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Q). THQSE advocates of a. proposed“





child Idbor' amendment "who are.

telling thee farmers that there is no

intention of including the children on

the farms, are not in accord with the

Washington propagandists who are

promoting the amendment. _



The Federal Bureau of Education is-

issuing» statements in which it argues

that if the farm children under eight-

een years of age are prohibited by

federal law from firm labor it will

mean less labor and smaller farm pro-

duction. Then there will be no sur-

plus, and thus the farmers will re-

ceive higher prices for their products.





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IGI-ILY encouraging results are



shown in tuberculosis eradication

work being carried on by the Bureau,

of Animal Industry in cooperation

with the states and counties, and not

the least important factor, the dairy

cattle owners. Of 478,291 cattle tested

during July only 14,827 reacted, which

is less than three per cent. Michigan

is making rapid progress in cow test-

ing, standing third in number of cows

under supervision. Wisconsin has

749,741, New York 484,919, and Michi-

gan 484,945 cows under supervision.

Nearly one~third of the 24,000,000 milk

cows in the United States are under

test, with 2,535,114 cows on the wait-

ing list.



Estimates made as a. result of test-

ing indicate that about three and one—

half per cent of the cattle in the coun-

try are tuberculous. During the fiscal

year ended June 30, 1924, the accred-

’ited herds increased from 28,526 to

48,273.



It is the belief of Dr. Kie-rnan that

it is now possible to anticipate the

day when the plague will no longer be

a. menace to the industry. Practically

every state has adopted a. program

which contemplates the gradual exten-

sion of campaigns into new territories

until they have assumed a state-wide

basis. ‘





AGRICULTURE IN THE MOVIES-





 





NEW motion picture studio has

been built in Washington for the

use of the department of agriculture





_movies, that employs all the latest de-

'vices in picture making. Leading mo-





tion picture authorities have said that

the department’s pictures are the fin-

est being produced for educational

work and entertainment along agricul-

tural lines. In this studio the depart-

ment is planning to produce twenty-

four new pictures a. year.



The films are designed to aid in the

work of the extension and field work-

ers of the department and cooperating

state institutions, but farmers’ organ-

izations, schools, colleges, churches

and other agencies are permitted to

borrow films by making application

through county agents or other depart-

ment field workers.



The first films produced by the de—

partment were good. “Out of the

Shadows,” and “Clean Herds~and





soon be forgotten by those who have

seen them. But many films have been

produced since that are equally good,

perhaps better. “The Golden Fleece”

will be appreciated by all Swool grow-

ers. “Bob Farnum’s Ton Litter” is

meeting with unusual success. “La-y-





'ers and Liars” will interest poultry





keepers. “Apples and the County

Agent” is popular in apple growing

districts. “Strawberries from Field to

Shortcake” appeals to the small fruit

grower. “Garden Gold" was designed

for the city resident, but all garden-l

makers will like it. “Anchored Acres”.

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oHro onions; Virginia and west:





Virginia apples, New Yprk peach-





es, apples, potatoes: and onions, and-





Michigan grapes are products upon

which shipping point inspection has

been started this month. ‘ Federal in-

spection of fruits and vegetables in-





creased more than fifty per cent durr '





ing the last fiscal year, when federal

food products inspectors under the

, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,

handled 127,354 cars of produce at

shipping points, and 29,283; cars at re-

ceiving points, compared with 72,466

cars at ”shipping points and 28,169 at

receiving points during 1923. Wide-

spread demand is being made for ex-

tension of the service, which can only

be met as men can be trained and

funds are provided. Inspection work

or'the present year promises to be

heavier than ever before.





 





BLlSTER RUST QUARANTINE.





 





I N consideration of the wishes of the



American Association of Nursery-

men, the Federal Horticultural Board

has announced that a conference will

be held in their offices in Washington

on September 26, to discuss proposed

changes in the pine blister rust quar-

antine. This quarantine regulates the

movement of currents, gooseberries,

and five-leafed pines, host plants of

pine blister rust, from states east of

the great pllrins to western states. It

also prohibits the shipment of culti-

vated black currants from New York

and New England into any other state.

It is expected that the’nursery inter-

ests will be well represented. Any

one interested. in this matter is invit—

ed to attend the conference.





 





TH E EGG-LAY! NG CONTEST.





 





HE production for the week end-



ing‘September 2, showed a. slight

decrease. Undoubtedly the warm

weather during the last week of Aug-

ust caused this decline in production,

*which amounted to 180 eggs. Com-

pared with last year, the production

for the week was 352 eggs more, the

production for the week being 3,536.‘

The total production to date is 141,712

eggs.



During the week the Anconas aver-

aged the best percentage of' producp

tion, showing 56.3 per cent. The Leg-

horns came second with fifty-four per

cent production. Mr. Eckhard’s pen

and that belonging to A. N. Dean were

tied for first place in the weekly pro-

duction, with fifty—three eggs each. H.

A. Keister, Circle “W” Farm, and Ar-





nold Egg Ranch were tied with “a pro-fl





duction of fifty-two eggs each.



Mr. Eckhard’s White Leghorns now

show a. production of 2,253 eggs; com-

ing next are the Leghorns belonging

to L. F. Heasley with 2,074 eggs; W.

C. Eckhard’s other pen has third place “

in the contest with 2,057 eggs to its

credit. The fourth and fifth place are

held by the Leghorns of Charles Hef-

feran and H. A. Keister respectively.



The standing of the pens are the

same as that of the previous week,

except that the Lakeview Poultry

Farm took the second place in the

Plymouth Rock division.





It. costs on an average $64.16 per'





year to keep a child in school. At this

rate the two million school children’

who have been kept behind. one or

more years from detective sight are





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A Practical Journal for the Rural Family





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QUALITY

RELIABILITY

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F you are insistent uponarguing for

the scrub" sire and cannot contain

yourself without doing so, keep

away from Peter Koelsch. Peter, who

,livesin Arenac county, has such con?





 





“Snow."

vincing evidence of the value of good

pure—bred sires that he is pretty apt

to become impatient with one who has

yet failed to see the light.

' He belongs to the cow testing asso-





ciation of his county. It was through

the tester that he

learned a worth-while lesson in cow-

ology. But few farmers have had on

their own farms the data from which

to arrive at such positive conclusions

as has this thoughtful Arenac cow

owner.



The records of his old cow Snow,





her three daughters and one grand-





daughter, furnish the material that

has started this man on the road to—

ward more successful dairy produc-

tion. Snbw is eleven years old. Eight





years ago she was bred to a‘fpure—bred

sire and Bess was born as a result of





this mating. A‘ year later Snow was ’





mated to a scrub sire which produced

Speckle. Dolly was the daughter from

another crossing of Snow with a scrub

while Daisy is the daughter of Bess

and a pure-bred bull.



The following table gives the age





 





“Bess.”





and milk and- butter-fat production of

these cows for the past year:





Lbs.



Name. Age. Milk. Fat.

.Snow ...... . . 11 11,005 375.8

Bess ......... 7 14,071 476.6

Speckle .. . 6 9,229 337.6

Dolly 3 6,274 238.9

Daisy 3 11,322 380.2

the





The reader willv observe from

table that there is but a year’s differ-

ence between the ages of Bess and

Speckle. There is, however, a differ-

ence in production of 4,842 pounds of

milk. and 139 pounds of butter-fat in

favor of Bess. Bess wa‘s sired by a.





ctcr s Prose-numeric PrOvcs Profitable





Records Sfiow a7: Inexpensive Way to Secure Good Cow:





pure-bred bull, and Speckle, also a.

daughter of Snow,_was sired by a scrub.



Another fair comparison is here

available for‘ evidence against the

scrub sire. Dolly and Daisy are each

three years old. Daisy shows two gen-

erations of pure-bred sires in her fam-

ily tree, while Dolly comes of a line

of scrubs. In the production figures

the reader sees that Daisy has 5,048

pounds more milk and 141.3 pounds

more butter to her credit than has

Dolly, a difference which amounts to

as much as the average cow produc-

tion for the whole country.



It should prove convincing to add

the production of the two daughters





 





“Dolly.”

of Snow from pure—bred bulls and com-

pare with the production of the other





two offspring from scrub sires. Bess

and Daisy, the get of pure-bred sires,

produced an annual total of 25,398

pounds of milk and 256.8 pounds of

milk; while Speckle and Dolly, the

products of scrub bulls, brought forth

with the same care and feed, but 15,-

503 pounds of milk and '76.5 pounds





of fat according to their record.



Going further in the figuring, the

curious as well as the thinking dairy-~

man and farmer who are seeking to

get production costs down‘ where he

can see profits, these men will find

that the get of the purebred sires pro-

duced 9,890 pounds more milk, and

2803 pounds more butter than the

poorer bred cows at their side. 01', on

the basis of a single animal, the bet-





_ter breeding seemed to be responsible





for an increase of 4,945 pounds of

milk and 140.1 pounds of fat.



As the reader looks at these facts

from a cold, business standpoint, he is

bound to become more sympathetic

with Peter’s way of looking at things.

It is to be further ventured that the

figures given will cause others to give

serious thought to this matter, to the

end that many will join the ranks of

those fighting for more efficient dairy

and beef animals through the Wider

use of pure—bred bulls of quality.





 





“Daisy.”





Keeping Watch of Plow and Mart





Success 777 Sel/mg Depend; the as Muefl ([0077 Seed as Upon Martel Teeémque





CIENCE has made it relatively

easy to produce goods. Whether

it be in agriculture, or industry,





-the great problem is that of selling.





Everyone would be happy if all the

things he produced could be sold at a

The merchant, the manufac—





to know how to sell. The farmer





- wants someone to tell him how to sell





all the things he can grow at cost of

production plus profit.



The first essential to profitable sell-

ing is a knowledge of what the con—

sumer wants. Studies 'must be made

of the markets to determine what the

consumer wants, how he wants it,





, when he wants it, and how much of





it he wants.



In those times when the farmer was

essentially self—sufficing he was not

primarily interested in markets. He

Was interested in those practices

which would enable him to produce

more things to satisfy his wants. The

change from the self-sufiicing period

to one almost predominately commer-

cial took place very gradually. There

was not a realization on the part of





the farmer that he must study selling.





methods.



The American farmer is fundament-

ally an independent person. .He is not

a seller. He does not like to ask fav—v

ms of people. This farmer grows pro-

helm " people need and,



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.By J. T.





markets whereby he could sell with—

out making a sales effort. A market

place to which the farmer could draw

the produce and always secure a price

which would assure a profit, is the

ideal hoped for. The farmer does not

want to be compelled to prepare pro—

duce for market or do any of the oth-

er things which seem to him useless.

He ‘wants to sell his goods just as

they come from the field—good with

the bad—and be enabled to sell them

in ready-made markets without any

effort at selling on his part.



_ Unfortunately, or possibly fortunate-

ly, for the farmer competition is in-

creasing in agriculture the same as it

is in other lines of business. The

farmer who secures the best price for

his produce is the One Who studies the

consumer endof his business. Keen

competition has caused farmers, of

some sections to study markets and

make attempts to satisfy the demands

just as they exist. These men have

captured markets and the produce of

other- farmers has gone begging or

been scld at inferior prices.



So the farmer to be successful in

his selling must study markets. He

must know what the consumer wants

and make every attempt to satisfy

this demand as it exists. The prefer-

ences of the farmer are not at all

vitsl. You. are producing for a con-





Homer





prefers milk which tests four per cent

or five per cent, furnish that kind of

milk. Don’t say that two per Cent

milk is just as good. If consumers

want good sound potatoes, rather than

those with hollow hearts, prOVide good

sound potatoes. Your opinion that the

hollow-heart does not hurt the potato

has no bearing on the matter at all.

You are net buying potatoes. You are

selling them. And you will never sell

advantageously until you offer the

things people want.



Remember that the consumer is the

final judge. The successful manufac-

turer and trader have learned this and

have as their motto, “The Consumer

is Always Right.” Too often the farm—

er takes the viewpoint that “The Con-

sumer is Never Right.” Whether right

or wrong, it is true that he is going

to give up his money for the things he

wants. If you want to get his money

provide him with things which please

him, whether they are the ones you

like best or not. .



Agriculture needsto study markets.

The farmer needs to know what kind

of produce is wanted, what qualities

are desired, how the goods should be

packed,~what color is preferred, what

degree of maturity, what variety, and

what qualities draw the highest price.



Agriculture is a competitive busi-

ness. . If you do not provide the things.





want them, them 2110. farmc1s in other

states who will provide this service.

A good example of this is how the

northwestern apple growws have cap-

tured the best markets of the east.

California egg producers are able to

command the. top price for their pro-

duce. thy’? Because they ‘put a su-

perior product onto the market. These

eggs are uniform in size and color,

are fresh, and are good. They are the

kind 01' eggs people are willing to pay

a, little higher price. for. Each farmer

is competing with all other farmers,

not only of this country but with those

of other parts of the world where low-

er standards of living prevail. In this

competitive business the man who pro- V

duces the most efficiently will always

get along the best.



But efficient production alone will

not bring prosperity. Efficient market-

ing must go hand in hand with effi-

cient production. The prosperity of a.

farmer depends upon all phases of his

business being conducted in the best

possible manner. These two things—-

production and marketing—go hand in

hand. SuCCess can not possibly come

unless due consideration is given to

both. Prosperity is never going to.

come to agriculture unless production

is efficiently conducted and is in har-

mony with market demands. No pro- ,

duction program can be profitable un-

less it is conducted with regard to the

market. Likewise, no market program3





can be effective if productive efficiency

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VOLUME CLXII NUMBER ELEVEN





DETROIT, SEPT. 13, 1924"





CURRENT COMMENT

VERY interesting





 





 





What A





comparison 0 f



commodity prices has



Dollar recently been made

Buys to show the relation





of the price of a num-

ber of manufactured articles used on

the farm to the present prices of farm

. implements.



The price of eleven basic farm ma-

chines was taken as an index and

found to be thirteen cents a pound on

an average. The average price per

pound of steel ranges is given as four-

teen and one-quarter cents; steel beds

cost fourteen cents a pound; milk cans

cost twenty—nine and one-half cents a.

pound; a buck saw costs twenty-one

cents a pound, and a steel square costs

eighty-one cents. A steel anvil costs

fifteen cents a pound, a forge costs

twenty'six cents, a scythe costs sixty-

two cents, a shovel'thirty-one cents, a

carpet sweeper sixty cents, and the

world’s cheapest automobile costs

twenty-six cents a pound.



A sulky plow, priced at the rate

of a. wash wringer, would cost $45

more than it does now, a grain drill

priced at the food chopper rate of

thirty—nine cents a pound would cost

$390 more, and a. seven-foot grain

binder at automobile prices would cost

$200 more than the current price of a

grain binder today.



Farm machinery prices are often

said to be higher than other prices.

This doesn’t tend to show them in that

light, certainly.



The 1913 dollar will now buy $1.13

worth of automobiles according to the

automobile people themselves. If this

is true, it will buy more in farm ma-

chinery than in any other line. Fig-

ures always did make us dizzy. See

what you can figure out of it.





HINGS constantly





Looki change. The man

3 71?: who would make a



y e financial sucCess

Corner must have the ability





to anticipate the





wants of the people; so says Luther





Burbank, the great plant wizard. In

other words, When we plan our pro—

duction program we must have in





mind the market six months or a year -





hence.



People as a. body have not yet

reached the stage of civilization that

inclines them to look very far ahead.

They judge the future by the present,

‘ forgetting that there is a continual



change taking place, both in produc-



tion and price. ' When hogs are low

‘ they quit raising hogs, and consequent—

, s have none to sell when the result-





‘ gress in





increase flieir planting: of wheat by:

89; 900 acres. ‘



It is this unregulated production,

this blind flocking to things that are

prosperous ter the time being, that is

responsible for keeping many of us

down. It leads us from onejeah‘eme

to the other and in the majority of in—

stances catches us, on the losing side.

Instead of looking ahead and antici-

pating the needs of the people, we do

not see them until they are forced

upon us and then we immediately pro





ceed to overdo the job of supplying





them with more than is needed.

, President Coolidge contemplates the





.appointment of an agricultural com-





mission to utilize the minds best fitted

for the task—regardless of party affil—





iations—of solving the agricultural





problem. Let. us hope that it may be

able to devise some plan that, through

legislation or otherwise, may enable

the farming populatiOn to more readily

and surely anticipate the needs of the

people.





T seems that every





About little while there

Press creeps into each of us

, , the desire to fight or

Polrcws to see a fight. We





like the spirit of com-

bat when the lust for blood comes

forth.



There are publications which take

advantage of this and engage in com-

bats every little while. They delight

in throwing mud and bespattering per-

sonalities. They say mean things to

the delight of those who are “on their

side” of the matter, to the disgust of

those on the- other side, and to the

bewilderment of those who are neu-

tral. They befog the issue by throw-

ing dust in the air.



There are also publications who

make use of the sex impulses to in-

terest folks. Others who side in with

the “under dogs,” telling them, with-

out fairness, that they are all right

and the other fellows are all wrong.



Other negative human impulses are

often appealed to by writers, orators





and others who hope to gain public.





attention. But these appeals seldom

work to ,any constructive» advantage,

regardless of the sincerity of those

who make them.



Psychology, or the study of the

mind, has shown that there is no pro-

the use of these negative

mental qualities. War, a product of

negative thought, never accomplished

as much as it destroyed. Hate, anger,

lust, meanness, prejudice never build

up, but they often destroy. It is the

product of positive thought that has

brought advancement to civilization

and brings happiness to human life.



It is with thesé thoughts in mind

that we guide the editorial policy of

the Michigan Farmer. We want to

help build up, not tear down. We want

to alleviate the troubles we have to go

through, not magnify them and dis-

tort them. Yes, we do want to warn

of real dangers when they appear, but

so, so often our worries 'are only

“things that never happen.”



We firmly believe that if we will let

muddy water alone the mud will grad-

ually settle to the bottom. Seldom is

anything gained by agitation.



It may sometimes seem tame, but

experience has taught that a sane,

constructive policy will do our readers

and the things they stand for the most

good.





E are accustom-





ed to measure



The man’s success by the

True . pay he gets. We think

Workers of work as a. thing to





be avoided except for

the material returns it brings. We

work because we think we have to,

and get away from it as soon as we

can to do the things we like to do.

We have set up for ourselves too many





false standards of me. The attitude





we take toward work is warped.





rspe'ct, ,.





worker’s ideal. His best work is its

own' reward. It pays him in actors-

personel) satisfaction,

growth .andmanhood These are the





greatest rewards anyone can win.





They form the highest ’type of com-

pensation and they come only to the





'true worker.

We whom the gods have placed up ‘





on the farms have had. our patience

tried in these latest years. The true

farmers among. us have continued to

do our best and have won much satis-

faction from seeing our fields growing

beautiful crops and our pastures filled

with fat cattle; but, too often, this

has been the only compensation. Ul-

timately, there must be something

more substantial. \Under all ordinary

conditions the substantial part is a

natural accompaniment of work well

done.



