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3 by a: vote of 224 to 154. Shortly af-

ter the vote was" taken administration

leaders in the House held a confer-

ence at which a substitute plan was





tentatively agreed upon. But the farm _





organization representatives are tak-

this proposed

scheme. ‘





MOVE TO ISE'LAY “SHOALS VOTE!





 





VERY availablefeffo‘rt "was made

by Senator Norris, chairman of

the senate agricultural committee, to

postpone action on the disposition of





- Muscle Shoals until next session. But





members of the committee who are

favorable to the Ford offer, including

Senator Ladd, of North Dakota, and

several southern senators, filed a min-

ority report, recommending accept-

ance of Ford’s proposal and made a

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on the agricultural appropriation bill.

An agreement was also reached on a.

provision that the secretary of agri-

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elevators. Results in increased cutting

capacity and eliminates delays.





.3. Improved binder and knotter. In-

sures every bundle being perfectly

bound, eliminates losses and delays.





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highest grade materials, and long-lived wearing parts. Any McCormick-Deering dealer

will point out the above improvements on the binder he has on display“



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Ii it will do these things, you

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it is well to remember that a

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persons under eighteen years of age

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now goes to the states for ratification.





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TO AID ‘WORLD AGRICULTURE.





 





AN international conference of rep-



resentatives of agricultural urgin-

izations, to be called by the President

to meet in Washington some time be-





fore December 1, is proposed in a. res- ~





olution introduced in the House by

Congressman Sinclair, of North Da-

kota. This conference would consider

means of affording relief to the farm-

ing industry throughout the world. It

would be asked to determine the feas-

ibility of seeking an adjustment of the

world production of cotton, wheat,

rice, wool and sugar to meet the prob-

able demands at a price profitable to

the producers, and other questionsof

international interest.





 





TURN DOWN GERMAN RELIEF).





 





THE Fish resolution appropriating

$10,000,000, and the Howard res-

olution $25,000,000 as contributions of

the American government for German

relief, were both rejected by the sen-

ate foreign relations committee. The

committee also announced its oppo-

sition to the government making any

loan to Germany. ‘ -





 





PRESIDENT such TAX REDUC-

TION BILL.





 





now a law, but in giving his sig-





notice on Congress that he would de-

vote his energies to obtain the enact—

; ment at the next session of a law “less

j‘ political and more economic.” He

’looks upon it as a temporarfil relief

' makeshift, which must ’be replaced by

l a more scientific measure.





 





 





THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST.





 





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ETHE increase during the week end-

a ing June 4 was the largest the

:contest has had for some time. The

lproduction was 434 eggs over the pre—

ceding week production. So far the

total for the contest is 92,389, as com-

pared with 91,676 for the same period

last year.



Mr. W. C. Eckard’s (Paw Paw) pen

of White Leghorns still leads the con-

test with a production of 1,554, while

his nearest competitor is the Leghorn

pen belonging to L. F. Heasley, of

Dorr, Michigan, which has 1,421 eggs

to its credit. ' Eckard’s other pen

comes third, [being credited with 1,410

eggs. The next nearest competitor is

the White Leghorn pen belonging to

Charles Hefieran, of Newaygo, with

1,277 eggs to its credit. '



The Rhode Island Reds belonging to

the Milan Hatchery led thatbreed

with 1,254 eggs, and the Wyandottes





'helonging to the Evergreen'Poultry





Farm head their class with 1,251. The

high-producing Rocks belong to J. V.

Sheap; they have 1,125 eggs.



The list of the pens which laid fifty

eggs ‘or more for the week consisted





Venti'rely of White Leghorn, there be





’ing over- twelve pens having that pro





 





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’l ‘HE federal tax reduction bill is,





nature to it, President Coolidge served





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er strength spray solution than



is recommended trying to ob-



tain a higher percentage of. the ‘crop

free from controllable blemishes.



Likewise, some growers change



from one material l to another after'





‘ they failedto get control the previous

.year.





Such a practice is not necessary and

rarely advisable.



Fruit growers who are not obtain-

ing at least eighty per cent of their

tree run crop of fruit free from insect





' and disease injury should consider the





following points if they desire cleaner

fruit. ‘

_ 1. Suflicient gallons applied per tree

to guarantee thorough protection.



2. Spraying the entire tree, not one





‘ side with the wind and,wait one to





eight days for a change off‘wind to





"'get the other 'side.”





3. Use at least 250 pounds pressure

even though it necessitates using

smaller disks, to give this pressure

and therefore fewer tanks applied per

day, in order to give enough gallons

per tree.



4. .Spray from the top of the tank

or tower as well as from the ground,

if the trees are over twenty feet in

height.



Fortunately, Mr. C. E. Atwater and

the writerwere able to conduct a test

in Grand Traverse county on the E.

O. Ladd' orchard during 1923, before

that county discontinued county, agent





ANY fruit growers use a strong- .





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work. Mr. Ladd and Mr. Atwater ob-

tained the records at harvest time",

The’trees were very. large, high-

headed trees that required ‘an enor-

mous quantity of spray solution to





giVe good protection.





. About twenty—five gallons were ap-



plied to each tree in the test row



throughout the season.



- The work was done on three varie-



ties, Baldwin, Spy and Canada Red.

Demonstration Test.





Variety y. Perfect. Defective.

Baldwin . 7 bu. ——81% 1.66 bu.——19%

. 8 bu. —89% 1 bu.—11%





Spy

Can. Red. .10 bu. —91% 1 bu.—- 9%





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Sprayed by OWner.





. Variety. Perfect. Defective.



Baldwin .. 9bu.——60% 6 bu.——40%

Spy 4bu.—-57% 3 'bu.—43%

Can. Red.. 5bu.——77% 1.5 bu.—23%





One row was used as a demonstra-

tion and with the remainder of the

orchard on either side of this row

_carrying a high percentage of infec1

tion of scab worms it shows what pro

tection a thorough covering will give.



The columns under “defective fruit”





 





 

 





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0 Better Spraying Results





1‘1 ‘ rllore Dope ”And High Pressure Means More Clean Frzmfl . .





value of having all of an orchard con-

taining eighty- -one to ninety-.one per

cent of the total tree run crop of fruit

graded as perfect fruit as compared

to a control giving but sixty to seven--





ty-seven per cent perfect fruit, as re—- .

.sulted where less material was used.





Bear in mind that the same machine

was used, a new four H. P. triplex

pump using two guns, one from the.

top‘of the tank and one from the

ground. The entire tree was sprayed

at each application, using 280 pounds

operating. pressure or the pressure

maintained by the machine when both





included all apples injured by spray Iguns were in operation.





burn as well as scab and “stings.”





Any fruit grower oan picture the





 





Part of Henry Wylie’s Herd Near Cassopolis.





The only reason the remainder of

the orchard showed poorer control

was because only one fourth as much

material was applied.





A fruit grower can have as small

or as large a percentage of his tree

run crop of fruit fall in the Michigan

Standard A grade in proportion to his

willingness to apply a large enough

quantity of material under high pres-

sure to all parts bf the tree.



If four tanks per acre hasn’t been

giving forty per cent. of the total crop

in the top grades, use five or six tanks.



Spraying is the first and most im-

portant operation in an orchard and

should be given the most thorough

and careful supervision on the part

of the owner or manager.



The profits from any orchard opera-

tion are dependent, upon the success

of the season’s spraying.





White Collar-Amorbus





T here are Some T fling: We Shoo/cl Let George Do

By Harv Hess





“Together, we stand, divided, we

stand it better.”



’VE knoWn a few married couples



who have adopted that little slogan



and with good results, too, but

when a bunch of apple knockers gets

together and start talking that line,

like I heard on an occasion last week,

they better take my advice and lay off.



They got a government on foot in

this good old state of ours to get us

boys lined up in an organization which

will sell our spuds for us, and there’s

a few huckleberries in every commu-

nity that’s pushing it~—the wrong way.

I listened in on a discussion just the

other night where some of our punkin

huskers were giving this subject the

razz and their sole argument seemed

to be that it would afford a few guys

with white collars a good job.



It seems that most of us lovers of





_ Mama Nature have got a mortal dread





of a white collar, whether it’s under

our own chin or somebody else’s, and,

personally, I know they were never

built. for my neck and I’m perfectly

willing to let some other duck wear

mine. To my way of pondering, there

is no business that can rise and shine‘





, unless there’s at least one baby in it





with a white neck yoke.



Last winter I gave Chicago a little

treat by dropping in on them, unex-

pectedly, for a couple days, and while

theie, 1 called upon a. concern which





i was manufacturing a commodity that.





*oth ers





of, and, when I buttonholed him, he

was walking through the factory dec-

orating the interior of a pair of over-

alls and a blue shirt. He was, how-

ever, a mechanical genius. He had for-

gotten more about machinery than I

ever expect to know. When he made

his invention it was his dream to or-

ganize a company and put his creation

on the market in competition with

Uneducated, didn’t I say? You

tell ’em, but he had brains enough to

hire a first—class “White collar” and

that gent put his proposition right on

the ice.





Do you know any other manufac-

turing plants that are handled along

similar lines? I could name lots of

them and, to my feeble" way of think-

ing, there isn’t much difference be-

tween a manufacturer'and a farmer,

except financially. A f‘white collar”

is as necessary in a farm organization

as they are on a dress shirt.





Three weeks ago, at a Grange gath-

ering, one of the boys confided to me





' that our “white collared county agent





was about as much good as a head-'

ache to the farmers,” or words to that

effect. A few days ago, the Pennsyl-

vania? Railroad, which isn’t a losing

propositiOn by a carload, signed that

same little county agent up at .a great

big advance over 'what we were pay-





' «fling him. ,Nowgwh‘at do.you think. about;

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a. railroad like the Pennsylvania em—





ploying a white collared agricultural





adviser to help them run their road?

It’s funny we couldn’t appreciate his

help and advice on organization, etc.



In 1919, right after me and 'U—n—cle

Sam' dissolved partnership, I was in

pretty poor shape financially, so 1 goes

to work for a firm of building con-

tractors in a city about six hundred

miles distant from here. At that time,

the common laborers, working on the

building jobs, were knocking down

$4.00 for ten hours work. Like us farm-

ers, they were unorganized. That fall

they decided they wanted less hours

and more jack—which is something

I’d like to have, too, but can’t—so

those gandy dancers got together and

organized a union. Last January I

was back there and the laborers, in-

stead of making $4.00 every ten hours

were dissatisfied with a paltry $5.60

for eight. And who put them across?

“White collars!” As' a whole, those

laborers were too thick between the

ears to do it themselves so they hired

the boys with the starched linen. Do

you get me? \





Right now it would take approxi-

'matelyone thousand nice fresh eggs

to recompense a. lowly plasterer for

his eight-hour shift. TwelVe dollars

is a lot of sugar for that amount, of

pastime. I’ve worked a whole fall for





- retailing for





less than that, lately, too And, gentle-

men, the fellows at the head of the

plasterers’ organization don’t wear

hickory shirts, either.



When it comes to versatility, us

spud Skinners are the cow’s cud. We

are called upon to do most everything

from making apple butter to killing

snakes and we can generally get away

with most of the jobs we bump into

in a creditable manner; but as far as

up—to—date business methods are con-

cerned we aren’t even out of thechart

class. Sweet Mama! It’s a fact, and

we know it. Why, if watermelons were

a dollar I couldn’t give

mine away at a colored Sunday School

picnic. The selling and business part

of the game is something me no can

do, and I’m sure willing to let some

first—class white collared buddie han-

dle it for me.



Like there’s two sides to every ques-

tion, so every business has its two





ends, namely, the producing and the.





selling. You and me have been work-

ing on the producing end ever since

Adam took his wife’s word on the

apple deal, and we’ve got it down to

a pretty fine point if we do say' it our-

selves. What we want to work on

now is the selling end and it looks to

me that if we’d get behind this co-





operative plan and let the “white col-





lars” handle the business part, why I,





for one, would have dollars where I'





now haven’t sense. . .

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VOLUME CLXH N-UMBER TWENTY POUR





DETROIT, JUNE 14, 1924

CURRENT COMMENT“





Better a busy man’s health than a

rich man’s idle wealth.





 





There is a joy in real work well

done.





That some are rich shows that oth-

ers may become rich.





Worldly pleasures do not afford last-

ing contentment.





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NE of the popu-





Following lar farm sports is

. Price the following of the

price cycle. F a r m



Cycles management p1 a n s





are being constantly

changed by a considerable percentage

of farmers with the result that they

chase around the circle of high pro-

duction and low prices and low pro-

duction and high prices.





The unfortunate thing is that the

farmer following this plan is always

kept poor. The system provides him

with an abundance to sell when prices

are down, and practically nothing to

market when prices are up. Further,

according to investigators of the do

partment of agriculture, the same

practice brings hardships to legitimate

dealers and consumers.



In the hog and corn business today,

many are going out of hogs because

the price is low, and planting more

heavily of corn'for the opposite rea-

son. As a result of this policy, the

chances are real promising that pres-

ent conditions will be reversed a year

hence. These “in-and-out” farmers

lost this year and probably will next.





The situation may be improved

by simply looking ahead. The circle

would flatten out considerably if these

fickle farmers would strike a happy

medium and from year to year pro-

duce a normal amount of both hogs

and corn. It is the steady hog pro-

ducer who has made the most ‘money

at the business. And his policy, for—





tunately, will not be disturbed, in the-





least, should every other farmer and

hog man adopt a uniform system. The

same is true in the production of many

other. farm products.





HERE were near-





A Maintain 1y two million less

‘ . farmers in 1920 than

)3”, in 1910. Since 1920

LEqm'Itbrwm the farming popula-

tion “has decreased





a few millions more. The total pop-

ulation ‘of these United States increas~

“ es by \millions each year; They are

surely all going to eat food, and no

one but the farmer produces. it. The

] law of supply and demand always.





 





 

   





replace the. broken dishes: Things

cannot go as usual, immediately fol-

lowing-suckers. upheaval. It took 11.:-





‘teen Years for the north to settle doWn





after the Civil ,War. We are moving





faster now. , ,





These- days. of reconstruction are

real tests of character. ‘

tience. tovawait the working‘pof natural

laws; perseverance, to keep everlast—

ingly- at the'thing we know best how

to do; and tolerance, to give the other

follow an equal chance at his share

in the rebuilding Jirocess. He who has.

lived through or studied the records

of the past, kn0ws that ups and downs\

are bound to come. The stormier the

times, the greater these ups and downs

and he who constantly chases around





trying to keep on the tips, will have ,





as a busy at time, and ”as impossible,

as he would keeping always on the

crest of the waves in Lake Michigan.



Real progress does not come from

chasing fortunes. What looks like easy

money today is apt to vanish by the

time we reach it. Better to keep one’s

equilibrium and maintain a steady pull

on the oar. Such action insures safety

and is the surest method of making

progress toward the goal we want to

reach. As sure, as the sea shall con-

tinue to have waves, so sure Will'bet-

ter times come to,the farm, and he

who’rides the crest ofithe waves best

will be he who maintains his equilibri-

um now.





‘ T is acknowledged

Using





. that the eye is the

most valuable means

The of gaining knowledge

Eyes of the outside world.





This being so, the

farmer should avail himself of every

opportunity to use his eyes in improv-

ing his business.



There are, however, some disadvan-

tages. To use the eyes,‘one must

come in the presence of the thing to

be understood. In farming this usu~

ally means a visit to the farm where

the lesson is to be taught. Further,

one should go when the demonstra-

tion shows to the best advantage. This

often interferes with the farmer’s reg-

ular duties.



These disadvantages, however, have

been modified through the organization

of automobile tours. These moving

agricultural schools are becoming pop-

ular through the real help and inspir-

ation coming to those who participate.



As a result more tours than usual

will be conducted this year. Some

have already ’been announced, and

many others will be. It is the common

opinion that the majority of farmers

will find themselves ahead at the end

of the year if they take an occasional

day for the purpose of seeing first-

hand how their neighbors are meeting

definite agricultural problems.





SHORT time ago





The Value the writer rode



Of through the Oak Op—

” , ening section of the

“Heritage state with one well





. acquainted t h e r e.

Here were pointed out farms in a fine

state of productiveness which have

passed into the hands of the third or

fourth generations.



This section, like much of Michigan,

has variations in soil type. On some

types potash produces notable results

while on others it apparently remains

inert. Some types of soil will not pro-

duce clover but‘ will grow luxuriant

crops of alfalfa, while a mile away

the reverse may be true. ‘ ‘





The th’ought brought forth by seeing

these well kept and prosperous farms

which have changed hands only as

from heir to heir, was that the present

state of produCtivlty was. due largely

to heritage. The family knows the

farm, the peculiarities .of..the “hand?





. y . _ :7 Swept . I orthree ‘- generation a.

up; it takes hard work and sometime...

to mend the damaged, furnituros__.nnfd ‘ edge





 





We need pay





Encode eresuiting p,





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1’93““. “MY thenheots

rooms indeed is the run. which





has passed from father to Mute.





grandson, and Satan: . but still more





"fortunate is the farmer Who inherits





such a farm. ,

Our agriculture. would reach‘a very





high grade of perfection if the heri-'





tags of the knoWledgeof a form could

be blended with the latest scientific

findings in its management.



We believe that in the future when

our agriculture becomes more stable

an agricultural heritage will become

more common "and this should con-





 





tribute to the betterment of rural.





UT that down in





The Import- your mind. One

~. of the secrets of suc-



ant M cess on the farm, as

, First well as in. life, is to





. learn to do the im-

portant thing first. You come fresh

to your work each. morning, there- are

always many things waiting to be

done, you hardly know which way to

turn, you wish you had been born

twins or triplets. But the fates have

only allotted one body to one mind,,so

most of us, if we are alive, plan big

things and find ourselves at times

well-night swamped with work.



The big secret of accomplishment is

to learn to sift the important things

out and do them first. No matter how





many tasks may be facing you, and.





calling for’ attention, there is always a

most important one. Concentrate on

it and do it, then it is off your mind

and your hands forever, and you are

free to tackle the next thing. Put it

‘off and tomorrow it is twice as big,

put it off again and the next day it

doubles again; the longer the thing is





'postponed the more energy will be





used up in its accomplishment





You may think that there are three

men’s. work staring you in the face for





today, or this week, or this month, ‘





and this thought, of itself, makes you

tired and weary. But, it ‘is the work

undone that wears us out. There is a

certain exhilaration coming from work

well done, that gives zest for more

work, and by promptly tackling the

things that at the beginning may have

looked insurmountable and doing

them in the order of their importance,

we are often surprised atvthe ease and

speed with which. they are put out of

the way, and at the manner in which

those difficult and discouraging tasks

have dwindled.





L AST Year forty-

W. rkngl five Dakota farm-





The Dollar ers Spent a total of





. . $560 for poison for

lovertlf’lfit' the destruction of in-





sects which were eat-

ing their crops. These farmers esti-

mated that they made a total saving

of $18,355, or more than $400 per map.

For a twelve dollar investment that

looks like pretty good returns. The

fictional Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

could not do better than to equal this

3,333 per cent returns on‘an invest-

ment.





Similar instances can probably be

found on other farms which indicate

that there are often big opportunities

available on the farm. It is in the do-

ing of these little things, in the using

of these extra precautions which So

many fail to use, that we can find

these occasions to make the agricul-

tural dollar work overtime.





i



OME time ago'the

fruit growers in

this, state were com-

plaining that canners

' were endeavoring .to

force prices for fruit

far below the profit level, and an un:

prejudiced view of the matter reVeal-

ed that such a. practice. was invogue.





Knowing .

