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KW“; uumummuuummu'mmmmmnmuunnmmmunmfin’mmunnmnmmfim’m mmmuumvmnmumnm Illllllllm|HlIIHHIHIIIHIIHHIIIINIHHllllllllIIIINIIHIlllHIIHIIHIHHIIHHIIHIHIIIII, ._... m“ |||lI]!IIll111l‘I1HHHI‘WHUIIIIIIH|HHINU]“JIIIIIIHHIIIIIHLIE VJIEEHLIHQWVILlllliltlllHVilz‘HH|lH-HHIWHIIIIIVIHIIHHIHU u ymymmmml1Inmumunmumummml I |\\\ :1: llllllH!HHIIHIIHI'lilllHHllUHHHHIHJIHHIII * g HHIHIHvllflllllIHHIHIHHNHMHIH[HIIIIHIIHIHIIHHIHIIIIIHHIIIIIIHH\\\\‘ ‘ lmlllfllllmlllllllllfllUlllllllllllll I‘ll- , : umnmmm IIMI'IIHHIHIIHII llIHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll F'DW t . / llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllll -' 1an-9’ “for o\/a r C v ‘ , a ll. For Your Crop- Through years of research and actual field experiments, , the state agricultural col- . leges and experiment sta- tions have determined the analysis of fertilizers which _ will give you the best results on each crop and soil. For Michigan, the Michi- gan Agricultural Experi- ment Station recommends the following analyses: Corn—Sands, light sandy loams :- without mixed meadow, ma- nure or green manure, 4-12-0; with mixed meadow, clovers, al- falfa or soy bean or with manure Acid Phosphate. Heavy sandy loams, silt loams, clay loams: Acid Phosphate. Muck: 0-12-12, 0-8-24, Potash. Oats, Barley (with spring seed- ing of alfalfa or clovers)—-—Sands, light sandy loams: without mixed meadow, etc., 0-12-6, 4—8-6; with mixed meadow, etc., 0-14-4;with - manure, Acid Phosphate. Heavy sandy loams, silt loams, clay loams: without mixed meadow, etc., 2—16-2 ; with mixed meadow, etc., or with manure, Acid Phos- phate. Muck: 0-12-12, Potash. Alfalfa, Clover—Sands, light sandy loams : without mixed mea— dow, etc., 0-12-6; with mixed meadow, etc., 0-12-6,< 0-14-4; with manure, 0-14-4, Acid Phos- phate. Heavy sandy loams, silt loams, clay loams : without mixed meadow, etc., or with mixed meadow, etc., 0-14-4, Acid Phos— phate; with manure, Acid Phos- phate. Muck: 0-12-12, Potash. Potatoes— Sands, light sandy loams: without mixed meadow, etc., 3-12—4, 3-8-6; with mixed meadow, etc., 2-16-2, 2-12-6, Acid Phosphate; with manure, 0-14-4, Acid Phosphate. Heavy sandy loams, silt loams, clay loams: without mixed meadow, etc., 3-12-4, 3-8-6; with mixed meadow, etc.,2-16-2,2-12-2,Acid Phosphate; with manure, 0-14-4, Acid Phosphate. Muck: 0-8-24, Potash. Sugar Beets—Sands, light sandy loams: with mixed meadow, etc., 3-12-4, 2-12—6, 4-8-6; with ma- nure,O-12-6,3-12-4. Heavysandy loams, silt loams, clay loams: without mixed meadow, etc., 3-12-4,2-16-2,2~12—6;withmixed meadow, etc., 0-12-6, 2-12—6, 2-16-2; with manure, 2-16-2, 0-14-4, Acid Phosphate. Muck: 0-8—24, Potash. As Authorized Swift Agent for the sale of Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers, we are co- operating with the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station in recommending and selling these analyses. Come in and we will help you select the analysis and decide on the amount per acre to make you the most profit. Authorized Swift Agent ' Select The Right Analysis", An application of 300 pounds of fer- tilizer per acre is equivalent to aboutone ounce-— a little more than a spoonful— to each square yard of land So carefully mixed are Swift’s'Red Steer Fertilizers that each plant gets its full share of each plantfood. Result—even growth, even maturity, maximum yield A . A spoonful of fer- tilizer to each? ’ square yard of ground! Each ' plantgetssolittle that it is vitally important that the fertilizer be thoroughly and evenly mixed “It pays to use them” Bigger yields have proved it Most farmers know that it pays to use fer- tilizer on all crops. The real question is whose fertilizer and how much to apply per acre to make the most profit. To produce large yields of high quality crops, the fertilizer must contain the right amount and kind of plantfood properly proc- essed and mixed. Fertilizers made right Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers are thoroughly and evenly mixed to furnish each plant a balanced ration. Only the highest grade and most productive sources of plantfood are used in their manufacture. The formulas and special processes em- ployed are the result of years of careful study and experimental work. Every operation, from the careful selec- tion of the raw materials to the mixing, test— ing, and shipping, is closely supervised by experts—experts in chemistry, agriculture and manufacturing. Every bag of Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers is backed by the 50-year-old reputation of Swift 8; Company for making each product the best of its kind. The farmer who buys Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers, therefore, is Swift’ 3 ed Steer Fertilizers “It pays to use them” assured of fertilizers that will return to him the most net profit. A good investment “It pays to use them”—not only on your money crops but on all crops. This is the testimony of a vast number of farmers in al- most every state in the Union. There is a Swift factory convenient to every territory. But Swift Service 1s nearer than that. In your own community is the A. S. A. (Authorized Swift Agent). Co—operating with Swift 85 Company, your County Agent and State Agricultural College, he keeps posted on thecbest farming methods. He knows the farmer’s needs and problems and is able and willing to give you worth-while service. ‘ Discuss your fertilizer needs with the A. S. A. He will explain more fully the profit you can make through a liberal use of Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers. Should you fail to locate him readily, write us and we will gladly put you in touch with him. Swift 85 Company Fertilizer Works Dept. 44, Hammond, Ind. RED STEER BRAND Look for this sign of the A. S. A. rER'I'IIJZERS PAYS TO USE THEM . «J: ”'7- ”%W ' "Oe’r—u—m» “but WV .. . — "7.124e- jut-rm M ,v_ \ 44-. W “WOO-m— I“, .. ._ "“55 . ."Efi‘ufls Kant n. ‘J-oga-"xw . am...” _ Farmer we discussed the value of a home vegetable garden, and» the, preliminary steps to take in order- to get the most out of the garden, and with the smallest amount of time and effort...‘ ' We also mentioned the fact that one should learn to know ., some of the ‘more desirable strains and varieties of vegetables in order to obtain the best quality for use in the home. It is' not necessary to plant a very large list of vegetables, nor to include many varieties in this list. A- few well chosen sorts will prove to be more satisfactory in the end. We should by all means include some of the perennial crops, particu- larly asparagus and rhubarb. Aspara- gus is one of—the-most wholesome and appetizing of vegetables. the earliest vegetable to appear in spring, it lasts over a considerable period in the early summer, and a plantation once established will pro- duce for many years. he started from seed, one can save a year by purchasing one-year—old plants. Be sure to obtain one of the strains of Washington variety. The plants may be set as soon as the soil " can be worked in the spring. A dozen clumps of rhubarb will sup- ply an average family. It is better to purchase these from some reliable source. Plant in the early spring and feed well. The potherbs or greens are next in order. The need for this class of plants has been greatly emphasized during recent years on account of the increase in knowledge as to their val- ue in the diet. We would include in It is about- While it may ‘ MICHIGAN l for the Rural Family SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS By George Starr Vegetable Specialirt at M. A. C. our list at least two of the vegetables in this class, spinach and Swiss chard. 'Spinach is a crop for spring and fall, as it will quickly go to seed in het; weather. A sowing may be made in early spring, and again in August for the fall crop. King of Denmark, and Victoria are two good varieties. Swiss chard is particularly valuable in that it will last over a long period, it will stand hot weather, and it will furnish asuccession of crops. Seed may be sown around May. 1. Any one of the varieties catalogued will prove satisfactory. The important salad crops are cel- ery, lettuce and endive. It must‘ be borne in mind that'celery is a mois- ture-loving plant and unless one has a moist spot in the garden, or is equip- ped with means of irrigating, it will be difficult to secure size and quality in this crop. ' For the main crop, seed should be sown in beds in the open early in May. The plants will be ready for trans- planting to permanent location in July. The Golden Self Blanching variety is a good standard sort. There are three types of lettuce which may be grown, Head, Leaf, and Cos. In order to obtain success with head lettuce, it will be necessary to start plants inside, sowing the seed The Greenhouse Furnishes Some Vegetables But the Vegetable Grower is the Chief Source of Supply. The Henry Smith Greenhouses at Gd. Rapids. How Farming is Done in Michigan Farifier: Med Not Expect Keen C ompetitiotz From riculturally. In some sections the most profitable crop is the ever incoming tourist crop. Illiteracy and ignorance of the majority of the farm- ers and, consequently, extremely prim- itive methods of farming with very low yields on very small \acreage of crops of high acre value are the chief limiting factors in the agricultural revenue of this country. It is my judg- ment that the most important limita- tions, however, are the illiteracy and ignorance of the tillers of the soil. Other conditious that militate against agriculture are the system of taxa- tion, and the rainfall over considerable of the areas which is too low for the high evaporation ratio. Furthermore, in'some “instances excessively stony land is a hindrance. The climate of Palestine varies con- siderably in diflerent parts of the country. The mean rainfall for several years averaged twenty-four inches for Saron'a, Nazareth, Jerusalem and Heb- ron, twenty-three inches for Haifa, six- teen inches for Gaza, and eighteen inches for Tiberias. The precipitation varies greatly. For example, in 1921, the total for Jerusalem was 13; Haifa, 26; Gaza, 19; Beersheba, 10. In 1922 it was 12 at Jerusalem; 20 at Haifa; 16 at Gaza, and eight at Beersheba. P ALESTINE is not prosperous ag. By M. M. The characteristics of the northern and central regions are a rather heavy rainfall, rainless summers but with heavy dews and relatively high humid- ity. The mean temperature does not vary much and there are no killing frosts. In the Jordan valley the rain- fall is rather uniformly distributed, the average being about twenty inches, but the mean summer temperature is very high and the humidity low. In the southern portion of Gaza and Beer- sheba the average precipitation is about eleven or twelve inches, which is very irregularly distributed and con- sequently there results long periods of drouth. The total area of Palestine is ap- proximately 3,633,000 acres, of which it is estimated there are under culti- vation 1,208,000 acres and there are about 740,000 acres of arable land not under cultivation. This leaves approx- imately 1,690,000 acres of uncultivat- able forest, pasture and swamp lands. The uncultivatable land includes several distinct physical formations. The largest area is the rainless desert to the south of Beersheba. Probably the next in area is the rocky barren plateau of Judith, followed by the de- McCool nuded limestone hills of Samaria and Galilee. In the coastal plain region near the seaboard, sand dunes and swamps alternate. It is said that in the southern country where the rain- fall is very irregular and dry years are often repeated, there is an insen- sible transition or gradation from the semi—arid to purely desert conditions. The director of the department of agriculture and fisheries of Palestine accounts for the large area of arable land not under cultivation on several grounds, one of these being a sparse population living in isolation, which employ very primitive methods, adopt- ing farming system based on bare fallowing. The generalized soil map of Pales- tine shown ‘on P. 468 was furnished me by Professor Racznouski. This shows that so far as texture relationships are concerned, the soils are favorable for agricultural production. My observa— tions lead me to believe that the lack of productivity is not due so much to the land itself but to variations in the rainfall, and to poor methods and very little attention to returning fertility to the soil. The lands for the most part are high in lime and the water hold. QUALITY ' RELIABILITY SERVICE ====fl NUMBER FOURTH!“ ariefitiesfor the Vegetable Garden d 4 Same Kim]: W flick Experience ‘Hos Prove” Va . N the March issue of the Michigan- [ado/e during the latter part of March, or early April, later transplanting into flats and when properly hardened planting them in the open. The vari- ety known as May King will produce good, hard little heads when grown in this manner. There should be successive plant- ings of leaf lettuce throughout the spring, and early summer. Black Seed Simpson is a reliable variety. Cos let- tuce will stand heat fairly well, and a small planting of this type should find a place in every garden. Endive is mainly a fall seed. Seed may be sown in July or August. After the plants are well grown they should be blanched in order to remove the bitterness. The plants of the cabbage family have much in common in that they are fairly hardy and make their best growth in cool weather. Seed for the early cabbage crop may be sown‘in hot-beds as early as Feb- ruary 1. For the main or fall crop seed is sown in the open ground dur- ing the early part of May. When well grown the plants are transplanted to the permanent location. Copenhagen Market is a good early variety, and a. later sowing of this sort will make excellent sauer kraut. Danish Ball head is the variety to grow for winter storage. ' The seed for the late crop of cauli- flower, and the Brussels sprouts may be sown at the same time as the cab- bage seed and the plants are handled much in the same way. Cauliflower is somewhat exacting in its requirements, and requires a very fertile soil. Use Snowball Cauliflower, and Dwarf Im- proved Brussels Sprouts. (Continued on page 464). alestine T oat Port oftdria ing capacity of the majority of them is sufficient. Although there are a great number of crops grown, those who have studied conditions consider that many of them should be supplant- ed by staple crops of much higher acre value, such as tobacco, sugar, cotton, flax and caster. Undoubtedly the climatic and soil conditions are such that these can be grown rather extensively and especially where irri. gation may be practiced. The approximate yields of the staple crops grown in 192021 were as fol- lows: Wheat, nine bushels per acre; barley, ten bushels; lupines,.ten bush- els; peas, five and a half bushels; beans, twelve bushels; sesame, nine bushels, and Durra fifteen bushels. Other important crops, the average yields of which are not available, are: Olive oil, grapes, figs, melons, almonds, oranges and lemons. It is well to note that the yields of wheat, barley and lentils were one-third less in each case than those obtained in Egypt during the same year. As abOve stated, these very low yields are due in a large measure to primitive methods of cultivation. The nail plow is used almost universally. This, of course, is the same as that used during ancient periods. (Continued on page 467). ~ “K .-;:.~ : \.u‘,"": I....__ V__ < . E‘s-gr. ‘ . W. .‘ _ It only' « size, 1 any»; «Published Weekly Established 1843 Copyright 1925 jfThe Lawrence PublishingCo. Editors and Proprietors 163: Lafayette Boulevard Detroit. . Telephone Cherry 8384 NEW YORK OFFICE. 120 W. 42nd St. CHICAGO OFFICE 608 So. Dearbom St. CLEVELAND OFFICE 1011- 1013 Oregon Ave” N. E. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 261- 263 South Third St. Mlchilm ARTHUR CAPPER ........................ President MARCO LIORROW ..... .. ......;.......Vico-Prosidalt PAUL LAWRENCE ... ...... ......... Nico-President F. H. NANCE ......... ..... ............... 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Entered as Serond (‘lass Matter at. the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan. Under the Act of March 3,1879. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. NUMBER FOURTEEN VOLUME CLXIV DETROIT, APRIL 4, 1925,‘ CURRENT COMMENT T was a common Keep The parlance among the teamsters in the lum- Loczd ber woods to say, 1Movmg “Keep the load mov- ing.” The idea was that if a team once stopped it would be impossible to start the load again without much trouble. The fact is that loads start hard. But. once under motion the momentum carries them along with comparatively little extra pull. Modern locomotives have auxiliary engines to aid in start- ing heavy trains which, when moving, can be easily pulled by the main engine. This same principle holds good .in other departments of life. The world’s greatest automobile manufacturer re~ cently stated that the expense of shut- ting down his plant was enormous. A commission man who is marketing a special brand of potatoes, remarked the other day to the writer that it was hard to introduce the brand; but, once started, the merit of the brand is car- rying the business along easily. The farmer has the same principle to deal with. He must keep his crops going once they are started, if he is to realize the largest profits. To stop their development means a loss of time that can never be regained, or additional plant food to .pull them back to normal. Economy demands a supply of fertilizing elements that will bring the crop through without a stop. Good farm management pro- vides such supplies, always. HERE has been A Boon developed in the cxpe1imenta1 labora To Flax to1ies of Henry Ford Culture at D(*a1b01n machin- ery 101 sopaIating the fiber of flax and putting it into shape. for spinning. Heretofore, the manufacturing of linen has been confined to countries where much cheap hand labor is avail- able—such as Ireland, Belgium and Russia. The machinery developed by Mr- Ford and his engineers does away en- tirely with hand work in harvesting and processing this plant. There is every reason for believing that this new equipment will mean as much to the flax industry as did Mr. W‘hitney’s invention mean to the cotton industry. Should this prove to be the case, ' Michigan will be further indebted to Furthermore, our experiment station has been cooperating with the federal department of agriculture in the de- velopment of varieties of flax that are resistant to wilt and, at the same time, produce a fiber of high 'quality. AST' week, while _ visiting with a grasp farmer friend, we In: 0].» were informed that portunlty through the produc~ tion of a superior grade of celery he had been able to capture the business of a. central Michigan city of four thousand popu— lation. His sales to the people of that city this season promises to reach the two thousand dollar mark. This man has a few acres of soil quite different from ninety-nine per cent of the land of that territory. By his own initia- tive he has capitalized the peculiar qualities of his farm, instead of trying to compete with neighbors on crops unadapted to this soil. In every community soil variations exist. Often these make possible spe- cial production, as in this case. It is for the highest good of the farming in- terests, and of the consumers of the community, as well as to the personal advantage of the farmer to divert these lands to the purpose for which they are best adapted. These special situa- tions require farming and business ability of a high order, which fact pro- tects the one who has or can acquire the necessary accumen to carry on these special lines successfully. EVERAL G 1‘ a I1 (1 It Rapids men inter- ested in grape fruit Pays To groves in Florida, had Advertise that old-time probl of marketing after they got their trees into production. That is, their difficulty was to find a market that would leave them some profit afterwards. These men, through their coopera- tive grape fruit growers’ association tried a new plan of marketing right in the old home town, Grand Rapids. They advertised their grape fruit in the local papers, and shipped direct to commission houses there. In a short time all the commissmn men were selling this brand and sales jumped to three cars per day. Retail- ors usually selling one box a day are now distributing two or three in the same time. The beauty of the plan is that the growers’ association has control of the fruit until it gets into the retailer’s hands, the commission men working on a commission basis only. In ten days this association has established a good market for its product in competition with grape fruit from other sources. Besides it has created a name for its product through advertising which will be an asset to it in the future. May we suggest that some Michigan fruit producing communities take a hint from this as a good plan to work out, through advertising and efficient marketing, a profitable outlet for their product. HERE is a list of Live figures sent us AndLet by our Washington . correspondent that L108 will be interesting reading for our farm- In 1914 the bricklayers’ union in federal capital city were getting sixty-seven cents per hour; in 1925 the scale is $1.50 per hour. Carpenters received fifty cents per hour at the earlier date, and are now demanding $1.16. The rates for plasterers are sixty-three cents and $1.53, respective- ly. The average increase in wages for workers in the building trades in Washington is from fifty-three cents in 1914 to $1.30 in 1925. ' CPS 0111‘ who work. If one class secures a “wage that is far abdve the average, then the average wage earner suffers in purchasing the product of the high- ly paid men. Occasionally, there are executives who, through superior management enable their workmen to earn more than they would under less efi‘icient managers- Then it becomes possible for the worker to enjoy a higher wage and, at the same time, to sell the product of his labor at a. reasonable ”cost. It would appear that, in the building trades, not only have these organiza- tions pushed .up prices but they have likewise cut down efficiency. This is having its effect on the amount of building being done. These men are actually killing “the hen that laid the golden egg.” Banks are scrutinizing more carefully investments/based up- on these high wage levels. Further- more, trade schools are being formed to provide a supply of employes who will do this work at less cost. No person or group of persons can continue, for a long period of time, taking more than their share from so- ciety. Sooner or later they will be called to account. That fact argues for a “live and let live policy.” E just read 8. Just little ditty about About dad. And being dad, we ought to be puffed Dad up considerably. But, 'well, we’re just not. This eulogy of the head of the house, if you please, says that even if dad is not dressed up like a sheik, he is your father and as such has struggled to keep things going. And besides, he thinks you are the greatest boy on earth. It says he is “some man” in- stead of the “old man.” The one who wrote that must have been an idealist. Perhaps he had just become inflated with pride at the ar~ rival of a baby boy. It is true that the ideal father is all that the word father implies. He makes sacrifices, he has patience, he wants to help his son to grow to worthy manhood, he chums with him and does those things which are an inspiration to the boy. But how many of us are ideals? 'And, lest we forget, that boy of yours has dad pretty well sized-up. He knows about where his dad stands in the rat- ing of manhood. He knows when dad demands of son something that he does not demand of himself. And he knows at least a few things he has not told you. Of course, we cannot be ideal, being human. But we wonder if it would not be a good thing to check up once in a while to see if we can not do something to bring ourselves a little closer to the ideal than we now are. Such a checking up might make us greater assets to the boys than we now are, and it wouldn’t hurt dad a bit. HE Reverend T. The R. Malthus, who . lived about a century Manhunt"! ago, was a political Law economist of some repute. The main rea son for his name going down in his- tory is that he formulated a theory regarding population increase which is called the Malthusian law. This “law” states that the popula- tion of the world will increase faster than its means of subsistence and that the weaker and lower classes will suf- fer from the lack of nourishment and from pove1ty. This “law” is not effective yet, ex- cept perhaps locally in some cases. Whether it will be remains to be seen. One hardly dare to predict things in these days of rapid changes- But we have poverty and under-nourishment with us even now. However, if we greatest advantage. ment in most cases, in this country at’ are available to only a portion of those" Under-nourish- least, is due to a lack of knowledge of the science of nutrition. The Reverend Malthus also said that if the population was not restrict. ed by prudential restraint, poverty, vice and other suffering would restrain it Perhaps he meant birth control when he referred to prudential re- straint. But regardless of what the Rever- end meant’by his theory as a whole, things have changed considerably 'since he propounded it. Transporta- tion has brought the corners of the earth to our doors. Science‘has made two blades of grass grow where but one grew before. The growing inter- est in correct eating will enable us to make more economical and more efli‘ cient use of our food. Perhaps Malthus was right, but when we sit by the fire and dream, we can not help but think that we are at the beginning of a great age when there will be more happiness among all peoples, more brotherly love, greater opportunities and less bond- age, and a brighter outlook for agri« culture. Is not the progress man has made in the few thousand years we know of him, a basis for our “dream,” es pecially as scientists say be yet has. some millions of years to perfect himself? Water ELL, I see that my dutiful hus- band has been acting smart again. He tried to show his bright- ness last week by giving the formula fer water. If, instead he could find some formula whereby he could make brains and muscles to work together, he would do this particular institution, called home, much more good. He is a great conserver of energy: he never works his muscles unless he has to. But even when he has to Use his muscles on one job his brain is on something else- It is usually on water, that is, fishing. If not on that, it is on his “oughto” and high school girls. Pleasures receive a greater part of H y’s thought than the more serious and worth-while things of life. But speaking of water, Hy likes to get as much out of it as he can, that is, fish and such like. But he does not like to get into it himself. He seems afraid that rain might shiink him and when it comes to washing, he does what you might call dry cleaning. He uses as little water as possible, and then wipes the dirt on the towel. He likes water, though, that is to drink. I never saw such a dlinker in my life. If that water had anything in it that would be habit forming, I am afraid Hy would drown himself. He mentioned that the human body is about sixty‘five pe1 cent wate1.I actually believe that he would analyze about ninety per cent. Water never moves unless it is going down hill, or something is pushing it; that’s Hy. Another reason I think Hy is such a. large percentage of water is that it is very hard to dry him up- His tongue works easier than any other part of him. And even though he has his mouth open a lot, it never seems parched. - I think I see my little bucket of wa- ter doWn the road now. He thinks he is working hard, but he is just like a. whirlpool, going around and around and never getting anywhere. I just hope he doesn’t get dizzy because, if he’d fall he’d make a great big splash. SOPHIE ABIGAIL SYCKLE. ‘ «MW-«w» . ‘Mdm_n .. -M ,1 “n. ,3". y.’ ...'~&\ . was». an,- VV_M < .7» :5"; - ; —f:...,,¢m \«vwn.."v""-""" “w -- v.3... “we, ,u-d.-.\. .,. . m .: FM. “fivwg ;. .. “M153"; war-m .v_\ ._ v 3“ — A _ “1““, ,vw' M, __.......v a... . MN ”a ”In , W, .. “m ~'..‘w .113.“ _ ‘ * 0...», ‘9‘ 4,, _, H -. AM...‘M.W .- a“ _, .,A._, ”WWWMMMM A” ‘L‘ \ DST people consider conserva- tion of the woodlot to mean out only the timber that has died. We hear much criticism of the Way the lumbermen wasted our native forests and brought us face to face With a timber famine, yet some who voice' these changes are really wasting more .in proportion to what they have than . did the lumbermen. Conservation as I seeit, is not only carefully saving all the timber and ‘ makinggood .use of it, but also hand- ling the growing timber in such a way that none. of the natural forces which produce ’trees are wasted. The qual- ity and quantity of these forces are’ fixed by the nature of things which surround localities and change, as things change in nature and strength. Lakes, swamps, rivers, creeks, hills, valleys, soil, direction of slopes, and' many other minor things strengthen or "weaken these forces. Light and air are everywhere, but are intensified and modified by the above named fea- tures of nature. To avoid waste of " these forces, trees must be grown that can make best use of conditions pres- ent in any given location. Nature seems to have provided a way for all kinds being sown and we find many varieties growing in the same locality ' whether the parent tree was present or not. In fifteen or twenty years the thin- ning process takes place. In other words, a war begins between varieties, and those trees whose requirements are absent will be crowded out. These should have been taken out long be fore the struggle started, then the forces which were wasted in the unfit tree, would have gone into the fittest, thus producing a better growth. By careful thinning the waste, which re- sults from the strife for survival, could be avoided. This same war will continue in trees of the same variety under ideal conditions unless attention merely letting it alone or taking ' By C. G is given to proper spacing. Any vari- ety of tree will grow and thrive if it is placed where its~ requirements are found. It is, therefore, up to the tim- ber-grower (if he wishes real success) to make a careful study of the needs of each kind of tree, and also the forces which supply the needs. There are some varieties of trees that will live in unfavorable c0ndi- Tyndall "saying that these changes are the cause of this degeneration. Under the present conditions it would seem wis- est to make best use ofrthe trees that are taking the place of the lamented pine. On my farm I have young hardwood timber mixed with a. few pine growing on cut-over pine land. Twenty years ago it was too small to make much State Nurseries Are Making it tions, but do not really prove success- ful in surroundings they must tolerate. Since trees are anchored to the soil and cannot move to suitable locations, they should be removed in order to give their neighbors a better chance. Most people are interested.in re- suits, and if one’s efforts are to-be rewarded, he must study the influ- ences that produce the desired growth. In the past we had a superb variety of pine in central and northern Mich- igan which now is almost extinct or so changed in characteristics as to ap- pear like dwarfs. A careful study of changed conditions warrants me in Possible to Reforest Many Acres. fuel, but it grew thickly. After look- ing the location and trees over care- fully, I determined the varieties to save and began the thinning process. My location is most favorable to oak, so I saved the best of them and a few maple, hickory, and What pine I had, keeping in mind that if I produced what I wanted, I must give the trees what they needed. Since white oak needs more sun than the other oak varieties I aimed to keep it in a fav- orable position to insure length of body. The spaces overhead were care- fully looked to, attention being given that no tree had more room than was xemptlon A L fier Twenty Year: as Farmer z: Entansz'am'e Over Wood/at Wntnre absolutely needed for light and air. All the limbs andUsh from the re- moved trees, also the cut undergrowth were left scattered over the ground. This furnished mulch by holding the fallen leaves which otherwise might have been carried away by the wind. Some advise that all this trash be burned, but nature soon takes care of it in making food ‘for the growing trees. After this first thinning I had all the young trees that could profitably be grown. When the sprouts from the stumps of the removed trees began to Show, a flock of sheep were turned in to keep them down. As the trees grew larger, thinning was again necessary, and paid well in fuel and posts. The same rules mentioned above were fol- lowed. The third thinning was carried on with a View of maintaining the num- ber of trees per acre by reproducing from the stump. To do this, care must be taken not to let the trees get too large before cutting. At this stage the woodlot should not be used for pasturing any kind of stock. The strength of productive forces in differ- ent localities has more to do with the reproducing ability of trees than most people think. For my location I can grow a new tree on ninety-five per cent of the stumps, provided they range in size from eight to fourteen inches. The large one being red oak. All the work done in caring for my woodlot is what is ordinarily done in cutting wood. It should be all done in the winter. My wood farming costs me nothing but taxes and a little ground rent and it pays me so well that I would be ashamed to ask ex- emption from tax. My lot is admired by everyone who sees it, and although my pine doesn’t thrive the rest are a source of pleas- ure and profit to me. Are Farm Homes Under Equipped? T ne‘ .4 nerage American Farnz Woman Carrier Over a fin of Water Earn Day By F. E. Fogle GRICULTURE or farming, un- like teaching, storekeeping, bank- ing or manufacturing, is a fam—- ily affair. It is a rare thing when a single man manages a farm, for profit, successfully and continuously. The wife is a necessary partner in the farm business. She has an equal part in making “a full and comfortable living from the land,” and in leaving “the farm more productive than when tak- en,” and her’s is the major part in rearing a family carefully and well, and being of good service to the com- munity. If these statements are true, equip- ment for living is as important as equipment for operation. Machinery and labor-saving devices have bene- fited the farmer greatly. Modern im- provements have entered the farmer’s home and benefited the farmer’s wife relatively to a very small extent. Napoleon said, “An army travels on its stomach,” meaning that it is de pendent upon its commissary and sani- tary departments. Napoleon’s army was depleted and his power broken thro‘ugh failure of his commissary and sanitary departments. ‘ The farm, like an army, is depend- ent upon its commissary and sanitary departments. 