/ ")0“ /"""‘“““"‘" au- wEEKLY.’ .unmumuum:unmniffiflgnunufl . mumFmfimnumm‘mlwmnwu‘tnmwm 2 ‘ nmuu MWWWInmmm-u1mmm:"mummmIHumm1mumuummnmlImmmuuIImIIImmumnunmmmm:mmlmmmummmmmnmumuInmlmmmllmmflf“ ___.._____—________________~_,,_ _______/’ ." unummuunmmmumummmmaumnmImmmmm::mmmuummlxmnmmmluImummmm:nunuum1mmunmmnmumnmmIInmmmluImuummmmunmumunnmmuIlmumlIIumummuImImIIuIInnmIImumIIminimumImnummmmummmInIIImmllmmmmmmmImummmIimlmmmmuu“mum VOL. CLXI. No. 3 Wholeflumbcr 4262 V ‘ DETROIT, MICH., SATLIRDAY, JULY 21, 1923 ONEYE” 31.00 FIVE YEARS $3.00 ImilmuluunnmzmHmnnmummmmmmuImumnuumImumnmmmmnumunummmmu.:ummummmmm:WWW]mnmmmmnunnm'iii],* "‘"7 $5er .fiTm—u ,. ‘. — ""*“ —,—--— ._,.._______,.__ , ‘ xvam—mnumammunnmyummnImmz;mummmunmnulmnumn—u' - f, . 57' ...._._...______.__.___.—————_—_. n3 L'j l7 . nmgujomw1mmamm,m_}au;gnim1mn flyflwx: /\' ‘7‘. -A. 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Each one must prove its ability to keep time before it is allowed to go out into the world as a representative of this WESTERN CLOCK (20., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, U. s. A. Factor): Peru,lllinois. In Canada: Western Clock Co., Limited,Petcrborough, Ont. Clo-Ben 32-50 Path! Bm $1.50 Sleep—Mal" $.00 Jack o'Lantern £3.00 America SL250 Big 8m $3.50 Bab} Ben 33.50 d TRY a Michigan Farmer Classified Liner—They cost little and bring big results. l for eyerg risk the Farmer takes-there is a Hartford Policy sen to Farmers . Wit out charge H MY PROPERTY” will be sent free to every owner or manager of a farm who writes for it. It makes it easy for you to list in logical order all the things of value' you own—your home and furniture, your barn and its contents, your produce, machin- ery, and personal property By sending you this booklet the Hartford Fire Insurance Company makes it poss1ble for you to insure wisely because it helps you check farm values. . ..:9’ 13h. The Hartford has saved many a farmer from ruin. Mail the coupon. 0". I ‘s gateway Mills '\ ~Wire l". I.‘ t u i, i\ w“ WIL-L ADVERTISE BEANS. able‘ to a national palgn looking toward a sumption of beans. The members of the Michigan Association appear to be ’willing to cooperate in a national movement just as soon as sixty per cent of the elevators in the other large producing states agree to the plan. To finance such a campaign the proposal is to assess each elevator at the-rate of nine-tenths of one per cent for each 100 pounds of bean-s received between August 15, 1923, and August 15, 1924. MILK STRIKE CONTINUES. HE milk strike which has been on in Allegan county for some time is not yet settled. On July 9 officers of 'the Milk Producers’ Association con- ferred with representatives of the con- densary, at which time a proposed con- tract was considered. General agree- ment was arrived at on all details ex- de-nsary to- purchase milk only of the Producers’ Association. the situation is still tense and the pro- ducers are planning to make a new drive to increase their membership. POULTRY BUSINESS TO BE PUSH- ED IN TRAVERSE COUNTY. IGHT poultry demonstration farms have been established in Grand Traverse county by Agricultural Agent C.'E. Atwater. This work will be un- der the general supervision of M. A. C. poultry expert's. - , Each of'the eight farmers on whose farms the demonstrations will be held is raising a certain breed of poultry. Careful records will be kept and the best methods of caring for the flocks will be used. Through the county or- ganizations the information gathered by these demonstrations will be fur- nished to the neighbors. In all prob- ability additional demonstration farms will be established. There will prob ably be two hundred or more such farms established throughout Mich- igan. . EXPECT ACTION ON FREIGHT RATES IN MICHIGAN. CHANGE in the rates for farm _ 1 products and also in the zoning system of charging for freight in this state is expected by members of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission. This matter was presented by the} Michigan Traffic League and various farm organizations to the Interstate Commerce Commission nearly a year ago. It is expected that an order from the Interstate body will be forthcom- . ing at an early date. SUGAR BEET MEN FEAR COMPE- TITION. ' \ EARINGS are on in Toledo this week before representatives of the Intel‘s/tate Commerce Commission on petition of the cane refinew, at Blissfield, Michigan, for increased freight rates on sugar "beets in Michi- gan and Ohio. The Michigan Public Utilities Commission will be represent- ed at the hearing. According to mem- bers of the commission this is an 'ef- ' fort to raise sugar beet rates to where . they were about two years ago. Since the Blissfield company is a cane sugar growers that the eflort to” raise the . 'r , , ~ 4-". “fl-f." 15.51 ”cit-deem a»! errata;- g .1; : mdtfil‘am WafzyBoo‘Iet ,Vf M4 tariff rates on shipping sugar beets is . \ . 'r«7.~‘»j,“ - .. . 1, i‘ "E" r-r _ T is reported that the Michigan ‘Beang Jobbers’ Association is favor- 4 advertising cam- larger con- cepting the clause requiring the con-‘ As a result‘ plant, it is the claim of sugar beet-manor that locality. ma, bait-m , chase a Jersey-calf Ito: eta the“ ' 'in reality an effort to kill the, sugar ‘beet business in Ohio and Michigan. The sugar beet tonnage brings to the railroads of Michigan an income of five and .oneshalf million dollars a year. It is the principal source of irev- ’ enue for some of the lines in this state. FORM POTATO snowens' ASSOCI- ATIONS. P OTATO growers in Montcalm coun- ty in the state, are organizing lo— cal shipping associations at the vari- ous shipping points. There are eight- een such places in the county. Already ten of these have such associations. each affiliated with the Michigan Po- tato Growers’ Exchange. The new branch- olfice at Edmore will not only serve the growers in Montcalm county, but will also be the center for “distributing tubers grown in Mecosta county. It is believed that this branch office will serve a real eco- nomic end in the marketing of Mich- igan’s potato crop. FOR THE BUSY FARMER. ILLIAM DALEY, of Riverside. declares that growing dewberries between young apple trees has proven most profitable for him. While the vines have to be‘protected during the winter, he states that the average pro‘ duction is around one hundred crates per acre. - The Grand Traverse Farm Bureau, at their recent annual meeting, re- elected Ernest‘Lautner, president; E. A. Nickerson, vice-president, and E. T. Knight, secretary. Federal crop estimators have put it down as their guess that this year’s American potato crop will be sixty- nine million bushels less than the one harvested in 1922. The figures for 1923 are 382,000,000 bushels. During the month of June, the Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange set a new record for June ships ment of potatoes by sending out a to- tal of 392 cars. The late season, and the smallness of the southern crop. are partly responsible for this heavy 'June shipment. During the same pe- riod in 1922 only 148 cars were moved. Twenty-six boys from the various high schools in Eaton county have gone into the bean growing business. Each of these boys is growing at least an 'acre of beans, using Robust seed. In some instances the beans are being raised in competition with other varie- ties. The banks of the county are taking an active interest in the bo‘ys' 'work and are offering to send the win- ner to the International Live Stock Hay and Grain Show at Chicago this fall. ‘ - An investigation by D. L. Hagerman, industrial agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines. indicates that there is a large potential market for Michigan certified seed potatoes on Long Island. These growers use approximately 500;? 000 bushels of northern seed annually. LOne car of Michigan seed is being ‘ used there this year. The future will probably depend upon the resultsuobf tained with this stock. , The creamery company it Decatur is furnishing funds for financing a pure. blood Jersey calf club m the vided with. sumcien-t, canal: to \bUAlllTY' RELIABILITY. SERVICE it magma V . - ' vermin Curl _ PUBWQééSWt—EKLY A Practical Journal for the-Rurai Family ‘ ' . '_ MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM rksss V ' NUMBER TH REE ” .’ Digs Marl SucccSSfully at Little Cost T fits Equipment Requires Less Power T flan D0 Most Otfler Devices Y-iz. v v”? v .w- - v ‘INCE lime has become such an impertant factor in manuring for crops, and it has been discovered that in the majority, of the small in- land lakes there lies enormous quanti- ties of it in the form. of marl, the dig- ging of this type of fertilizer has be- come a problem which many farmers ‘have attempted to solve. .After investigating various.contriv- ances for thedigging of marl, I came The Tower and Scoop Just After It Has Dropped its- Load of Marl. The Pile you See Here was Dug in Less than Two Days. to the conclusion that the greatest force to be overcome was the tremen- dous suction which occurs when the scoop is once imbedded in the marl at the bottom of the lake. Successful marl digging in an inex- pensive manner, something farmers could afford to buy and operate, cen- tered itself in the development of a proper scoop; something which would operate with little power and would do away with the excessive power By Frank O. Chcncry than one hundred yards of marl a day. taking it from the lake’s bottom and depositing it on high and dry land where it can be easily reached with either wagon or truck. And further- more, I am doing it with such little power and cost that any farmer‘who has a. lake accessible and is in need of marl or lime for his land can well afford to make a like investment. Many people have come from far and near to witness this machine in operation, and their chief question is: How did Mr. Phelan develop a scoop which could be dropped into the bot tom of a lake, loaded with marl and be removed without a tremendous strain upon equipment and the need of a vast amount of power to overcome suction? He did it by building a s000p which could be pulled out of the marl the same way it went in for its load with- out dumping itself in the operation. All'other scoops I have seen had to be lifted in a perpendicular manner after they had been loaded, which forc- ed a terrible- strain on the track cable carrying the scoop, and requir- ed a forty-horsepower engine working to full capacity, attached to a six-ply tackle and operating on a low ratio drum to lift the load from the bottom of the lake. In working with this scoop, I find such little strain on eve~ ry portion of my equipment and power that digging marl is a simple and easy operation. The scoop is carried back and forth on a steel cable, one end anchored in the lake, and the other carried to a height of about thirty—five feet through the aid of a tri-pod tower made from three heavy poles. The track cable is raised and lowered for proper adjust- The Scoop About to Enter the Lake needed to remove the scoop from the ‘ lake’s bed when it was finally loaded. Mr. William Phelan, a farmer in Kal- amazoo county, developed a marl scoop during the past/ winter, and for which I built, the necessary rigging to operate. I 'felt' certain that at last 'jsomeone had deveIOped a machine on would meet the frequirements As the Scoop Set- for 3 Load of Marl. tles on the Bottom of the Lake it Automatically Closes. ment for digging through the aid of a hand-Windlass which sets the scoop. The scoop is forced back and forth. on the track cable by an endless ca- ble, its two ends being fastened at either end of the scoop. The cable operates on a drum geared to a trac- tor. The rear axle of- the tractor is placed on a frame, the drive. wheels .removed and two large bull gears are placed in their stead. These are gear- ed to the drum, being cennected with a drive shaft working on two universal joints operating one at each end of the shaft. This enables one to operate his ma- chine trom the seat of his tractor, us— As the scoop travels along the track cable .toward the tower, it is lifted higher into the air, where it finally reaches an automatic trip and is dump- ed. It takes from two to six minutes to make a round trip of the scoop, de‘ pending upon the distance one travels into the lake for a load. Two com- Just Coming Out with a Load of Marl. Notice the Tripping Arm is Extended when the Scoop is Closed. ing the gear shift to run the scooI) in either direction on the track cable. The scoop is so designed that the tension on the draw cable, in what- ever direction it may be, forces the scoop to operate automatically. The scoop opens at either end. When it enters the water it is in a dumping position. As it. settles on the bottom of the lake it automatically closes. As it drags along the bottom the tension on the cable pulling it in forces the front gate open and the scoop is al- lowed to fill. The endless cable runs slightly slack so that when the cable pulling the scoop from the marl tightens the oth- er one is loose. This removes the ten- sion holding the front gate open, and allows the tension pulling the scoop out to close this front gate automat- ically before it begins to actually re— move the scoop l'rom the marl bed. The scoop is drawn out over the same path which it entered. Everything has been cut away. There is no lifting the scoop from the bed th1ough the use of the Windlass on the tiack cable, and that suction which has been the bane of eveiy marl digger’s existence is en- tirely eliminated. plete trips of the scoop digs one yard of marl, as the scoop has a capacity of one—half of a yard. One hundred yards of marl is a good day’s work. As to the actual cost of building such a. machine, I am not ready to say. I had my own tractor, I built my own equipment. About the only thing I purchased was some second-hand ele- vator cable, some bolts and a few bearings. Mr. Phelan has aided me consider- able in the development of my rigging. The scoop is entirely to his credit, and from the experience I have had with it, and from what 1 have seen of other attempts at marl sc00ps, I believe I have the most successful and econom- ical device for the farmer’s use today. It is certain to pay for itself in a short time for what it will do for my farm, and I believe in it so heartily that I can safely say, there is no need of anyone becoming discouraged over the digging of mar]. It can be cheaply and successfully done with this type of scoop and rigging. The rigging 15 open. to the inspection of anyone, and you can build it yourself. You, of course, will have to buy your scoop. At the Foot of Trl-pod Tower Showina How the Tractor is Geared t9 the ' Drum which Operates the Endless Chain. ’ , i" Published weeny' Established 1843 0011mm 192: The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors 1832 LaFayette Boulevard Detroit. 'Michizln ’ Telephone Cherry 8384 , . NEW YORK OFFICE 120 W. 42nd St. CHICAGO OFFICE 608 So.Dea1-bom St. CLEVELAND OFFICE 1011-1013 Oregon Ave.N. .E PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 261-263 South Third St. ARTHUR CAPPER ....................... President MARCO MORROW . . . ............. Vice-President PAUL LAWRENCE . . . . . . .......... Vice— President I'. ILN ANCE ............................ Secretary I. R. WATERBURY .................. 1 Associate ditore ‘ P. P. POPE ........................... Field Editor I. B. WATERBURY ............. Business Manager TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One Year, 52 issues ........................... $1 00 Three Years, 156 issues Five Years. 260 issues All Sent Postpaid Canadian subscription 50c 11. year extra for postage RATES OF ADVERTISING 65 cents per line agate type measurement. or $7.70 per V inch (14 agate lines per inch) per insertion. No adver- tisement inserted for loss than $1.65 each insertion. ha objectionable advertisements inserted at any time. red as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan. Under the Act of March 3,1879. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation NUMBER THREE VOLUME CLXI DETROIT, JULY 21, 1923 CURRENT COMMENT When the young man or woman fin- ishes college with the inquisitive mood still working, one may be quite cer- tain that the years of student toil have not been spent in vain. If any good thing can come of the spoiled-egg politics being played with the extension program and finances of the Agricultural College, we cannot force our imagination to figure it out. This Wayne county farmer undoubt- edly has friends. He says, “Although the tuberculosis work has cost me fully fifteen hundred dollars in cold money, I am fully in accord with the work and am lending my moral sup— port to it." 1TH the winter . grain harvest Marketing practically completed the Wheat and the threshing sea- Crop son at hand, the wheat market is of Vital i11- terest to farmers throughout the coun- try. The recent rapid decline in the market to a point below the cost of production of this staple foodstuff makes the problem more serious, and one which should engage the careful "thought of every wheat grower. The first essential in a proper study of the wheat marketing situation is a. working knowledge of the existing facts regarding production and de- rmand. The July forecast of the coun- try’s wheat crop, which will be found on Page 23, of this issue, indicates that our 1923 Wheat crop will be some 41,000,000 bushels smaller than last year’s crop, and 14,000,000 bushels less . than the five-year average. Domestic » consumption should increase at least in proportion to the increase in popu- lation, and there is a possibility of a considerable increase in this factor through the influence. of the “Eat More'Wheat” campaign now under ,way. But there is a very considerable carry-over of old wheat and the new [crop will again exceed demands for domestic consumption, in anticipation of which the speculative price of fu- tures has' declined, carrying with it the price for spot wheat. The only possible present remedy [is the orderly marketing of the crop ' "d the storing of the surpIUS under .wers’ control. Plans for the pool- mot the crop have been advanced, _it seems apparent that they can- become immediately effective to the present situation. The “van d by Gray Silver. Wash- . Farm Bureau Federation, for the hold: ing of approximately one-fifth of the crop in growers’ hands has merit, and if it could be generally followed would probably steady the market to adegree which would make the crdp net cost of production to growers. Lacking adequate commercial ma- chinery for the present orderly mar- keting of the crop through a growers’ pool of sufficient magnitude to cope with the situation, orderly marketing must be generally practiced by indi- vidual growers, if speculative control of the market is to be avoided. And the small grower as weli as the large producer should give the subject thoughtful attention, since wheat pric- es are to a very considerable extent a barometer indicative of the probable trend of prices for other foodstuffs. ANY billions of - dollars are invest- Rl.8ks ’ ed in the growing of 1" crops on American Agriculture farms. In no other ' line of production is there the amount of capital required, nor 'the volume of labor employed as in the growing of our staple and spe- cial crops. Because of the magnitude of the in- vestment, many have chosen to call the farmer a gambler. This difference between the farmer and the gambler, however, has been pointed out: the farmer’s risk is unavoidable; if he con- tinues to produce crops the risks must be taken. The gambler, on the other hand, accepts unnecessary risks. He goes out of his way to take a chance. Other businesses must also take un- avoidable risks. But these are not so great as those taken by the farmer. Also, they hold less fear to the indi- vidual investor because the business man has insurance protection. His losses are distributed and become a regular charge. But, heretofore, the risks in agricul- ture have seemingly been too great for insurance companies to undertake the writing of policies which will protect farmers against unavoidable losses or calamities. The department of agriculture has, however, been making investigations along this line. and after much study has come to the conclusion that, at least, to the extent of repaying to the farmer actual damages suffered from reverses, insurance can be provided. While a matter of such magnitude as this must come slowly, we feel cer- tain that any practical method of tak- ing some. or all, of the risk out of the business of growing crops will not Only be appreciated but will be used by business farmels HE activities of Old Biddy has The made her one of the Minor greatest producers of Major agricultural wealth in the country. This speaks pretty well for one of agricul- ture’s side lines. In fact, the showing poultry has made, has awakened the farmers to its possibilities, so that rapidly it is gain- ing the serious consideration of the man of the house himself. ' It is due his consideration for the housewife’s egg money has often provided means of living while the farmei was getting other lines of farming on the paying basis. In Michigan, the farmer’s poultry produces about $35,000,000 worth of wealth a year. The back-yard poultry farm produces about $15,000,000 more. So the Michigan hen is giving us around $50, 000,000 for the care we are giving her. So far, this care has been a sort of by-guess- -by-gosh affair. But the poul- try experts at the college are doing their best to get us to give biddy a .of cows. a handful of dairy cattle was likewise profit to ourselves- They; fully realize that phultry is a major agricultural activity which is receiying minor con- .sideratlon. Their job is to get us to give it its just major cousideration. But they are handicapped. This $50,000,000 industry is getting some money for extension purpOses, whereby the college men can give us, the messageof better poultry. But these men know that they are just scratching the surface of the possibili~ ties of poultry raising; . there are many unsolved problems which they are anxious to solve. But the handi- cap is that they are getting only $500 for experimental purpose-s. On such a small amount nothing much of prac- tical valueto the practical poultryman can be learned. And in comparison to the amounts used for other agricul- tural lines it certainly is very small. Perhaps the reason that not more has been appropriated is because we as poultry raisers haVe not put our in- fluences behind the demand for it. It )Would be