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THE world outlook is good, based



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casts. The crop prospects are espe-

cially favorable in the northern hemis-

phere countries except Russia. Re-

ports to the department of agriculture

show that the acreage of winter wheat

in sixteen countries is 3.3 per cent

above last year, which, with favorable

weather conditions, should yield a

crop considerably above the average.

The economic outlook in Europe, out-

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WHEAT SLUMP MAY AFFECT THE

ACREAGE.





HE recent slump in wheat prices



will undoubtedly have the effect

of cutting dowu the acreage of spring

sown wheat. In fact, it is the conclu-

sion of some market specialists that

if the price had continued above the

two_ dollar mark through the wheat

seeding season, it would’ have encour-

aged so large an increase in acreage

in the spring wheat states that the

market next fall would have been de-

moralized by the over—production.





RESTRICTS CONGRESSIONAL IN-

VESTl-GAT'IONS.





HE Supreme Court has made a. de-



cision relating to the powers of

congress in conducting investigations,

Which-is of considerable interest to

agricultural interests that are demand-

ing investigations of various interests

and combines. The court holds in ef-

fect that the Federal Trade Commis-

sion, even though acting under a sen-

ate resolution, cannot compel business

concerns to permit access to books and

records in an inquiry designed to pro-

vide data for legislative consideration.

The court affirmed a decision of the

federal district court at Baltimore de-

nying the commission access to the

records of several grain, exporting

firms, which it had sought in an‘in-

vestigation to determine the causes

operating in foreign markets to affect

the prices of grain. .





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posed of only 22.7 per cent of the

par value of their holdings in the

stock yards, although the packers’ con-

sent degree, requiring them to divest

themselves of ownership of the stock

yards, was entered five years ago.

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pany are the principal packers still

.holding large interests in the stock

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department of agriculture will place

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forestry to the farmer and small land

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A Practical Journal for the RuralFamily





MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPERIFARM PRESS





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QUALITY

RELIABILITY

SERVICE





NUMBER THIRTEEN





 





 





 





 





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Some Interesting Rem/ts in Me Spraying of ‘ A pp/es





HE title may lead you to think

that I'am going to tell you what .

really is the best material for

spraying apples, but I am going to con-





further than that, I am going to try to in the sprayer tank and wear on pump

get you dissatisfied with what you parts, valve seats, gun or nozzle discs.

\have. I presume that there are a These things have to do with the ma-

number of people who have very defi- terial itself; the other three have to

nite ideas as to the best spraying ma— do with the fruit and foliage.



terial for summer applications on ap- Foliage injury is every year being

ples. Some will prefer Bordeaux, some given more of the consideration that

lime-sulphur, some dust. Most men are, it deserves and this is probably due

of good judgment and undoubtedly to the fact that we are becoming bet-

have very good reasons for thinking ter informed as to the importance of

that some particular material is better the leaves.



than any other. We may find before Finish of the fruit is an angle of

long that there is no one material

which will be best under all conditions.

We must consider the locality, the va-

riety and its susceptibility to scab,

russeting and foliage injury, the meth-

0d of spraying, etc.



It will probably be well right at this

point to set up what we may call a

“set of specifications” that a material

must meet before it is ever adopted as

standard. This list might be a long

but I will confine it to five items.



1. Physical properties.



. Mechanical troubles.

. Foliage injury.

. Finish of the fruit.



5. Scab control.



Physical properties: By this I mean

is it hard to prepare, mix, store, strain

into the tank, etc.





“AWLQ





' By W. C. Dutton





Mechanical troubles would include;

fess right now that I don’t know, and the problem of keeping in suspension





the spraying game that has received

too little consideration.

lot about “quality fruit,” but what does

that amount‘to if it is rough, and rus-

setted. “Finish”’is important.



The last item, scab control, is the





.one that always has, and probably al-





ways will be, considered the most im-

portant. A material may score 100

for the first four items, but if it fails

on the last it goes“ out.

Strength of Materials and Dosage.

Very closely connected with this

problem of spraying materials is the





 





Proper Care and Spraying Has Made the Keister Orchard Profitable Since

it Was Four Years Old. '





We hear a





question of strength and dosage. Will

weaker lime-sulphur or weaker Bore

deaux control scab just as well? Will

these weaker strengths cause less fol-

iage injury and produce better finish?

Another angle that has been empha-

sized, and properly so, is the question

of dosage. Many growers have not

gotten control because they have not,

used enough material. Again, ques-

tions come up. Can we spray too

heavily? Will heavy spraying cause

more russeting and more foliage in-

jury? How far will increased dosage

give better scab control? Should we

use a small amount of strong mate-

rial? With these questions, and a lot

of others in mind, one of the experi-

ments I am going to talk about was

planned and carried through during

the summer of: 1924.





This work was done in a twelve-

year-old orchard. The variety was

Hubbardston. (See Table 1).



Each plot was sub—divided so that

one row received a light application,

another row a medium application

which was just twice as heavy as the

light application. A third row in this

same plot was given a. hoary applica—

tion which was three times as heavy

as the light application.



The next column in the table shows

the ratio of actire ingredinns which

each row received. An arbitrary value

of one is given to the light application



(Continued on page 425)





. Much Thought Goes in Prize Corn





Here is Me Story of Wny Two State Corn Prizw Mnt to Hanover





WISH to thank the Michigan Farm-





 





 





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er for its kindly interest and re-



quest for story about the corn. I

will try to tell the story and to give it

just a little touch of personal interest

as well.





First of all, the Winning of the rib-

bons is just a joke. There are here

among my parishoners three of the

very best corn men of the state. D.

E. Turner, from whom the seed was

obtained and who bred. the variety,

crossing Pickett with Duncan, then se-

lecting carefully ever since; William

Folks, who developed Folk’s W’hitecap

Dent by selection; and his brother—in-

laW, Leo Wooden, who has helped to

improve the same variety. These men

make a trio which is hard to beat—

just like the little boy’s drum. These

men did not show this year, so the

preacher gets somepribbo'ns.





The field lies just at the edge of the

village, is quite rolling, extending from

the level of the town to the border of

Bibbins Lake. It ms plowed late in

the fall after having some barnyard

manure applied to the most needy

spots. The land has been in cultiva-

tion seventy-five years or more. It is

somewhat deficient in humus, and only

fairly fertile. The drag was put on,

On the second day that work in the

field could be done. Later it was drag-

ged again twice. The seed-bed was

fine, Planting was done with a horse

planter. Those awful rains began just

then, so that one part of the field was

started a week behind the first. Then

came more rain and cold. The Weath-





By Elmer Vaughen





er man surely must have had a grouch.

It was a full month before cultivation

could begin. The part of the field

planted first was replanted with hand

planter. On the hills left from that

first planting the first corn grew.

About half of the field was cultivated

three times, the other half four times.

It was all hoed once.



In the fall as soon as three shocks

of corn had been acut anywhere within

miles of here, the Inan who owned the

field, a dear old fellow, eighty-three

years old, who had forgotten more

about raising corn than I ever knew,





as he kindly informed me, began to

urge the harvest. He was put off a

week. Then his part of the corn was

cut. Mine was not cut till frost had

done much damage in less protected

fields. Of course, by the almanac, it

was far past time to cut corn. My corn

was not husked till winu-r was here.

Thirty shocks are yet in the. field.



Now about the selection: About six

bushels of choice ears had been

brought over as husked and laid on

suspended planks in lhe garret ol' the

parsonage barn.



This was overhauled and about one





 





 





In Good Corn Production





Preparation of Soil is Important.





 





and one—half bushels were brought into

the house. Here more comparisons

were made and two groups of some

twelve or thirteen ears Were made.

The first was, practically, the ears that

finally went to East Lansing. The oth-

ers were rather larger. but rougher on

the surface, showing more starch.

Time was taken in this selecting proc-

ess. Some study was given to each

car. WKhen all was rvady, Mr. Turner

was called in. Several changes were

made, most of which were reconsider-

ed. ()ne of them I must tell you about.

The “sweepstakes” war that I had se

lected was changed for one from the

“ten ears,” with the result that “ten

ears” got first and “swwpstakes” sec-

ond. Had this change not been made

it is quite probable that, the premiums

might have been. re \rrsetl.



And now the Corn Story is done, you

can say that, not nng, but Mr. Turner

won at the Lansing show. And now,

if you can stand it, lid like Io add an-

other word about corn. This is said in

the shadow of the record in the five-

acre tests. These are supposed to be

variety tests, I believe. As a matter

of fact, they are soil tests.



Two years ago Wt- ran a nine vari~





ety test in this same field. Clement

was the most fully matured. It was

not the best yielder. The seed we





planted came from M A. C. and was

not quite as high in germination as

most of the others. That may have

accounted for a little falling ofl in

bushels. But it may also have account-

ed for a little advantage in maturing.
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VOLUME CLXIV NUMBER THIRTEEN





DETROIT, MARCH 28, 1925





CURRENT COMMENT

SHORT time ago





 





 





The . we, had the priv-

H ilegc of Vls1t1nga.

um?" h o m e for crippled

Attic Children. This visit





was an inspiration; it

was a lesson in courage, a demonstra-

tion of the triumph of mind over mat-

ter. 01' all the handicapped suffering

children we saw, we. failed to see one

sober face. If those children who were

strapped on their backs or with por-

tions of their bodies in casts, were not

sleeping lhcy were smiling the great

smile that. comes from within.



Here Wore those, who should natur-

ally bc romping and free, suffering

from real personal dillicultics brought

on by circumstances beyond their c011-

trol; they wcrc more than making the

best of their afflictions. Life was ap—

parently worth living for each one of

them.



Do not Wc, normal, free and ma-

tured of mind, stand out in sad con~

trast Willi these children. “'e, who

suffer constantly with worries over

imaginary things, 01' things which nov—

er cause harm, except through our

worry of them, need such examples to

make us realize the necessity of clean-

ing out our mental storehouse, the i .1-

man attic of all the rubbish that has

collected (herein.



It seems that those who have real,

apparent pcrsonal problems are sel-

dom grouchy, and those who have

imaginary oncs usually are.



This is spring; it is cleaning time.

Let us not forget to clean that most

important. place, the human attic, of

all that should not be there, and thus

leave morc room for the clean. sane

constructive thoughts which should

work hard to bring us the greatest

results during the coming season.





HE proper time to





our 1925 make adjustments

in the crop program



Crop for the season is be-

Program fore, the spring work





has started. The great

stabilizing influence of the production

of farm products and of the prices to

be 1‘cCeived for these products is the

planting of a normal acreage, of each

crop. This is especially true for those

products which are fully consumed

within the limits of our own country.

However, every year it seemingly is

desirable to make a few minor changes

in the program to meet varying fac-

" 5 tors of production and consumption.





WGANQEC'HONM mm nan ram _





”hi intent-ions to .1): in





all «the statesp1‘hée 1163th of ibis Isl";L ‘ .. 4120’ "

rected by proper fertilizatio, cultiva’





quiry shows that for the country as a

whole, there is a. prospective incre'ase

of fourteen .per cent 'in the acreage of

spring wheat, 2.3 per cent in corn, 56

per cent in cats, twenty-three per cent

in barley, 29. 5 per cent in sweet pota-

toes, 4.5 pm cent in peanuts, and elev-

en per cent in rice. The prospective

acreage of hay remains the same,

While that of potatoes will decrease

four per cent, and of flax 3.3 per cent.



Our Michigan farmers report an in—

tention to reduce the acreage of pota-

toes ten per cent, and that of hay one

per cent. On the other hand, corn

promises to have an increase of one

per cent, oats five per cent, barley

twenty—five per cent, and spring wheat

sixty per cent. These changes if car-

ried out, would increase the corn acre-

age 13,000 acres, oats 147,000 acres,

barley 11,000 acres, and hay 343,000

acres, while of potatoes there would





be 71,000 fewer acres planted. In a.

relative sense these changes are

small.



Possibly the only comment that





might be added is in regard to pota—

toes and beans. It should be noted

that our acreage of potatoes last year

was cut twelve per cent below normal.

The big production of 1924 was due to

an average yield of eleven bushels per

acre above the highest previous rec-

ord. In looking forward we can, of

course, only count on normal yield.

If our crop acreage should be reduced

an additional ten per cent this year,

in accordance with the above report

on intentions, then with an average

yield the production would run far

below normal. ~



In some sections where beans and

potatoes compete, we fear that much

of the land which ordinarily would

grow ‘potatoes will be planted to

beans. The 1924 crop of beans was

considerably below’ normal in yield,

notwithstanding an average acreage

was planted. If a normal acreage only

is planted-and the yield is an average

one, there will be ample beans grown

to care for a normal demand. Should,

however, this acreage be increased,

the chances will be fair for selling the

crop at a very low price.



Naturally. the changes made by the

individual, are of small importance,

but taken in the. aggregate, the effect

over the state and country is large,

and often results in making crops eith-

er a total failure from a financial point

of view, or exceedingly profitable. 0111'

opinion is that farmers will do well

to stick closely to their normal crop

programs, unless there exists the best

of reasons for making acreage adjust-

merits.





F. have. a Presi-





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Words Of man of few words and

Wisdom many thoughts. But

when he uses words





they display the soundness and sane.-

ncss of the thoughts he has been

thinking. Hero is one he uttered in

a speech a few months ago:



“Doubtless the farmer often has a

hard road to travel and much to con—

tend with. Al: the same time it may

be said that he is not always versed

in scientific agriculture nor equal to

its opportunities.”



A study oilthat quotation is worth

while. The first sentence would be

received with applause by the rural

population. The second would not re-

ceive such a hearty welcome. It is

a criticism, and criticism seldom re—

ceives applause from the one who is

criticized.



But, we believe a fair minded per-

son will admit that the President has

uttered a truth in a simple and

straightforward way.



It seems to be a human failing, not

an agricultural one, to lay the blame

for everything on something else. But

it is an asset to have that rare quality

of correcting all the faults closest at





 





tion, the use of good seed the proper

tending and harvesting of crops and

preparing them for market, the right

care of farm animals etc. Somehow,

those farmers who thoroughly do those

things which are involved in what one

calls good farming, are not complain-

ing so much about the road they have

to travel.





'P to the present





European time the- records

Corn show that the damage

don-e to corn in Mich-



Borer igan by the European





Corn Borer has not

been large. In no case where careful

observations have been made does the

number of infected stalks in a Michi-

gan field exceed one per cent, and the

injury has been practically negligible.



However, the danger should not be

minimized. It is real and demands the

attention of every agency that can be

put in aetion against this pest. Just

across the river in Ontaiio, the dam-

age from this insect last year was six

thousand per cent greater than for the

preceding year. In one instance a.

farmer who previously had cribbed

on the average 1,200 bushels of corn,

had but 262 bushels from the same

acreage in 1924. Besides, there was

an average of twenty-one corn borers

found in each bushel of this yield.



In order to secure a general clean

up of the, European Corn Borer in this

state, a bill has been introduced in the

legislature giving the State Depart-

ment of Agriculture authority toylay

down and enforce needed regulations.

To carry on this work, an appropria-

tion of $25,000 for 1925, and a like

amount for 1926 is provided. These

funds will be used for carrying on

scouting, quarantine, and demonstra—

tion work. Should our legislature

make this bill a law the state will then

have the cooperation of the federal

government which will make available

an additional $35,000 to $50,000 for

use in this state. This should prove

adequate to put the pest under strict

surveillance.



Judging from the experiences in oth-

er places, it undoubtedly will prove the

part of economy to immediately take

up the fight against this European

Corn Borer. In order to impress the

state legislature with the need for state

aid, farmers should write their repre-

sentatives at Lansing, urging them to

pass this measure. To be of benefit

this should be done at once.





TARS are wonder-





Long ful things. To look

R into the deep blue on

ange a clear night and





Forecasting watch the twinkling

sentincls of heaven is



an inspiration. They give to one who



looks a conception of the infinite.



But the language of the stars, what

does that ,say? If we are properly

versed in it, can it tell us what will

happen six months, a year hence?



Some people think so. Some even

think they know the language enough

to tell us when it is going to rain

and wet the hay next summer, and

when the heat will wilt the corn.

These folks give us the benefit of their

super knowledge so that we may know

when to carry an umbrella and when

not to. Experience, though, has dem-

onstrated that a fellow would often

ruin a good suit of clothes if he fol-

lowed these long-range; predictions.



For instance, one predictor said that

the past winter would set in early and

last long. There would be much se-

vere weather, and winter grain would

suffer from lack of snow cover.



The winter has passed, so we know

how well the predictions were fulfilled.

The facts are, that the winter started

late and ended early; the middle of

December ushered winter in, and real

wintery weather lasted only six of the

twelve weeks of the Winter season.





 





 





 

 





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tablishing a record for an average

temperature above normal. It paused

swelling of the buds much out of

season. ‘





The'United States Weather Depart-

ment also makes predictions. These

are given a week or so ahead and are

based on scientific findings over a. very

wide area. Even that fails sometimes,

as storms change their courses, but it

is" the most accurate method of pre—

dicting that we, in the present day,

are able to conceive.



These long distance predictions

found in some publications, almanacs,

etc, are in a class with divining rods

to find water, earrings for sore eyes,





and brass rings for rheumatism. Their,

one great valua, it seems, is in giving}

one an opportunity to gamble on





whether the predictor will happen to

strike it right or not. But we believe

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more exciting ways so, even for that

reason we have not given space to

such predictions.





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you? Well, I didn't either until

I got educated. But now I’m educated,

so I kin tell you all about it. It’ 5 what

the Dr. puts down on a piece of paper

when he wants ta give you two parts

0’ hydrogen and one part 0’ oxygen.

Both hydrogen and oxygen is gas, so

when they want ta give you gas, they

don’t give this ta you.



It’s the finest stuff you ever saw ta.

put out fires, but it ain’t very good fer

rumatics. When you mix two parts

0’ hydrogen and one part 0’ oxygen

you got a dandy

combinashun fer

cleanin’, but still

it makes things

awful muddy. It’s

great stuff ta use

and everybody

o ugh t ta know

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. folkses don’t like

ta use it, ’oause their skin ain’t got

used ta it, and others don’t like it

’cause it ain’t strong enuf.



A friend 0’ mine says he paid a Dr.

ten dollars ta know that thirty parts

0’ this combinashun and one part 0’

sodium chloride was good for the eyes.

I says windy corners in the city is

good for the eyes, too, and it don’t

cost nothin’, but what you got shouldn’t

cost more, ’cau’se it’s nothing but wa-

ter and salt,



Now, water don’t cost much, but two

parts 0’ hydrogen and one part 0’ oxy-

gen, or aqua pura, what it is the same,

does. Names seems ta make lots 0’

differunce in the cost 0’ things.





The Doc. says about 112 pounds 0’

the 175 lbs. that’s me, is water. May-

be he knows what he’s talkin’ about,

but I ain’t never heard myself splash

around any when I’m walkin’. But

come ta think 0’ it, I’ve heard 0’ some

folkses sloppin’ over, and they weren’t

tanked up either.



There’s other ways 0’ makin’ water

expensive, but not so good for the

health. Just add a littul alkihaul, col—

orin’ matter, or etc, and you kin sell

it fer so much 3. ounce, if you’ve got

the nerve ta swindul your fellow

bein’s. There’s lots 0’ watered for-

tunes made that way.



Sofiajust says, “Ah, dry up, and

come ta bed.” I kin tell her if I dried

up I wouldn‘t have to go to bed. All

she’d have to do is to shovel me out

with the ashes. She says, too, “You

don’t know nothin’ about fortunes.”

I kin just say if everyone just wrote

about what he knew about, there

wouldn’t be much we’d- have ta say.

But I’ve had some experience with wa-

ter a few times in my life, so what I

give you here is what the perfessor

calls authentic. HY SYCKLE.





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AST fall on checking up the rec-

ords of 560 Single Comb White

Leghornpullets which were plac-

ed under trapnests in the: fall of 1923,

we were very much surprised and not

‘ a. little pleased to note that better

than_350' had laid during the 365 con-

secutive days,"200 or, more eggs. 0f

the 350, ZOO-egg hens, 195 had laid 240

or more eggs; sixty-four, 270 or more

eggs, and five 300 to 324 eggs. The

300—egger’s records were as follows,

300, 302, 304, 307 and 324‘ eggs. _

In spite of the fact that the adver-

tising of some hatchery men in Mich-

igan may lead some people to believe

that 300-egg hens are very plentiful

these days, ZOO-egg hens, as actually

located through careful trapnesting,

are still scarce/enough that I would

hesitate to write regarding BOO-egg

hens if it were not for the official rec-





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Importance of Breeding

Or How I Develop Haw Lay”,

’ By W. C. Eckard





Since then by the writer. All the 300-

egg hens, the contest hens and our 500

200.egg hens were sired by three males

and the blood of these three males will

flow in the veins. of every chick hatch-

ed from‘our eggs this year. However,

not all of the chicks Carrying this high

production blood will be 300 or even

ZOO-egg hens, even with the best of

feed and care.



Even with chickens as closely relat-

ed as our stcok is, there is ever some

variations in type, size, etc., and just

as there is variation in type and size,

we can also expect variation in the

egg producing ability of different birds.

This variation seems to act somewhat

like a wave on the ocean, the 300-egg-

ers being the very crest of the wave,

with individual hens being located all

thevway from the crest to the trough

at the bottom of the wave. Careful





 





 





The Sure Way to Success is to Feed Well-bred Stock Well.





ords made in 1923 and 1924 at the

Michigan Egg Laying Contest, by sis-

ters and half-sisters of our 300-egg

hens in the pens which We bred and

which won first and third places re-





spectively. The high hen in. our first

pen at the contest laid 285 eggs and

easily might have laid 300 or more

eggs had she been kept at home and

handled just as her 300-egg relatives

were managed.





\Vhile it is interesting to breed and

develop a few 300-egg hens, the thing

which counts from a financial stand-

point is to be able to produce a flock

with a large percentage of fairly high

producers which makes for a high flock

average. From the inquiries which I

have had requesting information re-

‘garding how high record hens are de-

veloped, I am led to believe that far

too many people think that there is

some magic system of feeding or man-

agement which if carefully followed

will‘result in high record hens.



While proper feeding and manage-

ment of the future high record hens

from a day-01d chick to the laying of

the first egg and throughout the en-

tire year’s production, is of great im-

portance, no system of feeding or man-

agement yet developed would cause

some hens to be high producers. What,

then, is the one biggest factor in the

developing of high producing hens?

Breeding is the one most important

factor in the production of high pro-

ducing hens. A well bred chick, poor—

ly fed and managed, may develop into

a runt and be a poor producer; on

the other hand, no amount of good

feeding or care will develop the poorly

bred chick into an egg laying contest

Winner.



Our 300-egg hens, the hens in our

contest pens, or any of the better than

500 ZOO-egg hens at present on Our

plant at Paw Paw, did not just happen.

They are the result of breeding for a

great many years for ‘the purpose of





securing high flock average.





The breeding referred to was done





prior to three years ago, by the Late

D. Tancred,





of Kent, Washington.





breeding for a long period of time

seems to bring the crest of the wave

and the trough closer together. In

other words, careful breeding over a

period of time has a tendency to main-

tain the production of the highest

producers of a given generation on a

level with the production of highest

producers of the preceding generation,

to increase the percentage of the

Whole number of individuals who

make high records and to raise the

production of the lowest producers.



At present, too often a hen, to most

people, is just a hen, and the ques-

tion is not even raised as to What is

back of the hen in-the way of breed-

ing. Everyone interested in the chick-

en game, from the farmer with the

small flock, to the big commercial

poultry man, must have better breed-

ing back of the birds in their flocks

if they are to increase their profits.

Not only must they have better breed-

ing for production, but they must have

better breeding from the viewpoint of

vigor, health, size of bird and size and

type of egg.



To have better breeding back of the

birds which are to make up our flocks

in three or four years, someone must

now be making a careful study of a

large number of promising individuals,

that those hens which show by their

trapnest records and general make-up

to be superior individuals may be used

as breeders for the production of

males to head the flocks from which

eggs for hatching will be saved.





To study individual birds as outlined

above, is veryinteresting, but to date.

has not been very profitable in Mich-

igan. The farmer or commercial poul-

try man cannot afford to do this high-

ly specialized work for himself, but

he can get all the benefits at a low

cost by purchasing males with intense

egg breeding back of them from the

breeder who does specialize in the

production of the same.



Who can say what the value of pre-

potent egg-bred males may be? Three

years ago I paid Mr. Tancred $40





 





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HE reapportionment fight has

now centered in the house of

representatives. The serrate,





Senator Wood’s amended bill giving

Wayne county seven instead of five

seats in the upper branch of the leg-

islature. The final vote in the senate

was preceded by two hours of intense

intricate parliamentary

procedure.



The Detroit members sought amend-

ments to give Wayne county eight or

ten seats, and when every effort in

defeated, they

threatened to vote against the seven-

man bill, declaring it was unconstitu-

tional. Senator David Butler, of Fos-

toria, presented an opinion from At—

torney~General Dougherty declaring

that the bill to give Wayne seven

seats would probably be held consti-

tutional by the courts.



The house committee on apportion-

ment is struggling with Representa-

tive Charles Culver’s proposal to give.

Wayne twenty-five instead of fourteen

house members. If either of these





‘ bills ever get out of committee, there





will be a merry fight on the floor of

the house.

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HE administration’s trunk line



highway plans have fared well at

the hands of the legislatdre. After no

little discussion, the Atwood bill, au-

thorizing the laying out of 500 miles

of additional trunk line mileage, the

routes to be determined by the state

highway commisisoner and the state

administraitve board, has passed both

branches of the legislature.



Despite the determined opposition

of the Wayne county delegation, and

Senator Charles Herrick, of Fenwick,

the senate approved by a vote of twen-

ty-three to six the so—called Ming bill

which provides that on and after Jan—

uary 1, 1926, the state will take over

the construction and maintenance of

the entire trunk line highway system

of Michigan and relieve the counties

from any burden, financial or other-

wise, in connection with trunk line

highways.



3!: a“: *





ROM the standpoint of Michigan



motorists, probably one of the most

important bills now pending in the leg-

islature, is the Richardson bill which

is designed to reduce accidents and

fatalities at grade railroad crossings.

This bill, which passed the house by

a vote of eighty-two to twelve after

an extended debate, would allow the

state public utilities commission to

designate especially dangerous grade

crossings and to compel the railroad

companies to provide standard stop

signs at crossings so marked, and

would require all motorists to bring

their cars to a complete'stop before

crossing such tracks.



The Richardson bill is a substitute

for three or four considerably more

drastic measures introduced earlier in

the session. It is said to have the





the employes as well. The motoring

public is no doubt equally interested

in some sensible plan to prevent the

frightful toll of human life now taken

by the grade crossing accidents in

Michigan.



* >:= *



ROTECTION of Michigan farmers

against those who would defraud

them by selling drugs and compounds

of cheap ingredients at exorbitant

prices, for stock feeds and tonics, is

sought by a bill introduced by Senator

Frank L. Young, of Lansing, and said

to have the backing of the State De-

partment of Agriculture.



