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1 .CURRENT COMMENT





There is no better time than Janu-

my 'first to start keeping farm ac—

counts Also, theie will be no better



year than 1924 to undertake this W01k.





-'1‘ , ' . .. Na recent editorial





Dicussing comment we an-

nounced our purpose



The Market to discuss, and invite

Problem the discussion in the





columns of the Michi-



gun Farmer, of all phases of the mar-



_ keting problem, in a constructive rath-

er, than a . critical manner.





' .. In any Consideration of this problem

the average man’s thought first turns

to cooperative marketing, which is



‘ generally recognized as the mbst



. promising method of solving the prob-



-lein.= But conversation with» many



: Michigan farmers and leaders in var-



- iou’s cooperative enterprises indicates



1 that the abstract. term does not mean



much, "or . perhaps, more correctly

'speaking, it means a different thing to

different people-depending upon their

point of view or personal experience



2 with or observation of cooperative en~



' ter'prises as worked out in their re-



- spective communities.



“'8” have different and distinct



:‘schools'of thought among leaders in

cooperative enterprises, the advocates

of which are sure that this or that

plan of organization will solve the

problem. These many ideas can be

roughly divided into two general class-

es, viz, federated cooperatives and

strictly commodity marketing organi-

zations. And in these two camps there

is widely divergent opinion as to the



' methods which should be employed to





make each. type of organization. most.





succesznl. These leadersare, we be-

; li'eye, almost to a man- whdlly sincere

and genel ally unselfish in their efforts

but often make the too common hu-

, man error of trying to settle the issue

., among themselves in star chamber

sessions, cinstead of taking the rank

and file of their farmer-members into

their. confidence and abiding by the

decision of the majority when the

sentiment, of the. members has been

crystallized. The natural result is

.icompromised plans which too often

thoiiiembership do not thoroughly un-

tand, with natural and consequent

actions which, in turn, the leaders

ese movements fail to understand





’ " Wicharge to a natural lack of loyalty





the part of their farmer members.

this; season the cobp'erative





 

   





“Madithflth





t. progresses much more--





may two definite me. via. to 9

" express an Michigan farmers who are . .

' interested in the posoihle Mfiobllent





and befiefits of (imperative marketing, ,

as every Michigan farmer should be,





the demonstrated fact that the sac-1 ..





cessful development of cooperative

marketing depends in- no'srmall meas-

ure on the dependable, and standard





duality of the product so marketed and





upon the consumer’s ability to identify

it by brand name and package so as

to create a strong consumer demand

for the products so marketed. This

is an ever present factor in every case

where cooperation has provided a 'sat-

isfactory solution for the market prob--

lem as will be pointed out in the fu-

ture discussion of this question.





We also hope to impress on those

to whose lot it has fallen to lead or

direct or manage cooperative enter-

prises in‘ this state, the fact that loy-

alty to an idea has its limitations, and

that continued loyalty on the part of

farmer members of cooperative enter-

prises can be insured only by the ren-

dering of some specific ,service, the

definite benefit of which can be readily

recognized and measured by the

member.



It these primary objects of this dis-

cussion can be realized, and if general

sentiment can at the same time be

crystallized along constructive lines by

increasing the store of general knowl-

edge of the subject, we shall be grat-

ified. We shall aim to confine the dis-

cussion to established and apparent

facts, rather than opinion, presenting

all sides and views of the subject as

fairly and impartially as possible,

leaving our readers free to form theii

own opinions with an open forum for

their expression The first article of

this general discussion will appeal in

an early issue.





HERE is a brand-





The new year just

Look ahead of us. It is not

marred up by worries



Forward or troubles or sad

memories. It is clean





ground to build upon. What will we

make of it?

and leaves satisfaction or regrets in

.its wake for us to look back upon, will

depend largely upon ourselves. The

poorhouses are fulLof folks who lay

all the blame for their troubles upon

others. Contentment, which is the

true essence of life, is more a state of

mind, induced by a clear conscience

and a realization of work well done,

than a state of pocketbook. '





The prospects may not be too allur-

ing. It may be hard to see just what

the newyear may hold in store for us,

either for good or evil. This should

not discourage us. It was hard to see

the bumps that were immediately

ahead of us four years ago, or any

cause for them. ' Who knows but that

them may be other surprises just

ahead of us new? And it is not likely

that there Can be more bumps. The

roads are not always rough.



It takes lots of faith and hope and

courage to face the turmoil of this old

world of ours. But they go a long

ways toward making the rough places.

plain, and the dark spots bright. They

save us the trouble of crossing all





sorts of bridges before We get to them.~





They should take the place of worry

and fear and anxiety. Let us face the

coming year with a, liberal supply of

them.



If we do, it means that we go





straight ahead with the work we knOW'





how to do, doing it to the best of our

ability and profiting, as best we can,

by the experiences of the past. We

should not lose sight of the fact that

the old farm is fundamental to the

vellum of the W at M. oath





 





Whether it rolls around _





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Truth had 191 his poiicy of





honesty slip a cogdn





order to put across his merchandising n

*sppear..' '

We feel sure that misrepresentation





is being looked upon as a fraud, in-

stead of a keen business practice, as it

was considered in the olden days. Our.





feremost business men' are working...

toward honesty in business, as» they»-

are convinced by their oWn- experi- '





ences that the Golden Rule is the one

which brings the best results. Only

by its use can they gain the confidence

of the buyer, and such cenfidence is





one of the greatest assets in modern '





business.



However, there still exists the ten-

dency among those who do not have

good sound arguments, or perhaps,

who do not have the ability to put

such arguments in convincing form, to





use the facts but to use them in such





a way that their real meaning will be

distorted. As one advertising expert

said, you can prove anything. with

figures. ‘



The inclination to give facts and

figures in this way is undoubtedly due

to the great desire to put a strong

fiont on a weak prOposition. It is

very similar to the methods used by

lawyers in arguing a case with the

facts against it. They sometimes win

unworthy cases by their adeptness in

playing upon the emotions, and theix

p1oficiency in juggling facts



For the merchandiser, such methods

are focfiish as the “ceme-back", is most

always bad. For the buyer, they are

also bad, as he usually gets a. bad deal

and loses his faith invmodern mer-

chandising methods. Inasmuch as

there are. a. few black sheep still in the

hack, it is a wise precaution to use

cool, keen business judgment in mak-

ing business deals. Such judgment is

one, of the essentials of becoming pro-

ficient in business. &





HIS editorial is by





Warping Uncle Frank, and

Their therefore, ‘may be out



. of place on this page.

Education However, as it is es-





pecially for the read-

ing of the elders, it may be excused

for appearing here.



This is prompted by some letters I

have received from my nieCes and

nephews, which, to me, indicate that

their minds are running along a tan-

gent which leads to a misconception

of what is right and wrong.



These letters, I am sure, are written

in wholesome good faith on the part





of the young folks, and I know from_





the way they write, that their refer-

ence to having some "snappy wine” or

some real “peppy cider” in the collar

is innocently done. They seem to have

no conception of the illegality of'these

home-beverage making and ' drinking

activities, or they would not refer to

them in their letters.





These conditions are perhaps no,





worse than in the old days when chil-

dren were sent to the saloon to “rush

the can,” or were taught to drinkf‘be—

cause it was good for them." The ed-

ucation in both' cases has been in the





wrong direction and detrimental tothe ,





child. But. now the stigma of illegal-

ity is added tothe situation.



I can see no. use for liquor in. any

form, but my purposes here are not





to get mature people to cease-drinking





that which the foremost health author-

ities say is detrimental tetheir health.





or- to stop them. from violating the'

law, if they insist. They Willi-in time;

Louder the penalties for- violation of..-





 





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W and purpose of bringing and mustgcofie to better; times some But». J. salsa-that the children 11.14.1119 ‘





SHORT dime ago;

we: received a or

eutsr miter. Wine .



dicats'd that someone





 

 





neumypeopie out or those who has





, have lived, only wish to die.





 

 





been raised under a misconception of‘ .

“what is good for them." ' .





derstanding of what is right and whait





,rs wrong





 





A ntzczparlzzm





HE greatest thing in life is antici-



pashun, ’cause we live more in

anticipashun than anything else. If it

'wasn’t fer anticipashun, life wouldn't

be worth livin’.





,Fer inst, if we come to the end of

a anticipashun and arrive at what you

call a. realizashun, and that is a fail-

ure, 'We just start anticipatin’ again

about somethin’ else. And then if we

lose again in our realizashu'n, we‘start

anticipatin’ once :more. Once "in a

while realizashun is as great as antici~

pashun and that gives us new pep fer

anticipatin’ again.



When life gets so we can't antici~

pate. there ain't nothin' in life'ifer'us



any more. For

' inst, I was read-

in’ about a girl

who was so full of

anticipashun she

left home to find

realizashun.. She

found it, but it

was terribully out

o’ keepin' with .

her anticipaShun.

Merry Christmas

6‘!

have lost my illushuns. I’m not sorry

for they were without value and Only 1

tools regret the loss of worthless ball:

bles. Life is nothin’, it victumizes

both men and women. Love is nothin".

it victumizes woman. Death is the

only adventure worth while to those

who have lived. Let those'Who have

not lived be in fear of death. I. 'who

Oh, what





 





So she





scribbles

cards to loved ones and writes.





a thrill it will give me. ”





Poor little girl. With anticipashuns

of life ruined by realizashun, what was

left of her anticipashuns went only to

death, and she got her realizaéhun. I

wonder if that. even failed to come up

to her anticipashuns.





Life is what our anticipashuns are.

If our anticipashuns are right we get





,lots 0' enjoymuntlouta them, even if





realizashun is a disappointmunt. 1 But





, 1 think if We‘cooperate with ourng





anticipashuns, our realizashuns ain't

goin' to be disagreeable. That little

girl’s anticipashuns was warped, so

her life was warped so bad she didn’t

think it could be repaired. '





» To get more 0111a. life we gotta put





'more into it. Lets put more mum.

pashun into it, and then put more

work into makin’ our anticipashun

bring good realiz’ashun. That’s what

makes life worth livin', even if you

gotta get up at five A. M. every moms

in’. I'm gettin’ up at that time now,

werkin' fer the realizashun of some-

time sleepin’ as late in the mornln'as



I want to. If it wasn’t for the hope

that some time I kin do that, I would

not be gettin’ up so early now.



New Years’ is a celebrashun of am

ticipsshun. We celebrate the cumin 1::

of a new year; not the: gain? of there“;

the lookin’. forward, not the. my

backward. , . .



So, I‘m wishin’ you a Happy Y





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





Anticipation, 81' year of loans





 





 





There are enough things for each in- »

ifdividuslflo contend with in ordbi' t6

rmpke the best of hlmaelf. So, my fines

{is that you do not handicap your chil-

~dren needlessly by warping their 1111-
Mi igan farmer need share in Lit. The

' oducti'on of medium red clover seed





falsikeL at seventy per cent. While





for the production of a large crop of

seed in Italy and southern France and

aecording to reports now being receiv-





being made into the United States.





quality? In appearance the seed from

. Italy and other_ southern European





‘ Our own home-grown seed. The trou-

ble starts after the seed is sown

' --Tests conducted by the Michigan Ag-

“ -ricul_tural Experiment Station and by

L .’ experiment stations in adjoining

1 states, as well as tests conducted by

the United States Department of Ag-





inferior to our home—grown seed.

winter-kills badly and the plants that





- to Iungou’s diseases, which lOWers ma-

~ > L terially the yield as well as the quality

~15 . of hay produced. _ Another surprising

'_ fact is Lthat this seed is not well adap-



.ted to the south where the climatic

conditions are much the same as in





southern Europe. At several points in - L





. L L the south, where Italian seed was

8 I, sown, the stand was completely wiped

L. cut by fungous L diseases. In. three

g. counties in southern Indiana the clo-

.ver‘failure was so general that a spe-

‘1 cial investigation was started to de-

<.. ’ termine its cause. It was found that a

' few. farmers had soWn homegrown

.. Lseed and had good yields, but that

'f ,. many who had bought and sown im-

' portedL seed had failed to secure a

‘ prefitable seeding.

Some may suspect that 'the estimat-

‘ 1. Led loss 61' ten million dollars to the

.American farmers is a little high.





 





 





 





~ . . LCropLs Department at M. A. 0., states

L that when the information at hand is

' ‘1'" carefully considered it would not be

surprising if the loss was even higher.

,. The loss is not only in the cost of

g ' ‘ seed but in the loss of the use of the

. "V land, the cost of preparing the seed—



bed and planting a substitute crop.

. This cost grows rapidly when the scar-

\‘L city of farm labor is considered If



adapted home-grown seed cannot be





. Why I Bought the Larger Truck





Facts Gatflerm' from Experzmce C072 emc‘m’ M6 -.





N this age of hurry and bustle it is

conceded that a truck is an essen-

tial- to the average farmer. When-

ever and wherever farmers meet the

conVerLsation turns sooner or later to

trucks. Their relative size and value

forms thettopic of many discussions.

.5 LL - I live on a farm of 205 acres, 176 of

“ .. . which is cleared. During the wave of

. prosperity following the war, I pur-

1.: chased two light tracks, one of three-

qparters and the Other of onoton ca-

Lpacityu

ticaLll-y demolished in an accident re-

cently and I found it necessary to re-

. place it. Since I was perfectly satis-

"and with the make of the old one, my

ensideration Was the «proper size

.I hesitated for quite a





L had one





Lerymver from last year is small, L .

tions have been very favorable»





ed, large importations of this seed are

L What of this seed—isn’t 11' of good .,





countries cannot be distinguished from ‘





riculture, show that this seed is vastly L

It '





-do live through are very susceptible,





. Prefessor J. F. Cox,Lhead of the Farm‘ -





The lighter one was prac- ;,





-. 1.7 cents-7 per milenfor- gas and oil—for»





athe ton truck.

, tires «in both trucks, and apparently

-they have worn about- the same.





*‘L..L}.L}e.ie7zt Clover Seed Séortage P77212725 4 367720223, Swag/22072





By C. R. Megee





north and elsewhere hairy vet‘ch on

sandy soils.



Very fortunately the clover seed

crop in Michigan will probable be sev-

enty-five per. cent - of normal. This





secured it would be better to make

use or other profitable crops, such as

alfalfa, sweet clover, soy-beans or oth-

er Lcropsthat are well adapted toespe-

ciaI'LsectLons, such as field. peas in "the





 





Commandmmts- for Cooperative

' ' Maréetmg





FIRST—Absolute Necessity—430 not attempt to organize a cooper-'

‘ ative marketing association until there is a real need for it.

Unless the farmers feel SuCh necessity and will support their

organization it will fail. SuccesSful farmers’ cooperative asse

ciations have only grown out of dire necessity.



SECOND—Scrvice—A farmers’ coOperative marketing organization

must render better or cheaper service than existing organiza-

tions, if it is to succeed.



THIRD—Loyalty of Members—Members must support their organ—

izations through adversity as well as prosperity, if it is to live

and render them a service.



FOURTH—Adequate Finance——To succeed in competition with oth-

er business organizations the farmers’ association must have

ample funds to operate on.



FIFTH—~Large Volume of Business—To be most successful the

farmers’ organization must be the largest single dealer in the

particular field. The larger per cent controlled by the organiza-

tion, the smaller the amount of competition.



SIXTH—Merchandising —— In times of optimism production provis-

ion must be made to keep off the market more than can be

used. Farm products are not all consumed at harvest time.

They should be sold as the consumer‘can use, and is willing

to pay for them.



SEVENTH — Standardization—Farm products must be standard—

ized and sold for their true value. Only when this is done

there is an incentive to produce more of thebest.





ElGHTH—Management—A capable, conscientious and'honest man-

agement must be employed. No organization can grow larger

than its manager and board of direct01s.- ,



NINTH—Commodity, NotL Community organization—Cooperative

farmers’ marketing organizations are business concerns to sell



Lfarm products, not people. Different farm commodities require

different methods of handling. Only one, or similar commodi-

ties,‘ should be in a single organization. Each organization



L should return to the grower the most profit possible for the giv-

en commodity.



TENTH—Information —— Each grower member must at all times be

kept fully informed as to all the operations of his organization.

Only thus will he feel that it truly is his organization and loy-

ally support it.



The consuming public must be kept informed of the aims and ob-

jects of the organization so they will realize that it is not to

make foodLor clothing more dear for them, but rather, to insure

to them a dependable supply of standardized products at a

price fair, both ‘to producer and consumer.——W. B. Lanham.





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fers. It has cost me $49 80, against

$31. 50 tel the heavier truck.



In regald to the saving of time,

there is very little difference. 0n per-

sonally conducted tests the short haul

was made with an average saving of

about ten minutes, and the long haul





of either size, or both, and learned

their experiences. I talked to a num-

ber of truck salesmen and to one dis—

trict manager and found that in the

majority of” cases of farmers similarly

situated their experiences coincided

with mine. .



My principal market is located four-

teen miles from my farm while, one

that I use at certain seasons is thirty-

six miles distant. My farm is on a

good dirt road, one mile from the state

highway connecting these towus. This

gives me an excellent road with a low

cost of‘truckoperation. _



' According to my-‘records,~it- cost-«me





lightei truck. When the drivers are

together, which is freuently the case,

there is no difference, as they return

together. I have found this to be real

economy, especially on long hauls, for

one of the trucks may develop trouble.

L Thepresence of the second driver has,

«on several occasions, more than com-

pensated me forany time one may lose

the three-quarter ton,_and two cents for by waiting for the other to unload.

I have "the origins] Since I did not own trucks prior to

the war and, consequently, have never

In Worn out one by fair wear and tear,I

the item or repairs the lighter one suf-





'of home-glown seed at $14. 50 is £111-





netted half an hour in favor of the.





.. truck is the ideal sise to fill the Ltd:





am down dentu upon meadlstrjgt LLman-.,..quirements-. of the averagfl;





 

 

 

 





should enable Michigan farmers to

cure adapted home-grown sect???”

will have to exercise care, howev

purchasing seed, the source of 11111 .

unknown The fact that Imported sass

is not well adapted to Michigan fiendi-

tions has been repeatedly called to”

attention of the farmer‘s Of the

and it is likely that many Will

chase home-gmwn seed. L' .

What of the price? Isn’t it 11 little

high for this time of the year and isn’t

there a possibility it will be Cheaper

later in the season? This can easily

be answered by stating that a bushel





 

 

 

 





   

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





   

   





cheaper than a bushel of poorly gasp;

ted, imported seed as a. gift, and since

the clover seed crop is short it may L

very likely be difficult to find high-

gradé, adapted seed just before seed- .

ing time





   

   

   

   

   

   





WORK LARGE FIELDS CHEAPEST.’

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STUDY of farm practices by Ohio L

extension specialists has brought

forth some intereSting cohélusibn‘s.

Among these is the fact that large

fields can be handled more coonomical:

ly than smaller ones. -‘



Forty- four fields that were plowed“

for corn varied in size from a half- ,

dozen to forty acres. In fields aver-

aging thirty acres in size, the plow4*

man turned under eight and a quarter‘""'

acres in the time required to plow five/7

acres in a. 5111- acre field. L L

- When three horses and the same ~‘ '

sized plow was used in both large and LL

small fields, plowmen gained a half ..

acre a day in fields of twenty acres

or m01e. By using four horses and ad- ~. {L

ding another bottom to the ”plow, 1‘1“: '°

farmer can plow an acre in 2. 8 hours,

as compared to an acre 111-: 4.4 hours,

with three horses and a single plow.

This advantage, however, holds true

only in the larger fields.



More noticeable is the advantage LofL LL'LM

the large field in cultivating corn. One '

man with'a one—row outfit can culti-‘L "

vate an average of 5.3 acres a day inL.

fields less than ten acres in size. In:

fields of twenty acres'or 'more,'the ” ‘

same man and equipment can culti— ? 1

vate 9.1 aCIes a day. LL



By using three hmses and a two-

row cultivatm a farmer can cultivate

about thirty-five per cent more c0111 L

in a day than with two horses and’a L

one~row cultivator. The extra horse .

and laiger cultivator means a. saving

of one cultixatlon in every three.





   

 





 





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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ager of a popular make of trucks for L.

my information on comparative lon- .

gevity.Acc01ding to the records the

ave1age life of the three-quarter-ton

truck is 7.9 years, while the average

ton truck is in servicefor 8.3 years.» ..



In consolidating my records I find

the lighterone cheaper to operate .111

regards to gas and oil to the extent of

3.10 cent per mile. In trip time the 1

difference is negligible, as is the case

with tires. Repairs show a balance of

$18. 30 in favor of the heavier on

while statistics show its life to be six‘

months longei. In addition to this, its

ability to carry twenty-five per cent"-

more per load allows it to do as 111110

in four trips as the smaller does in

five. This fact01 has been of in'estima

ble value to me in both time Land 111,

ey during the busy seasons. My

periences and investigation has‘fiL-pI;

en conclusively to me that ems
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' SIITION ON TAX PROPOSAL.





 





CONCURRENT resolution of the

legislature of Mannesota. has been





presented to congress, asking that the

« state of Minnesota be exempted from-

the provisions of the Packers’





Stockyards’ Act in so far as it relates

to stockyards, commission merchants

This move is due to the

fact that the state maintains its” own





. public stockyards and desires to do its

own supervising and be allowed to en-

force





its own regulations governing

the yards, without inteiference from





' W ashington.





 





GRAIN CORPORAT‘ION’S ASSETS.





ONTRARY to the belief that there



.is $50,000,000 of profits from the

wartime handling of wheat and flour

in the federal treasury, as intimated

by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,

in his report to the President, Secre-

tary of the Treasury Mellon is quoted

as saying that the l'. S. Grain Corpor-

atidn’s only assets are some $56,000,-

000 in foreign bonds which are prac~

tically worthless. “This money was

sunk in worthless bonds by acts of

congress, which extended relief to the

starving peoples of Poland and Aus-

tria,” says Secretary Mellon. “Noth-

ing can be done about the matter, but

the situation revealed will force the

faim'organizations to seek capital





from another source lo1 any proposed





relief Iwo1k ”





CONGRESS WASTES TIME.

