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Teachers in MiChigan’s primary schools are being supported, to 5



large degree, by taxes paid by the state’s steam Railroads. In many



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balance which laws have established between Railroad receipts





and expenditures.





This balance can be preserved with ’a steady and continued

improvement in Railroad service, as the past two years. have





amply proved.





To destroy this balance by increasing Railroad taxes, or by impos‘

ing any additional burden on your carriers, would be a calamity

for the Railroads and a severe blow at Michigan prosperity.





All we ask is a fair chance to keep on making good for you.





Write us freely about any phase of this matter that interests you.





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soc Railway Exchange 314... Detroit, Michigan (10-27)





MR. J. G. WELLS, Jr dairyspe—

tural College in the Upper Peninsula,

has reported on the results of cow

testing work in the district during





June. ltappears from this recordithat





the Guernsey herd on the Bay Clifls

Farm, Big Bay, Marquette county,

took most of the individual honors.

Twelve cows of this herd yielded

1,164. 2 pounds of milk and 54. 2 pounds

of butter-fat during the month. These

cows. were milked four times each





’day; Cows of this herd led in the ma.-





ture, the th’ree-year-old and the two-





,year—old classes. The butter-fat product





of these cows was respectively seven-

ty—tlve, seventy-one and fifty-nine





-_ pounds. A grade Holstein cow of the

Gogebic Association led in the four-





year-old class. _Her output Was 1,608

pounds of milk and 69.1 pounds of fat.

The leading milk producer was a

pure—bred Holstein from the same

county which produced 2,286 pounds

of milk and 68.6 pounds of fat.





AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

IN UPPER PENINSULA.





 





RECENT visitor to the western

side of Mackinaw county dilates

on the progress shown there during

the past ten years. Ten years ago»

this was a barren cut-over region with





:little to exhibit save stumps and





slashings. It was reached by execra—

ble roads. Today the area is a pro-

gressive, well-developed agricultural

community, with admirable macadam

highways——it lies adjacent to trunk-

line No. 12—with an auto on' most

every farm, every house a telephone,

good schools, and whatever else sym-

bolizes a wide-awake, up-to-date Mich—

igan farming community. At Rexton

there has recently been completed a





‘modern, consolidated rural school,





such as is becoming more and more

characteristic of progressive farming

communities in ,both peninsulas.





Farther west along the same highway





in Schoolcraft county, there has re-

cently been completed another consol-

idated rural school that would do cred-





‘it to any small city in Michigan, al-





though it is right out in the country

with no house near. There are real

farms and real farmers in this section

of the state, and the appearance of

the countryside shows what work and

brains applied to the soil can do.





FROM HERE AND THERE.





 





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SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 27th—-

Exposltlon opens at Fair Grounds College

Students' Contest in Judging Dairy Cattle. Fae

tory Machinery and Supply Exhibit opens,

Milwaukee Auditorium, 10 A. M.





MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 29th—

(‘olloge Students‘ Contest in Judging Dairy

Products. Boys' and Girls‘ Contest in Judging

Dairy Cattle. Grade Cow Judging. American

Dairy Science Assn. Meeting. National Farmen'

Cattle Judging Content.



TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30th——

Guernsey Cattle Judging Fair Grounds. Grade

Cow Sale begins. National Creamerymen's

Conference. American Dairy Science Assn.





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DAIL Y PROGRAM OF EVENTS





WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER lit—-

Holstein Cattle Judging, Fair Grounds. Amer-

ican airy Federation Meeting. National

Dairy armers’ Conference. Illinois Day. Mll-

waukee Day.





THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2nd—

Jersey Cattle Judging. Fair Grounds Michigan

Day. Minnesota Day Wisconsin Day.





FRIDAY. OCTOBER 3rd—



Ayrshire and Brown Swiss Cattle Judging be-

gins at Fair Grounds. Judging Boys' and

Girls' Club Calves.





SATU R DAY. OCTOBER 4th—

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Reduced Railroad Rates from Everywhere





NationaI Dairy Exposition

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In the tuberculosis campaign in Ot-

tawa county, 34, 446 head of cattle

were tested, of which 2,883 were 1e-

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When Remus dairymen completed

the organization of their cow testing

associationlast week, there were in

Michigan just one hundred of these

progressive organizations.





 





Thirty Ionia farms are being visited

these past two weeks by poultry cull-

ing specialists.





 





Cleaning up dairy herds is one of

the best methods of advertising dairy

products to a discriminating public.





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AWRENCE MORGAN says that he



likes roosters the best of all farm

animals. When the calves and the

cows make noise they are always hun-

gry or thirsty or want to get out of

or into something. When the dog

barks there is apt to be trouble some-

where. But when the good old rooster

crows it means that he is full of 10y

and happiness and feeling so seed he

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“ From Inventor to Farmer





Former Associate of Ea'zscm ’Attazm‘ Hzgfl Degree of Success “at Far722272g 277 Mzefizgan

By J. F. Cox and H. C. Rather





E are all interested in farmers



who are unusually successful



and in the methods which they

have employed in solving their pro-

duction and marketing problems.

Ralph Arbogast, of Branch county,

during his fourteen years of farming,

has furnished much of interest and

inspiration to farmers who have met

with him or visited his farm.

'. Eight years ago I went to Branch

county to look over certified Rosen

rye, grown by Mr. Arbogast and other

Branch county farmers. When in the

neighborhood ‘of Union City it was

necessary to inquire as to where the

“Arbogast farm” was located. No one

seemed to know, but after a time one





grown.

nized as essential crops in building up

and maintaining the fertility of the

land. Mr. Arbogast considered the

mastery of these crops as of prime

importance. At first they did not do

well. It was necessary to marl the

land to correct acidity and to use two

or three hundred pounds of acid phos-

phateu per acre, with these and all

‘ grain crops in order to get the alfalfa

and clover to come in strong. One

field, a light one across the railroad,

paid not a cent of return until Mr.





Arbogast secured a good stand of al-





neighbor stated, “Oh, I guess he is the '





new fellow on the “Bostwick farm!”

The name “Bostwick farm was well

known and the Arbogasts kept the

name. Recently I again visited Branch

county, and coming in from another

way asked where the Bostwick farm

was located. This time the local

farmer scratched his head and said,

“Oh, I guess you mean the Arbogast

farm.” Ralph Arbogast’s personality

and performance have obliterated the

old landmark.



During my early visit I noticed that

the rye was rather thin. After eight

years, on the same land, wheat stands

thick and will run thirty-five or forty

bushels. Apparently a good farmer

has a hold of the land.



Mr; Arbogast did not begin as a

farmer, in fact, when he first came to

the Bostwick farm there were those

in the neighborhood who said that he

did not know which end of the cow

gave milk. For twelve years of his

life he was an inventor, working with





that driving leader, Thomas A. Edi-





son, on his famous battery, phono-

graph records, and other inventions.

Year after year of the confining work

of the Edison laboratories made it nec-

essary for Mr. Arbogast to change his

occupation. When he left the Edison

laboratories, Mr. Edison stated,

“Ralph, if you work as hard as a farm-

er as you have with me, you will make

a. great farmer just as you have been

a. good inventor.”



The application of hard work and

brains have more than fulfilled Mr.

Edison’s prophecy, and the Arbogast

farm stands today as one of the most

efficiently handled in Michigan. It

was one of the first farms in the

neighborhood on which alfalfa was





Alfalfa and clover are recog-





ers making the trip to the Arbogast

farm for their seed oats and seed

wheat. In the early days when rye

brought a premium, certified Rosen

was a leading crop. Today certified

Red Rock wheat, the new Michigan

No. 1, (a beardless, Red Rock wheat),

and certified Wolverine oats, M. A. C.

pedigreed varieties, are the leaders on

the Bostwick farm.



A special threshér is owned 011 the

farm to prevent the mixing of grains

by using the traveling thresher, and

special seed cleaning and seed handl-

ling equipment has been added. This





 





 





 





On the Arbogast Farm the Manure is Dumped Directly into the Spreaders

The Last Six or Eight Inches is Filled with Marl from a Pile Nearby.





falfa on the land. Since then it has

yielded four tons of hay annually to

the acre. The use of marl or lime-

stone, acid phosphate, the return of

manure, and the successful growing

of alfalfa and clover are considered

essentials in fertility maintenance and

improvement on the Bostwick farm.

This is the basic platform on which

Mr. Arbogast has built his-successful

farming system.





From the first, Ralph Arbogast has

been a believer in good seed. He early

joined the Michigan Crop Improve-

ment Association, of which he is now

a. director.

of the parent seed farms of the state

and not only local farmers get their

seed from Mr. Arbogast, but they

come from afar—many Indiana farm-





This farm has become one





year a seed corn drying—house goes up.



The Bostwick farm Guernsey herd

is known as one of the best handled

in Michigan. The ration fed is almost

entirely home-raised. With plenty of

alfalfa, corn silage, oats and other

grain feed to draw on, Mr. Arbogast

prepares his own carefully balanced

feed rations



In the early days of Mr. Arbogast’s

farming, a few interested neighbors

found much to amuse them in his

methods. Recently some of them had

another spasm when he built a large

poultry house and equipped it with

electric lights. They switch on at five

o’clock in the morning on winter

mornings and, according to Mr. Arbo-

gast’s figures, increase his egg output

by twenty per cent. Those who laugh-





ed at this new venture will undoubt-

edly be pleased to know that the en-

tire poultry plant was paid for in six

months’ time. The eggs are carefully

graded and candied and put up in a

distinctive way for shipment to a me

ferred market. The Arbogast program

calls for the following:



1. The most effective and cheapest

methods of production of crop and

live stock products of highest quality.



2. The sale of these products on the

best markets and in the most advan-

tageous manner. '



Mr. Arbogast backs his choice of

the crop and live stock products,

which he produced, on a careful study

of market conditions. Successful

Michigan farmers born on the soil

know that it takes brains, skill, en-

ergy and courage to successfully han-

dle a 260-acre farm. They know that

it is very unusual for a man not born

and trained on a farm to become a

master farmer. Ralph Arbogast has

been received with an unusually

hearty welcome into this group of

highly skilled men because he has of!-

set the handicap of an early lack of

farming knowledge and has made him-

self a skilled farmer by hard work and

intelligence.



As you know, in articles dealing

with the reasons for the success of

men of achievement, very often little

is said of some of the most important.

Those who know the Arbogast family

recognize Mrs. Arbogast as a full part-

ner in all activities—and then there

is thirteen—year-old Jimmy who helps

with the milking, and little Jack Ar-

bogast who drives in the cows. Such

helpers are the incentives which ac-

count for much of the success on

most Michigan farms.



The Arbogasts love their farm with

the View across Wide acres, with clean

well-handled crops on the land. They

get enjoyment from their fine herd of

Guernseys and splendid flock of poul~

try and their constant improvement.



The one who visits them is soon.

convinced, however, that it is their

farm home which is to them the cent-

er of attraction. As one would expect

of an ex-inventor, both house and ham

are equipped with the best of labor-

saving devices properly placed for effi-

cient service. These and the excel«

lent radio which is much in use, are

bought from the proceeds of good

farming and marketing methods and

are available to all Michigan farmers.





Q’Thcrc s GOod Money In Poor Potatoes





But Not lVflefi T fiey are Sézppea’ to Manéet

By H. L. Barnum





N Michigan, according to govern-

ment- market statistics, only a

month elapses between the end of

one potato shipping season and the

beginning of another, or from July 15

to August 15. So another shipping

season is here. Will it bring good re‘

turns to Michigan growers, or will

they again see the‘results of a sum-

mer’ s efforts given away for less than

the value of the time and money in-

vested in the crop?

{the answer to this question rests





 





very largely with the potato grower

himself.





Last season, according to compiled

records in the office of the chief in-

spe‘ctor for potatoes, bureau of foods

and standards, state department of

agriculture, potatoes in this state,

which had been graded and sacked

and fully prepared for shipment, were

found to be under the established





grade requirements to the extent of

9.4 per cent as an average for the

season. In a few particular cases the

under-grade tubers ran as high as

fifty per cent, and in many instances

twenty-five to thirty per cent had to

be removed to make the contents of

sacks tagged U. S. Grade No.1 meet





the minimum requirements for that





grade.





Buyers in the big consuming mar-

kets outside of Michigan, where our

carload shipments are sold, buy on the

basis of the generally accepted gov-

ernment grades. When a shipment ar-

rives which fails to meet the require-

ments of the specified grade, it is re-

jected, especially is this true in the

case of declining markets. The nec-





essary adjustments, or reductions, on

cars so rejected often represent -a.’

large part of all of the margin of " ,.



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VOLUME CLXI] NUMBER NINE





DETROIT, AUGUST 30, 1924

CURRENT COMMENT





T is a question of



Will Frost no small impért.



- _ Hld The thought that



0 comes unbidden



Off? whenever we look at

cold August days.





the corn crop these



The late spring and



the cool summer has placed the corn



crop about two jumps behind the cal—

endar.





 





 





According to all the laws of com-

pensation we have a warm late fall

coming, but nature’s laws do not al-

ways run strictly according to statute

and besides, it is not always easy to

tell just where the compensation be-

gins or ends. \Ve have not forgotten

the delightful weather of last fall.



The silo offers a very good form of

frost insurance,

this will be one of the years when it

will pay big dividends. Corn will be

corn this year, according to official

estimates, and well worth going to

considerable trouble to save. A high

percentage of Michigan farms already

have silos and will use them to ca-

pacity. Many more will no doubt see

them erected in time to save the prof-

its in the corn crop should the frost

fail to hold off.





VERY little While





Tenantry an alarmist will

No cry that because of

increased tenantry



Problem the farming popula-





tion is gradually be-

coming slaves to land owners. How-

ever, the facts are that farm tenantry

is not increasing as fast as the alarm-

ists would lead us to believe. Nor are

the evils of farm tenantry anything

compared with those of other coun-

tries, and there is little or no increase

in the size of land-holding or of ab-

sentee landlords. And, outside of the

south where croppers work the land,

less than five per cent of farm owners

rent out more than five farms. Fur-

thermore, a United States government

survey shows that eighty per cent of

the landlords live in the country

where their rented farms are located.

They live close enough to be respon-

sive to their tenants’ demands.





Investigations also show that farm

renting is often the way owner-farm-

ers get started. Sixty-three per cent

of the farm owuers in 1920 were ten-

ants during part of their career, with

an average being 8.9 years of tenantry

before farm ownership.



Tenantry, of course, adds to the



15'8hifting of farm population. The fig-

ures show that mortgage-free owners

stay on~ their farms an average of





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2.6 years...‘ Th is natural,» as the ten- ‘

ant is .making changes in an endeavor ..





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to' better himself. ..

Thirty-nine and three-tenths per





cent of the farms were farmed by ten- .





ants in 1920, while in1880, only 2516

per cent were in the hands o'f‘tenants,

not a big increase in forty years;

With the increased acreage farmed

by individuals becauSe of the use of

machinery, it'costsmore now to get

started in farming than it did forty

years ago. This is probably a greater

factor in the increase injthe percent-

age of tenants than. of the desire of

land owners to become larger holders

of land. There is too much grief and

not enough returns connected with

renting out farms as compared with

other investments, to make large hold—

ings attractive. Tenant farming will

never bring about a. peasantry in this

country, with its over-lords and other

accessories. Democracy, even with all

its faults, will never permit that. On

the contrary, the trend of thought is

that the farming population of this

country will have greater advantages

and better living than before, and will

become the envy of their city cousins.





NE of the great-





Shipping est hindrances to

Paint a satisfactory market-



. ing of many farm

Inspection products has been the





lack of uniformity in

the product to be marketed. Outside

of the grains, agricultural products

had no satisfactory standards to go

by. There were standards, it is true,

but personal opinion entered too much

into what these standards should be

and therefore great leeway was used

in their fulfillment.





Fruits were packed by all kinds of

men, from the one who would put a

stone in the bottom of a grape basket

and say, “there are tricks in all trades

but ours,” to the honest, conscientious

packer. And the honest packer usu-

ally suffered because of the “tricks in

the trade” the other fellow was using.



There was no standardization as

with manufactured products and the

purchaser of foodstuffs bought by

guess and by gosh. He often suffered

losses as well as the seller.





But times are changing and stand-

ardization is putting marketing of

farm products on a. certainty basis.

Another great step in the right direc-

tion is shipping point inspection. The

grape growers in this state realize

this, and in Missouri a prophesy has

been made that nothing in the past

fifteen years, or nothing in the coming

ten years will prove itself as helpful

in placing the production of the fruit

crops of that state upon an efficient,

profitable, business-like basis as ship-

ping point inspection.



It is by this method that the distant

buyer can buy fruit and vegetables

with assurance that the grade will be

right. Assurance or confidence is one

of the greatest lubricators of modern

business. Extensive commerce could

not exist without it. So let us have

more standardization, shipping point

inspection and other things which will

help in developing confidence in the

purchase of farm products.





OR many years we





Farming have been advis-

- ed, urged and per-

MUSt Be suaded to look upon



Both farming as a busi-





ness. Twenty years

ago it was the big idea

from the then popular farmers’ insti-

tute platform. But farming as a. bus-

iness has had little to recommend it

in very recent years and so makes

a rather difficult subject matter.





There are always a few' brave, loyal,

optimistic souls, however, who are

bound to find good in the worst of

things, and within the last year or so

they have been telling us that farm-





eminating.





as a. business, attracted enough people

to cause over-production often and

along many lines. And‘as a manner

or mode of life it should attract, not

only all who like country life, but all

those who would be better off out of

the, cities and towns, whether they

like it or not. ‘



Our nation, was much healthier,

physically, mentally and morally when

two-thirds of her people were scat-

tered out over the land, than she; is,

now with only one-third of her popu-

lation on farms. We are sorry that

all who need farming as a. mode of life

cannot be located out in the country,

but we would surely be sorrier if they

were, for, with present-day knowledge

and methods of production, the sur-

plus of agricultural products would

soon be so great as to preclude all

prospects of profits or of satisfying

employment.



The farmer is both capitalist and

laborer. The manner or mode of life

which seems so ideal in the country,

could hardly remain so for long if

that capital and labor were not both

gainfully employed.

country life is sure to quickly fade

away when the farm, from a business

standpoint, fails to pay, and laudable

as may be the"‘optimistic view that

strives to make the farm attractive

even when financial profits fail, the

fact remains that, in order to be sat-

isfactory the farm must have a pass-

ing standing both as a business and

as a mode of life.





HE tie that binds





The Tie sometimes makes

a heap of difference,



That especially when it

ENNIS comes to wool. The





other day a promi-

nent wool buyer came in to tell us

that the tie that many Michigan wool

growers were using was hurting the

sale of their wool. Many, he said, use

sisal or similar ties. Ravelings from

this often get into the Wool, and as

sisal does not take a. dye it lowers the

grade of the wool when found in it.



Often wool is overtied, as in the

case of one shipment which had twen-

ty and one—quarter pounds of twine to

a shipment of 727 pounds of wool. Of

course, if that twine can be bought for

thirty cents a pound, and sold with

the wool at forty-five cents, the grow-

er is making money on the twine. But

as the farmer is not in the twine bus-

iness, but is trying to get top prices

for his wool, it is a matter of good

judgment to use such twine as will

not, at least, lower the grade of the

wool. Wool growers’ associations and

buyers advocate the use of a paper

twine because it is light and does not

lint off.



Here is just another indication that

little things often make a big differ-

ence and that in order to get the most

out of farming it is necessary to get

down to the fine points. In this re-

spect farming is no diflerent than any

other business.





HERE are lots of





Selecting good wheat crops

S (.1 this year. Little trou-

ee ble will be experi-

Wheat enced in locating good





seed. Central ,Michi—

gan neighborhoods are reporting yields

of forty to fifty bushels per acre on

many farms. These high—yielding

fields are a good source of seed. They

indicate not only high yielding ability

under field conditions, but invariably

a high yield means a plump, healthy

seed. .

Many of the best crops of wheat

come from certified strains. It is well

to select seed from these proven vari-

eties wherever it can be done conven-

iently. It pleases the buyer if he can

fill his bins with wheat that is uni-





the boys and girls on the farm, it has,“





The charm of '





 





be as good a Wheat year, as this one

has been in some sections. Such‘wh‘eat

years do not chine often. The man,

therefore, who sows an excessive

acreage in anticipation of a bumper





crop is as apt to be disappointed as '





the man who last year failed to sow

any wheat at all because of the re-

ported surplus. A field of wheat grown

in rotation with cultivated crops and

clover is as much in. line with good

husbandry now as it ever has been,

and will, in all probability, long con-

tinue to be sound practice on Michi-

gan farms.





