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i, HEN voters. of the state'énéter

“. . the booths to vote atthe'efienr

. oral election: tbz'be held on Tues»

jday,.-No'vember 4-, they will be handed

a ballot containing the text of three-

f proposed amendments to the constitu-

‘tion of Michigan, _To.the end that our

readers may have opportunity to give

thoughtful consideration to these pro—

posed amendmen-ts, we- print the text

,here' in full:





Public School Amendment.





A proposed. amendment to Article

XI of the Constitution relative to com-

pulsory attendance at a public. school

of all children between the ages of

seven and sixteen years until they

have graduated from the eighth grade,

and to read as follows: \ .





“Section 16. From and after August

1st, 1925, all children residing in the

state of Michigan, between the ages of

seven years and sixteen years, shall

attend a. public school until they have

graduated from the eighthgrade.”



“Section 17. The legislature shall.

enact all necessary legislation to ren-

der said section 16 effective.”





The effect Of this proposed amend-

ment, if adopted, will be to make it

compulsory for all children in the state

between the ages of seven and sixteen

years to attend a. public school until

they have graduated from the eighth

grade.



Income Tax Amendment.





A proposed amendment to Article X

of the Constitution authorizing the

enactment of a graduated income tax

law, and to read as follows: .



“Section 3. The legislature shall

provide by law a uniform rule Of taxa-

tion, except on property paying speci—

ific taxes, and taxes shall be levied on

'such property as shall be prescribed

by law.. The legislature shall provide

by law a scheme of taxes upon the net

gains, profits and incomes of all citi-

zens and inhabitants of this state, from

whatever source said gains, profits

and incomes are derived, which tax

shall be graduated and progressive as

follows:



“There shall be an exemption of

$4,000 per annum of all incomes.



“Incomes from $4,000 to $20,000 per

annum shall be taxed at the rate of

five per centu‘m.



“All incomes above $20,000 up to

and including $40,000, shall be taxed

at the rate of six per centum.



“All incomes above $40,000 up to

and including $60,000, shall be taxed

at the rate of seven per centum.



“All incomes above $60,000 up to

and including $80,000, shall be taxed

at the rate of eight per cent‘um.



“All incomes above $80,000 up to





,r and including $100,000, shall be taxed





at the rate Of nine per Centum.

“All incomes above $100,000 shall be

taxed at the rate of 10 per centum.

“The income tax law, herein author-

ized shall be administered by a board

of state tax commissioners.





“All monies paid to a board of state

tax commissioners under the provis-

ions of this amendment shall be paid

into the state treasury and shall then

be credited to the general fund Of the

state, and shall be used for defraying

the general expenses of the state gov-

ernment and for the payment of prin-

cipal and interest on state bonds.



“On or before the first day of Sep-

tember of each year, the auditor gen-.

eral shall deduct from the total

amount directed by the legislature to

be included in the state tax, for that

year, the amount of money received

under the provisions of this amend-

ment and credited to the general fund

of the state for the current year and

the balance if any shall be deemed to





 





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goonstitute the state tax to be appor-

tioned among the various counties of

the state in accordance with the pro-

visions of the general tax law.”





The effect of this proposed amend-

ment, if adopted, will be to authorize

the enactment of a graduated income

tax law.



Amendment to Authorize Board of Re-

view tO Divide State in Legio-

lative Districts,



A proposed amendment to Article V





 





tricts, and to read as follows:

“Section 2. The Senate shall consist





 





. of thirty~two members elected for two





Iyears. and. by single districts. Such





to thirty-two inclus‘ive, each of which





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of the Constitution dividing the state-

‘ into senatOrial and representative dis-





 

 





 





shell- choose age-“sonata. . The House

of Representatives can consist of one

kindred members elected for two

years and by single “riots. Such

Idistrdets shall be numbered from'One

to ouch-undated; mel’uni've, each of

glitch shall choose, one represents,

ye.” ‘ ‘ '



“Section 3. The secretary of state,

the: attorney general, and: the lieuten-

ant governor, actl-‘ng, as. a board of re-

,_view, shall on or before the first day

of April, 15-925, and every eighth year

thereafter, divide the territory of the

state into thirty-two senatorial dis-

tricts. such districts shall consist of

convenient and contiguous territory

with regular boundaries following the

county, city, or township lines as near-

ly as possible and shall" contain, as

nearly as may be, an.- equal number of

registered and qualified voters. The

secretary of state, theattorney gen-

eral, and ‘the lieutenant governor, act—

ing as aboard of review, shall on or

before the. first day Of April, I925, and

every eighth. year thereafter, divide

the territory of the state into one hun-

dred representative districts. Such

districts shall consist of convenient

and contiguous territory with regular

boundaries following the county, city,

or township lines as nearly as possible

and shall contain, as nearly as may be,

an equal number of registered and

qualified voters. Provided, that in the

formation Of such districts no town-

ship shall be divided thereby.”



“Section 4. On or before the first

day of January, 1925, and every eighth

year thereafter, the clerks of the sev-

eral counties, cities and townships

shall cause to be filed with the secre-

tary of state a certified statement of

the number of registered and qualified

voters resident therein at the last pres-

idential election.”





The effect .of this proposed amend~

ment,\if adopted, will be to authorize

a division of the state into senatorial

and representative districts by a board

of review consisting Of the Secretary

of State, the Attorney General, and the

Lieutenant Governor.





IM’PROVES OAT YIELD.





 





N the J. R. Crouse farm, near Hart-



land, which has been in the

Grouse family for. three-quarters of a.

century, it was? found that the appli-

cation of six loads of marl per acre

was responsible for increasing the

yield Of oats. Practically-the Whole

farm was marled at this rate, and the

yield for the entire acreage was forty-

nine bushels per acre, which was a.

much higher average than had ever

before been secured.





WANT SUGAR TARIFF MAIN- -

TAINED.





 





I N voicing the Opposition of Western



farmers to any reduction in the tar-

ilT on sugar, A. N. Maphers, who rep-

resents the Farmers' Cooperative Beet

Growers’ Association of Nebraska, told

President Coolidge that the “protec-

tive tariff is the pivot upon which the

permanent prosperity of the western

farmer is turning, and to disturb it

will throw western agriculture out of

gear.” '





Mr. Maphers’ opposition to tariff

tinkering was backed by written state-





ments from 432 national and state pro—'





ducers’ associations, 7,800 banks, 400

newspapers and 297 chambers of com-

merce in favor of retaining the pres-

ent duties on farm products. And he

further informed the President that

the increase in sugar beet acreage is

displacing the surplus wheat acreage,

thereby enabling the Wheat farmers

to diversify their crops. The Presi-

dent was asked to issue a proclama-

tion making permanent the present

duty on sugar.





TWO MARL MACHINES FOR

LIVINGSTON. '





 





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held in Sivingston county last July,

two marl machines have been ordered

for the county. @m- of those will be

used " for cleaning one the miles and

the mud frolu‘the shores of‘a“'l’ake,de-

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RAINING for service, the aim of

present—day education began

with the work of the great

teacher. This aim is becoming more

and more prevalent as time paSses.





~Let us ask ourselves if the right plan





is being followed in order to realize

The method of procedure

used by the average teacher tends to

make the child individualistic.



If the aim of education is service,

then the training should 'be social. It

is .just as unreasonable to train the

pupil to become individualistic when

the desired end is social, as it would

be to train the draft horse by racing

or the race horse by hauling heavy

loads. Why not give a pupil training

in school that will. fit him to do his

bit in making the world a better place

in which to live? It is easy to see

that the training would be'individual-

istic a few years ago when it was

thought that the school existed to pre-

pare one for life. It ought not to be

so true now since the school is con-

sidered life itself.



The position of teacher gives an im-

pression of autocracy. In Germany

where the pupil existed for the state,

the discipline was practically military.

This is not the case in our country but

still it is necessary for the teacher to

use his authority in governing the

school and in carrying on the regular

work. This notion may soon pass

away, but at present, even during so-

cialized school. work, the teacher’s po-

sition is constantly in the pupil’s mind.

The pupils do not work together nat-

urally, but notice the absence of the

teacher’s directions and wonder what

to do. A _noted educator has aptly

illustrated this point by saying, “The





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A Practical Journal for the Rural Family





SECTION. THE CAPPBR FARM PRESS





By Leo 8. Beach





lines of responsibility, obligation, and





‘conscious .training do not run hori-

zontally from child to child, but in a.





perpendicular direction from child ‘to

teacher, and vice versa; viz., up to and

down from the teacher.” Both forms

of training are necessary, but if the

School is to be publicly supported as





the good old days when they had

ciphering and spelling Contests. These

were of vital interest to them. A

young banker was heard to exclaim at

the opening of his school for a social

center, “This is going to make the

neighborhood seem like home.” The

conservative people will nearly always





 





Activities on the School Premises





at present the training should not be

so strongly individualistic.



It would be far more democratic if

the rights of those who support'the

schools were considered as well as

those of the child. Perhaps the tax-

payers did not have the opportunity to

get this social training in their school

life.



Early in our history the school was

always the social center of the com-

munity unless this honor was divided

with the church. In this case the same

building often served both institutions.

Nearly every school unit has a few

people who delight in telling about





Promote the Community Spirit.





take the same attitude. For to them

it is not an innovation, but rather a

restoration and an advance of the 01d.



Let us consider What has been done

in the use of the school as a social

center. Wisconsin has always been a

pioneer in the work. The principals

were sent questionnaires in order to

get opinions as to the advisability of

social work in connection with the

school. The answers were unani—

mously in its favor. Since then a law

has been passed requiring school

boards to provide for this work.



In 1911 over one hundred cities were

using their schools to futher the soc-





 





 





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chool as a Social Center ‘





Ehcoamge Community Spirzt 5y Maémg Full Use of School Building:





ial life of their people. Only a year or

two before the doors had been locked

at four. That the work was a success

may be inferred since they began in a

very small way and increased it as

fast as it was practical to do so. These

cities have solved for boys and girls

the problem of leisure time. Before

this there was always the question,





"‘What shall the boys and girls do





after school hours?” and “Where shall

they go?” They found that the boys

were becoming tough and forming

gangs, While‘the girls were frequent-

ing dance halls. These were the

breeding places of poisons and reform-

atories. “In that dangerous time be-

tween six and eleven p. m. occur

eighty per cent of all offences against

society,” says Lee F. Hammer, of the

Russell Sage Foundation to emphasize

the need for evening recreation cent-

ers in schools, churches, parks, and

playgrounds. These cities decided that

this work could be done with less ex~

pense than by supporting the penal in-

stitutions. The pool rooms and dance

halls were nearly deserted after the

new social centers began to function.



In New York the work was begun

on the school roofs in the evening. At

present nearly all the city school play-

grounds are open throughout the sum-

mer. Rochester has its playgrounds

open the year round; Sunday as well

as the other days of the week.



The unqualified success of the move-

ment should lead others "to adopt it.

The period of experimentation is past;

its success is assured.



The great necessity in our country

today is the social center, not only in

the cities, but in the rural districts



(Continued on page 332).





M. A. C. Boys Win National Honors





Take Hzlgfi Honor; in Greater!





YEAR ago, when Charles Miller,

of Eaton county, a student train-

ed at the Michigan Agricultural

College, and representing that institu‘

tion, came home from the World’s

Dairy Congress at Syracuse, New

York, decorated with medals and load-

ed with cups showing him to' be the





'best student judge among the mem-





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bers of the twenty-nine college teams

present, when this happened, Michigan

people, dairymen in particular, were

delighted. The thought, however, was

in the minds of many that Mr. Miller’s

success was due largely to his native

ability and that the honor was not

likely to come to Michigan again, at

least for some time to come.



But it did. This time the Wolver-

ines pulled their stunt at the big Na—

tional Dairy Show held at Milwaukee.

Here teams representing twenty-three

colleges from Canada and the United

States competed for the highest hon-

ors in the dairy world. When the final

figures were taken. the East Lansing

men were awarded the sweepstakes

prize. . The team consisted of F. H.

Williamson, of Pontiac, and E. L. Weis-





- ner and R. P. Eritsman, beth of East

this , by? Mrs .Williamson,‘





 

 

 

 





Lansing. .

Not calf

-. or the team, Won





the sweepstakes award for individuals

in judging all dairy breeds. He led

all the contestants in the judging of

Jerseys, and ranked sufficiently high





Here Are the Boys, Their Trainer and; Their List of Tro hies.





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in placing the other breeds that the

judges conferred upon him the prize

of the prizes.



Other members of the victorious





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team were placed high enough in the

different classes to win the sweep-

stakes award. The team took first

place in both the Jersey and Guernsey

classes and sixth place among all the

teams in judging the Holsteins.





A long list of trophies was brought

home by these students representing

our college. Cups, plaques, statues,

and other awards were included. Wil-

liamson also brought back a. four hun-

dred dollar scholarship offered by the

American Jersey Cattle Club for best

judging in the breed.





The Michigan club boys’ dairy judg-

ing team, a picture of which appears

on page 338 of this issue, while not so

successful as the college representa-

tives, finished in seventh place among

more than a score of entrants.



The college team was coached by

Prof. J. E. 'Burnett, who also accom-

panied them to the Milwaukee show.

Nevels Pearson, of the state boys’umd

girls’ club staff, trained the represent-

atives of the calf clubs.





These outstanding honors, as well

as the winnings by exhibitors of dairy

cattle, give Michigan dairymen every

reason to feel proud of their accom-

plishments at the great National Dairy

Show for 1924.
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DETROIT, OCT. 18, 1924

CURRENT COMMENT





N nearly every 10-





 





 





A cality, these days,

New one can find homes

containing many mod-



Standard gern conveniences. The





,other day we inspect-

ed such a home having an up-to-date

bath-room, hot and cold running wa-

ter, a septic tank, electric lights and

power, the latest type of washing ma-

chine, furnace, and, outside, a well-

kept lawn with shrubbery and trees

arranged to set off the home from the

remainder of the farm buildings and

the farm.



One farmer suggested that this lay-

out favored quite strongly the fem-

inine side of the house. He took the

position that a farmer should afford

none of this until he becomes finan-

cially independent.





This may be true, but we cannot

think it more important to play out

the full length of a mother’s strength,

and to expose the family to unsanitary

or unhealthful conditions, simply to

pay off the~ob1igation against the farm

a year or so sooner. We venture that,

in many instances, money spent in

supplying the home with these things

bring about financial savings and en-

hance the family income out of propor-

tion to the gains that might come by

devoting all the funds in profit-produc-

ing investments. A reasonable division

of the farm income between the home

and the farm should augur for the

highest interests of the farmer and





his'family.

T the present time

. The this phrase is

, greatly overworked.

Farrners Most every political

Friend aspirant wants to be





considered the “friend

. of the farmer.” There is a reason. But

we are wondering if the day is not

about past when any man can be a

friend of the farmer just before elec—

tion and forget all about him the rest

.of the time. Such play may be per-

;missible in the small boy who attends

Sunday school so willingly for a few

.weeks just before Christmas. He is

.just a boy, but when grown-ups at-

tempt such things it looks foolish,

doesn’t it?

Who is the farmers’ friend anyway?

18 he the platform orator who stamps

§=h18 feet and shakes his fists and cries

in outward agony about the way the

farmer is trodden under foot; is he

the man who bewails the plight of the

poor farmer, and plays upon his emo-

, tions and increases his discontent; is

,' he the man who. predicts sure ruin for





 





 





' or is he them finances the dream-

the grasshoppers or the chinch bugs

come along and take the crop no?! ma





then. but retains his courage: who

feels the pinch of hard times and goes

through the era of low prices patiently

and quietly; ,who never loses his faith

in the greatest of all industries, but

continues, through good times and bad,

to teach and to preach and to advo

cate, better farming, better crops and

better live stock?





. It is said that all through the years

that F. D. Coburn served as secretary

of agriculture of the state of Kansas,

he never permitted a single expres-

sion of discouragement or dishearten-

ment to go forth from his office. To-

day they are building-a memorial to

him to commemorate the great good

hedid for agriculture. Do you know

of any monuments that are being built

to the pessimist, the calamity howler

or the politician with ,an'axe to grind?





' When the office seeker attempts to

curry favor with the farmer it is well

to ask ourselves, “what has he done?

What is his past record? Has he been

foremost in his support of good meas—

ures that mean progress for the whole

nation, or \has his record been one

chiefly of obstruction? Is be known

for the constructive things he has

done for the building up of civiliza—'

tion, or is he best known as a mud-

slinger and a destroyer, and a maker

of much. loud talk?” We need to'have

wrong things torn down, of course, but

one good hour of real constructive

work means more for progress than a

life—time devoted to tearing down.





ESPITE the vari-





The ous activities of

life, people are divid-



Three ed into three great

Classes classes, radicals, mid-

dle-of—the—roaders and



conservatives. All three are useful in





world affairs.



The radicalsare against “what is”

and are usually in a hurry to bring

Utopian conditions upon earth. Some

are radical because they want to at-

tract attention; others sincerely think

that they can bring the seventh heav-

en on earth if we would but let them.

The radicals are usually ahead of the

times in which they live.



The conservatives are better satis-

fied with things as they are. Often,

too, they are afraid of changes be—

cause they do, not know what the

changes will bring; They are usually

those who have responsibility and

therefore want to let well enough

alone.



The, middle-of—the-roaders are the

great body of people, sane-minded and

with a realization that there is some

good in what both the radicals and

conservatives advocate. They weigh

sanely all things and take the good

from both extremes and put it to prac-

tical use. They pull on the tugs with

the load of heritage behind them.

Whereas, the radicals want to be un-

hitched from that load and run ahead

in leaps and bounds, While the con-

servatives would sit in the breeching

and leave the load where it “is. The

middle—ofthe—roaders put into the mill

of public thought the grist that the

radicals and conservatives furnish

and grind out a safe and sane progress.



So, it seems that regardless of what

our trend of thought is, except that it

be evil, we serve a purpose in this

world. But, the one thing we are glad

of, is that most of the people are mid-

dle—of—the-roaders.





T is certain that



The the American peo-



. . . ple are interested in

th'b'tw" prohibition. That in-

‘ldea terest is not confined





to the bootlegger and

his ilk, nor to the fanatic with long

whiskers who feels that the world will

rise or fall with the manner in which

the Volstead Act is enforced. The

very rank and file of the common folks





 

 





33' we sat

Auditorium at the University of moir-

igan with thousands or others. to





assent!





listen to the discussion of the merits,





of prohibition by team representing

Oxford University, England, and the

University 'of Michigan. During the

debate these folks in eagerness leaned





forward in their seats, and even cup- .





ped their ears, the better to avoid miss-

ing a. word of the contest.



The question so ably handled by

these teams was, "That this house is

opposed to the principle of prohibi-

tion." The proposition was defended

by the men from England and opposed

by Michigan's representatives. The

old arguments, pro and con, supported

by convincing statistics, supplemented

with wit and ridicule, were presented

to the audience dressed in' the latest

styles, with bobbed hair, freshly man-

icured, and fitted with 1925 hats.



At the close of the debate President

Marion L. Burton, of the University

of Michigan, who was chairman of the

meeting, asked anyin the audience

who had changed their minds on the

question as a result~of the arguments,

to indicate the same by rising. But

one person stood up. The audience

then had opportunity to ballot their

opinion on the merits of the question.

The results stood 1,247 to 520 in favor

of prohibition.





So, we have a. growing conscious-

ness that the common people are in-

tensely. interested in the prohibition

question, and that they are interested

also in America's progress. Apparent—

ly, too, they believe that national and

individual restraint, as regards the

consumption of liquor, isa condition

making for the continuance of that

progress.





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N this world there





Pushin ' are two kinds of -

T]! B gu] folks—the useful and

e a the useless. The use-



Of Progress ful help make things





go; the useless do

nothing for others, their efforts being

devoted exclusively to their own wel-

fare.





Fortunately, the class of useful

workers is large, consisting of the

mothers who, without promise of re-

ward, uncomplainingly spend their

strength for the good of their families;

the fathers who forget glory and ap-

plause that dependents may have a

better chance, and a whole list of oth-

er folks who hesitate not to add their

push to the surface of the big ball of

progress.





One way in which we can show our-

selves as belonging to the useful class

is to make sure that we do our part

in selecting public officials and in de-

termining public policy. The useless





folks either stay away from the polls,»





or they go merely to serve some per-

sonal interest. Those who push the

ball of progress forget themselves,

while they think seriously of their

home and country as they mark and

deposit their ballot.





E are all inter-





About . ested in cheaper

Ch. fertilizers. Not only

e.a.per the farmer who uses

Fertilizers them to stimulate the





growth of food, but

everyone who eats food, for cheaper

fertilizers mean cheaper food.



In this age of power and machinery

we are prone to place great depend-

ence in mechanics and manufacture.

We want to see our own potash beds

developed, and a. process discovered

that will make the home supply as

cheap or cheaper than the imported

article. We are anxiously waiting for

the time when our chemical engineers

will have discovered how to take nitro-

gen, suitable for fertilizers, from the

abundant supply in the air, and do it

at a cost that will not “be prohibitive.



The time is ripe for such discover-





 

 





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not neglect or waste the very? cheap-

est source of supply that are available 3;"

to us. The potassium that we so often

permit to leach am from the mom:

ulations in our open barnyard, repreu ~

ion a waste that we can ill afford '3‘»,

and that usually is inexcusable. Much .

of this loss may be avoided by spread~

Ing the stable wastes promptly upon.

,the fields where the leachings there-

from may soak into the soil that needs

them.



We should also remember that we

have it within our power to secure

nitrogen from the air, and that, with,

out the aid of high-priced engineers.

or expensive manufacturing plants. All

we‘need to use Is legumInous plants.

Saw the clovers, ‘alfalfa, soy-beans,

vetches, they will not only collect the . J

nitrogen but distribute it where it is f f .

needed and usually pay well for the { g

privilege. These legumlnous plants :

are mono successful collectors of nitro-_ ‘

gen than any manufacturing plant that"

will ever be built, and their process .

is more emcient than any. that the -

greatest chemists are ,ever likely to

discover.





 

 

 

 

 





 

 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Same Sycé/e Say!” ’3





S OME womin is looked at ’cause they - ~

look so ridiculous; not ’cause they

are admired.



There’s lots 0’ differunce between a

auto’s tire and its horn. All a horn

does is to. blow and make noise and

attract attenshun. A tire makes ridin’

comfortabul, but it ain’t noticed ’til

it blows, and then it's cussed. Some

folkses is horns and others is tires.



