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VOLUME CLX NUMBER EIGHTEEN





DETROIT, VMAY 5, 1923

CURRENT COMMENT





 





 





A lot of work and no play will soon

make Johnny a city boy.





. Manvaho go to the cities, go from

farm to harm.





In home activities the ripping comes

before the sewing; in farm activities,

the sowing comes before the reaping.





N his message ve-

toing the two-cent





Highovdy gasoline tax bill re-

Admmrs- cently passed by the

tration legislature, Governor

Greesbeck severely





arraigned the administration of the

highway program in this state. He

stated that “By July 1 thirty-two of

’ the fifty million dollars voted for high-

way purposes will have been expend-

ed, to say nothing of the vast outlay

by county and federal authorities. No

important trunk lines have been com-

pleted. Pavements ill adapted to with-

stand the traffic conditions have been

laid, poor engineering methods have

prevailed and adequate safeguards

have not been provided for the pro-

tection of the traveling public. With

only eighteen million dollars remain-

ing, it is of paramount importance

that no portion of it be wasted or

badly invested.” ‘ ’



In addition to this direct charge of

inefficiency in the administration of

highway affairs in this state, the mes-

«sage also contains less direct, but

more serious implications in the fol-

lowing language:



“Undoubtedly there is much room

. for legislative action designed to pro-

mote efliciency, vision and economy

in this important branch of state ser-

vice, to remove its operations from

baneful political entanglements and

safeguard its administration against

the control of material men and con-

tractors.



In this connection it may be well

to note that the highway department

is the only important executive branch

of the state government which was

'not placed under the supervision of

the State Administrative Board, under

the law creating that body which was

passed twoyears ago. Perhaps allow-

ances should! also be made for the

presumption that the statements in



_ this message should be construed in

[the light of arguments in support of

the veto' of the gasoline tax, which

3» had sufficient popular support to pass



both houses of the legislature by sub-

Midi madorities. But the charges

m":be worldly sifted by the legis-





would also do well is





of highway affairs in their various

counties,,since there is undoubtedly a

generally firm conviction on the ‘part

of taxpayers that they are not getting

the full worth of their money paid in

«taxes for road improvement purposes.

Improved highways are a necessity

under modern motor traffic conditions.

That mistakes should have been made

in their early development is natural,

if not inevitable. 'But continual inefll—

ciency in any branch of highway ad-

ministration is inexcusable, hence the

desirability of having the governor ’11





charges thoroughly investigated before





the legislature adjourns, as well as a

thorough review of highway activities

by the legislative authorities of the

several counties, to the end that public

confidence regarding the administra-

tion of this most important of our

public improvements may be restored.





T is a well recog—

nizedfact that .f‘exs





Cashing: perience is a dear

In On teacher." Most of us

Experience pride ourselves upon





our ability to do

things because of the experience we

have had. Experience is a good teach-

er as well as a dear one, but it works

very slowly. -



If each of us had to begin at the

bottom and could never learn any-

thing except by our own personal ex-

perience, there would be no progress

for the human race; but, thanks to the

ingenuity of man, there have been

ways of handing down from genera-

tion to generation the experience of

others. Thus each generation learns

many things from its ancestors and

adds thereto the knowledge gained

from its own experience. In this way

the fund of knowledge grows and civ-

ilization moves steadily forward; the

people of each century, of each gener-

ation, of each year” profiting always

by the experience of those who have

lived before.



We may be loath to give credit to



others for the knewledge we possess,

but whether we believe it or not, our

own personal experience has added but

little to the total sum. By far the

greater part of what we are is based

upon what we have had handed to us

by others. We have simply absorbed

thousands of years of experience with-

out knowing it. '

‘ When we go out to plow, we cannot

take credit unto ourselves for perfect-

ing that_very efficient implement, nor

for even discovering that plowing is

worth while. We are simply cashing

in, so to speak, on past experience.

When we plant high-yielding seeds, or

breed pure stock, we are again cash-

ing in on what experience has taught.

When we continue to repeat the things

that, with us, have proven good, we

are once more “cashing in” on expe-

rience.



With these thoughts in mind, it is

evident that he who profits most from

experience is he who learns the most

from others, who puts into practice

the things that he learns, and who

keeps everlastingly at it.





NE evening re—





Pride cently, as we re

And turned from work, our



five-year—old girl came

Push running with a has-





ket which she had

completed at school. It was shapely,

neat, and the colors were arranged

harmoniously. The teacher had spok-

en well ofathis piece of work.



The little girl was all absorbed in

what she had accomplished. She'cer-

tainly took pride in this little basket.

Her heart was full of enthusiasm and





her eyes sparkled as She explained. A , _.,

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the 1111111111 or her product sue :roh "7

ed what the teacher had said show, it.





Boards ot- supervisors in the van. -

‘ ions counties

‘look carefully into the. administration





31:11.6 dd? preceding.





 





piste devotion» «11d pride 111‘ her work

that enabled her to do each days. lit-

tle better than she had done the day

before. « I



Now, pride in ourselves is almost

certain to lead to snobhislrnesa, but





pride in our work furnishes a way to .





better things. When we become so

absorbed in the... things we are doing

that we throw our very .‘soul 'into our

efforts, we are then on the only sure

way toward gaining better things on

the marrow. Whether we be master

or servant, leader or follower, we

need to be sold thoroughly on the idea

that our task is worthy of our time

and energy.



Today, there is a weeding out proc-

ess going on in rural communities.

Those who take no pride in farming

and look upon it as a means,merely





of making a little money, are nowr





leaving for the bright lights. While

those who are devoted to agriculture

who feel that it is a real worth-while

part of~ cur nationh- business:are:/stiek-.

ing. The hope of farming lies with

the group who take pride in tilling

their fields and who feel that it is a

dignified occupation

., ,



another column





N

- of this issue, Prof.

AP p [y In: Cox, of the Agricul-

The tural College, gives

Rule some wholesome ad-





vice to the farmer

who is anxious to do all he can in

making up for the backwardness of

the present season.



The rule for a backward season is,

after all, a very simple one. It re-

solves itself into two words, “speed

.up.” Not only does the rule mean the

speeding up of the cultural operations,

but it also means the speeding up of

the soil by supplying an abundance of

plant food which will be ready to push

the young plants through to maturity

Without a hitch.



It is in the application of this rule

that we find our farmersarranged into

two classes: Those who have had the

forethought to remove all obstacles in

order to be ready to bring every pound

of farm power to bear upon the field

work at this time, and who have fol-

lowed year after year a constructive

program of soil building, such farmers

will be classed as progressive, while

those Who have failed/to do these

things must be listed in the other

class. '



More and more are our farmers

climbing out of class two into class

one. Class two is growing smaller,

also, through migrations to industrial

centers. The whole tendency seems to

be to bring to the whole agricultural

business better farmers. Incidentally,

this means that our farmers are, as a

class, better able to cope with unusual

situations like the present backward

season.





T may seem almost





paradoxical that



Making the w'orld’s most fun-

Farming damental and, most

Safer essential occupation



' ' should also be the





world’s greatest occupational gamble.

In the spring we sow with faith and

hope, we work through the season with

diligence, and in the fall we reap

what the fates giVe us.



Perhaps this uncertainty is. one of

the things which make farming so in-

teresting. It is said the turns in the

road of lifegare what make.it worth

living. When we can look . forward

and see the results we lose interest

and curiosity. .-It is like “hunching”

by turning to the back of the book to

see how the story turns out. '





But, business is becoming mare eer- ~





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ourselyes smiths mooted. We -





can Insure against dawn by m

demerits, we can insure our income.

the credit we extend, Must moses

through dishonesty, and most at the

other meerwnties.



In fanning we can make results

more certain by good agricultural

maeticés, but every now’and than old

Nature outs capers and does tlre'3m-

expected. That is what makes tarm-

ing a hazardous occupation.



The losses resulting from Naturefs

antics, or her anger, should be dis-

tributed. It is > unfair that the few





upon whom Nature has played hen





tricks should stand the loss. Crop zin-

surance may prove 'a possible means

of distributing these losses.



Therefore, w’e hope that the investi-

gation of the United States Depart-

ment of, Agriculture «along 111k line

will result in the development of some

practical and emotent method of tak-

ing a great many of the uncertainties

out of farming... in ,





 





Km’c’éery and Sm't'éer:





’VE been readin’ the Kids’ dept.

Sophie says I’m in what you call

my second childhood, which makes it





perfectly alright for me to read that .~





said dept.

_ Anyhow, I’m glad I’m readin’ it.

’cause I find a lot-ta interestin' things

in it. For inst, I find that the young

ones is often doin’ better at the some

kinda work what their folks has been

doin’ pretty near all their life. Seems

like the best way to find cut how to

farm is to ask your young folks about

it. It you ain’t

makin’ farmin’

what it ought to

be, that’s just

what you ought

to do. Or, if you

are kinda bashful

about that, just

let the junior

dept, of the fam~

ily have a acre

or two and you kin learn a lot by ob

servashun. . ~



There’s other interestin’ things in

this department of‘ youth. For inst.

there’s been a discushun about knick-

ers and bobbed hair. Now, I can’t say

nothin’ about knickers from personal

experience, ’cause I ain’t never wore

them



About bobbed hair I kin say some-





 





thing, 'cause I've had my hair bobbed





quite short for quitea few years, "and

I like it pretty well. It’s lots easier

to scratch your head when your hair's

that way, and you kin leave your hair

mussed up and puty-our hat on and

no one will know the diffrunce.



Now, about snickerin’ at knickers.

I know folks would sure snicker if

they see me wearin’ them, ’cause they

ain’t been used to it. But if I wore

them when Geo. Washington did, it

would be all right. Gentlemen wore

them in Geo.’ s time, but now, I guess,

gentlemen what wore them wOuldn't

be no gentlemematall.



Another question is, is the one what

wears knickers what you call modest?

.Geo. Wash, wore them and thereby

exposed his shins to public view. But

Geo. was a modest man, ’cause he was

the man what manufactured the rules

of conduct and showed folks how to

use them '



Now Sam Smithers goes to bed with

his clothes on.





'take them off. He acts like he thinks

rules of conduct is something the

school teacher uses on the bad boys.

and he knows he’s too big to. {be

spanked. '



Kinda looks like the man what's





 





That ain’t ’cause her.

is modest, but ’cause he is tooxlazy. to .





1
' .HE‘s‘pring season,

land fitting and planting to be

'done,’ is always a busy one, but





this'fyear with the season two or three '





Weeks late, [Michigan farmers through-

out the- state will start the year under





a “peak-load” of’ work.





At this late date, comparatively lit-

tle, plowing has been done and oat and

barley planting, which should be large-

ly out of the way, is just beginning.

Those located ontile-drained or natur-

ally welLdrained lands are tavered in

that they are able to make an early

start. Also, those who got a lot of

fall plowing done can be listed among

the fortunate. -





Oats, barley, spring wheat, and the

clover, alfalfa and grass seedings that

go with them, are the first crops to be

planted. All of these ‘crops are bene-

fited by early planting, and it is a

general rule that the yields of oats,

barley" and spring wheat are greatly

reduced during years of backward

spring seasons, which delay planting

to the extent of two or three Weeks.

April plantings of oats, under like soil

conditions, almost invariably yield con-

siderably more than May plantings.

Special effort must be made to get

these crops planted as soon as the

land can be fitted. '



The use of 200 or 250 pounds of acid

phosphate or a like amount of a high

phosphate carrying commercial fertil-.

izer, such as a 2712—4, is strongly to be

urged under this season’s conditions

in the case of all spring-planted grain

crops. The effect of phosphate and

prOper fertiliZation will not only in-

crease yield but 'will hasten the ma-

turity of the crop to the extent of sev—

eral days or a week, a mighty import-

ant factor when spring grains are

planted late. Late planted spring

grains come into bloom and the filling

stage at a time when the hot drouths

of mid-summer prevail. The earlier





with plowing, »





A . Lowrcoming a, Late Start ‘wt'tfl Spriflg P/mztmg





By J.‘ F. "COX





Prafimor ofFarm Crop: M.A.C.





planted crops have a longer period of

growth under-cooler and more moist

seasonal conditions.



The time for plowing and properly

fitting seed-beds for beets, corn and

early potatoes is greatly reduced. It

will therefore be more diflicult to pre-

pare well settled, thoroughly surfaced

seed-beds for these crops. The‘proper

use of the roller and cultipacker, im-

mediately after plowing, and 'of the

.disc, spring-tooth and spike-tooth har-

rows in thoroughly fitting the seed-

bed, can offset largely the lack of time

given before planting season for the

natural settling of the seed-bed.



Better seed-beds for beets and corn

can be prepared if land, which must

be spring-plowed, is disced before

plowing. The furrow slice turns over

with a'loose earth mulch at the bot-

tom so that movement 01' moisture in





the lower" part of the furrow slice

takes place much more rapidly. A

prdperly firmed, well—fitted seed-bed

‘can be more easily prepared in a short

time if this practice is followed.



Beets and corn are both benefited

by planting as early in the usual

range of planting season as seed—beds

can be fitted. With the season late, it

will payto fertilize both of these crops

more heavily than usual, using from

250 to 400 pounds of a complete fer-

tilizer, such as a 2-10-4 or 2-12-4 on

the beet crop, or if land has been pre-

viously well manured, 300 pounds of

sixteen per cent acid phosphate. On

the corn crop 250. ‘to 300 pounds of

acid phosphate will yield and hasten

maturity. ’



Unless fall plowed land is available,

the early potato grower will have to

“hump” in order to fit his ground and





 





 





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of the . Busy Farmer these Days.





plant the crop at an early date. Plant-

ing early is an important step in grow-

ing early potatoes successfully. For

the late potato grower, the season has

to date been favorable. Not only has

the market strengthened, due to the

freezing of early potatoes in the south

and the extremely cold weather which

has damaged potatoes in storage in

the west, but the backwardness of the

season in Michigan insures a high

quality of seed stock for Michigan

farmers. Certified» seed is available.

in quantity this year and is of better

quality than before produced. This

seed will undoubtedly come from the

pits in an unusually firm condition.





There is ample time for the proper

preparation of seed-beds for late pota-

toes. The bean grower also will have

time for preparing a good seed-bed.

but it will pay, both for potatoes and

beans, in cases where fall-plowed land

is not available for beans, to plow as

early as possible this spring so as to

secure a firmly settled seed-bed and

give time for working the surface into

excellent. shape. ‘





Though the season will be short, no

farmer in Michigan can afford to be

so hurried that he neglects to treat his

seed oats, barley and spring Wheat

with formaldehyde to control smut, to

carefully select, test and grade his

seed corn, if that. has not already been

done, and to treat seed potatoes with

corrosive sublimate. -



There will be a whole lot of plowing

to be done in a mighty short time.

Keeping the plow points sharp will

help a heap. \Vhen spring is late in

coming there is much satisfaction to

be had in the scriptural guarantee ofi

a planting time and a harvest, never-

theless, a tardy season should not be

accepted with too much complacency,

and certianly those who meet the sit-

uation with energy will receive the





greatest rewards.





' How IGot Started with Soy Beans





Six Years Experience Has Made Me .472 Entflmz’astic Grower





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





Y first crop of soy-beans I raised

M in an experimental way six



years ago. The results have

been so satisfactory that it is now one

of my regular crops. '



In June I planted one acre of scy-

beans in a hog lot just for the hogs,

and they did so well that the next

year four acres were planted, and

since I have planted from five acres to

fifteen acres each for seed and hay

and hog feed together. I have planted

in rows and cultivated, and drilled .the

beans with a drill, leaving all the holes

open and find that the best yields are

obtained when the beans are planted

in rows and cultivated. The cultivat-

ed crops main: a better growth, have





a better color and have fewer weeds





in them. .



I have experimented with soy-beans

and cow-peas and find the soy-beans

‘will endure more extremes bf drouth

and wetness and withstand more cold

weather than cowpeas. If the condi-

tions of soil and temperature are ‘fav-





arable, the cowpea will give a large





yield‘of hay on a small acreage, but

“the Weather is cold and Wet before





‘ . ,‘thel’peas pare/pup the crop is sure to be: _‘

dafaged ' I have raised the two’ crops

is: ‘ " ‘ "





chasing and as.





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fair crops on some of our thinnest soil.

The best crops have been'grown on

heavy loam soils and I believe that

the proportion of beans to hay is great-

er on such soils than on the richer

black soils. If grown for seed the

leaves fall off and remain on the land

to be plowed under for fertilizer.





Soy-beans are an easy crop to plant

and cultivate. I use a common hoe

grain drill and stop up all but the mid-

dle and two hoes next to the outside.

This leaves the rows twenty-eight





inches apart. , By following the wheel-





track back across the field I can plant





 





three rows at a time and the rows be

properly spaced. I plant the beans

about one'and one-half inches deep. If

the land is in good state of tilth I

plant about two and one—half pecks to

the acre. The first week in June is

the best time to plant soy-beans in

this sectiOn.





Soon after the field is planted I go

over it with a weeder or light smooth-

ing barrow with the teeth set well

aslant, but care must be taken not to

do thispafter the beans have sprouted

or the plants will be killed. This is a

great help in killing weeds and gives





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 

 





 

 





 

 





 





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the tender plants an opportunity to

break through the crust and make a

uniform stand. As soon as the plants

are three to four inches high we cul-

tivate them with a one-horse cultivator

set about twenty—four inches wide.

Two or three cultivations give the best

results. It is an easy crop to cultivate

if the work is done at the right time.



I plan to harvest a. large portion of

the crop when I am filling my silos

and .mix it with the corn crop when

the filling is being done. By keeping

the team employed so that l haul

about one load of soy—bean forage to

two of corn, I secure about the desired

mixture in the silo. What I out for hay

for my sheep I harvest as soon as the

pods are well-formed and before they

have attained much size. As soon as

the hay begins to ripen they are diffi-

cult. to cure without the leaves falling

off. Soy—bean hay is easier to cure

than clover‘ if proper precautions are

taken.



If a crop of beans is wanted the

crop should stand until the leaves

nearly all fall off. I then cut and rake

when the dew is on and leave in piles,

turning occasionally for six or eight

days. For feeding pigs we prefer to '

feed the crop from the mow without

threshing. If the beans are threshed.





for seed a special type of threshing





machine is required, as an ordinary :

thresher will crack too my 0.2 the?

beans.e-R. Simpson. . f ' " '
I HE law-makers, wilfully disre-

garding the eight- -l1our day, have

-. been putting in double time in

the legislative halls timing the past

week in an effort to save at leasttsome

ol the bills out of the jam which has

been. piling up. Over nine hundred

bills have been presented this session,

probably more than at any previous

session. Appropriation requests have

had the right of way and have been

passed in liberal quantities.



Life isn’t all pleasant for the law~

makers. While the public generally

declares that we are suffering from

an overdose of legislation and ,that it

would be a marked relief if the legis-

lature would meet and merely pass

the appropriation bills and go home,

still, when they don’t pass many im-

portant bills they are heralded as a

“do nothing” legislature.





 





Appropriations Are Normal.



indications are that the appropria4

tion totals for the next two-year period

will not vary much from those. of the

last biennial period, which were 'ap-

proximately $58,000,000. Most of the

appropriation bills have been passed

without much debate, although the

senate and the house have experienced

considerable difficulty in agreeing on

the totals.



However, when the bill to finance

the state department of public safety

came up for final passage the repre-

sentatives deviated from their rule and

the bill slid through with only a nar-

row margin of three votes to spare.

This vote expressed the hostility

which has been developing towards

the state police, or constabulary, and

was an indirect attempt to put them

out: of business.





 





Tax Forms Only Relief.



With appropriation totals as big as

ever, it seems that the only relief to

be secured by the overburdened gen-

eral property taxpayers must come





through a redistribution of the tax’





1 load. Several rather belated attempts

ale being made to cally out such a

pmgram. Bills to remove the exemp-

tion of municipal bonds 110m taxation,

to tax all foreign and domestic bonds,

to tax mineral reservations, to limit

theamount of tax to be imposed on

tangible property for local and state





purposes and to secure the more com-I





plete listing of personal property are

being considered, but there is some

doubt that many of them will ever be-

come law. The Byrum income tax

bill has not yet escaped from the sen—

ate taxation committee and they do

not seem anxious to report it out, un-

less with the understanding that it

will be killed'On the floor.





 





Farmers Not to be Vets.



Farmer members of the house of

representatives were evenly divided

over the issue of allowing farmers to

vaccinate their own hogs for hog chol-

era, as proposed by Representative

Charles Evans, of Lenawee county.

The bill would allow farmers to take

a short course of instruction to be

given by the extension department of

the M. A. C. and, after successfully

completing such a course, to treat

their own hogs.



Representative Evans; in support of

his bill, stated that leading hog grow—

ing states such as Idaho, Kansas and

Illinois allowed farmers to do this

work under restrictions similar to

those provided in his bill. He declar-





0mmcnts





 





   





By Our Lansing Correspondent





ed that in these states the results





were very satisfactory and resulted in"

a great saving to the farmers and «in





a marked decrease in the disease.





However, Representative John Esp1e,,





of Clinton county, seemed to voice a

very popular sentiment when he said

that he considered it a very dangerous

bill and that it would probably result

in a spread of this dread disease. The

bill was finally defeated by a vote of

thirty-nine to forty- seven.





 





Appropriations for M; A, C. _



Fear of friends of the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College that t‘he'legislature

was not going to make an appropria-

tion for the support of this progres-

sive institution was dispelled when

the house passed with but one negative

vote, Representative Ladd’s bill allow-

ing $485, 000 for each of the next two

years for college building and exten-

sion purposes.



The items were as. follows: Exten-

sion work, $150,000; research work,

$35,000; horticultural building, includ-

ing greenhouse and equipment, $200,—

000; additions to power house and

equipment, $75,000; farm and miscel-

laneous buildings and additionsto oth-

er buildings, $25,000, making a total

for each of the two years of $485,000.



This important appropriation bill is

now being considered in the senate.





 





Potato Price Discrimination.

Protection of l'armers’ cooperative

elevators againSt unjust practices of

old-line potato buying concerns, as

provided in a bill sponsored by Sen-

ator Bernie L. Case, of Ithaca, receiv-





ed the unanimous approval of the





senate.-





This bill was drafted fly the Michi-

gan State Farm Bureau and had the

active approval of the Michigan Po-

tato Growers’ Exchange and Michigan

Elevator Exchange. 'Its passage would

prevent the prevalent custom of po-

tato biwing companies of paying more

than the market price where there is

a farmers' cooperative elevator and

then paying way below the market

price where they have no competition.

A difference in price paid by such a

company for the same grade of pota-

toes on the same date, after allowing

for the difference in transportation

cost would be regarded as unjust dis-

crimination.





 





Highway Program is Big Issue.



Now that the gasoline tax is dead,

at least as far as the present session

of} the legislature is concerned, the

lawmakers have been concentrating

their attention on the governor’s

weight tax bill which he has proposed

to take the place of the gas tax as a

means of raising highway revenue.

The senate spent nearly a week

amending this bill and finally got it in

such shape that it went through with





a vote of twentysix yeas as against,





six nays.



Opposition to the bill was largely due

to the fact that it places the control

of the revenue largely in the hands of

the state administrative board and

would remove it almost entirely from

the state highWay department. The

’bill in its present form would raise

more money than would the Warner





 





 





Believe in Legumes





N the outskirts of the city of

Gaylord we find the old Bailey

homestead, with its acres of al-





falfa proclaiming to the world that“





here are some more farmers that firm-

ly believe in the close relationship

which exists between the production

of legumes and success on the farm.





A cursory glance through the barns,

and a brief confab with the Bailey

B1 others informs us at once that these

young men have adopt-,ed in its entire-

ty, the program of ‘Limestone, Leg-

umes and Live Stock” for success on

the farm.



Don Bailey says: “We are trying to

make each acre and each cow an effi-

cient producing unit and we have

come to the conclusion that a cow can

be fed most economically where al-

falfa is used as the roughage; also,

that an acre of land with a good stand

of alfalfa is being used about as effi-

ciently as it- is possible. Providing

the limestone for the crop simply in.

sures us against a failure or poor

stand and it is mighty cheap insur-

ance.’





Nor do we have to take his word

for it. Last fall they had over thirty-

five acres seeded to alfalfa and the

stand , throughout was very hard to

beat. Last summer they had‘an aver-

age production of over three tons per

acre. Although about thirty head ‘of

cattle have been trying to dispose of

this hay during the winter, there are





 





Adopt Program of T lire: “L’.r ” in t/zezr Farming





going to be several tons of excellent

hay for sale unless more cattle are

purchased. ’



Bailey Brothers are not the only

farmers in Otsego county that are

raising alfalfa-hay, however. Over 700

acres were produced last year. Three

years ago there were only 235 acres,

and $40,000 worth of hay was then be-

ing shipped into this county annually.

This year less than $4,000 will be ship-

ped in, and probably as much will

be sold out of it. Three years ago, the

average yield of hay per acre was

thirtyseven per cent le‘Ss than it was

during the past year, thanks to the

substitution of legumes in the place

of timothy hay.



Why did this all take place so rap-

idly? , Because, three years. ago, a





county agent came to this county who





believed thoroughly in the “Three ‘L'

Program,” and he proclaimed the mer-

its of alfalfa from the housetops. In-

cidentally, he brought into the county.

through the farm bureau, enough guar-

anteed pure legume seed to sow 4, 500

acres of land. To him belcmgs the





.credit for the thirty-seven per cent





increase in yield per acre, the 300 per

cent increase in, alfalfa. acreage, and

the elimination of the annual hay bill

of over $30,000. To him and to his

wide—smite farmers goes ‘ the credit

for this marvelous development and

what such a combination will do in the





next three years will probably exceed .

to be almost the rule.





our imagination. —E. J. L.





 





two-cent gas‘tax coupled with its comr

Lpanion bill to reduce. the auto licenses. _

although the governor favors‘ this bill



and opposed the gas tax bill on the:

ground that it would. r'aisetwi'ceo‘as»





much revenue as necessary. It is-a'lso

interesting to note that $1,000,000 11.

year is appropriated to the highway

fund from the general fund under the





terms of this bill, while the gasoline





tax would have entirely removed the

burden of highway support from the

general property of the state.





 





Truth-in-Fa‘brics Defeated. ' .

Another bill regarding which the

farmers were disagreed was Repre'

sentative Sanson’ s proposal to require

the labeling of all the woolen goods

sold within the state. The bill was

modeled after the lawlnow in force in

Wyoming and after other hills which

are receiving favorable consideration





. in many state legislatures during the





present session.



Debate on this bill was.somewhat

one-sided and not very illuminating,

for after all of its enemies had un-

burdened themselves and before its

supporters had presented their argu-

ments, someone moved the previous

question and the motion carried, thus

shutting off all further debate. The

Sanson bill was regarded by all who

had studied it as being one of the best

state truth-in-fabrics bills which have

ever been drafted and had the approv-

al of the wool department of the Mich-

igan State Farm Bureau.





 





Child Slavery Still Probed.



Charges of child slavery in the sug-

ar beet districts of the state are being

further investigated by the joint leg-

islative committee which recently

made a personal investigation of con-

ditions in the Thumb district. During

the week Miss Sarah Brown, of Wash-

ington, who was one of the investigat-

ors of the National Child Welfare

Committee which broadcasted over

the United States the charges of child

slavery in the Michigan sugar beet

fields, appeared before the legislative

investigating committee and submit-

ted some of the evidence- on which the

charges were based.



Documentary evidence was present-

ed by Miss Brown to show that in 274

families visited in the sugar beet dis-

tricts there were 894 children between

the ages of five and sixteen years who

were working in the sugar beet fields

under the contract labor system, many

of them spending from ten to fifteen

hours a day in the fields. She declar-

ed that, on the average, in 115 school

districts investigated, that 25.2 days

of school were lost in the spring by

children from 199 families who came

out from the cities to work in the heel:





fields until fall; and that after the





school session started in September

an average of 29.7 days of school were

Fast by these children.



In spite of the evidence presented

by Miss Brown, the legislative inves-

tigators feel that they have every rea-

SOn to believe that the charges which





were broadcasted over’the nation were





grossly exaggerated.

Brown admitted





In fact, Miss

that their report

might have created somewhat of a

erep‘res‘entation. She knew of only

two cases where children had met with

injuries , while topping beets, «while

their'report created the impression

that accidents of this nature in" the

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M ORE than ninety bushels of





shelled corn per acre, eleventh

in a class of over .One hundred

entries at the International Grain and

.Hay'xShow, best hundred ears atthe

annual_~-s’how not the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association—this is the





1 record of a seven-acre field of Duncan

=1. 'corn grown by P. A. Smith, of Mul-





liken. '





The ninety bushels of shelled corn

' The av-





-_what Mr. smith’s Duncan produced.

'At, 'seventy~five cents per bushel, a

shade under present local elevator





prices, that. extra fifty-three bushels





per acre are worth $39.75, for the sev-

en acres $278.25. That’s enough to





buSr certified seed and good fertilizer'





for several more good fields of corn.

'Here is how Mr. Smith did it: The





~ soil is a good clay learn and the field,





the previOus season, had been a. clever

pasture.

ten loads ofrbarnyard manure per acre.

The field was then fall-plowed (six

inches deep.



