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C ONeREss’ adjourned December 30



_ for the Christmas holiday recess.

During the three weeks it has been in

session the house has passed three'ot’

the nine annual appropriation bills, 3.

record for Speed which has not been

equaled in many years.





I The senate, however, has been hope-

lessly tied up Withvthe Muscle \Shoals

muddle. The senate has found time to

ratify the "liquor treaties with FranCe,

Canada and Holland, and two import-

ant bills left over from last session

have been passed. One provides for

modernizing the navy and the other is

the second deficiency bill carrying

$186,000,000.



The Muscle Shoals squabble has oc-

cupied much of the senate’s time.

When Senator Underwood introduced

his bill amended to meet the sugges-

tions of the secretary of war, it was





tinuously for





 





thought that it would’pass with little





delay. 'But it has been blocked by a '





small group of senators who 'favor

government operation instead of pri-

vate operation under government

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HE Blue Ridge of Virginia is .rec-



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committee, headed by Representative

Temple, of Pennsylvania, as the most

desirable location for the first new

national park in the eastern section of

the country. It is within three hours

ride of the National Capital, over a

paved road, and within a day’s ride of

forty million people. It is reached by

three federal-aid highways. In addi-

tion it is possible to construct‘a sky-

line drive along the mountain top con-

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200 gallons per hour capacity

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A NEW Copper-Williams marketing



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keting board of seven members. has

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in the senate by Senator Clipper. The





 





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WILL FIGHT FOR HIGHER PAR-

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S ENATOR STERLING is planning to

have his new postal salaries bill.

including increases in parcel post and

secondclass rates, ready for senate

action by ’January 5. Strong protests

are coming from the organized farm-

ers against any increase in parcel post

rates, nevertheless the advocates of

higher salaries for postal empIOyes are

determined to push the bill 'irough

congress regardless of rural public

opinion.

EXCLUDE FIREARMS





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clude from the mails pistols and

other firearms that may be conceals-.7

about the person. It is not as mastic

as the bill introduced in the svmte by

Senator Capper, but is beliex ed to be

a step in the right direction at the

campaign to reduce crime.





 





CONFERENCE 0F INDUSTRIALISTS

CALLED.





 





NATIONAL conferenCe CL; I'llSIl‘l'



bution, in which representati‘i es of

the consuming public, including manu~

facturers, merchants and economists.

will participate, is called to be held in

W‘ashington on January 14-15. The

call is made by the Chamber of Com-

merce of the United States.





WILL URGE TRUTH-IN~FABRIC

BILL.





 





HE sub-committee of the Same



Interstate and Foreign Comnn use

committee, has made its report on

truth—in-fabrics legislation to the full

committee, and it is expected that a.

branding bill will be reported by the

committee at an early date. The Farm

Bureau Federation will make a strong

effort to get action on the bin this

session.





PRESIDENT URGES STUUY Os”?

DEEP WATERWAYS.





RESIDENT COOLIDGE has m1-



dressed congress urging that $273.-

000 be made available for complem‘g

surveys to determine the feasibility ”,5

the proposed Great Lakes-St.

rence ship canal. Opposition to the

project in Canada, however, indicatrs

that we are far from a complete realt-





cerned cannot come to an agreement

friends of the all—American waterway

by way of Lake Ontario and the Hud-

son River, are in readiness to start a

nationwide campaign for their project,

which requires charter but no gov-

ernment app riations.





PLAN TO REFOREST WATER-

SHEDs





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A BILL authorizing an appropriation



of $40,000,000 to be expended over

a period of ten years in the purchase

of forest lands for the protection of

watersheds .of navigable rivereond 'for-

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' QUALITY

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' farm.

The work this father and son have

done deserves especially commenda-





tion because it shows what can be





accomplished if folks start out with -a

definite ideal in mind. Somewhere,

sometime the Bradfords were ing’eulat-

ed with the Guernsey bug, so ha y in-

oculated that in 1910 they bought a

Guernsey heifer by mail in Pennsyl-

vania for $200. She was the dam of

May Bradford, the cow that practically

all the cows in their herd claim as

relative elite, a cow that is still in the

herd and going ahead in her tenth

year at a. lively clip.



The Bradfords had this kind of an

They hope to get together a

herd of twenty—five cows, all of one

family, and cows that as adults would

produce 10,000 pounds of milk and 500

pounds of butter-fat in a year. And

to do this, they commenced to keep

daily milk records ten years ago so

they could select the cows that were

conforming to that ideal. Today, they

have a very complete set of records,

with total milk weights produced by

each cow in the herd. All these rec-

ords start with January 1 of each year

so they do not conform to the. official

records. The following figures give





By I. J.





some notion of the improvement that





they have secured. '





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In the nine years up until the first

.of last January, May Bradford had

produced 57,177 pounds of milk, or an





average of some 6,000 pounds a year.

It takes a real cow to do this.





‘generation. In seven years, she has

already produced 56,924 pounds of milk

or better than 7,000 pounds of milk per

year. Then there "is little Bradford’s

Nellie, the last generation that has

produced 16,430 pounds'of milk in the

last two years, or more than 8,000

pounds of milk a year. These are but

samples to denote the improvement





But

~ here is Bradfcfiid’s Minnie, the second-





lradford Wins with COWS and

Has a Comématzon 072 Hi: Eigflty-flcre Farm tflat IJ‘ Wanting Profitaé/y





P in Gratiot county, Fred Brad-



ford and Son, R. D., have adairy

cow-alfalfa combination that is



1 winning for them, even 011 an eighty-

acre farm. A few' years ago, ‘they

started to retailing the milk produced

by their own herd and nowthey have

a 250-quart retail route, all the milk

' for which is secured from the cows

kept on this, well-managed eighty-acre





Mathews





that is more and more apparent as you“

The rec—

‘ords have not only helped them to

weed cows, but they have also been

able to check up on unprofitable com-





study the Bradford records.





binations of feed.





‘The amount of feed grown on this

eighty-acre farm is unbelievable unless

you actually see it growing in the field.

But this is also due to following a. defi-

nite premeditated system. When last

winter came, these folks had 100 tons

of silage, a thousand bushels of corn

in the crib, 550 bushels of oats in the

bin, and sixty tons of alfalfa hay in

the mow, besides having pastured

What kind of





forty cows and heifers.





 





 





 





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Worth while Local





Show.





Alfalfa





a rotation would produce this much

hay on eighty acres of land, you say?

The house and buildings are about

in the center of the west side of the

long eighty and a lane runs‘back to ‘ ‘

There are approx-‘





the last two fields.

imately four ten-acre fields on each

side of the lane and while the fences





are put in to turn stock, they are not '





exactly permanent. A map of the farm

shows fifty acres to alfalfa,

acres to corn and ten acres to oats.

Each year. this combination is shifted,

going right up and down the. lane. The

alfalfa is seeded in the cats, the oldest

ten-acre field of alfalfa is manured and

put to corn, and the fence between the

two corn fields is removed so the corn

can be cared for with greater labor

efficiency.



One thing abom this five years of

alfalfa makes a special appeal. There

is no more tedious job for man, team,

or tractor than plowing a five-year—old

alfalfa sod. It takes a good stalwart

team to turn more than an acre a day.

But in this Bradford plan, after the

alfalfa field has bet-11 hayed for three

years, it is thrown open to the cows

and heifers. Of course, as soon as the

alfalfa is subjected to heavy pasturing,

it gets weaker and weaker and the



«bluegrass comes stronger and stronger.



The fifth year, the alfalfa is kept crop-

ped close. The Bradfords find that

this sort of treatment materially de-

creases the amount of power that is

necessary to turn the alfalfa sod for

corn. It will be noticed that com is

planted on a field two years in suc-

cession but the soil grows a legume

five years out of eight. .





What Hopes Have Farmers for 1925?





.7th Now téis 25 Me Most Papa/(Ir Question Before Me flgrzm/tam/ fraternity

By Gilbert Guzler





ARMERS can face 1925 with op-

timism born of leason. The new

year does, not promise to usher

in an era of boundless prosperity for'

agriculture, but the rewards of farm-

ing have a geod chance of exceeding

those in 1924. This is a continuation

of the trend of the last few years, as

agricultural output has gaihed in value

each consecutive year since 1921. In

1924, the increase over. the low year

amounted to thirty per cent~

It wouldtake monumental forces,

not now visible on the horizon, to

make 1925 a boom year agriculturally.

But for all that, farmers will be able

to enjoy more of the good things of

Their

gradual come-back since 1921 has rep.

resented a. period of liquidation of

More of the in-

come in 1925 will be left for long neg-

lected repairs, new buildings and oth-

er improvements to the farmstead,

new machinery, and for raising the





' {standard of farm living.





Grounds‘for the conclusion that 1925

will increase the measure of farm





. prosperity may be summarized as fol-





lows:



1. A larger physical volunie of foods

and clothing will be required for do-

mestic consumption than in 1924





2: While there will be some varia-





 





_| as between different products





 





‘duction,"





'. feeling toward future. hm





foreign ability to pay for them will be

greater than in 1924.



3. Domestic .production of foods and

fibers will be but little, if any, greater

than in 1924.



4, While the price of farm machin—

ery, and some other commodities

which farmers buy, will be lower, pro-

duction costs will not. be much difier-

ent from 1924 and they may average

slightly higher for the year as a whole.



General Business to Prosper.



Opinions as to the immediate future

of business are probably more unani-

mous than for several years. Practi-

cally all the business analysts, finan-

ciers and industrial leaders are of the

opinion that expanding activity will be

the rule in the first half of 1925. Some

business men go so far as to say that

the next two years will be one of the

greatest boom periods known to this

generation.



The Brookmirev Service looks for

“improving b u sin e s 5 conditions

through at least the first half of 1925.

Reduced stocks of goods, volume of

distribution greater than current pro-

easy credit conditions, in—

creased farm purchasing-power, .. im-

proved foreign conditions, reflected- in

hearier exports, and a more optimistic





place in the second half.





some of the factors that make the out-

look for the next six months one of

continued expansion in activity and

prices.”



The Harvard committee says, “The

money market, despite the slight rise

of actual rates in November, is favor-

able to continued expansion of busi-

ness. The output of manufacturing and

volume of freight traffic have increas-

ed substantially sincemid—summer and

building continues very active. Agri-

cultural prices have risen almost to

the level of prices in general, and the

general European situation is better

than at any time since the war. The

prospect in the United States during

the first half of 1925, therefore, is for

general business improvement.”



Babson considers the outlook “mod-

erately optimistic” with the. post-war

readjustment_period far advanced and

most conditions fundamentally favor-

able. Moody is hopeful for the entire

year and finds “definite, tangible indi-

cations that the present period of bus-

iness expansion should run into the

spring of 1926.”



Business Cycle Affects Farm Products.



Business activity contracted in the

first. half of 1924 but expansion took

For the year

as a whole, activity, as measured by





 





production in basic industries and by

employment in manufacturing indus-

tries, ran about ten per cent less than

in 1923. The egg was due to the fact

that the shortage of urban housing

had largely been made up, the textile

industry had been turning out goods

faster than iliey were consumed, and

the automobile boom had passed its

peak.



There is an ample foundatiOn on

which a big business

could be erected. The gain in farm

buying power itself will be a factor of

consequence. Building, fencing and

repairs on the farm have been neg.-

lected and some of this "shortage” will

be made good. Cities are still expand-

ing and all classes are increasing their

consumption of industrial products._ As-





sured of political stability for several .





years, the railroads are planning an

extensive construction program. The

economic revival in Europe is being

reflected in an increased demand for

manufactured goods as well as foods

and raw materials. These conditions

could easily be effective throughout

the new year.





Besides the probability that .increas— .'





ing employment will help the, demand .





forfarm products in 1925, there is the f ,

' pollination;





increasing growth 1 of

amounting to nearly one and one-half?-





million people a year, calling for a cor». "





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JAN. 3, 1925





CURRENT COMMENT

NUMBER of ram





 





 





Why Not clubs have been

A Ram organized in Pennsyl-

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Club sists of from three to





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two years, and thou exchanges for tho

ram of another mwnbcr ol‘ the club.

In another two wars he exchanges

agaih. By, this method the usefulness

of a ramis extended from two to eight

and even ten years.



To the‘ small sllvtep farmer this



means much. It opens the way to flock

improvement. Through the expedient

of this simple organization he is in a

position to‘havc all the advantages

- coming from HIV regular use of supe-

rior rams on his emas. Before these

organizations Wt-l‘c started this did not

5 19m feasible. The cost. was too great,

when it was ncmlssary to pay the

price of a pure-bred ram 101' only two

season’s service. But some fellow

thought of the ram club idea, which

reminds us that so simple a matter

ought-to have been thought of a long

time ago.





T l‘t’lally needs no

Encourage u l'gumvnt to say

The 111.11 birds are useful





as vvwll as ornamen-



Birds tul. With a few ex-



ceptions, they scrvca



very important purpose in keeping the



earth’s vegetation from being almost



«antirely destroyed by insect pests.



They do the double- duly of protecting



our food for us and filling the air with

music.



Birds are diligent in their consump-

tion of those insignificant things which

cause man so much trouble. But, we

wonder if man is as diligent in recip-

rocating.



Wlith the deforcstation of the land,

which the hands of man have wrought,

the harbors and hiding place for birds

have been largely destroyed. Their

food supply has also been tampered

with, so that at timcs their search for

food avails them nothing.



To Show an appreciation of birds

and what they are doing. for us, the

city of Fort Collins, Colorado, has

been officially duclared a bird sanctu-

ary where more birds can seek refuge

from the rigors of the winter and be

provided with food and water at times

when they are scarce. The children

are being especially interested, and

they are being urged to feed the binds

so that they will come to the windows



-to "Beck crumbs.

‘ Is this not, a. worthy thought for





rural'schools.‘ a 1! vs

The children. are benefited y.

acquaintance with. bird’s, as there rib

something esthetic in an intercSt in

bird lore. Furthermme, the ,chlldren’ 3

interest in nature and the beauties

around them, becomes enlarged and

they got interested in the conserva-

tion of nature.



Would not the last ice' storm have

offered a great opportunity of relieving

suffe1ing among bird friends and at

the same time affmded an interesting

pastime?





 





OMB years ago we





The Cost 11 e a r d and saw

of L' t' much about the ap-

gt mg plea from Bittel Root

Down Valley Those apples





wele well knOwn and

used because they we1e advertised. In

other words, the Bitter Robt g1owers

were united in cooperatively g1ading,

packing and selling their apples.



After they had gotten agoing well,

they concludedfor some foolish rea-

son or other, that this unity of effort

and expense to put their goods on the

market was usaless; the apples would

sell anyhow. As a result Bitter Root

apples are now just a. memory 011 the

market and the Bitter Root section as

an apple producing section is passe,

bringing about the ruin of many of the

apple growers there. This, then, was

the cost of letting down. .



“'9 Michigan growers have not had

a similar cooperative experiencO, be-

cause, so far we have had nothing to

“let down” from. “c ically have not

started ye-t. There have been some

efforts made toward starting, and we

hope that there will be no “letting

down" in these efforts.



We are really suffering from doing

nothing. Ye still have the experience

of starting and going, ahead of us.

There is no doubt as to the need and

the opportunity along this line. The

important thing is to get started on

such sound plans that there will be no

letting down after we get agoing.





’1‘ what time of

The Big the year should





the farmer look upon

1')

31 Week For time. as being. most

Farmers





valuable‘ to him? We

would naturally think

that [11? summer period would furnish

the most profitable days 01' all the

year. Then the pressure of work is

highest and every ounce of muscle

and ncrve is required to secure the

maximum of results. It is then, too,

that one's wits are taxed to the limit

to find the most economic means of get-





days ord highly important, it is 1105*





Bible, however, that they may not, af-





‘ter all, be the most fruitful to thej





farmer. ‘ There is a real possibility

that a certain amount of time‘devoted

to cultivating the gardemof the mind





my, in the long run, return a. hun- .





dred-fold more than if devoted to ac-

tual farm work. ‘



For example, Farmers’ Week at the

Agricultural College, which this year

comes from February 2 to 6, may mean

more to many farmers than the busi-

est of the summer weeks. Few farm-

ers regret attending these round-ups.

Never have we heard a farmer com-

plain that they were not worth while.

Hundreds have testified to their value.





After‘all, the personal equation in

farming is the big thing. Many have

calculated it to be a seventy-five per

centtfactor in making the business of

farmng a succesg. At any rate, it is

the most important factor in practical

farming. To have a' mind teeming

with practical ideas, a. will that does

not permit ordinary obstacles to de-

feat its purpose, a body strong to carv-

1-y out a well-planned program, and

hands skilled in the arts of a trained

husbandman, to have these is to have

one of the biggest fact01s making 1‘01

successful lemming.





Fa1me1s’ Week was established for

the purpose of improving these per-

sonal elements. The programs and

demonstrations stir and inspire the

:.1_.i11d, quicken the senses, cut through

and ride over prejudices and uncover

the dark places of superstition in the

farming business, putting it upon a

more rational basis. In all, Farmers’

Vl'eek may prove to be the best week

of 1925 for hundreds of Michigan

farmers who will attend.





ANY artists are





The nature f a k e r s,

but one artist, whose



Natural work we have had the

Artist pleasure of observing





lately, is absolutely

true to nature. He is one of the old—

est artists in the world. His work

lacks warmth but its cold beauty is

enticing. He makes many pictures,

sometimes of terrible beauty, but his

work is temporary and oftcn unappro-

ciated. 'This artist is Jack Frost, the

one who makes coldness beautiful.

The other day when zero weather

made our auto have the sleeping sick-

ness, we had to take the street car,

and it was not without its compensa-

tions. For, while in that car, we look-

ed at pictures, not up in the advertis-





 





 





 





 





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scenes of nature. 4 ‘ ’



Jack made a crystal orchard for us

some weeks ago. He had the trees

and bushes ice ladened so that they

gleamed as in a fairy land when .lights

were turned on them But it seems

that often Jack can not do his wo1k





of beauty without bringing suffering,





with it When he gave us the beauty

of 'the‘ crystal orchald he overdid, and

coated everything with ice, and made

birds and animals starve. When he

painted those pretty pictures at Christ-

mas time, he brought cold and suffel"

ing to the p001 and unprotected.



In so much of life there is beauty

and ter101 togethe1. Terror itself is

often beautiful and beauty is often

terrible.



Our concluding thought is that each

of us should ‘endeavor to so adjust

ourselves that we may get as much of

the beauty and as little of the suffel"

ing in life as possible. When we can

get in harmony with the many beau-

ties of life and remain unharmed by

its evils, we become artists in living.





 





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V’E just been reading about a man

ninety-six years old What is tellin’

folkses how ta live lbng. He says it’s





. all in thinking right. Maybe he’s right.





Anyhow, he’s got a ninety-six-year rec—

ord back 0’ him.



