save a part of the litter even alto.

she has begun to eat them, but pre—

vention is always better than an at-

tempt to cure and consists simply in





day to day. Keep a. mineral mixtiire





m‘,bright clover or alfalfa. they want and





 





It is too late to remedy the trouble





providing the foods that the systemafi

demands for normal development from f,





before them. feed onevha‘lr Wand of.

tanka'ge per day per sow, give our {59;_ ,





see that the cow “tak‘es lots” of excreta. 1‘





 





1 111 01mins sol-o sows

go; (are: a: name“! use:





dand Orion Giant OoI.rlta1£or





w. o. TAYLOR. ”it'd-n. 1114111; '





.Q§.iififn$%§ sting?





me 85$ £23333“th 1...





to

champ. P1103 right. Jca. Schnsltor “”me Mish-





o' C n11 Boa Raadyfo aired



919121 tear-1111111113: 131-35 no?“ at h

C 3n era 0



aces sacs. m‘mfm "N '





$10-00 shlpgedoingoc mExpress 11an





tcred frcsw. Wr

.SUTHERLANIJ. Grand Ledge. Mich.





1 . also

Duroc Jerseys .i‘iii‘é. in»? mi.”

canny U. EDMON nautical. lid-





Duroc—Jerse s A ’°" “W“ ...“3

to a'aood

Fouat's Top 001.. DJ) DYIKeydeIiberk. Waylndeleh.





FOR SALEb Dnroos of tho handfsfigla





osmos (Ingharn OolM moth?“





Is It Worth While?





A real boar pin sired by Woodford Sensation.

Dams oi Defender or Pathfinder breeding.





 





 





If so. ‘

We have them of. Sept. Yarrow. not only sho

extreme En unliw. but ester siaethan thanyou

expectto 11. Follow 29 to





Kope-Kon Farms, Coldwater,MicI1.





Bean amtn,s weilhizgrile £11310!!me

"PE 00! Champions and.





 





 





 





hullpiona, now

CH'l-ZSTEBE“ .2... .. ......

ha" StII flirted more breeders as

road to success than

start. Costs little.

R. F. D. 10. PM

ChBSter Whites, choice fall pus. also

bred sows and fits. Prices reasonablMe- kEyeber Bros.

Chester Whites m d I

Two great Big TyipeDL boars of {ieagm Owan 'IJumbo.

Reese. Mich





living

WHITE’S .... ...-.. “fin“

We are offering some

10 Mile and ill go Rds. Royal Oak.

Herd headed byI The Mon-

.80 DIMER,





Chester WhitesM ones bred for Rang-gm .... ‘





D, SPRINGER, Grand Rapids yMich.m





O. I..C’s and Chester Whites





ones sired by Mich. State rm Gr. Champion

1921. and bred for March and April {arrow to

.mich. State Fair Jr. Champion 1932. the common





sense type and price.

ANDY ADAMS, Litchfield, Mich.





’

O I C 8. Malrasizpringl gllts bred tofarrcw in





April bi rowt

recorded free. 5‘ mile west of fiepgtFt‘ita‘ 'duphone.

OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashvi ville. I! lot.





0 I C 18°laérglegrowthy gilts far-row In Mar

. n

owvnn LEAP sroox imam. Monroe. Mich.





mg ty giltsdleArZOth Ma 5th

0- I- c- WeighliIioirrM 300a be. Fa] Ilpig's) either‘ag‘x. M

undo am





byMich nJ mbo.nd Gr

I'm-'22. NEWIJIAN’S’ STOCK FARM. “hum" site,





0 I C’s March boars. breed gilts Jo] and A

w- - E(glilts Yuong BrownSwissB Bow

Peterson. mhurst Farm. R-2 Ionic. Mich.

9

0.]- cos iolts' b1-e for May fbrrow.

OPMPSON. Rockford. Mich





RADIO GIANT





Re resents the worlds is! t at and

China Hogs. Boars. Sows. p1.:'::1..::1‘.‘.‘..1.£°'

Mich. pioneer herd. We have them big for.





years. We can fu16niosh what ‘

JN LLB. “II’ortland. Hick.

Le‘onard' In Big Type P. C. gilta aired b

Liberator and 01' 0 Cl

1...... m... semester: ‘52. i" ....“E... 1‘





’L.T._P.C.





(‘hoics Gilta 825 to 840. Bears 1" ll Pigs

D.CLINE Addresstagi'l‘. F 81:.-

LouisT. Mich.





Fall Pigs Either Sex 23% 3’11- Wilson'-





Gilta willbe tgatm drstprlaa





. Olansmsn for August and



thenr or write. l"Iri’fioo Edna,”



Big . 060”?“ very nice bcar'a .doablalm



Icwnaugegrigtzaltl ids $3.1?" ewsonfiu‘ar 0.11.33

P. C





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Anthem 4, this column to liven humour“.-

«1": mm m biliyrhe himrynnd We!

each ascend 'gbe. namernd address of the writer. Initials

only unpublished. When a reply by mail is requested the

mic: mapflm practice and 81 laughs massed.

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: *Warts.‘—-;My heifer has a. few warts

on "neck and shoulder. Can she. be

cured? N. A. S.-J., Whittemore, Mich.

-——'-—Warts.are. usually skin depth, cut—

ting them out is the cleanest and

speediest way to get rid of them. Ap-

ply olive oil or castor oil daily. .



Peculiar Case.——-I have a four-year-

old cow supposed to be due to freshen

in thirty days. but to my surprise she

came in heat yesterday, was servedby

our bull. Does a cow ever come in

heat‘when with calf? S. M., Bardo,

Mich.——The writer has known cows

which ‘were seemingly in heat and

.would submit to service while preg-

nant, but your cow may have aborted,

or she may not be with calf.‘



, Loss of Appetite.——I have a male hog

that has been ailing for the past six

weeks, his bowels act too free,- and he

seems to have lost his appetite. J. 8.,

Sand Lake, Mich—Give him a tea-

spoon of baking soda and four grains

of quinine. at a dose three or four

times a day. Change his feed, but

give him one dose of castor oil. Paint

bunch on duck with tincture of iodine

two or three times a week. If soft

cut it open.



Partial Loos of Powec.—I have “a;

boar that does not have the proper

use of his legs; they fail to support

him, but he eats good. W. H., Pent-

Water, Mich—Feed him less corn and

more oats, oil meal, tankage, clover,

roots, and keep his bowels open. Give

him access to ground limestone and

ground rock phosphate, Don't neglect

to give him a'little sa‘it three times a

week.



Mange—I have several Angora cats

with canker ears, (so I am told), their

ears are raw inside and they dig them

till they bleed. (I have been using

peroxide). What can I do to cure

them? G. R, Inkster, Mich.———Apply

one part chinosol in 500 parts of wa-

ter twice a day, or balsam of Peru,

onedpart, lanolin eight parts, may.be»

use .



Necrotic Rhinitis.—I have a hog that"

started breathing hard and in a. few

days his head commenced to swell;

now the pig makes considerable noise

breathing. It eats good, but if walk-

ing, has to stop often to get breath.

The whole trouble seems to be in his

nose. What can be done for this pig?

