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ONE YEAR 81.00
FIVE YEARS [GAO

 

DETROIT,»MISZH_., SATURDAY, AUGUSTklé, 1924

ere Gravity Works

M56 Planning More: Gravity 0726' of Me -Bert C'éore Helpers
- By I. J. Mathews

PPROXIMATELY 30'per cent of
the cost of producing milk is
, labor, therefore, any labor sav-
ingigarrangements in the barn are just
that'much reduction in the cost of
producing milk. The writer has stud-
ied many barns with special reference
to_ how certain. arrangements save
labor but he has no hesitancy in say-
ing‘ that the dairy barn of E. E. Hun-
ter of Steuben County, Indiana, con-
tains the largest number of labor sav-
ing ideas. This barn is located but
five miles from the Michigan line and
we ‘ TVvould advise anyone to travel
three or four hundred miles to see this
barn before putting money into a. new
barn.

This barn of Hunters is remodeled,
using as much as possible of an old
barn that had served for years, so
some of its suggestions will be found
ayailable to those who are remodeling.
There is much about the barn that
challenges our admiration. but we can
give space only to describe the most
salient features.

lce Bin ln Basement.

It .is a ngrtial bank barn and we will
describe the basement first. The
horses occupy the “L” to the east.
There is but one row of cows, 18 in
'the :herd, and the cows face the east
with feed alley between the cow’s
mangers and the east wall. Directly
behind the cows are the calf pens,

each pen double the width of the cow
stall. There are two tiers of pens so
the two calves are penned right he
hind their dams.’ The bull pens also
have a trap doci- in them opening into
the barn. So when a buyer comes, he
looks at the calf, then he can turn

about and view the dam, another turn
and he sees the sire—all without~ever
stirring out of his tracks. Hunter says
that this one feature alone has been
worth considerable in disposing of
surplus Jerseys.

One appliance on the calf’s hay man-

 

 

The big door in the near gable is lowered when the separator is Set.
dles slide off‘ of it into the feeder.

 

Bun-
Blower is inserted through

window under eves on south upright.

ger is worth while. Young calves al-
ways root out the hay but here this
is forestalled by a slide made out of
buggy tire. When the hay is put in,
this slide glides down over the hay
and keeps it from being pushed out
into the alley.

Every barn man Hunter consulted
told him that he couldn‘t have the
bulls in the same barn with the cows
and still have the run of outside con-
ditions all times of year. But the im—
possible was done. The hull pens in-
side the barn are tightly boarded and
a trap door hinged at the bottom is
folded down beside the front of the
manger when outside conditions are
such that they can be. Hunter thinks
the bulls are a little better natured
when they can see into the barn and
are fed when the cows are fed. When
the weather becomes cold, the bulls
are given their feed and then the big
trap doors are raised and shut. Thus
they are fed without going outside the
barn and still are kept under outside
conditions.

On the north end of the west side of
the basement are three rooms worth
speaking about. The separator and
cooling room is screened in and fresh
water pumped by engine at each milk-
ing time. There is also boxed in a.
toilet flushed by a gravity tank on the
the grinder and the engine, the grind-

(Continued on page 127.)

801116 Successful Air-Cooled Storagcs

Types ofHomes [72 New York Wéz’cfl Have Prove” Efiicz’mt
By Roy E. Marshall

, OR the benefit of th'SEe not iam-
F iliar with the principles of con-

.. struction and operation of air-
cooled storages, a brief description
may be desirable before giving our ob-
servations of some of the New York
stOrages. *_The walls and ceiling are
built in such a way as to be frost proof
during the coldest of winter weather.
This is accomplished by building very
thick walls of masonry or thinner ones

of either masonry or lumber supple—I

mented with such insulation materials
as cork, dry mill shavings, hair felt,
or mineral wool or by providing a
number of dead air spaces. Cooling

of the fruit is accomplished by allow—'

ing cold air from the outdoors to enter
the storage rooms whenever the out-
side air is colder than that inside the
storage and permitting the warm air
in the storage to passout through flues
which usually extend through the roof.

The rate of cooling of the fruit is

- proportionate to the quantity of cold

air passing through the roam and also
to the difference in temperature of the
fruit and the outdoor air. In the oper-
ation .of ‘the storage the cold air in-
takes and the warm air outlets are

kept tightly closed when the air out-'

side the storage is warmer than that
inside andv'op’en :when the reverse con-

,dition obtains. [*This' Operation also

 

   
  

allows'thE-g'ases formed in the storage
to pass off. Sufficieht moisture must
be supplied to prevent shriveling of
the fruit. A detailed description of
one of the best storages in Michigan
is given in the M. A. C. Experiment
Station Quarterly for August, 1923.
Most of the New York storages are
old and rather crude affairs, but be-
cause they have been successful in
spite of certain violations of construc—
tion principles, they make us more op—
timistic of results that may be accom-
plished with properly built houses.
The descriptions that follow are of a
few storages typical of most of those
we had an opportunity to study. ,.
Storage A, located at Albion, con-
sists of a basement and one story and
has a capacity of about 12,000 bushels.
It is operated by one of the co-ops. of
the Western New York Fruit Growers’
Packing A'ss’n. The basement walls
are of stone and are about 20 inches
thick. About two-thirds of the base-
ment is below the ground level. Above
the ground level are six windows, each
about two by three feet, that serve as
cold air intakes ‘and since warm out-
let Aflues were not provided, the warm
air of the storage room also passes

out through the upper portions of
these windows. The floor is dirt. The
above ground story is of frame con-
struction. Outside the eight inch stud—
ding are boards, then paper and‘then
siding. There are also two thicknesses
of boards with paper between on the
inside of the. studding. The space be-
tween the studding are filled with kiln
dried sawdust. The ceiling is con-
structedin the same manner. The
ventilation system is supplemented by
four 5-inch tile which extend from the
surface of the ground downward and
through the basement wall just above
the floor level. These provide a small,
amount of ventilation throughout the
storage period.

Storage B is 44 by 100 and has a
capacity of 35,000 bushels‘in both the
basement and first story. It was built
in 1905 by the same party that built
storage A and is still operated by him.

"The basement walls consist of two dis-

tinct walls, one of stone and the other
of brick with, a four inch air space be-
tween the tWo. The total thickness is
about 18 inches.

The walls of the above ground story
are as follows: eight inch concrete
block wall on outside, then inside that

wall a three quarter inch air space,
water-proof paper, boards, three-quart—
er inch air space, water-proof paper,
boards, three-quarter inch air space,
water—proof paper and boards, making
a total thickness of about 13 inches.
The ceilings for each room are made
by using waterproof paper and boards
above and below the 12 inch joists and
filling in between the joists with kiln-
dried saw. dust. All doorways are
fitted with both outside and inside
doors. The outer ones consist of three
layers of boards with water-proof
paper between each layer and the in-
ner doors are of two layers of boards
with paper between. There has been
no freezing in this 18—year—old storage.

Cold air is admitted to the basement
through ten windows, each about 20
by 36 inches in size and further venti-
lation is provided by means of eight
6 inch tile which extend downward
from the ground level to the basement
floor level and through the stone walls.
No special warm air vents are pro-
vided, but a large elevator shaft at
one end of the building incidentally
carries warm air from the basement to
the upper storage room. The above
ground room is provided with several
six by eighteen inch cold air intakes

(Continued on page 124.)

 


The Deep Water Prejcct

  

-R. CHARLES P. CRAIG, Execu-
tive Director of the Great Lakes-

" . St. Lawrence Tidewater Association,

has sent to Mr. George E. Bishop, Sec-

. retary-manager of the Upper Peninsu-

la Development Bureau, a statement
regarding the present status of the St.
Lawrence Deep Waterway project
which should be of general interest.
I have been permitted to see his letter
and to summarize its contests for the
readers of “The Michigan Harmer.”
President Coolidge has appointed the
St. Lawrence Commission of the
United States, the International Board
of Engineers, to review the former
engineers’ work. The scope of their
work has been laid out. The final re-
port of this board will not be complete
before the second half of next year,
writes Mr. Craig. Occasional reports
to the commission are provided for in
advance of the final report. Secretary
of Commerce Herbert Hoover, is chair-
man of the American commission.
Mr. Craig believes that the most ser-
ious and important Work of the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Tide Water Asso-
ciation and the friends of the project
lie ahead. “Nothing but the sustained
and increasing demand of the states

 

 
 

comprising our ”Wear he says,
“will ever “put this project, through
inside of twenty-five years.” With this
support, we should have it Completed
in eight years, he avers. Mr. Craig
thinks the critical period of the pro-
ject is at hand because‘the folks .“back
home” suppose that, because the gov-
ernment has taken up the project and

the commission is appointedrthere is'

nothing left for them to do. All sorts
of projects are demanded of the gov-
ernment by this that interested section
of the country. “Those things only
can be put through,” says Mr. Craig,
“which have behind the driving force
of public demand. The most meritor-
ious project on earth willlanguish and
be side—tracked for an inconsequ ntial
one if there is no wide pressure of
public sentiment back of it.” Present
inertia may kill the undertaking. Mr.
Craig has an advantageous position
for gauging the possibilities and prob-
abilities of the situation, and he as-
sures us that we have two years of
real fight ahead of us to accomplish
our purpose. We have the government
behind us and with us but we must
not let up our efforts, he warns. Dur-
ing November and December it will be

 

in. thud hold thatl'lw

 

aid for putting over the campaign, Mr.
Craig-hopes that he or Mr. Pardee of
the association can attend a meeting
relative to this project to be held at
Marquette in October. ~ .—

ANTRIM csarm‘so POTATO men
MEET.

 

N July 31st, the Certified Seed

Potato Growers of Antrim county
met at Central Lake for a banquet
and informal talkfest.

Sixty three were present of whom
fifty seven were growers, representing
one quarter of the acreage of certified
seed grown in Michigan this year, and
the other six were warehouse man»-
agers or otherwise interested.

R. C. Bennett of Alba, President of
the Michigan‘Potato Producers Ass’n.
was toastmaster. “Dug" Steere, in‘
specter for certification assigned to
this area, was called upon. '

He made a strong plea for improve-
ment all along the line, stressing the
point that, while potatoes from this

section were leading, that it is only.

through hard work in merciless rogue-
ing and better methods of seed selec-

 

 

Hudson’ s—Detroit'

Erecting a New
15-Story Building

enterprise the true’umtlon udfie '
need of getting additional legislative

  
 

In, other who undo by groWers
throughout the evening, the predom-
inant note was, Service, in giving to

them who will grew potatoes from
this seed,71ust.as near as possible the *

kind of seed that he wants.

A number of growers eXpre‘ssed
themselves as being dissatisfied with
present yields of three hundred to
three hundred and fifty bushels per
acre and told how they wereworking,

through better methods of hill selec--

tion, for a strain of . potatoes that will
yield five hundred bushels. .

The spirit of thesers'eed growers is
magnificent, almost unbelievable. The
game is fascinating and the competi-
tion keen and these men are on their
toes every minute, ready to meet any
contingency.

The writer had occasion to call on
one of these men the other evening.
We asked the lady of the house as to
his whereabouts and were told that he
probably had gone out to see if those
potatoes had grown any since supper.
——J. A. Brown

 

M EAT EXPORTS INCREASE.

 

HILE there was a falling oil in

the total exports of grain and
cereal products from this country dur-
ing the fiscal year ending June 30,
1924, over the preceding twelve
months, the value of such exports
being $245,643,069 in 1924 compared

, with $452,341,156 in 1923, the exports

of meat and meat products, from the
United States during the twelve
months ending June, 1924, amounted
to 1,004,864,644 pounds, an increase of
85,833,675 pounds, or more than 9 per
cent over the same period ending June
1924, was 13.78 cents per pound, as
1923. Increased exports of hams and
shoulders, baCon, and fresh pork are
largely responsible for the gain in the
volume of the total meat exports. The

   
 

This new 15 story building now under construc-
tion, added to our other buildings, will give
Detroit and Michigan one of the largest and
finest retail establishments in America. ‘

average export value of meat products
for the twelve months ending June,
compared with 15.59 cents per pound
for the same period ending June, 1923.

It is concrete evidence of our faith in the future DAIRYMAN’S PICNIC.

of Detroit and Michigan—and of our determina-
tion to keep pace with their remarkable growth.

 

UGUST 22nd. will be Dairymen’s

day at the Michigan Agricultural
college. This will be the summer pic-
nic of the Michigan Milk Producers’
Association and Allied D'airy Associa-
tion which will be held on_the college
campus‘

Some of the best speakers in the
dairy industry will be there to take
part in the program. The dairy work
at the college will also be shown and
explained.

As these associations have a mem-
bership of 20,000, it looks as if it
would be a big day. If you arejnter-
ested in dairying, head for East Lans-
ing and step on the gas so that you
will get to the college on August 22nd.

We are building “A Greater Store for Better
Service for a Greater Detroit and a Greater
Michigan.”

 

 

MelVe/fiSlarBu/dl

(Now UNDER. CONSTRUCTION)

We Reach an Important Milestone in our History
This Year and Will Celebrate with our

43rd Anniversary Sale“

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Beginning Tuesday, September 2, this great
annual sale will offer you the opportunity to
supply your Fall and Winter needs in merchandise
of good quality for home” and family at very
remarkable savings.

VEGETABLE GARDENER'S DAY.

 

HOSE who are interested in veget-

able gardening will get together at
the Michigan Agricultural College on .
August 20th to look over some of the K -_ .,
interesting work which Mr. Geo. Starr
of the horticultural department, is
doing.

Mr. Starr has developed some new

varieties, especially of sweet corn and
tomatoes, which seem certain to be-
come popular commercial varieties.
The morning will be spent in looking
over his work and in the- afternoon
there will be a program at which able
speakers will discuss vegetable grow-
ers’ problems. A good attendance is
expected 'as vegetable growing is: no
longer a regional affair but can be
carried on anywhere because the
motor trucks makes .dis-tant markets
available.

On August 19th.; the Michigan
Pickle Packers will meet with Mr.

Start to look over the interesting - .
work he has time with cucumbers. . ‘~

The Hudson Anniversary,$ale Starts
During State Fair
Visit the fair (August 30 to September 6). Do
your buying for Fall and Winter at the same time
at the Anniversary Sale, (beginning September 2).