This bill provides for the regulating

by licensing of every manufacturer or

firm dealing in live stock remedies in,

Michigan. The term, “live stock rem-

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Our Lam}; Correspondent ’,





with but a single vote to spare, passed,





backing of the railroad owners and‘





'Grade.





mental feeds, medicated stack foods,

medicinal stock foods, stock food ton-

ics, stock powders, condition powders,

conditioners, animal regulators, pro-

prietary medicines, and any prepara-

tion of a like nature, in either solid

or liquid form, used for animals. [It

does not apply, however, to remedies

prepared and prescribed by a veteri-

narian who is regularly licensed in

Michigan, for use in his own practice



Before any manufaCturer or other

person could sell any of these reme‘

dies above mentioned in Michigan, it

would be necessary for

with the state commissioner of agri-

culture a sworn certificate showing

the name of the manufacturer, the

brand or trade-mark of the' remedy

and the minimum net contents of the

package or bottle containing it. It

would also be necessary for him to

furnish the department with a sample

of the remedy accompanied by an afl‘i-

davit to the effect that the sample was

exactly the same as the product to be

marketed. The names of all ingredi—

cuts would have to be printed in Eng

lish, rather than in Latin or some oth-

er foreign language.





If the commissioner of ag1iculture

approved the sale of any such product

the dealer or manufacturer intending

to sell it would be given a license for

which he would pay, $25, renewable

each year. At least one sample of

every product so accepted would have

to be analyzed by a state chemist.



it =i= 3|:





WHEN it became evident that Rep-



resentative McKinnon’s bill to

change the name of the Michigan Ag«

ricultural College would not meet with

much support in the house, Senator

Norman B. Horton, of Fruit Ridge,

determined to find out the reception

of such a proposal in the senate. He

has introduced a bill to call the East

Lansing institution the Michigan State

College of Agriculture and Applied

Science.



* ’1: ll:





AT last it appears that the insistent



agitation which has been brewing

for many months for some reform in

the matter of distributing the primary

school interest fund bids fair to bear

some definite fruit. It will be remem—

bered that the Meggison bill, or Esca-

naba plan, which proposed to distrib-

ute this school fund as nearly as pos-

sible in proportion to the needs of the

several school districts in the state,

passed the house in 1923, but was

smothered in the senate committee.



* =i= *





HE earnest discussions which have



been carried 011 through the col«

umns of the MichiganhFarmer and

elsewhere regarding changes in the

Michigan apple grading law have fin-

ally culminated in the introduction of

a bill by Senator George Leland, of

Fennville, which would 1epeal Act 266

of the Public Acts 01'1923, the present

law pimiding 1'01 seven apple grades,

and would substitute four grades as

follows: Michigan Fancy, Michigan

A, Michigan B G1‘,ade and Comme1 Cial

The seven giades D10\lded by

the pi esent law aie: Michigan Stand-

81d Fancy, Michigan Standard A, A

Drops, Michigan Under Color, Michi-

gan Orchard Run, Michigan B, and

Michigan Unclassified.





If Senator Leland had waited for the





apple growers to reach an agreement,

no apple grading law would have been

introduced, as some of the growers

wanted more grades, while others in-

sisted that they should be simplified

and reduced in number. Senator Le-

land being an experienced apple grow-

er, coming from Fennville which ships

mo1e apples than any othei point in

the state, finally took the bit in. his

teeth and dlafted his own bill. it has

already been iepo1ted iai ciabh by

the senate committee on agriculture.





 





 





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stead of greater yields per acre.



In either case the fertility of the soil



should be maintained. .



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There is a place ,for fertilizer on

every crop, but to be profitable the

proper fertilizer must be used and the

proper'am'ount must be’us’edU When





we consider that an application of 300'





pounds of fertilizer per aore' only al-

lows. about one ounCe to everyjnine

square feet,'it can be_cljear1y‘ seen that

an. available form mustfheused and

the proper ratio of ingredientsmuSt be

Prestent.’ " "

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A soil is not too low inplant food

to germinate seed, for a germinating

seed uses onlythe plant feed stored.

within the seed coat. _,.‘.When the little

roots begin to appear then it begins'to

draw o‘nith'e supply in .~the"soil.-"If there

is inSufii-cient amounts ‘present the

plants will produce less fruit of in-

ferior quality, or none at all.

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Most of the fertilizers are applied

at planting time, either broadcast or

with the seed. When broadcast more

fertilizer should be used. Over a pe-

riod of years this is considered best.

Large applications in the row is not.

advisable because it is liable to pre-

vent proper germination of the seed.

Under average conditions 250 to 300





pounds is used when broadcast, and“





seventy-five to 150 when applied in

direct contact with the seed. Some

crops, such as sugar beets, potatoes

and certain truck crops, should have

from 500 to 700 pounds per acre broad-

cast. It is not advisable to apply over

250 pounds per acre when applied in

direct contact with the seed, and high-

ly nitrogenous materials should never

be applied in direct contact with the

seed.



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Serious injury to germination has

been observed Where highly concen-

trated nitrogenous materials have been

applied at a rate as low as sixty

pounds per acre with the seed. This

should not discourage the use of con—

centrated nitrates and ammoniates,

but they should be used as top-dress—

ing, broadcast over the entire area. On

the lighter types and poorer heavy

types this top-dressing should be done

in the spring on rye and wheat. On

oats and barley it can be done about

the time they begin to come through

the ground. In using these materials

be sure to know the soil reaction. On

alkaline or neutral soils either sodium

nitrate or ammonium sulphate can be

used, but on acid soils sodium should

be used unless lime is used in con-

junction.



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Some farmers are tempted to buy

low grade fertilizers, or some insoluble

form, because the price is cheaper per

ton. After knowing the plant food re-

quirements of a crop the next consid-

eration is to buy a fertilizer with the

elements in an available form. Since

phOsphoric acid is the main require-

ment on most soils, phosphoric acid in

Michigan. Rock phosphate, whiie not

Used extensively in Michigan, dees at-

tract the attention ot‘ some farmers.

it is greatly inferior to acid phosphate

in Michigan when compared to the re-

turn in crop values. The returns from

acid phosphate as compared to rock

phosphate range from three to six

times as great when used through a

complete rotation.



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Whenever in doubt about the proper

fertilizer to use for a particular crop,

keep in mind that your State Agricul-

tural College is always ready to give

you their advice, based on actual field





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At low cost you can easily and

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Years ago the old-fashioned

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ite remedy for rheumatism,

lumbago, colds on the chest

and sore throat.



It did the work all right, but it was

sticky and messy to apply and my how

it did burn and blisterl



The little white jar ofMusterole has

taken the place of the stern old mus-

tard plaster.



Keep this soothing ointment on your

bathroom shelf and bring it out at the

first cough or sniflle, at rheumatism’s

first warning tingle.



Made from pure oil of mustard, with

the blister and sting taken out, Mus-

terole penetrates the skin and goes

right down to the seat of the trouble.

To Mothers: Musteroie is also made'

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OPTION EXPIRES. . -





We have a farm on which my father

gave a man an option in January, 1909.

Nothing was heard from this except

that in November, 1910, he wrote my

father and told him he elected to pur-

chase the fa1m. No money transac—

tions were made and nothing was done

until lately when the man asked us

our price, and we said $12,000. He

came again and offered us $5, 000,

which he said was the option price.

The option referred to above was only

for eleven months duration. Do we

have to accept the $5, 000 price he

offers?— ..V



Options are strictly construed and

must be strictly performed to entitle

the optionee to the property. It is man-

ifest that there is no duty now to con-

vey, the option having expired—Rood.





HOW TO SOW GRASS SEED.





I have five acres of fall-plowed corn

stubble on which I intend to sow oats

this spring and seed down. Which

would you favor, to sow the grass seed

ahead of the drill or after the drill?

What proportions should this seed be

mixed, as I intend to take one crop of

hay off, then pasture it.—H. S.





Excellent results are usually secured

by sowing the grass seed just ahead

of the drill. When this method is fol-

lowed the grass seed is covered from

one-half to three-fourths of an inch

deep and the oats covered from one

inch to one and one-half inches deep,

provided the seed-bed has been well

firmed.



In case the drill is so constructed

that it is not possible to seed ahead of

the disc, the grass seed may be cov-

ered by attaching chains to the drill,

01' it may be covered with spike-tooth

drag.



Under the. conditions you mention,

would recommend seeding consisting

of the following: June clover, [four

pounds; alsike, two pounds; timothy,

four pounds; Kentucky bluegrass, six

pounds. The above amount for one

acre—C. R. Megee.





AMOUNT OF POTATOES TO FEED.





Will you please inform me as to

how many potatoes a day for horse

01' cow I can feed? I have a lot of

potatoes and no sale for them.—J. G.





It is profitable to feed about the

same amount of potatoes to cows as

you would of corn silage. Let us com-

pare the food value of these feeds:



Potatoes contain 1.1 per cent of pro-

tein, 15.7 per cent of carbohydrates,

and 0.1 per cent of fat. Silage con-

tains 1.4 per cent of protein, 14.2 per

cent of fat.



it will be seen that silage is only a

little richer in protein and not quite

so rich in carbohydrates. The protein

is the more valuable nutriment but the

difference is small. Now the standard

ration of silage is about thirty pounds

and one can safely feed thirty pounds

of potatoes, 01' a. peck night and morn-

ing per 1,000 pounds live weight. Cows

may not eat. that much at first. One

should begin by feeding a few and

giadually immense to a lull 12111011.





SEEDING ALFALFA AFTER

BARLEY.





\\ ould like some advice in legard to

seeding alfalfa with bailey. l have

three acres of good soil, medium heavy

loam, thl diained, that I want to sow

to black barley and seed to alfalfa.

How much bailey and alfalfa should

be sown per a010, and should they

both be sown at the. same time? What

\aiiey of alfalfa would you advise?

How much hydiated agiicultuial lime

is equivalent to two tons of g10u11d

limestone? II J



Barbless barley makes an excellent

nurse crop for alfalfa. It does not

shade the land as many other varieties

and has a stiff straw so that it does

not lodge badly. This barley may be

sown at the rate of six pecks per acre.





 





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Grimm alfalfa is verydependable

under Michigan conditions. Ontario

Variegated and Northern Grown Com-

mon are usually successful. From eight

to ten poundsof certified Grimm seed

per acre is usually sufficient, while

from twelve to fourteen pounds of oth‘

er seed is needed. >



It is advisable .to seed both the al-

falfa and barley at the same time. ,If

you have a. giain drill with a seeder

attachment, would suggest bioadcast-

ing the alfalfa seed just in fiont of, 01

on to the discs. When this method is

followed the alfalfa seed is covered

from one-half to three~fourths of an

inch deep, while the barley is covered

from an inch to one and one-half inch—

es deep, provided, of course, that the

seed bed has been well firmed.



Finely ground limestone has about

three-fourths the neutralizing ability of

hydrated lime. It would require be—

tween 2,900 and 3,000 pounds of hy-

drated lime to equal two tons of finely

ground limestone. Owing to the high

price of hydrated lime it is usually

much more economical to apply ground

limestone.-—C.. R. Megee.





DIVISION OF PROPERTY.





My fathe1 died January 24,1923,

leaving bonds and money in the bank

amounting to $6, 700, and no will. He

was divorced. There were four chil-

dren, one has not been seen or heard

of for eight yeais. The con“; at Chi~

cago divided the money for the three

children aftei deducting expenses, but

f01 the missing heir they tuined it

over to the Cook county treasures and

i am told that they keep this money

1ndef1nitely. “'ould like to know if

this IS p08siblc.~—M. B.



Disposition of personal property is

determined solely by the law of the

place of residence of the deceased at

the time of his death, subject only to

the claims of creditors living or debts

contracted at the place where the

property is administered. Presumably

this depends on the law of Illinois.

and is purely statutory. The place of

residence of the deceased is not given.

—~Rood.





MINORS IN POOL ROOMS.





Is there any law in Michigan which

forbids high school students to play

pool in the city pool rooms ?—M. R.





Compiled Laws 1915, Sec. 7223,

makes it a misdemeanor for the oper-

ator of any pool room to permit any

minor attending school, public, private.

01' parochial, to remain in any pool

room; and by the same statute if is a

misdemeanor to permit a minor under

seventeen years to remain in such :1

place though not attending schoolsa

Rood.





BURIAL REGULATIONS.





 





Do you have to employ an undertak-

er to conduct a funeral, or would a

person get a casket and have some

other person conduct a funeral? l

have been told that the law is that

one has to have. a. licensed undertaker.



J





Embalmiug can be done only by

licensed embalmer; but, it is not nec—

essary to have a body embalmed be-

fore burial; nor is it necessary to 11am

a casket. Neither funeral ceremony

1101' burial in a cemetery are legal re—

quirements. A few years ago a man

was indicted in Kentucky for the bur-

ial of his child in a pasteboard box in

a woodlot Without funeral ceremony;

and the court declared the funeral

ceremony to be a religious rite, which

the constitution forbids being estab-

lished by law; and in several cases it

has been held that laws and ordi~

nances forbidding the burial of bodies

outside of established cemeteries are

unconstitutional restrictions on the use

of property, and void—Rood.
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' HIS was the unanimous senti-



' * ment of. thamrectqrs of the Up-



per Peninsula DeveIOpment Bu-

reau at their meeting. at Marquette,

March .14. A definite proposal for un-

dertaking reforestation on a small but

effective scale Was'made at thismeet-

ing by Mr. E. G. Amos, assistant state

leader of county agents, and was en-

thusiastically adopted by the directors.



" Mr. Amos’ proposition was this: Se-

_ cure eleven three-acre plots typical of

as many sections of the peninsula, and

set them out to trees-spruce, Nor-

way, white pine, Jack-pine, etc., 1,200'

to the acre. ,

ing can be secured, it, has already

been determined, from the Michigan

Agricultural College, the State Con-

servation Department, or the United

States Forest ~Experiment,Station at

Cloquet, Minnesota, without, charge.

The only expense Would" be that for

transportation by express and for the

planting after arrival. The bureau

promptly voted an appropriation of

$500 to cover these incidental ex-.

penses.



The Michigan Agricultural College

Extension Department will be respon-

sible for supervision of planting and

care, and for the collection of data

relating to each plantation. It was

thought there would'be no difficulty

in securing the land and several land-

owners who happened to- be present

immediately volunteered a grant of

land for the purpose in three or four

counties, one owner offering as much

as forty acres in each tract.





The idea underlying this proposal

is to show the inhabitants of the pe-

ninsula and the tourists passing

through, what such demonstration

plots can accomplish in a very few

years if approved forestry methods are

adopted. They will serve as the best

kind of propaganda for a better pro—

gram of reforestation throughout

northern Michigan. The Upper Penin-

sula Development Bureau cooperating

with the college, will undertake to see

that each plot is properly marked by

the roadside so that all who pass may

read that there is a forest demonstra-

tion plot there, whose inspection will

reveal what reforestation is good for.



It is admitted that there remains

much about tree growth in this section

that is undetermined, and the college

specialists will make it their duty to

measure and collect the results of

their observations of these plantations

as a basis for large scale work here-

after. The public, it is believed, will

be impressed by what they see and





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A. Chase





The trees for this plant- '





tions were made on scab control, fin-

ish of the fruit, and foliage injury. It

may be pointed out here that there





g It’ll/are Immediate/y .





cational results will be incalculabl‘e.





Attention was called at this confer-





ence to what had been accomplished

on the farm oer. Frank O. Lowden,

of Illinois, where white pines planted

twenty years ago were now of nearly

marketable size; and Mr. Kroodsma,

of the Michigan Agricultural College

forestry department, related how a

farmer in Allegan county, whose farm

he recently visited, had planted white

pines on sand dunes on his farm that

were altogether worthless and were

blowing over his wood lands, and how

these‘trees after a few years, had at-

tained a height of eight \or ten feet,

stopped the’sand from drifting about,

and were destined soon to have a mar-

ket value of their own. Attention was

called to a similar plantation near Ish-

rpeming, where the trees were not so

high because of the shorter growing

season yet showed a fine growth in

the few. years'since planting was un-

dertaken. It was also brought out that

the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company

proposes to plant 300,000 evergreens

on Grand Island, Lake Superior, this

summer. ‘



All this may be a drop in the bucket,

but it is a real start in the right direc-

tion. More timber land rather than

more agricultural land is what is want-

ed right now. This is one way to get

it. It will remain necessary to keep

out the fires. One land owner told of

a plantation of trees in the southern

part of the peninsula that had been

partly ruined by careless setting of-

fire in the vicinity. It is believed,

however, that persons who see what

these demonstration plots can accom-

plish if left free to grow, will hence-

forth be more careful about setting

fires in the woods and brush. Farm-

ers have a real interest in this project.





 





THE BEST SPRAYING MATERIAL?





 





(Continued from page 419).

lime-sulphur or copper that each tree

got under every combination of-

strength and dosage. For example,

compare items one and four. Both

rows received the same number of gal-





 





lons per tree of dilute material but

since the material used on number

four was just twice as strong as that

for number one, it is very evident





that number four got twice'as much

actual lime-sulphur as number one.





Very careful and complete observa~





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Red—lead helps man win

the greatest war of all time





HIS war is between man and

Nature. What man builds,

the forces of Nature try to de-

stroy. Nature is everlastingly

striving to return all materials to

their original and most stable





form.





Man uses in his structures,

amongothermaterials,thestrong-

est metal he has—steel. Opposed

to it: is one of Nature’s strongest

elements —- moisture - laden air.

The air attacks this metal which

man has won from Nature and

tries, by what is known as rust—

ing, to draw it back to its original

state. If the metal is left to face

the attack alone, it soon weakens.

It crumbles—is destroyed.





This battle with rust goes on

about your own farm every min-

ute of the day. You have steel in

metal equipment, machinery,

plows, metal gutters, various farm

implements.





With red-lead, made from the

metal, lead, you can make a cov—

ering for your steel through Which

air and moisture cannot pene—

trate. \Vith red-lead your steel





enough to expand and contract

under heat and cold without

cracking. Because it is exceed-

ingly fine, it brushes out evenly

and has unusual covering power.

It gives full and economical pro-

tection to the metal surface it

covers.





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for mixing with pure linseed oil,

comes in the natural red-lead

color. It can be shaded to browns,

greens, black, and'other dark col-

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We shall be pleased to send you a

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the paint. We shall also be glad

to give you any specific informa-

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problem you may have.





Other Dutch Boy Products





are two definite types of injury which

may result where lime-sulphur and

lead arsenate are used. One is the

“yellow leaf” type which was very

common in 1923. It is thought by

many to be the result of water soluble

arsenic rather than limesulphur. The

injury which was prevalent this year

was altogether different, it being of a

“brown leaf or scald type, and un-

doubtedly was a true lime-sulphur in-

jury. There may be other types of

injury but I would consider these the





what the technical data thus gathered

in will show, and a healthier sentiment

will be developed in consequence.



It is proposed to start the work this

spring. It isalready known that tech-

nical assistance will be forthcoming

from the expert staffs of the state and

United States forest services. While

in themselves little reforestation will

be accomplished in comparison with

the vast amount that is required to re-

timber the cut-over country, the edu-





 





 





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c's “5‘ .73 g :

Material and Strength. 3 .9 S ’5 p,C2 t.) g E:

as age as s s s

. 4:: ms: £34m ,‘3 g m ,

\Veak lime—sulphur 3/, gal. in 50 ...... Light . 1 23 7 0 0 '

. Medium . 2 9 12 0 0

Heavy . 3 5 13 0 0

Strong lime-sulphur 1% gal. in 50. . . ..Light ..... 2 8 12 O 0

' ' Medium 4 3 27 0 0

Heavy . 6 2 28 10 1

Weak Bordeaux 1250 ........... Light . 1 20 38 50 7

Medium . 2 7 26 50 20

Heavy . 3 1 12 52 36

Strong Bordeaux 3-6-50 ......... Light . 3 2 7 49 40

Medium ., 6 0.3 4 33 62 .

Heavy 9 0.6 10 36 53 I





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In the famous Dutch Boy series of

products, besides red—lead, there

are white—lead, flatting oil, solder,

linseed oil and babbitt metals.





and thus your farm equipment

give much longer service. When

you give your metal this com-

plete protection, you do only

what engineers, building contrac-

tors, railroads, steamship com-

panies and the U. S. Navy do for

all the steel they use.





National Lead Company, in

addition, makes lead products for

practically every purpose to which

lead can be put in art, in-

dustry and daily life. If

you desire specific infor-

mation about any uses of

lead or have any special

paint problem, write to

our nearest branch.





 





Follow their example

further and use Dutch





Boy red-lead.





Dutch Boy red-lead is

pure and is highly oxi-

dized. It has stood all

tests for durability. It

makes a hard, tenacious

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New York, 111 Broadway; Boston, 131 State Street; Buffalo, 116 Oak Street; Chicaga,

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National Lead 81 Oil Co. of Penna, 316 Fourth Avenue; Philadelphia, John T. Lewis &

Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Street.
Farmers everywhere are praising the com-

fort, safety and economy of Balloon Gum;

Dipped Cords—~advantages made possible by

the special Firestone process of gum-dipping.





Gum-dipping insulates every fibre of every

‘ \ cord with rubber, giving extra strength to

the light, strong, flexible side walls to stand the

extra flexing strain.





Specify Gum-Dipped Balloons—Full-Size—

built only by Firestone. The nearest Firestone o

dealer will make the changeover quickly and

at low cost—~with liberal allowance for your

present tires.





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“It doesn’t pay to take chances on seed you don’t know, even if

the tests on the tag do look all right. The tag doesn’t tell the whole

story, by a long shot.





“Of course, I always look at the tag and it has to be right, but I

pay more attention to the brand.





“If it’s ‘Pine Tree Brand,’ I know I’m safe.



“By the way, Neighbor, if you haven’t got your copy of ‘7 Lessons

. - s - ' 9 '

1n Judging Seed yet, send for it today. It sfree and you’ll find it

full of real information, worth dollars to

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low leaf kind; but the seasrm . as a

whole was not favorable to Bordeaux

foliage injury. There was only One

time, about August first, when Bor-

deaux injury on the foliage developed





in this orchard.





I think now with these explanations

that we are ready to answer some of

the questions asked a little earlier.

Will weaker lime-sulphur or Bordeaux

control scab? The results show (Table

1) definitely that with equal dosages

of weak and strong lime-sulphur and

weak and strong Bordeaux that the.

control of scab was less complete in

every instance with the weaker ma-

terial. The difference between a light

application of weak material and a

light application of strongmaterial

was always greater than the difference

between a heavy application of weak





the inexperienced it is best to start

with the less valuable pelts, because

the first attempts may prove a failure.

Not. that the method is complicaed,

but rather that it requires more pa-

tience and attention than many will





give.





‘ If the pelt is dry it must be softened

for several hours in running water or

in salt water mixed inthe proportion

of half a pint of salt to a. pail of water.

thmust be taken out when it becomes

pliable as further soaking will loosen

the fur. Next the skin should be flesh-

ed, in much the same manner as a

trapper fleshes his pelts. The skin

should be placed over a smooth flesh-

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I N a recent address before the International Kiwanis Club, Chas.

M. Schwab, president of the United States Steel Coporation Said





“Agriculture is a necessary backbone of a sound national devel-

Agriculture is a stabilizer in times of stress.

twenty years much attention has been given to machines in fac-

The next few years will see more scientific attention given

to machinery on the farm and to farming as a big constructive ele-





Finley P. Mount, president of one of the largest farm equip-

ment manufacturing concerns in the country, recently said, “Agri-

culture is the backbone Of the nation.





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material and a. heavy appliction of

strong material. This was true to about

the same degree with both Bordeaux

and lime-sulphur. The medium and

heavy applications of strong lime-sul-

phur, the heavy application of weak

Bordeaux and all applications of strong

Bordeaux gave what might be called

practically complete control of scab.

The scab spots on the apples from





[these plots were mostly so small that





they would not be detected in com—

mercial grading. This answers rather

definitely another one of the ques-

tions: How far will scab control keep

The an—

swer is that if the material is strong

enough that there is a practical limit

to the amount of material to be used.



Another question: What effect will

strength of material and dosage have

on the finish of the fruit? The amount

of russet produeed by weak lime—sul-

phur was not large. With the strong

lime—sulphur the amounts were greater

and increased rather consistently with

increases in dosage. The russet. also

increased consistently according to the

ratio 01' active material. With Bor-

deaux, nearly all the apples show rus—

seting in some. degree, and the figures





show a very interesting condition as

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this injury. The

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degree of

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all dosages. The percentage of “light”

russet starts rather high with the

light application 01," Weak Bordeaux and

decreases notiCeably as we progress

to the heavier applications 01' strong.

On the other hand, the percentage of

“heavy” rusdet begins quite low with

the light. application of the weak, and

increases regularly through to the

heavier applications of the strong.





TANNING FURS AT HOME.





 





 





 





THERE are various animals on

every farm, such as woodchucks,

squirrels, moles, dogs, and cats and

rabbits, whose i'urs are scarcely worth

the trouble of marketing, but when

tanned can be made into very beauti-

ful and useful articles for the home.

It is not advisable, however, to at—

tempt home manufacture of any of the

valuable furs, but in the case of the

cheaper furs and those‘for which there

is no market, it is a waste to throw

the animals away when their furs,





 





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how to make. and all surplus flesh and

fat scraped off with a dull hunting

knife or other instrument. To com-

plete the fleshing process, all grease

must be removed. This is best done

by rubbing hot sawdust. or corn meal

over the pelt side.



The skin is now placed in a pickling

solution made as follows: In a wooden

pail or in any glass or earthenware

basin, mix one quart of salt in one

gallon of hot water, let cool and slowly

pour in one ounce of commercial sul-

hpuric acid. The skin should be sunk

in this solution and stirred around oc-

casionally to insure thorough soaking.

A woodchuck skin or other skin of

equal size will tan in about two days,

but a longer time will be necessary

for larger skins.



The pickling solution will preserve

the skin and will not injure it if left

in over time. When removed from

the pickle the skin must be washed

thoroughly. It should be scraped and

shaken 01' all surplus fluid and soaked

for an hour in a pail of lukewarm wa-

ter to which has been added a handful

of washing soda. When removed from

this, rinse well in clean water and

hang up to dry.





The final stage or," the tanning is the

softening process, which is dependent

only on your supply of elbow grease,

and must commence when the skin is

about hall’ dry. The pelt side should

be rubbed and pulled over the square

edge of a plank; every part; of the skin

must. be rubbed and worked; any hard

spots may be softened by rubbing with

the pickling fluid. This rubbing and

pulling must be kept up until the skin

has been worked dry, then the pelt

side should be rubbed with tallow or

other animal oil; all excessive grease

should be removed by hot corn meal.

Brush and comb out the fur and the

skin is ready.





The Michigan Department of Agri~

culture requires all fertilizers sold in

the state to be licensed with them.

Among other things, it requires that

the name or‘ brand and analyses be

printed on each bag. This is for the

protection of the farmer and reliable

fertilizer companies. Always insist on

knowing the analysis beforebuying,

buy only high analysis goods and there-

by get your units of plant food as

cheaply as possible.





