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Smoke A “he” man’s shoe of proven merit for the woodsman, oilman, or hunter, this shoe has no peer. It fits ankle and instep as, com— fortahly as a low shoe. Almost impossible to wear out. Dries soft after wetting. Dries Out Soft. mYour! truly, (Bland) HALE B. SACKE’I'I‘ . v After Wetting Easy to Wear but Hard to Wear Out All leather used in Rouge Rex 1,000-mile horsehide work shoes is double-tanned by our own private process in our own tanneries. . We make no othershoe. Our entire organization is devoted to producing the world’s strongest work shoe. We do our own tanning because it van cut is used in Rouge Rex 1,000— mile shoes. Notice how thick the leather is—yet how soft it feels. Double-tanning means double wear and double comfort, too. You can wear‘these shoes. in all kinds of weather. No matter how wet they get they dry out soft and pliable. assures us the best leather. Horse- You’ll findreal economyinthewear hide is naturally the they give. Rouge Rex toughest leather used by Rouge Rex horsehide shoes usually man. For centuries it has been known as the strongest leather for dress shoes. Big league baseballs have horsehide covers because it is the only leather strong enough to stand such hard knocks. So we use it exclusively in Rouge Rex work shoes. Byourcxclusivemeth- Comfort Shoe Tender feet mlcorne the“ shoes. They’ re eoftend flexible on a moccasin. Yet . weer like iron. A typical fuctoryordryweetherehoe so light you don’t realize they are on duty. Ask for 435mChocolate; 434inTan. Both are outing models. 495 in Chocolate Blacker. wear at least 1 ,000 miles. We are told they actu- ally wear 3,000 and 4,000 or more. If you are naturally hard on shoes, you’ll find them the most economical shoes you ever wore. ' And you’ll enjoy new foot comfort at the same time. There’s a Rouge Rex 0d of double -tanning we make it soft and pliable as buck- skin. And it always stays soft. Other leathers dry out hard after wetting. Rouge Rex horsehide shoes dry soft as ' velvet. Wear them in water, mud and slush as often as you please. They’ll always dry soft and comfortable. ' We buy select horsehides for our leather. And only the choice Cordo- horsehide shoe for every need. For farm or railroad, mines, oil field or woods, there’s a special model that exactly suits conditions. And all are the same tough, pliable double- tanned horsehide. If your dealer cannot supply you with Rouge Rex 1,000-mile shoes we’ll see you are supplied by our nearest dealer. Write for catalog. HlRTH- KRAUSE COMPANY Shoe Manufacturers and Team . in market circles. - have influenced the price of “aw Jer- » .- " " work j COOPERA‘HON THE GOVERNMENT SOLUTlON. keting associations and providing ample credit facilities is about the ex- tent that the Washihgton administra- tion will be able to help the one-crop wheat farmers ‘of the northwest this marketing season. ‘It is now definitely settled that there will be no special session of congress called, and while it is unlikely that any price fixing or other impossible schemes will be at- tempted. As grain is sold on the small- est margin of any" farm products‘it is difficult to see how the cooperatives are going to largely increase the re- turns to the farmers, but it is evident- ly the hope of the administration that by the time this much-heralded relief proposition is tried out the situatiOn will have reached normal conditions through natural channels. LOANING WH EAT GROWERS MONEY. HE Farm Loan Board announces .that it is giving the wheat grow- ers all the credit they want, and will continue to do so wherever; calls come for money. More than $2,000,000 has been advanced to cooperative wheat marketing associations since the agri- cultural credit banks began operations in June. Three western banks have made commitments to the wheat co- operatives of $7,000,000, including the money already paid out. The coopera- tives are assured by the board that ample funds are available for all needs. THE GOVERNMENT’S NEXT MOVE. EMBERS of the executive com- mittee of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation were guests of Presi- dent Coolidge at luncheon, a few days ago, when they discussed at length the farm bureau’s legislative program for the coming session- of congress. The President was told that it is the government’s next move in the Muscle Shoals development, that the farmers have a greater interest in the matter than anybody else, and they are still for Henry Ford’s offer, for the manu- facture of cheap fertilizer and the amortization of hydro electric power. ‘He was given to understand that the farmers favor selective immigration as at present, but that the passports should be vised at ports of embarks- tion and that the quota should be has- ed upon the number of foreign born in this country, as recorded in 1890 instead of 1910 as at present, with the number limited to the present three per cent. The farmers will insist upon an ex- cess profits tax if more money has to be raised, and the farm bureau will continue its fight against a general sales tax, a consumption tax or a spender’s tax. The President was told that the farmers were carrying an un- just proportion . of the tax burdens and that they would insist that their share be reduced and they would re- sent any movement to shift further burdens to‘ them. The farm bureau officials stated that they did not believe in the government fixing prices on agricultural commodi- ties and opposed an extra seSSion. MARKET FORECASTING. FORECASTING crop prices by alge- braic equations is the latest thing Four factors that HE promotion‘of cooperative mar- , 1st in. anagram bf: the New Jersey State Bureau ”of Markets. These ~ ~ are the production of potatoes in the ~- United States, trend of potato prbduo- non, changes in the general price lev- el and changes in demand. Calculat- ing the amount of influence of each of the factors, ,Mr. Waugh has worked , out a. formula for estimating the aver- age yearly prices which New Jersey potatoes are likely to bring on the New York markets. , Using these four factors in the form- ula it was found possible ‘to estimate the average yearly prices in New York with an average error of less than ten per cent. The estimates are worked out by algebraic equations. Further " factors that enter into prices can be similarly reduced to the mathematical formula, affmding an increasing de- gree of completeness to the possibili- ties of price fixing. INSPECTION SERVICE‘FOR ‘ APPLES. A PPLE growers and shippers of Pennsylvania. now have available an inspection service for apples at five shipping points. The serviceds con- ducted cooperatively by the State Bu- reau of Markets and the Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics. The United States grades of apples which have been adopted as the state standard for Pennsylvania are used as the basis for the inspection certifi- cates. Inspectors are stationed at Chambersburg, Gettysburg, .Biglerville, Flora Dale and York Springs in the apple district. It will not 'be long before all the fruits and vegetables for shipment to market will be inspected when loaded in the car. There are 12,000 shipping points for fruits and vegetables in the United States. Six hundred shipping point inspectors licensed this year pro- vide inspection service for twenty-five per cent of car lot shipments. There are 700,000 cars' of fruits and vegeta- bles shipped annually. At the present rate about 200,000 cars will be inspect- ed this year. This is a remarkable showing for shipping point inspection. It is now predicted that we shall soon see'the- end of the commission business, as most of the‘sales will be made f. o. b. shipping point when shipping po‘int in- spection becomes general throughout the country. ' OLEO PRODUCTION INCREASES. A CCORDING to figures given out by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the quantity of colored and uncolored oleo produced in this country shows a. material increase for the fiscal year ending ‘June 30, 1923, as compared with the preceding year. There were 202,852,316 pounds of uncolored oleo manufactured in the year ending last June as compared with 181,018,792 pounds for the preceding year, The production of colored oleo for the cor- responding periods were 6,766,434 and 3,936,458 pounds. The complaint of oleo manufactur- ers that the ten cents a pound tax they are compelled to pay on colored oleo is a real hardship, is somewhat misleading. From the figures above it will be observed that less than four per cent of the oleo is colored.- DAIRY NOTES. ) Exactly 6, 463 cows were sold from the herds of the members of colt-test- ing associations in Wisconsin 13% 7031' for dairy purposes. The number of ._ Association. - develop interest and loyalty, rivotun‘ncrxi w a ,. V Mfl'éwstkLr Puabh‘s” IllCHlGAN A Practical Journal for the Rural Family SECTION THE CAPPER Miser. - ‘5 Llsfltp 1843- FARM PRESS ’ QUAILITY RELIABILITY ' SERVICE NUMBER SIXTEEN That Siowzng IflaI Ifie Maréetmg of Egg: 15 Fast Commg Out HAT cooperative egg marketing has. become one of the chief con- 'siderations of the foremost egg ‘ producers of this state is indicated by the fact that they recently organized the Michigan Poultry Breeders’ Asso- CIation. The prime and ultimate pur- pose of this association is to gain bet- ter recognition fOr Michigan poultry products on the markets of the world. Michigan is pretty well organized now in the handling of all her chief commodities except her hen fruit This is handled in the same way as it has been marketed from time immemorial. The buyer bought by guess, and often after he bought would say, “By Gosh.” Of course, there has been some advancement in keeping with the im- provement in general marketing. But nothing definite has been done until the step was taken this summer to "take the handling of Michigan eggs out of the realm of guessing games. However, it is time that such a step was taken, for in many parts of the country there are cooperative associa- tions whiCh are making their eggs an unquestionable commodity on the mar- kets of the country. In competition with these, the selling of hermetically sealed packages of mystery stand but little chance. The cooperative selling of eggs has been going on in Canada since 1914. Local egg circles are affiliated with what is known as the Prince Edward Island Cooperative Egg and Poultry This egg organization has handled its products in such a business-like way that the Canadian eggs are sought for at premium prices on the English markets. Consequently, poultry production has greatly increas- ed in a sectiOn of the country which ore -ep Egg Marketers By Frank A. Wilken -. would have otherwise been at a loss to . know where to market its poultry. products The west coast of our country is' famous for its Leghorn hen, the great egg machine. That section produces eggs cut of proportion to its local re- quirements! It does this because good clean western guaranteed eggs sell at a premium on many of the country’s The triple increase in business and membership bespeak the success of .1 the asso‘ciation. In Oregon, The Pacific Cooperative Poultry Association has a member- ship of 1,300. Last year‘it did an av- erage business per member of $604. 57, at the average cost per member of $4. 38. The Pacific Poultry Producers, of Good Houses Are Necessary to Make Good Poultry Pay. «And why is this possible? California, Washington and Oregon all have their cooperative egg associa- markets. tions._ Is not this an answer to the question? In California The Poultry Producers of Central California, Inc., at San Francisco, began operations in 1917. They started big, for that year they handled 213, 532 cases of eggs; last year over 618, 000 cases were market— ed. The number of farmer stockhold- ers increased from 1, 000 to over 3, 000. San Francisco, is tentatively a selling agency for five poultry associatiOns. It sold 215,597 cases for its members last year. New markets were devel- oped by it in California, Arizona, Ne- vada and Hawaii. The ”object of this association is to develop markets in other places than the east. These 'newer sources of consumption took fif- teen per cent of the 010p in 1922 as compared with seven and one half per cent in 1921. New York and eastern consumption of this association’s hen - 1918 4,000 cases were handled; are Dom g of the Sfle/l Game Clam fruit dropped from thirty-two per cent in 1921, to twenty—four per cent in 1922. The Washington Egg and Poultry , Producers’ Association, of Seattle, has made a big growth in five years. In in 1922, the business totaled 226,284’cases. It sells through the Pacific Egg Produc- ers, at San Francisco, which is refer- red to above. The operating expenses were less than two and one-half cents per dozen. In Tulare, California, the Tulare Co- operative Poultry Association appar4 ently specializes in the sale of baby chicks. ast year it sold over $12,000 worth of chicks, $6,000 worth of poul- try, $5,000 worth of eggs, and distrib- uted $6,000 in feed and supplies. It is a. small association, having only 195 members. Closer home is the Missouri Farm- ers’ Association which claims to be the greatest handler of poultry prod- ucts outside of the packers. More about this association will begiven later. Wisconsin and Illinois are also ' marketing its eggs cooperatively. In the east, the operations of the Atlantic Coast Poultry Producers’ As- sociation has done outstanding work. It has several hundred members, prin- cipally in New Jersey, who have 250,- 000 hens. The quality of its products were such that it received an average of six and two-thirds cents per dozen over other eggs. The cost to members for maintaining the association for the last six months in 1922 was three cents per dozen. When the output is doubled it is expected that the eggs will be handled at a cost of one cent ' a dozen. The association operates its own salesroom in the New York Whole- (Continued on page 407). A Bean Festival that Worked W flz/e GeIImg Ifie Folk; Started Again at C ommumty W 02% OpporIume Way OfiErea’ ‘ for a LzII/e Advertzsmg of I/ze Food Value of Beam VERY earnest community worker knows too well how the seasons first buffet and then encourage his various enterprises. He has seen these enterprises develop to where they were giving a. real service by the time the warm weather of early sum- mer arrived and then, in a few short weeks, the whole structure would be shot through with the shifting‘ of the patrons to the tempting call of the out- ofdoorgl ' This would not prove so discourag- -ing if, in the fall, one could pick up the Work as it was during the high time of late winter and spring, and go on With it. But it never works that way. Usually it is necessary to start- again at or near the bottom and grad- ually thrOugh the following months bringing ebefotce thewarm days again get all the folks who have been inter- ested in the community service back on the job early in the fall. Some of these plans seem to have merit, while others do little if any good. At a progressive community church in the outskirts of Detroit, an experi- ment along this line was recently tried'which worked quite satisfactory. Incidentally, the affair gave opportu- nity for bringing the attention of those present to the value of beans for food, and it is this phase of the program which has led us to bring the matter to the attention of Michigan farmers. , This wide-awake church put on a bean festival. The plan was simple. A committee was selected to work out the menu and a program, and to give such publicity to the affair that every person who was or had been in any' rk to a climax the following may connected with -the institution during the past year, would be many times invited: .- ' ,As far the menu, the committee de— ~» concert and a slight-of—hand entertain— er gladly offered his services to the committee. Games were also arrang- ed for the young people. Knowing something of the mixed quality of beans which recently had been placed upon the market, the com- mittee approached the ‘Isbell Bean Company on the matter of securing stOck of unifOrm grade. This concern kindly donated for the cause a bushel of Michigan hand-picked stock. These were passed out to a number of the ladies of the church, who were unani— mous. in praising the uniform cooking quality of the legumes. These good Women followed their own favorite recipes, adding the necessary pork to the pan, and cooked the beans so they could be brought to, the church while still hot. . The original plans for the, evening "contemplated an out-door event. But the weather man would not have it so, and sent a~downpouring rain atthe very hour when people were getting . “ ready for the evening, and alloWed the . ms to continue for £11in two hours. However, in spite of this uncalled-for intervention, the folks came out. The festival had been advertised from the ' platforms, through the bulletins, from posters outside, in the Sunday School classes, and by direct mail. This pub-. licity had developed no little curiosity, and all were looking forward to a good time. Scarcely had the hour for opening , arrived when the younger people be- gan to put in their appearance. As soon as enough were present —the games were started. These were so strenuous that the adolescents were ready to sit quietly and listen to the\ -' short concert of the band, and to a1: low themselves to be inveigled into ' making guesses, which were one hun- . dred per cent wrong, on how the » sleight—of—hand worker did his stunts. " Following the enthusiastic applause ‘ to the excellent program, there imme~ VI diately went up a cry from many a throat, “We want beans.” A class of girls had been selected to serve the eats. The waiters were fortified- hm’ (Continued on page‘sfifllfl mashed Weekly Manama 1843 Copyright 108 The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors .- 1032 LAP-yam Boulevard Detroit. Michino Newborn (mm m; ‘ NEw YORK OFFICE 120 w. 42nd st. CHICAGO OFFICE 60880.1)esrhom 8t. CLEVELAND OFFICE 1011 1013 Oregon Ave.. N. n PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 261-263 south Third St. "ARTHUR CAPPER . . . . . . ..' ....... a ....... President MARCO MORROW ......... 3 ......... Vice-President PAUL LAWRENCE . . . . . . . ..‘ ......... 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Member Audit Bureau of Circulction VOLUME CLXI NUMBER SIXTEEN 3 DETROIT, OCTOBER 20, 1923 CURRENT COMMENT The farmer’s most extravagant an- 3 imal is the scrub sire. The smooth. stock salesman is around again. When he calls at your home, propose inviting in several of your good neighbors. Then all get in the flivver and go to your local bank- er to place the proposition before him. A great army of boys’ and girls’ club members are now laying out their campaign for another year’s work. How much more successful will this campaign be if these young folks have in reseive the fullest sup- port of the “heavy artillery” back home. It possibly would be well to keep in mind, while considering the question of setting the price of wheat or other farm products through our political machinery, that in politics votes count, and that the consumers of any farm product can out-vote the pro- ducers five to one. HE proposed na- Can the tional advertising campaign mapped out Eye Doctor last spring by bean Tell Us. jobbers and others at a meeting held in St. Louis, has, it is reported, been given a real crimp. A certain few Michigan jobbers are credited with having com- mitted this act. These jobbers excuse themselves by stating that they would rather advertise Michigan beans only and prefer not to become parties to a. general campaign. At first thought, it would appear that these jobbers may have develop- ed a case of near-sightedness. But, upon meditation, the mind is confused, since it has not been over twelve moons that some of these same men were scouring with keenest eyes the other side of the world where they found in central Europe a nondescript collection ’of cheap beans. These were brought to this country, mixed with "good American beans and sold for 3 good stock at fancy prices. This was ‘done regardless of the great damage resulting to the old established bean market in America. We shall not be surprised, therefore, when the ‘doctor examines the eyes of these‘jobbers, to hear that he finds the optical defects known as myopia and hyperopia, or, in other words, :botli near-and-far'sightedness. We can see, however, that it is going to be ' cases which will adjust their vision as a national advertising campaign. iohlgan‘ bean producers are not ' become exotica over the feas- ’ ever, in helping his or, 31sec! debtors advertisiug- " . crop to win a 'hig'h place in the esteem of the cooks of America, and, to this end, feel that the men responsible for exploiting the bean markets of the country to their own gain, should, in all justice to the industry, see to it that something def- ‘ inite is done to restore a normal bean consumption. This eleventh hour move of these jobbers is being looked upon as an attempt to dodge their responsibility altogether, and possibly to make the situation a little more consistent later on in case they again saw the oppor- tunity to import foreign beans and sell them mixed with native stock, at long profits; but to the further detriment of the market for home-grown beans. HAT the egg farm- Time ers of the coun- T try are, recognizing a the need 'of better Cooperate marketing methods for the products of the hen, is indicated in an article on cooperative egg marketing on another page of this issue. All these cooperative movements with their increased efficiency in mar- = ketin’g are bringing egg merchandising to a higher level. These methods are reaping-for their members success, as they have given the consumer what he wanted—eggs with a. savory reputation behind them. As these better methods become more" prevalent, the man who markets his eggs in a by-guess-and-by-gosh way will be at a greater handicap than ever. Michigan poultry producers as a consequence should cooperate as a - matter of self-protection. They can’t aflord to continue 1 with shellgame methods when everybody else is “co- oping.” For this reason, we are very glad that a number of our foremost poultry producers have banded together to make their mark in egg marketing. They formed The Michigan Poultry Producers’ Association, which should have the support of every Michigan biddy booster. I N another page of How this ‘issue is the About announcement of the _ winnings of a repre- Thl§? sentative of the stud- ent judging team of the Michigan Agricultural College at the World’s Dairy Congress at Syra- cuse, New York. It is only occasionally that there is oppmtunity to make comparison be- tween the products of the various ag- ricultural colleges of the country. At this judging contest twenty-nine of these institutions were represented with the pick of their student judges of dairy cattle. In all the history of the dairy in‘ ,dustry, there has never been such an~ outstanding opportunity for testing so fully the ability of the judges as at {his Congress. There were present large representations of every dairy breed, and the entries were of such high grade as to make placings most diflicult. Yet with the competitionvamong the students so keen and the judging so diflicult, the man trained at the Mich- igan Agricultural College .1101: only was accorded the highest honor by being declared the best all-around judge of dairy cattle, but he was like- wise awarded the Jersey and Holstein scholarships which acknowledges him as the best student judge present of these two breeds. . This, we hold, to be another piece of evidence showing that the Michi- gan Agricultural College is still to be classed among the leading agricultur- the institution ”by certain factions. ‘ The members of the boys‘ and girls ’ club judging team imm Michigan, who captui ed third place in their cla‘Ss,-. also had much of their training at East Lansing. " OLKS are ' paving What ’ big prices to- See I . the baseball champi- ' 8 onship games and Pleasure - the players are get- ting big money for' .“playing” through life. Dempsey and Firpo got more money for two min- utes of punching at'each other than many farmers get in a lifetime. ball is drawing crowds at $2.50 each, while wheat growers are worrying ayer the minus sides of their yearly accounts. Thousands of people willingly pay these prices for pleasure. but become much excited if the price of bread and butter, or any of the other necessities of life goes up. All of whibh indicates that it seems to be a human failing to be careless with money when pleasure is concerned, but to tighten the purse strings when the necessities of life have to be purchased These high priced pleasures. are mostly those of city folks, as the farmer rarely has the time, inclination or money to indulgejn them. They belong to the artificiaiity of city life. As they giveus thrills by proxy they have to be paid for. The real pleasures of life are those in which we actively engage, and for- tunately they are the mt economi- cal. The only thing is that most city people do not know this. Perhaps some day a missionary {mm the rural districts will invade the cities to teach the people what real pleasure is and, in doing so, make them more willing to pay better prices for the necessary and wholesome things of life. S stated else- The Hay where in this is- Mar he t sue, the movement of hay out of Michigan’s Outlook chief commercial hay- producing ' sections, has been a little more free than it was up to this time a year ago. Government figures indicate that on September 1 there was an estimated crop fully 15, 800, 000 tons below the hay harvest of 1922. Dealers and shippers report that-the percentage of timothy to be marketed will be from seventy to seventy-five per cent of the heavy offerings of last year. Of clover the total for this year is figured at half that of 1922, while the alfalfa marketings will run approximately the same. This restricted shortage, taken with the fact that dealers are now carrying much smaller stocks than normally, indicates that commercial hay growers ought to have a more promising sea- son than the discouraging situation which confronted them in 1922. ECENTLY many Watch the arrests have been Traffic made on the public highways by state po- Laws lice in enforcing more strictly the uniform trafiic laws enacted by the last legis- lature. As usual, many of those com- ing in contact with the ~enforcingfarm of our government have gotten into trouble through ignorance: ' We have ascertained the principal violations of these laws and are giving them here that readers may avoid embarrassment from this direction. Many drivers are being bailed be- fore courts because the license tags-on their cars are‘hidden behind bumpers Foot- - ' 3 - machine, the law requires that the am his ex~ tended as ‘a‘ proper signal to those who follow. The syStem of signaling has been elaborated in many cities, and generally approved by traffic embers, as follows Arm pointing skyward de- notes right-3 turn; arm extending hori- zonta‘lly denotes left turn; arm point- ing- toward the mad denotes a stop or slowing dowrn. Whenever a car is parked upon a Citate trunk line or county road the raihc law provides that a white light must show from the front and a red light from the rear. Parking lights With white front and a red glass at rear are permitted by, the authorities. Another provision, the violation Of which has been the Occasion for a. number ‘of arrests, is parking in the beaten path of the public highway. This the law prohibits. When making adjustment, repairing a tire, or doing . other necessary work on the car, the machine should be pulled to’ one side on the shoulder of the road in order not to interfere with the passing of vehicles. A little thoughtfulness will avoid trouble to the individual and make the roads generally safer to travel. Sc/wo/ Daze SCHOOL Daze is with us again. We kin tell it by the kids not bein' heme all day. Me and Sophie has gotta eat our dinner quietly without any what you call orchestral accom- paniment because Sari and Sammy carry their lunches to school and get them at before 10:30 every- mornin’. I suppose they think they gotta feed their brains while they’re workin’ ’em. The evenin’ s is differunt, too. For inst, I was thinkin’ I knew lots about plants, but the other day Sari asked me what a. cube root was and I didn't know nothin’ about it. She~says as about figures, but I ain’t saw no fig- ures what’s car- ryin’ any cube roots around with them. ' We hear lots about teacher, too. Sammie says she is the nicest young lady, so I guess I gotta go an’ see her, ’cause I think it is the duty. of every parent to take a interest in the school what is educatin’ their Children. School daze is differunt now