'A woman’s strength and endurance is the measure of the sta— bility of farm living. These depart- ~ ments-on the farm'have made little advance since the days of our great randmothers. The sewing machine ” 9 ac hand sewing the stove has been substituted for the open fire- place. These are the only modern im- provements to be generally adopted in the farm home. ' The work of the farm woman is hard and continuous. It is monotonous with long hours. The seasonal chang- es which bring new work to the farm- er amid the beauties of nature do not States Department of Agriculture, less by modern improvements and 1a- bor-saving machines than any other speaking of a. survey covering ten thousand farm homes says, “One needs but to follow the average woman through a week’s routine to realize her many problems and to gain some conception of the vitality and skill land. he took it. 0" 7713 Requirements of a Good Farmer OMEONE has given us four requirements for a good farmer: First, the ability to make a full and comfortable living from the Second, to rear a family carefully and well. Third, to be of good service to the community. Fourth, to leave the farm more productive than it was when penetrate the farm home. There is the same sweeping and dusting, wash— ing and ironing, sewing and mending, carrying water, emptying slope, and the everlasting getting of meals and the washing of dishes three times a day. Much of the farm work is done in the house; eggs are prepared for mar- ket, milk pails washed, feed for young animals prepared, and the hired man may be boarded. Farm women have been benefited class. This is not an exaggeration. Florence E. Ward, of the United called into play by her duties as cook, seamstress, laundress, and nurse; fam- ily purchasing agent, teacher of her children, and factor in community life; as well as producer of dairy, garden and poultry products.” Another authority says: “One of the greatest travestice on rural life is the fact that the farm woman does not get a fair deal. She has little hir- ed assistance. Her work is sometimes increased by the presence of perma- nently hired farm hands in the home. She cooks for her own family, the threshing gang,_and big Sunday gath- erings, besides doing her own wash- ing, the family mending, raising the poultry, caring for dairy products, and often assisting with other farm work. She has the longest working hours of anyone on the farm and often the least conveniences.” A report of 9,000 farm women shows the the average working day, summer and winter, is 11.3 hours. If love and service were not the ruling motives, and tactics of labor unions were in vogue, a walkout would be assured. Anyone who has had the satisfac- tion of living in the open country knows that there arecompensations for the farm woman. Farm women love the country and do not want to give up its freedom for City life. What they do want is normal living and working conditions in the farm home. Is there, relief for the farm woman from this hardship? Agricultural en- gineering has mastered the problems of sanitation and conveniences for the farm home. Some progress has been made in raising country home stand- ards of living. Every community has some homes which exemplify the fact that modern science and modern in- ventions can offer to the farm family the opportunity of freedom and inde- pendence with the hardships elimi- nated. ' Imagine the average farm home with no modern imporvements. Picture the wife rising early to light a fire in 3 (Continued on page 478). E certainly have had a strenu- 'ous day,” observed one of the ; , representatives to ye corres- ,ptm’dent as we were riding down on _ the capitol elevator late one evening . during the past week- By that simple 'statement he undoubtedly voiced the _ feelings of his 130 fellow law—makers who are working busily early and late determining the fate of some of the more important of the approximately 700 measures introduced to date. Eight-hour days are not observed by the legislators who are interspersing long day and evening sessions with TREND OF FARM AND'CITY WARS I AID FARM PM“ I busy committee meetings and intense public hearings, at which high—powered attorneys and other spokesmen plead - for or against controversial legisla- tion. alt * It 0ST numerous among the many bills now being passed are those granting appropriations for the vari- ous state institutions and departments, for maintenance and operating expen- ‘ ses and for occasional new buildings. It might be said, however, that the legislature does not seem in a mood to approve any of the more ambitious building programs which have been proposed. Most of these budget bills have now been passed either by the house or senate, but it is interesting to observe that thus far these two branches of By Our Lansing Correypondmt upon the terms of a god share of these bills. ‘In general the senate seems to be somewhat more liberal than the house and more inclined to leave more leeway up to the state ad— ministrative board, The house wishes to make somewhat more detailed spec- ifications as to how the money is to be expended. Among the largest ap< propriation hills which are being held up are the measures providing for ag- ricultural extension and for new build- ings for the Michigan Agricultural College. * It * ESPITE the utmost economy which the law-makers may observe re- garding these appropriations, it is ap- parent that the total will be more than had been expected. In the face of this situation and the further fact that many crying needs of the state will go entirely unanswered, it is strange and well-nigh tragic that little relief in the matter of tax reform seems to be forthcoming from this legislature. Early in the session the situation looked hopeful. For instance, the sen- ate and house committees on taxation held a conference with Governor Groesbeck and it was agreed that the time had come to curb the menace of tax exempt securities in Michigan and to place a moderate tax on this class of wealth. Carrying out this program, Senator Vincent Martin, of Fruitport, introduced a bill providing for an an- nual three—mill tax on domestic bonds, and Senator Walter Truettner, of Bes- semer, introduced a companion meas- ure proposing a five-mill levy on for— eign securities. When these measures came up for final passage they met determined op- position and were re-referred to the made which pulled several of ,‘the teeth out of the .bills'and reduced the. rates to two and three mills rather than three and five mills, as originally provided However, even in this modi-\, fied form they were oppoSed by spe- cial interests which had suflicie’nt strength so .that when they came up. once more for final passage they were side-tracked into the senate commit- tee on judiciary, in which they will no doubt find a peaceful resting place. Thus once more an effort to take some of the tax burden from real es- tate and place it onto our ever-increas- ing personal property proved fruitless. It now appears that tax exempt bonds will continue to multiply, while the companion evils of municipal extrav- agance and increasing public indebted- ness through controlling bond issues. II t it ROBABLY the longest and most in- teresting debate of the week in the house broke loose when Representa- tive Howard Smedley’s bill to prevent the pollution of Michigan waters came up for final passage as a special order Tuesday afternoon. Legislation of this character was advocated by Governor Groesbeck in his biennial message, and leading con- servationists agreed that, with the pos- sible exception of reforestation, there was no more vital conservation prob- lem confro'nting the state than this matter of the increasing pollution of .our streams and rivers. It is com- monly recognized that they are virtu- ally becoming open sewers as munici— palities and industries continue to dump into them an ever increasing amount of filth and waste, killing the fish, menacing the public health, and decreasing the attractiveness of Mich- 'apito igan as a state for tourists’ travel. rMichigan now has a law on the sub- ,. . . . p , g ,ject, but its enforcement is distribut- the legislature seem unable to agree” committee, where amendments were .' ed among the department of conserva- tion, the department of public health and the attorney-general. It is prob- ably because of this overlapping au- thority that very little apparent pro— gress is now being “made toward pollu- tion prevention. The Smedley bill would put the investigation and abate- ment of pollution nuisances under the entire charge of the department of conservation. After surviving all sorts of attacks and parliamentary skirm< ' ishes, the Smedley bill. was finally re- ferred to the house committee on ways and means- An extended conference on this measure has been held in the governor’s office and it is understood that amendments are being drafted and that it will be reported outonce more in some form or other in the near future. II: It alt NOTHER issue of the most far reaching importance coming be- fore the house is the Bohn bill pro- posing a change in the present method of distributing the primary school fund. Under the provisions of this measure, which has already passed the senate, ninety-five per cent of the fund would be distributed as at present, while the remaining five per cent would go into a special fund to be ap- portioned among the more needy “school districts of the state in propor< tion to their school population per one hundred thousand dollars’ valuation. The purpose of this legislation is to afford some degree of educational equality in Michigan, and there is eve. ry indication that it will pass the house by a substantial majority, de« spite the fact that it will somewhat reduce the amount of primary aid to be received by some of the more pros- perous counties. LATE AGRICULTURAL NEWS WANT SPECIAL SESSION OF CON- GRESS. SPECIAL session of congress will be called by President Coolidge in September if those senators who are demanding tax reduction at the earli- est possible moment have their way. Senator Smoot, chairman of the sen- ate finance committee, declares that lowering of income tax rates, espe- cially the surtaxes, is necessary and urgent. POTASH PRODUCERS GET TOGETHER. ROSPECTS for lower prices on the various forms of potash imported from Europe due to expected compe- tition between French and German potash interests have gone “glimmer- ing,” according to reports received by the department of commerce. It is found that French and German potash producers have entered into an agree- ment as to markets and price level. WANTS HARMONY IN AGRICUL- TURAL DEPARTMENT. HE new secretary of agriculture has given out that he plans to “sell” to congress and the people the program of farm legislation proposed by the President’s conference, and he will also reorganize the personnel of the department of agriculture to the end that inter-departmental controver- sies cease and more co—ordination of action may be obtained. This is taken to indicate that Secretary Jardine will use the influence of his department toward the enactment of the coopera- tive marketing board plan proposed by the conference and embodied in the Capper-Haugen bill, and that he will have the bureaus and divisions work- ing harmoniously along certain defi- nite lines, it he finds it necessary to ask bureau and division chiefs to resign. SEEKING FARMERS FOR NEW FARMS. HE developing of new ready—made farms by the federal government is going on continually, notwithstand— ing the unfavorable situation on weSt— ern reclamation projects, and the pro- tests of all the big farm organizations against the opening up of new irriga— tion projects until demand for farm products catches up with production. Secretary of Interior Work reports that 18,000 new settlers on govern- ment reclamation projects will be needed soon, and he is asking trans- portation companies to cooperate with the government in obtaining them. IT WILL ONLY COST A QUARTER. NEW handling service, which will give the sender by parcels post the very best possible service, will be available April 15 when the provisions of the postal law become effective. The cost of this service will be twen~ ty-five cents per package. Pestmaster- General New explains that special handling of parcels post matter means that parcels post under this special service will be handled as first class mail. Its particular advantages apply mainly to its handling enroute on rail- roads and other transportation facili- ties between the post oflice of dispatch and the post office of destination. WANT TO KNOW FOREIGN PRICE LEVELS 0N AMERICAN GOODS. IXTEE‘N senators headed by Sen- ator Ladd, of North Dakota, have joined in a written request to the Federal Trade Commission, which is vested with administration of the VVebb-Pomerene export trading act, to send them any information the com- mission has, regarding the nature of combinations being formed abroad by American business interests in alleged violation of anti—trust laws, the amount of such investment made abroad in such connection, the extent to which such American interests are working with foreign combinations and wheth- er in any case American goods are sold cheaper to foreign customers, as a means of maintaining the price of such goods manufactured in the Unit- ed States, than to the American con— sumers. WOULD STOP THE FRAUDULENT SALES OF LAND. HE establishment of state and na- tional policies in land settlement to protect unwary purchasers from fraud is urged by the United States Department of Agriculture as a result of a study of land settlement practices in the Great Lakes states. There are concerns engaged in deliberately sell- ing worthless land by’methods which, if not technically fraudulent, are close to the shadow zone of fraud schemes. Much the larger part of the land sold at retail in undeveloped portions of the lakes states has been disposed of by agencies that do not assume any responsibility for the establishment of the settlers on the land. - The department investigators point out that there should be careful selec‘ tion of the land to be settled and that it be sold only to people who are seeking to become farmers. The sale of land at a reasonable price and on convenient credit terms and low rates of interest are advocated. PREFER AMERICAN APPLES. HE people of Sweden prefer Amer- ican apples to any others, accord- ing to reports from that country. The American apples not only dominate TREND OF LAND PRICES AND CROP VALUES \ the fruit market in Sweden, but are affecting materially the sale of or« anges from Spain and Italy. A larger trade in American apples could be de‘ veloped in the countries of northern Europe if the proper market machin- ery were created to secure an or en distribution of first class fruit hon-_ estly graded and packed. ,. a, MA .. H; sauna” ,.-< ‘24. While the Crop is Still in Your Hands Nature takes care of the crop after the seed is planted. But what good rain and sunshine can make of your wheat crop depends upon the thorough seed bed preparation and proper planting which you have done. Any Ford dealer will show you how these often hurried spring tasks are well done and easily done with Fordson power. Detroit. Mlchlznn WW W‘GW The Fordson is always handy when there's hauling to be done Plenty of time to go over the com as often as necessary 1 97‘ 'l % F. O. B. Detroit Fenders {Kw/1 $35Extra Nearest Authorized Dealer m-Jw v- be, wawa~ Wm man. """” ”W“ ~ lawn“; .. ;. cOLLECTI .. imply a promise to pay—that / a I... ~ x ‘ his? .___ fun Sifts}; for ON OF WAGES NOT PROMISED. A. soldvhis farm to ’B. and after. tlie - 3 papers were signed he "asked if ' would stay on the place six weeks and feed the stock. A. said he would. but B. “ did ’not say he was going to pay him, can A. get his wages for that time he is working for him?——Reader. There being no express promise to pay, the question is whether the facts is .whether the parties at the time con- templated that the services should be paid for. This would seem to be a question of fact—Rood. COLLECTION OF MONEY. » If I let a person take some money and he later says he doesn’t have to pay it back because he didn’t say he .would when I let him have it, can I collect anyway? Mrs. M. D. The only question is whether it was understood at the time the money was paid that it was a gift or a loan. If it was then intended as a gift no recov- ery can be had. If it was then in- tended as a loan there may be recov- cry—Rood. FOR BAN DING TREES. Could you please send us formula how to make a tanglefoot to put on grape plants, also fruit trees to keep cutworm from cutting buds?——F. C. B. A sticky substance for use on trees to keep worms down can be prepared by heating together two parts of cas- tor oil and one part 01? rosin. This should be applied in a narrow strip about one inch wide around the trunks of grape vines, small fruit plants, etc, which are likely to be troubled with cutworms. If the weather is very cold and wet, it will be nec’cssary to OC- casionally apply a. new coating of the wax or loosen it with a steel or wood- en comb in order to destroy the crust which will form. A much better but more expensive material can be prepared by using one part of gum copal and two parts of castor oil, or by combining one part of rosin, two parts gum copal, two parts tallow and three parts of castor oil. In the heating of these mixtures care should be taken not to use too hot a fire, and to continue the cooking only so long as is necessary to secure a homogenous mass. The two last named mixtures have the advantage of remaining in a soft and sticky con— dition in any weather. GARN ISH EEING TTACH ER’S WAGES. Can a school teacher’s wages be garnisheed for payment of a promis- sory note?—W. M. S. The statutes expressly provide that municipal corporations other than counties, may be charged as garni- shees. There is no greater exemption of teacher’s wages than any other wag- es~~sixty per cent if married, forty per cent if single, not exceeding $30. ——~Rood. J LEAVING CHILDREN OUT OF WILL. How should a will read? Can chil- dren break the will if they are not left anything, and if they aren’t men- tioned in said will? Everything left to the wife, stating she Will take care of the children when through with property, etc. The will stating he be- queaths all personal and joint holdings to his Wife. Give me an idea how the wording should be, and can a will be broken by the children should they be given); $1.00 and named in a will?— M. . It is not necessary to leave any "property .to the children. The only matter of interest is to avoid the ap- plication ofthe statute providing that children born after the will is made, or forgotten by the testafor, shall take as if there were no will; That the testator has forgotten the children must appear from the face of the will itself. -. Other proof of the fact cannot be given—Rood. SEEDING ’ALF‘ALFA. I have a sweet'clover lot of twenty acres which has been to sweet clover twice, following oats. Last summer I had an immense crop of hay from this field. My intentions were to fall-plow same and sow to cats or buckwheat and seed to alfalfa, this being very heavy soil. The fall season was too dry, so plowing was almost impossible. The question is, would it be all right to plow the sod this spring, sow to oats and seed to alfalfa. I only out half of this field, the balance has gone back into the ground for a soil builder. Undoubtedly this will reseed itself. What had I better do, sow to sweet clover once more, or alfalfa, and chance the mixture—D. W. Your suggestion of seeding alfalfa, using oats as a nurse crop, is a very good one. The seed-bed should be well worked down and the alfalfa seed broadcasted by the seeder attachment just ahead or on to the discs of the grain drill. In case you do not have a grain drill with seeder attachment, would suggest sowing the seed broad- cast and covering with a spike-tooth harrow. VETCH FOR HAY. I am interested in vetch as a soil builder and hay crop. I have bought a run-down farm and there is no hay on it. I wonder if I could sow vetch and oats this spring and cut it for hay, and then plow it under for wheat this fall.——L. H. H. Here at the Agricultural Experiment Station, a mixture of two bushels of oats and twenty pounds of hairy vetch seed sown in the early spring has pro- duced an average yield of two tons of air-dried hay per acre. The vetch usu— ally makes a small amount of second growth that may be plowed under. ‘ . IIiSIVeNNh'Ma and We While vetch is! not so. sensitive/ to soil acidity as alfalfa-or sweet» clover, still, ' good results are not usual—Hy (secured on acid soils. application of"'two tons. ofi-limestone, or from three. to five cubic yards of marl will be , found, of considerable value in increasing the yield. The oat and vetch mixture should be sown during the early spring, since the growth of vetch is greatly retarded by hot, dry weather.—-—C. R. Megee. H U BAM CLOVER. What kind of soil would you recom- ,menId for the growing of Hubam clo- ver. the field or not, as it will grow red clover? time to plant Hubam and how much seed to the acre? Is it necessary to sow far enough apart to cultivate, or should it be sown in drills as grain is sown? Where can seed be secured from?—M. A. . - , Hubam clover is an annual sweet clover. It is very similar in its habit of growth to the common sweet cloiter with the exception that it matures in a single season. The crop gives prom- ise of being of value as a short season hay crop and a green manuring crop. It has proven to be a valuable honey crop. For forage purposes seed can be se- cured from the Farm Bureau Seed De- partment of Lansing, the present rate being approximately $1.00 a pound in ‘ quantity. Hubam seems to do well on a wide variety of soils, ranging from light lands to heavy clays. Land which is acid should be limed in order to get the best results with Hubam though it seems to grow where red clover will not. For forage purposes would advise sowing twelve pounds per acre in Ap- ril or early May, sowing broadcast with a light seeding of oats or barley, not more than one bushel per acre. Suggest trying an acre or so for this purpose, liming the rest of your field and seeding down to good northern- 072 T/ze Firing [.2923 2'72 M z'c/zzga/z . ll , . . ~~ - 4911107309. ‘5 ‘ .7 If the soil is acid, an: ' Would it be necessary to lime\ When would be the proper: . and senaten’ ._ grown alfalfa;seed.—-J. F. Cox, Profes‘ ' sor jot Farm Crops. ' sum-Lewes ISILAGE. I am interested in sunflowers for silage and I would like to know if there ispavariety which will mature in ninety or ninety-five days, ‘SO that ‘if I plant them when I do my corn, they will be ready to put in the silo the same time as the corn. One end of the field has'some quack in it and I thought perhaps I could eradicate this with the sunflowers if they were plaiirteldT properly and cultivated well. The Russian variety of sunflower will mature fairly well with corn. Sun- flowers are proving successful for em silage purposes, either planted alone or mixed with corn. Where corn gives good yields the sunflower will not take the place of the corn crop. Suggest planting at the rate of four quarts 0f, sunflower seed with four quarts of corn. In eradicating the part of your field which has .quack in it, would plant sunflowers thickly, drilling at the rate of six quarts per acre or planting from six to eight seeds per hill, giV< ing clean cultivation. The somewhat greater shading of the land, due to sunflowers, should help in eradicating quack grass. TROUBLE OVER MACHINERY. A. bought a stump machine from B. on a thirty-day free trial, no money down plan- When the machine arriv- ed the cable was broken and so Were the castings. A. wrote to B. to make good for the broken parts for which B. did not make good. Now can B. sue A. for not paying for the machine? It was never used, and B. refused to take the machine back. Can A. sue B. for thelost time in which he could have cleared his land if he had the machine repaired. A- has a written guarantee for three years if the ma- chine should break. Can A. ship the machine back to B-, C. O. D.?—J. W. If the goods are materially different from what they are represented by the seller to the buyer to be, the buyer may return them, providing he does so promptly on discovery of the defect. Otherwise he is liable for the purchase price, less the difference between the actual value, and what the value would have been had the goods been as rep- resented.- The loss of time, etc-, are too speculative to be recovered as damages—Rood. COLLECTION OF WAGES. I was discharged from a company and had six days pay coming to me. I was told to come back on February 18 but I could not get there. Now they offer me six days pay. I refused to take it, being under the impression I could collect for the time I have been waiting for my money. Inform me what steps to take to this matter.“ H. E. B. Compiled Laws 1915 Sec. 5583-5585, provides in such case that the em- ployer shall pay the laborer what is due him the day he leaves the employ, unless computation of the amount due __ is not possible; and for failure to do so shall be liable to the employee in damages, which the statute fixes at ten per cent of the debt for each day of delay—Rood. Impressed with the advisability of speeding up the work of the early part of future legislative sessions, the' senate passed by a twenty-six to four vote, the proposed amendment to the state constitution”, sponsored by Sen. ator wm. L; Case, of Benzonia, which would limit the sessions to ninety days, but allow for their extension by a two-thirds vote of both the house Quality at Low Cost Chevrolet combines, in an unusual degree,.beauty, poWer, comfort, sturdy construction and great economy—all the essentials that you could desire in an automObile. ' It is well adapted to service on A Country roads where strength and dependability are required. Powerful valve—inahead motor a —dry—plate disc clutch—extra! strong rear axle with banjOvtype housing—Duco finish in beau— tiful colors—handsome closed bodies by Fisher—all are feao tures that you would expect to find only on high priced cars. Chevrolet represents the high; est type of quality car selling at a low price. ' ‘ » CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN ~ Division of General Motors Corporation light and power service on Mich- igan’s farms are being made at Michigan Agricultural College as the result of. a conference in East Lansing on March 20, of about Sixty persons, representatives of farmers, implement manufacturers and public, utilities. The conference, upon motion of A. B. Cook, master of the State Grange, by unanimous vote urged the college to conduct the necessary research work in the field 'to determine the feasibility of farm electrification in Michigan.- Experimental lines in several sec-- tions of the state eventually will be studied by the college, it is under- stood, so that the relation of elec- tricity to all branches of farming in Michigan may be fully determined. The first line, serving twenty-five farms, is located near Parma, Jackson county. The Consumers’ Power Com- pany will serve the line. The conference was something in the nature of an experience meeting, descriptions of farm power lines being given by Professors E. A. Stewart, University of Minnesota, and F. D. Paine, Iowa State College, both of whom are directing experimental work on lines in their states. Mr. Ralph Arbogast, Union City, Michigan, gave a most interesting account of his elec- trified farm; Dean G. W. 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Write today. Use the Coupon. J. 1. Case Threshing Machine Company Established 1842 Itedncorpora Dept. D13 Racine Wisconsin gunners _ new; Vivian/[3.1,] session, declared he Was impressed with the possibilities Offered by elec«‘ tricity, and that the college stood ready to do what it could to speed the bringing of electricity to the farm 1Hon. Sherman T. Handy, chairman of the Michigan Public Utilities Commis-" sion, told the- conference ofthe inter- est of the commission and of the work done oyer a periOd of years to establish a code of practice for rural electrification. Eugene Holcomb, of the Consumers’ Power Company, Alma, Michigan, member of the committee on rural service of the National Elec- tric Light Association, declared the utilities were more than willing to co« operate in any movement seeking to find the solution to the .problem pre- sented by farm electrification. The Iowa project, Professor Paine said, embraces sixty-eight farms, some- what larger than the usual experi- Secretary Jam’z'ne U rges Good Seeds LTHOUGH farmers are giv- ing an increased amount of attention to marketing problems, in securing seed capable of pro- duction of maximum yields of . high quality is fundamental to the financial success of the in- dividual farmer. Such yields can be produced only wnen good seed is used. “Good seed is crop insurance. To use poor seed is to invite dis- aster. The safest plan is to use _ home-grown seed, known to be pure and of good quality. The heavy importation of foreign seed of red clover and alfalfa, much of which is not adapted to the United States, is a reminder of the constant care necessary in securing seed capable of pro— ducing a profitable crop.”—W. M. Jardine, Secretary of Agri- culture. mental group. More average results, it is believed, will be obtained through observing a greater number of farms. The lines operate at 6,600 volts, single phase, with transformers in most in- stances right in the yard.- “We have found that it is unsatis- factory to run the low~voltage line any distance at all,” Professor Paine said. “We can maintain much better voltage regulation in this way. At first ‘We thought that one large transformer, costing somewhat less per farm, would be sufficient to serve two or three farms. This practice has been aban- doned entirely, and individual trans- formers are provided as near the place Where the electricity will be used as is practicable. It is to be remembered that farm lines operate at about fifty per cent efficiency.” The farms are very completely elec- trified, he said. Records kept of oper- ation on each farm include: First cost, Operating charges and maintenance expense. These records are also kept for the line itself. On twelve farms each motor or applianco is equipped with recording demand and watt-hour meters. The study of the records may change present practice considerable, Professor Paine belieVed. One in- stance he gave was that of grinding feed. Instead of using a large motor for short periods, he advocated the use of a small motor running longer each day, thus keeping the electric company’s power load less variable, and reducing the expense of generat- ing the current. The power company has to be ready to serve all" of the explained, and the large motors infre- equipmentonits lines at 'alltimes, he, CmflrmeHeldatM A. c. . ~ I, . V -quently used should be made as few as possible. The thoroughness With which the investigation is being conducted was shown when Professor Paine said the project would run “for a minimum pe- riod of five years.” The Iowa farmers are scarcely able to wait the conclusion of the experi- ments before "installing equipment themselves, he said. .“One farmer told me he would pay $20 more an acre for a farm which had electric light and power service.” The experiments are not confined to the study of farming methods, Profes- sor Paine said. Home coonomics is receiving careful attention. Electric ranges, washing machines, ironers, dish washers, vacuum sweepers, wa- ter pumping outfits, churns and elec- tric refrigerators are being installed and studied. Each piece of equipment is connected through recording meters. Professor Stewart, in telling of the work in Minnesota, declared that the utmost speed in carrying out experi- mentation was to be urged. “we want to get our work done be- fore farmers become impatient and equip their farms with what may prove to be the wrong apapratus,” he said. “Farm electrification is coming, and coming with a rush. We must be/ahead of it.” Mr. Ralph Arbogast said that it had got to the place on his farm where he either had to get a new wife or wire his place, adding with a dry smile, “although it seems to be the custom to trade one forty-year-old wife for two twenties,” that’he did not like the thought of giving up the present Mrs. Abergast. On his farm, electricity has made farming easier and more profitable, he said. In milking and feed grinding it can be used to advantage; Grinding feed, he asserted, increases its value fifteen per cent. “The lighting alone allows much more work to be done,’ ’he declared. “I figure that men, do about ten per cent more work if given good light. Then there is the very important item of reduction in fire hazard. There are, of course, no lanterns to be turned over and set'fire to the place. “My biddies pay all of the cost of the electricity in winter time. By us- ing electric lights in the hen house, we get thirty eggs more a day. At winter prices this figures to about $112.0 for ninety days, which is enough to pay for the cost of all the electric light and power used on the place in that period. Cows give more milk if the lights are turned on at about one o’clock in the morning for a time so that they can eat and drink. “In binning my wheat it used to take four husky men five days. At $3.00 a day, that is $75 for the seaSOn. Now it costs me just $14, doing the job electrically. In this figure I have taken into account the proper amount for depreciation of the motor and equpiment. The same motor also op- erates the wheat cleaner, the value of which is hard to estimate. It is also good for shifting the grain, which keeps the Wheat in uniformly good condition. “But I believe the greatest benefit which we receive from electricity is in the home. The home has been the most neglected part of the farm, and the most important. Electricity does all of the chores about the kitchen and household now. It is wonderful the work it saves. “I believe that the problem of farm tenantry will be solved by bringing electricity to the farms. It would make farming so attractive that, in- stead of moving to town and renting the farms, the owners will continue to operate'them. It won’t be necessary to move to town in order to litre longer.” I! .0 \pm‘me—«uwwumr> .Mm lav-,1. 