H. N., Anchorville, -Mich.——The com-

mon name for this disease 'is‘ snifl’les.

It is not possible. to efficiently treat

such 'a case because of the difficulty of

applying medicaments to the lesion

and further because of the destructive

changes” in the bones of the nose and

face. If there is any mucus coming

from nose. dissolve a‘quarter pound or

baking soda in one gallon of tepid Wa-





ter and immerSe nose and face in this '1





lotion three times a day. Another rem-

edy is one part hydrogen peroxide and

ten parts tepid water. ,



Female Dog Fails to Come in Heat.

-—~I have a setter female about two

years old which has never been in

heat. What shall I give her? F. 0.,

Hale, Mich—In my practice I have ob-

tained the. best results by giving yo-

himbine hydrochloride. Tablets are





Holsteins, Durham: and Jerseys,

1 Also 8 horses 1,200 to 1,600 lbs.





 





. '4 'IO‘ACM ‘Hot Lunch at Noon L '





8 shoots.





- '72 Head Cattle All T. B. Tested

50 with calves by side. Others toli'reshcn soon.

Miscellaneous farm implements. Farm

. located one mile west and one mile north 0‘ lnkste‘r, three miles east and one mile

,_ north of Wayne. Conveyance will meet all local car: up to noon at the Middle Belt

Road. Jim Ruff Road, on the J. k C. Electric Line.





AUGUST sawslim'rz, pm...

' INKSTER, MICH.





   





' ‘ 2 .' __ *- . " - ’ 1' .330" mm ‘v.;m;n_.,,~,,,...ma.m' T’ 7 mo.

S A I -« E as mentors "are 8.2%..

.. . ‘ y . e f. .



' ' ' ’ . thio upon receipt of depgoi‘t on chicksf Maple, Bum





. rm mm m





SNOWY WHITE ROCKS) . F

~45; 33.15—50: .37.oo—-ioo.

Dehnhnfl; Vmburen.- Ohio. 2 ,.

BARRED ROCKS—Smith's 1m. 'straln. The

best.“ Eggs three. dollars for fifteen. prepaid. ,

stock for sale. A. K. Smith. Conway. moi... Route 1.





wnrm Honours commuters direct from. Fer-

r'ls. 300 egg strain, $5.00. Blanche Boss. Ellsworth.





isbci strain. Fen" $1.50

‘Prepaid. Mrs.~ Earl





 





 





Michigan.





 





ROSIE COMB Rhode Island Reds. Hatching e“ 31.25

per sctting. Postpaid. Mrs. Albert Bamood. R- 4.

('harlcvoix, Mich.



MARTIN W. W'yandotbe eggs. $1.00 oer 15. C. 3.7

Spooner. Rosebush. Mich. A

50 (”ant Black Mtnorca Cockerels $2.25.





Eggs $8.00

per 100. Mike Scbaeter, Fesexville,





Michigan.





 





 





HOGS





Large Type Poland Chinas



pl of either sex. Bired by Foxy Clansman

ma shin. Sr. Chomp 1922

Mich. Sr. Champ. 1920

Write or come and see r. em





T's Clansman





A. A. FELDXAMi’.





nding fallboar. $25.00. Five sows to





had '1”- Big Orange 481483.

Manchester. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





_ Two choice gllts bred for early April farrow.

on

have armweda pl . .



15.. P. POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





my customers or their





to

and all

Hampshire; spring boars and bfed gilts





order now or you mnv be too late.

*JOHN w. sN‘YDER‘,





391211





10th

R. 4. St.





HORSES





alnnt Alley Big T pe P. 0. (Hits all sold. Thanks

. patronage of the past.

that inquired. A. D. Gregory. it. 3.110nia. Mich





ear.

Johns. Mich.





from





23 sows to select from. Place your





 





one

date





 





Lone Maple Farm filth...





ing nor price.





9.0.





Fig Im' Eoland China Hogs from

at





F. B. DA'ZIS it SO .





Bob an 1% Peter Pan. to





took. (all igs.eitherse . e lo] I.

w. EFLFCK x ° "





1 Y. Holmesvllle. Ohio





Typo Poland Chinas.

for sale at present'

Balding. Mich.,





' P. 0.. a few choice gilts left. Bred for

“Inst!“ Afiril furrow. You cen'tbeat the breed

. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mich.





Choice 5“” mod by 3 Ion $.29“ Cfiamplon Big





odel Clans-

man.nlso fall p188. C.E.Garnant. Eaton Baplds.Mich.





Karine winning





at Auction

APRIL 24th, 1923





Dispersal sale of my entire stud of Belgians w





winning stock.

years of age. outstanding

bone and substance.

and fillies, several weighing nearly a ton.

with foals by side.





Reg. This is the Opportunity





pick up choice breeding stock.





 





our load of fat hogs at Chicago Fat Stock Show. Fa-

greatest gain on cheapest! feed.

an's Lending Hampshire Breeders.





mous Foragers—

Write to Mlchlg





 





Armstrong and George Cassopoli-

Donald C. Es ie Jonesvllle

James G. Art or Grass he

Lloyd Aseltine Okemos

John W. Snyder St. Johns

Clarence L. Campbell Parmn

John L. Landon n

S. H. Van Mortar and Sons Parma

D. I. McBean Manitou Beach





 





Belgian Horses





take place on the above date. including all prlno

Twelve stallions from two to six

large type with great

Also twenty head of mares

Every

one over two years old a proven breeder. several





Catalogue on





ill





to





 





 





 





PEAFOWL. Pheasants.

cular. JOHN HASH.





3A3? cmcxs





CHICKS GUARANTEED -~ Health . eturd

lug chicks. Flocks that are mate

Agricultural College cockerels, Barred . ..

Anconas. White and Brown Icgboms. pullets and

breeding cockerels. Sal‘s arrival. postage paid. cata-

log free. F‘ainiew Hatchery and Poultry Farms,

Route 2. Zeelami. Mich.





Bantams. Pigeons. Free cir-

Pettendorf, Iowa.





 





 





 





thriv-

with ichlgan

Rocks 8. (‘





QUALITY CHICKS. eggs. Sixteen standard bred

variation. Best winter laying strains. Free delivery.

Reasonable prices. Catalog free. Missouri Poultry

Farms. Columbia. Missouri.





 





 





ORIGINAL flock Dr. licaslcy Egg Basket Strain,

Buff Leghorn Chicks. Breeding liens and L’ockrrcls.

Also Tom Barren English Strain White lmhom

Chicks and Barred Rocks. . A, 1?, Stock. Circular

free. Hillside Hatchery Farm. Holland, Mich, ll. 3.





BABY CHICKS from heavy egg





 





producing strain.





. English and American 8. C. W. Ieghorns closely cul-





led. 100% alive. Circular free.

Route 1. Holland, Mich.





BABY CHICKS. 15 Leading varieties.

(or 1923. The kind that lay early. Large. vigorous,

fluffy kind. Lowest prices. Send {or large catalog.

1). '1'. Fawow Cbickeries. Peoria. Ill.





Montella Hatchery.





 





2% Million





 





 





 





 





 





FOR SALE

Two Decks to Lamb May let





 





Telegraph Address Bockwood





Choice Bred Ewes





l Almond B. Chapman, So. Rockwood, Mich.