well for all of us interested in poultry to use our influence, no matter how small, to help our poultry experts to get greater appropriations for their investigational work. From a selfish standpoint it will pay us to do so, for from such investigations we will learn how to get greater profits from our poultry. I N all probability we Too could look in vain for a commercial Muc” product which, during Dairying? these past few years, has received more fav- orable consideration from the press, platf01m, and school- -room, than has milk and its derivatives. This raises questions in the mind of thoughtful and cautious dairymen. They are wondering whether or not. this favorable attention to dairy prod- ‘ ucts will not hasten the day when the dairy business will be overdone. Pro- duction may be so increased through this publicity as to make dairying un- profitable for the person who keeps cows. No one can deny to the dairymen the right to ask theSe and similar questions. However, too many dairy- men forget that this publicity is aim- ed principally at greater consumption and that there are facts, which every man who keeps cows for the produc- tion of commercial dairy products, should keep constantly in mind. For instance, d‘eSpite all the encour- agement which has come to the dairy business, from both throat and pen, we, today, are a consuming nation and not an exporting nation, as was the case a few years ago. Our production has not kept pace with consumption. We use more of these products than our present dairies are producing. Then, again, men of science have been delving deep into the facts of our living, and again and again, these re- search men have come 'to the surface to tell us that, for health’s sake, we must consume more and more of dairy products. These- conclusions of our food experts are finding an unpreju4 diced reception in the minds and. hearts of the rising generation, the same as did similar instructions re- garding the poisonous effect of alcohol find lodgement in the minds of the. past generation of school children. Furthermore, milk is no longer the perishable product it has been. In the form of powder, or in the condensed state, it can be kept indefinitely. Be- cause of this very simple fact the state of Pennsylvania, during the past year, was in a position to produce six times more the amount of ice cream than did the largest dairy state in the Union, in spite of the fact that Penn- sylvania had but one-half the number And Massachusetts with but able to produce a million dairy state.. dairy manufacturing enables furthers _to produce raw milk where economy _, dictates, and then ship the preServed ‘ ‘ products to the uttermost parts for consumption. . And finally, it has been learned, that milk casein produces a glue of excel- lent quality. \Industry is in need of more good glue than can be secured from old sources. So now she is tak- ing all of the milk casein that can be produced during the flush season of the year for this purpose. These facts about the dairy industry Will aid the individual dairyman in judging more closely of factors which will have a material influence on the future of the dairy business in this country. Detour WHEN you go in your Oughto you see that word lots of times. It means that you gotta turn off the road you been going thirty-five miles ahour _on, and onto another what you kin go only ten miles per hour. For inst, me and Sophie was goin' along 011 what some folks call a mar- volus road, when we come to a sign' what said, “Detour, Road Closed. Fol- low the Arrows.” Now, I’ve heard of lots of folks fol- lowing the horses for a kinda specu- lashun, but it nev- er got them any- where, and so we. didn’t know if it was goin’ to be alright to follow arrows or not. But we found that there’s lots of speculashun fob lowin’ ar1ows, but they get you some- where just the same. Now, this what you call detour me and Sophie made, started out tolerably well, but in a little while it takes us in the woods, what ain’t got room enough for a road, but the road is there just the same. Then we come by a sand hill what we had to go into low to get down. Of course, when you go down you I gotta try and go up. The goin’ up was what you call sufiishunt for one day’s endeavor. My Oughto ain’t a good wader; it kinda likes somethin’ solid under it. Well, the consequences was that Soph- ie had to get out and push while I was manipulatin’ the speeds. There’s sometimes when its nice, when you are the only one what kin drive. I don’t like to push, and besides Sophie is a better pusher than me, ’cause she is pushin’ me all the time. Well, when Sophie was out in back of the car, I says, “Alright, start.” I start the engine, what you call vigor- ously, and we get a goin’ pretty good. When I stop to see how Sophie is com- in’, I just see her gettin’ up from the road and rubbin’ the sand from her eyes. You see, the Oughto’s back wheels give her what you call a sand shower. She had grit enough'all over her whereabouts to last her a week. Well, besides buttin’ a stump and near- 131 doin’ lots of other things, we got along pretty good, and in a little while we was on a. thirty-five-mile road again. Detours is all right, ’cause they is changes. They make the regular roads of life more interestin’. Me and SOphie has just had a detour in life. We just left the old farm after hayin’ and burnt up some gasoline seein’ the country. It did us lots 8. good to sleep in different beds and eat different meals. And now we are back, tired, but feelin’ better, and we got somethin' to tell other folks. _ .. I think everybody should take a de- " ‘ tour once ina while. . In other words, modern _ . ~ fl -\ ‘- v. i ,. ‘ ID the urgent demand for more M efficient marketing of farm prodv nets and the many movements that have arisen in response to this demand, it is not amiss to consider ' the work of, that nature being done by the Michigan Crop Improvement As- ;sociation. ' ~. The Michigan Crop Improvement Association is an open organization of Michigan farmers whose function is to produce and distribute quality seed of imprOVed crops varieties. This, of course, involves the marketing of the seed as well as its ecnomical produc- tion. ‘ In this work certain fundamental laws which govern every successful business are recognized. The associ- ation recognizes first that if its seeds are to command a premium over ordi- nary farm seeds they must possess greater value. 'People will not pay premiums for common products. To give the added value the association standardizes its product on the basis of a rigid inspection system impar- tially supervised which makes possi- ble the certification'that all seed sold comes up to high standards of merit and desirability. Much of the superior value of asso- ciation seed lies in its breeding. The work in plant development is done by the Farm Crops Department of the Michigan Agricultural College. Each year M. A. C. plant breeders are contributing something of vast im- portance to Michigan agriculture in the way of improved crops. Rosen rye, Red Rock wheat, Worthy and Wolver- ine oats, Duncan and M. A. 0. Yellow Dent corn, Robust beans and the new Hardigan alfalfa, are active testimon. ials to the value of this work. Farmers frequently desire to renew to i \_ T flail 'Wfle-anuyers B Up-ério By H. C. Rather their stocks of seed from a variety of known merit. Too often it is. im- possible to secure seed of sufficient purity to really perpetuate the desir- able characteristics of that variety. The association in its cooperative re- lationship with the Michigan Agricul- tural College gives growers assurance that they may renew seed from de- pendable sources. To do this requires a knowledge of the ancestry of the seed and a knowledge that these pre- vious generations have been grown without contamination. We have such data on certified seed. We can trace its ancestry back through inspected fields tomits original pure line source and while these inspections are put on by the Crop Improvement Association they are supervised impartially by trained men from the agricultural col- lege. Seed certified by the Michigan Crop Improvement Association, therefore, is seed of adapted high-producing varie- ties, since only those varieties of dem« onstrated value are accepted for in- spection. This insures purity of varie- ty, freedom of weeds and other crop mixtures, good color and appearance, good weight, and high germination. These qualities give certified seed ex- traordinary value. Fundamentally, the rendering of such service is the basis upon which’all successful mar- keting is done. The organized marketing of'certificd seeds hinges first and foremost upon organized production. A standard qual- ity product would not be possible if each member were growing a different kind of seed. Organized production and organized inspection insure stand- ard grades of seed, both as to heritage and outward quality. But the farmers of the Michigan This Shipment will Help Build Michigan's Reputation as a Seed State. 1'! Products ecoma Acquainted {vim tée Quality of Me Goods tfle Maréeting is Not so Dzficu/t Crop Improvement Association are nOt resting their faith on that pretty adage about him who builds a mousetrap i« better than all others will have the world beat a. pathway to his door in the wilderness. Michigan’s certified seed growers are placing their “mouse trap” in conspicuous places on Widely traveled highways. Every legitimate means is used to attract the attention . of buyers to certified seed, just as ‘ great manufacturers call the public at- tention- to their products. . Farmers" buy seed from several sources. They buy from their neigh- bors, from local seed stores, from coo operative and private elevators and from large seed houses. Not a single one of these channels but what. through it there is passing Michigan certified seed. Nearly every grower in the associa- tion sells an important percentage of his crop to his neighbors. Several of the seed growers have built up strong reputations as seedsmen and men like 0. D. Finkbeiner, of Clinton, of Red Rock wheat fame; Ralph Arbogast, of Union City; Charles Laughlin, of Dans- ville, and L. L. Lawrence, of Decatur, are able to retail their entire seed' crops from the farm. Other growers find an excellent out- let for their certified seed through the local elevators. Milo Robinson, of Un- iOn City, has been selling his Pickett corn through an elevator for several years. The venture has been profit- able to himself and has been carried on to the extent that that entire com- munity is practically standardized on this excellent variety. Claude Cole, of Caro, Ray Gilson, of Midland, and oth- ers, iiound this to be an excellent way to selllcertified Robust beans. (Continued on page 6]). :~ The, Tree that Made Michigan W is now known as the great state of Michigan, or later in‘ 1668. wnen Pere Marquette paddled along the northern shores of Lake Huron, our region was one of the greatest potential lumber-producing countries in the history of the world. The people honestly believed, for years after the first saw mill operated at Mackinaw, that Michigan’s great white pine forests were inexhaustible. The industry assumed immense pro- portionsand logging the famous cork. pine began on a large scale soon after the Civil War. That generation of lumbermen, the real founders of the state, have :now seen the passing of the white pine and of Michigan’s great forests. ' Today it is difficult to locate even a few acres of the original stand. In many sections of the state, once heav- ily timbered and productive, thou- sands and thousands of acres have been changed'into waste sand, produc- ing little save sweet ferns and buckle- , berries. Only charred stumps remain to tell the story. Experience of: the _ past fifty years has brought us in con- , tact. only too real, with the deplorable truction and almost, calamities ot-a des By Dow V., Baxter lumber'industry. The lumber was best and the trees were plentiful. It was used for everything from houses down to firewood. White pine made good shingles, it made good flooring, and rafters. The clear, straight grain worked easily and could be put to al- most as many uses as wood itself. The white pine tree may be easily recognized by the character of its fine soft needles arranged in clusters of five. ‘Five needles occur in a bundle: By counting the needles, the white pine may be readily distinguished from the other pines occurring in the state. Jack pine and Norway or Red pine, have only two needles in a clus- ter. The smooth light-colored bark of the young trees or of the twigs and young branches of the, older veterans is also a good character by which one can identify the white pine. At the state nursery on the Higgins Lake Forest in Roscommon county, thousands of young pines are grown yearly‘ in one of the largest nurseries in the country for the purpose of re- foresting idle lands. \The white pines Agricultural College the. Michigan _ Where eirperimen'ts are being" conduct- : ed with the tree’s. ' The State Univer- tore ry department are“‘also grown in large numbers at‘ is also carrying on extensive experi- ments with white pine at the Saginaw Forest near Ann Arbor. The white pine is also highly adap- tive for ornamental planting and its value cannot be underestimated. How— ever, the greatest care should be exer- cised when one is purchasing white pine. There is a disease known as the white pine blister rust which is one of the tree’s greatest enemies. This rust is often difficult to detect on pines for a long period after they have been infected, and during this stage the trees may seemingly appear to be thrifty. This diseaSe already threat- ens white pine in certain sections of our country and has been found as isolated cases in two Michigan; coun— ties. . ' The White Pine Blister Rust. The parasite was brought into this country from Europe, but it was not discovered in time to be completely eradicated. However, the blister rust can be controlled, providing the prop- er measures are immediately taken by pine owners. The rust is a parasitic fungus which kills the trees. Infection of the pine takes place through the needles, and the parasite grows down into the twigs. Th bark-becomes swollen and finally Is Now Being Grown Extensive/y in Our Large State Forest Nurseries. ‘ We Sflou/a’ Protect It Against Me Blister Ru HEN Jean Nicolet visited what st. yellowish blisters break through the diseased bark. These are formed dur- ing the spring. These pustules are filled with spores which are blown great distances by the wind. They are not able to reint‘ect pine, but are cap- able of infecting currants or gooseber— . ries. The cultivated black currants are especially susceptible. The rust appears on the undersides of the leaves, producing spores which are -,;L' capable of infecting other current and gooseberry plants. In this manner, the rust may become widespread during the summer. Later on in the season, spores of another kind are produced on the diseased gooseberry and cur-r. rant leaves. These spores may bring 1’? about the infection of white pine. To prevent further dissemination of the rust, the government has quaran- tined many sections of the country. Shipping out of currant or gooseberry . plants and white pines from states where the rust is known to occur, is prohibited. , Diseased plants should be burned at. once. ‘ You can protect your pine if' the" gooseberiies and currants are pulled up for a distance of 900 feet. The rus must first grow on Currants or goos berries before the life cycle of. fl parasite is complete. The rained takes advantage of this—ethe Brain tion of all such plants ,_ . - gi‘s GETTING'ATTENTION TO AGRI- ’ ' CULTURE. ARMER CUNNINGHAM is evident- ly getting in some effective work on the Federal Reserve Board. It is apparent that it is making an effort to give substantial aid to farmers in the marketing of their crops. A circular issued by the board calls the attention of all reserve agents to “the import- ‘ance of the federal reserve system in providing adequate financing for the orderly marketing of agricultural prod- ucts during the coming marketing sea— son.” Some timely and pertinent advice is handed the country bankers. It is sug- gested that “officials of all the federal reserve banks, including branches, in— form themselves fully regarding the added facilities for agricultural financ- ing made possible through legislation enacted during the last congress. This done, the federal reserve banks should give the information to the public, es- _ pecially to the member banks, cooper- ative marketing agencies and produc- ers and buyers of agricultural products. REPORT 18 ENCOURAGING. GRAIN of encouragement is con- tained in the fig u1 es covering the governments financial opelations for the fiscal year ended June 30, made Surveying Michigan Crops for 1923 Fm! Goverfimmt Erlzmaz‘ey Sflow Mat Despite Laéor Shortage farmer: HERE has been considerable im— provement in nearly all crops dur- ing June; corn, beans, alfalfa, peaches and grapes were above the ten-year average condition 011 July 1. Hay is the most disappointing, al- though alfalfa l1as maintained its splendid reputation by adding a good crop to the otherwise light hay pro- duiction in Michigan this year. StraW— berries were seriously reduced by the drought, and pears and plums are rela— tively light, but all other fruits prom- ise well, according to the July report issued by L. W‘hitney Watkins, com- missioner of agriculture, and Verne I—l. ' Church, agricultural satistician, Unit— ed States Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics. _ Corn.~—A good acreage was planted, but a shortage of labor, and a heavy abandonment of farms has caused a reduction of two per cent from that of last year, .leaving 1,686,000 acres. The condition is eighty-nine per cent, or six per cent better than the aver- age of the last ten years. This fore- casts a crop of 60,022,000 bushels, which is nearly equal to that produced last year. VV'heaL—An improvement of two per cent in condition during June was re- perted, making the condition seventy- eight per cent as compared with eigh— ‘ty-five per cent last year, and a ten- .year average'of seventy-nine. This ,slight improvement brings the esti- ‘mated production up to 15,478,000 bushels, or nearly ten per cent more {than last year. The amount of old Wheat remaining on farms is estimat— "ed at 6.5 per cent of. the 1922 crop. The condition of spling wheat is also as enty-eight per cent. "Oats. —The season has been dry for g mats and‘ the straw is very short on light and rolling lands. Consider- iofmprovement has taken place in Secfldns,and they are apparently Well. The crap is estimated. at public by the treasury. They show receipts for the twelve months 01' 4,- 007,135,480 and expenditures of $3, 697-- 478,020, leaving a surplus of $309, 657, - 460. The new tariff bill is proving'a suc- cess' from the point of raising reven- ue; Receipt-s in customs duties total- ed $561,928,866, almost sixty per cent greater than for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922. ,CITY FOLKS OBJECT. HE~ recent proposition advanced by Gray Silver, WashingtOn cor- respondent of the American Farm Bu- reau, that farmers hold off the market 200,000,000 bushels of this season’s Wheat crop, by the aid of the ware- house and agricultural credit acts, has met with caustic criticism in the met- ropolitan papers, the editors seeing in the proposal an attempt on the part of farmers to hold up the consumers. In reply to these criticisms, Mr. Sil- ver says that if the 200,000,000 bushels of wheat which we are likely to have for a surplus in excess of our domes- tic and export needs goes into the. hands of speculators instead of being held on the farms through the agency of the intermediate credit act and the warehousing act, it will do so to the disadvantage of both the producer and consumer. To dump on the market a. evvs from large amount of foodstuffs which'can-‘ not be consumed will not only demor- alize the wheat market but the mar- ket for other. foodstuffs. Restoring wheat to cost, of production dees not mean the price of bread would be rais- ed, for according to congressional in- vestigations the price of bread has very little to do with the price of wheat. It was shown in a congres- sional investigation in" 1920 when Wheat was selling at twice the present price that a ten cent loaf of bread would sell for eight cents or more if all the ingredients necessary to the making of bread were contributed without cost. LAWS FOR BENEFIT'OF AGRICUL- :runs. N his report of the W’ashington of- fice of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Gray Silver, Washington representative, says that the sixty—sev- enth congress enacted twenty-six laws of benefit to agriculture. “We have achieved the authorization of coopera- tive marketing with its big implica— tions of order, foresight, prudence and adaptability in marketing, giving us the strength of massed milliOns and arming us for the contests 'of the mar- kets with the same big business meth- ods that our buyers use. We have brought about the financial emancipa— will Harvey! A5011! Normal Yze/cz'r 45,298,000 bushels against a production last year of 49,434,000. Barley.