The enamel on a auto don’t make it

run no better. It’s the dirty engine

what can't be seen that does the bus

iness.





A good healthy digestshun will _,

bring more happiness than a pocket ‘3

full 0’ money.





The man what kin make play outa

his work don’t

need no vacashun.



It’s all right for

a girl ta bob her

hair, so long as

s h e d o n ’ t bob

.' around too much

herself.



It seems ta me

that there is lots

0’ fellows runnin’

around loose what fulfill the qualifica—

shuns fer gettin free board at a asy— ‘

lum.’





There’s lots 0’ courtin’ before gittin’

tied up. Nowadays, according ta the

papers, there's lots 0’ courtin’ after-

wards ta get untied again.



There’s lots 0’ folkses what is ro-

mantic before the weddin’ and rheu-

matic afterwards. ‘





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It’s a law 0’ natchur fer things ta

grow, blossom, fruit, whither and die. ,

Human bein’s ain’t no exceptshun, ev—

en if lots 0’ old dames is tryin’ ta fool

the public that they is still in the age

0’ bloomin’ youth.





Conservashun o’ natchurel resources

is a great thing, but there’s lots 0’ . ;

folkses what don’t think so when it ‘\

comes ta the conservashun of conver— ‘4

sashun. ' -



There’s one thing about bein’ in debt ‘

‘—you always got a. place ta. put your ’ ,"

money when you get more’n you need.



There's lots 0’ us what’s always

thinkin’ maybe the next mail will

bring the news that a old rich uncle 1' f

died and left us some money. . .’.



The future is interestin’ ’cause we I

never know what it’s going ta be. ; , .



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The department observers say that

business is picking up; that the recent

fears that possible ndustrial depres-

sion this fall might weaken the succ-

tive demand for agricultural products

have proved groundless. The market





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 

 





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N the various papers I read, one

story appears over and over with





little “fiction I must admit that ‘

the story giyes the a large ingrowing

pain,- besides raising a- huge question

ffmrk. Here is about the way the f

story runs:





“John Smith was broke but he want-





I to a farm. He bought a run-down





farm cheap because it was so poor it





wouldn’t raise .a bean. He hauled a

'thOusand loads of manure, bought and





spread ten carloads of limestone and

five carloads of. acid phosphate, sowed





, forty bushels of sweet cloverseed and





plowed under the clever for two suc-

cessive years. In addition he invested

in a herd of pure—bred cows, a flock of

sheep and a thousand-dollar bull. Now

he owns several banks, has married a

candymaker's daughter, and they have

several, sets of twins.” I forgot to





, mention that he built a mansion and





a barn which is the' talk of the neigh-

borhood. ’



Now, that is partially my case. I

had but little money but I wanted a

farm so bad I could taste it. I bought

a poor piece of ground with nothing:

on it, because that was all I could

afford. Slowly and painstakingly I

have built it up. For three years the

only barn I had was a shed 14x20. Our

house was, and for that matter is, old,

poorly constructed, cold, inconvenient





“How Do T day Do It? ’ ’ and Otter Questions Dismissal





By L. B. Reber





and lacks sufficient room for our grow-

ing family. You couldn’t buy a load

of manure in this community for gold;

you can get it from: Chicago by order:

ing‘Weeks ahead and paying a most

prohibitive price. My place needs acid

phosphate and lime, but so do the

children need shoes.





What gets my goat is, where did





this miraculous farmer get the cointo





buy all that fertilizer and live stock?

Where did he get the coin to build

those fancy buildings? If he had the

money why didn’t he buy a good farm

in the first place? His built-up farm

will have cost him much more than

originally good land. What did he live

on during those years his farm was.

building up?





Personally, wife and I are beginning

to see clear sailing ahead, but it has

been an uphill pull. (Mixed metaphor

but who cares). It was an epochal

day with us when our first fruit ripen-

ed and our first crops were gathered.

My first experience was—planted

twenty—three bushels of potatoes and

dug twenty bushels; planted a bushel

of beans and shelled three pecks;

planted a bushel of corn and husked

two hatfuls of nubbins' planted four





acres of cats and threshed thirty-two

bushels; bought one old cow which

gave three quarts of milk so thin you

could see the bottom of the pail;

bought one .old, heavy mare so low I

had to set stakes to see her move. If

manure, acid phosphate, ground lime-

stone and sweet clover seed had been

selling for ten cents a carload on the





’ installment plan, .I couldn’t have made





the first payment My chickens were

and are housed in an old shed made of

scraps and roofing paper because the

henhouse of my dreams still exists

on paper only. We have made money





in that the place has greatly increased .





in value. Our bare, old place is fast

becoming a place of beauty, a real

home, our children grow like weeds on

the farm, and we have enjoyed the

struggle to build up a farm and home,

but enough of that.





My Syracuse red rasperry plants fin-

ally con’descended to grow and I have

a row ten rods long. They bore a few

this year, big, conical, red, juicy ber-

ries which ripened much later than

either King or Cuthbert. I hope to

get plants enough next spring to set

a small patch of about an eighth of an

acre; anyway, the patch will take ten





rows ten rods long and rows six feet

apart.

as year-old plants do not do very well

for me.



Last year we kept over a few faith-

ful old biddies because they were such

good mothers, and now my flock is a

duke’s mixture again. About half are

the real Jersey Giants, big as all get

out. I have one pure blood rooster

hatched last ' spring, and he alone

would outweigh a half dozen Leghorns

of the same age. In addition there

are blue-black, black-blue, white and

black speckled, some pure white, some

teeny wocks, as the children call them,

and a number of the simon pure, shiny,

green and black Giants. I will trade

roosters or exchange settings with you

next spring but not one durn chicken

is for sale, so don’t write. I have been

feeding oats because the corn crib is

empty, but I hope to get on an oat,

corn, wheat diet again soon, with bran

in the self-feeder. Old Betsy Ann is

on her sixth year now. She laid two

eggs this year. She is a Brahma with

feathered legs and must weigh at least

ten pounds, but she is beautiful in her

new coat. Corn cutting and grape

picking are the next jobs on the list,

and I am rarin’ to go. Go away, poli-

ticians, I am too busy to listen. We

need some hot air on the farm, but not

your brand.





Can We Hold Our Lead?





Mcflzgan’ s Remanéaéle Record at tfle International Hay and Gram Séow 23 at Stake





ICHIGAN farmers alone invest

one-half as much in the Interna-



~ tional Grain and Hay Show as

does the Chicago Board of Trade in

its $10,000 premium list. American

and Canadian farmers, whose grains





and seeds make up the show, invest '





'five times the value of the premium

list. These facts, little appreciated by

average interested persons, serve to

illustrate how thoroughly 8. “Farmers’

Show” this great International Exposi-

tion has become.



While the Chicago Board of Trade

has made possible the International

Grain and Hay Show through the ap-

propriation of $10,000, to be awarded

as premiums, the time spent by the

farmers in growing, selecting, clean-

ing, preparing and shipping the 5,049

exhibits of hay, corn, wheat, oats, bar-

ley, soy-beans and other crops which

made up the 1923 show, easily brought

the investment in each sample up to

$10, making a farmer investment of

more than $50,000.



' To say that the samples on display

represent an average investment of

$10 is truly conservative. George and

Louis Hutzler, of South Manitou Is-

land, Michigan, three times winners at

Chicago in the rye class, probably in-

vest a good deal more than . $10 in

their entry. This investment which

represents careful head selection for

the purest of Rosen rye just prior to

harvest, together with preparation of

the threshed seed, is made, not pri-

marily for show purposes, but rather

in the interest of purifying and main-

taining foundation stock of the fa-

mous island strain of rye for increase

and distribution as seed. Their ex-

hibits which have been so successful

at Chicago have been made for the pri-

mary object of calling public attention

to the high-grade seed which this care-





. ful breeding work is producing.





Offer $10 to Charles Laughlin, of

Dansville, for ten ears of Laughlin’ s





“ * Golden Dent that he plans to show at

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fall d; Charlie would





._ .oI the state. .

'1 exhibit is representing an _





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years, work which has resulted in one

of the most productive strains of corn

for southern Michigan.



Neither would C. D. Finkbeiner, of

Clinton, be tempted by a. $10 offer for

his prize Red Rock wheat. Similar

samples carefully cleaned on his own

farm have brought him interstate

fame as a grower of high-grade seed

wheat. _



And so it goes through the line of

Michigan farmers who have been

bringing such high honors to Michigan

crops in previous International exhibi-





By H. C. Rather





ideal, an ideal that these men are sub-

consciously broadcasting in their com-

munities. How far-reaching such work

has been is forcibly illustrated in many

instances. Last spring in the scram-

ble for safe seed corn several excel-

lent supplies were found in the com-

munities influenced by the seed of old

seed corn growers and exhibitors. In

other places corn of good breeding,

type and vigor was practically unob~

tainable. Last fall at the Washtenaw

County Fair an exhibit of wheat and

oats that would have done credit to





 





The Ten Ears of Duncan Corn which





Won at the 1923 International, Grown





and Exhibited by A. W. Jewett, Jr.., of lngham County.





tions. Henry Lane,_Fritz Mantey, W.

R. Kirk, and others of Fairgrove; A.

W. Jewett, Jr., of Mason; P. A. Simth,

of Mulliken; J. W. Veitengruber, of

Frankenmuth; A. J. Lutz, of Saline;

Martin Peterson, of Bruce Crossing;

Verold Gormley, of Newberry; John

Dunbar, of Rudyard, and scores of oth-

ers representing every section of both

Upper. and Lower Michigan, are se-

lecting, curing, purifying, and improv-

ing all kinds of Michigan seeds, exhib-

iting them and setting remarkable

standards} of quality that are having a

marked effect in improving the crops





   





any exhibition in the country was on

display. Practically all the entries

traced to seed put out by two mem—

bers of the Michigan Crop Improve-

ment Association growing M. A. C.

varieties, improving their standards

of quality, and bringing reputation for

their seed through contact with the

great grain shows.



So far as their winnings at the com-

ing International Grain and Hay Show

(November 29-December 6) are con-

cerned, Michigan farmers have a most

difficult task in attempting to maintain

the unusual record which» they have

previously established.





The present International Grain and





Hay show started in 1919 with 1,500

entries of all kinds. Michigan farm-

ers, that year, took most of the places

in rye and soft red wheat with their

famous Rosen rye and Red Rock wheat

varieties. The next year with 1,100

more entries at the show the growers

from the Wolverine state not only in-

creased their winnings in rye and

Wheat, but took first in corn, compet-

ing with northern borders of the corn

belt. The year 1921 showed another

jump of 1,100 exhibits, but again Mich«

igan increased the number of winners.

In 1922 with 4,039 entries competing,

and in 1923 with 5,049, Michigan win-

nings, despite the greatly increased

competition, grew with the show

spreading over the yellow corn, hard

and soft red winter and white Winter

wheat, oats, barley, rye, soy-beans,

navy beans, field peas and hay classes,

and amounting to more than one-half

of the money for which Michigan farm—

ers were competing. Nearly 500 en-

tries were made from this state.





Such a. record of greatly increasing

honors won in the face of a most re-

markable increase in the amount and

keenness of competition should stir

the competitive spirit of every farmer

in Michigan. Hundreds of them who

have never exhibited have corn, grain.

or seed which would. make a remark

able showing. Hundreds of them are

potential seed producers for their com

munities and for the 'great outside

market calling for Michigan seed. Ex-

hibitions , such as the Chicago show,

are great removers of the proverbial





bushel hiding some bright light who_





may this year or next be heralded as

the champion of his class, who will

bring prestige to the crops of his state,

distinction and profit to himself.



Note.——Farmers desiring to exhibit

at the coming International Grain and

Hay Show should send entries to D. F.

Rainey, Farm Crops Department, M.

A. 0., East Lansing, Michigan, before

November 8.





Timothy hay was not intended for .

sheep. They will do much better 021 ,-





one of the legumes.





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: ; f : HE National Cooperative Milk Pro

, ' ducers’ Association will hold its

"annual meetingat .Detroit on Novem-

ber 14-15, instead of the twelfth and

.‘thirteenth, as heretofore announced.



‘At this meeting will be‘ held a get-to-

‘ gether conference of editors of the as-

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_ , AWILL PLAN LEGISLATIVE PRO-

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HE executive committee of the Na:



tional Board of Farm Organiza-

tions will meet in Washington on Oc-

vtober 20, to discuss and develop a leg-

islative program to be presented to

congress in December.





I POOLS ELIMINATE COMPETITION

IN MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.





 





HE Federal Trade Commission has



sent a report to the senate in

which it attempts to show that compe-

tition is eliminated by pools and com—

bines among manufacturers of wash-

.ing machines, vacuum cleaners, alum;

inumy cooking utensils, sewing ma-

chines, refrigerators and other domes-

tic. appliances.

I An organization of refrigerator man-

ufacturers is charged with having

been engaged for several years in





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prim-fixing activities... The vacuum.





cleaner manufacturers, with their con-

trol over new ,licenses, were able to.

maintain prices at an even higher levé

el in ‘1921 than in 1920, and recorded

only ins’ignficant declines in 1922.

‘Eleven vacu/um cleaner manufacturers,

who earned 36.2 per cent in 1920, were

thus able to ’earn 20.6 per cent in 1921,

despite the great decline in demand.

In the aluminum cooking utensil in-

dustry the rate of return obtained by

eleven manufacturers amounted to 19.7

'per cent in 1920 and to 10.6 per cent

in 1921.





 





WOULD ESTABLISH SUPER-POW-

ER BROADCASTING STATIONS.





 





. PLAN for a great ultra highpower

broadcasting system, which his or-

ganization was ready to establish, was

outlined by David Sarnoff, general





.manager of the Radio Corporation 01"





America, at the third national radio

conference in Washington. Local sta-

tions would be encouraged rather than

interfered with by such a system, said

Mr. Carnoff. ‘





In discussing the possibility of using

high—power broadcasting stations, Dr.

George K. Burgess, director of the

bureau of standards, said that if the

super—power stations were geographi-

cally isolated from the smaller ones,

say thirty miles away from the larger

cities, both classes of stations could





operate at once. There need be no)





fear that high powerstatibns will in-

terfere seriously with the smaller “I3”-

tions nor displace them.- ‘





DAIRYMEN PROTEST HIGHER.

, PRIQED MOLAsses.





 





ECENTLY it was announced that



the Cuban government was about

to place an embargo on blackstrap

molasses used in dairy feeds. In a

letter addressed to President Coolidge,

Gray Silver, formerly Washington rep-

resentative of, the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation, requested the admin-

istration to Use its influence‘to pre

vent this proposed embargo, as the

farmers were alarmed over it because

the stopping of importations of this

product would tend to still further in-

crease the price of dairy feeds.





REDUCTION IN SUGAR TARIFF

NOT LIKELY.





 





HERE is little likelihood of a re-



duction in the tariff on Cuban

sugar during this administration, ac-

cording to present indications. It is

understood that the opinion is held at

the White House that as the Federal

Tarifl? Commission has hopelessly dis-

agreed in its conclusions on the sugar

tariff, the report submitted to the Pres-

ident lacking a majority of the whole

commission, it is, left to President





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Coolidge to ascertain ' the 3 facts for 1 *

himself. independent of the commie? ~

sion. -, y, ' . '

The President . is well aware that

'within the last two decades, the pro-

duction “of beet. sugar has grown tobe

a~ large industry, and the a'Creage of





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than 200,000 twenty years ago to' up-i

wardsof 900,000 acres in 1924.





As the department of agriculture has

long lent its assistance to the, devel-

opment of the beet'sugar industry, and ».

the President’s action will undoubt- I

edly be based upon the. department’s '

findings, it is not thought possible that .

he will decide to lower the present ;' '

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STUDY METHODS OFVRETAIL , a

MEAT DEALERS.





 





 





STUDY of the methods of retail~

ing meats practiced by 150 meat

dealers in Chicago, Cleveland and- New

York City is being made by the Bu—

reau of Business Research of the

Northwestern University and the Fed- ‘ .

eral Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1'

It is expected that by a comparison of I;

efficient and inefficient methods, there

may be. a more general adoption of

practical economy in meat distribu-

tion, thereby benefiting the producer,

dealer and consumer. This investiga- I

tion will be completed by March. 1





 





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CARPENTER’S LIEN.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





What is a carpenter’s lien, and for

what length of time is it valid—Sub-

scriber.





Mechanics’ liens expire in sixty days

from the time the last day’s work was

done unless a sworn statement of

claim of lien is filed within that time.

Unless suit is brought to foreclose

within a year after the claim of the

lien, the claim is barred—Rood.





RENTER’S RIGHT IN HIRING MEN.





 





A. rents B.’s farm. Each furnishes

half and takes half. If B. sends out

help and doesn’t say anything to A.,

,can he make A. pay the wages and can

A. collect pay for their board ?—A. C.





Whether A. pays for the help or col-

lects for their board will depend on

the conditions of the lease. Under the

ordinary lease the tenant has full con-

trol of the. labor and if such is the

case A. can refuse to use the men at

all. The tenant would not be obligat-

ed to pay the men unless he employed

them. He could collect board. How-

ever, the laborers should be notified

on the outset.



Some leases that are on a fifty—fifty

basis are more or less a partnership

alfair and do allow the landlord con-

siderable leeway in the management

of affairs. ~Again, it will depend on

what the landlord had the men do; if

they were making improvements

which the landlord agreed to do, he



. would be responsible for their pay and

board.—~—F. T. Riddell.





THE WHITE GRUB.





 





; ’I would like to know how to get rid

of white grubs, also what crops they

,harm?—G. H.





The common white grub, which

works on the roots of, grasses and on



. some of our cultivated plants, such as

.corn, potatoes, hops, etc.., is the larva

of a Junebeetle, the common June-

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in three years, since it takes three

years for the creature to develop un-

der ground. At the end of the third

year, it comes to the surface and

changes to a beetle which lays the

eggs for another crop. Thus we have,

every third year, a crop of June

beetles, and also every third year we





   





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have a crop of white grubs. White

grubs injure vegetation on the year

following the flying of the June-bugs

and it, therefore, behooves us to avoid

putting in a crop likely to be attacked

by white grubs on sod land the year

after a June—bug year.



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' RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY.





 





The P. M. Railroad Company have

torn .up their Benton Harbor-Buchan-

an. branch. They have taken every-'

thing they wanted. What can they do

With their _ right—of—way? Must the

property owners buy it if they want

it?—W. S.



The rights of the company after re~ .

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terms of their grant. If the original



grant was in fee the tearing up of the '.

tracks in no way affects it. If the ‘f‘

grant was merely of a right-of-way for I

railway purposes, the riginal grantors

of the land may use subject to such

right.





 





RAILROAD CONDEMNATION PRO- ,

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Has a railroad company owned by

an individual the right-of-way to go

througha strip of land in order to " "

shorten its route, when it already has I,

a-r1ght-_ot-way through another part

wh1ch it bought from the railroad .

owners? The road we refer to is the 3

Detr01t, Toledo & Ironton Railroad -

Company. Agents told us that they I

would condemn the/land if they could ' '

not buy'otherwise, and we Wish to .

know what to do before making an I

offer to them. Would it be well to '

write the Interstate Commerce Com- I:

mission?———V. B.



The statutes authorize railroad com—

panies to institute condemnation pro-





'ceedings to take land necessary for





construction. of “their tracks, wherever

necessary and whether it is necessary

or not is determined by the .verdict

of the jury by the county where the

The road mentioned does

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corporation, Who owns the stock is

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a7“ affection? He secured » 3.09 tons

of driedjiay .thehrsteutting this year.





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alfalfa gathers was in the whole pe—

mama: His field fortunately con-y _'





tamed large’amounts of lime. Heire-

marked injhis slow draw], "I never out





zsucli a hay crop before, and still an-"





other crop is coming on this season.”

, Albert Kepfer. and ‘John‘Kline in the

some community, and» Paul Kruger, of





. Banat, are successful. growers of both





alfalfa. and sweet clover. They are

finding about the samc results as Ed.

Nyberg. 'A direct result of Mr. Ny-

berg’s alfalfa is abont‘thirty-five acres

each of alfalfa and sweet clover seed-





' edtlris year in this smallcomnrunity.





The .Whitney Farms, twenty miles

northwest of Escanaba, seeded sixty

acres in 1923 on fall—plowed land

.\ which was limed before seeding. Here

four varieties were sown, The Hardi-

gan was seeded in this field for the

first time in the Upper Peninsula. It

gave the highest yield, that of 2.34

tons the first cutting. The Grim

gave 2.24 tons, .while the Michigan





' Common gave 2.12 tons, and the Utah





Common gave only 1.83 tons of air-

dried hay. , .



L. K. Carson, of Manistique, used

the same four varieties last year on

a light sandy loam soil. This test on

first cutting again showed Hardigan

to be the leader with 2.25 tons.





 





This Seven-year-old Patch Yields Seed

Every Year. ‘





Grimm gave 2.01 tons, the Michigan

Common yielded 1.93 tons, while the

Utah Common brought up the rear

‘with 1.63 tons, or about ahalf what the

Hardigan produced.



Tom Kinney, of Hardwood, Dickin-

son county, had a field seeded to

Grimm and Utah Common in 1922.

The Grimm yielded 2.59 tons while the

Utah Common produced 1.92 tons on

first cutting. Anyone casually look-

ing over both pieces would find but

little difference in the appearance of

the stand. ’



Fred Hartley, in Iron county, expe-

rienced about the same results. J. A.

Doelle School in Houghton county,

found that the Grimm gave 2.92 tons

and the Utah Common 1.87 tons of

air-dried hay on first cutting. All

these fields were seeded in 1922 and

are showing to a marked extent the

winter hardiness of northern grown

grimm. ‘ '



A few growers are securing seed

from their alfalfa. fields although this

part of the alfalfa game has scarcely

been touched up0n as yet, in this sec-

tion. Seven years ago, William Strass—

ler, of Cooks, in Schooicraft county,



. seeded alfalfa secured from E. G.

Amos, county agent at that time,

which. he planted in rows. ' Seed se-

cured from these rows has been plant—

ed on other fields of his farm. He is

also using sweet clover, and these‘ two

high-powered legumes make up his





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.- the Soo. This-lime 'oan‘be had for a.»

loading charge of fifty cents a. ton and

the freight. ‘ ' ,

-. Chet. Miller and L. K: Carson, of

Manisthue, have [purchased a lime

crusher with some of their neighbors

so they can grind their own lime. This

crusher, by the way, isone of the first

in the whole peninsula to be owned

,by farmers and operated for their own

use.