The

Cost





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0





Therefore, ' as.- one canner has‘ been





thing. . :

One prominent mémber of the Minds

icon more? organization» said-that ii!

the fruit growers could determine a:

fair cost of productiOn and all'of them





stay by it, the industry as stud-e".

would be benefited. , Then the owners.





could buy at a' certain figure, make

fair (prices to jobbers, and in general

stabilize the charges throughout the





regular trade channels. As it is now, '-





everybody is out for what he can not

and. the whole matter may, to me

degree, he called a cut-throat, affair. '

At a, recent meeting of cherry grow-

ers, it was admitted that the cost of

production was unknown. For the

good of the " industry such a thing

ought to be understood. Complex as

it may seem, some means of determirr

ing a fair cost of production should he

inaugurated. . '





 





Detour .

THIS word detour is a. new word

for our languige what is pasted





up along‘ the roadsides of our beautiful

and prosperous country.





It is a French word what means;





goin" sideways to get ahead. I’ve seen

some dogs what run like they was

detourin’ all the time. '





Ta detour means‘ta leave a nice

smooth piece of road fer a little enter-

tainment in puddle and bump jumpin’.

And lots 3. times it seems like “You

don’t know where you’re goin’ but

you’re on your way,” is detourin’.



Fer inst, me and Sofie detoured the

other day. We come ta a nice inno-

~< cent lookin’Meth-

odist town what

had a. sign “De-

tour” on the road.

So we followed

the arrow and

come to another

town 0. K. and

asked the way ta

the main road

. again.



The man says, “Cross the bridge

and go'ta the mill pond and then take

the road ta the left. Well, we musta

taken the road to the left alright,

‘cause in about half a hour we was





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back again in the old Methodist town





we just left.



Seein’ as we didn’t feel like goin’

ta church when we found that out, we

turns back ta the other town and

found the other road ta the left what

brought us out right. Outside 0’ that,

everythin’ was 0. K. If we just hada

taken the right left road in the first

place, we woulda left that town righ

instead 0' comin’ back to it. '



Seems like in life we detour like

that sometimes, too. We think we are

gettin’ ahead sideways and then we

find we’re just where we started from.



Life is full 0’ detours and bumps

and puddles. Sometimes you hit loose

gravel and slippery places and skid,

and you get all covered with mud.

And there’s times when you kin go

lickety scoot ’cause the roads is good,

but there’s other times when you got-

ta go in low and it seems. discouragin’

slow. Then there’s sickness, ,blow-

outs and such things when you gotta.

stopaltagether and get fixed up before

you kin go again. ' _



But, if you keep your tank full and

kin understand the signs along the

road, you-miss a. lotta the rough roads

and get along purty well. '



Seems like life is just one big

Oughto trip from Birth to Death, with

detours and everything, and it' some-

times looks like the faster you go

the quicker you get there. It don't

pay to speed.



, Sofie says I’m great on takin” de-

tours. when it comes to work. _ g

A'. m. arsrcnn

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others “haveiriedv to 'do the same





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if: ‘ _ , Princess _ 10,0731bo.of

’ j , .,.» " . '. The Market Man Judith, Junior milkandsafifl'l

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1TH so many enterprises of the We can consider the three factors





farm unprofitable, and so few



as profitable as dairying, the

natural-tendency was {or farmers-to



shift to‘the few choice lines. Men and



. money have been attracted into the

dairy industry and the ranks of dairy

producers have thickened, apparently





listed above and appraise their bear-

ing on the present situation as well as

on the future. Dairy cows on farms

on January 1, 1924, showed an in-

crease of 238,000 head last year, and

of 1,081,000 head, or 4.3 per cent, in

three years. This is more than the





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But in the last six months, the mar— cow has been increased so that the





l . kets for dairy products began to go gain in output is greater than the in- _ . ' 0 i

‘ 1 .. *to‘epieces. Butter prices, which reach— crease in cow population would indi- e ' ava l e ow

i ' ed fifty-five cents for ninety—twoscore cate.





l '1 at Chicago, early in January, stood at 011 the other hand, dairying has long

l fiftyrone eents on February 13-, then been addicted to the habit of- expand-

melted away rapidly to thirty-five ing from year to year with a, regu-

cents on April 17. 'The cheese mar- larity not seen in any other line of

ket, started;blithely into the winter agricultural endeavor. Over the

season with 'fresh twins as high as stretch of three-quarters of a century 1

\ .' twenty-three and threequarter cents back to 1850,. pretty nearly. every year

on the Chicago market last Novem- has shown a gain over its predecessor William L Harris Jr 1 under whose care the record was made Says





{ her, then began to tire under the bur— in the number of milk cows on farms. “Judith responded well to the machine. I also like

,3. ‘ . the De Laval Milker and feel sure we could not continue





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. t; , ‘ oblivious to the possibility that the average long-time rate of increase. In A ll th V ' 7



\3 , market could be saturated. addition, the average production per ‘ 0 er world 8 Record Brake“ by



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Golden Princess Judith, a junior two- year— old purebred Jersey cow,

owned by Mrs. Mary J. Harris of Deerficld, Mass, has just recently

broken the world’s record in her class by producing 10,073 lbs. of

milk and 638. 77 lbs of butter—fat in 305 days. She carried a calf

200 days of this period.





This remarkable cow was milked with a De Laval Milker, and





 





   





 





 





   





 





 





 





 





 





;, ' OUR DAL testing without it, or keep a milking herd.”

‘- l ’ ‘ AN“ or m I” DAIRY mm Many records have now been made by cows milked the De Laval

, IN TERMS OF "HOLE "ll-K Way,. and almost daily evidence is accumulating proving beyond

, .1 ‘MILLIONS OF PM” ” question of doubt that the De Laval Milker, because of its uniform,

, if . CHEESE gentle and stimulating action, is better than any other method of

‘ .‘ l _ mm EX milking, either hand or machine. . . .

. ._ ' 0 Cows milked With a De Laval Milkcr almost invariably produce

’ . more milk, which in addition to the great saving in time and cleaner

, quality of milk produced, soon pays for one.

There are now thousands in use. Sold on such easy terms that

. they .will actually pay for themselves while being used. See your

- _ ( De Laval Agent or send for complete information.

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our factory for only 02 down and on a

plan whereby it will cam its own cost '

and more before you pay.





We quote Surprisingly Low Prices and

allow payments as low as





ONLY $3. 50 PER MONTH





No interest to pay —- no extras.

Every machine guaranteed a life-

time against defects in material

and workmanship.





3ODays FREETm-Iot‘. °m‘.





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Cutsdown trees and saws them up FAST—one man

does the work of 10—‘saws 10 to 25 cords a day.

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proof. Thoosands in use. Powerful engine runs all

other farm machinery. Uses all low priced fuels.



Pay only a

Easy few dollars

Payments down and

take ayear for balance ollow

price. Make your own terms.





The average increase per year has

been around 285,000 head. The in-

crease in numbers in the last three

years has not been so significant,

therefore, as the increase inproduc-

tion per cow brought about chiefly by

better feeding.





'den of heavy current production and

large stocks in storage Values shrank

persistently during the Winter and

spring, reaching sixteen and one- -half

cents on April 15.

f1 Large Milk Surpluses Reported.

. 3 The same story holds true of milk

“ prices in the main fluid milk districts. It takes time to raise a dairy cow

In some sections of the east, the flow so that the dairy producing plant has

\ of milk during the winter months ex- not been enlarged so tremendously af-

ceeded the year previous by over ter all. The cows shipped into some

twenty per cent. In many cases, the of the states where expansion has

surplus of milk and cream available made great strides were taken away

for city distribution was as large as from some other section. The shift of

the usual summer “flush.” location did not add to our national

Early last November, the Dairy— dairy herd. It is probable, however,

men’s League set a price of $3.25 per that more dairy heifers than usual

. 100 pounds for standard 3.5 per cent have been raised in the last three

' _ mlilk at the 200~mile zone, but steady years and as these come into milk

competition forced a drop to $1.86 by they will tend to keep up domestic

' May. The basic price at Boston de— production,



W 7 ”J, clined from $3.61 last November to Imports. Exceed Exports.

' $1190 to $198 for May. NOt all the The last five years have witnessed

districts were equally hard hit. but a complete reversal in our foreign

the' average fillid milk price fOI' the trade. The accompanying graphs tell





 





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“No grain in the strawpile-

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result of Red River Special



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entire country dropped from $2.90 last

November to $2.56 in May, whereas a

year previous the decline was from

$2.72 in January, 1923, the highest

month, to $2.54 in the following May.

Three Factors in Decline.



Back of this general reversal in the

markets for dairy products, were three

main. factors:



1. The increase in domestic produc-

tion resulting from attractive prices

for several years as compared with

other farm products. "



2. Increasing competition from for-

eign butter and ‘cheese induced by a

heavier output in exporting countries

and attractive prices in this country.

- 3. A‘fdeoiine in domestic consump-

‘ tion , milk in some eastern industrial





 

   





the story. They show the net balance

of trade in terms of whole {milk for

each of the principal dairy products,

and for all combined, for the last ten

years and the pre-war average.

Dairying has increased remarkably

in foreign countries in the last five

years. Denmark has more than re-





gained her pre-war position in volume





of output and her exports of 242,000,—

000 pounds of butter in 1923 were of

record size... Within the last three

years the number of dairy farms in

New Zealand has increased by nearly

thirty-seven per cent and their area by

forty-seven per cent, although total

agricultural holdings have not chang-

ed to any extent. Dairy productiomin

Argentina has been greatly stimulated

by» the serious post-war depression in

(Continued on page 790).





 





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ill. “Wait for the Red River Special”





r should be your policy—it will certainly





save you money.





The Bi Cylinder and the famous

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’ the work and go ri ht alon under





conditions that woul stop ot er ma-

chines. 90% of the grain is separated

right at the cylinder. Then the Beat-

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You cannot make a mistake 1n buy-





' W or hiring a Red River Special.

n





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,- small jobs.





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this issue.
7’ P in the potato growing section

U of Michigan a campaign is being.

' made to strengthen the potato

- marketing association. This is not

the work of the professional promoter.

> It is being conducted by the men who

' have been working with Michigan

, farmers for a numberof years.’ Man-

agers of local cooperative associations,

oflicers and employes of the Michigan

Potato Growers" Exchange, farmers

and business. men are interested in

this work. The purpose is to make

this cooperative organization more

valuable to the farmers of Michigan.

Not long ago a farmer asked wheth-

er he. should sign up one of these po—

tato contracts. He wanted to know

‘ just what benefit such an organization

could be to him and what real service

it, could render. Many farmers are

asking this question these days. The

ultimate success of this large cooper-

ative organization is going to depend

to a great extent on just how many

farmers join and what they expect it

to accomplish. .A great many cooper-

‘ative endeavors have met with failure

because farmers expected the impos-

sible. Often farmers have been prom-

ised everything under the sun in order

to get them into the organization. Af~

ter operations were started these

promises could not be fulfilled and the

farmers naturally lost faith in all

kinds of cooperative effort.





A calm View of the possibilities and

limitations of cooperation should be

taken by all interested in it. Farmers

should look at this type of organiza-

tion from the long-time standpoint and

.not expect the return of prosperity

immediately merely because a local

cooperative association has recently

come into existence.





The answei“ to the potato growers’

question as to whether he should join

the association is ”Yes.” In so doing he

should remember, however, that there

is nothing especially supernatural

about such an organization. It is a

,wise thing to buy a tractor if the

farmer has use for it; but such a pur—

chase will not solve all the problems

of agriculture nor prevent the cows

from getting tuberculosis. The coop-

erative marketing association is an aid

to agriculture if it is properly direct-

ed.~ However, it should not be expect~

ed to cure all the ills of agriculture

nor make it impossible for a farmer

to be a failure. It is not a cure-all.



What are some of the things the





potato growers’ cooperative organiza—»





~tion should not be expected to do?





In the first place if the farmer ex-

pects this organization to control the

flow of potatoes to market and there-

by set the price which is to be paid,

he is surely going to be disappointed.

Potatoes are not highly perishable. If

the market is over-supplied today the

price does not greatly decrease.» While

the quantity of potatoes being offered

each day has some influence on price

-there is no evidence that it is the con-

trolling factor.





According to a study made in the

Minneapolis “market, potato prices de

pend upon total United States produc-

tion, the amount of loss in storage,

the general price level, and the rela-

tionship between the increase in pro-

duction and, increase in demand. In

this study the rate of marketing was

not found and reported to be of major

importance. Studies of Michigan po-

tato markets do not indicate. that the

rate of marketing is the price deter—

'min:ing factor.



Such an organization can never con—

trolo’flle price of potatoes by orderly

imarketing, and, if such a result must

be accomplished in order to man the

: expectations of its members there is

1' "much disappointment in store for ,the



Michigan potato growers.

This organization cannot make po-





 

 





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By J . T Homer .





tato growing profitable unless; strict

attention is given to the problems of

production. If good prices are to be





Obtained there must be a good. prod»





not. A good product will not result

unless pare is given to the processes

01' production. Profit cannot be made

out of potato farming unless attention

is given to the problem of costs. Costs

must be kept as low as possible. The

production specialist who comes to the

farmer with information as to how to

grow a better potato or \how to pro-

duce at a lower cost, should be wel—





 





 





RAILROAD FENCE.





 





My land is alongside of a railroad

line. I am paying taxes for half the‘

railroad line. Railroad company keeps

fences along the railroad in very bad

shape. In some places the bottoms of

the posts have rotted and the fence

lies down flat and in other places they

have taken ground. from under the

fence to build up the railroad and

there is left a hollow or hole where a

year-old calf is liable to pass under.

My sow went on the railroad and got

killed by a train. Can I claim any

damages? For what kind of animals

can one claim damages ?——Reader.





The statutes 'of this state require

railroads to maintain fences along the

right-of-way sufficient to turn the stock

usually kept on farms. I know of no

decision as to exact size of animals.

—Rood.





 





AFTER FORECLOSURE.





 





They foreclosed on me the first part

of June, 1923. Could I put in crops

and harvest them this year? How long

after foreclosure may I remain on the-

place ?——P. F.



Purchaser at foreclosure is entitled

to possession one year after the fore-

closure sale if by advertisement, and

six months after the decree if in

equity. Crops not removed before he

recovers possession belong to him.—

Rood.





 





CON DEM NATION FOR PUBLIC

USE.





 





The township wants a small strip of

ground on my property and before I

bought this property the former owner

built a house almost to the road.

W'hen I bought the property I thought

the ground was mine. I offered to

give them ten feet free, but they want

thirty feet, and if they got it, it would

bring the road right up to the side of

the house, which would greatly reduce

the valuation of my property. Party

on the other side of the road will not

sell. The road was laid out about

twenty years ago. The fence has stood

about fifteen years. How long does it

have to stand to be outlawed? What

recourse have I if they take the

ground for a road? Could I make them

pay for it? If they take-the ground,

there would be a very dangerous curve

and most likely there would be quite

a lot of accidents—A. 'G.





The state can take any property at

any time when needed for public use.

It can be done only by due proceed-

ings of condemnation, and after neces~

sity found by jury empanelled for that

purpose, and after payment of the

”damages awarded by the jury.——Rood.





 





SWEDISH BEAN.





 





Am sending you a sample of beans.

I am not sure of the name of them.

but think they are called Jube or

Jubilee‘ Can you; tell me how to plant

and tend them, also their right name?

—«J. N. T.



There are a number of varieties of

beans which are similar in shape and

color to the sample submitted. So





 





than). Gm: ”a... .14 KJJrou/hn Scrub»! I

owned Cannot ‘0 cm. to (lung-11





corned. Financial» success in agrictfl-

‘ture- at times. When competi'tiOn is in-

tense. can be. obtained only by the

most economical'and efficient produc-

tion.‘ methods. This potato growers’

’ marketing organization cannot Tbrihg

‘ prosperity to farmers. nor accomplish

the things. expected of. it unless the

farmers give attention to the- prob-

lems of production. . '

The farmer will not seCure the pew-

er to fix the price at Which his prod-

uct. is to be sold in the market place.

Power. to fix price comes only with ab-





 





 





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much so that it is difficult to say with

exactness just what this variety may

be without sowing the seeds and‘

watching the development of the

plants. .



I rather think thatgtihis lot is of the

variety known as Brown Swedish. The

name, “Jubilee,” is perhaps local in

application. The Brown Swedish bean

is being grown in quite considerable

quantities in some sections of Michi-

gan. It is used as a baking bean, and

is muuch in favor among the Swedish

people of the northwest.





GETTING A PARDON.





 





 





Would like to know how I could

bring about a pardon to release a rela~

tive from. Jackson prison.» He was

sentenced fromone and one-half to

three years for deserting his wife and

family and he has now served one

year. His wife was not a person one

could live with. The man has not re—

fused to support his children—A. S.





Take the matter up with the prose-

cuting attorney who handled the case.

——Rood.





 





GUM MOSIS.





 





Last summer I noticed quantities of

gum forming in the main crotches of

my peach trees. Upon cutting this

away I found the bark dead under-

neath. This I carefully cutaway as in

case of canker, and when dried pained

with white lead and, raw linseed oil.

Upon examining this spring I found

the treatment had failed to arrest the

disease which had spread and in some

cases nearly encircled the tree. When

trimming the trees this spring I paint-

ed the wounds as before. I now find

the same trouble developing wherever

a cut was made. My trees are two,

three and four years old and all show

the same disease. The four-year-old

trees bore last year but are now be-~

ginning to die from the disease.





The disease with which you are

dealing is what is known as gum-

mosis, which arises from a number of

causes. Weather injury, insect attack

and fungus attack all set up condi-

tions in the limbs which lead to dis-

solving of the cells of the limbs. The

dissolved cells change into dextrin-

like gum and this infiltrates the bark,

thus shutting off its sources of water

and food. The infiltrated bark dies

and becomes the unsightly canker that

you had last summer. .



When you work over these cankers.

you are bound to have some gummosis

following the wounding, but I would

judge that the greater part of your

treatment was successful. I do not

believe it would be advantageous to

do anything more to these treated

cankers since the gum itself is more

or less of a protecting agent and the

majority of cankers are going to heal

themselves shortly. We are'finding'

that a commou Cause of cankers high

up on t'he'limbs‘ is brown- rot. The

college spray bun-eon discusses amn-

mer sprays for peaches to .~prevent‘~

brown rot. ' ‘ V





 





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sclute, monopoly and'it is very queer." I





tionabhe whether there is m such.

Agriculture is certainly not amnion-





oly business. This- association should»

not be expected to flu. prices. It canft '





do it and the sooner farmers». forget

this. idea of controlling the supply of

their produce or bringing other: pres-

sure to bear to fix prices the sooner

they will be on the road to better ag—

ricultural business. _ E



The price of potatoes cannot be

fixed by the farther either by regulat-

ing the flow to market-merchandis—

ing, as it has been called—nor by con-

trolling the supply.



A higher price should not be expect-

ed to' result from increased consump-

tion of potatoes which is caused by

advertising. It is thought by some

that through advertising the demand

for potatoes can be increased, thereby

causing an increased price. Advertis

ing' will not increase the demand for

staple food products to an extent suf-

ficient to have any appreciable effect

on prices. The potato grower should

forget this and not expect any such





results to come from his organization. ._





A great saving is not going to re-

sult by the elimination of the profits

of the local country buyer or other

‘middlemen. During the marketing

process there are certain essential ser-

vices which must be performed. There

is question whether these services can

be performed as cheaply by the co

operative association as by the private

dealer. Farmers should not expect

any great benefit to come to them by

saving the profits of the middleman.



The man who signs the potato grow-

ers contract should not expect the

marketing organization to fix the price

of potatoes by regulating the flow to

market; make potato growing. profit<

able unless economical production

methods are followed; set price by

controlling supply; increase price by

increasing demand through an adVer-

tising campaign; nor make any great

return through the savings of the prof~

its of the middlemen. If not these,

then what are the benefits which can

be expected from such an organiza-

tion?