In the spring, as Soon as the ground

was workable,_ double discing of the

field was accomplished. Then came

a broadcast application of 200 pounds

per acre of sixteen per cent acid phos-

phate harrowed' in with the spike-_

tooth. This was made over the whole

field except for one drill width, enough

for two corn rows, to check the value

of this‘fertiliz'er application. Opera-‘

tions with the disc and spike-tooth





To this sod there was added ‘





 





Looking for the Good Ones.





were repeated just prior to planting

and the seed-bed was finally firmed

with the oultipacker.



In previous years Mr. Smith had

been growing a large red corn coming

from Illinois but desiring to get some-





thing better acclimated to Michigan





and to Eaton county in particular, he

turned to the Duncan corn. J. R. Dun-

can originally developed this variety

on: his farm at Vicksburg and he is.





now continuing his corn breeding work ’





at the MichiganAgricultural College.

. The Duncan. corn has been a south-

ern Michigan leader for several years

and Mr. Smith secured seed of- the

most improved strain of this variety

directly from college increase fields.

He planted it, three kernels per hill,

May 16. ‘



The cultivation of the growing corn





was Systematic and thorough. First, .





Mr. Smith used a shovel cultivator,

then later more shallow working im-

plements were used, keeping out the

weeds but not going deep enough to

injure the corn’s surface feeding roots.





This field was ready for harvest on





September 15. The corn had com-

pletely matured in 120 days. When

kernels were in the early dented and

glazed condition the field would have

given an excellent yield of silage. The





. stalks were tall, vigorous and leafy.





An interesting lesson was given by

the two-row strip which had not re-

ceived the phosphate application. The

plants in these rows were much less

growthy. The ears were not so fully

developed and the time of ripening

was delayed.



Mr. Smith’s corn had passed the

field inspection of the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association, so at har-

vesttime he selected. from the best

standing plants, over 300 bushels of

good seed ears. Finding good seed

ears in this field was not a difficult

job. Every stalk was overdoing itself

to come through with a prize-winner.

This seed was stored in an airy room





 





and dried down to 13 5 per cent mois-

ture. Final inspection made by the

Michigan Crop Improvement AsSoclm

tion of the entire lot of seed under

storage showed it to be in excellent

condition with a germination record

of ninety-eight per cent. It was mil .

ally passed and registered by the as-

sociation, the registered class consist-

ing of .the most desirable seed lots

inspected in a given season.



The one hundred ears which gave

this lot of corn first honors at the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion show were excellent illustrations

of good seed corn type. Mr. Smith,

along with L. L. Lawrence, of Deca-

tur, _. and other Duncan seed corn

growers, has been following Mr. Dun-

can’s own system of picking sixteen-

rowed ears averaging about nine inch-

es long. The kernels these men look

for have good depth, a Width of the

kernel which carries well to the cob.

and above all, the kernels must be

glossy, and the germs lustrous and

oily in appearance, indicating health

and vitality. A moderately smooth in— ‘

dentation, not a rough chaffy kernel,

is their ideal.



”.M A. C. Duncan is some corn,”

said Mr. Smith last fall as he was

completing his harvest. “It’s a. bang-

up good ensilage corn and a. ripper for

grain.”



Having followed that seven-acre field

from the start, and having looked over

those stores of uniform golden-yellow

seed ears, we agreed—~“it’s some

corn.”——-R.





1 A Farmer 3 Experience with Quail





[121“ View: are at Varzmzce with 750119 of Otflgr Farmers





WENTY-FIVE years spent in



constantly watching game birds



have changed my opiniOn on

many things, especially the tremen-

dous value placed on quails by some

agricultural writers.



.My observations have been made on

remote, poor, badly tilled lands where

quails were‘plentiful, as well as on

clean farms ‘where very few were to

be seen. It is these clean, well tilled

farms which have done more to ex‘

terminate quails ‘than all the sports-

men in the world.



A farmer who depends upon quails

.to keep his land free of insects and

.weed seeds will never make a success.



I have accomplished more with a turn-

ing-plow in a day at the proper time

to rid my'farm of weeds and other

pests than the quails on the place

were able to do during a. period of ten

years. .

’ . I have successfully raised game

birds in. captivity, and twenty-five

years‘ experience leads me to believe

positively that game and other birds

thin down weeds, wild grasses and

other pests to an ideal stand. Were

all the seeds left to sprout and grow

weeds or grass like any other crap,

they would very largely. smother them-

selves out. '



In no. instance have I found that

q-uails make headway against insect

pests. I had twelve beVies of quail in

a c'rOp of peas which the army worms

attacked. After a day or two the

birds refused to feed on them, and .my





 





 





 

 

 

 





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quail. When occasionally they picked

up a few it was at a period when'this

was of no value to agriculturists.



As I review my interest in quails I

regard it as time wasted, cousidering

that I gained no profitable results on





'my farm. By prohibiting shooting I





made a lot of enemies among my farm

neighbors. One thing I noticed par-





ticularly, after I closed my lands to'





sportsmen: My ,quails' did not in‘

crease, while hawks and other preda-

tory varmints which spOrtsmen de-

stroy increased perceptibly. I figuie

that a reputable sportsman who appre-

ciates the courtesy and privilege of

shooting on a farmer’s lands pays him

by ridding his place of hawks and

other destructive birds and animals.





Changing my tactics when I saw

that quails were not increasing, I per—

mitted moderate shooting on my place,

upon getting a promise from sports-

men that ‘after a bevy had been shot

down to four or six birds it would not

be molested further.





ticeable, which I might have expected,

on account of new blood being intro-

duced. This ‘has been not only my

personal finding, but that of many oth-

er farmers of my acquaintance also.

If farmers think they have good rea-

sons to protect quails, and are ser-

ious about it, believing them to be of

such inestimable “ value, why do they





cultivate their farms so that the p10— ‘1';

duction Oi guails naturally is almost





impossible? They are not killed out by





The following .,

.year an increase was immediately no-





 





Ripley





These are the reasons quail freeze to

death in winter. They are not exterm-

inated by hunters.



The true sportsman I have come to

admire. The rowdy I run off the farm

as soon as he puts in his appearance.

The sportsman pays to help protect

game, and should have a part of it for

reward. One hog in a field has de-

stroyed more quails" nests than many

hunters.



I know a farmer who has one hun-

dred acres of well-tilled land close to





 





 





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A field of corn near Gaylord on the

fifth of August. This shows a remark

able growth for that time of the year.





' Mr. iLytie, county agent of Otsego. has





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‘ini‘ested farm will





- much more consistently immune '





a big tract of range land, which at.





'fords his live stock free pastulage





each year. He would not let the own-

er of that wild land hunt on his farm

for love nor money. Yet when he

burns over that wild land every spring

to produce better early grazing, he de-

stroys more of that man’s game than

a hundred hunters.





How much wealth each year can we

attribute to quails? Scientists tell us

things which practical farmers know

have little bearing on actual results.





We can increase quails, if we really

think they are as valuable to us as

some agriculturists claim, only by be-

coming negligent farmers and allowing

our farms to revert back to conditions

under which 'quails thrive naturally.

The thriftless, weed-grown and briar—

always produce

more quails than the modern, well-till-

ed one. We are merely deceiving our— '

selves when we try to protect quails

by farming in the modern way and ex-

pect the desired results through anti-

trespass and game laws. The farmer

who raises paying crops is not the one ,

who attributes his success to game

birds, but to proper plowing, soil fer-

tility and the best farming methods

for his community.





I cannot say conscientiously that I

have helped to protect quails when I

cleaned my fence runs, drained my'

flats and pastured. my woodlots. I

knew this was paying me a higher

profit than quails, and I was getting

rid of enemies to agriculture by other





means more paying and dependable.





My records show no decrease in weed

and insect pests when quails were





abundant, and I have kept records on p '





this subject covering a. long period.
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OWNERSHIP OF FEE ‘IN ROAD.





A. and B. and families were out car

riding and there Was a nut tree ”by





the road outside of C.’s fence. A. and.





B. were’ picking up the nuts. C. said

A. and B. had no right to pick up the

nuts. B. told him the tree belonged

to the road. C. said he owned out to

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CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE.





In a recent issne it was stated in

answer to a question, that the wife

acquired the citizenship of the hus-

band by the marriage, whether he be

alien or citizen. Another attorney has

called my attention to the change in

the law .in that respect at the last

session cf congress, providing that the

American woman marrying an alien

shall not thereby lose her citizenship

without express renunciation of it by

her; and that an alien woman shall

not acquire American citizenship

merely by marrying a citizen, but only

by due application and court order..—

Rood. ' ’





PRIVATE FOREST RESERVE.





. I read in a. recent issue of the Mich-

igan Farmer about the Woodland Act,

which provides for exemption of wood-

land lots from taxation. I have thirty

acres of young Norway Pine, not fit to

cut for a good many years. What can

I do to have them placed‘on the ex-

emption 1ist?—-R. G. ' .





Public Acts of 1917, No. 86. provide.





that upon filing with the county treas-

urer of a. contract on forms to be pro

vided by the State Board of Agricul-

ture any owner of a tract of land not

exceeding 160 acres, at least one-half

of which is under cultivation, may up-

on stocking not over one-half of the

tract with approved trees to the ex-

tent of 1,200 to the acre, or planting

enough in an original forest to make

the trees not 'over six feet apart each

way, and keeping the tract stocked

according to rules of the board of ag-

riouilture, and excluding all live stock





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inches in diameter, and cutting no

trees without license from the town-

ship assessor and payment to him of

five per cent of the assessed value of

the tree removed, and otherwise com-

plying with' the other and numerous





~ mevisions of the act, an exemption





from, taxation may be had of the tract





so reserved and kept, except $1.00 per‘





acres—Rood.‘





DRAINING LAKE.





There are five. farmers whose farms

border on a. lake. One has a recrea~

tion park with bathing and rowing,





‘ Which'means his living. One farmer

'became angry at ,one of the others





and had a culvert put across the- road





' so as to drain the lake,which ibis now

doing. This particular farmer is not“

~ ,; injured in any way by the lake being

high. Not one of the other four wish

‘to have the lake lowered. Has this

. farmer the right to~do this to please

.himself?—M. H. '





Either of the other owuers may





.have the draining enjoined.-Rood.





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' FERTlLl-ZERS. FOR ONIONS.





 





 





‘ Can you give a good fertilizer form-.

~ , ula for onions? Do you think this is





good? One bushel of lime, one bushel

of poultry droppings, one bushel wood

ashes, twenty pounds of sulphur, ten





. ' ssltpeteiz,..fiye. poundsof table -

’ salt per acre? In using wood ashes'as

' potash how much ._ waiild“ you advise

giver acre?——A. C. M. a , x .» ,.

" *‘The Vbest fertilizer, lfor "onions: you



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factory; however, the materials .wduld





be hard to mix.





Wood fishes are a very good source

of potash and also contain a small

quantity of phosphorus and some lime.

The amount depends largely onthe ,

wood. ~Hardwoods give a higher per

cent of potash than the softer woods.

The amount would vary from 200 to

500 pounds per acre. Sources of wood

ashes are very limited.———C. P. Lewis.





FERTILIZING GARDEN BEETS. .





I would like to know which is the

best fertilizer for small garden beets

when manure is also used. And how

much must be put on an acre. with

rows twelve inches apart, and «also

whether to drill the fertilizer in rows,

or broadcast?——J. K. .





Root crops such as early beets, re—

spond very readily to applications of

nitrate of soda in the. early part of the

season. A complete fertilizer consist-

ing of 4-8—10 is very satisfactory. This

should be applied at the rate of 500 to

1,000 pounds per acre, either With the

fertilizer attachment on an ordinary

seed drill, or it may be broadcasted.





 





Listen! Bemz G rowers





AVEN’T you discovered, in



your experience in planting,

cultivating or harvesting beans,

some little short out which has

saved you time. and money. The

readers of this journal would

like to know what your time and 5‘

money saver is.



All that you need to do. is to.

describe briefly on a post card

or in a short letter, your short

cut. and mail to me, The Handy *

Man, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

on or before May 9. I’m the guy

who will do the rest. And, I am

going to do something more. To.

each of the five who send in the

best suggestions,~ I will mail..'

postpaid, a pair of those on r’

speakably useful high-class com- ' ‘

bination pliers. They will serve

you in a thousand ways.





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If additional applications of nitrate of

soda are to be made, they may be ap—-

plied with any fertilizer drill after

the plants are up.'—-C. P. L. ‘





TEACH ERS' PAY AND ’R-ESPONSL

BlLlTY. ‘





What would be the result in case a

teacher did not terminate her school

year to correSpond with her contract?

Providing she put in time at the school

house without a. notice from the board.

could she collect pay for the time?

May a." teacher be responsible- for mis—

use of buildings. furniture, apparatus... ..

library books, etc., by the pupils while'

under her, council—X. Y. Z. .



The teacher is entitled to her pay

for teaching ~if she is at the school.





house ready to perform, her part of





. the contract. In other words, the

teacher is entitled to pay for time lost-





if the fault does not rest with her. In

order to be more specific in answering.

aa-uestion of this kind, we would need»

to know all the facts that enter into

the question. _ . ‘ _



' A' teacher is not responsible fertile '





- misuse, of buildings, furniture, appar‘





atus, library books, etc., bythepiipflsr





while- under» heir-control. ‘ Theth . <





is responsible... for any Jdamase. Wt.





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“lye-equipped, that did: not ‘have a.

\ ' repairshdp‘upOn its premises. Hardly

, 'a. day passeshiit‘ what it proves itself

an '_almost indispensable helpmeet.

' The class of repair. work to be done,

together with the farmer’s mechanical

ability, should be taken into considera-

tion in the equipment of the work-



‘ ' shop. * I

.. - . ' ‘I ’Well‘ do I remember my first outfit

' oftools, for I/sure did love to tinker.

I‘had a cold chisel that came with the

mowing machine and I believe was

~ " made from malleable iron, with the

' a business end hardened enough to chip

’ ‘ out every time I tried to out anything

harder than.lead.. An‘assortlment of

wrenches that had outlived their par-

- . ent machines that they had accompa-

) nied. A saw, given as a prize with

‘ baking powder and 'With which one

a could, with the expenditure of huge

~ ll » , quantities of energy and absolutely no

' ' regard for time, wear a board in two.





These, with a jackknife, hammer and .





a few other miscellaneous articles,





 





 





 





Getting His_First Lesson in the Fox





,Ralsing- Business.





 





 





constituted my entire equipment of ‘





tools. .

. _ ' The farmer who is mechanically ins

' clined' and loves to devote his spare

moments to mechanical andscientific

experiments would do (well to pur-

chase'a Substantial screw-cutting, en-

’ ‘ gine lathe, fer ’th‘eyiare‘thefkingcf

' tools. But for ninety-nine ‘per cent of

i ' the farmers this would be a fruitless

expenditure of ' money. The farmer

shOuld' always avoid increasing his ov-

, erhéad expense by' avoiding tieing up

i capital in expensive machinery for-

‘ which he has little use, or knows prac-

‘ tically nothing of its proper operation.

' ' ‘ He should, however, see that each

I ' unit of his tool eduipment is of the‘

K very best quality. For no artisan is

skillful enough to accomplish. meritor-

- ions work with inferior tools—Greeley



Everitt.





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/ HE'eflort to secure .a pea-canning

' " facto'ry‘ for Sault Ste. Marie has

’ failed. After a strenuous campaign

" among the farmers to secure in ad-

' vance the necessary pledged acreage,

‘ the concern which was expected to lo-



cate at the Soo, brought forward a



hitherto unrevealed preposition. calling

' for the local financing of the enter-

: prise, the Soo Times'reports,’ and this



put a quietus on" the‘ undertaking.



Having ascertained that Chippewa

; oountyffarnmrs-are willing to do'their'

- part in providing? the'l-peas, the Soo’

commercial club fwm- iseek another





if” E their





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The SeCret of Maxwell’s

' Sweeping Success





Uncommon beauty first gained the attention and respect

of the whole country for the good Maxwell.





 





 





 





But its proven goodness—the kind of mechanical sound-

ness the farmer so quickly recognizes and wants—is

the real reason why it is now sweeping irresistibly on

to complete domination of its market.





Goodness hidden away under the beauty,‘but revealing





and proving itself over and over a ain in heroic serv-





ice; by heights of economy and relia ility and perform-





 





ance new to a car of this class and price.





Goodness made possible at the Maxwell price only by

the new-developments which Maxwell has perfected in

low-cost, high-quality manufacturing.





The man who is looking first of all for motor car

stability and .reliability-of-service-——for beauty and gen-

uine ease of riding—owes it to his own interest to

see the good Maxwell and have the dealer tell him

something of its owner-records.



Cord tires, non-skid iron: and rear; disc steel wheels. demoumableat rim



and at hub; drum‘typc lamps; Alemite lubrication; motor-driven electric



horn; unusually lo-.g springs; new type water-tight windshield. Prices





F. O. B. Detroit, revenue tax toLe added: Touring Car, $885; Roadster,

$885; Club Coupe, $985; FourPassenger Coupe, $1235: Sedan, $1335





MAXWELL MOTOR CORPORATION, DETROIT. MICHIGAN

, MAXWELL MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED. WINDSOR, ONTARIO
The genuine Silvertown

Cord—without a peer for

comfort, appearance and

service—30 x 3% size at a





price ‘you used to be glad





to pay for a fabric tire.





Here’s the cord tirewith rugged

utility equal to its handsome

finish. Only the highest quality

of materials and workmanship

are put into a Silvertown. Its

anti-skid tread and masterly

construction give long wear and

long mileage.





 





 





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Your dealer sells Silvertowns,

Goodrich “55” Clincher Fab-

rics, and Goodrich inner tubes.





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' ., Teeth Repaired

‘ Made as Good





as New!





These are our prices;

(tracked Plates (one

crack) repaired for

$1.50; with one tooth off. $2.00; with 2 teeth

off .3300: with 3 teeth off, $4.00; more than

' three teeth. add $1.00 more for each tooth '

off. Money must accompany all orders.

Any questions gladly answered. Write for

free box to mail plates in.





Refs—Third National Bank of- Pgh.





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Suspenders





Slip loop back and easy, lasting

spring stretch make them most com—

fortable ever worn. No rubber to

rot. Year’s wear guaranteed. Price





75c pair. .



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No metal touches the leg. Easy. spring stretch.



Once adjusted,always just right. Price 50c pair.





W’ Sugpgfiers 1





and corset Sew—Ons, 25c pair. Child’s Sup—

orter Harness, can’t 5 ip 05 shoulders.

rice 50c. 1

Nu—Ways are for sale by more than 40.000

dealers. If your dealer can’t supply you, send

- direct. giving dealer's name. Accept no sub-

stitutes. Insist on Nu—Ways.





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Dept. 1104 Adrian. Mich.





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complete Beginner’s Outfits with or without bees.

guléll‘ine of Beehives, muons. gofib gfoundatiolrli.



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Wanted.

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dud Varieties. loo each Prollo

fic and Gibson. :2 cash pott-

paid. [Soiree or 2 Concord

Oraoennes with ev'ery order

of $5 or more We also save you

mon v on thrifty Fruit Trees.

Shrubs and Omamentall. Write

pricel. Watmn’s Strawberry

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ety of corn resulting from twen-



ty-seven years of selection work

carried on by the Laughlin family is

to be first distribhtedfongeneral field

use this spring by Charles Laughlin,

of Dansville.



Originally coming from Reid’s Yel-

low Dent, a famous corn belt variety,

the Laughlin corn has been smoothed

up, made earlier and adapted to sea-

sons and soil conditions of southern

Michigan. The present strain has

been maturing with safety in northern

Ingham county. It is a bright golden

yellow in color, with glossy moderate-

ly dented kernels of good depth and

carrying their breadth well in to the

cob. ‘



Mr. Laughlin’s yields with this corn

have been very favorable. In the 1922

variety tests conducted by the Michi-

gan Agricultural College, the Laughlin

corn proved slightly superior to the

Duncan variety for grain production,

though not quite so desirable for en-

silage. *Duncan corn, it may be said,

has for years maintained a. very higll

standard of excellence both in quality

and productivity in Michigan’s south-

ern three tiers of counties.



Laughlin corn has thus far been

grown only by Charles Laughlin llim<

Self and a few of his neighbors to

whom Mr. Laughlin furnished seed in

order to avoid cross-pollination with





How to Treat





Will you please send me directions

for treating potatoes, and would it be

possible to treat them now and dry

and lay aside until planting time?———

L. G. D.



The diseases of potatoes which can

be controlled by seed treatment are

scab and black scurf (Rhizoctonia).

These diseases live on the skin of the

tubers. The most effective treatment

fOr scab and black scurl’ is the soak-

ing of potatoes for thirty minutes in a

solution made by dissolving four ounc—

es ‘of a. corrosive sublimate in thirty

gallons of water. If seed potatoes are

afiected only with the scab disease,

they can be treated by soaking in a





formaldehyde solution, the strength 01“

which is one pint of formaldehyde in_





thirty gallons of water. The time of

treatment is thirty! minutes. Since the

black scurf is the more serious of the

two diseases, the treatment most gen-

erally recommended now is that of

the corrosive sublimate because ‘the

formaldehyde does not control black

scurf disease.



In‘ handling corrosive Sublimate, one

Should be very careful to follow the

directions closely and should always

remember that this material is a very

deadly poison. Be sure to dissolve

the cdrrosive sublimate crystals in a

quart or so of very hot water before

adding it to the thirty gallons of cold

water. . '



Seed potatoes can be treated several

weeks before planting them if, after

treatment, they are kept in a cool,

well ventilated place where they will

be exposed to sunlight. The floor of

a. lighted cellar or barn is a good

place on which to spread out the pota-

toes in a thin layer. Withing a few

weeks under this treatment the pota-

toes will develop short green sprouts

which will aid materially in producing

a. satisfactory stand.



After the potatoes are taken from

the treating solution, they should be

spread out immediately‘so that they

will dry quickly. If potatoes are plac-

ed in piles or in bags when wet, they





are very apt to. heat and their sprouts},





will be seriously injured. 3

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ed production the new variety has es-

tablished an international reputation

for quality. In the 1920 International

Grain and Hay Show, Laughlin’s corn

won sweepstakes over all corn grown

in regions of similar climate and in

the 1922 show, second, third, fifth and

seventh places in the ten-ear class

and a championship in the single-ear

class, added still more to its laurels

in the show ring.





Finally, satisfied‘that his corn breed-

ing work had reached a point Where





the results would be cf real benefit to .





Michigan agriculture, Mr. Laughlin-

this spring has made his first offer of

seed for general distribution. The

Michigan C‘rop Improvement Associa-

tion in its desire to foster such work

has given recognition to the Laughlin

variety and is listing the seed in the

Elite class on its 1923 corn list.



Corn qualifying for this highest

Michigan seed standard must be the

results of very careful breeding and

selection worthy of a special nature

and must have demonstrated, in tests

conducted by the Michigan Agricultur—

al College, that it possesses exception-

al merit for Michigan conditions, both

as to quality and productivity. The

new variety will undoubtedly play an

important place in the future corn

growing industry of southern Michi-

gan.





Seed Potatoes





generally produce more vigorous

plants than those that wilt down in

a warm cellar.





After the potatoes are treated care

should be taken not to reinfect them

with the scab or black scurf disease

by placing them in a contaminated

sack, crate or bin. Oftentimes the

green sprouting of potatoes helps to

increase the yield and hastens the

titme of ripening—H. C. Moore.





UP-TO-DAT'E BARNS SAVE TIME.





 





WOULD like to tell you of my ex-

perience in old-fashioned and up-to-

date barns.‘ About three years ago my

barns were struck by lightning and

were burned to the ground. This was

in the fall, and all my hay was burn-





. ed. My neighbor wanted to sell out.





so I bought his land. He had old—

l‘ashioned buildings and, the, winter

being hard, I and my three sons had

all we could do to take care of the

cattle. ’ .





The next year I built. up-to-date





.buildings, and now I can handle all





the work myself. I go to the barn at

five and get through at seven.

have time to do blacksmithing and

pruning. With the use of the—feed

carrier and feed alley I save feed and

time. Instead of going behind each

cow with hay, I can do it in one row.‘





.——Edward Franczek.





RAILROADS AND INTERURB’ANS

TO COOPERATE. ,





 





RECENT ruling of'the Michigan





Public Utilities Commission will

make it necessary for steam railroads

to enter into reciprocal freight'trans—

fer relations with the electric lines of

the «state. By this ruling, the railroads

are compelled to issue joint rates for

freight from towns which have only

interurban connections.



In the past,.the railroads have main-

tained that they did» not have to de‘

liver freight to electric roads; and.“

the shipperflwished to have-”freight"





tqftue pain, thf..l’-1‘31{3£61'Jt0

stimulated!!! and than imam-sew





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'~ ' - shoving Grimm Alfalfa. .

UR plans this spring call for the

_ sowing of ten acres of alfalfa.





It will be sown on a field that





grew - sugar beets last year. . The

ground is quite clean and will not re-

quire plowmg. The tandem disc and

the spring-tooth harrows behind the





tractor will make short work of the,





. fitting. We shall sow Wisconsin ped-

igr'ee barley' at the rate of two bushels

per acre and apply along with it a

tWenty per cent acid phosphate at the

rate of200 pounds or more per acre.



'As' stated last spring in these notes,

after ’comparing our severe case of

winter-killing of the common variety

with the slight damage to a neighbor’s



is Grimm for us

this time. This same neighbor is try-

ing out some of the ,Michigan seed

from Monroe county this year. I see

no reason why it should not prove

equal to the“ Grimm as this variety has

become quite thoroughly accustomed

to our Michigan climate. We will com-

pare the results ’with interest the com-

ing year.



_ Little Pig Losses.



. Reports are coming in from all sec—



tions of the state telling of severe



losses of the spring pig cr0p. It has





pigs. Scores of litters have given up

entirely, some of them in spite of

‘ what sounds like good treatment. Oth-

ers because of the carelessness or ig-

norance of their attendants. Many

thousands of little pigs are annually

doomed to a brief sojourn with life.

It seems it must be ever so. But when

the time comes, if it ever does, that

peOple who aspire to raise hogs, will

give some time and careful study to

hog nature and provide the conditions

which that nature demands, then, and

perhaps not till then, will the high

percentage of death losses be reduced.





Using Commercial Fertilizer.

Based upon careful trials begun

nearly twenty years ago, and carried

on through several years, it has be-

come our regular practice .to use com-

mercial fertilizer quite liberally. Phos-

phorous has undoubtedly been the lim-





stage of fertility in which we have

found them here on Francisco Farm,

we have gotten agreat deal of satis-

factiou from the use of a little nitro-

gen and we have been quite convinc-

ed that a reasonable application of

potash pays.



As the soil becomes more liberally

supplied with humus, as a result of

growing heavy crops of legumes—

which the fertilizer has helped to

make possible—and frequent applica-

tions of barnyard manure, we are

gradually substituting a high-grade

acid phosphate for some of the com-

plete fertilizer.





A Long Program.



This silo building program, like pay—

ing off the mortgage, is a long drawn

out affair, especially if we must make

the farm pay dividends'while doing it.

We believe, however, that most every





farmer can_ work' out his own salva- -





tion right on his farm if he sticks

tenaciously to a proven system of di-

versifiedIfarming‘and dOes not allow

his fertility to. lapse. We betiéve in





rying out the program that has proven

best in the past, regardless of'the fact

that it has, not. paid in dollars and

cents for three years. The time will





[want to, be me position when that

time comes to get .all that is coming





yellowing. this line oflreasoning we





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ping program as usual, using a com-

*plete fertilizer 'with plenty of potash

(2-10-4) \on the sugar beets, and a

twenty per cent acid phosphate on the

grain crops. "





uriuzss BARREN spa-rs IN

WHEAT FIEL'DS.

ERE is a little lesson in em-

ciency. Robert Brauher, of Grat-





iot county, is going to give the land ,





where wheat was killed out by me or

heaving, something to do. Last Sat-

urday he took the grain drill and sow-

ed barley on these barren spots.

barley should mature and be ready to





harvest, if not as soon, shortly after ,





the wheat is fit for the binder. Should

the two grains become somewhat mix-

ed, and this can hardly be avoided,

they will be fed to the hogs.





There is a growing belief among

leading dairymen that a real demand

for a natiOnal brand of butter can be

developed.





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His First Tractor





ON'T underpower yourself when you

start tractor farming.

can sell you a 10—20 h. p. McCormick-



Deering Tractor, but more than likely it will

be far more practical to invest in the husky

l5-30 h.‘p. size. Underpowering is a com-

mon mistake made on the farms today. lf

you could take a general canvass among

tractor owners you would be surprised at

the number who admit, “I ought to be pull-

‘ing another bottom," or, "I can't touch that

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FRUIT PLANTING HEAVY.





 





REPORTS from the western part of



the state indicate that there will

be a heavy planting of fruit this year.

In Kent county. over five carloads of

trees have already arrived. and in the

districts around Paw Paw and Lawton

many more acres of grapes will be

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0 much American fruit is. going into

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earlier United States fruit. On this

account, the home-grown crops of

strawberries, peaches and cherries are

thrown upon a curtailed and limited

market.

tion of home-grown fruit has steadily

declined because of the early invasion

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the boll weevil. For this purpose, the

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will use of any kind of arsenicals for

insect control.



Because of this scarcity, fruit grow-

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ORKING unpretentiously near



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the greenhouses of" the world.



Among other things, Mr. Davis has

perfected the Davis kidney wax bean.

the first white-seeded variety ever

placed on the market and the Davis

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be a great benefit to the pickle in-

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A;FERTlL|Z.ER PRECAUTION.’





