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- * [Wiring the Farm Home





Some Fundamental: to Be Considered ”/flen Getting Ready for Electricity





HE first problem to attempt to

solve in the appliCation of » elec-

tricity to agriculture is the

proper wiring of the h_0mes and farm-

steads. In planning the wiring of the

homes a few fundamental principles

were laid down as necessary for prop-

‘er wiring. They are as follows:



1. No electrical appliance should be

attached to lighting fixtures.



2. Any room used as a passageway

must have the light controlled from

the points of entrance and exit.



3. All lights should be controlled

with wall switches where practicable

and no light should be turned on by

a snap switch at the socket.



4. All power circuits should be in-

stalled according to Standard Code.



The habit of. attaching floor lamps,

electric irons, toasters, etc., to a fix-

ture outlet is very detrimental to the

life of the fixtures. Fixtures are made

to hold lamp bulbs and are not made

for convenience outlets. Many fixtures

are ruined, 'many pieces of fixture

glassware are broken, and many lamp

bulbs ruined from removihg lamp

bulbs from fixtures and attaching a

cord to the fixture outlet. This causes

unnecessary expense, inconvenience

and dissatisfaction. This trouble can





. be eliminated by properly placed con-





venience outlets. Some wall recep—

tacles should be placed near the floor

where fairly permanent connection

such as a floor lamp is to be made.

Kitchen outlets and outlets for vac-

uum cleaners, etc., can be placed at

about three feet above the floor. Floor

outlets should not be used very fre-

quently, but they have their place.

They may be used for floor lamps,

dining-room appliances, etc., where a





s.





“portable cord to the wall is not desir-

able or where an outside wall is a

difficult place to locate an outlet.





The location switches in farm

homes is an entirely different problem

thanit is for urban homes. Most

farmers enter the home through the

back entrance when they come home

in the evening. Living-rooms and din-

ing-rooms are entered more frequently

from the rear part of the house rather

than from the front. Switches for

the dining—room should usually be

placed near the kitchen door. If a

dining-room is a passageway for the

length of it, then the light should be

controlled from two points. Farm





By E. A.





Stewart





kitchens are usually large and are

used a great deal aspassageways. ,In

such cases the light should be con-

trolled by three—way switches located

near the outside door and near the

dining—room door. In many farm

homes, there is an entry room at the

rear of the house. This room may

serve for a laundry, a wash room, or

for various other purposes. This is

usually a passageway and the light

should by all means be controlled by

two switches. It is desirable to place

the switch at the kitchen door inside

of the kitchen so that a person can

carry an article into the kitchen with-

out setting it down at the door or





 





 





The Modern Farm Home is Equipped For Electricity.





How the F. O. B. Auction





Some New Wrinkles [72 Selling Fruit

By Alcyon Robinson





HY hasn’t it been dOne before?”



Every new, ingenious method of



doing anything makes us won-

der at its simplicity and belated dis-

covery. And the “F. 0. B. auction”

is among these.



The super salesman, or auctioneer,

is a busy little telegraph instrument.

Unnoticed near the top of a black-

board, it suddenly begins to auction

off the most difficult “wares” in the

world to distribute satisfactorily—per-

ishable food products.



Talking rapidly to the skilful human

operator who checks down its sales,

it connects the F. 0. B. Auction Com-

pany in Los Angeles at 227 Produce

Building, with all its offices in the

east; the super salesman is operating

simultaneously in seven different cit-

ies with 200 to 1,000 buyers vying

for- the individual carlots of produce.

New York City, Buffalo, Boston, Chi-

cago, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Philadel-

phia bid one after another, anxious

for that load of California Bartlett

pears, that shipment of Thompson

seedless grapes, that Turlock from a

.well-known grower, that car of honey-





dews from a standard fruit growers"





association.

"\“How is it done? And what does it





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The new system is being explained

by the president of the Los Angeles

company who points out in it elements

familiar enough to all. Mr. H. C.

Schrader is not at all the caricatured,

black-eyed auctioneer of the raucous

voice. Pleasant and “Wide between

the eyes,” he has developed a system

that is capable of indefinite expansion,

of uncalculated benefit to growers and

consumers. There is a vision of great

saving behind the eyes of this market-

eer besides the cold figures to be'real-

ized, by'hard—working farmers and the

new national public.



' “I didn’t think it could be “effected,

at first,” admits the man who in two

weeks recently auctioned off nearly

600 carlots of produce, ranging from

apples near Siskiyou to grapes at San

Diego, and placed these in thirty-seven

different cities at the best available

prices for their growers. “I 'didn’t

think that the ‘free on board’ method

could be worked out practically and

profitably on a large scale for produc-

er, shipper, jobber and ultimate con—

sumer, at one and the same time. So





far as the California shipping program





is concerned, the auction method is





entirely economical and useful. It is

here to stay,” Mr. Schrader reviewed

the performance of his company in the

past seven months and stated this as

his observation from previous market-

ing experience. Unusually qualified

for placing varied products of the

farmer and horticulturist, he brings

the knowledge of railroad experience

to his new method, as well as infor-

mation on California and Florida cit-

rus conditions, Washington apple rcg-

ions and potato lands. Grapes, canta-

loup, plums, pears, prunes, apricots,

vegetable and major crops that can be

shipped in carlots and suCCessfully

auctioned by the individual car through

the Mutual which draws upon a na-

tional market.



While the ingenious Wire auctioneer

does not claim that the F. O. B. sys-

tem will displace every known method

of distribution, he predicts wide popu-

larity for it among growers who suffer

from “blind" marketing. No longer

does a producer have to sell on guess.

He can with-hold the sale of his car

from a glutted market and ship to the

point where prices are high because

the product is in demand. Sound eco-





. ’





without going out into the laundry to'

turn out the light.



Bedrooms should be provided with

some convenience outlets. The cost

is too great to provide wall recepta-

cles for all bedrooms and it is not

necessary. Some openings should be

provided for a floor lamp in one or

more bedrooms and sufficient outlets

should be provided for use with a

vacuum cleaner. One or more bed-

rooms should be provided with wall

outlets for portable lamps for dressing

tables or for a curling iron. The use

of wall lights beside a dresser is very

questionable practice for farm homes.

The same money Spent for ceiling‘

lights and wall outlets will give better

service. Many women object seriously

to the use of bracket lights for a

dressing table as this fixes the posi-

tion of the furniture in the room once

and for always the same.



A convenience outlet should be plac—

ed in the bedroom for use with an aux—

iliary heater, curling iron. water heat-

er, etc. The liberal use of convenience

outlets will save much time, save fix—

tures, and is a paying investment be-

sides making a home a convenient

place to work.



The location of the entrance switch

and meter is a very important item.

This is coupled up with the lpcation

of the transformer. When a home is

to be wired for heating devices and

the farmstead is to be wired for mot-

ors, the mislocation of an entrance

switch may mean the wasting of a

hundred dollars. This part of the wir-

ing demands more discussion than can

be given here and will be treated in a

separate article.





Works





This has been demonstrated

to hundreds of individual growers,

shippers, packers and growers’, ex-

changes through the Los Angeles of-

fice connecting with its branch offices.





nomics.





The farmer is proved to be. con-

clusively a business man and not a

gambler nor a guesser when he uses

wire auction. Moreover a second im-

possibility has been proved possible;

a system has been devised that brings

satisfaction to grower, shipper and

consumer, enabling the producer to ob—

tain highest available prices, and as

will be shown later, lower prices to

the ultimate purchaser may result

than under the. old method of shipping,

distributing and retailing.





\Vorking upon a national scale, the

auctioneer sells at the bidder’s own

price. Many times the bidder is a re-

tail grocer, or three fruit vendors pur-

chase a carlot together direct from

the growers, as it were, and so, cut-

ting out wholesalers and commission

houses, they can afford to sell to cus-

tomers a little cheaper, advantageous-

ly to themselves also. Here is where

we, the well-known consumer, have

our “innings,” so let us give three

rousing cheers for the marketeer, who



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Here have been pleased

Goes to find farmers who



. have strictly follow-

Again ed our advice in re-

gard to saving seed



corn. But there are literally thou-





sands of others who have not made a.

move to protect themselves against a

seed corn shortage in 1925.



A successful preacher once told us

that his method of putting a message

across was to keep everlastingly bring-

ing that message to the attention of

his congregation. This policy, he stat-

ed, seemed to get results; and the

success, he thought, was due to his

hearers finally believing that he really

meant what he said.



We are simulating his tactics by

bringing once more to the attention of

our readers the need of going into

their own, or some other fellow’s, corn

field (with permission, of course), and

there gathering a sufficient supply of

matured ears to start their fields of

corn next spring. When all who will,

have done their bit, there will still be

a. big shortage in the supply, giving a

large opportunity for the ambitious to

sell well-cared-for, high—germinating

cars at a fancy figure.



Those who read here had better go

about this matter at once for we may.

have occasion to say these things

again, and then, some of these fine

mornings, we are going to discover

that there has been a hard freeze and

that the corn which, properly handled,

would have been all right, will no long-

er meet the seed requirements of a

good farmer. '





ULL beans are a





KeepCuu necessaryby-

B At product of the bean

, cans business. It is impos«

Home sible, at least with





our present knowl-

edge of cultural methods, to grow a

perfect crop. And, until we can, there

will be the pickings which must be

handled in some other way than for

human food.



Fortunately, these cull beans make

good stock feed; For years they have

been used for fattening lambs. Other

stock also relish them when properly

mixed with other grains. Even the

dairy cow will consume them to! ad-

vantage when they are fed in moder-

ate amounts. Recent tests have shown

that 200 pounds of oats, 100 pounds of

corn, 100 pounds of bran, 100 pounds

of cottonseed meal and 100 pounds of

ground cull beans make a very satis2

factory dairy feed. Cooked, the hogs

will also thrive upon them.





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hat tho’c‘sta “ " routaover which?

these beans must travel béfore get;

ting to the stock is too exnensive to.

make them popular with the average

farmer. After hauling the crop to‘ the

elevator, having them'picked and then

returning. the culls to the farm adds

sufficient expense to this by-product

of the bean crop to put it in a class.

with other feeds.



But, along this line, be it said. we

are moving forward as in other mat—

ters. During the past few years, equip-

ment has become available for remov-

ing the bulk of these cull beans at the

farm. Indeed, we have farmers here

in the state who have used modern

portable pickers economically in put-

ting up a. choice hand-picked product,

and, at the same time, [retaining ‘the

culls for the stock. " The number of

farmers who are convinced that good

money can be made at this work is

rapidly increasing. And it is altogeth-

er possible that in the years to come

cull beans will, in general practice, he

kept upon the farm where” they are

grown. ‘





ITH the increas-

ing popularity





[inceBrlhve of the dairy business

or. after as a means of steady

Dairying and profitable farm





_ income, one is some-

times led to think that the industry

may soon be overdone, but recent offi-

cial figures indicate that this will not

likely occur.



These figures take into account the

normal increase in the population of

this country, which amounts to 1,412,-

000 per year. To provide butter for

these new inhabitants, 24,000,000

pounds additional will be needed each

year. This is figuring an average con-

sumption of seventeen pounds of but-

ter per annum for each person. To

produce this additional 24,000,000

pounds will require the output of 120,-

000 cows of average capacity.



These cows will not produce the

necessary amount of whole milk,

cream and other dairy product require-

ments of this annual addition to our

population. If 990 pounds of milk is

allowed per person for the year, the

average last year, then we will still

need the production of 200,000 more

ordinary cows. In other words, these

figures would indicate that each year

the dairymen in some way will have

to increase dairy production equal to

the total output of 320,000 average

cows.





HE second week





Let’s of November has

been designated as



Read Father and Son week.

Together During that week tens





of thousands of men

and boys will be brought together un-

der various auspices to have a good

time and to listen to inspiring ad~

dresses. While in the paSt, many

rural organizations have given empha-

sis to this general movement, more

should fall in line this year.



A suggestion that seems to have

equal potency to the holding of ban-

quets and the doing of “stunts” is the

adoption of a resolution by father and

son to “read together.” What splen-

did companionship the head of the

house and the boys could find in a

mutual love of reading. 'It would be

everlasting. As an appropriate intro-

duction to this resolution we suggest

that the occasion be emphasized by a

gift of a good book from the father to

the son. If a banquet is held in the

community the presentations of the

various dads could be made at the

banquet table.





HE other day a

Is fellow said 'he

. . . asked for beer in the

Prohibition dining-room of a

A Failure prominent hotel and

got it. But he did not



qualify the word beer. It may have





been “near beer,” and not very near





am





can, he'can- snow as. » .

pieces in one block where good reli-





able alcoholic-content “star on its ‘ob—.





' tamed. 'But he has not showed 'us‘





yet; he wan’t even give the addresses

of these primes for our convenience. ‘.



There is no doubt but what the Vol-

stead ACt is being violated; nobody

denies that. There is no law on the

statutes that is not violated; the vio-

lations are what make the law nec-

essary.



But, has the law helped matters

any? That is the question. Well, the

booze restaurants of the wet-age are

out of business. ,Charitable institu4

tions have been relieved of from

twenty-five to seventy-five per cent

of their burdens. Church member-

ships have increased at the rate of

2,500 per day during 1923. . The banks

are doing better, the insurance com-

paniesiare doing better, but the brew-

eries, such as they are. are delivering.

in hip pocket quantities instead of

truck loads. . i ‘



Remember the prophecies of all he

grass that would grow on the st ts

when things were dry? Well, they are

not using lawn mowers' on the city

streets yet. Perhaps it was too dry

for the grass to grow.



Oh, yes, you can get it, but you‘can

get anything you want if you have the

money and a sufficient amount of dis-

respect for law and decency. But even

so, if prohibition is a failure it is one

of the greatest failures at being a fail-

ure we have seen for some time.





LOBBY is sup-





About ported .in Wash-



- ington by the manu-

SPeFlal facturers of oleo mar-

iPrwlleges garine to keep them





in otose touch with all

national and state legislation that in

any way may have a bearing upon the

oleo industry. This lobby, known as

the institute of margarine manufac-

turers, continues the fight to secure

the right to sell their product either

as butter or as a substitute for butter.

These oleo people are now out with

the argument that the legislative re-

strictions placed upon their business

by congress and the states are noth-

ing more than special privileges ex-

tended to the farmers and dairymen of

the country. Much of the business

now enjoyed by the dairy \industry

would become the logical trade for the

oleo dealers if, as they contend, these

legal barriers were removed.





As we understand it, these men

would secure this additional trade by

deception. That is, they would feel

the public into believing that oleo was

butter, or that it is as good as butter.

There is an abundance of scientific

evidence to show that oleo is not the

equal of the fat from the dairy cow.

We believe, however, that by reason

of the low cost of production it would

be possible for the oleo manufacturers

to secure much of the butter trade, if

they were permitted to practice de-

ception in their publicity work and in

their selling methods.



What really has been sought in the

legislation referred to, is to have the

two products made so a person need

not mistake one for the other. It gives

to each product the trade merited. If

that be special privilege, than we can

feel safe with many such statutes on

our law books.





HE other day an





Fighting earnest but very



radical farmer came

For The in with a strong plea,

Farmer urging us to throw off





all restraint in a mil-

itant campaign for farmers’ rights. In

other words, he wanted us, not to roll

up our sleeves, but take off our shirts

and in a bare-fisted Imanner give the

knock-out blow to “the swivel-chaired

plutocrats who are waxing fat on the

farmer." We tried to‘ pin him down to

facts, but he refused to «stay put. His

emotion was stronger than his judg-

ment. So we still have our shirts on.





 





 

 





   





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things as they. are and promising'va





strong armed-to—the-teeth stand for the





millenium in agriculture doesn’t get "

one anywhere and doesn’t accomplish

anything for the cause of agriculture.

Yes, it makesaflne showing to get

up and swing» the dog by the tall, but ’

itrdoesn’t do the dog any good. It’s

spectacular to also strong- words in a \

strong way, because it makes a show-

ing. It sounds like a fighter, and, for

some reason, it is a human weakness ,

to want to stand by. and say “sic ’em”

to a fighter. '





But open rebellion seldom gets any~

thing when it is against the silent nat-

ural forces. Such things need patience

and time for their adjustment. L Usu-

ally they are not the results .of the

efforts of any individual or collection

of individuals. but happen in the nat-

ural course of events, regardless of

what we individuals may do. So why

rail, shout and‘hrow mud unless it is

for the ento’tainment of disgruntled

people, or perhaps for selfadvertising.



Many promises of millenium, foun—

tains of youth and such things have

been illusions which have left behind

nothing but disappointment. We be-

Wave, therefore, that a constructive

and conservative policy is the best one

to follow, as it invariably accomplish-

es the most.





 





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DON’T know whether to talk about



the-weather or not, ’cause so many

folkses has discussed the subject al-

ready. But weather is one 0’ the fin-

est things out, ’cause it gives folkses

somethin’ ta talk about when they is

afraid ta say what they’s got in their

minds, or when they ain’t got nothin’

in their minds ta talk about. The last

is the reason I’m takin’ up the subject.



But weather’s important ’cause

there’s some folks that would never

’ve been marred if it wasn’t fer get-

tin’ started by

talkin’ about the

weather. But af«

ter a while things

got so interestin'

they forgot all

about the weath-

er and before

they knew it a.

preacher was ty-

in’ them up. So,

the weather’s been what you call re-

sponsible fer many a stormy marred

life.





 





 





 





 





 





Weather is like folkses, it’s so

changebul. Some folkses think I

should say “like womin” instead 0'





like folkses, but I know Sofie ain’t

changeabul, ’cause she never changes

from keepin’ after me ta get ta work.

Maybe marred womin get over bein’

changeabul. I know Sofie used ta be a.’

differunt, ’cause I never used ta know

if she was goin' ta marry me or Jim:

Hobson. But she changed her mind

and marred me. .5,



But talkin’ about the weather again.

there’s the differunce between it and

some folkses: sometimes the weather

is pleasant.



Lately the weather’s been kinda

weak~like. It’s about a month behind

in its work, and it don’t look like it

was goin’ ta make it up. Maybe it’s

goin’ ta leave its job undone this sum-

mer and will start right in with win-

ter. Seein’ as we’ve had such a poor

summer, maybe we’ll have a awful

good winter.



But I’m goin’ ta. see next 'year that

Sofie gets after the weather. I’ll tell

‘you there won‘t be no gettin' behind

with its work if she manages it like

she does me. She’s kinda sore the

way the weather has acted this year,

so maybe if she gets after it, it’ll do

double duty next year 1;; ml: ii ,. .





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FTEN the question cemes up as

O to whether it pays the farmer

with grade cows to buy high-





priced pure-bred bulls from good pro-

ducing dams—or to spend money in





getting his cows tested in a cow-test—

ing association.



Not long ago the writer visited Burt

Ter Harr——a dairyman living in Alle-

gan county near Moline.



The Ter Harrs joined the North A1-

legan Association in April, 1923, and





have finished their first year’s work

' and are continuing another year. They





have twenty cows milking—about two-

third of which are grades—(Holsteins)

’--the rest pure-breds. .



This herd not only led their associ-

ation with an average production of

12,006 pounds of milk and 421 pounds

of butter-fat per cow, but made the

best record of any Holstein herd on

cow testing work in Allegan- county

this year and, so far as we know, the

best record ever made by a Holstein

herd on testing work in the county.



The value of the product per cow

was $288.61 and the annual feed cost

was $99.76, giving an income above

the cost of feed of $188.85. The re-

turns for each. dollar’s worth of feed

was $2.89 and each pound of butter-

fat cost $0236.



They sold butter-fat at a local

creamery for six of the twelve months,

which reduced the value of their prod-

uct considerably—the rest of the year

the product went into Grand Rapids

as fluid milk.



The interesting things about this

herd are two. In the first place, Mrs.

Ter Harr does the feeding. She is an

enthusiastic booster for the Holstein

cow—good feeding—and cow testing

associations. When we remember that

the herd under her able management

has made a record unsurpassed by

other Holstein herds in the county, we

must take seriously this feminine com-

petition. Indeed, just to talk with





   





Mrs. Ter Harr makes, one realize the

fact that her interest and enthusiasm





are what so many 'dairymen need to





increase their dairy profits.



Up to last year Mrs. Ter Harr fed

largely by guess. This year the cows

were fed for what they were capable

of producing The tester talked feeds

—he left a feeding pamphlet which

was studied. His monthly report was





cw. 1.9.6.1:





Aleetmg Me Ration Requirements of anfl Ammo/l Boosts tfle Mt Proflz‘i~





By R. H. Addy





O





of grain as they do now, but put each

pound where it would do the most

good we could find a great many more

dollars in profit at the end of the year

than we do now. To do this necessi-

tates a knowledge of production and

the feed units in the ration that the

cow, testing association records gives.



The second interesting thing is the

breeding. A number of years ago Mr.





 





 





 





 





Well-bred Stock Always Attracts Attention.





a guide to efficient feeding that was

mighty valuable—so valuable in fact,

that Mrs. Ter Harr says they never

got so much milk from each one hun-

dred pounds of feed as they have this

year. '



It'is a” pleasure to look over the

testing book and to notice the relation

between feeding and production. No

two cows in the entire herd had the

same feed cost for the year. If more

dairymen would use the same amount





Ter Harr had but two pure-bred cows.

He needed a bull and, of course, a

pure-bred. The question was whether

he’d buy an ordinary bu1l from an un-

tested dam, or a better bred bull from

a dam with a good record. Good judg-

ment dictated the latter course and

they spent $450 in buying a young bull

from a tested dam and by a son of a

good producing cow.





Their neighbors said they were

crazy to put $450 into a bull, with but





two registered cows in the herd. Time

has told the tale and today Ter Harr

knows that the $450 was an invest-

ment that will net them splendid in-

terest. In other words, the bull’s

daughters are making good and cow

testing records are proving that he has

done his bit by transmitting produc-

tive ability to his daughters.



Only three daughters have freshen~

ed so far. All three are from good

producers. This is the real test.—





.When a bull adds production to his





daughters of extra good cows. Old

Holstein, a grade cow, gave 13,293

pounds of milk and 497.5 pounds of

fat. She milked the 365 days to do

this, but as she freshened three

months before the record started, it

still represents a real record.



Her daughter Spot, by the above

bull, freshened as a two—year-old and

in her first six months gave 6,600

pounds of milk and 238 pounds of fat.

This, compared with the 7,973 pounds

of milk and‘288.4 pounds of fat her

mother gave in the first six months

shows us the heifer, allowed her ma-

ture equivalent, gave 1,400 pounds of

milk and fifty—two pounds of fat, in‘

six months, more than her dam; all

due to one good bull.



Still another daughter of this bill]

from a registered cow had but three

months’ work to her credit; during

this time she gave 3,857 pounds of

milk and 131.8 pounds of fat, While

her mother, during her first three

months on test, gave 4,216 pounds of

milk and 136.4 pounds of fat. Using

mature equivalent on the heifer’s rec-

ord we have an increase over the dam

of 1,300 pounds of milk and fifty~two

pounds of fat in three months.



These results emphasize the fact

that cow testing associations give the

help in feeding and breeding as well

as weeding, that enables the dairy-

man to put his herd on a more profit-

able and prosperous basis.





The F armcrs’ Shifting Fortunes





Wflm Danger. 13 Over Europe Seats tfle Compost Supply of Food

By Crittenden Marriott





can farmer has played a great



part in helping Europe as well as

in building up the United States; and,

perhaps naturally, now that Europe

can buy cheaper elsewhere she buys

from him only what she must.



Before the revolution the southern

colonies exported to England sugar,

tobacco, indigo, and cotton, and later,

rice and molasses, none of which com-

peted with the British farmer. The

northern colonies had Wheat, corn,

flour and meat to export, but as these

products did compete with the British

farmer they were barred. So the col-

onies worked up a trade in these with

the West Indies; and the Indies paid

for them by the proceeds of shipping

tropical products to Europe; and Eu-

rope (chiefly England) paid the Indies

by the proceeds of shipping manufac-

tured goods to America. All three

payments were made by bills of ex

change, with little or no money

transfer.



In the nineties and early in the

nineteenth century, the Napoleonic

wars created a strong demand for

food, to which the American farmer

hastened to respond. For years the

American farmer practically fed Eu-

rope, shipping vast stores of wheat

and flour, and only less important

shipments of meat, cotton, wool and





FROM the earliest days the Ameri-





' other raw materials.





Before the Napoleonic wars ended,

began to industrialize.





That





manufacturing. The agricultural pop-

ulation decreased between 1812 and

1860 from thirty-four to ten per cent

of the whole. Later, similar changes

began on the Continent and continued

more or less slowly till the seventies.