than they used to be. For inst, when I Went to school you could let folks know when you’re writin’. But now days them lead pencils don’t make no noise like our slate pencils did. Be- sides, when you make a mistake now you gotta turn your pen'cil around and rub a hole in your paper to get it out, but we just spit on our slates and rubbed it out with our sleeves. You can't use your sleeves fer nothin’ now days 'cept to keep your arms warm. Slates was nice, too, for drawin pic- . tures of teacher and writin’ “I love you (not)” so the girl behind you kin read it. Then the girl gives you a kick and such-like. Them was school daze all right. I don"t spose they’re like that now, 'cause kids ain't like we was. All they do now is to make their paruntsangry, while we used to have fun. The kids now days is anxious to, get geod marks but we ‘wasn’t. I used to get some good ones though, but some- tirms I used to fool teacher by puttin’ some paddin’ on what you caIl the point of applicashun. Sophie is critICIsm' ’cause she saysI ate instead or 13111th expect maybe it’s better and that‘s What = new days,-se'_ this paper, ' ' should say expectan- 3, » . we hear so much of the “bee’s \_‘-_/\,r'. I say this is an important subject. TWelve' hundred men, leaders of a , 1 mammoth industry of forty different ' ' nations, very recently gathered at our national capital to discuss at the .. ,' “World’s Dairy Congress: the various phases of the dairy industry. The fimooing” of millions of cows in this country is the melody of a five-billion dollar business. You are interested in each “moo” the cow utters, fer it is . costing you money! We will follow the example of the experts of the World’s Dairy Congress by net asking congress to legislate against our four-footed friends’ only form of verbal exnression. We will aliscuss a simple method by which this expensive moo will be but the echo of bright new dollars rolling into our pockets. Although the dairy cow deserves the same kind consideration we give the -- rest of our stock, we must figure her as a machine if she is going to make us money. To make this more clear we will use the following comparison: You own a car. It costs you five cents an hour to “idle” the engine. That is, to dis- engage the clutch and let it sit idly in the back yard with the engine run- ning. In this condition it is producing nothing—yet costing money. True, it costs you more to make your car carry a lead fifteen miles up the pike dur- ing that hour; still more to carry that load twenty-five miles. However, you do not let it sit there in the back yard under the false assumption that in so doing you are saving money. You feed it more gas and thus enable it to do work for you, pay for its upkeep and make yotr a profit besides. True, you can “turn off the ignition and stop your ‘flivver’,” but there is no ignition switch on our friend cow. . Her engine ' runs, from the time she is born until the'day the butcher hits her with an axe. You hear the chug, chug, chug of' . your motoras it idles in the back yard —-you hear the mooing of your cow as a .g. ,. inn tier as w... ' By G. C. one; knees" and ' “cat’s meow ” I trust ;- ‘ 4 ' ' that it will be excusable fer us to talk 12:. wtor a moment on a much more import- ' ant submct, namely, The Cow’ s “Moo ", she stands with her engine running. Perhaps it, top, is idling away your money. ,If so, the fault is yours for .she has given 'you her melodious re- minder that she is ready and willing to “throw in her clutch”———which will start the wheels of her milk machine to working, pay for her upkeep, and return you a liberal profit. too, must have sufficient gas , First of all, you must feed the cow enough to keep her alive. This por- tion‘of her food is called the “main- tenance” ration and is used to perform her own functions, such as pumping her blood, heating her body, rebuilding wasted tissue, and moving her from place to place. -In other words, it merely “idles her engine.” All food in excess of the maintenance ration is termed the “productive” ration. That is the ration that interests you, for it is the'one that runs her milk machine. The department of agriculture of our government has conducted exten- sive experiments with many cows and arrived at the following facts: If the But she, ‘ milk production. maintenance ration costs ten cents and you feed the bare ten cent ration there is none available for. milk production. On the other hand, if you feed a fif- teen-cent ration there is five- cents, or one—third available for milk produc- tion. Of the twenty-cent ration, there is one-half, and of the twenty-fire cent ration there is three-fifths available for In other words, your profit advances rapidly from zero to a large percentage with the increase of the ration. Dairy experts the world over tell us that the most common and costly mis- take of dairymen is the under-feeding of 'good cows. Feeding for profit is liberal feeding or feeding to the full capacity of the cow Of course, there is a limit to the capacity of the cow. To know just when that capacity is reached one must have a thorough! knowledge of the individual cow as well as cows in general, and of feeds. For example, a highly specialized dairy cow, when fed all that she will ‘ Potato Shows Are Great Fixers of Potato Ideals. They Wonderfully Help in Establishing Goals Toward which Growers Can Develop their Spuds. Michigan Has Two Big Potato Shows this Fall—One at Gaylord from No- vember 7-9, and the Other at Grand Rapids, November 20@23. take converts everything over and ' above the maintenance ration into' milk. Unfortunately, all cows are not good dairy cows. Some make all the productive ration into milk for a. few months after coming fresh and then start putting on weight. Others do this within a few weeks after coming fresh. Generally speaking, one cannot afford to give a dairy cow all she will eat if she is gaining weight. Therer are times, however, when it is best to make exception to this rule. For in- stance, sonie cows in the early part of the lactation period lose in weight—— that is, they produce milk at the ex- pense of their flesh. Toward the end of the milking period they regain the weight they have lost. Such cows can be fed liberally for they will turn that extra feed into milk again the next time they are fresh. ' Here are .a few elementary rules to guide the less experienced: 1. Feed all the roughage a cow will eat up clean, adjusting the grain ra- tion to the milk production. Only when ‘ a cow tends to become over—fat should the quantity of roughage be restricted. 2. Feed one pound of grain mixture for every three pounds (or pints) of milk produced a day by the cow. Or, another rule is—one pound of grain a. day for every pound of butter-fat pro- duced a week. If the cow is a big pro- ducer cut that proportion of grain down slightly. 3. Feed all the cow will respond to and if she starts putting on weight cut down on the grain. 4. Do not put too much salt in the food but have a box of rock salt a1- Ways where the cow can lick it. 5. Give the cow’ plenty of good pure water; milk is over three-fourths water. I have only touched on the vast sub- ject of “feedingthe cow;” but the above suggestions and your common sense will do a. lot toward making your cow an efficient milk machine. Remember, you are only “idling her engine” when you feed a cow the bare maintenance ration. Hang a spring scale by the feed bin and feed her the full capacity and the cow will deliver you a handsome profit along with her Moo! HoW COOpcration Works In Denmark Second Article on Dal/721M Cooperation éy Cflrzs L. C/irzstemm _ N the cooperative creamery in Den- mark the whole milk is delivered direct to the creamery Where the- milk is separated, the cream is retain- edzand manufactured into butter and the skim- milk is returned to the farm. Each creamery has a membership of approximately 150 farmers who deliv- or direct to the plant the milk from 800 to 1,000 cows. ' Transportation of milk is a small item of expense. Nearly ninety per cent of the, total milk production in the Country goes to the cooperative creameries; a large part of the .re— . hmaining ten per cent going to private creameries is used to ‘supply the city milk trade. Ninety-five per cent of the total quantity of sweet milk delivered to the cooperative creameries is manu- factured into a standardized grade of butter of which more than eighty per cent is equivalent to ninetyatwo score or better. More than ninety per cent of the skim-milk is returned to the farms via the milk wagons that collect the whole. milk the diflehrent routes, members of the association. The con- stitution and by-laws of the‘associa— tion provide forva contract delivery agreement whereby each farmer agrees to deliver. his total milk produc- tion, except what is needed for home and household consumption, to the lo- cal association for a definite period varying from five, seven, ten to twenty years, the usual period of the delivery contract being ten years. The purpose of this is to make the business pay for the plant within ten years In the early days of the cooperative creamery, each plant sold its product 'to private ..butter merchants in Den- mark,» who in turn disposed of the but- ter to wholesalers and jobbers in Den- mark and to. British buyers in Eng— land. To bring. about greater efficiency in marketing channels and to elimi- nate waste in marketing, a number of creameries formed, a federation in 1889 to sell the butter direct to wholesal- ers. ”This federation failed in 1908 through inefficient management was]: organization ’plan that was not cooper- ative. Meantime two cooperative ex- ' biitter associations had been country. There are now in Denmark two cooperative export associations in which 546 cooperative creameries have membership. These export associations handle ap- proximately one-third the total butter export; about one-third of the butter exported being bought in Denmark di- rect from individual cooperative creameries by English wholesale hous— es which maintain purchasing repre— sentatives and operate purchasing de- pots in Denmark, the remaining third being bought by Danish butter mer- chants who supply the home trade and export butter to foreign countries. Each creamery in an export associa- tion agrees to deliver its total butter production to the association for one or two years, thus assuringathe associ- ation a regular supply. The capital required to equip and operate the export association is sup- plied by a loan guaranteed jointly by the local creameries, the liability of each creamery usually being limited to a" definite figure. The export asso- ciation is managed by an experienced butter merchant appointed by a board of directors composed of five members "elected by the membership creameries. All the cooperative creameries to- : T'g'ether with many private creameries, s also federated into a national fed: ': eration of Danish creameries known as the National Federation of Danish Creameries, to promote matters of common interest, such as proper legis- lation affecting the creameries and the dairy industry, and to study produc- tion and marketing problems at home and abroad. The federation also op- erates whatis known as the “Copen- hagen Butter Quotation,” which estab- lishes the basis on which‘the cream- eries shall be paid for their butter each week. One—half the membership .. of the committee that fixes the butter quotation is made up of producers, and. the other half of private merchants. Bacon Plant Associations Do Big Business. More than eighty-five per cent of the total number of pigs annually slaughe . tered in Denmark are slaughtered in -. 7 the cooperative bacon plants and the; bacon is given a light cure. The cured ' bacon is sent direct to England where the bulk goes direct to the wholesal-g _’ ers and is smoked, and then distribut’ ed to the retailers. These cooperative bacon factories, as well as the private ’ plants, are about evenly distribut farmers. Most of the pigs deli to the cooperative plants are \- (Gentinued on 9869112) ; DUTY or wmvsss ‘TO ATTEND. If one is subpoenaed as a witness, what rights has he as to fee for time’ and expenses? Can he compel pay- ‘ment or not appear without “contempt of court?” The idea around here is that the witness can so demand or re- main"away. Is a manallowed to let his bull run in his own pasture? There is one in our neighborhood, and he ' gets out and runs to other herds. It is a great menace when one wants to improve his cattle—'0. E. J. The subpoena is the orderof 'the court, and isby common, law authority apart from any statute. The duty to pay fees is purely statutory. There- fore, it would seem, and the courts have quite generally held, that the party subpoenaed must attend though not tendered the fees. The court ‘ would not compel him $0 testify till his fees were paid. ‘ The owner of the bLll allows him to run in the pasture at his peril. He is liable for all damages done by the bull escaping from the pasture, having knowledge of its prOpensity to do so. ITO SAN VARIETY OF SOY-BEANS. You will find enclosed a sample of ' some beans which I found on my farm. Could you tell me what kind they are? ,The seed was in some seed corn I gogght and grew in my own field.— ' The soy-bean pods which you enclos- ,, ed are of the Ito San variety. The practice of planting soy-beans Greatest Dairy Gatherin 'ZVever Before Home So Large a” Exfiz’éz’t of Equzpm ’ Jfiatlsfactory Servuce Fan with mm for ‘ensilage purposes is A' creasing in Michigan. six quarts of . soy-beans are usually planted per acre with the corn. The this purpose—J. F.‘ Cox. CL‘EARINGV CLOUD FROMTJTLE‘. ‘ When one has free and undisputed possession of a piece of property for fifteen years, how can he claim it, so as; to be able to sell it? In this case the court had already granted a right. of ..posseSSion sixteen years ago but the title seems to be cloudy. Would the fifteen Years’ ownership clear it *up?7—H. M. _ ' Title by adverse possession is not of record, but title by court decree is. There appears no cloud on'the title in the statement above. If the court decree above mention-ed gave only pos- session, a decree showing title could be obtained by bill to quiet title—R. LIN-E FENCE. My neighbor claims an old line—fence which was built before either of us were on the places, and wants me to build the other half. He has a forty next to my orchard that he wants to pasture, and insists upon my building the fence. As I have no use for the fence, I offered to pay half of the ex- pense of building the fence, and also help build the old fence, which is in very bad condition. But he refused to pay anything, saying that I must build the fence or'he will sue me. Is there < ,ays Swell-blah: an firm-as, .. _ . “nil nut ‘bé'ifiuvph'ia' in- a 15w forcing me to build a. fence an.“ From four to. der these circumstandes? What time have I to build the fence in; and what . are. 3&8 requirements for a line fence?- -Manchu variety is one of the best for" . . . is defective has no remedy to require repair,-other than the one mentioned in the statute. He must- .show to. the satisfaction of the fence-viewers, who. have exclusive jurisdiction in the mat ‘ter, that the fence has been previously, divided, that the defect complained of is in the part to be maintained by the opposite party, and is such that there is not-a sufficient legal fence. That being found by the fence-viewers, def mand may be made of the opposite party that he build the fence and if he fails to do so the complaining party’s remedy is to build it himself and have the cost assessed against the other party and collected by the town treas- urer as a special tax—~Rood. TRESPASSING HUNTERS. In the state of Michigan, can a land- owner through the posting of “no hunt- ing, trapping or trespassing allowed” signs, keep a licensed hunter from hunting'legal game on his enclosed lands? If so, what would be the fine for violating? If not, how can the landowner protect his property, pheas- antsbpragirie chickens and wild game? If notices are posted in conspicuous places as indicated, any persons, whether licensed or otherwise, who one complainingthat a line fence" ‘ Lwithout wife’s. liable criminally to fine and imprison- age at leastZe—Rood. .. ‘" ' JOINT been. 5 Hilsband and wife hold joint deed to farm. Can husband put up buildings, consent-,‘- and compel wife to 16%;) half of cost of buildings? ~Mrs. The Wife is not liable for any im- provements made“ upOn the entirety estate. She‘can make contracts only with reference to her property and entirety is not such property—Rood. HOUSEKEEPER'S WAGES. I am a widow and have been work- .ing as housekeeper for a man for four years. He did not ask how much I was asking 'per week for the work, but once in a while he would give me four or five dollars perhaps. once in two or three weeks. He would say, “Here is some spending money,” but never referred to my wages. Can I collect my pay?—Mrs. A. R. If there is a promise expressed or implied to pay what the services are reasonably worth, such amount may, be collected. If there are circum? stances indicating that home and spending money were the intended compensation, no more can be recov- ered. trespass. on the enclosed ~~lan'd‘S, are ' ment, and civilly for any damages suf—e . fered, and more proof of the trespass-i ing entitles the Owner to nominal dam- » g Ever Staged; ‘ em, So Strong a Representatiorz of Dairy Breeds, and Suefl 4 Galaxy of Experts Gotten TogeIéer ‘ , ' AIRY experts from all lands met for their greatest international conclave, the World’s Dairy Con- gress, October 2-10, at Syracuse, New . York; Trained investigators, experi- enced cattlemen, cooperative market- .ing experts, nutrition 'specialists, com- mercial milk dealers and manufactur- ers—~all came from some two score and three countries, wherever the dairy cow has a home, to study the most recent science and care of pro- ducing, handling and marketing milk and its products. Not only did these international ex- . perts meet to study science and most successful practices, but they also had a different objective, that of. creating good will among nations and a realiza- tion of world economic conditions. As ‘President H. E. Van Norman aptly expressed it: “This congress is a ’recognition of the world character of the dairy industry, of the inter-rela- tionship of all countries. engaged in dairying, and of theflfact that seasonal, 'climatic, economical and political changes in'any country rapidly affect the prosperity. of’other countries.” Such a gathering, representing all the greatest nations of the globe, very clearly sets forth that idea of interna- tional trade. England, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Holland, and the United States are no longer looked \ upon as the only great producing dairy countries. More than twenty . 'biliion's pounds of milk go into these dairy products every year for internas tional trade, four times what it was half a century ago. The outstanding ”feature of this trade brought out in this congress was the development of dairying in southern countries, and “ 1‘ evrz‘decline ‘of United States'and Can~' ” p ‘ ’ exporting countries. , Australia, tins; and “New “Zealand are rnp— ‘- mm the from in claiming; - ,. 3!?!" ..Wash.in9i°n~'.¢ : , . f 17°F? first in.“ 3,3 51,, edeiegates were welcomed by Secretary of State Hughes and were tendered a reception by the ‘President himself. Here cab- iiiet officers addressed the body, the principal talk being given by Herbert Hoover, who stressed the necessity for growing now more feed crops and not so much food crops, saying that the present condition of agriculture is due largely to over-production of crops. stimulated during the war. . At the banquet in the evening. each rest of the Congress was held at Sy— ers. racuse, New York, in connection with the National Dairy Show. Weather conditions were 'at their best and every day thousands crowded to the grounds at the New York State Fair Grounds, while down town hun- r-dreds attended the meetings of the Congress. The food value of milk, and its posi~ tion as a vital health-giving food for the human race were never more ‘ .cuse, New York, have honored Michigan, by ranking him as high ing event. ' markable showing, as is also the M Michigan Man. Leads in Student J udging at World’s Dairy Congress ‘ I ‘HE judges of the World’s Dairy Congress, in session at,Syra- . ’ cattle in the, student judging contest. Mr. Miller was also awarded ‘ the Jersey and‘ Holstein scholarships. * He, with GeorgeDob'bin, of NeWaygo, and .Carl Abel, of Sand Lake, composed the team representing. the Michigan Agricultural College in the student judging contest at this, the greatest ex~ ' hibition of dairy cattle ever brought. together in one place. ty-nine other teams were competing for high honors inth‘is judg- Mr. Miller is certainly to. be congratulated upon this most re- the men of the dairy department ”who did the coaching.- ,Charles Miller,iof Eaton Rapids, man in the judgingo‘f all dairy , Twen- J ichigan Agricultural College and ‘ ‘ delphia, where the Interstate Dairy the use ofslmnr'e 'sc‘hools..-‘Play_ra_ ., .. _ were given; By the school» ennui { 'showms.‘ghow»jtlrsy medalist»? ' ‘ .. greater d‘are in'se"ct10n..of 1613 The @321; delegate rose to introduce himselfrand strongly emphasized: ' Control-V of the as he did so Uncle Sam in one corner . more costiyrdiseases j’of- cattle, latest r«waved the flag. of that nation,- and the information. aboutidairy rations, p’ar— ' band struck up the national. air. of his country; - one of the must impressive functions of this gathering. transportation of dairy The third day was spent at Phila— 'PrOdHCfS- find cooperative. organiza- and, "demonstrations, w m tions werelreally the only‘great sub- ’COuncil showed the work that‘is being lects’thatfhad“Ianentirglr- new-.apectq "‘one to teach health», and especially _. , _ ‘ ‘ ‘ ,- .-milk,_-.-Vthrengh. the . Listifiwhe. whitemce meme. in 4 India, . ’ . . . .ri . Long had we thought of milk solely "for its content of protein, fats and carbohydrates, until more-recently it was discovered that milk was espe cially rich in that little-known, health- giving and health-promoting vital prin— ciple classed as vitamines, and of these four have been described as abundant in milk. These “drink more milk" campaigns are coming to be an old song, but here at the Dairy Congress, one‘speaker, »Dr. L. B.» Mendel, of Yale, gave it a. little different viewpoint in saying that the possibilities of consuming more milk should be directed more to the use of foods made from milk and from milk products. Fluid milk; he stated, had frequently been given as the only “way to increase consumption; and this - has met with fancied limitations with _ "many persons. ‘ . . 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If one is subpoenaed as a witness, what rights has he as to fee for time and expenses? Can he compel pay- ' ment or not appear without “contempt of court?" The idea around here is that the witness can so demand or re- main‘away. Is a. man allowed to let his bull run in his own pasture? There is one in our neighborhood, and he gets out and runs to other herds. It is a great menace when one wants to improve his cattle—C. E. J. The subpoena is the orderof ’the court, and is by common. law authority apart from any statute. The duty to pay fees is purely statutory. There- fore, it would seem, and the courts have quite generally held, that the party subpoenaed must attend though not tendered the fees. The court would not compel him $0 testify till his fees were paid. The owner of the bLll allows him to run in the pasture at his peril. He is liable for all damages done by the bull escaping from the pasture, having knowledge of its propensity to do so. ITO SAN VARIETY OF SOY-BEANS. You will find enclosed a sample of some beans which I found on my farm. Could you tell me what kind they are? .The seed was in some seed corn I 301:}ng and grew in my own field.— . The soy-bean pods which you enclos- ed are of the Ito San variety. The practice of planting soy-beans Greatest Dairy Gatherin " [Veoer Before Have So Large an Exnz'éz't of Equipment, of Dairy Breea’r, ' AIRY experts from all lands met for their greatest international conclave, the World’s Dairy Con- gress, October 2-10, at Syracuse, New York. Trained investigators, experi- enced cattlemen, cooperative market- .ing experts, nutrition 'specialists, com- mercial milk dealers and manufactur— ers—all came from some two score and three countries, wherever the dairy cow has a home, to study the most recent science and care of pro- ducing, handling and marketing milk and its products. Not only did these international ex- , perts meet to study science and most successful practices, but they also had a different objective, that of creating good will among nations and a realiza- tion of world economic conditions. As ’President H. E. Van Norman aptly expressed it: “This congress is a. ’recognition of the world character of the dairy industry, of the inter-rela- tionship of all countries engaged in dairying, and of the_fact that seasonal, climatic, economical and political changes in’any country rapidly affect the prosperity. of other countries.” Such a gathering, representing all the greatest nations of the globe, very clearly sets forth that idea of interna- tional trade. England, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Holland, and the United States are no longer looked ' « upon as the only great producing dairy countries. More than twenty ‘hiliions pounds of milk .go into these dairy products every year for interna- tional trade, four times what it was shalf a century ago. The outstanding feature of this trade brought out in - this congress was the development of dairying in southern countries, and if use-Fdecline‘ofUnit‘ed States and Can- as exporting countries. Australia, 'tina‘apd‘New "Zealand are rap~ nomingl'to the' front. 11.1 dairying. ‘ Sessionf ,‘Washington..- fl to; as: swam at. . " .‘ e “delegates were: .. ,, with cam for Vensilage purposes is in- '- From four to, creasing in Michigan._ six quarts of soy-beans are usually planted per acre with the corn. The vManchu variety is one of the best for this purpose—J. F. Cox. CL'EARING‘ CLOUD FROM TITLE‘. When one has free and undisputed possession of a piece of property for fifteen years, how can he claim it, so as to be able to sell it? In this case the court had already granted a right. of possession sixteen years ago but the title seems to be cloudy. Would the fifteen years’ ownership clear it up?j—H. M. . Title by adverse pessession is not of record, but title by court decree is. There appears no cloud on the title in the statement above, If the court decree above mentioned gave only pos- session, a decree showing title could be obtained by bill to quiet title.~R. LINE FENCE. My neighbor claims an old line—fence which was built before either of us were on'the places, and wants me, to build the other half. He has a forty next to my orchard that he wants to pasture, and insists upon my building the fence. As I have no use for the fence, I offered to pay half of the ex- pense of building the fence, and also help build the old fence, which is in very bad condition. But he refused to pay anything, saying that I must build the fence or"he will sue me. Is there welcomed by Secretary of State Hughes and were tendered a reception by the ‘President himself. Here cab- ihet officers addressed the body, the principal talk being given by Herbert Hoover, who stressed the necessity for growing now more feed crops and not so much food crops, saying that the present condition of agriculture is due largely to over-production of crops. stimulated during the war. , At the banquet in the evening each 7». ”may bent ‘ ndifig "51s; 3 ‘ Infi‘nir‘les sin Unsngn'ed L‘eifers ' a law forcing me to build a fence un- der these circumstances? What time have I to build the fence in,“ and what argtlhce requirements for a line fence? One complaining that a line fence is defective has no remedy to require repair, other than the one mentioned in the statute. He must show to.the satisfaction of the fence—viewers, who have exclusive jurisdiction in'the mat- 'ter, that the fence has been previOusly. divided, that the defect complained of is in the part to be maintained by the opposite party, and is such that there is not-a sufficient legal fence. That being found by the fence-viewers, de—p mand may be made of the opposite party that he build the fence and if he fails to do so the complaining party’s remedy is to build it himself and have the cost assessed against the other party and collected by the town treas- urer as a special tax.