 





li tio BABY CHICKS—~Remarkablo for size and strength.

‘9’ on n. Reasonable prices. Leghorns. Anconas. Rocks, Reds.

DENNISON FARMS '\‘Vyandott;es. OmIngtons, Minomas. Spanish. Brahman.

T00 Fl" '59 Pearl street, Buffalo, N. Y. lyrone Ioultry Farm, Fenton. Mich.

a“ Farm Gonuoo Street nine miles from City. imnr ('llICKS——Six leading varieties. Write. your

a years wants. Special prices on large, advance orders. Free

) ' ' catalog. H. H. Pierce. Jerome, Mich.

m” "‘9 P II (I B l ° 5 ll'

BIC eron all e glall la Ions 3A 1}ch onrorfts AND Hi? TClHIINO l'IGGlS

. . . . . . lrec mm our arm at grca y I'l’(l.l(‘f‘( prior-s, «m y

“0‘ .. A, _ BBSI ‘1’; Size I‘llfilltqu’l'lll'Y' inc‘lludigig “1.8217”; wtml'i‘lers' 9c up. Barred Rocks. \V. Leg. and Anconas. Write

-~ . . your oi. y 15 m nee 0 3 goof (ra so on, quick for particulars and Special introductory othr.

wri.e me for my breeding plan. winch will interest Model Poultry Farm and Hatchery Zeeiand II ‘

11 Owners in 1903_55m0 TOday you. Fred G. Stevens, Breckenridge, Mich. Mich. « ' ' ' ‘

9

Win this enormous increase? The t the market. . . '

Pmionchoiw—r‘lveszraigm ”‘3’”:ng 0“me SHEEP (,HICKSk-English s. c. u. Leghom. $12 per 100.





Beds and Rocks $16 per 100.

Reduced price on large

R. 4. Holland. Mich.





100% live guaranteed.





lots. Waterway llawhery,





 





 





CHICKS, eggs. Strong, healthy, bred to lay stock.



Five leading varieties. Prices right. Satisfaction.



*guaranteed. Circular free. Sheltered Nook Poultry



Farm. Grmdville, Mich, It. i.



BABY CHICKSwS. C. W’hite Leghorns. cart-fully



selected. heavy producirs. lank reference. Write

Louis





for prices. Postpaid. liva dclivcry guaranteed.

L, Van liuis, Holland, Mich” llouic l.





 





 





CLASSIFIED





rm: 'ciamlfled advertising department in





Small advertisements bring best results under





tiring miscellaneou





Cl





classified rates.

Rates 8 cents

(‘oun





3 articles for sale or exchange.

or in display columns at commercial rates.



a word. each insertion, on orders for less than You

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.

dbl)!” type or illustrations admitted.





ADVERTISING





established for the convenience of Michigan farmers.

classified headings.

Poultry advertising will be run in





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

Minimum chem. to words.





Try it {or want ads and for adver-

thls department





r insertions: for four or more

t as a word each abbreviation. initial or number. No

Remittances must acmmpany order. ’





 





 





 





Rates in Effect October 7. 1922





 





 





 





QUALITY CIIIX: White, Barred Rocks, Hulls, $14.

White Leghoms. Anconas. $12. Order (llrm't, Bank





 





iI'cference. Silver Spring Hatrhcry. llox 97, Abingilon,

ll.





 





EGGS THAT H A'I‘CH;

Won over b.000 prizes.

schools. Catalog free.





Box 360. Sterling. Ill.





BABY CHICKS—«White Wyandottes. White Roch.

Barred Rocks. R. I. Reds and White Ieghom. her

horns from M. A. (‘. 250 egg strain. Write (or price

_'_7 Fonton Chicken Hatchery. Fenton, Mk





S'I'URIW' CHICKS—Pure bred-today flocks single

comb White In-ghoms. Anconas, l'lcds, White Wynn-





thcks than; live. Low prices

Burnished Government and

Sterling Poultry Farms.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





FOR. SALE—One Buckeye Ditcber. 20<borsc, four— . p l) - .v

One Four One Four cylinder motor. .Machine in good condition. Reason- 253;!‘3' "51:13,,“ “Jami. “£810” Sunnybrook 1’0ch

Words time times Words time time. able price. Jenkins Brick 00.. Montgomery. Alabama. ‘ ' ‘

10 ........ $0.80 $2.40 26 ........ $2.08 86.24 . , , , . BARRY“) ROCKS—434:3 and bah chicks from Silver

ti ....... 0.: :3: g; """""" fig: 333 Mghill'glogo IlégAlfnoggagsAtugb' Sgurlllywrgl’g‘rtg N3 "u" “mm”. “223 $2.00 xwr 15ydvlivi‘rfll by P- P-

......... . . . '. ' " - a.. l .. BE 1‘. ‘, 1 ' ; j ‘~_

13 ........ 1.04 3.“ 2 ........ 232 3.96 (.‘oniuration, 540 Majestic Building, Detroit. (miller (roe. Bred \stllng, (onstinime, Mull

l4 ........ 1.1! 3.36 so ........ 2.40 7.20 > , 1 1, . S M _

us ........ 1.20 3.50 31 ........ 2.43 7.44 Ito San soy “Plums. com“... Worthy cow. G. P. ggmmwfmlfy flfi?fl}k"§‘;&§§{fi‘fof°mmm 8’3,

16.. . 1. 3.84 32 ........ 2. 7.68 Phillips, Livestook Auctioneer, Bellevue, Mich. (‘allaghan Fenton Mich ' ’ ' ‘

1'! . 4.08 33 ........ 2.64 7.92 ' ' '

8 ........ 4.82 34 ........ 2.72 8.16 SEED I'OTAT()F)S-(‘crtified Pewskcys. Noam-m STERLING QUALITY CHICKS—44 varieties. strong

19 4.56 ........ 2.80 3-40 grown. Butternut Farm. Lupton. Mich. livoable chicks. Catalog free. P. F. (Hardy, Box 6.

20.. 4.80 38 ........ 2.88 8.64 I‘Ilhl‘l. Mo.

21' ‘ 2'33 ii """" 2'3: iii DOGS __. ’ W

22. . ........ 3. .

2 . :32 2:. 3_ 3%: HELP WANTED

24. .. . 6 . . - HOUNDS. HOUNDS. BOUNDS. Fox. (100 . and . . .

25 ........ 6.00 41 ........ 328 9.84 Rabbit Hounds. broke to gun and field. sorted WANTP'IF“R“DNSGM“E”8 m car-h (.ounty to scll

. . . bounds and puppies all ages, Beagles and choice small farm tractor. lvnusual opportunity to am. that:

“'1 i s 10 f h f h .,~_ H 3 L- can devote time to proposition and has wulo acquaint-

upp e . cents or p otoso mind 1. file. . . .

CI 0 lc dluontlnuan“ "4‘" redericksburg. Ohio. Dept Z. anco among’farmers. Small capital required. Write

or change of up] in- now. LOCK BOX 212. liowaglac, wh.

lauded for the Clarified Mam: m roach I’ll! «fir! MI GERMAN Shepherd. Airedales, (Follies; Old English W ANT!" 6 {am , .