This resulted in less food production

and more mouths to feed in Europe,

and after a few years’ dullness (1807-

1813) the American farmer was called

upon to supply the deficit and respond-

ed nobly. Even the breaking out of

the Civil War did not curb his ship-

ments of wheat, which increased four-

fold in 1863, though it did heavily re

duce his shipments of meats. Here





the American farmer perhaps saved

the Union; for Britain, dependent on

the United States, and unable to ob-





tain wheat anywhere else, did not dare





to recognize the Confederacy, for war

with the north would have cut off her

supplies.



After the Civil War, the revival of

the American farm was marked in the

south and amazing in the north. In

1876, 1877 and 1879, Great Britain,

which had been steadily turning more

and more from agriculture to industry

saw her crops fail and once more had

to call on the American farmer for

food.





 





On the Continent industrialization

was progiessing rapidly. In Germany,

it developed tremendously after the

formation of the Empire and the end

of the Franco-Prussian war. Her rural

population moved to the cities, drop-

ping from about sixty [our 1w;- mill in

1871 to forty per cent in .1910; and $3,:

called on the rest of the world for

food. Indeed, she even had to import

laborers to gather what crops she

raised. Till the close of the century

the American farmer fed Germany and

also in lesser degree Belgium and Den-

mark and even France, which clung

to her agriculture more closely than

any other great European power. Be-

tween 1872 and 1898 our exports of

wheat and pork to Europe increased

three fold, and of corn and beef five-

fold.



From 1900 to 1914 the American

farmer was treated by Europe as the

doctor is usually treated by patients

after they get well. The nations of

Continental Europe wanted to raise

their own food in preparation for pos-

sible later wars and blockade; more-

over, they found other sources of sup-

ply, chiefly in Russia, Australia, and

South America, England was not trou-

bled about blockades, but she obtained

cheaper foods from Canada and Aus-

tralia and took them. The American

farmer’s exports of wheat to England

alone, dropped nearly two~thirds from ~

1897 to 1914; and of bacon, lard and

(Continued on page 276).
.E'ATBER conditions in Michi-

gan this 'season have been fav-

orable for the production of



good quality potatoes. There has been

sufficient rainfall to maintain a uni-

form development of the tubers and

it"is believed that the percentage of

hollow heart potatoes will be much

lees than it was last year.





The more general adoption by the

growers of good cultural practices,

such as earlier planting, closer spac-

ing, use of certified seed, etc., should

result in better matured, brighter po—

tatoes of excellent market quality.

The advantages, however, of favorable

weather and careful growing will be

lost if the potatoes are carelessly

handled when harvested and stored.

The market wants bright, sound, well-

graded poatoes. Poorly graded stock

showing fork punctures, bruises and

other blemishes resulting from care-

less harvesting and poor storing, caus-

es Michigan growers enormous losses

every year. The following suggestions

should aid growers in handling the

1924 potato crop so it will market to

the best advantage.





Harvesting.





Delay digging operations until the

vines are matured or until they are

killed by frost. The tubers separate

more easily from dead vines and are

less apt to be injured than when the

crop is harvested while the vines are





Harvestmg and Stormg Potatoes





Care in Harvesting and Storing Means Better Rctzmzs fir T #1: Year’ 5 Crop





harvesting-storing operation is over





By H. C. Moore





still green. Digging operations should

be started in sufficient time, however,

so that the entire crop can be harvest-

ed and stored before freezing weather

sets in. Usually the ideal harvesting

season is only of a few days duration.

This necessitates having sufficient

equipment and labor available to

shorten the work as much as possible.

Every precaution should be taken to

avoid field frosted potatoes. No other

factor causes more worry and loss’ to

growers, warehouse men and dealers

than chilled or frosted potatoes.



As far as possible do the digging on

cool clear days when the soil is com-

paratively dry. Wet soil sticks to the

potatoes and often causes them to rot

in storage.





Use care in handling the fork and

digging machine to prevent injuring

the potatoes. It is not uncommon to

see many lots of potatoes showing

fifty per cent or more injury resulting

from fork pricks, digger cuts and

bruises. Such stock keeps poorly in

storage, becomes dark colored and is

not wanted on any market.





The details of harvesting should be

closely supervised. A careless man

with a fork can cause the grower a

big loss in a short While.

plow of the digging machine deep

enough to avoid cutting the potatoes





Keep the.





and t6 carry some soil over the con-

veyor rack. If the potatoes are bounc-

ed along on the bare conveyor chains,

they will be bruised. Slow, steady

driving of the digger is important in

preventing serious bruising of the

tubers.



The dug potatoes should be left ex-

posed to the sun and air for a few

hours until they are dry’ and their

skins toughen. They should never be

left eXposed, however, to chilling tem-

peratures. When picking up e pota-

toes, very effective grading can be

done if the badly bruised, ill-shaped

and cull stock is left on the ground to

be picked up later. Where weather

conditions and time permits mechan-

ical sorters can be need in the field to

good advantage. Special efforts should

be made to eliminate as much as pos-

sible of the 'unmarketable potatoes

from, the stock that is carried to the

storage cellar. This'will make for a

better looking lot of potatoes when it

is later graded to comply with the

Michigan standard grades.



Pickers should be cautioned against

throwing the potatoes into the crates.

Serious bruising results from this

practice. If the potatoes are hauled to

the storehouse in crates or bags in-

stead of in bulk they will be less

bruised. In many cases the hardest

drubbing that the potato gets in the





the meebanical grader. The injury

done them at this time can be mate-

rially lessened if the grader is of the

continuous belt type instead of the

shaker screen type. Padding the grad-

er hopper with burlap and running the

grader moderately slow will help save

the skins and will make for brighter

colored potatoes.

Storing.



Nothing but sound, dry potatoes re-

latively free from dirt should be plac-

ed in storage. Potatoes that are wet

and dirty are likely to heat and rot.

Growers and Warehouse mensliould

take pains, to keep all lots of potatoes

that are chilled or frosted out of the

warehouse. Such stocks .should be

kept On the farm.





During the first few weeks of stor-

age potatoes go through a sweating

process. Much head and moisture is

given off at this time. Windows and

doors should be left open nights dur-

ing mild weather so that the warm

moist air can escape. The tempera.-

ture of the storage cellar should be

reduced to forty degrees 4. as quickly

as possible.





To keep the potatoes in a dormant

condition and tovprevent wilting and

the development of molds and rots a.

uniform temperature of thirty-five to

forty degrees F. should be maintained

throughout the winter and spring.



(Continued on page 289).





 





 





 





 





LATE AGRICULTURAL NEWS





 





 





 





 





HAS LARGE GRAPE CROP. ’





 





EPORTS to the department of ag-



riculture indicate a yield of 74,000

tons of grapes in New York state,

twenty per cent higher than last year.

The season is backward, however, few

of the earlier varieties beginning to

ripen before September 15.





DOING BIG BUSINESS.





HE new Cooperative Grain Mar-



keting Company is doing more

business‘than all the five firms com-

bined were doing before the merger,

and it is now handling seventy-five

per cent of the export wheat trade,

according to Gray Silver, who was in

Washington recently.





MICHIGAN MAN REPRESENTSTHE

FARM BUREAU IN WASH.

INGTON.





EWY B. REID, who takes Gray



Silver’s place as Washington rep«

resentative of the American Farm Bu-

reau, is a Michigan man, who has been

connected with American Farm Bu-

reau Federation work for several

years, and is thoroughly acquainted

With Washington affairs.





WILL START AGRICULTURAL CEN-

SUS IN DECEMBER.





HE agricultural census of 1925 will

begin December 1 of this year,

and will be completed January 31.

There will be 212 supervisors and from

15,000 to 20,000 enumerators

‘.ployed.

The department of agriculture is co

operating with the bureau of the cen-

, sus in making preparations for the

, V census. It is said that during the next

sixty days. 5,.000000 questionnaires

will be distributed by rural mail car-

individual





   





 





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farmers in order p ,





that they may know in advance the in-





formation required of them.





The farm schedule blanks are much

intelligible

They

were prepared with the aid of the

state departments of agriculture, agri-

cultural colleges and farm organiza-





more comprehensive and

than in former census years.





tions.





and radio are given much attention.





As the farmer will have time to

carefully consider each question it is

believed that at last this country will

have an agricultural census that will





 





 





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Farm ‘values, farm debts and

expenses, cooperative marketing and

farm facilities such as roads, tractors





somewhere near approach accuracy

and reliability. hit is hoped to make it

the most complete census of agricul-

ture that has ever been taken in the

United States.





DIRECTORS OF I-‘ARM ORGANIZA-

TIONS MEET.





 





MEETING of the board of direct-



ors of the National Board of Farm

Organizations was held this week, at

which the organization was reported

to be in an excellent condition finan-

cially. A new central heating plant

will be installed in the board’s Wash-

ington headquarters building. The

member organizations of the Board of

Farm Organizations are said to be in.

a. prosperous condition.





THE PAU PER POPULATION

DECREASES.





 





F RIENDS of prohibition are pointing

with considerable gratification to





the significant fact, as showu by the .





census bureau, that 'there are fewer

paupers in almshpuses in the United

States than there have been in the

last twenty years, and the number per

100,000 of population is smaller than

it ever has been in the history of the

country. I



There were 78,000 paupers in alms-

houses on January 1, last year, com-

pared with 84,198 in 1910, when the

last census of the kind was taken.

Native born white paupers numbered

48,019, and foreign born White num-

bered 23,557.





It is rumored that United States in-

terests are about to establish a sugar

p beet factory in southern Alberta.





Indiana poultrymen are considering

the subject of accrediting hatcheries
”M—‘a—W .M yen»





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PPLE grdwing today is a dis-

tinctly business proposition, Only

those men who are qualified to





'un'dertake it in a business-like way





can expect to succeed. This statement

is borne out by the fact that while





. during recent years, there has been a





rather general decrease in the total

number of apple trees, that decrease

has occurred largely in the old farm

orchards rather than in commercial

plantings. Thus in the report just pub-

lished of the survey of the Pennsyl-

vania apple industry, made jointly by

the Pennsylvania State College and

the State Department of Agriculture,

it is shown that while during the last

twenty years there has been a de-

crease of about 4,750,000 apple trees





“:pp 6 *Industry Facts





W I141“ 4 St4te Survey in Penney/7147224 Revealed





cover crop seeded in by the third

week in July.



Clover, ‘either alone or with other

legumes is the most common cover

crop.” Of the non-legumin‘ous crops,

rye is found most often.





Fertilizers Are Popular.



Apparently because of somewhat

different fertilizer practice and more

favorable climatic and growing condi-

tions, Pennsylvania apples do better

in sod than do those of New York or

Ohio. Thus nearly one-third of the

acreage surveyed has been in sod for

three years or more in the last seven.

Practically all orchards less than ten

years old, howeve., are cultivated.



Twothirds of the sod orchards and

a large majority of the cultivated or-





 





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Halstead, in Oakland County,





in that state, the commercial apple

industry is advancing in a most prom-

ising manner.



Start as Hired Men.



This is but one of the interesting



facts revealed by the survey, which is

of wide interest and value because of

the importance of Pennsylvania among

apple-growing states. For example:

_ About one-third of the growers in»

cluded in the survey had spent from

seven to eight years as hired men,

tenants, etc, before buying their

farms.



There were more growers between

the ages of forty and fifty than in any

ten-year-age period. The next largest

group was between fifty and sixty

years old. There were as many fruit

farm owners over sixty‘ years of age

as there were betwen thirty and

forty.



A surprisingly large percentage of

growers started without any previous

training. Among the most successful

were found doctors, engineers, teach-

ers and business men.



Growing Costs Increase.



The estimated costs of growing,

picking and packing a barrel of apples

ranged from eighty-eight cents to $1.95

before the war, and from $1.06 to $3.79

in 1919 and 1920.



The proportion of the farm in or-

chard ranged from twenty to forty--

two per cent.



The percentage of the total farm in-

come derived from fruit varied from

twenty—eight to ninety-seven.



Trees in the northern section of the

state have been planted usually forty

feet apart. In the southern districts,

the spacing has been~ from thirty to

thirty-three feet. This has been found

to be too close, however, and the new-

er plantings are being spaced more

widely—from thirty-five to forty feet



g apart.

Fillers Are Popular.



Fillers have become popular. Peach-

es have been used, but since the two

fruits require somewhat different care,

many growers use early apples in-

stead.



Probably three-quarters of the or-

chards [surveyed are plowed before

blossoming time. The largest group

of growers cultivate four times. Near-



. lily-ate from. five to sev-

' ‘ or and the





 





Finds Sod Mulch Works Well.





chards were fertilized. Over half of

the unfertilized sod orchards were re—

ported in poor condition. Most of the

orchards were manured, the frequent

interval being three years and the

common application, five to ten tons

per acre. Most growers used com—

mercial fertilizer applied every year,

the one nearly standard mixture being

nitrate of soda and acid phosphate,

used at the rate of from ten to fifteen

pounds per tree. Bone meal and sul-

phate of ammonia are also used. A

majority of the growers apply fertil-

izer prior to May.

Insects Ruin Neglected Orchards.





Diseases and insects have nearly

ruined all but the well—cared—for or—

chards.



The tractor is replacing the horse

to only a. slight extent, one horse less,

on the average, being found on farms

of the same size without a tractor. On

a farm of say 200 acres, the number

of work horses ranged from three to

six.



The largest group of farms, (they

averaged ninety~six acres each), em-

ployed one bird man. This allotted

forty—eight acres to each unit of labor,

counting the owuer as a laborer, and

figuring on the total acreage rather

than the crop acreage.



On 142 farms, coming under the sur-

vey, the wife helped with some of the

farm work, and on sixty-seven farms,

the daughters also helped.





A better time cannot be found for

getting the old lawn in shape or for

establishing a new one, than this fall.

After fitting the soil, an experienced

gardener would seed with a mixture

of Kentucky bluegrass and red-top—

using two parts of the former to one

of the red-top and sowing at the rate

of one-half ounce per square yard, or

a pound per square rod.





Excessive moisture in corn not only

adds to the cost of getting it to mar-

ket, but lowers the grade, and causes

enormous loss to the railroad com-

panies and the handlers of corn as a

result of deterioration that takes place

in the corn in transit and in storage.

Much of this moisture 'in corn is due

to the producing of large, late-matur-L





 





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point of standard cord fabric. Hence it affords

Goodyear Tires extreme protection against

stone bruise and like injuries. SUPERTWIST

is used only by Goodyear, and is built into

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COLLECTING ON NOTES.





. Can the farm bureau collec‘i notes

that were signed four years ago, by a

person under age, and who has no

property in his name? Notes were

supposed to be paid within the first

two years—J. A. K.



Contracts of persons under age are

valid only for necessaries, and mem-

bership in the farm bureau could

scarcely be classed as such—Rood.





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DIVISION OF PROPTRTY.





 





 





Husband died several years ago.

Farm has never been- divided. same

being occupied by wife and children,

all grown now. One son’s wife has

left him. Could she come in for a

share and demand a division of the

property ?-——R. C.



The children each inherited an un-

divided share of the farm upon the

death of the father; but the wife of

one of them could demand no .interest

in the property during his lifetime.—





Rood.





 





SHEEP ON SHARES.





 





I have a. fourth interest in a flock

of sheep, and as I am not home very

much would like to settle up the af-

fair. What do you think would be the

best plan for me to do?



1. Sell the whole flock and divide

the money.



2. Sell my share and put the money

in bank.



3.Divide them and hire someone to

keep my share.



Which do you think would bring me

the best returns? What is your idea?

If I should hire their keep what would

be the terms, etc. ?—D. C.



It makes little difference what meth-

od is used in disposing of the sheep.





It is a comparatively easy matter to





 





 





 





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Yearling Hens and Cockerels





Yearlingl, Leghorns and Anconas—Carel'ully culled

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Cookerels~Barred and “hits Rocks; Reds; 'Wyan-

dottes:





Minori'as. Alli'OXlflS; Leghorns.





Turkeys, Geese. Ducks—Excellent breed type. Send

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Postage paid.

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parties agree to same.





were divided. If any member





for them.





—~F. T. Riddell.

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LIABLE FOR DIFFERENCE lN

VALUE.





 





We traded and got a horse.





worked her a

breathed hard.





standing in the stable.





price recovered—Rood.





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selling of the entire flock unless all~





The flock could be divided by dis-

interested parties or by owners, each

member choosing one animal until all

felt

incompetent to judge sheep they could

have some competent person select





One method of letting sheep out is

on the share basis, i. e., the caretaker

returns to the owner, twice as many

sheep as received, at the end‘of the

third year, thus leaving the wo'df and

surplus sheep for his labor and feed.





The





man warranted her to be sound. We

day or two and she

We couldn’t do much





with her. She breathes hard when

We went back





in a few days, but the man wouldn’t

do anything. What can We do ?—F. F.



The seller is liable for the differ-

ence between the value of the horse

as it is and the agreed price, or the

contract may be rescinded and the full





CROTON OIL AND BICHLORIDE 0F





properties of croton

oil and bichloride of mercury?-——H. B.



Croton oil is pressed from the seeds

of croton tiglium and is a pale yellow

or brownish yellow oil a little lighter

than water. It is a powerful and dras«

It‘is often successful

where other means fail, but if im-

properly taken is capable of producing

fatal results. When applied externally

for the skin it produces inflammation

It should be used only

on the advice and under the prescrip-





Bichloride of mercury is a rather

white crystalline product. It

is extremely poisonous and should be

used and handled with great caution.





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It has a number of technical uses.

such as etching steel and iron, in em-

balming fluids, etc. It is a powerful

germicidal agent in solutions of one

part of bichloride to 1,000 to 5,000

parts of water. It is also used suc-

cessfully in treating potatoes for scab

and also in treating canker of fruit

trees. Specific directions for using

the corrosive sublimate for these pur-

poses can be obtained by addressing

”the Farm Crops Department and the

Botany Department of the Michigan

Agricultural College. Bichloride of

mercury attacks metals and when it

is used for treating potatoes or for

other purposes it should be dissolved

in wooden containers. Corrosive sub-

limate is merely another name for

bichloride of mercury.





 





GRO’UND RYE FOR .DAIRY cows.





 





Would ground rye be good to feed

cows to produce more milk? -If so,

how should it be fed ?—-Mrs. H. J. D.





The most that can be said against

rye as a food for dairy cows or, for

that matter, for any live stock, is that

it lacks palatability. The animals

don’t like it as well as they do wheat

or corn and many other foods. They

always fail to do as well on things

they don’t relish as they do on things

they like." This is probably due solely

to the fact that they do not eat as

much. It is the extra. pound of food

that the animal eats that makes him

fat, or that makes the cow give the

extra pound of milk.



There is very little difference in the

chemical composition of rye or wheat,

but wheat is considered the better

food. Animals like it better. Rye

contains seven-tenths of one per cent

more digestible protein than wheat.

and ought to be a little better to bal«

ance up'a home-grown ration, but. the

concensus of opinion is that it is not.



Ordinarily it is more profitable to

grind the wheat or rye, sell the flour

for human food and feed the bran and

middlings. The by-products contain

a greater per cent of protein and are

more effective in making a balanced

ration out of home—grown roughage.



What is practically the same thing,

it, in most. cases, will pay to sell the

rye at market price and purchase bran

and middlings or some other feed than

to feed the whole rye to dairy cows.

In the case of fattening hogs this

would not be true for there more car-

bohydrates are needed to make fat.





 





OWNER’S RIGHTS.





 





A. has no signs upon his farm; B.

sets traps on the place. A. takes the

traps up to house, calls B. on tele-

phoen and tells him there is no trap—

ping allowed on his place. Has A. the

right to pull traps and take them to

the house? Or has A. got to notify

B. first?——l. S.



The owner of the land has a right

to pull traps set on his place without

consent, giving no notice at all. The

notice is merely a grautitous courtesy.





—-Rood.





 





A WAGE DISPUTE.





 





A hired hand has been working

steadily for a farmer since May.

While there was no definite arrange-

ment made as to wages, it was under-

stood that he was to be paid, as he

turned down an offer of $35 a month

to continue at his present employ-

ment. How can his wages be determ-

ined, and what procedure is proper to

take steps to collect? Employer has

sufficient grain and other crops to

make bill collectable, but will prob-

ably arket same soon—C. L





There being an agreement to pay

wages, but the amount not fixed, the

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lic. The Women’s Club of \Gladstone,





WOMEN DEMAND MARKET





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FACILITIES.





 





, Gladstone has opened an op-

ty market for the accommo-





is credited with getting this undertak-





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Ironwood Daily Globe reports





that when boys’ and girls’ club





5 competed with their elders





at the Gogebic County Fair recently,

they took first money in almost every

instance. Arthur Nylund, of Erwin

township, the present owner of five

pure-bred Holsteins, took many of the





In the “show ring” it was apparent

that the animals exhibited by the club

members in competition 'with the

grown-ups were better fitted, were led

with ease, and were shown to the best

advantage. A special purse was put

up for contests among the club mem-

bers themselves, both boys and girls

competing and taking honors.





 





END BIG DELEGATION TO

DAIRY SHOW.





 





P LANS were being made late in Sep—

tember for about 200 Upper Penin-





rmers to visit the National





Dairy Show in Milwaukee. It was ex-

pected that these farmers would go by

automobile and carry their own sleep-

ing accommodations. Arrangements

have been made whereby these farm-

ers can sleep - on the exposition

grounds in one of the exposition build-





 





REPRESENTS STATE AT MILWAU-





KEE.





 





HER KRANTZ and Arthur Nel—





LUT

son, of Wallace, members of the

Menominee county demonstration





00k first place against ten com-

teams at the Michigan State





Fair and are thus entitled to repre—

sent Michigan at the National Dairy





at Milwaukee, this fall. The





winners demonstrated the production





n milk on the farm. The boys





who won at Detroit had previously

won first place in the Upper Peninsula

contest at Chatham in August. At

Detroit they were opposed by teams





g in the several district con-





tests held in the Lower Peninsula.





MM

MERS TAKE INTEREST lN

KOTA WHEAT.





 





REQUENT summer rains and fogs

are held responsible for a tenden-

cy of wheat grown in the copper coun-





rust. For this reason consider-





able interest is reported from this sec-

tion in the variety of wheat known as





” introduced here from North





Dakota because of its reputed rust— re-

slsting qualities. It is a hard, red

spring wheat‘of Russian origin, it is





stated, \and it is said to resist well

stem—rust. .

The North Dakota records of the





performance of Kota and Marquis

wheats indicate, it is stated, that the





wheat carries only about one-

as much rust as the Marquis





variety; It is nearly as resistant to

rust as Durum wheat, it is said. The

Dakota records also show a per acre

yield of 18.6 bushels for Kota in com-





n with sixteen bushels for Mar-





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Geismar, of Houghton county, is push-

ing the growing of Kota wheat among

the farmers of the copper country and

he has induced the Copper County

Fair managers to ofier a. special award

covering this variety.





 





GETS NATIONAL HONOR.





 





OSEPH H. DRAKE, of Sagola, who'

won first at the Grand Rapids po~





tato show, last year, has been award-

ed first place in a nation-wide radio

essay contest conducted by the. na-





tional committee of boys’ and girls’

agricultural club work. This will en-

title him to a free trip .to the third

boys’ and girls’ national club congress

to be held in Chicago, early in Decem-

ber, in connection with the national

live stock exhibition. .



“How I Made My Crop of Potatoes”

is the title of the essay which won

young Drake this additional honor,

and in it he relates the method by

which he planted, cared for and har-

vested his field of certified seed pota-

toes a. year ago. This essay also gave

him the title of Michigan’s champion

potato grower among the club boys of

the state. He is a member of the

Michigan Potato Producers’ Associa-

tion and his field was given the usual

examination afforded to members of

this organization. His crop, when har-

vested, was shipped to a buyer in

Pennsylvania. '





 





SEED POTATOES WANTED BY

EASTERN FARMERS.





 





ICKINSON county is reported to



produce about one-half of the out—

put of Green Mountain potatoes in

Michigan, and County Agent Arthur

Lonsdorf has been requested by the

Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange

to accompany their representative to

the east to seek a market for certified

seed potatoes. It is expected that the

1924 crop of certified Green Mountain"

potatoes in Dickinson county will total

twelve to fifteen carloads, while there

will be five cars of certified seed from

other varieties. There is already an

eastern demand for Upper Peninsula

certified seed potatoes. ‘





 





SHORTEN ROUTE INTO CLOVER-

LAND.





 





THE county road commissions of

Delta, Menominee and Dickinson

counties are preparing to request that

highways 90 and 91 in those counties

be taken over by the state and oper-

ated as a part of the highway system

of the state. This will considerably

reduce the cost of construction and

maintenance to these counties.



