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0U tell fine glass with your eyes, hands; and-

cars. In the light, thebowl glistens with“ the

rainbow’s colors. In your hand, it is heavier than

the common glass bowl. When you strike it, you

hear a clear, bell-like ring. j

Lead, that dull, unattractive metal, in the form of

litharge and red—lead (oxides of lead) is responsible

for the brilliance of fine glass. It also gives weight

to glass. The piece of fine plain glass or cut glass you

pick up may be anywhere from 20% to 50% lead.





Although lead helps to make glass-





an object of admiration, it eon-

ceals itself so that there is no

visible sign of its presence. It is

in its more general use as paint

that you can see it on every hand.



0n farm houses, barns, fences,

any wooden or non-metallic sur-

face, white-lead stands forth





 





 





 





 





 





This man is giving the farm house white-lead

protection against the attacks of the weather





boldly, defying stbrms and sun-

shine, air and moisture, in their

attempts to start decay. On

metal farm equipment,“ red—lead

prevents rust from beginning its

work of destruction. White—lead

paint and red-lead paint are signs

of freshness and cleanliness, of

safety against weather attacks, of

protection against loss of money

invested in the property they cover.





Save the cast of rot and rust





Once upon: a time wood was

cheaper than paint. That was long

ago. It is more economical todayto

keep house and barn surfaces thor-

oughly protected with paint-—

White-lead paint—-than to





surfaces. Red-lead saves iron

fences, iron and steel implements

and machinery from rusting out

instead of wearing out in service.





Thousands of property owners

today'belicve in the phrase,“ Save

the surface and you save all.”

They realize that it is more eco-

noniical to cover their property

with whi-te- lead and red-lead

than to pay for the damage that

the“ weather soon does to un-

painted surfaces.





A hundred pages of paint facts





If you want to know how to save

the surface of wood, masonry or

metal on your farm with paint,

write for our “Handy Book on

Painting.” This book is filled

with essential paint facts and for-





mulas and will be sent free at





your request.





Producers of lead products





Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch

Boy red—lead are the names of the-

pure white-lead and red-lead

made and sold by National Lead

Company. On every keg of these

products is reproduced the pic-

ture of the Dutch Boy Painter

shown below. This trade-mark

guarantees a product of the high

est quality. .

National Lead Cempany also





Amakes lead products for practi-





cally every purpose to which lead

can put in art, industry, and

daily life. If you want informa-

tion regarding any particular use

of lead, write to us.





 





repair and rcplace rotted

parts or to rebuild perhaps

after the unprotected house

. orbarn has crumbled under

the attacks of the weather.





People everywhere have





 





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LEAD COMPANY





New York, 111 Broadway; Boston, 131

State Street; Buffalo, 116 Oak Street;

. Chicago, 900 West 18th Street; Cincin-

nati. 659 Freeman Avenue: Cleveland.

820 West Superior Avenue: St. Louis,

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California Street; Pittsburgh. National.



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_SURVEY of ‘ many eighty-acre



farms in central lndiaua, made by

the bdreau refragl'icultural economics,

Esbowed that opportunities for success

came to those farmers who «maintain

high standards of organigation and

management. The ’most successful

farmers had definite crop rotation sys-

tems including com, small grains, and

clover and timothy, with a tendency

to put more laud into corn .wherever

practicable: On these. eighty-acre

farms the farmers did most of their

own work, gwith efficient machinery.





‘Successful farming was reflected in





comfortable homes with modern con-

veniences, in educational opportuni-

ties given children, and in a. high

standard of living.





WILL WHEAT COME BACK?





 





N his return from an investigation

of European conditions, 0. E.

’Bradfute, president of the American

Farm Bureau Federation, predicted

that a wheat shortagawas in prospect,

taking the world as a whole. By De

cember he thought that American

wheat would be in good demand. He

found European agriculture handicap-

ped this year by cold, damp spring,

such as has prevailed in the Atlantic

seaboard states of this country.



Dr. D'avrd Friday, director of. re-

search in the National Transportation

Institute, at Washington, predicts that





' before Christmas wheat will sell for





$1.35 a bushel. His estimate is based

on a probable world-wide shortage in

wheat production as indicated by re-

ports from twenty important wheat-

producing countries north of the

Equator, and representing about sev-

enty per cent of the acreage which

show a decrease of more than 6,000,—'

000 acres, or four per cent under last

year’s acreage. '



The revised government estimates

Show serious deterioration in the win-

ter wheat crop and a ten per cent re-

duction in the spring wheat acreage.

The department of agriculture esti-

mates that this year’s crop will be

93,000,000 bushels less than last year’s

yield. It‘is estimated that the Can-

adian crab will fall at least 100,000,000

bushels below last year’s figure. These

reports have already caused a sharp

advance in wheat prices.





 





COURT UPHOLDS MlS-BRANDlNG

_ LAW.





 





DECISION under the federal pure



food act which will be of interest

to fruit growers and should have a

far-reaching effect in eliminating the

misbranding of

rendered by the, United States SIP

preme Court, in a sweeping opinion

condemning as misbranded vinegar

made from dried apples and labeled

“apple cider vinegar.” "



It was a victory for the government

and for the vinegar producers who

have been endeavoring for several

years to procure the condemnation of

this kind of misbranding, and it will

be a landmark among pure food decis-

ions because it embraces the broad

question of whether any food product

made from dried fruits can be sold to

the public under a label which always





made from fresh fruits.





 





FARM‘LOANV BONDS SELL

QUICKLY.





 





FARM loan bonds find a ready. sale





We: assumes rgsem

Bank {our and three-fourths per -





   

 

   





 





- farm loan act.





food products, was





hitherto has indicated a food product ,





in the money markets; A new air.

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bonds ‘ i meted “Shawn: June“,





, we mm .wima'uvay’mutes-Ja: 1:615 «-





mmésxveaiaut: Br magnum loan

board Show that in six years aim;

non to Ara-1130. 19:24, the Weighs:

oral land. banks built up a camisole: 79'





massed: reserve $4,732,000; surplus ' .

and: maimed mm $4,051,992, and





total assets or $94,833,849.» Every Bil-1k:





reports a" surplus earned from opera-





tion. ~ ~



The United States government owns

$2,000,000 of 'the capital stock of these.

banks. The farm loan associations,

during 192: and 1923, acquired 3min“,

imately $19,000,000 of Federal Land '

Bank stock, part of, the proceeds of

which was used to retire stock owned ’

by the government as required by the-

The federal govern-

ment has purchased and now holds

$100,000,000 Federal Land Bank bonds.-





FEDERAL TARIFF COMMlSSlOfl

FAVORSQLEO MAKERS. “





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AIRY organization leaders feel.

that they have just cause to crit-

icize the federal tariff commission for

its apparent discrimination against





the dairy industry in the interest of





the producers at vegetable oil prod-

ucts. .

Not long ago, a. resolution asking ‘

for an investigation of the cost of pro~

ducing butter'in the United States

and ‘in those other countries from

which our butter imports come, was

introduced by Senator-Magnus John-

son, of Minnesota, and adopted by the

senate. This resblution was in re-

sponse to the request of a large num-

ber of dairymen and creamery butter

manufacturers who believe that. the

present tariff rate does not afford ad—

equate protection from the competi-

tion of foreign butter. It was turned

down by the commission on the

grounds that no funds were available

for the purpose. '



At about the same time, however,





‘ the tariff commission decided to in-





vestigate, at an estimated expense of

$45,590, the cost of producing vegeta—

ble oils and has already sent out in-

vestigators to study the vegetable oil

industry, several going as far away

as China and Manchuria. The purpose

of this investigation is to see whether

it will not be feasible to lower the tar—

iff on vegetable oils, thus enabling the

margarine producers to compete with

the dairy industry more effectively.



The margarine manufacturers are

promoting an extensive propaganda

campaign to convince the American

consumers that oleomargarine is a

pure-r and more healthful product than

butter.





 





HOLDINGS ARE H EAVY'.





 





BE outstanding feature of the cold ‘

storage situation is the large quan~

tity of butter and cheese in storage

and the unusually large carry-over of

apples. The monthly report of the

bureau of agricultural economics of

the department of agriculture, issued

June 16, shows that on June 1 there

were 424,000 barrels and 944,000 boxes

of apples in storage, compared with

150,000 barrels and 380,000 boxes on

June 1, 1923, and a five-year average

of 105,000 barrels and 509,000‘ boxes

on the same date. 0 i

MEATS l-N COOLERS RUN BELOW

NORMAL. ' «





 





 





F meats of all kinds there were



1,029,511,000 pounds in ‘storage,

compared with 1,045,224,000 pounds in

1923, and a flvéyear average gol' 1,059,-

990,000 pounds; lard 128,206,000 .

. with 84,533,090‘





 

 





 





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\
HERE appeared in ' the issue of

“June 7 a very excellent article on





. “The Hog for the Farmer ” by W. J.





Crow. Mr. Crow is a practical kind of

man who does not easily4lose his head

over extremes, and his remarks are





" “pertinent





Many of our Michigan farmers, and

breeders as well, will hardly grasp the

full significance of his “grasshoppers”

and “Skyscrapers,” ’ as comparatively

few of them have ever been seen in

the state, thanks to the level-headed-

ness and practical sense of most of

Our breeders. There are exceptions of

course,'but they have already bumped

to earth along with most of the ex-





‘ tremes and freaks





It has been my pleasure to meet

personally many of the swine breeders





' of Michigan and see their hogs, and I





can say that with very few exceptions '

they are putting forth an honest effort





' to improve the hog from a utility





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standpoint They do not aspire to

transform the swine into elephants,

grasshoppers, rainbows or skyscrap-

ers, they are satisfied to keep them

just hogs. They are not trying to pro-

duce the extreme in any direction,

they know from the standpoint of





. good judgment, as well as experience,





“There Is a Long, Long Trail”





Two Watt: of Delightful “Touring Into Nature’ 1

By L. Maude Gibbon





 





OW that the spring days.have

finally home, one’ s thoughts turn

to the summer vacation and

where to spend it, in order to derive

the most lasting benefit, physically

and mentally; that one may return

rested and refreshed to take up the

burden of life and carry on with re-

newed courage.

Let me tell you of a vacation I took

a few years ago, that still lingers in

my memory as one of the best and

most restful two weeks I ever enjoyed.

One bright morning in mid-summer

we packed our tent and bedding in the

back seat of our little old—I won’t say

flivver, for we have it so well camou-

flagged, it is difficult to tell the make.

In fact, we have had a boy on a bicy-

cle follow us a block or two, in the

city to find out, and at last yell back

to his companions, disgustedly, “Noth—

ing but a fl1vver ” at the same time

giving us a withering look out of the

tail of his eye. But smiling serenely

we continued on our way, happy in the

knowledge that no matter what the

makeor year, we would eventually ar-

rive at our destination. Such is our

' faith in our car. Then why let little

things like the scorn of a newsboy

mar our happiness. What mattered a

broken front spring or blowout?

Hadn’t we time and time again dis-

sected her vitals,s

heart every part of her anatomy and

.all her strength and weaknesses?

We left our home in southern Mich-





igan. almost on the Ohio line, at ten-





A; thirty, and camped- north of Mt. Pleas-





. a: . ant that night, wishing to put “as many

“ “at! 193189 between us and home as it were





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SECTION THE CAPPER FARM’PREOS





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that the chuffy kind do not grow fast





enough nor produce pigs enough to be

profitable. They also know that ex-

treme coarseness is undesirable from

many angles. It does not appeal to

the producer of market pork nor to

the butcher nor to the eye of the show-

man.



Michigan breeders are not immune

from fadism, to be sure. They are

human and it is but human to lean to-

People like ex-

citement, they enjoy thrills and there





 





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have been plenty of both in the pedi-





greed hog business, but the conserva-





tism and sound common sense of the

Michigan Swine breeders have saved

them the great losses that have ever ,

attended the chasing of extremes in

any direction. Michigan men who

have lost their farms and come to





financial grief through wild specula-





tion in pedigreed stocks are few and

far between.



The type of hog that fills with satis-

faction the requirements of Michigan





 





Hogs with Good Strong Backs, Dee





on ahead to visit some friends at

Vanderbilt. ' ’ '



We had finally decided on Camp

Annias, on the Taquemenon river as

our destination, forty-five or fifty miles

down the river from Newberry into

the depths of the forest, amid spruce,

balsam and pine trees.



Tales of the north woods had always

had a'great fascination for me, and I

have sat by the hour and listened to

rMorgan, the other member of our

party, tell of the months spent there,

for as a hunter and trapper he has

been going north every year for the

last twenty or twenty-five, and has

comato know wild life, its haunts and

habits, as few are privileged to know

them. And I had always wished to

get far enough away from other peo-

ple so that my next door neighbor

would not know every time we had

onions for supper.



Joining our friends at Vanderbilt we

traveled the main thoroughfare to

Mackinaw, one thing to remember in

northern Michigan, is to keep on the

main roads. Don’t try any short cuts

or side issues or you are apt to re-

gret it.





looking after the tickets, etc., the noon

boat from St. Ignace drew up to the

dock, and as we sat waiting we heard

a sizzling noise and wondered what





could be the matter, but on looking-





around we noticed one Of the tires on

the old car' slowly flatten and the old

boat listed to leerward But skilled

:hands and quick work soon. made the





‘While the men of our party were





p, Smooth Sides, Full Hams, Neat

Shoulders, Appeal to the Farmer.





change and we boarded the boat a few

minutes before it was ready to leave

on its return trip. And by the way,

this was the only auto trouble we had

during the two weeks’ trip. Our auto

came through without even a change

of temperature.





We reached Newberry without any

further trouble, and storing our cars,

hired a man with a motor boat to take

us down the river, taking only such

articles of colthing as we would need

in the woods, our bedding and provis-

ions enough to last until his return.

For we knew there would be no step-

ping down to the corner grocery for

some forgotten article, whatever was

overlooked we would do without.





The trip dowu the river was delight-

ful after the first few miles, where-

deadheads or submerged logs made it

rather dangerous for boats, but later

with nothing to obstruct traffic, and

no police cop to shake a threatening

hand, we relaxed and left all cares be~

hind, thinking only of the enjoyment

of the present moment. The putt—putt

of the motor was the only‘sound to be

heard as it gradually carried us

farther and farther away from civiliza-

tion and into a new land of surprise

and promise.



Treeslined the bank on either side,

overhanging the water’s edge and as

the river curved this'way and that, it

left one wondering what might be just





around the next bend, and I thought ,

of the words of that once popular





song, “There’s a long long trail a-

winding into the land of my dreams,”





 





 





breeders, farmers or feeders, and the

type they are earnestly endeavoring.

to produce is closely in line with the »

Crow type as described in the article

above referred to. Hogs that conform

to this type are the kind, regardless of

pedigree, that any intelligent judge

will pick to lead the classes in any

show ring. They will have good strong

backs, smooth, deep sides, full hams,

neat shoulders, and all supported by

well—set, strong, straight legs and feet.

The head does not carry much pork,

but it furnishes an index to character,

disposition andfeeding quality, which

characteristics are hard to describe

but easy to see, and very important

items in the hog’s make-up.



The ton litter club ‘is bringing to

our attention with considerable force,

the importance of prolificacy, not only

in pigs‘ farrowed but in pigs raised.



About the next thing in line will be

a record of merit in the swine world,

based upon actual pork production and

the efficiency thereof. The thing is

already being proposed in several

places and we feel certain that Mich-

igan will not be far behind. Our

breeders will do well to give this sug-

gestion due consideration in the selec-

tion of future herd building material.





Rea/m





and I began to think I might be on

that. long long trail.



Once as we rounded a bend in the

river a young buck swam across, just

a few yards ahead of the boat, but as

he gained the bank he stopped long

enough for one startled look before

bounding away among the trees.



Young fawns played on the shore

nearby, while one a little bolder than

the rest stood in the water up to her

knees and watched us pass. .



Near the island camp we saw deer

feeding on the marshes, and one bound-

ed away in great high leaps, so easily

it seemed no effort at all on its part.

And while I watched these innocent-

looking creatures, I thought of the

fall when the hunters came, and the

great slaughter of wild life that would

take place, not as a necessity but un-

der the name of sport. How much

slaughter is committed under that

name—sport. And my mind wandered

to the stories of wild life written by

Emma-Lindsay Squier and knew that

hers was a heart that beat in unison

with the wild things of the forest, and

realized that somehow she could look

deep into the wild throbbing life of

these forest creatures and find some

good in each one and give tons a new

conception of kindness towards our

dumb friends. .



Finally I asked, “Are deer as plenti-





ful as this in the fall when the hunters '





come?”



And Morgan replied, “No, something

seems to warn them of danger and

they leave.”



We saw over twenty on our trip





who had never been privileged to see

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VOLUME CLXII NUMBER TWENTY SIX





DETROIT, JUNE 28, 1924-





CURRENT COMMENT

BIG battle is al-





 





 





A New ways preceded by



’ . skirmishing. This also

Marketing appears to be true of

Program struggles for progress





along every line of

.human effort outside of the military

field. The movement to improve the

marketing of agiicultuial products ev-

idently is following the same laws.



The present ma1keting battle star!

ed with the o1ga11izat1on of producers.

It was the general opinion that organ-

ization was the last step "in the solu-

tion of the peiplexing pioblem of sell-

ing and distributing the products of

the farm. It is now realized, however,

that this organization work has mere-

ly been the preliminary skirmishing—-

the lining up of the forces—the study-

ing of the strength of the conflicting

elements.



'This preliminary organization work

resulted largely from appeals to the

feelings and prejudices of those in-

duced to get together. The rank and

file 9f the members of these organiza-

tions are almost as much in the dark

' as to dependable marketing informa—

tion as they were when selling their

products to private buyers. This, we

believe, is not the result of a deliber—

ate effort on the part of officers or

leaders of farmers’ organizations to

withhold information, but is due large-

ly to the fact that such information

is not to be had.



If this be true, we should take hope.

According to late advices, plans are

being formulated for a careful study

of the whole field of marketing as re-

lated to the distribution of farm crops.

This, as we understand it, is not a

program designed to support any the-

ory about marketing, nor to sustain or

destroy any institutions now existing;

but it is fo1 the single pu: pose of ob—

taining real facts on the subject



This new marketing program looks

toward the analysis and classification

of marketing experience. Members of



' the staff of our own agricultural col—

lege are now lining up to take a lead-

ing place in this sensible and worth-

while work.





N another page in





Room this issue are giv-

f en figures showing

or the” growth of cow

More testing associations in





" this state during the

past two years. Remarkable as this

"growth has been, there is much room

:01. further expansion in a service





 





iples as this type of cooperative





 





‘ ;, Weakly unmixed 1:43 (bomb: 1m.





bonded on such sound business min;





the highest returns at ’ ,. ~ _-

of cost and breeding; to sires of. qual





ity. all lead directly to more econom '





ical production or dairy products



But the influence of cowtestlng as-

sociatiofis’ is reaching béyon’d- this mat—

ter of dealing with boarder cows and

replacing them .with goodones. The

men chosen as‘ testers of some associa-

tions are now aiding the members

with problems of production. , They

carry from farm to farm as they go

on scheduled monthly trips, valuable

information about farming in the com-

munity in' which they operate. One

month these men, at the’ advice of the

county agent or other extension men,

may emphasize the use "of lime, the

next month he may‘post his patrons

on the values of legumes and adapta-

ble varieties and kinds. He may go

so far as to cull the poultry docks and

perform many other tasks which make

his efforts valuable to those whom

he visits.