~——The crop has suffered from dry weather in common with other spring crops, but has improved very materially of late. The present out- look is for a crop of 3,299,000 bushels, as compared with 3,500,000 last year. The straw is short in many sections but is apparently filling Well. Rye—The reduced acreage has low- tion of the farmer and equipped him. with one of the greatest banking in- stitutions in the world through the general rural credit law. We have se- cured the enactment of several laws of the greatest value in defending farmers and the general public from the inimlcal practices and selfish ex- ploitations by the predatory interests that seem impossible to cure without legislation. We have made a start in the direction of legislation affecting the lowering of farm costs in what we» buy 1: Mr. Silver put much emphasis on the question of lower production costs: “The Muscle Shoals project is to be the test case of the application of the fundamental thought that the question . of applied power lies at the root of farm costs, and also of farm comfo1t and well being.” The basic solution of the problem is to get rid of the crushing interest charge which is the chief part of water power cost. The nub of the Ford proposition is to ap- ply earnings from the Muscle Shoals power utilization to amortize, that is, gradually pay off the original cost of the improvement. After a certain number of years, Mr. Silver points out, the government investment will be re— paid and the Muscle Shoals develop- ment,will not have to reckon with the crushing burden of interest charges on capital that refuses to be- paid off . ‘ ered the production, as compared with June hastened maturity. A few east- last yea1, by about 1,,000 000 bushels. The present condition is eighty-six per cent, two per cent below the ten—year average, and represents a crop of 7,- ' 261,000 bushels. Hay—Clover and timothy hay prov- ed to be the poorest of all Michigan crops this year. D1y weather and a backward season prevented a n01mal growth and the hot weather late in Farmers Gather Next Week 071 July 272% flmzucz/ Farmem’ Day will be Held at M. [1. C. 1TH speakers'booked for the gen? eral program, live stock groom- ed for the show ring-experimental plats ready for inspection, and general entertainment features listed, plans are completed for the sixth annual summer Farmers Day at the Michigan Agricultural College, Friday, July 27. Automobile parties from practically every section of the state will drive to East Lansing for the big gathering, which is expected to equal last year’s record crowd of five thousand farmers. From a comparatively humble start in 1918, when some 500 farmers met on the M. A. C. campus for a special war-time wheat day, the Summer Farmers’ Day has grown to be one of the state’s most important agricultural gatherings. The keynote is sounded then on many important farm prob- lems; visitors get acquainted with the work of the college, and post up on the latest developments in the agricul- tural experiment station; and a gen- eral social picnic, rivaled by few other gatherings in the 'state, is held. Many acres of interesting and valu- able experimental work in crops and soils fields will be inspected during Farmers’ Day. Blue ribbon winners in horse, cattle, sheep, swine and 110111- ‘ try classes will pass in review. Con- ferences Will be held on various mat- ters of agricultural interest, and groups from widely scattered sections of Michigan will gather over the pic- nic tables in social hours. The open air meeting under the campus trees in the afternoon will find 0. E. Bradfute, of Ohio, president of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion, as the headline speaker. Mumford, among the best known and most talented speakers in the state, will also address the gathering. There will be a band concert and other en- tertainment features, R. S. Shaw -presiding over the meet- ing. Eben with President Women will have their own head- quarters in the college woman’s build ing during the day. will be conducted for the children un- der the direction of R. A. Turner, the Special games state leader of boys’ and girls’ club work. ‘ Outdoor exhibits, each stressing some vital and timely agricultural top- ic, will be placed on the campus near the meeting ground. Specialists from the various college departments will hp at these‘exhibit- boothsto special farm problems with‘visit iscuss ern counties, that had a more plentiful supply of moisture, have a very good crop of hay. The estimated produc- tion is ‘-' ,588, 000 tons as compared with 4,530,000 tons last year. Alfalfa is in good condition, being two per cent above the ten-year average. The first cutting has been completed. The hay crop for the country as a whole is over 6,000 000 tons less than in 1922. Pastures. ———The condition is eighty- th1ee per cent as compared with eighty on June 1, and a ten-year aver- age of eighty-six. Beans—Farmers of Michigan have planted antincreased acreage in com- parison With last year many potato growers having substituted beans for potatoes, and othe1 crOps having been reduced in many sections. The in- crease is largest in counties outside the central bean-growing a1 ea and f01 the state amounts to twenty- foui per cent over last year’s acreage, 01 a total of 568, 000 acres.‘ This is only about twelve per cent ove1 the amount actually planted last yea1. Shortage of labor and a greater ameage of shgar beets prevented a larger increase. tion is ninety- -0ne per cent, rep1esent- ing a production of 6,719, 000 bushels. As in all crop estimates, future weath— er conditions may materially alter this figure. The production estimates for other'bean- growing states are as fol- lows: New York, 1,463,000; Wiscon- sin, 148, 000 0,00 Colorado, 1,423, 000; California, 4, 473, 000; Idaho, 534, 000, and New Mexico, 229,000 bushels. Sugar Beets. —A much larger acreage was planted this year. The condition is slightly below normal as consider- able replanting was necessary. The present outlook is eighty-four per cent: of a normal crop. . Field Peas .-—The condition is eighty- seven- percent; or one no”: (to hem ha1 vested ' The piesent condi- - '6, g the ‘senate‘flnance l~ west will notifb-et Satisfied until freight Uri-ates are‘lowe’redr onnnitye.'saysithere will be no revisa Jon ‘1 Vthe‘rev'enue, laws at the next ‘."’session; of congress. Railroad legis- ':,Iatio’n, says senator ‘Smoot, is certain ' ' 'to. be one Of the first considerations of the new congress. Farmers in the _._‘_______._————-——- URGES THE iHoL'o‘me' OF ’WHEAT.‘ NGOURAGED by the western , .1 V'spee‘ches of President Harding, in ,whiCh he has spoken frequently of his‘ earnest desire that some system be, devised whereby the farmer may re- ceive a larger return for his labor and investment,_'the Washington office of the AmeriCan .Farm Bureau Federal- Real Opportunity for getting First-ha nd Body and Mind in Condition for Routine Duties of Life, the Auto ‘Tour. tion has called upon the President to use his influence in promoting a cam- paign to induce wheat growers to hold 200,000,000 bushels of this year’s crop off the market, the wheat holding to be financed by the Intermediate Credit banks. ‘ By prevailing upon the farmers to avail themselves of the new warehous- ing and intermediate credit acts and V“ withdrawing from the visible supply for this year a minimum of 200,000,000 bushels of wheat by warehousing un- der government supervision, that quan- tity on the farms to be financed through the Intermediate Credit banks and not to be distributed during this consumption year, it' would give the farmers an opportunity to adjust their acreage in fall and spring seedings so that no unduly large surplus need ex- ist when marketing the next crop. Mr. Silver thinks that such a move would lift the priceOt‘ wheat from seventy- five to eighty cents, the present price, to $1.40' or $1.50, and would continue it on thatvbasis through the year. He believes the farmers have a right to store wheat on their own- farms under the warehousing and credit acts,-and I that this move would go farther to better the position of the wheat grew- ers than any. other proposition that has been made. llTALlANS ARE POOR PRODUCERS. ITALIAN fruits sell at prices below American citrusfruits in the Amer-‘ dean and British markets, because they are not properly graded and of uneven .quality. The apples on sale in Italian ,V , markets are ~ wormy and or interior . quality. fl‘hqltalian tennis cultivat- - 4 . anion.- an intensive scale; but there is ch‘lsss’ibeéassé cram sf my. ' ' ' raw materials ‘ and" . his [has been appointed fiscal agent and tn HEADS FARMER~CREDIT lNSTlTU-g TlON.’ 1 M s. CHARLES E. LOBDELL, who recently’resigned as commission- er, of the Federal. Farm Loan Board, general‘ counsel for the twelve federal land banks and the twelve federal in- termediate credit banks. ’ LABOR ASKS FOR HIGHER WAGES. IF high wages in the industries have an influence in boosting prices of farm products we may look forward to a 'high range of prices for farm products the coming fall. Workers in all the government navy yards have Information and for Getting the is Furnished by been granted an increase of ten to twelve per cent in wages. The an- thracite miners are demanding a twen- ty per cent wage increase with a two- year contract. There is an upward tendency in all lines of industrial la- bor wages. Reports are' coming to Washington from all parts 01' the country that it is about impossible to secure farm work- ers at any price. Many farmers are seriously hindered in their harvest be- cause of this labor shortage. SEEK DATA ON NITROGEN SUP- PLIES. W0 nitrogen experts in the depart- ment of agriculture have gone to Europe to study the various processes of taking nitrogen out of the air for fertilizers. At this time two experts in the Bureau of Mines, Department 01‘ the Interior, are on their way to Chili to investigate the Chilean nitrate industry. Much. evidence is being gathered which indicates that the control of the present available nitrate supply is none too favorable to the American farmers, who are among the world’s largest users of nitrogen.’ Charles J. Brand, market specialist for-"the de— partment of agriculture, who recently returned from Europe, says the evolu— tion of the nitrate trade is Operating to give Great Britain a strong. advan- tage over this country. The control of "prices for Chilean nitrates practi- cally rests with a London'committee made up of representatives of the Brit- ish nitrate houses. 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Egyfigugnng a" .‘e‘ {Alibi-u ngdkgnk’ Seemed Cannot ‘- Cues ESL: My! Gnu ”an. col larva ”Lu- 3.1141», 1: Iran a Mafia” IttIrI ta ll. ”1"" [ll -TRANSFERS STOCK TO NEW COM- PANY. Three years ago I paid $390 for twelve shares in a motor company. They are now. going to reorganize as a. new concern. Their scheme is to get the old stockholders to buy stock shares they held in the former com- pany. They claim the stock in the old company is worthless unless the stock is bought in the new company. Does this hold good in law ?—E. W. P. The enclosed circulars show that al- most the entire stock voting and con- stituting a very large majority of the outstanding stock of the old company has voted to transfer all its assets to the new company; and if the prelimi- ' nary notices of the meeting of stock- holders were proper, as we must as- sume, the transfer is good, and the old company has no property left. I take it the consideration to the Old com- pany for the transfer was the assump- tion by the new company Of the Old company’s debts and the release by its creditors—Rood. BUILDING AND REPAIRING LINE FENCES. When A. claims a certain part of fence, is B. the one to'fix holes where they are below wires? Can 0., to please A. and spite B., order B. to put up line fence, picking out a fancy and expensive kind?——.I. L. Each fixes his own part of the fence and keeps it in repair, and it may be made of any material that will make a fence sufficiently secure to turn stock usually kept upon a farm. The mate- rial is selected by the person making the fence—Rood. FILLING .DITCH. Can C. fill a line drain ditch if slope of ditch and “‘dirt out Of same is inside B.’s survey stake, and filling causing drainage to be blocked from both B.’s and C.’s rear land. Ditch in use over ten years—J. L. The right of C. to fill the ditch de- pends upon the right of B. to have it open; and this in turn depends upon whether the ditch was originally con— structed by agreement, or as a public ditch, or was along the line of a nat- ural watercourse, or has been laid out and maintained for more than fifteen years. Under any of these conditions B. would have a right to have it kept open—Rood. TRESPASSING HENS. Can A., when an occasional hen gets into her yard through hole under A.’s fence, catch the hen and wring its neck and throw back into B.’s yard? Can A. imprison hen? If so, can A. catch and carry with wings of hen, imprison her in a dark unventilated box, give no feed or water or fix a. nest?—J. L. A. is liable to the owner of the hen for any intentional damage done to it while found trespassing, but has the right to keep the hen till the damage it has done is paid, together with the cost of keep. He would not have the right to shut the hen up without feed- ing.—~Rood. DISPOSING OF CROPS WHERE THE LAND 13 SOLD. L A. sows rye on his own land, sells rye to B, and sells farm to C. No reservation was made when rye was sold fer the straw. Does B. get the straw2—Subsoriber. A person owning growing crops may sell his crops separate from the land and the sale of the crap would include the straw, but a sale of the land to in the new company to the number of ' _ a misprint. J one having no notice, actual or con- structive, of a prior sale of the crop would entitle him to the crop, includ- ing the straw—Rood. PERIOD OF REDEMPTION. How long can I stay on farm after foreclosure Of mortgage? Notification was served on January 9, 1923. Sale takes place on August 11, 1923.—S. N. If the foreclosure is by advertise- ment the mortgagor is entitled to re- deem at any time within a year after the sale. If the foreclosure is in chan- cery he is entitled to redeem within: six months after the sale. When thisl‘ time has. expired, the purchaser at the‘1 sale is entitled to possession at once. —~Rood. LIVE STOCK RUNNING AT LARGE i i What are the laws in Michigan rela- tive to live stock running at large in the highways?—F. A. P. There is a statute pioviding that the towuship may, at town meeting! vote to allow stock tO run at large within the township, and if this is, done the stock is not subject to be: taken up as strays by reason of being: in the highway. But even such a vote; does not excuse the owner of the stock from liability from any depredations' they may do by wandering outside of the highway even though unfenced.i The owners of land adjoining the high- way are not under any obligation to. fence it and are entitled to seize and‘ impound any animals trespassing thereon and hold them until payment, of any damage they may have done—9 Rood. ! FARMER’S LIABILITY FOR NECLI- GENT INJURY. If a faimers hired help gets hurt, is the farmei liable lor damages? Is it lawful to cut trees down on my side 01 the public highway?—~—C. K. ‘1 Farmers are expressly excluded from liability undei the employer’s liability' act, but me liable as at common law for any injury iesulting from their negligence if the person injured is free from contributory negligence. In a. prior issue, the right Of the owner of trees growing along the high-% way to cut them was discussed at length. The person owning the abut- ting land owns the trees in the high- way—Rood. MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR’S LICENSE. How Old must a person be to own and drive a motorcycle? What is the cost Of a driver’s and regular license, afnth Where can they be obtained?— License to operate a motor vehicle is obtained from the secretary of state, costs fifty cents, and the person must be at least sixteen years Of age to obtain the license. This matter is gov- erned by Act 368 of Public Acts of 1919.———Rood. ~ A CORRECTION. In an item published in the Service Department of the July 7 issue, under the heading of “Fixtures," there was The corrected item follows I am renting a farm. If I put up a poultry wire fence on the farm, can I take the fence down and take it with ' me when I move?—H. H. W. Such a fence would be a fixture whiCh the tenant would have a right to remove at any time before deliver- ing up possession—Rood: \.‘ Howell Company has a. Remarkable Growth A review of'last year's fatal ac- cidents show 81 per cent of the to- tal number of people killed by au- tomobiles were pedestrians. Sixty— six per cent of the pedestrians so killed were, according to the cor- oner’s verdict, more careless and negligent than the drivers. It is said that 80 per cent of the pedes- trians killed were killed while jay- walking. Automobile owners find that with the increased traffic there is great danger of accidents and it is important to keep insured so as to get the service of able adjusters and investigators .to determine who was at fault. The Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Of Howell, has had a remarkable growth. During the first six months of the year 1923 the increase in new. business 'was.65 per cent While the increase in net assets in comparison with a year ago was 83 per cent. On July lst the company had total assets of ,Over $350,000. It has been the policy of the com- pany to pay its claims promptly and to investigate and determine the rights in serious cases. The com- pany has found that the majority Of people are fair but in cases where the injuries are exaggerated or where the claim is without merit the company is prepared to make the contest in behalf of its policy holder. Many of the leading men of the state, such as Ex—Governor Rich, the late Governor Warner, in fact, over 40,000 of the leading bus- iness men and farmers of the state are insured in this company. Cilizens' Mulual Automobile Insurance to. ~HOWELL, MICHIGAN f ardinessl Every man who milks cows for a living nows that Hardiness Is a necessary char- acteristic of a good dairy cow. HARDINESS IN HOLSTEINS MEANS: ‘ The ability to do well for the gener- al farmer, a‘: well as for the com- mercial dairyman. 77w ability to readily adapt them- selves to any climate and to profit- ably turn available farm feed into milk and butter-fat. Let Us Tell You About Holsteine. EXTENSION SERVICE, The Holstein—Friesian Association of America 0E“! Ohio Street. Chicago,lll HOLSTEINS s PAVI N F on bone spavin, bog spavin, thoroughpin or other diseases of the hock (symptoms and treatment ex- la‘med in direction took with every bot- tle)Gombault‘sCaus- tic Balsam is the re- liable remedy to use. Unequalled for most horse ailments. Supersedes firi and mtery #1 pa: settle at ct: sts or e upon receiptof price. Good for-humans too. The Lawrence-Williams a». Clcv COMBAUSLT’ Ca uslic 311111.531 WATCH YOUR - 11011515 WI AND-‘KNEES- ’sfini'INKur—za PIPE AIDS LATE r STRAWBERRIES. HIS berry grower, E. O. Wester- fleld, employs a single line of sprinkler pipe with considerable suc- cess in the raising of Everbearing strawberries. The sprinkler called into operation save as the dry is not weather requires its use, but at such time its service works wonderful re- .sults in keeping the plants from dry- ing up and losing the power to put out . new blossoms. Mr. Westerfield believes in rich soil for strawberries. He aims to keep the plants well cultivated and in the case of the Everbearing varieties he re-. moves the blossoms periodically until about the first of August, after which he permits the fruits to mature so long as growing weather permits of and Muskegon counties gather this districts, the growers claim, do not warrant handling the crop. City markets for fresh cherries is more attractive. as good as last year, but theincreased acreage. leads growers to believe the total crap will be nearly as large. The present estimate is for a commercial crop of 5,440 cars as compared'with 5, 800 in 1922. Dry weather shortened the straw- berry production fully one-half in some sections, and reduced‘nie total for the state to sixty.three per cent of a crop. GATHERED FOR FRUIT MEN. ANNERS are hedging on cherry prices in the western Michigan ~they offering prices which, Raspberry growers of Ottawa, Kent This Easily Built Overhead Water System was Responsible for increasing Mr. Westerfleld’s Late Crop of Strawberries. _ their ripening. It is this grower’s method to plant a new bed every Spring. He finds that in this way a larger crop is secured in the fall. This he «thinks is the only practical course to follow with the late fruiting varieties It is usual on this place to be able to gather enough berries for a strawber- ry shortcake at Thanksgiving time and Mr. Wésterfield states that somehow strawberries never “hit the spot” quite so effectively as they do just before Snow flies—O. C. MICHiGAN’S FRUIT CROP NOT SO LARGE AS LAST YEAR. H ERE are the estimates of the fruit crop in Michigan as made by the federal crop reporters: The prospect for apple-s indicates a crop of 11,042,000 bushels, as compar- ed with 11, 850, 000 last year. The set varies widely and there has been a heavy drop in some orchards during June. Winter apples are considerably heavier on the average farm than the Summer and fall varieties. The com- mercial portion is placed at 1,840,000 barrels, or about ten per cent more than produéed in 1922. Peaches show a prospect of seventy‘ four per cent of a crop, or a total of 1,333,000 bushels. Last year’s crop was 1,440,000 bushels. Pears and plums are relatively light, . the condition being fifty-two and forty per cent respectively. The pear» crop is estimated. at 398,000 bushels as com- pared with 672,000 last year. 7 Blackberries and raspberries show a condition of eightyffour per cent as ; compared" with an average of eighty- ' " seven. 