 





I GUSTAINED considerable loss by





the use of nitrate soda on trees

which were just set. By experiment-

ing I have found that cherry trees or

apple trees the first year they are set

should not have any commercial fer-





 





tiiizer.- The second year they ma





They say that the consump‘





 





stand about four ounces per .‘tree, but





under no circumstances should the fer- .1

tilizer be placed closer than twelve





inches'from the trunk of the trees.

I fertilized 500 cherry trees with four

gunces just before a rain, and lost 200

of them within forty-eight hours by





putting the fertilizer within'six inches ‘





from the trunk of the trees and also

putting it on one-year-old . nursery

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CLOVER lN GARDEN WORK.





 





CLOVER is an. established -p’artirofl

‘ crop rotation work, and it is just

as valuable in the garden. The fact1

is that we- need it worse in the garden

as it serves several: purposes th‘ere.

It will keep weeds down, discourage





insects, and will build up the soil as ,





well.



One season I sowed white clover

very late and it came up at once and

made a dense mat by winter. While

I think it is better if garden space is

not at a premium, to leave the clover

one or two seasons, it may be sown

after early garden or potatoes are off

and yet make a good growth by winter

and may be plowed under then or in

the spring.



I have never had any experience

with red clever, but I see no reason

why red-clover might not be used in

the garden if seeded in the spring and

used two years, as they do with the

wheat fields, but I can see‘no way to

use it with another crop to advantage.

I think I would prefer sweet clover if

I wanted a heavier growth than white.

It can be seeded in the summer or fall

and left the next season and die after

seeding time and the ground is easily

plowed. You can mow very low when

it has made a good growth the second

year and it Will not seed, and will die

then, so it can be plowed for a. late-

planted crop that year. ———Agnes.Hilco.





 





REJUVENATING PEAR ORCHARD.





 





HE use of a, nitrogenous fertilizer



on apple orchards is now a com-

mon and approved practice, but it has

not been customary to apply it to pear

trees. An experience by’Mr. C. F.

Bobzien, of Burt, New York, indicates

that pears may also profit by it. He

had 450 pear trees, fifteen years of

age, vpart Bartlett and part Kieffer‘,

which had borne only one crop since

they were set. They were 1in bad con-





dition due to psylla, and looked about . 'fiw





ready to die. Thinking that they were

done for, anyway, and that any treat-

ment he might give them could do no

serious damage, Mr. Bobzien applied

two pounds of sulphate of ammonia to

gach tree in the Spring of 1922.





Instead of dying the trees took on

a. new lease of life. The leaves be-

came a dark healthy green, and plenty

of new wood was formed. Best of all,

however, was'a crop of one thousand

barrels of pears from the 450 trees,

which were sold for $3.10 per barrel.





 





CANNING FACTORIES MERGE.





 





ROM three to five canneries have

been purchased and merged under

the name of the Bangor Canning Cor-

poration with a, capital of $350,000.

The board ofdir‘ectors is composed of

leading canners. bankers and mer-

chantsin the vicinity of Bangor.

The plans of this organization. in-.





clude the growing, canning and selling '





of fruit. They also include the erec-





tion of a large cold storage plant to 4





take care of surplus fruit during the

rush season.





 

 

   





 





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” Wllli Farmeower





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Apples éPeaches 7

and other Fruits





State Experiment Stations; ‘

Horticulturists and Farm Papers

now acknowledge that Nitrogen

is the limiting element in suc-

cessful Fruit Growing and are

recommending the use of





Nitrate 0f Soda





2 to 10 pounds per tree to furnish this

— Nitrogen because it is in

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Free Bulletin Service will we you

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' EAL"=aIfalfa‘_ experiences gathered





‘Tfromzthe field during the recent

. . alfalfa-dairy campaign in Living-

' ston‘ county furnish a safe guidance

for those who as yet have not been

, succeissfull with this crop. These pro-

gressive farmer-dairymen believe that

- alfalfa acres make ,dairy dollars.



At. the. seventy-seven, day meetings

" held,'74~2 farmers attended, and at the

' ten night meetings held, 1,093 men,

fwomen. and children attended. Prac-

‘ ticailyone-third of the farmers of the

'_ county attended the day meetings at

' which‘there was collected some valu-

‘able data. of these 742.farmers, 290

’ of them are growing alfalfa with a

"total acreage of. 1,979 acres, or 56.8

’ per cent of the total alfalfa acreage in

' the county. Of the 290 alfalfa grow-

' ,ers present, some of them have been

at it for thirty yeais, not many of

. them being very successful until the





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W [tat Farmer: I 72‘ szmgrtan County Hare Learned





were unfortunate enough in the past

few years to get some of the import-

ed seed, or Seed of southern origin,

and. the consequences were that all

fields came up looking fine and the

following spring would die down.



Sad to say, but yet true, many farm-

ers are only recently learning that the

additional investment of about two or

three per ‘cent more, which will buy

the inoculation to» take care of all the

seed, has in many cases made the dif-

ference between a good and a poor

stand. .



As in one case, a farmer planted

twenty acres and did not inoculate,

and the results were that he will have

to do the job all over again, where for

about seventy-five cents or one dollar,

he would have had a good stand.

cases where alfalfa has been grown

before, this is unnecessary, but as has

been experienced in this county, there





 





 





 





Poorly Prepared Seed- beds Have Been Real Cause of Alfalfa Failure Among

Livingston County Farmers.





last five years. Possibly ninety-five

per cent of the failures to get a good

stand in the county are due mainly to

the four points, poor seed-bed, soil de-

ficient, in lime, poor seed, 'neglect to

inoculate seed.



Of the 290 growers, not one had a

- .word to 'say against alfalfa and in

nearly every case . it was bringing

nearly twice the amount when sold

than the other hays, and those who

bought we1e willing to pay it in evely

case.



On many of the lighter soils, farm-

ers mentioned having failures to get

good stands because of a poorly. pre-

pared seed-bed. This did not mean

poor tillage methods, necessarily, but

was mostly due to the seed—bed not

being firm enough. Forexample, it

was not uncommon to hear- a farmer

say the only place he got a good

growth was in the wheel tracks, where

.the horses stepped, or where a horse

had rolled over soon after seeding.



The failure to get a good stand be-

cause of the lack of lime and the ex-

pense! of experimenting was very cost-

ly to many,vas we- found a large num-

ber who said they did not think it

worth while, or that it was all foolish-





ness, and would not take the time to_





bother to get a sample of soil tested,

consequently losing the equivalent of

$5.00 per acre for seed, which in most

cases would pay for the lime that would

be necessary to correct the acidity.





“in these particular -cases “the ,farmer 4





has learned to sow only ' half the





' _ acreage at one time and fix it up right.





_ The value of good seed can best be

expressed by the experience of a num-

ber of farmers who have had failures





preViously and of the number who at-‘





tended the campaign meetings One

and’ jirty-nve said that in

, ‘_ ll





are very few fields being plowed up

where alfalfa is growing to date, bet-

ter be safe than sorry and spend the

dollar.



The questiOn of drainage .in the

county is not very important unless it

is to be grown on sorne of: the marsh

lands, so that the four important fac—

tors are those previously mentioned.—

C. L. -B.





ELEVATOR EXCHANGE TO PAY

DIVIDEND.





 





PATRONAGE dividend of $8,000



will be distributed among the cus~

tomers of the Michigan Elevator Ex-

change, a farm bureau organization.

The dividend will be pro-rated to the

members of the exchange, numbering

107 local grain elevators, on business

handled by the exchange April 1, 11921,

to April 1, 1923. The Michigan Ele-

vator Exchange is a sales organiza-

tion with headquarters at Lansing.





MANY SOIL TESTS TO 31-: coN-_

oucreo.





 





EAN R. S. SHAW, of M. A. 0., has

'announced that soil experimental

plots will be established in forty coun—

ties of the state. Authorization to es-

tablish additional experimental plots

was given at a recent State Board of

Agriculture meeting. The purpose of

these test plots is to show the faimers

in those counties how best to build up

or restore the fertility of their soils.

The plots are to comprise about

fifty acres to the county. But” in order

to have the plots Well distributed, they

will be divided into five or ten acre

lots in various parts of the county.

The entire program ,of this soil im—





‘ provement work will be under the di— ‘

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One-ton Of alfalfa or clover is worth

two tons of common hay as a milk

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acre of SOLVAY and sow alfalfa. or

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DEER MORTALITY EXAGGERATED.





 





HERE have been conflicting re-



ports relative to the loss Of deer

in the woods this winter, because of

starvation and the depredations of the

wolves. The deputies reported that

such .rumors had been exaggerated,

and that the department had itself





' placed hay in the deer- -yards as fo1age





for the deer.

OUR SEED POTATOES IN NEW

ENGLAND. ‘





 





HE value of good work done in



Marquette county the past few

years in persuading farmers to grow

better grades of potatoes, has’ been

revealed, this winter, when it became

knowu that several carloads of high-

grade Green Mountain potatoes had

been shipped from Champion to Skan-

die in this county to New Haven, Con—

necticut, to be used for seed. Hith~

crtovseed potatoes in Connecticut and

Long Island had been obtained





cd, and n01 them Michigan has sought

to step into Maine’s place as a produc-

c1 of pine seed for the New England

growers. If northern Michigan can

successfully maintain its position in





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has been taken for our

farmers. It is understood that these

Marquette \county potatoes have

brought a much higher price than is

usually realized for the local stock

County Agricultural Agent L. R. Walk-





91- has been in charge of these eastern

shipments.





 





EADVISES AGAINST HEAVY POTATO





R. L. M. GEISMAR, agricultural



agent of Houghtbn county, has

advised farmers to plant less pota-

tOes this season, and instead to plant

more clover and grains. Instead of

devoting some three thousand acres to

potatoes in Houghton county, as for-

merly, the, agricultural agent deems

eight. hundred to one thousand acres

sufficient. This will take care of the

home market and farmers should not

count on the export trade, he believes.

The acreage thus released can be

used better to grow feed and forage.





 





 





lNTERESTlNG PAMPH LET.





 





FROM time to time the Marquette



County Historical Society comes

into the possession of some book or

pamphlet which sheds lighten the his-

tory of the Upper Peninsula. Among

a. recent, acquisition of this sort was

a pamphlet entitled, “Michigan and its

resources,” prepared and published by

the state commissioner of immigra-

tion in 1882. Mr. Frederick Morley,

the author, includes in his account a.

statement about the agricultural out—

put and possibilities 0f the Upper Pe-

ninsula, which, ‘ after forty. years.

makes interesting reading..





COUNTY AGENT NEEDED.





 





N a. recent issue of the Menominee

County Journal attention is called

to the serious need of an agricultural

agent in that county.‘ A .series of

forty farmers’ meetings are to be held

in the neighboring county of Delta,





 

   

 

 





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this month, under the auspices of the

M. A. C. and the county agent. Mo





nominee farmers would be entitled to





the same cdnsideraiion if they had an

agent. In Delta county all‘alfais to

be prOmoted as an aid to dairying by

Mr. G. W. Putnam, of the farm crops

department of the extension depart—

ment of the college. The Journal be-

lieves that there will be much in

these meetings than. would benefit





Menominee farmers, and calls atten- :





tion to the loss sustained by a dozen

Menominee County farmers last sea-

son, who (planted certified seed pota-

toes and then failed to gain certifica-

tion for themselves through being un-

able to secure the required inspectiOn

by the agricultural agent.





TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM,

‘ VANCED.





is AD-





 





HE deadlock over legislation rela-

tive to the five-year program for

eradication of bovine tuberculosis has

finally been broken. The senate and .

house have reached an agreement over

the amount of state indemnitiesifor

condemned animals and have sent the

bill to the governor. Under the bill as

amended the state will pay fifty per

cent of the appraised value of the cou-

demned animal, but the maximum

state indcnity has been fixed at $30 for

a grade and $60 for a pure-bred.

Pure-bred live stock breeders’ asso-

ciations had recommended that the

amount of state reward might be re-

order that the eradication

campaign might be carried out on a.

more extensive scale, but the senate

committee felt that this was hardly

fair, inasmuch as some counties had

been cleaned up under the higher in-.

demnities. The bill contains provis-

ions for allowing for county coopera-

tion in carrying out the plan of eradi~

cation. There is small probability of

the legislature, appropriating sufficient

funds to allow for carrying 011 this

work, at the higher rate-of indemni-

iies, in all the counties that have ap-

propriated funds for cooperatiou in

such campaigns. ‘





 





BOYS’ AND GIRLS' CLUBS.





 





N agricultural activities of Clover-



land the boys’ and girls’ clubs have

come to be a real factor.



Of the total number of clubs, 119

are designated “home-making clubs.”

and these enrolled 1,786 members. 01?

these, L509 reported. Their product

was valued at $13,000. This indicates

that girls are taking quite as Import-

ant a part in cub work as the boys.

The homemaking clubs cover such

lines of woxk as the making of cloth-

ing, home management, hot lunches,

canning and cooking





The work for 1923 is well in ad-‘





vance of that for last year, Miss Cr688<

well repOrts. Canning and cooking

will be the leading features of this

work this summer. Last summer, six~

ty girls were present at the club mem-

bers’ camp at the Michigan Experi-

ment Station at Chatham. Out of this

number, four teams of two girls each,

with their leaders, won through com-

petition a free trip to the State Fair

at Detroit. Two Upper Peninsula.

girls won state championships in can-

ning; _ last year.- Several were also -

Winnors at the local county fairs.





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RELATION LOF, DAIRv INDUSTRY

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_ ALAFALFA is one of'the larger fac-



tors in the economical production



of milk. Another'essential is' the an-



imal that is consuming this palatable

and nutritious roughage. ‘



Statistics showthat the average cow



. in Livingston county produces around





3,900 pounds of milk per year, which"





is far ‘from an economical producer.

Although the feed has an important

part in-increasing this production, it,

however, does not tell the whole story.





In the districts where cow-testing‘





associations have been working suc-

cessfully, we‘. find that in many cases,

at least in about one-third, the cows

pan out to be boarders or unprofitable

producers. .



There is no question that this is one

of the things entering into Livingston

county’s problems and to overcome

this, farmers were encouraged to get

into cow-testing Vassociation work,

which is the one medium whereby the

boarder cow can be eliminated.



In the recent dairy and alfalfa cam>

paign eighty-five farmers expressed

'their desire to join a, cow-testing‘as-

sociation during the campaign weeks.

If the inferior half of Livingston coun-

ty’s cows were sentenced to life im-

prisonment there 'is no question but

that the other half would be able, if

properly fed and housed, to produce

as much as the total number are now

doing, and if such be the case, the

farmer’s labor on his dairy herd could

be reduced by half.



In order that more constructive

' breeding might be carried on, or that

the ofisplring of the good cows left in

the herds may improve, it is necessary

that better sires be used. ‘As the av-

erage farmer in the county has only

about eight cows; it makes it impos-

sible for him to have a sire which

would improve the ofi'spring.



In this campaign sixty farmers ex-

pressed their desire to join and buy

a better sire for association work.

Farmers having larger herds and not

located where they will be accessible

to a bull association have,.volunteered

to the extent that ninety are interest-

ed in getting better bulls—C; L. B.





 





INTERESTING FACTS FROM KALA-

MAZOO.





 





W0 years’ workdof the Kalamazoo



Cow-testing Association has been

finished, and some very interesting

facts) come to light as the work goes

on. We started with 305 cows.

these, fifty-five went to market via the

butcher, leaving 250 that finished the

year. Of these, five produced over 500

pounds of butter~fat, the high point

being 549 pounds, reached by Rosa, a

"grade Holstein owned by George A.

Drake. Merce, Ih-er‘ stablemate, was

the high milk producer with 13,087

pounds” to her credit.‘ ‘





The ten high cows produced an av-

erage of 500 pounds of fat; the ten

high. herds averaged 347 pounds of

fat; the five low herds averaged

229 pounds, and the. lowest herd 184

pounds per cow. . ,



, The feed cost of producing a pound

of‘fat‘ varied~ from eighteen, cents to





flirty-four cents, (and the feed cost of

100 pounds 01? milk ranged from ninety





cents to tWo dollars; . ,





Much was “accomplished Tin, the . way‘





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eighteen ‘cents, and his annual pro-

duction was 119,000 pounds. Another

reduced his fat cost from twenty-three

cents to eighteen cents per pound, and

his production went from 287 pounds

average to 369 pounds. Better feeding

enabled S. J. Stanley, of Augusta, to

raise his herd from 310 pounds aver-

age to 434 pounds, the highest in the

association, if not in the state.



. During the two years assistance has

been given in placing fourteen regis-

tered bulls and seven registered fe

males; organizing a breed association,

and retaining more than half the orig-

inal members in the third year of the

association—S. P.-Sexton, Tester.





BUILDING A DAIRY COMMUNITY.





 





ECENTLY three excellent pure-



bred Holstein sires were leased

without charge by the Michigan Cen-

tral Railroad to three groups of pro-

gressive farmers of Arenac county for

an indefinite period Of time.





The Standish Chamber of Commerce

and the Arenac County Farm Bureau

have been cooperating in the develop-

ment of the dairy business for that

county, and one of their-constructive

achievements was the enlistment of

the assistance of the railroad, which

has from time to time loaned well-bred

dairy sires to deserving groups of

farmers in the northern territory.





Every two weeks, the chamber of

commerce puts on a program for the

benefit of the farmers and all others,

at which time noted speakers on dairy-

ing have the floor. Moreover, this

chamber of commerce has offered to

finance any farmer who wishes to ’buy

good grade or pure-bred dairy cows.

Already twenty-eight members have

been signed up for a cow-testing as-

sociation. ' _



One need only look at these three

bulls to be convinced that they ’Will

assist materially in the development

of this county as a dairy community,

but, if further evidence is required the

pedigrees will furnish it. Two of these

animals are from a dam which made

23.5 pounds of butter in an Official sev-

en-day test while the other one is from

a dam which made 26.37 pounds of

butter in the same length of time. The

sire of one of these bulls is from a

cow that produced over thirty pounds

of butter in a seven-day test, while the

other two are out of a. sire whose dam

made over thirty-two pounds of butter

in the same time.



These animals were raised on the

Grand River Stock Farm, of which

Mr. C. J. Spencer is proprietor. That

Mr. Spencer is a man of vision as well

as a breeder, is shown by the fact that

he is willing to sell these valuable

sires for a very nominal sum of mon-

ey because he believes in the future

of the dairy business. His herd is

headed by Model King Segis Glista.



It is expected that these three bulls

will be moved from group to group as

their period of usefulness is ended in

each group, thus providing not only

first-class breeding service, but also a

chance for line—breeding. The care-tak-

ers are present are Messrs. W. S. Ad

rian, William Irvin and Noah Tromb-

ley.——L.





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HY do so many farmers sell their

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thatDelavoI Separa tors

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. Statements from over half the‘cow testers employed. by cow test-

ing associations throughout the United States, reachIng over 6000

farms, ive additiona proof of the superior skimming efficiency of

De Lava Separators.



Cow testers know best of all what cream separators are used most,

which skim cleanest and last longest, because they regularly test the

skim-milk from the separators owned by their members. They say:



—“I find on an average De Laval Separators skim cleaner—from a trace to .04 of

one per cent. Thirteen out of nineteen separators here are De Lavals.“ (.01 of

one per cent equals one lb. out of every 10,000.) -



—“Out of 48 separator users 29 use De Lavals. I’ve found them the best skimmers



' for the longest time.” .



—“26 members have so arators, and 22 are Do Lavals.

satisfaction after cons dering all points.”



--“De Laval Separators have no equal for quality and

efllciency. 15 out of 20 are Do Lavals."*



-—“90% of the separators used by my members are Do

Lavals. The majority skim closer than .02 of one

per cent.”



—-“The De Laval is a very close skimmer under

any and all conditions. 95% of the separators

here are Do Lavals.”* .



—“I have 25members and 18 use De Lavals. I have

not had one test below .05 of one per cent.“



*Author-ities for these statements from cow



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are contained in a booklet entitled “Cow Test.

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De Laval Cream Separators and Milkers.”

Send for it—contains information about

the value of cow testing associations.





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OME two months ago at a confer-

- ence attended by representatives

of the dairy cattle breed associations

at the dairy division of the ‘United

States Department of Agriculture in

Washington, resolutions were adopted

providing that the breed associations

appoint a. committee to ascertain if

there is a less expensive method of

guarding test records than the prelim-

inary milking; that each dairy breed

association establish classes for cows

milked twice a day and cows milked

three or four times a day during tests;

that the dairy breed associations form-

ulate a code of ethics for public sales;

that the breed associations take steps

to get express charges reduced on an-

imals more than one year of age; and

that a committee present resolutions

to the breed. associations for closer

cooperation in the promotion of the

breeds.



At a two-day conference held in

Washington, April 12-13, at which rep-

resentatives ol' the Guernsey Cattle

Club, American Jersey Cattle Club

and the Ayrshire Breeders’ Associa-

tion were present, it was decided to

refer the first resolution to the Dairy

Science Association. it was given out,

however, than by eliminating the pre-

liminary milking it would be possible

to save $100,000 a year to members of

each of the associations.



It was recommended that breed as

sociations should print a memorandum

with each record as to whether it was

made by a two or three or four-times

—a-day milking.



in regard to public sale ethics, it

was decided to be not so much a ques-

tion of ethics as understanding. It

was recommended that 'a committee

be appointed to define words and terms

used in connection with public sales.





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good clover catches. ‘l have been fol-

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liberally at the rate of onelbushel to

four acres. I sow five paces or ten

paces to the bout. '1 like to sow early

in the day following a light freeze at

night. This spring we hit ideal con-

ditions.‘——L. R., Shi‘awassee County,





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SHORTAGE‘OF RURAL HELP.





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To deve10p closer cooperation in ex-

tn-nsion work, it was decided to ask

each breed association to appoint one

man to represent the association on a

court of appeals of which the chief of

the dairy division, Dr. C. W. Larson,

should be one of the members and

chairman, to which all matters in dis-

pute referring to extension work of

the. different associations and all ques

tions that might arise as to theactiv—

ity of field men might be referred.

They all agreed that the fact that,

there was such a court would tend to

' keep field men in bounds from unfair-

.ly working against the interests of any

particular breed. This matter was

.much discussed, some of the repre-

sentatives present holding the opinion

that much more could be accomplish-

ed if more attention were given to the

adaptability of breed to locality; en-

vironment and production, rather than

the indiscriminate promoting ol‘ sates

of cattle of breed in sections Where

another breed is already established

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Is The. Bridge Safe.





CROP prices are too low. Taxes are too high. Farmers want more money for

everything they sell. What shall they do? Many believe that commodity pools will bridge the way

to higher prices. Others think cooperative marketing organizations are gomg too. fast for safety.

Prof. E. G. Nourse of Iowa in “Commodity Pools—Aces or. Deuces” inThe Farm Journal for May,

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Because Turkeys are hard to raise few farmers can afford In a special intermew, William H. Gilmore, the Ohio

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FARMERS BUY HYERD SIRE.





-—and many

other:





OUR farmers of Washtenaw county



recently purchased a‘young herd

sire which combines the blood of the

three greatest long distance and high.

producing families of the Holstein

breed. This sire’s name is Meadow

Holm Finderne Button. He is owned

jointly by E. S. Spalding & Sons, War-

ren Spalding, R. B. Waltrous and A.

is. Shutes & Son, whose combined.

herds comprise about 115 Holsteins.

These gentlemen anticipate a great

-improvement in their herds by the use

of this well-bred sire.





TOP-DRESSES CLOVER SEfiDl-NGV





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Thomas McConville, age 17, and a First official photo taken of justices of the United States Supreme Lieut Lester L. Maitland escaped

true scout, has won a flag and Court in their black robes of oflice, since the recent change in unharmed when his bi-plane

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,. 0, too, the woods interested her,

k though she had never penetrated

. them very far, because the woods were





loved the open

run in all

loved the trees

because these new emotions which/

had mysteriously come to her made

her more. observant, than she had been.

She realized more l’ullyvthan ever be-

fore that: woods and plains and skies

had lmoods in each of which they were

different. and these revelations broad

ening her outlook upon her surround

ings made her, in a way. more capable

of joy.. ‘ ~





To W'hiteblack she was a puzzle.

Yielding to her desire to be alone and

interesting himself in other friends.

he nevertheless kept an eye on her.

There came a period in which he. miss-

ed her entirely. Day after day. he

went looking for her and then one day

he found her in the woods, on an open

grassy spot, cut off from the plains by v,

a small pond and a. thin wall of pop-

lars. She. was licking a small black

colt that was trying very hard to stand

on its long, shaky legs.





confining, and she

where one could see and

she





White~black was so glad to see. her

he began to neigh excitedly and caper

about the. water’s edge. Then, wading

across the pond, he ran toward her;

but she sprang between him and her

baby with an angry whinny, ears

down, eyes glowing and her lips curl-

ing threateningly. He stopped a few

paces from her and. Whinnied placat-

ingly; but she tlll‘t—‘tllflllt’d him again

and he was afraid to approach. He

gazed at her from where he was for a

few minutes, then like a man who,

failing to understand, shrugs his shoul-

ders, he lchred his lie-ad and began

to graze, looking up occasionally to

see if she. had changed llt‘l‘ attitude in

any way. At last. discouraged, he

walked to the pond, took a 1011.;r drink,

waded across and disappeared.



For several days Qtteen kept to her-

self in her own little pasture in the

woods. She. knew just where the herd

was and what, they were doing at. all

"times for she watched them almost, as

anxiously as she watched over her lit-

tle son. Her baby grew stronger every

day, spending .most of his time romp~

ing about the limited space, learning

to use. his awkward legs; and as he

grew stronger, the (lesire‘to return to

the herd began to make Queen rest-

less.



At last she. led the little fellow care-

fully around the pond. but. just as she,

reached the open space she saw the

herd gathering as it danger threaten-

ed. She stopped short, raised her beau-

tiful head and with one long nervous





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sniff took in the whole situation.

Man again! ~ ‘ .

She could not see the horseman, but

she heard the faint, far away patter of





boots and the scent of man trickled





through the air. Sheturned about and

looked at. her little one who was inno-

cently indifferent -to what worried. her

and extremely interested in the Open

space of which, being behind her, he

had caught but a glimpse.

that if she attempted. toljoin the herd

and fly with them, he could not follow

her. She. could hear, as she tried to





She knew -





the anxious. Searching of j'the plains





often gave way to an absorbed study





of her little neighbors. She came upon

a mother duck, one day, who was wad-

dling down the old buffalo trail with a

brood of tiny little ducklings, only a

few yards away from her. Queen

slackened her pace when she saw that

the mother duck was getting excited,

and watched them. The old duck walk-





ed on as rapidly as she could, turning,





her head from side to side as she scru-

tinized Queen first. with one eye and

then with the other, and though she





 





 





flRAGRflNTES

By LcRoy W. Snell





Some like the smell 0’ posies

'Neath the early springtime sun;

And some the smell 0’ clover bloom



When summer‘has begun;





And some the smell 0’ new-mown hay,

And some 0' apple trees



That’s flowered out an’ teasing

The golden honey bees.





Each one has his special fragrance

Will beast and claim the best.

But to me the smell 0' new-turned

earth

ls sweeter’n all the rest.





When April’s sun, or early May

Gets warm enough to lick

The dew, in early morning,

From the grass that’s tangled thick,





Then to foller in the furrows

An' to breathe the scent that comes

From old Mother Earth, is sweeter

Than the breath 0’ sugar plums.





I ain't saying it ain’t labor,

This here foller'n o’ the plow,

But the perfume rising from new~turn,-

ed sod

ls pay fer it, i vow!





 





decide what to do, the sudden clamor

ot' hoof-beats as the herd broke into a

race for safety. She did not even turn

to see them go. With utmost haste

she glided undercover. '





She was not content with what saf—_





ety the.- little. pasture offered. As it‘

she had been a creature of the woods,

picked her way through thorny

shrubs and under heavy branches, till

she came to a secluded spot that satis-

fied her and there she lay down to re-

gain her composure.





she.





FOR. almost a. week she lived like a

deer, hiding in the woods and com-

ing out by night to graze and to seek

the herd which she hoped would re.-

turn. Then as the days went by and

she had comc upon no trace of .man in

the. air of the open prairies, she ceas-

ed going back into the woods, and di—

vided her time betWeen her baby,feed-

ing,‘ and looking wistfully and hopeful-

ly over hill and hollow for her lost

companions calling, calling, calling till

the solitudes echoed with the anguish

in her heart.

Her interest in the small living

things that went about the daily busi-

ness of their little lives revived and





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did not seem to consider her a very

grave danger she called her little ones

and swerved off the path. The old duck

was apparently leading them to the

slough, but she hadn’t gone far when

a lean and hungry-looking coyote shot

out ‘from a cluster of rosebushes.



Instantly there was a frantic whir

ot‘ wings and while the mother duck

flew almost upon the coyote, the little

ones scattered, dropping down under

bushes or flowers or disappearing in

gopher holes. Queen was too much

worried about her own baby to notice

at the time what happened to the

duck. She sprang protectingly toward

her foal and then. when she looked up

she saw the coyote running eagerly

after the duck, who acted as if one

of her wings were broken. Flopping

with one wing she cried with fright

and half flew, half ran on.ahead of

him. The. foolish coyote thought she

was wounded and licked his chops as

he ran, anticipating a good meal.