This very definite service in addi-

tion to the regular duties, is going far

in selling to the business farmer the

advantages of having a. cow tester

come to his farm once each month.





F one is a conserva-





Conserva- tive he often won-

. ders “why in thun-

tlv? or der” we have. such



Radical? folks as radicals to



disturb our peace of

mind. If one is of radical turn of





mind he undoubtedly tries to figure

why such a. thing as a. conservative

should be included in the general

scheme of things.



As a matter of fact, both are neces-

sary to our progress and to our Sta-

bility. Every one who has a place in

history as one who- has helped the

progress of civilization was a radical

in his time. But he was one who had

such soundness to his radicalness that

he eventually broke through the great

wall of conservatism.



In all walks of life we have those

who wish to tear down what our pres-

ent civilization rests upon. We also

have those to whom a change is pain-

ful and who are therefore so satisfied





with “things as is” that they would“





fight for it.



If we allowed the radicals to con-

trol, our civilization would be chaos.

If we gave free rein to the conserva-

tive, we would probablystill be using

the crooked stick as our principal im—

plement of agriculture.





Is it not fortunate, then, that we

have the great mass of common people

who are middle—of-the-roaders, who act

as shock absorbers against the radi-

cals and as prodders to the conserva-

tives? It is the prevailing thought of

the common people and its gradual

change which makes for progress in

our civilization. It is the common peo-

ple who have generally deemed it ad-

visable to let the conservatives rule

and the radicals to furnish the prods

with which to stir the conservatives to

action.





ORE than ever





Taking the before, the Amer-

Lo ican farmer is think-

ng of the future. He is

Range wondering how long





it might be before his

turn at the horn of plenty will come

and how long economic and political

forces will permit him to remain once

he arrives.



Our economists have taken the pains

to tell us that “the whole economic

tide is against an increase of Euro-

pean demands and high prices for

American foodstuffs in the immediate

future. The solution of the farmer’s

ills must, therefore, be sought in in-

ternal readjustments to a changed

world situatidn”





These Conclusions are based largely .





upOn the fact that Europe’ 3 agricul-





«‘ture is recovering fasterfromwthe. ef~

‘fects' ‘of war than is her industnypand,





 





demand for agricultural products viii: '





grammar be satisfied with products

from other continents g 3



Since reduced production of crops

on American farms this year promises

to adjust matters in favorof the farm—

er, it wouldseem‘ that hi3 prosperity

\might continue for some time to come,

for Europe’s gradual industrial recov-

ery should prove a sustaining factor





in helping the Anierlcim farmer'after'





he has adjusted his production to

American demands. ._



Taking a long range view at condi-

tlons as they now exist, it would ap~

pear, therefore, that the future holds

out a. promising situation to the Amer-

ican farmer.





HERE ’ are times





When To when strenuous

. work pails on one; it

”It 1:,” gets on one's nerves

Trail and instills a desire





to get away. It is

rightly so, for we humans are not

built for one continuous grind, and for

physical and mental welfare :1 change

is often advisable.



The farmer is fortunate in having a

variety of work and periods in which

his endeavors are not strenuous. But

there are times, especially in spring,

when. there comes a. multiplicity of

duties which sometimes seem beyond

one’s ability to attend. Such things

are wearing, and that longing to get

away, if for only a. day, is likely to

predominate.



As the season grows into summer

the work becomes a little less strenu-

ou's, but the old feeling still prevails.

Then thought should be given to this

inner desire and arrangements made

to fulfill it. A few hours, a half day, a

day or a few days should be given to

going somewhere.



It might pay to neglect a few things





and pack the family in the old bus, or .

in the buggy behind old Dobbin, to go_





for a change of scenery. You will un-

doubtedly enjoy yourself, but even if

you do not, the change will do you

good. And when you get back you

will observe with happy wonderment

how the corn and other crops have

grown. You will be pleased at the

bounding glee with which the dog

greets you. The caclsling of the chick-

ens and the neighing of the horses

will be music in your ears. Home will

look good again, and work will be re-





sumed with renewed determination for"





another period.



Whenever work permits, hit the

trail, for it does one good to see new

things and to experience new experi-

ences. Variety is the spice of life and

a little spice now and then makes

regular living taste the better.





' OW fast our lit«

Those





tla world moves!



It takes but a. brief



Great period to bring about

Surpluses decided changes in





world conditions. The

problem of production is one that is

ever changing. If we think back just

a few years we remember that there

was so much talk about the pier-pro-

duction of wool that there was scarce-

ly any market for it. It was freely

predicted that wool production in the

United States would never again be

profitable, yet within two years the

great surplus had entirely disappeared

and wool was a. profitable product

again, and sheep and lambs selling at

a premium.



We have hardly finished reading

about the enormous surplus production

of wheat which our farmers have. so

“foolishly grown and dumped upon the

world's markets, ” and volumes of- log—

ical reasons why we in this country

could never compete with the cheap

production in Russia and other coun~

tries, when our noted economists come

out and tell us there is no such thing

as a. wheat surplus with five million





 

 

 

 





 

 





farmer s doomrd last fal , (





itles tells us they will be selling for

per pound before the year- closes. '

is trul‘.

a. grea





agreed: world; to live in, and

thne to be living. , Waste





surely traveling swiftly; -‘We go from





poverty to- plenty almost overnight

and vice versa. Evidently: the tinie to

go- in for production of any farm;-





surplus of it. People are prone to be





prodigal with anything. of which their}.

is a plenty and can be depended upon,





to quickly eliminate a surplus of any-





thing, whether it be wheat, or dollars, -





 





,to reports), is apparently close now .10.

a. scarcity, and one of our best author-





.,elevcn cents, 111.3th of seven. cent; : -

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"grown'commodlt-y is when there isfa '





, Commeflcemunt.

OMMENCEMUNT is the begin-,

nin’; there {ain’t no doubt about





that, ’cause my friend, Mr. Webster,

says so in his book. Then fer that

reason I can’t see why these schools

of higher educashun calls the end the

beginnin’. They ought ta have more

sense than ta show their ignorance by

connterdictin’ the facts





I don’t know no Greek ’cept “_Yes, we

have no bananas today,” so maybe

commencemunt means somethin’ in

Greek What it don’t mean in English.

Fer inst, they got

a. ‘lot of these





ties in those in-



stitooshuns o f



learnin’, but this



pie stuff they

show you ta read

looks like it ought



ta belong ta. 8.



Chinese washin’

‘ foundry.



Well, I went to one of those com-

mencemunts. At the beginning of the

commencemunt a lotta stewdunts what

is goin’ to get graduated come march-

in in with black nightgowns on. They

also has square hats on, which is ta

show they’s been square in passin’

their examinashuns, ta, graduate. In

other words, they either done their

own examinashuns or don't owe noth—

in ta those what’s done the examina-

shuns fer them.





The main part 0’ the program is a

man what, in a speakerish way, tells

them about their duties to the world,

and a lotta other advice. Seein' as no-

body likes advice, mosta the stewdunts

go ta. sleep in this part 0’ the pro«





 





 





gram. So did I, so I can’t tell you





how that man says fer one to be a.

success in life.





Well, after you wake up, the stew-

dunts get their diplomats, which givw

them full rights and privileges of

learnin’ how ta earn their own livin’.

They’s some what has earned their

own livin’ goin’ ta school; they’ll know

more about it than the others. But

some of the others will find it so hard

ta learn that they will maybe join the

“I won’t Workers” and the “Anchunt

Order of Hoboes. ”





Well, after they get their diplomats,

these stewdunts go home ta show the

folkses there how much they know,

and, in most cases, show their ignor-

unce a whole lot. ‘





I’ve just found what Commencemunt

means. In goin’ ta school these stew-

dunts think they is souper-humans,

which ta me means fulla soup. Well,

commencemunt is when they is going

to commence ta realiZe that they is

common folkses just like the rest

ofA us. ‘ ‘



. , Acollige educashun makes some

folkses and unmakes others. I fe’el





sorry fer the one’s What it unmaké‘y





and congratulate 'those it mat





 





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‘ tired other

‘ Which brings " the





bits ’ of local excitement.

’ population out: en

mess—but this time it was the “Clo-

v‘erland Dairy "Specia ," a dairy dem-

onstration train .which this month

(June) is' making a trim 'of forty—two

agricultural] communities throughout

'the peninsula, preaching the gospel of

better sires; feeding, breeding and

weeding. - ,. » . ‘

~ The day was ideal—bright and





' 'warm, one of the. first bright and





-'warm days of the upper Michigan sum-

mer. The train had been advertised,





A ‘ and though the plowing and planting





are a bit late up here this year, there

was a goodly and enthusiastic crowd





of farmers out to witness the proceed:





ings. . . . ,

. Everything went - smoothly—the

speeches; the demonstrations; the





tflp through the stock cars and all,





when, suddenly—but just a moment. .-





Aren’t we going a bit too fast? Why,

you don’t even know the whys and

wherefores of this “Cloverlan'd Dairy

Special" we are talking about.



What It is.



Dairying, as the branch, of agricul-

ture best suited to the Upper Penin-

sula of Michigan, is on a. decided up-

grade throughout that district. In fact,

so wide-spread has the movement be-





came during the past year alone that‘





there is today an energetic and effec-

tive better-dairying campaign now in

progress-in the twelve agricultural





/ .‘ Lucky

How





’ HEY say that farmers won’t get





together, that they won’t stick!

That farmers’ .

terprises fizzle out, et cetera.

truth in these claims, all right, so it

is refreshing to discover a bunch of

farmers that did get together and are

still glued. .

They also—they that know the farm-





- ing game from the calloused hand,





sweaty-shirt angle—claim that lady

luck seldom tries to vamp a farmer.

Nothing erroneous about that state-

ment either. Again, then, is interest

aroused to discover that luck—“Bull"

luck—recently smiled upon this afdre-

mentioned cooperating bunch of farm-

ers.





‘ The bunch, alias The Rives Bull As—

sociation, all buy sugar and nails at





Rives Junction, Michigan. Here they

are, with the number of cows pledged

to theiassociation:





A. H. Perrine, president, pledges fif—

teen pure-breds; Ben L Smith, vice-

president, 'ten pure-breds; L. F. Fos—

ter, secretary-treasurer, twelve, (one

member,

eight, ‘(two pure-brads); Burt’Phelps,

’ member, twelve grades; C. J. Coch-





-pnre-bred); Will Perrine,





_«.;1,'an, member, five, (three pure—breds);





L ,Lee H. Foster, member, ten, (one

.purebmdl-; Burt Blair, member, ten,

(one pure-bred); Clare Darling, mem-



. . her; fifteen, {eight pure-brads),

’ .-.§‘;'Ib§&1 Olhinctyseven cow‘s,- Of which





 





 





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. Never ‘were things working finer.

The. whole machinery under full steam»

power, functioned. College extension

workers and: local specialists were eag— '

erly, listened to by Open-minded farm-

ers; while behind the whole program

were the business men and the rail-

roads ,ofthe peninsula, doing their ut-

most- to anchdr northern Michigan as-

riculture on the solid rock. of dairying,

buttressed in high production cows.



One definite result of this train is

the placing of a half-hundred pure-

bred dairy sires in the peninsula. The

distribution of pure-bred sires, how-

ever, ‘is not the primal purpose of the

train, for the present, for accompany-

ing the train are some dozen or more

dairy specialists who participate in

the‘program at each stop. And that

program includes talks on breeding;

feeding; the organization of bull and

cow testing associations; financing

the dairy herd; marketing the product,

and in fact, practically every phase of ,.

modern dairy management.



And there is a live and kicking ani-

mal carried along to emphasize every

argument. There is old “Gunpowder,”

the lowliest “scrub” cow that ever rat-

tled her meager offerings into a rusty

pail; last year she gave a. small mar-

gin over 3,000 pounds of milk;——but

right there, standing. next to her, is

her daughter, from a pure-bred sire,

who doubled the production of her

low-caste parent on an annual test,

and lo and behold, here comes the





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grand-daughter, likewise from a pure-





bred, whose annual production record





. more than doubled that .of her mother





and just about trebled, in milk and

butter-fat, the measly mite which

grandma gave in return for her board

and room .- .



And there’s His Majesty King Segis

de Kol-T—or something—with a placard

above him, showing what he contrib-

uted to humanity through the produc-

tion records of his offspring. And he’s

still going strong. Right beside him

——somewhat belittled by the compari-

son, is the nameless scrub sire, [and





above him—though small credit to be





sure-the records of his offspring, etc.

And so it goes, for an hour—some—

times two—according "to the size of

the crowd and the interest manifested.

Psychology enters in here a bit—-

and'the boys who organized the train

certainly had the right idea. First,

they went out into the dairy regions

and picked up some forty-five pure—

bred, registered, pedigreed dairy sires,

at prices which, perhaps, would have

been impossible were it not for the

“Cloverland Dairy Special.” They are

largely Holsteins and Guernseys. They

shipped them in, with the papers and

all records appertaining‘thereto, and

hooked them onto the rear of the train.

So here we are at Beaver, in Delta

county. The last of the demonstra-

tion animals has been led back to his

stall. There is keen excitement and

interest. The crowd scrambles for the

cars, and pushes through from one,





 





 





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exhibit to another. .There is 'desire

written on the face of every farnier.’

in the group—the desire for a better V

herd—-the keen desire for a pure-bred»





dairy sire with which to begin, bet.” .





once, the building up of the herd al-

ready owned. ' ’ ,_ ~



And so—‘three husky looking fellows, .j

Belgians in this case, step up to one ’

of the dairy specialists whom he.

chances to meet on his way through

the cars, and says: “Meester——-you

show us those pure—bred. We buy—

maybe.” They are led back into the

rear car; they are given their pick of

the animals on display there; they are

given the benefit of the price which,

with the freight and other incidentals

added thereto, would have been almost

doubled had they bought direct from

the breeder, and, there at Beaver,

those three Belgians bought their first

pure-bred bull, organized their bull as—

sooiation before leaving the train;

elected their president and secretary;

paid their money; took the animal and

his record sheets—and went ofi home

——to build up three more dairy herds

for Cloverland, the Upper Peninsula

of Michigan. ‘



That has been typical of the experi-

ence at the first fourteen stops made

to date by the “Cloverland Dairy Spe—

cial,” on its swing through the Upper

Peninsula of 'Michigan. Fourteen

stops—fourteen bumper meetings—-

and fourteen pure-bred bulls left be-

hind to preach the gospel of better

dairying and bigger profits.



Now that’s cooperation. That’s plan-

ning. That’s results, and that’s why

we say, perhaps a bit boastingly, that

the Cloverland Dairy Special is the

greatest' individual feature of the

dairy-improvement program in upper

Michigan this year—and the feature

which will contribute more to the an-

nual growth and progress of Clover-

land’s dairy industry than anything

else thus far attempted.





Farmers at Rives Junction





needed most as dairymen and breed-

ers of Holstein cattle was a real bull.

They figured that collectively they

could buy a better bull than any one

of them could afford to’ buy all by his

lonesome. They allowed that using an

extra high-class sire would mean more

profitable cows to milk after awhile,

would mean that their surplus stock,

either pure-bred or grades, would sell

to better advantage if sired by or in

calf to a far-better-than—ordinary bull.



In completing their organization in

January, 1923, these men were assist-

ed by the. county agent of Jackson

county, R. E. Decker, and by S. J.

Brownell, then with the Dairy'Depart-

ment of the Michigan Agricultural Col—

lege. J. G. Hays, employed jointly by

the Dairy Department of M. A. C., and

the Michigan State Holstein Associa-

tion, also gave a boost or two toward

the last.



King Sylvia Ferndalc Aaggie 387538.



That’s the name of the bull the

bunch finally purchased. He was born

‘November 14, 1921. They paid a good

sum for him, too, but it ~did not come

so hard on' any one member because

each paid his share in proportion to

the number of cows he expected to

brebd to the bull.



As to, breeding, just “lookit”: His

sire is Echo Sylvia King Model, the

senior herd sire of the Traverse City

State Hospital, whose dam has, three





. records above thirty-three pounds, the

(highest 36.13 pounds, and herdam a





‘ gtwlce’ thirty—seven—pound cow;





' Fiddle whang:





Then" his dam, JRubertdale Flint





,Tfiey Planned to Have Lao/é T flr‘mt Upon





Ferndale Aaggie, put the nice little

sum of 32.37 pounds of butter, and

561.1 pounds of milk in the pail in a

week; while her darn did 31.05 pounds

of butter and 487.9 pounds of milk.



Now, this bull had to have a home,

so the bunch provided him with a cou—

ple of them. He sojourns with A. H.

Perrine for three weeks and is then

ambled over to the L F. Foster farm

for a like stay. The rest of the bunch

chip in in proportion to the cows they

breed to pay these homemakers for

the expense of care and feed.



Sixteen months have rolled around

and all is well with the Rives Bull As~

sociation. Bull looking better every

month, stuff getting safe in calf to

him, calves starting to come, straight,

stylish rascals, members agreeing O.

K. All lovely and then:



Here Comes the Luck.



Let the trumpets sound and the Bull

C. S. Heeg & Sons, of

Howell, Michigan, who sold the bull

to the Rives bunch re—tested the dam,

Rubertdale Flint Ferndale Aaggie, and

made 36.18 pounds of butter from 631.3

pounds of milk. 4



The Rives .bull now has an average





‘seven-day production from his three





nearest dams of 34.45 pounds of but-

ter. What breeder in Michigan has a.

sire boasting of better than that? And

don’t forget that the sire of the Rives

Bull, Echo Sylvia King Model, the Sen-

ior Herd Sire at the Traverse City

State Hospital, has for average pro-

' duction of his three. nearest dams 38.16

pounds of butter‘i’n .a week. He has





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eighty daughters in the herd, forty-

two of them with A. R. 0. records, the

highest daughter with over thirty-two

pounds as a junior three-year—old.



So, if any bull in active service in

Michigan beats the Rives bull for a.

seven-day average of his three nearest

dams it is his own sire.



Checking up on the Cows.



The boys at Rives are sure happy

at this good fortune. But they are not

leaving the future all to luck, no in-

deed. They are asking the milk—scales,

the Babcock test, their book-keeper to

decide whether their cows are fit to

mate with so good a sire. For over

half the bunch are members of a cow

testing association. In fact, Arthur

Perrine, L. F. Foster & Son, Ben

Smith and Lee Foster are working in‘

their fourth consecutive cow testing

association year.



When the daughters of the famous

bull come into milk they will undoubt-

edly have to prove by cow testing as-

sociation methods whether they are

better, more economical producers

than were their dams.



Surely farmers who have sufficient

interest in their business to belong to

a. cow testing association, who have

enough initiative to get together to.

buy a. fine sire, who have the right

amount of real neighborliness so that

they hang together, surely these men

deserved this fine piece of luck.