Since I read that I’ve been thinkin'

about; thinkin’, and it kinda seems like

if a follow don’t think right, he is com-

mittin’ susancide. That ain’t in ac-

cordance ta the sayin’ that the good

die young. But this here fellow what

I was readin’ about says he is gettin'

younger right along and next year he

is goin’ to cele;

brate his ninety—

fifth birthday in‘

stead of his nine-

ty seventh. \Yell,

I just hope his

thinkin’ will have

suflishunt impor-

fecshuns in it so

he’ll die before he

gets ta be one





Maybe he’ll die before 119’s





 





year old.

born, if he don’t look out.





Thinkin’ is-somethin’ we all is got





brains for, but there" ain’t many what

know how ta. use brains. These men

what Sit around in white shirts say

thinkin’ is the hardest work there is.

Well, the way mosta these fellows

look, the hard work they do ain’t very

hard on them. I guess they just wanta

make us farmers think that they real-

ly work, but I figure the hardcst work

they do is to try and make us think





‘ that they is workin’.





You know, I like ta think 1ight.

Eve1y little while I wanta set down

and think about goodness and happi-

ness and good things ta eat and en-

joyment, and all such things, but just

when I get ta enjoyin’ my thinkin‘

about these things, Sofie says ta mv

ta get up and do somethin’ disagree-

ably like goin’ out and fillin’ the wood-

box, or‘fillin’ her wash tub for her.



Under such condishuns how is a fol-

low goin’ to think 1‘.ight I’m kinda

’fraid I’m goin’ ta. die young, ’cause 0’

these condishuns.



But theres lots 0’ things what is

against thinkin’ right. Fer inst., there’s

taxes, work, your wife’s cold feet in

the middle of your back, and your wife

writin’ about you like Sofie did last

week. It’s really surprisin’ most 0'

us live as long as we do, with all 0’

these things to contend with. But, I

guess there’s somethin’ to what the

fellow said about thinkin’ right when





.everything is right, ain’t no accom-





plishmunt. It’s the thinkin’ right when

everythin’ is wrong, what makes think-

in’ right worth while. It’s hope and

anticipashun what makes us want ta

live another day. HY SYCKLE.





 





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T will probably be necessary to

count upon a higher average in the

costs of feed fur poultry. The in-





dex number of grain prices has risen_





nearly a third in the last few months

and. in view of the conditions that are

ahead, it seems quite unlikely that

grains will drop soon to the level that

prevailed from 1921 down to June,

1924.



To offset higher feed prices, more

attention to increased production per

hen. will be advisable. The hatchet

treatment can be given to the non-pro-

ducers and those with low averages.

If laying hens were given a larger

amount of high protein feeds, espe-

cially animal proteins, average pruduc-

tion records would be much better.

Better sanitation to reduce disease

losses is a better way to keep up the

poultry profits than to wish fer higher

prices. '



So far as good poultry and eggs are





concerned, there is never any over-.





production. At present, only about

one-fifth of thetotal supply reaching

markets ranks as really first-class. If

average consumption of poultry prod-

ucts is below what it should be, as

most poultrymen are likely to think,

the best way to increase it is to fur-

nish the consumer with a palatable

article.



Buying on Grade is Spreading.



Pro ess has been made in improv-

ing egg marketing methodsat many

country. points in the last year: Deal-

ers are gradually moving toward more

discrimination in buying eggs from

the producer: This gives more incen-

tive to strive for quality production

when an egg is no longer an egg, re-

gardless of_ whether stale or fresh,

checked or whole, dirty or clean, and

when adequate premiums are paid for

fine, wellsfleshed poultry to cover the

cost of the extra feed and effort re-

quired. ‘ _



,In the final consuming markets,

there is always a difference in egg val-

ues based on quality. It is least dur-

ing the springmonths when receipts

are chiefly of‘ good fresh quality and

when differences are mostly in aver-

age size and cleanness. It is greatest

when receipts are scanty and more

or less mixed with stale, shrunken

eggs. .



By propermanagement, the number

of under-grade eggs could be greatly

reduced. It is estimated that seventy





per cent of the deterioration in eggs





takes place before they reach town.

More care in getting them to the lecal

point of collection clean and fresh is

highly desirable. Dirty1 and stained

eggs should be Consumed on the farm

rather than mixedin with first—class

eggs, as they will reduce the value of

the whole shipment.

There is a broad field for greater

specialization by farmers in the pro-

duction of table poultry of prime qual-

ity. Too much poultry leaves the pro-

ducer while far from being in finished

condition. The result is the large and

profitable business of fleshing poultry

in connection with _the large packing

.houses.

Larger Returns From Direct Sales.

To get the greatest advantage from

turning out eggs and poultry of qual-

ity, it is desirable to deal direct with

the consumer. This'minimizes deterié

oration in shipping, it is possible to

cater to individual tastes to some ex—

tent, and a top-notch product gets a

p1 ice that corresponds instead of being

sold along with average and low-grade

lots.

The fact that distributing costs are

higher than they used to he, means

that direct dealing will bring a greater

1etu1n than it formeily did for the

farmer who builds up such a trade.

The average letail mice of eggs in the

principal cities of the United States

in 1923 was twelve cents higher than

in 1913. The farm price is only 8.5

cents higher. Retail prices of hens

were 13.7 Cents higher, while farm

prices of chickens were only seven

cents higher than in the pre-war years.

The spread between farm and retail

prices of eggs has increased from 13.2

cents in 1913 to 16.7 cents in‘1923,

while in the case of chickens, the ap-

parent increase in the margin is from

9.5 cents in 1913 to 16.1 cents in .1923.

The farmer who goes direct to the con-

sumer with his product can get the

advantage of these higher retail prices.





 





DECOMBING POULTRY.





 





HERE are times when it pays to

decomb cockerels to improve their

condition for breeding purposes. I be-

lieve that a. Leghorn cockerel with a

badly frozen comb must suffer intense-

ly while the comb is sloughing off. If

the comb is removed with large sharp

(Continued on page 18).





 





 





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THE story of this picture is easily

1ead Without any words. No one



can collect such a fine pail of eggs as



MlS. Swan is helding, unless semeone



has handed out a generous feed to the



hens, as Mr. Swan is demonstrating.



' These are'only a; few (if the 650 hens





, and chickens that are at home on the





term of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Swan, of

South Union in Branch county.



“Two yea-rs ago M.r Swan purchased

'200 \Vhite Leghorn hens of the Ferris

Strain. and borrowed the money to pay

for them. Last. July he paid the bor-





' rowed money, and in October had plac-‘

. the credit (if his flock, "





. led and crated, ready for shipment.





 





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will cull them to about 450 for the

Winter on account of room, but is plan-

ning to enlarge his poultiy plant to

1,000 capacity, or bettei, as he can.

They market their eggs by parcel post

in crates thathold thirty dozen, and

send to various markets,. often ship—

ping a crate a day. I



Success in the egg buSiness means

that the hens have good feed (with

calories counted), in other Words a

proper mixture, fresh water, cleanli-

ness, and a day of more hours than

the Chickens work, for Mrs. Swan says

that it is often ten or eleven o’clock

p. :11. before the eggs are sorted, cand—





THE way you care for your

baby chicks tells the story of

Whether or not \, on can make

poultry raising a profitable busi-

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are not hatched from eggs laid by

under-nourished hens. Right feed-

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likewise insures qual-





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piled Laws 1923, p. 556.—~Rood.

A RATION WITHOUT CORN OR

OATS. '





How should I mix cottonseed meal,

oil meal, wheat bran andwheat mid-

dlings? Could this be fed without





How much should each cow get? I





and clover hay at noon. fodder at

night. How much corn and oats should

I use with it if I am to mix some in

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will make lots of milk and a good test.

Our test is from 4.0 to 4.3.~—H. F. S.





While corn and oats are splendid

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farms so that it is desirable to use

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necessary. If We haven’t got them we

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Plenty of good clover hay will help

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if you have plenty of it, give them all

they will eat, for the food ingredients

in roughage are usually cheaper than

in grain. '



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Twelve pounds of clover hay, giving

you .85 pounds of protein; ten pounds

of corn fodder with .14 pounds, or .99

pounds of protein in the roughage. As

you have no succulent food in the ra—

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Some time ago I read in a paper that

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200 pounds of oil meal? They get $11-

age and cat say in the morning and

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tile land contain sufficient minerals,

lime, phosphorus, etc, so it is not

necessary to add any to the ration.

This is especially so where clover and

alfalfa are grown, for these plants us—

ually contain abundance of minerals.

However, some sandy soils, and per-

haps other soils, do not seem to pro-

duce plants containing a. normal

amount of minerals. In such cases it

is advisable to add minerals to the

ration.





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corn and oats, as corn is a short crap?





Bone meal contains both phosphor— _





us and calcium and when this is fed it

is not necessary to feed lime a the

bone. contains it. Ground limestone is

better to use than hydrated lime be-

cause the hydrated lime is caustic and

may make the mouth sore. Hardwood

ashes make a good source of minerals

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While in Ohio I‘ was struck‘ by and

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ly in front of me. I have several wit-

nesses. I am told I cannot collect

damages unless witnesses saw him

when he was stopped in the town. Is

this true? While unable to work, my

potatoes and apples froze, and a new

suit was ruined in the accident. The

boy’s father is well-to-do. Have I a

chance of collecting damages? Have

five witnesses—D. N. F.





An infant is liable for his wrongs

committed aside from contract the

same as a person of age. 'His parents

are not liable for such wrongs unless

the infant was acting as their agent

or employe at the time. The liability

of the owner of the car is entirely the

result of statute. It is not true that

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particular kind of witness, but, of

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HOME FEEDS DEFICIENT lN PRO-

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Would you give a balanced ration

for the fol owing feedstuff for milch

cows? I can feed ensilage twice a

day, have good dry cornstalks, and

give all the oat straw at night that

they will eat. I'have corn and oats

to grind, and can buy a prepared feed

at $53 per ton, cottonseed meal at $55

“per ton. Would y0u recommend mix-

ing the meal with the ground feed, or

feed it. sepai‘ately?—V. J.



Having no clover or alfalfa hay in

the roughage, the other foods while

good and should be fed and convert-

od into cash, are so deficient in protein

that it will require a. liberal and ex-

pensive gi'ain ration to make a bal-





anced ration. The following is sug-

gested:

(Torn silage, thirty pounds in two





feeds, night and morning; ten pounds

of oat straw and'ten pounds of corn

stovei' for the roughage part. of the

ration. But cows ought not. to be com—

pelled to eat oat straw and corn stov-

ei‘ up clean. They want the privilege

of picking out the. best part of it. Feed

them libel-ally of these coarse foods

and let them pick out what they like.

The amount of roughage as stated

above, will only furnish .69 pounds of

protein, yet the ration should contain

about two and one-half pounds for a

cow giving a fairly good flow of milk.



Two-pounds of cottonseed meal will

furnish .75 pounds and it will take

twelve pounds of ground corn and oats

to furnish sufficient protein for a cow

to give a maximum flow of milk. Those

not giving a full flow can be fed less.



It is all right to mix the cottonseed

meal with the other grain if ibis thor-

oughly mixed. Cottonseed meal is a

very concentrated feed and if it is not

evenly distributed yOu are liable to

feed some cow too much.



Strippers and dry cows only require

a small amount of grain but when they

freshen and are carefully started the

grain should be gradually increased to

a full ration if they respond and pay

for it. A good rule is to feed a pound

of the grain for every three pounds of

five per cent milk produced in a day,

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- PLANTING ONION SETSVLIN

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HAVE grown onions when 'it was so



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from sets almost! large enough to pull

for eating and they were from sets

planted in winter when the soil had

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CONTROL WILD CARROTS.‘





 





, HE Wi1d_ carrot is a weed that



seems to be increasing in the

fields of our section every year. It

does not cause much trouble in culti~

vated fields but has become a nuisance

in fields and orchards which are used

as poultry ranges and not often plow-

ed. I have spent many hours mowing

this weed with the scythe and still find

it coming up every year. I also find

that the ground which is heavily fer-

tilized develops a rank growth of grass

and this acts to crowd out the carrots.

In spots Where the grass is scanty the

carrots flourish and then their deep

root systems drain the fertility of the

soil and make the growth of pasture

grass still more difficult. So I believe

the. wild carrot is a weed we should

fight continually in the pastures and

orchards which are in a permanent

sod, although it is not apt to be set"

ions in cultivated fields or gardens.—

K. S. R.





CU LTIVATED ORCHARDS BEST.





 





t... XPERIMENTERS strongly advo-

cate cultivating New York apple

orchards during the. summer and

planting cover crops in the fall, be-

cause of the decided advantages of

this practice over a permanent sod for

most New York fruit districts as re—

vealed by long-continued experiments

and by personal observation through-

out the state. ' ‘

Orchardists who question the merits

of clean cultivation are urged to culti-

vate a small part of their plantings

and to note the almost immediate re-

sponse of the trees in increased vigor

and productiveness. In one experiment

the average yield for a ten-year period

from an orchard left in sod was 69.16

barrels per acre as compared with

116.8 barrels per acre from an orchard

lwhich was cultivated during the same

item—year period. Every means for

imcasuring the growth and vigor of

the trees in orchards left in sod and

those which Were cultivated showed a

decided increase for the cultivated or-

chard.





 





Soil Moisture.



The beneficial effects of cultivation

are attributed to many factors, among

the most important of which is said

to be the saving in soil moisture which

would otherwise be utilized by the

sod, and the elimination of the compe-

tition between the trees and the sod

for the plant food supply of the soil.

It is pointed out that nursery stock

can be successfully grown only under

the most intensive cultivation; and

that. when placed in the orchard, the

trees should not be subjected to radi-

cally different methods othandling.

Also, insect pests and diseases may be

more readily controlled in cultivated

orchards. .



. When Sod is Desirable. _



Although tillage is "undoubtedly the.





 





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of apple orchards, there are particular

situations, soils, and economic condi>

tions tinder which it' may be advan-

tageous to maintain the orchard in

sod- Plantings located on steep hill-

sides where the soil Would wash badly

under tillage or on rocky land which

is difficult to till should probably be.

kept in sod. On orchard soils of con-

siderable depth which do net suffer





from summer drought, a. sod may be

__maintained Without serious injury: but





on the shallow soils which. prevail in

many fruit districts, a sod will’ prove

decidedly harmful to the trees. The

cost of tillage is' muCh more than that





'of maintaining a, sod, although the net

Local conditions





returns are greater.

may make it necessary, hoWever. to

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BAKED APPLES. NOT BAKED.





 





h! ANY think that the baked-apples



bought at restaurants are baked.

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The apples are pared halfway down

and the core taken out. Then they are

set 011 hollow pegs in a- steam chest

and steamed until of a. right consist-

ency.



Aftertakiug them from the steam

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gas oven and are bastcd with a sugar

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ples at high-class restaurants will

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In the baking of apples ., in large





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Otherwise. one apple will be baked

more thoroughly than another.



Western apples are used almost elk

tirely for baking purposes. because

western grading is so much more

strict than Michigan grading.



A restaurant man found that the

Greenings baked very nicely and he

asked his buyer to go out and buy

some Greenings suitable for baking

purposes. After a two-day search, he

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SHORT NEWS ITEMS.





 





A seventeen-year-old hen belonging



to M J. Vi'estratc. of Holland, was

buried recently with due honors. She

died because of injuries caused by be-

ing caught in a trap.

_ The Michigan Agricultural College

team won the poultry judging cham-

pionship at the fifth midwcst intercol-

legiate poultry judging contest. The

aggregate score of the Michigan three.

was 3,336.7, while the Iowa team which

came second had a score of 3276.7.



A new celery, resistant to “yellows,"

which has been developed by Dr. G.

H. Coons, plant pathologist at M. A.

C.. will be released next spring. The-

seed will be sold at cost.



Manchurian seeds, which were 150

years old, sprouted recently at M. A.

C. The seed were dug from a peat

bed in Russia and undoubtedly came

from the Manchurian water lily which

bloomed 150 years to 400 years ago,

and then became buried in the peat.



The l'nited States Department of

Agriculture, in a study of meat distri-

bution, has found that it takes a thou-

sand patrons to make a meat shop pay.



In spite of a bad tooth Coe Femems,

Jr., of Prattville, Hillsdale county,

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pounds made by cows

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ing to the advanced

registry department of

The' Holstein-Friesian

Association of Ameri-

ca, this cow’s official

record made last year

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HE following facts were obtained



from a farmer who owns a herd of

fifteen cows. During July, fourteen of

the fifteen cows were in milk. They

gave 167.2 pounds of milk daily ac-

cording to his own figures. In August,

eight of the fifteen cows were in milk.

These eight cows produced 71.1 pounds

of milk daily. In November, eleven

cows were in milk; seven of these

freshened in September. The eleven

cows produced 216.8 pounds of milk

daily. Study these figures. ~



This man lived in a good dairy area.

He complained that the price paid for

milk was too low. He further com-

plained that feed prices were too high.

He was feeding his cows corn fodder

and bean pods. No grain, no silage,

no hay: was fed.



This farmer was not helping the

dairy industry. He maintained sixteen

poor cows and "received no profit.

When cows are neglected, and when

feed and care are withheld, profits can-

not be returned. This man was asked

to join a cow testing association. He

responded by saying that he believed

a cow testing association could do him

little good.





The average Michigan cow produces

160 pounds of butter-fat annually. She

makes little or no profit. The average

production of more than 30,000 cows

in 105 Michigan Cow Testing Associa-

tions is 250 pounds annually. Assum-

ing that the feed cost of the average

Michigan cow is offset by the value of

her product, it is apparent that she

makes little or no profit during the

year. The feed cost for the average

Michigan Cow Testing Association is

yery little greater than the,feedmcost

of the average Michigan cow. Thus

it can be said that the additional nine—





~ ty pounds of butter-fat produced by the

' average cow testing association is so





much profit to her owner. Many cows

in cow testing association work pro-

duce 300 pounds—yes, 400 pounds—of

butter-fat and, in turn, the profits are

greater. 'As the production of a cow

is doubled profits increase three times;





creases six times.

No dairyman . can afford to keep





t cows for the fertility, alone. ‘Feeds are





expensive today, Nevertheless, the

good cow, empient at her job, will re;





V i turn a profit ifggiygena, chance.





- - ~11.





" There 'is no cartons. .with the





va' .





' dairy industi'f. 'fiefimng is wrong.'





   





 





This Four-year-old Cow, Owned by Carl Schmidt, of

Oscoda, Makes New Ten-months’ Official Record.





‘ishment meted out that will impress





this year’s show, which will be held





Potatoes should be shipped to reach





 





one year is an outstanding achieve—

ment and stamps this young cow as

one of America’s leading dairy ma-

trons.





however, with the keeper of profitless

cows. Yes—this man did join a cow

testing association. Yes—he signed on

the dotted line and his cows have join-

ed the 30,000 other cows in Michigan

Cow Testing Association work. This





dayworking clothes, is a daily demon-





stration to the 2,591 dairymen in Mich- ,all conditions 0f use.





igan Cow Testing Associations that it.

pays to know your cows—A. C. B.





