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VOLUME CLXII NUVI BER FOUR





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CURRENT COMMENT!





elsewhere, we

thor-





In farm work as

should become enthused over

oughness.

careful not to judge

can see. from





One must be

the world by what, he



' his window.

I The successful farmer

ecoperation; he cooperates

ture as well as with people.





believes in

with na-





Good books are worthy friends for

any man. They help you forget your.

self; one of the hardest but most ben—

eficial things one can do.





be w Michi-





: ‘ ERY

' MiChi an gall farmers real-

F g ~ize the full extent of

arm the natural advan-

Products tages which they en-





joy because of the

character of the agriculture and the

industry of the state in which they

live. This is more generally true at a

time like the present, when for a pc-

‘ riod of: years the agriculture of thccn-

tire country has suffered severely from

the effects of deflation from which no

farmer has entirely escaped. It is com-

mon human psychology to fail to see

the silver lining to any cloud which

may temporarily obscure the s 71‘ of

prosperity. But in this case the silver.

lining is there. for Michigan farmers

to see if they will but look. Let us

take a glimpse at it.





First, Michigan leads all other states

of the Union in the diversity of her

agricultural production. In a chart

prepared from census figures showing

the relative standing of all the states

in the- production of fifty important

farm products this advantage stands

out clearly. ()1' these fifty farm prod-

ucts this chart shows Michigan to be



" first in the production of three, second

in three, third in three, fourth in two,

fifth in three, sixth in two, seventh in

three, eighth in five, nine in two,

tenth in one, eleventh in two, twelfth

in seven, thirteenth in one, fourteenth

in three, fifteenth in six, sixteenth in

one, and seventeenth in three. Aver-

aging these figures for the entire list

of fifty products we find that Michigan

outranks thirty-eight states in this list

of fifty products, and thirty states in

the products for which our state has

thelowest comparative score. Not a

bad showing so far as widely diversi-

fied production of important products





' is concerned.





_ But, the reader may say, what does





. tibia avail us when the market is poor





Sand the price low for all these farm

products’ Here again the cloud has





itn silver lining Michigan also has a .





 





diversified production at the lowest

possible cost of delivery. .

son of figures shows that, the great

bulk of this diversified production (is,

needed for consumption right In our

home markets and that most of the

balance'finds a. consumer market with-

in a. ‘comparatively'sh'ort distance from

the state line. ‘



This advantage of widely diversified





production which: is needed in 3.11":ch





ceptionally good home consumer mar-

ket is a silver lining very muchworth

While. It has enabled Michigan farm-

ers to ’come through the depression in





much better shape than have the great, j

majority of their contemporaries in‘





other states and will place them in the

front, ranks of returning farm pros-

perity.



And right in this connection they

can help to hasten this development,

by themselves purchasing Michigan

food products as far as possible when

they have to buy food products not

grown on their own farms.





0 say that a farm





The - has been rented

for the past ten years

J

Tenant .8 is ordinarily sufficient

Tendencws to describe its condi-





tion. The listener, if

he be a farmer, or acquainted with

farming, will know from such a re-

mark that the land has been “run.”



The average farm lease furnishes

little or no incentive for a tenant to

maintain or build up the soil. His per-

sonal interest lies in taking out of the

soil just as much as he can, and put—

ting back just as little.



No appeal to keep up fertility for

the benefit of generations to come, will

get anywhere with this problem, which

is growing in importance in our agri-

culture. The tenant must be offered

some inducement to put plant food in

the land.



Long leasw help, but the percentage

of these is small. To get the coopera.

tion of the one or twoyear man wlil

require a new type of lease. How it

will be accomplished, we do not know.

The matter is a real problem. Prac.

tical suggestions will be appreciated.





HAT boy of yours





Your Son is sometimes quite

d a problem to his moth-



_ an er—most every son is.

> You He simply won’t do





things mother wants

him to do, and consequently he is a.

“bad boy” too often for mother’ s com-

f01.l





To dad he is not quite the problem-





that he is to mother, for dad remem~

bers that he was once a boy who tied

cans to dogs’ tails, threw snow balls

at passers-by, or get chased by the

crabby old man who lived just over

the hill. He can remember when he

crawled under the bed to get away

from the punishment mother was go—

ing to administer, and did later on,

when he had to go to bed without sup-

per, or do long extra hours of work in

orderito get-him into ways of right-

eousness.



Boys will be boys, especially when

they are just coming into manhood,

for then they try to break away from

parental authority and assert prema-

turely their manhood.



That is a. critical period in the life

of the boy. Judgment must be used in

handling him, for then a life is often

either made or broken. The parent

has a, great responsibility in the way

the boy goes.



Students of the youth period of life

say that we should endeavor to guide

our boys, not control them. .We should

seek their confidence. not demand

their obedience. In getting their obed-

ience and maintaining a ”,controi we

assert a physical poWer over them.





 





.But when we guide them through the _





confidence they have” in us. through





the emotions are the most active.





 





A compari- ~





 





‘ m f

' they actually need it we gain our.

point through their. ens-0113113.





This is

the Ioglcat- way, feral: that time of life





We should also use patience. Con-

stunt rubbing will make a. stone

smooth and polished while hammer-

ing will often break it. We can not

expect obedience ’to‘ our every word.

especially when, due to our o‘wn indiskr

position or lack of thought, the com-

mands are ill-considered. But we can

by diplomatic, indirect suggestion, as-





anally direct the boy in the way he

should go. .





, The Bean Meeting?

'OW can the Michigan been mar-

ket be stabilized? [That was the





dominant questidm before the





Michigan Bean Growers' Association

meeting held at Owosso last Friday

under the call of President A. B. Cook.

At the close of the session‘ the presi-

dent was authorized to select a com-

mittee of ten to review the situation

and to make,

such recommendations as it may deem

desirable.



Suggestions on how to avoid throw-

ing eighty per cent of the Michigan

crop upon the market at threshing





Season, were offered by speakers and





members. These suggestions included

warehousing, financing, advertising

and organization. ‘ '



The proper warehousing of that por~

tion of the crop not needed for imme-

diate consumption was emphasized by

several of the speakers. Farm stor—

age was held to be the cheapest. This

was satisfactory unless the grower

needed money, in which event storage

in a public warehouse offered wider

possibilities, particularly where use

was to be made. of federal loan agen-

cies. However accomplished, - R. L.

Churchill, secretary and. manager of

the Lima Bean Growers’ Association

of California, asserted that by holding

back the surplus and feeding the mar-

ket so as to keep it in a healthy state

throughout the year would bring the

maximum of returns.





In the matter of financing, special





attention was given to the intermedi-»





ate Credit loan system, the features of

which were explained by Mr. Rose, of

the federal land bank of St. Paul.

This system functions either through

local banks or through local credit or-

ganizations. Farmer paper taken by

the local bank will be rediscounted

through the intermediate credit sys-

tem, or, if it is not possible or desir-

able to secure needed loans in this

manner, a group of farmers can organ-

ize credit corporations and handle

loans for members, acting in much the

same capacity as the local bank. In

many instances where banks find it

unwise to extend more credit, they as-

sist the farmers to organize these

credit associations. Further, he ex.

planned that provision is made where

by loans are made direct to farmers’

business associations; but only‘ to

those that are strictly cooperative,

whose members are producers, and ,the'

notes of which organizations are. se-

cured by warehouse receipts.





Another matter put forth was the

stimulation of consumption. Growers

and jobbers alike seemed to feel that

a reasonable amount of promotion

work with consumers would not only

get people to depend more upon beans

as a part of their diet, but would have

a. tendency. to get beans upon the

shelves and. in the windows of our

grocery stores. The ‘lima bean grow-

ers, stated Mr. Churchill, started off

their first year 'with an advertising

budget of $46,000 and have ”continued

this work each year since.~ This, he

believes, has contributed substantially

to the success of the organization, ena-





bling the members to realize an aver-





age of over eight dollars per hundred

pounds for the Six Years in which the

association has been doing business.



Finally.





 





at some later meeting, ,

rschool girls like. to hitch .onrmy cutter,





 





the organization of the.

growers was offered as a general mayo ‘





4a mmmi ins many Or all 01-7 ~





the, her saggeStions presented. The

address of Mr.- Churchill gave general

Support. to this idea. From his experio

ences in the West and obser'vation with

cooperation in other fields and terri—

tory. he stated that it was his firm

opinion the? the best results would

come through the functioning .of an

emci'ent growers' cooperative Organi-

zation. -

result of ms presentation that the

gm'éra present voted to authorize the

president to make a careful study of

the Michigan been situation to the end

of learning what can be dOne here to

improve our marketing methods .

Later We shall give more detailed





reports of the addresses by President

Cook. Christian Breisch, president of'

the Bean Jobbers’ Association,.James.





N. McBride; Prof. J. C. Cox. of the M.

A. (1.; Mr. Rose and Mr. Churchill.





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Siam:

GOTTA skate: on the other day. You

see,'it was this] way‘: Them high-





 





seein’ it's me,» and some of them even

come settin’ in besides me, seein'it's

me, Well, some of them says, “Why.

don't you come out skatin’ with us?"

And I says. “-I ain’t had a. skate on

since 1910 B, P. (before prohibishun),

but seein’ it's you, I’ 11 try. ”



So, on a. nice moon-light night, after

Sophie is rippin' boaids, I gets outta





.7,” ”/////////////////// bed and goes out





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but it was nice,

the glistenin'





 





in' frosty air, and

the lafter of the

girls, and every-

, thing.



”my/z _ I put on my

"'-“////////// ///M//////- 4 skates where they

Was congregatin’ by the fire, and they

says “Hurrah for Hy. ” I says, "Amen,”

and was glidin’ over the ice in about

a half minute. Gee, but ain’t it nice

to go sailin’ along like a bird, playin’

tag, and goin’ partners with a. nice

voung girl, and doin’ fancy steps and

goin’ through the quadrille, and etc..

and etc. And then goin’ to the fire

and roastin’ weenies fer the girls, and

eatin' none yourself, ’cept when they

ain’t lookin‘, and then havin’ the girls

giving you a bite of theirs. and etc.

I tell you that’ livin’, and them girls





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to the pond- Gee, .





It was. no doubt, largely the .





snow and refresh- .





made more 0’ me than they did the ‘





young fellows there, seein’ it’s me.

And that’s livin’, too.



When we was by the fire foolin'

around, one-of them girls says, “Oh,

lookit, Hy Syckle has got. a icicle

on his nose.” And sure enough there

was. And they all laft, ’cause my nose

was red enough to keep water boilin'.



Well, it was gettin’ late and the fire

was gettin’ low. and I was gettin'

kinda chilly, so we starts skatin'

again.



Well, I no sooner gets started when

“blump.” down I go. I see the whole

sky full 0’ stars, includin’ the sun and

the moon.



When I was thus studyin’ the heav-

ens I hear somebody say, “What's the

matter, Hy? What you doin’ down

there?”



Kinda half awake I says “I don’t

k.now Gee, it’s cold down here. *Wait

until I get my skates off and I'll

get up. ”



Then somebody says “SKATES?”

And there Was Sophie wakin’ me up.

and tryin’ to get me back in bed.



Then she says, “What is the matter

with you?”



I says, “Oh, I was just dreamin'

about skatin’, I guess.”



The next mornin’ I says, “Sophie,

let’s go skatin! Skatin' is good and

healthy, and what’s good and healthy

is good fer old folks as well as young

folks. ”



' So maybe me and Sophie Will go

skatin’ 'soon. Only I hope them girls





weenie sandwiches. .

HY! 2mm





don‘t ask me to take a bite outta their.





 





 





 





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' market for it.





. “to get good seed.”





[CHIGANGROWN clover seed

M of high quality and purity has

-won a. great name for itself on





thousands of farms in New York, Penn- ‘





sylvania, New Jersey and the New

England states. Also a few Virginia

farmers have become acquainted with

the planting value of good Michigan

clover-seed.



The northeastern farmer in particu-

lar has become accustomed to plant-

ing clover only to have it kill out dur-





, ing a. normal winter and Spring. This





condition was" so prevalent, particu-

larly in the state of New York, as to

cause considerable alarm. Farmers

were feeling the loss of clover hay, not

only in themilk pail, but also from the

standpoint of soil fertility.



The New York State College of Ag-

riculture started investigations to learn

the source of-trouble; They found that





‘ right after the war France and Italy

‘in particular were shipping millions





and millions of pounds of clover-seed

to this country. They also learned

that these countries had shipped seed





‘ to America before the war—however,





starting in 1919 the volume of seed

shipped to America was greatly in-

creased as foreign countries had an





* accumulation of two or three years





and America afforded an excellent

It soon became evident

that many of the clover failures in





' New York state were due to the plant-

,' ing of European seed which had been





grown under milder conditions. than

commonly exist in the north. .

Farmers Helped Themselves.,

Forty-five thousand farmers, located

in New York, Pennsylvania and New





' Jersey own and direct the Cooperative -

'Grange League Federation Exchange,

. Inc, which was organizd to purchase





and distribute farm supplies. I was





. called by them in December, 1921, to.





be their “seed hired man.” 'My job——

Having been so

well acquainted with many Michigan





. growers of clover-seed and firmly be-

_ lieving in the productive value of Mich~





igan—grOwn seed, I felt positive of my

ground in recommending Michigan

to my newly made friends.



In the spring of» 1922, we distributed

a’few gcarloads of Michigan-grown clo-

ver-seed to farmers residing in New





Yerk, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and





the New England states, and to a few

of our Virginia farm friends.





In order to make comparisons and





get at the truth of this situation sam-

ples of French,‘ and Italian3grown seed

were sent out to a large number of





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1'. Mzcflzggm Clover Seed Gtve5 New Life to Agrzcu/ture According to New Yorlé D515





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BOHEMIAN 2262 lhe..





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N.GERNAN~1929 lbs.

MICHIGAN 2387 ~





 





HUNGARIAN1098 lba'

NICHIGAN 2617 w





 





 





 





 





This Diagram Shows Comparative Results From Growing Clover Hay From

Michigan Seed and From imported Seed Under Identical conditions.





those farmers who had obtained Mich-





ative Grange League Federation Ex-«





change. These farmers, planted the for-

eign seed right beside Michigan seed

and reported to me their experiences.

The general results of all these tests

were pretty much the same, viz.: “The

Michigan~grown seed won by a mile.”





Tests-at Cornell University Prove the-





.Superiority of Michigan-grown

, Clover-seed.

Professor R. G. Wiggans, of Cornell

University,‘ obtained samples of for-





ed very badly, but those plants pro-

duced from the Michigan-grown seed

demonstrated their hardiness by

strongly resisting the winter and

spring conditions. The chart herewith

shows at a glance the amazing results

which Professor VViggans obtained.



In summing up his tests, Professor

Wiggans states: “It is very apparent





. that Chilean, Italian and French seed

» have no place in our northern agricul-





eign-grown seed through the, United ._

States Department of Agriculture. This »

foreign seed was sown~ right beside '





some of the Michigan-grown clover-





seed which I obtained for ProfessOr,





Wiggans. Professor VViggans seeded

all of the seed under similar soil con—

ditions on plots measuring 8x60§é feet

deep. Seed was sown April 29, 1922,

good catches being obtained on all

plots. During the first summer very

good growth was made and in the fall

the European seed looked just'as good

as the Michigan. seed. In the spring,

however, a great difference was notic-

ed. The foreign plots had winter~kill~





ture, while the North German seed is

only slightly better.”



It will be noticed that the Bohemian

seed did very well in the test—~this

gives additional proof to the value of

seed grown under cold conditions as

the Bohemian seed came from the

mountainous sections of Europe. We

should remember that comparatively

small amounts of Bohemian-grown clo-

ver-seed is shipped to America. Amer-

ican seedsmen discriminate against it

as it is so often infested with dodder

which shows up very plainly in tests

of the seed analyst.



Michigan Clover Worth $425 a Bushel.



In the Cornell tests, the Michigan

igan'grown seed through their Cooper—





, ed to such rigorous conditions.





clover produced twenty- seven times as .





much hay as the Italian. If Italian

seed were retailing at $15 a bushel,

the Michigan seed should be Worth

$425.





On the basis of the Cornell. test, if

you were to seed at fifteen pounds per

acre, the Michigan seed would yield

4,484 pounds more clover to the acre

than a bushel of Chilean seed would

produce. The Michigan seed outyiold-

ed the north German seed thirty-six

per cent, figured on yield per acre. The

French clover seed yielded 4,816

pounds of pure clover hay, and 4,444

pounds of natural grasses and weeds,

while the Michigan seed yielded 9,288

pounds of pure clover, and 1,640

pounds of natural grasses and a few

weeds. Professor W'iggans’ test de-

cisively proves the great superiority

of Michigan—grown clover-seed over

that produced in foreign countries.

This is due to the fact that the Mich-

igan seed was produced by plants

which had successfully withstood the

ravages of severe winter and spring

conditions, whereas the plants produc—

ing the foreign seed were not subject-

Seed

grown in such states as Michigan,

Idaho, \Visconsin and Minnesota, is

really the survival of the fittest. -It is





the result of nature’s own selection for 4





weak plants kill out, while the strong,

sturdy plants live to produce seed.

Seed coming from plants which have

survived the severe tests of hard win-

ter and spring conditions is especially

well adapted for use on northern

farms.





Farm Bureau Tests Prove Superiority

of Michigan Seed.





As previously stated, during the

spring of 1922, I forwarded samples of

Michigan and European seed to a.

great many individual farmers asking

them to put the seed out in, their

fields. Larger samples were forward-

ed to several County Farm Bureaus to

be put out in a similar manner.





One of these was conducted on

the farm of Charles A. Sayre, Wyom-

ing county, New York. During the

summer of 1922, the plants produced





.by the European seed were larger and





more rank in growth than‘ those pro-

duced by the Michigan seed, but dur-

ing the winter a great reversal of form

occurred.





Farmers visited this test and

learned the importance of adaptability

in seeds. They were struck by the



(Continued on page 111).





Monroe Farmer Dries Seed Corn In Quantity





F unusual interest in this season

of unreliable seed, corn are the

activities of Paul Clement, a



farmer living near Britten, in the se-

lection and storing of his seed corn.



Mr. Clement has been breeding up a

strain of very productive white «cap

corn, and in 1921 conducted an ear-to-

row breeding plot in co-operation with

the Michigan Agriculture College. His

corn this year matured in 112 days

and yielded over 70 bushels shelled

corn per acre figured at 14% moisture.

This is equivalent to over 140 baskets

per acre. as the ordinary Michigan





> farmer figures his corn yields.





At harvest time, Mr. Clement drove

through the field with his wagon and





selected out 2 000 bushel baskets of

well developed ears for seed purposes. '

"Appreciating the importance of dry





seed corn, especially in seasons like





, the present, when corn naturally has.

' been very high in moisture,

t had prepared a. new roomy 'y

,, earn warehouse. This seed house _'





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has racks for 3,000 baskets of corn so

built that no two rows of corn are

piled on top of each other. It is

heated with a hot air furnace and per-

mits cf plenty of air circulation

through ventilators in the roof.





While Mr. Clement’s corn tested

32% moisture the day he husked it

(low for this season) it is now safely

dried to 15%,, and since it has never

been exposed to real freezing weather,

has practically perfect germination.



Mr. Clement expects his seed corn

drying house to practically pay for it-

self in one season through the sale

of carefully tested seed corn which,

despite the cost of this careful stor-

age, he is able to furnish to growers





at a nominal cost per acre—H. C. R.





 





There are sixty-two farmers’ busi-

ness organizations operating creamer‘

ies in the state of Michigan. They





have 14, 599 members, 01' an average~

of 235 each





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OFFERS NATIONAL MARKETING





 





MONG the many farm marketing



schemes that are engaging the at-

tention of.congress, none are more

elaborate or extensive in scope than

the bill introduced by Senator Owen,

of Oklahoma, which has all the essen-

tial features of the marketing plan

that was discussed by the National

Grange at its Pittsburgh meeting, and

referred to a special committee now

in confer as in Washington.



The shetx't title of the act is “The

National County Cooperative Market-

ing Act,” and its purpose is to ”estab-

lish permanent plans for the encour-

agement of the. agricultural interests.

by assembling under a properly plan-

ned cooperative financial organization

a nationwide cooperative marketing

system governed and operated princi-

pally'by the farmers and the people

of'rural communities, but directed and

supervised by a central governing body

under federal control, the object being

to prevent local and general scarcity,

hoarding, injurious speculation and

private control of the products of the

farm, and the economic distribution of

the same." ‘



A National Marketing Board, similar





to the Federal Farm Loan Board.

would be established in Washington,

including four members drawing





$12,000 a year salary. This board will

divide the United States into twelve

districts, which shall be known as na-

tional marketing districts. Each na-

tional district office is to be managed

by a board of governors and a man-

ager subject to instructions by the

National Marketing Board.



The national district. board of gov-

ernors are required to organize coun-

ty units, which shall be known as

county companies, under supervision

of the district board and managed by

five directors appointed by the Na-

tional Marketing Board.



The. county cbmpany when duly or-

ganized becomes aft incorporated body

empowered to make contracts to buy,

sell, or store articles of interstate

commerce produced or required on the

iarm.





Exposure





HE commonly believed tradition



is that bees freeze up or hiber~



nate during the. winter.

.have observed that on warm days the

bees seem to come to life and take.

flights around about. Beekeepers have,

long known something of the fallacy

of the tradition, but no information of

positive value was available until a

few years ago, when the problem was

taken up by the investigators of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture. Some of their findings are, brief-

ly, as follows:



Bees do not hibernate. Regardless

of how low the temperature. may be’in

winter, the bees are active, and the

lower the temperature to which they

are exposed, the more active they are.

The matter of the air temperature in

the hive was shown to be a most im-

portant factor in successful wintering.

After the bees become broodless in

October or November, the temperature

in the unprotected hive varies in bar-

mony with the rise and fall of the out-

side temperature. The differences in

behavior of the bees divide the tem-

perature ranges into three distinct

groups, namely, temperatures of from

ninety-live to sixty- nine degrees; from

‘ sixty—nine to fifty- seven degrees and

5,.trom fifty-seven to forty-five degrees

"The range from ninety- -flve to sixty—





whine degrees is characterized by much





on the part of the bees, activ-

‘ both within and without the hive.

‘ range of temperatures from sixty-





Many ‘





     





 





All county companies are entitled to

a credit in cash from the National

Marketing Board of not less than nine-

ty per cent of the amount of cash in-

vested in the stocks of the National

County Cooperative Marketing Cor-

poraticn.





WOULD ENCOURAGE FOREST PRO-

DUOTION. .





HE authorization of the deduction



from taxable income of all expend.

itures incurred for the protection of

existing timber or for reforestation is

favored by the. senate reforestation

committee. The lake states originally

contained over 103,000,000 acres of vir-

gin forest. It became the dominant

lumber production region in 1870 and

held that position for thirty years.

Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota

are now dependent upon outside sourc-

es for forty-seven per cent of their

lumber and pay-annually $30,000,000

in lumber freight bills. A federal‘ ex-

penditure of $3,000,000 annually is ad-

vocated by the committee for immedi-

ate action in promoting forestry.





 





,______.





