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T fie Autfior, a Notzottolly Known Potato Grower, Wants More ngét on Wflot

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By Daniel Dean





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, E have one problem of potato





productidn of pressing import- '





ance ‘upon which very little

scientific work has been done. It is





that of the storage of late main crop .





potatoes in the northern states through

' the fall, winter and spring months un-

der commercial conditions.

\ Farmers and dealers have accumu-

\lated individually a mass of informa-

tion upon the subject, but this knowl-

edge has not yet been made available

in the way hat other practices of po-

tato produc ion have. And still more,

while scientists have very caféfully

studied what happens inside the po-

tato tuber in storage, with microscope

and test tube, they have not as yet

published bulletins of studies of pota-

toes stored in commercial quantities

of thousands of bushels.



The profit or loss of ’a potato grow-

er’s year’s labor may depend on his

knOwing just how to. store to prevent

“break-down” or rot in storage.

potato dealer might go bankrupt. and

leave a shipping station without a

warehouse for lack of that knowledge. '



Variation in Shrinkage.





Every one knows that a carload of 7





potatoes placed in storage at digging

time will shrink, and we all know that

this shrinkage varies immensely under

different conditions. Big Maine deal-

ers have told me that in Aroostook

county the average shrinkage from‘liig-

ging till the end of winter in March,

is about ten per cent in above-ground

heated warehouses. In a bad late

blight ‘and rot year the shrinkage may

run twenty-five per cent, and in a year

like last one, with late blight and rot

entirely absent, the Maine carlot ship-

ments will run very high in proportion

to the total yield.



‘ Importance of Storage.



From 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 bush-

els of late main crop potatoes are

stored every fall for a longer or short-





The .





er time in the cellars of hundreds of

thousands of growers and in the pota-

to warehouses of the great surplus

states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Min-

nesota.and Maine. That part of the

crop which is stored in the possession

of consumers and dealers in the cities

isvery small by comparison, and must

remain small when the cost of build-

ing storage in the cities is considered,

even if it was possible 'to move the

whole potato crop from farm to city

at digging time. While the records of

the department of agriculture at Wash-

ington show that more potatoes are

shipped in carlots at digging time,

September and October, than in other

months, there is a steady. flow of the

main crop from grower to consumer





every month till the following July.



Effect of Storage on Potato Prices.



The heavy shipments in the months

of digging in late fall explain the rea-

son for the fact so well known to

farmers that potato prices average

lower at that time than later. As with

“distress cotton,” as the southerner

calls it, and with wheat farther west,

the flooded market caused by farmers

forced to sell, results in low prices.

Here in New York state our depart—

ment of farm management under Prof.

G. F. Warren, has taken the records

of fifty-four years of potato prices for

our “state” potatoes at New York

City. The tabulation shows that there

were only six out of the fifty—four sea-

sons in which the price was highest





 





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ontains their Bed and Full Equipment





at digging time. In all the other forty-

eight the question of profit from hold-

ing depended on the rate of interest,

the increased or lessened cost of hand-

ling later in the season, and the abil-

ity of the grower to store with the

smallest possible shrinkage.



When Late Potatoes Go to Market.





Beginning with the heaviest ship

ments in fall at digging, the rest of

the potato shipping season shows a

rather steady flow to market till

checked in April by the competition of

the first early potatoes from Florida,

and the rush of spring work on the

farm. Usually March shows rather

heavier shipments on that account.

The months of April, May and June

show a gradual change from the old to

the new crop. In April the new is

only a. fraction of the old, in May it is

coming faster and faster, and by June

the old deal has fallen off to a frac-

tion of the new, with a few straggling

cars in July.



Need of Storage Knowledge for All.





Why, then, should producer, dealer

and consumer all know more than we

do now about what happens in the

dark of the potato cellar? Because

the price of potatoes is so largely set

by what is going on there. If one

state or one shipping section has

heavy losses in storage from break-

down, rot, etc, the consumer suffers

from a rise in price, but not nearly so

much as the loss to the state or sec-

tion affected. It is the grower who

knows how to produce potatoes that

will stand up well in storage, and how

to keep them best, who will Win out

and make the money when the poor

stock or poor storage conditions result

in big shrinkage. If, as too often hap-

pens, the storage conditions affect the

appearance or cooking quality of the

tubers both good and poor grower and '



(Continued on page 760).





Soy Beans on the Stage





Wflot T flay Hove D0726 to Mom; ”Odo/y Separated Cozmtzor of 11126649472





HE favorable testimonials given



by farmers who have raised soy-



beans for hay has been one of

the big factors in increasing the acre

age of soy-beans. .One man doesn’t

know what to put in for hay—his clo-

ver seeding again failed, he has no

alfalfa yet and the old timothy field

can hardly be depended upon another

year.



It is getting late. He decides to try

some sows. Even on the old ’sand field

without lime or manure they make a.

very respectable growth. He feeds

them out to his cows and horses. The

stock like the soys. The cows do sur-

prisingly well, as well, in, fact, as on

the best clover he ever fed. So this

man tells his neighbors what soys did

for him, and the next year we find one

or two more men giving them a trial.





Thus the acreage spreads.





Being a relatively new crop many

men hesitate to plant not knowing

what the says will do. During the

past four years the farm crops depart-





. ,mént bar canducted several variety





demonstrations





over the state. The yields obtained in

these demonstrations should give an





By D. F.





with soy-beans out





idea to a prospective grower of the

harvest he may reasonably expect as

his reward.





All of the demonstrations were

planted in twenty-eight—inch rows and

cultivated a couple or three times dur-

ing the season; just about the'same as

field beans. The soys are usually sown

with a grain drill. Plugging up all

holes on an eleven-hole drill, except

numbers two, six and ten, and then

driving‘with the wheel in wheel track

each trip across the field places the

rows the proper distance (twenty-eight

inches) apart. The drill should be set

to sow about eighty parts of peas or

corn per acre with all holes open. This

should then sow around thirty-five to

forty pounds of soy-beans per acre.





Care should be exercised that the says





are not planted too deeply. They





Rainey





should be planted shallow yet thor-

oughly covered. If put down four or

five inches a poor stand usually re-

sults.





All the yields given in this article

will be for the Ito San variety. The

weights are for hay dried down to

twelve per cent moisture.



The average yield of all twenty-three

demonstrations located in fifteen dif-

ferent counties and usually on sandy

soil rather lacking in fertility was

2,635 pounds per acre. This is for an

annual which may be planted from

May 20 to June 15. Compare this with

Michigan’s average yield of hay, 2,780

pounds per acre for clover and timo-

thy. Not' bad, is it?



The poorest yield which has been

harvested during the four years was

on a very light thin sand in Cass coun-

ty where the yield of hay was 1,074

pounds per acre‘in 1922. In this same

field another variety which is giving





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promise of doing even better than the

Ito San, gave just twice as much, 2,178

pounds. On another farm in Cass

county the same year the yield was

1,839 pounds per acre. for the Ito San.

This was also a sandy soil, rather

light, but, of course, better than the

first.



Up in Montcalm in 1920 the yield

was 1,740 pounds This was grown on"

one of their poor sand fields to see

What soys would do for them. Pretty

near a ton of hay to the acre, from a.

planting made on May 28 on spring-

plowed ground. A volunteer crop of

rye and vetch Was plowed down here.

No fertilizer of any kind was used on

the Cass county fields mentioned in

the previous paragraph. .



On a thin light sand'in Kent county

without lime or fertilizer the yield was

1,139 pounds last year. Remember how .

dry it was? The same year on a. sand ' ,

which had been limed in Oceana. coun-

ty the yield was 2,009 pounds of hay

per acre. Apparently the season was,



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VOLUME CLXII





DETROIT, JUNE 7,

CURRENT COMMENT





N California, feder—



al and state: vet-

erinarians are fight-

ing to rid: certain

counties of the dread

foot~and-mouth dis-

ease. The opinion is that they will

amused. To this end, much progress

has already been made. However, the

fact remains that a new outbreak in

' some remote place might show up at

any moment.



In other words, this disease is to the





 





 





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Science





live stock man what yellow fever or‘





smallpox, has been to the human

race. "It hangs. like a pall over his

business. He cannot tell when the

disease might deprive him of his en-

tire producing. equipment.





But, yellow fever has Lost much of

its terror and the scientists have

found ways to avoid the dangers of

smallpox. May we not expect that in

time the horrors of the foot-and—mouth

disease will be conquered. Even now

we have information from Germany

to the effect that two bacteriologists

have succeeded in isolating the- germ

of this disease. With the germ locat-

ed, the way to find some effective

means of combatting the scourge

We shall not object



if the experimenters work overtime in

7 their search of remedial measures.





HERE are times



when we, individ-



. ally or collectively,



“mum Of think we have reach-



Knowledge ed» the conclusion, or



the end, of knowledge



in certain lines, and we state with pos-

itiveness that so and so is so.



We deceive ourselves if we have

such conceptions, for knowledge, like

fashions in women’s clothes, or any-

thing in life, is ever changing. In fact,

the only certainty in life is uncer-

tainty. Even death, which we must

all. experience, is a, great uncertainty



4 for we know not what it is, or when it

will take place.



It was only a few“ generations {ago

when folks seriously and sincerely be-

lieved in witches and evil spirits.



(Some believe in spirits yet, in spite

of the Volstead Act). Then when one

became sick, tapping one’s circulatory

system and letting out some blood

was the cure-all. '



Since then we have gained a more

' 'phgsihie knowledge of life and things



W us. Science has helped us to



miourulves of a great many of our



Wit-boos and has made us face



things as they 3129.11: is the. evolution

do our thought world that has brought





The Op-





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summers





is not to bring one to discredit our

present knowledge, hot to. suggest that.





we keep our minds open. to new things .





while. we hangodt'oandmkemeet

the good in the present‘day thought:

A BJECT poverty' is





Poverty not a future of





And





. farm, as it is of the

Format;





American. city-

is true whether one

thinks in terms of farm owners, ten-

ants or laborers. Almost invariably

there is on the farm something for

the table, something over the head

and always a job in the waiting.



True enough, luxuries may be form

in abundance in the cities, but when

in search of pauperlsm, distress, pri-

vation. in the extreme, you will find

it, not in the country, but in. the- cit-

ies; and the larger the city the more

extreme will be the poverty.





HERE was a time



when each rural

community had its

~own resident doctor.

He, usually, was the

outstanding figure of

the community. He not only prescrib-

ed for the sick but he advised on a

great variety of matters. He was

much honored and respected His ser-

vice was a notable one.



But his generation has largely pass-

ed to its reward,'and‘ his place has not

been filled. Further, many of the pub-

lic movements of the recent past for

improving sanitary conditions and oth-

erwise protecting health have not, to

any extent, reached the country.

These movements have been planned

and staged almost entirely in the cit-

ies, with very little of their influence

reaching to the isolated farm homes.



More recently, however. some em-

phasis by health officers has been.giv-

en to the farm sections. The United.

States Public Health Service is: now

cooperating with the states in putting

on demonstrating projects in about

sixty counties in sixteen states. The

attempt is to carry out a well-rounded,

comprehensive service, including the





Protecting

Rural

Health





salient features of health work ap-





plicable to the communities aflected.

This work is under the immediate di-

rection of a whole-time health officer.



Besides this movement, we find here

and there the rural nurse who appears

to be finding a place for service in

these rural communities; Possibly

eighty or ninety per centrof the cases

of sickness are such that she is quali-

fied to handle them successfully.

When a physician is necessary, she

advises that he be called and he can

be procured from the city.



There should be no hesitancy in the

further prosecuting of this work in our

rural communities. Campaigns look—

ing toward the improvement of rural

health should bring results, since con—

ditions in the open country are most

favorable for accomplishment along

this line. There is plenty of pure air,

sunlight, wholesome food in abund-

ance, quiet, and a generally higher

pitch to the moral and spiritual qual-

ities, all of which should contribute

to the effectiveness of this work.





ECENTLY Michi-



gan potatoes have

been received on the

markets much more

favorably than earlier

in the season. As a

result the past season’s crop is pretty

well cleaned up.



This seems good, as it was but a

few short months ago when we heard

cries of the bad reputation MiChigan'

potatoes had on most of the country’s

markets, and it was thought then that

{much of the stock would be left un-

sold. Apparently the efforts of Mich-

igan growers to grade their stock





The

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Harlem - ' ‘

The indications are thatthis lesson





has been W And we now hope

it will be remembered so that in fu—

;ture years Michigan quality will mesh

top prices on all Of our big markets.





F ecdcr8 Day at

M. -Af.:- C.





EDNESDAY. June 18,11”: been

designated as Live Stock Feed—

ers’ Day at IMichigan Agricul-

tural college. At this time several





experiments which have been under,





way for the past six monthsftoa year

will be concluded, the results given

out, and the animals on exhibit. The

foreman will be devoted to a trip of

inspection about the horns where the

animals are on display "and the» ex-

perimental pilots shown. '





In experimental beef feeding work, ~'





three lots of Texas calves purchased

last November, weighing 430 pounds

and now weighing over 950 pounds,

will be on display. One lot of these

calves has had continuous access to a

Self-feeder in which at first corn and

oats were offered and later corn alone.

In addition, they have received silage

and oil meal in. the feed bunk, and

alfalfa hay. Lot 2 have been fed the

same feeds as Lot 1, except that all

feeds were hand-fed and the: amount

of grain limited somewhat during the

early part of the feeding period. Lot

3 has been hand—fed entirety upon

farmhraised, feed, consisting of corn.

oats, silage and alfalfa hay. The three

lots have all done well. There is,

however, considerable d’iiference in

the: finish and a marked diflerence in

the cost per’hundredweight of gains

in the three lots.



The cattle will be valued by expert

market men the week preceding June

18, and complete figures on cost of

production and; gains on each lot will

be given out



Eight lots of hogs have also been

on experimental feed for several

maths, being fed as femurs: Lot 1,

com and; tankage, free- choice in sep-

arate: compartments of a self-feeder;

Lot 2, com and tankage, mixed and

fed in. the settfeeder; Int 3, two parts

rye, one part corn, and tankage, mix-

ed and fed in a self-feeder; Lott tWO

parts rye, one part oats, and tankage,

mixed and fed in a self-feeder; Lot 5,

two parts rye;‘ one. part middlings,

mixed and fed in a self‘feeder. Dur-

ing the pastyear rye has been one of

the cheapest hog feeds available in

Michigan and an effort has been made

to determine how it could be fed to

the hest advantage.



Lots 6, 7 and 8 of the experimental

hogs have been trough-fed. Lot 6 re—

ceiving corn and tankage mixed and

fermented with yeast for thirty-six

hours before feeding. Lot 7 has re-

ceived corn 'and tankage, mixed, with

yeast added just before feeding; Lot

8,, corn_and tankage only, mixed and

trough-fed.



The results with these different. lots

furnish much valuable information on





the cost of pork prodUction and me-th-w





ods which should be followed.



In experimental horse feeding, two

lots of nine horses, each doing ordi-

nary farm work, have been fed ra-

tions consisting of ear corn and alfalfa

hay, against ear corn, oats and timo-

thy. This work has been going on

since November, 1923‘. The results

have'been somewhat in favor of the

alfalfa—fed horses. This work has been

particularly valuable because of the

question so often raised by Michigan





farmers with respect to alfalfa as a '





safe and satisfactory feed for work

horses.



Thehorses may be seen at the-COI-

lege stables on June 18, with the 're-

sults of the experiment posted and a





my other courtin' days,’

brief and: expensive. ,

"cause it was. love at first siyitneither.





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We a special eflhrt to be on hand ' Q

and for me mm new we in“?

a separate group for a basket picnic ‘





3? dinner





Two speakers of national reputation.





_'have already promised to attend A.

complete program will be published





A green salesman sells more than

a blue one“



‘Some people grieve two dollars"

worth every time they lose a dollar.





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ELL, the other day I went 6

courtin'. It was differunt than

cause it was

It wasn’t brief.





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Well, it was like this: Like them

other courtin’ days, if you don’t stop

when you ought to, you get into trou-

ble. When they says 'f‘Stop,” you

should stop. Vite-11,121 t a case they

says “Stop" and I didn’ t op, so quite

natchurely I got into trouble.



You, see after I got that new bat—

tery in the old boat she run .lickety



scoot like. So, I

thought I would

take a trip to the

big city. Well, in

them big ' cities

they have got

some tram-e regu-

lashuns w h a i:

takes a course in

a colligo educa-

shun to learn.



I come to one of them streets they

call a bullevards. It’s what you call a. -

through street, so- I just _hesitated a

bit and went right through it. well,

when I get ta the other side, there is

one of them speed cops on a motor

bicycle what comes up and says,

“Don’ t you know this is a. stop street. 7”



I says, “No, I thought. it was a

through street ”



He.‘says, “Well, you gotta stop at

all through streets "



I says, “Well, that’s funny. I sup-

pose you gotta stop at all through

streets and go through at all stop

streets ”



He says, “Well, you: won’t think it

so funny when you see the jedge'”



Then he hand-s me a. invitashun to

see the jedge, and. goes away to find

another sucker.



Well, there musta been about a thou-

sand what also had invitashuns to.the

jedges’ recepshun. Near me was a

smelly negro, a garlicky Italian, 3. big-

falced Pole, a woman what was cryinl,

another one what was laughin’, and

a young feller with shiney hair.



‘ In a little while they call your name

and you say “here.” Then they invites

you to stand in line like when you get

tickuts fer to see the latest show, call-

ed Gertie”s Garter.



I found it was one of them places

where it don’t cost you anything ta,

get in, but it costs you something. ta.

get out.



The jedge was just a ordinary guy

whatjust sets there and says, “Hy

Syckle, you are charged with not stop‘

pin’ at the bullevard ”



I says, “No, jedge, I didn’t stop but

I hesitated.” ‘



He says, “All/right, five dollars,”

and talks ta the next fellow. I pays

five dollars and walks out.”



I says ta Sofie that it was alright

but I didn't get my money’s worth. 'I

conlda seen “The Foolish Virgins" fer

lots less and had more fun.



Sofie says, “Five dollars ta. the judge

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tions. of cooperation had been given by

‘ uljthe different speakers





possibilities and limita—





This meeting was not the enthusias-





its2 type so canon a few years ago.

- glt' was more in the nature of a calm,

\ . analysis of the farmer' 3 problems and





of the feasible ways of bringing relief.



- After the meeting, a man came to me

and asked the following question: “It

is not possible for farmers to form an

organization through which they can

get cest of production plus a profit for





' xjtheir. potatoes. ”





This man is one of the leading farm-

ers of his community . He is intelli-

gent. He is inspired by a desire to.





help the farmers of this country se-





cure more for their efforts and there-

by enjoy a higher standard of living.

He in-

spires confidence and his opinions





. have weight in the community. He is





anxious to learn, and has no desire to

champion a policy or theory which will

not really bring good results to agri-

culture. To take for agriculture any

advantage he would deny other classes

of society is not a part of his program

The idea of revenge or get-even is not

prominent in his make-up. In short,

the man who asked this question is an

honest, influential farmer with the de-

sire to better conditions in agriculture.



This man’s question is an honest

one. It is being asked by thousands

of-farmers daily. It is a question do-

serving of an answer. If our leading

farmers could be set right on such

problems the work of farm organiza-

tion would be expended in eradicating





. the unsound theories which are being





circulated. _ ~

The Answer.



A short and concise. answer to this

man’s question is No! Farmers should

not be led to believe that they can

organize so effectively as to enable

them to set the price of their potatoes

at a certain figure above cost of pro-

duction and be thereby assured of a

profit. This is not a question of right

or wrong. The fact that farmers, or





- any other class of producers, are en-





titled to cost of‘production plus a rea-

sonable profit does. not enter into the

The real question is

whether farmers can actually form an

organization to effectively bring about

conditions so they can set the price

at cost of production plus a profit. Is

it feasible? Can it be done? Should

such a goal be the ultimate one for

farmers’ organizations?

What is Cost of Production?



Such an organization to be effective

must Control the supply of potatoes.

This control can not be secured unless

all potato growers are brought into

the organization, and there are some

means to control acreage. Even this

would not give absolute control of sup-

ply, for climate has a great influence

on the quantity of production. Con-

trol of supply can not be absolutely

secured because it is impossible to get

enough farmers into the organization

whowill “stick.” The'time might come

when this difiiculty will be overcome;





but at present the ideals of coopera-





tion are not well enough known by

farmers to expect them to stick to the

organization regardless of what hap-





pens.

Suppose it were possible to start in





organization which wOuld secure con-





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price would potatoes sell? The answer

is cost of production plus a. reason-

able profit.



, This is ,not'as simple as it sounds.

Anyone familiar with agriculture





knows that there are various costs of , .'





production; Farmer Brown has good

soil- He knows how to treat and se-





lect seed, how to plant and cultivate, " .





what kind of fertilizer to use, and how

to do things at the lowest possible

cost. .He gets big yields, and therefore

low costs. Farmer Smith is shiftless.

He won’t seleCt or treat seed. He

doesn’t properly prepare his seed—bed,

plant at the right time, cultivate prop-

erly nor often enough, nor spray, nor

any of the other things neceSsary for

good production and low costs. Farmer

White is a hard-working man who does

all the productive processes in the

best known manner; but his land is

poor and he can’t get high yields of

good quality potatoes and the resulting

low unit costs.



Whose costs are going to be the

basis on which prices are made? The

answer is often that average costs

must be the basis. But the average

cost is nobody’s cost. If the average

cost was taken as the price basis the

man with high costs who needs help

more than any other farmer would not

be taken care of. If the highest cost

of production is used as the basis a

premium is placed upon inefficiency

and the man with low costs makes too

much profit. If the lowest cost is the

basis only the most eflicient men on

the best land could produce at a profit

and all those with higher costs would

lose money because the price would

not be high enough.



During the war, necessity required

the adoption of the cost plus a certain

profit plan of awarding war contracts.

All who are familiar with the results

realize that only in cases of emer-

gency is such a scheme at all permis-

sible because it does not put a pre-

mium on efficiency.



Some people think price can be con-

trolled by farmers refusing to sell for

less than cost of production plus a

profit. How long are farmers going

to hold out for such a price if the

banker is pressing them for settlement

on notes past due? Will the farmer

who has low costs of production, and

enabled to make a profit at prevailing

prices refuse to sell because this price

is less than enough to give a profit to

his neighbor whose costs are higher?

This ideal of determining costs and

refusing to sell for less than cost, plus

a reasonable profit, is fine theory, but

very poor practice. It is poor practice

for the reason that it won’t work.



The plan of getting farmers into an

organization to insure cost of produc-





tion plus a profit is not practical be-





cause supply cannot be controlled,

there is no way to determine a cost

basis which would be equitable to all

farmers and consumers, and farmers





-.won’t refuse to sell for less if market





conditions justify lower prices.

Good Prime and Future Production.

The commercial potato growers





would be the only ones who would be





interested in joining such an organiza-

tion. If this plan of price-fixing were

successful and the price really raised

to a point where very good profits re-

sulted, farmers in other sections of the

country would go into the business of

raising potatoes. Farmers produce

those things which give then}? the

greatest profit.

enough potatoes to satisfy the needs

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. I havea ten-acre field that I want

,, to Sow to Sudan grass for pasture this

surhmer.1s this satisfactory to sow

clover with this Sudan seed? How

uch seed would I have to sow to the

re. 9——A. J. R.

Unless conditions are very fav-

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successful seeding of Mammoth Clover

when Sudan grass is used as a. nurse

crop. Sudan is not usually sown until

late for best results with cidver. Also,

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WHAT GRAIN To FEED ON GRASS.





 





Will you please tell me what grain

to feed to cows that are pastured?

Grass is timothy but very short. My

cows are Holstein and Durham.—Mrs.



We can be a little more economical

on protein feeds 011 pasture than when

feeding 'dry feed in the winter.





The reason is this: Green growing

grass has a somewhat narrower nutri-

tive ratio than the same grass. when

dried into hay at maturity. Timothy

pas“ture has a nutritive ratio of about

1133, while timothy hay has a nutri-

tive ratio of about 1:193. Mixed pas-

ture grasses . have a nutritive ratio

of 1:~i.4.



This beingthe case it is not neces-

sary to feed cotton seed or oil meal

on pasture. The ration will be suffi-

ciently balanced if we feed just plain

ground corn and oats where the pas-

ture is of mixed grasses and ground

oats for timothy pasture. 01' one-

fourth corn and three—fourths oats

would be ideal for timothy pasture.





HOW TO PREVENT HOVEN OR

BLOAT.





 





Can anything be done to prevent

cattle from bloating when pasturing

on alfalfa? Is it because I pasture

them only in daytime ?—J. A.



Hoven, or bloat, which is can 1ed by

the fe1mentation of undigested food,

can largely, if not entirely, be prevent-

‘ed by careful control of feeding. The

indigestion is caused by the animals

eating too ravenously and by over—eat-

ing. The food when eaten too hur—

riedly, is not properly masticated and

this is usually the whole source of the

trouble. Not being properly chewed

and mixed with the saliva in the

mouth it forms a mass in the paunch

and ferments, forming a gas that dis—

tends the paunch to such an extent

that in many cases it proves fatal.



Now, to prevent this ravenous de‘

sire for food, don’t turn cattle into

fresh clover or alfalfa when they are

real hungry, and don’t allow them to

eat too much at first. If cattle are

kept in the barn or in a close yard all

night without food, and then allowed

to have free access to alfalfa, they are

quite liable to eat too fast and too

much. If they had been fed a feed of

hay or bi grain in the barn they would

eat more slowly and there would be

no bad results.





- When turning into alfalfa for the

first time in the spring do not allow

"the cattle to stay in the field for only

tubal: time at first. The length of

me they are allowed in the field can

6 gradually increased until they are

alhwed the free range of the field



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cause hoven.





EMERGENCY PASTURE.





 





 





Ihave no pasture for my cattle

this summer, so I would like to know

what kind of. grass I could sow that





. would make pasture about the begin-





ning of June. How much must I sow

geifiacsre? I have heavy clay land.—





There is no kind of real pasture

grass that you can sow this spring

that will furnish pasture in May and

June. These hardy permanent grasses

do not grow quickly. ‘Until they are

well established, they do not furnish

a great amount of feed.



About the best you can do is to sow

a mixture of oats and rye, which will

furnish early feed and at- the same

time sow clover, timothy and Dwarf

Essex rape. Winter rye will prove as

satisfactory here as spring rye.



Sow at least three bushels of oats

and rye per time. What you want is

a thick growth of plants.



Mix the clover, timothy and rape

equal parts by measure, and- sow ten

to twelve quarts per acre.



You should turn the cows in when

oats and rye is six or seven inches

high. Don’t wait until it gets too long

for they will trample down and waste

much of it if you do.





HORTICUrLTURAL QUESTIONS.





 





How can worms be prevented from

attacking rhubarb, or destroyed once

they are oh it, without making the

rhubarb unfit for use?



\Vould Cooper or Chesapeake straw-

berries be profitable in southeastern

Michigan? Soil is sandy with clay

subsoil? o



What flowers or plants would thrive

planted close to the house on the

north side? The sunshine does not

quite reach the spot ——~P.





The leaf stalks of rhubalb are often

injured by the feedihg and egg-laying

punctures of an insect known as the

rhubarb curculio. The sap exudes.

from the wounds and collects in gum-

my drops. Aside from this the stalks

are not injured as the eggs never de—

velop "when deposited in rhubarb.





stems of dock,

plants.

the vicinity of the rhubarb has





I do not know 613 any reason why

the Cooper or Chesapeake strawberry 1

should not do well in southeastern,“

‘ Michigan. G1bson Premier,





Senator

Dunlap and Dr. Hummers excellent

varieties for growing in Michigan and

perhaps» you might find them more

suitable for your particular conditions.



The following shrubs. and flowering

plants. will grow in partial shade:

Snowberry, Indian Currant, ferns. Col-

umbine, hydrangea arborescens, Jap-

anese snowball, Astilbe (Goat’s

Beard). Many of the wild plants, such





as trillium, blood root, 'and hepatica.





are excellent for naturalizing under

such conditions—R. E. Loree. '





 





PRESUMPTION OF DEATH.





 





~ A husband leaves his family in pov-

erty and is never heard from. His

parents die. Do the children get the1r

father’s share?——A M.



The children do not inherit while

the father is living. Absence .for sev-

en years without being heard from by





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tion. A person conneCted With

stit'ution said the paper had slandered





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tion do anything? filial“ oreedfganiza-

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The Writing and publication of false

statements concerning another, with

either express or implied malice, is a.

criminal offense as wellas grolmd for!

a civil action. —Rood.





 





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I have fifty acres of timber land, of

second growth, which is not pastured

and only the dead wood is removed.

Is there an exemption of taxes on

such land? If so, how many forest

trees are required to the acre?—A. B.



There is no exemption unless a for-

est reserve is established; and there

is no law enabling the establishment

of a reserve on such land. —Rood.





 





 





 





HE reader of the Michigan Farm-



er, if there be any who has taken

the time to read these notes in past

years, may have missed them these

past few months. Perhaps he has tak-

en it to mean that the farm had

passed into the lists of the by-gones

and been stacked upon the shelves of

forgotten lore. These things, .and

worse, sometimes happen to farms

and folks who are talked and written

about a good deal.



The everyday affairs of Francisco

Farm have always been placed ahead

of the talk and the writing, however,

and while the demands of Michigan

Farmer service have kept our hands

and feet from contact with her soils

quite every day, still she has been

subjected to the practices that we

have continually preached. Today she

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of yours truly, the daily capable super-

vision of Robert E. Pope, (Bob, the

foreman), and with the assistance of

George, the hired man, she flourishes.

Truly, she has suffered, in company

with most other farms thepast few

years, and it has been a struggle, and

taken no small degree of faith to keep

going as usual, but, like the practical,

progressive, productive farm that she

is, she keeps on top;«

Making Plans in Advance.



We always aim to make our plans

well in advance and when we decide

upon a definite program for the year,

we know very closely what will follow

the next year and the next. Of course,

written across. the face of this pro-





gram is always the familiar phrase, '





“subject to change without notice."

This. is a very necessary part of a

farmer’s, program for the vicissitudes

of weather, the eccentricities of hired

help, or any one of a dozen other





things may make changes advisable. ~





Two years ago, as we have previous-

ly stated in these columns, we secured

from the Michigan Crop Improvement

Association, enough seed of that cele-

brated variety of Hardigan alfalfa.

seed to plant an acre. Last year we

harvested 3. heavy crop of hay and a

bag full of seed. We successfully re-

sisted the temptation to sell this seed

at a long price this Spring, and sowed

it instead. It is growing very nicely

now among the barley blades on the

field that produced sugar beets last

year. This field is good alfalfa soil,

has been previously limed, drained

and inoculated and is left very free

from weeds by the thorough hand-

working of sugar beets last year.

Hardigan is a hardy variety, a vigor-

ous grower and a prolific seed pro-

ll’ it fulfills its promise we

will harvest a good crop of hay next

year from the first cutting, and either

a second good cutting of hay or a lib-

eral yield of seed, and continue the

annual harvest thereafter until we

shall want the field for some other

purpose.





The next field in order which is now





germinating long rows of sugar beet





seed will be treated in the same man





net. and we expect this very promis—

ing variety of‘alfalfa to continue its





progressive march from field to field

If this can be

done successfully and from home-‘





grown seed, the little stand-hinted





clover, can look for a. formidable rival

on many Michigan farms.