——Rood. TRESPASSING H UNTERS. In the state of Michigan, can a land- owner through the posting of “no hunt- ing, trapping or trespassing allowed” signs, keep a licensed hunter from hunting'legal game on his enclosed lands? If so, what would be the fine for violating? If not, how can the landowner protect his property, pheas- ants,Cprii3irie chickens and wild game? If notices are posted in conspicuous places as indicated, any persons, whether licensed or otherwise, who rest of the Congress was held at Sy- racuse, New York, in connection with the National Dairy Show. Weather conditions were ’at their best and every day thousands crowded to the grounds at the New York State Fair Grounds, while down town hun- dreds attended the meetings of the Congress. The food value of milk, and its posi~ tion as a vital health-giving food for the human race were never more Michigan Man ty—nine other teams were compet ing event. ' the men of the dairy department Judging at World’s Dairy Congress THE judges of the World’s Dairy Congress, in session at ._ Syra- cuse, New York, have honored Charles Miller,‘of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, by ranking him as high man in the judgingof all dairy cattle in the student judging contest. Mr. ‘Miller' was also awarded T the Jersey and Holstein scholarships. * ‘ He, with GeorgeDobbin, of Newaygo, and .Carl Abel, of Sand» ’ Lake, composed the team representing. the Michigan Agricultural College in- the student judging contest at this, the greatest ex— ' hibition of dairy cattle ever brought. together in one place. Mr. Miller is certainly to be congratulated upon this most re- markable showing, as is also the Michigan Agricultural College and Leads in Student Twen- 1 ing for high honors inth'is judg- ‘ ”who did the coaching.) delegate rose to introduce himselfrand as he did so Uncle Sam in one corner . waved the flag of that nation, and the band struck up the national air; of his country; one of the most impressive_ functions of this gathering. The third day was spent Hat‘Phila- delphia, where the Interstate Dairy Council showed the work that is being» "‘one I to teach-health. and especially the use chimera»- smilk,» through the Schools. Plays. and demonstrations ‘ were given. by the ‘_s “001, children; > greater dire in eclectic >01 die The strongly» emphasized. ' Control of the more costtyr'diseases "of cattle, latest information. aboutidairy rations, par- ' ticularly with'v'respect tormineral‘ feed- - ing, the use of modern mechanical equipment, transportation of dairy ’ products . and cooperative, organiza- tions were really the only great sub- jects-that had" an entirely nemaspect.’ ‘ ' ,The Food‘Value-of‘fllukfi ‘ l who: white-"nee: mung mm * Without-milk, " ts oxpréssigflaf j "many persons. ‘ in India, wh Adlai-issues... ,‘ trespass on the enclosed ‘-lands, are. liable criminally to 'fine and imprison- ment, and ”civilly for any damages sufs fered and mere "proof of the trespass-1 ing entitles the Owner to nominal dam- age at leastL-T—ROOd. . - JOINT DEED. . : Husband and ’Wife hold joint deed to farm. Can husband put up buildings, without wife’s. consent, = and compel wife to pay half of cost of buildings? —-Mrs~. M. D. The Wife is not liable for any im- provements made” upon the entirety estate. She can make contracts only with reference to her property and entirety‘is not such property—Rood. HOUSEKEEPER’S WAGES. I am a widow and have been work- .ing as housekeeper for a man for four years. He did not ask how much I was asking ”per week for the work, but once in a While he w'ould give me four or five dollars perhaps. once in two or three weeks. He would say, “Here is some spending money,” but never referred to my wages. Can I collect my pay?—-Mrs. A. R. If there is a promise expressed or implied to pay what the services are reasonably worth, such amount may be collected. stances indicating that home and spending money were the intended compensation, no more can be recov- ered. ers. Long had we thought of milk solely "for its content of protein, fats and carbohydrates, until more-recently it was discovered that milk was espe- cially rich in that little-known, health- giving and health-promoting vital prin- ciple classed as vitamines, and of these four have been described as abundant in milk. These “drink more milk” campaigns are coming to be an old song, but here“ at the Dairy Congress, one speaker, Dr. L. B. Mendel, of Yale, gave it a little different viewpoint in saying that the possibilities of consuming more milk should be directed more to the use of foods made from milk and from milk products. Fluid milk, he stated, had frequently been given as the only ’ way to increase consumption; and this - has met with fancied limitations with Just haw muchmilk a growing child ' should consume daily was answered by a report from Dr. Sherman, based on wide experiments with children fed varying quantities of milk. These led to the conclusion that a quart of milk a day must be. fed to insure optimum storage of calcium and phosphorus and the «best development of bones and .. teeth. ' .7 - a One other .important feature of the £0951 .791“? 9f. .milkLPl'OdllfitS. was ' brought‘out 13173.. A. Dutcher,;of Penn State College, who stated that recent’ experiments show that pasteurization} of milk destroys but few of, the wits; mines, and .. government ' tests ‘. show that drying processes do not destroy vitamines A ‘and B. From England came amassage tram Col. LR. Black- ham, who spent years in dairy service If there are circumP «KR g Ever Staged , So Strong a Repnerentatz'on and Sara a Galaxy of Expert: Gotten ngetner '- . > /j’ 5.._ Length about 44 inches. Width about -' 12 inches. Tall; 13 inches. long and Order Black Scarf by No.; , 5. IBM 9000. Order Brown by No. I§H900L Send no money $3.69 and postage on arrival. ’ . ‘ ulgarran Effect Gabar- dine Frock F or Women and Misses $29=§ An exceptionally attractive quality cotton gabardine dress for women and niisses. Long roll collar in shawl efl'ect, sleeves and belt piped in red. Entire front of blouse en- hanced with ex- quisite all-over embroidered de- sign in Bulgar- ian effect with rich harmonious c 010 r s . Two streamers a t both sides and front. Wide belt embroidered to match blouse. Sizes for wom- en. 34 to 44 bust; for misses (ix-.4 . Pay only . :9- State length de- sired. .Colors. navy or brown. Order navy by No. l8E7500. Brown No. ME- 7502. Send no gun. 55mg . $5-; fl «m “ “.17: “a A money. P a l 32.98 and nost- age on arrival for either color. state size. ' Fur Trimmed Polo Coat' - 1UP Girl’s stylish coat of polo that insures real service. Has warm Con- ey Fur Collar. Two pockets. All around belt. Novelty buttons trim pockets and belt.- A durable coat at an amazingly low price. Sizes 7 to 14 yrs. state size wanted. Order Navy by Nngi30E7308. Brown. money. Pay $4.98 and postage on arrival. Same style for children a ed 2 to 6 yrs. Navy. 0. 80E7458. Brown. No. 80E7463. Send no money. Pay $3.48 and postage on arrival. state size. » Men’s Work ' Shoe Size Stats Brawn or block woe sh din-a~ * its: is": ”is; °° ‘1 ”1° 1...... 5:33 . e on so 0. a er heel. i widths . Order Brown liy Butt! legals." Wide Black o.zl8A7 . and no m on arr-ml. Send no money. Pay $1.93 1' “on All Sizes, Colors 32 to 38 bust. ' Think 01' iii You can order as many of the Wonders ful bargains shown on this page as you wish without sending a penny. Each and every one will be shipped on approval. You are the judge. If. after receiving them. you are not perfectly satisfied that Sharood has sent you the best value. dollar for dollar, that you ever received, return the merchandise and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Snap up these bargains today. Order now for the whole family. Don't send one cent. Just letter or postcard brings anything. Merely give name and number of each article you want. Also state size and write your name and address plainly. Pay nothing till goods arrive—then only the amazing bargain price and postage. If not delighted with your bargains simply returnleéhe goods and your money will be cheerfully re un . Sporty Style Silk Seal Plush Coat for Women and Misses $10?!2 Where else can you buy a. genuine silk seal plush coat of this Jaunty style and splendid quality for such a low price? Beauti- fully modeled of soft, warm lustrous, deep pile silk plush with full lining of beautiful flowered sateen. Newest loose back flared style with belt. Wide 10— inch shawl collar. two pockets and roomy bell sleeves. Length. about 34 inches. Women’s sizes 34 to 44; misses. 32 to 38 bust measure. State size. Order No. ”£7000. Send no money. Pay $0.98 and postage on arrival. Money back If not satisfied. \ Fur Trimmed Thibet Coal for Women $5fi Another sensational value in a warm winter coat. This becoming model is of splendid Thibet cloth. in choice of rich brown or navy blue. The ample col- lar is of genuine brown Coney fur. Coat is finished with all-around self material belt and two patch pockets trimmed with pretty buttons. Imitation cuff is also button trimmed. Coat meas— ures about 48 inches long, and comes in sizes 34 44, bust. Order brown by No. l8E7094. New by No. l8E7096. Black by No. l8E7095. Send no m o n e y. Pay $5.98 and postage on ar- rival for either color. state slze wanted. state Size Strongly made of serviceable dark brown duck with heavy blanket lining. Two large sot-in poekets with flaps. Wide corduroy} collar. Patent riveted-on but- tons; Double stitched seams. Length 32 inches. Mens sizes. 30 to 46 chest. Order No. “323“. Price. 2.98. Same style in boys' sizes. 6 to 9 years. No. IS 2358. Price. l.9& Youths' sizes l0 t l4 years‘, No. l882359. rloe, 82.49. Sand no money. Psy argaln prloe and postage on arrival. state slze. , a ‘ ' Kid Finished log Cabin Brown Suede Brogue Oxford Women's combination sport oxford with Log Cabin brown suede vamp and quarter with pnmrastrng 'brown calf trimming at tip. lace row and quarter. One—piece genuine oak sole, low walking heel with rubber top rm. Sizes 2% to 8. Wide width. Order by N0- 808 ”9. Send no money. Pay $2.98 and poutase on arrival. State Size. Women’s Fleece lined Soft Black Comfort Shoe $23.3 Positively America's greatest bar- gain inawom- an's shoe of lgigs king.” W103: \ is e _ pliable leather uppers have heavy fleece lining that keeps feet warm. Excellent grade natural oak leather soles and low rubber heels. A roomy last that_is also dressy. Simply unbeatable value. Womens siz— es 3 to 9. wide widths. Order No. i0_A880. Send_no money. Pay $2.29 and postage on arrival. state srzo. Finish Walk- ing Boot for Women $118 Women's black or brown kid fin- ish leather hi-cut lace walking boot. Perforated stitched tip with medallion on toe: neat perforations at vamp and lace row. Me- dium extension oak sole with rubber tipped walking heel. Sizes 2% to 8. Wide widths. Brown Kid finish No. l88l95. Black Kid finish. No. l88l94 Send_no money. Pay sum and postage on arrival for either color. State size. Child’s Two-Tone I Mrddy Dress 1 _ One of the most novel and attractire children's garments ever produced, and sure to be a big favorite for fall and win- ter. A charming two- piece middy dress. in- cluding snappy Balkan .middy of all red flannel cotton warp with round collar and cults. The front. collar. cuffs and Balkan bottom are em- broidered in exquisite contrasting colors. Rope girdle with tassels at waist. Skirt of navy blue serge in clustered plaited style hangs from a white muslin under—waist. Fur- nished in red blouse and blue skirt combination only. Sizes 7 to 14 years. Order No. ”68326. Send , no money. Pay SI.” "r. nd postage on arrival. e sure to state size. a Heavy Fleeced ’» Union $ 29 Suit fi ' Men's heavy. flat knit union suit of good quality cotton yarn. with heavy fleece lining. A sure pro- tection from cold. Closed crotch, flap seat, flat seams. Knit culls at wrist and ankle. Sizes 34 to 46. Order ‘l'an lager Color by , No. l80l279. Order Gray Ran- i dom Color by No. I80l280. Pay ' . $1.29 and postage on arrival. f. ‘ 'a -’-a_ ~...- ~— : 2” Order Boys’ sizes. 22 to 34. Nat- by No. urai laeger, l80l358. Price 89¢. Combination Knit Princess Slip for Women and Misses 59c A combination waist and petti- coat, knitted in one piece from splendid wool finished cotton yarn in oxford gray with bor- der stripes. Drawstring at neck and nrmholes. Sizes: small. medium or large. Order No. l80l488. Send no money. Pay 59 cents and postage on arrival. Money back if not sat- isfied. State size wanted. Men’s F our- Buckle All Rubber . Arctics * . '- ’ ' $219 State Size. Order Quick. Guaranteed best . - ' quality all rub- ‘ " . '''''' ' . ber 4-buckle hi- ‘ .- ' ' cut artic for men. Made with uouuic MAJL'K soles and reinforced seams. Snow excluding tongue. Furnished in men's sizes 6 to 15. Wide widths. Sensational ' value. Send quick. Order by No. 80A990. Send no' money. Pay $2.79 and postage on arrival. ~~ prices year. BARGAIN CATALOG ‘Your order from this ad brings you our beautifully illus- E . . trated 160-page catalog of more than 4.000 bargains in . ‘ everything to wear. You get a new Bargain Catalog . every six weeks. This is Sharood's way of keeping you " . supplied with fresh up-to-date merchandise at the lowest , in America—a method vastly superior to the old way of sending out a big catalog only once or twice a guaranteed the lowest. . Sharood's goods are always the newest—priced SW C0- D. .. n ' COMPLETE Focus HEN you watch robust men and women at work or at play, does it ever occur to you that their strength and health are largely due to the kind of food they eat? ' Grape-Nuts and milk supplies complete and balanced nourishment of the highest order. This delicious dish provides the valuable wheat and milk proteins; the “food minerals,” phosphorus, iron and calcium; also the vitamins. Because of its nutritive properties, its crisp texture, and its easy‘digestibility, Grape-Nuts is the best-balanced cereal food for young and old. When used as an ingredient in other foods, it adds remarkable zest and valuable nutritive elements. Recipes will gladly be furnished on request. . Mile? One Oflhefew Grape =Nuts '- THE BODY BUILDER 9.; “There’s a Reason Sold by Grocers Everywhere! Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc. Battle Creek, Mich. MEN WANTED TO sell our goods in the country and city. Why work for others when you can have a business of your own with steady income? We sell on time and wait for our money. Team or arm needed for country; no outfit needed In city. iiperience unnecessary. We train in salesmanship. McCONNON & CO. Winona, Minn. (Mention this paper.) Mention The Michigan Farmer When Writing Advertisres SPECIAL FOR $3.00 I will ship. well packed, by Express. the following true to name. free from disease, well rooted Fruit Trees, 3 t0 5 feet. APPLE. 2 Wincssp (winter) 2 Transparent (early)- 2 Kiefl’er Pear 2 Maiden Blush (Sum- 2 Burbank l’lum mer) 2 Elberta Peach 2 Delicious (winter) 2 Concord Grape Vines This stock is all grown in my own Nurseries. and will be accompanied by state entomologist's certificate showing freedom of disease. Order early. also write for price list of a complete line of Nursery Stock. No Agents. I wholesale direct to planter. THOMAS BEAN. Station A, Leavenworth. Kansas. emerican Fenc Fence. of dollars. - 1 /7//// The protector of American Farm 'Prop- = ‘ erty for over 25 years. .The standardof qual- . f ity wherever the best is none too good. Five million farms are now fenced with American 1 The annual value of the stock and crops it safeguards represents many billions \ ‘ I Farmers have found that full gauge steel -——full length rolls and long life galvanizing .mean true economy in fencing. -. Ask your dealer for American Fence. The only original and genuine. TEEL (3:. W'IRF. ' B .n \‘h COMPANY L); l I.i m IN. ll‘.'t'r OT so many replies to our ques- tion for this week were received, ' but, nevertheless, there were a. goodly number of very interesting let- ters; The five selected as best are printed below. Not one person of the many who wrote had any criticism of .the radio, all feeling that it is the one piece of equipment in the home which is going to take the farm out of the isolated class. That, I am certain, is going to mean much to farming in'the in a business way. IT SOLVES THE ENTERTAINMENT PROBLEM. I-CERTAINLY would urge my neigh- home. It would be a delight to each member of the family from Buddy, whose chief interest is in the base ball scores, to grandma, who enjoys the sermons delivered by the cities’ most efficient ministers. \ Selling T/zroug/z C o-ops “7 HILE cooperative market- ing organizations h a v 9 made great strides the past few years, not’ one farmer in three is yet identified with such business organizations. ' Can you tell us in a letter just why you are marketing farm products of live stock through a cooperative organization? What advantages has this method over the old plan of selling to deal- ers? Mail your letter to the Handy Man, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, on or before October 24. To each of the writers of the five best answers a. high-grade flashlight with batteries will be sent post- paid. The beauty of. the radio lies in reaching all kinds of isolated places and in bringing the sermons, lectures, and. music of the world’s best artists to your own fireside. The radio solves the problem of en- tertainment for the busy housewife. The‘hostess with a receiving set in her home can, by using her telephone, summon her friends to an evening’s entertainment with scarcely any, ef- fort on her part, thus doing away with the old worry of how to keep them en- tertained. If the head of the house is a farmer ' he is a busy man. His chief worry is about the prices_of wheat, corn or hogs. The radio furnishes him daily with information on market prices. He is not compelled to accept a buyer’s price or to drive into town for infor- mation—M. Parren. BEACHES EIGHT HUNDRED MILES. ’ ' WITH the little radio set which I have in my home, I can get most of the program within a radius of eight hundred miles. The set cost me $25, completely installed. ‘I would urge a. neighbor to put in such an instrument because of,the little expense and the Why We 'Lik future, not only in a social, but also bar to install a receiving set in hiss; ». other commodities. The weather_fore- casts and news bulletins are also-very valuable to the isolated farmer.—-C. Williams. ’ \ .. io KEEPS THE BOYS AT HOME. WOULD u\rge the installation of a. radio set on every farm. Over it one can receive the latest market re- ports; tune in. on lectures, concerts and sermons. crops or live stock to dispose of. Whilevwe farmers enjoy a«good ser- mon, we also like a little time to rest. The radio enables us to do both. We can take our easy chair at home and at the same time enjoy the best of church services. Evenings at home become 'less monontonous The radio keeps the older boys from the pool rooms or from other hang-outs.——C. K. Hill. ‘ IT SHORTENS THE TOIL. ‘ A RADIO really doesn’t cost much, especially if you make your own, which is easily accomplished by a- handy man. I would not have any of my neighbors miss the many fine things which my radio affords. I get the daily markets and weather reports, which are valuable to the farmer. There is excellent music, good lec‘ tures, and other entertainments which are worth many times over the cost of the instrument. It shortens the long winter evenings and we gather a fund of information which otherwise would not be ours: It helps keep the boys at home,.-and the young people gener- ally out of company which you do not wish them to be in. Ours has proven to be a real educational institution. It keeps us in touch with-international and daily world happenings. The wom- en folks find ,\much pleasure in the radio, as do we men. It shortens up the long hours of toil—W. A. Roberts. IT WOULD BE LONESOME WITH- OUT A RADIO. ' HAT would I do without a radio? - It is the life of— our home. It is located in our library, with a big easy chair on one side, and a davenport on the other side. When I am very tired and Wish to rest, I lie on the couch while the wonderful music coming in over the wireless soothes my tired nerves. If I have mending to do, I sit in the bigeasy chair. I especially enjoy the Tuesday ironing day special. When father wishes to know whether he should go to market or not, I just listen in and get a‘ report on the weather and on market prices. These help him to know what best to do. Life would be quite lonesome without our radio.~Mrs. E. C. Seele'y. FEED THE DRY COWS. C OWS to freshen this fall or winter should be put into gOOd physical condition at thistime, There is little chance for the cow that is thin at calving time to do her best at the milk pail. ‘ oft repeated the statement that grain fed to a. cow in thin flesh before calv- ing gives far larger returns than an equal amount of grain fed after 'she great amount of satisfaction which he. begins milkin Experienced dairymen have g. Care should be taken' The market reports arev_ especially valuable when there are is sure to get from it. There is no end to the great variety of. entertain- ments which we are able to. enjoy by reason, of our radio. Further, it keeps us inVclose touch with the. business world by supplying upsto-the-mlnute, market reports on farm products‘and I made more than 118ifinesmz.m to see that foods supplying the needed amount of mineral elements is pro- - vided fer the animals. ’ ' ' The Province, of , Alberta, Canada, ,. seas-err: WW 0f . .7 w «a». _ .M .23»~_‘ ,. Masseuse" ‘sputu-intd’swrésq in‘: the next few~weeks, and many farm” 'ers willnotgwannto repeat their expe- riencebf last year and previous years, in which so many spoiled beans were found when they were taken out in the spring; We have stored as high as three-hundred bushels of them in ' a single bin and had them come out bright and dry in the spring, and with a high per cent :of germination. The only precaution needed is to- store the beans dry and keep them in a dry bin or storage place. The soy- bean is not easy to dry when wet or ' - swollen’unle’ss they are spread in a thin layer where the air may circulate ,over them, or the sun reach them. ’ They cannot be put away slightly damp like oats, but ‘I have heard of them being put in a bin slightly damp -wi;c.n mixed with dry oats, and while H it was said they dried out, I do not - knew how the germination of the seed was affected. Dampbeans mold rath- er easily. and the' mold reduces the germinating power. . We have kept a few sacks of soy- beans for a period of threeyears, hav- . ing them in grain bags set in a dry room. The viability of this seed was affected some by age, but the most noticeable feature about them, as shown on the rag doll test, was that the sprouts did not come asreadily, nor were they as vigorous as new seed. I knew of several instances last year where beans threshed late in the fall after it was difficult to get good drying weather, gave a germination of , around fifty per cent in the spring, and some who did not test their seed got little more than half a stand of soy- beans. When the weather is such as to dry the beans well before being threshed they can be stored immedi- ately in the grain bins. Soy-beans bid . fair to be high in price next spring because of a shortage and- the high price of clover seeds—J. L. Justice. ' MATING EWE LAMBS. ‘SOME flock owners consider it a feasible practice to breed ewe lambs the first year. While perhaps conditions alter cases, I do not be- lieve it advisable to breed ewe lambs until they are two years old and have , reached full maturity. It is true that some breeds of sheep come to ma- turity much earlier than other breeds, ,and again some individuals in all breeds mature much ‘more rapidly than others, but I have always found it poor economy to mate sheep of any breed, too young. The first years of the life of grow- ing animals is a most important pe- riod and I believe more depends upon ,. this period of growth and development than any other time. When animals . are'young they should be given every pOssible chance to grow large bone, ~ strong muscle and high vitality. Mat- ing too young reduces strength and life-giving. qualities and ultimately 'weakens the power of profitable mut- ton and wool production. Mating too young impairs constitu— .,tional development and makes sheep .more susceptible to minor ailments and diseases. Sheep of low vitality do not possess the essential physical . strength to overcome attacks of dis- ease and, while they may not 'succumb , .1116}! are aptto prove unprofitable. By good care and feeding while the ewe lambs are Young, more can be accom- plished in building up strong, robust, diseasearesisting constitutiOns than at . any other time in the life of the lambs crop. ; , I have never practiced mating ewes lambs, but on several occasiOnsI have .observed instgpces where ewe lambs pgiirst year and , I _ am Di. . . ..., ,. . fo‘dd an! ft strength intended by nature ' - tomakefb'One and flesh has been re-' quired in growing and nursing the off- The fleck, owner who-is desirous of or two ahead and so manage his ewe lambs that when they have come to full maturity they will be strong, ro- . bust, and have the power of deliver- in! ing strong lambs. Give the ewe lambs the best of care—Leo C.‘ Reynolds. George Washington was an enthus- iastic v’etch grower over 130 years ago. ti}: w fired as youngffas flow manner 16 Trial / Ball at .1 , ,, or more wood each da ‘ I building up aQfine, attraCtive, and prot- In“ “W hum“ W 1—minute: itable flock of sheep will look a year 3mm.m‘”,9&¥mm9u‘li‘é..§‘ 01mm 21 a—unuos 4-0053 “Will's EQSA! ' ,~ “/‘ Bet BIB Factory-io-User llflerl "T 'omuiiiro. co. '3: llflflfll Magoo Building 1505B Wood II. Ottawa, Kan-ea. . III \ Room ‘5053 mum-3 Pa. ‘ ‘w-r /j.:;.;- :\ 2:: 3:1. W ’ that iambsfro’m" ,‘ewéiigmbs . gs . FA} ’11 -'\ \ h , ' Nut \\\\\\\\ [it . - 1 4. / /:-',’, 1/4”“ I l / ,‘p—w / l / Barns and Dungeons! A dark barn is as cheerless as a dungeon. Its gloom makes easy work harder, robs you of time for other things. ‘ Darkness is an enemy, ever ready to lead you into accident—or worse. Thirty-one years ago science made a wonderful discovery—the way to "‘ H 1» ‘\‘3',‘:- u»: ...' . '. ,vi. . ‘ Bright Lights, More Eggs - banish darkness on the farm. That discovery was Union Carbide. A little miXed with common water makes Union Carbide Gas, which gives the most beautiful and restful light known, and the hottest flame for cooking, iron- ing, or water heating. 398,000 strong has been the farmers' response! The Colt ‘3 Gas Well” makes this Union Carbide Gas automatically The Colt “Gas Well” is planted at a convenient place in the yard. It makes Carbide Gas just as needed. Small iron pipe carries the gas to all parts of the house, barn, and other out- buildings. N 0 matches required for lighting. For many years, on thou- sands of farms in every State in the Union, Colt “Gas Wells” have been taking the gloom out of the morning and evening chores. With‘ the Colt “Gas Well” on your farm you won’t have to hurry to get the night chores done while there is yet light Of day. You can do more and better work—and be safer, tool You won’t have to guess about that loose board—that top step—that doorsill— nor your stock, either. Colt “Gas Wells” are helping thousands make their farms pay. Why not for you, too? You buy 'Union Carbide direct from Union Carbide Warehouses at factory prices. ' , Get your Colt “Gas Well” now—take a year to pay ‘ Get the story of what the Colt “Gas Well” is doing on other farms. Learn all that .Union Carbide Gas will do for you—learn how to light up the hen- houses and harvest more eggs. The first step is to ’send in the coupon NOW. J. B. COLT COMPANY 30 EAST 42d Street, NEW YORK 599 Eighth Street, San Francisco, Cal. 31 Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y. 325 New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Older: and Largest Manufacturers of Carbide Lighfing—and-CookingPlam in the World » Union Carbideingeneratorsizesissolddirecteo consumeratvf‘actory prices through 150 Union Carbide Warehouses. 