If we be conscientious, if we be per-

sistent, if we be patient enough to

continue through, the years, doing hard

work, without slouching it, or} giving

up in the moments of discouragements

that come to all of us, We will eventu-

ally arrive. If we be true workers and

belong on the farm, we may go right

ahead doing our best work, with con-

fidence that if that work is high-prin-

cipled and conscientiously directed to-

ward the welfare of the .wo’rld about

us, and not wholly selfish, we will sue-

ceed, even though-life maybe too

short for us to pay for the adjoining

quarter-section and build the mansion

the romantic dreams of our youth may

have pictured. The truly great and

noble do not die rich.





HE pickle men are





Warts keeping in the

On line of progress. They



-. want refinement just

Pickles as do the manufactur-





ers of perfumes, toil-

et articles, dresses, automobiles and

other articles we folks use every little

while.



Although these pickle men have as

eating about 550,000,000 cukes a year,

they want to make pickle eating more

pleasant, so they are asking Professor

George Starr and other horticultural

experts to develop a wartless pickle.



Their’s is a laudable ambition. All

lines of endeavor, including agricul-

ture, should have the same thought 0f

progress. Agriculture is catering to

the consumer. The aesthetics of agri-

culture are becoming evident. We

have taken the beard from wheat and

barley, the seeds from oranges, the

horns from cows, and now we are af-

ter the warts on cukes. Then perhaps

a fuzzless peach, a squirtless tomato

and an odorless onion will be in order.

Won’t it be heaven when. the latter

comes?



We are strongly in favor of this

aesthetic side of agriculture and we

presume they will take the seeds out

of the muskmelon, and all that. But, we

hope they will leave the watermelon

alone because we like to see how far

we can shoot the seeds.





EHEMIAH w a. 5





come Down rebuilding t h e

A d B walls of Jerusalem.

n e Folks wanted him to

Sociable cease his work and





c o m 9 down among

them and be sociable. His answer

was, “I am doing a great work so that

I cannot come down”. Nehemiah was

doing a great work all right, and there

were very good reasons for his not

leaving it, but how many of .us there

are who seem to think we are doing

so great a work that we cannot come

down!



We would not belittle anyone’s

work. Our work is the thing our lives

are mostly made up of. We should

love our work, be deeply interested in

it, and insist upon doing it well. It-





 





doing

beeches! he likes to do it and uses-

delight in doing It, this is the true'





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that they have deflected th . 1117111

“and their friends, and here some to





» an awakening too late in life to: red-

It is a sad thing .

or business is permitted” ~

to prevent the lighter, jollier, hoppie‘r'”





tify their mistakes.

when we





human relationships that mean so





'much in families, neighborhoods and

.. It is like withholding: ,

all the flowers for the friend's casket.





It is butnatural, when we beecshe J _ ‘





communities.





thorbughly interested in‘our work; to

tie ourselves too closely to it. No

one on earth can do it good enough to





suit us, so we sometimes are found.





making slaves of ourselves to details

that the hired man could do equality

as well, and that might even go 1111-

done, for the time at least, without

any serious results.





The work we are doing means more

to our individual selves than to any-

one else in the world. Some day we

will have to leave it, whether we want

to or not. There will be a splash in

the family, a ripple in the community.

and the world will move right along

just the same.





Will we not accomplish just as much

good during our sojourn here if we

make it a part of our lives to just

comedown once in a. while and be

sociable! -





B/owz'n ’





T’S kinda windy today, and I just



read a doctor’s articul what says

you shouldn’t blow your nose. Them

two things make me/think I could

blow a. little about _blowin’.





Then I'looks up Mr. Webster's ex-

citin’ book 0’ words and I find there’s

lots 0’ ways 0’ blowin’. That’s the

reason some folks do nothin’ but

blow; they’ re so busy with the differ-

ent ways 0’ blowin’ they ain’t got no

time for nothin’ else.





To hit a fellow is a blow. .Havin’

a sudden calamity happen is one, too.

To blow you kin

expand, deposit

eggs if you’re a

fly, make a noise

with your mouth.

s p e n (1 money.

puff up with pride.

and even blossom

out, and etc., etc-

I know there is

- lets a girls what

blossoms out in new clothes every lit-

tle while. And there’s some fellows

what puff up with pride so much they

just can’t keep it in, so they gotta

blow about themselves ta. relieve the

internal pressure.





Mr. Webster says the whale’s blow

hole is its nose, but I know let’s o’

fellows what has theirs just below.

their nose, and they use it lots to

spout about themselves.





A blowin’ wind dries up the mois-

ture o’ the earth. Just like it, a blow-

in’ person dries up other folkses? good

nature. The more a blower blows, the





 





 





 





 





harder other folkses resist his blowin’ ,1





nature. It’s like the parable 0" the

sun and the wind. Sunshine of kind-

ness and good nature makes folkses

open up and enjoy themselves, but

blowin’ makes them hold closer to

themselves.





There ain’t no blows in human rela-

shuns what is benifishul.‘ Even blow-

in’ a horn is disturbin’ ta the neigh-

borhood, ’ cause it’s awful hard to.

make blowin’ a horn sound like music.



Sofie just says, “Well, what you.

blowin’ about this week?” And I says.

“Oh, nothin’ in particular,” which is

just about right. The facts is, Mr.

Webster blew about so many differant

ways 0’ blowin’ that my first ideas

abo t blowin" blew. Well, the wind’s

stop blowin‘ new, so I guess I kin.

Anyhow, I’ll be blowed it I know our





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HERE are seventeen huge piles

of mark in Calhoun county con-

, taming mfire than twenty thou-

' sand yards This supply of material

7‘18 doing much to increase the acreage



of alfalfa in this county. The Battle





 





' '. , Creek Farm Bureau Association re-

"- f ports that it sold 160 bushels of alfalfa





seed this past spring. . _

.Nothingis reclaimed from the lake

~ beds that tests less than sixty per

j cent acid neutralizing- equivalent. Ac-

. cording to B. B. Adams, county agent,

there is enough marl in the lakes of

Calhoun ‘county to sweeten all the soil





in the county so alfalfa would grow.





like a mushroom.



The arrangement in this county is

rather unique because it makes the

marl available to those who want only

thirty or forty yards for a field. Be-



, lieving this to be a community build-





~—





‘One of the Piles After Hundreds of Loads Had Been Removed.





It’s. a Long,





From #26 Old Pump to, Me Pail





ICHIGAN Experiment Station



. Engineers have figures which

prove that countless farm women,

Without running water under pressure

in their homes, are walking 200 miles

a year in extra steps, when $100 to

$500 would equip their homes and add

at least ten years to their lives.





The business of farming, unlike

banking, store-keeping, and manufac—

turing, is a family matter. This means

that the wife is a. necessary partner

in this business enterprise. It- has only

been within the last few years that

she has been accorded any attention

by those individuals who are endeav-

oring to adjust social and economic

conditions in the rural districts. Much

attention has been given to the farmer

and his farm, his crops, his stock, and

other varied problems, but his wife

has been almost neglected.





For the last several years the de-





- partment of agriculture decided that





it must have more information at its

disposal if life on the average farm

was to be made more'delightful and

more like city life. So a survey of

10,000 representative farm homes was

taken in the rural regions of thirty





. three states.





The most interesting information

revealed by the mass of data which

was collected has to do with the mod-

ern convenience which the city dwell-

er enjoys—running water under pres-

sure. It isla generally recognized fact

that running water is the pivot upon

which mOdern convenience and com-

fort turn. Less than forty per cent of

the farm homes visited in this survey

have running Water available, at the





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= 'How Cal/1m Tamer: do it . ‘

By l; J. Mathews





1n 111g





ing enterprise, the county association

sponsors the reclaiming of the ~marl

in large ‘piles. Moreover, it loans the

farmer fifty cents 'a ton on all the

marl he cares to use, this loan run-





 





ning for a year and drawing no in- ‘





terest. Any farmer who is forward-

looking enough to use marl can‘ give

a ’good note. In reality, a revolving

fund is hereby provided that does good

at every revolution without diminish-

ing in size.

. Farmers pay a dollar a yard for this

marl at the pile. The bulk of it in

Calhoun county has been reclaimed by

a pumping outfit which builds the bed

on dry land, isrectangular in shape,

and left level. Thus when a thousand

yards has been pumped out, they can

measure the pile and stake off the

bulk that belongs to each of eight or

ten men who canhaul it when ready.





 





punder pressure, were installed in the





 





Long Trail





visited, into which all water has to be

carried, this back~breaking work is be-

ing done by the women folk. In other

words, the simplest and most element-

al of every-day household helps, and

the one which undoubtedly eleminates

more drudgery than any other, still is

a luxury in the American farm home.

' No one thing brings so much pleas-

ure and relief to the home as running

water under pressure. It is the great

need in rural life today. The advent

of the bathtub, the indoor toilet, and

other .conveniences dependent upon

running water, brings a sense of pride

and ownership which is as much a

factor: in a woman’s success in her

daily round of work as modern farm

equipment is in the success of her

husband. _

Speaking of bathtubs, which have

come to be recognized as necessities

in even the humblest city homes, only

one—third of the farm dwellings visit-

ed could boast of having one. Yet if

any woman in the world earns the

right to the pleasure and refreshment

resulting from a. delightful bath at the

close of day, it is the farm housewife.

Farm women love the country and

have no desire to give up its freedom

for life in the city. What they do

need, and want, are some of the mod-

ern conveniences so that normal liv-

ing and working conditions may exist

on the farm. The country offers great-

er opportunity for satisfying life than

does the city, and country women

have as great capacity as city women





for the enjoyment of life, but are more New York

handicapped with routine work which “Wm" 017‘“)

Baotou





absorbs their time and strength. This

condition could be eliminated to a.

large degree if some of the modern

conveniences, such as running water





 





 





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THE ANSWERS





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JORD questions i *





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How can I minimize carbon deposit in my

Ford‘ engine. 7





Ford owners who use Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” fre-

quently report running 10,000 and even 20,000 miles

Without taking off the head. The reason for this is that

when Mobiloil “ E ” reaches the combustion chamber and

burns, it leaves only a very light, fluffy soot, most of

which is blown out through the exhaust.





How can I overcome “chattering”?





Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” gives all the freedom from

“chattering” that can be secured from a high- -grade,

pure petroleum lubricating oil. “Chattering” 1s usually

due to incorrectly adjusted bands or worn out linings,

and 1s aggravated by the mixture of unburned fuel with

the lubricating oil. When Mobiloil “ E ” is used from the

beginning (when the band linings are new) little trouble

from‘ ‘chattering” will be experienced.





How can I avoid overheating— —-particularly

when it is necessary to use low speed con-

tinuously?





One most common comment of Ford owners who use

Mobiloil “E” is that they enjoy marked freedom from

overheating. This is because the scientifically correct

body and character of the oil enable it to resist to an un-

usual degree the heat developed under any condition of

operation.





Isn’t it true that I may get better results by

using a heavier—bodied oil?





Serious damage may accompany the use of oil heavier

than Mobiloil “E ”. Your primary need is to adequately

protect every moving part. Mobiloil “E ” reaches every

friction surface and protects your Ford regardless of its

age or the mileage which it has covered.





Domestic Branches:





 





For the differential of your Ford

car use Gargoyle Mobiloil “CC” or

Mobilubricant as specified by the

Chart of Recommendations.





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APPLYING MARL.





 





Tonga piece of ground and plow it un-

«der shallow, and a year later plowing





' ."deep'er, then seeding in alfalfa with





oats? Would the marl be more apt to

‘sweeten the soil that way? Also, has

' rape any fertilizing value when plow-

' » ed under?—R. M. C. '



The most effective way to apply

. marl is by broadcasting and harrow-

ing into the seed-bed when fitting the

ground. It would be advisable to make

,your application the year before the

seeding of alfalfa is possible, since the

marl application will be much more

effective in correcting the acidity for

alfalfa than if applied at the time of

planting.



Rape has no direct fertilizing value

but is effective in increasing the or-

ganic matter in the soil and in mak-

ing potash more readily available to

following plants. Rape has the ability

to utilize potash to a greater extent

than ordinary crops and when turned

under and allowed to become incor-

porated with the soil, the following

crop receives a benefit similar to that

resulting from a light application of

potash fertilizer.—J. F. Cox, Professor

of Farm Crops.





PEAS AND OATS FOR HOGS.





 





Would peas and oats, ground, make

as good and as cheap feed as ground

rye for hogs? Or would it be advis-

able to sell the peas and buy rye? I

have a bunch of hogs that I want to

feed well and get them ready to turn

off this winter, and want to do it as

economically as possible—M. C.





Peas and oats ground would make

a much more satisfactory ration for

hogs than would ground rye.



A still further improvement would

be to use about equal parts of peas,

oats and barley ground together.



As to whether peas and oats would

be better than ground rye per pound,

I could not state without knowing

what the peas are worth in your

vicinity. As a general rule, however,

rye would not prove as satisfactory as

the other feeds, unless it could be fed

in a slop with buttermilk or skim-

milk.





SILOS BUILT IN THE GROUND:





 





I would like some information about

silos built in the ground. I wish to

avoid the freezing ensilage, if practi~

cal, and want to know if there is very-

serious danger from formation of gas

in such silos. Also, is it a very diffi-

cult matter to get the ensilage out to

feed?—A. H. H.





Silos built in the ground, or under-

ground silos, will keep silage in good

condition. Filling a pit with green

forage and covering with earth was

really the first kind of silo. This was

the way it was first learned that for—

age could be preserved in a green suc-

culent condition. But it was also

learned that the same thing could be

accomplished if the green forage was

stored above the ground in an air—tight

silo.



The above-ground storage is much

more practical. A silo can be built

cheaper above ground than below. The

pit must be excavated, the dirt all lift-



, ed to the top of the ground and then

hauled away. The excavation must be

bricked or stoned up and then thor-

oughly plastered to keep the water out

when the silo is empty. This will cost

more than to build a wooden or con

crete silo above ground.





. Then comes the labor of getting the

ensilage out to feed it. It must first

be loaded into a big bucket and then

» hauled to‘ the top. Even if you do

hays power to haul this up, it’s a job,

and a slow one.



With a modern silo filler it is no





 





 





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trouble to fill even 'a tall silo.. It’s

done by machinery. When you come

to feed there is no lifting the silage

out of a pit. ‘



Freezing does not interfere very

much in feeding silage. If you‘ have

a cover that you can close up in the

coldest weather there will be little if

any trouble. A small oil stove will, in

the coldest weather, give ample pro-

tection.



Formerly there was some trouble

about wooden silos blowing down in

severe, winds, but the way they are

anchored now there is little danger.



The only hoisting apparatus is a





operated with machinery or by hand.



There is some danger of carbon

dioxide gas settling in a pit silo the

same as in a cistern or any earth

pocket.





LINE FENCE QUESTIONS.





 





When other party refuses to put up

his share of line fence, is there any

way to force him to put it up? He

said he was going to let it go to com-

mons.——~L W. S.





The only remedy is to have the

fence divided by the fence-viewers,

and if the other party refuses to build

his share on demand it may be built

for him and the cost taxed against

his land—Rood.





DAMAGE CAUSED BY BUCK.





 





A neighbor has his sheep buck run-

ning on the road, and I had mine

fenced in my orchard. Neighbor’s

sheep buck came along and fought

mine through the wire fence until he

killed mine. Has neighbor any right

to pasture such stock on the roadside?

Is he liable for the loss of my sheep?

My buck was valued at $18.—O. D. G.





If there were an order entered by

vote at the town meeting permitting

live stock to run at large, there would

be no trespass by the buck in the

road, except for the statute forbidding

ownersto allow their stallions, bulls,

bucks and boars to run in the high-

ways. If there were no. trespass by

the buck in the highway there would





 





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. seem to be no liability. Whether the





trespass in the highWay is the prox-

imate cause of the loss, or the7pug-

nacity or: the. complainant’s back, is

another question. I venture the guess





that the owner of the off-ending buck‘





is liable for the damages—Rood.





ALFALFA TURNS YELLOW.





 





I have nine acres .of alfalfa which

was seeded in oats last year. I sowed

Grimm seed and inoculated it. It was

a thick stand last fall and also this

spring, but was not very big on ac—V

count of last summer’s dry- weather.

While some of it made a fair crop of





bucket and a Windlass, which can be ,hay, about three-fourths 0f it' -when





about six inches high, turned yellow

and didn’t grow and more, and now

the second crop is the same. .This





field adjoins a piece that had been





giving a good crop for some years.

The soil is‘a clay loam somewhat

stony, and clover thrives on it.———W. R.



The conditions that usually cause

alfalfa to turn yellow, are, first, lack

of lime; second, lack of inoculation,

and third, poor drainage conditions.

You can determine whether or not the

plants are inoculated by digging up a

few and inspecting for nodules on the





‘ son.





roots. ~Since you inoculated the seed;-

it is very, likely that you will find the .





plants contain nodules.





' if you will sample the field in five.-





or six places and send a quart compo-

i'te Sample to the Soils Department,





M.A. 0., ‘EastLansing, they will ad-V





vise--yeu'~jc0ncerning the acidity of the

g If the soil is acid it would be

‘ advisable to lime before applying Cam‘-





mercial fertilizer—C. R. Megee, Asso-g '





ciate Professor of Farm Crops.





 





FALL SEEDING 0F SWEET

. CLOVER.





 





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I have a meadow I would like to

plow under and would like to know if

I could seed it to sweet clover this fall

to plow under in the-spring? What is

Elefiwst kind and when to seed it?——-





Sweet clover seeded during Septem-

ber and October is very likely to win-

ter-kill. For best results it should be

sown by the middle of August. Would

recommend the biennial white strain,

but do not believe that your corres-

pondent will have time to seed sweet

clover this summer.—C. R. Megee.





A Good Red Wheat





Tim M. A. C. Fina/J One Witfiout Beard:





HAT’S mighty fine wheat, but



Oh! those beards,” bemoaned



Herm Higgins,. of Higginsville,

as he viewed a beautiful sample of one

of Michigan’s leading varieties of soft

red winter wheat at a recent county

fair. ' '



“I can feel those sticklers yet,”

Herm’s hired man'wailed, scratching

uneasily under his left suspender.



“We need a bald red winter wheat,”

came the call from a prominent Wol-

verine seed company. And all of that

is the why and wherefore of Mich-

igan No. 1.



For years, plant breeders at the

Michigan Agricultural College have

been entreated to bring out a red win-

ter wheat. It had to be a good yielder,





 





 





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hairy Michigan ' c.





of good milling quality, and without

beards—above all, without beards.



That about describes this

wheat which is now available in quan-

tity. Michigan No. 1 is a stiff-strawed,

fairly winter hardy, bald wheat of the

soft red winter type. It is probably

the best wheat answering this descrpi—

tion which is ayailable in Michigan.»

According to one grower who tried it,

it is far superior to the Old Red Wave,

both in quality and productivity. Red

Wave is of very inferior quality from

a baking standpoint.