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Will conduct a. series of crop and





, fertilizer tests in Menominee county,





this summer, says Karl Knaus, agricul4

tural agent. Corn, oats, cow-peas, po-

tatoes and Grim alfalfa will be made

accessible to all who desire to observe

Corn, oats and 'soy-

bean variety and fertilizer tests will

be held at the county infirmary farm

through an arrangement with the sup-





' rerintend-ents of the poor and of the





infirmary. Potato-soy-bean and potato

variety tests will be conducted by the

Stephenson High School on ground

near the schobl. An oat variety test

will be held at the Menominee County

Agricultural School and a soy-bean





test on the farm of A. P. Kline, near,





Stephenson. _



Two Menominee farmers have se-

cured pedigreed Wolverine oats for

this year’s planting with a view to

future distribution of the seed to other

farmers. Another farmer is starting

with Wisconsin pedigreed barley and

these fields will be inspected by the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion.

through this method a reliable source

of home—grown certified seed will be

available to Menominee farmers.



Mr. Knaus states that variety tests

during the past four years in the Up

per Peninsula give the following re—

sults for three kinds of oats: Wolver-

ine, 63.13 bushels for the four-year av-

erage; Worthy, 61.13; Swedish Select,

58.14. In no year of the four did the

Swedish Select out~yield the \Volver-

ine only in 1921.



In twenty tests in Upper Peninsula.

counties during the past four years,

Black Barbless Barley out-yielded Wis-

consin pedigreed barley four bushels

per acre, reports Mr. Knaus. The

black barbless averaged 38.3 bushels

per acre during the test period. The

Wisconsin pedigreed barley averaged

34.22 bushels.





PICK CLUB WINNERS.





 





HERE was held at the Menominee



County Agricultural School recent-

ly the annual round-up of boys’ and

girls’ club workers, representing the

local champions in club-work through-

out the county. Fourteen handicraft

clubs were represented at this round-

up, twenty—four garmenbmaking clubs,

and three hot lunch clubs. There were

present 250 boys and girls in all.



A picnic featured the occasion. Eve—

rybody brought his own lunch and the

school added its own refreshments. A

program followed the dinner, consist

ing of games and contests for boys

and girls. The girls had arranged for

them an educational demonstration

and display and the boys had a stock-

judging contest. Then came assembly

with moving-pictures, yells and songs.

Each club had its part in the program,

bringing out a song, folk—dance, play«

let, and the like. ,



In the award of garment club prizes,

Elna Londbloom got first in the first

year class. She came from the Hard-

ing School. Stella Nault'took first in

the second-year class, coming from the

Harrison School. Ruth Sherman took

first in the third-year class, coming

from the Faithorn School. Vear Swan-

son took first in the fourth-year class,

representing the Daggett School. > The

Hannah Morison School got first in the

hot lunch award. These winners of

first prizes get a. free trip to the Chat-

ham Experiment Station of the Michi-

gan Agricultural College at the time

(if the annual round-up there in

August.



In handicraft Irving . Hansen, of

Stephenson, took first in the consoliv

dated school class; Walton Relchardt,





The county agent hopes that\





of Hayward Bay, £00k first in the rural

school class, first year. In 'tlreaecond-





yearclass, Clarence Winters, 0f Stepht





enson, took first in the consolidated

school division, while Irving Billing

ham, of Ingalls, took first in the rural)

school division, Peter Wesolowski





took first in the third-year class. He,





‘is from the Standard School. Carl.l

Vorbau, of Nadeau, tack first in the

fourth-year class. These winner's also!

get the Chatham trip, Clarence Wint<

ers got first in stock judging and his

award was a pure-bred Duroc-Jersey,

pig. He judged cattle, sheep and pigs.



Menominee is reported to rank first

among the counties of the Upper .Pe-

ninsula in. the number-of girls enrolled}

in garment club and the county.

stands near the top in boys’ handicraft

according to Mr. A. G. Kettunen, as‘

sistant state leader.





 





NINE COUNTIES HAVE CLUB

LEADERS;





 





DURING the present year, Alger.



Delta, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron,

Luce, Menominee, Marquette. and

Schoolcraft counties will have the ser—

vices of a. boys’ and girls’ club-work

leader. Gogebic will have three such

leaders and * Menominee two. Iron

county has engaged at club leader for

the entire year, being the only county.

in the Upper Peninsula to do so. Dick—

inson county is also reported to be

arranging for a leader. Plans are 'al—

ready being formed for the club camp

at the Chatham Round-Up, this sum~

mcr.



The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-

road will provide free trips for club

members to the third National Boys’

and Girls’ Club Congress at Chicago,

this year. Boys and girls from coun-

ties along the line of this railroad will

be eligible for’ this trip. But to be

eligible the county must employ a. full-

time extension agent, they must have

the largest enrollment completing the

prescribed work of the season.



The individual club members who

are adjudged the most outstanding in

the eligible counties will be awarded

this trip. This offer embraces only

transportation expenses. It is planned

to add 200 calf club members to the

300 already belonging in this penin~

sula.





THE DAIRY SPECIAL SCHEDULEd





 





HE time of the sessions each day



of the dairy special will be as fol«

lows: Morning stop, 8:30 A. M.; “af<

ternoon stop, 2:00 P. M.; evening stop.

8:00 P. M. The schedule for the re«

mainder of the tour is as follows:





Monday, June 9——-Morning. Trenal‘y;

afternoon, Cook; evening, Manistique.



Tuesday, June 10~—Morning, ManiS<

tique; afternoon, Engadine.



Wednesday, June 11—Morning,Rud<

yard; afternoon, Sault Ste. Marie.



Thursday, June 12—Morning, Brimn

ley; afternoon, Moran.



Friday, June 13—Morning, Newber‘

ry; afternoon, McMillan; evening,

Munising. 1



Saturday, June 14—Morning, Chat:

ham; afternoon, Skandia.



Monday, June Iii—Morning, Negaw

nee; afternoon, Republic.



Tuesday, June 17—Morning, Chas-

sell; afternoon, Houghton.



Wednesday, June 18—Morning, Pel<

kie; afternoon, Baraga.



Thursday, June Iii—Morning, Cow

ington; afternoon, Kenton; evening,

Trout Creek.



Friday, June 20——Morning, Bruce’s

Crossing; afternoon, North Ironwood.



Saturday, June Zl—Ironwood, Bes«

semer and Wakefield.





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3 ' ~ . by the senate agriculture commit-

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determine the location of potash de-

posits in the United tSates, and study

.improved methods of recovering the

potash and making it available for fer-

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‘7 would promote the mining of potash

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HE farm bloc has succeeded in

‘ having adopted by the senate a

joint resolution requesting the Inter-

state Commerce Commission to lower

freight rates wherever possible to re-

lieve agricultural depression. It di-

rects the commission to effect without

delay such changes in the freight rates

as will promote the freedom of move-

ment by common carriers of the prod-

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stock,” at the lowest rate compatible

with the maintenance of adequate

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disgusted city consumers will turn (20‘

other foods instead of pctatoes. -' l,

have found that good storage condi-

tions not only mean a. very 'small per





cent 'of natural" shrinkage, and prob-

ftlcally none at all from either frost or





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,make the sweet taste we all know





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ties and under the conditions ofstor-





age or our big northern late crop of

200,000,000 to 300,000,000 bushels.

Personal Experiences.





On my own farm in New York I

have been storing potatoes for twenty

in recent seasons storing as

high as 7,000 to 8,000 bushels in the

fall. I have found from that experi-

ence that many of the usual things ad-

vised for petato storage are entirely

wrong, under my conditions.



I Spray the growing crop with such

thoroughness that rot infected tubers

are few and far between, even though

in one year, 1915, I had one of the only

two fields in Tioga. county which lived

through the blight epidemic till fall.

The same spraying keeps down the

leaf-hopper and the resulting hopper

burn. This makes it profitable to plant

earlier in June than many do, and

gives time to get the tubers filled with

starch before a. killing frost. The skins

set quickly, and the dug tubers stand

storage Without blackening, or without

bruised and cut spots to attract molds

and rot.



Because I do not fear rot and molds,

I can keep the air in the cellars more

cool and damp, and that, holds down

the natural shrinkage by transpiration

through the .skin. No





toes, even with some infected with

blight rot, is to get them dry before

storing and-keep them dry.



What all growers need is an experi-

ment which Will Show how potatoes

behave under all conditions of storage,

and then grower and dealer will know

just how to store for best results. I

have traveled to over a. dozen states

and Canadian Provinces to talk potato

growing at meetings of potato growers'

associations, agricultural college farm-

crs’ week, (‘10., and hate to discuss

potato storage worse than any other

potato problem It may very well turn

out; that the immense warehouse hold-

ing 50,000 or 100,000 bushels will have

different problems than my farm cel—





lars, none of which hold over 5,000

bushel-s.

How, then, can Michigan growers





and dealers find out how to store their

potatoes till the city consumer is ready

to buy? When I went to the Michigan

Potato Producers’ annual meeting at

Traverse City to talk potato produc-

tion I met. a bunch of growers who

were live wires, right on the job when





,it; came to knowing their conditions of





varieties and





soil, diseases, insects,





other factors of crop production. But

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what happens to the tuber inside the

cellar or warehouse, they knew just

as much as growers in other states,

including myself, and that was too

little.



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in‘ Michigan scattered over: (:he stoic .1;- y -.

large number of big 'pOtalo Ware-





houses, many growers who store large ‘





quantities, and the Mlchigun Agricul-{I-

\tur'al College, wifh scientists trained

in the study of the potato diseases, oil .

plant physiology and of molds and





fungi. .

Get Together for Results.





‘ Why not get together, the grower

" and the dealer with large masses of

potatoes in stOrage. overriding periods. ‘





and the scientists trained for close and

accurate 'observation? It may cost

good money to find out how to keep

potatoes best, but it is already costing

more good money every year in stor-

age losses that: might be prevented by

better knowledge;





As I travel over our country and

Canada I so often hear the remark, in





many varying changes, “Yes, farmers,





are a, bunch of idiots. They ought to

always sell potatoes in the fall, for po-

tatoes shrink "so much in winter that

they always lose'money by storing."

Of course, the wish is father to the

thought, as the saying goes, and the

city man or woman merely wants po-

tato pzices driven still lower at digging

time by fo1cmg the farmers to all

flood the market at once, but we must

admit that we have not today a. single

scientific publication in which the Why,

the when and the how of shrinkage of

potatoes in commercial farm storage





is studied g ,





Some Storage Problems.





1. Sh1inkage. What is the loss per

cent each month from digging to the

end of the storage 'season the next

June, and how does this vary under

different: conditions?



2. Ventilation. Just how much air

should potatoes have, and when?



3. Moisture. When should potato

storage be kept dry, when damp, and

why?



4. Temperature. What is the bést

for table stock, and what best for

seed?



5. What germs of disease, mold and

fungi work in potatoes in storage, and

under what conditions?



6. Are materials or chemicals like

lime of value?



7. How do the problems of keeping

table stock for 10w shrinkage, cooking

quality and appearance differ from

those of storing seed potatoes, where

the vitality to grow next season’s crop

is everything?



8. W‘e know'that the many diseases

that attack the growing crop, such as

mosaic and leaf-roll,

their violence from one year to anoth-

er. Is it possible that this variation

may be partly controlled by the con-

ditions of storage of the seed the win-

ter before? There will be other stor-

age studies which will show up after

the work is started in addition to

those, but any potato grower can see

how important the work is to his finan-

cial success. When one warehouse

shows up a storage shrinkage of eight

per cent and another on the same rail-

road switch is showing twelve, il is

easy to see how the manager of the

more successful can outbid his neigh-

bor for the farmer’s potatoes, and still

make money.



Just a Change in Experiment Needed.



The Michigan Agricultural College,

like many others, is already carrying





out a number of studies of potato stor- .





age. They have been limited in ,this

work, like other colleges, by the cost

of large-scale experiments such as I

suggest. Cannot the growers and deal-

ers of Michigan use their warehouses

and cellars in cooperation with the

agricultural college to- carry out an

experiment which will mean large prof-

its to growers and dealers. It would

need a. dozen or more big warehousm

scattered over Michigan, and that

many or more farm cellars holding

2,00 to 5,000 We each. .

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“Within the cenfines of the monopoly.

_ .These breeders OverIOOked the utility

_ of their product Which resulted in a

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lithis was a very high selling commOd-

ity, the farmer did not take kindly to

‘ it, which finally resulted in this favor-





ite breed losing “its popularity. The

recovery from the small type was slow,





' but finally everything moved along





again in a normal way.

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the left represents a litter that took 253 days to reach 300 pounds, and re-





quired 390 pounds of feed

middle is typical of' a litter that made

pounds of feed.





a hundredweight of gain.





a normal manner. They are ‘faddists;

naturally, then, one extreme followed

another. The extreme small hog had

its day; so the talent got ready for

the extreme in the other direction.



They were doomed to start with.

However, they made some money out

of the movement, but it came through

the ruination of many breeders and

resulted in the detriment of the breed

in general. They also opened the door

to all'kinds of freaks.



I have a friend who was warming up





’ to this freak boom through the big





prices which some were getting for

their product. He told me one day

that he was going to get in on some

of that stuff while it was moving.‘ I

advised him to stay out or he would

have to move; but he figured thathe

could get out in time and still pick

some easy money. He got in, but be-

fore the sales were strong, his hogs

began to die. He carried feed to them

until death relieved him of the burden,

yet they never stopped growing as

long as breath remained in their

bodies.



Later when I saw him, I asked him

how his sky-scrapers were coming

along and'he advised me “that they

were about all gone; that they had

gone to a market from which you nev-l

er got a remittance.



I believe that this kind of hog was

not adapted to our conditions; but to

the south where the sun could shine

right through them to keep the ground

underneath from freezing. _



I asked another friend of mine, who

has always been acquainted with the

line of breeding from which (most of

.these freaks came, show this came

about. He replied that he could not

explain but that he called it a “fungus

growth” of hogs. I asked him why we

had not Seen it before, and he replied,

“Because I knew them at birth and





r _ knocked them in the head—they were

easilytold But the boysjare playing





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[flatten Brgzdtf and Fudé’r in“ . , '1 ' .

{with them now and it looks.‘ like they

were havin a big time.” '





these pigs were fed the same, but the one on

for a hundred pounds of





The third pig came from a

attain the 300-pound goal, requiring 274 days andusing 567 pounds of feed for

From these figures ‘it would appear that the swine





breeder still has a chance to build a better hog. a





" This scraper type will soon blow

over. They cannot stay. It only takes

a few months for them. to grow them-

selves .to death for they ‘do'not carry

enough fat to sustain, themselves.



I want to tell you’i'just another re-

marks friend of mine made not long»

ago and we will leave the sky-scraper

to die a natural death. This man had

a herd of large, thick built. sows and

he said to me one day, “Crow. I. believe

that I will have tombuy a grasshopper

boar for they seem to be all the go; I

was” thinking it‘womd werk fine on my

by thick sows.” I said, “Well and

good, but what are you going to do

When your sows are all gone—what

will be the result of mating a grass-

hopper hdg with a grasshopper sow. I

never _' thought that all grasshoppers

would get me anywhere.” So much

for the extreme type.



The idea of breeding hogs to pro-

duce one kind for bacon; one for ham,

one for loin, one for shoulder, one for

lard, one for long legs, one for a rain-

bow back, one because he has .a white

stripe over his shoulder, breeding them

to be black, white, red or sandy, all





gain. The pig in the

the 300-pound gain in 257 days on 444

litter that used 274 days to





this time, means nothing in producing

afarmer’s utility hog.



The pickle factory is about the only

concern that stands neutral in this

matter, since all these styles have four

feet, so the pickled pigs’ feet business

will remain steady with any of them;



The breeder who has always stood

for real hog merit, combining'in one

and the same hog all general market

requirements, is the man Whom we can

thank today“for the real utility hog

for the farmers of America.



Possibly my remarks have confused

the reader as 'to my conception of the

proper type of a- dual-purpose hog. So,

briefly, I would like to explain my type

of hog as I have seen it from close

observation during a life time of feed-

ing, breeding and marketing hogs.



Here it is: A young, thin, undevel-

oped shote should stand high. enough

off the ground to give room to build

down a side such as will carry bacon;

he should be wide‘ enough on thg,,back

to serve a good cut from the loin when

ready for the market; he should build

a ham that really means a. cut of meat

in proportion to the rest of the hog;

he Should have a smooth shoulder,

which eliminates waste in feeding and,

with' such a conformation that, when

developed will give a sufficient amount

of lard. »



A hog that carries these points to a

high degree will have a wide head,

well set at the shoulder, and a well-

filled jowl. A hog should have size

enough to have room for feed and

carry all the cuts in paying quantities.

Such a hog will also‘be prolific.



You often hear the argument that

hogs of a. certain breed are great rust-

lers. Any hog, if hungry, will go out





and hunt»for something to eat, but

there is nomoney in feeding any hog

that, after he has had his fill,-will go

out and walk until, feeding time comes

again. Houses up,,all,the energy of





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It is the work you get out of a rope that

determines its cost in the long run. A

rope that soon frays and loses its

strength is costly at any price.



Save money on your haying this year

by getting good rope. Rope that you

can depend on for a heavy season’s

work— and more. You’ll find that such

a rope will save you trouble, too, by

doing away with the delays and acci-

dents a dieap rope causes when it

breaks on the job.



There’s an easy way to make sure of

dependable, long-wearing rope before





for the thin blue thread marker—the

“Blue Heart” running. betWeen the

strands. Then you may be sure you

have a rope that in the end will cost

you less.





What the “Blue Heart”

signifies

The “Blue Heart” marker means that

the rope is genuine H. 85 A. “Blue

Heart” Manila Rope spun by skilled

rope makers from high grade, pure se-

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It means also that in any size, on any

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Buy rope scientifically. Know what

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and look for the “BlueHcart”—our reg-

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For sisal rope





For other jobs where a high-grade sisal

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you will find an H. 85 A. brand of cord-

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ARME ‘

as in Other sections or the state,

have found that extra work with the

borrow and less with the cultivator.

enable them to grow potatoes at lower

cOsts. Where the barrow has béen

used to the maximumitis Often nee.

essary to go through the field with

khecultivator but once. ‘





CLOSE PLANTING REDUCES SIZE

OF POTATOES.





 





INFORMATION coming to this office

shows that, in practice, farmers are

coming to realize that they can con-

trol size in potatoes through proper

spacing of the hills. The ‘more space

allowed a hill the larger the potatoes

will grow and the more hollow heart

there is likely to be. When the spuds

are crowded, the resulting potatoes

will be more numerous and smaller

in size. This close groWing discour-

ages the development Of hollow heart.





How I KlLL QUACK GRASS.





 





LET the quack grass grow until it



blossoms and then cut it for hay.

As soonthereafter as possible, I skim

the sod loose from the underlying soil

in as thin a layer as I can with a plow.

On small patches this work can be

done with a hoe. The plow must have

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narrow about Once every ten days until

_ It the season is wet,

the harrOw will need to. be used often-

er. If dry, the plants will die without

much stirring. -——M. F. Parker.





HlVlNG THE ELEVATED SWARM.





 





NE year a fine large swarm clus-



tered in about tree so, far up

and out it could not be reached. A

hive was set directlyunder. Its loca-

tion was determined by using a fishing

pole and line with a weight on the

end, the weight indicating where the

hive should be when top end of the

pole was directly below the bees. With

a long pole a boy climbed up until he

could and did strike the slender limb

above the cluster. The hive with one

frame of brood from the Old hive was





open and the bees, which had been





s'pray‘ed to keep them from flying out

much from the cluster, droppedlen-

mass into the hive. It was covered

and moved back to a stand near the

old one—A. Hilco. l,

Test the soils of the farm, apply

lime where «needed, when needed, and

in the amounts needed. Then remem-

ber that 1,000. pounds .Of hydrated lime

is equal to about 1,600 pounds of pul-

verized limestone, or about 2,000

pounds of medium ground limestone!





 





 





 

 





When you buy new furniture for your home,

tell the local agent of the Hartford Fire In—

surance Company about your purchase. Do

this so he may protect you against possible





coupon, today.





loss. For practically every risk the farmer

takes there IS a Hartford policy.



It is good business to keep an inventory

showing the value of your buildings, their

contents, your live stock, equipment, every

thing that can be destroyed or damaged by

fire. Use the Hartford bOOk “My Property.”

It will be sent upon request. Fill out the





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make every‘ one, grower, dealer Or can-





sumer, “sit up and take notice.” °_Few . ‘

people can get interested in our pres- "

ent scientific experiments on potato ..





storage; The quantities involved are

too (small, and ‘we often feel sunethat

theresults’ do not apply very closely

to our OWn cellar conditions. /



I would suggest as the unit of study





the car lot of 600 bushels for each test. '





Grower, dealer or consumer would. be

instantly interested to read a state~

ment like: ' “Warehouse Number Six





had a shrinkage in weight of twelve '





bushels the first month, tour the sec-

ond, 1three the third, etc. while Ware-

house Number Ten showed a shrink-

age of twenty-six bushels the first

month, eight’the second, and seventeen

the third. This heavy shrinkage was

due to—.” .



The principal costto the coopera-

tors would be that of keeping one” bin

or bins to hold 600 bushels, always

empty throughout the year, or all but

the first few weeks. It would be neo-





essaxy to build one (or more) bins to ,





hold the 600‘ bushel car lot, taking

care that the depth when filled was

just the same as would be normal for

that storage. Next to it would be an

empty bin. The potatoes would be

hauled from the field wheii dug, pref«

erably October 1 to 5, and weighed

into the bin. Then at thirty-day inter-

vals the potatoes would be re-weigh‘ed

from one bin to andther to get the‘

exact shrinkage under commercial con-

ditions. To be of the most value,

these potatoes should be kept until the

last of May or the first days of June.



Finding What Potatoes Are Best.



Once having accepted the idea! of

’the carlot as a. unit, with one extra

empty bin for rehweighing, it would be

easy to include other factors to study.

I hear a lot in Michigan about how

lateplanted potatoes bruise and black-

en when dug and stored, and I hear

profane talk about Michigan potatoes

in the restaurants and" the railroad

yards of such cities as Detroit, New

York and Philadelphia. Why not find

out by accurate test, just how potatoes

grown under different conditions stand

up in storage, and how they sell? Why

not put in one bin Of potatoes planted

in late June, dug green, with bluised

and “feathered” skin, and test it ,out

with another bin of earlier planted

stock that had time to get well ripen—

ed? Why not test out a third bin of





thoroughly sprayed with Bordeaux six

or more times? There might be little

difference in a year like 1923 when late

blight and rot was absent, but we need

to know what will be the shrinkage of

unsprayed potatoes in storage follow-

ing an epidemic like blight and rot.

Value of Scientific Supervision.

No doubt an organization of farmers

and' dealers could get together and per-

form the weighing incidental to this

experiment, and get a lot Of valuable

knowledge of the why and when of

storage shrinkage. But when the scien—

tific experts in the study of storage

germs and fungi, Of plant diseases and

plant physiology were present at each.

monthly weighing, they would be sure

to see things the rest of us could not.

If means allowed, scientific instru-

ments like recording thermometers

could be used, and in that way some

of the diflerences between different

warehouses and cellars could be ex-

plained. Finally, I belieVe that after

the experiment had been carried on

for one or more years, the scientists

could "publish results that would show

the groWers and dealers of Michigan

how to store potatoes much better

than they do now. I believe that the

cost of the experiment would be repaid

many times over by the reduced





shrinkage losses, and in the higher.





 





prices for- potatoes out of storage. ,-





us plan an experiment which will“





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It will do no selling but it





' The organization Was formed pri-





.,marily to serve‘theysWeet’cherry in-

. . terests but as all ofits members also





grow sour cherries,‘ it will cellect and

disseminate data of the sour fruit as

well as the sweet. Headquarters of





the association will be in Beulah and





 





members will report crop prospects,

sales and offers, and daily shipments





" to the secretary for compilation and

_ redistribution





to members through

the local cooperative association.





Utilize Distant Markets.



The bulk of the sweet cherry crop

went to Milwaukee and Chicago last

year and the returns were very unsat-

isfactory. The situation will be re—

lieved this season by making carlot

shipments to distant markets like Bos-

ton, New York, Washington, Balti-

more, Cleveland and other large cities.



Membership in the association was

thrown open to all growers of sweet

cherries and to cooperative agencies

handling cherries. The co—ops. were

admitted to membership by the pay-



' ment of $10 a year and individual

growers not members of a co—op by

the payment of $5.00 a year. The five

leading cooperative associations hand-

ling cherries will elect one director to

the executive committee. Those which

haVe signified intentions of joining are

the Grand Traverse Canning Co., of

Traverse City; Benzie Cooperative

Marketing Association; Beulah; One~

kama Farm Bureau local, Onekama;

Shelby Cooperative Association, Shel-

by, and Hart' Cooperative Marketing

Association.



A. J. Rogers, president of the Mich-

igan State Horticultural Society, was

chairman of the meeting. He declined

to be a candidate for president and O.





E. Hawley, of Shelby, was the unani-





mous choice of the growers for this

oflice. Others elected were: vice—

cpresident, Everett Whitney, Traverse

City, sales manager of the Grand Trav-

erse Packing Co., and secretary-treas-

urer, A. L. Finch, Beulah.

Quality Will Bring Price.

According to G. L. Prater, sales man-

ager of the Wolverine Fruit & Vegeta-

ble Exchange, Michigan sweet cherries

will outsell the fruit from the coast,

providing the pack is of equal quality.

He told of selling three cars of sweets

' from Northport‘on the Detroit, Chi-

cago and Cleveland fruit auctions in

competition with Washington cherries.

The sales averaged twelve to twenty

cents a case higher than the western

fruit, he said. He advised carlot dis-

tribution of at least one-third of the

state’s sweet crop, stating that it

would have a beneficial effect on the

Chicago and Milwaukee markets.





 





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(Genuhued fmm'page 755).





“its eoplebecause other things are





' ’ MiabIeT,,-‘But'it some sort of a





price-fixing organization, composed, of





,n ' ‘ _ , _ , , potato producing states,

_. 5 JGHTY' sweet cherry growers from



; , . thevHart—Shelby-Pentwater-Luding-

_ ton-One’kama’Be‘ar Lake-Manistee-Beu-

-' . lm-Frankfoflflmnd' Traverse ‘ ‘ region

' ,“flormed‘dhe Michigan "Sweet Cherry“

‘, .,,,Growers_’ Association, which is for the

‘_ -'purpose of collecting and disseminat-

.,ing information on crop and market

conditions.

. _will. advise growers on what it consid-

ers a fair price for cherries.





~ become profitable for Ohio farmers to





 





farmers of Michigan and other surplus

‘ greatly in-

creased the price of potatoes it would





go into this business.’ Ohio farmers

ean grow verngood potatoes and they

will do it. Whenever it is more profit-

able for them than other lineslof agri-

culture. If price is raised to a point

where potato production is very profit-

able more competitors will be attract-

ed and the organization which made

such; ce increase possible will no

longerL ave control of the supply.



All such schemes if successful in

doing the thing desired will in time

bring about their own downfall and

render'inefiective the great efforts to

bring relief to agriculture. Potatoes

can be produced in every state in the





Union. The only places to sell sur-





plus potatoes grown in Michigan are‘«





in those localities where enough are

not produced to satisfy local demand.

If for any reason, or by any means,

price is unduly increased it will be

profitable for these localities to pro-

duce their own potatoes and the mar-

kets for the.Michigan surplus will

be lost.

Competition is World-wide.





Agriculture is not a monopoly. It is

competitive—very competitive. Except

in the- case of perishable produce

American farmers must compete with

the farmers of the world. It is unfor-

tunate that we must compete with

farmers who have a very inferior

standard of living; but that is the sit-

uation which must be faced and we

must look at it with practical instead

of theoretical eyes. '





During the past fifty years we have

had all sorts of schemes whereby

farmers were to be enabled to get cost

of production plus a fair profit for

their produce. Many starts have been

made. There have been many strong

farmers’ organizations; but the results

of all price-fixing schemes have been

insignificant. It seems that a new

scheme is builded upon the ruins of

older ones in hopes that the right one

will eventually be found. It is a game

of chasing rainbows.





Direct Energy to Real Benefit.





It is unfortunate that sincere men

devote so much time and effort on

these unsound plans instead of giving

their time, thought, energies, and in-

fluence to some of the things which

are of real benefit to agriculture.

Farmers must give up the ideas of

price fixing, the regulation of price by

controlling the flow of produce to mar-

ket, and “merchandising” schemes if

they are not to be led into difficulties.

Such uneconomic schemes are unwork-

able and foolish, and cause farmers to

discredit those means whereby real

improvement can be brought about.





The answer to this man’s question is

that any cooperative organization

founded for the purpose of fixing

prices of potatoes at cost of produc-

tion plus a fair profit,” is bound to

fail. This does not imply that farm-

ers’ organizations are of no value nor

that the potato growers of Michigan

should not organize. On the contrary,

every commercial grower of potatoes

in the state should belong to the state

potato growers’ organization and as-

sist inbring’lng about an improvement

in this phase of agriculture in Mich-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 





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Fertilizer

with Potash





All muck soils need potash





MUCK soils are ‘deceptive— they have the dark,

mellow appearance that is generally associated

with a soil that is rich in plant food.





Fertlllzer





No Fertilizer

without Potash





Farmers are usually discouraged with the yields from

' muck soils and many cannot yet understand why

these soils do not live up to their appearance.





Hundreds of experiments and the experience of thou-

sands of farmers prove that the plant food lacking in

muck soils is potash.





For example, Nick Koster, of Ross, Kent County,



' Michigan, when he used no fertilizer raised but

228 cases of celery, worth $193.80. Using fertilizer

without potash helped some, for his yield jumped

to 288 cases per acre. But when he added 210

pounds of Genuine German Sulphate of Potash he

got 432 cases which sold for $367.20. In other

words, he gained $122.40 by using a couple of

hundred pounds of potash.





You, too,should add this lacking ingredient and your

muck and peat lands will yield bountifully and amply

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73% tossed his clasp-knife toward her.

‘And you ’11 have to take tea, or drink

plain water.- I don’t pack coffee.”

"She found the tin plates and cups

Ill-brought the dinner over to where

Ilay. She got the rolled tent and

propped him a little higher. He gritted

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‘smothered a groan. Then they ate in





lye glances. She could not be much

over twenty, Lloyd decided, and she

’freshened amazingly with the rest and

food. 0



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all alone,” she said, when they had



finished.



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uphere. I imagine I. fainted for a

while, because when I came to it was

dark. The first night was worse than

last, but I slept some. Yesterday morn-

ing I had to get a drink, so I pulled

myself down there again. Then I let

my leg soak for a while; that helped

thevinflammation. I crawled back in

the afternoon, and then I had it out

with the fever.

over there, but it hurt too muCh to

,move, and I didn’t bother. I wasn’t

hungry, luckily; there was too much

pain. Just before you found me today

I was figuring on going after another

drink.”



“And now what shall I do?” she said

as he paused.



“Wash dishes; that’s always the

first thing. Then fill the biggest pail

with fresh water.”



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watching her as she moved swiftly

about the camp. Now and then a mo-

tion of her arm disclosed a long and

angry scratch through the rent in her

sleeve. “Poor kid!” he murmured.

“She sure did have a time. But I won.

der what she can do for us?”



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with this leg?” he asked, when she

came back.



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man’s stocking.



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away at the knee,” he directed; and

when she had finished he bent forward

and inspected the injured leg.





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explained. “Both bones, I should

judge. The swelling has gone down





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I kept that boot on; it helped hold it

in place. Do you mind helping now?”



She compressed her lips and shook

her head.



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slowly to the right, while I hold the

knee. Don’t be afraid; it won’t hurt

much.”





