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Aimee and her young American

rescuer had escaped- from the palace

of Hamid Bey. Their. pursuers

were close at hand. Hidden under

the rugs in the tent of a Bedouin

robber. they heard their enemies

enter and question the Bedouin.





Would he give them up?" Was

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HOW WILL. THE SOLDIERS’ BONUS

' BE PAID?





THE soldiers’ bonus bill having been



passed by congress oVer the Free-

ident’s veto, there is‘mu'ch speculation

as to its effect upon the tax payers.

One farm organization representative

figures that if the war had continued

one month longer the extra cost to

this country would have been more

than the entire cost of the bonus. It

is announced that it will require 4,125

additional employes to handle the

bonus. The number of persons who

may make claims has been estimated

by the adjutant‘general at 5,250,000.

The lowest estimated of cost of $2,-

280,758,542. The annual cost will be

$146,000,000 in 1925, $155,000,000 in

1926, and an average cost thereafter

of $114,000,000 annually until 1945.





DEBATE McNARY—HAUGEN BILL.





 





HE debate on the McNary- Haugen



agricultural exp01 t corporation bill

began in the house on May 20. Night

sessions were held to give each side

opportunity to present its case. But

it was evident from the start that the

opponents of the bill were determined

to delay action, blocking the debate by

absence of a quorum. SGVGI‘al absen-

tee members were arrested by the ser-

geant-at—arms, and compelled to attend

the session. The opposition is putting

up a bitter fight. It comes largely

from the east and south, and a few

western representatives who have'

schemes of their own for relieving (?)

the farmer.





WANT BUTTER COSTS DETER-

MINED.





 





HE Federal Tariff Commission is



asked to institute an inquiry con-

cerning the cost of the production of

butter in the United States and in

those countries from which our im-

portations are coming, with a View to

increasing the duty 011 imports of but-

ter should such increase be warranted

by the facts found, in a resolution in-

troduced by Senator Magnus Johnson,

of Minnesota, and adopted by the sen-

ate. During the months of January

and February, 1924, says Senator

Johnson, butter was imported into the

United States amounting to 9,500,000





ipounds, almost one-half of the total

‘imports for





the year 1923, and the

highest monthly average on record.





OFFERS ANOTHER METHOD OF

' RELIEF TO FARMERS.





 





PLAN designed to provide effec-

[ five tariff protection to agricul-

“restoring and maintaining fair

domestic prices for American farm

products,” is proposed by W. l. Drum-

1110nd, of the International Farm Con-

gress. This scheme does not require

large government appropriations, and

does not require the government to

provide marketing machinery, or to

merchandise any portion of the prod-

uct. Whenever the President finds





"that there is a surplus for export of a





principal agricultural or live stock

product, with the world price basis so

low as to cause distress to American

producers, he shall declare an emer-

gency in respect to that product not

to exceed one year. Whenever an

emergency has been so declared, an

export equalization fee shall be‘paid

upon such portion of the product con-

cerned as is exported, equivalent to

the tariff upon imports into the United





States of the product, less a sufficient





percentage to prevent excessive im-





ports.

An excise tax is to be levied upon





all of the product which is sold during ,





   





the emergency period. .Thls tax is to j_

be calculated to produce an amount“ .





sufi‘lcient‘ to pay the equalization fee





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wou‘io PROMOTE INLAND WATER

TRANSPORTA‘H’O‘N. .





 





GOVERNMENT operation of barge

lines on the Mississippi river and





other inland waterways is provided for .





in a bill passed by the house and now

in the senate. The corporation creat-

ed by the bill would have a. capital

stock of $5,000,000 to be owned by the

government, with the management in-

vested in the secretary of war. The

aim of the corporation is to operate

the inland waterways on a business

basis, and thereby demonstrate to pri-

vate interests that water transporta-

tion can be made a profitable business.





DISCRIMINATE AGAINST AMERI-

CAN VESSELS.





 





HAT some of the railroads are di-

_ verting freight to foreign ships in

preference to American vessels is

charged by the chairman of the United

States Shipping Board. This action of

the railroads is creating much senti-

ment in congress against them. It is

said that recently 70,000 tons were de-

livered to Japanese lines, while com~

peting Shipping Board lines secured

only 4,000 tons. This discrimination

in favor of foreign vessels leaves short

cargoes for our government-OWned

ships, and hundreds of them are stand-

ing-idle with no cargoes whatever.

Conservative farm organization lead-

ers, who favored the Esch-Cummins

law in preference to government oper-

ation of railroads when the bill. was

before congress, now‘see public senti-

ment heading strongly toward govern-

ment ownership and control of rail-

roads due to the action of the roads

themselves.





EXTENSION WORK SHOWS WON-

DERFUL GROWTH.





 





XTENSION work in agriculture



and home economics has made a

remarkable growth in the ten years

since the Smith-Lever bill was enact-

ed. At that time there were 700 mlen

and women engaged in demonstration

work in the south, and 200 county

agents in the north. ‘ Now more than

4,500 persons are engaged in the work

under the direction of the Federal De-

partment of Agriculture. The original

Smith—Lever act called for an approp-

riation of $480,000. Now nearly $20,-

000,000 a year is spent in this work.





 





WILL GIVE INSTRUCTION ON

WOOL GRADING.





 





NSTRUCTION in how to use the



United States official wool grades

will be given at a two-day extension

school to be held at East Lansing,

Michigan, June 5-6, by the Michigan

Agricultural College and .the Federal'

Bureau of Agricultural Economics.

The school will be limited in number

to fifteen or twenty county agents se-

lected by the director of extension.

George T. Willingmyre, specialist in

wool marketing, in the Federal Depart-

ment of Agriculture, will conduct the

school, giving lectures and demonstra-

tions in the value of determining the

various factors that enter into the

grading of wool. The United States

official wool grades embody one factor

only, that of diameter of fiber.





If you wish to change a man’s views

in reference to some business transac-

tion or other negotiations, respeCt his

opinions, and he will be respectful and

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NUMBER TWENTY'TWO

A Practicai Journal for the Rural Family '





MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS.





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





NE winter morning, I was walk-

ing along a street in one of our

. large civic centers, giving my

constitution the air when, all of asud-

den and without no warning whatever,

my constitution develops a intense

longing for vitamines.



This was about eight o’clock and,

for fourteen hours, me and food had

'been total strangers. Consequently, I

~unbuttone‘ti the first door I come to

that ‘had “restaurant” on it, give the

S O S to six or eight waiters and got

all lined up for the orgy.



Now, to me a. meal ain’t breakfast

without a egg, just like the fifth day

of the week ain’t Friday without fish,

so the first item on my order was the

product that immortalized old Humpty

Dumpty. .Lots of times, and especially

when you got your feet under some

table besides your own, a egg turns

out to be a disappointment. This one

did. It was almost old enough to fly.

Not only that, but they charged me

fifteen cents for it so, after I’d finished

my last saucer of coffee, I trot the in-

voice up to the cashier and tried to

explain that I had only ordered one

egg, but, according to her way of

thinking, the price was right.-. Hen

fruit was high and scarcer than tooth

paste for ducks.



Maybe. But several years back

either hens was more plentiful or else

the consuming public preferred pan-

cakes for breakfast, because only last

week I seen a copy of a agricultural

paper dated 1843 and eggs was bring—

ing the top market of five cents per

twelve. They evidently wasn’t scarce

then. They even used to throw them

away, and many’s the dozenthat was

used up in the attempt to discourage



’some poor ham actor. That’s where

the celebrated combination “ham and

eggs" originated. But since they got

to using them for shampoos they ain’t





Egg—Neg Eggcitement





It V. j few Paint: on Eggsecuting the Egg/655 Hm





‘ . By Harv Hess





so many laying around loose, especial—

ly in the winter. ‘



I know. that us boys who lives in

northern climes has to search in vain





for the makings of a omelet after Hal-





lowe’en and.it Was beginning to look

like we’d have to start domesticating





' some hardfer bird like the albatross,





for instance, if we wanted winter re-

sults when eggs is eggs. And right

there iswhere the egg market differs





you can’t pick up a farm paper with-

out theys’ articles in it telling how to

cull anything from a. goose to goose-

berriesf while whole columns has been

devoted to the intricacies of dividing

flocks of hens into them that’s good

producers and them that’s nothing

minus.



It was claimed that, simply by exam—

ining a hen, you could tell whether

she was or wasn’t. At first" I couldn’t





 





The Michigan Type Poultry House on the Parker~Voss Poultry Farms.





from others. Take the spud market

audit has got more ups and downs

than a express elevator. The same

holds true with bananas or honey. But

with the cackle berries they always

bring the highest price at the same

specific time each year, and it’s up to

us boys to figure out some scheme

whereby we can have eggs, and lots of

them, all the year around. Here’s

mine.



A few years ago, the only time you

ever heard the word “culls" was in the

fall and it pertained to a variety of

apples used in the manufacture of

cider. But nowadays it’s got to where





hand it much for, with the price of.

eggs averaging about twenty-five cents

yearly, if everybody’s hens would get

all eggcited and commence batting

around 250 the cackle berries wouldn‘t,

be worth scrambling.



Yet, if they ever was a flock of

Wyandottes that needed to get inocu-

lated with the egg germ it was the

flock that claimed my hen house as

their home. My poultry plant was like

a egg plant. I gathered the fruit from

it one week each year. Or just like

the crows—they done their laying in

April. From then till August they

were broody and kept themselves effi-





   





cient by trying to hatch Japanese ban-

tams out of a China egg, and after

that, they spent the next six months

moulting feathers instead of eggs.

“Don’t put all your eggs in one has-

ket,” they say. I could carry all mine 7‘

in a medicine dropper. It was a good

thing for us that Easter comes in the

spring in place of November. They

actually" couldn’t lay the dust and I

might just as well harbored a flock of

pelicans.



But, one day, a. guy from 'the agri-

cultural college breezed into our com-

munity and off/cred to learn us chick-

en chasers how to pick the layers. He

didn’t need to show me, for I always

p-icked'mine dry. Anyways, he give

my flock of pullets the up'and down,

selected thirty of my prettiest birds

and said he’d give me $5.00 for every

dozen eggs they laid the next month.

Easy money? You betwfor him.

Them thirty biddies come through

with a grand total of eight. That says ‘

110w good he was, and I’d be willing

to bet he was :1 incubator baby. Well,

them thirty money—makers met the

same fate as John the Baptist.



The ones I thought was doing what

little laying was being done around

the place was the very ones he put

the skids under. And I had one old

buzzard in the flock I’ll bet was tough

enough to lay hard—boiled eggs; she

always looked like she’d been run

through a clever huller and I never

figured she was worth keeping, and

didn’t that old hen—hawk from the col-

lege, slip her the medal and say she

was the best in the bunch



Well, that was a tew yeals ago when

the 200 strain was the only sweet

music them eggotists wanted to hear.

Since then they been hitting it so hard

its got us wondeiing where it’s going

to stop





Putting Quality Into Space





Planning Methods Play a Real Part





HAT is good quality in potatoes



and how can it be secured? Is



quality inherent in the variety,

or is it something which is more di-

rectly under the control of the grower

himself through the methods he uses

in producing the crop? Quality is now

the watchword among producers of

food products, everywhere, and the po-

tato grower who expects to realize a

fair profit from his efforts must not

only know the meaning of the term as

"""a‘p‘plied to potatoes, but he must also

know how to secure it.



The quality of a crop of potatoes is

often determined before the tops have

appeared above thé surface of the

ground. Both market quality and ta-

ble quality in potatoes are within the

controlof the grower, but these very

important matters are largely beyond

the grower’s power to alter one way or

. another after the seed has been plant-

: ed. Cultivation and spraying, harvest-





. ‘ ing'and storing-it is true, are. factors





in preducing and maintaining quality

iii a crop of potatoes; but they fade

into insigmflcance when considered in





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connection with the more important

factors of soil fertility, disease, date of

planting, and the spacing of the seed.





Before we enter into a discussion of

the factors which determine quality in

a potato crop, let us define the aims of

every good potato grower. In the first

place, the good grower wants tubers

which are smooth and clean on the

surface and free from hollows within,

and he also wants them uniform in

shape, medium in size and bright in

color. All of these desirable charac-

teristics he refers to collectively as

“market quality.” Unfortunately mar—

ket quality and table quality do not al-

ways travel together in the same sack

of potatoes. They may be found to-

gether, however,»and that is the ac—

complishment of some potato growers.

It should be the aim of all. It is this

goal which the potato grower should

have in mind days and months and

even years before the crop is planted.



Market quality, with all that it im-





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plies, can be obtained by planting

healthy seed in fertile loamy soil, pro—

vided, however, the moisture condi—

tions are such that some growth goes

on during the dryest portion of the

summer and the seed is planted close

enough in the rows to prevent the de—

velopment of abnormally large tubers

after the fall rains begin. Beginning,

therefore, with healthy seed and prop—

erly prepared fertile soil, the use of a

machine planter which drops quickly

seed pieces from twelve to twenty

inches apart, according to the state of

fertility, practically assures the grow-

er of a crop possessing market quality.





Table quality depends on securing

complete normal development of the

potato plant. Early planting is one of

the biggest factors in securing table

quality; but if the plant has its growth

interfered with by the black scurf dis-

ease on’the roots, or lack of plant

food, or the ravages of insects and leaf

diseases, complete normal develop-





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ment is not obtained and table quality

is sacrificed.



No potato grower will go far wrong,

therefore, if he uses the Very best seed

obtainable and treats it, before plant-

ing, with corrosive sublimate to con-

trol the two or three tuber-carried dis-

eases. In addition he must select the

variety which experience has taught

meets the requirements of his soil and

climatic condifions and the desires of

his customers. With this start on the

quest for a high quality crop he must

also avoid the soils which past, experi-

ence shows to be lacking in moisture.

holding humus and plant food. Finally ,

he. must plant early enough to give the

crops its normal period of develop-

ment before danger of fall frosts, and

he must forget the ruinous plan of

planting three feet apart each way to

facilitate cultivation.



The potato with “the quality that;

counts” is the one that a potato grow-

er’s own wife selects for her own tar

ble when she makes her own choice. ‘

Too many growers in the pasthavel

grown potatoes to sell, not to eat. 3
“ slacker; our Vigilance, ismam eti- '

forts and lose'bntonseconrg .. hit-d.

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VOLUME CLXH NUMBER TWENTY TWO





DETROIT, MAY 31, 1924

CURRENT COMMENT





OT all comment





the rural sections of the country have

baffling problems to solve because of

the diminishing population.



The rural educational, political and

religious'institutions were organized

and had acquired property before the

population started to decrease and





ricultural practices.



By the work of the young folks, fath-



ers and mothers have gotten a new



vision of things which has resulted in



more profitable methods of farming or

more efficient housekeeping.



Now the young folks are working





 





 





high schools.



At Manton, the Rural Agricultural

High School has planned' to conduct

experiments with new legumes. One.

of them, dalea, will be tried for the

first time in the state on the high

school farm. This legume has been

tested in Iowa and other places with

satisfactory results, and it is hoped

that the work of these high school

boys ill cooperation withM. A. C., will

prove that this legume is of value to

Michigan.



With young folks engaged in orig-

inal research work of this kind, their

interest in agriculture will be strength-

,ened. while the results of their work

may prove of value to the state as a

whole.



This kind of effort is potent with

possibilities. It is to be hoped that.

other high schools in the state will

become interested in similar lines of





says Professor Burnham, has an ideal-

istic hold on rural folks because of its

democracy in location, control and ser-

vice. For that reason it is frequently

with reluctance that farmers support

the establishment of schools in larger

units and of greater usefulness.





The decreasing population also

makes necessary more simple and effi-

cient county and local governments.

Reforms in this respect are being

made slow but sure, with the result

we will get better government for less

money.





With reference to the rural churches,

Professor Burnham believes that the

difficulty of reducing the number of

churches by consolidation, and other-

wise, is "intrenched in the stupidity of‘

competition in an institution .Whose

fundamental reason for existence is to

teach a common Fatherhood and a uni-

versal





Pennsylvania a 400-

bushel potato club has been organ—

ized. This past year fifty-four farmers

qualified for membership in this club

by growing over 400 bushels of spuds

to the measured acre. A majority of

these farmers secured their seed from

northern Michigan, and thirty-nine at-

tained their coveted honor by produc-

ing Russets, a. variety of the Rural

group developed in Michigan.



Where results like this can be at-

tained, there can be no reason why the

progressive potato growers of the

northern counties of the state cannot

continue to displace the production of

table stock, in part at least, with the

production of high—quality seed stock.

The difficulty appears to be, however,

not a. matter of production but a prob-

lem of selling.





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But this problem seems certain of





. , . brotherhood.” He wonders

solutlon through demonstratlon and work. when “piecemeal contentions over the

education. In time the farmers who alphabet of religion will give way to

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‘ t . ’ . . Selecting llegeS 0f WhICh hearted absorption in cooperative

o be convmced of the value of “US A we Americans boast brotherhood ,, _

seed. Then they .Wlll want it; at is that of being per- W: ‘ ih P- _

whlch time the busmess should prove Vocation fectly free to Choose L aglee W t IOfeSSOI' Burnham





profitable to both those who have the

seed to sell, and those who have sense

enough to buy.



The all important. matter of the

present and immediate years is to keep

the quality of this seed high.





that reforms are needed in all three

lines of rural activity but we feel that

gradually and conservatively such re—

forms are being made. With reference

to religious advancement, we do not

believe that the rural communities are

especially backward. It is a general

human tendency rather to give at-





from any of the

vocations or professions listed in the

whole category of our national life.

Castes do not bind us. Here, a young

man or woman born under the mean-

est handicaps may-succeed almost mir-

aculously ill positions demanding the





HE great thrill 0f keenest intellects, the greatest cour-





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Getting the game comes age, the most profound Judgment, the ifsstlzll} :gligznnorthdsgail: figdiéggfgg

in getting home from finest sensibilities . ‘ ' . .

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Home .From thlrd. There IS a heap Since the whole field is open, much oi the common good But religionds

Third of satisfaction in ploglessmg to that stage where its





advice is sought by the graduates of

the high schools and more is proffered.

Farmer parents, we find' in many caS<

es, are advising their sons and daugh~

ters to choose other lines of work





moral and spiritual influences are be—

ing more emphasized.





smashing the ball and

reaching first in safety. ‘ Second base

has its attractions, and third offers a





real opportunity. Here we have reach- N only son went





ed the point where we are soon going than tilling the soil. Frequently, this Keep west. He was

to score or be called “out.” There is advice is the result of a careful study Heads 11 av1ng a life and

a fifty-fifty chance, half of the players of the boy’s or girl’s natural qualifica— death struggle w1th

will try to help and half will try to Hons. 1,, such instances, parents are Up the White-plague. The

f“ hinder. to be commended for bringing to the scepter 0t death, llke

I How typical of real life is the great ambitious boy or girl information . a hungry skeleton, was constantly





staring him in the face. Funds were

none too plentiful. Back home sick-

ness came, and his father, the sole

support of himself and his mother, was

taken away. From the courageous son

in the far west came this message to

the widowed and grief-stricken moth-

er: “The problem before us is our

own, Mother, dear. You and I must-

meetgthe world Heads Up!”



Meet the world “Heads Up!” What





'Amerlcan game. We set for ourselves

a given task. . Many, very many, of us

strike out at the beginning. Slam

‘ ’away with all our might but miss our

aim entirely and waste our energies on

air.





which will aid in the making of a wise

choicew—a choice that will permit the

fullest use of natural faculties.



But, too frequently, fathers and

mothers are advising their sons or

daughters to avoid farming because of~

the recent agricultural depression. It

does not pay, they hold, and “you

should get into some business that

offers adequate returns.” '



Is it wise for parents to emphasize





. When the task is new out inter-

y-_ and enthusiasm knows no bounds.

' elworlt hard, we work efficiently, we





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Michigan on the Michigan along another line. Which may also now the problem is to adjust them to

S d A Down) is derogatory prove worth while. This is being done these prevailingooudmong

P" 3 re to the crop grown in -

. . . 1n the agricultural department of the The one—room school, for instance-L

Praised, ”this state. Down 111





says, “Oh, never mind, I wascoming

down anyway.“ It is the optimistic

attitude toward life that’gives us cour-

age to meet the world “Heads Up!”





C [uh





C LUBS is things men has used since



Adam and Eve got into trouble. In

them old days whenla man had a lot-

.ta wives and wild animules to contend

with, he hadda use clubs to protect

himself and to keep the wives and etc.

in submission.



But in these days there ain't no wild

animules and man has found about all

he kin handul is one wife at a time,

by lettin’ her do like she wants to. It

seems like it don’t

make no difier~

ence how many

wives he has so

long as he has

th e m in succes-

sion and not to-

gether.





Men don’t beat

womin with clubs

so womin go to clubs and get beat

playin’ mah jong, etc. Seems ta me

that if womin is 'wantin' ta. be beat,

we» oughta bring the old big stick back,

’cause that’s lots better than fer a per-

feet lady losin’ her temper over some-

body playin’ the ace 0’ spades when

she shoulda played the duce 0’ clubs.



Clubs have been used ta make chil-.

dren walk the straight and narrow

path; in the past they has been a part

0’ the system 0’ educashup. But now

they is also bein' used as a. part 0’ the

system 0’ educashun. The dads used

ta use clubs ta show the kids a thing

or two. Now the kids is usin' clubs

ta show the dad‘s a thing or two.



All these boys’ and girls’ clubs what

is goin’ on, is certainly makin’ the

kids’ pas and mas listen to their kids.

It used ta be that a kid would go ta

his folkses‘fer advice, but now- the

folkses go ta the kids fer it, and when .

the kids want it they ask their club.

leader or somebody like that. .



,My kids is just kinda gettin’ inter— '

ested in this club work, so maybe in a

few years Hy Syckle will be a better

farmer than he is now. Sammie is

goin’ to grow a plot 0’ potatoes what

is going ta two hundred bushels a

acre. And Sari, I hadda. get her a calf

the other day. One 0’ mine wouldn’t

do, but I hadda pay ten dollars for the

calf and forty fer the. pedigreewhat

went with it. Now, if this calf kin

produce pedigrees at forty per, I'd'

rather raise pedigrees than calves. _



I don’t belong to no club. The I. W. .

W.’s was around but Sofie wouldn’t

let me join, 'cause she says them let- ,

ters stand fer,” “I won't work," whichl

she says I’m pretty good at already.



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’ a. crop cf sugar beets-

, beets are good for. the land.





0B ‘11 great many years I have

been (18691? interested in sugar



. beet production; My experience

in growing hundreds of acres of sugar





. beets and in superintending the grow-





ing of thousands of acres more has

, taught me many things. -

Beets Good For Land. .



1112 takes a lot of plant food to grow

Nevertheless,

..They-

shove their big tap roots down into

the hard soil beneath the plow furrow

and. loosen it up.: They, are—regular

sub-soilers. The beet lifter comes

along the rows «in, the late fall and

breaks it up some more. A stirring of

the Soil to a. good depth is a good

thing Once in a. while. The physical

effect upon the land is good, it gives

it "added “pep” and makes it more

workable, and it also helps to hasten





' the drainage.