Sézddzn’



KIDDIN’ is movin’ along crooked



when you ought ta. be stoppin’ still.

Sometimes skiddin’ makes you turn

around and take a look at where

you come from. Sometimes you ac-

complish what you. call a successful

skid, but there’s times when skiddin’

makes a wreck 0’ you. Skiddin’ is

dangerous ’cause you lose control 0’

yourself.





There’s lots 0’ skiddin’ in a lifetime.

There ain’t'one 0’ us but sometimes

gets in danger by

not knowin' how

to drive through

life. Sometimes

the skiddin’ don’t

amount ta much,

except it gives a-

thrill, which

comes from flirt-

in’ with danger,

, but lots 0’ skids

causes wreckage what ain’t never been

covered' by insurance. The morals 0’

human bein’s is too great a risk fer

the insurance companies to take a.

chance on.





There’s some places where it’s eas-

ier 'ta skid than others. Where the

road 0’ life is good and sound and

firm, there ain’t much chance 0’ skid-

din.’ But you gotta be careful o’ loose

gravel and dirt; they ain’t solid foun-

dashuns ta travel, on. But the slip-

pery places in life is the ones which

is the worst. You gotta be careful

and go slow or you'll slip.





We’ve all gotta travel the roads 0’

life and they ain’t always smooth and

good. Sometimes we hit bumps be-

fore we know it and get ta slippery

places when we don’t expect ’em. But

you kin learn how ta take the bumps

and get over the slippery places if

you wanta.





 





 





 





 





Seems ta me like it’s best ta go

slow straight ahead. Don’t be afraid,

but be careful and then you won’t do

any dangerus skiddin’ if you should

wanta stop. It’s those what don’t

know how ta steer themselves what

go down inta the gutter.





I guess Sofie ,thinks if she didn’t set

on the back seat and tell me how to

steer I’d a been in the" gutter a long

time ago, and I guess it does help ta

have somebody help you once in a.

while. But I act skiddish sometimes

just ta scare Sofie. I don’t like this

gutter stuff ’cause it ain’t clean, and

I don’t like ta get. my feet wet and

dirty.



I’ve been just readin’ this over and.

I’m thinkin’ if'our preacher ain’t got

nothin’ ta talk about I’ll give him

this and he’ll talk about a. hour, which

ain’t a very interestin’ thing ta talk

about. Every time he talks about a.

hour I skid inta a sleep, and that is

every\time he talks.

or other I can hold the road then.





HY, SYCKLE.





 





We need more ‘men who do not fear

to break new. ground, to blaze new

trails, to lead the people on to a larg-

er and‘ more satisfactory progress—4

Arthur Gunner. , g ' ' '





We can hardly expect next year to l: '.





Fer some reason '





 





 

 





 





 





 





’ I‘~_,r_...._<.--





It“, ean
ERLAND HILL FARM is the

, home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles





Dicken. Not the noted English --





. author, they safi’just the well-known





Michigan" farmer. It is one of the

many high-class general farms for

which the county ofGratiot is so well

supplied.



, There-is a complete story to be told

about the farm itself, its crops, its live





' _ stock and the way"it is managed by





Mr. Dicken, but we must reserve this

for a future article as it will take all

of the space allotted here to tell of





i the homestead and the beautiful, Well-





kept garden that delights the world

as it rolls by on the trunk line out

in front. ,



For several years we have traveled

occasionally up and down this high-

way, and invariably the car slows

down (it seems an involuntary action)

when we near this. garden.

such marked contrast to the average

farm garden; there is never a weed

to be seen: it always looks fresh and





' green; early or late, wet or dry, there





is always something in bloom. Flow- 4





ers, shrubs, vegetables, annual and

perennial, always seem to be at their

best. Even through these late few

trying years, when so many farm

homes have taken on a neglected, de-

jected appearance, this garden and

home grounds have’ remained neat and





'clean and well groomed.





Naturally, we who love the beautiful

in the country but who know full well

the practical, wearisome, realities 0f

every-day farm life, have recently

been given over to mental speculation

as to who was responsible for all this





. beauty which meant so much loving





care. We thought perhaps it was the





, ,work of some dear old couple whose





love for the old farm had bound them

to it, and who had learned the secret

of growing old gracefully and living

out their declining years in happiness

and contentment. It would seem so

much better for old folks to retire and





Itisin-





T fie Mel's/and Hill Farm Garden Gives a T fin]! to Passerséy





By P. P. :Pope





keep fit this way than to move to the

'city and rust out.



When our admiration and curiosity

had- at last gotten the better of us

the car came to a full stop alongside

this garden. Our inquiries brought out

facts that disproved our surmises; for

once we had guessed wrong, and it

was refreshing indeed, to find that

those who were finding pleasure and

contentment in beautifying their sur-





roundings, were not old folks, but





distances and often, to see our garden

is because we planned it and did the

work ourselves. It is the personal ele-

ment that makes this garden of inter-

est above many finer ones in cities

and suburban places that are laid out

by architects and cared for by hired

gardeners. It has taken much study,

a very little money, and plenty of

work to create a succession of bloom

all the season through, but each year

we are succeeding better and from the





 





 





A Spot of Beauty in the Dicken’s Garden.





young folks in the early, active prime

of life. The little lady of the house

was trying, very skillfully, to persuade

a squad of young goslings detached

from the main flock of some sixty

head, that this beautiful garden was

no proper place for them. The way

she went aboutit made me think that

one would be a goose indeed, that did

not respond to such tactics.



Mrs. Dicken very graciously told us

about the garden and permitted us to

take some pictures of it. She says,

“the reason many people come long





time the tulips line the path with

bright colors in early spring, to the

Chrysanthemums that bloom back

against the hedge in late fall, we have

flowers. We get a great deal of satis-

faction and pleasure from our garden.”



Through the center of the garden

are two long, tall rows of grapes, rich

growing, properly pruned and trellised.

At either end there is a sod border,

perhaps ten feed wide, that is kept to

a smooth sward with lawn mower. To

the north of the grape vines all sorts

of vegetables grow luxuriantly in long





rews from end to end of the garden.

The section on the south side of the

grapes is devoted to flowers and

shrubbery. A hedge of Japanese bar-





berry surrounds it. There is a cement ‘





pool in the center where goldfish swim

lazily about. Perennial lillies and pe-

onies grow near the hedge, and late

chrysanthemum, iris and phlox have

their permanent spaces, while annuals

such as tulips, sweet Williams, poppies,

gladioli, zinnias and asters lend their

brilliant bloom in their own natural

season. Contributing no light touch

of interest and delight was a success-

ful-hatch of baby pheasants that dart-

ed about or dusted themselves fearl‘

lessly and contentedly among the

flowers.





At the rear of the house and garden

is the poultry yard where upwards of

five hundred young White Leghorns

are growing, vigorous and healthy,

among the trees of smaller fruits.

Cherries, peaches,

there are in abundance, and as a back-

ground to it all there are two or three

acres of apple orchard now of bearing

age, that because of the intelligent

care it receives, produces abundantly

of perfect fruit. Good fruit is not too

plentiful in this territory, so a direct

to consumer market is found for it at

the door.





Here is a farm that is supplying in

rather full measure the necessities,

the comforts and the delights that real

farm homes and country living are

capable of giving to those who will

take full advantage of their opportu-

nities. City homes have nothing on

this one‘for either beauty or conven-

ience or pleasurable surroundings, and

the cost has been mainly an interest-

ed, intelligent, joyous work of love.

Higher ideals of life, a greater appre-

ciation of the beautiful, and faith in

the permanence of satisfying country

life are all thatlis needed to make

attractive farm homes like this the

rule rather than the exception.





Filling the Prosperity Tanks

Some Inside and Outside Silo and Silage Facts

By Earle W. Gage





HE silo is the cheapest and most

efficient coarse fodder storage

building that can be erected on

the farm. A ton,of clover hay or corn,

field-cured and stored in the farm





\barn, requires at least 400 cubic feet





of space. The same quantity of corn

or clover would occupy but fifty cubic

feet of silo space.



The storage of fifty tons of clover

or corn made up as dry hay or corn

fodder, would require a barn 40x330x

16, costing not less than $1,200. The

same quantity of fodder made up as

silage could be stored in a silo 10x30,

costing not to exceed $300.



The silo has made possible the ex-

tensive use of plants that are not suf-

ficiently palatable in their natural

state to be of great value. The ensil-

age process, when practiced on sun-





; flowers, mustard, coarse sweet clover





acceptable ensilage.





and Russian thistle, makes palatable

Also, the silo

may be made to serve a useful pur-

pose by providing a medium through

which weed-infested crops may be

handled, by being utilized to save

grass, clover and grain crops in sea-

sons too wet for haymaklng or grain

ripening.



During the season of 1920 a very

large portion of the cut and stocked

grain crop of the Pacific Coast would





have been lost had it not been that





era had silos. Owing to con-





 





 





 





than the others.





veloping eight inches of matted green





top. In this condition the crop orig-

inally intended for grain was put into

the silo along with such green mate-

rial as was available at the time;

moisture and acid culture were added

in quantity sufficient to control the

fermentation processes. A good silage

resulted, the silo

having saved the

crop.



Successful sil-

age making de-

pends first of all

on fermentation

processes, which

are largely con-

trolled by the

amount of air

present in the

mass of fodder.

Silos built with

air-tight walls

will cut off the

air supply from

the outside and

reduce the losses

to a minimum.

Air-tight, hence

satisfactory silos, may be made of

wood, stone, brick, monolithic con-

crete blocks and tile.



Generally speaking, wooden silos

are cheaper to erect, but less durable

Wooden silos when





 





 





Two Sentinels





standing empty dry out. If before they

are filled they receive attention, and

the hoops are tight, they will keep

silage perfectly, for the wood will

swell sufficiently to make them air-

tight. Silos made of other materials,

if properly constructed, are always

air-tight.



Silage will keep

perfectly in a silo

of any kind which

is air-tight. On

the other hand,

spoilage always

results when air

enters the silo at

the sides or at

the bottom, and

often cause large

10 s 5 es , a few

small openings

will allow suffi-

cient air to enter

to spoil the whole

mass of ensiloed

material. The top

of the ensiloed

material will seal

itself through de«

cay of about a foot of material, less

when very green crops are used, and

more when more matured crops are

put in. Spoilage can be largely elim-

inated by cutting, thoroughly the last





of Prosperity.





fewloads of silage as they are cut up.





 





by covering the silage with a layer of.





finely cut wet straw.



Silos less than twenty feet deep do

not give the same high efficiency as

silos over thirty feet deep. Height is

required in order that the weight of

the mass may be sufficient to compact

the cut material and reduce the air

content to a degree not favorable to

extensive fermentation. The deeper

the silo of any given capacity, the

smaller the cross or top surface ex-

posure. This is important, since sil-

age will spoil rapidly if exposed to

the air. The modern practice is to

build the silos high, and of a diameter

that is in keeping with the daily feed

requirements, the aim being to have

the silo as small in diameter and as

high as it is practicable to build. The

deep silos have the distinct advantage,





in that a better silage can be made -





and there is less wastage on exposed

top surface. Low, wide diameter silos





are easier to fill and empty, but do .





not pack well and surface waste quite

heavily.



The wall or walls should be smooth

and vertical. The Structure should be

true and of uniform diameter through-

out to facilitate the undisturbed set-

tling of the fermenting mass. Any ob-

structlon, such as a bulge or cavity

interfering with the settling will show

considerable





_(Continued on next page).





pears and plums »





spoilage at the time

when the silage is being removed._ If?

the sides or walls are not vertical and -





 





   

   

 

 

 

 





i

i





. "3..
, . he outward pressure, of the out

Miler during settling is approximate-





 





the "pressure , on each square foot

Md be over 300 pounds. A silo ten

bet in diameter and thirty feet high

will have to stand an outward pres-

's'ure on the lower foot wall of approx-

imately 9,430 pounds. The pressure

‘_ on the tenth section is about 6,600

'pounds, or 210 pounds per foot. These

pressures indicate that the silo wall

must be strong and secure. Square

silos failed to be fully efficient, largely

because they were not built stiff

enough to stand the pressure without

bulging during settling. The bulging

left air spaces, and molding followed.

. After the silo has fully settled, there

' is little or no lateral pressure.



, The inside ofathe silo is no place for

a lazy man during filling time. Only

the most dependable workers should

be entrusted with the spreading and





I \ I”? ma” Wml'éiiiixr against the .8116





militarism odds





ng of





wall or sit down and loaf,’let’ting the»

cutlfodder pile up. With the heavy

and light portions separated, and with





» the leaves all together, soft, spongy





areas develop in every foot throughout

the mass. It can be smoothed over

at the time, but the telling evidence

of loafing is generally seen in'the

mouldy sections when the silage is

remOved.



The best corn maybe grown, the

best of silos built, the cutting machin-

ery may be used, yet the silage largely

spoiled by loafers neglecting the

spreading and packing of rthe fodder

as it goes into the tank.



All silage material should be finely

cut. Coarse stalks and hollow clover

and grain stems must be cut short and

be crushed or broken in order to pack

well. The use of the flexible distrib-

utor tube is a. great aid in the even

spreading of cut fodder. It, too, should

be operated by a man‘s possessed of

sufficient energy to do an honest day’s

work. -





 

 





corn the





in the total ,-weight of crop. Large.





gro'wing- southern varieties of dent





corn that give an immense green

weight of fodder per acre, will, as a'





rule, produce a very poor'silage. Many _





dairymen’ prefer flint .varieties and





.the smaller stalk varieties of early





maturing ‘dents for silage purposesa

From such, a rich sweet silage can be

made. The weight per acre may not

be nearly as great as with the late

maturing, large-growing dents, but

when the silages are compared on the

digestible dry matter basis, the small-

er growing, earlier maturing dents and

fiints have the advantage. Only such‘

varieties as will ripen at least a few

ears should be used, even' in most

northern sections. .



In the ’early years of silo experience

the practice was -to grow big corn.

Little attention was paid to the grain

yield, and much poor silage resulted

from the twelve to fourteen-foot stalks

that went into the silo without the





 





produce 'a’ large . proportion of grain





finer I E’x'p‘e





butter in a cubic. foot of silage made





from corn that would husk out "100 .» J





bushels per acre, than from corn that

consists of big juicy stalks.





The gpeatest quantity of digestible





dry matter is obtained from a corn~





crop when it has reached the'condi-

tion to, cut for husking, ripe enough





to complete maturity in the shock,





"Another advantage in growing earlier

maturing varieties is that such can

be ensilaged in September and the

land prepared for fall wheat, an‘im—

portant factor now that the European,

corn borer has become a menace to

corn growing over a wide area. ,





The freezing of corn after it has

reached the denting or early glaze

stage. does not materially injure it so

far as silage making goes, if the crop

can be cut up shdrtly after freezing.

It is always advisable to run the risk

of frost, rather than ensiloing the corn.

in an immature state.





 





BUR





DOES SOIL NEED LIME.





 





We seeded our wheat to alfalfa last

spring and got a good stand. We are

going to top-dress it with five to sev-

en loads of manure soon, and would

like to, know if we would get any ben-

efit from liming it without working

it in?——W. S. H.



We suggest that you have your

county agricultural agent or the soils

department of the Michigan Agricul-



' tural College, East Lansing, Michigan,

make a lime determination of your

soil before you apply the lime. They

. will advise you concerning the amount

‘ to apply if the Soil is found to be acid.

. When the alfalfa has a very good

stand, but makes a poor growth due

to acidity, it is possible to apply lime

just after a cutting of hay is made.

This, of course, is not as satisfactory

as applying the lime while the seed-

bed is being prepared, but it is much

better than to allow the alfalfa to die

out, due to soil acidity—C. R. Megee.





FAILURE TO PAY RENT.





What steps should be taken to re-

move a tenant when he fails to make

his payments on a land contract which

were to be $30 per month? He is four

months in arrears—J. M.



Serve notice of forfeiture and start

summary proceedings before a justice

of the peace or circuit commissioner.

—Rood.





 





BE CAREFUL OF HORSE TRADES.





 





A. trades a horse to B. and B. pays

a high price for him. A. guarantees

the horse to be without fault. This

was in March of this year. The horse

did all kinds of work willingly, up to

the present time. Now he refuses to



' pull the wagon with hay loader at-

tached. He balks and carries on in

the worst way. By no means can he

be made to act right. He is a nice-

looking, strong horse. What right has

B. in this case?——G. G.



In order to recover anything it is

necessary to show that the fault ex-

isted at the time of the sale and was





warranted against.~Rood.





POISONING ANIMALS.





 





Have I a. right, according to law, to

place poison for dogs at my sheep

pasture?—C. G.



'Poisons placed with intent to kill





‘ the animal of another trespassing on

' the premises of the party placing the



poison makes him liable to the party

whose animal is killed thereby, unless

" the person placing the poisons would

have the right to kill the animal by

1 other means and without liability

7 therefore. Placing of poisons of a kind

f ”to entice animals onto the premises

~~. makes the person placing it liable for



"the resulting‘iniury, though set with-





 





" ays ‘





 





' .15 Satisfactory Serwcs Cannot be Ewan to Unsngvsd Letters





out the intent to kill such animal. I

find no statute covering the exact sit-

uation. There are statutes forbidding

the use of poisons in hunting fur-bear-

ing game animals, and making the in-

tentional killing of animals of another

by such means criminal.———Rood.





________.\

KILLING TRESPASSING ANIMALS.





 





Have our neighbors a right to kill

any of our ducks or chickens if they

happen to go on their property? How

high does a line fence have to be?—

A. D.



A legal fence is fifty-four inches

high. Persons killing trespassing an-

imals are liable to the owners for the

damage done—Rood.





WRITTEN CONTRACT NECES-

SARY.





 





A. purchased a farm of forty acres

with a small house and barn anti tim-

ber on it, from B. A. paid all but

$500 at time of purchase, with under-

standing he could move the house





and barn on his eighty-acre farm. A

moved the barn, and now he wants

to move the house, the basement for

which he has completed. B. interferes,

saying he must have the $500 before

this can be done. Can B. collect any

of the mortgage before A. can move

the house when he (B) agreed to let

A. move the house by paying all but

the $500. A. has full contract or deed

on the farm and has paid interest on

$500 ever since purchase. A. has had





his wood from the place also—C; K. .





An agreement to permit the removal

of the house, made at the time of the

sale, could not be proved if not in

writing, as it is part of the contract,

and a written contract cannot be al~

tered by parol proof. If it was made

after the making of the contract no

new consideration appears to make it

valid—Rood.





USING FEED ON LEASED FARM.





 





I have a written contract to rent my

neighbor’s farm for one year, April

1, 1924, to April 1, 1925, for a stated

sum, payable in monthly installments





o





 





 





8/063 and Ami Blow





 





 





 





 





ISEE ev THE PAPERS THAT FAQM

PRODUCTS ARE STILL GOING UP’ IT

PROVES MV CONTENTI ON THAT THE

LAW OF SUPPLVAND ‘

DEMAND IS ALL THE





{FARMER NEEDS)





 





 

 

 

 





   





THE FARM BLOC? DAH‘ »-\

FARM LEGISLATION,FINANCIAL AID,

PRICE FIXING] ORGANIZATION

AND Lower? FREIGHT

RATES WON'T HELP!





   

   





 

 





 





 





 





 





 

   

   





rr's THE LAW OF supper AND

DEMAND THAT DOES THE JOB!

BAD WEATHERFEWEQ

CRODS’ FEWETQ CRoPS,





 





 

 

 





THE FARMERS W‘LL MAKE

BILLION?) THIS YEAre’





 





   





 





 





 





 

 





 





YES, DUTHOW ABOUT THE FAQMER wso LOST



ALL. ore mosror: HIS\Q?OP'5 FQOM DAowsATHsre"

WOULDN'T HE BE BETTER OFF THIS YEAR IF HE

COULD HAVE MADE SOME Mowsv LAST YEAR





 





 

 

 

 





AHEM' L\





EXCUSE ME’ .

I HAVE To ATTEND

A MEETING OF





 

 

 





re MANUFACTURERS

V, Assocmrlon 1’





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MENT  





(this is cash rent). This is the only

requirement called for in the contract.