ANOTHER OFFER MADE FOR MUS-

CLE SHOALS.





 





from a combination of

power corporations for

Shoals property has re—

vived interest in this proposition.

These companies offer to pay to the

government $100,000,000 in rental over

a period of fifty years for thehydro»

electric power. The nitrate plant is

left out of consideration, although the

offer proposes to reserve a block of

electric power for the operation of the

nitrate plant, should any one want to

use it.



Southern representatives in con-

gress are denouncing this offer on the

grounds that it would give these com-

panies a monopoly of power in the

southern states.



This offer by the power companies,

however, is not so tatractive as it ap-

pears on paper “The offer to lease

the dam and purcha‘se the nitrate

plants at Muscle Shoals by Henry Ford





N offer

southern

the Muscle





.‘."





would not the government over fifty-

year period, $42, 7‘26, 800 more, than the

so—called proposal of the nine power

companies," says the American Farm

Bureau Federation. “Mr. Ford would

pay in fifty years a total of $130,526,-

800 into the federal treasury, whereas

the power companies would pay only

$87,800,000. Under the power compa-

nies’ offer the nitrate plants are left

on the government’s hands, possibly to

become obsolete and useless when

wanted for military emergency. Ford

would operate the nitrate plants to

full capacity, keep them up to date,

ready and available for use by the

government in time of war. One offer

enables the manufacture of fertilizer,

the other leaves a grave doubt as to

whether the plants would be operated

or not."



PAY ON BASIS OF sshvnca, SAYS

LA FOLLETTE.





 





N amendment to the transportation



and railroad valuation acts is pro-

posed by Senator La Follette, of. Wis-

consin, which would fix transportation

rates on a basis of cost of service in-

stead ct‘ on “inflated and fictitious

values.”



“The highest courts have held re-

peatedly that rate regulation is the

function not of the courts, but of the

legislature,” says Senator La Follette.

“It is, therefore, the’undoubted right

of congress to define what are ‘reascn-

able rates’ and to direct how they

should be established. I propose that

congress shall adequately perform this

long neglected duty.” It is not thought

likely that any radical change in the

railroad law will be made during this

session of congress.





 





WILL BE DENIED USE OF MAILS.





THE post office department is get-

. ting after the “gyp” tire concerns.

Charged with selling worthless auto-

mobile tires, through the mails, upon

representations calculated to lead the

purchasers to believe they will receive

good tires, capable of furnishing excel-

lent service, the Rose Tire Company,





Operating under various names at Chi—

cago, was denied the use of the mails

through a fraud order issued by Post-

master—General New.



It was shown at the hearing in the

case; that the concern operated by

Bernard and Milton Holtzman, receiv-

ed orders ranging frcm 110 to 150 per

day and did a monthly business of

more than $12,000. The concern. pur-

chased discarded tires from junk deal-

ers, repaired them‘at a cost of sixty-

five cents each, and sold them through

the mails as “slightly” used tires. They

also sold new tires made of some

worthless material.





FARM BLOOGROUP MEETS.





 





T a meeting of the senate farm

bloc at. the home of Senator Arth-

ur Capper, chairman of the group, the

various farm relief measures now be.

fore congress were discussed. The pro-

posal to repeal the rate section of the

Each—Cumming law and the enactment

of the Norris-Sinclair bill to create a.

government corporation to buy and

sell farm products were endorsed, ac-

cording to senators who were present.

The Norbeck bill, providing for gov-

ernment loans to northwestern wheat

growers with which to buy dairy cattle

and other live stock was favored, and

it is evident that it will have the ac-

tive backing of the farm bloc.





 





LAND BANKS PLAN FOR INCREAS-

ED LOANS





 





"' NEW issue of $60,000,000 federal

land bank bonds at four and three-

fourths per cent interest is being of-

fered by the Federal Farm Loan Board

to meet the late winter and spring de-

mand for money on the farmsr Dur-

ing the past year the twelve federal

land banks have increased their capi-

tal to $43,597,320 and their assets to

$876,323,007. “With this continued

growth and continued evidence of their

solidarity," says Commissioner Coop-

er, "it is anticipated that the present

offering of securities will be promptly

absorbed." "





and Sta-Nation Among Bees

By B. F. Kindtg





nine to fifty-seven degrees is charac-

terized by the bees being scattered

about the hive, moving but very little,

and consuming very little food. The

range between fifty-seven and forty-

five degrees is distinct from the oth—

ers in that the bees are clustered

tightly. When the temperature within

the cluster falls toiorty-five degrees

the bees become numb. Each of these

groups of temperature ranges have a

very important bearing on the winter-

ing of the bees.



Following the cessation oi? brood

r‘eaiing, the temperature within the

hive varies as the temperature of the

outside air fluctuates from hour to

hour and from day to day. When the

hive temperature is above sixty-nine

degrees the bees are active, using their

energy and food. When the tempera-

ture around the hive is such that the'

temperature within is below sixty-nine

and above fifty—seven degrees, then the

bees seem entirely content to sit quiet-

ly on the combs, using the minimum of

food and not wastingtheir vitality and

energy by useless wandering around

the hive or flying outdoors." This is

the ideal condition for wintering the

colony. Nature, however, provides but

few days during the winter whenthe

unprotected colony can enjoythis' com-

plete cessation of activity. If the bee-





keeper will pack the bees so well that.





the heat given off involuntarily as a

result of their vital processes will keep

the temperature above fifty-seven de-

grees and below sixty-nine \degrees,

then the colony will winter with the

smallest loss of numbers, of bees, with

the greatest amount of vigor and with

theuse of the smallest amount of

food. If a bee cellar is so constructed

that it normally holds an air tempera-

ture which is such that the tempera-

ture within the hive falls in that range

of temperature, then, the bees will

winter perfectly—no crawling out of

the hive, no dysentery, few dead bees

being thrown out, and no spring dwind-

ling following This statement is made

upon the assumption that the colony

has good honey or syrup for food and

that there is no excess of dampness in

the cellal.



When the bees are so wintered that

ethe temperature in the hive is gener-

ally below flfty-seven degrees, thenian

entirely different condition exists.

When the temperature falls to fifty-

seven degrees, the bees form a cluster

for the purpose of saving the heat

which they naturally give cflhand if

that is insufficient they begin the gen-

eraticn of heat through muscular ac-

tivity. This is done by vigorous fan-

ning, running about, moving parts of

the body, etc. Whenever muscles are

active, energy is being transformed





into heat. Food is required to restore

energy used. Under this condition

the bees are required through lack of

protection. to heat their hives during

the winter, they must use up their en-

ergy, their food and their numbers for

many of the bees are not able to un-

dergo such constant exertion for any

very great length of time.



If, because of lack of protection from

cold, the bees must use from two to'

four times as much food as when

properly protected, then the chances

of unprotected bees starving to death

are at least from two to four times as

great as when well protected. As a.





_matter of fact, very little starvation





occurs among bees that are well pro-

tected. Beekeeping specialists gener-

ally give ample protection and when

the winter losses run from ten to fifty

per cent, as has been recently experi-

enced, the specialist’s losses are little

above normal. Beekeepers should send

to their congressman or to the editor

and chief, Division of Publications,

United States Department of Agricul-





‘ture, Washington, D. C., for a copy of





Farmers' Bulletin No. 695, entitled.

“Outdoor Wintering of BeesJ' This

bulletin discusses the subject in detail

not possible here, and if its advice





Were followed would result in the sav- ,





ing of thousands of colonies of bees





that are lost annually in Michigan,





through carelessness or ignorance of

the regfiirements for good wintering





 





 





 





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that dogs thrive on.





HERE is a side line which many

farmers of Michigan may take

. up with excellent chances of

profits worth consideration, if the ex-

perience of farmers in Muskegon

county are to be accepted as typical.

That side line is the breeding and

growing of silver foxes.



There are two types of silver fox

ranches now existing in the United

States and Canada. One is the large

ranch where as many as two hundred

pairs of foxes 'are ranched at one time.

The other is the "kitchen” ranch,

which has become a frequent sight on

Canadian farms in recent years. It is

with the latter partiCularly that this

treatise proposes to deal.



The large ranch is promoted for the





'most part by several stockholders who

{form a company or corporation and





pool their money. This type of ranch

is more for the city dweller who seeks



aplace to invest his surplus earnings

and a business which will divert his

mind from office routine for a time. It

is not so well suited for the average

farmer of the state as the smaller or

kitchen ranch. ‘



'By the latter term is meant the

ranch that a farmer may start and

maintain in his back yard, where table

scraps from .the kitchen, such as the

family deg grew up from puppyhood

on, may be utilized to. cut down the

operating ‘expense.



There are farmers near Muskegon,

the silver fox center of the United

States, who have found that there is

more profit, per fox, in the kitchen

ranch than in the larger enterprise.

They haVe found that three to six

pairs of silvers can be kept in a chick-

en wire pen out by the barn, or in the

orchard or. vineyard with little more

care and expense than would be incur-

red by a flock of two dozen chickens.



Foxes eat practically the same food

.Some farmers

feed table scraps and add eggs, milk,

chickens, cereals, vegetables, bone

meal and fresh meat. The large ranch-

es buy these articles of food in large

quantities for their foxes. The aver-





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a 1





age farm produces most of these in

sufficient quantities to feed several

pairs of foxes, and here lies the advan-

tage of the kitchen much. It is esti-

mated by the National Silver Fox

Breeders’ Association that it costs

twice as much or more to feed a fox

on a large ranch as it would on a

kitchen ranch. .



Oscar J East, of Muskegon Heights,

who has a kitchen ranch, says he can





Ar





A ‘Few Inexpensive Pens and Runways

Necessary for.Side





make a. fair profit on his investment

by selling his foxes “at $50 each as

soon as they .attain their growth. This

takes into consideration all ranching

costs, including the time he devotes

to his foxes.



The owner of one of the largest sil-’

ver fox ranches in Michigan says he

would have to receive $100 per fox to

make a profit. As a matter of fact,

both ranchers have not had to accept

anywhere near these low figures for

their foxes, unless it .Was for foxes

which met with mishaps and died in





puppyhood.



Silver fox pelts bringion the fur

market of today $100 to $700 for

prime fur. Live foxes for breeding





stock bring $500 to $1,000 per fox. Of

course, where unusual strains have

been developed and exceptional indi-

viduals are able to impress their su-

perior qualities on their offspring,





 





~ox F arming





Suggerts Itself as a Side Lme for Farmers-"By Ben L. T ay/or





much higher prices may be demanded

for breeding stock, for fox ranching

has reached .a stage ‘where specializa-

tion is necessary, even- as it came

years ago in the breeding of pedigreed

cattle, horses and other live stock.



A farmer who likes animals and has

some knowledge of animal husbandry

undoubtedly would be a successful

kitchen rancher. Of course, if he

should meet with misfortune and some





a!" W





in the Barnyard is all the Equipment

Line Fox Farming.





of: his foxes would die it would be a

greater blow to him than the loss of

the same number would be to the

large ranch owner. But on the other

hand, the small rancher can watch his

foxes more carefully and forestall





many casualties among his pens which-





might otherwise occur.



A female fox will throw a litter of

one to eleven foxes once each year.

The average litter is four. If these

are all brought to maturity the aver-

age increase would be double the orig—

inal stock annually. A rancher who

would purchase three pairs of proven

breeders this winter to start his kitch-

en ranch should have, if he experi-

ences average good luck, eighteen fox-

es a year from now. If he paid $2,000

a pair for his breeding stock, $200 each

for three pens in which to keep them,

and $50 a. pair for keep for a. year, his

investment would be $6,750. Some of





 

 





 





the offspring would undoubtedly be

suitable for breeding stock, but to

eliminate all chance of argument let it .





'be assumed that the increase should





all be pelted. At present market pric-

es it is entirely reasonable to assume

that the average selling price per pelt

would be $300; in which case the farm-

er would realize $3,600 and he would

still have his original breeding stock.

of six foxes. .This represents a profit

of approximately fifty-f our per cent.



As a matter of fact, the United

States government bureau of biologi-

cal survcy says in an official bulletin

that 100 per cent profit is the usual

thing in the fox industry. The gov-

ernment has spent, much time and

money investigating and experiment.

ing at the federal fox farm at McKees-

port, New York.



Many have the idea that the fox in-

dustry is on the decline. Actual fig-

ures compiled by the National Silver

Fox Breeders’ Association of America,

which has its offices at Muskegon.

Michigan, show that. this is not true.

It is a fact that there is less wildcat

speculation in foxes than there was

before and during the war, but that is

a sign, the National Association says,

of a healthy recovery from an attack

by unscrupulous promoters.



When the silver fox industry first

was developed in Canada by a group

of individuals there was a compact

that none should sell any foxes to out-

side breeders. Thus they hoped to

keep a monopoly on a highly profitable“

business. But fabulous sums were of-

fered members of this compact and

finally one member yielded. That

broke the comrihct and speculators

rushed to obtain foxes. Prices mount-

ed until $25,000 was paid for one fox

shortly before the war.



“Quality” foxes were sold by 11n-

scrupulous promoters who would not

know a quality fox if they saw one.

Many people thus were sold impure

stock and the industry was done an

immeasurable amount of harm. 'But

the public grew wary and now it is



(Continued on page 123).





Some Electrical Farming Experiments





Rem/ts Suggert Me Posszéz/ity oftée Farmer Becoming Mr Big User of E/ectrzczty

By Robert H. ‘Moulton





DW that scientists have discov-



ered that high frequency electri-



cal curients are powerful stimu-

lants, both of plant and animal life,

the farm hand of the future may ‘have

to be a duly qualified electrical engi-

ineer before he can get a job. ‘It will

not be enough for him to know how to

manipulate the motors and transmis-

sion gear by which the farm machin—

erylwill be ‘run. He will have to be

up on the chemistry of electricity. He





will not only have to know the use of '





violet rays in purifying water, but will

also have to know whether ground

wires are better for beets, ruby lights

for radishes, mercury vapor for tobac-





co, and electric sprinkling for some-





thing else. 'He will have to be some-

thing of a plant neurologist, too. When

the corn in the "south forty” is get-

ting “nerves,” or'when the oats in the

new ground are beeOming tee somnol-

ent, he will have to make correct diag-

noses and prescribe the proper remedy.





Electrification for plant growth has

arrived. And When the canny Ameri-





, can farmer learns that he can double





or even treble the output of. his fields





. by the use of electricity, somebody will





‘ have to find a way for him to uSe elec-





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





tricity and thereby .make,‘a good profit ~





much more rapidly than those growing

under normal conditions. What is of

equal importance, it has also been dis-

covered that electrification of the soil

in one year will increase its fertility

the next, although the discharge is

suSpended inihe second year.





Dr. Herbert G. Dorsey, an expert,

had charge of experiments conducted

on a. farm in the fertile Miami River

Valley, near Dayton, Ohio, from which

much valuable information on the ef—

fect of electricity upon growth was se—

cured. Additional information has





 





 





The” Greenhouse Plants Are helm Given an Electrical Treatment

Through Overhead'WWee. ‘ '





Was used. No. 4 had no artificial stim-





been furnished by \Villiam Stab], who

experimented with a small electrical

farm near Chicago. .



In the Ohio (xperiments small plots -





were marked off for exposure td'dif—w'





fcrgnt kinds-0f electrification out of

doors, and potted plants were used for

experimentation inside a greenhouse.

To insure that the soil of one outdoor

plot was not better than another, top

earth was collected, mixed and sifted,

and then was laid to the uniform

depth of seven inches over the entire

area. '



In the soil of plot No. 1 was buried a

wire screen. Over the plot was a net-





work of wire, stretched about fifteen -'7





inches from the ground. Connecting

the network above the ground and the

screen below, were several Wire anten-

nae. The screen was connected to one

terminal of 3. Tesla coil and the net-

work to the other. A transformer

stepped a 110—volt alternating current

up to 5,000 volts, charging a. condenser

of tinfoil and glass plates, which dis-.

charged through a primary coil. About

130 watts were operated for an hour

each morning and evening.





Plot No. 2 was illuminated by 3.100-

watt tungsten lamp With a. ruby bulb.

The light was turned on for ~three

hours daily, beginning at sundéwn. ‘

Plot No.3 was illuminated the same

way, except that a mercury yaperdamp
1- in ' comparison betWeen ., electrically





 





     





'Q‘L‘ciations, $3.00; one association, $5.10;

” , one association, 318* a year, and one '





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intended as?





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_, nation of any mud, being





" treated plant growth and that of nat-

‘ural conditions. ‘ _



-' In plot No. 5 was buried a wire net-

work connected to the terminal of a

1‘10—volt direct current. The positive

terminal was attached to a small

sprinkling can with ,a carbon electrode

in its center. The can being filled, the

water was subjected to electrolysis for"

several minutes. The plot was then

/ sprinkled from the can, the theory be-

ing that the current might flow from

the can through the streams of water

to the soil.



After radish and lettuce seed had

been planted and germination had be-

gun, the various methods of electrifi-

cation were tried with extreme care.

The result of the experiments showed

that the plants in plot N0. 1 grew in

every instance far more rapidly than

those in the other beds and more than

double the normal growth as shown in

the. un-electrified bed. From this the

experimenters became convinced that

electrification of the ground by high—

-' frequency currents stimulated plant

life to an extent that warranted a

more complete investigation. So they

selected two acres of flat, rich ground.



First a network of sprinkling pipes

was built fifteen feet above ground.





   





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The pipes ran'east'and‘West a distance I'





 

     





of two hundred feet and Were spaced

at fifty-foot intervals. In the north-

east corner of the tract‘seven copper

wires were stretched north and south,





an! interval of fifteen feet " separating ‘

them. The wires were elevated suffi-

ciently for the soil to be plowed «by

horses, and the ends of the wires were

attached to insulators on top of gas

pipes set in concrete.



At the extreme edge of the field the

experimenters built a small transform-

er house and installed machinery

which would yield 10,000 volts. A

choke coil and a Tesla coil were used.

The whole thing was connected up so'

that by means of antennae, current

from the wire netWork was sent to

the network of sprinkling pipes, which

of course, furnished proper connection

with the ground. The result was that

a pressure of 50,000 volts wasobtain—

ed and the_ frequency of the oscilla-

tory currents was estimated to be

about 30,000 cycles a second. Birds

lighting on the wires were stunned

and thrown to the ground,



. The ground was planted to radishes,

lettuce, beets, cabbage, cucumbers,

turnips, muskmelons, potatoes, carrots,

beans, parsnips, peas,‘ corn and tobac-

co. All were planted in rows running





was not. Asa result, it Was found that





practically all the. plants in" the elec- ‘

~ itrified area grew much more rapidly

each being two hundred feet long with ‘ ’





than those out of it, and in almost

every case, the electrified vegetables

were. ripe two weeks earlier than those

outside the zone. In the cases of the

potatoes, carrots and turnips, not only





was the difference in the height of the,





stems and the luxuriance of the leaf





. growth very marked, but the weights





of the vegetables taken from the elec-

trified ground averaged from fifteen to

twenty per cent more than those tak-

en from the unelectrified ground.





The electrified end of the tobacco'





crop was cut and it was found that

each plant weighed about 1,687 grams.





_It was two weeks before the untreated





tobacco could be cut, 'and then it

weighed only 1,632 grams to the plant.

Taking into consideration that ‘the

most rapid growth of..the tobacco plant

is in its last two weeks before ripen-

ing, the experimenters estimated that

the actual increase in weight of'the

plants in the electrified zone was twen‘





ty per cent greater than in the unelecv’,





trified zone. If this could be followed

on a grand scale, it is apparent that

the effect of the electrification on the

annual tobacco output of the nation in





eastend'wesit, some 9119,. [at of 69:0?!

row’Was' electrified and this otherhhfif.





he s





questions must yeti-be answered hetero

the use of, electricity for the general





stimulation of plant life could be con—

sidered economically possible, they





add. that many of these questions are

being, worked out in greenhouses over

the country. " . . .

The electrical farm Operated near

Chicago covered tWO acres.

end or the season the operator was





. able to. show. his. neighbors a" series of





crops of vegetables which came to ma:

turity from two to three weeks ahead

of those on their farms. He even gave

them another' free exhibition'by plant-

ing a second crop of some of the Veg-

etables later in the summer and bring-

ing them to a successful harvest after

the frost had killed off nearly every-

thing on the neighboring farms.



Just as these American experiment-

ers proved the impertance cf electrifi-

cation to plant life, so a group of Eng-

lish experimenters have proved its im.

portance to animal- life. They took

two large brooders, filled with newly

hatched chickens of the same breeds.

One of them was subjected to the in-

fluence of high-frequency currents and

the other was not. Those in the fer-

mer were found to grow much more

rapidly than those in the other.





The Michigan Potato EXChangc





Facts Deriom'from' a Detailed Stim’y of Me Various Locals Afi‘liated Therewitfi





NFORMATION received from a



study of the detailed reports of



forty—six of the 105 active locals

affiliated with the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Exchange, of Cadillac, Mich-

igan, is helpful in understanding the

present status‘oi' the local association

in the cooperative marketing move-

ment.



Sixteen of the locals were formed in

1918, an equal number in 1919, five in

1920, and one each in 1921 and 1922.

The total membership for the forty-4





three locals reporting number of mem- _





hers, was 5,458. Three of the associa-

tions had less than twenty members

each, five had‘ more than 250 each.

The forty-three associations reporting

membership, arranged in groups ac-

cording to number of members, gives

the following:





Number Per



. Members. Assn’s. Cent

Under 25 ' 3 7.0

25 to 49 . 8 16.6

50 to 74 4 9.3

75 to 99 6 14.0

100 to 124 4 9.3

125 to 149 5 11.6

1.50 to 174 5 11.6

1 75 to 199 3 7.0

200 to 224 0 .0

225 to 249 0 .0

Over 249 5 11.6

Total .............43 100.0





The forty associations reporting the

number of cars shipped, forwarded a

total of 1,488 cars to market. Seven-

teen of the associations shipped fewer

than nineteen cars of potatoes each,

while two shipped from 120 to 139.

The detailed figures are as follows:





Cars Number Per

Shipped. Assn's. Cent.

Under 20 17 42.5



20 to 39 8 20.0



40 to 59 6 15.0



60 to 79 ‘4 10.0



80 to 99 2 5.0

100 to 119 1 2.5

120 to 139 2 5.0



Total ........... 40 100.0





Nineteen of the associations report-

ed regarding amounts paid members

of the board of directors for attending

meetings. One association pays the

expenses of the board members; three

associations pay» directors $1 a meet-

‘ ing; two associations pay $1.50 a meet-

ing; five associations, $2.00; five asso-





ociation $30 a year. .

"rtyddur associations reporting re-

g managers have had from "one





o" managers each, although; the





oldest association is but little more

than five years old. The.table below

gives figures regarding number of man-

agers per association:





Number Per



Assn’s. Cent.



5 .m'grs. 2 4.5

4 m’grs. 7 15.9

3 m’grs. 10 22.8

2 In’grs. 13 29.5

1 m‘gr. 12 27.3

Total . ...........44 100.0





The salaries paid the managers of

the forty-four associations reporting on

this point ranged from $600 to $3,000

per annum. More than sixty per cent

of the associations pay their managers

$1,500 or less. In the case of five of

the associations the. compensation of

the manager is a commission on sales.