It is only quite recently that it has

been discovered that highway 91——

“The Bay Shore Route,”——is both,

shorter and more attractive thaii

trunkiine 15, which hitherto has been

commonly used by travelers into the

peninsula from Wisconsin. The Bay

Shore Road has already been consid~

erably improved in its northern sec-

tion and is proving a very popular

thoroughfare throughbut its approxi-

mately sixty miles. It hugs the shore

line of Lake Michigan much more

closely than route 15 and, incidentally,

it opens up some promising farming

country and some developed farms

that hitherto have not been favored

with good roads to market.



It will require an act of the legisla-

ture to add these roads to the trunks

,, line system of the state, it appears.

and the road commissions here men-.

tioned intend to see that the legislar





ture‘has a chance at the proposition. ‘ I
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the’summer‘ is over to start, my





notes, but this year the summer was





over before it bags-n. I cannot agree

with the pessimists though. Our peo-

ple have harvested their grain and

thrashed. as usual, corn and potatoes

are ripening, We have carried on as. us-

ual in spite of the unfavorable season.

Pears 'and apples are a light crop here

and peaches are nil, but grapes are





, ripening for a fine crop and prospects





are good for good prices. Wheat turn-

ed out father disappointing in yield





-. though there was an unusually good





growth of straw. Oats were a good

crop. Small fruits yielded abundantly

and prices were goOd. Farmers' barns

are stuffed with hay and straw so all

is well after all.



Last year I set out a lot of tomatoes

and couldn’t give away the tomatoes

when they ripened. This year I only

set out a few and we are having such

a demand for tomatoes we have to

turn people away. Our muskmelons

and watermelons are ripe at last and

we are feasting. We haven’t set up

the heating stove yet but the family

huddles around the kitchen stove every

morning. We have threeWoungsters

going to school now and that means





. get up early and bustle around.





I am getting pounds of campaign lit-





. erature and letting it go unread. I





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wonder whether all of you know that

the republican party originated here in

Michigan, July 6, 1854, the first repub—

lican convention met at Jackson, un-

der the oak, made up a state ticket

and named the party. Wisconsin

claims that she was the originator but

her convention was not held until July

13. Alan Bovay, of Wisconsin, sug-

gested to Horace Greely that a new

party he formed and named republi-

can. Greeley in turn wrote to Michi-

gan men and suggested the same

thing. Senator Isaac Christiansen

called the party leaders together at

Detroit in February and talked things

over. It was decided to issue a call

for ,the Jackson convention and all

Free Soil men and disaffected demo~

crats were invited to attend. The

democratic party in Michigan was

split over the slavery question, so

many of them came to the convention

and joined the new party. Michigan

was just seven days ahead of Wiscon-

sin, but we were certainly ahead and

Michigan is entitled to the honor of

forming and naming the new party.



Just two years before this conven-

tion the [Farmers’ Companion and

Horticultural Guide had consolidated

with the Michigan Farmer, so you see

our paper was even then a great influ-

ence in Michigan. One of our editors,

Mr. Johnston, was also farm superin—

tendent at the new school of agricul-

ture at East Lansing.





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Itis interesting to read the accounts

of pioneer days in our state. Those

old-timers builded better than they

knew. For instance, there are still in

use near me rail fences. Those rails

were split at least seventy years ago

and the old fences are still doing duty

with but little repair. Beside them

are woven wire fences put up- on ced-

ar posts. These fences are from. ten

to fifteen years old and are falling to

pieces. I know because there is one

between my neighbor and I and his

cows poke their heads through about

anywhere they please.



Well, I must get out and see wheth-

er I can find room for a few more cal-

louses. That is one good thing about

the farm," you can always find some-

thing to do and work is the greatest

blessing we have. 4





FA’RMERS LIKE RADIO.





 





HE man who predicted a radio set



on every farm in the next five

years, will find much satisfaction in

the report of a special survey just

completed by the department of agri-

culture.- The survey was made by

county agents, reports from 833 of

whom placed the aggregate number





/ of radio sets in their counties at 108,-

710, or an average of 130 sets per





county. Projecting the average of 130

a county for all of the 2,850 agricul-

tural counties in the United States

gives an estimate of 370,500 radio sets

in use on ’farms as compared with a

similar estimate of 145,535 sets a year

ago. \



New York state leads in number of

radio sets on farms. Thirty-four coun-

ties in New York reported 15,000 farm

radio sets. Thirty-eight counties in

Pennsylvania reported 5,600 radio sets,





«Ohio reported 11,700 radio sets, and





twenty-three counties in Michigan re-

ported 3,000 radio sets on farms.



It was found that the largest Use of

radio is in sections that have the best

broadcasting facilities. For instance,

in Schnectady county, New York, nine-

ty per cent of the farms have radio

sets.



The radio marketmews service of

the department of agriculture has been

developed so largely in the last three

years that it is now possible for farm—

ers in virtually all parts of the coun-

try to receive daily market quotations

and reports on agricultural conditions.





) Radio has developed a very exten-

sive industry in this country. In 1920,

according to the Copper and' Brass

Research Association, it did a busi-

ness amounting to $2,000,000; in 1921,

$5,000,000; in 1922, $60,000,000; in

1923, $120,000,000, and in 1924, it will

amount to $350,000,000, computing on

the showing of the industry in the

first eight months of this year.





 





Has Me Radio Saved You Money?





F course, we know it is bringing the finest entertainment to



you every \night, and you don’t need to move from the com-

fort of your own favorite rocker to hear the music and lectures

either.



But there are many other things that your radio set is doing

for you and for your farm. Doyou get hints from the college of

agriculture which help you farm more profitably? Do_the market

reports which you receive put you in the way of extra profits in

the marketing of your hogs, cattle or other products of your farm?

How about the weather forecasts? Has a timely forecast of the

weather enabled you to protect some delicate crop against aheavy

frost, or has it enabled you to hurry through with the hay cutting?

‘ We want to know what radio is doing for you aside from enter-

taining you and your family every night. Of. course, if that’s. all

you use it for, we want to know that, too. But we want to have

x I you write us all about the uses to which you put your radio set on

_/ your'farm. Write us a letter about it, and if you have any good



pictures, send them along. We’ll pay you for every letter that we

publish, and we’ll publish a lot of them, for we want other folks

to know what ’you are doing by means of radio. Address your

' letter to the Radio Editor, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, and

tell "us all about it. ' . ‘





 





 





 





 





 





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HE attention of all growers is call-

, ed to the State Potato Show which

will be held at M. A. C. during Farm—

ers’ Week, February 2-6, 1925. This

show will be fully as big. as the one

held last November at Grand Rapids

which is discontinued this year. There

will be $100 or more offered in cash

premiums besides special premiums

by commercial concerns. -

Premium lists will be published

soon. The principal classes will be

the thirty-two tuber (peck) exhibit op-

en to all growers, and the bushel (60

pounds) exhibits of hand-selected cer-

tified seed for the certified growers.

There will also 'be classes for fancy

table stock exhibits and boys’ and

girls’ club exhibits.





 





SELECT SHOW POTATOES WHEN

DIGGING.





 





HE time to select potatoes for ex-

hibits is at digging time. Do the

work on a clear cool day when the

soil is comparatively dry. Show pota-

toes should not be harvested before

Immature po-

tatoes are easily skinned and bruised-

and become dark colored.



Did the potatoes by hand, taking





Save two or three times as many po-

tatoes as will actually be required for

the exhibit. The potatoes should be

true to type, smooth, bright in color

and should average seven to .nine

ounces each for early varieties, such

as Early Ohio and Irish Cobblers, or

eight to ten ounces each for late vari-

eties, such as Russet Rural, White

Rural and Green Mountain. Be sure

that the potatoes selected are free

from scab, black scurf, wireworm in-

jury and other blemishes. Remember

that uniformity in size, shape and col-

or aré‘ very important.



After the potatoes _ are selected,

leave them exposed to the air for a

few hours until they are dry. Then

brush them lightly with a soft bristled

brush, taking care not to injure the

skin. Wrap each potato in paper and

store them in a cool, dark, frost-proof

cellar that is well ventilated. Do not

wash show potatoes.



Make the final selection a day or so

before sending them to the show. . A

set of postal scales will prove valuable

in selecting for uniform weight. Brush

each potato with a soft brush and rub





lightly with a flannel cloth. Watch

closely for mechanical injuries or

blemishes.



When the final selection is made





wrap each potato in paper and pack





that is lined with several thicknesses

of newspaper. If the potatoes are not

packed tightly they will be badly

bruised while in transit to show—H.

C. Moore, Secretary-treasurer Michi-

gan Potato Producers’ Association.





 





DIFFICULT TO TELL OUR COM-

MON FARM SEEDS.





 





MONG the several new features in

the agricultural department at the

Michigan State Fair, this year, prob—

ably none excited more interest than

the special seed identification contest.

“Know What You Sow,” was the

slogan that greeted the visitors to this

exhibit.



“I guess we know that all right,”

was the common expression, but after

examining the fifty samples of Mich-

igan’s farm seeds, placed there for the





quite so sure about it. 7

The test was designed on a practical





 





basis. 'With two or three exceptions,





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' the samples were of seeds commonly





care not to bruise or break the skins. _





them tightly in a stout wooden box"





identification contest, people weren’t,





'usedon Michigan farms. in Scoring

the papers, the same proportionate

amount was discounted for an incor-

rect answer as though the grower had

made that same error in planting his

seed.



The average score for the contest

was forty—four per cent. John C. Wilk,

of Alma,-—a graduate of M. A. C.—

was high with seventy-eight per cent

correct, while Herman A. Staebler, of

Ann Arbor, and Frank Benham, of

Homer, were not far behind.



The judges, for a time, were stump-

ed by one paper turned in by Naran—

jan S. Braich, a native of India, who

identified the seeds in his own lan-

guage. The paper was successfully

translated, however, by C. G. Kulkar—





ni, of Bombay—a graduate student at p





M. A. C., and was found to rate well

up with the average of native Wolver-

ines.



The agricultural College furnished a

correct list of the seeds to each con-

testant, together with information on

securing adapted seed of known or-

igin, sponsored by reliable growers’

organizations, who' certify as to the

kind, variety, purity, origin, quality,

and vitality of their seed and thus

take much of the gamble out of buy-

ing seed Whose true value is so diffi-

cult to recognize on the basis of mere

examination.





 





ASSEMBLING ORDERS FOR EX-

PLOSIVES.





 





OUNTY agricultural agents have

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these columns. Six caps are furnish—

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plosive. This explosive, says the

agent, is especially suited for our cli-

mate, since it does not freeze, stain

the hands nor cause headaches. If

kept dry it keeps well through the

winter. -





NOTES ON COOPERATIVE ACTIVI-

TIES.





 





Apple growers of western New York

are planning a complete reorganiza-

tion of their cooperative enterprises





and will substitute federal inspection.





of fruit for private inspection.





 





A patronage dividend, or bonus, of

three and one-half per cent per hun—

dred pounds of milk delivered during

1923 has been awarded members of

the Cooperative Pure Milk Association

of Cincinnati, Ohio.





 





A mid—west dairy company has es-

tablished sweet and sour cream pools.

It is the hope of the management of

this company to reward producers who

deliver sweet cream to the receiving

plants by passing on the larger re-

turns from butter made from the

sweet cream.





 





The Minnesota Potato Growers’ Ex-‘l





change will sell their best sacked po-

tatoes under the trade name, “Gopher

State Brand.”





 





An advance of $25 per acre is being;

made to the members of the main

Potato Growers’ Exchange.





 





Entomologists are recommending to

farmers who grow corn in areas af-

fected by the European corn borer

that, in harvesting, they cut the stub-

bles low. By doing this, comparative-

ly few of the borers are left in the

field, the bulk of them being either





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The number 13: radio sets on the

‘tarms of the United State’s have doub-





 





Iowa hatchery managers are signing

up agreements providing for accredit-





Anassociation of poultrymen in Che-





‘Isle counties is being promoted under

the leadership cf W. C. Melory.





Plans are being completed by the

International Institute of Agriculture

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Sale of farm products by the Kala-

mazoo State Hospital farms during the

last fiscal year amounted to $80,975.68,

of which $45,389.47 was for dairy

products.





 





Dairying is Michigan’s major agri:

cultural activity, it bringing to the





ceived as compared with twenty~four

cents for grain, 14.6 cents for live

stock, eleven cents for poultry and

eggs, 10.9 cents for fruit, two cents for

truck crops, and 1.3 cents for wool.

These figures are based on calcula-

tions of T. R. Broughton of the State

Bureau of Dairying.





A movement to start a canning

plant in Allegan is under way.





 





The referendum in Montcalm county

on the question of testing cattle for

tuberculosis resulted in a vote of 3,598

for and 3,628 against.





 





POINTS OUT ECONOMICS OF

MARKETING COMPANY.





T the recent annual picnic of Ionia

and Clinton Farm Bureaus, J. W.

Coverdale, secretary of the Farmers’

Grain Marketing Company, explained

how the company handled in one day

forty-three per cent of the grain enter-

ing Chicago, received a quarter of a

million bushels of wheat from the

Michigan Elevator Exchange, and

handles seventy per cent of the wheat

exported from the United States. Op-

eration expenses, he declares are cut

in half by reason of the fact that un-

der private management four offices

in each terminal city were maintained,

whereas now only one is provided.





NEW COUNTY AGENTS.





T the regular session of the state



board last week, A. G. Barrett was

confirmed as county agent of Mason

county, and David Woodman as agent

in Huron county.





PESTS SPREAD RAPIDLY.





UCH of the corn area in Wayne



and Monroe is infected with the

European corn borer. Besides, the pest

is now found in southeastern Oakland,

in much of Macomb and St. Clair

counties, and is gradually working its

way westward through Lenawee and

Washtenaw counties.





 





'ro HEAD GRAIN COMPANY.





W0 American Farm Bureau men,



J. W. Coverdale and Gray Silver

have resigned from that organization

to become officials in the Grain Mar-

keting Company of Chicago. Mr. Sil-

ver becomes president and Mr. Cover-

dale secretary-treasurer of the new in-

stitution.





 





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the “Witnesses” of the sales are bid-

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town dealers in the city are regular

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It is just these margins of profit that ,

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weather or pests experienced earlier

in the season, at times.





By deviOus experiments the federal

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the farmer who has successfully bat-

tled unfavorable Conditions, only to be

defeated by flooded markets. For years

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generally served and hungry peoples

fed by cable. Why not? Diplomatic

messages hurtle back and forth across

the continent and through the Seven

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use of cables, why not defeat that oth—

er grisly member “of the quartette?

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slain hordes in times of chaos can,

through orderly procedure perhaps be

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the destitute Armenians will be ban-

ished by world markets linked by an

American method of distribution.

Some day we may conceive of human

hunger as important as diplomatic re-

lations and care for it in terms of

cabled market baskets! ’





FARMERS’ SHIFTING FORTUNES.





 





(Continued from page 265).





ham by about one-half to England,

Germany and France.



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to realize that the United States as

well as Europe had become industrial-

ized, and that the home market was

absorbing a. much larger proportion of

agricultural production. '



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Great War broke out. Almost, from

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v IOU’RE excited, sir. Better stay

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thrashing and ended by staying down

the third time he was knocked from

his feet.



"Had enough?" demanded Hilary.



“You’ll go in irons, you damned

mutineer,” flung back the beaten man.



Frona sailed past him with shining

eyes. She had watched the fight with

a strange excitement.



“Thank you—~thank you! You did it

splendidly. I take it all back—every-

thing I’ve said. You’re a man.”



The owner laughed as they shook

hands. “If I am I’ve got you to thank

for it.”



Their eyes held fast. Slowly the

color flamed into her face. She drop-

ped his hand and turned away.



The news of a fight spreads on the

wings of the wind. Several sailors

had reached the deck in time to see

the close of the set-to and they had

watched it with a lively interest based

on- -arrear debts of the same nature

due the mate from themselves. They

were on Hilary’s side to a man, but

at the orders of the mate they seized

the offender. The first article of ship’s

discipline is obedience. Very shortly

Hilary found himself in irons.



As soon as she heard of it Frona

marched straight to the cabin of her

father and set the case before him.



Sigmund, interrupted while writing,

punched holes in the blotter with his

pen point while he listened.



“Sorry, Frona, but I can’t step be-

tween Blair and this man. Got to en-

force obedienceuabsolutely essential

the men should learn this. By your

OWn story Butts struck his officer re—

peatedly.”



“Of course he did. Your precious

mate was attacking him.”



-“Then he’ll have to face the music.

I can’t interfere. It wouldn’t do.”



“If you knew who he ” Frona

checked herself. “So you’re going to

let this man rot in the hold because





 





he stopped a brute from insulting your

daughter. Is that it?" she demanded

stormiiy.



The captain smiled, slipped an arm

around her waist, and drew her clos-

er., "Don’t slip your . cable too scon,

little girl. What—this man Butts did

for you was unofficial—4t goes as an

accident. I’ll see he gets paid for it

at the proper time. But this isn’t the

time. When he strikes an officer he’s

up against a law of the set. that al-

ways has stood and always must. He

must know I can’t interfere ‘ in his

favor for personal reasons. If he’s

any kind of a man he won’t expecti ”



Frona looked down at her father

coldly. ' a.



“All right, dad. But I. tell you now

that I'm on his side. I'm a passenger

on your old ship. I don’t have to obey

your stupid rules of the sea—and I'm

not going to do it, either.”



“Then I’ll have to put you in irons,

too,” he laughed.



The Santa Clara steamed into the~

harbor of Valparaiso next day and

Captain Sigmund went ashore. Blair,

in charge of the ship, was making up

lost sleep in his cabin. Without any -

compunction Frona stole from the

cabin of her father the keys to the

room in which Hilary was locked.

\Vatching her opportunity, she slipped

down the companionway to the hold

and let herself into the prison of her

defender.



“You,

Hilary. ‘



In the darkness she felt herself





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“Butts-.—-Joe Butts,” he corrected

with a happy laugh.



She made confession with her face

buried in his shoulder". “I’ve known

all along that you were Mr. Hilary."



Surprised, he held her out at arms’

length. “What! You’ve known who

I am—all the time?” - ‘ '



She nodded her head quickly. “From

the very first. I thought that—”



“--—It would be for the good of my

soul to learn to stand on my own legs

instead of those' my father built for-

me. Isn’t that it?”



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“Not if you’ve forgiven me for being

a millionaire." ’ ,



“You' can’t help it. Why should I

blame you?" She laughed, with a

touch of shy audacity. “And if I don’t

like it, you’ll give your money away,

won’t you?"





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don’t think college is such a bad place.

I was graduated. from one three days .

before we started on this voyage,” she

admitted. - -

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lightedly. «. ' - - I _

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escape he had better. take advantage .





61 the chance. ,



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the ship’s book. shows that Joe Butts

.was one of the crew on the return trip

of the Santa Clara. Mrs“. Harrisbn Hil-

ary keeps that page pasted in her

memory book where she can frequent-

ly see it. Her husband is very proud

of it, since he says it represents the

first month of honest work, he ever.

did.



“Was the pay satisfactory?” she

asks, tilting a smile at him.



Then he always kisses her.



THE END.





The BlacktMink





By Jack Reynard‘ Young





' LLAN CHASE plunged his hand

and arm into the water, felt a

greater chill than he had antici-



pated, creep up his arm, and then

again looked out over the wind-whip-

ped lake to the mistenshrouded is-

land. Its pine clad slopes and broad

beaches seemed farther away than us-

ual, so far that Allan began to doubt

if he could drive a canoe over the

three mile stretch of water against





 





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Work!

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Or shiftlcssly shirk,

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flushing with joy at the glad note in

his voice.



“Yes. I’ve come to free you. Father

is ashore and Mr. Blair is asleep. We

are in the harbor.”



The messages of love are carried

swifter than words. 'The first thing

that Hilary did when he was free was

to take her in his arms. They came

together by a perfectly natural ims

pulse as men and maids will till the





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the ever increasing ~breeze that al-

ready was slapping the waves into

white—caps.





Thinking back over the past twenty-

four hours, Allan ask himself if he had

in his enthusiasm made a rash prom-

ise. He had expected fair weather on



the lake. Now with the waves threat-

ening him, he began to see other diffi—

culties looming ahead. Even if he

fought his way through the white-caps





he might never capture the black mink;

on Isle Blane; he might prove less

cunning than the little animal that

probably already was wise through ex-

perience with traps and snares; or he

even might find the rocky den desert-





ed. He dreaded failure, for his suc- ‘

cess not only meant a substantial re— .





ward, but the increased friendship of

Doctor Leigh.



“I'll not leave until you come back,”

the Doctor had said before Allan’s de-

parture for Isle Blanc, “but,I must

start back to my college just as soon

as you return. I want to mount the

animal in the laboratory where the

materials are handy."





The Doctor was a” professor of nat-'





ural sciences at an eastern university.

He was a native of Allan’s village and

had spent his short winter vacation at

his boyhood home. Quite incidently he

had learned from Allan of a black

mink which Allan had discovered at

its den on Isle Blanc, and had offered

Allan a hundred dollars if he could

catch the rare animal which the Doc-

tor wished to mount as a specimen.

Allan had promised to bring back the

mink without fail. '



With a shrug of his shoulder, Allan

decided the stormy waters could not

stop him, pushed the canoe farther

out into the water, gripped the gun—

wales firmly and vaulted into the

stern. The tiny craft careened and

pitched violently at' first until he

pointed the boat into the wind and

drove past the choppy shore waters.

Still rough and dangerous, the lake,

however, was less irregular and he

soon grew accustomed to paddling

through the long swells.



An hour’s work found Allan sweat-

ing and tired, with less than half his

course covered.



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' agin’ you. You sure had a hard job.”





he was from the island. His arms be-..

gan to ache. He found his legs cramp-

ed and yet dared not change his posi-

tion lest he lose’his balance for a mo-

ment and some treacherous wav‘e

swamp the frail- canoe. Another

hour’s battle left him all but exhaust-

ed and be welcomed a lull in the wind.

Taking advantage of the lull he drove

in with all his strength and beached

the canoe high onthe white sands.

Allan knew the path to Old Caleb’s

cabin almost as well as he knew the

main street of his own village. He

spent much of his time on the island

in summer and had found Old Caleb





. an interesting and instructive compan-





ion. The old man and boy had been

warm friends ever since Old Caleb

had rescued Allan from a hole in the

ice several years before. Now Allan

counted more on the old man’s wis~

dom than his own in trapping the

mink. Trudging through the woods,

he at length came upon Old Cabel be-

fore his cabin.



“Wal, wal, son! What brings you

over here? Thought you were in

school. How’d you git over?”



“I paddled the canoe from the

river.”



“Pshaw, why son, the Wind’s dead





“It certainly was but it will be

worth the job if I get what I came

after.”



“What’s that, son? Your’e not fig—

gerin’ on takin’ back a raft of logs, I

hope? And that’s the only thing on

this island that’s worth workin’ for.”



“No, Caleb, you remember about

that black mink I said I saw up in the

ravine. Yes, well Doctor Leight wants

me to get it for him to mount. And I

want you to help me. He offered a

hundred dollars an’ we’ll split, but

we’ve got to get it tonight or tomor-

row night before he leaves for his col-

lege. I brought over some special

traps to kill the mink without spoiling

the fur; they’re wire noose traps.”





Being a man of few words, like all

who live in the upper Great Lakes

country, Old Caleb regarded the traps

silently and then pronounced his ver-

dict, “Yep, son, you’ll get the mink.”



Throughout the late afternoon the

two worked about the cabin. Allan

assisted Old Caleb in writing out the

monthly report of his patrolling

through the island timber. Then after

a meal of rye bread, salt pork and veg-

etable soup, the two set out through’

the dusky woods to the distant ravine

where the traps were carefully set.



Great care was taken in placing the

traps, which had been smoked previ-

ously. Smoked gloves were used in

setting them, and all precautions tak-

en to prevent any unnatural scent. .



“You calculate on gittin’ the little

beast?” Caleb asked.



“Sure, don’t you think so?”



“Yep, you’ll git it all right, yet may-

be not with them traps,” answered

Caleb significantly.



Allan wondered at his answer but

said nothing.



As dawn was creeping in the tiny

windows of the cabin the following

morning, Allan awoke to find Old Ca1-

eb had prepared breakfast and was

ready to set out on his morning pa-

trol duty in the timber. His work of

guarding against fire and keeping tim-

ber thieves off the island made an

early morning start necessary each

day, and so it was left to Allan to

visit the traps. Their breakfast has-

tily eaten, both set out in opposite di-

rections. Once on the trail to the

ravine, Allan began to speculate on

the probability of finding the mink in

any of the traps. The chances were

against him,—- he thought, yet he could

not~ understand. why Caleb, whose

knowledge of trapping and hunting





was far greater than any other man of V

should prophesr





Allan’s knowledge,

the capture of the coveted mink.