.. HE fight in the senate over the

' inte1state commerce committee

chairmanship has caused cengress to





.wIaIste nearly a month in profitless in-

_ activity

_ bitious men for official position, but a





It was not a st1iving of am-





bitter-end contest of interests for the

control of a powerful committee. On

oneiside were the friends of the Esch-





. Cummins railway act, on the other. its





State Beekeepers Discuss Problems





 





and .





enemies, some of whom.. will not be





satisfied short of government owner-_‘

;a general’ American forestry policy.





ship and operation of— the railroads.





 





FORESTRY BILL. WOULD CREATE

. FEDERAL POLICY.





 





HE result of nine months‘ work of

the senate special committee on

reforestation is a bill, introduced by





 





intendedto' proVide'the. foundation of





The bill is of the fifty-fifty federal and





’state cooperative class, but unlike the

, existing Weeks’ law. its provisions are

. not confined to the watersheds of nav-





igabl‘e streams.





Under this bill the secretary of ag-

1iculture is authorized, in cooperation





 





 





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with state. officials or other suitafie





agencies, to advise and assist the own-M

ers of farms in establishing, improv-





ing, and renewing Wood-lots, shelfm'

belts, windbreaks, and other valuable“





forest growth, and in growing and re-





newing useful timber crops. There is

authorized to be appropriated annually

$100,000 to enable the secretary- of agw

riculture to carry out its prolviSiOns. ?'





PRESIDENT’S VIEW OF BONUS. ~





 





VERAGES determined by the Unit-.



ed State Department of Agricul- ‘

ture from reports made to it during

the last ten years indicate that the

size of farmers buying and selling or-

ganizations have been growinglargeir.

The average number of members for

the 615 associations reporting in 1913

was 116, the average amount cf busi-

ness per association was $108,396, anti

the average amount of business per

member: was $927. The number of

members per association increased

from 116 in 1913 to 191 in 1919, the

average amount of business per asso-

ciationpincreased to $207,390 in 1922;

and the average amount of business

per member increased to $1,338 in,

1919.





PRESIDENT’S VIEW OF SOLDIERS'

BONUS.





 





N regard to veterans’ relief, Presi-

dent Coolidge says that the country

has spent nearly $2,000,000,000 and is

now spending nearly $500,000,000 year-

ly in behalf of the disabled veterans.

The fit and able-bodied Veterans are





' offered the opportunities open to every





other citizen. “The government has

no money,” the President says, "‘to

distribute to any class of its citizens

that it does not take from the pockets

of the people, and the payment of a.





' bonus to millions of cm former scl—





diers could only be accomplished at

a cost to. the whole community, in-

cluding the veterans themselves. far





' outwieighing‘ the benefits intended .to





be conferred.”





Progress Made In Foul Brood C [am -up and Otfler Tfiings of Benefit to 1796 Indium)?





HE State Beekeepers’ Associa-



tion has. been in uninteriupted

existence, and has held annual

meetings since the time of its organ-

ization in 1869.‘ This makes it one of

the oldest'agricultural associations in

the middle west. Beekeepers are well

known for their keen interest and

enthusiasm in theii woxk, and the

above 1ecord well justifies that belief.

This yea1’s meeting was held in the

City Hall, Lansing, on December 13— 14.

FirSt on the program was William





,Murphy, county ag1icultu1al agent, of

.Mt. Clemens, Mich





Mr. Mulphy out-

lined the methods he used in making

Madomb county have one of the livest

county associations in the state.



Mr. Edwin Ewell, Extension Special-

ist in Beekeeping, M A. C., discussed

the superstitions and misinformation

that is current rega1d1ng bees and bee-

keeping, and made a strong plea for

more educational work among bee-

keepers



Mr. H. H. Root, manager of the A.

I. Boot 00., or Medina, Ohio, presented





3 charts showing the comparative prices





of honey, sugar and farm products as





{a whole‘ during the past ten years-



' He discussed at length the economic ’

'7!“th entering into the price fluctu-'

-‘ film during that period. One of the



Inuit striking things which he present-





“ m a chart showing- that the tin-1

of deaths from diabetis is keep

" with 90 increase in the





i #1 1; 211





   





ByBflF





amount of sugar cousumed. His chart

showed a per

about 102 pounds of sugar annually





and about one and one-half pounds of .





honey annually. During the war when

the restrictions were put: on the pur-

chase of sugar and when the purchase

of honey was unrestricted, "the deaths

from diabetes decreased and ”as soon

as the restrictions were removed the





number of deaths increased again, par- _

allel with the increased use of sugar. ,





He quoted eminent medical authorities

regarding the value of honey as a food

and made a strong plea that parents

give their children more honey and

less sugar and thereby develop heal-

thier and stronge1 children.



MI.

of the new bee and honey act passed

by the last legislature A complete,

account of this will be given in a latei

issue



Mr. H. M. Krebs told of eradicating

America-n foul brood, which work was

begunin 1921 after the legislature had

made available a sum of money be





yond that'absolutely necessary [for the '





emergency inspection work throughout.

the state.

times by bee-keepers that ‘it is impos-

sible to eradicate American foul brood

when it"once gets a foothold undathis

wont: aims bands-partway maxim.





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‘ .e=u ; -w=.. 4:. w r.;- ,fils-.shi





   





capita consumption of.





M. J. Smith gave a discussion?





It has been stated many





,- an! ----- , .





Kindig -





such an opinion and partly to prove

that with adequate funds available it

would be possible to eventually eradi-





cate the disease fiom the state. .He:





showed that in two years a complete

inspection had been made of the Up-

per Peninsula, and of Cheboygan. Em-





‘met‘t, Charl‘evoix, Antrim, Otsego‘and





Kalkaska counties. He also reported

all of the Uppe1 Peninsula, Cheboygan

and Otsego counties as free from dis-

ease now.



The most of the disease appears to





‘ be confined largely to a few townships

' in each of the counties and it appears





that by carefully following up’ in' 1924

the inspection work of the'present





-‘year‘, it will be possible 'to eliminate





’mQCh of the disease yet remaining in

the counties above mentioned He also

stated that the department of agricul-

ture intends to extend the inspection





..:"during the season of 1924 into the fol-





lowing counties: Leelanau, Benzie,

Grand Traverse Crawford, Présque

,Isle, Alpena, Montmorency, Al'cona,

'IOIscoda and 105cc.-



Mr. Krebs explained that- the in-





spectOrs make every effort to save for "

the equipment '





the beekeepers all

which it is possible for-them tester-





-iiin'efand put into shape for‘usze again.

The beekeepers are enthusiastically

helping: in themh. a number o£:thom





Asa: ‘





*-39 an;





   





~Iboard of directors: - ..

Bay City; David Running, of Filian. ~‘ ":.f,;-'





having given freely of their time in





helping to clean up diseased apiaries.

They feel that the future for beekeep-

ing is very bright in those areas that

axe in thevrouIl brood clean-up terri—

tory.



The committee on resolutions called .





upon the Department Of Entomology





of. the-Agricultural College to initiate

some research work in beekeeping. in

the discussion it was brought out that.

the college is falling behind the stand-

ard set by other institutions and that

if it is to keep abreast of the times it





'must attack some of the problems that





the beekeepers feel are in need of

solving. Professor Pettit stated that.

an appropriation of about $20,000

would be needed if experimental work

were to be undertaken. The beekeep-

ers, however, feel that much of the

work could be taken hp at a compara-

tively small cost.



\The officers elected for the ensuing

year were P. T. Ulman... of East Lan-

sing, president; Edwin Ewell, of Ypsi-

lanti, vice-president, and R. H. Kelty,

of East Lansing; secretary-treasurer. ‘

The following were elected to. the

O. H. Schmidt. of





and W. J. Manley, of sandusky. "

The next regular convention of the

association will" be held in Traverse_ ’

City during. July or August of 11m,

summer. The regular annual meet!!!“





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”:1; W flat Experzmce Ha: T augét a St. C/azr Cozimy W 0mg”

‘ By Lloyd W. Silvcrthorn





YBODY who thinks that hens

5 can’t be made to produce when



1. .. prices are highest, should visit

Mrs. Fred Perkins, of St. Clair county,

‘ her flock of Barred Rocks



crate full of eggs every week,”

, the agent, as a young woman left

:the express oflice.



Mré. Perkins was coming from the

henhouse with an apron full of eggs

as we entered the yard. Caught with

the goods. But a lap full of eggs was

nothing to be ashamed of. Modestly,

she permitted us to view the golden

nuggets. They were of uniform size,

and were spotless. Would she disclose

the secret? Secret? There was no

secret. We could plainly see how she

fed and cared for her hens; and what

we could not see she would gladly

explain. A photograph? She would

rather not But we were welcome to

get a story—rand it needn’t be without

facts either.

rers. Perkins’ experience with poul-

try covers a period of nearly twenty

years. The illness of her mother ne-

cessitated her caring for the home

flock when still a girl. Getting eggs





before Christmas, on their farm, was

‘ 'a paradox in those days.





Pullets were

hatched late 'and seldom began laying

before February or March. The high

price of eggs during the late fall and

‘early winter, each year, and the suc-

cess of one of her neighbors in getting

her flock to produce at this time of

the year, induced her/to give. more at-

tention to her own flock.





Pullets were hatched early—ebut still



no eggs. Pure-bred cockerels were

purchased each fall, with the result of

a few eggs. Then attention was given

to the poultry house. Drafts were

eliminated, ventilation provided, and

plenty; of light supplied. More eggs~

was the result. During the years that

followed the feed was repeatedly

changed until a permanent ration re-

sulted. With this ration, and the ap-

plication of her years of experience as

avpoulterer, she has gotten large re-

turns from a comparatively small





. flock.





Her poultry house is not up-to-date

in every respect; but it is comfortable





-—.and. there is plenty of light.





There

are windows in both the south and

north end of the house. Those in the

south end are covered with a screen.

Light frames 'covered with a muslin

gauze; are fastened. on the inside of the

windows with hinges, allowing them to

be raised in fair weather and lowered

in case of a storm. The windows in

the north end are placed below the

dropping board. A window on either





side of the house, near the front, ad-.

-mits the morning and the afternoon





sun. The roosts are about two and

one-half feet above the floor. Jumping

from high roosts and lighting on hard

floors bruises the hens’ feet, and often

causes bumble—foot. The roosts are

constructed of light material and are

easily raised on hinges to clean the

dropping board.‘ About eight inches

of roosting space is allowed for each

hen.’ The nests are neatly arranged

on the side of the house farthest from





the door, so that anybody in entering





the house will not disturb the layers.





buckwheat are fed.

'th‘e'dOb; it is placed in an oven and





There is one nest for every seven





hens.





Nash is fed the year around in self-

feeders. A mash that has given very

satisfactory results consists of the fol-

lowing: One hundred pounds bran;

100 pounds middlings, 100 pounds of

ground oats, and 100 pounds of corn

meal. For grain, Oats, wheat and

Corn is fed on





alloWed to get hot before feeding.

Picking the corn off the cob is good

exercise for the hens. Usually the

corn is fed in a deep litter late in the





afternoon. During the cold weather





warm water is given the hens four or

five times each day. Oyster shells are

kept in a feeder in one corner of the

house.



Sour skim-milk has been found high-

ly important in the laying ration. The

Perkins are selling their whole milk

now and a semi-solid buttermilk is fed

in place of the skim-milk. The butter-

milk is giving better results than did





 





 





.Butchering Day is Always Full of Excitement and Hard Work, and Experi-

ence Has Taught us that, to do it well, Requires Considerable Skill.





the skim- milk. The cost of the buta-

termilk, however, is not 81mm" ad





‘ where skim-milk can be had‘ asFas‘uy—

” Product on the farm, Mrs. Feminist-“be- ,





lieves it the most profitable to feeds;





Meat scraps takes an important

place in the daily ration. When near





scraps are not available sausage is





purchased f10m the butcher. While.

this may be an expensive feed, Mrs. "

Perkins has proof that it pays. Chi‘y' .

a small amount of meat need? be fed

each day where sour milk or butter-

milk forms part of the ration. ,The,

meat is fed in the dry mash. Apples,

cabbage and pumpkins are fed during

the winter months.





M1s. Pe1kins finds that it requires

between five and six pounds of fwd to

p1 oduce a dozen eggs with the pullets.

Although the hens use a larger amount

of feed to produce a‘dozen eggs,- “.It

pays to keep them,’.’ she says.

are the backbone of the flock.”





Culling the flock is done early in

the fall.‘ The culls are confined in a'

ventilated coop and fattened for the

early market. The Perkins sometimes ‘

do the culling themselves, but prefer

to have someone more experienced [to

do it.





Though a number of broilers are

sold each year, the eggs are What

really count, says Mrs. Perkins. The

eggs are carefully graded for the mar-

ket. Only those of uniform size and

color are cratcd. Ill-shaped and stain-

ed eggs are never used to fill in. Most

of the sales are made through a De

troit commission firm. The difference

in the price received for the eggs and

the price paid by local buyers at the

time of the shipment was, usually,

sufficient to compensate her well for

the time icquncd to grade, crate and

ship them. Du1ing the hatching Sea-

son they can easily dispose of all their

eggs at a fancy price. In selling eggs

for hatching purposes they have found

advertising profitable. They also keep

the names and addresses of their cus-

tomers and send them a. card with the

price quotations at the beginning“ of

each season. l‘he cost is small and’it

often brings them business that might

have been attracted elsewhere.





Hostilitics Break Out Again

Mw York City Milt From Rerozma’s 212115 the Noise 0] Battle :72 a Real Price War 1

’ ; By George Herbert





HAT always happens when a

farmers’ marketing cooperative

- grows powerful enough to chal-

lenge 'strong , interests already in-

trenched is happening now in the New

York‘City milk field. .

It has“ happened there before, of

courSe,... From the opening gun in the





‘ “First "Milk War,” in October, 1916,





when ' the New York Dairymen’s

League first made a determined stand,





“ " hostilities‘have broken out periodically





between it and. the old line distrib-

utors, with the powerful and pictur-





,_ esque figure of. LotonHorton, head of





the Sheffield Farms Company, usually

leading the anti-cooperator fighting

front.



Mr. Horton, a kind 'of Max, Nestor

and Ulysses rolled into one, the “grand

old than” of the old line operators,

still full of vigor and the joy of battle

started in the milk business as an



' mid :‘boy. His dream then

_, ,eswh the horse and milk wagdn

' He has bettered his dream,



‘ 7 ‘ of one of. the most





€000,000.

2 of which it Owns 107. Eleven of these.

plants are condenséries. Three make

‘cecseam onaflhoiesalescate It



' n ‘unmleau





The "Borden Company, the largest pri-

vate milk concern in New York City,

has gone over to the Dairymen’s

League—a powerful ally; while the

farmers are also divided,lthe “poolers.”

fighting on the ecoperative side, while





the “non-poolers” stand with the Shef-





field Farms Company on the other. It

is an excellent old-fashioned chaotic





.Irish shindy, with the shillalehs just





beginning to fly in a fresh outbreak."





It is understood, of course,- that Bor-

dens anf‘Shefl‘leldearms” are picked

out as leading figures, for brevity‘in

the story. Other strong distributors

are likewise engaged, on each side of

the battle line. The Dairymen’s





League Cooperative Association, Inc., .





(to give the organization its full title),

‘it should also be understood, is one of

the most powerful farmers’ marketing

"cooperatives of the country. It repre-

sents 74,000 farmers and a million

cows. Its" yearly stournov'er exceeds

878.000.000.1ts assets are over $16,

It operates 143 milk plants,





New York City milk supply. It is the





most powerful factor today in the New.





York milk business. It is a non-profit,

non-stock, farmers’ marketing coopera-

tive of the California type with some

modifications.



November and December are nor-

mally the low months in milk produc-

tion of all the year, with prices nor-

mally a bit higher to correspond. The

Dairymen’s Cooperative accordingly

set the November “base price” at $3.45

per cwt. (For three per cent butter—

fat milk, 300 to 310 miles from New

York City). Unexpectedly, Sheffield

Farms cut this to $3.05, a certain rela-

tive increase in milk supply, due to the

dry summer and wet autumn, lending

some color to this.



Now,,_ the Dairymen’s League Coop-

erative, for reasons to be enlarged lat~

er, has gone rather heavily into the





manufacture of condensed and evapor-





ated milk, ice cream, and other “by-

products” of the .fluid milk industry;





and has lately undertaken a rather





extensive advertising andselling cam-

paign to dispose of these products un—

der its} recently adopted distinctive

brand and name; Similarly





it has within the year invaded the New

York and Jersey City wholesalefluid '

milk field by buying up large private

distributing plants. Its advertising





and selling campaign has been direcv





ed at the wholesale and retail trade

in both these directions, and it was-no

doubt under the spur of this invasion '-

that “Shefiield Farms” acted in; its 0

price attack. It no doubt cut the'price' '





it paid the farmer in order to be able "





to cut the price it made to the retailer .

and thus hold its t1‘.ade - ..





Unquestionably the Dairymen’s Co-' 7

operative felt the effect; it therefore:'

met the attack with a. fresh out to ,_

$2. 80, to hold its important and rap-

idly growing New York City marlibt'j

Whereupon, Sheffield struck again with

a cut to $2. 58; and there to date the

matter stands, with both sides “dug

in ,’f and the price guns for the time

silent, the battle reduced to f‘nisht‘

forays” into Noman’s Land to cutioif

stray customers.





Also, to cut off s ..

cause. it is seen at once, tb.

into the milk can by both ‘3;

pleading; and both sides

to do some explaining A1

seen, the d1stributors 031.



(Continued On page





 





“They 1 .
“or Go" ”on. on! Ms.» 5%.: 80:4.an

, Sty-wed Con-o! ‘0 Club to “Atl,-C‘





A ground corn- and oats, mm balance ,





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TRESPASS.





A foreigner lives a half mile from‘





my buildings. He has a large family.





Pastures his cows on the road and his .





children look after them. While doing

so they come on my farm three or four

imes a day to look around, and they

are very meddlesome I tell them to

keep out, but they come back again.

What legal process can I use to keep

them out?——G. P.





The only remedy is suit for tres- '





TO FIGHT INCREASE IN VALUA-

» TION.





. Valuation on my farm of 160 acres

' .xwas raised $400 this year. There have

‘c‘been no improvements for ten years

Can {wdo anything to have it lowered?

—A.



.Ifn'ot satisfied with the assessment

"by...th'e supervisor.‘application may be

made to the board of review- Its de-

=termination is final—Rood.





PAR‘ENTS’ WAGE OBLIGATION.



'I‘ am twenty-six years old and have

.-al'v‘vays lived with my parents. Since

I became of age have worked for

them, but have not been paid any

" wages. Have been furnished clothes

and board. N0 agreement has been

made. How much can I collect yearly?

“'ill this become outlawed at the end

of five \ears ?—V. M.



There is no obligation to pay any

wages for work done for parents in

_'the':‘absence of express agreement to

.“pay them, in which case the right is

, measured by the agreement.





REFUSES TO SIGN.





B., and wife purchased real estate

Efrom'A. and wife, paying half down

,.and- giving a mortgage to secure pay—



ment? of balance, mortgage running to

i son of AL, who was a silent partner in

thematate. B.’s wife was not in the

‘~state at the time, the understanding

being that she would sign on arriving.

She now refuses to sign. Papers are

. being held in trust. What is the rem-

, 9(1th S. B.



Jfgthe papers have not been deliv-

iered vendor is protected by preventing

delivery, and'retaining’ possession. If

possession has been delievered and

will not be returned without suit, bet—

te1 see an attorney —~Rood.





MISTAKEN MORTGAGE.





A short time ago I discovered that

my forty acre farm had a mo1tgage on

it, put on by one of my neighbors, be-

lieved done by mistake in making out

a mortgage on his own farm. I did not

Sign the mortgage, nor did my wife

What can be done to get out of this?

,I wrote the man. but have not heard

from him. The man who holds the

’mortg‘age is the man who sold the

place and took a mortgage back on it,

.but ‘tée description covers my farm.

1 ”Obtain and record a release from



the mortgagee, which he should wil-

lingly give on discovering the-mistake.

:If hejwill not do so. file suit against

. lfim"and the mortgagor for slandering

'title.——Rood. »





‘ MUTUAL COMPANIES AS SAFE AS

ANY.





Are mutual automobile insurance



, companies as safe as the private com-

nies? Agents for the latter are tell-



3 us that the mutual companies are



, not reliable. Any advice [JiRat gnu can

him will be amreciated.‘

. iWVe would advise that This depart-

men‘t recognizes and authorizes mu—

' and stock automobile insurance

panics alike. There are good and

:- companies in both classes A





'11 should not accept any policy un-r





ha is familiar with the prowlsions

“contract “(LE a mutual com

’ anciail conditidh, and





board of directogs and _





clan. insurance on a mutual





'fithomguis able-v

. of





ducted on a right basis -—H. B. Corell,

Second Deputy Commissioner, Depart-

ment of Insurance.





QUALlFfCATIONS OF SCHOOL

DIRECTOR





Who is eligible to hold the ofiice of

gireéctor in a school district2—Mrs. H.





Compiled Laws .1915- Sec 5671 pro-

vides: “Any qualified voter in aschool

district, whose name appears on the

assessment roll and .Who is the owner

in his own right of the property so

assessed, shall be eligible to election

or appointment to office in such school

district.”——Rood.





NOTHING BUT CORN IN THE

RATION.





Recently I started feeding my dairy

herd of cattle their winter ration of

ensilage .twice a day, all they would

eat, cornstalks at noon, and plenty of

salt and water. The silo was filled

directly after the first frost and the

corn was of good quality, The en-

silage contains large quantity of shell-

ed corn but the cows are failing on

production. Have been told that too

much corn will cause it. If so, what

would you suggest 101 a balanced 1a

tion?-D A. G.