Certain it is that Michigan No. 1 is

a good yieldzer—much better than the

average wheat. . H. M. Powell & Son,

of Ionia, grew it along side a local

favorite with much better results than

the 01d wheat. George Bateman, of

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LONG last January, when the seed

catalogues began‘arriving, I had

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soon as they arrived I got in an old

table, nailed boards around the out-

side of the top, forming a shallow box.

This I filled with rich dirt, which I

had put into the cellar the fall before,

and then planted my seeds. They

came up quickly, and theoretically I

should have had all the early cabbage

and tomato plants that the entire

neighborhood could use. Alas! one

day while the baby and dog were play-

ing, they managed to pit the table

over, and my cherished plants were

nearly all ruined. It was too late to

start any more for extra early plants.

About that time the new Michigan

Farmer came and as is my habit, I

turned at once to the classified ads. I

found that several concerns in Geor-

gia were advertising field-grown

plants. They were very cheap, too—

fifty cents for 500 plants. At once I

ordered 500 each of tomato, cabbage

and Bermuda onion. They stated that

these large sweet onions could be rais-

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if thether'e started soon enough.



I. ordered the onions and cabbage to

be shipped at once, as it was then the

middle of- April. They came through

in fine shape—clear from the southern-

most p‘art of Georgia.’ That day we

had a severe snow storm, so I set

them out in that old table very close

together. Then I began to advertise

them over the ’phone, and by the

time the weather had settled down.

enough to set the plants out, I had

sold enough cabbage plants at ten

cents per, dozen to pay the expense of

the entire lot of plants. And besides

had as many left as we could use.





I kept all of the onion plants, and

set them out as soon as possible. They

surely did all that was claimed for

them. They will average between

three and one-half inches to four inch-

es in‘ diameter.\ And they are just as

sweet as the ones for/which we pay

ten cents a pound at the stores. The

onions and cabbage were decided suc-

cesses.





The tomatoes were not quite so

good. I ordered them shipped the

fifteenth of May. The train they came

on was wrecked a few miles out of

town, and they were delayed two days.

So when they got here they were in

pretty poor condition. I had the ex-

pressman write a statement of their

condition upon arrival, and asked for

another shipment. After considerable

delay they arrived. This has been an

uncommonly poor year for tomatoes,

and none of our neighbors have any

as yet. Still ours are ripening.



A number around here have hesitat-

ed to get these southern-grown plants,

thinking that they would have to be-

come acclimated‘to do anything here.

It was an experiment with us, and we





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Another year I shall not try to raise

any early plants myself but‘shall send

south for them, and send for twice as,

many asI did this year, as the neigh-

bors all say they will want some.—

Mrs. Dorothy Roe Woodin. '





 





HORT SOCIETY APPLE SHOW.





 





THE ThirdIAnnual Applet Show of ~





the Michigan State Horticultural

Society will be held in Grand Rapids,





’ December 2-3-4—5, 1924.





The annual meetings of the society

along with the exposition ‘of machin-

ery, nursery products, insecticides,

fungicides, fertilizers and other prod-

ucts and materials of interest to the ..

horticulturist will be shown at this

time. ‘ I -





$3,000 For Premiums.





There is approximately $3,000 offer-

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classes of the apple show is the sales

package and in what shape the con-

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grower exhibiting the best package of

apples, and also to the individual

whose opinion is closest to the judg-

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package is the best buy. ,





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ciety and the exhibition space all in

the same building, a good attendance

will be assured. Premium lists can

be secured bywriting to the secretary,

H. D. Hootman, East Lansing, Mich.





Livestock Scores at Fair





Vzirz'tor: See Best S/zow





S a live stock exhibition the

Michigan State Fair has at last

struck its stride. Back some-

where in the management there is a,

vision, that, if it be Wisely followed

out, will within a few short years place

the Michigan State Fair in the very

front ranks of State Fair Live Stock

Expositions. The building program

that has been so magnificently carried

out in recent years is providing a set-

ting suitable to the display of the best

the world affords in domestic animals.

The continued development of the pre-

mium list and courteous consideration

of the exhibitors is all that is needed

to attract them to the fair with better

animals and in increasing numbers.

In the Draft Horse Department.





Mr. Howard C. Allen, the superin-

tendent of the horse department, ex-

presses his satisfaction regarding the

horse show, its rapid growth and fu-

ture prospects, with much enthusiasm.‘

He says, “the quality and balance is

better than ever before. The con-

stant improvement is remarkable, and

each class is well filled.” The com—

modious horse barn, the oldest of_ the

live stock buildings, which has hith-

erto been sufficient to accommodate

all entries, proved inadequate this





year and 190 head were housed in the '





overflow barns.





The Belgian class led in numbers,

with ninety-five head. The five-year-

old Garibaldi, head of the famous

Owosso Sugar Company stud repeat-

ed his performance of last year in car-

rying on? the grand championship,

while still more laurels were added-

to his crown'by'a son of his placing





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junior champion and reserve to the

grand champion mare, shown by the

Michigan Agricultural College.



The Highland Farms brought a band

of Percherons headed by the five-year.-

old magnificent black stallion, Jerome,

that carried off the championship. A

younger brother took junior champion

ribbon, and a three-fourths brother

was champion at Chicago last year.

Jerome weighs 2,400 pounds. Michigan

Agricultural College also showed the

senior champion mare in the Percher-

on class.



The different sections in the Clydes-

dale class should have been better

filled. The ribbons were divided be-

tween George Ackerman & Sons, of

Elkton, Mich, and Hayfield Farm, of

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.





A new departure this year was the A

commercial horse show, it being the

idea of the management that horses

should show for‘ the purposes for

which they are intended. Horses were,

therefore, shown in harness and hitch-

ed to suitable vehicles and the result

of the show in this class has been

very satisfactory.



The Beef Cattle Classes.





The building of the new dairy barn _

this year has released the entire space

in the old barn for the beef and fat

steer classes, and it is well, for the

pure-bred 'beef herds came in such

numbers as to well-nigh fill it. ,



The show, both from the standpoint

of numbers and quality, was the best

ever. Shorthorns made the largest

showing with entries from the leading

herds in the Country.“ Bushland Hall,

Prescott, Sui-ailing John . 0;.- Pew, An-



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—' {z - farm were ’presented - by delegates

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ers were curing hay by electricity.



. ‘ The green bay is brought to the large



of ~ .jj _ mows‘ 60x20x2‘5 feet high, directly'from



a1 ‘ ’ ' ' the field as cut, and is built up as



‘s, 'C , cured hay .would be put into the mow,



3L 7 ‘ ‘ except‘that the mow. is provided with





air'ducts and built-up flues. As the

‘ » green bay begins to heat, this is de-

, tected by the thermometers and the

temperature is kept under control by

_ electric ventilating fans. The product

13‘ I . is said to be better than sun—cured

hay. A five-horsepower electric fan is

sufficient to cure‘the hay in a 100-t0n

mow and the actual operation is only

one and one-half hours a day for nine

days.

After the hay has been cured, Dr.

Smith says that the same portable

~motor is used for curing grain, which

is taken direct from the binder to the

rick and cured by this method, thus

the land is cleared for immediate

plowing.

Electric plowing is done at less than

one-half the cost of plowing by gaso-

line tractor and With even a greater

i saving over the horse plow. With

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The railroads of the west are offer-

1 ~ . ing round-trip rates for one and one-

‘ half far to encourage farmers to at-

tend the fifteenth annual Dairy Cattle

Congress at Waterloo, Iowa, to be held

t ’ September 22-28.





 





If the August crop estimates prove



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. Michigan will raise more bushels of



- ‘ the crop than the next three leading



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of making farm fence wire. One is the grip. (4) Stiff stay wires, like pick-

ordinary galvanizing way — the other ets, require fewer posts. They hold

is our newly patented “Galvan- Square Deal Fence tight and trim —

nealed” process. no sagging. (5) Well crimped line

wires, firmly gripped to the stiff stay

wires, with. the “knot that never

slips” gives Square Deal Fence good

live tension, secure against strains

or sudden weather changes.





World recognized authorities such

as: Indiana State University, R. W.

Hunt Laboratories, Chicago, C. F.

Burgess Laboratories, Madison,

Wisc., all back up our claims that

Red Strand “Galvannealed” Square

Deal will far outlast any other farm

fence. Copies of official tests will be

sent upon request. They prove that

the new Square Deal is the best and





 

 

 





     





' No one but Keystone can make

fence wire by the “Galvannealed”

process. N 0 other fence wire is made

that will give you the long extra

wear that “Galvannealed” Square‘

Deal is guaranteed to give — and it is

sold to you at no extra price.





N 0 other fence has all these big points:

(1) Co per~bearing open hearth

steel, “ alvannealed”, rust-resist-

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times longer life. (2) Full gauge

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Write today for (1)

“OfficialProofofTests”

which tells why you

should buy “Galvan-

nealed” Square Deal; (2) Ropp’s

Calculator which answers most

questions on the farm. Figures

costs, interest, gives' measure-

ments, contains commercial law

and a lot of other data. (3) Red

Strand “Galvannealed” Square

Deal catalog, with fence sizes,

descriptions, etc.



After reading these books and

tests, you’ll be able to judge how

fence is made andwhat kind to buy.

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TRl-STATE‘ CONGRESS MEETS IN

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OMPLETE plans for the tri~state



development congress meeting at

Ashland, Wisconsin, October 15-16, are

announced by Executive Secretary G.

E. Bishop, of Marquette. Specialists

in development work from the three

lake states of Minnesota, Wisconsin

and Michigan have been secured for

the program.





MICH IGAN’S ALLOTM ENT OF

PYROTOL.





 





I T is announced that Michigan farm-





ers will be entitled to 1,800,000

pounds of pyrotol, probably the gov‘





ernment’s last quota of war explosives '





to be distributed. This Will be fur-

.nished at approximately $8.25 per hun-

dred pounds in carlots. One box of

caps will be delivered free of charge

with each 200 pounds of pyrotol pure;

chased by an individual farmer. Those

Wishing further information are ad-

vised to correspond with Mr. Amund-

son, of the Land Clearing Department

of the Michigan Agricultural College.

Marquette, Mich.





 





HERE AND THERE.





 





The Farmers’ Cooperative Elevator

Company, of Stanton, is building a.

new potato warehouse to cost $5,000.





 





The United States Department of

Agriculture, in its monthly review,

says that wheat growers will get from

$100,000,000 to $200,000,000 more for

their Wheat this year than last.





 





Harvey Smith, former county agent

of Kent county, has returned from

Bulgaria where he was head of a Y.

M. C. A. vocational school. The school

was closed because of the lack of

funds.





E. J. Haskins’ of Pittsford, one of

the best known poultry breeders of

this state died August 20 as the result

of wounds inflicted by a thug who at-

tacked and robbed him in his poultry

car at the Michigan Central yards at

Owosso.





 





Get the galvanized vessels out of

the chicken coop. Hens fed milk in

such containers are poisoned thereby.

Use wooden, earthen, or porcelain

containers.





 





This seems tol be about the time

that the people who feel the need of

the Great Lakes Waterway should get

the “sleepers” out of their eyes, and

begin to raise dust and put all sorts

of sound wave lengths in motion.





 





Prince Edward Island is d0fi1g~ big

business in certified seed potatoes.

Last year 235,000 bushels were ship—

ped out, a big portion of which was

sent to the United States.





 





Economists in Ohio State University

contend that the purchasing power of

the farmer’s dollar has climbed to the

ninety-eight'cent mark, which is high-

er than it has been any time during

the past three years. "





 





A selfefeeder which will supply the

growing pullets'with both grain and

mash is quite as necessary to the eco-





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camping, Fire- His rough-riding Highness will





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A “Women forpongress’fl conference was held in Westport, New

York, conSISting of the delegates from the National Party. Mrs.

Stephen Pell, finance chairman, was asked to run for congress.





 





 





 





 





 





 





These four members of the British International Polo Team are

unpacking “home-grown” mallets to practice for the coming ser—

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Dimetrios Segelakis, of Greece, plans to sail

around the world in this novel craft, which

is 22 feet long, and seven feet wide.





 





 





 





 





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Dusting for the cotton boll-w eeril with calSium arsenate. The blast

of the shi"s propeller drives dust downward among the plants,

covering tBree hundred to four hundred acres per hour.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





In this masterpiece of aerial design, the Italian air men and Loca~

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Gunfight by Underwood A Underwood. flew York
it 5861"

, aha beef and after he finished

h'feriif held a dipper of coffee to

" .Then he was driven through

dorxAs the glaring light repulsed

sheriff at thethresholdlhe barked,

'e'p, moVing so’s I can hear the bell,

. kt don’t take more’n three stepseith-

“of way.” '

Plosser obediently marked time, the

‘bell‘ jangling crisply, and the sheriff

‘r,fashioned a bandage and adjusted it.

‘He was helpless except as the bell in-

structed him. He cautioned, “Keep

twénty feet ahead and pick an easy

trail. Sing out for rocks and logs, for

’ it .I' find myself tripping 1’11 begin

shooting. Jog along.”



They presented a strange spectacle

as they zigzagged through the birch

and alders and skirted the hardwood

growth, the murderer, a giant of a

man, his red wrists fast at his back,

:his torch of a head bowed leading the

blind. Mindful of the sheriff’s warn-



‘ ihg be adapted his gait to the groping

figure behind, and sullenly warned,



“stump on yer left. I’m now steppin’



over a log. Next hundred feet is



clear.”



And the sheriff would acknowledge:

“Right, I’ve got ye.”



After covering a few miles in this

fashion the sheriff discovered the bell

had various voices, and began antici-

pating Plosser’s directions. While the

notes rang out with regular rhythm

he visualized a clear path and knew

Plosser’s stride was steady and firm;

but when the tone became sharp and

short he knew the prisoner was cross-

ing rocks or logs and picking his steps

unevenly. Once Plosser forgot and

came to a halt. Promptly the bell ad-

vertised the fact that a decrescendo

and the sheriff was‘on one knee, and

yelping:



“The bell! I’ll shoot!” His finger

was pressing the trigger when Plosser

violently shook his leg and rattled the

bell loudly.



“I was only takin’ a bit of a breath-

ing spell,” he defended.



“I shan’t call out again,” warned

the sheriff, rising.



Shortly after this incident the sher-

iff cautiously raised his bandage to

test his vision. For a moment he be—

held the blur of a figure ahead, then

replaced the covering with an excla-

mation of pain as the light stabbed

through his inflamed and sensitive

eyes. .



“Ye don’t need to see. I’ll lead ye

all right,” cried Plosser.



“Keep shut and moving,” gritted the

sheriff. ”



For ten miles more the sheriff felt

his way through the darkness, always

making for the bell, always driving

the bell from him, and never once los-

ing his avidity for its protecting song.

Sometimes the blackness before him

was lighted with flames and curious

lights, through which stole grotesque

figures, often the hulking form of the

murderer with his head of fire. But

never once did fancy beguile his ears

from their tasks as sentinels and

spies. Their acuteness surrounded





 





 





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him 'with- a mighty ' barrier behind





which he fumbled his way in security.





At the meridian hour Plosser clam:

The. sheriff dir‘ected'

him to' find a log and then withdraw a





ored‘ for food.





dozen paces—and to keep the bell





sounding. While he did, so the sheriff

advanced to the log and brushed it

clean of snow and placed on it a ra-





tion of beef. Then he backed away,

munching his own lunch and between

mouthfuls commanded, “sail in and

feed; but keep ringing the bell if ye

love life.”



Plosser, black with rage, kneeled in

the snow and worried the food down

the best he could, shaking the bell

intermittently. Every time he turned

and looked at the sheriff he found the

fortyffour correctly lined on the mid-

dle of his back. It made his back‘feel





handcuffs seem: “the skin from his

wrists as he stretched hisflgiit hand

downward and 3his, fingers were stiff

and uninte‘mfllfi when he first picked

awaygat the limit. But desperation

warmed him ‘to‘the work and at last

he felt the throng loosen.



“Ain’t ye ”bout through?” sharply

demanded the “Sheriff, tilting his head

suspiciously. . > '



“Most through,” mumbled Plosser.

“But I . can’t eat fast enough withdut

my hands.” ,



.“ all it aifeed,” peremptorily order-

ed e sheriff, beginning to sense a

new variation in the bell. It’s legiti-

mate voice was a regular cling—clang

~cling—clang as the clapper bounded

from side to side with measured de-

liberation. But now it seemed to be

playing tricks, breaking forth into a





THREE HILLS

By A. W. Peach





I know three hills against the sky,

A northern sky of arching blue,



And one is fair, and one is false,

And One is f5ir and true.





For hills have moods as men have

moods

That change with every fickle sky,

Whose speech may be of stormy

themes

0r peace serene and high.





Fair though a northern hill may smile

To trusting vales that dream below,



Dark in its heart may tempests wait

With wrath of gust and blow.





Though one be beautiful with charm

Of glowing springtime's scented

days,

Its thoughts may be of idle things

That vanish with the Mays.





But fair andtrue a hill may be,

Wise with the lore of starry nights,



The friends of noble winds that dwell

0n vision’s clbudless heights.





From northern vales three great hills

loom

Against a brooding 'sky of blue,

And one is fair, and one is false,

And one is fair and true.





 





 





chilly. As if reading his thoughts the

sheriff remarked, “I’ve located her

fine, Plosser.”



“Can’t I let up on the bell a trifle?”

begged Plosser. “It ain’t in human

natur’ to keep the danged thing ring-

in’ every minute. Ye know I can’t

git on my feet without soundin’ it.”



The sheriff pondered. He was a





' reasonable man, and he finally agreed,





“that’s so; ye can’t rise from yer

knees without giving the alarm. Ye

can take it easier, but make it talk

once in awhile.”



Plosser averted his face, to hide the

savage triumph flickering in his small

eyes. The sheriff had forgotten the

kneeling posture brought the man-

acled hands very close to the thong

of rawhide. His first attempt to thrust

his left hand across his back suflicient

to permit the fingers of his right hand

to reach the rawhide was unsuccess-

ful, but by gradually twisting his body

and lifting his right leg he managed

to touch the thong. The knot was on

the outside of the knee, otherwise he

could have accomplished nothing. The





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spasmodic rattle which contained

scant vibrations, much the same as if

something were pressing against the

metal and smothering it. As this

flashed through the sheriff’s mind

there \protested‘ one sharp, isolated

note, as Plosser’s straining digits pick-

ed the knot apart, and he yelled:



“On yer feet! The bell!"



“Wal, I’m doin’ as told, ain’t I?”

whined Plosser, stealthily rising and

trying to hold the bell in his hand. It

slipped fromvhis fingers, voicing a sol.

itary, muffled note as it fell into the

snow, and the sheriff opened fire. But

as the bell fell Plosser gave a mighty

spring to one side and ran through

the opening where no crackling of un-

derbrush would betray his position.



The sheriff emptied his revolver and

then plunged ahead till his foot hit

the bell andihis hands found the log.

He dropped his useless weapon and

groaned, “juSt for a second of eyesight

for to see him in!”