 





FLEXIBLE TARlFF PROVISION A

PUZZLE.





 





HE flexible tariff provision of the

tariff act of 1922 so far has proved

disappointing to those who thought

they saw in it a solution of many tar-

iff problems. It was thought that the





Fede' 1 T ' ' ' .arators of any age or make



1a and Commissmn would act accepted as partial payment

. . . , . . on new De Lavals. Sold on

mg their conclusmns on impartial, easy terms ranging from





without prejudice or partisanship, bas-





painstaking investigations rather than

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political training.





 





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ING PUBLIC.





 





HE time has come when every ac-

cident mhst be examined and pun-





the mind of the reckless for the bal-

ance of their lives,” declared Secre-

tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, in

an address opening the National Con-

ference on Highway Safety, designed

to cut down the awful toll of human

life taken in highway accidents. A

very large proportion of the 22,600





{run smoother and easier. It gives

large number of cows in their every- lyou a neh’ smooth, high-testing





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separation. He figured he had been losing 15c worth of butter-

fat a day, amounting to$54.75 in a year—and equal to 6%

interest on $912.00. Needless to say the De Laval stayed. Nor

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THE FARM-MACHINE“ MAN.





He turns his wise eyes on ’em;

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Where ever he is,



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The which is his biz;



He knows ev’ part of

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Make good on a job—it’s the farm-

machine man!

—James Edward Hungerford.





FINDS WAY TO HELP A POOR

MEMORY.





HAVE a bad memory. I easily for-



get things, and often do not recall

them until some duty forces them onto

‘my attention. This lack in my mental

training, or make-up, is a real handi-

cap. I wonder if others are affected

in the same way. I hope not, at least,

to the same extent that I am handi-

capped.



Realizing this deficiency, I began a

number of years ago, keeping bOOks.

At first these were very crude; but as

I began to know better what a saving

they were bringing, I gradually intro-

duced more complete records of my

farming business. Now, from these

books, I have worked out a budget

system which enables me to know the

approximate amount of money I can

spend for clothing, fuel, food, repairs,

new machinery, stock, buildings, vaca-

tions, etc.



This has prevented my poor mem-

ory from getting me in bad. Not only

am I warned before hand of obliga-

tions to meet, and when payments are

to be made me; but I am also warned

when any part of my business is get-

ting near the end of the expense mou-

ey allotted it. This gives me oppor-

tunity to review my affairs. I often

find it desirable to change from my

budget allotment; but this is not done

without thoughtful consideration.



I might say, then, to those who are

afflicted with a poor memory, and it is

a. real affliction, that the book-keeping

idea may prove a real aid—W. L.

Stiggle.





LOT FURNISH ES WINTER

WORK.





WOOD-





Y most profitable winter job is



found in proper handling of the

farm wood-lot. With the aid of one

helper I am able to accomplish the

following work in addition to keeping

the chores well done.

There are twenty-six acres in the

farm wood-lot. It is the aim each Win-

ter to go over the entire acreage, dis~

posing of all trees which are down, all

trees which are dead, and a few trees

that have reached their prime and are

becoming less valuable.

The method of disposal of these

trees is important. All small down





mediately to the buzzpile. About thirty

cords of such firewood are obtained

each winter. All small white oak

trees which we find dead are cut into

fence posts. White ”oak anchorpposts





 





. are also cut from the woods.





You bet he is WISE to ’em— ~





trees, and all top limbs are drawn im~'





Small.

black ash trees that are straight are

taken to one of the nearby sawmills.

They are taken to the sawmill if they

are large encugh to out five gate-

boards, fourteen or Sixteen feet long:

In all of the different classes of trees

handled, all suitable material is taken

to the sawmill All other big mateiial

is sawed up with the crosscut saw.

From two to three thousand feet of

lumber are sawed from the woods.

This may vary so that some years we

may omit entirely taking logs to mill



This lumber consists of elm, bass~

wood, oak, or maple, boards.

are also beach, ash, oak, elm and the

like, 2114’s cut.

for building frame wmk, patching,

stick pens forms for cement work, and

the like. For fine work the lumber is

taken to town and dressed. While

furnishing firewood for theyear, the

woodrlot also cuts lumber costs for

the farm considerably. A few short

cuts of 'hickory are made up into as

handles, when the supply runs out. [11

the spring about 150 maple tiees are

tapped.





Winter employment in the woods

has several advantages in the farm

plans. It is not dependent upon the

weather. It provides work for the

year hired man. It provides work for

two hours per day, or ten hours. A.

properly handled woot-lot adds to the

value and appearance of the farm.—

Lawrence Ward.





 





The Commumz'ly Helper





HERE was a splendid re-



sponse to our last contest.‘

Some fine ideas came through,

which we shall publish later.

For next week, I would like to

learn about the man who, in

your opinion, has been the most

helpful person in your commu-

nity, The one I mean is that

unselfish man or woman who

talks little but does much to

make the neighborhood more

pleasant and worth—while to live

in. You may have to think a

little to recall the person; but

I venture he or she is there. I

found one in every community

with which I iave been ac-

quainted.





Just give the name and some

of the things he or she has done

to help other folks and the com

munity, and send the letter not

later than January 7, to me, the

Handy Man, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit. To each of the writers

of the five best letters one dollar

will be sent.





 





 





 





WINNERS IN LAST CONTEST.





N the contest on “My most profit-



able winter job,” the following were

awarded the five prizes offered: Law-

rence “’ard, St. Johns; Charles T.

Voorhees, Albion; Ralph Strait, Jones-

ville; G. Everitt, Linden; and Arthur

Howse, Frederic. ;





How long will it be before we .11....

cover the twenty per cent of our cows

that make us no profit?





By keeping the light out of 11 mm

ventilated cellar, it can be improved

as a place to keep potatoes.





Let the fires of a good book warm

your brain while the crackling wood

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These new speed crafts 0f Uncle Sam’s “dry navy” guard the When fire started in the powder magazine of a copper mine in

eastern coast and have completely spoxled the holiday trade for Butte, Montana, these four men carried out fourteen cases or

the rum runners. Capt. Ridgely commands thls fleet. dynamite, many of them actually in flames.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





A nose-dive of 1,500 feet in an airplane shocked The gifts of George Eastman, the E. S. Phillips, 31—year-old president 01‘ a New

‘do‘rmant nerves into activity so that Gwen— . kodak king, to educational insti- York paint company, gave a two per cent salj

dolyn CaSWell can speak and hear. . tutions now exceeds $40,000,000. ary bonus to employcs for good Service; '. .





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





 





Mrs. C. H. Stuvergh, of San- Francisco, is the only woman in the - ’ V I H- - - i '

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. ing models an flight around the world, poses for Joseph Atchison‘, sc-ulsifhr,'fii3vho





is executing a bust of eaéh of the globe fliers.





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Onpmilit by Underwood c understood. New York
.Inents haStil’y, looked shocked.

“Never must anybody dress in a

, ‘ bride’s dress only to [get married. -It



' "brings bad luck”, Then, as Selina

‘ stroked the stiff silken folds ofvthe

skirt with a slim and caressing finger:

“So you get married to a High Prairie

Dutchman I let you wear it. ” At this

absurdity they both laughed again. _Se<

lina thought that this school-teaching

venture was starting out very well.

She would have such things to tell her

father—then she remembered. » She

shivered a little as she stood up now.

She raised her arms to take off her

hat, feeling suddenly tired, cold,

strange in this house with this farm

woman, and the two staring little girls,

and the great red-faced man. There

surged over her a great wave of long-

ing for her father—for the gay "little

dinners, for the theater treats, for his

humorous philosophical drawl, for the

Chicago streets, and the ugly Chicago

houses; for Julie; for Miss Fister’s

school; for anything and any one that

was accustomed, known', and therefore

dear. Even Aunt Abbie and Aunt Sar-

ah had a not unlovely aspect, viewed

from this chill farmhouse bedroom

that had suddenly become her home.

She had a hprrible premonition that

she was going to cry, began to blink

very fast, turned a little blindly in the

dim light and caught sight of the

room’s third arresting object. A blue

black cylinder of tin sheeting, like a

stove and yet unlike. It was polished

like the length 01 pipe in the sitting

room below indeed, it was evidently

a giant flower of this stem.



“What’s that?” demanded Selina,

pointing.



Maartje Pool. depositing the lamp on





the little waslrstand preparatory to

leaving, smiled pridefully. “Drum.”

“Drum?”





“For heat your room.” Selina touch-

ed it. It was icy. “When there is

fire,” Mrs. Pool added, hastily. In her

mind’s eye Selina traced the tin tube

below running along the ceiling in the

peaceful and orderly path of a stove-

pipe, thrusting its way through the

cylindrical hole in the ceiling and here

bursting suddenly into swollen and

monstrous bloom like an unthinkable

g’oitre on a black neck. Selina was to

learn that its heating povvers were

mythical. Even when the stove in the

sitting room was blazing away with a





cheerful roar none of the glow com-

municated itself to the drum. It re-

mained as cooly indifferent to the





blasts breathed upon it as a girl hotly

besieged by an unwelcome lover. This

was to influence a number of Selina’s

habits, including nocturnal reading

and matutinal bathing Selina was a

daily morning bather ina period which

looked upon the daily bath as an ec-

centricity, or, at best, an affectation.

It would be charming to be able to

record that she continued the practice

in the Pool household; but a morning

bath in the artic atmosphere.0f an

Illinois prairie farmhouse would not

have been eccentric merely, but mad,

even if there had been an available

kettle of hot water at 6:30 A. M.,





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which there’emphatically was not. Se-

lina was grateful for an occasional

steaming basin of Water at night and

a hurried piecemeal bath by the myth-

ical heat of the drum.



“Maartje!” roared a voice frOm be-

lowstairs. The voice of the hungry

male.

faint smell of scorching. Then came

sounds of a,bumping and thumping

along the narrow stairway.



“0g heden!” cried Maartje, in a

panic, her hands high in air. She was

off, sweeping the two pigtails with her

inher flight. There were sounds of

scuffling on the stairway, and Maartje’s

voice calling something that sounded





 





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Rip- Van Winkle 611 “that fatal day in-

the Kaatskills. The name, too, appeal-e

ed to hel in its comic ugliness. ‘So

she laughed a soft little laugh; held

out her- hand. The man was not of-

fended. He knew that people laughed

when they were introduced. So he

laughed, too, in a mixture of embar-

rassment and attempted ease, looking

down at the small 'hand extended to

him. He blinked at it curiously. -He

wiped his two hands down his thighs,

hard; then shook his great grizzled

head. “My hand is all muck. I ain’t

washed up yet,” and lurohed off, leav-

ing Selina looking rather helplessly

down at her own extended hand. His





 





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The old home farm is far away,

And all my neighbor grangers;



I'm feeling like a lonely “stray,”

Among a million strangers;



I’d like to get back home again,

And when the folks have kissed me,



To have them gather ’round, and then

Just tell me how they’ve missed me.





There' s nothing like that warming feel

Of welcome, where they show it,

And you ’re not doubting that it’s real,



For in your heart you know it!





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It’s mighty cheering when they take

Your hand in theirs and squeeze it,





And routs that lonely, homesick ache, '





When nothing else can case it.





Here on the beaten asphalt track,

With strangers all about you,



It gets you wishing you were back

Where folks can’t do without you;



It makes you feel you’ve got a place,

When loving ones have kissed you,



And look up smiling in your face—-

And tell you how they’ ve missed you!





 





 





 





like hookendunk to Selina. But she

decided that that couldn’t be. The

bumping now sounded along the pas—

sage outside her room. Selina turned

from her satchel to behold a gnome in

the doorway. Below, she saw a. pair

of bow-legs; above, her own little hide—

bound trunk; between, a broad face, a

grizzled beard, a lack-lustre eye in a

weather-beaten countenance.



“Jakob Hoogendunk,” the gnome an-

nounced, briefly, peering up at her

from beneath the trunk balanced on

his back.





Selina laughed delightedly. “Not

really! be come in. This is a good

place, don't you think? Along the

wall? Mr.——Mr. Hoogendunk?”



Jakob lloogendunk grunted and

plodded across the room, the trunk





lurching perilously above his bow-leg-

ged stride. He set it down with a final

thump, wiped his nose with the back

of his handhsign of a task completed

«and surveyed the trunk largely, as if





he had made it. “Thank you, Mr.

lloogendunk," said Selina, and put out

her hand. “l’m Selina Peakc. How”





—-she couldn’t resist itwv-“how did you

leave Rip. "’



It was characteristic of her that in

this grizzled hired man, twisted with

rheumatism, rot-king of mould and ma—

nure, 5111- should see a direct descend-

ant 01' those gnarled and boarded bowl—

ers so mysteriously encountered by





clatter on the wooden stairway sound-

ed like cavalry on a frozen road.





Left alone in herrroom Selina un-

locked her trunk and took from it two

photographs—hue of a mild looking

man with his hat a little on one side,

the other of a woman who might have

been a twenty- five- -year— —old Selina, min-

us the courageous jaw. Looking about

for a fitting place on which to stand

these leather-framed treasures she

considered the top of the chill drum,

humorously, then actually placed them

there, for lack of better refuge, from

which vantage point they regarded he1

with politely interested eyes. Perhaps

Jakob Hoogendunk would put up a

shelf for her. That would serve for

her little stock of books and tor the

pictures as well. She was enjoying

that little flush of exhilaration that

comes to a woman, unpacking. There

was about her trunk, even though clos—

ed but‘this very day, the element of

surprise that gilds familiar objects

when disclosed for the first time in

unfamiliar surroundings. She took out

her neat pile of warm woollen under—

wear, her stout shoes. She shook out

the crushed folds of the wine-colored

cashmere. Now, if ever, she should

have regretted its purchase. But she

didn’t. No one, she. reflected, as she

spread it rosily 011 the bed, possessing

a wine-colored cashmere could be al-

together downcast.





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classed hunk. 'Already the room were

the aspect of familiarity - '

From beiowstairs came the hiss of

frying.- Selina washed in the chill

water of the basin, took down her hair

and coifed it again before the swimmy

little mirror over the wash-stand. TShe





adjusted" the stitched white bands of ‘





the severe collar and patted the cuffs

of the brown lady’s cloth. The tight

basque was fastened with buttons

from throat to waist. Her fine long

head rose above this trying base with

such grace‘and dignity as to render

the stiff garment beautiful The skirt

billowed and puffed out behind, and

was drawn in folds screw the front.

It was a day of appalling bunchiness

and equally appalling tightness in





. dress; of panniers, galloons, plastrons,





reveres, bustles, and all manner of

lumpy bedevilment. That Selina could

appear in this disfiguring garment a

creature still graceful, slim, and pliant

was a shee1 triumph of spirit over

matter.





She blew out the light new and de-

scended the steep wooden stairway to

the unlighted parlor. The door be«

tween parlor and kitchen was closed.





‘Selina sniffed sensitively. There was





pork for supper. She was to learn





’ that there always was pork for sup-





per. As the winter wore on she de-

veloped a horror of this porcine fare,

remembering to have read somewhere

that one’s diet was intime reflected in





' one’s face; that gross eating made one

gross looking. She would examine her _





features fearfully in the swimmy mir-

ror—the lovely little white nose—~was

it coarsening? The deep-set dark eyes

—were they squinting? The firm sweet

lips—were they broadening? But the

reflection in the glass reassured her.

She hesitated a moment there in the

darkness. Then she opened the kitch-

en door. There swam out at her a

haze of smoke, from which emerged

round blue eyes, guttural talk, the

smell of frying grease, of stable, of

loam, and of woollen wash freshly

brought in from the line. W'ith an

inrush of celd air that sent the blue

haze into swirls the outer kitchen door

opened. A boy, his arm piled high

with stove—wood, entered; a dark,

handsome sullen boy who stared at Se~

lina over the armload of wood. Selina.

stared back at‘hi'm, There sprang to

life between the boy of twelve and the





woman of nineteen an electric current .





of feeling.



“Roelf,” thought Selina; and even

took a step toward him, inexplicably

drawn.



“Hurry then with that wood there!”

fretted Maartje at the stove. The boy

flung the armful into the box, brushed

his sleeve and coat—front mechanically,

still looking at‘Selina. A slave to the

insatiable maw of the wood-box.



Klaas Pool, already at table, thump--

ed with his knfe. “Sit down! Sit

down, teacher.” Selina hesitated, look-



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' , HAT sort «of folk are other folk

‘ : ’curiOus about? If you could

stand on the street corner to

.1 see a particular person pass, who, of

all. the people living would you choose

to see? Once I' stood for two hours

of a raw February day, in London, to

see King George and Queen Mary go

by in the gold-plated coach of state.

The streets were lined with people for

blocks. In front of us stood a line of

police, and in front of the police a line

of soldiers. A tiny English woman

stood near me, rather poorly clad.‘ Said

she, “I have never seen my king.” She

spoke in a'tone of' reverence. Said

‘the big cop in front, “Come here,

mother, and stand right here by me,

and you will get a good'view of him.”

When the procession began, it was

long- before the royal pair appeared.

There were foreign ministers and am-

‘ bassadors of eve-

ry degree, then

soldiers on foot,

cavalry, halber—

diers i n' t h e

quaint garb of

three centuries

back, and finally

the coach of state,

drawn by eight

. cream colored

horses. The nigh horse of each pair

carried a rider. The coach, weighing

four tons, as I remember it, built a

hundred years ago, lumbered past.

Their majesties bowed to the cheers,

and kicked exactly like their pictures?





 





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SOMETIMES people will gather in





crowds for peculiar purposes. Jack- are happy. it is when we withhold





ie Coogan, the small American who is





making a fortune on the screen, was miserable.





mobbed the otherday in this same





London, people climbing on the side W HEN young and vigorous Dr. Wil—





of his car to get a look at him, until





he had to be hustled away by a secret service in the Labrador country, it

route. One of the largest crowds as- was a princely act. But when a little

sembled at any funeral in Chicago, girl walked for several miles in \Vales ,

could be seen last summer when a to get a copy of the Bible, we are noti

murderess was buried. She had dis- so impressed. Yet the little girl’s act‘





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humiliating; to be Sent to get: a donkey

and lead it through the streets. But

the two went, and did not know that

in this humble service they were ful-

filling prophecy; did not know they

were doing something that would be

told and retold for thousandsof years;

did not know that in thus humbling

themselves they were to be exalted.