If rent is kept paid promptly as due,

would I have the right to move the

silage from said farm to my own

place for feeding? The corn crop used

for silage is raised on the rented

farm. Contract was written by owner

of farm and makes no specifications

as to the roughage raised on farm.—

C. A. M.



-Unless otherwise stated in the lease

as to the disposal of the feed, the

renter would have a perfect right to

do as he pleased with the silage, pro‘

viding it is fed up before lease ex-

pires.—-F. T. Riddell.





NOTORIZING CONTRACTS.





 





Is it necessary to have a contract

notarized to legalize it when it is

properly signed and witnessed? What

legal effect is attained by notarizing

papers?—K. H.



All contracts are valid Without writ-

ing unless there be a statute requiring

writing. Proof of What the contract

is is very much aided by writing. Ac-

knowledgement before a notary public

is of no value except to obtain record-

ing of'the contract, as the recording





act forbids the recording of instru-

ments affecting title to land unless





acknowledged—Rood.





A FAIR RENTAL PROPOSITION.





 





I have been renting my farm for

several years, furnishing half of the

stock, feeding same out of undivided

feed, and getting half the proceeds.

In regard to poultry my tenant wishes

a change now, he furnishing all the

hens and to be fed out of the undivid-

ed feed, about 100 hens. What share

should I have, fair to me and also to

him?—A. M.



The cost of handling poultry varies

greatly on different farms, thus mak-

ing it very difficult to figure accurate-

ly as to a just share for each party

involved.



Cost figures will give us a basis to

work from but should be taken under

actual conditions, and not estimated.

Cost Schedule iS'Estimated) for 100





 





 





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Landlord. Tenant.

Feed costs ........... $100.00 $100.00

Labor costs, 200 hrs.

at 25c per hour.. . . ....... 50.00

Investment in poultry,

100 at $1.50, $150 at

six per cent ....... 9.00 .......g

Investment in build-

ings, $150 at six per

cent ........... 9.00 .......

Total .............. $118.00 $150.00





From the above figures the total





cost would amount to $268, of which}.





the tenant’s share would be fifty-six

per cent and the landlord’s forty-four

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, Potato Exes





HE sixth annual meeting of the

Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change. was held at Cadillac on





. August 20-21, With a- full attendance





of delegates from the one hundred

locals affiliated with the Exchange,



The program, which was less crowd~

ed than usual, covered several sub-

jects of general interest to the grow-

ers of both table stock and seed pota-

toes, with adequate time for discus-

sion by the delegates, which discus-

sions were a. most important and help-

ful feature of the meeting. Another

unusual and apparently beneficial fea-





ture of the meeting was the holding

of a. closed session by the delegates





for the exchange of views on organi-

zation matters. The meeting was one

of general harmony which promises

well for the future of the Exchange.



The report of the organization man-





:ager, R. A. Wiley, showed satisfactory

' progress in the signing up of five-year





contracts with the membership in ac-

cordance with the adoption of this

plan at last year’s annual meeting.

The statistics given showed that an

average of seventy-seven per cent of

the growers solicited have signed the

five-year contract. The work is now

progressing rapidly and every effort

will be made to, complete it by Novem-

ber first. This organization effort is

being concentrated in the shipping ter-

ritory now covered by the organiza-

tion. The goal set for this year is

contracts representing. 30,000 acres.



The report of Acting Manager Fred

Smith showed that the total number

of cars of table stock, handled by the

Exchange during the season was 3,122,

an increase of 200 cars over the pre-

vious year. Of this amount 2,388 cars

were U. S. No. 1 grade, and 734 cars

were “Chiefs.” The average pool price.

for the No. 1’s was $1.00 per cwt.,

while the average pool price on the

“Chiefs” was $1.10 per cwt. The total

volume of business for the season was

$1,850,121.51, while the total surplus

for the season was $15,648.51.



Resolutions were adopted

stance as follows:



1. Expressing satisfaction with the

services of Director Fred Smith in an

advisory capacity in the Exchange

office for the past eight months, and





in sub-





assuring the board of the delegates’





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approval of a continuation of this aru

raugement until such time as the

board is able to secure a satisfactory

person as general manager. » .



2. Urging the board to give the or-

ganization forces the entire strength

of their moral and financial support to

push the signing of the five-year con-

tracts by the member grovers to a.

successful conclusion in the wholene-

tato growing territory-



3. Requesting the discontinuance of

the so-called insurance fund after the

season of 1924-25, permitting each 10-

cal association/to carry itsown insur-

ance on cars shipped. ‘ '



4. Providing for a. closed meeting





Dairy Day'atw M. A. C. T





HE bringing of all our intelli-

gence and skill to bear prompt-

ly on and to the best purpose

of the dairy business, was the key-

note of Michigan Dairy Day at the

Agricultural College last Friday. Pro-

fessor Reed and his assistants of the

dairy department of the college, and

N. P. Hull, president of the Michigan

Milk Producers’ Association and his

co—workers, cooperated in making the

day a real event despite the uncongen—

ial weather man who has not failed

one iota in hampering progress in farm

work. Fully a thousand interested

dairymen and families attended.

Following the greetings of Acting

President Shaw, who briefly reviewed

the part played by the college in de-

veloping efliciency in the dairy busi-

ness under the direction of Professors

Smith, Anderson and Reed, the pro-

gressive leadership of the college to

day in research, educational and ex-

tension lines were emphasized by Pro-

fessor Reed. Investigations in the

mineral requirements of the dairy ra-

tion by Professor Huffman, the substi—

tution of cull beans for cottonseed

meal, the introduction of sweet clove;

for June grass pasture, the spreading

of the alfalfa gospel, the weeding,

breeding and feeding program of over

100 cow testing associations, all these





 





 





Y the untimely death of Frank



A. Spragg, plant breeder at the



Michigan Agricultural College,

American‘ agriculture has been de-

prived of one of its most constructive

workers. Though hardly in his prime,

Professor Spragg already ranks as the

greatest plant breeder of all time who

has turned his energy to the develop-

ment of better varieties of field crops

and forage plants. The improved va-

rieties produced by his genius are at

present widely grown far beyond the

border of his state.



The Rosen rye is recognized by the

United States Department of Agricul.

ture as the leading variety .of the

“corn. belt,” and is an important va-

riety in practically all northern rye

growing regions.



The Red Rock wheat is recognized,

in an official report of the Bureau of

Plant Industry, as the best soft, red

milling wheat of the United States.

The Berkeley Rock wheat, a recent





9‘ introduction, is an improvement over





the Red Rock.

The Wolverine has become the lead-





. ing-oat variety in Michigan and is, one





of the leaders of Indiana and New

York state.



The Michigan-Two-Row barley, re-

cently introduced, was the highest





-- yielding of all barleys in extensive





tests. The Black Barbless' has met

:with flavor with those whn want a

smooth lawn, hardy barley. The White-

Barbless is under increase and has

inst yet been: distributed The Mich-





 





 





 

 





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. The Work of Prof. Spragg





igan Winter barley is a new develop-

ment for northern states and the

“corn belt,” and is the hardiest of fall

planted barleys.



The Robust bean is a leader in Mid)-

igan and has been adopted as the

standard white pea bean of New York,

and is recognized as the best in Wis-

consin, Minnesota, and other white

bean growing states.



The Hardigan alfalfa is a seed pro—

ducing alfalfa in humid regions, prov-

ing to be hardier than the Grimm. It

was the fore—runner of even hardier

and better seed producing strains in

Professor Spragg’s alfalfa work.



Extensive work was substantially

under way with new varieties of beets,

potatoes, hemp, flax and other crops.



It will be the particular concern 'of

members of the farm crops depart-

ment to see that the valuable strains,

accumulated by Professor Spragg

through years of careful work, are

brought to the point of proper inv

crease by trial a (1 generally distrib-

lifted, and that plan breeding work at

M. A. C. is advanced. The influence

of Professor Spragg’s great contribu-

tion to American agriculture will be

cumulative. in that these varieties will

gain favor year after year and endure

indefinitely as highyielding' varieties

in American agriculture. Frank Spragg,.

plant breeder, has helped many thOUr

sands of farmers in the production of‘

better quality crops at cheaper 8654231

His work will go on for coming gen-

erations—J. F. Cox.





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ning at 3:30 p._m. . .. ' .





next» legislature, with suitable penal-P

ties for violations and pledging the

smart. of officers and members in





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securing the enactment of such a law"





Election of directors resulted in the

choice.“ Fred Smith, of Antrim coun-

ty, to succeed himseif,vand E. A. Ras-

mussen, of Montcalm county, to sue-

ceed Ernest Snyder, who Was not a.

candidate for reelection. -



At the directors’ meeting following

the annual meeting, the following offi-

cers were chosen for the ensuing year:

President, Henry Curtis; vice-presi—

dent, Fred Smith ;. secretary~treasurer.

Sam E. Rogers.





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and many other activities of the col-

lege point directly to greater efficiency

and more profits for the cow keeper.





COOperating of the individual dairy-

men, and of the various. dairy organi-

zations for securing dairy protection,

a dairy bureau in the department of

agriculture, the attention of law-mak-

ers to the needs of dairymen and

farmers, the equality of bargaining

with distributors, transportation agen-

cies and financial institutions, and in

building an adequate defense for the

mreservation of those old land-marks

of personal liberty, personal security

and private property—these objects

were pointed out as means to greater

efficiency, by Judge John Miller, of

Pennsylvania, the able president of

the National Milk Producers’ Associa-

tion.





In the onward march of agriculture

which he believes will be faster in the

next decade than during any period of

history, A. J. Glover, the popular edi-

tor of Hoard’s Dairyman, believes that

dairying is to perform a larger and

larger part in businessfying farming,

providing those who keep cows effect-

ually follow proven methods and those

who consume become efficient in sus-

taining health through the larger use

of dairy products.





The acceptance of the Dawes plan

by European diplomats which prom-

ises to keep the products of Europe’s

cows in Europe, and the retreating

hordes of beef producers from the con—

fining milk pail to the automatic Self-

feeder, give hope for further dairy

progress, in the opinion of Mr. Glover,

prov1ding we obey the signs of the





times. More faith in the senstible men I





and women on the farms, less depend-

ence upon politicians and the finding

of the proper place for cooperation

are needed to give us the right start.

More legumes fed to good cows will

open the way to profits under average

conditions as they exist today. The

United States cow gives 4,000 pounds

of milk, while the weeded herds of

the cow testing associations of the

country average 6,000. One thirty-six

cow dairyman had just a thousand

dollars left after paying for feed. The

following year eighteen of the best

cows in the herd returned him in ex-

cess of this amount $200, and at the

same time kept 71,000 pounds of milk

from depressing the market. If Amer-

ican cow-keepers would send at least

seven of their twenty—five million cows

to the block, then produce and fee; a.

fully proteinized ration to the remain-

ing eighteen million, they would get

the old, dairy business down from its

wobbly stilts and onto a rock foun-

dation. , _



The element of efficiency in the

day’s program was not absent, even

from the Hull-Noon milking contest,

where the proper manicuring of the

hands sa'vgd fully thirteen million bac-

teria from- deveieping, the smiles of

the centestants brought forth a; max-





imum of latex secretion, their agility '





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URING the past ‘few years the

horticultural department of the





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many Michigan farmers. .

' Last year Mr. Stanley Johnston, of





the South Haven Experiment Station -





went to New Jersey where much suc--

cessful work has been done through

the cooperation of Elizabeth White

with the department of agriculture.

He brought back with him some cut-

tings of old plants which are bearing

this year and show very good promise.



He has also bought different varie-

ties which have proven successful in

the east and has them in a trial bed

.on the Charles Leisenring place south





dock direct to the Milwaukee market.





 





 

   





These boats make about three trips





9. week, and started when two hundred .





cases were available ~for shipment.

During the height of the season, the

daily shipments amounted to more

than two thousand cases.





Due to this cooperation, the One

kama region has become known for

its Cuthbert raspberries. In northern

Wisconsin, around Bayfield, there is

also a section which has been selling

raspberries cooperatively, but the va-

riety they _grow is the Marlboro, a

variety more hardy than the Cuthbert.



During the present season, the One-

kama and the Bayfield Associations

have cooperated in getting the same

selling agency in the Milwaukee and

Chicago markets. In that way they

are not competing with each other,





 





Good Care in the Early Life





of South Haven. These plants are all

doing fine.



The requirements of the blueberry

are a light loose soil, preferably a mix-

ture of sand and peat. The soil, how-

ever, must be acid as lime, or alkali,

is poison to the blueberry.



A good crop of. strawberries is deem-

ed suitable for blueberries. There

are many light soils in Michigan which

are acid and which would seem to be

suitable for blueberry growing.



Good results have been. obtained

from acid sandy soils but they need

more fertilizer than those containing

peat. Moisture is necessary and a

soil which contains enough moisture

to mature.



Prof. V. R. Gardner, head of the

horticultural department of the college

believes that the cultivated blueberry

offers an opportunity to develop a new

million dollar industry for the Michi-

gan farmer. Recently he and Mr.

Johnston ‘were in the wild blueberry

patches near Cadillac to select and

tag promising plants there with the

hope that some good varieties might

be developed from the wild strains.





ONEKAMA MEANS GOOD BERRIES.





 





NEKAMA looks like an Indian

name. “That it means in Indian

we do not know, but in plain English

it has come to mean good raspberries.

In the vicinity of Onekama, just

north of Manistee, raspberry growing

is one of the specialties of the farm-

ers. These raspberry growers have

gotten together under the banner of

the Onekama Farm Bureau, and

through real cooperation has estab-

lished a. trade for their berries in the

Chicago and Milwaukee markets.



Last year the general market aver-

age for red raspberries was $2.10 per

crate up, but the average for the 0nd-

kama berries was $2.52, indicating

that quality and cooperation pays. In

other words, the growers have a mar-

gin of fifty cents per case on nearly

two thousand cases because of their

cooperative efforts in marketing a

quality product.



This year other growers in the

vicinity have joined the association so

that the season' a total will be about

three thousand cases. The farm bu-





. roan has chartered boats Which will





the fruit from the farm bureau





of an Orchard Means Much.





but give this agency the opportunity

to sell both the varieties to advantage.



The Cuthbert is a. better quality

berry and is more favorably known on

the market, so it is anticipated that

the Onekama net price will average

greater than that of the Bayfield

growers.



The success of the Onekama grow-

ers is just another indication of what

sane and sound cooperation will do.

It also points the way toward making

the farm bureau a success as in that

section the farm bureau membership

is one hundred per cent. So satisfied

are the farmers with the results of

the farm bureau’s work that they have

contracted their entire output this sea-

son for the first time. This keeps out

the speculative buyers who are always

on hand to “bear” the price, as well

as sCare the farmers into selling in

order that they may make a profit

themselves.





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remedy for gumosis, a familiar

bacterial disease that is new threat-

ening Michigan’s sweet cherry or-

chards. The familiar symptom of the

disease is the presence of a gummy

substance at the point of attack. Ex-

amination discloses that this gum

oozes from the bark of the tree, much

the same as a boil drains the human

body. According to "pomologists at

the M. A. C., the only known control

is to prune out the infected parts. The

cause of the disease has not been de-

termined.





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AREFUL records kept for the past



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the sale of the fruit in a typical ten-

acre Baldwin apple orchard in west-

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ing has paid an” attractive profit, at

least, in this orchard. The average

yearly net profit on a barrel of apples

for the twenty-year-period has been

$1.51 and the average annual profit

per acre for the twenty years has been

$120.71. Estimating that the orchard

is worth $500 per acre, the average

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During times of prosperity, the careful

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T is probable that our Lord did not



relish the thought of going-through



Samaria, on His way to Galilee.

John says He “must needs

through Samaria.”- Look at the map.

He could have gone around. But there

was more in that “must needs” than

geography. The'moral side of it press-

ed upon Him. He had a mission in

Sam ria. And yet he probably would

hav preferred to be excused, for the

Samaritans were a quarrelsome, un~

reasonable people. Later the Teacher

and the Twelve had some disagree-

able experiences. (Luke 9.52-54).





The Samaritans were a most pe—

culiar folk. When the Assyrians had

conquered the Holy Land, or, rather,





the northern part, people from other.





adjacent countries Were brought in as

settlers. These people were not Heb-

rews, and did not worship Jehovah.

After a time a

Hebrew priest

was brought in to





teach them the

truth about Je-

hovah. The im-

ported settlers,





however, did not

receive the new

truth wholly.

They accepted it

as far as it did not contradict their

own notions and united the film relig-

ions, making a very strange religious

faith. For this see II Kings 17. When

the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt,

and the temple, the Samaritans offeru

ed to assist the Jews. But their as-

sistance was rejected, with the result

that an enmity sprang up between the

two groups which grew more intense

with the passing centuries.





 





HE Samaritans sought to prevent



the rebuilding of the holy city,

seized Jewish lands and carried off

Jews as slaves. Once they brought

the bodies of dead men into the tem-

ple, and once, at least, they attacked

and killed Jewish pilgrims who were

on their way to Jerusalem. To be a

Samaritan was, to a Jew, the lowest

of the low. Hence the significance of

the term of contempt once applied to

Christ, “Thou art a Samaritan, and

hast a devil.” (John 8:48). Hence,

also, the meaning of the parable of

the Good Samaritan. The high Jewish

officials did not succor the poor fellow

lying in the road, but one of these

loathed Samaritans did. Can you not

see the crowd scowl when He said

that? Philip seems to have had some

success among the Samaritans, when

he went to Samaria to preach. But

even the Christians could not avoid

clashes with them. One Roman em-

peror quelled a threatened uprising

among them by massacring 11,600 of

them on Mount Gerizim. Later they

were again attacked for murdering

Christians and never fully recovered

their numerical strength. At the pres-

ent there are very few of them left,

or there were, a few years ago, but they

are fast dying out. They claim to

have the oldest copy of the Penta-

teuch in the world. That is the only

part of the Bible they‘ac‘cept.





This gives us a bit of background

for our story. Jesus sat on the well

when one of the women of this strange

and pugnaciou‘s race came to the well

for water. She Was surprised that He

spoke to her, for, said she, Jews have

no dealings with Samaritans. He

could have supplied himself with wa-

ter from the well, but he chose the

more natural method of drawing it.





:Besides, this gave Him the opportu-





nity of getting into conversation with

this woman. “If thou knowest the

gift of God.” She did not know that.

Over and above all gifts is that of the

Son of God.





 





He told the woman that those who





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drank of the water Which He gave





wouldfihave within them a. Well of ,

water which would never run dry.,





This was a welcome statement to peo-

ple who lived in a country where

there is a long period of drought each

year, and where wells are scarce. The

woman was instantly interested. Like

some other folk, she was anxious to

get out of work, and asked for some

of this water so that she might never

have to come to the well "again. She

did not appreciate the fact that this

was the'statement of a. beautiful truth.

Within the believer there is to be a.

source of living water that rushes up,

gushes up, flows on unceasingly. In-

stead of the dryness of indifference,

or 'the deadness of inerita there is to

be the constant movement of our-flow-

Says the late Dr. C. I. Sco-

field, “What a contrast, what a picture

of the average Christian life! SOmGr

how, if we are Christians at all, we

We manage to get through

the ‘after a fashion, but it is just like

that poor woman, laboriously drawing

water out of Jacob’s well. We draw

it up just a little at a time, and some

of us with a sense that we have noth-

ing to draw with, and there is a con—

stant effort to be spiritual; and over

against that our Lord puts the picture

of a fountain that springs up of its

own energy, and throws its crystal

flood into the clear air and dances

and sparkles there in the sunlight,

and then flows away to be kissed by

the sun again back into the azure

blue.”





0D is a spirit.” That and the oth-



er statement, that God is Love,

are the two simplest and profoundest

definitions of what God is. We are

very likely, when we are children, to

think of God as a kindly old man up

in the sky, a kind of celestial Santa.

Claus. And the fact is, that many

adults continue to think of Him that

way. But these words say He is not

a man, He is Spirit, and, of course,

Spirit has no physical body. In the

midst of this conversation, as she

stood in the presence of the greatest

Teacher who ever lived, she tried to

drag in some technical question about

the location of the proper place'to

worship.





Dean Brown says, “It was the

chance of a lifetime. It was one of

the greatest opportunities in twenty

centuries of human experience. Yet

she wastes her time and His in use-

less banter. How many times this

scene at Jacob’s well is re—enacted!