Climbing onto the log he brought

the rifle to his shoulder and with his

left hand tore off the bandage and





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" “If that ain’t got him he ‘csn’t be

got by me,” he mumbled, sinking into

the snow and feeling about for the

bandage. ’ ‘ -



Peters, timber cruiser for the Inters

state‘Lumber Company, halted and

pricked his eardflneredulously. -IHe

heard a cowbell, but it was winter and

there were no cows in that region.



Again it sounded, just beyond a

stretch of sapling growth. It was ab~

surd, impossible. “It’s got to be a,

cow,” he puzzled. “Must have strayed

from some farm near the settlement.

But cOuld she get up this far? Can’t

be a cow.”





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The bell rang monotonously, ap< ._





proaching‘ nearer. Believing, yet rid-

iculing, Peters quit the old growth and

stole into the saplings. If the‘animal

had run loose all summer it would be

as man-shy as any wild thing. He

knew the country intimately and there

were no farms within many miles, and

a cow was out of the question. Yet

he cocked his rifle, knowing the camp

would welcome beef after a tedious

diet of venison, and thrust his head

through the last of the underbrush.



“Well, I’ll be—!! he whispered, his

eyes bulging.



For nearly a minute he gasped at

the strange sight. A blindfolded man

wandering aimlessly through the snow,

a rifle in one hand and 'a bell in the

other, was scarcely a spectacle one

would expect in the North Country.

The man advanced slowly toward the

saplings, ringing the bell at regular

intervals.



Recovering from his amazement the

cruiser timidly shouted, “Hi! having

an auction?” '



The bell dropped to the snow and

the rifle leaped to the sheriff’s shoul-

der, but before the dazed cruiser could

protest the sheriff was faintly crying,

“that ain’t his voice. Who be ye?”





. And the rifle was lowered.





Peters recognized the grotesque fig-

ure and cautiously went to meet it,

announcing his identity as he ad-

vanced.



“Peters of the Interstate, eh?” weak-

ly greeted Emery. “I’m ’bout all in.

Guess I’ve been walking in circles for

years.” 'i hen he told his story as the

cruiser led him across the opening to

a patch of black growth where they

could build a fire and make coflee

and eat. »



“Wouldn’t that get your goat?” ex~

claimed the cruiser as the sheriff fin~

ished his, strange recital. “And I

thought you was a cow and I knew

you couldn’t be a cow. Why! you

must have been mooning round within

no distance of the place where Plosser

made his get-away. . This opening's

filled with tracks like an army had

been here.”



“I’ve tried to keep moving ever



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N order to make thiswdepartment of



the Michigan Farmer as interesting



and helpful as possible, I would

like torgknow something about the con-

ditions in as many of the communities

'as possible, where the paper is read.

When a speaker is addressing an au-

dience- he can tell whether he is in-

teresting" his hearers or not. If half

are asleep, he knows that he is fifty

per cent efficient. If his hearers (lean

forward in their seats to get all he

says, and exercise themselves in oc-

casional applause, he knows that he

is going strong. But the writer in a

weekly department does not know just

how close he comes to the bulls’ eye,

exCept for an occasional letter from

some discontented reader, in which he

receives a'blistering. ‘





In order to find out how some of

my readers feel about some condi-

tions where they

live, I am submit-

ting a few ques—

tions this week. I

would be glad if

a good many read-

ers answered

these. Such an-

swers and opin—

ions will be val-





Summer tourists. What is. the gen-

eral effect of automobile tourists in

your community? Do they tend to

lower or raise social, religious and

moral conditions? Do they attend

church to a great extent? Are house-

wives kept at home ~Sunday cooking

for boarders, real or star?, Do "tour-

ists tend..to keep the stores open on.

Sunday? Is the coming of city rela—

tives looked forward to, with pure joy?

Do they do any work while recreating

at your farm, otherwise than at the

table? ‘



What other community center is

there, near you? Grange hall? Farm-i

ers’ Club? What, in your judgment,

is the strongest social and moral in-

fluence where you live?



To sum up, what is your feeling

about living in the country? Are you,

planning on beating it from the farm '

as soon as you get a good opportunity?

Do you hope that your son will be a

farmer? that his sister will marry

one?





 

 

 

 

 





 

   

   





 





A NY further remarks as to reme-

dies for above conditions. None,



of the answers to any of the above

will be used so as to embarrass any-

one. I hope particularly that any good

. uable assistance piece of constructive community work

in preparing these weekly articles. It on the part of any one will be spoken

is not necessary to give the names 0f of. Give all the information possible‘

undesirable individuals. But where on the bright side of rural life. I

Some one is doing a good piece Of com- In this week’s lesson, it is Christ the

munity work, he would probably 39- Unappreciated, Christ the Opposed.

preciate it if he knew that others aD- Note how He reads the glorious pas-

preciated him. Letters may be ad- sage from Isaiah. In the original pas-

dressed to the writer, care of the MlCh- sage, Isaiah 61' the words run, “to . ‘

isan Farmer. 1632 Lafayette Boule— proclaim the acceptable year of the;

vard West, Detroit, Michigan. The Lord, and. the year of. vengeanceof

more facts that are known, the more our God,” but Christ omits the last;

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tidings, not vengeance, and to bring‘



W HAT is the general state of the liberty, not punishment. That does"



church in your community, that not mean that the gospel has no stern;



is, the church which you attend, or side. The twenty-fifth chapter of Mat-

which you would attend, if you attend





thew shovvs that it has. “Depart, ye‘

ed any? Is the attendance fairly good? cursed, into the everlasting fire." But

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community leader? Are his sermons

interesting? Is he called on to speak

at patriotic and other gatherings out—

side the church? Does he live in the

community, or does he come from a

distance for the Sunday services? Is

the church building in good repair?

How does the church building com-

pare in attractiveness with the school

house? Are the church grounds well

kept? the. grass cut? Do the church

officials specialize in hollyhocks or

burdocks, for decorative purposes? Is

the Sunday School strong? Are teach—

ers’ meetings held weekly or monthly

or quarterly? Are they held at all?

If you had your way, what changes

would you suggest in the local church?

Are you yourself a dependable-worker

and supporter of the church? Are the

church relations in the community

peaceable, or have there been quarrels

and the like? Does feeling still exist?





The school. Do you have a consol-

idated school? Is the school district

contemplating one? Is the local school

efficient in holding the interest of the

young folk of high school age? Do

quite a good many graduate each year?

Would you say that the school is as

efficient as the church, or more so?

Less so? Is the school open for com-

munity gatherings? Is there a recrea-

tion room (gymnasium) in the school?

Are amateur plays, etc, given from

time to time by the school children,

or high school young people?





O THER recreational features. Is

there a dance hall in the town, or



in the open country near you? Is it

operated in a clean and wholesome

way, or is its influence objectionable?

If the dance hall were closed, what

other recreational center could be sub-

stituted for it? Have you ever visited ’

' spin or, is your knowledge





the burden of what He taught was to

invite, not threaten, to forgive, not

curse.





T HE experience at Nazareth show-



ed that the people were not pre-

pared for anything different from the

type of teaching to which they were

accustomed. They had always been

taught that the Jews were the chosen

people, and had come to think of them

as God’s particular pets. But when

He reminded them that even in olden

time the prophets sometimes went to

the Gentiles in preference to the Heb—

rews, these obtuse, bigoted Nazarenes

were “filled with wrath.” N0, indeed!

There is to be no one but me and my

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And so violent was the belief that

they undertook to take the life of the

Master Teacher. They would have

done so if they could. They could not

endure such breadth. Paradise was to E

be a place from which people were|

excluded, not a place where all class-[i

es were admitted.



This attitude is by no means dead.

Perhaps into your community some

foreigners have moved. They are

Poles or Russians or Belgians. Asso-

ciate with them? Many .people will

not. Invite them to community affairs,

Sunday School picnics, gljange meet-

ings? Not noticeably. And we com-

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and retail their old—country notions?

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SOMETIMES a corpulent lady is



heard to say about another woman,

“Isn’t she scrawny? I prefer being

overweight to looking like that.” The

thin woman may hold just the oppo-

site opinion—and there is something

to be Said on both sides. It would be

Wonderful, of course, if we all were

the proper weight, the ideal height,

had curly hair, and a real complexion.

But we are not. Furthermore—even

though man has gone far in assisting

nature as to hair and complexion—we

cannot change our height, but we can,

in most cases, get fatter or thinner if

we conscientiously try.



Why worry about underweight?

Chiefly because an underweight per-

son has little reserve when attacked

by illness. Also because a thin per-

son is likely to be of a nervous tem-





. perament and——shall we whisper it ?—





less even disposition.



If you are underweight, take stock

of yourself by getting. weighed and by

making a list of foods with the ap-

proximate amounts you have eaten for

the last few days. Analyze this list

and decide where you can best add

foods which will make fat.



What are the fattening foods ?—cer—

eals, fats, cream, sugar, and starchy

vegetables.‘ If you add rich sauces,





 





OTHING is thought rare



which is not new, and fol-

lowed; yet we know that What

was worn some twenty years

ago comes into grace again.—

Beaumont and Fletcher.





 





 





 





cakes, pastries, and candy to your us—

ual meals, you may gain weight, but

you may also have a digestive upset.



At all times choose a laxative diet,

including plentiful amounts of bran,

whole cereals, fruits, and vegetables.

The fiber from these materials will

help keep you in good condition. Fresh

fruits and vegetables also stimulate

the appetite and enable youto eat

more heartily.



Increase the amount of food eaten—-

use two squares of butter instead of

one, drink ahglass of “half—and-half”

instead of milk. Eat an extra muffin

—bran muffins take lots of butter. Eat

salads with mayonnaise and desserts

with whipped cream. Add nuts, rais-

ins, figs, or dates to your dinner.





For breakfast choose a fruit cooked

with sugar, a cereal rich in calories,

cocoa instead of coffee, eggs and toast,

muffins, or rolls with marmalade. A

glass of milk can have its food value

increased by putting a beathn egg into

it—or malted milk, or chocolate. For

lunch, add bacon to cheese dishes, and

lettuce sandwiches. Serve it with eggs

and vegetables. Serve cream or but-

ter plentifully on vegetables—Barbara

Brooks. .





DAINTY Toucmas IN BED-ROOM

ARE INEXPENSIVE.





 





N old dotted swiss dress made in

the days of “five breadths” to the





‘skirt, was rescued from the attic,

.. (Ewashed,

1 swiss has a dainty leaf and rosebud

spray and the material is good. I

evolved a spread for a single size bed,





ripped and pressed. The





a dresser scarf and bands for new

Mas curtains. I’m really proud, of

my dainty bedroom hangings and





I ' spread. The saving, too, was worthx





some consideration.





 

 





If the fringe or scallops on a bed

spread wear out first, trim off and run

a narrow hem all around, or, with

“tidy cotton,” crochet a double cro-.

chet entirely around or, buy an inex-

pensive white frings and sew on the





edges firmly, using the sewing ma-





chine if possible. You’ll be surprised

how much longer the spread will last.



Worn bed sheets may‘be converted

'into crib sheets or pillow cases for

the children’s beds. If not too badly

worn they may be torn down the mid-

dle, the outer edges sewed together.and

the torn edges hemmed and the sheet

will be given a new lease on life, as it

‘is the middle of a sheet that wears

thin first—G. S.





 





A RURAL PARCEL POST BOX.





 





THE ordinary rural parcel post box

is too small for many parcel post

packages. This is not so bad when

the mail box is close to the house

where it can be watched and packages

promptly taken in in stormy weather.





to wait for the mail carrier without

exposure whenever necessary, while

the window enables him to watch

without opening door.——.H. Spooner.





 





PICTURES CONVERT HOUSE INTO

HOME.





 





THOUGH their influence is subtle



and hard to point out, pictures

can do as much as any one thing to

make a home more restful, more at-

tractive, and more livable.





“But that means thoughtful choos-

ing, skilful framing, and correct hang—

ing,” adds M. Jenness Wirt, extension

specialist. “They must be works of

art, and preferably reproductions of

some well-known masters. Raphael,

Millet, and Corot reproductions are ap-

propriate for one’s 1iVing—room..





“Avoid too many pictures. Deter~

mine first the number of wall spaces

in which pictures will look well. Then

consider the size and shape of the pic-

tures for those spaces. If the avail-





 





 





A Mail house at the Corner Protects

Room.





able wall space is long and narrow,

a long and narrow picture should be ~





But when the mail box is a mile or

more from the house, it becomes a

serious matter.





Charles Skeel, a progressive farmer

on Rural Route No. 1, Ho-lton, Michi-

gan, has overcome this handicap by

building on the corner near his mail

box the little building shown here. Mr.

Skeel went to considerable labor in

making it weather-proof. The door,

which is not shown here, slides shut.





A seat inside makes it possible for one a





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Packages and Supplies a Waiting





chosen. If the wall space is wider

than it is long, Choose the picture ac-

cordingly.



“It is well to remember that it is the

pictures which are being a'uuea, not

the frames.





“Pictures should hang flat against

the wall and the center of the picture

should hang about eye-level or a little

bove. They should seem to belong





Epsom Salt for Moths





E PSOM salt sprinkled in trunks,



cupboards and other closed spaces

is a great protection against moths,

cockroaches and vermin and is consid-

ered preferable to the commonly used

naphthalene by Dr. Paul Mitchell, Aus-

tralian quarantine officer, whose re-

cent investigations are reported in

Hygeia.



Dr. Mitchell noticed that on opening

passengers’ baggage for fumigation

magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt) was

sometimes used by travelers for the

prevention of vermin. He determined

to test its value as contrasted with

naphthalene in the linen cupboards of

the quarantine station.



The cupboards were carefully clean-

ed out, the linen replaced and mag-

nesium sulphate crystals scattered ov-

er the linen and shelves in one block,

while naphthalene was used in anoth-





er block. Weeklyr observations were





 





made. At the end of three months

traces of vermin were found in the

cupboards where naphthalene was

used, while those Sprinkled with Ep-

som salt were free and the crystals

of the salt as crisp as ever.





The difference in favor of magne-

sium sulphate was more noticeable at

the end of five months, and by the end

of a year the cupboards were still

quite free from vermin, although the

magnesium sulphate had deteriorated





slightly, about-a third of the crystals





having turned to powder.





Dr. Mitchell concludes that Epsom‘

salt is of far greater efficiency than

naphthalene for the protection of linen

and other fabrics against moths, cock"-

roaches, silver flsh, etc., but~ that on

account of its rapid deterioration in

the open it can only be ’~ '



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to the furniture groupings and not be

separate spots on the walls.





“Most pictUres are light enough in 4





weight to be hung With the wire not

visible.





between them will make the picture





lie flat against the wall and will keep »





the wire from showing. ”





 





MAKE SPIDER DO DOUBLE DUTY.





 





AMPING experience this summer



taught me that an irOn spider was

one of the handiest things in a kitch-

en. It can be used for mere than fry-

ing. Having nothing to bake a loaf

Cake in, I decided to try the iron spid-

er, and it turned out fine. For a. meat

pie or a BrOWn Betty, or any baked

pudding, there is nothing better. Cov-

ered with a tight-fitting cover it

makes a splendid roaster. -—Mrs. M. I.





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BIRTHS ON INCREASE.





 





ACCORDING to a report of Michi-

gan Department of Health, there





were 92, 956 births in this state during _ '





the past year, or equivalent to the

rate of 24.1 per onethousand popula-

tion. This is an increase of 2,914

births over the previous year and an

increase in rate of 4. 8 per cent.



There were 47, 741 boys and 45, 215

girls, or a ratio of 1,055 boys to 1,000

girls. There were 1,210 illegitimate

births recorded.



Presque Isle county has the honor

of having the highest rate of any coun-

ty with a rate of twenty-nine; Ma-

comb, second, with a.” rate of 28. 5.





Household Service





Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





 





WILL IT JELL?





 





How can you tell if jelly will jell

before pouring into the glasS? I had

two batches this season that were not

firm enough. ~Mrs. . J.



It is the pectin in fruit that makes

it jell. After the juices are extracted

from the pulp, add one~quarter tea-

spoon of epsom salts, one-half tea:





spoon of sugar to one teaspoon of hot...





fruit juice. Mix and let stand for fif-

teen minutes. If the juiée contains

enough pectin to make good jelly, the

mass will be a heavy jell by this time.

Commercial pectin, or concentrated

apple juice, may be added if more is

required.‘





 





CANS LOSE LIQUOR.





 





Will my vegetables keep that I can-

ned by the water bath process? Part

of the liquid boiled out, but I did not

refill them. ——Mrs. B. M.



You did right by not refilling the

jars. The liquor probably escaped be-

cause you had the jars too fuIL If

they were properly sealed they will

keep.





 





TO CLEAN THE OIL srovr. WICKs.





 





WHEN the asbestos rings of the

oil stove become hard and the





oil fails to soak up through them; .

light one of the burners and turn the“

rings upside down on it; Let" them.

burns gid-





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“ prize winners jwill appear next week.





 





Wheneverything else failed, a spool

of W would amuse my twyear—

old; daughter. Unwinding and attempt-

ing "to. rewind it seemed to give her

greatpme. ' -



When she was about five I had a

box of wooden , kindergarten beads

whizch mm keep her busy and happy

for ever so long. .



The boy of. the family had a ham-



. mend: be: of tasks, and was allowed

tei'dlrive. them into the old woodenbot—

tom chair. . I never did value" the chair

very highly, but now the boy is almost

a man and the chances are in a few

years I‘ll hook at that chair in a dif-

ferent 'way than ‘I did when it was.

being hammered—Mrs. 0., Lawrence.





 





My children are delighted. when I

take them for a stroll to gather red

berries that grow on wild rose bushes.

Then with a box of toothpicks, and

these “berries” they pass many an

hour constructing things. It is inter-

esting to note how the imagination of

the boys lead them to build ships,

trucks and such massive objects, While

the girls naturally take to finer things,

but both take an interest in a house.





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‘ We: pass manya pleasant evening

with the little ones, by crumpling





pieces torn from newspapers, holding .





.them up. so the ‘shadow falls on the

wall; It delights the children when

the shadows resemble some familiar

object—43.3 Santa with his pack, some

bird or animal.-—Mrs. F. 0., Ravenna,





DON’T NEGLECT THE FRUIT

. BUTTERS.





 





S MALL, imperfect or damaged fruit

finds an economical, as 'well as a

tempting use when made into fruit





butter. Apples, plums, peaches and ,





grapes are especially suited for this

recipe.



Wash the fruit, cut away the dis-

eased and bruised spots, but do not

pare or core. If you use grapes, crush

them. Cover the fruit with cold water

or sweet cider and bring to a boil.

Measure pulp, and to each quart add

one pint of sugar, one tablespoonful

of cinnamon, one teaspoonful ground

cloves. Simmer until thick, pack into

sterilized jars and seal.





“Sing a song of canned goods on the

pantry shelf,

Every husitéling family goes and helps

itse ;

Canned things for boiling, for stewing

and for pie——

Don’t you feel sorry for those folks

who have to buy?”

——Florida Extension News.