. .l)— 1 hands~dairy and gemra] farm.

dash. aduavm 513(1)?de Shepherd dogs: Puppies; 10c illustrated instructive ‘ , , . , F

J of" list. W. 8.. Watson. Box 35, Macon, Mo. A1 men, must be good milktrs. «less A work. 8:0





 





sold under the name of vetol fer use in

veterinary practice. Kindly under-

stand this treatment must be kept up.

for some time; if not you will fail to

obtain results. ‘



Sercus Abscess—I have a very val-

uable farm dog that has a soft bunch





no





HOMESPUN TOBACCO.

10 poundl.

pounds, 81.25: 10 pounds 82; 20





MISCELLANEOUS





83: so pounds. 85.25





Chewing: 5 pounds. .81.75:

-. ass“...



poun s. . . n

PERA





money, ny when received. 00-0

roenoco oniowms. Paducah. Kentucky.





 





Britten, Mich.

POULTRY





FULL BLOOD Scotch Collie Pups. Arthur Bartel,





 





PULLETS. Barron English White Leghorns,





repeatedly culled by experts.





 





in throat which occasionall we 0 c



it discharges a reddish fluid.y We hpalll;

painted the bunch with iodine and sy-

rmged out sack with carbolic acid and

water, but it soon fills again with the

same kind of fluid. Mrs. S. Mon.

Long Rapids, Mich—If this abscess is

opened up‘freely, then swab the inner

wall with tincture of iodine occasion-

ally, also packwith some boric acid

powder, your dog will soon be well.

You did not make large enough open-

ing to allow proper drainage". " ' " -



. Pendulouc Udder.—.—Last year at calv-

ing time .my .ten-yearol’d cow 'was

chased. by axdog, with the result that

her udder since then has seemed to





 

 

 





 





 

 

 





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sheen and. like .t ,_

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KENTUCKY NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO—Ch

5 pounds ‘1.76: 10 pounds 83.00: 20 pounds

Smoking, 5 pounds $1.25: 1

money.

'Ibblcco Union. Paducah. Ky.

CONCORD GRAPE pllnts $30.00 per 1,000 up. Gib~

Ben strawberry plants. ndne better. $4.50 per 1,000.

Black and Rod





Cur-





rants. Semi (or price list Abwenders Nuisance.





Three Oaks. Mich

morocco—mun

:53: so lbs...



s.' 153. M'mguf-hy.

smvna toms-lamest Quality

Special prices on this nar‘l Dung-ll



‘Volmnrl a Hughes. Mueksson... chi;





monomers vino srmcda;

wood. rm 10:: I? ' “

tlgmg semicolon New she is about '.





do. .30: ,13-‘7V;1-1Hé..ronl





0 pounds 32.00.

Pay when received. Farmers’ 00-090





Raspberry plants. Gooseberries.





Smoking. 5 "13., 81.00: 10

82.76. bowing 5





C .

annual. O'Connor .





an





or poultry. Submit

harlot Brownian. River-view





Bend no

retire





lbs-r $1.50: 10

Smokehou





registered stock.

to early buyers.





after 30 this

Goo. D. lock-





P'fl. thirty. .Bnrry nos. 283 Hunter so. nuns amt. ,

. Mich. ; _ - . . .





orous, Wedge shaped bodies, big lopped combs. “Lgy-

owing blit" in every way. breeding cockerels. Satis-

3535: faction and more. or money back. orso Leg-





horn Farm. Beldlng. Mich.





eight

TI'VE weeks to maturity. May to October breeding flocks

Extra large .and vig-





 





hatched. farm raised. Big, thrifty

birds from prize winning strains. 54 to s





Bidwell Stock Farm, Tecumseh, Michigan.





ooded Tancred Cocherels. Eggs $2

gill £6! hundred. Clare Camburn. R. 3. I‘

m .





per

lbs..





lbs. ,

so,





RHODE ISLAND REDS—Rose Comb Cockerels. hen-

dark colored

7.50. Two





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

TANCRED STRAIN. Free range. vigorous, heavy-

lnytlnfi. bylearling S. C. White Leghorn breeders. mated

to n





ecumseh.





l5.





 





BBODB ISLAND REDS—Rose mmb. prize-winning-





 





sumac and Parcel Post paid.

horn baby-chicks. 813.001)“ 100.

Allen. Mich. .





strain. Mating List free. In J. Billet. Bay

City. Mich. .

TEN PURE mUDOUSE GOOSE EGGS. 84.75. In-





Choico White Leg-

Amy Soutbwcrth.





 





mom coma REDS—Arnold‘s soon.





Winners.‘ Hatching em $3.00 .per fifteen. “~00





8min -CIIP





 





 

 

 

 





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°BAM“>BOCK“' Hauling Eur. Pub tom

m. I 15.5 .tlowlwwm

‘ ”a. o.’ 15:1». am 1. m twin...





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old





 





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are:





 





a month. board and room.





Box 11-15, Michigan

Farmer.





 





WANTED IIOUSEKEI‘IPE’R on farm. 4 boys. ages 8

32114. State wages. Glen Dowding, R. 4 , Marshall.

ch.





 





WANTED—Man for general farm work. Either mar-

ried or single. Courtiand Marshall, Conley, 0., R, 30.





Michigan F armer Live





Stock Ads. Pay





A. D. Gregory, Walnut

Alley Farm, R.3, Ionia,

Michigan writes: “Big

Type P. C. Gilts a1

sold.” "“ 1 .-

Just try a Live Stock

.. .or Classified Liner ad.

and see the wonderful“

results they bring. ‘ ‘ '





 





 





 





The Michigan ij
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. next month.





GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, April 10.

Wheat.





Detroit.>——No. 2 red $13615; No. 2

mixed $1.36'l/é; No. 2 white $1.361,§.

Chicago.———No; 2 hard $1.23%@1.24;

No 1 northern $1.2417é; May $1.21%.'

Toledo—Cash $1.36@1.37.

Corn.

Detroit.——-Cash No. 2' 85%0; No. 3

ellow 831 c. -

.y Chicagoé—No. 2 yellow 79%c; No. 2

mixed 79%@801,§c. ' _

Oats.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white. 51‘1,§c;

No. 3, 50c. .

Chicago—No. 2 white 46%@4714c;

No. 3 white 45%@461,éc.

Beans.





Detroit.—lmmediate

shipment $7.15. .

Chicago—Choice hand-picked Mich-

igan beans $7.90; red kidneys $8.50.

Rye.

Detroit—Gash 811/20.

Chicago.—84%c.

Seeds.





Detroit.-—-—Prime red clover’ cash at

$12; alsike $10.25; timothy $3.35.



Toledo—Prime red clover cash at

$12; alsike $10.50; timothy cash $3.35.



Hay. ’



Detroit—No. 1 timothy $16@16.50;

standard $15.50@16: light mixed at

$15.50@16; No. 2 timothy at $14@15;

No. 1 clover $130144; rye straw $11.50

@12; wheat and oat straw $11@11.50

per ton in carlots. .



’ Feeds. ,



Bran $37; standard middlings $37;

fine do $38@38.50: cracked corn $38;

coarse cornmeal $36; chop $32 per ton

in 100p-ound sacks.