 





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ing of the radio set during the

summer months will soon be a thing

of the past.



Radio engineers have been trying to

develop static filters of all descrip-

tions to be used in connection with

receiving sets, but the cure for the

static pest has not been discovered in

that quarter. The'solution to the prob-

lem has been found in the. form of in-

creased power at the broadcasting

station.



Until very recently, but few broad-

casting stations employed more than

500 watts or one half kilo-watt. Dur-

ing the summer months it became

more or less difficult for even these

stations to pound through the static,

but now we have a. number of stations

employing 1,000 watts power, and at

least one, perhaps more, which is now

using 1,500 watts and which is equip-

ped to use 5,000 watts just as soon as

the government will permit it to do so.



With 1,500 watts power, a station

can come booming through any kind

of static and we have every reason to

believe that radio receiving this sum-

mer will be just as good as it was

last winter. Extra power will do much

to improve reception and general sat-

isfaction with the receiving apparatus.





RADIO PLAYS BIG PART.





 





ADIO played a big part in the re-

cent tragedy in Sand Cave where

Floyd Collins, the famous cave ex-





plorer, rests in his rock tomb. Both ‘





broadcasting and receiving sets did

their share in informing millions of

radio listeners of the developments in

the attempts to rescue the most-talked-

of~man of the present age.



Telephone lines carried the news to

the broadcasting stations by way of

the newspaper offices. Onevradio ed-

itor from at Cincinnati paper covered

the story of his paper and his graphic

descriptions of his experiences inside

the cave were broadcast.





Not only was radio used to broad

cast news of the rescue work, but a

radio receiving apparatus was con-

strucred and used to determine if 001-

lins were alive or dead.





WKAR PROGRAM.





 





Monday, March 30—12:00 noon,

weather forecast; 7:15 p. m., agricul-

tural extension school; 8:00 p. m., ed-

ucational program (M. A. C. faculty).



Tuesday, March 31—12:00 noon,

weather forecast; 7:15 p. m., agricul-

tural extension school.



Wednesday, April 1—12:00 noon,

weather forecast; 7:15 p. m., agricul-

tural extension school; 8:00 p. m.,

musical program.



Thursday, April 2~12:00 noon,

weather forecast; 7:15 p. m., agricul-

tural extension school.



Friday, April 3—12:00 noon, weath-

er forecast; 7:15 p. m., agricultural

extension school.



Saturday, April 4——12:30 a. m., spe—

cial dance program (Pastime Players)._





0TH ER RADIO PROGRAMS.





 





VVWJ, Detroit News, Detroit, Mich.,

352.7 meters. Physical exercises daily

at 8:00 a. m. Talk on “Tonight’s Din-

ner,” at 9:30 a. m. Weather forecasts

daily at 10:25 a. m., Arlington time

at 11:55 a. In. Musical program every

noon. Detroit News Orchestra daily

at 3:00 p. in. Market reports at 3:55

p. -m. Dinner concerts at 6:00 p. m.

and concert programs at 8:00 p. m..

daily except Saturday and Sunday.

Sunday services at 11:00 a. m and

7:20 p. m. Detroit News Orchestra

every Sunday afternoon at 2:00.



WCX, Detroit Free Press, Detroit,

Michigan, 516.9 meters. News bulle-

tins daily at 2:00 p. in. 2:15 p. m.,

live stock and municipal markets quo~

tations. 2:20, government weather re-

ports. Detroit and Chicago grain mar-





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Quality. These machines are the result of

94 years of experience and betterment. They

are as near perfect as human skill can make

them. They are the standard of the world,





famous for dependability and long life. ufacture enables





Service. The value of McCormickDeering

equipment is always greater because of the

'service that stands ready behind every

McCormickaeering machine. No matter

how old your machine, this Company assures

a helping hand in case of need. We are fun

nishing repairs today for McCormick and

Deerin binders and mowers that have

worke through forty seasons.





Unit Operation. In these days of big op,

erations and of power farming, be sure that

your farm machines work together as a unit

and like one machine. McCormick/Deming

tractors and the many drawbar and belt mar

chines are designed and built to work to

gether. Matters of capacity, equipment, ad’

justment, hitches, etc., are all worked out for

handy, fast, unit operation. Each new method

and machine you adopt fits in without delays





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machines called by the name “McCormick'Deering.” When you make new

investments in farm equipment it will pay you to stick to this dealer and with

these machines—to standardize on the McCormick’Deering line.

of the benefits that will be clear to you during many coming seasons:





or extra expense when you use McCormick'

Deering machines.





Interchangeable Units and Parts.

Standardization in McCormick’Deering manv





repairs and so save valuable time. A grant

many of the parts in McCormickaeering

machines are being made so that they will be

interchangeable between one machine and

another. This advantage may sometime

mean hundreds of dollars to you in the midst

of the heavy summer season.





Standing with the Dealer. The McCorr

mick’Deering dealer is in position to give you

the best of cooperation. It will pay you to

confine your purchases to the one dealer and

make of yourself a favored customer. Scat’

tered purchases cannot make you an impor’

tant customer with any dealer.





Re-sale Value.

equipment always stands high in resale and





goes at auctions when a McCormick'Deering

machine is put up.





Remember that it is “good equipment” that “makes a good farmer better,” and that

McCormick’Deering is the old reliable line. Standardize on farm equipment as the wise

manufacturer does when he buys materials and factory equipment, and when he builds

the product he sells. Standardize as big companies do when they buy fleets of motor

Standardize on equipment as the good farmer does on breeds of livestock.

They all standardize and so simplify their operations. It is good business all around.





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phosphate, gypsum, wood ashes or crushed shells.

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and attractive buildings erected. Competent County

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fertilizer attachment, you get the advantage of a com-drop-

ping device that plants as accurately as you .can plant. by

hand, plus the advantage of being able to distribute fertilizer

at the same time the corn is planted.





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Gives the kind of planting that means

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maturity and more bushels per acre.





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Brand Grimm. This hardy Grimm is adaptable

to climatic and soil. conditions the country over.

Produces sturdy plants that will withstand severe

winters. Branching roots are little affected dur'

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When selecting Grimm seed be sure to look for

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Sonia Goad Discussion;





ORE information about seed,”

was the keynote of the activ-

ities of Better Seed Week, which

has now drawn, to a close.

Prominent farmers, drops specialists

at M. A. C., farm pages of the. daily

and weekly newspapers, all contrib-

uted to the success of the special

week which resulted in part from a

suggestion for Better Seed Week

made by the Michigan Farmer some

time ago.

Professor Cox Opens theSeries.

The principal feature of the Better

Seed Week activity was the radio pro-

gram broadcast over the M. A. C.

radio station, WKAR. Professor J. F.

Cox, of the Farm Crops Department

of the Michigan Agricultural College,

opened these radio discussions, Mon-

day night, by telling of the national

seed situation and the work being

done by cooperative seed distributing

organizations throughout the eastern,

northern and corn belt states to insure

dependable seed of' known origin to

their farmers. Professor Cox is, at

preSent, on leave of absence from the

Agricultural College, acting as execu-

tive secretary of the Federated Seed

Service, an organization dealing in

seed of known origin.

Ten Years’ Experience.

Garfield Farley, Albion, Michigan,

farmer, who is president of the Mich-

igan Crop Improvement Association,

spoke the same night on the value of

the improved varieties under farm

conditions. Mr. Farley has for over

ten years, been using varieties devel-

oped by the Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege and produced under inspection by

the Michigan Crap Improvement As-

sociation, and has found them to be of

decidedly superior value on his farm.

No Excuse for Inferior Seeds.





H. C. Rather, of M. A. C., secretary

of the Michigan Crop Improvement

Association, also spoke Monday, tell-

ing of the work of that organization

in maintaining the purity, quality, and

vigor of the varieties which the Mich-

igan Agricultural College develops. He

stated that pure seed of the best

adapted varieties is now available in

sufficient quantity so growers need

have no excuse for using inferior seed.



Good Seed Overcomes Adversities.



Tuesday night’s radio program was

devoted to special seed corn discus-

sions. D. F. Rainey, of the Farm Crops

Department of M. A. 0., led these with

a. discussion of the valuable lessons

to be secured from the Michigan 1924

Corn Contest, of which he was direct-

or. He pointed out that, despite the

unfavorable corn growing season of

1924, growers who used seed of im-

proved varieties, carefully di'ied and

tested for germination, had still been

able to produce unusually profitable

crops, three of them using ear—tested

seed having produced better than

eighty bushels of shelled corn per

acre.





 





 





How Seed Corn is Prepared.

Paul Clement, of Britton, Michigan’s

leading seed corn producer, told of his

methods of field selecting, drying, and

ear—testing seed corn in quantity. Mr.

Clement is one of Michigan’s best in-

formed farmers on seed corn germina-

tion and his methods of seed corn

handling have been giving unusual

success With the crop.



Seed Corn Situation Serious.





J. R. Duncan, corn breeder at M. A.

C., completed Tuesday night’s program

with a discussion of the present ser-

ious situation insofar as seed corn

germination is concerned. He empha-

sized the use of acid phosphate, high

grade seed corn, early field selection,

and careful drying and storing of seed

in order to avoid similar situations in

the future. Much of the seed corn

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Mr. Duncan, this year, has been below

fifty per cent in germination.

Potato Specialists Talk.

Michigan’s peculiar diversification

tof crops was emphasized in the radio

program of Wednesday night, this be

ing designated as “Special Crops

Night.” H. C. Moore and J. W‘. VVes-





' ton, potato specialists at M. A. C, told





particularly of the influence of good

seed in securing more profitable

yields of potatoes, as well ‘as a high

quality potato which could more read-

ily be sold on a profit on the market.



“Potatoes grown from Michigan cer-

tified seed in this as well as other

states, have been of much higher qual-

ity,” said Mr. Weston, “and if Michi-

gan is to hold her market in competi-

tion with potatoes from Minnesota,

Wisconsin, New York and Pennsyl-

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g 311'. Moog) stated that certified seed

of the Russet Rural, White Rural,

Green Mountain, Irish Cobbler, and

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Robust Beans’ Lead.

Pettigrove, Michigan’s bean

specialist, told of varietal tests con-

ducted by the Michigan Agricultural

College over a period of four years, in

which the Robust variety of white

navy beans had an increased average

yield of seven bushels per acre over

the other varieties in the test. He

also discussed the growing of red kid-

ney beans, which find considerable

higher market than do the rest of the

Michigan beans. The dark red kid—

neys, according to 'Mr. Pettigrove, find

greatest favor on the market, but the

light red kidneys, particularly coming

from the Wells Improved strain, are

less susceptible to disease and in un<

favorable seasons are apt to give bet-

ter yields.

- Plant the Beets Early.



Mr. C. E. Cormany, in a discussion

on sugar beet culture, emphasized the

use of manure and commercial fertil—





izer, (the latter high in phosphoric

acid and potash) careful cultural

methods, and early planting. The





early planting, in particular, has giv‘

en exceptionally good results in the

:xpgriment trials conducted at the M.





Advises Permanent Program.



In Thursday night’s small grains'

program, Ralph \Arbogast, prominent

southern Michigan farmer, told his

radio listeners of the need for a better

balanced farm program, in which acid

phosphate, alfalfa, and live stock

played an important part in building

up the fertility of the soil. Mr. Arbo‘

gast expressed his belief in a perma«

nent farm program balanced as to pr0<

ductlon and marketing rather than the

guess-and-jump type of production and

marketing program which some farm-

ers follow, which so frequently results

in their making the wrong guess and

Jumping into a low market with a.

large production. '



avlncreasing the Seed Supply.





E. E. Down, plant breeder at M. A.

C., told of the crossing, breeding, and

careful selection work which has re«

sulted in leading Michigan crops vari‘

eties, each adapted to its own partic-

ular need; while Mr P. R. Miller, of

M. A. C., supervisor of inspections of

the Michigan Crop Improvement AS<

sociation, told how that organization

produced these varieties in quantity

and made pure seed of them available.



Alfalfa Experience.



The concluding radio program of

Friday night featured clover and al‘

falfa. _. The discussion was led by I. R.

Waterbury, Managing-Editor of The

Michigan Farmer.



Mr. Waterbury told how his first at.

tempts in growing this crop resulted

in a failure, but how later after an

application of lime and inoculation of

both the seed and the soil, to provide

nitrofying bacteria; and after the use

of northern grown acclimated seed,

his efforts were sdccessful. Mr. VVa-

terbury’s present method of seeding

alfalfa is to put it on land disked up

in the spring following a potato crop

the previous year, using his alfalfa

with about a bushel of oats per acre.

Since his earlier experience, this meth-

od has never resulted in an alfalfa.

failure.



Northern Seed Proves Best.



The discussion of Professor C. R.

Megee, forage crops specialist at M.

A. C., backed Mr. \Vatel‘bury’s ex-

periences insofar as acclimated seed

is concerned, by showing that in the

varietal trials conducted by the. Agri-

cultural College, the northern grown

common and Grimm alfalfa seed, had

produced profitable alfalfa stands, but

the southern grown seed has been a

failure. Other trials by Professor

Megee showed much of the imported

clover seed, particularly that from

Italy, to be unadapted to Michigan

conditions, while Michigan grown seed

had produced highly satisfactorily for

both a hay and seed crop.



Alfalfa in Cloverland.





L. D. Kurtz, of the M. A. C. Exten-

sion Staff, who has been taking care

of the crops work in the Upper Penin-

sula, told of the rapid progress being

made by northern Michigan growers

in alfalfa producHon—Menominee.

county, alone, having seeded more

than 1,000 acres to pure Grimm alfal—

fa. In trials conducted by Mr. Kurtz,

in the Upper Peninsula, the Grimm al—

falfa gave an average yield of four

tons per acre for two cuttings.



It is believed that the radio program

of Better Seed Week reached one of

the largest radio audiences which ever

listened to farm programs. Nearly

1,000 registrations of radio owners.

were made with the college, while

many of these invited in others and

held group radio meetings, so that

probably more than 10,000 people list.-

ened t00the discussions of the week.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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HE';farmer’s profits, at the end

. of .th'e’cropyear depend upon

0 . three things; (1) The quantity

of produce he has to sell; (2) the mar-

ket price; (3) the costs of Operation.

. The quantity of produce which there

is for sale ."will depend upon weather

conditions and the acreage. For a

large income the individual farmer

will want a large quantity of produce.

But a large production will tend to

lower the price. Large crops and high

prices seldom come the same year.





For the individual farmer the quan-

tity for market will depend upon his

acreage, the season, and the methods

of production. While it is not easy to

change the usual program greatly, it

is possible for each farmer to modify

his program to a certain extent. If

the outlook for the bean market is

good and the potato market poor, acre-

age adjustments can be made.



In looking forward to the coming





in response to present market condi-

tions will have a depressive effect on

the 1925 price.



The individual farmer can have

some influence on his wheat profits if

he follows the proper methods. Con-

cerning the wheat situation for 1925,





the United States Department of Ag-





riculture says:





“MtIch can be‘ done by growers to

increase the price of wheat regardless

of the market situation. Careful at-

tention to the quality and condition

lof.the wheat when it leaves the farm

adds considerably to the price; and

the elimination of undesirable varie-

ties in favor of those which yield well

and command a premium on the mar-

ket assures higher returns per acre

with no increase in the cost of pro-

duction. The quality and price of the

wheat can be increased by preventing

heat damage in storage through the

use of expensive ventilators, and by





 





How much

should livestock eat?





Every farmer knows that without

enough salt his stock will lose

Weight; that their whole physical





salt





cially clean and pure. Animals will

eat all they require. It is the ideal

salt for conditioning livestock. And





 





Just Now the Farmer with a Good Herd of Swine





year and in planning the year’s plant-

ings the farmer wants to know what

the price outlook is.



General business conditions will

have some effect on the prices for 1925

agricultural products. While there has

been a stimulation of business during

the past few months forecasters do

not venture an opinion that the pres-

ent rate of business activity will con-

tinue throughout the year. It must

not be assumed, however, that we are

now enjoying unbounded prosperity.

January, 1925, was 0.9 per cent above

that of December, 1924, and was three

per cent less than that for January,

1924. The decrease in payroll for the



- same periods was 5.3 per cent.



Employment in the automobile in-

dustry in January, 1925, was sixteen

and one-half per cent below that of

January, 1924, with a decrease of

twenty-four per cent in payroll.



In the east north central geographic

division (Michigan is located in this





divsion) the decrease from January,‘





1924, to January, 1925, was greater

than for the country as a whole, being

7.2 per cent in number employed and

nine per cent in payroll.



Present business conditions and the

outlook for the coming year do not

indicate that the domestic demand for

the 1925 crops will be any better, it‘

as good, as for those of the past year.

Farmers, therefore, should not build

too great hopes upon a reviving busi-

ness putting more money into their

pockets this year.



Conditions in Europe are generally

somewhat better than a year ago and

the demand for farm products ought

to be strengthened. On the other hand,

these countries will produce as much

01' their requirements as possible.

There will also be rather keen com-

petition from Australia, Canada, and

Argentina in the wheat market. Com-

petition in meat and dairy products

will continue strong.



On the demand side, both foreign

and domestic, there seems to be little

hope for strengthening prices. The

individual farmer, then, must plan his

production to best suit the conditions

as they exist.



Wheat.





It is too late for the Michigan farm-,

er to adjust the Wheat acreage. The

present high prices of wheat will sure—

1y not prevail during 1925 if there is

an average crop this year. An undue

expansion of the spring wheat acreage





is PeCuliarly Fortunate.





removing dockage on the farm with

simple cleaning apparatus. The screen-

ings may be turned to valuable ac-

count as a feed for live stock.”





Hogs.





Hog production should not be plan-

ned upon the present market price

when this year’s crop gets to the mar-

ket place.





On January 1, 1925, there were ap-

proximately 54,000,000 hogs in this

country, as compared with about 82,-

000,000 the year before. There will

be fewer number of pigs born this

spring—(the U. S. Department of Ag-

riculture estimates from six to eight

million less). On January 1, 1925,

there were 252,000 (about twenty per

cent) fewer hogs in Michigan than on

January 1, 1924. Indications are that

hog prices will rise during the com—

ing year, and a further reduction in

hog production is not advisable from

the standpoint of profitable and well-

balanced farming. Also, it is undesir-

able from the standpoint of the needs

of the domestic market





 





It seems highly desirable for the

farmer to make plans to increase his

fall crops of pigs. It. is not likely that l

the shortage of hogs will be overcomel

and lower prices result by the time

this fall crop is ready for market.

Hogs seem to offer an opportunity forI

profit. HOWever, expansion must be

undertaken with reason.



Beef Cattle.





Production of beef cattle can not

be so readily changed to meet chang-

ing market conditions as can that of

hogs. There were fewer beef cattle

in the United States on January 1,

1925, than any time during the last

ten years. The low prices of the past

five years have made beef production

unprofitable. '



The indications are that there will

be higher prices for beef cattle dur—

ing the coming year. The man with





 

 





the better grades of beef will, nol

doubt, enjoy the greatest price in-

creases.





Note.~Next Week the outlook in

dairying, the sheep and wool business,





feed supplies and sugar beets will be

discussed.





K

The heralders of progress are quite

as likely to be found in the advertis-





ing as in the reading columns of the

American press.





condition vill be endangered.





Butwhatis the





it costs no more than ordinary salt.





 





A salt guide





 





correct amount for o 1‘ use

. u

of salt to feed The Diamond Crystal y_ _



them? That is a Salt Guide There IS a Dia-



vital question. mond Crystal



HOI‘S€S eat more For Table, Diamond Crystal Shaker Salt forcvcryuse,



Kitchen and Salt (free flowing, in .



than COWS, sheep Household andypouring cartons) The gmdc at left



eat more than U“ figfi‘fifgg @333; shows you which



sw1ne; no two sanitary muslin bags). one to use for

For Curing Diamond Crystal Coarse



horses have .the cats Salt (in 35‘lb. and 70— eaCh .farm need-



samesaltrequrre- b. bags). D 1 a m o n d



ments—no two For Butter- Diamond Crystal Flake Crystal Salt for

Making or Fine Flake Salt (in



cows, no two 280-lb. paper-lined table and cook.



sheep, no two F Ch DPa"el;agd'“:’:;)' ing use, for



' 01‘ eese— iamon rysta eese '

pigs. Moreover, Making Salt (in 280—1b.paper- butter-makmg:

the salt needs of Dlmed bdarzls). 1 H k meat — curing,

' For Canning iamon rysta a e '



stock vary.\v1th Vewables 3,1,, Diamond Cm,“ etc.,is furtherm—



the changes In the and Fruits Fine Flake (Table Salt) fined by a speCIal,

or Diamond Crystal



weather as well Fine Sal? (in 280-lb. patented process





as with thevaria—

tionsin their feed.



Thousands of

stockmen have

solved this prob—





 





For Livestock,

Salting Hay,

Killing

Weeds, etc.





barrels 0‘. bags).





Diamond Crystal No. 1

Common Salt (in 280—

lb. barrels, in bags and

in 50-lb. blocks).





which no other

manufacturer

can use. It is the

only salt that





 





government tests





1cm by allowing their animals free

access to salt at all times, making

sure that the salt was not full ofthe

bitter impurities which make some

salt so disagreeable. They have

found that stock, given a free

amount of pleasant-tasting salt,

will eat the right quantity for their

particular needs.





The ideal stock salt





There is one salt that successful

farmers use regularly for their stock

-——one exceptionally free from the

impurities that make some salt

strong and bitter. This is Diamond

Crystal Common Salt. Made from

a brine pumped from salt beds 2,000

feet deep, Diamond Crystal is espe-





show to be always over 99% pure.

The same process makes it in the

form of delicate flakes instead of

hard, gritty cubes. Thus, Dia-

mond Crystal dissolves quickly,

develops finer flavors in food, and

cures meat evenly and thoroughly.



Use the salt guide the next time

you buy salt. If you don’t know

Where to get Diamond Crystal in

your community just write us.



Diamond Crystal Salt Company,

since 1887 makers of Diamond

Crystal, “The Salt that’s all Salt”,

St. Clair, l\lich.



FREE—211mg» women have fieen

interesled 2'72 our looklet “101 Use:

for Salt”. 176 will he glad to send it

free upon request.





Diamodn Crystal





~ Salt





T here i: a Diamond

Crystal Salt for eat/t

farm need. No. 1

Common, for stock

feeding, come: in 280-



. barrelx, in be 5





and in 50-15. 6104‘
N an effort to extend the service of

the Michigan Agricultural College



, to the very doors of the citizens of

.this state, the soils department has

, " just completed plans for the operation

‘ of a soil fertility train on‘the New

York Central Lines in southwestern



" Michigan. The main feature will be

a laboratory car which will be com-

pletely equipped to test all samples of

.Vsoil and marl which the farmers may

bring in. Tests for calcium: potash,

jgorganic matter, etc., Will‘be made and





a





.3 aiwriitten report handed to each farm-



er along with recommendations for

handling the field from which the soil

was taken. Farmers are urged to bring

in their soils and samples and consult

with the soils specialists in this lab-

oratory car.





“If any one doubts the need of a

soil-clinic in that section of Michigan,

he need only compare the yields ob-

tained from those farms last year with

those of twenty—five years ago. On

every hand the questions are raised,

'Why can’t we raise wheat like we

used to? \Vhat is the matter with our

.clover stands?’ Our greatest natural

resource—soil fertilitywhas been dis-

sipated and wasted away, and this sec~

tion of Michigan is seriously in need

of a ‘Soil Doctor".” So says Dr. M. M.

McCool, Professor of Soils, who is ac-

tively sponsoring this project.





 





-‘ In keeping with its general policy

of encouraging anything that tends to-3

ward better agriculture, the New York

Central Lines are cooperating in this

project by providing the coaches and

the transportation for the saute. Its

agricultural department is also assist-

ing in carrying out the details of the

project. _



Besides the laboratory car, there

will be motion pictures, charts, exhib-

its, and lectures to make anyone’s

visit to the train both instructive and

Worth-while. Samples of fertilizing

material and limestone will be on dis-





play.



This train is scheduled to leave

Grass Lake on April 7 and will con-

tinue to travel until April 21, when it

reaches Eaton Rapids. At least two

hours will be allowed for each place,

thus giving abundant time for every

farmer to have his samples tested and

to consult with the soils specialists

from the college.



Following is the itinerary:



Schedule of Soil Fertility Train.



Tuesday, April 7, morning, Grass

Lake; afternoon, Jackson.



Wednesday, April 8, morning, Con-



ivcord; afternoon, Tekonsha; evening,

E Union City.



Thursday, April 9, morning, Colon;



evening, Centerville.





HE lack of paint on the exterior



I and interior of buildings which



house live stock or poultry may

not directly mean an increase in tu-

berculosis, cholera and numerous oth-

er animal and poultry diseases which

cost farmers such huge sums annually,

but. there is no gainsaying the fact

that in the prevention and t,rt-\at.m.ent

\ of sickness, cleanliness is a vital fac-

tor. Sanitary, washable, light colored

walls on the interior, and a moisture-

proot‘ paint film on the exterior of

structures for housing animals, do

much to prevent disease.



Barns, cattle barns, hog houses and

poultry houses which are unpainted

absorb moisture. This works through

the wood, rotting it and making in-





teriors cold and damp. Animals

ll housed in such buildings, especially

young animals or poultry, will have





less physical resistance to disease and

colds. Paint will not prevent tuber-

culosis, cholera or other diseases, but

it will help in fighting them, as well

as pneumonia. Disease germs and





"Soil Clinics in s. w. Michigan





 





Friday, April 10, morning, Cassopo:

lis; evening, Jones.



Saturday, April 11, afternoon, Niles.



Monday, April 13, morning, Buchan-

an; afternoon, Three Oaks.



Tuesday, April 14, morning, Dowagi-

ac; afternoon, Decatur. , .



Wednesday, April 15, morning:

Galesburg; afternoon, Battle Creek



Thursday, April 16, morning, Mar-

shall; afternoon, Kalamazoo.



Friday, April 17, morning, School—

craft; afternoon, Constantine.



Saturday, April 18, morning Bron-

son.



Monday, April 20, morning, Quincy’;

afternoon, Goldwater.



Tuesday, April 21, morning, Albion;

afternoon, Eaton Rapids.





THE FARMER’S DISADVANTAGE.

—“_. ,



HE address ‘of Mr. Frank 0. Low-



den, of Illinois, president of the

Holstein-Friesian Association, at .1335-

canaba, last January, was a notable

utterance. He pointed out that, al-

though the American farmer produces

large fractions of Several of the

world’s most important farm crops,

such as corn, cotton, wheat, wool, and

other products, yet in marketing these

great staples, the farmer is at a great

disadvantage.



Theoretically he should take his

chances with all other business men

with the market as he finds it under

the law of supply and demand; but

when prices are fixed at a. just level

under this law, there is assumed equal-

ity of bargaining power on the side of

both buyer and seller—~equality of

knowledge of market conditions—abil-

ity to refuse to sell when conditions

are adverse—equality of organizing

powm'. Of course, the farmer has no

such equality With the buyer of his

products. The buyers are organized,

they employ highly trained agents,





they are well informed on market con»





ditions the world over. What chance,

asks Mr. Lowden, has the individual

farmer off by himself on his own farm,

with the buyers of his products under

such conditions? The law of supply

and demand cannot work effectively

and. fairly under such conditions. Yet,

he said, there are business men who

object to l‘armers’ organizations and

to farmers cooperating.