The commercial crop of potatoes in

Michigan is produced by thousands of

farmers. These potatoes go into mar«

kets about which the growers have

very little information. No man can

successfully sell in a market unless

he knows about the demands of that

market. The individual farmer can-

not get this information. The Michi-

gan Potato Growers’ Exchange can se-

cure information about market de

mands. This is the first great service

this organization can render. A knowl-

edge of market. demands enables the

farmer to grow things wanted. The

farmer should join this association so

he can secureinformation about the

kind of potatoes the markets want



The consumer wants potatoes which

are uniform as to size, color and qual~

ity. Potatoes properly graded are in

demand. The cooperative organiza—

tion can find out about these grading

demands and perform the service of

preparing potatoes in the way demand-

ed by the trade. The service of grad~

ing can be more efficiently performed

by the cooperative than by the indi~

dual.



To sell to the best advantage the,

farmer must send his produce to the

market which affords the best price.

The individual farmer .has not the

facilities togather this information.

This is too big a job for the individual.

It must be done collectively.



The reputation of Michigan potatoes

has. not been the best in eastem mar.

kets during the past few years. This

is not because of inherent inferiority

of our stock but because ; suflcia’ent

carehasM been takenin pm

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. B. ‘O.;-Hagei§i,nan, theefileientagrl—

‘ cultural. -‘agen‘t of. gnarlevoix county.

> has, been selectedaas‘hndustrial and

agricultural agent- ef'ihe Pennsylvania



, . .».Railroad. Burton C.' Mellencamp, of

. ; .. Mancelona, will succeed‘Mi‘.’ Hager-

‘ "gman‘; i153 .cdunty agent for Charlevoix.



"county". Mr. Mel-.leiicamp has‘ given



special study to dairying, alfalfa and -





' year around.





 





potato growing.



Quarantines' have been placed on

many railroad stock yards in Michigan

to prevent the spread of hog cholera.

The taking ‘of breeding sows purchas-

ed, at .the stock yards back to the





farm .without first treating them for.

.serum, offers a real’danger to healthy





stock already on the farms.



Farmers; appear to be taverable to

the opening of the Grand Rapids mar-

ket at five o’clock in the morning the

It has been the practice

heretofore to open at four A. M. dur-

ing the months of July and August.





While the majority of the states

shipping large quantities of perish-

ables have provided joint federal and

state shipping point inspection, Michi-

gan is not yet assured a service of





_this kind. The Michigan State Horti-





cultural Society and other interested

organizations, as well as individuals,

are endeavoring, however, to secure

this inspection for Michigan growers

and shippers. This service would cost

from four to five dollars per car.





Preliminary estimates of the sugar





beet acreage in Michigan during the

season of 1924 indicates an increase

in this crop of more than fifty per

cent over 1923.





’A joint economic conference for





Michigan to be participated in by ag-

ricultural and industrial leaders has

been suggested. The object is to dis-

cuss those problems affecting both

manufacturing and agricultural inter-

ests. The meeting will likely be held

at Lansing, if the preliminary plans

are realized.





A final tabulation of membership

applicants in the 1924 top litter club

for Michigan indicates that Kent, Ca1-

houn and Hillsdale counties have the

largest number of applicants, with

Kent leading. Adverse conditions will,

in many instances, make it more diffi-

cult to attain the coveted goal this

year than was the case in 1923.





A number of county farm bureaus

in Michigan are cooperating in anin—

vestigation to ascertain the relation

between rural andurban assessments

for property taxation. Thus far the

figures available would seem to indi-

cate that farms are being assessed at

near their sale value, while city prop-

erty goes on the assessor’s books at

about sixty—five per cent of its actual

value. '





 





USE OF NITROGENOUS FERTIL~

IZERS INCREASES.





 





HE consumption of nitrogenous

. fertilizers has steadily increased

during the past few years, while pro

duction has not kept pace with con-

sumption, consequently there is a

large reduction in stocks, according to

investigations made by the Bureau of

Agricultural Economics of the Depart-

ment of Agriculture.





Many have ‘got into the habit of be-

ing dissatisfied.





He’s true to God who’s true to man.

———Lowell. ' '





"Bad luck is the man who stands

with? his, hands in his pockets waitin





- eewgsee'em man. turns out. - ‘ . ,





 





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fourth annual meeting at Ashland,

Wisconsin, October 891‘th body

hasl‘for some years interested itself in





14the industrial and agricultural better

‘ in some; cases If prbperly fertilized





ment of the region.





 





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A LARGE ’apiary is in the process





of being established rtear Bfimley, ‘





Chippewa county. Some 3'00 colonies

are reported to have been transported

thither this spring. The enterprise has

sought this territory, it is stated, ow-

ing to the presence of clover, fire-

weed and wild raspberry, excellent for

honey production. It is stated that

tire honey will largely be disposed of

locally.





GET POINTERS ON PRUNING

FRUIT.





 





ROF. HOOT’MAN, of the Michigan



Agricultural College, recently con-

ducted a series. of fruit pruning dem~

onstrations in Gogebic county. It is

reported that more than 100 farmers

and fruit‘men attended these demon-

strations. ‘



Professor Hootman pointed out the

advisability of training fruit trees ear~

ly in life. The shape of the trees is

fixed during the first three years of

life. He alsoo advised against having

several branches of a tree spring from

the same point. The main trunk of

the tree should be well developed with

branches from eight to twelve inches

apart, he said. The demonstrations,





 





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motor builders and is considered

everywhere the best to be had.





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including grafting several varieties of





* apples on seedling trees. -

It is reported th5t Gogeblc farmers

are exit

fruit culture. Larger lappiicntio‘ns of





nitrate of soda or sulphate of am»





mania spread 111.1: circle three to five

feet from theitrunh was recommended





each yen fruit trees can hear every

Vyear.





 





WOULD LESSEN FOREST FIRES





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the movement ‘ for





 





0 promote





greater care in preventing forest:

and brush fires, the Northern Michi+

gan Sportsmen’s. Association in ses!





sion recently at Eacanaba, directed

the distribution of fire warning tags





that will be attached to trees, fences,’

etc., when members or the association





are camping in the woods, calling at-

tention to all who come that way to

the need of care in putting out camp





fires and using all possible care in »





preventing fires in the woods and

brush.





 





BRUSH SHOULD BE BURNED-





 





H OUGHTON . county farmers‘ have



been warned by the local fire

warden to exercise greater care in

burning brush. If this is not done

there is grave danger to standing tint»

her and buildings. It is forbidden to

burn brush when not piled or when

standing. The Upper Peninsula Dis-

trict Michigan Federation of W‘omen’ 8

Clubs has adopted a resolution asking

legislation requiring a permit from the

fire warden before the brush can be

burned.





 





WILL GROW SEEDS.





 





SEVERAL Gogebic farmers have un-



dertaken, in cooperation with the

county agent and the M. A. 0., to raise

certified Wolverine oats and Wiscon-

sin pedigreed barley for seed for local

distribution. The county agent of

Dickinson county is telling his farm-

ers that they should grow their own

seed and estimates that $10,000 has

been spent outside that county, this





. season for seeds that could as well





have been grown at home.





TO INS‘TILL' RESPECT FOR HIGH-

WAY MARKERS.





N cooperation with the State'De-



partment of Public Instruction, Mr.

F1ank Sweeney, commissioner of

schools of Dickinson county, has per-

fected a plan for instilling greate1 1e-

gald fo1 the pxeseivation of highway

makers and scene1y among school

children. A good deal of complaint

has arisen owing to the damage fre—

quently done road markers and it is

hoped that this effort will bring good

results.





 





 





 





_ WILL LIGHT ROADWAY.





 





‘IT is planned to place a new type of





electric light along the trunk- line

running between Ironwood, Wakefield

and Bessemer, according to the high‘

way engineer of the county Four such

lights are already in position. The

proposed lights have 250 candle pow-

er, are thirtyflve feet from theground





 





THE OUTLOOK FOR DAIRYING.





 





(Continued from page 78?).

the beef cattle industry of that coun-





try. Until recently dairyingwaa cen-

fined largely to .the small Baum“

but". many of the large ranchers are





 





. beingaftracted to the industry which





observer reports that production dur-

his the past winter-1111s been. mamas. '

able in beams:

are like those inoth’er countries, was .

conditions eventually win result in .

some curtailment.

better position to maintain its output, ‘ 1

as the hhm’ate favors Outdoor feeding . . -

much of the year and the feed Used _ ‘ .j, W5

is produced at home so that produc- ”



tiOn costs are low . . " . ’1





_ Furthermore, foreign consumption ' “ V

will expand at lower prices and help ’

' to remove some of the pressure upon

our markets. Germany formerly bought

about 125 ,000, 000 pounds of butter an—

1111me but has been taking Only 2, 000, -

000 or -3 000, 000 pounds in the last few

years. Per capita consumption has de-

clined forty per cent from pro-war.

.France, Belgium and Switzerland took

less Danish butter in 1923 than in

Economic restoration in Europe .L ’

would do much to take up the slack ' ‘ l ’

in foreign consumption. ' I





.011 the other hand, Siberia and Rus—

sia may gradually re- -enter the butter

eXport trade on the pe-war scale and 1,

their product may fill some of the ex— '4

'panding demand in Germany and oth‘

er European importing countries. ' f}



in any case, these changes will take . , ~

time, so that the pressure from foreign .

dairy products, especially butter, is ‘

not going to lift at once.

1y threatens a major crisis in the .

dairy industry and it is a fair question ’ ’

whether this competition has not al~

ready reached its peak in the first

three months of 1924, when the net

imports balance in terms of whole 3 i,

milk was about three times as heavy if

as in the same months a year ago. 1,

- Business Depression Not Severe. '



There has been fear that a severe

depression with much unemployment

was setting 1n.

in industry and trade has been in. pro-

gress long enough to give a fair line

of sight, however, and make possible

a sounder judgment'as to its future

‘In general. it aims that a





Mugs increasing interest in ,





moderate amount of

can be expected fo1 sev ral months

but we are hardly headed for a major

depression, such as that of three years

ago and a trade revival should occur

within a year or sooner.

ness depressions as in 1904, 1907 and

1914 did not seem to force the price

curves for dairy products down very





 





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Domestic Consumption Can Increase.

' Furthermore,

crease the proportion"of‘ dairy prod-

ucts in the diet as a result of educa-

tional campaigns is a partial offset to Y’

the influence of less favorable employ—

ment conditions and reduced purchas~





the tendcncy to in—





Per capita consumption





of dairy products in terms of whole

milk has increased from 831 pounds

in 1919 to 996 pounds in 1923. accord'

ing to a recent survey ‘by the United

Department of

This gain of twenty per cent consisted

mostly of fluid milk and butter. There ,

is room for further expansion. Cheese ’ .‘

consumption is still quite small as 1

some European countries eat four or K

five“ times as much per person as we do. '

Lower prices fox dairy products will

tend to stimulate consumption. _ "

margarine output has been expanding V f’

in the last year as a result of high

prices for butter and this competition

will decrease.

» costrof distributing milk in the big 1 1

cities would beat great help. In hard

times business always learns how to

”do things more efficiently. Possibly a.

'period of moderate depression may

help to solve this distribution prob-





Agriculture. i





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Reduction of the high . ‘ !





 





 

 

 





 





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Something new in weddings was

' - that of Ole Olsen and Laura

' Weber at a lighthouse.





 





 





 





 





 





 





When Major A. S. McLaren and W. N. Perderleith, British round— ‘

the-world fliers, were stranded in a shallow lagoon, American

agents of the Near East relief activities came to their rescue.





 





This painting, entitled, “His First

Act,” represents President Qool-

idge at his mother’s grave.





 





 





 





The University of Arizona polo team, the undisputed champions

‘9 of the West, are here to play the winners of the inter-collegi-

ate tournament.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





The American Rugby football team won the Olympic championship

by defeating the French team in Paris. A riot in the grandstand

followed, during which two Americans were knocked unconscious.





 





 





 





 





I ‘ Inez Traxler, attending Garret Biblical Insti-





 





Mrs. E. Fullard Leo is the only

woman who has brought new

lands under the American flag.





 





 





 





 





J. H. Hammond, Jr., famous American invent-

or, has demonstrated in Italy his new meth—

od of “narrow—casting” wireless transmissmn.





 





 





 





«“1 : tute, Chicago, stood alone against the stud-



' ‘ ‘ r. ‘ ent body against “peace at any price.”

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At Churchill Downs, Kentucky, “Black .Gold,” owned by Mrs. R.

M. Hoots, of Oklahoma, won the golden jubilee Kentucky Derby

of a mile and a quarter in a. little better than'two minutes.





 





 





 





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Madame Germainen Granveaud, of Paris, leaped from an airplane

only 300 feet in the air to prove that a new parachute would

work quickly. She fell at the rate of thirteen meters a second.
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one turning handsprings when he gets

:11.ere The men’ll come through to-

*‘ night. They won’t lose any time And





-- go, sister.”



She held both his hands for a min‘

.ute and tried to force back the tears

that threatened. '



. - “I won’t be afraid, Billy,” she said.

“I’ll get through before dark. And I’ll

remember you saved me—always, and



‘ that you taught me something. Goodc



, bye.” '



“Good-bye, Margaret.”



He watched her wistfully as she

pushed the canoe into the water.



“Take both paddles,” he‘ called.

“And put a stone in the bow. Other-

wise she’ll be too high in the head,

and the breeze will spin you around

like a top. Got everything now? Com-

pass? Map? Lunch?”



She took a last look around and nod-

ded. Then, as she leaned over to push

off, she hesitated, turned, and walked

back to where he lay. Without a

word she dropped to her knees, bent

forward, and ,kissed him on the lips.

Then she left him.



“Good luck!” he called, when the

canoe was a hundred yards off. She

turned and waved her. paddle, and

said something he could not catch. A

moment later the canoe was "st to

sight around a wooded point; oving

swiftly under her steady strokes.



Lloyd lay alone with his pain. Once

or twice he ate flittle, but his appe~

tite seemed to have dese1 ted him

again. It was a friendly day, yet the

woods seemed strangely lonely. That

was a. new sensation to him, and he

futilely tried to analyze it. Part of

the day be worried about her, al-

though he knew that was childish. It

wasn’t a hard trip, yet she was such

a pathetic tenderfoot. Game, though,

he admitted—after she began to un-

derstand about things. “Poor kid!”

he said, aloud, as the thought of her

night alone in the forest.



When the sun had passed the ridge

opposite his camp and begun to sink-

among the pines, he wondered if she

was at Joe Station. Darkness came



' slowly, and Lloyd watched the stars

appear. Now she must be on her way

to the railroad, he thought, and the

men were coming for him. She would

probably be in her own camp by

midnight.



And then in a flash he realized that

he did not even know who she was!

Just Margaret! Just a chance com—

rade of the woods, stopping for a

while by his camp-fire and then jour-

neying onward. A farewell wave of

the paddle and she had gone. He un-

derstood at last why the woods were

lonesome.



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and fade. There was no fire tonight.

Finally he became drowsy. At last he

slept.



A light flashed in his eyes roused

him with a start. ’

“It’s Jack Burns, ” called a familiar

vodce. “Are y’all right?” ‘



“God bless her! She got through!”

exclaimed Lloyd. Then he fell back

with a groan, for he had forgotten the



“Got there before sundown. It’s only“

about ten now,” said the guide, set-

ting down his lantern. “How's the

leg?9,



“Fine! You’re not alone?"



“Jim’ll be along in a minute or so.

They’ re in another canoes” '





“They?”



“Sure! She's with hi



Lloyd uttered an e cl ation of

wonderment.





“‘Couldn’t keep her back,” added

Burns. “Never saw a girl so bent on

travelin’.”



“Did she get word to her camp?”

"Not tonight. ’Phone’s busted.”

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nifty about the woods. Never heard

a girl sak- so my Questions. ”



heard the grating of a. canoe

against. the shore, and the guide Went

down with the lantern to meet it. A

moment later Lloyd s‘sw the tattered

skirt flash past the light and she Was

kneeling at his side. ‘



“All right. 9” she whispered.



“Yes; but why did you some. 9” he

said protestingly, as he groped for her

hand and found it. .



‘fW11y? Because I chose to.”



"But I thoughtfil told youm” ’



“Billy, be quiet! We’re to start

book at daylight. Therem be a doctor

at the station.” ,



“But you shouldn’t have come, child.





- It was too much.”





She leaned closer to him and strok-

ed his forehead. “Hush! Did you

think that I wouldn’t see you through?

Why, Billy? THE END.





 





Another good story next week.





the Temple





Our Weekly Sermon—43y N. A. M chm‘e





HOSE who have spent time

among the ruins of northern

France state that a certain hope

and joy exists even in the hearts of

the folk who live in old cellars, or the

roofed-over craters of exploded shells.

They are starting life all over again,

assisted as far as possible by a. friend-

ly government. It was so with: the

Israelites who returned from Baby-

lonia to Jerusalem. As hard as it was,

there was a certain gladness in the

adventure of going back again to the

city around which their hopes and

loves centered. And of course, for

most it was the first time they had

seen the holy city. Almost sixty years

had elapsed since their fathers had

crossed the biting sands to the land

of captivity. Not many of these old

captives would be returning now.

Habit, custom, the daily round are

powerful factors in our lives. When

the Hebrews went

to Babylon it was

with wailing, and

with protests that

they never would

forget beautiful

Zion. No, they

would return at

the first opportu-

nity “If I forget

thee, O Jerusa~

lem, let my iight hand forget her cun-

ning” But that had now been fei-

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‘AWLINSON, one of the best au-

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figured that those who returned stood

to those who preferred to remain in

Babylon in the proporti n of one to

six. One-sixth possess d the sacred

fire of religious patriotism. These

were the idealistic spirits, the students

of history, the readers of the prophets,

the anticipators of a new and better

day. The otheis had become accus-

tomed to Babylonia and its climate,

its language and people. They were

making money, living comfortably,

and had no desire tobecome heroes

or adventurers. But of course we

know today with. whom our greatest

interest lies.





Says Alexander Maclaren, “The de~

parting contingent were the best part

of the whole. And the lingerers were

held back by love of ease, faint—heart-

edness, love of wealth, and the like

ignoble motives. How many of us

have had great opportunities for ser-

vice, which we have let slip in like

manner! To have doors opened which

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take the tunable at such Iliad schemes

as rebuilding the temple.’ A thousand

excuses sing in our ears, and We let

the morhsdit in which alone some

noble resolve is possible slide put is.

and the rest of 1119‘ is snooty or an;

other such”





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THE caravan of forty-two thousand



began the long return pilgrimage.

It required at least four months, soure-

time's longer. No mountains varied

the landscape, nor groves of palms in-

vlted them at the close of the long

weeks’ train-ping, as was the case

when the people were followmg Moses

out of Egypt Bands of ferocious

Bedouin robbers swept the whole tract

that they traversed, and in fact, the

Bedouins are there today, untamed as

they were then At the head of the

caravan carried by a special class—of

men, were the previous golden vessels

of the temple. These were the center

of reveren'he of the entire company.

Thy had had an interesting and varied

history. Nebuchadrezzar’s soldiers

had carried them off in triumph and

placed them in his great temple of

Bel. The banquet table of Belshazzar

had been furnished with them the

night of his great feast when the hand-

writing of the wall appeared.





That night the army of Cyrus had

tunnelled under the city’s wall, chang-

ed the course of the river and thus

gotten inside. The book of Daniel

says, “That night was Balsbazzar the

king of the Chaldeans slain.” Cyrus

had given special permission for the

removal of these vessels to Jerusalem.

Carrying them for four months must

have been wearying and difficult, for

many of them must have been of great

Weight. The list of these temple ves-

sels has been carefully preserved.

There were a thousand cups of gold, 3;

thousand of silver, the total number

of pieces being 5,499. "





'HE return to Jerusalem did not

mean much to five-sixths of the





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Jews of Babylon, as said before. But '





there were those who saw the im-

mense spiritual significance of it. For

such’ it could not be over-stated. There

was the great Evangelical Prophet, of

unknown name. His writings are part

of the book of Isaiah, but it is appar-

ent that the last twenty-six chapters

of Isaiah are from a different hand

from the first thirty-nine. The first

part of the book is written by Isaiah,

living in the seventh century, B. C.,

while the last part is from the view-

point of two centuries later, when

Jerusalem had been destroyed.