Cows can not give a maximum yield

of milk on the corn plant alone. They

would have to eat abnormal quantities

of it to get anywhere near the requir-

ed amount of protein. But if they

could eat a sufficient amount to get a

supply of protein, the ration would be

so unbalanced that there would be a

great waste of carbohydrates. To get

results you must feed a grain ration

1ich in protein. The following is sug-

gested:



Feed each cow two pounds of oil

meal pei day. And, besides, feed

ground oats and wheat bran, ,mixed

equal parts. Begin by feeding two or

three pounds of grain and gradually

increase until you have a pound of

grain for every four pounds of milk

produced. Watch carefully and if you

find that some cows will not pay for

so much giain, then cut them down a

little.



It is very unusual to attempt to get

along with dairy cows without any

grain in the ration at all. Professor

Frazier, at the Illinois Experiment Sta-

tion, got' profitable results when he

fed corn silage with alfalfa hay. But

in this ration the alfalfa furnished the

protein.





hay at all,- not even timothy, and you





must furnish some protein by feeding





gxain.



If the1e is lots of corn in your en-

silage it indicates that your corn was

too tipe when put in the silo Corn

should be just in the glazing stage.





CORN SILAGE AND SHREDDED

CORN FODDER DEFICIENT





_ I am milking fourteen cows and am

at a loss to know just‘ what balanced

ration I should have, using bran and

cottonseed. We are feeding what corn

silage they will eat, with shredded

c0111 fodde1,oat straw and some hay

as'roughage. We' are feeding carefully

on hay as we only have a small quan-

tity. What would be a balanced ra-

tion, using bran and cottonseed, forty—

three per cent, with ground corn and

oats, as we have plenty of cats and

corn? Do you advise grinding cob

with corn? Do you advise feeding the

cows giound beans? Also feeding

hens ground beans in dry mash for

wintei laying, and cooked with bran

as at noon feed ——R. F‘



Where you have no clover hay nor

alfalfa hay, and only the corn plant

for roughage, 'it is necesSary‘ to pro-

vide some feeding stuff like‘oll meal.

cottonseed. meal or wheat bran, foods

rich in protein, to get best results.



If you will mix corn meal. ground

oats and wheat bran, equal parts by

weight. lot can act fairly We}

production. 01‘. if you wllltn'cd we





‘will eat.





'In your ration you have no,





. truck





up 'ytmr ration pretty well, that is,

give a fair proportion of protein to the

carbohydrates V »

Feed 8. small feed of hay and all the

silage and shredded fodder the cows

The rule fort feeding grain

is to feed'one pound of grain for every

four pounds of three per cent milk





‘produCed, and one pound of grain for

'every three pounds of litre per cent





milk But the feeder must use his





‘judgment for-some ’cows Will‘not bring





a profit for this amount of grain.

Bean meal can be fed to cows with

good results if not fed in too large





bran, .or it will take the place of one-

half the amount of oil meal or cotton

seed meal. ,



Corn. cobs have 111119.515 no food yalcf

no we where you have. sufficient bulk

in the ration it is not desirable to feed

the cob -



Hens do not like raw beans and will

not eat them if they can get anything





_‘else. A small amount in the dry mash

will be all right if they will eat it.





Cooked beans willbe good for the





noon wet mash if fed in small quantie'

ties. Beans are a splendid food, but

in the raw state, most animals do not.





seem to like them very well.





 





 





Short Cuts In





ERE are the successful replies to



the last announcement of this



department. We believe they



1will be of practical interest to a wide



circle of readers. No one. single task



about the farm requires more time



during the course of‘a year than does



caring for the farm stock; and, with-



out doubt, it is the one place where



the greatest economy of time and en-



ergy can be effected. In this reSpect

each farm is a study in itself.



, ___:t-__._

PLACED WATER TANK IN BARN.





CUT down the time to do my chores



by placing my water tank in the

barn behind the horses. This can be

easily done where one has a supply

tank. The barn tank is a small one.

It is so arranged that the bull can

get waterfrom one end without being

removed from his box stall. This not

only waives time, but the bull can





 





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HILE we are here consid—



ering chores about the

barn, next week let us see what

is beingdone to lighten the work '

of the women folks in the house.

We ought to have a basketfull’

of replies on this. Simply tell

us in a. short letter, of that con—

venience which the women folks

have found most useful to them,

mail-it to The Handy Man, Mich-

igan Farmer. Detroit,. Michigan,

not later than 'January 2. To _

each of the writers of the five '

best replies We will send $1.00.





 





 





 





have water when he wants it. The

horses will go_ to the tank, get a drink

and return to their stalls. I also have

water bowls for my 'cows,‘ which I

think is the best

farmer Can make, since it not only

"saves time but the cows give much





mole milk where water is available

to them at alltimes. —R. D. Bancroft.





" ‘ . -

' FEED TRUCK HELPS HIM OUT.





t





E made a. real short- cut in doing _





chores when I built our feed



This truck: is to convey en—

silage and grain to the stock The

truck is twentyrf0ur inches high, twenw





.ty—six inches wide, and five feet long,





with one end slanting forward at the

bottom to be used like a 5000;) board.

The opposite end is perpendicular and

is equipped with a. bracket on which

we set a basket containing ground

grain.





investment that a.





The top board on each side of f

.the Struck is hinged to the trunk sofa}, .





Doing Chores





arrangement all the,ensilage falls into

the truck. The truck has three wheels,

two behind and a caster wheel in

front One trip with the truck con-





~veys enough ensilage and grain for a.





feeding. -—John Bos





cEN'rRAuzes THE. CHORE ACTIV-

IIIES. ‘-





OR the last few years the writer

has practiced placing the hay an

as much as possible of the grain for





the cows near the. cows in the barn.

'When there wasn’t room enough for





all the feed, he has practiced keeping

the room filled up as full as possible,

filling it on the finer days as it was

used out. The same plan has been

followed with the rest of the stock.

The hogs, which so often had been

scattered’here' and there wherever





“there was shelter, are now kept near





to one feed center, at least the different

pens are connected to the one feed

and watering center.



The. runway behind'the cows has

been enlarged so that if the day is a.

bad one, the manure is left in the

barn, two and three days at times.

The water tank, which is an outdoor

one, is packed. with some sawdust Or

clover chaff, so that by keeping a

small firevin the tank-heater the water





is kept at the right temperature at all-i1 .





times, with but. a small.amount.of‘a

effort and time.

are kept at certain places—M. E.

George. '

‘ )-





TRAP noon SAVES TRIP TO Mow.





NE‘method I havc’in saving time

and labor in doing my chores is a.





trap door located at the bottom of my

‘ hay chute.





I go up in the morning

and throw down enough bay for the





feeding at-that; time. Thengl take.





hold'of a rope fastened to the trap





door and pull it upgwhere it locksau-

,tomatically.





.I then- pile enough hay

in the" chute for the evening feed. At





night I merely drOp the deer and the

he.) falls Upon the feeding fleet—H.

-C. Needham , . . . .





' DON'T WORK'BY' ‘DABBLESJ‘ ‘





IRST, one should bring the stock

together. By doing this, the ani-

mals can be kept warmer with less





equipment, less feed, and less time to





care for them. Supplies should then





be brought as close to the stables”





possible. I then throw





.pr two. In the house. I: have

box that will hold sufici‘

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they cage him back against theft;





 





 





 





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a

By Arthur





HE everbearing strawberry. is

fast taking its place among‘zthe

small fruits of today. Last fall





Lyon could find them quoted in the

' market news of most any paper.

" this was- the first fall that this was

.moticeable it goes to show that this

,7 berry is coming to the front.





As





The everbearing strawberry is not

It only dates back to 1898,

when Mr. Samuel Cooper, of Delevan,

New York, found one plant fruiting in

a row of Bismark. This he named

Pan-American is a small sour berry,

Exposition. From this plant, through

crossing and plant selecting, we have

several varieties of everbearing straw-





‘ berries today.





There seems to be two separate

types of everbearing berries, of which

there are several varieties each. The

Pan-Amrican is a small sour berry,

which they began to try to improve at

once‘ The first cross of any value





' brought out the Superb type which

was a good-sized berry, but light in





m

L Watson





the growing season are essential If

either is ”lacking, the everbearing

habit becomes. .weak. Irrigation has

been a big factor in putting the ever-

bearing 1' strawberry in the position it

now enjoys an the -market today.

Without irrigation it is uphill business





to do much of anything with them be—‘





cause the bulk of the crop comes dur-

ing August and September, the hottest

and driest time of the season. If the

soil is not rich, fertilizer should be

applied three or four times during the

season. If irrigation is used one should

not irrigate too often, as too much ir-

rigation has a tendency .to encourage

a shallow root system which is unde-

sirable. It is better to irrigate every

three or four days and do it thorough,





- than a little every day.





In planting the everbearing one

should set them out just as early in

the spring as the weather permits, be-

cause you are going to get your best

.crop' the same season plants are set,

and the sooner they are set the better





Mr. Watson Cultivating His Everbearers with the Only “Horse” on the Farm.





color and of poor flavor. It produced

a. good crop of berries in June, when

the standard varieties bore, but was

not a veryheavy fall bearer. It does

not produce fruit on its runner plants

the first fall, and is not a very prolific

plant maker.



A little later a second type was ob-

tained by crossing the Pan-American





; with the Senator Dunlap, which gave





us the Progressive‘type, of which we



have several good varieties today.

The Progressive is a fairesized ber-



ry, dark red in color, resembling the





' Senator Dunlap in‘ flavor and shape,

' a good fall bearer, and will produce

5 berries on its runner plants the first

.- season.

‘ developed





From this variety we have

several new berries.

Thiough crossing and plant selection

we have been able to bring out not

only a berry of good flavor, but one of

marketable size.





Six years ago when I began raising

everbearing strawberries for the mar-





} ket I, grew both types of berries, but





I soon foundout that if I was going

to succeed with this berry I would





' have to'Work along the lines of the





sweet berry rather than the larger

berrywith not much flavor. I could





"sell the large berries for ten cents a

_quart more than the other smaller





ones, but found that the people were





' buying them more because of the nov-





city of it than because they liked





‘ them When I tried to sell them the

’ second quart they would say that they

* did not care for the everbearing straw-

‘ berry as there was not much’flavor

. to it.

- over on the better flavored berries I



had them for steady customers. Even’

today I find people who say that the’

" everbearing strawberry has no flavor,





As soon as I switched them





lbut- just let anybody who thinks that





come out to Strawberry Acres and I





. l convince them that we have just

, ,. SW-l ta. berry in the fall as any





.erbearers require higher culture

. spring-bearing sorts.





- April.





Owing to ‘





the crop. The plants should be set

one foot apart in the row and the rows

two feet apart if cultivated by hand

or by small tractors, such as we use,

and three feet apart if cultivated with

a horse. Right after setting, one

should begin cultivating and continue

throughout the entire season. Good

cultivation is one-half thebattle in

producing good-sized berries. All run-

ners should be cut off during the en-

tire season, as in the hill system, and

the blossoms should be pinched off.

until about the first of July. Then they

will start fruiting about the middle of

July, and picking will continue long

after the first frosts. We have always

managed to pick a few for our Thanks-

giving dinner.



The yield one should expect from

everbearers depends upon how close

plants are set, how well they are taken

care of, how fertile the soil is, and

upOn the weather condition. Under

favorable conditions one should get

from t ‘ee thousand to five thousand

quarts per acre the first year. After

selecting a good variety, the success

depends upon three things, namely,

fertilization, irrigation and cultivation.





GRAPES WILL NOT BEAR.





Will you please tell me what to do

for our grape vines to make them bear

better? They are about fifteen years

old. They bore well at first, but now

seem to grow all to vines, some twen-

ty to twenty-five feet long. Are in the

middle of a garden, are well fertilized

with barnyard manure and wood ash-



trimmed baCk well each spring in

They Seem to set full of buds.

When is the best time for trimming,

and how?“ Should they be cut iii the

summer?

of the house and are cut back in the

gallr tan do not hear much better.—





Probably one of the troubles with.





your grape vine is that it 'is in soil

which encourages wood growth instead

(if fruiting. Grapes do their best in

a sandy loam soil which is not over-





rich in nitrogenous material. _

It may be, too, that your pruning





Seme are on the south side'





. emobiles or trucks





11d a good strOng lateral





shootlw’hich~ comes ’out on the arm





close to the trunk. This shoot shodld .





be cut back to ten buds. By doing

this to each of the four arms, you will

have a total of forty buds left, which

is agreat plenty for most all varieties.



Early spring is the best time to do

the pruning. Usually March is a'very

good month. If you prune in the fall,

the shoots are likely to kill back; and

if you prune much later than March,

the vines may bleed some and will not

heal over quickly.





NEW STORAGE PLANTS PLANNED.





NDOUBTEDLY the investigations



of the Agricultural College with

referenceto the need for local storage

has been convincing, as the fruit grow-

ers in several parts of the state are

considering the erection of storage

houses. In Manistee county a cooper-

ative storage plant is being consider-

ed. It will undoubtedly be run in con-

junction with the Onekama Farm Bu-

reau Local, which has been so suc—

cessful-in marketing its products.



The fruit growers of the Fennville

district are also considering a local

storage house. They are cooperating

with the business interests of Fenn-

ville in this work. Undoubtedly a lo-

cal storage plant there will result, as

Fennville is the largest apple shipping

point in Michigan, and the growers

have come to realize that they can get

better prices for their. fruit if they are

in a position to hold it after the har—

vest-time rush of shipments.





NATION’S POTATO CONSUMPTION.





HE Michigan Potato Exchange, in



an investigation, has found that

the average daily consumption of this

country is 700 cars of spuds. The ex-

change’s figures ShOW that from the

middle of September to the middle of

October, the shipments are greater

than the consumptive demand, often

being double. After the middle of No-

vember the shipments are about equal

to the needs of the nation.





CHERRY BU DDINGUSUCCESSFU L.





OME time ago there appeared an



article in these columns telling how

Nick Longhenry grew cherries suc-

cessfully 011 the sands near Manistique.

He accomplished this by budding some

of the standard varieties on wild cher-

ry stock.



The results of his work has attract-

ed the authorities at Washington who

are making further'investigations as

to the possibilities of budding on the

common wild cherry and wild choke

cherry.



If this can be possible, they will

have a stock which’is at home in Mich-

igan climatic conditions and will with-

stand all the natural enemies of the

cherry in this country. A great many

of the tame cherry trees which have

been set out in the northern part of

the state have died out in a few years.

However, Mr. Longhenry has produced

resfilts which show that many of the

difficulties in cherry growing will be

overcome by using his method.





. FARMERS DO BUSINESS WITH

AUTOS.





IN a survey made by the Federal

Department of Agriculture, it was





. learned that fa1mers use automobiles

mainly for business purposes. On 1, 371





farms surveyed, 923 farmers reported





the ownership of 1,000 automobiles or '





trucks. The owners of these machines

stated that from two-thirds to nine





tenths of the use of the machines was .

It was also ascer?





for farm business.

tained that in the middle western

states from seventy to eighty-five per

bent of the farmers o‘wnéd either an-





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AST week something was said

about Papini’s Life of Christ. *1

do not know any line of thought

that will be more prOfltable fur the

clOsing hours of 1923, than this book.

Going out Of the old year into the

new with such a book under Ono’s





burning in one’s brain and tuning’up

one’s hear-t ‘to "be the ‘best1 Of -new

year beginnings. The Chicago Tribune

says of Papini’s book, “It may become

one of the masterpieces of all litera-

ture.” The Presbyterian Magazine

says, “A titanic performance, the wOrk

of an intellectual giant.” The Boston

Transcript exclaims,

‘burst of a prophetic soul who has felt

the transforming power of Christ, and





» believes that what Christ has done for





him He can do for every man ” and

the Chicago Post

declares that this

- it is “The best,

th e most com-

plete, the m os t

lovingly minute,

the most vigorous

and colorful ac-

count of the Naz-

arene’s career,

outside the four gospels." Last week

I remarked that the author is Italy’s

most eminent literary man, and that

as a result of his"long thinking about

human history, he became convinced

that Christ’s teachings are the only

guide for humanity. He himself was

received into the church in 1920, while

he was Writing his book.





His “Life of Christ” is the life of

the Nazarene, as it looksto him. When

you read Papini, you .see Christ

through the author’s eyes. Very few

people have the imagination to really

see the events in the gospels, as Pap-

ini does. Everything marches before

him. He is right there.

with the Twelve,.the people, the poor

and blind, with Christ himself. That

is the reason the book is so powerful.

Let us put down some extracts.





 





ESUS was born in a stable, a real

stable, not the bright, airy portico





that their God should have lain down

in poverty and dirt. And not the mod-

ern Christmas—eve “Holy Stable," eith-





candy-like statuettes, the Holy Stable,





tidy manger, an ecstatic Ass, a con-

trite Ox, and Angels fluttering their

wreaths 011 the roof—this is not the

real stable where Jesus was born. «A

real stable is the house, the prison of

the animals who work for man. The

poor, old stable of Christ’s poor, Old

country is only four. rough walls, a





slate. It is dark, reeking.’ The only





the owner piles the hay and fodder.”



Let us jump almost thirty-three

years, and come to the day of the

crucifixion. You will. recollect that

Christ. It was the custom for the

place of execution. The two malefac-

tors and Christ went forth, bearing

their crosses. This is the way Papini

describes the Scene. “About them all

men were waiting joyfully to spend

the evening with their loved ones, to

sit down at the well-garnished table,

to drink the bright, genial wine served

on feast days, to stretch themselves





. out on their beds to wait for the most





longed-for Sabbath morning Of the

year

from those who loved them, would be

stretched upon the cross of infamy,-





gwould think only- a sip of bitter wine-

, and, cold in death, would be thrown»

. into the cold earth ‘ '

At the sound of the centurion’s

'ihorse, people stepped to one side





 





eefly Serum:—





“This is the out- '





He is talking. .





which Christian painters have created —

forthe Son of David, as if ashamed





er, made of paster of Paris, with little-





clean and prettily painted, with. a neat,‘





dirty pavement, a roof of beams and .





clean thing in it is the manger where





'15, 1923, is 2, 500 pounds.

there were. two thieves, exeCuted' with -





condemned to'carry his crOss to the 1





And the three, out off forever‘





; which. he seems to- be censtanfly 1114

fi 3M9," he need it.





   





5N gigMaccfi.





   





and stopped to look at the wretched





men toiling anti sweating under their

. terrible burden. The two thieves seem-

ed more sturdy. and callous, but the





first, 'the Mini of Sorrows, seemed





scarcely able to. take’ another step.





'.W0rn' out».by'tlie' terrible night, by His

arm, with the words of such a book ‘

‘ by the beatings, by. the flogging, dis-

. figured with blood, sweat,- saliva, and





four questionings, by the rbuftetin‘gs,





by-the terrible effort of this last task

'Set Him, he did not seem like the

fearless young man who a few days

before had scourged the vermin out of

the temple. His fair, shining face was

drawn and cOntracted by the convul-

sions of pain; His eyes, red with sup-





_pressed tears, were sunken in their





sockets; on His shoulders, torn by the

rods, His clothes clung tothe wounds,

increaéing his sufferings.

vigil, which had been the beginning of

His agony, how many blows had been

struck uponthat flesh! Judas’ kiss,

the flight of His friends, the rope on

His wrists, the threats of the judges,

the blows of the guard, the cowardice

of Pilate, the howling demands for

His death, the-insults of the legion-

aries, and now the weight of the cross,

carried along amid the sneers and

scoffingof those whom He loved!” The

description of the death of Christ is

one of the most powerful pieces of

writing I have ever read. Few, 'I

imagine, can read it with dry eyes.





NE Of the blessings of the age is

books, especially big books. Books

with life and power; books that mold

the minds of those who read them. It

is a very great pity that so many of





 





After the ‘





-,thousande spend the best part or

day absorbing the inanities of meann-

day paper All this, when one mig,

be on the peaks of the mountains, with

some giant! Well, it seems to be a

matter of taste. But ones tastes can

be cultivated. It is humbling to be

told by city librarians that our Ameri-





comm young people read little but:- ..





trashy .fiction and stories, while the





children (of foreign parents pore over ~

. the pages of Scott} .Dickens, George ~-‘





Eliot, Hawthorne, Irving,‘ Thackeray

and Hugo It is a great thing to have

the divine hunger. Blessed are they-

that hunger and thirst—Latter good

books, for they are so cheap that any‘

One can have them.” Riches run away,

but the riches of mind and soul can-

not be taken from us. The story of





the fight of hunger-stricken students '

,in Euiopean universities for an edu-





cation is one of the hero stories of the

present age. W'e will talk about that

some other time. These poOr fellows

going without underwear, have the

hunger for the good things of the

mind. A dozen of them will crowd

around one smoking oil lamp, to study

their tattered text books.



The lesson this week is the quarter's

review, “The World for Christ.” The

world for Christ. will be actualized

partly through the instrumentality of

books. The man and the nation de-

{pend on what is read.





SUNDAY SCHOOL LEssON'FOR

DECEMBER ‘30.





 





REVIEW1—The world for Christ.

GOLDEN‘ TEXTz—They shall utter

the memory of thy great goodness,

and shall sing of thy righteousness.”

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OPEN New HIGHWAY.





 





N important new highway is being



opened up by the Houghton Coun-

ty Road Commission in the southern

part of the county between Sidnaw

and Alston. It will Open up some fine

new, farming‘ country and make'a

short-cut from the northern part of the





T'cOunty, where is the largest popula-





tion, toward the west end of the penin-

sula. Work ceased recently because

of the season, but ”will start again

next spring, there being

miles left to be attended to. The road

will permit farmers to malket theil

products in the Portage Lake towns

of Houghton and Hancock and the

mining loéations adjacent thereto

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RUDYARD' farmer reports excel-

lent success with his trial at bee-

keeping. He began operations in Aug-

use, 1922, with fifty bee colonies and

now has 110. His product since July





assisted by an M. A. C. graduate re-

siding in the neighborhood, who has

also 100 colonies of his own. This

beekeeper hails from southern Mich-

igan, where he had experience in bee

culture. He thinks “Cloverland” is a_

very appropriate name for this section,

which. he deems; is to be a leading





honey producer some day. Abundant’





wild clover pine is the key to the sit-

uation. Last winter, these bees were

wintered on pure honey instead of eug- '

a1 and came through very well, it is

reported.