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The year 1923 has .brought forth the larg- est volume of business in the experience of the com- pany. With about 45,000 policy holders, we have a state-wide organization of adjusters, agents and at- torneys in. every county seat and city in the state of e Michigan to give service. See local agent or write . , THE CITIZENS’ MUTUAL -AUTO- . < MOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY ', * HoWell, Michigan . I ‘ 4‘ ' s a as of "Michigan, I “Dublillhfied and gaze A /_. enemies MbnE BLUEBERRIES. THIS year several groups of farm- ers and others in various sections of the Upper Peninsula have profited 'by the information recently gathered by special representatives from Cit» verland. One practice is to burn over the brush-land systematically with ap- plications of straw, as a result of which the brush thickens and the her- ry yield becomes much larger. The berries are then removed. with spe- cially constructed combs and cleaned with a fanning-mill. It has been as- certained that the market for blue berries is always behind the demand for the fruit. Examination of the blue- berry fields that have been handled properly, this season, shows that very promising ,results have been obtained so far. COOPERATORS. R. GEORGE E. FARRELL, of the Extension Bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture has been in the Upper‘Peninsula going over the situation, and he is reported to have stated that nowhere in the United States has he discovered such a fine spirit of progress and coopera- tion as that which he has encountered here among farmers, business men, and the extension forces of the Agri, cultural College. CREAM ERY HELPS FARMERS. HIPPEWA county, in which Rud- yard is located, has been chiefly a hay~producing region. But last year the hay situation at Rudyard was not favorable. Taxes were high and there was much hay without a market. The establishment of the creamery there is said to have greatly improved busi- ness conditions for both the farmers and the town. There was new cash in hand for both, and the land is being improved instead of impoverished by the new policy. DAIRY' CONSTRUCTION WORK. l | 1’ THE promotion of better dairying is one of the chief efforts of the Up— per Peninsula Development Bureau. In this work the bureau cooperates with the extension forces of the Michigan Agricultural College and the State De- partment of Agriculture. The bureau seeks to use money and its moral in- fluence where these can effect results. For instance, it paid one-third of the cost of maintaining a bee specialist in the peninsula to promote bee culture, and it financed to the extent of about $1,000 the recent journey of thirty-six Upper Peninsula boys through the dairy section of Wisconsin in order that they might come in contact with the best dairy practices. It has offered prizes aggregating an- other $1,000 to encourage farmers, next season, to eliminate scrub bulls from their herds. It has been associ- ated with the introduction of pure- bred and high-grade calves into the peninsula, this summer, to be distrib— uted among the boys’ and' girls’ clubs of the district. Numbers of these calves were personally selected by the manager of the bureau, and in all 260 such calves have been brought in, this summer. ' NOW READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. THE minutes and. papers of . the third tri-state congress for the Minnesota and Wisconsin, held at Menominee, Michi‘ - gun, January 18:19, 1923, have been n. t . \ _l ,. w . u. _' ‘ I E , - . l a V} L ' papers read at the. second tri-state congress held at Milwaukee in 1922. Farmers“ and business men will be ' glad to learn that the records and po- pers of these meetings have. at last become available. The papers here publiShed relate to the Ashland Dairy plan, how the federal land bank can help the settler, farm and forest. de- velopment in the cut~overs, conserva- tion assets of Michigan, the relation of the woods’ settler to, forests and for- est fires, war salvaged explosives, the Michigan idea of colonization, state supervision of land sales, county or- ~ ganization in farm development work, the land-clearing policy of Michigan, wholesale clearing and reclamation of cut-over lands, power in land develop- ment, the Wisconsin land-mortgage as- sociation law, the dairy cow, the set- tler’s friend, supervised colonizatiori. a national reclamation policy, better farm credit, . the predatory animal menace, fish and game as a; state as- set, national and state cooperation in reforestation. These and other topics are discussed by men who are recog- nized experts in the department pre-' sented. The fourth tri-state congress will be held at Duluth, Minnesota; on January 24, 1934. “SELECTING SITE FOR FORESTRY . WORK. BEFORE leaving for Washington, Dr. Raphael Zon, of the United States Forest Service, went over the plans for the forest experiment sub- station with the officers of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. Mr. E. A. Hamar, of Chasselleresident of the bureau, has appointed a commit- tee of the bureau to assist in selecting a site for the station. A point near Munising seems to be a favored loca- tion, but this has not yet been finally determined, it appears. HAS GOOD CROP OF POTATOES. SWAN PETERSON, Dickinson coun- ty farmer, made'an excellent rec- ord raising potatoes this season. From a half acre planted in Petoskeys the yield was,225 bushels, and from three and one-half acres planted in Russet Burbanks \he got 350 bushels to the acre. The total yield from the four acres was 1,400 bushels. Mr: Peterson has a \beautiful farm home. It is set in among the virgin hardwood which, at some points, forms a. veritable archway. The towering trees hide all the other farm struc- tures. An excellent driveway leading from the home to the .county road is beautified with rows of honeysuckles on either side. The laWn is spacious, and surrounded by beautiful hardwood trees. ' Mr. and Mrs. Peterson and family pass enjoyable evenings by “listening in" with the costly radio which was installed some time ago. Years ago Mr. Peterson was a prom- inent logger, a vocation he still fol- A: A lows to some degree, and it was while ‘ engaged in that pursuit that. he looked into the future and planned to erect a home among the beauties of nature. He picked out a site and gave orders that no woodman’s, axe should touch this tract cf virgin hardwood. - For miles around there is a. great open space, once densely dotted with white pine, hardwood and other oil. her, but. Mr. Peterson’s. picturesque grove of trees standing like sentl‘neis about his beautiful home is a”’lasting .memorial to what the surrounding - country once ‘wasfd-‘s-E. ~ W. ' The cow and the garden aredth‘e Mb malaria».- . ‘ A 3" » / . 3 _ V $2 ”LVL “I ~. ‘. .' of Agricultural Economics, shows that .Fennville is the largest producer ship- ping point of apples in Michigan. Last ' potash increased the wood growth and , ell, extension specialists in dairying, ‘ g the 3;ull association work in that state. . done gppd work for :. 1 ‘ sugge ‘Sted are: U. S. Fancy; U. S. No. eraI, these grades will closely follow those already prevalent for boxed apples. MICHIGAN APPLE SHIPPING Pom-rs. . STATISTICS compiled by R. H. Shu- maker, of the United States Bureau year this town shipped out 391 cars. Next to Fennville came Shelby, in I close—skimming gallows! ' co. . se re or pays for it- sei' through the additional cream saved and the elimination of repair costs. It is like adding sev- eral good mnch cows to your herd without buying “if. m“ tat' 1 th Gall Sanits c , e repu ion 0 e oway ' ream Separator . for itself—thousands div letters pour in te % of increased income from closer skimming, ea 1' operation and unequalled dura- bility. 1 To allow every farmer to convince himself of the superiority and value of the Galloway Se n.- tor Mr. yhasarrangedto one his sens tors on your term for a 9 trial betel-e ' you' ecide it is the best inc can big. m. Galloway says: “ ust my ew Sani- esp it,— ta . ‘ w§t%% any?! ”303%.... 51:11:31“th send it it or no I .30 you 1 way it writ. my tor new. man and we. in _, tors. nu. ‘ ' ' ‘- I" new Please Mention The Michigan Farmer NATIONAL CROP REPORT. and sodium nitrate. The combination, . . , ~ 1 when put up in double dipped paraflln- F IGURES-just published by the crop ed Cartridges, makes an excellent com- reporting board of the department mercial explosive. The cartridges are of agriculture, indicate some material to» be one and one-fourth inches in of Several important crops. weigh seven‘ounces apiece and are to A reduction is noted 'in the tOtal be packed in fifty-pOund boxes, 120 wheat forecast for 1923. It is now cartridges t0 the box. Inasmuch as placed at 781,737,000 bushels, which is 100 number six caps are to be given 7,490,000 bushels less than the esti- free' With every hundred pounds‘of 8X- mate for September 1, but substantial- gplosive, and caps are valued at 31-50 1y below the 862,091,000 bushels har- a box, state farmers will be receiving vested in 1922. , Sodatol at a.cost of $8.00, minus $1.50, In corn, there is an estimated dig or in” reality $6.50 per hundred pounds. 'cllne of 54,332,000 bushels from last And it doesn’t take‘ a. mathematician month to a forecast “3,021,454,000 to Prove that SOdatol is economical, bushels, as compared with 2,390,712,. that it'is bound to exercise a, real in- 090 bushels for 1923 fluence in cheapening the cost of dis- estimate at 1,302,453,000 bushels, as- tum! Prom-bleed“. against 1,201,436,000 bushels for last The Sodatol is to be shipped from year. Barksdale, Wisconsin, where the cart- ; Barley changed little, the present ridging plant of a company dealing in fOrecast being 199,251,000 bushels, as explosives is located. This company rcompared to 186,118,000 bushels for has taken the contract from the gov- the preceding season, ernment to cartridge the Sodatol and On rye, the estimated yield this pack lt.——'—Buell A' Doelle. year is 64,774,000 bushels, which is much below the 95,497,000 bushels of, last year. ' ' - . The potato crop has improved to WITH three weeks more to go, the the extent of 11,754,000 bushels for the margin between the leading pen‘ country. The forecast now is for a and the fOIIOWBF-UD is getting narrow- crop of 401,424,000 bushels, which is er- E. E. ShaW’s pen now has 2,101 still 50,000,000 bushels~less than last eggs to its credit. while that of O. S. year’s harvest of 451,185,000 bushels. Thompson has 2,041- Ferris’ pen of The peach crop this year is placed Leghorns still holds third place, while at 45,555,000 bushels, as compared Eckard’s has moved into fourth place. with last year's 56,705,000 bushels; The Rocks lead in the week’s pro- The commercial apple crop of 33,- duction With 36.]. per cent. This was 104,000 barrels is larger than the 30,- followed by miscellaneous breeds with 955,000 barrel crop of 1922, 33.9; Anconas 3,314; Rhode Island Reds, 31.4, and Leghorns 28.3. It is apparent that a great many of the Leghorns are now moulting. The lead- SODATOL, an explosive made for ing pens of the contest are as followsz~ war purposes, is a pleasing mix- E' E' Shaw, South Haven, (Leg- THE EGG CONTEST. NOW WE HAVE SODATOL. , horns ......................... 2, ture of safety and energy With a 0, s, T)hompson, of Allen, (Leg. 101 sprinkling of economy. It was made horns) ....................... 2041 available by the department of agri< George 3- Ferris 0f Grand Rapids, ' culture at Washington, D. (3., and is Wflfigfigfifiifi '6f'155'“; 155;; '(Lé'gll' to be distributed in Michigan by the horns) " ...... 1,994 Michigan Agricultural College. The ngthlillnld 1Illarms, of Grand Rap-19 1 salvage explosive is a combination of l 5’ eg orns ---------- : - -- . 8 L triflitrotolm (vulgarly labelled TNT), Mrs. W. H. Chllson, of Grandvrlle, . (Rocks) ........ I uuuuuuuuuuuuuu , If The lVor/a’ Unrest S/zou/a’ Real/y Hz? 7717: Farm .010, 0 1.1 cg; \n .1... Will ////lI//% l $94; 7 49““ fl '§%A, g . ' ”43' M “d ‘ ~ ddruW Gallon,mgi,~ wan-aficz’acu.ui t n. ' 3.!) \ ,. \ , ‘. > . ’ . l \; \" \."\U'- ”‘5‘: i ’ "'ud‘ . ‘. j’j'fl \fi changes in‘the forecasts and estimates diameter by eight, inches long. They Oats also fell off with' the present missing the tramp stump—the agricul- ' 2‘1???“ x, - \_. .._, .of a nearly level plain having an ele- ' vation offifroin 780 to 840 feet above - rolling areas ', are the, best _ farming . broken .for general crop ‘production. , val had some part in bringing this . pamphlets on the part that beans play _, churches, could swing their organiza- tion into active work more quickly -weeds are kept d0wn. ‘ v, , ' F completed'a survey, of St. Joseph, *co'unty. This County consists partly , sea level-.vOn this plain and the gently lands. The. rolling areas are less fer- tile, while the hilly territory is too The shrvey shows a close correlation between soil type and success in farm- ing. ‘ ‘ 7 . ‘ . A Garden Tractor is the Only Horse on Strawberr Acres, Mr. Watson’s Well-known wenty-acre Farm Near Grand Rapids. A BEAN FESTIVAL AT WORK. (Continued from page 387). bind a‘ square of tables where they could serve in safety the cosmopolitan crowd of folks who good-naturedly waited their turn from across the cloth. It was a serve-self affair. Paper plates and spoons were provided to do away With the necessity of dish-wash- ing. ‘ Immediately upon getting their quota of eats the folks took their pa- per plates and —gathered about. the room in little groups. Instantly al- most, a. hundred objects were introduc- ed for conversation. Fish stories, sum- mer experiences, personal and commu- nity affairs were all scanned with deep interest and much«;laughter. It was but the short space of a half hour when the old community spirits had once more been aroused, and it seem- ed that everyone was just in the right frame of mind to fit themselves into the work where they had left it three months before. Three Sundays have passed s'inCe this affair took place. Each of these Sundays have witnessed an attendance upon the various activities of the church organization equal_ to what it was during the high time of last spring. It is felt that the bean festi- most favorable condition about. Incidentally, there was opportunity to give some publicity regarding beans. The ladies who cooked the food had a good lesson as to the value of a high- class Michigan stock; In many of the platform announcements and some of the bulletins, special reference was made to the sustaining power of this Michigan product. 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Lowden, for- mer governor of Illinois, and an en- thusiastic advocate of cooperative marketing, was named chairman of a national committee which will aSSist in the organization campaigns in the various wheat states. Called by Judge Bingham. The conference was called by Judge Robert W. Bingham, of Louisville, Ky. ., leader of the movement which created the Burley Tobacco Growers‘ Cooper- ¢ Mic/21:94” Boys lVin ICHIGAN 'club boys took on new laurels at the National Dairy show which was held at Syracuse, New York, recently. They won third place in; the boys’ and girls’ club judging con- tests in competition with teams from all parts of the country. A team from Illinois won first place and the Connecticut team second. 1 The Michigan' team was made up of James Gallup, of Gaastra, Iron county; Star Northrup, of Northville, Wayne county; R01- and Sein, of Ann Arbor, Wash- tenaw county, and Glenn Liver- more, of Romeo, Macomb coun- ty. Congratulations, boys. ative Association and the Dark Tobac- co Growers’ Cooperative Association in 1921 and 1922. Judge Bingham felt that the tremendous successes scored in cooperative tobacco ' marketing pointed the way to a solution for the low price of wheat, and after findin that this feeling was duplicated by other farm and business leaders in the wheat states, he invited a number of these leaders to confer on the situa- tion. The fifteen men present at the con- ference quickly agreed that coopera- tive marketing offered the niost teas}. ible solution of the wheat situation; Aalon Sapiro, national authority on cooperative marketing, and author of the standard marketing centract used by more than fifty large cooperatives, stluck the keynote when he declared that “This is an economic situation, it requires an economic remedy, and: the economic remedy is cooperative selling along the lines already proved suc- cessful with fruit, cotton, tobacco and, othcr farm commodities.” Advises Non-Profit Organization. Mr. Sapiro suggested a plan of or? ganization “which will ‘allow wheat growers to market their crop inan ‘orderly way—to merchandise it as manufacturers merchandise' their wares, and as cotton and tobacco and fruit growers have already learned to do.” The essential features of the - plan include the creation of a state- wide association of wheat growers in each state to serve as the sales man— ager for each grower .who signs 5» a standard marketing contract, all wheat to be pooled within\ each estate by grade and milling quality, experienced grain men to be employed to do the. selling, the associations to have no - 5-5 capital stock and to operate without ? profit. boards elected by districts, - 2'; housing facilities to he 5 growers to control .mraugb :Fmt Step at Recent Meefmg at Clzzcago V ’ ican Wheat . , which operates along the proposed _ -,’secretaryo mYthe committee. This plan was approved afte1 each' member of the conference had express ed his approval of it and declared in favor of immediate organization work. . ‘The wheat growers need coope1a- tive marketing.‘ I’m in favor of this plan, and if I can help, let me know, ” said Bernard M. Baruch, New York financier and advocate of cooperative marketing. ' “The American Farm Bureau Federg ation is. committed to cooperative mar- keting, and this m0vement has our hearty support and endorsement, ” said Walton Peteet of that organization. George C. Jewett, head of the Amer- Growers’ Associated, plan in nine northwestern states, pledged the support of that organi. "zation:. “I am a member of the Arkansas Cotton Growers’ Association, and I can testify from personal experience that cooperative marketing pays,” said Governor Lowden.‘ A Notable Gathering. Among the visitors at the confer- ence were: Eugene Meyer, Jr., man- aging director of the War Finance Corporation; Frank W. Mondell, of the War Finance Corporation, and Mr. H. S. Yohe, of the United States Depart— ment of Agriculture. Mr. Meyer stated that as the result of 'his experience with.the cotton and tobacco cooper- atives and a careful study at first hand of conditions in Europe, he was con‘ Vinced that cooperative marketing could be successfully applied to wheat and that only through such organiza- tion could the distress of wheat grow- ers be relieved. He pledged the sup- port of the War Finance Corporation to the organization movement and.as- sured the conference that the national administration was in entire sympathy with the movement and that without; desiring to direct or control it he pledged the support of himself and his department. The conference unanimously appoint- ed Governor Lowden as chairman of a national committee charged with the responsibility of setting up organiza— tions in the various wheat states. Judge Bingham was named vice- - chairman, ‘A-aron Sapiro, general coun- sel, and Herman Steen, of Chicago, The na- tional com ttee includes the follow- ins: The Officers. Frank-.70. Lowden, of Illinois, chair- man; Robert W. Bingham, of Ken~ tucky, vicechairman; Wm. H.5 Settle, President Indiana. Farm' Bureau Fed- eration; Dan A. Wallace, of Minne- sota; George C. Jewett, of Minnesota, of- the American Wheat Growers’ As- sociated; Arthur Capper, of Kansas, United States Senator; Carl Williams, of Oklahoma, President American COt- ton Growers’ Exchange; Aaron Sapiro, of Illinois, attorney for cooperatives; C. V. Gregory, of Illinois, Walton Pet- eet, director of cooperative marketing, American Farm Bureau Federation, Walter Chappelle, of Kansas, repre- senting the. Farmers’ Union; George Duis, of North Dakota, of the Ameri- _can. Wheat Growers’ Associated; Ber- .nard M. Baruch, New York, financier. The first seven named will consti- "tute the executive committee and- were empowered to appoint. several addi~ tionai members of the general com- mittee to represent farmers and other .- business men friendly to the cooper- ' ative movement. In investigations conducted 'by. the. Experiment Station at East Lansing,- .it was found that lime alone showed .5 an increase of 8.2 bushels ol wheat; . nor acre. . When _5 “A“...x ‘ “’1- a... .. The milk and beef parade was an interesting feature of the Mor- , _ I _ Aris County Fair, New Jersey, which is attended alike by the 1 elite of society and practical farmers. u! Nathan Soederblom, Archbishop of Upsala and Primate of Church of Sweden, with Mrs. Soederblom and son, have recently come to New York where the Primate will lecture on world peace. ‘ ; King Alphonzo surrounded by gen. erals constituting present Span- ish military government. third consecutive season. 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"911139; one away from the door on scold- nter’s night. r‘migilt be!” f‘I’ii never turn any. one away from o deer!” said Sally-with emotion. “That's right, Sally. Some’s dead. ’d rather be dead than half no home”, . “And I," agreed Sally. ~ ' “Nor no friends.” , Sally nodded. “Sally, how long is it sence was married?” ' . _“More than four years—~nearly five, puppy.” , “My! but sings is changed!” said the old .man. “Efen the sun don’t seem so bright no more." . “Yes, things are changed,” said the girl. , “Yit it must be chust an idee. Why, the Bible says that summer and win- ter shall not change tell eferysing come to pass—eferysing—eferysing—-” Then his voice broke. “Yit—yit—yit it’s one sing ain’t come to pass and it seems like it’s nefer going to. It’s bet- ter sence you come. But yit the house is damp~—and shifery,"—he shivered himself—“and empty-like it was a funeral about all .the time. Yit it’s no on dead—no one’s dead—he’s not dead ——chust gone. Xou said so~you said it first! And some day he’ll come back and we’ll git on our knees and beg his pardon. But it’s so long~—oh, my God—so long! 011, Seffy'—Seffy— little Seffy-—I got a pain in my breast about you! You was all I had. Come back to me—4come back! I’m a 01’ man. And I’m sorry—sorry—and broke down. But if you’ll come back—Sally, do you thinkhe’ll haf a scar on his face?” Something stifled his utterance. The girl put out a soft hand to comfort him. » “Some day we shall know~——see! Be brave!” “Yas—yas—that’s easy to say. But .you nefer struck no one right in the face—«when they was looking up at you—~in that pleading kind of a way!” She said piteously, “No.” “Then you don’t know nossing about it! Oh, my God, if you’d had it before you for more than four years—like a picture—morning and efening—day and night—eferywheres! The blood ' on him~——and the bed and'me!” “Pappy, I have” done more—I have hurt him worse than you did—I broke , —-—his heart!” whispered the girl. “Oh, I should have thought—there was no ‘ one like him—but I let him go. If he were here now—” They sat silent then until the old man said: you “Ah, well! Come, Sally, it’s bed- time.” “Yes.” This meant that it was time for their prayer, which they aIWays said in each other's arms, there, before the great fire. So Sally slipped to the floor, and they folded their hands each in' the other. And, after “Our Father” was done, came this—rude, simple, but not less a prayer; for in the five years on’t you heifer turn AL ACRESw-T/zz'r Met/20d of Grading Im’z‘ Pop You don't know Who? ,A _, LITTLE COMEDY or food AiiNERS 1905 ,_ '7 boa NTRY M of Seffy's absence it hadipassed into a‘ of her voice. And then he saw her formula. ‘ “God, and Seffy, wherever he may 4 be, for Thou seest all the"World, and” put it into his heart to come back to those who have raiented these many years; and make him merciful to the old and the evil-tempered, and yet, if' this be not in Thy infinite purposes, 0 God, we bend_our heads in submis- sion, for it is Thy punishment for our sin; but send some word or sign, that face, lighted with a great radiance. There was a moment 'of'silence. ' In the firelight she was as beautiful as a figure of Greuze. That vagrant thing, joy, had come back.~ But whence? How? “ “Sally, what’s the, matter? I nefer saw you look so. My God! what’sthe matter?” , “Shut your eye I” The light of the fire flooded her face F A L L—-By H. V. Rittle When the katydids are sihging And the corn is in theshock; When the clouds are kind of hazy And the birds begin to flock; When the Golden Rod’s in-blossom And the trees are at their best In their reds and greens and yellows As they/don their Autumn dress; 'Then we kind of stop and ponder And we wonder at it all -As we watch the Master Artist Set his scenery for the Fall. When the squirrels are all a-scamper Laying in their winter store; When the granary’s filled to bursting From the back bin to the door; When the caterpillars hurry In a frenzied sort of way , / As if to find a shelter before The close of day; Then again we stop and ponder And we wonder, you and I, At the Unseen Power which prompts us \To provide for by and by. When the geese get fat and lazy And the turkeys 'strut around; When the rabbits get right frisky And dig holes within the ground; When the hound looks kind of wistful And keeps sniffing “up the air" As if she’d like to take the field And start that wiley hare; Then we’ve bridged another season And we, too—heed the call; ' 0f the Master Power which guides us Through the splendor of the Fall. our hearts may be comforted, and Thy will be done—Amen!” ‘ And while this was being prayed a face came to the window in answer—a hand brushed away the snow that the eyes might see better. And then a head, crowued with pale hair, was un- covered—reverently. Sally looked up. Something as irre- sistible as a magnet drew her eyes to that face in the window. As they got up the old man saw Sally‘s white face and staring eyes. “Sally," he said, “you look like you’d seen a ghost!” There was a knock on the outer door. “Bring him in, whoefer he is, Sally, and'keep him tell he’s not hungry no more—nor cold—nor sorry—” Sally did not speak, but went, still with that strange look in her eyes, as if she had indeed seen a ghost. He heard her pass through the hall and open the doorwthen a little cry—— some begging—silence—a sob. After what seemed a long time, Sally re- turned alone. She did not come to his knees again, but stood panting before him. He could not see her face. >She did not mean that he shouldfi-the fire was all about her—illuminating her— but there. \7 “Where is he?” asked Seffy’s father. “Out there.” . He turned at the strange throbbing USE AMAN? l LOST LITTLE LATE 3M MISTER, COULD \Fu was A \ Burl MIGHTUSE SURE! I KNow HOW Tb GRADE I WORKED a/qr on the Amen~ Farm now and made it too wonderful to close his eyes upon. ' “Sallye—l—for the Lord’s sake-L" plead- ed the old mam . “Shut your eyes,” she glanced over her shoulder, “and be happy.” “Don’t, Sally.” She slipped to the floor and knelt at his feet. ., “Pappy, .tonight I am a magician. Tonight I can give you anything you want. But you must ask for what you want most.” She smiled lovingly upon him. “Shut your eyes and ask.” Poor Old Baumgartner did as she commanded. And, for a. long moment, there was silence. Then a tear drop- ped on his face. For in the firelight poor, sad, sorry Old Baumgartner was making a picture, too: a while, old, hopeless, piteous, pleading face, fram- ed in .masses of hair, shaggily gray when Seffy .went away, senilely white now. The sunken eyes spoke of hast— ening peace after sorrow, and the whole piteous figure begged for those tears which fell upon its face. “Oh, pappy, excuse me,”_ said the voice which had gathered to itself all the music of the life he thought brok- en, “but you have so often called me beautiful, that I want to tell you now that you have the most beautiful face I have ever seen! Pappy—pappy, dear pappy, God bless you!” » , {Are your '- eyes ' ask for! anything you want on earth or .in heaVen—and you skill has it. Do i not be afraid I» 'shut‘? Yes! -. .. New. The very deareSt thing you can think? "Seff‘y’N—he whispered brokenlyfl 2"‘Sei‘fy and you—sand roe—together!" “Presto! Sally. , He did so—'—and there, kneeling be- fore him, was Seflymand one arm was about Sally, the other reaching out to him—mot quite certain how it would be received, but with the old smile of Seify. He seemed bigger, and he had ayoung heard on cheek and lip, and he‘ appeared quitex worthy to be the president of the Kansas State League of Farmers' Clubs. Old Baumgartner looked without a word, at first to be sure, then to fill all his being. And then he rose to his feet and shook off all the years that Open your eyes!” cried ' had accumulated during Seffy’s ab- sence, and, when his-arms were about them both, and theirs about him, their ’joint shadow rose and? filled all the room and ceiling—blotting out all else. And, lo, it was notvthree shadows, but one! , “Seffy,” asked his father, while his arm went about his shoulders with the unconsciousness of what seemed yes- terday, “how did you efer git president of that sing?—-what is it?” ' “I fought for it, pappy.” “You? Gosh-,a’mighty!” They both laughed happily. _ “Yes—you and Sally were right—I needed to learn to fight. I went out into the world where you sent me— thank you both—and found life. And I found it a fight'from start to finish. Only with some there is no quarter.” “But not with you,” said Sally. “But not with me,” “That is not necessary to .success.” “Gosh! Seffy,” said his father, .