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other Takes a Vacat1on

A 173% of Compam'om/zéo and Recreation Was Enjoyed at [Var/z termrw Met/zerr’ Camp





ACATIONS, those intermissions of every-day duties, have bathe a patient in bed, care of teeth and hair, bandages and

come to have a foremost place in the yearly schedule of dressings for fractures, burns and cuts, the first-aid kit, antidotes

agreat number of individuals. But, perhaps, with a certain for poison, were all very interesting to the mothers. One

group of folks who need them most «they are few and far be- mother was heard to remark later, when talking over what she

tween because of many demands upon their time. The group had learned, “If I had known as much as I do now,I could have





 





referred to is rural mothers. . saved a considerable doctor bill when» my little son was sick

. Had you visited certain sections of Washtenaw county dur— last winter.” a

_ ing. the first week of August, you might By means of an illustrated lecture, Dr. I



have found some fifty farmers residing on _ , Marshall, of Flint, put across some good-



as many peaceful and well regulated farms lessons in. the prevention of tuberculosis





and gave information regarding the de-

velopment of the disease.



On Thursday afternoon, Dr. Cum-

mings, of Ann Arbor, related conditions

affecting the health of the rural mother

and child. By the rapid fire of questions

that followed his instructive lecture, it

showed how eager mothers were for prac-

tical, reliable information relative to her-

self and family.



Miss Julia Breke, of M. A. C., taught the





in that county, eating cold snacks,

living on bread and milk, or forebearing

the trials of a hired cook while mother

took her vacation. An equal number of

families of children played all the pranks

that mother’s absence permitted, or went

to stay with grandma and grandpa for

the week.



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Washtenaw county, sent out an invitation

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ers’ camp the week of August 4—9, at was shown in the proper diets to reduce

Camp Birkett, Silver Lake, a goodly num— the fat ones, and plump up the skinny

ber responded, considering the time of year and the publicity ones. A certain few had the scales all set to what they were to 1

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Mrs. M. W. Laird, Chelsea; Mrs. R. F. Johnson, Salem, and Mrs. etables in the diet of adults and children were explained in

Bert Kinney, Webster, a splendid program was scheduled for terms of the farm vegetable garden. .

the recreation and instruction of the vacationists. The week’s ‘ Basketry seemed to be the “taking” feature of the camp.

program contained many high lights in the way of lectures and Mrs. H. C. Coffman taught this art and every lady present made

things to do. Dr. Mumford, of M. A. 0., talked on “The Rural a basket. Large, serviceable baskets, sandwich trays and mats

Home and Mother. were made. Ways of

hood.” Prof. Bruin, sizing and finishing

popular University lec- them were demonstrat-

turer, told. the mothers ed. Each mother went

how they might escape home with a basket

the commonplace in the that would just fit her

daily grind of home individual need and

work. The hearty taste and be a memen-

laughs he produced to of her camp expe-

showed that he could rience.

escape the common- The mysteries of

place in lecturing. making crepe paper



A healthy program dainties for parties

on health throughout were explained by Mrs.

the week was in charge ‘ F. W. Brown, of Ann

of Johanne Uhrenholdt, Arbor, and some of the

the local secretary in paper flowers made,

Washtenaw of the State were flattering dupli-

Tuberculosis Society, cates of nature’s work.

assisted by Miss Shan— Miss Genevieve Gil-

non as nurse. Practical lette, specialist in home





methods of caring for landscape gardening,

the sick, and little elucidated on ways to





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company” with health, ‘ Mothers Forget the Commonplace. home, and showed how

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VOLUME CLXII





DETROIT, (AUGUST 23, 1924

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ARNESTLY and



An Agri- unpretentiously a

It I man has been work-



cu ura ing at the Michigan



Benefactor Agricultural College

for the past fifteen



years for the benefit of humanity.





This man’s heart and soul was in his

work. He sought no glory; he asked

no reward. All he wanted was an op-

portunity to create. '



The opportunity was there, and he

created. The results of his work are

known by most every farmer in this

state; the nation knows of them; oth-

er nations have shown interest in

them. They include Red Rock wheat,

Rosen rye, Wolverine oats, Hardigan

alfalfa, and Berkley Rock wheat, all

improvements on crops grown in this

part of the country. .



This man was Professor Frank A.

Spragg. His simple official title was

assistant professor of farm crops. But

he actually was a plant breeder of in-

ternational reputation. He knew how

to cooperate, so with nature he pro—

duced plants of real economic value.



The other day, August 13, he, his

'wife and ten-year-old son were return-

ing from an auto-camping trip when,

just within a few miles of home, a





fast train struck their machine. All

three were killed.

This sudden death is a shock to





those who knew him and his work.

One cannot help but think what a.

keen loss it is to agriculture, for he

was still on the road to accomplish-

ment. Nor can one conceive that he

was ever amply repaid for the efforts

he put in and the results he obtained,

unless he got payment in the satisfac-



Ation of accomplishing useful things.

We know, though, that agriculture

will profit long because he lived and

worked.



It is said that “he does much who

does a thing well.” Professor Frank

A. Spragg has done many things well.

May his unfinished work be carried

on by as keen a mind and as trained

a. hand.





RANT H. SLO-



Another CUM, well known

to most Michigan



Leader farmers, died at his

P0389! home near Mt. Clem-

ens, on August 14,



as a result of apoplexy suffered

on May 16, last. Mr. Slocum was





fifty-nine years old. He was born

‘ and spent his early life on a farm in

Oakland county, and ever retained his

love for the soil and his ardent cham-

pionship of the cause of the farmers

of his native state. He was best





benefit organization, ,



bership among farmers of this and

other states. His enterprise as a pub-

lisher and organizer along other lines

was also outstanding. He organized





the Gleaner Clearing, House Associa—g





tion which unified a group of co-oper-

ative elevators and provided amat-

keting service fbr farmers for many

years until the depression following

the war' caused its failure. Through





~ his initiative the binder twine output

: of the Jackson Prison was first dis-





tributed and that industry successful-

ly established. These instances are

but typical of his many activities, in

behalf of Michigan agriculture. As a

pioneer leader in Michigan farm or-

ganization work ~he has earned a high

place in the esteem and memory of

Michigan farmers who will deplore his

death.





N another column





The Grain . of this issue are

- M k t. given the essential



ar e ing facts regarding the

Company organization and pro-





posed plan of opera-

tion of the new Grain Marketing Or-

ganization recently launched. As will

be seen from the plan, it is coopera—

tion from the top down. Its slogan is

to be “The Farmers’ Own Company,”

yet it‘is being handed to the farmers

ready-made, bearing a. price-tag of

$26,000,000, with promise of the ulti-

mate control of the organization,

through the election of three of the





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on after the first annual meeting

wind: will be held in February, 1926,

while a majority of the directors will -





be of their choice followmg the an-

nual meeting in 1928.

men of the several companies,}who

will practically ‘control the operation

of the new company, will remain un-

der contract for five years, or until

the merging companies have been re-

funded to the extent of eighty per-

cent of their investment in cash and

property, at salaries yet to be fixed.

In the meantime the farmer investors’

protection will‘be practically limited

to the influence of the farm organiza4

tion leaders identified with the new

company.



From the standpoint of the success-

ful operation of the concern this may

be an advantage, as these expert op-

erators undoubtedly know more about

the conduct of the grain business on

a large scale than any group of farm-

ers who might be selected. The out-

come will, we believe, depend very

largely on the degree of conscientious

service rendered by these men who

will be vested with a larger degree of

control of cash grain movements than

has ever before been attained, with

its obvious dangers.



gMichigan Farmer readers will, how-

ever, be more interested in this devel-

opment as spectators than as partici~

pants, since'grain growing for market

purposes is not a specialty in. this

state and there will be little tempta-





 





Thc Grain Marketing Company





NEW infant of giant proportions



has recently been left on the



doorstep of the great family of

American cooperative enterprises. Its

parentage is shrouded in mystery, but

its legitimacy is sponsored by a group

of farm organization leaders of nation-

al repute, who are acting as officers

and directors of the company. Little

or nothing was known of this enter-

prise until it was incorporated and

ready to do business. There were, of

course, rumors and opinions and al-

leged information in plenty, but little

in the way of facts or dependable in-

formation regarding the enterprise un-

til the officers of the company invited

a group of farm paper editors to Chi-

cago last week to place the facts re-

garding the organization and its in-

tended operation before them. The

following are the high spots in the

plan as gathered by a staff represent—

ative of the Michigan Farmer at this

meeting:





The basis of the new concern, which

is called “The Grain Marketing Com-

pany,” is a merger of the five largest

grain companies in the United States,

the Armour Grain COmpany, The Ros—

enbaum Corporation, Rosenbaum

Brothers and J. C. Schaffer & Co., all

of Chicago, and the Davis-Noland—Mer-

rill Grain Co., of Kansas City. The

new concern is incorporated under the

Illinois Cooperative Marketing Act of

1923. All of the properties of the

merged grain companies, including

terminal elevators, warehouses, leased

wires, office equipment, etc.. with an





estimated value of $10,000,000 to 320,—-





000,000, are to be turned over to the

new company at an appraised price

not yet agreed upon. To finance and

Control the company 1,000,000 shares

of common stock are to be issued and

sold to grain growers at $1.00 per

share. There will also be issued

1,000,000 shares of .Class “A” prefer-

red stock at $25 per share, and 500,000

shares of Class “B" preferred stock at

$50 per share. All preferred stock

will draw eight per cent accumulative

dividends. Only the common stock

will carry the voting privilege, each

shareholder having one vote. The

Class “A" preferred stock will be of-

fered to farmers first, but it may be

sold to the investing public. The





Class “B” preferred stock will be is«

sued to the" merging companies for

their properties and the cash they put

into the company. To provide work-

ing capital for the new concern these

companies have purchased $4,000,000

worth of this stock for cash. As

Class “A" stock is sold the Class “13”

stock will be purchased from the grain

companies and retired. This will hold

the capitalization of the new com-

pany at $26,000,000 and in effect will

pay the merging companies cash for

their properties at their appraised val-

ue, yet to be determined, if the plans

for financing ‘the new company are

successful.



The officers of the new company

are: Gray Silver, former Washing-

ton representative of the American

Farm Bureau, president; Harry L.

Keefe, president of the Nebraska

Farm Bureau, and the last president

of the defunct U. S. Grain Growers,

first vice-president; G. M. Dyer, leader

in farmers’ cooperative elevator work

in Iowa, second vice—president; John

W. Coverdale, secretary of the Amer—

ican Farm Bureau, secretary—treasurer.



The board of directors consists of:

Millard R. Myers, M. D. Lincoln, J.

W. Coverdale, Oscar Ashworth, W. E.

Gould, A. L. Middleton, L. J. Taber,

Gray Silver, J. F. Reed, G. M. Dyer,

O. E. Bradfute, W. J. Brown, Fred A.

Mudge, Harry L. Keefe.





The executive committee which will

be actively in session much of the

time and will act under the direction

of the board of directors, keeping in

close touch with all operations of the

company, consists of: Gray Silver,

H. L. Keefe, Millard R. Myers, Fred





’A. Mudge, John W. Coverdale.





The contract between the Grain

Company and the five private compa-

nies provides that the principal or key

men of each company, together with

the necessary assistants, will become

the sales force for the Grain Market-

ing Company for the next five years.

At the expiration of that period the

company may dispense with the serv-

ices of these men if eighty per cent or

more of the Class A stock has been

sold and a similar amount of the Class

B stock retired, thus giving the pri-

vate companies the purchase price for

their properties.





, But the key‘





- well.





About





, ' oumtionsr’of one

. . thusiasm. Often they 5

“rec ‘ \‘ are safety ,valvesof ‘

Chem abounding spirits.





Co‘llege men and





women use them ‘to give Vent to their ‘





pleasure when. one of their football

heroes makes a good gain.

them also to give enthusiasm and en-

couragement to their team when it is

working against odds.



The population uses cheers to en-

courage the going soldier and torshow

appreciation to'the returned war hero.

Cheers are also used in politics.



Cheers are crowd demonstrations.

Sometimes they come spontaneOusly

from the crowd, but sometimes they

are the intense personal enthusiasm

of a few who havefihe ability to get

a crowd to cheer. If the cheers come





from the crowd it’ is well; if they come.





from the few to the crowd it is not so

It is cheerful to cheer, but it is

sane to sometimes look behind the

cheers, for we have known some

things which were chiefly made up of

three cheers.





B/ersz'rz ’5 2'72 Dz'J'g mt

LESSIN’S is somethin' ,what the





word book says is all the way.





from a prayer to a good fortune.

Those what has good fortune don’t

pray, and those what ain’t got it is

prayin’ fer it. So, I guess what the

book says is-O. K.



Anyhow, blessin’s is what the bare—

foot boy with cheeks 0’ tan had on,

accordih’to the poet. I don’t know

if he had anythin"el'se on, but Solong

as (he had them blessin’s he was sup-

posed ta be happy. '





If he wasn’t, it was his fault, ’cause

blessin’s is supposed ta make youhap-

py, whether they

is prayers or

good fortune.

Some folkses is

made happy by

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they got the in-

come tax to bother about, and etc.



Blessin’s comes in differth ways.

There’s some what come so we don’t

know they is blessin’s. They is called

blessin's in disguise, ’cause they is so

fixed up we don’t recognize ’em. There

is some 0’ them kind but there's lots

more blessin’s in disgust. They come

ta us and we don’t appresheate them,

but grumble about ’em.





Now, fer inst, Sofie is a blessin’ in

disgust ta me. She is after me all the

time ta work and I don’t like it, but

if she didn’t do that I wouldn’t get

nothin’ done. I know she is disgusted

lots 0’ times, so ain’t she a blessin’

in disgust?





Seems like we farmers is had lots

0’ blessin’s in disgust. We ain’t ap~

presheated all the hard times we’ve

been havin’. Them hard times made

it so we ain’t had no money ta bother

about. We ain’t appresheated the tax-

es we’ve gotta pay. If it wasn’t fer

those taxes we wouldn’t have no good

roads to drive our tin blessin’s on,

nor good schools fer our little bless‘

in’s ta go ta; Neither would the graft.

ers be able ta. make a livin’. So I





 





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Hank Mathews is gotta blessin’ in

disgust. He’s gotta cow what is a.

dandy but he don’t» feed her right and

so she just chews her cud disgusted

like, and stays half dried up.



Sofie just put her hand on my head

like she was goin’ ta bless me, but

instead she says, “Say, but your head

needs a washin'. " I felt just like a.





blessrn’ must feel when it's in disgust. ’





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VERY farmer should know what

fertilizer to use on his farm and





why he, is using it. 'The use of _





itertilizers in Michigan has increased

. greatly during-the last decade. but this



increase is of little value unless the

proper fertilizer was used



Buying fertilizers by the brand name-

has been a practice long followed by

farmers and should be discontinued if

he is to get the most out of their use.

Such names as “General Crop,” “Wheat

Grower,” “Bean and Beet Special,” are

L, often misleading and- do not give the

-. farmer any idea of the total plant food

present or the amount of~each of the

important elements. The state law re-





. quires the analysis to be printed along





with the name, brand or trademark,

but often times this is not noticed

until after the fertilizer is purchased.

. Knowing .the analysis of fertilizer

used, will go a long way toward creat-

ing a more favorable attitude toward

the use of fertilizer, but it is just as

important to know the kind to use un-

der- the different systems of farming,





‘. and the different types of soil.