Fruit. '





Apples.——Jonathans $6.50@7 a bbl;

Kings $5.50@5.75; Northern Spies.$6

@7; ”Greenings $5.25@5.50; Baldwms





$5.50@5.75.

WHEAT





The annual scare over the wheat

crop has developed in the last week.

While reports of damage should be

taken with more or less reserve, con~

dilions are serious enough to deserve

attention. Dry weather in Kansas and

Nebraska and freezing and thawing in

the middlewest were the principal

causes. T e abandoned acreage prob-

ably will e above the average. The

green bugs are doing damage in parts

of Oklahoma. -\Vith the backward

spring some reduction in spring Wheat

acreage seems almost inevitable. The

primary receipts are declining, the vis-

ible supply is gradually reduced both

in here and in Canada, and the official

estimate upon the Argentine surplus

has been reduced. If these c0nditions

continue as they are likely to do, a

substantial advance in the wheat mar-

ket is likely to take place.





CORN





Corn prices advanced to the highest

.point of the season and the highest in

over two years at the close of last

week. Both exporters and domestic

distributors were after corn and since

producers are selling sparingly, it is

probable that the visible supply at the

terminals will shrink sharply in the

next few weeks. As there is little

prospect of a heavy movement from

the country in the next six weeks,

higher prices for corn are likely to

prevail, especially if the wheat market





advances.

~ OATS





The cats market is responding, al-

though slowly. to the strength in other

grains, a gradual reduction in the vis-

ible supply, and the delay in seeding

the new crop. These conditions are

likely to_ bring a further upturn in the‘





HAY ‘ . _

The hay markets show little or no

change in prices but the under-tone

is firm as. a result of light, receipts





and prompt





and, small country, loadings at most

;.‘ points. The "department of agriculture

“estimates that 65 per cent of the mar-i





 





kc blot-.surplus or . timothy hay M

. " dis ed. toll ch ; ~ .:,





was





‘The' market is "slow;





per cent 'of the prairie hay, had been





sold. Remaining stocks of timothy

were larger than last year, but stocks

of prairie hay are smaller. The larg7

est surpluses of timothy are located in

MichigangNew York and Wisconsin.





RYE-





Complaints of the condition of ‘the

winter rye crop are numerous from

the northwestern states as a result of

the extremely severe weather. Ger-

many and Norway again were buyers

of rye in this country last week.





SEEDS





The cloverseed market is practically

steady at the decline which occurred

during the last few weeks- The cold

weather still delays the demand but

prices are likely to hold near the pres-

ent level until after the spring seed-

ing season is over.





FEEDS





Prices for practically all by-product

feeds declined last week. . Offerings

by the manufacturers increased. and

stocks at distributing centers are fair-

ly large. Prices on wheat feeds for

deferred delivery remain at a big dis-

count below prompt shipments.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Egg prices were firm or slightly

higher last week, largely because of

the small receipts. Cold weather in-

terfered with country collections. The

total disappearance of eggs into eon-

sumptive channelsat the four leading

markets during March was the largest

for any month on record. Storage

holdings in the United States on April

1 were 455,000 cases compared with

950,000 cases last year and a five-year

average of 732,000 cases. Poultry

prices are gradually gaining as the





receipts are declining” to a more nor-i





me] figure. Consuming (demand :also‘

is about as active ‘as-it has ever been





at I this season. '





Chicago—Market firm. E8 . Checks.-





21%@22c;-fresh firsts 25@ 535G: "or-

dinary firsts 22%@23%c. ' Live poulv





try, hens 24c; springers 28c; roosters





15c; ducks 28c; geese 1501' turkeys

25C'per. pound. ‘ - *



Detroit—Eggs fresh candied and

graded 25% @2617“. Live poultry heavy





‘ springers 27@28c; light springers 24c;





heavy hens 26@_27,c; light hens 24.@





.25c; roosters 16@17c; geese at 18c;





ducks 28@300.





Burma - ‘

Butter markets were firm early last





week but declined toward g the close.

Receipts at the leading markets in-





creased and with prices at a high





level and due to decline as production

rises, buyers are disposed to avord' any

sign of accumulation. Receipts of but-

ter at the four leading markets during

March were the largest on record and

total distribution in that month was

the largest for the corresponding

month with the exception of last year.

Cold storage holdings on April 1. in the

entire United States were only 4.791,-

000 pounds as compared with 9,113,000

pounds last year and a five-year aver-

age. of 12,588,000 pounds.



Prices for 92score fresh butter were

as follows: Chicago, extras at. 4795c:

New York 49c. Fresh creamery in

tubs sells in Detroit for 47@48c.'





POTATOES





Potato prices declined last week.

northern round whites being quoted at

$1.05@1.15 per 100 pounds in Chicago

at the close, $1.25@1.50 in other cities,

and 900@$l at shipping points. Ship-





 





, Live Stock Market Service I





 





Wednesday, Apr! 11'.





DETROIT

Cattle.



Receipts 620. Market is steady

Best steers . . . . . . . . . .$ 7.50@ 8.50

Handyweight butchers 8.00@ 9.00

Mixed steers and heifers 7 .00@ 7.50

Handy light butchers. . . . 6.00@ 6.75

Light butchers . . . . . . . 4.75@ 5.25

Best. cows .............. 5.00@ 6.25

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.50617, 5.00,

Common cows 0 I 0 DO. 0 O O O I 3-25@ 3-50

Canners I'iIOIOOOOOOOOOI 2|50@ 3‘00

Choice bulls ............ 5.50617 6.00

Bologna bulls ........... 5.00@ 5.50

Stock bulls 4.00@ 450

Feeders OOIICCOIOOOOOOOIO 6.00@ 7.00

StOCkeI‘S undone-0.10.0... 4-60@ 6-50

Milkers and springers. . . . 40.00@80.00



Veal Calves.



Receipts 1,010 Market slow.



Best . . . . . . . . . . ......... $10.00@10.50

Others 5.00@ 9.50

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 340. Market steady.



Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11.00@11.25



Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00@10.75



Light to common . . . . . . . . 7.00@ 9.75



Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 6.50m) 7.25



Culls and common . . . . . . *2.00@ 3.00

Hogs.



Receipts 3,200. Market 15c lower.

Mixed hogs and yorkers.$ 8.50

Pigs aaaaa .IlhIOOQIIOOIOI. 7.65

Roughs .nnnooaaoooooo-oo 6-75@ 6-85

Heavies ................ 7.75@ 8.25

Stags 4.00@ 5.00





CHICAGO





Hogs.





Estimated receipts today are 26,000:

holdover 13,794. Market weak to 10c

lower, closing in spots Off fore. , Bulk

of sales $7.25@8.35; tops $8.40; heavy

250 lbs up $7.90@8.25; medium 200 to

250 lbs $8.15@8.‘40; light 150 to 200 lbs

$8@8.40; light lights 130. to 150 lbs

$7@8.30; heavy packing sows, 25.0 lbs

up ;7_10@7,4o;, packing 8092‘s 200 lbs

up §g@7.15; pigs 130 lbs down $6.60





@7. . _ . ' , >

. .. ,.,, cattle . s. . .