“you are as wise as 01’ Kellerman, the preacher. Say, you remember him?” “I remember everything—the small- est—and it is all precious, pappy— more precious than you can know. If one were never to leave this Happy Valley, one might ‘live and die as I began. And, if one should never learn better it is good—good! But it is not the life of the world out there. And, for me, it is gone for ever! In one way I am sorry. For the world has nothing to exchange for these little things. Out there my heart has always yearned for, them 'and always will. You and Sally must keep them as they are—nay, as they were. And I shall live in them and with them and we shall be happier for them." . During all this Seffy’s arms and hands'hadbeen busy in the old fash- ion of the days of their simplicity. It was good to see and better to be! “I don’t ’beliefe it!” cried his happy old father, returning his] caresses. “You ain’t forgot a sing! You chust the same—except the dictionary words, ~—ch‘ust the same~—our Seffy! ”Ain’t so, Sally? Why don’t you talk, .aily- way?” ' » Bthmrzt R. Lee; a9" \ I WHYlPUT ,2: . I n,’ 5919 or coupes! / S x . "Y”- ‘ ‘R , - ” ”H.171”! ~ \/ \ I if _ * Q" ’ ’ “‘3'? um. ttttt \ \s\\:.\\\t\\\ ‘ brk. ‘ r it hi \ I agreed Seffy. - Wan it .~’". 'EM ONTHEBOTTOM Clo ;’ I 4K“? “H, - N," ' nines nd: _ understond this _ that it would never be the Same—quite, and it was 'she who had sent him forth to lose the'simplicity of the KappyValley. ' “Not a bit——you ain’t changed!” re- peated the father, as it saying it might make it so. “Yes, I am,” Laughed Seffy. “You ain’t!” said his father. “Oh, yes! Sam’couldn’t get away with me’now!” “Nbr Sally, hah?” “Nor Sally." “Don’t,” pleaded Sally, me!” , “You see,” Seffy went on, “you no- tice the changes in me, but not in yourselves. Shall I tell you about them? For none of us will ever again be quite as we were. Shall I tell .you about the changes in you?” . . “No,” begged Sally quickly, with drooping head. . “They arebeautiful! All beautiful!” “No!” she repeated. ' His father had dropped into his chair, still happy but very tired. For, you know, great happiness tires one, too. ' “Seffy,” he sighed, “why did you wait so long—till I got old?” ‘ d “There is still one thing you haven’t noticed about me, or spoken of, if you did, in which I am not changed a bit.” “What?” It was Sally’s voice—Sally, who thought she had already inventoried every difference between this Seffy and the‘old one—Sally, who hungered for the least thing in which he might be unchanged! ’ “I’m stubborn as ever—thank you, pappy!" “Goshens! That’s so! ‘stubborn little idjiot! ” “We were,” laughed Sefiy. “If it hadn’t been for that——” “I wonder what would have happen- ed? Do ‘you know?” Seffy said to Sally. ' ‘ . “No,” sighed Sally. ’ “I think,” said Seffy, with a grace and tenderness he never had in the old days, “that we get and lose what we deserve—to get and lose. I didn’t deserve you then, dear. Perhaps I do now?” , Sally said nothing—she could not. Her face was deep in his overcoat. And she was making it so very wet—that, presently, she lifted her face, and, with her handkerchief, dried it. “That is the sweetest thing you have ever said to me—and it breaks my heart—fer I don't deserve it—that one little, simple word—dear!” “Well, well,” broke in happy Old Baumgartner, drying his own eyes, “is _ this a time for weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth? The prod- igan has returned. We got to find a nice" fat 'calf.” - “Well,” said Seffy, not relinquishing Sally, “what is the first thing? I’m ready for work. I’m used to it!” “Tomorrow, Seffy,” said his father briskly, “you better let Sally marry a you. Remember she bought you.” - He gave Sally time to blush, and Selfy time to find both her hands and her lips, and then he finished: , "And make it early-mebby the first sing in the morning. In the afternoon we’ll take down the fence. All three of 'us. It’s waiting for us. Sally kep’. it waiting. Ain’t so, Sally?” ‘ ‘ Sally affirmed this. “you hurt, ~ You was a \ THE END. . OUR NEXT: srony. Our next serial story will be “The White Desert,” by Courtney Riley Cooper, the author of “The Cross Cut,” which held our readers’ interest so Go to your nearest Ford dealer for the l ' lowest cost 2-_ton truck ever offered. 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Says one of the reports “Palestine was not an ob- scure country. He who wondered among the hills and valleys of Galilee was never far from some great and populous city."» And Sir George Adam Smith, the most eminent authority of the Holy Land now living says, “The Great South‘Road, the road for Egypt, was equally used for traflic and for war from the days of the patriarChs down to our own. One afternoon in ” 1891, while we were resting in the dale at the foot of Tabor, there pasSed three great droves of unladen camels. We asked the drivers, ‘Where from?’ Damascus.’ . ‘And where are you go- ing?’ Jaffa and Gaza, but if we do not sell the camels there we will drive them to Egypt.’ How ancient a. succession these men were following! From Abraham’s time, every year that war was not afoot, camels have passed by t h i s r o a d t 0 Egypt.” The holy land was not large, but it was, and is, strategically situated. Life that flowed from Europe to India was pretty cer- tain to pass along one of the main roads of Judea to Galilee. Great na- tions formed a circle about the “prom- ised land.” There were Assyria, Baby~ lonia, Syria, Pheonicia and Egypt. Now it is a very interesting fact that the Hebrews did not have trouble with their neighbors as long as they did not form leagues or alliances with them. But once the practice began of depending on the aid of this or that empire, intrigue and politics brought in much of misery and disaster. The chosen people had been taught to put all their dependence on Jehovah. When that principle of faith was brok- en, other trials came fast. HINK of the idealism of this little people! “Let‘ us go up to the mountain of Jehovah ; ” ‘A‘And they shall beat . their swords into plow- shares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any mpre.” You cannot beat that, for high- Souled optimism. No other ancient people dared think so hopefully. In the year of grace, 1923, we have not attained .this ideal. Thus this tiny land was also an immense land; a. land of ethical idealism, religious faith, of men with the far vision. A country, like a man, can be forgiven for being small, if it has spirit and power.‘ Now it is impressive that the reforms that Israel expected were all based on re- ligion. When religion was pure, the land prospered, and peace prevailed “All nations shall flow unto 1t ” A country where the people are good, where. wars are infrequent, where class hate does not eat up the people, is a very attractive land. Na.- tions will certainly flow unto it, there is no stopping them. And the nations have been flowing toward the teach- ings, the principles, the faithoand hope ‘ of the Old Teétament for three thou- sand years. The mountain peaks of that ancient land are still to be ex- plored. For instance, the stopping of war has not‘ come ,as‘ yet. Today’s paper tells of bloodshed in Bulgaria, , last week's of shooting in Greece. Uni~, versal peace is still afar off. But that must not makeflus pessimistic. If the prophet of the Old Testament had the vision to see a warless world, we are much nearer to it than he was. What to, hold. Slaveryhss gone, legalized he held we at least Ought to be able, liquor melting and selling has vanish- ed in America, never to return; child 7“ labor is being Slowly exposed and re- duced; the way of the others. HAT makes a nation‘ influential? , , For 7 centuries the Netherlands Were more influential than Russia. England, a. moderate-sized island, has been called the mistress of the seas. Its flag floats ’in every part Of» the globe. A country' never is greater than its men and women. , How great is the United States? Are we blest with citizens who will make us re- spected? Is America set “in the midst of the nations? Little Palestine is hardly larger than some of Our west- ern Counties. It c’ould be tucked away in a corner of Montana or Wyoming and be lost. of its geography. speak ,of its human side, it' could not be lost anywhere on earth, for from those hills and villages came the men who have been the religious teachers of the race for three thousand years, and from one of its villages came the Light of the World. What is expected of the United States? Probably too much, by some people, but surely too little by others. Are we to live to ourselves, separated by two convenient oceans from the scenes of disaster and need, of other nations? “America for Americans?’ Palestine didn’t say that. “ God said, “I have chosen Palestine that it may bless the world.” The “chosen peo- ple” were chosen so that they might bless all nations. The other day I read that the United States consumes sev- entylper cent of the werld’s supply lot rubber. We have more automobiles than all the rest of the world, they won’t run well Without tires, and tires are made of rubber. That is only one thing. We talk about being sulfi- cient unto ourselves. “Build a fence around Michigan and she could supply her people with every necessity,” and all that. But every morning We have food on our tables that was produced a long way from Michigan, and we ride to business on tires that came from the other side of the world. And just as we are dependent on the rest of the world for much that makes up modern life, in turn the rest of the world is looking to America. Theoretically,_we deny that, but in prhctice we admit it. We will not help stranded and stricken Europe in her' tangled affairs. But we will assist smit- ten Japan with food and medicine and men and sympathy. Perhaps, we ought not to enter the League of Nations. This is not a plea for that, although something of that nature will have to come, eventually. Little Palestine owed the world its treasures of teach- ing’, of sacrifice and suffering. We nev- er can get away from the Suffering Servant of Isaiah. Americans have much to. glory in. To thing only of our millions, our prosperous business, the number of autos we shell out eve- ry twenty-four hours, is to see but one side. Think of the great ment of America, the thinkers, the educators. the heroisms, the religious faith Of mil- lions, if you would see the real United States. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR OCTOBER 21. SUBJECT: '-—Israel in the Midst ot the Nations—Josh. 1: 1- 4, Dent. 4:5,6; 8: 7-10“, lsa.19:23-25; Eze. 5:5 GOLDEN TEXT: —Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth. Isa. 45: 22. Michael Palmer sold some broilers , ‘ for thirty cents per pound to the Cosy this last of the great iniquic ties of men, war, will also have to gofi... But that is only speaking _ The moment you . hull—dh-IH .— 0A A. F‘EFS‘S lie _ -_ or at at let 3 Sir , rs. [01' Lht ad i“ .83 .ey lne .ce ' s )1? nd we . we me ' est “D be slp . ‘ let" lit- ght ”M’- ‘ . Z‘ .’ ‘1 ‘1‘“ .‘ v ‘ ~ ‘ Dmngs door of' a big bear’s home out in the . story begins just as he was getting up :the door, he blinked, rubbed his eyes, and stepped outside. ' - did so. “I had a Splendid sleep last ‘ and his hair was combed for the day. .7 i I . 0 «.3, I '0 .. arm‘s " “ w , $3,. .. . i UTTLEWQLKS ‘ , lanoodland Bruin Scare/zerfbr a New Home home. Climbing the tree he found the door to it near the first branch. It was winter'lime when his mother had shown him hOW to gather the honey from a bee tree, but this he forgot. Carefully he put his paw as far down into the hole ill the tree as he could reach, just as he remembered her hav- ing done. VDown, down he pushed his paw, but could reach nothing. Then all of: a sudden he felt a piercing pain in it. “Gr-r—gruf—gruf—gur—wh-h-whou!” he ex- claimed, pulling his paw out so quickly that he scratched it against the tree. ‘To his surprise and pain, instead of seeing it covered with honey, it was covered with bees. It felt to him as if each bee was sending long needles down deep into‘his flesh. He howled with pain as he hurriedly hobbled down the tree on but three feet. "OWhew! What shall I do?” he growled as he brushed furiously. at the HE day was beginning bright and sunny. Little rays of early morn- ing sunshine danced around the Big Woods. Let us call this big bear Bruin, for that was the name by which he Was known tovhis woodland friends. . Bruin’s home Was a leafy shelter on a' hillside of this Big Woods and our on thisflne 'morlling. , , . As Bruin thrust his head through “Oh, what a fine morning,” he said, stretching himself and yawning as he night.” _ Then he shook himself vigorously (Boys, don’t you wilsh you were both- ered no more with combing your hair than was Bruin?) This hillside had been Bruin’s home ‘< / . /”:&§: K 3/. , . //7}/Z> Id ' _ // " I . . l’ . ’qulf‘. ‘5 , I \< . \ :; —_ . n kt ‘ .g— '7 w, 14;». . ’ 91¢» ." //f: E; / /. The Bees Seemed to Come at Bruin From Every Side. bees. more saucy they became. since he could remember. But on this particular morning he seemed to feel differently about it. His home did not hold him as it had before. He wanted to leave, to get away and see what the outside world was like. To himself and the brightly smiling ' sun 'he said, “I *wOnder what is over yonder mountains? I'never have been half th ‘ far from home.” After thinking a few minutes, he every side. Dear little Nieces and 'Nephews: But the more he brushed the “Help, help. .011, please help me,’ he begged as the bees grew in num- bers and seemed to come at him from A LETTER FROM 'AUNT MARTHA. Here is 'our story as I promised you I ,1 / /’// m$85, 65 a day for taxes Railroads, of course, should pay a proper amount of taxes, but it must be remembered that whatever they pay must be passed on to the public through rates.— CongreSSional Joint Commission on Agriculture. ’ New York Central Lines paid taxes last year averag- ing $85,265 a day, an increase of 221% as compared with 1910. For the year the tax bill was $31,121,832, an amount considerably greater than the total divi- dends paid to the stockholders. For the railroads of the entire country the increase in taxes as compared with dividends since 1913 has been as follows: 1913 1922 Taxes ' $127,725,809 $301,003,227 Dividends $322,300,406 $271,5 76,000 Taxes are a part of the cost of railroad operation, which must be provided for in freight and passenger , rates, just as are expenditures. for wages, coal and materials. New York Central Lines pay more than one-tenth of the railroad taxes of the country. NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, AND THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY LINES General Offices—466 Lexington Ave., New York \ BOSTON 8ALBANY~ MICHIGAN CENTRAL~ BIG FOUR -' PITTSBURGH 8141163313. , 'You Can Have This Darling Doll She Walks, Talks, and Sleeps Will You Give Her a Home? 'If you could only see her you would feel sorry for her. She sleeps all night, then when you pick her up in the morn ing she opens her eyes and cries out—— “Mama, Mama,” and is only quiet and happy when you take.her by the hand continued, “Then, too, my cupboard is, empty. I must go in search of food, and I may as well search for a new home.” ' With a. last look at the hillside that last week. The Michigan Farmer has been having'stories for grown-ups, but now we are going to have some stor- ies just for our little folks. Next week you will‘hear more about Bruin and and walk around with her. Yes, this Dolly (Baby Mae is her name), really Walks, Talks and Sleeps. A big chubby doll, she is almost a foot and a half tall. She comes to you fully dressed, her face washed and her hair combed, her remov: had been his home so long, he ambled how he got his breakfast. off through the Big Woods. He did not stop to pack his suitcase or look his door. But started right in the direction of the Big Mountain. . The shadows . had not shortened very much when he became hungry.- “‘What am I to have for breakfast-Whe- ‘ thought.‘ “Some. bread and‘ honey . 'would suit me best of all, but where. , willliind the honey?” ‘ ' - V He had gone but a few steps when a. drowsy “Buzz, buzz, buzz” told him a story he remembered right well- ' Only last winter his mother ,had taught ”him how to gather the honey which 'th' beestorea in trees forwinteruse, 34mg fer 1' that; “Sweet still-alias nice bright days. ed Tiptoe Tag? on ‘tiptoe. toe when he tags anyone. tagged must then be “it.” solved this one correctly? ' I wonder if you would like to learn a new game to play Out-of-d'oors these - Have you ever play- It is just heaps of fun and this is the way it is played. To make a player safe, he must walk When he is not walking on tiptoe he can be Caught 'by the one who is “it”. who must also be on tip- The one The answer to last week’s puzzle was .f‘Molasses you will find, catches more flies than vinegar.” How many _ Anna Hamilton-wrote methis 'week ; . . and told meall'ahout’herself; I Would 3 ' able patent leather shoes shining. You will love her with all your heart because she will be the best little companion you ever had. BABY MAE WILL BE YOURS- For only a very little effort on your part. \Vrite your name and address plainly on the _coupon below and mail it to the Dollles’ Orphanage, 3201 Lothrop, Detroit, Michigan, and you will receive full in structions how to order her. Think how happy she will be in your home. (Cut out coupon and mail today). The Dollies’ Orphanage 3201 Lothrop to Detroit, Michigan Please send me full particulars how to order Baby lViae. My name ‘ and address: is written below. ' ............................................................. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo , like" target’acqum téduwixh: "s”som'eJoE-v *- ‘ ’ "'rw-tnt'ltéltf readers; y‘JTSinoerelyi; -. . '- -" oooooooooooooooooooooo , ,, £4, .. ~7'AUNT; seams: Yr . and have a good time. " equipment studies. How One Commumty Helped to URS is a progressive community and always on the alert for some way in which to better the so- cial life. Yet it took a real wide-awake lecture from our county agent on “Why do your children leave the farm?” to make us realize that social life for our young folks was being sadly neglected. We at once set about to remedy this. There was absolutely no place for the young folks to meet And we knew that other farm clubs had provided a way to overcome this. First we organized a women’s aux- iliary club, in connection with the farmers’ club. This club met when- ever the men’s club met; and after business was over, refreshments were served and a pleasant social time was enjoyed. The young folks all attended and derived much wholesome pleasure. Sometimes the refreshments consist- ed of sandwiches and coffee, but more frequently, it was an oyster supper, a. weiner roast or, in the summer time, we have ice cream and cake. We often have well-known speakers here, and the lectures are enjoyed by all. Sometimes, after the business meeting, we have a debate or a short literary program. At other times we entertain some other farm club, or perhaps this entertainment is due to some good-natured bit of rivalry; the losing side furnishing the refresh- ments. The drive for new members was carried on in this way, the club being divided into two sides and the side bringing in the least new mem- bers, paying for the expenses of a fine barbecue. The county agent and home demon- stration agent are usually present at these meetings and often make inter- esting talks on various farm or farm home problems. The boys’ and girls’ calf club, the, boys’ pig club and the girls’ canning and poultry clubs are all under. the auspices of the farm club and the women’s auxiliary. And the young folks took several prizes at the State Fair this last year.—Jean Ingles. DR. STANLEY DISCUSSES NEW BU- REAU OF HOME ECONOMICS. RELIMINARY plans for the future work of the new Bureau of Home Economics in the United States De- partment of Agriculture have been ap— rproved by Secretary Wallace, Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the bureau, has announced. “The opinion was expressed and agreed upon that the new bureau should, if possible, undertake research work in the following subjects: Food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, economics, (including household man- agement), equipment, eugenics, (her- edity and environment, including child care), art in the home, (including the physical and psychological laws of col- or, line, and form). , “Among these recommended sub- jects, we hope to stress particularly economic studies, experiments in the field of textiles and clothing, studies, standard of living studies ap- pear to be- greatly needed to furnish [intermation of fundamental import- .‘ance to all the lines of work. “Another economic study will be and \ Under economic concerned with the wage equivalent of woman’s work in the home. ' While much of a woman’s contribution to the home is intangible and can not be giv- en a monetary value, it is desirable to know on a wage basis the contribution that she makes to the family income in performing various home duties. Get- TogetherS Arouse Interest “Keep ’Em Down on Me Farm” mous investment each year in such equipment, it seems very urgent that something should be done to furnish the housewife with reliable guidance in her purchases. j Particular phases of these problems which need immedi- ate study are the efficient heating of the'house, the installment of hot water The School Home Offers an Opportune Place for the Development of Com- munity Doings. “The housewife is urged from all Sides, through advertising and mer- chants, to increase food consumption along various lines. She needs stand- ards which will guide her _in-se1ecting the family food wisely in spite of con- flicting statements. “Looking at problems‘involved in the selection of household equipment from the point of View of the enor- Women Keep NOWLEDGE of how time has been spent is a good starting point for economy of time in do- ing housework. A chart, illustrated below, designed like the face of- two clocks, one for the forenoon and one for the afternoon, with the hour spaces divided into'fifteen minute periods, has been made by the Bureau of Home Economics of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. The advantage of the dial form is the similarity to the face of the clock, because the mind readily follows the movement of the hands of the clock in recalling the activities of the day. The time does not need to be written for each task accomplished, and only an abbreviation of the name of the nlw Tm: neon 5.7.4 ‘0- _--- _- heaters, the comparative economy of various types of stoves and refriger- ators, and the best arrangement of equipment in the kitchen.” RECIPES FOR FALL VEGETABLES. Pumpkin Souffle—Take two cupfuls of hot pumpkin, which has been press- ed through a sieve, add one table Time Records task need be used. For instance, dw. —~—for dish—washing done between eight and eight-thirty—could be jetted down in the space the hand of- the clock would pass over during this time; or the space covered by a crayon of a colpr used to designate dish-washing. Yellows, for instance, might be used to designate time spent on care of the children, dark blue for preparing and clearing up after meals, green for time ~spent in eating, and so on. Some of the things that a chart like this will show are time spent in sleep, in actual housework, in Isuch enter-_ prises as gardening, poultry raising, picking of fruit for market and home use; in community affairs, in recrea- tion and companionship with the chil- dren, and in other activities. This will give the home-maker a basis for judg- ing the importance of sundry tasks and the amount of her time that she spends in doing each. Data already secured from farm homes shows that from six to sixteen hours per week, with an average of ten hours was spent in doing laundry work. The difference in time used for-this task" in homes having similar. conditions indicates that better man— agement in. some homes might shorten time and energy consumed. Better equipment, and better meth- ods would undoubtedly bring satisfac— ' tory results in the same ’.time A daily ‘ .time record will prove many other facts when used and analysed: . and three well-beaten eggs. Prints of the chart may be obtained hot stove until they‘wegm .__upon application ' o... . ' . spoonful of butter, the yolks of three eggs, well beaten, one tablespoonful of . sugar, one and ‘one—half cupfuls. of cream, salt, pepper and paprika to taste, then fold in the stitfly beaten whites of the eggs, pour into a but- tered baking dish, or souffledish and bake until firm. Serve at once. Squash Custard—Line a deep 'but- tered baking dish with some pastry .dough. Have ready some baked pump- kin to make two cupfuls, then press through a Sieve, add two tablespoon. fuls of butter, one cupful of‘ milk, one- half teaspoonful of powdered allspice, pinch of salt, one-half cupful of sugar Peur into the prepared dish, and bake in a mod- erate oven for one hour. For the paste or pastry, rub eight tablespoonfuls of butter into two cupfuls of flour, with the tips of the fingers, add one-half teaspoonful of salt, and one teaspoon- ful of baking powder. Make into a. stiff dough with cold water, then roll out thin and use. Cauliflower au Gratin—Cook the cauliflower in boiling salted water un- til tender and break into small branch- es. Butter a baking dish, put in the cauliflower with stems down, cover with white sauce, sprinkle with two tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, cover with buttered crumbs and bake. STORING THE SCREENS FOR WINTER. HEN you first remove the screen doors and window screens from winter storage, put them in a conven- ient place out-of—doors. If possible, they can be washed» thoroughly with a hose. If not, a pail of clear, warm water to which a couple of tablespoon- fuls of kerosene has been added, will be desirable. Do not use a cloth as this will leave lint. Scrub with a brush, or a whisk broom. Dry by standing each screen separately. If they are rusted or spotty-looking, take under cover to some place where there will be little dust, and procure a can of screen paint, and a rather broad, short-bristled, stiff brush. Stir the screen paint thoroughly with a. stick after opening. Put very little paint on the brush, so as not to fill the-meshes. Paint thoroughly on each side. Stand aside to dry. Go over frames as well. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SICK- ROOM. URING a-recent extended illness in our family, I discovered two‘ things that have saved me steps, and also saved my pocket book. It was necessary for me to keep the hot water bottle filled continually. I found it a good practice to fill the bottle only half full, lay it flat, holding the mouth‘ up until the water came to the neck of the bottle. Then I screwed the stop- per in. This excludes the air, the bot- tle is soft and the Water will keep hot longer than when the bottle is filled.“ I also found a way to fix the batter- 3 ice when they are burned out in the , flashlight I use at night. 1 took out the individual cells, placed them-opg, . ' A...” ~ ~._.~“a»“v —- 'I,—'""w 'ul‘l '— I' l I'Iv :- r- w I v ‘ chyr—h- V. . .1, .nMn . “N, v. 9’ smooth.’ of the smaller plants, -the window than the large plants hav-' to be changed often, newever, when pinpotted with water. Rid ' winch always 'Qver and changed from and that I learned when in college. 11 brown sugar ‘ if tsp. soda £61315: butter . 2 tsp. baking Mder 58 cup cocoa 1 tsp. vanilla ' 98118 96, tsp. cinnamon 1 cup sour milk if can boiling water butter. Add eggs; sour milk; flour sifted With soda, baking powder and cinnamon; vanilla, and beat until Add the boiling water and bake‘ in loaf or layers. 1 Icing (Bitter Sweet). 1% cups granulated 1-8 tsp. cream . sugar 914 cup water Boil these together without stirring until it forms a soft ball. Pong: at once into. a clean dish, keeping back any crystals which have formed during boiling. When the dish is cool to the tartar What Did You Do Today? N the opposite page you may read of a convenient method of keeping a daily iec01d of the ‘ time you spend doing your sev- eral household duties. Accord- _ing to importance, some require more time than others, but al- ways ahome-maker’s time is oc- cupied. - Whether you use the method explained here, or merely a sheet of paper and pencil for keeping - . account of the time spent in do— ing your numerous tasks, I would be pleased to have an ac count of the several things you do each day. and the time it takes in the doing. Every small duty should be listed. You may choose any day of the week you wish, but make the day’s activi- ties complete. For the letter giving the most detailed account of a home- maker's day’s work, we will send an aluminum roaster. The sec- ond letter will be awarded by an aluminum serving tray; while the third, fourth and fifth letters will be awarded by aluminum saucepans. ' Address your letters to Mar- tha Cole, Michigan Farmer, De- troit, Mich, before October 26. hand, beat syrup until creamy and. white, and spread on cake. Cover with ’two squares of bitter ch0colaté which have been shaved fine and melted in a cup over hot water. . ‘To be best, this cake should stand twenty-four hours to ,allow the fondant to'soften.