He pled with the business men not

to thwart but to encourage agricultur—

al organization anti cooperation as a

result of which we shall maintain our

rural lite and population in a prosper-

ous and happy condition, not simply

for the good ol' the farmer but also

for the nation as a. whole.



Salesman who can sell are the gods

of the hour, both in the field of indus~

try and of agriculture.





Sanitary Outbuildings





Pamtiflg H e/[u P/‘L’T’Nlt Lz'tterz‘oré (Im/ Pan/{7:}! Dzlrearw





vermin thrive in dark, damp and

poorly ventilated places. Let germs

and vermin once gain a foothold in

such surroundings and their eradica-

tion will cost much time and money.

Paint prevents the decay of build-

ings, and in this way makes them less





apt, to harbor germs and germ car-

riers. Paint prevents some diseases

by killing germs. Freshly painted sur-

faces are easier to clean and there,





is more incentive to keep them so—

this tends to lessen diseaSe. The re—

sult is healthier live stock. In paint

ing the interior of structures for

housing animals a paint containing

non—poisonous pigments (there are

many such) should be used.



Vi'ellpainted buildings are generally

better kept and the live stock, being

better cared for, is less subject to dis«

ease. The very fact that a building

is well painted gives more pride in

the condition of the interior and the

care of stock. An animal will pay

greater returns in every way if housed

in well-lighted, clean surroundings.





 





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Turns cooler than any other known separator





Joseph Beckinbaugh, Richmond Furnace, Pa, says his two-

year-old boy turns it. That is younger than we recommend, but

it indicates the ease of turning. One finger turns it “ like a

feather. ” Wife, please take notice!





Gnu Inoro cum and more butter than any

‘ other known “potato”:



It' skims equally clean at widely varying speeds. Other:

separators may skim clean at a fixed speed, but no others

separator does at all speeds. It is humanly impossible to always :5

turn at one speed. ‘





Made of wrought stool —not clumsy out Iron —and

wonderful Dun-alumina, open blade urns:-

proo! sanitary okhnnalng device





These Allsteel Separators are light and neat looking, but

durable and efficient beyond comparison.





 





Slut-plea Allsteel

Cream Separator





A short lecture, but well worth reading





There is a vast difi‘erence in cream separators of different makes, and don’t

think there is not.



The advertising claims of all read alike because language is as free to one

person as another.



Neither the words not the amount of advertising make it better. We are our-

selves large advertisers, but that is not what makes our separators better.





A trial old: by “do with other. will tell the tale





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5 beside it, so that you may know what should be expected of a separator.



E This little Allsteel Separator will look light and small when you get it-so does.

: your watch look small beside a Big Ben, but the watch will last longer and keeps

5 better time. But the little Allsteel is a wonder for work and Will last a lifetime.§

5 We build exactly the same skimming bowl into a heavy cast iron frame and gears. :





Below is the picture of it: It is an excellent separator. It would please you betterE

than any other kind of separator except the Allsteel.





This heavier, larger separator will skim faster and better and will satisfy you:





better and ‘will turn easier than any competing separator of like capacity, but

not as easily as the Allsteel. Either will last for years.



Take our word for it. We have been selling you separators for over fortys

years. Our reputation is back of what we say. What: we sell you has to please you, '.'

has to satisfy you in every way or you return it and get all your money back—if

you have paid before trial. .,





A $100 Allsteel Separator

lot 582





The famous Sharples AIIsteeI Cream Separa tor—600 lbs. capacity per hour:

—is a $100 Separator and the best Separatbr for $100 that. anyone ever bought.§

We have never had a price below $100 on this separator, and thousands are:

at work giving supreme satisfaction to their purchasers. 5



We give thirty days’ absolutely free trial, together with an allowance of $155

for your old separator and twelve months in which to pay:

by easy installments. '



But now we are overstocked with old second-hand sepa-

rators of every make and cannot dispose of the surplu

except for old iron.



For that reason we will, for a time, accept your order

for a $100 -Allsteel Separator at $8.8—you keeping ‘a

your old machine if you have one. .a‘

Or if you pay cash at end of 30 days’ free .8



trial, send but $82. 0’.

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showing plan of purchase you ‘9... Sharpie.

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Tubular separators from 200 t. ~6th pounds per hour, Sharples Allstecl

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. Cream Separator for thirty days' free trial

lbs. per hour capacxty ,‘ at my home, to he settled for as checked

to 10,0001bs. per hon;- 6 ..‘ below if entirely satisfactory.



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Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and lit-

tle Paulina, who arrived as a

Valentine to the Longworths.





 





President and Mrs. Co‘olidge, with' Senator Charles Curtis, of Kan-

sas, at right, as they were leaving the White House on the morn-

ing of March 4, for the inauguration’ceremony at the Capitol.





 





 





 





 





Senator Moses, of New Hampshire,

was elected President pro tem

of the sixty-ninth congress.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





rope on the first voyage of 1925.





 





Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt second, are off

to hunt big game in Eastern Turkestan, for

the Field Museum, of Chicago.





 





Shining from keel to pennant, the S. S. Leviathan, largest of ocean

greyhounds, is steaming out of New York harbor, bound for Eu—





 





 





 





 





 





 





: Queen Marie of Roumania, with her two pets each with a pedigree

almost as long and royal as her own, a magnificent Orloff trotting

stallion, and a spaniel.





 





 





 





 





CoiT’James Fechet, U. s. A., will

succeed Gen. \Villiam Mitchell,

of Army Air Service.





Leona Mason, queen of annual American Derby

at Ashton, Idaho. and Tud Kent, the winner

01' the 1924 Derby.





 





 





 





 





 





 





These fifteen huge battle tanks manned by a total of fifty men

from Camp Meade, took part in the inaugural parade in Wash—

ington, D. C., "on March 4.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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This View shows the machine that transmits pictures by wire from



one City to another. This picture was transmitted from Wash-

ington to New York by the same method.





 





 





Copyright by Underwood 1 Underwood. New York
strength of each link.





potash.





soils in Michigan.





81 FULTON ST.,





Baltimore





 

 





in muck soils





The strength of a chain depends upon the





When one link is





weak, the whole chain is weak. Likewise,

the fertility of your soil depends upon each

of the essential plant foods—





Potash—and sometimes phosphoric acid

—is the weak link in muck soil. To produce

good crops on muck soil, apply plenty of





In Kent County, Michigan, Mr. N. Koster grew

celery on four adjoining plots. The soil was muck

with marl subsoil. His yields showed that 1000 lbs.

per acre of a 2-7-10 mixture resulted in $122.40 more

income than when the same fertilizer minus potash

was used. In other w rds—



MR. Kosrsn's E PERIMENT WITH CEL-



,ERY ON MUCK SOIL SHOWED THAT POT-

ASH COSTING $6.00 PRODUCED $116.40 EXTRA

NET INCOME PER ACRE.



The Michigan Experiment Station is recommend-

ing the use of 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre of mix-

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S PANKNOEBEL seemed never~ to"





sleep, yet his color was ruddy. eyes



clear. The last truckster coming in

for a beer or a cup of. coffee and a

sandwich, was greeted by Chris,

white-aproned, pink-cheeked, wide

awake, swabbing the bar’s shining sur-

face with the thirsty cloth, swishing

it with the sly rubber-tipped board.

“Well. how goes it all the while ?” said

Chris. The earliest morning trader

found Chris in a. fresh ‘white apron

crackling with starch and ironing. He

would swab the‘bar with a gesture of

welcome, of greeting. “Well, how goes

it all the while?” y,



As Selina. entered the long room now

there was something heartening, re-

assuring about Chris’s clean white ap-

ron, his ruddy color, the very sweep of

his shirt-sleeved arm as it encom-

passed the bar-slab. From the kitchen

at the rear came the sounds of sizzling

and frying, and the gracious scent of

coffee and of frying pork and potatoes.

Already the market men were. seated

at the tables eating huge and hurried

breakfasts: hunks of ham; eggs in

pairs; potatoes cut in great cubes;

cups of steaming coffee and chunks of

bread that they plastered liberally

with butter.



Selina approached Chris. His round

face loomed out through the smoke

like the sun in a. fog. “\Vell, .how goes

it all the while?” Then he recognized

her. “Um Gottesl—why, it’s Mis’ De-

Jongl” He wiped his great hand on a

convenient towel, extended it in sym~

pathy to the widow. “I heerd,” he

said. “I heerd.” His inarticulateness

made his words doubly effective.



“‘I’ve come in with the load, Mr.

Spanknoebel. The boy and 1. He’s

still asleep in the wagon. May I bring

him over here to clear him up a. little

before breakfast?”





“Sure!” Sure!” A sudden suspicion

struck him. “You ain’t slept in the

wagon, Mis’ DeJong! Um Gottes!—”



“Yes. It wasn’t bad. The boy slept

the night through. I slept, too, quite a.

little.”



“Why you didn’t come here! VVhy—”

At the look in Selina’s face he knew

then. .“For nothing you and the boy

could sleep here.”





“I knew that! That’s why.”





“Dori’t talk dumb, Mrs. DeJong.

Half the time the rooms is vacant. You

and the boy chust as well—twenty

cents, then, and pay me when you got

it. But any way you don’t come in

reg’lar with the load, do you? That

ain’t for womans.”



“There’s no one to do it for me, ex-

cept Jan. And he’s worse than no-

body. Just through September and

October. After that, maybe—” Her

voice trailed off. It is hard to be hope-

ful at three in the morning, before

breakfast.



She went to the little wash room at

the rear, felt better immediately she

had washed vigorously, combed her

hair. She returned to the wagon to

find a panic-strisken Dirk sure of noth-

ing but that he had been deserted by

his mother. Fifteen minutes later the

two were seated at a table on which

was spi;ead what Chris Spanknoebel

considered an adequate breakfast. A

heartening enough beginning for the

day, and a deceptive.



The Haymarket buyers did not want

to purchase its vegetables from Selina

DeJong. It wasn’t used to buying of»

women, but to selling to them. Ped-

lers and small grocers swarmed in at

four—Greeks, Italians, Jews. They

bought shrewdly, craftily, often dishon-

estly. They sold their wares to the

housewives. Their tricks were many.

They would change a box of tomatoes

while your back was turned; filch a

head of cauliflower. There was little

SYStcm or organization.





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“Trike L‘iiihgi."Luigi'p'—eddled on his

north side. He called out his wares

through the alleys and side streets of

Chicago, adding his raucous voice to

the din of an inchoate city. A swarthy

face had Luigi, a swift brilliant smile.

a crafty eye. The Haymarket called

him Loogy. When prices did not please

Luigi he pretended not to understand.

Then the Haymarket would yell, unde<

ceived, “Heh, L‘oogy, what de mattah!

Spika. da. Engleesh!” They knew him.



Selina had taken the covers off her

vegetables. They were revealed crisp,

fresh, colorful. But Selina knew they

must be sold now, quickly. When the

leaves began to wilt, when the edges

of the cauliflower heads curled ever so

slightly, turned brown and limp, their

value decreased by half, even though

the heads themselves remained white

and firm.



Down the street came the buyers——

little black-eyed swarthy men; plump,

shirt-sleeved, greasy men; shrewd, to-

bacco-chewing men in Overalls. Stolid

red Dutch faces, sunburned. Lean dark

foreign faces. Shouting, clatter, tur-

moil. Q



“Heh! Get your horse outta here!

What the hell!”



“How much for the wh

“Got any beans?

cauliflower. Beans!”



“Tough!”



“Well, keep ’em. I don’t want ’em."



“Quarter for the sack.”



“G’wan, them ain’t five-pound heads.

Bet they don’t come four poun is to The

head.”



“Who says they don’t?”



“Gimme five bushels them."





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No, don’t want





Food for Chicago’s millions. ill and

out of the wagons. Under horse’s

hoofs. Bare-footed children, baskets

on their arms, snatching bits of fallen

vegetables from the cobbles. Gutter

Annie,a shawl pinned across her pon—

derous breasts, scavengering a potato

there, an onion fallen to the streets,

scraps of fruit and green stuff in the

ditch. Big Kate buying carrots, pars-

ley, turnips, beets, all slightly wilted

and cheap, which she would tie into

bunches with her bit of string and

sell to the real grocers for soup greens.



The day broke warm. The sun rose

red. It would be a humid September

day such as frequently came in the

autumn to this lake region. Garden

stuff would have to move quickly this

morning. Afternoon would find it

worthless.



Selina stationed herself by her wag-

on. She saw the familiar faces of a.

half dozen or more High Prairie neigh-

bors. These called to her, or came

pver briefly to her wagon, eyeing her

wares with a. calculating glance. “How

you making out, Mis’ DeJong? Well,

you got a good load there. Move it

along quick this morning. It’s going

to be hot I betcha.” Their tone was

kindly, but disapproving, too. Their

look said, “No place for a. woman. No

plaCe for a woman." '



The peddlers looked at her bunched

bouquets, glanced at her, passed her

by. It was not unkindness that prompt-

ed them, but a certain shyness, a fear

of the unaccustomed. They saw her

pale fine face with its great sombre

eyes; the slight figure in the decent

black dress; the slim brown hands

clasped so anxiously together. Her

wares were tempting but they passed

her by with the instinct that the ignor-

ant have’against that which is un~

usual.



By nine o’clock trading'began to fall

off. In a panic Selina realized that the

sales she had made amounted to little

more than two dollars. If she stayed





there until noon she might double that, A





but no more. In desperation she har-

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nessed the horses, threaded her way

out of the swarmingfstreet, and made

for South Water Street farther east.

Here were the commission houses.

The district Was jammed with laden

carts and wagons exactly as the ”Hay-

market had been, but trading was done

on a different scale. She knew that

Pervus had sometimes left his entire

load with an established dealer here,

to be sold on commission. She remem-

bered the name—Talcott—though she





did not know the exact location.





“Where we going now, Mom?” The

boy had been almost incredibly patient

and good. He had accepted his bewil-

dering new surroundings with the

adaptability of childhood. He had rev—

elled richly in Chris Spanknoebel’s

generous breakfast. He had thought

the four dusty artificial palms that

graced Chris’s back room luxuriantly

tropical. He had been fascinated by

the kitchen with its long glowing

range, its great tables for slicing, par-

ing, cutting. He liked the ruddy cheer

of it, the bustle, the mouth-watering

smells. At the wagon he had stood

sturdily next his mother, had busied

himself vastly assisting her in her few

pitiful sales, had plucked wilted leaves,

brought forward the freshest and crisp-

est vegetables. But now she saw that

he was drooping a little as were her

wares, with the heat and the absence

from accustomed soil. “Where we go—

ing now, Mom?”



“To another street, Sobig—”



“Dirk!”



“——Dii'k, where there’s a man who’ll

buy all our stuff at once—maybe.

Won’t that be fine! ,Then we’ll go

home. You help mother find his name

over the store. 'l‘alcott—-T-a-l-c-o—

double t.”



South. W'ater Street was changing

with the city’s growth. Yankee names

they used to me—Flint—Keen——Rusk——

Lane. Now you saw Cuneo—Meleges

—Garibaldi——~Campagna. There it was:

William Talcott. Fruits and Vegeta-

bles.



“I'illiam Talcott, standing in the cool

doorway of his great deep shed—like

store, was the antithesis of the fever-

ish crowded street which he so calmly

surveyed. He had dealt for forty years

in provender. His was the unruffled

demeanor of a man who knows the

world must have what he has to sell.

Every week-day morning at six his dim

shaded cavern of a store was packed

with sacks, crates, boxes, barrels from

which pecped ruffles and sprigs 01'

green; flashes of scarlet, plum-color,

orange. He bought the best only; sold

at high prices. He had known Pervus,

and Pervus’s father before him, and

had adjudged them honest, admirable

men. But of their garden truck he

had small opinion. The G-reat.Lakes

boats brought him choice Michigan

peaches and grapes; refrigerator cars

brought him the products of a Califor-

nia's soil in a day when out-ot-season

food was a rare luxury. He wore neat

pepper-and-salt pants and vest; shirt

sleeves of startling white in that blue—

shirted overalled world; a massive

gold watch chain spanning his middle;

square-teed boots; a straw fedora set

well back; a pretty good cigar,unlight—

ed, in his mouth. Shrewd blue eyes

he had, sparse hair much the color of

his suit. Like a lean laconic god he

stood in his doorway niche while toil—

ers offered for his inspection the fruits

ol‘ the earth.



“Nope. Can’t use that lot, Jake.



unty. H’m. Wa—a-al, guess you’d bet-

ter take them farther up the street,

Tunis. Edges look kind of brown.

Wilty.” ,



, Stewards from the best Chicago ho-

tels of that day—the Sherman House,

the Auditorium, the Palmer House, the

“'ellington, the Stratford—came to

Will Talcott for their daily supplies.

The grocers who catered to the well-

to-do north-side families and those in

the neighborhood of fashionable Prai--

rie Avenue on the south bought of him.



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Into the vast and complicated network of Transportation in Micha

igan have been knit several accessory types of carriers. Yet it is

noteworthy that each of these accessory carriers exists only through

service by certain of Michigan’- 24 Steam Railroads.





Electric railroads get their power from coal. Steam Railroads





bring it to them.





Motor cars, trucks and busses use gasoline. for fuel. Steam Rail-

roads bnng it from far-away refineries—bring, too, the materials

for the paved highways on which motor vehicles run.





Not even ships are self—sustaining. Their coal meets them at





the railhead.





Steam Railroads are Fundamental Transportation.





On their faithful performance everything else depends.





This responsibility is ever before the Steam Railroad men of

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ever before.





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Do you appreciate the absolute need of protecting this Funda-

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cost of service?





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face decoration made by inlaying in

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Something resembling mosaic, as a. lit-

erary composition.” A This is review

week, being the end of the-quarter. I

have several things in mind, and it is

most like a mosaic of anything I can

think of. The various parts are as-

sembled, but they have no special re-

lation. to each other. '



Did you read the report of the mis-

sionary congress in Washington? It is

worth thinking on. Five or’six thou-

sand thoughtful Christians met in

Washington last month to.think about

world problems. The one fact they

' all agreed on was,‘

‘that America

must first be

christianized. A

pagan America,

or a fifty per cent

pagan America is

the biggest obsta-

cle in the path of

world - wide pro-

gress in knowl-

edge of Christ. The peoples Where the

missionary is working no longer be-

lieve that all America. is like the mis—

sionary. They get it from many

sources thatthe U. S. A. has its full

share of greed, injustice, crime, race





tional goodwill. You will recollect that

the United States government did not

demand all the indemnity money; from

China. which was coming to her from

the Boxer Rebellion. About one-hall

was used asa trust fund for educating

bright“ Chine‘Se students in American

universities. These government stud-

ents are to be found scattered-in many

institutions of learning; The first ex.

periment is working so well that the

department of state is going‘to try

another. Last'autumn a mob gather-

ed in Teheran, the capital of ‘Persia.

and murdered the United States min-

ister. Our government demanded a

payment of $60,000, I believe it was,

from the Persian government, plus the

cost of sending a. gun. boat to bring

home the body of the deceased official

The cost of the government ship’s

trip was $110,000, which the PerSians

paid. This $110,000 is now to. be used

as a. trust fund for the education'd

Persian students in universities in‘\thc

United States, if the proposal of our

government is accepted. Thus it is

hoped to establish friendly relations

between the two countries.





All interest does not center in the

cities, as it sometimes seems thank

does. The Institute of Social and Re-

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study of villages in the United States,

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hate, unequal opportunity, and all that.

Lynchings

cabled to the old w ‘ld, and appear in

detailed description?n

that those who hav been saying that

America needs a lot more religion

ought to be satisfied. America. needs

christianizing and needs christianizing

' now.





said that international

should be christianized.

get along with other nations at least

as well as we get on in our own

neighborhoods. And still further, these

big-visioned men and women said, the

churches must cooperate in missionary

work. When Tokyo was rebuilt the

work of missions was not unified.

Each rebuilt for itself, instead of pool~

ing their interests.





To pass to another subject, it has

beenforcibly brought out of late that

poor folk need personal attention

more than they do money. That is,

large numbers do. The annual report

of the New York Association for Im-





' proving the Condition of the Poor has





just been published. Six thousand and

more families were visited by mem-

bers of this association during the

year. “It cannot be emphasized too

strongly,” says the report, “that the

greatest need of many families is per-

sonal service. This service is less un‘

derstood and often more difficult to

jprovide than material relief. Without

‘it material relief is a. very incomplete

remedy in most family situations and

many difficult family troubles, anxi-

eties and distress require nothing but

,skilled personal service.” Of Christ

it was said, “Himself took our infirmi-

ties and bare our sicknesses.” The

need of personal attention to people

could not be better illustrated than in

the report of this society. It was said

a, year ago that we are tending to

have too many specialists in medicine

and too few first class family physi-

cians. When the time comes that the

family physician and Jhe minister of

religion go, some other sort of profes-

sion will come in to take their place.

People need counsel, encouragement,

hope. They frequently require surg-

eons ‘to operate on the backbone, re-

placing gristle with lime. '



To slip another piece of colored

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to have grown only one-third as fast.

as the country as a. whole. The great

majority of village population is Amer

ican born, is white, and was born in

the state in which it now resides. The

proportion of women to men is much

greater in these villages (thirty-four

in this study), than in the cities.





’I‘HE school attendance is much bet-



ter in the village than in the city,

especially among older girls—Illiteracy

is only about one-third as great as in

the cities, owing to the smaller per

cent of immigrants. It is an interest-

ing fact that village life is being giv-

en more attention of late years. Main

Street has some virtue yet. The old

saw about God making the country,

man the city and the devil the little

country town, may have to be revised.

It would add to the happiness of many

thousands if village life could be made

more acceptable. The long trek to-

ward the cities would slow up, and life

would become more normal and re-

warding for multitudes of people. The

public schools are fast becoming bet-

ter in villages, but the church and

wholesome recreation methods do not

move so rapidly.



Something new in the way of benev-

olence was proposed a. short time ago-

by Mr. Nash, of Cincinnati—“Golden

Mr. Nash belongs to the

Universalist church, which is setting





out to raise a million dollars for pro-

motional purposes.

versalist co—religionists whether they

had enough of the Chrisrlike spirit to

raise as much for religious causes out-

side of the denomination as for denom

inational ends, and offered to give one

tenth of this second million.

posed to give a. part of this extra mil-

lion to the Federal Council of Church-

es, which does not recognize the Uni—

versalist denomination.

particular attempt at promotion, this

fund has already reached $40,000. A

Baptist 'has

Nash’s gifts.

Catholic each gave $5,000.

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MARCH 29. .





REVIEW:—Closing Period of Christ’s





Ministry.





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BBB] is a spring fashion note.

Don’t ‘wear winter clothing into



. the mild Weather of spring. It



is absurd to drag around with the

same weight of clothing you have

worn all winter and then complain of

“that tired feeling.” Rash changes of

underwear may bring disaster, but ten

times as often does it come from

sweating through a warm day in win-

ter clothing. If you fear to discard

winter underwear you can at least reg-

ulate the weight of the outer garments.

I do not take spring tonics. I do

not even indulge in sarsaparilla or sas-

sai‘ras tea. You see, I do not believe

that the blood thickens up in winter

and must be thinned out, neither do I

think that it is laden with impurities

that a spring medicine will drive

away. Therefore it would be absurd

for me to cultivate a taste for even

so mild a laxative as sassafras. But

if you feel that a spring tonic is im-

perative I can recommend nothing bet-

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'their other qualities, they are at least





innocuous. .



Regardless of tonics, spring does

call for a few changes in your mode

of living. Don’t continue to stoke up

your body furnace with the heat- pro-

ducing foods you have used all winter.

Leave off hot cakes and syrup, eat less

fats and sweets. Take more vegeta-

bles, canned and fresh fruits, milk and

eggs. Rhubarb is a mighty good spring

food, and so is spinach as soon as it

comes. The human body is more than

two-thirds water. Be sure to replen-

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than half a gallon a day.





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My baby cries a good deal and I

have been in the habit of giving him

a bottle of hot water to keep him quiet.

He has got so that he seems to have

the bottle in his mouth most of the

time now. Please tell me it there is

any harm in it?—G. H. H.



There is no harm in giving the baby

hot or cool water at regular intervals;

in fact, it is a very good practice that

is too much neglected. Neither is

there harm in giving the hot water

occasionally when there seems to be

an accumulation of intestinal gas. But

it should be only on special occasions.

Instead of quieting the baby by giving

the bottle whenever he cries you

should find out why he cries and seek

to correct the error in his feeding or

Whatever it may be that causes his

distress. The habit that he now has

is distinctly harmful for many rea-

sons and you must proceed at once to

break him ol.‘ it.





GOING BACK TO WORK AFTER

ERYSIPELAS.





 





How soon is it safe to resume work

after a severe attack of erysipelas of

head and face, leaving one extremely

weak?——D.



This cannot be measured in days

or weeks. It depends wholly upon the

restoration of strength and vigor. This

is a wasting disease and no attempt

should be made to resume work until

the poison is eliminated and strength

is restored.





 





SERUM FOR TETANUS INFECTION.





 





A neighbor has just died of tetanus

caused by gettlng cut up in some rusty

barbed WlI‘e. The'doctor says that his

life would have been saved if he .had

been given a shot of serum ‘when the

accident occurred. But how are we

farmers to tell? We are always get-

ting cuts and scratches. How do we

know when to have the serum inject—





; ed?—J. K





This isla question that has puzzled





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What is the real cause of diabetes

and first stages of this sickness? Or

does it start through another illness

and does one have stomach trouble?

Advise what to eat and can one out-

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Diabetes is due to the failure of the

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starch digesting ferments. Usually it

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quently is discovered by accident. It:

may be that some cases are due to

taking too much sugar; but that is not

true of all cases. Every person with

diabetes ought to have a diet worked

out to suit his own case. It is not

possible to lay down a general law to

fit every one. Insulin is a great aid

in bringing the patient into better con-

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Wee” (Mt/drew Lefi Home Mower Nature Help: Her to Overcome Lonesomeneu





“To me it has meant more than ad-

ded health It has been something to

fill the break as the home brood have

scattered, first away to school and

this year they are all away teaching.

'As we get older we need something in

particular to save us from ourselves,’

says the author, who is a farmer’s

wife ovei in Jackson county. She tells

of the means whereby she has worked

out her salvation of contentment on

the farm after the children had left

home. —Ed.





OU often hear people say that



they love the country, but not



the drudgery of the farm. It is



true that there are long busy days on



the farm, but why not become ardent



Nature lovers and let her make us



large returns in health, pleasure and

possibly profit.



Begin 110w by bringing in twigs of





red- -tipped stamens, the American

bladdernut whose small balloons will

keep through the winter if gathered in

July; the viburnums and the shad

bush or June berry which is one of

our earliest bloomers.



Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1087, “Beau-

tifying the Farmstead,” will help in

the arrangement of plantings.



For the busy housewife the garden is

the easiest place to grow flowers,

where the horse and cultivator does

part of the work. Everyone has their

favorites, but in annuals choose those

with a long season of bloom. The Cal-

ifornia poppy, early cosmos, phlox,

sweet sultan, calliopsis, and mourning

“bride are all early and continuous

bloomers, also fine for cutting and, of





flowering shrubs and trees, cut from course, the aster is indispensable for

the latter part of February up into fall flowers. Plan to add some hardy

April. The earlier bloomers to be bloomers every year, as the ”15’ peon-





ies, phlox and hardy mums, and there

are many hardy perennials which may

be easily grown from seed and will

last for years if given a well drained

location. Some of my favorites are

sweet 1‘ocket,'shasta daisy, pyrethrum,





brought in first and the late bloomers

last. Place in water in a sunny win-

dow, changing the M21101 occasionally

and adding a little chrcoal to help

keep it sweet. Forsithias, pussy wil-





tried kale or endive, plant in July or

early August for fall use. Study the

seed books and try something new,

with the new and the old in sufficient

quantities for canning, making the

garden a joy the whole year.——Mrs. H.





T0 TEMPT SPRING APPETITES.





Rice Fluff.





lcup rice (cooked in 1 cup whipped cream

plenty of hot water) Maple syrup





Cook the rice in plenty of hot water

and when thoroughly done drain and

rinse with cold water two or three

times to separate the grains well. Add

the whipped cream and then pour over

this maple syrup.





Marshmallow Salad.





1 lbs. marshmallows, 2 tart apples, cut into

diced >nlaii DIR'BS

‘/2 lb. dates. pitted Few nut meats





and cut up

Blend with the following dressing:





2 eggs beaten 1 tsp. mustard



1 cup sugar 2 tb.’ flour



Butter size of egg Bi; cup cold water

1 tsp. salt 1 cup vinegar





Cream all together before adding

vinegar and cook until thickened. I

use about two-thirds cup of dressing





to slip over the hand to rub over the

kitchen range each day, it is an easy

way to keep it bright.





 





HOMESPUN HINTS.





 





I have discovered that rubber bands

are very useful in the work basket to

snap around balls of crochet cotton to

keep it from unwinding,‘ also use a.

rubber band around a cook book to

mark your page. I always save all

1ubber bands and find a purpose for

them.



When making button holes in thin

or sheer materials, try rubbing a little

libraiy paste, or laundry soap on the

wrong side of the goods and allow it

to dry before cutting the button holes.

This gives a firm surface on which to

sew, and it will not discolor the most

delicate fabric.



Add a little table salt to gasoline

when cleaning spots from clothing and

you will find there will not be a circle

after the goods dries. Brush the salt

from the garment before pressing.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Others which do well

flowering almonds,





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Caring for Flowers Develops Health

and Beauty.





cherries and plums, but few are dis-

appointing. Select twigs with plump

buds as they contain the flower buds,

and the slender ones leaves only. A

study of the bursting buds indoors

will make you more observing of out-

door shrubs and trees.



Of the books which I have had from

the libraries I would like to tell you

of a few which i have found most

helpful. “Trees Every Child Should

Know,” by Julia Rogers, is very clear

and concise. “Our Nature Trees and

How to Identify Them,” and “Our

Northern Shrubs and How to Identify

Them,” by Harriet Keeler, also “Field

Book of American Trees and Shrubs,”

by Schuyler Matthews, are more com-

,. plete and higher priced. There are

3. also flower books by the above authors

but I have found “The Flower Find-

er,” by George Walton, the best of all

for just a ilOWer lover. The flowers

and fruit are. classified according to

color so that it is much easier to iden-

tify them. Learn the joy of becoming

familiar with our native flowers, from

the early buttercup to the beautiful

fringed gentian, which loves to have

its feet in the water, its head in the

sunshine.



Spring is the best time to begin a

wild flower garden, as most plants can

be moved while in bloom, it carefully

done, when you can be sure just what

you are getting.



Among our native vines, none are

better for the porch, than the bitter-

sweet, but it is seldom used. From

fence row and roadside I have moved

to the home grounds; the chokeberry,

with its dainty white blossoms and





 





 





 





lows and poplars respond quickly. I

have had forsythea blossoms come out

in ten days, out the fore part of March.

spireas,

flowering currant,





larkspur, coreopsis,

gaillardia and Canterbury bells.





if kept from seeding.





long spikes of large flowers.





The seed catalogs tell you to sow

perennials in August, but it is often





too dry for them to start, and those





that do are too small to survive the





winter. 1 have had much better suc-

cess with spring-soWn seed.



Last, but not least, the vegetable

garden. I have never had a hot-bed





but have a seed-bed in a protected

corner south of the house, and plants

from it are very hardy if not extreme-

ly early. Let your garden furnish va-

riety for your table, and health for

your family, as well as a saving in

grocery bills. Plant hardy things early

and in succession. If you have never





sweet Williams,

The

coreopsis and gaillardias are fine for

cutting and will bloom for a long time

If you are not

familiar with the modern Canterbury

bells you will be delighted with the





to half cup of whipped cream.





Salmon or Tunny Salad.





1 can salmon or tuna. 1 cup sliced celery

fish





Drain oil from fish, remove bones

and bits of skin. Add celery and may-

onnaise or salad dressing. Arrange

on lettuce leaves and garnish as de-

sired—E. L. H.





 





USES FOR OLD STOCKINGS.





 





EVER throw away an old stock-



ing. Stitch together by machine

four or five thicknesses and you have

excellent “holders” for hot pans, etc.

Put a few drops of kerosene on one

and shut it in a tin can over night and

you have a dustless duster. Slip the

legs over glass fruit jars to protect

them from the light. Lightweight un-

derdrawers for children can be made

from long stockings, with the addition

of at waist band. Keep a woolen sock





A Fool’s Day Frolic





OMER has said, “Even the fool

H is wise after the event,” so let



us plan a Fool’s Day Frolic for

our spring entertaining.



The invitations should announce the

character of the frolic. \Vrite them

on torn cracker-box wrappings and

send them in the largest paper sack

you can buy. Each guest is requested

to dress to carry out the “foolish

idea,” either their clothes are worn

topsy turvy or they may come attired

as some sort of tool. Perhaps you

never realized how many different va-

rieties of fools the world contains but

this party will show you.



One can dress in red with jingling

bells, another in white muslin and

wired hat, with A B C market on each

side in black letters to represent a

blockhead.



Others can wear a dunce cap and

appropriate costume. A little fat per-

son with a high hat can represent

“Puck.”



It is unique to have the walls of one

room decorated with magazine pic-

tures pinned to the wall bottom side

up, and the fu1niture placed very much

awry.





 





 





When the guests are assembled in

the living-rogm the host calls atten-

tion to numerous pans of pop corn

placed in convenient places and in-

vites all to help themselves. Some are

surprised when they plunge their

hands into the pans to find only a lay-

er of pop corn on top and underneath

cold water. These jokes can then be

1emoved and 1eplaCed with huge pans

of the genuine a1 tlcle





Between games the hostess might

pass a plate of delicious home-made

candy, but some of the guests find

their chocolates to be small onion

sets dipped in bitter chocolate.



The “April Fool” idea is carried out

in the refreshments by serving them

all in a ridiculous way, sandwiches

may be passed in a bushel basket lined

with straw. Pickles are served in a

new wash basin, coffee poured from

the‘ teakettle, and doughnuts strung on

fishing poles. Finally each guest may

be handed a little box and a small

package from a large market basket,

telling the guests that they are April

fool souvenirs, but after enjoying

many fool surprises they open them

to discover ice cream and cake—M. C.





When thickening gravy, add a tiny

little salt to the flour and the gravy

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BROWNIE HAS A BIRTHDAY.





HERE was hustle and bustle in



the house where Rolly Rabbit



and Bruin lived. The smoke



curled briskly from the chimney.



Every now and then Bruin cOuld be



seen by the Window with a dust cloth

in his hand.



Even the odor from the kitchen; as



one passed by, told of some anticipat-



ed event. First you would smell new-





 





made bread, then sugar cakes, then

roasting nuts. A long row of cranber—

ry tarts smiled at you from the kitch-

en Window sill.



One could but wonder the reason

for all this bustle and then, “Why,

yes,” Brownie would be one year old





 





One Bright Candle Shown in Middle.





 





tomorrow, and there was to be a birth-

day party.



Perhaps you, my little readers, are

surprised that Brownie should have a

birthday party when he is only one

year old. But a. little hear, when he

is only one year old, is much larger

than you are even now. He can frisk

about, play games and talk in his ani-

mal language asrmuch as you could

the first day you went to school.



So it was that the next day brought

all the little animal folks to Kelly

Rabbit’s house for Brownie’s birthday

party. There was little Jackie Rabbit,





 





 





Sandy Squirrel, Willie \‘Voodchuck,

Charlie Coonie and Bennie Fox.



And What fun they did have. They

played games, “Blindman Bluff,” and

“Hop Scotch.” But best of all they

liked to play “Falling Leaf.” Perhaps

some little boys and girls would like

to play the some games the animal

folks play in Woodland, so I will tell

you how they did it.





All the little animal folks were di-

vided equally and formed two parallel

lines about two yards apart facing

each other. One side was named Red,

and one side was named Brown. Each

side chose a. goal.





Little Charlie Coonie was “it.” He

blew an oak leaf as high into the air

as he could. If it fell With the red

side up the Reds must run to their

goal, and the Browns try to tag them.

If the Browns succeeded in tagging

3. Red they must then become a

Brown. If the leaf fell with the brown

side up the Reds did the tagging.

After all the little animal folks had

played a long time, they went in to

enjoy the lunch Rolly and Bruin had

prepared for them. There Were all the

good things one had smelled in the}

kitchen the day before. But best of!

all, there was a. large birthday cake

all powdered with sugar and with a

bright candle shining like a. little star

right in the middle. Just one candle,

because Brownie was only one year

old.



Then Brownie made a. wish by that

candle. If he could blow the candle

out at one puff his wish would come

true. At the first blow out went the

candle. Brownie didn't tell what his"

wish was. Perhaps he wished that he

would be a bigger bear next year, and

could have two candles on his birth-

day cake.





 





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White Leghorns





Tancred - Hollywood - Barron

Sirod S. (3. White Leghorn

chicks. Pure-bred. All free

range. Best winter laying

strains. Selected 100, $13; 500.

$02.50; 1.000, $120. Sclm‘tcd

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live arrival guaranteed. Illus-

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Box C, Holland. Mich.





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Can ship chicks of high grade quality at once. Boned

Rooks. Reds. White Books. 150 each. Wymdottes. But!

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Mixed light breeds. 9%c. May chicks $1.00 per 100

less. Order direct from this adv. If less than 100 is

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and White English Loghoms. Order

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Michigan Farmer Patterns





No. 4905—Child’s Play Suit. Cut in

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

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size requires 114 yards of 32-inch ma-

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Sizes, 0, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.

year Size requires 3% yards of 40-inch





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material. Price 120.





No. 4902—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four





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

year size requires 2% yards of one

material 40 inches wide. Price 120.
Chicks -—Eng

From world-famous layers. Tancred

strain, 250-280. Barron strain, 230-

270. Birds culled by experts from

the state university. All our pens

. are mated with males from dams of

/ high records. 100% live delivery

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' placed before April 1. Write to

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THE IMPORTANCE OF. BREEDING.





 





(Continued from page 419).





, at the risk of having my friends and

neighbors make an effort to secure a

boarding place for me at the State

i Hospital in Kalamazoo. A few weeks





bird, after I had had three years of

his service, which offer I refused.

This old cock bird was the sire of the





 





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Tancred Males from 298-304 egg ancestry; hens

Holly- from 260-289 ancestry. Every chick

strong and healthy. broods making uniform flocks that

WOOd average tooliiigh Iin £1251 produggon. 1003;; mini-{8 arrival-



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pullets in the third pen in the Mich-

igan 1922-1923 contest, and either the

sire or grandsire of every hen in our

1923-1924 contest pens. He is the

grandsire or great grandsire of about

half of all the Single Comb White Leg-

horns in the 1924-1925 Michigan Egg

Laying Contest.



He aired in 1922 more than one hun-

dred ZOO-egg hens. He has paid the

best of any investment I ever made in

the poultry game, and would have paid

just as well had I been 'in the game

only as a. commercial producer or

farmer instead of as a breeder.

The average farmer is already feed-

ing and managing his to-be high rec-





 





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Eclrhard and Tom Barron W. Leghorns—Heavy Type Brown Leg-

horns-R. C. and S. C. Rhode Island Reds—Rhode Island

Whites—Sheppard’s Almonds—Park 'o Barred Rocks



If you want pure bred chicks that are bred right. hatched right, and

shipped right, that grow and will make you a profit, get our new low

prices and free catalog before you buy.



Flocks are carefull culled and developed on free range. All chicks

are hand picked and, inspected, no cripples or weaklings. Every one

strong and healthy.





100% Live Delivery—Postage Paid





Satisfaction Guaranteed. Write Now. White Leghorn and Barred

Rock pullets alter May 1, at low prices.





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0rd hens pretty well, but- is not giving

them such breeding as will permit

them to develop into the high produc-

ers he would like to see them become.



Not every male hatched from eggs

laid by a hen with a good record will

prove to be the sire of as many high

producers as the old bird I purchased

from Mr. Tancred, but one is taking

less chance when purchasing the sires

of their future layers if they buy ped-

igreed birds with real egg breeding

back of them, than if they purchase

males of unknown ancestry just be-

cause they are cheap or look well.





 





 





TYRONE POULTRY FARM:





Lit us soil on your 1925 Chicks from pure-bred, select White and Brown Leghorns,

Bacrrod. \Vliite) and Butt Rocks, It. 1. Beds, Ant-onus, Black and White Minorras. \Vliite.

Buff, Golden and Silvcr Wyandottcs. White and Buff Orpingwns, Black Spanish, Light

Brahmas. etc. Of loading strains such as Barron, Parks, of".



3000 CHICKS GIVEN AWAY TO OUR CUSTOMERS DURING l925.





We guarantee 100% Live Delivery. Postpaid. Reference: Commercial State Savings Bank.

Before ordering (.‘hicks elsewhere. get our special circular containing our low prices and

particulars about the 3000 i’ltlZE CHICKS.





IYRONE POULTRY FARM. DEPT. 20.





YPSIFIELD HIGH GRADE CHICKS





Healthy and Husky—True to breed—Order right from this ad. Postage prepaid—25% books order.



100% live delivery guaranteed per 60. 100. 1000.

English Type White Leghorns. Grade A ............................. $9.50 $19 $85 $165

English Type ‘Whibe Leghorns. Grade B .............. . 75 145

White \Vyandottcs ........................................... 8.50 10 75 145

Barred Rooks .................................... . ................... .. 8.00 15 72 140

Rhode Island Rods ...................................................... .... 8.00 15 72 140





Itcf.. First National Bank. Ypsilanti. This is not primarily a Commercial Hatchery. but the Hatchery

Department of our modern Egg Farm. established from .20 years: experience in breeding and prolific egg

production. YPSIFIELD EGG FARM HATCHERY, Ypsilanti, Mich. ‘





Early Maturing BABY CHICKS





From Pure Bred, Blood Tested Stock





All of our breeding stock has been tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea. and Culled {or Egg Type

and Standard Requirements. This should greatly aid in the control of White Diarrhea Troubles. Write for

prices on our B. I’. Rocks. It. I. Reds, White Wyandottes, W. P. Rocks. and S. C. W. Leghorns.





Bo'x 4 Milan, Mich.





FENTON, MICHIGAN.





 





 





 





MILAN HATCHERY,





 





 





R CLA S CHICKS $10 per 100 and up. From purebred flocks on free range, culled

lfv' nisiTt-xpci‘t.8100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid prices 25 5‘0 100 500 1000

ic’ngiim s. c. \Vliitc Lognonis ............................. $3.50 $4.50 new $57.50 5115

S. (Y. Brown Leghorns .................... . 0.50 12.00 57.5( 115

Barred Rooks. S. and II. C. Rods .8.00 15.00 72.5 140

Mixed assorted, 25. $3; 50, $5.50: 100, $10. Itch: State Commercial Savmgs Bank. Order

You take no chances. Hatched in Blue llcii Incubators1 10% down books your order. Free

Catalog. HUNDERMAN BROS., Box 36, Zceland, Michigan.





Dundee Chicks





Stock all Pure Bred and Blood Tested for Baccillary White Diarrhea.





This assures you of more healthy. sturdy chicks. The kind that live and grow into money making

flocks. Flocks have all been thoroughly culled for years by experienced men.





Four Leading Varieties: Barred Plymouth Rocks. Rhode Island Reds, S. C. Mottled

Anconas, S. C. English White Leghorns.





Write for price list and catalogue describing in detail about our test for Baccillary White Diarrhea





1 DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan

UY”GENEVA" 53%?) ' SEQ/36 CHICKS





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





. -. ', aid to our home. Prices on 50 100 300. 500 1000

ISMEgI‘ILDEfDWhU Biz. &. Bufl Leghorns, Anconas ...... $ 7.00 $13.00 $38.00 $62.00 $120

Barred & Wh. Rocks. Reds. English Wli. l.oglioms.... 8.00 15.00 44.00 72.00 140

B1. Miiiorvas, \Vh. Wyaudotté-s. Buff Orpingtons ...... 8.00 15.00 44.00 72.00 140

Blue Aiidalusians. S. L. Wyandottcs. R. I. Whites.... 10.00 18.00 52.00 86.00

Min-(i, all varieties ................................. 500 10.00 29.00 48.00 95





W Ia e Personal! Inspected All of Our Flock: since ian. 27th. and Found them to

be,3 chavlthy and Hire from the New European Pest“ Veterinarian’t signature furnished to

Verify Health of Our Flocks. l’ui-o-brcd, free range, carefully inspected flocks. Hundreds

of pleased customers. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Free Catalog. Reference; Bank of Geneva. Member

I. B. C. A. GENEVA HATCHERY, BOX 29. GENEVA, INDIANA.



from pure—bred flocks of the leading heavy laying





”Ill-CROFT FARM strains. fed and. housed to insure health and vigor.





(‘hicks will please you and satisfy you.





 





 





A REAL Poultry Farm, not simply a Hatchery. Chicks





   





100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid prices on 25 50 1‘00 500

S. C. White Leghorns, (Special Heavy Laying Strain)....$3.75 $7.00 $13.00 $62.00

Barred Rooks, S. C. Reds ............................ 4.25 8.00 15.00 72.00

White Rocks. White Wyandottes ......................... 5.00 9.00 17.00





Free Circular. Bank Reference.





HILLCROFT FARM, Box 3|. Cooperwillo, Michigan.





 





82.00 and one-half inches of concrete is all





The great need in the chicken game

in Michigan is higher average flock

production, and better breeding is the

31113111 way by which this desirable

'change can be brought about.





 





 





POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.





I N his talk on poultry house con-

; struction before the poultry pro-

{ducers’ meeting at the college, J. A.

Hannah stated that the open front

house is too cold for profitable winter

prOduction. Muslin curtains are not

being recommended as they clog with

dirt and retard the circulation of fresh

air. The Michigan type poultry house

recommended by the college has a.

system of air intake which is proving

satisfactory and a diagram of this

house can be Obtained by addressing

the college poultry department. .



If a. poultry house keeps dry, does

not show frost and contains no odor

of hens, the ventilation is all right.

Dropping boards are necessary and

the droppings should be removed each

day as they may spread disease. The

perches should be on the level. With

the step ladder system of roosts the

hens fight each night for the highest

perch.



Hens need eight inches of perch

space for heavy breeds and six inches

for the light breeds. The perches

should be ten inches from the rear

wall and fifteen inches apart. Run

the dropping boards the way they are

to be cleaned and it is possible to do





for a four- and a half pound cockerel,‘ ,





.. ago I was ofiered $50 for the old cock,





 

 





 





 

   

 

 

 





 





 

 





Superior pure-bred baby chicks pur-.

chased for a few cents a piece grow

quickly into steady dollar produc-

ing birds. Before you know it: the

cockerels are ready for market and

the pullets have started to lay.





They are bred to pay from such

famous prize winning and egg-lay-

ing strains as Tom Barron and

HollywoodWhiteLeghorns.I-Iatchcd

in largest hatchery in Michigan.

Write for Catalog and special low—



. prices. Satisfaction guaran-

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for early deliveries.

Write TODAY





 

 

 

 





 





 

 





 





 





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This brooder raises more and better chicks atlow—

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heat evenl over chicks, gives pure air.

500 an 1000 chick sizes. Backed

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Express paid E. of Rockies.

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‘ . Freight gaid east of the

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180 Egg Incubator Alone - - . 15.75

180 Egg Incubator and Broader - 22.00

250 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 22.75

250 Egg Incubator and Broodor - 31.00

340 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 30.76





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California

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A" galvanised iron. double

walls, air space between

built to last for years: deep chick

nursery,bot water heat, copper tanks.





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thoroughscraping with the least ef-

fort. If the boards in the house now

run the other way, their condition can

be improved with a thin covering of

asphalt to make a smooth surface

which can be cleaned easily. Two-

incli poultry netting under the roosts

will keep the hens from walking in the

droppings.





Detroit-

Alliance





INCIIBATOR 14” ' E“

Has all the features that insure big hatches—

doublo walls, copper tank, complete nursery.

rtect heat control through automatic trip

urner, “Tycos” thermometer

held so chicks can't break it

when hatching. Detroit Brood-

oro. too. Write for low combi-

nation price todayl .

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Concrete Floor Best.

The concrete floor is best for the

poultry house. The dirt floor is not

good because it is hard to clean. Build

up the concrete floor a foot high with

sand or dirt and pack it down. One





that is necessary to make a strong





In new free book by Geo. H. Lee,

Gemozono. Book shows how to ‘ post” you-own sick hop

to determine whether "Necro" Worms Lung D





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Remarkable Experience wof Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-

ing White Diarrhea





 





The follOwing letter will no doubt be

of utmost interest to poultry raisers

who have had serious losses from

White Diarrhea. We will let. Mrs.

Bradshaw tell of her experience in her

OWn words:





“Gentlemen: I 'see reports of so

many losing their little chicks with

White Diarrhea, so thought I would

tell my experience. I used to lose a

great many from this cause, tried

many remedies and was about (118-

couraged. As a last resort I sent to

the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 507,

Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White

Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 50c

packages, raised 300 White Wyandot-

tes and never lost one or had one sick

after giving the medicine and my

chickens are larger and healthier than

ever before. I have found this company

thoroughly reliable and always get the

remedy by return mail—Mrs. C. M.

Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.





Cause - of White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is caused by the Bac~

illus Bacterium Pullorum. This gem

is transmitted to the baby chick

through the yolk .of the newly hatched

egg. Readers are warned to beware

of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until

it kills half your chicks. Take the

“stitch in time that saves nine.” Re-

member, there is scarcely ahatch with-

out some infected chicks. Don’t let

these few infect your entire flock. Pre-

vent it. Give Walko in all drinking

water for the first two weeks and you

won’t lose one chick where you lost

hundreds before. These letters prove it:





 





Never Lost a Single Chick





Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts 'Creek,

Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of

chicks from White Diarrhea Finally

I sent for two packages of Walko. I

raised over 500 chicks and I never lost

a single chick from White Diarrhea.

\Valko not only prevents White Diar-

rhea, but it gives the chicks strength

and vigor; they develop quicker and

feather earlier."





Never Lost One After First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,

Iowa, writes: “My first incubator

chicks, when but a few days old, began

to die by the dozens with White Diar-

rhea. I tried different remedies and

was about discouraged with the chick-

en business. Finally, I sent to the

Walker Remedy 00., Waterloo, Iowa,

for a box of their Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing

for this terrible disease. We raised

700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never

lost a single chick after the first dose."





You Run No Risk.





We will send WALKO White Diar-

rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—~

postage prepaid—so you can see for

yourself what a wonder-working rem-

edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby

chicks. So you can prove—as thou-

sands have proven—that it will stop

your losses 'and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 500 for

package of WALKO (or $1.00 for extra

large box)——give it in all drinking water

and watch results. You’ll find you won’t

lose one chick where you lost dozens

before. It’s a positive fact. You run

no risk. We guarantee to refund your

money promptly if you don’t find it the

greatest little chick saver you ever

used. The Leavitt & Johnson National

Bank, the oldest and strongest bank in

Waterloo, Iowa, stands back of our

guarantee.





—-_—-——-_————-———_———-—





WALKER REMEDY 00.. Dept. 507.

Waterloo, Iowa.

Send me the () 50c regular size (or () $1





economical large size) package of Walko White Diar—

rhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it on your

positive guarantee to promptly refund my money if

not satisfied in every way. I am enclosing 50c (or





$1.00). (1’. 0. money order, check or currency

acceptable).



Name ..............................................

Town ...............................................

State ............................ R F. D ..........





Mark (K) in square indicating size package wanted.

Large package contains about two and one-third

times as much as small.





 





1 MA layer enamel: due-sixteenth ,





shite ' Diarrhea





ofeu’anfinch thick over the concrete

makes the floor ’as smooth as glass.



"Home-made mash hoppers are the

cheapest. The throat of a hopper





prevent clogging. The uncovered mash

hopper becomes contaminated with

droppings. Uncovered fountains may

also become contaminated. Place the

pail near the wall and build a roof

over it to keep the birds from drop.

ping manure into the water. If you

use commercial sanitary fountains, use





‘the kind that can be opened and'





scrubbed.





The material for a poultry house

depends on the amount of money you

can spend. Shiplap covered with a.

good grade of: roofing paper makes an

economical and satisfactory house.

Where the strips of roofing paper lap,

they are held on with strips painted

white. This holds the paper securely

and adds to the attractive appearance

of the house.





Lining the roof out beyond the drop-

ping boards helps to keep moisture

from condensing above the roosts.

Rear windows increase the summer

ventilation. If you expect to trapnest,

build the nests in batteries on the

walls of the house as it is easier to

remove hens than from low nests un-

der the dropping boards.





In long houses a door every forty

feet in the front of the house or a lit-

ter carrier helps :in removing the litter

and droppings. W’hen wallboard is

used for inside lining it should be

painted with creosote to keep-the hens

from eating it.





 





RABBITS EAT YOUNG.





Can you tell me why my Flemish

Giant rabbits eat their young? I feed

corn, oats, wheat, apples and cabbage.

They are well housed and cared for,

and are real fat—B. B.





According to Gibson, an authority on

rabbits, the does sometimes eat their

young because they have been heavily

fed and are filled internally with lay—

ers of fat. This fat causes a great.

deal of heat and trouble at time of

kindling, and gives the doe the unnat-

ural feeling which causes the destroy—

ing of the young.



The remedy is to keep the does in

just fair weight and breed them again.

Feed bread and milk a few days before





should be at least feur inches wide to ‘





 





I laid 285 eggs" in the Mich-

igan International Egg

Laying Contest and hold

the highest official record

over all breeds in Michi-

gan. My profit in one year

was $7.00 above feed cost.