You will find every convenience of this great
store at your service while in the city and you
I are cordially invited to make full use of it.

 

 

 

Further Details of the Anniversary Sale will
appear in the A ugust 30th bane of this
paper and in the Detroit Daily Newspapers

Who LHUDSON Co.

WOODWARD 8r FARMER AT GRATIOT ~ DETROIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


    
    
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
   
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
     
     
    
    
     

 

ALL is the time of agricultural
accomplishment; it is when man
and nature are completing their
season’s task in producing food for
man and beast. Is it not therefore,
fitting that the autumn should be fair

time so. that the best of the season’s
accomplishments may be shown?

Fairs have been an institution cf
civilization for a long time. They have
been that because it is na‘tural for man
to take pride in his good work and to

' 5 desire to show it to others. He likes

the spirit of contesting the accomplish-

‘ment of. good things and he likes re-

laxation after he has accomplished.
The fair offers him an opportunity for
all these things.

Fairs have grown in size and pur-
pose. From temporary tented villages

many have grown to places of spacious ,

grounds and many large buildings es-
pecially fitted to show to advantage
the things they are constructed to
show, where thousands of people are
entertained during “fair week. ”

Such a place is the Michigan State

 

,ereigléieals ‘ are Formed
‘ Agricultural Idea/r Assembler] 42‘ Fair

 

 

to health and happiness in life. Even
the baby centest brings to one ideals
in those precious objects of love who
are in the day-break of life.

There is no place where one can see
so much, learn so much' or gain so
much inspiration as at the fair. The
Michigan State Fair is one of the most
complete agricultural institutions in
country for it is one of the best fairs
Rarely can one find assembled in one
place all those things Which are such
inspiration that they help form ones
ideals in life and life’s work

 

 

Service Department

 

 

CAN GET NO DEED ON SQUAT—
TER' S RIGHTS.

 

I have about five acres of land which ,
I have had for thirty-three years. l<
am told I am the owner of this land;
and have squatter’s rights on same. 3
Can I get deed on same and where, or ‘

do I need one?—-J. W.

 

 

 

 

New‘ Dairy Cattle Building at the State Fair, one of the finest in the world.

Fair, credited with being one of the
best in the country. It has become a
place where ideals are formed by the
viewing. of products which are the re-
sults of ideals in agriculture.

Here are gathered superb animals
which show what man can accomplish
by following well known lines of en-
deavor in breeding and feeding. The
grains and hays indicate the results of
these extra efforts in farm work which
bring so much in results. And the
fruit has perfection even in these
times of numerous insects and dis-
eases which Adam and Eve never
knew in the days of paradise.

Then there are the College and Ex-
periment Station exhibits which give
one the opportunity to learn how to do
those little extra things which bring
the accomplishments the exhibitors
have gained.

Exhibits of farm machinery and
barn equipment show one the work-
ing tools of the accomplisher of ideals.
They are often the means of doing
better work at less cost.

Nor should we forget the work of
the boys and girls who in their club
activities have hadthese ideals of agri-
culture brought to realization. The
results these young folks get should

‘ put to shame those who just farm, for

their work often wins out in competi-
tion with experienced men.

Even in the grand stand where one
is likely to seek entertainment he
comes in contact with ideals—ideals
in auto speed, fleet-footed horses, phys-
ical perfection in athletes and acro-
bats and patience and persistancy in
the training of animals.

In the women's departments there

" are also many things in which to gain
inspiration. Products of the culinary
art, which the practical feminine skill.

has joined with science to produce,
show the possibilities in the prepar-

jug of 1006 which is so fundamental

against the title owner unless the pos-
session was under claim of right, and
this is so regardless of the length of
period of the possession. No deed can
be obtained by the squatter without
agreement and purchase from owner.
—Rood.

DAMAGES FOR POOR SEED.

 

I bought grass seed through a local
organization last year. Now my hay
field is white with'white decide and
another weed. This seed was guaran-
teed. Can you tell me what I can do
with the party that “sold the seed?—
W. W. T.

Ordinarily the measure of damages
in suits by the buyer against the sel-
ler is the difference between the value
of the thing sold and the thing de-
livered; but Where special damages
have been suffered by the buyer he is
allowed to recover them on proof that
they were a natural result of the use
of the thing contemplated by the sel—
ler. Thus the purchaser of stock
warranted to be sound, but which in
fact had a contagous disease, has been
allowed to recover the damages suf-
fered by reason of the communication
of the disease to the buyer’s other
stock. The remedy is an action by the
buyer against the seller for damages.
—Rood.

MAPLE LEAVES AFFECTED BY
SUN. ‘

 

Would you kindly advise me What
the trouble might be with the maple
leaves enclosed ?——B. T. G.

The trouble is sun scorch, brought
on by excessive evaporationof water,
in a tree which probably has a crip-
pled water drainage, system. Rotting
of the roots or location of a tree where
rapid drainage after rains takes place,
or rotting of the trunk of a tree will

make any individual tree more subject ‘

to sun scorch than the trees in the im-
mediate neighborhood.

    

 

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tally lazy. Their hindsight is an the
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Especially do we remember the good
It takes little
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If those same conditions were with us
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It is not given to we humans, how-
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VOLUME CLXII NUMBER SEVEN

DETROIT, AUGUST 16, 1924
CURRENT COMMENT

HERE is one sure

 

 

Use way of getting the
The weeds, that is with

the hoe. If the cul-
Hoe tivatms have done

every bit that they
are capable of doing, and the plowing
and fitting have also been done well
and timely, the hoe will have light
work. But one of the most difficult
things the farmer has to contend with
these times is the timeliness of his
work. He must work against the
' weather and mostly Shorthanded.
There are few indeed who are able to
do every task on the farm just when
it should be done and in the best pos-
sible manner. It is a question of doing
the best he can under the circum-
stances.

The circumstances l1ave been such
on the farm this year as to leave
many rather weedy fields. After the
weeds get big it is too much for the
cultivators to produce the desired
effect, and the hoe must be resorted
to. It is indeed a very efficient im-
plement. It would be well if it came
into more general use on many Mich-
igan farms. It is greatly needed as a.
supplement to the cultivators.

Perhaps you cannot find time; there
are too many more important tasks
that must be done, and you are
much averse to hiring it done. We
all are, after these last few yeais ex-
perience. But it will pay to hire, if
it is necessary, and get the weeds be-
fore they get the Crop. The increased
yield of corn on beans or potatoes that
we can expect if the plant food and
moisture that would otherwise go to
produce weeds, be diverted to the
benefit of the crop will more than off-
set the cost of cutting out the weeds.
And besides, there is more satisfaction
to be had from a clean field than from
a dirty one.

RE you living to-

. day or in the
8
Thg‘ A past? We hear much
ey complaint about the
Arc affairs of the world as

we find them today.
To hear some people talk they appar-
ently must think that our political life
is all corrupt, religion no longer a
great influence for good, and business
' strictly on the blink. They laud the
good old days when land and labor
,were cheap and confidently declare
’_ that the automobile has been the ruin-
ation of the country. They will tell
*us the sacredness of the home is in
the balance because our women wear
., short skirts or knickers and bob their

hair.

    

The business man who does not
grapple with conditions as they pre-
sent themselves each day soon goes
by the board; the best preachers we
ever knew found a. way to apply their
texts to present day life; farmers to—
day who cannot or will not apply up-
to—date methods and practices are
doomed.

In spite of the Volstead act, high
taxes and bobbed hair, the country we
live in today is the richest, the hap-
piest, and the fieest of any major
country on ea1th.TheIe is more real
life to be found in a good American
summe1 day now than some of 0m
forefathers knew in a month. Oppor-
tunities in business, in industry or in
agriculture are the greatest today that
any normal period in the world’s his-
tory has witnessed. Grasping them re-
quires but the application of sound
sense and energy to things as theyare.

INCE farm folks

Boosting L have become a.
. subject of general in-
Thelr Own terest and comment,
Game we have learned
many things about

them, some of which are not true. For
instance, cub reporters have passed
around many a story telling how the
farmer complains of the price paid for
butter and, at the same time, has but-
ter substitutes served in large quanti-
ties upon his own table.

This may be true in a certain few
cases, but it is not a general practice,
according to data just gathered. A
survey made by the department of
agricultuIe and covering the entiie

count1 shows the er ca ita consum
V9” y p p p‘ Situation

tion of milk on fa1ms now to be 80.8
gallons as compa1ed with 53 gallons
for the entire country. The same
authority also shows the average con-
sumption of butter on the farms to be
double the per capita for the whol
country.

We cannot say that this increased
use of milk is a sort of a subconscious
following of the scriptural injunction
“to let your light shine before men.”
But, we do feel that in future cam-
paigns for urging other classes of our
population to use a larger volume of
dai1y p1oducts, its genelous use by
farmeis should prove a most valuable
piece of news in making such a cam-
paign effective.

T certainly is en-

The Turn couraging to read
. " that tenant' farmers
Of The are buYing autos in
Title Kansas due to

the recent advance in
prices of wheat and other farm com-
modities. We hope that they will
doubly enjoy the pleasures which this
turn of affairs has brought them for
there have been several years in which
most farmers, tenants ‘or owners, did
not have the price of gasoline to say
nothing of the purchase price of an
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Michigan is not a wheat state but
what wheat, corn and other grains she

grows will benefit by this recent in:

crease in price. .'She can not make
the spectacular come—back that Kansas
is. reported to be making because that
is not necessary since she did not have
as great a set back.

.We have been particularly fortunate
in this state in weathering the depres-
sion. We Stand high among states in
this regard. For instance, government
reports shew \that only three percent

of the co—ops in the state have failed.

whereas Minnesota which is a more
strongly organized co-op state shows
11.2% failures. And California, fam-
Ous for its cooperatives, has even
shown more failures than we have, or
3.9%.

With its 700 co-ops and only a little
over three percent failures, this state
shows a very good indication Of the
stability of its agriculture, and the
of the principles upon
whiCh these co—ops are founded. -

With its diversity _of crops, and its
proximity to markets, Michiganocan
make equally as good a showing in the
flow of the tide of prosperity as it did
in the ebb.

HE dominant

Self vs thought at Farm-
3 h ers’ Day was that
rat er' times are changing——
hOOd that we are living in a

great day—its great-
ness few of us realize.

Mechanical, or material, accomplish-
ment has been responsible for much
of this change. It has been an influ-
ence to us physically, mentally, spirit-
ually, for it has enabled us to devote
more time with other people. It has
broadened our visions; our farms and
our back yards are no longer our
border lines. It has even helped us to
look into ourselves and to know our-
selves better.

It is in the better knowing of our-
selves that we come to the realization
that the other fellow and we are much
alike. We become more charitable
and feel a. brotherhood toward him

'because of the realization that funda-

mentally we have so much in common.

One who confines himself to self-
hood is in ignorance; he who thinks
of brotherhood is on the way to hap-
piness. Civilization’s next greatest ad—
vancement will be a realization of the
value of brotherhood, and this will
bring to us the solution of many of
our present-day problems.

1 AST spring there

The was commotion in
L 1) camp. The planting
a or season was rapidly

approaching and. out
on ye editor’s farm
the force was one man short. Six
weeks of inquiry had resulted only in
the application of one old man for a.

e.job. He lasted neally two weeks and

then by strenuous rustling a boy was
fOund to help. We tried ha1d to per-
suade a good man whom we had tried
out the previous season that the farm
was the place for him and offered
extra inducements but, no, he was
“pulling down” seventy cents per hour
as a rough carpenter in the city and,
although he was only assured of an
hours’ work ahead he could hardly
think of “coming down” to a farm
job and a monthly wage for the sea-
son.

All this happened three months ago.
The other day he was over to the
farm looking for a. “job that he could
depend on.” He says, “the wife and
I have both concluded that we would
be better off on a farm.” Recently he
had been compelled to spend more
time looking for work,than in working
so had come home for a while to
“help" the old folks. This man would
like to rent a “good, well-equiped farm,
with everything furnished, where he
could be his own boss," and let the
other fellow take all the responsibility;
We could, not resist ithe suggestion

   

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den ”of the other
The next day a big, well dressed,
fine looking than drove in with a new
red sedan. We thought we had‘agood
customer looking for some fine stock
for his country place, but we guessed

. wrong. He wanted “work, one day or

fifty," desperately in need of money.
We showed him the work and told him.
what the farm» could offer. Either
the work was too hard or the dollars
too few for he spoke of the nice rain
we had and moved on his-.way.

We can hardly expect these soft
handed, hard hearted folks who have
been badly spoiled by high wages and
high living to’ take kindly to the work

and ,wages that the farm affords, even,

though they may be idle and “broke."

'But the labor bubble is surely loosing

some of the luster of its bright colors.
and floating lower, and in all probabil-
ity the time is at an end when the

.farm shall not have a monopoly upon

gloom and discontent. ‘ Time alone
can heal the sore spots and bring
about a1proper ajustment of the value
of things.

0 , o
Ends 0 Sacnfice

BIRDS is a interestin’ study ’cause

they is so care-free. I oncet heard
a two-hundred-pound
wished she was a bird ’cause she ad-
mired ’em so. I-ain’t got much imag<
inashun but it looks ta me like it
would be kinda hard on the limb she
set on while listenin’ ta. her man-bird
singin’ the song 0’ love.

Now there is two classificashuns in
birds. The one has feathers and the
other wears ’em ’cause they wanta
look like the ones
that has ’em. Both
0' them like ta
chirp and sing and
set on limbs, but
the one kind likes
ta set on a man’s
limb. There’s
some 0’ them
what is sweet and
nice like the wren
and the martin, but there's others
what is dressed up like that bird 0'
paradise but is really birds 0’ sacri-
fice ’cause they has sacrificed so much
is put warmth in their clothes and
coldness in their hearts.

But, what I wanta talk about is
birds 0’ a feather. There is bird 0’
sacrifice ’mongest them too. Fer inst.
I was tourin’ the other: day seein’ if I
could make my oughto keep up ta the
speed limut requiremunts, and I see
lots 0' birds 0’ sacrifice along the road.
There was enuf chickun dinners spoilt
along that road ta make a hundred
preachers cry. I kin tell you, that
just shows any kinda chickun is in
dange1 when she gets in contact with
speed.