The thorough hand-working that the

beet crop receives is a very great help

in'ridding the fields of weeds. Few

farm crops are kept so. scrupulously



’clean and free from foul stuff as the

beet crop. The frequent hand-hoeings

that it receives puts an end to most

of them. Beets are a great forerunner

for alfalfa.





Prepare Field In Advance.



The sugar beet is a gross feeder. It

will make good use of fresh manures

or sods if necessary, but the coarse,

fresh organic matte1 in the soil inter-

feres with the proper and perfect de—

velopment of the root. For this rea-

son, mainly, it is well to prepare the

field that is to be planted to beets a

year in advance. A clover sod that





' has been given a heavy covering of





barnyard manure and is plowe‘d for

corn this year, will be in ideal condi-

tion for sugar beets next. The coarse

material will have time to decay and

become thoroughly incorporated with

the soil, and yet will carry much avail-

able plant food.

Insure Full Crop.



In growing sugar beets I like to

make sure of a full crop. It differs

from the corn crop or the bean crop,

fer instance, in that it calls for a much

greater expenditure to produce it. The

cost of a beet crop is, to a great ex-

tent, fixed, so that it is nearly as great

on a light crop as on a heavy one. It

takes a fair crop, around seven tons

per acre, to pay back this cost, so if

we produce only a fair crop we are

not making any money, while all that

we can get more than enough to pay

this fixed cost is most all of it clear

profit. For this reason, it is good prac-

tice to prepare the land a year or more

in advance, fertilizing it well, and leav-

ing no stone unturned that will help

to insure a heavy acre tonnage.



With this thought in mind, it is quite

evident that it is often advisable to

limit our plantings to such an acreage

as we can well prepare, for ten acres

thoroughly fitted, fertilized and pre-

pared for a large yield may easily re—

turn more net profit than two or three

times as many acres half prepared.



Assuming that it costs seven tons

to produce and market an acre of

beets, it will be readily seen that ten

acres capable of producing ten tons

per acre, is as good from the grower’s

standpoint as thirty acres that has

only an eight-ton capacity. If we can

induce that ten acres to come across

with twelve tons per acre, it is worth

nearly as much at the finish as fifty

eight- ton am es



The Rotation.

».With all these things in mind, I have





worked out a plan of "crop rotation that

so .far as I know, is original with me,

- and for some time I have been recom-

mending it. to the farmers throughout

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red near Owosso consisting of 40 mem-





will ”be secured—Greeley Everitt.





it varies from the common rotation of

corn, beans, small grain and clover

only that in the second and third years

of rotation the field is split and one-

half put to beets, followedby oats or

barley 'which is seeded to alfalfa, while

the other half grows beans, followed

by small grain which is also needed.



But this is not all the difference.

After one complete rotation, which oc-

cupies four years, we switch the posi-

tion of beets and beans and the crops

that succeed them. This means that

only. once in eightpyears do thesein—

tensely cultivated and highly profit-

able cash crops grow on the Same land.



This rotation offers opportunity for

many variations which climatic condi-

tions may make necessary, without up-

setting the general plan; it distributes

the labor of the farmer evenly

through the season; it gives a wide

diversity of crops which insures finan-

cial safety, and it combines well with

most any system of live stock farming.

In other words, we consider it a rota-

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First Year. Second Year.

Corn Sugar I Beans

Beets I

Fourth Year. Third'Year.

Alfalfa Oats or Wheat

and. Barley ltyo

Clover Seeded to Oats or

Alfalfa Barley

or Seeded to

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The “Rotation that fits” as recom-

membed by Steven Fall. After one

complete circuit the position of beets

and beans and their succeeding crops

is switched, thus making it unneces-

sary to plant them on the same ground

but once in eight years.



FORM RURAL FIRE FIGHTING



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N the occasion of several farm

building fires within the writer’s

neighborhood, one or more members

of a neighboring village’s volunteer

fire department equipped with a three-

tank, chemical fire extinguishing ap—

paratus, mounted on a high—geared

Ford chassis has quickly responded to

a telephone call for aid, driving some—

times a distance of ten miles. On each

of these occasions this fire-fighting out-

fit has clearly established its standing

as a practical fire extinguishing agen-

cy, by'subduing the flames within the

building or'confining the fire to the

one building. Successfully protecting

adjoining buildings from sparks and

bits 0f burning wood that the wind

carried to neighboring roofs through

the prompt application of chemicals.

From these practical demonstrations

the feasibility of farm community vol-

unteer fire departments should be evi-

dent. An organization has been form-





bers, each of which have paid in $10,

and to be known as the Rural Fire

Truck Association. An order has been

placed by the association for a fire

engine mounted on an automobile

chassis at a cost of $5,500. The fire

fighting equipment is to be kept in a.

centrally located place and with an

organized crew will answer fire alarms

from any of its members. It is expect-

ed that an additional 200 members





 

 

 

 





 





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Only 3'fillings

of the can to

the bale, in—

stead of 5, as

with old style

bales of 10

balls.





“McCormick Bearing

International





Tightly and compactly wound in solid balls; no soft

places; they keep their shape. The patented cover, not'

found on other makes, prevents ball from becoming

loose on the outside, and also prevents ball from

collapsing until twine has all been used out of the

No tangling and no waste.

high-grade Harvester twine you have used in the

past, but now put up in the improved “Big Balls.”





Guaranteed for Length, Strength and Weight

Treated Against Destruction by Insects





The McCormick/Daring dealer in your locality

will be glad to take care of your requirements.





INTERNA‘rIoNAL HAnvns'rnn COMPANY

05 Ath'llchA

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More twinein

the original

Big Ball. Saves

time 'in the

field. Order

early and be

prepared to

harvest your

crops with

good binder

twine.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





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This Eas___y Wa





 





Every farmer who runs

a dairy knows that

churns, milk cans, sepa—

rator bowls, bottles and

all other dairy utensils

must be kept clean and

odorless.





One tablespoonful of Red Seal

Lye dissolved in a gallon of

water cleans, purifies and does

away with all traces of sour

milk or cream in dairy utensils.





Be Sure and Buy .

only the genuine

Red Seal Lye



Write for

FREE booklet,

“Home Helps”



P. C. TOMSON & Co.



Philadelphia. Pa.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 

 





FACTS FOR FARMERS

Things Our Readers Like to Know





Fowl of all kinds thrive only in

clean surroundings In order to

keep chicken houses pure and fresh,

sprinkle a solution of one can of

Red Seal Lye to five gallons of

water over the roosts, nests, floors

and runways.





 





   

   





 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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Stables demand frequent and

thorough cleansing. One table-

spoonful of Red Sea] Lye in a.

gallon of water, sprinkled around

frequently, will do the work. .It

makes stables sanitary and rids"

them of disagreeable odors.





   

   

 





 





   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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CLEARING SPRAY TANK.





 





from Bordeaux to

lyice-versa?—G. H. P





4“.“





FAILS TO COLLECT FROM RAIL-





ROAD.





 





In 1923 we had a horse worth $125

killed by a train and twenty—five or

thirty rods of fence burned, and about

Called in the section

foreman at once in each case and esti-

mated the damages and left the matter



' for said officer to see that the report

was placed before the proper authori-

ties for adjustment, and to date have

had no reply. Have we any recourse?

If you donot get satisfactory settle-

ment without, better see a lawyer. The





statement shows good cause for ac-





' fifty fence posts.





tion—Rood.





LETS SHEEP OUT ON SHARES.





 





In an agreement parties agreed that





they have_taken forty ewes (good

ones, all young) on these terms: To





double this number in three years—





my numbers to be kept each year—

also the young sheep in return to be

known as my property, wool to be on

as retaken, also to be used to a good

ram year before due, to have privilege

to return ten each year. Both parties

signed agreement. They do not an-

swer my letters. Have not been able

to settlefor thirty-five head past due.

They must have disposed of them. The

bank says they are collectable. What

can I dO?—Subscriber.

Sue on the contract—Rood.





RYE NOT UP TO WARRANTY.





 





In the fall of 1922, I went to a man

who had certified rye for sale, telling

him I wanted seed to be sown on my

farm twenty-two miles distant. He

gave me a sample and I sent some in

a letter to my tenant. in about two

weeks a man working for my husband

went for the rye. While filling the

sacks the owner remarked that he

would have to shovel the rye as it was

beginning to heat. In five‘days when

the sacks were opened at our farm a

blue fog was noticeable. Tenant re-

fused tO sow rye. Tenant and I feel

that the man selling the rye should

make good the difference of price for

which we sold, plus freight. He re-

fuses to stand only half of the differ-

ence in buying and selling price, say~

ing others sowed the rye and it grew.



F.





The only implied warranty in the

sale of goods, is when goods are sold

for a particular purpose there is an

implied warranty that they are reason-

ably fit for the purpose for which they

are sold. “'hether they are or not is

a. question of fact—Rood.





 





SEEDING WITH MILLET.





 





Would like to have you tell me if

grass seed will come good, if sown

with millet?~—J. Y.



Millet does not make a very desir-

able nurse crop, due to the fact that

it makes a quick rank growth which

tends to rob the young grass plants of

the moisture and available plant food.

Millet is not usually sown until the

first of June, and for best results grass

,seed should be sown during the early

spring. A small grain crop, such as

oats and barley, is much to be pre

' ferred. Unless conditions were excep~

tionally favorable, a seeding made

with millet would not be successful.—

0. R. Megee.





- DOGS KILL COW.





 

 





 





. . Four of our neighbors’ dogs, during

my‘absence, got into our lane and ran

spur” cows to such an extent that one

,g died of a broken blood vessel. We





 





Son-ed foot“! ‘0 Cuba ‘- Howl-cl ottch'o .





“ Can you inform me as to the proper

:atrength of concentrated lye to use





. = cleaning spray pump when changing

lime—sulphur and





‘ I do not consider that it is neces-

. .sary to clean- out the spray tank with

concentrated lye when changing from

Bordeaux to lime-sulphur or vice ver-

.sa'. Rinsing out the tank, pump and

hose thoroughly with clear water is all



that will be necessary.——W. C. Dutton.





found.





tion of corn.





was old sod.

and put potatoes

spuds have a small hole clear through





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called the doctor and he said her death

was caused by, being run to death.

there any way I can make the owners

pay for the cow ?—S. W.





The owners are jointly and severally ‘

liable for the loss caused by their

trespassing animals, as a general rule,

without any proof that they had any

knowledge of the vicious character. ' A

few courts have made exception to

this rule in the case of dogs.

case in Michigan on the point is

But it is believed that the

Michigan statute regarding dogs going

outside- of the owner’s enclosure. when

not accompanied by the owner, and the

duty imposed by the statute to keep

him confined, would prevent any ex-

ception in the case of dogs in this

state—Rood.





SEEDING TIMOTHY IN CORN.





 





After cultivating corn for the last

time can I sow timoth

a harvest

,“A- W. F





It is possible to secure a stand of

timothy by seeding at the last cultiva-

If ample rains come in

the late summer and fall, sufficient

growth ‘will be made to furnish the

foundation for a gOod sod from which

a cutting can be taken the next year.

If the late summer proves dry, the

growth the following year will be too

light to cut for hay.

good way to make timothy seedings,

from the standpoint of the timothy

and the corn crop. The corn crop will

do better by .lying by clean after the

last cultivation rather than seeding

with timothy.





Surer and more even results will

come by seeding your timothy after

corn is removed in the fall, or as a

companion crop with a small grain in

the spring—J. F. Cox, Professor of

Farm Crops.





WORMS.





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y seed and reap

of hay the next year from it?





This is not a





POTATOES DAMAGED BY WIRE-





.I bought four lots two years ago. It

I had them broken up

Some of the





 





C. R.“ Megee. - ’

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SOYSS' FOR SHEEP. ,





 





Would soy-beans make good hay for

If so, please tell me the best

variety, quantity and time to sow. The

intend to sow them on will'





sheep ?—





field I

grow good wheat or corn.—-—W‘. S.





holes in‘your’potatoesare very: I. =,,

likely paused by 'Wireworms."'l’his con- .\81Ye 809,6 results:

ditio‘n’is- quite common when pctatoes ‘ "

are planted on freshly plowed sod. I‘

would suggest that you put your lots.

to beans.- The common white bean or'

peabean should give good résults.-—'





 

 





   





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seed.-—C. R. Megee.





 





 





 





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THE FRUIT OUTLOOK.





 





BY PROF. J. H. GOUBLEY.





l

THOSE of us who are working in

Ohio are constantly confronted

with the problem of over-production

and asked to give an answer when

only an opinion is possible. Much has

been said of the tremendous mortality

of fruit trees during the past few

years as evidenced by the past census.

But here a paradoxical situation exists

for in many states there is an actual

increase in production with a third

less trees. This permits of but one

explanation and that is that we are

rapidly passing from orcharding on an

extensive to orcharding on an inten—

sive scale. The farm and fenceside

orchards that were legion in number,

but cripples on the production side,

are giving place to those of much bet-

ter care. I think even the good 01",

chards (both apple and peach) are ma-

terially increasing in yield in many

places.





Undoubtedly We are in another cycle

of tree planting, notably in your own

state, and it is anticipated that in the

future the new plantings will approxi-

mately keep pace with the displace-

ments, and in addition occasionally a

special impetus such as we are now

experiencing.



With an increase in population and





 





 





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a. static, or even a considerable in-

crease in planting, should mean 'a sit-

uation that the eastern grower could

view with satisfaction. Many of the

mistakes of the. past will not be repeat-

ed for more favorable sites will be se

lected and with better machinery for

marketing, combined with even a mod«

erate advertising of the eastern'apple





the industry should offer an Opportu- _





nity for a moderate income that will

compare very favorably with any oth—

er line of agriculture, and on the av-

erage it has never offered anything

more.





'The grape situation presents a

slightly different angle. Grapes are

being planted almost everywhere by

almost everybody. This extravagant





statement has much truth in it, as tes~ '





tified by our correspondence and by

statements of the nurserymen. An in-

crease in price from about $20 a ton

to over $100, due to an insufficient sup-

ply, has resulted in the precipitate

plantings. I suppose nothing is so

good but that it can be over-done, and

the future may see some price tumb-

ling on the grape market. However,

the market seems to have a big ca-

pacity at the present time. I was told

recently that some men are selling

jugs of grape juice in one of our

Ohio cities and on each jug is a print-

ed poster that says: “Caution, do not

put a yeast cake in this jug or it will

cause it to ferment!”





 





HEAD THE BUGS OFF.





 





ONE year I watched a fine patch of



potatoes of a variety that I prized,

determined that the bugs should not

do them any damage. I discovered

that a number of bugs were on the

outside row on one side, and prepared

to spray the patch, but I soon found

that no bugs were to be seen any-

where else. I quit for the time, after

spraying several rows. It set me to

thinking. I watched many patches af-

ter that and in more cases than other—

wise I found bugs entered from the

side. I sprayed only a few rows and

they never reached into the patch at

all. It takes constant watching but

saves a. lot of spraying—A. H.





 





STRAWBERRIES DO NOT RESPOND '

TO NITRATES.





 





NlT'RATE of soda, which has such



a marked influence in producing

fruit on apple trees, failed to increase

the strawberry crop in tests conducted

last year by the New Hampshire Ex-





periment Station.





The nitrate was applied both in the





fall and in the spring, on three sep-

arate plots. It ‘was found that the leaf

area on the high-nitrate plots averaged

one-square inch more than ,on the

check plots; but the yield in berries

was no greater, mm- was the produc-

"tion‘ of runners apparently W

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racy-beans should be savvn the latter j

part of: May or the first of June, either

in ‘twenty-eight-inch rows. using thirtyg ~

five pounds of seed per acre, or drilled

solid using ninety pounds of seed per" ‘.

acre. . The seed should be inoculated.

Material for inoculation may be scours

ed from the Bacteriology Department

of the Michigan Agricultural College. -

The price is tWenty-fivé cents per‘bot—

tle and one bottle-contains suflicient

material to inoculate one bushel of
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" . sand feet for lumber.





covering a period of from twenty-five





 





 





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~ the thefts are on the increase for 1924.





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joy-ride. -

cause he‘g‘rowls too much.





HIE-h





O hear Grandpa men how he roll-

ed black walnut and maple logs

together and burned them back

in the old days, makes a story that

gives the home builder a pain today

as he pays from $70.10 $100 per thou-





But when One finds parts of so many

farms in Michigan that have been

cleared in the early days by Grandpas,

but which today are not worth plant-

ing to farm crops or pasturing, one

wonders if the Grandpas did not go

too far‘in many cases. Records show

that one-third of all the land in farms

in Michigan is not cultivated. The

woodlots, too, have had the best tim-

ber taken from them. As a result the



srub trees of little value remain This

back yard of the farm has always been

considered of small value in the past





The large forests of'the state have V





supplied everyone with cheap lumber.

' But if you had those lo’gs today that

Grandpa burned you would not worry

about making a living. All has sud-

denly changed. The bungalow. that

cost $850 in 1915 now costs $3,250.

There is no prospect that lumber will

become cheaper. The small farm wood-

lots are now being drawn upon to sup-

ply the demand at the present high

prices. The large forests are. nearly

gone. Now Michigan must depend up-

on small private forests for her local

lumber supply.



“But suppose I start a valuable pri-

vate forest ” you say, “would not the

tax collector get more from it in taxes





to thirty years than the price of the

lumber when sold?” An act 0f the

state legislature now overcomes this

difficulty. Special taxation is provided

for the private forest of the farm. To

any farm owner having not more than

160 acres in any one tract, half of

which is under cultivation, a private

forest is allowed under the tax sys-

tem. The size is limited to one—fourth

of the area of the farm. When plant-

ed, there must be at least 1,200 trees

to the acre. The taxation is adjusted

so that the land is assessed at one dol-

lar per acre. The lumber, when sold,

is taxed five per cent of the stumpage

value. The farmer is allowed, tax

free, all the firewood and lumber that

he uses on the farm. In case the farm-

er desires‘to withdraw at any time, he

may do so by paying five per cent on

the value of the standing timber.

Michigan hopes by this act to en-

courage the growing of timber on the

untillable land of the average farm.

While no hope is entertained for cheap

lumber again, there is a possibility of

having at least a limited supply. The

farmer not only utilizes what would

otherwise be unprofitable land, but

makes his farm and even his neighbor-

hood more attractive by planting trees.





 





WATCH YOUR AUTO.





 





NSPECTOR PARKER, head of the



automobile squad of the Detroit Po-

lice Department, in an address at the

annual meeting of an automobile in-

surance company at Howell, gave sta-

tistics showing the number of automo-

biles stolen each year.’ He said that





Something over 4,000 automobiles are

stolen in Detroit in a single year. He

gave some good advice in which he

.said that every automobile owner

should have a private mark on his car

and should never leave his ear any-

where on the street without locking

it, as the temptation is great, not only

for the regular automobile thief, but

’also for those who take a car for a





 





Many a. man leads a‘ dog’s life be-





“ Cheer up!« The less you have the.





c That Service is today the best Michigan has ever enjoyed.





' As a result there has come into being between the State’s 24

steam Railroads and the public they serve, a spirit of pride and





mutual good will.





Geographical isolation has made railroad service a local more

than a national problem 1n both Peninsulas of Michigan. Within

the enveloping barriers established by our Great Lakes, Michigan

and her Railroads can prosper only by prospering together.

State and carriers become thus members of a close community





of interest.





Michigan Railroads realize this fact and make it fundamental in

all details of management and operation.





The public can also recognize this situation by neighborly co'

operation and by insisting that the roads be repaid by receiving,

in national and state supervision, the same square deal





We invite from you any suggestion of more ways in which we

can consistently better our service. '





"1 Michigan Railroad Association





508 Railway Exchange 31113., Detroit, Mich. (3-27)





 





.  _ Michigan and.

*‘ j 1  ‘ Her. Rani-ends





Since 1920, when the Government returned Railroad operation

to private enterprise, service in Michigan has become yearly more“ -

dependable—more nearly adequate.





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 

   

 

 

 

 





 





 





Stroke Windmill still 53

leads after more than .1

sixty years 'dependable ‘

service. Thousands of them

have run thirty years without?"

upkeep expense.



The Manvéi Fits Any Tower 1.

Working arts encased; adjustable i.

direct stro e; broad ball-bearing turntable. All

made in our own factory—hence low price. high

quality. The Manvelsavesyou money. Writefor free book

describing our wood and steel mills. towers. tanks. etc.

Kalamazoo Toni l Silo Co., Dept/I73 Kuhn-mo, Mich.





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Can Save Money

by buying your

implements





under the





MOLI NE

Plan





See a Moline Dealer

or write for details





 





NEW MOLINE PLOW CO.

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Kalamazoo Silos will not

only cut your feeding costs

but will increase the output

of your herd from 25 to 50%





' Kalamaioo





Tile and Wood Silos

Have many special features.

not of thirty years experience

making silos. Used and en-

dorsed by thousands of most

progressive feeders and agricul-

tural stations.

Special terms to early buyers.

Write for free catalogue.

Glued Tilcfor I" kind; oi Buildings.

KalamazooTank 8: Silo Co.

Dopl. 223 Kuhn-zoo, Mich.





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 





Union Steel Products Co. Ltd.

Deni. 44. Albion. Mlchlgan. U.S.A.





 





 





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TO PAY

RY a Mich gan Farmer Y a ”h N -

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our factory for onllyI 02 down, and on a g

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your surplus poultry, or i and more before you pay. .

We quote Surprisingly Low Prices and





to get that extra help. 3 allow paymentsaslowas

They bring results with little ONLY 33- 50 PER MONTH





 





 





 





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Detroit, Mich ALBAUGH Wfbcuiiiii 15““ ”*1?
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~ =~Prevent red bug injury

Spray with Hall’s Nicotine Sulphate. It con-

tains 40% pure Nicotine—the'deadliest'red-





bug poison known. It kills them every time.

Next to its effectiveness, the bestthing is its





 





opeoss‘s 'THE ILLEGAL CUTTING

or CHRISTMAS races.





 





,RESPON‘DING to'con'sid'erable "agita.





ninsula Development Bureau has defl-

nitely gone on record in opposition to

the indiscriminate, illegal cutting of

ground-pine and Christmas trees in

this territory, and has called ’upon the

state conservation departmentto em-





ture 'of sound conservation. The offl-





icutting of our evergreens without ask-





_ tion 'of‘the subject, the Upper Pe—-





ploy its'wardens in enforcing this fee; ,~





cers of the bureau insist that such'





agent of Gogebic county-ireports-ythat _ ’





replacement. of scrubs by pure-bred





circa-Is takingplaceAnimost‘dailysin _

this“ county. The» purebredqslre cam- 5





. paign. has.-. been promoted there )by

twenty-eight farmers’ .meetings, this

spring. ’





Increasing interest in calf clubs is.





also reported from Gogebic‘ county and

Gogebic hopes to repeat its winning

record at Chathamrthis. summer. ' '





 





.WI’LL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





10 lb. tins $13.50

2 lb. tins 3.50

3% lb. tins 1.25

1 oz. bottle .35





 

 





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Very low cost. A ten pound .tin makes 800.

gallons of spray, costing less than 2c "a gallon.

Being a vegetable extract, Hall’s Nicotine

Sulphate does not harm blossom, fruit or

foliage; but it never fails to kill red bugs,

aphids and similar insects.