Several thousand baby

nieces of mine want a

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time for kindling, and continue this

every day in the ration until the young 5

rabbits are weaned. Many rabbit breed— 3

ers are not located where they can;

keep a cow, which is unfortunate as

fresh milk is a great help in keeping

the does in condition and the young

rabbits growing fine.





POULTRY HOUSE CAPACITY.





 





I have a hen house eight feet high





on one side and five feet high on the

other





side, twenty feet long and





 





 





twelve feet wide.

will a building that size house‘3—~J. K.





feet wide will contain 240 square feet

of floor space.

01' The

square feet per bird.

it is better to use four square feet per

bird for any breed, so I think your

house is about right for sixty hens.





ogy department at M. A. C., has been

granted a year’s leave of absence to

study and teach in Europe.

seth is one of the best authorities on

poultry diseases in the country.

when the Hungarian Foundation want-

ed a man to 'instruct in poultry dis-

eases in Hungary, Dr. Stafseth drew

the assignment.





lege

throughout

from these farms show that the cost

of feeding a hen one month was thir-

teen cents.





How many hens





A house twenty feet long and twelve

As a general rule, hens



breeds require four

In small houses





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Dr. H. J. Stal‘seth, of the bacteriol-





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The poultry department of the 001-

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ICELAND‘M'CN' being second in the Leg—

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We specialize in S. C. W. Leghorns, $13 per 100:

Barred Tier-ks, $15 per 100: Rhode Island Beds.

510 per 100: and White Wyandcttcs. $18 per 100.

In lots of 500 or more 500 per 100 less. 100%

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S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS





livery bird in our flock is trapnested every day in the

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sonable price from high record Stork, do not fail to

send for our catalogue. STRICK POULTRY FARM.

R. 4, Box M. Hudsonville. Mich.
"k The Big, Deep Bodied Hens with the Large“

Combs, That Produce the Large White Eggs.





The chicks we offer you this year are from extra selected hens, sired

by males out of hens that. laid 270 eggs in 365 days these males being

a male from a 300-egg hen. The price asked for them is

very reasonable. They will bring you bigger profits and absolute

satisfaction.

You will be bemfltted by our 15 years experience hatching and ship-

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English \Vhite h‘ghoms .................................. ....$3.75 $7.00 $13 802 $120



Single &. Rose C. Brown Leghorns .................. ... ....... 7.00 13 02 120



S. C. Buff 8: Black Leghorns ........................ . ........ 3. 75 7.00 13 02 120



Barred llocks, Anconas .............................. . ....... 4.25 8.00 1.5 72 140



S. (‘. K: R. (‘ R. I. Reds ........... . ............... . ....... 4.25 8.00 15 72 140



White and Buff Rocks ..................................... . 4.50 8.75 17 82 100



‘ White “1nndottm,Black Minorcas ....... . ............... ... 4. 50 8.75 17 82 100

Bull and “111m Orpingtons ................. . ...... . .......... 5.00 9.50 19 92 180



Si. Wyandottm, Lt. Brahmas. Langshans ............. ......... ' .......... 5.00 9.50 19 92 180





15 other rare varieties. Mixed, all Heavies, $512 per 100. All Light. $10 per 100. Light and Heavy Mixed, '





$11 per 100.. DUCKLINGS, Pekins. 25. $7. 0: 50, 515:100. $30. White and Fawn Runners. 25. $6. 50:

50, $13; 100, $2 5. Remember quality goes 8.5111811 of price. Consider this when you place your order and

please note we guarantee 100% Live Delivery and (‘hicks that will please you. No Chicks shippedC D?

At least 10% of purchase price must. come wim order. Bank Reference. You cannot go wrong in ordering

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year after year with our thousands of old customers.





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Catalog giving full particulars and quoting our low prices in detail mailed tree on

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today and got Cilii‘ka which have the authority of Ohio State University behind





 





 





 





them. Our breeding stOck is inspected and handed by experts trained and au— ‘

thorizcd by them.

Prices (Postpaid) On: 25 50 100 500 1000

S. 1‘. “11., Bi & Buff LigllOl‘IIS ................ $3.25 $0.50 $13 $120 $118

S. I‘. Mottled Amonas ........................... 3.50 7.00 14 (i5 128

S. C. Blk. Minmz, 13d. Rocks. S.»C.1 It. 1. lteds.. {:75 7.50 15 72 1.28

117111111 v “11. Rocks. Wli. Wyandottcs, II. t'. l. I. Beds... 01) 8.00 11; 7 1 4

“090 “Minna“ S. C. lluif & White Orpingtons .. .25 850 17 83 160





 





Jersey Blat‘k Giants ............................ 7 50 15200 30 ..

Odds & Ends (not shipped undei accredited 10.1101) 2. 50 5.00 10 50 100





Free from European fowl pest. Order today with (‘heck or Money Order. (atalog free. SPECIAL

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(nicks that are lively and healthy from pure-bred carefully se-

lected stock. One—fifth down books order. Good poultry judges

say our flocks are unusually good. Order today. Last year we

were not able to supply the demand. Qrdcr early tins year.

Pure-bred, carefully selected, I00% live dellvery.





Prices on (prepaid) 25 50 l00 500 Farmer’s & Mechanic's Bank. this





Itch:

l000 city.





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vomit: 1:222:114250 s 50 .6100 77100 .50 WASHTENAW HATCHERY

wn. Wyandottes 4.50 8.50 I6.00 77.00 150 Geddes Road



Win. a Br. Leghorn! 375 7.00 13.00 52.00 120 Ann Arbor, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





P—_——Are hilt—(110d from select pure-bred.hea1y laying flocks that have been 111th and

culled by umrts holding Ohio State University lertificates. OLD CUSTOMERS TAKE

05% OF OUR OUTPUT EAI II YEAR. 100% live Arrival Guaranteed. Bank Reference.





Varieties. l’ost paid privvs on 50100 500 1000

S. (‘. \Vliite. Brown & Buil’ Leghorns .................. $7 .00 $13.00 $02.50 $120

Barred & “'hite Rocks, S. (‘.. & R. C. Rods. Anvonus.... 8.001500 72.50 140

White Wyandottcs. Buff Orpinntons .................... 8.50 10.00 77.50

Silver Wyandnttcs ..................................... 9.50 18.00 87.50 170





i .. Mixed. $12 pcr 100 straight. Order right. from this ad. Free Circular.

Member 1. B. C. A. and Ohio Association. MODERN HATCHERY, Box 44, Mt. BLANCHARD, OHIO.





DILIHGENT CHICKS DID IT





 





 





Postpaid pritts 100 500

Single (‘onib “'hito Leghorns ............................... $05.25 3.1.2.00 $57.50

Barrel Plymouth Rocks .................................... 7.75 15 00 72.50

S. (‘. Mottled Anconas ................................... (3.75 13 00 (32.50

Mixed (‘hicks .............................................. 4 75 0. 00 42. 50

Low in price.l1igl1 in quality. Order right. from this ad or send for our catalog.

li‘ close in call on us. we are 101 atcd on the M 11 temcnt road. 2 Milcs north of





Holland. We have pullcts for sale after May fiist.

DILIGENT HATCHERY. Holland, Mich.





 





Harm I. Knoll, Owner.





 





 





 





 





HomerHatchery Chicks





From healthy frcc range flecks culled and mated with cockercls purchased direct from breeders who have a.

reputation for high egg production and color, assuring you strong healthy chicks that grow into money

making flOL'kS. Shipped Parcel Post prepaid; 100% live delivery guaranteed. A trial order will convince

you. Write for catalogue and prices.





HOMER HATCHERY, HOMER, MICH.





HIGH-GRADE CHICKS scams.sanitiyisicisassesses





 





100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid primes on 50 100 500 1000

White and Brown chhnrns, Anconas ..................... $7. 00 $13. 00 $02.00 $120

Barred Row-ks, ll. 1. Beds ................................ 8.00 15 .00 72.00 140

White Rocks & Wyandottcs, Black )iinorcas ............. 8.50 117; 00 77.00 150





‘Vhite A”; Buff Orpingtons. Buff Wyandottos ............ 9.00 7.00 82.00 160

Mixed i‘hiclis. 100, $12. 25% deposit books your order for fut11re1dcliv.111 Reference:

First State and Savings Bank.





THE HOWELL HATCHERY. DEPT. 57.





 





HOWELL, MICHIGAN;





OHIO ACCREDITED, DELIVERY GUARANTEED. Order direct from this ad ..





   





T last we have an objective for

A the Merry Circle Fund. I want-

ed to get something that would

bring happiness to the greatest num-

ber of unfortunate children possible,

and to make the use of the Merry

Circle money bring pleasure for along

time._ I believe that I have found

the. way.

Some time ago I wrote to the State

Health Department and they suggest—





Sanatorium for Tuberculosis at How-

ell. So I took a day off a; short time

ago to pay the place a. visit.



I_ told Dr. Toan, in charge of the





was delighted with the thought that

the farm boys and girls throughout

the state could and would do some—





 





Frank is Confined to Bed Now, But

He Still Has His Smile.





thing for the seventy-two boys and

girls who were militantly. fighting the

dreaded T. B. disease.



He took me over to Columbia. Cot-

tage where thirty-five girls are under

treatment. There we saw quite a. few

girls in their beds on the open air

porch, clothed to protect themselves

from the cold, and amusing themselves

as well as they could under the cir-

cumstances. Over at Pershing cot-

tage, thirty-seven boys are under sim-

ilar treatment and many of them were

also in bed finding amusement as well

as they could.





Many of the children were crippled

with tuberculosis of the joints, with

their limbs in casts. Especially inter-

esting was Frank, whose picture is

shown here. He is now confined to

bed entirely with tuberculosis of the

hip. When we ’went to see him, he

was getting private lessons, because

he can not attend the sanatorium

school. He has been there two years,

but still the smile of courage and in-

ward cheer was even greater than

that shown in the picture.





Rudolph kindly took us from Persh-

ing cottage to the school room. On

the way we spoke of the pleasant sur-

roundings. He said, “Yes, it is nice,

but I’d rather be home.” Rudolph,

we learned later, was the youngest of

a. large family and he was the only

one in it who could speak English-—

and he spoke it very well.



I believe Rudolph spoke the senti-

ments of most of the boys and girls

there. They wanted to be home and





 





 





An Object to Work TOward





T lze M. C Fund to Bs'Puz‘ mto Use

By Uncle F rank





ed that I get in touch with the State'





place, the purpose of my visit and he





 





 





 





were restless becauee of the enforced

rest that the cure of tuberculosis re—

quires. ReSt, the doctor said; is the

chief requirement in curing the dis-

ease, and when these boys and girls

gain the vitality necessary to fight the

trouble“, they want to be active.



Dr. Toan and I talked over the situ-

ation and we both thought it would





give the young folks great pleasure if -





they could be entertained by radio.

It would help to divert their minds

and to make their enforced rests eas-

ier to take. -



So, in behalf of the Merry Circle

Fund I promised a. radio for each cot-

tage. This would give pleasure to

those who will come for a. long time

in the future. Each radio will have

a. little plate on it indicating that it

was presented by our Merry Circlers.

It seems to me that it would be' a

very worthy, and almost permanent

investment for the Merry Circlers in

good cheer for the unfortunate.



To properly equip these two oot-

tages with suitable radios, loud speak-

ers, etc., we need about two hundred

dollars more than we now have.



I know that the raising of this mon-

ey will be no great task to the thou-

sands of boys and girls of the Merry

Circle who Want to bring good cheer

to others. I feel sure that you will

want to use this as an opportunity to

fulfill that part of the Merry Circle

creed which mates to the spreading of

happiness. This will give us a real

practical opportunity to demonstrate

our unselfishness, our regard for oth-

ers, our Christian spirit. Our nickles,

dimes, quarters or dollars will be as

bricks to the monument which the

Merry Circlers will build for ourselves

through the spirit of unselfishness we

show.



Would it not bring happiness quick-

e1, and would it not be a. greater cred-

it to us if we could reach our objec-

tive in a short time. Let’s see what

we can do. Your share in this joy-

giving task should be sent to the

Merry Circle Fund, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





Our Letter Box





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have read Marcia Rowe’s letter I

do not think it is very nice for a boy

to smoke. But for me I would rather

see a boy smoke cigarettes than chew

tobacco. This would be another good

suggestion for you. “Would you iath-

er see a. boy chew tobacco than smoke

cigarettes. 7”



Mr. W. B. will surely choke if he

gets this letter. I will close. ——Your

niece, Alta. Thomas, Clarksville, Mich.



I think I’ll take part in this discus-

sion. I don’t like either smoking or

chewing. There is no excuse for eith-

er; they’re just habits that do no one

any good. But let’s hear from others.





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





My burning ambition is to be a.





teacher, but as “A Silent Readel (here-

tofore),” has expressed my feelings

much better than I can on the subject,

I won ’1: take up more of your time than

is necessary.



What I am really writing about is

the Merry Circle Fund. As Uncle

Frank said, “We have to build the

foundation first, and as in the building

of anything, the foundation is a. nec-

essary but unnoticeable part of the

work.” How long would it take us to

lay the foundation as there are now

somewhere around 15,000 members?

Someone suggested, “\Vhy not have a

Denial Week?” I think it is a. very

good plan. I know there are many

who have already sent in donations,

so this does not necessarily include
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$502 Net Profit

In 3 Months From 250

B. F. White Leghorn Pallets

That’s what M131. Wade of Fennville,

Mich. made in three months time from

pullets railed tram chicks he bought of





us last Spring You can make big money

with our profit muting chicks.





CHICKS '- - - - CHICKS





Our stock is strong, healthy, free range, .

Tapered and Tom Barron White Leg- -

horns-S. C. Rhode Island Reds—Warks'

Barred Rocks—«he best blood lines in

the country. 100% live delivery aran-

teed, poctpaid. Big, fine catalog rec.





8 to 10 Week‘s-Old Pallets





We specialize in 8 to 10 weeks- old

pullcts. Ext-re choice ones at prices that

please. Write today.





Brummer-Fredarickson Poultry Farm

Box 20 Holland. Mich.





 





 





 





Pure Hollywood Strain.

260- 290- 41113 pedigree.

Those hens meted tomeles.

from 283— 290 egg dams.

Leghorn foundation stock

direct from Hollywood

Farms. We also otter our

own Hollywood Muted Rur- ‘

:1! strain. and Anconas‘

bred from Sheppard's stock. '

Large Illustrated Catalog 3





free. .

The RURAL POULTRY ‘

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Gan Allard lo Pay,





fired for can. not for show feathers. Every chick

Irom our farm is of n proven egg-laying streln.





ORDER FROM THESE PRICES.

GRADE AA.

60 100 500 1000





 





Barron Lerhorns (Pedigreed

Males) ....................... 88. 50 $16 875 8145

Barred Rooks (Aristocrat Strain) 9. 60 18 85166

Br. Leghorm ................. 8.50 16 75 145



GRADE A.

White Leghorns ...... 57.00 818 863 8120

Barred Rocks . . . . 8.0 15 72 140

Br. Leghorns . ...... 7.00 13 62 120

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T is getting the time of the year





paper the inspiration spring gives

gives them.

young poets, have this urge in com-

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rialize the

have, we will have the next contest on

spring poetry.



Any original poem by any boy or

girl under eighteen years of age may

be submitted to this contest. The

poems should, be on Spring. Prefer-

ence will be shown to those not over

twenty-five lines in length.



The writers of the two best poems

submitted will get fountain pens as

prizes; .thonext three best will be

awarded dictionaries, and the next

five handy pocket knives.



This contest closes April 3. So send

your poems to Uncle Frank, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Mich., early enough

to get here in time.

and address in the upper left hand

corner of your paper. If you are a

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HIS contest brought a lot of inter-

esting drawings, many of which

showed that the Merry Circlers have

artistic ability as well as a. sense of:

humor. I was glad to receive the

funny drawings of myself as they gave





laughs.



One Merry Circler must have been

able to see through me, as she drew

a. chart of the human body showing

the heart, lungs, stomach and other

organs, and submitted it as her draw-

ing of what I looked like. I must ad-

mit that in general I believe that I am

made according to the specifications

submitted, but sometimes the way my

anatomy works, I wonder if there isn’t

something missing.



‘ Another submitted a copy of the

iprize winning drawing in a similar

lcontest we had over a year ago Of

[0011188, it did not win :1 111129.



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geography I learn all about the earth

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able to read, 1101' to spell words if I

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INE years ago, Ben Spencer, city

born and city raised, became in-

terested in dairy cows.- At that

time he started with two heifers. To-

day, he is one of‘ the leading pure-bred

breeders of the, Upper Peninsula. One

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twenty-one pure-bred registered .HOI-

stein cows, eight heifers and three

bulls, a total of thirty-two head.

,It ls An Interesting Bit of History.

It all happened like this: in 1915

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an equal chance with other children,

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Mountain had not been developed very

extensively at that time and it was

difficult to get ideal milk for babies.

So there was only one thing to do—

to keep their own cow.



Two promising young native heifers

were purchased. Soon after they both

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that they be allowed a supply of this

extra milk.

lore long there were quite a. list of

neighbor patrons. They were estab-

lishing a. big commercial dairy busi-

ness but didn’t know it. The patrons

were satisfied, the dairy prospered,

soon they had more patrons than milk

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The little dairy continued to prosper





luntil the herd consisted of six dairy

Icows. There it halted. It was a farm

‘in the city and farms in cities are im-





As

the cows promenaded, the neighbors

grumbled, the Spencers saw it all.

One morning they learned that there

was a. little forty-acre farm for rent

near town. It would make an ideal

place for their dairy; spacious mead-

ows for their cows to graze in; cosy

gardens for their baby to play in—

they moved.

Worked Ten Hour Shifts and Milked

Six Cows.





To own six cows was a, fine start for

a city man, but not enough income to

make a good living. Fortunately this

new farm was near a. big lumber mill.

Ben was of a. restless disposition, the

six cows didn’t make enough money

nor enough work, so he attached him-

self to a ten-hour shift handling logs

and lumber at the saw mill.



Now his day was complete. He lab-

ored ten hours at the mill, walked

back and forth, milked six cows, fed,

watered them, delivered the milk. Dur-

ing his spare time he read farm pa.-

pers, which made him even more am-

bitious.



Fireworks Started.





October, 1922, he joined the Dickin-

son County Cow Testing Association.

He helped the county agent organize

the association and as a reward they

made him secretary without pay. Up

to this time he owned fifteen native

cows. His milk business was still

prospering and growing. He needed





imore milk. The tester told him where





the happy parents of a bouncing baby.





It was arranged, and be-





‘ ings ?





From City-“Let to Dairyman





By Art Lousdorf





he could buy some puiebr’eds at a bar-

gain. Mr. Spencer bought four head.

The first time the cow tester came

around, Mr. Spencer learned that two

of these cows milked sixty-live pounds

a day, as much as five of‘his natives.

Attirst that astonished him,'later it

led him thinking. After that when he

needed more milk, he bought pure-

breds. He made arrangements with

the bank and paid for these cows on





. the installment plan from the earnings





of his milk checks. _

1923 was a good year again. His

business jalmOSt doubled and” as he

needed more ‘milk, Once more he

bought more pure-breds, until thirteen

months later, November, 1923, he own-





,ed twentyeone pure-bred cows, eight





heifers, a 'herd bull and two ‘bull



calves: All in all, thirty-two head.



The herd bull he purchased was nine



years old. He wanted a proven bull



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already several good milking heifers.

Herd Worth $4,000.



The value of Mr. Spencer’s herd is

estimated at $4,000. If he should sell

his herd today that is what he might

realize. If he had not made this change

from scrubs to pure-breds his herd

would only be worth about $1,000.

Calves from these grade cows were

worth little or nothing, especially the

male calves. Now his pure—bred male

calves are worth $30 up, and his heif-

er calves $60.



Grades vs. Pu-re-breds.





Berg, the official cow tester, shoWs

some surprising results as a. compari-

son between the grades and pure-

breds. While theregare always some

farmers who believe pure—breds show

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though the pure-breds were at a. big

handicap during the year in so much

that they all had to undergo the

change in management and feed.



By.taking eight of the best pure—,

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from the herd and comparing their;

records, it shows that the pure-bred;

did much better. 1



Average production per cow based

on whole year:





Lbs.



Lbs. Butter-



_ Milk. Fat.

Eight pure-breds .. 10,028 411

Eight grades ...... 5,954 287



The best pure-breds produced in





nine months 14,184 pounds of milk and

575 pounds of butter. The best grade

in the herd produced 8,172 pounds of

milk and 405 pounds of butter.



Spencer was one of these men that

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have the same opportunities but not

the courage to make the investment.‘

It is Spencer’s ambition to own and

milk one hundred cows.





 





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re ‘ { erally productive in May and June and.

P— 5 ’, I some years in September. In much

0f ‘4‘ i of our crop producing country we do

i: ,l .- i _ not have .over three months of good

an ‘4' ‘ '. grazing on blue grass, and it is ex-

8 ’; on the job 46years tremely difficult to get interest and

it t Y ,‘ . , taxes from even $100 an acre land

5; p . ou ve got to give honest, solid Value devoted to pasture

Ie > , to hard-headed farmers to reach your _ . ' .

I: l ; _ 46th'milrestone of business service. The 511° 13 the best known substi-

l l Themen wherunthe Neybusinesstskepridein tute for paSture’ and Where land is

i 3 making quality products and believe in selling Valued at; more than $100 pel‘ acre,

, them at a price that means 100% value to the .

3 buyer. This olicy haswon customers and very few acres ShOUId be deVOted t0

3 'lllliileltl: Tani?“ t“"f°t°g“°'zf“'°‘ "3"47- pasture, for this same land put into

in. l a . y gmnggggmg’” “m“ ’0 good corn and'that put in the 8110

x 1.; gggggog; Mg». E - . counleIqfi. Iowa would produce-Six to .seven times more

' , stenchions,w:{er abrivlsfiyg’rflfrliltlglgfirigrgfgtlzl feed than If It is 19ft 1n paSture' From

1 .fifgfifiegeggggfigfwgniggfig my experience I would prefer a $110 in





summer to one in winter if I could

have but one, but a winter and sum-

mer silo makes on the average stock

farm by far the most economic feed-

ing arrangement—A. L. Haecker.





 





 





KALAMAZOO COUNTY HOLSTElN

BREEDERS MEET.





 





 





HE annual meeting of the Kalama-

zoo County Holstein Breeders’ As-

sociation was held March 11 at Osh~

temo. The'main interest of the gath-

ering centered around a discussion of

how to improve the usual strong show-





.Ziompt deluvm \'

Irom stock nt spo-





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7 shipment Write eminen— ing of Holsteins at the county fair.

1;. “m: fmfififfi'fi’lijfifinfi’ Among the points raised was that the

. Y IliG‘l'Ilell-‘illlofskfioroil-bill“: fair board be requested to add a div-

3 l: H003.“ BUILDING ision for cows of ‘each breed with cow

r1 . "LE “ S'Lo 00- testing association records—~breeds to

r ‘ 1 Dent. M.99. Albany. Ind. _

3 «if be Judged separately, but pure-breds

.. l and grades of each breed to compete

l in the same class. To be eligible for

' entry in the Michigan Record Per:

Ir jl'orniance—280 pounds of fat as a two-

I- lyear-old, to 400 pounds as a full aged

; lCOW. Two prizes to be offered in each

= : class.

:1 Albion mum woodm‘sre‘qis'u Calf club work .and area testing for

3ip:;e;fil3n:;:ir$;hewor&- tuberculosrs eradlcation came up for

Of an . . s -

I; Only mfifipiuzsnllfesmsdmtfiydlo discussmn. The breeders deemed to

we. is r u, n,‘ m. .

Ir placesble. Caverns tram-a.» hold a tour next July or August, aC«

welshlwnhoulspnnp. Fm my 4-” . . '. . . 'v

'- =‘ :cellowa wi’m‘mj“ mam cepting the mutation of Mr. lager to

‘ ‘ " 0W now WI I ' . . .

L. :I Tniis.,..,.icp..:::_n fl’ picnic on the State Hospital grounds.

3 "f' "l ‘ mfzfitxz" “"5. Dues in the association were reduc—

. “'7" ,yi‘” ‘ . V, . .

. g”? :‘. a; "man SlBOl PI'MlIIClS co. Lid. ed to $1.00 pcl 308.1. R. L. OldS, COllll-

: ill I‘ *2.nsnul.Alslm.Mlchlgan.u.s.A ty agent, and Phil Sexton, secretary

. 1.! x .g of the Kalamazoo County Farm Bu-





 





reau, were present and helped in dis-

cussions. J. G. Hays, secretary of the

Michigan Holstein‘Friesian Associa-

tion, made a short talk pointing out'a

few things that the breeders could do

to help the Holstein breed in their

county.



Meeting adjourned to meet late this

month with Mr. Yagcr to elect officers,





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r; 1 0°“; J 5 N‘agara A BANQUET on Thursday evening,

1,) March 12, at the Hotel VVilder-

it. muth, Owosso, ushered in the an-

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association to be in good shape, over

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r . United power cided to continue the system with the

v. ,.l’\ ’Mnker former manager, Fred Martin, of

at ‘ Save: Time and Money





Owosso, in charge.



Officers elected included C. S. Bald-

win,.of Bennington, president; Mrs.

Burt Nowlin, of Laingsburg, re—elected

as secretary—treasurer; J. Fred Smith,

of Byron, Vice-president. The four di-

rectors elected were Charles Paine, of

Durand; Fred Martin, of Owosso; Jay

Bowlby, of Ovid, and Dan Dutcher, of

Owosso.





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HANDLING CHILEED LAMBS.





 





NOT infrequently despite good man-

agement of the flock at lambing





lambing a day or two before expected,

or a. sudden change of weather follow-

ing a few warm days which catch the

flock unprotected. I know from expe-

rience in handling early lambs that

the flock master must keep himself in

readiness to meet any emegrency, for

unexpected things will occur and chill-

ed lamb is, no exception when lambs

are dropped during the changeable

weather of the late winter and early

spring.



Foresightedness to prevent lambs

getting chilled is far preferable to any

kind of treatment and cure. Chilled

lambs are very diflicult to restore to

normal life. The chilling has had a

tendency to disturb the entire body

organization and the patient being so

young and undeveloped to respond to

any form of medical treatment makes

such cases very diflicult to handle. My

experience has been that every pre-

caution should be exercised to prevent

an accident rather than undertake the

tedious task of restoring a well-nigh

hopeless? victim to life.



Lambs that are not too badly chilled

may be restored by laying them in a.

box or basket with warm bricks in the

bottom, and packing the patient with

hot water bottles. The artificial heat

in a little while will assist in restoring

life and the lamb may be returned to

its mother to nurse, but should be

closely watched to avoid again getting





' chilled. Lambs that have become cold,





yet possess a spark of life may be re-

vived by the warm water treatment.

Put the lamb in a. large pail or tub

partially filled with as warm water

as the hand can endure. Submerge

the lamb, holding the head above the

water. Add more warm water to keep

the temperature up. When life is re-

stored remove the patient and thor—

oughly dry him. Feed. him nothing

but his mother’s milk.——Leo C. Rey-

nolds.