The old duck appeared to be losing;

but always just as the coyote was

about to seize her she flew off with a

cry. Thus she led him far away out

ot.’ sight. But beforeQueen had start-

ed off again for the, slough, she saw





 





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the anxious mother duck come flying

from the opposite direction. Queen





turned from her to where the coyote





had disappeared wondering whether

he was coming back. The joyous peep-

.ing of the little brood who appeared in

all directions ‘at the first call of their

mother, reassured ‘her and she follow-

ed them doWn to the pond. Q





The duck and the little ones set sail,





as soon as‘ they touched the water,

and paddled away triumphantly to the

center of the slough where amo'ng the

rushes no foolish 'coyote could threat-

en them. The lesson of duck wisdom





impressed ~itself deeply .on Queen’s '





mind in a series of pictures, and‘she





sensed acutely the trick the duck'





had played ’upon the coyote. She hat-

ed the coyote because she feared him.

The very sight of him made her un-

comfortable and she did not let the

little one out of her sight for an in-

stant. Even when she drank, the

image of the beast would come into

her mind and between sips she would





raise her head and stare all around '





her to make sure that he hadn’t come

back; for from that time on, she seem-





ed to expect him to show‘ up at any





moment.





L ONG as the days were at this



time of the year, they succeeded

each other rapidly and each day ad-

ded to the weight__ of loneliness on

Queen’s heart. Ducks came in great

numbers, returning from their so-

journs into the land of motherhood.

with flourishing broods. Gophers ‘ap-

peared everywhere. The saucy little

fellows would sit up on their haunches

a yard away from Queen’s head and

defy her with their queer little barks,

which’betrayed much- more fear than

defiance. The colt would look at them

with his large, round eyes, sometimes

making an attempt to approach them

but .as soon as he came too near they

fled. Coyotes began to show them-

selves more and more often, and evc~

ry time Queen came upon one, even

the clear memory of. the'duck playing

her trick could not prevent her heart

from throbbing with i'ear.‘





A variety of flowers appeared, one

kind giving way to another, and the

sloughs on the open began to shrink

daily. The woods retained their ponds,

cool and clear, and in the darker cor-

ners, among the tall poplars, there

were still shrunken drifts of snow.





In spite of the abundance of. food

and water, in spite of her growing in-

terest in her baby who played about-

her in perfect contentment, and plays

ed more and more delightfully, Queen's

longings? for her companionsreached





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‘ For several days She traVeled to-

Wardfi'the east along the wall of the

woods. ' She came to where the woods

ended .I and a7 vast ‘ treeless plain

stretched away beyond vision. From

the pointed end of the woods, an old,

partially overgrown buffalo trail cut

diagonally' across the prairie, running

comparatively straight southeast.

There she remained for a few days as

it' unable to decide which way‘to go.V

Then, one day, when she had followed

the, buffalo trail for several miles she

came upon signs of the herd. This

puzzled her, for experience had taught

her not to go south; yet here was un-

that they had

gone south; and they were her goal.

Despite her disinclination to go‘ in

that direction, she went on eagerly,

moving each day as far as her colt

would go without protest, and resting

when he refused .to go any farther.

One evening, long after the woods





 





.had faded out of sight, when her baby





balked at the daily increase in the

distance she urged him to make and

deliberately lay down on the path, she

saw what seemed to be two horses,

grazing. Queen broke the stillness

with an impassioned whinnying that

puzzled the little fellow. The fact

that she was standing with her back

to him and whinnying so frantically

interested him. That she might be

calling to anyone but himself was en—

tirely beyond his experience. Feeling





_ that she -was looking for him, he got





up and sidledup to her, touching her

neck with his little nose. Queen bent

down and covered him with caresses;

but to his dismay, she soon returned

'to her calling, keeping her head high"

and looking away into the shadows.





’1‘th darkness obliterated the two

.' horses and Queen, unable to stand

still, started away again, the little

fellow complaining plaintively as he

lumbered after her. \Vhen, however,

he lay dowu once‘more, she yielded

and there they spent the night.



Her night’s rest was a troubled one.

What with her emotions tormenting

her, there was a. strong Scent of man

in the air that kept her awake and

watchful. When dawn came at last,

she saw the two horses, still grazing

but much nearer to her. Beyond them

she saw two black mounds, like malig-





‘ nant' growths on the ‘body of the plains.





In these mounds, she knew, lived man.

She was afraid to go any closer to

the mounds so she called loudly to the

two horses who finally responded by

starting in her direction. When she

saw them coming, she hastened to

meet them, despite her fear. She

whinnied loudly as she went and

when the foremost ol‘ the two horses

replied to her, his voice sounded famil-

iar. Who it was she did not know

but. she started toward him on a gal-

,10p and as soon ‘as she touched his

nose, she remembered the old sorrel

work-horse of the spring lake in the



bowl-like valley of her childhood.

Where he had been, how he had got

up there, what he was doing, these

were facts Queen could not find out,

nor did she experience any desire to

find out. Life to her was somewhat

of an abysmal night with beautiful,

star-like gleams of understanding. The

past to her was an ally ,of death not

to be thought about and the future

became important only when it turned

into the present. The sole value of

the impressions that she carried in

her memory lay‘in the help they of-

fered for the understanding of the im-

pressions, that the present was mak-

ing and Queen never wept over: them.

There {was the old sorrel before her.

The memoryof what he had been 'to'

7 her, inundated by floods of tune and

other experiences; had gone .’ out. like

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pgess the almost inexpressible satis-

faction she experienced.



The other horse was a stranger and

so Queen was wary of him. She sniff—

ed noses with him suspiciously and -

kept away, refusing toallow him to

go near her colt, whereas the old sor-

rel sniffed all over him without her

protest. -' \





But the pleasure she derived from

the momentary satisfaction of the

longing for companionship, inadequate

as it was, had its price. Her excite-

ment was so great that she did not

notice the coming of another horse

with a man on his back, till he was

already dangerously close. With an

anxious call to her little one she

dashed away in the direction from

which she had come. The two horses

Went with her.





T was not long, however, before



she saw the man through the core

ner ol‘ her eye, urging his straining

horse, apparently to get ahead of her.

Queen was not running as fast as she

could, for she knew that her baby

could not keep up with her. But the

sight of the man at the side of her

bewildered her. She leaped out of

his) way, leaving him a. 'hundred feet

behind only to realize at once that her

colt was not with her. She swung off

to the side and turned to see the man

driving the old sorrel, his companion.

and her own colt off towards the black!

mounds. i





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nr c. r; urznnmucu.

Do you seek a new location,

Fine as any in the nation,

Where the very best advantages are

found? ,

Churches, schools and fertile land,

\City markets close at hand?

Come to Michigan and take a look

around. .





Do you care for raising fruit 9



Of a quality to suit,



The fastidious tastes of city million-

.a.ires?



Investigate and you will find



We grow almost. every kind,



Berries, cherries, apples.

grapes and pears.





peaches,





If. mixed farming is your line,



You will find the prospects fine '



We’ve developed barbless barley, Red

Rock wheat,



Wolverine oats and Rosen rye,



All of quality very high,



And the yields we get from them are

hard to beat.





In dairying and swine breeding,



You will find us always leading,



Our breeders give their herds the best

of care, _



And have gained a reputation



That is known throughout the nation,



And they always pull down prizes at

a fair.





Are you fond of raising sheep?



Locate, then, where land is cheap,



Where the grass is fresh and green

the season thru;



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If you care for cattle raising,



We’ve the finest kind of grazing,



You may travel north or south or east

or west, '



Thru Montana, Idaho,



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You will find our pasture lands are

far the best.





’Ere you plan your outing trip



Take from me this little tip:



If you care for lovely scenes and air

that’s pure, .



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HY is it that even on our best

managed sandy loam falms clo-



ver no longer catches with its

old-time vigor? We are told that our

soils lack organic ‘matter, lime phos-

phorus and manure. When they are

used more clover results, but even

' with their use clover will not start

, with the vim it used to show. Years

ago droutlls that .would practically

ruin a corn crop would not kill young

clover seedings. Now a period of dry

weather that will not materially in-

jure corn is sufficient to cripple or de-

stroy clover sown the same year, even

where lime, manure and phosphorus

have been used. That is what hap-





pens on the lighter farms in this local- .





ity. Our experience is typical. Farm-

ers in other counties tell the same

story. The day when we can depend

on clover is gone. Something is the

matter besides the lack of plant food.

The scientist may be able to diagnose

the trouble. We face the fact, and

every sandy land farmer in this part

of Michigan knows it.



In portions of Germany where the

land is similar to the lighter soils in

this state I am informed that there are

farms where detailed annual records

of the fields have been kept by the suc-

cessive owners, what crops have been



~grown, the yields, the amount of lime,

fertilizers and manure applied, the

time and method of application. These

farm histories often run back for a

hundred years or more. The experi-

ence of these German sandy farmers

has been, and their records show that

where one legume is grown regularly





Fourtfi Oat Openings .4 7116/6, Tel/5 Wflat Southern" Mic/iigan Farmer: Have Learned;





fill this need. After it is two years "

old an alfalfa field on our medium to





By Jason Woodman





"in a rotation, no matter how much

lime fertilizer and manure is used af-

ter a period of years that legume be-

gins to fail. Then what? Another leg-

ume is substituted. Satisfactory re-

sults follow for another term of years,

then in its turn this legume ceases to

grow with its former vigor. For; in-

stance, clo‘ver in rotation fails. Vetch

is substituted in its place. In the

course of twenty or thirty years vetch

fails to produce results. A third leg-

ume is introduced, or perhaps clover

is again used, for' it seems that where

clover has not been raised at all for a

long number of years it will grow as

well as it ever did- Do we find in the

experience and practices of these Ger-

man farmers the solution of our sandy

land problem? If so, what legume or

legumes can take the place in our

farming that has been filled by clover?

More than twenty years ago farmers

on southern Michigan sandy lands be~

gan to experiment with crimson clover

and vetch, a little later with alfalfa,

cowpeas, soy-beans, lespedeza and

sweet clover. While a number of

these plants are valuable and are be-

ing used more or less in our agricul-

ture, alfalfa forgeneral purposes is

proving to be not only much superibr

to any of the rest. but a more valu-

able plant to the sandy land farmer

than clever ever has been, even in the

day when it “grew to perfection on

the openings ”

Some of my elderly farmer readers,





remembering the part clover played in

their farming forty years ago, may

question this statement, Let. us see.

Clover, if itdoes well, goes into action

quicker "' than alfalfa. . One year’s

growth of clover, beSides producing a.

crop of hay, renovates the soil, putting

it into good condition for other crops;

it is adapted to a short rotation and a

clover sod is plowed without difficulty.

These are the advantages of clover.





On the other hand, clover only lasts





one or two years. An alfalfa seeding

lasts four or five years or longer.

There are only a few days when clo~

ver is at its best. When ripe it dete-

riorates rapidly and soon becomes

nearly worthless for hay. While there

is a best time to cut alfalfa, its har-

vest may be prolonged-for weeks if

necessary and still the hay will be, of.

good quality. If clover hay gets wet

after it is cured, it is practically spoil-

ed. Alfalfa, if properly managed after

being rained on, does not suffer mate-

rial injury as abundant experience has

shown, and it can be handled in large

areas easier than clover.



After alfalfa is established there is

no- crop grown 0n Michigan sandy

loams that equals it for pasture. The

fil st second and third growth on seed-

ings two years old or older can be fed

off withoilt damage to the plants. The

pressing need for pasture, especially

on our lighter farms, comes in the

latter part of the summer and in the

fall. Alfalfa is admirably adapted to





light soils can be pastured late in the

fail without injury.

alfalfa hay and pasture is superior to

clover. Chemical analysis shows this.





and live stock agrees with the chem- ‘





ist.. A fully’riitleveloped alfalfa sod is

superior to a clover sod for grain on

potato production. I make this state-

ment without qualification.





After‘ a field has been occupied by,





-one- successful alfalfa seeding, which‘

fully 'supplies- the soil With the all-





essential nitrogen-fixing bacteria fu-





tutre seedings of alfalfa can be made

with small. grains as we seed clover,

but with this difference. If the alfalfa:

'comes up it will stick, drouth does not

kill it In the years of 1918, 1319 and





1920, all dry years, the last a season .





of extreme drouth, I saw in Van Buren

and Kalamazoo counties a considera-

ble number of good stands of alfalfa

secured from spring sowing 'with

wheat, rye and oats on land- where al-

falfa previously had been grown. Dur-

ing these years there were partial fail-

ures or clover seedings on some oil

these'farms,'even on well-lined fields;



If the general use of alfalfa in crop.

rotations seeded with grain, as we used

to seed clover, is practicable and be-

Comes general on our sandy 109.1113 11:

means a revolution ing‘the. agricultural

conditions of a large "part-2 of lower

Michigan; It means prosperity in

many sections Where farmers are now

finding it difficult to make a decent

lirving. Is it practicable? On a farm



(Continued on page 627).





The Child and the Mall





HE story of the boyhood of Sam-



uel, the prophet, never loses its



meaning and beauty. It is per-

ennially fresh. The old prophet was

there, but the burning message was

not delivered to him; it came to the

ears. of the child. Probably the old

man was incapable of receiving such

a message. He would not ,have be-

lieved it at all, or he would have phil-

osophized and argued about it. The

little boy heard it and accepted it.

Christianity is the only religion that

has for its‘ symbol a child. "Of such

is the kingdom of heaven.” “He that

will not receive the kingdom as a lit-

tle child, he shall not enter therein."

The child is a be-

ing of power. Not

long ago a man

was suspected of

the murder of a

woman. He stpod

up under a police

grilling of seven-

ty—two hours, but

collapsed when

the victim’s thirteen-year-old girl was

led, tearful and pleading, into his

presence.



A year or two age, five hundred

children from Vienna were brought to

England for temporary ‘ adoption.

There was no food for them in Aus-

tria A Welsh Methodist minister had

three children, and was not cursed

with a super-income. But after talk-

ing it over with his wife, it was ,de—

cided to‘ take one of these “alien ene-

mies.” “We will take one for _a year

’ ~——a girl if possible,” said he. Late at

. night she arrived, a card tied to her,

,to show her destination. Of course,

'she could talk nothing but German, but

ff;.childh00d has a language of its own

,~..Very shortly the little Papist was es-'

‘ ”hushed in the inner circle of this

‘ old of PrOtestanism. The mill-





 





Our Melt/y Sermon—By N. A. MCsze





isters three took to her as if she had‘



been their long lost cousin. The chasm



of language, race and religion Was



quickly bridged. One day a farmer



near by watched this daughter of the



late enemy as she raced across the‘

fields to summon the old shepherd to



supper. She was seen to, throw her



arms around the old. man’s legs, and -

presently the old man and the. little



girl were walking hand in hand toward



the house. “There is more gospeliin



that,” said the farmer, “than in the



confessiOn of faith.” And the minis-



ter said, “Amen.”





AMUEL was happy in his choice of



a mother. Not all the children are

thus blest. She prayed "fer a son.

When her prayer was answered, she

was at great pains to teach him the

religion of his fathers. A song that

has been listened to by thousands and

has awakened many a torpid soul, is

entitled, “My Name in Mother’s Pray-

er." A Scdtch lad was once passing

an open door, and he heard his name

mentioned by his mother, in prayer.

He never forgot it. Years afterward

he was an American citizen and was

making money. One night he wrote

somevers‘es and handed them to his

wife. She gave them to a friend, who

sent them to a noted Brooklyn minis-

ter. _ The minister read them in a ser-

mon, and after‘that they were put in

print, but no ,name was attached: to

them. Ten years later R. A. Torrey,,

the evangelist,_ was preaching in Aber-

deen, Scotland, and announced that

Mr‘. Alexander Would sing a sOng en-

titled, “My Name in Mother’s Prayer ".

The author, he said, was unknOw‘nfi

When the song was sung, one or the

ministers sitting on the platform said "

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banker in America. One verse runs:





That kneeling form, those folded

hands,

Have vanished into dust;

But still with me for aye will be

The memory Of her trust.

And When I cross dark Jordan’s tide,

And meet her over there, _ .

We’ll praise the Lord, who blest that

word——

My name in mother’s prayer.





It is very significant that two of the

greateSt religious leaders of modern

times,lPhillips Brooks and John Wes-

ley, owe their start in the work in

which they wrought so mightily, to the

influence of their mothers.





T is said that this attitude does not



prevail as it once did. Mothers

now, and fathers, too, are not so eager

for their sons to become ministers.

There is more money in something

else. When father and mother visit

their grocer son or their traveling

salesman son, he meets them at the

station with a big car. When 'father

and mother visit their preacher son,

he meets them at the Station with a

cheap car—but not always! The mod-

ern parent does not regard the minis-

try with the same reverence that Sam-

uel’s mother did, or many others since

then: But if the church is to continue

it must have trained ministers, and if

the’ministry is not worth‘ desiring for

one’ 3 son, it is not worth perpetuating.

One reason for this decreased interest

is, that many other similar lines of

work have collie to the fore. Where

a few professions once lay before the





. young man, there are now many.





Samuel did not disappoint his ”mm,“

or or his elders. He became the tin?

crowned king or his people. His was

a rule cf personality The man, not

the office, held the people together





king of Israel, a step of which Samuel





. did not wholly approve. And his fears





were justified. It is a very stirring

scene when the prophet rebukes the

hot-headed king. “And Samuel said.

‘Hath Jehovah as great delight in

burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in

obeying the voice of Jehovah? ' Be-

hold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

and to hearken than the fat of rams.





‘ For rebellion is as the sin of witch-





craft, and stubbornness isgas idolatry

and teraphim. Becausethou' hast re-

‘jected the word of Jehovah, he hath





also rejected thee from being king'.” ,





Some way, Saul could not get away



from the overshadowing influence of»

the prophet during his entire (official

life. The prophet had probably been

dead several years when the battle of

Gilboa took place, and the night be-

fore the battle Saul consulted a witch,



hoping to talk with the spirit of ‘the

departed Samuel.





THERE is another man to whom we

may liken Samuel, and that was

John Knox, the reformer and uncrown- _

ed king of Scotland. Unlike Samuel.

Knox got his religious start in man-

hood, but he never relaXed his hold.

His stormy interviews with Queen





EMary have become famous. His moral





power was so great that he held a

large part of the people of Scotland

together, in a common cause. When

he died, it Could be said of him that

“here lies one who never feared the

face of man, "





 





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with which I am ,well‘ acquainted, the

soil 3. medium to light sandy loam, for-





three years alfalfa sods have been

plowed for-potatoes, followed the next

y'earby corn, rye sown on the corn

stubble; and alfalfa seeded on the rye

the next spring. The yields of pota~

toes and grain have been unusually





- gOOd, and fine seedings cf alfalfa have

been obtained every year.





I have ob-

served the following rotations on oth-

er farms: Corn, oats; corn, oats.

wheat; potatoes, oats; potatoes, oats,

"wheat; potatoes, corn, wheat; pota-

toes, rye. All these rotat'ons Were

preceded by alfalfa and alfalfa was

seeded with the final grain crop. On a

majority of these fields, neither ma-

nure nor fertilizers were used with

the rotations. In all cases, no matter

how dry the weather, the seedings of

alfalfa not only lived, but grew with

all the vigor that young clover seed—

ings used to grow.



The use‘of alfalfa as the main crop

for hay, pasture and soil improvement

means longer rotations than those

used in the days of clover growing.

Alfalfa will occupy the land three or

four years, then there will be two or

three years of other crops. More than

half of the tillediland on a farm will

be in alfalfa. This will mean less plow-

ing, smaller acreages of grain and of

potatoes, where the latter crop is

grown much larger yields per acre, a





steadily increasing amount of organic





matter in the soil, more live stock and

more manure.



At this stage of the discussion some-



one will arise and say, “This is, all

theory, it will never happen.” It has

begun to. happen. I know of a few

farms where this system is already

established. I know of other farmers

who have adopted the plan and who

are working systematically t0wards its

complete establishment. More farm-

ers will fall in line as the experience

of. these alfalfa pioneers makes plain

the way. Again someone arises and

says, “If all our sandy land farmers

have'one-half or more of their landin.

alfalfa the hay will be so cheap that

it won’t be worth selling.” Exactly.

That- has already happened in this

neighborhood. Alfalfa hay sold here

last summer for ten dollars a ton.

Think of it. .With potatoes at fifty

cents a bushel, a ton of alfalfa hay cut

down and left on the land as a mulch

is worth at least twelve dollars a ton.

Last summer we mowed sixteen acres

and left it where it grew. We sold it

to the land. When alfalfa hay is so

abundant in a community that it is not

profitable to sell it, real soil building

has begun in that neighborhood.

, It is not my intention in this article

to describe methods of starting alfalfa

on land that has never grown the crop.

'As has been said, some of the essen-

tial rules vary with localities and with

different types of sand-y loams. I do

not mean light, thin sands that never

Were good grain lands. "In using the

term “sandy loams'" I refer to the typ-

ical opening soils that for many years

produced geod crops and did not grow

poor until after clover failures became

therule. ‘ . ' ‘



we have in the last few years made





“two important discoveries that I be





lieve will apply to all the medium

sandy soils in our southwestern coun-

ties. One already mentioned is that

after the land has once grown alfalfa,

future seedings can be made with

grain with a certainty of success. .The

second discovery is that it is not nec-

essary, as we thought a few years ago,

that our‘depleted sandy soils be made





.. rich-“before a. successful alfalfa seed-

, 'ihg ‘can .he scoured.

pra- inally worn ‘out,’ it"Wlll produce

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(Continued from page £326).





out-the use of manure or- other fertil-

izer. I have seen this done so often

that I do not hesitate to make the as-

sertion.





worth cutting, but after the first year

the yields will be satisfactory. In a

future article I shall describe the ex-

periences of farmers in successfully

seeding such fields.



When land is being fitted for its

first seeding of alfalfa the work on

that field should take precedence. It

is the most important job on the farm.

When the time comes to perform any

part of it‘let nothing get in the way.‘

Last, and most important of all, learn

the lessons taught by the successes

and failures of other farmers who have

had experience with alfalfa in your,

locality and on your type of soil. '



We are'just beginning torealize the

possibilities of all‘dll'a on our southern

Michigan sandy loams. It is the com-

mon belief of those who have had suc-

Cessful experience with it that within

the next few years it will revolution-

ize the agriculture of these lands. The

period of depression through which we

are now passing, caused by excessive

production of farm staples is remedy—V

ing itself. Hundreds of thousands of

farm people living in sections remote

from consuming markets, or where the

soil is too poor to maintain a profit-

able agriculture, or where climatic

conditions are unfavorable and unde-





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sirable are moving to industrial cen-

ters. This migration, shown clear-lg?

by the last census, and which is in

creasing, is thinning the ranks of our

competitors and swelling the number

of consumers. It will centinuetill a,

balance is established. l



But. the “opening lands" of southern

Michigan will not be deserted. Dry,

decent and clean, beautiful to the eye,

with exceptional. climatic conditions,

they are most desirable to live upon.

They are in the midst of one of the

greatest industrial .regions of the

world. A consuming population al-

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leaps and bounds, is at our doors. To

us high freight rates have no terrors.

They are a distinct advantage. With

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the once famous Nopening lands of

Michigan will again come back to

their own. '





THISTLES.





PART 01' a field that goes to oats



contains a very good stand of

what one of my good Irish neighbors

calls “Michigan Alfalfa,” (the common

name is Canada thistle). He says,

"yourwant to feed it after dark for

best results." For this reason we have

been planning on seeding this field or

a part of it, when the proper time

comes, to sweet clover. We have nev-

er soWn sweet clover before, except

the annual variety, preferring alfalfa

instead where it could be grown suc-

cessfully. We do not need more alfal-

fa at this-time, however, and this field,

which is on the back side of the farm

and a. long ways from the manure

pile, needs’a thorough renovating and.

enriching. ' I haveseen‘ sweet clover:

by its rank and thick growlth do a. very

satisfactory job of eradication of foul

weeds, and it is one of the best of soil

builders, so we aim.t0 give it a trial.

on this field and see what the results





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year after year, with little or no varia-

tions. When a new vegetable comes

on the marke‘t, or when an improve-

ment to an old one is offered, we pass

it by and order the same seeds our

grandmothers used to use. Every

spring my mother searches through

the seed catalogs for something new;

or, at least, something that is 1;'ew to

us. The vegetables I shall tell about

in this article are all ones we have

tried and know to be good, both for

the busy home gardener and the man

Who raises for the market.



Spinach is a plant that has been

grown by market gardeners for a long

time, but it has never come into a

veryr extensive use for home gardens.

It is used for salads but its most pou-

ular use is for greens. There are sev-

eral varieties but for general use the

Long Season is perhaps the best, as

one of the greatest faults that can be

found with spinach is that it goes to

seed so early. The Long Season vari-

ety does not go to seed till after the

leaf is used like spinach, for greens.





. hot summer months are passed; and

cook-‘





it does not lose so much bulk in-

ing as most kinds do. .



Kale is used for “greens” and be-

longs to the cabbage family. It is ex-

cellent for late fall and early spring

use. For ea11y spring it may be sowed

in September. .



Salsify or vegetable oyster is a very

, palatable vegetable. When cooked, its

taste very closely resembles the taste

of oysters. It is cooked in a great

variety of ways. It may be served

raw, sliced or in vinegar with salt and

pepper. It is fine boiled and mashed,

or boiled, sliced and fried. But per-

haps the best way is to boil and when

cool, mash and f1y in little patties.

The. cultivation is the same as for

parsnips and carrots. As the foots

are perfectly hardy, they .may be left

in the ground over winter in the same

way as parsnips. In fact, they are bet-

ter after they have been frosted.





Cauliflower is liked by nearly every-

one, but many amateurs do not suc-

ceed in raisingit because they do not

realize that to be 'at' its best, cauli-

flower' must be well- -;grown and in or-

der that it may be well-grown it must

do its growing early, as cauliflower

never does well during the Summer

months. We always do our planting

during February, in cold frames, and





hot weather sets in.





 





 





 





thus they get through growmg before





Brussei sprouts . are exceptionally

., used in two ways - The ribs of





 





Try some New Vegetable this Year





By Nelle Portrey





It grows from two to three feet in

height. '



Chinese cabbage or celery cabbage

preferred by many to cabbage. If plant-

ed early it runs to seed and for this

reason should be planted about turnip

planting time.



Swiss Chard or Spanish Beets are

fine. They, too, be10ng to the cabbage

family. Small cabbage-shaped heads

grow the full length of the main stalk.

These are broken off and cooked like

cabbage. They are best for use during

fall and early winter.





YOUR WINTER FURs.





 





F you have only one or two pieces



of fur to pack away, and have no

provision for taking care of these, get

a clean ‘pasteboard suit box. You can

get one of these in a good heavy qual-

ity at a store or a tailoring establish-

ment for five or ten cents. Clean your

furs. Lay into the box; sprinkle with

Put the cover on





powdered tobacco.





 





The Perfume of Newly- turned Earth Retards the Progress of Spring Fever.





paragus, while the remainder of the

the box and paste east-rip of paper

tightly over the opening. This will

prevent any wandering insect crawl-

ing up under, and, feeding on your

valuables.



’When you want to use thebarticles

in the fall, all you have to do is to

break the seal, shake out the furs,

hangthem in the open air for a little

while, and they are ready for use.





 





HOW THE MEN FOLKS MAY HEL‘P.





 





AM passing on a suggestion to



mothers, wives, sisters or hired

girls, which my mother and I find

saves many steps. The men after each

meal‘carry out their dishes to the

kitchen. One can’t imagine what a

help it is until it is tried.



If any reader finds this little sugges-

tion of any assistance in lessening the





‘ daily work in the home, please let ‘me





hear from 'you through the Michigan

Farmer.———A Reader. 4



(If any of the readers have tried

this plan, 'or others, where men folks

may help save some steps in the home,

I would. be very pleased to have a let-

ter from you telling us about it. —Ed_. )





 





‘ I'NGT THE CRANK THAT TURN$ _





THE CRANK. "





 





WAS much interested in the replies





Serve with tomato sauce. ., ~ 1





‘ ber hose, fasten them 011.111





to my query in regard to the bread ,





 





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r—r'g.





there is no Mrs. A. L., and never was,

but that is my misfortune, not my

fault. I' sent for one of the mixers,

and it has been in use for several

weeks now, but I am'not the crank

that turns the crank. The first batch

of bread madewith it left much to be

desired, but I reflected that “Rome

was not built, in a day,” and when the

second trial was a great improvement

on the first I was encouraged, and no

one could ask for better bread than it

produced at the third trial, so I think

we can add our endorsement to the

others. I say “We," I gotthe mixer

for my sister, to lighten her work,

but I help to eat the bread it makes.

The sister says it is easier, and quick—

er than mixing by hand, and anyone

could tell that it was more sanitary.

Many’ thanks to those 'who wrote the

letters—A. L. '





 





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MAPLE SYRUP TIME.





 





UST. at this time of the year when



sap is running, I will send a recipe

for using that batch of dark or muddy

maple syrup, that has been a favorite

in our family for over twentyefive

years.





Maple Syrup Cake.



One cup of sugar, two-thirds cup of

drippings, or butter and lard mixed, .

three eggs, one teaspoonful of nutmeg, ‘ ‘,

one cup of thick dark maple syrup, one ' 1‘

cup sour ~or buttermilk, two-thirds of '

ateaspoon of salt and three cups of 1 ,,

flour. I hope you will like this—Mrs.

E. M. T.





 





 





A SUNDAY DINNER IN MAY. 1‘





 





HIS is themenu‘ which won third

prize in our Dinner Menu Contest

but lack of space prohibited it from )

being published before.’