The table below gives the more im-





portant facts regarding the salaries of

managers:





Number- Per



Salary. Assn’s. Cent.

$ 600 to $ ..... 1 2.3

900 to 936 4 9.1

1,000 to 1,060 6 13.6



1,200 to 7 16.0 *



1,300 to .....' 1 2.3.

1,500 to 1,560 9 20.5

1,700 to 1 2.3

1,800 to .. . .. 3 6.8

2,000 to . . 2 4.5

2,400 to . . 2 4.5

2,500 to ' 2 4.5

3,000 to ..... 1 2.3

Commissions 5 11.3

Total ............ 44 100.0





Of the forty-four associations report-

ing regarding crop contracts with the

members, fifteen, or 34.1 per cent, have

crop contracts, and twenty—nine, or

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Handling charges for potatoes var.

ied from two cents per cwt. for an

association shipping eleven cars, ‘to

twenty cents for three associations

shipping seven,"twenty-two and forty-

eight cars. Nine of'the associations

have handling charges of less than ten

cents per cwt.; eight charge ten cents;

three charge twelve cents; ten charge

fifteen cents; two charge sixteen

cents; three~charge seventeen cents;

one charges. eighteen cents, and. three

charge twenty cents. ‘





-Thirty-seven locals reported operat-

ing fifty-seven warehouses with a stor-

age capacity'of 545,000 bushels. The

smallest warehouse had storage .for

2,400 bushels, and the largest for 3‘8,‘

000 bushels. Seven warehouses had'

storage capacity for 25,000 or more

bushels.





"i‘wenty-six of the 131 potato locals

organized in thevlast five years are

inactive at the present time. This is

approximately twenty per cent of the

total number.





Thirty of the associations are‘buy-

ing collectively for. their members.





' Many of the supplies bought iii—whole-





sale quantities are retailed to the mem-

bers. During the last business year

the retail business of. twenty-one asso-

ciations amounted to nearly $900,000.

One association reported a business of

over $200,000 and three additional as-

sociations reported $100,000 or more

each.





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of its friends who hoped that by the

creation of the commission tariff ques:





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mendations made by a non-partisan

board unhampered by partisan politics.

In this regard they have been greatly

disappointed.





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' groups holding different- views upon.

the tariff, and as a result no recdm- '





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transmitted to the President for his





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The problems.conironting our grow-





,' ers are so numerous and seem to be





increasing, both from the producing

and distributing ends. But at present

we are going to consider only the sell-

.ing' and distributing end of our busi-

ness. ' - _



We are all agreed that standardiza-

tion of‘our apples would tend greatly

to help maintain fair prices and con-p

stant demand. , How are we going to

standardize? We have laws enough

and can get any law passed on that

line that we agree upon. But the buy-

ers say some associations pack better

than others. Is’ one association pack-

ing too good, or another too poor? '



. Uniform Pack Necessary.



It is one of the functions of the Mich-

igan Fruit Growers, Inc., to have a

traveling superintendent of packing

who will endeavor to help maintain a





, uniform pack of proper quality. We





can only do thatiin mass. In local

units, the volume would not be large





_ enough.





Then we have the problem of trans-

portation, one phase of which is truck—

ing. Trucking has come to stay and

perhaps is to be-the transportation of

the future. But we should not let it

be our master. It should serve us. ‘As

it operates today, it is very erratic,

one week perhaps of great advantage

to us, next week when we need it bad-



/1y it is absent without leave. Then



again, what is it doing to the retailer?



Insome cases helping him when it



delivers a steady supply of what he



can use. . ~

The Status of the Peddler.



But the peddling trucker who starts

to sell anywhere to retailer consumers

is hurting our trade in our best mar-





kets, because in so many cases he





finds a slow or over—stocked market

and sells at any price to clean up,

which establishes in the mind of the

consumer a price away below profit-

able marketing, and when the consum-

er goes to a retailer to purchase, he

thinks the priCe asked by him unrea-

sonable and tells the retailer "what he

last purchasd for. This tends to make

the‘retailer a reluctant buyer of our

products; in fact, he does not care to

handle them, and buys his fruit from

far distant points, when the trucker is

not underselling on these fruits.



How can we handle such a situation,

which. is ' permanent? The peddling

truckers are not, (as a rule, doing over—

ly well; but a new crop is willing to

try it out every season. Standardiza-

tion is the solution. ‘





Advertised Brands Sell Better.



Apples are grown in every state,

and almost on every farm. Hogs are

raised on most farms. . You must have

noticd that every local- butcher has

standard brands of bacon and hams on

sale; he also has his own cure and»

for the standard brand ‘he asks about

fifty per cent more than for his own,





. and gets the price. How about the





biscuit trade? Every retail baker car-

ries national brands in direct comp‘eti-

tion with his own. -. Here- are two cf

the commonest articles of food carried

by every local , dealer,.often in direct

competition with their own, selling at

a. higher price, but they are standard-

ized and advertised and the consumer





i ' . calls for them.





‘ We can do the same for our apples





by having a large volume ctr-stand-

‘ ardiaed brands of..L£Il;ality, that-gives





me ~ tails? a chase-2:9 marks W“-





chard run, but not Michigan Standard

With our brand. Doesl‘anyone here

think that selling apples in bulk can

ever be profitable to the grower?



The Elberta peach today is the fav-

orite with‘the speculator, and in gen-

eral on. acoOunt of its canning quali-

ties. But how about the consumer?

Is it. pleasing to his taste, is he an

eager buyer of peaches when they can

be obtained; or only because it is the

season to use them? I am inclined to

think that the consumer —is not so

eager to buy peaches as he used to be,

because of too much Elberta, which

does not satisfy the palate as do the

Crawford, Kalamazoo and St. John va-

rieties. A traveling man said in my

hearing, “I never tasted a real peach

but once 'this season,” and he added

that it was,on a diner in the east, and

it was a white peach, not an Elberta,

but it was delicious.



The Fruit Retailer.



In the past ten years, a great change

has come over the persons engaged in

handling fruit in our cities. A large

proportion of them are recent arrivals

from southern Europe who know very

little regarding the quality of our fruit,

and, in fact, have very limited knowl-

edge of the diflerent varieties, con-

fined mostly to Jonathan apples, E1-

berta peaches and Bartlett pears. One

store I visited in Chicago had a print-

ed sign for Jonathan apples and I ask-

ed him what other apple signs he had.

He looked them over and had about

ten Jonathan and no other.



An Aesociation for Advancement.



The market for plums this year was

noticeable for its absence. The gen-

eral public is not calling for Michigan

plums. Perhaps we have not given

them a standard of quality that in-

duces repeat orders.



These are a few of the many prob-

lems that we hope the Michigan Fruit

Growers, Inc., are going to help to

solve. _



Who are the Michigan Fruit Grow-

ers, Inc.? Simply the associated grow-

ers of Michigan fruits working togeth-

er to protect and advance our busi-

ness. We have to depend upon our-

selves to work that out. The general

public are sympathetic, but they have

their own affairs to attend to. ‘



I wonder if we realize the scarcity





of competent salesmen that exists to-





day in the fruit industry? And re-

member' that almost all the leading





_ fruit salesmen of today have had their





training through Florida or Pacific

Coast experience. The middle west

will have to 'train their own. men to

meet our conditions.





Just Starting.



None of us engaged in fruit raising

and selling could claim that any great

progress has been made this season

in solving our difficulties, but remem-

ber, you only started just as fall fruit

commenced to move; and in organiza-

tions, as well‘as any other project,

you can only find the weak spots when

you test them out. But the fact re-

mains, and face it we must, that we

have to compete in all markets with a

standardized product of good quality.

And if we are not willing to standard-

ize in large volume of good quality

and cooperate in distribution, our

chances of profitable production are

rather slim.



We‘ do not want to quit producing.

We cannot and will not. But strong

competition will eventually force us

to compete amongst ourselves/only in

the quality we raise. Use a united, in-

telligent and efficient sales depart

ment to make our products and proé

seed to reap the benefits that all ‘en-

gaged in the laudable labor of feeding

the world are entitled to. '





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STARTING ALFALFA.





 





Which way do you get the best re-

sults from alfalfa, seeding it with

wheat or with oats? Please tell the

proper way to plant it, and how much

per acre. ——C.





As a. general rule, best results are





. secured from alfalfa seedings made on





wheat in early spring, as compared

with seedings made with oats, at the

usual rate of planting. However, if.

only one bushel of oats is used per

acre, and the seeding of oats and al-

falfa. is made as early in April as it is

possible to get on the land, equally

good results can be secured.





Ten or twelve pounds per acre of

Grimm seed, or from twelve to fifteen

pounds of northern-grown common

seed should be used. The Grimm or

Michigan-grown seed, if available, is

preferable. Care should be taken not

to plant seed at too great depth, from

one-half to three-quarters of an inch

is sufficient.





Culture f01 the inoculation of alfalfa



may be secured from the department

of bacteriology of the Michigan Agri-

cultural College, East Lansing. The

price is twenty-five cents per bottle,

and one bottle contains sufficient ma-

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Directions for application accompany

the material.‘ Alfalfa seed starts best

on a firm seed-bed—J. F. Cox.





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NON-PAYMENT OF CONTRACT.





 





A. bought a farm from B. on con-

tract, terms a sum each year and in-

terest payable semi-annually. A. did

not meet payment when due, but

through 0‘ (a brother), who is living

on the place, agreed to pay interest,

which B. refused. Has B. a right to

eject C., or must notice, be given? How

long after can C. stay on the place if

a notice is necessary? Has B. a right

to sell again without notice to A. or

0.? A. lives in another state—\V. M



Notice of forfeiture of the contract

for non-payment of past due. install-

ments must be served on the purchas-

er, directly, or in some other manner

before the seller is entitled to posses-

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‘4‘ seller can recover possession only by





summary proceedings before a. circuit

court commissioner or justice of the

peace. This takes about (forty days

to complete—Rood.





 





LESSOR’S OBLIGATIONS.





 





A, rents a house of B. Does B. have

to furnish screens fox windows and

doors in the summer, and storm doors

in the winter?——E. H.





The lessor does not Hhave to furnish

anything that he did not agree to fur-

nish.‘ The bare ground is enough to

sustain the promise to pay rent, and

there is no implied covenant of fitness

for occupation. —Rood.





SPELTZ IN A DAIRY RATION.





 





Could you give mesa balanced ration

for my dairy cows, of grain, made up

of corn (no cob), speltz and oil meal?

Would be willing to add some com-

mercial feed if advised to do so. Am

feeding alfalfa hay. Please state; the

proporéion to give, in Wéight or meas-

ure—





Speltz has a. protein feeding value

nearly as good as oats and better

than corn. The following ration is sug-

gested:





Mix in proportion of fifty pounds of

speltz, twenty-five pounds of cornmeal

and twenty-five pounds of oil meal. , ,





Fifty pounds of speltz containing ten

per Cent protein equals 5.001pounds'of

protein; twenty-five pounds of corn-

meal containing 6. 7 per cent of protein.

equals 1. 67 pounds of protein; tWenty-p

five pounds of on meal containing 31. 5‘

per cent of protein equals 7. 87 110qu

of protein. This makes a total of 14. 54





" feed, or 14.54 per cent of protein. This

is a very good proportion of protein .





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for a grain ration and no other feed

seems to be necessary. You could

leave out the oil meal and use the

other feed in its place if you can get

it cheaper. But you would reduce the

amount of protein.





A PRACTICAL AND BALANCED

RAj'lON.





 





Please tell me if I can better my

dairy ration. lam feeding corn silage

twice daily, clover hay or shredded

For grain I am

feeding by weight, two parts oats, one

part rye, ground, and one part cotton-

seed meal, feeding one pound of grain

to four pounds of milk-daily. Also,

four quarts of potatoes twice daily to

each cow. Would you advise adding

.vivhgatH bran or middlings to grain?—





This ration is about as nearly bal-

anced as one Can well get without

weighing accurately .every feed and

every ration, and that is not practical

and not necessary One hundred

pounds of your ration contains the fol-

lowing:



Fifty pounds of oats containing 10.1

per cent protein equals 5.50 pounds of

protein; twenty-five pounds of rye con-

taining 9.5 per cent protein, equals

2.37 pounds of. protein; twenty-five

pounds of cottonseed meal containing

37.6 per cent protein equals 9.40

pounds of protein. _



The mixture, therefore, contains a

total of 17.82 poundsin each 100

pounds, or it contains 17. 82 per cent

protein, which is a well propmtioned

grain iation.



If a cow giVCs forty pounds of milk

a day, and gets ten pounds of this mix-.

ture, she will get 1.78 poundsvof pro-

tein. With fifteen pounds of clover

hay, 7.1 per cent of protein, or

1.06 pounds of protein; with thirty

pounds of silage, 1.4 per cent protein,

or .42 pounds of protein; and eight

pounds of potatoes, 1.1 per cent pro-

tein, or .08 pounds of protein.



It will make. a total of 3.34 pounds

of protein per day, which would be

ample for any ordinary cow.





TAX EXEMPTION FOR WIDOW.





 





I am a. widow, own forty acres of

land, but have no way of supporting

myself. Do I have to pay taxes on

the land? There are no buildings on

it. I shall have to build, but have! no

means to do it with. ,



The statutes contain no exemptions

from taxation because the owner is a





widow—Rood.





 





RIGHT OF POSSESSION.





 





If A. sells a farm to B. and leaves

hay, lumber and a few tools which he

does not reserve, and has not come

after them for nine months, can‘ A.

still hold them, or would they belong

to B. ——A. B.



If the title to the tools did not pass

by the sale, title would not pass by

their being left upon the premises. and

the only bearing of that fact wouldbe

if anything as indicating the intention

of the parties at the time of the sale.

-—Rood.





COLLECTING ON SHARE CON-

TRACT. . _

I let Mr. M. a number of sheep on

He is now deceased and they

have sold the sheep. They were not

due until May 1,1924. Could I collect





the price they are then selling for? F3,

have written agreement bearing his '





signature -——-D. S.

If the papers were properly drawn,





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. BEDS—25 packets vegetable seeds,

31.00. Enough for a complete

eTreeso garden. Flower seed bargains listed

[9 in catalog. Every Customer must,

“$52.51“. satisfied. Write today for the

”at; big tree book of bargains.





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AWAYSIDE farm market in winter!‘

Seems a trifle incongruOus, doesn’t

it, for a farmer to be conducting a





roadside mart when the snow is on the -





.ground and 'the wintry winds. are

whistling shivery tunes across the bar—-

ren landscape? "

But that's just what thousands of

farmers the country.) over‘are doing——

perhaps not displaying their wares‘, at

the roadside, as in summer, but sell—

ing farm products bf one sort and,an-_

other in their homes, through the em-

cient aid cf the/'silent s’aiesmamh‘al-

ways on the job,”——the handy little-

bulletin board. -

In the list of commodities otter

for sale by the winter farm markets





are to be found potatoes and other ‘





vegetables, apples, honey, dairy pro-

ducts of all sorts,,pouitry, eggs, pre-

. serves, jellies, nuts of various kinds;





 





 





 





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Crop.

vinegar, sausage, and even baked

goods. No farmer sells all of these





articles, of course, but each specialiZes

in some one or more of them.





While the bulletin board is a dis— L





‘tinct aid “to marketing farm produce

in summer, through the medium of the

roadside mart, in the winter it be-





comes an absolute necessity, as in no, '





other way can the farmer herald ‘to

the public the fact that he has some

form of “pedigreed produce” for sale.

And it brings results—usually within

a, brief space of time.





A few years ago, comparatively, the ’





wayside farm market was all but un-

heard of. It came with goodroads

and automobiles. Farm market eix—

perts estimate thht the summer of.





1924 will see more than five. hundred ;





thousand of them in successful opera-

ation throughout the country. And

now comes the winter farm market.

It will be interesting, indeed, to watch

its growth, which promises to be

rapid.





 





HOLDS WASHINGTON MEETING.





 





'1‘HE National Federation of Farm-

ers' Cooperative Marketing Asso-

ciations will hold a meeting. in. Wash-

ington on February 8-10. This is the

organization which grew out of the

cooperative marketing . conference





held in Washington last winter, and ' ‘





which‘includes the Sapiro-Peteet group





that recently failed in their efforts to ; -'

win control of the . American Farmmt'





Bureau FederatiOn.





 





 





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Investigations made by the" American Farm

Bureau Federation and the U. S..Government

show that of each dollar the farmer received

from the sale of all farm products in the crop

year 1922-’23, only 31/3 cents Was paid out for

farm operating equipment—and that covered

not only implements but everything from silos

to beehives. A pretty small percentage for the

things that help the farmer make his money.





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The volume of sales of all, farm equipment

'manufacturers for 1922 was 53% less than

their sales for-1920. The sales of all farm prod-

ucts by American farmers; for the .crop year

1922323 were only 18% less than in the crop

year 1920-21. These are reliable figures.





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Approximately 80% of all money received

by the manufacturer from/the farmer for farm

machines goes to labor—not to Workers in

the implement factories alone, but in the steel

mills, the mines, the forests, and the rail-

roads. These workers and their families

~return much of this money to the farmer for





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The F arm Outlook for 1924





The Government says that crops for 1923 show an increased value of $1,600,000,000

over 1922 [Oct lst estimate]. Farm conditions from many points of view show a dec1ded

improvement. Good planning and good management should mean good profit for this year.





Money-making farms are those on which most work is done in least time, with least

labor. Try to increase your crop yield per acre, cut down your labor cost, diversify.

Plow more furrows as you go along, cultivate more rows, cut wider swaths. Plant every

hill full—,the missed hills in a field have a surprising effect on the season’s yield. Save

extra pounds of butterfat by efiicient cream separation. Spread manure by the load in-

stead oi by the forkiul. Let tractor and engine power help you. Modern equipment, well

handled, is the key to profitable farming, and makes farming pleasanter, too.





Your McCormick-Deering Dealer handles most of the 54 kinds of machines and im-

plements that make up the McCormick-Deering line. See him for the most up-to-date

equipment—plows, tillage tools, cream separators, Spreaders, engines, tractors, belt and

drawbar machines. McCormick-Deming is the old reliable line.





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Twenty of the leading companies in the farm '5

equipment industry lost over $50,000,000 in l,

the past two years. Some of the other 3:

companies fared eVen worse in proportion. !



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The material which goes into the making of

farm machines now costs an average of twice

what it cost in 1914. The price of oak lumber

is three times as high as it was in 1914, soft





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center plow steel and cold rolled steel twice

0 as high, steel bars, coke and cotton duck more



than twice as high. Labor which is a large '.

‘ item in manufacturing costs, is considerably





more than double what it was in 1914.





A 7-foot binder would cost you $350 if it

were priced on a pound for pound basis with

the average kitchen range—and that would

not take into account the complexity of the

binder and the service that goes with it. It

would cost $430 if it were priced like the

world’s cheapest car. A 5-foot mower at

lawn mower prices would cost $174.





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Our New Plan of selling the famous Peerless Fence direct from





cutting out of all “in-between” rofits and aslash in prices that

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Your grocer sells Postum in

two forms: Instant Posturn

[in tins] prepared instantly in

the cup by the addition of

boiling water. Postum Cereal

[in packages] for those who

prefer the flavor brought out

by boiling fully 20 minutes.

The cost oi either form is

about one-hall cent a cup.





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Schools teach, and nearly every home applies

the rule against coffee and tea for children.





When middle age comes, a great many

people remember the facts about the caffeine

e . drug of cofiee and tea, and how its regular use

; may disturb health. Often they have caused to

remember what it has done to them: '





How much better it would be not to forget-

and avoid the penalties!





Postum is a pure cereal beverage—delightful,

and safe for any age—at any time.

breakfast at home, for all the family; good for

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Save money on oil at our winter prices.

We ship at our risk one drum of Parker’s

Non—Carbon Super-Refined Motor Oil-



ou use 5 gallons as free trial and test.

{165th balance if not satisfied and pay

us nothing. 810.00 robe

or sweater given with free_trial order.

Yours to keep. even it 011 is returned.



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giving event that will live long in the minds 0 all

who take advantage of it. Engines.

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In: Machine. and other high-c ass farm and home

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>\ ERE ”are a bushel of suggestions





farm during the cold weather. If one





no doubt, discover that he will have

his crops in more nearly on time and

that without the usual expenditure of





selected for this week:





GIVES‘SPECIAL ATTENTION T

SEEDS. '





IRST we plowed this. fall for all of

our spring crops. '

afterwards drawn through the low.

places to carry off all surface water.

Then the tile drains were looked after

and any necessary ditching done to





' giye us the best possible chance in the





spring for getting on the land. Fences

were next repaired, and all machinery

and tools put in sheds. Fruit pruning

is now done, also the old bark is scrap-

ed off and prunings burned up. Our





 





W/zy Grow Oats





OT infrequently we meet



farmers who believe that

date should not have. a place on

the average farm of Michigan.

So this week I am asking you to

give the reasons why you do, or

do not, grow oats in your rota-

etion.



State these reasons briefly in

a letter and mail on or before

January 30, to The Handy Man,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit. To

each of the writers of the five

best answers we will send $1.00.





 





 





 





potato seed is ready in crates, oats

are cleaned and ready to be treated.

The seed corn is waiting to be shelled

and run through the fanning mill to

be graded. Beet, carrot, onion, man-

gel, and other garden seed are all in

their places, so it will not be. neces-

sary to waste time on them next

spring. The harnesses are greased

and repaired, and soon the horses will

be put in condition for the spring cam-

paign. The manure is being hauled

out every week—R. Vandersutte.





KEEPS AS BUSY IN WINTER AS IN

SUMMER.





 





Y ES, we are doing and will be doing,



farm work all winter. We butcher,

cure our beef, pork and bacon; cut

and fill the wood-house with wood;

trim the thirty-five acres of fruit trees;

draw all the manure and lime, fertil-

izer and

where it will be convenient in the

spring. We market the wheat, potatoes

and apples; repair the out-buildings;

dehorn the cattle; fill the ice-house;

clean cistern, chimneys, etc. These

are jobs which we do on fine or rea-

sonably nice days.



On stormy days we work in the

shop. The harnesses are oiled and re

paired; two or three extra lialters are

made; power sprayer, truck, auto,

mower, binder, and seeding tools are.

all overhauled and repaired. Knives

for mower and binder are ground;

crates are fixed up and new Ones

made; special fruit packages gotten

ready. A new tongue was "put in the

Wagon, a; rack finished for the sleigh,

fruit ladders are put in ship-shape,





grain sacks and horse blankets mend:

';ed."-shop and carpenter trials sharpen-





 





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. Doing Farm Work, NOW ._





for the farmer who has gotten,

into the habit of forgetting his'





cleans up all the loose Jobs and avail‘,

able work, he will have very little

time to loaf : but, next season he will,





extra help. Here are the five letters:





Furrows were; .





spray ‘ material—storing it .