These reports do not show alrapid

change to alfalfa by the farmer; as a.

whole. They do show, however, a

slowly increasing acreage devoted to

this highly valuable legume. Failures

of this crop are few, due possibly to

the many striking examples of suc—

cessful culture being practiced in a ,

small way throughout ‘fCloverlandi‘

The Upper Peninsula, in spite of the

descriptive nickname applied to it, is

lining up for alfalfa, and will greatly

aid in the future in keeping Michigan

as one of the leading alfalfa states '

east of the Mississippi Riven—AmOs.





 





REFORESTING. PROGRESSES.





 





,INCE the state began its~ work of



reforestation through the planting

of young trees on its lands, the total

acreage so planted amounts to approx-

imately 20,000. This would indicate

an average increase in the state of

forested area of about 1,000 acres per

year.



In reality, the plantings have been

carried forward much more rapidly in

recent years. The total acreage plant-

ed this season has amounted to over

5,000 acres, according to Mr. Edward

Cochrun, secretary of the State Con-

servation Commission, in addressing

the Ishpeming Sportsmen’s Associa-

tion.





While this is encouraging, it has to

be remembered that Michigan has ov‘-

er 12,000,000 acres of cut-over lands,

a considerable portion of which should

be devoted. to forests. While it is

quite true, as Mr. Cochrun admitted,

that natural reforestation will have to ’

be depended upon to reforest this vast

area in the main, yet there are areas

which cannot be so reforested for var-

ious reasons, and in any case artificial

reforestation is required where partic-

ular varieties of trees not found local-

ly are desired.



The ConserVation Commission de-

sires to double the capacity of the

tree nursery at Higgin’s Lake, Craw-

ford county, in order to speed up re-

forestation work, and the legislature

will be asked to make the requisite

provisiOn for this enlargement.



Mr. Cochrun stated that critics of

this work who had noticed consider-

able numbers of young trees in these

planted areas that had died, did not

understand that many more trees were

planted than it was expected or de-

sired would live. While 1,200 to 1,500

trees were planted to the acre, only

200 or 300 should live. The surplus

plantings are needed to provide shade

and mulch for the young trees—L. C.





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The successful manufacturer has





been studying sales ever since the ~





time arrived when he could not read-

ily sell all the things he could produce.

With an increase in the facility of pro-

ducing goods there has been an in-

crease in competition and men have

had to struggle to get the consumer to

buy their goods instead of those of

competitors. Unless proper selling

methods are followed one is apt to

find that his competitors get all the

business.





When weaning the calves they

should be taken from the dams ab-

ruptly, and, if possible, kept. where

they can neither see nor hear the





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





Farmers and ElectriCal Engineers

are putting their heads together





IT doesn’t pay a farmer to carry a single bushel of wheat to the

railroad station. He is a bulk producer. He must sell in bulk.





So it is with electricity.





A National Committee of economists and electrical and agrlo‘

cultural engineers has organized state groups of farmers to

whom electricity is being Supplied. These groups will receive

electrical facts from engineers and will in turn give the engi-

neers farming facts. The state agricultural colleges guide these

groups—show them how to apply electricity and how to keep

records of power consumed, time and 1abor,-—records which can

becomparedwiththoseobtainedundernonvclectricalconditions.





Farmers do not profess to be electrical engineers, and electrical i

engineers do not profess to be farmers. But by putting ”their 1

heads together they are adapting electricity to farming. Ways of

utilizing electricity could be discovered that would be profitable.»





Cooperation of this kind is now bringing about greater electrification.





As a result both the 500,000 farmers who have electric service and those

who have never had it will profit. For electricity will be applied in ways

never dreamed of before. Crops will be produced and handled with less

labor and at lower cost. The standard of living on the farm will be ra‘





All the conditions to be faced are not known. And as soon as they are

known—and that: will be very so on— there will be fewer farms on which

men and animals do all the work. ,





A booklet has been published by the

Committee. It will be sent on re-

quest free of charge. Read it and

pass it on to your neighbor. Write

for it either to Dr. E. A . White, Amet-

ican Farm Bureau Federation, 58

East Washington Street, Chicago,

111., or to the National Electric Light



Association .at 29 West 39th Street. '

New York City.





The Committee in charge of the

work is composed of economists and

engineers representing the American

Farm Bureau Federation, the Depart-

ments 0! Agriculture, the Interior

and Commerce, the Power Farming

Association of America, the American

Society of Agricultural Engineers,

and the National Electric Light

Association.





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”THE - BALDWIN APPLE.





 





BALDWIN apples are probably more



generally distributed throughout

the United States than is any other

one variety of apple, and it has been

grown for a great number of years

under a wide range of soil and climat~

ic conditions



Many fruit growers contend that

when the Baldwin is grown for long

periods of time under different condi-

tions new strains of this variety are

developed. .



In 1911, horticulturists at the New

York State Agricultural Experiment

Station at Geneva decided to try out

this theory. Eighty-four Baldwin ap-

ple trees were purchased from forty

different locations in the United States

and were set out on the station

grounds at Geneva to determine wheth-

er distinct strains of this variety had

developed under widely different en-

vironments. .



The trees are now in full bearing,

and all eighty-four produce fruit sim-

ilar in size, color; season, and quality,

say the station fruit specialists in a

recent report on the progress of this

experiment.



“While there may be strains of the

Baldwin apple in different parts of: the

United States,” says the report, “it

seems fairly certain frOm this experi-

ment that they have not originated

necessarily because of difference in

environment.”





STATE APPLE SHOW TO HAVE

FREE GATE.





 





HE Third Annual Apple Show, to

be held in the Coliseum Building

at Grand Rapids, December 2—3-5, will

be staged by the fruit growers them-

selves through their State Horticul-

tural Society, and will make no charge

for admission, thus affording exhibit-

ors of fruits the unusual opportunity

of showing the thousands of consum-

er visitors that Michigan orchards pro-

duce apples of the highest quality.

The primary purpose in planning

this exhibition is to educate consum-

ers to the fact that Michigan apples

are not excelled in quality by those of

any other state and to impress upon

the minds of the public the conscien-

tious manner in which Michigan fruit

growers are improving the grade and

pack of their products. Every com~

mercial producer of apples is priv-

ileged and should lend his support in

making this show the greatest of its

kind in America. No orchard is too

small, none are'too large to be repre-

sented by exhibits and no orchardist

is too busy to spend a little time in

collecting exhibits that will advertise

his own products as well as those of

our state.

Liberal premiums are offered for the

more common varieties of apples

shown in bushel baskets, in trays and

in plate collections, and for single

plates for each of the four sections of

the state. In many cases the premi-

ums offered by the State Horticultural

Society more than pay for the time

and expense involvedin making the

exhibits. Furthermore, many business

people, interested in the development

of our fruit industry, are offering lib-

eral quantities of nursery stock, spray

materials, fertilizers and pruning tools

and in many cases cash, as special

premiums for exhibit apples. '

Exhibit apples can best be selected

while the fruit is being harvested.

When a well-colored specimen, free

from blemishes and of good commer-

cial size for the variety, is noticed by,

the pickers or graders, it should be

laid aside. Surprisingly little "effort.

will thus be envolved in collecting





 





enough fruit of several varieties ; to:





since to our rural population.





 





exhibit and compete in the numerous





~ classes.





Suggestions for preparing fruits for

exhibit, score cards used by the judges

in making the awards, and a. list of

the various classes and prizes may be

had by addressing H. D. Hootman,

Secretary Michigan State Horticultur-

al Society, the superintendent of ex-

hibits, or any officer of the society,

will be glad to furnish any information

on application. —Roy E. Marshall, Sup-

erintendent of Exhibits.





 





TOMATOES ROTTI NG.





What, in your opinion, is the best

thing to use on tomato vines to pre-

vent the frult from rotting?—E. L M.





There are a number of diseases

which affect the tomato, causing the

fruits to rot. One of the most serious

is known as blossom-end rot. This,

as its name would indiCate,.occurs at





 





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- a brown or black color.

tissue shrinks and makes a sunken

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It is supposed that this disease 13.”





due to conditions averse to thenormal

growth of the plant. A sudden check

in water supply .is one or the chief

causes; The disease is much worse in

a. dry season. ”



Shallow cultivation, if vines are not

too large, will help control the disease.

Irrigation will completely control it if

properly used.



It is well to bear in mind that about

the worst disease of the tomato is the

Spetoria. leaf spot. Few crops in Mich-

igan, unless properly treated, may es~

cape this disease which, ”while it does

not kill the plant at once, has a ten-

dency to reduce its vitality to so low

a point that it may lack resistance to

other diseases.



In order to control the leaf spot it

is necessary to spray plants in seed-

bed every week or ten days using

3- 3-50 Bordeaux mixture. Later, if the

disease appears in the field the plants

may be sprayed with a 5-5-50 Bordeaux

mixture—George E; Starr.





 





NEWS





OUR PARK SYSTEM GROWS.





 





 





HE total accepted area of state

parks is now approximately 22,000





acres, but not all of this is improved. -





Michigan bids fair to have the finest

state park system in the Union, says

the secretary of the conservation com-

mission in charge of state parks.





TUBERCULOSIS WORK CON-

TINUES.





 





OGEBIC county has been covered



twice by tests for bovine tubercu-

losis and is getting its third test this

season. So far, over 3,000 animals

have been tested. One car of nineteen

reactors has been shipped for slaugh-

ter. There are only four, other count-

ies in Michigan that have undertaken

a. third test. These are Jackson, Kent,

Wayne and Shiawassee.



Gogebic county is proud of the dairy

exhibit at its recent county fair, where

there were 262 entries. Club members

had nearly forty calves on View. Club

members in Ironwood .township alone

own calves worth $2,210.



In Delta county an additional in-

spector has been added to the force

giving the tuberculosis tests and it is

anticipated that the work will be com-

pleted this season. About 7,000 cattle

have been tested here and the react-

ors amount to about three per cent. A

new cow testing association has been

organized in northern Delta county. '



ERECTS TOWERS TO PREVENT

FIRES.





 





HE control of forest and brush

fires is a matter of great import-

To as-

sist in this work there will have been

erected in the cut—over and forest

country of northern Michigan by the

end of the present season, 1234 steel

observation towers, according to a

statement given a representative of

The Michigan Farmer recently by Mr.

Charles Peterson, of Wolverine, chief

state forest warden.



These towers, ranging from sixty to

120 feet in height, are located on hills

to enable the observer to see as wide

a. range of country as possible. One

of these towers on Ives Lake Moun-

tain, west of Marquette, permits the

observer to see over a stretch of 'coun-

try amounting to 600,000 acres.



The towers are so. placed as to‘ en-

able three observers at three separate

pOints~ to 'triangulate the~ position of





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the fire and with the use of field maps,

determine exactly its location at great

distances. In one instance, reports

Mr. Peterson, :1 fire was located at a

distance of sixteen miles from the

tower to within a forty-acre tract, thus

enabling the fire control crew to get

at it quickly without. a. protracted

search.





While rain conditions have prevent—

ed bad fires in the latter portion of

this season, these towers were of in-

estimable value during the earlier

weeks of the spring and summer.

There are now forty-nine of these fire-

towers in the Upper Peninsula and.

seventy-four in the northern counties

of the Lower Peninsula.





It is planned to continue the erec-

tion of fire- towers next season, and

when 100 more of them are up, Mr.

Peterson estimates that there will not

be a. single quarter-section of land in

the northern part of the state where

fires are a menace, that cannot be ob-

served from one or another of these

towers. This will be of the utmost

assistance in establishing fire control.

Without observation towers, it is com-

puted that on an average a brush'fire

extends over an area of sixty-seven

acres before it can be extinguished.

Under the tower system, such fires

cover only two acres on an average.

The State Department of Conservation

erects these fire-towers with its own

crew at a cost on an average of $460

per tower. A crew has erected a sixty-

foot tower in twelve hours, the warden

states.





It is money very well spent. There

is no comparison between the cost of

this service to rural Michigan and the

cost of the damage done by fires in

the woods and brush. Residents of

the southern counties of the state can

hardly realize what it means to this

section to be freed, even to a small

extent, from the fire menace and the

smoke nuisance. Perhaps the only

thing that can bring the problem home

to them is the rising cost of lumber

due to forest depletion in which fire

has a very important share.





The dormant season from November

to April is the proper time to remove ,

the dead and surplus. wood from the

tops of the fruit trees. It is also the

best time to go over our system of

farm management and prune out the

antiquated and inefficient practihes





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. England has laid an embargo on all

live stock, hay and foodstuffs from the

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Germany is facing a serious short-

age of. bread stuffs because the crop

was only half the normal size. It is

said that the purchases abroad to off-

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The foot-and—mouth disease is so ser-

ious near Houston, Texas, that federal

marksmen are going on the ranges

and shooting all affected cattle. Re—

cently they shot down 1,900 of them.

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Montcalm county will have two pcr

tato shows this year. The first will

be held at Greenville on October 24

and 25, and the second at Lakeview on

October 31. These shows will be un—

der the auspices of the agricultural

departments of the high schools, with

the merchants cooperating.





 





The farmers in Germany are happy

over the loan the government has ex-

tended to tide them over the harvest

season. One hundred million renten—

marks have been advanced with inter-

est at thirteen per cent, which is con-

sidered very low under present con—

ditions.





 





Apple buyers in the western part of

the state are eager for fruit, while the

growers are as “independent as a hog

on ice,” as one buyer said. The buy-

ers are offering from $1.25@1.60 per

bushel for first—class stock, depending

on variety. At these prices the buyer



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grower to'haul the fruit to the ship-

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The experiment station at Ottawa,

Canada, has developed two new varie-

ties of wheat, the Reward and the Gar-

net. These varieties are expected to

revolutionize the crop calendar and

frustrate the rust. Both varieties are

extremely early, being much earlier

than the Marquis, the earliest com-

mercial variety. They are valuable

because they ripen before _ the rust

season.





 





A jury in the circuit court at Cad-

illac awarded the Falmouth Coopera-

tive Shipping Association $15,379

against the Pennsylvania Railroad for

failure to supply enough cars for po-

tato shipments last fall. It was a1—

leged that the railroad company fur~

nished the Big Rapids Association

with all the cars it wanted, while Fal-

mouth ordered ninety-five and got only

seven, and Manton ordered 238' and

were furnished only twenty. The dam-

ages awarded are supposed to cover

the injury done the potatoes because

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. the social center. work forcibly __betore





also. Representatives of a dozen dif-

ferent nationalities are, commonly

found in a. single community. Some-

times they are led to feel that they

are a part of it and perform their part

as citizens, but {more often they are





, «. left alone to get. along as best they





can. Of course, the children come in





, contact with one another, and perhaps

J the. next generation might be an'in-

tegral unit were not the local customs





and prejudices tending to pull it apart.





The influence of the home usually

remains with the children after their

school life. They in turn will pursue

their courses in the community and

expect others to do likewise. In‘this





. : way the home may be an aid or a

' hindrance in promoting a proper com-

, munity spirit-





Another force‘which

tends to create a chasm in local unity

This may appropri-

atelybe termed the age of the spe—

Everyone is specializing, and





To a great extent this is due to the





individualistic nature of our schools.





The result is that people often do not

know their next door neighbors unless

they are engaged in the same kind of

work. They forget that there are oth-

er human beings besides themselves,

probably just as good, and striving for

the same ends. The aim of the social

center movement is the uniting and

fusion of these diverse elements of so-

ciety into a. united whole.





But some may wonder why the

school should be made the social

center of a community. What is more

logical than that the buildings and

equipment furnished with public mon-

ey and by public consent, should be

for public use? It has cost Chicago a.

great deal to learn this lesson. She

realized the need for social centers

and decided to establish them. In-

stead of using her schools, she con-

structed buildings for that purpose

alone which cost about twenty million

dollars. This cost added to that of

maintenance, has been enormous. Had

she used her schools instead, and then

used the amount represented by the

increased cost to advance her school

system, it would have been one of the

very best in the United States, if not

in the world. As it is, she has two

sets of buildings, neither of which is

used to its full capacity.



This brings up another point in re-

gard to our schools. Although the

Gary system has not proved entirely

satisfactory, it has at least shown us

how few of the many benefits we de-

rive from our schools. There class

work isalternated with that of the

gymnasium or playground, thus allow-

ing the accommodation of nearly twice

as many pupils as could ordinarily be

cared for. Here the building is used

six days of the week during forty-eight

weeks of the year. The efliciency of

the building and the equipment is thus

greatly increased. In the evening, they

are used by parents "as well as chil-

dren. The average school is used

about six hours of the twenty-four,

five days in the week, not for twelve

months. in the year, but from eight to

twelve, depending for this upon its

community, location, and kind. It is

not use, but time that destroys our

school buildings. An efficient business

man knows he cannot .afford to have

idle capital, and would not run on

school hours if he could increase them.

It is just as important that taxpayers

get the benefits of invested money as

would’be the case with individuals.

According to this view the schools

should be available for all, and not

alone for children of school age. Pres-

ident Eliot voices this when he says,

“There is no such waste of a plant

as to shut it up and not use it.”- “The

social center movement representsall

the people in all the things. that are

common to all,” states Dr; Strong.



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us. It. is not the purpose of this. arti-

ale to dealwlth plans in. detail: ‘Meal

interests and) conditions will he the

determining. factors. For the young

peoplegroup athletics. Wes. literary

societies, citizensmp clubs and others

of similar nature havebeenfound val-

uable. For both young and old, lec-

tures. , home. talentf' entertainments.

music recitals, discussion of current

questions, and local affairs will prove

suitable. The guidingprineiple is that

whatever is used must appeal to a

common interest.





Experience has proved that there

are two essentials in the economic use

of the school as 'a social center. First.

it should be under schooi'authorityr

and supported by- public expense. Sec-

ond, th'ere ought to be a good respon-

sible person in charge.





' The need for social centers has al-‘





ways been apparent to far—seeingindi-

viduals.

this when he said, “In proportion as

the structure of our government gives

force to public opinion, it is essential

that public opinion should be enlight-

ened." Secretary of States Charles E.

Hughes once said in addressing a

group of social center promoters, “I

am more interested in what you are

doing than anything else in the world.

You are buttressing the foundations of

democracy.” It is to be hoped that

schools and school authorities will

soon awake to the vast possibilities of

the school as a social center.





HOLDS COUNTY EXPOSITION.





 





N November 13-14 a unique expo-



sition will be held by Livingston

county interests at the Howell High

School. It is planned that every in—

dustry in the county will be represent-

ed. Among many features Will also

be an essay contest on the subject,

“How Can I Make My Trading Center

a Better Place?” with prizes offered

by the local board of trade. This con-

test will be for students of the rural

schools of the county, Exhibits show-

ing the evolution of the dairy industry

for the past sixty years will be a fea-

ture of the agricultural displays.





MANY PREDATORY ANIMALS AR

DESTROYED. '





 





N Gogebic and Ontonagon counties



fifteen wolves, mostly old animals,

have been taken'since the snows of

last winter disappeared, according to

the State Department of Conservation.

There is evidence that most of these

varmints came in from Wisconsin. A

somewhat similar situation as regards

coyotes is reported from Menominee,

Iron and Dickinson counties. Several

additional'state hunters have been lo-

cated in the Upper Peninsula.



During August wardens destroyed

146 predatory animals, including eight-

een timber wolves, fifty—six coyotes,

three bob-cats, sixty-nine foxes; while

765 porcupines, sixty woodchucks, six-

teen badgers, five raccoons, seventy-

six skunks, twenty—one weasels, four

bears, 273 crows, ninety-four hawks,

and 25 owls were slain.



Mr. Edgar Cochrun, secretary of the

Michigan Conservation Commission,

reports that since the present system

of predatory animal control was estab-

lished, 252 timber wolves have been

disposed of. The work is now conduct-

ed ‘with the United States Department

of Agriculture, Biological Survey. Un-

der the old bounty‘ system there was





. much evidence of fraud and waste of





money. . The department has evidence

that female wolves and coyotes were

maintained for breeding. purpOses to

secure the bounty and that these ani-

mals were imported from other‘states

for the same purpose. These hounties

cost ' as high as $70,000 a year with





little‘ to shmv'1or,tne;;omy,;g§oe _

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Washington saw the need of;
Mother Jones,‘ radical friend of strikers,

cialist, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,

to pledge him their support.





J. Harry McNally, crowned King

of the Bricklayers, having made

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Russian orphans

orphans whom Vice-Admiral Newton M. Mc-

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The seven little McCullys,

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; ' demanded Bill. He was sorry

that he had betrayed, interest.

something!" she cried.





tired. And for more’n a week folks





have been saying the Lake Gang was

' ‘getting their heads together fer some

« ,deviitry or other.





You and pa both

say you think the world of me, but he

wgn’t let you come to the house

more’n one night a week, and you let

folks call you names and think you’ re

bad. But you ain’t! You ain’t!”

Sobbing, the girl pressed her face





.against his coat. He patted her shoul-





der clumsily



"Don’t cry, Eve; don’t cry. You

jest wait-things is going to come out

all 'right, and I’m going to get clear of

the boys pretty quick. I’ll do it right

off if I can; and don’t youbelieve all

you’hear about us tellers.” "



“You never said ‘right off’ and you

never said ‘if I can’ before!” Eve

drew back and looked at' him. “Bill,

is they any—any bad thing that you

and pa knows about?”



Bill shifted his feet and his gaze.

He thought hard. Then he looked the

girl fairly in the face.



“Honest, Eve, so far as I know they

ain’t nothing real bad!” .



Half satisfied, Sshe drew a long

breath and, reaching up, stroked his

cheek lightly. Apparently she was

willing to let the matter stand as it

was.





“I’ve got to go along now and get





pa some fresh meat for supper. You’ll

be up tonight, Bill?”

“ ’Course!” he replied. “Early!”





She walked toward the village, turn-

ed and waved her hand, and then was

lost to sight. Bill stood immovable

until she had disappeared, and then

he walked, with a shuffling unlike his

usual springy step, along the dusty

highway. He was puzzling hard over

the direst problem that had ever cbme

into his life, or that might ever come.



To save Eve’s father, Bill knew that

he must break with the gang, with

which his fortunes had been bound up

ever since he fled, as a half—grown boy,

from Vermont and apprenticeship to a

hard-fisted farmer. This, however,

brought less of a pang than he would

have believed possible a month before.