A complete fertilizer is one carrying

nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.

These constituents may vary, but as

long as the fertilizer contains all three

it is a complete fertilizer. Any fertil-

izer which has only one or two of

these constituents is not a complete

, fertilizer. Acid phosphate, sodium

nitrate, ammonium sulphate and mur-

iate of potash, etc., are not complete

fertilizers and should not be used as

such. They carry only phosphoric

acid, nitrogen, nitrogen and potash re-

spectively. Much unfavorable attitude

has occurred among Michigan farmers

because some of these fertilizers

which’carry only the.one ingredient

have failed as a “Cure All” for their

crops.





In using fertilizers the farmer should

consider the soil on which the crop is

grown And the' plant food requirements

of the crop. In general the use of

phosphoric acid is profitable on all

soils and on all crops. It makes no

difference whether the crops are grown

on the sandy soils of western Michi—

gan or the heavier soils of the Sagi—

naw Valley and Thumb area. This

cannot be said of the fertilizing con-





-only be used when necessary.





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By 0. B. Price





stituents, nitrogen and potash. How-

ever, if acid phosphate is used alone

on some of the sandy soils, the results

will not beas profitable as it would

be if some nitrogen were ‘also used.

The results from potash are variable

but its use is highly recommended for

leguminous crops, particularly, alfalfa

and sweet clover. ,



On the silt loam and clay loam soils

thevmain requirement is phosphoric

acid. ’Potash gives some response to

sugar beets and beans, but on these

crops it is often used in excessive

amounts. Nitrogen is seldom needed

where the farms are badly run, and





gen through the use of farm manures

except where large amounts of highly

concentrated feeds are purchased and

then only when good care is taken of

the manure to prevent leaching and

loss of ammonia through fermentation.

With the use of lime and inoculation,

however, alfalfa and sweet clover can

be grown on most soils, and therein

lies the key to the nitrogen mainte-

nance. However, this clover should

be grown in the rotation and some

turned under. With the use of these

legumes and the manure produced, the

nitrogen balance should be fairly well

maintained. On the sandy soils a top-





 





 





Lime and Fertilizer on Wheat in Foreground, no Treatment; Between the

Stakes, Lime; Beyond Second Stake Lime and Fertilizer.





green manures are not used in the ro~

tation. Occasionally, where the soil

is poorly drained or of a lighter phase,

top dressings of nitrate of soda or sul-

phate of ammonia, have shown very

noticeable effects. These effects are

not the same year after year, but will

be dependent largely on the spring

weather. If the spring is cold so that

the nitrifying bacteria are not working

to their maximum, then applications of

an available form of nitrogen should

be made. _



Nitrogen is the highest in cost of

any single element in commercial

plant food and for that reason should

Fortu—

nately, manures and legumes can be

substituted as the source of nitrogen.

It is impossible to supply enough nitro-





dressing of nitrates in the spring is

advisable in addition to the above

treatment. _



Where legumes and manure are not

used it will be necessary to apply

nitrogen each year. This nitrogen

should not be applied in the fall in

large amounts. In the case of spring

crops it should be put on just before

planting. 011 wheat or rye about twen-

ty per cent of the application of nitro—

gen should be in the fall and eighty

per cent in the spring when the plant

begins to grow. On heavier soils that

are badlyrun down and no legumes,

nor little, if any, manure available, it

is sometimes profitable to use applica-

tions of nitrogen. Legumes can usu-

ally be grown on the heavier types of

soil without liming. Legumes and ma-





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nure should take the place of commen‘

cial nitrogen on these farms. There

is usually a large amount of organic

matter turned under on these soils,

part of which is converted into nitro-

gen.



On the poorer types of soil a 2-12-2

or 2-16-2 fertilizer should be used for

wheat or rye; on the better types of,

soil acid phosphate can be used just

as well. For corn or oats,‘acid phea-

phate is usually sufficient. For alfalfa

or clover, some potash should be used.

If seeding alfalfa or clover alone, or

with a nurse crop, such as barley or

oats, an 0—14-4 might be used more

profitably than the acid phosphate. On'

the lighter soils the 0-14-4 or 0-12-2 are

to be preferred to the acid phosphate

for alfalfa or clover seedings. If the

soils are very sandy and just limed,

two to three per cent of nitrogen will

help the seedings.





As a general rule, applications of

potash have not shown profitable re-

turns for general crops on any but the

lighter types of sands and sandy loams.

Here applications of from two to four

per cent of potash has produced good





- increases in some of the small grains.





The use of high analysis fertilizer is

an important consideration for the

farmer. A high analysis fertilizer is

one where the percentage of nitrogen,

phosphoric acid and potash totals four~

teen or more. In buying a high an-

alysis fertilizer more of the farmer’s

dollar actually pays for the plant food.

The cost of mixing, selling and general

overhead expenses is the same per ton

of low grade as high grade. With a.

1-8—1 selling for $29 per ton, $11.50, or

thirty-nine per cent actually pays for

the plant food, while sixty-one per

cent is used to pay other necessary

costs. Contrast this with a 2-16—2, just

twice the strength. The price of a.

2-16—2 is about $40.50; $23, or fifty-

seven per cent, is used to pay for

actual plant food. We have, then, a

difference of eighteen per cent in fa-

vor of the 2—16—2. On the other hand,

the cost of handling by the farmer

will be. lessened. He can use just half

as much 2-16-2 as 1—8-1, and the cost

on the market is only thirty-nine per

cent more per ton.



(Continued on page 132).





Milk and Apple Combination





W arts Out Successful/y 072 305 Holme’ .1" Farm





T the Michigan State Fair last

A fall, $2,200 was the total amount

of awards on Guernseys. There

were present ‘two highly—fitted show

herds from Wisconsin, owned by men

of means, the individuals having been

collected from anywhere a typey

Guernsey could be found and fitted,

with expense left entirely out of the

consideration. When the smoke clear-

ed away, these two herds had secured

$900 of the premium money. No one

was surprised at that, but they were

surprised when “Bob” Holmes, of Kent

county, with a herd of his own raising

came in third and took $350 of prize

money. There were other Guernsey

herds at the fair, too, and they must

have found the platter about like Jack

Spratt and his wife left it.





Holmes had sixteen animals entered,

all of his own breeding and fitting,

and when we learn that he placed, in

other words, got a. ribbon, in every

class in which he showed, the per-

formance commences to take on a lit-

‘tle wider halo, even though he got no

111116 ribbons. And this feat is no small

encouragement to. the small breeder





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By I. J.





who would succeed with pure-bred

cattle.



Holmes has a wealth of friends, I

should say from having met them in

different highways and byways of

Outside of that he would

class as no millionaire. Nor is he one

of those “farmers” who do the most





Mathews





of the work a la telephone or automo-

, bile.

Holmes got his inspiration at the

College ten





He does the work himself.





Michigan Agricultural

years ago when he was a “Shorthorn”

there. In the judging pavilion,

Guernsey heifers were led that took

his eye right away. And when he got





 





 





The Inspiration for this GUernsey Herd was Secured at a Stock Judging





Demonstration at M





A. C. Ten Years Ago.





two





home, nothing to do but he must start

luernscys, which he did with one cow.





From this cow has developed the

splendid herd that‘now turns the pas-

tures on VVilholm Farm into mellow

gold. This man has learned that if a.

bull is a good one, he is more than

half the herd, and he recently spent

the returns from six bulls he had sold

to secure a header for the herd in the

form of Shuttlewick Ultra Prince,

whose dam gave 678 pounds of butter-

fat as a junior twoyear-old.





Coincident with his start with Guern-

seys, Holmes started an orchard. The

main varieties are Spy, Baldwin, De-

licious and Grimes Golden, planted

thirty-five feet apart. Wagners and

Wealthies were planted as fillers, and

peaches and plums are in for sub-fill—

ers. There are 1,400 trees on eleven

acres, and in the course of several

hundred miles, these were the only

peach trees that seem willing to bear

a crop this year. Holmes finds that a

tractor is the only motive power he.

can use among the trees withoutin-

jury, and although he is a very busy





.man, he doeshis own spraying.
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HE motion picture operators of



the state extension office of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture have joined the Michigan Grange

automobile tour, under the manage-

ment of J. H. Brown, on its course

through New York state and New Eng-

land, and is filming the trip to illus-





‘trate the methods of handling the





grange tour. The exenSion service

expects to make a series of pictures

to be used in planning and conduct-

ing similar tours' in different parts of

the country.





GRAIN MARKETING COMPANY

AND McNARY BILL.





 





HE American Farm Bureau Feder-



ation Washington office is being

interrogated as to What relation the

new Grain Marketing Company has to

the McNary—Haugen bill. The belief

appears to be widely current that the.

company is being organized to perform

the functions of the corporation pro-

posed by the McNary-Hangen bill.

This is declared to be an erroneous

idea, the two proposition-s having no

direct connections.





DAIRY SHOW STARTS NEXT

MONTH.





 





E XTENSIVE preparations are being

made for the National Dairy Show

at Milwaukee, Wis, September 27-

' October 4. One of the features of this

I exposition will be the annual banquet

‘of the American Dairy Federation at

Hotel Antlers, October 1. This organ-

ization includes all branches of the

dairy industry.





 





 





INSTITUTE OF COOPERATION

LAUNCHED.





 





0 promote research and general

education in the broad principles

and ideals upon which the cooperative

movement rests, the International In-

stitute of Cooperation was launched

at Cleveland, August 11—12, by repre-

sentatives from cooperatives, market-

ing specialists and federal and state

experts throughout the United States.

It is designed to be a clearing house

'for discussion among persons actively

identified with or interested in cooper-

ative organizations,‘ thereby making

available their fund of experience. It

will be a training school for leaders

and managers in cooperatives, teach-

ers in colleges and research and ex-

tension workers. It is not to be a

school for the inexperienced. It is, in

fact, a postgraduate course in cooper-

ation, and for 1925 it is to be confined

to cooperative marketing, particularly

the technique of organization and

management.



The course of study will be for four

weeks, and each week there is to be

special consideration to specific lines

of cooperative business. The dates

have been tentatively set for July 5

to August 1, 1925.



The institute is to be incorporated

as a non-stock, none-profit corporation,

with cooperative organizations to

have from one to five delegates, from

which general assembly an adminis—

trative body will be chosen with one

representative from each member or-

ganization. No fees or dues will be

asked, and tuition will be nominal.

The institute will be supported by vol-

untary contributions, endowments or

bequests. It is designed to be held

annually, moving to different sections

of the country, and changing its sub-

ject matter as is deemed advisable, to

give just share to cooperative market-

ing and buying and the position of

the consumer.





tions or group of cooperatives, but its

scope is extended to include all agri-

cultural cooperatives, consum’ers‘f ' co-





 





’ tilizers.





It is not fostered by any organiza?





operatives, farm bureau, grange,‘ state

departments of agriculture, the United

States Department of Agriculture,

farmers’ union, agricultural colleges

and kindred agricultural groups. -L.

L. Rummeli.





WHAT FERTILIZER SHALL I USE?





 





(Continued from page 131).



It should be evident from the fore-

going figures that it is cheaper to use

high analysis than low analysis fer-

Where the difference in plant

food is not so marked, the difference,





.in saving, of course, will be less, but





the higher the analysis of fertilizer the

greater per cent of the farmer’s dollar

that wili pay for plant food. The gem

eral trend" of fertilizer practices in

Michigan is toward high analysis

goods, as is shown in the report of the .

state chemist in the fertilizer bulletins.



In 1912 fifty per cent of the brands

sampled were low analysis material;

in 1917 sixty-eight per cent were low

analysis; in 1922 thirty-one per cent,

and in 1923 only seventeen per cent.

Using the high analysis material does

not mean that the right analysis is

being used, but it does go a long way

in following good fertilizer practices..-



The efficiency ‘of fertilizers is de-

pendent largely on the soil reaction.

Often times it is necessary to apply

lime first and if the soil is strongly

acid, lime should be the first consid-

eration.



In using fertilizers it should be kept

in mind that they will not overcome

seasonal or Climatic conditions, but

when used with good judgment and

other good farm practices, they will

prove profitable on most Michigan

farms.





MOTHER TAKES A VACATION.





 





(Continued from first page).

one could add much-.to the general ap«

pearance by the proper’ placing of

shrubs.



Not one mother present got home‘

sick, and a little mouse in the corner

might have heard something like this

above the din of feminine voices:



“This is my first experience at

camping. There are lakes all around

us, yet I have missed this fun for

twenty years.”



“I’ve learned so many things and

had a heap of fun, too.”



“This week has been a ten-ring cir—

cus, with mosquitoes as clowns.”



“I’ve had more fun this week than

I’ve had in ten years.”



“I never thought I could sleep on a.

canvas bed, but I slept like a log last

night.”



“When we come back next year—”



Altogether the week of companion-

ship for these mothers was invaluable

and they went home to families with

a greater mutual appreciation of each

other, and with the frazzeled ends of

their tired nerves mended, and pep

to tackle the solution of their home

problems.



We believe that if more mothers

throughout the state could follow this

plan of leaving the home‘cares and

worries fenced in their own back yard,

and take a real vacation, it would re-

lay many gray hairs, crows’ feet and

tired nerves. Rural mothers are j.us«

tified in a short intermission of home

activities in view of the multiplicity

of her duties. If these vacations can

be so arranged that she may acquaint

herself with the more efficient and

more profitable methods of ”accom-

plishing her Work, it becomes of two-

fold value to her. It is here, that the

opportunity presents itself for the com-

munity club, the grange and other

farm women’s organizations to broad‘

en their field of accomplishments.





 





Silence is golden, except when .1011

are waiting for the prospect tony,

’“Go'ahead.” . . . .
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A 60015 MELON "res-r. i





 





HAVE heard so many people ex-



claim, on my being able to pick out

a ripe watermelon by simply thump-

ing or snapping upon its surface. How-'V

ever, it is not so hard, and absolutely‘

nothing mysterious about it. A green

melon has a very hollow, loud sound,

.while' his ripe neighbor gives forth a

flat dead sound .when his sides are

thumped. . .



To make certain that the melon is

well ripened, hold said melon balanced

on one hand, and rap sharply with the

knuckles of. your hand. 'If it is nice

and ripe it will quiver and tremble,

while if green it will have a tendency

to roll on or remain as a sto’ne. No

shaking will be felt. ' ’



To be sure you know just what I

mean by a flat, dead sound, just lean

over (drawing up the toes so as to

stretch the side leather where it touch-

es the foot. A flat dead sound without

any carrying power will result.



Have you ever had any trouble re-

selling to any parties who have bought

melons of you? Quite often one poor

melon will kill your come-back trade.



One thing a good many overlook.

The person buying will ask, “Is it

ripe?” I say, “if it isn’t you tell me.

I consider no melon sold until it sat-



isfies the consumer.”



I never plug a melon I sell. A man

would rather cut into his own melon

first.



. I have people walk right past the



other ,fellow’s stand and ask me if I

have any of those good melons.‘



Very many have told me that they

have bought so many green melons

that they wouldn’t buy any more. But,

"Guaranteed satisfaction or money

back” fetches ."em and—they come

back.+J. O. Roberts.





 





CANNERYp PAYS FOR QUALITY.





 





HE Fremont Canning Company in-

augurated a new system this year



of setting the price on strawberries,

and thus has become the pioneer in a

movement that is likely to be adopted

by all fruit-packing establishments.