THiS isnE'ALl COOPERATION.





 





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The farmers of Ironwood and ErwinG

townships, Gogebic county, and" of

Hurley. Wisconsin, recently orgahized

the IronWood Milk Distributors Asso-

ciation. The association willendeavor

to work towards the production and

marketing of a first-class article fOr

which a. reasonable, uniform price will

be charged, in secordance'w1th"the av-

erage cost Of production and market-

ing. The association, moreover. will

aim to protect its members against

loss resulting from 1emoval of cus-

tomers from the city. and failure to

pay their bills; and to require of its

members, that the milk ordinance of

the city Of Ironwood be obServed in

.every particular.



The city health oflicer of Ironwood





’ I is instructed by the association to re—





port‘all members or other parties Sus-





' pected of‘ non-compliance with the





milk ordinance.

with accordingly:





They will be dealt.





BOY‘SUCCEEDS WITH BEES.





 





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calf club boy, how an amateur

beekeeper on a small Scale, reports





_ the production Of 375 pOunds of honey





by one cOlony of bees, during the past

year, and Leonard is only an amateur.



Leonaid secured his bees from Mans

rice Geary, a student of bees and their

habits, and who, in spite of the loss of

the use of his hands and feet through

paialysis, manages successfully some .

The profits

from the bees are shared equally by

Leonard and Mr Geary.



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as t2 been here long.”

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Houston was

“He got the





‘nt forward and examined a notation

“a strange hand:

,,. “Missent Houston. Resent Black-

‘~.burn.”'

529:, It explained much. to Barry Hous-

fton, that scribble of four words. It

, ,‘ told him why he had received a tele-

_ gram which meant nothing to him, yet

caused suspicion enough for a two

‘ thousand-mile trip. It explained that

. the operator, in sending two messages,

‘2 had, through absent-mindedness, put

,2 [them both on the wire to the same

person, when they were addressed sep-

arately, that he later had seen his

mistake and corrected it. Barry smiled

3 grimly.

‘ ~“Thanks very much, Operator,” he

murmured. “It isn't every mistake

that turns out this lucky. ”

_ Then slowly, studiously, he compar-

‘ ed the messages again, the one he had

received, and the one on the hook

. which read:

J. C. Blackburn,

Deal Building, Chicago, Ill.

, , Our friend reports Boston deal put

over 0. K. Everything safe. Suggest

2 start preparations for operations in

time compete Boston for the big thing





. Have Boston wheie we want him an

will keep him there. ——Thayer.





It was the same telegram that Barry

Houston had received and puzzled

over in Boston, except for the address.



2 He hadbeen right then; the message

had not been for him; instead it had

, been intended decidedly not for him

2. ' and it meant—«what? Hastily Houston

crawled over the railing, and motion-



. . ing to Ba’tiste, led him away from the

station. Around the corner of the last

store he brought forth his telegram

and placed it in the big man’s hands.

.“That’s addressed to me—but it

should have gone to some one else.



Who’s J. C. Blackburn of Chicago?”



j ,“Ba’teese don’t know. Try fin’ out.

I ’ “7113'?"

“Have you read the message?"

The giant traced out the words, al-

most indecipherable in places from

creasing and handling. He looked up





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





sharply.

“Boston? You came from Boston?”

“Yes. That must refer to me. It





' must mean what I’ve been suspecting

all along—that Thayer’s been running



my mill down, to help along some

1 competitor. ' You’ll notice that he says

he has me where he wants me.”



“Gui—yes. But has he? Whatwas

the deal?"



“I don’t know. I haven’t been in any

deal that I know of, yet he must refer

‘to me.‘ I haven’t any idea what he

2means by the reference to starting op-

erations, or that sentence about the

“big thing.’ There isn’t another mill

around here?”



“None nearer than the Moscript

place at Echo Lake.”



“Then what can it be?" Suddenly

Houston frowned with presentiment.

:“Thayer’s been going with Medaine a

‘good deal, hasn’t he?”





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





‘ good. A boy. Just outtof school.





with messages and—” Suddenly he.





‘ is not that.

Bou~good. Go to the cabin. Ba’teese





3





“Oui——yes. When Ba’teese can. think

of no way to keep him from it.” ,



“It couldn’t be that he’s made some

arrangement with’ her-about her for-

est lands?"



“They are not hers yet. She does

not come into them until she is twen-

ty- -0ne’



‘But they are available then?"



“Oui. And they are as good as

yours.” 2





 





 





Happy New Year





. By James E.





Happy New Year! Something magic

In the words, that stir the heart!

Old ~year’s gone, with annals tragic—

And we’ll take a fresh new start!



Put old riles and trials behind us;

Turn our back on strife and stress,

Hoping that this year will find'us

0n the trail of happiness!





Happy New Year! Don't the greeting

Fairly make your pulses sing?

Life is short, and time is fleeting,

And the world’s years swiftly wing!

But this little life don’t end it—





By Courtney Ryley Cooper

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few flowers shoWed; by the side of

the road the wild roses peeped up

from the denser growths of foliage,

and a vagrant butterfly or so made the

round of blossom after blossom. It

was spring-summer down here, sharp

contrast indeed to the winter which

lurked above and which would not

fade until June had far progressed.

But with it all, its beauty, its serenity,

its peace and soft moistness, Houston





 





 





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What’s in store for you and me;

If we strive to wisely spend it—

Then we’ll glimpse the joys to be!





Happy New Year! It's God’s blessin’

To us here on earth, my friend;

Old things pass, and troubles lessen,

As the years come to an end;

We have learned what life has taught

us,

And have heeded lessons learned,

And are glad New Year has brought us,

Peace and love and joys—well

earned!





 





 





“Practically the same thing, aren’t

they? How much of the lake does

she own?” 2



“The east quarter, and the forests

that front on eet, and the east bank

of Hawk Creek.”





“Then there would be opportunity

for everything, for skidways into the

lake, a flume on her side and a mill.

That must be——-”



“Ba’teese would hear of eet—w"



“Surely. But Thayer might have——”



"Ba'teese would have hear of eet,”

came the repetition. “No, eet is some—

thing else. She would have ask Ba’-

teese and Ba’teese would have said.

‘No. Take nothing and give nothing.

M’sier Thayer, he is no good.’ So eet

You know the way back?





will try to learn who eet is, this Black-

burn.”





HEY parted, Ba’tiste to ,lounge



back into the tiny town, Houston

to take the winding road which led

back to the cabin. A pretty road it

was, too, one which trailed along be-

side the stream, now clear with that

sharp brilliancy which is characteris-

tic of the mountain creek, a road

fringed with whispering aspens, bright

green in their new foliage, with small

spruce and pine. Here and .there a





 





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noticed it but slightly. His thoughts

were on other things: on Thayer and

his duplicity, on the possibilities of

the future, and the methods of com-

bating a business enemy he.fe1t sure

was lurking in the background.



It meant more to Houston than the

mere monetary value of a loss—should

a loss come. Back in the family bury-

ing grdund in Boston a mound that

was fresher than others, a mound

which shielded the form of a man who

had died in disappointment, leaving

behind an edict which his son had

sworn to carry through to its fulfill-

ment. Now there were obstacles, and

ones which were shielded by the dark-

ness of connivance and scheming. The

outlook was not promising. Yet even

in its foreboding,‘there was consola-

tion.



“I at least know Thayer’s a crook.

I can fire him and run the mill my-

self,” Barry was murmuring to him-

self as he plodded along. “There may

be others I can weed them out. At

least saw's won’t be breaking every

two weeks and lumber won’t warp for

lack of proper handling. Maybe I can

get somebody back east to look after

the office there and—”



He ceased his soliloquy as he glanc-

ed ahead and noticed the trim figure

of Medaine Robinette swinging along





' .AL ACRES-11! Say: T here’: 4 Limit to Everything, E‘verz Good W 22/!





,of riding A small swttch was in ad



hand,- and she flipped it at the new

leaves of the aspens and the broad-2

leafed mullens beside the road. As ,

yet, she had not seen him, and Barry 5

hurried toward her, jamming his cap

into a pocket that his hand might be

free to greet‘her. He waved airily as

.they came closer and called. But’if

she heard him, she gave, no indication.



Instead, she turned—swiftly. Houstbn

thought—and mounted her horse. . A 2





moment later, she trotted past him,





and again he greeted, her, to be an-

swered by a nod and a slight move—

ment of the lips. But the eyes had

been averted. Barry could see that.

the thinnest veneer of politeness had '

shielded something else as she spoke.





CHAPTER VII.

HY?”



Barry Houston could not an-

swer the self-imposed question. He

could only ’stand‘ and stare after her

and the trotting, lolling Indian, as

they moved down the road and disap-

peared in the shadow of the aspens at

the next curve. She had seen him;

there could be no doubt of that. She

had recognized him; more, Houston

felt sure that she had mounted her

horse that she might better be able

to pass him and greet him with a for.

mal nod instead of a more friendly

acknowledgement. And this was the

girl who, an afternoon before, had sat

beside him on the worn old bench at

the side of Ba’tiste’s cabin and picked

thorns from the .palm of his hand——

thorns from the stems of wild roses

which she had brought him! The

enigma was too great for Houston. He

could only gasp with the suddenness

of it and sink back'into a dullness of

outlook and viewpoint which he had

lost momentarily. '_ It was thus that

old friends had passed him by in Bos-

ton; it was thus that men who had

been glad to borrow money from him

in other days had looked the other

way when the clouds had come. A

strange chill went over him.



“Thayer’s told her!”



He spoke the sentencelike a man

repeating the words of an execution.

His features suddenly had grown hag—

gard. He stumbled slightly as he made

the next rise in the road and went on

slowly, silently, towards the cabin. '



There Ba’tiste found him, slumped

on the bench, staring out at the white

and rese pinks of Mount Taluchen, yet

seeing none of it. The big man boom-

ed a greeting, and Barry, striving for

a smile, answered him. The Canadian ~

turned to his wolf-dog.





“Peuff! Golemar! Loneliness sits

badly upon our friend. 2He is‘home—

sick. Trot over the hill and bring to

him the petiteMedaine! Ah oui,” he

laughed in immense enjoyment at his

raillery, “bring to him the petite Me-

daine to make him laugh and be hap»

py.” Then, seeing that the man was

struggling vainly for a semblance-of

cheeriness, he slid beside him on the

bench and tousled his hair with one

big band. “Nev’ min’ old Ba’teese,”





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This! work for Buckburn, who is in

wCMcago. They are here to build a

null." . '



“A mill?” Barry looked up now

with new interest. "Where?”‘



“Near the lake. The mill, eet will

be sawing in a month The rest, the

big plant, cet will take time'for that.”

" “0n Medaine’s land then!" But Bar’-

tiste shook his head.



“Na Eet is on the five acres own’

by Jerry Martin. He has been try’ to

sell eet for five year. Eet is no good

rocks and rocks—and rocks. They

build eat there.”



“But what can they do on five acres?

Where will they get their lumber?”



The trapper shruggedhis shoulders.



“Ba’teese on’y know what they tell

heem.”



“But surely, there must be some

mistake about it. You say they are

going to start sawing in a month, and

that a bigger plant is going up. Do

you mean a complete outflt—planers

and all that sort of thing?”



(68034,)



Houston shook his head.





OR the life of me, I can’t see it.



in the first place, I have the only

timber land around here with the ex-

ception of Medaine’s land, and you

say that she doesn’t come into that

until next year. But they’re going to

start sawing at this new mill within a

month. My timber stretches back

from the lake for eight miles they

either Will have to go beyond that and

truck in the logs for that distance,

which would be ruinous as far as prof-

its are concerned, or content them-

selves with scrub pine and sapling

smee. .1 don’t see what they can





always been my belief that war the

new of the find on the other

quarter of the lake——" ' -



“That is al ”



"Then where—” -



But again Ba’tiste shrugged his.

shoulders. Then he pulled long at his

grizzled beard, regarding the wolf—dog

which sat between his legs, staring

up, at him.



“Golemr,” came at last. “There is

something strange. Peut’f! We shall

1111" 0111,3101: and me and mom ami.”

Suddenly he turned. “M"sieu Thayer,

be gone.”





“Gone? You mean he’s run away?”





“By gar, no. But he leave hurried.

He get a telephone from long distance.

Chicago.”



“Then-—”



“Ba’teese not know. M’sieu Sh-uler

in the telephone office, he tell me. Eet

is a long call, M'sieu Shuler is curi-

ous, and he listen in while they, what-





you-say, chew up the rag. Eet is a-





woman. She say to meet her in Don-

ver. This morning M'sieu Thayer'

take the train. Born—good!"



“Good? Why?”



“What you know about lumber?”



Houston shook his head.



“A lot less than I should. It wasn’t

my business, you know. My father

started this mill out here during boom

times,

railroad over Cres-tline would make

the distance between Denver and Salt

Lake so short that the country would

build up like wild fire. He got them

to put in a switch from above Taber-

nacle to the mill and figured on mak-

ing a lot of money out of "it all. But

it didn’t pan out, Ba’tiste. First of all,

the railroad didn’t go to Salt Lake

and in the second—”



(Continued next week).





 





 





WHAT TO EAT IN BRIGHT'S

.DISEASE.





RIGHT’S disease is a kidney com-



plaint that attacks many middle-



aged and old people, neither does

it entirely spare the young. The name

is used, rather loosely, to designate

almost any kidney trouble in which

albumen appears in the urine. Once

it becomes chronic there is little or no

hope of cure, but an intelligent patient

who will give watchful care to cloth—

ing and diet may live very comfort-

ably for a long term of years in spite

of it.



Climate may play rather a large

part in treating Bright’s disease, for

the reason that a mild climate, which

favors free excretion through the skin,

gives the kidneys much relief. Pa-

tients who cannot go to mild climates

may get much help from a judicious





selection of underclothing and foot-q





wear. Quiet cold weather is not great-

ly to be feared, but biting winds and

sudden exposure are dangerous.

Bright’s disease is an ailment in

which attention to proper diet gives

excellent vreSulis- .Nitregenous. foods“

are to be avoided. The diet should be

asnearly salt-free as possible. Liquids

must be used ‘guardedly, depending up-

on the patient’s capacity to care for





them. . This is one of the diseases in .





.which the free use of milk orother

liquids may be wrong, though there

are some cases of Bright’s disease

. that do very well on milk.



It is just because patients diner“ as

to the quantity and kind of food they

_. can assimilate that I hesitate to plan

it is. far better for each

patient to ace his own doctor: have3



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tier-‘1' In





5‘ thatadll. up” ”raw





general, there is no necessity for be-

ing very particular about restricting

green vegetables, fruits, sweets, but-

ter, cream, and reasonable amounts

of cereal.





Meats need not be cut out of the

diet entirely, but must be eaten spar-

ingly. Fish and chicken generally

agree better than beef. Eggs are

nitrogenous and must be limited.

Milk is an albumin‘ous liquid so it

should only be used freely when pre-

scribed by a doctor who knows it will

suit your particular case. Even water

must be taken on prescription. Re<

member that the amount of salt used

in cooking the patient's food must be

kept to the minimum, and none should

be added at table.





CHRONIC BROgNCHlAL TROUBLE.





I am bothered with bronchial trou«

ble. Not so veryobad, except when I

catch a cold. It settled on my bron-

chial tubes and causes me to cough.

Is there a remedy I can take to build

up those organs?—-—M J





Chronic bronchial trouble very often





has its foundation in tuberculosis and '





may generally be helped by the fresh

air treatment, combined with specially

nourishing food and a great deal of

rest. It must be remembered, though,

that chronic bronchitis is sometimes

due to valvular heart trouble. In such

cases remedies that will improve the

heart condition will also cure the bron-

chial cough. Persons with chronic

bronchitis should wear woolen under-

wear, sleep with windows wide open,

always breathe through the nose, not





through the mouth, take nourishing





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‘ j dimension but not sameness.





. ' tparisons.

in the quality of intimacy. Furniture





 





 





 





 





HEN entering certain rooms for



the first time have you ever



been at a loss to discover just

what made it look “just right?” Noth-

In fact, everything

was quite ordinary and simple, yet the

whole room conveyed an atmosphere

that was restful and so pleasing to

the eye.



There are many little tricks in dec-

orating that help to create this atmos-

phere and I believe tricks with cur-

tains make delightful changes in our

rooms that it does not pay us to over-

look. '



Curtains of one color very different





from the walls give too sharp a con- ,





t‘rast. A band (on heavy material) or

a braid (on light weight) containing

colors of both curtains and walls, will

tie them together and reduce the con-

trast; Extending the curtains outside

the casing will give the effect of width

and help make room lower and more

extended. A valance does this, too,

besides giving the wanted color that

furnishes variety.



Low broad ornaments, vases, etc.,

addto the effect of repose, as long,

low buildings and long, low rooms give

the idea of repose. Low, wide masses

give the feeling of stability, while the

‘slender lines, as church spires and

skyscrapers give feelings of exalta-

tion, action.



Straight lines, especially vertical

ones, also,may mean dignity, stiffness,

austerity; as opposed to the buoyancy,

grace, and yieldingness of curved

lines.



' Curved lines better express rich-

ness, and furniture with curving out-

lines will look more expensive than

straight line furniture that costs more.



Straight line furniture in a room de-

mands more color and ornament and

design to offset its austerity.



The small room will do better with

curves instead of straight lines, all-

over patterns instead of stripes.



Placing furniture carefully is an-

other trick that will add spaciousness

and repose to small rooms. In small

rooms the center must be left empty

to give a feeling of space. The long

way of. furniture and rugs must be

placed the long way of the room, with

few opposing cross lines or cross cor-

ners.



Should a room be too long, place the

furniture with its longest sides across

the short sides of the room. Raise the

ceiling by making it lighter and of

smoother finish.



A ceiling almost as dark as sides,

and of rough surface, or brought down

on sidewalls, seems lower than it is.



The mind wants to see likeness in

This

principle" makes the square room or

the too long’room unpleasing. In the

one we see sameness, in the other we

fail to grasp likenesses. By these





’tricks ,we change apparent dimen-





sions; we make our rooms satisfying.



In the too large room thgsmind can-

not grasp the dimensions or; their com-

A too large room will lack





apt to look too small in proportion.

But in more furniture and place it in





“lfioups. -£3r‘e'ak up long spaces, reduce

’ré‘ithe llght, use contrast, heavy furni-





   





having all furniture, pictures,

ments, etc., large and heavy.

There are certain’ other require-





orna-





ments in decoration for emotional sat—,





isfaction or'- feelings. Definite laws or

principles bring about required results

that the mind accepts as beautiful.

When you buy new furniture or

change the fixed deborations you can

make your home what you want it. In





cCOrating Tricks Add Up- to—datcncss





Color and Line: :72 Your Room Have Material Efiw Upon It: Cozmess am! Comfort





and many others in the state are

stressing more and more the question

of health.”





WANTED—MORE HOME-MAKERS.





 





HE hurrah over the opportunities

for women in business rather than

in home—making is subSiding,” declares

Nell Beaubien Nichols,





contributing





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





the meantime, try some of the tricks

of the decorator’s trade—Henderson.





RECIPE FOR HEALTH TAUGHT TO

STUDENTS.





 





“Take One Average School Girl

Then Daily:

Three Wholesome Meals,

Eight Glasses of Water,

Ten hours of sleep,

At least two hours of play,

and

An abundance of H20 in form of Baths.

Mix ingredients with regularity and

care;

Sprinkle with plenty of fresh air and

sunshine;

Garnish liberally with snow or green

grass;

and

Season well with smiles;

Servain happy surroundings as .

A well—browned, rosy-checked Ameri-

can Girl.”





That is the recipe for health as it





appeared in the September number of





Vocational Education magazine. This

health recipe is also posted on the

bulletin boards of many of' the high

schools, says Miss Christine Finlay-

son, supervisor of home economics ed-

ucation at North Dakota Agricultural

College.





“The question of health is being

stressed in} all of our work this year,”

said Miss Finlayson. “In each unit of

work the item of good health is

brought up as being very important.

In clothing classes the subject of hy-

gienic clothes is discussed, and in

cooking and nutrition classes the ques-.

tion of healthful foodsreceives atten—

tion. All of the Smith-Hughes schools





editor to national women’s magazines

and formerly of the staff of the Wis-’

consin College of Agriculture, in a re-

cent interview.



“There are those who would have

us believe that the need for home-

makers is decreasing. They seem to

think that little cooking, sewing, and

laundering will be carried on in the

home in a few generations,” Mrs.

Nichols stated. Her opinion is that

thinking men .and women are not

disturbed by such flights of fancy;

and that fewer homes and home—mak-

ers would be a tragedy to our country.



Women had been shut out of many

professions and industries until a few

years ago. When the opportunity came

she proved herself a success in other

fields, and now that she has done that

she decides that home-making is the

best proposition after all. She is con-

vinced that it requires the‘ use of as

much skill, brain power, and executive

ability as other” occupations, accord-

ing to Mrs. Nichols.



“Since the strain and stress of the

times is so acute, the task of being a

home-maker is not so easy as it might

be,” she concluded. “For this reason,

the better trained the woman is for

the work, the happier it is for her, her

family, and her community.”





MICHIGAN-GROWN RECIPES.





 





HEN our representative return-

ed from the apple and potato

show, recently held at Grand

Rapids, he brought me a fine little

book. It didn’t contain a series of

bed-time stories, nor was it full of

adventures of popular characters in

fiction. Rather, it contained .an ac-

count of some of the adventures of





 





 





Cut C or! of Lining éy Preyer‘oiflg Meats





TODAY it costs twice as much to get pork from the farm to the con-





sumer’s table as it did before the war.





At no time in the past could





the farmer make a bigger saving by curing and canning his own meat than





at the present time.





By preserving the home meat supply, farmers not





only cut down their meat bills, but have a variety of delicious meat prod-





ucts throughout the year.