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and oldgones mended, painted. and pa:-

pered three rooms in the house, and

repainted the silent salesman—~bulletin

board. '





)On evenings. we take inventory, read





the Michigan Farmers—papers which

we filed away last summer when We





were too busy to readthem, ordemup-= »

plies, go over our insurance and other.





papers, look after small accounts, like

farm bureau dues. It is during these





days, also, that my wife and l’attend'





horticultural and other farm meetings

and get filled full of enthusiasm for





, the next summer., By this system. we





can pay our expenses and that enor-

mous farm tax. Anyone can do this

if his, head and back are in working

order.——C. T. Schmeiding. ‘





FINDS WORK APLENTY.





 





IN, thewinter time work looms up ,

aplenty, and it' all seems ‘to fail -





upon the man, as there is no possibil-

ity, of making the horse do it. We are

digging up seventy rods 0f tile, put in

over twentyvfive years ago, toclean

them out as they are practically filled

up. The ground does not freeze hard

where these tile are, and it therefore

makes an ideal winter Job; in summer

it is too hot to do such work. Our

intentions are to put in a supply of

wood for the furnace and kitchen

stove; repair every implement; paint

where needed; grind harvester knives;

convert a building into a tool shed;

haul manure one day in, every week;

put in a litter carrier; market wheat

and potatoes; get horses in condition;

prune the fruit trees; plan crops and

methods of handling the different

fields; secure supplies such as bolts,

oils, binder twine, hay ropes, etc.——En-

ich Carlson.





DIGGING IN NOW WILL HELP) TO

DIG OUT NEXT SUMMER.





 





HERE are many things that I can



just as well do now as to wait.

till summer time is here. Putting the

farm tools in shape is one of the first

of these. Doing this work now gives

us time to get repairs and to do the

repairing as it should be done. An-

other is getting the manure out of the

yards and onto the fields. We draw

it out as fast as it accumulates. Thus

handled the manure is of more value

to the fields, keeps yards in better

shape and next summer will be less

of the fly nuisance about the premises.

A third duty for the cold months is the

putting of the fences in order. This

will. save much annoyance and waste

of time by keeping the live stock in





‘ place—J. Meyers.





 





GETS A NEW SUPPLY OF WATER.





 





HAVE a fruit farm, which in my



case, means about 2,500 fruit trees,

cherries and apples. They all need

pruning, and I am doing that now. I

am also providing a supply of water

for making spray dope to put on the

trees.

about three-eighths of a. mile to a lake

for water, but late last fall I sunk a

well in the barnyard, and curbed it

with stone. The water does not flow

in very fast, so I am going to make

two‘more of them: The cost is neg-

ligible, just a'litt‘le cement for the

curb above i ground. I will get the

stones in place this winter. Those

three wells will allow me to do a third

more spraying. with no more expense

for labor. Pruning the trees now saves





hiring next spring or’sum-mer. ‘I also :- _

keep an stable manure hesisdout‘sm j

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STAR BOARDERs IN ORCHARD.





 





AMPAIGNS against star boarders



are no longer confined to dairy

herds and poultry flocks. Orchards

are next on the list. '





To cull.-.all.,‘star boarders from an





orchard, the most efficient way is to

keep tab, on individual trees. Such

records, experience has: proven, will

Squickly point out the unprofiitable

[ trees and varieties.



One Ohio man who has started to

keep records on the individual trees

in his orchard, using the record blanks

and instructions provided by the ex-

tension folk, finds that ”some trees

show a gain of $33.95 on market value

over production cost, while others in

the same orchard shew a loss of $2.05

in a year. These figures do not in-

clude harvesting and marketing costs.



Of the 417 trees in this farmer’s or-

chard, 102, or more than twenty-five

per cent, showedea loss. He found that

for his locality the Grimes, Wealthy

and Duchess varieties were the most

profitable, Certain Varieties not so

well known, like Wolf River, Summer

King, Bell Flower, Babbit, and Black





' Twig, proved consistently unprofitable.





Orchardists who keep such individ-

ual tree records, the specialists in

horticulture point out, can readily pick

Then they can

topwork these to desirable varieties,

or else remove them to make way for





.young trees of profitable varieties





adapted to the locality.





BEST STRAWBERRY

VAR! ETI ES.





 





OUR varieties of strawberries

stand out as the most dependable





. varieties for both commercial and

, amateur general planting in Michigan





as a result of variety‘tests conducted

during the seasons of 1922 and 1923

at the Graham Horticultural Experi-

ment Station near Grand Rapids, ac-

cording to the report of Superinten-





' dent, H. D. Hootman, of the station.





These varieties are Senator Dunlap,





A Our Seed Gets-a Boost





(Continued from page 103).





'fact that the plot so‘wn with Michigan

seed had so many more blossoms than

was found on the European“ plot.

These men are like a great many thou-

sand other New York farmers, viz:

they have located the cause of many

of their past clover failures and now

know the first step toward growing





' profitable crops of clover—namely, “be





' and producing a. better grade.

V should hold his market by keeping it

'well supplied with hardy, high-quality





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sure of your seed.”

The Duty of Michigan Farmers.

Up to a year or two ago, farmers of

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

New England states and Virginia were





not aware of the fact that Michigan’





grew ‘much clover-seed. Today, you

can find thousands and thousands of

farmers in this same territory who

positively know the productive value





_of Michigan-grown clover-seed.





This means that the Michigan clo-

ver-seed grower has an excellent mar-

ket for his product. "He should take

advantage of this opportunity and

raise his standards of seed growing

He





seed. If the 'Michigan' growers in-





--crease their standards of quality, they

‘ will be able to cemmand a fair premi-





‘- nmgfor-their product. ’ -





Weeds should be ’kept in control by





"well-balanced rotations and :clean cul-





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Dr. Buddill, Kellogg’s Premier, and

Kellogg’s Prize strawberries. These

varieties were silperior in amount of

yield, size, uniformity, color, firmness,

and flavor.



Twenty-two different varieties were

set in the spring of 1921 in typical

Michigan clay loam soil at the experi-

ment station. After preparing a firm

seed bed, the plants were set in rows

each three feet apart, and each row

being 225 feet in length, a total (Sf 75

plants being set in each row. The

plants were cultivated frequently dur-

ing the summer and by fall all the

varieties had formed well matted rows

with the exception of Progressive,

Superb and Peerless. A heavy mulch

of wheat straw was applied to the en—

tire plot late in November, which was

raked between the rows in the middle

of the next April when growth was

starting. ,



The Kellogg’s Premier variety was

far superior to any other variety of

the 25 planted, yielding approximately

a third more berries than the Senator

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were also present.





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Bureau.





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the trip from Powers to Hermansville

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being open for automobiles.





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“T the winter term of the Menom-



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management and radio. In the auto

mechanics course students are per-

mitted to practice on their own cars

which may be in need of repair. The

dairy course is designed to equip the

student to be a licensed cream tester

and butter—maker. Residents of Mich—

igan are given free tuition at this

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,ISS SYLVIA VVIXSON, the home

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quette county, will, on February 1, as-

sume her new duties as state leader

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Agricultural College. In accepting

Miss Wixson’s resignation the Mar-

quette county board of supervisors

unanimously voted to continue the em-

ployment of a home demonstration

agent. It was announced that her suc-

cessor would probably be Miss Mary

Ryder, of Almont, Michigan, who re-

ceived her- training at M. 'A. C. and

Columbia University. It was stated

by Mrs. Louise H. Campbell, state

leader of home demonstration agents,

that there are eight full-time home

demonstration agents in the state, and

that additions to this number are an-

ticipated during the year. .

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in Marquette county, carried out a pro-

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schools, working in cooperation with

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teachers engaged in this work, and

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SNOW HELPS LUMBERING.





 





REAL snow did not reach the Lake



Superior country until after Christ-

mas. It was welcomed by loggers and

lumbermen, who had been making

large preparations , to get out a big

crop of logs this winter. The demand

for woods labor was reported strong

well before the holidays, and the local

railroads were anticipating a. great

demand for cars as .soon as the condi-

tion of the ground made it possible to

get logs to their right-of-ways. Cut-

ting goes forward here the year round

but much hauling has to wait until the

snows come. There is now great ac-

tivity in the woods from many parts

of the peninsula.



Some are said to be holding off on

the cut of pulp-wood until the Canadi-

an situation clears, it being the re-

ported intention of the Canadian gov-

ernment to place an embargo on pulp-

wood, thus compelling American mills

to rely more on the domestic supply

with a tendency tolenhance the domes-

tic mice. This is a matter of interest.

to farmers who have pulp-timber to

sell.



There was a very heavy cut of

Christmas trees, which went south by

the carload. One local paper calls at-

tention to the fact that local farmers

were paid an average price of $1 per

tree from outside outtrs, whoreceived

a. price running as high as $25 in some

cases frOm city buyers in the big cent-

ters to the southward. Farmers are

advised to be more particular in mak-

ing prices for this product.





GOGEBIC GIVES GOOD REPORT.





 





N Gogebic county, according to the





annual report of‘ Mr. C. E. Gunder—

son, county agricultural agent, there

are eight live stock clubs, consisting

of fifty-seven boys and girls, while the

cow-testing association is composed of

thirty-four members. Fifty-seven boys

and girls attended the Chatham farm-

ers' round-up in August, who produced

two winning judging teams. Two milk

distributors’ associations were also

formed during the year.





BUREAU HAS ACTIVE YEAR.





 





HE annual report of the Upper

Peninsula Development Bureau,

which is closely identified with the

agricultural growth of the Upper Pe-

ninsula, shows that during the past

year, the financial .secretary gained.

about $13,000 in subscriptions to the

funds of the bureau and that the mem-

bership has increased from about 600

to about 800. Additional funds were

received from county appropriations.

These county appropriations ranged

from $200 to $2,000—each of the fif-

teen counties having made its contri-

bution through the board of supervis-

ors. These county contributions are

based on area, population and assessed

valuation. The state administrative

board also made an appropriation of

$3,000 for the work of the bureau.

During the past year the secretary-

manager 'of the Development Bureau

has made some thirty addresses to

farmers, business men and other or-

ganizations, has assisted in purchasing

improved dairy stock for club mem-

bers, has driven 17, 000 miles in carry-





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10. 000 miles by rail.





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MICHIGAN CROP VALUES

. ADVANCE.





- HE various crops, not including live

stock or live stock products, pro

duced in Michigan during 1923, have a

total estimated'value of $242,472,000,

as compared with 214,899,000 in 1922,

and $183,685,000 in 1921.

sents a gain of nearly thirteen per

cent over 1922, and thirty per cent

over 1921.



The valuations were computed on

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In those cases the price was that.

received in the marketing season.

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brought a larger total monetary return

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buckwheat, potatoes .and hay returned

a larger value per acre than in 1922.

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yields, as only winter wheat, barley,

beans and apples showed a greater

production, as shown by the annual re—

port prepared by L. Whitney Watkins,

State Commissioner of Agriculture,

and Verne H. Church, United States

Agricultural Statistician.





Notwithstanding this apparent im-

provement in the general agricultural

situation, Michigan farmers were com-

pelled to pay approximately twenty

per cent higher wages for their hired

labor than in 1922. OnOctober 15, the

average farm price of crops and live

stock was twenty-one per cent higher

than in 1913, but the wholesale cost of

all commodities was fifty-three per

cent higher than in 1913.

the purchasing power of; farm products

on that date was only seventy-five per

cent of that in 1913.

per cent higher than it was at the be-

ginning of 1923 and eleven per cent

higher than the lowest point, which

was touched in August and September,

The trend being upward, con

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For 1923, the state ranked seven-

teenth among the states in the produc-

Last year it held

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they will be used by intelligent girls

of a high type and good education; a

grade school education is hardly suf-

ficient preparation. Then, too, the

nurse is no longer ranked as a ser-

vant. She goes into some of the finest

homes in the land, is treated by the

inmates as an equal, and must be a

person of some education in order to

meet them as such. Some of the very

best training schools now expect their

girls to have college work before e'n-

tering upon the course of study, and I

personally know that many girls with

college training are attracted to the





I profession and help to make the stand-





ards high.



On the other hand, there are not

many hospitals that will absolutely re-

fuse training to a bright, intelligent

girl, because she has not had- the good

fortune to be able to take the time for

a high school or other course of pre-

liminary education. Let her apply to

the superintendent of nurses and be

able to show that she is capable of:

grasping the principles of the worthy

profession that she desires to enter.

and is enough in earnest about it to

be willing to study and make up past





deficiencies, and a way will be made ,





for her admission.





GETTING RID OF LICE.





 





Will you please tell me a way to get

rid of head lice? My little girl caught

them at school and I have tried about

everything, but can’t seem to get rid

of them. Also, how can I get the nits

off of the hair, as they will not comb

out with a fine comb?—R. C.





Kerosene will kill the lice.

child’s scalp is tender it is well to

dilute the kerosene with half sweet

oil. In order to get rid of nits use a

fine—tooth comb and dip it into hot

vinegar or hot alcohol as you work.





PROBABLY HgKRT TROUBLE.





 





I have had stomach trouble for fif<

teen years.

No help. Tired all the time. Play out

easy. Short—winded. Stomach feels

full all the time. Pain around: the

heart. Don’t sleep well. Tired 1n the

morning. ——P. M.



I am inclined to think that valvular

heart disease is at the bottom of your

trouble. This is serious enough to de-

mand the personal attention of the

best doctor within reach.





WHEN SHOULD THE BABY BE

WEANED? '





 





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You should begin the weaning at

about ten months of age and the .baby,

if strong and healthy, should be-fully

weaned at twelve months. A nursing

mother may continue to nurse her

baby even though her menstrual peri-

ods return, but no child should be

nursed after one year of age, except—

ing for some weakness that seems to

make weaning inadvisable.





CHILD HAS ANEMIA.





 





We are told that our little daughter,

aged eight, has anemia. She is pale,

languid and has no appetite. She has

bad tonsils and adenoidsfi, too. Please

tell me what to do. —-C. L.





The first thing is to Ihave the dis—

eased tonsils and adenoids removed.

Then see that she gets plenty of nour-

ishing food of the kind'that makes

good blood and tissue. This will in-

clude one quart of milk a day; oat-

meal and bread and butter, green'veg-

stables, fruit and some meat and eggs.

But no child should have to overcome

the handicap of diseased tonsils.





RU PTURE.





 





1 am a young farmer twenty-nine

years old. F01 quite a long time I

have had a hurting in the left groin

that would be very bad when I lifted.

Our doctor says it is a rupture and

will get worse instead of better. He

tells me to be operated on. What is

your advice? Isn’t there some other

way?—B. L 0.



Yes, there are other ways; but none

so good, so safe, so prompt and so

cheap in the longrun, as that of sur-

gical operation. When you conten1~

plate wearing a truss or other device

for some fifty years, taking the risk of

getting worse at some

time when the truss is not in good

working order, buying new trusses

from time to time, and everlastingly

having the bother of adjusting the

thing, it really seems to be a small

matter to go into the hospital for two

weeks, get the rupture repaired, and

be soundly and safely fixed for a life-

time. Many persons have lost their

lives from strangulatcd hernia It'is

not a thing to take a chance on.





THE RELATION OF THE MOON TO

THE HAIR.





 





Please say whether it makes any

real difference to the glowth of the

hair whether it is cut at a Ceitain

stage of the moon. This is perhaps a.

foolish question, but I have heard that

it makes a difference, and my hair is

getting so thin that I don’t want to

miss any chances. —-Batchelor.



Not a bit of difference Keep it cut

fairly short, no matter what the stage

of the moon. Get a pair of good brush~

es and spend five minutes every night

and morning with them. Change your

condition and you won’t care so much.





PNEUMONIA'coNTAGIOUS.





 





Please say if pneumonia is contag‘

ious at anytime, and if so, what steps

should be taken to prevent its spread.





There is no doubt about the fact

that pneumonia is a contagious dis-

ease, although the contagion does not

spread so rapidly as that of such dis-

eases as measles, scarlet fever, etc.

The patient with pneumonia should al—

ways be placed in a quiet, comfortable

room‘away from the rest of the house-

hold, both for his own sake and that

of the family. The room should be

kept well aired. Linen from the sick-

room ‘should be boiled. Dishes should

be kept separate. Those in attendance

need have no fear of ordinary contact

but should not sleep in the same bed

with the patient, or indulge in any

unnecessary Contact. The attendants

'should be particular ‘about washing up





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Copyright by Underwood t Underwood. New York
. , died out, as Ba’ tiste, seizing

the smallest of the men, lifted

him bodily and swinging him much af-

ter the fashion of a sack of meal, lit-

erally used him as a battering ram

. against the rest of the attacking

' forces. For a last time, Houstdn hit

., a skirmisher and was hit in return.

, Then Ba’tiste threw his human weap-

“ on from him: straight into the mass of

men whom he had driven back for a

second, tumbling them all in a scramb-

ling, writhing heap at the edge of the

j‘lume. _



“Climb up me!” he bellowed, as they

struggled to their feet. “Ah, oui!”

And the big arms- moved threatening-

ly. “Climb up me!”



But the invitation was not accepted.

Bloody, eyes discolored, mouth and

nose steadily swelling, the foreman

moved away with his battered crew,

finally to disappear in the forest. Ba’ —

tiste leached for the cant hook, and

balancing it lightly in one hand, sought

a resting place on the edge of the

flume. Houston sat beside him.



“What on earth can it all mean?”

he asked, after a moment of thought.



“They go back—get more men. Meb—

be they think they whip us, oui? Yes?

Ba’teese use this, nex’ time." He bal-

anced the cant hook. examining it

carefully as though for flaws which

might cause it to break in contact with

a human target. Barry went on:



“I was talking about the tlume. You

heard what fellow said~—that they had

the woods, the lake and the flume to

use as they pleased? Howu"



“Mebbe they think they jus' take it.”



“Which they can’t. I’m going back

to the camp and get more men.”



“No." Ba’tiste grinned. “We got

enough-y0u an' Ba’teese. I catch ’em

with this. You take that club: If

they get ’1‘ound me, you. what-you-say,

pickle 'em off.”





 





UT the expected attack did not

come. An hour they waited, and

a hour after that. Still no crowd of

burly men came surging toward them

from the Blackburn camp, still no at-

tempt was made to wrest from their

possession the waterway which they

had taken over as their rightful prop.

erty. Houston studied the flume.

“W'e’ll have to get some men up here

and rip out this connection,” came at





last. “They’ve broken off our end en—

tirely.”

“Ah, oui! But we will stay here.





By’m’by. Medaine come. We will send





her for men.”





“Medaine? That was she I heard

talking?”

“Oui. She had come to ask me if





she should bring me food. She was

riding. Ba’teese sen’ her away. But

she say she come back to see if Ba’4

teese is all right.”



Houston shook his head.



“That’s good. But I'm afraid that

you won’t find her doing anything to

help me out. ”



“She will help Ba’ teese, ” came sim—

ply flom the big man, as the iron-

bound cant hook was examined for the

fiftieth time. “Why they no come,

huh?”



“Search me. Do you suppose they’ve

given it up? It’s a bluff on their part,

you know, Ba’tiste. They haven’t any





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legal right to this land or time or

anything else; they just figured that

my milllwas burned and that I would

not "be in a position to fight them. So





 





.they decided to take over the flume





and try to force us into letting them

have it.”



“Here comes somebody!” Ba’tiste’s

grip tightened about the cant hook

and he rose, squaring himself. Hous-

ton seized the club .and stood waiting

a few feet in the rear, in readiness for

any one who might evade the bulwark

of blows which Ba’tiste evidently in-

tended to set up. Far in the woods

showed the shadowy forms of three





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to the-rear, allowing the two officials,

to take the leadmand evidently do the p

» talking. The sheriff grinned as he no-





ticed the cant hook on the ground.

Then he looked up at Ba’tiste Renaud.



“What‘s been going on here?”



“This man,” Ba’tiste nodded grudg-

ingly toward the angular form of Fred

Thayer, “heem a what-you—say a big

bomb. This my frien’, M’sieu Houston.

He own this flume. This Thayer’s

men, they try to jump it.”



“From the looks of them,” chuckled

the sheriff, “you jumped them. They’ve

got a young hospital over at camp.

But seriously, Ba’tiste, I think you’re





 





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Right where you are,





The prizes are waiting right

By proving if you’re a “go-ge

A “flash-in-the-pan”—-—-or a



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But that kind of “bunk” is

And while they are buzzin





And copping the prizes right





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men, approaching steadily and'ap'par-

ently without any desire for battle.

Ba’tiste turned sharply. “Your eye,

keen heem open. Eet may be a blind.”



But Houston searched the woods in

vain. There were no supporters fol-

lowing the three men, no deploying

groups seeking to flank them. A mo-

ment more, and Ba’tiste, With a, sud-

den exclamation, allowed his cant

hook to drop to the ground.



“Wade!”



“Who?” Houston came closer.



“Eet is Thayer and Wade, the sher-

iff from Montview, and his deputy.

Peuff! Have he fool heem too?”



Closer they came, and the sheriff

waved a hand in friendly greeting.

Ba’tiste returned the gesture. Thayer,

scowling, black-faced, dropped slightly





Rz‘gél Where You Are





By James E. Hungcrford





if you’ll “git-up-and-git,"

And hustle and rustle and do,



And put your heart in it, and never say “quit”—

There’s plenty of good things for you!





You’ll find them wherever you are,





The “croakers” are croaking about the “hard times."

They’re mourning the shortage of nickles and dimes-—





’bout biz being bad,

The “wise ones" are hopping about,





And putting old “hard times” to rout!





it’s always “hard times,” if you’re thinking that way,

And prospects are “gloomy” and! blue,"





Don’t let “hard times” floor you, and steal your good “rep";

Don’t dream about “green fields afar";



We know you’re a winner—now show us some “pop"—

Make good on the job where you are!





there to be got;





tter," or not——

“star.”





ssly “punk;"





the bunk!”





there to be had——





if you will “make hay”—

you!





 





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on the wrong track. Thayer and Black-

burn have a perfect right to this flume

and to the use of the lake and what

stumpage they want from the Houston

woods.”



“A right?” Barry went forward.

“What right? I haven’t given them——”



“You’re the owner of the land, aren’t

you?” \



“Yes, in a way.

conditionally.”



“You can let it out and sell the

stumpage if you want to."



“Of course.”



“Then, what are you kicking about ?”



“I—simply on account of. the fact

that these men have no right to be on

the land, or to use it in any way. I

haven’t given them permission.”



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ES, I’ve got an injunction in my





fering with them. Judge Bardley gave

it in Montview about an hour ago, and





we came over by automobile.”





:‘Blg why ?’)



“.Why ”’ the sheriff stared at him.

“When you give a man a lease, you

have to live up to it in this country ”



“But I’ve given no one—3’





“Oh, show it to him, sheriff.” Thayer

came angrily forward. “No use to let

him stand there and lie.”





“That’s what I want to see!” Hous-

ton squared himself grimly. “If you

have got. a lease, or anything else, I

want to look at it.” 7



“You know your own writing, don’t

you?” The sheriff was fishing in his

pockets. '



“Of course.”



“You’d admit it if you saw it?"



“I’m not trying to hide anything.

But I know that I’ve not giVen any

lease, and I’ve not sold any stumpage

and—” ,



“Then, what’s this?” The sheriff

had pulled two legal documents from

his pocket, and unfolding them, had

shown Houston the bottom of each.

Bal ry’s eyes opened Wide.



“That’ s—that’s my signature,” came

at last.