You seek to bring some fellow mortal

into the presence of the mighty

truths of religion, and He has nothing

to offer you but banter and quibble.

You mention the Bible and he perpe-

trates some feeble joke about Jonah

and the whale. You mention the

church and his mind is off like a rat

to bring out some story of an untrust-

worthy deacon. You strive to show

him the well that is deep and he

jumps up and down in the puddles of





his own shallow conceit trying to

splash your honest interest with

mud.”





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

AUGUST 31.





 





SUBJECTz—Jesus talks with Samari~

tan woman. John 424-42.

GOLDEN TEXTz—God is a spirit:

and they that worship him must

worship him in spirit and truth.

John 4.24.





Ionia free fair sets a new record

mark 'this year with an attendance of

50,000, which is better than 10,000 bet-

ter than any' previous record.





 





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-ples and onions and potatoes.





’ N Juiy-17, the Van Buren State

Park, Was. dedicated to the recrea-

tion and enjoyment of the public. Sev.

eral hundred attended this dedication.

‘ This beauty spot consists of about

ninety acres of wooded sand' dunes

and shadowy vales about four miles

south of‘South Haven on the shores

cf Lake Michigan. It was taken over

as a’ state park that it might be pre-

served to the public of future gener-

tions so that they might commune

with nature and derive all the benefits

which come from such a communion.

‘It was locally known as Syndicate

Park because a real estate syndicate





in Chicago tried to sell it off in lots,





"Another State "Park





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.the state’s greatest assets.





 





May other beauty spots for which

Michigan is famous be dedicated to

the use of posterity, for in coming

generations they will become one of

They will

be appreciated for, in coming years,





such spots will be hard to get for '





public use.





FARM FLASH ES.





 





George Nowell, of Newaygo, who de-

velops electricity by wind power for

his house and farm buildings, declares

it pays to furnish light for the chicld-

ens during the short days of the year,

and gives proof by showing that his





 





‘A View of the Road to Van Buren State Park, as Seen From One of the

Hills in the Park.





.to the people of congested Chicago. A

few of the lots were sold and are still

held, but most of them went back to

the state for taxes.





Local people knew the beauty of the

place, and one, George E. Chatfield, a

prominent farmer, was so impressed

with it that, when he learned that

much of it was now state property,

he aroused public sentiment to have

it set aside for park purposes. He in-

terested the South Haven Community

Club and it was through their influ-

ence that the state added it to their

list of parks.





This is' the forty-ninth Michigan

state park; all places of beauty which

posterity may enjoy. Twenty-four of

these parks are already' improved

with conveniences for camping. Most

of these have attendants who see that

the places are kept clean and the peo-

ple who stay in them are respectable.





flock of 800 hens averaged 177 eggs

per bird in 1923.





 





Blight control work in the Crane or-

chards near Fennville is proving highly

efficient, according to County Agent

Gregg. He declares that it is difficult

to find any evidence of the blight

where Professor Cardiell’s treatment

has been properly tried. Having dis-

covered that blight was scattered

from cankers, the professor’s remedy

includes the removal of these cankers

and disinfection of the wound, with

the above results.





 





The total number of cars of pota—

toes shipped through the Michigan Po—

tato Exchange during the last fiscal

year was 3,122, which was 200 more

than for the previous year. The re-

turns were also forty per cent greater,

or $1,850,121.51.





Money In Poor Potatoes





(Continued from page 147).





profit which would otherwise have

been realized by grower and shipper.



Rejected cars have been the bane

of the potato industry. Rejected cars,

as shown by unbiased reports, are the

results pretty generally of attempts to

sell potatoes which are too small, froz-

en, rotten, hollow, severely injured or

otherwise below grade; and the grow-

er himself is usually to blame for the

shipment of inferior stuff.



Potato growers are not mentally

weak, nor are they addicted to con-

sciously dishonest practices. They are,

however, like the mothers of naughty

children, prone to see good where oth-

ers see only the defects. They plant

potatoes, they harvest potatoes and

they expect to sell potatoes. What-

ever comes out of the ground in the

potato field looks like a nugget of hu—

man food although, strangely, many a

grower attempts to force onto his 10-

cal buyer or association manager cull

potatoes he would hardly dare ask his

own wife to use.



But the ultimate consumer of pota-

toes is the final judge; and the stand-

ardized quality he finds in almost eve-





. ry other kind of food leads him to ex-





peCt standardized quality in his ap-

,His

ideals must be met by someone; and

th farmorhirnselfjaiis to take the



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, to market.





, ent year. of 1924. ~





cording to the prescribed standards,

he is the one who suffers most. The

farmer is the one who must pay the

freight on unsuitable produce shipped

He is the one who stands

the price adjustments in case of re

jections. He is the one who pays ex-

pensive city labor charges for recon-

ditioning his under—grade shipment;

and he is the one who loses the feed-

ing value of the rejected tubers, in

case of potatoes, which never should

have left his own farm.





Last season the potato growers at

a certain small town in the' potato

belt decided to put up every sack of

potatoes shipped according to the re-

quirements of a fancy grade. They

sorted and sized carefully and made

the grade. The culls were fed to the

hogs and cattle. At the end of the

season they were gratified to learn

that they had not only had no rejec-

tions, but the returns for their fancy

grade were sufiicient to give them the

highest market price for what had

been shipped, and $2.00 a hundred in

addition for the culls they had kept

at home.





80,- we repeat, there’s good money

in cull potatoes, but not when one at-

tempts to sell them to the discriminat-

ing consumers of America in this pres-





   





 





 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Right here in Michigan $1.75 worth of

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the potash not only paid for itself but

brought in a $3.00 extra profit. The for-

mula used was 3-940, and it was tested

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all and against 3-9-0, a no-potash formula.





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pounds more clover and 36 bushels more

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Dalla- _

lineal»!!-
, Plosser’s guilt. A timber cruis-

er saw mm- greedily'counting

im‘hooty near the body of his victim.

Th6. cruiser‘ had precipitately retreat-

:ed, spurred to great nimbleness by a

whining 'string of bullets. Later that

“same day a party of loggers glimpsed

. 5the assassin making north toward the

‘.,St”Jlohn River, which he presumably

purposed following to the Canadian

border. M _



Sheriff Emery, a little knot of a

man, tough and tenacious as a steel

trap, knew Plosser originally came

to the States from the Bellechasse

region, and intuitively decided the





‘flight north was a ruse to mislead'





pursuers and that the man would



swing due west once‘ the posse was

fooled. Inasmuch as Plosser had way-

laid his victim, a paymaster for the

Interstate Lumber Company, the day

following Emery’s induction into of-

fice, the latter considered the crime in

the nature of a challenge. Aside from

the affront to the shievalty there was

an old feud between the two men, be-

ginning when Plosser won Emery’s

girl away from him, and culminating

when the woman died of neglect, some

said of direct cruelty. Knowing the

facts, the nerves of the north country

were sharp set when the sheriff, un-

accompanied, slipped into the bleak

November woods.





Emery, traveling light, covered the

ground at a lope, eagerly taking ad-

vantage of every opening in the forest

crown to study the hard, gray sky.

He was twenty-four hours behind his

quarry, but this fact troubled him

none, providing his theory held true

and the snow came; for Plosser would

lose considerable time in decoying the

posse north.





“Snow!” he kept murmuring as he

glided through the giant, bare hard-

wood growth, or silently stole over

the needles under the evergreens.

“Jest a scum of snow and I’ll never

ask any odds again.”





That night he camped in a little hol-

low, boiling his coffee over a handful

of fire. In the morning he smiled in

savage exultation at finding his blank-

ets wet with melted snow. He sat

Up; the ground was bleached white.

It was just as he had hoped, a thin

coating sufficient to hold a trail and

too damp to blow or drift. Now, if he

had not advanced too rapidly, permit-

ting Plosser to pass behind him, his

theory would soon be tested. Belting

his bacon and hardtack he reloaded

his rifle and took up the search. For

several hours he slipped along, his

burning gaze focused to the front. Oc-

casionally the tracks of a moose, sight-

ed at a distance, thrilled him with ex-

pectation. At last he found it.



Entering a stand of spruce he found

himself roofed in darkness. Only by

lighting matches could he read his

compass. Outside the waning light

would yet permit his detecting the

- trail, and he ran down, the gloomy

aisles at top speed. But the spruce

gave way to beech and maple without

his finding the tracks. Next came a





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Author of "Pay Gravel.” ”Kings of the Missouri." "Tiberius Smith." etc.





low ridge, covered‘with bushes ‘and a

few survivors of the original growth.

He puffed and panted up the slope,

frantic to gain the top and discover

the footprints. To his dismay he found

the ridge. practically bare and although.

he cruised it back and forth for some

distance he could come upon no signs

of Plosser’s crossing. Hope. deserted

him. Plosser doubtless avoided climb-

ing the ridge by passing north or

south of it. He discarded his rifle and

climbed a beech and studied the dim

country ahead. '

The landscape was drear and deso-





former position ”for a few minutes.

But no; the light appeared. again

and this time persisted. When it dis-

appeared for a bit‘he was not uneasy.

Some opaque body had eclipsed it.

And for the second'time it came back.

“It’s him!” he tremulously told him.-

self, sliding to the ground and recov-

ering his rifle. “It’s jest got to be

him. And he’s in a shake. He feels

mighty safe and hasn’t even hung a

blanket over the winder. Betch he

planned his game way ahead and knew

jest where he’d stop. Less’n half a

mile, if I don’t miss'my reckoning.”





 





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Broadway 073 #56 Farm

By James E. Hungcrford





A-bringin’ us joy through the air;

It’s given us somethin’, not easy to.name,

Like Heavenly blessin's to share;

Sometimes the ol’ farm it was lonely before

Pa went an’ subscribed for a “set,”

But now “dear ol’, Broadway" is right at our door,

An’ we are sure thankful,





W.ay down on the farm, where the busy bees buzz

About in the clover all day,

An’ cacklin’ chickens are raisin’ a fuss,





We clap the receivin’-set onto our ears,

An’—presto!—our woes are forgot;



One minute we’re laughin’; the next 'we’re in tears,



. Right here in our vine-covered cot!





Yes, things have sure changed, since the radio came,

A-bringin' us music an’ joy;



Ma acts like a girl, an' old Gran’pappy, lame,

Is no longer old—he’s a boy!



Pa chortles an' laughs at the jokes that he hears,





I’d rather be here, with those songs in my ears,

Than hearin’ 'em sung on Broadway!





since the radio came,





you bet!





the hay,





here to say,





 





 





late. The dark sky commenced spit-

ting snow, blurring everything except

the immediate foreground, and this

consisted of the forest’s crown. The

tops of the evergreens were to jet, as

though a sea of ink were beating

against the base of the ridge. Emery

remained in the tree for some min-

utes, staring out over the vague; silent

wilderness till his eyes watered. In

the middle distance he believed he

could make out a small opening, and

the only one he could discover in all

the wild country. If by a slim chance

Plosser passed across it he could get

back to the trail; otherwise the pur-

suit was a fizzle. He shifted his hold

on the branches to descend when a

light seemed to appear.



“My eyes is playing capers on me,”

he muttered, nervously renewing his





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He laid his course with great care,

not expecting to behold the light again

till close upon it, and plunged down

the ridge. The stretch of spruce was

dark as a well, but he burned with a

lust and a confidence that ignored all

hindrances. It must be Plosser. He

would have it no other way. For some

fifteen minutes he threaded his way

through the spruce, pausing only to

strike a match as he consulted his

compass. He had come true and

straight and the light should be dead

ahead and near at hand. He tried the

lever of his rifle and reloaded the

long forty-four that hung well back

of his hip. Moving as cautiously as

though stalking a deer he advanced

until a thinning out of the darkness

warned he was approaching an open-

ing. Next came a patch of stumps





and sling at ill-glib is '3' p1.





wilderness had made, counter-attack,





sending the " saplings” to}, . take root ‘





where the virgin grewth had beenfell-

ed or burned. Gently parting a screen

of gray birch and alders he finally be-

held it—the light. ' .,



At first he could see nothing but

the light, so closely did the weathered

structure blend in with the back—

ground of evErgreens. Bit by bit he

traced it out, a small log cabin.~ It

was too small for a lumber camp. Set

farther back be next discerned a low

hovel. His first surmise was correct;

someone had tried to create tillage





land out of the primeval forest and.





had been conquered. .



It was cold work waiting, but he

would not stir till he knew his man

was inside. Then a figure passed be—

fore the light and he softly ran toward

the cabin. Halting opposite the small

window he gazed into the interior of

the cabin and glimpsed a shock of red

hair. There was but one man in the

north country with hair just like that,

and clicking his teeth he. stole to the

door. This was a crazy: affair, made

of odds and ends, with the light

streaming through the many cracks.

He had no difficulty in peering into

the room.



A candle burned in the neck of a

bottle, a fire blazed in the hearth.

There seemed to be much provision

heaped on the rough table. Yes,

Plosser was there, crouching by the

fireplace, busily counting a large pack«

age of banknotes. At his side was a

canvas bag probably filled with silver.

His broad face exhibited deep satis-

faction as he wet his huge thumb and





. turned the bills.





With soft fingers the sheriff exam-

ined the door and found it was held

by a wooden latch. He resumed his

spying. Plosser was now leaning back,

his eyes staring into space, his thick

lips distorted in a grin. Undoubtedly

he was transmuting the loot into

drunks and other pleasures. Gradu-

ally a change crept over his heavy

features; and film dropped from his

eyes, the money slipped through his

fingers as he turned and glared ner-

vously at the small window. His nos-

trils pinched in and he was like some

wild thing sensing danger. With a

low snarl he gathered his huge limbs

to spring for the rifle in the corner,

and at that moment the sheriff burst

through the door, crying:



“Don’t move, Plosser.

kill ye than not.”



The tense tableau held for a count

of ten, then Plosser incredulously

gasped, ,“Bill Emery!”



Plosser’s eyes gleamed with insane

rage as he realized the completeness

of his failure and the fact that defeat

was due to the man he hated above

all other men.



“Stand up” commanded the sheriff,

his finger playing with the trigger.

“I’d rather shoot you then not, re«

member.”



Quivering with helpless fury Ploss«

er scrambled to his feet, and the sher-



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This Anniversary Sale is the.most important Hudson

merchandising event of the entire year.





For months we’make careful preparations for it in markets

not only of America but of Europe and the Orient.





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« , We wish particularly to emphasize

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Haberdashery Purses

Toilet Goods Bill Folds

Medicines Portfolios

Neckwear Belts

Veilings Umbrellas

Handkerchiefs L— Notion:

Stationery ‘ . Gloves

Jewelry Hosiery

Silverware Ribbons





Mezzanine Floor





Men’s Shoes Books

Men’s Hats Favors

Kodaks Jewelry Repairs

Cameras Engraved Cards





Second Floor

Men’s Clothing Embroideriel





Yard Goods Trimmings



Bedding Patterns



Laces Art Goods

Third Floor





Women's, Misses’ and Children’e

Outer Apparel Including—





Dresses Blouses

Coats Costumes

Suits Sweaters

Skirts Furs





Fourth Floor





Infants' Shop Children’s Shoes

Millinery Boys’ Clothing

Women’s Shoes Boys’ Furnishings





Fifth Floor





Corsets Underweu‘

Negligee Draperies

House Dresses Curtains





Sixth Floor





Furniture Lamps





Seventh Floor





House Furnishings, Electricafl

Appliances, Automobile Tire:





V China and Glass Luggage

Radio Maison de Beautc





Eighth Floor





General Offices Adjustment

Cashier's Office Office





Tenth Floor





Rugs Linoleums

Carpets Toys





Eleventh Floor





WillCall Office—Lost and Found Desk

Alteration Fitting Room





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HE kitchen was old-fashioned



and large. It seemed as though



the work would never be fin-

ished, and when our city cousin an-

nounced her visit, mother sighed,

"Now all our meals must be served in

the dining—room, which means that

- there will. still’be more work to do.”

Our company came and at our first

breakfast in the dining-room, she im-

mediately popped the question, “Why

do you take the trouble of setting the

table here, why not have your kitchen

remodeled and use one corner for a

breakfast room, even if you have com-

pany? There are many homes in the

city which have a breakfast alcove in

the kitchen, and you could easily

make a. few changes to accommodate

such a convenience.” She then told

us of the large old—fashioned kitchen

in her city home, and how an architect

had helped her to remodel it and save

steps. At her suggestion we made a

sketch of our present kitchen showing

all the principal dimensions, locations

of windows, doors, sink, chimney, etc.,

and sent this sketch to her architect

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OW often mothers are called



upon to answer the ques-

tion, “What can I do?” The lit—

tle folks below school age, and

even after they start to school,

are ever pressing mother with

this question.



An exchange of suggestions

on how you answer this ques-

tion, I believe, would bring out

some new ideas for our mother

readers. For the five best let-

ters describing how you provide

entertainment for your little

folks’ idle time, we will send

handy rubber kitchen aprons.



Address your letters to Mar-.

tha. Cole, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan, before Septem—

ber 5.





 





 





 





wards the mail man brought a large

envelope and the whole family was

present when it was opened. In it we

found two sketches, as illustrated.





New Plan Was Workable.





The letter read as follows: “The

old plan illustrates your present

kitchen without any changes. The





dashed lines show the line of travel

required to prepare a meal. Starting

‘ at the ice box or cold cabinet on the

rear porch to secure supplies, you go

to the kitchen cabinet to mix and pre-

pare your ingredients. From here your

work may take you to the sink to add

the necessary water and then to the

stove. After the food is properly cook-

ed, dished out on the kitchen table,

and brought to the dining-room, you

have taken a trip of forty-four feet.





;_ When clearing away, you take the

route indicated by the dot and dash

j 11116. “First the dishes go to the table





To secure wood for your stove, you

must go out of doors no matter how

disagreeable the weather, and after

you have gathered in your wood from

the shed, you have made another jour-

ney of thirty-six feet. Consider also

that many of these trips must be

made numerous times a day so that

with your present arrangement, one

persons travels almost onehalf mile

a day while preparing meals.



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leading into the room direct, the men

will not walk through the kitchen to

go to the dining-room. A‘ lavatory

with running water connected rwith

the tank above, is placed. in this room,

and also a closet for the men’s clothes

and boots. The new rear porch has

cross (ventilation, a desirable feature:

Door and Window,Were interchanged.-



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have been interchanged and under-

neath the window you will find the

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The Remodeling Was Inexpensive~ But Much More Convenient.





doors exactly in the same position,

with the exception of interchanging

one door and window. If you place a

tank in the attic above'the kitchen

and Connect this with a. one and a

quarter-inch galvanized pipe from the

windmill pump, you can have plumb-

ing fixtures with running water and a

tank could also be connected with the

waterback in stove for hot water. A

more nearly ideal plan would be to

have a gasoline engine, pump, and ex}-

pansion tank in the basement for your

water system, but this would be slight-

ly more expensive. The position of

washroom is changed to the other end

of the porch, and by using the door





washing dishes, whereas formerly the _





sink was in the darkest corner. The

old sink pump will not be used with

the new water system. Next to the

sink is placed the kitchen cabinet, and

its top makes the efficiency of the sink

as good as one with a double drain

board. In the former location of the

cabinet, the china case now stands

convenient to the dining—room. The

small portable table will be found very

useful for many purposes. A wood-

box with hinged cover is shown placed

against the wood shed . ll, and, if an

opening is made in this from the shed,

the box can be stored with wood every

few days and the stove filled without





 





 





Your Children ’5’ Belonging;





HE story is often repeated about Johnnie’s calf that became Dad’s

cow, and of Bennie’s pig that grew and grew until it was added to the





credit side of Dad’s account, when it was sold in the fall.





These





injustices are well worth elucidating upon, but there are others that are

equally as serious because the same principle is involved.



When mother takes a gift received by one child and gives it to anoth-

er, the former loses its rights and the latter is conscious of acquiring some-





thing without effort.





A child has rights!





Unless they are respected by





parents, the children’s impression of their own rights become distorted.

Frequently an older child is requested to give a. prized plaything to



baby to keep it from crying. This is not good for the older child, for she



comes to look upon baby as an enemy and will hide her playthings that she





may have them as her own.





A child’s mind is easily influenced and clear ideas of right and wrong





can be easily implanted in youth.





Later in their life, there will be





many things that we will try to teach, and those first impressions will





either help or hinder.