Minks ‘ were wary creatures, Allan





 





weeks of persistent work to trap. a

single animal. Then why had Old

Caleb said so emphatically that the

mink should be his in time to take it

to Doctor Leigh? The nearer Allan

came to the 'ravine, the more certain

he believed he would see no mink in

the traps. There were too many pos-

sibilities that they had left some sus-

picious traces; or that the mink

might be trap-wise, as some are said

to be that have seen other animals in

traps Or have escaped themselves an

instant before the snap of steel jaws

or the click of a wire noose; again,

some wandering muskrat or rabbit

might have blundered into the snares.

No, Allan decided there would be no

mink.





Nearly two hours after leaving the

cabin, Allan came to the brink of the

ravine and peeked over at the depres-

sion where the traps had been set.

His mouth opened in astonishment.

He trembled with joyous excitement.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





“The mink! The black‘mink!” he

shouted aloud. Then with, a‘ dash and

a leap, he plunged down the rocky

slopes to where a black mink lay slick

and beautiful even in its limp, [lifeless

condition. As wild a war dance as

any painted Indian ever pranced,





,would scarce compare to the exuber-





ant antics of Allan. Shouting with

joy, he gathered up the mink and

traps and started at a dog-trot for

Caleb’s cabin.



During the morning and part Of the

afternoon Allan wiled away the time

awaiting Caleb, by looking over the

assortment of, well-worn magazines

and books that burdened the cabin

shelves. It was towards mid—afternoon

when a shout announced Old Caleb’s

arrival. Snatching up the‘ mink Allan

ran outside holding his prize by both

hands. ,



“We got him, Caleb, and it certainly

is a beauty.” . _



The surprise that Allan felt upon





finding the mink in his traps was in-

significant compared to Old " Caleb's

The old man dropped





astonishment.

his gun and axe. He slowly approach,-

ed Allan, looking intently at the mink;





“Jumpin’ Catamounts!” he exclaims _

ed. Then without another word Old





Caleb dashed recklessly into the cab-

in, appearing a few moments later in

the doorway. In his hand was a black





mink. With mutual astonishment both _,

Allan and Old Caleb looked at one >





mink and then at the other.





“Pshaw, why son I caught this here»

mink in the ravine yesterday mornin'

before you come over. When you told

me what you came for, I hid it, so’s

you’d have the fun of settin’ your traps

anyways and at least stay overnight

with me.”



“Then there were a pair of them,”

gasped Allan, “and both were black!”



“Pshaw! I thought I’d surprise you,

son, but you surprised me mor’n I

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HRIST chose twelve men as his

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his life, after bringing tragedy into the





lives of others, énded in tragedy it-

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profession and personality. Four lists

of the Twelve are given in the gospels.

The lists always start with the two

pairs of brothers, followed by the sec-

ond and third sets of four, the latter

not always in the same order. Always

Peter's name comes first, JudaS's last.

It is quite evident that the early writ-

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that certain members of the band

were the leaders.





ET us run over the list. Simon



Peter. Of him Ian Maclaren, the

Scotch writer said: “This apostle was

a bundle of logical and moral incon-

sistencies. He confessed Jesus to be

the Son of God, and yet wanted to

give him advice. He would strike a.

hasty blow for Jesus, and yet would

not watch with him one hour. He

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yet was afraid he would be drowned.

He was the bravest man in the Twelve

in the upper room; in the high priest’s

palace he swore Jesus was a. stranger.”





Andrew. In Greek the name means;

“manly.” That sounds like business.

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drew appears, he lives up to his name.



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Christ nicknamed them, “Sons of

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cause they were loud-mouthed and giv-

en overmuch to talk. It is more likely

that they were quiet men. But they

had intense feeling, and volcanic tem-

pers. Once they were aroused, they

were hard to restrain. To onlookers

their actions were comparable to

flashes of lightning, crashes 'of thun-

der. John was the greater of the two.

If in doubt, read John’s gOSpel. It is

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Thomas. ”He was the practical mind-

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everything was in black and white.

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saw that they could not dissuade their

Master from going to a certain place,

he exclaimed, “Let us go that we may

die with Him.” He would not believe

that his Friend and Teacher had really

risen from the dead unless he say the

nail holes. Once» convinced his Joy

was as intense as his doubt had been

dark. ’Says Dr. J. I. Vance of him,

“He is fearful, distrustful, sensitive,

pessimistic, skeptical; but honest

withal, ardently devoted to his Mas-

ter.”



Matthewwas of a different type. He

was a. politician, and, apparently, was

in politics for’what he could get out

of it. ’ He'was a Jew in the employ of

the Romans for collecting taxes. As

such, he was detested by his fellow

Jews and not without reason. But, in

the school of Christ he became a. new

man. He gave up his government ap-

pointment, and became a. humble

learner in the greatest school in his-

tory.



James, the son of Alphaeus was an

obscure man. Of him we know little.

Of Thaddeus also we know but little.

His other name, Lebbaeus, means,

"courageous.”



And Simon, the Zealot. I have always

imagined this man to have been a very

interesting man to have around. Per-

haps too interesting at times. He was

a. member of the party, of Zealots who

were banded together .to throw off the

Roman yoke and recover a. free Jewish

government. I suppose nowadays he

would be called a red. I have no doubt

he was a fire-eater. He could probably

deliver a. speech at any time on the

oppression of the government, the

enormous taxes, the poor roads, the

good old days of the fathers, and all

the rest of it. And he may have been

right. No doubt his long association

with the Master softened him and

showed a. slower but a surer way.





UDAS ISCARIOT, in nearly all in-



stances when this man is named, it

is written, “Judas Iseariot, who also

betrayed Him.” I have sometimes

wondered whether, in the next world,

Judas has not tried to get rid of this

fearful phrase, like a man trying first

one thing and then another, to get rid

of cancer. Perhaps God in His mercy

has permitted him to dissociate him-

self from these terrible words. But in

this world he will always be, Judas

Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. That

is his. trade-mark. Lower than Benev

dict Arnold, Aaron Burr or Lord Jeff-

ery, he lives in eternal infamy. He

repented, but too late.



Here is a wonderful fact. All these

men except Judas came frOm Galilee.

Galilee was the northern part of Pal-

estine, the beautiful, the fertile and

productive portion, the district of

which it was said to the children of

Israel, that it was a. land flowing with

milk and honey. 0f certain parts this

was almost literally true. A variety

of grains and fruits was raised. The

exports included a. long list—such

products as wheat, wine, figs, cattle,

sheep and fowl. There was an abund-

ance of water. Christ’s first message

was directed, not~to the weak, the de-

pendent, the defective or the poor,

but to a strong and virile people,

whose work and word-would count in

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SUBJECT—{Tigle choice of the Twelve.
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,AM cured of cancer," writes- a sub-

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name of the institution and doctor.

His cure is no ordinary one, he writes,



[because the doctor who cured him

used some magical application instead

of the surgeon’s knife, and is a very

honest doctor.



This sounds fine. Scores of our sub-

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about printing the good news so that



'all may have a chance?



\My hesitation» grows out of a wider

knowledge than our earnest subscrib-

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own case ended favorably but nothing

of the cases that only pass from bad

to worse. The institution makes no

show of such cases; they go quietly

home by night, and the family doctor

gets them to carry along until death

ends all. ,



The magic in these “paste treat-

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that they do not at any time cause

such pain as to require an anesthetic.

There is just as much pain, but it is

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gradual tissue destruction (usually by

caustics) instead of being concentrat-

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ened by anesthetics) in which a clean

job is 'done by the surgeon’s knife.

Why should this subscriber claim so

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ask me to send all of you to his fount

of healing. I can show twelve better,

cleaner and more certain miracles of

surgery for every one that he can pro-

duce by his method.





Recently I sat in the office of a rep-

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by the uSe of radium. He has been

using radium several years and has a

long record of successful cures. Radi-

um is much safer and more efficient

than treatment by caustics. My rec-

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“Always give early attention. Delays

are dangerous- If the cancer is in the

skin, the mouth, the jaw, or some tis-

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taught, you? Perhaps mother



said a few words from her experience

and old Grandma B. added some re-

marks, and the practical nurse helped

a little. But as a matter of fact, you

never had any real teaching. You

learned from that expensive teacher

named Experience and many miser-

' able blunders you made in the process.

Things are a little better now. Nor-

mal schools give some attention by

providing classes in home hygiene, and





not nurse her baby properly under

such conditions; that a nursing moth-

er must be relieved of all hurry and

worry. The baby must come first and

other matters may then reCeive atten-

tion if the mother’s strength and time

permit.



My letter will do that young mother

no good unless she has an exceptional

husband and family. The idea of giv-

ing a young mother special considera-

tion because she is nursing a baby has

not yet penetrated our social con-

science, speaking at least'for the gen-

eral run of families living in rural

districts where help is scarce. When

baby comes the mother has a week or

ten days in bed, and after that she is

expected to take up the regular bur-

den, and shift the little 'new responsi-

bility in wherever a corner opens.



But let me warn you, dear people,

that such is not the way to give health

to mother or babe. The dairyman

who expects a milch cow to do well

does not allow her to be worried with

an infinite variety of annoyances. It

would not be good for her. But his

wife, who is nursing the hope of the

family? Oh, that is another matter.

Very well. But think it over, and see

if the young mother is not entitled to

a little more consideration.





TUBERCULOSIS SANITATION.





 





Is it necessary to dispose of all bed-

ding used by a tubercular person, and

if not what should be done?——R. M. F.





No. Any bedding that can be boiled

is quite safe. Heavy quilts and blank-

ets can be washed and then exposed

for a long period to the sun. Even a

mattress may be made quite safe by

exposure to the direct rays of the sun

for a day.





SWALLOWED SHOE HOOK.





 





I know of a child that swallowed a

shoe hook and the local doctor said

that the acid of the stomach would

dissolve it, so that if no evil effects

came in twenty-four hours all danger

would be passed. The parents are

still apprehensive. What would you

advise or think?——F. B.





I’cannot see any possibility of the

acids of the stomach dissolving a shoe

hook. Children do swallow all manner

of indigestible things Without serious

suffering, often passing them out in

the stool. If this were my child I

should have an X-Ray examination.





BLADDER INFECTION.





 





I am thirty-one years old, married,

and have one child. For about five

months I have been troubled with a

bladder Irritation, the bladder feeling

as if It were full all the time, but I

usually void only one—fourth to one-

l‘lgllif pigt of; nigine at a time and feel



eve ony orashot' -

wards.——A. B. r time after



This indicates a bladder infection

but may be due to prolapse of the

bladder following an injury to the per-

ineum in childbirth.

toscopic examination. The cystoscope

carries a small electric bulb that ena-

bles the examining doctor to see the





I suggest a cys- A





 





 





The cut/away picture

above shows how the blue

flame of the Florence goes

straight to the cooking.

The heat is focused just

where you want it.





 





 





 





 





 





An oil range that directs

the heat right on the

cooking





T'S easy to do better, cheaper,



quicker cooking on an oil range

that directs its heat just where it

will do the most good. The Florence

Range sends its flame right straight

to the bottom of the pot, where

there is work for it. This principle

Of focused heat makes Florence the

stove that makes cooking easier,

quicker, more successful.





How the Florence saves your

time, work, money





Because the cooking heat goes

straight to the cooking, things get



‘, thoroughly done in less time. You

waste no time or energy in prim,

ing, in trimming messy wicks, or

in cooking on a weak flame. Nor do

"you”need to waste fuel on a strong

flame when a low flame will do the

job~simply turn the levers and you

have whatever degree of cooking

beat you need.





The Florence burns a clear, gas

like flame from the vapor of kerosene.

It is not a wick flame, such as you

see in ordinary lamps.





The Florence is beautifully simple

to operate. Easy to fill the reservoir

with oil, easy to keep shiningly

clean, easy to regulate. The ingen’





Better cooking

with this focused heat





ious leg leveler enables you to set

the stove level on an uneven floor.

A spirit leVel attached to the feed

pipe will show you when the stove

is level. And the Florence is beauti—

fully constructed and finished, with

its sturdy black frame and gleaming

enamel.





An oil range you are proud to

have in a handsomely equipped

kitchen—that is the Florence. It is

good to look at and to cook with.





FL URL'N'CE {m}. =

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‘L The oven completes the

stove. The portable Florence





Oven, pictured above, is as excellent

for baking and roasting as the range

itself is for cooking. The “baker's

arch" prevents air pockets. The heat

indicator on the oven door shows

how much heat there is inside, and the

patented heat spreader assures even

baking—your roasts and pies and

cakes will not burn on the bottom.



Find out more about the Florence

Range and Oven by writing for our

free booklet, “Get Rid of the ‘Cook

Look’.” Ask about the Florence at

a department, furniture, or hard!

Ware store.





, such courses are carried to the older

, women, in some states, through Uni-

” yersity Extension Courses. In some

i schools the «public health nurse organ-

izes the girls into “Little Mother”





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clubs and gives instruction to girls of

teen age in caring for babies.





As a. nation we rank high in our

conception of parenthood. Yet there

are eighteen countries in which the

new-born babe has.‘a. better chance.



A young mother writes to me about

_, her baby and says: “I am so hurried

all day long to get my work doneand

give baby proper care thatI have to

watchmen!» m





Malina? is all:





 

 

   

   





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that she can-





inmate.” ,I replied that ‘





Is there any way to remove moles

of the skin? I read that some corn

salve would, but I do not like to use

these things—L. P.





You are wise. No one should ever

try to remove moles by local salves

and applications. There is danger of

exciting cancer. Consult a physician





who is qualified to treat them by elec-





_ tricity.





 





 





Friction makes some wh‘éels go

round, but not the wheels at life.





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Make Furniture Harmonize





. E‘ven T fiaug/z You Have a Piece of T Ink and T Izat

Harmony May Rezgn





N many a home, there are furnish- I used to do that, and my cakes would





I‘ings distinctly belonging to differ-

Perhaps Grandmother

has had a few choice pieces of walnut. ;





. ent periods.





Then mother has purchased some ex-

cellent mahogany; while we have suc-

cumbed to the practical nature of the

mission style. We cannot afford, nor

do we wish to discard what we have,

and yet the problem arises as to how

different articles of different periods,

as it were, may be harmonized in the

average home where expenses must

be considered.





It is needless to say that we cannot

make the woods over to look alike,

but we can have each piece restored

and redressed to be in beautiful con-

dition and worthy of its original state.

If we cannot do this all at once we

can follow the method of one house-

wife who'has a couple of pieces refin-

ished every six months. It is permis-

sible, in having reupholstery done, to

choose a tapestry or brocade which





fall every time. Now I only put in a

scant teaspoonful instead of a heaping

teaspoonful, and have much better

luck. ‘





All my family like this cake.

Cocoa Cake.





Beat two eggs and one and a quart-

er cups of sugar together until light

and creamy. Add three-fourths cup of

butter, half cup of sour milk or butter-

milk with one teaspoonful of soda dis-

solved in half cup of hot water, along

with three heaping tablespoonfuls of

cocoa. Stir in two cups of flour which

has been sifted, with one teas-poonful

of baking powder, and frost with a.

white icing—Mrs. J. E. S.





WHAT BULBS SHALL l PLANT?





 





FIRST and foremost I want tulips.





No other is so bright and showy.





and we want color after the long drab





 





Plan Your Living-room to Have Draperies, Upholstery and Rugs Harmonize.





will be suitable for articles of differ-

ent woods. Thus one woman selected

a rich, two-toned, velvet brocade of

moss green, and had the mahogany

sofa and her grandfather’s walnut

chair recovered. This, with soft green

hangings and a two—tone green rug

helped to harmonize the room which

had clashed before when the sofa was

done in blue and brown, the chair in

red and gray, the hangings in old rose,

and the rug in fawn color.





Often by rearranging the furniture

in different rooms, articles, which har-

monize to a. reasonable degree may be

assembled in a. single room. Cretonne

cushions, window over—drapes, and

hangings will do a lot to bring a room





 





MULATION looks out for



merits, that she may exalt

herself by a victory; envy spies'

out blemishes, that she may

lower another by defeat—Col-

ton.





 





 





 





' that is out of balance into a spirit of

_unity and charm. It is well for every

housewife occasionally to ask herself

these questions: “Is this room har-

Is it restful? Or does it

grate upon the nerves because of a

cluttered or unrelated appearance?”





A GOOD BARK CAKE.





 





BELIEVE that most people's trou-

ble in cake-making is that they

put «too much baking powder in l'them.





winter season. I like tulips in beds

with varieties that bloom at the same

time, and we can buy them that way if

we wish, for very little additional in

price. I want a .nice selection of the

late Darwins and cottage tulips, and





 





the edge of the border is an excellent

place for these, though they are fine

for beds also.





the poet’s daffodil, and these may have

campernelle jonquils planted with

them, as the flower is the same size

and shape but it is a pure yellow

while the daffodil is white with yellow

cup. I like a good bed of hyacinths

with chionodoxa and scillias scattered

through it, but I generally use Dutch

miniature hyacinth . bulbs I have

bloomed in the house to plant this.

—A. H.





KITCHEN KINKS.





 





FEW pieces of horseradish stuck



in each jar of cucumber pickles



keeps them crisp and imparts a fine

flavor.



Remove the bones from a can of sal-



mon, flake it and add it to the dress-



ing for yOur potato salad the next time





 





RUE beauty is in the mind;



and the expression of the

features depends more upon the

moral nature than most persons

are accustomed to think—Fred-

eric Saunders.





 





 





you make one, either for supper or a

luncheon, and you will be pleased with

the result.



Pare, core and slice, or chop, six or

eight mellow apples. Add one cup of

nut meats, two-thirds cup of sugar,

one cup of sweet cream, three and

one-half teaspoons of vanilla and you

have a delicious salad—Mrs. B. O. R.





MICHIGAN A WINNER.





HE Better Homes campaign was

conducted this year in more than

a thousand cities of this country. Ex-

pert knowledge was demonstrated in

the actual better homes which were

opened for the inspection of millions

of people. The campaign dedicates its

attention not only to the spiritual

growth of the home, but to its prac-

tical every-day problems.

When James Ford, national director





 





 





Tfle Influence of Example





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ORGETFULNESS appears to be a well-fixed human trait, but if parents

and the folks who have the bringing up of children in their charge would





remember that the influence of an example is greater than the precept,

there would be less of “dont’s” and more of results in child training. The





child is imitative and readily impressionable by nature.





When parents set a





good example, children find it much easier to follow than merely being told





what is right and best for them.





There is littleto be gained in telling a child not to get angry or to scold

and punish them when they exercise their anger if someone in the home





occasionally displays a. fit of temper.





True it is that children often have a





desire to hold from anger and displays of temper, but the influence of previous

examples set before them is stronger than they can resist.

An incident comes to mind which was very amusing. Three little girls





were playing house.





Betty, the oldest, was “mam-ma.”





Slapping the dolls





around, jerking the toy animals into position and speaking the"’While in an

arbitrary manner, her evident purpose was to institute order out of the





disorder that reigned.





In the midst of a heated outburst, she suddenly exclaimed,





that horrid telephone bell!”





“Oh, there’s .





At an imaginary telephone, she said, “Hello!” in a very low sweet voice.-

The one-sided fancied conversation that follOwed in a cooing tone showed a

nature entirely to the contrary. But immediately after the receiver clicked,

her voice became loud and irritant when she spoke to her little playmates,

the slapping of the dolls and the jerking of, the animals began with re-





newed vigor.





If the parents of this little girl might have observed her thus, there





undoubtedly would have been many misgivings and resolutions.





The value of





a lesson or experience to a, child is lost in part if parents do not practice





what they preach. Little ears and eyes are sharp,t their observation keen and

their imitative nature strong. Truly, good examples have a stronger influence”

toward constructive character building than all the advice that can!» given.





Then I could never do

_without a row of poeticus narcissus,





 





 





of this organization, announced the

prize-winners this year, Michigan was

for the second time in the lead. Port

Huron won the prize last year, and

Kalamazoo carried away the honors

for 1924.



This sort of constructive work aids

materially in the spread of the gospel

of better homes which reacts‘for bet-

ter folksand better communities.





APPLY HEADACHE_REMEDY TO'

FLOWERS.





 





ATURALISTS have not yet told’



us that flowers have headaches.

but anyway, their drooping heads may,

be revived with aspirin just as our

own when it seems to be bursting

withvpain.



When flowers become wilted from a‘

change of temperature of the room,

dissolve an aspirin tablet in a vase

of' water and place the flowers in it.

In two hours they will be fresh and

bright again. The drug affects only;

the blooms and not the foliage. The





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His First Coveralls.





explanation offered is that aspirin in-

terferes with the formation of a vege-

table compound that ferments and

clogs the stem at the cut surface.





 





PRESERVED CRABAPPLES.





 





Will you please send me a recipe for

preserved crabapple so they can be

served in salad?——Mrs. R F.





To each pound of fruit allow one-

half pound of sugar and one pint of

C ONSCIOUSNESS of error is,

to a certain extent, a con-

sciousness of understanding;

and correction of error is the





plainest proof of energy and

mastery.





 





 





 





 





water to three pounds of sugar. When

the 'syrup is boiling hot, drop in the

apples. They will cook very quickly.

When done, fill the jars with the fruit

and fill up with syrup. Seal at once.

Cut buttons from discarded gari-

ments and thread on short lengths of

cord, having those alike, or nearly

alike, on one cord. Tie the ends and

put in a glass can or jar. By look-

ing through the glass sides and bot-

tom it is easy to see just what you , .

have and when buttons unneeded g:
wilt-raw





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'~ PPLES are a food necessity—not

A a luxury, and if we consume

even more than the proverbial

one each day to keep the doCtor away,

we are only eating for better health.

The ever popular baked apple as a

dessert is Ways inviting, but there

are any number of ways to entice the

family to eat more apples. Here are

some which perhaps may be new to

you: '

Delicious Apple Filling for Cake.





2 medium apples 2-3 cup sugar

1 lemon 1 egg





Pare and core apples, and grate.

Add juice of lemon and grated rind,

the sugar and egg. . Stir over fire until

jellied. Spread when cool.



'Apple Coffee Cake.





1 east Bolt

2:: y Flour to make thin

2 tb. brown sugar batter





Let raise until light. Arrange ap-

ples on top sliced, sprinkle with pow-

dered sugar and cinnamon and bake

half an hour.



Grated Apple Pudding.





7 apples 7 eggs

56. cup sugar 59 cup chopped al~

1 dozen lady fingers monds





Beat yolks of eggs with sugar until

very light, adding the crumbled lady

fingers, grated apples and grated rind

of a lemon. Then fold in the beaten

whites and sprinkle top with the al-

monds. Bake three-quarters of an

hour. Always use as many eggs as

apples. Serve with whipped cream.



Steamed Apple Suet Pudding.





$6 cup ground suet ter. Use any other can-

1 cup sugar died or dried fruit you





1 egg wish _

1 cup sour milk 3% tsp. Cinnamon and

1 cup dried apples cloves ~





1 tsp. baking soda dls- Graham flour to make



solved in 1 tb. hot wa- stiff batter



Steam three hours.



Apple Fritters.



Slice apples and dip into batter

made of two tablespoonfuls of sour

milk, two tablespoonfuls of sugar and

half egg yolk and pinch of soda. Add

flour to make a batter a trifle stiffer

than‘ pancake batter. Bake in hot

deep fat. _



Apple Cream Tarts.



2 tb. sifted flour 1 large tb. butter



4 tb. confectioners' 1 cup rich milk.



sugar



Rub flour, sugar and butter to a

smooth paste, add milk, heat slowly

and then bring to a boil, stirring the

while. Pare and core and quarter one

large apple. Bake until very tender

and rub thf'ough the sieve. Beat into

cream filling and fill tart shells. Add

whipped cream.



Apple Muffins.

1.6 cup sugar





1 988 5% tsp. salt

2 tsps. baking powder





1 cup milk

1 cup thinly sliced ap- 34 cup butter

pies

Bake in muffin pans in quick oven.

Apple Relish.





3 lbs. apples 1 lb. pecans

3 lbs. sugar 2' oranges

1 lb. raisins





Pare and' dice apples. Remove peel-

ing of oranges and put through meat

grinder, and cut oranges into small

pieces; Cook for one hour, adding

nuts five minutes before removing

from the fire.





 





WHAT CAN I DO?





I BELIEVE we should all study our

children, watch closely and observe

the things they are particularly inter—

ested in or show a special talent for,

then amuse them along this line. For

instance, if a boy likes to play with

tools let him have them and show him

how to' use them. How much more

enjoyment my boy obtained from a

couple of pounds of shingle nails than

he would from the same amount of

money expended in candy. A block

of wood or board would fairly bristle

with nails in a very short time. Teach

him to leave the head out a. little

ways so he can pull them out and use

them over again.



Another child I know of would spend

a whole half day hunting for bugs of

different kinds to show mamma. Let

him make a. collection of them and

show. him their pictures in the dic-

tionary or a' nature book if possible.