——Mrs. R. S. SAVING THE OIL STOVE WICKS.’ "F you wish to save the price of oil stove wicks take an old one and re- move the tin from around it. Cut off half and sew on one from the stove, which is nearly burned out. They work fine this way and you will save the price bf new ones several times —— Mrs. C A. J. FIXING UP FOR WINTER. I HAVE just began to get my plants I arranged for winter. I make several cuttings and re-pot many for they are much mare convenient to arrange 'in ing all the summer growth. My greatest difficulty has been the lack of sufficient pots and jardinieres » for them. Previously I have used tin cans wrapped in. tissue- paper or cov- ered by devious methods. . These had This year I solv- problem by cutting strips, from » ‘ warm welcome among my blemish: It is one that I hays worked usually _ saucer. When thoroughly dry- from pasting I varnished Over all and let stand over. night, then gave a second coat of varnish. This gives me several attractive pots for my flowers and eliminates the work of ever changing the papers ——Mrs. M. J. Fine wood ashes mined with turpen-p tine will clean brass or steel. When anything boils over on the stove, cover it at once with salt; the odor will be killed and the spilled food can be cleaned up easily. Rather than trusting to your mem- ory to know what you have put in each jar or can, make labels for all your‘stores. Then put all of one kind of vegetable or fruit on one shelf and» you will always know just where to find what you want. ‘ Mrs. E. M. G., of Grand Ledge, by testing finds that she spends three-. quarters of the day during each week . pumping water, carrying it in, and car- rying out the waste. Considering time, labor, and family comfort, should she have running water in the house be- fore Friend Husband gets a new ma- nure spreader, or a potato digger. Why . . I Farmers ‘ " . Wear Brolm’s Beach Jacket It gives the wear and the warmth that the outdoor worker wants. Made with wool fleece lining and strong windproof exterior. Has snap fasteners; washes and wears like iron. Ask for the OLD RELIABLE, Brown’s Beach Jacket. 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Large bottles cost only 35 cents at drug or grocery stores. Purely vegetable, harmless, > meets all State and National food laws. Used for 50 years by all large creamcries. Doesn’t color buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless.’ A , Wells & Richardson Co.,Burlington.Vt. Use this department to seld solve your household problems. Address our letters to Martha; Cole, Michigan armor, Detroit, Michigan. BRITTLE FINGER NAILS. I have much trouble with my finger nails becoming brittle‘and breaking. They get rough and bother me in doing my housework. Can you tell me what to do?—Mrs. F. S An excellent remedy for brittle fin- ger nails is to rub olive -oil into the finger tips every night, massaging well. Keep the nails clipped short and wear gloves at night after mas- saging the finger tips with oil. TO MARE HOMINY. Can you tell me how to make hom- iny? My husband has been wanting me to make some, but I do not know how—Mrs. M. B. Sweet corn makes the best hominy. To obtain the best results, dissolve two ounces of concentrated lye in one gallon of boiling water. Drop corn into this solution and boil rapidly for twentyfive to thirty minutes. Drain and drop into cold water. If possible, allow cold water to run over it for three or four hours to remove all traces of the lye. After this, place in a barrel churn and turn the churn for five to ten minutes to remove the hulls and black eyes. After removing hulls, place the corn in an enameled kettle, cover with clear boiling water and cook until tender. Wash again and re- move any more hulls or eyes. hominy in glass jars, filling‘to within one-half inch of top. Cover with brine (two and one-half ounces of salt to one gallon of water). Process one and one-half hours in water bath. ; PAPERING GREASY WALLS. In moving into an old house; I find the walls very greasy. Will I haVe to wash these before papering them to make the papel stidk?-Mrs. J T. If you will dissolve one large table. spoonful of sal soda in one-half cup of water, pour it into your paste and stir thoroughly, I believe you will have no trouble with your paper cleaving off. WHEN TU‘MBLERS STICK. I have. just purchased some new glasses that are very thin. Occasion- ally they get stuck together. Can you tell me how to remove them without breaking?——Mrs. M . When two glass tumblers stick to- gether so that there is danger of breakage in separating them, fill the inner one with cold water and place the outer one in warm water. This will cause the inner one to contract and the outer one to expand, and so they may be readily separated. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. APPY birthday” is a much more significant wish than “Merry Christmas” or “Happy New Year,” because, instead of being some- thing flung back and forth among the crowd, it is for you in particular, and you alone. How many birthdays would you like to have? Do you real; ize that it is largely a matter for your own settlement? Will you have many or few? If life is sufficiently to your taste to make you wish not only for happy returns of the day. but also many of them, you will give some heed to the‘ way you live. You will seek to learn the rules of the “health'game.” When you are 111 you will put yourself in the hands of a skilled physician, but, more important than that, you will have this skilled physician go over you per- iodically to repair any defects before they cause illness, knowing that it is far better and cheaper to avoid illness than to get Well of it. And since you should have such an examination at some definite period that is not easily shoved aside, why not tie it up to your birthday? When I was in the army I some- times held “sick call,” a. term familiar enough to ex-service men. Some of the men who came to sick call were given C. C. pills and marked on‘the sick book for “duty.” (The boys used to think ninety-nine per cent got this treatment). Some Were marked for “light duty.” Some were excused from duty and marked “sick in quarters,” and there were others so seriously ill that they were sent to the base hos- pital and in so doing temporarily dis— missed frOm the company; “sick in hospital.” It is estimated that some three million citizens of the United States are. sick enough to be excused ' from duty at practicallygany time you choose- to inquire. But at the same time forty-five million of the remaind- er are sick enough to be below par they aren’t what they ought to be. We are apt to think that if we are not sick abed we are well, as Dr. Rankin, State Health Officer of North Carolina says: “To many people the difference between being sick and well is the difference between a horizontal and upright position.” any illness that goes unchecked will eventually bring us to the horizontal position, and the man who is wise finds the ailment and gets it in check before it has any such chance. Have a health examination on your birthday! The examining doctor must be a thorough man. He will test the weight, pulse,’ temperature, blood pressure; he will examine condition of heart, lungs, kidneys and every im- portant organ. He will test your secre- tions to see if you are in vigorous function, and your excretions to see that you are eliminating all poisons. If you are beginning to have too high blood pressure, too rapid a pulse, ab- normalities in weight, murmurs of the heart, he will go deep in the matter, find out why, and tell you what to do. If he finds nothing whatever wrong , you will be glad to -pay his fee for this glorious certificate and then you will go out to the open, jump five feet into the atmosphere, crack your heels together, and shake your firsts into the face of the whole wide world. A SCIRRHUS CANCER. Please tell me something about a. stone cancer. If there is a cure for it and if you can tell me how to treat it without a doctor’s knife, as the doc- tor is most sure I have a stone can- cer. —Mrs. M. V. W. I presume that your doctor means a hard cancer, generally called a. sclrr-f hus cancer. . IContlnued on page 40IJ. ‘” Pack The fact is that' I could tell you more about it If you gave the. Ibcatlbn‘ endi- - 533cc: inI ‘Iiklg. Quick Keen Buggy? We are offering a limifid roofing in various grades acceptance and shipment as follower Smooth surfaced Roofing of felt. well saturated and surfs snout-11.18 easy to lay on an roof. and can be adapted» any conditions as allows: ”0.804 Lightweight, Derrolloi 108 ft. .00 No.80 ed.weight,perroll 0110831. ft. .l No. 80-3 Heavy weight, per roll. lOSsdJ Red :and Gre -Green Slate Coated elioofing Nmsc-d This material is brand new 85. to 90 pound stock, built on s besvg felt. and s rfa'ced with red or grey een crus edsl slate. 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It burns without odor,. smoke or noise—— no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94% air and 6% common kerosene (coal oil). ~ The inventor is offering to send a. lamp on 10 days’ FREE trial, or even to give one FREE to the first user in each locality who will help introduce it. Write today for full particulars. Also ask us to explain how you can get' the agency and without experience! 01' money make $250 to $500 per month. Addre J. 0. Johnson, 609W. lake sis Chicago Ill. ICHIGAN FARMER Classified Liners- bring results. They cost little. ‘ Aspirin Unless you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product pre- .scribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions. Accet "Ba only. tch ant token proper directions- twelve tablets cost few seats. 39'“. tiles i 24. 36% 9mm tis'also Say “Bayer” and InsistI Tablets of Aspirin” . sully boxes of, D , . sh ‘vvv £4 .111. . t ' ' . hens treatment. ‘ 1' g i' ‘ prisons-Lise the eyes and the ears. Y. ‘ e. y . . £35m There is . i V .. .> m I WITHDIZZJNE851: . I. have. extreme . dizziness. Had it , “first about six months ago.- Every; thing "goes round and round. at shall I do? - ‘ Have a careful. examination, which ’ shOuld include special tests as to blood pressure, the excretion of the kidneys, this nature that is so persistent must not be neglected as it may indicate - . serious disturbances. WHAT coo’P. see MARKETERS ARE DOING. (Continued from page 387). sale poultry section. It s'aves over- head expense by leaving the grading to its members, but it gives the prod— ucts a thorough inspection before sell- ing them. ’ In Maryland, the Baltimore‘sc'Ohio Railroad is cooperating with the Mary- land State Poultry Association, Inc., by allowing'the use of soar to hold meetings, and hauling the car over its lines in Maryland. The association is forming marketing units in different parts of the state. One unit is now operating with a gain of nine cents per dozen to the producer. It will eventually arrange with the Atlantic Coast Association to market some of its eggs in New York under a special brand name. Other markets which will be invaded are Philadelphia, Bal- ,, timore and Washington. Connecticut is forming what is known as the Eastern Connecticut Poultry Producers, Inc., and are mar— keting their eggs under their own “New England Maid” brand, through 137 chain stores in and around Prov- idence, Rhode Island. “A state—wide association has been formed in Virginia under the name of Virginia Poultry Producers’ Associa- tion, Inc. The association expects to market the output of 50,000 hens this Winter. As in many other cooperative efforts, the producer makes the asso- ciation. his exclusive agent for the pur- pose o§ handling and marketing eggs. I To provide capital, the association can deduct three per cent after the cost of marketing has been paid. Certifi- cates will be issued to members cov- ering these deductions. These certi- ficates can be made redeemable in three to ten years. Here has been given. just a brief mention of some of the cooperative egg marketing associations of the country. It is sufficient, perhaps, to show'that the cooperative egg market- ing idea prevails country. Other associations will be referred to in future issues. The methods em- ployed by these various associations will also be mentioned in greater de- tail in coming articles. THE'COST PER DOZEN.‘ OULTRY feeding experiments car- ‘ ried on by the United States De- partment of‘Agriculture show that it takes about 6.7 pounds of beef to pro- duce a dozen of eggs with general purpose fowls, _while the egg-laying breeds, such as Leghorns, require only 4.8 pounds. It is also found that old hens require more feed to produce eggs than young ones. " Prohibition is being extended to 0th. . er fields thanythat of the “liquid fire.” The federal horticultural, board has I. placed a restraining hand on all fruits and vegetables offered for import ex-. dept those from- Canada, This is a '- ftto'kéer out snakéabm the A trouble of. throughout the. One of the outstanding features of bread baked from LILY WHITE FLOUR, “The Flour the Best Cooks Use,” is its per— fectly delicious flavor m besides it stays moist longer. VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY - GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN v No. Dress. and 20 years. 3% yards of 40-inch material. 12c. The M161: Send twelve cents in stamps to the Pattern Department, Michigan Farmer, for each pattern, and be sure to state size wanted. - . 4505—..Iuniors’ Cut in five sizes, 12, 14, 16, 18 No. 4492—Ladies' Coat Dress. in six sizes, 34', 36, inches bust measure. requires 3%, yards of. 64-inch material. h: 0% theskirt at the foot’ : ,n..‘ Michigan Farmer Pattern Service You IE?! Find the Pattern for “Sunday Best” for Thane/for tfie (Mi/arm Ez't/zer Here er in Our Pattern Catalogue silver or Detroit Michigan, C No. 4496—Gir1s' Dress. Cut in four sizes, 8,.10, 12 and 14 years. Size requiresB‘l/g yards of 36-inch ma- terial. Price 120. ' A 12—year and : Misses’ A 16-year size requires Price Cut 38,- 40, 42 and 44 A 38-inch size a s’ No. 4494—Misses’ Dress. Cut in three Sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year size requires 6%, yards of 40- inch material. The width at the foot 1s 1% yards. Price 12c. _No. 4506—Boys’ Suit. Cut in three sizes, 2, '4 and 6 years. A four-year Size requires 2% yards of 36-inch ma- terial. Price 120. 'No. 4502——Chi1d’s Dress. Cut in four Sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. An eight- year size requires 2% yards of 36-inch Price 12c. material. .No. 4500—Gir1s’ Dress. Cut in four sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10-year Size requlres four yards of 36-inch ma— terial. Price 120. No. 4501———Boys’ Overcoat. Cut in five sizes, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12-year size requires 23/3 yards of 54- inch material. Price 120. No. 4217—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev- en sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust measure. A 38-inch size requires 3% yards of 54inch material. The width at~the foot is 3% yards (with plaits extended). Price 120. No. 4510-4512—Ladies’ Costume. The blouse, 4510, cut in six sizes,.34, 36, 38, 40,- 42 and 44 inches bust measure. Skirt, 4512, cut in seven sizes, 25, 27, ’29, 81, 33, 35 and-37 inches-waist meats ure. .To make the costumevtor a me- . $613?!de material dium size will require 514 yards of 40-1nch material. The width of the skirt at the foot is two yards. separate patterns, 120 for each pat- ern. No. 4522—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev- en sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches, bust measure. A 38-inch size requ1res 31/; yards of 54-inch material. The W1dth at the foot is 1% yards. Price 12c. N0. 4519—Misses’ Dress. Cut in three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year size requires 414 yards of 40- inch material. The width at the foot is 2% yards. Price 120. No._ 3778—Harlequin Suit. Cut in five Sizes, 6-8, and 10-12 years for chil- dren, 14-16 years for misses’, and 38- 40; 42-44 inches bust measure for adults. A 10-12-year size requires 5% yards of 27—inch material for the suit, and % yard for the cap. A 38-40—inch size requires 8% yards of 27-inch ma- terial for the suit and % yard for the cap. Price 120. No. 4515—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in font sizes: Small 84-36; medium‘38- ' 40; large 42-44; extra large 46-48 inch- es bust measure. A medium size re~ Two - Dear Uncle Frank: A big boy gave me a boat and I put some wheels on the side. It just goes dandy. I sit in the boat and turn a crank and it goes. We tried it out last Sunday I am going to call it Miss Put-Put. John Stutz— man, Utica, Mich” R. 3, Box 74. I suppose you are put-putting along these nice days. All you have to do is turn the crank and the boat does the rest. Dear Uncle Frank: I am thirteen years old and am in the seventh and eighth grades. The boy in my grade isn’t to school only about half the time, so I have to do all the reciting. —Alice Mae Adams, M. C. Alma, Mich. Two grades at once, with all the re- citing to do, must keep you busy. How- ever, you ought to learn a lot as you can’t slide through school, as some do in larger classes. Dear Uncle Frank: I was very much surprised when I got my pin and membership card. I have been helping my fathel on the farm this summer. I have five little Poland China pigs of my own. Say, Mister Wastepaper Basket, will you let this letter go past you this time? I thank you very much for the pin and membe1ship card, Uncle Frank. Well, I must close my letter for this time —-Your nephew, Willis Walborn, Breckenridge, Mich. You 'will have a good start in the pig business if you suCCeed in making those little ones big ones. Wasn’t Mr. W. P. obliging this time, though? Dear Uncle Frank: I received the membership card and button quite a while ago. I am cer- tainly ploud to wear the pin. Sevelal of my girl friends have seen the pin at school. They say, ‘Oh, did you get one of those pins? I tried but didn’t get one.’ I just told the girls to “Try, try again.” I think this club is getting more in- teresting every week. All the pets we (my brother and I) have, is a cat and her two kittens, and a very pretty polly parrot. Polly af- fords all the amusement we want She whistles, talks, sings, screeches, and Helen Hubble, Metamora, is Carrying a Milk Can. I wonder if She Can Milk. Sixth Prize Picture. most of all, she loves to bite anything and everybody but my brother George. With merry wishes I will say good- bye. —Your niece Ruth Beamer, M. 0., Box 94, Linden, Mich. You gave the girls good advice. It pleases me to know you are proud of your pin. Dear Uncle Frank: I must tell you of my experience as a young farmer. I am eleven years old and in the sixth grade. I made up my mind to earn some money, so this spring I planted some potatoes. The other day I dug my potatoes and I only had two and one-half bushels. Mother let me take the horse to the nearest village to sell them. I stopped at twelve diflerent houses and not a one would buy a potato. So I have still my potatoes at heme. People would rather buy potatoes from the store than to buy them from a little boy like me, who tried to earn a little extra money. I had the same experience with ap- ples. I had to bring those home, too, after losing a Whole day trying to sell them. So the only way I could get rid of my apples was to give them away. I’ll feed my potatoes to the cows. This much I know, I’ll never plant anything more .—Your nephew, Glyn Berube, Hardwood, Mich. I am glad you wrote your experi- ence. But please don’t get discourag- ed. Maybe you didn’t use the right kind of salesmanship, or perhaps your price wasn’t right. I would suggest that you endeavor to find out why you couldn’t sell these potatoes, and then try again. Keep our M C. motto in mind and you will win. Dear Uncle Frank: I am in the seventh grade at school and am eleven years old. In my ex- aminations for the sixth year my av- erage was ninety-eight and one sev- enth. Another girl was six-sevenths of a point head of me. She had the highest average in the room. I will have to take the eighth grade exami- nations this year. Both of my sisters and I have Merry , Circle pins and membership cards.— Your niece, Edna Mulder, M. C., R. 2, Caledonia, Mich. . It Works It’s Mouth and Eyes o v ' , ‘9 X ’A ’ \0 A Fig. 3 t Q—a HIS animated Jack-o-lantern is not difficult to make if one uses care in laying out the patterns according to the directions. First'find a. box, square or nearly so, with sides about 14x12 inches. Select the side with the best boards and with pencil and ruler, lay out a square 9x9 inches, as showu in Fig. 1. Divide this large square into three—inch squares and draw in and cut out the two eyes, two nostrils and the mouth. The eyes should be two inches in dis .ter and placed exactly as shown in e pat- tern. The mouth should be five inches wide and three inches deep and the nostrils can be bored with a one-inch bit. ' Next cut a piece of tin or strong cardboard 12x9 inches and lay it off into three-inch squares; then draw in the shaded figures as shown in Fig. 2. Take great ”care to locate the eyeballs (Y-Y) and (X—X) exactly as on this pattern, these should be one inch in diameter. Slots (A-A) are One and one-half inches long and wide enough to permit a shingle nail to slide up and doWn easily. Next cut out the shaded figures and make a hole in the top and another in the bettom center of the mask. _~ . ' Tack a strip of cardboard on' each side of the face pattern on the box and over them nail or screw two strips of lath with the inner edges extending about a half inch so that the mask, Fig. 2, will slide up and down in the grooves easily. Now locate the mask by placing it so that the eye pupils (X) will come at the lower edges of the eye holes in the box as in Fig. 4. Now, holding the mask in this position drive in the two shingle nails in the extreme lower end of the slots (A-A) and fasten a strong rubber band through the hole at the top of the mask and loop it over the nail (B). Fasten a long string into the hole at the bottom of the mask, nail the box onto a pole, say five or six . feet in length, fit the box lantern with a candle or flashlight, and you are ready to operate the Jack-o-lantern. Lighted up, the face will look like the one in Fig. 4. Pull the string and the eyes roll outward and the mouth drops open, as in Fig. 5. Paint the box black, cover the in- side over the eye holes with a white tissue paper, the nostrils with red and the mouth with yellow, tissue. Nail a cross-stick to the pole for the arms about a foot below the box, drape this with a sheet which will also cover the operator, and you have a wonder- ful and terrible Hallow’een spook. ‘ ‘ ' L. W SNELL. Yours was a good ayerage It’s too bad, though, you couldn’t beat 0111': the I am glad to know there other girl. are so many M. C.’ s in your iamily. Dear Uncle Frank: This is the third time I have Written to you,t and never have seen my letters in Prl I can hitch up one sheep and drive him all over on my wag on. Well, good-bye, Uncle g.Frank —-From Lynn Cooper, Grass Lake, Mich. Your wagon must be in pretty bad. shape if you can drive your sheep all Esther Wichert, Undoubtedly Clare, Took Her Annual and Haia Picture Taken of the Unusual Event. Sev- enth Prize. over on it. Let’s hear from you again, Lynn. Dear Uncle Frank: Say, Uncle Frank, do you spend all your time reading letters from your nieces and nephews? Seems to me as though it would keep you busy Say, Uncle Frank, I bet R. A. Turner . is some relation to you. Is he?——Ber— nice E. Pattersdn, Levering, Mich. I do not spend quite all my time reading letters, but the time I do spend that way is very enjoyable. No, Mr. Turner and I are not related but we are very good friends. Perhaps that’s why we look alike. CLOTHING CLUB WINNERS. THE following is a list of the places awarded this summer in ,clothing club work: First Year. 1. Frances Spaulding, Lapeer Co. 2. Caroline Miner, Lenawee 00., and Mary Leedy, Mason Co. 3. Florence McKinder, Barry 00. Second Year. 1. Eva Robinson, Branch 00. 2. Geraldine Case, Wayne 00., and Ruth Mary Lane, Mason 00. Dora Meitzner, Macomb Co., and Edna Ossenheimer, Calhoun 00. Third Year. 1. Gladys McB'ratnie, Saginaw Co. 2. Verna Powell, Iron 00., and Ida Freeman, Washtenaw Co. 3. Gr ce Aldrich, Lenawee 00., and Gertru e Straight, Cheboygan 00. Household Management. 1. Lamoine Wilkins, Branch 00. ' 2. Ada Goff, Mason Co., and Evelyn Hanson, Menominee‘Co. 3. Ruth Petty, Delta Co. WHAT I WANT TO 3:, AND WHY. By John Booth, (M. c.),,|;ewiston, ' Michigan. I am going to be a farmer because a farmer is sure of a living without the help of another person. If a farm- er wants a day off he does not have to ask a boss if he can get it. If a farmer is on a good farm he can make good money, but if he is on a poor one he can build it up, so that it is a good one. f there were no farmers there would be no food raised for the other people. Maybe a farmer does have to work a. little harder than the other people, but he is using his oWn time and has his own hours to work. _ If one lives on the farm they get diseases“ \ 731' ‘x‘ ‘U‘ ‘1‘"! 07"“— CD ’1 1-1- I. I ‘. .£ _ l3" ‘x‘ I! Will Tell I Youllow Write today to this big, live yfur house and get our New Book on how to.'l‘rap Skin and i value furs so that youwillbesureto get every penny they are worth. The fur season will soon be here and if want the most valuable “fur infor- tion" at all times you must ms.get in with Abraham, St.Lo Trap pger’sm Supply argains Cold Weather Clot ng. Rubber etc. We can furn' trappers o tilts r0111"toptotoe”andeveryarticleGuarsnu fibulam‘Iln-G. . ,aevmss . 233"“! #0051119" :1" loul'a' ’ born calf to the barn. ‘ FREE NEW TRAPPERS l7 TREASURE BOOK " Write today for free books showin hundreds of useful trapper‘ s an Hunter' s articles at bottom prices , We sell all supplies at cost, send ' [mainly] order, it is the safest. All res ew Trap 1 Secrets, 110" to grade, llanwzs, market to- hissing us- Get ports, on Y Name on Our in us TAN . a lot of use in! information. YOUR lllllE Horse or Cow” bide. Calf or other skins with hair or Man. and. into ooatH for men and wo1nen)°.robee. rugs or gloves when so ordered: or we can make your hides into Oak Tanned ttarneas er Slaoshter lots or lalt Leath- your oellshlas late Shea Leather. Co ors, Gun Metal, Mahogany, Russet or lighter shade. Calfskins tanned in the lighter shades of shoe leather. also eelaaaate etaad ud tableau £;a§ (far: birthday, weddingand wholl- LET US FIX YOUR WORN FURS heshen, repair and reshape them if , 7/ L: ‘ ' ' seeded, Furs are very light weight, therefore it wouldeaatbat little to send them in to as by Parcel Posts. nd get our estimate at use then we will hold them aside awaiting} your decision. I you say “so ahead." veryweli; we will do so and hold them tree of storage until you twant them. If you say "no. " we will return them post amid. Our Illustrated catalog an tyle book combined gives It tells how to take oil and care for hides. About our sate dyeing process on cow and horse hides. csitand fur skins. About dressing one fur skins and making them into neckpieces. mulls and garmentsfi‘About taxidermy and Head Mounting. The Crosby Frisian Fur Company. 571.Ly_cll Ave. Rochester. N. Y. ListNowl I.“ Trapser’sdilda , laws: ”germ allot-ts; l' testaiosm Also , , Re “LI. t'lll. WRITE T0 w 3] Prue Firm-1 N'B'y Gertrude Verdon, Samaria, Mich. My most thrilling experience was above three years ago, with a mother cow. My Daddy and I hitched up our old Dan horse to the buggy and went back to our woods to bring a new- ‘ We stopped a little ways from the cow and Daddy went over and got the calf and put it in the buggy. Just then the mother ‘cow saw me in the buggy, and over she came at me, bellering and .paw- ing.