THE Lord hath need of him.” The



, fact that the celebrated young

Teacher required a mount for some

hours was sufficient reason why the

animal should be loaned. The owner

was one of the nameless good people

of the New Testament. Would you

like to be famous, immortal, though

nameless? This donkey-owner was one

such. The poor widow who cast her

all into the treasury box in the temple

is another, and the Sycrophonician

mother was another. “’9 all love the

idea of never being forgotten. “Will

I be remembered in history?" asks the

dying Garfield. But the Bible has its

own way of immortalizing people with—

out giving their names. That must

have been an attractive, Winsome lass

who told Naaman about the prophet in

lsrael, and got him to go there and be

healed of his leprosy, but her name

is not given.





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The little beast that was loaned to;

Christ was honored above all otherl

animals of history? “'hat would you

give, to ride an animal once ridden

by Christ? Everyone has some gift,

talent, that can be of use in the ser-

vice ot‘ the King. It is when we freely

surrender the use of this gift that we





these things that we are poor and





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an attempt to kill his wife, and had

then added to the adventure by killing

herself. Police were necessary to han-

dle the morbid throng that gathered

to witness the funeral.





Not this sort of'a crowd was it that

lined the highway. to watch the Nazar-

ene ride in Jerusalem. Joy was theirs,

giadness and the voice of praise. They

did not know they were singing an—

thems just prior to his death. It was

all very simple, very spontaneous and

beautiful. Hosanna was the only word

that expressed their feelings. It is a“

Hebrew word meaning, “We praise

thee, we adore thee.” There was no

organized chorus. People sang because





' they wanted to. Old people, children,





youths. They could not help it. It

was a “testimony” meeting where eve-

rybody took part at the same time.





HEN Christ entered Jerusalem, it



was the beginning of the end. If

we may speak of His life as a drama,

the last act was about to begin. The

writers of the gospels recognized the

importance of the death of their Lord,

for one-third of the total length of the

gospels is devoted to the death and

resurrection. It, is a‘ if a man wrote

a life of W'ashington,§1nd allotted one-

third of his book ’0 \Vashington’s

death. We must remember that

Christ’s 'death was‘the summing-up of

his. whole life. \Vhatever He did or

taught, found its completion and glor-

ification in the Death and the Resur—

rection.





As the little company camenear the

city, He sent two disciples to go and

find a beast on which He was to ride.

Without questioning, they went. It was

a very. humble errand. The beast was





a donkey. After three years training





thuld seem a bit trifling, not to, say,





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sent the Bible to millions of people in]

all parts of the world. The King pays t

big interest rates.





The procession of palm-waving folk





 





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put their farms on a paying basis.





 





Money for these Loans is secured through the issue of Federal

Land Bank Bonds. In this way, the savings of thousands of in—

vestors, large and small, are gathered into the Banks to be dis‘

tributed to those farmers who can use them profitably.





There is no safer investment than these Bonds. The Federal

Land Banks operate under strict Government supervision and are

managed by men long trained in banking methods and well ac-

quaintéd with farm conditions. Every Bond is guaranteed jointly

by all the twelve Federal Land Banks with combined capital and

reserve exceeding $50,000,000.





Federal Land Bank Bonds are tax»free, inheritance taxes only

excepted. And interest received from them is free from all in;

come taxes.





Money invested in Federal Land Bank Bonds earns a good rate

of interest, unfailingly paid twice yearly. Price and current rate

will be gladly quoted on request.





In case of need, Federal Land Bank Bonds can be turned into

cash on Short notice. Or, they can be used as security for a loan

at your local bank.





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$10,000. Your choice of coupon or registered form. Delivered

by registered mail; all correspondence confidential. Look for the

words “The Federal Land Banlo” appearing at the top of every

Federal Land Bank Bond.





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Sawéreleansflfs. Berkeley, Cal. St. Paul, Minn. Houston, Texas

Wichita, Kansas Omaha, Nebr. Baltimore, Md. Spokane, “r ash.





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”P addressing nearest Federal Land Bank or the Fiscal Agent.





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drew near the city. The View they





could see the palace built by Herod





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the Great, the palace of the ' High

Priest, and, “above all, with its alter-

nate red and white marbles, reflecting

the morning light in such fiery splen-

dor, as to force the spectator to avert

his glance, there rose the Temple——

that mpst venerable shrine in all the

world.”

E wept over the city. Doubtless

lie weeps over the modern city,



too. Anyone with a heart will, when

he learns some of the black secrets

that are to be found beneath the sur-

face. A few years ago the, best hymn

on the city was written, which is now

found in many hymn books. It speaks

volumes. Here is one verse:

\l'here cross the crowded ways of life,



“here sound the cries of race and



clan,



Above the noise of selfish strife,



We hear thy voice, 0 Son of Man.



Christ could weep because he was a

real Man. Tears are not necessarily

eifiminate. Tears are loud-Speakers.

He knew that as far as Jerusalem was

concm‘ned, he had come to the world

in vain. The hearts of its leaders

were as hard as the stones in the

walls. In the mind's eye He could see

the city surrounded by armies, taken,

sacked, laid waste.





 





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

JANUARY 4.





SUBJECT:~Ch1-ist’s ‘Triumphal En-

try. Lk. 19.29-44.





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E have all seen women who

dressed. in such a. way that one

. could always imagine that» a tag

should be somewhere visible about

their clothes, reading “Reduced to

$1.98.” Too often a “bargain hunter"

will not find it necessary to inform her

intimates that she frequents the bar-

gain counte1.s

Always remember that there is a.

reason behind every reduction in price.

Perhaps the article is extreme in style,

and so has quickly “gone out.” Such

an article should be well considered

before buying. An out—of-date dress

may contain much good material, and

if priced low enough, may be made

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But in making such a purchase, watch





‘for slash-pockets, and other features





that may cut into the goods.

Last summer I spent in a large city,





and while the1e I did a great deal of





dressmaking. As I advertised in two

dailies, my patrons were from wide

and varied walks of life, but it took

but a moment for me to distinguish

the bargain hunter who boughtbe-

cause things were cheap, rather than

because she could make a saving. One

such woman brought me a navy tricol-

ette dress that she had bought at a

leduced p1i.ce She was a. large wom-

an, and the dresses were a broken lot,





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sudden rise of’ the mercury

in the barometer, indicate little

else than the changeableness of

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so she had been unable to get her size.

However, she decided that a smaller.

size would make her a blouse. It did,

but a pretty crepe collar and tiny vest

cost her nearly two dollars, and by the

time she had paid me for making a

blouee it had cost her nearly twice as

much as the blouse would have cost"

if purchased from the regular stock.



One is always safe in buying stand-

ard goods because it is always uniform

in quality. Cotton sheetings may often

be purchased in this way, at quite a

saving, and laid away for future use.

Neither cotton nor linen will deterior-

ate with age.



,Not long ago I noticed some beauti-

ful‘chiffon taffetas on sale at the un-

heard-of price of fifty cents per yard.

It was an all silk product, and~in a

wide range of colors, so I knew that

there must be some other very appar-

ent reason for the reduction. Exami-

nation showed it to be old stock, and

was ba cracked.



Most arge department stores ha1e

regular sales at given seasons, where

real bargains are offered. We always

attend these sales in the fall, and ob-

tain there goods for next summer’s

wardrobe. Of course, many of the

pieces offered are in pronounced plaids,

checks, stripes or designs, the fad for

which has already passed. These we

pass by, and choose those of conserv-

ative pattern. Underwear may also be

purchased at these spring and fall

sales, at a real saving, and then laid

away for the'next year.



Hats—really nice, wearable affairs,

may often be purchased out of season,

at as low a price as $1.00. If you use

care in your seleCtion it will be possi-

ble to get styles that his not extreme

and that even the most critical would





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sible to get real bargains there, but I

do not call it economy to buy a fours

yard remnant for a. few cents per yard

less than the regular price, if three

yards is all that is required for the

garment. It is also worth something

to be able to buy from the regular

stock.



Practical stickeri and rick rack

braids are often reduced to a mere

fraction of their original cost. Em-

broidery threads are also often reduc-

ed. These are usually dull shades, but

most pieces of embroidery call for a

dull shadeor two. I recently purchas-

ed over fifty skeins of such cottons, at





a cent a skein.





_ Towels, wash cloths,

sheets and pillow cases are often ma-

terially reduced because the pieces are

shelf-worn and need laundering before

using, Attention, however, should be

given to such pieces, to see that they

are not damaged goods. ~Nelle Por-

trey.





WHEN WINTER COMES.





 





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HESE are some of the things we‘





are preparing this winter that will

help us out during the summer and

early fall.



For the house, we are getting our

meats ready for summer. We fry

down most of our hog, with the excep-

tion of two or three roasts. These

pieces we roast as we would for im-

mediate dinner, and then place in a.

utensil or crock and cover with lard.

We usually butcher a beef, cold-pack

the most of it. We sometimes fry

down a crock of beefsteak, which

tastes very good in the summer time.

These meats are very easily prepared

in the summer time by a few minutes

heating anda nice gravy can be made.



For the firm w01k, or barn work





tablecloths, -





crates are mended ready for fall use.

The mending of grain bags that mice

and rats have chewed is a very nice

job on cold winter days. "

Chicken coops for next spring’il

chickens are being made now also, as

there is no rush for farm work like in

the spring—Mrs. O. U... Grass Lake.





TESTED RECIPES.





 





' Stuffed Steak. >





.1115 lbs. steak ' 1 qt. canned tomatoes}

1 onions Potatoes





Put meat in roaster. Slice oniOns'

orer this and pour tomatoes, over all.

Peel potatoesior the meal and lay

around steak so“ one-half of potato is

in the tomato juice. Cover and bake

until done, Will serve four persons.



Sour Cream Jumbles. ‘





1 cup sour cream 1:5 tsp. salt

1 cup sugar 3% cup cocoanut.





3 cups flour



- Beat the eggs and add the sugar and

the milk. Sift the flour, soda and salt

and add to the first mixturefladd the

cocoanut last. Roll out about quarter

inch thick and cut with a. jumble-cut-





ter. More flour may be added if nee

essary.

' Celery Chowder

1 tb. flour 2 pts. finely cut celery

2 egg-yolks 1 cup diced carrot

'Salt and pepper to 1 small onion. minced

taste 2 tbs-putter ’





Cook the celery in water to cover

until tender, (the leaves and outer

stalks may be used). Put through a

sieve, saving the water for'soup. Cook”

diced carrot until tender. Saute mine»

ed onion and carrot in the butter until

delicately brewned. Add the hot milk:

and thicken with the flour mixed with

a little cold milk or water. Combine:

the vegetable and milk mixtures and,

cook together until well blended. Sear»

son to taste with salt and pepepr. Just;

before serving add the beaten egg-1

yolks. Serve with strips of toast.





Snowy Days are Sewing Days





T is during the winter days and



long winter evenings that the house-

wife finds time to get the family

“sewed up” for the year. There are

many articles of- clothing that even

the inexperienced sewer can make if

she has a few simple rules to follow.



To help with the kinks in doing the

home sewing, we have available to you

a “Complete Course for the Home

Dressmaker.” This booklet contains

ten lessons in dressmaking. The text

is well written, and together with sev-

enty illustrations, the following sub-





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 





 

   





 





 

 

   





,to Handwork Department AMicmgsl‘.‘

We





jects are clearly discussed:



Basting, overcasting, Seams of all

sorts, cording, shirring, ruffling, ruch-

ing, feather stitch, fagot stitch, hem-

stitch, rules for individual measure-

ments, points on altering patterns, the

making of shirtwaists, skirts, waists,

sleeves, girdles, corset Covers, cami-

soles and combinations, the layette,

boys’ clothes, mending, patching, darn-

ing, etc.



For a copy send twenty-five cents to:

Handwork Department, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. "



If you are interested in embroideiy,

be sure to get our “Complete Come/31

in Embroidery.” The ten lessons are

exceptionally well explained. Seventy

illustrations show how to do the fol-

lowing stitches.



Chain or loop, cross, long and shmi.

solid Kensington,‘satin, raised satin...

buttonhole single and double, blanked.

ladder, Mexican, eyelet, lace, fish Inert.

coral single and double? French knot.

stem, couching of every kind with ten

separate illustrations; Persian double:

and single, ismit,‘ janian, lattice, Ro-

man, ship ladder, wheat ear, border.

reverse bias, overlap, solid overlap, tap-

estry, bullion, corn or twine, seed,

beading, Bulgarian, darning, brick, pais-

tern darning, Queen Anne, over cast,

bird’s eye, pecot, rope, leaf, fancy

gross, spider‘ web, cushion, gobelin.

tent, star, point matte and arrow head.



For a copy send twenty-five cent:
Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

ydur letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





HOW I KEEP FRESH MEAT.





 





 





E thinkflthat we have the best



way of anyone to keep fresh

meat. We take a barrel that will hold

water, with one endvopen; put a crate

or .box in the barrel; pour in water to

Within three or four inches of the top

of crate or box and let the Vwater

freeze; placebgards on top of crate

and put in meat; cover top of barrel

tight, and put in a cool place. We have

kept meat nice and fresh for months

in that way.-VV. W.





REMOVING PAINT AND VARNISH.





 





Will you pleaSe tell me how to re-

move old paint and varnish?—Mrs. B.





With two parts ammonia mix one

part turpentine. Apply to surface and

scrape off. ,There are also several com-

mercial paint'and varnish removers on

the market. ..





I hOW TO MAKE SCRAPPLE.





 





Please send me a recipe for making

scrapple.——Mrs. W. M. .



Trim all meat from the head and

soak over night in water containing a

little salt. Then cook with hearts,

tails, tongues, and feet, or any of the

other trimmings for which you do not

seem to have other use. Cook until

the meat can easily be separated from





1 SE





the bones” Dip off the liquid ahd chop



the meat fine. Return meat to kettle,

season to taste 'with salt and pepper

and cover with liquid and boil fifteen

'minutes. Season and stir corn meal

into the boiling liquid and meat until

the mixture is about three-fourths

mush and one-fourth meat. Be sure

to add the meal slowly, and stir con-

stantly or- big lumps of meal will form.

Boil thoroughly and pour'into shallow

pans to cool. Slice and serve cold or

fry in fat.





 





’ BRIGHTEN UP THE PIANO.





 





Please tell me something with which

I can safely polish my piano.—»Mrs. T. ‘

Mix equal parts of linseed oil, tur-

pentine and vinegar. Saturate a soft





cloth with this mixture and rub the

surface well. Polish with a clean

Chamois.



If you wish to keep the gloss On





your linoleum, when washing it use

lukewarm water to which has been

added a tablespoont‘ul of kerosene to

a half bucket of water. You will find

this to be an excellent cleanser, and

at the same time a preservative.—

Mrs. J. J. O'C.





‘ .t.





To prevent a mussed-up looking oil

stove, learn to turn the blaze just a

sufficient height to promote“ boiling,

but not high enough so that the lid

will be lifted on the kettle, allowing





 





 





the steam to escape.--M. A. P.





 





 





 





‘   "Doings In





' ‘ 1716 Woodland F0//€.f G0 a Staff/2’





VERYONE in Vt'oodland, from the

big folks to the little folks, were



., ‘ ; “waiting for the Pond d'oWn by the

Old Willow Tree to put on its crystal

winter dress.



Early one Cold morning, “Rap-a-tap!

tap!” sounded on the door at Bruin’s

house.



“Well, good morning, Willie Wood-

chuck,” said Bruin in answer to the

knock. _ “What brings you out so early

in the morning?"



“Good morning, Mr. Bruin.

won’t you come down to the pond to

see if the ice is thick enough for our

first skating party?” asked Willie.





Please





 





_\





What a Cold Bath He Had!





“Jack Frost made us a long visit last

night.” ‘



y “The Vicycles are long on the roof.

Perhaps the ice is thick enough. Yes,

I will go,” answered Bruin.



The Woodland folks thought that if

the ice on the pond was thick enough

to hold Bruin. who was so big and

clumsy, it was thick enough for their

first Skating "pa rt’y.“ ‘ ~ ,

' At the 'Pond, Bruin climbed out on

‘ the fallen'iég“. '7 ‘ ‘ ' '





I





 





"LITTLEaFoLKs





.fast as they could go to warm their





‘ing “party of the season.





 

 

 





Woodland





“Plunk! Plunk!

big foot on the ice.

It did not crack.

“Plunkl Plunk! Plunk!”

Bruin’s big feet on the ice.

It did not crack.





Plunk!” went his





went both





“Hip, hurray! Now for our first

skating party,” sang \i'illie “'ood-

chuck.



Swlt'ily the news spread through





\i'oodland. There. would be the first

skating party of the season that very

day. By noon everyone was there.

Then the contests began. Rolly Rabbit

and Frankie Fox had a skating race.

Frankie Fox was very sure he could

win, but when he was within a little

way of the goal he turned to see how

close Kelly was. Just as he turned his

skate struck a stick and kerplunk he

Went to the ice. Rolly went skating

past, the first one to the goal.



\Vhen §andy Squirrel was trying to

see if he could skate faster backward

than Willie Woodchuck, he skated

right into a big hole in the ice. My!

“hat a cold bath he had! Jackie Rab-

bit was right there with an old fishing

pole and fished him out right away.

Sandy ran home as fast as he could

go for dry clothes, and was soon back

again to join the fun.



Molly Meadow Mouse was there with

her tiny little skates, but half an inch

long. When her toes got cold, she

scrambled up into Bruin’s big pocket

and cuddled there until she was warm.



All the afternoon the fun continued.

When the big sun went to bed behind

the hill, they all scampered home as





‘ftoses and noses” and to tell of the

good" time they had‘ at their first skat-





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





   

   





   





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Dear Uncle Frank:



I am just crazy over books. In the

year of 1922 I read over 100 books.

Can anybody beat that?



I am eleven years old and am in'the

eighth grade. on this month’s report

card I got five A’s and one B. I am

going to try to get all A’s this month.

I hope W. B. has the indigestion and

lock-jaw when you get this letter.—

Your nephew, Lester Anderson, M. C.

Barryton, Mich.





You have .a. geod reading record as

well as a school record to. be proud of.

Keep it up, only don’t negelct whole-

some outdoor exercise.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:

Say, Uncle Frank, isn’t nature queer,





‘ because, whenever a storm is coming





the rabbits always stay close to their

holes and sea gulls fly about a half

mile inland. Anyway, that is how I

tell a storm is coming. Well, good-

bye—Your want—to-be niece, Eleanor

Gibson, South Haven, Mich. -





No. I don’t think nature is queer.

It is wonderful. Are you just as good





. at turning somersaults, and mocking





birds as you have been?





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Did you ever play basket ball? I

do, and like it very much. I played on

the high school team last year and

will again this year. I played volley

ball this Year, and our school got the

cup.



Our school has organized an Agri-

culture and Home Economics Club.

There are forty members, twenty boys

and twenty girls. I hope we will make

a success of it.



We have an orchestra at our school.





 





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“'e organized it last year, and have





 





 





 





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‘twelve people in it. I play the violin.