Before this year, strawberries were

strawberries and the same price was

paid for all, whether good, bad or fair.

Naturally the grower of good fruit pro-

tested against this method of pay—

ment. So this year, the berries were

graded into three grades and paid for

accordingly. An expert fruit man was

stationed at the receiving porch, and

he did the grading and showed grow-

ers the difference in ’grades. Under

this system, the only ones to protest

are those who produce an inferior

quality of fruit, and unless these grow-

ers are willing to take the pains nec-

essary to improve the quality, they

will have to be satisfied with an in—

ferior price. The growers who this

year have had to take a small price

have learned a lesson, and next year

’ will undoubtedly see a great improve-

ment. ,



The company will adhere to the plan

hereafter except that nextlyear there

will be a wider margin between the

price for berries that are merely ac-

ceptable and those of the higher

grades.-—H.'L. S.





 





~A VALUABLfi DISCOVERY FOR

PEACH GROWERS.





 





‘ HE Hale peach has become very



. popular as a commercial variety,

, because of its good size, appearance,

quality and ability to stand shipment.

It hashproven very popular in many





‘" sections‘of the country, but in Michi— ,





' Kan it had the habit ofproducing a

3ft small fruit Twhi‘cb. seven .ma:





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This was a problem, until this year,

when‘Pro‘fessor Gardner, of M. A. C.,

tried out some tests, including prun-

ing and crbss-pollination.‘ The work

on cross-pollination is what proved to

be the solution of the problem. It is

shown very convincingly on the Hale

tree on the J. 'J. Barden place, near

South Haven, thatthat variety is self-

sterile. In some cases, clusters of

over 150 buds were sacked so they

would have to fertilize themselves,

and not in one instance did fruit de-

velop. But where the blossoms were

pollenized by pollen from the Elberta,

Kalamazoo or SOuth Haven, the. re-

sults were very satisfactory. ' The pol-

len from these three varieties gave

better results than that from other

varieties. ,



'As the Kalamazoo is not as good a

market peach as the Elberta, it need

not be included in the list. But this

experiment seems to indicate that the

ideal combination for the commercial

peach grower are alternate rows of

Elberta, Hale and South Haven peach-

es. These three varieties are unex-

celled for market purposes, and with

Elbertas or South Havens set close to

the Hales, good fertilization of that

variety is assured.



The results of this experiment are

so evident that if one has had the

trouble referred to with the Hale

peach, he can feel sure that the in-

terplanting of the other varieties will

solve the problem.





PRUNING AFFECTS FRUITING.





 





N the pruning experiments at the



Graham Experiment Station, the in-

dications are this year that pruning

hastened the fruiting of Duchess trees

but has retarded the fruiting of Stay-

men, VV‘inesaps and Grimes.



The experiments with alfalfa sod in

the orchard are also showing some

interesting things. In the cherry plot,

the trees in alfalfa sod produced a

larger crop than those in clean culti—

vation plots. ‘ This proved to be the

same last year, although the fruit on

the cultivated trees was larger. But

this year there is practically no dif—‘





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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FREE APPLE SHOW.





 





HE Michigan State Horticultural



Society will hold its annual meet—

ing at Grand Rapids on December 2—5,

and in connection with it the third

annual apple show. The plan is to

hold the show and meeting in the

Coliseum. There will be no charge

made for admission, as a. large con-

sumer attendance is desired. How—

ever, premiums will be almost as large

as last year, therefore assuring agood

show. The liberal cooperation given

the society by the State Department

of Agriculture, Grand Rapids mer-

chants and manufacturers of imple—

ments and supplies, assures the suc-‘

.cess cf the show.





SPRAYING CABBAGE.





 





Is arsenate of lead too poisonous to

use for spraying heading cabbage?

What can I use in its p1ace?~—A. H.



The best thing to use for cabbage

worms before the cabbage head out,

is arsenate of lead——about two pounds

to five gallons of water. But when

they begin to head, we would suggest

the use of hellebore. This cangbe

sprinkled on in the dry state, or at

the rate of about four ounces of the

poison to two or three gallon of

water.



Hellebore is less poisonous than the

,arsenicals, and thereforecan be used

on , heading

fruits.





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A WIFE’S RIGHTS.





 





Can a man who marries the second

time turn this second wife (out Without

a dollar? ' He» told her he wduld give

her a. life lease of his farm and she

sold her home and. put $200 in his .'

She took care of his brothers:

worked out of doors,

and did chores, and now ”he wants to

turn her out without a cent. Can she

get_anything?——C. E. C.



The husband is liable on his con-

tracts with his wife as with any other

person, particularly contracts made

before marriage and as an inducement

to it. The recovery that can be had

beyond this is a matter of discretion

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depends on finding property of the de—'

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ESTABLISHING AN HEIRSHIP.





 





My wife is one of the direct heirs

to the Sir Francis Drake Estate in

England. Up to the present we have

been unable to get in touch with any-

one who can or will give us any in-

formation whatever. Can you help

us in this matter or put us in touch





*with someone who can give us this





information? Some of the heirs live

in Ohio, but we cannot get any satis-

faction from them—C. A. E. e





The Sir Francis Drake whose name





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executed for treason in the reign of





'Queen Elizabeth, and all his estate





was forfeited to the crown as an inci-

dent to the conviction. If there is

some other person of the same name

who recently left an estate, his name

and other facts to show right of des-

cent ' would have to be established,

and the matter could be handled only

with the assistance of some attorney,

solicitor, or barrister of the place





. where the property is.——Rood.





RESERVI NG WH EAT.





 





Last year I was unable to pay the

interest- on mortgage, so this spring I

deeded the farm back to the man I

bought from. I reserved six acres of





zwheat now growing on the farm. I





have moved a mile away from there.

Would I have a right to draW' the

wheat home to thresh it, or would I

have to leave the straw on the place?





1





Reservation of the wheat includes

the straw, and the straw and Wheat

may be removed together, or the straw

but removal should





 





SALTY SOIL.





 





I have one acre of ground which

was formerly occupied by a. pickle

company's salting houses. They had

pickle tanks in this house and salted

pickles from the year 1900 until 1919.

Last year the building was torn down,

I cleaned up the acre of ground and

plowed and dragged it this spring. I

sowed oats in it, but the oats do not

come out of the ground. Please ad-





vise what I should do to sweeten the





ground so it will raise crops—J. K.

The difficulty with your piece of

ground on which a. pickle station re-

cently stood is that the soil has be-

come impregnated with salt. You will

be unable to raise any crops on this

soil until the salt has been washed

out, which will doubtless require a.

considerable length of time. There is

no fertilizer or chemical which you





'can add to the land that will over-





come the detrimental effects of the

salt—C. E. Millar. '





 





DESTROYING QUACK GRASS.





 





Would fall plowing and then dissing





‘ and harrowmg often next summer kill





out quack grass in a field now to

corn? Does alfalfa do ~well sown in





corn in August?~3. W.

Fall plowing to good depth followed





 

 

 





 

 

 

 





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I a

ta.llio:,~cl 191‘s re





. by discing and harrowing at frequent





intervals next year will kill out quack

grass. in the average season. Itis a.

somewhat: costly method, but very ef—

fective. Other ways are as follows:

Fall plow to seven inches this year,

give clean and thorough cultivation at-

intervals of one week or ten days until

late June. Plant to Sudan grass or





sorghum, using forty or fifty pounds





of Sudan grass or a, like amount_of

sorghum seed per ‘acre to crowd out

'the quack grass. Harvest the Sudan

grass or sorghum for hay purposes.



' Another excellent method is to start

quack grass control in your rotation

when the land is in a. meadow or pas-

ture crop. Plow in mid-summer to

shallow depth, just. turning the sod,

w0rk at weekly intervals during late

summer and early fall, first discing

and cross—discing, and then spring

toothing or spike-toothing. With hay

rake, during dry period in late sum.

mer or early fall, rake up roots and

burn. In the spring plow deep six or

seven inches and plant to corn and

give very clean cultivation. This meth«

od will usually kill out quack grass.—

J. F. Cox, Professor of Farm Crops,

M. A. C.





 





RASPBERRY ANTH RACN OSE.





 





I have some red raspberries which

seem to be diseased. The stalks peel

and a white mold forms upon them,

the leaves die and finally the whole

plant dies. I should like to know-what

could .be done to keep this from

sfgzding among the other plants.—





The disease you refer to is undoubb

edly anthracnose, which is often quite

serious on red and black raspberries

as well as blackberries. The disease

is of a. fungus nature, but is rather

hard to control by spraying. Spraying

with Bordeaux Mixture is sometimes

recommended but the best thing one

can do is to cut out the old canes im-

mediately after the crop is harvested.

This will remove a great source of in~

festation. The worst of the younger

canes should also be removed; in fact,

only a. few of the stronger canes

should be left for the next season’s





crop. Good cultivation will also help-





to keep the trouble in check some-

what.





TENANT’S SHARE I'N WHEAT

CROP.





 





This spring I rented a farm for cash:

rent. There is wheat on the farm and

I would like to know what is my 1aw~

ful share? Nothing of it was men-

tioned in the lease. Please let me

know as soon as you can—J. H.





The adjustment on the wheat should

have been made when the lease was

drawn up. However, the party seed-

ing the wheat no doubt has a claim

against the crop, which should fall on

the landlord, depending on the under-

standing between parties. As to the

extent of the claim much will depend

on the type of soil and amount of

labor required to prepare the ground

for seeding.



Approximately from three-fifths to

three-quarters of the total labor re

quirements on wheat are expended in

the preparation of seed-bed and seed-

ing. The average total man labor re«

quirements on wheat amounts to from

twenty to twenty-five hours per acre.



After taking into consideration the

seed, twine, threshing bill, fuel, board

for threshing crew, etc, approximately

fifty per cent of the total cost of grow

ing and harvesting and threshing

comes in the preparation of the seed-

hed, seeding and seed. You should

also take into consideration that" the

land was occupied—F. T. Ridden Re-





search Assistantain Farm Mam; M.

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wouldn't go.

’ He’s doing the heroic now—be:

see» He itched to ’call Frayle’s

.‘ trical bluff, but some stubborn and

flare within him would not let him

3 it. ‘He-could not take an advantage,

, on though? Frayle himself created it

He could not win—that was unthink-

able. But he could lose like a man. V

“I’m sure that you exaggerate the

risk," Frayle’s draw] ,was insulting,

,lwsebmws are noisy, but not particu-

"larly, dangerous.”



"Dangerdus or not, I’m in command.”

Ames’s voice was deadly level. “No

sheets will go out.”





 





anguidly. “No use being nasty about

it.”



. Ames went out without looking back.

fuel-Io held his head high and there was

an itching in his knuckles. He had

' seen old David Jordan twisting in his

chair, seen him look deprecatingly at

Frayle, as though he were a spoiled

and arrogant son. _Jordan was a lake

, man, and the law of the lake was his

, law. He would not murmur. Frayle

i; w'tmld never be a lake man—though he



inherited every ton of shipping on

Huron.



“Yellow!” snorted Ames to himself.

“And with his haircut and the damned-

to-you air he’s got, he makes you feel

like a deck swab.”



At dusk, the rain abated a little, and

it . was then that Ames made out

through his glass a low black splinter

pitching through the rollers below the

breakwater.



He did not need to look a second

time to know that it was the launch.

Frayle had dared to disobey, then.

Ames clattered down the iron stairs,

disregarding the pain in his crippled

limb. The breakwater was wet and

treacherous, and he made his way

along it slowly. Fury was burning

within him like a flame, and a certain

sort of reluctant admiration.



“I didn’t think he’d do it,” he kept

saying to himself; “I didn’t think lie

had the nerve.”



But when outside the door of the

barrack he met Frayle, this grudging

admiration sank suddenly into a sour

and deep contempt. Frayle had not

dared go—ehe had sent other men

where he himself would not venture.



Frayle forestalled his angry demand.

“I’ve sent a couple of my men across

to the mainland,” he said insolently.

“The Wind’s falling—you can see for

yourself that there’s scarcely any risk.

And we can’t ask Miss Jordan to suffer

discomforts. They’ll get through all

right. If they don’t there’s another

launch.’ ‘



Ames dared not venture a reply. He

swayed back a little to keep himself

from smashing the sneering smile from

Frayle’s lips. Bitterness was deep

within him, like a stonewalled well

without a bottom. He was defied,

scorned—and he could not fight back

like a man!



He tramped into the barrack.



“Get out. the longboat and fetch

those fellows in,” he ordered.



Frayle, who had followed Ames into





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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“All right.” Frayle lit a cigarette \





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the house, turned white. ’





“You—damn——” he’began. .



-But something in Ames’s eyes made

him stop there. ‘



The boat slid out, beating down the





,.rollers with its dominant steel sturd-

*iness.





Jordan was on the beach al-

most before the ’steel bow bit into the

icy lake. - .

‘fWhat’s wrong?” he demanded.

Ames had already swung his crippled

leg into the boat. .

“Frayle’s sent two men out," he ex-





, plained bluntly. “I’m going after them.





I leave the light to you.’





Behind her father Blithe had come

running, her scarlet cap fiecked with

icy spume from the torn rollers. Ames

saw her face. He heard the clear, in-

credulous note in her voice:\



“You sent men out—Eden—lon a lake

like that? You sent men out-where

you wouldn’t go yourself?”



Ames’s heart sang a sudden psalm

as the longboat swept out and dived

into the great, sour breast of a creep-

ing, treacherous wave. He sat in the





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stern and held "to the side, while the

grim, oilskinned. old men around him

bent and straightened silently, fight-

ing the lake inch by inch, straining

their eyes for a. sight of the launch,

listening for the snapping bark of its

motor.



“It’s turned with ’em,” said one after

a little. “You could hear— that engine

if it was wOrking,”





It was dark when they found the

two, hanging, half frozen, to the up—.

turned keel of the light launch. They

brought" them in, lying flat in the bot-

tom of the boat, fingers swollen, half

dead-—two men who were the fathers

of little children. Remembering

Blith’e’s eyes, Ames felt suddenly sorry

for Frayle. He knew how futile a love

gift like Frayle’s would be—the gift

of the lives of simple men, arrogantly

conferred upon Jordan’s daughter.



Ames stumped wearily up the stairs

to the light, very late. The wind was

sinking rapidly, and the angry scud-

ding of the sky had rent itself into

pearl and creamy ribbons through





 





Mysteries of My Bog/flood Days





mysteries on the right of him, mys-

There was

We

would, with great labor and pains, pick up load after load of stone until a





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field seemed cleared.





BOY is surrounded by mysteries;

teries on the left of him, etc—more than six hundred.

the mystery of the stone on my father’s New England acres.





Then, the next season, after the ground had been





worked and cropped, there seemed to be fully as many stone as before. I

could never get over my astonishment at the crop of stone waiting to be

picked up—no wonder that my fingers are short and stiff and awkward.‘

Why, I thought of a farm without stone as almost a paradise!





The mystery of the growth of the corn, how it appealed to me.





It was





slow at first, with the cunning crows watching for the lion’s share—and

New England crows have what the politicians call a pull, when the corn





first comes up—but once started it fairly leaped





into luxuriant growth.





Surely the man who started that homely slogan, “Watch us grow,” must





have started it in a cornfield!





There was the mystery of the huge perch minus appetites—this was





beyond the understanding of any boy!