Buy from your dealer. If he can not supply

, you, send us your order along with his name.

Note. Spraying for red bugs should be

done when the blossoms show pink and

again when the petals fall. Add Hall's

Nicotine Sulphate to the sprays applied





at these times for seab and codling moth,

and make these sprays do double duty.





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3955 Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo.





 





 

 

 

 

 





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DAIRY NOTES.





 





 





 





advise on dairy practice.





Chippewa, this year, at which standard





will be exhillted.

time is right to take this forward step

in promoting better dairying.



Mr. C. E. Gunderson, agricultural





 





 





PUBLIC RIGHTS ENDANGERED.





 





THE rights of the public to use all

national forest areas for all forms

of recreation and sport, such as hunt‘

ing, shooting, fishing, camping and

boating, are endangered by section

seven of the McNary-Clarke Bill '(H.

R. 4830) now in the hands of the house

of representatives at Washington.

Edward E. Evans, veteran seed

breeder of W'est Branch, who has been

.interested in Michigan forestry and

conservation for over forty years, de-

clares that the provisionsof this sec-

tion of the bill would work to exclude

the public from enjoying the advan-

tages mentioned. On the other hand,

the bill would enable private corpora.‘

tions and parties to secure these ad-





 





 





cost.



He advises that every voter write

his or her congressman at Washington

urging them to change this section so

as to reserve to the public recreational

rights in national forest reserves. Oth~

er features of this bill appear to be

most commendable.





 





WILL INSIST ON MUSCLE SHOALS

VOTE. ’





 





N OTWITHSTAN DING Senator Nor-



' ris, chairman of the senate agri-

culture committee, has announced that

the committee could not finish consid«

eration cf the pending Muscle Shoals

offers before June 1, Senator Pat Har-

rison, of Mississippi, has given notice

that he will not permit-the senate to

adjourn until a vote is taken on the

proposition. -





 





 





ACREAGE OF WINTER-SOWN CER-

EALS CUT.





 





THE latest data received by the In-



ternational Institute of Agricul-

ture are confirmatory of the reduction

in the. aggregate area under winter-

sown cereals in comparison with that

of last season. The ascertained tig-





 





ing leave of land. owners; ought * to

cease.‘ This movement has particular

reference to commercial cutting in car-

If we are ever going to re-

forest our cut—over areasthis‘” is one

of. the important conservation meas—





M’R. J. G. WELLS, dairy extension



specialist of the Michigan Agri—

cifitural College in the Upper Penin-

sula, is circulating through the Upper

Peninsula Development Bureau a ser-

ies of dairy farmers’ letters giving





Mr. D. L. McMillan, county agricul-

tural agent of Chippewa county, is

urging the holding of a dairy fair in





breeds of dairy cattle owned locally

He believes the





EwAKHRKflULIIHiAtP





vantages while the public pays the





THE-annual, meeting of the Upper

. . Peninsula Development- Bureau

will' take place at Crystal Falls, June

9-10. Although the bureau has its of-

fices at Marquette, the directors plan

to hold its official meetings at different

points throughout the peninsula. A

feature of this year’s meeting will be

a trip of inspection to the ranch of the

Triangle Cattle Company at Amasa.

This is the most considerable ranch-

ing enterprise in operation in the Up-

per Peninsula. It is promoted by the

Rosebush Paper Company, of Apple-

ton, Wisconsin. ' - -





 





SECURES HELP FOR BEET FIELDS.





 





THE Menominee River Sugar Com-



pany recently imported into its

territory three train loads of beet

workers—German, Russians and Mex-

icans. There were 120 families, aver—

aging eight to the family. This is the

only sugar company in the Upper Pe-

ninsula and a good deal of its beets

come from south of the state boundary.





 





ures, from a group of fifteen countries

which usually furnish about eighty per

cent of the wheat and fifty-five per

cent of the rye grown in the Northern

Hemisphere (exclusive of Russia) in«

dicate a decrease of five per cent for

wheat, and one per cent for rye. The

greater part of this decrease is due to

the restriction in area under Winter

cereal crops in the United States. The

United States Government now com-

municates the fact that the farmers

are also intending to sow less spring

wheat. '



Information as to crop progress is

not yet available from every country,

but the advices already to hand indi-

cate that the winter crops were gen.

eraliy in good condition at the begin-

ning of March. Some important pro-

ducting countries in Europe provide

crop information only from April on-

wards.





 





DAIRY SHOW DATE SET.





 





A MEETING of all branches of the



dairy industry included in the

American Dairy Federation will be

held at Milwaukee on October 1, in

connection with the National Dairy





.Show. At a meeting of the executive





Washington ofiiCe a special committee

consisting of Hon. Frank O. Louden,

president, E. M. Bailey, chairman, and

A. M. Loomis, secretary of the-feder-

ation, was chosen to prepare the pro-

gram which will cover the entire dairy

field. It is planned to make this the

most notable ever held for the benefit

of the dairy» industry.





 





PRESENT TAX CUT IS BELOW RE.





QUIREMENTS OF PENDING





 





CHAIRMAN SMOOT, of the finance



1 committee, says the revised bill

has reduced taxes $112,150,000 below

the cut i‘ecommended by the finance

committee, and under its operation *





the gQVernment will facea‘deiicit of





$475,000,000 if the appropriation bins

now pending are enacted.“ p _‘ s .-





 





 





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fill} fall or 1922 saw the Kent

’ County Farm“ Bureau actively

engaged. in getting ready for a

dairy and alfalfa campaign. It started

on the fifth of NOVember with seventy-

six meetings scheduled and a force of

tour specialists from the Michigan Ag-

ricultural College on the job. Every

scheduled meeting but two were held

and just a few under 1,000 adults at-

tended the meetings.



The question has often come up,

“just what has come of these meet-

ings and what visible results are, seen

of such 'a campaign?" Cards were

signed up on the campaign to get a

line on prospective cow testing asso»





 





ciation members, those interested in





growing alfalfa, use of lime, and other

questions of interest to dairy work;





' The cards showed that enough men

had signed up for six co’w testing as—

sociations. Shortly after the campaign

ended the West Kent Cow Testing

Association was started and had a fine

year’s record. it might be well to

state that this association which had

one tester and twenty-seven members

last year, has two testers and fifty-one

members this year.





Shortly after the new year, the

South Kent Association was started.

It has finished its first year and is

running again. Early in the spring,

the North Kent Association started.

This association has a record of three

testers in a year but re-organized in

March and is full to its quota. Early

in June, the Alto Kent Association or~

ganizedfi This association has been

very successful and has a waiting list

of members for next year. Then in

December the sixth association started

around Grand Rapids. This associa-

tion has the largest cow membership





'of any of the associations in Kent





county. The seventh association. is be

ing incubated on the east side of the

county and will be hatched some time

in May.



So from the dairy and alfalfa cam-

paign has come a fine bunch of cow

testing associations, the value and

benefit of which perhaps cannot be

seen right now, but will be surely felt

in the future.





During the campaign the Holstein

and Jersey breeders expressed a desire

for county breed associations. The

Holstein fellows were gathered in the

middle -of December, 1922, and the

Kent County Holstein Breeders’ Asso-

ciation was started. Much could be

said of what they have done, but that

is another story. In March, 1923, the

Jersey breeders got together and per—

fected a permanent organization. Both

the Holstein and Jersey men have

shown more interest in the breed as-

sociations since the state associations

have put on field men. The Guernsey

men had a. breed organization prior to

the dairy and alfalfa campaign and at

a recent meeting went on record in

favor of the employment of a field

man. '



The work with the pure-bred sire

has been less noticeable. However, a

number of bulls of excellent breeding

have been placed in communities and

herds where their influence is going to '

be marked in the near future. The

cow testing association work is bring

ing the demand for better bulls in. sev-

eral communities. .Plans are being de-

veloped for bull clubs and associations.



What about the alfalfa end of the

camapign? It is the most intangible

of all. 'There are no organizations as

the testing associations to act as a

guide to results, and yet as a person





, works in Kent county he discovers





much evidence that the gospel of al—

falfa is spreading. In the campaign

meetings the battery of questions was”

generally turned on the alfalfa subject.



There. has been more interest in lime. -





 

 





above the New York extra market, be- S. C, Anconas, S. C. White Leghorns $8.00 $40. 00 $75. 00

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There? has been a pronounced interest





in marl, and machines to excavate blle O



marl. The coming demonstrations of wners

marl digging machines this summer,

as put on by the Agricultural Engineer-





1... Beam... .1 the 111.11.... A... - Favor Howell Automo-





~cultural College, is arousing a lot of .

interest. Last season there went blle Insurance

through the ofl‘ice'of the Kent County

Farm Bureau over 500 cultures to in- Because the Company is now starting its 10th Season





oculate alfalfa and sweet clover. A - .

conserv-atiVe estimate would indicate of Success and has met its claims promptly





that from the culture end that five to .

six thousand gems of alfalfa were The company has an exper1enced agent or attor-





Seeded last Yeah And not only that ney in every county of Lower Michigan which brings

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views and questions about alfalfa are; its service home to the policy holders. In one year

without number. , ' , the assets were increased $190, 000. 00 and the total

There is no doubt but what the, 1 assets now equal $475,000_00.





dairy and alfalfa campaign in Kent]

county got results. The dairy end is





There are over one hundred mutual companies in





 





quite tangible. The alfalfa end not? Michigan, practically all of the farm property being

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THE circular milk house may be; while the five largest stock life insurance cempanies

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ioning. Another way is to use com, times the amount of assets of the five largest stock

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So far as the writer’s observation - - . . .

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building a silo and the forms are on .1 farmers.

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a ‘ minute. ‘





flof surprise.

It was a girl!





7 watched her in amazement.





" her waist.

hobnailed highlaced boots and read a

' story of bitter travel through the

?' forest.



' (flee she lifted her headfrom her

hands and stared again dully at the

shining water before her, then hid her

face while her shoulders shook in an

uncontrollable convulsion. For a min-

ute more he watched her, then called

sbffly:



“Don’t cry. It’s all right."



She struggled to her feet with a

shriek.



“Don’t be afraid,” he said.

right over here.”



She saw him then, and stood very

still, gazing at him, as if in unbelief.



“You’ll have to come over here,” he

went on. “I can't get up just now."



She approached slowly, half afraid,

and looked down on him Then she

dropped to her knees at his side and

burst into a fresh storm of tears. He

reached out with an effort and took

one of her hands. It was cruelly

scratched and had been bleeding.



“I guess you were lost," said Lloyd

gently. “But you’re found now, so

the worry is all over. Hungry, I guess.

There's some pilot bread in the top of

that nearest sack. Get it—and will

you give me a bit of it, too?"



Without a word she obeyed him,

then sat and ate with the pathetic

hunger of a half-starved animal. He

nibbled slowly at the bread, while he

studied her face.



When she had finished two of the

big crackers, he told her where to find

.- the cup and sent her down to the edge

V , of the lake to drink. She came back

and sat near him, her dark eyes watch-

ing him with wonder.



“No fun being lost,” he began. “I

-was lost once myself. It makes you

hungry, and usually the sleeping's

bad. How long since you left your

party?”



“Yesterday morning.” They were

.the first words she had spoken, and

they were uttered in a whisper.



His eyes showed pity. “All night

in the woods—alone,” he said softly.





‘lI‘m





crash»

y because

that {c‘mmtry ~pe'opleéfiv’f01mwed' the

, . of?_ the water and; traveled by,

‘ Yet he knew the-footsteps to,

. human; no deer 'was'likely to seek

minke at midday. His ups framed a.

can. but he hesitated; to call meant

thepain again. .Besides, the footsteps

were nearer new; he would know in





“Nearly two days,” he muttered.“

his eye roved for an instant over his

scattered duffel and the canoe half

.‘draWn from the water, a few yards

away. Then he uttered a stifled gasp





She broke into the

Open fifty feet from where he lay,

1.1.», stared at the lake for a few seconds,

and sank sobbing to the ground. Lloyd

She wore

a. short skirt that seemed to be in

shreds; her gray flannel shirt had a.

7 great rent in one sleeve; she was hat-

less, and her hair hung in disorder to

The man 'glanced at her





   

 





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“Round Island " flake,”

ed.





over a height, of land!

it happened."





slowly.

I went pretty far, I guess.





leaves from a maple.





 

 





"Poor‘htue kidi' Where‘s yourcanp?





“How in the world—" Lloyd exclaim-

“Why, child, that’s eight or' nine

miles, straight through the bush and

Tell me.how





"i was paddling," she answered,

“I took. a canoe out. before

breakfast to go down the lake a way.

Then I

went ashore; I wanted to get some red

But I didn’t

fasten the canoe securely, and when I

got back it had drifted out in the lake.





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called!" \

and she said. in a atifled'voice:

the woods are horrible! Horrible!”

“Poor child!" he said gently. “But

never mind now. You’re found. Can

you cooka bit? We’ll have a square

meal, if you can.”

_‘ “I’m a coward," she said weakly.

“But I, can’t help it." She brushed the

tears from her eyes and tried tosmile.

Then she bentforward suddenly and





It was drawn and haggard, she noticed





 





PASTORAL PIC TURES





‘By V.





A field of ripe wheat



Blowing brown in the breeze,

A flock of fat sheep



Dozing under the trees,

An orchard with fruit



Bending low to the ground,

The corn in the shock



And the pumpkins around.





Pictures of plenty

Wealth that is sure.

Not sudden riches,

But real, safe, secure.





But that which to me



ls the best on the farm,

Are the fields of alfalfa



That stretch from the barn





A. W.





West to the road-side

To the grove on the east,

Where buff and White Guernseys

Are waiting the feast.





Knee deep in clover

Yes, waist deep, well nigh.-

Bright green in August,

No matter how dry

The season may be.

The meadowlark sings,

The gay boholink

Replies as it wings.





Picture of plenty,



Wealth to endure,

Product of Nature



And real, safe, and sure.





 





 





I didn’t dare swim for it; it was too

far, and the wind was carrying it.

Then it went around a point and I

didn't see it again. I waited—ever so

long—but nobody came. Then I start-

ed to walk; to follow the shore.”



“I understand,” he nodded.





“I came to where. a stream emptied

into the lake and I had to walk back

into the woods, to look for a place to

cross. The stream branched, and fin-

ally I got over on a log. Then I came

to the other branch and I got confused.

I couldn’t find the lake again.”



“You should have followed the cur-

rent,” he commented.



“I know it now. But I was nervous

then. I tried what I thought was a

short cut back to the lake. And then

—then I was lost. I walked and walk-

ed, but I couldn’t seem to find any«

thing. Sometimes I rested a little bit,





for the first time, and he lay half prop-

ped against a. tree. Lloyd smiled back

at her. .



“Are you sick?” she asked, in an

awed tone.





He tapped his leg and nodded.

“Broken,” he said.



“Oh!” she gasped. “And you’re

alone?”





Lloyd nodded again, and forced an-

other smile to his lips. Impulsively

she placed a hand on his forehead.



“That part of it's better now," he

reassured her. “The fever was pretty

strong yesterday, but it’s gone down a

lot."



"‘VVhen—when did it happen ?"



“Day before yesterday.”



"And you’ve been here ?” she said, in

slow amazement—“alone! Oh, you

poor thing!" She hid her face again.



“There, there!” he said, comforting-





: again. C011,». hey ~51 ‘have'walked—and ‘





The tears started to her‘eyes again,”

“Oh,





searched his face with a quick glance. I





der his directions.

handy,” he commented, approvingly.

“You ought to like the woods."





but I was too frightened to sit still

long. I shouted, too; but after it be-

gan to get dark I was afraid to shout.

The walking was very rough. You can

see—” and she ran her hands over

her tattered skirt. “When it got dark

I didn't dare walk any more; it was

so still. I slept after a while. Twice

I woke while it was still dark; it was

horrible! The next time it was broad

daylight, and then I began to walk





ly. “Don’t worry about my troubles.

You’re found, and so am 1. That’s a

beginning. You need me and I need

you. Everything will be all right.

Cheer up, little sister.”



In a moment she looked up and smil-

ed at him with trembling lips.



“I’ll stop being a coward now. I’m

selfish. 'I was just last and hungry.

But you—for two days! Tell me what

to do. ,Where can I get somebody?





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for this.

I’ll be back just the same" next year.

So’ll you You don't think so now,

but you will.

to make friends with the woods before

you’re out of here.”





   

 





denature. '

suffering?” ~ ,, , ,

, "Not just now. It’s‘w‘ai't‘ed for two ,

days and ’it can wait till I eat. After- 1'

that I’ll see what we “can do about it. ‘

Are you rested/enough to work a bit?" 7 '

. “I'm ready,’f* she said rising. “Tell

me whatto do." ' ' ‘ ‘

"I’d like a little whisky." he began:

“Just dump out that small Back. There

is a flask in there with my clothes-44

that’s it. You take some first. You

need it as much as I.” . '.

But she would not drink until Lloyd

had put the flask tohis lips. ‘ ‘

“Now if you’ll get me a drink of

water," he said. She found one of his

tin pails, filled it to the brim, and

brought it to him. He drank long and

slowly.





“Gee, but that’s good!" he said smil-

ing. “That’s the first since yesterday."

He caught a look of pain and pity in

her eyes and added hastily: “Now we

need a fire. That's a good enough

place, right where the ax is lying. You

won’t need to chop any wood; there

are plenty of dead sticks."



She laid a fire under his direction, -

Lloyd smiling faintly once or twice at

her unfamiliarity with the art. Then

he told her where to find the matches;

and she uttered a little cry of satis-

faction when the dry wood blazed up

briskly.



' “Now, if you'll take that ax,” said

Lloyd, “and cut a couple of sticks with

forks at one end, I’ll show you how to

boil the kettle." “



“I know what you mean,” she said.

“I’ve seen the guides."



“Next there’s the grub sack," he

went on, when a pail of water had been

swung over the blaze. “Over there

under the dog—tent. I hadn’t got the

tent up when it happened, you see. It

was just a few minutes. after I came



ashore to make camp. And, by'the

way, may I have my pipe? It’s in the

canoe, I think. I have the pouch.

Thank you—and the matches. Now

I’m fixed. As I was saying, I was just

unloading the stuff. I slipped with the

heavy sack and went down with it.

That stone there did the business'—»

that and ‘the sack. But let's talk about

dinner: The pea soup would do us

both good. It’s in that oiled paper_





r'"B‘ut you;





tube; that's, it—the powder."





He watched her as she worked un-

“You’re pretty





“Do you?” she said, stopping in her





work and looking her astonishment.

“After this ?”





The woods are not to blame

I don’t hold them any grudge.





“Sure!





I can tell. You're going





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radio. The merchants said mere faith

in one another was n‘ecessary as a

basis for commerce and credit. The

politicians said more honest men in

office who cannot be bought and who

will act for the common weal. And

of the replies (or nearly all) embodied

some statements on the pea: of re—

ious values. More org veness,

give faith, more love toward God and

man, in a world distressed unto con-

fusion and anarchy. The scientist,

Michael Pupin, of Columbia Univers-

ity, who has won international fame

as a discoverer, said that all our

know1edge of science was vain unless

we recognized the greatest discovery

of all time was

' . the golden rule

and that funda-

mental spiritual

. quality beneath, it

which enables us

to love others as

ourselves. T h e

mayor of Chicago

put the strict ob-

servance of social

and religious laws first, as did Senator

Walsh, of Massachusetts. Hudson

Maxim said, "Leve thy neighbor as

thySelf, and peace, righteousness and

humanity will reign throughout the

world.” Senator Ashurst said the great

need was to quit this everlasting wor-

ShiDping of size, success, and wealth

and give more attention to quality, re-

pose and justice.





 





HE foregoing bears directly on the



subject at hand. It is possible to

neglect all such ideals that until there

isbut one grand and terrible result,

destruction, despair, the loss of the

nation. That was precisely the experi-

ence of Judah. Judah had long been

taught, long been warned. Did any

people ever have such teachings? So

vital Were their teachings that they

are read today more than ever before.

Pick out almost at random a passage

or two from these men of mighty soul.

Take this from Jeremiah, note its

magic beauty, its deep moral earnest-

ness, its sense of the eternal presence

of God: “But this shall be the coven-

ant that I will make with the house

of Israel; after those days, saith the

Lord, I will put my law in their inward

parts, and .write it in their hearts, and

will be their God, and they shall be

my people. And they shall teach no

more every man his neighbor and

every man his brother, saying, “Know

the Lord, for they shall all know me.

from the least of them unto the great-

est of them, saith the Lord: for I will

forgive their iniquity, and I will re-

member their sin no more.” Take this

from Isaiah, as he speaks of the ideal

Ruler to come: “And the spirit of

the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit

of Wisdom and understanding, the

spirit of counsel and might, the spirit

of knowledge and‘nof the fear of the

Lord; and he shall not judge after the

sight of his eyes, neither reprove after

the hearing. of his ears; but with the

righteousness shall he judge the poor,

and reprdve with equity for the meek

of the earth: and he shall smite the

earth with the rod of his mouth, and

with the breath of his lips shall he

slay the wicked.” Dip into the sun-

shine of love and hope of this, from

the great Unknown Prophet of the

fifth century, B. 0.: “For thus saith

the high and lofty One that inhabiteth

eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell

in the high and holy place, with him

also that is of a contrite and humble

spirit, to re‘Vive the spirit of the hum:

ble, and to revive the heart of the con-

trite ones.”





   





nation so lighted and biest with coun-

selors as this land of Judah and Is-

‘rael? But like the sons of the rich,

they did not esteem their privileges

highly, transgression followed trans-'

gression, lawlessness weakened the

moral fiber of all classes, until the end

of it all was smoking ruins, a people

whose glory was all in the past. “Sin,

when it is finished, bringeth forth

death.” If it is true, as Lincoln said,

1 that you cannot fool all the people all

the time, it is also true that you can-

not keep on breaking the laws of truth,

honor, justice, righteousness. At last

comes the flood. God is not mocked.

Two times two is always four.





”I‘HE last reigns of this suffering

little nation, became weaker and

more-wavering, as time went on. Man-

asseh reigned a long time, and reigned

not well. His son Amon followed for

two brief, had years ; Josiah followed

and did heroic work, but could not un-

do all the evils he found; Jehoahaz

was on the throne three months and

finished his days in a Babylonian prIS<

on. Jehoiakim’s eleven years was no

improvement, and the three months of

Jehoiachin, simply revealed What a

weakling he was. Then Zedekiah was

placed on the throne by the Baby-l

Ionian monarch and gave his oath that l

he would raise no standard of rebel-I

lion. He broke his oath, made a secretl

treaty with Egypt, which was foundl

out, and war followed. Jerusalem was

besieged for eighteen months, amidst

indescribable suffering, and the depor-

tations of the best families followed.

This is the skeleton of the story.





Neither Ezekiel nor Jeremiah for-

gave Zedekiah for breaking his prom-

ise to the king of Babylonia. He had

given his word, and he should have

stayed by it. Ezekiel cries, “Shall he

prosper? shall he escape that doeth

such things? shall he break the coven-

ant and be delivered?” In the teach-

ing of the Bible, an oath is a sacred

word. If a man says he will do thus

and thus, thus and thus should he do.