1 < ' A ‘ .4512» '-—.. \ ,.“* ‘V. 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Kansas City, Mo. ¢O§ ’ Name ..................................................... . ............. - 2199 EmPi" Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa' ’ Address .............................................................................. . (24-Hour Shipments from Either Kansas City or Pittsburgh) ’ , ‘ City .............................. . ..... . ...................... State ........... . .................. ...... any Placer Lime 2} of Fzrdi I informer: in Sail Improvement By 0. B. Price - ‘HIS is the time of the year when the farmer should begetting his lime for spring applications. If alfalfa/is to be seeded in the cats or‘ . barley it would have been better to . have applied the lime last fall, but if that was not done it should be done this spring just as early as possible. ’ 7 ' This is assuming that the soil is acid, Hand the majority of the soils in the state are acid. If corn is to be plant— . ed this spring and seeded to oats and alfalfa next spring it will be a good practice to apply the lime this spring. The use of lime on most Michigan soils is just as important as the use of fertilizers, and where both are need- ‘ed the lime is usually considered first. Besides correcting the acidity of the soil it also renders the plant foods in the soil more available to the growing crops. Lime alone seldom gives much return on any of the grain crops but by increasing the growth of legumes and the fixation of nitrogen in the soil, the succeeding crops are indirect- ly benefited. It is a. poor business practice to go into the field, plow, and prepare a seed-bed for alfalfa and then seed it without first knowing the lime requirement of the soil and cor- recting it if in need of lime. This practice has resulted in many costly failures and sometimes a discouraging attitude toward the successful growing of alfalfa. It is a small matter to test the soil or have it tested. The new Soiltex method devised by Professor Spur- way, of the Michigan Agricultural Col- lege, and now universally used by ex- tension specialists, county agents and farmers, makes it possible for every farmer to know the lime requirements of every field on his farm. By follow- ing the recommendations for lime. from this test there is little need to worry about results if other safe farming practices have been followed, such as the thorough preparation of the seed- bed, the use of reliable seed and the proper use of fertilizers. In applying lime it is best to apply it to the surface of plowed ground and work it well into the top two or three inches of the soil while preparing the seed—bed. Experiments covering a long period of time show there is little dif— ference between applying it on the sod and turning it under and the sur- face application worked into the soil. The effects are more immediate, how- ever, when applied on the top and worked well into the soil, and since the farmer is interested in quick re- sults this is considered best. The lime needs of Michigan are not confined to any particular type of soil, but as a general rule, the lighter types are the more acid. Sometimes a soil type will show an acid reaction on the surface but: down in the soil a foot or two will contain actual lime. Where this condition exists the soil will sel- dom respond to applications of lime unless a low state of fertility exists. The heavy soils of the lake bed area usually contain suilicient lime, but there are small areas of the light types in this section that are highly acid. As we move westward over the state we find that the acidity is more prevalent. The use of liming materials is in— creasing rapidly, due largely to the desire to grow alfalfa. In this way lime is aiding very materially in build- ing up the fertility of the soil and giv- ing the farmer a cheap source of ni- trogen for his other crops. The lack of lime in the soil has been brought about largely by crop remov- al, leaching, and the use of certain fertilizers. When removed in any case it must be put back by the use of some form of liming material. Am- monium sulphate will produce acidity when used in large amounts, or when used over'a period of years. Where ammonium sulphate is used the acid- ity should be watched by the use of the Soiltex, and on the lighter types in particular should always be used in connection with lime. These are the types that usually respond best to ap- plications of nitrogenous fertilizers. The amount.of lime to use will de- pend on the type of soil, the acidity of the soil and the kindrand character of liming material used. The Brookston type with an alkaline reaction all the way down does not need lime. The Miami type with. a surface soil usu— ally slightly ‘acid but considerable lime present in the subsoil, seldom needs lime except when in a low state of fertility. These two types occupy large areas in the Thumb district and; Saginaw Valley and alfalfa and clo-i vers are being successfully grown on them without the use of lime. The soils of the southern and southwestern part of the state, such as the Leslie, Fox, Coloma, Bellefontaine and nu— merous other minor types usually need lime. By testing the soil the farmer need not guess at the lime requirement or alkaline reaction. FOREIGNERS USING MORE AMER- ICAN FARM PRODUCTS. IGURES presented by the depart- ment of commerce show that our agricultural exports are far above the pre~war level. Foodstuffs exported ing to the departmen is used as the basis for pre-war. com- parisons foreign shipments amounted to' $516,371,000 which is $242,212,000 below the 1924 totals. , , It is shown by the department’s fig- ures that a smaller percentage of food-l stuffs went to European markets dur- ing the past two years and a larger percentage to fOreign countries in the western hemisphere and China. Ex- ports of foodstuffs to Germany show- ed an increase of over fifteen per cent 'in value in 1924, as compared with 1923. POTATO PRODUCERS HOLD AN- NUAL MEETING. HE annual meeting of the Michi- gan Potato Producers’ Association ‘will be held at Traverse City, on April 16-17. Among the speakers will be Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, of the Mich- igan Agricultural College; Mr. Carroll F. Sweet, president of the Old Na- tional Bank, Grand Rapids, and Mr. K. B. Pocock, of the K. B. Pocock Co., potato brokers of Cleveland, Ohio. A round-table discussion will feature the session. Selecting and exhibiting show potatoes will be discussed by Ernest Pettifor; grading and loading of certified seed potatoes, by H. B. Losey; cultural methods used in grow— ing high yields of potatoes, by H. E. Parmelee, and hill selection methods, by Fred Schmalzried. Banquet is to be held on the evening of April 16. TcntatiVe Bean Grades Government Hearmg to he HE following grade specifica- tions are proposed as United States grades for dry edible beans. These proposed grades have been formulated from information ob- tained by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture in the chief bean producing and marketing Centers of the United States. The department has been assisted materially in this work by various State Agricultural Experiment Stations State Depart- ments of Agriculture and trade organ- izations. These grades are offered at the pres- ent time for consideration and discus- sion at public hearings. Following these public hearings United States grades may be announced and recom— mended by the secretary .of agricul- ture, which grades may be used in certifying the quality and condition of beans. Public hearings on the sub ject of bean grades will be held April 24, 1925, at 10:00 A. M. in the Kerns Hotel, Lansing, Michigan. The department of agriculture in- vites constructive suggestions on these bean grades either at the public hear- ings or by correspondence. Letters should be addressed to the Hay, Feed and Seed Division, Bureau of Agricul— tural Economics, United States De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, I). C., and must be received by May 1, 1925, to receive consideration prior to the announcement of the United States grades. Tentative Grade Specifications For Beans. The grade specifications hereinafter shown are proposed tentatively as the United States grades for beans. These grades are not official and are pro- posed only as a basis for discussion at hearings and conferences to be held during March and April, 1925, in im— portant producing sections and leading markets. Following these hearings the official grades will be announced. Definitions. For the purposes of the United States Grades for Beans, the following definitions relating only to beans pro- duced in the Lakes Region are given: Held at Lamz'ng flpri/ 24 Beans shall include all kinds of beans produced in the Continental United States commonly sold in the dry threshed state and used for edible purposes, as defined under classes of beans, including blackeye, cowpeas characteristic of those varieties grown on. the Pacific Coast, and which con- taln not to exceed ten per cent of for- eign material as defined in these standards. .Basis of Determination—All deter. minations of factors entering into the grading of beans shall be made on the basrs of the original sample. Percentages, except in the case of moisture, shall be percentages ascer- tained by weight. Where factor limits are upon the basis of percentages, less than one-tenth of one per cent shall be ignored. Percentage of moisture shall be that ascertained by the moisture tester and the method of use thereof described in Handbook U. S. G. S. A. Form No. 90,_revised August, 1924, issued by the United States Department of Agricul- ture, Bureau of Agriculural Econom- 105, with the following specifications added 150 CC of oil and 100 grams of beans shall be used in the flask and We A!!!» s edible‘ eane’o ai’class , . . , or 0 than the’clas i . . of beans which is being graded. ,‘So-Called “sports” in Class VII, Red Kidney, Beans, and Class VIII, Dark Red Kid. ' ney Beans, shall be considered “other beans.” , » Split beans shall be beans which are split or broken, including pieces up to three-fourths the size of whole beans, but not including beans with cracked or checked skins. ~ Damaged beans shall be beans which are injured- by weather, frost, heat, insects, disease, or otherwise, and shall include beans which are so badly discolored as to appear damaged and seriously affect the appearance'and quality of the sample. Foreign material shall be all matter other than dry edible beans. Weevily beans shall be beans of any class which are infested with live weevils or other insects injurious to stored beans. Weevily beans shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements of the grade applicable to such beans if they were not weevily, and there shall be added to and made part of the grade desig- nations the word “weevily.” Classes of Beans. Beans shall be divided into classes as follows: Class I, Pea Beams—This class shall include all white beans commonly re- ferred to as navy‘ or pea beans char- acteristic of those varieties grown in the Great Lakes region. Class II, Medium Beans.——This class shall include all white beans common- ly referred to as medium beans char— acteristic of those varieties grown in the Great Lakes region. Class III, Small White Beans.—-—-This class shall include all white beans characteristic of tlfose varieties grown on the Pacific Coast and commonly referred to as small white beans but shall not include Tepary beans. Class IV, Large White Beans.—-—This class shall include all white beans characteristic of those varieties grown on the Pacific Coast and commonly referred to as large white beans. Class V, Great Northern Beans.— This class shall include all white beans of the Great Northern variety. Class VI, White Kidney Beans.—— This class shall include all varieties of beans of the type known commer- cially as White kidney. Class VII, Red Kidney Beans.—This class shall include all varieties of beans of a light red or brown color of the type known commercially as red kidney. Class VIII, Dark Red Kidney Beans. -—This class shall include all varieties of beans of a dark red or mahogany color of the type known commercially as dark red kidney. Class IX, Marrow Beans.—This class shall include all large white beans commonly referred to as marrow beans. - Class X, Yellow Eye Beans.—This class shall include all varieties or strains of Yellow Eye beans. Class XI, BrOWn Swedish Beans—— This class shall include all brown beans commonly referred to as Brown Swedish. Tentative United States Grades For Beans. These grades, including here only those of interest to Michigan produc- ers, are not official and are proposed only as a basis for discussion. U S Mois- Grade. General Appearance. Classes Shall be uniform in size and of good color ................. Shall be uniform in size and may be of slightly dull color May be dull or of poor color. . . Classes III to Shall be uniform in size and of good color .................. Shall be uniform in size and may be of slightly dull color May be dull or of poor color. .. Classes VI to XI .1 Shall be uniform in size and of good color ................. Shall be uniform in size and may be of slightly dull color No. 2 No.3 May be dull or of poor color. . . Sample grade consists of beans of Maximum Percentages. Split and Damaged Beans and For. Matrl. ' For. Matrl. Total. Rock. *Other ture. Beans. l and II. % % % 17 0.0 1.5 0.0 Total. 17 0.2 . 0. 17 0.5 . 0. V Inclusive. 1 5 16 0.2 16 0.5 16 1.0 Inclusive. 0.0 0.0 0.0 17 0.5 4.0 0.5 0.1 17 1.0 8.0 1.0 0.2 the above classes which do not meet the requirements for any of the numerical grades, or which have any com- 'mercially objectionable foreign odor or are sour, heating, hot, mouldy, or are otherwise of distinctly low quality. * An allowance of two per cent in Grade 1, three per cent in. Grade 2, and five per cent in Grade 3, shall be made for “Other Beans” 1n Classes I to XVII inclusive, provided such ad shape to and the color blends with th graded. This allowance shall apply ditional “Other Beans” are similar in at of the beans in the sample being also to the so-called “Sports” in Class - VII, Red Kidney Beans; and Class VIII, Dark Red Kidney Beans. n the sample [I H ,~.—.-—- ~fi.a—«.M_m . —-:.,;4:-/ ‘ ‘-A_,_/' A... '5... . "W Mauser“ e“. »~..~,..a.. 4.1mm“ Notch . M «mem , .. z. .fi.,“ ”7'." ”A“: * NlTRATE or $90.21 IN SUGAR ABEE‘T FER Timur/0N O .14 Synopsis of Results Obtained from Investigations Conducted in Michigan in 1922 and 1923 (Reprinted from FACTS nsour SUGAR, March 22, 1924) 4 The investigation. the results of which are summarized in the following article. wascom- fnenced in the spring of 1922. Its object, primarily, was to ascertain "whether in" the culture of sugar beets in Michigan nitrate of soda, applied liberally, would prove as potent a factor as experience has shown it to be in European practice. In some parts of Michigan the use of com- mercial fertilizers is little known and their properties less understood. Where used. the ertilizer is too often one almost devoid of nitrogen and consisting chiefly of acid phos- phate— typical of many lbw-grade brands on the market which . commend themselves to the purchaser be- cause, being largely phosphatic. they can be sold at a compara- Fertilizer O’Toole Farm Gavlt Farm tively .low price per Plot treatmedt Method of Yield Increase Yield Increase ton. ' ' , (lbs. per acre) application over check over check I Nitrate—300 Drilled in 31,282 6,426 2 .005 8.195 Plan Of ‘ Acid phOS.—300 prior to S the Mur. potash—50 seeding Experiments . 2 Nitrate-185 Drilled in 27.358 2.502 20.330 3.520 In order to DI'O- Mcid photszws With seed . . ur. o as — o vlde conditions which p 3 would permit of oper- 3 Check 24,8’56 . . . . 16.810 . . . . ations being conduct- 4 fiitéatfi-3oo Drilleéi in a " 8 ed on a scale con- Cl D 05-_300 prior 0 32.340 7-4 4 20.590 3-7 0 , . S l. tash— o eedi sistent With ordinary N: p: 5 f; :g d o - 5 i ra e—soo op resse 31,100 .24 17.530 720 farm practice, two Acid phos.——3oo whe 4 fields, each 20 acres in area and giving evidence of uniform- Mur. potash—50 ceived no fertilizer treatment. being reserved as a check. - Results of First Yield The results obtained from the sugar beet crop of 1922, grown on the O’Toole and Gavit ' farms, appear in Table l: 1922. A glance at the data presented in Table 1 shows that in both experiments a remarkable increase in the yield from every fertilized plot was recorded. In this they agree, but differ somewhat in the degree of response shown to the various methods of treatment. 0n the O’Toole farm the yield from Plot 4 was rather TABLE I: 1922 Yields and Increases per Acre (in lbs.) 11 blocking ity in soil conditions, were selected for the two principal experi‘ ments. In these it was intended to observe the influence of the fertilizer during the course of a three-year rotation consisting of (1) sugar beets, (2) grain, (3) hay—a rotation conform— ing to practice approved in the locality. These experimental fields were situated twenty miles apart, one on the farm of W. _P. Gavlt, at Saginaw, and the other on the farm of Ben O’Toole, air/Merrill. The soil on both farms was a. clay loam. larger than that from Plot 1, indicating a slight advantage for sulphate over muriate of potash, whereas on the Gavit farm the posi- tion was reversed. It should be stated, how- ever, that a measured acre (fertilized as Plot 1) adjoining Plot 4 on the Gavit farm yielded practically the same as the latter plot. On neither experimental field was a pronounced response to potash fertilizing anticipated, both soils having shown, by analysis, a. high potash content. Another contrast is seen in the results following the application of the fertilizer TABLE 2: 1922 as a top dressing at the time the beets were ‘ ‘ blocked." Fertilizer This plot on the Gavit farm Plot treatment Method of Yields per Increase over Dl‘Oduced a very inferior (lbs. per acre) application acre, lbs. check, lbs. Yielg—attrosuit blnot (12111)}: , , paryariuaeoac ‘ R’éiéafiio... :33 fig'ggeéinfim 25’”: 5’164 of soil moisture adequate for Mur. potash 4s (reseeded) the quick solutionof the fertil— 2 Nitrate 180 Drilled in with 22.572 2.594 izers. The corresponding Add 911% 18° fimt seeding plot on the O’Toole farm at Mur‘ 90mm 45 (”0‘ reseEded) Merrill produced a yield prac— 3 Check 19.978 tically identical with that 4 Nitrate 180 Drilled in with from Plot 1. and in this con- Acid plus. 180 first seeding 26.624 6,646 nection it is noteworthy that (reseeded) a copious rainfall followed al- most immediately the top The plan provided for the application to the greater portion of the experimental field of 300 pounds each of nitrate of soda and acid phosphate, together with 50 pounds of muri— ate of potash. per acre. This was to be applied prior to seeding. The balance of the field, divided into four plots of approximately one acre each, served to demonstrate the influence of certain modifl- , cations of the general treatment. erg ’ - n ‘53... Procedure of Experiments Preliminary trials having indicated that the fertilizers might be most efficiently and con- veniently applied by means of the fertilizer- sowing attachment of a modern grain drill, this method was adopted and found satis- factory, it being possible to distribute the full amount, representing 650 pounds per acre, at one operation. On the plot to which the fertilizer was ap- plied in the row with the seed from the beet drill only 400 pounds per acre of the mixture were used, this amount dressing of the fertilizers on Plot 5. Respecting Plot 2, on which the fertilizers were drilled in with the seed—a. method which cannot be generally commended -—— owing to failure of the seed to germinate within a. reasonable time period this plot on the O’Toole farm was harrowed up and reseeded, whereas no perceptible delay—as compared with the other plots—was noticeable in the germina- tion of the seed in Plot 2 on the Gavit farm. Supplemental Experiment Further light on this point was furnished in a supplementary 10-acre test on the O’Toole farm at Merrill. In a ten-acre field of a heavy loam soil the fertilizers were applied in the row with the heel; seed. Four acres received the same fertilizer as was applied to Plot 1 in the 20-acre field, and on four acres potash was omitted. the balance of the field serving as a. check. While germination proceeded rapidly and vigorously on the check plot, it was so seriously retarded on the fertilized areas that these—with the exception of four rows ad— joining the check—were harrowed up and re- seeded ten days after the date of the first representing the limit of the beet-drill's fer- tilizer-sowing capacity. beets were ready for :blocking." One acre re- TABLE r: 1923 Yields and Increases per Acre (in lbs.) _ Fertilizer Somerville Farm Ileinroth Farm Alicn‘hefr agfe'pk’t’ r: Plot treatment Method of Yield Increase Yield Increase 06 ved art 1291' trea ‘ (lbs. per acre) application over check over check ment similar to that Of I Nitrate 300 ' . 26,104 4,281 30,075 5,556 the main area. except 2 1-8-4 300 Drilled 23,012 1,189 27.057 2,538 that sulphate of potash 3 Nitrate 300 in 29.729 7,906 32,504 7.985 replaced the murlate, 1-3-4 ‘_ 300 Pm” while still ano ther 4 Unfemhzed to, 21.823 24.519 ‘ received the fertilizer as 5 2-12-2 300 seeding 25.745 3.922 28.897 4.378 a top dressing when the 6 ‘1‘“th 300 26-075 4'252 as'720 4.301 '"This material consisting of nitrates of potash and soda. was found on analysis to contain 15 per cent of nitrogen and 9.65 per cent of potash. seeding. The results are seen in Table 2: 1922. The results recorded here show. on com- paring the yields from Plots 1 (with potash) and 4 (without potash) that no advantage was gained by the use of petash in this instance, though the lower yield on Plot 1 does not necessarily imply that the potash had been detrimental. Further it should be re- marked with referenceto the behavior of Plot 2 — represented by the four rows A gratifying feature of the results is that “ marked degree of consistency exhibited in comparing the behavior of correspon plots in both experiments. The data in Table — , 1 indicate clearly the influence of the various fertilizers, as measured by the increase over the yield of the check plot. In both instances, the highest yield followed the application of nitrate“ of soda with the 1—8-4 mixture. and of the fertilized area not re- seeded—that though retard- ed by the fertilizer in prox- imity to the seed, germina- tion ultimately took place and a full stand of beets r¢ RESULTS FROM TABLE 3: 1922 ACRE OR HALF-ACRE PLOT DEMONSTRATIONS Tom Mayer, Merrill. Medium loam suited. However, though P Fertilizer M h d f Y. m I _ Overcoming substantially the '°‘ £33323... ap§fic§u§n .3553 $521???” lead 0f the check plot, the ’ I Nitrat 200 Drilled in 30 390 7250 e u . yield from Plot 2 fell far Acid Ph°s_ 20° with seed short of that from Plot 1, but reseeded thus furnishing irresistible 2 Check 23.11‘0 evidence in favor of apply- 5- K- K825351333“ Cree ~ ing active fertilizers apart . . . ' \litrate oo Broadcasted 18.520 11,472 from the seed: or lnsurlng ‘ Acid Phos. goo after beets that they do not come in too were Up direct contac in so' . , 2 Check 7.048 t the 11 Geo. H. gNogd,lS\van Creek. a an y oam Demonstrations on I Nitrate 300 Drilled m 29,5:0 6.890 Smaller Areas Acid Phos. 300 prigr to see ing Besides the experiments 2 Cheek C. H. Wiltse. Swan dig? already described, a number Medium loam of smaller 2—plot demonstra— 1 Nitrate 37o Drilled in 24.230 11.275 tions were introduced in AC“ “‘05- 370 3923;“: gfénzfifd agiz‘fgllllt tghgafel— 2 Chelctlc (wléichbhad (Beceived 13.055 ' ' " 125 S. X- -3 ran suits from these are given Clifford 1E VIYilltsr. Freeland. briefly in Table 3: 1922. \P D ,n d _ ‘3 t W“ 60 The results, it will be seen, ’ Aggaffho, 333 wrigfm'" “'5 4'6“ were consistently favorable seeding and need no further expla- 2 Check 19,895 nation. The greatest propor- tional increase gained from the fertilizing was noted in the experiment on the farm of E. K. Kennedy, Swan Creek, where the sml is a light sandy loam, and the fertilizers were broadcasted as a. top dressing after the beet plants had reached the rough-leaf stage. The response to the fertilizing wasimmediate. and. by reason of the vigorous growth of the beets thereon, the fertilizer plot furnished a. striking object lesson throughout the season. As a. facnor contributing to the success of the first year’s experiments one must recognize the favorable weather conditions in the moder- ately warm, moist summer of 1922. Another factor, which cannot be overlooked, was the - helpful, active interest in the work shown by representatives of the Michigan Sugar Co. EXPERIMENTS IN 1923 Unfavorable weather conditions—a cold May followed by an exceptionally dry June—— experienced in the Saginaw district during the season of 1923 influenced yields adversely, so that the tonnage per acre was considerably lower on the average than that of the previous year. Yet, deSpite these untoward conditions, the returns from the use of nitrate of soda, alone or in conjunction with other fertilizers, have been no less marked, and profitable, than those of the initial year of the investigation. The scheme of experiment in 1922 was com- paratively simple in its nature, being designed rather to demonstrate the proper method of applying the fertilizers and the increase in yield which might be expected from their ra- tional use than to compare the influence of different fertilizers. In 1923 the scope of the investigation was broadened to include comparisons of single ingredients—also commercial mixtures—and certain combinations thereof, having in View primarily the determination of the individual influence of each. The choice of materials for this purpose was indicated both by local usage and the recommendation of the agricultural college, the former involving the use of the customary 1—8—4 mixture and the latter one of a 2-12—2 formula. . In the two large experiments—on the Som- erville and Heinroth farms—nitrate of soda was employed (1) alone, and (3) in conjunc— tion with the 1—8—4 mixture, the 1-8—4 mixture also being applied alone (2). Two other plots were treated with 2—12-2 alone (5) and nitrate 0f potash and soda. (” Nitrapo”) alone (6). Plot 4 (check) was unfertilized. The results are shown on Table 1: 192. The previous cropping of these areas was as follows: Somcrville, pasture in 1921, corn in 1922; Hcinroth, hay in 1921, beans in 19:32. The Somerville field was lightly manured‘ about eight tons per acre ——in the fall of 1922; otherwise no manurial l or fertilizer treatment was given in either in- stance during the two Name I... _____ __— nitrate alone was much more effective than 1—8-4. That the 2-12-2 mixture proved superior to the 1-8-4 may indicate a. greater need for phosphoric acid than for potash, a surmise supported by the results from Plot 6 (“Nitrapo”), which showed no increase over those from plot 1 with nitrate alone. As a. basis for the calculation of profits from the fertilizer treatment, the value of the crop may be taken as $9 per ton, and the cost of the principal fertilizers as follows: nitrate of soda, $3.50 a hundred pounds; 1-8-4 mixture $2.15 a hundred. Other Demonstrations in 1923 The results of other, small—plot demonstra- tions conducted in 1923 were as follows: On the Clay Loam farm of M. Wintersteln. Swan Creek, 300 lbs. of Nitrate showed an increase of 4,363 lbs. On the Heavy Clay Loam farm of hi. E. Barkman, Swan Creek, 150 lbs. of Nitrate showed an increase of 2,544 lbs. On the Medium Loam farm of Murphy Brothers, Freeland. 300 lbs. of Nitrate on Plot 1 showed an increase of 1,720 lbs; 300 lbs. of Nitrate on Plot 3 showed an increase of 3,520 lbs. On the Clay Loam farm of Robert Caldwell, Saginaw, 300 lbs. of Nitrate showed an in- crease of 4,994 lbs. With the exception of one experiment from which a record of the yields was not obtained. the foregoing shows the results of the in- vestigation carried out in 19:33. Certainly there is enough evidence in this article to convince any grower of Sugar Beets that [T PAYS TO USE NlTRATE OF SODA There is no easier way to add to the profit. Our Bulletins on the Use of Nitrate of Soda, and List of Dealers will be sent on request. Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU Dr. William S. Myers, Director 25 Madison Ave. New York Mail the Coupon Today __———-—————————u SEND ME YOUR SUGAR BEET AND OTHER BULLETINS years preceding that of the experiment. The soils of both areas are de- scribed as medium loam. The H einroth beet crop Street or R. F. D.“ Post Office—M consent the best in the Saginaw district; the rec- ords presented in Table 1 County show the yields to have been considerably in ex- .1510 l l I l was declared by common I I l l . cess of the average. StatL and get breakfast. Factory: Peru, Illinois. Big Ben $3.25 Baby Ben America 133-25 131-50 It is all the same to Big Ben whether you ask him to call you at 3 .or 6 A. M.— all he wants to know is the Sleep-Meter S Spring is coming THE precious daylight hours of early spring belong to outside work. That means getting up be- fore dayligh t to do the chores hour to waken you. Cloudy or fair, dark or light, he’ll ring you on the dot. That’s why you find Big Ben start- ing the day on so many farms. Other Westclox at other prices. All with the trade mark Westclox on the dial and the six cornered orange bordered buff tag. WESTERN CLOCK COMPANY, LA SALLE, ILLINOIS, U. S. A. In Canada: Western Clock Co., Limited, Peterborough, Ont. Clo-Ben $2.25 Pocket Ben Jack o’Lantern $1.50 2.00 $3.00 Chinese cabbage is a vegetable well worth knowing. It will not properly {head in» hot weather, but 'will quickly bolt'to seed, hence it is best to sow seed in July. Whenthe‘piants' are well up they maybe thinned to stand fifteen inches apart in the row. The variety listed as Wong Bok will make good, solid heads that keep well. The root crops are alike in that the most of them grow best in cool weath- er. We should include in ourgarden at least seven of these, including beets, carrots, parsnip, salsify, turnip, rutabagas and radishes. Seed for the first crop of beets should be sown in spring when danger of hard frost is over. Succession sow~ ings should be made at later intervals, the last around July 1 so that we may have choice, tender roots for winter storage. Detroit Dark Red is a. good variety. The carrot is another vegetable, seed of which should be planted in succes- sion sowings, as the small tender roots iare most desirable. The latest sowing lgmay be made August 1. The variety ,known as Chantenay is very popular. ; The parsnip is a long season crop. ?Seed of the Hollow Crown variety fmay be sown around the tenth of May. lSalsify is another plant which requires fa. long season. Sow Mammoth Sand- wich Island variety at the same time lyou sow the parsnip seed. I Turnips are grown mostly as a fall crop. Sow seed August/1. Either the White Egg or the Purple top white lGlobe may be used . The rutabaga takes a longer season {to mature than does the turnip. Seed ishould be sown in late June or early July, to get best results, using the va- lriety known as Improved American ‘Purple top. The radish is one of the old stand- ibys of the home gardener. Seed for latest and best equipment in both j, Nozzle booms this paper. 