Estimated 1608111“, tOdfly ‘are 10,090!





 





 

 

 





 

 





beersteers aboutzstesd





. . lever out

{3 ’ ’ i





38.35: ranches-37;"

.. yorker! $_?-75@8‘





m to chilled (a





 





common $7628.15; light weight 1100

lbs down $9.15@10; do common and

medium at $6.75@9.15; butcher cattle

heifers $5.50@9.50; cows $4.50@7.85;





bulls bologna and beef at $4.50@6.75; .





canners and cutters cows and heifers

$3.40@4.50; do canner steers $4@5.25;

veal calves light and handyweight at

$7.75@9.25; feeder Steers $6.25@8.50;

stocker steers $5@8; stocker cows and

heifers $3.75@5.75.

Sheep and Lambs ., ‘



Estimated receipts today are 12,000.

Market slow on clip; nothing doing on

wool lambs; sheep steady. Lambs'84

lbs down $12.50@14.50; do culls and

common $9.50@12.50; spring lambs at

$9.75@13.50; ewes $7@9.25; ewes cull

and common $3.75@7; yearling Wetb-





' ers $5@5.75.





BUFFALO





Receipts 150 cars. Market is steady.

Chaice to prime shipping steers-1,400

lbs and up $9.25@9.50; good to choice

shipping steers $850629; heavy to me-

dium quality $8.25@8.50; medium to

good $7.50@8; light native yearlings

fancy quality at $9@9.25; medium to

good $8.50@8.75; best handy steers at

$8'@8.25; plain $7@7.25; handy steers

and heifers $7.25@7.50; western heif-





ers $7.50@8; light Michigan butcher-





ing heifers $7.25@7.75; best fat cows

$6.50@6.75: medium to good $4.50@5:

cutters at $3.50@3.75: canners of good

weight $2.25@2.50: light fat bulls at

$6.50@7; best heavy bulls. at $5,25@

5.50; heavy bologna bulls at $4.50@5:.

commOn bulls $3.50@4; best feeders”

700 to 800 lbs $6.50@7; medium. feed-

ers $6@6.25; stockers good $6@6;50:





light common $45135: best-milkers and-





springers $60@80; common and medi-

um $35@45. ~ , .

Market slow





Calves, [receipts 700.

and $1 lower at “@1050.-





. ' Hogs. ' -. '

33$“? ‘13 ’21?“ .333“... °‘ "id“

.9 in ca -8 er. . ' an as “ ‘

propagated and 176123th 2:





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tags $4450





,onions $1,@2.50 per b ;

. .90c; live poultry 28 380‘; veal 169.

-‘ 1893. hogs 13c. . f :.





ma. 4 ' Hem . e .





’ ments from prOd’ucingw sections, . have





averaged about 5.000 carrwookiy for





the last month and a halt, longtime

50 per cent above normal as; shown by-





a‘ four-year average for the cotton-

pon'd‘ing season. The movement of new

potatoes is gradually increasing but In





much lighter than at this. time last





year or two years ago.





APPLES



Apple prices are firm and the—Amar-

ket is gradually working to a. higher

level than prevailed during the fall

and winter. .A-2‘sé Baldwins are quot-

ed at $5.25@6 per barrel in consuming

markets, and Greenings at $5.25@

6.25.

tions are above normal for this time

of year but extremely low prices dur-

ing most of the season probably. more

than offset_the size of the supply.





BEANS





The bean market is still weak, with‘

choice' hand-picked whites quoted at

$7.45 per 100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan

shipping points, and $8 for red kid-

neys. The demand is still sluggish.

About 1,250 cars are said to be avail-

able in the state. The demand may

have another spurt in the next few

weeks but with hot weather approach-

ing when buying usually. sags, prices

are not apt to work much higher. .





' WOOL





I





No sign of a decline in consumption '





of wool is in evidence. _The American

Woolen Company, the leading manu-

facturer, reported that its mills are

now operating at 100 percent of capa-

city for the first‘ time on record and

pressure for the delivery of goods is

so strong that night work may be nec-

essary within the next few weeks. The

raw wool market is practically un-

changed. While buyers are shying

from what they consider high prices.

purchasing of the new clip' proceeds

with increasing rapidity. In a few

cases sales in the west have been re-

ported at above the level of foreign'

markets. In view of the enormous

Consumption as compared with the do-

mestic clip, higher rather than lower

prices are logical.





* GRAND RAPIDS





Prices on hot-house leaf lettuce fell

to the lowest levels of the' season car-

ly this week, dropping to 7@8c per

pound. Glutted outside markets were

responsible for the break. Oflicials ‘00

the Grand Rapids Growers’ AssoCia—

tion expressed the belief that this

week would wind up the low prices,





and that quotations will soon gradu- .





ally work upward as the supply of

head lettuce diminishes. Potatoes were

steady to firm at 60@65c per bushel.

Offerings are light on account of soft

roads. Eggs continue .firm with the

packing season well under way. The

price to producers early this week was

23@24c per dozen. Poultry is scarce

and firm at 24@25c a pound for live

fowls. Offerings of veal were lighter

last week, thus helping to maintain

the market around 12@14c per pound,

dressed, for the best calves. The wool

market has opened up at 40¢ a pound

for the best grades. Offerings are light

as farmers look for a stronger market

as soon as the farm bureau pool gets

in optration. ‘ .





DETROIT CITY MARKET

Potatoes are in active demand; a

moderate supply is coming in. Apples





are also being asked for and the con-i





sumptive requirements of poultry are

good; Eggs are moving-fairly well at

the. quoted prices but, veal, hogs and

carrots» are slow. The market for on-

ions 'and turnips is quiet. Apples doll

for 75c@$3.75 per bu; cabbage 75:20

$2; carrots 50c@$1; eggs 27-03%; d3

potatoes ,50





 





Shipments from producing sec- "





/3‘
k, with‘

ited at

lchigau

ad kid-

ugglsh.

a avail-

Ld may

xt few

broach-

prices

:I'. ,





motion

1erican

manu-

lls are

>f cape.

rd and

was is

be nec-

rs. The

lly un-

shying

prices.

oceeds

a few

een re-

loreign'

mnous

the do-,

. lower





we fell

on car-

8c per

s were

aisle 0‘

.ssocia-

it this

prices.

gradu- .

rply of

s were

bushel.

of soft

,th the

' The

ek was

scarce

or live

lighter

aintain

pound.

.e wool

pound

e light

market

01 gets





ind; a

Apples

to cone.

;ry are

well at





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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should have the discretionnif not the





 





 





- . . NEWS “1"“

- non . still movingnpward. Thelf

have, not yet.- begun to forecast. storiny. 5;”:1

weather. I'Produ'ction of pig ‘iron’ , in

March was the largest for any calen-

dar ‘monthvon record and the steel in-

dustry is operating at ninety—one per

_ cent of capacity. More autos and

-~trucks were manufactured in March

7*than in any previous month and the

“total output for the first quarter of

”1923 was more than double the cor

responding period of last year. Tex-

tile mills continue at top speed. March

building permits ‘in Chicago reached a

new high mark. Car loadings set a.

new March record and bank clearings

were only twelve per cent lower than

the same month of 1920, although pric-

es are twenty-five per cent lower. Mail

order sales are much larger than ‘a

year ago. Total fanufacturing output

is the largest it has ever been. Ex-





 





 





 

 





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to wit:





dit B t W th Detroit, M'ch‘ LOOK'alCimt “Ks swim" “is “a”? '3?“

~- . ' - E or, ur ermu , 1 on y. proves ayers. an p me-

Pam mm the prewous period °f- Managing Editor. I. R. Waterbury, ~ gwelykngmH-Bg- figggglggo 1153f

business depression has been the fast- Detroit, Mich. 335% °‘{,vR°"3 $751.33? min wu.