Even the very small child needs to be taught to respect his brothers’





and sisters’ toys.





If Big Sister lends a. toy to Little Three-year—old, she





should be taught to be' extra careful with that toy because it is borrowed.

The best arrangement is for each child to have a place for his“ own

toys, and these are not to be loaned indiscriminately by parents, or ~mo~





taking a step. Space is also shown

for the possible location “of an oil ’

stove. The route for preparing meals

in this new plan is only twenty-five ”

feet, as compared with forty-four feet

in the old plan. That of clearing away

and resetting table, nineteen feet as

against forty-six in the old plan, and

altogether over one-fourth mile is sav-

ed each day in unnecessary travel.

The Breakfast Alcove is Handy.

These plans show only the condi-

tions when meals are taken in the din-

ing-room. In onecorner of the kitch-





 





en, en the new plan, you will see a

table with seats on each side and a.

low china case] against the back of

one seat. This corner can be used as

a breakfast room, or, if the-1 family is

small, for other meals as well.



An ironing board is shown which

can be folded up and placed into the

wall when not in use. There is also

space for iron, stands,"étc., in the cab-

inet which holds the board. , The posi-

tion of this board is such that it is

near enough to the stove to be con-

venient, and also near the window for

light and ventilation. The portable

table moved near will be convenient

for laying clothes when ironing. Space

for brooms, pails, etc., is provided at

the head of the basement stairway.



After the letter was read, our natun—

3.] expression was, “I never'thought of





 





Big lnjun Chief is Lee Mast, of Bath,

Michigan.

that.” After a family counsel, we im«

mediately started to carry out the sug-

gestions contained in the letter, and

it certainly did not take long until we

all realized what a blessing our cous-

in’s visit had been and how much hap-

pier mother was when her burdens

were so much lightened—E. Martini.





 





START CALLAS EARLY FOR

WINTER. -





 





HE calla is an old favorite. The



bulbs can be grown well in pots

and dried off after blooming each year

and re-potted early, say in August, and

will be growing strongly and ready to

bloom when the winter sets in, while

so often we pot in September or Octo-

ber, and get no blooms until well

along toward spring. We can usually

get the bulbs in August if we ask for

them or order early, requesting that

they be shipped as soon as received.

Make the soil very rich for callas for

they like heavy feeding, and they





"to be scraped, then to the sink to be

ashed, and finally to the china case,

“and even then youhave no place to

set them when drying. After the dish-

as are taken back into the dining-

for the next meal, you will have

haveled forty-six feet.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





lested by brother or sister when the owner is away. It will tend to develop

a greater companionship between brother and sister, and create a pride in

their passessions. .



When a child is brought to realize his own rights, he is more ready to

respect the rights of his playmates. As early as possible mothers should

teach the little ones the true meaning or “mine" and “thine ”





shouldalways be kept very wet after

they start growing. I keep them set-

ting in a’ crock of water, and in cold A.

weather I heat water and fill the crock

each rimming. ‘
Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





EXTERMINATING House PESTS.





 





Please tell me hoW to get rid of bed

bugs. —Mrs. J P.





For bed bugs, kerosene, gasoline or

benzine forced into the cracks of the

walls and beds with a hand syringe

will kill the bugs; but when using

these inflamable materials, one must

be very careful. An old-fashioned and

effective remedy is made of a mixture

of one ounce of corrosive sublimate,

one pint of alcohol, one—quarter pint of

turpentine. This is painted in the

cracks of the beds and walls with a

feather.



POTATO SALAD DRESSING WITH-

OUT MUSTARD.





 





Please give me a good recipe A‘or

potato salad which does not require

mustard dressing. ——G. .



Cut six large ripe tomatoes in

halves and remove seeds, cook until

soft and strain through a sieve. Add

half teaspoonful of salt, pepper, a

dash of celery salt, one tablespoonful

of flour, two tablespoonfuls of cream

and one teaspoonful of onion juice.

Beat fifteen minutes and pour over

diced potatoes, together with any oth-

er vegetables you have at hand.



You may also serve French dress-

ing with potato‘salad, which is made

of one cup of olive oil, one~third cup

of vinegar or lemon juice, one tea-

spoonful of sugar, one teaspoonful of:

paprika. Add the seasoning to the

vinegar and the oil drop by drop to

the vinegar as you beat it. Two egg

yolks improves this dressing.





BANANA CAKE.





 





Will you please publish recipe for

banana layer cake?—V. .W.





The following recipe for banana

cream cake, I believe, will prove very

successful:



=56 cup butter



1% cups sugar 2 cups flour



2-3 cup milk 4 egg whites



Beat the whites of the eggs and

fold in last. Flavor to taste. Bake in

layers and spread whipped cream gen—

erously between each layer, with a

layer of sliced bananas over cream.





2 tsp. baking powder





RECIPE FOR PICKLES.





Would you please give me a recipe

for pickles containing cauliflower, on-

ion and cucumbers, without a dress-

ing?——Mrs. A. G.





Tempting Tested Recipes





Apple Breakfast Bread.





HE family will be pleased with

this breakfast surprise:

3 tb. melted shortening





1 egg 2%, cups flour



3‘, cup sugar 3 tsp. baking powder

% tsp. salt 11arge coarsely chop-

1 cup m1lk pod apple.





Beat the egg and add sugar, salt,

shortening and milk. Sift the baking

powder with the flour and beat thor-

oughly. Lastly add the chopped apple.

Bake in buttered pans or gem pans.



The men working in the field will

enjoy this drink and you can also

serve it for your afternoon tea.





Elderberry Punch.





1 cup elderberry syrup Juice of one lemon

1:5 cup white syrup 1 quart water





Mix all thoroughly and serve with

shaved iCe.



This new. way to serve cabbage is

. really good.



Escalloped Cabbage.



Cook cabbage until partly done;

drain. In a basin. or casserole put a

layer of cabbage-,- then a little salt,





 





Perhaps the following recipe will





suit your taste:





2 qts. small cucumbers

2 qts. pickling onions





Break cauliflower into small pieces

and, with onions and cucumbers, boil

until tender but firm. Drain and cov-

er all with vinegar, bring to a boil and

add one pound of sugar, one ounce of

mixed spices. Can while boiling.





1 large hd. cauliflower





DIVIDING UP PEONY CLUMPS.





 





T is never a wise plan to cut into a



clump of peonies to remove pieces

for any disturbance of the roots will

probably cause a loss of all blooms

the following year. Neither should

they be divided with recklessness

when taken up for such division.

Wash the roots and then out each root

with a good strong eye, and be-sure

that each eye has some good root to

support it. One or two eyes to the

piece will suffice for the plant will be-





 





O receipt openeth the heart



but a true friend, to whom

you may impart griefs, joys,

fears, hopes, suspicions, coun-

sels, and whatsoever lieth upon

the heart to oppress it, in a kind

of civil shrift 01' confession.-—~

Bacon.





 





 





come established and bloom legulally

afterward and the clump will not need

disturbing so soon again. Make all





 





cuts sharp. Do this dividing after thef

plants become dormant, which is about

After a few weeks’

they will start to form fiber roots and,

should be in their new quarters forI





September first.





this rooting—Agnes Hilco.





HOMOGRAMS.





 





Tight shoes and worry are the two.





worst foes to a woman’s beauty.





Overcasting can be done by tying’

up the foot of your machine the same: .'

and stitching down





as for darning,

the seam in a. zig zag line.





A box top given roller skate wheels





and used to save that eternal lifting

and tugging around of the scrub buck-

et has proved a big help to many a

housewife.



Samantha says: When the children

have good manners, you can be sure

that the mother is more than a house-

keeper; she’s a home—maker.



Tell the kids to “comb” their teeth.

This, say dental experts, gives the

right idea on how to use a toothbrush.





pepper, bits of butter and broken

cracker crumbs. Use the crackers

sparingly. Repeat until basin is full,

omitting crumbs on the top. Using

half water and half milk, pour over

the cabbage until quarter-inch of the

top of the cabbage mixture; or until

it Will show when the dish is tipped a

trifle. Place in oven and bake until

cabbage‘is thoroughly done.



Most everyone likes tomatoes serv-

ed this way:



_ Tomato Cutlets.



Remove the skins from firm, large

tomatoes and cut in quarter—inch slic-

es. Sprinkle With salt, pepperiand

sugar. To a beaten egg add three ta-

biespoonfuls of milk. Roll the slices

of tomatoes in bread crumbs, then in

the egg, and lastly in bread crumbs.

Brown in butter. Put a mound of

boiledrice in the center of the platter

make a border of the cutlets and crisp

bacon. Garnish with parsley and any

sauce you wish.





 

 





’ quires 41/8 yards of 36—inch material.





Keep Your Automobile Insured

Traffic Accidents on the Increase





* If you are the driver or owner of a motor car

or truck, can you really feel SAFE and SECURE

without automobile insurance?



-SuppoSe tomorrow you should be held liable

in damages to the extent of $5000. 00, would you

be able to make an immediate payment without

embarrassment? If not why not let our company

carry your risks? With our Statewide organiza—

tion of Adjusters, Agents, Attorneys and Officials,

we are able to assume your risks and give you

efficient service.



Our company is now finishing the tenth season

and we have built up large assets with one yearly

payment.



Total assets December 31, 1921, $137,392.51

Total assets December 31,1922, $226,449.45

Total assets December 31,1923, $407,683.55

Total assets August 1,1924 $561, 543. 26

Claims paid since organization $1,930,195.26

Claims paid the first six months .

of 1924, $222,021.73



The above assets have been accumulated with

one annual payment per year. The rate charged has

been sufficient to pay the claims each year and to

add something to the surplus. The company has

never made a special assessment nd has, therefore,

been non-assessable by experience. The yearly

charge being sufficient to meet the claims each year

and to increase the assets, placing the company on

a firm financial basis.



With a selected membership of over 54, 000

policy holders the company is prepared to meet

every claim promptly.



“Insure today tomorrow may be too late.





Call on the Local Agent or write the





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and chemical closet—as satisfactory in

every respect as bathroom outfits costing

$400 installed by plumbers. Especially

suitable for homes without running water.





Special State $ 3 9 50





Fair Offer





If you cannot attend the Fair.

write for completé’information





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inches bust measure A 38—inch size

requixes 41 ’3 yards of 40-inch material.

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No. 4583—Ladies’ Blouse. Cut in

six sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch-

es bust measure. A 38-inch size re-'

quires 2% yards of 40-inch material.

Price 120.



No 4580~—Child’s Play Suit.

four sizes, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years.





No. 4515——Ladies’ Apron. Cut in four

sizes: Small 34—36; medium 38@40;

large 42-44; extra large 46-48 inches

bust measure. A medium size re-





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Harken, boys, to the awakening call

of our friend Polly. Did you hear it

well? She told us to wake up, as if

we were sleeping. Yes, even worse,

she said we were dead. Oh! she





thinks she is playing with a kitten, .





. only to become aware of the fact that

it is a lion.



Strange, why these girls are being

treated thus, wonder if they them-

selves are not the cause sometimes?

, To be sure, we boys do not always act



as we should, but are the girls always

faultless? At least I amnot one bit

afraid that we will lose our reputa-

tion on account of this. Oh, no! that

stands far too high.



Those contests certainly are difficult

to win. Some say they try, try again

till they win, but you know there are

always some hopeless cases, so I sup-



pose I am one of them. ———Your nephew,

Garret Klinge, M. 0., Lucas, Mich.





I am glad that you heard the noise

Polly made, and awakened. I think

you have the rudeness situation about

right. Don’t think you are hopeless.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Well, how did you like your vaca-

tion? I bet you had a good time, at

least I hope you did. I received my





Merry Circle button and card last

Wednesday, July 16. I was so glad I

did not know what to do. So I really





belong to your family now, don’t I?



Well, I must tell you about my pets.

My sister and I have eighteen little

ducks. We built them a large yard,

but then they always got out. So we

built it higher, and still they come out.

Now, what would you do about that?



In June we had four little kittens

and their mother took one of them

down the oat field and she left it

down to the oat field and she left it

its nest, and now she has only two

left. —Your niece, Hilda Heckman, M.

C., Capac, Mich.



You’ll have to do something to make

those ducks behave, or build the fence

still higher. That cat of yours must

have been a poor mother. It’s nice to

be interested in pets instead of think-

ing of knickers and bobbed hair all





the time.





 





Dear Uncle F1 ank:





I have to laugh when I read the let- ,





'ters, because everyone has something

about boys being 1ude to girls. The

boys around here me never 1ude to

girls.



I have a friend who wants the boys

to like her, so she puts on (what I

call earchains), they hang way down

to the shoulders and flop when you

walk. She fusses her hair up, and

that’s just what the boys alound here

hate.



I bought one hen in the spring and

she laid sixteen eggs, then sat on

them and hatched out all sixteen. Be-

sides that I have got some rabbits. My

father caught a wild rabbit the other

day and we shut him up. He was

very little and wild, but he is getting

tamer every day.



Well, I think I will close for this

time. ——Yours truly, A niece



I think many girls make a mistake





 





,‘I‘he sign tells whose dog he is.





 





 





 





Some M. C. Correspondence

1 Part of W Izaz‘ t/ze Portmarz Left at Our Door I





when they think boys like outlandish

things, and a lot of fussing up. Most

boys, I believe, like sweet simplicity

best. I am glad you are the sensible

kind of girl.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I don’ t agree with Fred Horton when

he says you would think the bat would

bite a girl. I've played ball on a team





 





School Contact





E had such good results



from our prohibition con-

test that we are going to try

another public question contest.

This time we would like to know

just what those who are actu-

ally using the schools think

about them. So we are asking

you to answer; the question, “Is

the Consolidated School” Better

than the Little Red School

House?” Undoubtedly many of

you have had experience in both

kinds of schools and can there-

fore tell which is the best. 'Anyl-

how, we want your opinion.



For the two best papers we

will give fountain pens; the next

three will be awarded flash-

lights; the next five, cute little

boxes of candy.



Make your papers 250 words

in length, or less, and write on

one side of the paper only.

Please put your name and ad-

dress in the upper left hand cor-

ner of the first sheet. If you

are a Merry Circler, put M. C.

after your name.



All those sending in good pa-

pers who are not Merry Circlers

will get M. C. membership cards

_. and buttons.



Send your papers to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan, before Septem~

her 4, as the contest closes then.





 





 





 





with girls against boys, and won, too.



I have never heard of one of the

boys sticking up for the girls, but

some of the girls have for them.



I think just as Polly Svinsky does,

that some of the M. C. boys are dead.

“Better get some Pep, Boys!”———From

an M. C. Cousin, Marion Northon, R.

3, Claile, Mich.





Some girls act as if a bat would bite

them and some M. C. boys are dead.

But, also, some girls can bat and some

M. C. boys are alive. Some boys let-

ters have “stood up” for the girls.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



When I read Louise Fitzpatrick’s

letter saying that knickers were the

most comfortable piece of wearing ap-

paxel eve1 made, I thought there must

be something wrong.



Now, don’ t you think, Uncle Frank,

that if Louise or any other girl were

asked to choose between knickers and

dresses to wear forever, they would

take the dresses instead?



I think I would, but I have a pair of

knickers, too, and wear them every

once in a while, so don’t ever think I

don’t approve of them—Your niece,

Lillian Johnson, M. C., Freeland, Mich.





I think you are right, but I think'





girls like to change dresses once in a.

while, too. No girl likes to have to

wear a house dress at a party.





 





DeIar Uncle Frank:





go horseback riding a lot, and

would like to race with the M. 0. girl





 





 





 

 





 





who said she could win a race horse-

back with some bos Another girl

and I ’are the only rls in this neigh-

borhood who can gallop horseback.



I think we had ought to change the

subject of “Are boys rude to girls."-

and “Bobbed hair and knickers,” don't

you, Uncle Frank?



Say, Uncle Frank, why don’t you try

the scheme of not printing the letters

about these subjects. I'm sure it would

be a. lot more pleasant. ——From an M.

£34.11]- niece, Ruth Wines, R. .6, Adrian,



ch ,’



I am going to cut down the~ number

of bobbed hair and knicker letters I

use. You want to be careful that you

don’t break the speed limits when





you ride the horse.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I was certainly well pleased with

the nice card and pin you sent me. I

feel proud to think I am a Merry

Circler. The advice on the card is

very good and ought to be used by all

boys and girls. I’m sure I will use it.



I just came heme from a week's

vacation in town, and had a nice time,

but was glad to get home and read

the Merry Circle page again.



Well, the Merry Circlers are writing

about bobbed hair, knickerbockers and

are boys rude to girls, so I will write,

too. I have never been rudely treated

by a boy that I can remember. Some

girls in our school speak rudely to the

boys, then, of course, the boys get

angry and answer more rudely. At

times in school they think they can

get the girls angry by getting balls

away from them. But really, it is fun

trying to get the balls back. So there

they are fooled.



Thanking you ever so much, Uncle

Frank, for the card and pin, I remain





always, your faithful niece, Florence





 





Margaret Smith with two city children.





 





with her.





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M enjy Circle Fund





ONTRIBUTIONS are coming

for the M. CfFund. The

Merry Circle idea of' charity is

to help others to help them-

selves; Here is your chance to

' help some unfortunate. one to

get on his feet and become a

useful member of society. It is

your chance to follow the Merry

Circle tenets of spreading hap-

piness. So send in your nickels

and dimes to swell the fund and

make it useful. A strict account-

ing will be made of everything

received and spent, to show that

all has been put to good use.

Contributions from everybody

welcome—Uncle Frank.





 





 





 





Litkowske, M. C., R. 3, Saginaw, Mich.



The way other folks act toward you

certainly depends a great deal on how

you act toward them. This includes

boys’ actions toward girls, and girls'

actions towards boys. You have a'sen-

sible view of the matter.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Say, wasn’t that some letter of Marl-

garet Gravelle’s? I certainly agree

I hope Harold overc0mes

some of his bashfulness after he reads

her letter.



I think a M. C. Aid Fund would be

awfully nice, don’t you?.



Well, I must close because the

breakfast dishes are waiting for me.—

From a patient M. 0., Helen Pock-

lington, Tecumseh, Mich.





Yes,.Margaret wrote some letter.

The a1d fund has been born, so it’s





up to us to make it thrive.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Say, Uncle Frank, why can’t we

have a, Merry Circle aid fund? I think

that all the M. C. would be willing to

help—A nephew, Charles Wilder,

Sherwood, Mich.



We have the aid fund now. Now

we should aid the fund, don’t you ,

think?





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I just enjoy reading your boys’ and

girls’ page. You sure have started a

wonderful thing for the young folks,‘

and am so glad you have so many

young folks that belong to the Merry

Circle—«Yours truly, Mable Wiirth,

Reed City, Mich.





I’m glad, too, so many belong to the

M. C. The more, the merrier.





Some Good Proverbs

Sent I niB y Prize W z'mzerr





By Nellie M. Halstead, M. 6-, Ver-

montville, Michigan.



A wise man knows enough to con-

ceal what he doesn’t know. '

.— The clouds have tears; it’s the sun

that cheers.



Today is the tomorrow, you worried

about yesterday.





 





By Beatrice M. Hanis, Perkins,

Michigan.



One today is worth two tomorrows.



When befriended, remember it;

when you befriend, forget it.



A slip of the foot you may soon

recover, but a slip of the tongue you

may never get over.





 





By Philomena M. Falls, M. 0.,

Carsonvillc, Michigan.

Wealth may seek us—but wisdom

must be sought.

No man has done his duty until he





has done his best.

Light unshared—is darkness.





 





By Olga Dehmel, M. C., Unionville,

Michigan.



A country is not made great by the

number of square miles it contains,

but by the number of square people

in it.



The more one thinks about himself

if he thinks clearly—the more humble

he will become.



You cannot build a reputation on

the things you are going to do.





 





By Viola Avery, M. 0., Hudsonvilie, '

Michigan.

Be not simply good—be good for

something.

The only way to have a friend is to

be one. -

Progress is made shy work alone.
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W oodland





M ally M endow Mouse Plays Hostess





FTER Jackie Rabbit had at last

made ' himself free from the

fence, and pinned the big hole

in his trOusers together with a small

twig, he, Willie Woodchuck and John-

nie Muskrat, scampered off toward the

woods. Their way led them across a

farmer's wheat field. It was harvest

time and the wheat was cut and the

bundles were placed in even rows.