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YOU CAN MAKE THEM WORK AND EARN FOR YOU, BY INVESTING IN Consumers Power Preferred Shares a \ lthe first crop may be sown early in {ApriL Successive sowings should be imade at intervals of one week. There a1e a number of excellent varieties, in- icluding Sca1let Globe, and White Tip- ped Scarlet Turnip, but the one we would especially recommend for the home garden is the Giant Crimson Turnip, as it remains in condition for :use much longer than do many of the ‘ others. The onion is the most important of the bulb crops. A few onions should be found in every garden. The crop may be grown from seed or from sets. It will perhaps be desirable to pur- chase sets for the early green onions, and grow the main crop from seed. Michigan Yellow Globe is a fine va- riety. Seed should be sown as early as the soil can be worked. Beans and peas are next on the list. For our purposes beans may be divid- ed into three classes. Those grown for their dry seed. Those grown for tender pods, and Lima beans. The Robust bean is by all odds the best for baking. Sow seed early in June as this variety requires a long grow- ing season. Of the beans grown for their pods we have two types, the green pod and the wax pod. These may be again di- vided into round podded and flat pod- ded sorts. Although the market seems to favor the green pod bean, we be- lieve that a good wax podded variety is equal in quality. The first sowing should be made May 15, and later sow- ings made at intervals of two weeks up to August 1. Stringless Green Ped, Full Measure and Bountiful, are among the best of the green pods. Pencil Pod Black Wax, Golden Wax, and Sure Crop, are three good wax varieties. The Lima bean is tender to frost and should not be sewn until June 1. The seed should be covered very lightly. While a large seeded variety as the Fordhook Bush Lima may come through and make a crop. it is well to (Continued from page 465) be on the safe side and sow Hender- son Bush Lima. ThesiZe is not large, but the quality is excellent, and the growing séaso'n is comparatively short, so that they are almost certain to mature. Peas should be grown in every home garden. There are two distinct types, the round smooth, seeded, and the ones with wrinkled ‘seed. The round seeded sorts are much lacking in qual- ity but as they are more hardy they are often used for the first sowing. It is sometimes possible to ‘sow as early as the latter part of March. The sweet, wrinkled varieties may be sown in early April. The Alaska is a stand- ard, extra early, smooth seeded va- riety. Little Marvel, Hundredfold and Suttons Excelsior, are especially fine early dwarf varieties. Thomas Lax- ton is a good second early. Duke of Albany is a fine tall, later sort. No garden would be complete with- out a portion of the plot being set aside for tomatoes. Few vegetables can be prepared for use in so many ways. G. W. Carver mentions in his bulletin, 115 ways of preparing the tomato for the table. Start Tomatoes in Hot-beds. It is not safe to plant the tomato in the open ground until all danger of frost is over. The plants must be grown in hot-beds from seed sown in March or early April. It is well to use early varieties in this state. Earliana and June Pink are extra early. John Baer is perhaps the best all-round va- riety for the home garden. Early Des troit is an excellent main crop pink sort. The pepper is closely related to the tomato, and like this vegetable it thrives best on warm, sandy loams. Seed may be sown in hot-bed, and plants shifted to field around June 1. Harris’ Earliest is an excellent variety for the home garden. The vine crops take up considerable room, but a farm garden is not com- plete without a few hills of each of the following crops: Cucumbers, muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin and squash. While these crops' differ greatly they are alike in that seed should not be planted until the ground is thoroughly warmed up, which means around June 1. There are two types of cucumbers, the slicing, and the strictly pickling varieties. Early Fortune is a good slicer, and makes fair pickles. Boston pickling is one of the best of the pick ling sorts. We find all sizes and shapes among the muskmelon varieties. The little Emerald Gem is early and has an ex quisite flavor. For a large melon it is difficult to find a better one than a. well ripened Osage, although the Tip Top, and the Bender are very close seconds. We will not go amiss if we plant the Kleckley Sweet Watermelon. The old Peerless is also much in favor as an early variety. Perhaps the best extra early sort is Harris’ Earliest. , Some Pumpkins. A few pumpkins will not take up too much room, and we will appreciate them when made up into pies. Win- ter Luxury is the sort for the home garden. In squashes we nave two types, the summer and the Winter. Many people make a mistake in that they allow the summer squashes to grow too large before using. They should be cooked when very small. Mammoth White Bush Scallop, Giant Crookneck, and Italian Vegetable Marrow, are all de- sirable. bard, although some of the smaller types, such as the DesMoines, and the Kitchenette are growing in favor. The Delicious is also an excellent variety. There are a number of others which might well be included. 'For a winter squash it is diffi-__ cult to beat the old-fashioned Hub~ " _ ,cn- . i‘. " Z.- ' w»— _..-r—,__.~ .. ~ . - ........,,.. ' 4 4. ,«. “a“ ""' i W N. ‘ ‘~.,‘_,—» A. “vb”, A“~3.. ‘ “ a." ,.»~. ,a..w/..~.. ‘ ‘3ch l he?! thé A does "not mi regime ‘ he handled hoe is used ”for the cultivating of the ‘ land, and as :a resulto'f .‘poor seed-bed . conditionsgthe. landyisr very. weedy, the ’ samegbeing true of the grain harvest- ed. The. ”Crops are 'cut with a hand ‘ ' sickle and the grain trodden out by cattle on a. stone or other type of floor. .In‘addition, the variety of seed sewn "are extremely poor and naturally un- produCtive; ~ In manyplaces the Arab cultivates the" land without manure until he ex- hausts it to such an extent that he is. forced to abandon it fer a number of years, or until it recuperates some- what. It is of interestto note that we saw several gleaners in the field. The directOr of the department of agricul- ture in a recent report shows the pos- sibilities for improvement by citing ' the results obtained by a few progres- sive farmers in a German colony prior to the late war. ”Their wheat crops range from twenty to thirty bushels per acre, and the barley from thirty to forty bushels per acre. - Modern. agricultural implements are being used in several of the Jewish colonies in Palestine. In 1921 there were a total of forty tractors, all of which were made in the U. S. A. Some irrigated regions were productive at One time but have since failed, due to Turkish management. A notable case is the region about Jerico, which was famous formerly for its agricultural products but now the irrigation sys- tems are dilapidated 'and there is lit- tle to be seen here. The city of Jerico is made up of a number of hovels or shacks. g It is also reported that the agricul- tural progress of Palestine is greatly hampered by the existence of many , . T he Type of Tractor Used on the Plains of Sharon. A Good Work Camel is W'orth About 3150. disputed land titles and undetermined boundaries, as well as by other de« fects in the land system inherited from the Turkish regime. Because of dis- puted titles, Zionist institutions and individual Jewish colonists are still experiencing difficulties in purchasing land}. Even after the completion of a trans ction, the right of the owner to sell is frequently questioned by squat- ters who claim ownership of the land they cultivate, with resulting delay in throwing open large areas for inten sive cultivation. When land is pur- chased in Palestine everything on it must be specified in the deed. A well, trees or a cave on land, if it were not so stated in the deed, would not go with the land and the purchaser would be in a. difficult position. The title system is made use of in taxing the land; it runs twelve and one—half per cent of the gross produce, and is said to be a very unsatisfactory method of taxation. . The cost of production and the (net proceeds from one acre of wheat in 1921 were asrtollows: Plowing, 75c; seed 93c; sowing. 300; harvesting and transportation, 87c; threshing and winnowing, 75c, and tithe or tax, 12% per cent of the gross receipts, or $1.35. 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Costs a little more, naturally. But in any hard service worth it, and then some! Goodyear Means Good Wear Copyright 1925, by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. "heed. ”gr-imitated“; dissing? $2.10. anti tithe, $11.67, making the total‘cost of production $41.21. The selling price _ or 152 bushels of potatoes Was 53, "re pZerz-m. * . .... \ \\ cur o I." mm “or-w ‘g -.;'\‘ amen nu. ma 5” I.“ Je‘, c...“ . N 4‘4 1’"0n~ (‘0’ ti One of the .Very: Few Soil Maps of Palestine. sulting in a net profit of $11.80. The live stock situation in Palestine is very unsatisfactory, not only for the number marketed, but for the qual- ity, which 'is extremely inferior. Be~ sides, numerous diseases are trouble— some. The cows and heifers are used to draw the plow and hence, there is no such thing as dairy farming, ac~ l" D. _§eé_. _ is so low. that, they . g modern system of farm ‘managemenl; The Wool produced is not satisfactory: . for purposes other than carpet mak~ ing. The contagious diseases referred to above may be widely spread by the bedowie as they drive their flocks from one place to another seeking pasture. . The price of several of the domestic animals in Jerusalem in 1921 may be of interest. A good working ox sold for $110; a steer for slaughter, $45; a buffalo for milking purposes, $320; a sheep for slaughter, $18; a camel for slaughter, $75; a. camel for transpor- tation, $150; and a general purpose horse, $150. In that same year the total number of the different kinds of live stock were estimated to be as fol~ lows: Cows, 24,681; plowing oxen, 57,785; horses, 6,548; mules, 3,934; donkeys, 36,684; sheep, 205,967; goats, 305,912; bufi’alos, 615; camels, 8,446. This great shortage was alleviated somewhat by importations from for- eign countries. We saw an interesting} method of marketing poultry in Palestine." One morning as we came from our hotel and entered David Street we saw an old woman scootched down on the sidewalk waiting for a customer. She held an old speckled hen by means of a string fastened to the hen’s leg. Fastened to the old hen in turn by means of strings were sevaral small chicks. We at once concluded that some of the Michigan poultrymen are more modern in their methods of mar- keting their products. Mention Michigan Farmer When Writing to Advertisers . 315.?” C ;- é ”TE ' W as as; s4 ~: #7 ‘ r: ' ' t. s: . 3"”- 1'1“.“ u - a as»; /.. Get the [30111]) if Etc Story 01? ‘ ‘ V ‘ ' TR it"rons .lil\ IAU R 1 . . RITE today for full information regarding this sturdy, com- pact “power plant on wheels” which is making farm work easier—more pleasant and more profitable——-on farms in every section of the country. 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I a Name g “ AM" THE CENTRAL TRACT-0R COMPANY ;;|‘ - 156 Central Avenue, Greenwich. 0 PRICES TOO Low. THE past Winter has been unprofit- able for the dairy farmers of Go~ gebic county, according to the report of the cow testing association of that county. Butter-fat has been bringing - thirty-eight to forty cents per pound up to March 1, when an advance was registered. At these prices there is nothing in it for the dairyman, it is reported. The condition is said to be general, however. County Agent C. E. Gunderson advises his farmers to meet the situation as far as they can by better breeding and feeding practices and by growing more legume hay, in- cluding alfalfa and clover. WOULD CLEAR MORE LAND. URGING his farmers to buy more war salvaged explosives at the current price of $8.25 per hundred pounds, County Agent Carl Knaus, of Menominee county, points to the fact that there are on an average, only forty-five acres of cleared land per farm in that county, which means that some of these farms have less than that amount, which is insufficient to support the family and live stock on the farm. It requires approximately three acres of land to support one head of live stock, says the agent; so he estimates that the forty—acre farm can support only one team, 100 chick- ens and seven cows. Thus to support and educate his family some addition- al means of support is required. In May there will be put on three or four land-clearing demonstrations in that county. SENDS BURBANK SEED TO COL- ORADO. HROUGH James Waston, M. A. C. potato specialist, an order was re- cently placed with a Dickinson county farmer for four bushels of Idaho Rus— set Burbank certified seed potatoes for shipment to the Colorado Potato Grow- It was stated that this ers’ Exchange. farmer was the only one in Michigan in a position to furnish seed of this variety. The price paid was four dol- lars per hundredweight. It is hoped that this shipment will lead to suffi- cient quantities of these potatoes be- ing produced in Dickinson county to permit carload shipments to the west where there is a demand for them. Minnesota farmers usually fill these orders, it is stated. GIVES ADVICE 0N RETAILING POTATOES. TO promote the sale of Upper Pe< ninsula potatoes to the retail trade, at Marquette county potato pro- ducer makes the following suggestion to the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. The potatoes should be hand. led in a good container suited to house- hold requirements, holding from thirty to sixty pounds. Mark the containers with a Clover-land brand mark, with the grading according to the standards required by law. The container and the Cloverland brand would eventu- ally help to establish a good market for our best grades of potatoes, it is believed. Along this line it is perti- nent to remark that outside shippers regularly supply the Upper Peninsula market with apples in this way. The apples are each wrapped in tissue pa- per, boxed carefully and sold in un- broken lots to the consumer who seems to be willing to pay a high price for them. Potatoes might have the same treatment. FILM USED IN FARMER MEET- INGS. IRON county is furnishing its county agent and club leader a film ma chine for use in rural meetings. In late February seven such meetings were held whose attendance average-.1 over fifty. These films relate to club camps, poultry work and the story of a. dairy cow that made good. .~ .‘1 5555 usele or a- " \. b: J,» ~\-_. . .7 ’ RAmo BRIEFS. 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Loam $1, 070 andup @1001! 1101111 §Iorkiflana lhauk of 13211011 (under Government Supervisibn) UNION TRUST BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN _.__--___-__._.._.___,_________.__,_ .__....._._._. ...._ - __ T a recent centers-ace of state varsity, several points were brought out regarding the European corn bore-c er that will 1nterést every corn grower. The European c0111 borers in the in— .fested areas in Michigan, Ohio, and f Northwestern Pennsylvania have doubtless come from Ontario, Canada, where they were introduced with broom Corn from Hungary some twelve years ago. In 1923, the most damage in 0ntar1o was. done in the counties bordering on Lake Erie, but in 1924, the injury was greater in Essex and Kent counties on the eastern side of ' the Detroit river, where the percent- age of infesited plants ineleased from one per cent in 1923 to averages of forty and sixty per cent respectively in 1924. As indicating the amount of injury Must Not. Under Estimate the Damage the Part (1411.130 ’ . By L. R. Taft __ , is. ' entomologist's and horticultural. inspectors held at Purdue 11:11., who has generally cribbed about 1, 200 3—. I A private for a few cents Next to food, clothing and shelter, water under pressure is the greatest need on the mod- . ern farm. It brings up-to-date sanitary conveniences to the -'_, home. It saves the drudgery of . - old- time “pump, pail and carry" methods. lt' IS an exceedingly valuable aid to healthand happiness 1n your family, and a healthy condition among your livestock. Where there' is life there is need for running water For only a few cents a day you can have all the water you need—when- ever and wherever you want it—in kitchen, bathroom, laundry, barn, watering trough, milkhouse—any place. All without the backbreak- ing necessrty of pumping and carry- ing gallon after gallon of water daily. There is a Fairbanks-Morse Plan tforevery requirement Whether your source of supply' 18 acistcrn, spring, lake, stream, shal- low well or deep well, there is a Fairbanks-Morse Home Water Plant that will serve you perfectly. These plants can be furnished to operate on electric current, gasoline or kerosene. The electric outfit is automatic in operation—self- tanks cmgg‘ltetfs tion is small. Like "It's Automatic" 200 gallons per hour electric plant Also larger sizes will be ity pump, ()0- cycle Windmills. Fairbanks 800 gallons per hour engine driven plant Also larger sizes power heads. etc. ‘Watervvorks”w 120 gals. per hour capac- tor, 8- gallon galvanized a day starting, self-priming, self— oiling. Attaches to any electric light circuit. Just like city service at a fraction of the cost These plants are quickly and easily in- stalled. The entire cost of a complete installa- And the cost of operation is only a few cents a day. ~ all other Fairbanks-Morse products these home water plants are noted for their high quality, their long life and their absolute dependability under every condi- tion. When you make this invest- ment you can be sure that you are buying thefinest themarket affords. Yet you get the advantage of ex- ceedingly low prices made possible by our large production. Your local Fairbanks-Morse deal- er will gladly furnish you with com- plete information and give you a free demonstration. Send the cou- pon for our latest literature which mailed to you free and with- out any obligation on your part. Prices: 200 gals. per hour capac- ity pump, 60-cyclc mo- tor, 35- gallon galvanized tank, complete 1 15.00 mo- Above prices are cash f. o. b. factory Also larger sizes, for engine or electric drive. correspondingly low priced FAIRBANKS, MORSE & Co. Manufacturers : Chicago, U. S. A. Branches and Service Sta lions covering every state in the Union The Fairbanks-Morse line also Includes “Z" Engines; Home Light and Power Plants. Feed Grinders Steel Ec1ipse Scales, washing machines. electric motors. general service pumping equipment. pump jacks. FAIRBANKS-MORSE in a series of interest- ing. valuable books. Fill in and mail thecoupon. Home 9008. Wabash Ave., Chicago, U. S.A ‘ . auu‘ANKS-Mmsr Warm bbnq U Stream E) Deep Well El Cistern Send me your free Water Service Library. My source of water supply is [:1 Lake D Spring [1 Shallow Well D Electric E] Engine Drive Free Water 3,: ‘ Service Library - ‘ ’ OWfi‘mn HO ‘ N 7 t P t Thgsubjectofwatler I -. 5mg I I l‘ t a el an S “T n s 31.115.55.533 01? the 3:11.113: ~. - “mum” come“ will: ‘ FAIRBANKS MORSE&CO Dept. so See the load Name Fairbanks-Morse “am" R'F‘D Products Town State Fairbnn Its-Mono Authorized Dealer. or write us. “89211125“ 4 Leader” _ in certain fields where corn borers were found in practically every plant. . the experience of one corn grower bushel-s, was cited. In 1924, with prac- tically the same acreage, the crop was . only 262 bushels, and of this, an aver— ., age of twenty-one corn borers were found in each bushel of corn. Up to the present time, the number of corn boreis found in any field in Michigan has been less than one per cept of the stalks, and the injury actu- ally done has been negligible, but with a possibility of an increase of 6,000 per cent in one season, as was the case in 1924 just across the river in Ontario, .corn giowers in the infested areas in Michigan should take steps to ward off the attack and prevent the spread of the European corn borer. Use Early Maturing Varieties. The methods which were reported as lessening the injury are the use of early .maturing, yet productive sorts, and delaying the planting to June 1 or later. The number of eggs laid by the European corn borer moth is always much greateron corn planted in May than when the planting is delayed until June. If the corn is out before the middle of September and placed in a silo, very few corn borers will be left in the butts, provided the corn is out within four or five inches of the ground. The fermenting of the silage will generate sufficient heat to kill all of the borers. \ If the corn is fed out without being made into ensilage, the same rules regarding the early and low cutting should be observed, and if possible the corn should be fed in a lot where all ‘ of the stalks or cobs which are not eaten can be gathered and burned by the middle of May. It would be help- ful, by increasing the proportion of the stalks eaten, if the \corn is shred- ded. This, of course, will of itself kill many of the worms. Especially if the cutting of the corn is delayed until after the middle of September, or if it is cut at a height greater than six inches, many of‘the worms will be left in the butts, and will breed and spread the following year. Fall plowing and the burying of the borers to the depth of six inches will kill many of the borers. Bene- ficial results have also been noted from spring plowing, but in either case the results will bevnegligible unless the stalks and butts are actually buried. Silos Will Help. In most sections of Michigan, the general use of silos will help to sim- plify the work of controlling the Euro- pean corn borer, since if late planting and early harvesting are also prac— ticed, very little injury will be done. The difficulty will come from the care- less farmers who do not own a silo and who neither plant late 01' harvest early. Unless they destroy the uus eaten stalks and cobs and plow under the corn butts, borers will transform into the moths which will spread in great numbers over the fields of the neighbors, many of whom have doubt- less taken steps to eradicate the corn borer from their premises, and serious injury may be done to corn fields that would have suffered practically no injury. In order to secure a. general clean- up of the European corn borer, a bill has been introduced in the legislature giving the State Department of Agri- culture authority to formulate and en- force the needed regulations, and ap- propriating the sum of $25,000 for 1925 and the same amount for 1926. to be used for carrying on scouting, quarantine and demonstration work. If this is provided the cooperation of the Federal Department of Agricul- ture will be secured and an additional $35,000 will be available. «\l V ,, V : \ I [IA] K it»: in ~ seat A Head and Four Legs Popped Out From Nowhere at All. Rolly Rabbit took Brownie down to Frog Pond Hollow- As they neared the pound, Brownie heard queer sounds. “Croak, Creek, Croak! Ker- plunk! Gur-rund!” echoed in a chorus. “What is that?” asked Brownie as he stopped to listen. “That’s the frog family,” said Rolly Rabbit. “My mother showed me a frog last summer,” said the little Brown Bear, “but I never knew they could talk like” that.” , “They are really talking to each other, only we call it creaking,” said Rolly. Now they were down by the edge of the pond and Brownie could see an old low that had fallen into the water. The “frog song” seemed to come out of this old log. As Brownie looked closer there sat a whole row of the frog family, big ones, little ones and middle-sized ones “What a funny song to sing!” said Brownie as he climbed upon what he thought to be a rock, the better to see the frog chorus. “Oh, my! Whatever is the matter?” thought Brownie. The rock he was standing on, start- ed to move. All of a sudden it had four feet and a head that seemed to pop out from nowhere at all- It was moving, walking right off with the lit- tle BrOWn Bear on its back. Riding on this rock was really fun, Brownie thought, but a little scarey when he did not know what it was. So he hopped off and ran to Rolly Rabbit. - ' “That stone can walk,” he said, run- ning up to Rolly all out of breath. Rolly only laughed but came down to the pond to investigate. “That’s only Tommy Turtle,” said Rolly. “He has lived in the Frog Pond for a very, very long time. Don’t be afraid. He won’t hurt you unless you hurt him.” “But I stood right on his back,” said Brownie. “That was a pretty heavy load for him,” said Rolly, “but it did not hurt him. You see, he always carries his house with him. When he wishes to sleep he just draws in his head and legs and he is protected. But he can stretch his neck a very long way when he wants to. “He must be a very lazy fellow to carry his house with him so he can sleep safely when he likes,” said the Little Brown Bear. “I wouldn’t call him lazy,” said Rol- ly, but he is a very slow fellow. Per- haps that is why he takes his house with him, because he could not go far from home and get back before dark. And now we must go home,” said Rolly Rabbit, “for we haven’t our house with us like 01d Tommy Tur- tle, but we will visit Frog Pond Hol- low again sometime.” No. 4803—Ladies’ House Dress. Cut in 7 sizes, 88, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inches ust measure. A 40-inch size requires 514 yards of 36-inch material. The width at the foot with plaits ex- tended is 2% yards. Price 120. No. 4913—Ladies’ Apron. Cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34-36; medium, 38-40; large, 42-44; extra large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 4% yards for the frock and 2% yards for the knickers of 27-inch material. The width of the frock at the foot is 17/8 yards. Price 12c. No. 4492~Ladies’ Coat Dress. Cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38-inch size requires 3% yards of 54-inch material. The width of the skirt at the foot is 17/3 yards. Price 120. No. 4891—Misses’ Dress. Cut in 3 sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. A 16-year size requires 51/3 yards of one material 40 inches wide. The width of the skirt with plaits extended is three yards. Price 12c. No. 5034—Ladies’ House Dress. Cut in nine sizes, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56 inches bUst measure, with corresponding waist measure»: 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47 and 49 inches. To make dress as illustrated for a 44— inch bust requires 41,}; yards of 36-inch striped material, and '53 yard of plain for facings. 1% yards. The width at Ihv foot is Price 120. {a N0. 5U43~~“Two in One” Under Gar- ment. Cut in four sizes: Small, 34-36; medium, 38-40; large, 42—44: extra large, 46—48 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 2% yards of 36- inch material. The chemise alone re- quires 174, yards. For gussets of web- bing lg yard four inches Wide or 14 ygrd six inches wide is required. Price c. E No. 4827—Child’s Dress. Cut in four sizes, 1, 2, 3 and 4 years. A three- year size requires 214 yards of 27-inch material. Price 12c. No. 5050——Boys’ Suit. sizes, 2, 4 and 6 years. If made as illustrated a four-year size requires Cut in three three yards of 36-inch material, with Frock: T fiat Prop/z ry MSpfing " Pattern" Serv ~. a 1,5 yard of contrasting materialifiorx lap and facings. Price. collar, cuffs, 120. sizes, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50,‘ 52, 54 and 56 inches bust measure. size requires 5% yards of one _mate- rial 40 inches wide. The width of the dgess at the foot is 1% yards. Price c. I. No. 5033 Misses’ Dress. Cut in three sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year size made as illustrated in the large view will require 2%; yards of brocaded material and two yards of plain 40 inches wide. Without sleeves 1/2 yard less is required. The width at the foot is 1% yards. Price 120. No. 5057—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. To make the dress for a 10-year size in 36~inch material will require two yards. The guimpe requires 1% yards if made with long sleeves. With short sleeves 15/8 yards is required. Price 120. No. 5049—Child’s Dress. Cut in four sizes, 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A six-year size requires 21/8 yards of 36-inch ma- terial. Price 120. No. 50407wLadies’ Apron. Cut in four sizes, small, medium, large and extra large. A medium size requires 21/, yards of 36-inch material. Price 120. . No. 4403—Ladies’ House Dress. Cut 1n seven sizes, 36‘, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust measure. A 38— inch size requires five yards of 3.2—inch material. The Width at the foot is two yards. Price 12c. No. 5046—Ladies’ Blouse. Cut in seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. A 38—inch size requires four yards of 32-inch material. Price 120. N0. 5052-—Girls’ Under Garment. Cut in five sizes; 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. To make the garment as illustrated for an eight—year size in the large view will require 2% yards of 36-inch material. If petticoat is omitted 1% yards will be required. Price 120. No. 5036—Ladies; Dress for Mature . Figures and Narrow Hips. Cut in nine " A 41-inch _ ti - 4 1 a . ,... mam I; Males from 298-304 egg ancestry: hens from 260-289 . ancestry. Every chick strong and healthy. broods making uniform flocks that average high in egg production. 100% safe arrival guaran . In short. we sell you How much do you want? Read our catalog for full information. if i wood E BRED Barron f' Brown Leghoms . ~ , ‘ 01“ , ‘ . n (j f2, "19YEARS filing ' 71/1ch 5% Beg/vs ZEELAND. MICH.. 'BOX _ M we. "*7“?! {a 918 NCSt ' Mingg'l‘gml OHIO ACCREDITED \é/ BABY CHICKJ' Every Eagle Nest Chick is produced from flocks oulled'cnd banded by experts appointed by Ohio State University. Varieties. Prices on ......... .........50 100 300 500 1000 White. Brown and Bull Leghorns ........ s 7.00. $18.00 $38.00 $ 62.00 $120 Barred. White and Butt Rocks. Anconas, Black Minorcas. S. C. and R. C. Reds 3.03 13.00 43.50 72.00 White Wyandottes ........... . ...... 5 .00 47.00 75.00 Jumbo Brahmas 21.00 61.00 100.00 8qu Minorcas ..................... ..... 12.25 24.00 08.00 112.0 Mixed Chicks (not. accredited) Light 10c: Heavy 12c. TERMS CASH. Future orders 10% down. Balance 10 days before shipment. Postage Paid. 100% Live Delivery. Circular Free. Order from this advertisement. Banks References. THE EAGLE NEST HATCH ERY. Dept. 26. Upper Sanduoky. Ohio. U. S. A. BABY c H I G K From World's Greatest Layers L OW PRICES --- Catalog Free Eclrliard and Tom Barron W. Longhorns—Heavy Type Brown Leg- horns—R. C. and S. C. Rhode Island Reds—Rhoda Island Whites¢5hcppard5 Anconasr-Parlz’a 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. ,Flocka are carefully culled and developed on free range. All chicks are hand icked 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 after May 1, at low prices. Knoll’s Hatchery, R. R. i2, Box m., Holland, Mlch. \ '_.,. - TYRONE POULTRY FARM Let us sell you your 1925 Chicks from pure-bred, select White and Brown Leghorns, Barred. White and Bull Rocks. R. I. Reds, Anconas, Black and White Mlnorcas, White. Bufl, Golden and Silver Wyandottes, White and Bufl' Orpingtons. Black Spanish, Light Brahmas, etc. 01' leading strains such as Barron. Parks. etc. 3000 CHICKS GIVEN AWAY TO OUR CUSTOMERS DURING I925. We guarantee 100% Live Delivery, Postpaid. Reference: Commercial State Savings Bank. Before ordering Chicks elsewhere. get our special circular containing our low pricu and particulars about the 3000 PRIZE CHICKS. TYRONE POULTRY FARM. DEPT. 20. FENTON. MICHIGAN. 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 50. 100. 1000. .......................... $9.50 $18 $85 English Type White Leghorns, Grade A.... English Type White Leghoms. Grade B ...... White Wyandottos ......................... . Barred Rocks ............................... . ..... .......... ...... . ......... 8.00 15 72 140 Rhode Island Reds ................................ ............. 8.00 15 72 140 Bet. 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 or our breeding stock has been tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea, and Culled for Egg Type and Standard Requirements. This should greatly aid in the control of White Diarrhea Troubles. Write for prices on our B. P. Rocks. R. 1. Beds. White Wyandottes. W. P. ‘Rocks. and S. C. W. Leghorns. MILAN HATCHERY, Box 4 Milan, Mich. 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 - DUNDEE HATCHERY, Box A, Dundee, Michigan!“ YEAR: OF EXPERIENCE Our 15 years of work and experience in breeding and hatching Chicks qualifies us as DEAN in the Poultry Industry College. We own and operate a real Poultry Farm of 20 acres, not merely a Hatchery. Our Free Catalog will give you an excellent. idea of this Farm—Get it now. We have specialized in White Inghor'ns for {33m years. 3165 145 100% Live Delivery Guar. Postpaid prices on 25 50 5 0 1000 S. C. White Leghorns. Extra Quality .......... $4.00 $7.50 $14.00 $07.50 $130.00 Barred Rooks, Reds. Anconas ............ . ..... 4.25 .00 15.00 72.00 140.00 White & Blii‘i‘ Rocks. White Wyandottes ...... .00 9.00 17.00 80.00 155.00 Order direct from this ad. in full confidence Ref. Royal Oak Savings Bank. , Birmingham. Michigan. DEAN FARM AND HATGHERY. Box 2|. Sturdy. strong Chicks from good, pureobred flecks on free range. ‘ve Deliv Guur. Postpaid prices on 50 100 50 I}??? alga BrowrierLeghoms. Anconas ........ . ....... $6.50 $13.00 $00.00 Barron Strain White Leghorns, (Select).... ...... 7.00 14.00 05.0 Barred Rocks, 8. C. Rhode Island Reds... ......... 8.00 15.00 70.00 Mixed Chicks for Broilers ......... . ......................... 5.25 10.00 45.00 8 '81 prices on 1,000 to 10,000. Bet, Zeeland State Bank. afield in full confidence of getting what you want. Free Circular. PROGRESSIVE POULTRY FARMS. BOX E. ZEELAND. MICHIGAN. c“ I xWe make no extravagant claims“ We know you want GOOD CHICKS and th t. ' ust what we will furnish you. from good. bred-to-lay. pure-bred tiot:ks.lscalrefully selected. Our bUSiness has been built mg by havégg satisfied customers. 100% Live Delivery. Postpaid prices on 100 White. Brown&Bufl Ileghorns...”...................................$4.00 $7.50 $14.00 Barred 8: White Rocks. Reds. Ancenas............................... 4.25 8.00 15.00 White Wyandottes, ufl' Rocks.....-.... ..... 