Preparing the winter’ 5 supply of meat is not a long or a hard job. In

half a day two or three men can easily butcher six or seven hogs and an

additional half day’s time will be required to cut the hogs up, render the .

lard, can and prepare for curing the other parts. ,



If you are in doubt regarding methods of doing this, our bulletin, .“Pre-





serving Meats,” will furnish you with well- tested recipes.





It contains form-





ulas for the curing of meat, together with various recipes for canning beef,





pork, chicken and other meats.





Desk M, Detroit, Michigan. ,





For a copy of this bulletin send five cents '

to cover postage and mailing charges, to Martha Cole, Michigan Earner





.the salt together, and add then: m

7 Bake the muffins in





modern cooks, in the form of well-test-

ed recipes, worked out to increase the

consumption of apples and potatoes.





A big cut in the high cost of living '





can be made by this increued com

sumption of our home-grown products.

Some of the recipes follow here.

Apple Dumplings. A



Roll plain paste and cut in squares.

Pare and core eight medium sized ap-

ples and place an apple on each

square. Fill cavities with sugar and

add “a few grains of cinnamon and

nutmeg and a bit of butter. 'Wet the

edges of pastry with white of egg and

fold points over apples. Place in drip—

ping pan and pour around one cup of

boiling water, to which have been ad-

ded one-half cup of sugar, one-fourth

cup of butter, and one—half teaspoon

of cinnamon. Bake in hot oven until

apples are soft: Before removing from

oven, brush over with "white of egg

and sprinkle with sugar. Serve With

cream. ..





Apple and Cabbage Salad.



Shave cabbage fine and soak for one

hour in celery water, made .by adding

one teaspoon of celery salt to each

quart of water. Drain and dry on soft

towel. Add an equal amount of apple

cut into match-like pieces; mix with

boiled dressing.





Apple Dressing. ‘

~Select tart apples. Mix equal parts

of chopped apple, minced onion and

dry bread crumbs. Season well and

use to stuff domestic Or wild goose or

duck. ,

Baked Potatoes.



Select potatoes "of uniform size;

wash them with a vegetable brush;

place them on the grate in a hot oven

and bake them for forty-five minutes,

or until soft. Crack the skin in order

to let out the steam, which otherwise

would condense and cause soggineSs.





. Mashed Potatoes... _



Thoroughly mash cooked potatoes.

Add four tablespoons of' hot milk, one

tablespoon of butter, and a little salt

and pepper to each pint of potatoes.

Beat the mixture with a fork until

light, and pile it lightly in a hot serv-

ing dish.



Variations. '



Puff. Add beaten whites of two

eggs (two eggs to six medium-sized

potatoes). Pile the mixture lightly in

a baking-dish and bake in the oven

until it puifs and browns. The yolks

of the eggs and grated cheese also

may be added.



Croquettes. Add a little chopped

parsley and the yolk of an egg (one

yolk to six medium-sized potatoes).

Shape this mixture into balls; roll

them in bread crumbs, beaten egg and

crumbs'again; fry them in deep fat.



Potato border. Spread a wall of





mashed potatoes one inch thick around ‘





the outside of a buttered pan. Re-

move the pan, and fill the center with

creamed meat or fish. Reheat before

serving. ' _ ,





Muffins. '

4 tb. butter 1 a. flour .

4 tb. sugar . baking powder

1 egg Salt

1 0. potatoes 1 0.111111:





Cream the butter and sugar; add the

egg, which has been beaten, then the

potatoes, and mix ingredients thor‘

oughly Sift flour, baking newness“





the milk to the mixture
7 " ’ Ymfl' letters“ “to Martha 'Cole,





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 

 





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- Michi‘

gan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





.7 FRUITGOCKTAIL.





 





V Would like to serve a fruit cocktail

for my New Year’s dinner. Will you

please send me a recipe?—Mrs. A. S.





”When making fruit cocktail, to eve-

ry . three servings allow one orange,

half a grapefruit, one cup “of halved

and seeded grapes, six dates, and one

tablespoonful-of broken nutmeats, and

half a cup of sugar. The fruit is diced

and allowed to stand in- the sugar for

one hOur. It is then put into the cock-

tail glasses, a dip of whipped cream

'added and the nuts sprinkled on top.





 





TO CLEAN WHITE FUR.





 





Could you give me directions for

cleaning a white fur set? My little

girl’s isquite soiled—Mrs. G. H. ‘

f To clean your little girl’s white fur

set, first, lay the fur‘ flat on the table





 





. mositen it as with the bran. The dirt





- pany comes for dinner.





. family.





and‘rub well with slightly wet bran.‘

Then rub with the dry bran. If you

do not have bran, white flour would

answer the same purpose, but do not





will seem to brush off with the bran

or flour. Next rub well with magnesia

the wrong way of the fur, and then

shake.





MEAT BULLETIN READY.

0 have meat all cooked and ready

to serve by merely reheating is a

big help to the housewife when com-

It is also a

big saving in time and energy when

preparing the daily menus for the





 





A bulletin telling how to cup up,

cure and can the various kinds of

meats, together wtih numerous recipes

for cooking meats may be had by send-

ing five cents to cover postage and

cost of mailing, to Martha Cole, Mich-

igan Farmer. Desk M., Detroit, Mich.





 





   

 

 





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T lze Little Boy’s Dream





. ’I‘ was all dark outside, and, oh so

I quiet. Only once in a while did the

big yellow moon peek out from be-

hind .theclouds to make spooky shad<

,qws’on the earth.

, :The little boy went to bed early, for

after tramping in the woods all day

with his father, he was very tired.

“What a fine pet Bruin will be when

I get‘ him trained,” thought the little

boy... “We will have big times like I

, .apd',l§over used to have. I believe I

can hitch him to my little wagon.”

,zRight then the little boy’s eyes went

shut and he \was off for Dreamland.

‘ Tonight it was-different than he had





 





Bruin Limped Off Towards the Woods.





.ever «seen it before. There were trees,

thQsmany,‘ and there were houses

. among3them. '

The ”queer thing about it was that

animalslived’ in these houses. They

even came up to talk to him and he

was surprisedto find that he could

talk to them. But the biggest surprise

of all came when he looked down at

himself and found that he was covered

. with a .coat of fur. He felt of his face

' and found a long. snout where his nose

had been. His ears were little sharp

wooley ones. ' “ / .

“Why, I really "am not a boy at all,”

; he‘ thought, "I am ambear.” ‘ ,

Herather enijed this new change

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Woodland





paw he found that his right one had

been caught in his father’s big trap.



“Oh, daddy, daddy, help me. I am

in your trap,” he cried.





It Was a long time before a man

came, but it was not his father. The

little boy tried to tell what he wanted,

but the man did not seem to under-

stand. Roughly he put a muzzle with

a long rope fastened to it, on the boy’s

head and let him out of the trap. Still

he could not get away. The man pulled

and jerked on the rope and'led him a

long way off through the woods, and

shut him up in a little shanty.





He was tired, hungry and thirsty,

but could neither eat nor drink be-





was so hard and cold, he could not

even sleep.

And then! Bl-bu—blang!

“Oh my, where am I?" asked the

surprised little boy rubbing his eyes.

Looking around, he found he had

been‘sleeping on the floor. .He felt of

his foot and it really wasn’t hurt at

all. It had all been a dream.

“Bears do have feelings, just like

boys and girls,” thought the little boy.

“We treated Bruin so mean yesterday.

I never want to hitch him to my cart.

Just as soon as ,the sun is up I am

going to skip out and unfasten Bruin’s

chain so he can go home, wherever

that is.” And he did.

Bruin couldn’t quite understand it

all, but he winked and blinked his

thanks to the little boy as he limped

of! toward the woods.





A NOTE FROM AUNT MARTHA.





 





Dear Little Nieces and Nephews:



Jack Frost has passed his magic

wand. over some of the ponds so that

now you can slide on the ice.’ Herbert

Wardby writes of his first skating and

his first sleigh ride. With holiday val





cation_here, you will have big times ’





trying the new sled‘fand skates.





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”Our new. 'Fall' and Winter Fashion





 





- ‘Citalog contains five hundred of the





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misses and children, suitable for all

Along with this valuable

collection of patterns .it gives a con-

cise and. comprehensive. article on

dress-making; *



Send fifteen cents, either in silver or

stamps, for this unto-date Fall and

Winter Fashion Catalog, to the Michi<

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troit, Michigan. ' .

No. 4495—Misses’ Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years.

18-year size requires 3%, yards of 40-

inch material. The width at the foot

is 2% yards. Price 12c.





   





1V0. 491—Ladies' Dress. Cut in six

sizes, 34, 36, 38. 40, 42 and 44 inches

bust measure. A 38-inch size requires

47/3 yards of 40-inch material. The





- width at the foot is 21/2 yards. If made





with short sleeves % yard less mate-

rial will be required. Price 120.

No. 4498—Gir1s’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. It re-

quires 3% yards of 27-inch material

for an eight-year size. Price 12c.





 





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No. 4064—Girls’ Under Garment. Cut

in six sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.

A six-year size requires 2% yards of

36-inch material. Price 12c. . .

No. 4493—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in

four sizes: Small, medium. large and

extra large. A medium size requires

if? yards of 27-inch material. Price

c. .





 





No. 4489—Ladies’ Negligee. Cut in

four sizes: Small 34-36 medium 38‘

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

es bust measure. A medium size re-

quires 615 yards of 27—inch material.

Price 120.





   





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4541. cut. in. foursizes: SmallM-‘ifi

medium 38-40; large, 42-44; extra;

large 4648 inches bust measure. To);

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No. 4158—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev-

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inches bust'measure. A 38—inch size .

requires 3%, yards of- 54-inch material.

The width at the foot with plaits ex-

tended is about 254 yards. Price 120.



No. 4589—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev-

en sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 480

inches bust measure. A 38-inch size ;

requires 5%, yards of 40.inch'material.

The width at the foot is 3% yards.

Price 12c.





 

 

 





 





 





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No. 4599—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 8. 10. 12 and 14 years. A 12— our

size requires three yards of 40- 0h

material. Price 120.





No. 4596—Child’s “Party” Dress.~Cut. ..

in four sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 16 years: ,

eight-year size requires 2% yards of

40-inch material. Price 120.





Cut in

five sizes for dolls, 16, 18. 20, 22 and

24 inches in length. The suit will re-

quire % yard of 38-inch material for

a 24-inch size. Price 12c.



No. 4581—Child’s Coat. Cut in three

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

size requires 21,4 yards of 40-inch ma-

terial. Price 120. ,





 





No. 4593+Ladies’ House Dress.

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

48 inches bust measure. .4

size requires.4 ‘yards of . 36,-inch. ..

terial. The wi th at the foot ‘is-tw.

yards. Price 12c. . . ’ ‘

rte: 4405; 'Ladiesf- Apron: Cut-

1 W J fiybfimm

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Some Short Stories ,1 '  





 





- By M. C. Prize Warner:-





"LITTLE BOYS AND LITTLE SHEEP.





 





By Gertrude Howe, Zeeland, Michigan.

, Joe came home with his clothes, and

even his curly hair, all wringing wet.

“Just knew ’the ice wasn’t, strong

enough!” he grumbled.

“‘Then why did you slide?” asked

Auntie.



“ ’Cause all the other boys did,"said

Joe; “so I had—to, or they’d laugh.”



His auntie gave him some dry

clothes, set him down by the fire, and

made him drink hot ginger tea. Then

she told him a story. .



“When I was a little girl, Joe, my

father had a great flock of sheep.

Where one went, all the rest followed.

One day the big ram found a gap in

the fence, and he thought it would be

fur to see what was in the other field:

So in he jumped, without looking

where he was going, and down he

tumbled to the bottom of an old dry-

well Where father used to throw stones

and rubbish. The next sheep never

stopped to see what had become of

him, but just jumped right after, and

the next and the next, although father

tried to drive them back, and Watch,

the sheep dog, barked his loudest. But

they just kept on jumping till the well

«was full. Then father had to pull

them out as best he could, and the

sheep at the bottom of the well were

almost smothered to death.”



“My! what silly fellows!” exclaimed

Joe. Then he looked up at his aunt,

and laughed.





THE BESETTING SIN.





 





By Alice McDonald, M. 0., Long

Rapids, Michigan. .



rBashfulness is the besettlng sin of

many intelligent people, causing them

to act like natural-born idiots. They

act as though their hands and feet

weighed a ton, and as numerous as

those of a centipede. And when spok-

en to they act as though they had an

epileptic fit. But Susie Higgs and

Hank Door take the sweepstakes in

this regard. *_



One day the minister called unex-

pectedly, and Susie, with her sunbon—

net 'on her head, was mopping the

floor. When she heard the visitor, she

grabbed the mop and bucket and ran

for another door; but her bonnet

strings caught on the door and she

hung like Absalom. Standing by the

open door, the minister had witnessed

- the.frantic dash and tragic hold-up.





He" walked in and untied the bonnet

strings. Susie fled.



Hank Door was bashful, too. He’d

rather walk in the field than meet any

girl, and he'd stay in the barn until

his mother’s feminine callers left.



One Sunday he walked home from

church with Susie. How it was ar-

ranged the Lord only knows, for I

don’t thing-either of them does. This

went on for,years and months, never

getting nearer a wedding, except they

walked in the wheel tracks now.



One night there was a concert at

Sanville. Everybody attended and

somehow or some way, Hank took

Susie. They took reserved seats in

front. They sat looking straight ahead,

never saying a word. After a while

Susie felt her shoe untied and she

bent down to tie it up, but she tied

her shoelace with Hank’s. When they

got up to go out they hobbled together

out to the door. By that time. there

was a crowd around them and when

Susie got her shoe tied up right she

began to cry. But Hank comforted

her by saying, “Never mind, we are

going to be tied up for good next

week.” And they were:





MY PIG.AND I.





 





By Opal L. Bielby, Centreville, Mlch.



I am twelve years old and have red

hair.



I will tell you a true story about my

pig. Her name is Beilby’s Nightshade

No. 1285818. Father bought her for

me so I could join the White Pigeon

Pig Club. '



She is a big Poland China now, but

she still wants me to lift her over the

fence, and sidles up to it in the most

comical way.



I drove her around on a string until

school began, and she likes to play

horse as well as I do.



At the St. Joseph County Fair she

always followed me out to be judged,

and was not a bit afraid of anything.

She took the three first prizes: our

club, then the clubs of the county,

then the sweepstakes.



I got ten dollars for the best—kept

record book, too.



It was lots of fun and mother called

us “the black pig and the red.” .



Night Shade weighed 206 pound

when she was six months old, and was

not fat, as I did not have any milk

or corn for her.



I fed ground oats, middlings, tank-

age, oil meal, weeds and clean water.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





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Dorothy Worden, of Beulah, is the Artist of this Prize Cartoon.





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:





To help fill the waste-basket, I

thought I would write to you. '

I answered both correspondence

scrambles, so have four letters to

write, so I know what to write besides



wrltlng to (you) Mr. Waste Basket.

We have a hatchery and 900 chick-

For pets we-shave a dog and two





 





cats.



Well, I guess this is enough for you,

Mr. Waste Basket—Your want-to—be

niece, Mildred Gommers, M. 0., Zoe-

land, Michigan.



I fooled you this time, didn’t I? I

did so because I thought a dog and

two cats were too much for W. B. to

take care of. '





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have a sow and six little pigs about

three weeks old. I sold seven pigs on

September 30 and got close to $100

out of them. I have a small bank ac-

count started now. '



I am master of the juvenile

No. 61, of this neighborhood. “



I wish to join your Merry Circle,

because I know I will have a good

time if I_do.~—Yours sincerely, How~

ard L. Knck, St. Louis, Michigan. .



I congratulate you on your bank ac-

count and your position in the juve

nile grange. You have started right,

just keep going.





g rang e,





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .



Because of ill health I was compell-

ed to leave the St. Johns High School

at which I was attending. YOu may

know how disappointed I was.



_It is rather lonesome around here,

with my‘ sister gone to school, so to-

day I found the answer to the read-

and—win contest and decided to send

them to you, for-I would like to be a

Merry Circler myself. -



Hoping we will soon be well ac-

quainted, I will‘ close—Yours very

truly, Doris Lucile Cox, R. 1, St. Johns,

Michigan. .





I hope you will soon be able to re

sume your school work. It would be

fine, I think, if you could correspond

with some of the’;M. C. girls.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: . .

You certainly do know how to make



people , want to write to you, but I



should think you’d’be very jealous of





spewksto it or talks about it.



I am taking public speakingin high

school ”this yearg We nave interesting ‘

topics to speak on nearly every: day.

one day I‘ talked'about“‘The Joys of ,

Livingoma Farm-Sb I told these city

folks the many true Joys. «sang it" .





 





“ t Jada.





 





 

 





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: he liked,the girl's,.to‘o, but h,

; write such 'nicerl‘etters tenth





 





*Bye-bye, Georgia Brown, R. 3, Has.

tings, Michigan.



Nope, I’m not jealous of W. 13., be-

cause I get all the fun .of reading the

letters before hegets them ‘1 ans glad

you told tho'tse city folks a few things.





 





Dear Uncle Frankz' ' "



Thanks for the membership~ card

and button. I like them very much.

Gee! The first time I tried I became

an M. 0.! Well, now I’ve got to win

a prize.



Do you like geometry?

only you have to use your head. so

much. Just think, prove everything

you say. . .

.I suppose you are sitting at your

desk, a pile of lteters before yarns.

stuffed wastebasket beside you, and

an open letter in your hands. '

thing tells me that I have said encufli.

~—~Most sincerely yours, Mamie Banish,

M. C. Aheml, R. 1, Benton.» W,

Michigan." ‘ ‘





I- like it,





   





 





 





To pret‘e everything you Swizfi-ihfl 1 :





Q. E. D. (quite easily done}: =Ymir

supposition is correct. .. '





 





Dean Uncle Frank: ' _

I .am just a plain country. lass,- lint

to be any other I have no desire; ; I





have always lived on. the farmstead

like it very much. One of myifaVorfte





pastimes is riding horseback, which

I enjoy to a great extent.





have always hadlots of pets about me,

and I can watch by the hour the. works

of birds and mother nature. - " '- ‘ ‘

My greatest hopes are with you.

now I will bid the happy grou ‘r'good-

bye until next time. 'Best .,hes.'——-

Arlone. Wilkinson, Perry, Michigan





You are the kind of girl Illness-to"





have in the «Merry Circle. 1 're.is

nothing better «than a wholeso“ ' in-





terest in nature and outdoor life. ' ,





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





I am fifteen years old and I amyery " -- "





jolly, but I can’t laugh because‘krun

and laughed .too much

made my sides [serer'





.,.I m— a ‘

‘lover of outdoor life and animals." I





at schoolsn'd

I am not in style with the rest--of~the :» *





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





world, for I have not got my

bed,,and I do not wear-kmckel‘: -»

Ivbelong to the Merry.CircIé.;3nfi

same. - . '1



My own father is dead; but, '





 





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father’s name is, Frank. tong:





your . loving . niece, Blanch





C., *Vestaburg,_,jMiehigan
. I, the M oivegi tlm 1I b molor “it‘ll



M of getting up M. C. rescind mean ‘1; “y ggtgpcuxlltyc .8. W o ,



~ 1103'? and 11 was hard 1“ me 1° . 3. Resolved, that I will be kind and



pick the winners as most all papers ‘courteous to all. people. _ -



g1!“ some worth-while resolutions 011 When we resolve to ‘Work to Win";



Mhein. let's have in mind the winnings of‘

Perhaps the greatest criticism I





good standings in school, and the win-

could make is that the resolutions had ning of other people’s good-will by





" themselves totthe 2.39





 





 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





. Per Dollar





/ Easy on Your Feet-

Easy on Your Pocketbook

H-B D dpendahle Shoes for men and boys -





More Wear





Dres

Com ortable





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 

 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 





more ,.to do with the individual fail— worth while actions, as well as win— GOOD _aremae byakilled shoemakem 0130M



' flags of the writers than other things. nlng out in any good things we under- LEATHER experience, 0f “31°0th materials, With-



' , ,FOr instance,‘ Gordon Christensen, of take Quality to the Flinnsmking workmanship. Farmers have

last stitch. d them best by rigid outdoor test. The





New Eranprobably has the habit of

staying up late nights, as he resolved

‘ to get at least nine hours’ sleep every

night.



Cleah Peders'en, from Edwardsburg.

undoubtedly wants to strengthen her

determination to get her lessons every

day for She made a resolution to that

effect. Stanley Wattles, who lives at

Sherwood, realizes that he has the

regular boy habit of not washing up,

or combing his hair unless he has to.

50,119 resolved to do better in/that re-

spect. That is a resolution I am sure

many: boys can make to advantage.





Alton L. Rogers, of Bedford, for

some reason or other, resolved to get

up at 6:30 every morning. I just won-



. der why a boy should have to do that?

Beatrice Furnish, from Durand, has

resolved not to slide on the ice unless

she knows it is solid. She has prob-

ably had .some experience. Esther

Slinglend, from Oxford, wants to be—

come a little more careful about hang-

ing up her clothes every day.





Albert Jackola, of Liminga, resolves

that the \V. B. should not get so fat

because of the M. C. letters. How can

he help it? If the W. B. gets fat. on

these‘letters, it is doing him some

good, 56 let the good work go on.



Reuben Esch probably has the buy-

ing habit badly, as he resolves not to

look around to see if he can see any

thing he wants when he is in a store.



M. C. Resolutions Selected.



From the prize winning resolutions

I have adopted the following three

which I‘ hope eveiy Merry Circler will

make.





1. Resolved, that I will Work to

“fin, for that is the only way I can

w1n.





\ .





The meaning we ought to have in

mind in making our second resolution,

is given to some extent on yourmem-

bership card, 'Which asks. that you be

loyal to all good» things and that you-

try to live a, good, clean life.



To be kind and courteous to all peo-

ple will gain their friendship, and

friendship is a very valuable asset in

life. Sometimes it may be a little

hard to be kind and courteous to some

people, but if. you will be, even if they

are in the wrong, they can’t help but

admire you for your fairness and your

generous spirit.



I wish all my niecesand nephews,

and my pals, a New Year full of that

happiness which comes from constant,

unselfish activity.