They would come up the river until





stopped by the dam, then drop down into the depths of the big hole below.





But what did the big fellows feed on?

of the moon, when boys were fast asleep!



suddenly?

What would a boy’s folk say if he came home





veloped an abnormal appetite





change” do the business?





loaded down with one and two pounders?





ter try them again tomorrow?”





Girls were a mystery, an unsolvable mystery.





Possibly they only fed by the light

Why should they not have de-



Why should not a “presto

Would a boy’s father say: “Bet:





A girl could smile so





sweetly, she could laugh so bewitchingly! Again, she could tilt up her nose,





and say—flso scornl'ully:





“Tom Henderson, you know better than that,”





until a boy almost believed that girls, like Scripture, were given “for re-

proof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."

The mother mystery was the greatest mystery of all; my mother was





so patient and kind and _thoughtful for her eight children.





All our sorrows





faded out when mother got hold of them—when her rainbow shone on our

clouds! Mothers—your mother and mine—are the peak of God’s creation!





     





--ano . ._ y '13! .0 .

, ' The: tender would come in.

And Jordan’s yacht Could go out-:—





southward, where cities? sang and





danced; and women shimmered in, sil-

ken frocks. and slippers of silver,

where in a little while the grim lone-





liness of Cherry Island would be noth-





ing more than a/iwhimsical memory to

Blithe J ordan. Ames thought of these

things, soberly, as he opened the steel

door of the light tower.



On the stoll beside the great arc

sat Blithe. She looked at him like a.’

saucy brown" bird, with her hand on

one side. ‘,



“Did you bring, them in?” was her

question. _ .



Ames nodded. He could not tell her

about the one whose arms were seared

with frost—the man who had left

three little girls at home. He could

not fight Frayle, as Frayle fought.



“It’s clearing,” he said. “The lake

will be navigable by to-morrow night.”



“Dad-intends to run down to Mailton

Shoals and get storesfthdre,” said

Blithe evenly.



Ames did not speak. He was think-

ing of the winter, and the dreariness

of ice, and the long months when





 

   

 

     

   

 

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





there would be little in his life save .





the petty tasks about the light, car-

ing for the great dynamos. He was

thinking how infintely drab his days

would be when she was gone out of

them, and suddenly it seemed to him

that he could not let her go. He

leaned nearer, with his hand on the

lever of the light, and the arc ‘leaped

up and roared. ,And then he remem-

bered and fought his own yearning,

while he subdued the snarling of the

carbons.



Blithe slid off the stool and looked

at him with a whimsy smile. Did she

know the war that was crashing and

rending in his heart as the currents

splashed and splintered and perished

in a million white sparks of light in

the great lamp, a struggle against. the

nearness of her, and the dearness of

her, that left him spent and wretched

and miserable?



Perhaps she may have seen, for

lashes went down.



“Eden is! not going back with us,”

she said quietly; “he’s going on his

0Wn boat.” .



Ames gave up, and let the wonder-

ful and beautiful thing defeat him.



“I—I can’t tell you now,” he said

huskily, his hands still on the lever;

“but some day—some day I’ll have my

own boat—”



She lifted her lashes naively.



“I can steer a boat,” she said.



How it happened no man ever knew.



Old lake men talk about it still, and

wonder. For ’thirteen years, through

fog and flood, through storm wind and

fair wind and winds that blow of sum—

mer eves, the Cherry Island light had

swept the lake with its great dominat—

ing finger of white.



But suddenly, for only an instant,

.and yet that instant the most wonder-

ful interval in the life of Worth Ames,

the Cherry Island light went out!





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The same came to .Jesus by

night.” The two most celebrat-

ed conversations in the New Testa-

ment, I would say, are those of Jesus





N ICODEMUS, a ruler of the Jews:





"and Nicodemus, and Jesus and the





Samaritan woman. The latter was at

noon, the other at night. This week

we will think of some of the night

scenes 'of' the Bible.



Just why this well known pharisee

came to have this conversation at

night, rather than in the day time, we

are. net told. Perhaps he was busy

during the day, and night was the





more convenient time. »Perhaps he'





was ashamed, and would not have it





known that he was seeking the coun-'





sel of a man so much younger than

himself, and who was talked about

so much. As a result of the conversa-

tion, however, the most dearly-beloved

verse of all the Bible was uttered. It

is this week’s golden text. Luther

called it the little

gospel.‘Were

“God so loved the

world” spoken by

Jesus, or by John

concerning Jesus?

Read and decide

for yourself.



The Last Sup-

per was a night

scene. The twelve





 





had gathered, in accordance with

Christ’s directions. When it was over,

John tells us‘, “it was night.” The ar-





rest followed. A gang of men armed

with all manner of weapons had come,

but they also carried torches and

lanterns. In the darkness ‘they could

not distinguish which was the Christ,

until Judas pointed Him out. It was

a long way to this scene from the

first night scene in John. When the

first disciples wanted to know where

he lived, he invited them for the

night, and they stayed with him. What

did they talk about? .Did they retire

at all? Was the night filled with eag-

er questions, with calm, reassuring,

yet not ’fully understood answers?

\Vhat a night that must have been! It

decided them to stay with, and be

pupils of, this strangely magnetic

young rabbi. That night laid its broad

hand on them, and its impress'remain-

ed with them forever.





UT the scene shifts again. It has



been a strenuous day. Everyone

is tired. The vast crowds have melted

away, and the Master Teacher sends

His disciples across the lake, while

lie retires to a quiet spot for prayer.

Along about ten o’clock He walks to—

ward the boat, on the water. The fish-

ermen see him and imagine it is a

spirit, but He speaks to them and gets

into the ship. That, too, was a night

those men would not soon forget.





When one turns to Acts, he finds

two or three scenes he likes to dwell

on. Think of Paul and Silas in the

prison, and singing! I fancy it was

not jazz. They must have had some

bracing Christian hymn that was to

them as a breath of air on the sea.

They sang, chains or no chains, guards

or no guards. There was an earth-

quake, the prison opened and they

were free. That was enough for one

night! ‘



But note also that picture of Paul

as he bids good-bye to the friends of

Troas. A large congregation gathers,

and the grand old man speaks to them,

far into the night. A young man sat

in the window, and fell asleep. The

sermon goes on, and suddenly the

young man falls down from the third

story and is picked up for dead. That

was a tragic climax for a religious

meeting. Perhaps Paul wished he had

stopped earlier. But he does not say

so, for he went down “and fell on him,

and embracing him said, “Make ye no





. ado, for his lifeisin him.” .And when

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bread, and eaten, and had talked with

them? a great while, even till break of

day, sohe departed. And they brought

the lad alive, and were not a little

comforted.” That was one night’s

work. i '





But we cannot release Acts yet. It

must yield us two more, Paul fell at

last into the clutches of his enemies,

though not as fully as they would have

liked. After his arrest, forty Jews

bound themselves under an oath not





.to eat or drink until they had killed





Paul. Under pretext of inquiring into

his case'more fully, they desired him

brought to the council the following

day, and while he was on his way they

plotted to kill him. But the son of

Paul’s sister heard of the whole con-

spiracy, and told the" chief captain.

That functionary had both sense and

decision. He resolved to get his noted

prisoner to Caesarea as promptly as

possible. He therefore gave orders

that at midnight they should start. As

a military escort he ordered out two

hundred infantry, seventy horsemen,

and two hundred spearmen, besides a

horse for Paul to ride on. Can you

hear the clatter of hoofs, as, at mid-

night, soldiers, spearmen and cavalry,

make ready for their departure? Over

the well-made Roman roads they

marched, into the dawn, into the day,

and Paul was safe. The captain did

not propose to have any prisoner of

his lynched.





0 you recollect‘when Peter was



imprisoned that the church made

unceasing prayer for him. Suddenly

he was released, as he lay at night,

“sleeping between two soldiers, bound

with two chains.” The angel liberated

him, led him a part of the way toward

the house of a friend, and departed.

When he got to the house of Mark's





- mother, the girl whose duty it was to





open the door was so excited at hear-

ing his voice she forgot to open the

door, and left the distinguished caller

standing on the doorstep. “And when

they opened, they saw him and were

amazed.”





But let us turn to the Old Testa-

ment. Thinking of the future of the

chosen people, God leads the old man

out of doors, and bids him look up at

the night sky, studded with stars. “So

shall thy seed be.” This is one of the

simplest of the biblical night scenes,

but also it is one of the greatest, I

think.





Look at J'acob. He is about to meet

his brother after years of separation.

But.the night before, his family hav-

ing gone acress the river ahead of

him, he is left alone. “And there

wrestled a man with him, until the

breaking of the day. And when he

saw that he prevailed not against him,

he touched the hollow of his thigh;

and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was

strained, as he wrestled with him. And

he said, “Let me go, for the day break-

eth.” And he said, “I will not let

thee go, except thou bless me.”





But the greatest night scene of all?

“And there were shepherds in the

same country abiding in the field, and

keeping watch by night over their

flock. And an angel of the Lord stood

by them, and the glory of the Lord

shone round about them. * * * *

And suddenly there was with the angel

a multitude of the heavenly host,

praising God and saying, “Glory to

God in the highest and on earth peace

a’mong men.”





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

‘ AUGUST 24.





SUBJECTz—Jesus talks with Nico-

demus. John 3.1-17.



GOLDEN TEXT:——For God so loved

the world that He gave His only

begotten son, that whosoever be-

lieveth in Him should not perish, but

have everlasting life.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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I
THE ANSWER

By Arthur W. Peach ' .





What makes a home? the timber and. the bricks?

Foundations strong? the style of roof and room?

The furnishings within? the builder’s tricks

Of making wood so many forms assume?





Homes are not made of wood or stone

Nor all the things that men can make thereof;





 

 

 

 

 





What makes a. home where joy and faith are known,

Where happiness and peaCe abide;





is——love !





 





MAKE A COMFORTABLE LAWN





SWING.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





SLIDING bed with a mattress in

two parts, was discarded as a

sleeping arrangement because





the legs, so that the bed when stretch-

ed out, would not stand satisfactorily.



Several of the family were for call-

ing the junk man, but a mere ingen-

ious member of the group saw possi-

bilities in the old sliding bed.



It was taken apart so that there

were two good stout springs with iron

frames. Stout chains were purchased

and attached, and the hammock swing

suspended from the porch ceiling. The

mattress was covered with cretonne,

with a ruffle on either side, and pil-

lows to match made.



The seat was so comfortable that

it was always in demand The other

part was taken and turned upside

down so that the erstwhile legs form-

ed four posts, three sides of which

were covered with stout khaki cloth





something went wrong with one of'





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





FASHION BOOK NOTICE.





 





UR up-to—date Fall and Win-



ter 1924-1925 Book of Fash-

ions is now ready. It has color

plates, and contains 500 designs

of ladies’, misses’ and children’s

patterns, a concise and compre-

hensive article on dressmaking,

also some points for the needle

(illustrating thirty of the vari-

ous, simple stitches), all valu‘

able hints to the home dress-

maker. Send fifteen cents in

silver or stamps for it,~to Pat«

tern Department, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





of tent weight.

head, and a foot.





front.

article satisfactorily,

even better than the first one.

heavy chain had to be bought.





crease our comfort,





our resources—L. G. Herbert.





 





HANDY PIECE SHELF.





 





this:

door is a foot-wide shelf.





In my bath room,

es.

as





they ‘ contain, “White,”





 





This made a back, a

This part of the

mattress was covered with khaki to

match, with a straight valance in

Stout chains hung the swing

at the farther end of the porch, and

bright cretonne cushions finished the

so that it was





The expense entailed for the two

porch swings was a mere trifle, as

cretonne was used which was in the

house, and only the khaki cloth and





True thrift consists in making good

use of what we have, so as to in-

well-being and‘

pleasure, at the same time conserving





THINK that mothers with many

garmentsto mend will appreciate

over the

On this are

large three or four-pound cracker box-

I like these best, but any large,

strong box will do. These are marked

on the front with the kind of pieces-

“Blue”!





“Plaids,” “Gray,” “Underwear,” “Lin-

ings,” “Wool,” etc. Each kind is roll-

ed and tied securely before putting

away. Sometimes abox will hold

two kinds, one ineach side of the box

and the box has two names on the

front, one under the other.



When I want to patch my blue ap-

ron, or little daughter’s plaid dress,

the lining of the Goodman’s coat, or

Big Boy’s trousers, I can find the nec-

essary materials much quicker than

when I kept the-m in- a “piece-bag,”

and what I wanted invariably seemed

to be at the bottom.#Mrs. M. N.





WHO IS HEALTHIER—THE CITY

OR COUNTRY BABY?





 





T is natural to think that babies in



rural districts would be healthier

than those in congested cities,” says

Dr. George T. Palmer, Director of the

Research Division of the American

Child Health Association.



“Despite its recognized drawbacks,

the crowded tenement within the

reach of good medical attention, and

with pasteurized milk delivered on the

dumb waiter, is pressing the farm-

house, with its abundance of pure air

and fresh milk for first honors as the

best place for babies to begin life.”



He continues: “According to the

report, country babies are still lead-

ing in the health race, but city babies

are gaining. The death rate for rural

infants is lower than the rate among

city babies in sixteen out of twenty-

seven states for which records are

available. But in nine states the baby

death rate in cities of more than ten

thousand population is actually lower

for 1923 than in the rural communi-

ties as indicated by the provisional

reports of the United States Bureau

of the Census.” ‘





FLAVORS FROM THE FLOWERS.





 





N our grandmothers’ . day many



dainty dishes we1e prepared, the

special attraction of which came from

her flowei garden. Of late years this

seems to befa lost art. Seldom in-

deed do we find a modern housewife

who knows the secret of making rose

conserve, or a rose geranium cake.

The girls of today have a fad of mak—

ing anything popular which found fa-

vor in their grandmother’s time, so I

am giving below, some of the recipes

and secrets that were used by the

quaint maidens of long ago.



.Rose Geranium Cake.



Do not attempt to flavor a dark

cake—either fruit or

way, but choose some delicate white

cake, which is very light and feathery.

When you butter the "pan in which

the cake is to be baked, lay three or

four rose geranium leaves in the bot-

tom. Pour the batter directly on

these, and bake as usual. Let stand

for twenty-four hours after baking,

and with the leaves still laying on the

bottom of the cake, before using, and

you will be delighted with the dainty

flavor fro‘m the leaves which will have

permeated through the whole cake.





spice—in this





. Nasturtiume.



Nasturtium petals, leaves and stems

maybe used in salads. They are fine

in mint salads, and when used in this

way, it is preferable to use the leaves

and stems in the salad proper, and to

use the petals or blossoms as gar-

nishing.



The green seeds are fine to use in

mixed pickles, as they give a de-

liciously spicy taste to the pickles.

They may also be chopped and put in

salads. When used in cooking of any

sort, they should be picked ’while

green, and before they reach maturity.





 





BEAT IT MO/RE.





 





I T is not practical to have a'kitchen

conveniencethat is capable of do-

ing but one thing. Put, your egg beat~

er on active duty. When mixing flour

and liquid for gravies or stews, use

the egg beater instead of a spoon and

have it finished in~double~quick time.

Freshly cooked or warmed-over cereal

that is lumpy may be made smooth

with the beater. Give your salad

dressing a three-minute beating and it

will be greatly improved. When mak-

ing any kind of frosting that requires

beating, use your egg beater. Cocoa.

beaten three minutes is improved.