Find out, what they live upon and he





‘_ will be very interested, and incident;





 





Apple .a”n".y..;.a ‘





ally learn a whole lot about insects,

good and bad. The same idea may be

carried out with plants if they are in-

terested in them, also stones.



The old saying that, “First impres-

sions 'last the longest,” will be proven

when you see how much of this he

will remember when he grows up. and

the little time spent by us is well

worth the while. Of course, a. child

should never be driven to do more of

this “play" than he wishes, as then it

becomes work and the interest in it

soon departs—Mrs. L. M. D.





 





METAL FURNITURE.





RATHER lengthy letter received



from an interested reader of our

woman’s page describes her family

pocket-book and the condition of her

home, and asks if we would‘ advise

her to purchase metal furniture.



Let us say that metal furniture is

becoming more beautiful and hence

more popular. It has also proven

itself durable and serviceable and with

the increasing shortage of hardwood,

it will be less expensive than hard-

wood furniture.‘ All costly hardwood

finishes can be imitated and applied

to metal surfaces at extremely high

temperature that aids in increasing

the wearability and does not sacrifice

graceful lines for strength. It does

not pay to buy light, cheap metal fur-

niture any more than it does to buy

light weight, cheap wooden furniture.

——M. C.





WATCH YOUR STEPS!





H OW many times one needlessly

goes back and forth while per-

forming the daily tasks. Not long

ago—before I realized I was using my

legs instead of my head while I work-

ed—when I tidied and cleaned each

room I made a separate trip to the

hall with a boy’s cap left on the couch,

to the bathroom with a bottle of salve

found on the mantel, to the basement

with the old newspapers, and to the

same rooms again and again with oth—

er articles out of their places.



Now I carry a. large basket when I

go to the first room to be straightened

or cleaned. Into it go the small things

belonging elsewhere, and when the

room is in order I carry the basket to

the next room, leaving anything be-

longing there and placing in it the

articles to be taken elsewhere. By the

time I have returned to the first room

after making the one round of all the

rooms, the basket is empty and I have

been spared the twenty or thirty go-

ings and comings that the task would

otherwise have required—Mrs. F. E.





 





GAME OF VEGETABLES.

RY this game at your next club

meeting or shower. It will prove

“catchy” for many. A can of home-

canned vegetables would be an ap-

propriate prize for the winner and a

small clown doll made of white button

onions joined by a heavy thread, for

consolation.

A Vegetable Contest.

What vegetable is a nut?——Peanut.

What vegetable is painful ?——Corn.

What vegetable belongs to the al-

phabet ?——Pea.

\Vhat reminds you of your school

days?—Parsley.

What vegetable is called a flower?

—Cauliflower.

What vegetable expresses a pur-

pose?~—Lettuce.

What vegetable denotes victory?“

Beet.

What vegetable is easily crushed?

——Squash.

What vegetable is both a porridge

and an apartment?——Mushroom.

What vegetable reminds you of a

domestic animal?——Horseradish.

What vegetable is noted for its

strength ?——Pepper.





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prunesand, how to keep them free

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Select prunes that are medium ‘ripe





and let stand for twenty minutes.

Drain, remove the surface moisture

and place on the drying trays. When.

prunes’are sufficiently dry for keeping,





Before packing the dried prunes away

for winter, they should be “condition-

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prunes in‘a. medium-sized box and





other every day for five days. In this

way one can see if they are sufficient-

ly dry. Then store in sealed paper

sacks in a dry, cool place.





THE FOUNDATION OF JELLY.





 





Will you please send me full direc-

tions for using apple pectin ?—Mrs. K.



To one pound of fresh apples, add

eight cups of water and the juice of

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juice which you desire. The propor-

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WAYS TO USE. CABBAGE.





 





I would like some recipes for red

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—Mrs. J. B.





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onion,--two small carrots, one green

pepper. Put the onion, and carrot

through a. food chopper together with

the green pepper. Shred the cabbage

and mix all with a. salad dressing

made of half cup of cream, half cup

of vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of mus—

tard, two tablespoonfuls of hot water,

one teaspoonful of salt.





Stuffed Cabbage.

Select a medium-sized head of cab-

bage and wash thoroughly. Separate

the leaves and remove the center.

Fasten into shape or tie in a. piece of

cheesecloth and steam or simmer un-

til tender. Fill the center with cooked

hamburg balls and surround with to-

mato sauce.





Dried potato parings are as good

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Jack Frost Make: a Visit





N Bobby Bushy Tail’s house every-

one was huddled around the fire-





place. There was Bobby Bushy

Tail himself, Mrs. Bobby Bushy Tail

and the three little Bushy Tails, Ben-

nie, Bertie and Beauty. The Bushy

Tails were none other than a family

of squirrels who had recently come to

live in Woodland.



Bennie, Bertie and Beauty had yet

to see their first winter. All summer

long they had frisked about in the

trees, played games, and had a merry

time.





But of late the sun didn’t seem to

shine so warm, and this night it seem—

ed colder than ever.



“Oh, it’s so cold,” said Bertie,” as





 





 





 





 





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The Bushy Tails Had Never Seen

Such a Fairyland Before.





“What

makes it so cold tonight, mother?"



“I guess Jack Frost must be coming

tonight, children,” answered Mother

Bushy Tail. . --

“Who is Jack Frost, mother?” ask-

ed little Beauty Bushy Tail who was

Bertie’s and Bennie’s little sister.

“Yes, who is Jack Frost?” asked

Bennie. .



So it was that Mother Bushy Tail

gathered her three little ones about





 





her by the fireside and told them of





. Woodland





. and bring them to the 01d Hollow Tree.





this strange fellow and the things

he did.



“As soon as the summer days begin

to grow cold and Old Mother North—

wind sings her ‘yoo yoo-00, yoo yoo-

00’ song, Jack Frost comes to visit us.

We are glad to See him, for then the

nuts are ripe and we can gather them





As he passes each nut tree, Jack Frost

blows a. big breath at it and the nuts

come tumbling down. If we forget to

prepare for his visit, he is angry with

us and always tells us about it. He

will breathe at the green vegetables

if we do not cover them. Then they

cannot be used in winter. With a

breath he makes crystal ice on every

pond and in the waterglass if we do

not empty it. The little flowers of

the woods bow their heads and go to

sleep when he comes. The pretty song

birds that sing in the trees fly away.



The three little Bushy Tails listened

with wide eyes to their mother’s story.



“But what does this strange fellow

look like?” they asked.





“Perhaps if you go to bed right now

you will wake up early in the morning

so you can see him,” said Mother

Bushy Tail. .



So oif the three scampered to bed

and were up with the sun in the

morning. '



“Oh, oh, oh!” they cried as they

scrambled out of bed and hurried to

the window.



Jack Frost’s» breath was on the

trees, the grass and the window panes

in'beautiful pictures, but Jack Frost

was nowhere to be seen. He had made

a. real fairyland, the prettiest one the

Bushy Tails had ever seen, and they

decided they would get up earlier the

next morning to see if they, couldn’t





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The width of the skirt with plalts ex-

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No. 4261~Ladies’ Home or Porch

Dress. Cut in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38.

40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure.

A 38-inch size requires 4% yards of

32-inch material.' The width at the

foot is 2% yards. Price 12c.





 





No. 4798—Child’s Play Suit. Cut in

4 sizes, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. A three-

year size requires 1% yards of 32-inch

material. Price 120.





No. 4819—Girls’ Cape. Cut in five

sizes, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A six-

year size requires 1% yards of 40-inch

material. Price 120.





 





No. 4818—Child’s Dress. Cut in four

sizes’, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. A six-year

size requires 2% yards of 27-inch ma.-

terial. Price 120. .



No. 4812—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

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

size requires 2% yards of figured ma:

terial, and % yard of plain material

cut crosswise if made as illustrated

of 32-inch material. Price 120.





 





 





 





 





No. 4617———La.dies’ Dress. Cut in sev-

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

inches bust measure. A 40-inch size

requires 4%, yards of 40-inch material.

The width at the foot with 'plaits ex-

tended is about 2% yards. Price 120.





No. 4792-4791—Ladies’ Costume.

Blouse 4792 cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38,

40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure.

Bodice Skirt 4791 cut in four sizes:

Small, 34-36; medium, 38-40; large, 42-

44; extra large, 4648 inches bust

measure. To make skirt and blouse

for a. 38-inch bust size will require 5%

For bodice

of lining or other contrasting material

yard is required.





 





 





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N selecting cockerels to mate with



theta-m flock there is a chance to

improve the vigor and appearance of

the birds. without Sacrificing egg pro-

duction. But some breeders select the

early maturing ‘cockerels‘ without re-

gard to size. Some of the young male

birds show their head points early and

appear to be wonderful possibilities as

breeding stock. If they are used it

Often results in the production of pul-

V‘l'ets which are too refined and lacking

'in weight. Pullets of that type may

produce eggs at an early age and then

cease production at a time when eggs

are high. Nature compels them to stop

laying and build up their reserves of

strength. . '



Then we have the c'ockerels that

grow to a large size before showing

the signs of maturity. They are rather

a beef type and do not produce the

best layers the following year. The

best cockerel is the bird that combines

the early maturity with the size and

weight which marks it as a bird of

great vigorf When using such a bird

on the farm flock you are apt to ob-

tain pullets which will lay at an early

age and also develop the capacity for

continuous production.



By selecting very early maturing

cockerels it is possible to produce a

lot of these undersized pullets which

lay at less than four months of age.

,But they are not a good commercial

proposition and it is not good poultry

management to have a lot of little pul-

lets. laying eggs so small that they

cannot be marketed. We shall bear

less bragging every year about the

pullets that have laid too soon; The

profitable poultry flock contains pul-

lets which lay at the normal time for

the‘breed. They develop vigorous bod-

ies before starting producrion and con-

tinue to lay with considerable regu~

larity after production begins. Select-

ing cockerels which mature fairly ear-

ly and have good size and weight

“when they do mature is a good way

to improve a farm flock.





 





SODIUM FLUORIDE FOR LICE.





 





Please tell me how to use sodium

fluoride for killing lice on chickens.

There is a method used in dipping

fowl in a tub of water, and i wish you



' would tell what it is.—E. J.



Sodium fluoride dust can be applied

by the pinch method and one pound is

usually considered sufficient for about

100 mature birds. Place a pinch be-

neath the vent and on back, breast,

head, neck and on the thighs and tail.

About ten or twelve pinches of the

dust for each bird should control the

LCI‘.



Dipping is only used in warm weath—

er. An ounce of sodium fluoride to a

gallon of water is satisfactory. Use

mildly warm water to reduce the chill

received by the birds. Hold the hen

by the base of the wings in one hand.

As the bird is dipped in the solution

the feathers are ruffled with the other

hand to permit the Solution to reach

all parts readily.

quickly and then drain and free the

bird. Dipping is a little more econom-

ical of material and does quite a thor-

ough job. ’





 





GEESE WITH INDIGESTION.





 





What is the cause of old geese get-

ting sick? I have three geese that

were taken sick within the last few

“days. Lost one ten weeks’ old gos-

ling, apparently from the same cause.

Geese seem to be dizzy, stand still,

nodding their heads,.then turn about

in all direction and rush to water, act

as though in pain. Geese had good





pasture, j‘although - somewhat of a





 





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marsh in which there is watercress

and peppermint. .There is a clear

brook running through same. Last

year I lost three geese; had a lamb

in pasture with them last year and

thought the lamb had chased the geese

too much. This year the geese had

pasture all to themselves and were

taken exactly in the same manner:—

Mrs. E. L. B.





. Goslings sometimes have diarrhea

'due, to too much sloppy feed, unclean

drinking water or spelled feed. The

only remedy is to give a little corn in-

stead of'mash and provide shade and

plenty of range and the condition may

improve. Goslings have congestion of

the brain due to fright,

worms or acute indigestion. A half

teaspoon of turpentine for each gos-

ling is recommended for worms. It

should be placed deep in the throat

with a medicine dropper.



You might perform a postmortem

on the birds that die and note the con-

dition of the internal organs. See if

there are any rose chafers in the

crops. These insects are poisonous to

goslings. Geese usually have some

judgment in their selection of green

feed but possibly they have eaten too

much of the watercress and pepper-

mint and it has resulted in acute in-

digestion. The practical remedy is to

remove them from that pasture and

see if conditions improve when they

are on a diet of mash and clover pas-

ture with plenty of clean water.





TRANSFERRING BEES.





 





About August 28 a couple of gentle-

men purporting to be state inspectors,

came to inspect my bees. Hives in-

spected showed no trace of disease.



However, there are several hives

which have builded cross-combed de-

spite the fact that starting combs

were used. Of course, the cross-comb—

ed hives could not be properly inspect-

ed and the inspector gave me until

September 20 to place the bees in

hives of proper design. Failure to

comply will result in the bees being

destroyed by said inspector. The en-

tire colonies would be destroyed.—

G. L. H.



-W’eather conditions have been so un—

favorable during the time when bees

should be transferred, that we are ex-





tending the date for transferring in





all cases until June 15, 1925.—B. F. K. 1





‘ BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR

LONG-DISTANCE LAYING.





 





N September 11 a White Leghorn



hen, belonging to Purdue Univer-

sity established a world’s record for

long-distance laying. On that day her

egg record totaled 1,341 eggs. This

hen was hatched in April, '1916. Dur-

ing the first year she laid 217 eggs,

the second year 182 eggs, the third

year 150 eggs, the fourth year 204

eggs, the fifth year 187 eggs, the sixth

year 140 eggs, the seventh year 163

eggs, and this year ninety—eight eggs

until September 11.





YELLOW AND BLACK BEES.





 





Would you please inform me as to

the two different kind of honey bees?

I have a swarm of the yellow bee and





"can get a swarm of the black. Will





they get along together? Some people

say that the one kind will kill off the

other.~——A. D. D.





The yellow bees to which you refer

are Italian bees, so named because

they were introduced into this coun-

try from Italy. The black bees are

commonly known as our native bees

although "they probably were introduc-

ed from Germany.



The two races of. bees will live in

perfect harmony in the same yard and

even when mixed together in the same

colony. You need have no hesitation





‘in purchasing different races of bees





for your apiary.——-B. F. Kindig.





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HEN you have to get



up in the middle of the



night you want a clock that

knows its business.



Sleep is precious. You

want every minute you can

get, but being on time is

even more important, so you

choose a timepiece that

prides itself on being punc-

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men wind and set Westclox

each night before they turn

in. They have learned from

long experience that a clock

with the trade mark West-

clox on its dial can be de-

pended upon.



Westclox range in price .

from $1.50 to $4.50 wherever

good clocks are sold.





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“The Coming Christ and His Message’ ’





C. JINARAJADASA, M. A., India’s Practical Mystic ,‘





Pruclden Auditorium, Lansing, Michigan





Wednesday, October 8th at 8 P. M.





Admission FREE---Collection





 





Michigan Farmer Patterns





Send 12 cents in stamps or coin for





iany of the patterns on this'page, but





be sure to write the number and size

plainly. The new Fall and Winter

fashion catalog is ready now. It con~

tains a pattern to supply every need.

Price 150.





   





.4776

4770

No. 4770-Misses’ Dress. Cut in

three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An





18-year size requires 45/8 yards of 32-

inch. material. Without long sleeve

portions half a yard less material is

required. Price 12c.





_ No. 4776——Ladies’ Apron Frock. Cut

in four sizes: Small, 34-36; medium,

38-40; ,large, 42-44; extra large, 46-48

inches bust measure. A medium size

requires 41,4 yards of 36-inch material.

Price 12c. '



No. 4771———Ladies’ Apron. Cut in four

sizes: Small, 34-36; medium, 3840;

large, 4244; extra large, 46-48 inches

bust measure. A medium size requires





$4 yards of 36-inch material. Price

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_ No. 4775»Ladies’ Dress. Cut in six

Sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches

bust measure. A 38-inch size requires

6% yards of 32-inch material if made“

with long sleeves. With short sleeves

as in the small view 47/8 yards of 40-

inch material is required. Price 120. ’





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No._ 4784—Girls’ Pajamas. Cut ill

five sizes, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. ' A:

lO-year size requires 314 yards of 369':

inch material. Price 120.



.No. 4780—Girls’ D'ress.

sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12vyears.

size requires 2%

terial. Price 12c.





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Is Prohibition Beneficial?





 





 





By Prize W inner: . p .





By Helen Leonardson, M. 6.,

Pittsford, Michigan.



__ What is prohibition? The diction-

ary definition of prohibition is a dec-

laration to hinder some action.



‘ Is not the Eighteenth Amendment a.

declaration to hinder the selling of

liquor, and the like? Perhaps we

could say, stop completely instead of

hinder, at least that is what the

amendment states.



In what ways is it a benefit?

Friends, in three particular ways it is

a benefit. (1) We do not see nearly

so many people neglecting their homes

and their families with tiny babies——

the mother struggling to keep her

precious one clothed and fed. (2)

Young people who have high aims dur-

ing the high school course and after

they have finished, do not lose and

forget them and change their course

entirely because of the saloons which

are so deadly and hellish. (3) The

theory of the Eighteenth Amendment

is right, it is carrying out what Lin-

coln said in his address at Gettysburg.

Is not the amendment of the people,





 





 





I’ll Bet George Miller is Some Bare-

back Rider. I Can Tell by the Way

He Holds the Reins.





by the people and for the people? I

would say it is.



People who think it is a hindrance

and not a benefit might say, “why do

we hear so much about intoxicated

drivers? Is it not better to sell liquor

lawfully rather than unlawfully?”

Truly friends, it is. But to the answer

to why we have so many intoxicated

drivers is because the editors of the

papers are eager for news and like to

remind the readers that there is also

horror in the world today as well as

pleasure. But Merry Circlers, I think

if we lived in the age before prohibi-

tion we could say it was “Worse and

more of it.”





 





By Evelyn Hanson, M. C., Hermans-

ville, Michigan.



It is hard to say if‘prohibition is a

benefit or not. In one way it is, and

in another it is not, because it seems

that now, since people can not get the

liquor openly they make it themselves

and sell, especially in small places

where the law is not so strictly en-

forced, but, of course, in the larger

places they can not get it so openly,

but still they get it, and also make it.

And since the saloons have been clos-

ed, one hears of so many more acci-

dents, because it seems that this liq-

uor they make now affects them worse

than the whisky did many years ago

before prohibition.



Now, oI’m not saying that prohibi-

tion was not a good thing, because it

,_was, in one sense, because I know of

people who were slaves ‘to strong liq~

» uors were glad when the slaoon doors

3 were closed, because it seemed that

they could not help themselves before,





but when prohibition came into our

country it has made nice, respectable

people of them.





 





By H'ope Draper,’M. c., Montgomery,

Michigan. .



At one time prohibition was one of

the most discussed questions. There

are but few people today who regret

that the Volstead Act was passed. I

know some people who now are glad

of this law who fought it before. Al-

though there are always some who

will not obey the law.



The prohibition law is a protection

to our property and individual rights

and a safeguard to our loved ones.

The smoker, when seriously affected

by liquor, is careless with his match-

es, cigarette or cigar stubs. Thus

many buildings, timberlands, fields of





grain, and rich swamp lands have

been destroyed.



The life of the individual was not

safe while passing from one place to

another, no matter what means of

transportation was used, before this

law was pasged. The mother and chil-

dren were not safe when the husband

and father came home ,crazed by

liquor.



In many instances the father and

mother both drank. Then the deep

thinkers of our country saw our stand-





ard of morals lowering and the bright





future of our nation falling because of

the mental and physical weakness of

the oflspring of such parents.





Those people who had the destiny

of our nation at heart passed this law

that we, as a nation, might have “life,



liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

to. its fullest extent. We, of the pres-

ent generation, scarcely realize 'the

benefits derived from our national pro-

hibition law.





 





 





 





 

 





 





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Dear Uncle Solomon: -



I read both the letters and your an-

swers to other M. C. letters. You al-

ways gave wise answers until Polly

wrote (the one who got her nose hit

with a snow ball). I thought you could

have felt more sorry for her.



I noticed a boy asked you if you

liked to ride a. bicycle and you said,

“I used to like it when I was a kid.”

According to that, now you are a goat

and don’t like it any more—Your

niece, Alice Scholten, Climax, Mich.



I’ll admit that at least you made me

the goat this time. But even so, I

like bicycle riding. I am sorry that I

didn’t show Polly the proper sympa-

thy. Perhaps that was one of my off-

days. .The name you call me is flat-





tering.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: ’



I have read with great interest the

letters from the boys in regard to

bobbed hair and knickers.



I have attended day school until I

am in the seventh grade, and Sunday

School almost every Sunday, and in

history or in the Bible I have failed

to find any reference or covenant that

boys are given the exclusive right to

short hair or knickers. If Harold

Coles will tell me where to find his

authority I will be grateful. »



We have a very nice class of Sun-

day School girls called the “I’ll Try",

and all but one out of the ten have

bobbed hair.



May I suggest a contest topic on

“How many Michigan birds we

know?”—Your loving niece, Mildred

Merritt, M. C., Ypsilanti, Mich.



Still the bobbed hair question bobs

up. When' will our letter writers

change the subject? Perhaps this

letter will start a. discussion on the

historical and biblical authority of cus-





toms and habits.





—_.





Dear Uncle Frank:

By way of introduction. I’ll say I’m a





genus LETTER Box





long-haired lassie with not a bit of

cosmetics or knickers. When it comes

to working out-of-doors and in the

fields, I can beat lots of girls.



The Michigan Farmer came and we

all enjoy it, and all of us who can

read it do so while the others like to

look at “A1.”



Thanks to the Boys’ and Girls’ Page,

I have several very nice correspond—

ents. I enjoy hearing how other folks

live and what they. do. Don’t you

think that is interesting, Uncle Frank?



Mama says I must get supper, so

good-bye for a while, at least—Lilly

Esch, Mio, Mich.



Yes, I think it is very interesting to

learn what other folks do. They say

the most interesting study of mankind

is man. I’m glad you are an outdoor

girl, also that you like the M. F.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Oh, how glad I’ll be when school

begins! Latin once more, and what’s

more fun? I live about three miles

from town where I go to school. I

walk most of the time.



This year a Chinaman spoke at the

Chautauqua, and he was telling about

the Chinese language. He said the

word for farm was square with an

“x” in it, and the word for man was

similar to the figure four, while the

word for labor is man beneath farm.

I thought it should have been man on

farm.—-Your niece, Edith Parks, M. 0.,

Nashville, Mich.



It is hard for me to decide whether

you or the Chinese language is right.

The Chinese undoubtedly know that

the man has to carry the burdens of

the farm, and, therefore, put the man-

word below the farm-word to mean





labor.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I really have an Uncle Frank and

two cousins named Frank.



I think it is time to stop the talk

about bobbed hair and knickers, for

I have both. Harold Coles hasn’t any





 





Kenneth Smith is Grinning, Because He is Making the Horse Do the Work. ‘





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kick coming, for his girl, his “sister

and his cousin all have, bobbed hair.

I think Harold likes bobbed hair but

won't as. so.

’ I just gund out when your birthday

comes. I comes on “All Fools' Day."

Ha! Ha! Mine is on Flag Day and

mamma’s is on Henry Ford’s birthday.

. ama is baking cookies and bread,

an if I wanmrtne fresh I wig1 have

0 go, so g - ye.—- mma Ibe

Quincy, Mich. ’ - rt,

If Harold’s girl has bobbed “hair, he

certainly must like it. Of course; it

will be hard for him to say so, after

he started the argument. You are a





poor guesser ask) my birthday.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



You said you would rather we wrote

about riding horseback than to keep

discussing the bobbed hair and the

knicker question, and rudeness, and I

sure agree with you, as there has been

'nuff said on those subjects.





I sure had an exciting horseback

ride a short time ago. My chum,

Harriet Wengo, "rode her Shetland

pony up to my house one afternoon.

When it came time for Harriet to go

home—as we couldn't get her grand—

mother on the ’phone to ask her to let

Harriet stay longer—we decided to

ride to the field where her grandfather

was and ask him to let her stay. We

reached Harriet’s grandpa O. K., but

when we started back, Beauty didn’t

want to go back to my house. We

tried to make her go, and she wouldn’t

move. Our Collie dog barked and

nipped her heels. She ”went then for

a little ways and then suddenly threw





 





Night Shade is Opal Bielb ’s 512-lb.

Pet. She's a Prize Winnzr, Too..





us up over her head. We weren’t hurt

seriously—just skinned and our clothes

torn. Harriet had on a middy and'

knickers, so she got off luckier than I

did, for I had on a new dress and it

was completely ruined. "We led Beauty

to my houseand mother washed us up

and put iodine on our injuries. We'

were lame a few days and mad at

Beauty, but we like her again now and

had our picture taken with her and

the pony cart a few days later.