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put the flask to his lips. Presently he

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They fashioned some bark splints,

one long one, to reach from foot to

hip. This they drew carefully under

the helpless leg ,so that it lay straight

in the hollow of the bark. Then she

tore bandages from a blanket.



“We’ll keep it soaked with water

for a while,” he said. But the pain

had come again keenly’with the move-

ment of the leg, and he could hardly

master it.





“Get me the medicine-kit, will you?”

he asked. He fumbled in the bag and

drew out a little leather case. “Hypo—

dermic,” he explained. “I’ve carried

it in the woods for the last five or six

years and never needed it till now.

I’ve got to dope this pain for a little

while, I’m afraid.”



Under his instruction she took a lit-

tle pellet from one of the tiny vials

and dissolved it in a spoonful of water

warmed over the embers of the fire.

He showed her how to fill the syringe.



“Now go ahead and jab,” he com-

manded. “I won’t feel it at all. I’ll

probably get drowsy pretty soon,” he

added, with a nod of thanks. “Don’t

let that worry you. I need some sleep,

anyhow.”



The tree shadows lay in long par-

allel rows when Lloyd opened his eyes

stupidly and looked up into the girl’s

face. She was sitting at his side, and

he felt a cool hand on his forehead.



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keeping the bandages wet.”



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water. “Let’s have supper,” he sug-

gested. “And please smile.”



She turned and laughed, half asham-

ed, and began to gather sticks for the

fire.



“I forgot," he said, presently. “You’d

-best set the tent up first. Right here’ll

do"——andl he indicated a spot beside

where he lay.

affair—she marveled at the compact-

ness of it. Tents in the camp Where

she came from were like great rooms,

with board floors. Supper was almost

gay, and Lloyd nearly managed to for-

get the dull ache in his leg. She kept

the fire going as the evening closed in,

dragging a good-sized log over to it,

and feeding it into the flames as fast

as they consumed it.



“That’s a lazy man’s fire, but it’ll

do,” he commented.



As the cool of the Canadian night

came on, he bade her put on his

sweater, and let her draw a blanket

about his shoulders.





“What’s your name?” he asked sud-





denly. “Mine’s Bill.”



“Margaret.”



He seemed to consider this for a

while, smoking in silence. Then:





“Margaret, I suppose you understand

there’s no getting out of here tonight?”

“Yes,” she answered. “But I’ve stop-

ped being afraid.”

“It’s a good twenty

nearest place,” he added.

“As far as that?” Her eyes showed

surprise.

“For purposes of travel, yes.





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Does it pain:





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“Now, here’s us,” he said, laying a;





finger on a little point of land that





thrust its way into a body,of water.

“This is Tramp lake. Just below it is

Little Tramp. “Hat‘s“ the way I came

through. Your lake, Round Island. is

here—1 and he showed her, while she

nodded. “Your lake belongs to a dif-

ferent system entirely. It can be

reached over this route, but you’ve got

to go away above here to do it, and

then there are three names—hard

ones, too. This is the way you came."

He drew his finger across a strip of

land.



“But you’ve got to go out the way I

came in. Can you paddle much ?”



“I’m pretty strong,” she answered.



“Here's your course, then. Afterward

I’ll write it out for you, so you can’t

possibly lose it. You follow this shore

until you reach this little river. Thgt's

about three miles. The river takes

you straight into Little Tramp Lake;

there’s two miles of it. You’ll find a

beaver dam about half-way down, but

you can push over it without trouble.

The current is with you. When you.

get to LittleTramp, you must take a.

straight course across its—south. I’ll

mark it—-so. You’ll have my compass;

anyhow. It’s a mile across and an

easy paddle if the wind isn’t against

you. If it is, you’ll have to plug some.

Now on the other side of the lake you

hit a portage. You can’s miss it; there

are two big logs in the water and you

can see the path. Did you ever carry,

a. canoe?”



She shook her head.



“Never mind; you’ll have to drag it.

My canoe doesn’t weigh more than

fifty pounds; it’s new. Luckily the

portage isn’t over two hundred yards,

and it’s not bad going—almost level.

That’ll be the hardest part you’ll

have.!’



“I’ll get over it,” .she said.

how about you ?”



“Why, I’m not going, you know,”

answered Lloyd. “I thought you un—

derstood. At least, I’m not going this

trip.”



She looked dismayed, and he hasten-

ed to explain. “You won’t mind it a.

bit. There won’t be the least danger

of getting lost. It’s a straight road."



“I didn’t mean that,” she broke in.

“I was thinking of leaving you.”



“Listen, Margaret; you’ve got to get

out of here. To put it selfishly, you’ve

got to do it for me, if for no other

reason. You’re my courier now. Let’s

get on with the map. When you get.

over this portage, you’re on West Deer

River and you go down with the

stream. Remember, all the time you.

are working nearly due south. About

four miles down the river there’s a.

rapid; you must drag around. that,

about a hundred yards. Don’t try to

run it-—the water is too low. The

takeout for the portage is on your

right. You can’t fail to see it; a big

rock near the shore marks it. Below

the rapid you follow the river for an‘





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“You canlt get windobound here;

there’s not enough. open. water. You

go down Gray Trout three miles and



then you’re at the mouth of a. creel;



There are a 'lot of rushes. around the

entrance. '-Follow this creek three or

four miles. more and you’re at Jae

Station.” That’s a sort of headquarters

for guides; it’s two miles ;from the

railroad. When you get to the station,

ask for Jim McLean. Don’t expect to

find a Scotchman; he’s a half-breed

Indian. If he’s out, get anybody else.

There’s pretty sure to be somebody

there. They’ll have to send two men.

Tell them where I am, and any of the

guides can find me. If they know of

a doctor camped anywhere in the

neighborhood, tell them to send for

him and have him at Joe Station when

I come out. '



“At Joe Station! there’s a telephone,

and you can get word to your party at

Round Island. Then somebody can

drive you "out to the railroad, and you

can get back to your camp. Will you

be ready to start early tomorrow? I’m

figuring you to make it by sundown

easily." "



She sat silently studying the map

when he had finished speaking, and

then made him go over the directions

again, while she penciled them along

the margin. He showed her how to

use the compass, how to set the map

on the thwart in front of her, how to

fix a landmark on the shore ahead

when she had laid her course, and

keep the canoe pointed steadily to-

ward it.



“It’s the only way, isn’t it?”

commented. “I see it now.”



“You’ll enjoy the trip,” said Lloyd.

“Honestly. You’ll feel so freeand in-

dependent and self-reliant. There’s

nothing like it.”



And he fell to talking of the woods

and the summers he had spent pad-

dling through the still places of the

forest. The girl presently divined his

purpose and now and then she smiled,

faintly and seriously. . He was putting

heart in her; explaining by simple

stories the ease and safety of travel in

the wilderness; giving her some of his

owu faith and courage. The littleness

of her own View faded, and as he talk-

ed she began to sense something that

even a summer in camp had been un-

able to make her feel.



“You love the woods, don’t you?” she

ventured.



“I suppose I do; I guess it must be

that. Somehow, I drift back every

summer. I’ve been doing it ever since

I was a kid.”



“And do you come like this—alone?”





“Oh, no; only once before. I planned

this trip with my side partner, but, as

I said, he was called home. So I came

ahead. I’ve just been loafing along. I

was out three days when this happen-

ed. I was expecting to follow this

chain up to White River, and then

loop back by way of the Sister Lakes.

You never got over there, I guess?

You must, some time; they’re won—

derful.”



“You said you were lost once; tell

me about it,” she said.





The firelight warmed his pale fea-

tures as Lloyd plunged into a story of

boyhood foolishness. He tried to make

it funny, but her hand stole uncon—

sciously into his as the simple, vivid

tale went on, and at its close her fing-

ers were grip-ping his tightly.



“It's imagination that bothers us,”

he was saying. “We don't train it to

help us; we imagine the wrong things.

I was bothered with it yesterday and

the day before, although I knew it was

foolish.” ' \ ’



“But suppose I hadn’t come?” she

said, softly. staring into the flames.



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that. But somebody was pretty sure





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portages. L knew a. guide who paddled-

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gain. But they’d have been looking for





me in. a couple of weeks, anyhow. My‘ :





clothes are at J'oe Station, and I had:

to- go out that way.”



He smoked awhile in silence, and

then added, as if his thought had been:

uninterrupted: “But I’m mighty gladm

you came, gir .” '



“You found me,”

“I should have died.”



“Well, you were badly fixed,” he}:

answered, thoughtfully. “You had no

outfit at all, no grub.”





“‘It wasn't altogether that. I’m so .





incapable."





“You’ll forget that word tomorrow,” I

“And that reminds me:





said Lloyd.

that you need sleep—a good sleep.

Crawl into the tent, for I shall get you

out early,,I promise you.”



The girl demurred, but Lloyd, shook

his head.



“The tent for you,” he said. “I’ll be

right here alongside of it. Besides, I

don’t want to move unless I have to.

I’ll be plenty warm. You’re dog-tired,

Margaret. Turn in.” .



She brought fresh. water to him, wet

the bandages, and made him promise

to. summon her if he needed anything.

A few minutes she called softly from

the tent;



“Billy!”



“Yes?”



“I’m going to learn to be brave in

the woods.”



“Good night, little girl,” he answer-

ed. “And thank you.”



“Good night, Billy.”



He slept after a while, and the fire

died down to glowing coals. It was

daylight when Lloyd glanced at his

watch. He hated to wake her, but she

had much ahead of her before sun-j

down, and time counted. Three times

he called before she answered.





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“Did you sleep at all?” she asked‘





anxiously, kneeling at his side and

touching his forehead softly to see if

the fever had left him.



“Actually, I slept well,” he answer-

ed. “And I know you did.”



She laughed and ran briskly down

to the lake, filling the big pail and

bringing fresh water to him. Then,

without a word, she gathered sticks

and leaves, started a fire, and began





she said simply. I





 





to get breakfast. His eyes watched

her approvingly. .



“You’ll be a guide some day,” he

laughed. “You’re picking up fast."





That pleased her#she smiled bright.





1y at him as she looked up from her

task._ “The city isn't everything,” she

anSWered.. “I used to think so.”





“Well, you see you’ve been caughtl





young enough. You’re saved,” he said.



But they fell silent during the meal,

as if each read the other’s thoughts.

Lloyd hated to send the girl, but there





was no other way; it seemed brutal to} Aliup’g'ant

a





leave a helpless man, yet she knew

that he was right.





He made her repeat her directions,

and she went over them without a

slip. Then he had her prepare two

meals for herself to be taken in the

canoe. She filled the water pails and

set them beside him, gave him new

bandages for his leg, and then, at his

direction, dragged all of the camp be-

longings within his reach. When there

was nothing more to do, she still lin-

gered.



“Time to start, Margaret,” he ad-

monished. “Now, listen: don’t paddle

too hard. Take it easy, because you’ve

got quite a road. Keep your eye on

the map; remember that you’re mov-

ing south all the time. Don’t get rat-

tled. It’s a straight course, but if you

should get. puzzled at any time, stop

right where you are and think it over

slowly. You'll be at Joe Station be-

fore dark; don‘t fret about that."



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A YEAR or two ago, Madame Curie



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women’s clubs of America a gram of

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coverer, with her husband, of this

precious substance, she desired to de-

vote all her time to experimentation

with its curative properties. She was

left extremely poor by the war. The

presentation was made by Professor

Millikan, of the University of Chicago,

noted physicist. He uttered these

words:

mense importance in this world, two

ideas or beliefs upon which, in the

last analysis, the weal or woe of the

race depends, and I‘ am not going to





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scientific progress is the most import-

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Ezekiel was One of the last prophets.

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elation is largely taken from Ezekiel.

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herds of his time. Jeremiah and oth-

ers had spoken in the same way, and

Christ echoed their words when he





looked with compassion on the people;





as having no shepherd. At times he

becomes pathetic in his appeal for the

spiritual care of his nation. “My sheep

wandered through all the mountains

and upon every high hill: yea, my

flock was scattered upon all the face

of the earth, and none did search nor

seek after them.” Again and again he

rebukes the priests and prophets of

his time, for their case, their indifler-

ence to the welfare of the\people, and

their seeking for popularity. “And my

flock became meat to every beast of

the field, because there was no shep-

herd, neither did my shepherds search

for my flock, but the shepherds fed

themselves, and fed not my flock;

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against the shepherds; and I will re-

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themselves any more.” , .

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with because they devoted so mudh

energy‘to feeding themselves. Ezekiel

was so high~minded, so deeply spirit-





ual in his conception. of his duties, that ‘





all such selfiindulgence was abhorrent

to him. He could not gorge himself,

while his people were on the verge of

deportation.





E was takeg to Babylonia at the

__ first deportation, probably? and

was, not present when the last great .7

march of captives took place. Thus

he was separated by six or seven hunm

dred miles of desert and hills from

Jerusalem .Look on a. map in almost

any Bible and youiwill see how great

the distance is from Palestine to the

site of Babylon. The suffering of those

who were driven across this great dis-

tance may be imagined. The women

and children would perish in the heat

and dust in large numbers. Recently

a French traveler croSsed the Libyan

desert in central Africa. Only by tak-

ing the utmost precautions and the

employment of men accustomed to the

rigors of such travel, did he escape

with his life. He says, “The uniformity -

of the country is interrupted only by

the skeletons of camels. As a matter

of fact, even these become monotonous

after a while, since one hardly goes a

thousand yards without seeing one.

You will find as well many human

skeletons. These were the poor chaps

who, according to the expression of

my guides, were ‘eaten by the" desert.’

They they lie dead Their bones dry

out and grow white in the great

silence of the desert, enveloped by the

winding sheet of the blazing sunlight,

and watched in turn by the sun and.

by the stars of the southern night.

Truly, it is a, tomb worth many oth-

ers.” Many a Judean captive could

have written a. description like this.

The prophet had no means of know-

ing exactly What was taking place in

far-off Jerusalem, but he seemed to

know by intuition. He was still a.

member of his race and still one of

the Jerusalem community. Jeremiah

in Jerusalem and Ezekiel in Babylon!’

Across the sandy distances the two

seem to communicate. There is a

wireless greater than the wireless of

electricity. It is the wireless of lov-

ing hearts, of burning souls. Deep an-

swers unto deep. Ezekiel prophesies

the overthrow of Jerusalem and tells

his fellow captives of it. He goes

through certain symbolic acts to show

his grief. He cut off, for instance, the

long tresses of his hair, the marks of

his priestly office, and threw them one

by one into the fire. He ate filthy

food, such as is eaten only by those

in the last stages of famine. And fin-

ally, when the day arrived that the

armies of Nebuchadressar had gather-

ed about the walls of- Jerusalem the

most awful sign of all was given, to

show how overwhelming was the

calamity. That night his wife sudden-

ly died. Yet the next day he appeared

in public as if nothing had happened.

He showed none of the tokens of ori-'

ental grief. He shed no tears, gave-

utterance to no wails. Instead of go-

ing barefooted he was sandalled. He

did the things which he would ordinar-

ily have done, as personifying a grief

that was too deep for tears, too terri—-

ble for human expression. In fact, he





' says that there is no use in sorrowing. ‘





The disaster is past that.





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

‘ JUNE 8.





 





SUBJECT:—'Ezekiel encourages the

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GOLDEN TEXT:——I will seek after

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garden of Eden, and have not

started out. to devastate the nations.

Flies are the greatest little progen-

itors of evil in all theworld. Science

Says, “If each egg of the common

house-fly should develop, and each of

the larvae should find the food and

temperature it needed, with no loss

and no destruction, the people would

suffocate under the plague of flies.”

f A fly lays 150 eggs in a batch and

is equal to six batches. It only takes

ten days from egg to adult. Begin

with two files May 1 and let them con-

tinue their merry game right along

through September, and mathematic-

ians can only express the figures in

terms of German marks. It runs some

thing like 1,096,181,249,310,720,000,000,—





THE time to mt files is right





000,000. and since no one can compre— ‘





hend such figures it makes little dif-

ference what ciphers you add from

that time forth.



Sivat the fly early and swat her

thoroughly. We say “her” because the

female is more deadly than the male,

but swat all kinds without bothering

about sex determination.



Now that the automobile has sup-

planted horse in cities and towns, and

‘the manure box is no longer a familiar

object in every alley, it is a compara-





tively’eaeiy thing to keep the town

home free from files. The country

home needs equal immunity and it can _

be given. Look to your screens, both

doors and windows. Make sure that

no garbage is allowed to accumulate

near the house. Keep the stables clean,

and locate the manure piles as far

from the house as possible. '





The most efficient chemical to apply

to manure piles to check the breeding

of fliesgis borax, which does not injure

the fertiliiing properties of the ma— ;

nure. As soon as the mantire is re-

moved from the barn sprinkle the bor-

ax over it, using a fine sieve such as a '

flour Sifter. Apply it around the outer

edges of the pile as the maggots seem

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I’m having a lot of stiffness in my

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HE mail had just come from

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for Holly Rabbit he had a letter from

his old friend Charlie Cottontail.

Rolly went right into the house to

sit down and enjoy his letter. But

Bruin sat down on a. big stone, out in

the front yard. 0

“Just wish someone would write to

me,”/ thought Bruin, a little lonely.

“I’ll have to content myself with read-

ing the gossip from Frog Hollow.’

But somehowhe couldn’t be inter-

ested. He never even smiled when

he read that Pansy Pollywog lost her

tail and was now a frog. The news

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was singing from the porch of 'her





little blue bird house.





To Bruin this song seemed different

than any he had heard her sing be-

She was singing a

song, a special one,’ to call her four

baby birds out of the blue bird house.



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sang her song louder and louder.



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and sat on the ridge.



“I believe Jenny is trying to teach

her baby birds to fly,” said Bruin to

himself as he watched them. “Oh, I

hope they don’t fall.” 1



As Jenny continued her song, a‘

fourth little bird peeped his head out;

of the front door. It sounded to Bruin l

just as if Jenny was saying in her

song, “Hurry up, you sleepy fellow.”



He peeped to the east and to the

west and then hopped up beside his

brothers and sisters.



“Quite a family you have, Jenny,"

thought Bruin.



Jenny continued to fly around the

little birds in circles. She would come

and sit dowu beside them, scold a

while, and then fly up on the bough

above them and chirp and sing.



Each little birdie watched her care—

fully and finally the littlest one of all

lifted up his wings just like his moth-

er did and flew toward her. Either

because he was frightened or his little

wings were weak, he missed the bough

and went fluttering to the ground.



Bruin would liked to have picked

him up and put him back in his little

bird house, but he wanted to see what

would happen next. ‘



One by one the little birds tried to

reach the branch beside their mother

and one by one went fluttering to the

ground. Then Jenny flew down beside

them and after chirping and scolding

to them, brought each a. big Wiggly

woggly worm. With this niCe dinner

they felt better, and after trying and

trying, they fluttered back to their

nest in the little blue bird house.



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He invaded the harem to

rescue a French girl doomed

to marriage with a Turk!





She was young, beautiful.





. Brought up in a harem as a Mo-

hammedan, there was within her a

' longing for European freedom, for

the right to wed the man of her

choice. Yet she was being forced

into marriage with a Turk who was

odious.





She was seen and’ loved by a

young American. How he took his

life in his hands to save her from

her fate, and their thrilling adven-

tures together, makes the story of

this intensely absorbing motion pic—

ture. \



You will find it the best of enter-

tainment. There will be a theatre

near you which will show it. We

will ,be glad to send you, FREE, 3

set of eight scenes, from the picture.





 





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It tells you how

to use clippers.

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Pack Asparagus Firmly.

IN eating our 1,095 squares each





year, we consume between 500 and



800 quarts of solid food. Econ-

omists have estimated that seventy-

five per cent of this food we consume

is first preserved in some form or oth-

er, since the average productive pe-

riod is approximately but four months

of the year.



It then behooves the housewife to

take every advantage during those

four production months. The more

she can make the canning shelves

groan with an over-load of fruits, veg-

etables, pickles, jellies and other sun-

dries, the less will she groan when she

pays the grocery bill.



If\you think you may run short of

pie timber and vegetables next spring,

follow this budget for safety:





 





You’ll Need #2er M uc/z





1. Greens: spinach, dande-

lions, chard and other greens,

five quarts.



2. Tomatoes, ten quarts.



3. Other vegetables: peas,

beans, beets, carrots, etc., fif-

teen quarts.



4. Fruits (including jellies),





thirty quarts.



5. Meats, (fresh meat in win-

ter, canned for spring, summer

and fall), thirty quarts. This

makes a total of ninety quarts

per person for eight months.





 





 





 





With only a few exceptions, the

cold pack method of canning is un-

doubtedly the best method of preserv-

ing foodstuffs. Space will not allow

the steps of the various methods to be

explained here, but upon request and

titre cents in coin or stamps, our bul-

letin, “Canning Fruits and Vegetables

in the House,” will be mailed to you.

This bulletin explains the numerous

steps and gives a complete timetable

for canning fruits and vegetables. Ad-

dress your request to this department,

Desk M. '



So many of our readers Write, “I

attempted to can vegetables last year

but they were not‘satisfactory. My

corn did not keep well at all. Can

you tell me what is the trouble?”



Of all the. Canned vegetables, I be-





- lieve corn gives the most trouble. A





little experience in selecting the ears

that are between the milk and dough

stage is important. Do not blanch~

corn longer than five minutes, and

cold-dip by plunging immediately into

cold water. Blanch only small quanti-.

ties. Out the "corn from the cob with





 





J a sharp knife, do not scrape, and pack





 





Can Vegetables for V1tam1ncs

Overcome Canning Doficu/tzey and Have Amp/e Water Supply





immediately into sterilized jars. Leave

one—half inch at top of cans, for corn

swells when cooked. , Waterlogged or

soaked corn indicates a slow and im~

proper cooking. Corn will turn a dark

color 1f cooked in water containing





— too much iron, or blanched for more





than five minutes.





When.’peas are keeping well, but





the liquid has a cloudy and hazy ap—‘





pearance, it indicates that‘they Were

too roughly handled in the canning

process, or broken peas were used.



The loss of color in canned beets

is due to faulty methods of prepara-

tion before packing. To secure good

results, leave on an inch of the stem

and all of the tail when blanching.

Scrape the skin from the beet, but do

not peel. Well-canned beets

show a loss of color when removed

from the canner, but will brighten up

in a. few days. Tomatoes are ninety-

four per cent water, so do not add hot

water to them when filling the jars.

If necessary to fill, use tomato" juice.

—Martha Cole.





SOME MORE FINE SALAD

RECIPES. '





 





Dutch Delight.





1 cup cottage cheese (‘- _radlshes, chopped

2 cups lettuce, cut this Little green pepper cut

6 new onions chopped fine





For the dressing use:

1 tsp. prepared mus- sweet 01‘ SOlll'

tard 1 tb. vinegar

4 tb. cream, either

Mix the dressing and pour over the

cheese mixture. Salt and pepper to

suit the taste. Serve on lettuce leaves.

——Mrs. L. W., Ortonville, Mich.

Prune Salad. ..

For each service allow:

4pruncs. cooked, pitted tered





and drained 14 apple. Idiced

35 orange. peeled. Lemon Juice

sliced'thin and quar- Mayonnaise





Mix and arrange on lettuce leaves.





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Sprinkle with lemon juice and place a





tablespoonful of thick mayonnaise on ‘





the top. ——-Mrs. L. P. Freeland, Mich.





Cabbage Salad.

Illegal white cabbage. Salad dressing





shredd ' 1 cup whipped cream .





36 cup or more of

coconut





tttauce

Mix cabbage and “cocoanut.





Cover





‘ with salad dressing which has been





combined with whipped cream. Serve





on lettuce leaves with nut halves





around the edge. We like a mustard





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dressing best. ~Mrs. J. D., Sandcskfi...





Mich.





 





POT THE FREESIAS IN JULY.





 





I AM taking it for granted you have





your freesia bulbs from last year.

If not, you may get them in July quite-

often and should pot as soon as pos-

sible. Freesias take a long season of

growth before blooming and thé long-

er they are outside before it is so cold

they have to be taken to the window,

the sturdier they will be and the bet-

ter will be the flowers and flower

stems. You may plant them about six

to the five—inch pot and have strong

plants and fine flowers, and I have

planted them in pots and bulb pans

so thick they were almost touching

in rows two inches apart, and had

them give me an immense amount of

bloom, but not quite so large or with

such strong stems. With plenty of

bulbs I prefer to plant in bulb pans

six or eight inches across and set each

bulb an inch/apart or more, and that

makes for better blooming and plenty

of blooms at the same time—Agnes

Hilco.





Formaldehyde, one to nine with wa-

ter, is excellent fly poison. An invert-

ed glass on,a blotter makes an effec-

tive self-feeder to kill the pests.





Whose Fault? ~





‘N 7H0 is to blame for the attitude

of the average boy and girl to-

ward farm life? Truthfully', I



think the answer should, in nine cases

out of ten, be mother. More men than

women really love their job on the

farm. And isn’t it just in the attitude

we take toward it? If we look for the

drudgery anywhere, we find it.





More real adventure lies at hand

here than can be found anywhere else.

Nowhere can mother and children

have so many interests in common, no-

where can the children be made to

feel they are so Vital a part of the

business—and not only made to feel

so, but are. Give them an interest in

the poultry and study with them a. bal-

anced ration, the value of cleanliness,

heat, light, etc. Make it a business

proposition, not “George’s chickens,

mother’s hens.”





- So with the‘garden. Study the needs





.of the family, consult individual tastes,





locations best suited for different veg-

etables, and plan for a part, the chil-

dren’s own, to do with as they please.

If they help with the milking, study





,dairying in all aspects together,’give





George and Mary a, calf apiece, it will

pay you many times over. Let them

find out by practical experience the.

best methods of feeding that calf and

again I urge, don’t make “that calf"

father’s cow.



A boy loves a horse, and maybe sis-

ter does also. Why not a colt for

them? Teach them from the begin-

ning that farming is a business and





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.frpm others. What think





that a good education ‘is necessary

here as elsewhere, that these little en-

terprises of theirs carried on success-

fully will be a fine nucleus for that

college education.



“All work and no play makes Jack

a dull boy.” Plan that when certain

pieces of work are accomplished your-

self and the kiddies will pack a lunch

and spend a half day in the woods or

by some stream. If you firid some

pretty wild vine or shrub or plant,

bring it home and plant it in a shel-

tered nook. It will be a. reminder of

that happy holiday and help make

home attractive. Join some farmers'

club or organization where the whole

family can go together. Discuss all

questions pertaining to the farm man-

agement in the family circle, and see

if the boys and girls are not 10th to’

leave the dear old farm ~where they

are a part and parcel of the “adven-

ture.”



I know things are not just as bright

as they should be on the farm today,

but whose fault? Do we not get what

we look for? Were we organized prop-

erly, could we not cope with agricul-

tural questions much better than we

can? Let us face this squarely, and





if we feel we can aCComplish more _





through organization, let us live up

and do our best.~—_Your Farm Sister.





 





This letter‘from 'a sister who has to

meet similar" daily problems as do you.

tells us of her conclu‘siOn. Let s hear
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{lserthis department. to helpsngé

your househohl problems. Address

our'letters to Martha Cole,'Michigan

armer,.Detroit, Mich. .

MUSHROOM, RECIPEs.





 





Will you please tell me how to can

mnehroonis, and also ways of serving?

—-Mi'l. 8: B.





To can mushrooms, clean them thor-

oughly, We five minutes in boil-

ing met, pack in sterilized jars, us-





in; one. teaspoonml of salt-to the:

”quart, ill with





boiling water and

process for m and a half hours in

hot water bath. Finish sealing and

steroid a dry, cool place.



The conned mushroomscan be used

in making sauces and salads. Com-

bined with any gravy or white sauce,

they make a delightful addition. The

following are two recipes for separate

mushroom dishes:



Mushroom Stew.‘ - '





2 . diced mushroom 1 tsp. salt



deft-lamb]: i-gg.whitovenw

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2 tb bu 1%: tsp. celery salt





an: moi- . .

One-half pound of mushrooms Will





be needed. Peel and dice the mlush-

rooms before measuring. Put the milk

in a pan, add mushrooms and heat to

boiling point. Cream together the but-

ter melted and the flour and add the





 





THERE is a majesty in na-

ture, take her as you will.

The essence of poetry comes

breathing to a. mind that feels

from every province of her

empire—Carlyle.





 





 





seasonings; stir 'this gradually into

the milk and. mushrooms. Allow to

(2.001: fifteen minutes, stirring frequent-

ly. Serve with‘heated oyster crackers.

Baked Mushrooms in Cream.



Drain twelve large canned mush:

rooms and place in a shallow buttered

pan, cap side up. Sprinkle with salt,

pepper and- bits of butter or margarin.

Add two-thirds cup of cream and bake

ten minutes in a hot oyen. Serve on

hot toast with the remainder of the

cream sauce.





 





THE CRACKED WINDOW SHADES.





 





Please say through our columns to -

Mrs. I. S. that not only green window

shades can be repainted, but also all

light colors, as gray, yellow, etc. I





did several yellow ones about eight

years ago, and they are as bright as

when first done. Get a one—half-pound

'can of" chrome green paint, or any

good fluid paint, and.mix with one

pint of turpentine, apply with paint

brush, bushing in well. Lay papers on

kitchen or porch floor and lay shade

full length. When done hang up to

dry, then do other side in same way.

It will only take a few hours, and can

all be done in one day.——Mrs. A. P. M.





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REJUVENATING THE HOME.





 





I' would like advice in regards to

finishing woodwork in sitting-room

and dining-room. They were painted

white, and then later painted brown

and varnished. '



The brown had been broken off so

it looked terrible. I took l‘ye and re-

moved the brown and most of the

white, now I want to refinish it. Can

you tell me the best way to do it so

it will always look good and clean

easy? ‘There is a nice place in the

diningrroom for a fireplace, which .I

think we would like very much. ‘We

thought we would like the walls paint-

ed in these rooms. I am sending a

ram sketch of rooms. I am handy

at painting and I could do this'work

myself.—Mrs. S. M.



I believe the best finish for your liv-

ing-room , and dining-room where you

have removed the paint, would be to

apply two coats of flat paint and then



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4 IF THE GARDEN I‘S LATE, SERVE





barb in half its weight in sugar, and





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a good coali'of enamel. It is necessary

that every, bit of the old: paint be re-

moved before you put on an'oil wood

finish in the natural wood color, and

undoubtedly it would be impossible to

get of! allthe two. coats of brown and

white paint you mention.



According to the color scheme of

your living-recon, select a paint that

will harmonize. A dark tan with. a

lighter tan in. the walls, and a cream ,

ceiling‘i‘b very effective, or the same

worked out with. gray woodwork with

a lighter gray wall’s patterned in rose

with a cream ceiling, is very good. It

is necessary'that the woodwork be

several shades darker than. the side

walls, and the ceiling much lighter

than either of the two.



The painted plaster walls are very

effective, and very practical for a farm.

home, and your hardware man can 111].

doubtedly tell you of several finishes

to use for the walls.



Recently from our readers we re-

ceived a number of letters regarding ,

their experiences with the fireplace. '

They recommended, one and all, a

fireplace built by an experienced

mason in this line of masonry, and

advised having one wherever it was

possible, because of its comfort, con-

venience and the sociability of the

family group. around it.





 





MORE RHU BARB.





 





Rhubarb Dumplings—Stew the rhu-





a little water. While it is cooking,

mix a biscuit batter, using a. pint of

flour, a pinch of salt, two teaspoonfuls

of baking powder and a cupful of milk.