4 ‘._Cherries are placed, at seventy per of a crOp.t ,The crop is very good :3 g .5 i a é a week on the farm of H. L. Dinkel, near Conklin, in Ottawa county, to make a study of methods of controlling rasp- berry diseases. The demonstrations are under the supervision of M. A. C. extension specialists. Looking to the development of a permanent market for Michigan fruit, organized growers at Hart, Ludington, Scottville and Onekama have raised an advertising fund and are runningl page advertisements appealing to the housewives of Milwaukee. This appeal runs, “Ask for and insist on Michigan cherries, berries, plums, pears, apples and peaches. They are the market’s best fruit, famed for their flavor.” The cherry camp at Northport will , probably open about the first week in This camp was started dur~ I‘ when help became so i August. ing the war scarce that the only method of getting the crop ha1vested was to secu1e the services of girls who desired to spend their vacations in the northland. The: girls pick cherries to defray expenses.l The experiment was so successful; that it has been 1epeated each yeai; and now is a permanent institution. This year two hundred gills ‘from{ western Michigan cities will take ad- 1 vantage of the outing. , l Fruit growers generally are watch-' ing the consumption end of their‘ busi— ness more closely. For instance, many of these men have observed that Mich- igan restaurants and eating places do not supply their customers with fresh! ' Michigan fruits in season. Some of the keepers state that Michigan con— sumers do not, call for these fruits. The opinion of thoughtful people is, however, that, consistent publicity would bring a wider use,and apprecia; tion of the splendid products grown. upon Michigan trees, bushes and vines . to the fullest satisfaction of the 0011- Darling’s Fertilizers Are Better- BECA USE Darling's Animal Base Fertilizers derive ammonia from high-grade animal tankage—the most effective source known. BECAUSE Darling’s Fertilizers supply sufficient, quickly available ammoniates, for early plant growth while the bulk of the ammonia is supplied gradually throughout the growing season—this insures contin- uous and maximum plant development. BECAUSE we produce Acid Phosphate lower in free Sulphuric Acid, containing less moisture and in better mechanical condition, manufactured by a special process. BECAUSE we have the only plant in the Middle West using this special process. ’ BE CA USE we have been experimenting with different kinds of Fertilizer on different crops for over twenty years. From these actual field tests we have developed Darling’s Better Fertilizers. That our efforts have been successful is proven by the fact that today large num- bers of good farmers use only Darling’ 8 Animal ‘— Base Fertilizer. BECAUSE we are very large producers of Steamed Bone Meal which enables us to complete our list of Fertilizers. Darling’s Pure Ground Bone and Half 63. Half always give satisfaction. BECAUSE for over 35 years we have been produc- ing and perfecting Better Fertilizers. Our ideal location and special shipping facilities enable us to make prompt deliveries. \ See your Darling Agent now, or write us for literature, prices and special Agency Plan. DARLING 8 COMPANY Union Stuck Yards Chicago, illinoio FERTI 1.1 ZERS sniper and to the ,ot the grower. . , Our earnings hauling your products HE Government does not guarantee us any income. The rates fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission are intended to be such as willenable the railroads as a whole to earn at least 5%% on the value of their properties. Out of this net in- come they must meet interest on debt, pay divi- dends to the stockholders and build up a surplus as required by prudent business management. The railroads earned 3.31% in 1921, and 4.14% in 1922. This year they hope to do better. They must do better if necessary new capital is to be attracted to railroad development. It was only during the period of Government operation that railroad net income was guaranteed. That income was based on pre-war earnings, and averaged 53 §% on the value of railroad property. If any railroad fails to earn 5%% on its invest— ment, the Government doesn’t make up the difference; and the law provides that anything earned above 6% must be equally divided with the Government. . As stated by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission in a recent decision, the rate provision of the Transportation Act “carries with it no guarantee”, but “it is, instead, a limitation”. . ~ ' , _-— NEW‘YORK CENTRAL _f LINES BOSTON G'ALBANY- MICHIGAN CENTRAL-’BIG FOUR 9’ PITTSBURGH E’LAKE ERIE AND THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY LINES General Offices—466 Lexington Ave., New York can we" .Boldl ybtate 0n Lb fodder tyln nttachmen. "I‘:stlmonlnls and cute] wag FRE Eli-ham picture of master. R00!“ are. 00-. Selina. Kan“ HAY PRES‘ES EIt- PUT THIS NEW MILL ON YOUR power WRI for catalog, price TODAY on‘ “El!” ”(Kl of Baler ICOLLINS PLowwEo 1H7 Hampshire 5:. .QulnchlI. é/\ With This Low- Priced Tool Albion steel and woodmiIII are quid and powerful. One- llIirdm‘“I the work- ing parts of any other mill. Only main Pun-Ian beams subject to wear Thu I: oilleu, And :uin I. pIaccabIe. Govern: by depend-bl. weight Without Ipnngs. Fill any 4- -pod steel tower Why not shorten {your Chore hours now with a good Winks]? This is your chance-F. O B. Albion. Erect II vounel Myou‘ dealer or write direon S Unlon steel Products Co. Ltd ‘--- .Ilopl. 44. Albion.llchlgan.ll. 8. A. DI‘I‘CI! — DRAIN — TERRACE glevansvoldA Iteliles builds filth te rrnceswII “BI Aadjupnmh table, Merslble. Home or tractordn Alull) OWENSBORO DITCHER & GRAD!!! 00.. Inc. I“ 215 mm: KW Smdfofl‘ru Book 4 TIMES Miliml IIIe Will'III” IvIIII ONE OILIIIII‘ 100,000 Miles Without Stopping for 0i] 1 __' An inventor who could develop an automobile, a railroad car or any . \ ~- 2‘ other conveyance on wheels which would perform such a feat would ’ ' ,_ be considered a wonder. But such is the record of regular ~35. accomplishment by the Auto-oiled Aermotor during the past . ; eight years in pumping water. . V Did you ever stop to think how many revolutions the wheel , , of a windmill makes? If the wheel of an Aermotor should roll along the surface ' . of the Iground at the same speed that it makes when pumping water it would encirc the world In 90 days. or would go four times around In a car. It would travel on an average 0275 m Iles per day or about 30 miles per hour or9 hours each day. An automob ewbich keeps up that pace day after day needs a thorough oiling at least once a week. Isn' t it marvelous. then. that a windmill has been made which will go 50 times as long as the best automobile with one oiling? The Auto-oiled Aermotor after 8 full years of service in every part of the Eorld has proven its ability to run and give the most reliable service althoue 0 ng a year.- The double gears, and all moving parts, are entirely enclobed and flooded dwith oil all the time. in! other piece of machinery on Auto-o _ IledAermotor, the most efficient It; gives mote service with less attention than at everlasting wind-mill satisfaction buy the hasevor mnade. , TRUTH-TELLING MEDICINE. GME of us have been perturbed,.0f that has ' been administered to certain prison— ‘ late, about a medicine ers, a “truth serum,” given with the thought that under its influence the prisoners would tell the truth about the crimes with which they were charged. This is of unusual interest, even to those who do not for a single moment contemplate a career of crime. If there is a drug which may be given to.us, under the influence of, which we shall yield up our most secret thoughts, we must be 'looking for defence or an alibi. we keep all of our money; what we really think of the lady next.door; what we would do if we evér hadour own way; and other incriminating things. The subject clamors for at- tention. The drugs with which the marvels were supposedvto be wrought is called Scopolamin. It is the same substance that is used to drug the patient into a condition in which ,pain is not felt in the celebrated “Twilight sleep.” Its action is such that although the pa- tient remains able to respond to ques- tions, she no longer exercises con- scious control of her functions. It was therefore supposed that a criminal might give truthful answers to such questions as might be asked, when un- der its influence, failing to realize that serious consequences might come as ‘a result of his involuntary self-betrayal. However, set your mind at There is nothing to it. The instinct of selfopreservation lies very strongly rooted in the human breast. Under the influence of the drug you might give correct answers to immaterial questions, but as soon as the question- er began to “get warm" around the secrets of your innermost soul you would close up as tight as a Michigan saloon. Your dulled .mind would awak- en to danger and you would tell things With only such accuracy as you chose to exhibit. The principle is much the same as the one involved in hypnotism. The Willingness of the victim to be used goes only so far as it is in accord with his general habits and methods of life. When the hypnotized tries to influence his subject to do things that would be contrary to the well established prin- ciples of his regular life he is balked. Even when the human frame is only acting automatically it still preserves the lines of balance that would be found in conscious effort. ' After all, there is no danger. may still have our secrets. 'We MOTION PREVENTS STIFFNESS. Two weeks ago our little boy fell out of a tree and broke his arm at the elbow. We took him to a doctor who put it up in a‘plaster splint, but as we live fourteen miles away we have not been back since. How much attention does it need ?—Moth‘er. You must take your boy back to the doctor at once. By this time the splint should come off and a certain amount of passive motion be begun to keep the elbow from becoming stiff. The doctor will show you how to massage the arm and what motions to make and you must see that the work is done faithfully, no matter if it does' hurt at first. Fractures in children should never be immobilized for a long time. It is important to get mo- tion as early as possible so as to save We might -be led to tell where' rest. . stiffness in joints. and insure good V, _. function. Do not be discouraged if you get only slight motion at first, but keep it up. HAS NERVOUS SPELLS. I am thirty-eight years old and have some nervous spells that are quite severe, and I can’t account for them. Does the change of life come about this age, and might my nervous spells come from that?—Mrs. M. M. C. It is quite unusual for the change of life to occur as early as thirty-eight. It is quite apt to be ten years later. I think your nervous spells must be due to some other causes. It is not a necessary part of the climacteric that a woman must have nervous spells and go' through a routine of mis- ery. Many healthy women accomplish the change of life so naturally that they are hardly conscious of its oc« currence. CURE FOR NASAL CATARRH. Will you please tell me if there is any cure for nasal catarrh?—O. R. If you mean is there a medicine for catarrh that will cure every case, I answer, “No.” Catarrh can be cured but it means more than medicine. It may involve a little surgical work to make good breathing possible. It means correct habits of living. It means keeping the skin of the whole body in good condition. One of the very best ways to cure catarrh is to keep the skin active by a regular daily bath. When possible this bath should be taken in a warm room, but using cold water. It should be followed by a brisk rub with a rough towel. This invigorates all the organs, strengthens resistance to “colds” and helps to van« quish catarrh. INNOCENT CONTRACTION OF SYPHILIS. . 'I onCe heard a doctor say that syph- 1118 could be contracted innocently and that all who have active syphilis should be put in colonies by them- selves, just the same as lepers. His thought was .that syphilis is worse than leprosy, because the fOImeI dis ease is often inherited and lepiosy is not. Was the doctor‘ 5 statement cor‘ 1‘ect?—R. G. D. The doctor was conect in a large measure. But it is not necessary to shut the people having syphilis ina colony to themselves. The disease is only contagious in certain stages and then only by intimate contact, such as kissing. or using the same glasses or dishes. If all cases of spyhilis are re- ported to the proper health oflicer they can readily be rendered harmless. The dangerous cases are those not recog- nized or wilfully hidden. . HAIR TROUBLE. My husband has Alopecia. Areata, and would like to know cure, details. and cause of it, how long it takes be- fore the hair comes in after spots ap- peaI ?—His Wife. I am sorry that I cannot be very encouraging about alopecia areata. It is a condition in which certain sharply defined particles of the scalp‘ become bald, although the hair on the rest of the head may be as good as ever. ‘Its origin is usually in some disease of the nervous system. The outcome de- pends entirely on the way in which the patient responds to treatment and is always better if the patient is of a cheerful disposition, his doctor‘and- refuses to be'worried. It is not a disease (If any definite duray tion, so no one can set a. time for, ts cooperates with ' . v.7 - the same, Vera.sends her love an says? to tell you to shore an pay us a visit: soon. The broilers are about ready now. ' ' . 'As ever your nephew . , ’ . HENRY O’HOPE Fort Shelby Michigan people prefer this hotel for its service, courtesy and fairness of charge. The Fort Shelby Garage is one of the finest FRUIT BASKETS. These aremude for grocers. fruit side trade for tomatoes. peaches. They greatly increase sales and profits and supply a convenient measure. Prices are as follows, If. 0.; sole means TEE-NC]: i 100 BIGGER 1 t size - $1.25 -VINGSTIIAN CAT I ‘1 ' 1- .. EVER. BUYNOW. ES E 3 iii. iii/i: ‘ 2 $88 M.-H. HUNT & SON, The Famous Cyclone Dust Conveyor machines; also the sliding box Grain Register Copper Tub Washing Ma- chines. A liberal discount for cash. Write for prices - and save Money. 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Common Canning Troubles- and How to Overcome Them Practically all canning troubles can be traced to two sources—imperfect sterilization or poor seal- ing. Happily both of these can be easily remedied. Re- member that heat suflicient to kill all minute organ- isms must reach every part of a jar’s contents. Do not pack corn or other vege- tables too closely. Be sure to allow the full time call- ed for by sterilization. If you can by the open ket- tle method be sure that jars and rubbers are boiled and that the food is at the boiling point when you pack it. Seal all jars with NEW, GOOD LUCK Rubbers so that no germ-laden air can get to the food within. JAKARUBBERS have been tested and approved for all methods of canning by the experts. of the Home Can- ners’ Association of America. They come packed with the following leading brands of fruit jars: Atlas E-Z Seal, Atlas Good Luck, Schram Ever Seal, Schram Acme. If your dealer cannot sup- ply you send 10 cents for sample dozen. For 6 cents in stamp: we will mail you our book on cold {2 a c k canning. containing many novel and_ ex- cellent reaper. 49 Hampllu're Street, Cambridge, Man. | Largest Makers of Jar Rings in the World GOOD ® LUCK Boston Woven Hose 81 Rubber Co. D AL Th.eo Burt 'l Sons, Melrose. Blue Ribbon Lump Get our attractive carload prlces Farmer agents wanted Ohio mum. motion ARTIFICIAL LEGS and ARMS Authorized U. S. Gov. Mfg’n. Stumps - Socks Repairs All Makes Solicited IIElIIIIII ARTIFICIAL lIMIl WORKS ' x-Wm Elizabeth St. _ Detroit. Mich. A if” Me. ID you ever stop to think of the D time the average housewife has to spend in washing dishes, three times a day, twenty-one times a week, over a thousand times a year? A farm housewife with milk things to care for, often averages two hours a day in“ washing dishes, if she should attempt to do a year’s dishes at one time it would take her over sixty days, even though she worked twelve hours each day without stopping to. rest. How can these hours of constantly repeated work be shortened? Helpful Equipment isEssential. A timely suggestion has usually been to get the equipment which makes the work the easiest. A wheel tray saves perhaps the most steps. First, it can be used in setting the table. After the meal, all of the dishes may be stacked on it and be carried to the kitchen in one trip in- Many stead of the usual five or six. Methods for Making types of inexpensive trays may be pur- chased, or very satisfactory ones can be. made by the home carpenter. If an old-fashioned wash stand, with handles at each end, and a shelf un- derneath is among the family posses- sions, it can easily be fitted with small wheels or castors. The small drawer makes a splendid place for silverware. Where a wheeled tray is not available a fair-sized hand-tray can be used to very good advantage. On fine china, or where children are scraping the dishes, a rubber dish scraper is invaluable. Every bit of food may be removed from the plate with the fewest possible motions. For cleaning the cream pan it has no equal. Some women like best the plan 01' rinsing off the food particles under running water in the sink. Where this is done a fine sink stlainer should be used to prevent the food particles from getting into the drain. A small garbage pail or a. pan with a good cover is most 'convenient for the waste food. Plenty of watel, is another necessity that helps greatly in making dishwashing easy. If this can be running water at the sink it is most convenient. If not, three or four trips to the stove must be made for hot Water during the dish washing. The sink, when equipped with drain boards, makes the most practical place for washing dishes. A place for stack- ing dishes on one side, and for drain- ing them on the other, increases the value of the sink, so many are equip4 ped with two drain boards. If there is room for only one, the left-hand both hot and cold, 1 4W. mean s Interests 91 DishwashingMade Easy B y Marian Rogers, Extemion Sperm/m, M. A. C. ' women. If the dishes are stacked on a table, or better, on the right~hand drain board, they may be washed and placed at the left without awkward reaching across, or changing hands. LOWERING SUGAR CONSUMPTION. D URING canning time and fruit time my slogan is, "Take it with a Pinch 011' Salt,” but literally, not fig- uratively; the salt saves sugar. When cooking fruit for canning or to serve as sauce at meals for the day, I add a, pinch of salt. not enough to give a salty taste, however, and I always dust a little salt over the fruit in a pie before adding sugar, and over the fresh fruit I intend to serve at any meal. Until one has tried it it is hard Out Under God’s Canopy these Women Are Greatly Interested in Studying Dishwashing Easier. to believe the difference it makes in the amount of suganrequired. In canning rhubarb or pieplant, I wash stems well cut up without par- ing, pack into cans then turn cold wa- ter slowly into cans letting it overflow until no bubbles come to the surface, then seal. The neighbors used same process and we certainly enjoy the pies during winter; drain off water and use as fresh pieplant. Sugar-saving Cake. Half cups sugar One egg One teaspoon cinnamon One teaspoon soda Half cup molasses Half cup sour milk Two tablespoons shortening (butter- or lard) One and One-half cups flour. Hot water can be used instead of sour milk. Bake in two layers. Use jell or marmalade for filling and spread thin- ly on top, then’sprinkle with shredded cocoanut. - Makes pretty and good flavored cake—Mrs. J. C. PASS IT ON. To work buttonhole-s smobthly and quickly, mark-the size of the button- hole on the material With a soft pen- cil. After it is worked, cut open with a sharp penknife: This is especially helpful in working on serge or mate— rial that ravels easily. ~C. D. When baking cake grease your pans and then flour good. This will prevent ‘ the cake from sticking and is good for board is ‘u‘sedmost byvthe majorly. off, ~ ‘an oil stove). xiii.) I find that an egg, well beaten, will make a good hair shampoo. Rub it into your scalp thoroughly, and then wash the hair as usual—M. M. For mending runs in silk hose, try a. fine crochet needle. in the loop at the end of the run, pick up the next thread above and draw * through and continue working upward exactly as if making a chain stitch in crocheting. Fasten the remaining loop at the top of the run with a bit of fine. darning cotton. Hose mended in this manner look like new.—-M. A. P. ' A HOME-MAKER’S EXPERIENCES. WE have a number of black wal nuts and I find that nut bread is very good, using the same amount of the black walnuts as I do the English ones. Friends say they like the bread better than with the English nuts. Insert the hook " By making it a little sweet the chil- dren like it better than a cake. In making my cottage cheese, if just a little turned I set it in a pan of hot water. But if clabbered a little I put it on the back of the stove or near some kettle I am cooking in, (mine is I watch the whey and keep turning my dish of, milk until all the whey is on top; I then put in . cheesecloth sack and hang out doors,- but not in the sun—Mrs. M. W. A HELP IN THE CANNING SEASON. HE cold-pack method is the only satisfactory way of canning vege. tables, and is also excellent for fruit. The various steps in this method are explained in our new canning bulletin. It also explains how to can without , sugar, the causes of fiat-sour, and how to avoid it, and other canning difli- culties. For a copy of this buttetin send a. stamped, self—addressed envelope to Martha Cole, Michigan Farmer, Desk A. Detroit, Michigan. DON’T WASTE MELTED ICE CREAM. CCASIONALLY because of poor packing, or the lack of a sufficient amount of ice, some of the ice cream planned for the Sunday dinner or lunch melts. Do not throw this away. It can be transformed into a very de- licious dessert, much like Bavarian cream. . Put the melted cream into a double boiler or set in a. pan of hot water, and when luke-warm add one teaspoon of powdered gelatine, previously soften- ed in a little cold water and dissolved in hot water, to each cup of melted cream. When thoroughly mixed, pour into wet moulds and set aside to be- come firm. When only partially cool, add fresh berries, diced fruit or nuts. Service with dip of whipped cream. To make grape gelatine for lunch dissolve one-half box of gelatine in one cup. of cold grape juice, 'let soften for five minutes. the grape juice in‘ a sauce pan and add one cup of sugar, bring to a boil, pour over the softened gelatine. Cool 7 and serve with Whipped cream. Any- frui tjuice map be used. If unsalted fat is used innit Put three cups at " ...E,._.. . i» 7 [rldmi‘ifigthe Layette NI Y three young sons have-neces- was the one we used last year before sitate'd' ‘my obtaining consider? we started ,on our. trip to Washington: able miscellaneous information con- The tentewe were to use had served “ M k M Ch .ld A o ‘ coming a layette. our camping purposes for a number of a e e a 1 gal", I have always preferred a simple, seasons, and we decided something 0 ,, /practical‘0utflt, as it is less wearing must be done to it, if it were to seeii JHSt for TOnlght 0 ‘ Oil/the mother to prepare it, and is SO us through another trip. ! . . ‘ P 3 Can’t you remember how wonderful a slice of bread tasted quickly outgrown. 1. b ”I pui chased one pound each 01 sugarj when you were a child? Maybe it was piled high with The money saved tus way can e 0. lead and alum. Alter tlioroughlyi brown sugar! An in—between meal smack! Perhaps it . much more advantageously used for a mixmg them, I dissolved them in: was swimming in fresh maple syrup—the kind with the l ' skilful doctor and nurse, at two weeks’ about one gallon of tepid water. In‘ flavor running clear back to the tree. 3 complete rest for the mother, and the this solution, the .tent was soaked for“ Even now bread tastes just as good—if you use the Lily l 1, advice of a .food specialist for the about an hour and then hung up to Whitebfiouir 1ndbgk1trgg. Even Viiheri iqll w‘eliieta child “21th . . baby’s feeding if the mother is ‘un- your rea an 11 er a er so 00 , J1 y 1 e was sa is- r ‘ able to successfully feed her baby. The fymg thousands of the best decks who knew what the 'i “ baby’s life and future health are too 1 P ' flour would do. . \t )/ ' v ' l . . .' F, . . . . . any 07’ 267226 l And through all these years Lily White quality has never ; i imptortantobfiok ntegltect glvmg him the L £16553 . varied. Always high grade, always regarded as the very : es 90551 e 5 ar - . . best for all baking Lily White today is a standard house- | Three of each 0f the following arti- : hold necessit in man thousands of homes. I it ‘ cles are necessary, four would be safer ICNICS are in season, big l. y y ' i . 