As brain is more effective than V.

brawn so is quality more valuable in,-

fertilizers than bulk... ' .
, Can first cousins get married?——B. F.

‘ ._ , Marriage of first cousins is forbid-

.) deri'by the law ‘of this state, and it



Imatters not where the parties are

\marriedr—Rood.





 

 

 





ACCESS TO RIVER BANK.





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I have a piece of property with a

' river running through it. The public

» from far and near is using it almost

‘ continually for a swimming and recre-

ation place. What can I do to stop

them? Would it be lawful to throw

in old barbed wire and glass to make

it unsuitable for a- swimming place?

——G L .





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





At least they have no right of ac-

cess to the bank ,of the stream, and

can/be kept away by wire fence or

other barrier. Any person throwing

barbed wire in the river would be

liable for injury resulting—Rood.





BITTER CREAM.





 





What makes cream bitter? I cannot

make butter for my cream is so bitter.

I keep everything clean, cow has the

best of grain and hay. What can I

do?——B. H. C.



In some instances some weed or

portion of the food has made bitter

milk and cream. But usually bitter

cream is produced by keeping the

cream too long after skimming before

churning. Especially is this so in cold

weather.



It has been found that it is neces-

sary to churn at least three times a

week to avoid this bitter taste. ‘ .



V/hen the cream is kept for several

days in a cold, close place, the bitter

taste is liable to develop.





LINE BREEDING EXPLAINED.





 





Would like to have line-breeding ex-

plained and what is the difference be

tw‘fieié iii-breeding and line-breeding?



Line-breeding may be described as

concentration of any one particular

line of blood, without resort to breed-

ing too close relatives. For instance,

the mating of sire to grand-daughter,

dam to grandson, or two relatives

farther removed, may be classed as

line breeding; whereas, the mating of

near relatives, such as sire and daugh—

ter, mother and son, or brother and

sister, would have to be classed as

inbreeding.



It is generally conceded by students

of animal husbandry that the concen-

tration of blood will intensify either

good or bad qualities. Therefore, it

acts as a two-edged sword, cutting

both ways, and experience only will

tell which way it is going to cut.

Therefore, the practice of either in-

breeding or linebreeding should be

tested carefully before being carried

on to any extent.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





TAX ASSESSMENTS.





I have a farm on Covert Act state

road. Taxes have been and are too

high, according to what neighbors pay



' on better farms with better buildings.

Supervisor says he can tax me or any-

one for full value, and, he Wlll not

lower assessment. I believe he can

only assess for three-quarters of value.

Tell me what to do besides going to

township board—J. R.



The statute requires assessment at

actual cash value. 1 If not satisfied

with the supervisor’s assessment the

only recourse is appeal to the board



' , of review at their meeting for the pur-



pose of enabling such hearings, which

the statue requires them to hold every





yeah—Rood.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 





QUARREL OVER PRICE.





 





* [bought roofing from a dealer about



'throe years ago, andcovered my hen

house with it, when I‘ found that this

Wasrnot'the roofing I ordered. I, told

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that it was just as good as any. I had .





twenty-seven rolls,, so I ,covered the”





barn. When I had it on the dealer

tad me that this roofing should cost

$3.75 and I had aid only $2.25. Do I

have to pay the 3.75 or not? He now

threatens a law. suit—F. S.



If there was no meeting- of the

minds on the price there was no con-





tract, and F. S. is liable only for what





the goods are reasonably. ‘worth.—





' Rood.





CONTROL OF‘ONION MAGGOT.





 





Will you please tell me how I can

raise onions to keep same from being

destroyed with the maggot?——A. S.



The onion maggot is the larvae of a

small fly which closely resembles a

miniature house fly. The eggs are laid

in cracks of the soil and on the base

of the young ~—plant.- As soon as the

young maggot hatélies it bores into

the stem of the onion and as it works

entirely inside of the plant it cannot

be reached by poison.



The best method of control is to

trap the mature fly before it lays its

eggs. Make a mixture of one-fifth

ounce of sodium arsenite, one gallon

of hot water and a little cheap mo-

lasses. Place pans in onion field, us—

ing about twenty pans per acre. .The

pans should be covered with coarse

screen, with mesh large enough to ad-

mit the fly, but small enough to ex—

clude bees. This mixture is very

poisonous—G. E. Starr.





PERSONAL PROPERTY'OF HUS-

BAND.





 





What share or what control has a

wife in the personal property of- her

husband? There is one child, one

mortgage on real estate, and some

debts. Real estate is held by joint

deed; but if husband dies without a

will, what disposition can be made to

pay the debts? Can a will be made

that will give her charge of’affairs to

sell, etc., while the child is a minor,

or for all time?-—Mrs. R.



The husband can sell his personal

property without wife joining, but ex-

empt personal property of certain

kinds, including cows, team, etc., he

cannot mortgage without her joining.

No will can affect the property held

by entirety. That belongs to the sur-





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appoint hiswdfe' eXecutflx With such

powers, ugli‘c. deem, or give her pow-

ers though she. be net executrix.—~'

Rood. _- _ ‘ ’ ‘





cANNoT COLLECT 3 DAMAGES. ‘3





 





There was a car 'golng'west» on M-14

and my da hter was going southhon

a street in S epherd and was going to





.turn on M-14 least: ’They' struck our

,car in the center and threw my daugh-





ter out and broke the .car up quite

badly. My daughter was bruised up.





She is past sixteen years old and has





driver’s license; They want me to pay

Their'car was. insured and.

ours was not. Can I collect damages

from them?——0. F. C.





The answers to the questions in-

volve several other questions. Nobody

can recover damages resulting from

negligence of himself, even if the neg-

ligenCe of anotheralso contributed.

Usually in such cases both parties





claim that the other was altogether to _





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injury resulted from, the negligenc” .. , »

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AGE or-‘ {BOY’S’ INDEPENDENCE; f"





 





What. age must a boy be before he

can go away from home! 'Can a 'fath-





past eighteen years‘oldt lie is an, ,3

illegitimate child. 'Would the

have the same claim on him as





doing a criminal act by allowing the -

boy to stay with-"them? He. is my

nephewand a good boy and I do not

feel like sending him away, for he will

not go heme if I do. He was not used

well at home.—‘——Reader. .

The father has ng, claim on_ the

wages, of an illegitimate‘child. There

is o offense in harboring such per-s





son—Rood.-





 





 





 





 





POULTRY MANURE FOR THE

GARDEN.





 





OULTRY manure is an ideal gar-



den manure. It is very strong. It

contains more phosphorus than other

manures. I found that if the drop-

ping boards were dusted with ashes or

soil to absorb the ammonia, and the

scratching material was mixed with





the droppings from the board in a com—

post pile it made a top—dressing, for





use during the summer that had no

equal among fertilizers, improved only

by using acid phosphate or absorbing

material on the dropping boards. It

made my'plants dark in foliage and“

rapid in growth. It will be improved

by the addition of some bonemeal if

acid phosphate is not used as an ab-

sorbent—A. H. '





 





RID- MANURE OF WEED SEEDS. ,

MAKING deep hot-beds every year



for years and using the manure

afterward in the garden taught me





 





 





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 





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YouR CORN BJORER





”It is the most expensive of berries to K

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' i” that “Weaning-industry“ omit .,

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some points about ridding it of weed-

seeds. Manure that has been subject-4 ,

to the'heating process where every" }

particle of it is affected, will have the~

germs in the weed seeds killed. Now“

I have found that a pit is the best ‘\

place to compost manure and it need.

not be anything elaborate, for I have

had excellent success with a trench

three feet wide and two deep, filling ‘

from one‘ end and covering with soil '

to hold heat and absorb ammonia.

When the first put_ in is well rotted I

quit adding length and as I remove 1,.

compost fill up again. Wet the ma— {,9

nure when putting in or it will fire- ‘

fang—A. H. 3





SMALL FRUIT FOR CANNERS.





 





HE necessity for organization on

, the part of growers of small fruit I

is. seen in the present “black cap” ~.

raspberry situation which is essential— “

ly a canning company propositioxf and

the berry which the cannerS‘put up

with the least loss and the lowest .13.-

bor cost. Five years ago canners paid (

$4.00 per sixteen—quart ‘case and at g

this time many acres were set. The i

price has declined every year since ' s,

going to $1.75 last year, and now “\

comes a farther cut to $1.50. One not

familiar with the black cap may con- l





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   





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he could give him his name? ‘Is our ‘ . .





sider this a fair price, but the grower 3 ”





knows that there is no money in the l

crop at $1.75, and $1.50 is under the



cost of production. The black cap is .



the hardest of all fruit to grow, being - -,

subject to a number of diseases which





not only take the crop, but the plant i j;





as well, and for which, like yellows in w

peaches, there appears to be no rem-



edy other than the pulling out of the .V l

plant. The crop is usually caught in

the mid-summer dry spell and fails to

mature more than half the berries

that set. In, fact, the average yield is

not above fifty cases tovthe acre, and

it takes three years to grow the plant. 5





get picked. It does not take much fig—"

uring to show that there is very little

profit in the crop, no matter how high



the price, and that the berry can not -’

be grown for what the canners are



now offering. The efforts of the can-



ners to force a low price will kill the



industry for no one who knows the



game will set a newpatch at-present



prices and the old fields are- rapidly l” '

dying. The canned product of the can- ‘4

ners is selling at retail just as high as '



when $4.00 per, case was" paid for the

fruit. Many growers. are of the 095115





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





ducted at present is in downy ,9» _
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' able cows.





 





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nucleation of. dairymen‘and: inter:'





a eluted fill iness men to be there on





mammary, setflfor Qctpbe‘r 2. Be»;





7““.‘sidés'1a delegation...from' the Holstein .



- ~~ _”Associa:tion!expécts tol’lave an exhibit



" ~- adjoins stock'for‘u‘the show ring. In



Tthé?



featured. The Howell limb . School



‘ Jacky. Band, consisting or forty pieces,

‘ will accompany





"exhibit cow testing werk will be





the Livingston dele-





who can possibly get





gates. , Farmers,

at





away, should plan on attending,

leaiit, for Michigan Day.

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wHA'rT'eE-‘r'rsn FEEDING DID.





 





I --¥~P‘BOPERLY balanced rations are a





big factor in making greater herd

profitaaccordi'ng to the experience of

D. L. McKendry & Sons, of the A’renac

Cow Testing Association. .

Seventeen cows were in this herd





throughout the year. Three cows were





', dry in- the first month and four cows





were dry in-the twelfth’month under





' test'.’ The price of the product, the





barn, the equipment and all other

things remained unchanged, but the

feeds were balanced and each cow fed





' to her "weight and actual production.





The seventeen cows prOduced 5,422

'pounds mone milk and 161.1 pounds

more fat » during the twelfth month

than in the first month and the extra

feed cost was only $12.22. "





 





WATCHOTHE YOUNG cows





 





ONE purpose of the cow testing as-

‘sociation is to cull out unprofit-

Many Michigan cow test-

ing associations have culled out from

eight to ten per cent of the original

300 to 350'cows tested in each associ-

ation during the first year.



How long should a young cow be

kept in the herd before deciding

whether or not she is unprofitable?

What are the. earmarks of profitable

production for a two-year—old. Do 150

pounds of fat, or 200 pounds, or 250

pOunds of fat production a year de-

termine unprofitable from profitable

animals? To what extent is it safe

to judge a heifér 'by her first milking

period?



Figuresfcollected by Prof. Eckles, of

the Dairy Department of the Univer-

sity of Minnesota, on the life-time rec-

ord of ninety-eight cows, representing

three breeds, give some light on-this

question. This study shows conclus-

ively that the ’two—year-old record

.bears a definite relation to the pro-

’ duction of the animal when mature.



If the right inheritance exists in the

animal she shows it when she fresh-

ens the first time. ,Professor Eckles





o in. a? hannaaihezmuoni ‘,

. _ 'Milivauke‘e»:this year.“

Iiifinéstongcounty, this center of I-lol-





 





 





R.‘R. M. OLIN, commission-

_ er‘ of the Michigan Depart-

ment of Health, in. reviewing

,medical statistics says:__ "Sev-‘

, enty-five per cent,of gland cases

in children is bovine. Sixty-six

\ per cent of generalized tubercu-

losis {in children" is bovine.

Eighteen to twentysix per cent

“of deaths from tuberculosis in

,, children is caused by the bovine

bacillus. ’By wiping out the tu‘

berculous cattle throughout the _

statewe can save the lives and

prevent the maiming of thou-

sands of boys and girls.” ‘





 





 





 





 





finds from this study that in more





,no reasonable excuse exists for low





_her freshen again and milk her while





 





g? #’

than- nine cases out of ten it' seems

safe to divide the profitable from the

unprofitable after one year in milk.

If the heifer is well matured, healthy,

and freshens in good condition, and





production, it is entirelyvsafe to draw

conclusions at the end of the first lac-

tation period.



If the heifer proves inferior and is

to be sold it might be advisable to let





profitable. Her calf, if sired by a

superior bull, may be worth saving. ‘





 





STILL BEARING RESULTS.





 





Y EARS ago Rosalind Wilson bought

a Holstein heifer for calf club

work. At that time her pure-bred Hol-

stein calf was placed second best 'an-

imal in the calf club judging contest.

This club was fostered by Mr. E. B.

Stebbins, of the Farmers’ and Mer-

chants’ State Bank, Carson City. Mr.

W. E. J. Edwards, of the M. A."‘C.,

assisted in organizing the club, and

recalls that Rosalind’s calf was pur-

chased ~from the McDonel Farm north

of Lansing.



Rosalind Wilson took much interest

in the raising of this pure-bred heifer

and the calf" grew into quite a prom—

ising cow. Her calf, grown into a ma-

ture cow, was the individual high-but-

ter cow in the North Clinton Associa—

tion. This cow, McDonel Colantha Jo

hanna, eight years old, made 557.9

pounds of fat and 14,991 pounds milk.

Two hundred twenty cows were tested

in this association.



Soys sown especially for-hay should

be drilled fourteen inches apart, about

June ~15, harrowed with a weeder or

light spike harrow until the beans are

three or four inches tall. Harvest with

a mo'wer, rake, cure in winrows and

bunches—G. S. M.





 





The total milk production of the

United States represents the annual

yield of 24,552,000 cows, averaging 4,—

469.5 pounds of milk per cow. The

consumption of whole milk per person

last year was fifty gallons.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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T wo Years Growtfi

HE growth in cow testing association work in Michigan during

the past two years has been most rapid, as the following fig-

ures show conditions on May 10 of each year:



Associations operating ...................... 14 38 84

Associations - reporting ....................... 12 38 78

.Herds tested ................ . ................ 261 943 1,939

_ Cows tested ............ 2,597 9,637 19,116

Cows dry ....... . ..... ,. .. ................... 327 1,271. 2,397

P Total cows ' .......... . . . . . .. . . ............. . . 2,924 . 10,908 21,513

ii» Cows preducing over 40 lbs. fat........ ..... 459 1,470 2,794

i ' :Cows producing over 50 lbs. fat ............. 135 ' ~ 464 1,025

' Cows producing over 1,000 lbs. milk... .. . . f 504 1,736 3,390

, «Cows producing over 1,250 lbs. ' milk. . . .". . . . 212 650 1,661

‘ Unprofitable cows sold during month. . . . 18 160 ‘ 222

memes, sires. purchased . . ........ 1 . . .. ‘5 15 45

,. -.',.-.Members.wtaighingmilk . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . .. 76 248 423





 





 





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A Nebraska farmer reports this result of an experi-

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Six acres, manure spread by hand from a wagon box,

average number of bushels of corn raised per yearz‘336.

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' but excellent-program; The result.





‘ .next week. . . _ ‘ . .

‘ : 'At the afternoon program, Dean Whera.,feeding, steers. ~no. “MD-v the

‘ ,Sshinner, of Purdue University, Indi-





C 'Indiana Experiment Station.





Y 'cannot afford to feed timothy hay to therefore, of





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V even when fed in limited quantities. market problems.





 





 

 





ODD [the cattle were Ttaheninto'consid‘era-

Mthe profits were substantially

- ' , 7 _ more. .. ‘ ‘ . .



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, ' ment of the Michigan'Agncuituratcoi-funwise-is not “mile. Gamma?“





legs-,2 Scores? of Michigan Hbeders and :13“ add?“ to . $591M corn, ¢10 ' I:





‘ feeders gathered at the college floss ~11“! and-silage MGM boththeiia ._

. ?wcdmesda.y to shady the resultant ‘gmm 1:119sz of the beef... ‘

' feeding experiments with cattle, swine





and horses and to listen to .a short W931? the mstrmfitame madame

of when cattle were} full. fed. This is

sthe feeding. experiments will be given illustrated when. 1393131313 03%. ”191939.“

' -. - ‘of feeding dimerent duamtities of- corn.





ing, price $10.85, per hundredweight.





.ana, out of his extensive experimental .

When, fed half ,a'ration of corn, the





work in the feeding 'of live stools.

brought to the packed house of‘breed-





ie‘rs information and advice or the high» selling price $11-08. When fed a full





fl .est value He spoke particularly upon: ration, the daily gain was 2.42‘pounds





the extensive tests conducted by the and the 39111118 price 3.11361-

' The speaker made this mother ob-





The one big purpose of this er servation, that the Original cost and





[I ,was- to aid farmers-in profitably dis the feeding 005* together make: “if

. posing; of roughage.





The first step of eightrsix per cent of the total cost in

armers fitting steers-for the market. It is,

the greatest importance

"beef cattle. The-y next proved that by that the-feeder 100k closely “0 the

adding cottonseed meal, it was not matter of purchasing his animus. and

his feeds.

a half pound, These two costs will have much to do

with the outcome of the enterprise.





progress was to show that f





gains of the cattle by

’but that also the prime condition of

:the stock when delivered at the mar— '

ket was such as. to bring a premilm of was 6". A. Stewart, of the. National

over six cents to the seller. Live ' Stock Producers’ Association.



They next proved that there was Mr. Stewart laid before the. farmers

very little» difference in the feeding of present 3811783 ' ShO‘WIIl‘g‘ advantages

clover and alfalfa hay to steers. The coming from producer-controlled local

profits from each were about the same. and terminal ‘rnarkets. SUCh 0011151131.

Silage, however, greatly reduced costs he believes. VIII answer some of the

which heretofore





And the average profit was unchanged have confronted the sellers of live





 





 

 





Gets Results. Try One“





when the results from hogs following





 

 

 





the farm of 'the__Det_z-o@ ; ..

‘Company at Mt. Clemens, on July

This meeting'wm be under the joint- ,

<‘ auspices. 91' the main. County Hare: .