Since the coming of Black Pete Pay-

shaw, the gang’s activities had grown

less and less to the taste of Bill-Smith.



But breaking with the Lake Gang

was‘only the first step toward the

safety of old Merton "King. Underihe

desperate leadership of Black Pete,

who would take control the moment

Bill’s hold was loosed, the more law-

less members of the gang would go to

any lengths. And what made the task

of Bill Smith .more difficult still was

the fact that King had grown sus-

picious of him and, never looking on

hisocourtship of Eve with more than

tolerance, had now out down his visits

to one a week.



He would try to come _to some sort

of understanding with Old Man King

that night, Bill resolved as he crossed

a stony pasture and reached the one-





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room house where he lived in a litter





‘ of guns and fishing tackle and within





sound of the mny voices of the lake.

As he lifted the latch of the door his

eye caught a glimpse of color on the

step, and he bent over. .

Something brushed Bill’s arm, and

in the sanie instant there was a heavy

thud at his feet. ' As he. straightened

up, holding in his fingers a dirty ban-

danna handkerchief, he saw a bright

new blade still quivéring'in a board of

the floor just on the other side of the

threshold. He leaped backward and





 





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stove as he cooked supper. That one

man was not unskilled as a killer.

The long spring twilight had not yet





faded when Bill Smith set out, by devfi





ious ways, to pay his weekly call on

Eve. He did not carry a rifie, for fear

of rousing her father’s alert suspi-

cions, but he took his path across

fields and through bits of wood until

he came to the foot of Ledge Hill, an

upstanding headland that rose sheer

from the lake and sloped gently down

to the road on the inland side. Ev'en

there Bill did not take the road, but





 





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October, in her regal garb,

Has counted twice ten happy days.

But now the sky's bright blue grows

gray.

On nature rests a misty haze.

The once bold sun is meek and mild

The wild birds hunt the thick-walled





furze.



The fields are widowed of their

sheaves, ‘



The nuts have shed their prickly

burrs.





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The fallen acorns tempt the squirrels

To hasten for their winter's food.



The ruddy vine clings to the trees

That barren stand in yonder wood.



The goldenrod has turned to gray

And lazy crinkled leaves lie low,



brown;

Their red and gold now burnished





Their fro‘stkissed faces wait the snow.





The tented corn keeps rustling watch.

The yellow pumpkins stand in pile.

The thistle-down floats through the air

In fluffy pennons white the while.

The milkweed pods have spun their



silk. -

The frill-less daisy nods and waves.

Clematis blooms . have made their

hoods,

And summer blossoms lie in graves.





The blazing sumac sturdy stands

Defying breezes that grow chill.

The fringed gentian nods and waves,

And barren orchards deck the hill.

October wearies of her garb.

Her crimson golds are fading fast.

November's coming, coming quick,

And autumn days will soon be past.





 





 





waited, motionless. Nothing happened.

There was the .axe blade, sunk three-

quarters of an inch in the pine floor-

ing, and in his hand was a red b'andan-

11a handkerchief——just such a handker-

chief as he had seen Black Bill Pay-

shaw draw out several times.



Bill walked cautiously around the

house and peered in at his one win-

dow. There was no one inside and

all was in order. He raised the sash

with great care and threw a leg over

the sill. A moment later he was ex—

amining a clever device that had been

hastily nailed above the now half-open

door. It was an elaboration of the old

trick by which apail of water is dump-

ed on the head of the first unfortunate

to pass through a doOrway. An axe

head, edge down, had been substituted

for the water, and if Bill had not stoop-

ed to pick up the handkerchief it would

have driven into his skull.





So Black Pete believed that much in

the counterfeiters’ treasure and want-

ed it that badly! That the .axe trap

was the work of Payshaw alone Smith

had no doubt. The other rebels might

go far on the keen scent of money, or

in the heat of passion, but they never

would plant deliberate murder. But,

although there was only one man to

guard against, Smith set a. piebe of

two-by—four against the door and put

his best rifle within easy reach of the





him,” pondered Smith slowly.





skirted it at the side of a moss-grown

rail fence.‘



In the door of a house so old that it

seemed to ante-date even the memory

of Merton King, Eve was waiting, her

red dress standing out against the

weather—beaten background. She was

watching the grassy roadway, but Bill

stepped noiselessly out of a clump of

bushes and started toward her. Sud-

denly her eyes swung to him. She

started and ran forward with her

hands outstretched. Tears had dried

on her cheeks.



“Oh, Bill!” she cried in a low voice.

“Pa is acting queer. He won’t talk to

me, or anything, and I don’t know

what to do!”



“Shucks, now, don’t you worry,” said

Bill, patting her hands, although there

was misgiving in his heart. “Where

is he?”



“By the kitchen stove—he wouldn’t

eat no supper, and he jest sets there

and won’t talk.”



“Mebbe I better say something to

“Like

enough he’s heard some truck about

me down to the village?”



“I don’t know, but it seems like it

must be something worse’n that!”



Eve twisted her hands nervously as

Bill strode to the kitchen door and

stepped in. It was a great room, cov-

ering almost. the entire ground floor of





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tens. eyes. The old man raised his





head.

spoke.

“What did ye come for, Bill Smith?"





It seemed minutes before he





Bill was taken aback at the simple ‘





directness and unexpectedne‘ss of the

the question.



“Why, to see Eve," he stammered,

“like you said I could once a week!”



“All rightlf’

until his face was turned to the wall.

“Set ye down, Bill Smith.”



Bill, mightily uncomfortable, walked

at the side of Eve tothe far end of

the room, whence a low-voiced conver-

sation could not carry. They sat down

by a tall, many-paned window rem-

iniscent of the time when the room

had been the heart of a great country

residence, the various wings of 'which

had long since succumbed‘ to time.

Dusk, just beginning to fall, sent shad-

ows creeping across the floor and

threw a spell of silence over the man

and the girl.



The room grew dark. Bill reached

out and, with a glance at Old Man

King, took the hand of Eve. Somehow

peace and strength seemed to flow into

him at her touch. He wanted to tell

her this, and halting words were on

his lips when some instinct made him

look out of the window. Blending

with the shadows'of a clump of bush-

es and half concealed by their leaves,

he saw the form of a man. There

could be no mistaking that squat sta~

ture and breadth of shoulder. It was

Black Pete Payshaw.





Bill Smith drew breath. Then, with-

out moving, he peered. toward the face

of Eve and said: “Keep right still,

Eve, girl, and tell me some things

without asking no questions, will you?',



He felt a tremor in her hand as her

fingers closed more tightly around his.



“Yes, Bill.”





“How many ways is they to get into

this room from the outside ?”



“This big window, the outside door,

and a door into that little entryway

that runs through to what used to be

the old front door, facing the lake."



“Then—-—” -





Bill saw Eve turn her head. He

looked up and started, for standing

beside them was a new andterrible

Merton King. The old man seemed a

head taller; his bushy hair and beard

bristled, and hands gnarled by many

years of labor were clenched at his

sides. He was looking out at the

clump of bushes, where other indis-

tinct forms had gathered about that

of Payshaw. Suddenly his eyes shift-

ed to Bill’s face and his head shot

forward.





“Was seeing Eve all ye come here,





for tenight, Bill Smith?” he thundered.

(Continued next week).





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er would live. more successfully and

die happier if he had that section of

the Bible in his heart and on his

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plains; husbandmen also. and vine

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Carmel: for he loved husbandry.”



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Bible has been called a rural book,



and of that we may write some time.



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able _of the sower. Of course, it is giv—

en in the terms of the agriculture of

Christ’s day. The exact methods do

not fit our time. Grain is still sowed



, < by hand, with us, but more with drills.

{ The modern lands are fenced, while

those in Palestine were not. But these

are but trifling difierences. The anal-

ogy holds good for our day, and will

as long as there are grades and de-

grees in the moral and religious life

of the people. There are a few things

in which styles do not change.





“Behold, the sewer went forth to

sow.” It is very probable that, from

the spot where the crowd was stand-

ing, a sower could be seen at work. If

you would get into the depth and pow-

er of this parable re-write it in your

own words. Close the Bible, remem-

ber the four kinds. of soil where the

seed fell, the four classes of people

which these soils represent, which is

easy enough. Now write out the par-

able in your own words, and see how

much you can improve on the original.

It is a good way to feel the power and

;mastery of description which Christ

had. You can no more improve this

parable than you can on the Sermon

on, the Mount, the thirteenth chapter

of First Corinthians, or the last chap-

ter of Revelation. There are -some

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whenever men influence one another.

in goodness or in evil. He sows when

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traveling companions, but better-ones.

He sows when the church. creates a

clearer moral atmosphere in the town,

and shows the people the beauty of

the moral law. The sower never

stops, never takes a vacation and is

never laid off. He is at it without re-

spite, through the years.



Butrnote those four classes‘of‘peo—

pIe. You will look in vain for a more

shrewd analysis

Class one: “But when they have

heard, Satan cnmeth immediately and

takethryg’ay the word that was sown

in thei hearts.” Satan here is repre-

sented as an intelligent being, who has

an influence in the lives of men. Mod~



aerns will deny this, but is there a bet-

ter explanation? Of course, you do

not have to let Satan come and take

away the word. He gains entrance by

your passive (or active) admission.

The modern way is to say that selfish-

ness prevents the good from lodging

and growing in the soul, which is a

very good way of putting it. But the

method of the parable is simple and

much more picturesque. It shows a

marauder entering the house of your

soul, and robbing it of its greatest pos-

session. Let us not lose time; and

breath arguing over whether there be

a real live Satan. Most of us have

had a long acquaintance with him, and

some of us seem rather to enjoy his

company.



Class two: “Sown on stony ground,

who, when they have heard the word,

immediately receive it with gladness:

and have no root in themselves, and

so endure but for a time.” The old-

time revival used to know this breed.

They were always getting converted,

and when 'the meetings were over, get-

ting unconverted. But it is more ser-

ious than that. Read the words and

think what they mean. Are these

folks to blame for not “having root in

themselves?” Is it a, case of delin-

quents, defectives? Weak people who

have to be- borne with? Something

like that. They must be dealt with as

well as the case allows. Volumes have

been written on this class, of late

years.



Class three: “Sowu among thorns;

such as hear the word, and the cares

of the world, and the deceitfulness of

riches, and lusts of other things, en-

tering, choke the word.”

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believe in religion. They do not of;

set purpose, ignore God, the church,

their duty. Unconsciously the cares,

the riches, the desires for other things

creep in. Anxiety is a killer of the

worst sort. Wealthy people are not

the only sinners. Perhaps they would

be, if there were as many of them as

of the poor. A man may lose as much

energy worrying about forty acres, as

.his neighbor does fretting over half a

section. The way out is to place first

things first. Put God first, and His

law of service, and the rest falls into

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Class four: “Such as hear the word,

and receive it, and bring forth fruit.”

This is the class that saVes the world

from putrefaction, anarchy, chaos and

damnation, in every age. When you

don’t have anything else to thank God

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They are the saviors of the race.





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“I’m only a mother. I can’t do the work

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‘The daily home duties that make a



, house hOme



From which my dear ones will not

care to roam.



,I’m only a mother. All the morning

my floor



’Has been covered with castles, barns,

houses galore.



.Big building it,is, not only in play



But character is growing every day.



talked about aeroplanes, ele-



phants, knives,



‘Men, horses and dogs—all is of inter-



; est in lives



Of wee little boys.





I’ve





To mother is given





To answer all questions from earth 11p ,

. I’m only a' mother.





to heaven.



I’m only a mother. They come troop-

ing in.



Is dinner all ready? Mother, where‘is

a pin?



Where is my algebra? Make brother

be nice.





Perhaps if you’ll help me I may win a

prize.





I’m only a mother—-and I’m weary to-





' nig

But father’s home-ceming must always

‘ be bright,

For his work is heavy and seems more

‘ worthwhile

lf" when he comes home, he is sure of

a smile.





I’m only a mother—but I have a place



In work that’s eternal, and I must not

lose faith



For if I am ready, I may lead someone

home



To my Master’s side to receive His

"Well Done.”





regret



That I cannot do gr'eat things, it seems

to me yet



That to us mothers a great work is

given



To bring all around us a bit nearer

heaven.





Farm House Breakfasts

. By Gracza S/zull





N the average farm home there is



but one pair of hands to prepare



the early breakfast, attend to morn-

ing duties in the milk room and

among the poultry, dress fretful babies

and assist impatient school boys and

girls off to school, not counting the

hundred and one emergency calls from

one source or another that are sure

to come and require our time and at-

tention.



Breakfast getting is apt to be a hur-

ried affair, slighted whenever possible,

and with little thought given to its

appearance or palatability, (just so it

can be eaten and “fills up”), or wheth-



‘ er it is suited to the needs of each

member of the family.





Getting the farm breakfast need not

be a. troublesome problem, for, With a

little forethought and planning, a pal-

atable, wholesome meal may be pre-

pared quickly that need not offend the

eye, the palateor the pocketbook.





Many things may he prepared the

night before that will assist greatly in

the preparation and serving of the

morning meal; coffee may be ground

and measured into the percolator; cold

boiled potatoes may be chopped for

hash or for frying; hominy, oatmeal

or rice may be looked over, washed

where necessary, placed in the do,uble

boiler, boiled a few minutes then plac-

ed in the fireless cooker where the

cooking process goes on without any

further attention. Ingredients for the

griddle cakes, waffles or muffins may

be measured out and placed ready to

hand, and eggs and butter placed con-

Veniently near. Syrup and cream jugs

may be filled, ham or bacon sliced and

trimmed ready for the broiler. .





{If toast is to be served, the bread

may be sliced and placed on the rack,

all ready to be slipped into the oven

and daintily browned quickly and ev-

ienly while we are waiting for the hash

* to brown or kettle to boil. Baked ap-

ples or baked apple sauce comes in





* .nioely for breakfast and is extremely





appetizing and healthful.



We usually manage to have fruit of

some kind, either cooked or fresh, for

breakfast the year ’round. Fried corn

_ meal or graham mush are old stand-



" by’s and are quickly fried to a nice

brawn, if arlittle milk or a spoonful





 





the mush is being made. By frying

quickly the mush is never soggy or

greasy. Serve it piping hot with a

little minced green pepper or parsley

sprinkled over the top.



It 1equires a deal of care and

thought to prepaie a suitable break-

fast when mornings are frosty and

tempers are walking the tight— —rope.

The table should be made as neat and

dainty as possible, No_ haphazard ar«

rangement of dishes or food. The

cloth should be spotless and free from

wrinkles. The food should be tempt«

ingly and daintily arranged on clean

dishes. Left-overs should be thorough-

ly disguised, well seasoned and daintily

served.



Cleanliness and orderliness are two

things that must not be dispensed

with, and a row of happy, smiling fac-

es aroundthe board is ample compen-

sation to the careful housemother for

all extra care and forethought requir-

ed to prepare and serve such a tempt-

ing meal.





THE SPANISH IRIS IN POTS.





 





HE Spanish iris does well in pots



if it is kept in a very cool room

and left to grow slowly and not forced

too much. After bringing in from the

dark just keep watered and let them

grow naturally, and it is a good idea

to set these bulbs in a large bulb pan

and as many as a doze-n to the pan,

having them thick enough so there

will be but a half—inch of space be—

tween bulbs. A ten-inch pan should-

hold a couple of dozen, and they are

cheap, and planted thus are very ef-

fective. The colors are very rich and

the form unique. The stems are long

and stiff. There is a beautiful clear

blue variety and one of purple .and

gold ,that is the richest in coloring of

any flower I have grown. If well ma¥

tured in the pots the bulbs may'be

used again, but I prefer to plant out-

side and buy new bulbs for the house.

——Agnes Hilco.





 





RUG CLEANING.





 





RAG- ,rugs are very popular these

days; but most housewives say





 





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colored ones. However, these rugs are

easily cleaned without too much strain

on the back, by using a “dasher,”

which can be bought for about sixty

cents, to force the water through the

thick fabric. Indeed, a very good dash-I

or can be made at home by fitting a

long handle into the small end of a

large funnel. Spots on the rugs should

first be scrubbed with solution of soap

and water, for the dasher can be trust-

ed to remove only the general grime.

Binse the rug and put it through 'tfl‘e

wringer straight to avoid stretching

the edges. Dry it on a flat surface, if

possible, or hang it by the middle

over a line, so that the weight will be

even on the two sides. When it is dry

separate the fringe by beating the end

of the rug against the edge of a kitch-

en table and then brush back the

fringe.



The Orientals, when cleaning rugs,

throw buckets of water over them and

leave them exposed on a flat surface

to dry; but if we have the time and

patience we can clean our woolen rugs

quite as well in another way. Little

ones can be cleaned on a table; but

large ones must be cleaned on the

floor. First give them a good sweep-

ing and heating with a light rattan

beater—~neVer use a wire’ one. Of

course, if you possess a vacuum clean-

er it is still better.





After they are cleaned make this

mixture with which to scrub them:

Dissolve half a cupful of “fine neutral

white soap, or soap flakes, in a quart

of boiling water. When the solution

is cool it will have the consistency

of jelly. Add a pint of water to it and

beat it to a lather that will stand

alone. Finally skim off some of the

dry lather into a small dish. That is

the cleansing mixture.



If you work on the floor have a pail-

ful of lukewarm water at hand for

rinsing purposes; have also an empty

pail into which to pour the dirty wa-





 





-rug should be wet





 





’ ter, and a basin“ in which to rinse the

cloths.





Have plenty of clear water. .



Dip a Clean vegetable brush in dry

suds and with a circular motion scrub

a part of the rug, perhaps six inches

square. When the suds die away, add ~

more; the rug will look muddy unless

you use plenty of suds.





Scrub’on’e part until it looks clean,

then wring a cloth very dry, and 'wipe

the suds‘ off in a direction of the nap.

Do not rub it in and be sure that the

cloth is dry. Only the surface of the

Continue to rinse

and wring the cloth in the basin, and

renew the supply of fresh water many -

times. In that way every trace of soap

should be wiped up, together with the

dirt it holds. When no soapy feeling

is left in the nap, attack a fresh area.

When the rug is dry, brush it briSkly’,

to raise the nap. If the rug is large,

do not try to finish it atone time.



It is better if the work can be done

in a back yard, but if the weather is

not suitable it may be done indoors——

Julia W. Wolfe.





 





HOUSEHOLD HINTS.





 





.Raw tomato pulp will remove that

most stubborn walnut, potato or other!

vegetable stains from the fingers.—

Mrs. G S.





For scouring knives or polishing sil-

ver, a -cork is much better than a."

cloth, as it does not absorb the scour-

ing powder, and there is no danger of

roughening the hands—Mrs. L. T.





Draperies, window curtains and chil-

dren’s clothing may be rendered non?

inflammable by rinsing in» a solution

of two ounces of alum to one gallon

of water.-——Mrs. J. J. O’C.





Before using a. new broom, dip it in

boiling h’ot suds, dry well and quickly.

Do not bear down on the broom. and

use both sides alternately so as -not

to wear it to a point—Miss Z. I. B.





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CHOOL DAYS”—- the time of the

year when boys and girls come





home with many stains on their cloth- ‘





ing, and puzzles most: mothers to know

just what to use.



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Grass—If colored material, use dark

molasses—if white material use am-

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wash all ammonia out before drying.



Blood—Wash in cold water, then

soap and warm water or paste of un-

cooked starch.





Ink—Soak in sweet or sour milk for

'several hours, if dry and set use Ja-

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TROUBLE WITH CANNED PEAS.





 





I canned about seventy- t—WO pints of

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splendidly but the last canner full

Some of those seem to have turned

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feiment or “spit, ” but the liquor turns

thick Can you tell me why ?—M1s. G.





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:By ROSG§e Bless, M. 9., Dunningville,

. Michigan. , '

The. greatest value of a discussion



on bobbed hair is the same value that

comes from a discussion of any kind

on any topic. The value lies in the

broadening of minds, exchange 0f

opinions, and in this case the bringing

about of a closer relationship between

the Merry Circlers.



When a lively, though friendly, dis-

cussion is being carried on in the

pages of the Merry Circle, many boys

and girls are going to find themselves

unable to suppress their opinion and

they will write long interesting letters.

Without a discussion of any kind on

the boys’ and girls’ page, I am‘afraid

that it would be very much less inter-

esting. So when the boys and girls

write in to give their opinions they

incidentally give many other interest-

ing things, increasing the value of the

page itself. ~



As for the topic of bobbed hair it-

self, there could be many other more

sensible and better subjects to debate

upon, although I know that Uncle

Frank has asked for another several

times, and even had one once which

proved less popular than the bobbed

hair proposition. But, on the whole,

I think there is a great deal of value

in this discussion, or any discussion,

even though a permanent decision is

never reached.





 





By Mildred Merritt, M. c., Ypsilanti,

Michigan.



I scratched my head and bumped it

on the desk to think what values

comes from discussing bobbed hair.

One of the ideas that broke through

the crust was this: It keeps the young

writers out of mischief while busy

writing letters, perhaps some of them

form a habit of using the dictionary

to see whether bobbed is spelled with

one or two b’s. Penmanship, spelling,

punctuation and discussions are of

great value. Discussion brings. out

both sides of the question, and gives

us new ideas. If we went through life

with our eyes shut we couldn’t give

our opinion on these subjects. If we

did, it would be one-sided.



There is a proverb that says, “Little

things please little minds.” Perhaps

this is the reason so many choose this

topic to discuss.



I. hope not to get in a rut and do

just as my grandmother did, but to

have an open mind and be willing to

adopt any improvement.





 





By Lulu Craven, Levering, Michigan.



Through a discussion of bobbed hair

we have learned:



1. What different styles people like.



2. That bobbed hair is easy to keep

clean and shiny.



3. That some girls look prettier with

short hair; others don’t look very

good.



4. That some of the Merry Circlers

read the bible.



5. That some know history.



6. That some people think that girls

are lazy because they bob their hair;

but by one girl’s letter we have learn-

ed they are not.



7. That bobbed hair gave a topic to

discuss upon, and therefore was a big

value.





 





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By Myrtle Walker, Woodland, Mich-

The value that comes from the dis-





cussion of bobbed hair may be var-

iously estimated by different individ-

uals, but as for me, it is both inter-

esting and instructive, and surely, it

is in no way harmful to anyone.