Drop this in the rhubarb, by spoonfuls

and cook from eight to ten minutes.

A pinch of ground ginger or a few





 





 





 





 





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ACOOL kitchen in hot weather

is worth almost anything to

a woman. And you can have a

cool kitchen at an actual saving

of expense. The Florence Oil

Range cuts fuel bills radically,

and the comfort you gain is

beyond price.



You burn the Florence Range

only when you need it for

cooking. That is one reason

why it means both comfort and

economy. The fuel used is the

vapor from kero—

sene, which is

cheap and plenti-

ftll. Anything

that you cook on

a coal or gas range

can be cooked

quickly and _well

on this modern





 





 





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A rustic chair like this by the gar-

den gate will add to its attractiveness

and be a restful place after the morn-

ing’s hoeing.





 





raisins can be added if the flavor is

liked.

Rhubarb Snow—Stew the rhubarb

and to a pint of the clean juice, sweet-

ened to taste add rather more than

one-half ounce of gelatine, when it is

cold and partly set, whisk in the stiff-

ly beaten whites of the two eggs, beat-

ing all well together. Never peel the

young tender rhubarb.

Rhubarb Shortcake—Three eggs,

three tablespoonfuls 9f lemon juice,

one cupful of granulated sugar, one

cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of bak-

ing powder, one-fourth teaspoqnful of

salt. Beat the yokes of the eggs until

they are light. Add the lemon juice,

and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat

the whites of the eggs until they are

dry, add them to the mixture. Sift

together the flour, the baking powder,

and the salt ,Fold the dry ingredi-

ents lightly in the egg mixture. Bake

the cake in two layers.





 





 





 





cooking. This range_

means economy

of fuel.

Easy to start





 





To start the Florence you merely

touch a match to the Asbestos

Kindler. Quickly you have a

clean, blue flame ofintense heat,

right close up under the cook-

ing. This flame is a gar flame;

It is not a wide flame, such as

you see in an oil lamp. The heat

goes into the cooking, not into

a mass of metal or out into the

room. The turn of a lever regu-

lates the heat to any degree you

Wish. When you are through

cooking, turn the lever and the

flame goes out.



It is a joy not to have to shake

the stove, not to have to bother





 





Planning beats a backache.





 





Florence Stove Company, Dept. 635 , Gardner, Mass.

Makers of Florence Oil Ranges, Florence Ovens, Florence Water Heaters and Florence Oil Hm.

Made and Sold in Canada by McClary’s, London. Canada 7‘





FLORENC





01L RANGE s...





Why keep a fire going '

when you are not cooking?





with ashes and soot. Occasion-

ally you fill the kerosene reser-

voir, and that ismll. The reser-

voir is made of metal and is

non-breakable.





Clean and beautifid ,





Porcelain en amel (either blue or ,

white), black frame, and nickel»,

trimmings make the Florence

Oil Range an object of spark— ‘

ling beauty in any kitchen. The

Florence is simple in construe-o.

tion and very easy to keep clean.



The portable Florence Oven,

with the “baker’s arch” and

patented heat distributor,

means your baking will be even

all over. It can be used on any

kind of stove. Each Florence

Range has an .ingenious device .

attached to the legs, so that it

can be set level if the kitchen

floor is uneven.





See it and read about it





The most convincing argument

for the Florence is to look at

one. Won't you examine one

critically at a department, fur-

niture, or hardware store? If in

doubt where, write us for the

address of the

nearest.



Ask us to mail

you our booklet,

“Get "Rid of the

‘Cook Look’.” It

is free, and you

will find it full of

useful informa-

tion.





 





 

   





 





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“Baker's arch,"

and the s '

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in any kind of ,

baking.





 





 





 





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AT REDUCED PRICES





:From Michigan's best flocks. Hogan tested 200 to

ersonally culled rated by ex. '





D0 M. ' Ba .

11011. English strain White Leghorns. large combs.

deep bodies. and Sheppard' s strainA nc.onas Chicks

from selected stock. 50 chicks. $5.00: 100 chicks.

$10: 500 chicks, $48: 1000 chicks. $90. Chicks from

extra seleo teds two cents higher chick. White

Wyandotte chicks 15001111133 one or ,

.ohicks 88. 00 par Poinpaid. 100C per cent live

Satisfaction gua

Order direct from this advertisement to sue eand

. get stock you are looking for ate the lowest mpoesible

prices. quality considered,- from the'xoul-

tnry industry. RELIABLE POULTRY mFAR l1.

ATCHERY. Paul De Groot. Mon, R. I. Iceland

Michigan. Dept. MM _





 





 





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For Persistent -- Layers-«1

Raise Wolverine “Baby Chicks '





I Bred for heavy egg production since 1010. Specially priced for June

Delivery, June 3-10-17 and later. Shipped by parcel post. prepaid.

up to your door. 100% safe arrival guaranteed.





S. C English Type White Leghorn:





 





100 500 1000



0 Chicks. Chicks. Chicks. Chicks.

D Selected mating 5450 s 0.00 ”$45.00 3 00.00

6 100 500 1000



W Our best matign ............... $11.00, $52.50 1105.00





5.00»

I 25% with Order and Will Ship 0. O. .i'er the Balance.





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

'- once, or first write for our free 32— —page catalogue.





1; WOLVERINE HATCHERY





I: H. P. WIERSMA, Prop. R. 2. ZEELAND, MICHIGAN





 

 





 





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This season get 0111‘ his. fluffy. healthy. Vigorous "Good Luck" chicks and REAP BIG PROFITQ.





Varieties. Prices on: 50 100 300 500 1000

White, Brown & Bufl’ Leghorns. .....3475 8 9.00 $25.50 $42.00 3 80.00

Anc onas .......................... 5.00 9.50 , 27.00 45.00 90.00

Barred Rocks. R. C. 8: S. C. Reds. 6.00 11.50 33.00 52.00 100.00

White Rooks ...................... 6.5 12.00 35.00 54.00 108.00

Wh. anndottes Blk. Minorcas. . . . 7.00 13.50 39.00 (32.00 120 00

Wh. & But? Orpingtons ........... 9.00 13.50 39.00 02.00 120. 00

S. L. Wuyan Butl‘ 16111101., Lt. Brnh 00 70.0 48. 00 80.00 ......





Light Mixed. $8. 00; Heavy Mixed. $9. 50 per 1100 straight.





Postpaid. Full llve Delivery Guaranteed.





The Neuhauser "GOOD LUCK”

customers everywhere for their Beauty, Type and Heavy Egg Production.

We hatch only from the best selected parent flocks. We send you BIG,

STRONG. STURDY CHICKS. Order right from this ad. with full remit-

tance. Get them when you want them. You take no chance with Neu-



user’s Good Luck Chirks. Catalog Free. Member I. B. C. A. and

c. Ass'n. NEUHAUSER CHICK HATCHERIES. Box 72. NAPOLEON, OHIO.





IIEW l0W PHISES 0N PETEHSBUBB PURE BRED BHIBKS





FROM MAY 26th to JULY 2891.





Bank References

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White mLeghorns .................................................... .100 per cent live delivery. postpaid





All birds culled by M. A. C.

Reference, McLachlin State Bank, Petersburg, Mich. Order direct from this Ad. 01 write for catalog.





THE PETERSBURG HATCHERY PETERSBURG, MICHIGAN

BABION’S QUALITY CHIC: KS





Varieties. Prices on: 500

Vl'hivc. Brown, Bull and Black chhorns ............ . .4235 00 $5. 000 $19.00 $44. 00





Get your order in early.





 





 





   





Barred Rocks S. & R. C. Reds; Anronas, Minorcas. . .3.50 G. 50 12.00 58 00

W'hite & Buff Tim-,ks White Wyandottes ....... I ...... .. . .3 75 7. 00 13.00 63. 00

Si]. Wysndottes, Buff & White Orpingtons .............. 4. 25 8.00 15.00 72.00





 





Mixed (lllikS, light. 58. 00: Kenny. $9. 00 per 100.



Prius quoted are for (hicks hatched from OUR GOOD UTILITY FLOCKS. Chicks from

lour Fancy stock of BLUE RIBBON PENS will be $5. 00 per 100 higher. Postpaid. 100% live delivery

guaranteed. Bank references. You cannot go wrong. Oider from this ad. Thousands satisfied. Ten years'

experience. Our slogan. the best chicks are cheapest, not the cheapest the best. Also hens and pullets





”'00 and up' BABION’S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARMS. Flint. Michiean-





REDUCED PRICES





ON ONE MILLION BETTER

QUALITY CHICK





 





 





 





Varieties. Prices on: 50100 300 500 1000

.5 White, Brown & Bill! Leghorns . . . . . . . .5 5. 00 $19. 00 $27.00 344.00 3 58.00

Barred & Buff Rocks, Anconas ..... . . . 6.50 2.00 35.00 58.00 115.00

Blk. Minorcas. R. C 0: S. C. Reds. . . . 6. 50 12. 00 35.00 58.00 115.00

White Rocks 8:. Wyandotteeu 7. 00 13. 00 39. 00 63. 00 125.00

. Silver laced Wyandottes .. 800 15. 00 45. 00 ......

Bull Minorcss ...................... 10.00 8.00 53. 00





Mixed Chicks, 88. 00 per 100 straight; Helavy Mixed. $10. 000 per i00

straight. Postpaid to your door. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Hatch tched

-‘ from heavy laying. pure-bred flocks Bank reference. Order right from this

with full remittance Circular free. Member I. B. C. A. and Ohio. C. A.

EAGLE NEST HATCHERY. Box 8|. UPPER SANDUSKY. OHIO





FIRST CLASS CHICKS





We are big producers of pure- bred chicks from heavy 1116 11111 flocks. Postpaid to your door.

100% live delivery guaranteed. Flocks on free range. Culled by an expert.





$7.00 PER 100

ND UP





Varieties. Prices on: 25 50 100 500 1000

English White Leghorns ....... . ...................... $2 50 $5. 00 s 9. 00 $42 50 . $ 85. 00

Brown Leghorns, Heavy T6pe . ......................... 3. 25 (i 00 11.00 50. 00 95. 00

Barred Rocks. R. C. A: S. C. Reds ........ . .......... 3.00 6 00 11.00 52 50 105.00

Mixed Chicks .................................... . . . .. 2. 00 4. 00 7.00 35 00 .......



Reference: Zeelnnd State Bank. You take no chance. Order TODAY with full remittance

and get them quickly. HUNDERMAN BROS. POULTRY FARM, Box 25. Iceland. Mich.





 





 





 





REDUCED PRICES - CERTIFIED CHICKS





From World’s Best Laying Strains

For JUNE, JULY6 o[IND AUGUST DELIVERY





 





 





 





 





 





Breed 5 MN

T.M"d8¥m on. 53.5: 9.5319090. 5:3.0: ,1 3' E:

06 as

'11.": as. c. 11.61. 3.00 6.00 11.50 52. so I 2 n -

Order now for rompt delivery. Satisfaction guaranteed. All flocks inslflfctoddel and certified

by Mich. Agr. Coll ll.ege Strong healthy chi real money-makers. Many

disappointed last your. Order fromthil ad now. Catalog tree. aeel broiler chicks at 57. 00 per 100 datum

‘ -.,,ht. no breed guaranteed.





LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM, 8.8, 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 INSTRUOTIVE CATALOG FREE.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





cede 25Chi I: 5OChicks 100 Chick! WChiekl 1000131iekl



:- ..... .571... ........ . ......s 9..» 542.505 10.00.

Iomd Rodeo ........ .00 .......... - 11- 52.50.......... 1 '0

8.6.RJ. Rod. ....... 3.0. .......... 5.00.. .... ... nee..........’sa.5:;....b.... " 3‘

Stron broiler chicks. no breed mnteed, .00 per 100 after one t. rder any,

right nozwl Late customers were iuppointedflnyou yond price hulk. Act now.





BRUMMER-FREDRICKSON Poultry.“ Farm,“ Box 20. Holland. Mich.





 





June Poultry Notes





By R. G. Kirby





STIFF long-handled brush is use



ful to- follow the scraper when

cleaning drooping boards. When



you wish an extra good job the brush

will remove the fine dry dust which

the metal scraper misses. I always

feel that the- spray dope has a'better

chance to do good work when it 'is'ap-

piled on a surface asclean as possible.

Roosts often become encrusted with

dirt which can easily be scaled ad





with a sharp hoe. The red mites and





the mites that cause scaly leg travel

from bird to bird along the roasts.- "If

the roosts are clean and smooth it is

easier to thoroughly soak them with

oil or commercial disinfectant and de-

stroy all the pests.



If the water pails are given a. good

scrubbing once each week with hot

water and clean corn cobs, it will re-





seat of a touring car for the p0citry,» V





crates. These wire 00093 are also





hundy‘for confining broody hens when





not need for marketing. . -



Because of the dry heat of the

broader stove a colony house my be

dirtier than it looks.

manure seems to turn into fine dry

dust.





canopy. The scratching and flying. of

the chicks fans a lot. of dust particles

into the air and' this makes an un-

healthful environment. Give the 0014

any house a thorough cleaning and

dusting“ followed ,by' plenty of clean

straw litter. 'An improvement in the

health and vigor of the brooder'chicks

may be noticeable within a few days.



It often pays to keep IE6 ventilators

of the colony houses open at night,





 





Give the Chickens Range But Also Continue Feeding Mash and Grain.





move all the scum that gathers in the

bottom and around the sides. Hens





like clean water the best and the fess

dirt in the pails the less the chances





for disease germs to be transmitted

through the medium of the- water.

Lawn clippings seem to make good

scratching litter for baby chicks dur-

ing the first few days they have to be

confined on the broader house floor.

If your lawn grows as fast and rank as

mine it. will not take long to rake up

a bushel of clippings after a. few

rounds with the mower. I dump the

basket of grass about a. foot from the

brooder canopy and let the chicks do

most of the spreading themselves.





I think that June will be quite a

hatching month this year, as the late

spring has retarded the poultry work

on most farms Where poultry raising

is not a. specialty. Sometimes these

late-hatched birds, when given ideal

care are not far behind the May chicks

that have been through a. lot of cold

windy weather.



The best method of raising chickens

is to give them plenty of good range

and then feed them with plenty of

growing mash and grain, as if they

had no range. With this combination

every chick has plenty to eat. A lot

of cull chicks are often blamed on the

breeding stock when overcrowding and

insufficient feed are the cause of their

poor development.



It is often best to install roosts in

the colony brooder house before the

stove is removed. On cold nights the

stove will heat the house and make it

comfortable, even if the chicks have

left the canopy and taken to the

°roostsl .Michigan springs are very

changeable. I once saved about ten

buckets of coal by closing down a

brooder and lost five times the value

of the fuel in the injury to the chicks.



Long, narrow, doubledecked wire

poultry crates are now on the market.

They just fit the running-boards of au-

tomobiles and enable the farmer to”

haul Small orders of broilers and old

bone to market without using the back





 





even if the weather is quite cool and

rainy. The chicks; will obtain plenty

of warmth but the air‘will be pure.

If any coal gas escapes from the stove

it will be drawn outside the colony

house and not devitalize the chicks.



Hungry chicks like grain and mash

but are never so eager for food as

thirsty for water. -W'hen the chicks

are nearly feathered out their water

requirements increase rapidly. If you

depend on small quart fountains they

will nearly always be emptied in a.

short time. Then there is much crowd-

ing and trampling when the supply is

replenished. Use enough fountains of

sufficient size to hold enough water for

a full day. When chicks suffer for

water in hot weather their growth is

retarded and their natural vigor re-

duced.





LAYING EGGS VS. LAYING

AROUND.





BY HARV HESS.



When a hen laid 150 eggs she used

to get her name and picture in the

papers. Later, some baby shows up

with a. eight-cylinder biddie that hangs

up a. record of 250, and now a. hen

can’t call it a year unless she’s landed

in the 300 class.



But, after you stop and give it a.

think, it ain ’t so much, neither. Say it

takes a. hen about a, hour to deposit

her egg. That makes twenty-three

hours a day that she loafs. Me' and

you works fifteen hours every day. out-

side of eating, so why‘ shouldn’t a.

chicken? I can’t see no reason why a

hen shouldn’t’establish a. minimum of

around eight eggs a. day and then

they’d be real money in it.





Or take the turtle, the old boy who,





won'his celebrated race by a. bare.

They tellvme it’s nothing at all for a.

lady turtle to lay a hundred eggs at a

sitting. Now there's a. little mark for

the egg boys to scramble after. Of

course, we wouldn’t expect our hens

to lay that many eggs each day right





at the start. once a. month would be p





A part of that





Dust soon collects around the .

sides of the brooder stove and on the- '





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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>' on





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DiCKlNSON’S





Orpington chickens. We raised nine

pullets. ‘ ‘





We decided "to trap-nest and had CHICK





read that one nest was sufficient for

six or seven hens, so provided three





January, when we found we needed

‘more nests, as the puilets made nests

in the scratch litter-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   

 





for June





Hollywood mated, ,',;;'

I3c: Rural strain.

I00: Brown Leg-

hornt. I00: Anconaa,

l I c : Barred Rocks.

Dilcount lc per chick on

500. Immediate shipment.





accepted.





Special Prices on Pullets





ll” certified White Leghorn;

900 each. In smaller lots.

illustrated catalog free.





POULTID’ FARM

Box .0... Minimal





ONE thousand and seventeen eggs





0rd hung up by a flock of forty-eight

- White Wyandottes, owned by John A.

Pambrun, Shattuck Road, Saginaw

count-y. This is an average produc-

tion of better than twenty-one eggs for

each bird for the month.





flock reward their owner with one egg

apiece, the lowest production being

twenty-five on the fifth of the month.

The high production mark for a single

day was forty-one eggs laid March 22.





Reduced Prices.





l4c: mixed broods. 7c.

1.000 lots. Vac on

Telegraph orders





laying contests, although their flocks





 





 





 





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ClllCKS WITH PEP





OUT IN PRICES. STRONG.

IGOROUS CHICKS FROM U

RED-TO-LAY "ENS.





BEAT





 





Price Slashed

on First Class Chicks





ction on 25,000 chicks for





We are making a big rcdu

All chicks bred for heavy





June 10 delivery or later.

egg production, from free range stock.

100% live delivery. Send in your order at once as

this offer may not appear again. ’

Leghorn. and Brown Leghor





500; $75.00 for 1000.





DRENTHE HATCH ERY. 80





BEST STRAINS

of First Quality





Barred & W. Rocks. Reds. W. Leghorns. W. W

Guaranteed. Ready

alog. HAIGHT HATCHERY.





duties at low prices.





 

 

 

 





SULLIVAN

BABY





 





pure—breeds. H0 Ban





Chicks. 100% live delivery.

free. QUALITY FARMS, Box-H0. Wellsville. Mo.





c1... A Chicks Only:





From heavy layers. S. 0.

Tom Barron Eng. White Leghorns,

Leghoms. Shepherds Anconas,

No money down with order.





 

 





ave. 2a,.

1.





n, $3.00 per 100:

cr chicks $0.50 per 100.

x I00, Zeeland, Mich.





 





GUAUTY





CHICKS





Iiusky Chicks. 7c up.

()atalog'





. 305 Quality:

Strong, healthy.





rd chicks. Be.

a» 100 per cent live delivery.

log. Also pullets. Boa Hatchery. Iceland,





Leghorn B-A-B—Y --

Bleak. Brown. M. White.

Anconas and Minor-cu.





Allegan Hatch-1 an

1024 price list. Crescent Egg c





.00.. BABY

* CHICKS





|. Stock. usiit‘y Sn reme.

animus





C-Il-I-X Heavies

Brahmas and Ornhutona.

Reds. Rocks. Wyandotte;





y No. 89.



omgany. All-gall. Ileh.

’39s. 100 and up. FREE

FEED with order. Post-

are Paid. Dive arrival





Cato] free.

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., _ 52:66. arsen- berth. ¥ - .,

, 151m three birdies would be all a“ ‘1 ’

fellow weald need. Now wouldn’t that _ ‘1 ' ‘ .

be the grapes? ' . - ' L—v , . W-“*--~*-M—~ ._ , . .. '

That’s alt - .Spec1alSurfimer Pmcese—By Parcel Post Pg ,





 





 





ment, twenty-five day-old Butt





 





 

 





December 100

January ‘ ' ' ' ’ ' ' ' ' ’ ' ' ° ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " 139 "10% live delivery guaranteed. Barron Improved Eng-

February 174 lish Type and Hollywood Anconas ‘ ‘

March _ 194 White Lanterns. Sheppard: Strain of S. C. Mottled Extra Selected Chicks. 5. (

' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ° ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Anconas Direct. Dark Brown S. C. Brown Leghorns W.



"T" and Barred Rocks. Scientifically hatched in New- 85 S. C. Anconaso W Le

.. . .g..





Total ...........................607 town Incuabtors from Pure-

—Mrs. J. H. Ford, Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





for the month of March is a rec-





On no day did less than half the





Many owners of chickens do not

care to enter their birds in the egg-





 





sometimes make exceptional records,

and it is only occasionally that records

like the above are made known-M.





 





EGG HATCHABILITY IS CUT AS

BIDDY EATS MOLDY FEED.





 





OULTRYMEN Who are feeding

moldy corn this’ spring shouldanot,

be surprised if their hatching record

is not up to its usual standard. The 1

birds may look well and lay heavily]:

but if the eggs do not hatch properly .

it would be well to examine all corn





 





 





RABBITS AS FOOD.





 





ABBITS are much easier to dress

than chickens and in the opinion

of many are more appetizing. The

bunnies are easily grown and the boys

and girls usually like to care for them.

Wleighing from four to six pounds

dressed, a tame rabbit makes a. meal

for a good—sized family. And when

well baked, fried, or fricasseed is real-

ly delicious.

' Raising Rabbits.



A hutch for housing the rabbits is

easily constructed. Not much room is

needed. All that is required is to have

a well ventilated coop which the rab-

bits can not get out of, with a dark

corner where the doe can make a nest

for her young.



The rabbits can be cheaply fed on

clover, garden vegetables, and many

kinds of weeds. They especially rel-

ish dock or dandelion or any other ten-

der plants. Some grain (cats is best)

hay or skim-milk is needed to balance

the ration. The young ones thrive es-

pecially well on oatmeal, thOugh this





ger of over-feeding than under-feeding.





 





. nannies. OHIO

M9"?





 





 





every six weeks.





 





Do.

0111' steel: is bred for quality and heavy egg production. Flocks culled by experts and they will.





ANOTHER FLOCK RECORD' makers. Will ship any number chicks from 25 on up. .

. « . S. C. Ancenas. 8. C. Wh. and Br. Leg ........ . 10c Silver Laced & Colombian Wyandottohu...‘

' R. C. & S. 0. Beds. Barred and Wh. Rocks.... 12d 8. C. White Minor-cos (a light Bralhmu.....-...’.

AY 10, 1923, we receivgd, by 51111)- 0113de O‘rpéngmns & Wh. Wyandottee........ 140 S. C. Black Minorcae ................‘..'......,.‘..

sznn an s ’ ......‘........'.~.





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

HUBER'S RELIABLE HATGHERY. East High 8t..





. . . . lfyou want pure bred olilcks that are bred rl ‘hatclled right.

trap DBBIZS- T1115 dld fa-H'IY W911 U11 and shipped ri ht. that grow and will make you swede get our new

low prices an free catalog before you buy. 5. c. ”'00,“.





Tom Barron Whlto'Lo‘hrrns Heavy Type Brown Leghorn:





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

The first egg was laid‘November 17, hand picked and inapectedmocrippleaor weaklinge. Every onestrong

and to date, April 22, this pullet has “u“ ”d



a record of ninety-six eggs. No. 2

began laying November 30, and today

laid the ninety-seventh egg. The oth-'

ers laid in December, except one first

trapped January 8: ’





and health . Sails

a paid. rite now for our low prices and free catalog. ite





leghorn and Barred Rock pallets after May 1. at low prices.

KNOLL’S HATCHERY, R. R. 12. Box fl . HOLLAND. MICH.





PRICES SLASHED 8.1:..Esccticis}





L t ‘Ma . June ad I deliver , Shipped postpaid, .

as y ‘ uly y S. C. White Leghorns & S. C.





which have been carefully culled and mated by ex-

perts and rated and certified by the Mich. Baby Chick Anconas ..............

Assn. Our B s are winners at leading shows and Barred Rock

Egg Laying onto-ta. Also hundreds of 8—wk.—old Mixed or B





ets ready for shipment. Prices: Special star

GOOD LAYING RECORD' Rgling chicks from Books of one and two-year-old ment. Reference. Zeeland State Bank. .





hens mated to 270-280;“ strain Males.





ToWnline Poultry Farm, Dept. M, Zeeland,IMi





Extra. Select. B. P. Rocks & 1i. 1. Beds ..................

Foreman Stirain B. P. Rocks ................. . .... .....

. 8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00





. I. Reds. from (‘hoice Matings ....................... .



W. Wyandottcs, Buff Orpingtons & W. 1’. Rocks ............ 7.00 13.00 00.00 ......



Utility & Eng. S. (‘. W. chhorns ................................... 5.50 10.00 45.00 00.00



Special American S. C. W. chhm-ns .................................. 0.50 12.00 55.00 110.00

$7.00 pcr hundred. Mixcd. all heavics. $9.00 per hundred





Member I. B. C. A. Bank Reference.

The Keystone Hatchery & Poultry Farm, Box 8,





Talc REDUCTION NOW SELLING





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





not an to take advantage of niece prices for ma will" include our number one chicks and m





 





 

 





Order direct Hanna}; 'éd.mKt't'r£{-£iy‘o' zenith; rm- "intestate; 'tiv'r' 100 or more cm on

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R. c. & S. c. Rhodo s and Reds Park's Barred Rocks





and 100% live delivery gum-ant . wiring-





 

 

 





 





 

 





100 I500 1.000 . 7





American Type of S. C. .................... $12.00 $57.50 $110.00 ..





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Leghorns. S. 0. Br. Leg.,

.......... 10.00 47.50 90.00

Bred Free Range Flocks Selected Chicks. S. "

S. (2. . Br. Log. 8:. S. ‘

.. 8.00 40.00 75 00

's .......... . 12.50 (20.00 115.00 "

roller Chicks. 7.50 35.00 70.00

Terms 10% with order, balance a week before ship- .





 

 





   





KEYSTONE QUALITY CHICKS





From Early Maturing Stock. Bred In Miich,-Hatched In Mich.

All Put .2 Bred Stock From Carefully Culled And Mated Flocks',

Full Live Delivery Guaranteed



50 100 500 1000





............ $6.00 $11.00 $50.00 $100.00

8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00





Prices on





 

 





Mixed. all Varictics.





Order direct from this ad. and save time. Send P. 0. Money Order, Bank Oraft or Certified Check.





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Lansin g, Mich].





Pure Bred Big Value Chicks. Prices After June 20th





 





chhoms. Whitc. Brown & Bull .................. . .......



S. U. M. Anconas ......................................... } 9C eaCh

B. Minorcas.tR. .it s. c. R. I. Reds ....... . ............... l 11 h

Barred. & “'iito locks ............................. ..



White \Vyandottos .................................. .. c eac

Butt 3»: White Orpingtons .............................



Broiler Chicks ............................................. 8c each





Wolf Hatching & Breeding Co., Dept. 5, Gibsonburg, Ohio





 





 





being fed them.~—Mills. 1‘





New Low. Prices On Dundee Pure Bred Chicks ‘





100 500

:arred Racks ............... . ................................ . . . .312 00 $56.00 $110 00

i. C. ll. 1. Reds .............. . ....................... 12 00 55.00 110 00

Alli'tiflilS ................... . . . .......................... 10.00 47.50 95.00 , .‘

White Leghorn; ..................................................... 10.00 45.00 9000'





Cut )our order in early.

m-nra Dundee Statc Savings Bank. Order direct from this Ad or write for catalog.





THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan;





 

 

 

   





 





 





$2.00 per 100 highcr than above. Hatched under best conditions.





is more expensive. There is more dan-





Each doe will produce a. litter of

from at least five to ten young about





 





 





 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





HIGH GRADE CHICK.S





S. (‘. l-lnulish White l.cghorns and S. ('. Anconas. strong. sturdy. north- '

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

i'urccl Pest and guarantee satisfaction and 100 per cent live deliiery. Send

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

[101' ccnt with order. balance one week before chicks are shipped. Can min





 





any week.

60 100 500 L000

Chicks. Chicks Chicks. .

’ Star Matings ...................... $5.25 $10.00 $47.50 390.00

' Utility Matings .................... 4.75 9.00 40.00 80.0

.— rf‘ llrnilcr chicks $7 per 100: $05 per 1000. g

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





 





FROM MAY 26th T0 JULY 2810.





 





All birds culled by M. A. C. Graduate. 100 per cent live delivery. postpaid. Ref-V fl





SPECIAL REDUCTIONS FOR JUNE





Highest Quality Certified Baby Chicks

From Michigan's Old Reliable Hatchery. the best equipped and most modern m ' '

cry in the State. Pure-bred Tom Barron English and American White Leghoms. Ami:

cones, Barred Plymouth Rooks and Rhode Island Reds. Strong. well-hatched Chic

from tested Hoganizcd free-range stock that make wonderful winter layers. .C‘

sent by insured Parcel Post, Prepaid to your door. 100 per cent live delivery ..

anteed. Sixteen years of experience in producing and shipping Chicks. ‘1va .

satisfaction to thousands. Writefor valuable illustrated free catalog. and prim

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





R. 7. ' Holland.“





11.3”?” . 7"" LOW JUNE PRIC

- Qtvflflry Postpaid. 100% Live Deliv





Strong. Sturdy, Northern-grown Chicks. Selected, pure-bred stock. Healthy Flock:

free range insure strength in every Chick. .





 





 





Varieties. Prices on: 50 100 500 i

‘ (“A Wh. & Brown Leghorns. Grade A ................ $0.00 $10.00 $47.00 ' 03'

' ‘ Barred Rocks (Aristocrat) Grade ............... 7.00 12.00 57 50





w ‘ r A .

Mixed Chicks, Light Breeds. $8.00: Heavy Breeds. $10.00 per 100 straight. Double A grade On

livery chick carefully inspected. Rd -





State Commercial Savings Bank. Order right from this ad. with full remittance. There is no risk. »

GREAT NORTHERN HATCHERY. Box 56. ZEELANO. HIGH}





CHILSON BARRED ROCKS »





1922-23 , ' . .

Won Mich. lnternational Egg Contest 5

at M. A. C. over all bony breeds. We have old: and one from sisters and doubter- of on. sq.“

reasonable prices. it try we send you our Mailing list? »- .

. Write today (or





We are making a special price on (‘hix for last 2 weeks in May and all of June

MR. and MRS. W. H. CHILSON. R. l. Orandvllle, Michigan.
write 1111 no...

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$1. 00 ea. 81. 25 on. 31. 80“.

01418111; Breed.100.$8.00: Heavy





o (“Ranks mlOO per cent live delivery.

Order this ad or write today.



FA RVIEW POULTRY mFARMB, R. 2. Box E.

Zoe land. Michigan.





 





100 Special Reds





gPULLETs





We chat I00 only Superiork R. I. Red Pullsts at

8 nos. from Iran nested stock.

Bend for Circular of these Pullets. and also Pul-

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

Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Minorcas, Anconas, Leghorns.



Also Turkeys. Geese, Ducks.



This stock is y for summer and fall delivery.