The1e’ 5 some talk about the poultry
malket bein’ over done. But I’m con-
vinced there ain’t no danger so long as
they have oughtoes and public high-
ways. A chickun is a nice and handy
thing ta have around but it looks ta.
me like she ought ta go ta 3. school
fer jay-walkers. She ain’t got no
traffic judgemunt but, jost like all
chickuns when she makes up her mind
ta. do a thing, she does it. So regard-
less 0’ consequences, she crosses the
road in front of a oughto even when
she is on the safe side 0’ the road.
Now that is a what you call economic
waste ’cause a preacher coulda et that
chickun instead 0’ killin’ it with his
oughto. ‘

I am goin’ ta write the presidunt
sayin’ that fer the benefit 0’ the poul-
try populashun 0' this country he
should start a poultry traffic school.
If he puts that across, he’ll have some-
thin’ ta crow about, and maybe I kin
get a. job in his sweat cabinet.

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I N a .recent issue o‘f-The Michigan
Farmer, your Mr. Harv Hess threw
a few compliments at Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Crow and family. I "think I read
the same article that Mrs Hess did
about“ that gunpowder company ar-
ranging a. shooting contest on the-
Crow Family and at the time ‘I was

duly and properly enraged at the com-"

pany for using such means of enlarg-
ing their profits—~as if they didn’t earn

. enough in the last war. to keep them in
'bread and butter until Mars got into
. [a fit again.

Well, to- come back to Mr Crow, I

‘ think your Mr. Hess never planted any

corn in his haven for crows up north
-—-wherever that is. I. just hail fresh
from the city and this is my first year
on the farm, but I am prepared to

fight y‘ghe crow until e best man wins.
Well, sir, I ought some very
nice.seed corn—paid $2. 00 per bushel

and planted it nice and even in my
land. When my certified corn began
to shoot up from the ground I noticed
quite a few crows came to visit us and
at the time I never knew what tricks

they were up to until early one morn-
ing I had the pleasure of enjoying the

sight of about 100 of Mr. Hess’ s crows
enjoying my certified seed com. A
scarecrow will not scare themaway
and a gun only' shoots a few and they
still kept on coming. Mr. Crow is
unusually wise in that he is on the
job long before we are out of bed and
waits until evening again to get his
supper when he knows that we are up

M. A. C. Plays Host

T Izoumna’: Attend Farmerr’ Day

HE Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege had open house on’the first

4 day of this month, at which it

was host to thousands. , Some who

have attended many farmers meetings

said that it was the greatest gathering

of its kind. , Estimates of the number

in attendance ran as high as ten thous—

and but 7,500 is considered a fair and
conservative figure.

The morning was spent in following
the various “tours” one was especilly
interested in. If One was interested
in dairying, for instance, he would
follow the arrows indicating the dairy
tour and would see many things of
interest along his line. All of the
tours had their crowds of interested
people but the big attraction was the
old timers mowing contest where
thousands watched demonstrations of
the use of the scythe in cutting hay]

About 27 were entered in this con-
test. P._F. Walton, 68 years old, of
lonia, did the best all around work.
I. P. Mosley, of Onondaga, aged ninety,
was the oldest contestant. E. Judson,
Durant, aged 58, cut the neatest swath
and E. S. 'Goodhue, of Bath, did more
acceptable work than any one. He cut
737 sq. ft.’ in the allotted time of fif—
teen minutes.

Display showing the right and wrong
methods of curing hay, the' life history
of the corn borer, the use of fertilizers
and many other things which are prob-
lems. to the farmer, were very popular.

The afternoon programs started
promptly and ended promptly, a thing

which rarely occures at such occasions.
The parade of College live

started the doings. This gave all an
excellent opportunity to see what good
breeding, feeding and care will do.
President Shaw told of the animals as
they passed.

Mr. A M. Brown, of 'Schoolcraft,
formerly Secretary of M. A. C. opened
the program with a talk on Progress
in Agriculture. He said all progress
has been made in the last hundred

, years. When his father and others
vaisrated from the east to the School-

§ A , Come-baCk on Crows
.‘ Indz'éatzhg t/zat’tlze Crow Appreciate: Certzfied Seed Com

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at the house doing our chores.

And Mr. Hess, what else does Mr.
and Mrs. Crow and family say but
“Cawn” when he caw-caws so_much.
And when one starts calling “Cawn”
the rest of the Crow population hear
it even though they’ be miles away——
ah,‘Mr. Hess, they have their own
radio outfits. A friend of mine had a
nice patch of crow-feed far from his
house and believe me he hasn’t got a
precious corn left. Who did it—your
crows did it, MrLHess, and please do
this favor for us in your next appear-
ance—give us full and specific direc4
tions how to reach your Crow Farm
and I will put up road signs—~and put
them close together showing all curves
and dangerous crossings so that Mr.
and Mrs. Crow and family can easily

locate your haven. And I.hope you
will plant several hundred acres of

certified seed corn at $2.00 per bushel
so that Mr.tand Mrs. will be satisfied
to stay until they die a natural death

éprobably from being overfed on Mr.
Hess’s corn field.

I caught a few young children of Mr.
Crow’s and don’t you believe that
junk about the crow eating worms—
at least not when com is in season.
Nothing but my dear old $2.00 corn.
Next year, I’m going to plant my corn
in the front parlor—no doubt 'Mr. Hess
has been doing that right along—if
not, he’ll have to after he lets us
know where his haven for crows is.

That’s all! (I apologize—Mr. Hess.)

Geo. Krizov.

craft prairie they found no trees to
cut but broad acres of fertile land
ready for the plow." This meant differ-
ent methods had to be used and con-
sequently the cradle, fanning mill and
other conveniences became realities.
Transportation also became a factor
because the grains had to be trans-
ported to the comsuming markets in
the New England states. We need now
a more orderly farming which will in-
sure increased fertility instead of the'

methods common now which often‘
make our soils infertile, said Mr.
Brown.

Prof. J. T. Horner, Market Special-
ist of M. A. 0., well known to our
readers, spoke on Effective Marketing.
The jist of his talk was that we should
take prejudice and Opinion out of our
marketing plans but instead base our
systems of marketing on facts uncov-
ered by thorough investigations. We
have gone through an emotional per-
iod in our marketing methods and now
it is time to base them on cold, hard
facts. Prof. Horner’s thoughts on this
broad subject have and will continue
to appear in these columns.

G. 1. Christie, Director of Extension
Work at Purdue, gave an interesting
talk on Agricultural Thought. The big
thing, he said, is that we should re-
alize that times are changing. Farm-
ers used to be independent but now in
this age of specialization he is almost
as dependant upon other folks. as the
city man is. There needs to be great—
er cooperation between the city and
the country. Often town people think
of their town as a. thing apart whereas
the town would not exist» if it were
not there for the convenience of the
farmers in the surrounding territory.
The farmers are as much a part of
the town as the people who live in it,
and the city is as necessary as the
farm for the success of the farm ac-
cording to ‘Mr. Christie.

Good weather, good roads and a
good spirit among the-people cooper—
ated with the college people to make
this day one which will go down in
history because of-its ’succe's‘s.

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a straight little white frock, with a

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LITHE JORDAN came in: crying
out at the murkey swirl of smoke
She had put on

    

sailor collar and tie. Her hair had

,dried in little waves above her ears.
She came to the window, and standing .

beside Ames looked out at the strug-

- gllng' freighter battling the shore and

the hollow, steely bowl of the rain
circling overhead. The siren bellowed
continously and the window shook
under the weight of the rain that
dashed against it.

“It’s pretty bad, isn’t it?” she said.
Is it like this, Often?”

It’s Worse than this, often,” returned
Ames. “Usually at this time of year
we get snow. And sleet freezing on
the decks and rigging till the men
can't stand. ‘Later on, it’s ice The
tugs blast a way through it with
dynamite But as long as there’s

1 channel water the boats come down."

“And you,”——she looked at him with
that direct look she had, which sent
the blood leaping into Ames s brown
face—“you are a sort of deity watch-
ing the destinies of reckless crafts,

« aren’t you?”

“I’m a piece of wreckage floating in
this backwater” declaied Ames. “A
man eighty years old could keep this
light. The l1e10es are out yonder,
fighting the lake.’

“Sometimes the1e are things harder
to fight—~than storms Isn’t that true?"

She was thinking of his maimed
body, he knew, sorry for him Ames
stiffened, a hollow ache in him He
could not stand pity—and he did not
want pity from her. But he saw her
eyes, saw that she was looking at him
as another man might have done, With
understanding. He grinned and drew
his breath slowly:

“This, for instance.”

He gave the offending limb a hollow
rap with his knuckles.

She smiled, and st1aightened with
a. little m'ilitary salute. Ames gripped
his lip between his teeth. Life was
getting just a little hard 011 him.

“The potatoes are scorching,”
the girl.

It was when he had made himself
a bunk on the kitchen floor that night,
that Ames looked himself sternly in
the eye and knew he was falling in
love with Blithe Jordan—a girl far
above him as his light, a girl whom he
had known less than a day.

Ames abused himself scornfully.
“You fool! You poor demented cas-
ualty! Even if she would look at you
—what are you? Nothing! Less than
nothing! She’ll marry Frayle, prob-
ably. He’ll give her a little lavender
town cai~—diarnorids probably.” The
picture hurt so he thrust it away But
he could not sleep. The siren rent the
air with its monotonous moan. But

said

- the siren had never kept him awake

before.

For three days the storm tore off
the Canadian shore. It lifted great
gray bulks of water and crashed them
against the wall of the light, wrapping
the island in a drab sheet of rain.

 

 

 

The Yellow streak

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Great strings of barges caught 11; the
Soo .wallowed down, snatched along
by desperate little tugs. 'L Ames saw
little. of his guests. ,He Was busy;

and in the short intervals of rest that

he had he kept away from them. -'He
could not help seeing how Frayle was
bending all the force of his coldly
brilliant personality upon the girl, and
on old David Jordan. Ames could feel
the tenseness of the situation,.a sort
of strain, as though Blithe were fight-

ing off a denonement.

“She’s not in love with him,” Ames

-he said. “Her port screw is not
working. See now—where the light
moves—of! shore. It’s a. ~gasolene
tanker.” 'His voice shook a little. She
was very near. And she was so dear!
He corild have kissed the curl that
hung in front of her ear.

“Are you going to help her?”

“Not unlessshe calls for help. She’s
making it alone now. I’ll notify the
stations farther down—«if the tele-
phone works.”

She looked out over the little‘ island,
rocky and grim, where night was al-

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TO " GAIN HAPPINESS

By C. A. Brunais

We strive for happiness as though it
were

To come as our reward for labor done

As though it were a prize to be re-
ceived

After the race is won.

With muscles set, eyes on some dis-
tant mark

We strain to what we think will win
the day,

Yet find upon arriving there the tape

Another pace away.

All this avails us not for happiness

Comes not in a lump sum to anyone,

But comes in small installments every
day.

Some comes with every sun.

Until we learn this truth and learn to
glean

The little» joys which go to make the
whole,

We can press on and on without suc-
cess,

We’ll never reach the goal.

 

 

told himself doggedly; and got a cer-
tain dubious comfort out of the telling,

“She’s not sure. And Frayle is so
darn confident.”

He knew that, together, Frayle 31nd
Jordan controlled more than a third
of all the tonnage on Huron. Prob-
ably Jordan, battered old lake man
that he was, was thinking of this—see—
ing the futuxe and a. great lake power
developed, an invincible combination.

Toward Ames, Blithe maintained an
attitude of f1iendly comradeship. But
to a man whose dreams have begun
to be filled with a sort of poetic de-
spair, f1iendliness is poor meat. Ames
shut himself on the bridge as much
as he could to escape it Up there,
where the light burned now night and
day, he could keep his mind on the
angry menace of the lake, and upon.
the grim emptiness of his own life.
It was a stern job, and he needed
solitude for it. But even the steel
door did not always bar Blithe out.

She came up with a little rubber
cap pulled over her hair, and stood
beside him, that third evening, lifting
her face into the dash of the rain.
They stood without speaking, while the
light sent its ray of white over the
struggling lake. Under that white
finger a moving shadow was limned,
close under the rain. Ames showed it
to Blithe, with a gesture.

“There goes one of Frayle’s boats,”

ready falling, as though it were a
shawl of charity covering the stark-
ness of it. _

It’s lonely here in winter, isn’t it?”

“Sometimes,” Ames answered. “The
men leave in December. Then the ice
sets in and it gets pretty quiet. But
then I build a big fire and study. I
don’ t intend always to keep this light. ”

“Study? Law?”

“Maritime law. Navigation mostly.
I belong to these lakes. My father
was Josh Ames of the Great Superior
Company. He lost all he had in nine-
ty—nine. Some of these days I’m going
to have my own boat.”

“Father was a mate on a lumber
barge when I was born,” mused Blithe
suddenly. “And when I was little he
bought a little ore boat—Mother
helped him sail her. She used to take
the wheel, when they were short-
handed and the weather was rough,
and bring, them through channel water.
Father would lash her fast, with an

old tarpaulin over her back. He adored;

Mother. He’s never been the same——
he can’t forget. He called her Com-
rade.”

Ames knew then what the desolate
light in old Jordan’s eyes meant—
when he looked out over the loneliness

. of the lake. _

“A man couldn't forget a woman like
that,” he said softly. “That’s the big-
gest thing in life—comradeship.”

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“A man who had a woman to fight
for, a woman like that, a. woman to
keep him in channel water--Any man

could win out—like that! But—what
woman would trust to a crippled craft
like I- am?”

Blithe turned her eyes upon him.
Her chin was lifted a bit.

“Don’t you think,” she suggested,
with a casualness so studied that
Ames missed the portent of it, “that
you are a trifle pessimistic?’ ‘ '

They sto‘bd silent. Ame’s brain was
racing, like the torn clouds before the
wind. He acned to extract a little es~
sence of hope from the level sweet-
ness of her Voice, but he dared not
delude himself.
lightning played around the tower, lin-
ing the lake/in a sudden blaze of
whiteness. Ames saw a new light in
her eyes then—or thought that he did.
It set‘his blood leapingand'singing.
But in that instant there sounded
across the welter of the lake a.
drowned, melancholy bray.