; “e have a. farm of 160 aC1es. Asl

ihaxe no brotheIS, I help papa on the

iai n1 Last year I cut the hay, wheat,

oats and barley. My sisters and I also

had an acre of cucumbers. \Ve made

$200 011 that.

; My \‘lOIIll lesson is waiting for me,

'so I must close.



Thank you very much for my M. C.

i11i11.~AJeanne E. Ratzloff, Mason, Mich.



I am glad to know that you are so

lactive in school affairs. It is mighty

good training as well as being enjoy-

able





 





Dc a1 Uncle Frank.





At last people have something to

ltalk about besides bobbed hair—and

that thing is cross word puzzles. Aren’t

they fun? I get so fascinated that I

almost neglected my Christmas gifts.

But I’m not the only one. I know a

woman who didn’t get her washing out

until thiee o’clock because she stopped

to w01k moss words.





High school is so.interesting this

year. The livest organization in it is

the agricultural club. January 9 and

10 we. are putting on an Ag-H.E. Ex-

position for the farmers of Barry coun-

ty. The business men of Hastings are

contlibuting the prizes, and we have

such fun soliciting them, and winning

over the crabby ones. I am chairman

of the home economics half, so, of

course, I have to be on the job every





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, minute, but none 'of us mind it.





This letter is as long as an Austral-

ian ballot, now. —_Your M. 0. friend,





 





‘ Many Cur/er: Dzrowr V amour Sufi/act;





the Mailbag





Georgia Brown, R33, Hastings, Mich.



Cross-word puzzles will cause as

much trouble as cross words, if they

keep women fromywork like that. I

bet you are enjoying your school “activ-

ities. Hope your exhibition will be a

success.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: '





As the year is nearing a close I de-

cided to write to the Merry Circle. I





 





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“My Conception of Uncle Frank ” by

Dorothy Rake.



don’t want to forget our part of the

paper, as through it I found a very

dear friend. We have corresponded

for about two years. Last year, while

on our trip through Michigan, we stop-

ped at he1 home, which is near Ionia,

but much to my sorrow she was visit-

ing at another city.



We weie “bent” on seeing each oth-

er so when she and her sister were

visiting near here I had them come

and visit me for a few days.



They certainly are lovely friends and

they seem as if we had always known

them, they were so home-like.



I must retire so my brain will be

rested and able to do my helpful but

hard Latin lesson in the morning—A

revived niece, Lucille Stuckey, Red-

ford, Mich.





I had been wondering what had be

come of you. It makes me happy to

know you have found such a nice

friend through the Merry Circle,





 





Dear Uncle Frank: -



Thanks ever 'so much for the pin

and membership card. I think it’s

great fun to figure out the cross-word

puzzles, look up the read-and-win con-

tests, and give your opinions on the

worth-while school and political topics.



Why not discuss great national and

state problems? Many of the citizens

of today don’t even know the every-

day problems which our government is

up against. These contests would

cause us to take a greater interest in

our government affairs and to realize

the immense task our President and

congress really have before them.



I’m sending a small contribution'for

lthe Merry Circle Fund. Long may it

we!



Thanking you again for the pin, I

am another niece, Betty Cramei, Com-

stock, Mich.





Yes, let us discuss such subjects;

but, why didn’t you start the ball roll-

ing? Thanks for the “contrib” to the

Fund.





“THE MICHIGAN FARMEfl.”





By Hazel Walworth, North Adams, :

Michigan ’

We’ve a paper called “The Michigan

Farmer,”



Every column is surely a. charmer,

But the “Boys’ and Girls’ Page,”

Suits one of my age,



Let’s all read “The Michigan Farmer."





 





There a fashion page for the ladies,





And lots of cute things for the babies, *





But the “Boys’ and Girls’ Page”

Is best for my age,

Though each one of the waste box

afraid is.





If a farmer wishes to keep,





Hogs, horses, pigs, chickens, or sheep, '





Let him ask his small boy,

Who reads our page with joy,

And he’ ll not lose a minute of sleep.





0h, “The Farmer’ s” the paper for 'me," i





For I think you can all plainly see,

That whatever’s worth knowingy

“The Farmer” is showing, . !'





Yes, “The Farmer’ s” the paper for me. I





This limeriCk came in too late to be

considered in the contest —Uncle

Frank. '





11,; ‘





a:
by a train!”

this saying” more





 





MBITIOUS Phil Bryery came

forth onto the narrow balcony

which bordered three sides of

the living-ro6m and gazed dully about.





. Across the room his sister, Jacqueline,





was hanging listlessly from the railing

by her knees. Below her old black

Lilly was picking up trinkets that had

fallen from her knicker pockets, and

scolding softly in her droll southern

tjne. .



“Ah sho den’t know what I’s all a

goin’ to do with yo’, Miss Jacqueline.

170’ all keep yo" old mammy hoppin’

all ob de time.”



This Was too 11111011 fo1 the restless





Phil, so he called across the room,

"Smarty!”



“Coward!” retu1 ned Jac, eyeing him

cooly.





He retreated to think of a come—

back to cover the fact that he didn’t





' possess the nerve to hang in this reck-





less fashion, but finally returned to

the most promising field of entertain-

ment, that of: teasing Jacqueline. Ap-

parently she did not see him, as he

folded his arms on ‘the railing and

1gazed at her critically.



“Tomboy!” he teased.



‘fSissyV she returned.



Mrs. Bryery interrupted here. “Jac-

queline, you get down from there and

stop worrying Lilly. While we’re in

the reforming act you and Phil may

as well stop qua11'eling, for I can’t

write with you two hissing at each

other.’ . i

' “Let' s go ove1 to the pickle factory,’

suggested Phil, 1ep1ess1ng the enticing

desire to tease her.



{'Oh, let’s! it’s just started.”





‘.After some persuasion Mrs. Bryery‘





withdrew. her objections and they

Started 'with her calling instructions

after them.



About a qua1te1 of a mile from the

house they came to the railroad, fol-

lowing to its fo1k whe1e one way led

to the pickle factory and the other to

town, down the line several miles.



Hearing the shriek of the engine

'whistle they whirled about and saw a

freight: .train‘ approaching.



“Get across to the other track,” call-

ed'Jac.’ As she started to run she

cahght her foot in the cattle guard of

the main track. Seeing this, Phil ran

wildly to her rescue. She was pulling

desperately but with no avail. Phil’s

mind worked quickly and he started to

untie her' shoe string but it knotted.

Since it was a sport shoe he was oblig-

ed to pull hard, but it would not yield.

He grabbed for his knife while Jacque-

line turned white. ,



“Get out!” she shrieked, giving him

a backward push violently.



He turned about only to see her col-

lapse in the center of the track, with

the puffing locomotive not ten yards

away.



Hearing her last scream above the

noise, his eyes closed quickly to shut

out the sight and he only heard the

train go rumbling by. It was a long

train and seemed much longer to Phil.

“hen it had passed he lay, unable to

move for some time. Opening his eyes

to the bright afternoon sunshine every-

thing was silent except for the-rumble

of the train in the distance. Gather-

ing himself together limply he arose

and‘s‘tartedfifor home, carefully avoid-

ing the sight of the spot where he last

saw his sister faint. Slowly he walked





'the few rods to the dusty road down





which he had so recently joyfully trav-

eled, but here he broke into a run.



“0h, mother, mothet. "’ Phil cried,

between' catches of his breath, as he

dropped on the stone steps.



Seeing his state of excitement, Mrs.

Bryery sprang from the lo‘unging chair

and hurried acroSs the porch.



_ “Jac’s dead! She’s been run over

His long run prevented





Cutoff/z: Pnze Starter

By LaVendcc Adolph





.. . is added.





   

 

 





Though she turned deathly pale,

Mrs. Bryeryrwas not the fainting kind,

so calling for-water and the car they

were soon speeding toward the spot.



All were silent, except Lilly, who

wailed loudly, but screamed terrible

When the car stopped short before a.

saucy figure approaching them.



“You darned nut!” it snapped at

Phil. Then turning to Mrs. Bryery it

continued ‘ “Mother, what do you think

he did? He left me fainting with my

foot caught in a cattle guard and went

right home, leaving me to—”



Here she was interrupted by much

embracing, after which she explained

that the train had, by work of the

automatic switch, gone down the pri-

vate track to the pickle factory.





WORK CON'TEST.





AM going to give you a chance to





“Work to Win," (that’s our Merry,





Circle mOtto you know). Just to see

what you can do with it, I ask you to

make as many words out of the let-

ters in “ll'ork to Win” as you can.

Never use a letter in a word more

often than it appears in that motto.



The two which get the most actual

words made from the letters in that

motto will get handsome nickled foun-

tain pens, the next three highest will

receive handy flashlights, and the next

five, cute little boxes 01." candy.



Put your name and address in the





upper left hand corner of your paper,}





and if .you are a Merry Cii'clt-r, put M.

C. after your name. All who make up

a good list of words who are not

Merry Circlers will get M. C. member-

ship cards and buttons.



This contest closes January 9, so

send your paper to Uncle Frank, Mich-

igan Farmer, Detroit, Mich, so that it

will get to him before that time.





 





 





RURAL HEALTH

By Dr. C. H. Lerrz'gn





 





 





 





 





 





TONSILS ARE BAD.



Do you know what could cause the

left side of my neck and head to hurt

nearly all the time? My neck is sunk-

en some and the bones seem to be en-

larged. At times the left side of my

head and neck is sore I can hardly

touch it. I have a tingling in my ears

most of the time and my head feels

heavy. My hair is all falling out. My

tonsils are bad. Could they cause this?

My left tonsil is worse than the right

one—E. J.



Yes. This may all be due to the

diseased tonsils. The swelling is prob-

ably from enlarged glands. Better

have the tonsils removed.





SKIN GLANDS CLOGGED.





What causes white pimples?





They

are like gristlc under the skin and

some come tl1rouglr~Subscribe1z





5





Those “white pimples’ are probably

accumulations from blockage of the

subaceous glands 01' the skin. The

remedy is to increase the activity of

the skin. A cool morning bath fol-

lowed by vigorous rubbing with a

rough towel is an excellent skin tonic.

It is important to see that the diet is

such as to give regular bowel evacu-

ations every day.





LIME IS NEEDED.





I have a baby boy two and one—half

months old, and he Weighs thirteen

and three-quarter pounds. He’s other

wise in good health, but he continu—

ously perspires a cold sweat on the

head and forehead. Kindly' let me

know What ails him.~—Mrs. W. H.



This condition is not uncommon

among babies. It may come from dif-

ferent causes but generally indicates

a deficiency of lime salts. If you are

giving cow’s milk see that lime water





 





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shears, the wound heals quickly and

does not seem to bother the bird more

than a day or two.



I do not believe it is necessary to

A house in which the pul-

lets freezetheir combs is undoubtedly

too cold for profitableegg production

and should be constructed, along differ-

ent lines. Poult1ymen sometimes dub

the pullcts in very cold climates and

do not find it reduces egg production.



When cockelels are held over winter

in colony houses to be sold as spring

breeding stock, it is very diflicult to

keep the combs from freezing. Dub-

bing may improve their breeding 1511119

by reducing the sufféring flom frozen

combs. The bad feature is the fact

that'such birds do not look attractive

and few buyers wish to own them. ,In

general I think that dubbing will never

be largely practiced because of the

injury to the appearance of the birds.

The. bright red combs in a flock of

layers make the flock more attractive

and appearance counts in the poultry

business.





POULTRY HOU'SE VENTILATION.





We built a small chicken coop last

spring, of the shed type with large

windows in front and a. cloth—covered

space in the middle near the top. We

built it for a brooder house in the

first place, but later decided to keep

only a. few hens for the winter and

keep them in this small building, 8x11.

So we put dropping boards and two

roosts in the rear and used it that

way. There is a tight board floor in

it and the whole thing is about six

inches above the ground, set 011 blocks.

Awhile ago, I was of the opinion that

the wind would blow under the build-

ing and make it cold, so I banked it

up all around, about a foot high, with

earth. Now I find that the straw litter

which I put in dry and clean, is soak-

ing wet. and there is steam 011 the. win-

dows. There is a galvanized smoke





coop Would be well ventilated with the

cloth-covered space in front, too Can

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wet?—Mrs. V.





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sixteen square feet of floor space and

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TOBACCO DUST KILLS WORMS.





LARGE Ohio poultry man found

that his 600 hens were infected

with worms. The worms were. ruining

the flock and he got so disgusted that

he sold all but thirty of his birds.

“'11th made him think the case was

a hopeless one, was that he had put

some of the round worms in gasoline

and they lived over nine hours.

Howm'er, the remaining. birds were

treated with tobacco dust for round

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Are the pastures infected with the

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be advisable to put. cattle on this

sheep pasture land, and keep them

there for a year? C. L. K., Posen,

Mich—You- will obtain fairly good re-

sults by giving copper sulphate and

tobacco—one part copper sulphate in

ninety-nine parts water; also one per

cent by weight of snufi steeped in

ninety-nine parts water. From two to

three ounces is a dose for full grown

sheep, the copper sulphate solution is

added to the tobacco water. In my

practice I usually repeat the dose eve- l

ry ninety days, and you may give eith- ‘

er the copper sulphate solution alone,-

or add the tobacco water, this insures

best results; One-half grown lambs

may be given one and one—half ounces

of each mixture. This remedy is also

very effective in the treatment of stom-

ach worms in sheep. Plow up land or

pasture other stock on it next year.





Fits.——“’e have two pups, one six

months old, the other three months

old, and both take fits. I gave. them

castor oil, but this failed to held them.

1 feed them bread, potatoes and milk.

Mrs. F. M. S., Dorr, Mich.-—Epilepsy

is a chronic brain affection, with fits

of disturbed consciousness and sensa-

tion and accompanying muscular

spasms, between which are varying

intervals of: freedom from symptoms.

Its essential causes are not known,

but there is ample evidence to estab-

lish the fact that it is undoubtedly

hereditary. If these fits are caused by

worms, withhold food for twelve hours,

and give fifteen drops of equal parts of

fluid extract of spigelia and senna two

or three times a week.





Indigestion—4K3) have a seven—year-





 





 





old mare that has been running out, ' '

doors until lately, but sheltered dur- Balance the R4110” With





ing storms, also stabled nights. She

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RICH in protein, and highly beneficial to the digestive tract, it

takes but comparatively little Linseed Meal to balance the ration.

You may have been making money without linseed, but you will \ ‘5

make more money with it. It pays mighty well on the investment. As

an example, consider these summaries of a few experiments:



Proved worth {.85 a ton when added





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ration for pigs.—Wisconsin.

Showed a profit of $22.65 in one

month when added to ration for 8

cows—Iowa.



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ShOWed a profit of $12.79 a ton when

added to a ration for fattening baby}

beeves.—Minnesota. 5





Proved worth $53 a ton in fattening' I

lambs—Nebraska.





Perhaps you have been feeding only a very small

amount of Linseed Oil Meal as a conditioner-

You should be feeding more for its protein value.

At any~ rate "get straight" on Linseed Oil Meal .

-—See Just where it will fit in with the feeds on

have and make them far more profita le.

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and milky-like 'in appearance, her ap-

petite is not good. L. W., Hersey,

Mich.»—Give her two tablespoonfuls of

baking soda. a dessertspoonful of pow-

dered gentian, in ground feed two or

three times a day. Feed her some clo-

ver and plenty of roots. Give her daily

exercise, don’t subject her to exposure,

but see that her stable is well sup-

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POLLED SHORTHORN BREEDERS

OVERLOOKED.





I N our recent review of the Michigan

winnings in the International Live

Stock Show, we inadvertently over-



looked the awards coming to L. C.



Kelly & Sons, of Plymouth, who took



second on bulls calved before 1920;



third on cow with calf; fourth on heif-



ers calved between January 1 and June



30, 1923: and fourth on heifers calved



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With his nefarious scheme, has been





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heard of recently in other states. This

paper has carried notices from J. G.

Hays, secretary offithe Michigan State

Holstein Association warning against

Helms. who had swindled Michigan

cattle men.



Look out for a cattle buyer answer-

ing this description: Six feet tall, me- ‘

dium build, weight about 170-190. Hair

light brown. Eyes blue. Gold teeth—~—

believed to be eye teeth. “'ears 3.

watch charm of pearl fashioned as a

cow’s head. Affects a decided south-

ern accv-nt. Has used the. same name,

H. C. Helms. .Claims different places

as his home, but a favorite location

has been Nashville, Tennessee.



His scheme is to enlist aid in buying

cattle. Sooner or later he will attempt

to cash a Check, either for expense

money he needs, or to pay for cattle.

He exhibits letters and telegrams from

a bank identifying himself. These are

bogus. Do not sign on his check as

sponsor.



If you have information regarding

this rascal, wire collect at once to the

officers mentioned in this writeup, or

to the sheriii‘ at Corunna, or Grand

Hays,





 





 





   





 





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ITHpUT a dissenting voice, the

live stock breeders of Michigan

' assembled from all parts of the

state at Lansing last week, indorsed

the present “area plan” for the eradi-

cation of bovine tuberculo is and de-

manded that funds be provided for a

more vigorous campaign. In fact,,the

meeting resolved itself into a testi-

monial affair, each breeder vieing with

the other in expressing their satisfac-

tion in the work and the economic

and public benefits derived from it.

When a breeder from Hillsdale county

produced figures to prove‘that $10 was

added to the value of each one of the

cows which left the county because of

the fact that that county was “clean,”

a, breeder from Livingston claimed

that the premium amounted to $15 a.

head on shipments totaling 110 car-





 





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Registered Guernsey Bull Calf

1; months old. His Sire is Gr‘imtri‘son of Imp. ging of

Tie Ma , price $50. Also eg. cows an some

heifer calves, T. B. tested. E. A. BLACK. Howard

City. Mich.





istered Guernseys

IONEe E RANGER our new Herd SIRE has") a

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

market for better Guemseys, write GILMORE BR08..

Camden. Mich.; J. W. WILLIAMS. No.Adam1. Mich.





SA E Guernsey Bull, May Altose breed-

FOR L ing. 4 years old. A. R. Dam.

531 lbs.'fat. Frank E. Robson. Room 303 M. C.

R. R. Depot Building. Detroit, Michigan.



Springing cows, bred





Breeders IndorscT B work





Many Bemy‘it: Show”





shall we clean up while our average

is below three per cent? From an

economicstandpoint, it pays to eradi-

cate T- B. on the area plan and to do

it as soon as possible. . Michigan: has

been and is, a leader. in this wonderful





1





movement which :means dellars to the .





breeders, and safety and health to the

public.”



The following resolutions were

adopted unanimously by. this large

bodyof breeders:



First—"That we indorse the work

done by the state and federal officials

in the eradication of bovine tuber-

culosis. ,



Second—That We“ recognize the as-





sistance given by the State Adminis- f





trative Board.