. , [l

est ever known. Business Manager, I. R. Waterbury. gun; RocksBls16.75 :5:- 100321‘332 Mmorfifi; 333352;:

' ' ' m . . a . .

The increase 3“ “1"” has been Mimi}. 10:...th wners are (Give 2:33 Eggs”: 12°350mt imawr-Htr

, , a e 0 2 oz. an mercnce. ox. . an ac-

‘agains-t actual orders. and has entered names and addresses of individual en'- 26 3- Lyon; Grand Rapids. Mich-

trade channels steadily so that no “owners, or, if a corporation. give Its “arr: Business lo horns?” Chix. Wycos or

cumulation of stocks has occurred. 111- name and the names and addresses of my f n n g om Barron strain, 150

‘ , 1 din one prep . tom 0 ywood conkerels, 200. All stock

stead many mills now have orders stockholders owning or ho g





booked for delivery in the third and





> - of stock .

fourth quarters of the year. )





 





land, Ohio.

THE “GUARANTEE” CLAUSE MUST

BE REPEALED.

—— Cleveland, Ohio.

The undoubted proSperity of the big 1

railroad systems is reflected in Wall

Street by the rising of prices of rail~

road stocks. The defenders of high

freight. rates do not tell the “people

that Section 15—A, the rate-making sec

tion of the Cummins-Esch Act, which

directs the Interstate Commerce Com-

mission to make rates that will return

five and three-quarters per cent toxall

carriers, overpays the big railway sys~~

toms in order that a lot of promotion-

built “lame duck” roads which never

will pay to operate, can make profits.

Neither do they mention that these

overpaid railway systems. instead of

turning back half of their surplus prof-

its to the government, as required by

law, to be apportioned among the fee-

ble roads, “plough them in,” as Wall

Streetexpresses it.





There can not be a square deal be-

tween the roads and the public until

this farcical rate clause is repealed.

I think the next congress will repeal

this and other provisions of the Cum-

mins-Esch Act.





83898.





Detroit, Mich.





 





PROFITEERS.





England finds the profiteer one of

her greatest problems. The problem

is serious from its economic side and

critical from its social side. Master-

man in his graphic picture of “Eng-

land After War,” says: “I doubt if

there would be any appreciable social

discontent if the Wealthy'men who ,

made wealth during the war concealed

that wealth in new investment and liv- '

ed decorouslyv It would. be well if

those who are spending would realize

that it is necessary to go softly and

behind closed doors-and tof redhetheyi

are—watcher; by5 Whitsundays! eyes

awakenedhi-crltieismbyfie‘grimeds _- I , "

ucation of war. Revolutions and cale . RMER

amities are created by what men . 1

think.” ‘ " '

’ True. Men willing to take huge

profit fromthe blood of their fellows





ing the six month

shown above is.





' (Signed)





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Stateof Michigan,

County of Wayne.



Before me a Notary Public in

for the state and county aforesaid per-

sonally appeared I. R. Waterbury, who,

having been duly sworn according

to law, deposes and says that he is the _

Business Manager of the Michigan m m

Farmer. and that the following is to

the best of his knowledge and belief,

a true statement of the ownership,

management (and if a daily paper, the

circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-

lication for the date shown in the

above caption, required by the Actof

August 24, 1912, embodied in section

443, Postal Laws and Regulations,

printed on the reverse of this form,





. 9931' 1"»..1

. igan Farmer, published --

cell? at Dormitg‘li‘lchigan. fur. April





I. That the names and addresses of

the publisher, editor, managing editor.

and business managers are:



Publisher, The Lawrence Publishing

Co, Detroit, Michigan.





per cent or more of the total amoun





The Lawrence Publishing Co., Cleve-





Arthur Capper, Topeka, Kansas.

Citizens’ Savings & Trust Co., Trus~

tee for Mary and Mortimer Lawrence,





Mrs. C. B. Rogers, Cleveland, Ohio.

Lillian \Cotton, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kate E. Munsell, Detroit, Mich.

F. H. Nance, Lakewood, Ohio.

Neff Laing, Philadelphia, Pa.



.1. R. Waterbury, Detroit, Mich.





3. That the known bondholders,

mortgagees, and other security holders

owning or holding one per cent or

more of total amount of bonds, mort-

or other securities are:

there are none, so state).



The American Life Insurance Co.,





4. That the two paragraphs next

above, giving the names of the owners,

stockholders, and security holders, if

any, contain not only the list of stock-

holders .and security holders as they

appear upon the books of the company

but also, in cases where the stock-

holder or security holder appears upon

the books of the company as trustee

or in any other fiduciary relation, the

name of the person or corporation for

whom such trustee is acting, is given;

also that the said two paragraphs con-

tain statements embracing afliant’s full

knowledge and belief as to the circum-

stances and conditions under which

stockholders and security holders who



0 not appear upon the books of the

company as trustees, hold stock and

securities in a capacity other than that

of a bona fide owner; and this afl‘iant

has no reason to believe that any oth-

er person, association, or corporation

has any interest direct or indirect in

the said stock, bonds, or other securi- L h°

ties than .as so stated by him.



5. That the average number of cop-

ies of each issue of this publication

sold or distributed, through the mails

or otherwise, to paid subscribers durs

s preceding the date

(This information is

required from daily publications only).





I. R. WAT'ERBURY,

Business Manager.





Sworn to and subscribed before

this third day of April, 1923.





v. WILKEN,





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State Road 140 Acres, Valuable timber





Lot, Horses, Cows, Tools, $1000 Cash.

On state road, 3 miles to good town offering advan.

tages high school, banks, stores, churches. R. R.

depot, elevators. etc. motor bus service. mail delivered,

telephone; 50 acres productive tillage. 60 acres stream

watered pasture, 40 acres w and timber. estimated

to out 40,000 ft. saw timber, 2.000 cords wood: wood

and timber should pay for farm: comfortable 8 room

house, painted. cellar. near neighbors. well water,

large shade; 40 ft. basement barn, other buildings,

quick buyer gets 2 horses, 2 cows, 135 chickens, farm-

ing tools. Price $6500, only $1000 cash needed, bal-

ance easy. Write or see L. E. Lott, Elmdale. Mich.

or Mlcblnan Farm Ammo . 028 Ford Bldp., Detroit.





$1500 Secures 50 Acres, Cow,

Chickens, etc.