 





HANDLING THE WOOL CROP.





 





YEARS ago when I did my own

shearing, I used a platform made

of matched material. But, during more

recent times, we have employed a per-

son with a shearing machine, and the

work is done on the barn floor. The

floor is thoroughly swept before we

start to shear, and then reswept after

each fleece has been removed.

The price you get for wool is going

to depend upon the way the fleece is

handled after it is taken from the

sheep. The edges should be folded

over properly and the fleece laid upon

the wool-box. The fleece should then

be folded toward the center in an 01'-

derly way, the sides of the box lifted,

and the twine tied neatly. Do not use

binder twine. Wool twine is neces-

sary. Do not try to tie the fleece

without a.‘ woolebox. Some sheepmen

use pegs, but the fleece never looks as

it does when tied in a box.

If the wool crop is going to be held

any length of time before marketing,

it should be carefully packed to avoid

shrinking. W’ool dries out from expos-

ure and loses weight as well as in

market value—L. R.





 





VALUE OF BEET TOPS.





 





OUR experience is teaching us the



value of sugar beet tops. We used

to disregard them, except perhaps to

curse them a little when they inter-

fered with the tillage tools the follow-

ing spring. We soon noted the greatly





 





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increased growth of the small grains





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time a mishap occurs and a. lamb gets

- chilled, possibly due to some ewe





mamas I





that followed sugar beets, wherever

the tops had lain. Also, we are feed-

ing them to the cattle and hogs now

for the third season and attaching

more and .more value to them. We

have taken more pains with them this

last year than ever and are getting

better returns.

our cattle have done fully as well on

them as on good corn silage when fed

in about the same quantity and in con-

nection with some dry roughage. They

make a. very good substitute for silage

and cost only a little handling.





The boys recently hauled up a fresh

supply from the little piles in the field.

We are still feeding them, and it is

much later in the winter than we ever

thought we could successfully held

them. There is more or less white

mold appearing on the raw surface

where the top was severed from the

beet, and the leaves are somewhat

worse for weather, but the cows will

leave bright corn fodder unnoticed and

wait for them, and bawl for them,

which is first class evidence that they

still relish them. If there are any left

when time comes to work the land in

spring, they will be spread out over

the ground as evenly and as carefully

as if they were manure—P. P. Pope.





 





LAMBING TIME.





 





LAMBING time is always a very in-

teresting time for the flockmaster.

Some years very little trouble is en-

countered at lambing time, and then

again, seemingly under the same pru-

dent management, endless trouble ac-

companies the lambing season.

Trouble at lambing time always has

some definite cause. Lambs dropped

deficient in development, ewes encoun-

tering trouble lambing, or lack milk

for the newborn oflisprlng, are trou-

bles invariably traceable to improper

management during pregnancy. With-

out growth-producing and home—making

materials nature cannot perform her

acquired work and function successful-

ly. Lambing time reveals how well

the ewes have been cared for during

the period while carrying their young.

It has always been my practice to

keep a. record of my flock at lambing

time.

of a certain kind of trouble there is

some definite cause that can be rem-

edied. lf the ewes have been kept too

fleshy or under-fed, lack of exercise

or fed a too narrow ration to meet

their need during pregnancy, such er—

rors should be known and corrected.





 





FARMERS BELIEVE IN BETTER

STOCK.





 





AN unusual amount of sound coun-

sel on questions of live stock

breeding is contained in recent reports

received by the United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture from stockmen

throughout the country. The follow-

ing terse statements seem suitable for

consideration by farmers seeking to

improve their hards and flocks.



“The choice of a herd sire will like-

ly make or break you in the dairy

game. If you pick a. good one, the

price you pay is of little consequence;

if you pick a poor one, you will pay

too much, even if you get him for

nothing.” —'



“Pure-breds are better sellers and

make more meat for the amount of

feed and length of time.” -



“When young untested stock is sold,

the breeder should keep in touch with

the purchaser so that if the stock dbes

not turn out as it should through no

fault of the purchaser, the breeder can

make the deal right. It pays directly

and indirectly, aside from the fact that

it is the fair way to do."





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V; W. BURDICK. Wllllalnllon, “Mloh. .





' bull and heifer calves.

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T. B. Tested. five years old. Four

'03- GRIN”! Bulldaughters with records. Price

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Res. Guernsey Cows. Bulls and





For saIe w Bull Calves. . . Record May

Bose Breeding. JOHN EBELS. R. 2. Holland. Mich.





FOR SALE





W. RUEHS. R. 2. Caledonia,





BANG





Sold Under the Hammer at Auction,

Ma ch 31,1925





9---Registered Holsteihs.---9

4---Cows to freshen at time of sale-«4

2---Cows to freshen soon after salc.---2

’2---Ycarling heifers-"2

l---Excellent herd sire.~--1

All Segis-Lyons breeding. T.B. Tested.





Also tools, hay and horses.





H. C. Ruggles





1 mile north and % mile east of





Moorepark, Mich.





Registered Guernsey

cows and heifers. F.

Mich.





 





 





1885 Pontiac 40 Yeas Pontiac 1925





The Pontiac State Hospital Herd has pro-

duced some of the most famous animals of

the broad. including King of the Pontiscs.

Pontiac (‘lothilde DeKol 2nd, the first 1,000-

lb. fat cow. and Pontiac li-ene. World‘s rec-

ord 2- 'r.-old. .

The hiyflhest record ever made by a, Pontiac

bred animal has just been completed by Pon—

tiac Berinc. 30.0i’i lbs. butter in 7 days.

158.79 lbs. in 30 days as a Sr. 4—_yr.—old.

“'hat liord has been more prominent. than

Pontiac throughout the past 40 yours?



We can supply bulls from the original Pon-

tiac liord. Sires in S(*.l'\lt'e are from dams

With better than 1.100 lbs. butter and 25,000

lbs. milk in 3H5 days. . .



Send for ontiao Pedigrees.





Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C





Lansing,,Michigan





     





MICRIG

WAT! NERD!





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REGISTERED HOLSTEIN FRIE-

SIAN COWS from 2 t0W7‘llyeMlI



. Some fresh. others to freshen soon. '1 .se

gig! or more to suit purchaser. Best of breeding.

Prices are right. HENRY S. ROHLFS. AKron. Mich.





FOR SALE





’ - ' Young Bulls up to 8 months

Qualt‘y HOIStelns of age. Good Individuals and

Well Bred, at from $50 to $75, iii-cording to age.



I. M. SHORMAN. Fowlcrvillc. Mich.





HOLSTEIN or GUERNSEY





merit. Edgewood Dairy Farms.





(Hereford Steers)





60 Wt. Around 850 lbs.; 66 Wt. Around 740 lbs.

80 Wt. Around 650 lbs; 41;

60 Wt. Around 950 lbs: 58 Wt. Around 450 Ills.‘



Al‘o many other bunches, Deep reds. dehorncd.

goodnetockcr condition. [ti-a1 quality llcrefords are

usually market lnppt‘irs when finished. Will sell your

choice from any bunt-h. VAN B. BALDWIN, Eldon.

Wanello 00.. Iowa.





dairy calves. 7 weeks old,

$20 cut-h, embed for ship-

Whitewater, Wis.





llulls, com; and hell."

01‘s for sale. RALPH

Mich-





Registered Herefords





CALHOON. Branch Co., Bronson.





MICHIGAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB





-l red or grade cattle for sale. Can uote prices

Egr?ndividuuls or caé‘loads. R. of M. an Oow Test-

' A.. :latiun i‘m‘or s. .

E.glil.glglthNISl)N. Field Mun. East. Lansing. Mich





' ' ' ()ur bulls of service-

FinanCIal Klng Jerseys able age are all sold, E

but we have a. tow bull calves of excellent bl'l‘t‘dlllfl.

sired by our great herd sire. Financial lung Sensa—

Oiir prices are reasonable. COLDWATER JER- 3





 





lion. .

SEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.

. |

‘ Bulls ready for seruce,

Jerseys For sale also a. few females. All from





Accredited herd. Smith & Parker,





. f M. dams.

R 0 Nowell. Mioh.





B. D. No. 4.



s. 4 bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to

15 33:5: from herd of 70. Some fresh, others bred

for fall freshen'ing. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville, Mich.





F(l‘ Sale. One 14 months old



Shorthorn BUllS red. Ono ten months old llonn,



good ones. and priced to sell. C. V. Tracy. Union



Phone. Ithaca. Mich. _



B .‘t of quality and breeding. Bulls,



Shorthoms (1wa and heifers for sole. BIDWELL

STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumleh, Mich.





. . . a n _.

Milking Shorthorn Bulls 5.51% nfenyou. will;

WASTA HUBER, Glndwin. Michigan.A





 





"

° RED POLLED CA’I'I'LE FOR

RegIStered SALE. Somoyoung bulls. Cheap

if taken soon. From heavy milking cows. JOHN





 





DEYARMOND. Mio. OIcoda Co., Mich., R. I. Box l2.

llodne-y's Model in ser-





SHUHTHORNS OF MEN iii-e. Bulls for sale. W.





E. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint, Mich.





Polled Shorthorn Bulls ,





GEORGE GILL & SON. Ypsilanti. Mleh.

' for sale. Well bred





4 Brown Swiss Bulls B .

P051" 6. son. R. 6. Clara. iiiioh‘_ Tested. FRANK





 





 





 





”i" . _ .yi'rue‘ grim. Mimi-its.“





Wt. Around 525 lbs. ,





1 alone.





 





or not to harvest the crops by use of

live stock. By posturing forage crops

and feeding down grain crops, the ex-

pense of hiring help to harvest them

is done away with. This practice not

only enables the farmer to care for

his animals cheaper, but it also affords

him an opportunity of distributing the

labor more economically throughout

the year. This is due to the fact that

at the time when the crop is ready to

be harvested there is usually more

work than the farmer is able to do.

By turning the proper animals in on

the crop to be harvested, the farmer

also saves himself the trouble of car-

ing for the manure and hauling it to

the field as the animals scatter it with-

out loss.



Experiments have .been run to see

if it is economical to harvest the crop

with the farm animals from the field.

There are no unsatisfactory results

and it; has not only been proven that

farm animals harvest the crops cheap-

ly, but that while doing so make prof-

itable gain and do much 'to maintain

the fertility of the soil.



There are many instances where

farmers might successfully use live

stock in harvesting the crops. In the

case where the rye, wheat or oat

crops have done poorly it would be

profitable to turn the pigs into the

ifield. Often the corn crop is not worth

husking or the soy-beans are only fair.

In this case part of the field might be

fenced off and successfully harvested

by hogs or sheep, and to some extent

by cattle.



Hay and grain must be obtained

from the farm for roughage for the

’live stock that can not be left on pas—

ture. However, there is no reason

that on many farms the practice of

thogging off certain crops and pastur-

iing other crops should not be followed.



By watching the corners and using

,ithc live stock as harvest hands suffi-

lcicnt numbers of animals may be kept

lto furnish profitable work during the“

winter when other work is slack, and

when the live stock require most care

iand attention. This system of farm-

iiig affords the opportunity for remun—

ei'ative labor throughout the year and "'

more profits with less expense and at-

} teiition to the farm pi'0tiucei‘s.——l~lai-i-y

ii. Holt.

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200 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS





The Western Wisconsin Holstein Breeders’ Sales Association’s





First Annual Spring Consignment Sale

West Salem, Wis. — - - - - — — - - April 8-9





It was generally conceded by those who attended this Association’s

fall sale that they had assembled the finest array of Holstein cattle

ever offered at public auction. The Association claims to have even

a finer string for this sale than they had last fall. Only those who

attended last fall’s sale can appreciate how good the cattle must be

to be worthy of this claim.



\Vatch for following announcements. Vl'i‘ite O. G. Clark, Sale Manager.

or A. L. Hyzer, Assistant Sale Manager, West Salem, Wis, for further

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each case and‘ give, name and address of the writer. Initial.

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

nrvmc becomes private practice and 31 must be enclosed.





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Thoroughpin.—I have a horse that

has tlioroughpin affecting both hind

logs; the bunches are not large, do not,

seem to cause pain or lameness. C.

8, Reese, Mich—Apply equal parts of

tincture of iodine and spirits of cam-

phor to bunches daily. It is always

difficult to reduce such bunches and

when the animal is not lame, leave him





Worms—I have a mare that has

been troubled with worms for the past

twelve months, have noticed her pass

some piiiworms. W. C., Dryden, Mich.

Fast, horse for thirty hours, give four

fluid drums of oil of chonopodium iii

capsule, followed immediately by giv-

ing one quart of raw linseed oil. Flush





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





HOGS - POLAND CHINA FALL Gums.

3'9 Type Rainbow ~ ('llillhlllilll breeding.

Brod or own. 600. W. Nf'edllilnl. Saline. Mich.





DUROC SOWS





Good yearling sews bred to Michigan's Grand Cham- , Lar e ‘I' P Ia d Ch'

' l , t ll . Growth gilts of approved type. % We 0 ll mas

“m" In” a s 5 y FEL KAMP. Manchester. Mich.





sin-d by above hour and bred to a Super Colonel





 





li‘nll pigs of either

sex for szile. A. A.





 





 





hnnr, at $50 to $70. These are registry-d and guru“

. . ~. La efl Id Farm, Clar ston, Mic . . .

unteed to phase k e Ham Shires For Sale mm spring and hill Board.

. some dug to {arrow p (‘hoice bred guts-12th year.

Registered 0.1. C. Sows 500,1, 0,1,... 1,... JOHN w. SNYDER. R. 4, St. mm, Mich.





 





yearling: and 2—year-old. Also hours of all

All Sliii'lt on approval. Register free. FRED irr-

R. 2, Plymouth, Mich. i





Gilts.

sizes.





W. KENNEDY.





 





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choice: . for sole. extra good

LEAF‘ Breedlng Ewes young Delainefl. V.

:8. FURNlSS. Nashville. Mich.



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lioi'il hours and '





Big Type ChBSler Whiles LY'llLCIlll'liingfflll mix... wui sins





boars and





fall I

CLOVER





boar.





Mich.





On In C0 limilfitll!





STOCK FARM. Monroe,





 





 





the rectum, using one part coal tar

disinfectant in thirty parts of l(’1)l(

water. If this mare is with foal, don’t

give her above treatment.



Subscriber, Bad Axe, Mich—Mare





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‘ ' Sill‘l)[)\llll‘t' lilwps For Sale. Twen-

i'. o. l). LUCIAN HILL, Tekonsha. Mich. . Registered 1:. um- lie-ml oi reading and two-

‘ iciiivolds duo in l.:ll.;l) iii Apiil. (‘. Y. 'l‘rai‘y. Ith-

F "0-80“ F Pol d any iLi'iL, Alli-l1. I'iiioii l'lioue.

There are still a few of those good, big, bred gilts HORSES

left. The first $50 checks get. them. P. P. POPE.





Mt. Pleasant. Mich. One Registered Per»





 





sixteen years old has bleeding tumor

Situated under her tail connected with

the bowel. Local veterinary says she

is incurable. Your mare suffers from

melanosis, an ailment peculiar to white





Choice gilts bred for MM.

WESLEY HILE,





F O R S A L E

years old. Weight 1,800 lbs,

liziiidlc. l’i'ii-e right. E. A.

Box 6, R F. D. No. 3..





 

 

 





. cheron Stallion. four

3-9 Type Poland Chmas Hieé‘t‘éti“‘ii?§.."ifi.r?

8r. April furrow. for sale. .





lonia. Mich.





 





 





horses. Giving drugs will not help

her, but bunch can perhaps be cut out;

however, your veterinarian should





Write for prices.





 

 





Poland China Fall Gilts





E. A. Clark. St. Louis, Mich.





1 l'crphcron Stallion, 3 years old.

For Sale of Tho Ton Typ". E. R. Van

valenburg. Milan. Mich.





 





 





know what is best.

False Teats.—I have a young cow

with two small teats, one connected





' either sex, by the great Boar, The ' ' for quiet 4 ears

Fall P183 Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best SlraWbermaoan Belgian Slallion old. li'vigm ism

of dams. W. E. Livingston, Parma, Mich. lbs. HER AN KOH ER. R. 2, Clinton, Mich.





 

 

 





 





 





with each back teat, and they leak

milk while I am milking cow. R. 8.,

Port Huron, Mich—VVhen dry, have

the small teats removed and apply

caustic to milk sack.





 





TRY a Michigan b‘armer





   

   





Classified Liner—They cost

See rates on page 451.





   





little and bring big results.
-a week ago although they are show-

ing a strong tendencyto rally. Stocks

in sight are tremendous but the price

is so low that but little .further de-

cline is to be expected, even though

the break in wheat has not yet cul-

minated. Seeding the new crop of

oats is proceeding rapidly as far north

as Kansas. Conditions for the new

crop are mostly favorable.





EDS





The heavy spring seed trade has not

opened up generally, but the demand

is expected to broaden materially af-

ter any prolonged mild weather. Retail

prices of all kinds of field seeds other





4 . GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, March 24.



heat. ‘ .

Detroit—No. 1 red $1.79; No. 2 red

$1.33; No. 2 white $1.78; No. 2' mixed





Chicago—May $1.651,§@1.65%; July

£13.23%@1.4614; September 8.3195(5),





'Toiédo.—Wneaé $1.76@1.77.





orn.



Detroit—No. 3 yellow $1.15; No. 4

yellow $1.10; No. 5 yellow $1.08.



Chicago.——May at $1.10@1.111,§; July



$11.:37/8@1.14%; September $1.137/3@





Oats. than sweet clover, timothy and sudan



Detroit.——No. 2 White at 520; N0. 3 grass are higher than a year ago,

white 510. which may curtail sales for some

Chicago—May at 44%@445/s; JUIY seeds. Dealers seem anxious fpr sales





and some price concessions have been

made. ‘





F EEDS





The demand for feeds has not im-

prove’d and prices are unchanged. How-

ever, mills are reducing their output,

prices are low in comparison with the

feed grains, and some improvement in

prices usually comes in March and

April so that the market probably is

at the bottom for a while.





HAY /





Good hay is firm at unchanged pric-

es, but the large quantity of low grade

hay on the market cannot be moved

even at substantial discounts. With

stocks of hay remaining on farms

greater than last year, producers'will

continue pressing their holdings on

the market and prices may not see any

material improvement for some time.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Egg prices have steadily advanced

during the past fortnight with a ten-

dency toward narrowing the range of

values. The usual spring decline was

checked earlier and at a higher level

than a year ago by the very early

buying for storage. Accumulations~at

the four leading markets since March

1 have been nearly twice as large as

in the same period a year ago. The

increase has been more than equaled

by the increase in receipts, however,

so that consumption is being maintain-

ed on a larger scale than last year.

Indications are that the spring egg lay

will exceed that of 1924, and higher





463/3c; SeptemberR46%c.





ye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.18.

Chicago—May $1.25%@1.26%; July

$11514; September $1.04%@1.04%.

Toledo—331.18%.

Beans.





Detroit—Immediate and

shipment $5.70@5.75 per cwt.



Chicago—Navy, choice $6.25; red

kidneys $10.



New York—Choice pea at $7@7.15;

red kidneys $10.25@10.50.



Barley.

Detroit—Malting $1; feeding 93c.

Buckwheat.



Detroit.——$2@2.05.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

$17; alsike $13.90; timothy $2.80.





Hay.



Detroit.~—No. 1 timothy $16@16.50;

standard and light mixed $15.50@16;

No. 2 timothy at $14@15; No. 1 clo-

ver and No. 1 clover mixed $13@14;

wheat and oat straw $10.50@11; rye

straw $11.5IO((I,12.



Feeds.



Detroit—Bran at $32@33; standard

middlings at $33; fine middlings $37;

cracked corn $56; coarse cornmeal at

$44; chop $36.



Apples.

Chicago prices on apples: Northern

Spies at $7@8 bbl; Baldwins at $7@

$7.50; Jonathans $9.50 bbl; Kings at

$7.50@8; Greenings $7.50@8; Wagen-

ers $5.25@5.50 bbl; Grimes at $5.50@

5.75; Starks $6.50@7; Ben Davis at





$5.50@6.

WHEAT





prompt





 





than they did last spring.



Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 28%

@29c; dirties 28c; checks 27950; fresh

firsts 2994c; ordinary firsts 28@283fic.

Live poultry, hens 27c; springers 30c;

roosters 18c; ducks 28c; geese 16c;

turkeys 28c. .



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 30@30%c. Live poultry, heavy

springers 30@3lc; light springers 25

@260; heavy hens 28@29c; light hens

24@25c; roosters 18c; geese 16@180;

ducks 32@33c; turkeys 35c.





BUTTER





Butter prices have eased off only

slightly from the high point of the re-

cent advance and the undertone of the

market is still firm. Receipts have in-

creased .but are still comparatively

light. Storage stocks are being rap-

idly reduced and if the March move-

ment is as heavy as during February,





prices may induce producers to mar-

ket a larger proportion of the Output





responding week last season. Most

of the decrease was from Minnesota,

North Dakota and Colorado. Ship-

ments of new potatoes continue in ex-

cess of a ear ago. The aremplanted

and inten ed to be planted in 15 early

potato states is estimated at approxi-

mately 242,000 acres, which is eight

per cent less than last year? North-

ern round whites, U. S. No. 1, are

quoted at $1@1.05 per. 100- poundsfin

the Chicago carlot market.





APPLES





Shipments of apples are consider-

ably under the corresponding time a

year ago and

movemeanf apples from. storage has

been larger than during the‘same time

a year ago. Holdings on March 1

were 37 per cent less than on March

1, 1924. Illinois extra fanc'y 2%-inch

Willow Twigs are quoted at $8.50@9

at Chicago, while eastern A-ZIA-incl

Baldwins cost $6.75@7.25.





which does not seem improbable pro--





viding production and consumption

continue near present proportions, the

holdings on April 1 will be close to

the five~year average. Consumptive

demand so far has shown no apparent

curtailrnent because of the higher

prices, but butter has been cheap so

long that it is to be expected that the

advance will affect purchases to some

extent.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 4856c; New York 47%c. In

Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

for 45@48c per pound.





BEANS





The bean market is dull with only

small volume of trade. C. H. P. Whites

are quoted at $5.80@5.85 per 100 lbs.

1?. o. b. Michigan shipping points The

Wholesale grocers are buying sparing-

ly and some of the beans purchased

by California speculators several

months ago are believed to be for sale

on a moderate advance. Opinions re-

main far apart as to future values,

with elevators asking $6.25 and buy-

ers offering $5.75 for April shipments.





POTATOES





Potato prices were slightly Tower

last week in spite of the falling off in

carlot shipments. The movement of

old potatoes during the week was 12

per cent less than during the cor-





 





After a week of the most erratic be-

havior from day to day in trade his-

tory, with the main trend drastically

downward, the wheat market has turn-

ed strong and signs are appearing that





 





a stable bottom has been reached.

From Whatever level the market fin-

ally turns on this decline, it seems

probable that the trend during the rest

of the crop year will be upward. The

shortage of total supplies in this coun-

try and the close adjustment between

the needs of importing countries and

exportable surpluses available, would

seem to justify a higher price. The

prospects for the new crop, both at

home and abroad, are not yet favor-

able enough to explain such a drastic

revision in prices as has been made





Tuesday,





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 20,000. Market generally

steady to 100 lower than Monday’s

close; 150 to 175-lb. average mostly

$13.25@13.65; bulk 180 to 210-lb. aver-

age $13.70@13.75; strong weight pigs

$12.50@12.75; bulk of packing sows

$13@13.50.





in a little more than two weeks. Cattle.

Receipts 10,000. Active change, es-

RYE pecially ‘on heavies. Yearlings and

On the low point of the break dur- handyweight‘s in demand; trading IS





steady on fat steers and yearlings;

light yearlings $11.50; heavies $11.33;

some handyweights held at $11.75; all

others steady; bulk vealers $9@10 to

packers, outsiders $10.75@11.50.





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 12,000. Market dull; late

run on fat lambs; good weight to pack-

ers; sheep 25c lower; most early pack-

ers weak; outsiders strong; best earl-

ies at $16.75; bulk fat ewes uneven;

choice shorn ewes $15.





ing the last week, rye prices were .40

per cent lower than at the high pomt

of the season in January. In this

grain, also, the decline would seem to

have put the market in healthy posr-

tion for an advance during the spring

months. Large sales for export are

being reported once more and there

are reliable indications that clearances

will increase quite soon. A large part

of the stock of rye held at the sea-

board is said to have been sold al-

ready. It will take continued buying

of this sort, of course, to carry the





market materially higher. ‘ IT

CORN ”Eli?





Co n rices held better than any .

otherr grgin during the market crash Golgscetgfiihgige xgifiiligsteady

or "is" week' Moreove‘" ”Sh 00"“ dry-fed ................ $ 9.50@10.5o





as relativel stronger than the fu- _

Xlre deliveriebs, which were dominated BQSt heavy steers, dry fed 8:75@ 95





by speculative influences. Primary re- fianddy “$331; ggdChlfe‘iSfers gggg 33g

ceipts have fallen off sharply and the Hm?! li ht butchers 6 00@ 6'75

cash demand has improved Prices L'arllitybufchers 5'00@ 575

are too high for export business as Begst cows - - - - - - ' - 5:506!) 7:00

Argentina is still in position to supply Butcher cows """""" 4 25@ 525

most of the European requirements. Cutters """"""" 3-00@ 3.50

Danubian countries are exporting C nners """""""""" 2'25@ 300

some com and the new crop in Argen‘ Choice bulls I 33.231313: 5.0%» 6:50

tina will be ready for harvest in an- Heavy bologna bulls 4'50@ 525

Other ’P‘m‘h' Stock bulls ...... ..... 4.00@ 5.00

OATS Feeders . 6.00@ 7.25



Stockers .. 5.25@ 7.00





Oats prices are sharply lower than





[Live Stock Market Service I





March 24.





Milkers ................. $45.00@80.00

Veal Calves.

ReCeipts 553. Market 500 lower. .

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

Others 5.00@13.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 354. Market steady.





-----------------





Best lambs ............. $ 16.50

Fair to good sheep ...... 15.006.16.00

Light to common . . 10.00@12.00

Yearlings ............... 13.00@13.50

Fair to good sheep ..... 8.00@ 9.50

Culls and common ...... 4.00@ 6.00

Buck lambs ............. 7.00@16.00

Hogs.

Receipts 1,633. Market weak to 250

lower.

Mixed hogs, heavy y’rkrs.$ 14.00

Pigs .................. . . 12.75

Little yorkers ....... . . 13.90

Yorkers ................. 13.25

Roughs .............. . . . 12.65

Stags ................... 7.00@ 7.25

BUFFALO

Hogs.





Receipts 4,560. Hogs closing slow.

Heavy sold at $14.15@14.25; medium

$14.35; light $14.25@14.50; light lights





$13.25@14; pigs $13@13.50; packing

sows and roughs $12.50.



Cattle.