“A fine place to play hide-and-seek,”

said Johnnie .Muskrat as he hurried

along a little faster to catch up with

Jackie Rabbit who was far in the lead.

“Yes, it would be fun to hide behind

those stacks, but we can’t stop to play

if we find the way home before dark.

Hurry up!” he called to Willie who





was waddling along, many rows of

wheat behind.

“I’m getting hungry,” answered





Willie, “and I can’t hurry when I’m

hungry. What’s the use of hurrying

anyway. No one is after us now.”



“I’m hungry, too, but there might

be someone hiding behind one of

these—” .



But Johnnie got no farther, nor did

Jackie. They stopped right there,

their hearts pounding and ears keen.

It sounded to them like the stack of

wheat before them had said, “Where

are you hurrying, and whither your

way?”



Even Willie VVoodchuck, who was

quite a way behind, heard it, and he,

too, was frightened. But in a minute

the three Woodland boys saw little

Molly Meadow Mouse peering around

the corner of a big stack of wheat.

She was so small any tiny that a big





leaf from the maple tree almost hid

her completely.



After the three little Woodland boys

had assured themselves there was no

harm, and forgot their fright, they

told Molly Meadow Mouse their story.



“You run-away rascals! Now you.





can see what happens to little boys





 

 





 





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“Come With Me,” said Molly Meadow

Mouse. ~





who run away. But you must be hun-





I,





gry. Come with me, she said.



Meekly they followed her, for they

had never been more hungry in their

lives. Around this stack of wheat and

behind that one she led them until

they came to a big stone pile.



“My house is in there,” said Molly

Meadow Mouse, “but I’m afraid you

can’t get in my front door. Wait

here.” ~



She disappeared between two big

stones and in only a minute was back

again with an oak leaf tray heaping

full of Woodland goodies. It took





many trips before they were satisfied,

but her store seemed unlimited.





 





 





 





FINDING TUBERCULOSIS IN MICH-

IGAN.





 





' ' E learn that the Michigan Tu-

V berculosis Association is again



organizing county clinics after

a three-year period in which none

were held. From a large and varied

personal experience I recommend

most'highly this work. Often it hap-

pens that both doctors and laymen are

rather lukewarm about undertaking

such work in their own communities.

“There’s very little tuberculosis in

this county. The clinics aren’t neces-

sary,” a doctor will declare. He means

that he has no cases in his own prac—

tice. He ignores the fact that no doc—

tor goes out and searches for patients.

When the tuberculosis nurse begins

to make her rounds, calling at homes

in which 'deaths from tuberculosis

have occurred and seeking “contact”

patients in every possible way, cases

come to light which the doctor never

suspected. I recall one such county

in which several of the local doctors

protested through the press that the

clinic was unnecessary. After one

month’s survey three large clinics

were held, more patients presenting

than could be examined, and sixty-two

active cases of tuberculosis being dis-

covered.





The value of such clinics to the per-

son having tuberculosis is readily ap-

parent, but let us- not forget the fact

that they are worth still more to those

whose contact with patients has pro-

duced a beginning infection that is

still incipient. Subh persons, usually





. wall plate.





the children of a patient, ordinarily

receive no medical care, because they

are not yet sick. But the clinic gives

them exactly yvhat they need. The

examining doctors look into every de-

tail of their general development and

state of nutrition. Special diets are

advised and arranged. Provision is

made for certain peroids of daily rest,

for outdoor sleeping and for extra

food. They are removed from contact

with the source of infection. Such

children soon build up into robust

health and so they are saved from

giving way to the onslaughts of tuber-

culosis and grow up to be healthy

adults.



I believe that every county in Mich-

igan should have regular tuberculosis

clinics, not so much for the sake of

those known to be tuberculous, but in

order to catch and cure cases that

are incipient.





REMOVING WARTS.





 





What is the best method to remove

warts? My small boy seems to have

one just started on his upper lip. I

have also one on my thumb which is

often quite sore and disagreeable. Just

lately several small ones have appear-

ed on the back of the same hand. Is

there any way I can remove them at

home or must I have them killed with

an electric needle ?——F. E. R.



Undoubtedly the best and safest

treatment is to have them dissolved

by the electric needle. It is a simple

matter that can be readily done by

any doctor equipped with an electric

The removal of a single

wart can be done safely at home by

the application of glacial acetic acid.





success of the other.





the progress reflected there





   





LINES





The State Fair





STATE FAIR is an arena for friendly competition.



It is an educational opportunity. It is a medium of

exchange for ideas and property. It is a social event. It is a

reflection of agricultural optimism. It is an annual census

of progressive agriculture. It is a pageant of progress.





The crop and livestock products of a great common-

wealth are on display. The best grains, the most nutriti-

ous grasses, and the finest farm animals on exhibition

give evidence of man’s progress in soil husbandry.





Ever keeping pace with the progress of the world’s basic

industry—agriculture—has been the development of the

Nation’s arteries of transportation. Interdependent as are

agriculture and transportation, it is becoming more and

more evident that the prosperity of one depends upon the





Always in the lead to recognize the needs of the country,

the New York Central Lines have spent millions upon

millions of dollars in providing livestock cars, box cars

for grain, and refrigerator cars.





When visiting the State Fair, consider also the fact that





is, in a large measure, pos-





sible through the foresight and progressiveness of the

builders of our great railroad systems.





 





NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES





BOSTON GALBANY-MICHIGAN CENTRAL-BIG FOUR ~ PITTSBURGH SHAKE ERIE;

AND THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY LINES





General Offices—466 Lexington Ave., New York





 





 





No. 4814—Junior and Misses’ Dress.

Cut in four sizes, 14, 16, 18 and 20

years. A 16-year size requires 31/

yards of 40-inch material. The width





 





of the dress at the foot is 1% yards. ‘

Price 120. _





MICHIGAN FARMER PATTERNS





N0. 4383W(}irls’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12-

year size requires 3% yards of 40—inch

material. Price 120.





No. 4809~Ladies’ House Dress. Cut

in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44

and 46 inches bust measure. Size 38

requires 43/4 yards of 27-inch mate-

rial. The width at the foot is 17/3

yards. Price 120.





No. 4405—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in

four sizes: Small 34-36; medium 38-

40; large 42-44; extra large 46-48 inch-

es bust measure. A medium size is»

quires 4%

The width at the foot is 214

Price 120.





 





No. 4601~Gir1s. Dress. Cut in four

sites, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10-year





size requires 2% yards of 32-inch ma.- 1





terial. Price 12c.





No. 4414—Girls’ Dress. Cut in tour.

A 10-year . . ..

size requires 3% yards of 32-inch mar-





sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years.





terial. Price 12c.





yards of 36-inch material.

yards.
with





MULE-HIDE

Asphalt Shingles





and





.Roll Roofing





Fall is the best time to

roof or re-roof. You'll g

be surprised to know 1

how little it costs to



lay Mule-Hide Asphalt

Shingles or Roll Roof-



ing right over the



old worn out wood

shingles.





Ask your nearest Mule-

Hide dealer or write

us for estimated costs.





 





TNE LENON

COMPANY





Machinists

cmceoo





none-HID?





"Nor A KICK '

/NA MILLION F55!





 





 





THERE IS A MULE-IIIDE SALES

AGENCY NEAR YOU - ASK YOUR

[UMBERMAN _ ”





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

   

   

 





 





Albion ice] and wood minus '

and powerful. One-third the wot:

mg parts of any other .mill.





 





,3; -_ V min Pm bean; wheel to

._'. -" wear. Neoillm-nduflyro

. Coven" bf!

m In 4

u m, Whynouhone-rorudlor‘w

hour now with s good W's-hi)

II}? is ”£1,121 chmam—F- O. B.

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- Union Steel Products Co. Lid.

.liopi. 44. Albion. Michigan. 0.3.1.





 





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POULTRY





Cockerels and Pullets





Leghorns, Rocks. Reds, Wyandottes. Orpingtons, An-

conas, Minorcas. Also Geese, Turkeys, Ducks. All





Pure B .

Send for complete Circular with full description of





stock and price list.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo. Mich.





Member International Baby Chick Association

Member Michigan State Farm Bureau





Top Prices for Eggs





We pay highest market price for both fancy white

and brown uaded. eggs. Prompt remittance guar-

anteed. W





 





rite for stencils or shipping tags.





Trystate Egg Company, Inc.,





20 in street. New York City. New York.





 





' HENEVER grain goes up a few

W cents per bushel, and the corn

crop is backward, there are

many ready to predict. “It is good-

night to the poultry business.” Dur-





trymen have been lucky and the birds

have paid fairly well, but over-produc-

tion has been anticipated and in many

sections the egg market this spring

was not a profitable market.



But the bad spring weather has

placed a new aspect on the future of

the poultry business. Many farmers

who raise about 100 pullets have rais-

ed scarcely any. Some breeders who

have fairly large flocks have mainly





. late-hatched birds. These late hatched





pullets will not be good prospects for

fall and winter eggs.



As grain prices increase there will

be less desire to hold over a. large

flock of hens. Some poultrymen who

expected to buy more pullets will not

be in the market for those birds. It





- will mean less competition next fall





and winter, and a better opportunity

for good egg prices for those who stay

with the business.



Cheap Grain and Cheap Eggs.

I find that cheap grain does not al-

ways mean cheap eggs, because of the

many hazards and other factors that

enter into the poultry business to lim—

it production of high-quality goods. I

also find that expensive grain does

not mean a corresponding increase in

the price of eggs. In other words, the

different seasons seem to have their

own egg prices, ranging from twenty-

five to sixty cents, and when eggs are

much higher the consumption is great-

ly reduced. When they are low there

are more people eating eggs, and for-

tunately the lowest prices for eating

eggs come at" the season when a large

number of eggs are turned into chicks

for the production of new stock.

Economy Necessary.





It seems as if poultrymen who ‘are

now established in business may even

benefit from higher grain prices if

that fact reduces competition in egg

production and the remaining produc-

ers make every effort to cut down pro-

duction costs. Hens must eat to be

profitable producers. The use of poor

quality feed will mean losses. Sour

milk and buttermilk can often be pro-

duced at home and obtained at a low

rate in the community. It is a great

egg producer and helps to keep the

hens healthy. The egg producer with

a few cows will always have an ad-

vantage over those who must puri-

chase all of their protein feeds in the

form of beef scrap, fish scrap, or com-

mercially dried buttermilk.





In some sections it is possible to

obtain trimmings and clean scraps

from meat markets. If they can be

collected once or twice a week and

run through a. meat grinder, they

make a. fine source of protein for the

hens. Ground bone is also a fine egg—

producing feed but must be used spar-

ingly. to avoid digestive disorders.



Green Food a Necessity.



Green feed at all seasons is a neces-

sity for health and egg production.

Large quantities of mangels and cab—

bages can be produced on a very small

area. Clover hay is greatly appreciat-

ed by the hens in winter. These green

feeds produced at home are much

cheaper than buying ground alfalfa in

commercial mashes at. more than

three cents per pound.



Purchasing all grains in the neigh-

borhood that are not raised at home

is a help in cutting down the feed

bills. This saves the profit of the mid-

dleman and the time taken in driving

after the grain and hauling it home.

The home feed grinder will be a great

factor in the future in making a poul-





 





 





tryxbusiness profitable. It enables the





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Economical roductz'o'n Named:





By R. G. -. Kirby





ing the years of cheap wheat the poul- ‘





poultryman to use his own home}

grown grains to the best advantage.





and saves a lot of middlemen’s‘charg-





es, freight bills, and feed sacks.’

Storage Rooms Useful.

Plentyof storage room is useful and

necessary in the economical produc-

tion of eggs. Rooms that are protect-

edfrom rats and mice or metal stop

age bins, will have a' lot of feed. The

poultryman" needs such protection

more“ than other farmers, as the con-

stant sprinkling of grain over large.

areas while feeding the docks is bound

to draw rats, mice and sparrows. If

the pests can find breeding places on

the farm handy to the feed supply

they become a bill offl'expense. The

more sparrow breeding plaCes around





uh , _

si‘x”mo'fiths-.





 





FALL recruit: FOR" BEES.





 





THEIspecial value of fall paswre is

. to keep the queens laying late to

furnish young bees for wintering over, .

as when the flow stops the bass quit

rearing brood. Plenty of young bees

in the'colenies are needed if they are

to winter Well and ,be strong enough





to_,build 'up quickly in the spring, It W





is better for them to have negtar—bear-

ing pasture, rather than being. fed.

Buckwheat is one of the best to saw

for this purpose, as it can usually be

depended on to succeed and to bear

nectar freely. and the buckwheat grain

is valuable for poultry. It,,can be sown

as late as the wfirst of August

and the root growth will leave much

humus in soil, even if the top growth

is removed. Mustard is another crop





Mrs. Wm. Koch and Her Leghorns. One Pullet Laid at Four Months.





the barns and outbuildings, the great-

er the feed bill for raising young spar-





rows on the wheat that is needed by

the poultry.





The chance of buying grain at the

right time depends on a. proper stor-

age place for that grain. Usually feed

is the cheapest right after harvest

time. It is often highest .during the

spring and summer when the supply

of home-grown grain is gone and the

neighboring farmers are all sold out.

By that time the remaining grain has

drifted to the elevators and as they

do a service in buying and storing it

for future use, nobody can kick on

giving them a fair profit on their grain.

Unfortunately, the period of high

grain prices comes at the time when

the poultryman is not only feeding

many old hens, but rearing a lot of

young stock which are making very

little return. They are future pros-

pects as egg producers but a lot of

good grain must be invested in them

before they are capable of production.

When a poultryman can finance the

purchase of grain after harvest it is a.

great help in the economical produc-

tion’ of eggs during the coming year.





Good Stock Will Pay.





Good stock will pay during the com-

ing year, even with wheat and corn





prices higher than now. . It is a good~





time to cull rigidly and keep the best.

Next year it may only pay to repro-

duce the very best.



This may not be a good time to in-

crease poultry production, but it looks

like a good time to give the pullets

and hens the best of care while you

are garnering together all the grain,

mangels, cabbages, clover and general

supplies which you can obtain for use

this fall and winter.



Increased prices for grain may not

be all loss to the poultryman. Some

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their flocks rather small and market

their grain. Some farmers who sell

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A NEW TURKEY DISEASE.





 





R. H. F. STAFSETH, poultry dis-



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Ionia, a great part of the flock has

succumbed to the trouble. Dr. Staf-

seth is certain the disease is not

blackhead, but the indications are that

it is a trouble which affects the lungs.

The female birds often lay eggs until

the time of death, but those eggs

when hatched, produce poults which





soon die of the same disease, indicat— ,





ing that the disease is transmitted.

Both old and young stock fall prey to

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TURTLES ATTACK DUCKLINGS.





 





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EGG CONSUMPTION.





 





HE number of eggs consumed per



year on farms averaged 28.8 doz-

en per person. The per capita farm;

consumption of fowls averaged nearly

one fowl per month. The consump-

tion of eggs and poultry‘was found to

be the greatest in seasons of lowest
High was





8 the twig is“ bent; so is the tree



. inclined,” runs an old saw, but few



of us realize how true is the ap-

plication of this principle in our own

homes. Yet in the rapid rise of the

Harry Williams Holstein herd in Kent

county, we~have but another witness

to the fact that the reading matter

that finds a place on the farm home

library table wields a most powerful

though perhaps subtle influence on the

lives of the children who scan its

pages and are much. more impression-

able than the adults into whose hands

it falls. 'N .



Harry Williams bought his first H01)-

steins four years ago, just two foun-

dation heifers that fitted an impres-

sion made on him years ago, and to

the high quality of these two heifers

may be traced the phenomenal yield

of the seven~cow herd that Williams

had entered in the North Kent County

Cow Testing Association last year.





. These seven coWs owned by Wil-

l ‘ liams finished the year in the cow

testing association recently and when

the records were summarized and fig-

l : ured up, the aVerage milk production

was chalked up at 12,4694 pounds,

while the fat production was 446.5

, pounds and an average fat test of

f? 3.57. Figures look cold unless there

2 are some others to compare them with

i i so we may state here for the purpose

of comparison that there were 175

cows entered in this association and

the average milk production for all

was 7,546.8 pounds of milk with a but-

ter—fat content of 303.66 and with these

in mind, we can see that the Williams

herd averaged 5,000 pounds more milk

and 143 pounds more fat per cow than

did the average cow.

But to go back a bit, although Harry

1: Williams’ father never bred Holsteins,

‘ he got near enough to a deal at one

time so the would-be seller had a cer-

tain Holstein trade paper sent to him

and it came year after year. Young

3 Williams, true to boyhood’s fancies

l and impressions, carefully leaved the

paper through and feasted on the pic-

tures of the best kings and queens

and lesser lights of Holsteindom. Lat-

er, when he went to farming for him:-

self, he could not override those early

impressions and every Holstein herd

, was a. new study and a new desire to





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





him. So only four years ago, he bought

his foundation heifers that today are

five-year-old cows, and these, with

their progeny, are the seven cows

that made the phenomenal record

which we briefly sketched in the para-

graph above.



‘And those ideals that were incul-

cated early still persist, for Williams

’ , now avers that his goal is a whole

herd of thirty-pound cows, and we

l . _ should say that this is well within his

a range. Production cranks are likely

to lose sight of type and conforma-

\ tion but we had visible proof that

" “such was not the case in this herd

and it was the judgment of John Buth

f and H. W. Norton, Jr., that we bank

on in this respect. Last year, when

they were selecting a group of cattle

to go to the National Dairy Show as

a state herd, they picked on a calf and

a yearling in the Williams herd. Later

it developed that the older heifer

would freshen too early to permit her

to enter, and inasmuch as he had such

3 a small herd anyhow, and considering

" that there was some risk involved,

Williams would not permit these ani-



mals to leave his farm.

In mentioning the development of

this herd, it would not be fair to omit

Mrs. Williams, because she is the





a to izzard. In fact, when I reached





tions and dishing the mixture out to





   

   

 

 





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feeder and knows cattle feeding from





the Williams farm in the mid-after-

noon, she was compounding the ra-





each cow in proportion to the milk

reference to

whether she was a cow that just nab-

stays at,or one. that milks down





thin. The cows that milk down thin

are given a ration containing more

corn, while those that stay fat are giv-

en more protein. Just now the Wil-

liams herd is getting a grain mixture

consisting of 200 pounds of ground

corn, 100 pounds of ground oats and

100 pounds of bran, given in the pro-

portion of one pound of grain to each

four pounds of milk.



Williams is a great believer in al-

falfa for dairy cows and he believes

that he can get‘an alfalfa seeding eas-

ier than he can one of June or mam-

moth clover. In his regular seedings

he is mixing in sweet clover and finds

that it has some advantages in that it

comes on a little more quickly than

alfalfa alone. Last year he got six-

teen tons of alfalfa hay off of a four-

acre field. This had grown potatoes,

was then limed and manured and sown

to Grimm alfalfa. It is a loamy soil

on top with clay subsoil.



Last year, the highest producing

cow in the herd was Piney Grove

Segis Elzevere, one of the foundation

heifers. She gave 17,477 pounds of

milk containing 719 pounds of butter-

fat. The value of her product based

on the price received from the conden-

sary at Sparta, was $386.19. The cost

of roughage and pasture was $34.36,

while she consumed $110.74 worth of

grain, making her total feed cost

$145.10. This looks high, but when

one subtracts this figure from the val-

ue of the product and finds that this

cow netted Williams $241.19 above the

cost of feed, he appreciates the fact

that the high-producing cows are by

far the most economical.





MICHIGAN HAS NEW HOLSTEIN

CHAMPION.





 





ICHIGAN’S new Holstein champ-

ion cow for ten months’ produc-

tion as a junior three—year-old is Trav-

erse Duchess Korndyke, owned by the

Detroit Creamery Company at Mt.

Clemens. Her record is 20,4564 lbs.

milk containing 671.43 pounds butter-

fat, equivalent to 839.2 pounds butter,

according to the advanced registry

department of The Holstein-Friesian

Association of America.

As a consequence of this record she

displaces the former state champion in

her class, Flint Maple Crest Crown De





 





away from me he's welcome. But I

always held it ag’in ye for the lies ye

told her. . Still, if ye had lived straight

and been good to her I’d. never cross-

ed yer trail. But ye was a brute and

crooked; so I waited. I knew the time

was coming. And here we be, with a

gun atween us, only ye’re at the wrong

end of it.”