 





   





 





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INCE Jackie Rabbit, Willie Wood«

S chuck and Johnnie Muskrat arriv--



ed home. safely, but more or less

the worse for year, after their run-

away experience, we’ll. hear what our

old friends, Bruin and Rolly Rabbit,

have been doing.



It was. a bonnie bright morning that

Rolly Rabbit decided he wanted some

blueberries for a blueberry pie.



“I’ll pick them for you, Rolly,” of-

fered Bruin, “and get enough to- make

some jam.” Bruin 'was very fond of

blueberry pie and jam.



So off he started for the blueberry

patch by the crooked elm tree way





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everywhere, but could fine no one. In

despair he gave up.



“I’ll just have to go home and take

the berries back to Rblly,” thought

Briun as he wandered back.





But when he was back at the old

crooked elm tree, he found his berries

gone, pails. and all. Bruin was just as

surprised as if the little chippie bird

on the bough above had sang a canary

carol instead of “chip, chee, chee.”





Bruin did not know, but young Ben-

nie Fox was the mischief maker.

Young Bennie had learned to make

his voice sound in far-off places, just

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each hand and a small one dangled



from a belt around his waist.



The berries were fine and large and

the sun was not yet to the noon mark

When- Bruin had his two big pails full

and his stomach chuck-full, too.



“My, won’t Rolly Rabbit be pleased,”

thought Bruin and he lapped his big

jaws in memory of that blueberry

jam. Right then he heard a strange

sound. Someone called his name over

in the bushes behind him.



“Hello," shouted ‘Bruin, and then he

heard another call. -Bruin sat his ber-

ries back in the shade and went to.

seewho wanted him. When a Short

distance away, he’ ' heard the voice

. Egan, Farther into the bushes he

~ went... calling.“ "hello? Painter and

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‘ things by trickery is not always well





his haggard face up to Peters’ sympa-

thetic gaze, pointed ahead and simply

.. announced, ‘:It's him under the snow.

Tripped over him. My hands hit the

handcuffs. Brush away the snow.”





ing. When Bennie had spied all

Bruin’s nice berries, he thought out

the scheme to get Bruin away so that

he might have the berries himself

without picking them. But to get

as we will learn next week. And Bruin

had to go home, and had no blueberry

pie or jam. ‘





 





RED PLOSSER’S HANDICAP.





 





(Continued from page 206).

since yesterday morning," mumbled





   





N0. 4811—Ladies’ “Rest Robe.” Cut





 





Emery. “Tried to build a fire once,

but couldn’t find any dry stuff. Once

I wandered back to the log and found





in four sizes:

and ertra large.

material will be re





Small, medium, large

3% yards of 36—inch

quired for any size.





 





 





some pieces of beef. Then I knew I

was going in circles and took to ring-

ing the bell. I knew there wasn’t one

chance—W



“Hold up!” warned Peters, trying to

save him as he tripped. But the sher-

iff had lost his resilience and fell on

his face.



“Too darned bad. I oughter been

watching more careful,” the cruiser

regretted.



The sheriff, with unexpected agility,

squirmed backward a few feet and

then rose to his knees and, turning





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No.- 4807—Ladies’

four sizes:

40; large, 42-44;

inches bust measu .

requires 3% yards of 36





, 34—36; medium, 38-

extra large,

A medium size





 





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The width at the foot is 17/3 yards.

Price 120.





No. 4805-—Misses’ Dress. Cut in

three sizes, -16. 18 and 20 years. A

16-year size requires three yards of

one material 54 inches wide. The

width of the dress at the foot is 1%

yards. Price 120.





No. 4808—~Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev-

en sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48

inches bust measure. A 38-inch size

will require four ya‘i‘ds of 40-inch ma«

terial. The width at the foot is 17/8

yards. Price 120.





 





 





No. 4587—A Practical Under Gar-

ment. Cut in four sizes: Small 34-

36; medium 38-40; large 42-44; extra

large 46-48 inches bust measure. A

medlum size requires 2% yards of 36-

inch. material. Panel of embroidery

requires half a yard nine inches wide.

Price 12c.,





‘No. 4584—Ladies' Apron. Cut infoui'v

sizes: Small 34-36; medium 38-140;





 

 

 





large 42-44; extra large 46-48 inches

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Dear Uncle Frank: 7

I have for pets one kitten and three

chickens. My kitten got to chewing





she chews the rag.



Oh, say! I have two Uncle Franks.

Now say I’m lucky, ain't 1?



Well, I must clOse‘. Your new niece,

Madge V. Bowman, R. 1, Lake City,

Michigan. .

Yep, come right in and help yo

self to a. chair. If we can’t chew the

rag, bring your kitten along and she

can chew the rag for us. Maybe you

are lucky, I don’t know.





Dear Uncle Frank:



Although I have just sent you a let-

ter I am sending you another.



I was very much surprised to see

my picture in the last Michigan Farm:

er. But I should have expected it,

because my sister is'like most of the

girls of: today, always sticking her

nose in someone’s business“ I was

not ready to have my picture publish-

ed, but my little “angel sister” had to





do it.



That is what I call rude. What do

you say, boys?

I want to keep this letter secret, so

I must close—Goodbye, Harold Coles,

M. 0., Montgomery, Mich.

It is a. question as to whether your

sister was rude ornot She just want-

ed to spring a pleasant surprise. I

don’t think you really feel peeved

over it. ’





Dear Uncle Frank:



In Bible days both men and women

were robes—different in style, but

robes just the same. Centuries have

passed since men adopted the style

of wearing trousers. Women, realiz—

ing that there was something about

trousers that lacked the charm of

skirts, clung to her unsanitary, incon-

venient, but nevertheless, charming





 





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W hat Hit/2e Merry ‘Cz'rcler: Have to $4,}





her tail, so I tied a rag on it, and now ,





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type of dress, until very recently. Now

~—on certain occasions—both men, and

women wear trousers—different in

style, but trousers just the same.





,Knickers are a strictly feminine style.





So it has been with long hair. Men

long, long ago adopted the'sanitary

and convenient short hair, and now

that woman has awakened to’ this new





“modern” age she, too, refuses to sac»





riflce comfort‘for appearances—Your

want-to-be niece, Caroline Cooke, Te-

cumseh, Mich. ~





You make good arguments. Times,

styles and the ways of doing tllings

have changed, and will continue to

change. > . ’ '





Dear Uncle Frank: ,



When I read your report of your

tour through Michigan I saw that you

stopped at Mt. Pleasant fair grounds

over night. ‘



I live six miles east of Mt. Pleasant

so you were not very far from us, and

if we had known you were there, we

would have all gone up to see you.



Uncle Frank, why didn’t you let all

the M. C.’s know where you were go-

ing to stop so all who lived close

could come and see you. I suppose

you are too bashful, eh? Ha! ha! I

would like to see you awfully well,





Uncle Frank, but I suppose it is im—-





possible.



Well, Uncle Frank, how did you like

your trip? I am sure you had a good

time—From another M. C., Vivian M.

Stauffer, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. ‘



There were two reasons why I didn’t

let the, M. C.’s know where I was go»

ing on my vacation. One was that I

didn’t know myself, and the other you





gave—too bashful. Ha! Ha!

Dear Uncle Frank:

As Hollis Parks says, Margaret





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The calves are consigned to regular commission firms on the

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. Klynstra Loves Her Dog.





“s'poof’” anyone. (us-flappers especial-





_ ly) with his"'cute” sayings, either.





Uncle Frank, I wish that column

telling of your trip “back home again”

would have ended “Continued next

week.” Boo-hoo, I was disappointed

because it didn’t. *



'No danger of Harold Coles’ wife be

ing called horse and buggy when he

gets married, if he ever does, ha! ha!



If this letter isn’t in print, please

write some more of your trip, Uncle

Frank.——Your niece, Ruth O’Dell, M.

0., Wolverine, Mich.





Iwished that my vacation had been

“continued next week,” because I hat-

ed to leave it. I don’t think any of us

ought to “spoof” about anything, do

you? '





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



. I think Uncle Frank should give his

opinion of bobbed hair and knicker-

bockers, don’t you girls? Maybe he

would agree with Harold Coles.



'I_ guess I have a dad like Harold

Coles, because he just hates bobbed

hair. I want mine bobbed, but he

won’t give in at all. '



I would like to have Earl Miller

send another letter to the M. C. and

tell us in What part of the Bible he,

finds the verse he wrote in his last

1etter.——Your niece, Kathryn Seatons,

Fento-n, Mich.



Earl, please come across with your

information. You apparently have a

persistent parent when it comes to!

bobbed hair. If you have 'read

my answers, you can guess what my

opinion is.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I think you are as sly as a fox, for



I thought you to be fifty years or

more. ,



Without any hair on top of your‘ head,’



And have to be helped when you go

to bed.



A face all wrinkled, a. beard White as





snow,

Of course, there’s many things M. C.’s





don’t know.



One is, you’re a man about thirty

years old,



I know this for certain, for I have

been told.





You’ve more hair on your head than

brains inside,



You keep the Waste Basket with its

mouth open wide, ‘

Which gobbles up our letters as fast



as we write,

This act I don’t think is at all right.





If you’re married I think Aunt Mar-

. tha’s your wife, '



If this is true it must be very nice.



Maybe I’m wrong, but I think I’m‘

right,



If not, this letter is a terrible fright;



But please don’t put it in the W. B.



In your paper this letter I—’d like to

see. 5



Some of the boys’ at me are mad,



For paying them back for their rude-

ness so bad. ~



Please, Uncle Frank, don’t be mad at

me, too, . ,



For saying such things about a nice

man like you,



Who gives us presents that bring us

much joy, ’



I must quit, 86 I will say good-bye.



—-Your niece, Hazel Lickfeldt, Twin-



ing, Michigan. ‘ ‘





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"‘Is the 'consolidated school better

than the little red school house? It

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A consolidated school brings all the

advantages of the large city schools to





the rural districts. airing us farm boys

”and girls a‘ chance to learn from A

7No. 1 teachers who would not teach

_ in our little old broken-seated, crack-

‘ med-windowed, poorly-ventilated school

. house for any price.





I'd like to meet and know all the

children for miles around, to have





~ larger play grounds, with better equip-





ment. A room where the movies bring





other countries and their people right

'up before our geography class as they





did in the school where I went when

I lived in Kansas- City, Mo. , where

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M ismée Contest





VERY little while mistakes



will appear in a paper. Un-

doubtedly there are some in this ~

one. Anyhow, we want to know .

how this issue is in that respect.

So,-for this week’s, contest I am

asking you to read over the

first tenfipages and pick out the

mistakes in spelling, punctua-

tion, or anything.



After you find a mistake copy

it and tell what page it, is on.

Do not pay any attention to Hy

Syckle’s article, as that is all

mistakes.



The two who find the most

mistakes will get fountain pens;

the next three will receive flash-

lights, and the next five cute lit-

tle boxes of candy. All good pa-

pers from those who are not

Merry Circlers will receive M.

C. buttons and cards.



Send your paper to Uncle

Frank, Detroit, Michigan, before

September 19, as the contest

closes then.





 





 





 





everything we are to live and be—iQ

taught us.



These funny little schools can’t do

it. Why, our ground isn’t even big

enough to play. ball on, and there is

nothing to play with when we aren’t

studying. No teeter-boards, swings,

slides or bars.



Since automobile busses have come

there isn’t even long, cold rides to

dread—and no child ever dreads any

kind of ride anyway.



I hope the time will come when

there will be no little red school





' houses—only in memory. Not that I





don’t like school, because I do, and

I like every teacher I ever had, but I

believe schools, like other things,

should grow and improve.



For better manners, less bashful-

ness, neater dress, better speech,

music, everything, country children

need the environment of a good con-

solidated school.





 





By Donna Scribner, M. 0., Bancroft,

Michigan.



The consolidated school, with all of

its disadvantages, cannot be better

for the children than a good school in

their own neighborhood. First, a pupil

must be ready and waiting in the

morning when the bus comes along,

or lose a. whole day of school, where,

if the pupil was attending school in

his own district, being late a little in

the morning would mean theloss of

only a class. or two. Then at the close

of the school day, the smaller ones

who get out early, must wait around





until four o ’clock', when the older ones





are out and the bus starts for home.





- If they donft get into mischief. it isn’t





 





one an Came/Matador. “thtle Red Selzoaf i





Pupils, especially the little ones,

must be entrusted .to‘ all kinds of- driv-

érshnd vehicles, to suit the taste of

the one that hires them, and he prob-

ably has no children riding in the out-

fit and. does not care what it is or who





. it is driven by.





When a contagious disease breaks

out in a consolidated school it quickly

spreads to all of the districts and

may cause much sickness and death,

where, if the pupil first having the

disease were‘in his or her own dis-

trict, perhaps a dozen families would

be all that would have it.



Then the older people seem to think

that the farmer can not stand up un-

der much more tax and consolidated

schools surely make higher taxes.



The pleasantest memories that I ex-

pect to have when I get old are the

memories of the days spent in my own

district schOol. I always loved my

teachers; they seemed more like

chums, and in ,a consolidated school

one hardly gets acquainted-with them.



I just know that if the district

school boards woulddo all they could

to make their school and yards attrac-

tive, and hire good teachers, the chil—

dren would get more out of their own





, school as far as it goes; then go to a





high. school after they .had finished

there. But give me the “Little Red

School House” as far as. it goes.





TOP 0’ MICHIGAN POTATO ESSAY

CONTEST.





 





VER $60 in’cash prizes Will be

.awarded to the seven boys and

girls in northeastern Michigan who

submit the best essays to the premium

committee of the Top 0’ Michigan





 





-“How I Would Grbw Dad’s





 





public schools below the ninth grade

in sun-1m, Cheboygan, Otse‘go, Alpena,

Montmorency, Orawford and Roscom—

mon counties. ‘The boy or girl who

writes. the‘bost essay on the subject,

Potatoes,”

will receIVe a cash prize of $15, and

the other six prizes will range down

to $5.00. It is proposed that the es-

says he submitted to the teacher, who

will select the best two and send them

to the county commissioner. He, in

turn, will send the best threeto the

committee, who will select the win-

ners.



The authors of the three best essays

from each county will be invited to

the show at Gaylord on Friday, No-

vember 7, at which time a dinner and

program will be given in their honor.

The winners will be announced at that

time.



This is a. real opportunity .for our

youngsters. They can see one of the





. best potato shows in the country and





possbily win $15 in a cash prize. The

dates of the TopO’ Michigan Potato

Show are set for November 5-6-7. The

rules for the contest will be sent to all

of the teachers in those counties.





SCHOOL CONTEST WINNERS.





 





T HE writers of the two papers



printed above received nickled

fountain pens. The following are the

names of the remaining prize winners:





Flashlights.

Myrtle Walker, Woodland, Mich.

Helen H. Leonardson, Pittsford,

Mildred E. Merritt, R. 1, Ypsilanti,





. Candy.



Caroline Engelhardt, R. 2, Auburn,

Mich.



Floyd Simons,,R. 1, Shelby, Mich.



P. R. Dow, Oxford, Mich.



Alberta Priest, R. 1, Arcadia, Mich.



Gladys Hyland, 3525 Porter Street,

Detroit, Mich.





 





 





DON’T BLOW YOUR NOSE.





 





NE of the sayings that I admit

having heard with some fre-

quency as a boy is still in ‘com—





mon use. Just yesterday I heard a

mother use it. “Blow your nose, you

dirty boy. I should think you’d be

ashamed.”





I am asking parents to substitute

the word “wipe” for “blow.” Blowing

the nose has done damage to thou-

sands and is one of the most produc-

tive causes of catarrhal deafness.



The necessity for giving special at-

tention to the toilet of the nose is

most pronounced when one is afflicted

with an acute nasal catarrh, in com-

mon parlance, “a cold in the head.”



The nas'al mucous membranes when

inflamed excrete an unusual amount

of a mixture of mucous and serum

which creates at first a watery, rather

acrid discharge, thin enough so that it

flows altogether too freely for com-

fort. Such a discharge must be wiped

from the nose frequently to allow any

degree of comfort. It does not prompt

any severe “blowing.”



But simultaneously with the dis-

charge is a swelling of the mucous

membrane. Sometimes this swollen

membrane bloCks the nostrils to such

an extent as to make nasal breathing

very difficult.



It is at this stage that the inclina-

tion to blow the nose seizes the pa—

tient. The blowing is generally worse

than ineffective, for a swollen mem—

brane cannot be dislodged in that way.

Indeed, the swelling may increase

with the blowing. But the worst fea-

ture does not lie in the inefficiency of

the blowing process, but in the posi-

tive harm that it does.



Close to the nasal passages and in-





_ timately connected with them are the





delicate little canals known as the

Eustachian tubes, leading to the mid-

dle ear. This violent blowing of the

nose serves to extend the catarrhal in-

flammation to the delicate lining of

the Eustachian tubes and set up mid-

dle ear catarrh, which is responsible

for eighty per cent of all deafness.



Instead of “blowing the nose” vio«

lently, insert into each nasal cavity a

small amount of berated vaseline, or

ordinary vaseline mixed with boracic

acid, or use a bland, oily spray. This

will help to reduce the swelling in-

stead of aggravating it and thus give

real relief.



If the stoppage of the nostrils is due

to scabs and dry crusts of mucous the

oily spray is the best treatment.

These. scabs and crusts form at night,

and the use of a gentle spray in an

atomizer first thing in the morning

will usually suffice to clear the nose

for the day. It is a very important

matter.



Don’t blow your nose.





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is to throw: them off and in so doing

a cure may be effected. Failing in

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things" that lead, it neglected, to

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WE were bowung along ahe broad





The sun‘was low in the west. 'Just'

ahead and. to our left was a beautifulv

_well—kept..‘ home resting among the





trees. Andin the foreground a field.





of very. green alfalfa, the second crop

six inches high, and scattered through

it were hundreds and hundreds of ac-

tive young White Leghorns chasing

bugs or nipping succulent leaves. It

was too, good a. scene to pass so we‘

turned in, j set the brakes, and were

very“ graciously accorded the privilege

of taking a picture.



We found the owner, ,Mr. Schrem—

ser, at home from the day’s work, and

his partner, W. C. Runge, doing up the





 





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chicken chores for the night. There

are more than a. thousand half-grown

pullets, seven hundred cockerels have

already been sold as broilers, and

there are a. hundred or so yet to go.

The houses which brooded them early

in the season have now been convert-

ed into colony houses and from these

the pullets will be moved to the big

laying-house in the fall. ‘



This laying-house is worthy of men-

tion. It is the shed roof type, 104 feet

long by sixteen feet deep. The nests

and roosts are arranged along the

back side of the house in.eight-foot

sections. Every fourth section is giv’

en. over to the nests which are built in

tiers of thirty-two, and are easily re-

moved for cleaning. The roosts are

hinged to the back wall of the house

and rest in front upon a cement wall

ten inches high which separates the

drop pits from the scratching floor.

The equipment throughout, including

the system of ventilation, is -of the

latest and most sanitary type. The

houses are kept scrupulously clean and

the plans call for the enlargement of

the plant to the point where the care

of it will occupy one man’s full time.





ROOM FOR ONE THOUSAND HENS.