It is the Pure Breed Practical Poultry that you want

., on your farm for a money flock. Insmt this stock

’ on your own ground; guarantee that you will be

I . fullys isedfi

ours” FARMS ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Member International Balm Chick Association



Member Michigan State Farm Bureau





ILLINOIS ACCREDITED

HATCHERY No 1





Strong. vigorous, healthy chicks

from pure- -bred flocks inspected

and accredited by Illinois Dept.

of Agriculture. Flocks supervised

by Judge D. 'l‘. Heimlich. care-

fullyS selected and bred for high





 





)ll‘lie‘

Exceptional quality, special reduged eggloprices.





00

has. White Le brns ........ $7. 00 $14. 00 $67. 50

ms. .R. Reds gh ........... 7. 75 15.50 75. 00

.mte Wynn. Buff Orningwns.. 8. 00 16.00 77.50

te..0rp Light Brahmas ..... 8_ 50 17.00 82 50

Assorted ........................ 6.00 11.50 55. 00





for free catalog. Write for prices on hatching eggs.

WALNUT RIDGE HATCHERY, Box E- 7. Butler. III.





“’EGG—BRED’ERi'cBis





S. C. English White Leghorn:





$8 Per 10 Pm'





paid

100 per cent live arrival guaranteed. Embed

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Dear Uncle Frank. .



I have neVer written before, because

you see, I am bashful. But now I think

it time I told you I am proud to belong

to the Merry Circle.



Now, Uncle Frank, I am sure your





am sure we would like you lots more

if you would only put your picture in

the paper. I would write you every

day if you would. Well,

tease you any more because teasing

don’t get you anywhere—From your

loving niece, Julia‘I—Iauting, Rockford,

Mich.



My picture appeared several times





last year, but if it is going to get bash-





 





Many M. C.’s'Are Interested in Hogs.

l



ful ones to write, I may have to run

it again. I don’t think it will have

any effect unless it scares them more.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I received the box of candy for the

prize today, and I thank you very

much for it. Even if it was not the

first prize, it was good enough. And

the candy sure tasted good.



(Mr.) Garret Klinge, wasn’t it? He

says that he is glad that he’s a. boy.

But, of course he is glad. If he was

a girl he’d have to work in the dingy

kitchen, as. he calls it. He doesn’t

seem to like it very well.



Well, I’ll stop, because the waste

basket might choke if I don’t.—Your

niece, Emma Sapatka, Wellston, Mich.





I’m glad you liked the candy. Yes,





too. Every little while I get a. name

which might be either a. boy’s or a.

girl’s. Those who have such names

should tell which is which.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

I wish some of the M. C.’s would

not rake knickers down so, as I am

very fond of them. -Let’s talk about

something different





I am “terribly” interested in Jersey

cattle, and some day I hope to have a

herd of pure- -bred,s all registered, just

like Elizabeth Farley, of Massachus-

etts, who has been called the most dis-

tinguished farm girl of America.



I have lived on the farm about three

years and find it most interesting, just

as other boys and girls have.



I will close and try my fate once

more—Yours truly, Laura Gaedke,

Perry, Mich.



You have a. worth—while ambition.

Here’s luck to you. I agree, that knick-

ers have their place, but the question

is, what is their place?





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Uncle Frank, when the Michigan

Farmer runs out and you do not renew

your subscription, are you still a Mer—

ry Circler? .

We serve hot lunch in the high

school basement noons. One noon we

were talking about “clubs” and I found





nieces and nephews all like you, but I ,





I will not .





Garret had me guessing for a While, .





out several girls in high school belong-

ed to the Merry Circle—Your loving

nieclf, Elaine S‘chug, M. C., Schoolcraft,

Mic .





Once a Merry Circler, always a Mer-

ry Circler. The only thing, if you do

not get the paper you cannot enjoy the

letters and other things in the M. C.

department.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Here is a niece who has sent in five

letters and not one of them printed.

Sheds actually getting discouraged.





 





She is sixteen years old, five feet four.

weighs 110 farm pound-s. * Living on a





farm doesn’t prevent her: from, having

, her hair bobbed. aGladys Miller, Alma... »





Michigan, R. 2, Box 78. ..



Many have become discouraged, but

have kept right on, even though they

were discouraged. I can see‘nothing

about farming that would prevent 31.





respondents,

scramble.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Have you traveled, Uncle Frank? I

have. I have been in France, Austria,

Hungary and Switzerland. The moun-

tains Were grand in Switzerland. I

have seen the Niagara Falls, too. Well,

I will close now—Your M. C.~ Niece,

Stella Toth, R. 1, Box 50, Benton,

Michigan.



I have traveled some, but not. as

much as you. The Swiss Alps must

be interesting, but we have interesting

scenery in “Michigan, although it is

different.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





I am a silent “Merry Circler,” but

as I was reading “The Letter Box”

this evening, I thought I’d write on

"Are most boys rude to girls?”



I don’t think there are many boys

who really mean to be rude, although

they are a great many times. As J. E.

Hattula says,

tease, and what fun is it if they can’t?

I have two brothers older than my-

self, aged twgnty-four and twenty. I

also have one brother and two half-

brothers younger than myself, and

every one of them love to tease. My

older brothers aren’t home now and

I miss them ’very much. I confess I





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The Hubbel Children Enjoying





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. Some Merry Circle Messages

. __, What Our Young Folks Have to Say , ,





girl bobbing her hair. If you Want cor- v

join a. correspondence .





they merely wish to‘





 





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some teasing, but many won’t admit it. y:





 





Dear Uncle Frank. "W



: I_ was So surprised the other day

when I received my (dear little) pen:

I nearly dropped. Thank you a. mil-

lion times for it. I Wasn’t ex

anything, because I had tri in so

many of the contests without winning

that I had given up all hope. ‘





I sure found out it pays to .work to-





win, because I sure had to work.





I think it is a. very good motto. My '





letter is getting too long so I will close.





rington, M.

Haven, Mich.



I am glad you found that persistency

wins. It really does pay to work to

win, doesn’t it?





C... R. 1, Box 14, South





Dear Uncle Frank: .

We have a 9w 1 e calf and her





name is Black eau . He is a. cun-

ning little fellow, and She is all black.

.Her mother’s name is Spot, because

she has one white spot on her batik--

Sincerely yours, Ronald Douglas, Leon-

ard, Mich

I noticed while you were writing

your letter your calf changed from a.

she‘to a he and then back to‘a She

again.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Can you tell me why I never win in

a contest? I have written so many

times but never win, my letters are

not even printed





But I don’t feel very bad because I,





expect to win some time if it takes me

the rest of my life—Your niece, Necia

Culver, M. C., Eaton Rapids, Mich.-





No, I can’t tell you why you didn’t

win. Undoubtedly your papers are not.

good enough. Each time you try, do a.

little better. Then with the splendid

spirit of determination you have, you

will win. '





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Themselves in the Harvest Field.





My Best Money M aking Stunt





By Richard Wooden, M. 0., Hanover,

Michigan.



The most profitable money-making

stunt I have found is club work and

showing things at different fairs.



In the club work, I do the work my-

self. In showing grains, I help my

father raise them and then he gives

me samples to show at different grain

shows.



In boys’ and girls’ club work, I be-

long to the chicken, ‘potato and corn

clubs, in which I have been very suc-

cessful. I exhibited at the county fair.

For prizes I got four seconds on my

chickens, three in the club and one in

the men’s class. I didn’t get anything

on my potatoes, but got first on my

corn. I showed corn in the township

and got Second.



Every fall the National Union Bank

at Jackson gives a. fmit and grain ex-

hibit. I got first prize on oats. Then

in December, I sent some cats to the

International Hay and Grain Show

and received ninth prize. At the corn

show, at M A. C, I got third prize on

corn.



I think that exhibiting grains at the

different shows is quite a. money-mak-

ing stunt. _





. By Bertha Olson, Escanaba, Mich.



I will tell you how I make money. I

Wash dishes and take care of children

in the winter. In the summer time I

make a. garden, which I keep clean of

weeds so that the vegetables can grow

big. Then I sell them.



I earned quite a. sum of money on

vegetables last year and I am going to

plant a much larger garden this year.

I plant string beans, cabbage, carrots,

onions and sweet corn. I think they

are the best sellers and aremoney

makers.



I think every boy or girl on a. farm

should have “a. garden, both for pleas-

ure and profit.



When my vegetables are big enough

to eat I pick them. Carrots I wash

and bunch. String beans I weigh and

put in baper bags. Cabbage or sweet

corn I trim. Onions I bunch.



I always get my vegetables ready in

the evening and put them in a cool

place. Then early in the morning I

go to.town and sell them all, and be—

lieve me, everybody says, "My, such

nice vegetables, I 'must buy some.” So

I get rid of them easy. ‘I also get a

good price because my vegetables look

neat.





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Rapids, Michigan. in the years ‘to come, no matter what





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make money- this summer, although I my action.





am going to do something.





Every summer before I have always By Dorothy Draper, M. C., Montgom-





gone to lakes, other cities, or some





’ place, on my vacation, and have never

worked much. ~ self during vacation is to raise chick-





, This year as my sister is going to ens, work in the garden, help my

. take a college course, I will have to mother, and most of all, be my fath-

.do all the work. I intend to do the er’s boy, .

Even though I have three brothers

and garden work, as we have ten and two sisters, I must help my fath-

acres. MY mother, as 8118* has had 'er, for the oldest brother-is working

several operations, naturally cannot in Jackson, the second in a shoe store

do this. in a city nearby, and the youngest is





washing, ironing, regular housework,





cry, Michigan.





The vocation I have planned for my-





I will not receive actual money for at Kalamazoo College,





this, but what I will receive will be





I want to raise Plymouth Rock

better than money, the love Of my chickens for the purpose of making





 





family. Besides, one is always hap-

pier when helping others. [This is

found to be true-everywhere. I will

also be helping my sister, as she could

not take, the college course and do the

work, too.



This is not much, compared to what

others will do, but it is my duty and

my work.





By Eldon Wyland, Syracuse, Indiana.



My vacation is spent in various

ways. Just now I am busy with my

little ducks. I have twenty—seven now

and some still hatching. I raise them

by hand and for a couple of weeks

they require much care.



I have taken orders for a toilet

goods house, amounting to $16, and

the shipment came today, so now I

have it to deliver. I get half. I get

two orders each vacation or have for

the past two years. I expect to get

another one in August.



I send and get a salve and sell it

at times when I have nothing else to

do, and get one-third commission.



My daddy is a painter and paper

hanger and early this spring mother

went with him to do the pasting and

I stayed at hometo look after little

things. They took “their lunch with

them. I washed dishes, swept the

floor and did little things mother did





 





not get done. At five o’clock I started





[yam] Contest





IT’S a long time since we have

had a contest in which we

tried to make as many words as

we possibly could from the let-

ters in certain words.



This time we are going to see

what we can do with the letters

in WASTE BASKET. No doubt

many letters get into the waste

basket that you wish would

keep out, but we will not can-

sider them now.



To the ten who get the great-

est number of words, not includ-

ing proper names, from the let-

ters in those two words, we will

give prizes. The first two will

get fountain pens; the next

three, flashlights, and the next

five, little boxes of candy.



Please put your name in the

upper left hand corner of your

paper, and if you are an M. 0.,

put M. C. after your name.



Send your list of words to





Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer,





Detroit, Michigan, be fore June

12, for that, is when the contest

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supper and when they came home I

had supper ready. I can cook a com-

mon meal as well as any girl.



Every two weeks I mow the Con—

cord cemetery. It takes me a half

day and I get $2.00. . I also mow a

neighbor’slawnuevery week and I get

twenty-five cents for that; so I am

sure my vacation won’t seem so long,

my having little things to do.



I have no brothers or sisters. I

really don’t know if I am sorry or

glad.» As it is, I get many things I

would not get if there were several

of us. I have all my playthings I ever

got. Mother says she will soon have

to move out if I get many more. I

keep all my school books and review

them at different times.



I wanted to get books which I would

need for this coming term, and study,

so I might make it to high school by

another term, but mother says “No,”

thinking it too much.



But maybe I can coax her a little. I

think it would be fun. I will be glad

when school begins.





By Birney Marble, Allegan Michigan.



As my father put me through four

years of high school, taking me four-

teen miles daily, rain or shine, and

did without my help for that length of

time, I shall help him this summer.

Many, many people advise me to go

on to college now, saying if I don’t I

never will, but, as he made my educa~

tion possible, I consider that it is best

to repay him now, as he is over sixty

years old. He also made it possible

for me to attain high scholastic cred-

its and enjoy the four best years of

my life so far. In return, I shall en-

deavor to do whatever he asks to the

best of my ability, whether it be cul-

tivating corn, cutting hay, hoeing po-





the coming year.





for me.

have!

Helping others is the one thing

which I hope I may always be able

to do.





money to help myself go to high school

Gardening is a very

pleasant work if it is looked at asl

such. The garden will help to make a ;

variety of food for the table which is

very healthful. 1

To help "my mother is, of course, at,

very usual thing for a girl to do. Buti .

as I must be a boy this summer,

will devote the most of my time to

farm work which will be a new thingl

My, what a nice time I will





VOCATION WINNERS.





 





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CCORDING to the letters I got

this week, the boys and girls are





going to do a lot of different things

this summer.





The picking of the winners was





Fountain Pens.





Geneva Kohlenberger, 309 Sheridan

Avenue, Big Rapids, Mich.





rather hard but I selected Geneva’s

as first because was going to be busy

doing her duty. Eldon’s paper

selected for second because of the var-

ious lines of activity he had for profit ‘

and for making himself useful.



The prize winners are as follows:





was





Eldon Wyland, R. 3, Syracuse, Ind.





Flashlights.





Birney Marble, M. C., R. 4, Allegan,

Michigan. I





Dorothy Draper, Montgomery, Mich.





Polly Svinicki, Stephenson, Mich.





Candy.

Lillian Luepnitz, Allenville, Mich.





Viola Brunais, Cheif, Mich.





Wilhelmina B. Miller, Bristol, Ind.

Alice Lambright, R. 3, Canchester,





M ch

Grand Rapids, Mich.





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Ethel Evans, 715 S. Division Street,

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fer 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.

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

saves labor. cuts down your food bill and makes

_ . the chicks grow twice as fast. Bright. balmy days_

bring splendid development. Our lune chicks will begin to lay in October and July chicks in

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



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Chicks that. are lttroncn nappy. from high production, egmbrod stock, are the chicks that

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

regardless of price. Our breeders 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 JUNE AND JULY





Varieties 25 50 100 500 1000

Extra Selected Barron or Hollywood 8. C. White Leghorns sired



by 250 to 280 egg males .................................. $2.75 $5.25 $10.00 $45.00 3 90.00

Selected Barron White Leghorns ........................... .50 4.75 0.00 42.50 80.00

Extra Selected Sheppard Mottled Anconas ................... 3.00 5.75 11.00 52.50 100.00

Selected Mottled Am'onas ................................. 2.50 4.75 9.00 42.50 80.00

Selected Park’s Bred-w-Lay Barred Rocks .................. 3.75 7.00 13.00 02.50 120.00





Broiler, Mixed ('hicks. Seven Cents Straight.

PULLETS AND BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE.



After June lst we offer Selected White Leghorn Pullets. 8 to 10 weeks old, at $1.10 each;

assigppard Ancona. I’ullets at $1.30 each and Barred llork Pullets at $1.50. Prices reduced for



or more.



After July I5th we haw. 700 choir-e Tom Barron and 400 Sheppard Ancona breeding hens [or

diaposal at $I.25 each. Also, selected rocks of same broods for $l.25 each. These must be sold

to make room for our growmg stock. Our space is limited.



ORDER AT ONCE from this ad. We can make immediate shipment. (“ash with order or sent

C. O. D. if desired. All chicks sent to your door by parcel post prepaid. 100% alive delivery

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





SILVER ~WARD HATCHERY, Box 29, Zeeland, Mich,





 





 





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Tattered Champion White Leghorns

[Famous National a“ Contest Winners]

Strong, peppy, highest quality, selected chicks from the cream of 7

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Extra Special Reduced Prices

$9 per 100 -- $43 per 500 -- $85 per 1,000

For June 16 and 23 delivery. Postpaid—100% live delivery guaranteed.





c. 0. D. or Cash with Order—Order now by telegram, postal or letter for

immediate or future delivery. No order too large—none too small. Thousands

ready for shipment every Monday. Free beautiful illustrated circular. Send

for prices on matured stock and 10—weeks-old pullets.





VAN BREE‘S POULTRY FARM, Box 16, Iceland, Mich.





 





 





 





Wines in Elli





Buy Chix Now When Prices are Low. Sell Eggs

in November When Can Get the Most Profit.





Such results can be depended upon. when vou buy Wyn-

n-mlen 200—2R0—og‘g strum. English tyw‘. White Leghorn

l'lllI'IIS. Developed hv yours of careful breeding and culling.

ln our Brown Loglmrns and Ant-(inns also, you w-r the best

breeding possible. l’urwlntsi-d now. they are sum to make



I a handsome prollt for you. lintulog free.

’1 Order Now from These Low Prices,

’1" 50 100 1000'

/ ”UH” Selected Matings—lfingllsu W. Luglmrns, ‘

W/ /7// Brown lmghorns. Anronns .............. $4.50 3‘. 0 $ 80

y / Extra Selected Matings. sumo breeds ....... 5.50 11 100

/ // . - Special Star Matings. English W. chhorns 0.50 13 110

/ ’ .- . Odds and Ends (smut-rs; .................... 7 no

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Washtenaw Hatchery-JUNE PRICES





, WE CLOSE JU‘NE 25th

(lur flock: have been carelully developed over a period of EIGHT YEARS hr





HEAVY LAYING QUALITIES. .

HEALTH and VIGOR. This enables In to supply our many valued cum": with

BIG, STRONG. STURDY CHICKS that Live and Grow into useful, mm fowh.





Varieties. . Prick on 50

English White Leghorns ................................ $2.50 $4.75 $ 9.00 $40.00

Barred Rocks, R. 1. Beds .............................. 2.75 5.25 10.00 45..)

3.00 5.75 11.00 50.”





White “or-ks and Wyandottes .......................





this Ad. with full remittance and save time.

inference.

deal with





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All Me More Rgmon for Better Cows

T HE recent drop of some sixteen cents in four or five weeks that ' ‘ —



was sustained in the butter-fat market was quite a radical

drop, but we know that was due very largely to the importation of

Danish butter, as I understand that nine million pounds of butter

were received in New York in the first’three and one—half months I

This was bound to have a'depressing effect on the

market. However, if you will consult the figures for last year you

will find the prices for butter-fat are about on par right now with

what they were at this time last -year.



Regarding cow testing association and bull work in the' dairy

industry, will say that in my opinion our net results will be greater

on low prices than they are on high prices.

any kind of cows can make a little money or at least 1 keep the

“wolf from the door” in times of high prices for dairy products.

It is likewise true that only the man that owns efficient cows can

make good when prices are at anormal level or below.



Then, too, when butter gets down to the‘point it is now at, more

of it is consumed. With a tariff of eight cents per pound on im-

ported butter there won’t be much of it coming in.

to take a long time to double the cow population in the state or in

Consumption is increasing faster now than

it ever has in the past and I am hopeful enough of the future to

think that it will be some time until production overtakes the con-





But in season and out of season what we need more of is in-

formation about the individual cow. One of the reasons why Den-

mark is able to sell butter in competition with us is because of

the fact that the, individual cow in Denmark is producing a little

more than twice the amount of milk that our cows produce. This

situation is enough in itself to. explain how they can compete with

__, us, and our hope is to increase the efficiency of our cows and not

to increase production by getting more cows.

more but better cows.”—-O. E. Reed, Professor of Dairy Husband-





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IMPROVES HIS HERD.





 





RANK LANE, of Bloomingdale.

Michigan, is a firm believer in cow

testing association work. Mr. Lane

was one of the original members of

the Allegan County Cow Testing As-

sociation. Mr. Lane has for many

years kept the very best of pure-bred

Holstein sires. One of his sires was

purchased from the Holstein herd of

the Michigan Agricultural College.



A six—year—old pure-bred Holstein,

Lucille, was the high cow in milk pro-

duction in the association year just

closed in Allegan county. This Hol-

stein cow with her two—day-old heifer

calf shows clearly that she has every

right to be a heavy milk producer. She

made 16,504 pounds of milk, and 446.8

pounds of fat during the association

year 1923, reports L. Wilcox, cow

tester.



Mr. Lane has always been a strong

believer in feeding, breeding and weed-

ing. He has weeded out and sent to

the butcher some of his low-producing

cows. He has a high-class pure-bred

Holstein herd now. Persistent efforts

directed along this line of thought will

finally bring the best of results in any

dairy herd.” Mr. Lane is to be compli-

mented on the progress that he has

made in his years of dairying.—A. C. B-





 





GIVING THE COMMUNITY NEW

LIFE.





 





THE big dairy movement by the

farmers of Arenac county which

began about a year ago continues to

grow. Scrub bulls and common cows

are “shaking in their boots” since the

movement is aimed at the elimination

of the inefficient animals.



Poor cows are worse than no cows,

is the growing belief of these hopeful

farmers. But good cows, they now

bold, are the salvation of agriculture

in the county. Therefore, the aim is

to grow herds of high production.



To this end good sires are finding

their way into the locality. Holsteins,





 





Guernseys, Jerseys and Shorthorn

sires are included in the list. The

hopeful thing is that the farmers ap-





 





 





pear to be of one accord in commend-





ing the change. They are now study-

ing type and production instead of de-

voting their time to “Cussing” every-

thing but their own angelic disposi-

tion.



This constructive work is spreading,

since the people around West Branch

in Ogemaw county, as well as those of

other sections to the north, are carry-

ing on a similar program, getting their

inspiration from here—M. F. Parker.





CLINTON TESTERS HOLD CONFER-

ENCE.





 





OUNTY Agent Kittle, of St. Johns,



has three cow testers operating in

his county and a. fourth who is work—

ing part time in Clinton and Ingham

counties. Three of these four testers

met at Kittle’s oflice recently and con-

sidered improvements in the cow test-

ing association work. The testers pres-

ent were Ford Morgan, of the North

Clinton Association; Victor Ornstrup,

of the Eagle-Watertown Clinton Coun-

ty Cow Testing Association, and Ray-

mond Kuhn, of the Lansing-Ingham

Association, who has a. number of

members in southern Clinton county.

A. C. Baltzer, of the Dairy Extension,

M. A. C., was present. The cow test-

er’s job was emphasized from various

angles and the need for exercising the

greatest amount of care in the routine

of cow testing work was stressed by

Mr. Kittie. Suggestions were made

by A. C. Baltzer toward creating great-

er interest among cow test members

and non-cow test members, and better-

ing the work.



Every tester is provided with a soil-

tex outfit, is emphasizing the growing

of alfalfa or sweet clover and stress-

ing the use of good pure—bred sires.



Exhibits were mentioned for the

county fair and the prospects of at-

tending the National Dairy Show at

Milwaukee the first week of October,

1924. Further meetings of the testers

were planned for the ceming months.





 





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reliance. Do not take too muclrad—

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The .lar'gest yield “of all xiarieties in!

these demonstrations was obtained in

1920 on’ a heavy tile-drained field fol-

lowing clover. The yield being 7,797

nearly .four tons per acre, of

per cent of





 

 

   





 





county should include a pair of

» n pounds,





hay containing Vtwelve

moisture. ,

On the basis of these demonstra-

tions it seems reasonable to, expect

that on the light acid sandy loam soils

’the yield should 'not be far from a ton

of excellent hay per acre, if properly

cared for. This means planting pref-

erably the last of May, keeping the

field clean, and cutting before the

leaves begin to fall, yet waiting until

the pods are well plumped out. On the

more fertile soils the yields will, of

course, be heavier, probably around

one and one-half tons per acre.

Remember that soy-beans are a leg-

ume and when properly inoculated

(culture can be obtained from the Bac-

teriological Department, M. A. 0.),

they secure a portion of their nitrogen

from the air. The millets do not do





this.





hip-boots in, his. -“go to meetin

clothes. Such is the opinion-of J. J.

Hays, secretary of. the State Holstein.

Association, for the rains descended

on the flat surface of Huron county all

day previous to a night meeting at

Bad Axe, of the Huron County Hol-

It was difficult to

locate the dividing point between

damp earth and damp air. Truly,

’twas a dirty night. But ten. hardy

souls braved the, rigors of the ele-

ments to attend the meeting.



Following a discussion by Hays as

to how the county association» could

best function, the breeders laid out

the following program:



In cow testing, Howard Nugent, of

Bad Axe, deputy in charge, will assist

County Agent E. E. Twing and tollege

authorities in promoting this valuable

work.



Work with boys and girls in Calf

club projects was also endorsed. It is ‘





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DAIRY PRODUCTS SCARCE IN





 





planned to enroll at least twenty-five

youngsters in club work. James Elvin, GERMANY-

of Bad Axe, was elected deputy in

FARMER of Saxony, Germany,





charge. Elvin will also serve as chief

pusher for showing off Holsteins at

county and district fairs.



County dues were reduced to $2.00

per year, and the joint county-state

system of. financing was adopted. A

tour is contemplated in July.



The officers elected for this year in-

clude, President, Howard Nugent, Bad

Axe; secretary, Thomas Amos, of Bad

Axe; directors, Henry Mohr, Pigeon;

Herman Voepel, Sebewaing, and Thos.

Nichol, Bloomfield.





Dr. Lindenhayn, who is now in

'Washington, says the German people

are slowly recovering from the effects

of the war and the more recent fall in

value of the mark. There are few

dairy cows left in Germany. -The use

of ice cream was prohibited during the

war and it is not now on sale. The

supply of fresh milk is limited, the

people using large quantities of con-

densed milk from Denmark and the

United States.





 





 





RURAL CARRIES TO GATHER





SOY-BEANS ON THE STAGE.

STATISTICS.





 





(Continued from page 753).

more favorable, for this demonstration

was planted on a sandy soil following

fodder corn in 1922. This field was

not supposed to be especially fertile



‘ either.



There have been but two plantings

made in Calhoun county. In 1920 the

yield-was 3,867 pounds and in 1921 it

was 2,570 pounds per acre of hay. No

fertilizer was used the first year while

eight loads per acre were applied in

1921. Apparently the manure did not





HE Bureau of Agricultural Econ-

. omics will use the rural mail car-

riers in making its midsummer acre-

age survey of crops. The success of

the pig surveys made through the aid

of the rural carriers during the last

few years has suggested further em-

ployment of this method in making an

acreage survey. The Postmaster Gen-

eral has consented to the use of the

rural carriers in the new project, and

accordingly nearly a million survey





 





 





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cards covering all the important crops

will be sent out to carriers the latter

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these reports tabulated in time for use

in making the final acreage estimates

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MICHIGAN BU LLETINS.





help. These fields were both sandy

loam and like ‘many other acres in the

county on which it is very difficult to

secure clover catches.



A field in Kalkaska county yielded

1,686 pounds per acre of hay in 1921

Without any fertilizer on a p00r sandy

soil, but well fitted and kept clean

through the summer. This field was

harvested too. early, thus reducing the

yield. It is probable that the yield

would have been right around a ton

per acre and the cutting been delayed

ten days or two weeks.



The largest yield which has been ob-

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Bean Growing in Michigan.——This is

the title of a Special bulletin by Prof.

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Michigan Agricultural College, coven

ing the various up-to-date practiceshin

t is





a heavy tiled field in Tuscola county the growing and marketing of



in 1920 when there was harvested 4,638 popular cash crop,



pounds of hay per acre. This was on Michigan Potato Diseases.———In this



a clover sod turned down with six 51’99131 bulletin, G H- Coons and J- E-

f Th‘ K_otila, ot the Agricultural College,



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shortages in potato

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harvested a few days late, approxi— which cause





mately seventy-five per cent of the

leaves having fallen.



Another large yield was one of 4,466

pounds of hay per acre on a fertile

sandy loam soil in Emmet county in

1920. On a less fertile field the follow-

lng year the yield of soy-bean hay was





W Higfl Cows in Milt Production





‘ I ‘HE following table shows the ten high cows in milk production out of

21,513 cows that were under cow testing association work in Michigan,





in seventy-eight associations reporting, during April.





 





 





. Date Lbs. Lbs.



_ Association and Owner. Breed. Fresh. Milk. Fat. Age

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Genesee No. 3, Edward Cook ...... -.GR H 3-29-24 2945. 94.2 12

Van Bitten-North, T. C. Tiedebohl. .PB H 3-25-24 2892. 92.5 4

St. Jose h, Ezra Gearhart .......... PB H ...... 2806. 842* 4

Ingham— sing, George McKim. . .PB H ...... 2712., 1003* Mature

\Ken -W. Alpine, John Buth ........ PB H 3-20-24 2721. 87.1* 4

St. Joseph, Ezra Gearhart ......... PB H 3-14-24 2703. 83.8 6

Calhoun. Lakewood Dairy ........ -.PB H 4- 4-24 2697. 99.3" 5

- Van, an-North."l‘. C. Tiedebohl. .PB H 2-26-24 2691. 1076* 6

Jamflmsfi Lake. Noon & Son. .GR H 12-27-23 2666. 85.3 7

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THE CHEAPEST Foes.





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concerned about our pastures?

They provide the greatest cropvin all

America. Nearly one-third of all: im-

proved farm lands in the country are

rated as pasture.



Pasture grasses make the cheapest

milk of any of the dairy feeds; they

provide the nutriment that develops

cattle carcasses into the cheapest beef

that grows; of all the wool and mut-

ton, and even pork, that is produced,

no pounds come so easy and so cheap

as those that grass produces.





money. Perhaps that is the reason we

think so little of them. We do not

have to do much about them, just fix

the fences a. little. We do not have to

think much about them, just open the

gate and let the stock have their own

way. We do not have to worry about

them, weather delays neither seed

time nor harvest, nor spoils the crop.

We take no chances, we invest little

and withdraw much.



No crop grows so universally, nor

so abundantly. No crop goes so far

toward the maintenance of our wild

and domesticated animals. No single

crop means so much to civilization and

to the comfort and contentment of hu-

manity. Grass is the great universal

benefactor among plants. It voluntar-

ily covers the great earth with ver-

dure, nor yields its rootho-ld upon the

soil only as we humans force it to.

We stay our cultivators and soon it

creeps back and spreads its springy

carpet of green evenly over the bare

earth. It yields its annual harvests to

man and beast, and grows the more

luxuriant for the cropping.



In spite of the benificience of this

greatest of all crops, we read or hear

very little about it. We plow it over

and talk about the. great crops of corn

we raise to feed to cattle, and yet I

have known it to save the day for the

cattle feeder, and in a. few short

months turn a decided loss into a sure

profit. We fight hard to eliminate it

and give some other crop a. chance to

turn some ready cash, and yet you

have known many of these cash crops

to fail to return a prefit. We com-

plain bitterly of the high cost of pro-

duction and yet often fail to take ad-

vantage of, or give due credit to, grass

which is capable of returning so much

and can be produced so cheaply.



Perhaps as world changes compel us

to get down to fundamentals, and we

realize the importance of this great

crop, the net profits it may bring to us,

the virgin richness that follows in its

wake, the easy money and cheapness

of the food it produces, we will not

work so hard to tear it up, nor feel so

badly to see our pasture acres widen.

Instead we will give thought to the

kind of animals that graze these pas-

tures, and see to it that they produce

a. quality product which always com-

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THIRTY-FOU R ASSOCIATIONS

POOL WOOL.





POOLING has become the leading

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United States Department of Agricul-

ture has secured data from thirty-four

asSociations in regard to collective

marketing of wool in 1923. Most of

these associations are well organized.