Cream of Celery Soup ,

Cheese Roast Potato Ribbons ‘

Pickles Bread

Peach Shortcake with Whipped Cream

Coffee 1

The above menu looks rather small,

but it ,is an unusually satisfying meal.

BelOw I give the recipe for the cheese

roast.





 





 





 





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Cheese Roast.

Onepound can of kidney or navy - l

beans; one and one-half pounds of '

cheese; one cup of bread crumbs;

salt, pepper and paprika to taste; one i

tablespoon of butter; one onion 01101» i

ped fine. _

Run beans and cheese through the (

meat-chopper. Cook onions in butter ‘3

and a little water. Mix all ingredi?

ents thoroughly, then mold in loaf or

roll, moisten with melted butter and

water, roll in bread crumbs. Bake in

moderate oven till nicely browned,

basting occasionally with melted but-

ter and water, or good. drippings.





 





 





 





 





 





PeaCh Shortcake. ‘



Use your favorite short-cake recipe. 1'

Use canned peaches, well sweetened. ” .

Top with whipped cream, or jelly mer— A '

ingpe. I





 





 

 

 

   

 

 





Jelly Meringue. _ _



One egg" .white, half, cup currant or



grape jelly Beat together with egg- 1



beater until stiff. -—-Mrs. J. 3., Temple,

Michigan.





 

   

 

   

   





 





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Mrs. M. A. M.,\.Morley, Michigan.

First Prize. ,

' The handlest thing in my home was

put in this winter by my husband and'

son. We already had the ’windmill

and water piped to the house, and

stored in' a three- barrel storage tank‘

placed in the room above the kitchen

and had water at the sink.



But they added more pipe, running

it under the floor behind the range.

At one end of the range a pipe came

up through the floor, extending up by

the warming oven high enough so the

wash boiler would slip under it. By

turning a little wheel on an angle

valve the-boiler was filled without lift-

ing a. blt‘of water. At other end of

range another pipe came up through

floor to reservoir. A small hole was

drilled'in top of reservoir in such a

way as not to interfere with cover.

The pipe extended over from the back

with an angle valve to fill reservoir.



The cost for fixtures and pipes was

about $2.75, the .men doing their own

plumbing.





 





’ .. Second Prize.

Mrs. P.,F. B., Centerville, Michigan.



The handiest thing in my home is a

red-headed daughter of eleven, who

springs down stairs three steps at.a

time and bounces into the kitchen

with a cheery “good morning, every-

body,” and an extra smile for the cat.



Although she hasn’t missed a day of.

school she has found time, without

being asked, to keep the wood boxes

filled, to feed and water thepoultry,

care for the plants, keep her own room





 





 





 





(Use this department to help solve





your Household Problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





THE HORRID INK STAIN.





 





Will you please explain how to re

move ink stains ?—-Mrs. R. M. A.



Ink stains are removed in various

ways, depending upon the nature of

the ink. Buttermilk or sour milk is

excellent, changing the liquid as often

as it becomes. stained. Another meth

ml is to take a solution of peroxide

of hydrogen, and‘soak the ink stains

in this. Lemon and salt are aISO good

for use on white material. Sometimes

colored garments can be freed from

ink stains by applying kerosene.



Indelible ink stains sometimes yield

to a treatment of strong salt water,

and ”then a washing with ammonia.





To BLEACH YELLOW VOILE.





 





I have a piece of fine white voile

that has become yellow from lying in

the trunk. How can I wash this so it

will whiten? I made myself a dress

of expensive, imported organdie that

was supposed to have a permanent

finish. After it was washed, it be

came flimsy and soft as voile. Is there

anything I can put in the starch to

give the dress a permanent finish

again?—'Miss H. M.



To whiten the voile that has become

yellow by lying in the trunk, would

advise that you use Javelle water.

The following is a recipe for making



One pound of washing soda, one

quart of boiling water, one-half pound

of chloride or lime; two quarts of cold

.water. 3111; soda in granite pan, add

Water and stir until dissolved.





 

 

 

 

 

 





119; in“ My’Home





By T be Pnze W mnery





in order and dust the others; to wash

breakfast dishes, to keep fresh fiow—

ers on the table in season, shake the

rugs, to do most of her own mending

and some ironing. She says She really

likes to wash dishes because she can

make them shine so.





She hangs out a washing quickly?





and neatly without missing a note, for

she doesn’t believe girls shouldn’t





whistle. This is her week to bake pan- -





cakes, and she does ’em up brown.



Yes, 1‘ know you didn’t mean “girls,”

but I haven’t another thing in the

home that is half as handy. .



I am quite an advocate of child la-

bor, not heavy labor. but a child must

be kept busy in order to be contented,

so why not mix, work with play?



Since my children were able to walk

they have helped. Sometimes they

were the grown-ups and I the child,

and l’,ve been the hired girl and the

old gray mare; but we accomplished

“heaps.” I visited and told stories

while we worked, and I know that all

concerned are better because of the

close cohnpanionship.



If you~want a real handy.“thing”

in your home, just become a real

“motherchum” at once.



Make a big game of living and you

soon will like it, and so will those

around you.





Lack of space will not permit of the

third, fourth and fifth prize winners,

MIS R. M. (3., Big Rapids, Mich.; Mrs.



..G, Mon1oe, Mich. and Mrs. M. J.

13., Ann Arbor, Mich, erectively, to

appear until next week.





again and pour off the clear liquid.

Bottle and put away in a dark place.

“I‘his makes an eXCellent bleach, d1-

luting it with equal parts of water. Do

not let the garments remain in it tOr

more than twenty minutes. For your

white voile I would advise using one

part Javelle water to four parts clear

water. If Javelle water does not whiten

to the degree necessary, hang in the

sun and keep well sprinkled.



I do not believe that the organdy

you purchased as of an imported grade

could have been properly graded, be-

cause imported organdies are guaran-

teed to stand washing. Starch your





dress in a solution containing .about'





five cents worth of gum arabic.





 





A DOUGHNUT LIFTER.





 





“ HERE are numerous small contriv-





ances that one can invent that

help with the household problems.

This is one‘of my

0 w n invention

and I find it‘very

convenient. Take

‘ the handle from a

pail that has been

discarded as of

no further use,

straighten it out

and curve it slightly at one end. On

the other end place a. handle made

from a piece of pine. Friend Husband

can either Whittle this handle out, or

perhaps there may be one at hand





 





from a discarded cooking utensil. The,

doughnuts can easily be turned with





this device, and when done the whole





trying can be slipped on this wire and:

removed at one time. It is better and,

safer than a fork and does not pierce:





.. fried 3 urtaoe 80 that the doughnut





WW“





 





They require no





ate.





   





507 Wayne Street '31.





 





tubes, or electric cords. The heat

is generated in the iron itself.





Handsomely nickel plated.

tively designed. Inexpensive to oper-

Ready at a moment’s notice.





ROYAL SELF HEATING IRON CO.





 

 





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Gasoline Irons





have- already abol—

ished the. drudgery

of ironing. for over

1,000,000 women.





stove fires, gas





Attrac-





Pralfle, Ohio





 





 





 





   





 





 





No. 4085—‘Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

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

year size requires 4%, yards of 32-inch





material. Price 120.

No. 4350——Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A ten-year





size requires 31/2 yards of 36-inch ma-

terial. Price 120.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





\\

6336

No. 4359—Misses’ Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An





18-year size requires four yards of 44-

inch material. The width at the foot

is 2%, yards. Price 120.



No. 4338—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in

seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and

46 inches bust measure. A 38-inc’h





size requires 4% yards of 32-inch "ma-

The width of the skirt at the

Price 120.





terial.

foot is about 2%, yards.





   





4343 .4640





L.

No. 4343——‘Child’s Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 2, ',4 6 and 8 years. A four- -year





 

 

 

 

 





 





Price 120. ,.





 





Michigan Farmer Pattern Service

Dainty Frock: for Sumzy Day:





mm 2% yards of 32411491 imaa





No 4340—I.adies' Jacket. Cut in

seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 44 and

46 inches bust measu1e.A 38 inch

size requires 21/2 yards of 40 inch ma-

terial. Price 120.





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





N0. 4337~—Ladies‘ AprOn. Cut in

fOur sizes: Small 34—36; medium 38- '

40; large 42-44; extra large 46-48 inch-

es bust measure. A medium size re-

quires 314 yards of 36-inch material.

Price 120.

~ No. 4334—ll.adies’ House Frock. Cut

in four sizes: Small 34-36; medium

38-40; large 42-44; extra large 46-48

inches bust measure. A mediumsize

requires 4% yards of 36-inch material.

The width at the foot is 2% yards.

Price 120.





 





' .4339

No. 3656-~Ladies’ House Dress. Cut

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

46 inches bust measure. A 38— inch size

will require five yalds of 36-inch ma-

terial The width. of the skirt at the

foot is two yards. Price 12c. .-

N0. 4339—A Pretty “Rest Robe." ’

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

um 38—40; large 42- 44; extra large 46-



48 inches bust measure. A 111

size requires 6% yards of 40-inch

term Price 121:.
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‘ own words:





:fitatc





: Wlnte D111





1 Remarkable Experience of Mrs.“





C.M. Bradshaw in Prevent-

ing White Diarrhea





The following letter will no doubt

be of utmost interest to poultry raisers





"who have had serious losses from.





White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs.

Bradshaw tell of her experience in her





“Gentlemen: I see reports of so

many losing their little chicks with





. White Diarrhea, so thought I would





tell my experience. 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 Wyandottes

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, Beaconsfield, 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-1





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 5°C 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 Leavitt & Johnson

National Bank, the oldest and strong-

est bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands

back of this guarantee. You run no

risk. If you don’t find it the greatest

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 [ ]

81 economical large size) package of Walko

White Diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk.

Send it on your positive guarantee to in-

Dtantly refund my money if not satisfied in





 





every way. I am enclosing 50c (01' $1. 00).

' .( . 01. money order, check or currency ac-

Mable





 





a-dlee oooooo an. neg-a.





....RFD.. .....





in square indicating size pac

chase claim-ins





 





.. By W. E.

VERY flock of hens is an egg fac-

tory like any other. factory. Like



, any other factory, the- flock may

be given the best materials in the

world to work on and still fail to pro-





duce enough to pay‘fo'r running tl1e_





plant. >

Good feed in sufficient variety is

necessary for egg production, but the

ability to manufacture eggs from feed

must be'there first.

the poor layers any time to save the

feed and‘labor they cost, but to make

a. profit on them it is best to cull in

late summer or early fall before the

rush of spring chickens lowers~ the

market» priCe of old hens. '





Shut up all the hens and bullets





 





iMcMul/en





.It pays to cull out-





they will put the poultry business on

a practical business basis—W. E. 'Mc-





 





~ cnop OF BROILERS’LIGHT.





OWING to poor February and March





hatches, the early spring- brOiler

crop will be poor.' The cold wave in

March was also effective in, making

this crop light. because it caused a

high mortality of chicks. Consequent-

ly the market remains firm.



There has not been any particularly

large profits, in the early broiler busi-

ness this year, as the consumption of

fuel in the brooders has been, heavy

and costly. The best incubator hatch-

es in February and March ranged





 





 





W. C. Eckard' Lacks Movable Colony





some evening. Count them and decide

just how many can be readily kept

during the coming year without crowd-

ing, for this is very likely to hurt egg

production and increase the danger of

disease. The next morning the flock

is ready to be culled.

Cull: .



1. Poor layers and all old hens.



2. Cripnples and hens with broken

down abdomens or frozen toes.



3. The sick, quiet, inactive hens

that spend much time on the roost.



4. All “crow heads” with long, slim

heads and beaks.



5. The large,

with sunken eyes.



6. All very short, stubby hens with





coarse—headed hens





feathers extremely heavy for their

breed.

7. All late-hatched immature pul—





lets and those that are early hatched

but much undersized.



8. All hens that moult before Aug-

ust 1.



9. The persistent sitter.



10. All hens with solid fat abdomens.





11. All hens having bad habits (can— .





nibals, featheixpullers, (egg-eaters).



12. All cockerels not needed for



breeding purposes.

Keep:



1. Strong, healthy, vigorous hens

with short neat heads and strong

beaks.



2. The hens with long, deep, rec-

tangular bodies and parallel top and

bottom lines.



3. The hens with large, bright eyes,

active appearance. and short, well-worn

toe nails.



4. The hens with dusty; worn feath-

ers, especially worn tail feathers, but

having a bright, healthy look.



5. The hens that moult late.



6. The noisy, happy, friendly hens.



7. The early risers and those late

to roost.



8. The vigorous hens with the fad-

ed beaks and shanks.



9. The hens with the soft, pliable

abdomens.





10. The hens with the thin pelvic,





bones Spread wide apart.



11. The early-hatched,

pullets.



12. Large, strong, active, quick-ma?

turin‘g cockerels of; desired variety

type, and highfproducing mothers.



There are five major factors in prof-





Well-grown





,itable poultry production—breeding,

.. culling, feeding- housing. and care.





 





 

 





Houses for Developing His Stock.

around forty per cent, but the majority

averaged a little more than twenty





per cent.





these two months cost from thirty to

thirty-five cents per dozen.





 





vETERAm BEE MAN TO RETIRE.





 





AFTER having been in the apiary





business for over fifty years, Ab-

ner H. Guernsey, of 101113., will retire

this spring.



In 1866 Mr. Guernsey arrived in

.Ionia county from New York. That

year he took a swarm of bees from a

tree and by fall increased it to four

colonies. By the end of the sixth

year, he was selling about a ton of

marketable honey each year. In 1921

he marketed over five tons, and last

year he sold six and one-half tons of

sweetness. His son will take over

about half of the ap-iary, the other

half having been disposed of to Grand

Rapids people.





LAYING QUALITIES OF’GEESE.





 





How many eggs should a goose lay,

and when should it start?—A. M.





Ordinarily the geese will come into

production the early part of March;

however, this is usually controlled by

weather conditions. The mating should

be taken care of during the latter part

of February so that under favorable

conditions strong fertile eggs will be

produced during the month of March.

"l‘he number of eggs laid by each

goose will depend somewhat upon the

quantity and quality of food given. Un-

der ordinary conditions of free range.

from nine to twelve eggs will be pro-

duced. -This, however, "Can be increase

ed from twelve to fifteen eggs by feed-

ing a ration of ground oats. bran and

table refuse or garden refuse. Some

geese will lay more than others, how-

ever, and records show that‘ from

twenty-five to forty eggs may be laid

in one season. _



The Embden are more inclined to

go br'oody after they have laid a few

eggs, than the larger Toulouse which

will continue laying well into spring.

——E. C. Foreman





 





FEEDING GREEN 3'0qu





 





 





I have 350119113 which are getting.

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feeding a wellvbalanced mass; and



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BABY CHICKS





From Select, orous, Approv-

ed. 1111:1333 La) ing reeding stock.

. Brown Le orn- & All.

cones. Single Com Reds.





PRICES REDUCED





Hatched by modern methods in

best machines under our person-

and sent. Postpaid and 1 live

,\ ' deliveery gnartankteed.1131ank rc‘l-

011 o as I

orderinfiSTAR BABYe nCHICKS. a[gagey‘bu‘imbrdot

now an get them when you want. them

Star Hatchery, Box 0. Holland, Michigan





Good Chicks-Fair Prices





Barron Tfipe B. Bo'ckmfl ..



Reds. edigwreed hicks from M.

A. C, cockerel mating. Utility grade

from pure-bred. heavy-loaning. flreo

range inspected flocks. P111 lets laid

at4m‘os.. 20d ayslashear. Guaran-

Big discount on

Instructlve cata-





 





teed delivery.

March orders.

log. Bank Ref.





' MAICHIGAN HATOHERY

KMS, 8010. Holland. Mich





Stirrinu. S. c.w. Leghorn BHIX





lmerican--Englisl1 Strain





Are you going to buy them from a hatchery or

from a BRE EEDER? Buy from Michigan's Large“

Leghom Farm and insure success. We hatch on!

own eggs only. supply limited. Prices reasonable.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Descriptive circular “tells all





about them Its free.



Simon Harkema a. Son, R. I, Holland, Mleh.



Barred Rocks, R. C. Rhode Island Reds.

Anconas and White Leghorns





One grade “The Best. ” Write for catalogue

and price list.





THE DUNDEE HATCHERY





Box A. DUNDE E, MICHIGAN





B-A-B-Y C-H-l-X

Orfler Now Far 1923

WHITE LEGHORNS AND MOTJ‘LED ANCONAS

Also Black Leghoms. Brown Lehghoms. Bufl’ Lel-

horns, Black Minouas 11.0. Rilnde Island Reds.

Barred Plymouth Rocks. White Plymouth 3003’

Silva; Wyanndottes, 3&1“?! Wyaifidottes. WE HA

eggs rom oganue o s on ree r e

farms. Send for Price filer. “g on sepaTrate

CRESCENT EGG COMPANY



Allegan Michigan





 





 





 





 





Hardy Northern Bred

C H I C K 5





Barron S. 0. White Leghorns. Parks'

,Strain Barred Rocks. 1119 greatest ex.

producers known. Heavy winter la) ere.

See record of our pen 16 new at the

Michigan International E

Contest. Get. Quallt

Reasonable Prices fro HO OLLAN



PIONEER POI lL'l‘ R.Y11‘ARM Catal

Igee. PINE BAY POULTRY FAR



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LOOK. CHICKS $10. 503ml line ”1me blghefi—

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100. Anconas Bun' 1123.813.“ poi-0109.

Bar Books or Reds 814. 75 per 100 Wh.





Rocths. 8.111501125131111 inguinal.



Buff Books 816. 75 per 100.yM1norcas sigoo. IA.



Brahmas. Bl. Langshans $22B 00 per 100. Add 350



extra if less than 100 ordered. Batching eggs. Cat-



slog. Good Bank reference. Box 9. Ber-km Bamb-

.26 E. Lyon, Grand Rapids, Mich.



$12.00 per





Baby Chicks IOOandu





Hatching eggs. 81.50 or setting to $15. 00 per 1

We are it istln l'lwariet es of pure bred (owls; Chicks

ens. Geese. ucks Guineas also breedingstook.

Send for prices and clr cul.ar Booking now for earl;

deliver LIN’I‘ON HATOHEBY A POULTR

FARMS. Wilmington. Ohio.





Sturdy Michigan Chicks





From the lat: est baby chicks center in the world.

White Lechorns exclusively. Get our low prices an.

arrival guaran ante We put all our effort into one

breed Write today. Suburban Hatchery, Inland,

Mlohloan.





Standard Chicks Satisfy}





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Michigan Baby Chick Association was

primarily organized to protect baby

chick purchasers against fraudulent

brokers and unscrupulous operators. All

members have the greatest faith in the

. perpetuation. .. of Hatchery IncubatiOn'

, and that scientific incubation is safest,

most convenient and economical factor

.in replenishing the farm flock- Their

ethics require strictly ‘ honey. business

methods and truthful advertising.





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lb. .1H'e'have spared no expense to produce the highest quail .

- a e. ‘ ' .

' ccause our chicks are from Pure Bred English White Leghorns. e .-

and Hognnized. _ ‘ . ‘

- Because all our breeders are tested for wonderful long. deep bodice (the mar

gh record laying qualities) and looped combs (an indication 0! health and vigor).

, - 4. Became allmirlensneemated Wired males; with motherswbosereconds

~, gm ‘ fix} m -, _M,- _ , . .

‘J a. myngmu‘hre‘en gonadal“: producing a strain that will

matureeari. y‘an "dev n. towenrle u ‘ yers.’ ‘ ,

6-. ,. Because our.” "season experienced: poultryurraising have enabled us: to

become lenders‘in our line.

Because our many repeat orders from satisfied customers. prove‘our ability

In producing high quality chic s.

- 8’3 thehundreds oi unsoliciteddotters in our/tiles. provothe high. distinction in chick culture

y. . , . , , .





ounmemb‘ershlp Mine Michigan Chgknemdation assures our customers of honestbusli



, andeiucks as represented than our adv “semen. ‘ .



9 : use we stand'back-vor emcransactioo with-mirironcladguarantee. . ' -

prices and catalog before you buy. it's'i’tee- .We can save youanoney. Breeders'ot‘bred to



orns .Anconas and. erred 'Roeks. For-‘M‘ay 22st and 28th delivery. _



RIVERVIEW POULTRY FARM. Route '2M. Zeelond. Mich.





'eBABY.CHlCKS~





From selected. heavy laying, vigorous hens. English and American White

Leghorns. Brown Leghorhs..Aneonas. Barred Rocks. Our flocks are culled





 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





   

 

 





 





 





 

   





   





All on free range and :housed- in well-ventilated and. correctly'eonstructed

doultry houses. Well hatched in modernimachines.‘ All Orders‘are cor.

rectly and carefully packed and shipped and have our personal attention-i

Postpaid. Full live arrival guaranteed Bank reference and thisguarantee

make'you perfectly safe in ordering from us. Get them when you want

them. We want your. business. Prices right; Catalog free.





WINSTROM POULTRY FARM 8: HATCHERY

BOX H-s. ZEELAND. MICHIGAN





aranteed Rural Chicks





ed high producing stock that has been constantly bred for HIGH FLOCK

' E BREU S. C. English White Leghorns or our'Heavy Laying Brown Leghorns

72.50; Select Anconas 100: $16.00; 500: $77.00; Special prices on 1,009 lots.

tifically culled and approved by experts. Customers report pullets laying at.

Order some of these BIG VALUE chicks now direct from this ad and you will

optional high standard of our stock. We ship postpaid. 100% live delivery

f 10% will book your orc or for shipment on any Monday you may desxre.

Reference ZEELAND SPATE BANK.





RURAL POULTRY FARM

' M-s. ZEELAND, R. I, MICHIGAN





Quality” Chicks I





chicks from some of the best flocks of English

0‘ be had, regardless of price. We will be

tomer the flocks from which we hatch our

m cm equipped hatchery. Chicks sent post-

. absolute Satisfaction guaranteed." Instruc-





TCHERY ’





, Mich.





   

   

   

   

 

 





 





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White Leghorns : .

, pleased to show any 0"



chicks and have them ins

‘- paid." .'.100% good live chi if, s. a)

; the catalogue and prices f





QUALIT.





Lock Bo ,





Bred Bab 8.".





Selected breeders. inspected and approv

from high record hens. Eleven years of o -

you of good. strong chicks that are hat '

up into real mone -makers. 100 per cen

paid. Write t ny for free catalog. ‘ '





.. PRICES FOB. JUNE SH





 

 

 





 





   





 





 





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,‘ by large, vigorous males

d tching experience assures

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' mm .T .White'Leghorn... ................ ,

En lish 1%; White Leghorn (Extra Select) ....... = 1..

S. 5. Brown Leghorn ............... —., ........... 5. H

* . C. Brown Leghm(ExtraSeleot). ..... . ........ 6.75 11.





_ ROYAL HATCHERY & FARMS

S. P. Wie‘rsma,‘Pcpp.- ‘ ‘ A R





g . 2, Zeeland, ,





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These Hatcheries. and more than‘fifty others, are members of the Michigan Baby Chick Association. For complete list of members write,

. the secretary of the Michigan Baby Chithseociation, Box. ZQSLZeelnnd, Michigan.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 





'— by expert poultrymen andare matedto large.vigorous. pedigreed'males .





‘ makers. Thousands of satisfied customers order from me year alter





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Northern poultry for years preceding

the advent of pedigreed poultry, due to

severe winters was a product of natural

elimination and a survival of the fit-

test. Zeeland’s several hundred thor-

oughbred flocks through the preceding

natural elimination plus scientific so?

leotion which was aided by the State

Agricultural agencies are of the best“

judged for egg production, and by!

the American standard of perfection, I





 

 

 

 

 





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nieed, direct from Trapnesred, Pedigrecd Tom - ,, ,

. hits-Leghorn. World‘s champion layers. Notjnst . ‘ .

’ flock average egg production—"that‘s where yon-make



d in the largest and finest Hatchery in Michigan, by those wh’ T,

_ 4 n prices if you order now. We can also‘ save you mon

ghoms, Anconas, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and White ‘ ‘

Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.





.,





Handsome, complete catalog free for the asking. Write for it to my"





SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS, has"; '

Dependable Baby Chicks





From World's Champion Layers

ghét'gii‘iw (1)251“ L'yrfle'vy'tgi'ypgii‘ 523%.: l



. . ce orns rapnes . . rect m rtati n

Frank Snowden, England; Egg Records zsgo-zai Eggs. ‘ po 0 [rem





S. C. Aoconue. Sheppard's 33l E88 Strain.



GET BIG PROFITS IN WINTER LAYERS

My parent stock is bred for high . production and is able to reproduce

its kind. M Monarch Strain _ inks make wonderful heavy winter

producers when prices are high. ~Strong healthy chicks. Real money





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 

 

 





 

 

 





 





year because they get nbeolutesatisraction. Order direct from mi.





ad. . . .



“FREE"-:M'y batsman-panned“ tefls’nll nbdu - -

:ieglul flagrant-egg"ntefingfikStmgln} It isIr full of mnetyrgnzr:g

norma on. owe e- op 00: 0 our III M

breeders. Catalog is free. Send for it today. an igreed





 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





 





We specialize in breeding and-hatching

Tom Barron English Strain White Legho

wonderful offerings in chicks from bloodeo '

andBrown Leghorns. ” ‘





Flocks selected for consistent, hea

laying.

One of our flocks has been making so



egg production records. One

which numbers 203 hens, laid 1





A 10% payment insures yo

’49" I.

T CHICKS

ery that is





_ avigorous. pedigreed

y culled by experts.

. Our hens produce

. “They're as lively as

. They come from quality

ed under most favorable





 





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Quality and Prices

Strong and Healthy, 98%

'Live Delivery Guaranteed





Order now, protect yourself.

.at attractive prices.





West Michigan Poultry Farm & Hatch ,





MlCHlGAN-PQULTRYMEN 5:23;”. . h





REASONABLE IN PRICE





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





 





ELIABLE N SERVIC .



ESPONSIBLE IN QUALIT .3‘ é.

Our wonderful produ’cing flocks are Reade

males of 260 to 280—egg strain. All flocks t

and on free range, producing hardin- - ;

chicks that are husky. healthy a ‘

crickets." our customers write u

stock. are hatched with ‘utmost

conditions.

We emphasize quality, and on

this year. and you'll secur

today for our catalog. . ree





Baby Chicks. '5'?»





 





 





 





asonableu Give us a trial I

and paying hens. Write





 

 





ggs. Pallets.

,ZEELAND, MICH.





 





 





ee Range. Well-fed‘and handled to

Layers. WHITE and BR‘OWN LEG-

. cially Priced. Hatched right and shipped

' cry guaranteed. .Bank Reference. Experi-

hick producers. Write for descriptive folder and. .





From Select, Hogan Tes

insure strong, vigoro

HORNS and BA ‘

Postpaid
CORGI.





The Best laying Strains on Earth 1'





Barron English White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns. and An-



During 1923 We will sell 30, 000 strong, heaLthy. super-



hatche’d chicks weekly, bred from strains backed



of actual egg breeding on our Farms.



, of these quality chicks enables us to sell these money- -makers

at a price unequalled. Our flocks are culled out annually by poultry experts and are mated

to large, vigorous 260- 288 egg Pedigreed Males from Funk Farm direct.





Hundreds of customers Report Big Profits





 





 

 





by 18 years

’1‘ he enormous output





 





E.I Beebe. St. Charles. Mich. writes: My

100 hens laid 193 e as each and I made

over $300. 00 clear pro t last year.





Wm Vivant. Harbor Spring Mich. writes;

We 30113528 eggs in J auuary mm 180 pullets.





 





 





A..Dall Port Huron. Mich. The pellets

began to lay at 451 months old and averaged

23% case each for one month.



~F. L. Hess, “Chicafgo,m Ill. writes: I averaged

112 9 Rs 140 hens and sold

8158.0 of eggs in February.





 





 





 





tained our present high standard.





Wyngarden Hatchery,





   





Raise Good Stock and Heap a Golden Harvest

We den't boast on a few high record birds but our extraordinary flock' 3 average has at- .

Intelligent chick buyers look for these qualities and we

assure you we have them Get our 1923 large catalog now. it’ s free.





Box ll,





 





Zeeland, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





 





F BUY 111113131119

2:...





Our 14th Year 1,000,000 for 1923





By Parcel 1Post Prepaid—100?

chicks for the money than

and SPECIALS OFFERED.

Catalog.





 





some of our RELIABLE CHICIES and we will prove that we

you can get elsewhere.

Order early. Write {or prices and Free Illustrated





Huber’s Reliable Hatchery,





 





 





 





 





LIVE DELIVERY. Give us your order for

give you better





COMBINATION OFFER





East High St., Fostoria, Ohio





 





50,000 PULLET





LEGHORNS

A N C O N A S

B’D ROCKS





Get pure bred, fall and winter laying” stock from Michigan’ 3 largest “allot producers. Our ex-





perience and facilities for raising :11

prices.





Also Baby Chicks in above varieties.

ZEELAND POULTRY FARMS, Zeel‘and, Mich.





BABY CHICKS Postpaid to your Door, $11 per .100 Up.





ALL VARIETIES.





FROM HOGAN TESTED, FREE RANGE IiFéAVA'YS LAYING FLOC’KS.





WHITE, BROWN and BUFF LEGHORNS and ANCO

BARRE'D ROCll§S and R. I BE DS





arge quantities enables us to se





ES, WHITE ROCKS, BUFF ROCKS ......