Ames snapped taut. “It’s the tank-
er,” he said. “Sheis in troubl-"e.

most instantly there was a flash
on the beach, a- bail and a. rocket.
Ames was plunging down the stairs,
with Blithe following meekly after.

They brought in the crew ‘of the

tanker at dusk, eleven of them, worn ‘

and hungry. They made them com-
fortable at the barrack; but Ames’s
mouth set a bit grimly. At noon the
next day he went into the big firelit
room and interrupted a three—handed
game of bridge.

“I’m sorry,” he said; “but this storm
threatens to last longer than we ex-
pect—and we’ve got eleven more
people to feed. _From now on we’ll
have to eat potatoes.”

Jordan sat back with a. grin.
toes it is," he said cheerfully.

But Frayle rose, and Ames saw a
synical distaste on his face.» “How
about'the tender?” he inquired, looking
out the window where the lake mount-
ed in fury. “then is she due?’

- “She isn’t due~—this weathei!”

“You haven’t got a steel launch,_ I
suppose?”

Frayle’s perceptible air of patronage
infuriated Ames. "Yes, I have,” here-
plied; “but it won’t go out on a lake
like that. Not if we have to eat po-
tato peelingsl Sooner or later they’ll
put wireless in at these stations. But
in a storm like this that wouldn’t do
us any good. There’s no remedy but
patience.”

“Would you refuse to let'me take a
launch out?” persisted Frayle. “We
have a—a lady here, you know. Men
can Stand roughing, but Miss Jor-
da'n—”

“I’m sorry to be hard on Miss Jor-
dan,” said Ames; “but I should cer-
tainly refuse to let the launch go out.
I'm responsible for all the people of
this island. While this storm con-

“Pota-

.tinues, no boat will go out, no matter

who handles it.’
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dCIAL Christianityis not new, yet
S the emphasis on it is more empha-

tic now than it wasp say, twenty-
five years ago. And yet it follows
from the life and teachings of Christ,
that if there are cleansed individuals
in the world there must come also a
cleansed society. The driving out of

the money-changers from the temple .

is an emblem .of this. The temple
which Herod had built—was still build-
ing, for it was not finished, though
workmen had been working on it for
’ nearly half a century—was of enor-
mous size, larger
than the one built
by the people
when they return-
‘ ed from the Exile,
four hundred off
years before. In
fact it was larger
than Solomon’s
temple, on which
' site it stood. All
around the south end 'of it was the
Court. of the Gentiles, and in this the
trading was taking place.

 

The worship of the Jews required
sacrificing large numbers of animals.

People might bring an animal for sac?

rifice, but those who came from a dis-
tance could not do this, hence animals
or pigeons must be on hand for them
‘to purchase. As the pilgrims came
from different countries, they would
have different kinds of money which
would have to be changed into the coin
of Judea. That made necessary the
presence of “money—changers,” who,
we may be sure, charged a pretty rate
for the exchange. The cattle men
would charge for the animals, and- so
on. This was being done within the
temple area itself, and it was all a
sordid business, the making of money
out of religious custom. It was these
fellows that Christ drove out.

It is believed there were two such
temple cleansings, one at the begin—
ning of Christ’s ministry, as told in
John, and one at the close as told in
the synoptics. This would be natural,
as such men would not learn goodness
and honesty by one such drubbing.
There was money in the business!
That explains it all.

‘OW it is 'no joke, this getting of
an honest society. We folks of
the twentieth century have not done
it, and we know it. Read the news-
papers and count the thefts, defalca-
tions, embezzlements, bootlegging and
murder. We know what is the matter,
but how to effect a remedy is a very
different thing. That is one reason
why people of various sects tend to
group themselves in neighborhoods
and communities, such as the Seventh
Day Adventists, the Dunkards, Amish
and Mennonites. They feel that, by
getting a community of their own
people together they can live in great-
er peace and harmony, than when all
varieties of religious belief and no-
belief form the community.

It is the day when we must all be
idealists. Do we believe that IT IS
POSSIBLE to have a good society?
Have we faith enough in God, in the
teachings of Christ, to hold that, thru
thin and thick? It is the folk who are
fearful, and faint of heart who make
it so difficult for others to create a
good social order. Timid, thin skin-
ned people make it almost as difficult
as the lawless themselves. One day I
visited Toynbee Hall, in East LOndon.
A young man but a little past thirty
founded that settlement. There the
best people in the land come and live
for a few weeks or months, and get'to
know the problems, hardships, trage-
dies, that are-the lot of the poor and
downtrodden. Notfar away is the
church of Canon Barnett. Such men
are literally the salt of the earth.
Without them society would putrefy

'Cleansking'the Temple ; '~

Ozir~W&é/y SerbianflByN. A. Mchme

and sink in degradation. And these
menare always men of faith, vision,
vital religion. They believe that so-
ciety' can be cleansed. They have
courage.

HY is it that our Lord met With

no opposition that day? They
cowered, they dodged the stinging
lash, they slunk away in shame. Why
did they not resist? Why did not Ahab
arrest Elijah at the gate of Nab'oth’s
vineyard? Says Dr. D. J. Burrell, “Why
did not the people mob Moses when he
hurled the golden calf from its pedes-
tal in the midst of the idolatrous mul-
titude? ‘Conscience makes cowards
of us all’, and, ‘he is thrice armed that
hath his quarrel just.’ There is un-
speakable ,power in a transport of
righteous indignation.”

Business had made these traffickers
insensible to the holiness of God’s
house. They did not care, so long as
they got revenue out of it, whether the
temple was defiled or not. That is not
the only way to defile the temple of
God. Your body, says Paul, is the
temple of God. People now are en-
gaged in a gigantic traffic that defiles
t h e s e bodies, undermines t h e i r
strength, vigor and poise. Several
times of. late there have been 11n-
earthed the existence of a dope traffic,
extending even to school children.
Could any human descend to more
black and stinking depths than to en-
gage in, such a traffic? Bootlegging is
bad enough, but this is worse. Look,
too, at the purveyors of evil literature.
Others blast at the bodies of men, but
these would destroy their minds and
hearts. That there is a trade in sala-
cious literature there can be no ques-
tion. “Keep thy heart with all dili-
gence,” says the sweet old proverb,
but these literary jackals would re
duce heart and imagination to offal
and carrion. There is a need for
cleansing the temple now.

UT turn to good men. Are they

not evidences of a good and great
God? The thing created cannot rise
higher than its source. During the
heat and passion that developed in the
Democratic National Convention some-
thing took place in striking contrast
to much of the atmosphere of the con-
vention. A Michigan editor says, that
it is one of the greatest moments in
the history of national Conventions.
Says this editor, “When the Democra-
tic Platform Committee had struggled
through a long day and a futile night,
wrestling with controversy, the dawn
shone upon weary statesmen unable to
bring their consciences into har-
mony. From their scarred midst rose
W’illiam Jennings Bryan and com-
manded them to prayer. One by one
these senators and congressmen and
former cabinet members and other
high leaders of a great cause dropped
to their knees. Bryan’s voice rang
clear: “0 Lord, in this hour of ex-
tremity, when the future of the party
and even our government seems to
rest in the balance, look upon us in
Thine all—understanding. _ Calm our
passions. Free us from our prejudices.
Restore harmony in our councils. Give
us wisdom to see the right and cour-
age to do the right. Help us, we humb-
ly beseech Thee, to solve this problem
for the good of our party and our
country. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Is not this an indication that there
are still good men who have simple
and sincere faith when it is sorely
needed? ‘ With enough such men any
nation can be cleaned.

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR .
‘ AUGUST 17.
SUBJECT:——-Jesus cleanses the Tem-
ple. John 2.13-22.
GOLDEN TEXT:——My house shall be
called a house of prayer.Mt. 21.13.

 

  
  
 

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Dear Uncle Frank:

I have just got through reading Mil-_
dred Holmes’ letter about riding a
horse as fast as you want to. Well,
one day I went to town with an old
slow horse in a buggy. On my way I
met a woman stuck in the sand with a
car. I went all the way to town and
back and the car was there yet. So
you see, a horse can go faster than a.
car sometimes. I like to ride horse—7
back as well as anything.

Well, I will close. From your M C.
niece, Frieda Schneider, R. 2, Box 79,
Farwell, Mich

Yes, I like to ride horseback, too. It
is good exercise and real fun. Are
some of our Merry Circlers riders,
too? -

 

Dear Uncle Frank: —‘

Well, how are you now-a-days? I
hope you don’t feel like I do, or like
I have been feeling. I have had
small-pox from vaccination (not very
bad) and the doctor wouldn’t let me
have anything to eat, that was awful,
I want to tell you—Bye, Your niece,
lone Ward, M. C., Fowlerville, Mich.

Isn’t it awful to not be allowed to
eat when you feel like it?‘ But often
it is best for one not to always follow
his eating inclinations. I am sorry
vaccination affected you so. It some-
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Dear Uncle Frank:—

I have just been reading Margaret
Gravelle’s letter in your. excellent
pape

Asr Harold Coles and I have about
the same opinion on this subject I
arise in defense.

I do not agree with Margaret as to
Harold being timid, for I think he is
a, very brave boy to take his bold
stand for the right. If the girls want
to take the boys customs away from
them I guess we had better start wear-
ing‘kilts. Maybe that would satisfy
them.

I also warn you, Harold, that you
might better spend your life as an
old Batch, than to be married to one
of those that you would take Margaret
to e.

I think that Harold likely likes de-
cent girls all right, because he never
has said that he didn’t, so far. I agree
with Zetta Graves on both subjects
for I know other girls who are trying
to get their hair to grow out too.

The Merry Circle Fund

A C/zam‘e z‘o Spread Happineu

» Dear Uncle Frank and M. C.’s:——

I see by the letters that the M. C.’s
want to do something more than write
letters. A lot want to send in a little
money each month to help someone
out. This I think is all right. Now
here is my suggestion, In the June

'28th issue of the Michigan Farmer I

read where an M. C. was going to
spend her summer earning money to
give to a. cripple girl that some poor
neighbors were trying to take care of.
Why not write a cheery letter to the
cripple, put in a dime or nickle, then
send it to the Merry Circle to deliver.
Think what that little pickle would
amount to if all M. C.’s sent one. As
there are so many members you Will
all be repaid 3. hundredfold, I am sure.
Perhaps the little cripple will write to
the Michigan Farmer and thank one
and all—A mother of four.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: ——

As I was reading the M. C. letters,
I saw the ones about the suggestions
of What to do with M. C. money. I
think it would be nice for poor crip-
pled children as the one Viola Brunais
is going to save money for. I think
it is a nice idea. —Veda Scott, Berg-
land, Mich.

Viola Brunais’ vacation vocation
prize letter brought quite a few
responses like those printed above. I
am glad it did for Viola’s vocation is
a very unselfish one to put oneself to.

Many, many times I have had letters
suggesting that We start a M. 0. Fund

which should be used to help those in -

need. It is well that we should as

.correct answers and the neatest

Some M any Circle Manager ’

Now, Uncle Frank, if I see this in. ‘
print you are sure of a half dozen eggs :
for your breakfast some morning the
following week. -——Fr0m another nep-
hew, Claude W. Mitchell, M. C., R 2
Dicker, Mich.

I am not using this because of the
half dozen eggs but because I think
you have said something. I sincerely
hope that you do not think that bobbed
haired girls are indecent. If you do I
thoroughly disagree with you.

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THE JUMBLE UNJUMBLED.

The jumbled question two weeks
ago was: i
What will a. singth soil do these?
The correct question is:-
What three things will a. silo do?
The answer is: .
Lower the cost of the ration, make .’
sure a. profit from the live stock, and
greatly increase the value of the
crops—page 9-81.

THE JUMBLE WINNERS.

 

The following are the names of the
ten who unjumbled the jumble, having

papers:
Fountain Peris.

Erma. Moore, East Lansing, Mich”
RR 1.

Emil R. Pfister, Lake City, Mich.

Flashlights.

Anna. Carlson, Ishpeming, Mich, RR;-
1, Box 192.

‘Nora. Severance, Grand Blanc, Mich,
RR 3.

Helen E. McKee, Constantine, Mich.

Candy.

Charles 0. Obert, Big Rapids, Mich,
RR 3.

Leta Peaison, Bloomingdale, Mich,
RR 1.

Beulah Iehl, Allegan, Mich, Box 62.

Mabel Hodges, Evart, Mich., RR 2.

,Helen Stafford, Central Lake, Mich.

What you learn from bad habits and
in bad society you will never forget
3mg itGwili be a. lasting pang to you——

there are many opportunities to do
good with such a fund. A fund of that
sort would also be entirely in keeping
with the Merry Circlers duties of
spreading happiness for it would give
Us a practical means of. fulfilling that
requirement.

However, I have not announced such
a fund because it might require more
space and add to duties to those which
are already crowding. But with such
frequent requests I feel that I can not
longer put off announcing one.

So lets use this, which we will call .
the Merry Circle Fund to accumulate 3
money toward helping some who are
in the need. of help toget them back
to normal, healthy lives.

 

I will investigate every case which ‘
we help and will make frequent an- ’ 3x"
nouncements in our department as to
what I find and how the fund is grow-
ing. I have several cases in mind now
but will not act on them until we have
some indication as to‘what the fund
will make available for use.

Every time you feel that you have
.a pickle, a. dime, or more, that you can
give toward the help of others, send
it to the Merry Circle Fund in care of
the Michigan Farmer and I will see
that it is put to good use. _

This fund is open to all Merry Cir- ,
clers and Merry Circle friends. ‘ ‘

     

  

  

 


 
  
  

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FTER twenty-five years as a
farmer’s uwife,‘ I find the
greatest help I have ever had
was to replace our old wood -'range
with a four-burner oil stove,” writes
Mrs. A. B., of Kent City. Numerous
{other letters have been received ex-

' pressing similar experiences regarding
'this coolbr cooking .convenience, and
"others seeking the whys and where-

fores' of the many kindsof oil stoves
now on the market.

When it comes to deciding what
kind of an Oil stove one should pur-
chaSe, it is entirely a matter of per~'
sonal opinion—the one thing to keep
in mind is to be sure you get one. The
wood range is excellent for cooking
during the winter months, but it is an

 

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economy in fuel and housewife’s com-
fort (Which cannot be measured in dol-
lars) to use an oil stove or gas plate
for cooking as the sun begins to creep
northward. Your hardware friend will
gladly give you a demonstration that
will help you decide which kind merits
your selection to suit your individual
needs.