A free discussion of the subject

gives a persOn an opportunity to view

the various opinions of different indi-

viduals and they ,may view different

phases of the' subject that hitherto

they have not thought of. Also,vit

gives a person an opportunity to see

the various traits of human nature

that are displayed in different individ-

uals and this is far from uninteresting

to anyone. In this way they may view

the ideas cf the extremist both ways,

and it may keep them from joining the





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ranks of either extremes. If they are

.an‘ extremist they may see the folly

. of such a view and change their ideas.





Any broadmin-ded person will agree

that this [is beneficial, for what is

more disagreeable than an extremist,

no matter what the subject in question

may be. .. g _ g ' >



There are many ways in' which such

a discussion is interesting. It provides

a. laugh once in a while at the expense

of some, individual that has a very

extraordinary or narrow opinion: of

bobbed hair.





* It is very interesting for the femy





inine portion of readers to view the

opinions of the opposite sex in regard

to bobbed hair and they can benefit by

their ideas if they care to. However,





the greater portion of modern girls

are not greatly influenced by the ideas

of the boys in their manner of hair-

dress.





 





.The Michigan Club Boys Who Got Seventh Place Among 200 Contestants at





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From Left to Right: Walter





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State Club Leader and Coach; Wayne Adams, Battle Creek, and Coulton





Warner, Napoleon.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Thanks for the flashlight. It is a

real handy piece of machinery to have

around, and especially when it is dark.



I suppose the Merry Circle mem‘

bers are all back to school. I know I

am, and for the last time at that.



I think the Circle page of the paper

is very interesting. Some of those

anti-flapper letters sure make me

laugh—Philomena M. Falls, M. C.,

Carsonville, Mich.



I am glad you liked that piece of

“machinery” we sent you. Some of

the letters make me laugh, too, even

some of the flapper ones. '





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I see that even the “Merry Circle”

is infested with “old~fashioned girls.”

That is the cause of this prospective

meal for the waste-basket. Person—

ally, I do'not care whether or not this

ever gets in print, but I do hope that

the girl who is so pitifully lacking in

something to be proud of that she has

to make it her pride to be several

decades behind the times, may see it.

Perhaps you could ship this part of

it to her after W. B. gets fed up. ,



My dear little girl, don’t you realize

that in school we measure capacity

for learning, not by the length of the

hair, but by the depth of the grey mat-

ter beneath it?



The boy who berates the “flapper”

to the old-fashioned girl does the same

thing to you when in company with

the “flapper.” The boy or man who

makes disagreeable remarks about one

girl is lacking in respect for all girls.

if he “makes fun of” one he will of

another.





(Am I

Frank?)

As for the Bible, I wish you would





not right, Uncle





in which the reference tovcutting the

hair is found. I might call your atten-

tion to First Peter 3-3, but I think it





is wrong to twist and distort God’s

word merely to settle private disputes.

Surely it was meant for something





deeper and more beneficial. But that

is not for us to settle.

Oh, yes, Uncle Frank, let’s have





Sport grow some long, dust-catching

braids, wrap him in ankle-length skirts

and set him up as a. model of old-fash-

ioned propriety. Then hear the laughs

roll in. '



Thanking you and W. B. for the use

of your valuable space, I remain, Your

Flapper “Niece,” Margaret Allen,

South Lyon, Mich.



Oh, no, I could not get Sport to do

such a thing. He is not that kind of a

dog, although he is very old-fashioned.

You know, they have not changed the

style in dogs’ clothes or hair—cuts for

centuries. I won’t take sides in the

old-fashioned girl controversy.





 





, Dear Uncle Frank: .





I would like to say this—there is

quite a lot of difference between de-

bating and “chewing the rag.” There

isn’t anything better than debating,

but I believe that all that you, my

cousins, are doing is “chewing the

rag” on this bobbed hair and knicker

question. Why don’t you discuss some-

thing of value? I’ll say right now that

the problem before me at the present

is—which is of more value, Algebra or

Latin?



By the way, do any of you know

whether Harold Coles is always

“changeable?” I notice one part of

his last letter tells how rude—as he

calls it——his'sister is; but in the next

part she is his “angel sister.”



This is too much now, so good-bye.





:—Ivan Crandall, ~M. -C., Bellaire, Mich.

give me the book, chapter and verse .





.“Algebra or Latin—which is the





’most valuable?” Thatis a good guess

'tion to discuss» I‘ybardly knewwhfch ,





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letter from Harold Coles. My, but that .





was a good Joke on you, Harold; I

think he is of the pessimistic sort,

don’t you, Uncle Frank? ‘ ,



Last year Mr. Pearson gave atalk

to the boys at our school fair. Two

years. ago- he organized a. “canning

club” in Northport, of which .I was

secretary-treasurer; .. s ‘



. I like the idea of contributing five

\or ten cents to,.the M. 0. very much,

.and I hope we can make a go‘ of it;





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Well, if I keep on, there wan’t be A





room for anybody else’s letter, so I

will say good-night.—Erma J. Roy, M.

C., Northport, Mich. * '





L. I am glad to learn that Mr.~Pearson

got you young folks started in club

work, and I am sure you enjoyed mak-

ing his acquaintance. Glad you like,

the M. 0. fund. We are going'to make

a go of it, although it may be slow

at first.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .»

Thought I would take a. little time

to. write a letter to you. Perhaps you:

won’t be able to read it, for my Dad

is playing the phonograph and, of

course, I have to listen to that part of

the time.

I graduated from High School this

June, and expected to go to a Domes-

_tic Science school to study for teach-

er, but my funds were not sufficient

You see, I only worked five weeks this

summer, and had to quit because of

another attack of appendicitis. I ex-

pect to find a job in about two weeks.

At- least, I intend to look for a job.

Say, Uncle Frank, I think] know

what your last name is. It is —————'——.

Am I right? I hope so, anyway.—

Your loving niece, Joycie E Purdy,

Fowlerville, Mich., R. 2. ‘





I am glad to get that later letter

telling that you have a job. I wish

you good luck in it. Save lots of mon-

ey so you can take up that Domestic

Science course. You are good at guess-

ing names.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





I’m so glad my school has started,

for when I am not in school I am at a

loss to know what to do to occupy my

time. This year I am a junior and am

taking American history, English liter-

ature, Latin I and chemistry, and am

also taking my second year of home

economics. I attend a consolidated

high school, so I ride on the bus, which

is very handy. » ‘



I, too, love to read. My favorite au-

thors are Peter B. Kyne, Gene Strat-

ton Porter, Zane Grey, Emerson

Hough, Kathleen Norris and Rex

Beach. I am also very fond of fiction

magazines, and I aim to read at least

one a week. I think reading the right

kind of literature is very beneficial.



Well, I must bring this to a close or

the waste basket will surely devour it.

Your loving niece, Myrtle E. Walker,

R. 2, Woodland, Mich.





I agree that good literature is very

beneficial, besides being very interest-

ing. Your choice of authors indicates

that you prefer modern literature.





 





THE MERRY CIRCLE FUND.





 





THE Merry Circle Fund is still ago-

ing and agrowing. Every little

while we get a five or ten cent piece

from a Merry Circler who thinks the

fundis a good thing. ' ' ~

You know, this fund is open to oth-

ers than Merry Circlers; grown folks

and all.‘ So you can do thefund some

good if you will tell your talks. and

others about it Their contributions

will be Welcome. 7 ‘ 7

Seed yéupcontributiona. t9. the Mar-r

Iv Circle Fund. Michisashmer. .

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swer will, get prizes. The; first two,

fountain pens; the next three, flash-

lights, and the next five, cute little





' boxes of candy.





Be sure to put your name and ad-

dress in the upper left hand corner of

your paper. If you are a Merry Circ-

ler, put M. C. after your name.



Send your papers to Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich., be—

fore October 24, as contest closes then.





Yas ni oyur now sword hawt ellocou





 





THE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS.





 





HE pictures sent in for this con-



test were all very ihtgresting, but

all could not win prizes. So I picked

out for winners the best pictures ‘from

both a. humaninterest and a photo-

graphic standpoint. Many were inter-

esting, but were not clear enough to

make good pictures. Although quite

a few did not win prizes, they will be

used in this department eventually.

I like this -contest because I like to

see what our M. C.’s look like.





Fountain Pens.

Frederick Yeider, Norvel, Mich.

Edna Cole, R. 2, Linden, Mich.





Flashlights. .

White, B. 1, Pinconning,

Mich.



Melvin Hartman, Ann Arbor, Mich.





Edwin Yeider, Norvel, Mich.

Candy.





Kathryn Majestic, Suttons 'Bay,

Mich.

Evelyn Johnson, Ashley, Mich.

Gladys McAllister, R. 3, Marlette.

Mich.

lleta Brenot, Deerfield, Mich.





Kenneth Dean Ada, Mich.





 





 





 





THE PENUMONIA MONTHS.





 





HY do people begin to die of



pneumonia in the month of No-



vember? You say that it is a.

germ disease; What do the germs do

the rest of the year? Why choose No-

vember for swarming?





vades the lungs and produces pneu-

monia works the year round, but we

succumb more readily in the “shut-in

months” from November to April.

These are not‘only the months when

bad weather chills the skin, impairs

vitality and reduces resistance, but

also the months when people live in

close rooms, fresh air carefully ex-

cluded, often breathing an oven-like





from skin and mucous membranes and

provides in the mouth, nose and lungs

a condition that allows the germ to

flourish at its very best.





catching? Yes, it is quite as contag-

ious as typhoid fever. When a case

of pneumonia appears there are two

reasons why the patient should be iso-

lated in the best room in the house.

One is that he 'will get well more

quickly if away from the disturbances

of family matters, the other that he is

less likely to give the disease to 0th

ers, allowing it to “run through the

family.”





Next to avoiding contagion the most

effective way to prevent pneumonia is

to keep in good physical conditfon.

Pneumonia loves to wreak its wrath"

upon the weak and helpless. If do:

lights in snatching babies from the

mother’s arms and hurrying the aged:

into their graves. If it finds you run'

down from overwork, poorly nourish

ed, scarcely getting enough sleep, anx-

ious and worried, it simply cuts an-

other notch in its gun and your name

is marked off the books.





But if you are strong, well-nourish—

ed, of good circulation and carrying a

chest that expands in every dimen-

sion, if it attacks you at all it will

probably reach a favorable crisis on

the seventh or ninth day, run sharply

away,,and leave you to get back your

strength.



To prevent pneumonia:



1. Avoid colds. If one is taken, give

careful attention to its cure.



2. Avoid. being run-down or

worked.





3. Avoid contact with people who

have colds, grippe, or pneumonia. .



‘4. Avoid overheated buildings and

Lerowde'd‘ trains and street cars.





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The fact is that the germ that in-





atmosphere that steals the moisture-





Did you know that pneumonia is





5. Sleep with wide—open windows.

Dress sensibly. Enjoy fresh air.





CONTROL CONSTIPATION BY THE

PROPER DIET HABITS.





 





Am always constipated more or less.

What can I do for this?—-L. B.





Very many people are constipated

because they will not take a little

time each day at a regular hour to

attend to evacuating the bowels. We

are creatures of habit and the habit

of going to the toilet, every day, at a

regular hour, and giving ten or fifteen

minutes to clearing the bowels is one

of the good habits that everyone

Should form and persist in. Drinking

plenty of good fresh water is one of

the aids. The other is eating a diet

that contains enough “roughness” to





. pally on





, eration ?





stimulate the bowel to action. Such,





food is whole wheat bread, bran-bis-





cuits, fruit, leafy vegetables, suchlasg;

lettuce. cabbage, chard, and cauliflow- 4





er. Taking laxatives or cathartics

never did cure constipation.





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BABY Is CONSjl'lPATED.





 





I wish to write in regard to my ten-

months-old baby boy. I have weaned

him because my milk does not agree

with him, and am feeding him princi-

cows’ milk. Is there any-

thing I can put in, the milk to keep

him from being so constipated? I’am

feeding him fruit juices—R. F. D.





Cow’s milk should not cause consti-

pation if whole milk is given, and if

other foods are added. At ten months

a child may have stale bread, or toast,

any well~cooked cereal, both pulp and

juice of ripe oranges, small portion of

prunes, vegetable soups. These addi--





tions to the diet will clear up consti-





pation.





TUBERCULAR TUMOR RETURNS.





 





Am an unmarried woman of'thirty—





two and have a tubercular tumor. I





was operated on a year ago and the

tumor started again and is now quite

large. Would you suggest another op-

My physicians have given

my case up. Would this tumor be

likely to return again? My health

seems to be fairly well, only that I am

quite nervous ‘?«~D. R. S.



Operations are always to be avoided

if possible in cases of tuberculosis.

\Vithout knowing the nature and loca-

tion of this tumor my advice is to lg-

nore it if possible, and take the com-

plete rest cure exactly as you would

for any other form of tuberculosis.

Sun treatment is taking the place of

surgery in tuberculosis. It is not un-

likely that this tumor, whatever it

may be, would respond favorably to

systematic treatment by daily expos-

ure to the sun.





HAS HEADACHE.





 





Ever since taking other for a tonsil

operation I have headache whenever

I do any close work. \Vould it be due

to the ether?-L. R.





The effects of ether disappcar quite

quickly. and I see nothing either in

the operation or the other to cause





your headache. I suggest that you.





have your eyes examined!





 





 





 





 





Doings In





Woodland





C/emz Hand: and Face;





OLLY RABBIT brought the little

boy that Bruin found lost in the

Big \Voods t0 the house where he and

Bruin lived, and hurried to cook the

porridge for dinner. Then Rolly Rab—

bit and Bruin, like all neat folks, that

live in the woods, set about washing

their faces before eating the noonday

meal.

This made the little boy think about

washing his face too, but he couldn’t





 





The Bay Couldn’t Wash His Face

as Rolly and Bruin Did.





do it as the little rabbit and the’ big

bear did by licking their paws and

scrubbing their furry faces with them.

For a time the little boy wondered

what he could do. He was ashamed to

eat with a'dirty face after seeing Rolly

Rabbit and Brain take so much, pains

to wash theirs. Then he, thought of





a little brook they crossed when Rolly

Rabbit was lPading him homo for din-

ner, and ran off through tho woods as

fast as he could go to find it.





Rolly Rabbit and Bruin thought. the

little boy had run away from them.

Bruin know more of the Big Woods

than Rolly Rabbit did, and was sure

the little boy would not be able to

find his way out, even with good luck,

tired and hungry as he was. So they

let the dinner wait and Rolly Rabbit

started out again to try and catch up

with the little boy and coax him to

come back. '





But Rolly Rabbit had gone only a.

little way when he saw the little boy

coming on the run, his face clean and

shining after being washed in the cool

water of the little brook. The little

boy was not afraid of Rolly Rabbit,

and hand in hand they hurried back to

the house where Bruin waited for

them. The boy had always been afraid

of animals, even little dogs, but out

there in the Big Woods where he had

spent the long night alone, even the

big bear seemed a. friendly companion.

And besides, the little boy, was very

hungry so he hurried along with Rally

Rabbit to join Bruin and help eat the





steaming porridge, which smelled so A





very, very good. ‘





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

   

   

 

   

   

 

 





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Mocking saps a hen ’s vitality





'JUS'r rémember that forcing out

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plumage of a thousand feathers 1s

\ a serious business.



It requires just so much feed, so

much grain converted into nutri-

tion to do that job. _



Now, the more you can get your

flock to eat and assimilate each

day, the quicker your hens will get

back to laying.



Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a—ce—a

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into that run-down, unhungry,

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It contains tonics that tone up‘,

the appetite—tonics that promote

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It contains Iron—so essential

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Pan—a—ce-a your hens. See them

begin to eat. See the old feathers

let loose—~see the new plumage

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The rice of just one egg pays for

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, THE new TURK‘EY‘TROUBLE. - '





 





OME time ago an article appeared

in several papers in this state re-

garding a "strange disease” which





was supposed to endanger the turkey





industry of Michigan. This "disease”





' was a respiratory disturbance which-





affected some. birds in, an Ionia county

flock. This article was based on a few

statements made by me relative to

the” difficulty of combatting diseases





- of unknown nature, as compared with

those of well-known birds that were»





immune to the various infectious dis-

,eases of poultry. As an example I

mentioned that the breeder, through

study and intelligent application of the

known principles of prevention of com-

municable diseases had succeeded in

conquering blackhead, but was baffled

at her inability of coping with this

new ailment. I used this point to em-

phasize the importance of supporting

investigations of poultry diseases as

well as for the purpose of dispelling

the erroneous ideas of some poultry-

men that certain strains of birds bred

by certain people will resist any kind

of infectious disease.



Unfortunately my fragmentary re-

marks were patched together and in

addition given the characteristic

“newspaper touch,” with the result

that both the breeder and I have been

given some unfavorable publicity. In





spite of the fact that I have never-





even talked with a. staff correspondent

at Ionia, the article was dated Ionia,

August 14, giving it additional mislead-

ing significance. .



In order to rectify the wrong done

in this case, I wish .to state what I

know of this disease and also what I

do not know.





The disease has the appearance of

a chronic cold. This is all I know of

its nature. Two birds examined by

me gave no clue as to cause. In both





, cases the evidence of disease was in





the upper respiratory tract only, and

the signs of disease were limited to





slight inflammation of the mucous.





membrane with an excess of mucus.





The disease occurred in the home

flock only and there is no evidence

that the' disease is spread through the

egg. The idea that the disease might

be spread through the egg is purely a

concoction which I have nothing to do

with. I have furthermore never even

intimated that this disease was threat-

ening the turkey industry of Michigan.

Neither have I ever called it a.

“strange disease.”—-H. J. Stafseth.





 





POULTRY TROUBLES.





 





My chickens have some kind of bow-

el trouble. They pass blood, and what

passes them looks like they had the

white diarrhea, and sometimes their

egg passage comes out. They are

year-old hens. What could I give them

in their drinking water to stop it and

keep any more from getting it? What

makes them lose their feathers in the

winter time and not get them again?

Would lice make them? Is sodium

fluoride the best for all kinds of lice?

My chickens also have roup. What

can I do for them? My young chicks

had coccidiosis. Will plowing and

liming the ground deep keep my

young chicks from having it next

year? The ground is sandy. Do old

chickens have it, too?——Mrs H. M.



The bowel trouble may be due to

the lack of a balanced ration. A dry

mash containing twenty per cent bran

seems to help in preventing digestive

disorders. A postmortem and exami-

nation of the internal organs might be

necessary to determine the cause of

the trouble. ‘ The appearance of the

oviduct is usually caused by severe

straining when laying an egg. The





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be kept‘in geod physical condition. to

prevent such troubles. ' T



_Losing the feathers in winter is of-

ten due to feather, eating on‘th'e part

of certain members of. the flock: It

may be caused by feather mitesl Rub

an ointment of fourparts lard and one

part flowers of sulphur on the affected

parts.





Sodium fluoride is'a very satisfac-

tory powder for destroying lice. Pre-

venting colds or curing them in the

first, stages with a, commercial disin-

fectant helps in controlling roup. The

usual recommendation is to kill birds

in bad condition with roup.‘ An incis-

ion to remove the cheesy accumula-

tion and frequent disinfecting and

cleaning of the wound may result in

a cure. »





Plowing and liming the soil is bene-

ficial in removing contamination. The

old hens which are properly fed and

housed do not seem to be troubled by

coccidlosis.





 





RABBIT HUTCHES.





 





I have five rabbits. Is it necessary

to make a separate pen for each when

they are raising small ones, or will

one large, pen do, with a. box for each

-to run into?—W. I. .



When the doc is raising young it is

best to have her in a. separate hutch

which cannot be molested by other

rabbits. Severallitters of young stock

are sometimes raised together after





they are weaned, but experienced rab- ‘





bit breeders seem to keep their breed-

ing stock in separate hutches.





A good standard hutch is six feet

wide, two feet deep and two feet high.

One-third of the length is partitioned

off for a dark nest which the doe en-

ters through a. small hole. It has a

tight door on the front to permit the

caretaker to clean the nest or examine

the young. The remaining length of

the hutch is a. wire-covered. frame on

hinges. This permits plentyof sun-

light and air to enter. These hutches

can be covered with roofing paper and

placed outside in the shade of trees

or arranged in tiers in a. shed.





 





GETTING QUALITY BIRDS.





 





Beginners often wish to obtain fine

quality poultry by the crateful when

they would have better luck by pur-

chasing ten birds and raising the pro-

geny to develop their flock. Those

who try and have good luck are al-

ways surprised at the fine large flock

of birds which can be developed in a.

couple of years from a. very small

start in breeding Stock. A difference

of five or ten dollars in the price of

foundation stock looks _ very small

when it is divided up amo‘ng several

hundred fine pullets that are the pro-

geny of that stock.





It pays to cull the purebred pullets

and discard any slow-feathering, crow-

headed birds that are sure to be poor

layers. Some poultrymen who have

owned good Crosses- decide to keep

pure-bred poultry. Then they keep

every bird that is raised because it ‘is

pure-bred, and carry over winter some

birds of weak vigor which are only

good to produce culls for a. few weeks

during the spring. I think that vigor-

ous pure-breds are better. than vigor;

ous crosses 'or mongrels, ‘but pure-

breds weak in vitality are notas good

as vigorous mixed stock and are a-bad





 





 





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$1?be
'IX Holsteins from Michigan won

nine ribbons at the 1924 National

Dairy Show recently held at Mil-



waukee, Wisconsin. Two other Mich-

igan entries, although themselves un-

able to place in open classes, when

shown with the lucky six, constituted

. a state herd that won third premium

’- ' L These are, indeed, great honors to

I bring back from the National Dairy

3 ' Show. The very best, the pick of the

L- dairy states, compete at the National,

3 ' Ten. placings are made in each class;

5 it is no disgrace to rate even tenth as

classes frequently include‘ over fifty

entries. Oftetnimes an (animal that

d , has been. judged first prize at a large

11 state fair is found placed fifth or. sixth

. at the National. -





The head of the Michigan herd was

Count Veeman Segis Piebe, owned by

Lambert & Webber, of Clarkston. This

fellow was able to place fourth in the

strongest bull class of the show—the

three-year-old division.



The junior bull of the herd was a

son of “Count.” His name is the same

as his dad's, only with “8th” added.

1 This youngster landed eighth place in

I the senior calf division, competing

‘ with thirty-eight entries. He also came

1 from the herd of Lambert & Webber.

‘ Three cows over three years of age

are called for in the constitution of a

- . state herd. Each one of Michigan’s



: trio landed a place.