Third—That funds be provided by

the coming legislature to complete the





 





This Flock of Black-top Merinos was Recently Presented to the Agricul-

tural College by Interested Breeders.





loads. Packers at the large centers

are paying ten cents a hundredweight

more for hogs from accredited areas

and Hillsdale county shipped over 23,-

000 hogs during the past year, getting

that premium on all. From an eco—

nomic standpoint, all agreed that the

tuberculosis eradication program was

a huge success.



Mr. H. Vi'. Norton, Jr., director of

the Bureau of Animal Industry, gave

a brief resume of the work accomp-

lished so far. There are now seven





 





counties which have been accredited,

which means that the number of re-

actors found therein amount to less

than one-half per cent. Twenty-one

counties have been tested once or

more and will soon be in the accredited





 





list. Twenty more are. on the waiting

list. That funds have not been avail—

able as rapidly as the demand for test-





these counties have been on the wait-

ing—list for over two years, monies

all appropriated and anxiously await-

ing the action of the state.





 





 





Reg' Guemseys For sale heifers. Bull calves.

W. W. BURDICK, Williamaton. Mich. .





. Reg. Guernsey Cows, Bulls and

For Sale Bull Calves. . Record May

Bose Breeding. JOHN EBELS, R. 2, Holland. M1cII.





BOME YOUNG BULLS old enough for service: sired

by our 33.58-1b. Bull. also some fine young Cows in

Calf by same Bull; some Cows just fresh.

All at a veiy low price: choice steak for sale at all

times. E. A. Rohlf, Akron, Mich., R. 3. Box 6,

Telephone 48- R3.





Holstein Friesian Cows and Bulls





for sale. Cowa mostly high record A. R. 0. 3 with

7—day records above 30 lbs. butter. Bulls from h1gh-





 





 





A. Ii. 0. dams. Siro's two nearest dams av-

$312934 lbs. butter. I. A. 'Kidney. Brant. Mich.



‘ Bulls ready for service.

Jersey! 'FOI‘ sale ‘ also a few females. All from

n. of M. dams. Accredited herd. Smith ‘ Parker,

R. D. No. 4. Howell. Mich.



15 00's,! bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to

select from herd of 70. Some fresh. othm bred





for fall freshsninc. Colon C. Lillie. Coopsrsvills. Mich.





" Registered Milking Shorthorn ’b1'111

For Sale“ realves from our great 'Coun

Eickford. " out Also femi heifers.





Basing his figures on the experi-

ences of the past few years, Mr. Nor-

ton predicted that over 27,000 reactors

would be found in the twenty-one coun-

ties which have had tests and those

twenty counties which are waiting to

be tested. If the state is to meet the

cost of the work and the indemnities

on these cows, it will require an an-

nual appropriation of $600,000 for the

next two years. Mr. Herbert Smith,

of the National Live Stock Commis-

sion, speaking on this point, said:

“This is not such a huge sum as you

might think. Unless it is done now, it

will cost much more later on. New

York state is spending-$4,000,000 dol—

lars this year on that work. Shall we

wait until we have infestations





t amounting to fifty per cent, like they





 





eeord dams.

wright. I. W. lSullivan. Augusta. Mich.





have in some counties in New York. or





 





ing, is shown by the fact that five of_





work as outlined by Mr. Norton—$600,-

000 annually for two years. ‘



Fourth—That dairy products ship-

ped from areas that have been tested

once or more may be labeled as such.



Fifth.—-That provision be made for

the appointment of live stock inspect-

ors for the accredited counties.





Sixth.'—That legislation shall be pro-l





vided whereby the owner of reactor

animals shall not receive an indemnity

so large that it, together with the sal—

vage, will amount to more than the

appraised value.



Seventh.~That the administrative

board he requested to provide an emer-

gency fund to take care of such con-

tingencies as “foot-and-mouth” dis-

ease, etc. _ I



Eighth.—~That a committee be ap—

pointed to present legislative matters

to the State Administrative Board.—

E. J. L.





 





WANT LIVE STOCK NEWS SER-

VICE FOR EAST.





 





EPRESENTATIVES of the live



stock selling cooperatiVes of Ohio,

Indiana, Michigan and WeSt Vilginia,

backed by the American Farm Bureau

Federation, are making an effort to in-

duce the senate appropriations com-

mittee to provide sufficient funds for

extending the live stock news service

to the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianap-

olis, Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets.

Fourteen western markets, some of

them small and unimportant, are re-

ceiving this live stock service now.

And the Question is asked: “Why not

give it to the large eastern markets. 9”





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. The M. A. C. stock judging Jteam’

took tenth' place in the cellege judging

contest at the recent International

Live Stock show. 1 . _





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Red Pollsd Cattle.

Heifers and Bull Calves. Also

Prices right. Roystan stock.

R. I. West Branch, Mich.





For Sale.





Registered

some Young Cows.

Em. Will Cattle.





H I II FIE LII 5f:t‘§°§§§&”%ln.°lfiffm ‘ 2'!

rice. Priced right. H. B. Peters 1. 8011. Elsie. Mich.





FOR SALE





 





Registered Milking Shorthorn





 





heifer, yrs. outlined color.

Well built. Eugene Wilcox, Bangor, Mich. ,

To Bu f

Shorthorns 3.1.31...“ ”‘6’ °’





CURTISS. Bay City. Mich.





SHORTHORN BULLS

reds and roses. W. E. Morrish. R. 5. Flint. Mich.

o \illager Shorthom Bull one year old. Sired

ne by \illager Elmdaie by leager Royal. Price

$100. A. &. F. Parmenter, Durand, Mich.

Shorthoms Best of quality and breeding. Bu Ila.





cows and heifers for sale. BBIDWELI.

STOCK FARM. Box 0. Tecumseh. Mich.





Parshall’ s Herefords' TWOflYouna Husky“ m.





Bulls for Sale.

I. B. PARSHALL, R. I. Oak Grove. Mich.





HOGS





lace The Berkshires are militie°éihkbfiefii





 





 





 





 





 





reasonable. W. H. V,ERY Manchester. Mich.

’ boars of good type and quality, weigh-

BOI’kSlIlI‘O ing around 2800 pounds, market:





.Rsavoy. Akron. Mich.





 





Service Bears and Brad Saws





A few sons and daughters of Super Col. Michigan

headquarters for Colonel bred Durocs.





LAKEFIELD FARM, Clarkston, Mich.





 





‘ . Sows and 1111’s bred Laurel

Berkshires Epoehal 10111.41?» 11mg

' Berkshire boar. We also, have three no: good boars





ready for service. Our Berkshires 1121-. ribbons at

Michigan State Fair this‘ year ‘En 1hé'rwd choirs-a

imumne. Prices reasonable- Write”. for Manhattan.

COREY FARMS New Haven. Mich. '- , ,.,_ ,





DUMB JERSEY SWINE ’°" 3““ rm and anal-





ity.our 11111133 Wilts our

wants W. E. BARTLEY, AlmmoMIoh.~~. . ll





Lar a Type DurocSIEWOfiui'i‘; “We?“ ‘3? £11?





 





 





Clye A. Kershaw. Plainwell, Mich.





 





Registered 0.1111113) C. service bears and one.

‘Best.-- of' hurl-ing, m

right i. R. VAN EITEN. Clifford. ll“.





 





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all times. Boers, bred sows, open Wm WW7 at:

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I ‘. ——-—“- y_ . p, . N the {dairy business 'Ipracti‘ce reg-

gifil fiflontlnuedfmm' page 3). , . ularity. I have definite times for

respondipgfilncreasefiin "the number 0f feeding at morning, noon and evening.

[Olive-3 0f, bread, 130st Of meat, bUt' I also start the milking both merning

tier. find cheesé‘, yards 0f 010th; and the and evening at set peribds‘. ' ’ .

like, ' _ ' . This, in the tang run, is convenient.

"I; FONT!" Situation‘ Best in Years. I have the practice so worked into my

5 Two years ago, the DOSSibilitY .Of a system that I would not think of wait-

gfneral Euroyean collapse figured ill? ing a half hour forldoing this work.

8,11}; (1180113530115 05 the. American bUSi‘ Neither company, banks, or agents

njess ind agricultural outlook." That could persuade me to change my chor-

dan’gei'? 'lsj_.‘,passed. While Europe is ins.r hours ten minutes. This habit goes

Sitill‘ in bad-shape, conditions are the far toward making the care of the

nest-.Sinoe the Will‘ and they are grati— cows and the other barn duties more

daily improying. The coming yearis pleaqanL ‘



even more certain to bring a foreign But the advantage is not all in the

industrial revival than to produce bus- convenience. I am certain that the

I cows do better when fed and milked





'ihess expansion at home.



:3 This is gall‘ead." reflected in the ill— at regular times. They seem ready

creased rate at WhiCh foreign COUfl- for their meals at the very instant we

tlrleshave been taking our cotton and are in the habit of feeding them, I

absorbing wool in the primary mar- think the digestive juices then flow

ketsrln the southern hemiSDhere. De- more'freely, so that the animals make

mand'for'wheat. rye, hog products and better use. of their feeds at less ex-

tobacoo will be stronger, as one'of the penditure of energy, And, every man

first effects of reviving industrial ac- who keeps cows knows that we have

Iti‘vity abroad will 'be to raise their to take advantage of every factor that

standards of living from the level of will give us the largest return from

postiwar impoverishment, rather than the roughage ~and grain we feed,~_K,

to build up a fund of savings for pay- L). Ringle. .



ment on reparations or international __h_

debts. This does not mean that more TlMOTHY LOSING CASTE.

'df these food products will be taken

than in 1924, as the size of our surplus





 





T is too bad. This, old friend of

larmers,





Will be in better position to pay good to the rear benches. Competition is

prices. becoming too strong for him. Even

Labor and Supplies May Cost More. now, he is back almost in line with

An era. of business expansion usu— good oat straw.

ally is a period of rising prices. Qu0< deed.

tations on farm products are likely to A: the Agricultural College,

be higher-than in. 1924, on the average,

but prices of other commodities may

gain even more rapidly. The probable

long time tendency of farm prices to





were carried on to determine the rela-

tive value of roughages in the cows’

ration. On the basis of a cow Weigh-

ing 1.204; pounds it took just one pound





gajn'on industrial products may be in- more or? COIlCt.‘llll"cllt‘Ll feed to make up;

between the feeding:





the difference

values of timothy hay and oat straw.



The cows rcCeiving an allowance of

twelve pounds of timothy hay also had ,

thirty-six pounds ot' silage and eleven

pounds or a grain mixture containing!

four pounds of corn meal, l'our pounds I

ol‘ ground oats, two pounds of cotton-I





terrupted temporarily. \Vith a broad



demand for labor in factories and on



construction gangs, wages of farm 1a-



‘bor are likely to be a trifle higher.



This raises the possibility of a slight



gain in farm costs of production.

Less Emphasis on Stock.



The balance between live stock and

grain, which always is in the process

of shifting, is changing to a stronger

emphasis on grain production at pres-

ent. The live stock situation will be

dominated in the early part of 1925 by

higher feed costs. Later on, prospects

for the new creps of feed grains and

hay will, C99.“- grain mixture is needed. With, mixed



Throughout the year, receipts 0f hay the grain requirement ‘is 'ten

hogs Will be lighter than in 1924, and,





seed meal and one pound of oil meal.



The other group of cows had a quan-

ity of oat straw equal to the timothy:

hay red the first group, and one morel

pound of the same mixture of grain,‘;

plus the quantity of silage. 1



It clover hay is substituted for the‘

timothy, then only nine pounds of the





. . pounds; while with alfalfa hay the

111'. the- later mouths, Shortage is llkely quantity of gl'aill is cut to eight

to become a reality, because 'of the pounds.





curtailment of production, of which _ i

there '_is.;positive evidence. Receipts DAIRYING DISCUSSED—PLANS

of cattle also are likely to show some



falling off, because of fewer fed cattle

early. in‘the year and smaller ship- T

ments from the range in the latter

half. Lamb receipts will probably

gain slightly for the year as produc-

tion is under stimulation. The mo~

mentum ot' the trend toward dairying

will be checked, in a measure, by the

feed situation. If good feed grain

crops are harvested in 1925, attractive

prices .for fat cattle and hogs may

caiHSe the pendulum of production in

those two fields of endeavor to swing

the other way again.





 





HE Pincbnning Boosters’ Club and

the farmers of northern Bay

county resumed their series oi? winter

meetings by listening to a splendid,

practical address by Mr. H. E Den-

nison, fieldman for the Jersey Cattle

Club. Every sentence carried with it

a point of practical value to the dairy-

man in his daily business.



H. said in part: “The dairy busi—1

ness will always be good for the man

who is in it ‘right.’ By that I do not

mean the average man who produces

_ , less than 3.300 pounds of milk per cow.



In sum, we can count upon some That man has no license to make mon-

crops in‘19‘2p5 being larger than in 19:34, cy. The man who keeps scrub bulls;

and others smaller, depending upon and expects to get profits from the:

which are favored by the weather. The dairy business is doomed to disappoint-l

total of all crops is not apt to change ment and is not in the business ‘right.’$

a great deal unless the weather de- PIIICCS may drop but the man who has;

parts far from the normal. Most pro- a high production per cow is still go-‘1

duction will be less than in 1924, with ing to make money.



.dairy.and.»poulti*y products probably We must have good tools to work

much the same. with. Good cows are obtained through



:Wi-thV-the promise of larger domestic breeding, feeding, and care. All three

consumptiOn -and improved foreign are in the control of the farmer. Use

buying power, prices should be enough good purebred sires, feed the cows





any-rise in production costs, giving the Testing Association can locate the





timothy hay, is moving;





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twice aday, one week in each month

will bring many added dollars in your:

monthly milk check. The strain of

winter feeding needs this invigorat—

ing medicinal offset right now. Try

this plan on all of your cows and.

note results.





Calving—the strain of reproduction

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The genital and digestive organs,

carrying this great added burden,

need help — invigorating medicinal

assistance. Otherwise there is a

breakdown. Diseases and disorders

creep in and the productive capacity

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calving, nothing could be more sat—

isfying in its results than the invig-

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Kare. A tablespoonful

l in the feed twice a day

’ for two weeks before,

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Such cow ailments as Barrenness.

Abortion, Retained Afterbirti‘a,

SCOUI‘S, Garget, Milk

Fever, Lost Appetite,

etc., result from run

down digestive and

genital organs.

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because it builds up the

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intended. At the first

Sign of cow ailments, let:

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Send direct to us if you fail to find it locally.





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0 | 0' last. spring pigs, either sex. not akin. from

- = Ship: strong Sl0\'k, recorded free. OTTO 8..





January Discount sale SCHULZE & sons, Nashville. Mich.

MW... Francisco Farm Poland llhmas

NOW offeringr some wonderful bred gilts. granddaugh-





includes a choice selection of excellent . . . . . . - . ..

. . . 4 . . . . :t ml ( rand ( hampum—at price. you cm.

lines of breeding With wonderful record if; “EMF!” P‘op'E, Mt. pleasant, Mich. ’





backing. 0"

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Poland (‘hina Hogs for sale.

SPOtted Boar Ready for Survive. and a

few sows. Sam Bueschler. Elkton, Mich. .

‘ Spring Bears for sale. Place your

Hampslures order for Gilts Brcd to order. 11th

year. John W. Snyder. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





 





Bureau'of . ~ Bo The

men Fa“ Pigs either sex, by the great at.

"ATE "SIDS ‘ ' . Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best



' Animal InduStry of dams. W. E. Livingston, Parma. Mich. ,

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average farmer in 1925 the largest in— slackers and teach one how to feed





Lansing, Michigan _ _

C. E. Garnant. Eaton Rapids, Mich.





 





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better than in 1924- to more than offset properly, and care for them. The Cow!





._ _ _ .4, L . . _ in fifty in Michigan knows how to feed

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' FOR SALE Poland China boars and gum.



Best of breeding and choice in-

Immune for cholera. Registered tree.

sey bullf14 months old. Also, three No. 1 Guernsey WEN-5V "ll-E» “"‘3- "'0“-





o . th e rs old. F s 'i s. Ca‘h or .

legit; and}? Box No. 517731.19an 1 action. fl Additional Stock Ads-0n 9-3023
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" to Europe have dropped to the irre 'ers‘ report fairly ,umerous'lmiuirles , .

, GRAIN QUOTATIONS ducible minimum and foreign" demand for the holiday season. . ,. . fowls and'chi





. is showin more activ1ty at the, mo- ' ‘ . - dice. onvaccount .ot, the disease ep.

Monday, December 29- ' ment thalgl at any time for a long . _ FEEDS , “ (lend? rules against ;td§e‘lattfir.. ',

Wheat. while. The visib e supply remains Prices for all ally-product, feeds show ' Ch cago.-4'Eggs,lext ; “@630; mis’





 

 





near the peak of the season but lpri- a.fir_mer tone as cold weather is stlmr cellaneous 46@56’c; d rties 34 360;

Detroit—No. 1 red at 31-89; No. 2 mary receipts are falling and an in- ulatlng the demand and the output checks 31@32c; fresh'.ilrsts 50‘, 57c:

red 31-88;"NO- 3 red $185; No. 2 white crease in clearances would probably from mills is falling off. While the dew ordinary firsts 35@40c," Live poultry,

' 31-89,; No. 2 mixed '31'83- , mean rapid shrinkage in the accumu- mand is hardly up to normal,» prices hens 15@.‘21c; springers 24c; roosters

Chicago~December $1-751/1@1'75%' lation. Reports upon the new crop in are likely to show an upward trend, 150; ducks 24c; geese 21c; turkeys

, ~ May $1.78%@1-78%; Jllly at $1-527/s- Russia are pessimistic and exports particularly if the grain markets con- 30c pound. - * g

‘ i, > . Toledo—Cash $1.91@1-92- from the last Russian crop are expect- tinue strong. . ‘ HAY .