‘ This one’s the same, isn’t it?" The

second paper was shoved forward.



“Yes.”



“Then I don’t see what you’re kick<

ing about. Do you know any one nam-

ed Jenkins, who is a notary public?”



“He works in my office in Boston.”



“That’s his writing, isn’t it?”



“Yes.”



“And his seal.”



“I suppose so.” Bewildered, Hous‘

ton was looking at the papers with

glazed eyes: “It looks like it.”



“Then,” and the sheriff’s voice went

brusque, “what right have you to try

to run these men off of property for

Which you’ve given theme bona-fide

lease, and to Which you’ve just admit-

ted your signature as genuine?”



“I’ve——I’ve given no lease. I———"





“Then look’em over. If that isn’t‘a

lease to the lake and flume and flume

site, and if the second one isn’t a con-

tract for stumpage at a dollar and a

half a thousand feet—4well, then, I

can’t read.” .





“B\ut I’m telling you that I didn’t

give it to them.” Houston had reach-

ed for the papers with a trembling

hand “There’ s a fraud about it some

where!”



“I don’t see where there can be any

fraud when you admit your signature,

and there’s a notary’s seal attached."



“But there is! I can’t tell you why

——but——” .



“Statements like that don’t count in

law. There are the papers and they’re

duly signed and you’ve admitted your

signature. If there’s any fraud about

it, you’ve got the right to prove it.

But in the meanwhile, the court’s in-

junction stands. You’v-e leased this

land to these men, and you can’t in—

terfere with them. - Understand?”



“All' right.” Houston moved hazily





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it’s a fakery~somehow——and I’ll prove

it. I have absolutely no memory of

ever signing any such papers as that,

or of even talking to any one about

selling stumpage at a figure that you

should know is ridiculous. Why, you

can ’t even buy the worst kind of tini-

ber from the government at that

price! I don’t remember—”



“Didn’t I tell you?” Thayer had

turned to the sheriff. “There he goes

pulling that loss of memory stunt

again. That’s one of his best little

bets” he added sneering, “to lose his

memory.’ .



“I’ve never lost it yet!”



“No—then you can forget things aw~

fully easy; Such as coming out here

and pretending not to know who you

were. Guess you forgot your identity

for a minute,\ didn’t you? Just like

you forgot signing this lease and

stumpage contract! Yeh, you’re good

at that-10sing your memory. You

never remember anything that hap-

pens. You can’t even remember the

night you murdered your own cousin,

can you?”



“That’s a——”



“See, sheriff? His memory’s bad.”

All the malice and hate of pent-up en-

mity was in Fred Thayer’s voice now.

One gnarled hand went forward in ac-

cusation. “He can’t even remember

how he killed his own cousin. But if

he can’t,. I can. Ask him about the





time when he slipped that mallet in,





his pocket at a prize fight and then

went out with his cousin. Ask him

what became of Tom Langdon after

they left that prize fight. He won’t

be able to tell you, of course. He loses

his memory; all he will be able to re—

member is that his father spent a lot

of money and hired some good lawyers

and got him out of it. He won’t be

able to tell you a thing about how his

own cousin was found with his skull

crushed in, and the bloody wooden

mallet lying beside him—the mallet

that this fellow had stolen the night

before at a prize fight! He wont’—”



White-hot with anger, Barry Hous-

ton lurched forward, to find himself

caught in the arms of the sheriff and

thrown back. He'whirled—and stop-

ped, looked with glazed, deadened eyes

into the blanched, horiified features of

a girl who evidently had heard the ac-

cusation, a girl who stood poised in

revulsion a moment before she turned

and, almost running, hurried to mount

her horse and ride- away. And the

strength of anger left the muscles of

Barry Houston. The red flame of in-

dignation turned to a sodden, dead

thing. He could only realize that Me-

daine Robinette now knew the story.

That Medaine Robinette had heard

him accused without a single state-

ment given in his 6Wn behalf; that

Medaine, the girl of his smoke-wreath-

ed dreams. now full and thoroughly

believed him—a murdered!





CHAPTER XII.





ULLY Houston turned back to the

sheriff and to the goggle-eyed Ba]-

tiste, trying to fathom it all. Weakly

he motioned toward Thayer, and his

words, when they came, were hollow

and expresslonless:

“That’s, alie, Sheriff. I’ll admit that

I have been accused of murder. '1 was

acquitted. You say that nothing counts

but the court action—and that’s all I

have to say in my behalf. The jury

found me not guilty. In regardé—to

this, I’ll obey the ’court order until I

can prove to the judge’s satisfaction

that this whole thing is a fraud and a

fake. In the meanwhile—” he turned

anxiously, almost piteously, “do you

care to go with me, Ba’tiste?”

Heavily, silently, the Wench-Cana-

dian joined him, and together they

walked down the narrow road to the

camp. Neither spoke for a long time.





‘ Ba‘tiste walked with his hen-d deep be-





tWeon his shoulders. and Houston





_ kngw that memories were heavy upon





memories of his ngienne and the

home





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of II waiting wife; only a mound of.





', beneath the sighing pines and a Stal-





wart cross above it. As for Houston,

his own lifehad gone gray with the

sudden recurrence of the past. He

lived again "the first days of it all,

when life had been one constant repe-

tition of questions, then solitude, ques-

tions and solitude, as the homicide

squad brought him up from his cell to

inquire about some new angle that

theye had come upon, to question him

regarding his actions on the night. of

the death of Tom Langdon, then to

send him’back to “think it over” in

the hope that the constant tangle of

questions might cause him to change

his story and give them an opening

wedge through which they could force

him to a confession. He lived again

the black hours in the dingy court-

room, with its shadows and soot spots

brushing against the window, the

twelve blank-faced men in the jury

box, and the witnesses, one after an-

other, who went to the box in an effort

to swear his life away. He went again

through the agony of the new freedom

——the freedom of a man imprisoned by

stronger things than» more bars and

cells of steel—when first he had gone

into the world to strive to fight back

to the position he had occupied before

the pall of accustation had descended

upon him, and to fight seemingly in

vain. Friends had vanished, a father

had gone to his grave, believing al-

most to the last that it had been his

money and the astuteness of his law-

yers that had obtained freedom for a

guilty son, certainly not a self—evi-

dence of innocence that had caused

the twelve men to report back‘ to the

judge that they had been unable to

force their convictions “beyond the

shadow of a doubt.” A nightmare had

it been and a nightmare it was again,

as drawn-featured, stoop-shouldered,

suddenly 01d and haggard, Barry Hous-

ton walked down the logging road be-

side a man whose mind also had been

recalled to thoughts of murder. A

sudden fear went over the younger

man; he wondered whether this great

being who walked at his side had be-‘

lieved, and at last in desperation, he

faced him.





“Well, Ba’tiste,” came in strained

tones, “I might as well hear it now

as at any other time. They’ve about

got me whipped, anyway, so you’ll only

be leaving a sinking ship.”



“What you mean?” The French-

Canadian stopped.



“Just the plain facts. I’m about at

the end of my rope; my mill’s all but

gone, my flume is in the hands of

some one else, my lake is leased, and

Thayer can make as many inroads on

my timber as he cares to, so long as

he appeases the court by paying me

the magnificent sum of a dollar and a

half a thousand for it. So, you see,

there isn’t much left for me.”



“What you do?”



“That depends entirely on you—

and what effect that accusation made.

If not——

well frankly— I don’t know,”





“’Member the mill, when he burn

down?”



“Yes.”



“You no believe Ba’teese did heem.

Oui, yes? Well, now I no believe

either!” ~



“Honestly, Ba’tistel” Houston had

gripped the other man’s arm. “You

don’t belieVe it? You don’t—-”



“Ba’teese believe M’sieu Houston.

You look like my Pierre. My Pierre,

he could do no wrong. Ba’teese sat-

isfy.”





T sent a new flow of blood through

the veins of Barry Houston—that

simple, quiet statement of the old trap-

per. He felt again a surge of the

fighting instinct, the desire to keep on





and on, to struggle until the end, and-





to accept nothing except the bitterest,





most absolute defeat. He quickenod:

his pace, the FrenchCanadian falling .

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the Red'Sea‘is one of the n‘iost



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of indescribable rejoicing welcomed

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HE story of the manna will be



told as long as religion endures.

“Small as the boar frost on the

ground,” it spelled the difference be-

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they knew that the God who had be—

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is usually emphasized, and we have

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months of starvation, but the sound of

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miliar we discount it. But because an

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two million times?” God is as truly

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way known as 31-10. Considerable timber left. and

the land itself is above the average for this section.



CITY SUBURBAN REALTY COMPANY.



6I5 Oakland Bullding, Lansing. Michigan.





For Sale A Splendid Dairy Farm





of 110 a. in Livingston (‘o., (3 miles from lIchll.

Good buildings. orchard. small fruit. near church and





 





 





school. _lt. F. . With or without equipment. Write

for particulars. R. G. BROWN. Fowlervllle. Mich.



AND WEARY of the severe win~

You All! llr . ters up there. COME TO STUART.

You Will be delighted with the climate here. A haven

for farmers. For information Write CIVIC COM-





MITTEE. STUART. FLA.





 





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for cash. no matter where located. Particulars free.

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w ld you Buy a. Home? With our liberal terms.

W. White people only. good land. healthy prm

grosswc country. Write for list. Mills Land Co..





Bonneville.





 





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in California write Kings





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W ANT T0 HEARin-om party having farm for sale.

Give particulars and lowest price. John J. Black.



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101 Acres



1 60 A 1120 tundtir tcultivaéioil; 40 pasture:

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$102 per A. Guy R. Bell. Snover, Mich.. R. 2





 





 





Well imp. .55. acres bottom. well heated.

$3.500. lenlum &. Jones, Ava. Mo.





 





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Priced right. James Spence. Lake. Mich;

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Muco Salve; apply in nostrils, rub

on chest; breaks the cold instantly.

Muco Salve Contains the very things

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State and National food laws.

50 years by all large creameries. Doesn’t

color buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless.

Large bottles cost only 35 cents at drug



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ROOM six-by-six feet—such a

small room, and yet what a lot

of work and discomfort it saves!

We live« on a. farm six and one—half

miles from the city where household

conveniences are a common thing. Our

house is small and when one day my

wife said we ought to have a bath-

room, straightway I had the excuse

that “we couldn’t find room for one.”





But we started tofigure, measure

and plan until we found that we could

have a. bathtub, lavatory, toilet seat

and cistern pump in a. room no larger

than six-by-six feet. At once we set

about to establish such an outfit as

seemed to fit our needs.





We hadn’t the ‘six-by-six-feet room,

so we built it in one corner of the

kitchen of wall-board and two-by-





City Conveniences onthe Farm ,

The Installation of Running Walter and a Bat/2720771 Need‘ZVot Be” Expensive





By H- 0. Scott





to the barrel is in the wall directly

behind the lavatory, so we have a

faucet \running out and emptying into

the lavatory.



The waste from the lavatory and

bathtub run into a tile drain. They

may be run into the same pipe with

outlet for, the toilet, but _care must be





~taken to use traps to, keep the odor





from coming back into the house. A

septic tank took care of the sewage

from the bathroom.



If one does not have‘a. windmill, a.

gasoline pumping outfit will give very

good results. ‘ Or it can be pumped by

hand; but this'method becomes a real

bother at times. Whatever method is

used, a check valve‘ should be used in





 





four’s. Reinforcement was put on the

wall to hold the lavatory tank for the

toilet seat, etc. _ _



Our windmill is about thirty feet

from the house, and as I already had

the water piped to the barn, I had a

force pump; but could pump only one

way under ground with it. At the

hardWare store I supplied myself with

a. three-way cock with which I could

direct the water either toward the

barn or the house, by turning a lever._



For a pressure tank I used ‘a galvan-

ized steel, air—tight barrel holding per-

haps fifty gallons. We find that this

is large enough, especially in the sum-

mer, and furnishes all the hard water

we use in the house. In a larger

tank the water would become stale. _ '





We placed the barrel over the bath-

room with the feed 'pipe running

through one of the inside walls to,pre—

vent freezing. The water is forced up

into the tank through the hole intend-

ed for the faucet. At the top of the

barrel is a plug screwed in to remove

when filling with oil. We took this

plug out and put in a' short piece of

pipe, about four inches long; then

screwed onto this a right~angle elbow

and into this a. piece, of pipe long

enough to run out through the side of

the house for an over-flow.





The pipe used to fill the tankwas

the one that let the water down for

use in the house, toilet, etc. We used

one—inch pipe throughout excepting

through the lower opening of the bar-

rel and the pipe from the main pipe

to the tank of the toilet. The barrel

supplies plenty of pressure to fill the

toilet tank. It is not advisable to use

soft water for this purpose, because





‘there may be times when you do not





have soft water. .

Our cistern~ happened to come near-





 





ly under the bath room. We piped it.

up and used a pitcher pump that emp- _y

tied its; .the. lavatory. T1!“ feed ere»:





 





Here is Running Water with a Conveniently Arranged Sink.





the pipe to keep the water from com-

ing back into your pump. - .



We made the mistake at first, of not

putting the pipe deep enough under-

ground and it froze several times. Lat-

er we put it down to a depth of about

five feet and have had no trouble

since. .



One does not need many tools to

install this outfit. The pipe we had

cut and threaded at the place we

bought it. A good pipe wrench is most

necessary, besides the usual farmer’s

tools: hammer, handsaw, jacknife and

shovel.



The bathtub was four and one—half

feet long by twenty-six \inches wide,

outside measurements. The toilet was

regular size, with low tank. The lav-

atory was about eighteen inches out-

side.



We built a septic tank to take the

seWage from, the toilet.





WASHING AND STERILIZING'

HANDKERCHIEFS.





 





NE of my most disagreeable tasks

during winter months, when colds

are frequent, has always been the

washing of the handkerchiefs used by

those afflicted with grippy colds; you

all know what a disagreeable task it

is, but I have found that much of the

unpleasantness of it may be taken

away by using a little thought and

care. There is also danger of taking

a cold from the careless handling of

these handkerchiefs before they have

been washed and sterilized. "

.For everyday use, for very severe

colds wealways use pieces of old soft

linen or cotton, cut in convenient sized

pieces. These are burned as" .1 soon as





.- they are used and save just that much

of the disagreeable washing. I. ‘





fl‘cprevent catching colds from the

germs in the prices ‘91} ,ejhan'dkér'

we sterilisethhm : . wash-





 

 





 





 





 





 





ing. Thisis done byplacing them in





» a galvanized pail and covering withv





cold water to which two teaspoons of





ammonia has been added. This is left '





over night and in the morning it'is

poured off and strong hot soap ends

is used instead. After an hour or two

they are rubbed out lightly in .a. clean

suds, rinsed and hung in the sunshine

to dry. Sunshine, you know, is one

of the best disinfectants known.





TESTED RECIPES.





 





Chinese Dumplings.





1 pound sausage v

1 can tomatoes .

3 onions .



1 cup sugar





822



1% cups milk



3 cups flour



3 tsp. baking-powder

1 tsp, salt





Cook tomatoes and onions and mix

with the other ingredients, and boil.—

Mrs. R. c. .

APPLE PUFFS.





ARE, core and cut into small piec-



es, six apples. Add one-half cup

of brown sugar, a few grains of salt,

one tablespoon cf butter, one-half cup

of water, and bake until apples are

soft. Mash and use for filling.





Make enough paste for one pie; roll _





out as for pie covering, and cut into

rounds the size of a large biscuit; With

a knife make two slits in centers of

one~half the pieces. 1 '

,On the remaining pieces placethe

apple'saucc, having it piled in the

centers and not.coming too near the

edges. Wet the edges with cold water,

cover with the pieces from' which

pieces have been cut, press edges firm-

ly together, and. bake. ' ‘





Dark Cake.

2-3 cup lard and but-4 powder _

ter mixed 1 tsp. cinnamon .

2 eggs 3,5 tsp. cloves or all-





IA to 2—3 cup of mo-

lasses



1 cup buttermilk or

sour milk





spice .



12% tsp. zinger , '



Flour to make quite a

thick batter. Raisins can

1 scant tsp. soda be added if so desired.



1 heaping tsp. baking- .

ls fine with whipped cream or white





powdered sugar icing.





DON’T WASTE OLD HYACINTH

BULBS. "





 





0 not throw away the old hya-



cinth bulbs after they have bloom-

ed in the house. They Will grow and

bloom for years outside. If you do not

have a place for them give them to

some flower-loving boy or girl who

does. I never realized how much chil- .

dren ~want plants and bulbs until I

had them come and ask for plants I

had thrown out from my greenhouse,

and one fall I watched the children





come by hundreds to the park in a."





city for the plants that were to be'

given away when the park was cleared

for the winter. Hyacinth bulbsare~

hardy and will send up blooms outside

for several springs and will finally

divide up into small bulbs that will

grow again into blooming bulbs’in

time if they are not destroyed by mice

or grubs. I have had some very pretty

beds and rows from old forced bulbs.

—,Agnes Hilco.





FRESH AIR MAKES WORK SEEM

LIGHTER.





 





OOD ventilation at small expense



is possible by tacking thin muslin



or cheesecloth on a wooden frame that



fits under the lower window sash when



it is raised six or eight inches. This

avoids a direct,’dra.ft. -



For the housewife working in shot



kitchen, it is well to, lower-the win-





dows aelfew inches'from‘ meters-er _





open [transom iover an Outside_.door.





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Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your yetters to Martha Cole, Michi-

gan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





TO BAKE LARGE FISH.





 





'VVould you please tell me how to

'bake a large fish for company dinner?

-»——Mrs. 0





Clean. the fish well, leaving on the

head and tall, but remove the eyes.

Stuff with a dressing made of:





icup mashed potatoes 4 tb. butter

1% cups breadmrumbs 2 tb. cream

- :2 tb. min-ed onion





egg

is cup celery Salt and pepper





Truss fish in the shape of the letter.





S by means of a long skewer. Cut

three gashes in each side of the fish

andinsert a thin slice of salt pork in

each. Dust with salt, pepper and flout'

and plaCe on butteredt cheesecloth on

rack in roaster. This will insure the

fish being removed to serving platter

without being broken: Bake in a hot

oven, allowing fifteen minutes to the

pound, and baste frequently, .Remove

to serve and take out slices of salt

pork, fill gashes with minced parsley

and garnish with lemon.





 





REMOVING SHINE FROM SUEDE.





 





(‘ould you tell me what to do for

suede which becomes shiny on the

toes after wearing only three times?

Subscriber.





If you will brush the spots lightly

with a fine grade of sandpaper before

applying the cleaner, the nap 01‘ the

suede will be brushed up and the wax-

ed finish will-be gone. Do not brush

too hard or very often with the sand-

paper as it tends to remove the nap

of the suede.





BOILED CIDER MINCEMEAT.





 





Would you please send me a recipe

for making mincemeat with boiled

cider?——Mrs. F H .



This recipes comes to me well rec-

ommended.



8 lbs. meat , 4 lbs. suet



6 lbs. ('url'ants 2 lbs. eitron



6 lbs. raisins 20 lbs. raw apples



12 lbs. sugar 2 gals. older



12 tb. cinnamon 4 tb. salt

' 4 ti). grated nutmeg



4 tb. auspice



Use either boiled beef or pork for

this purpose, and put through the food

grinder with ,the currants, seedless

raisins, Citron and apples. Add the

spices and sugar. Bring the cider to

the boiling point and add the other

ingredients. Boil one hour, stirring





frequently. Can while hot in air-tight





.make a good pumpkin pie?





———————-—~-——————-





and sterilized glass fruit jars. These

jars may be sterilized by boiling in

watei fifteen minutes





MACHINE HEMSTITCHINO.‘





 





WOULD like to hear from readers



of this department who have had

experience with a hemstitching attach—

ment for a sewing machine. I saw one

advertised recently, but have 10st the

address-~Mrs. W. J.-D.



If you will address your experiences

in care of Mrs. W. .J. D., I will be

pleased to forward them to her.—~—Mar—

tha Cole.‘



PUMPKIN PIE MADE THIS WAY,

NEVER FAILS.





 





Would you please tell me how to

' I have

tried several lecipes, but do not have

good success-*Mis. J. B





A tested 1ecipe for pumpkin pie calls





for:

211111.: strwml pumpkin 2 1]». sugar

1 083 1.1.: tsp. ginger

1 cup milk If; tsp. cinnamon

1 th. flour 1:4 tsp. salt





Combine the ingredients, beating the

egg Well. and pour in a pie pan lined





 





T/ze Orzo—dir/z Meal





URING the shorter winter



days, it. keeps the housewife

busy to prepare the f‘three

squares” a day and do the nu-

merous odd jobs. In time. and

labor, the “one-dish meal" is a

real saving. By this I mean, a

dish which, with the addition of'

a light dessert, makes a. satis-

factory meal.



For the five best recipes for a

“one-dish meal” we will send a

nest of yellow and white mixing

bowls.





Address your letters to Mar-

tha Cole, Michigan Farmer, De<

troit, Mich, before February 1.





 





 





 





with pastry. Have the oven rather

hot at first. to set the crust before any

of the pumpkin filling can soak into

it. Lower the heat and bake rather

slowly.





 





Sharpen the knives of the food

grinder by running bits of sapoiio

through it. .





Home Experiences





0 help others to avoid the mis-

takes I have made I am anxious

to tell of my experiences.



My greatest mistake was in nursing

my baby too long. I weaned my first.

two 'when they were ten months old,

but decided to nurse the last one

throughout the summer as she was

born in August. It. was such a strain

on me that my system became very

much run-down. A very strong woman

would not mind it, but no woman who

is not as strong as she might he,

should attempt to nurse a baby longer

than nine or ten months.





I must tell about at trying experience

I had with a can of lye. The lye had

hardened and .I poured water in the

can to dissolve some lye, but the can

leaked and some of the water ran onto

the linoleum. There is an unsightly

spot where the figure was eaten off.



This fall I had quite a few squashes

on hand. As they were commencing

to spoil and we like squash pie very

much. I canned some after boiling and

mashing it. I thought it would keep



thout processing by placing the cans

j lace, but it all fermented,





so my

D. F.





work came to naught.~—Mrs.





CAN THE LOAFERS.





 





 





F you have a few extra chickens



that you are keeping to grace the

table when company comes, why feed

them longer? They may be canned

and will be ready for company when

they arrive unexpectedly. Incidentally

the canning will cut the high cost of

living for the chicken flock.





Directions for canning chicken so

that it will keep as long as you can

“keep” it on your canning shelf, is

given in a bulletin which will be for-

warded to you at your request it you

will inclose five cents to cover postage

and cost of mailing.





This bulletin also tells how to cut

up, cure and can all other kinds of

meat, and gives numerous recipes for

varying the meat dishes on the daily

menu.





, Send your request to Martha. Cole





Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan,

Desk M .





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STOVE that you have to



shake is as old-fashioned

as a car you have to crank. The

work and the waiting to get a

fire ready for business are work

and time wasted.





You can have intense heat in

almost no time when you own a

l‘lorence Oil Range. lurther-

more, there is no

hard work about

it,nosootorashes.

You merely touch

a match to the

Asbestos Kindler.