-, stein Association—Rho largest in he"

- state—4119 Stated Holstein Association“, '_

.. ‘and the-Detroit Greta mery em ”y’fl',‘ ‘

.Ho- stated that. in. their extensive. . . .. " , .-

‘ 3 This establishment , 135 located one,‘



. and one-half miles smith 02‘ Mt- Clem?





daily gain; was 19.nounds and the sen- ,





daily gain. was 2.01 pdunds and the.‘





‘The other speaker on the program}





 





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. willhold.1thelrf-smmer. ‘





ens on Gratiot~;.ayenus, or eighteen

miles out- of hetroit'on .Qratmt. In

the forenoon. visitors .willeet an eye-

fl-ull’ .35, thefarms includefllsm acres,





. there are twenty-four guns, the milk-





in; herd numbers over [500, etc,



The, moon- pdenic dinner. will occur'at ‘

the Detroit Creamery Company picnic

grove. Eree ice cream will be furnish-

ed by the Macomb County‘ Holstein

Association. ‘ .. .. i ,. -



The feed will: hefollowed by short,

snappy talks by..represen~tatives of the

national and local Holstein associa-

tions. Prof. 0. E. Reed,jhead of the.

Dairy Department, M. A. 0., has been

especially invited to talks ' - ‘



_In the afternoon a huge judging

demonstration will be held at the farm

of the Detroit Creamery Company, by

Bob Haeger, who is the outstanding

national Holstein judge.



meryone is invited to this big. meet-

ing. You don’t have to owu purebred

Holsteins to be eligible; if youarein-

terested in the. dairy business you are ‘

welcome: ,Young breeders. and boys

and girls. interested in calf club work

are especially urged to accept this. op-

portunity to learn from an expert the

fine points. of judging, Holstein cattle.





 





 





 

 

 

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 





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' HE farmers? round—up at Chatham,



on the grounds of the Michigan

Agricultural College Experiment Sta—

tion, has become an annual event of

much significance in the agricultural

life of the peninsula. This year the

round-up will occur on-.August 9. At

the same time as the round-up, the

boys and girls club members will hold

their annual camp on the hanks of the

Slapneck River at the station. The

experiment station is-going to award

a pure-bred calf to the Winner in a

farmers’ stuck-judging contest. A

scrub bull funeral will also be staged,

it is announced. This season at the

station special studies are being con

ducted relative to crop diseases, test-

ing of varieties, cultural methods in

relation to certain of the newer crops,

including sunflowers for ensilage. This

work will interest farmers. attending

the round-up. Mr. G. W. Putnam, sup-

erintendent of the experiment station,

Chatham, has charge of the arrange-

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It’s simple—easy to install With-

out expert help—no built-up sec-

tions to hoist in place. This outfit

can. be readily installed in old

buildings.





You can get a John Deere in

mically any height desired for

operation with horses or a 3- to 6»-

H. P. farm engine.





A MODERN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL.





 





ATES township, Iron county, has

completed a school, of which the

people there are justly proud. The

building is two stories in height, film





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economics room, and this will serve

for rural gatherings. The building is

intended as a community center. as

well as school. There is a manual

training room. The auditorium has a

stage and scenery for school theatri-

cals. ‘Various organizations in the

township make use of the school for

such meetings as they care to hold

there. The building cost $65,000. When





{one compares this school equipment





with the services offered by the old

one-room school, comment is hardly

necessary.





A MUNICIPAL MARKET.





 





ESCANABA is to have a municipal

' market which will be ready for

business August 16, it is announced

from that city. Local farmers have

decided that homegrown vegetables

and other garden produce will not be

ready for sale before that date, owing

to the late spring, which is the reason

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the acreage .of corn :andsunflowers

and number of new silos have been

erected. The favored variety of corn

is Wisconsin No. .25 and the Mammoth

Russian sunflower. It is also stated

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himself a divine healer and as- sailed for Paris to take part in the Olympic games that W111 be to invite Pres. Coolidge to 140th

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mm, who had. brought her to Paris,

and who supposed she was spending

the afternoon in no place more dan-

igerous than the shops of the Rue de

fla Pair.

Once past the barrier and in the air-

{dramas beside Nam-leer Twenty, her on

éteasiness gave way to thrilling excite-

:mént as she examined tne airplane in

which she was to fly the Channel. It

Was standing qui-te still, like a huge

istiff toy pointing toward the west,

from/which direction the afternoon

breeze was blowing. It was a biplane,

Vbeautifully finished and painted gray

and blue, with slightly hollowed wings,

:{double on each side, and with the

er and lower planes connected with

:iuppei and lower planes connected

.with strong streamlined braces. Di—

;5'rectly behind the engine was the pil-

, ot’s. position with his controls at hand,

.‘and with many interesting dials on

' “the dash before his seat. She recog‘.‘

‘nized fuel and oil gauges similar to

;those- she had inspected once at an

airplane exhibit in New York; she rec-

' ognized the peculiar barometer, called

altimeter, by which‘ pilots estimate

. their height above ground; there was

also a compass and other fascinating

f instruments of aerial navigation which

she, had previously seen at the exhibit

and whose uses had been explained to

her. The body ran back in a long,

hollow, fishlike form to the tail, where

was the perpendicular rudder and also

the horizontal steering surfaces for

guiding flight up or down.



Under the trailing edge of the upper

Wings, and directly behind the pilot’s

pit, was the cabin. A ladder led to it

up the side of the fuselage, and Helen

Rudd gasped as she climbed up, step-

ped over and actually was on board

an. airship in which she was to fly.

She was in a rectangular space, high

enough for her to stand upright even

when the top was closed; it was open

now. There were four large uphol-

stered arm chairs fixed to the floor,‘



' two in front, two behind, with a nar-

row aisle running down the middle of

the cabin. There were electric lights

in the top; a cloth—covered hand rail

beside the seats; a silver flagon and

cups for drinking water. Big panels

of clear, fabricated isinglass ofiered

views through the top of the cabin

and through the upper half of the

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My heart is sad and lonely,



And my soul: is filled with. care,

And For testing bythé roadside

'That’s beset with every snare.





There’s sadness and there’s sorrow,

Vales the world we travel in;



Mine seems to be the. greatest;

It’s arguilded, sort of sin.





I know there is no other

That has such a load of woe;

I ne’er could find another

. No matter where I’d go.





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Than the sorrow, now with me.”





“And yours is only shadows,"

Said another seeking rest,



“I’ve the only heart that’s breaking .

I’m the one that knows the best.”





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Lost cm other tale of who



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family displeasure, she had stolen

away to misadventure and, in this

all—too—comfortable and safe-looking

cabin, it seemed as. if she was not on-

dertaking. anything so frightfuzlfly

eventful.



Hearing voices, she looked out and

saw two plainest-of-the-plain, middle

aged American women walking about

the airplane, half scared, half critical,

much as she had‘ been. With some

difficulty, they climbed the ladder and

helped each other over.



“You take seat A, Mrs. Pickett,” the

stout one in the brown suit said.



“No! I insist upon your taking it.

That’s your seat, Mrs. Byford,” the

thin one in blue protested earnestly.

“And I’m sure it’s safer if ‘anything

happens. Don’t you think so?” Mrs.

Pickett appealed confidently to the oc-

cupant of seat 0.



Helen replied politely that she did

not think there would be any real dif-

ference; and when Mrs. Pickett re-

marked that as fellow-passengers on

a trip which might easily prove the

death of all of them, it was foolish for

Americans to stand on ceremony, she

introduced herself and her friend. She

said they both had good husbands and

grown children at home in Kansas

City; and when they landed safely in

London—as they expected to, of

course, for this line had never lost a

single passenger, but you never could

tell what would happen in a flying mar

chine~they were going to cable an ac-





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‘ ward the far-awaylm afloat; but.





almost insignificant, indeed, with thin;





nervous. hands. One would say that

his. place was in a shop for women’s

things. on the Rue de Rivoli.



He bent forward with some curiosity

when. the pilot appeared carrying a

couple of small packages wrapped in





paper and sealed with blue wax The,





pilot, who was a slight, active man.

sprang to his seat; porters. brought





Mrs. Pickett’s and Mrs. Byford's. hand





bags. An attendant closed the cabin;

a clatter‘forward became a thunder as

the airplane moved. '





Mrs. Pickett seized the hand rail

and looked about, pale. Helen Rudd

pushed back in her seat, her heart

thumping and her throat spasmodical—

ly closing. She knew she was pale,

and she saw the Frenchman’s dark

skin go sallow. They were rising in a

gentle enough slant but going forward

so fast that the buildings. and trees

dashed below them.



Mrs. Byford thrust a shaking hand

within her waist and produced a. hand—

kerchief.





Mrs. Pickett swallowed several times

and shook her head. Helen Rudd was

doubtful 0f herself for a few moments,

but none of the women were actually

seasick. The Frenchman was, he op-

ened the window beside him and lean-

ed out so far that Mrs. Byford feared

suicide.



“You’ll be better in a minute,” she

shrieked encouragement. He drew in

his head, closed the panel, and as-





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Wtably, England was thus. Seed- ,





shaped specks of ships were on the

water, trailing mm at smoke.

The airplane; stilt pointing westward,

swept roaring on through a clear sky.

11:. sidled from them ahmre the Calais

coast to the air above' the water; and

the air seemed absolutely steady now.

The cabin rode like a cushfimed li-‘m—

cosine of a. motorcar on new tires over

aperfect road.





Mrs. Byford- smiled and sat back;





Mrs. Pickett was the embodiment

of peace. Helen Budd sat ‘bck. At

moments she felt like singing from

pure. delight. ,



“Have you over ten so pleased in

all your life?” Mrs. Byford called out.





Alone among the passengers, lib—é





Frenchman lookodw'perfect satisfac-

tion. He went baffled]: Mrs. By-ford’s

and Mrs. Pickett’s seats and examined

the chart; he poured a cup of water

and gulped it down; he looked over

the ladies hesitantly and then, quickly

stooping, he kicked out the thin panel

at the end of the cabin and thrust him—

self forward to the pilot’s position.

Mrs. Pickett arose in alarm





“Do you like that man’s actions?”

Mrs. Byford yelled. Helen Rudd slip-

ped past them and was going forward

when, through the thrashing of the

airscrew, they heard a shot; the air

plane swayed, straightened and flew

on, fluttering.



“What happened?” Mrs. Byford

cried, shutting her eyes. Helen Rudd

went through the panel to find, on the

floor, the Frenchman, limp and crump-

led. With Mrs. Pickett’s help, she

pulled him back upon the cabin floor.



Mrs. Byford opened her eyes to see

him at her feet with blood running

from his forehead. “Who shot him?”

she screamed. ‘



“He’s not shot,” Mrs. Pickett re-

plied “Ho fired the shot we heard,”

and she pointed to a pistol in his

hand. w -



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159,er that the fight which: shines

through is- murky NS best, While fith

others the red ethnic colors give their

tints townverrthinst

, Many men. have passed befmeius.

'Rehobeom is a WWW example °fi

the man. suddenly coming into a. posi-

tion of nowhr who

. had not enough

experience with

men and events to

know how to face

a difficult situa:

tion. There ' are

th ese who. say

that this was the

weakness in: Pres-

- ident Wilson. Pos-

- sessed of a perfectly working brain,

a. will that was steel riveted and fire»

mod, a mm d them the re-

mit of 1mm, an idealism akin to

that. of mm. he m not ablejo

Memes; Perhaps he could ire-yer

More nourished this, his: nature forbid

ding it, but agaizirvhe might have come

to the art of molding others when

they supposed they were dieing things

their own way, somewhat as: Harmng

did. His idealism, his devotim to a

a. great and holy cause, seemed to be

thrown away- on politicians that did

not care, and on a public that did not

menstand. A working knowledge of

(nets. human associates is. of immense

value, in going. through life: Neither

Rehoboam nor many of the other. mon—

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the“ other hand, Elisha did have

it to a high degree; He was a.

man; of,the~ people.‘ Their little house-

hold problems were his, as well as.

the vast, emshadowihg, problems of

national welders This is a great gift,

and: it can be cultivated. Probably

this did more to: hold the nation

steady in- the Civil: War, than any gift

which the President had. The- poor

and, fearful, the colored people who

came. to the White House found a.

heart that heatgwith theirs. When

Elisha’s. servant is frightened to» death

became of an invading army, his mas

ter calmly prays, “Lord, I pray thee,

open his eyes, that he may see. And.

he looked, and behold, the mountain

was full of horses and chariots round

about Elisha.”



To be salon, when others are flus«

trated, to be steady when others are

fid‘gety, to be composed when others

are wringing their hands, is art in-

deed. It comes partly through a per»-

sonal knowledge of religion. The Bible

glows with passages that steady the

soul and soothe the troubled breast.

Joshua comes to his great task of suc-

ceeding a. giant leader, and to him is

said, “Have I not command-ed thee?

Be strong and of good courage ;‘ be. not

afraid, neither be thou- dismayed, for

the Lord thy God is with thee,

whithersoever thou goest.” Isaiah

bursts out with the exclamation,

“Trust ye. in the Lord forever, for in

the Lord‘ Jehovah is everlasting

strength.” When Lincoln had been as—

sassinated and bewildered crowds

gathered. in New York, General Gar-

field calmed them, saying in the

words of a. psalm, “Clouds and dark-

: uses. are round about him, righteous-

..ness and judgment are the habitation

. of his throne." ‘





HE other day a doctor, whom a

lieutenant in the Great War, was

, awarded the D. S. (Jr—tho Distinguish-





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ft‘lon of the war department:





m man we

know is a Christian, a dtméh‘etoing

doctOr. His religious training prob-

ably had something t6 do with his acs

1y coveted D. S.‘-C. This is the cita-

Lee. A.

Madly. first lieutenant, Medical Corps,

attached to»1506th Infantry, 21th Divis-



For extraordinary heroism. in ac-

tion mam Rmssoy, France; September

295.1918. Under observation of the

enemy and with complete disregard

for his own safety he ran and crawled

two. hundred yards to a shell hole

where eighteen of his men had been





killed or wounded by shell fire. Dress- 3





in; the wounds d. twelve of the sur-

vixvmg men, he carried each of them





one hundred yards: to a place of safety ;

under intense machine-gm and artil— ;

lery fire; from this point they were‘





evacuated by members of a. sanitary

detachment. Two of the wounded men





were killed by enemy 'fire while being ‘

carried in the arms of this ofiicer..:

» The undiannted bravery of Lieutenant -

Hadly was: an inspiration to every :

I V ' Issued :

under the official seal of the Adjutant .

War Department."*





member of his organization.





General's Office,

The fact. that the Fero- preferred to

have the decoration bestowed in his.





own little, boyhood town rather than:





go to Washington, was an indication

that he possessed a certain calmness

of spirit unperturbed by an unusual

event, which indicated the source of

his successful heroic exploit.





GAIN you look at the speedometer, ’

you note that we have traveled .

a pretty stretch of road that might be '





labeled thus: 'Highway of Mutual

Welfare. You will remember that

when the nation began. to get low in

morale and. from that went lower in

material conditions, that everybody

was involved. The rich began it and

the nobility and the other hedge-rows.

of privilege, but as time went on, more

and more of the population became in-





volved. Finally everybody was caught .





in the same net, that the nation had





become hopelessly weakened and noth— 3





ing could prevent a foreign invasion.

The people were bl‘est with leaders of

giant mold, such as Jeremiah, but they

could. not stay the onrushing. flood.

“No man liveth' unto himself,” no, and

no man getteth drunk unto himself, or

stealeth unto himself, or taketh an—

other man’s wife- unto himself, without

injuring the other man. We an live

together. If ancient life was a. mutual

undertaking, much more so is modern

life. In any town there is. one water

system for all, one lighting, system for

all, one school, one post office,





residents.





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ale in Union Square, New York, the

other day, L stopped to look once more





at this heartening bronze which has .





attracted the eyes of thousands. “I





regret that. I have but one life to give .





for my country.” That has piit a. new





light into the hearts of multitudes of .





American youth. The reform of J 0s.-

iah was. a gleam of sunlight between

storms.





freer and. deeper. The pluck and prin-





ciple of the young king was an infec— '





tious moral tonic.





 





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REVIEW‘:-—Rehoboam to Nehemiah.

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They bring results with little.

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would like bobbed hair

and expense on your unbobbed hair that you would be obliged to on your '





\_ faint-hearted;





- body and garments;





,7 taste, and a ready ear.





 





 





To Bob or Not to Bobp





Hippity hop, to the “Bobber’s” shop

To make myself in style





If I can ’t abide it





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A switch will soon hide it ,



And then it’ll grow after a while.

OBBED hair is always a topic for discussion among women ’of all ages.

However, to a great majority it is One thing for the fair young schoolgirl

with her slim grace to have shorthair, and quite another for the mature





': _woman with face and figure of more





dignity.





Let me say this to those older women who wonder whether or not they





If you will





put the same amount of time, effort,





bobbed hair, you will look a great deal better and be more satisfied with

your appearance, than if you part with your locks. ——Mrs E. C. .





 





 





_WAR AGAINST MOTHS CALLS FOR





SUNLIGHT. ,





 





OTHS and cedar chests don’t dis-

like each other as much as tradi-



tion would have us believe.

From the Federal Department of





T Agriculture comes information that,





while the odor of red cedar will kill

the newly hatched moth larvae, it will

not interfere with the development of





the older worms, nor will it kill the__





eggs. These precautions are needed,

if the red cedar chest is to be made

effectiVe:



Clothing to be stored in the chest

must first be brushed or beaten thor-

oughly, and then given a sun bath. If

this process is thorough, the larvae

will be brushed from the clothing, or





I else killed by exposure to the sun. '





With such treatment, the specialists

say, any box will do as well as a red

cedar chest, provided it is as tightly





 





ATURE repairs her ravages,



repairs them with her sun-

shine and with human Iabor.———

George Elliot. '





 





 





made, and provided the garments are

liberally sprinkled with naphthalene

flakes when they are put in the box.



If no chest or box is available, gar-

ments can be protected from moths by

wrapping them in paper with naphtha-

lene flakes, after a thorough cleaning

and brushing. The paper should be

sealed to exclude all moths.





STANDARDS DON’T CHANGE.





 





OW do you judge a good cook?

Here is a score card made up





, early in the seventeenth century by





Gervase Markham in his book of Coun-

trey Contentments, published in Lon-

don in 1623.



“First she must be cleanly, both in

she must have a

quick eye, a curious nose, a perfect

She must not

:‘be butter—fingered, sweet-toothed, nor

for the first will let

everything fall, the second will con-

sume what it should increase, and the

‘ last‘ will lose time with too much nice-

ness.”





PREPARING GERANIUMS FOR

WINTER FLOWERS.





 





0 have geraniums blooming from

early in the winter until spring,

‘it_is necessary to start preparations





V“~"’in July. The cuttings taken now and





rooted slowly and grown on will make





the ideal plants as they will not be





’ too large, and will have time to 1111





 





   

 





a; tour or five-inch pots with roots, w on

they will begin blooming.





I take

hp! that are thick and short-jointed

d lea‘ve one leaf (in each and place





two inches deep in a. box of half soil .





and half sand and set outside under





the east side of a bush where I can,

watch and keep moist. The box should

have good drainage. When the cut

tings show sign of growing they are

potted up and kept growing steadily,

repotting un’til in the size of pot they.

are to have in the window, and then

not repotted again for they want to

be root-bound for best blooming. The

pot should be rather small for the

size of the plant. -—A. H.





FOOD FOR THOUGHT.





 





ONTROL your thoughts. To be

slaves to unpleasant ones is the

worst kind of bondage . .

Some folks are like plants, they will

do better if transplanted.