A contract is a contract, and is not

breakable at will. The ideal man is

“he that sweareth to his own hurt, and

changeth not.”





 





HE reader is reminded that all this



took place in the face of most sol-

emn and repeated warnings. Neither

rulers nor leaders were in ignorance.

God is pictured as a. man who gets up

early in the morning to send his mes-

sengers to warn the nation of its sui-

cidal course. But these messengers

were mocked and despised, “till there

was no remedy.” Of the prophets it





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’Tis Shortcake Time





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And Don’t Neglect to Can Some Strawberries“. T 00





ON’T you remember that Curly

Locks was wooed (and we hope

won) by the alluring promise

that she might sit on‘ a cushion and

sew a fine seam and feed upon straw-

berries, sugar and cream? .

' The companion word to strawberries

isshortcake. And there is only one

kind of old-fashioned Shortcake—that

made from a rich biscuit dough, not

from s'ponge cake.

To make it, mix and sift together

' two cups of flour, four teaspoons of

baking powder, one-half teaspoon of

salt, and one tablespoon of sugar. Cut

in one-third cup of shortening (butter

or other fat); then add milk to make

a soft dough—about three-quarters of

a cup. Spread one-half of the mixture

in a round pan, dot with butter, then

spread the rest of the- mixture on top.





 





HE who cannot withal keep

his mind to himself cannot

practice any considerable thing

whatsoever.—Carlyle.





 





 





Bake twelve to fifteen minutes in a?

hot oven. Split and spread with but-

ter, put crushed, sweetened strawber-

ries between the layers and on top of

the Shortcake. Garnish with some per—

fect whole berries. Serve with cream,

‘ unsweetened and unwhipped.



Next to Shortcake, strawberries are

most popular as a breakfast fruit with

a ready-to-eat cereal. Ripe berries,

crisp breakfast food with cream, an

omelet garnished with watercress,

.toast and coffee—this, indeed, is the

ideal spring breakfast.



When strawberries are at their best

in your locality, be sure to preserve

some in jam for serving with tea and

toast or muffins later on; or for com-

bining with cream cheese in sand-

wiches. A simple recipe for this calls

for four pounds of strawberries and

two and one-half pounds of sugar. Put

the berries into a preserving kettle.

\' Mash them as they heat, add the sug-

ar and cook rapidly, stirring topre-

vent burning, for about thirty minutes

—or until the desired consistency is

obtained. Pour into sterilized glasses

and seal.——Mary Barber.





HINTS ON PANSY CULTURE.





‘





HAVING always been an ardent





 





admirer of pansies, I have stud-



ied their ways of culture and

am anxious to pass my experience on

to others. ‘ .



A generation ago it was thought that

pansy plants would not thrive unless

planted in a shady place. Now people

know.that pansies do quite as Well in

a more exposed position. In fact, I

have found that strong, stocky plants

cannot be obtained where the pansy

bed is too closely shaded by overhang-

ing shrubbery.



The pansy bed should be made of

very rich soil. The seed may be sown

in a box or pan in the house. Sown

any time from March to July in the

middle and northern states is suitable.

- Make the soil in the seed-bed lumpless

and smooth, then scatter the seeds

evenly on top. Cover with a very shal-

low covering of soil sifted carefully

over the top. Press soil down with a

board and keep seed-bed moist.



Pansies do best during the cool,





 





damp 7, months. During the» summer

months they require frequent water—

ing. In localities where the .summer

months are unusually dry and hot,

some of the new plants may-die, there

fore it' is a wise plan, after the spring

bed is transplanted and growing nice-

ly, to sow seed fora second bed.



.. This seed should be sown in June

or the very first day of July.' The

plants from these seeds can he held

back until after the summer drouth

and then transplanted in the bed. They

will, commence to blossom before win-

ter and if mulched there is little dan-

ger of their winter-killing. They will

bloom profusely very early next spring.



Unlike most flowers, pansies must

be picked often if you desire the plant

to continue to bloom. If many blos-

soms are allowed to go to seed the

plant. will stop blossoming.



I Select the finest, largest blossoms

to be saved for seed. These I mark by

fastening a thread about the stem.

Watch the seed pods carefully and

pick them just before they are ready

to burst. When almost ripe, they will

turn a brownish green. Then they

may be gathered and brought into the

house where they will soon finish

ripening—G. M. Taylor.





 





‘THE REASON FOR SUNBURN.





 





MOST people have the mistaken



idea that sunburn is caused by

“the heat of the sun.” This is incor-

rect. Sunburn is caused by the ultra-

violet rays, which constitute only sev-

en per cent of sunlight.



Nature herself provides a form of

protection against the ultra—violet rays,

for when a person is exposed contin-

ually to sunlight he will find that after

several attacks of sunburn, the skin

becomes tanned or freckled. Tan and

freckles are simply the natural pig-

ment which nature provides as a yel-

low screen through which the ultra-

violet rays cannot pass and cause real

injury by continued burning.





People with tender or fair skins will





get severely sunburned many times. ‘7

before they can get the coat of tan or.

freckles,~ which serves as» a yellow»





screen to keep out-the'ultra-violet or

burning rays of sunlight. .. *





 





MY FAVORITE SALAD.





 





Among the; scores of excellent reci- »

pes sent in these were the most eco- ‘





nomical and seasonal, but we will print

many of the other later. »

This salad recipe is a favorite with

my family.

Peach Surprise. ‘ -

Mix quarter cup of chopped nut





 





Eye: tfle Flies





FLY season will soon be upon



us and it is always a task to

keep these pests out of the

house. Perhaps some suggestion

you can pass on as to how you,

fight the flies will help someone .

else. '



For ,the best two letters on

how to get rid of the household

pest, we will give a threepiece

kitchen knife set. The next three

prizes will be needle books con-

taining a wide-variety of needles.



Address your letters to Mar-

tha Cole, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan, before June 5.





 





 





 





with cottage cheese or cream cheese

and enough mayonnaise to bind. Place

a spoonful of the cheese mixture in

one-half of a canned peach. Place an-

other half of peach on top so it looks

like 'a whole peach. Lay on lettuce

and serve with mayonnaise—Mrs. A.

H. C., qusilanti.





 





Hot String Bean Salad.





For five or six people I take one‘





quart of string beans,'canned or fresh,

and cooked until tender, three medium

sized onions, six thin slices of bacon,

one-half cup vinegar, salt and pepper

to taste. .



Cut bacon into tiny cubes, fry until

brown and crisp. '



Drain beans, cut onions in small





 





 





Danger m





Comparing





WE call to mind an incident in a home where we occasionally visit.





The only son of the family is all boy.

getting his clothes dirty or torn, bulging





numerous mysteries that most every





his food in giant mouthfuls that he In

this is much to the discomfiture of his

“You know Herbert never does that, James,”





This little chap is forever

his pockets with all those





boy stores in his pockets, and eating

ay the soonez; get out to play ball. All





mother.

is the usual manner by





which she reprimands him. Now Herbert is the little fellow who lives next

door. The truth is that Herbert is naturally disposed to be neat. His tem-

perament is entirely unlike James, and it isn’t an effort for him to be clean





and polite.





But on the playground he is never a true sportsman, always. cry-

ing when hurt, and attempting to win by some unfair means.





James has a





good many wholesome qualities, but he is decidedly boy—like.





James’ mother does not know abo





ture, with the result that James,





such a source is right and proper,

and so.





If we are to set up an ideal for a





ideal is infallible.





ut these other traits in Herbert’s na-

because of so many comparisons, dislikes,

almost to hate his youthful neighbor.

There is just one reason why a child

tain manner and to conduct himself in a





should be‘taught to act in a cer-

definite way. That is‘ because





not because some other child does thus





child to attain, We must be sure the





The perfection of this ideal cannot be reached, for none

of us are perfect, but it will give something worth striving for.





Perhaps





James does get his clothes soiled quickly, but he is always honest in his

play. Suppose little Betty does go to bed without pouting, and picks up her

playthings without being told, she is a very selfish little girl, and little Mar-





garet may acquire the latter character





former.





   





istics in attempting to acquire the





Let the child be inspired by an "inward consciousness to do right, and‘

not directed to act like another child and thus lose his individuality. _





 





 





 





pieces. ,Addi't’o beans. Put vinegar,_





bacon with the»:_'dri'pping's into

andronions; Addsalt {and pepper. ' '

Set on back off stove and stir several





times before serving, ‘ . g 7

This salad takes theplace of meat

'and a second vegetable—Mrs. GI R, .





Petoskey, Mich.





 





'v Thousand Island Salad.





One quart of. shredded lettuce, six





9"





diced hard-boiled eggs, half cup chili

sauce, one cup nut meats, any kind,

French dressing. ,



Place lettuce on small dishes, put a.

portion of. eggs; chili sauce and but

meats on each dish' of lettuce, with

one tablespoon of. dressing. on each

dish.~ Nut meats maybe. ground or

chopped, not fine. I can make eight

dishes from this recipe. I mix this all

together with six tableSpoons of dress-

ing, then divide it in eight portions or

eight dishes. I have to make this sal~

ad for our school feast—Mrs. A. M.,

Spring Lake, Mich.





 





Here is our family’s favorite.

Pea Salad.



Drain the juice from one can of

peas. To the peas add half cup pickles,

half cup of cheese and half cup of on-

ions, all cut' fine. Mix well with any

desired salad dressing—Mrs. A. C.,

Pentwater, Mich.





 





I am sending you a most delicious

salad recipe and I am sure if the sal-

ads were judged by taste this would

surely win a prize.



Marshmallow S’alad.



Cut half pound of marshmallows in

small pieces; pour over them half a.

can of grated pineapple and let stand

in a cool. place for several hours. Then

add three slices of bananas, quarter-

pound of chopped walnuts, two or-

anges cut in pieces, add half cup of

whipped cream and serve on crisp let-

tuce leaves.——Mrs. C. E. H., Ypsilanti,

Mich.



A HOMELY HELP.



Use a pair of sharp steel shears to

shred lettuce, celery, new cabbage,

shallots, etc. Much quicker and easier

than the old way,eand danger of cut

fingers is eliminated—G. S.





Household Service

HAS PAINTED wmoow SHADES.





 





 





Mrs. I. S.——In regard to your inquiry

about green window shades, would say

I painted some last year and they were

very satisfactory..The paint will make

them stiffer than when new.



I used green screen enamel at about

one-third paint to twothirds turpen-

tine. It wants to. be thin so it will

spread readily—Mrs. H. E.





 





BUTTERSCOTCH PU DDIING.





 





, Recently I ate some butterscotch

pudding which was very good. Wllll

you please tell me how to make it?——-

Mrs. I. R. , _



Butter Scotch Rice Pudding.



.Wash one-third cup rice; cook in a





double boiler with two cups of scalded





milk and one-fourth teaspoon of salt. .





until nearly tender. Meanwhile, cook

together in shallow pan one cup brown

sugar and two tablespoons butter until

it gets dark brown, but not burnt. Add

this to the rice and milk.-and finish

cooking until rice is tender. and the

caramel melted. (Soak one envelope or

gelatine inhalf- cup of cold water ten





minutes; dissolve in one cup hot milk. 7

Strain this into. cooked rice; mixture

and turn into cold wet mold. _ *'





 





 





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write. apiece forthe Michigan

Farmer that will. serve to show

the foolishness of bobbing the hair

and may possibly halt some of the

vain young things who still hesitate in

taking the fatal step that will shear



- from them the glory of womanhood.

my first impulse was to make meth-

er happy by writing a stinging piece

that she might show to. her daughter,

one reading of which would'be suffi-

cient to stop any foolish move towards

the scissors or barber-shop. But the

more I considered my facts and the

more I went back to my physiological

premises, the more did I fear that I

must fail her. And finally, I have to

announce that from the standpoint of

. the physician he has nothing whatever

» to say against thelbobbing of the hair



of either man or woman.



Consider the factsiabout hair. It is

an appendage of the skin. Each hair

grows from a follicle deep in the skin,

which is capable of growing any num-

ber of hairs one after another, so long

as it remains in a healthy cendition.

There are all glands for each hair and

also tiny muscles, the same muscles

that enable a cat to “get its back up”

at you. Neither oil glands nor muscles

have much to do with the growth of

the hair, excepting as they contribute

to the general health of the scalp by

being in good condition.



It has never been found that cutting

the hair caused an unhealthy condition

of the scalp or served to impede con-

tinued growth of the hair. On the con«_





. ‘1' .





MICHIGAN. Mother asks me to





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”trawl-experience has renown that at

feeble head- ;of~ hair‘- is‘ invigorated by

The





clipping. its =_- ~ superabnndance. .

worst't-h'a-t Can be said is that repeated

clipping ~may serve to coarsen the





quality.

. From he standpoint of health, noth-

ing com ‘ew that need cause any





apprehension. On thecontrary, there

is little doubt that heavy coils of hair

are very burdensome to the tissues

around which they are coiled, espe-





cially in hot, humid weathen In such: ,.





cases. the doctor is obliged to-vgive his-

verdict decidedly in favor of the Bob-

ertian plan, and in no case does he see

any physical objection to it.





 





PNEUMONIA AFFECTS MIND?





 





Do you think a serious case of pneu?

monia could affect the mind? If it

could, do you think there is a cure?——-

A. B. -





Pneumonia frequently has meningi-

tis as a complication. Delirium and

wild insanity may occur and some-

times death ensues. If the patient re-

covers, however, the mental balance

is restored as the meningitis disap-

pears.





 





COOKING RENDERS THE POTATO

STARCH MORE ngGESTIBLE.





 





What harm might raw potatoes do

to a person who eats them?—S.





The chief reason for cooking pota-

toes is because the starch is thereby

rendered more digestible. Raw pota-





toes are less digestible and may be

the means of introducing intestinal

worms into the body.





 





 





 





Doings In

Brain Comer





HAT Jennie and her mate had a



family of baby birds up in the



little blue bird house, Rally and

Bruin felt quite sure. here were so

many more flutt-erings and peepings,

and many times a. day one could see

Jennie’s mate going in the front door

wtih a big Wiggly woggly worm in his

mouth.



But either Jennie or her mate stayed

at home all the time so Rolly did not

have an opportunity to peep into the

little house again. And for the world

he wouldn't do it when Jennie was

there, because she would think he was



' coming to do her some harm.





It was one bright morning that

Bruin was hoeing in the garden. Since

Jennie had come with her bird friends

and eaten the worms the garden grew

fine and Bruin hoed it regularly.





But this morning he was only half

way down the row of beans, piling the





to tfie Rercue





‘Woodland





in his claws he held a tiny bunchof

feathers.



“That horrid Mr. Jay is robbing Jen- _

nie’s nest. Whatever will I do?” ,

thought Bruin as he came nearer. “I

can’t reach him and I can‘t throw a





complete Kitchen/wok line and

telling all about them.





Yes, the Albert Lea Kitchen-

kook will actually save many

hours in the kitchen every week.

It’s the first and only really im-





portant improvement in liquid

fuel stoves in years. Makes its

own gas from common motor





gasoline. One or all burners go-

ing full speed two minutes after





'38 Clark Street





Write for folder showing the





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





W by not" time andjabor

savmg kite/2m equipment 1‘00 ?





lighting. Guaranteed smokeless,

sootless, odorless. No Wicks or

chimneys, requires no cleaning,

hotter than city gas.



There is a Kitchenkook dealer,

near you who will gladly prove

these claims by a demonstration

in your own home. There are

several styles to meet all require-

ments at surprisinglyl‘low prices.





AMERICAN GAS MACHINE COMPANY, Inc.





Albert Lea, Minn.





 

 





lest proves the

safety of the Kitchenkook.

The illustration is from an

actual photograph made while

the store was burning.





This safety





 





stick that straight.”





 





 





 





 





 





t

Then a bright idea struck him. All 3





in four sizes, 2, 3, 4 and 5





 





No. 4735—Child’s Play Apron. Cut

years. A

hree-year size requires one yard of

6-inch material. Price 120.





Michigan Farmer Pattern Service





No. 4740—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in four



sizes: Small 34-36; medium 38-40;

large 46—48 inches bust measure. A

medium size requires 41/2 yards of 32-

inch material. The width at the foot

IS two yards. Price 120.

_ No. 4162—Ladies’ House. Dress. Cut

in seven sizes-.36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and

48 Inches bust measure. A 38-inch

Size requires 6% yards of 32-inch ma.-

terial. The width at the foot is 2%

yards. Price 120.





 

   

 





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dirt carefully about each plant, when,

Oh! What a screeching he heard out.

by the little blue bird house!





It sounded to him as if little Jennie

was saying, “Come, come, help, help,

help!” And he went lumbering over

to the bird house as fast as his big

feet would carry him.





When he was only part way there

he could see that Mr. Jay Bird was

flying about the bird house. First Mr.



' i'iJay‘wouId fly and peek at Jennie, then

'a't-her mate and then try to go in the

- frent d00r of the little blue bird house.

. Jennie and her mate were doing their

' . best to keep him away.

Suddenlylhe dodged them and into

the.fr'ontkd00r he flew. In just the

_ tick of the clock he wasout again, but“.





he did was to open his mouth and out

came the biggest noise, just like he ‘

used to make before he came to live 3

with Rolly. The trees rang and an :

answering echo came bhck from the ,'

woods. Even Rolly, in the house, was

frightened. He though it must be

thunder out of a clear sky and came

running out to learn the trouble.



The big noise also frightened Mr.

Blue Jay. He dropped the little bird

he was carrying away from Jennie’s

nest and flew toward the woods as fast

as his blue wings would carry him and

never, never came back again.



Bruin put the very frightened little

bird back in its nest with its brothers

and sisters, and Jennie flew down and

sang him the prettiest song he ever





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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No. 4089—Gir1s’ Dress.

sizes, 6, 8. 10 and 12 years. ,

size requires three yards of 32-inch, f;

material. For collar and sleeve fac’~

ings as illustrated in large view '55 ..L

yard of 32-inch material is required.

Price 12c.



No. 4754—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four».

sizes, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 16-

year size requires 3% yards of 32-bit:

material, if made with long sleeves

If made with short sleeves 3V4 yar

is required. Price 120. «





 





Cut in four. 7

A 10-year





No. 4749——Child’s Dress.

sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years.

year size requires two yards





Cut in four

An eight-

of 36-inch





 





 





 

 





 





heard, for his kindness.





 





material. Price 120.
vaCARDEN- JUNE HATCHED‘



CHICKS LAY IN "NOVEMBER



Order Now fromtheu Low Prices

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Leghorns. Anconss 55 .810 0 90





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





/ mm Selected Mating‘si'éir'rié'sééo'd. .ZIIIZIIII 0 12 ‘110

Special Star Mating, English W. Izeghorns....£ 7 14 120

Odds and Ends ‘(brcilern ..................... 70





. 8

(500 lots at the 1,000 rate). 100% live delivery guaranteed.

Hy. r-Zimmermsn, Amana, 10.. writes: “Our dock of 262 hens





ham laid 0.354 eggs in the month otMarch a little betterzthan

200 eggs 0. day, or an average of "





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» Dear Uncle Frank: . '

The lost is found, atleast I thin so,

for I foun‘da picture in the Mich‘gan

Farmer for last September or October.

Miss Elda, Robb stood in the center.

On her right was Mr. R. A. Turner,

and on her left is one who has .more

hair on his head; than brains inside,





Horrid VVastebasket filled ‘with our let-

ters. Is my suspicion correct? I have

a. feeling that. it is. If'so, if some of

the he s and girls would look through

some ichigan Farmers forlast Sep-

tember and October, instead of beg-

. ging all the time for your picture, they

might find something to their advan-

tage. ~



I am taking domestic science, or





‘ Buy your chicks by comparison Try our chicks and compare them with others for cooking, and on Mother’s ‘Day each





Early Maturity, Quality, and Livabillty.





 





Prices on 50 100 500 1000

Extra Select B. P. ROcks & R. 1. Beds ............ $6.00 $11.00 $50.00 $100.00

Foreman Strain B. P. Rocks .......... ~ .............. 8.00 1 .00 70.00 130.00

R. I. Reds from i‘hoice listings ..................... . 8.00 .00 70.00 130.00

W. Wyandottcs. Bull Orpingtons 8: W. P. Rocks ...... 8.00 15.00 70.00 ......

Utility & ling. S. (‘. W. Logiiorns .................. 5.50 10.00 45.00 00.00

Special American S. C‘. W. Leghorns ................ 0.50 12.00 65.00 110.00





Full Live Delivery Gu'aranteed. Postpaid.

Order direct from this ad. and save time. Send P. 0’. Money Order. Bank Draft

or Certified Check. Member I. B. C. 4A. Reference. Milan State Savings Bank.





MILAN HATCHERY Box 4, MILAN, MICH.





 





 





 





For Persistent Layers---

Raise W0 verine Baby Chicks





Brod for heavy egg prodm-tion since 1910. Specially priced for June

lM-livci'y, June 13-10—17 and later. Shippcd by parcel post. prepaid,

up to your door. 100% safe arrival guaranteed.





S. C. English Type Whit: Leghorns





   





 





   

 





 

 





.50 100 500 1000



("hit-ks. Chicks. Chicks. Chicks.



D Selected mating ..................... $4.50 3 0.00 $45.00 $ 90.00



50 100 '500 1000



w 0111' host mating ................... $5.00 $11.00 $52.50 $105.00

I 25% with Order and Will Ship C. O. D. for the Balance.





 





Order direct from this Ad. to save time and get your chicks at

L once, or first write for our free Bil—page catalogue.





E WOLVERINE HATCHERY





L H. P. WIERSMA, Prop. R. 2, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

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KEYSTONE QUALITY CHICKS





. From Early Maturing Stock. Bred In Mich.-Hatched ln Mich.

All Pur .- Bred Stock From Carefully Culled And Mated Flocks,





Full Live Deliverd Guaranteed





 

   

 

 





 

 

 

 





 





 





Prices on 50 100 500 1000

Extra Select B. 1’. Rocks & ll. 1. Reds ................................ $0.00 $11.00 $50.00 $100.00

Foreman Strain B. 1’. Rocks ........................................ 8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00

R. I. Reds, from (‘hoice Matings ..................................... 8.00 15.00 20.00 130.00

W. Wyandottes, Buff Ominntons & \V. 1’. Rocks ...................... 8.00 15.00 10.00 ......

Utility & Eng. S. t‘. W. Lcnhoms..- .................................. 5.50 10.00 45.00 90.00

Special American S. C. W. Lcirhorns .................................. 17.50 12.00 55.00 110.00





\iixed, all varieties, $7.00 per hundred. Mixed. all heavies. $9.00 per hundred.

chr direct irom this ad. and‘savo time. Send P. 0. Money Ordcr, Bank Draft or Certified Check.





gmmkleyitzn: HT::liieif;f§:.Poultry Farm, Box 8, Lansing, Mich.

Pure Bred, Big Value C H I C K S.

NOW at Reduced Prices





 





' 25 50 100 500 1.000

S. (‘. White. Brown, Bull llcgborns ............. $2.50 $5.00 $10.00 $47.50 $ 90.00

B. Minorcas. Anconas, Barred Rocks, Ilcds ...... 3.0 0.00 12.00 57.50 110.00

“’hite Wyandottcs, White Rocks ................ 3.50 7.00 14.00 (27.50 130.00

“’liite and Bull Orpingtons .................... 4.00 8.00 10.00 77.50 150.00

Broilcr (‘hicks chwy .......................... 2.50 5.00 10.00 50.00 100.00

Broiler Chicks Light ........................... 2.25 4.50 9.00 45.00 90.00





Bank Reference and safe arrival Guaranteed. Order from this ad and save time.