1 Bessie Fayne Johanna, “owned by

Dudley Waters and Martin Buth, of

Grand Rapids, took second place

4 among forty-seven contestants in the

“five years old or over” classification.

She was led by a Colorado cow, “Zwin-

gara Segis Clothilde,” the 'only unde-

feated champion of the big line circuit

this year. Had the Michigan cow car-

ried about two hundred pounds more

flesh the judges would have had to

I take even more time than they did

I- ‘ before putting the Colorado cow above

her. But Bessie was showu in her

working-clothes as she has been run-

ning on yearly test since freshening

last March.





A stablemate to Bessie, Maryland

Walker Colantha, placed tenth in this

same class.



The third member, Tessie Henger—

veld Segis, from the Detroit Creamery

Company Farms, at Mt. Clemens,

found herself in fourth place in the

three-year-old class. One of the cows

above her was afterwards made grand

champion of the show, another one

has won more. first placings than any

other Holstein. So “Tessie” traveled

in fast company—the best ring, in

fact, of the whole show.





Michigan can also be proud of these

three cows because they all placed in

the classification for cows having

yearly records. The requirements for

entry are that the cow must have pro—

duced in official test of 300 days or

over, butter-fat exceeding by fifty per

cent the requirements for admission

to the advanced registry of the breed.

After so qualifying, judging is made

, on individuality only without: respect

to the 'record itself.





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“Bessie," finishing her second record

over 900 pounds of butter in a year,

‘ . ‘ took first place in this class. “Mary-

- , Vland Walker," with 891 pounds of but-

- ’ . ter from 23553.4 pounds of milk as a

' - four-year—old, stood fourth. “Tessie,”

competing in the junior division of

, this classification, took third. Her rec-

ord .8 tendered is marvel-

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Michigan'lHOIStcins lI-Ionorcd ‘





. ' Win Place: at the National Dairy Show





type, but proven producers. Along this

line ‘of thought it should be mentioned

that the dam of the “Count” bull had

over thirty-six pounds of butter in a

week with 1,273 pounds in a year.





Reformatory Pontiac Canard '2nd

from the Michigan Beformatory at

Ionia, stdod eleventh, or just outside

the money in the two—year-old group.





Fourth place fell to the junior year-

ling, Lakefield Count Veeman Piebe.

She is from the Lambert & Webber

herd, being a daughter of “Count."





Little Winnwood Pietertje Ormsby

M. C. Wayne from the John H. Winn

farm at Rochester, found herself in

the largest class of the show, over

sixty being entered in the heifer calf

group. She got lost in the shuffle.

However, she did her bit for Michigan

by coming out in the state herd class

with the others already mentioned;

and Michigan stood third.





_ Officials of the State Holstein Asso-

ciation who gathered the herd togeth-

er, as well as the breeders who loaned

the animals, are well pleased over the

satisfactory showing made. Michigan

dairymen in general appreciate such

creditable advertising for the dairy

industry—J. G. Hays.





FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN

ATTEND NATIONAL DAIRY

SHOW.





 





HAT the interest in dairying in



northeastern Michigan is not con-

fined to the farmers in that district

was proven again last week when the

business men of four towns—Cheboy—

gan, Standish, Pinconning and Glad—

win—furnished the funds to send two

farmers from each county as their

representatives at the National Dairy

Show. Not only that, but several of

the business men went with the party.

They spent two days at Milwaukee—

one was spent in a careful study of

everything that was included in the

National Dairy Show. The next was

spent on a tour through some of Wis-

consin's best dairy sections, visiting

the farms that have helped make Wis-

consin the leading dairy state.





What struck these farmers particu-

larly was the high percentage of pure—

bred sires on these farms, the prev-

alence of cow testing associations, and

the high average production per cow.





 





 





 





When one breeder pointed out three





cows that had produced over 20,000l

pounds of milk apiece in one year, a‘





farmer from Bay county remarked,





“That’s more than my mine cows gave i

I’m glad that I joined a





last year.

cow testing association last spring be—

cause I see that that is the way this

man got his high producing cows."





1

BUTTER SUPPLIES H EAVY.





 





HE butter situation is not satisfac-

_ tory to producers or holders. Dur-

ing August receipts of butter at four

principal markets exceeded those of

August, 1923, by 10,000,000 pounds, or

twenty per cent. There has been a

slight slowing down in September, but

not enough to ease the situation. The

department of agriculture reports that

butter production for the first three-

fourths of the year will show-an in-

crease over 1923 of eight per cent.





The storage supplies of butter are

enormous. The September 1 holdings

of 155,232,000 pounds exceeded those

of September 1, 1923, by 53,501,000

pounds, and 25,000,000 pounds higher

than September 1, 1919, holdings, the

highest previous record. Consumption

of butter is increasing. The dealers

are talking lower prices as a means

of encouraging the greateruse of but-





 





 





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‘3] Professor F. B. MORRISON





Asst. Dinetor Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station

and Prof. of Animal Husbandry, University of Wisconsin.

Author with W. A. Henry, 0 the nixed Amerian

Authority on Stock Feeding—“Feeds and coding."





 





 

 

 

 

 





"Up here at Madison we have just concluded a

series of experiments important to bog growers.

We have found a ration containing no skim milk

or other dairy byvproducts which gives just as





 

 

 

 





dairy feeds are used. This helps solve the fall pig

problem for many farmers. Young pigs have been

taken right from their mothers in t e fall and put

on rations including com, linseed oil meal, tank'

age, and chopped alfalfa at 8 to 9 weeks 6f age,

and have excelled in gains pigs fed yellow corn

and skim milk. We find that a ton of Linseed Oil

Meal was actually worth $85, without giving any

credit for the 29 days saved in getting the pigs

to market weight.





These are not the results of a single experiment,

but are the average figures secured in ten say

arate trials.





"How to Make Money With

Linseed Oil Meal”





This book, just oII the press, is an up'tOIthc'

minute guide for feedin all kinds of live stock.

When I was first asked y the Linseed Crushers

to write it I hesitated, as it has been the policy

of experiment stations to keep aloof from com!

merciallzing their work, but after considering

the fact that Linseed Oil Meal is of national im’

portance and after consulting my coworkers, I

decided to write it. Europe is getting onerhalf

the supply of this most valuable feed and I be'

have it should be kept in America. The question

is not one of patriotism, however, but profit, and





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





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FARMER- PAGKER olscussss.

TYPES OF Hoes.





 





HAVE beenn’ farmer, all my life,



and a. packer (winters) for about

thirty years. I have been much inter-

ested in the articles on the type of

hogs for the farmer. From a. farmer’s

standpoint they are very good. How-

ever, as a. packer, I wish to go a. little

further from thirty years’ personal ob-

servation.





In the first place, I do not wish to

discriminate against any breed of

hogs. Locality may require this to be

done to some extent, but the point I

wish to set forth is something not gen-

erally thought of by the farmer.





Two loads of hogs may come in the

same day. I am either pleased or dis-

appointed on first sight. Yet, I take

my medicine without complaint if they

have brought me healthy hogs and

have endeavored to be honest in the

deal (which they generally are).





The two loads of hogs may be of the

same breed, of the same age, fed

much the same, weight about, the

same; In some instances, the type is

very different, which generally deter~

mines their profit to me, and yet I

cannot fully rely on this. The slaugh-

ter ’test seems to be the only reliable

test as to their value. The shrinkage

may be the same, but the one load of

hogs may be a litter of “fat backs.”

The loins are very small from thick

covering of fat; harms and shoulders

have a very thick covering of fat;

sides so fat it is not fit for bacon;

very little lean meat for sausage; an

abundance of lard, scarcely worth first

cost, as it shrinks one-fourth in rend-

ering. As there is but little of the

valuable products (lean meats) in

these hogs, we do well to get first

cost from them.





. The other load may be a family with

equally heavy leaf but the covering of

fat may be very thin over the lolns,

hams and shoulders and the sides all

or nearly all fit for bacon, and plenty

of lean sausage meat. The loins, when

trimmed, weigh practically twice as

much as the other lot of loins; hams,

shoulders and sides are worth prac-

tically twice as much; and the same

may be said as to the sausage. In

other words, it is a. very profitable lot

of hogs for the packer.



Now, from all I can gather, I find

this difference in the same litter, for

it sometimes happens that one farmer

may have the two types, and while he

feeds them the same, yet this differ-

ence exists the same as if two parties

had fed the hogs. I would like to see

our M. A. C. undertake some breeding

work along this line, and by slaughter

tests of a. few from each litter before

the pigs are over-fattened, I think a.

’valuable hog might be produced—Or-

Ville Daugherty.





CLUB MEMBERS SHOULD START

WITH WELL-BRED STOCK. “





 





NEW top was recorded in the ser-



ies of weekly auctions of boys’

and girls’ club calves at the Chicago

Union Stock Yards when the 1,020-

pound Hereford steer raised by Gale

Aukland, Wenona, Illinois, sold to the

LaSalle Hotel for $14.50 per hundred

pounds in the eighth auction on Sep-

tember 30.



This method of marketing the calves

raised by juniors. in their club work

was inaugurated under the auspices

of the International Live Stock Expo-

sition at the Chicago Union Stock

Yards on August 12, and has grown in

popularity and importance each week.





counties have sold for-an average price





 





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To date 497 calves from thirtypight.





head from- six counties sold for the

highest average of the season, $12.19,

under the skillful guidance of Auction-

eer Carey M. Jones who is donating

his services.





At the close of the last auction

Colonel Jones stated, “I am convinced

as never before that good breeding

pays. If the farmers of the country

could attend these auctions they

would stop wasting feed on poorly

bred cattle and within five years no

more scrubs would be found on the

public market. It should be made_a

rule in club work that no boy would

be allowed to start out with a calf

that had not passed a. certain stand—

ard. To hamper andhiscourage a. boy

and perhaps ruin a. good stockman by

allowing him to feed a poorly bred

calf that never had an opportunity

from the start to develop into a. good

steer is little short of a tragedy.”





 





HOW I IMPROVE MY FLOCK.





 





IN the first place, I constantly have

in mind my ideal sheep. My type

was chosen for both the production of

wool and mutton. It also favors an

early maturing animal that yields a.

juicy meat. Excessive fatness is avoid-

ed. I am particular, too, about select-

ing a. breeding ewe that delivers a.

good, strong, healthy lamb and puts

on the wool-board a heavy fleece of

desirable fiber.



Not only do we seek ewes that give

birth to good lambs, but we Want gen~

erous milking

mothers that keep

these lambs grow-

ing sturdily until

they are able to

take care of them-

selves. Usually

the ewe that gives

birth to strong, healthy lambs is also

a good milker, but not always. The

wedge shape conformation familiar

in the lore of dairymen, should have

the same consideration of the flock

master who would choose good milk—

ers. This wedge-shaped type we have

found, responds readily in milk flow to

a. well-balanced ration fed in reason-

able quantities.



I aim to have the animals in my

breeding flock uniform. This aids me

in keeping my ideal sheep constantly

in mind, which is a. matter no sheep

breeder can overlook. Uniformity

makes my flock more valuable and I

have a. more attractive lamb crop to

send to the markets, which pay more

money for lambs of a uniform type.





Furthermore, I will not permit my-

self to be tempted in breaking away

from my favorite breed by injecting

the blood of other breeds. As soon as

a. breeder tries to improve his sheep

by crossing breeds he~is done as a

sheep improver. The first cross may

be promising; but, thereafter, the

flock begins to deteriorate. A flock

master should givemuch study to the

breed of sheep he selects; but, once

decided upon, he should stand by and

keep within that choice—L. C. R. '





 





WHY SUCH BIG HOGS.





 





PRACTICAL swine grower writes

as follows:

around 200 to 250 pounds are most

profitable to the grower. and most

popular with the buyer, I fail to see

the excuse for mammoth hogs. Hogs

that will reach 200 pounds In the

shortest time and on the least feed are

what we want.”

~‘ Another farmer of more than aver-

age intelligence says,

boar. You will say he don?





 





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*1 sensational prlcés‘ have disappeared

was farmers have their feet: planted





,h'o'g that will reach 200 pounds In the





’breeders seized .upon it and carried it





. animal with strong constitution, good





“Since hogs weighing I

. pointed to the probability of sales





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solidly on the ground There is some

real food for thought in them. “The





   

   

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





shortest time and on the least food.”

has forever been the real aim of the

improver of swine, but we are led to '

wonder sometimes if the socalled

swine breeder has. not lost sight of

that high aim and gene way-oft on a.

tangent, chasing a. rainbow some-

where.

Back in the days of the old “Hark- ~



rader sow," the farmer had a type of



hog that filled the bill completely. The

so—called breeder began to breed them



finer and increase the quality. Not

satisfied‘wlth “well enough” the qual-



ity process was carried to the ex-

treme, and as a result. the fecundity



was reduced and the profitable pork

machine thrown out of balance. In the .

nick of time came along the “Big '

Type,” and as before, the “so-called"





to the extreme. This extreme has ap-

parently reached the limit, and as ex— .

emplified in the Giantess strains, is in

turn being dropped by the pork pro-

ducer like a. hot potato.



It is not the quality in the one case

nor the size in the other that the

grower of hogs objects to, Wt rather

the attainment of either of these

things at a sacrifice of other equally

important characteristics. The man

who produces hogs for the block—and

that is the ultimate end of all hogs—-

wants a. well-balanced animal to work

with. He wants size, he wants qual-

ity, he wants proliflcacy, he wants an





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disposition, and above all, he must be

an easy feeder and a‘naturally good

grower.



These are the things the farmer un-

questionably is demanding. Long ped—

igrees and hot air alone are not go-

ing to get through his shell. He has

had his fill of them. In the future, if

we read‘the signs aright, the hog that

gains the farmer’s favor must be able ‘

to'deliver the goods in the good old-

fashioned way. Indeed, what excuse

is there for a. pedigree if it does not





 





carry with it visible evidence of. supe- H

riority along practical productive

lines? ‘





MANY LIGHT WEIGHTS AMONG "

FEEDERS.





 





E'EDER cattle buying is more near-



ly up to last year’s volume, al-

though the percentage of light weights

that will require a. long time to put in

shape for killers is much larger than

at that time. Prices have advanced

along with killing classes.





RECEIPTS or: HOGS DECLINE IN

SEPTEMBER.





 





, W0 decades of hbg market history

show only rare occasions when,

receipts diminish from the beginning

to the end of September as they did

“this year. The advance in hog prices

to a new high for the year also was a

rare occurrence as October has had

that distinction only twice before in

forty-seven years.





 





YEARLINGS REACH $12.





 





OIL two months conditions have-





of cattle at $12 01' better at Chicago

some time during the fall. Neverthe-

less, their recent appearance was rath-

er unexpected. Receipts of choice and

prime steers at Chicago in the week

ending September 27 were less than

half as large as a. month previous, and

this week shows hrin ‘
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. one month old. H. F., Jr., Milliugton,

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each cue and give. name and address of the writer. Initial.

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Throat Ailments—I have a colt four

months old; when it socks or drinks

a portion returns through the nostrils

and runs out of nose. It seems to

have trouble in swallowing milk or

water. There is no swelling of throat

and the colt does not cough. Her

,mother’s last colt was the same way;

we kept it until it was six months old,

then destroyed it. Our veterinary says

the nerves of throat are paralyzed. .

This mare has raised several colts be-

fore, which Were all right. This last

colt was all right until after it was





obstructed, or else the pharnyx is par-

.alyzed. Try the effect of muster-01, or

mustard and water applied to throat

three times a week. This is an inter-

esting case, but what is the cause?

Give colt five drops of fluid extract of

nux vomica at a dose four times daily.





Serous Abscess.———Four weeks ago

my mare snagged herself, causing a

waterbreak on left side, she swalled

up badly, had considerable pain, but

now she seems all right except having

soft bunch. I am told t open bunch,

others tell me to leave it alone, that

nature will take care of it. If opened,

will it fill again? Could I raise colts

from her?—-—O. R., Summit City, Mich.

——-The writer is inclined to believe the

bunch is filled with serum (the wa-

tery portion of the blood); if so, open

it up freely at a point so that all the

fluid will drain out. Occasionally in-

ject some tincture of iodine into sack.

It is important that you first manipu-

late the bunch to ascertain whether or

not you have a hernia] bunch (rup-

ture), for if so it must not be opened,

but leave her alone. You can tell if

bunch contains fluid; if so, open it,

first with clean needle to ascertain if

water flows through thé opening you

made. When a small opening is made

into a large bunch, the wound is pret-

ty sure to close and sack again fills.





Inflamed Mouth—Our dog throws

off a stringy sort of saliva, the lower





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part of mouth is inflamed and some

raw. Is this a case of black tongue?

S. J. L., Moscow, Mich—No, this is

not a case of black tongue. Dissolve

a teaspoouful of boric acid, the same

quantity of borax in half a pint of

water, flush mouth three times a day.





Heifers Have Never Been in Heat.—

Am writing to ask what can be done

for heifers which fail to come in heat.

They are old enough to breed; have

a heifer the same age that hasEbefin





half dram of ground nux vomica at a

dose in ground feed twice a day.





 





SHORT CORN CROP DISTURBS.





T HE middle west farmer will be

forcibly up against the problem of

a short corn crop and a large percent-

age of soft corn. In the far west the

cattlemen are especially interested in

the relation of the corn situation to

the demand for feeder stock. Iowa

cattle feeders have brought into the

state fifty—two per cent less, or 90,000

fewer steers during the past four

months than in the corresponding pe—

riod last year. In Illinois the impor-

tation of feeder cattle is showing some

gains but not quite as large as last

year at this time. The number of

feeder sheep brought into Illinois, how-

ever, is in excess of last year.





On the western ranges liquidation is

still going on and cattle men are in

sore straits. Notwithstanding heavy

selling of breeding stock, considerable

idle range and other evidences of few-

er cattle prices are slow to respond.

It is estimated that there will be 500,-

000 fewer cattle marketed out of the

range territory this fall than last, but

there will be 750,000 more sheep.





 





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Jerseys For Sale

a. or n.





dame. Accredi

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Bulls ready for service.





also a few females. All from

Smith 8:. Parker.





ted herd.

Mich.





In the east dairymen and poultry-

men are hard hit by rising prices of

grain. Hogs are headed toward re-

duction in supply in the corn belt.

Wheat belt farmers are in a greatly





 





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Cows and Heifers





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2 ,show-

bore. Write or

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improved position.





If prices of cotton, corn, wool and

lambs continue through winter at or

near present levels, the department of

agriculture specialists figure that the

tendency will be to stimulate produc-

tion of these crops next year, while

prices of beef cattle, hogs and hay





 





an offering a law





a. sale each year since organized. _



Good individuals, Good Breeding.

for service. All the rest are females,

be fresh at sale time or due soon.





 





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A son of King of the Poutlaos. the only dou-



blc century sire, whose daughters include



thirty—eight from 30 to 4-1 lbs. in 1 days and



live anovo 1,000 lbs. in :1 year.



His dam is a 309-11). daughter of a, 31-11).





-ow. ,

(King Pontiac Burke Ali-amja is an excellent

individual. resembling his illustrious sire Ill

Ills bull calves, grandsons of lung or the

Kalamazoo herd. a little more than a. year.



His bull calves. grandsons of king ot the

I'ontiars, from A. R. O. dams for sale. ‘



Send for our list of bulls from Michigan





State herds.





Bureau of Animal Industry,“

Department C. Lansing, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





ORN BULL Best Scotch-top, year old

SHORT” Dark roan. ‘Glltll‘lllllllfed

‘ it and to breed. Ilerd federal accredited. ’rwe

Eligili’). (Tome look him over. Ira W. .Jayne and Frank

Brown. Fenion. Mich. (Farm 3 miles south).





 





- r 12 mo. old. Dou-

Milking Shorthorn Bull 1,1,, Gums“ 0,

G1 side Dairy King. Dark lit-d. Also a light Roan

bulilml2 mo., of best (‘lay breeding. IRVIN DOAN &.





SONS. Cronwell. Mich.





by the National Dairy Show, in yearly butter-fat production.

that have produced more than 400 lbs. of B. F. per





tested previous to the sale and sold subject to the (:0 day retest

T. B. modified accredited (‘ounty.

All records made have been made under the supervision o





This is a rare opportunity for farmers to get started with ‘

value as producers. For further information and catalogue write





R. C. Powell, Sales Mgr., Howell, Mich.





Eleventh Annual Public Sale

Howell Sales Company of Livingston County

Bil-Head Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle-80





Thursday, October 23, 1924

HOWELL, MICH.





The oldest Sale Company in Livingston County and the only one to hold





 





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.

Shorthoms rows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL

STOCK FARM, Box D, Tecumleh. Mich.





 





HOGS





‘ . . ' a. l -

E V E R Y’S hill: 3223i. mildllfitaséfi.





able. W. H. Every, Manchester, Mich.





UBOC fall and opting boars of tho but brooding

D and quality. at prices to sell. l‘cll plan at bar-

peln prices. W. C. Taylor. Milan. Mich.





Sons and Daughters of Michigan’s Grand





Champion Duroc Boar

Headquarters for Colonel bred Durocs.

‘ Shropshire Rams. ‘





Lakefield Farm, Clarkston, Mich.





 





. d -

00000 JERSEY SVHIIE i??- illf aiweWi‘iteqi‘lgdr

wants. .W. E. BARTLEY. Alma. Mich.





 





Duroc Spring Doors and





FOR SALE Gilts. 20th century breeding





 





 





“mentor cer-

_ .0. Illlo. Mich.





 





 





are so low as to discourage increased

production. ‘ .





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VII. PREV. filledonllo Mloh.





’.





Annual 0 “





Consignment and Dispersal Sale

. i 70 Pure-bred Holstein Cattle 70

Tuesday, October 2 1 , 1 924

10 O’clock A. M. Eastern Standard Time '

Fair Grounds, Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Entire Herd: of:

WM. BARTLETT, Plymouth, Mich. (14 Hoad)





, M. E. BROWN, Jonesville, Mich.

With a consignment of 48 head from other good herds, in-





(8 Head)





0. dams.





60 Day Retest Privilege





Washienaw County Holstein Breeders’ Assn.





Col. D. L. Peri-y, Auctioneer

For Catalog Address W. L. SPAULDING, Chelsea,Micl‘i.