 





PRIZE WINNING PICKLE RECIPE.





 





Cook beets until tender. Make. a

syrup of I gallon vinegar, 2 quarts

water, 5 cups brown sugar, 1 teaspoon

whole cloves. Cover beets with liquid

and bring to a-boil. Pack in steril-





   

 

 





lzed jars, being sure that the liquid

covers all the beets -——Mrs. L. 8., Brad- ,

ley, Mich. "





THEY'LL TASTE Goon WHEN THE

snow FLIES. .





 





Plum Conserve.





6 lbs. plums seeded '

2 oranges sliced 1% lb. nut meats

1% lbs. large raisins. 3 lbs. mar





Quarter the oranges and slice the

quarters and let 'stand in water over

night. Cook the plums until soft and

press the pulp through a sieve. Cook

oranges until tender and add raisins

and sugar and cook until the consist-

ency of marmalade. Add nuts five

minutes before placing in sterilized





jars.

Fruit Salad, Dressing.





1 tsp. salt 35 cup cream ,

2 tsp. flour sf: cup hot syrup from

1 tan. melted butter sweet pickled peaches or

1 egg yolk pears





Mix dry ingredients and add the

beaten egg yolk, syrup and butter

slowly. Stir over boiling water until

the mixture thickens. When cool add

cream, whipped or plain.



Gingered Pears.

1 lb. pears

1/9 lb. sugar



1 tb. preserved ginger



(or ground ginger tied in



Cut pears in quarters, then slice in

thin slices, put” in granite kettle and

cover with sugar. Let stand all night.

In the morning cut lemons in small

pieces, take all seeds out. Bring to,

the boiling point and let simmer for

two hours, putting in the ginger,

which has been sliced thinly, just'be—

fore removing from the fire. If cook-

ed to the consistency ‘of jam, gingered

pears may be kept in open jars.





1 cup water





 





 





 





 





Doings In





Woodland





Iacéze Rabbit Get: Caught In the Fence





WHEN Johnnie Muskratknocked.





at the man’s door in Stoney-



ville to inquire the way back



to Woodland and the man himself



came to the door, how he, Jackie Rab-



bit, and Willie Woodchuck ran! Dodg-



ing behind bushes and bunches of

grass, they were soon out of sight.



They never even looked back to see



if the man was coming. When they



had left the village, with its stone





   

 





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“Help! Help! Help!” called Jackie.





houses, far behind, they paused in the

shadow of a big hazel bush for breath.



“Oh me, oh my, I thought he had me

that time,” puffed Willie Woodchuck.



“And so did I,” said Johnnie Musk-

rat. “Is he coming yet?”



“I don’t see him. Do you suppose



we will ever get home?” asked Jackie

Rabbit.

woods and perhaps someone. can tell

us the way there.”



“Yes, I guess the only safe place for





us is the woods," said Johnhie Musks





“We must hurry back to the,





rat, “and that doesn’t seem very safe.

Anyway, I’m not going to knock at a

stranger’s door again to learn the

way.”



“Hush! What was that?” whispered

Willie Woodchuck.



With ears alert they all listened.

There was a swish, swish in the leaves

behind them. With a frightened look

at each other, they hurried off as fast

as they could go. It wasn’t very fast,

though, for they were tired and very

much out of breath after their long

run. They never turned to see what

the swish was, or they would not have

been frightened. They felt sure it Was

the man but it was only Mrs. Blue

Bird huntingin the leaves for a big

black bug for her little Blue Birds.





Across the fields they went running »





until they came to a barbed wire

fence. Johnnie and Willie Woodchuck

climbed through successfully without

catching their very much tattered

clothing. But when Jackie Rabbit

tried to get through it wasn’t so easy.

He was larger than the rest and

caught his trousers on a. big barb

right where he always sat down. There

he dangled back and forth.





“Help! help! help!” he called. He

thought sure the swish in the leaves





had been the man and that he was.





right behind him.



Just as Johnnie Muskrat was .al-

most back to help him, his trousers

gave way. “Rip! rip!” and down went

Jackie on all fours. In a jiffy he was





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I Sam} Merry Ciro/e M erroge:





Dear Uncle Frank:—

I don’t agree with Polly because if

a girl will respect a boy,.that boy will





’ » certainly respect the girl.





I wonder if Polly has bobbed hair

and wears knickers? If a girl would

look better with bobbed hair, the best





thing is to cut her locks.





A good many girls have bobbed hair,





3 that really makes them look horrid.





When the bobbed hair fad Was created,





‘ since the war, I have noticed men who





look equally terrifying, by letting their

hair grow long on their necks.



Bobbed hair, knickers, and the

family of cosmetics are not intoxicat-

ing, like the moonshine liquor which

some drink: These girlish'fancies are

just another'way of infatuating men

instead of intoxicating them.



No one can admit that a girl looks





» well with three-fourths of a lip stick





applied to the lips. Beauty is only

skin deep, and if a girl’s face sweats,

does she look pretty? No, she looks to

me like a. worn out dish rag.-—-—Very

truly‘yours, Fred Broemer, Jr., Green,

Mich., Box 57. p '



I agree that respect will usually

command. respect. It is so much nicer

to respect than to be rude. I think

the proper place for a good job of

painting is on a canvas, not on a

young ladies’ face.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:—



If some neighbors do not take the

Michigan Farmer, can we let them take

it and let them answer contests.



Thanking you very much for my

card and button—A new niece, Flor-

ence Uosham, Hartford, Mich., M. C.



Yes, neighbors can borrow the Mich-

igan Farmer and the children can an—





swer the contests.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Polly Svinisky said the Merry Circle

boys are dead, but that is not so. We

are just as live as she is. We do not

write, as most of the boys are too

busy, and the girls haven’t anything

to do. -



Lots of girls say that boys are rude

to girls, but they are not, just once 1n

a while. Girls are rude to boys Just

as much. '



When I went 'to school we would

like to throw snow balls at the girls,

but the teacher said we could not, un-

less the girls threw at us. So the

girls threw at us. Then we would

start throwing at them, but if we hit

them, they would start crying and tell

teacher—Yours truly, Jacob Wolfert,

R. 10, Grand Rapids, Mich.



Yes, it does seem sometimes that

girls are displeased when you pay no

attention to them. And again they

are displeased if you do. So what is

a poor fellow to do, hey, boys!





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I received my Merry Circle pin and

card yesterday, and I think they are

very nice. .



I object to knickers on the street,

but I think they are all right on a

camping trip.



Ronald Douglas must have a won-

derful calf, as he changed it from. a

she into a he and back to a she again.



I have to help unload the hay in a

minute, so good-bye and give my re-

gards to “W. B.”—Your nephew, Lester

Anderson, M. C., Barryton, Mich.



I suppose somebody was calling,

“Hey, there, Lester, come and help,”

before you got through with your let-

ter. That must have been some calf.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I think our page needs a new name,

so I have chosen one that I think W111

just fit it. The name is “Slop and

Nonsense.” That is all our page real-





‘ly is, as far as I can see.





.Men have always yelled about the

way the women and girls dress, and

they probably will until Dooms’ Day.

They yell about the silly way the wom-

en used to dress, but when they make

a. sensible change they make.a greater

yell. And, really, the men plan more

than eighty per cent of the women’s

and girls’ fashions.

That, is all ourpage really is, only

stead of men yelling about

to rls dress. Something

their business? ’





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





Didn’t et





I think, to have a decent page, we

should have something that amounts

to something and is decent and which

is our own business, and‘not someone

else’s. If we want to discuss some-

thing, we should follow the same rule.



Now, this is my opinion. It may not

be l1ke yours, but I think it is a good

one—Yours sincerely, Barbara Claw-

son, R. 3, Parma, M’ich.



I am so glad, Barbara, to have your

idea of our page. Perhaps you are

right. However, you make a criticism

but offer no suggestion. What would

the men have to yell about if it were

not for the women? Besides, it seems

to me that f‘our little women” are the

ones who are doing most of the yelling

in our Slop and Nonsense page. The

boys will agree, I am sure.





Dear Uncle Frank:





-1 would like to voice my opinion on

the crazy subject of boys being rude





 





1461. C omest





' EAD the ads in this issue

to find the answers to the

following questions.



When you have found the an-

swer to a question, put it down

and give the page on which you

found it. Give your answer the

same number as the question.

Make your answers brief, write

plainly, and arrange your paper

neatly.



Put your name and address in

the upper left hand corner of

the paper and if you are a Mer-

ry Circler put M. C. after your

name.



Send your papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De—

troit, Michigan, before August

29, as the contest closes then.



The usual prizes will be giv-

en. All the correct and neat pa-

pers will be mixed in a basket

and the lucky ones picked out.



1. How can a man and one

horse cut four to seven acres of

corn per day?



2. How much more did farm—

ers get for their crops in 1923

than in 1922?



3. What can you set any-

where and put to work?



4. What have been favorites

with farmers for thirty years?



5. What has added strength

where strength is needed?



6. Who gives free feed with

order?



7.- What was Joseph Henry’s

advice?



8. What was 530,000 pleased

customers?



9. What is the name of the

most thrilling serial of all?



10. What are hogs on pasture

subject to? .





 





 





 





to girls. Rudeness and teasing are al—

together two different things, and I

guess it is only human nature to tease

and only boys and girls without man-

ners are rude. As for the bobbed hair

and knicker question, there are some

cranks in every crowd, so why not

each one keep their own opiniOn?



Let’s change the subject. I think it

would be a welcome change for both

Merry Circlers and yourself, too. Don’t

you think it would, Uncle Frank?



Good-bye for this time. From your

want-to—be niece, Dorothy Meisenheim-

er, R. 3, Ludington, Mich.



I say “Amen” to changing the sub-

ject. Hereafter I am going to cut

down on the bobbed hair, knicker and

rudeness letters I use.





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Dear Uncle Frank:





Oh, dear, the Michigan Farmer just

came. I thought it would never get

here. I don’t think I will write about

the Prohibition Contest. I have writ-

ten five different times, but in vain.

Now, don’t think I’m dead, Uncle

Frank. I’m just tired of answering

them.





Uncle Frank, are the boys .mad, that

they don't write? I think the girls





will have to put pins in their chairs.





There is a little. boy here from the

city and every time a cow moos he

says, “listen to them cows blowing





their horns." -

Well, I hope Mr. Waste Basket





thinks I’m too sown—Your niece, Mar-

garet Henry, M. C., Birch Run, Mich.





I don’t blame you for wanting to

rest up a little on the contests, but

after you rest up, try again. I don’t

know, but perhaps most of the boys

don’t think it nice to talk back to

girls. Or maybe they don’t know how

to blow their horns. -





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Hello, everybody! I hope you are,

all enjoying your vacations. I am, for

it seems good to be out of doors once

more after nine months of study. -



Uncle Frank, I think that contest

on the prohibition question was nice

for a change, but we have a prohibi-

tion law, and everyone knows the evils

of liquor. But what of drugs, such as

morphine, etc? I saw a moving pic-

ture, “Human \Vreckage," a few days

ago that was very instructive, as drugs

are used to quite an extent in some

localities—Myrtle E. Walker, M. C.,

\Voodland, Mich.



Yes, liquor is only one of the evils

we have to combat. Our laws make

the selling of dopes as undawful as

the selling of booze. I feel sorry for

the one who thinks he has to use





either.





THE PROVERB WINNERS.





 





W E got a nice lot of proverbs,

most of them helpful and inspir-

ing. It is nice to commit proverbs

to memory or to read them often, as

they are helpful. Next week some of

the winning ones will be printed. The

winners are as follows:

Fountain Pens.



Nellie M. Halstead, R. 1, Vermont-



ville, Mich.





Beatrice M. Hanis, Perkins, Mich.

Flashlights.

Philomena M. Falls,

Mich. _

Olga. Dehmel, Unionville. Mich.

Viola Avery, R. 2, Hudsonville,

Mich.





Carsonville,'





Candy.

Edna Brown, Hesperia, Mich.

Ruth Lovell, R. 5, Charlotte, Mich.





Rudolpf Schury, R. 4, Saginaw,

Mich. . ‘



Bernice Wright, R. 2, Saranac,

Mich.



Catherine Schwab, R. 1, Adrian,

Mich.





BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS 'PROVE

MERITS OF coon SEED





 





HE use of northerirgrown certified



seed potatoes‘in southern Michigan

received another boost through the

demonstrations put on last year by the

Boys and Girls Clubs in ten of the

southern Counties. Last spring a car-

load of choice certified seed potatoes

were donated by growers in Cheboy—

gan, Otsego and Presque lle Counties

to the Agricultural Department of the

M. C. It. 1., which in turn, donated

them for demonstration purposes to

the Clubs in Lapeer, Macomb, Hills-

dale, Genessee, \Vashtenaw, Jackson,

Calhoun, Wayne and Branch Counties.

These demonstrations were under the

supervision of Mr. R. A. Turner, State

Club Leader. Approximately 100 dem-

onstrations were conducted by as

many girls and boys.



Eliminatingthe results of two plots

which were not taken care of properly

the average yield from the certified

seed was 34 bushels higher per acre

than from the home grown stock. The

average yield per acre of the latter

was 97 bushels while that of the form-

er was 131 bushels, thus constituting

an increase of 35% because of the use

of northern-grown seed. The differ-

ences on individual plots amounted to

as much as 266% in some cases. Frank

Rets at Imlay City received 2 1-3 times

as many bushels of potatoes from'the

northern grown seed per acre as from

his father’s stock. Almost all the re-

ports also called attention to the fact

that the percentage of marketable po-

tatoes was larger from the northern-

grown seed. ,



This is just another demonstration

of the value of good seed of any kind,

and the merits of northern grown seed

for southern Michigan. It is well that

our boys and girls discover these

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N spite of much agitation and educa-

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fowls the scrub chickens Continue to

give worry to the progressive farmers.

Of course, a man may keep hens pro-

ducing thirty to fifty eggs yearly if he

wishes, but the old Bible truth, “No

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shaped product in exchange for her

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say at that time, and would today,

that it was her own fault if she al-

lowed herself to be imposed upon, but

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country community where work must

be exchanged and people depend upon

each other in emergencies.





And another thing is the trouble the

ranging chickens make. You can hard-

ly fence against the wiry, tiny scrub

hens and roosters. I saw a hen dis-

played for sale the other day that in

her best estate could not have weigh-

ed more than two pounds. Wiry,

scrawny, tough, and with not a bit of

yellow fat anywhere visible, she had

been contributed to a. Grange ex—

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creep through a knot hole. One of our

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SAVE THE ALFALFA LEAVES.





 





HEN the men haul in the alfalfa



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bottom of the cow mangers often there

will be a half foot of leaves. All these

should be saved to‘ feed the hens, as

they are ideal for green. They can be

steamed or may be mixed with the

mash; Hot water poured over them

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the hens will relish -them and give

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WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT

BIRTH CONTROL?





 





AM repeatedly asked to write

I something about birth control, and



I find this subject bringing both

men and women to my consulting

room with increasing frequency. Many

of them come with apparently reason-

able ideas—they want just a little time

to themselves before tackling the ser-

ious problem of raising a. family—the

wife is ailing or has already borne a

goodly number—their financial situa-

tion is so stringent that they dare not

face the problem again—many are the

reasons that seem good.