How much land does it require to

properly house and park 1,000 hens?

How much to raise green feed for

them? What do you consider a fair

profit per hen?——M. O. L.





There is no set number of acres of

land that could be given as just right

for 1,000 hens, as the systems of man-

agement differ. Some do it on as low

as five acres. From my experience I

should want twenty acres, as this

amount of land will give you plenty of

free range for raising a. lot of vigor-

ous young stock-each year, and that

is an important factor in success.



If you are keeping 1,000 hens on a

very limited area the danger of dis-

ease is greatly increased.



The question of what is a fair profit

for each hen is difficult to answer. In

general, a. fair profit is all you can

earn honestly by hard work and, of

course, the amount per hen varies un‘

der different conditions. It would de

pend on your egg market, the quality





 





 

 





 





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These Colony Houses Breaded Two Thousand Chicks for Schremser.





~» in the fall. ..





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andyou; skill in feeding for eggs. At

present feed is low and eggiprlces are

very good. But' conditions change





rapidly arid it "would "not be fair’for.





me to make any estimate as to how

much you can earn-“per hen.



If you are to make your entire liv-

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to-keep a thousand birds, you .might"





make a thousand dollars a. year, or

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more or less- The question is abso-.





lutely impossible to answer.





' The matter of raising green food is





also hard'to answer. :You might plant





,a half-acre tto mangels and cabbages





and raise enough for the hens, and

possibly more. There would always

be a sale for the surplus if you had

any. Cabbages show a great variation





 





in the yield, depending on the soil,

the season and the skill in growing

them. .



If you have had little experience

with poultry it will pay you to go slow-

ly and accumulate the experience

without risking too much money.





 





YOUNG STOCK LOSE FEATHERS.





 





_ ‘Some time ago my rooster began to

1nflame around the vent, and it spread

up the abdomen to the breast bones,

causing the feathers to fall. I rubbed

on equal parts of lard and sulphur and

it seemed to heal. Now my young

flock seems to be troubled with the

same thing, but on the Wings, Where

It is almost impossible to put the oint-

ment. Can you tell me what it is and

what I can do for it ?~—L. E. D.



The loss of plumage may be due to

depluming mites, which live near the

base of the feathers. The mixture of

four parts lard to one part flowers of

sulphur will destroy the mites. If it

is difficult to use the ointment on the

wings you might mix a. strong solu-

tion of commercial disinfectant, and

sponge that on the affected parts.





 





HENS WITH BOWEL TROUBLE.





What can we give our hens for

white diarrhea? It must be that. The

passage from the bowels are White,

part time chalky. Only two or three

deaths, although have been troubled

for several weeks.——M. W.





Bowel trouble in hens is usually

caused by some digestive disorder due

to the feed. If the hens do not have

a. dry mash this may be a. cause. A

hopper of bran is often useful in step-

ping bowel trouble. White diarrhea

is a disease of chicks although it is

often carried by old birds and trans-

mitted to the chicks Without the old

birds showing any outward sign of

the trouble. Perform a. postmortem

on the hens that die and note any un-

usual condition of the internal organs.

A good range and a. balanced ration

usually prevents bowel trouble in the

hens.





 





 





The farmer who would keep his

poultry flock free fromwhite diarrhea

will blood-test the pul-lets and other

hens saved for laying next year. This

is best done when the flock is culled





 





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’ TWENTY-FOUR of the twenty—six





members rat the Cow Testing As-

sociation No. .3, of Genesee county,

- are feeding grain” to their cows while





the cows are on pasture. These memj .7





ber’s are using. home-mixed rations en-

tirely. ‘They are getting good results

during the hot weather and the dread-

ed fly time. All herds that are get-

ting grain show a good margin over

"the cost of the grain fed. ,



The 342 cows tested in this associa-

tion during the past month made an

‘average record of 725.5 pounds of milk

with a butter-fat content of 26.6 lbs.



A pure-bred Holstein, Owosso Becky

Hengerveld De Kol, owned by Irving

Jessop, led all the cows for butter-fat

production; During twenty-three days

that she was on test, she made a rec-

ord of 73.3 pounds of butter-fat from



- 1,881.4 pounds of milk. ,



The ‘tester, Otto Wenger, believes

that homemixed feeds are the most

economical when fed to balance a ra-

tion with pasture or dry fodder. No

commercial feeds are fed by his mem-

bers. He balances the ration for each

member to feed each month, using

home-grown feeds, first, and then ad-

vises the purchase of concentrated

feeds to make up the proper balance.

By his method, his members are able

to keep the cost of production at the

lowest point, and at the same time,

keep their cows in ‘good flesh and able

to make their maximum flow of milk.





MR. POORMAN IS HIGHMAN.





 





EO ASHLEY has completed a



year’s testing duties in the South

Van Buren County Cow Testing Asso-

ciation. The 204 cows that finished

the year’s testing work averaged 7,923

pounds of milk and 348.4 pounds fat.

The high herd in butter-fat production

was owned by Mr. D. M. Poorman.

His six grade Jerseys. averaged 388.4

pounds of fat and 6,460 pounds of

milk. His grade Jersey, named Spot,

made 528.2 pounds of fat and 9,627

pounds of milk. This was the high

cow in the association in butter-fat

production, C. H. Stuart had both

high herd and high cow in milk pro-

duction.



One hundred eighty cows were test-V“

ed for tuberculosis, and only four re-

actors were found. Every member in

the association is using a pure—bred

sire. There are six pure-bred. Hol-

steins, seven pure—bred Guefnseys,

three pure-bred Jerseys, one pure—bred

Brown Swiss, one pure-bred Red Poll

and one pure-bred Durham in use.

This association is continuing the

work and Mr. R. Hyman is carrying

on the testing.





GOING STRONG IN OTTAWA-





 





YEAR ago County Agent C. P.



Milham, of Ottawa county, sent

in his request to the dairy extension

office for a cow tester to be sent him

to carry on the duties of the first

Ottawa County Cow Testing Associa-

tion. This tester, Myron McCarn, has

now finished the association year and

reports that 277 cows have averaged

7,609 pounds milk and 305.8 pounds of

fat for the association year. The high

herd in fat production is owned by

George Taylor. His seventeen grade

Holsteins and Jersey cows averaged

8,084 pounds milk and 398.4 pounds of

fat. Thirteen other herds averaged

above 300 pounds of fat.





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7,674.8 pounds of milk for the associa-

tionxyefir. The high herd in milk" and

- butter—fat production was owned by

Fred Martin, of Owosso. His five pure-

bred/ Holsteins averaged 11,3395

pounds of milk and 416.8 pounds fat.

The highest butter-fat producing cow

for the entire association was owned

by George Winegar & Son,‘of Morrice.

Their pure—bred Jersey, Finest Tor-

ono’s Foxhall, six years old, made 10,-

228.16 pounds of milk and 546.4 pounds

" of fat. Messrs._ Winegar also owned

the high cow in the four-year—old

class; Mr. V. C. Wilkinson, the high

cow in the three-year—old class, and

E. L. Collister, the,highest milk-pro-

ducing cow. Thirty-one cows 'made

better than 365 pounds of fat.





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HE Elsie-Ovid (Clinton-Shiawas-



see) Cow Testing Association has

just completed a year’s work. The

average production’for 236. cows was

9,101.7 pounds milk and 317.2 pounds

fat. This is the highest average pro-

duction of milk of any Michigan cow

testing association. ‘



The Elsie-Ovid Cow Testing Associ-

ation was organized in July, 1923,

through the efforts of County Agents

H. V. Kittie, of St. Johns, and J. V.

Sheap, of Owosso. The cow tester was

secured through A. C. Baltzer, Exten-

sion Specialist, M. A. C. The associa-

tion started operations early in July.





 





Trimming Feed Cort!





IVE stock are our greatest



harvesters; they consume

one hundred per cent of our hay,

eighty-five per cent of our corn,

seventy-five per cent of our oats

and barley, besides using up

vast amounts of straw and for-

age of various kinds. We must

keep live stock on our farms and

we Wish to give them the best

of care and gain the largest

profit. The silo lowers the cost

of feeding an animal from twen-

ty—five to’ thirty-five per cent,

and it also increases production

and growth. By using silos for

. winter and summer feeding, the

stock-carrying capacity of the

farm will be more than doubled

and the land made richer and

more valuable.





 





 





 





It was recognized that many excellent

cows were owned by members in this

association and this recognition was

not amiss, considering this high milk

production average that has been

made during the year.



J. F. Bowlby is one of the leaders

in having good cows in this associa—

tion. His fourteen pure—bred Holsteins

averaged 12,898 pounds milk and 466.-

32 pounds fat. J. C. Coleman, with

pure—bred grade Holsteins, averaged

12,951 pounds milk and 433.1 pounds

fat.



Sixty—two cows made better than 365

pounds of butter-fat for the associa-

tion year. Good feeding practices, al-

falfa hay and silage, good care—taking

and management, have brought this

reward to the Elsie—Ovid dairymen.





The normal corn-hog ratio is 11.24

bushels of corn to 100 pounds of pork.

Observations over the past fifty years

show that the ratio is below the 11.24

bushels for an average period of twen-

ty months and then like a like period

above that number of bushels. It will





below normal. Will farmers cut their

hog reserves too heavily in the im-

mediate future and in 1925 find them-





 





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How to feed cows for profit.



How to insure “safety first"

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How to water your cows in

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How to have better hogs and

bigger litters.



How to increase poultry

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How Jamesway “Pay—from-

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Registered Guernseys

LONE E RANGFR our new Herd SIRE ihas a

Dam with an A. 0. record 936 fat. When



market for better lGuernseys. write GILMORE 8308..

Camden. Mich.: .WILLIAMS, No. Adams, Mich.





Thirteen Registered Guernseys

2 A. R. Cows. one fresh, one Bull, ready for ser-

vice, 4 Cows and 2 Heifers served; 4 Calves. Tuberculin

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For saleM aReg. yearling heifers, bull

Guernseys a]... in“... us. m...

very “enable W. W. MBurdiclios eWiliiamlton, Mich.

FOR SALE Five Registered Guernsey heifer

calves and one bull ca i.f

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For Sale





Eight Pure-bred

Holstein Cows





All due by October 15. Good

ones—young. Choice if you

do not want all.





HUGH G. ALDRICH,





Phone 68F6. FOWLERVILLE, MICH.





Our Herd Sires





Michi an State Herds have 15 sires in ser-

vice ghose dams have records from 30 to 36

lbs butter in 7 days.

The list included:

A son of Wisconsin Fobes 6th, the cow

that sold for $0,800 in the Erickson Sale.

Two sons of Champion Echo Sylvia Pon-

tiac. one from a 36 lb. cow. the other

i om a 34 lb. 3 yr

1IA 35 lb. son of Dutchland Creamelli Col-

nths Lad.

a, A 30 lb. son of King of the Pontiacs.

Nine of these bulls are from dams

yearly records ranging from 900 to 1,147 lbs.





 





 





butter.

A few choice young bulls for sale.





Bureau of Animal Industry.

Dewtment B. Lansing, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





N'NIIEREFORD STEERS





880 lbs. . 86 Wt. around 620 lbs.

I 800 lbs. : 94 Wt. a 550

. around 725 lbs; 50 Wt. around 500 lbs.

l 660 lbs: 58 Wt. around 450 lbs.

red. den ehorned goodgras msflnesh. Some 33:11.23;



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l Cows, 4 bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to

5 select from herd of 70. Some fresh, others bred

for (all freshcning. Colon C. Lillie. Cocpersville, Mich.





Fresh Cows.

Jerseys For Sale Heifers. cm...

LEROY K EY. Adrian, Michigan.





 





Best of quality and breeding. Bul s.

ShOl'tllOl'flS cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL

STOCK FARM. Box D, Tecumseh, Mich.





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HOGS





U300 tall and swine boars otthe but breeding

D and qualitwy, act prices to sell. Fall pigs at bar-

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



Size. type. quality and price





Ghesier While Boars mm me... you, Rammed

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





 





’ i s. Sired by‘ ‘Giant Boy" and

0'1 C8 Spring bopfzell Boy. " also Brown Swiss

bulls. MILO H. uPETERSON. R. 2. lonia. Mich.





 





Francisco Farm Poland Chinas





rin pigs are the best ever. 15 head to choose

orgi‘nfp Ogtstanding herd boars at 325: pairs $40;

glee, :50. $5. 00 ofl' you come and set them.

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





 





either sex, by the great Boar, The

Fall P188 Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best

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





China: ri 2 pigs.

LARGE TYPE fight?! sex fromfipmilchigan's

Champion herd. A. A. Fsidkamp. Manchester. Mich.

and Boar Pigs. not





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SOY-BEANS AND CORN FOR IHOGS.





 





E ACH year sees. more acres of

corn and soy-beans grown on

Michigan farms for hogging all pur-

poses. Tyler Hill, of Clinton county,

has a. field of them this year that he

says will be ready fer the hogs to

begin harvesting about the middle of

September. He has a. great bunch of.

spring pigs, and also some late fall

shouts that he hascarried over cheap-

ly on. a. part ration of grain and good

clover pasture. They are in ideal con-

dition to go into the cbrn field and

make hogs of themselves, and Mr. Hill

has learned from past experience that

"it is a. dandy way to cut corn."— .





 





HOG SUPPLY sACK To NORMAL.





 





A COORDING to the survey recently



made by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture through the post

office department, there is a. consider-

able decrease in the hog population.

These surveys made by rural mail

carriers of 123,000 farms show a. de-

crease in sows that farrowed this

spring, of twenty per ”cent over last

spring. That means a decrease of

around 8,000,000 hogs, which will be

troqping to market this fall.



The production the spring of 1921

numbered 31,000,000 hogs; 1922, 38,-

000,000; 1923, 40,000,000; and in 1924,

we drop back to 32,000,000. This brings

the supply of hogs that will be mar-

keted this fall and Winter back to nor-

mal and would indicate, according to

all the rules of the game, that prices

will be again on a. level high enough

to make the business satisfactory.



Again, in keeping with custom, We

can expect next spring to show a still





_ farther decrease in production, which





will be followed in due course by a.

corresponding increase in price that

in all probability will make the raising

of hogs in 1926 and 1927 profitable.—

Pope.





 





SOME HOPE FOR HORSEMEN.





 





THE cycle of market prices in



horses is longer than in other

classes of live stock. The trend in

this division has been down for prac-

tically a. decade and prices of pure-

bred draft horses have been unsatis—

factory most of the time for several

years. Competition from truck, trac-

tor, and auto has been a new factor in

the horse situation so that the de-





and prolonged. This competition will

continue and will take the place of

some of the power .lost as horse pro-

duction is curtailed. In consequence,

such positive statements as in the

case of beef cattle and hogs do not

seem to be justified. But, there can

be little doubt that a. turning point for

moderate improvement in pure-bred

draft horses will be reached ulti-

mately. ,





 





NEGLECT IMPROVEMENT OF

BEEF HERDS.





 





HE beef cattle business in the



western and southwestern range

states, which are the great breeding

ground of commercial cattle, has been

in the throes of liquidation since 1919.

Each year many cattlemen have been

forced to close out their herds to pay

overdue bank debts, and others have

been able to survive only by dint of

the strictest economy.

Such cases areTshowing up this year,

although the number of outfits that

will have to be closed out promises to

be smaller than last year if market

prices hold up Under such conditions





of bulls has been nexleot‘ ‘





 





ess‘ity my





pression has been unusually severe‘





of financial distress, the replacement





made, a lower grade of Sires has been“ .

need than oattlemen would have taken. .





if their finances permitted.





_ Similar conditions, although much ., '

less intense, have prevailed among --

beef cattlemen in the corn belt and ,





elsewhere. Farmers barre not had the





funds to invest in pure-bred beef bulls .-





for improving commercial herds and

also the‘ number of beginners in the





business of producing pureibred beef





cattle has been very small.





BecauSe of the slow demand, aver-

age prices have been at only a small

premium and sometimesat no premi-

um at all over/market prices so that

a great number of' pure-bred males,

and some females, have reached the

open market as fat steers and heifers.





Turn in Road Seen.



The turn in the road seems to have

been reached, however. The range in-

dustry has passed the worst stage of

readjustment and the status of the

corn belt farmer has improved enough

to increase his interest. Letters just

received from the' secretaries of the

registry associations of the beef breeds

indicate that the demand for bulls has

increased” The fact that breeders

have sold so closely via. the steer mar-

ket route has resulted in some

strengthening of prices. One secre-

tary expresses a. belief that this will

be followed by a better demand for

females next year. Prices of both

males and females are probably at the

lowest point they will reach in a. long

time.





 





ABORTION IN SWINE.





 





THE following suggestions for the



management of a herd of swine in

which infectious abortion has broken

out are based upon practical experi-

ence. By putting them into practice

it is believed the disease may be

brought under control in the shortest

possible time, according to the Wis-

consin College of Agriculture.



1. Remove aborting sows at once

from contact with other sows and

gilts"



2 Collect and burn aborted pigs, af-

terbirths, and all contaminated feed

and litter.



3. Find out whether the abortions





«were caused by abortion germs by





having blood samples tested to detect

evidence of the disease.



4. Consider the herd infected if any

of the blood samples are found to re-

act to the test for abortion.



5. Divide the non-reacting sows into

as small groups as possible.



6. Disinfect the hog houses by thor-

oughly saturating the floor, walls, and

troughs with a. coal-tar disinfectant

prepared and applied according to di-

rections of the manufacturer of the

product.



7. Sell for slaughter grade sows

which abort as soon as their condi-

tion will permit, as such animals will

scarcely pay for the trouble of treat-

ment.



8. Postpone breeding sows that have!





aborted until they have passed at least '1





two heat periods.



9. Keep a special boar for the abort-

ing and infected sows. This of course

is impractical except in large herds.



10. Provide a. clean boar for all sows

that show no evidence of infection.



11. Ask your veterinarian to secure





vaccine from the College of Agricul-





ture to vaccinate all open sows and

gilts that have not aborted in order to

prevent them from contracting the dis-

ease.

/' ,

The purchasing power index shows

that the purchasing power 0 f

products is





 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





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'. . Claim as many Jerseysas any





count , .‘in'Michigan, -and_ there ..a,_re {

bone“yofr..theabest ones in the state/in “





the herds-off: this county. That they.

are high prOducers has been brought

out many. times ‘in the past. through

ow'testing association work. Their

rating in the show ring. has never been

determinedbecause they have never

been shown until this year.



Time 'h ‘the efforts of the Allegan

County ersey Club, O. 'I. Gregg, the

county agricultural agent, and H. E.

Dennison, field man for the State Jer-

sey Cattle Club, fifty-two animals were

on exhibit from the herds of the coun-

ty, when the fair opened omAugust

26. This is by far the largest show-

ing, of Jerseys ever made at the Alle-

gan Fair, and, because they were care-

fully selected, represented the best in

the County. Many favorable comments





’ were made by visitors regarding the





size of the exhibit and the quality of

the animals shown.-H. D.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Oceana 00., Sept. 3.~—Beans in this

locality were struck with blight. Corn

is improving, while potatoes are 100

.per cent. The peaches and apples are

a short crop, while other fruits are

fair. There are plenty of laborers at

this time. Prices. asked, however, are

rather high. Wheat was a fair crop,

rye and oats were good. Wheat brings

$1.25; rye 700; oats 65c; eggs 320;

butter-fat 37c; poultry 18c. Threshmg,

plowing and sowing fall grains are in

progress. Weather is fine, but Just a

little too cool.—-—J. E. S. .