The general classes of oil stoves
are resolved into W50, those with
wicks and those without, each efficient,
and lasting if properly cleaned and
operated. The daily cleaning is essen-
tial if you desire your oil stove to do
its most efficient work. If you use the
kind with wicks, don’t trim them and
cut them. They are sure to be uneven
and “run up” when lighted. With a
paper or cloth wound around the fore—
finger, break off and pat dowu the
charred surface. A circular rimming
will tend to make it uneven also.

With the wickless oil range, remove
the chimney and spreader if there is
one. With a small brush, clean the
burners and asbestos collars. Occa—
sionally remove collars to dislodge any
carbon that adheres to it.

-Th?feeder pipe of your oil stove
needs cleaning regularly, about every
two weeks. To do this, unscrew the
nut at the end of the pipe and flush
it with clean oil. A small wire will
help to keep the feed pipe at the end
of the burner free from obstruction.
By all means, see to it that your oil
stove is level, and particularly so if it
is wickless. VVhen‘the oil stove slopes,
the oil feeds too fast and a surplus of
oil will gradually creep‘up on the col-
lar and smoke. If your oil stove is
kept properly cleaned, you need have
no worry about disagreeable fumes
and smoke. a
Cheese 3 one or two burner oven
for yourfoil stove, according to the
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is most expensive.
baking. See to it that your oven door

heat. ,It is possible to do any kind of

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Conveniences

select a cheap one, for in the end it
The oil stove oven,
must be well insulated to do efficient

does not becOme bent so as to leak

baking in a well insulated, close fitting
oil stove oven.

The carbide lighting plant also fur:
nishes a cooler and still more con-
venient means of doing the summer
cooking and ironing than the wood
range. It is recommended as econom-
ical and efficient by (many of our read-
ers Who have installed these plants.
Thorough cleaning is also essential for
the \efficient operation of a carbide gas
plate. All refuse that falls doWn'in the
burner must be removed daily and the

 

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openings kept clean that the gas mayl
feed freely. l

Just an extra last-minute precau—l
tion—see to it that when you turn out‘l
your oil stove or gas plate that the;
flame is entirely extinguished. Thisl
extra forethought will add to your:
peace of mind, safety and to your}
pocketbood.—Martha Cole. l

CAN ALL YOU CAN.

 

T is a big saving in the family food

budget to have the surplus of
fruits and vegetables from the sum-
mer garden preserved for winter use.
The precautions needed and the time
table for canning fruits and vegetables
are contained ’in our bulletin, “Can-
ning Fruits and Vegetables in, the
Home.” For a copy of it send five
cents in stamps or coin to Martha
Cole, Michigan Farmer, Desk M., De—l
troit, Mich. 1

 

GARNISH THE SALADS.

 

A GARNISH makes the appearance
of the salad much more attractive.
Too much garnish spoils the effect.
With vegetables, meat or fish use
beets, finely chopped; cabbage, shredfi
ded, or heart leaves used in place of_
lettuce; carrots, chopped fine for bor-‘
der; eggs, slices, grated yolk, chopped, l
etc; parsley; radishes. :
With all salads use carrot tops: cel-
ery; celery tops, must be crisp in place 1,
of lettuce; cucumbers; lemons; let-ll
tuce; olives; pimento; nuts. l
Potato, vegetable and meat salads;
.are generally improved 'in navor ifi

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stand some time before serving. They
should be kept as cold as possible, to
avoid becoming soaked or soggy.

He who aspires must perspire.

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the first year.
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for four to five
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Furnace dried. _ Non-
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SOLVAY Pulverized Limestone brings
QUALITY crops that command highest
prices. Makes sour soil sweet and pro-
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mg. no guywures. no tighteninf‘ of hoops.
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stave Silos and are endorsed by thousands.
Special term if you order now. Our
free Silo book tells the story—write for it.
Agent: wanted in unoccupied territory.

MICHIGAN SILO COMPANY

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Kala-am Mich. ‘I’ootia. In.

Fire and wind resist-
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Ohio, W. Va. and Ky. Shaker Screened Lump Coal
in carload lots at attractive prices. Best. quality guar-

Farmer Agents Wanted.

THEO. BURT & SONS. Meiroae, Ohio.

We think they are the best lam
terns on earth. Next time you
buy a lantern, compare every
detail of the Embury with any
other. for improvements
like the solid dome, rain- and
dirt-proof: the big brass
Oil filler; the short globe;
theextra strong construc-
tion throughout.

No. 160 is a winner—ink
Proved burner gives more
ight and burns 35 ours;
dust- dirt-, wind- and rain-
¥roof; 81.50. except in the
at west.

There’s an Embury for
every purpose
ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER
If_ he has none in stock, we

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and brown graded eggs.
anteed.

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Top Prices for Eggs

Prompt remittance guar-
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cones, Minorcas. Also Geese.

Pure Breed

stock and price list.

\Cockerels and Pulletsfi

Leghorns, Rocks, Reds. Wyandottes.

Send forkomplete Circular with full description of ‘ ’u

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo. Mich.

Mamba-r International Baby Chick Association
Member Michigan State FamBureau

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dottes or R. 1. Beds.

one Grade—the Best. March.
our 14 years of hatching.
amount. if not send 10%.
ch11 are to be shipped.

100% Delivery by arce

13c; White Leghorns or Broiler
Chix, 10c in lots of 25 or more.

If convenient send full
balance few days before
Sept.
D 1 post prepaid. GREEN
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SELLING OLD RoosTEns.

 

F you have a steam pressure cooker
try using the old roosters at home.

» About an hour at fifteen pounds pres-

sure will mak‘e an old 'rooster, in our
cooker become about as tender as a.
springer.- The meat drops from the
bones and is fine for chicken pies and
pressed chicken. When you sell old
roosters to private customers without

- steam pressure cookers they may half

cook the birds and claim they were
tough, which is the case. A few meals
of tough chicken sicken them of poul-
try and soon the beef steak market is
benefitting while the poultry market
loses a customer. _ ‘
Unless old male birds are unusual
breeding 'value I-think it is best to kill
them as this reduces the summer and
fall feed bill. Of course they must be
replaced by cockerels which also take
feed but I find that well developed
cockerels are more apt to produce a.
large per cent ‘of fertile eggs than
older male birds. When selling old
cock birds to city dealers I find they
do not often like them at any price
but will buy them at the rate of about
2 males to 20 hens. Some dealers will

buy them all at the same price per

pound and then deduct one pound for

and three warm air outlets, extending
from the ceiling through the roof, each
three by three feet square.

The oldest storage visited was a.
three story one more than 30 years old
at Lyons. The building is 40 by 90
feet and each room is nine feet high
in the clear. The walls are 20 inches
thick, the basement being stone and
the other two stories of brick con-
struction. Each story is provided with
twelve 24 X 36 cold air intakes. These
intakes arxe unfortunately located
above five feet above the floors, of each
room. There are six 12 X 24 inch
warm air exit flue-s built in the walls
and located near the ceiling of each
room. These flues extend upward in
the walls to the roof of the building.
A very large fan was installed in .the
cupalo of the building to “pull” out the
warm air, but it has not been used
during the past three seasons.

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boards are laid on top of these sills

;'to support the fruit, thus permitting
} the air to circulate underneath and
Trise up through the apples.

Five thousand barrels of apples have

,been‘stored on each Of the three
This storage has kept Bald-V

floors.
wins in good condition until March.
Descriptions of other storages would

3 not be greatly different from the three
> above described. New York air-cooled
1. or common. apple storages, as a. whole,

may be described as being about two-
thirds below ground level, with 18 to
20 inch solid masonry walls and hav-
ing eight to ten 24 X 36 inch Windows
to provide for the admission of cold
are lower than those inside the stor-
air whenever the outside temperatures
age room. The storages are an lo-
cated at shipping points and are us-
ually at points also well equipped with
cold or mechanical refrigerated stor-
age plants. For instance, in addition
to the two common storage buildings
described as A and B, there is another
of similar capacity and three cold
storage plants having space for 90,000,
35,000, and 30,000 barrels respectively
at the same shipping point. Then in
the next town there are two aincooled
and three .col’d s'tor‘ages. ’ ’

 

.visit with salesman,

' ing those in western Horrors:

 

each cock bird .in the crate, This.
saves using a. separate crate for the

.male‘ birds and saves some time in

weighing in the consignment at the
market. .

It often pays to trade with the deal-
ers to whom you wish to sell poultry
meat. After buying' a. pound of sir-
loin and half a. dozen pork chops, the

' dealer smiles, and asks if there is, any~

thing else. Then you say, “Yes sir.
W'ould you be able to usé four old
roosters and forty hens next Thursday
morning? They are fine plump birds
and we will deliver them at the back
door at exactly the hour your man
wants to [dress them.” This often re-
sults in obtaining an order slip to
bring the birds and fair payment.
Some dealers seem to like to keep a
farmer. standing on one foot while they

and do almost anything but write out
a ‘check. This can also be avoided by
buying a. few necessities of them after
they have bought of you. Have them
take the pay from your“ check and it
may speed up tne whole transaction.
And then such dealers soon find out
if a producer is anxious to give them
first class goods and be friendly and
soon they become more friendly which
adds satisfaction to the job—K.

S’omc Air-Cooled Storagcs.

(Continued on page 115.)

Air-cooled and. cold storages are fre-
quently operated by the same con-
cerns. For instance, the western New
York Fruit Growers Packing Ass’n
stores apples in both air-cooled and
cold storages 'at its several shipping
stations if the storages are available.
Shortly after the picking season they
begin loading apples from the air-
cooled storages. This will continue
until the common storage apples are
all shipped, possibly into January or
February, when movement of cold
storage apples will start.

The air-cooled storage not only pro-
vides a. safe short season storage, but
is invaluable as an aid in securing a.
better class of grades and packers and
in handling the fruit during rush per-
iods. These are usually periods when
fruit comes into the packing house
faster than it can be graded and
packed. If air-cooled storages are
available, such apples as cannot be
packed during a rush week may be
placed in the storages tree—run and left
until after the picking season, or until
time of shipping when it may be
brought to the packing house. New
York graders and packers know that
this provides a longer packing season
and therefore the packing house with
common storage in connection usually
obtains the services of a. better class
of workers.

It is not hoped that any of our fruit
growers will attempt to duplicate all
the details of the described storages,
because there are more economical
construction materials available now
and furthermore, none of the storages
described herein have provision for
the most satisfactory ventilation. The
idea has been to show that common
or air-cooled storage is a. decided com-
mercial success in New York and has
been so for many years in spite of
the rather crude construction princi-
ples. employed. Whatever lack of op-
timism may have possessed the writer
regarding our recently constructed
Michigan storages with their provision
'for greater ventilation and Consequent-
1y greater number of air changes per
hour, certainly faded away after study-

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" cattle of grubs.
.miliar with the large yellow grubs
found in the backs of cattle in the

CATTLE GRU BS. .

‘ NE of the professors of the Mich-
igan Agricultural College, Prof.

Pettlt of the Entomology Department, \

has discovered a method of ridding
Most farmers are fa-

spring time. These things are a great
nuisance, are annoying to the cattle,
and spoil the best part of the hide if
it is to be sold.

These pests can be gotten rid of
cheaply and with little trouble. The
method is to mix one part of iodoform
with five parts of petroleum jelly and

,rub into the lumps on the cattles’

back. The grub will die and fall out.

Only one application is needed. The-

The ingredients may be gotten at any
drug store.——H. L. Thomas.

KEEPING THE HOG COOL.

OT weather occupies a prominent

position in the, hogs chamber of
horrors. During the season when the
sun is at its best, hogs suffer greatly
unless they are provided with protec-
tion from its direct rays. Hog mortal—
ity often runs high on the ‘ ~t sultry
days of summer, especially when ship-
ping or hauling time comes on such
days. Severe losses may often be pre-
vented by taking due precaution, such
as, iceing cars or trucks providing

shade, or moving them so far as pos-
sible at night or during the cool of the
day. l

The heat discomfort of hogs on the
farm maybe alleviated by giving the
hogs access to plenty ‘of shade and byl
providing a substantial concrete hog'
wallow of adequate proportions. Ar-
rangements should be made for drain-
ing the wallow at frequent intervals
and filling with fresh water in order to
maintain conditions as sanitary as pos-
sible’. It is best if the wallow can be
kept shaded, artificially or otherwise,
and if a gallon of hog dip, crude oil
or used tractor oil is added occasion-
ally the problem of skin disease and
lice will be properly and easily solved.

HOG SURPLUS I‘S FADING AWAY.

HE surplus of hogs in leading for-

eign markets has been steadily de-
creasing. As a result prices of pork
products in British markets have been
steadily rising since April. Compared
with 1922 the number of hogs in ex‘
porting countries in 1923 increased in
Canada, Denmark and Ireland, but
these increases made up less than half
the decrease in the United States.

In our supplications we should ren-
der thanks for the cow, the hen and
the sheep; since they have kept a
little change in the worn-out purse
through a very strenuous period.

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much of the crop.

stage of growth.

th e growing period.

Save Me State Cam Crop
By A. L.

HE corn crop is from two to three weeks late this year, and
with a cool summer and early frost we will be sure of losing
It would be well at this time to plan ways
and means to handle this immature corn.

The silo is without doubt the best way to take care of corn
which is unripe, since it can be made into silage at almost any
It is generally admitted, however, that matured
corn, just before it turns dry, makes the best silage.

In many of our northern states the growing period is short,-
which generally means the corn is frosted before it ripens. The
silo is used in most sections to take care of the crop, and it is
seldom put in until the first frost, thus giving it all advantage of

Occasionally we have a year like this one, when the corn goes

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before you buy your Fertilizer

In my Lady years experience. conditions In the fertilizer field have
never an so uncertain or so threatening -lo the careless buyer.