5.00 9.00 17.00 5% discount on orders (or 500; 10% discount on orders for 1000 and over. M.. Branch 1 rder right from this ad. 8 in Bank. 0 wilfWAs'IYERHIIATONEBY. ' BOX 53. COLDWATER. MICHIGAN. eANITATION 'Psoexiie'n's. '1‘ " URING the round-up poultry meat- ings, Dr. HF StafSeth told us 7 1 'that most poultry diseases are spread ‘ ' by droppings. Some are spread by mouth discharges. Leaving, diseased birds around spreads disease and if a hog eats a. dead chicken infected with avian tuberculosis the hog may be in fected. Infectedlitter may be carried from one pen to another on the shoe of the poultrymap. - In discussing fowl plague, Dr. Staf- ,seth said that . no attempt has been made in the past to disinfect poultry shipping crates. Shipping crowded crates of hungry birds causes them to infect each other from contaminated droppings. Hungry, emaciated chick- ens are less resistant to disease. Potassium permanganate cannot kill germs quickly, but will prevent multi- plication if enough is used. One-fifth teaspoonful in a gallon of water is all ‘right in severe cases but is too much to use right along. Stimulating hens above normal caus- es them to drop below normal when the stimulant disappears. In Wiscon- sin the chicken pox was spread among flocks in new houses by visitors who came to inspect the houses. With the present funds available the college is cases in the way it should be done. THE POULTRY OUTLOOK. HE general outlook of the poultry industry for the ensuing twelve months was never brighter. Here are some factors worthy of the considera- tion of every poultry raiser: Egg pric- es will, in all possibility, maintain a very satisfactory level during the en- suing twelve months. The high price of feed during the past year will have a. tendency to discourage many poul- try keepers from branching out to any large extent. It will, likewise, encour- age poultry flocks on the farms in the corn and wheat growing sections of the country to be materially curtailed on account of the very attractive pric- es which the growers are receiving for their grains when marketed direct. The general hysteria and chaotic con- dition growing out of the embargo and fowl pest situation has, with a doubt, discouraged many people from keep- ing as many birds as usual. Condi- tions in general point to a reduction in the number of fowls kept on farms and on poultry establishments. Al- though this reduction may~not be ex- cessive'it will, no doubt, hold down a. surplus production which will mean a. supply of poultry and eggs possibly below the normal which is bound to mean good prices. , Then there is again the fact, that the present condition in the grain mar- ket will mean a large increase in the acreage planted in corn and wheat, which will mean lower prices when a new crop comes in. It is the same old story over and over again. During periods of high prices there is a. ten- dency to increase the volume of the tive price, which immediately results in an over-production and a decrease in price. assume that. the ensuing year will see a material reduction in feed costs. for our cereal crops, which, of course, foreign acreage and foreign yields. encing an exceptionally fine season, due to the early opening of spring with hatches that are remarkably good. The demand for chicks seems The poultry not in position to handle poultry dis- ‘ product which is bringing the attrac- In planning one’s poultry ac- tivities for the year‘it seems safe to This prediction is subject to modifica- tions resulting from foreign demand in its final analysis will depend upon The baby chick business is experi- to be up to normal, especially the de- . mand for early chicks. disease and embargo situation has not .‘ I “I ‘ I .l , i ‘ I ' . . i Tells You What to Feed Wri ' ‘ ' ml?“ at.” ammo”... »'senu,discuaeim.,m noun e. ' ‘-to- ' understand manner. Fullo good a3 and hintsonoareandfeeding. Thisbook should be inevery poultryrais’er's home. Keep Baliy Chicks Alive GetMore Eggs from Hens Don't blame the chick for dying—it would rather have lived; and it's not the little speckled hen's fault that she doesn’t lay. You are to blame. Feed them rights—they need a balanced ration. Youneed not take our word for it, but ask an succwsful poultry raiser about the v ue of Collie Process Pure Dried Buttermilk in mash feeds. At least 10 should be added to all mash feeds—20 is not too much. Collie Process Pure Dried Buttermilk is packed In 81/3, 25, so and 100 lbs. No doubt your dealer can su pl . “If not. write us for free feeding and give us your dealer's name. COLLIS PRODUCTS CO. Dept. 295,0eneral Offices: ClintouJowa ,. r ‘we‘enseas :. .v Egg Incubator $1323 30 Dons Trial , grog ht gal? «gt of the ‘ - ‘r es 0 we at - 9." tanks—double walls—(Ix air space—double glass doors . . . —a real bargain at $15.25. Shipped complete. set up ready to use. 140 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 817.75 180 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 0 16.75 180 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 22.00 250 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 22.75 250 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 31.00 340 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 30.75 Made of California Redwood. Order direct from this ad. 30 days trial—money back if not pleased. If not. ready to order now, don't buy until you get our 1926 catalog which shows larger sizes up to 1000 eggs. (8) ‘ IISCOISII IIGIIBI‘I'OII 00. ‘ 114 Ma. CHICKS FROM REAL BARRON Single Comb White Leghorns START RIGHT Your future success depends on your foundation start. Start with OTTAWA stock. chicks. or eggs. Then you will have layers that will give you the largest pro- duction. Write for your copy of our valuable catalog and price list. Ottawa Hatchery & Poultry Farm, R. to, HOLLAND, MICH. Husky Livable Chaps I! you want healthy, vigorous. pure- ' bred chicks from flocks carefully se- lected and tested for heavy laying and standard qualifications typical of the variety they represent. chicks that will mature quickly and improve your flock. then you want "SUNNYBROOK" chicks. We specialize in S. C. W. Leghorns, $13 per 100; Barred Rocks, $15 per 100: Rhode Island Reds, $16 per 100; and White Wyandottm, $18 per 100. In lots 0! 500 or more 50c per 100 less. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Postage paid. Catalog free. SUNNY BROOK POULTRY FARM. HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN. CHICKS WITH P ES. Ohio Accredited. Every bird pas by inspector trained and authorized by the Poultry Department Ohio State University. Prize winners at many shows from National down. Developed for high eat! production for many years. Free range flocks in best of health. $100% live delivery. Thirteen breeds. Catalog free. Prices low. quality considered. Holaato Chick Hatchery. Box BM. Holoats, OhIo BABY CHICKS 10 FRE If ordered 2 _ in advance 9C “(I up 0 Varieties Pedigreed Cockerels igan. Guaranteed blood bested from head laying pens of Mich- . Trapnest 200 eggs up. Write for free circular before buying elsewhere. BECKMAN HATCHERY. 26 Lyon st. Grand Rapids. Mich. auntie Baby Chicks and Duckling: Many thousands weekly. Popular & Bare Breasts. Dachamgsfioi’uliugsfiab! T0113: ml amen. cos reasons . Welllnlmo J. Smith Cool fly. 0 I - . Electric Incubators m 3.ng Fidufifl'fii‘i.’ l i ‘, . .» «M.» g . m. unci’flb‘kl‘vxr r .. new... pang-5 .9: ' 'r I" 2...... A». ‘ my... -""~':a4"- . W M. mm...“ .W. M'No’ ' . — -m.~\ -A..L :wwr»*~wx<‘vsz.a~. sway/r.“- < . .. " .wiw‘m wanes“. ,m luck... ,, “ll, If I iIk ”’ WHITiE LIEGHORNS -‘ Péfihlfié BARRED ROCKS 4 Single Comb & Rose Comb RHODE ISLAND REDS : SUPERIOR CHICKS -~ @-m in ALL anccns , (73ka Missed One Day in Two Years Coleman. Mich. Jan. 10. 1923. Lakeview Poul- try Farm. Holland. Mich.: “I have a. flock of nice Rhode Island Reds which came from your poultry farm and in two years they have missed ‘but one day in laying. Please send me catalog for this yeah—Mrs. Mabel Nelson Long.” That's only n. sample of what Lekev’iew decks are doing. Wh. Leghorn: B’d. Rocks R.l.. Reds White Leghorns. Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds vie with each- other in high production. Our Leghorn stock is Pure Tencrod. Barred Rocks pure Perks strain. Our catalog not only tells whet chicks to buy but how to grow them into strong pullets. LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM. Holland. Mich" R. R. 8. Box 6. "" W" llllill anus sun I PL" u PRICES mu r ”I ‘ “*1“ Ban Allard to Pay, Bred for one. not for show feathers. Every chick from our tum-is of s proven egg-bytes s ORDER FROM THESE PRICES. GRADE AA. 4 100 500 1000 l 0 Burro: Leghorns (Pedigrwd Moles) ....................... 88.50 816 $75 8145 Barred Rocks (Aristocrat Strain) 9.50 18 85 165 Br. Iaghorns ................. 8.50 18 75 145 GRADE A. White Leghorns ............... $7.00 313 $62 8120 Boned Rooks .................. 8.00 15 72 140 Dr. Leghorns .................. 7.00 13 62 120 Broilers, Heavy $12 per 100. Mixed $9.00 per 100. 100% Live Delivery. Cstslog Free. Order Pullets Now. for May l5 Delivery. GREAT NORTHERN HATCHERY. R. 3. Box 56. Zeeland, Mich. (HICKSJHAT LIVE. ’ n. '_. .y. . mange oc , Flufly, lively youngsters that should grow 0, an get on on oll- oer-round e g lsying basis. From cur-eta l rusted hi - egg-producing stains, tel Ind culled'bo Insure exeop onll vigor u_nd laying ubility. The stock and our scientific butcher-y o- m chick- thet live, grow fut. lly curly Selectedpgor uniform size and color so the vuli grow into beautiful flocks of which you’ll be pron . Pleoo your order before our output is taken by others. or new for present or future delivery. Lending voriolloe. Live delivery (unnamed. Postpaid. Write for new chick booklet. H. L. Curl. Box 1 00. SEND N0 MONEYriklERCHlCKS M mail your order, we Illlp C. O. D. and guaran- tee prepaid l00% live delivery of sturdy. purebred chicks from healthy, bred-today flocks. Wh. Br. Buff Leghorns. 13c: Bd. Books. 8. C. Reds. 14o: Wh. Rocks. 14c: Bufl Rocks. Buii' 01113., Wh. Wyand.. 16c; Mixed. 10c; Blk. Minor-cos, 15c. Silver Lake Egg Farm, Box M. Silver Lake. Ind. BABY CHICKS ‘38:“ S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS Every bird in our iiock is trspnested every dsy in the you. [I you went to secure Baby Chicks at s rea- sonsble price from high record stack, do not tell to STERN; POULTRY FARM, lc . Montgomery. Mich. send for our cstslogue. R. 4, Box M. Hudsonville. Green Lawn Chic Prices. White Leghoms. 13c: Barred Rocks, R. I. Beds. 150; Black Minorcas. White Rocks. White Wyandottes, 16c; Heavy mixed for broilers, 136: Light. 111-. Pestue paid. 100% live delivery. Our 15th year. We pro— duce only one grade. the BEST. Reference, Fenton State Bank. GREEN LAWN POULTRY FARM. Gus Room. Prom. Fenton. Mich. CHICK Barred Rock. Eckherd Strain. White Leghorns and Brewn Leghorns. Guarantee full 100% alive. Free Delivery. HILLVIEW POUL- K, TRY G. HATCHERY, C. BOVEN, Prop" R. l2-B, HOLLAND MICHIGAN. English Producer While Leghorn Larger size 5-11). ens. The kind for farmers and egg producers. Strong husky chicks our specialty, $15 per 100. Eggs $8.00. Free Catalog. Mapleside Leghorn Farm, Box 0. Tremont, Ill. I Chicks and Hatching Eggs from Leghorn Flock which produced first and ird pans in 1924 Michigan Contest. Every male son, of 240 or more egg hen. Chicks :20. eggs $9 per hun- dred. VI. 0. ECKARD, Pew Pew, Mich. BABY CHICKS $12.50 Per 10) and Ug We are listing 12 varieties of Pure lood Form range stock. Chickens, Ducks end Guineas. Write (or price list. CLINTON HATOHERY &. POULTRY ARMS. Wilmington, Ohio. QUALITY CHICKS , . ., m "I! no. one ' g ' . b. Fromheulthy, ulnluluyln free range. Honnizod flocks. ostpeid. Liz's Do- More . G on . W “to! prices ell-11: We Ila“ Hatchery." "'0'!“ lo. I...|d 'mleed. lob. , _. " s-efdiiraged the demand to a mu éd'extent: ’Thoimmediate clean- ," ing-up of the ember-goes will, undoubt- ' edly, bring about a somewhat increas- ed demand for later chicks. If there was ever a. time in the business of poultry raising that would warrant at least a. normal effort along poultry lines, it is right now. A continued heavy demand for eggs and poultry at substantially attractive prices, with a probably very material decrease in the largest item of expense, namely, feed, should be sufficient to encourage eve- ryone to do his utmost in this field of agricultural effort. CHICKS DIE IN SHELLS. Could you tell me why our eggs didn’t hatch? We use incubators, have used them for a number of years, and this spring our eggs are fertile to a greater extent than any other year, but the chicks die just before hatch- ing. Last year we had thoroughbred roosters, and from them we kept stock for this year. Naturally they are re- lated with our layers. Would that pro- duce weak stock ?——S. H. R. Chicks die in the shell because of lack of vigor in the breeding stock, lack of moisture, overheating or chill- ing of the eggs and other causes which are hard to explain. It is a fact that most poultrymen find the eggs running close to ninety per cent in fertility and even then have to be sat- isfied with fifty per cent hatches on the average for the season. A lot of chicks seem to die in the shell during artificial incubation in spite of the best of management. I do not think the fact that some of the cockerels are related to some of the hens would be the only cause for the poor hatches. Inbreeding of- ten brings good chicks if the parent stock are vigorous. The eggs laid in late winter are not usually as hatch- able as the spring eggs. I would turn the flock on range and feed plenty of green feed and sour milk. The hatch- ability of the eggs will probably im- prove With spring conditions on the range. HOUSE FOR THIRTY-FIVE HE'NS. I would like to build an ideal hen house and scratching pen for thirty- five hens. What size and style would give the best light? Is a concrete floor damp?—O. S. A general rule is to allow four square feet per bird which would mean 140 square feet of floor space for thirty-five birds. But the birds in a. small flock have a very limited floor space if the capacity of the house is figured at the regular rate. I do not like houses less than sixteen feet deep as the roosls should be rather far back from open front windows. A small shed-roof house sixteen feet deep and eighteen feet wide will give you 288 square feet of floor space which allows a little over eight square feet per bird and this is better than four square feet per bird when hous- ing small flocks. A concrete floor is not damp if built up on sand or Cinders and then cov- ered with a coating of asphalt paint. You might write the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Publica- tions, and the Michigan Experiment Station for their 'free bulletins on poultry house construction. PASTURE FOR GEESE. Could. you give me any information on sowmg anything on fresh plowed ground for geese? Would field peas be allSright, or would rape be better? Geese are such successful foragers on any type of grass land that special crops are seldom planted for their use. Geese seem to thrive on any green feed that cows Will eat. I think a pas- ture of red clover and alsike is about as good for geese as any green feed, but other green crops could be used. e. no} _ meits DEFEND 0,, WHAT Y0“ Feed NOW. ,. ‘ xx, Chick Starter Growing Mash, Fattening Mash Molting Mash you do now. If You Want to ——it is vitally necessary that you pay particular attention to their food requirements. While no food should be given chicks for the first 48 to 60 hours after hatching, EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE FOOD YOU SELECT TO RAISE 95 OUT OF 100 CHICKS, use a chick feed that approximates,_as nearly as possible, this natural “chick fe(:d”‘-the yolk in the Chick’s body. Don’t use haphazard feeds. They may lack one or more of those vital food elc- monts~be improperly proportioned—or —use GLOBE CHICK STARTER and GLOBE GROWING AVIASH. Both con— tain the finest of necessary ingredients, correctly balanced, and rich in health- giving vitamines. GLOBE CHICK STARTER, com— pounded with dried buttermilk, plus Globe Chick Scratch duplicate, as near— ly as possible, Nature’s “chick feed.” Containing the necessary nutritive cle— mcnts for building fat, muscles, bones, feathers, they take the chick past the danger point. GLOBE GROWING MASH continues the benefits built with Chick Starter and gives the youngr chickcm that foundation Mail the coupon today for our free book, “POULTRY PROFITS.” Road Pages 31 and 37 and learn of the. chick— rnising method we have found best in our experimental plant. This method PLUS Globc'Poultry Feeds will enableyou to get every profit-dollar there is in your chicks. _ But to do it, you must act now. This is the time to make possible bigger fall and winter profits. Get started right. Order Globe Chick Starter from your dealer today. He will also give you our book describing our unsurpassed chick- raising method. Or mail in coupon and we will send you a copy free. THE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. Chicago Minneapolis ' HE MONEY YOU’LL MAKE from this season’s chicks depends on your ability to raise them. Every chick . money-making opportunity—but no more. Almost any- body can raise 50 chicks out of a hundred, but the poultry 5 man or woman who really makes money raises 80% to 95%. The percentage of chicks you will raise depends on what Investigate the GLOBE METHOD of - Chick Raising Chick Scratch Growing Scratch Poultry Scratch hatched is a Raise 95 Out of 100 of Your Chicks FOR THEM after that period. The egg yolk in the Chick’s body during its first 60 hours is the ideal chick feed. It contains the right food elements in the right proportions~~and is rich in health—giving vitamines. The Closer You Duplicate N ature’ s “Chick Feed,” the More Chicks You’ll Raise to Sell fail to contain sufficient vitamines, the absence of which in chick feeds is respon- sible for the ravages of certain chick- killing diseases. For the sake of your profits next fall and winter, don’t experiment! Don’t gamble on fads or theories! Play safe! For GreaterProfitsWithCertainty of strength, vigor and health that will in- sure greater profits for you. Our Reputation -—Your Assurance Doesn’t it stand to reason that when a concern with an enormous organization like ours. the largest plant of its kind in the world, with 22 years’ experience, ex- perimental yards, cxpcrts——recommends a certain method of chick raising and certain food compounds, that they must be good? They are. They have to be. Our repu~ tation depends on their success for thou— sands of poultry misers. —_‘_'_—'.—_————- [TUE ALBERT DICKINSON CO. i '2755 West 35th St., Chicago, In. I g Gentlemen: Please send me without cost or obligation I l a copy of your booklet “Poultry Profits.” I l I enclose 4c in stamps to cover cost of packing I : and postage. v I Address .................................................................. I I I Name ..... I l s it 3. l I we... 7% . stance: 1910. The Big, Deep Bodied Hem with the Large ‘ Combs, not reduce the Large White Eggs. . 'l‘he chicks we offer you this year are from extra selected has. sired by males out of hens that laid 270 on! in 305 do" these males sired by a male from a 300 am 11.11.5211.) price asked for them is very reasonable. They will bring you bigger profits and absolute satisfaction. . Youwlllbebeneflttedbyourliyearsup exp‘herlulceatchlnsandship- ping chicks. Our stock grows up uniform in size. has great vitality and brings big-re Will our customers‘ hands. Let. us mail you our catalog with prices. mm“100% live arrival guaranteed. ININE WEEKS OLD PULLETS 1N MAY. WOLVERINE HATCHERY II. P. WIEREMA. Prop. NJ. 2. Box 97 Zeellnd. ”loll. I‘I‘I'l'! 1'1"": UOCFU BRED FOR SIZE, TYPE and EGGS m: MILLION“GOCD Lookicossg LEADING BREEDS ' LOWEST PRICES? OET OUR INSPECTED “GOOD LUCK CHICKS" THIS SEASON.‘i A’I’IIT‘IISA D OF PLEASED CUSTOMERS TESTIFY TO THE RWO'NDERFULO YP.E EAU TY AND EGO PRO DUCT lON.. Send forl our l8. BE UTI FULU COLORED. INSTRUCTIVE ART BOOK FREE showing our own irds AeirII LCOL- R8. Read the many testimoni full of praises which hi ly indorle our "chil- Advice. before you buy celsewhere. isn'to etc of the Du which the icks are FROM EUROPEAN POULTRY PESTc AND OTHERUDIREA8E8.0100% Live Delivery POSTPAID. Bank Reference. Member I. B. C. A. and Ohio C. A. ALL LEADING VARIETIES Price new 25 50 loo 5” ID“ teHBuif Brown Leghorns, Anconas.. . .. . . . . . .. . . 83. 75 87. 00 813. 00 838.90 860 00 8118.00 Barred and White Rocks. Rhode Island Rule ................ 4. 00 44.00 73.00 13 38.00 Black Minorcas. White Wyuidottles. White and 3113 Owingtons 4. 75 8. 50 16. 00 47.00 77.00 144. 00 Bufl and White Minorcas. S. L Wyandotun. Light Brahmas” 0. 00 11. 50 21. 50 80.00 99.00 . ..... Odds and ends. Mixed Chicks. 89. 50 per 100. 1. ' oo trei t. d, all heavics S 1 50 per 1 8 8h NAPOLEON OHIO Assorte NEUHAUSER HATCHERIES. BOX 62. From carefully selected bred- to-lay. high producing strains in the following leading varieties: (8. WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS. ANCONAs. BLACK MIN- OR CAs. BARREO ROCKS). We have been the business many years and our experience enables us to produce (‘hiclls for you that will prove entirely satisfactory to you. just as they have proven tear after year with our thousands of old customers. “a guarantee High Quality and 100% Safe Arrival Postpaid. We also guarantee [00 PER GENT ARRIVALIII 0000 HEALTH Catalog giving full particulars and quoting our low prices in detail mailed free on request. Americafi Chick Farm, Box 115.1) Zeeland, Mich. Pure-Bred Big Value B A BY c 11 l c K? OHIO ACCREDITED, DELIVERY GUARANTEED. Order direct from this ad today and get chicks which have the authority of Ohio State University behind them. 0111- breeding stock is inspected and banded by super-ts trained and au- thorized by them. 1 Prices (Postpaid) On. 25 50 100 500 1000 S. CH-Wh, Br &Bufl Legllorns................ $3. 25 $6.50 $13 $60 $118 ......... 3. 50 7.00 14 65 128 S. C. Bill. Minor.. Bd. Rocks. 8. C. R. I. Reds. 3.75 7.50 15 72 138 “h. Rocks, Wh. Wyandottes, R. C. R. I. Beds“ .400 8.00 16 77 144 S. C. Buff & White 0113111810118 ............... .4 25 8.50 17 83 160 S. C. Mottled Anconas .......... A ' — D IV _ new" mmvmm art's Jersey Black Giants .......................... 7.515.00 30 .. Odds & Ends (not shipped under accredited label) 2. 50 5.00 10 50 100 Free from European fowl pest. Order today with Check or Money Order. Catslogm free. SPECIAL QUALITY CHIC KS. We can furnish also chicks of especially high breeding. (yr-particulars and prices. WOLF MATCHING do BREEDING COMPANY. BOX 4. OIBSONBURG. OHIO. ~mefl Chicks that are li\ely and healthy from pure- -brod carefully se- lected stack. Ono fifth down books order. Good poultry judges say our hooks are unusually good. Order today. Last year we were not able to supply the demand. Order early this year. Pure-bred, carefully selected. l00% live delivery. Prices on (prepaid) 25 50 IN 500 l000 gig" Farmer's 8" Mechanic‘s Bank, “‘1' IBId-I Rgclél ......... 3421,25 386000 £5630 gggg S”: ' a . 0 I ........ . . . VIII. Rocks ........ 4.50 8.50 "5.00 77.00 I50 WASHTENAW HATCHERYD wn. Wyandotles 4.50 050 10.00 77.00 150 Geddea Road wn. asr. Leghorn.3.75 7200 13.00 52.00 120 Ann Arbor, Michigan DILIGENT CHICKS DID 10IT Postpaid prices on 500 Single Comb White Leghorns ............... ........ ........$6. 25 81120 00 $57.50 Barrel Plymouth Rocks .............. 7.75 15.00 72.50 S. C. Mottled Anconas . ........ ....... ............ 6.75 13.00 02.50 Mixed Chicks ....................................... 4.75 9.00 42.50 Low in price. high in quality. Order right. from this ad. or send for our catalog. It close in call on us, we are located on the M— 11 cement road, 2 Miles north of Holland. We have pullets for salsa! tor May first. K noll. Pure Bred Baby Chicks $8.00 Per 100 and up ' We are now booking orders for May and June chicks, from our high grade Anconas and White Leghorns. These chicks are from extra. selected hens mated to Tancred - 3 and Sheppard males. We insure our chicks for one week. Write for our catalog and prices before you buy. we can save you money. M. D. Wyngarden R. 4 Box’G, Harm 1'. Owner. a We ‘. f Zeeland. Michigan Riverview Chicks big fluffy, by prepaid parcels post, 100% live and good condition guaranteed. From our Strong. Healthy. English type White Leghorns. Culled by expert from State Universi ty. We hatch all our own eggs and can save you money on that chick order. Become one of the many satisfied customers. Gentlemen: Benton Harbor. Mlch.. Feb. 2. 1925. I am an old (ustomer, having bought chicks from you every year for a number of years back and have always had good results from your stock, and am confident that you give everybody a square deal. The chicks that I received last. year are shelling out the eggs. and. have all winter since last fall. Kindly send your free mating list with prices. Yours truly. W. F. Agard. R. . RIVERVIEW POULTRY FARM. Route 2, Box 94. Iceland. Mich. Blood-Tested Baby Chicks Barron Strains . C. W. Lesborns. We furnish chicks from one. two. and three-year- -old tested breed“ mated with high record cocke’rols, chicks that will positively Day you a profit in. eggs this fall and winter. .Why speculate with just chicks when you can buy the best "Quality" at "Live and. Let Live” prism. Get. Satisfaction and 100% live delivery positiveb guaranteed. Holland, Michigan. our circular before you place your order. City Limits Hatchery, Rt. 5, Box 11 road ?—-A. You have a right to set the bees anywhere on your property that you desire. There is no statute which pro-j vides the distance bees muSt be from the highway. In this conne‘ctibn, how‘- ever, you should remember that you, are responsible for any damage that the bees migh‘l: do as a result of sting- ing passersby or causing their teams. to run away. For this reasOn,‘I would suggest that it might be safer toplace the bees at a greater distance from the highway—B. F. Kindlg.‘ LIVER ENLARGED. My hens do not eat and sit around for a few days. Their heads will get light colored and they get weaker, and then die. We opened two and found their livers about three times their natural size and all full of white spots. Is there anything I can give to prevent any more getting that way? I have fed shelled corn and gave them plenty of grit, and put permanganate of potash in the water.——Mr. R. In fowl typhoid‘the liver is enlarged and covered with greyish patches. In tuberculosis there is rapid emaciation and spots on the liver. A ration of corn and grit during the winter may result in digestive disorders which make the hens more subject to other diseases. Try using a. dry mash of equal parts bran, middlings, ground oats, ground corn and meat scrap. The bran in the mash and the easily digested ground" grains help to pre-_ vent digestive disorders and improve the vigor of the flock. Feed green feed for succulence. It adds bulk to the ration. Sprouted oats, mangels and cabbages are satis- factory. There is no cure for either tuberculosis or fowl typhoid. Such troubles must be prevented by keep- ing up the vigor of the hens through proper feeding and sanitary housing. CHOOSI'NG THE BREED. Kindly tell me which is the best breed of chickens to use in this part of the country for egg produciton,and also What bieed for market, and all- around purposesH—C M. H. The White Leghorns seem to be the most satisfactory breed for commer- cial egg production. When both eggs and meat are desired it pays'to keep one of the general—purpose breeds. like Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds or White Wyandottes. This brief list does not mention all the breeds that are good for egg production or for egg and’meat production. It is the individuals in a. breed and not the breed name that determines the prof- its from a. flock of poultry. ' If the hens that lay white eggs and the hens that lay brown eggs are man- aged the same, I think there is very. little, if any, difference in the quality of the contents. I have heard owners of the brown egg breeds say that their eggs seemed to look richer and prob- ably contained more food value than white shelled eggs, but scientific in- vestigation seems to indicate that the eggs of the same weight are about equal in food value regardless of the color of the shell. ' It is often found that White— Leg- horn eggs will hatch a larger per cent of chicks than some brown egg breeds. I think the vigor of the stock is of more importance than the color of the egg in determining hatchability. PUT CLEAN STRAW IN NESTS. Occasionally add new straw to the nests. The old litter is gradually broken up and packed into the cor- ners, which frequently leaves a. bare center. Eggs (1 opped on the bare boards may be c ecked or broken. A broken eggs smears the nesting litter and is a. very common cause of dirty eggs—K. $502 ”11.1121... ~. _- In 3 Months rm 250 B.F. White Leghorn Pallets That's what Maul. Wade of Fennville. bullets raised from chicks he bought 0‘ lastsprihg- You can maize b with our profit making chicks. lg m CHICKS - - - - CHICKS Our stock is stro health free range Tancred and Tong’BmonYINhite Leg 1 horns—S. C. Rhode Idahd Reds—Parks' tlilarred Rocker-tit; IEleatdblliood lilies ill e country. 00 ve e very guaran- teed, postpaid. Big, fine catalog free. 81:0 10 Weeks-Old Pallets We specialize in 8 to 10 weeks-old pulleta. Extra choice ones at prices that please. Write today. 1 Mich. made' in three months time from . T Drummer-Fredericton Poultry F1111 Be: :0 Holland. Mich. ‘ wwnm15355."..Jgati'gmn rum in hgroducing stock”- . per 15. Ire Aristocrat strain exhl hill: oaks and FAI RVIE OIL-Below Balm-on Whl Aneonas. FAIBVIE YFARM. BOB 203.ZeelaYnd. Mich. Chicks---Pullets High quality stock. Delivery 100% live and strong guaranteed. Chicks every week. Eight weeks and 8 mo. Pullets. Barred and White Rocks. Reds. White and Silver Laced Wyandottes. White and Buff Orningtons. Black Minor-cu. Anconas. White, Brown and Butt Leghorn. Send for Chick or Pullet Circular with price lilt- STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION Kalamazoo, Michigan. . . Active Member International Chic! 411.com;- Mambrr Michigan Slat: Farm Bureau Barred Rock Baby Chicks We hatch only Barred Rock Chicks from choice selected stock shipped by pre- paid parcel post to your door, satisfac- tion and alive delivery guaranteed. cmcuuuz ON REQUEST THE KAZOO HATCHERY C0. R. R.3 Kalamazoo, MICE W. [IGNORE-BLACK MlNOlOA-I NCONA Official International Egg Content Records up to 254 Eu 1. Few can equal our PRICES. No one can beat our QUALITY. Before orde' Ag your 1925 chickssend for our CA Our LOW PRICES will astonisllA you Over 20 years experience assures your : ‘ ' satisfaction. Established Sent by PARCELl POST PREPAID. In 1904 00% Live Del ivory Guaranteed. PINE BAY POULTRY FARM. Holland. Michigan. Tancredg- gellym- Barron aired . . Leghorn chicks. Pure-bred. range. Best wnna loghorns WAllfree 1..000 $120 Star-A. 100. $15; 500. $72. 50: 1.000. 8140. Postpaid. Full live arrival guaranteed. Illus- trated catalog free. Highland Poultry Farm. R. I. Box C. Holland. Mich. LO-O-lK Can ship chicks of high karma quality at once. Barr: 8. . Rkoc s. 150 each. Wy Motto.” Orpingtons. Bun‘ t”Rocks, 160. White. Brown Leg- Anconas.13%c. . May chicks 31. 00 per 100 Order direct from this adv. If less than 100B wanted add 35c extra. Hatching eggs. Free circular tells about 15 first class varieties. anlt Reference. Lawrence Hatchery. R. 7. Grand Rapids. Michigan. SUPREME CHICKS YEBSI That's W hat you% Cekhi a are from just that offlockl. Our strain of Supreme Love In. time Leghorn. is the result of 01: many yell-so xperienee. breeding on. selection. They are large elsed.lo 5 eyes. large lop «I.» “dw‘ii. “i5”? b°dm1il kben’nl“ com o 11 you w a to of and"I eventual y buy. Shipped poatpaid. Live de- Ii nteed. lllus trated catalog sentl Free. FILIPINO “NATGNIIY. ID! A. Iceland. “ION. BABY CHICKS Ton FREE withevel'y1000rdel'. Plymouth nooks. White Books. White Wyandottes. Bella and White as beLeonel-pa best at DURAN get the POULTRY FARM A. NATO I Fonts in. Mlellu Box «I. II II ' 2 I win Win. strains. Selected 100. ml3183;100:500. , 31 fl “' 1w. — ‘W—.“ R... ~ ' ~12. »- aw .. J A». 4v AWN“ . Wan l 9:541? nap-runde-‘(lmgledcc‘dti n1...- .1 _a1_1. l—h “ \va’m. _ . ......“ ,. -.....r .. ,-___~ _« .. V w ...Aw. _ “f. M I O I l Splendid Success of Mrs. Ethel ‘ Rhoades in Preventing * White Diarrhea“ Mrs. Rhoades’ letter will no doubt be of. utmost interest to poultry raisers who have had serious ,losses from White Diarrhea. We ‘ will let Mrs. Rhoades tell it 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. My first incubator chicks when‘but a few days old, began to die by the dozens with White Diar- rhea. I trieddifferent remedies and was’ about discouraged with the chick- en business. Finally, I sent to the Walker Remedy COL, Dept 508, Water- loo, Ia., for a $1.00 box of their Walko White Diarrhea 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.”——Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenan- doah, Iowa. Cause of White Diarrhea White Diarrhea is caused by the Bac- illus Bacterium Pullorum. This gem is transmitted to the baby chicks through the yolk of thesnewly 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 a hatch 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. Walko 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. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I used to lose a great many chicks from White Diarrhea, tried many remedies and was about discouraged. As a last resort I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 508, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 500 packages, raised 300 White Wyan- dottes 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 com- pany thoroughly reliable and always get the remedy by return mail.”——Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa. You Run No Risk We will send WALKO White Dian 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 (01' $1.00 for extra large b0x)——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. 508. Waterloo, Iowa. Send me the () 500 regular size (or (i 81 econ )mical large size) package of Walko White Diar- rhea Ill‘mcdy 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). (P. 0. money order, check oricurrency acceptable). Name ...... .......................................J Town ........... ....... ..... .. ...... . ............ . State ..... B. v.11: ........ Mark (X) in centre lndicltiu size package wanted. Large package contains about two and one-third . times as- much as small. . 01.1 the no. "evening-i payst031w . ’ the hens an occasional inspeCtion roasts to determine their phy- sical condition. A hen is covered with ‘a thick coat of feathers and .she can become very thin without the fact bea ing noticeable, either on the range or on the poultry house floor. This inspection also locates the birds that are poor feeders. They ‘should be'culled and marketed, as they cannot be profitable layers with- out the capacity of egg-producing food. Examine the dropping boards each morning. A glance will tell if any of the birds are afflicted with disorders. This is apt to be due to errors in feeding and prompt measures can be taken to improve their condition be. fore the ailment‘makes serious inroads on the vitality of the flock. Note the hens at feeding time. Any bird that shows a reluctance in going after the scratch feeds is not a thou- sand miles from being sick. Also those hens that hump up in the corner or refuse to leave the roost at feeding time need a prompt inspection, to lo- cate any disorders that may spread to other members of the flock. Watch for colds. Birds with watery eyes need prompt attention. Birds that have a smeary spot on the feath- ers where they have rubbed their eyes should be isolated and the cold cured before they are permitted to eat and drink with the flock, for they may spread the disease if left with the flock. A colony house makes a suitable isolation hospital for sick birds. It pays to be prompt in finding sick birds as in this way they can be culled out until the entire flock consists of vig- orous birds which are seldom, if ever, siCk.