CONSIGNMENT SALE





0f Cow Testing Ass’n Yearly Record Holsteins





FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1924





50 Head Pure-bred and Grade Females; 5 Head Pure-bred Hol-

stein Males; One Pure-bred Guernsey Sire Ready for Service.





r herself, or has a dam that has made the requirements established





Wood in the Box





The young sires consigned. all have dams





year. some having made those records in





f the Dairy Dep’t of the Michigan Agri-





fouudation stock that has proven their





Fair Grounds





3 bulls from high record dams, ready





nearly all of breeding age, and 65 will





Whole County on the Accredited List.

For Catalogs, Address

Guy Wakefield, Fowlerville, Mich.





Chester Whites 31:. um i353?





incut blood lines. Registered free. Shipped C. 0. D.





if desired. I am going into other business and will

sell my i-utire herd. Your opportunity. N0 culls.

Write CLARE V. DORMAN. Snover, Mich.





 





' Size. type. quality and price

ChBSler While Boats will please you. Registered

free. F. W. ALEXANDER. Vauar. Mich.





 





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

r 0 “Jumbo Bell Boy.” also Brown Swiss





 





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

O I C’s Now offering the 5 best hours from

' ° 3 litters of ill pigs raised last spring.





0. J. THOMPSON, Rockford, Mich.





Francisco Farm Poland Bhlnas





Now offering good herd Bears with the best of

breeding. Also gills not akin to them. Prices are





right. P. P. POPE. Mi. Mich.



‘ either sex, by the great Boar, The

Fan Plgs Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best

of dams. W. E. Livingston, Parma, Mich.





Pl (1 Ch' ’ ,

LARGE TYPE eighty: sex lgigmmlillbghigir‘iyu





Champion herd. A. A. Feldkamp. Manchester. Mich.

and Boar Pigs. not





Hampshire Bred Gills akin. 12th year. Write

your wants. John W. Snyder, R. 4, St. Johns. Mloh.





SHEEP





BREEDING EWES





If right kind make more than 100%. Delaine



now Ulh‘. (”for 4.000 DELAINES. shear 10 pouhgos!

that's $0.00; produce lambs worth $8.00 or $10. that's

$14.00 to $10.00 a 110ml; one your. Many of my cus-

tomers doing 'that well. Names on request. Ewes

cost $10.00 and less. (‘ar lots only. Going fast.

Also two vars Dolainc and cross-bred wether feeding

lambs and two cars Delaino and cross-bred ewe

lambs. Will shear present cost in wool next spring.

That's 100%. All healthy. Can you beat it? Bet-

ter Wire when will (Time. Will ship mail or wire

order. guaranteeing satisfaction.





George M. Wilbur, Oaklands,

Marysville, Ohio





and ram lamb! d

the wooly type. Dell





 





Pleasant.





 





 





 





 





Shropshire Rams





Booher. R. 4. Evert. Mich.





The Maples Shropshires

For Sale—Choice yearling toms and a 2—yr.-old

Broughton stock ram. Also large ram lambs. c. R.

LELAND. Ann Arbor. Mich. Phone 7184—F 13. B. 5.





 





 





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' GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, October 14.





Wheat.



Detroit—No. 1 red t $1.51; No. 2

red $1.50; NO. 3 red $1. 7; NO. 2 white

$1.52; NO. 2 mixed $1.51.



Chicago—December $1.46%@1.46%;

gig? $1.51%@1.51%; July $1.33%@





. $4,.

Toledo—Cash ($1.50%@1.51%.

' orn.

Detroit—NO. 2, $1.18; No. 3 yellow

$117





Chicago—December $11214 @1.12%;

May $1.14@1.141,§o; July $11494.





ate.

Detroit—New, No. 2 white 5340;

No. 3, 51%c.

. ChicagO.—-December 54c; May 58%,

@58%c; July 55%0.





Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2, $1.28.

Chicago.——~December $1.31%; May at

$1.32%@1.321/§. .

Toledo—$1.32.

Barley. ,

Barley, malting $1.01; feeding 960.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate





and prompt





. shipment $5.50@5.60 per cwt.





Chicago—Navy, choice $6.

New York—«Choice pea $6.25;

kidneys $9.10@9.25.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$17.85; alsike $12455; timothy $3.25.





. ay.



New Hay—NO. 1 timothy $19@19.50;

standard and light mixed at $17.50@

18.50; No. 2 timothy $16@17; No. 1

clear mixed $15.50@16.50; wheat and

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

@1250. .



Feeds.





, Bran $31; standard middlings $33;

fine do $39; cracked corn $52; coarse

cornmeal $52; chop at $43 per ton in

100—1b. sacks.





red





Fruits.





Apples,'_Golden Sweets $1.50@1.75;

Wealthies' $1.25@1.50; Jonathans $2;

Delicious $2.25@2.50; Kings $1.50;

Grimes Golden $1.50@1.75; pears, Bart-

letts $3@3.25 bu; Keiffers, Flemish

Beauties and Garbers $1.25@1.50;

plums 75c@$1 bu; peaches $1.50@2 a





bushel.

WHEAT





Wheat prices reached new high

ground earlylast week but are passing

through a sharp reaction. A lull has

occurred in export buying and demand

for flour has slackened on the extreme

upturn. The underlying conditions in

wheat have not lost strength and still

higher prices appear quite probable

before another crop can be‘grown.

“Two-dollar wheat” seems to be the

figure that some of the trade leaders

are counting upon. ‘





RYE





After advancing 50 cents a bushel

in six weeks’ time without a set—back

of any consequence, rye has had a de-

cided break in the last few days.

There are indications that this grain

has made its high point for a while,

as foreign buying has become less ac-

tive. Rye advanced 50 cents while

wheat was advancing 30 cents, leavmg

wheat the cheaper grain on a. per

pound basis. About 12,000,000 bushels

of rye have been exported as grain

since the new crop started to move

and probably several million bushels

more as flour.





CORN





Corn prices have been swinging ov-

er a wide range from day' to day With

the general trend in a horizontal di-

rection. Receipts at primary markets

are fairly heavy and demand is slow,

so that the cash market shows no spe-

cial strength. The October estimate

of the crop was 2,459,000,000 bushels, or

practically 600,000,000 bushels less

than last year. The crop is highly_un-

even in quality, but over the prmcmal

corn shipping states it is probable

that less than two-thirds is merchant-

able out of the small total yield.





OATS





The large crop of oats, now estimat-

ed at 1,509,000,000 bu., together with

the best prices farmers have received

in four years, has resulted in a tre-

mendous movement to primaries. Re~

ceipts in the last six weeks have been





.by far the largest on record for any

-. like interval.

: bound shipments, a rapid accumulation





With only moderate out-





has taken place. Compared with either

corn or barley, oats are on a bargain





level and domestic consumption will

. ‘ probably be enormous.





 





 





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. . SEEDS . .

.The cloverseed crop is estimated at

only 1,176,000 bushels in the ofi‘lcial

forecast for October. This is a small

decline from last Year’s low yield oi.’

1,233,000 bushels and is the smallest

crop since annual estimates have been





issued. . ,‘

FEEDS





Feed markets are rather active at

present. Western mills and jobbers

are making only light offerings. De-

mand from consumers is not brisk.

Prices of all meals are firm but export

demand is better'than- domestic. Corn

feed markets are quiet and prices are





easy. .

BEANS





The bean crop has come through in

slightly better shape than expected a

month of two ago. Harvest weather





in Michigan was fairly good, injury by





anthracnose was not as serious as'ex-

pected and pickage is running lighter

than early reports indicated. The Oc-

tober estimate was 5,621,000 bushels

for Michigan against 6,532,000 bushels

in 1923. For the entire country the

crop was placed at 12,782,000 bushels

against 15,740,000 bushels last year





and 12,734,000 bushels two years ago.‘





HAY





Hay markets show but little change,

with good bay of all varieties scarce

and moving promptly, while offerings

of low grades are liberal and hard to

sell. The October crop estimate is

sharply higher than a month ago or

a year ago. Total hay production is

estimated at 109,200,000 tons, against

106,600,000 tons a year ago.





POULTRY AND EGGS





'Recent Jewish holidays have result-

ed in a quiet poultry and egg market.

Prices on fancy fresh eggs were

steady last week but medium and un-

dergrades weakened under the compe-

tition from storage stock of better

quality at about equal prices. Storage

stocks of eggs are decreasing and the

fresh receipts are falling off so that

substantially higher prices are in view.

The usual fall increase in poultry re-

ceipts is showing up. The movement

into storage is gaining but stocks for

immediate consumption are liberal.

Roasters are coming in large numbers





   

 





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. 53nd rices - have ‘Weakeaed slightlyun~‘

— er. . .





9 increasing supplies. j

Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 34%,

@36c; dirties 28@29c; checks 26@27c

dozen; fresh. firsts 36@.41c; ordinary

firsts 32@35c. Live poultry, hens at_

2434c; springers 24c; roosters at 16c;

ducks 20c; geese 17c; turkeys 250. ~

Detroit.——Eg‘gs, fresh candied and

graded 37@41c; storage 3362351)“.

Live poultry, heavy springers 26@27c;v

lightspringers 200; heavy hens 27c;

light hens 17c; roosters 16c; geese 16

@180; ducks 23c; turkeys 28@30c.





Butter prices lagged slightly early

last week but were firm at the close.

Mild weather has resulted in.both the

present and prospective receipts as-

suming liberal proportions for October

although there is a slight seasonal

shrinkage. Storage butter is not being

used in sufiiciently large quantities to

reduce the heavy stock materially.

Strong foreign markets have made

further exports of domestic butter pos-

sible. This is only a temporary outlet,

however, and domestic consuming

needs will have to be broadened, even

though an increase means temporarily





lower prices. Prices on 92-score

creamery were. Chicago 3795c; New

York 39c. In Detroit fresh creamery





in tubs sells for 34@35%c.





POTATOES





Carlot shipments of potatoes from

producing sections are running around

or slightly under 1,000 cars per day

compared with an average of about

1,600 cars daily at this season during

the last three years. Prices are rather

irregular, with northern white stock

showing more weakness than other va-

rieties. The potato movement usually

is at its peak about this time of the

year and it seems that the movement

is merely being delayed. The crop is

now estimated at 424,000,000 buShels,

against 412,000,000 bushels last year.

Prices Of northern round whites, U. S.

No. 1, and partly graded, range from

75@90c per 100 pounds in the Chicago

carlot market.





APPLES





The apple crop estimate was reduc-

ed again last month. The commercial

crop is now placed 'at 26,900,000 bar-

rels against 34,300,000 barrels last

year and an average of 27,700,000 bar-

rels from 1918 to 1922. Markets are

rather dull as the carlot movement is





 





I Live Stock Market Servicej





 





Tuesday, October 14.





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 23,000. Market mostly 10

@200 lower. Good weighty butchers

and smooth padking sows 10@15c Off.

Light weights dull, 25@35c lower;

light lights and killing pigs show 25@

50c reduction; tops $11.60; bulk good

200 to 350-1b. butchers $11.25@11.50;

majority of good 160 to 190-lb. weight

$10.40@11.15; bulk better 140 to 150-

lb. selection $9.35@10.10; good strong

geiglgt slaughter pigs are largely $8.50



8.7 .





Cattle.



Receipts 8,000. Light supply of high-

ly finished grass-fed steers and year-

lings, grassers and short-fed Offerings

slow; better grades fully steady; best

yearlings $13.40; handy weight slow;

big weight bid $10.90' bulk' of grassy

and- short-fed steers 7.50@9; vealers

largely $10@10.50; other classes are

steady; western grass steers are $6@7

mostly. ,



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 17,000. Market dull. Few

early sales of fat native lambs weak;

early sales $13.25@13.40; full mouth

$10; no action on rangers, talking 25c

lower; best held at $13.75; sheep and

feeding lambs steady; fat ewes $5@

7; feeding lambs $12.50'@13; feeders,

yearlings, wethers $9.50.





DETROIT





Cattle.





Receipts 233. Market is slow. and

about steady.





Good to choice yearlings'





dry~fed . . , . . ., ......... _ . .3900@10.75

Best heavy steers, dry-fled 7.50 8.00

Handyweight butchers. . . 6.50 7.25

Mixed steers and heifers 5.50‘ 6.26

Handy light butchers . . . 4.50 5.00

Light butchers s o o o O l o 0' o o 3.59 4100 '



4.50 95.00





Best COWS vooo‘ono'oiVoo-u,





 





 





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- cane.

Receipts 1.61%.

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" 3?

Butcher cows ........... 3.50@ 3.75

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

Canners ................ 2.50@ 2.75

Choice bulls ............ .25@ 4.50

Heavy bologna bulls . . 475(0) 5.00

Stock bulls .............. .75@ 4.25

Feeders ............... . . 4.50@ 6.50

Stockers ................ 3.00@ 5.75

Milkers .................. $45.00@85.00

Veal Calves.

Receipts 450. Market steady.



Best .................... $12.50@13.00

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

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 3,040. Market steady.

Best lambs .............. $13.00@13.25

Fair ................ 10.50@12.25

'Light to common ....... 7 00@ 8.50

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . . 5.00@6.75

Culls and common ...... 1.50@ 3.00

Buck lambs ......... . . . . 7.00@12.25



Hogs.



Receipts 1,855. Market is 15@25c

lower.

Mixed hogs ......... . . . .$ 11.65

Roughs .......... . ........ 9.50

Pigs ................... . 9.50

Heavy yorkers . .- ........ 11.50

Light yorkers ........... 10.50

Stags 5.00@ 6.00



BUFFALO

Hogs.



Receipts 5,320. Market is closing



steady; heavies $11.90@12; medium





$11.85@12; light weight $11.75@11.80;

light lights $10.50@11.75; pigs -$10‘@





‘ 10.50; packing sows, roughs $9.75@10.





Cattle.

Receipts 250. Market slow.





. ' Galvan. v'

Receipts 400. TOps at $13.50..

and'Lambs. - . '

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71" it! but," prices ,

{ca-r ago. Midwestern Jonathan: are

c , . . _



Wool prices advanced-slightly again

last week. Stocks of the better kinds





. of domestic wools. iii dealeré’ hands





are becoming s , ii and torei wool:

are. sellin pra tically ”mg? as do-

mestic wit ut counting the uty. Two





advances in prices of certain kinds of

woolen goods, and the announcement

that certain mills had sold up to their





full capacity for some time ahead sug- ‘

gesLthat the goods trade has not been





quite as slow as generally reportedby

manufacturers. Foreign markets are

Showing a little easier tone but most

of the recent gains have been held.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





The markets were well supplied.

Apples were in moderate demand. The

demand for grapes was slow with the

growers holding to their prices. Good

cantaloupes were taken readily and

there was a fair call for watermelons.

Potatoes dragged. The retail demand

for poultry and eggs was fair. Apples

$1@2.50; beans $2.50@3.25 bu; beets





40c per dozen bunches; beets 75c@$1 ‘





bu; local celery 50c@$1 per dozen;

cabbage 40 , .0c bu; cucumbers $2@3

3 bu; leaf ettuce 750@$1 bu; onions

green 50@600 dozen bunches; dry $1

@150 bu; potato 70@80c bu; Hub-

bard squash 1@-1.25 Mel-tom, atoes

fancy 75c@$ .50 bu; pears $2.25@3.50

bu; crabapples $1.50@2 bu; horserad-

ish $5.50 bu; grapes $2.25@3 per bu;

pumpkins $1 bu; eggs, wholesale 480

dozen; retail 55@65c; Old hens, retail

28@30c lb; broilers, retail 28 32c lb-

springers, retail 28@32c lb; ucks 26

@280 lb.





GRAND RAPIDS





The finish of the lum marketing

season in western Mic gan this week

witnessed a satisfactory upturn in

prices. Potatoes were easier and

grapes displayed a downward tenden-

cy in prices. Most vegetables were

slow. Poultry was weak but eggs

were higher. Grand Rapids prices

were: Potatoes 50@60c bu; tomatoes

75c@$1.25 bu; cabbage 40@75c bu;

carrots, turnips, beets, rutabagas and

onions, mostly around 750 bu; cauli-

flower 750 flat; peaches $2@3 a bu;

pears $1@1.50 bu; apples, fall varie-

ties 750@$1.25 bu; grapes, blue varie-

ties $1.75@2 bu; Niagaras $2 bu; Del-

awares $3@3.50 bu; hothouse prod-

ucts, cucumbers $1@1.25 dozen; leaf

lettuce 10c lb; poultry, Leghorn fowls

13@15c lb; Leghorn springers 14@16c

lb; heavy fowls 1 ,18c lb; heavy

springers, thin 180 'lb;

fat 20@220 1b; eggs 44c ; butter-fat 40c

lb; grains, wheat $1.32 bu; rye 99c bu;

beans $5 per cwt.





UNPRECEDENTED RISE IN HOG-S,





 





 





The' advance in hog prices in the

last three weeks is practically without

precedent at this season. The rise

last week put top prices at Chicago at

the highest point Since November,

1920. A reduction in the supply was

primarily responsible, as receipts at

leading markets diminished about 15

per cent from the beginning of Sep-

tember up to early October instead of

increasing as they normally do. The

bare spot arrived a month later than

usual. The supply has increased in

the last few days for the first time in

nearly two months and it will be logi-





cal to look for a gradual gain in ar- ,





rivals henceforth.



It is apparent that farms and feed-

lots are practically empty of finished

hogs at the present time. The new

crop of hogs is just getting started on

corn. While receipts will probably in-

crease, it may be a month or six

weeks before spring pigs arrive in

large numbers at western markets.

Eastern points will probably-get their

big. run early, owing to the shortage

of the corn crop in Indiana and Ohio.





 





LIVE STOCK SALES.





Pol d-Chlnas; .

Nov. 7—E. A. ark, St. Louis, Mich.

Holstelns.

Oct. 21—Washtenaw County Holstein

Breeders, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Oct. 23—Howell Sales Company, Hew-





ell, Mich. - . ‘ t di . .

e e spersal— sale.

och, Farina. Elie





 





 

 





 





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Bailey & Son:- ttstord, Mich.

82:.- 2242-3157633 gillsfifi,

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rinsing. $7.50@’8i per barrel in:~“6hi- ’





eavy springers, .





ha."
.‘v -' yfi‘ , <...~.:. rs-.l,"~

T as magmas .. an: season-11a:

was ‘xrhematurl ofhte crops.

~ .Whiiev .the'gyield ..is qui e satisfactory

111 most cases, except some of . the

fruits,t_the quality .of some is not up

. to the average,>:according to the . Oc-

' ‘tober ,report issued by L. 3Whitney

Watkins, commissioned ofmagrlc'ulture,





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‘and Verne ._ H. Church, agricultural

statistician, United, States_‘ Bureau of

Agricultural . Economics. A‘ lack of





sunshine and warm "weather during

the growing season is responsible for





in . this condition. ,

.13 ~ Corn—Very little corn has matured

in in northern counties, but a. consider-

»1; able portion is in fairly good condition

low . . _ in the Southern half of the Lower Pe-

ri. . ninsula- It is estimated? that the

of state's 'total. productionwill be approx-

nt - , ima'tely "44,346,000 bushels, the small-

.11- ’ ‘es‘t since 1917. Last year’s crop was

,3. . estimated at 58,167,000 bushels. The

53., present condition is 62 per cent as

,y ‘ compared with 83 per cent last year,

re : and a ten-year average of 79 per cent.

st 3 'The outlook for the nation's crop

1 has declined still further during the

r , month, the resent estimate being 2,-

458,809,000 ushels, about 600,000,000

(1. . less than in 1923, and the smallest pro-

18 l duction since 1913.

ls l2 Oats—The season was unusually

)d ; favorable for oats and, threshing re

ld , . turns exceeded expectations. An av-

s. l erage yield of 42 bushels per acre, or

ld , a total production of 63,546,000 bush-

3 _ els, is indicated. This yield has never

ta been exceeded and was only equalled

51 ' by the bumper crop harvested in 1915.

l; ‘ l Last year, 48,896,000 bushels were pro-

33 } duced in the state.

is l: The United States production is es—

51 }‘ timated at 1,509,409,000 bushels, the

b- ;1 largest since 1918. Last year it was

as ‘3 1,299,823,000 bushels.

50 ll Buckwheat—«Present indications are

d— " for a crop of 841,000 bushels, against

1; 753,000 in 1923.

Be Clover Seed—Reports indicate a re—

lil . duction in acreage to 94,000 as com-

)' pared with 105,000 in 1923 and 150,000

’5 in 1922. The present condition of 71





per cent promises a crop of only 127,

000 bushels.



Potatoes—The present condition of

86 per cent represents a total produc-





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> El tion of 33,911,000 bushels as compared

in w with 35,796,000 bushels last year. The

1d 1 quality of those harvested to date has

0- I been excellent.

78 r‘ October 1 reports indicate a total

: l; crop for the country of 423,508,000

3 ‘ bushels. This quantity has been ex-

! l: ' ceeded only twice, in 1917 and 1922.

; l Beans.-——Favorable Weather during

.d :’ the last half of September permitted

1- growers to harvest much of their crop

1; in good condition. The injury by an-

e- thracnose proved to be less serious

9 than expected and the pick is not as

>l- ’ heavy as anticipated. The tabulated

d- returns from growers indicate an av-

Lf erage yield of 11 bushels per acre

ls from the harvested acreage, which is

lc ; believed to be about eight per cent

y ‘ less than the planted, or 511,000. This

s, _ gives a total production of 5,621,000

lc bushels, as compared with 6,532,000

1; ' produced in 1923. The average pick is

reported as 6.5 per cent.

The total production for the United

3, States is estimated at 12,782,000 bush-

els, which is 3,000,000 below last year’s

.e output and the same as the 1922 crop.

n; _; Hay—The estimated production of

.e l tame hay is increased to 4,412,000 tons

Lt owing to the addition of late cuttings

r, to the season’s crop. Last year’s crop 1

,5 - amounted to 3,912,000 tons. The aver- ,

Lt age yield of clover is placed at 1.45

5 tons per acre and of alfalfa 2.35 tons.

3. Sugar Beets—The wet season pro-

,f moted a thrifty growth of tops and the

e ’majority of stands were good, but the

n beets have not made the usual growth

it and a smaller yield is predicted. The

[1 present condition is 84 per cent which

1. forecasts a production of 1,189,000

3. tons. The 1923 crop totaled 883,000

r for the state. .

l- l ‘ Fruits—The estimated total produc-

:1 tion is 8,016,000 bushels, of which 1,-.

v . 362,000 barrels is rated as commercial.

[1 The total crop of the United States is

l. estimated at 174,870,000 bushels, of

x which the commercial portion is 26,-

[1 942,000 barrels. .