, f . Corn. ed to be quite small. . Rye will not ens POTATOES , -

fl;— D‘etroi't.——-No. 2 yellow at $1.32; No. gounter such competition from Argen- , .Cold weather has stimulated the de-

= i 3 yellow $1.27. tina and Australia as wheat must un- The carlot movement of potatoes mand for ha ._ and interfered with the





 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Chicago—December at $1.26%; May dergo. ’ . lightened “P Still further last .Week country load ngs, so that. the markets

31-30%@1-30%; July $1-3O%@1~31- and prices have scored a" substantial show a Stronger tone, although prices

. . glam.2 h t 64 N OATS Edge??? incgegluvdfiiagthfdigm (2:121 a??? havefi'not chaliiged muChth Analysis; of

' .— , . W ie c; o. . , , ,

. 3 135330“ New 0 . e313 cafigegefialndsgcggggttsivig ggyiiz also interfered With the demand on the 311.81) 311135;: ifilfiafifie 0111130111: :23) £00133

, ’Chicago.——December 6032C; May at r f {ure de’liver is rather impres- large distributing markets, 50 that the? Mountain states, and the section from

64%0' July 63%0. (11v n It is 91193;] belief that con- strength is rather significant as to the New Mexico east to the Atlantic, have

- ' R e 2 i3 tion of goats will be extremely ”Supply in the hands of retailers Po- a small yield, while New England has

D t 't ——Cash N’d .2 $149 hump and that much higher prices tato prices will probably fluctuate slightly less than last year. Most of

Cfi'gmd—Docembcr’at. $1. 48' May €11 3(rlccur as the supply diminishes around the present level during the the increase which made the 1924 crop

$1 55:3/a‘gJ‘lll $136 ' ’ Xi resent the visible supply is pracL winter as there are undoubtedly large a record-breaker is in the states from

T 1% _§I143' ' ti all at a, record level supplies in storage. Northern round Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, east-

09 0' ' ' c y ' whites are quoted at $1.05@1.25 per ward, . -

. Barley. . ARLEY 100 pounds on the Chicago carlot

Deficit—Barley, malting at 51'05' Export sales of barley have been market. - . . BUTTER





feeding 99c. fairly heavy recently, because of a. se-





. . B_uckwheat. vere shortage abroad. The United ‘ APPLES mgggtfierplpgécfliigge rrgpagil'itiggilfilfiztefi

DetI‘Olt.—Mlllllé%a§ls‘ade $2.33@2.35. States is the principal source at pres- The carlot movement of apples is gradual increase from week to week,

DetrOit.'—Imm9diate, and prompt ent. the lightest at this season in several gefiegp‘is at ltlhe larfgfhl‘ll‘larketeiul'ast W661:



shipment $5-50@5-65 per CWt- . SEEDS . years and prices are gradually work- I; e 3W} 125%? r prec 1‘8 twifi

Chicago.—-Navy, choice $5.90; kid- Markets for most field seeds are ing higher. Demand is reported as eman is 0 ng upon a sa is ac-





. . - 1e. Withdrawals from storage

neys 39-25- ' 11 d a ces uotable m modelate but is undoubtedly adequate tory sca .

New York—Chm” pea at 36-15@ gaflswdthtfienaprige‘ligt. Oqfferings of to take care of the supply. Michigan





6.25; red kidneys $9@9.25. o ntr r uite Baldwins are bringing $6@6.50 a bar- ““939 as large as m the same period

Seeds- Sggllrai%e%hferfin}2§1§§tlof Stile? gems rel in Chicago, with Jonathans at $8 a Mr ogohiéltlprfgsebtr Droguichon %'

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at is tapering off, so that there is little @825. .\running1 _ iebln Ifafh year adl't' mpor 5

“9'8"; ”Site “335‘ “Why ”35‘ pm onhthi, marge“ him reds POULTRY AND EGGS tifutegrline'dismbed‘io‘inol”Shires“;

Ha . leavin first an s. esuppy o soy— r _ _ .' . . . ,

Detroit—No. 1 ti¥nothy $18.50@19; beans gsuitable for seed appears to be Aero_ weather throughout the “lam ngigéngzrelsncliltkedlgcetsgivlee ftlllil'atllllgnslgg:

standard and light mixed $17.50@18' ample. . producmg, sections, whlch curtailed % tho , d . ht .1 h 1:!

No 2 timothy at $16 50@17- No. 1 cld— collections as well as the lay, and an fan 0 Vtylearlan 11111115 feasn Y t1?

ver mixed at $15@16; whe’at and cat BEANS ‘ active demand to supply the holiday 8 Preset! eve 0r 8 91‘ 01‘ 3’10 er





‘ . - . - trade, combined to push prices of fresh month or two. . '

$113“, $10'50@11’ rye straw at $1250 Tgeabgaajtlfiagli‘eetcfigigggfilggdgiifieg eggs higher last week. The decline Ninety-two score creamery is quoted

' Feeds gfigtes g uoted at $5 75@5'85 per 100 which is commonly espected in Decem- at: Chicago 411750; Boston 440; New

Detroit __an at $4'0, standard mi d- poulnds (%or prompt shipment, f;_ 0_ b. ber has not yet put, in its appearance, ){ork 441/2c. In Detroit fresh creamery



dlings $40; fine do $442 cracked corn Michigan points. Severe weather over and With the cold weather continuing, in tubs sells for 37@40c a. pound.





- ' 0 into the new year

' l 50; cho 45 the bean territory has prevented de egg prices may g _

3:5!" tggailnseloo?filx:nslg.gfis. s D $ liveries from growers, stocks are mod- at a higher level than a year ago. . , WOOL

Apples erate at the elevators and most of the Poultry prices advanced from the Trading on the wool market is less





, . weak holders have sold out with pres- low of _a week ago as the market ad- active, but prices are firm and the up-

Chicago prices on 51913195: Northern ent owners inclined to wait for the Justed itself to the heavier supplies of. ward tendency is still manifest. Mills

Spies $76128 .bbl; Baldw1ns_$6@6.50; anticipated improvement in demand live poultry: . The supply of turkeys are inquiring as to Oflerjngs to be

«70113313115 35350079 bbl; Kings $6@ during January. Cold weather also has for the Christmas market was liberal available after the holidays and are

6.50; Greenings $6.50@7 bbl; Wagen- stimulated the jobbing trade and deal- and prices Were steady. Demand gen- shopping around for bargains, showing

ers $5@5.25 bbl; Snows at $4.50~@5; - that they are still much interested.

Winesaps $7@7.50 bbl. - Foreign markets are slightly easy, al-

WHEAT . . . . ghougth thle decline inl prices is Igoség

, ue o c caper woos eing_. 0 er

The advance in wheat prices which a: I S k M k S I V Imports of fine wools at Boston are'in-”

had been under way since the begin- lve tOC ar et 6 Ice creasing, with most of the arrivals go-

:nnlg of December walls1 Interrupted cart: ing direct to mills. The mills also are

y as W68 Y a 63V}! V0 ume 0 buyin some of the contracts held b

speculatigelselling. dTlg)i loss Wgstfulldy Monday, December 29‘ dealeifgs on new clip ‘westernwools.’ y

recovere ater an e mar e a - , . 3. . . at .

vanced well into new high ground for BUFFALO erns $16 50@18 ‘5’ best kmd early





the season. The fresh spurt of strength $19; no clipped sold; fat shee 25@ DETROIT C11! MARKET





 





 





was rather surprising as it came at a HOQS- , , 5$eshl§flergigigfiq 6331, cggi‘g’it' 3700' Practically all root crops took a

time when holiday dullness usually Receipts 12.000. Market {5 closmg e ’ ' ' jump in price on the markets today. ..

dominates the market. Export trade strong to 250 higher; medium and DETROIT . Cabbage and carrots were inwexcep.

also has been more active than ex- heavy $11@11-25; light WelghtS $10-55





tionally good demand. Parsnips, pars-





The world rye crop is estimated at St cke 435 6.00 300; dressed poultry, springers 32c;

1,174,000,000 bushels against 1,495,000,- - Hogs. Mfikergswm, ........ 5400086030 pumpkins 75c; rutabages 50@75c;

000 bushels last lemumakmg a total Receipts 70,000.- Market mostly 15 , Veal 03h,“ spinach $1 bu; Hubbard squash $1.75

reduction in bread grains of 760,000,000 @250 higher. Big packers holding Receipts 472. Market strong and @2 bu; turnips $1.50@2 bu; veal 17c;





 

 

 

 





bushels. back; good 240 to 300.11,. butchers at vegetable oysters 75c dozen bunches;

CORN $10_55@10.90; early tops at $10.95; $2.2?“ higher. $16 50 17 00 honey $1.25 per 5-lb. pail; endive $1.25

. , . _ ............. ....... . . bushel.



S. 0 November 1 when the new oh010€1%oltght2ygobll§)tchors held hllgggn Others ............ . ..... 7.00 15.50



in e , , . - , s , '

corn year startgd, reczesipts at pl‘timlary ffi‘é‘g; 150 {)0 170~1b. flggfifieatflgfig Sheep and Lambs. GRAND RAPIDS

markets have 8911 per 0911 955 - ' h Rece' ts 1,917. Market '5 25 50c .

than in the same period of 1923 or 1%,?‘gls5’39g’égofitmng welg t slaughter higher.1p 1 ’ @ Wheat finished the on year about

1922. Nevertheless, about as much Cattle. Best lambs ............. $18.50@18.75 60c a bushel higher than-it started in

corn has been added to the “511219 Receipts 23,000. Market is uneven. Fair lambs .............. 14.50@16.25 Smilax ngidi’i 011?ng wand-$1.75 a.

supply as In either Of those years, 111’ Fed steers fairly steady; tops higher. Light to common ..... .. 9.00@13.50 gs e. uracf ca '5' every 11% prod??-

dlcating that the commerolal demand on 1,400 lbs. and upwards; light and Fair to good sheep ...... 8.00@ 9.50 9 11:90“ ehorm excep note 0 "nu:

is “frgwer .thém giggfhengugg 510$; handyweight offerings1 2gcarce, filfnlld Igull}: andbcommon §33@1?.gg tfiinabningoafyagze”1333312”?ng

muc oawmer , t ’ t tees 1. ,some e uC‘ams‘. .......... .. . . . .. ' ,

willdevelop remains uncertain. with fif§h9¥;e‘§&o¥1§ye§rliigs $12.50; choice @ week were- ~ Potatoes 40@55c a-bu.





a. decidedly bullish tone in bread youngsteers absent; bulk steer run





carrots, turnips, rutabagas, parsnips, ‘

grains. corn Prices are holding 010.89 grading medium; fat cows and heifers





Hogs.

Receipts 2,401. Market is $1 higher $1@1.25_ bu; cabbage 500650 bu; on-





     

 

 

 





 

 

 





 





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‘ ' ' ’ ‘ ‘ ........ . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 $5@_5~.10 cwt; pork ,12'@13cf'_.,'beef 'f9@

.inye prices are at a new high level Sheep and LambS- - Rougbs, ..... 9.25 11c; veal .c‘t maize; pens, ,‘ ’

on the crop. Foreign buying has been . Receipts 16,000. Market slow. ‘Fat Good yorkers 10.2§@10.50 {owls '18@20c; springer: 1832 ‘ i;

rather inactive fer several weeks. buthlambs are steady. and 10@25c lewer; Light-‘yorker-s nag. 0.9.0, keys,_30@32 “@350 ~

it Would appear that stocks on passage early: bulk fat natives and fed west: . Stags . . . . . . . . g . . . . . . . . ..' 5.00@ _ 6.09 [43¢ pdddd.‘ '





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stocks since December 1 have been ,





pected for the holiday season, which @11; light llght_s $10.25@10-75§ DIES Cattle. ley root, turnips and squashmoved of

‘. indicates that foreigners are not en- $10@10-50; DaCklng SOWS and loughs Receipts 623. Market is opening well at higher prices. Spinach was ,

. tirely easy in mind as to supplies. The $9@9-50- strong and 25@50c higher, slow. Live poultry was s'carce. ‘ l '

. supply position is slowly tightening. . Ca'Ves- _ Good to choice yearlings Apples $1@3 bu; beets 65c@$1~.25 '

. Primary receipts are around a million Recemts 200- TOPS $1750, culls $11 dry fed ............... s 9.75@10.50 bu; cabbage $1@1.75 bu; carrots $1@

bushels a day against over two million dOWD- Best heavy steers, dry-fed 7.75@ 9.50 1-50. bu; celery 25@606 dozen; eggs,

bushels three weeks ago. The Visible _ Cattle. . Hand rweight butchers 6.25@ 750 retail 65@80c; small pigs 30@40c:

supply'has decreased for three oon- .Recelpts 1’500- Market IS _25@50,c 'Mixe steers and heifers 5.25@ 6.25 hogs, dressed 13c; horseradish, fancy

secutive weeks. This development is higher; some case/$3506?“ “Pr Steels Handy light butchers 4.25@ 5.25, $5 bu; No. 1. $303,711.50 bu; No. 2. $2.50

all the more significant in view 0 the 1,100 lbs. up 3650011050, steers 1’10? Light butchers ..... 4.00@ 4.50 @3 bu; leeks 50c dozen bunches; let-

decline in clearances for export in e ' b8. dOWIl $5.50@10.50; helfel‘S $5@8, Best cows ..... ,,,,,,,,,, 4_50@ 500 tuce 900 bu; onions, dry 90c@$1.50

‘ last few weeks. World shipments are 011115 $1~75@5'75? b11115 $3@3'50- Butcher cows ........... 3.50@ 4.25 bu; green 600 dozen bunches; parsley

still running below weekly import . Sheep and Lambs. . Cutters ......... . ....... 3.00@ 3.50 TOOtS 75C@$1.25 bu; parsnips $1@1-75 '

qmremems and 009“ Passage St‘mks 390919“ 13'000' 395‘ lam-1’s at 319’ Canners .......... . ..... 2.25@ 2.75 bu; potatoes. No. 1, 65@75c bu; No. 2

- are down to 48,000,000 bushels, against culls $17 down; best yearlings $15613 Choice bulls . ...... 3.25@’ 4.25 and ungraded at 55@600 bu; poultry.

68,000,000 bushels five weeks ago. The 16; best aged Wethers at $11@11-50. Heavy bologna bulls 4.25@ 5.00 hens, wholesale 260 lb; retail 28@300;

world crop is placed at 3,300,000,000 ewes $9@10. . Stock bulls 3.255,) 4_00 springers, wholesale 26c; retail 28

bushels against 3,740,000,000 last year. CHICAGO Feeders 4.75@ 525 300; ducks, wholesale 25c; retail 28





‘ ' 1 of the season. - . on pigs and light yorkers; 35c up on ions $1 hu; celery -15@50c, per dozen; . > "

w the h‘gheSt me 5 gglofifiafgrszgimh‘fl‘gfiy bglgésolgglgg mixed from last week’s close. wheat $1.70 bu; rye ,81.15"-.bu;~-.<oa~t_s 50c

- RYE > to’packers and 513.5%,” to mime-rs. 11% Bed hogs ............$ 310.35 bu; buckwheat $1.75 cwt; bean





heavy ’_

”tur- ‘5’

at .— .
a '55"..- “I.





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‘I‘EWHUGF‘VHHCGT





 





 





 





-_ M4,, . -..





. southwestern counties.





. '« average.





wpercent.

~~lessvthan~ last year’s final figure. The

’ :December 1 condition was 86 per cent





‘aci’eageshows but-little change from

:flast‘ye‘ar according to the preliminary





ed;

*~~+is23. “Tu





grains .‘fromv





grain ~"éxpOrts from July 1 to, De-





7, '.3.cemfbleijf‘33:3§,;wete189480.000 bushels,





 





‘ Endowed With 77,578,900, bushels dur-

ing? some period 'laSt year. The





. -~ fwh‘eat r {exports . were : 136,906,000 bush-





els as conipa'red with 54,501,000 bush-

-_'els._l'a's’t year." " ‘; ‘

;I-‘A'I'I‘M“FOLKS To PROFIT BY WIN-

, 1 '- TE‘R' INSTRUCTION.





 





n ..-‘ c'





i2. PWARDS of 150 farm folks have





. . made application for admission to

the Winter Short Courses offered at

the Michigan :Agricultural College be-

ginning January 5.‘ ‘



,_-.T_he courses offered at this time are





" :general agriculture, dairy manufactur-





" inglhort‘i’culture and poultry. The sub-

..je'cts ~taken,up in the general agricul-

tural. course consist of farm crops,

'types of 'live stock, animal feeding,

soils, .‘_,farm management, and shop-

.work or farm engineering. Very prac-

tical training is given in all these

subjecté.‘ '





 





WHAT THE’SHORT COURSES

WILL OFFER.





 





HE ’plan- of work for the engineer-



‘ ing short course for farmers to be

held at the Northern State Normal

School, Marquette, during January, in-

cludes farm mechanics, including rope~

making, ropesplicing, knots, belt-lac-

ing, soldering, pipe-cutting and fitting,

riveting and pump repairs. Then Will

'come'farm equipment, covering invest-

ment’_in'.'farm equipment, farm and

building lay-out, farm fencing, drains

and drainage, equipment maintenance

"and repair, household equipment, home

conveniences and concrete. The third

section. of_,tlie course will comprise

farm buildings, farm houses, barns,

poultryhouses, silos and other small

buildings._ Size, shape, lighting and

ventilation will be considered. The





._ fourth section of the course will deal





with gas engines and tractors, cover-

ing four-stroke cycle operation, engine

construction, ignition systems, mag-

netos, simple engine trouble, gas en-

gine troubles discussion, tractor con-

struction and tractor high tension ig-

nition. '





 





WHEAT ACREAGE INCREASED.





The excellent yields and satisfactory

prices of the; 1924 wheat crop have

revived the interest in wheat growing.

This has resulted in an increased acre-

age being sown this fall in Michigan

and throughoub the country. Accord

ing to the official estimate of L. \l‘hit-

ney Watkins, commissioner of agricul~

ture, and Verne H. Church, U. S. Ag-

ricultural Statistician for Michigan,

the acreage seeded to wheat by Mich~

igan farmers is 968,000, a gain of 46,-

000, or five per cent over last year.

The dry weather that prevailed

throughout the fall months was unfav-

orable for a vigorous growth, espe-

cially where the crop was sown late,

and has gone into the winter in many

sections with a light top growth. In

other localities the condition is fairly

good. For the state as a whole, crop

correspondents report an average con-

dition of 83 per cent as compared with

91 per cent last year and a ten-year

average of 90 per cent on December 1.

Some damage by Hessian fly was re—

ported from- several southern and





 





The area sown throughout the I'nit-

ed..States is estimated at 42,317,000

acres as compared with 39,749,000 one

year ago, an increase of approximately

6.5 per cent. The condition reported;

is 81 per cent, which is seven per cent ‘

\below that of the same date last year

and 5.5 per cent below the ten-year





The acreage of rye in Michigan,

which showed a marked decrease last.

yearxhas made a further decline of six’

The amount seeded this fall

is. estimated at 342,000 acres, or 22,000





of‘norniai, six per cent below that of

one‘year ago and the ten-year average.

For the country as a whole, the





an being 4,206,000 as compar-

..‘.4’.173.’000 sown in the fall, of

' tibokjs rep?





estimii

. Wt





 





 





 





o





’e sprosp'ectlive", on





. saws:





 





 





 





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exegmins porn: and.

. unusually hearty; “The





‘ looked fine when the. snow came. The

.usual amount of stock is being fed.





"6 nearest





1





 





some t .ené‘esraverage.

Thensuppl





I





   





creased to. 8 er cent of normal and

thedemand has fallen to 79 per cent

of normal, the. change in each case

being "one percent during the month





of'November. - This increases the ratio,





of supply to demand to 110 per cent

as compared with 108 per cent on No-‘

vember 1. ‘ . .