The sheriff eyed him thoughtfully,





Plosser.





ance and I'd rather ye ‘would act I:

nasty." _

“I ain’t showin' no fight," protested

“If ye want to kill me in

cold blood ye can; but I ain’t makin!

no fight.

“Ye’re certainly going to be a nuis-

ance," mused the sheriff.

has burned?”





I'll go back peaceful.”





(To be continued).





“How much . .





 





 





 





weighing desire against duty. With al





 





sigh he finally announced, “Ye’re safe:

for just now, but another break and

I’ll be a man first, sheriff afterward”:

With this warning he began“ feeding‘.

himself with his. left hand from the!

supplies on the table. !





As he inventoried the supplies he

grew puzzled. Besides the tins of beef,

there was a bag of flour, another off

potatoes, one of salt, a kettle of beans

ready to be baked, several bottles of

mixed pickles, cans of salaratus and

pepper, and several pounds of tea;

Plosser must have packed in the sup-

plies some time prior to his crime.

But why such a quantity? Then a?

wry smile crinkled his thin lips, and.[

he mocked, “Intended to hide uphere'

till the hunt got cold, then sneak south

to the cities, eh? And if hard pressed

he could always fall back across the

line into Canada. If I’d known that!

I’d have took it easier.”



“I wish ye’d known,” sighed Plosser.

“Tonight’s the first time my gun’s

been out of my hand.” He abruptly

broke off to exclaim, “Look out! The

money’s caught fire!”





The sheriff shrugged his shoulders

and tightened the pressure of his trig—

ger-finger, advising, “Keep yer shirt

on and let her burn. It ain’t our mon—a

ey.” Even when the odor of burning:

paper reached his nostrils he gave it,

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I’m simply pining for an excuse to pot 1

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DANGER FROM WIRE TAGS.





 





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RED PLOSSER’S HAN DICAP.





 





(Continued from page 156).

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HEN there is little or no profits

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clover rotation increased the yield of

corn twenty-seven bushels per acre.

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we produced last year, or those we

hope to produce this year.



Good live stock on the farm means

silos, alfalfa, clover, the feeding of

crops and saving of fertility, utilizing

cheap roughage, land growing richer,

better crops, an all the year job, and

more profit.—P. P. Pope. '





 





PASTURE SWEET CLOVER HEAVY.





HE Sonley Brothers’ up in Midland

county, are having a. very favor-

able experience 1with sweet clover for

pasture. They have a. field of fifteen

acres which was seeded to sweet clo-

ver with oats in the spring of 1923.

After the oats crop was removed the

sheep were turned in and allowed to

graze the new» seeding rather closely.

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head "cf cattle. The cows were, re-

moved to, a. pasture near the barns as.

they approached calving, until now

.only half the number remain. When,

the hot weather came the gates were

opened to a partially wooded pasture

of five or six acres that the animals

might have fresh June grass and

shade. ‘ ‘

The 'surprising thing is that neither

the sheep nor the cattle have paid

much attention to this grass lot. They

préfer to spend most of their time ‘in

the sweet clover and are in very fine

condition. With this heavy grazing

the growth is now (at oat-cutting

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coarse. The boys say that the field

could have carried still more grazing





animals to advantage as they like the '





fresh, tender growth best, and they

believe the secret of success with

sweet clover is continued close crop

ping so that young, tender, more pal-

atable growth may be coming along

in abundance all the time.



This field will be plowed for corn

another year, and the adjoining field

which now sets thick with ‘oat shocks

and has a. good stand of new sweet

clover, will be used for pasture.



The land on Sonley Brothers’ farm

is rich and dark and level, and they

see little use of letting two acres re-

main in permanent pasture when they

can get as good results from one acre

of sweet clover in rotation—Pope.





 





HORSES WORK CHEAPER ON

ALFALFA.





EIGHT teams of horses, each ani-



mal weighing from 1,500 to 2,000

pounds, and ranging in age from three

to fifteen years, were used in the al-

falfa. tests conducted at the Michigan

Agricultural College this past year,

under the direction of R. S. Hudson.

One horse in each of these teams was

fed corn and alfalfa hay, while his

mate received the usual feed of corn,

oats' and timothy.



Keeping accurate tab on the feed

and weighing the horses each two

weeks furnished information of real

interest to all who use horse power.

The teams did field work, heavy hauli-

ing and such other work as would be

required upon the average farm.



The eight horses eating corn, oats

and timothy lost during the test a.‘

total ”of 570 pounds, while their mates,

fed on corn and alfalfa, lost a. total of

only twenty pounds. The cost of feed-

ing a horse corn, oats and hay was





37.4 cents per day. as compared with ,





thirty-two cents when supplied corn

and alfalfa. Reduced to hours of





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m. m Ihould mic fully the history and symptoms 0!

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Cold Abscess.——I have a sow with

hard bunch under jaw which is the

size of a half-gallon measure. .The

sow cats and drinks all right. I op-

ened bunch, only blood came from it.

C. F., Laingsburg, Mich—Paint bunch

with tincture of iodine three times a

week and it will either absorb or





' suppurate.





-Eczema——Worms—Lice.——The hair

is dropping out of the tails of my

horses and I would like a remedy.

Pigs have worms. Cats are troubled

with lice. J. R. 8., Allen, Mich—Ap-

ply one part bichloride of mercury—-

1,000 parts water, to scalp of tail

twice a day. Don’t mix this lotion in

metal container. Fast pigs for thirty

hours and give each one that weighs

100 pounds forty drops of oil of chen-

opodium, immediately or soon followed

by two ounces of castor oil and this

single dose will pretty much rid it of

worms. Dust the cat with pyrethrum

powder and roll up in towel for ten

minutes, then brush well, is quickest

way to destroy lice or fleas. One

part chinosol dissolved in 500 parts

water will kill lice, so will one part

of an infusion of stavesacre in twenty





of water kill lice, but it should be,





repeated.





Collar GaII.—I have a horse that is

troubled with a bad case of collar

gall. Have applied various remedies,

but none of them effect a cure. B. K.,

Holly, Mich.——~Dissolve quarter pound

of acetate of lead, one ounce of alum,

one ounce of tannic acid in one gallon

of water, and apply to sore three times

daily. Perhaps some surgical work

should be done on shoulder.





Cow Leaks Milk.—I have a cow

which leaks milk all the time and I

would like to know how to prevent it.

W. F., Aurora, Mich—Milk her three

times daily. After milking, dry end

of teat, then apply styptic collodion.





Bronchitis—Calf four months old





breathes heavy, but has good appetite.-





My other calves are thriving fine. .

H. B., Whittemore, Mich—Rub chest

with one part mustard and eight parts

lard twice a day. Give a teaspoonful

of sweet spirits of nitre in quarter

pint of cold water every four hours.





Partial Loss of Power.-——Cou1d you

tell me what to do for pigs, which

seemed to be all right until they were

nine weeks old, and same day I wean-

ed them, they went down behind.

They had free range, fed small quan-

tity of corn and plenty of skim-milk.

They eat good and seem hungry. C.

S. J., Merrill, Mich—Give each pig a

teaspoonful of cod liver oil daily, also

feed them plenty of clover. You

should haVe fed the sow minerals and

tankage while she was raising her

pigs.





Abnormal Appetite.—Nearly every

one of my cows chew wood. What

had I better give them? Subscriber,

Wayne Co.—Mix equal parts of pow-

dered gentian, bicarbonate of soda,

and salt together. Give each cow a

tablespoonful at a dose in feed twice

a day. Grass is one of the best rem-

edies for this ailment.





Unthrifty Mare—Worms.-—We have

a fiveyear-old mare that is thin, coat

long and rough, she also passes a few

worms. Tell me how to feed and treat

her. D. W. P., Reading, Mich.—~Feed

her one part oats and two parts corn,

also some clover, alfalfa, or roots.

Groom her twice a day. Mix equal

parts of powdered sulphate of iron,

gentian, fenugreek, and salt together

and give her a tablespoonful three

times a day. Her teeth may need ait-

tention.





Weakness—Have a horse that had

distemper a while ago; he usually

sweats while standing in stable. The

stable is not too close or warm. H.

B. M., West Branch, Mich—Weakness

and sluggish kidney action are com-

mon causes of horse perspiring in the

stable. Give one dram of fluid extract

of mu: vomica, one dram of acetate

of potash in drinking water three

tunes daily. The stable should be sup-

plied with fresh air, and have vent—

ilator to allow foul air to escape.





Shy Breedero—Our three-year-old

cow dropped her first calf on July 6,

1923. Since then she has failed to

D. C. 8., Quincy, Mich.

—-Give her thirty grains of ground

nux vomica, two drams of ground cap-

sicum in ground feed three times a

day. Results from treatment are un-





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”Bitter“, Cream. y eig’



cow had a calf last July; she

thirteen. quarts of rich milk daily,.but

the cream and butter are bitter—not

She is fed a good quality

‘of feed. C. E. S., Dearborn, Mich.—

If you are feeding her a good quality

of food, and if her udder is not infect-

ed, the cause must be germs getting

into the milk after it is drawn. I

know of no better plan than to thor-

oughly clean udder, separator, all the

milking utensils, keep the cream in a

cool, clean place, and be sure that the

rinsing water is clean. If dipped from

tank, the tank may need cleaning.





Chronic Garget.—-We have a cow

that has garget. Is her milk fit to

use?—M. B.———No, and chronic garget

is incureable.





COUNTY HOLSTEIN TOURS.





 





H OLSTEINERS of Livingston coun-



ty cooperated with the new Coun-

ty Guernsey Association in a joint

tour recently. Of course, County

Agent Bolander acted as chief insti-.

gator, and also maintained peace

among the rival breeders during the

outing.



They had a band. Yes, they did!

Boy club members located on-a truck

performed lustily at each and every

stop.



The town took in only herds that

have been doing cow testing associa-

tion work. Morning stops were at the

Jersey herd of A. H. Donaldson, the

Guernsey herd of Arthur Skidlnore,

and Holstein herd of N. H. Chestnut,

of Fenton. At the Chestnut farm the

picnic dinner and program took place.





H. W. Wigman, prominent Guernsey

breeder, first addressed the bunch.

The Holstein tourists had their inning

when D. D. Aitken, of Flint, the well-

known exponent of the Black-and-

‘White, followed. A. C. Anderson, of

the Michigan Milk Producers’ Associat-

tion, happened along and talked the

dairy business over with the crowd.

J. G. Hays represented the dairy de-

partment of the college, talking on

cow testing association work.





After the speaking the tourists set

sail again, visiting the Guernsey herd

of Stanley Latson, and the Holstein

herds of John Worthington and M. J.

McPherson.





The McPherson stop proved to be a

regular circus all by itself. The Guern-

sey Calf Club' boys defeated the H01-

stein lads by one point in an exciting

ball game. Supper came next in the

new 160-foot-long dairy barn. After

the feed came speeches by local talent

and then the movies.





The film shown was the interesting

depiction of “Jonathan Barr’s Conver-

sion.” This is a- double-reeler gotten

up by the National Holstein Extension

Service, boosting cow testing associa-

tion work.





An average attendance during the

day of sixty was secured, with 300 at

the night meet.





Washtenaw County.





The Washtenaw county tour also

featured cow testing association herds

but was strictly a Holstein affair. Over

fifty made the rounds. ~





The five herds visited were those of

A. A. Templeton, J. G. Lewis, E. W.

Latson, Braun Brothers, and William

Geiger & Sons;



The Geiger farm was reached short-

ly after noon. Barnyard golf preceded

the feed, this was a sad affair for

some, for instance, State Holstein Seo-

ertary Jim Hays. Hays and Club

Leader Essick proved easy meat for

Spaulding and Watrous, breeders from

Chelsea.





After dinner three cows from the .





Geiger herd were judged by two chos-

en teams. A hot argument ensued as

to first placing. Heavy dispute center-

ed on the heart girth dimensions of

the rival cows. Measurement showed

the round the heart distance to be

exactly the same! Another interest-

ing feature of the judging was that

the cow agreed upon by both teams as

candidate for low place, had last year

outyielded the others in cow testing

association work by over fifty pounds





of fat and a couple hundred pounds‘





of milk.



J. E. McWilliams, a director of the

State Holstein Association, talked to

the bunch on the different families of

the breed. McWilliams has had con-

siderable experience with the breed-

ing of Holsteins in his position as

dairy superintendent of the 800-cow

dairy of the Detroit Creamery Com-

pany at Mt. Clemens—naturally his

talk made a bit hit.



.J. G. Hays preceded McWilliams

With an account of the Holstein busi-

ness in and out of the state. An in-

teresting point made was that Michi-

gan would again show a state Hol-

stein herd at the National Dairy Show.

The Washtenaw breeders, according

to Hays, do not rank so very high in

numbers, but they sure qualify for

pep. The day’s doings vindicated this

statement—J. G. Hays.





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Hay



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No. 2 timothy $200321; No. 1 clover

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straw $1.1@11.50.



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standard and light mixed at $18@19;

No. 2 timothy $17@18.



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WHEAT





The sharp bulge in wheat prices last

week proved to be mere froth and at

present the market is at the lowest

pomt in a month. Speculative liquida-

tion on a broad scale has been precip-

itated. Wheat is still pouring into

primary markets at an unprecedented

rate, with the spring wheat movement

increasing as winter wheat shipments

decline. Both domestic flour buyers

and foreign purchasers play a waiting

game on the upturns.



While the world outlook is strong,

wheat is piling up so rapidly at term-

inals in this country that buyers in

our markets see no reason for imme-

diate anxiety over higher prices. At

the present rate, it is likely to mount

to 90,000,000 bushels or more before

the peak load is reached. Fortunately,

exports from the United States in-

creased last week. If clearances re-

main large, they will help materially

in supporting values as the market is

in need of a broader demand for ac-

tual wheat and flour.





CORN





Corn has had a few days of much

needed warm weather and with a pas

sibility, at least, that the next month

may make up for some of the unfav-

orable weather experienced heretofore,

liquidation of the enormous specula-

tive holdings accumulated during the

long advance was started and prices

dropped 15 cents from the extreme

high point. Even the optimistic, how-

ever, do not look for a crop in excess

of 2,500,000,000 bushels.



The tension in the cash situation

has been reduced by the purchase of

substantial amounts of Argentine corn

to come to Atlantic and Pacific Coast





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OATS





Because of wet weather which de-

layed threshing and the fact that bar-

vest was late, primary receipts of oats

in the last month have been the light-

est for the corresponding period in

more than a dozen years. The move-

ment has practically trebled. in the

last few days, however, and, at pres-

ent, is much heavier than a‘ year ago.

With the corn market declining and

buyers disposed to wait for heavier

gece‘ipts, prices have had a sharp set-



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SEEDS





The red clover seed market advanc-

ed sharply last week. The acreage

that will be cut for seed is said to be

below normal and many sections re-

port that the heads are not filling

well. New crop timothy is coming to

market freely and is exerting a de-

pressing effect on prices. Seedsmen

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sources of seed corn as they antici-

pate an extremely critical situation

next spring. Cribs of old corn that

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this way.

HAY





Ample receipts of hay are favoring

buyers, but the tone of the market is

steady. Alfalfa and prairie hays are

in slightly stronger demand than tim-

othy. Good fall pastures are a weak-

ening factor in the hay market in the

middlewest, while high prices in the

far west are assured as a result of the

prolonged drouth.





F EEDS





Wheat feed prices are easier as a

result of the decline in feed grain

prices. Eastern demand has become

quiet again and some of the purchases

made by eastern jobbers » at lower

prices some time ago are being resold

to the west. Corn feeds are steady

but offerings exceed the demand. Oil

meals show no change. Stocks of cot-

tonseed meal at mills are about 9,000

tons larger than at this time last year.

Flour mills are operating at a fairly

high percentage of capacity, so that

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heavy. Production of cottonseed meal

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$5.75 er 100 unds for C. H. P.

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were confirmed and, at e c ass of

the week, the market was quoted at

$6.80@6. Buyers are not following the

advance as they are not convmced

that it will hold and some of the ship-

pers are not as keen to make sales as

might be expected as they fear rejec-

tions in case the market should break

again sharply. _



The advance was due primaril to

the rains which have done much am-

age to the crop. Just how severe the

damage has been is uncertain and the

source of prices will probabl depend

on the character of the wea er.





Prices at the opening on light

weight goods by the American Woolen

Company show a decline of about sev-

en per cent compared with a: year ago,

and two and one-half percent under

the heavy weight seasou last January.

While the reductions were not large

enough to exert a marked efiect on-

the price of finished clothing, it is

generally believed that they will tend

to stabilize the market and induce

fairly active buying' of goods. The

goods market shows a more healthy

undertone! although stocks carried ov-

er in the hands of jobbers have not

been entirely eliminated.



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After advancing slightly last week,

butter prices settled back as the .un-

dertone weakened. A scarcity of high-

grade butter kept prices from sagging

much, but with pastures throughout

the middle-west in excellent shape,

and a. predicted production this fall of

20 per cent more butter than last year,

prices may hang around this level for

a time before the seasonal advance

begins. Prices for extras are about

six cents a pound lower than at this

time a year ago, which probably dis-

counts sufficiently the heavy produc-

tion and large storage stocks. More

attractive retail prices would probably

widen the consumptive demand mate-

rially. The large storage stocks are

constantly being added to instead of

decreasing as was the case at this

time a year ago.





 





I Live Stock Market SCI‘VICCJ





 





Wednesday,





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 20,000. Market is uneven,

mostly weak to 100 lower. Packing

sows showing minimum losses. Light

lights and slaughter pigs are a drug

on the market at 25@50c decline;

tops $9.90. Bulk of better 150 to 325-

lb. average $9.45@9.85; good 140 to

150—lb. weight at $8.50@9.25; packing

sows $8.30@8.70; roughs, throw—outs,

down to $7.50 and under; good strong

weight slaughter pigs at $7.50@7.75;

light and common kind down to $5.75.



Cattle.



Receipts 13,000. Market is uneven.

Some demand for desirable fed year-

lings and handyweight steers at weak

decline. Heavies very slow; best long

yearlings $10.75; several strings $9.25

@1050; few heavy steers about 810;

others uneven and slow; heavies 25c

lower, bulk $12.50@13.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 13,000. Market dull. Very

few early sales; fat natives around

steady at $13Q13.25; culls $8.50@9;

bidding weak to 25c lower on balance

of natives and westerns; sheep weak

to 250 lower; feeding lambs steady to

strong; best held at $13.25.





BUFFALO





' Hogs. ,

Receipts 3,990. Closing is stead .

Heavies $10.25@10.40; medium $10. 5

@1040; light weights $10.25@10.40;

light lights $8.75@10.25; pigs at $8.50;

packing sows and roughs $8.15.





, Catt e.

Receipts 300. Market dull.

CalVes.

Receipts 300. Tops at $12.50.

Sheep and Lambs. ~

Receipts 500. Best lambs $13.50.





August 27.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 1,068. Market 25@75c low-

er and very slow.

Good to choice yearlings

quotable .......... $ 8.50@10.00

7.50@ 8.





Best heavy steers ...... 50

Handyweight butchers . 6 5060 7.25-

Mixed steers and heifers 5 00@ 6.00

Handy light butchers . . . 50@ 5.25

Light butchers .......... .00@ 4.50

Best cows............... 4.50@ 5.00

Butcher cows ........... 3.25@ 4.00

Cutters ........... . ..... 2.50@ 2.75

Canners 2.00@ 2.50

Choice bulls . . . . . 4.00@ 5.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . 4.00@ 5.00

Stock bulls 3.50@ 4.00

Feeders ..... . ..... . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.50

Stockers .............,.. 4.00@ 5.25

Milkers . . ....... . . . . . . . .$45.00@90.00





Veal Calves.





Receipts 456. Market steady.





Best .. .......$13.50@14.00

Others 4.00@12.50





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 607. Market steady.

Best spring‘lambs . . . . . .813.00@13.50

Fair . 10.50@12.50





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Light to common . . . . . . . 7.00@ 8.75

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.50

Gulls and common . . . . . . 1.50@ 3.50

- _ Hogs. ,

Receipts 936. Market steady to 100

higher.