Wolf Hatching & Breeding Co., Dept. 5, Gib‘sonburg, Ohio





REDUCED PRICES:- CERTIFIED CHICKS





From World’s Best laying Strains

For JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST DELIVERY





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bre d 25 so 100 500 1000

unena WI: Leghorn. $2.50 $4.50 59.00 540.00 5 10.00

Parks' Barrod Rocks 3.00 6.00 11.00 52.50 1 ‘ ‘9

n. c. a. s. c. Reds 3.00 6.00 11.00 52.50 1 5-





 





 





, , _ Order now for prompt delivery. Satisfaction guaranteed. All flocks inspected and certified



_ . by Mich. Agr. College. Strong healthy chicks, real money-makers. Don’t delay. Many

disappointed last year. Order from this ad now. Catalog free. Real brailer chicks at $7.00 per 100 after June

lat, no breed guaranteed.





LAKEWEW POULTRY FARM, 3,8, Box 5, Holland, Michigan





_Reduced Prices for BEST Chicks





For JUNE—JULY—AUGUST—Pure bred chicks. hatched right, large

and strong. postpaid live delivery to your door.





INSTRUCTIVE CATALOG FREE.





 





Breeds 25 Chicks 60 Chicks 100 Chicks 500 Chicks 1000 Chicks

White Leghorn: ..... $2.50 .......... $5.00 .......... S 9. 0 .......... . .......... 5 85.00

Barred Rocks ........ 3.00 .......... 6.00 .......... 11.00 .......... 52. .. ..... 05.00

s.c.R.l. Reds ........ 3.00 .......... 6.00 .......... 11.00 .......... 52.50. . ..... 105.00





Strong broiler chicks, no breed guaranteed, $7.00 per 100, alter June. 131:. Order early,

right now! Late customers were isappomted last year. Quality and price talk Act now.





BRUMMER-FREDRICKSON Poultry Farm, Box 23, Holland, Mich.





Big, Husky ChiEEs





 





 





 





Pure-Bred, High Quality,

Heavy Laying, ested Cer-

tified Flock:





 





, . ‘_ _ Varieties. Prices on: 25 50 100 500 1000

‘ : go“ 041 s. c. White & Brown Leghorns ............ ....52.75 55.25 $10.00 347.50 $ 00.00

- , w Ancmias 2.75 5.25 10.00 57.50 90.00

3:! Barred Rocks, 1c. 1. Reds ...................... .350 5.75 13.00 02.50 120.00

5"” 5),. Assorted Chicks ................................ 2.25 4.50 3.00 40.00 77.50





Extra. Select Stock $1.00 per 100 higher. Well hatched in modern machines. Each

order carefully packed under our personal attention. Postpaid. 100% live delivery.

Bank reference. mill-Catalog ready. '





WINSTROM POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY. Box A-6





 





 

 

   

   

   

 





 





 





Dane Smith Ready for School.

girl in our class has to prepare the din-





ner all alone. I wish you could come

out to try my cooking, but maybe you

had better not, unless you want a se—

vere attack of indigestion. Hal Ha!

-—Your niece Joycie Purdy, Fowler-

ville, Mich.





Yes», your suspicions are correct. The

picture was taken a. year ago._ I would

risk my digestion on your cooking.





 





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Yes, you shall hear from a good boy

that is not rude to girls. Ahem! I

am very polite to the girls.



Sh! Sh! You‘girls of French Land—

ing school, don’t you spill the beans

and tell the Merry Circlers that I am

rude to you.



But listen! The boys wouldn’t be

rude to girls without a cause. Let’s

take this for instance. The boys are

playing base ball or some other game

and the girls butt in' their powdered

noses and do some harm so as to spoil

the boys’ game. Who wouldn’t be

rude?



I suppose I will have to keep the

rest to myself—Your nephew, George

Poniatowski, M. ‘., R. 3, Belleville,

Mich.



George, I’m glad you presented the

other .side of the question. There is

always two sides to every question,

even if one is wrong. I’m not saying

which is wrong.





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I received my Merry Circle button

and membership card and I want to

thank you ever so much for them. I

certainly worked hard enough for it. I

have tried five times. ~



In our reading in school we have

the story of Evangeline. It tells about

how Evangeline looked many years for

Gabirel and she never gave up until

she found' him. If us Merry Circlers

don’t give up right away we will suc—

ceed some time, too.



I will have to close now, and I hope



you will soon have another drawing

contest.——Y0ur niece, Evelyn Smith,

M. C., R. 2, Holton Road, Muskegon,

Michigan. _

I I am glad you got your button at

‘last. I hope you will always keep the

2Evangeline story as inspiration. It is

a fine story.





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

This is my third letter to you. I. am

an “unlucky kid" all right. 1 think





 





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zaauun. HIGH-illeona Methot is right about “chain





‘ ‘."A}Fém.5ck§Latte





, CafiiéjrgiafzafénCé from Merry; Ciro/cm 47247 Other:





because he is the one who keeps that.





 





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letters.” I re'cefve‘d one, but did not

answer; .My misfortune has not oc-

curred yet._ I, too, think they ore

:iliigsh,” and unworthy of one’s precious



lhave my hair bobbed, and Wear

knickers. ' But I don’t powder my nose.

I think girls are silly to go about dauli—

i-ng powder on their noses.——-Your

niece, Carrol Champlin, M. 0., Lake

Odessa, Mich. '



No, your are not half as unlucky as

you think you are. I/say “Amen” to

whatyou say about chain letters. I’ll

make no comments about the rest of

your letter.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ‘ ,



Say, Un le Frank, don’t you think

that 1 sho ld get a prize for at least

once? Dear, dear, I have tried about

six contests already, and not one a.

success. But that doesn’t matter, for

“Work-to-Wm” is at the top of my

mind. I certainly wish that I could

even win a box of candy.



I like to read the club experiences

that often appear on the Boys’ and

Girls’ Page. I have almost decided to

30m the one in Standish. I hope this

letter will fall under the title of “A

Few Lucky Letters.”—‘Your anxious

niece, Anna E. Smela, R; 1, Standish,



It is rather discouraging, isn’t it?

But that is the way things seem to go

sometimes. “'9 try and try and still

we don’t succeed. But if we stop try-

ing we lose all chances of ever suc-

ceeding, so about the best thing to do

is to keep on Working to \Vin. I hope

you will join that club.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



In ‘reading Leona. Methot’s letter I

saw that she hopes that Harold

Coles does not “boil over.” .‘Nell,

I will “boil over” because I am as good

as Harold 00195, and I hate to see

bobbed hair and those who wear knick-

ers. The girls who have bobbed hair

should cut it shorter and put on knick-

ers and then they will look like “Tom

Boys.” Those girls who curl their

hair look like bushy chickens.



The girls are going to take the boys’

styles away, because they are cutting

their hair shorter and shorter, till it

will be as short as the boys are wear-

ing now. If those girls don’t want

Harold and I to “boil over,” they

better not write about themselves.

This is the first time I have written

to you—Yours truly, Peter Kulbakas.



Maybe, Petc’r, it is a good thing you

didn’t give your address. If you had,

some of these bobbed haired kind

would bob up and tell you something.





 





THOUGHTS OF AN M. C.





, 113' JOHN w. MYERS.

If you’re not a Merry Circler

And you have never read its page,

Of letters sent to Uncle Frank

And thrown in a wire cage,

Then you have never had the feeling





 





7171.4 '

What Russel Carter, an M. C., Thinks

of the M. F. '





That comes to one who’s failed.

Most letters go to \V B.,





That’s where mine went, I mailed.





But yet I’m not discouraged;

I’ve found a way at last

To make up for the failures

'I’ve suffered in the past.

I’ll join the coming scramble

And send my letter in,

Then watch silently for an answer

From some other M. C. friend.





I’m not yet a Merry Circler

Nor a friend of W. B.,



But I’m hoping this will do it—

And a pin you’ll send to me.



Now I’ll greet the MerryvCircle





From a town. in the good-.0. _P., .





From where yOu’ve never had a letter

From our town of‘N'ewberry. , 7 r ,
as t





g.





N Washtenaw county they have a

'bunch of live club leaders and

Workers. Of course, you can not have

live club workers unless you have live

leaders but, the fact is, in Washtenaw

they do things, and one of the things

they. do is. their Annual Picnic and



Achievement Day Celebration.



Thisyear the event was held on Sat-

urday, May 17, at Ann Arbor. About

800 enjoyed the various pleasant par-

ticipations of the day.



The morning program started with

exhibitions of winter club work accom-

plishments at the‘rY. M. C.‘ A., where

the work was judged and winners se«

lected. Next came a regular movie

show at which the young folks, and

the older ones who came with them,

were guests of .the management of the

Arcade.



After that was over the Boy Scout

Band led the parade to Island Park,

which is always a spot of joy and

beauty in the good old summer time.

After stowing away bountiful picnic

dinners, the crowd somehow, some-

way, still found room for twenty-five

gallons of ice cream and twelve hun-

dred cones, the gifts of the Ann Arbor

Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kiwan—

is and Exchange Clubs.



The program was opened by Assist-

ant City Attorney William Blakeslee,

who welcomed the young folks and

told them how fortunate they were

that they are farm boys and girls.



Then Mr. R. A. Turner, State Club

Leader, put the young folks through

some games and stunts for the fun

they could get but Of it, and perhaps

to help make room for another cone

or two.



Next came the stunts put on by the

various clubs in_ thecounty. These

were songs and yells and various oth-

er things of interest. The Carpenter

School got the first prize for present-

ing Spark Plug, the horse with a col—

lege education. The other four prize

winners were the Webster Straight

Sewers, the Magic Needles, Lowden

School, and the Industrious Workers,

all of who gave good yells and songs.



Mr. Ray Turner, who judged the

handicraft work, announced the win-

ners, which were as follows: In sec-

ond-year work, county champion, Ol—

ney Outwater, Delphi Township; sec-

ond, Frederick Ellsworth, Pittsfield

Township; third, Roy Holtman, Pack—

ard School. First-year county cham-

pion, Everett Price, Pittsfield; second,

Bert Moore, Webster; third, Bruce

Spike, Ypsilanti; Arthur Gerkins, Car-

penter; and John Duart, Packard.



The garment-making work was judg-

ed by Miss Harriet Wilder, Assistant

State Club Leader, who announced the

following county winners: First year,

county champion, Florence Hertler,

Pittsfield; second, Inez Standbridge,

Pittsfield; third, Esther Knapp, Free-

dom. Second year, county champion,

Amy Felten, Delhi; second, Francis

Darby, Augusta; third, Genevieve

Zeeb, Popkins Sewing Club. Third

year county champion was Melinda

Niethammer, of Saline; second, Virgin-

ia Staebler, Augusta; third, Rowena

Gieske, Manchester. Fourth year,

county champion,'Joscelyn Freeman;

second, Ida Freeman, and third, Helen

Staebler, all of Frain’s Lake.



Miss Wilder also judged the. hot

lunch club work and awarded the

county championship to the Pollyanna

Hot Lunch Club, of Augusta township.



The Milan High School Girls’ Band

favored the crowd with some good se-

lections during the afternoon. Many

of those who heard them felt sure that

these girls will be heard from again.

They did good work, much to their

own credit and that of, their leader,

Professor Laing.



Uncle Frank was among those pres-

ent. He helped Mr. Turner and Mr.

E38817. county school commisisoner,

jaidae the stunts. Mr. Essery was to





A. G004! Achievement Day ngram“





give. a little talk and announce the!





Club he





. {.5112 ,





nic‘ "





winner, but it looked too much like

rain to make any more talks, and he

couldn’t read Uncle Frank’s writing,

so U. F. had to announce the winners

himself. As soon as 'he did that the





 





. , Mail Man Contert





DON’T think that half of us



appreciate the mail man, that

man who braves all kinds of

weather to bring us messages of

love and happiness, as well as

bills, and sometimes messages

of sorrow. Everybody, mostly,

is looking for a letter and we

blame the mail man if we do

not get it.



To make us think more of

what he is doing, I ask you‘to

write in 250 words or less, on



’ The Mail Man. You may write

it in poetry form if you wish,

but make sure it is your own

work, not something copied.



Put your name in the upper

left hand corner of your paper,

and if you are a Merry Circler

put M. C. after your name.



The ten best papers will win

the usual prizes. All who send

in good papers and are not M.

C.’s will get M. C. pins and cards.



Send your papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Mich, before June 6.





 





 

 

 





Bred from Sires of 250 to

280 Egg Straiti’s . '





BIG BARGAINS"-

for June and July





Prices now within the reach of everybody. Get

chicks in June and July and gather your harvest.

next winter. This is the most economical time to

buy and the most favorable time to raise chicks.





 

 





   

 

 





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- A...

bring splendid development.

November.

let pass by.





pay.





Varieties





by 250 to 280 egg males .................

Selected Barron White Leghorns .....

Extra. Selected Sheppard Mottled Ancon

Selected Mottled Anconas

Selected Park's Bred-to-Lay Barred Rocks .

Broiler. Mixed Chicks, Seven Cents Straight.





100 or more.





disposal at $l.25 each.

to make room for our growmg stock.

ORDER AT ONCE from this ad.

C. 0. D.

guaranteed.





if desired.





You can get them in the big.r outdoors at once. which

saves labor.

the 'chicks grow twu as fast.

Our .lune chicks will begin to lay in October and July chicks in:

The BIG SAVING in prices gives you an opportunity that you cannot afford to





Chicks that‘ are strong. penny. from high production. egg-bred stock, are the chicks that

We have sacrificed on price but the same standard of supreme quality is always maintained '





regardless of price. Ounbreeders are producing heavily, our incubators working to full capacity. ‘

and this enables us to give these high-grade chicks at such extremely low prices. '





EXTRA SPECIAL FOR JU E AND JULY‘





Extra Selected Barron or Hollywood S. C. White Leghorns sired

$9





 

 

 





PULLETS AND BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE

After June Ist we offer Selected White Leghorn l’ullets. 8 to 10 weeks old. at $1.10 each;

Sheppard Ancona l’ullets at. $1.30 each and Barred Rock I’ullcts at $1.50.





After July l5th we have 700 choir-o Tom Barron and 400 Sh’enpard Ancona breeding hens for

Also. selected c0cks of same breeds for Sl.25 each.

Our space is limited.



We can make immediate shipment,

All chicks sent to your door by parcel pox-t prepaid, 100%

I’ullets and stock shipped by express, charges collect.





SILVER WARD HATCHERY, Box 29, Zeeland,lMich.





out: n your food bill and makes





Bright. ’ balmy days





25 50 100 500 1000

.. _.75 $5.25 $10.00 $45.00 $ 90.00

0.50 4.75 9.00 42.50 80.00

5.00 5.75 11.00 52.50 100.00

2.50 4.75 9.00 42.50 80.00

........... 3.75 7.00 13.00 02.50 120.00





   

 

 





i’riccs reduced for





 

   

 





These must be sold





('ash with order or sent

alivo delivery

Catalog Fill‘Jl-J.





 





 





 





whole show busted up, so it is a good

thing that he didn’t have anything to

say earlier in the afternoon, or there

would not have been any program

at all.



The credit for the success of this

event is due Mr. A. L. Watt, county

club leader. Mr. Watt has made an

enviable record as a club leader and

has placed his clubs in the front rank

in Michigan club work.



The only regret was that this picnic

was also the occasion of Mr. VVatt’s

last'appearance as a club leader. In

a short time he will assume the duties

as manager of the Washtenaw County

Fair. If he puts the same energy in

fair work as he did in club work, the

Washtenaw County Fair is going to be‘

some fair. And we can bet that club

activities will be prominent among the

fair events.





AD CONTEST WINNERS.





T HE following were drawn as prize



winners in our Ad. Contest. Several

had the answers correct but did not

put their names and addresses in the

proper place, so were not included in

the drawing.



Fountain Pens.

Helen Stafford, Central Lake, Mich.

Marion Weeks, Lowell, Mich.

Flashlights.



Susan Barker, R. 1, Jasper, Mich.



Edward F. Beier, R. 2, Lenox, Mich.



Helen H. Leonardson, Pittsford,

Mich.



Candy.



John Einwachter, R. 2, Charlevoix,

Mich.



Celia Kenter, R. 4, Fennville, Mich.



Martha Eakley, Skandia, Mich“



Eloise Shafer, Hartford, Mich.



Lydia Bachert, R. 1, Milford, Mich.





AD CONTEST ANSWERS.





ERE are the correct replies to the

Ad Contest which appeared two

weeks ago. As you will see, the first

question could be answered two ways.





1. Alpha cement—70020, or cement

silos—68843.



2. H. A. Burk—698-18.



3. Ohio Baling Press—54585.



4. Brown & Sharpcg694—14.





 





Gel Chicks from Some of the

Best Hooks in Michigan





100,000 Reliable Certified Baby Chicks

AT REDUCED PRICES





From Michigan’s beet flecks. Hogan tcstcd 200 to

ZED-egg strain. l’crsonally culled and rah-(i by ex-

ports and ccrtiflcd by Michigan Baby Chick Associa-





tion. English strain White Leghorns, largo combs.

deep bodice. and Sheppard’s strain Anconas. Chicks

from sclcctcd siih'li. 50 chicks. $5.00; 100 chicks.

$10; 500 chicks, $18; 1000 chiwks. $00. (‘hiclis from





extra sl‘ll‘f‘ll’tl stock two ccnts higher pcr chick. White

Wyundotto chick. 15 wants cash. Broiler or mixed

(‘llli'ks $8.00 per 100.. l’odpairl, 100 per ccnt live

dcl ivery. Hal 1 \fafi'l ion mm runtccd, Catalogue free.





Order direct from this mlvcriiseinent to save time and

got slook you um loolnm for at the lowest possible

prices. quality considorwl, from the heart of tho poul-



F ARM 8:.





 





 





“Kiwkg‘irbq . r, ..

for June 10. 17. and 24th delivery. Strain

Leghorns from trap-nested stock and that are unex-

cellcd for laying. and matcd to cockercls from Mich-

igan A. (‘ollcge Special pen. ’l‘hceo chicks at 8c

each. Barred Rocks that are unexccllcd for lllfll'kl‘t‘

ing purposes for 12c each. \Vo have a few Shel»

pard's Ancona chicks for June 3 at Dr each. Order

whilo they last. Send for tree catalogue. 0N

CENTER POULTRY FARM & HATCHERY, Byron

Center, Mich.. G. C. Keizer.





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Baby Chicks and Eggs. Grade A stock

produced by us on our own farm. Rocks.

Rods, and Wyn-doll”. “5.00 C. Common IIGDOC.

Leghorn: SIS 00 C. Common “2.00 C. Gunter-Mel

100% lino delivery. V|¢0P0ul and Inn to ham

Got the but. Custom Mich-n; our specially r

WES IMTCHE" & POULTRY FAR- .

Do: 24 "Ml. "kw





Barred Back Baby Chicks





We hatch only Barred Rock Chicks from

choice selected stock shipped by. pre-

paid parcel post to our door, satisfac-

tion and alive de ivery guaranteed.

Circular on request.





THE KAZOO HATCHERY CO.

R. R. 3 Kalamazoo, Mich.





Buy Your Baby Chicks





from us this your and guarantee your profits. Pur-

chasers of our chicks raise 95 percent instead of only

50 percent. because our (locks are culled for disease

as well as highest egg production and because we hatch

only in tested mammoth machines. Rooks, W. Leg~

horns. Reds. Anconas, Buff Orpingtorn 90 up. Our

large tree catalogue tells all about our superior, egg

pedigree stock. '



MICHIGAN HATCHERY ‘1. POULTRY FARM.

Box I Holland, Mich.





MAY AND JUNE CHICKS



THE KIND THAT PAYS BIG PROFITS.

PINE BAY FARM CHICKS are



backed by our 20 years' experience in





 





 





 





 





5. Uni Hete Kerosene Burner~——

694-14.

' 6. At the joint—7-687.

7. Bend Steel Post Co.’s-—7—687.

8. By ditching with dynamite—:

9-689.

9. J. 1. Case 'Threshing Machine

Company—682—2.

10. Duro Water System—154595.





 





 





the poultry business and a reputation

for fair dealing with thousands of

satisfied customers. Our experience

protects you.

CHICKS FROM . 6'/2c UP FOR

JUNE DELIVERY.



Rocks. Reds. Minorcas, Anconas and

Lezhoms. We breed and own Inter-

national Egc Laying Contest Winners.

Freo_Cntalog. Get full prices before





. l' I ordering elsewhere.

PINE BAY Pouunv FARM. HOLLAND. Mlcn.





 





:‘Send No Money





 





try industry. RELIABLE POULTRY

HATCHERY, Paul De Groot, Mgr., R. l, chland.

Michigan. Dept. M. .



For June and July on our I'um-chd \rlfl'li. Care-





fully (lei’elopml for your». White Leghorns headed by

male birds of 26-30:; cud; record strains. Egg Basket





Strain of iiuti’ Leghorns. Brown Leghorns. White

Wynndottt-s. Rocks. and It. i. Reds highly bred. [tel-

erence: First State Bank. ('in-ular Free.





MEADOW BROOK FARM. R. I. Holland, Mich.





 





 

 





 





 





Prom Makers—Early Layers

Leghoms, Anconas. Rocks, Reds. Wyandottes, Orp‘





ingtons, Minorcas. Lowest prices. Write for catalog.

D. T. Farrow Chickeries. Dept. 22, Peoria, Ill. _





 





 





 





for Silver Lake

l‘hicks. We ship 0.

0. D. 100% llVaa chicks. postpaid, from purebred.

heavy laying Sim-k. While A: Brown Leghorns. 80:

Barred Rocks 1“; Ih'ds. 10c; \Vhilc dz Buff Rocks.

Buff Orps.. White \Vvundotlcs, 12w

Silver Lake Egg Farms, Box M. Silver Lake. Ind.





 





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





Black. Brown. Buh‘. White. Brahmas and Orpingtonl.

Ant-onas and Minorcas. Reds, Rocks, Wyandottel.

Allegan Hatchery on Highway No. 80. Send {0!

1924 price list. Crescent Egg Company. Alleoan. Mich.





 





B-A-B-Y C-H-l—C-K—S

PEDIGREE SIRED Eng. W. Leg. Barron Strain.

Now booking orders for June delivery at $11.00 per

100: $50.00 per 500; $95.00 per 1,000. Delivered post-

paid. 100 per cent alive. at your door. Terms 10 Doll





 





cent down. 8.11. C. O. D. Circular free. MODEL'

POULTRY FARM. Zeeland. R. 4, Mich.

. v

Whittaker s R. I. Red

Chicks and eggs for hatching. Both Combs. Michle





gan's Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Reduced pricu

for the balance ot‘lhe season.





INTERLAKES FARM, Box 39, Lawrence, Mich.