THE WINNERS.





 





The resolutions contest prize win-



ners are as follows:

Flashlight.

Julia E. Hibbard, R 3, Sturgis,1'Mi;ch

Lempi Jackola, Liminga, Mich

Fountain Pen.



Clara Louise Jessup, R. 1, Sunfield,



Mich.





 

 





famous H-B Hard Pan wears like Iron. Ex-

amine this line of footwear at your own'

store. You’ll find extra service, and extra





 

 

 





 

 





 





 





value.





HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. Grand Rapids, Iloll. ..





Handsome booklet free.





 





 





 





 





 





Cook Stove use.

clinker,





00M





qulckl orders





Blue Ribbon Lump is the Ideal domestic coal for Furnace. Heating and

It is thoroughly screened over 4 inch shaker screens. It

contains no slack or slate.‘

and burns to a soft white ash.

solicity orders from their neighbors. You will be surprised to know how “

can be obtained for a 40 or 50 ton car at a nice profit.

Get our low price by return mail.





THEO. BURT & sons





Ignites freely, makes a, lasting flN. does not

Farmer Agents Wanted 'to





Melrose, Ohio





 





 





 





 





Color Your. Butter





That





“Dandelion Butter Color” Gives



Golden June Shade which



Brings Top Prices



Before churning add one- half teaspoon-

ful to each gallon of cream and out of

your churn comes butter of Golden June

shade. “Dandelion Butter Color” is

purely vegetable, harmless, and meets all





Marie Hallstrom, Eben Junction, State and National food laws. Used for

Mich. 50 years by all large creameries. Doesn’t

F. N01man Hurd, Port Hope, Mich. color buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless.





Candy

()rla Ackley, Stockbridge, Mich.

Ruth Tabor, R. 2, Belleville, Mich.

Gordelia Kleinheksel, R 5, Holland,

Mich

Lola Court, R. 1, Allen, Mich.

Bernice Ball, Charlotte, Mich.





NO CONTEST THIS WEEK.





 





This is vacation time in school, so

I thought we would make it so in the

Merry Circle, also, and therefore am

not announcing a contest this week. I

hope you are all having a happy and

busy time enjoying the holidays.





 





 





 





COSTLY GRIT.





 





A FEW weeks ago’ at the Boston

Poultry Show, one, of the elite of

that city was closely inspecting Lady

Gamile, the prize winning blue Orping-

tbn hen.





. The gentleman interested in chick—

ens had ,a. diamond on his finger, and,

being of the feminine persuasion, Lady

Camila llikedudiamondsand took. a

pick at it. The pick was successful

'and she immediately deposited the dia-

‘mond in her crop. for further polishing

and grinding.



, The diamond owner wanted this hen

killed to recover his diamond, but

Lady Camlle’s owner refused, as she

was a valuable hen which should be

kept to transmit her laying, not her

diamond- picking qualities, to other

generations. The law upheld the own-

or ot the hen and said that the dia-

mend owner has no recourse. Then

the diamond owner Was to pay the

hen’ s oWner $100 as damages, with the

underStanding that the owner would

have the lien operated on.





However, in the meantime, another

Eoston poultry fancier bought Lady





soon and present his lady with a hen—

ground diamond, or-«will. permit Lady

Camile to grind her food with a dia—

mond.





POU LTRY PRODUCERS MAY

OVERDO.





 





HE dynamic hen has been harness.



ed-to help pullthe farmer out of

the slough in the last three years so

that the present scale of egg and poul-

try production shows a marked. ex-

pansion since 1919, the last census

'year.



On a per capitavbasis, however,*egg

production in * 1919 1 was considerably

below the level of ten or, twenty years

before; On this basis, egg productions.

in- 1922 was but little above the 1899

and 1909 level, especially when a mod-

erateincrease in exports is taken into

account Further expansion in 1922'

however, has placed production per

capita above the old level.



The rising standard of living for

most people in the United States

should mean larger consumption of

eggs and poultry and it is noteworthy

that prices paid to farmers for eggs



and poultry in 1923 were about the





Large bottles cost only 35 cents at drug

or grocery stores.





Wells 81: Richardson Co., Burlington, Vt.





 





SOFT HEAT thod. Include.

FRI! BOOK on me to!





comparison of othermuk

PORTER INCUBATOR COMPANY

2033 Porter lldt. BLAIR. mm





“0 Efiélncubarqr 5'32;





30 Dogs lrlal





Freight Paid out of the

Boches Hot water My





‘ Bier-rapsce-—<loublow‘l clusdooro

—-I real bargain at 813. 26.

shipped complete. set up resdyto



,140 Egg Incubator and Broodor . $17.75

130 Egg Incubator Alon.

F180 Eu Incubator and Broodor -

280 Egg Incubator Alon. '- - .

850 Egg Incubator and Broader -





Mode of California Redwood. Positively the best value

onIn the market. Order direct from third 80 days trial

yback it not pleased. If not ready tootder now,





up to 1M0“:

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M120 humble.





 





DON'T LET YOUR

VALUABLE CHICK-





cold. canker, diphtheria

()1 chicken- pox when

for a few cents you

‘ can cure them with' SMOKE EM ”

the most scientific cure 911-1- invent—

ed. Recommended by the Calilor-

111:1 State Board of Health as sen-

uinc.

lion poultrymen and farmers. Thousands of unsolicit-

ed testimonials. Sold under a. money- ba—ck GUAR-





lorn poulm catalog that is worth monm to you.

Live 'dealcrs wanted





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THIS ~51?

ON YOUR





Alluon lied and woodman-m

and powetfd. Ono- third the“ work- -

in; par“ of any other mill. .

main Puma a subject to

war. This Is oI'llcu,and uiy Io-

placeable. CochnI by depend-bl-

weighl without W31. fill any 4- -pol

neeltower Whynouhoacuywcllon

hours now with a good Wm“?

This is your chance—F 0. B 1

Albion. Em. .1 vounell. Ask yon-t

dealer. ot vmlc direxto





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BARGAIN CATALOG





of Fruit Trees, plants. Omsmentals, Garden and

Flower Seeds. 3 to 4-{oot Apple 250; 3—foot Peach :00

each postpaid. Send for 1924 catalog of Reliable

Trees and Seeds. Allen's





Geneva. Ohio.

$1325 that: 219—5-





140 Egg Incubator 230 Egg



Hot-Water, Copper Tank, Double



Walls, Fibre Board, Self- Regulated.



£6.85.“ buy. 14o-chick': so. 95 230 Chick

1-«BroquVSaels.95.0rdchom o...



140 on. Incohelbr and Inolhr 818.96



230 cm Incubator and Breeder $29.96





Nursery 0: Seed House,





 





 





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don'otm buy until you got our 1924 cotal oz which shows .





Used and recommended by over one half mil;





ANTEE. Write or wire today for low prices and





 

 

 

 

 





Express Pregaid

:¢ EaatofRoc essnd “Mfg...”





with colder:

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7- ' for rootfioo Jamel-Incline”. "

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Miller'-

Poultr r3... “.e....“ Gulde 7)

MI.“ about chom— oodin. and rolling

to! c-gfiAfL INGUBA

Bot cad Electric—IDEAL 82000-

EIS—COII Ind II Burning—Baby Chick-

mtor Hatching. SpoclnlL cast. /

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Whittaker’ s R. E“l. Reds





Michigan: Greatest Color and Strain. Bods

Combs. Our cockerels will Improve your flockdn '

color and on production. Write for moss.





 





 





“M‘EGG'BRE





Are the best laying strains oh .

Leghorns. Brown Leghorns and finconu backed by 19 you re ’actua brood-

ing on our own farms. Exports cull out our flocks yearly. and male than?

twitb large. vigorous 260 288 Egg Pediareed Males from Hollywood 8: Funk:

This guarantees -— not a few high record birds— but an



extraordinary flock average.

of these active. healthy, carefully hatched baby chicko—- the kind that win





lntodokeo Farm, Box 39. Lawrence. Michigan





1' BABY

CHICKS





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Genuine Barron Englis





During 1924 we will sell 30.000 weekly





 

 

 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 





hoop your 5:. Banks! full. Hundreds of our customers are mak-

in: Big Profits. It will pay you to buy our Egg-

Brod Chicks. Our 1924 cat-log tells the whole story.

it' s free - write for your copydonighl.





WYNGARDEN FARMS“ 5' HATCHERIES





 

 

 

 





 





   

   

 

 

   





 





(3er at the prevailing price fer same as last Year. The feed and labor

- loaded hens- and paid the owner cost of production were higher also,

e diamond @260 besides, which and where these items must be counts

" It Is a coil; ed. as on commercial poultry farms,



eat own- returns probably were not so satisfac-

sen dinner tory on the whole, as in 1922. ‘
Scariest). MIGwGAN





"f ‘ ‘T; Stock Auctioneer

DATES andTERMS on APPLICATION





Brookwood Farm





" Registered Guemseys of both sexes for

sale at reasonable prices. Young stock

{ram A. R. dams. Herd is Federal

Accredited.

HN ENDICOTT, Owner





JO

BIRMINGHAM, Mics-I.





Some splendid bulls ready for

Guernseys service from good producing dams.

sired by grandson of Imp. King of the May Also.

. same good cows. Write Meadow-Gold Guenncy Farm,





8.8t. .lohnI. Mich.

Two Registered Guernsey Bull Calves, Ad-

vanced Registry Records. Herd on the

Accredited Tuberculin free list. Priced right for

quicksal Ono Born Nov. 23rd. 19?. 2, and one Feb.

20.1928. eKnapp(IWooIlworth. R. 2. Watervliet. Mich.





Wallinwood Guernseys





l f A. R. cows for sale.

Young bu'lFs. «FIWA LLIN J enIson. IMich





 





Re Guernsey cows some A. R. Record May

‘ 101w: breeding. $2. 600 for all; herd bull 510

John Ebels, Holland. Mich... R. 2.





9.3%.





EGISTEfillDC GUERNSEYS—-T. B. Tested. Young

RB Wm ls.500 Cows and FII-leii'ers. Prices reasonable





..R Baker. 4800 Fort. St. , West, Detroit, Mich

Two Reg. Guernsey Bulls,



F or sale service. Also lit-g. Cow.

Van DerKolk, Hamilton. Mich.,





FOR SALE





Five Pure-bred HolItein Heifers, $500. Four from

bested dams due to freshen in Jan. and Feb Excel-

lent breeding; '1‘. B. testcd. SIDNEY TROLZ, Grass

Lake, Michigan.





BULL, PURE BRED HOLSiEoili





msonable prices.

Box A, North End Station.0 Detroist.E





Registered Holstein Bulls





Up to eleven months of ago. Good individuals and

good breeding. at low prices. Also II few young COWS

or heifers soon to freshen. A healthy held. I. M.

SHORMAN, Fowlerville. Mich.





Two Nile Bulls. noaIly ready for

iillornseys service. Special terms if desired.

Williams, North Adams. Mich.





ready for

Wilbur





service.

stock.

F ARM,





for

younger

ARCH





rca dy

I{IlssoE





Two Fresh Registered Holstein

For sale Cows with A. n. 0. I ords of

80 lbs. milk per day. Also Six YeaIling Heifers.

Sired by 38- lb. bull. Whitney Bron, Onondaga. Mich.





Breakwater Jerseys





Bull calves for sale. Majesty breeding. Herd tuber-

culosis free. Come or write. Brookwater Farm. Ann

Arbor. Mich





FINANCIAL KING BULLS





We have for sale a few bulls ready for service. also

bull calves sired by Financial King Sensation. son of

Financial Sensation. the $60, 000 sire. These bu 11s sure

from R. M. cows. Write to Goldwater Jersey

Farm. Goldwater. Mich.





Hood Farm breeding. Cows and

Jersey Cattle bred heifers. bull call for sale.

Herd under state and federal supervision. Address

inquiries ra Jayne, County Building. Detroit.

Jayne Hill Farms, (one mile south), Fenian. Mich.





 





FOR S ALE Jersey bulls ready for star-

Re

Merit. Accredited liverdi eWould 22:: a [gigablg





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





 





cattle. young bulls, for

an! e. Tuberouiin tested

J. L. CARTER, Lake Odessa, MiOh.





15 Cows,4 bulls from R. of M. Cow w.s Chance

toseleot. from herd of 70. Some fresh. others bred

tor-tall freshening. ColonC. Lillie. Coopersvide. Mich.





HER EF ORDS





\ Registered Breedinzcattle. T. 8. Tested

at practical prices for production of

Hereford Baby Beeves profitably. all ages.

T. F. B. SOTHAM 8: SONS

(Hereford: since 1089)



St. Clair, Mich.





,_ Thumb Hereford Breeders’ Association

can supply your code with outstanding. well—bred

registered Herefords, either sexes. polled or horned

-st reasonable as. Inquire of E. E. TWING. soo-

' Tron" Bad xc. Huron 00.. ch





HEREFORDS

rsand Cows with Calves by side. Most

Mich Allen BroI., Gill 8. Wounodgo 8L.





Registered Jersey





 





 





 

 





 





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IIIIIIEL .1





Now offering 2 January roan mil 1 cda has of





one] merit:k reasonabl pri

L BT00 FARM. x MD. Tecumseh. Mich

sired





this

Young bulls Torso.





"III Indium. s,

gum War, for Maxims” “Emi‘m grudge,





When In Need “m2“ Figs” 3!





 

 





 

 

 

 

   





L higan’s Leading Live,





,, Reserve Grand

* In 1923 we was



Champion Saws, Reserve

Senior empiric Boar, Reserve Jun-

ior Champion sew; ‘ ~

Our hard is headed by TQPMAST

SENSATIQN, the Premier Sire or the ~

State. We are offering some excep-

tlonai fall pigs, either sex, sired by

TOP PMAST SENSATEON.



Write us your wants.





LOEB FARM





The Home of Grand Champions

Vir ixl Davis, Supt. Swine

CHARLEV MICHIGAN.





DUROC JERSEY 'GIL'I'S





Especially long in body and well developed in form;

‘ evaluable, practical type. Sendu for” photos and full

n and pri ce'o tonal practical‘

stock. STATE FARMS ASSOCIACTION. 307



Rois Street. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





Registered Du’rocs





FOR SALE. —gif011ng bears and gilts bred from the

best herds in Michigan and Ohio. at reasonable pris-

es and fully guaranteed. W. E. Bartley. Alma, Mich.





DUROC Satisfaction 8th, Greater Duration and

Sensation Boy. Prices reasonable. Write us your

wants. Norris Stock Farm. Casnovia. Mich.





 





 





Spring boars sired by Brookwster





 





DUROC JERSEYS Spring pigs either sex of M arch

April and May tarrow, sired by three outstandingI

herd boars If you want size ty 9 and quality combine

come and sea or write us F. J. rodt, Monroe.uich.l1.





red Sows and Gilts.

each. Fall pigs, $12. All Reg. and

alt's Top Col. breeding. None better.

Jesse Blissdv. Son Henderson, Mich.





4 .

[lurIIII‘JIImeyWB $25 to s o

guaranteed.

Write us.





D





gain prices. W. C.





UROC fall and spring boars of the best breeding

and quality. at prices to sell. Fall pigs at bar-

Taylor. Milan, Mich.





UROC Bargains. Bears and Gilts. Breeding the





Best. Price the Lowest it has Ever Been

D. Heydenberk, Wayland, Mich.





DUBUG JERSEYS AND DELMNE ”RIMS





CAl’. EY 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 furrow to

Mich. State Fair Jr. Champion 1922. the common





sense type and price.

ANDY ADAMS, Litchi’ield, Mich.





S rin boars from prize winning stock,

Chesters will ship on approval. Cholera Immuned.

Fred L. Bodimer, Reese,





BUY NOW





This is our chance to buy Chester

White fal pigs at rock bottom prices.

A large lot of good pigs to choose from.





WEBER BROS- ,

10 mile Rd. West Royal Oak, Mich.





 





 





o 1 C9 25 choice young boars for fall

’ ‘ 5. service. Clover Leaf stock Flu-III.

Monroe. Mich.



:5 spring pigs. pairs not akin, from

O I C35 3good sires, also fall pigs recorded





free. Otto Schulze & Sons. Nashville. Mich.





0. Service Boers and Bred

Registered Gilts. Also a few tried Bows. due

soon, four Beagle hounds. —Joseph R. Van Etten, Clif-

ford. Mich.





C. Yearling Boars. Extra Yearlingp and

Satisfaction or no Pay.





EC. 0. 8

Plymouth, Mich.





Spring Bows.

on apprmal. Fred W. Kennedy. R. 2.





 





o I C Choice young boars for full service

and dRed Polled bulls. -Jacob Berner

& Sons. Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





01C, Sept. pigs. Sired by ”Giant. Boy, " Senior

- - 3 Champion at West. Mich State Fair. 1923.

Milo H. Peterson. R. 2. 101119.. Mich. "Elmhurst





Farm."



0 I C’s of prize—winning blood sprint;

' boars "and gilts, open orbred



shipped C. 0. D. and reg. free .l. W. Howell, Ovid,



Michigan.





P C 50 head choice Boars and Gills. Bired by a



0 son World Champion Big Bob. Peter a Pen

son 1. 075 Peter Pan and Model Clansman. .

Garnant. Eaton, Rapids, Mich,





L T P C Bred Gilts out of the most. pop-

' ular , oodlines. They have al-



ways made good and willm again. Write your wants

Iii° format-II of selling. M. M. PATRICK, Grand

0”!





 





B IG-TYPE Poland China boar pigs. sired by Pon-

tiac Buster. grandson of Giant Buster: $5.00 each.

with certificate of registry. Lone Cedar Farm. 111'

N. Johnson Ave. Pontiac. Mich.





Livingston’ 3 Big Polands





Our thanks to all those who helped make our first

public sale a success. Our hat is still in the ring

for bigger and bette tor Polands. Come and see. W.

LIVINGSTON. PARMA. MICH.





BOARSCh at half Nigel-11111311; this ‘P‘E





<7»: harboring) fe‘e‘d. 1m”'Our gist. la the? Pig Club.J .

3. ya on pain. '

tier. Portland, Mich. .> m (f





BlGT p C. Aim. and Sept. pigs sired





herd hours 00

herdmatflEeoch. Wintersslell‘b.2

Order quickie: choice. E. A. CLARK. scheme.” Mlclr





Lllcmmwm g,g,m-I~





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A. Ingmar. financed-I. HIE?” for . ’75'.‘





 





 





 





 





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fresh air profided the anmials:





14“ng Withho-





nfiam the 19:22 :- _’_

nior Churnpion. Grand ‘

r= \-





pAInvItIGA- snap: in pus-my.





 





HE heading above is not intended ~





as a pun. The accompanying

graph shows thevsteady growth in the





number of milk Cows on farms during .

. the last three-quarters of a. century as





"reported by the Bureau of the Census

and the Department of Agriculture:

The sag in the line from 1910 to

1913 was due primarily to revisions in

the estimates based on census data.





Normand does not necessarily signify a





pause in the growth of commercial

dairying. The point is that the his-

tory of dairying has not been charac-

terized by pronounced periods of con-

traction and over-expansion which are

found in some other branches of ag-

riculture.



Besides the gain in the milk cow

population, production per cow has

increased so that per capita consump-

tion of dairy products has increased

materially in the last quarter of a cen-

tury. The gradual recognition of the

high value of milk and milk products

in the diet of both young and old and

the development of new forms of con-





OF THE DAIRV ”CATTLE mPSULATION lN THE

TED STAT





 





sumption, such as ice cream, condens-

ed milk, powdered milk and the like,

have provided for this increase in the

output.



Dairying has expanded rather rap-

idly in each of the last -three years

because of the fact that dairy prod-

ucts offered more certain and more

profitable returns than many other

farm commodities. Nevertheless, the

prices of butter, cheese and milk were

higher in 1923 than in 1922, and prob-

ably more than enough higher to off-

set the rise in feed and labor costs.



Eventually, this expansion may lead





. to moderate overdoing. The time re-





quired to raise more dairy cows and

the fact that many people do not like

to milk, however, tend to keep the

growth of dairying from outrunning

the demand which is growing steadily.





 





TESTING THE BARN ATMOS-

PHERE.





HERE is an easy method for the

dairyman and stock raiser to learn

whether ‘the stables are properly ven-

tilated. Since 'pure'air is quite as im-

portant to live stock as good food and

water, the matter of proper ventila—

tion is one in which the farmer and





~ stock raiser is financially interested. '





When, upon entering the barn after

a cold night, the frost adheres to the

walls, the owner may be sure that

there has been an'adequate supply'of





often is a difficult matter in an old

barn to remedy the difficulty, and

again, the job may be 'a very simple

one. The county agent can usually be

of help in working out a. problem of

this kind.





 





'yvmrss HANPLING or: MILK.





WM upon the handli





warm weather. But little has been





 





said about this task during the winter

There is, however, a. cold-





months. .

weather problem connected with this





   





It





potatoes would be worth about eight--

.een cents per bushel to feed to hogs. I. f’





.calves hem of common scrub cox;





UCH emphasis has been placed

ng of milk during ’





 

 





 





Getting. The milk which adheres—ago.

the can cover as the result of W, ,

and also the limiting ice particles.“

stit-ute a loss to the party selling 1%

milk. Occasionally producers attemt

to keep the Supply of night’s flak

from freezing by storing thaw ween;

place. In this effort, there is m

to be a continuous bacterial/gem

the Warm milk during the night. We

frequently results in the milk:- becom-

ing tainted.





INCREASING THE MILI< 'F'Cdvvij.





 

 





   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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I would like your help in making up

a dairy ration to increase the milk

flow. I have barley, oats, and t;

and am feeding alfalfa hay. .mad

buy linseed or cdtto‘nseed meal direc-

essary. ——E. B. A.





If you wish to get the maximum pro-

duction it will be necessary to provide

some extra feedingstuffs with a filth ,

per cent of protein. You ought to 'get ‘ “

very good results, however, from7’t‘lie '

feedi'ngstuffs you have on hand, If

you will grind the barley, oats and

meal, equal parts by weight, andfecd

one pound of grain per day for every

four pounds of milk produced, you

should get a. good liberal flow of mm:

and, by feeding all the alfalfa hay they

will eat, the ration will be fairly well





balanced.