-W. E. Farver. PRODUCING CLEAN EGGS. ____._ O T is necessary to have the eggs clean in the nests, because wash- ing eggs takes time and also removes the natural bloom. One common cause of dirty eggs is the habit of pullets roosting in the nests. This can soon be broken up by going through the houses just after roosting time and removing such birds to the roosts. Spending a few minutes in the houses just at sundown to frighten the pul- _lets from the nests will teach them to select another roosting place them- selves. Then they are most apt to go back to the regular roosts each night. Walking on dirty dropping boards is another cause of dirty eggs. Some poultrymen nail strips of two-inch mesh wire under each roosting sec- tion. This permits the droppings to fall through to the boards but keeps the hens from walking on the boards. They have to hop from perch to perch and then down into the litter and will have cleaner feet when going on the nests in the morning. The mesh of the wire may be fine enough to catch any eggs laid during the night and save, them from breaking—R. G. K. MATING GEESE. I have two young geese, two young ganders and one old gander. They run together and are peaceable. Am told I must only let one gander run with the geese or the eggs will not hatch. How many geese does one gander mate with?——R. B. P. The Toulouse, Embden and African geese are usually mated in trio, al- though three geese to a gander is some- times used. With the Chinese geese, a gander is sometimes mated with five or six geese. I do not think the fer- tility of the eggs will be injured by having more than one gander in the .fiock. If the old gander is a bird of good type he would be sufficient and the young. ganders could be sold or mates purchased for them if more breeding stock is desired. Well bred chickens well fed consti- tute the chief essential of success in 15 other rare varieties. Mixed. all Heavies. $12 per 100. $11 per 100.. 50. $13: 100, $25. please note we guarantee 100% Live Delivery and Chicks that will please you. No Chicks shipped C. 0. I). At. least 10% of purchase price must come with order. on! direct from this ad Chicks from our Blue Ribbon Pens. $5 per 100 higher. erte at one. today. 1y9Ch. M'nonmmvmm. waillbe roll I925. Broaden of '11::th aim moduli: neatly pleased with resin obtained from oni- hesvy layers. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid prices ‘ 25 50 100 500 1000 English White Leghorns ......................................83.?5 $7.00 $18 $62 3120 Single a Ross C. Brown Leghorns... 3. 5 7.00 13 62 120 S. C. Bufl' a Black Leghorns ................................ 3. 5 700 13 82 120 Barred Rocks. Anconas ...................................... .25 800 15 72 140 ._ . S. C. & R. C. R. I. Reds ................................... 4.25 800 15 72 140 "’ White and Bull Rocks ........... ..... 4.50 875 17 82 160 1 White Wyandottes, Black Minorcas 4.50 875 17 82 160 Buff and White Owingtons ......... . 5.00 950 19 92 1.80 s1. Wyandottes, Lt. Brahmas, Langshans ...... ..... . 5.00 950 19 92 180 All Light. 810 per 100. Light and Heavy Mixed, 25. $7.50: 50. $16: 100. 830. White and Fawn Runners. 26. $0.60.: DUOKLINGS. Peking. Consider this when you place your order and Remember quality goes ahead of price. Bank Bela-once. You cannot go wrong in axing FLOCKB. $3 per 100 higher than above prices, and FLIII'I', lllcll. Chicks from EXTRA SELECT IABIOI’S FRUIT & POULTRY FARM, S. C. WHITE LEGHO RNS CHICKS—‘EGGS— STOCK From world-famous layers. Pens headed by males from hens with records of 250 to 280 eggs. Also Barron strain matings males with . ancestry of 230-270. Birds culled by experts from the state univer- sity. All our pens are mated with males from dams of high records. 100% live delivery guar- anteed. 5% discount on orders placed before April 1. Write for our illustrated catalog showing our poultry show winners. “Regular Egg Machines,” said W. W. Zike, judge of Holland show, after look- ing over our pen. ReliaoLe Hatchery and Poultry Farm, aoxa Holland, Mich. KEYSTONE HATCI'IERY QUALITY CHICKS Hatched from heavy laying. contest winning flecks. BLOOD TEST- _ _ ED FOR BAf‘IllLARY “'HITE DIARRHEA. Our birds are stronll Winners in leading Laying Contlsts such as the Michigan International Contest. where our entries won HIGH HEN IN THE HEAVY BREEDS, also HIGH. PEN IN THE HEAVY BREEDS. Our entries also made exceptional records in Connecticut. Mis- soun and Canadian Contests. We guarantee full 100% Live Arrival, Postpaid to your door. Canadian shipments by Express collect. We have 10.000 of these Quality Chicks for you each week. Write us at once for catalog. full particulars and. very reasonable prices. Member International Baby Chick Association. Don’t. delay. KEYSTONE HATBHEBY, Dept. 50. Lansing, Mich. CHICKS from heavy winter laying stock produced by MICHIGAN’S OLD RELIABLE HATCHERY. Pioneer Breeders and Hatchers, operating the best Hatchery in the State. Purebred TOM BARRON and AMERICAN WHITE LEGIIORNS. Ant-onas. Barred Rocks. Rhoda Island Reds. Strong, well hatched Chicks from Hoganized, free range stack. By insured Parcel Post. Prepaid to your door. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. 17 years experience in the business and giving absolute satisfaction to thousands. Get valuable Illustrator}. Catalog free. and lowest prices before placing your order elsewhere. VAN APPLEDORN BROS» HOLLAND HATCHERY AND POULTRY FARM.R.7c HOLLAND. MICHIGAN. ’ Are from champion Tnncred and Tom Barron White Leghorn foundation stock. Record. 205 to 302 0:30. Headed by males from International Egg Laying Contest winners Bred and hatched by experts. Most modern equipment in Michigan. Hand picked and inspected—no weaklingl. Will grow and make you a profit. Also Sheppard Anconas, Park Strain Barred Rocks; 8-week-old pallets. 1.00% vigorous delivory and satisfaction guaranteed. We pay postage and our prices are right. Our catalog tells the story—it's {roe—write (or it now. LowestPrices Catalog Free Michigan Poultry Farm. Box 4, Holland, Mich, U.SA. szNDEPMA FIRST CLASS CHICKS $8 per 100 and up. From pure—bred flocks on free range. culled by an expert. 100% Live Dclivcry Guaranteed. Pestpaid prices 25 50 100 500 1000 English S. (‘. W'hite chhorns .............................. $3.25 $0.00 $11.00 $52.50 $105 S. I‘. irown chhoms ....................................... 3.25 0.00 11.00 52.50 105 Barred Rocks. S. and R. (I. Rcds........ .. .. .. ......... 3.75 7.00 13.00 02.50 120 Mixed Assorted. 25. $2.50: 50. $4.50: 100, 38. Ref” State Commercial Salinfis Bank. You take no chances. Hatched in Blue lien Incubators. 10% down books your order. Free HUNDERMAN BROS.. Box 36, Zeeland. Michigan. BIG HUSKY BHIBKS purebred. high quality. heavy laying, tested flocks. Great Winter Layers. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed, Postpaid. Leghoms, 50, $7.25: 100. $14; 500. 3'1760. Barri-d Rocks. Rods. 50. $10; 500. $77.50. Anconas. 50. $7.7 : $72.50. Mixrd (.‘hicks, 100. $10: 500. $50. Bank lici’cn-nco. Free (‘irculan WINSTROM POULTRY FARM. Box 0-6, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN. Catalog. Chicks Dying From White Diarrhea How to stop it in 48 hours A letter from Chas. N. Kittinger, of Willows, Calif., contains good news for poultry raisers who are losing baby chicks. He says: “Twelve of my chicks had diarrhea when I From PURE BRED CHICKS AND PULLETS started giving them Avicol. By the second day wrlom Ossronkjafi‘caltfiy“Fll°‘°|§§-l Bfi‘bk the trouble isappeared, and now they are all 73”. V’. “r ‘ .V' ; m, i}. '3' ‘ lively as crickets. If I had only known of l-HI(“‘S.(.)I.{ 8 “8.0“ lUI.I.IaTQ. 100% A . 1 1 h lilo dclnlry Guarantee. Impald. II- hvili‘o ”sooner, I woud ave saved lots of lustraicd (‘lrcular frl-u. c ‘C 3- . . w. 1.1.1.. 2: . 50 100 500 1000 There’s no doubt that “AVicol is wonderful Am} $3.7)5 $7.00 $13 $62.50 3120 both for preventing and stopping disease in Rocks. baby chicks. It has a speCific action as a bowel Vltods 4.50 ‘ 8.50 _16 77.00 150 antiseptic and regulator. Usually within 48 “0 ““"W :1 mm“ dlSCOlLDt on early hours, the Sick, droopy chicks are lively and gfiffid 3023’ égrns-g’oultry Farm 5" Hatchery. healthy. A liberal supply of these tablets can be , obtained by sending fifty cents to The Burrell- . . » Dugger Co.,1546 Allen St., lndinnapolois, Ind. Quality CthkS 'l Free range. Healthy stock. Twelve varieties. As Avicol is positively guaranteed to do the vRvorlfl or molilleybrefunded, ‘3 costsgothmg tohfrly. .lgight cents and up. Write for circular and ea ers w: e surprise. at t e way c 1C 5 prices. 100% Live arrival guaranteed. grow and develop, in Vigorous health. when 1331]}: refl‘l'l‘nve, ST. STEPHEN HATCHERY, St. Stephen. 0. .2159}; e tablets are used in the drinking water. . “onus |I cflchEfls WHITTAKER’S TRAPNESTED REDS Both Combs, Michigan's Greatest Color and Egg Do you know that worms in chickens cause much Strain. Chicks and Eggs from Vigorous. Hardy Stock. of the sickness and losses? Do you know how to Our 10th Annual Catalog is yours for the asking. when wormy'l Do you know how to remedy Write for it. ' worm troubles? How tonvoid them? Read the E A ARM Bo 9 . new. free (lat-page book by Geo. H. Lee, in- INT RL KES F ' x 3 ' Mi'h ventorof GERMOZONE. the famous oultry remedy for roup, diarrhea, etc. Te 5 also Lawron cc. Two Popular Breeds Seriousness about theim rtant troubles and diseases, not only of poo try but also of 110 information mated stock. Healthy chicks. "My chicks will eat- yon would have to pa many dollars for. million co lea isfy." JACOB Do RYKE, 1007 Pennoysr Ave" Grand ahead requested. t one now at the leading H aven, Mich. erased store in your town, or and stamp to 6:0. ”I LEI can. Dept. 105. Omahl. Nab. C H I C K Barron S. C. W- ‘ _ Leghorns. $11 per 100. Live delivery guaranteed. Ten extra. with each FIRST AVE. HATCHERY Chicks from heavy laying strain, 3. C. White Leg- horn. mated with Erhard Cookerels from M. A. C. Also chicks from old hens. nnn birds. culled stock. I; chicks wanted don't delay. Send for price list. "n! AVO. Natchory, Owner. John DePree, Holland. Mich 100 if ordered five weeks in advance. WATERWAY HATCHERY. R. 4. Holland, Mich. Additional Poultry Ads on Page 485 the raising of poultry. r ' Lusty,Fast-Gromng Money Makers ‘ , Superior baby chicks are bred-to- lay birds. They- are trap-nested from World champion layers such as the internationally famous Torn Barton and Hollywood " strains of White Lieghorns. ' This pedigree blood 1n Superior chicks is an assurance of early returns and handsome profits. Hatched instate inspected hatch- ery — the largest and finest in Michigan — with a capacity of _ISO, 000 eggs to a setting. Live deliver- ies to any point within 1500 miles ab- solutely guaranteed. Money back if not satisfied. Book your order now and receive liberal discount. Write for free catalog and price list today. SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS Box 200 Zeeland. Mich. Write Today, HIGH QUALITY OHIOKS Delivered by Parcel Post Prepaid 100% Live Deiiverey Guaranteed 25 50 100 White. Brown and Bull Leghorns $3.50 $6.50 :12 Barred. White & Bufl Rocks. Single and Rose Comb Beds .1: Anconss ............... 84. 00 $8. 00 SI5 White Wysndottes. Bufl' Or- pingtons & Black Minorcas. $4.50 $8.50 SIG All chicks inspected by poultry experts holding certificates from Ohio State University to inspect . poryult MAIIKEL IDEAL HATOHERY Box B, Upper Sandusky, O. Good Chicks FREE ' CATALOG In Business For 22 Years WHITE and BUFF LEGHORNS AND HATCHING EGGS , BARRED ROCKS, R. I. REDS MEADOWBROOK FARM HENRY DE PREE 8t SONS R. R. l HOLLAND, MICH. Barron White WW "ELECTION / Leghoms . . Anconas ‘ T ' White W 55 g— nIIIIIIIIIIIIIm wya“doues Fancy Stock at Right Prices White Leghorn: (270-300 ancestry) ...... :13. 50 per 100 Sheppard Anconal (300- -egg strain). . IS. 50 per mil White Wyandottes (Evergreen strain) l8.00 per 100 Odds and ends. broilers ................. lo. 00 per Shipped by parcel post. Sate arrival guaranteed. RELIABLE POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY. Zeeland. Mich.. R. l. Box 47. OUT IN FRONT AT CONTEST The Royal White Leghorn. pen at the Internatlonal Egg Laying contest of 1925 led the entire contest for the first two weeks and after ATCHERYsFARM being second in the Leg- zl:r.1.A~o,MiCH. 11111-11 class tor ten weeks, again took the Leghorn leadership on Jan. 30. and still held it March 1st. lligh breeding counts. Write for our catalog. S. P. Wiersma, R. 2, ZeeIand,Mich. There Must be a reason why 75% of last year‘s customers have . rem-dared this year. Our White Leghorn baby chicks are proven profit producers. Quality stock with the fancy prices. Catalog free—send for it today. Karsien’s Farm, ' Box 25, Zeeland, Mich. C H l C K S That Satisfy Big, husky chicks, from heavy layers. 8. C.Eng ,White and Brown Lsdiorns 12czAnconas.13c:BarredRockssnd R. I. Bedazlbc Assorted chicks. 10c; Clul , A chicks only. No money down. Pu full amount ten days before chicks on . shipped. 100% live delivery. Postage Inland. Dear Uncle Frank:' I read what the “Blue Birds” had to ~ say concerning the. state exams. » I thought they brought out some very good ideas, although I disagree with them where they say that the state examinations are unfair. I go to a. district school, have writ- ten on the seventh grade exam" and am preparing for the eighth, so I have had some experience. The teachers of the. rural schools are often young girls, who'have never taught before. They have little or no idea. of the requirements of the chil- dren, and if they were allowed to ad- vance their’pupils, they might let them slip through their grades, with the result that when they entered high school they would find themselves en- tirely unfitted for the work. But instead of this poor method of promoting the children, some intelli- gent man selects a set of questions which any qualified seventh or eighth grader can answer, and if they fail it is a sign that they are not able to take the next grade. As to being frightened, we must ex- pect to find far greater obstacles in life than a little fear of a few children who are just as frightened as we are. If you cousins get to feeling a little . shaky at the state exam. the coming Exams and Embarrassments An Experience in T aémg the State Tut: spring, think how my friend antLI must have felt- last spring, and take, heart, for we lived through ,, it Jocie and ”I were the last'toarrive at the Stanwood school. We lingered in the entry for-some time as We could not "agree as to which of us should enter first: We did not agree until I gave Jocie a. vigorous push. Then she en- tered rather abruptly. We picked out our desks, only to find that we didn’t know how to put the seats dawn. . We pulled, worked and fumbled, with our faces somewhat rosier than usual, and I am sure that we shookvery visibly. ' The boy from our school didn’t offer to help; he only sat and grinned. The “fat kid” who sat behind us chewed his penstalk in delight. I looked at Jocie and Jocie looked at me. She had promised to take the exam. only on one condition. “If ma’s slippers came.” (Jocie and her the both wear “sixes EE” so one pair of slippers do for them both). I am sure, as we stood there unable to put xthe seats down, that Jocie wished that the Chi- cago mail order house didn’t use the “twenty-four-hour service” plan. At last we got the seats'down, and in spite of the tragedy we both passed. I believe we are better eighth graders because we worked to pass the state exam—“Captain Mollie.” Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins: Say, Uncle Frank, if you Win a foun- tain pen once and your paper is good enough and you are lucky enough, would you win another one? I sug- gest that we have a sort of sunshine club. By this I mean for the children who know of some sick person, or lonesome, to send in their names to you, and then you could have them printed. Then the children could write letters and send good books to these people. Well, I must close and get to studying—Your niece, Pauline Hammond, R. 2, Ypsilanti, Mich. Yes, several boys and girls have won prizes several times. I will be glad to print the names of those sick, so we could have a. letter or postal shower for them. ’ Dear Uncle Frank: My ideas about smoking are these: I do not believe that it is right fora. growing boy to smoke Between the ages of twelve and twenty Smoking does more harm than in all the re- maining years Therefore I think that boys should leave tobacco alone. I saw five reels on the effect of to- bacco. It showed forcibly the evil caused by it, especially if used before the age of twenty. It also showed the effects on a rat in comparison with a rat which had not been given any. As a result in five days’ time the rat having tobacco given to it died. I think this shows as clearly as anything else what tobacco does. Also, I want to know if it is against the rules to typewrite answers to puz- zles? —Your niece, Nora SeverenCe, Grand Blanc, Mich. Thanks for what you say about smoking. There are. no rules against using typewriter in contests. Dear Uncle Frank: It has been a long while since I have written to the Merry Circle, but I thought I would see how hungry W. B. is. I also live in a land of flowers, do not like it as well as she seems to. I go to a school named after our great President, Abraham Lincoln. We have a wonderful foot ball team. We were only beaten once and that was when the referee was unfair. We . paid . Mtsl free. 08 HATCHERY. B. 2-”. Ilsll. if we had won. ‘DUR LETTER ~an the same as Miss D. R Brown, but I- would have had the city championship» is} For the past week we have been having quite foggy weather, but yes- terday and today it has been quite nice. Well, I guess I will close, and hope, that Mr. W. B. will be full of someone " considered Eula Nowell, 570 M Ave, Los Angeles California. I am glad to hear from my Califor- his niece. Everything nowhere is all hope? and flowers, is it? one? Dear“ Uncle Frank: ' I do not altogether agree with Viva. Bizard on the question f children are in publi c affairs. She seems to think that the children ought to stand back and let all the elder folks do all the talking, hiltI Idon’L If we start in when we are young. talking of the important Questions. when we are older we will be more, prepared to answer the many ques- 'tions that will come up before us in our daily life. Of Course, if some older person is doing the talking, do not express your thoughts until called up» ‘on to do so. Let’s- hear from someone else—Una Crandall, 3R. Mich. I agree that one cannot think of and discuss too young, the many problems of life and government. 0 1, Newaygo. Dear Uncle Frank: I answered last week’s puzzle, and this week’ 8, too, but I did not get a. prize because I was not a. Merry Circ- ler. I’d like to be one. I just imagine that you are "Aunty Frank” instead of Uncle Frank. If you are Uncle Frank how is Aunty Frank? HOW old are you Uncle Frank? I think you must be about ninety-one years old. Am I right? I hope W. B. has lost his appetite, so I can live. ——-Your niece, S. Ellen Walters. You don't have to be a Merry Ciro- ler to win a prize. In fact, you have to take part invra' contest to become a Merry Clrcler. I am Uncle, all right. Aunty is 0. K. Happiness is always a. by-prod'sct. Chase it, and it eludes you. Search, forit, and it will escape the keenest tools. M. C. Self-Denial Week April 5—1] Set Amide for fire Bandit of the Merry Circle Fund NE of our Merry Circlers sug- gests we have a Self-Denial Week for the benefit of the Merry Circle Fund. I think this is a very good suggestion, especially as we have a real, worth-while object to work for. I think, too, that this is a good time for self-denial; it being the Lenten season when one should be strong in unselfishness and in the consideration of others. So, let us make the week of April 5 to 11 a real worth-while Merry Circle Self- Denial Week. I feel sure that we Merry Circlers 'Will get light into the spirit of this, as it offers .us a. real practical way of demonstrating that. we want to make ‘ others happy. We will want to deny ourselves something so that we can add to the happiness of those kiddies at the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Howell who are fighting tubercu— losis. I think that it would be fine if you would tell in what way you denied yourself, .When you send your denial money in. I will be glad to print as many denial thoughts as I”. can. Please send the results of your de- nial tothe Merry Circle Fund, Michi- gan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan—Uncle Frank. When the weather permits, these b0 3 get out in God’s own sun for two hours or mme, in order that its hea ing ra smight give them the vigor to fight the dreaded T.— B. germs. Your contri ution will help bring thesis children greater happiness. \ else' 3 letter.—--—Your California niece. Don't you. 11111111 your last thought is a selfish“ is 4i act. chh , nest leny can dies ium rcu— you nied :Dial I: as de- [chi- ncle -\..‘ :L- for igor 3 _ rese ‘ ~ " ' ‘l Vi lit: Fig-33 g f" L ODDEP in {/1 is . \Sicchirc Inordatoresistrustclear tothecoreofthewire.we ass 346091291an steel. 15 pom coppermsteel makesthewirelast many yearslonger. . . mdof 5%mDele vmealed process (No Extra Price) is marked with a Red Strand. Always look for it. This fence made of the “Triple-life wire" is sold at no extra price. Outlasts any i othcharm Fence! 9 YOU CAN GROW If you order your garden seeds Ml on” from us you can he'sure of get- We wfll send you one ting the finest quality seeds or lgg‘gl‘fi‘ °t “ch find lowest rices. Our seeds are good: £33103.” 9" grown rom select stock and can be depended upon. We will Lettuce P Beau 1:33;)“ give your order prompt atten- sardeil? (Zia-n ft tion and guarantee that you :3“ “'2: a Will be satisfied. $205.2“ eggs... W "£3, “"1?“ h , . e wan prove you t e 15.23333, {5ng quality of our seeds, so will Send us 3 3 nu. b," send you free samples of my three kinds of garden seeds you want. Write today for free samples». FREE CATALOG Send for our catalog. It is full of seed burg/sins] tli‘nddrflrvillf save . you money on a in o - :53: “5,5”¥."::,',7{":‘;5,3 den seeds. Send for it 3y. him our cs 0:. It's free. THE EXCELSIOR SEED con Not Inc. 3314 Lawrence Ave. Dept. 52 Chicago. Ill. W Reliable Fruit Trees Guaranteed to Grow Seeds. 3-4 ft. Apple Trees 25c. 3-ft. Peach Trees 200 each Postpaid. Growers of Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Shrubbery and Grape Vines. Sand for 1925 Catalog today. ALLEN’S NURSERIES G. SEED HOUSE. Geneva. 0. tion by return mail. If you are not satisfied we will refund your money. We pay post.- age. Order toony. 3 ”filo “£2“ 3' d. m' } 11 - 3 .. . We Jrcl of ‘Triumph Lubrication over Friction New standards of perfection and new records of achievement are reached by Mam Oil. Friction is hog-tied and helpless where MW Oil is used. 3 Buy only 119511932; Oil. Use it con- sistently. You’ll see the differenc after the first hundred miles. ' Houston manufacturing co. Toledo. Council Bluffs, Iowa Ohio l‘l ’ Lake, Mich. ./ r \ .i [V ' ~ I 3 Roswn BLOSSbelieves that this? is a time when many young folks 3. runaway from home, and he.‘ believes that a good "subject to discuss is, "What is the. Matter with Home?” I agree with him, because I believe that in most-cases where the child runs away, there is something about the home, something in the management of the child that made him want to get away, that made him have false longings. ‘ Often the young folks know what is wrong but they hesitate to tell, and even if they did tell, it would do no good. But I make this subject the contest for this week, so that the young folks can give their views. I hope that the results of this contest will bring out discussions which will be valuable to parents and children alike. This contest closes April 10. The usual ten prizes will be given and all boys and girls who send in good pa- pers and are not Merry Circlers, will get M. C. buttons and cards. Please put M. C. after your name if: you are a. Merry Circler. Send your papers to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, De- troit, Michigan. CROSS WORD WINN ERS. HE last cross word puzzle must have been a hard one for less than one-fourth of those who sent in replies had them right. Most of the failures were in one horizontal, five vertical, or eleven horizontal. From those who had their answers correct and neat, the following were picked, without looking, as prize win- ners: Fountain Pens. Martha June Bass, R. 4, Boyne City, Hazel Railer, R. 1, Glennie, Mich., Dictionaries. ,, Emil M. Sweet, R. 4, Quincy, Mich. Merlene Mains, R. 1, Olivet, Mich- Justin Langdon, Alanson, Mich. Knives. Gordon Christensen, R. 1, New Era, Josephine E. Pierce, R. 3, Grass North “'est, R. 2, Dryden, Mich. I1‘ 34/ 6 BA ljeo " AM if T (RAT mg, l ”OSAI/Zrorf ! ’ T ’MAP !/ . ‘LET T/lAN ’7 ‘ ' .20 ”T ’i'A \3 .2/ .22 D _E_D O 3 1" . ll.E.N NE The Correct Solution. Catherine McLean, R3 2, Grass Lake, Reginald Robinson, R. 4, Traverse City, Mich. ABOUT TOBACCO. Dear Uncle Frank: I am one of the older Merry Ciro lers. I have fished and landed my prize several times. Now, although past the age limit and ineligible for the contests, I continue to read and enjoy the letters, both pro and con. I should like to express an opinion. Past my house this morning on their way to school went three children. Children who were ill clad and ragged, (one boy about eight or nine, and two girls, one about i‘ourteen, one about eleven). But why, you may ask, in this day of plenty and good times. Tobacco, in a. way, is responsible. Drink, in the past, did its share. Think of it, three men, two boys and their father, using as much as $4.00 worth of this deadly weed each week. Much as is spent on groceries, (nine in the family). One-half this amount spent in a year on clothes to fit the cold weather would mean life instead of misery for these kiddies. Clad in warm weather garments at twenty-two degrees below u issuing. the tobacco trust flourishes 7 and men roll in wealth and luxury—[~33 blood money, I call it. ' I I honestly believe that most of the’- misery and poverty could be ousted if tobacco could be made an outcast like old man Whiskey. I wish every Merry Circler who reads might make a silent pledge to never taste the degrading weed in any form. The young nation now growing i e ‘ Mitelggfiom CHICKS 3 , ~ PURE . HOLLYWOOD STRAIN 260-290 EgglPedloreo Direct deseendants or hens with records of 260- 269. mated to males from dams with records of 283- 290. Foundation stock di- rect from Hollywood. We ofler also our own Holly- wood Mated Rural Strain. Anconss from Sheppard Farm and Brown Leghorns. Fancy matings at prices enabling every buyer of chicks to m the highest grade stock. ORDER FROM THIS LIST 100 Pure Hollywood “7. 50 500 1000 Leghorns (Limited amount) ...........$11.00 $20.00 $95.00 Hollywood Muted. .. . . 8.00 15.0 70.00 $130 Utility .............. 7.00 13.00 62.50 115 Anconas (Sheppard mat ............ 9.00 16.00 75.00 135 Anconas (Utility) .. . . 8.00 14.00 65.00 120 Brown Leghorns (Grade AA) ...... .50 14.00 67.50 125 Brown Leghorns (Grade A) ........ 7.00 13.00 62.50 115 100% Live delivery. Large, illustrated esta- log free. THE RURAL POULTRY FARM ZEELAND. MICh. R. n. I. Box 002 ... ~" at“ \u‘fil“. z-vu. awn-Jr’s. Harold Coles Says This is Uncle Frank Saying “Good Morning” to Spring. up, of which I am a. part, will be the nation of tomorrow. . I myself have never tasted and God help me, never Will—“The Black Knight.” LETTER BOX ANNEX. Dear Uncle Frank: A while ago I sent in an essay in the outdoor winter sport contest, and you gave me a membership in the Merry Circle for it. Thank you very much for it. How do you like this , typewriting? My Dad and I own the typewriter in partnership. I am eleven r years old now, and expect to be twelve l some day. I'll close now.——Your neph- ; ew, Billy Dukes, Fennvillc, Mich. i It is real nice that you and Dad are l in partnership. I wouldn’t be surpris-~ ed that you might be twelve somel day. Dear Uncle Frank: A number of M. (7. girls and boys, have spoken of books they have read, l during the year, but none of them‘ have spoken of harm in books. So, I will say that many children read too many love storics and make them— selves think of being married before they are out of the cradle. Stories of wild life, robbing and kill~ l ing often make them lead themselves 3 into crime and disgrace. 1 could say, much more if I had time, but I have; not. 1 I hope my M. C. cousins will not: think I do not like books, because I do. Maybe they don’t believe me, but it is true—ml remain, Sunshine. It is well to consider the evil effects of reading, as well as the good. What you read makes a difference. ‘Dear Uncle: I thought Albert Alircdson’s draw- ing was a dandy. Also Lee Roy Mac- l Kcller’s subject on the favorite winter l sport. I, for myself, like skiing the best of any winter sport, and second best comes skating and snowshoeing. To Verda Cole so you also, are tall at thirteen? i am the same age and three inches taller than you. I would like to know the remedy “On How to Stop Growing” myself. \Vell, as my letter is no doubt get- ting tiresome, I will close. hoping that this will be printed.-«~-\\'ith love to the M. C’s, Edna Kling, (Jheboygan, Mich. I guess that if nature wanted you to grow, you’ll have to grow. It is an advantage to be tall in a crowd. ordinary hatchery stock. SIZE and Egg Production. $5.00 and we book your order. CHICKS - HATCHING; EGGS. - - BARRON STRAIN S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS We furnish CHICKS and PULLETS from BLOOD TESTED 2-year-old Hens We positively guarantee to please you. Our Booking orders for 10-waek Puliets now. Plan-e your order now. PEERLESS POULTRY FARMS, BOX 10 ZEELAND MICH. flOFFlClAL prior-11 Per Hen in One Year Write for my free book today. Tells how I made $7.81 ofl‘lcinl profit per hen. Tells how you. too, can make big money with Dr. Heasley’s Eg -Bred White Leghorn C ICKS From Greatest Brod-to-Lay Strains Tancrcd—Hollywood—English—Ferril (Dr. Hensley Brod) Strains. Also Dr. Hearley'e Famoul “Ego Bal- ket" Strain Bufl‘ Leuhornr. When you buy chicks this year—~buy the best. Dr. Hosslry’s (hicks come from the blood of National Show and Egg Contest winners. Real business birds. Heavy layers of large white eggs. Make big profits every day on the farm. That's what you want—we supply them. At lnt'l Egg Contest 102324 the Hess— ley 10 bird pen was among highest winners with a\'(‘l‘< ego of 235 eggs each. Our customer I‘ODOI’IS average of 208 eggs from 125 farm flock pullets. SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES NOW Free Service to Customers. Write Today. IIII. L. E. HEASLEY FARMS. Dept. 10 Grand Rapids. BABY CHICKS WHITE LEGHORNS and BROWN LEGHORNS $11.0 5’53 05200253 30:39.0 04000053 PER Order direct. Hatch every week. We I00 guarantee live delivery by Prepaid Mail. Reference State Com.Bank. MAIN HATGHERY, - ZEELAND MIGH. Beasley‘s l’rlrle 3 Olficinl lieu rrl 293 rggs in 3‘5 (Invfl Mich. . White Leghorns Tailored-Holly- wood~Burron strains POULTRY. ~ Anconas V ‘ lFAR” Sheppard Strain. VAL - direct «“50” 41(5/ , Bar’d Rocks F; E‘Rfl‘ftfltfly Parks dark colored - ‘ Br.Leghorns At international Egg Laying contest of 1024 our Leghorn pen laid more eggs than 84 of the 100 pens and ourluid scvrral pens from world rcuowncd trap- nosr farms. ORDER NOW. PRICES 100 00 Srrcv-iul Star Mating, pedigreed ............ $18 $85 Extra sch-Med ........................... ll 65 Sclw-tr‘d .................................. 12 55 Barri-(l Iloclls ............................ ll: 75 iimilvr vim-1.5 mdds and ends) .......... ll) 50 TOWN LINE POULTRY FARM. R. I, Box I5. Zeoland, Mich. BARREI] RBGKS 80 REDS Chicks from sturdy, healthy free range flocks. Carefully mated for high egg pro— duction. Blood tested for bacillary white diarrhea. Write for prices. Reference, Farmers' 8r. Merchants’ Bank. Krueper Poultry Farm 80 Hatchery Milan, Mich. PULLETS at prices you would pay for have large loppe‘d combs. plus fiend Hens $1.00 each in lots of 100. Catalog Free. Don’t let anyone talk you into believing that _ any other cream separator is as oodv as a De Laval. See and try one yourself. (1 when you do you will not need any ex rt to tell you which is by far the better designs and made machine, and which is sure to last the longer and prove the better investment. . Nor will any clever salesman be able to con- ,- vince you that the other machines are “Just as good," or good enough while perhaps a little chea r. . A e Laval frequently saves any cost differ- ence over the other machine the first month of use and will go on doing so for many years. ' Your De Laval Agent Will gladly arrange a . free trial for on. If you do not know who your * nearest De aval Agent 1s, write the nearest ofiice below. Trade In Your Old. Separator as Partial Payment De Laval Agents are now making liberal trade allowances on used cream separators of any tag: or make as partial payment on new De Lav. This gives an unusual Opportumty for getting somethin for your old se arator, which may be wasting t e cost of a new e Laval in less than a year. New De Lavals sold on easy terms. The De Laval Separator Co. New York Chicago San Francisco 165 Broadway 29 E. Madison Str 61 Beale St. ows In ,- -“‘.’ =-"-7.:-_.,~_- . .. Wen Bend Automatic sunshine- eouipped with our wonderful locking-re- .easlne lever save you time and labor-and insure safety in locking upor releasing the cows. you pay no more {or West Bend equipment than {or ordmarystanchions that must be opened and . closed linely by hand. TheWest Bendiever controls from 3 2 to 50 West Bend Automatic Swinging Stanchions. The entire row of cows can be locked up or released ; - y by one throw of the lever. Cow stops are operated at same time. and when set guide cow into the stanchion. Every one: says it's the greatest ides ever brought out in modern barn equipment. a certainly want it in your barn. Write today fgr catalog showing complete line of West Bend Barn Equipment. Wm ram r. West Bend Equipment Corp. Dept. a. West Bend. Wis ‘ vz/z W”//////.'//;%/,-zd»:/Z/,4 (, r{, 15/ -,»,,;, . , -~. 14/] :/. ' /..J .— ,. 3,uuuuuuuumu\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\“ ' To Safeguard Buyers of Blackfoot Brand Grimm- We go to the greatest lengths to make sure that buyers of Blackfoot Brand Grimm Alfalfa get pure. clean, reliable seed. Every field from which these seed crops come conforms to the re- quirements of the International Crop Improvea ment Association. Growing crops are given two rigid inspections. Blossoms, crowns and roots are inspected by the Idaho State Seed Commie. sioner to determine that the plants are genuine mm. Latera searching inspection is made for noxious weeds. To be sure of getting the gen- uine, certified. hardy Grimm which produces an exceptional yield insist on Blackfoot B A nearby dealer can supply you. Look for the red tag and the Blackfoot trademark. IDAHO GRIMM ALFALFA GROWERS’ Blackfoot ASSOCIATION Idaho GR] , FALPA SE \ -\ The soul-look“ for Dairy-i” .. Government Economirt: Issue Statement: rm the Situation ,BYTJ- 'T! UR’I‘HER expansion in dairying in _ 1925 seems inadvisable. ' ‘A recov- ery in prices of dairy products could hardly be expected should the number of" milk cows be further in- creased.” This is the opinion of econ- imists of the department of agricul- ture, who further state, “In addition to the fact that domestic production appears adequate," the foreign dairy situation is such as to keep world mar-_ ket prices low and thus limit ' the height to which our butter prices ‘can rise without bringing in foreign butter. “The marked expansion of dairying in the principal butter sections sh’Own by the increase of 4.2 per cent in the estimated number of milk cows in that area during 1924 as compared to a 2.2 per cent increase for the whole coun- try, was largely caused by the unfav- orable returns from other farm enter- prises since the war. The slight de- crease in the number of milk cows in the northeastern states and the up- ward trend in fluid milk consumption leaves producers in this section in somewhat better position than last year, though faced by higher grain costs this winter.‘ “Beginning the year 1924 with an increase in estimated number of milk cows on farms of but 1.4 per cent over January 1, 1923, production increased fully three per cent during 1924, due to the unusually favorable weather and pasture conditions during the flush season, resulting in the low butter prices which prevailed the second half of the year. With most of this in- crease in production diverted into but- ter, production of butter increased ap- proximately two per cent over 1923. This heavy production was reflected in the accumulation of stocks in short- age which, on September 1 reached a peak of 158,440,000 pounds. Under the influence of these conditions butter prices did not follow the usual upward tendency during the late summer and early fall months. ' “Low prices prevailing since the middle of 1924 have stimulated con- sumption and reduced production. The out—of—storage movement has been suf- ficiently heavy to indicate that the surplus will probably be disposed of by the end of the shortage season. “Domestic consumption should con- tinue heavy in 1925 as favorable indus- trial conditions throughout most of the year are expected and because of the tendency toward heavier per cap- ita. consumption of milk and dairy products stimulated by advertising and educational work. . n Hornet- ' “European demand for dairy prod- ucts can not be eXpeoted to improve in the near future as it did‘during the past year. The United Kingdom is now consuming more heavily than in preewar years. Germany, too, is al- ready fully back to pro-war voluma of butter imparts, therecovery of imports in that country having taken place within the past year, exerting an un- usually strengthening influence upon world» markets, and offsetting the ef- fect of heavier world production. Rus- sia is an increasing important source of supplylfor the world’s markets. Southern Hemisphere countries, in- These Holsteins Belonging to E. E. Sturgis Averaged 12,803 Pounds of Milk and 426.5 Pounds of Butter-fat. eluding New Zealand, Australia, and Argentina, where dairy production is now exceeding all previous records, are to be regarded as important influ- ences in the world's butter markets during the coming year and increasing in the future. “While 1924 may_not have been as profitable a year for dairying gener- ally as was 1923, those who have re- cently gone into the dairy business would do well not to abandon it be- cause of a single year of higher re- turns from other farm enterprises. Weeding out the least efficient cows and feeding more carefully would help to meet the present situation and still leave the farmers of the country in good condition to meet the steady growth in the demand for dairy prod- ucts which each year is showing.” The unfavorable butter market has caused Michigan dairymen to look to the whole milk markets in the cities. These markets cannot consume all the milk produced in those regions within marketing distance. In View of exist- ing conditions it does not seem advis- able to expand dairy production with- in the market milk area. Also, when considering the conditions of supply there seems to be little hope that high~ er whole milk prices will prevail any- way soon. The whole milk price can- not be too much above the manufac- turing market price. The best possi- ble course for dairymen seems to be that of more efficient handling of herds and the elimination of poor cows. “Preach individuals first and pedi- grees second." 9‘ “None but high—producing cows are profitable- and the use of pure-bred (“sires is the shortest road.” The farmer who makes money by using fertilizers is the one who studies his soil conditions in relation to crop adaptations and , responses, to plant food. _. . thhe South Van Buren cow Test-y ‘ing Association for" the month of February, out of a total of 253 cams, 225 were tested, the other twenty-eight being dry. The averagemilk produc- 'tion was 636 pounds each and the av- erage butter-fat production was 27.9 pounds each. Twenty-seven cows produced more than forty pounds of butter-fat each, and five cows produced over :fifty pounds of butter-fat each, twenty-one cows [produced over 1,000 pounds of milk each. The high cow, 9. pure-bred Holstein, was owned by Marion Wilkinson, of Dowagiac. She had a production of 1,742 pounds of milk and a butter-fat production of 57.5 pounds. Marion Wilkinson, for the second .time won high herd with his six pure—* bred Holsteins with an average pro- duction of 1,232 pounds of milk each, and an average butter-fat production of 41.93 each. . Members are taking advantage of the courses of lectures given by the faculty of the Michigan Agricultural College, on farm topics, over WKAR, the college broadcasting station.— Raymond Hymankflester. WASIHTENAW COUNTY cow SUP- PLIES BANQUET. ' IFTY-EIGHT banqueters had a pint of milk apiece made for them in sixteen hours by Houwtje Maid Korn- dyke Segis No. 548695. The occasion was the annual meeting of the Wash- tenaw County Holstein Association held March 16 at Saline. And there was enough milk left in the kitchen to feed all the cats in town! For Houwtje Maid has averaged ninety- s‘even pounds or pints of 3.95 per cent milk a day since freshening Jan. 27. Her performance is not exactly a surprise to her owner, William Run- (lel, of Saline, for in cow testing asso- ciation work from December 8, 1923, to November 11, 1924, she gave 21,788 pounds of milk, testing 3.8 per cent, containing therefore 842.4 pounds of fat, the equivalent of 1,010.88 pounds of butter. She has milked twice a day except for the first three months. Small wonder the program of the I iticmfs President William Austin presided over the meeting. Speeches were in- terspersed with vocal music by the “Men’s Quartet” of Saline, piano-ren- ditions by Miss Janis Austin, songs by nHarold Miller. Of especial attraction was a duet by Miss Austin and her brother George, piano and cornet. The speakers of the evening includ- ed H. S. Osler, county agent; A1 Watt, manager of the Washtenaw Fair; State Holstein Association Secretary J. G. Hays, and Carlos Beckington, of Ypsilanti. Young Beckington gave a very inter- esting account of his trip to the 1924 International Dairy Show. His trip was financed by the Washtenaw Coun- ty Holstein Association as a reward for high class work in Boys’ Calf Club. Hays sketched briefly present-day doings in state Holstein circles. He ended his harangue by a true type demonstration, using his famous (?) knock-down portable pastelboard mod- el “Ornery.” Some cow. The business session resulted in the re—election of President William Aus- tin, Vice-President Birg, and Secretary Walter Spalding. Frank Geiger was chosen treasurer, and for new direct- ors W. L. Rundel and R. B. Watrous were selected. The officers were di— rected to lay out a plan of activity for the next year—calf club work and showing at fair being two projects for special consideration. Movies from the extension service of the National Holstein Association, a two reeler entitled, “Jonathan Barr’s Conversion,” capped an; evening filled with pleasure. MAKING PROGRESS WITH BUTTER. F all the farmers’ cooperatives re- porting to the department of ag— riculture, the Minnesota Cooperative Creamery Association of St. Paul is making the greatest progress in im- proving the quality of its output A total of 32,000,000 pounds of butter was sold by the association during 1924, of which 18,000,000 pounds went to new markets. Over fifty per cent of the butter was sold under the trade— mark established by the association l'or sweet cream butter scoring ninety- three per cent or better. February Honor Roll in Dairydom Ten Best Cows in Ear/1 flge Class as 67101071 A t/ze Records of Michigan Cow 'lkrtz'ng flsrocz'atiam Ten High Cows—Three-year-class. Cow Testing Association and Owner. Breed. Date Fresl. L '. B ' . Liiingston No. 1, M J. Mri’herson ................. PB 11 12- <2; bbimwtsuk' T436; ng'p‘F' Ottawa—Coopersvillc, Sam Rymer ................... 1'1! .l 1::- 8—21 1128 0-9 77.72 Genesee N0. 4, Ernest L. Hill ....................... PB H 12- 23-21 1572 4:0 723 (‘alhoun. Lakewood ................................ PB 11 102321 1883 3.8 71 7zz Calhoun, Lakewood ................................ 1’11 [1 1" 0-21 2544 29 71.272 Berrien, l’lym Farm ............................... PB H 1— 325 1718 4.1 703ml Oceana, Sam Odell ................................ 1'1; .1 12— 4 J 1218 5.7 (39:44z Calhoun, Lakewood ...................... . ......... PB H 11—113—24 2055 3.2 (35 827 lonia-Lnko Odessa, Lakeside ....................... r1111 11-27-21 1375 3.5 6m; Gent-sou No. 7, W. E. 1(0le ........................ l‘B H 11‘10721 1794 3.0 64.57.24 Ten High Cows—Four-year—class. Ottawa—Coopersvillc. Sam Rymer ................... 1'B J 12. 2721 1573 "‘ Kalamazoo No. 1. lloy liuvkham .................... 1’1; 11 12021421 1730 2.5, 193.3” Calhoun, Lalmwmd ................................ rs M 111521 231:; 3.4 78'6“ Mai-omb No. 2, John Sungllyld‘ ..................... Gr 1) 12-15431 1333 5.82 77.58 Uencsco No. 1. Mri‘andlisll Bros .................... .1 12—3041 1213 45.2 75.5 Shiawassec, Fred Martin .......................... l'B [I 1138:: 4.4 741 Mix-osta—Ilomus, Alex. Paulwn .................. 1’11 J 12 —2! 973 75 73.0 Jackson-P21111121, w. n. Warmer . .l’B J 1117-21 1511: 48 72‘s Livingston No. 3, A. 11. Donaldson. J 1242 5.11 67.5 Kalamazoo N0. 1, T. 1.. Rev. ........................ 01' G 12-22-24 1224 5.4 (56:1 Ten High Cows—Under Fwe-ycar-class. Livingston No. 1, M. J. Mrl’herson ............... PB H 12« -24 2285 4.9 112. Genesee N0. 8, J. Calvert ............ . 1‘15 11 11—30-24 2253 4.4 99.17 Ottawa—(Immersvillo, Sam liymrr ...I’B J ‘J< 124 1147 8.0 91.7 lonia«Bclding, Michigan lletormntory ............... PB 11 11—20-24 2499 3.5 87 52 lluron-Ubly, Ernest Ham-n ........................ Gr 11 12—1824 1417 5.9 837 Marquette-Alger, .1. 13. Ductsrh ................... G 12-2944 1135 5.8 8310” Saniluc No. 2, Glen (‘larkson ...................... Gr D 1792 4.6 824 Santlac No. 2. no. Coupar ........................ r1; .1 1331; 6.1 3135 Allegan North, .Ies Norgaard ....................... Gr G 12-20~24 1720 5.05 80.9 Ontonagon, Ali-x. Kitzmun ......................... Gr G 11— =14 1385 5.7 79.2 Ten High CNS—Over Five-year-class. Calhoun. Lakewood, ................................ PB ll 12 9.24 238 4.6 Ottawa-Coopersville, (‘ounty Infirmary ............... [‘13 [1 1142—21 2542} 4.1 11308.27zz Eaton West, (,‘._ II. Figg ........................... l'B. H 12~1l~24 2074 5.0 103.722: Ottawa—Coopersvillo. Sam ltymer ................... l'B J 1142-24 1522 6.8 103.5 Mnt‘omb No. 2, Clifford Hopkins ................... ['B 1[ 12—2024 2129 4.50 97.2 loniadrako Odessa. Tony .‘1('(‘fllll 'I'B H 12~ 4-24 1599 5.7 91.2 Allegachst, Taylor & Jager ..................... Gr J 12« 0‘24 2217 4.1 911 Arenac, Peter Koalsch .............................. Gr ll 12-1724 2483 3.6 89.42 \VashtenaW—Ann Arbor, U. S. Baur ................ PB H 1277 6.95 88.8 Calhoun, Lakew ................................ PB H 10-1034 2063 3.3 88.722 Ten High Cows—Milk Caiss. lngham-Lansing, H. D. Box & Son“... ............ PB 11 2728 3. 81.82 Calhoun, Lakewood ...................... 1040-24 2663 3.3 88.722 Ionia—Beldms, Michigan Reformatory . 12‘20—24 21:35 3, 791m lama-Balding, Michigan Reformatory 112021 2070 2.5 64:3zz Ottawa-Coopersvillo. County Infirmary . 11-1272-1 2542 4.1 106.2 ‘Ionia-Beldinz. Michigan Reformatory ll-2-i~24 2499 3.5 87.52 Arenac. Peter Koelsch. ............... 12—17-24 2483 3.6 89.42 Geneses No. 8, Tompkins & Powers 12—11—21 2458 2.7 66.4z Kent-South. W. R. Hail-per & Son ................... PB H 11—18—24 2430 3.1 ~75.06z vinsston No. 2. J. B. Buckley ................ ....PB H 12-15-24 2387 3.9 69.22 7. denotes [three times milker: zz denotes (our times milker; zzx was milked twenty-nine i? 13 fl of, pay when they”; '- , , é'r full of “health—vitality « e—nut’ri‘tion!” ' ~ " A suficient su ply of protein—an excess supply—is the key to your feed— ing profits. It has been proven time and again by the most practical ex- iences and experiments. Linseed Oil Meal su lies this excess very profitably—and in addition is a safe and splendi conditioner. Thus, while costing more per ton than corn, cats or bran, Linseed Oil Meal shows a splendid profiit in balancing rations of home grown foods. Lubricating oil costs more per gallon than gasoline,but what personwould attempt to run a gasoline engine on gasoline alone without enough oil? The efl'ecc on live stock of a judicious use of Linseed Oil Meal is soon apparent in a thrifty appearance, a pliable skin, a sleek, oily coat, and a good “handling” uality of the flesh. Due to its tonic and regulating cfl'ect, Linseed Men is especially useful as a conditioner for animals which are run down or out of condition. Just how, when and wh to feed it for the best and cheapest gains in fat, milk, pork and woo , is told fully in Prof. Morrison’s book. “How to Make Money With Linseed Oil Meal.” Written by one of the World’s greatest feeding authorities, you’ll find this book mighty valuable. Send for your free copy. Ask for Booklet D-4. LINSEED CRUSHERS MEAL ADVERTISING COMMITTEE Room 1126 Union Trust Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. Balance the Ration With _ ms; 2 Costs Little, Earns Much .5 a 3 .‘ y . v 511’ Please Mention The Michigan Farmer! When Writing to Advertisers I 0 AN- Concrete SI [OS The last word in a permanent silo. Write for In. terosting tree llluutr-ted fnct~provlng catalog. Tells how we manufacture them under the best: known processes-“and'nut stopping at that—how we erect them for you in a few days trom ground to peak . Special Terms if you order Now! 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SIICke is the wetwealher ~ ‘ servrce uniform ' for the regular men who make every day count? a A.J. TOWER CO. BOSTON Choose Your, First Silo Wisely! ——that means a m! buill‘ln steel back-ladders. Easiest iczdmg silos. COSTS LESS TO BUILD Have permanent buildings of \ .Glazed Tile. The first cost is ‘ no more and the tremendous saving in paint, repairs and upkeep is all in favor of Kalamaiaa ; GLAZED TILE BUILDINGS Solve the building problem for all time with \‘ beautiful. everlasting tile. h‘.‘ d l.Suitable f or houses, 2:11:15. In hen om. garages—an u - Ina. Bali-uto- Flce. WRIT FOR FREE BOOK on permanent farm build- qu. including our Tile and Wood Silou. KALAMAZOO TANK & Sll_.0 CO. . Dept. 423 K ANGER tlmciorhorsu . Lego are loft—muscles flabby. Apply Gom- bault’a Can a tie Balsam for strained, Iwollcn tendon. or lcmcncu of any kind. Known [or 41 year. no the quick, reliable remedy for the many ailment. oi horoee’ lea and hoofn. Apply it your-ell. Directionn_with every bottle. Won't out or dilcolor hlll'. D_on't be 'without it another day. $1.50 at druuntu. or $110.: upon receipt of price. T he .Lunenco- Company. Cleveland. Ohio. GOOD FOR HUMANS. TOO alum-“o. ‘ ..., hm... edge... 4-...) ' ,. I‘ ,. . w gm thrifty pig that didn’t have a curly tail? Or one with a. straight and drooping tail which seemed to be doing just as .well as it" might? The straight tail is accompanied by other indications equally as marked, such as: a. long snout, a. humped back and rough coat of hair, 8.11 indicating a lack of something in the ration which has caused the pig to lose its Now, in order to realize the most profit from the raising and feeding of hogs, all really successful producers have come to know, that the fat, which is every suckling pig’s right, is a val- nm 1 he Curl in *thc’iTail" : " . By A. Rice AVE you ever seen a healthy, was supplied in thedorm of tankage' for eighty cents. And the 'tankage will keep the curl . in the tail. FEED PRICES MAY BE LOWER. HE feed market has been declin- ‘ing. It is probable that the price trend will be downward. The de- crease in the number of cattle and. hogs has slackened the feedidemand. Likewise, the low butter prices have had a tendency to cause dairymen to not feed so heavily as they would had the market been better. The farmer: should plan to produce ‘5 m Usually the Cost of Gains on Steers is Lowest When the Proportion of Silage in the Ration is Largest. uable asset in the ultimate develop- ment of the hog, and should be con- served accordingly. Let this baby fat once get off a pig and that individual pig will cost ever so much more at marketable size than his brother piggy on which the baby fat has been retained. Conserve this baby fat; keep the original curl in the tail. Nothing will do this as cheaply as an adequate amount of protein in the feed. Skim-milk, unless you have a better—paying outlet, is by far the cheapest and best of feeds; but if you are selling whole milk, as we are, you can get along very nicely and cheaply with tankage. We are selling our whole milk on the butter-fat basis, getting so much for the butter-fat and so much for the skim-milk content. The skim-milk brings us an average approximating fifty—five cents per hundred. With tankage costing $2.90 per hundred, we think that the skim-milk required for each pig would, if sold, buy its equiv- alent in tankage much more cheaply. In fact, the skim-milk if sold at the price for which we are selling, would easily, if expended fortankage, feed several such pigs. A job-lot of September pigs that we bought last fall we sold at the age of five months, weighing an average of 175 pounds. These had not a drop of milk from weaning time. We fed eighteen of them 500 pounds of tank- age costing $2.90 per hundred, or a total of $14.50, or eighty cents per pig. Now, let’s figure on the skim-milk proposition just a little. Allowing eleven pounds of the milk per day per pig we have a. total, per each pig, for 150 days, of 1,633 pounds. Figuring this at fifty-five cents per hundred we have $9.07 invested in a ration that 5 wet time. as much of his own feed as possible. In some instances where conditions are right, feed production for next year’s market might be advisable. However, the outlook at present is for a lower feed market—J. T. Horner. ‘ TEMPORARY FENCES. AST year I secured a few steel posts, and a roll of barbed wire. By bracing an ordinary line post with an old rail and a. stope, I was able to use this for an end post on one side of a. field and on the dther side I an- chored to a tree. With steel posts, set about every thirty feet, and the two barbed wires attached and located about two feet and three feet above ground, I found I had a quickly made fence. As it only takes one moment to drive a. steel post (not tubular), and the strands of barb wire can be stretched with the tractor, it is no great trouble to build same. I also .found that by letting barbs down to ground along on top of hill or elevation, it was unnecessary to have a. gate. This wire can easily be rolled on a. barrel when ready to move, and posts can be pulled by hand during a One can run this kind of a. fence diagonally in order to hitch to a tree or some other object.——A. E. E. , 'OUTLOOK FOR SHEEP AND WOOL. HE recent relative high prices for sheep and wool have caused some expansion in the number of sheep on farms. This may continue to the point of over-expansion. However, the general opinion seems to be that the prices will remain at a satisfactory level during the present year. I» I,» .‘f.’ ‘i h ' The , Plans—meet valuable book available to barn' builders ——FREE to all who sign and send coupon. *Packed with plans, building hints, barn equipment data. 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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Twelve Davs before date of publication Whatsoever A Man ,, Soweth, That Shall. ' He Also Reap. Get the best breeding stock and reap the , benefits of quality. WILDWOOD‘ FARMS ORION, MICHIGAN W.E. SGRIPPS.Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt. 35$ . , FIATRM‘horses- FOR SALE - Reg. Guernsey Bull Calves Sire by Lone Pine Ranger whose dam has an A. R. record of 17,6442 lbs. Milk. 936.6 lbs._ Eat. No Fe- males for Sale. Write J. Williams, North Adams: Gilmore Brothers. Camden. Mich. Wallmwood Guernseys Young bulls from A. R. cows for sale. . W. WALLIN, Jenieon. Mich. ' bull and heifer calves. May Roglslorad Guernsay u... been... A. R. rec- ords. Walnut Hill Farm. Milford. Michigan. T. B. Tested. the years old. Four “83- BINI'IISO’ Bil“ daughters with records. Price $150. HILDRETH 3. LEE. Bailey, Mich. Reg.'Guei-nsey Cows, Bulls and For sale Bull Calves. A. R. Record May Rose Breeding. JOHN EBELS. R. 2. Holland. Mich. F o R s A L E Registered Guernsey cows and heifers. F. W. RUEI-IS. R. 2. Caledonia. Mich. FOR SALE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN FRIE- SIAN COWS from 2 to 7 years old. Borne fresh. others to freshen soon. Will sell one or more to suit purchase. Best of breedlns. Prices are slit. HENRY 8. ROHLFS. Akron. Mich. that have been worked little during the winter months are, as a. rule, unfit for heavy spring work. Well-wintered horses are generally in .good flesh, which flesh, however, is soft, and hard work soon shrinks it away. I have always found it a good prac- tice during the winter season, and es- pecially as spring approaches, to be- gin working, as much as possible, the‘ horses I need to do my spring work. There is always some work about the farm to be done, such as hauling ma- nure,‘ wood, moving grain to market and going to mill, that tends to give the horses the right kind of exercise and helps to strengthen and keep their muscles active and firm. I plan to change the horses around in the teams frequently so that each horse gets its share of work and keeps seasoned at the collar. Farm horses not regularly employed during the winter, are usually high- spirited and, when put to work in the spring, frequently become overworked and injure their shoulders. If sore shoulders result the first few days, their usefulness the remaining part of the season is materially impaired. Horses properly fitted for spring work will invariably start in quietly with- out fretting or worrying. I do not believe in increasing the grain ration a. week or ten days be- fore starting my teams at the spring work. I find it a much better prac- tice to start work first and gradually increase the grain ration as they be- come accustomed to the work—Leo C. Reynolds. mammmmnmnmmmmmuug Veterinary. ".vlt'ms‘W?“ ? “‘ ll" rilllfllllmtlllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllli CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib- m. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of each cue and give, name and address of the writer. Initial. only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the sonic: becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed. __‘ lllllllllllllllllll Bloody Milk.—My cow gives bloody milk from one quarter of her bag. A. W., Romeo, Mich—Dissolve one ounce of sugar of lead in one quart of cold water and apply to bruised quarter after milking. Ascertain the cause and remove it, then she will recover, but a little blood in milk does no harm. Barrenness.—My cow comes in heat every three weeks, but fails to get with calf. E. T., Sterling, Mich—Dis- solve a quarter pound of bicarbonate of soda in six quarts of clean tepid water, with fountain syringe, flush the vagina daily. Swollen Quarter.—We have a. heifer which has been fresh three months. One quarter of udder is much larger than its mate, but both quarters seem to be all right, except the most milk comes from the large Quarter. S; B., Grant, Mich—Leave her alone. Partial Loss of Power.—Teat Poly- pus.——Have sow ten months old which eats good, but when down can hardly get up alone. We have a cow with small hard bunch in her teat. T. H. B., Manton, Mich—Give sow ten drops of fluid extract of nux vomica, and twenty grains of acetate of potash in feed twice a day. Feed her some roots, Keep her bowels open. Does she have enough exercise? Piles.—I have two pigs which will weigh about 75 pounds each. They have protrusion of the bowel, but not more than two inches. Had I better kill them? F. G., Rosebush, Mich;— Constipation is a common exciting cause of piles; keep. their bowels op- en, give each pig a teaspoonl‘ul of hi- carbonate of soda in feed or milk twice a day and it will help the pigs. Apply boric acid to raw portion of tumor twiCe a day. Foreign Body in Mouth.———We have a. ten—year-old cow that has some trou- ble in swallowing food. Most of the feed she chews drops out of mouth, sometimes we pick up half a bushel of sour food. \Vhat is the cause of this trouble? E. M. B., Byron Center, Mich—If you will examine her month you will perhaps find a piece of wire or sliver of wood lodged in back part of month which prevents her swallow- ing food. Her tongue or throat may be diseased. Wash out mouth with salt water twice a day. films Sire of Thirty-Pound Cows. dyke Veeman Hengerveld. percentage of butterfat. Elwain, Hastings, Mich. For catalog and additional information address 0. Manager. WEST SALEM. WISCONSIN. A PONTIAC BULL Born August 12, 1924. About two-thirds white and nicely marked. Well grown and an emellcnt individual with a good straight back and broad lciel rump. His Sire: College Butter Boy, 293508. A Show bull out of a 32.7-lb. cow with a 365 day record of 1,112.65 lbs. butter and 25.0792 lbs. milk. His Dam: Pontiac Galasia 515872. As a 2-yr.-old made 818.42 lbs. butter and 20,042.0 lbs. milk. A granddaughter of Beets Walker, sire of the World's record heifer, Pontiac Irene. His dam and sire's dam average 965.54 lbs. butter and 22.500 lbs. milk. Sand for pedigree of Ear Tag No. 166. Pontiacs for Production. Bureau of Animal Industry Dept. C Lansing, Michigan Sale of Roglslede J. E. McEIwain of Hastings, Michigan will sell without reservation his entire Herd of 34 head of Registered Hol- steins at the J. E. McElwain Farm located within the City of Hastings on Wendesday, April 8, at 1:00 P. M. . This Herd represents 12 years of careful daughters, granddaughters, and-great granddaughters of Sir Korndyke Vee— man Hengerveld, known as the “Old Rising Bull,” ( . attain”- breeding and consists of Michigan’s Greatest This Herd is headed by Sir Korndyke Veeman Champion, an outstand- ing Show Bull of exceptional breeding. He is a 31—lb. grandson of Sir Korn- His five nearest dams all have A. R. 0. records above 30 lbs., averaging better than 32 lbs. butter and 600 lbs. milk. His daughters are extra fine individuals and the first to freshen average high in The cows and heifers in this Herd are of uniform breeding and confor- mation and possess some very good A. R. O. and Cow Testing Ass’n records- A 4-year-old is now leading the Ass’n in her class. This Herd is Tuberculin Tested and has never had a reactor or case of abortion. This Herd is in good condition and should be attractive to buyers. Sale catalogue will be out April first. If interested write J. E. Mc- CoI. C. M. Hess, Auctioneer, Akron, Ohio. W. R. Harper, Sales Manager, Middleville, Mich. 200 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS The Western Wisconsin Holstein Breeders’ Sales Association’s FIRST ANNUAL SPRING CONSIGNMENT SALE WEST SALEM, Wis. APRIL 8-9, 1925 200 Head of Wisconsin's Best—60 choice fresh and springing cows, 40 two-year~old heifers. 50 yearling heifers 12 to 24 months old. 25 heifer calves G to 12 months old. and 25 select young herd bulls. Positively the best array of registered Holstelns ever assembled at public auction. G. CLARK. Manager. or A. L. HYZER. Aflistant .- Best of quality and breeding. Bulls. Shorthoms cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumseh. Mich ' RED POLLED CATTLE FOR RegIStered SALE. Somoyoung bulls. Cheap if taken soon. From heavy milking cows. JOHN DEYARMOND, Mio, Oicoda 00., Mich.. R. I. Box I2. suonmonus or MERIT Egan‘sid‘df‘slt ”if: E. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint. Mich. WILDWOOD FARM Milking Shorthorn Bull Calves from good producing ancestry. $100 each. BEELAND 8.. BEELAND. Tecumseh. Mich. Polled Shorthorn Bulls GEORGE GILL & SON. Ypsilanti. Mich. for sale. Well bred. RANK 4 Brown SWISS Bulls T. B. Tested. F POET & SON. H. 6, Clare, Mich. HOGS GET MORE MILK and milk less cows. {'Use a son of Sir Charlevoix Ormsby F inderiie whose dam is Mich. State champion butter cow and third highest cow in the world for yearly milk production. Bulls ready for service out of good record cows, from $100 upfl J. B. JONES FARMS Romeo, Mich. Frank Bock, Herdsman - ' Young Bulls up to 8 months Qualtly HOISteIl'IS of ago. Good Individuals and Well Brod. at from $50 to $75, according to age. I. M. SHORMAN. Fowlerville, Mich. HOLSTEIN or GUERNSEY shortcoming; merit. Edcewood Dairy Farms. Whitewater, Wis. (Hereford Steers) 60 Wt. Around 850 lbs: 66 Wt. Around 740 lbs. 80 Wt. Around 650 lbs. ; 46 Wt. Around 525 lbs. 50 Wt. Around 950 lbs.: 58 Wt. Around 450 lbs. Also many other bunches. Deep reds, dehorncd, good stocker condition. Real quality Herefords are usually market toppers when finished. Will sell your choice from any bunch. VAN B. BALDWIN. Eldon. Wapeilo Co.. Iowa. HEREFORD STEERS 65. wt. around 640 lbs. 58. wt. around 8.10 lbs. 80, wt. around 600 lbs. 72. wt. around 700 lbs. 38. Shorthoms. 1.150 lbs. If wanting some choice quality Deliorncd steers, write me. Oitumwa is located on [the Burlington, Rock Island, Milwaukee & Wabash R. R. A. C. WISE- CORNER, Ottumwa, Iowa. Bulls. cows and heif- Registered Hereford: m to, 5,1,, RALPH CALHOUN. Branch 00., Bronson, Mich- F O R S A L E Bull calves from good A. R. cows With 75 per cent breeding of Norman's MiSsaukce Red Rose, 900 lbs. fat, sired by a son of Kim.r of (‘hilmark, sire of class loaders and wh050 dam was a class leader. These soon ready for service. Prices reasonable. A. . SMITH. Lake City. Mich. . 95 wt. around 480 lbs. ‘ ‘ ' Our bulls of service- FIDaDCIaI King Jerseys We ,3, m all sold, but we have a. few bull calves of excellent breeding. sired by our great herd sire, Financial King Sensa- tion. Our prices are reasonable. COLDWATER JER- SEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich. Bulls ready for service. Jerseys For sale also a few females. All from R. of M. dams. Accredited herd. Smith 5. Parker. R. D. No. 4. Howell. Mich. 15 Cows, 4 bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to select from herd of 70. Some fresh. others bred for fall freshenlng. ColonC. Lillie, Coopersvflle, Mich. BUTTER BRED JEESEEABELLS CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Alle an Count Michi an For Sale. One 14 months old Shorthom 3““! red. One ten months old Roan. ones. and priced to sell. 6. V. Tracy. Union 800d l Phone. Ithaca. Mich. B k Ill brcd gins. sows, a few boars and wean« er 8 re lines. l'ckin Drake $3.50. Toulouse (lander $5. CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette. Mich. DUROC SOWS GROWTHY GILTS Bred to far-row in April. Registered and guaranteed to be as mpresented, for $60 to $80. Also a few fall gilts and boars. . Clarkstown, Mich. Lakefield Farms, - Registered 0. 1. c. Sows 332;: dais ‘ififil Gilts, yearlings and Zvyear-old. Also boars of all All stock on approval. Register free. ages. W. KENNEDY. R. 2. Plymouth, Mich. 6 fine fall boars and 1 choice CLOVER 0- is C. yearling boar. LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mich. Big Type Chesler While: fffifég"i.lih‘§iis?