7 in case daily washing were delayed. ones, medium ones, and small , . . , > Flannel bands; shirts; pinning ones. But the zest of the occa~ l I ' blankets; flannel skirts, “Gertrude” sion is IOSt if the lunch to sat- i ~ style; wrappers or nightgowns button- iSfy_ the fresh air appetites is ‘ L ,, ing in black; stockings; bootees; warm lacking. . ‘ . : “The Flour the Best Cooks Use" - .; jackets or sweaters; three dozen diap- The planning 0‘ that lunch IS : i ers, twenty-seven inches square, will no small problem and W? are 2 Our Guarantee . ’ be required; SO Will nainsook skirts ever anx10us to exchange Ideas. ‘ WZGUE;anteeyhoufrillfite'fib; r' 'i ‘ ' v. (r ,r- . o H: t 3 and dresses; a cap; cloak; blankets; For the be: 19““ gnmh 5‘1") coat: "‘22" bc:tero';'ilan‘ afiy . . estions an recins for re ar- fl df - [ pads, and a small hOt-Wdtel bottle. 5; . . . l‘ V p D. ., qgszztzztezefrhlg'e‘e bzrkeizzry re I . Some pomts 1n baby’s care I have mg a picnic lunch, we vnll gut If for any revue" whatsoever I been most watchful of. an aluminum preserving kettle. fouddohnot,yo;:r dealer willgre: i. No pacifiers or soothing syrups. The second prize will be an .3?...'n2§¢‘;§f. a“ "me. n. . - - - - .. aluminum serving tray, while i ' ~ 53:; wietercaeiisefnaf: difserdlwboiirdggiitii the third, fourth and fifth prizes Tl' ts f L'lnfliitleoi‘lMAKE MItLKfBiREAD ‘lk 1 k f t _ relief for gas pain. Will be an aluminum SallCCDall. Fl‘ieligihci‘iiglin'so yealsi’: Setl'm Or‘nttirniili);n :1 Owuliimewpalxarcri: Igrind. risiza :nfil i. _ - -_ l'rlt. 3 teaspoons of sa 1;. 1 t: bl .' , If . g: , 1 this - f t . See that baby has at least one good Address ,YO‘P‘ lett‘els to Mal irlféi‘ted butter or lard. Mix with {LiiJWiiitd rillurlimtii shire: 2302-0; ‘1 bowel movement each day, The sanle tha (3019- MICIUEan Farmer, DeSk 120 to 25 niinutes. Set iln warm place and let rise until light. Make in ‘ _ . - - .- . r- aves ant work e.cl o f f m t 'vht ‘ t ‘. S t ' 1' rule for nursmg mothel‘s- A’ DEtI‘Olt, M1011" be Ole July 2" slat-e until light. iii/lien iightrgtukeflwaifin erlxiilk :ii‘dmssgar aidlpluthggi' S Regular feeding hours for baby. N0 top: Keep good fire and bake slow one hour and when baked wash over [1 . 2’ excitement and unnecessary‘handling 4 again to make nice smooth brown crust. i I l i I o o o . 11 , In changing and dressing baby Iput dry, This pl‘OCQSS will make a tent; Llly White all" Surprise YouuDeItghtfully. a ‘, him on a SOftly padded card table, thoroughly waterproof, mildew-proof,; i s,- slipping his skirts and dress 11D OVGI‘ and even to a certain extent fireproofu: VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY ‘_ l his feet. ‘ -—F. L. 3 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN . . . . ll ' ' n . ‘ As scrupulous cleanliness as possr ~_._——————-——— , Millers for Sixty Years I. . ble in the personal care 0f the baby; I save yards of elastic as well as a 1 handling utensils for his feeding, and lot of work every year by sewing a' , v j particularly the hands 0f whoever hook and eye on each end of the elas-I‘ ' L; cares for him.——M1‘s. G. C. tic bands used in bloomers. These, II. ‘ may be removed with each washing 9 WATERPROOFING A TENT- and one pair'oi‘ elastics will do several, 1, ; pairs of bloomers. Finish the opening! It . _, F all the various ways of; water- for the elastic like a button hole, and: w proofing a tent, the one most suc- insert a safety pin in the eye when' , . . 1. Cessl’ul in my .camping experiences putting in the bands. 77777 Mrs. N. L. l MIChlgan Farlller Pattern serV1ce .( . __ ~.._..___.—- . All orders for patterns and catalogs No. 4402—Misses’ Dress. Cut in l , a l A *should be addressed to Pattern lie— three sizes, 16, I8 and 20 years. An _0 g - Q ~ gpartment, Michigan Farmer. Detroit, 13—year size requires 41,; yards of 32- k l . a. ,luiclendand be sure to state the size inch material. The width at the foot . :wan'e . is 21/1, yards. Price 120. . a ‘ . . Send fifteen cents either in silver I" 6’ .2: :01‘ Stamps for our up-to—date spring \f/‘wg and summer catalog, showing color . J » lplates, and containing 500 designs of i \ ‘ ,' / ,ladies’, misses’ and children’s patterns, I -'—-— _ {a concise and comprehensive. article 31' i (Use this department to help solve two tablespoons of melted butter and all dl'essillllfllilllllfii. 1211819 5011810. Itminti‘s titer at your H01188h01d Problems. Address One can of salmon savin the liquor. 19.ne‘“ E“ 1 “S 1:“ “1g 1‘" y 0‘ e m ,. your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan ‘ 1’ {i d ft raguuous, simple stitches), all valuable Farmer Detroit Michigan). Add DPDDGI and 521 ll 10 135 e, an a e ‘llllltS to the home dressmaker. 4403 3 i . ’ ’ thoroughly mixing with a fork, pl‘eSS‘ No. 4393—44187~A Smart Suit Style. ' It 3 WANTS ADDRESS. into leaf and steam in a buttered dish Jacket 4393 cut in four sizes, 14, 16, e- f: Would some of the kind readers of for one hour. This loaf is also appe—l lsgvgnldsiigs yeiitiiISiS 8523* 2341;95‘5” 1(1)]: in , the Michigan Farmer give me the ad- tizing served with the following sauce: ‘ misses, and, 31,, 33, 35 and 37 inches 31:985 9t someonel Whol handbeads One egg beaten lightly, two table-iwaist measure for ladies. To make the le l Giffsgsby 1; fightg1l;3¢;n‘gcjgl\$ii:: 3113):); spoons melted butter, one tablespoonfiliht for an lS-Yefil‘ size Will require Id , Lemeron Harris Mich. ' Box 46. corn starch. After mixing, stir in one:iii/iitliraiiifli1132133???thhilai‘geggails “$1111? Pg 9 of - ’ ’ ’ cup» of scalded milk cook a nioment‘t . ' ' ( ~ - ' 1 . a , ; wo yards. Two separate patterns. i20 No. 4 lO—Ladies’ Dre’s. Cut in sev- n- a . . MEAT DISHES FOR THE AID DIN- and add the liquor. Pour this overIfOI' each pattern. en sizes. 34, 36, 38, 40, D42, 44 and 46 5d ‘ ' NER. the loafvand serve. This recipe may 1.110119? busit measure. A 38-inch size 3‘1 f ~also be baked instead of steamed if {fillenfiibdfifaialtigs (if 4tQ-inchHI/naterial. M i brfi'gogrmA‘igitmliitfing, 3am eeiailed to one11" ‘ bread crumbs into which has been stir- does not have the apparatus needed! ,0! red salt, pepper and butter the size of It is possible to buy the charged wa—i 4416 an egg. Add a cup of milk with an egg‘beaten into it. Mix all together . and press firmly into a loaf. Place in a buttered pan and roast forforty—five minutes, basting three or‘ four times. ter used also in making cool summer drinks, at a drug store, and add the No 4409—Sleveless Dress With flavoring by stirring 111,319 syrup andlGuimpe. Cut in sixvsizes, 34, 36, 38. fruit With an egg heater, and then ad- 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. 'ding this to the ice cream. Much oil?0 3841:1011 iizr‘i lljeg‘ltllires 1‘0111‘ yards of , _ -1nc ma e a .> e guimpe requires , the flavor is lost, however, by not hav 1% yards of 36~inch material. Price ing the charged ‘water underpressure. 120. .. . N '\ No, 4399—Boys’ Play Suit. Cut in four sizes, 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A six- year size requires 2% yards of 27-inch :material. Price 120. . (remaking... "~T“"Y" ~V~‘a—-~W ; ti9'1111iety-three.»‘ Dear Uncle Frank: My, 0’ me! What weather. But maybe I had not ought to complain, ’cause we sure needed rain. Besides, if it had not rained today I couldn’t have written. But since it did my folks went to town and I’m here alone with the children. Some task. I mean taking care of the children. I took the baby up stairs to bed but he didn’t go to sleep so I had to en- tertain him. I got out my boxes and dolls and—now, don't laugh-but he “went to sleep with my smallest doll. He is the first boy I ever saw that took to dolls. Maybe you think I shouldn’t play with dolls, but I do. I sew for the little girl’s dolls, and also the neighbor girls’ dolls. It is lots of fun. Just try it sometime. I den’t think girls ought to wear knickers. Dresses were made for them. If a boy went down the street with a dress on, wouldn’t women and girls think there was something wrong under his hat? I would. I would like to see your picture as you look now. I think most of the cousins would, too. Don’t you think it would be nice to have each one of the cousins tell how / //// / /—/ / . I; / ‘ I" ~ . MW} \ j‘ Al\ti’(.’fr' \ \ ~ Il I . ' .i-_7i‘j’.4// - . »_- ,L‘Iiuf} ' - o ‘ MODE 1 byucrmuv/HIWAM Drawn by Wanda Chichy. they are going to spend their vaca- tion? Now, dear waste basket, if Uncle Frank doesn’t get this letter, will you please tell him about the suggestion for vacations? Your niece, Mary Ethel Conner. Another girl who needs rain to write. I hope we have lots of rain this summer. No, I don’t think I’ll try making dolls’ dresses. I look the same as I did when I had the other 'picture taken—with two eyes. Dear Uncle Frank: Well, I suppose it is three times and out, as this is my third letter. The waste paper basket must have my oth- er two. I think the motto, Work to Win, is a good one. Say, Uncle Frank, you ought to see our dog. He will shake hands and lie down and roll over when we tell him to. We have a little calf and he plays with it most of the time. He opens the door in the winter time. Well, as my letter is getting long, will Close. Your niece, Grace Lank, Leslie, Mich. You have some dog. I, too, think “Work to Win” a good thing to follow. Dear Uncle Frank: May I enter your Merry Circle? I have tried in several of the contests ‘but never won any prize. , I like the . Read and Win contests the best. , I graduated from the eighth grade this month. I am, going to the Mt. Pleasant High School this fall. My average for the state examination ‘was ' I received the Bliss Al- ger Scholarship in Isabella county. I am. having it extended and am going to Saginaw year after next. I expect to take a commercial course. Well, I must close and let the other boys and girls have room. Good-bye. I hope to come again. Ruth McShea, Rosebush, Mich., R. 2. Congratulations on your good schol- arship. I hope you will keep up your good school work. Sure, you may come again. Dear Uncle Frank: I would like to join the Merry Cir- cle. May I? I will tell you why I like the farm life. On the farm you can go to the woods and get flowers, nice fresh air, hear the birds sing, chase after the cows and chickens, feed the chickens, and have the farm and yard to wander in. In the city or town you can’t do any- thing like that. I have for pets a dog named Trixy, two cats, five kittens, two pigs, one calf, and a bird. I have one sister named Arlene. I will close with a riddle. As I was ‘going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had a. kid. each kid had a sack, each sack had a kitten. How many were going to St. Ives? I hope my letter does not go to the waste paper basket. Lorene Copeland, Sherwood. Mich. We will be glad to have you in our Merry Circle. You must first answer a contest correctly and neatly to get a Merry Circle button and member- ship card. I agree with you about the farm. It is a fine place to live. Dear 'Uncle Frank: My brother and I have been trying to get the beets thinned before the Fourth. Guess we won’t though. There has been plenty of rain. I start- ed to write you a letter a year ago—— don’t you think it took me a long time to write it? I had an Uncle Frank but Some Youthful Experiences By 0m Rear/err By Violet Kimball, Reed City, Mich. AVVOKE with a startled scream and sat bolt upright. Incessant lightning played about my room, making every object into a queer and fantastic shape. I could discern two ghastly figures at my window, while a dull pounding came" to my ears when— ever the boom of thunder and snap- ping and cracking of lightning abated. The wind, coming in sudden, powerful gusts, seemed about to lift the very house from its foundation. Mother’s reassuring voice came to me from the window, where she and Dad were endeavoring to tack an old carpet to replace the glass, blOWn out by a sudden, whirling eddy. I lay in a frenzy of terror while the snapping and cracking, the booming and shrieking, the blowing and falling, went on. At any moment, might not a single flash of lightning end our ex- istence as in the wink of an eye? Might not a powerful sweep of the Down‘ by the Brook, Just'a Flahifi"afi’ . ._ a Fish! _. cloud- . wind carry us away to our death? The earth and sky seemed to be engaged in a furious battle of shrieks and moans. The war ended at daybreak. What havoc met our eyes! A chimney and a porch gone, the barn doors off, the corn crib blown over, and our best and most faithful fruit trees shame- fully destroyed! The woods were piled with brush and many a tree bOre lightning scars. Nor were we the only sufferers, for many fared far worse. To this day, I tremble in anxious fear whenever the elements begin their dizzy danCe around our isolated farm houée. By Marion E. Shaw, Armada, Mich. The worst thing I ever heard of hap- pened here last Sunday, when our neighbor boy met with his untimely death. ._ It was caused by the carelessness of the electric company. . The boys had been climbing the towers which run from Mary-sville to Pontiac. - Last Sunday our neighbor boy climbed the tower. He happened to reach out his hand and the current drew it on to the wire. He fell from the ninety—foot tower, hitting the tow— er all the way to the bottom. The re- sults were too terrible to tell here. I understand it is the state law that the company shall have the danger signs on the towers as soon as the current is turned on. There were 36 signs on the towers. The boy would not have climbed if there had been a sign. No one knew the current was turned on. __ It is not the prize I want, but it was so terrible I do want to warn compa- nies not to so carelessly neglect their duty when life is in danger. I also want to warn boys and girls never to ' go near the electric towers at any time. ‘ It— is the life we live, the good we do, and the beauty we see, that re- veals 'the-= saver ‘ lining of reach: “dark,“ What the PoStman Brought. Letters from Pals for Our Correspondence Com-er ’ he was killed in the war. . I am, or will be, a Senior in high school next term. My big brother graduated this term and is going to college. Our schoolhouse burned a year ago last April and since then we have been attending church regularly every day. I think the new school building will be ready for us by next fall. it was hard trying to study in that church when there were three sitting in a seat. I do believe the teachers had a hard time attempting to teach us under such conditions. Of course,’ it was a hard thing for us to sit still and study like we do in church, every day, at that. There are no girls’ or boys' clubs around here. I wish there were. Hope you’ll have a good time on the Fourth. Your niece, (if accepted), Anna Seidel, Coleman, Mich. It certainly takes you a long time to [7897; ”'4 Ciro-f autumn/(MIA And wor/d’la 3 \ 2/ f . Drawn by Eno Niemels. write a letter. To go to school in church must be rather inc0nvenient, but perhaps you will more fully ap- preciate your new school. Come again soon. Dear Uncle Frank: Thank you for the Merry Circle button and membership card. One evening on my way from school I lost my button. I can be one of your mem- bers just the same, can I not? I have two sisters younger than my- self. I have no brothers.’ My sister and I drive horses in haying time. To- gether we get ten cents for every load. Your niece, Juella Brower, M. 0., Hamilton, Mich., R. 3 ' Yes, you are still a Merry Circler as longas you live up to your member- ship card. You and your sister must be regular i‘armerettes. Come again soon. Dear Uncle Frank: . I received my Merry Circle button and membership card, and I thank you very much for them. I wish that some of the Merry Circle members would write to me, and I promise to answer all letters. My brother and I belong to a poul- try club and we received fifty White Leghorn chicks about two weeks ago, and Only two are dead.‘ I think we are having pretty good luck, don’t you Uncle Frank? I belonged to three different clubs in the past three years. The first year. I' belonged to a hot lunch club, the second to a sewing club, and the third to a poultry club. — I think that clubs are doing c0untry boys and girls a lot of good. . Your niece, Eloise Hartley, M. 0., Iron River, Mich. , I am glad .to hear, you and your brother arejsuoh a‘ctifie clubniembers. . HOpe you have the W93} of success " ““3“ W99 Gee, but ‘ with" your chicks/ifs. ’ Let‘s lieutenant? Hum—- __;‘;..‘.;- ”, “f 9’59" v o b in in er 2r- st in 11- to :0. ve on be lb, he 0., rur‘“ OEUW‘H‘45HQ “HRS—PDQ _._.__~_._._—~_ um. _.- a? F I tried all the ways of earning money that you boys and girls told me abOut in the contest this week, I would be quite rich. Anyhow, the letters were all very interesting, and I” am sorry I haven’t. space to print them all/The others will appear later- Following are Winners this week: Pencil Boxes. . Ethelyn Sprecksel, McBain, Mich. Lewis Mulka, Metz, Mich. _ Pencils. Helen Lardie, Garnet, Mich. Alta Swinehart, Edwardsburg,Mich., Doris Badger, Sherwood, Mich., R. 3. Maps. Milo Chew, Bay Shore, Mich. Ruth Howd, Breckenridge, Mich., Mary Cogley, Emmet, Mich., R. 2. Zetta Graves, Billings, Mich. Warren Bachelor,’ Farmington, Mich. sy Ethelyn Sprcckse'l, McBain, Mich. The first money that I ever really earned myself that amounted to any- thing, was one summer when my fath- er had a lot of beans which needed to be picked over before they could be sold. Father told me if I would pick them over he would pay me the reg- ular price that other people were get- ting for doing the same. _I think I will always remember that Saturday night 'when father gave me They Produce Superior Products (Continued from page 49). In many cases the leadership comes‘ from the elevators themselves. Wide- awake concerns, cooperative or other— wise, which really serve the best in— terests of their customers, have been anxious to get certified seed into their communities because of the attendant benefit to those who used it. The Michigan Bean Company called meet- ings at each of its elevators so farm— ers might learn of the merit of certi- fied seed. The company then held such seed in stock for its farmers. The Clare Elevator Company, and oth- er local elevators have followed the same practice. A great many of the cooperative ele- vators have established relationship with the Seed Department of the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau for continued supplies of association seeds. The Farm Bureau seed department occu- pies the position of the largest whole- saler of this seed and it has been sell— ing nearly half of the association’s product. Its service extends all over Michigan and permanent relations are established with many out-of-state or- ganizations. ~ . Selling through the Farm Bureau seed department has been on the basis of certified seed pools conducted by that ”organization. These pools have definite closing dates established and the many certified seed growers who have taken that way of marketing their product have received excellent service. Every one of the five pools conducted thus far have been entirely sold out, yielding to consigners a very g00d margin over ordinary seed prices. Another important element in effi— cient marketing of any product is the following up, or sponsoring of that product till it reaches the COnsumer. Michigan Crop Improvement Associa- tion seeds carry a substantial guaran— tee. ‘The thorough and rigid inspec- tion makes this guarantee possible, and every grower is pledged to stand back of his product to the-full extent of the purchase price.- , The‘demand for certified seed grows because buyers have found this seed profitable. While prices are above the commercial market, usually an in creased yield of only a bushel will pay splendid returns on the added invest‘ .ment and in most instances this added cost is returned, ,by the increased yield, several , times over; [Fromw re- V he? y F irstMone’y’i my first truly earned money. With this money I bought me things which , I seem to en- - I needed and wanted. joy anything I can earn and know is mine in every sense, more than others. Read and Win 1 HIS week we are going to have another Read-and-Win Contest. Be sure to write your name neatly, give short answers, and page upon which the answers are found: 1. Who have raised an advertising fund to develop a permanent market for Michigan fruit in Milwaukee? 2. Why does it pay to breed rapidly feathering birds? 3. How many head of British buyers planning to from Canada? 4. What saves the most steps in dishwashing? 5. From where did the white pine blister come? 6. What contribution has M. A. C. plant breeders made to Michigan agri- culture? , 7. What is Alopecia Areata? 