Ottawa Co., Sept. 4.——-Corn in this

locality is late. Early potatoes were

a fine crop, but late potatoes have

been somewhat injured by the recent

rains. Late apples are also scarce.

Wheat yielded generally between thir-

ty and forty bushels per acre. Oats

are a very good crop on clay 8011.

Wheat brings $1.11; rye 75c; eggs

33c; butter 380; light hogs 140. White

Wheat standing in the shock appears

to have sprouted more than the red

wheat—G. E. V. .



St. Clair 00-, Sept. 2.—The few

beans raised‘in this locality were dam-

aged by wet weather. Corn is very

backward, and was damaged some by

excessive rains, eSpecially on low

lands. Potatoes are looking fine, par-

ticularly the early crop. Fruit is only

fair. Farm labor is more plentiful 1n

this season than in former years.

Wheat is yielding from six to twenty-

five bushels per acre. Butter-fat brings

380; eggs 33c; poultry 20@25c; wheat

$1.10; oats 400. But very little live

stock is being marketed—W. A. K.



Genesee 00-, Sept. 1.——The hot, dry

weather is bringing corn along in fine

shape. The last of the hay crop is

now being secured without rain.

Threshing is- in progress, with both

Wheat and oats yielding. fine. Most of

the wheat has been injured by exces-

sive rains. Beans are now ripening,

with an indication of a good crop. Ap<

ples sell at fifty cents per peck; early

potatoes $1 per bushel; eggs 350; but-

ter 45c. Pastures drying up and the

first real hot weather of the season

has just been experienced—E. R.



Charlevoix Co., Sept. 1.—While

beans, corn, potatoes, oats, wheat and

hay were all good crops, fruit will be

about fifty per cent of a normal yield,

apples being especially small. No ex-

tra labor to be found here. Eggs 32c;

butter 42c; fowls, live 200; springers

280. Berries have been plentiful, and

prices are high. Should frost hold off

two or three weeks, corn will be a

good crop. Early potatoes are now

ripe—F. S.



Oscoda Co., Aug. 30.——A11 crops are

late, and this dry, warm weather is

just what is needed. Corn is the only

crop that will not catch up. No beans

are grown here. Cream is being ship-

ped out at 400; eggs 32c. Resorters

have been taking the bulk of eggs and

other products—H. H. S.



Newaygo Co., Sept. 2.—~—Beans are

ripening, but some are damaged. Will

probably be sixty per cent of a crop.

Potatoes are good. There is not much

Winter fruit, but fall apples are fair.

Day labor is plentiful, but high in

price. Wheat is yielding twenty-five

to thirty bushels per acre, and rye

twenty _to thirty bushels, while oats

are gomg forty to sixty bushels.

'Wheat brings $1.08; rye 75c; oats 500;

potatoes 90c; young cattle 4@6c; eggs





 





 





‘300; butter-fat 37c.—E. F





Calhoun Co., Aug. 29.——~Beans are

fillmg pretty good. We are having the

poorest corn crop in years, being late

and of a poor stand. It will take until





' October 1 for the crop to ripen. Early





potatoes are good, bringing $1.00 per

Fruit has all been good, ex-

cepting peaches, which are not grown

generally here. There will be a fair

lamb crop. Wheat averaged twen-

,— , .1 :1 er :acre. Rye is fair



are selling at 32





 





 





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. CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through this column is given freevto our subscrib-

en. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms“

deb use and give. name and address of the writer. Initial-

only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the

:rvice become: private practice and 81 must be enacted.





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Stable Disinfectant—Ewes Eat their

Lambs’ Tails.——Will you tell me what

to use in my cow stable which will

disinfect it? My cows have had abor-

tion infection. I would like to know

why ewes eat off their lambs’ tails?

C. W., Atkins, Mich—Sprinkle pow-‘

,dered lime on floor, use freSh lime

wash to stalls and walls, this will not

taint the milk. The ewes were not

furnished a balanced ration during the

winter. ‘Had they been fed more clo-

ver, bran, oats and roots; also plenty

of salt they would have left the lambs

alone. \



Garget.—About a year ago one

quarter of my cow’s bag caked occa‘

sionally, ever since she gives bad

milk. A. R., Sand Lake, Mich—Apply

equal parts of tincture of iodine-and

camphorated oil to blocked quarter

daily.



Abortion.——I have had sheep for the

last fourteen years and never before





*had this experience of ewes lambing





from two to four weeks before time.

The sheep are seemingly healthy and

in good condition. H. E. M., Spratt,

Mich—Your ewes suffer from infec-

tious abortion. If possible separate

the aborters from well stock and keep

them away for three weeks.





Tapeworm—I have a Collie dog that

is troubled with tapeworm. L. W. A.,

Laingsburg, Mich.‘—For each pound of

body weight give one drop of oil of

chenopodium in a capsult, then

promptly give one or two ounces of

castor oil. Of course, before com-

mencing treatment he should be fast-

ed twelve hours.





Wounded Hock.—About three weeks

ago my mare cut hind leg on mower,

since then "wound discharges and she

is some lame. E. S., Sanford, Mich.—

Apply equal parts oxide of zinc and

boric acid to wound twice daily.





Kidney Ailment—Abortion.——Have a

horse that has kidney trouble, and sul-

phur as a remedy fails to cure him.

A neighbor prescribed it. Another

friend recommends Harlem oil; what

would you suggest? What is the cause

of a mare losing her colt after being

in foal four or five months. C. A.,

Plnconning, Mich.——Your neighbor and

friend should first of all, make a cor-

rect diagnosis before prescribing a

remedy. I hesitate to prescribe for

your horse, .but suggest giving a tea-

spoon of acetate of potash in drinking





water once or twice a day. This med- .





icine will act mildly on the kidneys

and do no harm. In the absence of an

injury to your mare, I should say she

has contagious abortion infection. She

may carry her next foal full period.

Clean and disinfect your stable.





Eczemajl have a‘ horse which

must itch for he continually bites him-

self. This same horse urinates four

or five times in one-half day. R. D.

C., Riverdale, Mich—Give one ounce

of baking soda in. feed or in drinking

water three times a day, wet body

(witlh one part lysol in 100 parts water



a1 y.





Holding up Milk.-—I have a heifer

that came fresh two days ago, first

calf, three-quarters of her udder is

perfect, the milk seems to be in fourth

quarter, but it does not drop down

into teat. When she freshens again,

will she be all right? M. T. A., Way—

land, Mich.——Gently massage and strip

blocked teat, but before doing so, pass

a clean, highly polished, dull pointed

probe through teat canal. Waiting

twelve months will not help such a

case.



Bitter Milk-~I have a cow about

eight years old. She gives a nice lot

of milk, but just as soon as we com-

mence to feed her cornstalks and hay

in the fall her milk begins to get bit~

ter and strong; we can’t use it at all.

E. A. R., Richland, Mich.——Stabling a

milch cow in a clean barn, feeding her

a good quality of cornstalks and hay

should not change her milk very

much; however, I suspect that dust or

dirt of some kind drop into the milk,

causing it to change. Groom the hind

quarters of cow, wash udder before

milking, sprinkle barn floor to keep

down dust, don’t milk in draft, keep

barn very clean. Doubtless your milk-

ing utensils and milk house are also

kept clean.





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It Spays large returns on

the investment.



It is rich in protein.



It is a mild laxative, mu’

cilaginous and soothing.

It is safe.



It is palatable.



It can be profitably fed

to all farm animals.



It makes mellow hides

and silky hair.



It is widely used for cows

on test; lengthens lacta'

tion.





"How to Make Money With

Linseed Oil Meal” "





A condensed and up’to’the'minutc feeding guide— a





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Morrison, Asst. Director of the Wisconsin Experi'

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your present feeding system pay much greater profit

-—or point the way to new and better rations. Send

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Extensively used for fit

ting animals for show.

It improves the thrift of

animals.



It lessens the time need!

ed to fatten stock.



It saves a large bulk of

other feeds.



It is contained in nearly

all good mixed feeds.



It is highly digestible.

It helps make other

feeds more valuable.



It greatly increases the

value of the manure.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Best‘
»‘ 7 ’gegn'ber_$1.28%@1.28$§; May $1. 4%@,

Toledo—Cash c1193.? $§@1.28 %.



”film—N“ 3. $1.27; No. 4 yellow



Chicago—Sept, at $1.19; December





$1.13%@1.131,4; May $1.14@1.,14%

Oats.





 

 

 

 





‘ Chicago.-—September-at $1.227 ; De-_.





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were far too high.

OATS



The oats movement is large at the

present time, although there are signs

that it will be of short duration.

Prices have shown some weakness ow-

ing to the rapid accumulation at the

terminals. Foreign buyers have taken

some Canadian oats as well as small





 





. The recent low prices for poultry

have. speeded up consumptive demand

and‘a large volume of fowls and chick-

ens ‘is being mowed into distributing

channels at slightly higher prices. Re-

ceipts are showing the normal season-

al increase. Demand is turning more

and more to heavy poultry. The ap-

proach of the Jewish New Year early

this menth affords an excellent market





 





 





factor in some .markets,





sacked Cobb





1.50'

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er 100 pounds for U. S. No.

hicago carlot market. ‘ ’

BEANS . - -

' The. bean market slipped. off slightly

the last few days as the weather

has been favorable, and demand is

very light at the prevailing price level.





 





Midwestern:

here are quoted at $1.353,





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. RA likely to continue until frost damage price upturn. Receipts are fighter than favorable; This ,does. not mean“ an‘~

G IN QUOTATIONS occurs. Old corn is coming to market a year ago and, as the proportion of .;;,nnwar‘d trend intheznearfutnre“ hm)" ,4; y

Wednesday, September 10. in larger uantity, as is usualuat this high quality eggs in current receipts ever, 'as-v'the main cropis just p . ~

. Wheat. season. ,, he United States Depart- decreases, the movement of storage ning to, move and, cariot shipments

‘ Detroit—No. 1 red at $1.28; No. 2 ment of Agriculturereports that ear- eggs into consumgtive channels is will probably doubleor treble in min!-

7 red $1.27; No. 3 red 1.23; No. 2 white . lier estimates upon the ambunt of Ar- more liberal. Hol ings at the four her in thevnext four or five weeks.

' “.29; No.2 mixed 1.28. ' gentine corn entering this country markets are being gradually reduced. Home-grown potatoesare. still a D18





   





 

 





'5195c; May 55m.





R e. '

Detroit—Cash N"). 2, 94c.

Chicago.——-September at 9134.0; De-

cember 95350; May 99%0.

Toledo—94c.





- Barley.

Barley, malting, $1; feeding 960.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $5.75@5.80 per cwt.

hicago.—-Navy at $6; red kidneys

exhausted. .

New York—Choice pea at $6.25; red

kidneys $9.15.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

£13.25; alsike $11.25 (new); timothy

3.45.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Hay

Old.——No. 1 timothy at $22@23;

standard and light mixed at $21@22;

No. 2 timothy $20@21; No. 1 clover

$17@18; No. 1 clover mixed $20@21;

rye straw $12@12.50; wheat and oat

straw $11@11.50.

New Hay.—-—No. 1 timothy $19@20;

standard and light mixed at $18@19;

No. 2 timothy $17@19. ‘

Feeds.

Bran $32; standard middlings $34;

fine do $38; cracked corn $54; coarse

cornmeal $51; chop at $46 per ton in

100—1b. sacks.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 





Fruits.



Apples, Duchess $1.50@1.75; Golden

Sweets $1.75; Wealthies $2; huckle—

berries $3@3.50 per 16-qt. case; pears

$2@2.25 per bu; plums $1.25@1.50 per

bu; peaches $2.50 bu.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





change. Enormous sales for export

have tended to offset the pressure on

cash prices of heavy receipts at pri-

mary markets. Speculative activity

has died down, but accumulation by

strong operators is said to be under

way again. Just how much wheat has

been sold for export is unknown as

exporters are keeping the business un-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





will be moderate. For the crop year

as a. Whole, however, supply and. de-

mand appear to be in close adjust-

ment and higher, rather than lower,

prices are indicated.





RYE





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





seed is extremely late this year owing

to the delayed harvest and interfer-

ence with threshing as a result ‘of the

rainy weather. Less than one-fifth of

the crop had left growers’ hands by

August 26 compared with more than

one-half of the crop on the same date

in 1923. Timothy seed prices to pro—

ducers are higher than last‘ year, but

the market has declined recently. The

growers have not sold so freely since

the decline although still lower prices

are anticipated by some of the larger

interests when the crop movement is

at its height.



Clover seed prices have been firm

during the past week because of re-

ports that the crop in some sections

is not filling well. There is some ques-

tion whether the advance can be main-

tained when the movement of new

seed gets under way. Imports of al—

falfa seed since July 1 have been

about 60 per cent heavier than last





year.

HAY





Compared with a week ago, hay

prices are practically unchanged. Re-

ceipts of good hay have been light and

these have met a brisk demand. Much

low—grade hay is arriving and is sell-

ing with difficulty, even at large dis-

counts. Buyers are following a hand-

to-mouth policy, apparently hoping for

lower‘ prices.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Egg prices have fully recovered

from the short—lived decline of a week





fresh firsts 34@36c; ordinary firsts 31

@32c. Live poultry, hens 25c; broil-





ers 29c; springers 27c; masters 161,“;



ducks 210; geese 14c; turkeys 20¢.

Detroit.-——Eggs,_ fresh candled and



graded 31@35c. Live poultry, heavy





springers 31c; heavy hens 270; light‘





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

15c; ducks 21@22c. .' ‘





BUTTER





Butter prices are holding rather

steady owing partly to a scarcity of

.fancy scores. Receipts are declining

as the seasonal decrease in production

has started. Recent heavy rains fol-

lowed by hot weather have put pas-

tures in excellent condition so that a

large fall make is assured. Storage

stocks are still increasing although

the movement into storage is slowing

down materially. A surplus of around

50,000,000 pounds on September 1 as

compared with the same time a year

ago is generally estimated. W‘ith pro-

duction holding up, home butter will

have to be stored this month. Al-

though prices are lower than last year,

consumption has not been stimulated

sufficiently to take care of the large

available supplies.





Prices on, 92-score creamery were:"





Chicago 370; New York 37%c. De-

troit quotes fresh creamery'in tubs at

351,5@36c.



POTATOES





Midwestern potato markets strength-





' ened last week, while the trend was





downward in the east Prices are run-

ning lower than last year but, when





 





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Wednesday, September 10.





CHICAGO





sows $8.50@8.75; roughs $7.50 and un-

der: good strong weight killing pigs

$7.75@8.25; culls light $5.50.





Cattle.

Receipts 15,000. Market on fat year-

lings, handyweight steers closing fair-





 





. @115; best. ewes 44.50





Veal Calves.

Receipts 413. Market steady.

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

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

- Sheep and Lambs'.

Receipts 1,565. Market steady.





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. ‘ uantities of domestic oats. , Some damage has been done to thfi



Detroit—New, No. 2 white 50c; No. q » “Efiii‘g’3_ffl§lg§§f$,?s“c‘§ffaneous 33@ new crop and pickage will be rather

3, 489. . SEEDS 34c; dimes 25@26c; checks 23@24c: heavy, but the total yield sun firem-

Chicago—Sept, at 47%“; December The‘ marketing of new crop timothy 0- '- P





ises to be rather large.

whites are quoted at $5.85 per





prompt shipment. New crop is ofl‘ered





at $6.25 for late September loading.





but buying is being done at that figure.





WOOL





Another advance of a Cent or two





was recorded in wool prices last week.

Mills have not been aggressive buy.

era as the response at recent light





weight openings has not been, entirely





satisfactory. Foreign markets are ex-





tremely strong and brisk bidding by





England, France and Japan was re-

ported at the opening sale of the new

season in Australia with prices ten

per cent higher than last July. Usu-

ally, when the s‘outhern hemisphere

clip becomes available, buyers are

cautious and endeavor to bear the

market, but this year they are reach-

ing for the offerings. Preliminary es-

timates indicate an increase of about

five per cent in the new clip in South

America and 15 per cent in Australia.



Boston quotes the better class 'of

fleece wools similar to Ohio and Penn-

sylvania (lgrease basis), as follows:



Fine st ctly combing 57@580; fine

clothing 45@46c; yfi-blood strictly

combing 55c; J75-blood clothing 48@

490; %-blood strictly combing 53@54c;

3/8-blood clothing 47613480; 1Apblood

strictly combing 52c; 1A-blood- colthing

48@49c; low 1/,,-blood strictly combing

47@48c; common and braid 40@4lc.

The better class of Michigan, New

York, Wisconsin and Missouri wooIs

are one to three cents less.





ago. A searcity of fancy fresh eggs the late crop dominates the supply, TY

t _ Will—[EtAtrd 'th' ar was the dominant factor in the latest the comparison with 1923 may bemore DETROIT CI MARKET

1' «row limits last week with but little net r was I rg n q l e





five. The supply of tomatoes was

heaVy and the movement only moder-

ate. Good cantaloupes were cleaned

up early. Plums were taken slowly,

and the demand for pears and peaches

was slow.. First-class celery and Caul—

iflower had ready sale. Lettuce of all

kinds was in demand. Sweet corn was

bought more freely. A slow demand





for e lant and cucumbers brou ht

der cover so far as possible. Thus far Cutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50@ 2.75 lowergg pgiceg Pickling Onions End

in the crop year actual shipments ov- Ho 8 Canners - - . 2-00@ 2.25 green ones were easy sellers, the de-

erseas have been smaller than 1n the . 9 ' Choxce bulls . 4.00@ 5.00 mand for potatoes was modera _ Poul-

corersponding period a year ago. Flour Receipts 18,000. Market steady t0 Bologna b11118 .. . . . . - 4.00@ 4.75 try had ready sale and the whilesale

buyers are not making such extensive 50 higher. Good grades showmg ad- Stock bulls 3.50@ 4.00 prices of eggs advanced two cents a.

commitments ahead, but are watching Vance; pigs, light lights strong to 25c Feeders . . . .. . ........ 4.00 6.50 'dozen. " -

the large receipts and the growmg higher; tops $10.05; bulk good 150 to' Stockers .............. .. 4.00 6.00 Prices were: Apples, fancy $1.75@

visible supply with the hope that 325-lb. average $9.70@10; good 140. to Milkers . ................ $45.00@90.00 2.25 Bu; No. 1, $1.25@1.50 bu' No. 2

further advances in the early future 150—lb. average $9@9.50; bulk packing ’ ’





75c@$1 bu; beans $1.25@1.75 per bu;

beets 40@50c dozen bunches; local

celery, large 75c@$1.25 dozen; No. 1,

40@600 dozen; No. 2, 25@300 dozen;

cauliflower, fancy $3.50@4 -bu; No. 1,

$2.25@3 bu; cabbage 40@65c per bu;

cantaloupes, fancy $3.50@3.75 bu; No.