In some states the local associations

have federated with a. central selling

agency. Farm bureau organizations in

several states have formed pools for

the cooperative handling of wool. This

is the case in Michigan, Illinois and

Indiana. In Indiana, 1,808 growers

consigned their 1923 clip of 398,000





 





pounds to the Ohio Sheep and Wool





HY do we not get more seriously-





The profits from pastures are easy





Growers’ Adsociatio'n" " at" Celu'mbus.

The average cost of selling was 3.57

cents per pound.





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WANT DIIAL SHEEP AND cATTLE.





N Saxony, which is noted for its.





fine yarns, the farmers are working

to develop a. dual-purpose breed of.

sheep, and also dairy cattle of similar

character. They have four or. five





breeds, of dairy animals, but arednter-i





breeding them with the idea of devel-

oping a combined milk and butter type

that , will meet, their requirements

more fully than either a distinctively

beef or dairy breed.





' EATING MORE MEAT.





HE American people are becoming



meat eaters again. Estimates

made by the bureau of agricultural

economics show that the people of this

country ate more meat in 1923 than

has been the case in fifteen years. The

average consumption of meat for each

man, woman and child was 167 pounds.

This is an incre-aSe of eighteen pounds

over the last five-year average.



There ,Was also an increase in ex-

ports in 1923. Total meat exports for

the year were 989,000,000 pounds, ari‘

increase of 226,000,000 pounds over the

previous year. Exports of lard broke

all records, exceeding a billion pounds.





PURE- BRED HOG PRICES GO

DOWN.





HE unsatisfactory condition of the



live stock markets has been re-

flected in the lower prices paid for

purebred stock. The low prices of

hogs for slaughter and relatively high

prices for corn during 1923 had a. very

serious effect on the demand for pure-

bred swine, according to a. survey

made by the department of agricul-

ture, which included reports from

many breeders of Duroc-Jersey, Hamp-

shire, Poland China, Chester White

and Berkshire hogs. The average price

for pigs in 1922 was $30, and $24 in

1923; boars over eight months and un-

der two years old, $42 in 1922, and $25

in 1923; boars two years old and Over,

$74 in 1922, and $60 in 1923; sows,

bred, $59 in 1922, and $49 in 1923.





THE HOG FOR THE FARMER.





(Continued from page 761).

the feed in the exercise called “rust-

ling.” In my. opinion the rustling hog

is too expensive.



Let me say a. word in regard to mat-

ing and how a. person should be guid—

ed. In the first place, do not mate

two animals that carry the same de-

fect; mate so as to correct defects.

There is too much mating done by

selecting some sire because he was

made champion at some show. Too

many breeders lose sight of a. possi-

bility of correcting an error in confor-

mation when purchasing a. breeding

animal. Further, high professional fit-

ting for .shows .often covers a. multi-

tude of sins not reached by the ordi-

nary feeder. Remember that many a.

hog has been a champion whose sire

or dam never won a ribbon, and many

a. hog having a champion for a. sire or

a champion for a. dam, never got a.

place. The woods are full of stuff

sired by champions that are entirely

disregarded by farmers who know the

type of hogs that has made good for

them. No hog is perfect; yet, we have

many that stand high in perfection,

both as individuals and sires. How-

ever, outstanding pig-s are hard to find

even in the herd‘éf our best breeders.

The pedigree of a. pig is only a history“

of its ancestry, a sort of bill of sale of!

breeding quality.





f ' Io: LIttlo





A few Cents a day. keeps this

tireless farm servant pumping

water, churning, separating

cream, doing the family w'ash-

ing, shelling corn—doing these '

and many other tedious time-

and muscle-taking farm jobs

that take hours of, your time

and the time of your family:





‘ Waterloo Boy Type “II”

Farm Engine





Almost every day in the year you will

have work for this time- and labor-saver

—and it will make money for you on

every job you give it. There‘ Is no other

power as economi ~



The Waterloo Boy furnishes steady,

deri‘endablee power erfor years to come.



enegm is very simple-aft Is free

from intricate parts—easyto Imder-

stand and start under all weather condi.

tions. Important wearing parts hard.

ened. Adjusting or repairing a Waterloo

Boy‘ 13 seldom necessary. It runs steady -

quip ped with simple

malgneto that sugpliespbull a hot, fat spark.

Waterloo oy Isb uilt to a stand-

ard of g-uality you will appreciate. Built

in 2-, and 5-H. P. sizes—either on

skids or mounted on truck.





. Be sure to see these on

our John Deere dealer’ :5.





on at

rite us





or free booklet. Address John Deere

asklor Booklet





Mllno.lll.an

J WID-m ' am





JOHN DEERE





WHERE" 111'" ”l





Milking Shorlhorn Bulls





Herd tested.





Hereford Steers





64 Wt. Around 800 lbs; 70 Wt. Around 750 lbs.

88 Wt. Around 650 lbs. 44 Wt. Around 600 lbs.

46 Wt. Around 500 lbs.. 50 Wt. Around 500 lbs.



Well marked and show splendid breeding, deep

reds. good stocker order. Herdords are usually mar-

ket toppers when finished. Anxious to sell your

choice one car-load or all. Give number and weight

preferred.





Van B. Baldwin, Eldon, Wapello Co., Iowa

Registered Hereford Cattle





20 Heifers and some cows by our Herd bull which

stood 2d in a class of 12, kat the International. as a

yearling. Come and them Teyh will

please you. MARION §TOkCK FAHMV.e rMarlon.y Mich.





CATTLE FOR SALE

4 loads 800- 1b. Hereford Steers.

6 loads 500- lb. Hereford Steers.

3 loads 700- lb. Angus and Sh ort horns. _

A. c. WISECORNER. Fairfleld, Iowa.





 





 





 





 





Best Clay breedihgu our

11 mo. old I:75 toh $200.

Irvin Dash a Son, Oroowell . Ml ch





 





 





FELOKAM P, Manchester, Mich.





HOGS

Registered Durocs





FOR SALE—Young boars and gilt: bred from the

best herds in Michigan and Ohio. at reasonable prio-

es and fully guaranteed. W. E. Bartloy. Alma. Mich.





UBOC (all and springboarl boan'ol

and quality. at prlcec to sell.

gain prices. W. C. Taylor. Milan!“





 





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OAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings, Mich.





DUROCS We have son. and Gr. Sons 0!





Great Orion Sensation. Twice In-

ternational Winner. Buy your “fall boar now and

save money. Let us tell you bout our Sensation

Durocs. l. M. WILLIAMS. lilo.a Adams. Mich.





D U R 0 CS 3??? tdgrbggledin’st did 131111133:

F. .l. Drodt. Monroe. Mioh.. II. No. l.

DUROC SPRING PIGS





Eve ryPig guaranteed 0satisfactory when you receive

it. Send {or actual and description.





 





 





 





 





STATE FARMS ASSDOCIATION. Kalamazoo, Mich.

Member Michigan State rum

Registered 0.1. C. 8 toa 10





PIGS weeks old,





guar

Price reasonable. L. .WALTEH, Bcallrvillef Ohio.





0 l C9815m1ast spring gilts due to “tag-0%"

Also this isspring’s Dpigs. Otto Schulzwo ‘1 Sons, Nash;

ville. Mich.





0 I c 1 Sept. boar. Spring pigs Sired by

0)!" and ‘Jumbo B ell Boy. ”

MILO H. PETERSON. lonla, Mich. ".2





o I (:93 A” few cholcfimservlce Boers and

' piss sex.

CLOVER LEAF 81K. FARM, Monroe. Mich.





0. I C. Bow. Brod { A

253:" ' am or priland May





A'II Stock used on Approval. Priced

Bight. Fred w. Kennedy. II. Plymouth. Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





Our snrlns pigs are the best ever. -75 head to choose





 





' ’Giant

Swiss bulls.





from. ‘gutsta‘gdlng 0‘lrerd been at 825: pairs mm;

YO“ come

P. I5. POPE. II. a. m. mum. Mich. m m





 





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Extra choice bred silt!

Duroc Je erseys... reasonable prices. '





   

   

   

 

 





 

   

   

   

   

 

 





   

   

   

   





 





   





 

 

     





   





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‘ -$5.00 or more per hundred pounds.





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" 4 m memories” neuroses





:mor three burlap sacksfand tied





. themkarolind users post in- the hog lot. ,

He left a' few inches of sack loose '





above the'sm‘ing around the top and

met! this place with motor oil that

had been taken out of the engine as

worn out. You should see the begs

get busy about that sack. It soon was

' soaked with oil and they proceeded to

give the lice on their bodies a good





oiling. Ol'd canvas or any stout cloth .





will serve if burlap sacks are not

handy, and crude oil may take the

place of old motor oil—A. Hilco.





WHAT IS .A BALANCED RATION?





HE balanced ration idea. is about

_ twenty—five years old. That is, the

‘ talk of balanced rations was a com—

paratively new thing among farmers

of twenty-five years ago, and it meant

at that time, that a certain percentage

of protein, carbohydrates and fat, must

prevail in the ration to make it bal-

ance. Too much protein would cause

' the animal to grow muscle and frame

or give milk, at the expense of flesh,

and too great a proportion of carbo-

hydrates and fat would produce fat at

the cost of growth:«



' Minerals and Vitamincs.



The world keeps moving on,’we live

and learn, and our ideas change as

they are influenced by the/information

we take on. We have learned that

there are many things essential to the

well-being and normal development of

an animal besides protein, carbohy-

drates and fat. We hear a great deal

these days about minerals in the ra-

tion, and the newest thing we talk

about in connection with proper food

is vitamines. We all understand what

minerals are and can readily see the

connection between lime, phosphate,

and salt, and strong bones, vigorous

constitution and good digestion.



But these vitamines, what are they?

What do they look like? Where do

you get them? One needs a good imag-

ination and a. little scientific knowl-

edge to comprehend them. But they

have always been prevalent in greater

or lesser degree in the live stock foods

of the farm. -



For all practical purposes we may

consider them, along with minerals, as

some of,the “other things” that are

essential to make a perfectly balanced

ration. We understand then, that a

balanced ration means a ration that

contains, in correct proportions, all the

elements that go to build up a perfect

animal body, keep it in perfect health,

and functioning after the manner of

its kind. The horse must produce en-

ergy, the cow, milk, the sheep, wool

and mutton, the hog and the steer,

meat, and if the ration is thoroughly

and completely balanced, they will do

these things in a creditable manner

and at the same time keep physically

fit. Providing, of course, that such

action is not made prohibitive by con-

ditions of heredity, or disease with

which the ration has nothing in com-

mon.



How to Provide These Essentials.



There are a great many combina-

tions of minerals that are good, from

a plain home mixture of wood ashes

' and salt, to those'that are prepared by

others and placed on The 'market at

A

vex? efficient and easily provided mix-

ture may be prepared on most any

farm by combining wood ashes, barrel

salt and rock, bone or acid phosphate

that comes in the fertilizer sack. The

self-feeder offers a convenient way of

feeding them, and it only takes a little

to go a long way.



The leafy portions of clover, alfalfa

and other leguminous hays and grass-

es are rich in the life-giving and

health-promoting vitamines. Bright,

Clear hay in winter, and fresh forage

in summer are as essential to the wel-

fare of our domestic animals, even the

hogs‘and the hens, as are the concen-

trated grains, They and the minerals





. V‘ '_





tite, . _

”of the ’ration.--—P. P. Pope.





‘ ancer





Which-“is the





WANT RATE-8 ADJUSTED TO

LENGTH OF HAUL. ‘





PPOSITION to the Esch~Cummins



act is shaping up into definite ac-

tion" in the senate. The. progressives

are determined to force immediate

lowering of freight rates. The “long

and short haul” clause will be one

point of attack. There is strong senti-

ment in favor of legislation which

would prevent railroads from charging

a lower rate for a long haul than for

a short haul. It is unfair, the oppon-

cuts of the law say, to compel the ag-

riculture and industries of the inland

states to pay the losses sustained on

the long coast to coast haul, so that

the railroads can successfully compete

with shipping through the Panama





Veterinary.





CONDUCTED BY w. c. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

crs. Letters should Ilslc fully the history and symptoms of

each case and give. name and address of the writer. initials

only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the

o:tvicc becomes private practice and 81 must be encroscd.





, ~, willlll'm'fl w m





DR.





 





 





Shy Breeders.—-I have trouble get-

ting my cows with calf. None of them

have aborted, but the cow comes in

heat from three to nine weeks after

she is served. I might add that sev-

eral of my neighbors are having sim-

ilar trouble. W. C. \V., Palms, Mich.»—

You might try the yeast treatment,

which is prepared by dropping a cake

of compressed yeast into one quart of

clean tepid water, let stand for two or

three hours in room heat, strain, then

flush vagina. A clean fountain syringe

is handy to use, the cows should be

treated daily for one week before they

come in heat and are served.



Obstructed Teat.———The teat of my

cow seems to be blocked, preventing

the passage of milk, the-canal through

teat seems to have closed. J. A. H.,

Lupton, Mich—A dull-pointed probe

should be used to dilate teat canal, or

use teat dilator.



Feeding Whey to Swine.——Kindly

tell me if feeding Whey to swine is

injurious. Had' litter of pigs two

weeks old; they all died, except one.

They SWell in joints and are stiff. W.

F. F., Levering, Mich—Feeding a lim-





ited amount of whey to pigs will do '





them no particular harm, but too

much will sicken them. Whey is only

about one-half 'as nutritious as skim—

milk cheese.



Imperfect Udder.—-I would like to

\know what can be done for my heifer

which has freshened. She seems to

be healthy; both hind quarters of ud—

der are normal, but very little milk

comes from the front quarters, and I

am anxious to have her put in shape.

H. (3., Detroit, Mich—Frequent mas-

saging of the poorly developed quar—

ters and milking her three or four

_times daily will help to stimulate the

secretion of milk; however, you should

not expect much milk from the front

quarters.



Cattle Have Lice—“That can we do

for cattle infested with lice? We have

applied coal-tar disinfectant, but it

failed to kill the lice. r. L., Fair

Haven, Mich.~——The coal-tar dips will

be madevmuch more effective and effr

cient, if you will add ten ounces of

vinegar to each quart of coal-tar so-

lution. By adding the vinegar you de—

stroy the eggs of the lice. After

spraying rub the solution in with a

brush. Kerosene emulsion is another

useful lice killer, and inexpensive.



Eversion of Wom’b-Vagina.-—-—I have

a cow about eight years old. Three

years ago she cast her wethers, but

she recovered. Now she will soon

freshen; occasionally she shows symp-

toms of it returning. I keep her in

barn, walk her a short distance to

creek and back. She is in fine health.

Would you advise me to breed her

again? H. S., Davison, MiCh.—Instead

of your cow suffering from eversion of

the worm, she suffers from eversion

of vagina, and if you will feed her

less bulky food, place her in stall with

floor so arranged that her front feet

will be three inches lower than hind

feet. By placing her in this posture

the protruding portion of vagina will

drop back into body where it'belongs.

Treatment will vary sd‘mewhat, ac-

cording' to the degree of the eversion.

If she has her calf, cleans all right,

has no eversion, you may breed her

again.





. From tho‘Greaiiest'Egg Producing Strains

English White Leghorns, Brown Leghorn: and Anconas





$8.00 Per 100 $37.00 Per 500





Odds and Ends $7.00 For 100 $32.00 Per 500





Order direct, liveldelivery guaranteed by prepaid mail. No catalogue. =

Reference State Commercial Bank. ‘ ‘





Box 231,





 





1 Main Hatchery, Zeeland, Mich.

Ess-





ROYAL. B... CHICKS ‘





S. C. Eng. Type White Leghoms and Brown Leghorn:





. , For Prompt Shipment _

$9 per 100; $45 per 500; $85 per 1000

Mixed (Odds and Ends) 7c Each

Less than 100 chicks 10¢ each. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Order direct

from this adv. Cash with Order or C. O. D. We pay postage.

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





EARLY MATURING BABY CHICKS





From Carefully Culled Pure-bred Stock





Buy your chicks by comparison. Try our chicks and compare them with others for

Early Maturity, Quality. and Lil/ability.



Prices on 100 600 1000



Extra Select B. P. Rocks 8:. R. I. Reds ............ $6.00 $11.00 $50.00 .



Foreman Strain B. P. Rocks ........................ 8.00 15.00 70.00



R. I. Reds from (‘hoice Matings ..................... . 8.00 15.00 70.00

W. Wyandottcs. Buff Orpingtons a W. P. Rocks ...... 8.00 15.00 70.00



10.00 45.00 90.00 ‘



110.00





Utility 8; Eng. 8. (‘. W. Leghorns .................... 5.50

Special American S. (‘. W. Leghorns .................. 6.50 12.00 55.

Mixed, all varieties $7.50 per hundred. Mixed. all varietitm. heavies $9.00 per hundred.

Full Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid.

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

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





MILAN HATCHERY Box 4, MILAN, MICH.

uSky ChiCks tified Flocks





Varieties. Prices on: 25 100 500

S. C. White & Brown Iaghorns ................ $2.75 $10.00 $47.50 3

Anconns 2.75 10.00 47.50 90.0

Barred ‘Rocks. 13.00 62.50 120.00

Assorted Chicks 8.00 40.00 77.50



Extra Select Sim-k $1.00 per 100 higher. Well hatched in modcm machines. Each

order carefully packed undcr our personal attention. l'ostpaid. 100% live delivery.

Bank reference. 1924 Catalog ready.





WINSTROM POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY,





 





 





Pure-Bred, High Quality,

Heavy Laying, Tested Cer-





1000

90.00





ZiEELAND. mcn.





BABY GHIEKS-«SPEBIAL PRICES JUNE





White Leghorns..$10 per 100. Barred Rocks and R. l. Rcds. $12 per 100.

All flocks culled and inspected Our own breeding flock of large type American While Leghorns. L yin;

and standard qualities combined. 3 years‘ breeding. hatching and marketing experience. Modern pant.

Live delivery guaranteed. Order from this advertisement to insure prompt shipment,



EGG FARM 8- HATGHERY, Big Beaver-

Mail Address Birmingham, Michigan, R. 4.





, _, . 7 _ Send No Money





0. D. 100% live chicks.





Box A-6





 





and July. Delivered anywhere.





 





 





Silver

. We ship C.

lllztpfild. from pure-bred,

’ ' rown Leghorns. 80:



‘ ' " . 'A ». f» g . Barred Rocks & Reds. 101‘; White 8: But! B ks.

l, ,.. . 7. .~ -‘-‘ fl, .0 - liull' Orps., White \Vyandoltcs, 120‘

| Use HOOSIER H01. 3"“? Lake E99 Farms. Box M. Silver Lake,

1 LOW BU l LD ING



TlLE for all perman-



ent buildings for



former city. The bestvnlb-

trial obtainable {or dwellings,

, foundation and basement

. Aspecral

durability





for



Chicks.

heavy laying stock. White

Ind.





CHICKENS CAN’T SCRATCH

GRAVEL AND LlCE TOO!!!





Rid fowls of lice; make happy healthy LAYERS

With Bowsky's Fowl Delouscr; 30 years in use.

(‘an be sprayed; uscd dry for dusting: or as a.

dip. Keeps coops clean. 17$ ll). box 50c;



box $1.00. Pray postman on arrival





BOWSKY EXTERMINATING (:0.

438 West 136th St., New York City





store rooms, garages

hams, barns, poultry house. etc





£36. finial}. l ' b ilding program and

u now or your ear y spring_ u . .



savya time on money. Boomer Bldg. Tile & Silo

Company. Dept. M 99, Albany. ind.





PERMANENT





 





 





The Northwestern Ohio





Milking Shorthorn Assn.

* Will Sell at





Public Auction





At the Henry County Fair

Grounds, Napoleon, Ohio





June 18, 1924

14 Cows, 9 Heifers and 13 Bulls





These cattle combine good breeding

and individuality. Sale to'atart at One

O’Clock P. M. For catalogs, address





C. A. Heyman, Sec’y. Belleview, Ohio





JULY SALE





Special Stock“

Registered Holsteins '





|Will Offer on Sealed Bids:—- , _

Nine registered Holstein cows and two grades, to‘the highest bidder on





Jul 18th, at my‘farm, four miles south of Farwell. _

yAll bids to be, filed with Farwell State Savmgs Bank, accompanied by '}





certified check of $15.00 not later than July 7th, 4 P. M. ,

' Right is reserved to reject any and all bids.





LANDY c. hour, Farwell, Mich.





A SERVICE BULL





From a Yearly Record Cow





A good-bodied, well-grown bull. born

March 15. 102.3. (‘olor dark.



Ilis sire is a grandson of the famous King

of the l’ontiacs and Woodcrest Dora DeKoL



His dam at nine years of age made:



Butter. 7 days. 20.92 lbs.



Milk. 50.3 lbs.



Butter. 305 days. 804.34 lbs.



Milk. 20.5141 lbs. .



His six nearest dams average 29.45 lbs.

butter in seven days.



Bred at Ncwberry State Hospital.



Send for pedigree and price.





 





Bureau of Animal Industry,

Department C Lansing. Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





Lake 3
’ {j ' GRAIN QUOTATIONS





',1.12; No. 3 red $1.09;





. tember

$10914 @1.09%.





.."





Wednesday, June 4.

Wheat.

1 red $1.13; No. 2 red





No. 2 white



1.14. No. 2 mixed $1.13. -.

, Chicago—July $1.05%@1.051/; Sep-

$1.067/,@1.07; Decem er at





Detroit—No.





Toledo—Cash 81093561211036.

orn.





‘ i Detroit—No. 3, 821,40; No. 4 yellow

78 C; No. 5, 72@74c.

C icago.—July 77%@77%c; Septems





. berber 71%@711/4c; December 69%c.





Oats.

Dgtroit.—— Cash No. 2 white 540; No.





, c.

Chicago—July 45%@4514c; Septem-

ber 400; December 41%c. .





- R e.

Detroit—Cash N31). 2, 730.

Chicago—July 677/3c; September at





69%0.

Toledo—70c.

. Barley.

Barley, malting 85c; feeding 90¢.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt





shipment $4.40@4.45 per cwt.

(glgicago—Navy $4.90; Red kidneys





New York.——-Choice pea at $5.15@

5.25; red kidneys $7.50@7.75.



Seeds.



Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$11.15; alsike $9.80; timothy $3.35.



Hay.



Strong—No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard and light mixed $22.50@23;

No. 2 timothy $21@22; 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.





‘





.Apples.

Chicago—Barrels, “A" grade, Bald-

wins at $4; Spies $6.50@7; Ben Davis

$3; Winesaps $4.50.





WHEAT





Wheat prices advanced most of last

week and reached the highest point

in over two months. The finish was





t on a small setback. The rapid disap—





pearance of export surpluses and bad

news from the new crop caused the

rise. Rains in the southwest and less

urgency in the demand for cash wheat

were back of the easy tone later. Con-

fidence is gradually spreading that

wheat prices will average higher in

the next twelve months than in the

last twelve. World takings of wheat

in the present crop year will be about

100,000,000 bushels more than expect-

ed when the year started and will set

a new record. Domestic flour mills

maintain a fairly high rate of output

for this season of the yeardand their

grind is passing steadily into con-

sumption. Milling demand for wheat,

coupled with light receipts, is gradu-

ally reducing stocks. The amount of

wheat still available in this country

is ample, however, in view of the ap-

proach of harvest





RYE





Exports of rye have increased in the

last few weeks and‘further sales are

reported from day to day so that the

shipments promise to continue. The

extreme discount of rye below wheat

makes the former attractive, and Rus-

sian competition is less severe re-

cently. Receipts are light and the

large visible supply has been reduced





slightly. .

CORN





Cash corn is in about the same po-

sition as a week ago. Receipts in the

two weeks previous were the lightest

in nearly a year, but increased sharp-

ly last week, probably marking the

start of the after-planting movement.

Corn is disappearing fast in spite of

reports of a slow demand and the vis-





uible supply has been reduced over 50

’ er cent since





the high point in

. arch. The new crop is not starting

suspiciously owing to poor seed and





 





...;.,uunseasonable temperatures, but a turn

_: to. warmer weather in the last few





days has allayed fear on this account.





It will still we possible to produce a





big crop if climatic conditions are

favorable. , -





OATS





'Oats prices have been remarkably

stable.‘ The visible supply is the





 

 

 

 





 





   





distributors are steadily moving their

holdings and new crop reports A-men-





tion need of more favorable weather. .





New oats are not so far ahead as

Texas has already begun to harvest

and demand from the southwest is apt





to diminish. g

snaps





Seed markets are quiet and prices

easy ,with cash demand for clover and

grass seed at low ebb. Reports of





damage to the new crop of clover -are'





persistent and prices for fall delivery

are above the present cash market.

Timothy seed prices appear quite low.

Reports of. the necessity of replanting

corn have not been borne out by the

greater demand for seed corn.





An easy undertone prevails in the

feed markets as demand is very quiet

Consumption of by-products feeds is





at a minimum at this season, with.





most buyers disinclined to buy for fu-

ture needs. Offerings of wheat feeds

for future delivery are increasing as

the mills are anticipating the new

wheat crop. Prices are the lowest of

the year and close to the low point

reached last summer. Stocks of cot-

tonseed cake and meal at mills are

about the same as a year ago.





HAY





Light receipts of good timothy hay,

reflecting scarcity of that grade in the

country, keep prices in a firm posi-

tion. Alfalfa and prairie hay markets

are steady but dull as buyers are in-

clined to wait for new hay. Rains 1n

the southwest have improved the new

crop outlook.





BUTTER





Butter prices steadily advanced last

week in spite of the fact that the sea-

son of “flush” production lies just

ahead. Grass butter is plentiful and

buying for storage was active. The

fact that holdings in the four large

distributing markets on June 1, the

beginning of the new storage year,

will be around 5,000,000 pounds larger

than at the same time a year ago does

not seem to be curtailing the present

movement into storage. Production

reports indicate an increasing make,

but buying for storage is expected to

maintain prices around the present

level.



Prices for 92-score fresh cutter as

follows: Chicago 38140; New York

400. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs

sells for 40c.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Although fresh egg prices remained

practically unchanged last week, the





 





smallest at this season in a decade.





undertone was less“ firm: and lower

prices were. generally expected. The

receipts are decreasing each consecu-

tive week but show a fill} over the

same, time a; year ago. , 5 change to

June grading which permits W983.“

tolerance. of off-quality eggs 1' tend

to increase the offerings ’0 fresh first

and lower prices probably‘wlll be nec-

essary to absorb the heavier supplies.

Many hens previously held back in

the country for egg-laying; purposes

are arriving at distributing markets

and grices declined under the increas-

ed 0 erings. " .

Chicago.—‘——Eggs, miscellaneous 23@

23%c; dirties 21%c; checks 2135c;

fresh firsts 23%@24c; ordinary firsts

21%@22c. Live poultry, hens 2335c;

broilers 40@4lc; roosters 13%c;





Detroit.—-Eg-gs, fresh ”candied and

graded at 23%@241;§c. Live poultry,

broilers 45 500; heavy hens 27@28c;

lightvhens 40; roosters 14@15c; geese

15©16c;‘ ducks 26@280; turkeys 25c.





BEANS





Moderate improvement in the de-

mand, coupled with light receipts at

country elevators, resulted in an ad-

vance in bean prices last week. CHP

Whites are quoted at $4.50@ .55 er

100 pounds f. o. b. Michigan s 1pp ng

points. It is possible that the market

will advance still further on this bulge

but remaining holdings are believed

to be relatively heavy and an ad-

vance of a few cents is likely to in-

crease the volume of offerings. The

season is backward so far as the new

crop is concerned, but there is still

time for seeding to be completed in

most states in accordance with a nor-

mal schedule.





POTATOES,





A strong upturn’ on northern white,

potatoes occurred last week when the

shipments fell off and. demand re-

mained fairly brisk. The supply of

eastern whites was more generous,

however, and prices declined. U. S.

No. l‘Northern round whites are quot-

ed at $1.40@1.55 per 100 pounds sack-

ed, and $1.50@1.65 in bulk in the Chi-

cago carlot market. New potatoes‘de-

clined sharply under heavier receipts

with Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs

at $2.50@2.65 in Chicago.





APPLES





The apple market has stren hened

as receipts have been falling o stead-

ily and prices are unusually low for

this season'of the year. . New York

A-2%-inch Baldwins are bringing $4@

4.50 per barrel in consuming markets.





SMALL FRUITS





The strawberry season is at its

height and prices have declined furth-





' geese 120; turkeys 20c.





 





I Live Stock Market SerViceJ





 





/ . Wednesday, June 4.

I Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25@ 5.25

CHICAGO Cutters ....... O U I C O O C O C C 3'50@ 3.75

Hogs. ggnnersi) '1'1' . . . . . . . . . . (23.388 3.38

Receipts 25,000. Market is mostly owe u s - .. . - - . - - - . .

steady to 50 lower. Weighty butchers 30108113 1311118 - . - . . - - - 4-5067). 2-58

in active demand, others slow; -light StOCk bulls - - - . - . - . . - - 3-75@ .5

weight 5@10c lower; light lights show Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.?5

maximum logs; bulk good and choice Stockers . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 5.25@ g. 0

butchers $7_40@7,50; tops $7.50; pack- MilkeI‘S . ..... $45.00@9 .00

ing sows $6.40@6.50; sttro§5g lIIeIight Veal Calves.

slaughter pigs strong 0 c g er, 3 . .

.0... ., Mme...

Wight 55-75@6~‘§5éme Culls and heavies ...... 4.00@ 10.00

Recei ts 12,000. Market on beef Sheep and Lambs.



steers, Iyearlings and light grade fat B Recleiptlssl87. Market 3§§d&j @14 25

she stock fully steady at recent de- Fer“ am ---- - - - ' - ' ' - 11-00@13-00

cline; trade more active; shipping de- Fa? 't' - . 'ood - - - ' - - - - - - - ' 6.00@ 7-00

mand moderate; early top steers at Insight go scammed ° ° ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘7:00@ 9:50

$11'25’ bulk $8@10'35’ grassy cows Culls and common . . . . . . . 2.00@ 4.00





very slow; bulls steady, 10@15c high-

er, bulk at $9.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 15 000. Market is slow.

Few best lambs steady; others 25(5)

500 lower; medium very slow, bidding

mostly 500 or more off; no early sales.

Fat sheep prospects weak to 250 low-

er; choice Idaho spring lambs $17.25;

best clipped lambs $14.35; early bulk

native spring $15@15.25; few'to city

butcheg $15.50.





DETROIT





Receipts 493. Market steady.

Good .to choice yearlings.$ 9.008 9.50

Best heavy steers . . . . -. . . 8.50 9.75

Handyweight butchers . . 8.50@ 9.00

Mixed . steers and heifers 7.25% 8.00

Handy- light butchers. . 6.50 7.25

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

Best cows 5.50@ 6.50





_ Hogs.

Receipts 2,521. Market 5@10c lower).





. Mixed and heavies . . . . . . 5

Pigs ........ \6.’40

Heavy yorkers . . . ..... . . 7.55

Light yorkers ........ . . 7.00

Roughs 6.25

Stags O O O I C l I I I I l O I IIIII I 4000@ 4'50



BUFFALO





Cattle. ‘ ' ' \.

Receipts two cars. Market steady.

Calves at $10.50. .





. 7 Ho 8.



Receipts 20 cars:I Market is lower.

HeaVy and yorkers $7.90; pigs and

lights $6.75@7.25.



, Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts five ,cars. » Market steady.





$11@12; wethers ”@850; ewes





Top lambs $14.25@14.50; -yearlin$%s@%t' .





 





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. Klondik'e's are - 'brin





or "under liberal receipts. : 1 'Te

24-quart crate in C cag





WOOL ~' '





I Seaboard wool markets are»





and salesare at. slight flower ' ces.