I have dealt also with those who

are already over-late with the question

——the young girl whose peremptory

need on hearing my verdict is to hunt

for the responsible man and urge a

ceremony—the over-crowded wife





ging at her skirts and one soon to

come-the mature society woman who

“supposed she was well through with

that kind of thing long ago.” '





I have been impressed by their dis-

tress and in my early years, much

moved by it. :But \my maturer conclu-

sions are all in favor of the unlimited

family. I have read in novels of the





 





fierce hatred inspired in the heart of

wife against husband by oft repeated

pregnancies. I have met rare cases

in actual practice. My conclusion is

that the condition is usually transient

and may be classed with the other

freaks of pregnancy. The wives and

husbands who bring to me real con-

nubial troubles (and they are many)

are generally those with limited fam-

ilies. I



I have heard much about the wife

whose health is ruined by child hear

ing. It is true that prolific mothers

have their ailments, but the women

who crowd our waiting-rooms, seeking

treatment for “female diseases” or

nervous ailments, are generally those

practicing birth control.



The happiest, most self—reliant and

keenest children are those having

many brothers and sisters to share

with them the journey up to adoles-

cence.





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I T is an undisputed fact that the pro-

duction of stocker and feeder cattle

has become a serious problem to the

beef cattle industry. A great deal of

the western country formerly occupied

by‘ great cattle ranches, has been set-.

tled up, fenced into farms, and is being

worked more intensively. Many west-

‘ern stockers that formerly found their

way into corn belt feed lots, are now

being finished nearer home.



As a country or district approaches

a more intensive type of agriculture

the beef cow is usually the first to go.

. She is replaced by the brood sow and

the dairy or dual-purpose cow. The

dairy cow consumes the roughage of

the farm, and the beg the waste prod-

ucts and surplus grain.



There is a point, however, in this

changing process where the labor prob-

lem is injected headlong into the situ-

ation. Many of us in Michigan are

facing that problem today. The high

prices of labor are such as to absorb

much of the profitableness in the dairy

industry, and to preclude all chances

of profit on thousands of acres of .our

land, no matter how intensively we

may farm it. ‘



The nature of the land is, of course,

respOnsible, in part, for this situation.

Michigan soils for the most part are

very variable. They differ greatly,

over narrow areas, as to soil type, con-

t of surface, and adaptability to

or p production. We have hilly lands,

sandy lands and low. or mucky lands

that grow rich grasses at no cost what-

ever, but that are impossible of farm-

ing at a profit under present condi-

tions.



There is much annual wealth com-

ing out of these rough, cheap lands in

the natural growth that springs spon—

taneously from therein. The problem

is. simply to cash it. Here is one of

the beef cow’s strong points. It is

unquestionably true that she furnishes

the most practical means of converting



much of this cheap pasturage into the

’ coin of the realm. She will live roy-

ally on a couple of acres of this rough

land, and grow up by her side a lusty,

vigorous calf that, with a brief sojourn

at the feed bunk this” winter will make

market-topping baby beef. And when

- the time comes for her to pass on

there is little sacrifice, for she goes,

not, as a veritable bag-o’-bones, but

with her back covered thickly with

good beef.



We believe, as We"haVeTsaid before

in these columns, (but believe it so

strongly that it will bear reiterating),

that the time has arrived when Mich-

igan need no longer depend upon the

west for her stockers and feeders, but

that she can henceforth produce them

in her own pasture and thus supply

the home demand at home. ’ Suppose

the annual production cost due to long-

er winters and more costly land

shOuld be slightly greater per head,

there are long hauls, heavy shrinks,

sickness, and loss from acclimation

and shipping fever, heavy freight bills

and vaccination costs that often more

than offset the increased costs of

home-raising. Undoubtedly there is a

new. eravin beef production coming to

Michigan farms and we are watching

its development with much interest.—

P. P. Pope.





 





come AFTER THE cows.‘





 





M‘ANY farm boy dreads to go after

the cows. Many a man who

spent his boyhood days on the farm

has unsatisfactory memories of this

‘ job of going after the cows. You can

go into the pasture. and they are not

in sight. Calling loudly and, patiently

does’notwbrinsout assure: them. .A‘





’fed' with silage.





 





 





 





 





search on one. side of the pasture does

not reveal them. You cover almost

every obscure spot in the woodland

pasture and they are nowhere to be

found. You begin to figure that they

have broken down the‘ fence and are

in the neighbor’s corn, when at last,

in the farther corner. of the field, lie-

ing quietly, chewing their ends, in the

late afternoon shade you find them.



They are not interested in going to

the barn. They are more comfortable

where they are, but after much loud

hallooing—r—sometimes strong talk—

you get them on their feet and after

stretching and yawning they do not

start, for the barn, but quietly go to

feeding. They have to be driven, per-

suaded to go.





In the late fall, when the October

frost has colored the grass white, you

find them after a long search in the

early twilight, also liéing down. Your

bare feet’ are fairly stiff with the cold.

You rush the first one you come to

and stand where her body has made

the ground warm. And then you try.

your voice and command of language

to get the rest of them up and started

while you are continuing to warm

your feet. Not a one will budge. You

make a race for the next one, there





a main sin "»the"y""‘cows in

‘ ., .. .A, year’s progress in .he South





 





warm your feet for a moment, and

then to another.





There is a better way than this to

get the cows. Have some appetizing

food waiting for them in their man-

gers. Many days you will not have to

go for them at all. They will be wait-

ing for you to Open the 'stable door,

but if not, a cheerful co bes! 'co! co!

will bring them without any persuad-

ing—and they will give more milk.





MICHIGAN LEADING COW-TEST-

ING STATE.





 





ECENT reports from the govern-



ment show that Michigan has or—

ganized more cow-testing associations

in the past year than any other state

in the Union.





On July 1, 1923, the state had fifty-

three active associations, whereas a

year later it had ninety—one, or a gain

of thirty-eight for the year. Minnesota

showed the second largest growth,

with a gain of thirty~five; while Iowa

came third and Wisconsin fourth.



Wisconsin takes first place for the

number of associations, having 163, or

seventy-two more than Michigan.

However, even with that large margin,

Michigan takes second place in the

total number of associations. Only

twelve new associations were formed

in Wisconsin this year, as compared

with seventy-eight in this state.





 





FIND BEANS A GOOD COW FEED.





 





NUMBER of herds made improve-



ments over the preceding year’s

work in the South Eaton Cow Testing

Association. In one instance a ration

of 200 pounds ground oats, 100 pounds

corn and cob meal, 200 pounds culled

beans, 100 pounds bran and 100 pounds

C. S. meal helped bring greater re~

turns and make a dairy herd a good

investment. This ration was fed at

the suggestion of the tester, Mr. Kar-

del. Other herds were fed cooked or

ground culled beans and the cost of

production was thereby cut. '





The experience of the South Eaton

members indicates that from two to

three pounds of ground beans daily

per cow is desirable. Cooked culled

beans, from 18 to 24 pounds, brought

good, results. In several’cases this

quantity of cooked culled beans was

Additionally, corn

and. oats should be fed in order to





 





 





   





Eaton Association is summarized in

the following figures.





1922-23 1923-24





Cows giving over 10,000 lbs milk





25 35

Cows making less than 4,330 lbs mélk





Cows making over 400 lbs. fat]

4 14 22

Cows making over 500 lbs. 0fat





Cows sold to the butcher

. 25 38~





 





SILO Besr FOR SOFT CORN.





 





_HILE every day seems to show



an advance in the price of corn

and the accompanying argument that

high-priced corn is better sold as a

cash crop than stored in a silo, there

is another more serious factor to be

considered.





A cod flesh. ‘





 

 





   





. .3 all the corn V'were going to" be

good,vmarketable'corn, the argument ’





might hold a little better. It isn't any I





too‘strong an argument at best, for ’

the more valuable the feed, thee-more

care and economy necessary in, feed-

ing and marketing it. But unless all

signs fail, there’s going to be a lot of

soft and inferior corn this year. ,It

won’t bring any kind of a price at'all

and the best way to dispose of it will

be to cut it up into silage and feed it

right on the farm. In this manner-the

entire value can be realized, and the

net return will be considerably greater

than if an attempt is made to market

it as a cash crop. This is truly a year

when a silo will pay good dividends.—





 





It would now appear that one of the

problems to come before the farmer

this fall is to find a suitable substi-

tute for the corn crop.





 





 





 





—100,000 TONS of late





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





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winter, instead of being wasted. To store this

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Shorthoms rows and heifers for sale. BIDW

STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumseh, Mich.





B RED POLLED CATTLE 1‘}





E

EBuy from Michigan's Leadin .Hterd. Owned Mk

I: .





FWESTBROOK BR08.. Ioma.





Feeders For Sale





Lakeviow.





Bulls.

ELL





100 yearlings. mostly grade





, 1 4750 Sheridan Road Dept. 900 Chicago, Illinois I

BREEDERS’ lllllliCTllRY DUROCS 3.3: iiisglf‘i’FdZHJEOEh “in:





weighing 125 to 140 lbs. We ran sell you a real

boar now. J. M. WILLlAMS. No. Adams. Mich.

Size, type, quality and price





GI'IBSIBI' WIIIlB Bears will please you. Registered

free. F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar. Mich.





O I C & Chester White Big type with QUAL-

° ' ' l'I‘Y. All the Grand Champion. 0. I.

(L's at Michigan State Fair. 1922 8: 1923. were bred

at Newman's Stork Farm. Also a few Choice Sari-ital:



c .





 





Pigs Cheap. Newman’s Stock Farm, Marlene.

O I C’ Spring plus. Sired by "Giant Boy" and.

' a S "Jumbo Bell Boy." also Brown Swiss





bulls. MILO H. PETERSON, R. 2, Ionla, Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





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

from. Outstanding herd boars at $25: pairs $40;

tries. $50. $5.00 of! if you come and get than.

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





Fall Pigs





of dams. W.

Poland





LARGE TYP 0mm





either sex. by the great Bear. The

Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Beet

E. Livingston. l’arnm. Mir-h.





(‘hinas Spring pics.

sex from Michigan’s

Manchester. Mich.





 





Champion herd. A. A. Feldkamp,

and Bear Pigs. not





Hampshire Bred Gills akin. 12th year. Write

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 de-





 





livered prices. Write

NORTHWESTERN SHEEP 00..

Hettinger, N. Dakota.





 





400 BREEDING EWES





For sale in lots of 50 or more. Also 300 yearlings.

nAIIIJI'I‘IOND B. CHAPMAN &. SON. South Rockwood,

Ic .





P O L L E DGTOl'nlOSS) Delalno Rams having

srze and quality. for sale.

HOUSEMAN BROS.. R. 4. Albion, Mich.





Am Closing utO





Kilnatrick. Ovid. Mich.





 





my entire fleck of ninety

breeding ewes. Laurence





 





 





 





 





 





 





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to central state points. Frarmbtwo iiiiles 038M636? Shrapshire Rams gfwggfy“ ”13:11.ng

w. A. Doherty, rm Lake. Mich. Booher, n. 4. Evert. Mich. ' '



HOGS DOGS

moctsumlpflnsbomofthomwm - .- -

.D and aulltr. at rice.- to sell. nu pm at br- SCOtCh Collie P "' 1e flit-elm it?" Iii.

uln prices. lor; Wan. Mich. RUQSELL. R. 3'. Wakoman. Ohio. ‘





 





 





 





 





A:\. .
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Monday, August 18. '



- Wheat.

' Detroit.-——No. 1 red $1.34; No. 2

' . red $1.33; No. 3 red 1.34; No. 2 white

$1.35; No. 2 mixed 1.34.



Chicago—Sept, $1.31%,@1.321,§; De-

68111:};81‘ $1.35%@1.36; May $1.401,é@

1.41 .



Toiedo.—Cash $1.33@1.35.



' ' Corn.



Detroit—No. 3, $1.22; No. 4 yellow

$1 17





Chicago—Sept, $1.20%@1.21; De-

cember $1.151/,,@1.15%; May $1.16%@

1.16%.





Oats.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 white at 60c;

No. 3, 58c.



Chicago—Sept, 53%c; December at

56%c; May 59%c. ,



. Rye.



Detroit—Cash No. 2, 990.



Chicago.——September 910; December

950; May 99%c.



Toledo—93c.



' Barley.



Barley, malting, $1; feeding 95c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt



shipment $4.90@4.95 per cwt. .



Chicago—Navy $5.60; red kidneys

exhausted.



New York.~Choice pea at $5.75;

red kidneys $9.15@9.25.



Seeds.



Detroit—Prime 'red .clover cash at

$12.25; alsike $10.10; timothy $3.65.



Hay



Strong—No. 1 timothy $23@23.50;

standard and light mixed $22@22.50;

No. 2 timothy $20m‘21; 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 $1.75@2;

Duchess $1.50; red raspberries, fancy

$3.50@4 per 24~pt. case; do b1ack_at

$1.75@2 per 16-qt. case; huckleberries

$3 per 16—qt. case; blackberries $1.75

@2 per 16-qt. case.





WHEAT





After declining for more than two





weeks, the wheat market has started ,





upward again and has recovered much

of the loss in two days’ time. Frosts

in Canada, the skyrocketing market in

corn, and the broader cash demand

for wheat have caused a revival of

speculative buying. The official esti-

mate of the Canadian crop was 282,-

000,000 bushels. The crop is late,

light frosts have already occurred and

others are predicted. Primary re-

ceipts have established a new high

record in the last two weeks. The

visible supply has increased until it

is the largest ever known at this sea-

son of the year. The movement in

the southwest has begun to diminish

~ but spring wheat is starting and the

financial conditions in the northwest

indicate that the spring wheat crop

will be sold rather rapidly.



An increase of 75 per cent, or nearly

3,000,000 acres in winter wheat to be

planted this fall is indicated by grow-

ers’ expressions of planting intentions.

Likewise, an increase of 14.1 per cent

in the rye acreage is indicated.





RYE





Rye prices are taking most of their

trend from wheat. The new crop has

begun to move, the carry-over of old

rye at visible supply points is far

above normal, and export buying has

not shown sustained breadth. The

outlook tor rye is quite strong, how-

ever, and steady demand from abroad

- is looked for as soon as the Dawes

plan is put into effect.





CORN





Another week of cool weather and

rains over the chief corn states, with

light frosts at scattered points, excit-





ed another outburst of speculative ac-‘





tivity which swept corn prices up to a

new high level. New crop deliveries

, advanced most, but the cash market

was carried along to some extent.

Producers are reluctant to sell corn

as long as the new crop outlook is so

' unp'romising and demand for cash corn

,_ is.keeping pace with the supply.even

at high prices. Because of the high

prices in this country around 3,500,000

bushels of Argentine corn have been





bought to come to North America.





Oats have attracted speculative at-

tention in the last few. days because

of their extreme discount below corn.

In addition, recent rains have damag-

ed a great deal of the cats in the

shock in some of the important oats

shipping sections. Receipts at pri-

mary markets have increased but the

movement is not large as yet. While

the crop in the United States prom-

ises 139,000,000 bushels more than laSt

year, the Canadian estimate showsa

decrease of 185,000,000 bilshels and a.

further reduction is possible if severe

frosts arrive before_ maturity.