, RUFF ORPINGI‘ON'S ..........





Ihigh grade stock at low





Get our catalog and

price llstat once.

Pioneer Pull:r

Predator:





 

 





281 1000

EXTRA SELECTED F LOCKS ......................................................... $2. 00 per 100 higher

All lots of 500, or more discounted Large Price List for return mail.





Postpaid full live delivery gudl 111111111





Hatched by the most modern method of incubation from good, vigorous.





ure-bred varieties. carefully selected and safely packed. No catalogue, Order right from this ad and save





a and disappointment.





Reference Chesaning State Bank or any business in Chesaning.





Address BABION 8 FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM, Guy L. Bablon. Prom. Chesanlns. Mich-





MEADOW BROOK 17 ARM





 





try hard to please you.





a chance. If your loca

rect. Special prices to quantity buyers.





STOCKBRIDGE ELEVATOR CO.





emotion





POSTAGE PAID. 95* live

erri 1val gu uaranteed



M O'NTHS FEED REE

with each order 40 Breeds





A Hatch

Every Week





chicks. 4 breeds ducklings.

A“ Year select and exhibition grades.

Ciat‘aléag tree. stamps appre-



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CHICKS





Price List Prepaid to 1701130 Pure bred Stock





50 25

l. C. White Leghorns ..... 813 1(1)?) 38. 75 8% :0

“math“; '::::::::::::::::: 17:00 8:32 1.50

Buff ks ............... 16.00 8.50 4. 25





Books .......... 15.00 4. 00

Order from this advertisement. All that class pure

bred stock. Prompt shipments made.





THE MONROE HATCHERY

or. Third Sn... MONROE, MlCl-l.





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CHICKS $LLE‘33:.S§"°§ yirugdaran: Ann Arbor.





teed Large illustrated bab chicksbook free.

8 d for ouroo todo v. We hatch the BET

131.1: sh. chins an Leann?

Box LFW. Windsor.F MissouriH





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$15 order from t 11 Some ohies





, fin“ over 1alls breeds at the egg layin contest 300





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. CHICKS ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS BROWN LEGHORNS (Holland Im—

portation Strain) 50,. $7; 100 813; 500 $62. 50; 1000 8120. BARRED

ROCKS; REDS BUFF LEGHORNS, 50

WYANDOTTES (Heavy Laying Flo'cksi 50' $9; 100

guaranteed. All flocks composed of Selected Heavy Layers.

vertisement and get them when you want them. I have been producing good Chicks

successfully for the past 20 years and KNOW H.0w I want your business and will

_- Free Catalog Bank Reference.

‘ ‘5 Henry De Pree Proprietor Route 1M Holland. Mich Member Mich. B C. A.





Save Your Baby Chicks





Increase the live weight—reduce the deathy rate. Feed them SECO



‘~ Ch1ck feed and buttermilk Chick Mash, and secure better results.

These feeds mean stronger chicks and increased profits. Give them



dealer cannot supply you—write to us di-





88:100,815; 500,87250:1000.8140. WHITE

.817. Postpaid. full live deliver

Order now from this a





Meadow Brook Farm.





 





Jackson. Mich.





Rosewood Farm

Healthy, Hardy Chicks





Well- hatched. carefully packed.





and shipped i "'1!

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LEOHORNS.6 i3, s- 100 :13



500 $02. 0; 100023110. t





R _ .

EOOCKS, 501.) 3:.50a lgollsll‘i“; ' '\

$60. 03 a1 11 ve del'

Our Chicks will render AOouTO the bright fliiidghgg

mmu°9Mmm. °Wmmm

r use n do n

are second to none. 0151133119.?“ and our





Rosewood farm. R. 128, Holland, Mich.





WASHTENAW





H ATCHERY 38103 PBJCEStl

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following hatches; Bureedhngdllr‘s :nd

B.eds.50 88.;60 100. 816; 500. 875. White

. Rocks. White Wyandottes. 60.89.50; 100

818; 500.885. White. Brown. and 8113

. ‘ Leghorns 50. 31:50 100. 814; 500. “5

‘ zPostpaid. full live delivery guaranteed

our hooks are carefully selected and bred tor high

egg production. Order from this ad.





Reference. Former” e B Mechanic‘ 0 Bank.





WASHTENAW HATCHERY,

Mich





CHICKS





White” horns and

Anco





scientifically called by

‘ t fallow l bred,”

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,Green cut bone is laxative and some-

times produces bowel trouble. .If used





. in large quantities it is a severe strain





on the liver and in some instances has

been found to produce a. condition sim-

ilar to goth' in men. Not more than

ten per cent of green bone can be

safely used in the poultry ratioml

think if you out down the bone and

give plenty of green feed'and exercise

that the condition of the iiock will

improve.





TU RK EYS WITH GAPES.





Will you tell me what causes gapes

in turkeys, and can you prescribe a.

remedy?—L.





Gapes do not. usually trouble tun

keys as much as chickens, but turkeys

sometimes pick up the ‘gape worms

from ranging on soil which has be-

come infected from chicken raising.

One of the best methods is to try and

keep the mother hen and the poults

on soil far enough from the poultry

buildings to keep them from becoming

infected. Gape wonns can be remov-

ed by dipping a looped horse hair in

turpentine and twisting it around in

the Windpipe of the - bird until the

worms are dislodged. The gape worms

seldom cause serious loss among birds

over a month old. At that time they

are strong enough to throw off the

worms before they interfere with the

breathing and devitaiize the bird.





POU LTRY FEEDING QUESTIONS.





I am feeding laying hens bran, tank-

age, cornmeal, oatmeal, equal parts by

weight, also about eigit pounds of

cracked corn, six pounds of whole

wheat, four pounds of whole oats. Are

mash and scratch feed balanced? Will

barley take the place of wheat in the

above scratch feed?——H. C.





The feeds mentioned are all good

for poultry. The quality of the tank-

age is important and only high-grade

tankage should be used. A slightly

better mash can be made of equal

parts by weight of ground oats, ground

corn, bran, middlings and tankage or

beef Scrap. And if plenty of sour milk

is available you can cut the amount of

meat scrap in two.



Local conditions and prices often .in-

fluence what is used for poultry feed.

If you are having good results with

your home-misled feeds, peasibly no

great change will be necessary. I

think your scratch feed is balanced

near enough for good results. An

ideal scratch feed is two parts of

cracked corn to one of wheat in the

winter. The proportion can be revers-

ed in the summer. Equal parts can

be used spring and fall. When good

quality can be obtained, two parts

corn, 'one part wheat and one part

oats are generally recommended.



Barley is not usually considered sat-

isfactory in the scratch grain ration.

When barley is used it gives the best

results when ground and placed in the

dry mash.





 





HENS LOSE FEATH ERS.





We have in our flock of Rhode Is-

land chickens something that makes

the feathers drop off their necks and

around their heads. It seems as though

they break off. Some are quite ragged

looking. I have heard it was a louse

that ate the feathers. Is there'some.

thing we can use as a dip?——E. E. H.





may be due to the activities of the

male bird. If the trouble is due to

00111ng mites which sometimes de-





vede- stray the plumage if! rubbing the.

parts with so ointment made of tour-





parts lard and one pan flowers of so!-

phur. Sometimes a care can be made

,by washing with 801116 Comeroiitl dis-





 





“ intectsnt.





 

 

 





. emash and. then adding the green

.bone which you are grinding.





The loss of feathers around the head ""h





Put this in the drinking water and

. stop it in 48 _______h0urs.





White diarrhea kills half of nearly every

batch of chicks. The strange thing is that

so many geople think this loss can’tbe

stopped; lit it can be stopped, without

extra ivvork. without troublesome dosin.

and at almost no cos't. For years, thousan a

have saved their sick chicks and raised

nearly every chick in every hatch,b merely

putting an Avicol tablet in the rinkinfi

water. These successful poultry raisers w





 





tell on there is nothing else like Avico‘l for

quick positive results. Chas. N. Kittinger,

Willows, Calif. writes:





the Avicol came. I immediately gave them.

some, and by the second day. the trouble

disappeared and now they are all as lively

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Please don’t try to give a lot of rules

that we shall never remember, but tell

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few accidents are beyond hope of re-

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out, cover him up, and apply heat. D.)

nbt attempt to force liquids dOWn the

throat of an unconscious person.



If there is a broken limb, do not at-

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I have a relative who has some en-

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GOING lN' SWIMMING.



\Vhy is it dangerous to go swim~

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Mrs. W. R. '





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By the Stunters Themselves





By Ruth Hamp, Burlington, Michigan.

Age Eleven.





Papa planted a field of potatoes just

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Kenneth James Hider, Seven Months,

Starts Early with Bike Riding.

summer we pulled weeds and} took

care of the potatoes. When fall came

we dug them, and papa bought them

from us. He' gave us $10 for them. .



One other way I make money every

summer is picking bugs. Papa always

puts out a lot of potatoes. My sisters,

brother and I pick the potato bugs

and he gives us one-half cent a dozen.

I most always make a dollar and a

half or two dollars in that way.



By Hilda Wenquest, Metropolitan,



Michigan.



Any farm boy or girl can earn mon-

ey of their own in many ways. I know

for my own part, if I try my best,

that I can earn it in manydifferent

ways.



Last spring I planted many differ-

ent kinds of vegetables. I sold many





heads of cabbage, and lots of toma- '





toes. People bought cabbages and to-

matoes of me every day. I was going

to keep a part of my garden stuff, but

when I had such good sale for it, I

sold all. ‘





I also had a small flower garden. 1

had the flowers planted in star shape,

rainbow shape, triangle, etc. People

in automobiles used to stop and ask

if they could have some flowers. Some-

times I used to get money for the

bouquets.





I also have a small apple tree of

my own, and every fall I sell the ap-

ples. Last fall I received $12 from

that tree for apples.





By Reginald Robinson, Traverse City,

Michigan. Aged Ten Years.



My father gave me a nice calf when

it was two weeks old. I gave the calf

all it could eat, until one day my dad

saw me feeding it. He told me not

to give so much. In two weeks it was

poor, so I worked till,I had two dol-

lars- Then I bought some good feed,

and the calf got nice and fat'





When fair time came, I took my calf

to the fair and got first prize. Then I





.. By Miss E. Mitts, Powers, Michigan.

-I have tried a few times to make





.2: money by being agent for different





”articles. but never made a succoss of





it, so I will tell you how I found a way

to 'turn my spare . time into small

checks which have helped much to-

ward getting many little things that I

wanted.



About four years ago a. magazine

to which we subscribed ran a list of

free advertisements each week. Being

quite handy with a crochet hook I de-

termined to run a short advertisement

for a. week.





As a result I received letters from

several widely separated states asking

about my work. I sold several pieces

at that time, but the best part of it is

that two ladies, one in New Jersey and

one in Montana, still remember me

when they have an order of crocheting

to be done.



I also do tatting but am not quite

as good at it as I am at crocheting.

Still, I have filled as many as half a





dozen orders for tatted edging, baby

caps and collars. In tatting I try to

price my work according to the time

taken in making, and in crocheting

lace I charge according to the width

of the piece.





However,. with future orders I am

going to try the plan of charging a'

reasonable price for each ball of

thread used, as I think this way would

be more satisfactory.



At present I have two orders wait-

ing and am just finishing an order for

crocheted lace.





By Clare McClow, Jenison, Michigan,





There are many ways of making

money on the farm if a boy has the

necessary “push.”



We own a fruit farm and my expe-

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Dear Uncle Frank.



I am not going to knock, but walk

right in. How many eggs did you eat

Easter, Uncle Frank? _



Andrew Kalsma April fooled his

teacher just fine.

girl and boy would fool their teacher





every day that they would have a nice .





school. Don’t you?



Well, I will close my chattebbox for,

this time—Your niece and cousin,

Reva Skinkle, Sunfield, MICh.



I think it was a mighty nice fool

stunt. It helps both the fooled and

the fooler.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have written two letters already

and I guess they have all reached the

waste paper basket, (poor old thing,

I bet it sees a lot of funny looking

things), but I will try again, as many

others have.



I have long hair.

I can sit on it.



I agree with Gladys Clark about the

knickers, and also with Roealind Bat-

terbee about the bobbed hair.



You were real cute when you were

small ‘——Your niece, Eula Nowell, Cor-

al, Mich.





The try again habit is a good one

to have. I’ll admit the waste basket

has a good appetite. The pictule be-

low shows that it has.





When it is down





Dear Uncle Frank:

I will take this opportunity to say

“thanky” for the .map whichI won in





I think if every





the “April-fool Stunt” contest. I al-

ways had a lurking suspicion that I

could win a prize in a “Fools” con-

test, but I had an idea somaimes that

it would be first prize, at least, so was

:very much relieved when I found I

was only a third- class fool.





My, what a long letter! Imagine

what a talker I must be when I can

write a long letter like this to a make-

believe Uncle Frank. well, .I’ll close





. my letter- -writing mouth and put a “do





not open till Xmas seal” upon it. So

good- bye, from Ida Cryderman, Twin-

ing, Michigan. -



I hope you didn’t put that seal on

your letter writing “mouth” as you

threatened; Don’t you think our am-

bition should be to be first-class in

everything, even a fool? That. is, if

we are going to be fools, we had bet-

ter be first-class ones or none at all.





Dear Uncle Frank:



‘ We came to Michigan a year ago

last November.’ Before that we lived

in North Dakota. My father was a

Congregational preacher there, but is

farming hel e, for the present, at 'least.

‘We came here in our car and enjoyed





. the trip immensely, although it would





have been nicer if we could have come

ea1 her in the season.





In many ways we prefer living in

Michigan, although this past winter

has seemed about as cold as a North

Dakota winter. .There it really gets

colder, but as the air is 6‘0 dry'one

doesn’t notice it so much as here.





‘We praised Michigan up "so much





My best money-making stunt I think

is picking raspberries. On our regu-

lar picking days I help at home, and

the day after I pick for our neighbor,

making about two dollars per day with‘





Manson Atkins and Brother, with

their Pet.

just fair picking.

berries and pick cucumbers and sell

them.





This year I intend )0 raise some

chickens and expect to make money

at that.





My father pays me ten cents per, _





' row for pulling weeds from the berry,





plants, grape vines, garden, etc.. and

if I hustle and dou’t get thirsty every

five minutes I think that is quite prot-

itable, too.





I have two brothers that help work





a on the farm, so haVe to divide Work





with them.





By Clara Smarch, Ypsilanti, Michigan.





Five years ago I was given aistraw-

berry patch and was told that .it I

took care of it and sold [the berries

allthe money would be mine. , ,



I, worked earnestly and sa’wthat no

weeds. would hinder them from grow-

ing.- The first year I seldthem, but

as we live quite a distance from town,

it was quite-hard for me to sell them. .

So, the next year when the, berries

were gathered I borrowed some mon-

ey from my mother and bought some

sugar. And ‘with mother’s help, I

made some jam and sold it to a. lady-

who keeps a boarding house. I have

been doing so, every year, and now I

furnish all of my winter clothes, buy

my school booksan'd have some mon-

ey in the bank.





As forpicking the berries, that (is! a.

verys’mple matter, I have two cous-





ins who are very glad to help pick

berries.





Iy Ruth Ja‘keway, Rockford, Michigan.

' Last summer after breeding time

my mama gave me ten turkeys, which

1 tended to all summer. .In the fall I

counted seventeen turkeys. '



I saved the ' turkeys until ' after

Christmas and sold them to private





(customers for breeding purposes, and





one person took four hen turkeys, and

there were three gobblers left, which?





were taken for other breeding "pur- --





poses. .

Those turkeys were fed four bill





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this. y-ear.—-Ma;ry E. Fever,

I am glad you. like Michigan,

are'a'hooster fordt. I, th'nk it i? a.

great state.’ Many people are just be-

ginning to realize it. >





been interested in the

Boys"-’an'd‘Girls’ page. Some of the

letters are very interesting, and as

others have joined the Merry Circle,

I don’t see why ~l have not Written

before.



I am a senior

High School, and this

teent‘h successive year in school,

though I wouldn’t mind if _I had thir-

teen more to go. ' .



.The woods and rivers interest me





I have always





in the Ontonagon





very much, and I can identify numer-





ous things found in each of my rams

bles. It Was my good fortune to find

some wild ginger and a species of Wild





'pea, and also a flower, for which I





could find no name—Fred _Broemer,

Jr., Green, Mich, Box 57. ‘



, You are lucky to like school so well.

Many boys think about thirteen days

of school are enough. A good knowl-

edge of the woods is a goOd education

in itself.





Dear Uncle Frank:

Now, Uncle Frank, I surely thank

The fate that prompted you, .

To chose my sonnet, with the senti-

ment on it, ‘

For the fame you thought it’s due.





You cannot know with just what pride,

I hold this prize of mine.



I can, only say, “Old Scout,” this day

You’re actin' mighty fine.





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---shape " '~~

"Opt 8. birthday gift to me. , ~

For the thirteenthday of old April,

Ismy birthday, don’t you see.





I've' never won a thing before,

Not even an argument.‘



Never. had a thing in all my lite

That didn’tcost a cent.





The'old adage I’m sure is true...

“If at first you don't succeed."

I’ll try again, I’ll tell the world, .

Yes, sir, you bet, indeed.

——Your' nephew, Ellis Cline, Richland,

Michigan, R. 2.





You ought to win something with

such poetic ability. I think it’s my

place to "say, “Old Scout, you're actin’

mighty fine,” not yours. All I do is

to give the prize to the best. Mine is

the small part, yOu see.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ,



Surely you’re no crank.



So why not print my letters once?



And let me know that I’m no d-unce.



If the writing, is poor, the l‘ault’s not

- mine,



My pencil slips on every line.



My letters few, there were but two



I know into the basket flew.



But now I’m going to bravely ask it.



Please keep this letter from the has-



k t





e .

—Y0ur nephew, Melvin H. Eggestedt.

Fremont, Mich.

Another poet who doesn’t know it.

You're not a‘dunce, so I run this once.

If your pencil slips, get non-skid tips.

Well, I guess this is enough of such

stuff.





- Spring Is Here





KNOW spring is here because I



’ have on my desk (April 27) a nice



bunch of Mayflowers which, Marion

Stretch, of Adrian, sent in. Thanks,

ever so much, Marion. The flowers

came through in fine shape, and I ap-

preciate them very much. ’



I suppose while Marion was picking

the flowers some of our Merry Circlers

in the Upper Peninsula were watching





 





Hidden Wisdom





Y back in the old days

there were wise men who

expressed thoughts which were

so good that they lived through

the ages. Confucius was one of

them; he was a Chinese philoso-

pher; Here is one of his gems

of wisdom in mixed English:



Eb ton cerncond at nawt ,fo

calep, be 'nercorned taht hotu

tands selthyf. Rorsow ont ta

nebig k'unnwon, tub, esek ot be

rothwy of. tone. ' -



l The words "are~in the right

place but the letters are some-

'what mixed. It will be worth

your while to straighten this out

.for the thought this expression

contains. But to make it more

interesting,we will-give a pencil.

box to'each of the two most

neatly written and correct pa-

pers; a nickledpocket pencil to

the‘next three, and a Michigan

Farmer map of the world to the

next five. - These will also~receive

Merry Circle buttons and mem-

bership cards if they have not

already received them.- All other

boys and girls who get this ex-

l... .pression, correctly written will

kmdgetfihlIerry Circle buttons-A,

: and cards. This contest closes

‘ May 10. fl _ '



Send your letters to Uncle.

Frank, Michigan _ Farmer: De- '

troit, Michigan, . ' ,





 





 





 





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Bat. mm;





It is nice to have reminders of na-

tux‘e in a man-made office, where the

only outlook is streets and alleys, and

brick and wood buildings.~ We folks

who work inside do not have the op-

portunity to watch the beautiful chang-

‘es of the seasons. Our offices are the

saline from one end of the year to the

Other, except in winter we have steam

heat to keep‘us warm. and in the sum—

mer fans to keep us cool.



, You all should be glad that you are

living in the country, especially at this

time of the year. Most city dwellers

are sorry that they can’t be there. Per-

haps a few of them do not care, be-

cause they do not love Nature. But

most of them get.restless at this time

because of their love of Nature and

they desire to be in natural surround--

ings. I like the one who loves Nature





‘but amlikely to be suspicious of the





one who does not. There must be

something wrong with him.



This is going to. be a busy, year.

There’s lots of work to do every-

where; really mOre work than work—

ers, especially on the farm. This

makes it quite certain that stuff grown

on the farm will sell for good prices.



For this reason I would like to urge

every boy and girl who can to get

busy with the growing of some-crop

or the raising of some animal for them—

selves. There ought to be a good

profit in doing these things, besides

what one gains in experience in the

doing of them. . Get your folks to give





‘ you a start and join a boys’ and girls’

' club in your district.

~ club near you get in touch with the





If there is no





county agent or agricultural teacher

who will show you how to grow your

crop or raise your hog, calf'or sheep

in the best way.



I think it would be great if every

piece and nephew-7 would get into some

boyeantl" girl! club; project. » I know: you

would get a, lot of fun and profit out

of fit and, besides, learn many, things





- worth while. 'rIf' you will» write to ‘Mr.





R. 7A.. Turner, State Leader of the





Brad and-Girls’ Clubs, at .East- Lane?

sing, Michigan, 1,811! sure he, will be,

glad to tell ,‘ygou,all»,about. these pro- ~' '





fleets. 113.9713: the there and girls. did





 





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- pancreas ”seen: To MAN‘Kmo.





 





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' - in: worth; while. mu: .





 





 





HE’ lowly potato will now take on V





a new lease of life. Its position in

the everyday standard of things must

surely rise with the recentpublication

in Germany of a treatise on its many

varied uses. Divers are the uses out-

lined, .



The first use’of the potato is for the

nourishing cf man-win a raw or cook-

ed state one hundred pounds is suffi-

cient for one person for ninety days,

with additional and usual food. In the

form of .potato flake, one hundred

pounds of raw potatoes gives twenty-

three pounds of dry potatoes; the

dried potatoes give 20.3 pounds of po-





tato flour, 4.4 pounds of groats, and ‘-





3.3 pounds of waste.



The second big use of potatoes is

for the nourishing of animalsmone

hundred pounds with other food feed-

ing a hundred-pound breeding hog for

twelve days. In the form of dried po—

tatoes, calculated in starch values, one

hundred pounds is equal to 1.15 hun-

dred pounds of oats; therefore, they

are sufficient. for a working horse for

nine days. Compared with corn as a

stock feed, one hundred pounds of po-

tatoes produces 4.8 pounds of pork fat,

one hundred pounds 01‘ dried potatoes

18.2 pounds, and one hundred pounds

of corn 20.2 pounds.



The third possibility for potatoes is

for technical purposes. In the manu-

facture of starch, one hundred pounds

of potatoes with twenty per cent

starch gives thirty-two to thirty—four

pounds wet, or twenty to twenty-one

pounds dry starch, with an adequate

residue of pulp. The pulp is used for

stock feed; in the distillery one hun-

dred pounds of pulp gives one liter of

pure alcohol; for the manufacturing of

paper, buttons, breaches, and as fuel.

On the other hand, the dry star‘ch is

used as a foodstuff in bakeries, con-

fectioneries, kitchens, and as potato

grain for the 'manufacture of macar-

oni, noodles, chocolate, and for sau—

sages. It also goes into vulnerary pow-

ders, paste bandages, pills, salves, and

other pharmaceutical remedies.



In other industries. potato starch is

used as an addition in the manufactur-

ing of i'erments, washing powders and

soaps, and as thickening filling for cor-

rosives and colors. In a. distillery, a

hundred pounds of raw potatoes pro—

duces five to six liters of pure alcohol

and eighty to ninety liters of residuary

liquors. The spirits are used for bev-

erage purposes and for generating

light. In the manufacture of dry yeast

one hundred pounds of potatoes gives

six pounds 01‘ the product.





 





 





WHEAT CROP Is GOOD.





 





HE wheat crop at Forest, Grove



Farm has come through winter in

splendid condition. I. have been rather

worried over the wheat this winter as

there has been a great deal of ice on

the wheat, and very little snow. My

crop this year is on rather rolling land

that is well tilled. I have observed,

however, this past winter that a con—

siderable ice caused from standing

water has hurt the wheat somewhat in

low places, even. where tiled. I think

this must have resulted from the

ground being frozen over the tile and

the water could not get away. 'How—

ever, I do not think I shall lose more

than an acre of wheat, of the thirty-

six, from drowning out—Leo C. Rey--

noids.





 





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Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Dax: ~ before date of publication





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LITCHFF’ELD, MICHIGAN





Michigan’s Leading Live'





Stock Auctioneer

DATES and TERMS on APPLICATION





 





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Our Product Is The Best





Painstaking, modern and scientific

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You, Mr. Breeder, would enjoy and

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Your correspondence and inspection are invited'





WILDWOOD FARMS





ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SGRIPPS, Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.





 





 





 





 





Aberder-n- Angus 10 heifers. 6 bulls

from eight to fourteen months.

The grou tl1\ kind that make good.

J. Wilber. Clio. Mich.





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Registered





Best of breeding





Reasonable. Inquire of F.



FOR SALE 11 Registered Ayrshires. Entire

herd consisting of herd bull. four



cows. two fresh heifers. one bred heifer and three



heifer calves for 8900. Federal tested Must be sold



at once. 11E. Lansing lBrooklyn. Jackson 00., Mich.





0

Registered Guernseys

A fine Bull ready for light service. special

terms if you wish. J.1\1.Williams. No. Adams,

blich.





GUERNSEYS





of world champmns. A. If

BICKS' OULRNSEY FARAI.





Wallmwood Guernseys

Young bulls from A. R. cows for sale.

F. W. WALLIN. Jenison. hiich.





~REGISTEREI) BULL

Calves. Containing blood

. cows. Federal inspected.

Saginaw. W.S. Mich.





 





sale Registe red(‘ Juernsey cows, lVTily Rose Breed.

ing also bull calm s $50 emh. Registeied A. R

JOHN I1 BELS. R. ‘3. Holland, Mich





For





dams.





WINNWUUII .HERII





Registered Helsieins





 





Ask us abo'ut a Real Bull a

Maple Crest or an Ormsby.





JOHN H. WINN, lnc., Rochester, Mich.





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVPS. the large.

fine growthy type. guaranteed right in every way.

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

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

quotations, stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Traverse City, Mich.





11151111131111va





No. 1 30 lb. Grandson King of the

PontiaCs’ one year old £white,

second dam 29. 9 lbs.





Grandson of 37th One of the

strongest Ormsby bred bulls,

dam 28 lbs. as Junior 4 year old.





Send for Pedigree Federal Tested





‘ gzglmes 11.101113 1111111 1111111. 1111111





:1 .thSICIIII-e -srads rice up.





gistcrcd an

.339] did individuals andb n 1 rite -

“1.13pm: ts. Browncrofrt Fangs. Mch:;?|li 1?





"We masses ..





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Friesian dheifer and bull calves. purebred





 





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m 111111 must 311111:





pounds .of butter. Average figures recently lven

show3600 ‘pounds of milk in a year for Mic can

c.0ws $011 will notice that this cow shows an Increase

of 400$. This milk production combined with show

type In a decided asset as a future herd sire.





GRAND IIIVEII STOCK FARMS Jackson, MIGII.

Gorey J. Spencer, "I E. Main St.





WHITNEY FARMS IIOLSIEINS





Offering registered cows. heifers, bulls and bull

calves at prices the average farmer canp p.ny Colant

tha blood rcdominating. Pedigrees f'ul nished upon

request. erd under Federal supervision.



WHITNEY FARMS. W hitney, Mich





 





 





pracEtically are ' HOLSTEIN or

if you wantG lilo}!p alves. write Edgewood

Farms. WhitewaizGeEE Wls., 8before ordering anywhere.





$500 gets4heifers at St. Johns. Thea must be

sold quick. 4yr. old by 30111111111 1 lb.dam.

her 2% r. daughfier." old granddaughter of Jo-

anua orn. dbl-.9; months old heifer. Terms

if wanted. KSESSIONS. St. Johns or M.L .Mc-





J. H.

LA ULIN. Redford Mich. ‘

accepted in payment of finely bred reg

‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves Quality

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

GEO.D .OLA R,KE Vassar. Mlch'





HEREFORDS





IO extra nice Repeater and Fairfax heif-

ers from 14 to 20 months old for sale,

also 10 cows.





ALLEN BROS.





616 50. West St., Kalamazoo, Mich.





HEREFORDS





Young Cows with calves by side consis-

ting of blood from America' s foremost

herds at prices that enable them under

Earliripe Hereford Beef Plan to pay

for themselves within a \ear to 18

months. Bulls including prize





w inners at the larger shows at practi-

cal prices. Herd headed by Straight

Edge 1169736. one of two sons of perfer t-

ion Failfax out of a daughter of the

Famous Disturber. T. F. B. Sotham E:

St Clair. Mich





 





 





 





 





Sons. (Herefords since 1839).





Registered Herefords For Sale.





12 extra good heifers Repeater 3; Bean Perfection

breeding. from 14 to 18 months old: also 20 good cows

with heifer calves by side and our Repeater herd bull.

we guarantee these cattle in everilway. Write or better

come and see these cattle: they will please you. A few

good bull calves.





THE MARION STOCK FARM, Marion, Mich.





Meadow Brook Herefords





breeding stock for sale.





 





Fairfax and Disturber

Breeding. Registered

both sexes. any age. Call.