It takes both mind and muscle to

make a home—maker.





SLIP YOUR FLOWERS.





 





HAVE a neighbor that has a win-



dow full of beautiful flowers, one

is a geranium red blossom with a

white eye in the center of each flower.

I asked her for a slip and she said

there was none but what had a bud

on. Had I been Mrs. Neighbor, I would





have broken off a slip and given it. In .





the spring I slip all my plants and I

buy seeds of primrose, cyclamen and

cinerarla and spFout them in a. sunny





window.

; them in pots.





When large ' enough I- put





or winter and I carry them tothe sick

or aged and sometimes to ”a bride.

They all love them You never make

a mistake when you give a plant to

anyOne. ——-Mrs. J. 0.





WHAT I HAVEDISCOV'ERED.





 





EFORE stitching; heavy material,-

such as canvas or khaki, I rub the





The Ting. Put in a buttered dish, cover'





seams with hard yellow soap.

needle will penetrate the cloth more

easily.





When making children’s rompers

and dresses, I work the buttonholes

with embroidery thread to match the

embroidery or the trimming. It makes

a very pretty trimming and is quicker

than using ordinary thread. q—Mrs. E.

M. V.



To remove the shell from a cocoa-

nut, place the cocoanut in a warm ov-

en and when heated a. slight blow will

easily crack it, causing ‘the shell to be

removed Without difficulty—Mrs. L. D.



Machine-stitch around the tops of





the new summer st0ckings, using a .





loose tension, and the stockings will

not develop “runs” where the support—

ers cause so much strain—G. S.





MAKE IT DIFFERENT.





 





Egg Fluff.

36 cup chopped cooked 2 tb. bread crumbs

1:5 tsp. salt





men

4 eggs, whipped Pepper





8 tb sweet milk

Mix, fry in butter.

brown, turn and serve.

Meat Gems.





When “a golden





Meat gems are made of cold~ roast'or _ i





cold beefsteak. Chop meat fine and

to each cup add‘ one cup of bread

crumbs, and a little pepper. Fill gem

pans nearly full and set in oven till

hot. Then break an egg over top of

each and ‘bake until- egg is done.



Codfish and Tomato1 En Casserole-



1 can tomato soup -8 tsp. pepper



2 cups cooked spaghetti 3i. cup flaked codflsh





or rice or macaroni 55 cup buttered crumbs

1 onion. sliced ,





The Weight of Women





duce, but I get hungry and just

have to eat.”



How can women avoid that hungry

feeling and yet not over-eat? The

first step in reducing is to find out

what is the normal weight for a wom-

an of your age and height. Then get

weighed—this is sometimes a shock!



When you have decided how many

poun'ds you are going to lose, list on

paper the approximate amounb of food

you have eaten for the last few "days

and see where you can best make

some readjustments. Usually the first

cut is in the amount of food you eat.

And this is what sometimes causes a

feeling of emptiness—~often wrongly

called hunger. 'A glass of water will

relieve this to some extent. Get in

the habit of drinking water, or a cup

of bouillon, when you have this sensa-

tion—but‘don’t let any food aCcom-

pany your beverage.



The foods which are considered the

most fattening are bread, butter, nuts,

candy, sugar, rich cake, and pie—all

things we like! It will not be much

of a hardship, though, .to make substi—

tutions, if you really have~a will to

reduce.



\ Eat bran bread, or bran muffins, in-

stead of white bread, and be very spar-

ing of the butter! A thought which

may give you encouragement is the

smaller butter bill at the end of the

month. Eat dried fruits—-—d£ltes, prunes,





IT is so hard to diet. I want to re-





 

 





or figs—instead of candy. Learn to

like tea, coffee and cereals without

sugar. Choose sponge and angel cakes

instead of butter cakes.



Prepared cereals are excellent “fill-

rs.” Eaten dry, they necessitate chew-

ing, and a smaller quantity will pro-

duce a better feeling of satisfaction





than when combined with milk.

Choose green vegetables rather than





the more starchy ones, such as pota-

toes, beets, corn and carrots. Eat

fresh fruits. for dessert instead of pas-

try and puddings. Drink plenty of wa-

ter and keep your diet laxative.

Suggested Menu For a Day.

Breakfast.

Crumbled bran with orange juice

(instead of cream)

One egg (not fried)

One slice bran bread, toast or muflin

COflee

Mid-morning Lunch.

One cup bouillon

Luncheon.

Vegetable Salad

Whole wheat bread sandwich

Soft custard

Afternoon Tea

Tea

Dinner.

Lean steak

Spinach Cabbage

Sliced tomatoes

Brownbread

Fruit

~ - ——Mary Barber.





They bloom in‘the fall





 





 





Simmer the tomato and sliced on-





ions with seasonings Ttmtil the onion {1; .1} “if. . ,

tender, adding a little water if neces- jj f}

nary, In a battcred. casserole place a





layer or fish then a layer pr spaghetti " '

and then one of sauce until the ingred- ..





 





dents are used up. cover with but-





téred crumbs and bake in a moderate





’ oven for fifteen minutes.~





Scalloped Codfish. .,





1% cups whltoch 3:.me pickles)

(seasoned with clmpned ulna naked nah

’onio'n. men'hopper. red cup buttered crumbs

Denver. capers or green





Mix the codjish, sauce and season-





with buttered crumbs and bake until .

the crumbs are brown. " , ‘T





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cANNING Pnongms soLVgo.





 





ARE you. having difficulties with

your home canning? Do your veg-.

etables sometimes flat sour, or the

berries rise to the top of the jar with





the syrup in the bottom?





 





Little Betty is Learning to Help

Mot her.



These difficulties and others are ex-

plained in our canning bulletin which

contains a complete time-table and di-

rections-for canning fruits and vege-

tables by the cold pack method. For

a copy of this bulletin send five cents

in stamps or 'coin to Martha Cole,

Michigan Farmer, Desk M, Detroit,

Michigan.





Household Service





Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





TO WHITEN YELLOWED SILK.





 





I have a. white silk blouse that h 8

turned yellow by several laundering.

Gangi youJ tell me how to whiten it?



ss





White silk or wool that has turned

yellow may be whitened by hydrogen

peroxide. To live quarts of lukewarm

water, add one pint of hydrogen perox-

ide and a few drops of ammonia: Soak





. the garment in this until white.





CHICKEN SALAD.





 





Please send me recipe for chicken

salad —Mrs. .

2 cups cold boiled 2 hard-boiled eggs

chicken cut in pieces 2 cups mayonnaise

2 cups finely out celery dressing

1 tsp. salt a ovesh .

1-8tspnpepper . 1-3cupll‘renchdreseinl

Mix chicken with celery, seasonings

and one ' egg ‘cut into small pieces.

Marinate with French .dressing and let

stand in cold place about an 'hour. 7

’Serve on lettuce‘leaves. Spread may-

onnaise over top and garnish with

olives and remaining egg-T, cut into





slices Sprinkle with chanted
glasses? mamas-1'

. f??? \ ‘ raven. ,





 





: W0 6 Chicago doctors, Georgeilc‘. V





.r ‘ ' Dick an Gladys Henry‘Dick,





, who bar long been seeking a





‘ {preventive scrum ;to protect against





"scarlet forenhelieve that their work





is now successtul. They are inveSti-





, ,gators or high standing and the med-





ical profession of America. attaches

much importance to their findings.

They have beenable‘to show that the





' germs causing scarlet fever produce a





definite poison. Injecting small doses

of this poison into susceptible human

bangs produces a rash like that of

scarlet fever, and also the other symp-

toms of the disease. ' -



Their experiments were made 'on

the lower animals but they have now

produced an antitoxin that is safe to

administer to human beings.‘



Scarlet fever is so terrible a disease

when it attacks a community in viru-

lent form that the discovery of an

antitoxin that will protect our chil-

dren from its ravages is "of the highest

importance. If your family doctor is





’. sufiiciently enterprising he will learn

~ about the “Dick test,” and about the

,. snarlet fever antitoxin. You should be

- prepared to cooperate with him and if





some sad occasion should arise for its

use in your family you should agree.

It is experimental as’yet. Its real





' value can be determined only when it

' has been used in extended series of





' cases.





Let us hope that it will be as





I effective an antitoxin against scarlet

fever as the one developed to fight





' toid operation a year ago,





- he “takes col





diptheria.





 





HAS MASTOID OPERATION.





 





old, had 3. ms-

also had

tonsils and adenoids removed. When





«1” the ear that was op-





Our boy, eight years,





'erated on discharges. I asked th s

’ cialist that did the work about 1% all?





" that a good operator would be willing





he said. he would he that way more or





188,3» _ e. didn’t any why. Is, ‘there

anything to be done about it ?——.—C. A. J.



I do not feel. satisfied with the re-

sults that’you have in this case. It

may be that these were conditions

that prevented the operator from get-

ting better .results at the time, but it

is very‘ evident that the operation is not

a complete success and I do not think '





to let the matter go with such a state-

ment as was made to you. I think

that you should take the matter‘ up

further, and I believe that it will be

found possible to clear up the infec-

tion that still lingers, perhaps with no r

great amount of effort. I do not con-

sider that it is safe to leave it.





HAS GA‘ LLSTON ES.





 





I have a brother who suffers terribly

with gallstones of the bladder. He .

has tried a number of doctors but gets

no relief. Has had as high as six at— ,

tacks in two weeks.—’—Mrs. G. T.



The only sensible treatment in such ‘





a case is surgical removal. If these

are stones of the urinary bladder they

can be removed quite readily. In any ,

event there is no warrant for refusing

to take advantage of surgical relief in

a case that is so obviously serious.





 





‘BABY IS TROUBLED WITH

DIARRHEA.





 





Please tell me if it is a good thing

to boil cow’s milk before giving it to

a baby who has diarrhea—M. L.



Diarrhea, especially in the summer





months, is a very serious complaint in

a young baby. As a general thing it

is.best to stop all food for a. period of

at least twenty-four hours. When you





begin to give the milk again it is bet- '

ter to boil it, and mixing it with bar- ,





ley water will make it still safer.





 





 

 

 





 





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Jackie Raéézt and Willie W oodc/zucé Go Fir/ting





T was an excited little rabbit that



went running over to Willie Wood-



chuck’s house one bright morning

soon after school was out.



“Oh, Willie,” shouted JaEkie Rabbit,

“mother says I may go fishing this

afternoon if I get the garden hoed.

Can you go?”



Willie didn’t wait a minute to an—

swer. He just winked his eye at

Jackie and waddled into the house as

fast as he could. In a minute he was,

back again and the broad smile that

stretched from ear to ear told how

tickled he was.



“Mother says I may go just as soon

as I get the berries picked,” he said. .



“Hurray,” shouted Jackie, “I know

where I can get some nice big fat

Wiggly worms that will be just fine for

bait.” And off be skipped toward home

to finish the hoeing.





So it was that early that afternoon





Jackie Rabbit and Willie Woodchuck

~found themselves down by the Fishing

Hole at the bend of the big creek.

Carefully they climbed out on the

old log, that they always used to fish

from. With their hooks baited with

big ugly worms, the fish began to bite

fast, but once when Jackie threw out





‘ ‘ too far, his fishhook caught on a log





nearby; He pulled it and pulled it

’and- ’wig'gled- it east and wiggled it

west. ‘ Willie did his best to help him

and finally-of; it camef ~~'





.‘Mawm a amnightened f-‘Oh! Oh!





Oh-h-h” it was that they both cried

when they saw what had happened. In

attempting to loosen Jackie’s fish—

hook, the big log they were on had

drifted away from shore and they

were out in the middle of the big riv-

er, drifting; drifting toward the Big

Sea.



“Whatever

Willie with a splashy tear forming in

each of his little black eyes. We can’t

swim that far.”



“.011, no, no,” said Jackie, “we can’t





 

   





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swim hardly at all. .But sailors don’t

cry, Willie, and we’ll have to play

we’re sailors.

you, don’t fall off. Perhaps a merry

,little breeze will come up and blow us

toward shore."





But Jackie was just as scared as

Willie as they went drifting, drifting ‘

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on toward the. Big Sea.





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motor gasoline.





gas.

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There is a Kitchcnkook





38 Clark Street





The safety test shows the re-

markable safety of the Kitchen-

kook. This picture is a ream-

duction of an odual photo—

graph made while the stove was

burning.





 





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Makes its own gas from common

The master burner may be turned on

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Change Old Recipes with





MAPLEINE l





A delicious flavoring for

cake frostin‘gs and fill-

ings, puddings, sauces,

pastries and home-made.

candies. Rich—pleasing

——difi'erent.



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N0. ,. dlES—Ladies’ Dress.

seven Slzes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. 46

48 inches bust measure. A

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

43 inches bust measure. :

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l Try one.





1. Classified Ads. pay-a;
Polly 8vlnicki, M. C., Stephenson,

., . Michigan.



.. Well, I’m intending to be a real

helpful Henry this summer. (Of

course, you understand that’s what I

always am)! I’ll take a pair of dad’s

. l ovaralls, or'my knickers, at six o’clock

"every morn, and fly to milk three

cows; This I will do for dad‘free of

charge, just so. he’ll realize what a

good daughter he has, but I’ll overtax

him, on other things, so it won’t be





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





" “Little Sister” by Olive Marble, of

. éoldwater. ‘

any loss to me. I’ll milk in the even-

ing, too. ,

The remainder of my ninety days

I’ll spend thus: Fifteen Sundays for

pleasure and for church, three days

planting corn, two days cutting pota-

toes for seed, two weeks in the beets,

one week leading the wabbly horse

cultivating corn, one week helping

, mother in the garden, two weeks haul-

. ing in the hay, and one week helping

lwith the grain. I don’t like house-

work,'so the remainder of the time

I’ll pick berries and make trouble.





 





\' By Viola Brunais, M. C., Chief, Mich.



During my vacation I intend to

spend my time working to earn mon-

ey, so I can help a sick little girl. She

has no home, no mother or father.

She has a rich aunt who lives a long

ways away from here, and who does

not care for her sick niece.





'_‘All summer long I will make or buy

her something that she can enjoy.



When it comes fall I will take every

penny I have saved, and have some

older person see that she is cared for.

Because it is only money which is

. wanted to get doctors and nurses to

care for her.



' The little girl is lame and can not

walk. She is staying with some neigh-

bors who are very poor.



When it comes spring she Will be

well and able to work for herself, or

help the neighbors that kept her, or

some other sick children.





 





By Lillian Luepnitz, M. C., Allenville,

' Michigan.



Vacation vocation? Well, that is a

.subject I will like to write on, as I am

going to do what I like to do this

. summer.



' "I. am going to plant a large garden





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Mk3 garden cannot grow without



Maud hoeing, so I will have to hoe,



[Shoe hard, but I like to see how



,I can make things grow.



,, their thing is- When berry time



, _ 11am going to go berry-picking,

half‘of them I will give to my





 

 





 





4‘ My Vacation Vecation





By use Prize Winner:





 





mother to can for the winter, the oth-

enhalf I will sell.

are strawberries,

huckleberr-i‘es. ,



I have four large white Pekin ducks

and they laid'a lot of eggs. I have

some duck eggs setting now. Six little

ducklings have already hatched and

they are very lively, so in the mean-

time‘l will try to raise ducks.



Next, fall I amgoing to kill one of

the large ducks for Thanksgiving and

at Christmas we will kill another for

our Chirstmas dinner. «



So my occupation will be gardening,

berrying and raising ducks, but it, is

the kind of work I like. ‘



I am going to help my mother and

father by helping with the hay and

grain. I will also help with the milk-

ing and in the care of my baby sister.





raspberries and





 





By Wilhelmina B. Miller, M. C.,

Bristol, indiana.



My father Bought a small printing

press about" three years ago for a rea-

sonable price. He bought it for the

purpose of' doing a little advertising

and job printing for other people. He

has now turned it over to me and I

am doing the work. I have earned a

small sum of money since I began a

few weeks ago, by printing calling

cards, envelopes, and tax receipts. I

am now printing some blotters to ad-

vertise my work.



My father is also going into the

flower business and it is my job to





 





)

The difierent kinds





I willget half of the motleyg - ~- .,





I also help my mother in the m...-

and earn seventy-five cents each, week . ‘





for my musi'c—lessoii. _ . . . ~

Printing is the most profitable prop-

osition if you'have the machinery.

‘7‘?“—

.By Alice Lamhriaht, Manchester .

Michigan.

This vaCation’s vocation I hope

will be the best one! ever had, and

I want to be the bestest girl that ever

lived, and to‘ be of good use to my

folks. . "



I will help all I can at housecleaning

and help keep it clean till next time,

learn how to do helpful things, bake

bread, pies ‘and cakes when I have

time, take care of my little , chicks,

and take care‘of my cat, dog and

lamb. .



I will help pick strawberries, rasp«

berries, huckleberries, apples, peaches

and cherries. I will go to church, help

keep the weeds down in the garden

help draw hay and shock ‘oats.





 





By Ethel Evans, 715 South Division



Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan.”



We are going to live on a main road

just outside the city.



I have decided to make myself use-

ful by running a stand in the front

yard, and sell vegetables, lemonade

and sandwiches. While I am waiting

for people to come and buy I’ll make

crocheted centerpieces, lace and yokes

to sell.



All the money I get from selling that

.will help me in high school, then I

will find something else to help.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I thank you very “muchly” for the

cute little box of candy I got. It is

indeed a prize worth working for and

I was certainly surprised to get it.

_Uncle Frank, do you think it all

right to take up a M. C. collection?

The question is, what would we use

it for? Would we get enough to build

some home, or other monument of the

M. C.’s? If it would go for some good

purpose, however small, I would be

glad to donate my share. I suggest

this as a topic for discussion among

the M. C.’s. ‘



I suppose most of the members are

enjoying their vacation now. Well, I

think I deserve some pity, for my

school isn’t out until June 20.



How would you go about‘it to start

.a local Merry Circle? The young peo-

ple around here don’t seem to have

the “club spirit” and it is hard to or-

ganize them. .- _





I am afraid I am asking too many

questions, so will close for this time.

——Edna Federspiel, M. C., Sterling,

Michigan. ~





You have asked several questions

which have been in my mind for some

time. We certainly do not want to

organize local clubs or take up collec-

tions until we have some definite pur-

pose for doing so. To do these things

without a purpose would be useless.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I do’not go to school any more. I

stay home and do all the spring work

on our land and the neighbor’s ten

acres. Sometimes I work late and

sometimes I don’t.



"UnCIe Frank, haveyou a radio at

your house. _



I bet you a shuper of beer I know

your name. It is If I am





 





 





right, don’t print your name if you:





print this letter. If anyone with eyes

can’t find the name, he or she-is blind.



Some girls think they should be

handled as angels, but they are no bet-

ter than boys. Some are even worse,





don’t you think so, Uncle? I hope the

waste paper basket has a stomach

ache so he can’t eat this letter.—





Yours truly, John ‘Stutzman, Utica,

“Michigan.





No, I wouldn’t bet a shuper of beer}

because I don’t like the stuff. Besides,

it isn’t exactly legal now. Yes, some

girls are worse than some boys. '





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



. have just finished reading the

girls’ and boys’ section. lone Maguire

must be the club poet. Hope she writes

more letters to us in the same way.