Mixed and heavy yorkers.$10.20@10.25

ROth‘eoe-eeeeeeseee-so 8015

Pigs 8.25





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Light yorkers cooueouooo‘e‘ 8:60@ 9.60





 





Prices on ”some creamery: Chi-





cago. Me; New York 39s., In Detroit





fresh creamery sells for 85@36%_c.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Receipts of eggs are declinihgz So

far in August they have fallen behind ‘

a year ago and each week shows a;

further decrease under the ceding

One. With “the supply of .fii—gmde

eggs constantly growing less, e mar-

ket is on a uality basis. . A marked

shortage of rash firsts forced prices

to the highest point for the season

last week. The range of values is con-

stantly widening with fresh firsts sell-

ing at 10 cents a dozen above under-

grades at the present time, and extras

are commanding a premium of five

firsts. Storage

stocks are being reduced as use of -



these eggs becomes more liberal.

Chicago—Eggs, extras ‘39@40c; mis-

cellaneous at 31@32c; dirties 24@25c;





checks 22@24c; fresh firsts 31(5234c;





ordinary firsts 29@30c. Live poultry,

hens 24c; broilers 29c; springers 26c;

roosters 15c; ducks 20c; geese 14c; .

turkeys 200. 1 -

Detroit—E gs, fresh’ candled and

graded- at 29. @331)“. Live poultry,

broilers 32¢; heavy hens 27c; light

hens 18@19c; roosters 15@16c; geese

15c; ducks 22@23c. ,





POTATOES





Potato prices were irregular last

week as an advance on eastern stock

was accompanied by a decline in the

middle west.‘ Carlot shipments from

producing sections are increasing

again and some of the late potato

states are sending substantial ship-

ments. It is probable that the move-

ment will expand rather steadily dur-

ing the next six or seven weeks. Mid-

western Irish Cobblers, U. S. No. 1,

are quoted at $1.20@1.35 per 100 lbs.

on the Chicago market. Early Ohios

are bringing $1.15@1.30. '





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The markets were crowded with

produce which was taken freely, with

some prices at higher levels. Sweet~

corn cleaned up early. A stronger de-

mand for lettuce sent prices up. The

small offerings of cantaloupes were

taken quickly. The market for toma-

toes was a little stronger. Bean‘s,

peas, squash, egg plant and cauliflow-

er sold well. Cucumbers were slow

to move and the demand for celery

was only moderate. Potato prices fell

off some under a larger supply. Poul-

try and eggs were in moderate supply,

but the demand was rather light.



Apples, No. 1, $1.75@2 bu; No. 2,

$1.25@1.50 bu; beans $2.25@3 a bu;

beets 40@50c dozen bunches, 75c bu;

local celery, large 900608125 doz; No.

1, 50@65c dozen; cabbage 40c a bu;



otatoes $1.25@1.40 bu; round rad-'

shes 40@60c dozen bunches; long at

500@$1 dozen bunches; sweet corn,

white 29@35c dozen; yellow '30@41c

dozen; summer squash 75c@$1 bu; to-

matoes $2.50@4 bu; pears $3@4 bu;

plums $2.50@4 bu; peaches $3603.50

bu; eggs, wholesale 38@39c; retail 45

@50c; 01d hens, retail 28@30c; broil-

ers, retail 28@380; ducks 25@300;

veal 18c.





GRAND RAPIDS





The supply of home-grown peaches

and cantaloupes was heavier in Grand

Rapids this week and prices worked

lower. The potato dealwas slow and

the market was not improved any by

chain stores using tubers as leaders,

selling them at or near cost. Eggs

continued to advance and the short

interest in beans and the poor condi—

tion of the crop influenced a higher

trend in prices. Quotations were as

follows: Dewey peaches $3@4 bu;





, apples Duchess 75c@$1 bu; Astrachans





%1@1.75 bu; Transparents. $1@1.50 a

u; plums, Red June $1.50@1.75 case;

Abundance $1.50@2 case; Early Gol-





den $1.50@2 case; blackberries $2@3





case; huckleberries case; canta-

loupes $3@4 bu; Benton Harbor $2@3

crate; potatoes 60@70c bu; tomatoes

75c@$1 per 7-lb. basket; beets, car-

rots, turnips, rutabagas 75c bu; pars-

nggs $1.50., bu; cauliflower $1@1.50

fi ; egg plant 350 each; cabbage,

white 25 30c bu; red $1 bu; spinach,

lettuce, 1.50 bu; squash 75c half bu;

beans $5 cwt; wheat, new $1.08 bu;

rye 70c bu.





LIVE STOCK SALES.

,October 24—Complete dispersal sale.

Spring Valley Stock Farms, Elisha

Bailey &. Son, Pittsford, Mich. ‘



' Holstein - a





-90?!” s nee
_ Continued from page 162).





I '.in g ting to their jobs saved moun-

‘ ,tains- of time, and the perfect func-

I tioning Of their-rotary pumps brought of retailers an instrument .which ena-





-gladness .to the hearts of the babes

and completely unfolded the wrinkles





in the faces of the centenarians. .





Finally, the parading of typey speci-

mens of Jersey, Ayrshires, Guernseys

and Holsteins from the College herd

completed ». a well-rounded program

which is certain to mark the begin-





' Ining of an annual event holding pos-





sibilities of great educational poten-

tiality for the practical farmers and

dairymen of the state.





 





BUTTER IMPORTED.





' HE amount of butter imported in



to this country during the first

six months of 1924 was 16,965,773

pounds.-valued at $6,173,647, compared

with 11,241,196 pounds, valued at $3,-

940,732 during the first six months of

1923. This is a small amount consid-

ering the many millions of pounds of

butter consumed in this country. Nev-

ertheless, it undoubtedly has had a de‘

pressing influence upon the butter

market, which has been reflected in





’ prices of. all dairy products.





 





 





ADOPTION OF DAWES PLAN TO

STIMULATE TRADE.





HE adoption of the Dawes report



by the London conference of the

Allies and Germany will result in a

revival in world trade, according to

the chief of the European division of

the department of commerce, who

says that the quantity of merchandise

now entering 'into international trade

is only eighty per cent of the pre—war

figure.



“A revival of business in Europe,”

he says, “will naturally stimulate

American exports of cotton, grain,

meat products, and other staple com-

modities.” He predicts a rising of the

consuming power and a general ad-

vance in standards of living all over

the world.”





WH EAT INCREASE INCREASE.





NTENTIONS of farmers to increase



their winter wheat acreage 2,986,-

000 acres, or seven and one-half per

cent, compared with the acreage sown

last fall, and 27.8 per cent greater than

the pre-war average annual fall sow-

ing, as reported to the department of

agriculture, is pointed to by the crop

specialists as indicating that nothing

will induce farmers to keep down

their wheat acreage to normal demand

and a profitable limit, except a dis-

couraging drop in price of wheat just

before seeding time.





UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES.





C OMPLIANCE with the letter dr

the law may not in every case

prevent ’a person or firm from coming

Within the scope of Federal Trade

'Commission charges on the grounds

of unfair business practices. A Mis-

souri creamery is named in a citation

issued by the commission, charging

unfair methods of competition in mar-

keting butter. The complaint alleges

that the respondents pack butter in

units weighing respectively three and

one~half ounces, seven ounces and

fourteen ounces in packages having

the general apeparance of those used

by competitors and in which there are

packed,-units. of butter weighing four,

mes, eight ounces and sixteen

mes. rThe complaint states that al-

though respondents are ostensibly

complying with the law by marking

the exact. weight of the total contents





\ of their cartons, fourteen ounces, ulti-





mate purchasers of separate units do

not customarily see the carton and

thererbre are deceived into thinking

07 are getting full tour and





   





 





{gut om units. in... team) dents,





hy shaping, dressing. and packing-but-





ter in underesize ,, and short-weight

units, according” to the complaint,

have knowingly placed in the hands





bles them to commit a fraud upon the

consuming public.





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CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUTH-IN-

FABRIC BILL.





NTERESTS opposed to 'trutIi-in-fab—



rics legislation are believers in pre-

paredness. They have already begun

a campaign of propaganda against the

Capper-French truth-in-fabrics bill in

preparation for the next session of

congress. The Carded Woolen Manu-

facturers’ Association of Boston, are

leading the attack.





It is now believed by friends of hon-

est labeling legislation that if the wOol

growers ever accomplish anything

along the line of truth-in-fabrics leg-

islation they will have to change their

methods of bringing it about. It is not

believed by close observers of the

processes by which agricultural legis-

lation is successfully put through that

the truth—in—fabric bill has been hand-

led as wisely by representatives of the

wool growers as it might have been.

It is even suggested that the friends

of the sheep hold a. conference and

decide upon some plan of action that

will enable them to present argu-

ments in favor of honest labeling that

cannot be torn to shreds by the op-





..‘ponents of truth-in—fabric legislation.





BEEKEEPERS’ PROSPECTS GOOD.





R. R. L. GULLIVER, agricultural



director for the United States

Veterans’ Bureau office at Marquette,

and Mr. Edwin Ewell, apiary inspect-

or for the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege, recently toured the peninsula for

the inspection of apiaries in the dis-

trict. A one hundred per cent im-

provement in the bee colonies is re-

ported in comparison with a year ago.

Chippewa county is credited with the

most bee colonies, the estimated num-

ber there being 1,000. Dickinson, Iron

and Menominee counties are reported

to have about 200 colonies each, while

Houghton, Marquette, Ontonagon and

Gogebic counties are said to average

about fifty colonies each. The inspec-

tors report beekeepers enthusiastic

over the prospects for the industry in

this territory. There is a. winter prob-

lem, and beekeepers are not agreed

whether it is better to destroy swarms

at the end of the season and import

stock in the following spring, or to

attempt to carry their swarms through

the winter. This latter course is en-

tirely possible, however, and has been

frequently done. The feature that

makes beekeeping in this region par—

ticularly attractive is the vast areas

of cut-over lands bearing a rich cover-

ing of wild clovers, wild raspberry and

other flowers suitable to the bee in-

dustry. At this season of the year,

as any traveler will testify, one can

journey for miles through the cut—over

territory with the air continually

sweet-scented from the wild clover

that thrives in the waste lands beside

the highways—L. A. Chase.





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





 





Huron 00., Aug. 30.—Beans stand





good, but blighting badly. Corn only-





fair and late. Potato and fruit crops

are not very good. Labor is scarce.

Wheatis yielding 25- to 40 bushels per

acre, and rye 20 to 30 bushels per

acre. Wheat brings $1.70; rye 78c;

eggs 25c; butter—fat 35c; butter 40c;

wool 28@35c.——T. A. N.



[Megan 69., Aug. 19.———Beans look

like a full crop, and also potatoes.





Corn is 604:. Apples, peaches and

grapes look good. Wheat yields are





20 bushels and up; and the priced.





 





«range at uncut , $1115. ‘





 





Rye sells for

75c; eggs 28c; dairy butter’34c pound.





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Clare Co-, Aug: 18.—-——Beans, corn and

potatoes frosted in low places on the

night of August 17. Corn is thirty

days late. Potatoes and beans look

good. Fruit is not very plentiful. The

labor situation is normal. Wheat

yields are above normal. Eggs bring

25c; butter 35c; heavy poultry 150;

light poultry 14c; wheat 85c; rye at

60c; oats 60c; raspberries are bring-

ing 200 per quart—J. N. W.





Kent 00., Aug. 19.—-Corn is very

backward. Oats are about all cut, but

rain has delayed draVving. Wheat is

in bad shape, because of so much

rain; the yields have been heavy. But-

ter—fat brings 40c; eggs 32c; corn at

$1.25. Plums and pears are promising

but peaches poor. Winter apple crop

is fair. "Potatoes look good, as. also

does garden truck—C. P. N.



Alle an 00., Aug. 20.——'Corn is back—

ward, ut potatoes look good. Apples

promise 30 per cent of a crop; peach-

es 80 per cent; pears 35 per cent. Ap-

ples are scabby except in well sprayed

orchards. Labor is plentiful. Wheat

yield is good, but trouble. in harvest-





 

 





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It pays to get your silage in at the

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ing is experienced on account of tin?

Wet weather.~—J. W. T. ,



Gratiot 60., Aug. 17.——Beans am

badly damaged by water. Corn is lath

and small. Early potatoes are good.

There is not much fruit. Wheat is

growing from 30 to 60 bushels per

acre. Plenty of day labor. Eggs 28c;

hens 190; beets look good where war

ter hasn’t damaged them. New seed-

ing looks promising—A. A. R.





Lenawaee 00., Aug. 18.—Crops all

good except corn, which will be good

if frost holds off. Wheat producing

25 to 40 bushels per acre. Oats about

all cut, and unusually heavy. Hay in

good. Butter-fat brings 420; white

eggs 340; brown eggs 31c; wheat $1.20

@122; shelled corn $1.20; oats 48c;

wool _45@47c. Huckleberries scarca

Labor is very scarce.———J. R. L. '





Berrien 60., Aug. 17.——Corn is about

half a crop. Potatoes and grapes are

good, all other fruits short. Labor is

plentiful, but will not“ do general farm

work. Wheat yielding 15 to 20 bush-

els, with price $1.15@1.18. Eggs 31c;

butter 35c. Wheat growing in shock

because of wet weather, about one-

third threshed.——C. A. C.





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using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as





display type or illustrations admitted.

Minimum charge. I0 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for adver-





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

Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions; for four or 111%?





Remittances must accompany order.

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





Poultry advertising will be run in this department





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Rates in Effect October 7, 1922

One Four One





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Words time times I

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tmded for th: Clam'ficd Departmmt must reach this ufiuun

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MISCELLANEOUS





 





CORN HARVESTER cuts and piles on harvester or

windrows. Man and horse cuts and shocks equal

Corn Binder. Sold in every state. Only $25 with

bundle tying attachment. Testimonials and catalog

FREE showing picture of Harvester. Process Har—

vester 00., Selina, Kansas.





 





FOR SALE—Dick‘s S~31 Blizzard Silo Filler in good

condition, mounted on trucks. Will work on 30 ft.

Silo, has distributor pipe for inside. $125.00 cash,

no trade. S. I). Stovm‘, Route 2, Grand Rapids,

Mich.





FAItMERS—liouse~owners, make your own paints from

pure 11nd and proper Inuit-rials. “'o furnish mixing

formulas and. tell you how; 25 colors. $1; 90 for $3,

Just what you have loin.r wanted. G. Motlatt, Draw—

cr 852. Stzunl'ord, Conn.





BIG MONEY selling nvw household cleaner. Washes

and dries windows. Sweeps, scrubs. mops. Complete

outfit loss than brooms. Over 100% profit. Harper

Brush Works, 173 3rd St., Filll'lli’ltl. Iowa.





 





HAVE TWO OR. THREE excellent Whirlwind Silo

Filler Machines in stock that will be offered at lmr-

gains for quick sale. The McClure Company, Sagi-

naw, Michigan.





 





TRY BIGFORD'S Maple Syrup (Imitation) You'll

be delighted with its excellent quality. Price $1.00

per gallon. S. L. Bigford, 2022 Lena St., Flint, Mich.





 





AMAZING TRIAL OFFER! Any one Kodak Roll Film

developed; 0 fine Glossy Prints; only 15c. Associated

Photo, Box 1403—AB, Cincinnati, 0





 





PEDIGREED RED ROCK WHAT. Write C. D.





Finkbeiner, Clinton, Mich.





WANTEDHSinglc bottom plow for Fordson. Carl

DeWitt, Wheeler, Mich.





 





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HEAL ESTA“





155-ACRE FARM—Near River: Horses, All Crops, 10

Cows, and calves. pigs, poultry, cream separator, gas

engine, machinery,. mums included to settle now;

near high school; stores. churches. good markets. etc:

ricn loamy fields. 30-cow spring-watered pasture. vai-

uable wood. timber: 180 mu: trees: good 2st 8~

room house, fine elevation. basement barn. hog and





Details pm 6: biz‘mus. Bargain Catalan

free. Strout





money-making Copy ‘

m 2053‘: m Bids. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





poultry houses, granary. Big value at $3,500. easy‘

tel-me.





ONE DOLLAR PER ACRE DOWN 2,000 acres cut-

over lands well located in Gladwin Co., Mich.

Tracts of 40 to 100 acres. $8.00 [)01' acre. long time

to pay, interest 5%. Fifty wvll improved fanns $35

to $50 per acre. Send for circular at once. U. G.

Reynolds, Gludwin. )lll‘ll.





 





FOR SALE~1IIO—avro farm with or without stock,

tools and props, one mile 011' of pavement, 3 miles

from Fowlervillv. Interest at 4%. S. C. Logan.

R. 4, Fowlnrvillc, Mlvll.





 





FARM FOR SALI‘L—lfl) arm's, 75 acres improved.

Buildings, 01‘4'llill‘d, stock, tools, crops, price $2,500.

Cash if interested. Write Box 90, Almick, Mich.





 





“'ANTED—To hear from owner liming a Michigan

farm {or sale. Warren )It-ltac, Logansport, 1nd.





 





 





TOBACCO





IIOMESI’UN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs. $1.75: Ten

$3.00. Smoking 5 lbs: $1.25; Ten $2.00. Pay when

received, pipe and recipe l'rcc. Farmers Union,

l’adm-ah, Kentucky.





 





 





 





PET STOCK





FERRETS. I specialize in raisin-,1 ferrets.

years experience. August prices females $2.75, males

$2.25. One dozen $24.00. Yearling females special

rat catchers $5.00 earth. Will ship (‘. 0. D. Instruc-

tion book free. Levi Famsworth, New London. Ohio.





 





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GERMAN SHEPHERDvAiredales, Collies. Old Eng-

lush Shepherd dogs, puppies. 10c Illustrated instruc-

tlve llst. W. R. Watson. 30x35 .Blacon. Mo.





 





HUNDRED Hunting Hounds cheap. Trial. Catalogue.

Bur-k W 20, Herrick, 111.





 





FULL BLOOD St‘Olt'll (‘Ollic pups, $10

llobcrt Stewart, Britton, Mich.





and $15.





 





'I‘HOROITGHBRED Airedale Puppies, $10 and $12.

llobt. Sprotburry, R. 2, Port Huron, Michigan.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





QUALITY (‘lll(fl(S~«l’()stpaid, 100, Lughorns, Ancon-

as, Largo Assorted. .' Rocks, Reds, $9. Owing-

tons, “'yzmdottcs. $10. Lt. Brahmas, $15. Assorted,

E}. (\‘Iatalol; Free. Missouri l‘oultry Farms, Colum-

Ia. ; o.





 





 





POULTRY





 





FOR SALE—Tom Barron White Leghorns and Shop-

ards, Auconas. pullets at low prices. H. Knoll, In.

Holland. Micb., R. 1.





 





FOR SALE—~Rose Comb Brown Leghom cockergs.

$1.00 each. A limited supply, order soon. Mrs.

Claudia. Betts, Hillsdalc, Mich.





 





FOR SALE—S. C. Buil' Leghorn cockcrels.

Webster, Bath, Mich.





SITUATIONS WANTED





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farm, can milk. experienced. Address A. M. Holmes.

104 Marjorie SL, Battle Creek, Mich. not PM.

4133—.1. In care of W. N. Schott. .





 





MARRIED MAN wishes position.





milker. Address Box 222 Michigan; Farmer. ‘





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51mm 0 nun-m. m in. 0039.. “is”. .
Jas. Gerard, ex-ambassador to Ger- San Francisco Police Department has organized three squads of Radio messages were sent to err

many, bids bon voyage to MeXi- policemen to drill in the use of bows and arrows. It is said that ploration ship “Quest to aid in

can preSident sailing for Europe. the bow will do what firearms won’t—shoot around the corner. breaking ice near Greenland.





Had this been a real bomb, the tank and crew would have been a. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor at its

mass of twisted steel and mutilated bodies; but it was only a 44_th arinual summer conference at Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic

phosphorus one in a sham battle between avi tors. City, discussed union matters and their national political stand.





I- This weird monster of the deep, mounted on

me' R‘ W“ WOOd’ Of East Hamp a canoe, won first prize in the Annual Water

Carnival at Washington, D. C.





A dozen round trips to the moon is equivalent “

of total mileage traveled by these men during ton, L. 1., says famous death

113 years of railroad service. ray" is harmless.





Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, of Temple, Texas, who ran second in gub— If Luis Firpo could speak English clearly, he might be telling a

ernatorial primaries last month, is shown with her two daugh- bedtime story; he is surrounded by a group of his admirers at

ters. The daughter on right assisted in her mother’s campaign. - his training camp at Saratoga Springs, New York.





 





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