Too much talk is bein given to what fertilizer costs and not enough
to what goes in it. Circap fertilizer can be as expensive as s. clfeap
lawyer in a big lawsuit. l have given the best years of my life to the
development of high grade fertilizer, and these years have taught me
one fact I want to pass on to you; and that is. that I can make a given.
analysis tosell pretty nearly as cheaply as I want. if that's what
I want to do! '

In the early stages of the fertilizer business I saw that the real future
lay in trying to make the best fertilizer I could. and that there were
olwa s enough good farmers willing an anxious to pay a fair rice
for the best. Because, after a few seasons of experiment with c ea
fertilizers. the sensible farmer realizes that fertilizer is cheap or big
only accordin to the results it brings, and that therefore. any fer-
tilizer short 0 the very t is dearly expensive in the long run. My
ambition. therefore, became fix on working out formulas and proc-
esses that would every year improve the quality of my goods.

FRIENDS FOR 30 YEARS

Eve year my business ew. More and more farmers discovereJ
the :heapness of high qua ity fertilizer. Some of my customers have
been using nothing else but my “Royster” fertilizer for 30 odd years.
Many seasons l have been unable to make enough to supply all my
orders. Last season I had a record-breaking sale, yet in some states
farmers who wanted "Royster's" high grade fertilizer had to 3?
without it, even tho they were glad to pay more for it than for or -
nary fertilizer.

It takes time. care and. experience to make "Royster's" fertilizer.
For instance. every ton of it is "cured" or aged for at least three
months. after mixing. to insure perfect chemical and physical con-o
dition, and no pressure of orders on hand will make us shorten (III:
curln period just in order to sell more goods. This sort of care for
the ‘ Royster" reputation for unsurpassed quality has won me the
confidence and trade of millions of farmers. which l Value and esteem

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This personal word of warning is written to tell you that i am out:
of the com tition now going on to see who can make thepheapest
fertilizer. am going to plug along making the finest quality goods
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Before I consent tochange the quality standards of the F. S. Royster
Guano Co.. I would shut every door of my factories. y off every
employee, and see the buildings rot away in idleness. or your own
sake. deliberate carefully this season before you buy your fertilizer-
If you decide to invest in "Royster's" quality fertilizer. you have my
personal promise that you will never regretfhe purchase after you see
the results. It isn't so muchwhat you put into it, but what you get out
of it. that counts in buying fertilizer. F. S. Royster Guano C04
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specially warm and favorable summer with a late frost, a good
deal of our com will be caught by first freeze in the fall which
always damages the most valuable grain, but invariably the crop
makes sufficient growth to warrant from ten to fifteen tons of ex-
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the first of July, and corn which has been frosted can be put into
the silo unless it has turned dry.

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that With the eatless stalk and many suckers, sixty per cent of the
food value is in the stalk and leaves.

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Wednesday, August 13.
. Wheat.

Detroit—No.1 1 red $132115; No. 2
red $1.31 ; No. 3 red $12854; No. 2
white $1.3 1,5; No.2 mixed $1. 321,4.

Chicago—Sept, $1. 281/2691. 28%; De—
cember -$1.31%@1.317/8; Mzay $1. 36%.

Toledo.——Cash $1.31@1.

Corn.
1Iggtroit. ..—No 3, $1.20; No. 4 yellow

Chicago —Sept., $1. 15%@1. 15% , De-
(ginsiser $1. 08%@1. 089/4' , May $1. 087/3

Detroit. —Cash oNtos. 2 White 59350;

No. 2, 571,130.
Chicago. ——Sept., 50c; December at
520; May 550. 1'

Rye.
Detroit.———Cash No. 2, 97c.
Chicago.——September 91c; December
950; May 99%c.

Toledo—93c.
Barley.
Barley, malting 980; feeding 93c.
Beans.
Detroit—Immediate and prompt
shipment $4.90@4.95 per cwt.
Chicago—Navy $5.60; red kidneys

exhausted.
New York.~~Choice pea at $5.60;
red kidneys, $9.15.
Seeds.
Detroit—Prime red clover cash at
$11.80; alsike $10.25; timothy $3.65.
Hay
Strong.—~No. 1 timothy $23@23.50;
standard and light mixed $22@22.50;
No. 2 timothy $200121; No. 1 clover
$17@18; No: 1 clover mixed $20@21;
straw $12@13; new hay $17@20.

Feeds.

Bran $34; standard middlings $35;
fine do $40; cracked corn $55; coarse
cornmeal $54; chop at $47 per ton in
100-lb. sacks.

Fruits.
Apples, Transparents $2.25; Duch-
ess $2; red raspberries, fancy $2.50

per 24- -pint case; do black $2 per 10-

qt. case; huckleberries $3 per 16 qt
case; blackberries $1. 75@2 per 16—qt.
case.

WHEAT

A heavy movement of wheat is un—
der way at the present time with pri-
mary receipts at a near record level.
The large crop in Kansas and Okla-
homa has been flooding the markets
in that territory and storage capacity
at southwestern terminals is approach-
ing the overflow stage. Crop reports
still ShOW improvement in the United
States and the August forecase was
814,000,000 bushels, 01' 28,000,000 bush-
els more than were produced last
year. Crop forecasts on the Canadian
yield are’ crystalizing at around 250,-
000,000 bushels. Black rust is reduc-
ing the yield in Manitoba and, in ad-
dition, the Canadian crop is running
the risk of frost as growth is not up
to normal. The drouth in the Argen-
tine has been relieved and since it is
still early in the growing season a
good crop may be produced in that

country.
CORN

The corn crop forecast for August
was 2,576,000 bushels. This is 2.5 per
cent more than a month ago, but the
gain was due to the higher par yield
used as the condition was lower than
.a month previous in spite of fairly
favorable growing weather in July. It
is believed that some improvement
has taken place since the govern-
ment's returns were gathered, but
poor stands. weedy fields and aban-
doned acreage make a small crop cer-
tain. The high level of cash corn
prices has called forth a larger move-
ment of corn from the country than
usual at this season of the year, but
it has been disappearing in a rather
surprising fashion and the visible sup-
ply remains small. Pacific Coast de-
' mand is absorbing a substantial share
of arrivals at western primary marl
kets. Some corn industries also are
using fairly large amounts every day.

The high level of cash corn prices

has called forth a larger-movement of -

corn from the country than usual at
this season of the year, but it has
been disappearing in a rather surpris-
.1113 fashion and the visible supply re-
mains small. Pacific Coast demand is
absorbing a substantial share of ar-
rivals at western primary markets.
SOme corn industries also are using
fairly large amounts every day.

 

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OATS '

The oats crop forecast is 1, 439, 000,-
000 bushels, or ten per cent more than
last year’s production. Harvest was
late and rains are delaying it still
further so that primary receipts are
not picking up as rapidly as usual.
Buyers ofo ogts have been holding back

on of lower prices when
the movement started so that demand
will probably expand as the supply

SEEDS

Clover and timothy seed markets are
quiet, with prices holding at about the
same level as a week ago. Price move-
ments will probably continue narrow
pending more definite information as
to the condition of new crops. Nearly
1,500,000 pounds of alfalfa seed were
imported during July, compared with
520,000 a year ago. _

FEEDS

The demand for by-product feeds is
light at the present time. Offerings
of wheat feeds, especially from resell—
ers and southwestern mills, have in-
creased recently as accumulation of
feeds in transit has occurred and these
are diflicult to move at present quota-
tions. Linseed meal is firm. The cot—
tonseed meal market is quiet, With an
easy undertone because of slow de-

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HAY

The tame hay crop forecast of 89,-
000,000 tons is slightly smaller than
last year and the same as a year ago,
but it is 3,000,000 tons above the aver-
age for the five years from 1918 to
1922. Owing to the last spring and
the drouth along the Pacific Coast, the
last crop was more closely cleaned up
than usual. The average condition of
pastures on August 1 was 84 per cent,
compared with 87.6 per cent a month
previous, 77.6 per cent a year ago and
83 per cent as the ten—year average.

In the past week rains have inter-
fered with hay harvest and. retarded
the movement. The south has been a
fairly acrive buyer of new hay, stock-
yards are taking more than usual be-
cause of the rise in cattle receipts, and
the suction created by drouth alOng
the Pacific Coast is drawing hay from
adjoining states. Prices at most mar-
ket centers have been firm.

POULTRY AND EGGS

The supply continues to be the dom-
inant factor in the egg market. Fresh
egg prices sought ’a new high level
last week. Although receipts at the
large distributing markets are above

 

normal at this season; the supply of
fancy stock continues to diminish, the
country collections are falling off, and
demand is still good. The shortage of
high-grade fresh eggs caused some
drawing on storage holdings for qual-
ity during the week. The advance in
distributing markets is being reflected
in prices paid producers. Farm prices
of eggs advanced 1. 3 cents per dozen
from May 15 to June,15, compared
with a 0.9 per cent decline in the same
period a year ago.

Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 271,9
@280; dirt’ies at 22@24c; checks 23@
24c; fresh firsts at 28@300; ordinary
firsts 263480270. Live poultry, hens
22%c; broi ers 29c; springers at 300;
roosters 151/20; ducks 209; geese 13c;
turkeys 200.

Detroit. —«Eggs, fresh candled and
graded 28@300. Live poultry, broilers
34@35c; heavy hens 240; light hens
16c; roosters, 15c; geese 15c;

18@24c.
BUTTER

The butter market strengthened
slightly last week as supplies were
less burdensome and buying was more
active. Hot weather defects were ap-
parent in many instances so that the
quantity of high quality butter was
scarce. Production reports indicate a
slight seasonal decrease each week un-
der its predecessor, but a continued
substantial increase over correspond-
ing Weeks a year ago. With condi-
tions generally favoring a continued
heavy production of butter and the
enormous surplus of cold storage hold-
ings still being materially added to,
the recent strength may be only tem<
porary and still lower prices are prob-

able. Prices for 92-score creamery
were: Chicago 361/10; New York at
38%0. In Detroit fresh creamery in

tubs sell for 35@36,1/20.

POTATOES

The August forecast of the'white
potato crop was 399,000,000 bushels.
This is an increase of seven per cent
over a month ago, and three per cent
less than last year’s harvest. The
sweet potato crop, however, at 81,000,-
000 bushels is about 17 per cent less
than in 1923.

For the season to date, carlot ship-
ments of new potatoes have been
about 22 per cent heavier than a year
ago. 'The market has been helped
slightly as a result of a more moderate
movement and Kansas and Missouri
stock is quoted at $1.25@1.50 in Chi-
cago. Prices are much lower thana
yea1 ago, however, especially for East-
ern Shore. Virginia Cobblers which are

Live Stock Market Servich

 

Wednesday,

CHICAGO

Hogs.

Receipts 32,000. Market moderately
active, generally 2" .10 lower than Tues-
days average. Few sales of light.
weights 25@350 off; tops $9.65; bulk
of good 180 to 240-lb. weight $9.50@
9.65; good 140 to 170-lb. average. $953
9.40; better 250 to 350—1b. butchers at

$9.40@9.55; packing sows at $8@8.35;

strong weight killing pigs $8.25@8.50.
Cattle.

Receipts 13,000. Market on fed

steers and yearlings slow and steady
to 150 lower, mostly 10@150 off; the
weighty kind show most decline; kill-
ing quality good; liberal sprinkling of
choice offerings; medium weight
steers $10.90; heavies $11; she stock
very dull, unevenly lower; vealers are
steady and $11©11 50 to packers for
good to choice kind.
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 15,000. Market is active.
Fat lambs strong to 250 higher, most
advance on natives. Sorting is light.
Early sales of natives are $13@13.25
to packers, 5513500111375 to outsiders.
Good range lambs $13.25@13.75, some
held higher. Sheep and feeders are

steady. Choice rangers to killers are
$7.75. No early sales of feeding lambs.
DETROIT
Cattle.

Receipts 721. Market on bulls, can-
ners and feeders steady; all others
slow and 25c lower.

Good to choice yearlings.$ 8 50@ 9. 00

Best heavy steers ...... 00@ 8 50
Handyweight butchers 7. 00@ 7.50
Mixed steers and heifers 5. 75@ 6 25

Handy light butchers . . . . 5. 25@ 5. 75
[Light butchers .......... 4.50 4.75

 

August 13.

Best cows .............. 5.00@ 5.25
Butcher cows ........... 3.50@ 4.25
Cutters ................ 3.00
Canners ................ 2.00@ 2.75
Choice bulls ............ 5.00@ 5.25
Bologna bulls ........... 4.50@ 5.25
Stock bullsvfi, . . . . . . . ..... 3.50@ 4.50
Feeders ................. 5.0001) 6.50
Stockers ................. .00@ 5.50
Milkers ................. $45 00@85.00

Veal Calves.
Receipts .600. Market 500 higher.
Btst .. .. ..1$2..00@1250
Others .................. 5. 00011. 50
Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 563. Market slow
Best spring lambs ...... $12 75@13. 00
Fair . 10.50@12.00

Light té'conimon . .. 7.00@ 850

Fair to good sheep ..... 5.00@ 7.00

Culls. and common ...... 1.5001“ 3.00
Hogs.

Receipts 1,119. Market 250 lower.
Mixed and heavy yorkers.$ 9.90
Roughs ................. 7.75
Pigs .................... 9.00
Stags .................... 4‘.50@ 5.00
Light yorkers .......... 9.50

BUFFALO
Cattle.
Receipts two cars. Market slow.
Calves $12. , .

Hogs. _
Receipts 20 cars. Market is loWer.
Heavy and yorkers $10.50; pigs and
lights $9.50@10.

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts two cars. Market steady.

'Top lambs $13.50; yearlings at $9@

10530; wethers $8@9; ewe: $6.50@

ducks.

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bringing only $1. 50@2. 25 per barrel in

eastern cities.
APPLES
July proved to be a. hard month on
the apple crop as the estimate of the

commercial yield was reduced 3,000,000
barrels‘ 1n the August forecas'e, which

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was 29, 400 ,000 barrels, against 34 ,-300,

000 barrels last year.