‘ ‘She climbed right in the buggy with her front feet, making her head go at me, and finally bunted me out on the other side. Maybe you think I wasn't scared. We had to do some quick x. C077 espona’ence S cmmé/ef OME more correspondence scrambles have been asked for, so we shall have one this week. For those who do not re- member just how this scramb- ling is done, the following direc- tions are given: ‘ Your part is to write as in- teresting a letter as possible. Also, stamp and address an. en- velope to yourself. Enclose both your letter-and the envelope in ' another-4 envelope addressed to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich; In the lower left hand corner of this envelope al- so write Correspondence Scram- ble. Our part is to open these en- velopes, put somebody’s letter in your envelope and your letter in somebody’s envelope. We are careful not to put your letter in the envelope which belongs to the writer of the letter you get. In that way you have two chanc- es to get new correspondents.‘ We will keep the letters until October 26th and then start scrambling them. It’s lots of fun, so let us all join in. had to make some mighty fast moves. If some of you don’t believe it, just let a 01033 cow get aftex you. Daddy grabbed a club and beat her back from me, as she had run around the buggy after me. I finally got behind a tree, and there I stayed for some time, with the cow backing up and coming 'towards me every minute or two, Daddy beating her back every time. She finally went back a little farther, so into the buggy we jumped, and, believe me, we went some, with the cow after us. After going a little ways Daddy lifted the calf out. When the cow reached her calf she stopped. I never want to ex- perience anything quite as thrilling as that was, if I live to be a hundred and ten years. By Jennie Mae Becker, Okemos, Mich. One day in midsummer when I was ' but eight years old, my grandmother came up for supper. When it was get- ting time for supper, my mother said, “You must go and call the hired man, now, Jennie.” My grandmother said she would go with me. As my grandmother and I strolled along, I said, “I am going to ask the hired man if I may ride the horse up to the barn, not thinking my father had neve1 let me ride that horse I asked the hired man, and of course, he said yes. He helped me on the horse, and I said to my grandmother, “I will beat you to the house, grandma.” I had no more than got the words out of my ,mouth, than the horse began to run, and Inn she did. I went from one side } to the other, and yelling all the time. Against the dark ing oil the minutes to ring you up when the time comes. To use it isthe way to appreciate a luminous dial timepiece. Black Bird offers Westclox quality at a low price. The trade mark West- clox is on the six-sided, or- angc— —bordercd tag, and on the dial. AT night, when you wake -—there beside you is a circle of hour numerals glow- ing a pale green against the darkness. Two luminous pointers indicate the time. The clock itself you don’t see—it, with the rest of the furnishings, is svvallowed up by the blackness. It is tick- WESTERN CLOCK (30., LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. Factory: Peru, Illinois. In Canada: Western Clock Co., Limited, Pcterborough, Ont. Big Ben Baby Ben America Sleep-Met” jack o’Lantern Pocket Ben Clo-Ben 33-50 $350 51-50 520 00 $3.00 $1.50 52.50 thinking about that time, and Daddy - More en 1100 Milk ”8' “8 better. ”It? and lice cannot mammalian '— not returns assured. aresos makes clippingu nick, ,thorouh cry pig est qua facts. Write today. The Manvel Direct . Stroke Windmill still “§ leads after more than sixty years' dependable - serv1ce. Thousands of them '5 have run thirty years without ’ upkeep expense. The Manvel Fits Any Tower Working parts encased; adjustable l. direct stroke; broad ball-bearing turntable. All made in our own factory—hencelow rice. high quality. The Manvelsaves you money. Write orfreeboo describing our wood and steel mills. towers, tanks. ct: I: - 1‘ uuuuuuuuu lislsmsleo Tank‘ & Sila Cs.,' DOM-7Z3 Kai-asses, Mich. Chicago Flexible Shaft Company “mung?“ . l‘ ' PleaseMention The Michigan Far- mer When Writing to Advertiser (Continued \on page 415). FREE TRAPS To Silberman Shippers Don’ t spend a cent for traps this season. If you ship all your furs to Silberman you get the best Standard makes of traps free, if you are actually a trapper. Ask us to tell you about this great, free, liberal offer while it holds good— Write today. Best Grading -— Highest Pricesj Ship to the old reliable house that has been buyin furs for 57 . Silberman pays highest prices in America. g years Ship ers More Than Satisfied Here' 8 what Josep Fascnach, of Fowler, Indiana, says: " 'Returns preceived today. Have dealt with Silberman for :1: Always found you square. Only wish I could get more furs to 3:313:13: That’s the way our shippers talk. Hundreds of letters just like that wont files. FR E supply List and You ought to get this if you want to buy supplies at lowest prices and know what the right . smut“, 1 i ‘ "mtfhomast gout-algal.- the asking. Just send letter "119222111033. ay or n ormation uts our great raa rap Offer. Don’t miss this. Write areatnpperlie sum sndflndouthowtomakemoremonsy outofogi’niffdgs‘: SILBERMT-IN 1 1 17 West 35th Street, Dept. 71 1 chicago, Ill. ’“i>*~":«7:-5,; 1:: . 1-,.) 1. -;. .7 x. I qua-1,0 '_ 1 . , . Aswan... :11. ”am '13:.3‘1 9min _‘:u -e. #1:. “ , .b. .. ‘1... ...:fl .fie‘ Crops Less Work \llII‘I'l-l - PULVEvRfly FINDING THE GOODCOWS, T is a safe presumption that the av- erage dairy herd has in it some good and some poor cows. To in- crease the profit from dairying it is necessary to eliminate the poor cows by replacing them with superior ones. Dairying cannot be made profitable with cows of inferior quality. will .do at the pail is the accurate; guide in estimating her real worth in f the dairy business. ‘ There are a great many dairxmen who do not feel they can afl'ord to Juan 5 a cow-testing association. . The facts" of the case are, they cannot aflord not to. But if there is no localiorganiza- tion then it is within the ability of every dariyman to test“ his cows and find out for himself which are the good and poor. ones. Testing and The cow-testing association affords the average dairyman an efficient way LIMESTONE SOLVAY is so easy to handle, so safe, so economical that it makes less work but bigger crops wherever used. Make this year a big— ger year—in crops, in profits. You can do it with SOLVAY. THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO. Sales Agent, Wing & Evans. Inc. Real Estate Exchange Building ., Detroit, Mich. Do Pure-bred Cows Pay? HE notion is altogether too common among farmers that it does not pay to keep pure-bred stock. To many it is nothing" more than a little stylish breeding and is fit only for those who are inclined to follow hobbies. Some men, they often' hold, should _ not be bothered with the rais- ing of stock with unfathom-' f able pedigrees. ;' ’ ‘ ‘ There is, however, a very , wholesome lesson in the re- cent report of the cow-testing work 'carried on in Michigan during the month of August. This report gives us some very definite figures which go to demonstrate that pure-bred stock actually returns to the owner a greater income than do grade or scrub animals. Before us is a list of the cows producing the highest amount of butter-fat in each ,. of fifty—eight cow-testing as- sociations in the state duiing the month of August. In the first place, it should be noted that there is not a scrub cow in this en- tire list Every animal is either a grade or a pure-bred. In other words, out of a total of 14,196 cows, not a single scrub cow was placed in this honor column. Let us now examine the records of the pure-breds and grades in this list of leadeis among the fifty- eight associations. The average butter-fat produced by the pure-breds is 66.06 pounds for the ‘month. The average produced by the grades is 60.43. This gives an advantage in favor of the ‘ 1‘ 111 . pure-breds of 5.63 pounds for ' k’""""“‘ the month. This average Write for the new lime booklet—-sent free! Tells you in- teresting profitable facts you shoul 1d know about lime. vULVERfiy LI IMESTONE This Registered Holstein, Owned by Dr. Tiedebohl, of Coloma, Gave 23,141 lbs. of Milk, and 864.8 lbs. of Butter-fat in Ten Months. This no good barn paiBnt. choice 5 colors— 0n trial Easyrunning eas1lyclean ed Red ,Light Brown. Dark Brown. Maroon. Cray. Get Factor Prices on A "Pain“ House paint. c oice 20 shades, $2 .08 gel. 3 ade. choice 30 o edema on cans 2.28, gallon can. perwal. $2. 25. We pay the freight. Save money rite today. FRANKLIN COLOR WORKS Skims warm or cold milk. Different : from picture which shows larger ca- .’: pacity machines. Get our plan of easy M0 NTH LY PAYMENTS and handsome free catalog. Whether dairy is large or small, write today. carried through the year at present prices would mean that each of the pure-breds is returning to its owner, aside from the greater value Dept. Franklin. Ind. AMERICAN SEPARATOR (:0. sum Mnbrld‘..u_y, of the calf, $30 more than is each of the grade bows. In other words, allowing five per cent on the investment and a ten per cent deprecia- tion (if the excess price put' into the better animal, the owner could afford to pay $200 more for the average pure-bred in this list than for the average grade; Arranging these cows in the order of their produc- tion of butter-fat, and dividing the list in half, we find that there are twenty-two pure-breds among the first twenty-nine, and only seven grades; whereas, in the tail end half there are twenty-two grades and seven pure-breds This tells again the stemr of the su- periority of pure- -breds at the milk pail. If, therefore, we are out to improve the dairy industry in our state, is‘it not of the highest importance that we give the matter of introducing pure-bred stock into our herds,. the most serious censideration? The man who keeps'cows and says he cannot at- ford to grade up his stock is mistaken. ' He rather cannot afford to continue with his scrub animals. Keeping scrub stock is not only the height of extravagance, but in this day of enlightenment it is an exceedingly unbusiness-like practice—Burt Wermuth. ' Then, too, the Pure=bred Calf is More Valuable than the Scrub or Grade Calf. Ill Let lies Smolthig a Champion For twenty-eight years critical smokers have enjoyed the satisfying flavor of Hemmeter’s Champions— _ Strictly hand— made, of good old- fashioned tobacco—no blends or artificial flavoring— The same today as twenty—eight years ago. AT YOUR DEALERS Weighing the milk from each ‘cow in- curs some extra labor, but it is a pay- ing inxestment. -—Leo C Reynolds. to find out which are the good and poor cows in his herd. I believe as time‘goes‘on, the larger majority of dairymen will cooperate in this work ® CWKWPBN CIGARS THE HEMM‘ETER CIGAR co..beraonr. or test his own cows. It is our experience at Forest Grove Farm that weighing and testing the milk from individual cows is the only accurate means. of determining the good andfiioor cows in the herd- Phy- sical conformation is invaluable in grading up the‘herdLbutwhat a" cow. ,7 The members of 125 co -testing as- H sociations pu1 chased 66 registered ~ bulls during the past year. i -» , Ireland plans definitely to develop her dairy business and hopes by rea- son of cheap water transportation compete with middl ' 't“"rn offices r1 . ' about . found was adequate for child nourish- "mom and was highly beneficial im-the heapital service. He pointed out that this Waterless milk offered the great- est solution to milk problems of the " tropics; - » Practical Feeding and Breeding ' Dr.- E. B. Forbes and E. B. Meigs ~ were the principal speakers and the program for feeding problems connect- ' ed with dairy cows, both experts in nutrition who have spent many years Doc-- in research regarding minerals. tor Forbes pointed out that mineral deficiency is responsible for disease and malnutrition of dairy cows, failure to breed, decreased milk flow, and weak calves. Under normal condi- tions the heavy milking cow loses lime from her body, and replenishes her store late in the. lactation period when ‘ dry. -. The cow will store .more calcium (lime) from fresh grass than from dry forage, andfrom hay cured under caps more than from that cnr‘ed in sun- light. , The speaker especially empha- sized a resting period and liberal feed- ing of the .heifer, so that mineral stores might be well built up when parturition occurs. Dr. Meigs described an experiment performed at the government farm in which timothy got a knock-out blow compared with alfalfa for dairy cows. In this test the cows on timothy drop- ped in milk flow, were not persistent producers, did not breed regularly and their calves were not so strong. He stated that not only is timothy defi- cient in protein and lime, but it does not have some other unknown mate- rial which is present in alfalfa and which is so 'vital to health and produc- tion of dairy cows. G. C. Humphrey, of Wisconsin, and J. W. Gowen, of Maine, spoke on selec- ' tion of dairy cows, pointing out the three means commonly employed: by conformation, by pedigree and by per— formance. They both showed that while conformation has some value in picking a good producer, it is not in- fallible, and even a seven—day record . is worth two or three times as much as the decision of a judge on a~ cow’s actual production over a year. The milk yield. of the dam, according to Dr. Gowen, can be taken as an index of the probable yield of the daughter, and even a full sister’s record is a re- liable index. ' R. R. Graves, of the United States Dairy Division, speaking along the same line, said that the department is now trying to find if any correlation exists between outward conformation and the size of the corresponding in- ternal organs, and therefore upon pro- duction. “The most rapid progress,” he said in ending, “will come through the continuous use of sires that have proved by uniform excellence in the producing ability of their daughters, that they can transmit characters of high production.” The Cattle Show. Every National Dairy Show is said to be “better than ever,” but of none ' could this eyer be more truthfully said than of that at Syracuse. Over one thousand head of cattle came‘ to the show, Besides two provinces of the Dominion, twenty-five states were rep- resented. The .Hols‘teins led in num- bers.” _ The Holetelns. 2 .We have itfrom Judge Moscriphim. self that’nosAmerican show ring: ever ‘ before brought ‘ forth asvmany extra 1 'good Holsteins as the 1923 exposition. » The 392 Holsteins entered were wide-k 1y distributed, although the bulk natL 1111111? came from. the east and central . western. states, Michigan entering , eleven head from seven “limiters. ” Western; breeders . ,. . . e. ll one—halt. Such mn'k‘ they had tanbark‘in some little county shows in New York, forged his way through the bull class and finally to senior and -grand champion, Hargrove and Arnold, of Iowa, owning the junior champion. - Carnation Stock Farms showed their i grand champion of the Pacific Coast, the five—year-old cow, Tilla'mook Daisy ‘Butter King De K01, that finally cap— tured the purple banner for grand champion female. "Another sensation came when Dorothy Ormsby Piebe, the Hargrove and Arnold daughter of K P O P', was put down below Corwin Farms daughter of S P O M 14th. Car- nation Farms showed the junior cham- pion female, a daughter of Matador Segis Walker. One of the greatest sights of the show ring was the get-of—sire groups. Here Bell Farm, of Pennsylvania, took first in hot competition; showing the get of King Valdessa Pontiac, all four having thirty—pound records. Second and fourth went to the get of K P O P, and fifth to Pietertje Laura Ollie. Homestead King, and third to the get of Matador Segis Walker, four of the breed’s greatest sires of today being represented in those groups. Among the A. R. COWS, Bell Farms’ White Susie, that stood third in the open class, won first rank. Carnation Farm took second. The Jerseys. The Jersey show was pretty much an eastern exhibit, with the grand champions going to Senator Freling- huysen on Fern’s VVexford Noble, and to Inderkill Farms on Sociable Sybil. The quality of the Jersey show as a whole was especially high. The en- tries totaled 225 head. Fern’s W’exford Noble grand cham- pion last year came back as an easy winner in his class this year. Fern’s Ashley Belle, a Frelinghuysen entry, took the aged cow class honor, but she did not have the capacity and qual- ity nor the udder to win over Sociable Sybil for the championship. Jerseys Make Good Showing. 0f the exhibits of the cattle clubs that of the American Jersey Cattle Club never had its equal. It just hap- pened that a number of great cows of this breed had finished records and were in condition to stand travel. The leaders of the breed included: Darling’s Jolly Lassie, of Oregon, with 1,141 pounds of fat, the greatest butter-fat producer of the breed; and with her were a full brother, a sister, a daughter and two nieces, all from Pickard’s herd. , Fauvic’s Star, the greatest milk pro- ducer of the breed, with 20,616 pounds of milk an, 1,006 pounds of fat, cham- pion over Connecticut. ‘ Groff’s Constance, New England Champion, with 1,130 pounds of fat. Prince’s Emma of Hartman Stock Farm, of Ohio, with 1,110 pounds. Sophie 19th of Hood Farm, with eleven records totaling 7,545 pounds of fat, and now eighteen years and nine months old. Close to her was Financial King’s Interest, of Pennsyl—‘ vania, now twenty-three years and nine months old, and recently fresh, the mother of twenty heifers and one bull calf, and with two records above 400 pounds of fat over eighteen years of age. ’ ' Another old grandmother from Ohio, was Namrow, owned by Allen Jordan, the champion producer of all breeds over fourteenyears. _ In eleven months she had 750 pounds of fat and is past seventeen years ofrage. ' Seven eastern states sent calf club. exhibits, and these were stabled along- side and competed in the open classes with those of the veteran breeders. In the boys’ judging contest the team from Michigan ranked third. Ill- inois stood first, with Connecticut see— out ‘ the -\ end. Twenty-two teamswe‘re‘entered. .. n Thebutcimrs as the Badger State ,.. we 3*)» , evangelimmm‘g 7 , a u. z‘l‘ie‘ sti‘uflé,‘ as. a M‘- '- a" ' P' . Land-Clearing is Cheaper and Easier this Fall HE fall months between harvest-time and winter are the time to add more productive acres to your farm. It’s easier and cheaper this fall! The reason is Dumori’ce, the new du Pont explosive. It doesn’t freeze—no bothersome anddangcrous thawing necessary. You get 135‘ to 140 sticks at the price of 100 sticks of 40% dynamite-,— and Dumorite does even better work, stick for stick. Ask your local dealer. Write for Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives, 110 pages of practical information regarding explosives for land-clearing, ditching and tree- planting. . E. !. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc. McCormick .Buildiglg Chicago, Ill. more per dollar Hartley Building Duluth, Minn. NON-FREEZING . i , ' l " " will i “iii .7 . .- ' 1 Sweetens the Swill Hogs thrive on swill purified with a little RED SEAL Lye. Stops fermentation, destroys germs and makes healthy, sturdy animals. Wash out the trough and pen with a strong RED SEAL Lye solution at least once a week. Kills worm-eggs, lice and other vermin. Farm- ers and housewives find new uses every day. ’T ~RED SEAL Lye is especially recommended for ,,._—-——-— V. spraying trees when dormant, cleaning auto- . ,2 mobile transmission-cases, farm-machinery, :4” ‘ ' ' ' " ’1“, drains,etc., softening water, and making soap. ‘ Details in booklet, sent on reQuest. Full directions in each can. Be sure and, . buy only the genuine'REDSEALLye. .- P.C. Tomeonfiz .. PM am me man... Chan of Copy or can notions must reach up T'selve Days before: date 01 publication ‘ 5 Andy Adams LITCHF IyELD, MICHIGAN Michigan’s Leading Live Stock Auctioneer DATES and TERMS on APPLICATION Edgar oI Dalmony QUALITY SOUNDNESS TYPE BEAUTY BREEDING ABILITY These are the essential qualities of first class breeding stock. Our animals embody them all. Your correspondence and Inspection are Invited WILDWOOD FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN W. E. SGRIPPS. Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt. Wallinwood Guernseys A R cows for sale “m“ “'1': fvirowaA ALLIN Jenison. Mich W G E if . 4 YEARLING fffiS‘fsf. 1.2.5353 as. Black. Howard City. Mich Rc . Guernsty cows. some A. R. Record May 10 lioge breeding, $2. (‘100 for all; herd bull $100. John Ebels. Holland. Mich. R. 2._ 7 Registered Holstein Battle AT A U C T I O N On account of the death of J. F'. Lutz, and having rented the farm. I will sell at auction on the farm. Three \[iles llast of Cohoctah on the Ann Arbor Railroad, or 8 miles South and West of Linden. on Thursday, Oct. 25. I923 35 Head of Registered Holsteins Including 14 milch cows. some with A. II 0.1Iec- -ords some heifers due to freshen this winter, some heifer (ahes.Ha1e used high- grade A. II. 0. Bulls for years. Herd under Federal Supervision. Thirty good Delaine e (i good horses. and a complete line 01 farm 0015, 1 (luding new Fordson tractor. and grain separator ‘1 good repair. Autos will meet the trains in Coh ctah the day of sale. Lunch at noon. W. B. Jones Adm. and Part- ner with Mr. Lutz. 86 HEAD ltElllSTEliEll HULSTEIN SALE our. 31, at InnIIII. IIIIIII. 10 a. m. on A. C. Furman Farm. 6 miles west on State Road M-34 R. P. CLEMENT _ Holstein-Friesian Bulls torSale Sired by a 31-lb. grandson of Champion Echo Sylvia Pontiac, the greatest son of May Echo Sylvia (World's Champion). No. 1, Dam's Record 31.03 lbs. butter. 638.4 lbs. milk. No. 2, Dam. a daughter of dam of No. l. with record of 23 lbs. butter in 7 da. at 2 yr. 2 mo.. (4th highest Jr. 2-yr.—old record 1n state for year ending March 31. 1923). No. 3. Dam s 17—Ib. 2-yr.-old. daughter of a 25—lb. sister to two 80-lb. cows. Prices Reasonable. I. A. KIDNEY. Brant, Mich. $250 Buys .. ' n fl-lb. yearling Holstein bull. sired by a $3,000 son of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra. the $50,000 bull. E. E. Vantine. Pontiac. Michigan. Twin Lake Farm. h I“ cg Holstein Females. Due to freshen soon. mm: W Accredited Herd. For Pedigree and .C. Wilkinson, II. 2, Perry. Mich. BIILL, PIIIIE BBEII IIOLSIEIII {33” 170532;. ”$53: MII’ING prices. LARRO RESEARCH FA In: A. North rthEnd fitotion, Detro leeriotIAkoW III 1.. HAYNES, L «on; o BEMWBQ if II. 2. j _"\ Registered Jersey “‘33:“... ’°‘2‘;‘ retain BM 7 Vassar, Mich. J. L. 0A RTE B, 15 Comp! 4buIIs Mom . of II. Cows. Chance toéelect. from herd of 70 Some fresh. others breld forfallfreahenlng. ColonC. Lilile.Cooporsvlile.Mic tram tested dams. JEB§EI BULLS FBII SALE ”.50... 1......11. Notten Farms, Grass Lake, Mic Thumb Hereford Breeders’ Association can supply your needs with outstanding well- bred registered Heyrefords. either sexes. polled or horned at reasonable prices. Inquire of E. E. TWI N.G sec- Treaa.. Bad Axe. Huron 00.. Mich. Are Yon Concldorlng What to Food this Fall that wlll Provo Most Profitable Before purchasing feeders investigate the “30mm Earllripe HEREFORD Beef proven profitable system of beef production of great benefit to the producer. Realize the utmost Lake Udesg, M1011. from your feeding operations. Write for information. HEREFORDS. Yearlings, Two-year-olds, Young cows with calves. all registered and '1‘. . tested at practical prices for produc- in Earliripe HEREFORD \Itnhy geetviesl profitably. Terms granted upon proper cre- en a s. T. F. B. SOTHAM It. SONS. (Hereford: since I839) st. Clair, Mich. Bl n w E L Revolution Jr. 573938 heads accredited herd 28917. Now ofleringZJanuary roan bull calves of axes tional merit reasonabl priced. BIDwELL s'iook FARM 01: 11. Tecumseh, Mich Branch County Farm Breeders of High-class Polled Shorthorn Cattle. For Sale. 6 fine bulls nearing service age. Also a, few cows and heifers. Quality and price will suit. Geo. E. Burdick, Men. Branch Co. Farm. Our herd consists mostly of MIIkIIIg ShOI'IIlorIlS. daughters and granddaughters of General Clay. Glenside Dairy King Jr GlensideBell Boy. Headed by a good son of Glenside Dairy King and out. of Bessie Thorndale 3rd record 10719 lbs Assisted by Fremont Roan Clay. 3 son of Glenside Roan Clay. the world's heaviest butt Irvin Donn It Sons. Croswell. Mich. Shorthorn Sale Oct. 30th Wm. Geiscnhafer 8:.‘80n, Dimondale. Mich. wANT to buy 3 or 4 Brown Swiss COWS. Must be near fresh, and of good quality. Address G. J. Goosin. R. R. 1. Washington. Mich. HOGS DUROCS AT AUCTION October 25th 0 I I Dawsxon, Mich. ‘ You can secure at your own price the greatest offering of Duroc boars and Gilts ever sold in Michigan. _ The, blood lines are Wait's Top Colonel. Orton Cherry King and Sensation. This ‘is the same Cross Wenger. Kern, Jackson and others are using with such success. Our winnings at Michigan State Fair and else- where stamped this herd the best in Michigan. You will find herd boar and bred sow sale ma— terial here. 'Write for catalog. Andy Adams and Assistants. Auct. F. HEIMS 8; SON. Props. UIIOC JERSEYS Spring pigs either sex of March DApriI and May furrow. sired by three outstanding herd hours If you want £3 to Jug; and quality combined come and see or write us. F. rodt, Monroe. Mich. R. I F0 R SALE Big 'Husky Duroc Jersey spring boars from large pro— iiflc stock. Cholera immune. Satisfaction guaranteed. Jesse Bliss & Son. Henderson, Mich. UROC fall and spring boars of the best breeding and quality. at prices to sell. Fall pigs at bar- gain prices. W. C. Taylor. Milan. Mich. Few Choice Duroc ‘Shoats, the Big, Long Kind. Either Sex. Price $10 and up. Registered. F. A. Lamb & Son, Cassopolis. Mich. DUROC JERSEYS We are offering this fall 60 very fine Gilts of a. breeding that is valuable to the farmer who wants to grow a herd of hogs for the pork market. This stock is especially long in body and well de- veloped in form; 'a valuable. practical type. Send for photographs and full description and price of this exceptional practical stock. TATE FARMS ASSOCIATION. I03 North Rose Street, Kalamazoo. Michigan. Registered Duroc Jersey Gills $25 S”““§5%°“S' ‘33 pigs $12.50. Sired by lst prize aged boar at Adrian. Cholera immune. Quality, size and type. F. B. HILL, Flat Rock. Mich. DUROCS Spring boars sired by Brookwater . Satisfaction 8th, Greatery Duration and Sensation Boy. Prices reasonable. Write us your wants. Norris fitoek Farm. Casnovia. Mich. and Gilts for sale at bargain Exeroc Boarsprl ices. We guarantee them to Michigan Farm. Pavilion, Mich. BUBBB JERSEYS IIII BEUIIIE MEBIIIIIS _ CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich O.‘ I. C’s and Chester Whites Gilts 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. We Won our share of the C HESTER WHITES. best prizes at the big fairs again this year and we Write me. me ofl'ering good boars. including our prize winners. at reasonable prices and guarantee satisfacti moms! Chol- era immuned. Also fall pigs. F. ennder. o ' c 131ng Willtys'egocheop. warn-111%!“ pill atlflmdsdmold. Wobredand first prize. winners at met: 3:” Fair Mme en 7 Marietta. Mich. 1'! «man .‘ and-bowed more It you than- ock. Elm. SHORTHORNS' u:uidh.. Y CU only need to meet them to know theyJike Herefords. l have reference to the firm of T F. B. 80th- am & Sons, of St. Clair. Herefords, they eat Herefords, and dream of them when they sleep; A' ~Sotham .of an’ earlier generation was the first to import Hereford cattle to this country, and "the faith of their fathers” is inherent in the younger folks. The elder member of the firm, with the able assistance of the youngest son, Henry, and a wide-awake son-in- law, Earl C. McCarty, is aggressively distributing white-faced cattle through- The? talk-z. Bacon mast Pigs in Dewar}: are delivered weighing on an average. 210 pounds moreover, production is uniform each; ' week, because the amount or innit milk regulates the number of pigs the farmer must keep. The forty-six cooperative bacon plants are also federated for educat- ‘ tional purposes into one national fed- ’ oration known as the National Feder- ation of Danish Cooperative Bacon Factories. This federation has been able to influence government legisla- tion that provides for the exporting of all bacon from Denmark under the Some of the Good Herefords in the Sotham Herd. out Michigan and Ontario. It is their idea that the grazing advantages of this territory, combined with the graz- ing abilities of Hereford cattle, entitle it to become the “Herefordshire of America.” They are backing up their faith by their works and are produc- ing many high-class Hereford cattle 011 their farms at St. Clair and Bad Axe. Having watched the fortunes of pure—bred cattle rise and fall with periods of financial affluence and de- pression, they have great faith in the present, as a time to stock up with good beef cattle, and in‘ the future, as a time to have them growing on Mich- igan farms. Their tenacity in stick- ing everlastingly to the one line, through thick and thin, is no doubt largely responsible for their success in it.