The result is a

clean blue flame,

close up under the

cooking. You can

cook every dish





 





The Florence

Leveler





on each [kg m-

able; you to n!

the :10: 'e law] on

an uneven floor.





dessert, quickly and well.

Does not burn from a wick





The flame is a blue gar/lame. It

is not a wick flame, such as you

see in the ordinaly oil lamp.

The vapor from kerosene IS what

burns. The flame can be regu-

lated from intense to a mere

simmering ' heat.



You burn it only when cook-

ing. A turn of the wrist puts it

This means both comfort

and economy.





Kerosene is an inexpensive





 





on :1 Florence, from soup to





Bran mdflins cooked in the Florence om are evenly browned all am





'Who has. to get up to start

your kitchen fire ?





There is no labor nor dirt nor delay 1f you

have the sensible kind of store





fuel and it is always easy to get.

You will be delighted with the

economy of 3 Florence Range

even if you buy one solely for

its convenience. hYou will also

find it a decided addition to the

attractiveness of your kitchen.

it comes in blue or White satin

enamel, with nickel trimmings.





Many special features





You will appreciate the many

refinements of the Florence—

its strongly built metal oil-

rescrvoir with the glass bull's-

eye; its beautiful finish; the

leveling device for use when the

floor is uneven.





You can bake food perfectly

in the Florence portable oven.

The “baker's arch” and pat-

ented heat-spreader distribute

the heat evenly. .





Go to a hardware or furniture

store and see for yourself how

the Florence works. Examine

it critically. If you don’t know

the nearest Florence dealer,

write us for his address. And

in any case, let us mail you

our booklet, “Get

Rid of the ‘Cook

Look."' It is full of

useful information

and will be sent

free on request.





 





 





 





Florence Stove Co., Dept: 63.0 , Gardner, Mass.





Makers of Florence Oil Ranges, Florence Ovens,

Florence Water Heaters, and Florence Oil Heaters





Made and Sold in Canada by McClai-v's, London, Canada





FLORENCE





OIL RANGE
Herold --

Berisch

® Shoes





Wears





like Iron





. standshardest out-

door service.

The farmers’

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by name.

Soles made from best part of hide.

Uppers specially rctanned to resist





water and barnyard acids. Roomy, comionsble.

Your store sells it, or can get it‘ior you.





All leather and all good leather





The guarantee oi30 years of honest workmanship

are behind H-B dependable service and dress

shoes for men and boys. Good looking. lung-

wearing, fairly priced. They satisfy your feet

and pocketbook.





HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOECO. Grand Rapids,Mich-

Sand for free booklet.





LET US TAN

YOUR HIDE.





Horse or Cow hide. Cult or other skins

with hair or Iur on. and make them

into coats (for mensnd wonmn),robes.

tugs or gloves when so ordered; or we

can make your hides into Oak Tanned

Horns-n or Slaughter Solo or Dell Loath-

or your onlhklns into Shoo Leather. ,-

Co ors. Gun Metal. Mahogany, Russet or ‘ ‘

lighter shade. Cnitskins tanned in the

lighter shades of shoe leather, also

make olonnnl stand and “his covers:

great for birthday, wedding and boil-

day gifts.





‘. LET US FIX YOUR

WORN FURS





freshen, repair and reshape them if _

needed, Furs are very light weight, - ~~



therefore it would cost but "his to send them in to us

by Parcel Post and got our estimate ol cos then we

will hold them aside awaiting your decision. 1’ you say

"go ahead." very well: we will do so and hold.them

tree of storage until you want them. It you say 'no."

we will return them post-paid.



Our Illustrated col-log and style book combined gives

a lot of useful information. It tells how to take of!

and cm for hides. About our sole dyeing process on

cow and horse hides, cult and fur skins. About dressing

tine fur skins and making them into neckpieces, min-s

and garments. About taxidermy and Head Mounting.





The Crosby Frisian Fur Company.

571 Lyell Ave. Rochester. N. Y.





WmMMéhi

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‘ Think of it. We can

now sell Excel] Metal .

- Roofing, gouge corru-

.;. _~ .- ., _' gated at only $3.45 per 100



sq. ft. painted._ Galvanized

onl 84.80. If you have been wniting for metal



In: prices to come down, here they are—di-

rect from factory prices—lower than you can

get anywhere else. Send for our New Catalog

eoverin all styles Metal Roofing. Siding, Shin-

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Don't buy Roofing, Paints, Fencing, Gas Engines,

Tires—anything on need until you get our

latest catalog. on can see and try our roofing

before you'psy. All sold on_money back genr-

sntee. Write for Money Saying Catalog today.





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Send your name _and address and we will

send you large ewe can Corona Heal-

ing Ointment on 20 Days' tee Trial. Try

It on Chiliblains. Corns, Bunions, Cuts,

Burns or Wounds of any kind.





CORONA .





is diiferent from any other preparation.

“—“—_—" Ins made from Oils extract-

, / from wool of sheep-wonder-



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Dear Uncle Frank: '



This is the fourth or fifth letter I

have written, and. not one of them was

printed. But our motto is “Work to

Win.” So I will work until one is

printed.



My father has a store. I have to

stay at the store after school every

night. I like to clerk in a store, and

my father says I am a good little girl.



Well, I will close. Good-bye. Your

truly little niece, Dora Bauer, M. C.,

Hillman, Michigan.





Clerking in a store is good experi-

ence, and besides it helps your father

out. I am very glad to know you are

a good little girl. That is what I want

all M. C. girls to be.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I just received my Merry Circle pin

and card and wish to thank you for

them. It’s very lonesome out in the

city, without the cows, horses, sheep

or swine.



Gee, but I had a. swell time when 5:13

the horses, swine, cattle, you couldn’t

tell which would win, they all were in

prime condition.



Please don’t let Mr. W. B. get this,

as it would break my heart—Sincerely

yours, John Borkowski, M. C., 4738 S.

Crawford Avenue, Chicago, Ills.



I am glad you are lonesome for the

cows and horses, and hope you will

always be while you are in the city.

Be careful of that heart, my boy. It

must be very tender to be so easily

broken.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Thought I would send our “most

noble and wise waste basket” one of

“his daily thousand.” But just tell

him for me that, although I have writ-

ten several times and my letters are

still being devoured, I am far from

being discouraged. Being an M. 0.,

my motto is, of course, “If at first you

don’t succeed, try, try again.”



I thought that Eddie Blake poem,

“The Waste Basket,” was very good.—

A niece, BereniCe Wright, M. 0., Sar-

anac, Michigan.



Thanks for your contribution to W.

B’s daily thousand. However, as he

has already had his thousand today,

he can spare this one. I like your

persistency.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: »



How are you and that detestful

friend of yours getting along? Fine, 1

hope. Ireceive my membership card

and button, and want to thank you for

them. I think the colors, blue and





white, are lovely.

Our school gave a





banquet Friday





 





 





 





Dorothy Siens, Fremont, Mlch., at Two

Years of Age. She's Nine Now.





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night for all the teachers of consoli-

dated schools. We also gave a pro-

gram. There was a lecture, violin and

piano music, the boys’ chorus, the Jap-

anese drill, ‘and my sister gave some

readings. The program was fine. Say,

Uncle Frank, you ought: to come and

visit our schoolsometime. We-have

lots of ~' things going on over "to the

School. Our .‘Sunday, School class is

going to give a; chicken-figzlsupperSat-





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ing pict‘uresgl go most every time,

but it was so rainy I thought-'1 would

not go tonight.



Thanking you again for the pretty

membership card and button, I re-

main, your loving niece, Wilma. L. Van-

Orcler, Okemos, Michigan. ,



I am glad you live in a community

where life is worth living. All com-

munities ought to ‘have such social

events, as they help the community

spirit. -





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I.have answered several contests and

in one I won a Merry Circle pin and'

membership card. I thank you very

much for it. 'I am 'very proud of it,

too. When some of the boys saw it,

they smiled and said, ”So you’re one,

00.” .



Well, I must close, hoping that Old

Mr. Waste Basket is not hungry.—

Yours respectfully, Menno Martin, M.

C., Brutus, Mich.



“So you’re one, too,” shows that the





M. C. is growing. Come again, Menho.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have belonged to quite a few clubs

around here. But I believe the boys’

and girls’ department is much more in—

teresting to me. The boys and girls

write very interesting letters. Don’t

they? My brother and I both wanted

to write. ' But we never found enough

courage. ‘ ' ,



I have been going to high school for

one year, but mother was so sick this

year that I couldn’t go. I don’t know

for sure if I will go any more or not.

~—From a long-to—be-niece, Leatha.

Loackridge, Rushton, Mich., R. 1.





It pleases me to know that the 'M.





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Clarissa





HAVE noticed lately that there has



been less and less letters in the

page, and I was thinking that ifsome

of the members didn’t liven up a. bit,

you’d certainly have to do something.

take this example, for instanceyif the-

club got pokcy.



If I should happen to be visiting in

Detroit and I thought I would look up

the club and see our Uncle, I would

be ushered from a,hall four stories

high, into a large room. ‘Then my

usher would disappear and I would

look around the room and see a. desk,

much worn, and a. chair beside it, while

by the desk would st'and a waste-bas—

ket full of years’-old letters. Then I

would see a. large fireplace and a. big

Morris chair in which would be seated

all-01d man. '



The man would be gazing absently

into the fire, which would be dying out

slowly, while the coals were heaps of

red, smoldering quietly. Then as I

would enter, the man would turn and

gaze on a. young girl, perhaps of fif-

teen years, (though I am only thirteen

now, and I don’t think you are thirty-

five yet), and would continue to gaze

at me. Then I would tell him I was

an old member of the once “Merry

Circle.” Then he would smile, a rath-

er sad smile, to think that I would re-

member him after so many lonely

years. In his lonesomeness he would

see every day, hundreds of people,

once Merry Circlers, who never once

glanced at him.



Theyvrhad not even called for him,

to let him know that they wanted the

club Opened again. People went by

him without a. nod, Without a. thought

but for themselves. Then, as he greet-

ed me happily, I would say, “Well,

Uncle, why'did you stop your famous





Again the sad smile would flit across

his face, as he would say, “Well, my

dear, all the members slowly. but sure;-

ly stopped writing and stopped 811‘,





 





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, boys’ and girls’ letters which make

this department so interesting. ‘





 





Dear Uncle Fran :



.Here I am, try ng my fifth. contest.

Must I try seven times, as King Alfred

did, before I win? I Will if I must.



I am another “freshie” that likes

algebra. ~ .



I was very glad to see your picture,

but should like -,to know your real





 





 





Gladys Desermean and Her Calf Live '





at Spratt, Michigan.





name, but I do not expect to find it

out. Good—bye for tonight, your niece,

Evelyn Harriman, 0., Rochester,

Michigan, R. 1.





It is hard telling; sometimes one

must try seventeen times before win-

ning out. I am glad to know that you

will if you must. I don’t see as my

name is of any consequence. I’m the

same fellow, whether my name is

Uncle Frank or Puddin’ Tame;





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swering contests, so I thought I‘would

have to stop. They quietly and silently

slipped away from me."





I would stand still and ponder for a.-

moment what to do. Then I should

say, “I will wake them up myself.”



So saying, I would shake hands and

depart from him, promising him that

I would return and get the club start-

ed again. So, after many months the

club would come to life again and

many interesting Contests and debates

Would follow. But now that the club

has 'been wakened a. bit, let’s all of us

old members try and get the smolder-

ing fire in the fireplace to liven up and

become warmer, but let’s bring back

more warmth to the kind heart of the

old man (that’s in the story) we call

‘Uncle.’ ,





Well, good-bye, Uncle, I’ll hope for-

ever that yOu won’t ever be as lone-

some as I have described in my story,

so once again I’ll say good-bye~—al-

ways faithful to you and “our” club.—

Old Faithful, Clarissa Englebert, M.

C., R. 2, Concord, Michigan. .





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My! My! Clarissa, where did you

get those dark blue glasses you were

when you wrote the above. . It’s so

lonely and shivery-like.



Ifhave labelled your writing, “A

‘Vismn;” I think I should have called

it a nightmare. Could it be possible

that you wrote it after you ate too

much mince pie?



No, Clarissa, the Merry Circle isn’t

dying, but it’s a goodyhusky young-

ster that is growing well. I wish you

could see the pile of letters on my

desk, and the hundreds of contest pa-

pers in the drawer. For instnce, there

are 225 letters of this morning’s mail

I have not had time to open yet. I’





 





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"The’ last Read-anemia was a hum-

dinger. It was the best in the number

of replies that We ever had. Also, the

number who got the answers correct

was very great; ‘



Most of those who failed could not

find the answer to number two, and I

am really surprised, as I thought all

boys and girls looked at Al Acres.



Several answered number sixwith

“eighteen gallons." Eighteen gallons

would be about the right amount of





. Water in the body of a person weighing





about two hundred pounds, but if I

had eighteen gallons of water in me

.I_ am sure I would die of drowning.





One girl said in answer to number





four, that the chest should be exam—





. ined for appendicitis. Perhaps she has





her heart and appendix confused. '

,It was hard to pick the winners, but





' in' the final picking, the Lucky Ten





are, as usual, mostly girls. The prize





winners are as follows:

- ' .Fountain Pens.

Nora Halpin, R. 2, Lapeer, Mich.

Frances Hibbard, R. 3, Sturgis, Mich.

. Flashii hts.

Ardis L. Bisbee, oline, Mich.

Grace Head, Fair Haven, Mich.

Charles Gregory, 808 Bethune Ave.

nue, Detroit, Mich.

Candy.

Alta E. Downey, R. 8, O'wosso, Mich.

Thursa Brugge, R. 5, Freeland, Mich;

EliZabeth Walt, R. 4, Reese, Mich.

Roma. Blocher, R. 3, Woodland, Mich.

Edna Kern, Allen, Mich.





 





TH E CORRECT ANSWERS.





Here are the correct answers to the

H‘Read-and-Win Contest of two weeks

ago:

1. Yes——64-32. '

. A cold clammy breath—~48-16.

. Fred Walker—62-30.

Surgical operation—$432..

Yes—60-28.

, Three-fourths—m56-2 4.

No—5-37.

Bon-Ton Garage—1345.

A. C. Lytle—11-43.

“Bill” Livingston 3-36.





WINTER SPORT I LIKE BEST.





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By Caroline Ballantyne, Evart, Mich.



Of all the winter sports, I like the



"old-fashioned one best, that of riding



dewn hill.



There are many different ways of

getting to the bottom oi? the hill. Some

like the Indian runner best, because it

has great speed. Others like to go

skimming or whirling dver the crust

in a large butter bowl. It is great. fun.



I like the community bob-sled. It

will hold about ten. If properly guided

it will nearly reach the top of the op

posite hill, about forty rods from where

we started.



Then we all woe to the top of the

hill again; or perhaps we ride from

the opposite hill, which is not as long

or as steep.



Sometimes we get nicely started, or

perhaps nearly to the bottom of the

hill when, oh! we go tumbling head

foremost into a large drift, or make a

rough heap of humanity at the bottom.

No one has ever been hurt. We all

scramble to reach the crest of the hill

first; blaming the guide for the over-

turned sled. ’





I like this sport because it creates





a. friendly spirit in the community. It

alsois a good, clean sport, and the





' bracing winter air makes our cheeks





rosy, and our bodies strong and heal-

thy. Come and try a trip down one of

these rugged hills‘ot‘ northern Mich-

igan. You will surely want a good

supper when you arrive home.





 





KITCHEN FOX FARMING.





 





(Continued from page 105). ‘

necessary to show. conclusively the

quality of stock before it can be sold

at quality prices. Registration of fox.

es by the various associations of fox

breeders has done much to improve

conditions and assure a prospective





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their breeding stock than they former-

ly did, but it still is in demand, '





The supply of wild furs is rapidly

decreasing as the population increases.

While the demand for fur grows, the

fur-bearing animals which once were

abundant in this part of the country,

are becoming extinct. It is up to fur





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INCOLN’S birthday will soon



be here and I think it fitting

that we recognize it in some

way. Lincoln was a great man

but he is more than that. He is

probably the greatest example

of what equal rights in a free

country like ours will do, for he

rose from the humblest source

to the highest position in the

land.



Please write for this. contest

250 words or less, on Lessons I

Have Learned From Lincoln’s

Life. The two best papers will

win handsome nickled fountain

pens; the next three, tubular

flashlights, and the next five,

cute little boxes of: candy. All

not "inside the Circle” ‘who send

in good papers will get Merry

Circle memberships and buttons.

Those who are M. C.’s should

follow the M. C. custom of put«

ting M. C. after their names.



This contest closes February

1. Send your letters to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De—

troit, Michigan.





 





 





 





United States last year spent three

hundred million dollars for furs, and

very little of this went for siIVer fox,

for practically all silver fox pelts mar-

keted in this country now are sold in

Europe.



American furriers have made no ef-

i‘ort 1.0 interest American women in

silver fox fur. The supply at present

does not warrant any expenditure of

money to create any additional de-

mand. America, with its great wealth,

wears muskrat, skunk, raccoon, rabbit

and even eat t'ur, while Europe—starv-

ing Europe—-—pays as high as $1,500 for

a prepared silver fox fur. There are

few American women who have. ever

seen a silver fox pelt.





What this means to the silver fox

farmer when the time comes to sell

his foxes for their pelts, can readily be

seen. Many ranches in western Mich-

igan are holding all their foxes each

year, awaiting the time when Ameri-

can women become interested in silver

fox. The fact that silver fox is prac-

tically the only fur that cannot be imi-

tated makes it so valuable.





Haughty women of wealth can rest

assured that their laundress or maids

will not appear on the street wearing

a skillful imitation of their mistress’

silver fox fur. The peculiar way in

which the guard hairs are sprinkled

with white and black assures her of

this. ' ‘



The kitchen ranch probably would

never produce any millionaires, such

as were made in the flurry and rush of

the industry a few years ago, but sev-

eral Michigan farmers and many Can—

adian ranchers have found that foxes

are 'a. nice “crop” to harvest in the

Winter season when the fields are ice-

bound, potatoes are in the pit, the hens

stop laying, and all the income of the

farm turns into “outgo.”





- Old Stingy Bunkum, who lives over

by Squash Corners, died the other

night. He was buried a couple days

later. Folks say‘that the roads were

so rough for the flivvers they were a}

most sorry that old Stingy diode—Sun-





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DUCTION. ‘ ,

I HAVE read-a. good many formulas

for feeding the layers during the

winter and sometimes I have wonder-

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have a. flock of a few hundred hens

and desires that' they return him‘ a

little profit, is going to follow any such

program and have his balance come on

the right side of. the ledger. Maybe it

can be done, but I don’t know just

how to do it.



My program of feeding includes the

buying from my local farmer’s ex-

change and mixing the feeds myself. 'I

want a. clean, tight floor, where the

grains can be heaped in a great pile

and shoveled over. For scratch feed

I know of nothing better than equal

parts of good whole oats, clean crack-

ed corn, and Wheat. I will let the oth-

er fellow have the other things. I feed

this grain in deep litter and keep the

birds just hungry enough to eat up

what I give them and work diligently

for the Scattering grains. Scratch feed

is fed twice a day, only. At times

when wheat was high in price, I have

fed a mixture composed of one hun-

dred pounds each of wheat and barley.

At present prices, I am leaving out the

barley.





, Dry mash is kept in the hoppers all

the time and the birds have the priv-

ilege of eating as much as they will.

A very fine laying mash is made by

mixing one hundred pounds each of

gluten feed, wheat bran, ground oats

and beef scrap, and two pounds of fine

salt, I used that ration for a number

of years. Later I cut out half cf the

beef scrap and fed the birds all the

skim-milk they would consume. This

is a. very intensive egg~making ration

and birds must be kept in good health

to consume it, hence I feed a wet mash

once a week, composed of equal parts

of _bran, middlings and corn meal, the

liquid used to mix the mash contain-





ing epsom salts at the .rate of one





pounds for each one hundred birds. I

measure out the amount of grain to be

prepared, dissolve the salts with wa-

ter and mix the mash. I like this way

to administer the salts rather than in

the drinking water.





Every day, unless the weather is _





very cold,‘I feed something in the line

of green stuff. This is grovvn on the

farm. Cabbages are used during the

fall and early winter and mangels are

stored to round out the latter part of

the cold season. I simply hang up a.

head of cabbage, leaves and all, or a.

large mangel wurzel and the hens do

the rest. Every year I grow sunflow-

ers and theheads are cut and thrown

to the hens during the moulting sea-

son. There is always a box of wood

ashes for the hens to flutter in and

pick out the bits of charcoal. Hoppers

of grit and ground oyster shells are

also always at hand. Clean water

rounds out the bill of- fare. There

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I have a chance to purchase some

turkeys of the. brown type for breed-

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whether it is a hard—raising type, “or

is it as profitable as any other kind 'of

turkey? Is this type demanded as

much as any other?~—H. L.





By brown turkeys-I assume that you

mean the breed known as Bourbon

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SCA LY LEGS.





I have some chickens in my flock

that have scabs on their legs. Some

are worse than others. Is it catching

-to the other chickens,—and can it be

cured? Please tell me what to do for

them, or would you advise me to kill-

off the ones with the scabs?———J. N.





The hens probably have scaly leg,

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POU LTRY TROUBLES.





I have had some disease in my flock

of Rhode Island Reds for about four

years, and lose about two dozen a

year. They are taken differently, some

can’t see, but the eyes look the same

as usual. Some droop around, act

weak, and walks slowly. Some lose

the use of their legs and look healthy

until just before they die. Some drop-

pings on dropping board are light yel~

low, and some a bright green. Can

you tell me what is the matter with

them, and is there any remedy?-A. T.





The loss of two dozen hens per year

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Will you please tell me what to do

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One of the hens didn’t act. good; it got

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of them still believe that no matter

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densery, or milk distributing plants,

that these various organizations are

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noneof the droppings remain where: -





the cows can lie downupOn them, but-

pushes them into the gutters. Plenty

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course. But in addition to the prOIiiDt

removal of the manure, clipping the-

flanks and udders of the cows makes

it much harder for filth to attach-zit»

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or brushed so as to remove all 111059

hair, clean milking is much easier." It.

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, Fight is the Weeding Out of Scrub





was brought home to me most forcibly

not so long ago on inspecting a farm

where milk was bottled for city de-

livery.



Everything about the dairy or bot-

ling house Was above criticism, the

equipment was ample, and the meth-

ods good. In the barn conditions. were

by no means as satisfactory. Every

experienced milkman knows that un-

less he gets clean milk to start with,

that later precautions are only par-

tially satisfactory. Inasmuch as the

average dairy farmer is not concerned

with bottling his own milk, he is able

to concentrate his attention upon

maintaining satisfactory barn condi-

tions. When the milk comes from the

barn it must be “right,” or the best

quality of milk cannot be set before

the consuming public.



There no longer is any dispute about

the right type of barn. In the modern

dairy barn the floors are of concrete,

and ample gutters are provided. Most

new barns which are being built have

sanitary steel stanchions. In other

words, the cows are given a chance to

stay clean. ‘Chutes are provided, so

that hay, bedding, and feed can be

taken into the stable without raising

a great amount of dust. Many large

windows provide ample sunlight. In

this kind of ham odors are reduced to

a minimum. Nothing worse could hap-

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taminated with foul stable odors. A

good ventilation system, which masr be

home-built, is almost a neCessity, and

will eventually be required by city in-

spectors.





than to go ‘into a stable and see the

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should be chained up in the stanchion.

so they cannot lie down until milked.