Some buyers in both t e fleece wool





'firriéiitran estates have reduced their

3.

some of their recent stren th. The

goods market is inactive. ‘ he prob-

ability of a strike of garment workers





is a depressing influence,'and stocks. ’

of, goods from the heavy outputof last _

Under- ; .

. lying conditions are quite gradually





year are still making trouble.





strengthening, however.





The present

inactivity means





that stocks of goods





and raw wools _in« the hands of mills





and distributors are gradually bei‘



reduced. The actual rate at whic



woolen goods are being used up by

ultimate consumers has not declined

commensurate with the falling off in

mill output. Imports of clothing and

combing wools in the ten months end-

ing April 30 were only 106,000,000

pounds, against 285,000,000 pounds in

the same period a year previous. Re-

exports in the last few months in-

crease the disparity still further. In

the range states. the Wyoming clip





has been sold at 39@42c, Utah wools ,





at 38@43c, Nevada wools at 38@40c.

and Texas twelve~month wools at-46

@48c. At Boston fine delaine and

half—blood combing wools are quoted

at 52@53c, although some dealers re-

fuse to sell below 54c.





DETROIT CITY MARKET ‘





Offerings of spinach and radishes

were heavy and buying was not heavy

enough to clean up. Potato prices

reached new heights when they sold

at $1.25 a bushel. Some good stock

was sold at 800 a bushel, but most

moved at $1 a bushel. The moderate

supply of asparagus was in ready de-

mand. Green onions were moderate

sellers, while mustard and other

greens were slow. Lettuce and rhu-

barb had moderate sale. The demand

for the small supply of Ben Davis ap-

ples was light. Eggs and poultry had

easy sale.



Apples 900@$1.50 per bu; cabbage

plants $1 per 100; chives 75@90c per

dozen; dandelions 50@750 bu; French

endive 25@30c lb; horseradish, fancy

$7 bu; set onions, $5 bu; green onions

40@50c dozen bunches; parsley $6 bu;

potatoes 80c@$1.10 bu; radishes 50@.

65c dozen bunches; rhubarb, outdoor

40@500‘ dozen bunches; sorrel 50(5)

750 bu; spinach 750@$1.25 bu; tomato

plants $1.25 per 100 ; aSparagus, No.

I, $2@2.25 dozen bunches; No. 2, $1.25

@175 dozen bunches; mustard $1@i

1.25 bu; turnip tops $1@1.25 bu; eggs

wholesale 27@3OC dozen; retail 30 ,

330; live hens, wholesale 25@28$g%

lb; retail 30@32c; broilers, wholesale

3.8@46c; retail 50@60c; ducks 33c lbfi‘i

live pigs $2.25@3.50 each.





GRAND RAPIDS





Better growing weather increased

the supply of green stuif on this mar-

ket early this week and prices touched

the lowest levels of the year. Quota-

tions follow: Asparagus $1@1.25 per

dozen bunches; radishes 10@15c doz-

en bunches; leaf lettuce 18@20c;

rhubarb 50@600 bu; spinach 50 75c

bu; parsley 40@500 dozen bunc es;

potatoes 60@75c bu; hothouse toma-

toes $2.75@3 per 7—lb. basket; poultry

barely steady; fowls 1 @23c; broilers

30@350; roosters and s ags unsettled

and lower at 12@130; eggs 21@211;§c;

beans slightly stronger at $4.10 cwt;

wheat 95c bu; live stock stead ; pork

9%c lb; beef 5@16c; lambs $ 0@280.





TH E BUSINESS OUTLOOK.





No startling developments occurred

in the general business situation last

week. Many business observers lean

to the view that changes in this pe-

riod of commercial depression will

militate against manufacturers and

the wage earning classes and favor

the farmers. The fact that wholesale-

prices of farm products are practically

twenty per cent higher than three



ears ago, while the all commodity

ndex number is the same as at that!

time, shows the progress that has al-

ready, been made to. readjust farm"

prices to the general price level.





COMING LIVE srocx SALESr





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June 18e——Northwestern Ohio,Mill:lng

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' '1 packed _inj‘,ac‘cordanco with thefederal

- .gtides are.;-eXempt from the state an-

.' I At a-‘recent meeting of‘ .

' tive growers and shippers of

including members of the Virginia

State Horticultural Society; Division,

of Markets and others interested in

the apple trade, the United States bar-

reled apple grades were approved. \;

' The master: at this meeti

bought out the fact that a number-

large grovters in Virginia. used federal

grades last year and found them thor-

oughly practicable for shipping pur-

poses. ‘

. Preliminary plans were made at the

meeting. for more extensive use of the

federal-state shipping. point inspection

service this season. _





CO‘U NTY - CROP REPORTS.





Barry 60.,vMay' 27.—Farmlng is be-

hind on account, of scarcity othelp,

and cold, wet weather. The pig crop

is about twenty per cent short, while

lambs are in about normal number,



. Some complain of losing sheep from



stomach worms. ' Wheat looks good,

except in low places.» Corn planting

is ten days behind. Fruit trees look

good; Wool is se-Ilig at 38c. Accord-

ing to the coun?’ agent, thirty-three

men signed up or the wool pool in

this county—C. V. V. .



Branch 60., May 26'.——Wheat about





 





 





85 per cent of normal; rye 75. per cent- '





Corn acreage will be about normal.



The lamb crop is large, while the pig



crop is about ninety per cent normal.



Wool averages about 390. Farm labor

, is scarce. Alfalfa acreage is increas-

ing. Potatoes will be about 75 per



cent of a normal crop. Early straw-

berries were frozen. Farming gener-



ally about normal—C. H. S.



Sanilac 00., May 27.—Not over 40

per cent of spring seediiig done. In

some instances oats rotted and will

have tobe re—seeded if weather per-

mits. Very little planting done to

date. Help cannot be obtained. Pigs

are plentiful but there are not many

lambs, as farmers have generally quit

the sheep business. Oats 500; rye

500; wheat 980; potatoes at 35@40c;

chickens 200, liveweight; eggs 20c;

milk $2.75 cwt." Fall wheat not up to

average. On the whole, the season is



very backward—C. F. B.



Schoolcraft 00., May 26.—There is

plenty of help here at $50 per month.

Pigs and lam-be are scarce. Winter

rye is looking fine, as is also fruit.

Prices are rather discouraging. The

weather is cold and backward. We

ii‘ad some snow on the twenty-fifth.—



Ogemaw 60-, May 28.~—Cold, wet

weather has made farming progress

slow. Labor is scarce. We had a

good crop of .pigs and lambs. Winter

grain came through in good condition.

Quite alarge acreage of potatoes will

be planted. ,B‘eans and corn Will go in

during the next few days. Potatoes





are practically all sold, as are also :





the beans. We received 50c for pota-





toes and $4.25 per cwt. for beans. Corn .





sells at 806 per basket; hay at $16@18

per ton—J. E. T.

Shiawassce 60., May 24.——Farmers





are hiring but little help, wages being ‘





too high; Pigs are about 65 per cent

of a crop and lambs 85 per cent.

Wheat and rye are looking fine, while

fruit bid-s fair to be a good crop. Wet

weather has retarded sowing oats and

the acreage will be below normal as

a result. If weather conditions permit,

the bean acreage will run about nor-

mal. The same is true of the potato

and corn crops. Wheat 94c; oats 466;

hay $13-@15 per ton at barn; W001

400; eggs 210; butter 40@43c.—E. G.



Berrien Co., May 24.——Labor is plen-

tiful, but the price is to high for farm-

ers to pay. Pig crop is reported short.

Not many lambs produced here. Fruit

prospects are good, except for peach-

es. Oats are all in and looking well.

Cornplanting has just begun. Not

much market for corn here. Potatoes

450; -hay $15»@2-0.—C. A. C.





 





CONSUMPTION 0F MILK IN-

, CREASES.





A REMARKABLE increase of milk

produced and used in the United

States is shown in figures collected by

the de rtment of agriculture. In 1922

the tot . whole milk used in manufac-

turing purposes

pounds; in 1923 it was 51,830,062,000

pounds. The total milk used for

household purposes in 1022 was 46,-

672,530,000- minds; in 1923 it was 50!,-

440,000,000 pounds. The production of

creamery butter increased fiom 1,153,-

515,000 pounds in 1922, to 1,252,214,000

pounds. .in 1. , The production of

condensed and evaporated milk in-

creased ,from‘ 1,431,349,000 pounds in

1922.126 1,774,881,000 pounds‘in 1923.





" “’SWQII? . ,

s gradesifor, barreled' apples. 'Un- ;

der he provisions of the act apples





a»

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ng'

of





was 48,477,801,000 .





LBig Fills-Quick Returns.





- plants f sale. 12 licadlns varieties. Cabbage plants

‘ 300. 751~;.00, $1.25: 1000. $2.00; mailed prepaid. Ex-

‘ Dressed. 5.000. $0.25: 10.000. $10 cash. Tomato



plants. 300. $1.00: 500. $1.50: 1,000, $2.50;





‘ growers in Virginia.





 





 

 





 





 

 





   

 





   





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Sold by responsible, conservative men who demand

strata on your farm. 11' you havonot had an opportunity

t‘o be convinced at themedtsot“Fly—Kll” writ; nadir .





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Some sections still en for the ndxt' type of rcpt-ch

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With a law—priced HANDY FARM

MIXERyouesn m a wheelbarrow load

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std work of aim by bandit done away

With. The Handy '3'. . . '

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farm job“ too small or too

steel—will for years—also

mixing slope, meshes, washind

etc.—a handy machine.

“One Hundred and One l'arm Uses

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Also literature describio the Handy.

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“House of quick action and a square deal.”

Quotations and shipping tags furnished on request.





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very attractive prices NOW. Prompt re-

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l30-Xcre Lake-Shore Farm

Horses, 13 Cows, 150 Poultry





9 Hogs, gas cngincs. wood saw. machinery included.

to settle quickly; half mile lukc. i’mnlagc, wondcrful

views. small fortune in bungalow slim; all udvuntum...

finest markets; 100 acres loamy fields, estimated 50,000

fl, timber; \arioty fruit. berries, nuts; fH‘COm housc,

beautiful shade; large slaloroof burn, silo. ccmcntcd

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fem-0d pasture. woodland: apples. pears, plums,

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hog and poultry houses. Ago l‘orccs low primt $2,200 v

half cash. F. G. JAMES, I539; East Front St..

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VEGETABLE PLANTS. 10 Million flno flcld L'I‘nwn





10.000, $20. Mailed prepaid. Expressed 10,000, 315.

Sweet potato 300. $1.50; 500. $2.00; 1000, $3.50 push

paid. Expressed 10,000. $30 cash. Largest and oldest

Positively mlarantce good order

delivery or money refunded. J. P. Council Company.

Franklin. Virginia.





FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS grown in oDcn

holds. 300.. $1.00: 500, $1.75: 1,000. $2.50, by express

or pan-cl post prepaid. Tomatoes and pepper plants

ready June Ist. 300'. $1.25: 500. $2.00: 1.000. $2.75;

charges prepaid. All plants grown in our‘Vlralma

fields. packui in wood baskets and crates With damp

moss. The Dixie Plant (30.. Franklin. Va.





MILLIO S hardy field grown cabbage plants. Wake-

ficlds," ommlmen ad Flats, 300. 150: 500. ”.25:

1.000. :2. Tomato standard varieties. 300. 81.25: 500.

81.50; 1,000. $2.50. all mammal. 10.000 either. ex-

pressed. $15. .

ey back. > Maple Grove Hm Forms. From Va.

FOR SALE—Guaranteed pure Robust seed beans, 85

per hundred. P- P. Major. Three Rivers, Mich.





Good order delivery guaranteed or mon- '





 





2,000,000 ('ABBAGIC PLANTS. loading vnriclivs.

curly and lat/c. I’rcpaid, 100 45c: 500 $1.25; 1,000

$2.25. llxprcss 5,000 $7.50. Cauliflower and Astcr

100 05-. Satisfaction guarantced. List i'rcu,

W. J. Myers. Rt. 2. Mussillon. Ohio.



ROBUST Navv Seed Beans. Pure-bred. in condition





bags furnished.





:Paulfly Skinners Atlantic“





   





TOBACCO .





 





 

 

 

 





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO. Chewing u 1 1.1 4:

ten 53. Smoking 5 lbs, $1.25: ten. 82. I“‘l’ay‘whg;

received. pipe and. recipe free. Farmers" Union.

l’aducah. Ky. , .





   

   

 

 





 





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BABY CHICKS





 

 

 





 





 

 

   





BRED T0 LAY Barred ’Rock chicks of quality.

I)", egritiarts. $13.30 per hundred. postpaid.. "I .

we a very. r er- tom this ad. I’rue r P .

Warn}, 8.: Hatchery. Milan. Mich. \ pe ’oultry





 

   

 





 

 

 

 





 





BABY CHICKS—Rocks. Reds. Silver L. W endotus.‘

White Wyandottes. Anconas. “White and BrIn'm Infl-

3‘33? egndmhlixeifwhavlsf bee§iouculled and mmud.‘



0 cos ay . She aid 1’ ~

Farm. Lih'hflcId. Mich. DD OMB-IT





   





 

 





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy-laying strains. an hal- '

mg pure breeds. Low prices. Prepaid. Lire Mm.

guaranteed. Catalog Free. Smith Bros.’ WC.





Mexico. Mo.





   





 





   





(“HICKS—A Hatch every week of good strong chick.

~Wh1te Leghorns $10 per 109: Barred Rock and I.

Reds. $14 per 100; White Rooks, $14 per 100:



IJVU on delivery guaranteed. Hatchery 4 Miles can I

Mt. Morris on Mt. Morris road one mile north a!

one mile east. Phone No. 14-5 rings. Meadow BM

Hatchery, Mt. Morris. Mich.





   

   





 





   





SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES—Blood tested Barred“

Rock Chicks. Pure-bred stock. great layers. Conn-t

winners. Get new prices. Last hatch June.17. Sat-

isfaction maranteed. Aseltine’s Barred Rock Batch-

ery, R. 1. Grand Rapids. Mich.





   





 





   

   





BABY CHICKs~Rcmarkable for size and ctr-gm.

Reasonable prices. Leghorns. Anconas. Rocks. loll.

Wyandottcs. Orvimztons. Mlnorcss. Spanish. Brahmas.

Tyrone Poultry Farm. Kenton, Mich.





   

   

 





 





   





HA! Look! 100.000 chicks Sc and up. 15 uric.

tics. From highest producing contest winners. Hatch-

mg eggs. Circular. Lawrence Hatchery, Box J. R.

7. Grand Rapids. Mich. '





   

   

   





 





   





C'HI(YKSW«All Popular Varieties.

Standard Quality. State

chicks available at. sumc pricc.

after May 20m. Litchl‘leId IIalclu-rl'.





Egg production and

Fair Winners. No better

Extremely low prices

Litchfleld. Mich.





   

   





 





   





BLOOD TESTED STOCK—Rocks and Rods,

ed for Bacillary \Vllite Dlurrlwa. Olin-r

varieties. Our catalog Il‘IIx‘ all ulmuL tin-m.

for it. II. II. I'Icrcc, .lcromc. {\liv'h.



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all test-

loading

Write





   





(‘HICKS AND

laying six-aim,

Brown Implmrna





EGGS, Order

Rocks. limit".

I‘m uk IIcinz.





now from my heavy

Alix-111121.». wmw and

(“unblock I'ark Mich.





   





 





   

   

   

 





 





 





   

   

   

   





 





   

   





BABY ('IIH‘KH ‘Iim'ks c. IINI\‘, $12; \Vllltc & But!

chhornx, Sill) l’cr Hundred. 100’: lnc (lcllvcry guar-

nntccd by Pun-cl l'mt. ll. Knoll.» IIah-lu-ry. Homer,

Michigan.



QUALITY (‘HH‘KSwl'ostpairL chlmrus. 10,-. Rocks.

Reds, ()rpiuglnis, \Vyundmtvs, ANNUIIIIN. 120. L

Brahmas. 15c. l\.\\l>I'Il‘(I, 7c. (‘uralug umw quantity

pricc. {\liwuu'i l'uultry Farms, t‘ulumhiu. .\lo.

BABY (‘IIll'KS Ihn‘cd Rovin- mnl Ilwli. $12 per

100. Imlm-(Iiulc (Iciixcrv. I‘lil4llxll “'lmc I.cinmrns.

$11 pcr 100. Will”: Inn-«l. l-‘zcc runuc. 100% live

(\li*_li;‘c1'.\'. (lorct‘s I’UllIlll' Farm & Ilutclicry, formula.

. l"l.





   





 





   





BARRON S. F. W. l.c;:h<>1‘n l'IlI"I{.\.

May 15th; IIHV‘Iix, $122 :u-r 100. I.l\'x'-

antccd. \\'u!cl'wu_‘.’ I'Iiifv'Ilt‘l'Y, ll. 4,





$0 pcr 100 after

dcliwiv snap

llnllnml. Mich.





   

   





 





   

   





BABY (‘IIIt‘Ix'S rSupcrior Itinulct Burrcd Rocks 120;

”NIH 12c; chlmms 'Jc. Wymllnun's ItIt‘ilI Hatchery,

Tirlin, Ohio.





   

   





 





 





 





(‘Illl‘K BARGAIN June and July Barrcd Rocks. M.

.\_. ('. Stock, 3: 1; Tom Barron II. S. \Vhih- Leg” 8.

('m-nlar. Illlls do I’Iilll‘Ilt’l'y Farm, It. 3, Holland, Mich.

S. (.'. RUFF H'IGHORN Baby (‘hicks from good lay-





r

‘lill‘llitRDSON’S ROCKY RIDGE pure Parks strain

' iul‘l‘t't





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





m: strum. “'illzn'd \Vl‘Ihlt‘l‘, limit. Mich.





 





‘.i‘\"ll.\'l‘l‘IIl-leY will run until

.‘Jillllwd. Box 45513: li‘cnlun, Mich.





[)occmber. Grm





 





llock Baby Chicks. $10 pcr 100. Hanover.





Mir-ll.





 





 





POULTRY





 





POULTIIYi GM in lunch will! Illa

limml DHNscd I'mlliH, 7:0 M 10';

11011 scnt wlictlicr Mu invcd rm





originator. Vassar ‘

I’rollt. Informa- '3





not. Position for





 





Lady 01' Gentleman. olfim- expcricncc, that will take

.1. financial lllll‘l'vxl. \\'l';'~~ 100.13.: . (2. Churches.

3783 Mnylnu‘y Avc., Detroit. Mi II.



TURKEY EGGS from our famous pure—brcd Mam-





moth Bronze, Bourbon Rod. Nurruuunscn. White Hol-





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





(‘ORRESPONDENT (“nurses and Educational Books

01' all schools. bought, sold. rented and exchangixl,

write for bargain catalogue. Educational (‘nrrc-~

womlunce Exchange. 80 State Ave. Pontiac. Milli.





REAL ESTATE





FOR SALE—Old cut—over land, Sheep Ranch and

Farm Tracts on long time cash payments or on Al-





 





falfa Seed Crop payment. plan. John G. Krautlt.

Millersburg. Presquc Isle County. Mich.

FOR SALE—320-acra farm, partially improved, in





Will sell or trade for income-pay-

nton





lsabella County.

in: property. Dri D”. Hall. Beld-lna. Mich.





PET sroCx





mum man— can... out Eur

lish Shepherd dogs. puppies. 100 Illustrated instrmr-





tivo- list. W. 3. Watson. 30x35 .Macon. Mo.





 





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to plant. ’l‘hrcu dollars pcr bushcl. 11ml (10+, 1’ _



. - . .. . . . . . ... ‘ 'llv wu have the realest

WII pay frcmht on It“ busiu 1.3 or our. A. It. (ooh, I- ,,,- ( I , 0 “Mn?” ‘“ ~ , , . g ,

OWOSsu, Mich. (’;,‘lr|7)“”‘5 ‘0‘ iou- “M“F 1310.». lowhwtan l’omt.

FOR SALE Michigan (ix-own Gcnuine Duncan's Ycl- Sfl‘Q“K and Eggs by 100 or 1,000 Inns, all lcading

low no,“ gm“ (‘01th While supply lasts. “‘75 p”- Hu‘lctics (.‘Illl'Iit’IlS,' Ducl“ Gecsc. Bantams. Guineas.

bu. Sucks flu‘llisht'tl. Addrcss II. A. Grubo. R. No. Turkeys. 17‘“ Tern” I’ll 5. Write your wants. Jessa

l, Bloomingdulc. Mich. Blll‘nmdc. Judson, Ind,



. _ s'romc & l1 —~B tr . ~ ‘

ORDERS now honkvd for bcst varieties of vegetable Rods & Anmfigfi? 51L?“ 3:5?‘i‘5lltggmlr615' lg?;?g:)%gt

plums M $10 ”‘1' UHF); .Pm‘“ if! plotted and lfjlovverl~ Turkeys. Ducks 8: Geese, lndianaholis winners. W.

Into] 1)llun\l‘sihon a-ppuation. ,u sea reel must, (1 Jackson. It. 3_ South Ill-ml, Ind,

lI‘ SUI , A l' .



(lERJ\N'.U.\lS—~Two dozcn nice young plants sent 8 .C‘ BLACK MINORCASwHGRVY birds. Northrup

postpaid in your add'rcss for $1.25. Ally ~0Ior or strum. Hatching 9335- $1350 [01‘ 15. $8.00 per 100.

mixed. liucklcy Gcrzmium to. Sprinuflcld. 111mm. 0- J. Deedrlck. VMSM'. well.



I

FOR SALEchrtificd Rural Rilssct Sced Potatoes. “0815,90th thde rMand Rcds. Hatching Eggs $1.25 , ‘

$1.00 per bu. v.1). Machun, I‘luinwn-ll.1\lich. W 10>. Pofilllald- Mrs Albert Hammond. R. 4.



Charlevoxx. Mich. ,





 





SINGLE (‘OMB RlfiDsw—Hatching 93$. from all pens, ’

will be half price. after May first. Barry J. Thais.

233 l—lumcr St. Battle Creek, Mich.





 





 





l<‘.(}CSn...l’uro Mammoth White Peking Ducks 150 ..

\wl' dorcn. (‘rawfox-d’s, Duisburg, Mich. ' S ' "





 





HELP WANTED





say. (081. in Cwload Lots—Side or main im an;

penance nucx-essary. Earn week's pay in an M!

Liberal (lmwxng account arrangement. ~ ‘

(foal (‘ompanv 880 Coal Exchange Bldg” Chicago.





 





   





 





   

 





nnlirrfiAv POSTAL ctgnkswsmrt $133 'monuai'

mi 0 pass: expenses pal . Questions tree. cm -

’bus Institute. Rt. 6. Columbus. Ohio. -





 





   

   

 

 





WANTED—Snare Time Representative Th - .w»

State for leading weekly papcr, to look after (-01%

tion and take subsoriptions. Br 22. Michigan Fm





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IggUSEKEEPEg “'ANTED—An elderly‘woman" 1 ‘

y years. goo wages. on farm. German "

lohn Buhl. Mayvlllot Mich. pref
_ , 1.14-





’ er cent since





 





 





 





 





GRAIN QUOTATIONS

- . Wednesday, June 4.. ~

g, - " .. - Wheat.

‘ . . f Detroit—No. 1 red $1.13', No. 2 red

‘ * 1.12; No. 3 red

.No. 2 mixed $1.13.

Chicago—July 31.05% 1.05 ; Sep-

‘. 'tember $1.06%@1.07; ecem or at

_ {1.0914@1.09%. .

. Toledo—Cash 31.09%(5211035.

orn.





‘ Detroit—No. 3, 82%c; No. 4 yellow

7835c; No. 5, 72@74c.

. Chicago—July 77%@77%c; Se tem-,

; . berber 71%@71%c; December 9%c.





- Oats.

Iggtroitre Cash No. 2 white 54c; No.

c .





'Chlcago.—July 45%@45%,c; Septem-

ber 40c; December 41%0. ,





. - R e.

, Detroit—Cash NI). 2, 730.

sChicagOr—July 677/3c; September at





%c.

Toledo—70c.

Barley.

, Barley, malting 85¢; feeding 30c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt





shipment $4.40@4.45 per cwt.

(glgicago—Navy $4.90; Red kidneys





'New York—Choice pea. at $5.15@

5.25; red kidneys $7.50@7.75.



Seeds.



Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$11.15; alsike $9.80; timothy $3.35.



Hay.



Strong—No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard and light mixed $22.50@23;

No. 2 timothy $21@22; No. 1 clover at

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

wheat and cat 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.





Q





.Apples.





Chicago—Barrels, “A” grade, Bald-

wins at $4; Spies $6.50@7; Ben Davis

$3; Winesaps $4.50.





WHEAT





Wheat prices advanced most of last

week and reached the highest point

in over two months. The finish was

i on a small setback. The rapid disap-

pearance of export surpluses and bad

news from the new crop caused the

rise. Rains in the southwest and less

urgency in the demand for cash wheat

were back of the easy tone later. Con-

fidence is gradually spreading that

wheat prices will average higher in

the next twelve months than in the

last twelve. World takings of Wheat

in the present crop year will be about

100,000,000 bushels more than expect-

ed when the year started and will set

a new record. ' Domestic flour mills

maintain a fairly high rate of output

for this season of the year,and their

grind is passing steadily into con-

sumption. Milling demand for wheat,

coupled with light receipts, is gradu-

ally reducing stocks. The amount of

wheat still available in this country

is ample, however, in view of the ap-

proach of harvest.





RYE





Exports of rye have increased in the

last few weeks and'further sales are

reported from day to day so that the

shipments promise to continue. The

extreme discount of rye below wheat

makes the former attractive, and Rus-

sian competition is less severe re-

cently. Receipts are light and the

large visible supply has been reduced





slightly.

CORN





Cash corn is in about the same po-

sition as a week ago. Receipts in the

two weeks previous were the lightest

' in nearly a year, but increased sharp-

ly last week, probably marking the

start of the after—planting movement.

Corn is disappearing fast in spite of

reports of a slow demand and the vis-

ible supply has been reduced over 50

the high point in



arch. The new crop is not starting

auspiciously owing to poor seed and

. unseasonable temperatures, but a turn





to warmer weather in the last few





days has allayed fear on this account.





2‘ kit will still we possible to produce a





_ crop if climatic conditions are

t tav rable.





. - . OATS





'Oats prices have been





remarkably

‘ stable The visible supply





the





 





smallest at this s i , '

‘ . distributors 8 8mg; steam





$1.09; _ o. 2 white





   





holdings an new are r is ~ .

tion need at more .tsvgrfblo w ,

New oats are not so or she as

Texas has already begun to 2 was

and demo: from the southwss "I





to diminis

SEEDS





Seed markets are a ‘st and p119

easy,with cash demon or tour lug

grass seed at low ob . '53!“

damage to the new crop 0! cl or are

persistent and prices for tall (131ch

are above the resent cash marks .

Timothy seed p cos a pear quits l .

Reports of~ the necessi y of re isnt as

corn have not been borne on by the

greater demand for seed corn.





An easy undertone prevails in the

feed markets as demand is very ulot.

Consumption of by-products as s is

at a minimum at h

most buyers disinclined to buy for i

ture needs. Offerings of wheat too I

for future delivery are increasing as

the mills are anticipating the new

wheat crop. Prices are the lowest of

the year and close to the low oint

reached last summer. Stocks 0 col»-

tonseed cake and meal at mills are

about the same as a. year ago.





HAY





Light receipts of ngOd timoth hay.

reflecting scarcity c that grade 11 the

country, keep prices in a. firm posi-

tion. Alfalfa and prairie hay markets

are steady but dull as buyers are in-

clined to wait for new hay. Rains in

the southwest have improved the new

crop outlook.





BUTTER





Butter prices steadily advanced last

week in spite of the fact that the sea.-

son of “flush” production lies Just

ahead. Grass butter is plentiful and

buying for storage was active. The

fact that holdings in the four lar e

distributing markets on June 1. t 8

beginning of the new storage your.

will be around 5,000,000 pounds larger

than at the same time a year ago does

not seem to be curtailing the present

movement into storage. Production

reports indicate an increasing make.

but buying for storage is expected to

maintain prices around the present

level.



Prices for 92~score fresh cutter as

follows: Chicago 381/10; New York

40c. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs

sells for 400.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Although fresh egg prices remained

practically unchanged last week, the





is season, with .





 





orb war so lies.

the couhlfinr; ”igwg'fififé" bamin

are srrlvln st disirlbutl'8 pram-ket-

and 3:1ch ccllncd under t c increas-

ed 0 srlugs





Chloe (aw—E s miscellaneous 28

231 o; lrt ‘bi' ‘c; checks 21 a?

Eros rats 550 4c; ordinary rats

21 2c. vs poultry, boss 23 0;

br ion 4 @flc; roosters 13 c;

geese 120; turkeys c. .



Detroitmfi s fresh candied and

graded st 28 624555. Live ultry,

rollers “fit c; heavy hens 2 @28c;

ll them on rs I‘ 150; secs

1 @160; ducks 38 ll c; eys c.‘





BANS





Moderate improve out in the de-

mand. coupled with lfiht receipts at

country elevators rcsu ted in an ad-

vance u been prices last week. CHP



' itos are quoted at 4.50@:fi55 er

.1 0 ounds i'. o. b. Mic i an ippn

pain I. it is p sslble the the marke

will advance st 11 further on this bulge

but remaining holdings are believed

to be relatively heavy and an ad-

vance of a few cents s likely to in-

crease :ho volume of offerings. The



s backward so far as the new

a. p is concerned but there is still

time for sending lobe com letod in

most status in accordance w h 9. nor-

mal schedule.





TATOES.





A strong uplurn‘ on northern white.





potatoes occurred last week when the

shipments l‘cll off and° demand re-

mancd islrly brisk. The supply of

eastern whites was more (generous,

however. and prices declin . us.

No. 1 Northern round whites are quot-





cd at l. 0 WM wr .100 ounds sack-

rsd. and tigIlthIl in bul in the Chi—

caso car at market. New otatoes de-





(liud char fly under hnav er receipts

with, Alabama sacked Bliss Triumphs

at 8185060205 in Chicago.





APPLES





The apple market has siren thened

as receipts have been falling o stead-

ily and prices are unusual low for

this season ol‘ the your. ew York

A-lilpdnoh lluldwins are bringing $4@

4.50 pol‘ barrel in cousumlhlg markets.





The strawberry season is at its

height and prices have declined furth-





 





I Live Stock Market Service





 





CHICAGO





Hogs.

Receipts 25,000. Market is mostly

steady to 50 lOWer. Weight butchers





in active demand, others a ow; light

weight 5@100 lower; light lights show

maximum loss: bulk good and choice

butchers $7.40@7.50; tops $7.50;1iack-

ing sows $6.40@6.50; strong weight

slaughtgr pigs strong to 250 hi her,

others low; bulk good 120 to 1 04b.

weight $5.75@6.25.

Cattle.



Receipts 12,000. Market on beef

steers, yearlings and light grade fat

she stock fully steady at recent de-

cline; trade more active; shipping de-

mand moderate; earlg top steers at

$11.25; bulk $8@10.3; grass cows

ver slow; bulls steady, 10@1 0 high-

er, ulk at $9.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 15 000. Market is slow.

Few best lambs steady; others 25m)

500 lower; medium very slow. bidding

mostly 500 or more off; no earl sales.

Fat sheep prospects weak to 2 0 low-

er; choice Idaho spring lambs $17.25:

best clipped lambs $14.35; early I) It

native spring $15@15.25; few‘to ty

butchers $15.50.