Only 1 mile to town: railway station, churches.

store, high school. electric and steam road. Fine

8-mom house, hip roof basement barn 34-60.

chicken house, granary. com crib. 4 acres of ap-

ple orchard, pears. plums and cherries. 3 acres of

woodland. creek watered pasture. Ideal location for

fruit and chicken farm. Buildings alone Worth

more than asked for farm. Owner tied up_ with other

business. Includes for quick sale 1 cow, 1,000 baby

chicks; price $5,000. with 81,500 down: balance

yearly. 6% interest. Shown by Burbank a. Hamlin.

25 So. Huron 8f... lellantl, Mich.





80 Acres Handy Detroit





Pleasant Home, Full Equipment





Splendid markets: many advantages for whole family:

only mile to village depot, stores, Schools, churches.

etc... good roads: healthful surroundings; 55 acres

loamy tillage for variety money-making crops: 15-

cow pasture; woodland, apple orchard, other out;

homelike 2-story 7-mom house. 60 ft. barn, silo. milk,

hog, and poultry houses. To settle affairs, $5500 gets





i rses, cow, poultry, tools, vehicles, feed. etc.,

included if taken now, only $1500 needed. Don't do-

lay. W. B. Jones, Holly, Mich.





 





5 Acres Convenient Detroit

8 Cattle, 3 Horses, Poultry





TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, SEED: ,grows big crops

wheat, rye, oats, barley. corn. beans, hay; schools,

stores, churches: pleasant surroundings; 70 acres till-

able: wire—fenced pasture, wood lot; variety fruit:

comfortable 6—room house overlooking lake, basement

barn. silo. Owner called away. $7500 takes all.

Part cash. Details page 26 Illus. Catalog Bargains—-





man states. Copy free. as me personally.

. A. STROUT, Pres, Stmut Farm Agency, 427hH

Marquette Bldg, Chicago. Ill.





 





For Sale i?mfi§§°:.§';“h:}'oi3‘§: :333’3‘3:

l2?“ fibuottfmoggfiygaggdegda?cgfwbonoed all

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40 acres nllhn raved buttwo

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FOR ”ALE. s of sun] timber, good

seven room house with cellar. hip roof barn 38x48.

wagon . one. on , fruit, good soil.

level, we". fenced. water. . church closed

We 3531153. ‘I .511“ to retire?! station. 8100 no:

. wn. lam arms. ssoulou 5

once. GLEN ALLEN. R. m Ann 33m». “loll





 





 

 





 





 





MNIS'EBATOR’S SAL-HS acres of good clay





' .mtterlnl. Give best

.m: 43, N. Topeka.





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320 A. Canadian Wheat and Stock Farm.





Improved.

house, barn, etc, on maln trail. Battle River runs

through place. Best reason for selling. Price 830





per acre. Good bargain. Write owner on place for

particdulars. W. Crothers, Box 157, Battleford. Salk...

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in the great fruit and farming

Buya Farm country of Northwest Arkansas

where land is cheap and terms are reasonable. For

free literature and list of farms write J. M. Doyol

Mountalnburg, Arkansas.

100 Acre Grain and D F





3.117 arm. On

For sale State Road. Mile from Highland.

Fine buildings and fences. 4 acres Apples, Pears and

Cherries. Would consider small place with good build-- "

lugs. J. Whitney, owner, Highland. Mich.

160‘ "'0" form, team. cow Atools 83300. no.

- - down. be]. 8500 r. near school on

mail route. half mile to By. stat on. Also wild lend '





cheapj Detroit pro rty taken in exchange.

BOO . 838Dimo ank, Detroit. Mich.





FOR SALE Southeastern Colorado—irrigated



and non-irritated farms and

ranches. Write for free information. Gregg Realty

Company. Lamar, Colorado. .





GRAB THIS; at? screed :lmous mm





od homo.

Plenty fruit. Railroad fare paid. Only $800 needed.

Free list other Michigan farm bargains. Albert r:

Shirley, Rose St... Kalamazoo. Mich. ‘





FOR SALE—147 acres, 300d land, new buildings,

3 miles to town on reward mad. Choice location.

consider trade for smaller property. going to sell to

the best offer soon. Geo. Bundle, Olivet, Michigan.





ESell your property quickly





for cash. no matter where located. Particulars nee.

Real Estate Salesman 00.. 515 Browne“. Lincoln. Neb.





Poor Man’s Chance ,6





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reductive land near town. Some tl be . P l .

Other bargains. Box 426-2. Outing-d. Ire. r cs 32%





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8311! South Rose St. Kalamazoo, Mich.

WILL BUY virgin tracts of Hardwood Timber

601:0 300 acres. GIO. I. McCLURl



2321 Clark Ave. Detroit. Mich.





 





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New Franklin. Mo.





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lf'You Want To Sell Your Farm

Write, JEROME PBOBET. Ann Arbor, Mich.

to boa f In part b vi form f l

w“ Give politiglnrs an Iowan-r: . or an o

JOHN J. BLACK. Copper 8%., Chippewa Falls. Wi-





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Dress Apron





$ —

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money by ordering everything from Sharood.





Fleur do Li. Colonial Slipper

or omen





The newest style patent leather dress slipper. The

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Tongue. toe and slipper top are perforated, to give

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We guarantee they will please you. Sizes 2% to 8.

VVlde widths. State size wanted. Send no money.

01-1111;J by No. IBAIOS. Pay ”.98 and portage on

arrlv .





Men' 3, Boys’ & Little

Boys’ Scout Shoe.





Fine scout shoe of-

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stay. Guaranteed to

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Wide widths. Sizes

Be sure

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Order Men's sizes. 6 to I2. No. I8A733. Send no

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bio boyo' sizes. I to 6. by No. l8A584. Price

. Pay borooin price and postage on orrvaL

State Iize.





Women’s Patent Leath-

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Calf Finish



Pumps





Sizes 2% to 8, wide widths, in black stout leather

-—a stunning one- -s‘trs model with i tation shield

tip medallion. vely perforated. Bu medium

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Order Brown by No. I8A73. Bend no money. PI!

SI.98 and portaoe on arrival.





GUARANTEED

SIX MONTHS WEAR

U. S. Army Work Shoe





For Men and Boy.





$293





Men! Don‘ t lose a mo-

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proof “ can be made

-- solid leather

through and throng h

with ulull grain leath-





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Don' t send one cent. Just a letter or postcard Drone

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you are not delighted with your bargain, re- tiger voile with

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rice. Misses' sizes



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SHAROOD’S Standard Cord





mono . a .98

Guaranteed 30X3I§ . and y ’03.:0 ’i. ll

8, 000 Miles size $83§ 1mm





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FABRIC TIRES $5 98

30113 SIZE- - ’

Fresh stock of heavy, non-skid tires of live

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Dressy Black

Satin Strap





Women’ a Patent 4





Gun Metal or

Brown Calf





Finished Leather





Oxfords





:13;





Made with imitation shield

d medallion perforated





Women



satin.“ dress



pump- one-strap.

one-button style with fancy 1h



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MEN’S DRESS ’

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LADIES and

MISSES

Khaki Outfit





$1. 98





This is beyond a doubt.

offer





greatest

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front.





Knickers



mado with titted waist-



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with tlon.





ans.d moccasin.

14 to 20. 82mm bust.

Ladies' 84 to 44. Or-

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$1.98 and ”shoe on

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