‘ ' WOOL

While mills are taking less wool
than two weeks ago, they are still buy-
ing moderate amounts. Prices remain
firm with further small advances no-
ticeable in parts of the list. The goods
market is still sluggish but livelier
demand seems to be fairly close at
hand. Most of the wools in first hands
are firmly held and wool dealers in
some cases are disposed to withhold
offerings in expectation of still higher
prices. Reports suggest a better Aus-
tralian clip this yearuthan last. For-
eign markets are quite strong.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

Supplies of apples, cucumbers,
squash and corn were heavier, while
fewer berries were offered. Sweet
corn was in good demand. Large slic—
ing cucumbers were taken easily, but
p1ckle size found slow sale. Squash
was a. sl w seller. Yellow Transpar-
ent and ed Astrachan apples were in
good supply and prices varied widely,
according to quality. First-class toma-
toes had ready sale but the big supply
of second— rate ones moved slowly.
Few black raspberries were offered
and red ones were slow sellers due to
poor condition. The small supply of
sour cherries sold readily. Celery sun
plies were quite heavy and the prices
dropped a little. Fancy cauliflower
and peas were in demand, and clear,
smooth potatoes were fair sellers.
Beans, beets, carrots, cabbage, onions
and radishes were slow to move. Let-
tuce and other greens tended to lower
prices. Eggs and poultry were in good
demand.

Prices were. Apples, No. 1, $2@2. 50
bu; No.2, $1.25@1.75 bu; beans 75(5)
900 bu; beets 35@400 dozen bunches;
local cele1y, Jumbo $1 dozen, No.1,
50@650 dozen; cabbage, white 40@500
bu; red $1.75 bu, currants $3. 50 24—qt.
case; cherries $4.50@5 24-qt case; car-
rots 35@400 dozen bunches; cucum-
bers, slicing $2.50@3.50 bu; pickles $2
((1)5 bu; gooseberries $3.50 24-qt. case;
leaf lettuce 40@600 bu; head lettuce
750@$1’bu; green onions 40@500 per
dozen bunches; potatoes $1.25@1.50 a
bu; radishes 50@75c dozen bunches;
red raspberries $5@6 per 24—qt. case;
black raspberries $5696 24- -qt. case;
rhubarb at 500 dozen bunches; sweet
corn 25@300 dozen; yellow Bantam at
38c dozen; summer squash $1@1.50 a.
bu, tomatoes, outdoor $1. 75@2 basket;
turnips $1@1. 25 bu; blackberries $5@
6 case; dewberries $6 case; old hens,
wholesale 241,50; retail 25@28c; broil-
ers, wholesale 30@330; retail 35((940c;
veal 15c; ducks, retail 25@30c

GRAND RAPIDS

Michigan’s big early potato crop is
gradually pressing prices downward
on this market. Tubers of excellent
quality were selling early this week
around 750 a bushel. From 1,000 to
3,000 bushels are being offered daily.
Other vegetables are in liberal supply
and low in price, while fruit of all
kinds continue steady to firm. Paying
prices early this week were: Rasp<
berries, red $3@4 16- qt. case; blacks
$2. 25@2. 50 case; dewberries at $1. 75@
2 case; blueberries $3@4 case; goose—
berries $1. 75@2 case; currants $1. 35@
1. 50 case; cherries, sour $2@2. 50 case;
apples, Duchess 75c@$1 bu; Transpar-
ent and Astrachans $1. 50@2 bu; car-
rots, turnips, beets, rutabagas 75c@
$1 bu; celery 20@500 dozen; cauliflow-
er 800@$1.50 flat; head lettuce $1@
1.50 bu; celery cabbage $1@1.5O box;
yellow onions $1.25@1.50 bu;
toes, hothouse $1.25@1.40 per 7-pound
basket; outdoor $1.25; cucumbers, hot-
house $1.25 dozen, outdoor 500@$1 a
dozen, pickles $1.- 50@2 bu, pork 11%
@120 lb; veal 14@150 lb; cattle, steers
6@7c; poultry steady; fowls, heavy
18@20c; light 14@17c;’broilers, light
14@180; heavy 20@23c; eggs 28@320;
wheat $1.13 bu; beans $4. 50 cwt.

 

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ascend floor. The next room-contains
the grinder and the engine, the grind-

er being so placed that the feeds that

are drawn ,in' on thelfirst floor can
be let down into the grinder by grav-
ity. Then there is the root bin for
storage of roots, filled by driving in
on the second floor, opening a trap
door and pushing the mangels out of
the wagonbox. The ice bin which
holds as much as many ice houses is
also in the basement. This is also
filled from abOVe, the floor over it
being arranged so the joists, and
boards can be taken out for filling.
On the second deor are two drive
ways with the granary and storage
bins between them. The folks make
use of a clever device for mixing the
rations for the cows.’ Four triangular
shaped strips are set into a frame with
the pointed. side up.
of these frames with the pieces so
spaced so'that no one is directly above
another. This device is placed over

'the chute that empties into the feed

cart below. ‘Say one wants to feed
ground oats, ground corn and linseed
meal. Simply empty the sacks in the
corner of the room and shovel the mass
through the mixer. Hunter says this
is as good‘ as shoveling over four
times. The corn crib is on therwe'st
side of the west driveway. A chute
in the bottom of it leads to the base-
ment.

The north upright is separated by
tight boards from the south upright
and this for an excellent reason as I
found out. The space over the gran-
ary and west driveway is ceiled and
the bundles are stored here. When
the separator comes, it “sets” on the
west end of the barn. A big trap door
has been arranged, hinged at the
bottom and secured at the top with
logchains. When this is lowered, the
bundles slide right Off it into the feed-
er of the machine. A window in the
south upright makes way to thrust the
blower in here. Thus the straw never
goes out doors again nor does the dust
stifle the bundle pitchers because
there is a tight board partition separ—
ating the two lofts of the barn. Some
of these ideas could be adapted to al-
most any barn; others apply specific-
ally to dairy barns. .

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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.

 

fi
\ Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-
en. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms at
each case and give. name and address of the writer. Initials
only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the
‘rvioc becomes private practice and 51 must be encroscd.

 

Cow Fails To Come in Heat—I
bought a Jersey cow last Oct. owner
didn’t know when cow freshened. I
have watched cow but she does not
come in heat. She is 7 years old and
I would like to get calf from her. F. F.,
Newago, Mich.« Give her one dram
ground nux vomica, one dram ground
capsicum at dose in ground feed twice
a. day. Kindly understand you may
not obtain satisfactory results as cer-
tain cows are barren and will never
breed.

Lumpy Jaw#I have a young cow
which has lump jaw. Is there a rem-
edy for this ailment? C. L. L., Lan-
sing, Mich. Surgical removel of the
moveable bunch is best practice; how-
ever if you will apply tincture of iodin
to the bunch daily and give her one
dram" doses of potassium iodide night
and morning for ten days it might ef-
fect a cure. If the bunch, adheres
firmly to bone and if the bone is er-

‘dectedlshe’will not reliever. If shel
' has to beybeetcd and her—jaw does

There are five

  

   

not “suppurate; the Carcass can be
safely used for. food._ -

Suppurativc Sore Shoulder—I have a
horse troubled with sore shoulder. The
shoulder swells, then opens and dis-
charges pus. Will you please tell me
how to effect a cure? E. E., Benzonia,
Mich. Enough cutting should be done
to allow the abscess to drain, apply
hydrogen peroxide to remove pus, then
apply a dusting powder composed of‘
equal parts oxide of zinc and boric
acid three times a day. If caused by
working in a bad fitting collar, the col-
lar must be exchanged for one which
fits properly, besides the horse should
be rested until he recon’ers.

Lack of Exercise.—-I have six spring
pigs that weight about 75 lbs. each.- I
have been feeding them skim milk, un-
ground oats and they run in a field of
rape. There are three of them that
have swollen joints and their eyes are
some inflamed. They have good pen
with dirt floor and they do not appear
to be sick. G. D., Blanchard, Mich.
Give them potassium acetate in drink-
ing water, milk or in swill. Fifteen
grains is dose for 75 1b pig and it
should be given as often as necessary
to keep the kidneys active. Perhaps
if they were given more exercise their
joints might swell less. Apply tinc-
ture of iodin to enlarged joints three
times a week, and if their bowels are
costive give castor oil.

Heifer East Woods—What can be
done for a yearling heifer that eats
wood? She pulls splinters off the
fence and seems to be fond of wood.
M. C, Gagetown Mich. Mix equal
parts powdered gentian, baking soda,
powdered wood, charcoal, and common
salt together, give her a tablespoonful
at dose in ground feed a day.

 

COUNTY CROP REPORTS.

Genesee Co, August l—Catchy wea-
ther for haying with a heavy crop has
kept farmers anxious. Wheat harvest
.is well along. Oats are heavy and in
some places badly lodged. Beans and
potatoes looking fine. Corn is even in
stand, but now coming on nicely.
Sugar beets are an average crop. Ber-
ries are heavy and apples scarce. POul-
try is very plentiful with prices for
eggs and fowls moderate. Weather
cEleaRring after period of showers—E.

Branch 00., July 28—~Beans look
good. Corn late but growing fast.
Early potatoes look the best in years.
Winter apples will be a short crop.
Fall apples heavy. Chicken crop large.
Labor scarce and high. Poultry bring
18 to 250; eggs, 23; wool, 350; lambs,
10c; cattle, 50; wheat, $1.15; potatoes,
$2; Alfalfa is fast coming to the front
in this community—G. M. T.

Bay 00., July 26—Labor crop good.
Not troubled much with crop diseases.
Haying completed, Wheat harvest
well along. Sugar beets look fine.
Beans $4.10; raspberries $6018 per bu;
eggs, 20@22c; poultry, 22@300.—J. N.

Ogemaw Co, July 28—Beans favor-

 

muses; DIRECTORY 1
Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Twelve Days before date of publication

.

Reggstered Guernse s
LONE Pl ' RANGER our new Herd SIR‘ has a
Dam with an A. R. 0. record 036 lot. When in the
market for better Guernseys. write GILMORE BROS..
Camden. Misha .I. W. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.

all" For sale. Reg. yearling heifers. hull
is." calves. May ‘ osc ceding. prices
V6?! “enable“. W. Burdlck, Williamcton. Mich.

Desirable son of Sir

BULL CALVE Charlevoix ' Orms

Tlnderne whose dam .produced 85.3305 lbs. of milk
and 1,278.56 lbs. butter in 365 days out of short and
long time record cows. 1. B. JONES FARMS. Frank
Bock. Herdsman. Romeo. Mich.

 

Our entire herd of 15

F O R S A L E Reg. Holstein cows.

Young. T. B. tested. .Rlverdalc Farm. J. E. Gamble
G. Sons. Hart. Mich.

HEREFORD BULLS

We are okerinf; some exceptional bargains in young
Hereford bulls. ARWDOD HEREFORD FARMS,
Six miles south or Ionic. on Ill-43. l

 

 

15 Cows. 4 bulls from R: of M. Cows. Chance to
select from herd of 70. Some fresh. others bred
for fall freshenlng. Colon C. Lillie. Cocpcrsville. Mich.

Registered Jerseky Cattle
Herd accredited. J. L. Carter. La c Odessa. Mich.

Ten head registered Jersey cows
F0 l' Salem one bull. Price $1400 for
lot. 3. E. Kcyt 81. Son, Lakeview, Mich.

FOR SALE

A few choice young Shorthorn bulls. Write for do-
livered prices. ,H. B. PETERS & SON. Elsie. Mich.

FOR SALE One cow. two heifers. and

one young hull of best
beef breeding. Young cattle sired by Revolution. Jr.
Cheap if taken soon. Also a. few young cows of
strong milking inheritance. BELAND &. BELAND,

Tecumseh. Mich.
Best of quality and breeding.
ShOI‘tI’IOI'nS cows and hclfers for sale. Bl

STOCK FARM. Box.D, Tecumseh, Mich.

E RED POLLED CATTLE 1‘;

EBuy from Michigan’s Leading Herd. Owned byL
FWESTBROOK BROS.. Ionia. Mich. K

100 ycarlings. mos‘tly grade
Feeders For sale Durhzuns. Driving distance
to central state pomts. Farm two miles off Mull.

 

 

 

Bulls.
W E LL

 

 

    

 

HOGS

DUROCS Our SENSATION 1003008 at I
mo. old. are 24 inches tall and
weighing 125 to .140 lbs. We can sell you a. no!
boar now. J. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.

moor-ummbomotmomm
D and quality. at prices to cell. Fall pigs at 3-.
gain prices. W. C. Taylor. Milan. Mich.

n U R 0 cs 33.33.52r..8.-,1.°,,zt,:11 3:,
F. .l. Bruit. Monroe. Mich" R. No. I.

- Size. typo. quality and nice
”RSI" m0 BOOTS will please you. Resistor-d
tree. F. W. ALEXANDER. char. Mich.

O I C & Chester White Big type with QUAL-
_ ' ' ' lTY. All the Grand Champion. 0. L
C.’s at hflchigan State Fair. 1928 & 1923. were bred
at Newman's Stock Farm. Also a low Choice Smith.
Pigs Cheap. Newman's stock Farm. Marlene. Mlcll.

 

0 I. Cls Spring pigs. Sir-ed by "Giant Boy” and
blI - "Jumbo Bell Boy." also Brown Swill
u s.

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

I O
Franusco Farm Poland Chinas.
Our spring pigs are the best ever. 75 hesd'to choose
from. Outstanding herd boars at $25; pairs “0:

trios. $50. $5.00 on' if you come and 'got then.
P. P. POPE. R. 3. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.
either sex. by the great Boar. '11:.

Fan PISS Wolverine. Priced reasonable. But
of dams. W. E. Livingston. I‘arma, Mich.

TY Pl d Ch' 8 ' .
LARGE PE 01211:? sex ”II-3m ”filling?!

Champion herd. A. A. Feldkamp. Manchester. Mich.
and Boar Pigs. not

Hampshire Bred Gills am. 12m ,8... wm.
your wants. John W. Snyder, R. 4, St. Johns, Mich.

SHEEP
LAMBS --SHEEP---LAMBS

Feeder sheep or lambs for Sept. and October delivery.
direct from our Montana and Dakota, ranges to your
home station. We pay the freight. Ask for our do-
livered prices. Write
NORTHWESTERN SHEEP 00..
Hettinoer, N. Dakota.

400 BREEDING EWES

For sale in lots of 50 or more. A150 300 yenrlinus.
aLllgOND B. CHAPMAN & SON. South Rockwood.
Ic . -

P O L L E Dillornlcss) Dclalno Rams having
size and quality, for sale.
HOUSEMAN BROS.. R. 4. Albion. Mich.
' my cntire fleck of ninety
Am CIOSIDg CUt brccdiug ewes. Laurence
Kllnatrlck, Ovid. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W. A. Doherty, Fife Lake. Mich.