—~-Pope. HOW COOPERATION WORKS IN- DENMARK. (Continued from page 389) . direct in wagons or trucks, thus elim- inating shrinkage in transit and losses in yards. The hogs are slaughtered the same day they are received. The bacon plant associations are or- ganized on a. similar plan as that of the creameries, necessary capital to build and operate the plant being pro- vided by loans executed by the associ— ation and guaranteed by the members. The membership territory in each plant is divided into five, six or seven districts, the members in each district assuming obligation for their portion of the loans made by the association. Each member agrees to deliver his to- tal pig production to the factory for a definite period of five, seven or ten years. At the time the pigs are deliv- ered the farmer receives a partial pay- ment on the basis of a “hog quota- tion” fixed by the bacon factories in a. designated province. This payment is made on the" basis of slaughtered weight and quality claSsification, the slaughtered weight being approximate- ly seventy-five per 'cent of the live weight. The associations operate an annual pool and at the end of the year the balance between the price paid the farmers upon delivery and the sales price less costs, is credited to the farmer’s account. , The Danes have learned that the highest quality of bacon comes from a. pig which, in live weight, tops the scales around 200 pounds. The hog must. weigh, slaughtered, between 132 and 165 pounds. cent per -pound on the total weight is made on hogs weighing over 165_ 13 A deduction of. one ; common trade mark, “Lur Brand,” which can be stamped only on the highest class bacon from sound, heal- thy animals free from tuberculosis and other diseases. The agents of the bacon factories on the bacon exchange. in London are in- formed each week of. the amount of bacon available and meet with the English wholesalers on the principal market days. As a. result of this direct: marketing scheme, the bulk of the Danish bacon is shipped direct from the cooperative bacon plants in, Den- mark to the provision wholesale hens- es in England. In a few instances, some of the cooperative plants have made direct contacts with theflarger retail buyers in England and ship di- rect to them. How the Egg Cooperatives Are Handled. Forty years ago the Danish farmer looked upon egg production as a chore which might be handled by the women on the farm. The Danish egg trade to Great Britain was not a. success be- cause the eggs were of poor quality, irregular supply, and of no dependable grade, with the result of low prices to the producers. Today, through standardization and cooperative marketing, Danish eggs are the third export commodity of the country. The 550 egg-collecting asso- ciations with a total membership of 50,000 farmers, are formed into one central egg marketing association known as the Danish Cooperative Egg Export Association, with headquarters at Copenhagen. The central associa- tion owns ten branch packing houses throughout the kingdom and a. large packing house at Copenhagen. Loans are executed and contracts made with the farmers for delivering their total egg production, similar to the plan of operating the creamery and bacon plants. The chief aim of the central associ- ation is to create better home and for- eign ‘markets for high quality eggs. all buyers being assured of fresh, high quality eggs. A stamping scheme has been devised so that each‘egg may, be traced from the English breakfast ta- ble to the individual producer. The eggs are collected from the farmers and forwarded to the nearest packing house owned by the central associa- tion. Here under the supervision of: the central association all eggs are examined, sorted, graded andpacked. All eggs collected are paidfor accord- ing to weight. The association ind} _ speed the producers to standardize“ their “041199131921 the. Danish jogs “ handled .83! JJ‘ ”Chester E White Swiss 1 L anon rm Poland Chime. 86!. Herd—S .Premier Gunfight Exhibitor's Herd. ~ Spotted Poland . Geo. T. Abbott; Palms, Mich. i‘Bii'Tyrs 3 p - . ' Tuesday, 0a. 30m, 1?. M. h ad selected from 21 litters consisting gorse yearling bear. to spring bears and 29 spring gilts at J. R. Campbellfarm, 1} miles south of Fairgrove, Michigan. 1 Co. Chester White Swine Breed- :t’lmocl For catalogue address Wilber Jones, Secretary, Reese, Michigan. .___ Chester White Boars Aldrich J Williams, Tekonsha, Mich. pring boars of prize winning 0' l' C. ‘Elood. Shipped C. 0. D. and Egg. tree. I. W. Howell. Ovid, Mich. 25 choice young been for tall 0- L’C’S- service. Clover Lear stock Farm. Monroe. Mich. ‘ ’ Choice No. April Boers sired by Nm.§:sd our. he 0- I-c' 11115" ‘ m'm' yearlinl- 0 1).. ,reu. i'ree. 33:103. 3.3:. Bug. Rapids. Mich: R. 8. ' 0.1. C. ServiceBoarsandBred ROgISteréd Gilts. Also a few tried Saws. due soon. four Beagle hounds—Joseph R. Vanetten, ,Clif- i’ord. Mich. . . Yearling Boers. Extra Yearling and gain? gangs. Satisfaction or no ay. pped on approval.~ Fred W. Kennedy; R. 2, Plymouth. Mich. ‘ " ll ts to furrow in Annotated Sept. o-l-cjs-gfiifigiangwplgs. not at is. good Na stock recorded tree, Otto B. Bohulzet Sons. Nashville, Mich. Sprint; pill. that: for sale. If interested, write your won 3 .W. Caldwell 8: Son. Sprais'DOrt. Mich. 'Typo Poland China spring Boats. Sired by L $233. Liberator 4th, prize age boar at Detroit, and out of Gertsdaie Lady 5th. Fifth prize age sow at Detroit and champion sow at Saginaw. Fall pigs not akin. Writeforprices. Dorus Hover. AkronMich. * __ . _ .7 0 head choice Boers and Gilts. Sircd by a. P-C' goo World Champion Big Bob. Peter a Pen son 1,075 Peter Pan and Model Clansman. C. E. Cement. Eaton. Rapids. Mich. A. D. Gregory and Ernest Barnard Public Sale at Poland thinas Saturday, October 20, 1923 th Sales Pavillion at the Ionia Free Fair guards we will sell about 20 hope from each herd. This is an oEerinz of high quality and breeding and any man in searchpl’ a good boar or gilt will do well to plan to be with us sale day. . Write for catalogue. A.D.GREC.ORY ERNEST manna!) lonl‘a,.Mich. ~ Portland. Mich. ‘Wm. Waffles and John Hoffman, Auctioneers Type Poland (3th of March and April Fan- hr‘. row. both sexes. Bred right. Priced right. George F. Aldrich. B. 6. Ionia. Michigan. - st in state. Order your herd Large Type P.C.Ifi)rfi or brood sow, irgmaherg t has prodilced more prize winners an ran glismpions than any herd in the state. Priced in keeping with times. Come and see them. W. E. Uvingston, Parma, Mich. . ‘ .- Spotted Poland Chmas ' tat F i winnings include Michigan I La d 2; a rd Premiler ceram- ‘ ' H . Over \ hea to se cc rom. 3?%.Bézlegghi‘ANf'-I% miles East of ‘Coldwster. Mich. Spring boars and gilts. Choice individuals. best of breeding. cholera. immune and registered. Write for description and prices. Clark & Bingtluist. Adrian. Mich. Large ‘Yorkshires Spring Boers and Guts. Pairs and Tries, not akin. Prize winners at Detroit, Saginaw and Grand Rapids fairs. Chas. Wetsel 5:. Sons. 8. 5. Ithaca, Much. ' Spring Boats and Gum, and {all pigs. Hampshires Pairs not akain: 11th year. 150 to select from. John W. Snyder. St. Johns. Mich. R. 4. SHEEP F He 'siored Ham hire Rams “11‘2"" 8%” "03,35 bregerlllns. W. WESGLQLEB. (ll/[alga llleHfiu 8 FOR SALE Rag. .nxiard Rams and Ewes Satisfaction Guaranteed. ‘ Write Your Want‘a Telephones Decker-villa 73-3 ldle Wild Stock Farms odors so registered, Shropshire rs d 40 . Remember. this be! won all themghag‘pionshlpes'eaat Fairs—CLIFFORD MIDDLETON. Clayton. "loll. The Maple: sum 1...... . .....‘ m; ~ sale qualitge‘s'iredc balm Champion thhitlyflmch . Rams. . . ‘7 H‘- 4’. All 5M.moh.. R. Br m. minus a "Genie. ese '— " ointment'winnb .. 1N!“ _ em or respect “a were e rted repress "ted 10.8-~. "w ‘ per cent of the total egg export \from ' Denmark. g ' In addition to the fDanish coopera- tive egg export association 'there are Seven smaller egg associations operat- ing along similar lines, but in the re« spective membership territory of sev- en different cooperative bacon plants. These associations exported 176,121 cases in 1921. Only twenty per cent; or one-fifth of the Danish farmers. belong to co- operative egg collecting associations, yet these associations have brought about trade reforms and adopted egg standards as to quality eggs which must be adhered to not only by the cooperative associations, but by all private merchants engaged in the egg trade. _ gnmmruummmumlnmmnnnmnmmmmmn E a s V t g C, ermary. a, ’ . v : -- :, w murmurs COND CTED 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 mice becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed. !1““.' l “l \1‘_. Tetanus—Loekjaw.~—I had a. pig die a few days ago with lockjaw. Could you tell what caused it? My pigs are running in orchard and fed mostly on milk. Have another pig that coughs and breathes rather hard, but seems to be in good health. Is this a serious ailment? O. S., Williamsburg, Mich. —-Tetanus is an acute infectious dis- ease due to an anerobic micro-organ- ism which produces in the body a tox- ic product resembling strychnine in its physiological action. The tetanus germ is very often found in fertile soil and infection takes place through a fresh wound. The disease is not cur- able, but is preventible, by vaccina- tionfor a. few weeks. When treating a valuable animal for wound it is good practice to recommend antitetanic serum and it is not expensive, but it should be applied within twenty-four hours after the wound is made. Rub pig’s throat with camphorated oil daily. Bruised Knees.——Have horse with bunches on both knees, which are growing larger. What shall I apply? J. S., Bay Shore, Mich—Apply equa parts tincture of iodine and spirits o vcamphor daily. Lice.—~My two work horses are trou- bled with lice. A. A. L., Shelby, Mich. ~—Apply gray mercurial ointment, or apply a two per cent creolin solution. Stringy Milk.——I have a. Holstein cow that came fresh the first of Aug- ust. She gives a nice mess of milk but when the cream raises, cream is stringly. I have thought the cream began to get stringy soon after the milk was drawn or commenced to sour. F. M. G., Charlotte, Mich—If your cow is free from garget her milk is not stringy when drawn, but bacte- ria makes its way into it at time of milking, or soon after. Clean the cow’s hind quarters and udder before she is milked, also milking utensils may re- quire extra attention, and besides, the water which is used in washing uten- sils may be the cause. 'Is the milk promptly cooled after it is drawn, and is it stored in very clean, well venti- lated place? Don’t allow dirt to drop into, the milk, for this may be the cause. - Dislocation of Stifle Joint—Have a cow that has trouble in raising hind foot off the ground; when starting drags the toe for some distance, then I hear something crack and she travels fairly well. What ails her? T. Z. P., New Lothrop, Mich—This is a. com- mon ailment in horses, but not so with cattle; however, it does sometimes oc- cur. A rope about twenty feet long should be applied around the fetlock of the affected leg, passed forward be- tween the front legs and up over the opposite side of the neCk, back over the withers, and wrapped once behind the elbow around that portion of the rope which passes between the front legs. The leg is then drawn away from the body and forcibly pushed for- ward by the assistant, while another person tightens up the slack in the rope until. the affected leg is off the ground in front of the supporting leg. The rope is then drawn taut and the assistant grasps the tail and pulls the cow toward the‘ affected side. The - cow- will make a lurch to keep from falling, contracts the muscles, and the cap slips into place with a sharp click, and she will walk off sound. Clip, on: and apply one ,part of powdered lister. ' s2 as as; four parts lard—this. . as Segis. Owners: This sale consists of T Michigan. _ 50 Holstein-Friesian Cattle 50 _ OCT. 23, 1923, 10 o’clock At F airview Farm, Dimondale, Mich. ' we of the most famous herds of Central There will be 18 daughters of Model Glista. King Segis, whose Dam made over 35 lbs. but. in '7 da., and Sired by a good son of King Some of these are from dams with records up to over 31 lbs. 'but. in 7 days; There are 3 daughters of King Lansing from a 32-1b. Dam, and Sired by Sir 'Korndyke Veeman Hengerveld. There are 3 daughters of a son of a 32-lb., 1,000—1b. cow. There will be a 3111b. cow, a 27-1b. 3-yr.-old, a 24-1b. 2-yr.-old and good. her son, sired Carnation King Countess Segis, and many others just There are 3 grand-daughters of Sir Prilly Hengerveld, and a grand-daughter of Pontiac Korndyke. view Farm Herd Sire—Carnation King Countess Segis, from a 32-lb. 3-yr.-old, with nearly 1,200 lbs. but, 25,820 lbs. milk in 365 da. at 3 yr. old, and a daughter of Segis Walker Matador, who is a brother to Segis Pertertje Prospect, who holds all world’s long-time record for milk and butter combined. In this sale you will find Fair- Carnation King Countess Segis is Sired by Carnation King Sylvia, the $106,000 Carnation Sire, and famous son May Echo Sylvia, With 41 lbs. but. and 1,005 lbs. milk in 7 da. There are sons and daughters from this sire in this sale, and about half of the females are bred to this herd sire. These cattle are all good size and high-class individuals, some of show ring type: Some are fresh and others to freshen soon. These two herds are under State and Federal Supervision for T. B. This sale will be held under cover, rain or shine. date. ‘ Remember the Fairview Farm is located on Trunk Line M-29, 6 mi. southwest of Lansing, Mich, or 12 mi. Auctioneeers Col. Mack & Hutton G. F. Balduf & Son, Dimondale, Mich. Edward Stoll, Lansing, Mich. northeast of Charlotte, Mich, with hour- ly bus service right past the farm from Lansing to Charlotte. Pedigrees S. T. Wood Winners of Practically Every Class in Which They Were Shown at Recent Michigan: Fair, Including Grand Champion Sow and Reserve Champion Boar We Bread Our Show Hogs and Show Our Breeding Hog‘s AYERSAFE per litter at Resthaven Farm: RESTHAVENS . ‘ BEST REC.NC.32753’2 \ GRAND CHAMPION AND INDUANA ven sows I re honors with sires as best on earth. Resthsven Farm—the world's largest Poland-China lint ofi’ers aging yearlings, half sisters, fdll sisters and itter- mates, at very conservative breeding. Ci’éalog free. ,Write for it and tor description and prices of animals that interest you. RESTHAVEN FAR M BOX 310 TROY. omo in 1922, 8 pigs. in Average over more 100 sows. Xin- Satisfaction Guaranteed ll rows of same breeding, spring boats and gilts for sale. Michigan. RAMBOUILLET RAMS Have twenty-fire good strong ' l-year-old Ramboulllet rams RegIStered the kind that increases the weight of the fleece. Fine wool sells for the best price. Pounds are what pays, A. do F. PARMENTER, Durand, Hampshire Rams, Lambs, Yearling: and Two~year-oid. Express Paid. Prices Right. Clean Thomas, Sears, Mich. ' A few rams and owes of hitter Shropshires and Senator Bibby blood lines. C. J. Thompson, Rockford. Mich. breeding. Rambouillet Rams 1,33%?”de Few left ‘at farmer's prices. R. 2, Greenville, Mich. . Strgé‘fa Shropshires cYearhng rams thh quality, and . Hart. wants. ewes of various ages. Write your W. B. McQuillan, Howell, Mich. ' ' Shropshire Sheep, 40 ewes 1 to 4 RegIStere yrs... 50 ewes and ram few yearling rams. Flock established 1890. do Sons. Dexter, Mich. a . Lemen For Sale Registered Hampshire Rams M. G. Mosher 8; Sons, Ossoo, Michigan. HORSES Sheep For Sale Kuney, Adrian. Mich. strawberry roan geldings. weight 3,800. age 5 and 6. Sound and well broke. Ezra Cochrun, B. 6, Ionia, Mich. Cotswolds, Lincolns and Tun- FOR SALE One splendid matched pair of is Rams, Lambs, Ewes. . Also yearlings. Write NE of the finest Delaine.stock rams in Ohio. - SOme fine mares in '0“ 0 Large size, heavy shearer. we Offer For sale S. H. Sanders. R. D. 2. Ashtabula, Ohio. ‘ . _ by our Grand Champion Stallion, "Garibaldi.” No better Belgian Draft Horses can be found in the world than we are offering. If EW faced. SON. So. ES to solid mouths. In good condition. A. B ’Phone Newport. Rockwood. Mich. you know what we have done in the show ring you For sale in car lots. 2 yrs. old. can make up your mind that we can start you out black right and sell you the best of foundation stock at. a & reasonable price. Ask for catalog and come and see us any day in the week except Sunday. Owosso Sugar Company. Prairie Farm. Alicia. Saginaw 00.. Delaine Cowen. Rockford. Mich. Ewes, 50 pure-bred ewes for so! Good size and heavy fleeces. Michigan. 8- 31 ICHIGAN FARMER Homedale Farm offers 40 head of Cotswolds. rams and ewes. all ages. sell. Arthur Bortel, Britten, Mich. Classified Liners bring Priced t° results. They cost little. A. postal will do. - E YOUR. COWS / Losing Their CalveS/ From Abortion! You Can Stop Them Yourself ‘ AT SMALL COST Ask for FREE copy of “The Cattle Specialist," our cattle paper. Answers all - 2 questions asked during the past thirty years» ' about abortion in cows. Also let' us tell Home Veterinafianf’. a Live Stock Doctor advice FREE.) Write tonight. on how to get the "Practical ook, without cost.Veterinary M'IESWAve” WM“; ‘ Que" ”-in " r-‘aéfifiré a? GRAIN QUOTATIONS Wednesday, October 17. Wheat. Detroit—No. 1 red $1.14; No. 2 red $1.13; No. red $1.10; _No. 2 white $1.14; No. 23 mixed $1.13 Chicago. —December $1. 065/3' , $1.1114@1.11%; July $1.08. Toledo. -—Cash $1. 12@1. 13. . Corn. ' Detroit. -—Cash No.2 yellow $1.16; No.3, $1.15. Chicago. ——December at 771,4@771/4c; May 74%@74%c;0Ju§ly 75140753/30. 1: Detroit. ——~Cash No.2 white at 50c; No. 3.4 48c. Chicago.——Dec4ember at 421/2c; May at 44%0; July 441/8c. . Barley Barley, malting 710; feeding 67c. Buckwheat. Buckwheat—New millmg $1.75 cwt. Beans. Detroit. —— Immediate shipments $5.30 per cwt. Chicago—Choice $6.30; red kidneys at $7.30. New York. —Choice pea, 1922, $7.50; red kidneys $8@8.y 50. Detroit. -—Cash N): 3, 77c. Chicago—December at 691/20; May 7317130; July 670. T o.ledo ——Cash 750. Seeds- Detroit. —Prime red clover cash at $14.25; alsike $10; timothy $3.70. ay New Hay.——NoH 1 timothy $21.50@ 22; standard and light mixed at $20.50@21; No. 2 timothy at $19@20; No. 1 clover mixed $18@19; No. 1 clo- ‘ver $18@19; wheat and oat straw at May and prompt $11.50@12; rye straw $12.50@13. Feeds. Bran $37; standard middlings $37; fine do $38; cracked corn $46; coarse cornmeal $44; chop $39 per ton in 100-lb. sacks. Fruit. Chicago.——Apples, barrels, “A” grade Greenings at $5; Snows $4.25@4.50; Jonathans at $4. 50@5. 50; Grimes $4@ 4. 50; Spies $4. 25@4. 50; Kings $4. 50; Baldwins $3. 50. Pears. -—Bushe1 $3@3. 25. Grapes. —,Baskets 5 lbs. Concord at 280; Climax baskets 16 lbs. at 65c. WHEAT Wheat prices show stubborn strength and are slightly higher than a week ago. Expectations of govern- ment aid were a factor, but supply and demand conditions are more fav- orable for higher prices and the ad- vance in corn to practically the same price as wheat was helpful. The gov- ernment’s October estimate reduced the spring wheat crop 8,000,000 bush- els so that the total of all wheat is placed at only 782,000,000 bushels, as against 862,000,000 bushels last year. Seeding conditions in the main winter wheat belt have been excellent so that the acreage may not be reduced as much as indicated by the govern- ment’s report on “intentions.” . CORN Corn prices advanced last week to practically the same level as wheat. Receipts have declined nearly 50 per cent in the last three weeks, while prices were rising, showing that cribs and country elevators are practically bare of old corn. The arrival of a large volume of new corn of good quality will be delayed by the extent of frost damage although high prices will tend to start the movement as soon as the corn is in shape. It is rumored that a cargo of Argentine corn has been purchased by a corn products plant on the Atlantic Coast. OATS The October oats crop estimate was reduced 9,000,000 bushels to a total of 1,302,000,000 bushels, compared with 1,201,000,000 last year. The barley crop estimated was practically un- changed at about seven per cent larg- er than in 1922. FEEDS Millfeed markets are said to be in- active as buyers are indifferent at the prevailing scale of prices Flour mills are increasing operations and stocks‘ of wheat feeds 1n storage' are accum- ulating. Cottonseed meal and linseed ,meal are offered freely but at 111111 prices. Heavy feeding of home grown grains is reducing the interior demand - for purchased feeds, but at the same time the strength in the grain mar- 1‘, Ire-ts is causing a firm undertone in . byproduct feeds. . . HAY The hay crop estimate was increas-' ed about four per cent in the October returns but the total is about ten per cent less than in 1922. Timothy hay prices are firm as a result of light receipts and good demand, but the .. prairie hay market is slightly lower. POULTRY AND EGGS Receipts of eggs at the leading mar- kets are exceptionally ‘heavy, for this season of the year. .. Thus far in Oc- tober they have been 40 per cent greater than last year when they were of only normal volume. Distribution of storage eggs in the volume needed to dispose of the holdings during the fall and early, winter has not been possible so that the prospects for op- erators are not rosy. Chicago. ~Eggs, checks 19@21c per dozen; flesh firsts 30@34c; ordinary firsts 25@26c. Live poultry, hens at 14’1/2@211,§c—; springers 200;— roosters 14c; ducks '19c; geese 18@19c; tur- keys 200. $9 Detr01t -—Eggs fresh candled and graded 45@480. Live poultry, heavy springers 25@300; heavy hens at 25c; ducks 25@280. BUTTER Butter prices broke sharply after ’- the issuance of the preliminary report on cold storage holdings which show~ ed that most of the “shortage” in stocks compared with last year, had been caught up during September. The weakness was temporary, how- ever, especially in fresh butter, as re- ceipts at. the leading markets have fallen off and reports of a decrease in the make point to a further decline in arrivals. With, a smaller supply of fresh butter the movement out of stor— age has expanded in the last few days and there is more confidence in the possibility of distributing the rest of the reserves during the fall and win- ter at present prices or higher. Prices on 92-score fresh butter were as follows: Chicago 47c; New York 47%0. At Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells for 44@451,é c. POTATOES The white potato crop was placed at 401,000,000 bushels in the October estimate, an increase of 12,000,000 bushels over the preceding month, but- 50,000,000 bushels less than was har- vested in 1922. The improvement in crop prospects was chiefly in Maine and New York. The sweet potato es— timate also was raised to 96, 350,000 bushels, compared with 109,539,000 bushels last year riot shipments of potatoes from prCo ucing seetions have declined moderately in the last two Weeks. _ BEANS The bean market is slightly lower this week, with choice andspicked Whites at $5. 90 for 100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan shipping point; for immedi- ate shipment and $5.75 for prompt. Demand is fairly good for immediate use but offerings are much larger and beans from other states also are com- ing on the market in heavier volume. The October crop estimate was 14,- 936 000 buShels, compared with 11 ,,893 - 000 bushels last year, and the largest crop since 1918. Michigan is credited with 6,248,000 bushels against 4,809,- 000 bushels last year. ‘WOOL Demand for wool was more active last week for practically all grades. Low wools were stronger than fine, and fine medium wools as domestic » mills were in the market for them and further buying of such wools held in bond to be reshipped to Europe oc- curred. Total exports since the middle of April are said to be about 15, 000,- 000 pounds Imports at present are quite small, foreign markets are firm. The domestic goods market is fairly healthy. The Boston market on the» better class of fleece wools similar to Ohio and Pennsylvania (grease basis) is quoted as follows. Fine strictly combing 53@54c;1/2- blood combing 48@49c; ' %-DIOOd strictly combing 51@530; 3/g—blood clothing 47@490; combing 46@47c; 1[i-blood clothing 43 @44c; low 1A-blood strictly combing 38@43c; common and braid 32@37c. GRAND RAPIDS Vegetable growers took note this week of the value of overhead irriga- tion in the fall. Arthur L. Watson, owner of Strawberry Acres, is mar- keting tomatoes after all other grow- ers’ crops have been killed by‘ frost. He can name his own mice and this week he was asking $2 per half bushel for vine ripened fruit. Poulti 1' and veal was easier, but eggs were steady. Prices follow: Potatoes 60@70c per bu; 2onions $1. 25@1. 75 bu; carrots $1 14-b100d strictly @1.2 bu; beets $1 bu; spinach 75c bu; squash 750@$1. 25 bu; pumpkins 25@5 0c bu; apples, Spys 75c@$1. 25 bu; Baldwins 50@75 c bu; Tolman Sweets 75c@$1 bu; McIntosh $1601. 50 bu; Snows $1 bu; Kiefer pears 75@ 900 bu; peaches, Smocks and Chili at I Live Stock Market Service Wednesday, October 17. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 570. Market is slow and steady. Good to choice yearlings. 313- 00811. .00 Best heavy steers . . . 9.00 Handyweight butchers . . 7 00@ 7.75 Mixed steers and heifers 5 0061) 5.50 Handy light butchers. . . . 4 50@ 4.75 Light butchers ......... 3.25@ 3.50 Best cows .......... 1.. . . 4.50@ 5.00 Butcher cows ........... 3.25@ 4.90 Cutters 2.50@ 3.00 Canners ....... . .. . . . . . . . 2.00@ 2.50 Choice bulls ..... . . . . 4.75@ 5.00 Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . 4.25@ 4.75 Stock bulls . . . . . . . . 3.25@ 3.75 Feeders 4.50@ 6.00 Stockers ................ 4.00@ 6.00 Milkers $ 45@ $100 Veal Calves. Receipts 580. Market 50c lower. Best .................... $ 13. 50 Others .................. 3. 50@12. 00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 3,.300 Market 250 lower on lambs, sheep slow. Best lambs ............. $12. 25@12. 50 Fair lambs ....... . ..... 10. 75@11. 75 Light to common ...... 8. 50@ 9. 75 Fair to good sheep. . . . . 6. 00@ 7.00 Culls ............. . . 2.00@ 3. 00 Hogs. , Receipts 3,.470 Market 20c loweg'.00 ‘ Mixed hogs ............. $ Heavy yorkers ...... . . . 8.00 igs ............ ‘ .......... 1. 25@ 7. 50‘ Roughs -. ........... '. . . 6.50 Light yorkers . . '. _, 1 .1. .« ‘ ., ‘7‘ He‘avi ies . -. £7.00@_ 8.33 llambs fully 25c lower; CHICAGO Hogs. Receipts 32,000. Market is uneven, mostly 10@15c lower. Bulk good 240 to 325-lb. butchers $7. 90@8; tops $8; better grades 150 to 220- lb. average at $7. 50@7. 85; packing sows largely at $6. 75(97; good weighty pigs $6. 50@7. Cat‘ Receipts 40,000. Market, fat steers, yearlings, cows and heifers weak to 250 lower; bulls weak to 10c lower; calves aiound steady; stockers and feeders weak, bulk early sales of fat steers and yearlings $10@11. 25; prime loads offered; bulk veal calves to packers $12. 25@12. 75. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 36,000. Market slow. Fat no westerns sold; few choice loads of natives to packers $12.25; most of better grades around $12; choice light weight ewes steady; odd lots at $6. 50; feeding lambs weak, several loads at $13.. BUFFALO Receipts 800. Market very slow and easy ' Ca IVes. Receipts 1503’ 7Market slow and 25c lower at $4@13 Receipts 12, 800H DIDigs steady, others slow and 25c lewer. Heavy at $8. 25@ 8. 40; mixed $8. 25@8. 35; forkers $8.25; light yorkers'$8@8. 25, pg $6@6 25 stage _$4@ . « Shoe and5 Lambs. _. , Receipts 9, €13.50 a few 89.3.3194” few ' s $8; 'roughs " Sheep are active' -. _.1a‘mbs slow and 25s .;lower _ _ ' $1. 25@2 bu; hothouse lettuce 1mm . lb; beans $5 per th; wheat 980 1,111. DETROIT CITY MARKET Increase in buying and fewer re- ceipts have steadied the potato mar- ket; 150-lb. sacks are jabbing for $1. 90 @2 per bushel. Farmers’ oflerin s. are liberal, selling slowly at 85'c@ 1 per bushel. The apple market is slow and weak because of heavy shipments. of Michigan western stock. Fall va« rieties job at 75c@$1, while Snows and other good varieties range from $1. 40@1. 75. Some Keifer and gun pears are being jobbed at $1. 26@1. 50 ‘per bushel. Farmers are getting $1. 50 @250 Concord grapes are in plenti- ful supply, with 12-qt. baskets being sold by jobbers at 60@75c Farmers are getting. $2. 50@3 for their offer- ings. The onion market is draggy, except on large stock. Jobbers are getting $3@3. 15 per 100-lb. sack, while farmers receive $1.75 @2 per bushel. Celery is bringing 75@850 per5 crate, while farmers dozen bunches. Squash and pumpkins bring 75c@$1 per bushel. COMING LIVE STOCK SALES Du rocs. October 25. —F. Helms & Son, Davison, Mich. _ Poland Chinas. October 20. ——A. D. Gregory, Holsteins. October 23. —-Fairview Farms, Dimon- dale, Mich. November 6.—Eaton County Holstein Breeders’ Association, A. N. Loucks, se01 etary, Charlotte, Mich. . Jerseys. Nov. 6.—.C H'. 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