 





° $12.00 per 100 and up. We are

Baby CthkS listing 12 varieties of pure-brad

fowls. chickens, ducks and guineas. Send for pricu

and circulars, Clinton Hatchery 8:. Poultry Farms.

Wilmington. Ohio. '





 





 

 

 

 

 





CHICKS BARRED ROCK. English Strain White Lek

horns and Brown horns. Guarantee full 100 per

cent alive. Free Delivery. Hillview Poultry Farm &

Hatchery, C. Boven. Prom, R. I2. B. F. Holland. "loll.





MICHIGAN ' FARMER

Classified Liners bring.

results. They cost little.
Special ' Sum-trier Price“ ’ By» Parcel Port Prepaid

o$1311 to take advantage of these prices for they will includeour number one chicks and specials.

' milled by experts and they





. Our st slfilbrsd for quality and heavy ex: production. Flocka will be money

mm W ship any number chlorine from 25 on up.





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it. . 0; Amanda. . c. wn. and Br ......... 100 Sllvei' Laced & Columbian Wysndo‘ttas.......... 16o

RC. 6. . ' s. Barred and Wh. Books. 120 S. C. White Minorcas & light Brahmas .. 200‘

8. dx &. Wb. Wyandottes ..... 140 S. C. Black Minorcas '





direct. iiézh' Trix}; 'a'd.’ ' ' hates” catalogue. free: ' ' 'v'viiii' “an an; '12)? '1'60 ' 0E 'xib'ré' ,'

furnish you a valuable book on how to raise chicks and poultry. . , -

HUBER'S RELIABLE HATCHERY, East High St" FOSTORIA. OHIO





 





 





BABY CHICKS

White Leg/rams, Brown Leghorn: and Anconas

* $9.00 per 100 $40.00 per 500 $80 00 per 1000





. Assorted Odds and Enos $7.50 per 100 $70.00 per 1000

Order direct, live delivery guaranteed. Prompt shipments by prepaid





mail. Reference State Corn. Bank.





Main Hatchery, Zeeland, Mich.





 





Box 231,





 





 





E — 4 $10 Per 100 Postpaid. 1007

Royal Bgfd Cthks Live Delivery Guaranteed 0





S. C. Eng. Type White Leghorns and Brown Leghorns





75% of our chicks hatched this year went to old} customers who order year after year. Our chicks are

backed by 12 years of breeding for egg production. They are hatched right and shipped right. You take

no chances. Place your order now at these low prices.





JUNE PRICES:





‘ 50 Chicks ........ 5.5.00 500 Chicks ........ $47.50 EXTRA SELECTED MATING.

loo Chlckl ......... l0.00 I000 Chicks ........ 95.00 50 Chicks ........ s 5.50 500 Chicks ........ 5 52.50

Mixed for broilers. 7c each. 100 Chicks ........ “.00 WW Chicks ........ l05.00





Order direct or send for Catalogue. If we cannot ship your chicks on date wanted. your money will





be returned at. once.





Royal Hatchery & Farms, S. P. Wiersma, R. 2, Zeeland, Mich,





CHICK c....... 1......





Ifyou want pure bred chicks that are bred right. hatched right,

and shipped right. that grow and will make you a profit. get our new

low prices and free catalog before you buy. 5_ C. Anconas





Tom Barron White Leghorns Heavy Type Brown Leghorns

R. c. 8: S. c. Rhode Island Reds Park’s Barred Rocks





Flocks are carefully culled and developed on free range. All chicks are

hand picked and inspected. nocripples or weaklings. Every one strong

and healthy. Satisfaction and 100% live delivery guaranteed. Post-

age paid. Write now for our low prices and free catalog. White

lcghorn and Barred Rock pullets after May 1. at low prices.





KNOLL’S HATOHERY, R. R. 12. Box M . HOLLAND. MICH.





 





From World’s





 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





for Info." xmsm’





\..





and some" hens are over-fat, try cutting





only one feed of grain per day. , That.

can be wheat'given at night. During

the day the birds can range and eat

from the hoppers of balanced "dry

-ma.sh. They will obtain plenty of eggs

making feeds and the fentllity of the

eggs may be higher. " '



I note a reduced consumption of dry

mash on days when the hensare rang-

ing. Every worm and bug or hit of

green food they eat reduces the amount





' of-other feed consumed. - But do not





cut out the dry mash. It is a. great

help in preventing digestive disorders

and holding up egg production.



A hopper of fine charcoal is a. help

in'preventing bowel trouble and sour

crop which sometimes results when

the hens gorge on range feeds. Fine

powdered charcoal is greatly relished

by baby chicks. Saving. only a. few

chicks pays for a large bag of char-

coaL



In cleaning out grain bins and corn

cribs be sure that no spoiled or moul-

dy feed is placed where the hens can

eat it. This is a common cause of sick

hens. Sour milk is only a good feed

when it is clean sourmilk. Milk plac-

ed' in dirty receptacles is about in a.

class with decayed food and may cause

bowel trouble.





 





CURING THE EGG—EATING HABIT.

[NOTICE that some say the best



way to cure a. hen of eating eggs

is to cut her head off. I find there is

a better way, in which you can also

save the hens.



Get some wall plaster, pound it fine

and give the hens plenty of it. Also

feed oyster shell and meat scraps,

which is inexpensive.

oyster shell make a hard, thick shell

on the egg and the meat scrap satisfies

the appetite. In a few days after feed-

ing this, we get double the eggs as

we find the hens eat only the soft-





 





... DOWN’S CHICK

$10.00 Per 100





I EXTRA SELECTED WHITE LEGHORN

l00. Our terms





 

 





June 3rd and later our best No.

CHICKS will be $I0 per l00. Four extra included with each

are I % with order, balance one week before shipment.





Sale Arrival and Satisfaction Guaranteed





Member of International erte for Catalog Reference. Romeo Savings Bank. Romeo. Mich.

Baby Chick Association





323033335?" Baby Chick W. A. DOWNS, R. 1, Washington, Mich.

HIGH' GRADE CHICKS





S. C. English White Leghorns and S. C. Anconas, strong. sturdy, north-

cm grown chicks. hatched from flocks on free range. We ship by Prepaid

Parcel Post and guarantee satisfaction and 100 per cent live delirery. Send

in your order at once at the following prices, or send for catalogue. Send 10





per cent with order. balance one week before chicks are shipped. Can ship

any week.



50 100 500 1.000



Chicks. Chicks_ Chicks Chicks.



Star Matings .......... . ........... $5.25 $10.00 $47.50 $90.00



Utility Matings .................... 0.00 40.00 80.00





. 5

Broiler chicks $7 per 100: $65 per 1000.

M. D. WYNGARDEN. R. 4. Box 80, Iceland, Mich.





lll‘ew Low Prices On Dundee Pure Bred Chicks





 





 





FROM,MAY 26th T0 JULY 28th.





100 0 100

Barred Rocks ............ . ......... . ................................... $12.00 $55.00 $110.00

R. C. R. 1. Beds ...................................................... 12.00 65.00 110.00

Anconas ............................................................... 10.00 47.50 95.00

“bite Leghorn: ........................................................ 10.00 45.00 90.00





Got your order in early. All birds culled by M. A. C. Graduate. 100 per cent live delivery, postpaid. Ref-

erence Dundee State Savings Bank. Order direct from this Ad or write for catalog.





THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan

_ SPECIAL REDUCTIONS FOR JUNE





Highest QualityCertified Baby Chicks





From Michigan’s Old Reliable Hatchery. the best equipped and most modern Hatch-

ery in the State. Pure-bred Tom Barron English and American White Leghorns. An-

Barred Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Strong, well-hatched Chicks

from tested Hoganized free-range stook that make wonderful winter layers. Chicks

sent by Insured Parcel Post. Prepaid to your door. 100 per cent live delivery Imu-

anteed. Sixteen years of experience in producing and shipping Chicks, 31m magma.

satisfaction to thousands. Writefor valuable illustrated free catalog and price list.

Get lowest price on best quality chicks before . placing your order.





in. VAN APPLEDORN, R. 7. Holland, Mich?





W‘ififflnww ‘. V'“ LOW JUNE PRICES

’ "' ' " Postpaid. 100% Live Delivery





Strong. Sturdy. Northern-grown Chicks. Selected. pure—bred stock. Healthy Flooks on

free range insure strength In every Chick.

’ - Varieties. Prices on: 50 100 500

‘ ~ WI]. 8: Brown Leghorns. Grade A ........ . ....... $0.00 $10.00

Barred Rocks (Aristocrat) Grade A ............... 700 12.00 57.50 .

Double A grade Ch

Every chick carefully inspected. Reference:





Light; Breeds. $8.00: Heavy Breeds. $10.00 per 100 straight.

per 100 higher than above. Hatched under best. conditions.

Order right. from this ad. with full remittance. There Is no risk. -

ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 

 





f Mixed Chicks.

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shelled eggs. And there will be more

eggs laid. Also give them plenty of

water. Feed a moist mash with a.

little salt stirred in it, and the slacker

will also do her share—M. S. Cum-

mings.





 





GETTING RID OF LICE.





 





0, many, many chicks die each year



from lice that I am going to tell

how we combat the louse problem at

“Sunnyside Farm.”



When the broody hen is given her

charge of fifteen eggs, both she and

the nest are dusted thoroughly with a.

good louse powder. We repeat this

process four to six days before the

baby chicks are due. Five to seven

days after'hatching the mother hen is

caught after roosting time and given

another dusting with louse killer. The

reason for waiting until dusk is that

the hen hovers the chicks immediately

thereby distributing evenly a. certain

amount of the disinfectant on them

also.



By following this method whether

lice can be seen or not, we have elim-

inated any stunted sickly chicks to the





 





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. ,. , ommmisl savings Bank.

GREAT NORTHERN HATCHEBY. Box 56.





 





blood-thirsty louse, and have never

any deaths due to this pest, either.

-——Mrs. J. O. R.





 





“SPOTS ON ’EM."





 





IT'is a good plan to spot all eggs



put under hens to hatch; with com-

mon laundry bluing, as this makes it

very easy to sort out any fresh eggs

laid in with the sitting hen during the

day. The hen need not even be re;

moved from the nest. thus no eggs are

broken - by wild, unruly birds—Mrs.-

J. 0. R. .





a the farm \flonk seems rather lazy V





out, the corn in the ration and give '





The plaster and -





 

 

 

 





   





 





a... i .150





9‘33. .5... Malling” “ ' v

' 10:00





I

,_ film

7 lllllloliy Bred t l R olu.



_ - 0- ay 0 .



' .".‘Per'100_.50 Q

, ~ May . _. 15.00 12.50

‘ y - ' June 13.00 02.80

Pallets-0f nudity at Mgderato' Prlool. '~ , .

5,Wk. 8 Wk. 1,Wk.. s-Mos. 4 on..-

“000 0a.: 850 ea. $1.00». $1.25 61. 31.50 on.



Mixed chickens. Light Breed. 100. $8.00; Heavy- , .‘

Breeds. 100. 511.00. " . , '~ -

Refereneer'l‘wo Banks. ,100 per (:03...qu delivery.

’Don't wait. Order from this ad or write " ' ..

FAIRVIEW POULTRY FA’Rlnpllyz' Box 3-



Zecland, Michigan. ' _ - j





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





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”11919 I ‘

CHIC ‘ '3

HOLLYWOOD MATEO 13c





Rural strain. lilo: Brown

Leghorm. IOe: noonal.

Ile: 'Barred. Rockl. I40:

mixed broods. 7c. Discount

moose:- chick on lots of

I. . V20 on 500.



Immediate shipment.

Wire ”orders accepted. .

t Large Illustrated catalog

rec.





   

 

 

 

 





RURAL POULTRY FARM 7‘

Box 109, Zoolnnd, Mich.





 





 





 





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"CHICKS...





Investigate





Our chicks are the kind that

make good. Every dock is carefully

culled and mated. We have

in business seven years and have

been building carefully and con-

sistently to a place where we can

offer chicks more than worth the

money we ask. SINGLE COMB.

ENGLISH STRAIN, WHITE LEG-

HORNS. EARNED ROCKS, ANCONAS. 100 per cent

live delivery guaranteed. Investigate our proposition

before buying. A posts] will bring full information.





STAR HATCHERY. Box 22. Holland, Mich.





100 Special Reds





PULLETS





We offer l00 only Superior R. I. Red Pullets at

3 mos. from trap nested stock.



Send for Circular of these Pullcts. and also Pul-

lets. Hens, and Cookerels in Barred and White Rocks.

Wyandottcs. Orplngtons. Minorcas. Anconas. Leghorns.



Also Turkeys. Geese. Ducks.



This stock is ready for summer and fall delivery.

It is the Pure Breed Practical Poultry that you want

on your farm for a money flock. Inspect this stock

on your own ground; guarantee that you will be

fully satisfied. _

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION, Kalamazoo. Mich.



Member Intemhtional Baby Chick Association

Member Michigan State Farm. Bureau





ILLINOIS ACCREDITED

{N HATCHERY No. 1





Strong. vigorous, healthy chicks

from pure-bred flocks inspected

and accredited by Illinois Dept.

of Agriculture. Flocks supervised

by Judge D. 'I‘. Helmlich. care-

fully selected and bred for high





 





 





 





 





   

 





' prices.

Exceptional quality, special reduged oggl prices.

0 0

Anconas. White Leglioms ........ $7. 0

Rocks, R. I. Reds .............. .

White Wynn. Buff Orpingtons.. 8.00

White 011)., Light Brahmas ..... 8.50 . .

Assorted ........................ 0.00 11.50 65.00

Live delivery guaranteed. Order from ad. or send_

for f catalog. Write for prices on hatching eggs. ‘





WALN T RIDGE HATOHERY. Box E-7, Butler. III.





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“EGG-BRED’Lfiigls





s. C. English White Leghorns





$9 Per 10 ”8"

paid

100 per cent live arrival guaranteed. Hatched





from strong vigorous-stock that will lay and

PAY. Circular free.





OTTAWA HATCHERY 8. POULTRY FARM.

Holland. R. l0. Mich.





Hightest Quality Chicks





12c: Bar. Rocks. Reds 14c:



Minorcas 14c; White, Brown or

W. Rocks 141730: W. or Silver

lngtons 15%c; Brahmas 18c;

Extra selected chicks.





 





 





 





 





Can ship at once.

Heavy broiler chicks

Anconas 14c: Black

Buff Leghoms. 11c:

Wyandottes. Bufl Orp-

. . June Chix lléc less each.

built directly from contest winners.

40. per chick more. Add 30c if less than 100 wanbed.

Hatching eggs. Catalog. Good reference. Beckman

Hatchery. 26 Lynn st.. Grand Rapids. Mich. '





Chicks with Pep





GREAT OUT IN PRICES. Strong.



vigorous chicks from our bred-today



hens. LEGHORNS and ANCONAS,



100 each. flEDsilet‘I’OR-

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ANDOTTES.

morons. SIL. wwwporrés one.

MIXED, IOo. Postpaid. Full live do- 1

livery guaranteed. Catalog. ‘





Henna Chick Hatchery. Box in. Holnto,0hl_o i





Slur 'Pure-brd Chicka‘mm- m '9’- 11%”

muggy, u. lack: “Issuer-n73 ' a. minis .

ran, oldy: galai.i l'sc.1 850113311“. .





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Reg My. mammograms“ 11mm,

Vlalllmuood Guernsey:





Yam bulls from





. cows

.W. .WARLLIN. unison, eMich.

If 10 1110. old.

°“°‘°: mix. I: o. c...

VII.“ MS. North All at. Mich.





 





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Choice 30-Lb. Bull





Calves

For acrylics during the next winter's breed-





our own herd sire.

- vs Ig'lfubgdnbigmalzhmn State Nerds





A

Make Money

1' Ear Tu No.

for you. fluid for gtegigfiozso one- -hsl.fwhlte.





' December

glut. bran-“1.”. grandson .ofslel‘l’ig gwumthem

426

366.11; 42. 2 lbs. butter and 21.

lbs. mynknecorg m0! wol’iderlul individufl.1nerked

dust ridlt.

Bureau of Animal Industry.





Department C Lansing. Michigan





(“1.098 m f?





WHEN» Hoes "co DOWN 3513111413."

I tulleT —_





a.“ _

.Wur.“ err-"3‘33“





1- “1a.. 1m. yearn“ heifers. 53‘“?





:double the dose.

» repeat the treatment, rest the animal





 





 





 





 





c Iehursi Holst-Inc. We of-

FOR SALE ”Home two ‘ie'i‘fmfi‘od‘i’éd

stein Heifer Cones. sired by a son 0 e 0118 ll



. 11d good lndlviducls.

Edi-1&1. anflym‘zhygarlnms heifers. WHITNEY BOROS. ..

Onondsn. SM’Ich.





For Sale. Registered Iiolsicinsw.





tell.“ nne condition. VISSE

Magnum Mich





HOLSTEIN





i R stored.

Bull; 3 5 ordigris for last calf advt.





Recs! ‘4

KIES. Iliilcdale. Mich.





HOLSTEIN BULL Si? ”303“,? Mill;

Echo Sylvia. Rag Apple No. 336120 and out of a.





fine 3- -old untested daughtei or s. 24 lb. cow.

I. M. SIIORMAN. Fowler-ville. Mich.





Milk cows and your}?

RsBRos.. 7R. F. D. 3.





Extra Individual, nearly White

Bull Calf Sired by a. 30- lb.



Satisfaction or money bark

in week.





f -

.FOR SALE 5%? il‘l‘co£§“‘iegfiiu'°fir





Accredited herd. Would take a banksblo





t.

“m R. 4. Howell. Mich.





no.“ SMITH AND PARKER.





l Cowl. I bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to

5 select from herd of 70 Some fresh. others bred

for fall fro-honing. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville, Mich.





 





ttie. 0 ng l uils, for

RegiStered Jersey silo. ’l‘dybdlrculin tested

.14. CARTER. Luke Odessa, Mich.





BUTTER BRED misfit“, BULLS

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek, Allegen County, a Michigan

Bl n w E L Revolution Jr. 573938

heads accredited herd

28911. How olering 2Jnnuery roan bull osivei of





muonnbl priced.

is‘fl‘; gill: s'rook emum. o- 11. -Tecumeeh. Mich

Wildwood farm will send





Milking Shortlioms: five young cows and heif-

ers sud two bulls to the N. W. Ohio breeders. sale

It Napoleon. June 18th. All interested urged to st-

tend. Write for cstalogue. Beland (1. Roland. Tc-

oumub. Mich,





Good Start for Some One





4 reg. Bhorthorn heifers 4 1110.10 4 years old, for

we or would consider Iome reg. Guernsey heifers in

the den. "Also one reg Guernsey. herd hull 3 yrs. old

for ale trade for one old enough for light service.

0. e. BRISBIN, Manchester. Mich., R





FOR SALE





f choice young Shorthorn bulls. Write rde-

Emil; prices. II. B. ETERS Gs SON. Ellie, oMich.





When In Need 33’ “9“ P??? mg“-

ows or e ers. uy

from Michiun'fl .loeding herd. owned by Westbrook





Bron. Innis. M“ -

Fl R it ed Sh rth II

FOR SALE frovrl’i 1:: s or twelveo mgdllhs bad?





Tuberculln tested. 8. 0.oMaicheIc, Middlcville. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





' Best Clay breedingu

Mi “Willi!” Bu": 11 mo old. :75 032000

Herd Irvin been (1 Son, Crotwell, Mich.





Yearling Shortllom Bull For Sale





W. E. MORRIS", Flint, R. 5. Mich.





Registered Hereford Cattle





20 Heifers and some cows by our Herd bull which



24! in a. class of 12 at the International as a

yearling. Come and look them over. They will

please you. MARION STOCK FARM Marion,y Mich.





CATTLE FOR SALE

4 leads coo-111. Hereford Steers.

6 loads 5300 lb. Hereford Steers.

3 loods'l Oil-11.1 Angus and Shorthoms

LC. WISECORNER. Fairficld, Iowa.





YEAR” NO 3331311 S132. 3331 333.12?“ 1551'?





 





 





 





 





'FELDR-AMP. Manchester. Mich.





HOGS





,2 stored Durocs





ham 3nd gilt: bred f m the

end Ohio. It reasons 0 pric-

V. E. 3mm. Alon. Mich.





 





 

 





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NE of our good Indiana farmers

and an extensive hog raiser, rec-





ommends the following treatment for

hogsthat go down behind:





One dram

of _Fowler’s solution of arsenic, half





grain of strychnine, mix and shake





well. To each loo-pound pig give one

teaspoonful in 510p twice per day. In-

crease one teaspoonful each feed after





the first day, until four teaspoonfuls





For 200 to 400-pound hogs

If it,is necessary to





are given.





four days to a week.



Remarkable Cures have been report-

ed from this treatment, but it is a.

rank poison and must be kept from

other animals. Few farm animals can

stand such heavy doses of strychnine

as can hogs.





RATIONS roe PIGS.





HE hired man says, “Those pigs—



they have appetites just like

mine.” The pigs in question are six

weeks old and are beginning to de-

mand a more liberal ration than their

mothers are inclined to furnish.



We are, therefore, building a creep

~~that is, a. pen with openings where

the pigscan creep through but the

mothers can not, around the self-feed-

er, which is loaded with shelled corn

in one compartment and a high-grade

meat meal tankage in another. This,

with fresh water on tap, and a liberal

range of alfalfa will give them a good

opportunity to make hogs of them-

selves.



A neighbor who has a self-feeder

with an additional small compartment

adds to the ration we are feeding, a

prepared mineral mixture with a feed

of skim-milk twice daily. Skim-milk

is always a welcome addition to any

ration’ for young pigs, and wherever

it is available at a reasonable cost

may be fed with profit. Unfortunately

for us, we do not milk very much and

most of the milk in our vicinity goes

to the condensary, which utilizes the

whole product so our pigs have little

opportunity to 19am the taste of skim-

milk.



A high- grade tankage makes a very.

good substitute, however, and the pigs

like it. It combines especially well

with corn and, where the two can be

fed ad libitum, satisfactory results are

quite sure to follow.



Tankage is not a product that feed

dealers or milkers like to carry in

stock, hence it is not always easy to

get.

in ton lots, by having our local fertil-

izer dealer include it in a carload ship-

ment of fertilizer. We are thus able

to get the best grade of meat meal, or

sixty per cent protein tankage direct

from packing house at wholesale—P.





APPEAL FOR VOTE ON FABRIC

BILL.





'FINAL appeal has been made by



the farm organization representa-

tives to have the house interstate com-

merce committee report out the Cap-

per~French truth-in-fabric bill. Gray

Silver, Dr. T. C. Atkeson and Benja-

min C. Marsh made strong appeals for

action on the bill. There is, however,

no expectation that the fabrics bill

will be permitted to go to a. vote this

session.





MANY PURE-BRED CATTLE GO TO

BLOCK.





RICES of pure-bred beef bulls of all

breeds during 1923 were steady

with those of 1922, but heifers and

cows were "lower. Average prices

ranged from $79 per head for heifer

calves, to $185 for bulls over three





We secure it at reasonable rates,





years ‘old. Top prices were $5, 000 1501'





males and $1, 550 for females. The re-

ports show that some of the prices





were little higher than central market

prices for better grade of steers. For

this rodeon many breeders prepared

their young stock for market, instead

of keeping it for breeding purpose.