A's this great Unknown Man thinks

of the journey across the desert, the

rebuilding of the holy city, the re—

peopling of Canaan, he breaks out

into undying phrases. He sees them





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talent of General Motors, which

OldSmobile enjoys.





Don’t pay $1135 for any auto:

mobile without examining the

Oldsmobile Six Sedan first. Any

one of our 2500 dealers will be

glad to give you a demonstration.





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hood.





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Dan’t buy Jar

Rings blindly

:A‘ western demo’nstration

agent introducing a lecture

on meat canning made the

following allusion to jar

rings;





'In buying dress goods you



inquire frOm the clerk about

the colOr and washability;

whether it will stain. etc.

In buying draperies you

ask about permanency of

color, etc. In buying food

you inquire whether it is

good, pure, etc. In buying

fruit jar rings you ask the

storekeeper for 'a. box of

rings' regardless as to

brand, color, whether they

will blow out, whether they

will stand cold pack, etc.

In other words, you buy,

fruit jar rings blindly.”





Every home canner should

look for the bright red car-

ton in which GOOD LUCK

jar rubbers are packed. It is

a conspicuous object in good

grocery, hardware and gen-

eral stores from the rock-

bound coast of Maine to the

golden sands of San Diego.

You can’t be wrong when you

buy GOOD LUCK rubbers.

Always ask for





GOOD "@5 LUCK

JAR RUBBERS‘





They come packed in the case with

the following Well- known brands of

fruit jars: Atlas E-Z Seal. Atlas

GOOD LUCK. Schram Ever Seal and

Schram Acme. If your grocer does _

not keep them send 10 cents for "

sample dozen.





For 6 Cents in Stamps

We will mail you our book on

Cold Pack Canning. It contains

full instructions with sterilization

tables and many novel and excel-

lent recipes which your family will

be sure to enjoy.





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and Rubber Co.





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Cambridge, Mass.





 

   

 





 

   





   

 





 





 





 





Please Mention The Michigan Farmer

When Writing to Advertisers





 





 





 





Rich Subclass .' ' ’





Quickly Made at Home with





' MAPLEINE





Simply top ice cream

with hot or cold Maple-r

inc-made syrup for a de-

licious and dainty sum-

mer dessert. Mapleine as

. a flavoring makes old

recipes new”.

Your grocer seIIsMapleine





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Prepare





HE advent‘ of the early season

fruits and vegetables makes

such welcome changes to our

spring menus that/in our appetite for

them we ’are apt to forget what do-





. lectable additions they will make to





cold weather menus if preserved.



Moreover, if our preserve and relish

shelf ‘can be partly. filled before the

bulk of the summer canning begins,

then much of the rush will be elim-

inated when the thermometer regis-

ters ninety in the shade. ’





The zippy, delicious acidity of rhu:





barb, and the ever popular strawberry

combine well in these recipes.





Rhubarb Marmalade.





4 lbs. rhubarb 1 lb. seedless raisings

2 lemons 6 lbs. sugar

2 oranges





Put-the oranges and lemons through

the food chopper. Mix with other in-

gredients and let stand for half an

hour. Then bring to a. boil, and let

simmer for one hour, stirring often.

Seal in jars with parafiin.



Strawberry and Pineapple Jam.





1 lb. strawberries 1 orange

1 lb. shredded pine— 2 lbs. sugar

apple





Combine and cook until clear and

thick. Seal in jars with paraffin.

Rhubarb Jam.

4 lbs. rhubaib lé 1b. figs

4 lbs. sugar 1.4 lb. walnut meats



1 lemon (juice)



Cut the rhubarb in small pieces. Put

in a kettle, add Sugar and lemon juice,

also figs which have been put through

food chopper. Bring to boil slowly.





Boil about three-quarters of an hour,-





then put in the nut meats, chopped

coarse. When it boils again, putin

glasses and cover with paraffin. Rais-

ins may be used in place of the figs

if preferred.





Chutney Sauce.





12 large green tomatoes bags

6 large juicy apples 1 red or green pop-





4 omens

1 medium—size cab- 1 box raisins

Grind and mix well. Add three

quarts of vinegar, three pounds sugar,

and salt and spices to taste. Boil until

tender. Put into well scalded jars,

cover with paraffin wax and tie paper

over all.

Strawberry Jam.

To every “four pounds of hulled

strawberries, add three pounds of





sugar. After washing berries, be sure





to drain on a clean cloth. Do not let

Boll berries and"





them soak in water.

sugar together quickly, stirring to keep

from burning. Boil until all the scum

has nearly disappeared. Skim or any

that is around the sides. Pour into

sterilized glasses or cans. *’





 





WHAT TO PUT ON‘A‘THE’PlANO,





 





HETHER‘it’s a grand or an up-

right piano, it is often a prob-

lem how to decorate artistically. Of

course, the day for using the piano

top as a shelf for rows of photographs





 





Before t/ze Rut/z of Summer Cannmg W/zzle tfie me are Yet ,ane V





Thenwawn sawmwaliinnz L‘

‘piec’eof'creéni white :stitt1' "





 





1ow: bowl holding arttflblal ”blossoms

or an old candlestick: iii quaint lines.

Even a group of books artificially held

in a polichromed book-holder may re-

pose appropriately on the generous

top of a grand piano

seen was perched a. jolly Polly parrot





of gaily colored china. The bit of ‘





bric-a—brac should harmonize with the





scarf.





Thus a Japanese vase is best placed

on black, and gold brocade, say, white





pottery will be set off on silver tissue





or blue velvet.’ , Black velvet makes a





r





Farm Boys and Girls Become Great Pale with their Pets.





is gone by. We do occasionally place

one picture there. But it is usually

framed in an easel frame and has

some special significance.

the photograph of a. musician or a

friend, but it is most pleasing to the

average beholder when it is a charm-

ing landscape.





The piano scarf is always a ques—

tion. Just now draped effects are

much favored—whether the instru-

ment is a grand or an upright Gold

tissue, velvet or brocaded fabrics are

having a. decided vogue for the piano

top. They may be placed at either

end or in the middle. They are





anchored, so.to speak, as a. rule, with ,





some bric-a—brac. Perhaps a. vase.





 





 





"Team the Value of Money





‘HY not let the children earn money?





One of the first games they





begin to' play is store and shows, using pins, candies and make-be-





lieve money as mediums of exchange.





With this tendency so pro





nounced, it is simple, if one uses tact, to teach the child to do something

well enough to earn a reward. Since money is in the ‘World to stay, if we

can lead the youngsters to regard it sanely as a means to an end, and

teach its proper use, we have helped them to overcome one of the biggest





stumbling blocks of their future.





When a child earns by his own labor the wherewithal to purchase little.

gifts for friends and relatives, no amount,of money given him to spend can

produce the same feeling of satisfaction and self-respect as do his own





earnings.





To teach him that money does not grow on'bushes, and to de-





velop in him the feeling of independence ’and self-relianceis to give him





invaluable equipment for life.-





There are numerous small tasks, according to the environment, that the

parents can devise for children to earn money that will be very helpful. It

is a mistake to make the child feel he should not peddle his work. Broad-





minded folks will respect a. child’s efforts along this line.





The establish-





ment of a regular trade, the keeping of accounts and working to produce

a fair profit will teach the value of money in an impressive way.



Of course, this money earning must not be permitted to interfere with

the child's playtime or assume too important a place in the child’s daily

schedule; neither should it be allowed to deteriorate into the bribing habit.

He should be brought to realize that in no way are his money-making ideas





connected with the numerous services he can do for mother.





Do not per-‘





mit the “How much will you give me?” to follow your request for help

We have all visited families where this bribing habit was carried too

far. If this pitfall can be avoided, there is nothing more salutary for the





child than the satisfaction and self-reapect coming through working for ,. , 7

. 7 , slde.--M'rs. C. i}. H, .1





himself





 





pretty backgroimd for anything white

or gold.





Occasionally brocade is made into





It may be' a stringer and then lined with gimp.





All these may be made at home and

given an individual touch are twice as.

attractive.





A HELPING HAND.





 





HEN Mother has a. great deal

to do, a. helping hand will often

give a real lift.





Even the little children will enjoy

using a. toy carpet sweeper,'and a.

large size string mop will do nicely

to dust up the edges of the floor un-

covered by the rug.

soft little cheesecloth duster will be a

pleasure to use, and Mother can play

the game of “I Spy” in each room

when it is finished, gaily calling out

anything which she “spies” not in

place.



Small- hands can tidy newspapers

and magazines, and brush porches

with a. toy broom, and see that many

articles are in their places which have

been disarnanged. Besides, this train-

ing is a valuable one for the children

in teaching them to do their work

well, and in developing their own pow-

ers of close observation. ‘





 





HINTS WORTH TAKING.





 





I use the ,water in .yvhich potatoes





are, cooked.for‘ making gravy'instead





of using clear water. The flavor is

much improved. '—Mrs. M. E. D.





Two tablespoonfuls of vinegar to a.

cup of cold coffee gives a fine flavor

to molasses cake or cookies instead of

sour milk—Mrs. C. B. ~



A piece of cloth doubled and wound

several times around the arm of the

machine makes a. fine pincushion. —A.





Soft pies do not soak the crust when "





l bake both sides of the shell. I make

them on the outside of a tin and





brawn lightly, then remove and place





on the memo of the tin and brown that





 





 





, §_shel-'





On one piano .





Then a. clean, .
F m...





PM the my contest” this Week, onel

gathers that every effort is being put

forth to combat this household pest

and disease career The three lead-

ing letters appear here and those of"

Mrs. S R, of Alpena, and Mrs. R. B.,



of Benton Harbor, will be printed next





. week. -Martha one.





. Screened Porch Help.

The greatest aid that I know of in





keeping flies out of the house is a





soreehed porch, especially where the

porch opens from the kitchen We

have had one fitted with frames and

the wire cloth, but have found the.

better grade of cloth netting very sat-

isfactory and by taking it down in the

fall, it lasted three seasons. ,\' -We used

a light molding and‘number‘ten tacks

to hold it in place top and bottom so

that a frame for the door was all that





‘ was made—Mrs. E. H., Parma, Mich.





'Cleanliness as First Aid.

My first suggestion is to keep a

house 011' anything clean. Do not

sweet any dust or dirt in any corner





, or leave it anywhere else.





Do not have any odors in the house,





I because that willdraw the flies to the

"screen doors.

. flies or bugs in the house, kill them





Ifthere should be any





rightaway- with some fly powder. .

Don’t only clean house once or so





‘ in' a"year, but go along your windows

. and corners every day.





Keep Cupboards and pantries clean.





» ‘. Do not have anything standing around





, 1 which is spoiled or moldy. Keep your _

' milk rooms clean. ——Mrs.





J..VL.,





' Lucas, Michigan.





 





 





   





Uses Vacuum on Flies.



As I am the mother of four small

children, will tell my method of killing

the files which get into the house,

even with screen doors and window

screens. At night when the flies .are

trying their best to get into the house,





1 opem all doors and windows/and};

\theni into one Or two rooms When





   

 

 





flag) on the floor.





 

 

 





all are in I close every fresh air open- 3 . ~ (‘





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





ing, and sprinkle, about two table-

spoons of insect powder (we use black

I then detach the

dust bag from my vacuum cleaner,

and put the long hose on in its place,

then I am ready to commence sweep-





ing up the powder and blowing it into '

the air in every direction.

\thirty minutes I go into the mum and -





sweep up the dead flies, as every one ‘

will be dead. -—-Mrs. G. 8.. Sanboo'n,

New York. ' i





 





« HOW LONG To PaocEss. ,





 





F you have a question as to‘how



long to keep your fruit and vege

tables in the'hot water bath or under

steam pressure when canning, you will

find it answered in our bulletin, “Can-

ning Fruits and Vegetables.”



This bulletin gives a complete cook-

ing time-table and also answers nu-

merous other canning problems, It

will be mailed on receipt of five cents

in com or stamps.



' Address your requests to Martha

Cdle, Michigan Farmer, Desk M. De-

troit, Michigan.





 





HOUSEHOLD SERVICE.

0





 





Please tell me how to make straw-

berry ice coeam #Mrs

:. For ice oieam to serve eight, use

two cups milk, two cups cream, two

cups sugar syrup, four cups- berries.



Crush the berries and combine with

the syrup made by boiling one cupful

of sugar with one and one-half cups

of water. Cool the syrup before add-

ing it to the berries. After the straw-

berries have stood in the syrup thirty

minutes, rub them through a fine





sieve, add the eieam and freeze until

the mixture is very cold, then stir in





the milk and continue the freezing.





 





 





 

   





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Doings In

Laot Day of Sc/zool In Wood/and





NLY four days more before the

last day of school. Hurray!

Hurray!” sang Jimmie Fox.

“Yes, Hip! Hip! Hur-ray?” answer-

ed Jackie Rabbit. “School’s beenfine,

but I’ll be glad for vacation, too.”

“Wish we could have a picnic like

the boys and girls over in Frog Hol-

low did,” wistfully spoke little Fanny

Fox.

“Let’s ask teacher. Maybe he’ll let

us,” they all chimed in.





When the plea was put to Teacher





Fox, he wrinkled up his long straggly

eyebrows, peeped over the top of his

glasses at the group, and consented.



So that was how on this bright sun-





 





jega;





How Good that Lunch Did Taste.

ny day all the little animal boys and

girl‘s of Woodland happened to be. by

the big 'lake in the woods, with their



' lunch baskets packed full of so many





goodies. Everyone was ready for a

good time, and that's what they had.



“Let’s play train, ” suggested little

Jennie Squirrel. '





 





Woodland





“Tell us how,” asked all her play-

mates.



“It’s easy and lots of fun,” she said.

“First we’ll all get in a circle and I’ll

choose Sandy Squirrel, Fanny Fox and

let’s see——Willy VVoodchuck, I guess—-

to be the ‘engines’. ”



"\Vhen I say "go , each ‘engine’ must

go up to some one in the circle and

make a noise like an engine. Toot!

Toot! To-oo. The one he faces must

do the same and then turns and

‘hitches on’ to the engine and is the

first coach of the train. Each engine

keeps on doing this until there is a

long string of cars behind.”



“Teacher Fox can be conductor, and

when he says ‘all aboard’ each train

starts for the big oak tree there by

the lake. The first train to arrive

with all its passengers wins.”





“A fine game, won’t that be fun?”'





BERRY SUPPLIE





But it wasn’t long before they found I





they all shouted.





What fun they all had playing train

and trying to see which train could be

the first one to the station.





themselves very hungry. Teacher Fox





called them all together and how good





that picnic lunch did taste—heaps bet-

ter than when at school. After. lunch

they played some more games and

each one got ,home just in time for

Supper. Every little boy and girl in

Woodland thought they had the most

fun they could remember.





“I’m awfully sorry this is the last

day of school," said little Winnie

.Woodchuck to Teacher For. "Now

we’ll have to Wait a whole year before



'we can have ‘the last day again.”





In abou-t ‘





 





On the threshold of the

Electrical Farming Era





Many farmers of the west receive electric service. They pump

irrigation water electrically. and because they need much powerlor

this purpose alone they find it profitable to install electric labct-

saving devices and lights in their buildings.



. But in other sections several million farmers are without elec-

tricity. They live in sparsely populated distn'cts where conditions

are at present against the profitable use of electric power. '



Agricultural and clecmcal engineers believe that if all the con-

ditionsare known,farming and electricity can be adapted to each

other so that human and animal labor can largely be displaced by

electric motors.



To study this problem a National Committee is assisting in the

organization of State Committees. Groups of farmers are receiving

experimental electric service. They are keeping accurate compara-

tive records of production costs under electrical and non-elec-

trical conditionsOFarm—paper editors and state agricultural colleges

are cooperating with these state groups.



Thus the needed information is being collected under the con-

ditions of actual practice. As practical results are demonstrated the

kerosene lamp will give place to the electric light and animal and

human muscle to electric motors and push-button conveniences.

A booklet has been published by the

Committee. It will be sent on request free

of charge. Read it and pass it on to your

neighbor. Write for it either to Dr 1'. E. A.

White. American Farm Bureau Federation.

58 E. Washington Street Chicago. “1.. or





to the National Electric Light Association.

at 29 West 39th Street, New York City.





The National Committee in charge of the

work 1s composed of economists and engi-

neers representing the American Farm Bu-

reauFederation, the Departmentsongricul-

ture the Interior and Commerce. the Power

FarmingAssociation ofAmerica the Amer-

ican Society of Agricultural Engineers and

the National Electric Light Association.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   





 





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Write for full information.





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Only mam Pilman bearing lattice! to





 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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A grade wood baskets. standard quarts. by freight ,Waxlined paper baskets. standard quarts. by frdxh





’or express f. o. to. cars. Lansing. as follows: or among f. o. b. cars Lansing.

200 for ..................................... 2.00 200 for ..................................... $ 1.

500 for ..................................... 4.50 580 for ..................................... ~

1000 for ..................................... 8.75 1000 for .....................................

5000 for ..................................... 42.00 5000 for ..................................... '30.





SEND IN YOUR ORDERS.

Write us at once. Special Parcel Post .1111





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Special prices to dealers in lots of 20. 000 or more.

to points within 150 miles of Lansi 111; as follows;





IN YOUR ORDERS.





Postpaid ..............





200 A grade wood baskets. postpaid ............ $2. 25 5 16- -qt. crates. K. 1)..



200 Waxlined paper baskets. postpaid .......... 1.75 10 16— —q,t. crates. K D., postpa id .............. I.

600 Wulined paper baskets. postpaid .......... 4. 75 1000 Wailined paper baskets. postpaid .......... 1’.

lG-qt. crews in the- flat to fit obese baskets as touows. l. o. b. cars Lansl . freight or ....



5 for $1.10; 110 for $2.10; 25 for :5. oo. "3 l”

50 for 9.50: [8.00. Send in your orders.





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chicks. Developed" " y." ' .‘o‘c , . ' ~.

In our Brown" Leghorn add AW~ 8180., you-settles, ,

breeding possible: based om'v'therare ‘sm'w __

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(let chicks from Semenl the

Best Fleek‘s in Michigan





100,000 Reliable Certified Bally Chicks

’ AT REDUCED PRICES,





l

From Michigan’s best flocks, Hogan tested 200 to

280-egg strain. Personally > lled and rated .by ex-

perts and certified by'Mlchi n Baby Chick Associa-

tion. English strain White Leghorns, lame combs.

deep bodies, and Sheppard's strain Anconas. Chicks

from selected stock. 50 chicks. $5.00; 100 chicks,

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

extra selected stock two cents higher per chick. White

Wyandotte chicks 15 cents each. Broiler or mixed

chicks $8.00 per 100. Postpaid, 100 per cent live

Iii-livery. Satisfaction guaranteed. Catalogue free.

Order direct from this advertisement to save time and

net stock you are looking for at the lowest possmle

prices. quality considered, from the heart of the poul-

try industry. RELIABLE POULTRY FARM do

HATCHERY, Paul De Groot, Mgr., R. I. Zeeland,

Michigan. Dept. M.





 

 





 





 





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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 “Quite Leghorns





100 500 1000

Chicks. Chicks. Chicks.

3 9.00 $45.00 $ 90.00

w 50 s 1000 sssigo siiiisotio



Our best mating .............. $5.00 11.0 . .



l 25% with Order and Will Ship 0. 0. D. for the Balance.



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

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Hatchery-JUNE PRICES





waShtenaw CL SE’UUNE 25th





Our flocks have been carefully developed over a period of

HEAVY LAYING QUALITIES. '



HEALTH and VIGOR. This enables us to supply our puny valued customers with

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Chicks.