I am inclosing ten cents for the Mer—'

ry Circle Fund. I think it is a good

idea. I am in favor of you being the

one to hold the money and to use it

according to your judgment—Your

friend, Muriel Frey, M. C., Caledonia,

Michigan.



I don’t believe that was a pony; it

must have been a bucking broncho.

You had better take some lessons in

wild west riding. Thanks for the

fund contribution. The fund is grow-

ing slowly, but surely.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I think a girl can be as modest and

womanly, wearing knickers while do-

ing her work, and, having her hair

bobbed and combing it neatly, as she

can when she has long hair and dress

es. I think I agree with Dorothy M.,

of Ludington, Michigan. Let’s change

the subject, and if we can’t say some-

thing good about our fellow girls‘ and

boys. “don’t say anything.” *



What do you say about changing the

subject to “How we Spent the Sum-

mer,” and how many ducks, chickens

and pigs we have raised, and how we

have overcome some of their ail-

ments?—I am your would-be niece,

115111191111 A. Halifax, R. 1, Minden City,



c .





Ellen makes some suggestions re-

garding discussions. What do the oth-

er M‘. C.’s think about them? We



- ought to get' something interesting on

summer vacations. ' ' ‘





 





 





   





 





 





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Ledge, Mich. -





mammalian ‘0





' HE toiletries are the winners” in

T the Re‘ad—and-Win contest publish-

ed'in the September- 20 issue:

, , , Fountain. Pens.



Frederick Ainslie, ~It; 3, Grand





Lucile Shank, R. 2, Wheeler, Mich.



’ Flashlights. .



Ella Brindley, R. 3. Allegan, Mich.



Irene Dresser, Amadore, Mich.



Dorothy McGign, frutus, Mich.



an y.



Leon C. Cooper, R. 3,. Mesick, Mich.



Gertrude Johnson, Box 57, Bark Riv-

er, Mich. ‘



Wendell Scutt, R. 1, St.‘ Johns,

Mich. ‘



Estella Kareten, 142 South Centen-

nial Street, Zee-liand, Mich.



Esther Barr, R. 3, Tipton, Ind.





 





READ-AN D-WIN ANSWERS.





 





HE following are the correct an-

swers to the Read-and-Win contest





. which appeared in our issue of Sep—





tember 20:.

1. Her hair—22840. * .

2. To find the trail and keep it—

228-10.

:3. Devereux Milburn—238—20.

4. Scabies or feather mites—234-16.

5. Reducing food—423446.





 





P/iato Contest





.NDOUBTEDLY you have

had' some interesting pic-

tures taken this summer, as

summer time is picture—taking

time. I always am glad to get

pictures of Merry Circlcrs be-

cause they help to make our

page interesting, besides, I like

to see What the ones who write

me look like. Therefore, this

will be a photo contest in which

the most interesting -pictures of

Merry Ci-rclers will win prizes.

The two most interesting will

win fountain pens; the next

three, flashlights, and the next

five, cute little boxes of candy.

This contest closes October

10, so send your pictures in ear-

ly to Uncle Frank, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





6. Eighty millions~5—223.



7. To give the women wplenty of

time to tease for them—23042.



8. Grated horserdaish—230—12.



9. Silage—7:225.



10. .53 lbs.——3-221.





CLUFCALF AUCTlONS.





 





HE auction sales of club-raised



calves that are being held each

Tuesday afternoon at the Chicago Un-

ion Stock Yards under the auspices of

the International Live Stock Exposi-

tion have passed the experimental

stage and now furnish a permanent

and remunerative outlet for calves fed

in club work.



Starting August 12, seven weekly

auctions have been held and a total

of 440 calves from thirty—two Iowa and

Illinois counties have been sold at an

average price of $10.78 with a top of

$14 per cwt. Reports from the con—

signors indicate~that this method of

marketing club calves has proven very

satisfactory.



The calves go through the regular

market channels, giving the boys and

girls valuable marketing experience,

except that the sales are by auction

instead of private treaty. The prices

paid are in line with actual market

values with an encouraging premium

added. At the last sale the average

of all seventy-two calves, including

some rather thin ones equalled the

top market quotation for that day.



Excellent cooperation has been se-

cured from all sources, the Stock

Yard Company donating the physical

facilities and labor, and auctioneer

Carey M. Jones furnishing his services

free. The commission men and buyers

have done their full share to make

this new plan. a. success. Chicago ho-

tels are purchasing some of the top





 





.animals and" featuring club beef on





calves consigned to- these auctions has

béen increasing each week. At the

first sale thirty-nine head brought an





- average of $10.29 with an $11.50 top





while at the last auction seventy-two

head sold for an average of $11.40 with

a $14 top. These sales‘will be held

as long as eligible calves are offered.



Full information and application

blanks can be secured from Secretary-

Manager B. H, Heide, International





Live Stock Exposition, Union Stockl





Yards, Chicago. ,





 





 





Radio Department





By Frank A. Meats]





 





 





WILL TEST PORTABLE BROAD-

CASTING STATlON.





 





HE first portable radio broadcasts



‘ ing station in the United States

will soon make itself heard from a

number of cities in the middle west. '



Because of undue interference on

the part of the well-known radio sta~

tion W J A Z of Chicago, it was de-

cided to dismantle the outfit and move

it to some well—located place where-

the interference would not be so great.

Then came the problem of location.

Chambers of Commerce from numer-

ous cities requested that the station

be moved to this or that city, offering

special inducements to the owners of

the station.



The expense of moving the station

from one point to another in order to

select the most suitable location would

have been large, so the portable idea

was considered, and will soon be a

fact.



The famous broadcasting station

will be mounted on a one-ton motor

truck and moved from place to place

until the most suitable location can

be decided upon. The operation will

be done with storage batteries entirely

and the truck will carry a large motor-

generator set for recharging the bat-

teries. Collapsible towers will be used

for elevating the antenna, which will

be made of gold-plated antenna wire,

since gold Vwire reduces surface re-

sistance. The station will answer to

the well-known call 9 X N, the call

which many have heard during the

communication between Chicago and

the MacMillan expedition at the North

Pole. It will beinteresting to note

the success with which the portable

outfit meets. Listen in for it next

month.





ESTABLISH ES RADIO RECORD.





 





MONG other records which Cap-

tain McMillan hung up during his

stay near the North Pole was a long

distance radio record of 9,060 miles

during daylight when transmission is

supposed to be considerably hampered.

It was while the operator on the

Bowdoin, McMillan’s ship, was com-

municating with Major Mott, who was

in the Catalina Islands at the time,

that the same message was picked up

by a radio operator at Coogee, Aus-

tralia. The Bowdoin was frozen in at

the time within eleven degrees of: the

North Pole and was going through a

period of twenty-four-hour daylight. It

was daylight at the same time in Aus-

tralia. —



This transmission was made with a

little 100 watt transmitting set on a

200 meter wave, and covered a dis-

tance which many of the powerful

broadcasting stations would be proud

to record.





 





The National Grange holds its an-

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vember 12-20.





 





The State Grange of Vermont is un—v

dertaking the compilation of a com-l

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past half century.





Both? the. number and duality of the





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Testing Hits . Century Mark." _





‘ And I: Still Growing Strong





AR and wide-throughout Michigan

the word “Cow Testing Associa-



,' tion has been emphasized again

and again. Today Michigan dairymen

point proudly to the one hundred cow

testing associations that test 30,123

cows regularly each month.



Three years ago Prof. O. E Reed

‘assumed the leadership of the Dairy

Department, Michigan Agricultural

College. The great shortage. of cow

testing association work among Mich-

igan dairymen was pointed out by

him. Only seven associations were

operating in Michigan in July, 1921,

and 156 herds were under test. Less

than 2,000 cows were being tested in

the association work. It was unwise

to talk too much cow testing associa-

tion at that time because there had

been failures during the war years.

Absolute confidence had not been es-

tablished in the value of cow testing

association work.





The nest egg of seven associations

was carefully watched.

of associations grew slowly but stead-

ily. Many orators had told Michigan

dairymen about their needs. Concrete

facts, however, were lacking on what

to do to make dairying more profit-

able. Prof. O. E. Reed and his help-

ers in the dairy extension work quiet-

ly told the story of the milk scales,

Babcock testing, balanced rations,

profitable dairying and the cow tester.

The simple facts 'of finding and feed-

ing the good cow, selling the unprofit-

able poor cow, using the ‘better sire,"

and feeding home-grown protein, these

facts that go toward successful dairy-

ing, were pointed out through the me-

dium of the cow testing association.





Big oaks from little acorns grow,

and so 'with Michigan cow testing as-

sociations. No other state in the Un-

ion has made such rapid, consistent

progress in cow testing association

work than Michigan. Eleven associa-

tions were added from July, 1921, to

July, 1922. Thirty-six associations

were added from July, 1922, to July,

1923, and thirty-five associations were

added from July, 1923., to July, 1924.

Since July eleven more associations

are operating, so that September, 1924,





 





 





Cow Testing Work Aided Gordon War-

ren in Locating His Best Cows.





finds Michigan justly proud of the one

hundredth association organized by

County Agent M. F. Jackson, and R.

H. Addy, Dairy Extension Specialist,

M. A. C.,‘in Mecosta county, Michigan.



That Michigan cow testing associa-

tions live after completing one year

is evidenced by the fact that all of

these associations except five are con-

tinuing the work. A large number

have completed two years, and others

have finished three years or more cow

testing association work. One associ-

ation, the Newaygo County Cow Test-

ing Association—the oldest in the

United States—is completing the four-

teenth year of testing work.



Why join a cdw testing association?

Cow testing association members will

give any one of a dozen or more rea-





 





 





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“in.” Many will mention that alone l

the feeding help given by the tester

has many times repaid the cost of the-

cow testing association investment.

The cow testing association is the

means to'an end. It is constructive at

all times. The following two factors

give further light about cow testing

association accomplishments.



During the six months ending June l

30, 1924, 1,053 unprofitable cows were

sold out of Michigan cow testing asso-

ciation members’ herds. These cows l





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This _Sire's Daughters Are Under Test

In the Alnena Association.





went to the butcher. If these cows had

been shipped from one point at any

one time they would have filled fifty

freight cars, making an entire train-

load of unprofitable cows. With such

cows permanently out of the way and

no longer used for breeding purposes

——and this culling is continuing each

year—improvement will continue to be 1‘

made in Michigan dairying. 'Further, I

the cow testing association records

show that 180 pure-bred sires were i

purchased and placed in members’

herds during the six months ending

June 30. Many Michigan cow testing

associations report every member i

either using or owning a pure-bred I

sire. These two factors, namely cull-

ing unprofitable cows out of Mich-

igan herds and enlarging the circle of '

pure-bred sire users apply to all dairy-

men. They mean much for the future 1

of Michigan dairying.



Not more cows but better cows, is

the cow testing association slogan.

Rock bottom has not been touched in

Michigan cow testing association

work. Pay dirt still remains. Many

Michigan cow. owners remain who

have never had their cows in a testing

association. It will pay these cow own-

ers to test, as it has paid many other

Michigan dairymen.





 





DAIRY PRODUCTS INCREASE “TN

FAVOR.





 





N interesting 'study of consump-



tion of dairy and poultry products

on farms has been made by T. R.

Pirtle, assistant in marketing dairy

products, bureau of agricultural eco—

nomics.



During the past ten years the per !

capita consumption of milk and cream l

throughout the United States has in— ;

creased over twelve per cent, and but-

ter consumption over six per cent. The

per capita consumption of milk and

cream on farms is‘much larger than 5

in cities, according to the findings of

Mr. Pirtle. The average was 80.8 gal— l

Ions in 1923 on farms, while the aver-

age for the entire country was only

fifty-three gallons. .' ' .



The consumption of dairy products

on farms was found to have increased

considerably in‘ the last ten years.

Milk , consumption. has increased from

seventy-twp to 80:8” gallons and butter

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These figures do not tally with the

stories going the rounds of the city

press telling of farmers selling all

their dairy products and buying olw

margarine in large quantifies for. use

in their own homes.



The figures received indicate a per

capita consumption of 1.78 pints of

milk/and cream daily on farms report-

ing cows and milk produced. while on

farms reporting no cows and no pro-

duction an average of .775 of a pint

consumed daily. The average per cap-

ita consumption of milk and cream in

cities is .8709 of a pint.



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RUDYARD NOW CLAIMS TESTING

ASSOCIATION.





 





COW testing association has been



established at Rudyard, Chippewa

county, and a. tester is employed. This

is reported to be the first such asso-

ciation in Chippewa county. If suffi-

cient farmers want it, a second asso

ciation will be formed.





THE GREATEST MILK PRODUCER

AT DAIRY SHOW.





 





NE of the features of the dairy



exposition at Milwaukee is the ex—

hibit of Segis Pietertje Prospect, the

world's record milk producing cow.

This cow has produced 72,000 pounds

of milk in twenty-four months. This

is equivalent to better than forty-eight

quarts of milk each day for that

period.





AVOIDS CARRYING MILK CANS.





 





HAVE the horse and cattle along



the south side‘of the barn. Back

of the horses is a. large covered water

tank, partly built in so the horses can

drink. The largest part of this tank

extends in the adjoining room where

the milk .is cooled. Just outside of the

tank house a stand has been built. It

is so arranged that one can lift the

cans out of the tank and place them

directly upon this stand. Here the

milkman takes them, thus avoiding all

carrying—J. Shoemaker.





HE BELIEVES IN SWEET CLOVER.





W M. ELLINGWOOD, for nine years

superintendent of a Detroit shoe

factory moved out on a farm on Gage

Lake, Steuben county, Indiana. A sev-

en and a half acre field that had

grown a 100 per cent stand of sand-

burs for years was plowed by Elling-

wood on April 15, 1923. Not being a

farmer, he harrowed it once and sow-

ed his sweet clover. Strangely enough,

however, this sweet clover came on at

a lively clip and pastured nine cows

and mice heifers during the spring

and summer season of 1924.—-J. T. M.





 





REPORT OF GOGEBIC ASSOCIA-

TION.





 





GOGEBIC‘ County Cow Testing As-

sociation has reorganized, (with

most of the old membersback in),

and started in for the second year. R.

L. Peterson did the testing the first

year, and is continuing for the second.

In the report of the year ending May

10, he gives the average production

for 252 cows as 7, 386.3 pounds of milk

and 285. 3 pounds of fat. The average

of all the cows in the county is about

150 pounds of fat, so a difference of

135 pounds per cow is shown in favor

of those in the cow testing associa-

tion. Forty-two cows, or fourteen per

cent of the total, were sold as unprof-

itable. The total cost of the associa-

tion was $1.140. which Was met by a

saving in feed purchased cooperative-

ly by members of $1.406, besides all

the other advantages;

_The high herd in butter-fat produc-

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producing an average of 7.335. 9 pounds

of milk and 370.3 pounds of fat. John





Passava’s twelve pure-bred and grade '





Holsteins‘rahked as high herd in milk

production with the average of 8,343.9

pounds of milk and 301 pounds of fat.



One cow produced more than 500

poundslof fat, sixteen cows produced

more than 400 pounds of fat, while

thirty went above 300 pounds. A to-

tal of thirty cows qualified for the rec-

ord of performance.





HARVESTING TI-IE POTATO CROP.





 





(Continued from page 268).

High storage temperatures cause a

heavy shrink in the potatoes. If the

temperature is much above forty de—

grees F. the tubers wilt and sprout

during the late winter and spring

months. High temperatures also fav-

or the spread of molds and fungous

diseases which make the skins of the

tubers dark and in some cases causes

rotting of the flesh. Temperatures

much below thirty-five degrees may

cause the potatoes to have a sweet

taste and darkened flesh. Chilling of

the potatoes is apt to take place at

temperatures of thirty-two degrees

and lower. Store houses should be

equipped with reliable thermometers.

Many of them now in use in potato

cellars are not accurate.





Potatoes in storage require fresh air





'to keep them in good condition. Lack





of fresh air may cause blackening of

the flesh (black heart) and surface

breakdown (button rot). These con-

ditions were quite common last winter

and spring in poorly ventilated cellars

and in large bins of potatoes that were

not properly aerated.





Considerable progress has been

made in the last two years by- Michi-

gan growers and warehouse men in

building improved types of storehous-

es and in installing suitable ventila-

tion systems in old houses. The more

general adoption of such practices

will mean better seed and table stock

potatoes.





Some of the better types of storage

cellars receive their supply 'of fresh

air through one or two twelve to twen-

—ty-four-inch concrete flues which come

into the cellar at the floor line. The

intakes of the fiues are generally plac-

ed from fifty to 100 feet from the cel-

lar. The flues are placed below the

frost line so that the temperature of

the air is moderated by the time it

reaches the cellar. The fresh air is

carried the length of the cellar through

ten eighteen-inch channels placed un-

der the bins. The channels are cov-

ered with wooden slats spaced so that

the air can rise through the bins.

Ventilatbrs are placed in the roof

which allow the heated moist air to

escape. All air fines and ventilators

are provided with dampers and the en-

tire ventilation system is under the

control of the operator.



Large piles or bins of potatoes

should be provided With ventilated di-

vision walls spaced at intervals of six

or eight feet throughout the piles.

These walls can be made of two by

six-inch uprights with one by four-inch

strips nailed on the edge. A one-inch

space should be left between each

strip. The ventilator wall should reach

from the floor to well above the top

of the pile. There should be sufficient

air fines and ventilation walls through-

out the pile so thag no potatoes are

farther than four feet from a supply

of fresh air. This precaution will help

eliminate blackheart, button rot and

other forms of break down and will





make for better quality seed and table .





stock. , .

Detailed information on storage—

house construction and ventilation can





be procured from the Farm Engineer .





ing Department of the Michigan Agri-

cultural College.



The storagc cellar should be kept

as dark as possible so the quality of

the potatoes will not be impaired

Light causes the potatoes to green and

develop a bitter taste. '





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ship, presenting the cow with more comfortable conditions





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Dispersal and Consignment Sale

Pure-bred Holstein Cattle





Tuesday, October 7, 1924





 





WONDER if itfiis really so? The



'more I ponder the statement, the



more I believe it is true. Some

time since, a. leading animal hus-

bandry professor made the statement

to me that he believed we had about

reached the saturation point in pure-

bred stock; that the problem now is

to eliminate the scrub pure-bred and

improve the quality, of the various

standard breeds as we now find_ them.



This statement is made in the face

of the fact that only a small per cent

of the live stock of the state is pure-

bred, and that comparatively few

stock raisers are at all interested in

pure-bred animals. However, when

we turn to the record of auction sales

of pure-bred animals the past two

years, in nearly every instance pure-

bred stock has sold at current market

prices for common stock.





Of course, there are various reasons

for this fact, but one of the most out-

standing is the lack of interest in

pure-bred stock on the part of the gen-





* Record of Meritfor (Shce





I .r Dixon—ed wit/l ot/zer M attem- in t/ztk'Lctterfrom M If. Moore





 





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ment of the College, begin any time

making records of productionin his

flock and be able to go before his fel-

low farmers and set forth the authen-

ticated production of his breed of

sheep. '



This move will mean just as much

to the breeder of fine wool sheep as it

does to the. breeder of any class of

dairy stock when he, by omcial test-

ing, establishes advanced records on

records df merit for the members of

his herd. Every live fine wool sheep

breeder should get in line with this

work as soon as possible in order to

make his flock worth still more to him

than it now ins—E. M. Moore. '





 





PROTEINS'DIFFER IN FOOD

VALUE.





 





I NVESTIGATIONS extending over a;



period of ten years have shown that

proteins of different feedstuffs differ in

food value to a large degree, accord-

ing to Dr. D. Breese Jones, chemist in





 





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charge of the protein





‘ investigation

Consisting of 10 head (the entire herd) of E. M. Stewart of lnkster, Wayne





County, Mich. The herd that in 1922 led the-whole State in Cow Testing

Association work and set a record of production that still leads them all,

62,596 lbs. milk, 2,463 lbs. butter in 1 year from 3 cows of the herd.

4 Daughters of the above cows, sired by a son of King Korndyke Sadie

Vale from a 32-lb. dau. of Sir Veeman Hengerveld. All under 5 years old.

Also 4 head from the herd of Mark Lathers’ of lnkster, all young. 1 yrs.

time on good bankable notes with interest at 7%, 2% off for cash.

_ Farm 1/2 mile south of \Varren Ave. on Inkster Road. All to be free

3 from T. B.





Dispersion Sale---Reg. Holstein Gattle





The Entire Herd of C. S. HEEG & SONS, Howell, Michigan





THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1924





Sale Pavilion, Fair Grounds





SIXTY SIX HEAD IN SALE, Includes a Draft of Thirty Head

from Other Good Herds

ALL HERDS ON THE ACCREDITED LlST--60-Day Retest Privilege





The highest record lot of cattle ever sold in Livingston County.



The first 7 dams or our Herd Sire have records that average over 34 lbs.

Weight 2,600 lbs. 3 other bulls. two from 30-lb dams.

. A 36-lb. cow, a 35-lb. cow and several daughters from car-h, a 30-lb. cow and several daughters

1‘" from 30-lb. cows, also many other good ones. .

1" The Grand Champion Bull and Cow at the leingston County Fair this year are included in the sale.

A great Opportunity to secure foundation stoek. For catalogs, address.





.F. J. FISHBECK, Howell, Mich.

BREEDERS’ IIIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Days before date of publication





 





It Has Been Found that More Economical Gains Are Made When the Ani-

mals Have Free Access to the Various Concentrates in Their Rations.





He is included in the sale, such sales. He will go to a farm auc-





tion and pay more for an indifferent

grade or scrub than many purebreds

sell for at a strictly pure—bred sale.

This indifference, or short-sighted-

ness, on the part of the average live

stock raiser is chronic and can be

overcome in only a few cases each

year. The big thing in pure-bred ani-

mal husbandry today is to eliminate

the commonplace type of animal in

any class of pure-bred stock and seek

to make such improvement of the bet-

ter types that they will literally

startle the average man into noticing

at least What can be done with really

good stock.



The fine wool sheep breeders of the





laboratory of the department of agri-

culture. -



The department investigators have

found that animal growth will be re-

tarded if certain animo acids are lack-

ing or deficient in a protein. For in-

stance, the chief protein of corn, zein,

is lacking in the animo lysine and ‘

tryptophane and is low in histidine.

Because of this lack, a young animal

fed on corn as its sole source of pro—

tein will not grow and develop prop-

erly. Peanut meal, soy-bean meal, and

cocoanut press cake have been found

to contain the very animo acids that

corn lacks, and the addition to corn

of the proper proportions of. any of

these three feeds will produce a mix-





 





 





 





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Junior sire in the Traverse Cit -

pita! herd. y State Hos





 





 





 





. Erickson Dispersion sale at $6,800. As 9.

Invest Your Sr. 4-yr.-old she made 857.59 lbs. butter and





   





21.052.7 lbs. milk in 305 days. Her best 7-



Money..Do Not gfiflresggd S! 34in lbs. butter and 636.5 lbs.



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will receive divi- send for 0‘" ‘0’ “I" by





list of bulls

Michigan state Herds.





 





 





dendS- B . state have begun to grasp the signifl- ture of proteins that will supply all

' ureau °f Animal “dust“: cance of this idea and are taking steps nutritional requirements.

U. S. flccrcdzttd D. .

u a Herd ”mm“ C'L‘““"" Michilflh to emphasize the merits of the differ-

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ent classes of fine wool sheep inthe LIVE STOCK INCREASES IN ‘

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Re istered Guernse s

LONE PI E RANGER our new Herd SIR has a

Dun with an A. R. 0. record 936 fat. When in th

market for better Guernseys, write GILMORE 8808.,

Camden. Mlch.: J. W. 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

Tested. Dr. Baker.4800 Fort St. Welt, Detroit, Mich.

FOR S ALE Two fine pure-bred Guernsey bull



calves and one yearling. Grand~





sons of Imp. fipotswood Sequel. Also Duroc spring

pigs. either sex. Hoyt Woodman. Lansing. Mich.





For sale. Reg. earlin heifers. bull

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Rose breed . prl

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Registered 3' also





cows due to freshen in Nov. Cow

Whitney Bros, 0ndondaoa, Mich. s





lstein cows. due soon. -W.

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e breeding.





A Great Opportunity





We are offering a young Holstein bull ready for ser-

nce by a 32.63—lb. son or Matador Segis Walker. a

brother to Segis Pieterje Prospect. the world's greatest

cow. Dam of call by a 35.73-1b. bull King Segis





Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich.





Address replies to F. B. Lay, 2525 Clybourn Ave.

Chicago. Ill.