TON LITTER CONTEST PRIZES.





HE Michigan Ton Litter Club 8.11-

nounces the prizes to be awarded

to the winners in this year’s contest.

Liberal contributions from the leading





"packing companies slaughtering hogs





in Michigan, and from swine registry

associations, make possible attractive

awards for swine breeders and feeders

who excel in raising large litters of

pigs and in feeding them to an early

market weight



Cash was contributed by Hammond

Standish, Parker, Webb, and Sullivan

Packing Companies, of Detroit, and

the Pontiac Packing Company, of P011-

tiac, to provide for a gold medal to

every producer of a litter weighing one

ton or more at the age of 180 days,

and cash prizes as follows:





$25.00 to producer of heaviest litter

at age of 180 days.



$20.00 to producer of second heavi-

est litter at age of 180 days.



$15.00 to producer of third heaviest

litter at age of 180 days.



$10.00 to producer of fourth heaviest

litter at age of 180 days.



$ 5.00 to producer of fifth heaviest

litter at age of 180 days.



The Detroit Packing Company offers

one piece of choice bacon and 100

pounds of high-grade tankage to each

producer of the five heaviest litters in

the contest.



Newton Packing Company, of De-

troit, offers a choice ham to each of

the producers of the two heaviest lit-

ters and a piece of choice bacon to the

producers of the third and fourth heav-

iest litters.



The above prizes may be won by any

Michigan farmer complying with the

rules on any breed of swine.



Special prizes offered by breed regis-

try associations: By National Duroc

Jersey Record Association: $50.00 to

producer of heaviest Duroc Jersey lit—

ter, and an extra $50.00 if heaviest of

all breeds. .7



By American Duroc Jersey Associa—

tion: Bronze medal to producer of the

Duroc litter making the ton mark, who

matures and carries through to, the 180

days the largest number in his litter.



By the Chester White Record Asso«

ciation: $25.00 to producer of heaviest

Chester White litter sired by a regis-

tered boar and produced by a regis-

tered dam, and an additional $50.00 if

heaviest litter of all breeds.



By 0. I. C. Swine Breeders’ Associa—

tion: $25.00 to producer of heaviest

litter from a registered 0. I. C. sire

and dam, and an extra. $25.00 if heav-

iest of all breeds.



By Hampshire Swine Record Asso—

ciation: Large silver loving cup to

producer of heaviest litter, all breeds

competing, provided that the litter is

sired by a pure—bred Hampshire boar.





In order to qualify for the cash

prizes, at good picture of the litter

must be obtained near the end of the

contest. The prizes will be awarded

at the Michigan Swine Breeders’ Asso-

ciation meeting held during “Farmers’

Week” at the Michigan Agricultural

College.



Sixteen men won gold medals by

producing more than a. ton of pork

from one sow in six months last year

in Michigan. Although market values

have discouraged many swine feeders,

it is believed that fully as many grow—

ers will prove the efficiency of their

strain of breeding stock and their sys-





tem of feeding by producing ton litters .





this year. Raising large litters pro

duces pigs at low cost per pig and

rapid gains are nearly always relative

1y cheap gains. ‘Ton litters usually

demonstrate the best systems of man-

agement and are of interest to both

breeders and market pork producers.





He that riseth late must trot all day

and shall scarce overtake his work at

night.





   

 

 

 





An honest to

quslity shoe.

Biggest bargain

offered in '





to s to

rich! smidcetions.’





Manson ’ toe of chrome $ 285

leather uppers. double





thick solid leather

heels and soles. will surely last more

then 6 months. SEND N0 “MONEY—Pay postman

$2. 85 plus postage 0n deliv Money bstk EnotifD

satisfied. IN NTERNATIONAL I.VIJCIMM. HOUSE ont-

B-275, 433 Broadway. New York. N. Y.





--does ell kinds of cum.-



to factor mm; while you mu:



Fits any row. any crop.



Easily hsndled turns In short radius. has power



reverse. Does the work of e riding cultivator and



two horses-1n- -I¢u can! Also used for all kinds of



spraying—with our Power Sprayer Attachment.

An all ’round power plant. Write foi folder.





Aro Tractor (10., Minneapolis, Minn.





RAY E. McHUGH. State Distributor,

640 E. Michigan Av... Lansing. Mich.





 

 





   

 





 





 

 

 





   

 





 





 





BEE SUPPLIES





00ml) foundation.





Bee hives. section boxes. smokers.

Send for





etc. Agents for Root/s goods in Michigan.

catalog.





BERRY SUPPLIES





A~grsde berry baskets and 16- quart crates. Prompt



Ii Trial order to points within 150 miles of

lensing as follows: 200 baskets pestpaid $2 25; 5

16-0mm crates postpeid. $1. 40.

earger orders. Send for price csrd





M. H. HUNT & SON





Special prices on





 





BOX 525 LANSING, MICH.

[Hay lMed. Grgcn

Seed Bik. Eye row

FOR Feed USE Miwdcst

Oil Manchu





The Johnson Seed Farms





Growers of Select Farm Seeds

ryker, Ohio.

Circular and prices on request.





Gas Goes Down

Power Goes Up





In Ford Cars With

EVERFIT TVALVES

They Never Need Grinding

CHAS. SILK 8: SON, Detroit, Mich.

138 Woodward Ave. Cherry 617]





 





 





 

   

   

 

 





 

 





 





 





 





 





HOGS

D 0300 full end sprint boots of the but





breeding



and quality, st prlcuio resell. l'sll pin 3: bdr-

gsin Orlies. W. (J. Taylor Milsn. Mich.



Extra. choice bred all“





Duroc Jerseys res-onsble prices.

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.





UROCS We have Sons and Gr. Sons of

D Great Orion Sensation. Twice In~

tor-national Winner. Buy your full boar now and





save money. Let us tell you About our Sensation

Durocs. i. M. WILLIAMS, No. Adams, Mich.





S k f I I; II I. .

D U R 0 CS .32. roi'gfielm‘i aim pi‘i‘éii.

0





F. I. Drodt. Monroe. Mich" R.





DUROC SPRING 'PIGS





Every Pig guaranteed satisfactory when you receive

it Send for mtual photo and destription. .

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION Kalamazoo. Mich.



Member Michigan State Il'arm Bureau

P I G 5 Registered 0 I. C. 8 toP 81.0

weeks old. guara steep oed to





l’r'u-e reasonable. L. N. WALTER, Beaiilviile, ”Ohio.





0 I C78 15 last spring gilts due to ferrowin '

" ' April and May. Wt. 250 to 375.

Also this spring‘ 3 pics. Otlo Schulzc ‘1 Sons. Nath-

viilc. Mich.





 





 





0' l. Sept. hour. Spring pigs Sired by “Giant

- Bo)" and “Jumbo Bell Bo_ Swiss bulls.



MILO I-I. PETERSON, Ionia. Mich" R. 2.

A few choice service Boats 11nd





0010 C’s- spring pigs either





“LOVER LEAF STK. FARM. Monroe. Mich.





 





 





25 Reg. 0. . C. Sows. Bred for April end )1

Farrow. All Stock Shipped on Approval. Pric

Right Fred W. Kenned y, R. 2, PIymouth.MicI1.





 





Francisco Farm Poland China:





Our spring pigs are the best ever. 75 head to ch

from. Outstanding herd boars at 825; pairs 34;

than.





 





 





 





tries, $50. $5.00 ofl‘ if you come and got

. . P , R. 3. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

either sex, by the erect Boer

Fa“ P183 Wolverine Priced reasonable 33

of dams, W. L. Livingston. Poms. Mich.

Hampshire, 8ch “£3.0m and no ”In:

your wants. John W. bSnyder. R. 4. $2.1m
“ GRAIN QUOTATIONS

- ' Wednesday, May 28.





-1 Wheat.



Detroit—No. 1 red $1.14; No. 2 red

1.13; No. 3 red $1.10; Nd. 2 white

1.15; No. 2 mixed $1.14.



’ Chicago—July $1.07 %@1.07%; Sep-



tember $1.081,§; December $11054.



Toledo.——Cash $1.111;§@1.121,é.



Corn. _



Detroit—No. 3, 821/20; No. 4 yellow

78%0; No. 5, 723L74c. ‘



Chicago—July 76%@761,éc; Sep-



tember 76%@76%c; December 68%0.

Oats.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 53940;

No. 2, 51%0.



Chicago—July 44140; September at

400; December 41140.





_, Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 720.

Chicago—July 681,50; September at

700; December 72%0.





Toledo.-—690.

Barley.



Barley, malting 85c; feeding 800.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.35 per cwt.

7(él5iicagor—Navy $4.90; red kidneys





New York—Choice pea at $5.25;

red kidneys $7.25@7.35.



Seeds.



Detroit.-—Prime red clover cash at

$11.35; alsike $9.80; timothy $3.35.



Hay



Strong—No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard and light mixed $22.50@23;

No. 2 timothy $216322; No. 1 clover at

$21@22; No. 1 clover mixed $21@22;

wheat and oat straw $12.50@13; rye

straw $14@14.50.



Feeds.



Bran $28; standard middlings $30;

fine do $32; cracked corn $35; coarse

cornmeal $34; chop $30 per ton in

100-lb. sacks. ,





and prompt





Apples.





Chicago.—Barrels,/“A” grade, Bald-

wins at $3.50@3.75; {Spies $4.50@5.50;





Steele Red $4@4.50; Winesaps at 3

. @350. $





WHEAT





The wheat market ruled firm last

week and advanced to the highest

pomt in two months. Prices have

fluctuated over such a narrow range in

that period, however, that the extent

of the advance is small. Strength at

Winnipeg, which at present is higher

than Chicago, rapid cleaning up of the

Canadian surplus, reports of deteriora-

tion in the new crop, and the consider-

ation of the McNary-Haugen bill in

congress seems to be the governing

influences.



Just how much Canadian wheat is

left to be sold remains to be seen, but

the reserve at Canadian visible supply

points has diminished over 50 per cent

since the opening of lake navigation.



While rains have fallen in parts of

Kansas and Nebraska in the last few

days, much more moisture will be

needed to fulfill the early promise in

those states which are cerdited with

one-third of this year’s winter wheat

crop. In addition the drouth area

along the Pacific coast states seems





to be spreading. Complaints are still‘





coming of a lack of sub-soil moisture

to carry through the summer.





RYE





The rye market is distinctly strong-

er as exports have enlarged sharply in

the last month, producers are selling

sparingly and the newcrop prospect

is Unfavorable. Rye prices have been

at an abnormal discount below wheat

and readjustment is in order.





CORN





The corn market is stronger than a

week ago. The stream moving to the

terminals has dried up considerably

with no corresponding shrinkage in the

demand so that the visible supply is

being cut down steadily although at a.

slower rate than last year. Country

offerings have increased on the ad-

vance in the last week and it is prob-

able that the usual after-planting run

will start soon. Until it is over, the

. T~market can hardly work much higher.

-Planting the new crop is late, and

‘ , germination is poor because of poor

dyseed and cold, wet weather, necessi-

' tating more replanting than usual. The



, eneral outlook is for lower prices for

_-.3. go next crop, but if the predictions

.. for a 0001 summer made by an authen-

» no long d stance weather forecaster

: are fulfilled, the yield may be low and



_ prices maintained.





 





OATS . .-

Oats prices hays been firm during

the last week. This market hasfluc-

tuated over an extremely small range

for a long time. Speculative holdings

are in strong hands and stocks are

moving out from terminals rather

steadily: New crop reperts are fairly

favorable except in the. south where

fall-sown oats were winter-killed.





SEEDS





Seed markets are irregular as the





'demand for most kinds is ebbing away

while a, few are still in request. ‘Red,





clover is slightly higher on account of

a poor outlook for the new crop. Tim-

othy seed is lower. Arrivals of foreign

clover seed have dropped to small vol-

ume. Total imports from July 1,1ast

to May 15 were 25,00,000 pounds of red

clover seed and 11,000,000 pounds of





alsike. »

FEEDS ~





Feed prices are steady although de-

mand shows no material imprOvement

since the recent decline. Wheat feeds

are being offered freely especially for

future delivery by'southwestern mills

which are anticipating the new wheat

crop movement.





HAY





A light movement of timothy and

clover mixed bays and a slightly

broader demand for alfalfa and prairie

caused the hay market to rule gener-

ally firm last week. Reports indicate

that most producers will dispose of

their remaining marketable surplus

before the new crop comes on. The

new alfalfa crop is late in practically

all sections. Dry weather is reducing

hay crop prospects in Kansas and Ne-

braska as well as in all the Pacific

coast states. '





POULTRY AND EGGS A





Fresh egg prices advancedlast week

in spite of the fact that receipts were

heavier than in the preceding week,

but the market weakened toward the

close. Broad demand for eggs for both

immediate consumption and storage

purposes, and higher prices in the

country were responsible for the firm

tone. Prices on fresh eggs probably

will‘ not go much lower although the

range of values according to quality

will widen as seasonal defects begin

to appear.



The supply of broilers is increasing

rapidly and prices are declining. Fat

hens are scarce and prices high. A

heavy crop of spring chickens is re-

ported throughout the country and the

prospective marketable supply is

large. '





Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 23 @





 





 





 





42320; am... "2:20: 'bhejc‘ks- 21 17‘§,@5220; . p

- cars still’in. thshan’d-s of ‘





fresh; firsts 23%@24‘0; ordinary firsts

22%@23c. , , ' p

- Live Poultry, hens24’c; «broilers-12

{a344c;roosters 14c; ducks .230; geese-

20 ;‘ turkeys 200.; _

;Detroit.——Eggs fr

graded 23@2 05x— . , ,



Live" poultry. broilers 50@520 per





lb; heavy hens 26@27c; light hens at





24c; roosters .14@150; geese 16@17c';





.ducks 27@30c; turkeys 25@260.





«BUTTER





”Heavy receipts caused a decline in

butter prices last week, but with. the

season of flush production just ahead,

the market was surprisingly strong.

Production reports indicated substan-





tial increases in the make and pointed





to a. rapid increase in the near future.

Prices probably will not be; maintained

at the present level although Some

dealers believe that storing demand

will counteract the effect of the heav-

ier receipts and that prices W111 not

decline. The movement into storage

increased last week but consisted very

largely of fine butter which could not

be sold at a profit. Foreign butter

markets broke sharply last week_but

are still too high to interest American

buyers.



' Prices for 92-score fresh butter were

as follows: Chicago, 37c; New York

39c. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs

sells for 351,5@361,éc per pound.





POTATOES





Potato prices were firm for old stock

last week but new stock declined. The

total carlot shipments are normal for

this season of the year. Cool weather

is retarding the progress of the in-

termediate crop. U. S. No. 1 northern

round whites are quoted at $1.20@1.35

per 100 pounds sacked at Chicago.

while Alabama Bliss Triumphs are

bringing $2.85@3.25.





APPLES





The distribution of the remaining

apple holdings is proceeding rapidly

but at low prices. Storage stocks on

May 1 were practically double those

of a year ago, but around 2,125 cars

have been moved in the last four

weeks against 1,525 cars in the same

period a year ago. '





BEANS





The bean market strengthened last

week and closed at $4.45 per 100 lbs.

for C. H. P. whites, f. o. b. Michigan

shipping points. The low point was

$4.35 early in the week. The demand

is only fair and the firmer tone was

due primarily to a refusal to sell at

the lower prices. Trade estimates as

to remaining holdings in Michigan are





 





I Live Stock Market Service 1





 





Wednesday, May 28.





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 26,000. Market good demand

for weighty butchers and 50 lower;

others slow, 10@150 off; good 250 to

325-lb. butchers $7.30@7.40; tops at

$7.40; few 225-lb. weight at $709725;

good 140 to 160-lb. average at $6.40@

6.90;-bulk packing cows $6@6.55; kill-

ing pigs dull, 15@25c lower; bulk of

good weight at $5.75@6. .





Cattle.



Receipts 12,000. Market on better

grades steady; steers steady; others,

yearlings and .fat cows very slow;

stots lower in spots; top steers at

$11.50; weight 1,580-lb., several loads

at $11@11.35; bulk of feed steers and

yearlings $8@10; vealers 25@500 low-

er, early; other classes steady; bulk

vealers around $9.



Shee and Lambs.



Receipts 10, 00. Market fairly ac-

tive; spring lambs in best demand, 25

@500 higher; clipped lambs strong to

25c higher; sheep strong, early; bulk

of native spring lambs $16.50@16.75;

choice clipped lambs $14.75; a few

choice handyweight fat ewes $7.25.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 338. Market steady. .

Good to choice yearlings.$ 9.50@ 9.75

Best heavy steers ...... 8.50@ 9.50

Handyweight butchers .. 8.50@ 9.00

Mixed steers and heifers 73258 8.00

Handy light butchers..'. . 6.50 7.25

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.50

Best cows ....... . . . . . 5.75% 7.00

ButCher COWS e o o 0 o o c I I s‘w 4025 5-25





Cutters 3.50@ 3.75

Canners 2.50@ 3.50

Choice bulls 6.00@ 6.75

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . 4.50@ 5.50

Stock bulls 3.75@ 4.50

Feeders ............. . . . . 6.00@ 7.25

Stockers ........... . . . . 5.25% 6.50

Milkers ........ . . ...... $45.00 90.00

Veal Calves.

Receipts 887. Market steady.

Best .................... $11.50@12.00

Culls and heavies . . . . 6.00@10.50





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 281. Market 10c higher on

good lambs; others and sheep stelady.





Best lambs .............. $.75

Fair .......... . .. . 11.50@1 .50

Fair to good ..... . . .' . . . . 6.00@ 7.75

Light to common . . . . 7.00@10.00

Culls and common 2.00@ 4.25





Hogs. -

Receipts 2,412. Market is steady to

50 lower.

Mixed and heavies. . . . . . .$ 7.50@ 7.55





Pigs ................. . . . 6.00@ 6.75

Roughs ........ 6.25

Heavy yorkers . . . ..... . . 7.60.

Light yorkers 7.00

Stags . ....... 4.00@ 4.50

BUFFALO . ‘

Cattle.





Receipts two cars.

Calves at $11.50.

Hogs. -

Receipts 20 cars. Marketis steady.

Heavy and yorkers





$7.90 ,8; i s and

lights $7@7:50. @ pg





Sheep and Lambs. ,

Receipts two cars. rMarket, strong.

Top lambs 15.25; yearlings $11®12;

wethers $9 9.25; ewes $5@6.50.' ' .





Market steady.





   





esh handled {and ‘ ’





yore or. rregular. ‘R





 





   





around





 





“1,500 as, 'iviit'hf’asoag.

. ._ , . . , , .13

official forecasts" of thenew 0m .





per cent» below last year.





thPesSinliism k t 1‘ t k .

e woo mar e as wee and rice-

easedslightly although in no cage did

the quoted decline exceed one cent a





pound. Manufacturers seem to be buy?"





age, suggest a reduction at about 2.0





was..'r&ore' widespreadinf‘





ing only where necessary to fill spe-, ,





ciflc orders and mills are operating at

only about two-thirds of capacity. ~In

the West.“buying activities have broad-

ened with an average price of around

40@52c being paid, but instances of

lower as well as slightly higher sales

are numerous. .





CHEESE -





Cheese prices remained unchanged

last week. although buying was slow

and the undertone was weak and un-

settled. Stocks were liberal, bu ers

were indifferent,.—and in spite of high

replacements costs dealers finally of-

fered concessions in order to move

their stock. Lower prices are prob-

able within the“’next week. _



Prices on No. 1 American cheese on

May 24 were: ' '



Chicago—Twins 18%@18%c; sin is

daisies 18%@190; double daisies 155

@18%c; longhorns 18%@190.



New.York.——Flats 16%@17%0; sin-

gle daisies 18%@19c; Young Ameri-

cas 191/1,@191/§c.



'Philadelphian—Flats at 17% 18560;

smgle da1s1es 19% @200; long orns at

19% @200.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The market was well supplied with





produce of all kIFdS, and the move- -





ment fast in spite of the rain. Green

onions flooded the market and were

in very active demand. Outdoor rad-

ishes were also a fast-seller. The light

offerings of spinach, mustard and sor-

rel cleaned up fast. The potato mar-

ket was fast and stronger; 85@900

was the prevailing price. A few

brought $1 per bushel. Apples were

slow to move. Eggs were plentiful

and prices held firm. Live poultry

and broilers were light in supply, and

moderately active in a retail way.

Apples, fancy $2@2.50 bu; No. 1, $1

@1.75 bu; No. 2, 50@850 bu; aspar-

agus, No. 1, 31-50672 bu; No. 2, 750

@125 bu; beets $2@2.25 bu; cabbage

plants 750@1 per 100; carrots, No. 1,

$5@5.50 bu; No. 2, $2.50@3 bu; chives

75c@$1 dozen; dandelion greens 50@

75c bu; eggs, wholesale 2565280 dozen;

retail 30@35c; ducks eggs 40@45c;

French endive 25((23300 lb; horseradish,

fancy $6 bu; No. 1, $4.50@5 bu; No. 2,

$2.50@4 bu; leeks $1 dozen bunches;

onion sets $5@7.50 bu; onions, green

35@600 dozen bunches; pansies $1.25

@1.75 15-box flat; parsley $5@7 bu;

No. 2, $3@4 bu; parsnips, No. 1, $2.50

@3 bu; No. 2, $1.25@2 bu; potatoes,

fancy $1 bu; No. 1, 85@95c bu; poul-

try, hens, wholesale 27@29c lb; retail

30@32c; ducks 350 retail; springers

wholesale 37@40c; retail. 45c; dressed

poultry 35®40c; broilers 60@700 lb;

radishes, outdoor $3@6 bu. of 40 to 60

bunches; 500@1.25 doz. bunches;ru-

barb, outdoor 35@750 dozen; sorrel 60

@900 bu; spinach $1@1.25 bu; spin—





. ach, new $1.25@1.50 bu; tomato plants





$1@2 per 100; 20@60c dozen; turnip

tops $1.50@1.75 bu; veal 16@17c lb;

vegetable oysters 65@750 per dozen

bunches; watercress 500 dozen; live

pigs $3.50@5 each. .





 





TRADE DEPRESSION.





That the trade depression may bring

more good than ill to farmers and is

not likely to greatly reduce the con-

sumption of farm products is shown

by the fact that wholesale prices of

farm products in April, 1924, as com-

piled by the U. S. Bureau of Labor

Statistics were only 1.4 per cent lower

than a year ago, while the all. 00m'mod.‘

ity tindex number declined seven per

cen





_Dlstemper.-——I would like to know if

distemper in horses is likely to leave

the wind affected? And if so, what is

the remedy? C. O. M., Grand Ledge.

Mich—Stranglers (distemper) is an

acute contagious febrile disease pe-

culiar to the horse, characterized usu-

ally by the formation; of ”an abscess

in thesubmaxillary; space.- The treat-

ment of strangles, as it ordinarily oe-





 





 

 

 

 

 





0urs, is by no means a digcult. mat. .

seesaw-v ‘





ter. 7 It is not unusual to

attested especially 1.11.4311!





   





 





follows. necessitatin

atlas. " ~
In: '-

I





i





a Bh'i‘lflfifPTfi 3





rm 9 YTTFmTSO





 





 





 





 

 





More than twice as many





: vate sales.