This is easily accomplished With a

strap arbundthe cow’s neck, with a

snap to fasten the strap to a little

chain at the top of the stanchion.

The habits of the milker are import-

ant. I am not an advocate of absolute

dry-hand milking, but like to wipe off

the .udder of» the cow with a damp

cloth just before milking, and to wash

my hands after every cow. To keep

enough milk in your hands so that it

can drop into the pail is a filthy habit?

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able. Recently a product, called

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in from three to ten hours after the "

injection. No cure is known. Special- ~

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removed from the herds.





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WILL TWINS, BULL AND HEIFER,

BREED?





I have a pair of twin Hereford

Will they

breed? Some- tell me the heifer is a

free martin and won’t breed. ——H. B.





. The bulls in twins are always nor-

mal, that is, they are the same as

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breed the same as calves of single

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last mentioned case, the heifer will

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heifer is not a true female, but an

hermaphrodite or “freemartin.” Both

male and female organs are found, the

male organs on the inside; in a sense,

such twins are both bulls.





MICHIGAN FAIR SECRETARIES

MEET.





 





ELEGATES to the annual meeting-

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formulated’ and presented‘ to the dele-

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High tribute was paid to the stand—

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President Burton announcing that the

program presented by the- college ofli«

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the most valuable feature of the con-

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fair officials for a similar meeting and

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Officials of the association for the

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and Representative Chester Howell, of

Saginaw, as secretary.



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Registered Guernseys of both sexes for

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BIRMINGHAM, MICH.





 





Guernsey Bull eight. months old.

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A Great Opportunity.





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King chis blood. Also some fine heifers for sale.

HILLCREST FARM. KALAMAZOO. MICH. -

Buys two good, large, Registered





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$30 each. Bulls ready for service, priced to sell. .

B. llem'ey, Akron, Mich.





Registered Holstein Bulls





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

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ANN OUN





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Holstein - Friesians





I have now on hand several pure-bred Holstein-

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There are so many two-year—olds freshening this win-

ter that it is impossible to retain all of the older

ones. I have to make room and have no more avail-

able space, with several animals still. to freshen.



These cows are mostly with good records. royally

bred and, I believe. of ideal type. They are mostly

daughters or granddaughters of Maple Crest Korndyke

I'lcngervvld or King ()na. Maple Crest. Korndyke Ilen-

ZCI‘V’t'ld being my senior herd sire, and King One. for

several years junior herd sire, with a combination of

this breeding now at the head of the herd.



I have attempted for several years to have. a herd

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herd, I believe they could find what they are seeking

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PRUMISING mum; BULL





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Ready for service.

Joh Lyons, our 34-1b. herd sire. Dam

a 25-1b. 4-year-old daughter of Sir

Korndyke Veeman Hengeryeld, who

has nine daughters from 30 to 35 lbs.

This bull is a. splendid individual,

about % white, Price $150. ~





Sindlinger Brothers

Lake Odessa, Mich.





C

Maplecrest Holsterns



FOR SALE—Two Registered Holstein Heifers, Born

last May. Beautifully marked, flue individuals. whose

sire is from a. 30-11). daughter of a 31-1b. cow. Also

one fresh 2-year-old heifer, and one bred 'heit’er, fine

individuals. Whitney Bron, Onondaga, MIch.



Jersey bulls ready for ser-





FOR SALE vice. All cows Register of





Merit. Accredited herd. Would take a bankable

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





 





E v ENT





Board has recently placed, the State In-

of the Bureau of Animal Industry.

300 with A. R. 0. records.





BUREAU OF'ANIMALI‘NDUSTR

' DEPARTMENT c.,- Ti 7 ,





,‘ LANSING, MicnIGAN





 





steers kevt""in the,





 





 





 





 





 





 





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. GET $10,000 REFUND.





 





PATRONAGE' dividend represent-

ing a. net saving of $4.00 per car

of stock shipped, has just been an-

nounced at Buffalo ‘by the officials of

the Producers’ Cooperative Co’mmis-

sion Association, with headquarters at

East Buffalo yards. ‘ ,

This firm is a cooperatiVe commis-

sion institution handling stock from

local cooperative associations in Mich-

igan, Ohio, Indaina and New York.

More than one-third of the shipments

come from Michigan and shippers





from this state will receive nearly





$10,000 of the “melon” to be cut and

distributed some time in February.



A report of the ‘year’s_ business

shows that the Buffalo association has

sold an enormous volume of live stock.

It is now handling over twenty per"





a





MICHIGAN STOCK SHIPPERS‘TO ’





[$1.10 foreach bushel of’éiorn' fed, “as L





compared to ninety-nine cents per





, bushel returned by the others; Further;





more, the animals-kept in close con?





finement are more susceptible'to dis-

ease than are those in the open air.





PARTING .OLD' FRIENDS".





 





 





IRT and hogs have long been

_ closely associated.

average person would guess that they

were intimate friends. This, however,

does not seem to stand the scrutiny of

.our scientific Observers. They- hold

that, one way to reduce loss from hog

diseases is to remove the! animals

from the mud holes and give them a,

clean place to live and have their bath.-

These men declare that the treatment

for round worm, considered the cause

of more swine diseases than all other

sources combined, can only be kept in





 





A Type of Farm Power Popular with the Pioneer Farmer, But Too Slow'for‘





the Modern Agriculturist.





cent of the live stock reCeipts at the

East Buffalo yards. Since its organi-

zation, November 1, 1921, the’ total

value of all sales has reached the stag-

gering sum of $11,027,480.51.



The annual meeting of the Buffalo

producers will be held at Buffalo on

February 12. Michigan will be entitled

to five delegates at this meeting, Indi-

ana. five, Ohio two and New York one.

Each state has a. delegate, regardless

of the amount of business done, and

additional delegates for'each 600 cars

of stock shipped. At a recent meeting

of the Michigan Live Stock Exchange,

held in Lansing, F. King, of Charlotte;7

E. E. Donough, of Hudson; W. W. Bil-

lings, of Davison; R. H. Brubaker, of

Gladwin, and J. 1. Post, of North

Adams, were elected as delegates from

this state. E. A. Beamer, of 'Blissfield,

Michigan, president of the Michigan

Live Stock Exchange, is alsopresident

of the Producers’ Cooperative Commis-

sion Association. J. H. O’Mealy, of

Pittsford, and P. M. Granger, of Char-

lotte, are directors for Michigan.





 





STEERS WITH PLENTY OF AIR '

LAY ON MORE FAT.





SOME experiments carried on at the

Pennsylvania. station give feeders

a, measure of value of fresh air in feed-

ing steers. One lot was housed in a





basement of‘a. “bank” barn, and fed”





silage with sixteen pounds of shelled

corn and two and one-half pounds of

cottonseed meal. A second lot of

steers, with the same ration, occupied

an open shed facing the south.



The cattle in the shed, with ample

proteétion from rain and snow, gained

2.36 pounds a day. while the steers fed

in the basement gained only 2.13.

pounds per day. Then‘further, at; the

end of a 140-day feeding period, the

steers from the open shed sold at $7.75.

per cwt, while those, from the base:

meat brought_$7.60 on the market;



Reduced to bushels" of worms:





. s





     





\





check by keeping pigs clean'and free

from sources of infestation. Hogmen

should— start cleaning up immediately

in order to prevent the usual heavy





spring loss of pigs, a fact which forces '





production costs above income from

the hogs sold.





 





\AUNHOGGING THE HOG.





HE hog is too hoggish in the

amount of cost required to bring

his anatomy to a condition where Mrs.

Consumer will eagerly crowd her way

to the edge of the counter in her fav-

orite butcher shop and will-inglyfipay





the top figure for a, roast or chop. At _





leaSt, so thinks K. K. Vinning, the ac-

tive county agent of Kent county, who

is now holding swine meetings in var-

ious barnyards of the several. lawn-

ships of his county to stress the im—

portance of efficient porkvproductjon.





These meetings are patterned after”.





the famous and successful dairy and

alfalfa campaigns.

extendedto other counties by the ex-'

tension department of the M. A. C.

should it prove out in Kent county. .





 





SUGGESTS HOG GRADING DEMON

STRATIONS. , .





ERE comes a. «suggestion from

Walter Simmons which would

seem to have merit. He states that

demonstrations on grading hogs for

market would be real helpful in enab-





ling farmers to» feed their animals to .





better advantage. For instance, many

may not be‘aware of the fact that: the

best bacon and the best hams do not,

come from the same'animals. In seek-

ing top bacOn, packers buy light-Weight.

hogs, those averaging 175’ pounds;

whereas, when. they arelnz the market.





forgzhogs to produce .topihamfis; they“

look for. 'good animals weighing around ~





The idea. will be, '





In fact, the





 





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250';‘p6i_mds. :There is-a, realfiy'chabo‘ - , ' '

1 ,‘rar‘ duhliv‘e’vstock shipping; few! ' ‘

, the;

open fished returnedg‘...





in:;.n¢ig;summations:may: ;
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W‘W‘Y





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3111111 on. 111nm; 1111.11. m‘ ‘" "‘°'





RED POLLED CATTLE Males and Females

Swine. E. 8. CARR. Homer. "111311..” Y o r k s hire

m



HOGS





Yearling. spring and fall pigs of

Berksmf. "0“ either sex

. priced v res bl

.B. Ilesvey, Akron, Mich. 611’ sons 1:





DU ROG JERSEY GILTS





 





 





 





5?“me mafia-{g lows

EVERGREENS who'll

”m” cm





 





 





,. 9““ «messes»

BARGAIN CATALOG

of Fruit Ornamentsls. Garden and





Trees, pal nts.

Flower Seeds, ll to :1“ foot Apple 25c:3-1'oot Peach 2111-

oath poetpsid. for 19224 catalog of Reliable

Trees and Seeds. Allen's Nursery 8: Seed House,





Gene“.





 





 





 





CATTLE '





‘ lly long in body and well developed in iorm;

:vsluuble, practical typef. Send for photos and full

description and Fprice of this exceptional practical

stock. STATE ARMS ASSOCIATION. 307 North

Rose Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan.





 





:Raise a Topmast Sensat-l





ion Litter and





raise the best.



We are ofl'ering bred sows and gilts.

price a real boar pig sired

SENSATION" Write us your wants.

LOEB FARMS '





Virgil Davis, Supt. Swine

Chulovoix Michigan





Let us quote

by TOPMAST





 





Registered 'Durocs





FOR SALE—Young boars and 111m bred from “the

best. herds in Michigan and Ohio, at reasonable pric-

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





DISPERSION SALE





MIchlgnns Farm is disposing of its entire herd. Slows

and gilts bred to 11 great son of Supreme (‘01. Full

boars and gills. All registered in your name. Prices

are very attractive—hogs more so. Come or write.

Miehigana Farm, Pavilion. Mich.





 





 





DUROC JERSEYS Spring pigs either sex of M arch

April and May {arrow sired in three outstanding

herd hours. It you want size ty pa and quality combined

come and see or write 1111 F. J. Drodt Monroe Mich





Bred Sows and Gilts.

”WM 103013 each. Fall pigs. :12. Reg. and

guaranteed. Walt's Top Col. breeding. None better.

Write us. Jesse Bliss & Son, Henderson. Mich.





3125 to $40

All





 





Reg. Holstein Sale

Thursday, Jan. 31,1924





12 o’clock, noon \





32 Reg. Cows and Boilers,

2 Bull Calves





Offering includes 13 granddaughters of King of the

Pentium. mostly irorn dams with "—day butter- fut

records of from 30 to 34. 98 lbs. Also 3 daughters

11nd 5 granddaughters oi' Winnie Wale Korndyke De

Kol 191829. holding the world's milk record at 11

years. Sale at. farm 6 1111115 east of IIowell,lillcl1.

on Grand River Highway, ill 111 L. W. LOVEWELL,

Auctioneer. CH A8. H. BISCH. Prop.





 





Hood Farm breeding. Cows and

Jersey cattle bred heilers. hull cal! {or sale.





Ilerd under state and federal supervision. Address

inquiries Ira W. Jayne, County Building. Detroit.

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





Brookwater Jerseys





Majesty breeding. Herd tuber-

Come or write. Brookwater Farm. Ann





 





Bull calves for sale.

culosis free.

Arbor. Mich.





FINANCIAL KING BULLS





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

bull calves sired-b1 Financial King Sensation, son of

Financial Sensation. the $110. 000 sire. These bulls are

from 11.0! M. cows. Write to Goldwater Jersey

Farm. Cultivator. M11111. 4





 





 





UROC full and spring been of the best breeding

D and quality. at prices to sell. Full pigs at bar-





uain prices. W. C. Taylor, Milan, Mich.





DUROG JERSEYS ‘AIID DELIIIIE MERIIIDS





CAREY U. EDMUNDS. Hastings. Mich.





 





bring hours from prize winning stock.

Chester’s will ship on approval. Cholera lmmuned.





,Fred L. Bodimer Reese. Mich.





 





Aldrich 81.





Farrowina.

Aldrich 6.





Farrowing.





Chester Whites





Williams, Tekonsh a. Mich.





O. I. C’s.





It came, Mich.





 





25 choice young boars for {all

service. Clover Leaf stock Farm.





polls not akin from





O I C, 75 spring pigs .

' good sires, also fall pigs, recorded ,





free. Otto Boshulze .1» Sons. Nashville. Mich.





 





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

- . 3 Champion at West. Mich State Fax. 11123.

Milo II. Peterson, 11.2, Ionic. Mich. “Ill111l111rstl1‘111-J111

25 Reg. 0. I. (I. Sows. Bred for April and May

Farrow. All Stock Shipped on Approval. Priced





Right. Fred W. Kennedy, ll. 2. Plymouth. BIll'h.





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



' ° ' ‘ ular blond lines. They have al—



ways made good and will again. Write your wants.



also {oi-”plan of selling. M. M. PATRICK, Grand

go, ich.





 





 





8161' P C Aug. had Sept. pigs sired by our



herd bo,ars $1.00 up. Also 2

herd boars at 875 each. Winter 9 Feb 20 1924

Order quick for choice. E. A. CLARK. St. Louis, Mich.





 





Registered Jerséy“, “3““ Tiggfcfifl'gggg

J. L CARTER, Lake Odessa, Miah.



15 Cover, 4 bulls from B. of M. Cows. Chance

to select. from herd o! 70. Some fresh others 1 red

torts” freshening. ColonC. Lillie Coopers“ le. Mich.





Thumb Hereford Breeders’ Association

an [uppiy your neck with outstanding. mwell bred

resistor-ed Herefords. either sexes. polled



at "cannabis prices. Inquire of E. E. ‘I'WINIho Seo-

Troan. Bod Axe. Huron 611.. Mich.





HER EF ORDS





Registered Breedinzcattle. T. 8. Tested

at practical prices for production of

Hereford Baby Becves profitably. all ores

T. F. B. SOTHAM ‘GONS

(Hereford: aim we)



St. Clair. Mich.





Sianway 81111111101111





 





 





 

 





 





 





B cam . for Corn

11$... ms. M'FELDPAiich?’ 13:11.11". 613.13%?

Michigan.



HEREFORDS





Bulls, Heifers and Cows with Calm side Most





 





popular strains. Allen B‘m .. a"; “ "t d l.,

Kalamazoo, Mich. M 00 S

S H 0 R T H 0 R N 5

Revolution Jr. 5 139 38

ccroditod





2801?. Now olerlandel:ry rm:n bull only». of





ti 1 erit reasonebl ce.d

°‘In°°€v£i‘.i.“i s oak FARM ow Tecumseh, 1111.1.





Milking Shodhorn Bull: 3,339“; ”$3“;





, a great son of Glenside Dist?“ King and





 





mun

out 01%.; Thorndale 3rd: record

' From 1) of G





W neral Clay. lemide Boy.

:15 to $150 esch. Herd Tested. Irvin Deon

mama. Cromeil. Mich. '





Whom! pummnmb Shorthorns.

What: by King Bales. nandson flgrl‘n’mmem





mend heifer! www.713-





lg'itorl Wu“; Behind (1, 89111111. roan-111,111.11





 





 





l T P c B. .. and Gllts all go at private

. - n - O I) treaty. Service to Foxy Clones

man. 840. Michinn Chompion herd for 3 years.

A. A. Immune. Manchester. Mich.





 





Large Type Poland Chinas

Hours 826 none-11.9 oSatisfaction guaranteed, all stock



ipped 1111.1 Bred Sow Sole Jun. 30.

DORUS «OVERp rAkron, Mich.





 





' Chester White bred sows and gills.

B‘g Tm Sired by and bred to State Fair





 





prize winners. Lucian 11111. Tekonchg, Mich.

either sex. by the great Boar. The

Fan Figs W'olverinc. Priced reasonable. Best





of dams. W. E. Livingston. l’arma. Mich.





 





ires Spring Boers and (1111s. and fall pigs.

Pairs not attain: 11th year. 150 to

select from. John W. Snyder St. Johns. Mich. R. 4.





 





01 Best Blood “[105: 100 Bred Gilts

HmPshiresand Sm some fine Boers. Luck-

lurd’ 3 Model Fol-m. Bach. Mich.





 





 





SHEEP





 





O I

Registered Hampshire Ewes

I have for sale a few registered Hampshire ewes. 1111

ages. bred for last of April and first of May lambs

to- an excellent heavy breed good wooled and short

legged rem/1 First Prize winner. 0. U. 1111116.

Boyne City, 1111111





Choice Bred Ewes





400 for sale in carlots. yearlings to solid mouths.

blmk‘fsced. in good condition. bred to lam’b April

10th. Loosied 25 miles south of Detroit on Detroit

11. Toledo Electric. and on Dixie Highway. Telegraph

Address. Rockwood, Phone New port. Post Office.

South Rockweod. ALMOND B. CpHAPMAN & SON.





 





 





Shrapshire Rams and Ewes

write ,0! call on Dan Booker. R'. 4. Evert. rMioh





s HROPSHIRES—Am oiferlng 10 young ewes of

Butter and Senator Bibby blood lines for $20

C. J. Thompson. Rockford. Mic-1.1





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HORSES

liar a. "harness





For. sale 911111?pr 1111 , artholomael

one C 09.. 1874 E. Warren Av... Detroit.





Horse.





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Shorthorn

SHOW and SALE





by Michigan Shorlhom Breeders’ Association

at Michigan Agr’l. College, East Lansing, Mich.





Friday, Feb. 8, 1924

Show 9:00 A. M. Sale 11:00 A. M.

48 Females . l 4 Bulls





 

   

   

   

   

   

   





CONSIGNORS:



. H. B. Peters &. Son, Garland, McLachlan Brothers, Evart,

Mich. Mich.



Carr Brothers & Co., Bad Axe, Michigan Agr'l. College, East

Mich. Lansing, Mich.



John Lessiter’s Sons, Clarks- L. C. Kelly &. Son, Plymouth,

ton, Mich. Mich



S. H. Pangborn, Bad Axe, G. H. Parkhurst, Armada,

Mich. Mich.





   





Every animal guaranteed tuberculin tested, and sold subject to

60 days’ retest.



The BEST BREEDERS in MICHIGAN are contributing to this

sale. Several animals are out of STRONG SHOW HERDS. A few

were shown at the 1923 International.



A number of each of the following POPULAR FAMILIES are

offered: Rosewood, Augusta, Mina, Rosemary, Village Maid, Orange

Blossom, Claret, Nonpareil, Miss Ramsden, Lovely. Many are sir-

ed by GRAND CHAMPION BULLS.





   

   

   

   





This is an Outstanding Opportunity to get Show Animals

of Best Blood Lines





Auctioneers: Carey M. Jones Dr. J. P. Hutton





   

   





Write for Catalogue





W. E.JUDSON' EDWARDS, Mgr.,

fEAST LANSING, MICH.





 

   

 





 





 





 





\February, 5, with Judging Sc





FAIR VIEW STOCK FARM





Sells 45





Big Type Poland Chinas





Consisting of Tried Sows, Fall Yearlings, Spring Gills and 5 Choice Fall Boar:





Wednesday, Jan. 30,1924





At the Farm in Basement Barn regardless of weather.



This offering is bred to four different boars. There will be some to please



ever one



Ambition Again, The Undefeated Senior Pig at 5 Fairs.



Peter The Gre at 3rd, 21 Grandson of Liberator.



Double Buster, a grandson of Peter Jones also a Grandson of Giant Buster.



Orange Boy, our first prize pig at our county fairs Sired by M 8c W’s Orange.

Write today for Catalog. It describes them all.





AUCTIONEERS: Wm. Waffle, Coldwater, John Hoffman,

Hudson, L S. McEldowney, Caro.





DORUS HOVER, Akron, Mich





FOURTH MIIlIIIGAN STATE SALE

Monday Afternoon, February 4th,





In the Steam-Heated Judgllll‘fi_ Pavilion, II. A. ll.





East Lansing, ichigan





45 Selected Holsteins. Are They Good?





INDIVIDUALLY? The Inspector drove 1500 miles to locate the right kind.

HEALTHY? Half come. from accredited herds. the balance from herds under

state and federal supervision.

BACKING? Every animal in milk except three 3-year olds whose dams have

big records—has a record. Five have 30 l.,bs 2 have 29 lbs. (one :1 'Jr. 3),

3 have 28 lbs., 3 have 27 lbs., etc. Four have five semi-offi: ial records, 7 have

good Cow Testing Ass’ 11 records. One mature bull has 1231 lb. dam; 5 young

bulls have 30 lb. dams, two of which have great C. T A. records,



Send for catalogue to -





Michigan Holstein-Friesia‘n Association





J. G. Hays, Sales Mun, East Lansing, Michigan

NOTE:





 





001 by m. Moscrip, famous Holstein Judge.





State Holstein Ban uet, nigNt of February 4. State Annual Meeting, '
' 79951 A"

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS





. Wednesday, January 23.





Wheat.





Detroit. —No. 1 red $1.13; No. 2 red

, $1.12; No. red $1. 09; N0. . 2White



$1.13; No. 23 mixed $1.12.



Chicago. —-May 31.0873 @109; July at

$1. 0714 @1. 07343 ; September $1. 06%.



Toledo. ———Cassh $1. m.13'%@1 14.





Co

Detroit—Cash No. 3 yellow at 84c;

No. 4 yellow 82c; No. 5, 7_6@78c;

No. 6, 73@75c.

Chicago—May 79%(62793/4c; July at

80366980140; September 81c.





Oats.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 white at 510;

No. 3, 500.

Chicago—May at 47 %c; July 455/30;

September 4394c.

Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 740.

Chicag0.~May 735/éc; July 74%0.

Toledo.—-731/2c.

Barley.

Barley, malting 72c; feeding 68c.





Buckwheat. ‘

Buckwheat—New milling $2 cwt.





Beans. '



Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipments $4.80@4.85 per cwt.



New York—Choice pea $5.75@5.90;

red kidneys $7.30@7.40.



‘ Seeds-



Detroit. —-Prime red clover cash at



$13. 40; alsike $9. 30; timothy $3. 95.