D Selected mating .......... . .......... $4.50





 





 





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Varieties. Prices on 25 50 100 500

English White Leghorns . . ......... . .. .................. $2.50 $4.75 3 9.00 $40.00

Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds . . . . . . . . . ..................... 2.75 5.25 10.00 45.00

White necks and Wyandottes . . . ...................... 3.00 5.75 11.00 50.00





Postpaid to your door. too per centt Live Delivery Guaranteed. Order right from

h‘ Ad. with full remittance and save ime.

ieigrence, Farmerl' 8. Mochanicu’ Bank. You ARE NOT taking chance: when you

deal with

WASHTENAW HATCHERY.





‘ Box 3.5, Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





 





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Varieties. Prices on: 25 50 100 500

“'hite. Brown, Buff and Black chhorns .................. ..$3.00 $5.00 $ 9.00 $44.00

Earl-ed Rocks, S.,& It. (3. Beds. Anconas, Minorcas ....... 3.50 0.50 12.00 58.00

Vl’hite 6.: Buff Rocks. \Vhito Wyandottes ....... l...., ...... 3.75 7.00’ 13.00 03.00

mi], Wyandottes, Buff & Wh}ite 01-p¥(igt.ons....1bb ............... 4.25 8.00 15.00 72.00

‘x ‘h’cks, Li ml. 8.00; lemy, J. per . . .

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Varieties. Prices on : 25 50 100 500 1000

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Broad Leghorns, Ilcavy Type . . . , ...................... 3.25 0.00 11.00 50.00 95.00

' Barred Rocks, II. C. & S. C. Reds ................... 3.00 h 00 11.00 52.50 105.00

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intotit and show thegirls we “can "do

just asmuch w,ri , as they can. . 1

Well; .Iyguessjl ill ring off for. this

time. Give milegst regardsto W. (-B.

Well, good—bye: » ehcle “Franks—Yours

gully), ‘ Alfred «,Fritsch, South Haven,

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That’s the serum—get the boys to pep

913:3 little: ?I' wish marathons would

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Dear Uncle Frank:

Uncle,Frank,,do you like to-raise

little things, such as geese, chickens,





 





Joyce Wheaton, of Montgomery, and

Her Kittens.





lambs and other things? I do. Two

years ago last winter my father gave

me a. little baby lamb, which I call

Daisy. Winter before last she had one

lamb and raised it and I sold it last

fall, and this winter she had two and

I gave my father one for feeding it.



Well, Uncle Frank, I must close

with lots of love for you and all the

Merry Circlers. Hope to see this in

print—Your niece, Marguerite M.

Jones, Fair Haven, Michigan.





It is nice that you like to raise ani-

mals. I hope you will make big rais-

ing little things.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have read the Boys’ and Girls’ De-

partment for a long time. I have some

questions to ask you. May I?



If a tree fell in a forest and no one

around there, would there be a sound?

If not, wouldn’t there hen. noise?



If a squirrel was up in a. tree and

you are on the ground, and both start

the same place and go the same way,

would the squirrel go around you or

you around the squirrel?



Why do they always say stone-blind

when anything is blind?



Well, I guess this is all of the ques-

tions, or you will think I am a ques-

tion box—Yours truly, lvah Ludley,

Horton, Mich.





You are mistaken—you must think

I am a question box. There would be

no noise, is my answer to question

one. The squirrel question is to hard

a nut for ’me to crack; perhaps the

squirrel can do it for you. I can’t see

the answer to your last question.





Dear Mr. ’Puddin’ Tame:





I have had Just one letter printed

and you spelled my last name. wrong.

Bowen ends with an “N” instead of Y.

But that does not matter as long as

you did not put “Mr.” on it, as you

did with one boy who said that you





put “Miss” before his name. I think

you did it as a joke.

I believe Polly in one way. Some





boys are rude to girls and some are

not. Some girls are rude to boys. The

boys are so mad none have written a

letter since Polly’s was printed. May-

be thiswill stir them—Another M. C.

niece, Evelyn Bewen, Smyrna, Mich.

Yes, that “Miss” stunt was a joke

-on me. I supposethe boys think,

“Well, the girls have their way any-

how, so what’s the use of “arguing."

Perhaps I Can get your name right

this time.





Dear Folkses: . _ . -

About that question, “Are boys rudb

to girls," I Say, “No!” ‘ ‘ ' '





 





 





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Now Polly and Elsie don’t be‘ angry-





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' I have Just one brother and he is





:married, so I don’t have any cause to





get out of patience with him, as he

lives about sixty-tWo miles tram our



The boys at our‘sohool like to have

the girls [play games with them and r,





take them fOerides‘ on their wheel‘s. .





ride a. bicycle to school almost,





every day and I can race with the ;

boys on their wheels.





It is a. great:

deal of fun. I wish school would last .

longer.—Your niece, Thelma Skelton,

M. 0., Auburn, Mich. , '





I am glad you haVe such gentleman—

ly boys in your school. I wonder who

is teaching them to be ‘so courteous.

I think it is a lot more fun for every-

body when boys are that way.





 





Dear 'Uncle Frank:





7,...





, I thought 'it was getting about time It





some of the boys were saying some.

thing about this being rude stuff.



Miss Polly and a few other girls

must have been treated something aw-

ful. They seem to think that the girls

are all good little angels. Maybe some

boys do get a. little rude once in a.

while. ButI don’t think'that the girls

are always so nice either.



Well, I must ring off. Ta! ta!

girlies—and same to you, Uncle Frank.

—Yours truly, James Van Huis, M. 0.,

East Saugatuck, Mich.



Seems like some girls are good, and

some girls are bad, and some boys are

good, and some boys are bad. And I

suppose you are one of the good boys.

Here’s hoping, anyhow.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I received my new membership

gardlt Thank you very, very much

or 1 . '



Say, Uncle Frank, I’ve had what

some M. C.’s call “tuff luck.” Not one

of my letters have been in print. Hope

this one escapes the W. P. B.



Uncle Frank, aren’t you “twenty-one

years young?

that someone (I don’t remember who)

introduced you as nineteen years

young when the Merry Circle just

started. But since you told one girl

that you are not twenty, I suppose you

are twenty-one. Are you?——Your lov-

ing niece, Eliza H. Piaseczny, Black

River, Mich.



Yes, I am twentyone, and then somd~

I have voted for several presidents,

and hope to vote for quite a few more.

When you get to my age, a few years

one way or the other doesn’t make

much difference.





Dear Uncle Frank:

' I know you and I’ve seen you. I

know you’ll wonder where.



Well, I might as well tell my secret.

I saw you at the annual thhtenaw

County Club Picnic.



My sister won second place as

champion in the county for the third





 





This Must be a Picture of Evelyn Gor.

‘ don’s Favorite Fisher-boy.

year. .Weren’t we proud of her? You

bet we were. _ .

, My sister and I are going to the

Lincoln Consolidated High School. It

is the largest school of its kind m the

United States. Greetings to the W.

B.—Your country niece, Madelyn C.

Staebler, R..1, Willis, Mich. '

I’m gladgyou let me in on your

secret. That was some picnic, wash’t





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your sister. .





I believe I remember .





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Most or, 001' mm mail carriers are

courteous, Jolly,“ good-natured . fellows,

always trying to please 'an their pat-

rons by doing lit-tie errands for them,

braving _all kinds of weather, and do—





"ing most anything they might ask of





him. , ‘

\.In the winter when the weather is

fifteen below Zero, you will see any





number of patrons (some of them just





returned from town where there is a

post office), sending money orders,

registered letters, and the mail car-

rier has to take his gloves off and

nearly freeze ‘his hands. Usually they

pick out the coldest day to send them.

' Mail carriers are usually very polite

and mannerly. They always have a.

cheery, "good morning” for you. They

always speak toyou when they meet





you, whether on the route or not.





"The mail man most generally knows

just about what your mail consists of.

One day there might be news of the

death of a near relative, then he sym-

pathizes with you. And when there is

a message of happiness, he shares the

happiness with you. When there is a

marriage he offers his heartiest con-

gratulations.



Days when he is late (on account

of tire or engine trouble), some of the

patrons will complain of it. Or if he

don’t bring them letters every day,

they blame him for‘ it. .



Our mail carriers are noble men and

I think we all ought to make things as

pleasant as we can for them.





 





By Marie Wrona, M. C., Pellston,

Michigan.



Our mail man is a middle-aged, good-

natured, jolly man. He always has a

friendly “hello” for everybody.



No matter how many chidren come

bothering him with money orders, un-

stamped letters and poorly wrapped

packages, he always has a smile for

them.



Most everyone looks for his coming,

and when he does come he brings nice

newsy letters from'friends, relatives,

and Merry Circle friends. lie brings

us packages, which gladden the little

ones and also the big ones.



The mail man brings the newspa-

pers, the Michigan Farmer, which is

always welcomef and for which we

wait with eager, outstretched hands.

He is the one that always takes our

contest papers, all nicely written, with

the hope and wish that we win. Many

times wewait' in vain and blame the

mail man for not bringing us flash-

light, fountain pen or candy. But is

it his fault? Oh, no, for he does his

best but can’t always bring us the

things we want but don’t deserve.



It does not matter if it’s cold, rainy,

snowy, or windy, the mail man is ever

ready to take our money orders, let-

ters and parcels.



We ought to appreciate him and not

blame him for things he cannot do.

Let us be helpful to him, for he does

very much for us.





 





By Carl Rohl, Jr., M. C-, Sawyer,

Michigan.





The mail route may be short or long,

. The mail man has to go;

It may be warm, it may be cold.

But he has to go.

The news he has to carry around,

To those who are away;





And then bring back the news again,

To us who are at home.



We love to hear from brother Jack,

And sister Hatty, too;



And cousin Bill and friends and aunts,

And the uncles, too.





I like to watch and be the first,



, To get the mail and see,



If there is anything for me; ’

It may be nothing but a card,



But, oh! it was for me. ,

And I can see my brother smile,

When he gets news from home; _

What would‘we do if we (11an have



Thermal} man coming around.

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80' thanks to Uncle Sam,“

For keeping mail men around ;

Besides so many things we get,

We send a lot of things ourselves.

And when I wait and watch and see,

Him coming down the hill;

You ought to see how.l can speed,

’To meet him at the box.





- The mail man coming around;

It may be rain, it may be-shine,.

But he is usually on time.





MAIL MAN WINNERS. \





UITE a few paid tribute to the

mail man, but for all the service

the mail man gives us, there ought to

have been more.

The winners in this contest are:





Fountain Pens. ,

Esther M. Wichert, R. 7, Clare Mich.





 





Pet P/zota Contest





E have never had a corn-

_ test of pet pictures. I

don’t mean pet pictures, but pic-

tures of pets. Send in the most

interesting picture you have of

vour favorite pet, and perhaps

you will win a prize.



The ten most interesting and

unique pictures of pets will "re—

'ceive the usual prizes. All other

good ones will entitle their send-

ers to M. C. buttons and cards,

if they are not new members.



Send me a picture of your pet

dog, your pet crow, your pet pig»

or any other pet you may have.



This contest closes June 20.

Send your pictures to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Mich.





 





 





 





Marie Wrona, Pellston, Mich.

Flashlights.

Carl Rohl, Jr., Sawyer, Mich.

Zona L. Amos, R. 7, Owosso, Mich.

MMgldred E. Merritt, R. 1, Ypsilanti,

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Helen

Mich.



Annabelle Bushaw, R. 1, Hartford,

Mich.



Florence Litkowski, R. 3, Saginaw,

Mich. a



Eldon Wyland, Syracuse, Ind.

Mfl‘hleresa Kociba, R. 5, Harbor Beach,



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Candy.

Dunbar, R. 4, ’Beaverton,





REBUILDING THE TEMPLE.





 





(Continued from page 792).

coming slowly over the sandy wastes,

but, he says, they will come safely.

Nothing shall happen to them, for they

are guided by Him who fainteth not

neither is weary. “Therefore the re

deemed of the Lord shall return, and

come with singing unto Zion; and

everlasting joy shall be upon their

head.‘ they shall obtain gladness and

joy, and sorrow and mourning shall

flee away.” “They shall not hunger

nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor

the sun smite them: for he that hath

mercy on them shall lead them, even

by the springs of water shall he guide

them.” “Sing. 0 heavens, and be joy:

ful O earth; and break forth into sing-





ing, 0 mountains: for the Lord hath ,





comforted his people and will have

mercy on his afflicted.” “They that

wait upon the Lord shall renew their

strength; they shall mount up with

wings as eagles; they shall run and

not be weary; they shall walk, and

not faint.”





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

JUNE 15.





 





SUBJECTz—The return and the re-

building of the Temple. Ezra, Chaps.

1, 3 to 6 .



GOLDEN TEXT':—“Comfort ye, com-

fort ye my people, saith the Lord.”





 





With the price of fowls up this is a.





good time to take off the heads of the ,





individual hens that eat but donot

lay. Theywill have yellow shanks and





 

 





 

   

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





1 . Front the Greatest Egg Producing Strains ‘ .

English White Leghorns, Brown Leghornsand 4mm:





. $8.00 Per 100 $3 7.00 Per 500

Odds and Ends $7.00 For 100 $32.00 For 500 I





Order direct, live dehvery guaranteed by prepaid mail.

‘ Reference State Commercial Bank.





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Main Hatchery, Zeeland, Mich.

Egg-





ROYAL B... CHICKS





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

’ 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, 5. P. Wiersma, R. 21 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 Livabllity.





   





 

 

 





 





 





 





Prices on 50 100 500 1000

Extra Select B. I'. Rocks & R. I. Reds ............ $0.00 $11.00 $50.00 $100.00

Foreman Strain B. P. Rocks ........................ 8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00

R. I. Reds from (.‘hoice Matings ..................... . 8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00

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

Utility 8: Eng. S. C. W. Leghorm .................... 5.50 10.00 45.00 00.00 ’

Special American S. C. W. Leghorns .................. 0.50 12.00 55.00 110 00





Mixed. all varieties $7.50 Der hundred. Mixed. all varieties, heavics $9.00 per hundred.

Full Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid. I

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

or Certified (.‘heck. Member I. B. C A. Reference. Milan State Savings Bank.





 





MILAN HATCHERY Box 4, MILAN, MlCl—l.

ON E M I LL10 N 5836 31%?" .ééécs'iifls'i‘z‘al‘o‘glnht‘laa





This season get our big, duty, healthy, vigorous “Good Luck” chicks and REAP BIG PROFITS.





Varieties. Prices on: 50 100 300 500 1000

White, Brown & Blifl’ Leghorns ...... $4.75 $ 9.00 $25.50 $42.00 3 80.00

Anr'onas ........................... 5.00 9. 27.00 45.00 99.00

Barred Rocks, It. C. & S. C. Reds” 6.00 11.50 33.00 52.00 100 00

VVhlio Rocks ...................... 0.50 12.00 35.00 54.00 108.00

“711. “'yandottm'. lllk. Minor-us. . . . 7.00 13.54) 30.00 (£2.00 120.00

“'11. 85 Buff Orpingmns ........... 7.00 13.50 39.00 02.00 120.00





S. L. Wyatt. Buff Milieu. Lt. Bruh. 9.00 17.00 4&00 80.00 ......

Light Mixed. $8.00; Heavy Mixvd. $0.50 per 100 straight.





; Postpaid. Full live Delivery Guaranteed. Bank Releren cc:

0 The Neuhauscr "GOOD LUCK” chicks are prized by thousands of

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 (THINKS. Ordcr right from this ad. with full remit-

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

iallser's Good Luck Chic-ks. Catalog Free. Member I. B. C. A. and Ohio -

ti. Ass'n. NEUHAUSE CHICK HATCHERIES. Box 72, NAPOLEON. OHIO.



CHOICE BREEDING B ROS.-—(‘ockerels and l’ullets all ages. Cocks and Hens. In any of our pure-bred

varieties. at all times. Prices reasonable. Write your wants.





BIG REDUCTION NOW SELLING

Pure Bred Big Value Chicks. Prices After June 20th





Leghorns. White. Brown & Buff ..........................

S. C. M. Auconas .........................................





 





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B. Minorcas, R. &,S. C. R. 1. Beds .......................

Barred &. White Rocks ..................

White \Vyandottes .......................

Buff & White Orpingtons '





Broiler Chicks .............................................





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





New Low Prices On Dundee Pure Bred Chicks"





COMMENCING lUNE 23.





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100 500 1000

Barre). Rocks .......................................................... $10.00 347,50 590,00

ll. C. It. 1. Beds ...................................................... 10.00 47.50 90.00

AIIL'OZHIS ............................................................... 9.00 42.50 80.00

mum Leghorn; ........................................................ 9 00 42,50 80.00





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

i‘rPni'H Dundee State Savings Bank. Order direct from this Ad or write for catalog.





THE DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan





“Egg-Bred” Pullets





. C. White Leghorns Exclusively





Eleven years’ experience in raising pullets and breeders. All stock on free range. Let OTTAWA Pullots

make money for you. Get our free circular before you order your laying stock, it will save you money.





OTTAWA HATCHERY AND POULTRY FARM. Holland. R. 10. Michigan.





BABY BHIGKS---SPEGIAL PRIBES JUNE





and July. Delivered anywhere. White Leghorns, $10 per 100. Barri-d Rocks and R. 1.711663. $12 per 100.

All flocks culled and inspwtml. Our own breeding flock of large true American White Leghorns. Laying

and standard qualities combined. 13 years' breeding, hat-hing and marketing experience. Modern plant.





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





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EGG FARM 8- HATCHERY, Big Beaver.

Mail Address Birmingham, Michigan, R. 4.





Reduced Prices for BEST Chicks





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

and strong. postpaid live delivery to your door. I NSTRUCTIVE .OAI’A LOG FREE. 3





 





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W Loghorns ..... S .......... .00 .......... 0 .00 .......... $02.50 .......... S “a

'Il'nd Rock. ........ 3. .......... 6.00 .......... 11-0. .......... $2.50 .......... 10

3.0.RJ. Rod. ........ 3.00 .......... 6.00 .......... 11.00 .......... 52.“ .......... 1





Strong: broiler chicks. no breed annteed, $7.00 per 100, after June lat. Order ‘ ,_

right now! Late customers were ' appomted last year. Quality andprlco talk Ant . . =3





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BIG BARGAINS

far June and July





Prices now within the reach of everybody. Got

chicks in .Tune and July and gather our harvest

This is the most eeonom ll time to

and the most. tavorable time to raise chicks.

You can get themin ineth big

cut: down your teed 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

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





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

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

regardless of price. Ourb breeders are producing heavily. our incubators workingto full capacity.

and. this cnables us to give these high- srade chicks at such extremely low prices.





EXTRA SPECIAL FOR JUNE AND JULY





25 50





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





by 250 to 280 egg males.......................... ........$2.75 $5.25

Selected Barron White Leghorns . ... . 2.50- 4.75

Extra Seleded Sheppard Mottled Anconas 3.00 5.75

Selected Mottled Anconas ............... . 2.50 4.75

Selected Park’s Bred—to-La'y Barred Rocks .................. 3.75 7.00.





PULLETS AND BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE

After lune lat we‘ ofl’er Selected White Leghorn Pullets, 8 to 10 weeks old, at. $1.10 each:

Sheppard Ancona Pullets at $1. 30 each and Barred Rock Pullets at $1. 50. Prices reduced for





After luly l5th we have 700 choice Tom Barron and 400 Sheppard Ancona breeding hens for

disposal at $l. 25 each. Also, selected cooks of same breeds for SI. 25 each. These must be sold

to make room f01 our growing stock. Our Space is limited. ‘



ORDER AT ONCE irom this ad. We can make immediate shipment.

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

guaranteed. l’ullets and stock shipped by express. charges collect.