I don’t think boys are any more

rude to girls than some girls are to

boys“ Teasmg (in a sense) isn’t nec-

essarily called rude. I’m sure every

one has at one time teased some one

or other and would dislike being call-

ed rude. ‘ '





When Ruby ran away from the rat

she didn’t really “work-towin.” What

I mean is, she didn’t stick to her

ground and act unafraid, as her moth-

er saidshe should have done.



I am one of those “bobibes” that

Harold Coles speaks about, but I don’t

show my teeth. Don’t wish him any

bad luck, but I hope the battery burns

out—Your loving M. C. niece, Marian

Pickup, R. 2, Pontiac, Mich. -



It seems both boys and girls like to





.tease and to be teased. If the teasing

isn’t rude it is often enjoyable.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



It is getting quite hot- about this

“Are boys rude to girls ?”*question. If

you think boys are rude to girls, you

must be an .. exception. Of‘ course,

some boys are different than others.

But I don’t think any of the Merry

Circle boys are so rude but the girls.

can stand it. Also, ,a person notices

the actions of others quicker than he

does his own. I think that if the giltis





would take notice of their own a little .





more, and when they are perfectgtell

us boys about it, we will. try to lie-a.

little more careful. Won’t firm-tellers ?-





see that all the flowers are/water“

every night. and what 'fioWers ,1 sen if





 





 

 





rudeness. There is ’no “doubt that (it





we could see oimselves as others see-

us, we would not talk so much gabo‘ut: {





the other fellow, . ,_ '





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Dear-Uncle and, Cousins: , , , .—



About boys being rude to girls, this

is my opinion, Uncle Fun . Songs

are and some are not. *At our school

the boys killed a snake. They thought

it would scare the girls, so they

brought it in, but we just simply pick-

ed it up and put itwdown the boys'

necks. They» never tried to scareus

again.—G'ood—bye, Adelaide Blake, En-

gadine, Mich. -~‘ ‘ _, p ' -



You used a good cure on those boys.

They must have miscalculated your

braveness.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



When you ask, "are boys rude to

girls ?”'I will answer, yes. It isnt’ any

fun when you are ona teter board to

have the boys come and push you off,





” -or it isn’t any fun to have them put





a dead bird or an angle worm down

your neck. Was you rude to the girls

when you were a boy, Uncle Frank?—

Mattie Fishel‘, R. 1, Pentwater, Mich.





Yourquestion is a very hard one to

answer. If I were to tell you that I

was one of the nicest boys there ever

was, you would not believe me.

might as well say that I was one of

them rude ones, too.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ‘

Uncle Frank, don’t you really thin

that the bobbed hair, knicker question,

and are boys rude to girls? questions

and discussions are rather silly and

unimportant topics for discuSsion?

Why not have the M. 0. members give

their opinions on some live wire sub-

ject, such as “Is the soldiers’ bonus

profitable?” “Do we need tax reduc-

tion?” or “What can education do to



reduce the crime wave?”



Well, I have written more than I

should, but I would like to hear some

“wide-awake” M. . C.’s express their

opinion on the subject—Your hay-

seed nephew, Birney Marble, M. C.,

R. 4, Allegan, Mich. .



The subjects you suggest are very

good, although 'I don’t/ think we had

better discuss the first one. I would





be glad to have someone start the ball





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What Russell Guldenstein,‘of St. Clair,

Thinks of Horse-shoe Luck.





rolling on the other two. I‘agree that

they are more substantial questions

than those of the knicker and bobb

hair type. , .





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .



Well, I see Harold Coles had a little

spare time today. " I sure agree with

Harold Coles about runningrinto the

bobbed-haired flappers all the time. I

think girls look as good in knickers

as boys would in wearing dresses~

Don’t you? Now, this is myjopinion

about girls. Let’s hear yo‘ur’s, Uncle

Franks—From "Alfred Fritsch, ,R. 3;

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sons; auditflnlhwilllikemusicbet—

tor than anything else. '



Also} 1!"!me tolearn todo

because I know it

would. not be very nice to know noth-

in: about housework. Once my mothm'

er. let me bake a cake, and. I had such

good luck with it that I felt very proud

(will... soyouseelamgoing toput

some time on housework, .too. I hope

to pass the seventh and eighth grades

and go to 'high schdoi, and train for

a music Uteucher But it will sure take.

a lot of practice, won't. it?



There are lots of things I have am-

bition to do, but there is only one-

thing that interests me, and that is

to be a music teacher.



By Charles Wilder, Sherwood, Mlch.



What I want to be when I grow up

is a mechanic. I like to make automo-

biles justwihe right size for me. I

made one which was-shown in the

Sunday School paper by A. Nell'ey

Hall. I would like to make one with

bicyclewheels. 'They don't Iok much

like the large cars. but its is fun to

play with them



I like to be around a garage when-

ever I can, so I can see the different

parts of cars and see myself as a me—.

chanic in a large garage I am mak-

ing a little car now and work on it

after school and Saturdays, and some-

times a neighbor's boy comes to see

a car that I have made.





 





PET. PICTURE WINNERS.





S PEAKING of pictures, I had a reg-

ular menagerie during this con-

test. , There was present everything

from little chicks to horses, including

hawks, owls, deers, goats and other

unusual pets.



To have pets should be a part of

every boys’ and girls’ life. It gives

them a chance to express aflection,

and to show tenderness and kindness

to dumb animals in their care. The

time spent with pets. is well—spent,

wholesome pastime.



I received many pictures in which

the subjects were very good, but the

pictures were not clear enough to

make good cuts for printing purposes.

For that reason some could not be

included among the prize-winning pic-

tures.



Some of the prize-winners will be

printed next week; the others will be

used as we can find space for them.

Other interesting pictures which did

not win prizes will also, be used some

time in the future " ‘I



The prize winners are as follows:



Fountain Pens.

Ronald Blakeslee, R. 1, Williams-





burg, Mich. -

MLlewellyn Garrison, R. 7, Adrian,

Ich .

Flashlights.

T. C. Rossman, R. 1, Metamora,

Mich.





Frederick Yeider, NorveII, MiCh

Roger Sloat, R. 2, Dewitt, Mich.





Candy.

Myrtle Collins, Onondaga, Mich.

Opal L. Bielby, R 1, Centerville,

Mich.

Laura. Klynstra, R. 3, Hudsonville,





Mic



Eathel R. 3, Akron,

Mich.



David Brubacher, Brutus, Mich





I can’t help but notice in looking

over this-list, how the boys captured

the big prizes. I am sure that this is

the first time this has occurred. Con-

gratulations boys. Do it. again.





Fay Sharp,





 





THERE’S A LONG, LONG TRAIL.





(Continued from page 829)

them in their wild state, it was a

sight I shall never forget, and well

worth the cost of. th. trip.



We reached our destination about





' 7I I 4:.I00I1I’.M and I had my first glimpse





as, silent, alone, it nest-

of the Mediation,





had: after an early supper soon

p 1 into our blink; and was lulled‘to

sleep by the murmur of the river. as it

hurried on its way deep in the heart





of theme: forest where the whimp'er





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4t/tjoffuly Canter:





E are nearing our great



national holiday which cel-

ebrates our independence. This

holiday is celebrated in various

ways. It used to be devoted to

the shooting of firecrackers, etc...

but the law prohibits them now,

in many cases.

.. I would like your idea. of what

would be the most ideal way of

Celebrating this day. Tell this

in about two hundred and fifty

words, or less. Write on one

side of the paper only, and put

your name and address in the

upper left hand corner of the

first sheet of your contest pa-

pers. If you are a Merry Circler,

put M. C. after your name.



The subject is, “My Idea of



the Best Way to Spend the

Fourth.” The usual.prizes will

be given.

I' This contest closes on July 3.

Send your papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De~

troit, . Michigan.





 





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of the porcupine or the stealthy tread





of some wild creature were the only,





sounds to be heard, excepting the wind

in the spruce boughs.





Days passed in long tramps through .





the woods, far from the noisy city, in





a world of mystery and silence, where '





no speed limits were to be observed,

or no parking signs to'bother us. Idly

sitting at the foot of some tall pine

tree, talking, laughing or silent, as

the spirit moved us, we rested and re—

laxed, happy, hilarious,

days passed all too quickly.



In fact, I think the thing I enjoyed

most was to go to the door of the

shack and let out a yell that would

put a comanche to shame, “That grub

was ready, fall in,” and fall in they

surely did. Some different from step-

ping out on the back porch at home

and in carefully modulated tones call,

“Dear, supper is ready anytime you

are.”



Below the camp about a mile and

one—half, was the Big Falls, where the

water tumbled over a solid wall of

rock down about forty feet, and by a

stiff climb, where you wanted to be

sure all breaks were in working order,

and the bushes and trees you clutched

were firmly rooted, you could, if your

courage held out, reach the foot of

the falls, and there where the roar of

falling water filled your ears, sit and

gaze on its turbulent surface and

watch the foam pile up in great mass-

es and float away down the river.



Tanned but happy, we finally turned

our faces towards the south and home,

consoling ourselves with the thought

that we would surely come again an-

other year.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



There have been a few suggestions

as to what to do with the money if

we start an M. C. fund. I thought

first that we might give it for some





 





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probably too many denominations 16D-





resented in the Merry Circle for it to‘





be satisfactory. So I thought maybe

we might find some crippled child that

might be made well if they had the

money. This would be mission work

and I think it also suggests our M. C.

pledge.



Juit the suggestion of another M.

0., Dorothy L. Sowles, R. 9,Kala1na-

zoo, Mich. .

_Thanks for, your suggestion. We

would be spreading happiness to do as

you "suggest. Let’s have some more

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by 250 to 280 egg. males .............. $5.25 $10.00 $45.00 8 90.00

Selected Barron White Leghoms ....... 4.75 9.00 42.50 80.0

Extra Selected Sheppard Mottled Anconas .. . 5.75 11.00 52.50 100 00

Selected Mottled Anconas ....................... . ......... 2.50 4.75 9.00 42.50 so'o

Selected Park’s Bred—to-Lay Barred Rocks ...... ............ 3.75 7.00 13.00 02.50 120:00





Broiler, Mixed Chicks. Seven Cents Straight.





PULLETS AND BREEDING STOCK FOR SALE



After June let we offer Selected White Leghorn Pullets. 8 to 10 weeks old. at $1.10 each:

fggppard Ancona Pullets at $1.30 each and Barred Rook Pullets at $1.50. Prices reduced for



or more. \



After July l5th we have 700 choice Tom Barron and 400 Sheppard Ancona breed h f

disposal at $l.25 each. Also. selected cocks of- same breeds for $l.25 each. These 111111118“ 0.2590(1);

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



ORDEfl AT CNCE from this ad. We can make imm ‘ te shipment. Cash with order or sent

C. 0. D. if desxred. All chicks sent to your door by parcel post prepaid, 100% alive delivery

guaranteed. Pullets and stock shipped by express, charges collect. Catalog FREE.





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





 

 

   

   

   

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 





   





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





English While Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, Anconas

Order Direct from this Ad. for Prompt Shipment





Selected Malings Extra Selected Mating:





$0 per l00 $l0 per ")0

$35 per 500 $45 per 500





\\ Odds and Ends, (Broilers) $6.50 per 100; $30 per 500





 

 

 

 





loo % Live Delivery Guaranteed. For specifications of our dit-



lerent breeds and prices of puilets, send



11 ‘l for Illustrated catalog. .

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CHICK sense.





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. Anconac

Tom Barron White Le horns Heavy Type Brown Leghorn:

R. C. 8; S. c. Rhode slend Reds Park's Barred Rocks



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

hand picked and inspected. no cripples or weaklings. Every one strong

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

age paid. rite 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, MIC".





KEYSTONE QUALITY CHICKS





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

All Pure Bred Stock From Carefully Culled And Muted Flocks,





Full Live Delivery Guaranteed





 





 

 





Prices on 50 100 500 1000

Extra Select B. P. Rocks & R. I. Reds .............. nu...” ......... $6.00 $11.00 $50.00 $100.00

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

R. I. Rods, from Choice Matings ......................... . 8.00 15.00 70.00 130.00

W. Wyandottes. Buff Orpingtons d: W P. Rocks ....... ... 7.00 13.00 00.00 ......

Utility & Ens. g. C. W. Leghorm .................................... 5.50 10.00 45.00 90.00

medal American 8. C. W. Leghorns .................................. 6.50 12.00 55.00 110.00





' Mixed. all heavies. $9.00 per hundred.





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

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





The Keystone Hatchery 8r. Poultry Farm, Box 8, Lansing, Mich





ONE MILLION BIG VALUE CHICKS AT LOW PRICES





No Culls but ‘BETTER QUALITY CHICKS’





$7.50 Per 100 and Up





 





Varieties. Prices on 50 100 300 500 1000

American. Tom Barron. Wh. Leghorns..$4.50 s 9.00 $25.00 $40.00 3 78.00

S. C. Brown, & Buff Leghorns, Anconas 4.50 9.00 25.00 40.00 78.00

Barred & But! Rocks, Blk. Mlnorcas.... 5.75 11.00 32.00 48.00 95.00.

S. C. & R. C. Bhode 1. Beds .......... 5.75 11.00 32.00 48.00 95.00



White Rocks .......................... 0.25 11.50 34.00 53.00 105.00

White Wyandottes .................... 0.75 13.00 38.00 00.00 115.00

8. L. Wyandottes, Bufi’ Minorcas 850 16.00 4 00 75.00





 





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, Mixed Chicks, Light Breeds. $7.50; Heavy Breeds, $9.00 per 100 straight.

, .. » " From flecks wonderfully developed for high egg production and beaut of type

plumage. Our chicks are properly hatched and shipped d this is the reason they are TRONG,

LTHY, and HUSKY. and satisfy our customers from Maine to Florida and from the Atlantic to the

for West. Postpaid. Order right. from this ad. with full remittance and the reach you in.sa!et.v.

alive and full of pop. We guarantee it. You take no chances. Member I. . C. .A. Bank References.

‘ _ . EAGLE NEST HATCHERY. Box UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.





v BHIGKS—«SPEBIAI PRIOES JUNE





Delivered anywhere. White Leghorn, :10 per 100. Barred Books and B. 1. Beds. 811 per 100.



g .. culledendinspeoted. Ourownbreedinstiock'of AmericanWhiteIMer-ne. Laying

filmed qualities combined. 18 years’.hreed1ns. hatching marketlna maxim. 110m mg,

delivery mm Order from this advertisement to insure prompt shipment.





EGO, FARM e. MA‘TGI'IEllY.~ Dig louver.

Mail Address Birmingham, Michigan, R. 4. .





 





 

 





 

 





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‘ Could you please tell'me‘lf‘there is





anything to be. done for 'goslings'when . ~



they die at abouttwo-weeks 90f 3. e?-=GOSLi

, They are only sick about a day. 1‘ ey _ ' -

an't walk, and I





act so weakthatgthey‘i’

let' their wings h‘a‘ng.’—’ rs. W. K,

The losses may be" due to faulty





‘ feedingor lack gofsvigor. partly due to,





the breeding stock <an'd bad weather.

Stale bread Soaked in milk and squeez-

ed. out is a. good, first .feed. Some

breeders add chopped boiled- eggs to

the‘ bread and milk. Provide plenty

of grassy range and fresh drinking

water. Stagnant drinking water and

spoiled feed sometimes cause a diarr-

hea and the goslings sicken‘and die.

Exposure to hot sun may result in loss

so the young birds should have a.

shady range. _ . -

,Goslings may be killed from eating

rose chafers the same as young chick-

ens. If theSe insects are abundant

around the roses or grape vines or on

weeds where .the goslings range, it

might pay to keep the birds inside for

a few days, or at least keep them on

a. range which apparently is not infest-

ed with the chafers. ~





PREVENTING SCALY LEGS.





Can. you tell me of a. cure'for scaly

legs on chickens? Is it harmful to

‘them? What is the amount of feed

to be given laying-hens and what kind

of food should they have?—H. N.

Scaly legs are caused by parasites

which traVelw from one bird to another

on the roasts. Remove as much as

possible of the scaly encrustations

with warm soapy water and then rub

the legs with kerosene oil or a. five

per cent solution of commercial coal

tar disinfectant. I find that if the

roosts are often painted or sprayed to

keep down red mites that. it also

seems to control the scaly leg para-

site. This pest probably reduces the

vigor of hens by keeping them uncom-

fortable, especially at night. It greatly

injures the appearance of the car-

casses of hens marketed for meat.

The amount of feed needed by a hen

depends on the range and the size of

the hen. A good dry mash can be

made of equal parts of ground oats,

ground corn, middlings, branand beef





‘ ‘ scrap. Reduce the beef scrap one-half

if you are feeding plenty of sour milk.





Two-thirds wheat and onothird corn

makes a. good summer scratch grain.

Place the dry mash before the hens at

all times. Feed about a third of the

scratch grain in the morning and give.

them all they will clean up at night.

Fresh water is very essential, also

green feed, gritand oyster shells.





FEEDING DUCKLINGS.





When my ducks are four weeks old,

they wil lsit around for an hour or so.

They can not stand on their feet, and

soon die. I have brought them in the

house at night, and keep them in on

cold days. What is best to feed them

while they are small? I gave them

oatmeal, bran and chick feed. Have

about fifty more coming off soap.—

Mrs. B. M. S.



A good starting feed for ducklings

consists of equal parts by measure of

bread crumbs and rolled oats plus

about three per cent sand. The leg

weakness may be caused by lack of

exercise which sometimes results from

overfeeding with concentrated rations

especially mashes containing too much

corn meal.



After ducklings are a week old try

a: mash consisting of three parts bran,

one part corn meal, one part low-grade

wheat flour. Then add about ten per

‘cent green feed, five per cent ‘beef

scrap and three per cent sand. Animal

feed in the form of beef ‘scrap,'ahd

plenty of’green feed and exercise seem

essential to the" healthful growth {of}

ducklinge. Food only theamountthey





 





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’ Can you tell ‘me' the. cause of my-

losing three, goslings, which ,ppt’ed as

follows; They were about Weweekfi

;old——had been out on range; for about

. four or five days—when . the Weather-





. permittedethey were growingmand do- '





ing just fine. Today it started tof'rain

and I brought; them' intothe’ house.

They acted all right until about one

hour ago when there seemed to be a

sticky, watery colored matter come

'from their throats—one died"‘ln9ide of





ten minutes after that started to come‘





from their mouths. Can you tellyme

what Would cause this?

been perfectly healthy and doing so

nicely, and losing them was so sudden





that I cannot account fer it.—D. C. C. '





Goslings sometimes have diarrhea

and digestive disorders, due toheaVy

feeding with sloppy mashes or because

of eating spoiled feed or drinking stag~

,nant water that is quite unclean. ‘



_.A good mash for 'goslings can be

made of equal parts corn meal, bran,

middlings and rolled oats mixed with

skim-milk. Perform a postmortem on





.any goslings that dieL and note the‘





condition of the internal organs and

cOntents of the crop. Usually there is

little trouble raising goslings - when

they have plenty of fresh green grass

and shade. \ '





BUYI'NG HENs AT SALES.