8. Whose slogan is——“Take it with a pinch of salt?" 9. How much Sudan grass should be sewn per acre? 10. What is the decrease in per cent of the peach crop this year? cattle are import ports secured from Wolverine oat growers all over the state it was found that the increased productivity of this; certified seed over the oats in commonf use was nearly fifteen bushels per? acre, which at forty cents per bushel,5 paid for added acre seed costs about. six times over, while users of certifiedl Robust beans increased their profitsi by from $10 to $40 per acre. ! Certified seed growers themselves! have a double profit in their venture. They benefit from the increased pro- ductivity of the seed and they are paid? for the quality of their product. In most cases the price received nets the certified seed grower twenty to eighty per cent more than the ordinary local market. Growers are finding no diffi- culty in moving their seed. In fact, demands for nearly all certified varie- ties have been greater than the sup- ply and more than 50,000 bushels of the various seed grains were sold dur- ing the past season. This condition, along with the promised establishment of a Hardigan alfalfa seed industry in the state warrants a substantial growth in the number of seed-produc- ing members of the association. The work of this organization is not only making a better market for seed. but is a potent influence in bringing about more satisfactory" markets for general crops. Communities such as the. one at Fail-grove, are standardiz-t ing‘on varieties which come from cer- tified seed. Grain buyers like to do business in such places. Quality crops bring premiums as well as do quality seeds, and no few communities have benefited by valued margins paid for» the quality of carloads of pure Red1 Rock wheat, Rosen rye, Wolverine Cats and other grains. Organized pro- duction of a standard quality product, a vigorous marketing policy controlled by the same organization, proper fol— low-up or guarantee of the product, and legitimate stimulation of demand by calling the consumer’s attention to its superior value, in these principles surely lies one route to greater crops profits. ‘ Our bodies are constantly changing, our nails grow, our hair grows. Scien- tists tell us we have an entire new body once in seven years. If our minds areactive we will be able to see things -three sizes, 12, 14 and 16 years. To ’ '41 i E ‘ Champion 1, ' (K ‘ Double-Ribbed Core 1’ fax 1‘. ““1“." l: f" , _ for your protection * - CHAMPION Champion X is the standard spark plug . for Ford cars and trucks an Fordson tractors. Recognised ' its" for v.10 years in the most acanomwal and cficiemt spark plug. old by dealers every- where. l Champion Guarantee A Pledge of Better Service fied by the’Double-Rib. 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A 10—year size requires 2% yards of 36-inch material. Price 120. . No. 4385—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four _ .‘ _‘ sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. A'six-year No. “FL—Child’s Dress. 'Cut in four lsize lmecilgires gs yards of 32-mch ma- sizes, 4, 6. 8 and 10 years. 'An ei ht- 'ter-ia. rice 0. ‘ , ,, . year size requires 2% yards of 275mb Send all orders to Pattern Dept, , , "differently than we did~last year. .I‘ 0 material. Price 120. Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. ' \ .¢ m-«v —~\ ._‘ , . “3-,. ". .. nanny... «M....-~ «cw ‘ . M4...» a. mu»: \ Tut»...— - M. “vs-M. w, _‘ ’ ,._‘ 4 . .V ~,A,A."‘ i" .. - —,..daua~ 'Can SB” "We Will Buy Your Full Time 6 Days per Week 52 Weeks Each Year. If you can devote your entire time to our sales work We Have an Attractive Opening for You One that will enable you to build a permanent profitable business for yourself. You need not have had sales experience in order to han- dle our work. Your own car and a willingness to devote at least eight hours per day of honest efforts is all we ask. Fill in and send the coupon below. It involves no obligations and we will advise you of our sales plan that will enable you to have a per- manent business of your own. E. A. SHEARER, MICHIGAN FARMER Desk C. 1632 Lafayette Blvd. DETROIT, MlCl-l. Gentlemen:— Please tell me of your sales plan that will enable me to build a permanent business of my own. Name ................................................. P. 0 .......................... R. F. D. orpStreet ................................... State .................................................. . COunty ....... -. ........................................ POULTRY PULLETS Now is your opportunity to buy laying and breeding stock for next season. I Weeks Pullets—thite and Brown Leghorns. Anconas, Barred Rocks These Pullets are all grown from care- fully built up laying flocks. They will lay this fall and winte Yearling Hens-White and Brown lflogiioms Ancohas. Barred and White Rocks. Rhode Island Beds, White selected hens, laying and Wyandottes. First- class stock for next year. ‘ lockable—White Leghorns Barred Rocks. I' Look Birds—White and Barred Rocks; II. C. Reds; White Leghorns. These Cock birds should be se- lected and bought this month, if you want Cock birds for next year. All stock is guaranteed to be satisfactory to you. Write to us for description and prices. TATE FARMS ASSOCIATION Room 201 Chase Block. Kalamazoo. Michigan. BABY CHICKS 01 quality from real winter layers. mated by pedigreed males from Michigan Agri- cultural College. All our matings are inspected and accredited by our Itsts Dept. Agri as to their laying ability . and health By close culling year after -' year we can say we have a real im~ proved egg machine in s. C. American and attain, ”White Ileghorns and 'S. C Sheppard strain. Anson as. Write for our 1923 catalogue and IP13? ‘1: list, it’s free. (‘hinks 10 cents and up. Belab Poultry Farm I: Hatchery, Zeeland 3.1. SELECTED YEARLING BREEDERS s. C. W. 6; Br. Leg. & Anconas. All good stock from our breeding flocks to make room for grow- stock. Also‘8 wk. bullets. Write for prices on what you need. TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM R. l. Zeeland, Mich, / . 101$} Flies Ants. more” Mosquitoes, Chicken mites. Bod-b ugs. Po- tato bugs and WormS. Refill 16c loaded met- :1 a! us from 30c, 600. ‘ an $1. 20 packages. . 1t Grocers and ~ u.— , August Reduced Prices BABY GHIGKS Best Paying. Heav Laying. Purebred Strains. Tom Barron 3111 S. C. W. Leg5horns—25. $250: 50. 85.00; 100, $10 .00: 500,8451000. 890. 00. Park’s Strain Barred Rocks; 8. C0 Rhode Island Reds—25 $3.:00 50. 86.;00 100 812 .:00 500 855-00: 1000. $110. 00. Good strong broiler chicks 88. 00 per 100. Place you1 order at once: avoid disappointment Get your chicks when you want them. 100% live delivery guaranteed postnaid. lnstructive catalogue free. Prices on mature stock 8—12 weeks old pullets on request 1 Brummer Frederickson, Poultry Farm Box 20 Holland, Mich. WedLOOK! POSTAGE PAID. 95‘ live arri v al guar anteed ONTH’B FEED FREE wMith each order 40 Breeds chicks. 4 breeds ducklings select and exhibition grades. Catalog free. stamps appre- ia net d. Dept. 15. Whittaker’ s R. l. Reds finch of July llth $14 per 100; 87.50 per 50; r 25. rgagghm of July 19th 313 per 100; 87 per 50; 8 Grade “A23 Chicks 820 per 100; $10. 50 per 50; :5. 50 per 25 Prepaid by parcel post and safe delivery guaranteed. Here is your opportunity to improve your flock with Michigan’ s Best Reds at rock bottom prices Order from this ad. and state whether you want Rose or Single comb. Do not delay as July 19th will be our last hatch this season. INTERLAKES ' FARMS Box 39, Lawrence, Mich. PULLETS AND COCKERELS Order Now for Early Fall WHITE LEGBORNS AND MOT'i LED ANCONAS Also Black Leghorns. Brown Leghorns, Bun Leg- horns. Black Minor-can, Br 0. » Rhode Island Bede. Barred Plymouth Rocks. White Plymouth Rocks. Silver Wyandottes. White Wyandottea. A eggs from Hogsniaed locks on free range on separate farms. where also our stock is raised. CRESCENT EGG COMPANY Allegan Send for Price. ' Michigan GREENLAWN CHIX AFTER JUNE 15th White Box, Barred Plymouth Box, R. 1. Beds. or Black Minorcas. 13551: each. White Leghoms. An- conas or Broiler Chi; 120 each in 100 lots. All chix less than 100 lot Mo. Order now for June. July and Our 1i years producing chi: that please. Chix 15:: straight. South of High School. A Hatch Every Week All Year NABOB HATCHERY. Gambier.0 Green Lawn Poultry Farm. anton. Mich. SI 2. 00 per Baby Chicks .00.... u Hatching eyggs 1- setting to 815 09 per i We are listin i7 variet es of pure bred fowls; Chick- ens. Geese. ucksl Gui neas. also breeding stock- Send- for prices and clrcu Iar Bookin ng now for Learly delivery. L TON BATOHERY a POU TRY FARMS. Wilmington. Ohio. RHODE ISLAND WHITES win over all breeds at. the megg Iayin contest. 30 e 85: 50 38:15 order mthis all. Some ohlgg H. H. JUMP. 175 Prospect Blvd. Jackson. Mich What’s CAP ON and Why? A book that explains why canons are the most profitable part of the poultr business and eve - thing you will ever want to know about CAPONS. 50 pictures from life thatyshow each step in trli’e operation List of capon dealers’ addresses Tells how to prevent' "'Slips. where to get the best and cheapest capon tools. Capons are immense eating. Big profits realized. Get wise. This book tells how. Copyrighted new and revised edition giguiaégocntéogE‘prefiaid to your address (a short time only) for a dime in coin or in stamps. IWN— Assorted lots of chicks > lot. Guaranteed live delivery to your door and free catalog. Order early direct} from ad; 'w. VAN APPLEpoRN, . R. No. 7, R. No. 40. Cedar Vale, Kansas “Special Sale 'of July Chicks” Here is your opportunity to buy good quality Chicks at these remarkably low prices. $70. 00 per 1000, $36. 5.0fper 500. .137. .50 per 100. “l 00 per 50. ribeor “WM” Holland, Mich BROODY HENS NEED CARE. T this season it pays to inspect the nest every night at sundown and confine all the broader hens. If found the first night they can usually be broken up in about three days. If they waste time setting in the hot hen house they injure the eggs laid by the other hens, and also become reduced in flesh and vigor so their return to laying condition is delayed? Experiments prove that good treat- ment of broody hens is the most prof- itable. Starving and frightening them is not good management. They need plenty of fresh cool water and about the same feed they would have for heavy laying. A broody coop witha. slatted {bottom will break up hens quicker than a brood (300p or a. ship- ping coop where the broody hen is often able to build some resemblance to a hasten the ground. The slatted broody coop can be suspended in the cool shade of a tree if the poultry house is too hot in summer.’ It is cruel to keep a mother hen in a brood coop with black roofing paper on top if the coop is Without shade during the heat of the day. These small brood coops become very hot. and too often the hens are neglected or given drinking water in small dish- es that are propmtly tipped over, leav- ing the hen to go thirsty the remaind- er of the day. Metal brood coops are regular bake ovens when left in the sun. It seems that the mouit can be de- layed with many hens if they are given a cool ventilated henhouse and plenty of shade on the range. The open front house with the door" open during the day is usually cool enough. But hous- es covered with black roofing paper must have considerable «circulation of air or the hens are devitalized. Plenty of shade on the range can be supplied with fruit trees. corn, sunflowers or an evergreen hedge. Colony houses raised from the ground will fulnish a few square feet of cool earth where u young birds can dust.———Kirby. SELL OLD HENS AS THEY ARE. LD hens of the heavy breeds are in great demand at this season for Sunday dinners. A good six-pound hen makes a family dinner, with portions left for Monday. I do not think that such hens need any fattening. Often they become too fat to be appetizing. Most people like to buy a plump, heal- thy. smooth chicken, but not one that is rolling in l-umps‘of fat. STUDY BROILER PRICES. I T pays to study the market before selling broilers. A difference of five cents per pound means ten to fifteen cents per bird. That is $10 or $15 on a. hundred birds. The $10 or $15 may be a. large part or all of the profit. There is quite a. variation in the mic es paid by different dealers for broil- ers and because they are a surplus product is no reason for sacrificing them. CLEANUP BROODERS. S seen as the fires are out all the breeders should be cleaned and removed to a. dry store roorn. If the stoves are left in the dirt they soon rust and their life is reduced. Wipe the metal parts with a rag moistened with machine oil. It will place a 111m of on between the iron and the air and keep the stove from rusting. “Gather up all the small fountains. and feeding dishes and place them in their storage hex. it will save digging in the snow for the utensils when the early chicks come out next spring. SELECT COCKERELS THAT GROW RAPIDLY. ATCH for the young cockerels that develop rapidly and crow at an early age. They feather rapidly and show all the marks of vigor. Such birds will help in producing early-ma- turing pullets next year, and they are the type of pullets that produce fall and winter eggs. It pays to breed from rapidly feath- ering birds as it saves broojder fuel in the spring. I find that chicks can stand quite a little cold when they are about feathered out. The slow feather- ing members of a flock are easily chilled and stunted and make it nec- essary to keep the brooder fires going for a long time.~«R. ‘ FEED CONFINED FOWLS GREEN, FEED NOW. ' F the hens are in yards or on a driedaup range they need green food the same as in winter. A row of Swiss chard on well fertilized soil will pro- duce an abundance of large succulent leaves. It takes only a, minute to gathe1 a. bushel of this gieen feed and it will help in stimulating egg produc- tion. ' PREPARE FEED FOR NEXT WIN- TER. EEDING and thinning the 'man- gels is profitable work for a. poulg tryman. They are fine for laying hens in winter and cheaper than sprouted oats. Fine chopped mangels Will be a fine source of succulent green feed for the baby chicks in the breeder houses next spring. All the green feed we can raise for. the poultry will prove useful because . health and vigor are: just as essential to hens as concentrated rations to force egg production. The bulky green feed helps to prevent digestive disor- ders and enables the flock to‘ produce more hatchable eggs for early spring incubation. WATCH FOR MOULDY FEED. S last year’s supply of grain be- gins .to run out be sure that no spoiled wheat or corn is given to the flock. This results in ptomaine poi- soning. It may cause serious losses before the danger is realized. A dead hen or rat on the range may cause several losses. If a bird is buried near a poultry range it should be placed deep enough for safety. Dogs have an unpleasant habit of locating a buried chicken and staiting excavations on the tomb, which have no historical. value. When in doubt as to the purity of poultry feed, it 'is always best not ‘to . use it. This applies to mouldy bread, grain that has been soaked and be- come sour, or milk that seems to be not just sour, but decayed. The wot-id continues to move on. So do the years. To keep up We must keep going. :If we stbp we lose so much from life. And when we get go- in; again, , if we ever do, we will be*"'fjv,;;fi~ lagging behind our proper place in the procession. anemone AMHMHYDU Ive-Ina ,fi John, f1: ' < PROFESSOR of English litera- ture said some years ago that .Our Weéé/y Sermon—~By. N. A. McCune Apostle I nothing else was needed for happiness. “He that loveth not, knoweth not that once he'Was flung- into "a cauldron of boiling Oil, but came out unharmed. Probably while living at Ephesus he was exiled to the island of Patmos, and then wrote Revelation. It was his prison. Revelation is a book, as it were, from behind prison bars. lg the gospel of John ‘had had more God, for God is love," says the Epistle. The world has been most with pris- J? - ;e~ 'books written about it than any other These words sound almost too simple on literature. Pilgrim’s Progress wasi w piece of writing. . for serious minded men and women of written in prison and some of Madam: ore and Chea er is The author of: this book was un- the world to consider- BM SUDDOSG Guyon’s songs. But the finest and . p g doubted-1y John the apostle. No man the people 0_ influence and affairs did greatest of all prison literature is thel Sllage—Less Labor ‘ ever went through a greater change consider them. Suppose they actually Book of Revelation. . l u _ n . IV “rm h's brother James set out to practice them. How long l THE powerful comprfiswn Antomat‘c’ , .* of character. 1 l l , _ u n _ , feed of the 1923 Papectakesthe place of an 7 he was in the fishing trade, when he would there be cliques and sets "1 OHN was a man of. brain power. extra man atdthe feedinglgsablle. It handles . - societ ? -How lon would some )00 1e. -. - - - _ heavycoman crookedst . twillcutyour heard the call to be a tollower of the by t d' gt d d b‘ltt P d This is likely to be to'rgotten be silofilling cost and enable you to fill with a Is Galilean. His temperament was 0f the go a’ 011 1sa‘pp01n e an em 1 ere Cause of the emphasis on hlS goodness} smaller crew. it w‘ hOt, lightening variety. Christ hiCk‘ because they cannot get into dsome and gentleness. But great books do; No more heaving and pushing—no more ' n ' h - forms of society? “Peace is goo , say . .. .. . -! “riding the bundles"with thePapec—useyout [y named the brOtherS, Sons of T 1m the militarists but we must prepare not glow on iaslibeiiy bushes, no mat i extramantothrowbundlesfromthewagon- 11 der,” and there was good T038011 for 1t- _ _ ’ ' ‘ ’ _ [or how .much is paid for the bushesl you won’t need him at the feed table. a- one day the little band 0f men was for war,- We must keep on spending And John’s gospel, Revelation, and liisf You can buy this im- 'e ‘S passing thrdugh Samaria, and some 9‘” 9111111th tor delense against an First Epistle are great books. 1 $5,631)??? 2:21;“ ill ' Samaritains were rude and insulting imaginary enemy. No modern “best seller” can com-l ,ge,a,a,‘;,-ce§;,‘m THROWS ,_ toward them. Instantly James and But there would be no preparations pare with them. How many 01' the! with farm prod- h- - John cried out. “Shall We call down against future enemies, under the books now talked about will be readl 355.; 833:3: in , fire from heaven, and consume them?” regime which John commends. “Little nineteen hundred years from now? (you; prod“?- m 4- l alluding, of course, to what Elijah had children, love one another." Small But John's books have interested thel gfogdandihecm‘ ,‘e l? Once done. towns would cease to have. factions world for that length of time, and new :akgifiismp: - r- : They were ambitious, too. They had which may be counted on to pull or commanded more attention than sible. Ask your [y “ an eye for the main chance. They against each other. A sound basis they do now. 3 Aggilfintghgusci’: c- , knew suckers from trout. They prob- would be reached, whereby good will Take one or two expressions fmm'l youneed. t- would prevail in society everywhere. . - mu «- . -1 . 0 L .d to. 18 1 ably came hones . them. lhou alt wort iy, Ol , o 1y by this charac— A man once got off the train in a receive glory and l‘lOllOl' and power; CoatgzlgoglFlglEE 'b d {Itel‘lStIQ tor (1)1118 Vllltllge anld lohund the sheet: filled lor thou has created all things, and. Bic-l??? thermigjlinlélgge eagle? eight :day their mot er witi peope w o appeared to e excit- 1-01. tliy pleasure they are and were .u1._ e s ow e apecw1 pay or I, . . . ’ itself in from one to two seasons. Labor- - made a Dal‘UClll'dI‘ i‘d- The stranger asked an 0m “1311 created.” “And 1 saw the dead, small saving features .on smallest size cutter ., request of the what it .meant and was told that the and great, stand before GOd; and the 213326fidi’lfh‘ixb'go‘é‘lilefiawwllge £8312 Master, to the el- whole Village had turned out against 9. books were opened: and another book means of savingyou hundreds dollars. a ' hat her sons mad do and the old man added, “I’ve . - . -. l . ~ '- - PAPEC MACHINE COMPANY )d feet 1: . h’ 1' hg, h' ‘ r v . , _ h 1 was opened, which is the book oi. lite. 150 Main Street Shortsville.N.Y. . mlght Slll 011 15 Neil ere l Ill). ytdlS, dhd 1th he and the dead were Judged out 01 those sogmougwua'mbugam ’3 right hand and first time I ever knew the town to be things which were written in the , ’ "°”"‘S"”‘°‘ o- 4 his left, in his kingdomflbe secretary united on anything.” Some towns need books. according to mph. works.” l :t of: state and secretary of war, as it more mad dogs. But St. John’s motto .1,7_.,_.,Fc l ,o . - ., -- . “l were. would be a more lasting proglam ol SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR 0- But all this passed away, with action. . . JULY 22 . a ; Johnls conversion. Whether his con— It is certain that the apostle lived to _ version was sudden and powerful or a very “”1198“ a?“ ” 13 supl’osef‘ SUBJECTL~John the Apostles—Mark was slow and quiet, we are not told. that he remained ”1 Jel'llSilh’m “hm 1:16 to 20, 3:17; Luke 9:49 to 56; - But it took place somehow, that islcer- the Virgin Mary died. (It will be re- John 13:21 to 25; Acts 4:13 to 29; . . . . .m b d tht 1, t k 1,. t 1w John 4:7.8, and Rev. 1:9. tam. There is that in John which re— em ere a 19 00 ‘9‘ 0 “b . _, , . ‘ ~ minds us of another John—John New- home, after Christ’s death on the ('(ElllngI‘ggng'TGOd fiJOEIIerang 1:18 , . l j . ai.iinovealeiino, 11-. ton. This man was an EDgllSh drunk- CFOSS)‘ Attel_ that hf me “$1.9 all“ and God abidetli ili hint—I John 11-, ard, and was engaged in- the slave there evangellzmg. The tradition ls, 4:16. l 15 trade, the last man on earth that one“ :d J would suspect of becoming noted for WW “_ v warn Before-you ’8 " his holiness. Yet such was the case, (’46; ~ FRANC'SCD EEKaZStPr'Tg‘m' ""F" ’d .2 and Newton became one of the best SK“ “‘4 0.. affgtegesrmglchlm er hymn writers in the English language. ll L . ' \ FAR” "DTES lmedtfiZY-Efilhw His hymns, “Safely through another ’ 'W “' . .. ‘ 0 ‘ “32:5“:‘z‘i‘é‘g‘rntlm . uou ooo uog uuuoug us on woo" . ,. av ppm: . ;.--* sensuous..." :3; 1 and “Glorious things of tlgeegre slpok- wflfitoajlwm . ' ' ‘ ‘ - o . . . . 1" -_- to ; en, fion, a? b0 31%;? tormee dw “1:: E went out on the lawn last and our larms in their true relation! HE AVES Is your own horse afflicted? .11 1:0} ”muffin :1 3e” are in almost night, the little girl and I, to to the world at large. We make our: Money “81,3;wa $113032; 0°“ 52'5“ m 01 , 151 o h h mnal take a look at the stars. We selves and our families miserable from one can at $l.25 often aumeiont. In powder tom. ., ' eveiy eiurc y ' , , . . love to do so occasionally, for thereby overwork and worry. We rob our Io}, Mos‘mmt .. NEWTON’S to Peter was known for his act1v1ty fi . , . . . ‘ . ‘ 7 _ . . . o . is. . _ 1g . . .' , we nd abundant play ml the iinagl- scils, We find lault With our neighbors; «,Aveterimryscomnound tor and zeal, but John for his spirit oi . , .