SILVER WARD HATCHERY, Box 29, Zeeland, Mich,





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100 , 500 1000





$10. 00 $45. 00 8 90.00

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11.00 52.50 100. 00

9. 00 42.50 80 000



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makers Will ship any number (hicks irom 2 on up.

6. C. Anronas, S. C. Wh. and Br. Leg ......... 1‘00

R. C. & S. C. Reds. Barred and Wh. gRocks” . 120





s. c. Bf. Orpingtons & Wh. Wyandottes. .14c SIC





 





Special Summer Prices--By Parcel Post Prepaid





Do not fail to take advantage of these prices for they will include our number one chicks and specials.

Our stock is bred for quality and heavy egg Iroduction





Silver Laced & Columbian Wyandottes. ......... 150

S C. White Minorcas & light Brahmas. ......... 200

.Black Minorcas . 180





Odds and Ends .................................................





Order direct from this ad. Attractive catalogue free.





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

East High 81..





HUBER' S RELIABLE HATCHERY.





 





Fioeks culled by experts and they will be money





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With every order for 100 or more chicks we





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Greatest Layers

If you want pure bred chicks that are bred right. hatched right,





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

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





Tom Barron White Leghorns Heavy Type Brown Leghorns

R. C. 8: S. c. Rhode Island Reds Park' 5 Barred Rocks





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

hand picked and inspected nocrippies or weakiings. Every one strong

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

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





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





KNOLL'S HATCHERY. R. R. 12. Box M. HOLLAND. MICH.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





 





PRICES SLASHE





Late May. June and July delivery,.Shippcd postpaid,

l00% live delivery guaranteed. Barron improved Eng-

lish Type and Hollywood Amcn‘can Type of S. C.





,White lit-uhcrns. Shepparda Strain of S. 'C. Mottled





Anconas Dim-t. Dark Brown S. C. Brown Leghorns

and Barred Rocks. Scientifically hatched in New-

town Incuabtors from Pure-Bred Free Range Flock:

which have bet-n carefully culled and mated by ex-

ports and rated and certified by the Mich. Baby Chick

Ann. ()Iir Birds are winners at leading shows and

Egg Laying Contests. Also hundreds of 8—wk.—old

puliets ready for shipment. l’rices: Special Star

Mating chicks from flocks of one and two-yoar-oid

hens mated to 270-280 Egg straIn Males.





Townline Poultry Farm,





ON





EG‘GBRED





Certified CHICKS





100 600 1.000





S. C. White Leghorns & S. C.

Anconas ........... ..

Extra Selected Chicks.





. . . . . £12.00 $57.50 $110.00

8. C.





W. Leghorns, S. C. 1'. ..

S. C. Anconas ......... . 10.00 47.50 90.00



Selected Chicks, 8. C. W. ..



S C. Br. g. & S. .

Anconas ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 40.00 75.00

Barred Rocks . . . ......... . . . . 12. 50 60. 00 115. 00

Mixed or Broiler Chicks ....... 7. 50 35 00 70 00





ment.





Referenc e.





Terms 10% with order. balance a week before ship—

Zeeland State Bank.





Dept. M, Zeeland, Mich.





KEYSTONE QUALITY CHICKS





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

All Pure Bred Stock From Carefully Culled And Mated Flocks,





Full Live Delivery Guaranteed





Prices on 50

Extra, Select B. P. Rocksn & kit. I. Reds. ...............................SG.00

Foreman Strain B. P. ................. ...................... 8.00

B. I. Reds, from Choice nMatsings ..... . 8.00

W. Wyandottes, But‘i‘ Orpingtons a. W. P. Ilocks ......... 7.00

Utility & Eng. g. C. W. Leghorns ....... ........................ ..... 5.50

Special Amei'uan S. C. W Leghorns ...................... 0.50





100 600 1000

$11.00 $50.00 $100.00

0 70 130.00





Mixed, all varieties, $7. 00 per hundred. Mixed all ‘heavies, $9. 00 per hundred.





Order direct irom this ad. and save time. Send?

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





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The Keystone Hatchery & Poultry Farm,





 





W. VAN APPLEDORN, .





cry in the State. Pure- bred Tom

cones. Barred Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds.

{rem tested Hoganized tree- -range stock that make wonderful winter layers. Chicks

‘ sent by Insured Parcel Post. Prepaid to your door.

anteed. Sixteen years of experience in producing and shipping Chicks giving absolute

satisfaction to thousands. Writei'or valuable illustrated

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





Box 8,





Money Order. Bank Draft or Certified Check.





Lancing, Mich





SPECIAL REDUCTION 5 FOR JUNE

Highest Quality Certified Baby Chicks





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





Barmn English and American White Le.ghorns An-





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Strong. well-hatched Chicks





100 per cent live delivery guns





free catalog and price list.—





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free range insure strength

Varieties. in





rred Rocks (Aristocrat) GradeA





Mixed Chicks, 111831 Breeds. $8 00: Heavy Breeds,

.goo perloo higher then. above. Hatched under heath:ofin‘t‘lib.3116];i Every chick carefullyin





801m Order

AT Mill'lllillfl HIrcIIE'IIv. mm mm





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Prices on:

Wh. & Brown Leghorns. Grade AA. ..





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6000

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5:“ LOW JUNE PRICES

100% Live Delivery





Selected. pure-bred stock. Healthy Blocks on

k. “ hatching eggs. That is One reason why





100100

$10.00 000 3457.00 8 92.00





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t. Doubles A51 groade Chicks.

$10.00 per 100 stretch, pected M





full remittance.





“Educ.” IIicIIIeAII.





People ”you ‘ advise " me I, what

Would make tl'i6“ eggs smell bed?!

have about thirty young hens, and

sometimes aperfectl fresh egg will;

smell bad. my get on: of water. and. ,-

feed. No barngard for them to dig"

around. They" even perfectly clean

yard. -—F. L. . W



There are instances where hens helm bums- my“! em

have retained eggs for some time after 3-7“ "Aw“lw‘ 3°“ 32'





they were developed and ready to be





laid. In such cases the warmth of ILLINOI'IIST A 85” TED

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teriorate rapidly and have the odor. of Aggfingbmfl-bm‘is ”03.; inspected I

and accrediwd by Illinois Dept. .





a‘stale or spoiled egg. The eating of m mmm

sufficient leeks, onions Or any plant by Judge D. '1‘. no 111111011. core-

or food with a. very pronounced odor En tional 5312’. mm“ ”a bred I" m“

might give a. tinge of that odor to .the e” “mm” ”“1“ “.23“ ‘3‘1 0%“97‘ 500

eggs. Some‘fishscrap seems to give 15.33%!“ W“ Whom........sv 00 31;. £3. 3%.33





l'c-neteetnloe e





e fish fl r . ' . , White' 31ml. Bud 01-11mm” 8:00 16200 77350 /



553 a y avo due to the 0“ Th.°w11 mom. Light Brahmas...” 8.501100 82.50 ~



bestgrades of fish scrap have the 011 Asiérteddéli........ ...... .... 0.00 11.50 55 00



removed and then it is a. satisfactory to.- If... c3333 “Wfiffifir 19$: éflfim‘: $3:



substitute for beef scrap. WALNUT moss HATCH ERY. Box E], Butler. III.



Eggs sometimes take up the odors I‘lAY AI‘I‘ III‘I ,



of other products if they are stored in THE 1mm TBTJPAYS Each-3.59155

- , BAY RM cmcxs to



too close contact. ‘During very hot 11313111111 by oYur 265 years, a “mam



weather eggs that are fertile may 1the poem-g bfisines‘sntafindm a rem-Issuan-



make a. slow growth for a. few days. 1131111112113 eliminates. mrwgperiseng



Then the germ dies and the egg rap- ”gyms?!- Fnog. 5%., up Eon



' JEUN 01.: LIVERY



idly becomes unfit for food. This is Rocks. Reds, Minoms‘ 1111c oh“



because hen houses in hot weather are



very similar to incubators. The up , . £13.??8112311‘fi 11.111833 $1053.21! ’Mmm‘



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Stars rooms of houses are very h°t PINE BAY POULTIIIIIK I-‘Xizwmtm HOLLAND men.



and sometimes the cellars are musty



eggs can retain their flavor. For the



best results with summer eggs they



should be infertile and stored in a. cool



clean cellar away from other products



until they age marketed.





 





 





 





 





Leghorns. We breed and own Inter-

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Baby Chicks and Eggs. Grade A sloth



‘ produced by us on our own term. Rocks.



~A 11.6.. m Wynndollen. 319.00 c. Common name. .

Leghorn ”5.00 C..Common “2 00 C. CW.“ ‘

[00% line delivery. Vigorous And Inn «I no.



Gel the but. Custom hatching euI emislly.





“mums IIAICIlillY 0 ”till" MRI ;





POULTRY WITH WORMS. “'24





A neighbor islzsin; her four-weeks- Ballell Honk Baby chicks \ ,





 





heIr Win roo , .

$111%ybfgl{lsghtigkesat gum aroffidda feB. We hatch only Barred Rock Chicks from l

days, then die. A veterinarian exam- choice selected SIOCk shipped by pre~ 3

ined them and discovered little worms paid parcel 0st to our door, satisface 1

in the intestines. He didn’t know-what tion and aive dei Ivery guaranteed. '

to do for them. I have a, number of Circular on request. 1

chicks whose wings' droop in same THE KAZOO HATCHERY C0. 2

way and eventually they die, only R. R. Kalamazoo, Mich. ' ‘

mine eat pretty well. Is there any— _ 1





thing I can feed them or put in drink- . 1



ing water to help .them?—W. K. Buy Your Baby Chlcks 1



The tobacco treaétment usually ‘3.“ us I?” 5.9%.; gm" Waggmeey you, ”.223. t’11“...



' . c users 0 our c c s raise percent inst 0 only



DI'OVES satisfactory teep 0110 1101111 50 percent because our flocks are culled for disease



of chopped tobacco stems for two as well as htiéliiest egg ptrgductigiii and bficalt‘lse we 11am



. - nl n to mammo mac nes. 0c , W. Le-



hours, usmg enough water to cover 1t. 30313.1( m:S.tAlncona:.uBuI§l 0132;11:er 9: up 0111-

' large ree ca aogue e s a a 11 our superior,



Mix the-liguor and the finely chopped pedigree Stock. m

stems With four quarts of mash. Feed MICHIGAN HATCHERY a Pouusv FARM.





this late in the afternoon after the 3°” ‘ "olland- l|lloll-

hens have been fastened up and fasted



for a day. Two hours later give one CHICKS WITH" PEI:

pound of epsom salts in three quarts





 





of mash. The next morning remove RE "A m E



and destroy all the droppings contain— Sii'ssmlas' 0° MEI-$0 "0:“31

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mg the paraSIteS- wunoonzs. I50. III 8|





The above treatment is the amount

recommended by the Massachusetts

Agricultural College for 100 mature





hens. If it is used on younger stock Price Slashed





use smaller doses, depending on the . _

weight of the birds. Raising young on FIrSt Class ChICks .

We are making a big reduction on 25. 000 chicks {or ' ‘





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any eusnur'o. FREE CATAL.

HOLGATE cmcx HATE.CHERY ‘



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ChICkS on 3011 not recently used as a. June 10(1 deliveryf or later. All Chick‘s bred for heavy

. . ' egg pro 110 ion, mm [‘98 range SIDC We m

range by Old blrdS IS a great help 111 130%4113 deliveiy. Send in yourEorder atiliiigl as _

~ - - - m . Is 0 er may not appear again. 11 S. White

preventing 1ntGStanOnS 0f WOI‘ S Leghorn and Brown Leghorn, $8. 00 per 100? $40 for l

- ______._______. 500: $75. 00 for 1000. Broiler chicks $6. 50 per 100.

DRENTHE HATCHERY, Box l00. Zeeland, Mich. ,





L O 0 K $9 No d FREE 1

. , BABY FE EaIID W121]: 0133:" Post- .





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PIANO VI BRATES INCU BATORS.





Our incubator is in the libiearryfild 11%

the next room is our piano 0 1 Sto k 1 .C ‘ f . .-

do any harm to allllow my;1 children to ’ / ”:20 gufigsgxnglet Efiéé: 5:0 .

play the piano w 1 e we ave eggs in “t. he“



the incubator ?—B- (A. Member Int. Baby Chick Ass’ 11.

Owing to the necessity of using all WIIIIIIIIICI" 8 II I Red »

available space, I rolled back the rug Chicks and em for “whim. Both Combs. mam

in the library where the piano IS 10- ggrll’ghgrggltgéecgormzngefsss strain. Reduced prices

cated, and have been operating three INTERLAKES FARM, Box 39. Lawrence. Mich.

incubators in that room. I tried the





piano after setting up the machines, SULLIVAN QUALITY

and found the vibration of the keys





soon made the dampers on the mar BABY CHICKS





- Husky Chicks, 7c up. 14 heavy laying.

Chlnes SWing up and down‘ AS they pure-breeds. Hogand tested. Real Quality





tment this Chicks. 10 00% 11 I . .

ainedasgggyirfiilliggt: 1fifiitjlilstheregular m“ “"0”". Fag"; films “0. “marine. CHI-1°. ‘





tion of the machine. The amount of nos emu”, Ch“ A Chm“ on!”

the vibration necessary to injure the St . hum”. From hem 1mm 8. c

hatching eggs is difficult to determine , 3110:1113,an £05m“; figmsghgcrns 113:3}?

but I feel it is best net to play a piano 100 mn$.m No money down with order

in a. room Where incubators are locat- mm,“ w ‘9‘“th 2.;

ed. All jars and vibratidn are bad for





 





 





 





   

   

 





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the firm foundation of a cement cellar Leghorn B A 8'1 -C-fl-IX » _ , 1 ~. ,,

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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change of Com or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Dar 3 before date of publication





 





‘ Abe r-deen Anna 6 heifers. 5 bulls

Rewlend from eight to fourteen months. Best

of bleeding. The growthy kind that make good. Rea-





lnquire of F. i. Wither. Clio. Mich.





Walllnwood Guemseys





Young bulls from. A. cows for sale.

WALLIN. leniun. Mich.





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Choice nun Cal! 10 mo. old.

308- BMW” out of good A R. o. cow.





 





J. M. WILLI MS. North Adams. Mich.

For sale. Reg. Rysearling heifers. bull

Gum‘s” meealves. May prices





hireednu.

very reasonable .W. W. Bel-dicks owmianaten. Mich.





 





 





Ready for Service





A 28-lh. son of Echo Sylvia King Model.

Dark colored and well grown, born March

18.19.23



His sire is a 36~lb. son of Championllcho

Sylvia Pontiac and already has 42A R. 0.

daughters. including a 32- in. Junior three-

year—old.



His dam is a 58-“). Junior four- years old

from a 32-? -.lb cow with a. 305-dny word

of 816 76 lbs. butter and 21.3401 lbs. milk.

The nearest dams of this bulleverage

32.42 lbs. butter in seven days.



Bred at Traverse City State Hospital.





Bend for pedigree and price.





Bureau of Animal Industry,

Department C Lansing. Michigan





 

 





 

 





UNE 18 .shouldbeéa: day of interest

to Miéhig‘a‘n’ farmers” who are inter-

ested in the feeding of fattening hogs,

steers; and work horses. At this time

the year’s experimeirtal feeding at the





‘tMichigan Agricultural College will be





concluded and the results given out

to the public.



6 A program of interest has been ar-

ranged, starting at 10:30 in the morn-

ins. when a visit will be made to the

experimental hog lots, the different

lots viewed and the results of differ-

ent rations discussed. At 11:30 the

horse barn will be visited, where the

different teams will. be shown, follow-

ed by a short discussion of the ra-

tidns which they have been fed, with

.statements as to their relative cost.

and efficiency. Alfalfa has proven re—‘

markably emcient as a. feed for horses

at hard work, as will be demonstrated

at this time.



Following the luncheon hour, a visit

will be made to the cattle feeding

barn, where the babybeef steers are

on exhibit. At 2:00 o’clock a formal

meeting will be held, with the follow-

ing program:



“Steer Feeding and Beef Produc-

tion,’ ” Dean Skinner, of Purdue Uni—

versity.



“Live Stock Marketing,” Mr C. A.

Stewart, of Chicago, executive secre-

tary of the National Producers’ Asso-

ciation



“Discussion of the Results Obtained

in Fattening Steer aClves at the Mich-

igann Agricultural College, ” G. A. Bran-

ama



“The Pig Feeding Experiments at

M. A. C. ,"G. A. Brown.





 





JERSEY CATTLE soLD HIGH.





VER three hundred breeders at-



tended the Michigan Jersey Cattle

Club’s first sale, held at East Lansing,

Michigan. From the standpoint of at-

tendance, quality of animals offered,

and prices realized, the sale was a

decided success.



Thirty animals were contributed

and seven consigned to this sale by

breeders for the purpose of raising

funds to finance the activities of the

State Association for the coming year.

The willingness with which breeders

offered contributions to the sale, and

the keen bidding when the animals

were led into the sale ring, are evi-

dences of the fact that Jerseys are

looking up in Michigan and the mem-

bers of the State Club are keen to

take advantage of every opportunity

to advance their breed. The thirty-

seven head sold brought a. total of

$8,600, or an average of $232.43.



The only breeder from outside Mich-

igan to enter animals in the sale was

B. H. Bull & Sons, from Brampton,

Ontario. The five animals from this

herd furnished the greatest competi-

tion amongst the buyers. Greta 2nd

of Oakland 20860, a. splendid three-

year-old daughter of Masterman of

Oaklands, topped the sale at an even

thousand dollars, and an excellent

four—year-old daughter by Oxford Sul-

tan of Oakland from the same herd

brought $600. Another outstanding

two-year—old heifer, sired by Prince

Prudence 3rd and out of a daughter

of Blonde’s Golden Oxford, was con—

tributed by Mr. A. H. Goss, of Ann

Arbor, and sold for $550.‘





One of the features of the day was

the giving away at the close of the





 





 





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We Ofier a Yearling “firinfffismgtffg





617.9 lbs. milk; 26 69 lbs. butter, 7 days (officials)

at 4 yrs. A wood

times. Pedigree and full mrticulars sent promptly.

.VI. 1. GAMBLE. cm. Mich.





oodierul bull at a price to suit the





breeders. These bulls were given to

paid-up members of the State Associa-

tion who guessed the nearest to the

average price received for the animals





 





Holstein Bull Calf





3 1110. old very reasonable. light colored and straight.

Dam record 18 lbs at 251110. Site‘s dam

703 lbs.. butter 33 55.





see or write. Meadowhrook Farm. stockbridoe. Mich.





FOR SALE we have about .ten Reg. Hol-

stein Heifers. more than we care to milk next winter.

These heifers are sired by a 3-0 lb. Bull, tine individ-



and from tested dams. WHITNEY BROS”

Orland-II. Mich.-





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FOR SALE “31°33" m“...’.:.“i..'&'m‘°:.

lolk “WM ”PARKER? R. Q. Eov:ll. was.”





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Good individuals. Come and





Maplehurn Holstein. We. find





was with a guess of $238.





sold. Mr. H. G. Henrickson, of Shelby,

won first choice. on a guess of $228,

and drew the fine—yearling bull con-

tributed by Bert Shuart, of Ypsilanti.

This calf is a splendid individual out

of a heifer that made 661 pounds of

butter-fat and a silver medal at two

years of age. A brother out of the

same cow was first in his class at the

State Fair in 1923.



Mr. Emil'Anderson, of Goldwater,

contributed the bull drawn for second

choice by N. A. Andres, of Belding,

This calf is a





 





lent type cow of- Financial King' breed

ing that has a very creditable ten

months’ record.



The third prize went to S. P. Sex-

ton; of Bridgman, Mich" 011 a guess

of $239.40. This, bull was contributed

by E. 0. Anderson, of Shelby, and is

strong in the blood of Noble Sensa-

tional Lafl and McKay’ s Lad, the two

bulls that haVe put Oceana county on

the Jersey map.