I bought some hens at a sale the

other day and lost three of them. More

of them have the same trouble. They

have diarrhea. and get lame. They

start with lameness first—H. E. F.





The lameness, diarrhea. and loss of

the birds .indicates tuberculosis. 'A

postmortem may show spots on the

liver, which is another symptom. It

is necessary to kill and burn hens with

tuberculosis as there is no cure. It is

often best to have a. veterinarian per-

sonally inspect the flock and make rec-

ommendations. There is considerable

danger of introducing disease into the

home flock from buying low—priced

hens at auction. Do not buy such

birds unless they have plump, meaty

bodies and show the evidence of good

care and plenty of vigor. When hens

are to be sold as a. flock it is often

fairest to all for the farmer to market

them as meat unless they are in fine

physical condition. When butchered

any carcasses not in the best of con-

dition can be_ culled out. Then the

chances of spreading contagion from

any vifeak, diseased birds is promptly

eliminated.





DUCK WITH SORE FOOT._





My duck has a sore foot. It is like

a. chicken that has bumble foot, only

larger, and it has a thick scab on it.

The whole foot is swollen so that she

can hardly walk. This duck is a little

over two years old—Miss A. G.





I think the duck has an abscess of

the foot, sometimes called bumble-

foot. It may be caused by stepping on

a. nail or ’sharp object, or by an injury

from some farm animal. Any slight

wound or bruise on the foot which be-

came infected, might develop that con-

dition. Lance the swelling by making

a rather wide incision with a sharp

knife. Drain the wound and wash it

with iodine, and then, bandage Sev-

eral dressings may be necessary be-

fore healing results.’ Such cases in

birds greatly, differ. Some may be!

easy to heal, while others result in

lameness and great loss of vigor. Your-

own inspection of the bird can best

determine whether it 18‘ worth trying





to save through surgery. _ g -





1 I Those who quit feeding $116,000!er 3

liens .





 





 





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in comfort until their hides are

stretched with fullness, then they lie

down 111 groups upon the sudden earth,

stretch out and groan and chew their

ends. Around them on all sides na-

ture’s axminster covering hugs the





earth. The up is deep and green“





they- walk upon it, they lie down on

11,’ they e'a‘t (it it and relish 111 as they

do no other food.





Contrasted with the sights that

make us dizzy with their movement





comparison it ‘contentment is the

, thought in mind. To roam about the

pastures on a pleasant afternoon with

an eye given to observe the things its

vision rests upon, is an adventure in

contentment for man as Well as beast



Neither need his mind dwell wholly

upon the sentiment of the scene for

have not those mossy coated. mellow

hided, sappy youngsters gained much





when he saw them frolicing on the

green. The matrons, too, have put on

new sleek coats, are padding their

1 frames with flesh, or filling heavy ud-

ders with mankind’s richest food, and

of greater interest than all, perchance,

there may be a tiny wobbly calf hid-

den somewhere in the tallest grass.

, ' This combination of the useful and

the beautiful, the practical and the

sentimental, the partnership of man

with nature, as expressed in fields and

woods and pastures, has the trivial or

magnificent artificialities of man as

seen in city streets, beaten in a thou—

sand ways. So, at least, in the estima-

tion of one who claims to love the

great outdoors in general, and‘ one





small plot of it, commonly known as





FranCisco Farms, in particular. ——P. P.

Pope.





 





ENJOYS FORTIETH BIRTH DAY.





 





HE bureau of animal industry in



the department of agriculture is

forty years old, having recently cele-

brated its fortieth anniversary. Al-

though in the act of creating the de-

partment of agriculture, the commis-

sioner, then the executive head, was





directed specifically to collect new and ‘





valuable seeds and plants and engage

scientific men versed in the propaga-

tion and culture of fruits and plants,

animal life being apparently over—look—

ed, the animal industry bureau is the

oldest bureau in the department.





It was not until 1878 that any atten-

tion Was given to animals. Then a

special appropriation of $10,000 was

made for the study of farm animal

diseases. Largely through the efforts

of Commissioner of Agriculture George

B. Loring, assisted by Dr. D. E. Salmon,

the bureau of animal industry was es-

tablished in 1884. The first appropria-

tion for the bureau amounting to

$150,000, was devoted mostly to the

study of animal diseases, which was

apparently the main function of the

new bureau. Now the bureau Spends

more than $10, 000, 000 annually and

employs 4,200 men and women in its

meat inepection, quarantine and re-

search work. This year it has had

appropriated $3,500,000 additional to

fight foot—and-mouth disease and other

contagiousdiseases of animals.





The new bureau of dairying which

‘will begin operations on July 1, wi

undoubtedly be a larger unit than was

the bureau of animal industry a few

years ago. ‘





 





As the margin of profit grows nar-

rower the more important it is to weed

" the poor Ms, and the greater the

W5“ cows tailing below the



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Politics and





 





the Railroads _





To the present generation of Michigan Railroad men it is a





. mtcful thought that this Peninsular commonwealth is appre—

. ciativc of the fact that Railroad Service is today the best in





' Michigan history.





We know this appreciation by actual expressions—~11 k

p0 en and

written—and by the gradual disappearance of that ancient hostil-

. lty which featured an era of Railroading long past.





Most people realize that Railroad Service has been roe—established





despite laws which restrict management in every detail—laws





‘\ g which add huge burdens of expense to Railroad opcration without

assisting in any way toward Railroad progress or the development





of Railroad Service.





Those who understand these facts give full credit for the achieve-

ment of Michigan’ 3 twentyvfour steam Railroads and are prompt





to resent selfish attacks on them.





Before this defense—~21 defense





based on facts—railroad aspersion is becoming out of date, except

for spasmodic revivals at election time, When office seekers,

desperately fighting for votes, sometimes endeavor to turn Railroad





abuse into political capital.





Railroads have small chance to meet such attacks. Railroad men

are mo busy furnishing transportation and conducting negotiations

with the various Government boards and commissions which so

closely supervise our every act. In this extremity we must rely on

you to protect and defend us, and to insure us a square deal.





Is this-reliance well placed?





Michigan Railroad Association





. son Railroad Exchange Bldg... Detroit. Mich. (947)





 





 





 





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change 01 Copy or Cancellations must reach 1::

Twelve Davs before date of publication





 





 





I

Wallinwood Guernseys

Young bulls from A. R. (M for sale

F. W. WALLIN.J11nison, Mich.





bulls from R. of M. Cows. .

. Some fresh. others bred

for tall freshening. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersvule. Mich.





 





cattle. young bulls, for

sale. Tuberculln tested

Lake Odessa, Mich.





Registered Jersey





 





 





Choice Bull (Tall 10 mo. old.

"88- Gucmse” out of a good A. R. 0. cow.

M. WILLIAMS North Adams. Mich.





 





F

Guernseys or sale. Bog. yearling heifers. bull





calves, May breeding, prices

very monabl e. W. W. Burdlcltc‘,”a eWilliamston. Mich.

W





 





 





May Echo Sylvia Breeding

From Traverse City State Hospita





Bull calf, born November 2,

1923, nearly all white



Sire: A 34-1b.g1andson of

May Echo Sylvia



Dam: A 32-1b. daughter of

Echo Sylvia King Model, grand-

son of May Echo Sylvia.



Second Dam: A 30-.1b cow

with a 305- day record of 908. 72

lbs butter and 20, 513. 2 lbs. milk.



The seven nearest dams of

this calf average 33. 3 lbs. butter

and 682.8‘1bs. milk.





Bureau of Animal Industry,





SHoRTHoRRs





 





 





 





 





Registered Durocs





FOR SALE. -Young bears and gilt: bred from the

best herds in Mhhigan and Ohio, at reasonable pric-





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





UROC {all and sprint hours of the but breeding

and quality, at prices to loll. Fall pigs at bar-

gain prices. W. C. Taylor. Milan. Mich.





 





BIDWEL





Now offering 2 January roan bull calves of





exceptmnal merit. reasonabl e.d

Box I). Tecumseh.M1(h





BIDWEI L S'l‘ ()CK FARM,





 





I have sold my





Real Milking ‘ horthorm {‘f‘m,





entire Herd of cattle. 35 ht 1d of hand milked (ows.





choice bred gills





Duroc Jerseys 3“".momn prices»





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Mich.





W h S . d . S

D U R O C S Grist aggionogingztiolsrTwiggslg





 





ternational Winner. Buy your fall boar now

save money. Let us tell you about our Sensation

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





 





pair fed calves and young heifers.





 





Sim type quality and price





Chester While Roars -.‘,' 2' .

free. F. w. ALEXANDEWR. $31.15;: $33., Renamed





 





FOR SALE





A ftw choice young Shorthorn bulls.

. B. PETERS &. SON, Elsie. Mich.





 





FOR'SAL





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





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

from. Outstanding h rd boars at $25; pairs 340:

3-10.}. 850. $5 ()0 off if you come and get them. '





POPE. R. 3. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.





 





Young rattle sired by yllcmlution



Cheap '1! taken soon



strong milking inheritance.

'ch.





eitlur sex, by the great Boar.’1‘ho





Fa" Pigs Wolverine Priced reasonable. Best

of dams. W. I". Livingston. Parma, Mich.





 





 





~l"F~MlLK SllOR’l‘HORNS. Several choice heif-





- Bred gins. spring and f 11 boon.

Ham? lane at bargain prices. 12th ygcr. Write





your wants. John W. Snyder. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





aired by General (‘laymore W111-

We 1an please you;





grove Star or Walridg

ester! 1 sons. mm. Mich.





 





 





'ch‘putmcht Q. Lansing,‘ Michigan.





1





l 0- lb.

Holsteins2 1,...”“343‘liifa “5;: by... t, 3 0...,





white, other half. Ask about them. B. E.8 KIES,





Hillsdale. Mich.





BUTTER BRED may. Wm





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FEARglfL

« Silver Creek. Allergen County, 6 Michigan





 





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RED P0121151) CATTLE





from Michigan‘s Leading Kiri-(1.0191131! bylli

I'WESTBROOK BROS. K





YEARLINC





F ELDKAIP. . Manchester.





Brown SW“! Bull 161' ssle.~

Poland China Full Bears.





 





 





St .11 f

D U R 0 CS "(:50 to? sale at all timen,





F. J. Drodt, Monroe. Mieb.. R. No. I.' and





0.1 C’s swnliomfiill Sir-ed by' Glut Boy”





 





Boy. " also Brown Swiss *





bulls MILO H. PETERSON. R. 2, lonia, "loll-g





DUROC SPRING PIGS





Every Pia guaranteed “fly-em wile-you who



it. Send for actual photo and description

our: FARMS AesoclAnon. Ran-non. It“;

Mom!) er Michigan State MB:





 





 





"l
’"GRAlN ouoTATioNs





Monday, June 23.



. Detroit. -—-No. 1 red 81.18; No.2 red

' 81.17; No.3 red 81. 14, No.2 white

81.19; No.2 mixed 81.1



., Chic ago—July 81.13%@1.18;7/s S‘ep-

tember 38.81 17W 15%; December at

8.117%@1.17%.



’ - Toledo. —Cash 81.17@1. 18





Detroit. ——-No. 36,0 90c;

85c.





Chicago. ——July 87 840 September at

8;6% December 77146127784;





. Oats.

2 lggtroit,—Cash No. 2 white 560; No.





, c. .

Chicago. —July 4684c; September at.





42%c; December 44%c.





Detroit -—Cash 5323.3. 2, 780.



Chicago. “July 75%c; September at



721,4@72%c.



Toledo. ——77c. ;



Barley.



Barley, malting 85c; feeding 80c.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment 84.50 per cwt.



Chicag305. —Navy 85; Red kidneys at

87. 25@7.3



New York. ——Choice pea at 85 35,

red kidneys 88@8.2



Seeds.



Detroit—Prime red clover cash at



811.50; alsike 810.45; timothy 83.85.





and prompt





Hay ~

Strong—No. 1 timothy 823.50@24;

standard and light mixed 822.50@23;

No. 2 timothy 821@22; No. 1 clover at

819@20; No. 1 clover mixed 820@21;

wheat and cat straw 811.50@12; rye

straw 813@14.





Feeds.

Bran 830; standard middlings 830;

fine do _;834 cracked corn 841; coarse

cornmeal 839; chop at 835 per ton in





100 lb. sacks.

WHEAT





The advance in the wheat market

which started when the government’s

estimate showed an unexpectedly



’ small crop prospect continued most of

“last Week. Prices have dropped from

the highest level reached, but the un—



;~ dertone is strong. On the whole, wheat

crop conditions are much the same as

a week ago, with the possible excep—

iton of some improvement in the

spring Wheat belt. Reports of foreign

crop conditions are mixed, but the offi—



'- cial estimates of acreage for 19 coun-

tries and of production for two coun-

tries show decreases of three per cent

from last year. Canada reports a near

normal condition, with the acreage

pointing to a material decrease. For-

eign needs continue large as shown by

the way in which large world ship-

ments, coming chiefly from Canada

and the Argentine are being absorbed.

The Canadian surplus will be nearly

all cleaned up in the next two months

at the present rate. The market is

unlikely to make much headway until

the first rush of new wheat is over or

fresh crops of an extremely unfavor-

able nature develops.





CORN





Continuation of unfavorable crop

news, coupled with a broader demand

for corn, lighter offerings from the

country, and the bull market in wheat,

caused a further advance in corn pric-



- es last week to a new high point for

the crop year. Weather conditions

have improved to some extent, but a

season much better than normal will

be required to overcome the poor start

which the crop now has. Farmers are

not disposed to sell old crop reserves

with the outlook for the new crop so

uncertain, and the disappearance of

corn into consumptive channels for

two months has belied the reports of

inadequate demand Prices will prob-

ably react to changes in the weather

and the behavior of the wheat market.





OATS





Oats prices have been inclined to



. lag behind other grains as there is no



. such change in market conditions as



g exists in wheat and the new crop pros-



poet is much better than for corn. If



, corn becomes scarce, however, the de—

mand for oats will broaden.





_, SEEDS



_ Both clover and grass seed prices

1advanced last week. Unfavorable crop

‘ enditions, together with the strength

:in the grain market, stimulated specu-

elative buying. The Junel condition





No.4 yellow _,





'24@241,éc.





.lambs biddin;bg 250 or





of the alfalfa hay crop was estimated

at six per cent below the tea-year av.-

erage, while clover hay was four per





'cent below. Small quantities of for-





eign seed are dribbling in.





The advance in grain prices has ,,





strengthened feed; markets and wheat





' feeds are 81’@2 higher. than a week





ago. Gluten feed has advanced 50

cents, while cottonseed cake and meal

are sharply higher and linseed meal

prices are firm Jobbers and retailers

are inclined to buy sparingly on the

advance, but mixed feed manufactur-

ers are taking hold, particularly in the

cottonseed meal market.





HAY ‘





The hay market is dull, with prices





slightly lower at most points than a





week ago. Buyers are awaiting the

new crop of timothy hay and are un-





willing to increase stocks at présent





prices or to ”accumulate present offer-

ings, most of which are of'poor qual-

ity. The alfalfa harvest in the central

west is being delayed by rains and the

crop is becoming over-ripe.“





POULTRY AND EGGS





Light receipts, reports from the

country of hot weather and decreas-

ing production, and an increase in the,

relative supply of undergrades, kept

prices on fresh firsts advancing last

week. A shortage of a million cases

of eggs on June 1, as compared with

a year ago shown by the government’s

report caused an eleventh-hour rush-

for eggs to store and this demand

gave added strength to the market.

Consumption of all kinds of poultry

has been excellent recently and large

supplies have been moved at generally

unchanged prices Prices on heavy

fowls are higher, due to an active de—

mand and a scaicity of hens in good

flesh



Chicago. ——Eggs, miscellaneous 24%

@25c; dirties 23@2317§c; checks 23c;

fresh firsts 25 %(1 26140; ordinary firsts

Live poultry, hens 221/20;

broilers 39@4lc; roosters 14c; ducks

20c; geese 120; turkeys 20c.



Detroit. —Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 25@261/2c. Live poultry, broil-

ers 40@420; heavy hens 25c, light do

20c; roosters 15@16c; geese.15@160;

ducks 20@25c; turkeys 24@25c.





BUTTER





Butter prices declined about two

cents last week, although the loss was

regained at the close. A substantial

gain in receipts, a steadily increasing

production with the “flush” still to be

encountered, and a heavy surplus of

storage holdings over a year ago were

responsible for the decline. ,Consump—





tire demand 'was mare ac, vs at. the?

lower prices, however, and prices be-





came a little strenger 11014111185 or

butter on June 1 war-e“ more 11 12,-

000,000 pounds heavier than 0'11 June 1,





19 23, and were the heaviest know for b





that date With one exception. .

current into-storage movement comm;

;ues to Show a substantial gain carer

.the preceding week and the same week

a year ago. - -



Prices for 92-score were: Chicago



40%cr New York 4285c. In Detroit

fresh creamery in tubs sells for 37%





@3 9.c

" POTATOES





Carlot shipments of potatoes fell off.





sharply last week but consuming mar-

kets were well supplied from the ex-

tremely heavy movement out of pro-

ducing sections in the previous week.

In addition, home-grown potatoes are

gradually. becoming available farther

north and reducing the demand for

shipped-in stock. Total shipments of

new crop potatoes for the season to

June 16 were 17,641 cars against 13,—

696 cars to the same date last year.

Prices declined last week with Ala~

baina Triumphs quoted at 82. 25@2. 55

per 100 lbs. sacked in the Chicago car-

lot market. North Carolina Cobblers

are bringing 83.75@4 per barrel.





APPLES





Cold storage holdings of barreled

apples on June 1 were four times as

large as the five-year average for that

date. Holdings of boxed apples were

nearly twice the five-year average. The

amount of stock moving from day to

day is dropping rapidly to the vanish-

ing no inf.





STRAWBERRIES





Carlot shipments of strawberries are





falling off rapidly as the season is well

past the peak. Illinois Grandys are

quoted at 84@4. 50 per 24-quart crate,

While Michigan berries are bringing

$3@3. 50 per 16-quart crate in the Chi-

cago market.





PEACHES





Carlot shipments of beaches are now

rolling at the rate of about 125 cars

per day. Prices are sharply lower

than a week ago, with Georgia Uneed

as at 81.10@1 50 per bushel basket and

six-basket carriers in the consuming





centers.

BEANS





The bean market is quieter than a

week ago as speculative buying has

diminished and consumptive demand

has not been brisk enough to keep the

market advancing. Prices are in the

same position as a week ago, with C.

H. P., whites at 84.65@4.70 per 100





 





 





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Monday,





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 78,000. Market moderately

active, uneven, 15@25c lower. Good

250 to 310—lb. butchers at 87. 10@7 20;

tops 87 20. Better grades 160 to 225-

lb ave-rage 86 75@7. 10; bulk of good

140 to 150- lb. weight 86 50@6. 70; bulk

of packing sows 86 25@6 50 good and

choice strong weight killing pigs at

85. 75@6.



Cattle.