4





., $133 for bulls under one year Old, to





 





$368 for bolls over three years or age.

animals

Were disposed oi at private sale as

were sold at auction. Auction prices,

however, averaged from $25 to‘350 per

head higher than those realized in pri-

The top hull and cow each

brought 37,500. Bulls and cows both

in general‘averafldhonsiderably lower

in price in 1023 than in 1922.





 





COOPERATIVE LIVE. srocK SELL;

'mo AGENCIES PAY oIVIosnos.





 





'IXTEEN of the farmer-controlled

selling agencies operating on term-

inal live stock markets have reported

to the department 01 agriculture the





refunding to shippers of part of the.





commission charges paid-during 1923.

The patronage dividends amounted to

over 3800,0011A totel of 133, 840 cars

of Hire stock, which was sold for ap-

proximately $175, 000, 000, was handled

by the sixteen agencies.



_-,. mmmnmmumwwsmmmm





 





CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





 





Advice through thin colunn‘ is given free to our suburb-

“ Letien should were fully the hiltory and symptom of

each cane and give. name and adore-I oi the writer. initials

only are plibliehcd When a reply by mail is requested the

«mice become: private practice and 81 more be enclosed.





 





Abnormal Appetite—My cow is fond

of chewing bones. I have another cow

with bunch in teat about the size of a

pee, and it is growing larger. What

had I better apply? A. A. S., New

Baltimore, Mich -—~Mix equal parts of

powdered gentian, ginger, baking soda,

salt together, give or a tablespoonful

at a dose in feed three times a day.

Your veterinarian can perhaps remove

bunch throu h teat opening. You will

obtain unsat sfactory results by apply-

ini medicine.



one Spavin—Sru rung Knees.—Have

a more with a “ ack pavin” on left

hind leg; her knees are sprung. I

need to use her. E. B., Tawas City,

Mick—Clip oft hair, apply one part

red iodide of mercury, eight parts of

lard twice a week, and leave her knees

alone.



lmpaction. —Have horse that had at-

tack of impaction caused from feeding

rye hay Now he occasionally has

some bowell‘éiaicn,P just before his bow-

els move. Wolverine, Mich.

—Careful feeding, regular exercise and

keeping 'the bowels open by feeding

roots; also, give salt to increase thirst

and then his drinking of plenty of wa~

ter- will aSsist in relieving constipa~

Ion.



Conjunctivitis.—Part of the time my

young horse has a watery discharge

from eyes. He shows it most in the

morning. V. H., Elwell, Mich—Dis-

solve a teaspoonful of boric acid in

half pint of water and apply to eyes

three times daily.



Ophthalmia.——One of my horses is

troubled with sore eye; eyeball is cov-

ered with white coating, causing par—

tial loss of sight. 'A. S., Galien,

Mich—Blow equal parts of calomel

and boric acid into eye once or twice

a day.



Sore Teats.—For more than a month

my cow has been troubled with sore

tea-ts and I have been unable to heal

them. T. F., Midland, Mich. ——Dissolve

a tablespoonful of hyposulphite of

soda in one-half gallon of water and

wet sores three times a day.



Black Quartets—I had eighteen head





' of young cattle one and two years old.





sell is entirely out of line in price with





Five of them died suddenly inside of

a week A swelling appeared on the

shoulder or hip. I also found clotted

blood around the kidneys and under

the skin. Tell me what caused their

death? R. H. G.,_Bad Axe, Mich.—

The cause of the disease is a bacillus

resembling in some minor res acts the

anthrax bacillus and differing ut little

from it in size. It will cost you very

little to have all your young stock

vaccinated. This will prevent the dis-

ease.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





 





Allegan Co.k May 21. ——Late spring,

not much planting done, labor scarce,

especially single men. Early apples

75 per cent, late 40 per cent, pears 85

per cent, peaches 85 per cent. Not

mob 5r rein raised. The general com-

plaint s that what the farmer has to





all .

. fighter 3011840415 are coming up, w





51'sown. No corn planted as yet.

work is well along since it has been





earlier than usual.





 

 





g. tin 1

e

on the heavier land they are just being





 





c001 and farmers could crowd their

teams. No sheep in this locality, and

brood sows are scarce. Butter 42c;

eggs 21c; wheat 960; can 906; oats

60c. -—W. N.





Clare 00., my 22.-Wheat and rye





’ are promising. Date not all in yet. A





little corn has been planted. Many,

howeVer', are Just owing for this

crop. Spring is has ward. It was dry

in April and wet the forepart or May.

Have had recent frosts. Some heavy

ground is drying out slowly an ac-

countbe 000W weather No sheep shorn

ye —





Geneeee 60., May Mir-Season has.





been delayed by too much rain. Many

fields too wet for cultivatidn. Mead-

ows and pastures are in fine shape

Stock has gone to ture somewhat

armhelp scarce

and wages highr Many tractors in

use, generally with satisfactory re-

sults. Wheat only in average condi-

tion. County road work soon to start

extensively. New pavement between

Fenton and Flint under way. ~E. E. R.



Oceans 00., May 19. —-Work is pro-

gressin rapidly on sandy soil. Some

corps? been planted. Oats are up,

and am and grasses are looking fine.

Labor is getting more plentiful A

good many fruit trees and berries are

being planted. The prospect for cher-

ries, grapes and peaches are fine. Ap-

ples not so promising. The pig crop

was good. Not many sheep in this





7 locality. Potatoes 75c cwt; hay 318;





eggs 20c; butter-fat 36c. Many chicks

lost by white diarrhea. —-J. S.



Saginaw 00., May 17. ——ESeason is

backward. Wheat and meadows good.

Oats are up Farm labor is more

plentiful, with wages from 340 to 370

per month with board. Some difficulty

with seed corn. ——F. N.



Oscoda 00., May 19. —It is a cool,

wet spring and seeding has been late.

Labor scarce and high. Stock is doing

well. Lambs were a good crop. Winter

grains are fine and prospects are fair





Farm ,





inter. *Ab out





Bay 60.,





lagging on account of too much rain.

It is still hard-to get farm labor. Very

little Wheat is being sold price 3,1

com 800; oats 520; rye 00c;

31. 60 cwt; buckwheat $2 cwt; beans

34 cwt; hay $16@18c. There is no





wool market. Pig crop is large. Winter.





New





grains do not lookfirst—class.

Fruit





seeding andhay crop are fine.

promises to be good—4W. J. D





 





THE EGG-LAYING ‘ CONTEST.





—‘b—.—





T HE seventh four-weekly period of

- the Michigan International Laying

Contest ended with W. C. Eckard’ s pen

of White Leghorns having a total pro-

duction of 1 ,438 eggs, in the lead. Mr.

Eckard’s other pen of Leghorns was

crowded out of second place by the

Leghorns of L. F. Heasley, which have

a production of 1,316, while Eckard’s

have 1,309 eggs to their credit.



Among the breed classes Evergreen

Poultry Farms led the Wyandottes

with 1,164. The Milan Hatchery pen

leads the R. I. Reds with 1,161, and

the Barred Rocks are headed by the

pen belonging to J. V. Sheap, which

laid 1,068 eggs. The AnCona leading

pen belongs to C. M. Beckwith It has

930 eggs to its credit.



There were four hens which laid

twenty- -four eggs in this twenty-eight-

day period. All were Leghorns and

fines of them belong to Mr. Eckard.





PouIlIy Shippers Attention





Make your shipments of poultry and veal to





J. w. Keys commission 011.,





2418 Rlopelio emu, Mich.





"House of quick action and a square deal.“

Quotations and shipping tags furmslled on request.





ShipYoIIr Cattle, Hogs and Sheep lo





Warns, Iles and Dankert

Union Stock Yards. Toledo. Ohio. For Top Prim-s.





 





 





 





Big Fills—Quick Returns. Correspondence solicited.





 





lining miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange





Rain

consecuti inserit‘imliucents do mead.

displ y type or a one a m e



deal um. and





Count as





«Minimum charge, 10 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





Thin clamlfled advertising department is established {or the

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





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

conic a word. each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions;





Remittances must accompany order

live lioch novel-thing have separate departments and are not accepted as classified.





convenience of Michigan farmers.

Try it for want ads and {or adver-

Poultry advartis'mg will be run In this department





{or four or more

a word each abbreviation, initial or number. ho





_ » . , the usual



@1011 etc! will 1s beingll seeded. But~«,,,,,

' ‘terBf'at 381:; eggs 17c.

May 19. ——Oats, sugar beets,

and some corn are in. Farming is now





barley





 





“shim Peanut

ran” l'yF

Michigan. Krueper try one





BABY CKICKS-R0CIKIL Reds, Silver L. Wand p.

White Wyandottos. “cones. White and Eréwngn' Lou»

horns and. Mixed. have been cull ed. andB ins poctelL'.

Reduced prices after May 20th. Sheppard Poultir

Farm, Lithhflcld Mich. ‘





 





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy- laying strainsm All 11

ingm mm 150' press m



guaranteed. Catalog Free. Smith Bm‘ Humboldt.

Mexico. 110. “





CHICKS—A Hatcho every week of good strong chick.

which Leghorns per1100: Barred Rock andR. 1.

Beds. 314 per 10031911013111. $14 981‘ “0:10”:

live on denier-y guaranteed. Hatcheryi Miles east of .

Mt. :‘iigrm on 5%. Mogis 12005:] one mile north and

one east. one o. rin . M 09k.

Hatchery. Mt. Morris. Mich. gs Mow Br





 





SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES—Blood tes

Rock Chicks. Pure—bred stock. greet clever: (1.33153

Get new prices. Last hatch June 17.





winners.

lsfaction guaranteed. Asoltine's Barman ' -

cry. R. 1. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS——-Remarkable for sin and a .

Reasonable prices. Leshorne. Anemia. Rocks”

Wyandottes. Orpinztons, Minoroas. Spanish. Brah

Tvroue Poultry Farm. Eamon, Mich.





 





EA! Look! 100, 000 chicks SC I!!! W.

has. F om highest producing content Batch-

in: eggs. Circular. Lawrence Hatchery. Box J. B.

7, Grand Rapids. Mich.





15 verb-





"I. ‘





CHICKS—All Popular Varieties. Eu production and

Standard Quality. State Fair W‘lm‘xers. No batta-

chicks available at same price. Extremely low prices

after May 20th. Litchiield Hatchery. Ina-110010. Mich.





 





BLOOD TESTED STOCK—Rocks and Reds. all test-

111 for Baiillary Whim Diarrhea. Other leading

ldl‘lel‘les 0111- catalog tolls all about them. Write

for it. H. Pierce. Jerome, Mich.





 





CHICKS AND EGGS. Orda- now from my heavy

lag/mg strains. Rocks. Reds. Anconas. .Whitn

Brown Leghorns. Frank Heinz. Comstock Park Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS—Rocks & Beds. 312; White & Bun‘

Leghorns. $10 Per Hundred. 100% live delivery guar-

anteed by Pan-cl Post. H. Koons Hatchery. Homer.

Michigan.





 





QUALITY CHICKS— Postpaid. Leghorns, 10c. Rooks.

R,eds Omlngtons Wyandottcs, Anconas, 12c. Lt.

Brahmas. 151. Assorted, 7c. Catalog gives quantity

price. Missouri Poultry Farms. Columbia. M.o





 





BABY CHICKS—Barred Rocks and Reds.

100. Immediate delivery. English White Leghorns.

$11. per 100. Utility bred. Free range. 100% live

(iguana Goret's Poultry Farm 8:. Hatchery. Corunna.

. 1m.





812 pet





 





STERLING QUALITY CHIX. 500.000. They

strong vitality, mature quick; from prolific

dIu-ers. catalog free. P. F. Clardy. Ethel,





have

881; pro—

Mo.





 





BARRON S. C. W. Leghorn chicks. $9 per 100 after

May 15th; Rocks. $12 per 100. Live delivery guar-

anteed. Waterway Hatchery. R. 4. Holland. Mich.





 





 





.WHITE ROX, Barred Roz. Superior quality farm

, range stock, 2.000 breeders. Eggs any quantity. Chix.

. White Wing Egg Farm, Oregonie. Ohio, R





 





ll\BY CHIC le—— Superior Ringlet Barred Rocks 121‘. '

Ills??? 1%1:i0[.ogllorns 9c. W"'yndhams ideal Hatchery.

'i n.





 





(‘IIlCK BillGAlN——June and July Barred Rocks. M.

A. ('. Stock. 311; Tom Barron E. S. White Log. 38.

(11'1111211 Hillside Hatchery Farm R. 3. Holland, Mich.





 





 





Rate. in Effect October 1, 1922

O





   





One Four Four



Words time times times

0 $0.80 32.40 86.34

2.04 6.48



2.88 3.72



3.12 6.95



3.36 7.30



3.60 1.44



3.84 7.08



4.08 7.92



4.32 5.16



4.56 8.40



4.80 8.84



5.04 3.50



5.28 0.1!



5.52 9.36



5. 76 80



6. 00 9. 84



”advertising a);





din-on iinuana order:





Special Notice .1... ,, M ,n





tended fir the Clauifird Departmmt mun not}: thir qfiu MI

do}: in advance afpublira Xian date.





 





MISCELLANEOUS





 





10 Million tine field grown





VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage plants





plants for 51119.12 Lcud‘mu varieties.





300, 751'; 500, 3125:1000. $2.00; mailed prepaid. Ex—

pressed, 5.000, $6 25; 10.000, $10 cash. Tomato

plants. 300, 31.00; 500, 31.50; 1,000, 32.50;

10.000, 320. Mailed prop-aid. Expressed 10.000, 315.

Sweet potato 300. 31.50; 500, $2.00; 1000, $3.50 post

paid. Expressed 10,000 330 (ash. Largest and oldest

growers in ViIgInia. Positively guarantee good order





delivery or money Iefundcd. J. I’. Council Company,





Franklin, Virginia.





 





CABBAGE I'LAN'I‘S grown in open

500. $1.75; 1,000, $2.50. by express

or parcel pest prepaid. Tomatoes and pepper plums

ready J1me Isl, 300. $1.25; 500. $2.00; 1,000, 32.75

charges prepaid. All plants grown in our Virginia





FROST PROOF

fields. 300, $1.00;





 





ORDERS now booked for best varieties of vegetable

plants at 310 per 1,000. Price of potted and flower-

ing plants on application. Chelsea Greenhouse.

Chelsea, Mich.





GliRANlUMS——Two dozen nice young plants sent

postpuld to your address for 31.25. Am' color or

mixed. Buckley Geranium (‘11.. Springfield, Illinois.





Seed Potatoes.

M It‘ll.





FOR SALE—Certified Rural Russet

$1.00 1111' bu. C. I). MIII'Vcan, l‘lainwell,





WANTl-IDMStandlng' timber of all kinds. Good prices.

Chas. 1.. Bench. 57 Oalldale BlId.. Pleasant Ridge.

Detroit.





FOR SALE—Complete threshing and silo filling out-

lit.10nslsting of 40 II. 1’. Case Traction engine with

canopy and contractors' Fuel Bunkers. 28x50 Case

thresher with seli— IOL‘de‘, wind stacker, grain weighs:-

Illld mechanical nilcx'. Stool water 1111111 complete.

One Type S, WIlch‘s—Strong, Silo Fller I-mnpleto,

complete set of Belts all in first-class condition. This





 





outflt good as new. can be bought for loss than

one-half price. ~ Detroit Silver Fox Farms. 124243

General Motors Bldg. Detroit, Mich.



FOR SALEthI-hols—Shepard Stcam Engine and

Grain Separator. Also McCormick busker, A-l con-

dition. Will split outfit. Write Glenn Bender, R. 2,

No. 88- St. Joseph. Mich.





 





Carpenter‘s Auction Schoo!

liall Bldg, Kansas City. Mo.





l-‘ R El". (‘A'I‘A LOG.

Largest III World.





 





REAL ESTATE





 





FOR ‘SAlAimOld ('IIt-ovcl' land. Sheep Ranch and

l“ill'lll Tracts on long time cash payments or on Al»

fall's Seed Crop payment 1111111. John G. Iirautll,

Millcrsburg, I’l‘I'SqllU Isle County, Mich.





 





320‘111'1'1' farm. partially improved. in

Will soil or trade for incmuapay-





FOR SALE—m

lsabclla County.





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WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS—Addressad, stamped

(cnvctloperort') quick reply. Alden Whltcomb. Byron

‘cn or, 11- .





 





S. C. BUFF LIIGHORN Baby Chicks from good lay-

Mlc h.





 





mg strain. Willard Webster. Bath,

MY liA'l‘l‘l'il-JRY will run until December. Grace

Mlllllu-n. Box 453, Fcnton, MIL-h.





 





RIC HARDSON’S ROCKY RIDGE pure Parks strain

‘fiarlri-d Rock Baby Chicks, $16 per 100. Hanover.

11- I





POULTRY





 





BARRL‘D [AOC KS—Park' s best pedigreed stoek. mated

with M. . C. and Dennison pedigreed cockerels.

Hatching eggs 32 per 15:35 per 50; $10 per 100.

Chicks $20 per 100. Prepaid by parcel post. R. (3.

Kirby, Route 1 East Lansing. Mich





 





7 pure-bred M -

Bourbon lied, Nal'lagansett, White 01—





TURKEY EGGS from our famous

moth Bronze.





 





11ml flocks. 15 reasons why we have the greatest

Bargains for you. Walter Bros” Powhatan Point.

no



STOCK and Eggs by 100 01' 1000 lots, all leading

Varieties (111111113115. Ducks, Geese. Bantams. Guineas,



Turkevs. Fox Terrier Pups. Write your wants. Jesse



Burnside, Judson. Ind.





 





STOCK & L‘GGS Bull’ 5.. W. Leghorns. Orpingtons.

R s & An11111.1~$l for 15:35 per 100, parcel post.

Turkeys D117 ks d: Geese W

C. Jackson. R. 3. .





 





lndinnapolis winnels.

South Bend, lnd.





 





PRODUCTEON “'IIITII Rot K PQRS from 2— Iom‘ hens,





 





s-Ilu'cd 1:11'0111111- 200 eggs. by Prof Foreman. J

111' cc, 5.1.00 postpaid. H Li



Middlmillo .\l'1--l.1 s aw Iorn Hill Farm,

5. C. BLACK MINORCAS —Heavy birds. Northrup





strain [fanning eggs, $1. 50 for 15.38.00 per 100.





 





 





 





 





llclds, packed in wood baskets and crates with damp . - 1 . ' -.

moss. The Dixie Plant 00., Franklin. Va. 111g property. Brulton 1" H.111, Beldmg, MM" C. J. Deedrick, Vassar, Mich.

‘ S C. BROWN Ll} GHORNS~ Record producers. Fresh.

PET STOCK sclectcd range cogs postpaid. 30. 82. 40: 45 $310.

MILLIONS hardy field grown cabbage plants. Wake- 100 5 75 Fl '

fields Copenhligen and Flats, 300. 751‘; 500, $1.25; 3 "“3 “worm" I‘e‘mm" “mm“

1000 32 Tomato standard Vfllietm- 300 $125' 500 GERMAN SHEI’HIERD—Airednles, Collies. 0111 Eng-





$1.50;1,000, 32.50. all postpald. 10. 000 either, ex-

pressed. 315. Good order delivery guaranteed or mon-

I-y back. Maple Grove Plant Farms, Franklin, Va.





 





2.000.000





CABBAGE PLANTS. leading varieties.

early and law. .





Prepaid. 100 451,-: 500 3125: 1.000

32.25. Express 5.000 37. 50. Cauliflower and Aster

100 65c. Satisfaction guaranteed. List free.

W. J. Myers. lit. 2. Mnssillon. Ohio.





 





Pure—bred. In condition

bags furnished.

R. Cook.





ROBUST Navy Seed Beans.

to plant. Three dollars per bushel.

Will pay freight on ton bushels or over. A.

Owosso. Mich.





llsh Shepherd dogs. puppies. 10c Illustrated instruc-





ROSE CO\lB Rhode Island Reds. Hatchi I] 3

per 15 Postpaid. Mrs. Albert Harg‘bodfm R5133

Charlevolx, Mich.





 





 





 





 





SINGLE COMB Rl ‘DS~ Hatching eggs. from all

will be half I)ll(',6 after May first. Harry J.





283 Humor SI. Bat the Creek Mich. sis.





 





SILVER LACIE D and White Wyandotbes. E: 11.50

per 15. Prepaid. C. W. Browning, Portlandlg $611.





 





HELP WANTED





 





the list. w. ll. Watson. 30x35 .Macon. Mo.

————————=7



:OBACCO

llOMICSl'UN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs, $1.75:

ten 33. Smoking 5 lbs. $1.25; ten. 32. Pay when

received. pipe and recipe free. Farmers' Union,

l‘aduI-ah, Ky.

HOMESI'UN TOBACCO. Chewing. five -‘

3 75; ten. 33; smoking. five pounds. 31.25: ten,

32; pay when received, pipe and- recipe free.





Co—operativo Farmers. Paducah. Kentucky.





 





FOR SALE ——Michigan Grown Genuine Duncan' s Yel-

low Dent Secd Corn. While supply lasts. 31. 75 per

bu. Sacks furnished. Address H. A. Grubs. R.

l, Bloomingdale. Mich.





 





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FOR SALE—Certified Rilsset Rural seed potatoes ’1 00





 





per bu. Sen-edema. Farm. Oscoda. Mich.





 





 





. BABY CHICKS





 





BABY CHICKS—20 leading varieties. hatched from

heavy laying strains; live delivery guaranteed any—

where in the .: lowest prices over oli‘ercd. Write

(or catalog and price list. Miller Hatcheries. Box 651.

Lancaster. Mo.





SELL COAL in Carload Lots—Side (I main line. ll-

Lllllgnle (Fumessary. 12am vet‘s pay ban



ta r11 3 accoun arrangement. Wuhm

Coal Company, 880 (‘oal Exchange BMI. Chico“.





 





TEACHER for summer months, handling eehool

in sales field; healthy, enjoyable. refined position





 





for 3 months: 315 6 for 2 months teD "



2011 Park Avenue. Detroit. Miih. ”tn C."

HOUSEKIIEPER WANTED—An elderly manna

fifty years. wages 11am! German pd ' ‘

John Buill, Mayville, Mioch.
during the

ing brickla





 





A. J. H. Taylor spent his money





war and is now learn-

ying.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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the annual May D

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maid of honor and flower girls were all boys at

ay festival of the Alabama Institute at Auburn.





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an Palmer,

(1 reformer, and Andrew Jackson, will

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Aileen Riggin, Olympic fancy diving champion

gave a unique aquatic. party to the girl swrm—

ming and diving stars of New York.





 





Dr. Lloyd D. Fulton, of Harvard

Medical School, has perfected a

new serum for pneumonia.





pioneer edu-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Burgess, a teache r, and Dudley Hall, a pupil, were killed

near Batesburg, South Carolina, was

ern tornado.





 





 





 





     

 





 





 





 

 

 





In the finish of the big race at Derby, Connecticut. the- Sons of Eli

won by five lengths, while the Universityof Pennsylvania had

a. length and two~thirds lead on Columbia.





 





 





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