 





SHALL I SIGN UP?





(Continued from page 788).



and preparation for market. The Ex-

change can supervise the work of

grading and assure the shipment of

only good potatoes and thereby re—gain

the good reputation which has been

lost. This is a. very vital service.

Farmers must be made to recognize

that no form of organization can ef-

fectively sell inferior produce. Ex-

treme care must be taken in the pro-

duction of and preparation for market

in order to insure a good product. A

good product, well prepared for mar-

ket, is more than half sold.



Michigan growers are not going to

receive the best prices until their po-

tatoes are desired on the market in

preference to those from other sec-

tions. Thy will never be so desired

until they are of good quality. Every

farmer is vitally interested in re-gain-

ing the good reputation of former

years. It can be regained if, through

cooperation, not one single car of in—

ferior potatoes is sent to market dur-

ing the 1924—1925 season.





Prices of potatoes are determined

quite largely by the supply in the en-

tire country and the conditions of de-

mand. It does not make much differ-

ence what the cooperative organiza—

tions do, they can not change the gen-

eral range of prices to an appreciable

extent. However, there is sometimes

quite a, variation in prices in the same

market because of differences in qual-

ity. It was not an uncommon thing

for there to be a difference of $1.00

per bag between prices of Michigan

and Maine potatoes in the same mar-

ket during the past season. The co-

operative association can improve pro~

ductive methods and grading and

packing so .as to place on the market

a potato which will bring the top in-

stead cf the bottom price.





Potato growers should join the co-

operative association because of the

real benefits which will come to them.

The things which farmers may fully

expect the organization to do for them

are, (1) determine market demands;

(2) sell in the best market; (3) prop-

erly prepare the produce for market;

(4) re—establish the reputation of

Michigan potatoes; (5) improve the

quality of potatoes; (6) get all the

market afiords; (7) improve produc-

tive practices so as to reduce the cost

of production.





These things cannot be accomplish-

ed by the organization itself; but they

can be by farmers working through

an organization. In the last analysis

improvement in agriculture is going to

come through the efforts of those en-

gaged in it and not from some mys-

tical process or plan brought in by

someone else.





The great things which are often

promised farmers are good as a means

of organization; but very poor for the

purpose of bringing about improve-

ment. It is bad business for farmers

'to spend their efforts in cooperating

together, attempting to do the impos-

sible when an equal amount of effort





.spent in other ways will surely bring





profit. Proper grading, shipping in

uniform lots, truthfully branding, and

raising better quality of potatoes are

sure ways of increasing profits. These

things can be more effectively done

through cooperative action. The time

is rapidly approaching when more at-

tention is going to be given to the

sound economics of agriculture and

less, to fantastic theories.





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lN QUOTATIONS

Monday, June 9. ’

-Wheat.





,Detroit.——No. 1 red 1.13; No. 2 red

1.12; No. 3 red $1.0 ; No. 2 white

1.14; No. 2 mixed $1.13. .

. Chicago—July $10414; September

1.05%@1.05%~; December $1.07%.



Toledo—Cash $1.09@1.10.



' Corn. ,



Detroit—No. 3, 83c; No. 4 yellow

79c; No. 5, 72@74c.



Chicago—July 78%@78%; Septem-





ber 78%@787/gc; December 720.





Oats.

Detroit.— Cash No. 2 white 540; No-

52





, c.

Chicago—July 46%c; September at

40140; December 420.





Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, 73c.

Chicago—July 6814c; Sepember at





c.

'léoledo.—70c.

Barley.

Barley, malting 85c; feeding 800.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.50 per cwt.



Chicago—Navy $4.90; Red kidneys

$7.25.





New York—Choice pea at $5.15@

$5.25;.red kidneys $7.75@7.90.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$11; alsike $9.80; timothy $3.35.

E Hay

Strong—No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard and light mixed $22.50@23;

No. 2 timothy $21(zz‘,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 $37; coarse





cornmeal $36; chop $30 per ton in

100-lb. sacks.





WHEAT





' The wheat market was highly errat—

ic last week. Prices dropped to the

lowest point in two months, then re-

covered a.good share of the loss, only

to sink back again. Rains which re—

duced apprehension as to the new

crop in Kansas, Nebraska and Okla-

homa, the defeat of the McNary-Hau—

gen bill, persistent reports of a,need

for more moisture in the northwest

and warmer weather everywhere, a

fairly firm cash situation, further buy-

ing by foreign interests to take advan—

tage of the breaks and the ebb and

flow of speculative forces in response

to these influences kept the market

in a highly unsettled state.



Unofficial estimates based on condi-

tions as of June 1 suggest a winter

wheat yield of 549,000,000 bushels as

against 572,000,000 bushels harvested

last year. The international wheat

market remains relatively firm. Heavy

exports from Canada have been offset

in part by a lighter movement from





Argentina.

' ’ RYE





Rye crop prospects are about the

same as a month ago but the cash sit-

uation is much improved. Exports in

the last month have been the heaviest

in over a year, and further sales are

reported from day to day. The mar-

ket has been in great need of a for-

eign outlet for the surplus. The vis-

ible supply has decreased about ten

per cent from the peak but is still





quite large.

CORN





Most reports upon the new crop are

unfavorable, with damage from the

dry weather in some sections, wet

weather in others, and all sections re

porting low temperatures and poor

germination. These have modifiedthe

more distant outlook for corn prices

and helped sustain the immediate cash

market. Private estimates point to an





and prompt





V increase in acreage but a lower con-





dition than a year ago.



Receipts of corn have increased and

the June run is on. The visible sup—

ply is not shrinking so fast as in May





; and accumulation may occur if de-

“ "mand does not broaden.

373011 a minor scale.

" ing the surplus from her record crop

on the international market and has





Exports are

Argentina is push-





cleared about 23,000,000 bushels in the





[last , five weeks.

OATS -





.Oats prices haVe turned extremely





poor crop of‘ winter cats is nearing





.mand has improved from the east as





. millets,





iatrong in 'the last day or two. De--





 





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well as from the southeast where a

harvest.

for shipment within a month, how-

ever, and any strength is likely to be

of brief duration. New crop estimates





range from three per cent larger to





three per cent smaller than last year.





SEEDS





Prices for most seeds drifted lower

last week. The exceptions were some

of the late sown seeds such as the

buckwheat, soy-beans and

cowpeas, the demand for which has

been stimulated by the delay ,in

planting other crops. Retailers report

a light demand for seed corn in spite

of the necessity of much replanting.

The demand from farmers for clovers

and alfalfa seed is over until the fall

trade starts. ‘ ‘





FEEDS





Feed markets are quiet with demand

extremely limited. Prices for wheat

feeds, linseed meal, alfalfa meal and

cottonseed meal are lower than a week

ago. Corn feeds, however, show a fair-

ly steady tone. Both northwestern and

southwestern flour mills are offering

wheat feeds freely.





HAY





Arrivals of new alfalfa hay are in-





creasing and the market is weak al-,





though the net decline in the last

month has been less than usual. New

prairie hay also is showing up. Re-

ceipts of timothy hay remained light

and prices are firm on good grades,

while low grades are hard to move.

Demand for hay generally is of small

volume. Many sections report a lack

of rain so that the prospects for the

new crop of hay are less favorable

than a month ago.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Fresh egg prices Weakened under

burdensome supplies and an indifler-

ent demand early last Week. A short-

age of nearly a million cases of eggs

in twenty-six principal markets on

June 1 as compared with the same

date a year ago shown by the govern-

ment report, however, sent prices

sharply higher at the close. Warm

weather in some producing sections

is beginning to show its effect on the

current arrivals and receipts are show-

ing considerable loss. The subsequent

shortage in the supply of better grade

eggs will help hold prices on the pres-

ent level. Heavy receipts of poultry





were re





 





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and current supplies probably will be





absorbed without forcing prices any\'





lower.

Chicago.—-—Eggs, miscellaneous 23@

23%c; dirties 21%@22c; checks 21c;





fresh firsts 24@24l§c‘; ordinary firsts

'221;§@23c. ' ' ' ’





Live poultry, hens 231;“; broilers

35@38c; roosters 14c;

geese 12c; turkeys 20c. l



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 23@24%c.

ers 48c; heavy .hens 26@27c; light

hens 24c; roosters 150; geese 15@16c;—

ducks 26@28c; turkeys 25c.





- The bean market advanced again

last week with CHP Whites quoted at

$4.65 per 100 pounds, f. o. b. Michigan,

at the closer Red kidney beans are

quoted,at $7. Deliveries to country

elevators have been small and buying

increased in the last few days, partly

by consuming and party by specula-

tive interests. Owing to the back-

ward season some of the acreage in-

tended for oats, beets or other crops

may be planted to beans. It. is doubt-





ful if last year’s acreage will be ex—I





ceeded, however.

POTATOES





Prices for [old potatoes advanced

sharply last week while new stock

continued to decline. C’arlot shipments

of old potatoes are decreasing rapidly

and are considerably lighter. than at

this time a year ago. The movement

of new stock, however, is larger than

last year in spite of the lateness of

the season. Shipments of new stock

up to June 2, totalled 9,162 cars, com-

pared with 7,349 cars a year ago.

Northern round whites are bringing

$1.75@1.90 per 100 pounds in bulk in

Chicago, while sacked Alabama Bliss

Triumphs are quoted at $2.40@2.50.





' BUTTER





In spite of a rapid gain in cold stor-

age holdings and a steady increase in

daily receipts, butter prices were high-

er last week with undergrades show-

ing the biggest advance. Unfavorable

weather conditions

various producing sections made pros-

pective production less certain and

was largely responsible for the firmer

tone. Present prices are too high ac—

cording to many dealers, however, who





 





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Monday,

CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 54,000. Market on desir-

able grades fully steady; big packers

bidding 10@150 lower; bulk of good

and choice 250 to $325-lb. butchers at

$7.30@7.40; tops $7.50; bulk of packing

sows $7@7.30; killing pigs slow but

steady; good and choice strong weight

$6@6.25.





Cattle.



Receipts 18,000. Market most kill-

ing classes strong to 25c higher. Bet—

ter grades showing the most advance;

trade active; shipping outlook is fair;

handyweight steers early up to $11.35;

several loads at $11011125; best year-

lings $l0.75; bulls strong; early pack-

ers more active.



Sheep and Lambs. -



Receipts 9,000. Market active. Fat

lambs fully 25c higher; sheep strong

to 25c up; good spring lambs $16.25@





16.50; few good to choice kind $16.75;





some held higher; no range spring





«lambs here; good clipped lambs $13.75





@1425; good fat ewes $5.50@6.75.





DETROIT





Receipts 535. Market steady; qual-

ity very common. .

Good to choice yearlings. . .

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 . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.00

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

Cutters....~...'..’........ 3.50

Canners ......... . . . . . . . 2.50@ 3.00

oice bulls 6.00@ 7.00,

ologna bulls 400% 4.50

Stwk bulls O l I 0.. O O O O I I O 0 3I75 4-50

Feeders ................. 6.006) 7.25

StOCkeI'B IIQQOOoDICCOIIII '5.25@ 6&50

Milkel‘s a o o u' o o o c o e n e c$45n00@95-00





. Veal Calves. , ..

Receipts 694. Market 500 higher.





 





 





June 9. _

Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.50@11.00

Culls and heavies ...... 4.00@10.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 491. Market steady, slow.





Best lambs .. ............ $14.00@14.50

Fair .................... 11.00@13.25

Fair to good . . . , ........ 5.50@ 6.75

Light to common . . . . . 7.00@ 9.50

Culls and common ....... 2.00‘@4.00





H3335.

Receipts 1,257. arket steady.

Mixed and heavy yorkers.$ 7.50@ 7.60





Pigs ................... 6.50

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

Roughs . . . .‘ . ......... . . . 6.50

BUFFALO

Cattle.





Receipts five cars. Market steady.

Calves at $10.50. _./

Hogs.

Receipts 25 cars. Market is steady.

Heavy and yorkers $7.65; pigs $6.75.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts three cars. Market steady.





Top lambs $14.75; yearlings $11@12; '





wethers $8@8.75; ewes $5@7.





 

 





 





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Texas is offering new oats -market last week.,,Demand was stim-

ulated by 'the-lbwer» prices,” however;





'at 37@38$§c.‘ ‘

ducks 23c; "





Live poultry, broil- '





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had no apparent eflect on storage op‘o’ '



.eratio'ns.7- , ,~

, Prices for 92-score‘creaihe «butter -





pounds, for "jirtteriii





were:~ Chicago 39990; New ,

,In- Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells





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GRAND RAPIDS ‘





Heavy receipts of‘potatoes unset-v“.

apids, market . and ‘ ' ‘





tled the Grand R

caused much



earl this week.

70 90c a bushel, the spread depend-

ing upon quality and the supply. Oth-

er Vegetables averaged lower. Quota-

tions were:- ._ _ shes 10c per dozen





irregularity in prices





- bunches; asparagus ‘$1@1.35 per dozen





bunches; leaf lettuce 16 2001]); spin-

ach 35@50c bu; rhubar - 60©85c bu;

hothouse tomatoes $2@2.25 per '7-lh.





basket; silver skin onions 15c bunch; ‘





Ben Davis apples 75c bu; beans?$4.10

per cwt; wheat 96c bu; poultry, lower;

Leghorn fowls 16@18c lb' heavy 1-9@i

220 lb; broilers 28@35c ll); eggs 21@

2135c; butter-fat 39@40c lb.





WOOL . '.





Wool prices moved slightly in buy-

ers’ favor last week. Seaboard mar-

kets report a moderat [volume going

tg mills and fairly. ext naive buying in

t e- west oc’curr during the week.

Montana Wools a being bought at





38@39c, or 3@4c lower than at the,





Opening of the season. Indiana quar-





ter-blood is being offered to eastern 1





buyers at'79@90*c clean in that state.





Local prices to producers in-Ohio and, , I





Michigan seem to range around 400,

with other midwestern states moder-

ately lower..





The goods market is still in the d01- I





drums. During the first five months

of the year, the mills consumed about

300,000,000 pounds of grease equiv-

alent weight against 375,000,000 lbs. a.

year ago, a reduction of 20 per cent.

This is still at a yearly rate of over

700,000,000 pounds, however. Imports

other than carpet wool since January

1 have been only about one-third of

the same time a year previous.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Saturday’s market was the largest

this season, with a total of 309 loads

of produce on Eastern Market alone.

Buying was only moderate and quite

draggy throughout. The supply of

spinach, mustard and other greens

was large and the buying only mod-

erate, with prices being out below 500

a bushel. Radishes were bought slow-





" ly. Asparagus was in good supply,





but the demand was only moderate.

Green onions and- rhubarb had moder-

ate sale. Offerings of potatoes were



Apples, No. 1, $1.50 bu; No. 2, 900@

$1 bu; asparagus, No.1, $1.50@1.75

dozen bunches; No. 2, $1.25@1.5O doz.

en bunches; hothouse celery, No. 1,

900@$1.25 dozen; No. 2, 90c@$1 doz-

en; chives 75c dozen; horseradish $2

@5 bu'; lettuce, outdoor 90c@$1 bu;

mustard 50@75c bu; green onions 40

@500 dozen bunches; potatoes $1.10@

1.25. bu; radishes 30@500 dozen bunch-

es; rhubarb 40@50c dozen bunches;

sorrel, 50@750 bu; spinach 40@75c a

bu; turnip tops 750 per bu; cabbage-

plants $1 per 100; tomato plants $1.25

per 100; pepper plants $1.25 per 100;

aster plants $1.50 per 100; endive at

$2.50 bu; eggs, wholesale 28@30c; re-

tain 30@35c; old hens, wholesale 27@

280 lb; retail 300; broilers,‘ retail 45





@500 lb

COMING LIVE STOCK SALES-





 





Shorthorns. . -



June 18—Northwest‘ern Ohio Milking

«Shorthorn-Assn., Napoleon, Ohio.



Holsteins. _



July 18—Landy C. Agle,





JULY SALE -





Special Steel:





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Will Offer. on Seale Bids—~—





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, Nine registered Holstein cows and two grades, to. the biggestbidder on.

'July 18th, ,at my farm, four miles south 'of Falwell. ‘ -- *





All bids to be filed with Farwell. State Savings—Bank, accompanied by

certified check of $15.00 not later thanJ‘uly 17th, 4?. M. “ _: . ' . 9:: -

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Pure Breed.





stock and price

STATE rams ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo. Mich.





Member International Balm hick Association

Msmb arm Bureau





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Send No Money Chit-.ks We ship 0.

0. D. 100% live chicks. postpaid. from pure-bred

heavy laying stock. White & Brown Leghorns. 8c:

10c; White s. Bun Rocks._





       

 





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o I C! A Iow choice service Boers and

3- sp pring pigs eithersu.

GLOVEII LEAF STK. FARM. Monme. Mich.





Francisco. Farsi Poland Chinss





Our spring plan are the best ever. 78 head to choose



. Outstanding herd boars st 835: pairs $40;

tries. $50. $5. 00 all! if you come and get. them.

R. P. POPE. I. 3. m. Hessant‘. Mich .





Poland China Gilts $20 at: 50

Registeredpe glstered Ram. lambs for Sept. 1st

Delivery. WARD InW. DUNSTON. Olarkston. Mich.

Fall Pigs





either sex, by the great Boar. The

Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best



of dams. W. E. Livingston. Perms. Mich.

. ‘ Bred gilts. spring. and fall boats.

"mph!” at bargain prices. 12th year. Write

Snyder. R. 4, St. Johns. Mich.





DUROC SPRING’ PIGS





Every Pig guaranteed satisfactory when you receive

it. Sand for actual photo and: descri pit on

STATE FARM: ASSOCIATION. Kslpsmazoo. Mich.



Mmb or Michigan State Farm Bureau





 





 





 





3008— Great Orion Se Isation (‘heriv King breed-

inn Herd Sire. litter M. mints to Gd. Champion. Jr.,

Gilt at Detroit last Dal Pic; ready to ski. Satisfac.

tion or money back. B.IE. 110$, Hills ale. Mich





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' ' ' ' Durocs For Sale.- Sprlng pigs 01'

. Reglstered quality and best or breeding.





ROBERT ARDERSDN. R”. 3. Bear Lake. Mich.





PIGS Rallsteredo.LC.8welo





‘ weeks old. guaranteed to

Price reasonable. L. N. WALTER. Beallsvllle.p10hlo.





o I C’s 15p ll“ spring gilts due to oIarrow in

" and May Wt. to 375.

Also this sprints pigs: Otto Schulzs ‘1. Sons, Nash-

ville. Mich.





o l c 1 Sept. bean. Spring pigs Sired by “Giant

Boy" and “Jumbo Bell Boy." Swiss bulls.

MILO H. PE‘FERSON. lonia. Mich.. R. 2.





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PAY N0 ADVANCE FEE: don't give option or tie

up real estate for any kind 0! contract without first

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Mich. Farm overlooking Bay

Equipped; 1200 Fruit Trees





Substantial reduction for early, sale: oxrrellent fruit

section: close village: 70 acres loamy tillage. pasture.

woodland. ,200 apple, pear, plum, cheiry. peach

trees: 8- -room house, delightful hay view: basement

berm. granary. ice and poultry houses. A11 $4.400,

Dart cash and to settle quickly machinery, tools. po-

tiwoeh. etc” included Details and how $3, 200 farm





hwght farmer $8. 000 fruit income passe 39 big Illus.

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srs. 70. Discount !.~ Ivor chick an 1.00010“.

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They will drive to East





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ginnflng early Wednesday morning.





_ '18.;‘nn’d meetatnoonfornbas-

.éEel: dinner at the picnic grounds on

the amide! tour will





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begin at the close of the afternoon’ 3





. program.