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Lake 00., December 20.—Farmers

are getting out wood. ~ Winter grain





Farmers in this immediate neighbor-

hood are suffering from the effects of

a hail storm which swept through last

July. Oats were threshed out, beans

were cut down and other crops ser-

iously damaged. Three days after the

storm, hail stones could still be picked

from the ground. Potatoes and fruit

were also badly damaged. The term-

tory covered was from three to eight

miles wide—J. B.





.Cheboygan 00., Dec. 20.-—Farmers

are hauling produce to market and cut-

ting wood. There is a ready market

for all products, eXCepting hay, which

is plentiful and selling at $10 per ton.

Oats 47c; wheat $1.20; barley 700;

eggs 40c; butter 400. Winter wheat

is in good condition—J. C.



Calhoun 00., Dec. 22.——Farmers in

this locality are cutting wood and do-

ing their chores. Wheat and rye are

going into winter quarters in fine con-

dition. We are having lots of ice and

sleet, but so far little snow. There is

not much stock on feed. The small

corn crop obliged farmers to ship their

surplus stock to market. Wheat is

bringing $1.70; rye $1.24; oats 500.

Help is scarce—J. H.



Antrim 00., Dec. 24.——Potatoes are

nearly all in storage. Our radish and

other seed crops averaged fair. Beans

were our best crop this year. If plans

mature. they are likely to be over-done

next year. Farmers are now hauling

a few loads of wood to town to get

money for interest and taxes. The

county agent proposition was turned

down by referendum vote last Novem-

ber, but apparently a successful at-

tempt is being made to raise the nec-

essary funds by popular subscription.

__ J



Wexford 60., Dec. 23.—Farmers for-

tunate enough to have woodlots are,

gathering their winter fuel. Some have

gone to the city to work. Not much

winter grain sown. Some farmers are

selling butter-fat at 400, while others

are churning it into butter and deliv-

ering it on contracts from 40@5OC;

eggs are bringing 400 at dealers and

from 40((1500 from consumers. Grange

meetings and school programs, besides

the usual young people’s pah‘ties make

up the principal social activities of

the farmers here—G. A. E





 





The healthy know not of their health,

but only the sick: This is the phy-

sician's/aphorism, and applicable in a





‘ Ye... ‘ ; On, the; same

as ‘aggwmch Was the. ‘





It? farm labor. has" in





Burns anyfuel- —costs less

This brooder raises more and better chicks atlow-

est'cost. Stovejs sturdy, safe, sir-tight, self-

tegulatmg—-bc:tin world to hold fire. Burns 8010

cool better than any other broader. Also burns



yd cosl, wood, etc. Automatic regulator main-

tsimumform heat nightand day. Canopy spreads



‘ heat evenly over chicks—plenty of air

d room. Backed byflyears'suocem.

1000 Chick Broader. 321.00

83-stove 'pe outfit sent FREE

with gooder. .xpress '

E.of Rockies. 0rd .

Money-back guarantee.

F. M. Bowers 0: Sons

I423 W. Wash. 31.





 





 

 

 

 





 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





Wonderful reports come in telling how guickly

Corona healin Ointment takes the pain from

old sores and gals them. Nothing else 15 so

soothing and quick healing for burns; bruises.

bunions, corms piles, eczema, chaps. frosted

feet or any fies wounds on man or beast. We

want to send PROOF to everyone



Io-ca bi Corona Sample for onl »





end for yours today.

hill size at drnggist or by





"itfi?$l§“:ifimco.





Box Go Kenton. Ohio





 





 





THIS ENGINE F RE





For AWhOle Month

SEND No MONEY





Y in OT!



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engine 80 days. The" mnk

hymen“. ‘





   





 





A I t .d I th

engines; why start enslar.lh:id90c:no:nlc:ll AFTER TR IA L I

to run. and your name on card today.





OTTAWA MFG. cu ' lSIllC' King Strut, Mm". [Inns





 





 

 

 





 





PATENT





"Invention and Industry”





structions.

information.

Lawyer, 657





Clarence A.

Security





O‘Brien,





Bank Building.





Write for my free Guide Books

"How to Obtain a Patent" and

and

"Record of Invention" blank before disclosing inven-

tions. Send model or sketch of your invention for in-

Promptness assured. No charge for above

Registered Patent

directly

across street from Patent Office. Washington. D. C.





 





HOGS





 





ale sax. Also Brown Swiss





F o r

A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester, Mich.





Large Type Poland ('hinas either

Bulls.





’1. , Toaster) "





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing. firs-pounds. $1.78: ‘

ten. 33.09: twenty. $5.25.. Smoking. five m.

$1.25: ten, $2.00: twenty. $3.50. Pichrea. Mom

back if not.‘ satisfied. United Tabasco Growers.

Paducah... Ky. » ‘





 





 





TOBACCO—Three-yoar-old leaf. 8 lbs. chewing 82.60: 8

smoking $2.20: 8 second smoki $1.40 Pay for to-

bacco and postage when reccl‘ed. Old Homespun

C .. Hawcsville. Ky. ‘ .





 





HOMESPUN romcco. Chewing 5-lbs. $1.50: '15--

32.50. Smoking 35-le. $1.25; Ten 92. Pay when receiv-

ed. pipe and recipe free. Farmers‘ Union. Paducah. Ky





nomasrmxj TOBACCO—Chewing. 6 lbs. $1.50: 10.

$2.75; Smoking. 5 lbs. $1.25: mild. 10 81.50. Ply

when received. F. Gupton, Bardwell. Ky.





 





 





SEEDS





SEEDS~New Crop "Kansas” Alfalfa





7.00 .

bu.. also Sweet Clover-s. S and *9”





Red Clomr. Alsilie. Timothy.

Sudan, t'ano, Kafl'ir. Millers. Seed Corn. Soy Beans.

Cow Peas. Lowest Prices. Bags Free. Send for

samplds and Save Money. Solomon Seed Co.. Solo-

mon. Kansas. .»





ALFALFA SEED—100 bushcls guaranteed seed, $17.50

per bushel. Henry Foley. Mt. Pleasant. Mic-11.. R. S.





CERTIFIED Wolverine Oats.





Certified Robust Boa

B. Cook. Owosso. Mich. “8’





PET STOCK





FOR SALE_Hizh‘CIsss Foxhounds:

Coonhounds: Bloodhounds: and Setters: partial and

well—brokhou: (pupopiosDol’ fill breeds: no money in ad—

vance, 51p 1. . . tamp l'or booklet. Lui -

Kennels Mohnton. Pa. dis





Beagle hounds.





FERRETS—I specialize in raising ferrets.

years' experience. November prices.

moles $2.75 each. One dozen 330.

special rat catchers $5.00 each.

Instruction book free.

Ohio.





Thirty

females $3.50 each:



Yearling females

Will ship C. 0. D.

Levi answorth. New London.





 





PEDIGREL'D AIRIZDALE

Especially fine dogs. Priced Reasonable. A postal

grim}! brings particulars. George Warner. Jr.. Pickford.

. Ic . ,





PUPPIES—Omani: typo.





 





PEDIGREED AlRlil)ALl-2$~Two choice male pups 5

mo. old. One female 10‘. mo. old. Frank Aldrich,

Saranac. Mich.





HUNTING HOUNDS—Feeds, Medicines, Supplies.





 





 





Cataloguc. Kennel Journal, Herrick, Ills.

POULTRY

PURE—BRICD utility Light Brahma Cockerels—bmd





to lay. $1.00 each. Satisfaction guaranteed. The

first order for two or more cmkercls will receive one

free. Spwial rates on orders for day-old chicks placed

boforc Fri). 1. Milford K. Davies. ('t’I‘L‘Ql‘O. Mich.





WA NTICI‘L—ci ery

weight 1% to 2 lbx.

price for these birds.

('oast Poultry (Hy,





week, 10,000 broilers and fryer-s.

Also fut hens. “'ill pay good

“'I'itc for particulars to East

700 Alfred. SL. Detroit. Mich.





BABY CHICKS from heavy em: producing strains. R.

I. Reds. B. Rocks. and “’hin- llt‘ulllll‘lh. I‘nrmrange

Chick Hatchery. (‘hurlottm )lit-h.





COCKlCRl-JLS—Hens. Goose, Ducks,

cipal breeds. State Farms

Mich.





Turin-ye; all prin-

Assoristion, Kalamazoo.





 





 





SHEEP





 





Bred Ewes





For sale. in lots of

telegraph Rockwaod, P

S





. 0. So. Rookwood. ALMOND

B. CHAPMAN 0N.





 





Delaine Breeding Ewes





 





far wider sense than he gives it.—





Wilber. Oaklands, Marysville, Ohio.





 





Small advertisements bring best results under classi

using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

at classified rates.





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.

display type or illustrations admitted.





Count as





Minimum charge. l0 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

or in display columns at commercial rates.

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





_ Remittances must accompany order.

Real estate and live stock advertlslna have separate departments and arc not accepted as classified.





fled headings. Try it for want ads and for adver-

I’oultry advertising will be run in this department





insertions; for four or more

I. word each abbreviation, initial or number. no





 





 





 





One Four Ono Four

Words time times Words time times

10 ........ 0.00 02.40 20. 82.08 80.24

11 ........ .88 2.04 27 ........ 2.10 0.48

12 ........ .96 2.80 28 ........ 2.24 0.72

13 ........ 1.04 3.12 29...... 2.82 0.90

14 ........ 1.12 3.36 30 ........ 2.40 7.20

15 ........ 1.20 3.60 31. . . ..... 2.48 7.44

16 ....... 1.28 3.84 32. . 2.50 7.00

17 ........ 1.38 4.08 33 ....... 2.04 7.92

18 ........ 1.44 4.32 34........ 2.12 8.10

19 ........ 1.52 4.50 80. . . . 2.80 0.40 i

20 ........ 1.00 4.00 as ........ us 0.04 l

21 ........ 1.68 5.04 37 ........ 2.96 8.88 I

22 ........ 1.76 5.28 30... ..... 3.04 9.12 1

23 ........ 1.84 5.52 39 ........ 3.12 . 9.36 .

24 ........ 1.92 5.76 40 ........ 3.20 9.80 i

’ 2.00 6.00 41 ........ 3.28 9.84 .





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o ........

o 0 All adwnlxln: at! .

peelal otlce dimmtinuame ardm .



or tlmnze of {up} In-

tzna'm' for the Clam'fitd Departmmf mun reach thii 015:: Ian

day: in advance ofpublim tion data.





 





 





REAL ESTATE





 





40‘AC‘RE MIf'H. FAltllir~$1.400—300 Poultry. Furni-

ture. Crops, potatoes. corn. cabbage, beans, hay. flrc—

wood, heifer, implements. vehicles included; convcn»

imt RR high school town, pretty river: 30 acres loamy

tillage, spring-watered wire—fenced pasture, est. 500

cds. wood, variety fruit: well located roomy house.

porch, beautiful view: barn, poultry houses. other

bldgs. Aged owner must sell. only $1.400, half cash.

Your winter’s living already provided. Details pg.

133 big Bargain Catalog. illus. money~making farms

and business changes. Free. Strout Farm Agency.

205BC Kresge Bldg” Detroit. Mich.





EIGHT-ROOM HOUSE—Evert, Mich, for Good Ton

Truck. Assured Valuation 8900. Box 117. Baldwm,

Mich. " .





FOR SALE—220mm!) farm in Jackson 00.. on state

road; 100vacm'heovy-loam soil. 40 acres heavy oak

timber. remainder‘ mowing marsh and pasture. Ad-

drcss' Box'405. Michigan Farmer. -





 





.OLD MONEY \\'AN'I‘I~II)~\V0 paid $2,500.00 for





FARM WANTED within 30 miles Detroit. west side

preferred. State full particulars. Homer, Dcarbom,





‘ Michigan.





 





\\'.\.\"l‘ 'l‘() t‘OMMUNlt‘ATE with those who have





, fill‘llls for sale. J. P. Ryder, 401 Oliver St.. Toledo, 0.





 





Lamb. March and April. Highest price wool in the

world. Make 150% in lambs and wool. Two cars

cwe lambs. both cross—bred and Delirium. 50 Pure—

bred I)clainc ewe. lambs. (unregistered). Goo. M.-





.. Birds, choice stovk. L





60 or more, telephone Newport. '





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“'I‘ANt‘Rl-ID" WHITE LlJGlIORNS

Barred Rocks. State Fair Winners.

Fcnnrr Built-y, lllontgmnery. Mich.





-BIifl' Orpingtons.

Geese. Guineas.





 





BARIH‘JI) ROt‘Ii (‘Ot'Kl'IIll‘ILS ~Tllompstfll Strain. $2





 





to $5. Harry Goodfcllow. Sparta. Mich.

“'IIITI‘I “'Y’ANI)OTTI~I (.‘Ot'lx’liRl-IIS rrlIigh quality

stork. Howard Grant. Marshall. Mich.





 





S. C. DUFF LI‘ZGIIORN t‘Ilil'liSeli‘irst hair-h March

3. Circular. Willard Webster, Bath, Mich.





TURKEYS





Giant Bronze turlicys. Strong.

10 years brooding from America's best





 





MIt‘lIIGAN'S REST

hoalthy birds.





 





 





 





strains. Satisfaction guaranteed. N. l‘lyalyn Rams«

‘dell. lonia, Mich.



'I‘URKl-IYS—M. Bron/m. ll. Red. Narragansett, “'hito

‘IIol. Ilcns, Tllfllx Pairs and trim. no kin. Order

curly. Walter Brena, Powhatan Point, O.

l‘UltlJ~Blll-Il) Mammoth Bronze Turkeys. fine largo

birds from choice stock. Mrs. Ralph Shcrk. (‘21th

doniu, Mich.



tl’I’lll-Z-llllllil) Mammoth Bronze Turin-y"; Unrelated.

Some nice birds from choice selected stock. Nelson

‘Snidcr, 30:3 l’etoskt-y St, l’otoskcy, {\IiI-h.





’ NAIEIIAGA NSI'I'I‘T Turkeys.





 





l'URl-l-BRIZD Giant Bronze Turkeys. Large. Vigorous





.I. Love. Bloomingdale, Mich.





 





Prices right. higher after





Jan. 1. l-met (flemont, Ionln. Mich.





 





FOR SALE .. Pure-bred Bourbon Red Turkeys. II. 0.

Rucglcs, Milford, Mich.





 





I‘URI-I~BRICI) large “’llllo Holland turkeys.





Toms $8.

and hops $7. Darwin Dean. Milford, Mich.





 





MISCELLANEOUS





HARDY FIELD GROWNwt‘hrysunthemums, sweet.

William, daisies and all oldifashioncd or hardy per-

ennial flowers. Iris. (-annas, Izludiolus. and tubcmso

bulbs. Spirucas, shrubbvry, climbing vines, roses, or—

namental trees and hedging. Strawberry plants. Rhu-

barb and asparagus roots. Thousands of satisfied cus~

tomers. Delivered prepaid prim-s. Send for catalogue.

Weaver lardeiis, “‘lchita, Kansas.





 





(‘III‘IVROLI‘IT TRUCK ~~~1922 Model F. B. One Ton.

St'll‘»slzll’lt‘l‘. Electric Lights. (‘loscd Cab. Platform

Good tires and in good mechanical condition.

. Will trade even for good team of horses 5 to

10 years old. weighing 2.800 or over. People's Milling

(‘o., Muskcgon, Mich.





one

N. Y Wu



premiums.

mean much

M, Fort





silver dollar to Mr.

buy. all rare coins

Send 4c

profit. to

Worth.





Manning, of Albany.

and pay highest cash

for large. Coin Circular. May



you. Numismatic Bunk, Dept.

Texas.





 





RHUBARBeMammOth. l-yr. whole roots. 20. $1;

Giant Crimson, large divisions. 8. $1: Asparagus

Roots-50, $1. Delivered prepaid anywhere. Weaver

Gardens, “'lchita. Kansas.





MILLIONS Strawberry Plants $2.95 per 1,000. Rasp-

berries, Grapes, Bulbs. Flower Seeds. Chicks. Illus—

trated catalogue iree. ' Mayors vPla'nt Nursery. Mer-

rill. Mich. ~





'0 VER HONEY——5 1h. pail_$1.25. by parcel

$53!: duh. Kirkman. Wulhalla. ‘Mich.





 





AGENTS WANTED





 





(li'l’t)lt’l,‘('Nl'l‘\' to make money during winter. Farm-

cr with rig in each county wanted to advertise and

51‘“ our well known products to homes. Interesting

work. bit; pay, cxclmive territory. Good chance for

promotion to our regular traveling sales force.’ Klein

Chocolate Company, Inc, lilizabethtown, Pa.





 





BIG MONl-ZY Selling New Household Cleaning Set.

“'ashes and dries, windows. Sweeps. scrubs,

All complete only $2.95. Over half profit.





Ilui'per {rush Works. 17.". 3rd St. Fulrflcld. Iowa.





 





WE PAY $200 monthly salary, furnish car and ex-

penses to introduce our guaranteed poultry and stock

powdcrs. Biglcr (‘ompany X083, Springfield. Ill.





HELP WANTED





 





WANTED—By March 1, farmer with own help and

equipment to operate crop farm on share basis. Good

productive farm. about 450 acres: 150 acres in alfalfa.

Modern house: close to city schools. Unusual oppor—

tunity. Address, Harvey F. Rhodes. R. 1. Ypsilanti,

Mich.





EXPERIENCED young man on 80-acre farm. Work

the year round. Non-cigarette smoker preferred. For

particulars write Box 305. Michigan Farmer. Detroit.





ICHIGAN FARMER

' Classified Ads. pay well.

Try one.





 





0
“I Like Metal-t ’ -





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50 fthe letters roll in! Hundreds of them! Metal-to-Metal harness construction,

first made by Olde-Tan, has made agreat hit. The first real advance in harness-

' making in half a century. A simple, practical, common-sense advance. No

ch ged harness design. The same sort .of a harness you have always had but

wi the best leather in the world protected by metal. Metal rubbing against

me instead of metal rubbing againSt leather-that’s the idea. Square strap sur-

faces instead of round rings. Nothing to wear out because there is no place to

_ wear it. Besides Metal-to-Metal' construction there‘ is 70 yearsoftanning skill

behind Olde-T an leather.- Harness buyers are amazed at its superb quality.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





l Bid “good-bye” to mending, patching

‘ -' and wearing out of harness. There is

many a harness made in the Olde-Tan

factory in good shape today that has

given service for 25 years. Send the

coupon for free harness book. . -





 

 

 

 

   

 





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can send it back. We have made it easy to get an Olde-Tan Metal-to-Metal Harness

because we want you to see what Metal-to-Metal construction really is. Be sure

to know what Metal-to-Metal Harness is before you buy another set.





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