DETROIT





Receipts 493. Market steagg.



Good to choice yearlings.$ s. _ 9.

Best heavy steers ...... . 50 9.?

Hand weight butchers . . 8.50 9—00

Mixe steers and heifers 7.35 $.00

Handy- light butchers. . . . £50 . g5

Light butchers 5.50 0. 0

Best 00W. ecsocs‘ssssesc 5'5 ‘50





 

 





Wednesday. June 4.





Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25 5.25

Cuttt’l\a Il\||“.ll.‘...ii 8‘50 3‘76

Connors .... . . . . . . . . . 2.50 3.50

Choice bulls . . . .. . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00

BDIO lid DUI“ I nu s s s s s b I ‘IsOGD 5-60

8‘00 bull‘ QO\\\I‘!Q\|‘|I 8i75@ 4-50

Wvdv‘\a s‘II“‘|‘IOI“II‘ 6|00@ 7.25

Slackers .m........... 5.25% 6.50

M!lke!‘. I‘..“"QOI“|“$‘5|00 90.00





Veal Oslvu.

Receipts 1.884. Market steady.

Des . . 4105081100

4.00 10.00





(‘ulls and heavier: ... . . .

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 187. Market steady.

Beet lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . $14.00 14.25

“Q\\i\b‘|‘\\‘|“\\‘§‘ lliw 13‘00

Fair to good ........... 500 7.00

Idem to common . . . . . 7.00 9.50

Gulls and common 8.00@4.00





~ New

Receipts 2.521. Market same lower.





Mixed and hearing ......8 50

P! \\\\\\\‘\\\s‘\\\\ctb 6-40

Heavy routers 7.55

ugh‘ MQ“ \‘\\\\\\‘§ 7.00

Rm: \0\\\\u\\\\s\\os\ _ 636

mm \|\\\\§V\\\\\\\o\c\ *W0 ‘60

BUFFALO





Receipt two 5352" Market steady

. . s, ' .

Calves at $105.31

Receipts 80 cars. Market is lower.

Hear a d “ . .00‘ pigs and

light; catheter.“ I w ‘

. and Lam





Receipts?” um stem.

n.rsss?ttamr





no meat:





 





 





00L . ’ . t .

Scam _ .

luster





limits oreizn markets 'h'aVe lost ‘

some of their recent stren The

goods market is inactive e prob-





ability of a strike of garment workers

is a depressing influence, ' and stocks

goods from





71118

stren honing, however. The present

inset vlty means that stocks of goods

and raw wools in« the hands of

and distributors are gradually





woolen goods are being used up by

ultimate consumers has not declined

Commensurate with the falling off in

mill output. Imports of clothing and

combing wools in the ten months end-

ing April 30 were only 106,000,000

pounds, against 285,000,000 pounds in

be same period a year previous. Re-

exports in the last few months in-

crease the disparity still further. In

the range states, the Wyoming clip

has been sold at 39@42c, Utah wools

at 38@43c, Nevada wools at 38@40c,

and Texas twelve-month wools at~46



480. At Boston fine deiaine and

alt-blood combing wools are quoted

at 52@53c, although some dealers re-

fuse to sell below 54c.





DETROIT CITY MARKET ‘





Offerings of spinach and radishes

were heavy and buying was not heavy

enough to clean up. Potato prices

reached new heights when they sold

at $1.25 a bushe. Some good stock

was sold at 800 a bushel, but most

moved at $1 a bushel. The moderate

supply of asparagus was in ready de-

mand.

sellers, while mustard and other

greens were slow. Lettuce and rhu-

barb had moderate sale. The demand

for the small supply of Ben Davis ap~

ples‘was light. Eggs and poultry had

easy sale. .



Apples 90c@$1.50 per bu; cabbage

plants $1 per 100; chives 75@90c per

dozen; dandelions 50@75c bu; French

endive 25@30c lb; horseradish, fancy



bu; set onions $5 bu; green onions

40@500 dozen bunches; parsley $6 bu;

potatoes 800@$1.10 bu; radishes 50@.

650 dozen bunches; rhubarb, outdoor

40@50c- dozen bunches; sorrel 50(1)

750 bu; spinach 75c@$1.25 bu; tomato

plants $1.25 per .100 ; asparagus, No.

1, $2@2.25 dozen bunches; No. 2, $1.25

@175 dozen bunches; mustard $1@‘

1.25 bu; turnip tops $1@1.25 bu; eggs

wholesale 27@30c dozen; retail 30 ,

330; live hens, wholesale 25@28$g

lb; retail 30 32c; broilers, wholesale

88@460; retal 50@600; ducks 33c lbfii

live pigs $2.25@3.50 each.





GRAND RAPIDS





Better growing weather increased





the supply of green stuff on this mar- ‘





at early this. week and prices touched

the lowest levels of the year. Quota-

tions follow: Asparagus $181.25 per

dozen bunches; radishes 10 15c doz-

en bunches; leaf lettuce 18@20c;

rhubarb 50@60c bu; spinach 50 75c

bu; parsley 40@500 dozen bunc es;

potatoes 60@75c bu; hothouse toma-

toes $2.75@3 per 7-lb. basket; poultry

barely steady; fowls 18@23c; broilers

30 35c; roosters and stags unsettled

an lower at 12@13c; eggs 21@21%c;

beans slightly stronger at $4.10 cwt;

wheat 950 bu; live stock steadg'; pork

91750 lb; beef 5@16c; lambs $ 0@280.





TH E BUSINESS OUTLOOK.





, No startIlng developments occurred

in the fineral business situation last

week. any business observers lean

to the view that changes in this pe-

riod of commercial depression will

militate against manufacturers and

the wage earning classes and favor

the farmers. The fact that wholesale

prices of farm products are practically

twenty per cent higher than three

years ago, while the all commodity

ndex number is the same as at that

time, shows the progress that has al-

rea been made to. readjust farm

prices to the general price level.





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES-‘





Shorthome. ‘

June 18—Northwestern Ohio, Milking

Shortborn Assn." Napoleon, Ohio.

Holstein; '. ‘ “





 





 





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ndsslcssreats hfl '

503w buyers in e fleece. wooi- '

"on range states have sreduced their





the heavy output ‘of‘last . I ,.

your are still making trouble. linden:

conditions are quite gradually .





11s

reduced. The actual rate at whilcfifl





Green onions were moderate.





 





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d wool. marketsarebguiet '..= ‘

cos.





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.131. 11% law- . .

I At timeout meeting of wot

tive growers and shippers ‘of irgin a,.





' meeting. for more-extensive use of the





.Somec





_. is scarce.





nti





alon' vats“ given“~to ,use the, , ..

States grades“ for. barreled apples. Un-

rovisions 7

accordance with the federal





‘xempt from the state asp-





 

 

 

 





des

e gradi





 





 





members ~ of the Virginia

State Horticultural Society, Division

of Markets and others interested in

the apple trade. the United States bar-





including





 

 





 





reled apple grades were approved. ;

The Musician ~ meeting

brought out the fact a number of





large grovvers, in Virginia used federal

grades last year and found them thor-

oughly practicabie .tor shipping pur-

poses.



Preliminary plans were made at the





federal-state shipping point inspectio

service this season. _





,________.._______—.

VCO‘U NTY . CROP REPORTS.





Barry Co.,—May 27.—Farmi=ng is be-

hind on account of scarcity ofheltp,

and cold, wet weather. The pig crop

is about twenty per cent short, while

lambs are. in about normal number.



' of. losing sheep from

stomach worms. ' Wheat looks good,

except in low places. Corn planting

is ten days behind. Fruit trees look

good: Wool is ‘se-Ilig at 380. Accord-

ing to the coun?’ agent, thirty—three



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men signed up the wool pool in

this county—C. V. ..





Branch Co., May 26'.———Wheat about .





85 per cent of normal; rye 75. per cent-

Corn'acreage will be about normal.

The lamb crop is large, while the pig

crop is about ninety per cent normal.

Wool averages about 39c. Farm labor

Alfalfia acreage is increas-

ing. Potatoes will be about 75 per

cent of a normal crop. Early straw-

berries were frozen. Farming gener—

ally about normal—C. H. S.



Sanilac Co., May 27.—Not over 40

per cent of: spring seeding done. 'In

some instances oats rotted and will





 

 

 

 





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of the act" apples“





 





 

 

 





   

   





 





 

   

 

 





neededwmnutcpo. . _ '

' chm. chit—Item, hog-house and

stable n. make your own fence pacts—— \





 





 





 





use'coacrebefor your permanent, sanitar-

and lasting Improvements. 3;

With a low-priced HANDY FARM

MIXER youcan. mix a wheelbarrow load

get minute easily and thoroughly—the

and work of pairing by hand. is done away





 





 





 





     





with. The. Handy is ted; either by

hand orengme power. to move—no





I I 5:. I1.

farm job' too small or too large. Built of





, I I l 9

. I .1 . .

_ ‘ l é '

fl ’3 a “”93 e steel-mill lastfor years—also serves for

1972’- I mum: slope, meshes, wash' root crops,

‘ . ctc.——a handy machine.

"One Hundred and One l'arm Uses

for Comm—valuable booklet tree.

'Also literature describing the Handy.

Write John Deere. Moline. Illinois,

and III: for Package ICE-822.





.o ,

——csafe DREW! FLY SPRAY—actually We“

cows all day-the original killer and repellent used for 3

years by most agricultural colleges of centralstatas.

Sold by msponsible, conservative men who demon-t

strobe on your farm. n'you havenothadan opportunity

to be convinced at themerits ot‘le—Kil” writs usdirect.





mimiiiiihdiiéglimfiitm‘fie Poultry Skinners Attention

“Fly-Ki!” Division

graham Oil Co., St. Paul,‘Minno





 





 





 





 





Make your shipments of poultry and veal- to





1.0. Key-s. Commission to...





"House of quick action and a square deal.”

Quotations and shipping tags furnished on request.





 





   

 





..-.PUT ms NewE

.— on your:





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





E S Etta—Small consignments .from

' gg ! producers in your territory bring

very attractive prices NOW. Prompt re—

turns. always. Refer to Dun or Bradstreet.

\9 Ship us your next case. ZENITH BUT~

TER a EGG 00.. I70 Duane St. New York. N. Y.





Albion no and wood a? '

and powerful. Onwdlr'rdmthlnzoqud-





 





inn muff anmtha.mll. Sh ' _ I I III 0L0 BE

3;"; 11...?qu £25.“: will “a, and Glam LIABLE HOUSE





plateaus. Govern: by depudablo

weigh wuhoul rpr'mgs. Flu any 4-“

slecllnwer Why nonhlmen yourchors

hours now wilh a good Windmill

This is your chance—F. O. D.

Albion. Exec! u youucII. Ask yu-

daler. or wrile dim: to ’





Unlon Steel Products Co. Ltd.

.Deni. M. Alblon. Mlchlgan, U.S.A.





GEO. E. ROIERS &. .00., PIflShW, Pa





FARMS AND FARM

LANDS FOR SALE





PAY NO ADVANCE FEE: don't glvv option or tie

up real estate for any kind of contract without first

Lllmvmg those you are dealing with are absolutely

honorable, responsible and reliable.





 





 





 





 





 





 





in colors explains





 





have to be re—seeded if weather per-

mits. Very little planting done to

date. Help cannot be obtained. Pigs

are plentiful but there are not many

lambs, as farmers have generally quit

the sheep business. Oats 500; rye

50c; wheat 98c; potatoes at 35@40c~;

chickens 20c, liveweight; eggs 200;

milk $2.75 cwt." Fall wheat not up to

average. On the whole, the season is

very backward.——-C. '. B.



Schoolcraft Co., May 26.—-There is

plenty of help here at $50 per month.

Pigs and lambs are scarce. Winter

rye is looking fine, as is also fruit.

Prices are rather discouraging. The

weather is cold and backward. We

liradG some snow (in the twenty-fifth.—



Ogcmaw 60-, May 28.——Cold, wet

weather has made farming progress

slow. Labor is scarce. We had a

good crop of pigs and lambs. Winter

grain came through in good condition.

Quite alarge acreage of potatoes will

be planted. ,Beans and corn will go in

during the next few days. Potatoes





are practically all sold, as are also :





the beans. We received 50c for pota-

toes and $4.25 per cwt. for beans. Corn





sells at 80c per basket; hay at $16@1'_8





per ton—J. E. T

Shiawassce Co., May 24.——Farmers





are hiring»but little help, wages being i





too high; Pigs are about 65 per cent

of a crop and lambs 85 per cent.

Wheat and rye are looking fine, while

fruit bid-s fair to be a good crop. Wet





weather has retarded sowing oats and -

the acreage will be below normal as .





a result. If weather conditions permit,

the bean acreage will run about nor-

mal. The same is true of the potato

and corn crops. Wheat 94c; oats 46c;

hay $13.@15 per ton at barn; wool

400; eggs 210; butter 40@43c.——E. G.



Berrien Co., May 24.~—Labor is plen-

tiful, but the price is to high for farm-

ers to pay. Pig crop is reported short.

Not many lambs produced here. Fruit

prospects are good, except for peach—

es. Oats are all in and looking well.

Cornplanting has just begun. Not

much market for corn here. Potatoes

45c;-hay $15@20.~—C. A. C.





 





CONSUMPTION 0F MILK IN-

. CREASES.





 





A REMARKABLE increase of milk

produced and used in the United

States is shown i gures collected by





the de rtment of agriculture. In 1822

the toll whole milk used 'n manufac-





turing purposes was 4 ,477,801,000

pounds; in 1923 it was 51.830.062.000

pounds. The total milk used

household purposes in 1922 was 46,-





672.560,000 mndsy‘dn 1923' it was 50.—

The production of

creamery butter increased f'l'om 1,153,-

515,000 pounds in 1922. to 1,252,214,000



s in 1923. The production of





4&0,000,000 ponn .





condensed an





for





d evaporated milk in-

creased trom‘ 1,431,349,000 pounds in

1922.to»=1_,774,881,000 pounds‘in 1923.





E22 (Ia—MI” how you can save





money on Farm Truck or Road

Wagons, also steel





4





l30-Kcre Lake-Shore Farm





 

 

   





 

 





, . or wood wheels to BI ; - .

l . L any running ~ ‘ l Horses 13 Cows 150 Pou.try

3 /‘«1- ' = ' gear Send for \ I ’ . ’ . -

‘ v ‘ \‘\ " It today f‘n . ‘ 9 Hogs. gas cngmcs. wood saw. machinery Included.

3 ‘- \ 1/ ' 43/ ",4 to settle quickly; half mile lukc frontage. wonderful

'\ > EIBMWIIOOICO. " ' News, small fortune In bungalow silos; all advantage»

askfl-JMJ‘E finest markets; 100 acres loamy llclds. ostlmulud 50,000





ft, timber; \ar‘lety fruit. berries. nuts; £l~mom Imusc,

. beautiful shade; large slate—roof barn. silo. vcmcnml

w-ow Stable. garage, hog, poultry houses. Now only





SIle Your Cattle, Hogs and Sheep lo 1; 533:3,qu X‘GtENCIYBSEQéIK $2181;th

. “F R . resae 9.. arm. i .



_ . Warns, Hes and Dankert ~ °



Union Stuck Yards. Toledo. Ohio. For Top Irices. 80_Acre Farm, Easy Terms





Big Fills—Quick Returns. Correspondence solicited.

6 Cows and Calves, 20 A. Corn





Vthut, rye, beams. potatoes: llorse‘, poultry. ma—

chinery. tools Included; on imprmcd road, good com—

munity, near lukv; 410 uvrcs productive fields, win»

fenced pasture. woodland; apples. pears, plums.

grapes, berries; 7~rOom shaded house. porch: barn.

hog and poultry Imusm. Aczu form‘s low price. $2,200 v

half cash. F G. JAMES, I53”? East Front St.,





 





 





ENTION The Michi—





gan Farmer when writ—





 

 





m... , n‘néuau sums-am ‘ 1‘

Wren cattle». d watch? dog; . ‘ ‘ ”W

es. $6. Milan. Black. Rx, 3.! Hang ‘ .





TOBACCO





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 in... $1.75: .

tcn $3. Smoking 5 lbs. $1.25; ten, 82. Pay when .i'

received. pipe and recipe tree. era" Union.

l’aducah. Ky. ~ . ;





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





 





BABY CHICK‘S





 





BRED TO LAY Barred 'Rock chicks of quality. cufid

by experts. $12.00 per hundred. postpald.-“10W’

II\‘0 delivery. Order from this ad. Krueper Poultry

ll‘arm S: Hatchery. Milan. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS—Rocks. Reds. Silver L. Wyandottu.

Wluto Wyandottes. Anconas. White and Brown Leg-

horns and Mixed. have been culled and inspected. "

Reduced- prices after May 20th. Sheppard Poultry



Farm. Lim-hflcld. Mich. ' . ‘





 





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy-laying strains. All. ls..-

lng pure breeds. Low prices. Prepaid. Lin m,

:rlImrantee‘a. Catalog Free. Smith Bros.’ Motion.

. exn-o. .1 O\ ' ‘ ' I





 





CHICKS—A Hatch every week of good stro chic

~White Leghorns $10 per 100: Barred Rack :31 “2

Beds. $14 per 100: White Rocks. $14 per 100: 1 05

um on delivery guaranteed. Hatchery 4 Miles east of

Mt. Morris on Mt. Morris read one mile north all

one mile east. Phone No. 14-5 rings. Meadow Brook

~Hatchery, Mt. Morris. Mich.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES—Blood tested Barred

Rock Chicks. Pure-bred stuck. great layers. Contact.

winners. Get new prices. Last hatch June 17. Sat—





isfaction guaranteed. Ascltlne’s Barred Bock Ratch—

ery. 1. Grand Rapids. Mich. '





BABY CHICKS—Remarkable for size and stratum.

Reasonable prices. Leghorns. Anconas. Rocks. Reds.

Wyandottcs. Orpingtons. Minor-cos. Spanish. Brahmas.

Tyrone Poultry Farm. Kenton. Mich.





 





_ Look! 100,000 chicks 8c and up. 15 vario-

lws. From highest producing contest winners. Hatch-

mg eggs. Circular. Lawrence Hatchery. Box J. R.

7. Grand Rapids. Mich.





HAI





 





(‘HICKS——All Popular Varieties. Egg production and

Standard Quality. State Fair Winners. N0 better

chicks available at same price. Extremely low prices

after May 20th. Litcbfield Hatchery. Litrhfleld. Mich.





BLOOD TESTED STOCK—Rocks and Rods. all test-

ed for Buvlllary “'bIto Diarrhea. Other loading

varieties. Our catalog tells all about Lbcm. Write

for it. 11. II. l’ilmw. .lcromc. Mich.



9





CHICKS AND EGGS. Order now from my heavy

laying Sll'dllls. Rocks. Reds. Anconas. Whitu and





Ill-own lmuhorus. Frank IIclnz. (‘mnstOl-k Park Mich.





 





BABY (‘IIII‘KS‘ Pucks .‘L:

Iwghorm, $10 Pur IIIIIIlII‘UtI.

:mlccd by Pun-cl I'Osl. 11.

Michigan.





Rods. $12; White & Butt

1009'; live (IL‘IIVPl‘y guar-

Iioous lino-bury, Homer,





 





QUALITY ~('III("KS~Postpaid. Leghorns. 10c. Rocks.

llcds, Orpmgmn». \Vyumlnttcs, AIL-onus. 12c.

Brahmas. 154-. Axon-Ind, To. (‘atalng gin-s quantity





prir'c. I‘IISflIIII'I Poultry Farms, (‘OIIIIIIIIILL MO.





 





[{m-ks and Roth. $12 per

100. lmnmliutc (ll-Ilwi'y. I'llln’IIsIl White lwglmrns.

$11 pox- 100. Utility bred. I’ll-o rungc. 100% live

(ll-lll'cn'. (lorct's I‘Oullly Form A: Hatchery. (Ioruuua.

. I"l.





BABY ("IIH‘KS Iiurrpd





 





Imslmrn chicks. $0 per 100 after

$13 pvr llm. Livn dcllvvl'y guar-

I‘Iurvlwrv. II. 4, Holland. Mich.





BARRON S. (‘. W.

May 15111; RUI‘va,

amped. \VIIICI'\\'II_\





 





BABY (‘I-III‘KSHSupvrior llinuh-t Barred Hacks 120:

[feds 12-; Imghnms 0v. \\'yndll:lm‘s Itlt‘iII Ilatl‘llety.

Tillin. ()IIIO.





 





(‘IIII‘K BARGAIN June and July Barrml Rocks, 1W.

\V. 1‘. Stock. $2 1; Tom Barron E. S. \\'Ili10 Leg. $8.

('n‘l-ulur. llllls do l‘lilIl'Ill’l'y Pump. It. 3. Holland. Mich.





 





 





ing to advertisers.





Traverse City, 'Mich.





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Mlchluan farmers.

Small advertiscmvnts bring best results undu'r classified headings. Try it for'want ads and for adver-

tising miscellaneous articles for sale or cxcllangv. Poultry advertising will be run In this department

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



Rates 8 cents a word. each insertion, on orders far less than four Insertlous; for four or more

consecutive Insertions 6 cents a word. (‘ount as a word each abbreviation, inltiaI or number. No

display type or Illustrations admltted. Remittances must accompany order. ‘



Real estate and live stock advertising have separate departments and are not accepted as classMcd.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Minimum charge, l0 words.

Rates in Effect. October 7, 1922 2000,0001 (I‘ABBAPGE Planets If‘5:l[;})lll:1 gym-1.14”?)

0 (‘111'\' um um. n'puu, v: .. .20; , H

Words “3,: {.3158 5.32: $2.25. Express 5,000 $7.50. Cauliflower and Astor

10 ....... 5030 32‘“) 35.24 100 135". Satisfaction guaranteed. List free.

11__ ...... .88 2.64 5.43 W. J. Myers. III. 2. 31455111011, Ohio.

12 ........ .96 2.88 v.72

13 ------- I‘M 3-12 6'96 ROBUST Navy Seed Beans. Purebred. In condition

; If -------- I.” 3-36 7‘20 to plant. ’I‘hn-o dollars per IlllsIlt‘I. bugs furnished.

1" -------- 1-20 330 :3: WII pay freight on tun IJIISIII'IS or over. A. It. took,

I? """"" {12,3 23; 7‘93! Owossu. Mich.

lg ........ Lg; 4.32s :1: i

l ..... 1 45 . . v . - v. ., - , .. v

' ‘ 11* OR SALE “Mn-lump (.mwn GPIIIIIIIL‘ Duntums ‘11-1—

30 """"" 1'6“ 4-80 8'6; ' low Ill-m. SCNI (“0111. While supply lusts. $1.75 per

5.1, """" 1?: 32“ (8)?” ' bu. Stu-ks furnislml. Address 11. A. Grubc, II. No.

3,“; """" I‘M 5‘53 9'15 I l. Bloomingdale. Mivll.

24.1...“ 1292 5:76 362‘

, 2.0 .' 0 .8

0 60 ORDERS nmv buokcd for but varieties of vegetable





 





Price Of potted and flower





AU advertisiml up] plums at $1!) IN‘I' 1.000.





Special Notice





 





diuontinuance 0"an in: plants on application. Chelsea Greenhouse,

or rhanzn of top in- (”In-lava, Mich.

tmdzd for the Clauifitd Drpartmtn! must reach thi: aflkz rm

dafliR advance ”Publication daft. (llcllANYUllSArrTvvo dozen nice young plants sent

pustpuid to your add'n-ss for $1.25. Any -nIm- m-





 





 





 





 





. min-(I. Buckley ‘n-runium (‘O.. Spl‘lnmlvld. 'Ilinnis.

MISCELLANE’JLS 1

FOR S.\I.I“.!(.‘(‘l‘tlfil'd Itlll'ul Russet Spud Potatoes,

$1.00 per bu. (‘. I). Mal-Yvon. Pluinwdl. Mich.





VEGETABLE PLANTS. 10 Million flno flvld grown

* plants f sale. 12 Loading varieties. Cabbage plants

300. 75": .00. $1.25: 1000. $2.00; mailed prepaid. Ex—

pressed, 5.000. $0.25; 10,000. $10 cash. ’l‘nmum

plants. 300, $1.00; 500. $1.50: 1,000. $2.50;

: 10.000. $20. Mailed prepaid. Expressed 10.000, $15.

’ Sweet potato 300. $1.50; 500. $2.00: 1000. $3.50 post-

paid. Expressed 10.000. $30 cash. Largest and oldest

growers in Virginia. Positively guarantee good order

delivery or money refunded. J. P. Council Company.





 





CORRESPONDENT (‘nurscs and Educational Books

Of all schools. bought. sold, rented and cxchangml.

write for bargain catalogue. Educational (‘nrrw

apnnllull'fl Exl-Ilungo. 80 State Ave, Pontiac. Milh.





REAL ESTATE





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





S. (‘. BUEF I.EGHORN Baby (‘Ilil-ks from good lay¢





 





mg strum. “'illunl \VI'I)SI(‘I‘. Bath. I\II('II.

‘.l\' _ II.\T“IIEIIY will run unlll December. Grace

31111111141. Box 1153. Fulton. Mich.





 





Illl'IIARDSON'S ROCKY RIDGE

1l‘hu-ln-d Ilock Baby (.‘Ilivks. $16 pur

.Ilt'l.





pure Parks strain

100. Hanover.





 





 





POULTRY





 





POULTRYr (ll-l

Ilrnml Drcssvd





Vassar ‘

Informa-





ln tum-l1 with lbw originator.

I'mllln, 310 M 10’; Profit.





non svnt wllctln-r you mth or 1101. Position for

Lady or Goutlmnun. MIL-u exlll‘l'll'lll'l'. that will take

.1 financial IIIIt'l‘l‘sl. an today. .I. G. Churches.

3783 Mayhm'y Ave, Dun-ml. Elli-ll.





 





TURKEY EGGS from our fummu pure-bred Mam4’v

moth Bronze, Bourbon Rod. NJI‘I‘HKHIIHI‘H. White HOI-ll

laud flocks. 15 reasons why wu have the greatest”

hummus for you. Waller Bro», Powhatan Point.

no.





 





STOCK and Eggs by 100 Or 1,000 lots. all leading

Yum-tics Chickens. Duel" Geese. Bantams. Guineas.

'I‘nrkeys. Fox Terrier Pd 3. Write your wants. Jesse

Burnsldc. Judson, Ind.





 





STOCK & EGGSWBHIY & W. Imuhorns. Omingtons,

Rods S; Anvomls. $1 for 15; $5 per 100. parcel post.

Turkeys. Ducks & Geese. Indianapolis winners. W.

(‘. Jackson, ll. 3, South Bend, Ind.





 





S. C. BLACK MINORI‘ASMHcavy birds.

strain. Huh-11mg eggs. $1150 for 15.

C J. Deedrick. Vassar. Mich.





Northrup

$8.00 per 100.





 





ROSE COMB Rhode Island Reds. Hall-hing Eggs $1.25

pl-r 15. Postpaid. Mrs. Albert Harwood. R. 4.

Charlevoix. Mu-h.





 





SINGLE (‘OMB REDS—Hatching eggs. from all pens.

w111 be half price, after May first. Harry J. Thais.

:83 Humor St. Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





Iv‘.(‘.GS,_-.Puro Mammoth White Poking Ducks, $1.50

pvt dun-:1. (‘rawford's. Duvlsburg. Mich. ‘





 





 





Franklin. Virginia.





 





 





' - ‘ ‘ 9— - , Ranch and

FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS grown 1n Open 1‘0“ SAL" Old 0‘" 9"" land- 311*!)



. . ». . pres Farm Tracts on long time cash payments or on Al-

fillds. 300" 51'00' 500' 51‘75' 1'000' 32'50' by on s fulfa Seed Crop payment plan. John G. III-mun,





Tomatoes and pepper plants

ready June lst. 300. $1.25: 500'. 32.00: 1.000. 32.75:

charges prepaid. All plants grown in our Virginia

fields, packed in wood baskets and crates with damp

moss. .The Dixie Plant Co.. Franklin. Va.





or pan-91 post prepaid. Minersbul'g, I‘rcsque Isle County. Mich.





FOR SALE—3201MB farm. partially improved, in

Isabella County. Will sell or trade for income—par





 





 

 

 

 

 

   

   





HELP WANTED





SELL ('OAL in Carload Lots—Side or main line. Ex—

pcnenre Unnecessary. Earn week's pay in an nun. '

Liberal drawing account arrangement. Waubingtolwf‘

(final Company. 880 Coal Exchange Bldg. Chicago. r:





 





 





RAlll.d\:‘1AY POSTAL CLERIx’S—Start $133 month:

ml to pass; expenses paid. Questions in». Colum' -

hus Institute. Rt. 6. Columbus. Ohio.





 

 





 





 





 





. mop F Hall. Beldi . Mich.



MILLIONS hardy field grown cabbage plants. Wake- In mm W he



holds, iopcnhwen and Plats. 300. 150: 500. $1.25;



1.000. :2. Tomato standard varieties. 300. 31.25: 500.



$1.30; 1,000, $2.60. n11 powwow. 10.000 either. ex. PET s’rmx



pressed. $15. Googmordggtlivery guaxiantced or {Inon- '



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lish Shepherd dogs. puppies. 10c Illustrated Instrur-

the list. W. B. Watson. 30:35 . Macon. Mo.





FOR SALE—Guaranteed pure Robust. seed beans. :5

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GIVE a horse one whifi' of tainted hay and

he-turns his head away. But an automo—

bile or tractor cannot protect itself. If1ts owner

is indifferent to the dangers of “tainted ” lubri-

' cation, there’s nothing for the engine to do but

swallow and take its chances.





Plain, evervday “horse-sense,” backed by

experience, has convinced farmers by the thou-

sand that it pavs to insist upon definite stand-

ards of lubrication. These men have adopted

Gargoxle \Iobiloil because they have proven

that the ver} best lubrication actually proves to

be the cheapest.





Your motor requires an oil produced





especially for its needs.





You can’t get away from the individual re-

quirements of automotive equipment—any

more than _\ou can from the specific needs of





different kinds of live stock. The sharp differ—





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Make the chart your guide





New \ ork (Alain Ofice) Milwaukee Boston

Philadelphia Peoria Detroit

Indianapolis Buffalo Minneapolis





Branches :





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ences in des1gns, mammals and clearances 1n

different engines demand oils especially selected

to meet individual requirements.





N 0 other lubricating service like this.

Only .in following the Mobiloil Chart can you





know that you are buying the right grade of"





oil because no other recommendations have

back of them such study and experience.

Throughout every year, our engineers study

automobile engines, in plants ofmanufacturers,

by tests carried on in our own laboratories; ‘on

the road, ‘under all conditions of service and

temperature. Each year the entire board meets

and agrees upon the correct Mobiloil for every

motor and every type of service. '



You secure the result of this unduplicated

experience and service in the Gargoyle Mobil—

oil Chart of Recommendations.





The Chart 1s shown here in part. If your

automobile, motor truck, or farm tractor is not

listed in this partial Chart, see the complete

Chart which hangs on the dealer’s walls. 01'

write our nearest Branch for our booklet,

“Correct Lubrication.”





Tractor Lubrication





The correct engine lubricant for the Fordron Tractor i:

Gargoyle Mobiloil “BB” in summer and Gargoyle Mobiloil

“A” in winter. The correct oil for all other tractor: i:

.rpecifiea' in our Chart. 'Ark for it at your dealer’s.





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Rochester Pittsburgh New Haven





Chicago Dallas Portland, Me. St. Louis





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