However, if you wish to make the ,

cows produce to their capacity you can“. .5

undoubtedlyget an increased yield by,

adding two pounds of cottonseed (Ir-oil

meal per day. You can stimulate ma‘ny

cows to additional production by. feed-

ing still more of the high concen-

trates, cottonseed or oil meal. But

this super-feeding should be carefully

done by adding no more than shalt

pound extra per day, then noting the

results before increasing the amount

further





REGARDING TON LITTERS.





HILE the result of this year’s.



ton litter club work being con: _ »

ducted in Indiana shows a. larger num:

her who have attained the goal of pro- _

ducing litters of 2000 pounds and over, ,

Michigan farmers have set a. higher

standard. The winning litter in Mich;

igan weighed 2,840 pounds while the

heaviest Indiana litter weighed~ an

even 2,600 pounds. Even the second ,

and third litters in Michiganweigh‘od

more than the first in Indiana. In ",311

Michigan had sixteen entrants who

produced litters of 2,000 pounds and

over. Indiana had fifty-eight. . .





POTATOES vs. CORN FOR Pies—1",





 





What is the feeding value of 8% bush- . , 3‘

el of cooked potatoes, compar .

a bushel of shelled corn, for feedfiig ‘w

pigs or hogs ?——Reader. l

I‘





Potatoes contain one-fifth as muCh

protein and nearly onefourth as much

carbohydrates as corn. Their percent— ~

age of digestibility is slightly lower ’-

than corn. The results of various

trials in feeding cooked potatoes to ‘

growing and fattening hogs wouldj

show that approximately diaspounds

of potatoes would be required "tore: ' '

place 100 pounds of shelled corn.

Therefore, with corn at present prices





   





——Pope.





 





 

 

   

 





It is a matter of record 113;:





 

   

   

   

 

   

   





but sired by pure-bred bulls, skeptic,

milk a.





aynmawH-Hldmfid





‘_.._.-..MI_I
rt ' D;

’i goney‘ in ' their pockets They have

’Ed theaNew York retail; milk-I

.p‘ricewone cent per quart, increasing

,"t‘lierEby their retail sales and pocket-

111:; by- the procedure comfortable

‘ slices of profits. They have passed to

the customer, in fact, just about two

thiitds the out they have given the

" 5' farmer: (at the base price of $2 80);

-- ' . 'Sheflleld Farms at its base price of

$2. 58, has no doubt passed along less

-than that. The only sufferer by the

. war is the producing farmer.

A Stranger Mfiketing Organization.





one would naturally suppose that

-with the immense benefit which the

dairymen have received from their

great New York Cooperative, they

wduld be standing solidly behind it,

,. instead of risking disaster by a divis-

, ion which plays into the distributor’s

hands. There was a day, not long ago,

when the farmer’s whole job of bar-

gaining for his milk product was to

step f01 ward on the appointed day and

“sign on the dotted line.” He was the

helpless victim of chaos on his own

' side and the “gentlemen’s ag1 cement"

on that of the distributors He had an

organization, (after 1907), but of pa-

per mainly, and of little avail. Driven

to heavy loss by the rapidly rising war



‘costs of milk production, he put iron



into his organization,‘ and in 1916



struck for his rights and won them.



His 'weapon in the fray, the old Dairy-

' 1 ‘ men’s League, was a“ collective bar-

» If gaining body only. Experience showed

. the need of a solider o1ganization, and

the present Dairymen s League Coop-

erative Association, Inc, grew natur—

ally 'out of the older body and finally

replaced it. With the new organiza-

tion aregular marketing cooperative

on'the California model, came the

standard cooperative marketing prin-

ciple of pooling the product. And it is

this pooling of the product which, as

so often happens, has divided the

farmers and led to most of the

trouble. .

Cooperation Saves the Day.



The pooling plan was put over in

the midst of a c1isis—the deflation

stb‘rm of 1920—-following the abnormal

and enormous over-stimulation of milk

production and the condensed milk in:

dustry in order to feed the allied arm;

ies’ during the wai. This war demand





   





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





1920.

,witli'warehouses stacked to the roof.

The condenseries shut down tight, but

the cows kept right on. Questions-

What to do With the huge over— supply.

If dumped into the New York market

it would knock the fluid milk price be-

low cost of production; it would car1y

(lewn the whole milk industry along

'wlth the over-load. It was a staggei-

ing question; I to unorganized farme1s

it would have been an unansweIable

question. Their new 01gan1zat1on sav~

edthem. The re-organizers had seen

the Question coming and had the an-

swer ready—~the standard cooperative

answer to all such questions—pool the

product, and distribute the load of the

surplus to every farmer who produces

milk; take a small temporary loss to

avoid a disastrous larger one; keep

the surplus away frOm New York;

give- New York only its normal daily

need, and “keep the New York fluid

milk marketw—the main artery of the

dairyman's income—11p to the level of

a living returns for the dairyman’s

'work. Put the surplus into less per-

ishable“ thdugh less profitable forms——

buttor, cheese, condensed milk——store

Iit,Iand sell it in the best markets





 





 

 





tile, the only practicable solution, and,

' ‘ ’ofld be the pride of every cooper-

farmers’ organization in this





 

 





   

   

 





 

 





   





 

 

 





' Which ,had' .t ":

strength and resolution to see the g ,

crisis coming, take hold 0'1 it and see .

it through to a triumphant and pros- l

perous conclusion. There are an e‘sti-q

mated 150, 000 farmers supplying New '





for condensed milk car1ied ove1 into'

when it was abruptly cut off,’





allablef' It“ was the true, the scien- ’





ry fthd‘t the New York Dairymen’ s -





York City withmil'k. The New~York

Dairymen’s Cooperative saved them

all—dragged'them back from theaedge

of 'the pit and- put them solidly on their

feet again. And in the long run, more-

over-do not forget—that victorious

burst of energy and organization has

proven as large a benefit to New York

City as to New York farmers.

Marketing the Surplus.



The milk surplus—the economic vil—

lain in the plot—we have said was

turned into butter, cheese, condensed

milk, etc. It’brought less price in

these forms, but better so than flood-

ing New York City with it in fluid

form and ruining the New York mar-

ket, the dairymen’s biggest resource.

The difference was distributed to eve-

ry member of the League by pooling

the financial return from all classes

of milk and milk product, and making

out each member’s milk check 011 the

same basis, the amount varying only

with the quantity of milk he shipped

and its butterlat content. (Deducting

also, for each farmer, freight charges

varying with his distance from New

York). That is the straight, standard

cooperative principle of pooling the

product, as applied to milk. This prin-

ciple has been successfully applied for

years to other farm products, (Califor-

nia fruit is a notable instance), is on

solid economic foundations which have

received the approval of the American

Bankers’ Association, and has the

backing also of the United States De-

partment of Agriculture.



‘ The “Non-pooler."



The crucial point in the New York

situation needs further emphasis—the

“non-poolers”'has received the/benefit

of pooling along with the pooler, but

declines to footihis share of the bill.

The New York fluid milk price has

been held up for him as well as for

the League member. The “non-pooler,”

however, has refused to pay l1is*share

of the cost. He has simply stayed

outside, drew a full milk check at the'

New York fluid milk price, and put it-

all IIin his pocket, whistling cheerfully.=

The pooler has solved the' surplus

problem for him and paid the shot.‘

He is a passenge1 0n the boat; the.

poole1 works the ship; “he should

worry.”



Skimming the Cream.



However, he doesn’t reap quite all

the premium. He generously shares

a part with “Sheffield Farms,” (which

works the field amicably alongside

him), by the simple process of taking

from ‘iShefl‘ield Farms” 3. "base price”

somewhat below the League’s; Thus

Sheffield Farms is able to skim a lib-

eral slice of cream off the non-pooler's

milk check, and yet leave the latter

an excess profit on the transaction. A

neat enough proposition. It is that

nice layer of cream which keeps “Shef-

field Farms” and the non—pooler to—

gether. They feed side by side at a

comfortable crib, daily filled for them'

by the labors of the Dairymen’s

League. A pleasant life, ,floating down

stream on a barge the other fellow

builds for you and works his passage,

while you fish over the stern! “Coun-

try life in America,” in one favored

location!



All of which brings us back to where

we started—the new outbreak of hos-

tilities between "Sheffield Farms” and.

the DairymEn’ s League, with the

League tanner sitting tight, in spite

of the somewhat enlarged notch nick-

ed out of his customhry. milk check,

and the “non- pooler, ” who has hitherto

been “joy-riding” at the League’s ex?

pense,1oaring very loud indeed at the





unprecedented notch taken out of his .





h “in“ .mw Iagm

t on cow

of 1111le or which the is man-e. .,





The milk making (maidens of the cow—hoi-

d‘ gestive and genital organs—creating key to

the milk yield. Siuggish organs mean a

yield, plus a to-





KOw-Kare has a definite medicinal action





ht ounce





on these organs—tones them .up to greater».





health and activity. As a preventive of

disease and an aid to greater milk yield this

famous remedy adds to its friends each year.





John Peters, Meservey. IowaI says: "One of

my new milch cows was giving about ten

quarts to a milking, when she suddenly fell

oil to less than half that amount. I gave

her the Row-Kare treatment for six days and





it brought her back to her full flow, and she _





is now better than ever. I gave some of the

medicine to my other cows and every one

of them improved. Kow-Kare is just what

cows need. I shall tell my neighbors what. a

fine cow medicine this is.’





G. P. Lanterman. Dexter, N. H. writes us:

,"I have used Kow-Kare fo1 three or four

years ind can recommend it to all having

cows. With this alone I have cured all oil-

ments that cows are subject to, and as a

milk producer it has no equal.”



Thousands of dairymen write us of the

wonderful results of the Kow-Kare treatment

for such cow diseases as Barreness, Abortion.





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fifilfi WW double thing-{pitch I ever





   





Afim'g'tet those be my”

I a w

5:333;- it on hand.





"NM -. .

‘Kor'eo

worm”! unditlomr and aid to"





111$: yie d the usual dose is one ”WI:

twice a day. one week in each mo '

cost of one cent a day per cow. Our free

book. “The Home Cow Doctor." tells how to -'

add to your milk income through the old of

Kowsliaro.



dealers. general stores and dru to.

sell ow-Kare, large size 81. 26. medium 6120*

66c. If your dealer is not supplied, order

direct. We pay pastage.





. DAIRY

ASSOCIATION





60., TNC.

‘ Lyndonvllle. Vt.





 

   





 





 





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this issue.





The Michigan Farmer,





 





Detrmt, Mich.
,' , an.

artist:





N3 ouoramns





Wednesday, December 26.





Wheat.



Detroit. '——N0. 1 red 5111:1160. 2 red

‘1.10;No.3red 51‘. 07' No '2 white

1.11 No.2 leed 51.1



, 51%7@1 ——Decemher at 81. 01 %; May

“112110337 11311 $11011: .1119.





Corn.





Detroit. ——Cash No.3 yellow at 77c;

No. 4 yellow 73c; No. 5, 67@680:'No.





.6313.

Chica o—December at 690; May at -





3 73%@7 54c; July 7455c.





Oats

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white at 4813;;

No. 3, 460.





Chicago—December at 4194c; May.





44940; July 42%c.

‘ Rye.



Detroit. —-Cash No. 2, 73560.

Chicago. —December 68%0; May at





160

Toledo. ———73c.

3 Barley.

Barley, malting 74c; feeding 700.

Buckwheat.

Buckwheat. -——New milling 52 cwt.

Beans.

Detroit. — Immediate and prompt

shipments $4. 75@4. 80 per cwt.

- Chicago—Choice $5. 30; red kidneys

. at 57. 30.

New York. —Choice pea5 Oat $5. 50@

5. 75; red kidneys $7. 25@7

Seeds-

Detroit. —Prime red clover cash at

”51:3 alsik-e $9. 45; timothy 53. 90.

= . Hay.

.33 New Hay—No. 1 timothy $22. 50@

3,23; standard and light mixed $21. 50@

22; No.2 timothy $20.50@21; No.1

clover $20. 50@21; wheat and cat straw

3.511 50@12; rye straw $12.50@13.





,73





:3 Feeds.



‘3 Bran 534; standard middlings $33;

‘flne do 534; cracked com 537; coarse

"cornmeal 535;

100-l‘b. sacks.





WHEAT ,





The government crop report places

the winter wheat condition at 88 per





~ cent which is somewhat below expec- . ‘





I Live Stock Market Servicej





tations, and gives the area devoted to

this crop at 40,191,000 acres, a reduc-

tion of” 12.6 per cent, as compared with

the revised area of last year. The

market continues to drift along an un-

certain course, with speculative activ-

ity at a low ebb. December offerings

- appeared to be more liberal at the

close of last week, although trade at

Liverpool continued steady. Russian

shipments of wheat have been large

. and last week Argentine sent 370,000

‘bushels abroad. Primary. market re-

ceipts were 899,000 bushels, as com-

.pared with 1,727,000 bushels a year





ago.

CORN





Conditions in the corn market are

more favorable to the producer than

in wheat circles. Trading, however,

was on a comparatively small basis

during the close of last week Receipts

are moderate since many farmers are

holding for more money, influenced,

no doubt, by the contrast in prices for

the new and 01d crops. Others are

waiting for the corn to lose some of

its moistuie in ordex to get better

grading. Furthermore, disappointing

yields have been sufficiently numerous

to cause comment in trade centers.

Weather, also, has not been favorable

forthe stored crop.





3 OATS





A limited volume of trade character-

ized this market last week. Domestic

shipping was fair. The primary re-



. ceipts have increased moderately and

the decline in the visible supply halted





temporarily.

‘ RYE





Rye prices are holding on an even

basis throughout the country. Russia

is claiming to be offer rye to Ger-

many at eight cents b the price of

the American grain. On the other

hand, the foreign demand

‘ such that mills making rye our are

3853330 to have a great deal of business





7 ~ SEEDS

3}] W publicity is being given the

‘ at there is a shortage of clover-

‘deed inthe United States.





W: 3 . 3.3.6. heavy importationis are be

5 m and planned for. 11‘





As a con-





ngrthern states to avoid using-





‘flDpears a little more hopeful.





chop $33 per ton in'





he gov-‘

it, however, is warning farmers!





‘this‘ imported seed. inasmuch as 1161113

not stand the rigid northern winters.

es, however; are easy with 'the

market ruling very quiet; .~





The feed market is distinctly firm: .;.fi





er. Mild weather. howeVer,‘ has had





_ the usual effect upon the trade by re-





ducing consumption. The amount of

feeding being done varies considerably

as compared to a year a o.

pests that there is less fee ing in the





northwest but more in the districts





nearer primary markets.





BEANS





It would appear from reports on con-

ditions in consumptive markets that

the future of the season’s bean trade

Sellers

are not disposed to make cuts on the

standard types of beans for future de-

livery. Pea beansappear to behold;

however, within ”fairly narrow 'price

limitations, while red and, white kid-

neys circles show conditions somewhat

in the buyer’s favor.





AY





The hay market is reported dull-3





with demand narrow in scope and lim-

ited to thebest grades. Receipts are.

not large so that the undertoneis not

especially weak. A quiet market is

expected until after the holidays.





POTATOES





The inquiry at this time is very

light. The market at Grand Rapids

is dull and the movement limited.

Other potato shipping and distributing

points report similar conditions, al-

though the eastern consuming centers

are more steady than those in the mid-





' dle west.





At Grand Rapids carlots of sacked

rurals U. S. No. 1. were selling for

80@85c per bushel. Chicago was pay-

ing for U. S. No. 1 round whites 900@

51.05 in sacks. Extra fancy bulk was

going at 51.15@1.25, while Minnesota

shipping points were getting 80((1‘850/

for No.1 round whites.



The U. S. Bureau of Agricultural

Economics gives final production fig-

ures of the potato crop which shows a.

decrease of 4,330,000 bushels as corn-





It ap—'





' bushel,





pared with the Nov gate 1 estimate.



Michigan, however, ows‘ a total yield

which is larger 1than the November 1

estimate. The estimate was 34,980, 000

bushels, while- the fin al figures. are

35 U786 000 bushels. LaSt year's final

sures for Michigan are 37, 842, 000





bushel Is. 7

' ONIONS





There is such a small movement of

onions from Michigan and New York

shipgmg points that no market was

esta lished. In Chicago the market is

steady for California stock. The small

sized white varieties are selling for

$3. 75@4 per 100 pounds. ,





APPLES





The apple markets of the country

are dull and are generally well sup-

plied with fruit. In Chicago, Michigan

.Grade A Spys are bringing 55.50@6

per bbl; Jonathans $5@5. 50; Green-

ings .$5@6; Baldwins $4@5. The west-

ern extra fancy Jonathans are bring-

ing $26M. 325 per bushel, medium grades

51. 50@2‘; fancy Delicious $3. 25@3. _40.



In Detroit the prevailing tone is

easy. Greenings bring 51. 50@1. 75 per

Baldwins $1. 40@1. 60; Spys at

$1. 75@2; Kings 51. 75@2



The final crop figures of the Ehreau

of Agricultural Economics show an in-

crease of 881, 000 bushels as compared

with the November 1 estimates. The

Michigan final crop and November 1

estimated figures are the same, being

2,118 000 bushels, as compared with

1, 699, 000 bushels last year.





WOOL





The demand for wool on the Boston

market has kept quite moderate and

prices remain firm. The tendency of

values is upward, both in this county

and abroad. However, in the woolen

goods market the movement is not so

strong.



The foreign wool markets have been

active and our oWn weste1n markets

are practically cleaned 'up. What is

left is selling at high prices. The Bos-

ton quotations are as follows on Mich-

igan and New York fleeces: ' Delaine

unwashed 53@54c; fine unwashed 47

@480; half-blood unwashed 53((Zr540'





 





 





Wednesday,





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 133. Market steady.





Good to choice yearlings.$ 9.50

Best heavy steers . . . 8.25@ 8.50

Handyweight butchers .. 6.75@ 7.25

Mixed steers and heifers 5.25@ 5.75

Handy light butchers. . . . 4.25@ 5.00

Light butchers . . . . . . . 3.50@ 4.50

Best cows ................. 4.50@ 5.00

Butcher cows ......... 3.00@ 4.00

Cutters .................. 2.50@ 3.00

Can» Iers ................ 2.00@ 2.50

Choice bulls .............. 4. 50@ 5.25

Bologna bulls ........... 3.50@ 4.50

Stock bulls ............. 3.00@ 4.00

Feeders ................. 5.00@ 6.00

Stockers . . . . . .-.. 4.00@ 5.50

Milkers ..... ..............$ 45@ 75

Veal Calves.



Receipts 230. Market 51 higher.

Best .................... 51400691500

Others ................ 5.00@13.00



, Hogs. ,



Receipts 2,252. Market active and



15c higher.

Mixed .................. 5 7.50

Pigs ..................... 6.60

Roughs .............. . . . 6.25

Yorkers.................~ 7.30

Stags ................... 4. 00@ 5.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1, 651. Market active.





Best lambs . . . . ..513. 50@13. 75



Fair to good sheep. . . .. 5. 50@ 7. 00



Culls ................... 1.50@ 3.00

BUFFALO





Receipts 70 cars. Females 25c high-

er, others strong. Choice to prime

heavy shipping steers 59'. 50@10; good

to choice shipping steers at 7. 50@8;

heavy fat, medium quality 7@_7. 50';

medium to good 56@6. 50; light native

yearlings, fancy qual51ty $11@12. 50;

medium to good 59@950 ,best handy

steers, grassers 5.6@6. 50; plain grass-

e‘rs $5 75(&)6; handy steers and heifersr

grassers 55. 50@6; western heifers at





at 56 50 gélight Michigan butchew





heifers 0' best fat cows





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December 26. \





6. 50; medium to good $5@5 50; cutters

$3@3. 25; reactor cows 51. 75@2; can-

ners, good weight $1. 60021. 75; best fat

bulls $4. 50@5; light fat bulls 56@6 50; ‘

heavy bologna. bulls 54. 50@5; common

bulls $3 50@4; best feeders, 700 to 800

lbs $6@6. 50; medium feeders $5. 75@

6:25 stock heifers ..53 50@4; stockers

good 55. 25@5. 50; light, common 53. 50

@4; best milkers and springers at 575

@100; common and medium $35@50.



Calves, receipts 1, 200. Market is

steady. Tops at $13. 50.





Hogs.



Receipts 70 cars. Market is higher.

Heavy $7. 65@7. 75 mixed and yorkers

$7 65; pigs 57@7.2



Sheep and Lambs. ~



Receipts 20 cars. Market is higher.

Top lambs $14; yearlings $2150.15; weth—

ers $7. 50@8; ewes 56@7.



CHICAGO2





H0 098-



Receipts 13, 000. Market mostly 10

@15c higher to shippers, graders and

small killers. Big packers are bidding

steady to strong. Bulk of good and

strong weight butchers at 57 20@7 35;

tops 57. 40; 150 to 250-lb. average

mostly at $7@7. 15; 150 to 175-lb. av-

erage $6. 55@6. 90 bulk of packing soWs

$6. 50@6 6.75



cattle.





Receipts 15, 000. Market is uneven.

Fat steers weak to 250 lower. Heavies

showing most decline. Top matured

steers $11; yearlings 510. 50. No choice

yearlings here. Bulk of fed steers at

$8. 25@10; she stock and bulls uneven-

ly. higher, largely strong to 25c up.

.Vealers 25@50c higher.

10. Few upwards to $11. 50, and the

bulk to outsiders.



Sheep and Lambs. ~'



Receipts 18,000. Market is fairly ac-

tive. Fat lambs are steady to strong.

,Shee and feeding lambs are around

stea 13qu of fat Wooled lambs

early at $13



edlambs 'a‘ $11.50@12; 35;

wei ht fat ewes at 57

was $12.36;: .