BARLEY





The barley market outlook is. a

strong one because of the prospective

shortage in corn, recent damage to

small grains as a result of rains, the

crop failure along the Pacific Coast,

and the world shortage of grades suit-

able for malting. ’





SEEDS





The 1924 crop of timothy seed may

be slightly larger than that of last

year according to the United States

Department of Agriculture. The acre-

age harvested seems to be about five

per cent larger. and yields have been

fairly good in most of the important

seed-producing sections in spite of un-

favorable weather conditions early in

the season. The seed harvest was

from one to two weeks later than last

year. Prices offered by seed men

have ranged around $5.50@6 per 100

pounds, compared with $5.00 last year,

but growers are anticipating an a

vance and have been reluctant to sell.





FEEDS





Influenced by the strength in feed

grains, mill feed prices are slightly

firmer. Mills are less willing to make

concession and autumn demand seems

to be picking up. There is little ac—

tivity in high protein meals, but cot-

tonseed meal is steady, while linseed

meal is a shade lower than a week

ago. Corn feed markets are mixed

with gluten feed $1.00 higher, while

hominy feed is slightly lower as a re-

sult of limited demand. *~





HAY





Frequent rains are still delaying the





'baling of hay and delivery at country





points, so that receipts at the central

western markets are light. Much of

the new hay is arriving out of condi-





tion. ‘ Prices on





the bett’er grades are

holding firm. Demand is affected "by

the continued

sections. s





BEANS ‘





Bean prices are a shade easierand

are quoted at$5 per 100 pounds for

C. H. P. whites f.’ o. b. Michigan ship-

ping points. Demand is very light and

deliveries have been a little heavier

as rains have interfered with field

work. The new crop is estimated at

13,688,000 bushels.





ited wx-th 6,241,000 bushels. Since the





government’s figures were gathered





rains have drowned out some of the

beans in the low areas in Michigan,

but will aid in filling the remainder

so that prospects are far a good crop

unless further severe rains or prema-

ture frosts arrive. ~





POULTRY AND EGGS '





Egg prices are Well on their way in

the advance which normally begins at

this season'of the year. Prices on

fresh firsts are up six cents a dozen

since June 1 and are fully four cents

higher than at the same time a year

ago. The supply of high quality eggs

is diminishing and‘storage stocks are

being drawn upon to take care of the

demand. Storage stocks on August 1

showed a shortage of one and a quart-

er million cases over last year. The

holdings are larger than the fiveyear

average on August 1, however.



Chicago—Eggs, checks 22@231,éc;

fresh firsts 28613300; ordinary firsts 22

@231/éc. Live poultry, hens 18@24c;

broilers 31c; springers 300; roosters

151/60; ducks 200; geese “@180; tur-

keys 20c.



Detroit.———Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 29@31%c. Live poultry, broil-

ers 33@34c; heavy hens 26c; light do

16@17c;. roosters 15c; geese 15c;





ducks 20c. .

BUTTER





Storage stock of butter are the larg-

est on record for this time of year.

Production is far ahead of the cor-

responding time a year ago when the

output was curtailed by unfavorable

weather. Quality of current receipts

has shown defects, and lack of enough

fine butter to meet demand for it kept

prices at a slightly higher level last

week. Consumption is not as large as

it should be in order to take care of

the huge supplies, and lower prices

may be necessary before it can be in—

creased materially.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:





I Live Stock Market Service I





Monday, August 18.





“CHICAGO





Hogs.

Receipts 50,000. Market on good





grades moderately active, 10@15c low:





er; choice weight butchers, light

and pigs show less decline, 15@25c

lower on common kind; tops at $10;

bulk.of good 160 to 250—lb. average

$9.65@9.95; better 270 to 300-lb. $9.60

@990; good 140 to ISO—lb. kinds $9.25

@950; strong weight pigs $850609.

Cattle.



Receipts 25,000. Market on steers

and yearlings steady, 250 lower, year-

lings showing decline; big weight are

slow; early tops of steers $11.20; some

yearlings $11; largest string of west-

ern steers of season; culls dull; bulls

higher.



Calves steady to $11.50@12.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 13,000. Market is slow.

Early sales fat native lambs steady

to strong; early sales to packers at

$13.65@14, a few to shippers $14.25;

culls $4@4.50; no action on westerns,

steady; sheep steady; choice range

ewes $7.50; steady on feeding lambs.





DETROIT

Cattle. .

Receipts 861. Market very slow and

about steady.

Good to choice yearlings,

quotable ............. $ 8.75@ 10.00

Best heavy steers ..... ~. 8.00@ 8.50

Handyweight butchers .. 7.00@ 7.50

Mixed steers and heifers





\Handy light butchers





Light butchers . . . . .

Best cows ...... ........

Butcher cows . ..

Cutters . .

Canners . . .

Choice bulls





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' 10.50; ~'wethers‘ “$8.50'@'





Bologna bulls .

Stock bulls

Feeders ........

Stockers ........

Milkers





4.50@ 5.25

.3.50@ 4.50

5.0060 6.50

4.00@ 5.50





ODIO‘OOCI.





ounce...-





_ Veal Calves. -‘

Receipts 402. Market steady.



Best .................... $13.50((D14.00

Others ................. 4.00@13.00

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 856. Market steady.



Best spring lambs . . . .$13.00@13.50



Fair 10.50@12.50



Light to Common ....... 7.00@ 8.75



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



Culls and common ...... 1.50@ 3.50



Hogs.



Market prospects:



yorkers.$10.15@10.25

8.00

9.25



5.00@ 5.50

9.50





Receipts 666.

Mixed and heavy

Roughs

Pigs

Stags ............... . . . . .

Light yorkzers ........ . .





BUFFALO





Hogs.

Receipts 5,320. Market is strong.





Tops $10.55; bulk $10.50@10.60; heavk‘





ies $10.50@10.60; medium at $10.50@

10.60; light weights at $10.50@10.60;

one load at $10.75; pigs $9.75; pack-

ing‘sows and roughs $8.50.





Cattle.





Receipts 2,375. Best dry-fed strong.

Common grassers 15@25c lower; year—

lings ,up to $11; heifers $9@9.50; cows

$2@6.50; bulls $4@5.50.



Calves $13; culls $10.50 down.





Sheep and‘ Lambs. . A ._





Receipts 30,009. Best. lambs 113.50.





@14;' culls $11’dpwn;





good pastures in some .





Michigan is cred- .





.......... ... . . :.‘$45.00@85.00





the. ..meat ,, will». v





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Chicago 3691c; New York 380; Huston "

38 Kc ; , Philadelphia‘39c. , ,

In Detroit fresh; creamery sells at‘ .





360. ,



. Early apples are bringing

per bushel for the best stock-

ern cities. The fact .

smaller than last year is reflected in :

the fact. that carlot shipments thus

far have been aboutga. third smaller

than last year. . ‘





ONIONS





Yellow varieties of onions are bring:

ing $2.50@3 per 100. pounds in leading

markets. Carlot shipments of onions

in the last month. have been much

heavier than in the corresponding pe-

riod of last year.





GRAND RAPIDS





Early Michigan peaches, maturing

three weeks later than usual, took:

their place in the market this week as

the last of the raspberry crop was

sold at the highest prices of the sea.-

son. This has been a profitable year

for western Michigan raspberry grow-

ers. The crop yielded well and prices

held up through lack of competition

from peaches and plums. Last pick-

ings of sour cherries were sold» this

week and the cherry season, except

for black sweets, was a profitable one.

Many black sweets cracked or rotted

during the rainy season, J. P. Mun-

son, treasurer of the Michigan State

Horticultural Society; losing the fruit

on forty of his best trees. Shipping

of early apples got under way this

week. Prices as follows: Apples,

Duchess 800@$1 bu; .Astrachans and

Transparents $1.25@2 bu; dewberries

$1..75@2.25 per 16-qt. case; blueberries

$3@4 case; plums,-Red June and Bur-

bank, $2 case; blackberries $2.50 per;

case; cantaloupes $2@4.50 standard:

local Osages $5 bu; tomatoes 80c@$1

per 7-lb. basket; potatoes 65@80c per

bu; turnips, carrots and beets 75c bu;

sweet corn 35@50c dozen ears; let-

tuce, leaf $1@1.25 bu; head $1@1.75

bu; onions $1.30@1.5O bu; wax beans

$1@1.25 bu; celery 20@50c dozen;

cabbage, white 30@400 bu; red $1@;'

1.25 bu; celery cabbage $1@1.20 per



-dozen; cucumbers 50c@$1 dozen.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Sweet corn and string beans have

been in good demand, with corn sell-r

ing up to 45c a dozen, and good beans

bringing up to $2 per bushel. Prices

on tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers

are declining. Cabbage and greens

are in slow demand. There was a fair

call for apples, while potatoes sold

readily at $1.25 per bushel. Broilers.

are cleaning up quickly at 33@35c a.

pound. Eggs wholesale at 35c per

dozen, and retail at 40@450.





CHEESE





Trading in the cheese market has

slowed down but prices are unchang-

ed. Buying is largely in small amounts

for consumptive needs. Quality has

showu some results of unfavorable





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2622.50

east,





weather, but, on the whole, is above, ‘





the average for August. Holdings of

cheese in storage at the, beginning of

the month were 10,000,000 pounds

alrger than a year ago, at which time

they also were above normal.





POTATOES





Carlot shipments of potatoes in the

last few days have been the lightest

in several weeks and prices are firm

to stronger with easternstock show-

ing a moderate advance. Kansas and

Missouri Irish Cobblers are quoted at

$1.35@1.55 per 100 pounds sacked on

the Chicago carlot market. I Minnesota

Early Ohios are bringing around-$1.35

for the best grades. This is between

seasons in potato marketing as the in-

termediate crop has mostly been sold

and late potatoes do not begin to

move freely until September. ‘





LIVE STOCK SALES.





October 24——Complete dispersal sale.

Spring Valley Stock Farms,;Elisha'

Bailey & Son, Pittsford, Mich.





The Dairymen’s League of ‘New'.

York state announces an advance in

the base price of three per cent grade

B milk to $2.60 per cwt. At the same

$111519?) class '2 milk, was advancedto



Professor Starr, Michigan’s leading

vegetable specialist, has set about tot

develop a '1canningT-ttomato-~‘-in7which .



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'HiLE asphalt roofing shingles

are common enough now, few





{persons know that they originated in





Michigan, 23 years ago.

The son of a roofing contractor at





‘ Grand Rapids had an idea in 1901 that





prepared sheet roofing could be cut up

into pieces and made to- resemble

His father scoffed at the

idea, but one day during the father’s

absence, the boy tnled it out. His dad

gave him fits when he discovered that

some of the sheet roofing had been cut

up, but he finality allowed the boy to

cut up the waste ends of the prepared

roofing into shingles. We’ve had com~

pom shingle roofs ever since, for

m Ida. traveled like wildfire. Per-

haps this is just one of. the many

that: that the world owes to Mich-

igm gains, but we’ re glad that the

idea originated here.-—Meckel.





Gunner Tax-es MUCH omen

' FRUIT. '





 





 





{PORTS of dried and evaporated

fruits reached their peak in the

fiscal year ending June 30, according

to the Department of Commerce. in

1913. we exported a little over 229, 000;

000 pounds, which was a slightly

larger amount than in the year end-

ing in June, 1923. The increase, which

was 50 per cent, during the past year

was caused by the revived buying by

Germany, and,» probably represents an

attempt on the part of that country to

replenish its stock of dried fruits,

which the Germans formerly consumed

in very large quantities.





 





GOVERNMENT SHIPPING BUSI-

NESS. ‘





ORE than 275 vessels are oper- .





ated by the government under

the direction 'of the United States

Shipping Board, according to Chairman

O’Connor of the board. The deficit in

operation at present is approximately

$30,000,00 per annum, and the gross

operating volume is $150,000,000, but

the operating deficit cannot ’:be consid-

ered to be a loss, as asserted by some,

when it is remembered that but for

this expenditure the American export-

er, importer, producer and consumer

would be taxed many times that sum

in inevitably increased rates should

the American flag ships be withdrawn

from over-seas trade.



The shipping board operates no ves-

sels in the coastwise trade or in for—

eign trade in competition with private-

ly owned vessels.





 





.FO'O D EXPORTS.





D IURING the two fiscal years from

June 30, 1922, to June 30, 1924,

the value of the exports of the prin-

cipal food products averaged $849,500,-

000 a year, compared with a. yearly av-

erage of about $500,000,000 during the

pre-war period of 1910 to 1914.



These figures from the department

of commerce seem to refute very

forcefully the oft repeated claims that

the United States, became of its neg-

lect of foreign political affairs, has

lost or is losing its foreign market

for farm products. it is confidently

expected that with the German repar-

ations question settled there will be an

increasing demand for our products.





WOOL GROWERS GET REFUND.





HE wool growers in this country



‘liave to date received refunds ag-

gregating $444,574.93 from the excess

profits collected by the department of

agricui‘ture from dealers who handled

the 1918 wool clip under government

regulations which fixed the price of

wool and limited the profits.





It has been found that excess prof-'





its aggregating $1,484,207 were made

by dealers-on the._‘1918 season wool

Of this amount. $748329





 





 





. i Q. ‘ i

‘ practically an equal amount ,'





 





from fifty-eight dealers Many of

these are. still resistlxx payment,

making necessary suits in the federal

courts. All cases thus far completed

have been decided in favor of the gov-

ernment. Some $200,000 of the money

collected will remain undistributable

thrOugh the impossibility of locating

the growers. This will be retained by

the government.





COUNTY CROP» REPORTS.





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gonad

oneoonnddnolygrmdbone or‘flsone.





flour, ” give a. tablespoonfu‘l, and m

fills of powdered Wood

charcoal in ground feed twice a day.





Carmen—J have a dog eighteen





months old, troubled with sore ears





and eyes. His ears are itchy. W. 1.,





Bart, Mich.-—.A.ppiy hydrogen peroxide

to cars twice a day, ten minutes later





apply finely powdered boric acid to

ears and eyes.



Shy Broaden—Have you ever heard

of a. cow having a vaginal discharge

after being served? Two years ago

our veterinary dilated opening leading

into womb, then used an impregnator





Mb“ 0°» .Aug 11- —Lima bean,on her, she got with calf. H. S. S.,





"prospect is pow. Corn looks good,





but is late. Potatoes are fine, apples

fair Labor is plentiful. Eggs 28c;

butter 35o; cherries bring 4%c pound;

applelis‘uB $1. 50; potatoes $1.10 a bushel.



LuoeBGosAug.11.——Corn is poor

and backward, potatoes fair but about

ten days late. Sixty .per cent last

fr-uiit or.op Oats and hay are heavy

crops; rye good. Labor is plentiful.

Diseases are light and there are no

grasshoppers—E. C.



Osceola 00., Aug. 13. ——All crops are





‘ fine, hay 100 per cent crop .and nearly





done: Wheat and rye promise a nine

ty per cent crop. Pasture and live

stock doing well. Labor is more

plentiful. Beans and potatoes very

good. Eggs 28c; .dairy butter 42c;

potatoes $1.50; cherries $2.25; hens

16@18c; broilers 26c; cattle 4@6c.





——A. H.

HlEl-‘lzodalc 09., Aug. 13.——Wheat is





very good; corn poor .and late. There :

are not many beans raised here. Po- ‘





tatoes and oats very good. Fruit is

just fair. Eggs bring 25c; butter

.350; broilers 18@200; hens 20c; wheat

is yielding fifteen to thirty bushels

per acre, none sold yet. \Vool selling

at 35@40c per pound; hogs 8@9c;

cattle 3@7c; alfalfa hay is very good,

but clovér and mixed hay only fair.