Hay.



StrongH—No 1 timothy at $24. 50@

25; standard and light mixed $23. 50@

24; No.2 timothy at $22@23; No.1

clover $21 50@2250; No.1 clover mix-

ed $21.50 (122.50; wheat and cat straw

$11.50@1‘ ; rye straw $12.50@13.



Feeds.



Bran $35; standard middlings $34;

fine do 335; cracked corn $37; coarse

cornmeal $35; chop at $33 per ton in

100-lb. sacks.



Apples.





Chicago—Barrels, “A” grade Green-

ings at $5@5.50; Jonathans $5@5.50;

Grimes $4; Spies 34.50@5.50; Kings at

$5@5.50; Baldwins $4@4.50; Spitzen-

berg $4@4.50.





WHEAT





The wheat market was firm early

'last week in sympathy with corn, but

softened toward the close. Increasing

pressure from Argentine Wheat which

is being offered abroad considerably

cheaper than Canadian and about ten

cents cheaper than our wheat was a

factor.



The rate of flour mill operations is

up to normal for the corresponding

season of the year, but mills Jeport

flour business as rather disappointing.

Primary receipts of wheat have in-

creased slightly since the holidays but

are less than half of last year’s vol-

ume. Japan and China are still active

buyers of Pacific Coast wheat and a

heavy tonnage of Canadian is booked

for clearance via Vancouver during

the wintei. European buying of Man-

itobas has subsided as a result of the

heavier offerings from‘ Argentina.



The Argentine surplus is estimated

at about 190,000,000 bushels and clear-

ances are increasing rapidly. Reports

on winter wheat acreage in all coun-

tries are uniform in showing reduc-

tions compared‘with last year. In ad—

dition, average yields per acre may not

be so favorable as in the last two

years. A fewdamage reports are com-

ing from our winter wheat belt.





RYE





The visible supply of rye is extreme-

ly large and still increasing, although

it is probably near its peak. Exports

are small, Russia still has a moderate

surplus for sale and reports on the

new crop in Europe are favorable.





CORN





Corn prices advanced last week to

the highest point since new crOp grain

began to dominate in the receipts. The

movement to primary markets thus

far has failed to show the usual Janu-

ary increase and the visible supply is

too small for comfort. The latter de-

clined last week instead of gaining as

it usually does at this season. Since

November. 1, primary markets haVe re-



. ceived less corn than a year ago, in





spite of the increase in the crop in the ,





main surplus states. Exports have.

.‘he’en smaller but increased distribution





‘ : ' to the domestic trade has made up for

. much of the less of foreign business.

Corn producers appear to look for a“





“partial repetition of the advance which

_Wed in. corn prices last year and





MARK E T





Stags noncoo-OCOQo-eoooee'I





 





the improved tone in the hog market

probab 13 causing them to hold more

firmly. yFeeder demand from the west-

ern edge of the corn belt is keen and

is not far from last year’s volume. The

advance in prices was checked at the

end of the week when country selling

increased slightly and demand slack-





ened.

OATS





Primary receipts of cats have been

below normal during the last several

weeks while shipments from these

markets have been heavy and another

start has been made toward cutting

down the visible supply. Prices ad-

vanced last week to the highest point

in three years.





BEANS





The bean market has turned firm in

the last few days, with choice hand-

picked whites quoted at $4.90@4.95 per

100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan shipping

points.

the demand. Beans are not being dis-

tributed as rapidly as would be desir-

able, however, in view of the rather

large supply still to be moved. On the

other hand, there appears to be a fair-





ly large latent demand from wholesal-

ers who are waiting for lower prices

but if the market remains steady, they

will probably come in on the present





basis.

SEEDS





The clover seed market declined last

week, losing about half of the upturn

since the first of the year. Domestic

seed prices are m01e stable than the

markets on which f01e1gn seed may be

deliVered. The cash demand for seed

seems to be improving and it is prob—

able that prices will work higher as

the seeding season approaches. It is

estimated that 75 per cent of the crop

had been sold by growers up to De-

cember 26. Fairly large shipments 0f

foreign seed are arriving each week

but there is little new coutracting for

additional quantities.





EDS





Feed markets generally are inactive

although there is some show of life in

the demand for wheat feeds at west-

ern milling centers. Buying of all

meals is quite limited. Stocks of all

feeds are ample but production nor-

mally declines during the winter and

spring. months while there are several

months ahead in which the demand

for feeds usually is fairly good so that

prices appear more likely to advance

than to decline. AY





Larger receipts have taken the edge

£10m the timothy hay market, but the

demand is fairly broad and both alfal—

fa and prairie hay are firm.





Cold weather has stimulated.





POULTRY AND Eons? ”





Egg prices made some wide swings





last week. With heavy receipts, mild





weather and reports of a continued

heavy fay, prices declined sharply ear-

ly in the week. Cold weather through-

out the producing belt stimulated pric‘

es, however, so that the losses were

more than regained. _ A progressive

increase in receipts during the next

few months probably will not be more

than temporarily halted; however, the

present cold wave has already broken

and storage holdings are burdensome,

so that lower prices are to be expect-

ed except when buoyed from time to

time by unfavorable weather condi-

tions. .



Chicago. ——Eggs, miscellaneous 38@

39c; dirties 22617240; checks 20@21c;

fresh firsts 40c; ordinary firsts 35@

37c. Live poultry, hens 22c; springers

20c; roosters 14%0; ducks 22c; geese

16c; turkeys 20c.



Detroit. -—Eggs fresh candled and

graded‘at 38@391/zc; storage'24@26c.‘

Live poultry, heavy springers at 21c;

light springers 16@200; heavy hens at





22@23c; light hens 21@22c; roosters

14@15c; geeSe 15c; ducks 23@26c;

turkeys 25@30c. -



BU‘I'I'ER





Butter prices worked materially low-

er last week. Receipts were large, re-

flecting' the increased production

shown by reports from both the Amer-

ican Creamery Butter-makers’Associa—

tion and the Minnesota Cooperative

Creameries. Buyers took only enough

butter to supply immediate needs and

stocks of foreign butter available for

consumption at attractive prices were

rather heavy. Lower prices probably

will stimulate consumption to a point

where the heavy receipts can be more

nearly absorbed. ~Prices on Danish

butter declined last week, makingit





even more attractive to dealers who.





believe that domestic butter must

work down more closely to the foreign

level. Imports during the week were

not large but heavy purchases to ar-

rive within the next few weeks are

reported.



Ninety-two score at Chicago 50340;

New York 510. In Detroit tubbed fresh

creamery sells for 4.8@50c





POTATOES





Potato prices declined last week as.





consuming markets were feeling the

effect of 1ecent heavy shipments from

producing sections called forth by the

advance in prices early in January.

The movement is falling off again and

it is: probable that the main late potato

producing states are more completely

,shipped out than at this time a year

ago. Eastern round whites are quoted

atg $1. 75@1. 95 per 100 pounds sacked





 





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Wednesday,





DETROIT





Cattle.

Market slow and 250 lower.





Good to choice yearlings. 3 9. 50@ 9.75

Best heavy steers ....... 8. 00 8.50

Handyweight butchers . 7.00@ 7.75

Mixed steers and heifers 6.00(('D 6.50

Handy light butchers . . . . 4.50@ 5.50

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 3.75@ 4.50

Best cows 4.00@ 4.50

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . 3.75@ 4.50

Cutters 2.50@ 3.00

Canners 2.00@ 2.50

Choice bulls 5.50@ 5.75

Bologna bulls 4.50@ 5.25

Stock bulls 3.25@ 4.25

Feeders ..... . ..... . . . . . 5.50@ 6.25

Stockers ........... . . . . . . 5.25@ 6.00

Milkers ................. $ 45@ 85

Veal Calves.

Market steady to 50c higher.

Best . . . . ............... $15. 00@15. 50

Others ..... 5.00@13.00





Sheep and Lambs





Market steady. .

Best lambs . . . . . .





..$13.75@14.00





Light to common ........ 7 00@10. 00

Fai ................. . . 11. 5061213. 00

Fair to good sheep. . . . r. 5. 50 7 .00 ‘

'CulIsI an common . .. . . . . I 50 3 50





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Market steady





FMix'ed and heavies ....._.j$ 7.75@ 7.801





Pigs-ocnotcooootoloooolo 6050

Rpughs OOIQ‘DIOOIQOOOKOOI “6000

Yorkers .i'OIOOIIOOOOOOOII 7:40





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January 23.





CHICAGO





Ho

Receipts 33,000.



mostly steady to 5c lower.

ers bidding 10c lower.

240 to 300-lb. butchers at $7.25@7.30;

practical tops $7. 30; bulk of good 160

to 225 lb average 376137.25; packing

sows $6. 60@6. 70. Killing pigs are dull;

butchers lower. Valuable weight at

$5.75@6 25



Cattle.





Receipts 13, 000. The market on beef

steers and fat she stock semi-demoraliz-

ed.Year1ings and handyweight steers

about steady. Few early sales at $10

@10 25; some held higher. Canners

and bulls slow and steady. Calves are

strong to 250 higher.



Sheep and Lambs.



Market active. Fat lambs and year;



lings weak to around 15c lower. Sheep





gs.

Market is uneven,





and feeding lambs are steady Good





wooled lambs $13. 50@13. 75; tops to

shipéiers $13. 90; yearling wethers at

$11 0' good handyweight fart ewes and

feeding lambs $13@13. 25.





UFFALO . . ,,

Cattle.





Receipts 20 cars. -Market_ slow. 2. i '

Calves at 315. i ‘





Hog

Receipts 30 cars. “Market is higher.

Hteigy and yorkers 37. 85@7 99; We

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.- Sheep and Lambs. T -‘

Receipts 16 cars. Market}:i is stgong





To lambs at 14. 35' year

Wethers 11@1149; '





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Bulk of good'





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ported firm at seaboard markets and ‘





a slight upward tendency was appar-

ent in the medium and lower grades.

Manufacturers are buying on a mOder-

ate scale in anticipation of future or-

ders for cloth. The response which

cloth buyers make at the openings

scheduled for the present week will

determine the demand during the next

two or three months. Fine and one-





half blood wools are quoted below for5





eign wool of similar grade.

markets are fi1m to higher





where. _

‘ APPLES





The apple ‘market is ’firm, although

prices are at a rather low level. New

York Baldwins are quoted at 33.5061)

4.50 per barrel in eastern markets. A-





Foreign





234-inch Northern Spies are bringing ~





35. 50@6 at Chicago; Greenings 35(0)

5.50, and Baldwins $4. 50@5.

Cold storage holdings of apples on





. January 1, 1924, consisted of 4,489,000





barrels, 14,107,000 boxes, and 1,323, 000

bushel baskets. This makes a total

equivalent to approximately 9,641,600

barrels, compared with 6,431,000 bar-

rels on the same date a year ago, and

a five-year average of 6,624,000 barrels.

Clearances of apples for export are

running rather large, with a total for

the season to January 5 equivalent to

3,030,000 barrels.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The quick clean-up of nearly all of





the moderate supply of apples on Sat-_





urday morning's market proved to be

the surprise of the day. Prices were

advanced some before all were taken.

There Was a liberal supply of garden

truck and potatoes. Carrots sold fari-

ly well, but parsnips and cabbage were

slow to move.





Potatoes moved fairly well, with





most sales at 80@850 a bushel. Dress-

ed hogs were easy sellers, but veal

had little call. The supply of dressed





and live poultry was moderate and the ’





demand was mostly for hens.

had good sale.



Saturday’ s morning’ 8 prices were.

Apples, fancy 32@2. 50 bu; No. 1, $1. 25



1.5 bu beets $1. 25@1. 50 bu; cab-

bage $1. 28@1.75 bu; red $2 bu; car-

rots $1. 50@1. 75 bu; celery 40@850 a

dozen; onions $1 25 bu; parsley 50¢

dozen bunches, $1. 50@2 bu; potatoes

80@95c bu; parsnips $1. 25@1. 75bu





Eggs





horseradish $3@5 bu, bagas 75c bu; , ,

kale 75c@31 bu; eggs, retail 55@750 .





dozen; old hens, retail 25@30c ”pound



springers wholesale 20@22c lb; retail

22@25c 16; ducks 35 lb; veal 18c lb;



hogs 11@12c lb.





GRAND RAPIDS





Heavy receipts of fresh eggs unset-r " ‘





tied this market early this week and

paying prices to farmers, had a wide

range. Some buyers were taking in

limited quantities at 33@34c a'dozen,





while others were not anxio‘us'tO'buy -

, at 30@32c a dozen.





Buyers seem to

fear a break in the market and are

therefore handling eggs conservative~

ly. Poultry buying was erratic with

bidding for heavy fowls fairly active

in a range of 18@24c a and. Hot-





house leaf lettuce was un ettled at 14 ~





@150 a pound. Low priced western

Iceberg head lettuce has weakened

the demand for leaf. Radishes, how-

ever, are gradually swinging upward,

prices rebounding from 50@60c and

.650 a dozen bunches.

market was unchanged from

week





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





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Breeders’ Association, J. L. Tormey,

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Chicago, Ills. 1

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1 MISCELLANEOUS Good Smoking, 5 pounds, :1: 10 pounds, $150: 20 EggYHfflltngzsfirlsln vigil?“ Free .atdingm. ( m airtllgllg'i‘ll 31.01251; TURhlfiS--Toms. 20 to 23

.. gatilgds. 32.715. (glowing. 5dpou3ds. $1.50; 10 pounds, ‘ ' Whiter l)illiifi]1:' 11):)“2’5i “1&in markings, Mm.

y ‘ . GERMAN ALMANAC 1924. Containing me;- 100 .7 . uu lty ‘uarantec . 'Connor Smokehouse. < . . gap, 1c l.

. . ‘ ' . , 13‘. M vii 1d. K . POULTRY

i f h {1:11:31}- egnecogig'glfil $1€rlilifiitgmttderth gsgesglmhgsezg‘a‘l S. 5 ‘1- C y B’ir’gé'l‘fimllioglLlaNDwTOliIS]ahlzct new blood and im-

mune. ree to your parents, relati 1v '9 d. ‘ . QUALITY BIRDS CIIEAI‘-—Pure~bred Pullets. liens. , _ . "" . (X H ""0 over 100 toms and

B by sending us 30 for the return poggggndDréti‘loi: HOMLSPUN.TORAFCO“WOWIHL 51b3,, 31-75i'1‘0n. (,‘ockerels. Turkeys, Geese. Ducks. Bantams. Guineas. :‘f’n‘lg 11““?- ‘WMULV birds. Alden Whitcomb, Byron

t Abend Post. Michigan's German Daily. 1442 Email “-0.0- Smoklng. 5 lbs? 51-255 Ten. $100; PM when Bally Chicks. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Catalogue (our, MML

Detroit. Michigan. atmelli'lediblime and recipe flee. Farmers Union 1m- Free. Evergreen Poultry Farms, Hatcheries. Hamp- l'Ultl‘ END 8 T

uca . '. ~- u rmx , , - . ‘ "

{immohgidBUstr-gggr now for April lst de— ton’ 1“” last. 53 and $7. (Johan liiiilngririimiiiff Mifiimeltthiy

"m- °° ”'3' “ DC“ “’0- EDJOY flows SINGIE (‘0\iB 1WD? l‘ovkmxls’ and p'ullets' M-m-h " '

all summer. George Hunter. 412 Evergrecn Ave Fast. BABY CHICKS and A‘ - ' ‘ i ‘ ‘ ' . . ‘ ‘

. -- 4 mil hatched. Reduced print. for quick salc. fl

' I‘m-“m" menu” 'Il‘iliey wig. lull; “inch and iiiyh Harry J. Theis. 23:; HELP WANTED

TREES. Plants. hrubs. ar _ - unter ‘t., att e Cree . c . . , . '

‘- 61'. 1mm Dues: Newfbrfn‘tf'ggcegizgc‘hafg? £23311 l’UItE-BRED BABY CHICKS-Barred Rock. Buff E31190: At: jffioodl'n‘tlnthl} salary. furnish car and ex-

and Ohio Beauty Apple Plant ‘ . ‘ . Orpingtons. White Wyandottes. Rhoda Island Reds. Marnnwoon FARM HATCHERY. Dept. 1, Wabash, ‘ ‘ ‘ r“) “2‘ 0‘” “““W‘Wl ery and stock

lug Book Iirte Wood powders Blgler (om ' ‘(681 '

lawn Nurseries. 951' G on Ave, Rochester N Y thbruaiy l15t1h5thto sillfplgé 15th.h Slim pg; hundredi Indiaina. All ourihrecdcrs hhave hcctlil1 blood-tested for ' > Dam. - n Springfield. Illinois.

' ' ' or pri . .. )er n . er can b ,il hit, (1 la, _ - . tto t '- . .. . .

r K ‘ i STRAWBERRIFS—Pl-nt d Live delivery guaranteed. I Broovkdale Poultry? Farm. igriaii? vim-nil refri‘dizloguil. accre ted S a ya a “I‘hl'thSlnglo mull. reliable and experienced, to

L y l a s an all kinds of small Box 522 Paw Paw Michi an. work on wcll equipped gcneral farm. (loo

fruit plants. thousandsoi plants. Get our list for ' ' g 0 J Fcldlianlp Salin M” d wages.

‘ cut, rises. Sawyer Nurseries, Sn, ‘ SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGIIORNS—~Trapnested. ‘ ‘ ' e, LL

p we" M‘ch” Box 81' l’edigrcod Hail-hing Fags (‘llicks ill 100 to 1000

.1 ALL MEN "0me boys girls 17 t 65 illi BABY (‘HICKS—J‘inest quality. Barred Rooks. White lots. and. Pcdig'reed Cockelels. W. C.. Eckard, l’aw WANTlEllean-ied ‘man. exmrienccd, for general

‘ ’ ' 9 ' w .ng to Wyandottes. Buff Owingtons. S. (-. Reds. Light p Mi-l' “Tm “Wk- Box 4‘3“. Michigan Farmer

,’ accept. noveghmtgntml’os‘gtions, ”V4250! ""91an 01' Brahmas. White Leghorns. $15.00 per 100,’ $8.00 per aw, L iigan' ¥ '

9 flagellum r- meat. 10?. fit. Innis.» Mo., 50, mm}. every Tuesday. Order from ad. Member Bitumen ROCK COCKERELS—Big. Vigorous Fellnm $40 PER MONTH and expenses paid, good mm m,

' international and Illinois Baby (.rhick Associations. fmm Hens with Official Contest Records. 200 to 25,;;_ inking orders. Steady work. Apply Protective th

GE OREGON PRUNES D1 '1" 100 l Larlvllle Hatchery. 66 Ottawa St” Larlville. Illinois. 35-00 and $7.00 each. A130 chicks and 3333, Order series. Geneva. New York.

; Dmud ”190. 5mm 1,“ m snowme'pmmgfi‘fsg‘ now. G. Caball, Box M, IIudsonville, Mich.

, ;, mum“ ”mum,“ sum, 0m“ BABYICEICKSTM loitdingdeyarieties hatched from ergo-ti; “iii Eggs 13! 1’90 iie 1.000Blofs, allGleiading SITUATIONS WANTED

"- _ ' film: CATAMG. Carpenter's _ School heavy AV 8 stn ns. 4 re very guaranteed any~ Va 9 es i c ens. no 8. one, an ems, u neas, ‘

3 ' " ‘ [meet in world. Hall Bldg; Ruggué’fiy. Mo. where in the U. 8. Lowest prices ever offered. Write Turkeys. Fox Terrier Pups. Write your wants. Jesse WANTED—Position as farm manager. either dairy or

» F ' ~ " ‘ .. for catalog and price list. Miller Hatcheries. Box Burnside. Judson. Ind. general farming. G. C. Kinney, it. 1, Blmgngfiam

’ ' PET STOCK ' 651. Lancaster. Mo. . . Mulligan. '

. - . ‘ PURE-BRIE!) Burr Leghorn Hens. Pallets. Write .

f museum. gbbitfistunlr, W' etc, Book 331% afigfilofl.wov‘flollywood-3am $160. fikepnfith‘am quality. Lewis Ostrander. Ottawa MICHIGAN FARM ER

, :- m . liars. _ > . .' > _ e om. serous. Free'ranse. . ' 0 i - .

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" it 10o Illustrated manna. Highland Poultry Farm, ll. 9. Box 0. curly-8‘5" Kn. “D ‘vid 1““ Y all 'Michem 8‘

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Babson Bros. offer to prospective customers expert service in

helping you equip your old barn, ozplan your new barn with the

utmost economy, and efficiency. Our experts will submit floor

plans for your consideration. Or. they will lay out your present

barn to give yru greatest capacity—10 save you steps and labor.

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This is just an_example of the convenience and saVing in buying

your barn equipment the new way—on time—from'Babson Bros.





Your barn may be equipped at a much smaller down ayment than

$23.50. Or you may need more extensive equipment. ou may want

only a few stalls—a calf pen or bull pen—a carrier. But whateveryou

need, you can buy it of Babson Bros—With quality and satisfaction

guaranteed—and pay for it in easy monthly payments as you use it.





Built to Melotte Quality Standard





For 20 years this old established house has been selling merchandise

of the highest ’Fuality to the farmers of this country. Edison Phono-

graphs, Olde— an Harness, Melotte Cream Separators and other

diary equipment—all have been sold by Babson Bros. on easy





 





 





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Gentlemen: I would like to get your offer on the barn equipment indicated below.

it is definitely understood that I assume NO OBLIGATION in figuring with you.





I keep ____________cows. I am interested in the following:

(Please check the items you are considering.) _



.__..._;__.COW Pen I



_______ Carrier System"





I rent my farm_





_ - _ Stalls

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Separate Stanchions '

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Everyone knows what EDISON stands for, in the phonograph :line.

YOU know‘ from our own ,or' a neighbor’s ex nence what

MELOTTE stands or among separators—or what t e name OLDE

TAN means in harness quality. The name BABSON on Barn

Equipment stands for the same thing :-——The highest quality, backed

by the same guarantee 'of satisfaction. The cou ."n. below brings

our Complete proposal on your requirements. 11 it today. .





Easy to Install — Do It Yourself





Everything. we sell is planned to set up so‘easily that you can inStall





’it‘ yourself." For instance, our arch top stall Comes completely





assembled—ready to set in the concrete. Ourpens come ‘in com-





' plete panels. , All you do is to bolt them together and set 1n place





after the contrete curbing is'built.





Ever-y] shipment ' is accompanied by such detailed directions for _





installing that‘any handyman can do the job as well as an exper.

ienced contractor. . . , .



With this announcement, Babson Bros. places an unprecedented

Opportunity-before you. Thmk of it! YourioppOrtunity to buy barn

equipment» on easy_ terms! The highest standard quality. Low

prices. Expert advxce and service. And a Satisfaction Guarantee.





'Write Today for Full Details





,gGet the full details of this unsual offer at once. You will findmany'excljisi've .

features in the construction of Babson stalls, stanchions, ipens,.etc., that youwill.





insist on having in the equipment you purchase. Let our experts help youéwith

your plans. Let us figure with you. We-cansave you money. Such he] :is





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freely given. No obligation of any sort. . Just mail the coupon.- Do-it right N W! " _ i