‘ an- Horses. Cattle and Hogs. - - nation. , we get blue and despondent, we grum-l \ a, Heuves. Cuughs. Distemper. love. He became known as the belOV‘ - . . . . , .1, _\ Indigestion. Worm expeller. , _ , The Planet Saturn, With lll‘l' bl‘llll- ble and complaln. We scramble ~ ,‘ ' Conditioner. At dealers' or ed discrple. At the last supper and at . . _ . l 30 WW We by parcel post. the cross he appears as one of the ant rings, shown brightly down upon around on the surface of the earth like; I'll! NEWTON aauaov oo,,1.m,.om. ‘ , . us. She is approximately seven hun- flees on an clephant’s back, and imag—l central figures. He might have wrlt- . . . . . , , , , _ _ . . dred million miles away at this writ- me we are cutting quite a swath. It ie~ ten the thirteenth or First Corinthi- . . , _ . , ing. We think we drive long distances must be amusmg to the Creator to see 10 ans, for when that lamous chapter . _ . , . ,. , . and fast, in our flivvei-s, but we would us swell up With sell-importance and :18 ~ states that “the greatest ot these is . )i j _ 1 ,, 't . ex ressin what John lived no doubt want someone to spell us at i‘g0tlsm. as 0V8, 1 18 P g ' the wheel, if we were bound for Sat- To him who finds pleasure in the id urn. as it would take ten thousand contemplation 01' Nature in all her se _ IN the gospel of John we have What years to get there if the roads were magnitude, there is a certain releases is unquestionably the record of an good. from the weight of daily cares, and al :1; eye witness. It is also the record of The sun is only ninety-three million l'ecling ol‘ content that comes from; :11 an old man, written long after the .miles from the earth. It is but a star thoughts 01' the great universe, the 3d events had taken place, events that like these others. Perhaps these other age-old earth, and its varied inhab- Afewspoonfuls ofB.Kin in had been indelibly impressed on the stars are also suns to little Illanets itants. water absolutely sterilizes memory. Little things are explained, like the earth, that constantly revolve HP 0311 the better realize his very} ilk h 3.1 . . . . , , m ers, separators, c urns, or are stated w1th particular care; around them. minute proportions, and that his . . . . . . . . l pads and cans—makes everyo of things which ordinarily would not be The earth is twenty-five .tliousand boastlul. h180led Still IS Chlf‘fly iIll‘l thing sweet and cleam B.K to noticed. Over and over the words go miles around; three-fourths of it is portant to himself 310113 A betteri also kfllsthe emgthatsour d I, on to say that some event took place water; a tiny fraction of its surface understanding Of his relation to the‘ milk g e- which could not possibly have been is Michigan; our farms are but specks, world can but give a right attitude tO- . be known, but by some one who was yet they endure to the end of time. Will‘d lil'e,.and new strength for the B415?“ 3 plowetfiil getI’m killer . there_ . 1 , , . r. - duties and ta k 1 , - - —-n0 Olson,cear,cean, CEIVCSDO ‘4 . . . . go oursehves are scarcely perceptible. s s tiat await him. odor. Used by leading dairymen - . . John was the gmding spirit of the e are ere today, £0118 lOInOerW. ———————~————-— everywhere. Inbottles or jugs at n church in Ephesus for many years. He yet the world moves on without a Growth is the regular order 01' busi- ourdealers. Writeforfree bOOk‘ st wrote the First E istle of John as a ripple HOW“ insignificant is man as ness. It applies to everything. Noth- mam “e“l‘m‘g' 30 lilarewell letter to t‘ is church. There he plays his InfinlteSImal part in the ing remains stationary. It grows or: GENERAL lABORATORESu m‘ .0; ma legend of his last days, how, too eternal Plan 01 the universe. decays. There isoa constant change . 430 chkinson $1. ii“ 'lj l 11:6}. 5&3 feeble to work, he was carried into the Ordinarily we do not seem to ap- £50ng on, even in us. "film-Who ‘ ‘ u." midst of his friends, and repeated over preciate the situation. We go about A and over, “Little children, love one an- other.” Some one asked him why he s nd‘n'o more, to which he re- .mm. 1‘ . other. ' our work. as if the success of the world depended upon us. We fix our eyes and our attention so close to the ground that we fall to see ourselves * Rarely do potatoes 1 sprayed with Bordeaux mixture to kill the hopper: burn fail to repay it many times oven 1" '31 (""7 .-.o-....".._.,... .. -. 1.. ”5. «wag—HALF». - . . A fiwmmvgv "ms-,1! ,. BilliiiilliRS’ 911111010111- ":“ee' seer assessments? 1“ Andy Adams LITCHF yl':1LD,I MICHIGAN Michigan’s Leading Live Stock Auctioneer DATES and TERMS on APPLICATION ' :1" 1-11 ‘ “6‘." George Dalmsny Henry [lur Product Is The Best Painstaking. modern and scientific methods, coupled with the finest of breeding animals makes possible our enviable accomplishment. You, Mr. Breeder, would enjoy and profit by a visit to this unique estab- lishment of superlative breeding. Your correspondence and inspection are invited' WILDWOOD FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN W. E. SGRIPPS. Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt. '7' 1111-: 111:1 nlrrsrr's Our sire Sunburst Origas Majesty Whose 3 nearest dams average: 802 lbs. For sale a Bull. calf of correct type and priced to sell. H. S. WELBORN FIVE PINE FARM R. l. . Kalamazoo, Mich. Breakwater Jerseys Ready for service bolts for sale from Register of Merit dams. Herd sire: MAJESTY’S INTENSE 127191. Herd on federal accredited list as tuberculosis free, BROOKWATEB FARM. Ann Arbor. Michigan H. W. Mumford. Owner. J. B. Andrews. Lessor. BUTTER BRED JE%%E§81§%LL° _ CRYSTAL SPRING flTOCK FARM. ' Eilver Creek. Michigan. Allegan County. F O R S A L E. Jersey bulls ready f o r service. cows Rsegister of Merit. Accredited he r.d SMITH AND PARKER. R. 4. Howell. Mich. cattle. yo b ll . f Registergdh $135}? .1.6 “1:35.11: 1:..25 Lake Odessa. Mich. ' Head of Jersey cows and heifers for 511110.011 3o toselect from herd of 70 Some fresh. others i333 forfall freshening. ColonC. Lillie, Coopersville. Mich Bidwell Revolution Jr. heads Slim-thorns Sire. Revolution, Dam. Maxwalton gig: wood 3d. 2d Dam. Imp. Rosewood 86th. Now offering one good roan two year old bull out of a. Marr Mari- gold dam. also a few cows and heifers safe in calf. Prompt attention tocorrespondence--v isitors welcome. State Accredited herd. One hr from Toledo. 0. N. Y. C. Ry. BIDWP‘LL ST ()CK FARM Tecumseh. Mich” Box I1 Francisco Farm Shorthorns and Big Type Poland Chinas. One 2 yr. old bred Heifer. 3200 Two choice yearlings. $150. each. Three Imlls $100. up. 3 boars. $2. ~)each. Lots of spring pig. of March furrow, P. 1’. Pope Mt. Pleasant Mich Aberdeen- Angus IO heifers. 6 bulls RegiStered from eight to fourt'een months. Best of breeding. 'lhe growthy kind that make good. Reasonable. Inquire of F. J. Wilber. Clio Mich. Registered Guernseys A fine Bull ready for light service. special terms if you wish. J.M .Williams, No ich. Adams, F sale Registered Guernsey cows. May Rose Breed- or ing also 311011] calves $50 each. Registered A dams. OHN EBELS. R. 2. Holland Mich. WINNWUUII HERD Registered Helsteins Ask us about 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 CALVBS. the large. nnegrowthy type, guaranteed right in every way, They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestors Dam's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and quotations. stating about age desired. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL Trave so City, Mich. ' Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred iilisitlll re lstered and high- grade. P ce up. Splendid in ividuais and breeding. Write us your re quirements. Browncroft Farms. McGraw N. Y. ce ted' 1n payment of finely bred Ireg A 5005 hit 33.91311 151011115111 111111 :alzean 9'1‘1’111 {3’ t elw1 1n reac 0 a r1 $1133? he'd'KLTii Iism”. er. Mich HEREFORDS 10 extra nice Repeater and Fairfax heif- ers from 14 to 20 months old for sale, also 10 cows. ALLEN BROS. I“ So. Wont Sh, Kalamazoo, Mich. HEREFORDS Young Cows with calves by side consis- ting of blood from Ame a' s foremost herds at prices that one!) 0 them under Earliripe Herefor Bee . To rthemselves within a year to 1 months. Bulls including prize winners at the Iarglel'Ml etchows at practi- ca 1 . Herd e aded by Straight 96. one of two sons of perfect- on rta‘x out of a daughter.“ of the , 1"“ch Disturber. 'l‘. P. 3. 89th Says. (863019111! since 1880i. St. Clair. Mich.“ lanto pay Two Scotch Shorthorn Bulls For Sale J. A. BARNUM, Union City. Mich. Richland Shortherns Special offer: Twelve Bulls from twelve to twenty four months old- lied. White. Roan. Good size.best of breeding-from good milking dams. Priced for quick sale. Write for particulars. 0. II. Prescott 81 Sons, . Office at Tawas City, Mich. Herd at Prescott, Mich Maplewood Milking Shorihorns fingengigrigsx also roam bull calf two months old Barter &I~laston Jenison. Michigan supply your needs with high class individuals Write for list to E. E. Twing. Bad Axe, Sec -Treas ° ’ Shorthorns priced reasonabl An Mllklng credited herd selected for ybeef aziicd milk. Beland and Beland Tecumseh. Michigan FOR SALE Registered Roan Durham c ows and ‘ heifers. Write for particula1s. W. 0. Raymond. B. I, Beaverton. Mich. HOGS D H t. Woodiawn Farm 9,3022%. «35319.35? ments. length. size and quality. Young stock for sale at reasonable prices and fulfiY guaranteed. Write your wants. W. A‘R’lL Alma, Mich. I AM OFFERING“ BRED SOWS fall yearling and spring gilts. bred for March and April farrow. that are tops. Mated t.oO C K. Col. 2nd and Orion Giant Ool. Write for price list. W. 01‘ AYLOR. Milan. Mich. Is It Worth While? A real boar pig sired by Woodford Sensation. Dams of Defender or Pathfinder breeding. If so. We have them of Sept. furrow. not only showing extreme ualiw, but renter size than you will expect to rid. Follow 29 to Kope-Kon Farms, Coidwater,Mich. DUROC JERSEYS Spring pigs either sex of March April and May (arrow. sired by three outstandin herd boars. If you want size Jtygrod and quality combines come and see or write us. odt. Monroe. licth A Duroc—Jerseys 111 9’3""... Prelim“ 03113: Foust's Top 00L. E D. Heydenberk. Wayland. Mich 0 April furrow 812.50 reg. for a short time. limos, Fall gilts. 320. to 825. breeding quality. Sat- ‘sfaction or money back. B E. Kiss H ilsdale. Mich. Illllilill JERSEYS Illll DELIIIE IIEIIIIIIS. ABET U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich FOR SALE €1.‘°L£°ii’1°e iimm't’iiiini‘.’ CLARENCE B. OALKINS. ”land. Mich. o roii .IIQ enéamin’s {damméwwmtam " cursrrnirm nan. me I 211%: .. WHITE’S csifiwbrfl . UIION County Bhoithorn Breeders Assn. (an months ended June BUSINESS EXPANDS RAPIDLY'. AST year at this time the Stand- ish creamery was taking in 18,000 pounds of milk per day. This year the concern is purchasing 41,000 pounds of milk per day. This year manager is without doubt the‘ cause of much of this development, he declares that the introduction of pure-bred stock in that community is responsig bio for from twenty—five to fifty per cent of the increase.‘ The Standish chamber of commerce has sponsored the “Better 'Dairy Cattle Movement" in an effort to increase the general prosperity of the community. Where the dairy cow does well, everyone profits, and Standish appears to be on the road to become “one of the best little dairy communities in the state.” WATCHING THE OTHER FELLOW DO IT. WENTY-FIVE Midland county farmers closed shop and piled the entire family in their cars for a tour of Bay, Saginaw and Midland counties ed with the number saved during the ' same period last year. is indicated by the third semi-annual pig count made by the United States Department of. Agriculture, reports having been. re- ceived from over 140,000 hog raisers throughout the country. An intention to breed 28.3 per cent more sows for fall pigs than ’farrowed last autumn is indicated by the re- turns. For the corn belt states the in- crease is indicated at 25.5 per cent. In the North Atlantic states, including Pennsylvania. the increase is 42.6 per cent. In Michigan the increase is thir- ty-two per cents-in Ohio. twenty-three per cent; Indiana, twenty per cent; Illinois, twenty—two per cent; Wiscon- sin, twenty-four per cent, and Iowa twelve per cent. NOW SHIP TO ENGLAND. ANADIAN farmers are shipping their stacker and feeder cattle to England, according to reports received by the American Farm Bureau Feder- ation. These cattle were formerly shipped to the United States to be fat- Searchlight, the Leader of the L. Whitney Watkins Hereford Herd, was Se: cured at a Long Price. and will be One of the Animals the Hereford En- thusiasts will Inspecton the Hike on June 27, in the interest of better dairyingand alfalfa raising. They vis—~. ited the farms of George Bergtold, Frank Trombley, James Wilder, T. F. Marston, and George J. Hicks, for a study of dairy methods and dairy-cow types. Rain in the afternoon did not dampen the ardor of these tourists. Jim Hayes and County Agent McMur- try' followed the tour through to the end and injected into the entire outing at high degree of enthusiasm by their peppy speeches. SWEARS BY SWEET CLOVER. NE mile from Midland lives Fred Sias. He deserves a place in the hall of fame. pastured fifty-seven head of four-year- old steers on twenty—five acres cf bien- nial sweet clover, and his grain sup- plement has only been 400 pounds per day. Mr. Sias put the steers on the clover as soon as it first poked its head above the ground. The steers will be mar- keted this month. ‘Experts say they are,1contenders for market top honors. “D h’t try to make steers eat tough clover afterit has, weathered the bet- ter part of the spring,” is Mr. Sias’ sage advice. PIG CROP SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN LAST YEAR. ’1. ‘ .’ N increase of [nine-tenths of one per cent in the ‘number of pigs; saved tron; farrowings in. the six. During' the spring .he' From July 24 to 27. tened on our pastures and corn, pro- viding a profitable business on many farms in Pennsylvania and the corn belt states, but this trade has beep greatly hindered by the two cents a pound duty carried in the new tariff law, against which the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Pennsyl- vania Farm Bureau and Illinois Agri- cultural Society vigorously protested. It is stated that 10,000 head of cattle have already been shipped and that before September 1, 50,000 head addi- tional will be shipped to England. Brit- ish buyers are planning to import 200,. 000 head of cattle from Canada; Ex‘ porting of; cattle on the hoof from the United States to Europe ceased ”years ago, and it is a new experience for Canada. SUGGESTS SUDAN GRASS. Will you please tell me what I can sow on muck land to make pasture gor cogs for this summer and fall?— . E. Sudan grass is one of the best- an- nual crops for summer pasture. Hun- garian millet is well adapted to muck but is not as good a pasture crop as Sudan, due to the fact that the root system is not as large and consequent- ly is more likely to be pulled up from the ground in grazing. Slidan -grass should be sown ’atithe rate of. from twenty to " twenty-five (pounds of seed per acre. and 1.“le provides pasture until killed by heavy; 3‘! u re- 5 risers ' ' cent 'owed .e re- ,3. tie in- '1 at. In '3} ' uding ‘ 6 per g? l thir- three ; cent; 9 lscon- V Iowa 3, ‘l‘. i; pping g tie to (I :eived I‘eder- merly be fat- 3, I” J‘s-”3"». . n..." » ’ : Se: I En- ...»e. ‘ , , pro- many ,1 corn i beep 1 nts a. tariff arican nnsyl- Agri- ested. cattle that addi- . Brit- t_ 200,- . Ex‘ [11 the ’years to for t. ~ ‘Ho'L’sr'EIN' Tongs. " I‘HE dates for the» tours arranged . by the State Holstein Association, cooperating with the ’Dairy Depart- ment of the Michigan'Agricultural col- lege, and the county agents and local Holstein breeders in the several coun- . ties, are as follows: July 23—Macomb. July 24—Washtenaw. July 25—-Wayne. July 26-—Monroe. July 28—Ingham. July 30—Eaton. July 31~Hillsdale. Aug. 1——Lenawee. 'Aug. 2——Oakland. Aug.‘ 3——Livingston. July 31—Jackson. Aug. 1—Barry. ‘ Aug. 2—Calhoun. Aug. B—Allegan. Aug. A—Ottawa. Aug. 7—Gratiot. Aug. 8——Saginaw. Aug. 9—Tuscola. Aug. 10—Sanilac. Aug. 7—Shiawassee. Aug. 8—Clinton. Aug. 9—Ionia. , Aug. 10——Kent. ‘ Aug. ll—Genesee—Grand Round—up at farm of D. D. Aitken, ex—president National Holstein Association. TUBERCUOSIS WORK CONTINUES. HERE are now twenty-two veteri- narians working to free Wayne county herds of tuberculosis. When this work first started Wayne county cows were twelve per cent infected. The re-tests show that this has now been cut to four per cent. Another test will probably be necessary to weed out _the bulk of the remaining diseased animals. There were 17,360 cattle in the 1,742 herds tested; 711 reactors were found in the 362 infect- ed premises. Another force of veter- inarians are starting in Grand Trav- erse county to make a re-test. The last test there showed only 1.28 per cent of the cattle infected. It is ex- pected that the present test will place Grand Traverse county on the modi- fied accredited area list. This will be the fifth county in the state having less than one-half per cent of the cat- tle tubercular. SOUR MILK. Have been having trouble with milk souring alter it was cooled. On in- quiry at the station where we deliver the milk, was told that some cows were known to give sour milk from one quarter. Is this true? If so, what remedy for it?——V. D. We never heard of anything of this sort before. It is true that some lac— tic acid bacteria sometimes will enter the lower portion of the milk duct. in the end of the teat and possibly a drop or two might become sour. Owing to this fact, in dairies where “certified .milk" is produced it is a practice to milk out just a little of the milk be- fore saving any of it. This is not c0n- sidered necessary for ordinary milk, ket milk, though it would be a good g a E E = ary. WWWllllllllllllllmlllllllfllllllllllllllfllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllfi CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib- ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of each case and-give. name and address of the writer. Initials only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the «Nice becomes private practice and 51 must be enuoscd. Nervous Horse—Poor Circulation;— A naturally nervous horse fifteen years old was cast some 18 months ago and while the veterinary was doing some dental work on him, he struggled much. For two weeks he was stiff and. sore; now he is seemingly well, but the veins stand out very promi— nent on several parts of body; Does this indicate heart, or internal- trouv ble? G. W. G. ,Rapid City, Mich—If he is fleshy, reduce him. It will ben- efit him to do light work. Give him at teaspooni‘ul of acetate of potash in, feed or in drinking water twice a day. Indigestion.—~Our sows seem to have stomach trouble. They bloat, this; causes their heart to flutter. M. K.. Milford, Mich.v—Mix equal parts of gin— ger, gentian, baking soda, salt, pow— dlered wood charcoal together, and givc each sow a teaspoonful at a dose in feed two or-three times a day. Depraved Appetite. Ever since spring our cows have seemed crazy for wood to chew on. When in the barnyard they have slabs of wood in their mouths. Will you tell me the cause, also a remedy. Mrs. H. J. 13.. Mason, Mich—It is generally believed, from the fact that this disease is very largely one of regions, that some con— dition of the soil and water and of local vegetation is responsible for it. Now, in treating this ailment the aim should be to improve the process 01' digestion and to supply the animal with a sufficiency of sound and whole- some food. Mix four ounces of car- bonate of iron, four ounces of powder: ed gentian, four ounces of powdered fenugreek, eight ounces of salt, in one pound of finely ground b0ne, give each cow tw0 tablespoons in each feed. Also Q add plenty of powdered wood or cob‘ charcoal to their feed. I have obtain-l ed fairly good results from giving apo-l morphine hypodermically, but if you try this remedy, your veterinarian should give it. lN Effie“ The Standard for a Generation l AFTER a generation of ser- vice many Indianas are in ' perfect condition. They keep l I feed without rot or _spoilagc better than any other 8110 made. Big scale production at a nar- row profit gives the farmer the largest possible value for his dollar. Corn is late. You have still time to get an Indiana up i this year. Write now. ' Agents—Get in touch with us today. . THE INDIANA SILO AND TRACTOR CO. Dept. 47 Anderson, Indiana l l even that produced and known as mar-i S l I O S plan, especially in hot weather. It is the lactic acid bacteria that If you can keep cause milk to sour. them out the milk will keep sweet; however, it is practically impossible to keep them all out, even certified milk is allowed to have ten thousand per cubic centimeter. The milk should be produced as clean as possible and cooled at once, the lower the better, but at least as While it is cool- ing it should be stirred so the whole mass Will be of the same temperature, 7 otherwise it will cool around the out- side and the center of the can will be warm and afterwards, mixing with the outside, will sour 'the whole of it. After the milk is cooled it should be kept cool and not allowed to warm up cool as Well water. again. I , Milk must be given some little at- , tention. inhot weather .tofkeep it suit- . a For sale Registered Percheron stallion six yfgra hie for market-‘milk or for fthe con- ‘ ' ' . ' . Loses”: takeht'onoe. Goo. Earlo.Mlddevlllo.Mtch‘- . Write for our Free Silo Book. Tells how we build them for Build Opos- figif'S’Srthfiefifié'éi? forAII Tlme‘ rocessed concrete staves give you construction that lasts orever, yet costs no more than wood stove silos: Fire and wind resisting. No ainting, no guy Wires. No tightening of hoops. Rec e si age fresh and sweet. Unequalled for cold climates. rite for illustrated fact-praying catalog. MICHIGAN SILO 00.. General Olllces. Kalamazoo, Mich. Factories at Kalamazoo, flush" Peoria, Ill" Bloomfield. Ind. MINERAIJ'é‘ii}. [88. I I "I . - " ‘ .4 . . . $3 PkE' guarantees to give satisfaction or money bac . 81 Pkg. sufficient for ordinary cases. MINERAL REMEDY 60. 463 Fourth Avs., Pittsburgh, I’a PATENTS of Invention" b ank. Send sketch or model for per- onal opinion. PATENT CLARENCE O'BRIEN. REGISTERED LAWYER. 