' as good a: grow. l’htto.
50 DEIame Rams free. F. H‘. RUSSELLRR?
3, Wakeman, Ohio.

 

 

tising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. (‘ount as

display type or illustrations admitted.

Minimum charoc. l0 words.

 

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers.
Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

at classified rates. or in display columns at commercial rates.
Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

_ Remittances must accompany order.
Real estate and llve stock advertising have separate departments and are not accepted as classified.

"l‘ry it for want ads and for adver-
Poultry advertismg will be run in this department.

a word each abbreviation, initial or number. ho

 

 

Rates in Effect October 7, 1922

 

able; corn poor; potatoes fair; fruit
scarce; very little trouble from in—
sects; chick crop large and labor
scarce. Eggs, 230; butter, 350; poul-
try, 160; cattle, 5@6c; hogs, 8c.——.I. T.

 

 

Fish with

A-B-c MINNOWS

Changeable Backs

You will ncvcr want to use the old kind of
minnow whcn you once use Bolton’s "A—B-C."
Only one body. You ncver remove the bait
from the linc. simply change the back in a
jiffy—carry extra backs in vest pocket.

2 Baits at the Price of One

 

Including (as shown) one white body with
books. one red back, one green back—extra
backs including luminous 35c each, postpaid.
Money back guarantee.
DETROIT SPORTING GOODS CO.
Manulacturcrs.
l86 Corland Ave.. N. P. Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIP YOUR WOOL
To TRAUGOTT SCHMIDT & sons,

7' 508 MONROE Ava, DETROIT, MlCI-I.
And Get the Following High Prices F. O. B. Detroit

WEI-«Ame, 47¢
._ .‘MEDIUM * 45c .,

' \

FINE CLOTHING 37c,
REJECTION ' 35c

 

 

 

Four One Four

times time times

82.40 .08 86.2

2.64 2.16 6.48

2.88 2.24 6.72

3.12 2.32 8.95

3.36 2.40 7.20

3.60 2.48 7.44

3.84 . 2.56 7.68

4.08 . 2.64 7.92

4.32 . 2.72 8.16

4.56 . 2.80 8.40

4.80 . 2.88 8.64

5.04 . 2.96 8.88

5.28 3.04 9.12

5.52 3.12 9.36

. 5.76 3.20 9.60
20 ........ 2.00 6.00 3.28 9.84

 

. . All adwrtiu‘ng tap}
Pec‘a otlce distontinuanu order:

or (hang: of top] in-
tmdtd for the Clauifitd Department murt rmdl thi: oflitt tm
day: in advent: afpub/im tion date.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

CORN HARVESTICR cuts and piles on harvester m-

bundle tying attachment. Testimonials and l'uiultlu
FREE showing picture of Harvester.
vester LO. Salinu, Kansas.

 

FOR SALFr—Diclt's S—3l Blizzard Silo Filler in mud
condition, mounted on trucks. \Vlll Work on 3.} It.
Silo. has distributor pipe for inside. $125.00 rush.
no trade. S. D. Stovur, Route 2. Grand Rapids,
Mich.

 

FOR SALE—«Complete Tractor outfit. 8-10 Interna-
tional Tractor Type I'), l3einch Ensilagc (‘uttor with
42-ft. blower pipc. l-i-iuch two-bottom I’xO plow. 50
-ft., li-in. belt and buzz saw. \Vrlte Joseph Alflin,
Moline. Mich. ,

MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS to us; we develop roll,
make 0 good prints and return for 25c coin or
stamps. Cowic Studio. 12 Fountain Arc, Spring-
field.

SECOND—HAND V‘Vhirlwind Silo Fillcr in good con—
dition. This is unusual Value. The McClure Com—
pany. Saginaw. Mich.

 

ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer. 75c
to $2.00 per lb. Free sample. II. A. Bartlett, llur-
mony, Maine.

TRY BIGFORD'S Maple Syrup (Imitation) You’ll
be delighted with its exccllcnt quality. Price $1.90
per gallon. S. L. Bigford, 2022 Lena SL. Flint, Mich.

AMAZING TRIAL OFFER! Any one Kodak Roll Film
developed; 6 fine Glossy Prints; only 15c. Assoriated
Photo. Box 1463-AB. Cincinnati. 0

 

PEDIGREED RED ROCK \VHEAT. Write C. D.

Finkbeiner, Clinton, Mich.

 

 

REAL ESTATE

MICHIGAN FARM. Brick House. Stock. Tools. Crops;
$1.000 Cash. Owner with distant interests. sacrifices
all for amount insurance; 80 acres in fertile district,
fine cooperative creamery. splendid hilth school; close
2 depot towns. 3 noted lakes: 38 acres loamy fields.
lO-cow pasture, woodlot. 55 fruit trees. grapes. ber-
ries: excellent 2—story 9—mom brick house. porches,
2 barns. granary. windmill. etc. $3.000 gets it.
horses. 3 cows. poultry. tools. implements. vehicles.
crops. etc. included it taken now. Part cash. See
details and Trim. nee 341mm. Bargain Catalog
money-making 1’ ms. Copy free. Strum. Farm
Agency. 20530 Ignace Bldg" Detroit. Mich.

 

windrows. Man and horse cuts and shocks equal.
(Torn Binder. Sold in evcry state. Only $25 with;

l’rowss liar- .

_ Stock and tools at sac-
50 nulcs from Detroit. Main

~441 Al‘lll-J FARM for sole.
Apply Box 1210, Michigan Famier. "

l‘iih'e to settle cstutu.
Road to Lansing.

 

\II'ANTICDHTO hour from owucr liming a shllchigan
121ml lor sale. Wurrcu McIluc, chunsport. Ind.

 

 

 

TOBACCO

IIOMI‘JSI’UN TOBACCO. (‘hewing 5 Ills. $1.75” Ten
$3.01). Smoking 5 lbs: $1.25; Tell $2.00. ray'wuen
received, pipe and recipe frcc. Farmers Union.
l’aducah. ltcutuulty. '

PET STOCK

THE WORLD’S LARGEST DOG KENNELS otter
tor snlu 0011411.: Airedale watch dogs, automobile
dogs. children's companions, farm dogs. stock drivers
huutcn and l'lfill’ll‘\‘i'l'\‘. AIM) Big Game Hounds:

 

 

(‘lllllllliillnilx li‘nxlunuuls, Rabbit Ilounds and thor-
l‘ouuhbrvd llnuml and Aim-(lulu puppies. Satisfaction
.uud 5:0.- dclm-ry ',’lllll’:l!lll'l’(l to any point in the

I'lllictl 51:11:55.

. Inn-hm. illuqrulcd descriptive catalog
1 Illillli‘ll Irm.

()oruug liclmvls. Box 101:2, La. Rue. Ohio.

 

l. Fl‘Illlll-I'I'S. I

. specialize in raising fcrrcts. Thirty
your: cxpcrienw. August. priccs lx-nuilc: $2.75, mules
$12.). ()no down $24.00. Your-ling {cinch-s special
. rut watchers $5.00 l‘m‘ll. \I'ill ship 1'. O. l). Instruc-

tion book l'rcc. Lcii l“:ll‘ll$\\‘()l‘lll, Now London, Ohio.

I liltbflLl‘lcl‘l‘ll’lilll-JS for sulc. Mules, $10.00; Females
m. , 'um uutcrs. Kenneth ' ‘
Michigan, R. l. Garrett, Dowllnq.

GERMAN SIIl-jl‘IIl-‘IIDv—Airedales l‘ollics Old 13

‘ w . , . in —
llsh Shcphcrd dogs, puppies. 10c Illustrated instrug—
(no list. W. R. \Vu'son, 150x33 .Macon. Mo.

REGISTERED ('ollio puppies,

n tu
English Bczlglcs. a ”'1 heelers, also

Silwrcrcst Kennels. Gladwin Mich.

HUNDRED Hunting Hounds cheap.

. . Tri 1. C4 t ,
back n 20, limit-1;, 111, a dalogue

 

SILVER FOX at fanncrs' ri-e . '
1;, Pontiac, Mich. p ‘ S W' H- Wllbur‘ R'
FULL BLOOD scotch collie pups. $10

IIOIIGI'II SIUV'EII'IC, BTIEIOH, I‘llt’h. ‘nd $15-

 

BABY CHICKS

l’UIlE—BRICI) (YHII‘KS~—rcduccd prices. B

White Wyandottcs, Ilcds. Bufl' Orpingatbrrifi 1133':
Brahmhnls, lbfm. $I10; 50, $5.50. Postpaid. 100% deliv-
ery. cm er ntemntional Chick As.‘ . .
Hatchery. Earlville, Illinois. . 9n Farlvillc

 

POULTRY

OTUS FARM ANCONAS.
nd egg strain.
$3.00 each.

7‘ The combined exhibition.
Vigorous March hatched Cocksrsls.
Walter I\I'ZIIIS, R. 1. Monroe. Mich.
FOR SALE—Tom Barron White Leghorns and Sh

. GD-
ards. Ant-onus. pullets at low ri- '
Holland. Mien. R. 1. p (68' H' mmu' k"

S. C. RUFF LEGHORN Cocket'els and Pullets.

lard Webster. Bath. Mich. W11-

HELP WANTED

TRY a Michigan Farmer p.
Classified Lin-er. They.
bring results.

 

 

 

 

       

 

 


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saves parts, because a breakdown in the midst of agricultural activities is costly. The experiences which

\ TRACTOR owners are among the heaviest users of Polarine. They are compelled to use a lubricant that

many tractor operators have related to us prove that Polarine is a superior lubricant for tractors;

 

 

Tractor Chart of
Recommendations

TRACTORS

Trade Name

Motor Oil
13:18 [game Mottg‘on final! ..................... g. g.
pta e .................. o e ..................... . .
Allis-Chalmers, 6—12 .......... H. Monarch ................... H.
Allis-Chalmers, Other Models.S. H. Nilson ..................... S. H.
All Work ................... 8. H. Oil-Gas ..................... E. H.
Andrews-Kimmie ............ E. H Peoria ...................... E. H.
Ap leton ................... S. H Pioneer ..................... E. H.
A tman-Taylor, 15-30 ....... S. H. ....................... 8 H.
Aultman-Taylor, Other Models.S. H. Rix ........................ S. H.
Automotive ................. H. Rumley, Oil Pull, 12-20, 16-30
Avery, C. & Road Razer ..... H. and 20-40 ................. E. B
Avery, 'h'ack Runner ........ S. H. Rumley, Other Models ....... E. H.
Avery, Other Models ......... E. H Russell ..................... S H.
Bates Steel Mule. Midwest Samson ..................... S H.
Motor .................... S. H. hawnee .................... .
Bates. Other Models. r ....... II. Square Turn. . . . . . . ..- ....... E. H.
Bear ....................... L. H. Stimson ..................... S. H.
Best 'I‘racklayer ............. E. H. Ti 11 ...................... S. H.
Big Farmer ................. E. H. Twp-Stewart ............... S. H.
Case, 10-18, 12-20 and 15-27. .H. Toro ....................... H.
Case. 22-40 ................. S. H. Townsend .................. E. H.
Case, Other Models .......... E. H. Traylor .................... H.
Cletrac, F .................. H. 'I‘rundaar ................... . H.
Cletmc, W .................. S. H. Twin City, 12-20 and 20-35. . .S. H.
Coleman ................... g. g. Ewi? (832151;, Other Models. . . . .SE. 11%.
Dlrt ....................... . no e .................. . .
Eagle ...................... 3.1g. $115.5 ................. 3.11;
........................ . at 00 oy..._............ .
gllwoog .................... g H wetmore ................... 3.11;:
arm orse ................. .. . moonsm .................. .
‘tch ....................... E. H.
Flour City, Junior and mass. H. Acme comurons . ..
Flour City, Other Models ..... E. II. Aro ........... H.
F n .................... S. H. Avery """""""""""" E
Fox ........................ E. H. - """""""""""
Flick 9 H. Ballot ...................... H.
Gray ....................... s. H. 233“” """""""""""" H
Hart-Parr .................. E. H. Boring """"""""""""" H
Heider ..................... S. H. Centaur """""""""" H
Holt, Z-Ton ................. H. Do—It-All """""""""" S a
Holt, Other Models .......... E. H. . """""""""" H
8 International ................ .
Fm?“ ------------------- H H‘ Kincade .................... H.
Intedlumt' ' nal """""""""" H. Merry Garden‘ .............. M.
J“ Tm ‘0 """""""" F. H gatorBMacultivator ......... % H.
. ......................... . CW [lain ................ -
inauggsse """""""""" E g ed 1%”) ................... E H.
Lauson ..................... 3.11; Sprym_f‘fljjjjj;jjjjg;;;;;;
er ..................... . .
Leonud .................... s. H. KEY
{Ami ..................... g. H. L—Polnine light
Little Giant ................. s. M-“Wlfl'lne "ed101-
McCormick-Deedng ......... H. ll-Palarine Heavy
MinneoDOlis. 12-25 and “-30.8. H. 8.1—Polarlne8peclnllleavy
Minneapolis, Other Models. . .E. H. u—Polaflne Extra Heavy

 

N. B.—For recommendations of grades of Polarine to
use in automobiles and trucks consult chart at any
Standard 0:1 Company (Indiana) Station.

 

 

 

Merriman Brothers of Deckerville, Michigan, write:

“We own and farm over 500 acres of land, and we have ,
used Fordson tractors during the last 4 years.

“We have done a great deal of shopping around on
tractor oils, trying all of the well-known brands, and
have now proved to our satisfaction that your Polarine *
Heavy is the best oil obtainable for the lubrication of
the Fordson Tractor.”

There is a correct grade of Polarine for your car, tractor or truck,
no matter what make it may be. And when you use this grade,
you will note both a marked saving in fuel and a marked drop
in repair cost and renewal of parts.

Polarine actually makes tractor fuel go further. This is because
Polarine is scientifically made. It forms a perfect seal about
the piston to conserve the power your engine develops.

Polarine saves parts because it reduces friction to a minimum.
It maintains its body under all working conditions. It does not
break down. ‘

Don’t experiment. Don’t risk layoffs in your busy season. Use the
correct grade of Polanne throughout the season. Then compare
your tractor’s performance under these new conditions with its
performance last year. You’ll be pleased with the improvement.

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