 





 





 

 





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_ 1y active and steady; in-between Best spring lambs ...... 14.00 1, $2.75@3 bu; carrots 40c per dozen

ragiégordisggglgilhfiingr ugh 11$; ”12.95% steers dull; western grasserts lower; Fair .................... 10.50@13.00 bunches; cucumbers 500@$1 bu; dill

week when sales of three to four mil- she stock steady; grassy kind year— Light to common ,,,,,,, 7,00@ 3375. pleJes $2@3.50 bu; egg plant $1@

lion bushels seem to have been con— lmgs $11.25; weighty steers $11.10@ Fair to good sheep‘..... 5_00@ 6.50 1.75 bu; leaf lettuce 75c@$I bu; head

summated France and Germany were 11.25; vealers 25@50c lower; bulk $11 Culls and common ,,,,,, 1,50@ 2.75 lettuce $1.50@1.75 bu; green onions

the principal buyers. Rye remains on @11-20- Hogs. 60@65c dozen bunches; dry .onions at

the list of cheap grains, especially . Sheep and Lambs. R it 1082 M k t 15 h $1.50@1.75 bu; plcklmg onions $3?)

81 dere d Russia seems to be planning steady to strong; sorting hght; bulk Rlxeh and eavy yorkers.$ 10-40 to $4 bu; radishes 50@600 per dozen

a. desperate effort to export some natives $13.75@14; few to packers at Pg“?! 5 8-25 bunches; sweet .corn 15@25c dozen;

grain but since all her crop is needed $14.10; early sales of rangers at $13.75 Stgs ----- - ------ ' - ~ {n ' - 8-75 summer squash 50@75c bu; tomatoes,

at home ' the attempt to make ship- @14.10; some held higher; sheep are magi k” 5-00@ 5-50 red 75c@$1 bu; plums, No. 1, $1.75@

ments is’meeting with tremendous op- steady; bulk natives $4.50@6; ewes - 8 Y“ ers .......... 9-50 2.25 bu; No. 2, $1@1.50 bu; pears $2

position $4,50@6; feeding lambs are steady . @3 bu; peaches‘$2.50 bu; elderberries (,k

' CORN With late Tuesday, steady to 250 hlgh- BUFFALO $1.50 bu; pumpkins $1 bu; lima beans

' ._ er; good feedmg lambs at $12.75@13; Hogs 50@60c quart; unshelled $2.50@3 bu;

While the unofficial forecasts of the breeding ewes $7@8; feeding ewes at ' crabapples $1.75@2 bu; eggs, whole-

corn crop are running smaller than a 9.50. 4 . Receipts 3,230. Market is closing sale 40c; retail 45@55c; hens, whole-

month ago. yet observers report that ~ steady. Heavies $10.50@10.65; light salé 25@28c 1b; retail 30 35c 1b;

. the crop has made strides in the last DETROIT weights $10.50@10-65; one load $10-75; sprin ers, wholesale 30@32c la ; retail

~ two weeks in spite of the fairly cool Cattle light lights $9.60@10.50; pigs at $9.25 30@3§c lb; ducks, retail 30c lb; veal

weather much of the time, and the - @9-50: packing sows and roughs at my pigs 55 each,

. chances of winning the race with frost RBOGiDtS 686. Market steady. $8.50@8.75. ’

‘ 5:; have improved. Each week without GOOd t0 Choice yearlings ' Cattle. , .

_ W'fr'ost means a large addition to the quotable ..............$ 8-50@10.00 Receipts 300, Market weak to 25c LIVE STOCK SALES.

final yield, but the optimistic do not Best heavy steers .50@ 8.50 lower. . , ~ . .

~ 106]! for more than a 3111311.ch of Handyweight butchers .. 6.50@ 7.25 - Calves. , , . ; ,_

sound corn. Actual estimates of bush- Mixed steers and heifers 5.00 6.00 Recei t 350 '1‘ $13 75; 14 ‘ ”“8“"!!!- , . ~

e.“ 01.89 mean little because of the cer- Handy light butchers 4.50 5.00 P 3 - 0P5, . ~ ,@ . October 2 mglete dispersal sale.

“ “tainty of much soft grain. Light butchers 4.00@ 4.25 Sheep and- Lambs. _ - , ,flpringyyaney toek»,,hm many,

”corn prices are encountering OPDO- Best COWS -- ............ 4:50 50.0 Receipts 500. Best lambs at $14.75 11.39”.” y , '

siuon on“ the advances an}! this is Butcher cows 3.25 4-00 . " '
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rmade up the list of exhibitors. Surely

M1chlgan has never before seen such

an all-round good Shorthorn show.

There were no tail enders, neither did

any .one. exhibitor run off with all the

There were 146 head

in the Shorthorn breeding classes, a

very uniform lot.



Michigan» Hereford breeders need to'

spruce up. One lone Hereford bull

made up the white face showing from

Michigan, but came within one of ad-

ding another championship to the rec-

ords of the Michigan Agricultural Col-

There were ninety-seven head





of cattle, but could some of the good

white faces that we have seen in the

pastures of Michigan been on hand it

is safe to 'say the money would not all

have gone out of the state.



In marked contrast to the Hereford

show, the Aberdeen-Angus show was

made up entirely of local herds, and-

the ribbons were distributed to Wood—

cote Stock Farm, Ionia; Michigan Ag-

ricultural College; W. E. Scripps, of

Orion; James Curry, Marlette,’and J.

A. Brown, of Detroit. There were

ninety-one head of the smooth black

doddies, and their admirers got an

eye full.



Kelly Brothers, of Plymouth, and

Wm. W. Manche & Son, of Carthage,

Indiana, were out with forty-nine head

of the hornless Shorthorns, and West-

brook Brothers, of Ionia, and Stump

& Etzler, of Conroy, Ohio, showed

forty-one head of Red Polls. Many of

the animals shown were of excellent

dual-purpose type, but there should be

more of them. There is plenty of

room- for development of this dual

type of' cattle in Michigan.





In the fat steer classes, junior and

grand champion went to the Angus

calf shown by W. E. Scripps, and a

Hereford yearling owned by the Dela«

ware Land\Company, carried off the

honors in the older class.





The exhibits of the boys’ and girls’

clubs made up, in the beef classes,

entirely of Shorthorns, is worthy of

special mention. Washtenaw, Hills-

dale and Livingston counties were

represented by some very. creditable

animals grown and shown by the boys’





. and girls.





The Swine Show.





Never has the Michigan State Fair

had such an array of outstanding hogs

to show to its visitors, and never has

it been able to show them under such

favorable conditions. There were 292

new pens, the wide alleys and sani-

tary partitions make for the conven-

ience of both exhibitors and visitors,

and there was a full house. The show

was well balanced as to breeds, and

the various herds were quite well bal-

anced as to quality. Breeders from

the state of Ohio sent up several herds

and took_their share of the prizes.

Michigan white hog breeders could not

help but smile, however, when a Ches-

ter White boar owned by Weber Bros,

of Royal Oak, defeated his opponent

that had twice walked away with

grand championship honors at Ohio

State Fair. Space forbids mention of

all the exhibitors but it can be said of

them that they have made a great hog

show, they have earned their ribbons,

and learned things that will help them

to come back stronger next year. The

boys’ and girls’ club exhibit again at-

tracts attention. Tuscola, Saginaw,

Washtenaw and Branch

counties Were out with strong exhibits

that won plenty of the money'in the

open classes.



A Great. Sheep Show.



There. were approximately 1,300

sheep in the show pens on the second

one: of the new sheep and swine horn.





52’ Exhibitors and those in charge greatly





‘ attended by 2,000 milk producers from

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,ystem keep the place clean and free





' from animal odors, and make the peo-





ple wantto linger instead of hurry

through 'As in other departments,

the sheep show was the largest in

number 0‘: exhibits and best in quality

that the fair has ever seen, and a very

encouraging feature is the fact that

Michigan sheep breeders have been

admirably represented, not only in the

number of entries but in the distribu-





.tion of breeds and lame share they ' .

Wash- ‘ i





have taken of the winnings.

tenaw, Eaton, Hillsdale, Branch, Liv-

ingston and Lenawee counties were

represented by boys’ and girls’ clubs

with 100 head, and it is prophetic of

good things for the future to note the

marked improvement that the boys’

and girls’ club depaTrtment has made

since its beginning.

A Great Dairy Show.



As could be expected, the dairy end

of the fair was the largest of all the

divisions. It represented greater val-

ue than any other live stock interests.

The splendid new pavilion for the

housing of this branch division was

christened by being completely filled

with the finest array of Holsteins, Jer-

seys, Guernseys, Ayrshires and Brown

Swiss that, we believe, has ever been

brought together in one place in the"

state.



Outstanding herds from- other states

were out in force to grab the prizes;

but we are pleased to say that they

only took. out of that state what they

earned, Michigan’s exhibitors pulling

down their full quota of the money.



In all, there were 734 entries, of

which breeders of our own state put

in 425. Of the ninety-four Ayrshire‘s,

sixty-five belong in this state. The

same was true of 131 of the 186 Jer-

seys; 127 of the 214 Holsteins; seven-

ty-two of the 146 Guernseys, while of

the ninety-four. Brown Swiss, state ex-

hibitors could claim but thirty.



Among the Holstein firms present

could be found such familiar names as

John C. Buth & Sons, E. M. Byne,

Detroit Creamery Company, Lambert

& Webber, James B. Jones, Whitney

Brothers, Monclova Stock Farms, Har-

grove & Arnold, A. F. Randolph, John





l:Rinke, Frank C. Essick, A. B. Black

& Sons, W. C. Schoof, C. L. Hulett,





etc. With stock from these farms fill-

ing the cards, every Holsteiner knows

no breeder went away with prizes

without earning what he got.



Michigan Guernsey breeders present

were R. A. Holmes, Portfleet Brothers,

John Ebels, W. E. Scripps, F. C. Es-

sick. Among the Jersey enthusiasts

could be found E. W. Martin, F. E.

Eardley, B. Shuart, The Oaklands

Farm, Brennan, Fitzgerald & Sinks, A.

P. Edison, Marshall & Sons, Amos

Curtis and A. H. Feldkamp, were Mich-

igan breeders prominent in the Brown

Swiss class, while Shuttleworth Bros,

H. Evard, and W. N. Booth, had the

great bulk of Michigan’s entries of

Ayrshires.



The awards in the various clasSes

will be run in later issues of this

journal.





GOOD SPEAKERS AT DAIRY SHOW.





SPEAKERS at the annual meeting

of the American Dairy Federation

to be held at Milwaukee on October

1, will be Ex-Qovernor Frank 0. Low-

den, presiding; Secretary of Commerce

Herbert Hoover; Harry A. Wheeler,

former president of United States

Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Lee K.

Frankel, vice-president Metropolitan.

Life Insurance Company, and Dr. H.

L. Russell, dean Wisconsin State Col-

lege of Agriculture.





MILK PRODUCERS TO MEET IN

DETROIT.





 





HE National Cooperative Milk Pro-

ducers’ Association will hold its

eighth annual convention'in the Cham-

ber of Commerce Auditorium at De





'troit, November 12-13. It is expected





that the first. day’s sessions will be





. Newfork, Michigan and Ohio, and





many from other ' states. Arrange-

ments will be 'made for 'auto trips

from distant poi’nts to the meeting.

Ail executive session will be held the

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Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

Poultry advertising will be run in this department

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over lands well located in Gladwin Co.. Mich.

Tracts of 40 to 100 acres $8. 00 1191 acre. long time

to pay. interest 5%. Fifty well improved farms $35

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

Reynolds. Gladwin. Mich.





BEAUT FUL HOME in Country Village.‘ Northern

Ohio. plendid house. garage, poultry house. garden.



. fruit, etc. Five minutes of High School.

Station. Stores. Church and Post Office. Particulars.

PL: 333. Michigan Met.





FOR SALE—one of the best farms around. Lansing,

only 3 miles out. 121. Acres with good buildings. on

State Road. S. W. Hempy. R. 7. Lansing, Mich.





‘ONE DOLLAR PER ACRE DO‘VN—3,000 acres cut- .





 





 





Wh. James Scram. East Jordan, Mir-h.

POULTRY



EIGHT HUNDRED White Leghorn I’ullets Fly



Eight and Twelve weeks old. Al '



Millikan, Fcnton, Mich. so cockerels Gra



non SALE—S c. Buil’ Leghorn cockerels. Willard





\Vebster, Bath, Mich.





BABY CHICKS

QUALITY CHICKS~Postpaid100 Lodmrns :10:

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Rooks,$1151eds, Ancgnass. Orps. Wynsu $12; Brah-

mas : assorte 7. Catalo M Poul

Farms. Columbia. Mo. g 15501111 W





 





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AGENTS WANTED





TO HANDLE new exclusive line Markable Washable

school maps—atlases. globes. Unusual oppm'tunity

connection with large corporation and make big mon-

ey. Must have auto. Write for particulars. The

George F. Cram Company. Dept. G, 11.1 N. Market

St. Chicago, Ill.





 





 





. BIG MONEY selling new household cleaner. MH-





and dries windows. scrubs. mops. ‘

outfit less than Over 100% profit. m

Brush Works. 123 3111. 8'81... Fairdeld. lone.





Sweeps.





 





MICHIGAN STOCK FARM for sale. Good buildings.

Sonar-e. 200m Mt. Pleasant. Mill. 1.

Bot 6~A.



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SITUATIONS WANTED

SINGLE YOUNG MAN desires Steady employment





 





 





Box 44. Michigan Former.





 





HELP WANTED—MALE

EARN 8110 to 8250 may. paid as Ball-

Treflc Inspecwr ition





 





m

pletion of 3 months' home study course I101' money”-





funded. Excellent opportunities. for Fro. . '

Booklet. 0-121 Stand. Business Trainiqgmlnst. Bul-

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expenses

goers-nosed after oom- . ,
Made in Five Grades





A large percentage ‘of tractor breakdowns are chargeable to worn parts, caused by





friction wear due to lack of lubrication.

And a breakdown in the middle of a busy season is costly.





Polaiine protects tractor parts by maintaining at all times an unbroken Cushion of oil

on all bearing surfaces, thereby promoting .the free action of all movmg parts. The





use of Polarine is a sound buSiness proposition.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





Tractor





Chart ‘of





Recommendations





THACTORS Trade Name Motor 0"

TradoNamo MororOll MogulSH.

AdaptfibIe .................. H. Moline ..................... S. H.

Allis-C era, 6-12 .......... H. onar ................... H

Allis-Chalmers, Other Models.8. H. Nilson ..................... S H

All Work ................... S. H. Oil-Gas ..................... E. H.

Andrews-Kincade ............ E. H Peoria ...................... E. H.

Appleton ................... S. H. Pioneer ..................... E. H.

Aultman-Taylor, 15-30 ....... S H. Reed ....................... B. H.

Aultman-Taylor,0therModels.S. H. Rix ........................ S. H.

fintomoct‘ivii . d ........... g: Ruméeg. Oil Pull, 12-20. 16~30



very, ,. 03 Reset ..... an ................. .

Avery, Track Runner ........ S. H. Rumle , Other Models ....... E. H.

Avery, Other Models . . . . . . H Russell? .................... S.

Bates Steel Mule, Midwest Samson ..................... S. H.



Motor .................... S. H. Shawnee .................... H.

Bates, Other Models ......... 18! H Equine Turn ................ 183.131.



ear ....................... . . tinson ..................... . .

Best 'I‘racklayer ............. E. H. Titan ...................... S. H.



ig F' mcr ................. E. H. Topp-Stewart ............... S. H.

Case,‘er)-18, 12-20 and 15-27. .H. oro .......................

Case, 22—40 ................. S. H. Townsend .................. E. H.

Case, Other Models .......... E. H. Traylor .................... H.

Cletroc, F .................. H. 'I‘rundaai' ................... S. H.

Cletrac, W .................. S. H. Twin City, 12—20 and 20.35. . .S. H.

Coleman ................... g). g. Erwin $832151]; Other Models ..... g. 11;.



art ....................... . . me e .................. . .

Fagle ...................... S. H. Wallis ...................... S. H.

EllB' . .d ..................... S. H. gaterloo Boy ............... g. g:



woo .................... c more ................... .

Farm? Horse ................. E. H. Wisconsin .................. S. H.

mommy; :5th 56-35128} H. Am CULT'VAWRS E

Flour City, Other Models. . . . .E. H. Aro """"""""""" H.

Fordson .................... S. H. Ave}? """""""""""""""" H.

Fox........................E.H. Bailor """""""""""""" H.

Frick ...................... S. H. Beeman """""""""""""" H.

Gray. . ., .................... S. H. Bolens """"""""""""" H.

Hart-Parr .................. E. H. Boring """"""""""""" H

Heider ..................... s. H. Centnur """"""""""

Holt, 2-Ton ................. H. DO-It-All """"""""""""" s H.

Holt, Other Models .......... E. H. International ............ H

Huber ...................... S. H. - """""""" '

Indiana H lhiincadg . d ................. g.



-. """""""""""" ' erry er en.............. .

gntfrnational """""""" g'fl Motor Macultivator ......... S. H.

mmi) --------------------- E. Ii. New Brim“ ................ H.

geroéée' ------------------ gig Sfi‘éaazzx:::::::::::::§:n.

I “31:: """"""""""""" S H U ' tor .................... H.

Leonard: .'.'. ................ s H.

firfig.....g.g L—Polarlnenglxt

Little Giant ................. s. a -—P°‘"“n° ”Wm ‘

McCormick-Deming ......... H. IL—Polarlne Heavy

Minneapolis, 12-25 and 17-30. S. H. SJ.—Polarine8peclallleavy

Minneapolis, Other Models. . .E. H. m—Polarlne Extra Heavy





 





N. B.-—For recommendations of grades of Polarine to

use in automobiles and trucks consult chart at any

Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Station.





 





 





 





 

 





 





Polarine minimizes friction by maintaining an oil film

of. correct body Under all workingconditions. It main~

tains its body because:





first—4t is made from carefully selected crude petro-

eum.





Second—«Because it is refined and treated by a special

process to remove those elements whiCh tend to form

gum and carbon. '





Third—Because it undergoes elaborate chemical and

Operating tests in the laboratory and in the field, which

check up the work of the Standard Oil Company (Ind-

iana) staff of lubricating engineers, in producing a

lubricating oil which will stand up under all temper-

ature and mechanical conditions.





F ourth—Because there is a correct grade of Polarine

for your tractor.. When you use this grade you are

sure of the right body, weight and consistencyé—the

oil which will conserve all the power of your engine.





Use Polarine and get the best WOrk out'of your tractor.





Put your automotive aCtivities on a business basis.

It pays! ,





 





Standard/1 Oil Companny '





910 s. Michigan Ave. (Indiana) Chicago,





 





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