952 Southern Bldg,, “'nshington. D O Write today for free in- Itruotion book ‘ nd "liecord HORSES next November. Kind and well bro :1 WAN We are in the market for Railroad Ties Write, call on or phone Mc Candless -BrOS. 9-253 General Motors Bldg. Phone Empire 6845 . DETROIT, MICHIGAN BE AT ' ' questions about abortion in cows. Also let us advice FREE. Write tonight. v glazcd tilc. ,! resist heat, cold. moisture. vermin, will not burn. No paint, no rcpuirs. Will not warp, decay or blow down. Last a lifetime. Losing Their Calves . From Abortion! > You Can Stop Them Yourself Ask for FREE copy of “The Cattle Specialist, Home Veterinarian”, a Live Stock Doctor Book, Without cost.Veterinary A postal will do. a Co.,Inc., 153Gra Ergar—r’iag-rtgag- p— .gj‘mg d-r; fig: . The Prosperous Farmcr today is ill(‘ one who is milking cows and Icmliug stock. Good silage is the most economical fccd for livestock and dull y cows. It cuts down cost of production and yields greater profits. World's Standard Kalanmzoo Silos make 100 pcr cunt pcriw‘t silugc. Our Glazed Tile Silos are built of nmisturoproof Blocks have three dead air spaces-— If lamaggg Glazed Building Tile Modern, permanent, beautiful. economical buildings for your farm. Fri-c infor- mation on how to judge tile and how to plan your may buildings. \Vl'itn: today. KALAMAZOO TANK & SILO C0.. Dept. 223 Kalamazoo. Mich. YOUR C0 SMALL COST " our cattle paper. Answers all asked during the past thirty years tell you how to get the “Practical nd Ave., Waukesha, Wis. Our Wood Stave Silos have air-tight ioiuts. (lccply groovcd, tongucd and splincd. Shippcd ready to erect—no nails or scrcws nccdcd. Continuous door frames of heavy. galvun‘ ind stccl. Write for Silo Book today./ / " / Mr. L. Whitney Watkins Requests the honor of your presence at awn TKINS FARM Near Manchester, Michiggn on Thursday, July 26th, 1923 10:30 A. M. RECEPTION; Michigan Hereford Cattle Breeder’sAss’n. and visiting Farmers. 12:00 Noon LUNCHEON Barbecued Hereford Baby Beef. 1:30 P.M. AUCTION; lst Annual Watkins Farm Sale of 63 HEREFORD CATTLE. 45 Lots (18 calves presented frco with their damsl-S Bulls including an excellentson of the King of Here- ford Sires Perfection Fairfax. and another out of a great daughter of Bonn Mischief. 40 Cows and Heifers. All the best Hereford blood represented. First Class individuals. Prices are sure to below in keeping with present. farm conditions. Sale under cover rain or shine. For Illustrated Catalog. address. T. F. B. SOTHAM & Sons, Sale Mgr’s. ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN HOGS l l () ‘. d ' ‘ . , FOR SALE. ,-éi?riif3§l3iie‘i‘£2.viiili‘iiffl. Pigs 3 months old. $1.3. ll‘oundatmn stock procurcd 1 from Benjamin. JOHN KENNEDY. Alamo. Mich. WATCH our ad for fall l l l GHESTER WHITES bred sows and gilts. WEBER 830$. 10 Mile Iltl. West Royal Oak, Mich. Chester Whites Herd iioEI—odlir'rhe Mon- ster and Iowun's Jumbo, Two great; Big Type hours of the breed. FliEl) L. IZODIMER. Chester Whites corded free. Albert Dorr. Reese. Mich Gilts bred for fall. also Spring pigs, 0,0. I). re- Clinton. Mich. HESTI‘lR White-2 FIIOW boar prospects by Prince CBig Bone and Advance 'l‘ypc. lilts bred for Aug- nst farrow and spring pig. Priced reasonable and sat- i.m<-ti0n guaranteed. John C.Wilk, Alma, Mich. ‘O. I. C’s and Chester Whites (tilts sired by Mich. State Fair Gr. 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. O 1 C95 Orders booked for late farrowcd 0 0 ' spring $14? at. $10 to 812. each. ltegis. tiered free. 0. J. THO SON. Rockford. Mich Spring pigs single or in pairs. Price 0' I C' right. Satisfaction guaranteed. E. C. Badgley, Jackson. Mich-R, F. D. 1. 0 ' 0 One last fall boar.l0 last fall gilts bred. 100 this - I . ,8 ring was, recorded free. Xmile west of De- pot. Citz s Phone. ()ttoB.Schulze, Nashville, Mich, 0" I. C. March bias. bred i] s for A at t CLOVER LEAF slroox maniffihnmefil ill single or in pairs.nlno' 1 7 One yearling l)0'll‘ and March pigs 0' I' C 8 Young Brown Swiss bull. MiloH Peterson. Elmhust Farm, lonia, Mich. FOR SALE Rcuigtorcd 0. 1'. 0'8. March pigs sired by (lulluwny Edd. Eithersexs Lee E. Galc. M8005“). Mich. Quality Poland Chinas Sired by a good son of Omngo Clansman. Now offer- Ing a few full giltn' and spring pigs of either sex. 5. S. BURRILL Reese, Mich. Big Type F. 0. Some _very choice boars doubleim mime. out 1100 lb. sure and mammoth sows from Iowa's greatest herds. I‘1.J.Mathcwson. Burr Oak,Mich Line Bred Liberators By Revelation and Peter. The Grout, boars. The last word in Poland (‘lnnzi Iii-ceding. Bred sows and nprin pigs of either bt‘X. l'rn-cs right. Vaughnn's See Farm. ()vid. Mich. RADIO GIANT largcst strain of Poland Represents the worlds China HogsBonrs, Suws. Pigs at bargain prices from Mich. pioneer herd. “'e have bred them big for 30 years. We can furnish what, you want JNU. C. Illl’l'LI'IR. Portland. Mich 1L. T. P. C. Choice Gilts $25 to $40. Roars $30. Fall PIES ‘I5. HART ANI) CLINIC, Address F. T.HART. St. Louis, Mich. BOAR READY for service. Spring boars at; . . weaning (line and gilts bred to (Ambit ion Again) for Sept. furrow. They are priced to sell' and shipped on approval. Dorus llover. Akron, Mich‘ Large Type P. C. largest in Mich. A few fall pigs for sale. Sin-.41 by “The Wolverine" a grandson of ”The Rainbow and Big Bob" the great- est yearling hour I ever owned has size combined With quality, Come and see the real kind. W. ll). LIVINGSTON, Parmn. Mich Large Type P. C. The Real Kind. A few of those big. smooth.stretchy, brcd gilts for sale. Brod for M arch, April and May furrow. Priced right. Parmu, Mich Large Type Poland Chinas For sale Fall Roars, Gills brcd or open. Herd head ed by two Grand Champion boars, A. A. FELDKAMP, Manchester, Mich. Big Bob and Peace and B' T’ P' C' Fa“ sows) Plenty strains. Bred to a son of Alaska. M. 0. Mount. Mayville.Mlch. ' 2 nice gilts with pigs by s‘de. also Large Slram P. c'rplgs at weaning time. I H. O. SWAll'l‘Z, Schoolcral’t. Mich. “IALLNUT ALLEY Big Type Poland China Boar pigs ready for new homes. Give me a chance to tell you about them. A. 1). Gregory, Ionia. Mich. l..'l'.P. (XS rin i r ad . Lone Maple Farm Also yr. hoarl)‘. W'gl‘lléegsfofdeys- cription and'prices. F. ll. Davis&Son.Beldlng. Mich. for sale. Reg- Large Type P. C. Pig‘s istered :15. En- h quire Sunnyside Farm. Hillman, Mic . ' ‘~ A few bred gins left. ,‘ 4?) HamPSblres-order now to: your boat pi“? ‘notakln. lOthvyear. , JOHN .BNYDER. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich our airs - ....-.i.,,.,,..— 1-..... ..,., ... w... - condition, ; mal. tries are expanding , purchases by feeders. are rather per- .;twelve to fifteen cents . "Wheat and are , he highest of the; sea—l ~ so The c, 'ittee fof. ehonomist's considering the agricultural outlook GRAIN QUOTATIONS Monday, July 16. Wheat. Detroit—No. 2 red $1.101/2; NO. 2 mixed $1.10%; No. 2 white $1.105é. Chicago.~—July’ 970; September 96% @96%c December 99\%@99%c. Toledo—Cash .$1.05@1.06. Corn. Detroit—Cash NO. 2 yellow 92%,c; No. 3, 91%0; No. 4, 89%c. , ChicagO.—~July 821/3c; September at 74%@75%c; December 625/80. Oats. Detroit.—-—-Cash No. 2 white at 4655c; NO. 3, 45%c; NO. 4, 441,50. Chicago—July 38140; September at 340; December 3594c. Beans. Detroit-Immediate shipments $5.50 per cwt. Chicago—Choice $6.25; red kidneys at $7.50. New York—Choice pea at $6.50@7; red kidneys $7.50@7.75. and prompt Rye. Detroit—Cash N0. 2, 6735420. ChicagO.—-July 6115c; September at 640; December 67140. Toledo—Cash 66c. Barley. Detroit.—-Malting 70c; feeding 660. Seeds. Detroit—Prime red clover $10; alsike $9; timothy $3.30. cash at Hay. Detroit—NO. 1 timothy $17.50@18; light mixed $17Gi}l7.50: N0. 2 timothy $15.50(r116.50; NO. 1 clover at $l4@15; No. l clovor mixed $l5@l6; straw at $11@11.50. Feeds. Bran $30; standard middlings $34; fine do $36@36.50; cracked corn $41; coarse cornmeal $39.50; chop $34.50@ 35 per ton in 100-11) sacks. Fruit. Apples—Chicago, Transparents and Duchess $2.25 per bushel. Strawberries—mot case, Michigan, good $1.25. Cherries. Chicago, Michigan 16-qt cases $1.25@].50; light sweet $1@1.25 per l6-qt case. Berries.——Chicago, blackberries at $2.50@2.75 per 16-qt caSe; gooscberries $2@2.25; black raspberries $2@2.25; red raspberries $2.50@2.75 per 24-pt case; currants at $1.50((121.75 per 16-qt case. WHEAT Wheat prices declined again last week, the July delivery breaking be low the dollar mark at Chicago, and reaching practically the lowest point since 1914. Increasing receipts of new crOp wheat, greater hedging pressure, limited sales, dull flour trade, failure of rust damage to develop serious pr0« portions in the northwest estimates of a huge Canadian crop, and bearish sentiment were elements in the de- cline. The department Of agriculture estimates the winter wheat crop at 586,000,000 bushels and spring wheat at 235,000,000 bushels, making a total of 821,000,000 bushels compared with 862,000,000 bushels harvested in 1922. The combined carryover on farms, at country mills and elevators, and in the visible supply is 20,000,000 bushels larger than last year. Adding the new crop, the total available for the crop year is 21,000,000 bushels less than in 1922 and indicates an~exportable sur- plus of 200,000,000 to 225,000,000 bushels. RYE The rye crop has deteriorated in the last month, the July forecast being 68,700,000 bushels compared with 72,- 500,000 bushels a month ago and 95,- 500,000 bushels harvested last year. CORN ‘ While the acreage planted to corn was sharply reduced in the cotton belt it was increased in most other sections and the total for the entire country is larger than last year. The average according to the govern- ment’s report, was slightly below nor- Oash demand is broad as indus- operations and SiStent. Prices' at Chicago are only lower than pointed out the probability '0: a corn shortage in 1924. Receipts Of corn at primary markets have been gradually increasing. "’While they were lighter last week, producers have been selling more freely in the last few days. The visible supply is abnormally small and arrivals have not’been sufficient to pre- vent further withdrawals from it. OATS Oats prices declined to anew low level last week. They are cheap com- pared with corn or hay, producers are not offering new oats freely and the visible supply is only 7,885,000 bushels compared with 42,400,000 bushels last year. The new crop is estimated at 1,284,000,000 bushels compared with 1.201,000,000 bushels last year and an average of 1,378,000,000 bushels from 1917 to 1921. SEEDS Recent bargain prices for red clover seed attracted buyers and values mov- ed up slightly last week. Crop pros- pects are a little less favorable for both timothy and red clover, accord- ing to late reports. FEEDS Mill feed markets are easy and pric- es are declining. Demand from the interior is dull, especially for future delivery. Bran for shipment in Aug- ust, September and October is quoted at a discount of $1.50 under prompt shipment. Stocks of all feeds appear ample. HAY Conditions of the hay crop on July 1 was officially estimated at 81.1 com- pared with 88.7 last, year and an aver- age of 85.5 in the five years, 1917 to 1921. \Vith a small reduction in the acreage, the cron forecast is 99,000,000 tons compared with 113,000,000 tons last year. As last year’s crop was well cleaned up and live stock produc- tion is in’creasing‘ rather than decreas- ing, demand should be fairly broad during the next twelve months. The receipts of hay at northeastern and central western markets are light and barely sufficient to supply the demand. Prices are holding firm. 0 POULTRY AND EGGS Although surplus stocks of 402,000 cases of eggs on July 1 as compared with a year ago were shown by the preliminary report, dealers are still taking additional supplies of fresh eggs for storing purposes. Receipts are gradually decreasing and the sup- ply. of good eggs is not Sufficient‘for requirements so that prices for them are higher. Undergrades move more slowly at c0mparative1y~-easy prices. Chicago—Eggs mi-scellaneOUS 22@ 22%c; dirties 19@19l/§c; checks 19@ 20c; fresh firsts 23@2317éc; ordinary firsts 21@211/2c. Live poultry, hens at 2115c; broilers 28@31c; roosters 12c; ducks 23c; geese 210; turkeys 200. Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and graded 23@24c. Live poultry, broilers 38@42c; heavy hens 25c; light hens 20c; roosters 14c; geese 120; ducks at 20@26<:. ' POTATOES - The potato acreage was reduced ten per cent this year according to the - government’s estimate and the July forecast is for a yield of 382,000,000 bushels, compared with 451,000,000 bushels last year. The average from 1917 to 1921 was 388,000,000 bushels. The New England states will have a larger crop than laSt year while New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, XVis- consin, North Dakota and Idaho all show sharp reductions. Shipments of potatoes from producing sections are fairly large. Irish‘ Cobblers are now quoted at $5.50@6.25 a barrel and Bliss Triumphs at $2.25@2.75 per 100 pounds in northern consuming markets. BUTTER Light receipts of top scores of but- ter insufficient to meet the demand for storage succeeded in maintaining the prices on a firm basis last week. To- ward the close. as receipts increased the market became easier. The short- age of nearly 5,000,000 pounds in cold storage holdings on July 1 as compar- ed with July 1, 1922, shown by the preliminary report is being reduced with some prospect that on August 1 holdings will be on nearly even terms with last year. This speculative de— mand will tend to prevent any sharp decline in the immediate future. Prices on 92-score were: Chicago 370: New York 39c. At Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells for 35@361/,>c. BEANS The July 1 forecast of the bean crop for the entire United States is 15,000; 000 bushels compared with 11,893,000 bushels last year and a 1917-1921. av- erage of 13,000,000 bushels. Michigan plantings are placed at 568,000 acres, the largest record, and an increase of 32 per cent over last year. With a Live Stock Market Service I Monday, DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 1,349. Canners and bulls steady; all others 500 lower; quality common. Fancy light yearlings.’...$ 9.50@10.00 Best heavy steers ..... .. 9.00@ 9.50 Handyweight butchers 7.50@ 8.00 Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.00 Handy light butcher-8.... 6.00@ 6.50 Light butchers .......... 5.25@ 5.50 Best cows ............... 5.50@ 5.75 Butcher cows ........... 4.00@ 5.00 Cutters ................. 2.50@ 3.00 Canners ................ 2.00@ 2.50 Choice bulls ............ 5.5061] 6.50 Bologna bulls ............ 5.00@ 5.50 Stock bulls ............. 4.00@ 5.00 Feeders ................. 5.50@‘ 6.25 Stockers ................ 5.00@ 5.75 Sheep and Lambs Receipts 331. Market steady. Best lambs ............. $14.50@15.00 Fair lambs .............. 12.00@13.00 Light to common ....... 9.00@11.00 Fair to good sheep 5.00@ 6.007 Culls ............. . . . . . . 1.50@ 2.50 Veal Calves. Receipts 795. Market is steady on good; poor on common. Will close, $1 lower. . Best ooooo O O O O O O 0.. I O O O O l$13000@13050 Others I C I O '00 O O O O O l O O O O O 7o00@12060 Hogs. Receipts 1,272. Market steady. Mixed 11088.94“? yorkers ..,,......$8.00 PigS o.8vmun-o4.»-L'ceooh‘oooo‘hobBoo‘7o40 Heavies OOOOIOOO0......”‘OOOQOVO‘OV I50 Roughs caov9novoJocoo'negooov'b 5'85. July 16. CHICAGO Hogs. Receipts 57,000. Market on the good kinds active, 10@200 higher; others .strong to unevenly higher. Average bulk good choice 160 tO 240-lb, $7.60@ 7.70; tops at $7.75; bulk 250 to 350-lb. butchers $7.25@7.50; packing sows mostly $6696.35; best strong weight pigs around $7. Cattle. Receipts 27,000. Market mostly kill- ing classes slow, unevenly weak to 250 'lower; choice classes medium to good yearlings predominating; part load of mature steers" $11.75; some held high- er; canners, cutters, bulls and choice fat cows steady to weak; bidding 50c lower on calves; stockers are scarce and steady. ~ Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 20,000. Market generally steady; early top western lambs at $14.90; bulk of good natives at $14@ 14.25; culls mostly $8.50; California clipped lambs $13.75; bulk of medium and heavy weight ewes at $5@6.50; heavies $4. BUFFALO Cattle. Receipts 10 ‘cars. Market is slow. CalVes at $14: ' Hogs. ' Receipts 20 cars. Market is slow. . Sheep and'Lambs. , rReieipi: oiesim' ' a size OD am .3 f ' War in“ .. Weth moo WW ' -~oro movin Season." 4 Heavy $7.90@8; yorkers and pigs at. p ,8 $8.25@8.4‘0; - Trade r is . steajdyrg‘. -— July 1 condition in Michigan of 91 compared with a ten-year ayerage of 87, the crop forecast. is 6,719,000 bush- els against 4,809,000 bushels last year. Bean prices were slightly lower last week partlyvas a result of the" estimat- ed increase in the crop. A little busi- ness is passing but trade is relatively dull. Choice hand-picked whites are quoted at $5.75 per 100 pounds 1'. o. b. Michigan points for quick shipment, $5.65 for prompt shipment, $5.60 for September shipment and. $5.40 for ,Oc- tober shipment. ‘ WOOL Wool markets are quiet with buyers and ”sellers playing a waiting game. The downward trend seems to have' been halted. A few sales are being made in the producing sections and ‘_ also in seaboard markets but growers are reluctant to sell at the lower pric- es being offered and many in the west are consigning. Prices on lightweight goods are to be announced soon. The market will probably be dull until the response of cloth buyers to the higher. values on such goods compared with last year has been determined. The Boston qtfotatiOns are as fol- lows: Michigan and New York fleeces delaine unwashed 55@56c; fine un- washed _49@500; half-blood unwashed 55@56c; three—eighths blood unwashed 55@56c; quarter-blood unwashed 51 @52c. \ APPLES The commercial apple crop- is esti- mated at, 33,100,000 barrels compared with 31,000,000 barrels last year and an average of 25,700,000 barrels from 1917 to 1921. Shipments of summer apples are increasing rapidly, the to- tal for the week ending July 7 being 348 cars compared with 91 cars in the preceding week. PEACHES. The peach crop is estimated at 48,- 400,000 bushels compared with 56,700,- 000 bushels last year and 1919-1921 av- erage of 42,700,000 bushels. Shipments of peaches are increasing with some cars coming from as far north as Maryland. ’ DETROIT CITY MARKET 7 'The market has been very active, with plenty of produce and a good de- mand. Fruits were a. little slow and so were carrots, cabbage and turnips. But beans, potatoes, radishes and spin- ach were active. Asparagus was bring- ing $1.50@2 per dozen bunches; string beans $2@4 per bu., depending on the quality; beets 40@75c per dozen bunches; cabbage 65c@$1 per bushel; cherries $3.75@4.50 per 24-qt case; c-wrrants $3.75@4.50 per case; eggs 30 @400 per dozen; gooseberries $4 per 24-qt case; leaf lettuce 35@70c per bushel; green oniOns 25@600 per doz. bunches; peas $1.25@3.50 per bushel; live poultry 25@30,c per pound; pota’ tOes 500629125; radishes 35c@$1 per dozen bunches; strawberries $4@7 per 24-qt case. ‘ BUSINESS CONDITIONS TWO- SIDED. Business conditions retain the two- faced character which they have had in recent weeks. A relatively high rate of activity in manufacture and in current distribution is maintained, but there is a great degree of caution as to the future and a marked unwilling- ness to make commitments very far ahead. While manufacturers and distribut- ors lack confidence as to the future, their failure to stock up shelves means that new orders for goods will be forthcoming soon and tends to keep. business in a. healthy condition. A decisive setback is practically impos- sible in the absence of extensive for- ' ward commitments. ‘ The committee of economistsselect- ed by Secretary WallaCe of" the De- partment of Agriculture to repert on the agricultural outlook ays that. “our credit position is unusua 1y strong and more. than equal to any demands . ' which may be made upon. it in the. I"! '-.'VE..§T_OOK we I. l uyers game. have ' being and . iwers pric- west ’eight ll the igher. with a £01- eeces ashed ashed ed 51 v and rnips. . spin- bring- string m the dozen ishel; case; :85 30 L4 per :3 per r doz. ishel; pota- ‘»1 per >7 per IO- > two- e had high ind in ad, but on as illing- 'y far ribut- uture, ielves s will , I keep mpos- 'e for- ' select-- e De- »rt on t. “our .g and hands . ~ lithe. I I l’ I‘HE following figures will .give ‘1 staple crops in; the United States as W ‘made by the various correspondents 8’5 . A percentage compa ‘ next December. . ‘ u. _ have not» been reached as to the form ‘ out of organization needed to provide the of desired protection. 'The soope of the ork, however, seems to make it nec- sary that it be a government enter- of the Federal Crop Reporting Board, prise. Mutual associations offarmers rison .with the may be required. readers the estimated acreage acreage for 1922 is also made. Here are the figure“ MICHIGAN FAIR DATES, 1923. Per Ct. .Acres. Crop ' x 193422 39 7263000 Allegan County Agricultural Socie Winter wheat . , , Allegan, Aug. 28-31. 18,503,000 tY. 58,253,000 Arenac County Agricultural Societyu‘ 103,112,000 Standish, Sept. 18-21. Spring wheat 94.9 All wheat . . . . . . 94.5 Corn 100.7 I IO‘LWol oi Mrauiniuipment $465 5‘ tank, double galvanized, made is % inch brass tubing. with Throws four disks. tension, for trees. Pumps made to U. S. Army specifications for fire protection in army barracks. They are new. never been used after testing and guaranteed. lifting handle at bottom. The pump part alone is worth the whole Pump is heavy brass tubing). with strainer and brass ball valve. he $21"ng ras§ ball suck and a man's size malleable n 9. Brass fittings throughout, 3/8 inch hose with solid stream nozzle, as shown. Powerful Stream 40 Feet _ With each ump we send FREE Brown’s N on-Clog Auto Spray Nozzle, With akes it equal to spray outfits costin and recommended by state and county agriculture agents. 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Caro? ’ ___._._.__——-—- Aug. 20-24. . . i CROP REPORTERS ESTIMATE 1923 S Citieggyéggan County Fair, Wolverine“ _ ep. - . , i CROPS‘ Chippewa County Fair, SaultVStefi Marie, Sept. 10—13. I Chippewa & Mackinac District Agri-l‘ cultural Society, Pickford, Sept. 17-19.| N July 1 of. each year Federal CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING This classified advertising department is establl Small advertisements bring best using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. (‘ount as a display type or illustrations admitted. Real estate and live stock advertls Minimum charge. [0 words. results under classified headings. Poultry advertising will be run in at classified rates. or in display coliunns at commercial rates. Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions; for four or more Remittances must accompany Inn have separate departments and are not accepted as classlfled. convenience of Michigan farmers. Try it for want ads and for adver- this department shed for the abbreviation, initial or number. he order. word each Crop Reporters make production Clare County Agricultural Associar estimates of the “NEWS maJo‘l‘ Cl‘Olps “0611" garrison,tse%t_'18.s2t1.J h S t Rn” in Effect October 7, 1922 6311:1216 4m £391.;og“1';$—i)egii