°&’ii £3 C. 0. D. LUCIAN HILL. Tekonnha, Mich. Francisco Farm Poland Chinas There are still a few of those good. big. bred gilts left. The first $50 checks get them. P. P. POPE. Mt. Pleasant. Mich. ° either sex, by the great Boar. The Fa“ Plgs Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best of dams. W. E. Livingston. Parma. Mich. ' POLAND CHINA FALL GIL’I‘S. Blg Type Rainbow - Clansman breeding. Bred or open. Geo. W. Needham. Saline. Mich. Fall pigs of either sex for sale. A. A. Large Type Poland Chlnas FELD KAM P. Manchester. Mich. ‘ SHEEP Breeding Ewes B. FURNISS, Nashville. Mich. ' Shropshire Ewes For Sale. Twen- RegASt-ered ty-one Head of yearling and two- Year—olds due to Lamb in A ril. , _ . - are. Mich. Union phmm D C V Tracy mi HORSES WARNING STALLION PURCHASERS Be sure that the stallion you are buying has a clean Michigan State Enrollment. Purchase subject to approval for soundness and registry papers. by the Department of Agriculturt, Lansing, Michigan. Michigan Horse Breedcn' Association. R. 6. Hudson, Secretary. East Lansing, MLoh. HORSE SALE Michigan Horse Breeders' Association. Farmen’ Week. February. I926. Fit your horses thou List your horses with R. S. HUDSON, Sec’y-Treas. East Lansing. Michigan. One Registered Por- F O R S A L E cheron Stallion. four years old. Weight 1.800 lbs., well broke and nice to handle. Price right. E. A. ROHLFS. Akron, Mich. Box 6. R. F. D. No. 3. (ci- sale, extra good young Delalnu. V. Slrawberrydlloan Belgian Slallion 3’5. $33.13: {1% lbs. HER AN KOHLER, H. 2, Clinton. Mich. $300 buys the best coming two-year-old Perchd oron stallion in Michigan. Color brown. ton type. H. B. PETERS. Elsie. Mich. Frieiian‘ Gallic I a l l ”.4. a.-- . . . i. a-.. GRAIN QUOTATIONS ‘ Tuesday, March 31. Wheat. ‘ Detroit—No. 1 red $1.63; No. 2 red , :13; No. 2 white $1.62; No. 2 mixed Chicago—May $1.46@1.461/2; July $1.37%@1.37%; September $12996. ' Toledo.—«—Wheat $1.63@1.64. . ‘ Corn. Detroit—No. 3 yellow $1.13; No. 4 yellow $1.08. ' Chicago.—May $1.04%@1.04%; July $10814; September $1.09%@1.09%. Oats. Detroit—No. 2 white at 53c; No. 8 white 520. , Chicago—May 41%c; July 431462) 43%c; September 44c. Rye. Detroit—No. 2, $1.20. Chicago—«May at $1.191;é@1.20; July 31.09%; September 99%c. Toledo.—$1@1.05. Beans. Detroit—Immediate and shipment $5.60@5J65 per cwt. Chicago—Navy, choice $6.25; red kidneys $10@10.50. New York—Choice pea at $6.35@ 6.50; red kidneys $10@10.25. prompt Barley. Detroit.—Malting 97c; feeding 90c. Buckwheat. Detroit.——$2@2.05. Seeds. Detroit—«Prime red clover cash at $16.60; alsike $14H25; timothy $2.90. . ay. 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 $11.50(a)12. Feeds. Detroit—Bran at $32@33; standard middlings at $33; fine middlings $38; cracked corn $56; coarse cornmeal at $44; chop $33. Apples. Chicago prices on apples: Northern Spies $7@8 bbl; Baldwins $6.50fi‘:7; Jonathans at $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@5.75. WHEAT Wheat prices averaged higher ear- lier in the last week but slumped sharply again at the close. Specula— tive liquidation appears to be about over, foreign markets seem to be past the worst of their recent indigestion, the domestic cash situation is more robust and a crop scare is developing. Producers have not been eager to sell on the recent decline so that primary receipts in the last month have been the smallest at this season in several years. At the same time, shipments from primary markets have been heav- ier than usual, resulting in 'rapid re- duction in the visible supply. Wheat is still pouring into European ports at a rapid rate. Argentine clearances have fallen off sharply so that more interest may be shown in offerings from North America. Crop damage reports are coming from Kansas and adjacent states where rain is needed and where winter killing has been ex- .tensive. Some comprehensive private reports indicate that the condition of the crop on emerging from winter has seldom been as poor as it is this year. RYE Recent declines have made possible a good deal of export business in rye. Russia has been a big buyer. Ger- many has also re—entered our market. Clearances now run much heavier than in December and January, and it is expected that still larger sales will be made soon. In the past, April and May have frequently been months of large rye exports. CORN The speculative house cleaning seen in other grains ten days ago was fin- ally experienced in corn. The market is lower than a week ago. Cash de- mand from actual consumers has in- creased to a limited extent. Primary receipts of corn in the last ten. days have been the lightest at this season in many years. The present visible supply is large, otherwise the small receipts would. have immediate influ- .n... OATS Primary receipts of oats have been quite small recently, while shipments from primaries have increased and the visible supply is showing fair decreas- es from week to week. Distributing demand has improved at the lower lev- el of prices. From the high point of the winter, oats priceshave declined about one-third, and, since they were already cheap compared with other grains, the trend in the next two or three months is likely to be up rather than down. BEANS The bean market passed another quiet week with prices unchanged. C. H. P. whites are still quoted at $5.80 @5.85 per 100 pounds, f. o. b. Michi- gan shipping points, with fancy screen- ed at $5.55@5.60. Wholesale grocers and canners are buying sparingly, .but owners of beans are still firm in__ their belief in higher prices later, on. The course of the market probably depends on whether the volume of buying in- creases after the first of the month. Employment conditions are favorable, but the weather is a little too mild to stimulate demand. SEEDS The seed trade has been very ir- regular. Sales are stimulated by the mild weather but fall off at any re- turn of frost. Red clover sales are curtailed because of high prices so that the reduced supply may be ample for the demand. The planting season is at hand, however, and a broader demand for seeds and a stronger mar- ket during the next month are antici- pated. FEEDS Feed demand shows no improve- ment and prices are inclined to work lower. Offerings of wheat feeds are liberal from both mills and jobbers. Canadian and Buffalo mills are offer- ing bran and middlings in the east at $2@3 lower than western markets. The mild weather is reducing spring re- quirements in the many consuming districts. HAY The hay market is still depressed by large receipts and sluggish demand. Timothy prices were steady, but a1- “heavy hens 300; / . falfa and prairie hay declined. .,__Exces- sive stocks of inferior hay are,.still being pressed on-the market, but top grades are scarce; Pastures in the south are steadily ‘improving so 'that slides gt alfalfa to that section are fall- g o . POULTRY AND secs Egg prices held generally steady throughout the past week. .Country markets are higher in most sections , although collections are reported to be increasing. Receipts at the four lead- ing markets last week were the small- est in a month. Consumption is broad and there is an active demand for eggs for storage. Accumulations in the large markets since March 1 have been larger than in the entire month last year. The price at which buying for storage will be, carried on has been well established so that the market probably will continue firm at the present level.» \ , Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 28c; dirties 27%0; checks 27c; fresh firsts 29%c; ordinary firsts 28c. Live pou1-, try, hens 28c; springers 30c; roosters 180; ducks 300; geese 16c; turkeys 28c pound. , . , Detroit—Eggs, fresh Candied and graded 29@2917§c. Live poultry, heavy springers 310; light springers 25617260; light hens 25@260; roosters 18c; geese 16@18c; ducks 33 @34c; turkeys 35c. BUTTER Butter markets were unsettled last w’eek, and prices declined rather sharp- ly. Receipts were not large, but re- cent high prices have curtailed con- sumption and dealers are conservative. The arrival of 300,000 pounds of fine quality Canadian butter was a further unsettling influence. Statistically, the butter market remains in a strong po- sition. Fresh production is only mod- erate. The reduction of storage butter stocks is so rapid that holdings by April 1 may be close to ten million pounds, or only slightly above the five- year average on that date. Danish butter is still too high 'to offer any competition to domestic butter at the prevailing" prices. London markets, the natural outlet for colonial butter, Live Stock Market Service Tuesday, M arch 31. CHICAGO Hogs. Receipts 13,000. Market is uneven, steady to 100 lower than Monday’s low price. Mostly 25@40c off from best prices; lightweights areuneven; light lights and slaughter pigs firm; bulk 170 to 325-lb. weight $12.50@13; 140 to 150—lb. average largely $12.25@ 12.75; bulk packing sows $12@12.50; strong weight slaughter pigs at $11.50 @1225. Cattle. Receipts 10,000. Fed steers and year- lings slower, generally steady, quality considered; best early bulk fed steers and yearlings $8.25@10.75; other kill- ing classes except calves are about steady ; big weights average around 1,600 lbs. at $11.50; yearlings $11.75; bulk vealers to packers $10@10.60; to outsiders mostly up to $12.50. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 14,000. Good fat lambs fully steady; some change on weighty kind; good handy weights at $15.50@ 15.85; best held higher; good 91 to 96- lb. lambs $14@14.50; weighty kind at $13.50; no clipped sold; good to choice 73-1b. California springers $16.50; fat sheep uneven; killing lambs unevenly slow, good 74-lb. kind $15.10. DETROIT Cattle. Receipts 498. Market opening slow at Monday’s close. Good to choice yearlings dry-fed ................ $ 9.75@10.50 Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8.75@ 9.50 Handyweight butchers . . 8.00 9.00 Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.75 Handy light butchers . 6.00@ 6.75 Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.75 Best cows . 5.50@ 6.50 Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . 4.50@ 5.25 Cutters .............. . 2.00@ 3.65 Canners ................ 2.25@ 3.00 Choice bulls .............. 5.0063 6.50 Heavy bologna bulls . . . . 4.50% 5.25 Stock bulls .............. 4.00 5.00 Feeders................. 6.00@ 7.50 Stockers 5.25@ 7.00 Milkers . . ............. $45.00@ 80.00 Veal Calves. Receipts 680. Market 500 higher. Best .................... $14.50@15.00 Others ................... 5.00@14.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 475. Market 250 lower on lambs, sheep steady. Best lambs ............ 16.00 Fair to good sheep . ..... 14.50@15.50 Light to common . ..... 9.75@11.50 Clipped . . . . . ............ 13.00 Ye‘arlings ............ 13.00@13.50 Fair to good sheep ..... '8.00@ 9.50 Culls and common ...... 4.00@ 6.00 Buck lambs ............. 13006121325 Hogs. Receipts 1,887. Market fairly dull. Mixed hogs, heavy y’rkrs.$13.20@13.60 Pigs . . . .......... 12 25 Little yorkers . . . . . . . . 12.75‘ Yorkers 13.20 Roughs ............ . . . . . 11.75 Stags ......... 7.00@ 7.50 Ho 5. Receipts 4,560. iglogs closing slow. Grade 160 lbs. up $13.65@13.75; heavy sold at $14.10@14.25; medium $14.35; light $14.25@14.50; light lights $13@ 13.50; pigs $12@13; packing sows and roughs $11.75@12. Cattle. Receipts 200. The market is slow. Steers from 1,100 pounds up at $8.50@11.30; steers 1,100 lbs. down $6@10; load of bulk yearlings up to $11; hiefers $550606; cows at $2.60@6; bulls $4@6.25; butchers are steady. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 1,800. Tops selling $16.25; culls $16.50 down; yearlings $13.50@ 14; aged wethers $11@11.50; ewes at $9@10; slipped lambs $13.50@13.75; ewes $9@10. Calves. Receipts 450. Teps at $14.50@1fl.25; culls $11.50 down. ~ also are above a parity with our prio- es. * The decline on demestic butter Was. largely sentimental andsome im- provement is due .as confidence is pre- stored. Prices on 92-score creamery: Chicago 45%:c; New .York 45%0; Bos- ton 46c; Philadelphia 4695c. Detroit 43@_47c for fresh Creamery in tubs._ . WOOL The ~wool market continues slow, but manufacturerseare taking limited amounts daily andresista‘nce is being shown to any further declines in price. Nevertheless, sales are being made ca.- casionally at slightly lower figures. - Delaine wool of the better class is selling at about 59@6lc in the grease at Boston, although some dealers are holding for higher prices. The sale of a fairly large amount of territory wool to manufacturers is'reported also, with fine combing quoted at $1.45@. 1.50, scoured basis, and half-blood at $1.30@1.35.' With the exception of South America, foreign markets show a slightly firmer tone because of the buying power revealed at the London sale which closed last week. POTATOES The potato markets were dull last week with prices slightly lower at both shipping points and in the distributing markets. Shipments of old potatoes gained nearly 400 cars over the pre- ceding week, although part of these probably were seed stock. The move- ment of new potatoes from the south is increasing steadily, but it still rep- resents only a small part of the total. Northern round whites, U. S. No. 1, are quoted at 900@$1 per 100 pounds in the Chicago carlot market. HORSES Farm chunks are still in demand by buyers from the east. Horses weigh- ing 1,300 to 1,700 pounds are finding that outlet at a range of $100@225, with the bulk of the heavier sorts at $175@200. Lighter kinds are selling down to'$90. Choice heavy drafters weighing around 1,900 pounds are scarce and are selling in pairs at $500 @575. Plain big horses are hard to GRAND RAPIDS This market has turned weak on ap- ples and the sky high prices which many expected this spring when they stored apples are not materializing. Old vegetables also were easier. Live stock was steady, poultry firm, and butter-fat slightly lower. Prices early this week were: Potatoes 40@500 a. bu; carrots, parsnips, rutabagas 60@~ 75c bu; cabbage, white 50@65c bu; red,‘ 75c@$1 bu; beets 75c@$1 a bu; green onions 20c dozen; dry onions $1@1.25 bu; apples, Spies, fancy $3@ 3.25 bu; A, $2.50; B, $1.65@2; Golden Russets $1.25@1.50 bu; maple syrup $2.25@2.50 gallon, mostly $2.25; ma- ple sugar 30@35c lb; wheat $1.50 bu; rye $1.05 bu; beans $5.25 per cwt; DETROIT CITY MARKET The markets were too well supplied with produce for the demand which prevailed, but third grade stock moved slowly. Cabbage, carrots, parsnips and other roots were slow sellers. A few bushels of beet tops found easy sale. Live poultry prices advanced a. little under stronger-demand, while the egg- market barely remained steady. . Apples $1@4 bu; beets, round 50 , 650 bunlong 65c@$1 bu; cabbage 50@ 600 bu; carrots 50@65c bu; horserad- ish, fancy $5@5.50 bu; No. 1, $4@4.50 bu; No. 2, $2.50@3.50 bu; dry onions No. 1, $1.25@1.50 bu; green onions 600 dozen bunches; root parsley 60@ 650 bu; curly parsley 50c per dozen bunches; parsnips 75c@$1 bu; pota- toes, No. 1, 60@65c bu; No. 2, 40@500 bu; rutabagas 50@60c bu; honey $1.15 @125 per 5-lb. pail; butter 50@600; squash $2692.50 bu; beet tops $1 bu; eggs, wholesale 32@33c; retail 35@ 40c; hens, wholesale 30@33c; retail 34@35c; springers, wholesale 30@31c; retail 33@35c; veal 19c; dressed poul- try, hens 35@40c; springers 35@400. coume’ LIVE STOCK SALES. Guemaeys. Aim] 1:I—George F. Crawford, Holton, c . Holstelns. April S—J. E. McElwain, Hastings, .Mich. - .- ' a. April 8-9—Western Wisconsin Holstein Breeders’ Sales Assn. West Sale Wisconsin. - ’ ' ., ~* .2" it til" Y in th g for tin for the mm or am Borer. _ The House Commit- @511 Ways and Means has denied a hearing to oflicials of the depart- ment of agriculture and representative farmers, and reOprted out the bill with the appropriation cut from $25. 000 a year to $12, 000 a ’year. like false economy in view of the fact that corn is our most important farm crop,.at least in the southern part of the state. If farmers all get busy at once it should be possible to get this figure back to the original request, which was certainly a very conserva- tive figure. COUNTY CROP REPORTS. Alcona 60., March 18. —The sugar beet cempanles are contracting for acreage in this locality at the present time. It now appears that about the usual acreage of potatoes, corn, and beans, will be planted. It will be nec- essary to ship in a good deal of seed corn as little of the supplies on hand will grow. .Hay is now being market- ed at 87. 50@10 per ton. The general outlook for the farmer shows improve- ment. The weather during February was very seasonable, but many chang- es have occurred during March. Eggs now bring 21c; butter-fat 42c; pota- toes 35c; oats 500; veal 10@llc.—- G. W. G. Sanilac 00., March 24 .——A normal acreage of sugar beets has been con- tracted in this district. Potatoes, corn, canning peas, and beans will average more than normal. Fall wheat and meadows came through the winter in fine shape. Not much building and repairing being done, owing to the high prices of labor and materials. It is almost impossible to sell hay, the demand being lifeless. Farm products are selling as follows: Beans $5.20; barley $1. 65; wheat 81. 55, rye 81; oats 390; eggs 25c; cream 48c;m11k $2. 40 per cwt. Many farmers are buY- ing stockers for pasture feeding. ——C. Shlawassee 00., March 27. -—Fine spring weather prevails in this section. Frost is practically all out of ground. Many farmers have started to plow for oats. Auction sales are numerous, and farm tools, milk cows, hogs, and poultry bring high prices as a rule. Horses are slow of sale, especially the light ones, drafters bring fair prices, but are not in large demand. as many farmers are purchasing tractors. Hay This appears ' POST PAID HAMPTON & $088.. n', 5. Band". Ildl. mafia Y PM 1'8 isosen ator Dunlap. 150 Wax-nerds. 300° Dressed Veal and Hegs 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 81 Co. WHOLESALE MEATS 2460 Rlopellu, ~Detroit, Michigan SAVES YOU FROM 15 TO 50c on “any one: you euv We are an old established mamfactm-er of all kinds of factory to a. That means a his sav- Ordere Filled in 24 . Hours Every shade is carefully mid and inspected in our large mall order‘dcpartment and sent by parcel post. pre- paid to your door. wnu today for our money saving de- scriptive catllosue: it tells",ml how to FREE octand measure andother valuable information. Buying direct. there‘s a his saving. R. W. DURHAM CO. 148 N. Alabama St. Indianapolis. Ind. Duane-rd “In lump. More 'l’han 22 Year. You got the clonal skimming, easiest-tumlua,%uiellm to clean separator ever Has re. placed hundreds our thouundo of machines all over Europe. unl- 3.85.11.5asymfimm 5.133.: "Ill.“ manta. 10 MOI'I'IIS To M SPECIAL SALE. Standard Bee Hives. [1 One Story. per pack of five hives. -7 S 8 frame. wood covers $9. 50; ! 10 frame, wood covers 810. 35; 10 frame. metal coveis $12. 75. Semi for special price listofall bee supplies.‘ A. o. WOODMAN co., . . DEPT. M. F. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. g miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. consecutive insertions 3 cents a word. .Mlnlmum charge. l0 words. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Ldiichlgan farmers. Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. at alas-filed rates. or in display columns at commercial rate‘s. Rates 5 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more Count as a word each abbreviation, lay type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany ord Real estate and live stock advortlslng have separate departments and are not accepted as classllled. Try itf or want ads and for adver- Poultry advertising will be run in this department. initial or number. 0 Four Four 82.40 86.24 2.64 6.48 2.88 6.72 5.12 5.95 3.36 7.20 .60 7.44 3.84 7.68 4.08 7.92 4.32 8.16 4.56 8.40 4.80 8.64 5.04 8. 88 5.28 9.12 5.52 9.36 5. 76 9. 60 6. 00 84 9 All admits: an ”peCi otice dimmffnuanu min-n . or change of top} in- -.Ildld for flu Clanifitd anrrmmt mm! rmch this afia ten (up in advent: of pub/1m rim data. REAL ESTATE CALIFORNIA FARMERS make more money on small farms in San Joaquin Vii-1183'. California. where you can work outdoors all the year. Splendid opportuni- ties for men of moderate means. Twenty and forty acre farms produce alfalfa abundantly. and poultry make good returns; staple varieties of fruits yield dependable profits: combination of these means a well- balanced farm with good income throughout the year. Winterlesg California offers much to the man looking for a country where he can get the most out of life. Climate delightfulxlong it Dairying, hogs . 80-ACRE EQUIPI’ED FARM—Close ltiier; Only $1... "0 Wood and timber to more than pay for all; (onvoenient town and markets: productive fields. spring watei. wire fem-cs, fruit; pleasantly located house. roomy barn. Owner engaged elsewhere reduces to $1,200 and good pr. horses. cow, hens. dog. implc. ments, hay. corn, stovewood. etc. thrown in. Easy terms. Details pg 100. Big new Spring Catalog farm bargains tluoughout 24 states. F100. Strout Farm Agency, 205- BC Kresge Bldg” Dctroit. Mich. 230 ACRES & MODERN HOME——Only $4,600,115 Cattle, Cxops, Horses. poultry, machinery included; on improved road near markets: good ll—room house, bath, furnace: large barns, hog, poultry houses, garage: 700 bu. fruit crop, level fields. brook and spring water. 50 acres wood. timber: Owner called away reduces to $4.000, only $1.200 needed. Details pg. 23 big new Spring Catalog. Free. Strout Farm Agency, 205-BC Kresge Bldg, Detroit. Mich. EEO-ACRE FARM NEAR DETROIT—With vak and Equipment. Moncymiaking truck soil. tiled. all tillablc; best markets and advantages: variety choice fruit; good 6-room house and outbuildings. if taken now horses. cow. implements, hay. grain, potatoes thrown in; only $2,500 for all. E. 0. Lox-cland. Milan. Michigan. FOR SALE—437 some of unimproved land in Che- boygan County, Michigan. suitable fori pasture land with a small stream running throughi & M. Railway runs through one corner of said 1.1111 and about 6 miles from the Village of Alohoa. R. L. Hubbard & Company. Caseville, Michigan. figs; I Porter .9. Wyman, Muskégon. 3m bl) Ohio's. Boat Dock. for trout.» Make a lovely country home. LAND OPPORTUNITY—1000 acres meadow 1.1111 111' Alger 00., Mlch.. close to station: 1280 acres School- craft 00., Mitt-3:11.. t800 readyhfor smalligraln: doom payment wav 0 party aving 11g or arm 1341.11.81. Paul. Essa Mrs. 11110 Emissary: ROCKS. 111411 quail ppm $1.40. 111: can. 50: $7. 00. 1 pilot. Vanburen. . ‘ WHITE WYANDO’i'I‘ES—Excluslvely. 688‘s 85.00 "per 100 prepaid. Raymond Eash. Shipshewans. Indiana. 8.0 BEDS—heavy laying strain. Em 8c. postpnld. Chicks 15c. Myron Mason. Cloverdale. Mich. equipment. Jesse Greenman. Pioneer Minn. WIDOW HAS TWO FARMS FOR SALE. Write Mrs. John Lucler. Stephenson. Mich. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE—A 125 barrel flour mill in southern Mich ch.lga.n Modern machinery. good condition. estab- lished trade. Appraised at $30. 000. Must close os- tate at once. Price 810.000. cash or terms. F. H. Robinson, 110 South Dcarborn Street. Chicago, Ill. OLD MONEY WANTED. Have you an odd or old coin or bill? It may be worth several dollars. Get post t.ed Send 41: for Coin Circular. May mean much profit to you. Send now. Numismatic Bank. Dept. M. Fort Worth. Texas. GLADIOLUS BULBS—Write for descriptive price list. George Hunter, Downsize. Mich. WANTED—Standing timber of all kin Charleen Berton, Pleasant Ridge. Detroit. daGood prlcm. Mich. ' TOBACCO HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs” 81.50: Ten 8150. Smoking. 5 lbs.. 81.25; Ten. 82.00. Pay when received. pipe and recipe free. Farmers Union. Psdu- cub. Ky. HOMESPUN TOBACCO-Chewing five pounds. 81.;50 ”0.82.50. 811mm five pounds, 12:5 ten. 82. 00 Pipe free. Pay when received. Satisfaction guar- anteed. Kentucky Farmer's Association. Paducah. Ky HOMESPU’N TOBACCO—Chewing. 5 lbs. 81.50: 10 $2.50. Smoking. 5. 81.25: 10. $2. Mild. 10. $1.50. Pay when received. F. Gupton. Bardwell. Ky. SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK FROST PROOF Cabbage Plant: and Tomato Plants. Varieties: Early Jersey and. Charleston Wakefield, Copenhum Market, Flat Dutch and Succession. To- mato: Greater Baltimore, Earliana and Livingston Globe. Prices, Parcel Post Paid. 500, 81.50; 1.000. $22.50. Express collect. 81.25. 1,000. We ship the size of plant you wish. Satisfaction guaranteed. Tifton Potato Company. Inc. Tlfton. Ga. FROSTPROOF CABBAGE, Bermuda. Onions and To. matoes. Siroml. hardy plants. Leading varieties. Prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 100. 40c: 500, $1.25; 1,000. $2.00; 5.000 88.50. Pepper. 100. 50c: 1.000, 82.50. East Texas Plant 00.. Ponta, Texas. All ponpaid. DODGES FAMOUS Rio Grande Valley Bermuda On- ion plants will produce the best and Earliest Mature emudu Onions. Large open field grown plants. 500. :31. 25: 1..000 82. Prepaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. Dodge Plant Farms. Raymondville, Texas. FREE—NEW RED RASPBERRY—Tip Grower. Very II Send for Literature. Strawberries $3.00 per 1.000. All Small Fruit Plants. Dept. H, Hellenga's Nursery, Three Oaks. Mich. SOY BEANS—Certified Manchu and Midwest $2.50; uncertltled Manchu. high germination $2.25. Prices B. in new bags. Henderson Bros. R. 1. Atlanta. Ind. CERTIFIED Wolverine Oats. Certified Robust Beans. “I”: card brlnn particular. A. 3. Cook. Owovso. c ASPARAGUS—Why not plant the largest. tender-est. most profitable "The Washln stop"? 100 roots 81. 25: 1000 88. 00. Prepaid. Glick Seed Farm. Lancaster. Pa. SWEET CLOVER SEED. both white and yellow. In- oculating Bacteela for bushel. any legume. 600. post- pald. E. E. Basil, Letty, Ohio. BTRAWBERRIES. RASPBERRIES. ASPARAGUS— 125 choice plants 81. 25 postpaid. Free catalogue of Profitable Garden Luxuries. Rivers. Michi an. CERTIFIED MANCHU SOYBEANS—now seed. 96% fogminsuon. $2. 50 per bu. Charles Martin. Otterrbedn. ll 18,118 SE 131) CORN—Murdock Yellow Dent. 1923 clrop. hid) gormlnttlon. Three Dollars per bushel. Irving 0. Leary. Coloma. Mich. ASSORTED COLORS GLADIOLA bulbs; 55 large or 120 flowering size. 81.00. postpaid. Martha Osmond. Fostoria, Mich. FOR SALE—Registered and Certified Worthy seed oats. Write Paul C. Clement, Britton. Michigan. RE%I§TT‘RED WOLVERINE OATS—Michigan's Best. C. D. Finkbeiner. Clinton, Mich. C. D. Thayer. Three CERTIFIED WORTHY OATS—Bil Yield. stlfl straw. Ernest Roche. Caledonia. Mich. SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES—Twenty choice cock. erele. plan-.tree C. W. Browning. Portland. Mich. BIG TYPE Toulouse geese ears. We each. Buff Bock eggs, 82 per 15. Baldwin & Nowlin. B. 8. Lim- burg. Mich. HATCHING EGGS—Jersey Black Giants exclusively. 88 per 100. Frank Haynes, Middleton. Mich. MAMMOTH Imperial White Pokln duck 6:85 81.50 Dell}. Chas. Stutz. 8mm. Mich. FOR GUINEAS—One Dollar each. write M. B. Mble. Saline. Mich. PURE- BRED Embden geese eggs. Glen Ilykert, Williamston. Mich. EGGS from Ringlet Barred Rocks 85. 00 per 100. 88.00 per setting. Robert Martin, Woodland. Mich. high producers. BABY CHICKS CHICKS—Barred and White Book: It. 1. Beds. 815 per 100: White Leghorns. 812 100. delivered. 100% live delivery of good strong chicks manned. chicks are Hatched in Wishbone Mammoth Incubators- of 14. 400- egg capacity. Terms: 85. 00 on each 100 chicks with order. balance one week before deliva'y is to be made. or at Hatchery where called for. Hatchery four miles east of Mt. Morris on Mt. Morris road one mile north and one mile east. 10 years hatching chicks. Reference. Bank of Mt. Morris. Order from this ad and save time. Meadow Brook Hatchery, R. 1. Mt. Morris. Mich. hone. BABY CHICKS—Silver L. and Whit- Wyudotta. Barred Rocks. 18.] Sold Writs Shepard Poultry Farm. Litchflold. Mich. OAKLAND HILLS QUALITY CHICKS—Strong. - $3153. true to breed. profitable. m guaranteed. Circular free. Oakland Farm. Farmington. Mich. Hills BABY CHICKS—Pedigree Sired Eng W. L“ delivered 100% alive at your door at our low “812.50 per 100; 860 per 500; 8110 per 1000. cular free. Model Poultry Farm. R. 4. Iceland. Mi WHY NOT TRY KARSTEN'S and get the best in egg bred White Leghornst 75% of last year's cus- tomers rem-dared this year. l’riccs low. Catalog free. harsten‘s Farm. Box Y. Zeelnnd. Mich. BABY CHICKS from flecks blood— —tested for Bacillary White Diarrhea. All nooks tested—second test on Rocks and Reds. All popular varieties. Ask for Catalogue. Pierce Hatchery. Jerome, Michigan. QUALITY CHICKS from Quality Stook. Barred Rocks. White Wyandottes and S. yC. White Leghorns from prize winning stock at reasonable prices. A Vandal-V en. 823 Fulton Ave.. Grand Haven. Mich. SUPERIOR CHICKS—9o up. 12 varieties. Heavy layers. Delivery guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank refer- ences. Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery, Box S56. Windsor. Mo. BABY CBICKS—J‘rom selected heavy layers. White Leghorns 813 and 815: Barred Rocks and Beds 81!! Hundred. lrcular Free. Martin's Poultry Farm. Box F. Westphalia, Mich. BABY CHICKSwBred for heavy egg production. Rhode Island Reds. Barrcd Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns for $13.00 per hundred and up. Carleton Hatchery. Box 117. Carleton. Mich. FULL BLOOD Hollywood White Leghorn Chicks at $12.00 Per Hundred. Rhode Island Reds $15.00 Per Hundred. Live Delivery Guaranteed. H. Koons. Homer. Mich. BABY CHICKS—Barred Rocks, White Leghorns culled for laying, trapnested, blood tested for Whlte Dian-ha. Farmrange Chick Hatchery,Cha1-lotte, Michigan. BABY CHICKS-Leghorns. Rocks. Reds. Wyundotteu. Selected Stock 100% live guaranteed. Write for Price List. P. W. Stone Hatchery. Fcnton, Mich. CHICKS—English Strainc White Leghorn. M. A. O. Barred Rocks and Blac Minorcas. Circular. Hill- side Hatchery, R. 3, Holland. Mich. BABY CHICKS AND EGGS—~Superior Ringlet Barred Bucks. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. White Leghorns. Wyndham' s Ideal Hatchery, Tlmn Ohio. Circular. CHICKS from Trapnested English White Leghorm. Heavy winter laying stmk. Big pmflt— makers. Cir- cular free. Cherrywood Poultry Farm, Holland, Mich. RICHARDSON'S ROCKY RIDGE pure Parks strain Barred Rock Baby Chicks, 816 per 100. Hanover. Mich. 8. C. BUFF LEGHORN CHICKS‘Fh-st hatch March 3. Circular. Willard Webster, Bath. Ml.ch HAY READ Shady Lawn Poultry Farm Ad on Page 483. GET FITLL market value for your hay. Ship to Albert Millcr & (‘o.. 192 No. Clark St.. Chicago. Ill. Market rcports furnishcd frce. PET STOCK RABBITS—~Flemish Giant, pcdigrccd from Stable Gold (‘crtiflcatm $5.00 car-h. Not pedigreed, 3 n10. old. $2.00 each. Leonard Norton. Three Rivers. Mich. (‘ROgS—BRED PUPSVGcrman, Shepherd and Collie. $10. Homestead Kcnnels. Saranav, Mich. POULTRY HATCHING EGGS. White Rocks. Winners Egg Laying Contest, Michigan State Fair. 1924. 83.00, 85.00 per fifteen. S. C. Bufi Orpingtons, winners at Michigan's largest shows. 53. $5.00 per fiftccn. Send for cir- cular. Walnut Hill Farm. Milford. Mich. FAT HICNS AND FRESH EGGS price paid for all kinds of poultry, fat hcns. Ship at once, we nccd it for Easter. (toast. Poultry 00., 700 Alfrcd St., Detroit. Mich. BARRED ROCKS—Parks strain foundation Hatching eggs $2.00 per 15: $5.00 In 50; 100. Prepaid by parcel post. R. G. Kiiby. East Lansing. Mich. VVAN’I‘ED—Hi 1111 est, especially for r0111 East stmk. $10 pc r R. 1, growing seasons: wonderful roads; excellent Cooperative marketing associations afford profitable outlets for all produce. A small one- -family farm. cutting out high labor costs. insures success. No ts San Joaquin Valley illustrated folder mailed free on request. C. . Seam-ayes, Colonization Agent. Santa Fe By” 912 Railway Ex- change. Chicago. Ill. FOR SALE—80 Acres. black loam soil. with bulld- lags. stock». 311%?th Owner. Emory Borosh. Boon. § WANTEDARM work on shares. 401.0 80 acres. George Lang. 4500 Cooper Ava. Detroit. Mich. I WILL PAY CASH FOR MICHIGAN LAND. any sized tract, improved or unlmproved; prefer lake or river frontage or on good stream. Send full details. plat. legal description and lowest price in first letter, H. J. Dewey. 417 Valentine Building. Toledo, Ohio. FARMS NEAR DETROIT—Milan and Ypsilanti. Write for list. stating kind wan t.ed E. W. Bordine, 5. M ilan. Michigan. RARE BARGAINS—two farms. one 100. one 80 acres. both good ones. Deal with the owner. For particu- lars write Walter Schworm. R. 1. Nessen City. Mich. EGGS—Single Comb Buff Leghorns and Buff Rmks. Purebred farm range. $1.00 for ‘15: 86.00 for 100: prepaid. Mrs. H. H. Walter. Powhatan Point, Ohio. ROSE COMB Brown Ihleghorn pullets. 1 yr. old. also 5. C. White lashorn hens 8 yr. old. 8135 each. R. B. Batting. Carson City, Mich. BUFF ORPINGTON. bacillary whim diarrhea blood tested. excellent layers. Hatching eggs. $1.50 per 15. Mrs. Dell Goodwin, Reading. Mich. TURKEN—Half turkey, half layers hatching eggs. Turken Home, chicken. large hardy Fayette. Iowa. Box 85 . TURKEYS TURKEY EGGS—Mammoth Bronze. Bourbon m Narragansett and White Holland. You should place igourt 0313' early. Write Walter Bros” Powhatan om , 10. NOW BOOKING ORDERS {or Bourbon eggs!) for hatching. Arthur Gale. R. I. . 1c . Red turkey MOM-Ill“. AGENTS WANTED ADDITIONAL SALESMEN WANTED for unaccupied territories. Our proposition is an unusual opportunity for high grade nicn. offering greater earning power and steady work. Must haie car. Full information on request. )linncapolis “'oolen Mills Co.. 1110.. 513 First Ave. North. Minneapolis. Minn. FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three good re- smnsiblc farmers to go with you to inspect California slam amn‘m‘vll lands. Opportunity for one good man 111 mph (-mnmunity to join largest land selling organ- ization in U. 8. Write for details. 1105 Transmitatlon Bldg, Chicago. TEACHER or College student for handling School guide in sales field. Harman J anss. Ill. summer months. Healthy. OILIOY‘ able. refined position: $273 for three months: $156 for two months. Write Dept. “A." Park Avenue Bldg, Detroit, Mich. AGENTS—our new Household Cleaning Device washes and dries windows. sweeps. cleans walls, scrubs, mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half profit. erro Harper Brush Works, 173 3rd St.. Fairfleld. Iowa. HELP WANTED WANTED—man and wife. Without childrendoéorhfann. Wife to work at owner’s l'cside'nce. onse- kceper. Man to work in garden. etc. Be able to milk. State age. Bazlcy Sim-k Farm, YpsIlanti. 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