3. The pear crop is now estimated at

r 60 per cent of a normal production, or

3 b. a total of 845,000 bushels as against

r. 900,000 bushels harvested in 1923.

Grapes have been very slow in rip-

ening and it is still uncertain what

portion of the crop will reach maturity

. ' before frost and be harvested. The

‘ present condition of .73 per' cent is

l- . . equivalent to a production of 95,956,-

. - 000 pounds.

[1 _. 7;, .

r... THE EGG-LAYINGCONTEST.

. r

L. . . THE leading pens of the egg-laying

l-V contest finished the past week as

‘follo, s: .

‘ -W.iC Eckard, Leghorns. 2,502 eggs.





 





‘ asley, Leghorns, 2,27

-_ , n‘ Leghorn 2,256. _

‘ mama” . 32.1st





 





C » 1gan Crops 3?? [G900 ‘





breeds are as follows:

Reds, 2,022.





andottes, 1,770. .





from Van Buren county. Dr. William





twinners in the Essay Contest will be





 





 





"H. A; ’ neuter-,- we... 2,110.

The high, pens among the other

' The Milan Hatchery, Rhode Island





C. M. Beckwith, Anconas, 1,827.

Evergreen Poultry Farm, White ,Wy.





J. V. Sheap, Barred Rocks, 1,730.





NOTED SPEAKERS AT TOP 0'

MICHIGAN POTATO SHOW.





 





 





0 NE of the best programs ever pre-

pared for a meeting of potato

growers in this state is being arranged

for in connection with the Top 0’

Michigan Potato Show, according to ,

Mr. A. C. Lytle, secretary of the show.



This event is scheduled for Novem-

ber 5-6—7, at Gaylord. .Among the

speakers will be Professor Milnard,

Horticulturist of the University of

Wisconsin; Prof. J. F. Cox, of the

Michigan Agricultural College; Mr. A.

C. Carton and Mr. W. P. Hartman, of

the State Department of Agriculture;

Messrs. Moore, and Weston, potato

specialists at the college, and Jason

Woodman, the pioneer potato grower





Stuart, Potato Specialist of the United

States Department of Agriculture, is

also endeavoring to arrange his work

so that he can be present.



A program is being arranged for

both afternoons—Wednesday and

Thursday—and it should be a most in-

teresting one, judging from the array

of talent. The annual banquet on

Thursday night should also draw a

large attendance because several of

the best speakers will be asked to re-

main for this event and to give short

addresses. 4 '



Important and impressive as this

program, is, the show itself will be

still more worth while. According to

Mr. Lytle, “With Antrim county, the

premier potato county of the state, in

the race, the exhibits will be large and

the competition strong. He anticipates

at 'least 200 entries of potatoes of much

higher quality. than last year,



Friday, November 7, will be the big

day for the boys and girls. First, the





the guests of the show association. A

noon banquet will be given in their

honor at which our state club leader,

Mr. R. A. Turner, will be the main

speaker. ’All the children of the dis-

trict are invited to be present at that

time. A judging contest will be stag-

ed in the afternoon, the winners re—

ceiving handsome prizes.



“The judging contest for bona-fide

farmers which is scheduled should

cause some scratching of the head,

and, possibly, some keen rivalry. At

any rate, the task before Professor

Milnard—the judge—is not going to be

an easy one but, being one of the most

competent judges of potatoes in the

country, we know that we are all go-

ing to benefit greatly by his presence.”



An added attraction will be an ex-

tensive machinery exhibit, put on sole-

ly as an educational feature. All kinds

of up—to—date machinery used in po-

tato-culture will be on display.-——E. L.





0x F0 R D S ’?$u..¥‘“‘.”sa m





- ’ .| suns?

‘ ' to please. Wm. Van Sickle. R. 2, Dcckervmc. .





 





real-lines and lambs. Also a {sword eves. D. L.

cum“ a. sex. so. Rookwo mm.

Registered Shropshire





'1

tar.





Registered Shrapshlrc Rams Re“ , cred '18er Ram . '95





and m. 38%

oil Len. om. man. I" m“





U.

30‘ ling. Bamboullld





for wool and mutton.

No. l, Durand. Mich.





RIMS for solo. ‘One and'

two years old. bred

A. I. F. Pan-enter, B. F. .D.





yearling rains and ram

lambs of exceptional qual-

Alqo a few ewes. c. LEMEN a SONS. Dcx-





Mich.





W.





 





 





Bogisloml Shropshire Rams,





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Yearlings and

Lambs at farm—

Caledonia, Mich.





Breeding Ewes





ER

H SH K' For sale. in lots of 50 or more. telephone N





prices. ' RAL





 





FOR SALE





also Herd Sire.





M

telegraph Rockwood. P. 0. 80. Bockwood. ALMOND

B. CHAPMAN ll. SON.





50 De'aine Rams {Emma





3 Yearling Oxford Rams;

Oxford Ram Lambs.

Write John Foster, Sears, Michigan.





 





as grow. Photos

H. RUSSELL. n.





 





For. Sale





Abbott. Palms, Mich.





3. Wake-man. Ohio.





FOR SALE





Meachoms, Millinuton,





 





Registered Oxford Rams and Ewes.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Ge T





o. -

Phone 78-3, Dcckcrvllle. R. 2. 31““ m" Mm“ “93‘5““





Rams. 30 ewes, lambs. J.





 





OXFORDS





MAN N. . Damvlllo, Mich.





 





Rams, Yearlings





Mich.

Ram Lambs. H. Your choice for $30.





Delaine Ra‘ms

Com

CALHOON 81108., Branch 00.. Bmdccn.oalcb.write'





and





 





Oxford and Tunis Rams Re“

can P. CARR, Homer, Mich. “mm 8'1““





 





Poll Cattle, 0R.SAL_E—-American and Delaine Merino Rams.

havmg size. coxering, quality. Yearlings and one





stock ram. Write S. H. Sanders, R. 2, Ashtahula. 0.





 





 





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classlfled advertising department is established for the convenienc Mi

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try it for 3.3:! ndscgifdmforsdlm

titling miscellaneous articles for sole or exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this department

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



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

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as a word each abbreviation, initial or number. No

displazutype‘ el- ill‘lilsfratlor‘ls It‘dlzlttftlid Remittances must accompany order.



sacan lvcsco ave sn ave a c '

oMInlmum charge. l0 worth. a on rate I! plrtments and are not accepted a: cla. ...«i.





 





 





 





Rate. in Effect October 7, 1922 HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. five pounds, $1.50;





 





 





 





   





 





 





One Four Ono [our ton. $2.50: twenty. $4.50. Smoking. the pounds.

Words um. times Words than M 81.25;. ten. $2:_ twenty. $3.50. Pipe free. Money

1(1) ........ 3g ~33” ________ ’1'" u_u g:CRh1rl(110t satlsfled. United Tobacco Growers. Pas

cccccccc c I DID-.... a ' ‘-

13 ........ 1'0: :1: a: ........ iii; :93 H; v

..... ... . . . ... .. I. I. MESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing five pounds 1.50:

I; ........ 1.12 3.36 80 ..... ... 2.40 1.30 ten $2.50; smoking five pounds $1.25: ten $2.00;s pipe

{6 ........ 1.20 3.80 81 ........ I.“ 7.“ free, pay when received, tobacco guaranteed. Co-op-

17 ........ {.3 2.3: :: ... . gig :3: erativo Farmers, I’aducah. Kentucky.

g ........ i145; 1135: a; ........ :3 fl: HOMESPUN TOBAH‘O. Chow-mg 5.11).. $1.50. Ten

30 ------- 1.60 (.80 36 ------- 2'88 .'“ $2.50. Smoking 5-lbs. $1.25; Ton $2. I’ay when

21.:::::.: 1:68 3.04 31 """"" 2'96 3'” received, pipe and recipe frets. Furnwrs' Union.

22 ........ 1.76 0.23 382 I 304 in P“““"’“" Ken‘mk-V‘

34.. :3; :5: 39. . 3.12 3.35

.. . . . 40. . 3.20 . 0

25 ........ 2.00 6.00 41 ........ 3.39 9.84 PET STOCK

O 0 All ndfierflflnl u”

ec‘a otlce diuantinuanu "A," ENGLISH BULL l)OG—--—full pedigreed. screw-tail.

or a" ‘ 0 a , heavy weight, $50. Police Male I’ups, $40; females.

ch 3 f :9} in , . .

undcd for the Claulfied Department mun ranch thll ofiam 330' Black and Tan list 1.8"?” Dog, $10; Russmn

d U." aduanaofpublic m d! Poodle Dog. $10: Wllltc Iusklmo Male Pups. $20:

a! a 'l 4‘- Females. $15. Big lot Dogs and l'ups arriving every

day. V‘Vant live animals, Freaks all kinds. Detroit





 





 





 





TRAP I'URS





lieu:





ROMPAKT NO. 1

Wt. 7 lbs. Add postage





TRAPPERS-df you want to trap Furs at the Lowest

Cost, you need HERSKOVITS TRAPPERS TREASURE

BOOKS. Write today for YOUR FREE COPY.





FRE Tnppers Treasure Books, Guaranteed Price

Hots. Shipping Toss, Market Reports. etc.



i" w. IRVINE HERSKOVITS FUR CO" Inc.

109 West 24th sum. New York. Dem. 229





   

 

 





 





   

 

 

 

   

 





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The Max-Ive! Direct ‘ \\

Stroke Windmill still

leafs after cinorc dtbgln '.‘ '1“

sx yyears' epen a e ' ,/ ,,, is. ‘

semce. Thousands of them 97/,x/W‘N \\

have run thirty years without " t////m‘\\\\“‘

upkeep expense.

The Mauve! Fit:- Any Tower

Working rt. encased; adjustable

direct ctro ; broad ball-bearing turntable. All

made in ourown factory—hence low price. high

unlity. The Mas-arduous you money. Write for free book

describing our wood and steel mills. towers. tanks. etc.

Kala-noo- Tapk ‘ Silo C... Dcphmlohnud. Mich.





 





 





JerseyBreeders





We have established a market for "Just Jersey”

products. If you want to not mica good clean

cut Jersey business and secure a" quality price

for a quality product. write us, for information.





THE OAKLANps,

{E 0.. BO! 20: ~. . Ann Wt, Mich.





 





 





Bird Store, Detroit. Mil-ll.





MISCELLANEOUS ,

CREAM SEPARATORS for sale. One I. II. C. (In-

ternational Harvester Co.) No. 3 Motor Drive. Motor

60 cycle, singlcmhase. 110 volt. $35. One Anchor

Holt, 350 pounds per hour capacity. $20. Both sep-

arators in . first-class condition. Woodland Farms.

Monroe. Mich.





GET MORE FOR YOUR EGGS—Let us sell them

for you on the Bogton market. Prices are higher

than in your towns. Freight very small when

divided at the rate per dozen. Start shipment now.

Produce Commission Company. 34 Chatham Street

Boston. Mass. '





FOR SALE—Higha-lass Foxhounds; Beagle hounds.

Coonhounds; Bloodhounds; and Setters; partly and

well-broken; puppies of all breeds; no money in ad-

vance. ship (7. . Stamp for booklet. Landis-

Kennels. Mollnton, Pa.





 





specialize in raising ferrets. Thirty

October prices. females $3.50 each:

One dozen $30. Yearling females

Will ship (‘. O. D.

New London.





FERRI‘ITS -I

years' experience.

males $2.75 each.

special rat catchers $5.00 ('al'll.

Instruction book free. chl Farnswortll.

Ohio.





Guinea Pigs,

Rabbits.

Mil-h.





$10 Pair.

pair. Wanted,

Store, Detroit,





FERRETS , "\Vlllll'S. Browns.

$2 pair. Largo 11:11‘1‘24, $3

Pigmns, I’cts. Detroit Bird





SEND ONE DOLLAR to Home To-Day Magazine,

415 Mallers Bldg” Chicago, Ill.. and receive year‘s

subscription to a real interesting homo monthly mag-

azine. Also gratis a book of beautiful building plans

for city and country homes.





FERRETS for sale. Hersehal Pol-k. Box 854, Des





Moincs. Iowa.





FREEll Winter's supply of coal absolutely free for

a few hours’ spare time. Write today. Popular

Coal Company. 1972 Coal Exchange Bldg, Chicago.





ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer. 750.

to $2.00'per lb. Free Sample. 11. A. Bartlett,

Harmony, Maine.





FOR. SALE Good fox. coon and skunk hounds. John

Al,('llls()ll, 'Hurrisvillc, Mich, R. 3, Box 100.





 





QUALITY IIOIINDS Cheap. Trial C. 0. D. Beck’s

l".,





Runnels. M. l’uloka, Ill.





Trial C. 0. D.





IIIINDRI-Il) Hunting Hounds Cheap.

Ills.





FOR SALE—2.400—egg Newtown Mammoth Doublo- i ('zllalozul'. lil-ckcuncls, M. 19., Herrick,





 





 





 





l'in wood Orwhardn, S'lcm, OI'O’OII. .

\ g ( S d k Sollars. New London, Ohlo.





 





deck Incubator, used one season. J. V. Sheap,

07°58“ Mic” 1 AlquAhu l’lll‘S-eritc for description and prices. '

CHOICE OREGON PRUNES DIRECT, $7.50 I’t‘l‘ 100, l (lurk (quill-0w, Bellcvue, Mu-ll.

Sled:- 121 -lb. 3 I: b ', ax cs )a‘i. .l.80.

l ”1 & sampl M ( m b I K $ 1 Il‘l-IRRICTS Rzlttrrs and hunters. Booklet free. Thos.

l

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USED INCUBATORS for sale: No. 7 Buckeye; 14,000 ,

Blue Hen. For prices and detail write C. M. Lower, 3





Bryan, Ohio. l

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POULTRY





WANTED—Roots and herbs from fill‘ll’li‘l‘ dil‘cct. BOX \VANTICI) Ono Thousand S. C. VVll'llo Leghorn l‘ul<





 





 





 





 





i999. Mnimgan Farmer, Dotrmt, Mil-[L lots. good utility stock. Give age and price. Box

.1’3, 3 " 'u. l“: ' ".



'rrmcwul'rlalls—sm up. Easy payments. Free trial. 3’ 1““ m ”m”



l'uync Company. Rosedale. Kans. .

'l‘OITIXHlSI'] (ll-IlCSl-IW pure—bred, lumu sm‘. Geese,

$5: gandl'ls, $7: trio. $15. 11. W. Schultz, It. 1.





. Equipment.





‘ easy drive City, only mile It]! town: 34 acres I'l-rtllc





llxICl-IIGAN LANDSflOne tract 1.280 Acres smoul—





REAL ESTATE .\li<'ll.

$100 SECURES MICHIGAN FARM-M40 Acres and

Pack your grip now for you sun-1y will

want this dandy producer: just off improved road.





l'hlst Lnnsillc.





and





FOR SALE» ~l‘:n'lridgc, \Vyundottc

W.





Am'mms. (fiowkcl-vls and l’llllifts.

Hartford, Mil‘ll.





Rose (‘omb

A. Pillnll'l‘,





200—lCGG STRAIN V‘Vllitc Rock Cm-kcrcls, $2.50 to $5.





llclds, Wire fences. woodlot, 200 allpzll‘ maples. plenty

\Voodsroad I’lal-e, R. 3. Buchanan, Michigan.





fruit: good 2-story U-I'Olllll house, pleasant surround»

mgs, burn. otz'. Woman owner’s low DI‘ll'U $1.700 for

all, only $400 rlxlulrcd. Details pg. .141 New lllus.

(‘ntnlog, 152 palms nlonl'y—maklnu farm bargains. (‘opy

free. Strout Ful'lll Agency, 205m: Kresge Bldg,

Detroit, Mil-ll.





FOR SALEWVS. (‘.. Buff Leghorn cockerels. Willard





\Vpbstcl'. Bulb, Mich.





FOR SALI-lr— Golden Seahrllzllt Bantams, not related.

Jackson Bantam Farms, 110 ‘V. Wilkins St., Jack-





80-Af‘IlE ICQIIII’I’ED FARMmStovk. (‘l-ops. 7 Acres

son. Mich.





lrapes. 011 main road. flourishing farms all around.

11/.) miles; Itll. high school. markets; 75 acres lcwl

heavy-cropping tillzluo, 5 acres woodland. variety fnllf.

berries, big vineyard; Ilnc 841mm house with bath,

large burn. other good bldgs. To settle affairs, woman

sacrifices at $5,000, only part cash. (‘. Ii. Upham.

Lawton. Mich.





 





AGENTS WANTED





 





 





WE WlLl. PAY YOU $8.00 per barrel Selling Quality

Oils and Grease dlI‘W'I. in automobile and tractor own-

ers. garages, and stores, in small towns and rural

(lisll‘ll'ls. 'All products guaranteed by a, 40<year-old

company. Manllt‘urtllrcrs’ Oil & Grease Company.





 





craft C‘o.. ditched. 800 Acres or more ready for crop. . _ .,. . .



,GO.A91‘88 Timothy; on railroad; sufficient timber for DWE‘ 2"'_”:‘la?d' Ohm‘ .. .



bulldlngs. Tlmc. Snap 011(‘0. 3,800 Anus All.” AGENTS—BB independent. make big profit with our

Get





L‘o..' . . > ' ll . 2 miles from station; . . . .

( one tract on qmu hm way soap, tollct articles and household nevesmtles.





 





 





good soil. .3 brooks, 1,000 or more Acres meadow; ‘ ~ _

Bargain price. long time if desired. Jesse Gn-cnman. ”“9 WWW “35": offer. llo»Iio-Lo., 27“ Dodler, St.

Pioneer Bldg, St. Paul. Minn. ""“15' “0'



40-ACRE FARM—Team. tools. 10-12 tons hay. (3 BIG MONEY selling now household cleaner Washes

acres corn. about 30 acres work land. rest pasture and and dries windows. Sweeps. scrubs, mops. Complete

woodlot. Apples. ‘1 pear trm, grapes. strawberries. outfit less than brooms. Over 100% profit. Harper

raspberries, blackberries. ood 5-room house. stable. Brush Works. 173 3rd st., Fairtleld. Iowa.



.hcn coop. granary. A11 for quick sale. $2,000. It.





 





S. Martin. R. 4. Leslie. Mich.

HELP WANTED-wMALE





 





 





BEAUTIFUL HOME in Country Village. Northern





Ohio. Splendid house. garage. poultry house. garden. . . n 1-

. - \ f g .1 Shoe]. EARN $110 to $250 monthly, expenses pald as 3.1

shrubbery. {mit'ClltllrchFdhfii rigb’stmgfflge. l{nil-ticlumps, way Traffic Inspector. Position guaranteed after com-





Statlon. Stores.





Box 333 Michigan Farmer. pletion of 3 months' home study course or money re-





funded. Excellent. opportunities. 'Writo for fired.

FOB SALE—210-arre Virginia. farm. Good buildings, $300M“. 1(3421 Stand, Business Tramins Inst. ‘ u -

spring water. all kinds of fruit and grapes. Stream 30- -

runs through land; one mile. from school. E. A.

Grousel, R. 2. Srottsrlllo. Virglnia. '





Y TOBACCO

Homespun Tobacco. chewing. Fibs. 81.75; 10 lbs. 83.:





smoking. 5 lbs. $1.25; 10 lbs. 52.: satisfaction guaran-

teed; Farmers' Tobacco Union, Sedans. Ky





SITUATIONS WANTED





WANTED. A POSITION as Manager on a Stock and

Fruit Farm. or Gentleman's Country Estate. Years

of practical experience in Breeding and Showing Cat-

tle. Sheep. Swine. Poultry and Pet Steak, p.190 Hort-

icultural and Gardening—Box 721. Michigan Farmer.
The joy of new paint

Away, every trace of dinginessl

Woodwork, yesterday streaked

and dull, today lights up the

" whole house with its fresh whiteo

ness. Scratched floors that em-

barrassed beautiful rugs now set

them off as a new frame enhances

a fine picture. You can see your

home begin to smile as each

stroke of the brush covers an old

' surface.





Getting

good work





Hire a good painter if

you have his work that

calls for help. Ask your

Paint Headquarters to

recommend a man. I!

you hire a painter, hire

a good one.





 

 

 

 

 





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use PRODUCT us: nooucr

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AUTOMOBILE S-W Auto 1‘ and 5-“!

AND SEATS. .. . .—... Auto Seal resin:





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Flat-Tone Sear.- Not \‘arnula

SWP House Palnl-





5-“! Concrete Wall Finish





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S-W Porch and Deck Paint

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SKETSOH and Ram”! VarnIslI





Flat-T

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RADIATORS ———" . .





ROOFS. Shingle. u. . . S—W Root and Budge Paint

Metal ....... Muglastic

Composition .



SCREENS ...... . . . , S- W Screen Enamel





WALLS, lnterlor FlahTone

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Loox on the “Guide” for the right thing





to use for woodwork.





Consult the “Guide” before selecting the

finish for any surface.





Something is wrong when a once beautiful

room has to be done over again too soon. The

chances are the wrong type of material was

used. ’





Every expert knows that each type of sur-

face (indoors and out) calls for its own type

of paint. Paints must be selected according

to type. The same is true of varnishes, of





Stains and enamels.





When you look at the Farm Painting

Guide you look at authoritative recommenda-

tions. On a line with the surface to be finished

you pick out the correct material aseasily as

you select a color from the color card.





Save this copy of the "Guide.” for use

when needed.





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S-W Handcraft Slam

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Your "Paint Headquarters” serves you

with the Sherwin- Williams Painting

Guide. It will pay you to look up this store.





You will know “Paint Headquarters” by the

Painting Guide displayed in the window and

inside the store. This store serves you intelli-

gently, backed by the “Guide.” The proprie-

tor and clerks help you save money by avoid-

ing mistakes. Look for this store and “follow

the ‘ Guide ’.” It costs you nothing to be sure.





Write for free suggestions on your painting

problems to the S-W Dep’t of Home Decorao

tion. Ask, also, for free booklet B450 and

the handsome set of color plates giving eight

beautiful color schemes for different rooms.

Send 50c (65c in Canada) for the 177 page

book of valuable detailed information on

beautifying the home. Reproductions of the

latest color ideas for interior and exterior—a

book you would not part with for many times

its price. Write Dept. B 435 at address below.





TI'IE SHERWINQ-MILIAMS Ca





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Largest Paint and Varnish Makers in the World





 





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