 





‘ H f d d l

Maple HI“ Farm, o§J%£§.c%Ziicifi line‘lglill‘éi





farrow left for sale. Two pleasin yearling heifers

for sale. George R. Wheeler Mt leasant. Michigan





 





FOR SALE. BULLS

COWS and HIEFERS

Bronson. Mich.





Registered Herefords





RALPH CALHOUN





BROOK Wll TER JERSEYS

BULL CALVES FOR SALE



From Register of—Merit dams and sired by Majestv’ s

Intense 127191 and Brookwater Veda’ 5 King 169515.

Write for Prices and discription. Herd is on federal

accredited tuberculosis free list.

BROOKWATER FARM.



H. W. Mumford. Owner,





BUTTER BRED ”3%??le EUL”

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARMA.L

Silver Creek. Allegan County. - Michigan.

Jersey bulls readfi





FOR SALE: for hservloe.





cows Register of Merit. Accreditedh el'd

SM MITH AND PARKER. R. 4. Howell. Mich.





 





Ann Arbor. Michigan

. B. Andrews. Lessor.





 





 





 





cattle. young bulls, for

sale. Tuberculin tested

Lake Odessa. Mich.





Registered Jersey

J. L. CARTER.





 





30 Head of Jersey cows and heifers for sale. Chance

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

for fall freshenlng Colon C. Lillie. Coopersviile. Mich.



Bidwell Revolution Jr. heads herd.

SINII'IIIOIIIS Sire.Revolut1on. Dam. Maxwalton Rose-

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

one good roan two year old bull out of a Marr Marl-

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

Prompt attention to cor respondence--vlsitors welcome.





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

BIDWELL STOCK FARM, Tecumseh. Mich. Box





Riehland-Sherihorns





Special offer, Twelve Bulls from twelve to twenty

four months old- Red. White, Roan. Good size.best

of breeding-from good milking dams.

quick sale. Write for particulars.





0. H. Prescott & Sons,





Office al Tawas City, Mich. Herd 111 Prescott, Mich





 





 





 





Francisco Farm 5111111110111:





and Big TypeT Poland Ohiuas. One 2 y.r old bred

Heifer , $200.2? wo choice 1earlings. 8160. each. Three

bulls. 3100. up. 3 boars.8‘l5 each. Lots of spring pigs

of March furrow, P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.



' ° Shorthorns priced reasonably. An ac-

Mllklng credited herd selected for beef and

milk. Beland and Beland. Tecumseh. Michigan





Milking ghoerghégn B131"r 11 Mg. old. (11611ng

IRVIN DOAgN a SONS. Cromwell. Mich.





PUBLIC AUCTmN May 313s Shorthcrn





cattle, Berkshird Iowa.



SIMON (Jr. MAIOHELE Middlevlllo. Mich



Steers For 'Sale

58 Estate rds 8831b so “gerofords- 810“».





64 Hereford: 720 lbs. sref 0rd: 640 lbs.

Shorthorns 56011». fifimhrds 675 lbs





Know of other bunchpes Water: in?“ for real





 





 





 





cuatléty. (19110 add! mos " ‘ 111111

0 0 cm! or or?) on ’ O

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official“ test giving 12.475‘dnplo‘hnd13’of m: 11 449.001 I





phone or write. Earl C. M( Carey. Bad Axe. Huron Co. '





Priced for.





 





 





THE WOOL MARKET.





HE foreign wool market after mak-'



ing proper adjustments for ex-

change duty and carriage, .is «higher

than offered to Michigan groWers at

the present time; Western prices for

large clips are also, after proper

shrinkage, and freight to the east, pro-

portionately higher.



Price making in Michigan today is

not made ’by the local dealer who is,

in most cases, doing a. commission

business, but is made for him. Any

good clip of wool bought in Michigan

below fifty cents per pound is below

the prospectiVe price within the next

sixty days, and below that prevailing

for large clips held by men who can

judge the market.



One well confirmed report is that

foreign and western wools will be

used until the middle states’ domestic

clip is out of first hands, then wool

will go higher than the proverbial cat‘s





of‘horse values from 1869 to 1922 We

find that there were ohly six cycles in

that time; three periods 01"»ng yal- “

ues and a. like “number. of falling ‘

values. ‘ 4 r



The following paragraphs tell the

story of the fifty-six years-included in

the six cycles:



From 1867 to 1871, a. four-year rise.

prices went up 20.8 per cent.



From 1871 to 1879, an eight-year fall,

prices went down 29.3 per cent. .



From 1879 to 1887. an eight-year rise.

prices went up 27.4 per cent. ’ '



From.1887 to 1897, a ten—year fall,

prices went down 56.3 per cent.



From 1897 to 1911, a fourteen-year

rise," prices went up 25.3 per cent.



From 1911 to 1922; an eleven-year

fall, prices went down 36.1 per cent.





Evidence of the decreasing number

of mares bred annually since 1914, can

be obtained from a summary of the

stallion enrollment during that period.





 





the Sheep Can Reach, the





back. Sixty cents has been paid' for

choice delaine, while Ohio half-blood

has brought fifty-three to fifty-seven

cents.



Consumption of wool is' enormous

and cotton is high, offering little ’or

opportunity to substitute at a price

that makes competition with the pre-

ferred and usual uses of wool in fab-

rics. Clothing prices have been ad-

vanced to cover increased wool prices

and the' twelve and one-half per cent

increase in wages, and people are buy-

ing heavily.



Automobile upholstery is using up

more wool than ever before. Closed

cars call for an enormous yardage.

The medium grades of wool, both as

to fineness and length of staple, are

used largely for these lines.



Wool at fifty cents per pound to the

grewer is the mark. to aim at and this

finally becomes the market price. The

growers have never participated in

naming their marked price to their

full extent. Hence, a departure from

what originally was the marked or

market price.—-—J. N. McBride.





W'ILL HORSE VALUES ADVANCE?





HE' great problem before

horse breeder of today is that of





' the low price received for his prod-





nets, but in reckoning the chances for

more money we must not overlook the

fact that horse production and' values

run in cycles. just as does production

in many other lines.





 





the '





'l‘he periods in horse values are few-

{weer and therefore lo'ngs'r 1111111. in 11th“ ‘ ~





These Feeding Hurdles Save Feed. When the Forage is Consumed as Far as





Hurdles Are Moved Ahead.





Twenty—four states have stallion'

license laws and eighteen of these

cover the period. These eighteen

states have over two~thirds of the

horses in the United States and raise

about the same percentage of the

foals. Therefore, a. definite trend of

the breeding industry is clearly shown

by the reports of the registry boards

from 1915 to 1921.

. During that period, the total number

of stallions licensed in the’eighteen

states for public service decreased

from 46,121 to 21 H026 or over sixty per

cent; the drop, however, from 1920 to

1921 was much samller than during

any previous year, indicating that the

low point had about been reached.

The decline 'in ‘the production of





. stallions for service is indicated in‘the





following: In "1914, \thirty per cent

of the stallions licensed were under

six years, while only five per cent

were over sixteen years of age. In

1922 Only 15. 3 per cent of the stallions

licensed were under six year of age,

while thirty-four per cent of the stale

lions were over eleven years of age,

and twelve per cent over sixteen

years of age. ‘





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* Stock and Meat Board, represent-

ing live stock producers,~>packersand

butchers, announce a nation-wide cam-

paignto educate the public in the food

value of meat.



This board was. organized a year

ago when a decrease in meat consump

tion was noticed. Eleven members of

the board represent farmers.



A- late bulletin issued by the de‘

partment of agriculture shows that

there has been a. per capita decrease

in the annual consumption of ’meat of

25.4 pounds. The purpose of this

board and these campaigns is to teach

the people that the eating of meat

does not produce disease, but that

healthy and nutritious food;





 





FALL_PIIGS MAKE BIG GAINS.





 





GOOD neighbor who joins farms

with me, E. J. VVoodin by name,

dropped in recently to tell me about

his pigs. He surely has made a record

with fall pigs that he can be proud of.

It was a young Duroc sow’s first lit-

ter by a. Poland—China sire. They were

farrOWed on the fifth day of last Octo«

her, and the day they were five months

and five days old they were sold over

the scales at an average weight of

24l pounds. This makes a daily gain

of over one and one-half pounds from

birth, which is remarkable, especially

with October pigs.



Mr. Woodin says he was not trying

to make a record, it just happened.

The pigs were fed separator skim-milk

and corn, and were allowed to sleep

under the barn or around the straw

stack, as they chose. There were but

six pigs raised in this litter or it would

have been a likely candidate for hon-

ors in the ton Jitter contest—Pope.





 





BIG WOOL CONSIGNMENT

' POOLED.





 





oNE of the first large consignments

of wool to this year’s wool pool

warehouse in Lansing for the 1923

pool was sent by Edmund Harrison,

near Constantine. He shipped about

800 fleeces, weighing- about 5,000

pounds. “This year the wool poolerg.

are getting twenty-five cents per pound

cash advance for their wool-y with final

payment when the wool is sold.





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TH E EGG-LAYING CONTEST.





 





HE spring weather showed its ef-



fect in the egg production. The

Leghorns again approached the sixty

per cent mark, and other breeds also

responded. The artificial lighting pe-

riod is being gradually reduced and

this may be retarding the hens some.

The high production for the week was

made by the three pens. Northland

Farms, Alex. Klooster and Lewis N.

Clark. Strick‘ Poultry Farms and J.

V. Vandenbelt came next with, fifty

eggs each. .





In the total scoring the W. C. Eck-

ard and E. 'D. Taylor pens came in

the counting of the five best Leghorn

pens. The standing for the week end-

ing ril 24 was as follows:



E. . Shaw, South Haven, Mich.,

(Leghorns

Northland Farms, Grand Rapids,

Mich., (Leghorns) . . . . . . . .

O. S. Thompson, Allen, Mich.,

(Leghorns)

Brummer’s Poultry Farm, Hol-

land, Mich., (Rocks) . . . . . . . ..

Evergreen Poultry Farm, Green-

'ville, Michl, (Wyandottes) . . . .

W. C. Eckard. Paw Paw, Mich..-





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916

912

860

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Veterinary





1‘ {*3 Will ,.





CONDUC ED. BY DR. W. C. F





Advice through thin column in given free to our subscrib-

erl. Letters should Irate fully the history and symptoms of

each use and give, name and addrcaa of the writer. Initial-

onlr are published.

oGrvicc becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed.





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Eczema.——One of my horses is trou-

bled with pimples, causing itching. A.

L. D., Ubly, Mich—Give one ounce of,

bicarbonate of soda at a dose in feed

three. times a day, and apply a two

per cent lysOl solution to itchy parts

once or twice a day.



Boil; on Top of Neck—Just as soon

as I commence to work my mare,

boils form on top of neck. F. F. 8.,

Ida, MichrApply iodex to the upper

part of neck only.



..Indigestion.——I have a mare thirteen

years old that is not thriving; had'

her teeth ‘floated, but she don’t gain.

A. M.——Increase her feed, give her a

teaspoon of powdered sulphate of iron,

a tablespoonful oi' gentian at a dose

in each feed of ground grain.



Cow Pox.———Our cows arelsufi’ering

from cow pox and we would like to

know how to treat them.——Subscriber.

~~Don’t be afraid to sign your name

and give your address when writing

us. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of

hyposulphite of soda in one gallon of

water and wet sore parts twice daily

is all the treatment necessary to ef-

fect a. cure.



Cow Sucks Other Cows—We have a

cow that sucks another cow. Had we

better apply aloes to the Cow’s teats?

E. F. S., Galien. Mich.——Yes, apply

a10es or any other non-irritating drug,

but you may have to stable her.



Septic Metritis.——My thirteen-year-

old cow freshened a few weeks ago,

since then she has considerable dis-

charge from vagina; it is not unusual

to find a quart of pus behind her in

the morning and this nasty mucus

drips from her all day. She has nursed

two calves. Is this the cause of so

much discharge? G. C. W., Brecken-





 





ridge, Mich.———Examine uterus with

speculum and you will find it badly

inflamed. Treatment is purely local





and takes time and money, but ani-

mals like her may recover on pasture.

In my practice I irrigate uterus with

a two per cent lysol solution daily.

She should be well fed.



Young Pigs Dior—My neighbor has

lost a few four-weeks-old pigs; their

ears turn purple color at tips, when

the disease reaches the head, which is

in from two to seven days the animal

dies. The pigs are dumpish, but their

mother appears to be well. H. S. U.,

Sterling, Mich—For want of sufficient

symptoms I dislike to make a diag-

nosis of these cases, but I do not be-

lieve it an infei‘tious of contagious

disease, but bringing the sow to your

boar for service should not be done

until your veterinarian approves of it.



Hairless Pigs.-—My Chester White

sow will soon be two years; old. Her

first litter of pigs were normal, she

raised eight. Now she had second lit~

ter of fourteen and they all came hair-

less .and dead. The sow seems to be

in good health. Shall I breed her

again? H. M., Clio, Mich—Yes, breed

her right away. her next litter will be

all right. Had you given her five-grain

doses of potassium iodide daily during

the later periodof gestation, fed her

.some tankage, alfalfa, clover and roots

her pigs might have been alive when

farrowed, and well-haired out.





Eating Frozen Silage Killed Lambs.‘

——Please tell me what is the matter

With my sheep and lambs? I have

twenty-three head of ewes. They had

forty-six lambs, most were seemingly

strong at birth, but soon acted as if

suifiering from a cold, lived only two

or three hours. Some were dead when

they came. One week before the ewes

had their lambs I fedfrozen silage to

them, believing that this feed might

increase the ewes’ milk flow. H. S..

Jackson, Mich.—Doubtless it was a.

mistake to feed your ewes frozen sil-

age; furthermore, the lambs may have

chilled soon after they came, and died

as- the result oi: acute congestion of

the lungs.





Wormc.—I have a. young do that is

unthrifty and am sure he is roubied

with worms. 0., “Minden City,

Mick—Mix equal parts of fluid extract

of spi‘geiia and fluid extract otsenna

together, shake and give do; thirty

drops or more every morning until





letaup of ten days repeat the same

treatmant. Change his, feed—one-fitlaird

* _ tandtwoothirds'oereal'andyego-

MW . first. 1994:: mower .m





 

 





 

 





When a reply by mail is requested the - -





of a 30 lb. ocw,

your at 28 months old. a daughter of a cow that has





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' Sale Pavilion





others with good records.





' McPHERSON FARMS CO.,‘





My herd consists of 16 head, all bred by

Herd Sire. 15 females of different ages

some are due soon. A Breeder’s Herd.





(Pedigrees on day

C. E. BONE, Proprietor.





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HOGS





Duroc Hogs meet

Woodlawn Farm present day M.,-"0-

ments. length. size and quality. Young stock for

sale at reasonable risen and fully guaranteed. Write‘

your wants. . E. BARTLEY. Alma, Mich.





I AM OFFERING BRED SOWS





fall yearling and spring gilts. bred for March and



April furrow. that are tops. Muted to_0. 0.11. Col.



2nd and Orion Giant Col. Write for price list. .

W. C. TAYLOR, Lillan. MiCb.





 





DUROC Fall Boars Ready for service sired by



Pathfinder Orion. each. regis-

tol'ed and crated. one sow bred for June furrow at $40.

RUSH BROS. Romeo. Mich.





l2 bred gilts. also 50 register-

Duroc Jerseys all black top ewes. .

CAREY U. EDMOND, Hastings, Mich





A f P thfmder Gilts

Duroc—Jerseys Brerfwto a; good son of

Fonst's Top 001., E D. Heydenberk. Wayland.Mich.





DUROC BOARS: -Dovou want. a good growthy heavy



boned fall boar to cad your herd. One with size.



type and quality, it so write us as we have them. Sired by out-



standing herd boars. F. J. Drodt Monroe. Mich. R.F.D.No.

real Duroc





$12050 for a Sensation's





FBEED BROS. Elwell. Mich.





pig. Woodfotd

B r e e d_in g .





UROCS Fall boars and gilts or (Biality; prices low.

Booking orders Mar. pigs. Ma 61. $10. reg. Satis-

faction or money back. B. E. KI S. Hillsdale. Mich.





Is It Worth While?





A real boar pic sired by Woodford Sensation,

Dams of Defender or Pathfinder breeding.





34 HEAD REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE

6 HIGH GRADE HOLSTEIN COWS, (all females)





and my Herd Sire.





 





Fair Grounds





HOWELL, MICHIGAN .

Thursday, May 10, 1923 at





[Hordsrunder State and Federal Supervision (60 day retest privilege)

Included in the sale is a cow that has thcc made a record above 31 lbs. butter in 7 days, a

two daughters of 25 lb. cowa, a cow that has produced over 14,000 lbs. milk in one





1:00 O’clock p. m





daughter





produced over 24.000 lbs. of milk in one year

Catalogs ready May lst.





W. J. Witty, Howell, Mich.





DISPERSION SALE





of "Entire Herd of





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE .





At my Farm a, mile West of WALLED LAKE, MICH. 1% miles East of Wixom.

Tuesday, May 15th, 1923. at 1 :00 p. m. sharp





me except my Foundation Cow and my

Some are fresh and

Have neverpurchased but one female.





of sale.) GEORGE RATTENBURY, Auctioneer.





Walled Lake, Mich.





O I C’s Orders booked for late fur-rowed

’ ‘ , ' spring pigs at $10 to $12. each. Regis-

tered free. 0. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich;

0 10’s. 1 gilt 12 mo. old, weight 360-. due to Iarrow



- June 3rd. 10 last fall gilts to furrow next. fall.





1:30 spring pigs. Recorded free. 56 mile west of Depot.

(:itz a phone. 0. B. Schulze dz Sons. Nashville. Mich.





 





 





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9",;5‘,&,‘ Chgsie; nglcdSvlne. rsfififihroé’nififiikfi‘i

u 5.. 100 m “'1 ua s o . '



CLARE v. DORMAN r a” ”$3325 Mlildlei’.





RADIO .GIANT





Represents the worlds largest strain of Poland

China. Hogs.Boars. Sows, Pigs at bargain prices from

Mich. pioneer herd. We have bred them big fur30

years. We can furnish what you want '

JNO. O. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.





Big Type P. 0. some .very choice boars doubleim

mune. out 1100 lb. sire and mammoth sows from

s greatest herds. E.J.Mathewson. Burr Oak.Mich





L. T. P. C.





Choice Gilts $25 to $40. Boai's $30. Fall Pigs $15.

HART AND CLINE. Address I“. T. HART. St.

Louis. Mich-





Fall Pigs Either Sex meg fi’J‘A’R‘jnfl

Gllts will be bred to that first. prize boar ’l‘uscola

Clansman forAugust and September farrow. They are

as good as the breed affords. Come and seo~

them or write. DORUS HOVER. Akron Mich.





Large Type P. C. Largest in Mich. _





Afew fall pigs for sale. Sired by “The W l ‘ "

a grandson of "The Rainbow and Big Bob" allied-mt—

oat yearling boar 1 ever owned has size combined

With quality. Come and see the real kind.



W. E. LIVINGSTON. Par-ma. Mich





 





 





Iowa





 





 





 





 





If so,





extreme quality, but greater size than you will





expect to find. Follow M 29 to





Kope-Kon Farms, Coldwater,Mich.





 





' ' 9 Earl maturing,‘prolilic,heavy

Ben 31""! s weig t, prize winnerkind from





TY bloodlines of Champions and.

BI PE Grand Champions, now makin

big money for thousands.

have started more breeders on

. road to success than angliving

man. Letmehelp on.

W" ITE’S acartflostslittle. gunman.

, , IJ'. II. 10. Mind. Iioll.

‘N ' We are oflerin some

CheSter hltes’ choice Call pigs. also

bred sows and gilts. Prices reasonable. Weber Bros.

10 Mile and Ridge Rds. Royal Oak, Mich.

Herd headed by The Mon-





CheSter Whites star and Iowan’s Jumbo.





Two great. Bk Type boars of the breed.

FRED L. BODIMER. Reese. Mich





 





 





F Sal 0.1.0. and Chester White Swine.Sept.sows

or e bred for July farmwing. early March pigs

sired by a son of “The Monster." Satisfaction guar

anteed. Papers free. Bruce W. Brown, Mayville.Mich





 





' Choice March Pl 8 e'th Se .

Chester Whites also fall gilts. g I or x

G. W, PORRETT ' Lenox. Mich.





O. I. C’s and Chester Whites

Gills sired by Mich. State Fair or. Champion

1921, and bred for March and April farrow to

Mich. State Fair Jr. Champion 1922. the common





sense type and price.

ANDY ADAMS, Litchfield, Mich.

SOWS bred August furrow.





21 Reg. OoloCo ‘2 yen-nus Boats, oar





@Il stock shipped on approval.





 





 





Plus. 10 weeks old.

NED Plymouth. R. No. 2





FRED W. KEN

2) {In th ailta tau-ow in Mar

0- l. C. a... sharps.



“ OIDVER LEAF STOCK ARM, Monroe, Mich.

' I V L" “I! {rob ho rs. breed (lite. Jul and Au

0‘ LC 3 ‘ta. teens Brown Swiss Bulls. Milo .



Maroon. ant Farm, 3-2 ionic. Mich.





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We have them of Sept. fan-ow. not only showing





aayto.





Large Type P. C.





The Real Kind. A few of those bi , am 01211. .

bred guts for sale. Bred for Magch. 1?er 533%;

furrow. Priced right.





N. F. BORNOR. Parma, Mich.





Large Type Poland Chinas





For-sale Fall Bears, Gilts bred or 0 en. H .

ed by two Grand Champion boars. p 8rd head





A. A. FELDKAMP, Manchester, Mich.





 





 





. Big Type P l '

Lone Maple Farm Nothing for .212? 333%-





E. R, DAVIS dc SON. Balding. Mich.





 





' P. 0.. a few choice gllts Ief .

Large Slfaln April (arrow. You can'tbeatt tfggd‘ggdr

ing nor price. H. 0. SWAR’I‘Z. Schoolcraft. Mich





Choice giltn sued by a. son W I ‘ '

P-c. Bob and 1.075 Peter Pan Brgld (goofigtggflgi‘m-Blz

mamalso tall pigs. C.E.Gnrnant. Eaton Rapids.Mioh,





' Poland China Ho 8 f um

Bl I 0 r k r u ‘ ‘ mm prize Wm

g "I s cc .Wo E?l§l§§£i}?r sex. eligible to Reg.





ister. Holmesville. Ohio





 





T.P.C.Two fall boars left. am noWb

L: forSpring Pigs delivered in M ay at bgggillggifiafi'

Write for price and plan of selling. The havemadé

good and will again. M.M. Patrick. Gd. edge Mich.





alnut Alley Big Type P. C. Cilts all

Wto my customers for their phtronaggodgtlglgg?

and all that. inquired. A. D. Gregory. R. 3. Ionic. Midi





' spring boars and bl' I

Hampshlfeszo cows to select frfanid filing: first:



t. ear.

R. 4. 8t. ohns. Mich.





;





order now or you mav be too I t .

JOHN W. SNYDER. a e





HORSES





Percheron andeeIgian Stallions=





81' size and quality including 0



. . rat prize Awimm

If your locality is in need i’

write me .for my breeding Slat: K0001 draft stallion.

you. Fred G.





 





Stevens. Breckenridge, Mich.





. . The Black Perohe - No ~

For sale 10523I. Fouled Margin 2713191538. no:

weighing 2000_Ib. The proper Type for a h



mare Price 8200. R. G. PALMER, Balding. lg:





MICHIGAN FARMER,

Classified Liners bring

results. They cost little. , T1“





 





 





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GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, May 1.

heat

Detroit—No. 2 red $1.341/2; No. 2

mixed $1.34%; No. 2 white 31.34176.

Chicago—No. 2 hard $1.231/2; May

$12014. -

Toledo—Cash $1.33%@1.34%.

” Corn. _

Detroit.—Cash No. 2 at 89c; No. 3

yellow 88c.

Chicago—No. 2 yellow 831/2@84c;

No. 2 mixed 83c.

Oats.





Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 51%0;

No. 3, 50c.

Chicago.~No. 2 white at 46@461/2c;

No. 3 white 4514@460.

Beans.





. Detroit.~—Immediate

shipment $6.85.





and prompt

Rye.



Detroit.-——Cash 84c.



Chicago—82 1/2 (B 82 1%, c.



'I‘oledo.——821/zc.



Seeds.

Detroit.——Prime red clover cash at



$11.50; alsike $10.25; timothy $3.30.



Toledo.——Prime red clover cash at

$11.45; alsike $10.50; timothy cash at

$3.20.



Barley.

Detroit—«Malling 75c;

Chicago.—66@ 700i.



Hay.



Detroit.—No. 1 timothy $17.50@18;

standard $16.50m 17; light mixed at

$16.50@17; No. 2 timothy at $15.50@

16.50; No. 1 clover $13@l4; rye straw

,$12@12.50; wheat and oat straw at.

$11.50@12 per ton in carlots.



Feeds. -



Bran $38; standard middlings $38;

fine do at $38.50; cracked corn $39.50;

coarse cornmeal at 37.507?38; chop

$34 per ton in lop-pound sacks.





WHEAT





Marked improvement in the under-

tone of the wheat market has taken

place in the last six weeks. The pri-

mary cause has been the unfavorable

Olutlook for the new crop in North

America. Last week was featured by

some improvement in weather condi-

tions in the northwest which permitted

seeding to proceed in most sections,

although the planting season is quite

likely to be somewhat later than the

average. Present prospects are that

a decrease in acreage greater than

that shown by the government's esti-

mate on April 10 will take place. The

domestic consumption of wheat by the

mills for two months has been running

about 10 or 15 per cent above the av-

erage for this time of year. In addi-

tion, export sales from North America

show distinct improvement.-





RYE





The visible supply of rye is practi-

cally the largest ever known, but

substantial export sales are being

made right along and prices are keep-

ing pace with the advance in the

wheat market. "





CORN





Corn prices advanced to a new high

point last week. Feeders are outbid-

ding terminals in the country and

some feeding sections are compelled

to buy at terminals, the country shows

but little disposition to sell on the ad-

.vance, the ‘visible supply has declined

about 20 per cent in the last six weeks

and both eastern and export demand

has improved recently. Planting is

progressing in the southern part of

the corn belt under fair conditions.





OATS





The cash demand for oats as well

as corn has broadened and stocks at

terminals are steadily shrinking. The

seeding of oats is nearly complete in

most sections with indications of an

'increased acreage, particularly in the

abandoned winter wheat fields and in

the northwest where the plantingof

spring wheat has been delayed too

long. Both corn and oats, as well as

wheat, appear scheduled for higher

. prices before the new crops are ready

$1101" harvest.





~ - SEEDS



Another small decline on both 'clo-

“var and timothy seed prices occurred

' ,.week. ,Qwing to the lateness of

he season, shipments from the lead-

ingma ' ' re holding up better than





feeding 720.





, Fair lambs . . .





at this time last year, but it is evident





that the supply is ample and that a

liberal quantity must be carried over.

Receipts of red clover at Toledo, for

the season to date, total 51,549 bags,

the largest in; at least four years,





while shipments from the same point.





were only 38,973 bags;





since 1920.

HAY





Eastern hay markets are fairly firm

with prices slightly higher at some

points. On middlewestern markets

the demand for clover mixtures is ex-

tremelydull while the urgent demand

for prairie bay has subsided and pric-

es are slightly lower. Timothy hay,

however, is in active demand at most

points.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Receipts of eggs at the four leading

markets were the largest of the sea-

son last week. During the preceding





the smallest





'l_'our years, the season’s high point has





been reached in thhe corresponding

week or earlier, so that it is reason-

able to look for some moderation in

the supply hereafter. Total receipts

at the four leading markets during

April show much less than the usual

increase over March and though dis-

appearance into consumption has been

less than usual, the increase in stor-

age holdings during the month was

considerably less than a year ago. Re-

ceipts oi" dressed poultry during April

were a trifle larger than in that month

last year but a larger reduction in

stocks in storage than last year re-

sulted from active consumptive de-

mand. Storage stocks. however, re—

main considerably larger than at this

time in previous years.



Chicago.——Eggs, miscellaneous 24%

@25c; dirties 23c; checks 23c; extra

firsts 311/2@321/zc; fresh firsts 25%0;

ordinary firsts at 231A,@24c. Live

poultry, hens 251,50; broilers 50@550;

springers 300; roosters 160; ‘turkeys

250 per pound.



De'troifl..—Eggs, fresh

graded 2514@261/1c; storage packed

extras 29c. Live poultry, broilers 65c;

heavy hens at 28@29c; light do 240;

roosters 19c; geese 18c.





candled and





ocoolers which are





-'M,ichiga‘n- shipping points/V lfbr choice





Further declines in the butter mar-

ket last week brought prices close to

the level expected to prevail during

the storage season. Storing has not

yet started, however, as current re-

ceipts are not large enough to supply

current consumption entirely and

there are still moderate stocks in the

being liquidated.

The market remains rather weak and

unsettled as dealers shy away from





any accumulation and buyers are pur~ ,





chasing only for minimum needs in

the expectation that prices may go

lower. The decline in prices has stim—

ulated consumption. Production 'is

heavy and gaining constantly' while

receipts at the four leading cities are

steadily increasing. .



Prices for 92-score were: Chicago

In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

40c; extras 41%0; New York at 420.

for 41@42c.