 





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,1"





3 ' in Chicago is





, a slight decline in the prices on 'th s‘

, class of meat





‘of December show that dealers





Bulk $9. 50@ _





Feb. 5; —Detroit Creamery "

16:25 tops $13.50; clip-





 





 

 

   

 





 





 





 





weaken. The





less than last ieazr ’ 'ah‘d _'

taken out of storage was ‘3'

fourth of that taken outqut?





 

 





time last year;



butter is about 1,000 1311



than last year.“ ‘ -

The prices areas fOlIOWS:

Chicago. ——.Creame1§y extras at



extra firsts 50@5231/30; firfis‘m



47' 54c; centralized in cariots'm





sells for 451/2 @49c.





POULTRY AND EGGS





The prices of eggs are tending hirer





on account of the increase in the fresh





a year ago. Most- of the receipts com-





receipts. At Chicago there are

2,000 more cases received perday





ing from the west and south. The



storage supply



25,000 cases.

The weather is not favorable for





dressed poultry, which is selling a. few-i .'



Turkeys. have [j

come in rather freely, but the (leaders "

have cleaned up their steaks in good '





cents over the line.





shape. Chi'ckens are offered freely.

Ducks and geese,

demand. _. ,. ._



LESS CATTLE BEING FED. ' '





 





Less cattle feeding is bein

Michigan this’ winter, aceor

ports received in response to an





quiry made on December 1 by L. Whit- ‘ 3

ney Watkins, Commissioner of Ang- ~





culture, and Verne H. Church, Agricul-

tural Statistician. United States Bu-

reau of Agricultural Economics.





While the feeding of 'cattle is sear; 3 ’





carried on in this state to the extent





that it is done in the main com belt - 3-





states, it has not been as extensive

during the last two years as in some

former years.-





c1ease of ten per cent in the 11'





of cattle on feed on December 1 i183?" -,

compared with one year ago. The um. ~ '

ber brought into the state during the

past five months for feeding purposes ' ' = ~

was somewhat less than during the' -





corresponding peiiod one year ago.





Ohio and Kansas are also feeding _





less cattle this year, the percentage

being 90 and 95 per cent, respective”.

The other corn belt states have a large

amount of soft corn, and report ind

creased feeding in the following per-

centages: Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin

and Nebraska, 105;

South Dakota, 110.





the far west, Montana is the only one

showing an increase. For the cert;

belt as a whole, it is estimated then

are about two per cent more on feed

than last year





The average weight of those on feed '





is less than last year. The marketings

for the six months following Decem



her 1, 1922, were about 300,000 heard

more than during the corresponding

periods in 1920 and 1921, although the

increase in feeder shipments into

states was about 800, 000. The avail-





able evidence indicates that the 5390?): 1





or portion of this difference of '5





has not yet been marketed, and com "

stitute a part of the available supply _ -f





g- .





for the coming six months.





The seasonable demand for poultry

at prices which are relatively low has if;





lessened the demand for beef, cans





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MILK PRICES.





 





 

 

 

 

   





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In ‘Detroit fresh creamery ifi tubs .71..





 





 





is also larger by about 33,? .3333'





when good, are in





done in a'

g tore-w





So’me feeders 'are' hafi'd-'

ling smaller quantities, others nave-'-

turned to sheep and lamb feedfiig ‘or -

to dairying, and some have diam ~' ~,

ued operations entirely. The ,

just made shows an approximate dfi-jf’f ,3





Minnesota. and “ 3

Iowa and Missouri

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Milk prices reported for the m 3





5.5%





paying the following prices for 3. 5

cent milk f. o. b. cities: Battle Creek

2. 95@3; Detroit 53; Grand R9

2. 78; Kalamazoo $3. 20; Lansing .35





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Clemens, Mich. -





 





 





' 3_}2,01j—-
A .ing in the last congress has been 111-.

Walled in the hedge. by. Remnants-1





011w value and interest will be

preceded during the program this

year. . Preparation of special educa-

tion'al' exhibits is proceeding on a. big-

gei- stifle than ever before. Annual

meetings of about twenty of the lead-

1d: igrlcult’ural associations and or-

M19118 of the state will be held

at the college during the week. This

“F February meeting has come to be re-

garded as the biggest agricultural

gathering of the state, crov'vds of over

5,000 having attended during the past

few, years. Plans are being made for

the reception this winter of another

record-breaking attendance. ———B. V. H.





KLlNE SELLS JERSEY HERD SIRE.





HE herd sire, Gold Medal Foxhall, .





which was recently sold at auction

with other Jerseys, by Jesse A Kline,

sof Coleman, brought an even $1, 000.

He was purchased by J. Bridges, of

Perry. This purple— -bred animal was

from high-producing stockathe six

nearest dams averaging 718.4 pounds“.

of butter; The top cow went to C O.

Tuckerman, o’f Beavert'on, Mich. for

15260., Five cows brought an average

. (if-$156, and a heifer $130.





sUG’AR H EARINGS SCHEDULED.





EARINGS on the sugar tarifl be-



fore the Federal Trade Commis-

.s-ion will begin January 15. It will be

basedmn the report of the committee

of experts who have about completed

their investigations of sugar costs in

the United States and foreign sugai-



: prodadng countries.





COOPERATIVE BEAN PICKING

PLANT.





HE farmers’ Cooperative elevators

on the eastern side of the state

which are affiliated with the Michigan





Elevator Exchange, have leased aPort ,





Huron bean-picking elevator to which

theywill ship and store their beans.

-The plant has equipment enough for

picking over a carload of beans daily.

Experienced elevator and been men





.will direct the activities of this com- .





‘sTAaTs ALFALFA DAIRY DRIVE.





" NEWAYGO county staged an alfal-

,. _ Eat-dairy campaign during the week

~. -. of December 1-7,-the extension division

«of Michigan Agricultural College co-

operating ' with the. local county aa-

thorities in putting on the drive.—

«Ball. H. '





WHEAT LEGlSLATlON STARTED.





HE wheat surplus disposal plan

giggested by. Secretary of Agricul-

tare Wallace in his annual report, and

promoted by a. northwestern wheat

selling organization, has made its ap-

penance in congress in a tan-1y intel-

. We: form.

{i effect. it would have congress

engct a law providing for the organi-

nation of a public federal wheat export

carpov'ation which shall buy wheat in

the United States at a price to be

fixed by other commodities in total.

Thlg corporation shall sell wheat

11“ at the world price. The losses

with it thus sustains it will recoup





$3“an an excise tax on each bush-





-.wheat sold by farm in tm‘mioao m r.





TUMn will





my





 





ti've- McKenzie, of Illinois, and in the





senate by Senator Curtis, of Kansas.





and it.- is predicted by Senator Smoot, -

of . Utah, , chairman of the senate





finance committee, that it will be pass-





ed over the President’s veto.



_ This will give the sales tax boosters

an opportunity to put forward again

their pet scheme, although under a

new name, “luxu'ry-ta.x.” It will re-

quire all the efforts of the farm or-

ganizations to prevent the putting over

of a sales tax on the back of the sol-

diers’ bonus.



It is predicted in congressional cir-

cles that tax revision and the soldiers’

bonus will be about all the legislation

enacted by congress this session, in

addition to the appropriation bills.





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Fresh Frozen Fish. 100 lbs. net weight. Round

Herring. $3. 85; Dressed Herring or Blueflns. $4. 8:5

Pickerel, headless and dressed, $12. 35: Salmon. $14. 35:

Flounders. $10 35; Smoked Fish. 10 lbs. net weight

Blueflns. 81.00 ,ramy l‘nt Lake Chubs. $1..30 want

for complete price list all varieties. zen. salted,

spiced and smoked Lake and Ocean 1771811. A satis-

factory deal positiveh' guaranteed.





1011an FISH 00.. Green Bay Wis.





 





 





 





115 lb. box Largo Ne'wl Frozen Herring $4.35

So 1- Price-Lint.





consumes: bill to. 61m 811.0%.





 





 





Fresh Frozen Large

Round Herring.





Dressed Plckerel. 12; Round Blue Pike,12;Floundv

en. 10:811mon. 14.1%! Best Quality send your

order or write for complete list. Badger Fish Co...

0091.5. Green Bay, Wino.





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“Alum for a Quarter

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'1: consistent. FEEDS :——F'or carioad or 00- -ob6mtive





buyers. Choice No.1 quwiity mund and bolted flax-





need» Screenings. 16-17 per cent protein; 6-7 per cent

fat; 8%- 10 p91 cent fiber. Has the beneficial quali-

ties peculiar to oil meal and naxseed. high digesti-

bilitv. sleek coats; prime finish. A- 1 condition gener-

ally Almost half the price or oil meal. $20. 50 per

ton sacked. delivered south- ol’ the Ludiagton Saginaw

line. car-loads of 20t t.ons Other danced screenings



ground grain screenings for molasses mixing.

Economical feeds for feeders. C. E Dingwall C0,,

Milwaukee. Wis” Wholesale grain and feed. W1re

orders at our expense.





FOR QUICK DISPOSAL—We ofl'er $100. 000 worth of

Gowrnmont Surplus Goods at bargain prices. Sth

merchandise as Blankets. Shoes.Underwea1-. mentors

Work Clothes. etc. , etc.. are being sold at real gen-

uine. money- saving prices. Send for free price- -llst at

once which tells all about this Sale. Army and

Navy Dept. Store. 17. W. Jefferson. Detroit Mich.





WE ARE in position to supply you at 1111 times with

good second- hand eggn oiiates, tinfllud‘igfiogillllersmaéisd

o ers, com lots for s pp ng. a e g



c v p 9. B; Detroit. 14c each: less than

cox-loot! lists. 18o each.h 'Wm. & Sons. 2846

Chane 81,1121»ch





mGE OREGON PRUNES DIRECT: 100 lbs. pres





"$11.90: special 12% lb. sample prepaid $1. 95.

Orchards. Salem. Oregon





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Stack, Tools, Etc.; $1000 Cash





Convenient several big Michigan cities: top prices

for produce- assured on good l.1:110I1d fertile section. 35

tillage. substan





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To settle affairs $3, 300 gets it.

implement





horses.





soon. Only

Details mo 80 New Inn. Catalog

states. Copy iree.81ROUTFA8M

AGENCY. m427KH. Marquette Bldo.. Chicago, Ill.





Santa Ynez Valley





The "Valley Bea gum? in Santa Barbara Cyounty.

with the delighqu climate of the Southern California

coast. away from the heat and wind of the desert

No inflation—subdividing large Spanish Grant—~rich

lands at Farm land prices. 10 acres to l, 000 acres at

$100 to $150 per acre on terms You get increase

in price to come with new boulevards and improve-



me.nts Last cheap good land near Les Angeles.

Write for information



RROWS 81 MORAN



IMO Downer 31“.. Lou Angelou. Calif. _



40 acres land all cleared and

For sale fenced and cross-fenced. located

four miles from (‘lmc on good gravel road. Two-

story cement block house, large hip roof barn. ce-

ment block garage. stone milk house. cement chicken

house. This farm can be bought for just the price

of the buildings. $4. 250. terms as follows: .250

cash, the balance $70 twice a year for 32 years. This

is an opportunity for you to own a good 40 and a

fine home for a small amount down. Address owner.

JAMES 8. BICKNELL. Clare, Mich.



Good buildings, walking distance





1 O 0 A' of College. Albion. Mich. Sell

cheap or exchange for Los Angeles. Write owner.

513E . 47th St. Los Anules. Calif.





3500 Acres of Cut-over Land





For sale at bargain prices. Will sell any part. Most

of the land is W111 watered but not swampy Well

Crawl Lumber

Crowl. Harbor





 





 





 





Go. For information write F. W.





Springs. Michigan.





Peasmre Land For Sale





In southern Midland County, Michigan, in parcels up

to 1000 acres. roads and water. Shipping

points. Shepherd, St. Louis, Breckenridge or Mid-

land. Write W.‘ 8. ROOT. Mason. Mich.





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1916 Acres$38,320 bmthegt ‘pi’f'tairiem‘d





school etc. Good





 





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TON MARTIN. Edmonton, Alberta. Canada.





FOR SALE or EXCHANGE '





Elghbhundred eighty (880) acres of land. partly



over. in, Sanborn to p. Dena, ’



land is «free and clear and is in one pom, ”-1111!

mile from the D.- & M. Railroad. enm-



y-lmowu as M 10. Considerable timber left.



they land itself is above theE average formic





GITY 311 on BAN coflm

NS Oakland Building.E LandmaM nan.

For Rent—2 Dairy Faring—2'

0119 available gt once 2-10 acres each. - Are

stocked with Holstein cattle and feed.





Farms.





 





Ypsilanti. Mich. L.





Seaman. Mar.





88 acres or number one mm for

For sale inst the price of the buildings

$12 000. germ;2 $4 000 doxn. the balance $280 Write

vcars. ddres own . A . -

BICKNE'LL. CIare. Mich. 5 er 1 M18 8





 





Sell your property quickly

for cash. no nutter when located. Particulars me.

Bull-15th“ Salesman C... 515 Browne“. "loom Neb.





 





With oIir liberal terms.

an.d healthy pro-

1"111111; Land Co...





Would“ youBuy a Home?

White people only. good

.ssive country. Write for list.





Ire-ville. Ark.

in California write Kings

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IF YOU WANT TO LIVE 00...... m. amber o:





merce. Hanford. California. for tree booklet.





Agency,



W ANT TO HEAR from purtl having farm for sale.

Give particulars and lowest mice. John J. Black.



Capper St.. Chippewa Falls “is.





ARMS WANTED—We have buyers for Michigan

F Farms. GiIe description and lowest cash price.

Warren Mcliae Farm Agency. Logansport, Ind





THIRTY ACRES 0F liRlVE 1° to 20





Dr. L'.

Mor. (3.11m Mich. ,

in Mich. for cash buyers

[ want Farms Describe and state price

R. A. McNown. 324 Wilkinson Bldg. Omaha. Nob.





 





'Buyers want farms—unions localities. De-

scribe fully and give best price.

Box 43. North Topeka, Kane.





fm sale.

feet deep.





direct from owner.





immediately.

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101 lens geébo'nmjenkim 81 Jones. Avg.

Wantedo





Near school;





at. spot. cash price

Mean business Ful





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55 111103 bottom. well located.

Mo.





to hear from owner of land for sale.

0. K Hawley Baldwin. Wino.





 





using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutive insertions 6 cents II word. (‘ount as





display type or Illustrations admitted.

”hlmum churn. 10 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmer...

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





at classified rates or in display columns at commercial rates. .

Rates 8 cents a word. each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions; for four or Illfi’O





Remittances must accompany order.

Real estate and live stock advertising have separate





Try it for want ads and for ad"?-





Poultry advertising will be run in this depmmt.





initial or umber.

departments and are not accepted a: classified.





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PET STOCK

GEMHN shepherd. Alredales Come- on English





Shepherd dogs; Puppies: 10c ill lustrated instructive

list. ll Watson. 30x35, M30011 lo.





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Logborns. 33::

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ton, Gallipolis.





BROWN and English ”White

Pcdigrecd. Stuck. Eggs.

Ohio.





 





10 Breeds Chickens Turkeys, Dutks, (110(13me

Guineas English Bulls, Fox Terrier Pups: 300 Palm:

Ducks. Jesse Burnside, Judson, Indim





SllVElt LAUFD and White Wyandotte Choice Cock-

err-Ls. 1‘. W. Browning, Portland, Mich.





S. C. BUFF LEGHORN cockerels. Write for prices

and description. Willard Webster. Bath. Mich.





“'O‘RLD'S Bl ST Giant Bronze Turkeys. Gold Medal

(Goldbank) strain. Stmk 1mm Champions at Cell-

scum show the past six years. Whlte Lmbdcu

new». Prize Winners. Dell Lay. Lakeside Farm.

lioum 5, itllegan, Mich.





Giant Bronze Turkeys. Amer-

Vigormm breeders. both utility

unrelated stock. N. Evtlyn





MII‘lllGAN'S BEST

best strains:



and fancy. Furnish

llamsdcll. Ionia. Mich;





Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. large, vig-

xeasounbiy priced. \irs. Ralph Bherk.

Michigan.





PURE- BR. ED

crous birds.

I 'aledon’ia .





 





WYANDOTTES from my prise-winning.

Males $3 and $5. Females $3

Ypsilanti. Mich.





“'HlTl‘l

heavy-laying strain.

each. $5 pair. David Ray.





 





QUALITY ("HICKS eggs: fifteen standard bred Iari~

eties; best winter laying strains. Free delivery. Rea-

sonnblo prl<-.es Catalogue free. Missouri Poultry

Farms, Columbia, \10.





BABY CHICKS from heavy— —laylng strains. All lead-

ing pure breeds. Low prices. Prepaid. Live delivery

guaranteed. Catalo‘ Free Smith Bros.‘ Hatcheues.

Mexico. Mo.



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POULTRY





QUALITY BIRDS (HEAP—l’ure- bred Pullcts. Hens.

Coekcrels. Turkeys. Geese. Ducks, Bantams. Guinea-e

13m Chicks.- Satisfadion. Guaranteed. Catalogue

Free. Evergreen Poultly Farms. Hatcheries. Hump:

top. 10qu





WHITE LEGIiORNch otter for sole our mun

flock of college 511101101225 pullets. 125 hens. TheI

are nice We are quitting business. See them at

once. or write M A. C. Poultry Department. to SI hit

them for you. Itiwr Bend l'oultry Farm. East Lan-

sing.Mlch..175 S. IIarIison Street.





SINGLE COMB REDS—«(TOckercls and pallets. March

and April hatched. ReduIed prices for quick sale.

They win, lay. Weigh and pay. Harry J Thais. 283

Huntel St... Battle (‘.rI=ek \[ich .





TOBACCO





 





Smoking. 10 pounds $2. 50;

Good Smoking. 5 pounds $1; 10 pounds $1.;50 20

pounds $2 75; Chewing. 5 pounds $1.50:10 pounds

$2. 75. Quality Guaranteed. O'Connor Smokehouse,

May.fleld Kv. ,





HOMES?“ TOBACCO—Five pounds chewing. $1. 75;

ten $3 00: twenty, $5. 25. Smoking, five pounds.

ten, $2.00; twenty. 33. 50. Pipe and recipe

Send. no money. Pay when received. Ken-

Padded».





1101\th TOBACCO Chewing 51‘s.. $1.751 Tet.

$3. 00. Smoking. 5 lbs... $1. 25: Ten. 82. 00. Pay

when received pipe 2 recipe free. Farmers' To—

bacco' Union, Paducab. Ky.





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TOBACCO—Extra Fanc _\





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TURKEYS from prize winning

unrelated stock furnl-

Belmont, Mich.





GIANT BRONZE

birds. Large. healthy.

Mrs. La Verne Browncll.





 





TURKEYS—Gold Bunk Strain.

birds. Write for

Mich.





MAMMOTH BRONZE

Unrelated Stock. Vigorous. healthy,

priI’I‘n‘. Mrs. l'crry Stcbbins, Saranuc,





 





chickens. ducks.

Large cataloI;





I18 VARlllTll'IS of Fine pure-bred

gees". turkeys, fowls, eggs. chickens.

51‘. A. A. le‘llll’r. Austin. Minn.





 





l lGOleS Gnmt White Holland Turkeys pure white

strain. Touloihe Geese. Stamped enIelope for reply

Aid n W‘C'hinomb, Byron Center, Mich





RED ITURKEYS—Hens $3“





Tom: .1312.

111mm. Mich . '





BOURBON

H. 0 Bug sic.





MAMMOTH bronze turkeys from best breeding stock.

Mrs. Eugene liamsdell. Hanover, Mich. ._.





FOIL leN’l' BRONZE TURKEYS—Toulouse Seem.

But! Oniingtons. write to M. B. Noble. Saline. Mich.





Regal-Dorcas White Wy«

Beatt’y. Milford. Mich.





J. G.





 





BOURBON RED turkeys:

undone cm-kerels. ("11113. A.





 





BUFF WYANDOTTF} COCKERELS for Sale.

Longs. Inksrer. Mich.





WHITE ROCK C‘Ot‘liEllELS~-Choice stock. $3.00 and

$4.00 each, “'esley H118. Ionia, Mich.





 





LEAH.





 





HELP WANTED





MARRIED FARMER VVANTED—Want good progres-

sive farmer to go in sheep and poultry business with

me. Have 400 acres land, line house. mchinery. No

‘money needed. Will give man that has [tad good ex-

_perlel¢ell in menus inside“ I very unusual- opportunity.



to! talks in]! am rite at mice. C.

Mrizek. Sta! Route. 11, Mich.





FARMER WANTED—Married man to work on {arm

situated ten miles from Detroit. Must pills-stand

care of cattle. No milking. House pm

vid d.ed Good wages to right man. Box 1020‘. Michi-

gan Farmer.





 





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‘ FOR each member of our big familyrofMichigan Farmer readers is our mOSI ‘ 2"





cordial wish of the season. . .. ..

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It has been a great pleasure to us to have been permitted to serve you throughout

the year 1923, andin wishing you and yours this full ,measure of 'ustly ' earned:

happiness and prosperity, we ask thatwe may step into-1924 toget er. Byun-it‘»

ing our efforts we may serve the cause OPMichigan agriculture the better. ' '





The New Year will bring new developments] Yet, our old problems will remain

to be solved. The Vital one will continue to be » ‘ f





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Measured in Michigan Farm'er Service, it has meant in 1923, 52 copies of YOUR





OWN HOME FARM WEEKLY with over 1,500 pagesuth'at have carried 6,000

columns of reading and advertlsmg matter devoted to the farmer, his family, and





the farm. . .





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Michigan Farmer '





You will be interested in keeping posted

on the legislation that will be enacted by the

68th Congress. State and National lawmak—

ers have been made to see the effect that

farming has on national prosperity.





Lower taxes, lower freight rates, improved

farm loan systems, eo-operative marketing,

honesty and economy in government, are

things the farmer must have. Given these, the

farming business will prosper as never before.





You are assured that our editorial staff, made

up of actual farm owners and operators, are as

interested in these problems as you are your—

Self. It seems to us there has never been a

time that-your interests and those ofthe Mich-





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