Receipts 23,000. Market on killing

classes very dull, largely 15@25c low-

er, little done. Long-fed weighty

steers comparatively scarce; lights

and yearlings predominating. Choice

South Dakota steers held at 811; Best

early 810; vealers steady at 89, mostly.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 17, 000 Better grades na-

tive lambs steady, others weak to 250

lower; culls steady; no early sales;

more lower;

sheep stead bulk native lambs 813@



sorting erate; cull natives 88

@8. 50; heavy fat ewes 84 down.





DETROIT





Receipts 664. Market is slow and



steady.

Good to choice yearlings. 8 8. 00@ 925

Best heavy steers , 850601000

Handywei‘ght butchers . . 8. 50@ 8. 75

Mixed steers and heifers 7. 25@ 8.00

Handy light butchers. .6. 25@ 7. 00

Light butchers . ......... 5. 00 6.25

Best cows .. - 6.50

4.00 5.00





June 23.





Cutters



Canners



Choice bulls



Bologna bulls ...........

Stock bulls



Feeders



Stockers



Milkers





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Veal Calves.

Receipts 804. Market higher.



Best .................... 810. 00@10. 50

Culls and heavies ., ...... 4. 00@ 9. 50

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 406. Market slow.

Best spring lambs .8 15.00

Fair .................... 11.00@12.50

Fair to good .......... g.‘ 5.00@ 6.50

Light to common .. 7.00@ 9.50

Culls and commono ....... 2.00@4.00





Receipts 1, 795H ”Market on mixed

and yorkers 30c lower; others steady.

Mixed and heavy yorkers.8 7. 4





Pigs

Light yorkers ...........

Roughs .................





BUFFALO

Cattle.

Receipts 18 cars. Market dull.

Hogs. ‘

Receipts 20 cars. Market is slow.

Heavy and yerkers 8.7 75@7. _80 pigs





86. 76637

' Sheep and Lambs. ‘

Receipts five cars. AMarket is slow.

Top lambs 815; yearlings 3861.050,

wethers flt' 8:0 ewes8

Calves at





6.75@ 7.00

6.25





\





”mids’ Tbe’me died of £3





speculative holdingfi will probably de- '“.-





termine the course of prices iii the

next few weeks. 6.; new

promises to be a but one.

to ship.-





Half of the crop is on nonei'rrig‘ated





land and is suffering severely from.





drouth.





. wool..-





The volume of wool changing hands I , f

both at seaboard markets and in pro- .-





ducing sections is' smaller than usual ‘

at this season- of the year. The mills

seem to be confining their purchases

to cocasional lots offered at bargain

.‘prices. Buyers in the west as well as

in the fleece wool states have reduced .

their bids five to eight cents from

the level at which the season opened



' and are not very aetive buyers even

at the decline. In spite of these con-

’ditions, however, a 'more hopeful tone

seems to be developing. Foreign mar-

kets.are a little firmer, with prices at

an Australian sale during the week

rather better than expected.



Boston prices as follows: Ohio and

Pennsylvania fleeces, fine strictly

combing 50@520; fine clothing 39c;

1;é-blood strictly combing 50@510; 1;§~

blood clothing 44c; %-blood strictly

combing 48c; %-blood clothing 44c;

1/,,—blood strictly combing 44c; 14,-blood

clothing at 42c; low 1A-blood strictly

combing 42@43c; common and braid

38@39c. The better class of Michigan,

New York, Wisconsin and Miss'ouri

wool one to two cents less than;above.





DETROIT CITY MARKET 1‘





The market was liberally. supplied

with produce, buyers were out in force

and the market was moderately active.

A few home-grown strawberries were

offered and moved at 35@40c a quart.

Bunched bee-ts, turnips and kohl rabi

had easy sale. Lettuce was very slow

to move, and most greens were _in

light demand. Green onions sold eas-

ily, while the bigger supply of radish-

es moved poorer. Few potatoes were

on the market and the demand was

light. Eggs sold readily and the de-

mand for poultry was heavier.



Apples, No. 1, 82. 50@2 75 bu; aspar-

agous2 No. 1, 81. 75((122 dozen bunches;



2,.81 50@1 75 dozen bunches; beet

flops 50@75c bu; bunched beets 75@

900 dozen; cabbage greens 50@75c a.

bu; kohl rabi 75@900 dozen bunches;

leaf lettuce, outdoor 30@500 bu; head

lettuce 81@1. 25 bu; green onions 40(5)

80c dozen bunches; potatoes 70@90é

bu; radishes, round 40@500 per dozen

bunches; long 50@600 dozen bunches;

rhubarb 40@50c dozen bunches; _spin-

ach, fancy 60@75c bu; No. 1, 40@50c

bu; turnip tops 35 ,50c bu; turnips

50@75c per dozen unches; cabbage

plants 75c per 100; tomato plants 81

per 100' pansies 81.75 per 15- box flat;

strawberries 35@400 per quart; eggs,

wholesale 30@32c dozen; retail 33@

40c; old hens, wholesale 25@28c 1b;

.retail 28@30c; broilers, wholesale 33

@451: lb; retail 35@450; roosters, re-

tail 25c lb, small pigs 85@5. 50 each.





GRAND RAPIDS





The larger offerings of strawberries

caused prices on this market to turn

downward early this week. This fruit

sold in a wide range of 83@4 per case

of 16 quarts. Berries received last

week were mostly Everbearers. The

Dunlaps of excellent quality began

moving this week. The supply of

homegrown vegetables was increased

by offerings of carrot,s celery and

beets. Old potatoes were weak; The

prices early in the week were. Pota-

toes 45@50c bu; asparagus 75c@81

dozen bunches; radishes 109150 doz-

en bunches; carrots 65@ 5c dozen

bunches; beets 65@75c dozen bunch-

es; celery 65@75c bunch; turnips 50

@60c dozen bunches; bspinach 30@500

bu; rhubarb 65@90c bu head lettuce

soé@$1 bu; leaf lettuce 500 bu; beans,

white pea 84. 25 cwt; wheat 81. 02 bu;

poultry, weak; Leghorn fowls 14@15c

lb; heavy fowls 17@20c lb, Leghorn

broilers 17@180 lb; heavy broilers 18‘

@20c lb; eggs 22@22%c dozen.





The general busmess situation

seems to be shaping up fer a moder-

ate revival in industry and trade to

begin" before 1924 is over The pres- ‘

exit trend is toward further slackening

:13“?th ti but ithteh defilitne in‘ indus-



upper ens n e s , '

has been so rastic, that 1 ‘~‘





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The new acreage of 11m is . g : u

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1 l‘ such, “ich.+-Mix_ equal

~FOWdered"-sentian. ginger. blcarbonate





days ago.~~£i. 6.. North

. parts of





of soda‘},tog_ethér,.give each cow a ta—





three timesfa day.

Thrush—Tent Polypus.——I have a

badly diseased





t9 occasionally limp. I also have a

’ ow: with growthin' teat that hinders





" milking badly. 'E. B.; Kingston, Mich.





—=-Keep foot dry and clean, apply equal

parts c'alomel and boric acid to bot«

tom of. foot twice a day. Your vet-

erinarian can remove poiypus, then

milk will flow more freely.



Incipient _Heavcc.-—-Our ,slx-year-old

mare is. showing symptomsof having

heaves. Can she be cured? . D.,

Iron Mountain, Mich—Feed her most-

1 grain and grass, give her a half-

. nce of \Fowler’ssoltuion three times

a. day in) feed or in drinking water.

You can’ safely try any of the com-

mercial heave remedies that are reg-

ularly advertised in this paper.



Diseased Uterus—Have four-year-

old cow that came fresh in January,

1924.- SinCe then she has gradually

lost flesh, comes in heat regularly, but

I found neck

of womb closed and inner wall of the

uterus diseased, covered with tissue

much like afterbirth. F. G. 3., Three

Oaks, Mich—Flush her daily, using

one part lysol in 1.00 parts water.

Give her a. teaspOOnful of acetate of

potash in drinking water twice daily.



Cow ox.——,—l have a four-year-old

cow w ose teats are covered with

blisters or growths which make milk-

ing unpleasant. J. O. Q., North Street,

Mich—Dissolve half-ounce of hyposul-

phite of soda in one quart of water,

wet udder and teats twice a day.



Lumpy Jaw-—-My Jersey heifer

freshened in March and seems to be

in good condition, but about a year

ago bunch came on face near month,

now it reaches the eye and is hard as

bone. -Can she be cured? Mrs. E. J.





, E, Alanson, hilch.+Your cow is incur-





able, but her flesh is perhaps fit for

human food.

Abnormal Appetitc.—What had I





- ' better do for cows that are inclined to





0





eat rubbish in preference to good

quality of grain. J. R. M., Imlay City,

Mich—Feed grain and grass, also give

her a tablespoonful of ground gentian

at a dose two'or three times a day.



Chronic Garget-———What can be done

for a cow that has caked udder? She

shows no symptoms of ill health, but

her bag remains caked hard. There

are also some little bunches or sores

the size ofra marble. E. M., Hunters

”Creek, Mich—Apply one part iodine

and ten parts lard to caked portion of

udder three times a week. Apply

equal parts of oxide ofczinc and boric

acid to sores twice a day. .





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





 





Tuscola Co. June 19,—All crops but

potatoes in. There will not be many

beans, but potato acreage is normal.

Corn tw0 weeks behind but growing

rapidly. Winter grains 60 per cent of

normal, hay average crop with new

seeding good. More alfalfa and sweet

clover sown than usual. Not much



rain being marketed. Buyers are of-

ering 70c for old potatoes; butter-fat

38c; dairy butter 35c; eggs 23c. Pig

crop good, but market poor. Indica-

tions are for 100 per cent winter apple

crop. Small fruit injured by the cold

spring. Labor mostly employed on

county and city‘ highways. Nobody

'else able to hire at city wages.

buying autos—J. B.



Ottawa 09., June, 19,—Many are still

planting corn, beans and potatoes.

Wheat better than average and old

\meadows are very good. New seeding

only fair. Federal tuberculosis clean-

up test. finished, with about nine per

cent of cattle affected. Condensary is

paying $1.50 per hundred for three and

one-half per cent milk. Help not as

scarce as- it was; F$30 to $50 being paid

for si 1e ,men.—- . C. H. "

.Cha evoix 60., June 16.-—Spring is

very backward. Froze cream to-





day -with. last winter’s ‘ snow. found





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along. railroad track. Farm labor is





 





, -.Wheat, rye, alfalfa and clever

fineflmt hackvgrd.’ All kindg‘gf

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Many





5.033.065.0110 being employedin lumber





, helping some- \ Wheat and. rye look





normal. Corn has been comingslow.

Bean andpotato plants the orderpf

the day, about the usual acreage will





.m‘now. givingyery littlemilk i'I‘heY' be "planted. Wheatyse’lls for $1; rye





50c; oats_.550; corn 80c; .pork, live

7c; dressed 10c: eggs 210;; butter-fat

40c: hens 10@-18c.—0. D.. P. ‘



. lie-Planting





, Miuaukee‘ 69... June.

is nearly all done, With acreage nor-

mal. ‘Warm weather ismaking things

grow, but it is getting too dry- for the

meadows. .Wheat and‘rye lookgood.

Pig cr‘op about 80 per cent. Early ap-

ples blossoming full .and late varieties

about 50 per cent. A few cattle are

being picked up. at 3@4c.—-,—H. E. N.

Shiawasse‘e Co.,lJune 18.—Wheat is

doing fine. Corn is all planted and

many farmers are cultivating their

beans. A large acreage of potatoes is

being planted, but sugar beet acreage

is small. There is enough rain t9 keep

crops growing well. The meadows

look good but are backward. Alfalfa

is being cut





§—-—-§-e





BETTER WH$£T PRICES THIS





If any confirmation were needed

that the world’s wheat situation ‘was

changing for the better and that the

depression which has afflicted the

American wheat farmer had reached

a turning point, it was furnished by

the government’s June forecast.



At 593,000,000 bushels, the crop is

the smallest since 1917 and, with two

exceptions, the smallestlsince 1911.

The spring wheat acreage estimate is

the smallest since 1900 and the June 1

condition was the lowest on record for

that date.





TOTAL of 6,944,000 cases of eggs

were in storage compared. with 7,-

890,000 cases in 1923, and 6,806,000

for the five-year average; frozen eggs,





29,401,000 pounds, compared with. 20,-‘





730,000 pounds in 1923, and a five-year

average of 18,266,000 pounds. This in-

dicates that buyers. have been less in-

clined to store heavily, which may ex-

plain the cause of the prevailing low

prices of eggs during the storing

season.





Ship Your Poultry





Direct to

DETROIT BEEF CO.





Write for our shippers' guide, how to

ship live poultry, how to dress and

ship dressed poultry.



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males. $0. Milan Black, R. 3. Howard City, M





OLD ENGLISH Shepherd Pups.

11‘1;lel healers. $8. Henry G.

. 1c 1.





 





Sire and Dam nat—

Latson. R. 1. Ann Arbor.





 





comm rurs. blooded. 10 weeks old. Arthur

Bortel. Britten. Mich.





 





 





TOBACCO





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. 5 lbs.. $1.75: Rn.

£3.00. Smoking. 5 lbs.. $1.25: Ten. $2.00. Pay

when razeiyod. pipe and recipe free. Farmers' Union.

l’nducah. Ky.





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing, five pounds. $1.75:

Ten. $3.00; smoking, five pounds. $1.25; ten. $2.00:

pipe and recipe free. l’ay when received. (‘O—OI’EIL

ATIVI‘} FARMERS, PADU(‘AH, KENTUCKY.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





 





CHICKSmA Hatch every week of good strong chicks.

White Leghorns $10 per 100: Barred Rock and R. I.

Reds, $14 per 100; White Rovks, $14 per 100; 100%

live on delivery guaranteed. Hatchery 4 Miles cut of





 





Mt. Morris 01) Mt. Morris road one mile north and

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

Hatchery. Mt. Morris, Mich.



PURE—BREI) (‘HH‘KSmrodui-cd prices. Barred Rocks,





White Wyandottm. ieds, Buff Orpingtons, Light

Brahmas. 100. $10; 50. $5.50. ”Postpaid. 100% deliv-

ery. Member international (‘hick Ass'n. Earlvillo

Hatchery, liarlville, lllinois.





 





BABY CHICKS—Remarkable for size and strum.

Reasonable prices. Leghorns. Anconas. Rocks. Rods.

Wyandottcs. Onlingtons, Minorcas. Spanish. Brahmas.

Tyrone Poultry Farm, Fenton, Mich.





 





(‘lilCKS—All Popular Varieties. Egg production and

Standard Quality. State Fair Winners. No better

l‘llll‘kh‘ available at same price. Extremely low prices

after May 20th. L'm-hfleld Hatchery. Lin-hileld, Mich.





 





BLOOD TESTED STOCK» ~Rouks and Rcds. all test-

ed for Bacillury White Diarrhca. Other leading

varieties. Our catalog tells all about them. Write

for it. I]. H. l‘icrcc. Jerome. Mich.





 





QUALITY (‘Hll‘KSer‘ostpaid Leghorns. 100,.

Reds, Orpingtons. Wyandottes. Ant-onus, 12c.

Brahmas, 15c. Assorted. 7c. Catalog gives quantity

price. Missouri Poultry Farms, Columbia. Mo.;





 





S. C. RUFF LICGHORN Baby Chicks from good by-

ing strain. Willard Webster. Bath. Mich.





 





MY IiA'l‘l‘lll'lRY will run until December.

Millikcn. Box 453. Fcnton, Mich.





Grace





 





RICHARDSON'S ROCKY RIDGE

{larred Rook Baby Chicks.

lich.





pure Parks min

$16 per 100. Hanover.





 





 





POULTRY





 





STOCK & EGGSriBuff a. W. Leghorns. Omlnmns,

Reds & Anconas. $1 for 15; $5 per 100, pared mst.

Turkeys. Ducks & Geese. Indianapolis winners. W.

(2. Jackson. R. 3. South Bend. Ind.





 





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BLACK MINOIU‘A and \Vllitc Leghorn I’llllets. liens





and (‘hickoz l'ullcts 130:: and up. (“hicks 0% and

up. Ill-n1.- 75c. and up. Robcrt (‘hristopheh Holland,

Michigan.





 





 





 





using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

at classified rates. or in display





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as





display nine or illustrations





Minlnium charge. l0 words





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





columns at commercial rates.

Rates 9 cents a word. each insertion. on orders for





tted. Remittances must accompany order.

Real estate and live stock advertising have separate departments and are not accepted a: classified.





Try It for want ads and for adver—

Poultry advertising will be run in this department

less than four insertions; for four or more





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PLANTS-Frost Proof cabbage, Tomato 8c Popper,

hardy field grown. best leading varieties, for early and

late crops. name ,choice varieties, 200<75cz 300-31:

50041.50; Loon—52.50. postpaid. 10.000 “pressed

$15. good order delivery and prompt shipments guar—

anteed. J. '1‘. (‘ouncill & Sons. Franklin, Va.





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early and let».

$2.25. Express

Satisfaction guaranteed.

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(‘ABBAGE PLANTS. leading varieties.

Prepaid. 100 451': 500 $1.25; 1.000

5.000 $7.50. Cauliflowcf. 100 (35C.

List “’68. W. J. Myers.





 





AMAZING TRIAL OFFER—Your Kodak Films de—

veloped; (1 fine glossy prints; only 15c. Associated

Photo. Box 1463—5, Cincinnati. Ohio.





 





12-25 TRACTOR—24x42 separator, G—roli husker and

3—bottom plows. Will separate. Loon Peacock. Paw

Paw. Itch. .





 





ROSE COMB Rhode Island Reds. Hatching Eggs $1.20

per 15. Postpaid. Mrs. Albert Harwood. R. 4.

Charlevolx. Mich.





 





’l‘l'ltlil-JY I'ZGGS from our famous Mammoth Bronze,

. lirmrlmn Red. Narragarnscft and Vl’hito Holland

flocks, $4.00 for 12 eggs; $7.50 for 24. [in-paid. Hons

Minor hrcrtl, $6.00 each, iwo for $11.00. All orders

illlcd promptly. VValmr Bros” l'owhamn Point, Ohio.





 





SI'l-Il‘lAi. SAIII'I"‘IPRIIIOIIH Norflnlanri English White





. Leghorn (‘ockcrcls 12 weeks old. weigh over 2 pounds.





, only $2.50 each.

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Harry Blk‘f‘h’lllll, 1213 Dickinson SI...

M., R. 3. Grand Rapids. Mich. A





 





l'llLLlu‘TS——l‘ullets—}'ullets—~~Tom Barron Whit-Joey.

horns. Barred Rack. Reds and Anconas. II. Knoll.





.lr., R. 1. Holland. Mich.





 





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poricncc Unnecessary.

Liberal drawing account arrangement.

Coal Company. 886 Coal Exchange Bldg.





Washington

Chlom.





 





ALL MEN. women. boys. Kids. 17 In 535. willing ID

accept Government Positions. $117-$250. travellnaor

stationary. write Mr. Ozment. 167. St. Louis. 0..

immediately.





 





WANTED—Single. steady farm hand at once. Willa.

stating wages. F. Austin, Bourbon. ind.





 





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Fem knots on long time cash payments or on Al-

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