,‘ Feeders! Day will be of special in-

13013936 to Beretta-d admirers because

the thirty highcgrad-e white—faced steer

calves that? will have finished the ex.-

”periment in making baby beef will be

on exhibit with complete data- on the

costs and rates of gain with the three

lots on dimerent rations. The college

breeding herd of Herefords will be

visited that afternoon after hearing

and seeing the results of the horse,

steer, and swine feeding experiments

The toilr will leave Lansing early

Thursday morning and will welcome

visitors- at any of the following farms,

though tire exact hour may vary some-

. what from the following schedule:

Thursday, June 19.



8: 00 A M—Pl-no Brothers, DeWitt.



8:45 A. M.—-James R. Campbell, St

Johns -



9: 30A. M.——-Ja.s. Felspaugh, Fawler.

10: 30A. M..:——3 00 P M.—-Weisgerber

Bros, W. H. Kneol & Son, C. J. Good

lwin, and Harwood Hereford Farms,

near Ionia.



4:00P. M..—M J. Richmond, Smyrna.

5 00 P. M. ——Lloyd Becker, Rockford.





00 P. M.—W. H. Anderson, Sparta.

Friday, June 20



:00 A M. ——E J Taylor, Fremont.



:30P. M.——W. W. Terry, Remus.



:30P. M.——-Joh.nson, Rosebus h.



:30 P.M.—-George R. Wheeler, Mt.



Pleasant

:30 P. M.—.A J Hamlin, Shepherd.





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Shiawassee 00., June 4 —~Only about

fifty per cent of the corn is planted.

Very few beans are in Oats are back-

ward. Wheat crop is small Meadows

are looking good. The help situation

is improving—1V. V .B.



Kalkaska 60., June 5—The winter

grain crops are looking fairly well

Meadows are also good. The spring

is backward, owing to col weather.

A larger acreage of corn is being

planted than usual The potato acre—

age, howevei, will be smaller. ——C. W



Berrien 60., June 4.——Farming con-

ditions good, except that the season

is late. Labor is becoming more plen-

tiful. Winter grains are looking good,

but the acreage is less than last year.

Fruit is very promising except peach-

es. Planting is nearly comwpleted ex-





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Anconas





 





with the LiVB Stock.

.’ my fit the Michigan Agricul-A





rot comm poi: toes. not»



toes brin 1550‘; egg) 22c; butter 380;

unch.-—‘J. F. B.



sneaee 00., une‘ 2. —'A; week of fair

weather has enabled farmers to go

ahead with planting. All spring crops

are late. Much soil still too wet for

cultivation. The bean acreage will be

large. There will be more than the

usual acreage of sugar beets 3.180. The

meadows, winter wheat and pastures

are good. Many farmers are using

tractors. Market demand here ap-

pears to be brisk, with pricessome-

what improved—E. E. R.





 





 





Never run down a neighbor’s prop-

erty or goods and praise up your own.



Sows' supplied with an ample sup-

ply of minerals in their rations will

not eat their pigs.



Put some of the cheap eggs in water-

glass; generally practiced it would

help to clear the market of its surplus.





Gas Goes Down

Power Goes Up





on! Cars With





Evn'i'z'r'rr VALVES





They Never Need Grinding

CHAS. SlLK & SON, Detroit, Mich.

138 Woodward Ave. Cherry 6171





Poultry Shippers Attention





Make your shipments of poultry and veal to





l. W. Keys Commission 60.,





2478 Mopelle DelroiI, Mich.





"House of quick action and a square deal."

Quotations and shipping tags furnished on request.





Ship Your Poultry





Direct to

DETROIT BEEF CO.





Write [or our 'shippers’ guide, how to

ship live poultry, how to dress and

ship dressed poultry.



Detroit Beef 00., Detroit, Mich.





 





 





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iron sans-401d era-over land. Sheep





 





Farm Tracts on long time Cash pa merits or :on g! i i

plan. ohn





 





I 1! Seed 0 m gm

hisfltarsbu burg. Prrggqugam menus-m. Mich. G. . '

Par srocx

champ {Insulin—amen. “Collies. on nu-



dogs. mules. ”on Madam in.





mm

must. w.B.w|tso’n. nan .uscon. no.





 





REGISTERED Scotch Collie Puppies from nouns!

heelers. Silver-crest Kennels. Gladwin. Mich.





GERMAN Police and English Sheppard) cross

pies A real cattle and watch

males. $13. Milan Block. R.





 





r0I1?M lb

3. owardu lClty, Mm;



- rlving

Males $7. 00; Females $5. 00.10 Ward W.

Ulnrkston. Mich.





 





NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS—A real dog for form or

home. L. E. BillKY Pompeii. Mich





 





 





TOBACCO





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H0\IESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. 5 lbs. . 81‘j 75: Ten.

$3. 00. Smoking. 5 lbs. . $1. 25: Ten. $2 00. P81

when received. pipe and recipe tree. Farmers’ Oman.

Padmeh. Kv





 





HOMESI'UN TOBACCO: Chewing, five pounds, 35':

Ten. $3 00; smoking. the pounds. 81. 25; ten, 01):

pipe and wipe free. Pay when OOPER-





er.ed

ATIVE FARMERS, PADUI‘ AH re(‘KFINTITIC CKY.





 





BABY CHICKS





 





OIILS BIG VALUE BABY ("HICKS at reduced

prices: White or Brown LI-glioms. $10 per 100‘»: Bu!

Leghoi-ns. Ant-ones. $11; Barred Rooks, R. I. Reds. $12:

Black Miami-as. White Rooks. Bun Rocks. WhitoWy-

andottes. Biifl' Orpingtrim. $13: Goldrn or Silver Wy-

andnttcs, Partridge Rooks. White Orpinirtons, 814;

Odds and Ends, $8.00. 5% discount. on 500 or

more. ‘ 10% vent dim-cunt on 1000 or more. Order

from this adv. Ohl's Poultry Yards & Hewliery,

Dept. 100, Marlon. Ohio.





 





31””) TO LAY Barred Rook chicks of quality. Culled

by GXDI’TIH. $11.00 per hundred. postpaid. 100%

[he delivery. Order from this ad. Krueper Poultry

Farm 1': Hatchery. Milan. Mirh.





 





BABY (‘HH'KS'wROI‘lL‘L Rodi-z. Silver 1.. Wyandottes.

White Wyzmiioties, I‘Inr'onas, White and Brown Log-

horns and Mixed, have boon l‘llllf‘il and inspected.

Rodin-ed prim-s sfror May 20111. Sheppard Poultry

Farm. l.ll"llfl4'ltl. Miv‘ii.





 





All lead-

l.ivc delivery

Hatcheries.





BABY (1111 RS from heavy laving strains.

int: pun breeds. Low pr-ives. Prepaid.

guaranteed. Catalog Free. Smith Bros.’

Mexico. MO.





 





(‘HICKS "A liiitcli (Ivory wool: 01’ good strong chicks.

White Leatmi'us $10 per 100; Barred llor-k and R. I.

llvrls. $14 per 100; Wliltu lilll'lih. $14 1W1“ 100; 100%

live on delivery Iaiarautevd. IlzitI-liery 4 Miles east of

Mt. Morris nu Ml. Morris road one mile north and

one mile cast. l’luino No. 14-5 rings, Meadow Brook

Hatchery, Mt. Morris. Mlvli.





 





Ship Your Cattle, Hogs and Sheep to





Warns, lles and Dankert





Union Stock Yards. Toledo. Ohio. For Top

Big Fills~Quick Returns. Correspondence solicited.





Holmesfiluwe (30.2429 Riopelle SI.





Commission Merchants. Dresrzed Beef. Hogs. (-alies.

Poultry. LiIe dc Dressed. Provisions. etc. Correspon-

dence Solicited Rei’. Wayne County it Home Savings

Bank. Bradstreet. Detroit. Mich. Cherry 7654





 





 





English Strain S. C.





Broiler (‘liicks at



Order from Ad.

above varieties for sale.

a land, Michigan.





PLAGE YOUR UBDEH FUR BHIGKS NOW





White Leghorns at ............. 3 9 00 per 100

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Rhode Island Reds S C. a ............................ 1100 per 100

Rhode Island Reds Rose 0 at ....................... 11.00 per 100 ,

Barred. Rooks at ....................... . ............. 11.00 per 100





Satisfaction guaranteed. Plllli‘l’S and Hens from

PROGRESSIVE POULTRY FARMS, Zoe-





 





 





tieing miscellaneous artiilcs for sale or eX(‘.h8.llgt‘





Rates 8 cents a word.

consecutive insertions 6 cents a Word.

display type or illustrations admitted.





(‘ount





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





at classified rates, or III display columns at (ommercial rates.



cach insertion, on orders for less than {our insertions; let four or more

as a word caili abbreviation

Remittances must aiiompany order.





convenience of Michigan farmers.

Try it for want ads and for adver-

Ppiiltry advertising ulll be run in this dcpsriment





initial or number. No





Prices. I





 





 





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J lmghmns $10 l’wi Hundred





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at ............................................ 10,00 per 100 f

7.00 per 100 ‘

. QUALITY (‘lil('l{S-~ Postpaid. Leghoms. 100.





. Brahmas, 151-.

price.





Sl'l‘X‘lAl. ill-IDIII‘L‘D l'lllf‘l'ZSw—Rlood tested Barred

llm-k (‘llll‘km Pun-Jinn! stark. great. layers. (‘ontost

wiimI-rs. Gut new prices. Lust hatch June 17. SM.—

isfzii-tinn guarantor-(l. Aseltine's Barred Roi-k Hatch-

ery, ll. 1, (liniiiil Rapids. Mich.





 





BABY I‘llli‘KSwilvmarluible for size and strength.

Reasonable “FINN. Leghorn», Anconas. Rocks. Reds.

Wyaudmti-s. ()rpingtmis, MinorI-as. Spanish. Brahmas.

Tyrone Poultry Farm. ll‘enton, Mich.





 





(‘HH‘KS will Popular Varieties,

Standard (Malina Stati-

('llll'ks :Ivziiliihlo zit some

after May L’Ilili.





Egg production and

Fair Winners. No better

lJl'li'i‘. i‘lerI-iiiely low prices

Lituhfleld Hatchery, Liti'liflold. Illit‘h.





BLOOD TESTED STOI'K—Roclis and Reds, all test-





ed for .Biivillui'y White Diarrhea. Other leading

varieties. Our catalog tells all about them. Write

for if. H. II. l’li‘l'l‘t‘, .loi‘oiiio, Mich.





 





(lift KS Rmks & 119415.812; White 6’: Buff

100% live delivery gim-

animal by l’airil Koons Hatchery. Homer.





Mii'higun.





l'ost. H.





 





_ Rocks.

Orpingtons. Wyandnttes, Ani-onas. 12c. Lt.

Assorted, 7c. Catalog gives quantity

Missouri Poultry Farms. Columbia. Mo.





Reds.





 





t'llH‘K BARGAIN Jill)? and July Bairud Rocks, M.





 





 





.\. ('. Stink, $11; 'l‘uiii ll’Irrnu l} S. \Vhite Leg. $8.

.‘irwular. Iliilsiilu llllil'llll) Fill‘lll 1t 3, Holland. Mich.

S. 1', RUFF lll'lGliORN Baby ('hii‘ks from good lay-

ing strain. “'illuril “’letv‘r. Bath. Mich.

\lY llA'l‘l'll'l'lllY will run until DOi'tlnlbOl'. Grace

MillikI-li, Box 453, Fenian, Mir-ll. .





 





llll'HARDSON'S llOl‘KY RIDGE pure Parks strain





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





 





plants for sale. 12 Loading varieties. ('nbbaize plants

300, 750: 500. $1.25; 1000. $2.00: mailed prepaid. Ex—

pressed. 5.000. 30.25; 10.000, $10 cash. Tomato

phnts. 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 . 0; 1000, $3.50 post-

paid. Expressed 10.000. 830 c Largest and oldest

. Wm Positively guarantee good order

49‘1"” fl mom Mum J. P. Council Company,

‘ Franklin. Virginia.





 





 





FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS grown in open

new. soc. sitcom. $1.7 7:5 1.000. 32.50 by express

or panel post aid.

seedy nun '-

charges

fields packedln

moss. The Dixie Plant boo" Franklin. Va.





 





 





 





 





 





grain weiglier

tank complete,

Flier complete,





“washer with self—feeder, wiml stacker,

and mechanical oiler. SlH'l water

One Type S. Wilder's—Strong. Silo





 





 





 





 





 





 





Real estate. and live stock sdvertlslng have separate departments and are not socsotod as classified. ”1”,, "wk ll.- 1; ('hiwk- 6 1 0 .

LoMinimum charge. l0 words. Mich? ‘ Y 5: 31 06$ 0. Hanover,

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Rntee in Effect October 7. 1922 . PLANTS » Frost J'rnul‘ cabbage. Tomato <0 I'i'iJIH'I'. l POULTRY

Four One [out liiirdi' lll'lll grown, bl'hl loading Viirivtii-s. for ozii'li’ :IIIIl '

times tlmé timfsi liItH i-I‘npx. niiiue illOii‘tf varieties. 2003(51'; 301L$l:§

32 40 32.08 36_24I 500- $150; 1. 000 $2. 50, Dostiuiid. 10,000 I-xpi‘osswl S'l‘Ol‘K dc EGGS lillfl‘ 85 W. Leghorns. Orpingtons.

2:“ 2.16 3.“: $15. good Olill‘l' (ii-liuii and. prompt sliipiiionts miiiiv i Rods & Alll'tlllile, $1 for 15; $5 per 100. Darrel post.

2.88 124 .172 i anti-.0 l ’1‘. (‘oun ill & Sons, Franklin, Va. I'l‘urkcys, Ducks & Geese, Indianapolis winners. W.

.13 232 6.90: '1‘. Jackson. it. 3. South Bend. Ind.

3.36 2.40 7-30 ‘ 2,0an mm CABBAGE PLANTS loading varieties .

3.60 .4! 1.44 (.“h and 111th. I'm-paid, 100 451-; 500 $1.25; 1,000 Blhil‘lx‘nilNOm‘A and White Leghorn l’ullets. Hens

3.34 .56 7.6. *3 J5 l‘IXlll'I'SH 5,0110 $7.5” ('lillllfl()Wi!l‘, 100 “5‘.“ 21nd (lili'lIir I'lllli‘fru~ (>00 and Ill). (‘hli‘ks (3% and

L“ J“ 7-92 Sutnfuwtinii guiiriiutucd. List fn-c. \‘l'. J. Myers. “"1 .HPHS “W and “I" liOlM'l‘f (‘lIristopheL Holland.

4-32 ~72 "‘6 lit. 2. Mussilloii, Ohio. Michigan.

4.56 .00 3.32

4.80 88- . . ( m

5.04 .96 8.88 ROBI'ST Navy Seed llvuiiu. l’lll‘Hrlll‘t‘d. in condition at C ISLAHK MIN0R(AS Heavy birds, Northrup

H ‘ . .1 9 ruin. a uni: eggs $150 for 1.5. $8.00 per 100.

5.2g ,04 9.12 10.1)121111. lhrms dollar. per bushel, bags furnished. c_ J" Deedrk-k v.13.“ MM,

5.52 .12 9.36 Will my freight on ion llllx‘lll'l)‘ or over. A. R. (look, ’ ' ’ ' ' '

.. .. 5.76 3.20 9.00 Owossu. Mich.

25 _______ 6 00 3.28 9.34 110315 (‘O‘llB Rhoda Island Reds. Hatching Eggs 3]. 25

per 15.1’nstpaid Mrs Albeit Eastwood, R.

11” “41“"1’1" “’1 Gl‘lllANllfllS. 'l‘wp dozen nice young plants sent. Charlevolx. Mull.

Cia 0 e dittonflnudfitl 074'" postpaid to your address for $1.25. Any color or

or (hang: of top] In- liliXi‘ll. lilli'kll‘)’ Geranium i‘n.. Springfield. lllinOiH. SINGLE ("OMB 1111 [is Hatching eggs, from all no“

tandsd far the Clam'fied Departmm! mun' rsacli 2h” afir: In: will be halt ‘Dl‘ll'I‘ alter May first. Harry J. now,

days In adoanu Juli/[cation date. FOR S.»\l.lC~—Certitind Rural Hum-t Grad Potatoes. 283 Hum" 5'" Battle. (“‘4‘ Mmh

1.00 )i‘l‘ bu. (.3. l). Mm'an, I’liiinwell. Mi-ii. , . , ,.

$ 1 ‘ ’l‘UllleI LOGS from our fimous purebred Mem-

MISCELLANE'JL‘S ”1“?“ “11111713 “01110101 1M1 Niiiiouansvtt. White Hol-

li‘OR SAl.l‘}——(‘oniplcte threshing nml silo Illllm.r out. 11nd lint-1.5, 15 reasons why we have the meanest

_ fit, consisting of 40 ll. 1’. (‘lIM‘ 'l'ruvtiun output» will) “~11‘mllnstni‘I'tIII. Waltvr Bro». Powhatan Point. Ohio.

VEGETABLE PLANTS. 10 Million fine livid grown canopy and contra<-tors’ Fin-l lliiniii-rs. 29x50 (‘usv





 





WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY dd:

cnvelope for quiik reply. Ala-uA 'lconib, 3%





I‘cnter, Mid 1.1





 





 





congiloto (iii of Belts all in first-class condition. This



out t go as new. can be bought for loss than l’Ulll"l‘S—l'ullcts—Pulicts— Leg.

one-half price. Detroit. Silver Fox Farms, 12-243 horns Blill‘t‘d 110i II, Reds an'lgmAlgrnrgsn “Hiinildll

General Motors Bldg. Detroit, Mich. Jr., ll 1. Holland. Mii'lL ' .

FOR BALE—30x40 Red River Special Thresher. 8—31 I :





Blizzard. Silo Filler. Very low price. S. D. Shaver.

R. F. D. No. 2. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





WANTED—vCider Mill 0 aliacity 20 to so Bbls. Hy-

draulic or 30-113mm 12 Michigan Farmer.





SHARPLESS SEPARATOR—IOO-pound capacity. used

4 months, $45.00. Grant Vollsrd. Baroda, Mich.





 





 





 





 





HELP WM!“

SELL COAL in (‘arlosd Lots—Side or

per-lessee Unnecessary. Earn weeks pew-“i: ”use?”





Liberal drawing account arts. inept,

Coal Company 886 Coal snug m WW

HOUSEKEEPI‘.“ WANTl-‘D—An elderly woman amend





fifty years. good wages. on farm. German pretend

John Buiil. Mayvillo, Mich.





   





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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Lubrication or Merely Oil?





THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Indiana)“ sells you lubrication. It sells you ab-

solute friction reduction worked out with scientific exactness.





 





When you .buy Polarine you get, in addition to oil, the vast lubricating experience .of the

Standard Oil Company (Indiana)—you get the benefit of the accumulated scientific know1-

edge—both chemical and mechanical—which this experience has gathered. ‘





You 'get the net result.of hundreds of laboratory and.fie1d tests.





 





Tractor Chart of

Recommendations





TnAcTORS

0 ~ Motor





THE PERFECT MOTOR 02L





 





 





Andre I

m . ....... - - _

gingilfiiflw ”I... M E Made in Five Grades





You {reduce‘lcarbon to a minimum—you lengthen the

life of your: engine and bearings—you minimize repair

bills—delays—and lost time. , '

All this you get when you purchase Polarine -- well

worthawhil‘e, isn’t it ? . , .



' Thousands of tractor and truck owners in the Middle

West have proved that using Polarine is sound busi-

ness. They are following the Chart at the left. Your



tractor, also, is there. ' _

Consult this chart, and order a supply of the right grade





of Polarine. Then, drain your crankcase frequently

and refill with the right grade of Polarine.





Put» lubrication on a business basis—it pays.





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5.4:5mmmm mm'am ‘ Standard Oil Company





Standard Oil Company (Indiana) station. 910 s. m I I an Ave. (Indiana)