POTATOES





Potato prices advanced to the high

point of the winter season at the close

of the third week in April but declin-

ed sharply last week. Shipments of

old potatoes from producing sections

were stimulated by the advance in ad-

dition, the movement of new potatoes

is increasing rapidly. Northern round

whites are quoted at $1.15@1.30/per

100 pounds in Chicago and $1.45@2 in

other consuming markets. Intended

plantings as reported by growers show

an average production of about nine

per cent as compared with last year.

In some states the decline runs as

high as 25 percent.





APPLES





Apple markets were steady to firm

last Week with New York Baldwins

quoted at $5.50@6 per barrel. Ship-

ments of apples from producing sec-

tions in the week ending April 21,

totaled 661 cars as compared with 349

cars in the same week last year, and

615 cars two years ago.





' BEANS





Bean prices dropped slightly again

last week to $7 per 100 pounds 1’. o. b.





 





 





[Live Stock Market Service '





Wednesday, May 2.





DETROIT

Cattle.



Receipts 8,449. Good butcher grades

25c higher; all others strong. '

Fancy light yearlings....$ 8.75@

Best steers ............. 7.50@

Handywegiht butchers ..

Mixed steers and heifers

Handy light butchers. . ..

Light butchers ..........

Best cows ..............

Butcher cows

Common cows

Canners

Choice bulls .......

Bologna bulls

Stock bulls ..... .. .. .

Feeders .......... . 7.50

Stockers .............. ..." . .7

Milkers and springers.... $0.00@80.00



'Veal Calves.

Receipts 872. Market is steady to





500 higher.



Best .......~. ............ $10.50@11.50



Others .................. 5.00@ 9.50



Sheep and Lambs. ,

Receipts 192. Market steady.



Best lambs .......... 7. . . $12.00@12.50

10.75@11.50



8.00@10.00



6.50@ 7.50



2.00@ 3.00



9.00@10.00





coco:-





ocean-





Light to common ........

Fair to good sheep...

Culls and common ......

Yearlings





Hogs. 7

Receipts 3,611. Pigs 20c higher;





others steady.

Mixed hogs ........... ..

Pigs j .. 7.85

.. 4-00@ 5.00

. ’7'.80@ 8'85

............... 6.15

CHICAGO , ..

- Hons. / ‘

Receipts 28.000. Market fairly ac-

tive; hold steady. Tops $8.40; 160@





Yorkers

Roughs





225-lb - average $8.25@8.35_;"’ 2i0®245¢lb '





butchers 387.90 @825; gacking sows ht





‘gséfioous; .11“.@139“ swarm: see 0





$8.60 ‘@ 5





‘ Cattle.



Receipts 9,000. Beef steers active;

strong to 500 higher. Tops at $10.25.

Several loads at $10@10.15; bulk at

$8.40@9.65. Stockers Strong. Other

grades generally steady. - *



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 11,000. Market fairly ac-

tive, strong to higher. Lambs of mix-

ed quality selling at Tuesday’s prices.

Best Wool lambs $15.25; best clipped

$11.75@12.65.





BUFFALO





Cattle.



Receipts 175.



Market is steady. Choice to prime

shipping steers 1,400 lbs and up $9.25

@950; good to choice shipping steers

$8.25@8.50; heavy, fat, medium qual-

ity $8@8.2§; medium to good $7.75@

8; light native yearlings of fancy qual-

ity $9@9.50; medium to good $8.50@

8.75; best handy steers $7.75@8; plain

$7.25@7.50; handy steers and heifers

$7.50@8; western heifers at $8@8.25;

light Michigan butchering heifers at

$7.75@8; best fat cows $6.50@7; me-

dium to good $5@5.50; grassers $3.75

@425; cutters $3.75@4; canners good

weight $2.25@2.50; light fat bulls $6.50

@7; best heavy bulls at $5.25@5.50;

heavy bologna bulls $4.50@5; common

bulls $3.50; best- feeders 700 to 800 lbs

$7@7.25; medium feeders $6.25@6.50;

stockers good $6@6.50; light common

$5@5.50; best milkers and springers

$62d380;

Calves, receipts 375. Market is 75c

higher... Tops at “@1175. ' .



, Hogs





Receipts'zgoo. Market is 15@25c ,





higher. Heavy ”@110; yorkers $9.15@

9.25; light- . yorkers» $8.50@9.25; . pigs

and lights $8.:25@8.7‘5; miXed' ”@9-1. :

roughst.$6.50@6.75fi;st'a.gs$4@5. . ‘ ’

_ - ' Sheen‘and Lambs . ., :,

Receipts 8011f .011de mm

hiSher.a*'T willgmhsr '2' ..





common. and medium $37.50 j





hand-picked whites. A little more bill'-

ing is taking place and, in addition.

growers are not delivering to elevators

during the .busy season so‘tliat the

market may tighten up again. On the

other hand, if elevators continue to

push beans on the market it may drag

lower. Advance reports on intended

plantings indicate agreatly increased,

acreage for the .1923 crop. »In New

Mexico the increase is estimated at

112 per cent.





‘ ~ - WOOL .





Contracting the new clip of western

,wools is in full swing at prices fully

steady with recent sales of large pools.

Buyers are disposed to resist further

advances, however, and it is probable

that the rest of the clip will be sold

at close to the prevailing level. Bos-

ton is inclined to go slow with many

buyers claiming that wools are too

steep, but foreign auctions are strong.

The London sale opened at an ad-

vance of 71/1@10 per cent, or slightly

higher than expected. Woolen mills

continue active with the leading man-

ufacturer operating at 100 per cent





of capacity.

CHEESE





Cheese, like butter, is gradually

working down to a strong value basis.

Both country and city markets declin-

ed last week and buying is still of a.

hand-to-mouth nature, although a.

slightly steadier undertone was evi-

dent at the close. Dealers are less

inclined to make concessions than

they have been for several weeks.





HORSES





The farm chunk season is waning,

especially for those of lighter weight.

Chunks weighing 1,400 to 1,500 pounds

are eligible to $110@135 at Chicago;

1,500 to 1,600-pound chunks to $140@

185; 1.600 to 1,700-pound light draft-

ers to $170 to $225, while choice, heavy

drafters are quotable up to $300.





DETROIT cm MARKET





The attendance at the market shows

that farmers are .busy in the field.

Most all of the commodities sold on

this market were in light supply. The

leaders in the demand were apples,

poultry and eggs. Of the specialty in-

door stuff, .radishes, leaf lettuce and

rhubarb were the most asked for. Ap-

ples are bringing 75c@$3.25; cabbage

75c@2 per bu; carrots 500@$1; eggs

26@30c; leaf lettuce 75@$1 per 6-lb

basket; dry onions $1.25@1.50 per bu;

parsnips $1@1.50; potatoes 50c@$1.10;

live poultry 30@35c; radishes 25@60c

per bunch; indoor rhubarb 25c@$1 per

dozen bunches; veal 150 per pound.





GRAND RAPIDS





Old potatoes have turned draggy on

the Grand Rapids market, liberal sup-

plies moving slowly at 50@60c per

bushel as compared with 60@70c a

week ago. Other vegetables were

lower. Prices follow: ParSnips 650

per bu; beets 50cbu; onions, dry $1

@3 per cwt; onions, green 15c buich;

carrots 50@60c bu;-cabbages $1 bu;

outdoor rhubarb 10 12c pound; rhu-

barb, hothouse 10@1 0 pound; leaf let-



. tuce 9@100 pound; poultry firm; re-

ceipts light; heavy fowls 24@26c per

lb; light 20@23c per lb; broilers50c

per. l'b; eggs 23@24c; butter-fat 44@

45c pound; pork, 100»; veal 10@13c;

cattle; sheep and lambs are unchang-

ed; beans $6.50 per cwt; wheat $1.23

bu; wool 35@40c per pound.





I. COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





Holsteihs. .



May 10~McPherson Farms Company,

5‘" Howell, Mich. - -

May 15—0. E. Bone, Walled Lake,



Mich. " . g . ~

May 10—George W. Ridgeman. Vas-



sar, Mich. ,_ J . _ ' , .



. rGuornoeyo. .



Maybe—Oscar J. --Winter’,

"May 9—7-3913 f Ari-e rams; Holguich



’5 Hay. ';8§—'~Berrien5 -



, sooiat-ion.‘- Ed ‘ Cl 1





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If sin; manhunt-a. 'New‘ 'Ylork and





. .ImsiueI,poma’Igrowers from Was





before a sentences of. representatives

of the'Amcrlcan Farm Bureau Fellow

tlon, we Michigan smile Farm 'lihilretm,é

the Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change and the marketing department

of the Michigan Agricultwul College.

at Lansing. on April 23. ' ,



The plans contemplated the coordlé:

nation of the cooperative agencies

selling potatoes from these states'lee

aim of the plan being WW out is to

keep .aeac'h state agency interned son

the movement and destiny (of :s‘hlp-l

meats from use other states. l



This information alone would tend

to stabilize the markets. At the pres-





out time when :a market begins to idle; :m





play strength every agency bonds cor-

load after Mead in that direction





with the result that in a few days the ‘





market hack-more tubers than the deal-t

ers know what to do with and the

trade finds itself upon its back. fil‘he





sullerlng mousioned to cons-mere and .





growers alike would be largely obviat-

ed through an .even distribution of the,

shipments over the season :and over;

the marketing territory. ‘



The Michigan Potato Growers’ Er}

change was represented at the conic-A;

ence by General Manager '0. ‘0. Wells?

of Cadillac; the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation by Walton Peteet, of

Chicago. director, of marketing;

Michigan State Foam Bureau thy Gen-I

eral Manager Clark L. Brody, of LBJH’!

sing, and the Michigan Agricultural;

-College by Hale-Tennant, director oil

marketing. i





 





COUNTY R EPO‘RT‘S. i I





 





St. Clain Oeunty, (April 27).——Whealt%





is above the average. Cattle about all; ’

sold, at ‘from six to seven «cents, live;

weight. Hay $10.50, baled; eggs 240;" .

butter 22c. Farmers busy sowing the ‘

spring grains. Ground ‘is working up ;

in good condition. Some dancing 'is .





being bought. Farm labor lhard $05.81;.

A ,





planting, have been bad this spring.

There will be .a full acreage of beans

and corn planted. Rabbits have de-





stroyed a. good many fruit trees. fOth-j 2.9

.erwise prospects are good for fruit,





this season. Cream is selling at 480;





eggs 20c; potatoes ”$1; beans 37.50;.





hay $14.‘-SI R. A. -



Kent County, (April 26).——Rye is

looking good and wheat fair. Some

oats have been sown, while others are

getting ready. Kent county cattle are





all being tested for tuberculosis this





month by state men at no expense to

the farmers. As a result, the dressed





beef market is being over-supplied.





Youngpigs are scarce and help hard

to get—S. '



Newaygo County, (April 26).—-Here

in Ashland township, winter grains

and new seeding are looking good, al-

though small, due to the lateness of

spring. Farmers are beginning to sow





oats. Wheat $1.20; potatoes 80c per





cwt: eggs 22c. Cattle are very cheap.

Farm labor very scarce—C. R E





Midland County, (April 28).I—Winter





grains are damaged: by the heavy ice.





With farm help difficult to secure, the

farmers are doing the best they can

single-handed. Oats sell at 44c; beans





$6.7 5; potatoes,.30@40c.—-J. W.





'Tuscola ”County, (April '26)l—Wéath-

er‘is backward.‘ Conditions of winter

. wheat seventy-five per cent «of normal—

.crOp. Potatoes 50c per bushel; oats

48c; beans $6.50 per cwt; butter-tat

430.; eggs 25c. Farmers are putting in

oats and hauling manure. Not much

labor to be had. Fifty dollars and

board is the, average price for month

hands. Although'low prices and high

taxes “makes thefarmers feeLany-thing

but jubilant, they' are taking ofl'their





costs £01: flatness—J





. T. B. _

Berrlon‘ County; (April “ 24 .o—W-inter 3

wheat is lookl line, is sol cg.

$1.20 per bushe . Farmers are usy§ “'1’“

getting in has. moan: farmers are in—

~mlslze of their daisies. Ls-

maydscams and wages are,





creasing





 

 





 

 





 

 

   





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I WimIon - local market is bringing $1.20r

ready-tor @1-15; rye 72c; oats 500; corn 85c;

C _, . . ‘ Wifih Clover has winter-killed in some see-

mum... mom-lessor lfiilnflm 3;?” “Timmy has Mt Started yet" In

_ are. 'l.-—l’d. ‘8 S inter wheat looks better than could



Macon Count-y, (April

grains are not quite as good as

sers had expected. Potatoes and ”hay,

are the two products now being sold;}





potatoes are bringing 85¢ per wt. and9 I. . . ' . I I

{'3‘};le this year on account:'WerveBusedFordson«Trsfi§31l':dfg:-‘dsa'l;ihtensile?-





stong'mllk $3 per cwt., less 60c fo

A:





While the b

has caused late seeding, favor-g

. labor from 'now .on Should

crops a good start—R. :S. P.

Calhoun County, (April 2

iter grains have asufllered in .t

lty. 'Wheat is wor

backward on acooun

ter, and there is practically no farm;





 





anuosorsonsheuer. calves.

at West Michigan Fair Ground





GRAND RAPIDS, MI‘CH.

For Catalogues write. E. W. ‘McN‘ITT, Howard City, Mich.





chained advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan lumen.

best results under classified

for sale or exchange.

t commercial .ntes. -



on orders for less than (our insertions: [or tour or more

a word. Count as o word each abbreviation, initial or number. No

Bemittances,fmust accompany order.



m,





(Small Advertisements bring

lusts; miscellaneous articles

a: classified rates. or in display columns in



mm ll cents a word.

'mnsccutive insertions 6 cents

«display tape or lllgsu'





Minimum ohms. l0 war a.

Retain Effect Octobud, 1922

On





Newaygo County, (Aer 25.).—-sGen-‘;.

eral conditions have been unfavorable; ..

Help is scarce. 'Not much grain was? .

sown last fall and conditions for





greener

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expected after so much freezing





'~ . ‘ibe

21)..——Wlnter and thawing. The labor situation is.

farm— very tense—C. V. V. a





model chat :1: e bee vove'r

unused] :by us. aPrices Iwill run from $150 to m each





,(AIDI‘H 23.481 COL‘ .andmoy bepumhased on the installment plan. It





you want a good Fordflon Tractor write no at once





grains are” ,, ,



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r the: .3633 Michigan Ave. Detroit, Michlcln

haul!n;g. Farmers are sowing oats: . ‘ 000.000 25m x

with the ngd in good conditon. CABBAGE PLANTS E on. Early-k 13

good deal of land is being seeded. and, $35M“: 3gb: ‘fibog. £12.50. «Czuhllower a

a large amount of fertilizer is being3 m. 109.. coo. sum to please. 1.. iron

bar to secure.





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ackwardl mow“ EGGS Boston Motown afloocnuga





for brown

chm no commission. guidebooks W1! Have





give; your name put on our quotation list. References





National .Shmut Bunk. Boston. Dun or End-





1) Wln-I sued. Commercial Agencies.

3"- ? “CAROLE LI‘VE POULTRY I 660 00.

his mum: Boston. 10. Massachusetts. -





Work .18;



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t Of the late Win-l 300 mo Sen. punt-p. 150 Warfleld both for *2

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headings. Try it for want. ads and for adver-

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mast-um and m not mm a classified.





' roe SALB—IDetour um.- Flow :50: Bull





condition. Jobso, Mt. Clemens. Mich.





 

 

 





$1.25: 1000. $2.25-





 

 

 

 





Tread

Power 840: Tractor Tile Ditcher 87.0. All excellent





 

 

 

 





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summons: rock's. panorama. m . mo

——15; gals-450;. moo—mo. Prop-id. Mrs. sh“

, Tubman. Ohio. .,





 





ROSE 00MB Rhode Island Reds. Homh1n3.m;51:2s

per setting. Postpaid. Mu. Albert. Harwood, 13.1.

Cbu‘levolx, Mich. ' ‘ . ;





 





' 0mm BU’ITERCUPS—Exoellmt layers. mod

tsble fowl. Ens $1.50 per fifteen. Ida Prensa, Map]

City. Mich. (





 





MARTIN w. Wymdotte eggs. $1.00 per 15. C. H.





"Spanner, Boaebush, Mich





so Clint. Black mnom Cookerels 2.25. Fax. I

per 100. Mike :Bchscter. Essexvfllg, Michigan. $8100 ,





 





 





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omoxs‘GU-msurnmo —He lth . st . -. .

in. chicks. Flock: that are mice whim 1%;le

- Agriculturul College coekerels, Barred Rocks. .8. (C.

Anconcs. White and Brown Lezhoms, pulleu .md

. barrage magic: 8‘1? ugill-rival. poems paid. cm-

- ec. - cw s e In ml

Ron 2. Zeclnnd. Mich. a d Poultry IFI





 





muons—w- its Wysndotte and White RC '



. r100: a. tor503nd $4.75 for 25 R. I. $52.13

‘ arrodlocks. $17. per 100; 88.75. for '50. and “.50

for 25. White Leghorn: $12 lper 100.: 36.59 do:

> 50 and $23,101- 26. Order from this ad. Tom.

$3.an Mich 30‘3‘3}°li‘”‘5°'n‘““"" mrpn'deuufl “m"

j . . ‘ n: 38 8 791' . . I



‘ dow Brook Hatchery, Mt. Morris: flick. .3“.





- .PROF'ITIABIAE CHICKS—Reduced . ’ -



1y. Selected 'heuw laying What‘s“ gloat

Reds, Mucous. ‘Wymdottes. anomalous, :BhepM's

Anconus. 100% delivery. Catalog m. Banknot-

erenco. Genus Hatchery, Box 004. Geneva. Indians.





 





2 BABY Melissa—White Wymdotles. White Flam t

Rocks, Boned Rocks, But! Books. Buff 01111111233:

R. I Beds. ‘Whllc anathema. Durand Hatchery. Rm-





 





, , - I-tdn.'mch.. no: 4 .

u c I I I0 n S a I Ie ‘ BABY omens sumo prices. Boned pom. mu

wednesday, May 1‘6th, 1923





60 Head of High Class Registered Holstein Cattle





Federal tested,and guaranteed as represented, 90 days retest given and guaran-

teed breeders, if kept in clean herd. 'Two 30 lb. bulls, some good A.R.O. cows.

from high record sires.





Ind Brown Leghorn. Guarmtee full 100% [live

,(rec delivery. Hillviovv P am ' I

12. Holland. «Mich. out” F Hmhm’ IB'





 





QUALITY CHICKS, eggs. Sixteen stand



Illfdgtofizblcneitl winteé laying (strains. Freeudtllvlgg

, p can. a. o . “HI!



Farms, Columbia. Mlssourlg. rec Missouri Po





BABY CHICKS from he ‘ v



Eggllslllnggd lAlmeria €111,311 évywcgmg pggglIaIchlIdselsytfm

. vo. . (no.



Route 1, Holland, Mich. or. Montana Hatchery.





BABY CHICKS. 15 Leading varieties. 2 *



. gar 1923. The kind that lay early. Largofivlfiixlrlfi:

my kind. Lowest prices. Send for large catalog.



D. ‘1‘. Farrow Chickadee. Peoria, Ill





. BABY CHICKS—Remarkable (or also nun.

generically p813? “Duchamp. Anconss. ‘flgflhgfwnad.’

, n as, Min . pun! rshmu.



Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fentoxfcglchs. sh, B



BABY CHICKS~Slx leading varieties wn a



wants. ‘Special prices on la . I to your



catalog. H. H. Pierce, Jorge, $113311ro orders. mm





B‘ABY CHICKS AND HATCHIN ‘



E1))lrect lrom our farm at greatly reduced Sicggtfilg

on up. Barred Rocks, W. Leg. and Anconas. Write

a ck for particulars and special introductory ofl’er.





' : Madol Poultry Farm and Hatchery, Zeelmd, R. 4,





 





CHICKS—Digllsh S C W Leghorn $12



. . . . . 10 .



lliecgzcengd pmhozwl per 1100. 100% live guffgnteeg.

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‘ R. 4' Holland, Mich. go all. Waterway Hatchery.





QUALITY CHIX: White, Barred Rocks B '

White Leghorns. Apron”, $12. Order dlrcczis’ Bah





 





MONEY to loan on first classcentrsl Mich! an forms.

6 per cent pet to Go. amounts of $5,003 and up.

' Convls a Smith, Ithaca. Mich.





 





GREEN MOUNTAIN Seed potatoes $1.25 bushel.

Arthur Rants. Calumet, Mich.





DOGS





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‘riaierence. Silver Spring Hatchery, Box 97, Ablnzdonr





 





EGGS THAT HATCH; Chicks that li . L



xggofiver 3&2] prigea. Fugglshed GCSerngignpterI

. og roe.



Box 3co. Sterling. 1n. mung Pom" Farm"





STURDY CHICKS—Pure bred-to-la fl

comb White Leghorns, Anconas, Red; Whit: W215}:

dotted, Pekln Ducks: catalog. Sunnybrook Poultry





 





Fredericksburg, Ohio. Dept Z,





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





HOUNDB HOUNDS, HOUNDS. Fox, Coon, and

Rabbit Hounds“ broke to gun and field. started BARRED ROCKS”EKKS and baby chicks from Silver

hounds and puppies all ages. Beagles and choice 0‘1“) winners. Less $2.00 per 15 delivered by P. P.

All adwrtidn: my} pupples. 10 cents for photosot hounds. H.C. Lytle, ClICulur free. Fred Aslllng. Constantine, Mich.

dimnflnuanu order:

or (hang: of to); In-

undad for tha Claulfitd Momentum! roach 1M: cfiu MI

do}: in advance «fpublim flan date.





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STERLING QUALITY CHICKS—14 varieties. SU‘OHI





GERMAN Shepherd, Alredules, Collies; Old English livcable chicks. Catalog free. P. F. (.lardy, Box 6

Shepherd dogs; Puppies: 10c illustrated instructive Ethel. M0. '





 





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0 Copelglauo-



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Expressed 13.090, POULTRY



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Expressed 10,000. WE’PETS. fimn lEnglish White Leghorns, eight



woe to mat ty. fly to October breedln flocks w .



Order from repeatedly culled by experts. mm large afid viz- RICHARDSON S Rm KY RIDGE pure Park strain



Councill Company. orous, Wedge shaped bodies. bl; looped combs. “Lay- Barred Rock Baby Chicks. $16 per 100.

but” in every way. Also breeding cockerels. Satis- ““3 32-00 per setting.



faction and more. or money back. Morse White Leg-





MILLIONS “Froslprooi”





1.25: 1,000, $2.25. mulled prepaid.

. Tomato and Sweet Potato



75; 1,000, $3.00 prepaid.

Guaranteed Safe arrival

money refunded.

largest growers in Virginia. J. P.

ranklln irglnla. .





anywhere or





BABY CHICKS—S. C. VVhlte Leghoms, carefully





CCLLIE PUPS—Jleel driving parents. 85. Arthur selected, heavy producers, $12. Live delivery guar-





anteed. Ralph Wenlg, Hudson, Michigan.





 





LOOK 75,000 Iii—Grade Chicks 1‘20 and up. )0 vari'

eties. Best ever produced. Hatching ('Qgs. Circular





 





 





LEAF TOBACCO—3 yam old.





Extra fine quality. horn Farm, Bcldlng, Mich.

”5'35. “2%“? "i‘édll?°"s“3‘%6“h‘3s“ 'fi' 5

Chewing. s. . : s. . . mo -

CABALLS BARRED ROCKS—Lead them all. Lead-

Farmers’ Union. mg hen Natl. laying contest, over all breeders laying MAKE BIG MONEY QUICK—Selling up], K11."

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293 eggs. Official records 207 to 293. Leading pen





 





HOW GOODS. NOVELTIEB, ETC” YOU NEED, 3w“ 6:115 year. Bargain prices May,

A gems-d. at _. . er .

bringsm 53.5%: catalogue free. G. Cabs“. Hudsonvllle, Mich.





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Lawrence Poultry Farm. R. '7. Grand Rapids. Mich





 





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HELP WANTED





 





Have you heard about “Fly‘ Kl ? It is the





er all eeds for winter months. Indians mint wonderful new dalrymen's fly lime d

W b: June and pellent that is always being used by rthe‘mUuungi





real money makers Chick and cup 3““ GOWHUWM‘ manystate institutions,1mq doin-





rnen-mdntamers‘ in' nearly every state to 'th

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HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing: 5 pound

1 d :5 25 s

RATIVE It will my. Ema $3 tor 15; $8 for 50; $15 to: 100





ACCO GROWERS, Pmducah, Kentuclw.





YOUR. OWN Phonographs. We can supply

you with motors. tone arms, and all accessories at

wholesale prices.



vyph Company.





5/. 03- after June lot. Blending 8: Sons, Dept. B

Greenvlllo. Mich.





Bldwell Stock Farm. Tecumseh, Michigan.





 





10 “)8" .

0 lbs., RHODE ISLAND 13812082350” comb, prize-winning training. experience in first letter. Write or confer





In J. Billet, Bay at your [own expense with A.,C. BA





TOBACCO—Elm Smoking, 5





1.50; 20 lbs. 3175.

3 O‘Connor Bmo choose, strain. Ma .





City. Mich.





Evergreen Poultry Farm won the silver cup at the

M A C Laying contest for highest winter produc- this summer. Earnings from $50-00 ‘0 3300-00 Dar





“6“ with their (Bred to Lay) White Wyandottes. week sure. “No capital or experience required, Jm

k with some of this blood. “l” ”m “Y'Kn' ”1d '- vayer and show fann—





nnonu ISLAND REDS—Rose Comb Cockcrels. hen-

pleumg hatched. farm raised. Big, thrifty div





by an old responsible company. We want '

wide-awake man in each community to sell 9%???{35





crsbow it kills files and keeps them away from cattle





' and horses. It sells itself. Write at. once for our '





proposition giving age. refomnce and territory de-

sired. Address: “Fly-K11" 'Dlvlslon 23, 81 H

Avo., Suim. Paul. Minn. ampden





 





5 ”“313“ WANTED—Cow testers for 'Mlchigun Cow Te=tlng





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birds from prize winning strains, $4 to 7. 0. o . , ,

204 East. 113th Bl... specials at $10 each. Careful attention to mail orders Associations. Munwlth short coursetralmuu. dairy





' experience and fundamental feedln kuowled e. -

slrlngto become Association Testers gorthe you: ngead

only apply. Give full particulars, see. references.





LTZERJDsiz-y

Department Michigan Agricultu 'al 0 ll ,

7 Longing. Michlzan. I o ego Ea“.





 





WANTED—Freak animals or poul

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WANTED 5F and general I I





‘ boardzulx‘d room. Box 618 Michigan Farmer.





POSITIONS WANTED

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Meet the man who Will help





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





to equip a farm like this





There are farmers in your community

who apparently have succeeded in grow-

ing “ two blades of grass ” where only one

grew before.



Almost always, they are the more pros-

perous farmers—the men who live in

comfortable modern homes, with lighting

systems and plumbing and other conven-

iences, with pianos and phonographs and

fine furniture, with automobiles and

tractors and silos and other adjuncts of

up-to~date farming.



There is a man in your town who will

help you, as he has helped others in the

past, to have a modern farm equipment

and the luxuries which make farm life

more enjoyable. 1





Who is this man?

He will do this by helping you to make

your farming operations more resultful.

He will help you to grow more on less

land, to increase your acre yields without

increasing the acreage, to improve the

quality of every crop you raise.



This man is theAuthorized Swift Agent

in your tOWn—the man or firm or store

selected by Swift 85 Company, after

investigation, to supply the Swift’s Red

Steer Fertilizers required by the farming

community.



Backed by the resources and reputa-





‘ ‘tidn ‘of Swift & Company, he 13 equipped





to render a very real service to the farm-

. ers of your county. He will advise with





on as to your crop and soil requirements,

and he will provide the Swift’s Red Steer

Fertilizers which are best adapted to

those individual requirements.





“ It pays to use them ”

He recommends Swiit’ s Red Steer Ferti-





lizers because he knows that “it pays to‘





use them ”—-and because he knows that

back of every bag he sells are the vast

resources, the supplies of raw materials,

the manufacturing skill, the chemical and

agricultural knowledge, of Swift 85 Com-

pany



He knows that Swift’s Red Steer Fer-

tilizers are high 1n available plant food;

that they are made of the right elements

for each particular crop; that they are

accurately and uniformly mixed; and

that when properly applied they will

return the fa'rmer’ s investment many

times over.





Meet the man who will help you to

build a finer home—the Authorized Swift

Agent. Talk over your fertilizer prob-

lems with him—he' will give you the infor-

mation you desire or will get this informa-

tion for you.





Get acquainted with him ‘n6w—it will

pay you. If you cannot locate him

readily, write our nearest sales division.





, Swift 85 Company

FERTILIZER WORKS. DEPT. 44

Hammond, find . .





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A. S. A. says;

In a recent trip through aneighboring state

I called, whenever possible, upon the'Author-

ized Swift Agent in the towns I visited.





All of them seem to have the interests of

the farmer very much at heart, and are

making a very real effort to render service in

their communities and to co-operate intelli-

gently with the farmers in working out

their fertilizer problems.





In a very few towns I found that there was

no Authorized Swift Agent, and once or twice

I pointed out to responsible merchants the

opportunity offered in representing Swift’ 3





Red Steer Fertilizers intheir communities.





Certainly there should be an Authorized





‘Swift Agent in every town. And he should





be the livest merchant 1n that town.1f you

can qualify,- why not act on this tip and

write to Swift & company stones?





 





 





 





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