AUCTION





Wednesday, October IS, I924 at IO O’Clock

1 mile south of the second step west from Holland

on the Holland interurban line. 8 head of registered

Holstein milk cows and young stock, 2 high-grade

Holstein milk cows T. B. tested Sept. 15, 1924. 1

Black Mare, 8 years. 1,450 lbs, and all-farm tools.

hay, straw. wheat and oats. Conditions presented on

day of sale. VISSER BROS.. R. 8. Holland, Mich.





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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM

Silver Creek.





 





Allegan County,





15 Can. 4 bulls from R. of M..Cows. Chance to

select from hard of 70. Some Inch, other bred

for tall (reckoning. Colon C. Lillie. Cocoon-grille. Mich.





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a ‘ Fresh Cows.

LEROY K EV. Irina. Michigan.





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put on a pure-bred ewe sale the fore

part of December next at M. A. C., at

which time emphasis will be laid upon

the value of pure blood, and a choice

lot of sheep will be placed on sale to

the highest bidder.



Another thing these eople intend

doing is to establish a ecord'of Merit

in wool production f r the different

breeds of fine wool eep represented

in the Michigan Fine Wool Breeders’

Association, through\ the cooperation

of the extension department of M. A.

C., which will supervise the making

and authenticating of these records. It

is proposed to emphasize to the young-

er generation of farmers and stock

raisers the possibilities in the produc-

tion of wool as well as of mutton by,

fine wool sheep. ' ‘

Any pure-bred breeder of any class '

of fine wool sheep can, through-this





 





 





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. association and the ‘ extension depart;





 





 





E UROPEAN farmers are gradually



getting back to normal. This is

indicated by the increase in number

of cattle, sheep and swine in Euro-

pean countries, especially in Germany.





GET MORE MONEY FOR RE-

ACTORS.





 





CHANGE in the methods of sell-



- ing reactor cattle following com-

plaints by farmers in Illinois'resulted

in increases in the salvage value of the

animals of $7.85 per head. Formerly

all reactors were purchased by one

packing company. Under the new

plan they are scld on the open market

subject to postmortem examination. _
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' TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.-





 





N commemoration of its twenty-fifth

anniversary which will be Celebrat-

ed at Chicago, November 29 to Decem-





: her 6, the International Live Stock





Expoaidon is offering over $100,000 in

cash premiums, as well as many valu-

able trophies and medals to be award-

ed in nearly 900 competitive classes.

A copy of the complete preliminary

classification and list of prizes can be

seciired by addressing Secretary-Man-

ager B. H. Heide, Union Stock Yards,

Chicago.



Entries in the individual live stock

classes close November 1, and car-

loads on November 22. The Interna—

tional Grain and Hay Show entries for

the Chicago Board of Trade $10,000

premiumlist must be in Mr. Heide’s

oiiice not later than November 10.



This year the fat cattle carload

grand championship has been rein-

stated, and additional prizes amount-

ing to $400 have been offered in the

sheep carload classes. Several chang-

es,have been made in the individual

cattle contests and a new competition

for groups of ten barrows added to

the swine department. The import-

ance of boys’ and girls’ club work has

been recognized by enlarging the baby

beef classes to include contests by

breeds and state groups. The Chicago

Association of Commerce is offering

1,000 in scholarships to the three high-

est ranking individuals in the junior

live stock judging contest.





A RATlON FOR FATTENING

STEERS.





 





I have thirty-two steers that I wish

to fatten. Will have to buy all the

grain. Will you give the cheapest and

most satisfactory ration ?-——J. H.





Fattening stee1s 1equi1e 101 a bal-

anced ration: 2.50 pounds digestible

protein, 15.0 pounds carbohydrates

and 0.5 pounds fat for each 1,000

pounds live weight. The amount can

be increased if the steer weighs more

and diminished if he weighs less.



The roughage to be used is not giv-

en, therefore, no satisfactory ration

can be given. Roughage, (hay, straw,

cornstalks, etc.), is the cheapest food

and the steers should be fed a liberal

supply because it means cheaper beef

and may turn loss into profit.



We will assume that the roughage





is to be. fifteen pounds of clover hay. -year~old cow that gradually went lame





This will furnish 1.107 pounds of di-

gestible protein and we will have 1,393

pounds to be supplied by the grain

ration. Eight pounds of corn meal

will supply .536 pounds, and 21/3 pounds

of cottonseed meal will supply .94

pounds, making a total of 2.54 pounds,

which is near enough the standard

for practical purposes.





It is not necessary to feed this exact

amount, i. e., fifteen pounds of clover

hay, eight pounds of corn meal and

two and one-half pounds of cottonseed

meal, to each steer. But it will be





. found economical to feed the ration as





near as possible in that proportion.

They may be fed all they will eat up

clean.





If shelledacorn is fed in place of

corn meal, more must be fed because

it will not all be digested and assim-

ilated. Hogs should always follow the

steers which are fed shelled corn, else

much will go to waste. Seven pounds

of gluten feed can be used in place

of the corn and cottonseed meal if it

is found to be cheaper as that will

give about the same amount of nutri-

ents. .





news hAND SUGGESTIONS.





 





The concrete floor is rat-proof, san-

itary and permanent. If properly con-

structed, it is also dry and warm.





 





A catalog of the 182 motion picture

films put out by the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, Covering a

wide range of agricultural subjects,





__.has_just. been lssuednas Miscellaneous





 





 





1.172111611154151“: ostrich-res ' '





~e". Letters should state fully the history and symptonu of





to open them.





a cow that came fresh in pasture lot,

she cleaned all r1ght, bUt IS incllned these cows will be fresh this Fall. 8 Pure—bred Lin-

to urinate Once or twice during milk- (-oln Ewes. 1 Buck. 3 Pure-bred Duroo Brood Sows.





 





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Circular 27. Copies may be secured

by addressing the department at

Washington, D. C.





 





It is good policy to inaugurate a

fall clean-up campaign about the farm

home premises. This should be done

before the ground freezes for winter.

An orderly looking place gives the

owner a feeling of pride.





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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.





Advice through this column in given free to our sub-crib-





 





end: we and give. name and address of the writer. Initials

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

service becomes private practice and 31 1mm be enclosed.



Shoulder Lameness.——Our nine-year-

old horse has shoulder trouble, causing

him lameness; both shoulders seem to

be affected and the muscles are wast-

ing away. What can be done for him?

C. M., Wellington, Mich—Apply equal

parts of turpentine, aqua ammonia,

raw linseed oil, to atrophied muscles

once a day.





Heaves—Eczema.—-My twelveyear-

old horse has slight attack of heaves,

but he seems to be in fairly good

health. He must have an itchy con-

dition of the skin, for he bites himself

during hot weather, but during cold





 

 

 





HAT’S the expression that you inva-



riably hear from dairymen after they

begin feeding their herd Sugared Schumacher

Feed and Boss Dairy Ration.





Here’s a letter from W. S. Kerr, of Oaks Farm,

Cohasset, Mass, that IS typical of the opinions I"

of dairymen after giving these feeds a trial:





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





"We have been feeding Sugared Schumacher

Feed now for nearly three months as the base





weather he is comfortable_ H. of our ration and regular visitors have re- (

Riverdale, Mich. ~—Give him one~ha1f marked aboutthe1mprovement 1n thegeneral K

ounce of Fowler’s solution at a dose conditions of our large herd of pure bred

in soft feed or in drinking water twice Guernseys, that it has shown in the past

daily. FGEd 110 ClOVGI‘ 01' dusty, musty, month or so. In addition to the general im—

badly cured bulky fodder. Gram and provement in conditions, will say they have ‘

grass 13 the best summer feed for also shown a large increase in milk flow. " IK )

h1m. Occas1onally wash him w1th soap

and water, also apply one part boal- W' 5' KERR‘

Ear {lisitntiectant antfl Igsrdentty parts dW3.-

er 0 i c y parts 0 y wice a ay.

Garget.——Have a cow which came SUGARED





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





fresh in April; stringy milk comes

from one quarter, also some blood

comes from this quarter. J. J. Y.,

Centerville, Mich—Apply camphorated

oil to quarter once a day.





Bloody Milk. ——Several of my cows

have occasionally given bloody milk

from one quarter of their bag, and

one cow gives mostly clear blood.

What can be done to remedy this con-

dition? A. J. Manistee, Mich. —Ro-ugh

milking is the most common cause of

cows giving bloody milk, bruises the

1esu1t of coming in contact with some

hard substance is anothe1 cause, kicks

and blows are pretty ceitain to cause

some leakage of blood into the udder

Removal of the cause and careful

milking will remedy this ailment. Ap-

plications of eithe1 hot 01 cold wate1

will check bleeding.





Cow Has Spavin.—I have a three—





during last spring. The muscles of

hip have shrunken, cow walks with

foot well ahead; I examined the foot,

found it all right. I called a veter-

inary, he says she has a spavin, also

suggested injecting the muscles of the

sh1unken qua1ter.Now I wish to know

is my veterinary right in his diag-

nosis, and is his treatment consistent?

I have never heard of cows being af-

fected with spavin and am at a loss to





1658 Ry. Exchange Bldg.





 





 





Schumacher Feed '

Boss Dairy Ration





Sugared Schumacher F eed—the “Old Reliable”

Carbohydrate ration supplies the energy —

staying power and ideal phys-

ical fitness which is so es-

sential to long time milk

production, while Boss Dairy

Ration with its 24% Protein

furnishes the choicest pro-

tein concentrates that make

large milk yields. The two

feeds represent true feeding

economy—give them a trial.

Your dealer can supply you.





The Quakeroats Comps“; D-..





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Address: Chicago. U. S. A.





 





 





 





 





know what course to pursue. M. A.

K—Cattle do suffer from bone spavin





izszrzzahraszgrm139.311.115.182; Washtenaw County Holstein Breeders’





in horses. The nature of the work

horses do cause concussion, besides

they are more likely to sprain the

hock joint. Ask your veterinarian to

fire her spavin and if her lameness

subsides then the muscles of quarter

will grow. Injecting a few diops of

tmpentine underneath the skin a few

isnche apart where the muscles are

atrophied is considered good practice

Some veterinarians use iodine in place

of turpentine.





Spinal Paralysis—I have a sheep

twelve months old that is stiff, hardly

able to get up or down. Mrs. L. T.,

Turner, Mich—Give her 15 grains of

sodium salicylate at a dose in soft





Seventh Annual Consignment Sale

§OF PURE-BRED HOLSTEIN CATTLE





Tuesday, October 21, 1924





12 O’clock Eastern Standard Time

At Fair Grounds, Ann Arbor, Mich.





For Catalog Address





W. L. SPAULDING, Chelsea, Mich.





 





feed two or three times a day. If her Wanted to Buy ”Eight-“ ‘9“ 0"“





' ' Guernsey COWS. ne-

bowels are COSUVG: g1ve epsom salts wald Bron. R. s. Muskegon. men.





 





Nervusness—Sprained Leg.—I have Auction Sale October 7, 1924

15 Head Pure-bred Jersey Cows, 5 Yearling Heifers,

7 High Grade Jersey Cows. all TB. tested. 19 of





2 young Boars ready for service. B. w. PARDEE,





ing. I am not certain about her hav- Big Ran“... mm

ing been served as she was in same

lot With bull, but is not With calf. I Jerseys For Sale Bulls ready for service-





 





also a few females. All from





3150 have 330th“ 00W due to freshen R. of M. dams. Accredited herd. Smith a Parker.

next month, which sprained hind leg. R. D- No. 4. Howell. Mich.



Eatsftffé’efiféi' oi‘fifiggfififiedifilé Milking Shorthom Bull 12 m

$13555 §i§eisailk§§te¥otllge§afiitu§ 3111;? maimed?“ ”mm ”M" ”A" ‘

gg‘t‘ffi; 315111.38 igwrgguegiles 53311133 Shorlllorns 3:5: ohdquluftny's‘fgrd “W via-51.1.





ble Grandson of

Glenside Dairy King Dark Red Also a light Roan





 





STOCK FARM. Box D. Tocumoh. flick.





 





 





 





.‘3 RED POLLED CATTLE 3%





Ii. Buy from Michigan's Leading Herd, Owned byL

FWESTBROOK BR08.. Ionia, Mich. K





HOGS





B ERKSHIRE BOARS of good type and quality.

Ready for service. Will sell at market price. All

eligible to registry. B. B. Reavey. Akron. Mich.





UROC tall and spring homo! the” “in.

D and quality. at prices to sell [all elm“ I! Mr-

C. Taylor. Mann,





 





 





vain prices. W.





FOR SALE OR TRADE—Chester Whites. m

extra good springiszgoarsm by Reserve Grand



Champion. Saginaw. so a



Prince Big Bone. John 0. Wilk. st. Luis. M.





 





DUROC JERSEYH 595.,“ 355%]??? 8‘13; $3 I. '* ‘





sation breeding. Huron County Pin Club. uVern:

Willott. 8ecy.. Bud Axe, lion.





Mitioml Stock Ads. on Page 233
GRAIN- QUOTATIONS '





Tuesday, September 30.





Wheat. .

Detroit—No. 1 ‘red at $1.44; No. 2

red $1.43; No. 3 red $1.40; No. 2 white

$1.45; No. 2. mixed $1.44.

Chicago—~December $1.41%@1.41%;

May $1.47%@1.471A,; July $133974.

Toledo—Cash $1.421,§@1.43%.





Corn.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.18; No. 3 yellow

$1.17; No. 4, $1.12.

Chicago—December $1.09%@1.10;

2llvijaly‘.”$1‘.11%(('z}1.115/{;; July $1.111,é@

. 4.





Oats.

Detroit—New, No. 2 white at 520;

No. 3, 500.

Chicago—December at 52%@52%c;

May 56%@56%0.R





ye.

Detroit.—Cash No. 2, $1.19.

Chicago——December $1.20% (131.20%;

May $1.243/8@1.241/§.

Toledo—$1.21.

Barley. .

Barley, malting 90@95c; feeding at

.86@900.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate and

shipment $5.40@5.50 per cwt.

Chicago—Navy, choice $6.35.

New York—Choice pea $6.35@6.50;

red kidneys $9.15.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$17.60; alsike $12.25; timothy $3.50.

Hay

New Hay—No. 1 timothy $19@20;

standard and light mixed at $18@19;

No. 2 timothy $17@18; Wheat and cat

straw $11@11.50; rye straw at $12@





12.50.

Feeds.



Bran $34; standard middlings $35;

fine do $40' cracked corn $52; coarse

cornmeal $52; chop at $46 per ton in

100-lb. sacks.





prompt





Fruits.





Apples, Duchess $1@1.25 bu; Golden

Sweets $1.50; Wealthies $1.50; Jona-

thans $2.25; Delicious $2.50. Pears,

Bartletts $3 bu; Keiffers, Flemish

Beauties and Garbers $1.50; plums at

500@$1 per bu; peaches $2.25@2.50





per bushel.

WHEAT





Practically every batch of bread

grain crop news from Europe is

strongly bullish. Prolonged rains have

delayed the harvest and done tremen-

dous damage to the crop in central

and western Europe. Italy’s crop is

falling far short of last year. Great

Britain is faring better than the Con-

tinent but still is making much com-

plaint. These conditions will not only

increase the foreign demand early in

the wheat year for dry grain to mix

with their own damp new crop,_ but

will increase the total amount of

wheat needed for the season. It is

noticeable that foreigners have follow-

ed the advances with buying orders

more keenly than earlier in the season

when their harvests were more prom-





ising. R



Rye sales for export in the last

week totaled about 7,000,000 bushels.

Added to the estimates of previous

sales, it would appear that half of our

calculated surplus has been contract-

ed. Actual clearances are increasmg,

the total for the last two weeks being

close to 5,000,000 bushels, not includ-

ing rye flour.





CORN





Corn prices suffered another severe

break last week, because of the ab—

sence of serious frosts and indications

that a larger acreage would reach the

safety zone than expected hitherto.

Careful estimates indicate that about

72 per cent of the crop will be mature

by the average da e of the first killing

frost and the total yield forecast is

slightly below 2,500 bushels. The cash

corn market displayed greater weak-

ness than the new crop deliveries. Old

corn has been moving to primaries

more freely and receipts are more

than twice as heavy as at this time

last year. Industrial demand has not

' been equal to the arrivals and feeding

demand is quite dull. In spite of these

conditions, the market has turned up

ward again, aided by the strength in

' other grains and prospects of rainy .

. weather and frosts in the chief corn

growing states. There are symptoms

‘- in this move that the market has made



. bottom for a long while.





OATS





. most of the heavy receipts of oats

at primary markets in the last two

weeks have remained at- terminals.





   

 





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Shipments from primary markets have

been small and the visible supply has

more than doubled. With one excep-

tion, it is now thelargest known at

this season of the year. Prices weak-

ened under the load, coupled with the

reactionary trend in corn but strength-

ened when the tone of other grains

improved. The movement to primar-

ies is tapering off, but it still remains

large compared with the outward

movement. There is some foreign de-

mand for oats and European needs ap-

pear to be rather large. Oats prices

remain at an unusual discount below





corn.

BEANS





The bean market is quiet as there

has been practically no inquiry during

the past week. Both old and new crop

beans are quoted at $5.85 per 100 lbs.

for C. H. P. whites f. o. b. Michigan

shipping points. While the September

forecast on the crop for Michigan was

5,492,000 bushels, a supplementary re-

port is said to. show only about 4,500,-

000 bushels. This amount will be in-

creased or decreased, depending upon

the extent of pickage. Compared with

last year, this is a reduction of about

25 per cent and in view of conditions

in California and Colorado, the bean

market outlook is quite strong.





SEEDS





Clover seed prices are at the high-

est point since 1920. Both domestic

and foreign crop reports are bullish.

New crop seed has not begun to move

freely so that the market is under no

pressure from cash offerings. Alsike

has not risen as far as red clover.

Timothy is coming to market in vol-

ume and cash demand is slow.





FEEDS





Feed markets are quite dull with an

easy undertone. Production of wheat

feeds by mills is large but they are

not pressing offerings, although they

are ample for the demand. Linseed

meal is barely steady but cottonseed

meal is firm with a heavy demand for

cake for export, and feeding demand

from the southwest is increasing.

Good pastures, ample supplies of cheap

forage, and some damaged grain on

farms, and unsatisfactory prices of

dairy products are keeping interior de-

mand in check. Manufacturers of mix-

ed feeds are buying sparingly at

present.





 





Live Stock Market ServiceJ





 





, HAY





. Hay markets are 11 hly uneven, .lo-

cal conditions exercis as the govern-

ing influence. Low grades are extreme-

ly slow sale: wGood timothy is easy,

alfalfa firm, and prairie hay is stronger

compared with a week ago..





POULTRY AND EGGS





Fresh egg prices reached new high

ground for the season last week. 001-

lections are shrinking and prices in

the country are high. The supply of

extras is constantly short of the de-

mand and premiums are paid for them

in some cases. The use of storage eggs

continues liberal so that the shortage

under a year ago is not being reduc-

ed. The season of heavy receipts of

poultry is just ahead as arrivals nor-

mally more than double between Oc-

tober and January. Prices have been

irregular during the past week, but

approaching Hebrew holidays which

always create a heavy demand for

heavy fowls, ducks and geese, will lend

strength to the market. ,



Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 36@

38c; dirties 28@290; checks 26@27c;

fresh firsts 36@410; ordinary firsts 34

@350. Live poultry, hens 22c; spring~





/





ers 21%0; roosters 14%0; ducks 160; '





geese 160; turkeys 200.

Detroit.——Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 34@410; storage 32@34c. Live

poultry, heavy springers 25c; light do.

21@220; heavy hens 250; ligh hens 16

@170; roosters 160; geese 18@200;





ducks 15c.

BUTTER





Butter prices broke to a new low

for the season last week. Record sup-

plies of both fresh and storage butter

caused the decline which is not equal-

ed in any September of recent years.

Production of butter continues on an

excessive scale. Reports of the Amer-

ican Association of Creamery Butter

Manufacturers showed only a fraction-

al decrease over the preceding week,

but an increase of 17.8 per cent over

the same week a year ago. The sur—

plus of more than 50,000,000 pounds of





storage butter over the same time/in .





1923 is gradually being increased as

the movement out is so much slower

than a year ago. The downward trend

in the butter market appears about

over, however. With prices the low-

est at this season for eight years, bear

arguments have probably been fully





 





Tuesday, September 30.





CHICAGO





Hogs. '

Receipts 15,000. Market mostly 10

@150 higher than Monday’s best kind;

Light lights and killing pigs show 15

@250 advance; tops $10.90; bulk of

better 160 to 225-lb. weight $10.40@

10.85; good and choice250 to 350-lb.

butchers $10.30@10.60; bulk good 140

to 150—lb. kind $9.90@10.25; packing

sows $8.90@9.20; good strong weight

slaughter pigs $9@9.50.

Cattle.

Receipts 8,000. Market fed steers

and yearlings 10@150 higher; best

yearlings $11.50; heavies $10.75;

weighty steers show most advance for

the week, some more than 500 high-

er; grass cows and heifers uneven,

dull; bulls in narrow demand; vealers

25@500 higher; bulk at $11.50@12; a

few at $12.50.

Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 26,000. Market on fat na-

.tive lambs strong to 250 higher; sort-

ing light; early sales westerns steady;

bulk natives $12.75@13; few $13@14;

culls mostly $10; sheep and feeding

lambs steady; fat ewes mostly $4.75

(1.6.25; choice feeding lambs early at

$12.75@13; feeding ewes $5.50@5.75.





DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 159. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed . . .. .......... $ 8.75@10.00

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 7.75@8.50





\





Handyweight butchers . . 6.50@ 7.25

Mixed steers and heifers . . 5.25@ 6.25

'Handy light butchers . . . 4 7 5@ 6.26

Light butchers .......... 3.7561), 4.50

Best COWS Iooovuvoc-Vooo 4.75@ 5'25





Butcher cows ........... 3.50@ 4.25

Cutters ................. 2.50@ 3.00

Canners ............ 2.00@ 2.50

Choice bulls ............ 4.25@ -

Heavy bologna bulls ..... 4.75@ 525

Stock bulls .............. 3.50@4.25

Feeders ................. 4.25@ 6.25

Stockers ................ 4.25@ 5.75

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





Veal Calves.





Receipts 323. Market steady.

Best .................... $13.00@13.50

Others .................. 3.00@12.00





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 1,689. Market steady.

Best lambs ............. $12.75@13.00

Fair ..................... 10.50((D12.25

Light to common ........ 7.00@ 8.25

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.0061) 7.00

Culls and common ...... 1.506;) 3.00

Buck lambs ............. 7.00@12.00





Hogs.

Receipts 1,740. Good pigs are 250

higher; mixed 10@150 higher.





Mixed and heavy yorkers.$ 11.00

Roughs ................. 8.50

Pigs .................... 8.50@ 9.50

Light yorkers ........ .. . 10.25@10.50 g





BUFFALO

H 098.





Receipts 7,600. Market closing slow.

Heavies $11.35@11.50; medium $11.35

@1150; few at $11.60; light weight

$11.35 11.50; light lights $10@11.35;

pigs $ 0; packing sows, roughs $9.25.



- Cattle.



Receipts 225. Market steady.





Calves.

Raeipts 400. ~ Taps $13.50@14.

Shoe and Lambs.

» Receipts 1.60 .

13.50; ewes ”5006.50.





discounted. lTher. lower prices. shOuld





stimulate 7 consumption sufficient to‘





warrant somewhat higher prices. The

39m“ season advance is long past

ue. ' . . , ‘

Prices for 92-scqre cream/gm were:

Chicago 351740; New York 7%c. ~ In?

Detrmt fresh creamery in tubs sells,

for 34@341;§,c.





POTATOES ,





Potato markets drop to a new

low for the season.

late potato states are increasing, al-

though they are below normal for this

season of the year. Buyers are not

anxious to wait until the movement is

heavier. Northern sacked round

whites, U. S. No. 1, are quoted at__900

_@$1.05 in the Chicago earlot market.





. WOOL



Wool prices still show a rising. trend

with our markets following ,the ad-

vances abroad. Foreign' markets are

too high to favor sales for shipment to

this country. Since imports will be

necessary in order to supply mills dur‘

ing the winter and early s ng, furth-

er advances in this coun ry appear

logical.





Boston quotations

Pennsylvania fleece

basis, follow:



Fine strictly combing 60@610; fine

French combing 52@53c; fine clothing

50@510; %—blood strictly combing 57

@58c; %'b100d clothing 54c; %-blood

strictly combing 570; %-blood cloth-

ing 55@560; 1/4.-blood strictly combing

53@540; 1/{yblood clothing 50@510;

low 1,4-blood strictly combing 51@520;

common and braid 43@450.



The better class of Michigan, New

York, Wisconsin and Missouri wools

are one to three cents less.