Pastures are fine. ———W. W. M.



Calhoun 60., Aug. 12.—Few beans

were planted here this year. Potatoes

are an average crop. Fruit generally

is light. No day help available at any

price. Wheat is yielding about twenty

bushels per acre and is selling at

$1.20. Potatoes 70c bu; eggs 30c; but-

ter 40c; wool 37c; hogs .$8.50.—I. H.





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through thiacolumn in given free to our subscrib-



Letters should note fully the history and symptom: of



each can: and give. name and address of the writer. Initials



only the published. When a reply by mail is requeltcd the

mice becomes private :praciicc and 31 must be enclosed.





 





 





 





Cow Sucks Herself—How can I we

vent one of my cows from sucking her~

self? W. U., East Jordan, Mich. Either

by stabling and confined her in stanch-

ion or tied in such a manner as to pre-

vent her reaching the teat, or by plac-

ing ring in nose, with other rings at-

tached, or by placing halter, also sur-

cingle on her, then fasten one end of

broom stick to halter the other end

to ring in surcingle and let her wear

it constantly. There are other me-

chanical appliances made to correct

this vice in cows. When once the habit

is formed cows seem to keep it up.





Easy Milken—Have 4-year-old cow

that is a very easy milker, milk drips

from one teat between milking time

J. B., Goshen, Ind. Why don’ t you

milk her three times day? In some

cases applying flexible collodion to end

of teat after each milking is effective.

When teat plug is used you are likely

to infect the udder and destroy this

quarter.





Abortion—When a cow drops her

calf at seven months, cleans prompt-

ly, is it necessary to give her any

medicine to put her in condition for

breeding again? A. R., Holland, Mich.

—When a cow cleans promptly after

calving, and if the entire placenta

comes away, she seldom has much

vaginal discharge, therefore it is un-

necessary to give her medicine or

flush vagina. Breed her right away.





Contagious Abortion—I had a cou-

ple of cows which did not carry their

calves the full time. One was a heifer

which only carried her calf for four

months. Is this a case of abortion?

J. A. N., Climax, Mich.—Doubtless you

have infectiousabortion in your herd.

Have your veterinarian use vaccine

on your cows, :if not breed them again,

but clean and disinfect your cow barn.



‘Pica.—-Lvery one of our cows are

inclined to eat wood, some of them

had the habit last winter. The cows

are now fed on hue clover grass, also

have some old timothy hay. They do

not seem to like clover, but where

other grasses grow" they eat it off

close to the m 9.11, Elkton,

Mich —Mix a quarter pound of car-

boasts of iron, quarter pound of pow-





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Waldron, Mich. ——VV.hy don’t you have

your veterinarian use the impregnator

on her again?



Rheumatism.——We have a cow that

is stiffened, but has good appetite,has

been tuberculin tested, failed to react.

A. :B., Emmett, Mich—Change her

f-eed, keep the bowels open, give one

dram of potassium iodide at a dose

twice daily for ten days. Give her a

teaspoonful of air-slaked lime in feed

or in drinking water twice a. day.





Top Prices for Eggs





We pay highest market price for both rant-y white

and brown graded eggs. l'rompt remittance guar-

anteed Write for stencils or shipping tugs.





Trystate Egg Company, Inc.,





23 Jay Street. New York City. New York.





 





 





Silver Lake





'Send N0 M‘Dney £913.... We ship a.





0. I). 100% live chicks. Dostpnid. from pure- bred.

heavy laying stock. White & Brown Lesborns. 8c;

Barred Rocks & Reds, 100; White & Bui‘l‘ Rooks.





Buff 0rps., White Wyandottcs, 10c; mixed chicks. 7c.





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





 





 





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 





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'At your dealer's today—

you can carefully examine

it before buying—also other





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REMEMBER, you are trad-

ing with our local re-

hponoiblc amen dealer

who guarantees and stands

baokoi mm. harness. No '

freight or express to pay.

~9nly‘thc finest heavy leath-

cr. highest grade work-l

mambip and boat hard-

ware ever goe- irrm Ever-

wear harness.



Thousands of farmers have been using Ever-

wear harness for a long time—they know its

quality and have proven it pays to buy Everwear

brand. Your dealer has Evorwear harneu and

collars—or can get them for you.





Mclniyre-Burrall Cs.





Green Bay, Wis.

Look for this trade mark on the harness





SEED WHEAT





If you gave up growing wheat and want to start

again; or if you wont to change your seed. don‘t. fall

to send for particulars and~

A FREE SAMPLE



of the Mlchikoi’f Wheat. Originated in Indiana. 3

to 10 bu. more per acre. So to 10c more per bushel

at mills.



Everitt’s Seed Store.





 





 





 





Desk 72, Indianapolis, Ind.





 





 





 





 





 





tising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.

display type or illustrations admitted.





Q‘Mlnlmum charge. IO words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

Poultry advertising will be run in this department

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



Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions:

(‘ount as a word each abbreviation, initial or number. No

Remittanres must au-ompany order.



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





Try it for want ads and for adver-





for four or more





 





 





Rates in Effect October 7, 1922





 





Four Four

time- time:

82.40 86.14

2.64 6.68

2.88 6.72

3.12 6.90

3.36 7.20

3.60 1. M

3.84 7.68

4.09 7.92

4.32 a. 16

4.56 6.40

4.80 8:“

5.04 8.88

5. 28 9.12

5.52 9.36

5. 76 9. 80

6. 00 9.84





 





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peeia otice diuvntinuann 0rd":



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tendtd for the Clam'fied Deparrmmt mull reach Ihi: aft: in:

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MISCELLANEOUS





CORN HARVESTER cuts and piles on harvester or

windrcws. . Man and horse cuts and shocks equal

(‘orn Binder. Sold in every state. Only $25 with

bundle tying attachment. Testimonials and catalog

FRI-1E showing picture of Harvester. l‘roress liar-

voster co. Salinu, Kansas.





 





 





FOR SALE— Dick’s S— 31 Bllzmrd Silo l‘lllil' in good

rondition, mounted on tnuks. Will work on 30 ft.

8110. has distributor pipe for inside. $125 00 (-nsll,

no trade. S. I). Stover. Route 2. Grand Rapids,

Mich.





 





FOB SALE—Complete Tractor outfit. 8»lli Interna—

tional Tractor Type I), 13—inch l-Znsilnge (‘utvor with

42- it. blower pipe, 14- imh two-bottom l’xO plow. 50

-ft. 0- in. belt and bun. saw. Write Joseph Alflin.

Mollne, ‘lli'll.





 





\VIIIRLWIND SILO FILLER 1“ size, factory rc—

built. You will appreciate the value when you soc

this nllli'llllli‘. The 1\lc(‘lurc i‘ompany, Saginaw,

Michigan.





 





BIG MONEY selling new household (-loancr. Washes

and dries windows. Sweeps, scrubs. mops. Complete

outfit loss than brooms. Ovvr 100% profit. Harper

Brush Works, 173 3rd St. FlLll‘fll‘ld, Iowa.





ALL MEN. women. boys. girls. 11 to (:5. willing to

accept Government Positions, $117~$250, traveling or

stationary. write Mr. Ozment. 107. St. Louis. 310..

llnlllk‘illilll‘ll'.





TRY BIGFORD’S Maple Syrup limitation.) You'll

be delighted with its excellent quality. l'ril-e $1.00

per gallon. S. L. Bigford. 2022 Lona SL, Flint. Mil-h.





PEDIGREED RED ROCK WHEAT. Write C. D.





h‘lnkbeiner, Clinton, Mich.





 





 





REAL ESTATE





MICHIGAN FARM Only $1.000. 40 Acres, Horse,

Cow, (from. Tools. calf, poultry, hogs, implements;

good schools. stores. churdics; markets; rich loamy

tillage for com. rye. potatoes. beans. ph-klcs. eun;

15-11(11) woodlot, wire-fenced. variety choice fruit:

roomy new house. barn. poultry. hog and smoke

houses. If settled immediame all for $1 1000. Easy

terms. Details page 33. Big Illus. Bargain Catalog

money—making farms. (‘opy free. Strout Farm

Agency, 2058C Kresge Bldg, Detroit. Mich.





FARM FOB SALE—120 acres. '15 acres improved.

Buildings. orchard. stork. tools. crops. price $2. 500.

(hob if interested. Write Box 96. Michigan Farmer.





stuc-





mam TIA-RM Tor one. mitotic-Ii

rides to settle estate

Road to Lansing.





mm

iles from Detroit. Main

Apply 5530: 1210 Michigan Farmer.





 





“ANTED—To hear from owner liming a Michigan

Iurm lor sale. Warren Mcliae. Logansport, Ind.





 





 





TOBACCO





IIOMESI'UN TOBACCO.

$3.00. Smoking 5 lbs:





 





Chewing 5 lbs. $1.75; Ten

$1.25; Ten $21.00. Pay when





 





 





 





received, pipe and recipe free. Farmers Un'



l’aducah. Kentucky. "m.

PET STOCK



FERRETS. I specialize in raising lei-rots. Thirty -





years experieme. August prites females $2. 75 males

$2.25. One dozen 394 00 Yearling females spmlal

rut catchers $5 00 4-.-.1<l1 \Vill ship ('. O. D. Instruc-

tion book tree. Loii Fnrusworth, New London Ohio.





GIG RUAN SHL‘ PHI-1RD ~Aimdalcs, (‘ollie



s Old En -

lish Shepherd dogs, puppies. 10c Illustrated instrug—

tiyc list. W. R. Watson. 80x33 Malon. Mo.





HUNDRED Hunting Hounds (heap.





Bot-k w 20 11mm. lll. Trm' catalogue"





SILVER FOX at Iarmcrs' l- -

0'. Pontiac. Mil-ll. W (as. W. H. Wilbur. R.





FULL BLOOD scotch rollio pups,





Robert Stewart, Britten. Mich. $10 und ”.31





 





BABY CHICKS

l’URl-‘- BRIE D (‘ Hli KS —-r(.-:du< 0d Dl'll es Barred Ranks





White Wyandottes Reds Bufl’ 0min



gtons. Light

Brahmas 100 $10: 50, $5 50. Postpaid. 100% deliv-

u-v. Memblr International Chll'k Ass'n. Earlvllle





Hatchery, l-Jarlvlllv, Illinois.





 





QUALITY ("HIi‘KS-Al’nslnaid, 100. Leghorns. Anvon—





as, Largo Assorted, $8. lion-ks, lit-(is $0. 0 111 ~

tons. “random-s, $10. It. Brahmas. $15. Asstoiitoizi

bi). snafu“ I-‘rcc. Missouri Poultry Farms. ’(‘ olum«

a. g o.





 





 





POULTRY





4:0 Two-Pound S. U. “Ad pullets at 150 - '

lots of un or more. Granddaughter: and88'(gi}t>.altr—l

granddaughters or 200 egg lu-ns. We are offering for

sale our pen at the laying (cutest; a matter of spe-

cial r-orrespondeme. Also litur ot Airedale puppies

eligible A. K (‘ Dunning's Rcd I'arm, Dalton. Mich:





JE {SICY BLACK GIANTS Yearlin reed



g h in

and unrelated \iaomus \oungsters vour (beige Sigok

$10.00.‘ Special prices on quantities. Beuoy Aluml:

1113:; silauégn s<}ts,3.001111f-grmvn Collies. $5. 00

1 H“ 1 no yearling re ist

J. G. llicbert, Middleton, Mich. g cred male $15





LOTUS FARM ANCONAS.

and egg strain.

$3. 00 each





The combined exhibition.

Vigorous Man h hatched Coders-ls.

Walter Kraus, R. 1, Monroe. Mich.





FOR SALE—- Tom Barron White Leghorn: nd 38b

ards, Amonas. puilets at l a ep~

Holland, Mich.. R 1. ow prices. H. Knoll. 112.





FOR SALE——Roso (‘omb Brown I eghorn k 1

$1.00 car-b. A limited suppl A coo are 3,

Claudia Belts, liillsdalc mm" order soon M”





 





 





FOR SALE—~S. (‘. Buff L

Webster, Bath \Ii(.'.h eghorn cockcrels. Willard





HELP WANTED





5:31“ {£28275le STEADYA “311K on firm at once.

o mi per mo . Ho 1m 104 Marorl

St.. Battle Creek. Mich. Bell ’Phonees' 4133-J. 1‘ a





TRY a Michigan Farmer

Classified Liner. They‘

bring results.
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More wheat,m0r e hay,

‘ from the same

application '





NCREASED yield and improved



quality of wheat through the

use of fertilizer pay a good profit

and, as a rule, the better clover

catch and the larger yield of hay

followingfertilizedwheatmorethan

pay the fertilizer bill.





Missouri records show a yield of

2550 pounds of hay from a field re-

ceiving a fertilizer and lime where-

as an identical field unfertilized

produced but 700 pounds, half of

which was weeds.





Fertilizer increased the hay crop

on an Iowa field by 1420 pounds

per acre.





A yield of 5800 pounds of hay was

produced on a West Virginia field

with fertilizer and lime—an un-

fertilized field producing but 100

pounds per acre.





An Indiana County Agent re-

ports that two tons of fertilizer on

a 20-acre field showed an increase

of 200 bushels of wheat and 10 tons

of clover hay. The increased yield

of Wheat paid a good profit and the

increased yield of hay more than

paid for the fertilizer.





“It. Pays to Use Them”





For a good clover catch and extra

profit from an increased yield of

better quality wheat, use a liberal





 





application of Swift’s Red Steer

Fertilizers.





For over 50 years, Swift 85 Com-

pany has maintained a reputation

for making each Swift product the

best of its kind. This reputation

stands back of every bag of Swift’s

Red Steer Fertilizers.





Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers for

wheat are made from the highest

grade and most productive sources

of plant food, properly processed

and combined to make the farmer

the biggest yields, the best quality

crops and the most net profit.





Look for the Red Steer on the

bag—it is your guarantee of high-

est possible quality.





At your service





The ASA. (Authorized Swift

Agent) in your community can tell





you what analysis and how much ‘





Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizer you

need to produce more wheat, and a

goOd clover catch.





‘ He can help you in many other

ways if you will discuss your farm-

ing problems with him. l—Ie is in-

terested in your success. He is

pledged to give you service. Call

on him. You will find it worth your

while. If you do not locate him

readily, write us.





Swift 8: Company

Fertilizer Works, Dept. 48





Hammond, Ind. '





 





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A. S. A. says:





Our Agricultural College and Experiment

Station have 'made definite recommenda-

tions as to the best analyses of fertilizer to

use. The Michigan Agricultural Experi-

ment Station recommends these analyses

for wheat and rye: ‘





Sand, light sandy loams, heavy sandy

loams, silt loams and clay loams—With no

mixed meadow, manure or green manure in

rotation, 2-16-2 or 2-12-2; with mixed mea-

dow, clover, alfalfa, or soy beans, or manure,

in rotation, acid phosphate.





Muck soil—0-12-12 or muriate of potash.





Swift 8:. Company is co-operating with the

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station



. and heartily endorses these recommenda-

tions, and is giving the farmer full plant food

valuebysellingsuchanalyses.





You are invited to call

and discuss your fertilizer

needs. Let us tell you how

others are making a good

profit by a liberal use of

SW t’sRed Steer Fertihzers.‘





 

 





 

 

 





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