Receipts 2,500. The market is

steady. Steers. from 1,100 pounds





up at $8.50@11.25; steers $1,100 lbs.

down $6@10.50; load of yearlings up

to $10.50; heifers $5.50@9; cows at

*$2.50@7‘;, bulls $4.50@6.25.



Sheep and Lambs.





)

Receipts 7,100. Tops selling at $17;

culls $15.50 down; yearlings $135061)

14; aged wethers $11.50; ewes $9@10.





Calves. j





Receipts 400. Tops at $14; culls





at $11.50 down.





 





GRAND RAPIDS





Maple syrup and sugar of excellent

quality and color was ofiered in Grand

Rapids this week in liberal quantities.

The syrup sold in a range of $2.25@

2.50 per gallon and the sugar around

35c a pound in small cakes. Fresh

eggs were in more liberal supply and

steady in price at 28@30c a dozen.

Poultry was scarce, with fat fowln

firm at 25@27c a pound. Pork has ad-

vanced to 16@17c a pound and beet

has moved up in sympathy, topping

around 150. Veal was in liberal sup-

ply at around 14@15c. Apples are

not moving as briskly as in former

years, perhaps due to the low price:

asked for citrus fruits. A—grade Spy:

are selling in a range of $2@2.50 per

bushel, while other varieties range

from $1.50@2 a bushel. Vegetables

were barely steady. Potatoes were

easy at 45@55c a bushel; carrots at

75c a. bushel; turnips at 75c@$1 a.

bushel; rutabagas 60@75c a bushel;

parsnips $1@1.25 a bushel. Cabbage

was in liberal supply at 60@75c bush.

el. Beans have declined to $5.40 per

cwt., and wheat has rebounded to $1.58

a bushel.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Warmer weather brought a largo

supply of product to market. The vol«

ume of buying was fairly large, but

not heavy enough to clean up the of-

ferings. Good apples had a ready sale.

Potatoes were in liberal supply, but

the movement was light. The demand

for fancy root parsley and carrots was

a little stronger, but most-vegetables

continued draggy. Live poultry was

in demand. The demand for the liberal

supply of eggs was firm. Veal offer-

ings were light and sold quickly.





Apples $1.25@4 bu; beets, round,

65@75c bu; cabbage 65@75c bu; car-

rots 65@75c bu; horseradish $2.50@5

bu; leeks 50@75c dozen bunches; dry

onions, No. 1, $1.25@1.50 bu; parsnips

$1@1.50 bu; potatoes, No. 1, 65@75c

bu; rutabagas 60@75c bu; squash 90c

@1 each; roots celery 75c@$1.25 bu;

honey $1.15@1.25 per 5-lb. pail; butter

50(d)600; eggs, wholesale 31@33c; re-

tail 35@400; hens, wholesale 28@320;

retail 33@35c; Leghorn hens, retail,

300; springers, retail 33@35c; veal 18

@190; dressed poultry, hens 35@380;

springers 35@38c.





WOOL





Belief is spreading that wool prices

are close to a stable level. The vol-

ume of wool changing hands has in-

creased, and, even though prices are

still easy, confidence is more general

than at any time in several weeks.

The goods market has improved

shghtly. The sale at London is still

in progress, with buyers taking the

offerings at the decline in prices as

established on the opening day. One-

half blood combing and fine delajne

fleeces on the Ohio and Pennsylvania.

order are quoted at around 62c in Bos-

ton, compared with 700 and above on

the high point in December.





World wool production during 1924,





'as estimated by the United States De-





partment of Commerce, was 2,837,000,-

000 pounds. This was an increase of

117,000,000 pounds over 1923, but it

falls 397,000,000 pounds short ,of the

five-year average from 1909 to 1913.





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





Holsteins.





March 31—H. C. Ruggles, Moore

fiegfiipts 572. Market steady. park.





prices are firm. The;
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so:

/ . agriculturel'mfif‘erence ' to hold an-



other seesien - before- congress con-

venes, at which, it is indicated, a co

operative marketing plan will be de—

veloped which will more. nearly meet

the approval of the farmers. It is félt

by members of the farm bloc who fav-

ored the Capper-Haugen cooperative

marketing board bill, that the farmers

in general did not fully understand the

proposed plan and that'much mislead-

ing propaganda Was sent out for the

sole purpose of stirring up "opposition

to the bill. With a better understand-

ing of the proposal it 'is believed that

the farmers who compose the member-

ship of cooperatives will favor a meas-

ure following closely the general lines

of the Capper—Haugen bill.





 





 





BEAN caowsas MEET.





 





A PRELIMINARY meeting of lead-

ing bean growers from various sec—

tions of the bean producing area of

the state" met at Flint last week to

give further consideration to the mat-

ter of studying the grading and in-

spection of beans, and making a sur-

vey of the industry from the produc-

ers’ stalfdpoint to learn if possible the

attitude of Michigan growers toward

federal grading and inspection.



The bean growers present at this

meeting were bona fide. The average

production for those gathered was

around 1,000 bushels. Plans for reach-

ing the farmers in the principal bean-

growing counties were perfected.

These contemplate the organization of

county groups who will in turn organ-

ize a state association.





 





It is interesting to note that the de-

mand from Michigan farmers for certi-

fied potato seed has increased twenty—

fold since 1921. However, it is regret-

able to further note that seventy-five

per cent of the certified seed grown in

the state is sold to farmers in other

states. Last year’s crop of seed is

now moving to other states very rap-

idly.





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Allegan Co., March 14.—No sugar

beets. Potatoes, beans and corn acre-

age about the same as last year. More‘

seed corn here than will be used.

Building and repairing at a standstill.

Hogs 120; veal calves 11@1Zc;——R. W.





Huron 00., March 13.—Normal acre-





 





Lille Intention, ’of',.the I'Presldent'd ’





' , . shoe. . w .



dtio‘ns i‘w ll ip'ermith Outlook for local

farming fairly good. .‘ _ - .

g Gladwin 00., March 14.—'-In this com-

munity there will be planted. around

300 acres 'of sugar beets, seventy-five

acres of potatoes, 200 acres of beans,

and 300 acres of corn. Corn was a

poor crop here last year. Not much

seed corn has been saved. Many are

inquiring‘for good supply. Some build-

ing repairing is being dene. There is

a. little marketing of rye, oats and

beans. Rye brings $1.20; oats 480;

beans $5.50 per cwt. An average acre-

age of crops is being planned. Help

is scarce—L. A. C.





Benzie 00., March 14—Owing to the





 





 





 





low price received for potatoes the





past two years, the acreage will be

limited this year. Beans appear to be

more in favor. The usual amount of

corn will be planted, and

plenty of seed here. Some building

repairing is going forward. Fruit

trees are well budded. Our growers

here spray well. Nothing is being

marketed at this time—W. A. M.



Bay 00., March 14—_—In this partic-

ular locality only a small acreage of

potatoes and sugar beets are planted.

Beans this year will be a. large crop,

while corn will probably run 50 per

cent of normal. Seed corn is scarce.

Building and repairing are being plan-

ned on a small scale. Wheat brings

$1.70; oats 480; rye $1.23; barley $1.80

per cwt.; buckwheat $2 per cwt.;

beans $5.50 per cwt. The outlook for

farming is improving. Farmers are

watching the controversy over federal

grading of beans with much interest.





Dressed Veal and Hogs





We are an exclusive meat house

and are equipped to handle to your

advantage veal and hog shipments.



Guaranteeing best results

and prompt returns.

Ship direct to





M. A. Nicholson & Co.





WHOLESALE MEATS

2460 Riopelle. Detroit, Michigan





For Best Results Ship Direct to





DETROIT BEEF C0.,





Detroit, Mich.





DRESSED CALVES

DRESSED H068

SUCKLING PIGS

LIVE POULTRY

DRESSED POULTRY





Write for Free Shippers’ Guide





 





 





age of sugar beets, potatoes and beans





 





are likely to be planted. Condition of

seed corn fair. Not much building or

repairing. Trees are not sprayed as

a rule. Little marketing at present.

General outlook is good for general

farming in Huron county. Auction

sales well attended and price good.—

A. W. C.



ShiawaSSee C0., March 12,—Sugar





‘Friend” Crop Sprayers





there is,





- 125 choice plants $1.25 postpaid.





 

 





   

 

 





 





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L .. _ 7 ‘ fig. Wh 90°"- Wm Imperial mu manner, eggs. 31.50

63]) 4' , ‘ - e: W

as ‘ .eather‘con- '





Gnu. Stutz. Sumac





4‘ ”Saline. Mich.





 





$2.50. Smoking. ’5 lbs. $1.25; Ten, $2.00.

rxcheivle‘d. pipe andmipe free.

e . .





‘HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs.. 311,450.- gen

Fume" Union‘fypmfi'.‘ Glen Rykert. Willinmston. Mich.





runs-13min Embdon geese 0233. high producers.





 





HOMESPUN' TOBACCO—Chewing. 5 lbs. $1.60: 10

$2.50. Smoking. 5.. $1.25: 10. :2. Mild, 10. $1.60.

Pay when received. 1“. Canton. Budwell, Ky.





HOMESPUN TOBACCO-Chewing five pounds. 81.50:

ten. $2.50. Smoking. five pounds, $1.25; ten. $2.00.

Pipe free. Pay when received. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. Kentucky Farmer's Association. Paduoah. Ky.





—-—-—————-—___h.__—

., SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





FROST PROOF Cabbage Plants and Tomato Plants.

Varieties: Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield.

Copenhagen Market. Flat Dutch and Succession. To-

mato: at Baltimore. Earliana and Livingston

Globe. Prices. Parcel Post Paid. 500. $1.50: 1,000.

82.50. Express collect. 81.25. 1.000. We ship the

size of plant you wish. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Timon Potato Company. Inc. Timon. Ge.





FROSTPROOF CABBAGE. Bermuda Onions and To-

matoes. Strong. hardy plants. Leading varieties.

Prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 100, 400:

500. $1.25: 1,000. $2.00: 5.000 $8.50. Pepper, 100.

500: 1.000. $2 50 All postpald. East Texas Plant.

00.. Ponta. Texas.





SEND US $2.90 and we will send 300 Champion ever-

bearing‘strawberry plants. 100 Cooper for $2.00: 200

Plants sent C. 0. D. for postage.

Order Direct. Catalog free. South Michigan Nursery.

New Buffalo. Michigan. Ref. No. .14.





 





EGGS from Ringlet Barred Books 35.00 per 100. $2.00

per setting. Robert Martin. Woodland. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS





CHICKS—Barred and White Rock: R. I. Reds. 816

per 100; White Leghorns, $12 per 100, delivered.

100% live delivery of good strong chicks guaranteed.

chicks are HaIZ‘hed in Wishbone Mammoth Incubators

of 14.400-egg capacity. Terms: $5.00 on each 100

chicks with order, balance one week before delivery

is to be made. or at Hatchery where called for.

Hatchery four miles east of Mt. Morris on Mt. Morris

read one mile north and one mile east. 10 yearn

hatching Chicks. Reference. Bank of Mt. Morris.

Order from this ad and save time. Meadow Brook

Hatchery. R. 1. Mt. Morris, Mich. Phone. .





"ILLINOIS ACCREDITED" pure-bred chicks. Show

inspected breeding stock. Barred Rocks. Single Comb

Reds. $15400. White Wyandottes. Buff Orpingtons.

White Rocks. 316-100. Postpaid. 100% live delivery.

Hatch every Monday. order from ad. Member Inter-

national and Illinois Chihk Association. Earlvllle

Hatchery. 30 Ottawa. Sh. Earlviue. Illinois.





SUPERIOR QUALITY Barred Rook and Pure Han—

son White Leghorn Chicks. Stock Blood Tested la:-

ond season. Highest Barred Rock at Michigan and

Missouri Contests. 1923-24. Contest winners 1921.

Discount for early orders. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Circular Free. Aseltino Poultry Farm, 1827 Belden.

Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





 





DODGES FAMOUS Rio Grande Valley Bermuda 0n—





Bermuda Onions. Large open field grown plants. 500,

31.25: 1.000. 52. Prepaid. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Dodge Plant Farms. ltaymondville. Texas.





ALFALFA SEED—35 bushels of guaranteed hardy

grown seed. all clean and about 99%% pure. Samp-

les on request. Henry Foley. R. 5, Mt. Pleasant.





 





 





GUARANTEED—Progressive Ever-bearing Strawbeny

Ail-lute. New Ground Plants $1.00 Hundred. 80

Thousand. Postpaid. State Inspected. William Fuchs.

Box 123. Allegan, Mich.





 





BUY NURSERY STOCK DIRECT from grower. Save

agent's commission. Send for catalog. Kankakee

Nursery, Kankakee, Illinois.





CERTIFIED Wolverine Oats. Certified Robust Beans.

Posgal card brings particulars. A. B. Cook. Owosso.

Mic .





 





ASPARAGUS—Why not plant the largest, tenderest,

most profitable, "The Washington"? 100 roots $1.25:

1000 $8.00. Prepaid. Click Seed Farm, Lancaster. Pa.





SWEET CLOVER SEED. both white and yellow. In-

oculating Bacteria for bushel, any legume, 60c. post-

paid. E. E. Basil, Latty, Ohio.





 





 





STRAWBERRIES. RASPBERRIES. ASPARAGUS—

Free catalogue of

Profitable Garden Luxuries. C. Thayerr. Three





Rivers. Michigan.





CERTIFIED MANCHU SOYBEANS—now Seed, 90%





nomination, $2.50 per bu. Charles Martin, Ottcrbedn.

Indiana.





SEED CORN—Murdock Yellow Dent. 1023 crop. high

germination Three Dollars per bushel. Irving 0.

Leary. Colome, Mich.





 





ASSORTED COLORS GLADIOLA bulbs: 55 large or

120 flowering size. $1.00. postpaid. Martha Osmond.

Fosteria. Mich.





CERTIFIED and registered Golden Glow seed corn.

extra early strain. Certified Irish Cobbler potatoes.

Kate L. Reinsch. Freesoil, Mich.





FOR SALE—Registered and Certified Worthy seed

oats. Write Paul C. Clement, Britten. Michigan.





 





 





REGISTERED WOLVERINE OATS—Michigan's Best.

C. D. Finkbeiner, Clinton, Mich.





 





CERTIFIED WORTHY OATS—Big Yield. stifl straw.

Ernest Ruehs, Caledonia, Mich.





CERTIFIED Petoskqv seed potatoes. .1. B. Grey. 3.

1. West Branch, Mich.





 





 





 





Write at once for Catalog T 25, showing the

latest and best equipment in both traction

and power outfits for all potato. field and

.- ‘ vegetable spraying.

Nozzle booms for all

classes of work. Name

this paper. P

“Frlond” NI! . c...





 





 





beets, potatoes, beans and corn will





Gasport, . Y.





 





 





 





be about the same acreage as last sea-

son according to what advice can be

gathered at this time. Seed corn is

scarce. No general amount of fruit





 





ILK TICKETS— :5“, 53:53;

—0t.hel Printing toor-Send for Catalog.

Campbell Printing Co. Lansing. Mich_





 





l miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion. on orders

consecutive insertions 6 cents a 'word. Count as a

display type or illustrations admitted.





Minimum charge. I0 words.





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try

Cain Poultry advertising will be run in this department

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





Remittances must accompany order. _

Real estate and llve stock adverllslng have separate departments and are not accepted as classnfied.





 

 





it for want ads and for ad"!-





for less than four insertions; for four or more

word each abbreviation, initial or number. 1‘40





 





 





One Four One Four 8

.40 26........$2.08 $0.24 a

27........ 2.16 6.48 3





28. . . . . . . . 2.24 6.72 tools if desired.





O-ACRE FARM for sale by owner. Mostly gravel

nd black sand. Young orchard. 1000 trees. situated

0 miles north of Detroit, on State Road. Stock and

Thomas Nunneley. New Haven.

Iich., Macomb Co.





 





04 3.12 29........ 2.32 8.95 L

112 3.36 30;” . . 240 7.20

1 20 3 60





. 31. . . . . . . . 2.48 7.44 FARM’S NEAR DETROIT—fililnn and Ypsilanti.

1.28 3.84 32. . . . . . . . 2.56 7.68 Write for list, stating kind wanted. E. W. Bordine.

. ll. 5, Milan. Michigan.





 





31. .

35........ 280 3.40 2





nly $500 needed. DeCoudres. Bloomingdale. Mich.

_‘".





O-ACRE FRUIT and poultry farm. adjoining town,





“'HITE LEGHORN EGGS for Hatching.

Flock.





Vassar. Mich.





Coast Poultry C0., 700 Alfred Sn. Detroit, Mich.





 





 





HAY





GET FULL market value for your buy. Ship to

Albert Miller & C0., 192 No. Clark St, Chicago. Ill.

Market reports furnished free.





PET STOCK





FOR SALE—Registered Collies. natural heelers. Sil-

vercrest Kennels. Gladwin, Michigan.





FOR SALE—Pedigrced Collie Puppies.

Kennels. Traverse City, Mich.





POULTRY





HATCHING EGGS. VVlIite Rocks, Winners Egg Laying

Contest. Michigan State Fair. 1924. $3.00, $5.00 per

fifteen. S. C. Buff Orpingtons. winners at Michigan's

largest shows. .53. $5.00 per fifteen. Send for cir-

cular. Walnut Hill Farm. Milford, Mich.





BARRED ROCK COCKERELS~Bred to increase next

year‘s egg record. Cullcd three times for early ma-

turity, body conformation, and temporamcnt. Price

$5.00. Thrm outstanding individuals. $8.00 and $10.

Earl A. Sindccuse, Albion, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Show's Collie





 





 





From Farm

Also Pen mated direct Ferris 265 to 300~egg





Strain. Eggs $12 and $22 per 100. Rivorvlew Farm.





 





FAT IIICNS AND FRESH EGGS WAN’l‘lCD—Iliglmst

price paid for all kinds of poultry, espm'iully for real

rat hens. Ship at once. we ncl-(l it for Easter. East





 





EGGS—Single Comb Bufi' Leghorns and Bufi’ Rocks.

Pure-bred farm range, $1.00 for $15; $0.00 for 100;

prepaid. Mrs. H. H. Walter, Powhatan Point. Ohio.





 





 





 





1 52 4.56

.60 4.80 . o

1.68 5.04 37........ 2.96 8.88

1.76 5.28 3 . 2.04 9.12

1.84 5.52 39 . . .. 3.12 936



. 1.92 ' 5.76 o ....... . .20 960

2.00 0.00 41 ........ 3 28





ROSE COMB Brown lIlicghorzn militia $11275. oh}; alga

S. C. White Leghorn ens. yr. 0 . . . eac . .

MISCELLANEOUS B. Hutting, Carson City. Mich.





 





 





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spec‘a otlc dimntlnuanu nrdm



or (hang: of to] In-



lmdtd fbr the Clam‘fied Department mun reach 2h]: ofiu up

do]: in advance ofpublim tion daft.





 





 





 





REAL ESTATE





FOR SALE—437 acres of unimproved land in Che-

boygan County, Michigan, suitable for pasture land

with a small stream running through it. D. h .

Railway runs through one corner of said land and

about 6 miles from the Village of Alohoa. R.

Hubbard & Company, Caseville. Mlchlgan.





FOR SALE—220—acre farm in Jackson Co. on state

road. 0 acres heavy loam soil. 40 acres heavy oak

timber. remainder mowing marsh and pasture. Ad-

dress Box 88, Michigan Farmer.‘ ~





FOR SALE—80 Acres, black loam soil. with build-

ings. stock and tools. or. Emory Borosh. Boon.

warlord 00.. Mich.





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FOR SALE—B. L. K. Milking Machine in A-I condi-

lton. Piping for 30 cows. Will Pagel, Farmingtom,

Mich.





UP-TO—DATE meat market for sale. doing good busi—

ncss, reason for selling is on account of health. An-

tonio Genco, Box 352. Mason. Mich.





 





 





TURKEN—Half turkey, half chicken. large hardy

layers. hatching eggs.

Box ‘





ROSE COMB Brown Leghorn eggs. $1.50 per 15:

$8.00 per 100.

Bolts, Hillsda-lo. Mich.





Turkcn Home. Fayette, Iowa.





Cookcrcls. $2.00 each. Mrs. Claudia





 





FOR YOUR SAVINGS~0% to 055% on safe tax ex-

empt City Bonds. Write for information. Ringheim

& 00.. Des Moinos. Iowa. «





WHITE WYANDOTTES—Excluslvely, eggs $5.00 per

100 prepaid.





Raymond Eash. Shipshewnna. Indiana.





 





BEAUTIFUL FAMILY RECORD—Birds in than. 51.1% IgIDS—heavy laying strain.

‘ l c s 0.





Remember dear ones at home and in heaven. Postpaid

50 cents. H. N. Burrows. Box 276, East Tawas. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS—Silver L. and White Wyandotm.





ion plants will produce the best and Earliest Mature Barred Rooks. R. I. Reds. Anconas. White and Brown





Leghorns from culled and strong laying strains. Sold

from day-old to eight weeks old. Fifteenth year.

Write Shepard Poultry Farm, thchfleld, Mich.





INCREASE YOUR PROFITS with chicks from the“

docks. $108.78 was market value of eggs laid in De-

cember by one of our nooks of 125 pullets. Quality

0.111110? at low prices. Boocher's Hatchery. Burr Oak.



0 .





 





 





OAKLAND HILLS QUALITY CHICKS—Strong, vig-

orous. true to breed. profitable. English Leghorns.

Reds. tRegina, (Whitley Wyandottes, etc. Safe delivery

nuaran ae . .ircu ar free. Oakland Hills Poul



Farm. Farmington. Mich. try





BARRED ROCKS, CHICKS and Eggs. No better in



America. OfiICIal Laying Contest Records 207 to 293



Proven in Laying Contests and Show Rooms. Write



fir hprices, take no chances. G. Caball, Hudsonville,

lC .





BABY CHICKS~Pedigree Sired Eng. W. Leg. Chlx.

delivered 100% alive at your door at our low prices

of $12.50 per 100; :60 per 500: $110 per 1000. Cir~

culal' tree. Model I'oultry Farm, R. 4. Zeelmd. Mich.





WHY NOT TRY KARSTEN’S and get the best in

egg bred White chllorns? 75% of last year's cus-

tomors reordercd this year. Prices low. Catalog free.

Karsten's Farm, Box Y. Zeeland. Mich.





BABY CHICKS from flocks blood-tested for Bacillary

White Diarrhea. All flecks tested—second test on

Books and Rods. All popular varieties. Ask for

Catalogue. Pierce Hatchery, Jerome, Michigan.





QUALITY CHICKS from Quality Stook. Barred

Rocks, White Wyandottes and S. C. “'hite Leghorns

from prize winning stock at reasonable prices. A

VanderVen. 823 Fulton Ave, Grand Haven, Mich.





BIG, HUSKY CHICKS at Reduced Prices. Leghorns.

Rocks. Rcds, Anconas. Write at once. Circular free.

Shady Lawn Faun 6: Hatchery. Box 5-M. Zeeland.

Michigan.





SUPERIOR CHICKS—90 up.

layers. Delivery guaranteed.

euros. Catalogue Free.

Windsor. Mo.





BABY CHICKS—From selected heavy layers. White

Leghorns $13 and $15: Barred Rocks and Reds $16

Hundred. Circular Free. Martin's Poultry Farm.

Box F. Westphalia. Mich.





12 varieties. Heavy

Postpaid. Bank refor-

Superlor Hatchery. Box S56.





 





BABY CHICKS—Barred Rocks, White Leghorns culled

for laying. trapnested, blood tested for White Diarrhea.

Farmrange Chick Hatchery, Charlotte. Michigan.





BABY CHICKS—Leghoms, Rocks. Reds. Wyandottee.

Selected Stock 100% live guaranteed. Write for Price

List. 1’. W. Stone Hatchery, Fcnmn. Mich.





CHICKS—English Strain White Leghorns. M. A. C.

Barred Rocks and Black Minorcas. Circular. Hill-

side Hatchery, R. 3, Holland, Mich.





 





BABY (“HICKS AND EGGS—Superior Ringlet Barred

Rooks. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. White Leghorne.

Wyndhum's Ideal Hatchery. Timn. Ohio. Circular.





CHICKS from Trapncstcd English White Leghorns.

Heavy wintcr laying Si()'.'k. Big prolitunakers. Cir-

cular frcc. Cllcrrywood Poultry Farm. Holland. Mich.





CHICKS, Brown Leghorns $12 per 100; also have

White Leghorns. Rec-ks and Rods. Free booklet, Free<

port Hatchcry. Box 12. Freeport. Mich.





RICHARDSON’S ROCKY RIDGE pure Parks ltraln

Barred Rock Baby Chicks, $10 pcr 100. Human Mich.





 





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TURKEY EGGS—Mammoth Bronze. Bourbon Red.

Narragansett and White Holland. You should place

your order carly. Write Walter Bros, Powhatan

Point. Ohio.





NOW BOOKING ORDERS for Bourbon Red turkey

eggs for hatching. Arthur Gale. R. 3, Montague.

Mich. '





 





AGENTS WANTED





ADDITIONAL SALESMICN WANTED for unoccupied

territories. Our proposition is an unusual opportunity

for high grade men. offering grcatcr earning power and

steady work. Must have car. Full information on

I'Cllllt'sl. Minneapolis Woolcn Mills C0., Inc. 612

First Avc. North. Minncupolis, Minn.





BIG MONEY Selling Now Household (‘li'mnlng Set.

\Vushos and Grim windows. Sweeps, Scrubs, mops.

All complete only $22.05. Over half profit. Write

Harper Brush Works, 173 3rd St.. Fairfield. Iowa.





SALESMAN for lubricating oils and paints. full or

part time. Liberal commission or salary. The Her—

vey Oil C0., Dept. D, Cleveland, Ohio.





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

penses to introduce our guaranteed poultry and stock

powders. Bigler Company x083. Springfield. Ill.





 





 





 





 





Eggs 60. postpaid.

Myron Mason. Cloverdale. Mich.





 





 





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. S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS—Laying bullets. extra se-

carlots. direct from producer. lected $1.50.





0. A. Bremen. Polo. Mich.





 





Write for prices. E. Doty, Atlanta, Mich.





 





George Hunter. Dowagiac. M c .





BEES FREE—Trap Stray Swarm. Interesting liter-





 





BILVER LACED WYANDOTTES—Twenty Choice cock-

GLADIOLUS BULBS—Write ii‘orhr descriptive price list. OfelS. W





BIG TYPE Toulouse geese eggs. 500 each.

8328. $2 'per 15. Bald





Circular free. C. . Browning. Portland. Mich.





HELP WANTED





 





\VANTED—-Rellable single man for certified dairy.

Fast. clean. dry hand milker, 14 com.

excellent living conditions.

boagd and room. W. R. Smith. 1!. 1,

Mic .





Good hours.

$15.00 per week with

Ann Arbor.





 





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win & Newlin. R. 4. Laingfi-





 





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burg, Mich.





WANTED—MARRIED MAN with farm implements.

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venient to concrete road and City markets.

l’l'obst, Ann Arbor, Michigan.





Jerome





 





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