‘ GRAND RAPIDS





This is peach canning week in Grand

Rapids. Supplies of this fruit were

the largest of the season but prices

.held fairly steady under influence of

the strong demand. Produce prices

follow: Peaches, E1bertas.$2.25@3 a

bu; Proliflcs and Engles $2@3 a bu;

Hales $4@4.50 bu; plums, Lombards

40@600 bu; Monarchs $1 bu; Dam-

sons $1@1.25 bu; apples, slow; Weal-

thys 750@$1 bu; sweets around $1 a

bu; Wolf Rivers 800@$1 bu; grapes,

firm; 4—qt. baskets $3@3.50 dozen; po-

tatoes, slow, 50@60c bu, mostly 600;

onions 750@$1 bu; corn 10@180 per

dozen ears; tomatoes $1@1.25 per bu;

cantaloupes 750@$1 bu; wax beans

$1.50@1.75 bu; pears, Bartletts $1.50 ,.

2 bu; cauliflower $1‘@1.75 flat; ca

bage 40@750 bu; spinach 50@750 bu;

lettuce, leaf 50@750 bu; head $1@1.15

box; Hubbard squash $1@1.25 a bu;

wheat $1.21 bu; rye 75c bu; beans $5

per cwt; eggs 400 dozen; butter-fat

370 lb; poultry, fowls 13@200 per lb;

springers 15@24c lb.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





_ Nearly all vegetables and fruit are

in ample supply. Buyers bought‘free-

1y. Pears and plums were easy sell-

ers. The movement of peaches was

moderate



Apples, No. 1, $1.25@1.75 bu; No. 2,

$1@1.25 bu; cabbage 40@500 bushel;

crabapples $2@3 bu; lettuce $1@1.25

bu; dry onions $1.25@1.50 bu; pota-

toes 75@850 bu; plums, large $2.50@

3 bu; medium $1@1.50 bu; small 750





on Ohio and

wools, grease





.@$1 bu; pears, fancy $3@3.75 bu; No.





1, $2.25@2.75 bu; No. 2, $1.50@2 bu;

pumpkins $1 bu; summer squash 750

@$1 bu; Hubbard squash $1@1.25 bu;

tomatoes, N0. 1, 50@60c basket; No.

2, 35@400 basket; eggs, wholesale 48c

dozen; retail 50@600 dozen; old hens,

wholesale 27@28c lb; retail 28@300

lb; springers, retail 25@35c lb; whole-

sale 22@24c lb; ducks, wholesale 240

lb; retail 280 1b. ‘





LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





Holsteins.

Oct. 7.—E. M. Stewart, Inkster, Mich.

0011ii 1116—0. S. Heeg & Son, Howell,

c . ~- ,





Oct. 23—-—Howell Sales Company, How-

ell, Mich. “ ~

October 24——Complete dispersal sale.

Spring Valley Stock Farms. Elisha.

Bailey & Son, Pittsford, Mich. -





Jerseys. _





Best lambs ”arm; cent—:13. Wm humping,





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,. .- ‘ . " -. ",' ‘ «wLiver'stock' ista little scarce.

ITI-Ih»,only live more weeks to 50. 31.15; now $1.20; oats 45c; rye 80c;





 

 

 





horns 5011319111 tains a lead by what butter 35c; eggs 34c;'live poultry 220;

Seems to ,beganiunbeatable margin sheep 4@5c;~best hogs age—W. B.

Thisleading'pen has 2,403 eggs to its Shiawassee 00., ‘Sept. 23.—Recent

credit," while the nearest competitor,» rain





 





a





s have retarded seeding and bean





., ‘ harvest in this locality. Bean yield

that belonging to L‘ F’ Beasley, has. will be light. Corn needs more favor-





prodvUCed only 2,201 eggs. - Mr. Eck- able weather to mature. Potatoes are

ard’s other pen follows a close third late but good. They bring 90c per

with a proa‘ucfion of 2,183 eggs. bushel. Fruit is scarce, peaches being

.~ Among the heavier breeds, the shipped in. Hogs are below an aver-





age crop, while young cattle are about

Rhode Island, Wyandotte and Ancona 85 per‘cent of last year_ Labor is

groups "have the same position as last Qllifie available, but farmers are not

week, but in the Barred Rock section hiring only when pressed.—C. E' G-

the Michigan Agricultural College pen

and that from the Forest Grove Hatch-

ery are tied for third place.



The high pen for the week belongs

to’ the Arnold Egg Ranch and produc-

ed fifty-three eggs. Mr. Eckard’s pen is good except that some were discol-

came a close "second with fifty-one cred by rains: The state’s crop is



. -~ about ten million bushels larger than

eggs for the weeks production. last year’s, and the nation’s crop of



Thus far- the total Production 1,486,412,000 is about 187,000,000 bush~

amounts to 151,099 eggs, or an in- .els greaterm '

crease of 2,831 over the total last year Brag—T1111? CI’Cllp taverage: (13 It?



" ~ cen er an as year 11 n e

:1: ifixggzhiheaplggggugtESSBfgnWyl per cent better than the ten—year av-





erage. The condition of 93 per cent,

than last year, and even though the as reported, is equivalentvto a produc-





moult is having. its effect, many pens tion of 4,018,000 bushels. Last year’s

' The United States’ crop is placed at

194,455,000 bushels as compared with

198,185,000 for last year.



Buckwheat—The weather condi-

tions have been mainly favorable for

growth and a condition of 87 per cent

is reported by correspondents. This

condition is six per cent above that





 





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Oats—Michigan has produced a

splendid crop of oats this year, aggre-

gating 58,825,000 bushels. The quality





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





 





' Alcona 60., Sept. 24.—Potatoes are

the best in years. Corn damaged by

frost. ' Beans were also hurt. Our la-

bor supply is below normal. Eggs

bring 30¢. butter-fat 350; steers 4 0- reported one year ago, three per cent

Hay was a good crop here, but t e above the ten-year average, and repre-

weather was unfavorable to care for gents a. production of 887,000 bushels

it proverb-ea W- G- as against a crop of 753,000 bushels



Marquette 60., Sept. 22,—Heavy in 1923.

frost here on September 11 damaged The entire crop of the country is

beanS» 00m and gardes mick- POW estimated at 15,152,000 bushels as

toes are in fine condition and the best against 13,920,000 bushels produced





crop for1 sonae yeari'is. Daéry sfigfik last year.

looks wel, an pigs ne. ery e .

seeding done. Hogs about 10c live The‘bean "OP shows a relatively





low condition in other states, and the





weight to lumber camps. Apples are





estimated total production for the

a good crop and quality—H. E“ P“ country has dropped to 12,423,000

Huron 00., Sept. 2.—We have had bushels. The final figures for last





too much rain for beans. Corn is late





year were 15,740,000 bushels.

and not very good. Potatoes are also »





.. “ Potatoes,

are.falr‘_ and fruit is good,

Wheat





buckwheat/$1.75; barley ' $1.50; beans

$5.25; baled'hay $16; straw $8; dairy





 

 





OXFORDS 3.....-





MANN, Domino. m.





Oxford and Tunis Runs





DON P. CARI. Homer. Mich.





Red Poll





1'5.er and

Ram, Lumbar "H. W.





Cattla

Yorkshire S w i n o.





 





' Breeding Ewes;

5.5.5.2: lemma“? .2" a” ssfsmmrnm

B. CHAPMAN I. SON. '





50Delaiaellamx





 





as good as grow.‘ Photos?

tree. F. H. RUSSELL, II.





 





 





CASLER. Ovid, Mich.





30 ling. Bambouiflui Ran:





for wool and mutton.

No. l. Durand. Mich.





for sale. One

two years old.





and

bred

A. 8; F. Parmenter. R. F. D.





 





Ox 0 D R Ll’ 113v k ’.0m.



to plea, 9 PW,“ V]? k S £31m... um ghingd w“ em" ° Bunk top memo

\ s . . an Sic le. R. 2. Deckenllle, Mich. FOR SALE Rams, 30 ewes, lambs. ’l

' ' d Ewes Best of "mum‘- Mil'IMton. Mich.



legislated Hampshlrs Rams gem“. m w.





Delaine Rams 23."; ““10“." “$318.9;



CALHOON 8308., Branch 00., Bronson, Mich.



F OR SALE——Amerlcan and Delalne Merino Rams,

having size, coxering, quality. Yearlings and one-



stool: ram. Write S. H. Sanders, R. 2, Ashtabuin. 0.’ .





 





 





tising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





Rates 8 cents a word. each insertion,

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.

display type or illustrations admitted.





.Mlnlmum charge, no words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Mich

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. ism farmers.





Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





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



on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

Count as a. word each

Remittances must accompany order.



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





abbreviation, initial or number. No





 





 





 





 





for you on the Boston market.

than in your towns. Freight

divided at the rate per dozen.



Produce Commission Company,

Boston. Mass.





Prices are higher

\ory small when

Start shipment now.

34 Chatham Street





 





OLD MONEY WA ’ lED—W'lll pay Fifty Dollars for

nickel of 1013 with liberty Head (not Buffalo). We

pay cash premiums for all rare coins. Scnd 40 for

large Coin Circular. May mean much profit to you.

Numismatic Bunk. Dept. M. Fort Worth, Texas.





 





WHIRLWIND SILO FILLER, Model “F” at a bar-

gain. New machine. easy terms. The McClure

Company. Saginaw. Michigan._





 





DELCO LIGHT and Power Plant. including meters:

water pump; as [died as new; can be seen running:

8400. Warren, Idle Hour Anglers‘ Club. St. Clair

Flats. Mich.





 





 





late, but a splendid crop. Plenty of

fall apples, but winter varieties are

yielding light. It is hard to secure la-

bor. Eggs 34c; butter 500.——A. W. C.





Gladwin Co. Sept. 25.—Beans are

partly ripe. Some were hurt, how-

ever, by recent frost; the same is true

of corn. Potatoes are a fair crop.

Live stock is looking good and there is

plenty of labor. Eggs 32c; butter 360;

poultry 200; oats 45c.-—J. F. F.



Montmorency 00., Sept. 20.——S0me

fields of potatoes were hurt by frost,

but we expect a. fair crop. Fruit was

about half a crop. There will be _a

fair amount of live stock. Labor 18

plentiful for local needs. Eggs 32c;

butter-fat 35c; poultry 200; wool.400.





Wrecks Every Day





 

 





 





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PAY for Expert Mechanics





Over 15 million autos registered. A ‘ _‘ eel

thousand trained mechanics needed. Qualify II

8 weeks. Writ. for special rate with R.R: Faro

our! Board Paid. This offer is limitcduwrlle at

once Two Big Schools. address nearest.





Me Sweeny A“‘°' “m" Schools





and Electrical

McSwoeny Bag. McSweeny Bldg.





CINCINNATI... Dept. 335 CUIVILAIID.0.





Bay 00., Sept. 22.——Beans and corn





 





 





 





FREE” Winter's supply of coal absolutely frce for

a few hours’ spare time. Write today. Popular

Coal Company, 1972 Coal Exchange Bldg, Chicago.





 





ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer.

to $2.00 per lb. Free sample. H.

Harmony, Maine.





750

A. Bartlett.





 





WHIRLWIND SI LO FILLER,

dition. For sale cheap.

Saginaw, Mich.





rebuilt. in good con-

The McClure Company,





 





 





 





WANTED—Single bottom plow for Fordson. Carl

DoVVitt, “'lleclcr, Mich.

TYl’EW’Ill'l‘ERS—$20 up. Easy payments. Free trial.





Payne Company, llosedalc. Kans.





 





REAL ESTATE





 





100—ACRE FARM NEAR (YITY~—Equipment: Stucco

House, Highly productive Michigan Farm convenient

RR. high school town. electrics and motor bus to

nearby city marlu-ts; 50 acres lcvcl cultivation. spring

and broolr-wutcrcd pasture, wire fcnccs, valuable

woodland; good 2-story stucco house, 0 rooms. porch,

oak shadc: burn, othcr bldgs. Other affairs force low

price $3,800 with tcam, cows. poultry. implemcnm.

tools, hay, etc, included. Only $1,000 nccdctl. Dc~

tails page 130 New lllus. Catalog, 152 pages money—

making farm bargains. (‘opy frce. Strout Farm

Agcncy, 2053C Krcscc Bldg, Dctroit. Mich.





 





 





SHIP YOUR WOOE





To TRAUGOTT SCHMIDT & SONS,

508 MONROE AVE., DETROIT, MICH.



And Get the Following High Prices F. O. B. Detroit

FINE DELAINE 50c FINE CLOTHING 42c

MEDIUM 48c REJECTION 40c



Hbcs ' ' SHEEP





Sons and Daughters of Michigan’s Grand Pure- bred Shropshire

Champion Duroc Boar Rams and Duroc Hogs

Headquarters for Colonel bred Dorocs. LA‘KEFIELD FARMS,





Sh pshire Rams. .

Lakefield Farris. Clarkstong Mich. Clarkston, Mich.





t , ‘ (I I'll:

Chester Mule Boars 33? 51.22. “33.1.1” 3.15%.;





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





 





and ram lambs of

the wooly type. Dan





Shropshire Rams





Booher. R. 4. Evert. Mich.





The Maples Shropshires





For Sale—Choice yearling rams and a 2—yr.—old

Broughton stock ram. Also largo ram lambs. C. R.

LELAND. Ann Arbor, Mich. Phone 7184—F 13. ll. 5.





Registered Shmpshire Rams





’ Spring pigs, Sir-ed by “Giant Boy" and

0- LC 8 "Jumbo Bell Boy.” also Swiss

bulls.





Francisco Farm Poland Bhlnas





 





 





 





 





Now offering 900d herd Boats With the best of yearlings and lambs. Also a few good ewes. D. L.

breeding. Also guts not akin to them. Prices are ' _ ' . .

right. P. P. POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mich. “Am“ " 3°" 3° ”WWW" ”'°"

Rams. Ewes a Lambs—Cots-

F 11 P' either sex. by the mat Boar. The Sheep ForSaIe wolds. Tunis, Lincolns. Ox-

3 183 Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best ford: a Karakules. LEROY KUIEY. Adrian, Much.

of dams. W. 3. Wu. Parma. Mich.





 





 





' A. ofl'ering 41 show and

Poland China pigs and Ron. Shropshire; breeding rams at reasonable





Reg. Spotted 31.... Top Dehine Rum.





mcnt. Good schools, stores, murkcts; muchinc-worlu-d

flclds for corn. potatoes, pickles, ryc, etc; wire fenccs'.

valuable wood: apple, plum. cherry trccs. grapes, bcre

rics: 7—1'oom house, 2 porchcs, good hip-roof barn.

Owner incapar-itutcd. early sale nm-cssary, horse, cow,

poultry, implcmcnts, fools. furniture thrown in. All

$1,750, only $750 ncedcd. Picture and details page 130

New lllus. Catalog, 152 pages money~making farm

bargains. Copy Frcc. Strout Farm Agency. 205B(.‘

Krcsgu Bldg, Detroit, Mich.





 





ORCHARD AND GRAPE ll‘ARM—Horses, Cow. Fur-

niture—Poultry, vehicles, tools, crops inclutlcd; near

all town ndvantagcs and college city; produce sold

at door; 14 :icrcs all tillablo loamy soil: 280 apples.





pours. plums. chcn'ics and pcachcs, (i-acro vim-yard,

2,000 stx'uwhmrry and 1,000 raspberry plums; coed

5—room housc. ccllar, porch, convcnicnt watcr: 50-l‘t.





ham, 2 poultry llouscs; sturdy income and grcat post

sibilitics hcrc. l’ricc. rctluccd to 38,300 to close

quickly, part cash. C. B. Upham, Lawton. Mich.





FARM WITH l’llOFl’I‘ in the south—central states.

We offer hundreds of choice propcrtics. mpw-iully

suitable for gcncral crop production, dulrying and

live stock raising. Low prices and long time. terms

to cntcrprising workers. Turn to large advertiscmcnt.

page 287, this magazine, and mail coupon for free

illustrated catalog. Midwest Farms (‘0., 405 N. 15th

St., St. Louis, Mo.





 





MICHIGAN LANDS——One tract 1,280 Acres School-

craft (‘0., dltrhed, 800 Acres or more ready for crop,

60 Acres Timothy; on railroad: sudlciont timber for

buildings. Time. Snap price. 3,800 Acrc-s Algcr

C0,, one tract on state highway, 2 miles from station:

good soil, 3 brooks, 1,000 or more Acres meadow;

Bargain price, long time if desired. Jesse Grecnman.

Pioneer Bldg, St. Paul, Minn.





FARM SACRIFICE—90 acres. gravel loam land. 45

across cleared. lays level, well-drained, om mile of

woven wire fence. 8-room house, ‘barn 30x00. drive

well, half mile to railroad Owner paid $4,500 for

this farm, but due to circumstances must. leave im-

mediately. Can get good title. Will take $1,500

cash if taken within thirty days. re W 1'.

Umphroy. Evart, Michigan, when you are coming.





 





 





650. A. IICFATE. Horton. Mich.





 





prices. C. J. TKOMPSOI. Rockford. Mich.

yearling rams and ram





LARGE TYPE “1"“ China: Elm-ins piss. Remmd Shropshire lambs of «sentinel dual-





61m f m Michi 11's it]. Also- A few ml. c. LEMEI £ “N8. nox-

Champion hard. A.’ A. e' m m n MM. »





‘Foldhmp, Manchester. men. hr-

'Registered Oxford Dams and Ewes.





W W Gills For sale Satisfaction guaranteed.





and Boar ‘Pigs. not

skin. 12th»





NEAR LAKE—City Markets. 35‘ Acres. Fine Team.

Crops..Corn. potatoes. beans. vegetables. hsy. poultry.

minions-nus; endow profits and pleasurable living: prod.

ucts‘ sold at door. all advantages handy; few steps

lake: 30 acres fertile fields. wire fences. woodlot. 48

this fruit. trees; good 2-story 8—room house, barn.

granary. Age forces sacrifice at $2.000. only half





 





 





 





, Geo. 1'.

am! Abbott. Pains. lion. Phone 70-3. anqmne, R. 2.





 





 





m. or. at: m.





cash. W. R. Jones. Balcony Block. Holly. Mich.‘





 





 





 





 





 





Rgtgg In Eff“: October 7, 1922 BEAUTIFUL HOME in Country Village. Northeri;

One F0“, Ono 1r.“ Ohio. Splendid house. garage. poultry house. garden.

Words time times Words time than shrubbery. fruit, etc. Five minutes of High School.

10......”8030 $2.40 20........$2.0| 30.2‘ Station. Stores. Church and Post Office. Particulars.

11........ .83 2.04 2 2.15 a. Box 333' lineman Farmer-

l2........ 90 2.88 24 8.71

13_ _ .. 1.04 3.12 33 330 40-ACRE FARM—Edge Town. 31 A. Crops. Horses. 8

14. _ ‘ 1.13 335 30..."...1.“ 7,” Cows and Calves. 150 poultry, pigs. furniture, imple—

15 1.20 3.“ 81........ a.“ 1.“ meats included to start you right; few steps RR.

16........ 1.28 3_u 3 1“ 1,“ high school, motor bus, other advantages; 37 acres

11 ________ 1.33 I.” a,“ 1.” black loam cultivation. woven-wire fences, woodlot.

18. 1.44 4.3! 34......” 1.12 8.“ fruit: pleasant 5-room house, large barn. granary. etc.

i: {2% r: g :3 :.:2 Ezusettlchbusiness aflairs. reduced to $3.300. less than

. . ........ . . cas. David W. Smith. Twin‘i . M' .

2i ........ 1.33 Egg g;....... :3: :3 ”g wh

........ . . . . FOR SALE—200 acres of rich level land. 190 no

8 ........ 1.84 5.53 30..."... 3.13 9-“ under cultivation: 10 acres 'of timber; splendid buildf

a; ........ is: 2.33 3...”... :3: 3.3: t t; flnelydlocated gun mile west of Croswen on

........ . . ' sae rewar road. 60 per acre. J 9

I 0 All adwrl'ldfll 60!! Croswcll, Mich. am a Ragen.

pec‘a otlc ditto-runner“: "don a

or (hang: of up] in» 2300 ACRES in The South's Most Favored Section.

:mdld fur flu Clanifizd Department mm! rmch thil afiuun I500 acres lcvcl ric'h com land cultivated, two dwell~

day, in advance quublim m" daft. lugs, 25 other buildings. Fine location. good invest—

ment, fxcoil’tlnt cattle proposition. $37.50 acrc. Frank

_ ‘oc. .. Court, Mcmpl is, T‘ rs”.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR “WT G d 400 A H mm“ .

.. ~— 00 ~ ~r F. ——l40.~ ‘ -

GET MORE FOR YOUR EGGS-Let us sell them ( c “m 'ures produc





 





 





lug Hay and Alfalfa Large Barns—7-Room House.

C. E. Copp, Port Hope, Mich.





TOBACCO





IIOMICSI'UN TOBACCOA‘hcwinc, five pounds, $1.75:

ten. $3.00; twenty. $5.25. Smoking. five pounds,

$1.25; tcn, $2.00: twenty, $3.50. Plus Free. Money

back if not satisfied. United Tobacco Growers.

l’aduruh. Ky.





Homcspun Tobacco, chewing, 5 lbs. $1.75;





smoking, 5 lbs. $1.25: 10 lbs.

teed. Furmcrs'





10 lbs. 33.:

$2.; satisfaction guaran~

Tobacco Union, Sedalia, Ky.





HO)IESI‘l"N TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs. $1.76‘ Ten

$3. Smoking '5 lbs. $1.25; 'ren $2. Pay when received.

pipe and recipe free. Farmers’ Union, I’aducah, Ky.





PET STOCK





FOR SALE—High-class ll‘oxlxounds:

Coonhounds: Bloodhounds;

Well—broken; puppics of





Beagle hounds.

and Setters: partly and

all brccrls; no moncy in ad-





 





wmcc, ship I‘. 0. I). Stump for bool'l‘t. '-

lienncls, Mohmon. l’a. ‘ L Landis

ll‘lu‘llRETS—I spociulizc in raising f'crrcrs. Thirty





 





 





years' cxporicncc. ()ciobcr priccs. {mimics $3.50 cach:

males $2.75 each. One (lozcn $30. Ycarling females

special rut catchers $5.00 etu-h.





 





_ “'ill ship i‘. 0. D.



(gustmctlou book free. Levi Earnsworth, New London,

110.



A_llll'.‘l).\l.l~l l'l'l‘Sl~“'lwlpc(i July 14, eligible in.



n. c, 310, $15. One fcnmln Police pup. wolf mt



Satisfaction guaranteed. 1“. II. Aldrich, R. 4 Sar—



annc. Mich. '





 





 





I’UPS~~(‘1'oss betwecn thorouchbrtfl (‘ollie and No -

foundlund, black. Good cattle and watch dogs. F:-

malcs so; males $8. Alvuh Bucrgc, Middleton. Mich.





 





PERI} E’ITS FOR





_ SAIJ‘I—Alixil‘n (mod hunting stock.

(other color. any slzc. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Write for prim-s. .I. G. Sutton, Decatur. Mich.





 





ll‘lillllli'l‘s“Ilnrtcrs and hunters. Booklet free. Tiles.





 





Scllars. New London, ()lz‘m.

FERRETS for sulc. lll'l'sn‘llnl l’w'k, Box 854.'Des

Monies, Iowa.





 





 





I HUNDRED llun'inu llrmnris f‘hcap. Trial C. O. D.





80-ACRE MICHIGAN FARM~300 Fruit. Trees, Equip— j 150311111191»: RIF-‘1” Hum-k. Ills





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





POULTRY

\VAN"‘IGI)~()11H Thousand S. 1‘. “'liitc l.cglu>m I'ul-

lots, good ullliu‘ stuck. Gixc can and pricc. Box

3352, Michigan Ful‘mcr.

ZOO—ICUG STRAIN White Rock (,‘na'kcl‘vls. $2.50 to $5.

Woodsmad I’lucc, ll. 3, Buchanan, Michigan.

non SALE—AS. c. Buff Leghorn codkcrels. Willard

chstcr, Bath. Mich.

FOR SALE Golden Scabright Bantams, not related.

Jackson Bantam Farms. 11') W. Wilkins SL. Jack-

son, Mich. .

\VIIlTl-l \VY.\NI)()’I‘TES (:xclllsivcly,





catch.





colt-herds $1.75





Raymond I'Iflsll, In .





Sliipshcwa na.





AGENTS WANTED





\VAN’I‘I'JDr FRUIT TRI‘JI‘I

pleasant, stcutly work.

teachers and mhcrs. I'crmancnt job for good workers.

Write for terms. I. I. llgcnl‘ritz Sons‘ Co. The

Monroe Nurscry, Monroe. Mich. I'lstablli‘ed 1847.





SA LESM AN-—l’rofltable,

Good side line for farmers.





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