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THE building of steam railroads, electric

lines and improved highways in Michigan

has keep pace with the industrial and agri-

cultural development, and somewhat in the

lead of most of the other states. They afford

excellent facilities for the Marketing of crops,

distribution of manufactured products, and

travel. In 1922, there were 8,549 miles of

railroads and 1,828 miles of electric railways,

the state ranking eighth in each.

, _ ' [I] Michigan appropriated more money for

the improvement of public highways in 1923 than any other state in the

Union, and 2,570 miles of roads were surfaced in 1922, a greater amount

than was done in any other state. On January 1, 1922, there were 17,186

miles of surfaced roads, the State ranking sixth among all the states in

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(I The Great Lakes also afford shipping facilties for large quantities of

farm products and manufactured goods. The St. Mary’s canal at Sault

Ste Marie carried a freight tonnage or more than 66,000,000 in 1922. The

enormity of this volume of business may be better realized if compared

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tate boards will hold its annual com.

vention atDetroit, this week, with five

thousand attending. ‘

»M-16 will be shortened considerably

between Lansing and Grand Rapids by

missing Ionia. To compensate Ionia

for the loss of that state trunk line

the state will improve M43. _

_ Grass Lake, Mich, in Jackson coun-

ty, was hit by a $100,000 fire.

- Sixteen hundred and el hty-one stu-

dents graduated from t 6 Michigan

University last week.





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home. _ ,

Donald McMillan starts his liorthern

expedition to make exploration in the

great unknown regions between Alas-

ka and the North Pole. .

“Red" Grange, the All-American

football half-back of the University of

Illinois, is going through his usual

stunt of keeping fit during the sum-

mer by carrying ice in his home town,

Wheaton, Illinois.

Roger Babson, the famous econo-

mist, thinks that in due time the

kitchen will be a thing of the past.

Modern invention will make prepared

foods better than home-cocked ones.

The Klan gets a permit for a parade

of 200,000 in Washington, D. C.,- but

masks are forbidden.

Admiral S. S. Robison has been se-

lected as commander-inchief of the

United States Navy to succeed Ad-

miral R. E. Coontz.

Frank Neuhauser, eleven years old,

of Louisville, Kentucky, won the na-

tional spelling bee contest at Wash-





best speller of two million children.

The United States government will

soon sell-power generated at Muscle

Shoals. The electric generating plant

will be ready for operation August 1.

The government has warned. the

Chicago Board of Trade that it should

end the Wild short selling of grains,

or face the new grain dealing law.



Warren S. Stone, president of the

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,

one of the strongest union organiza-

tions in the country, died recently.

Mr. Stone was a strong factor in labor,

financial and political circles.



Daniel Guggenheim, New York finan-

cier, gave $500,000 to the New York

University for the establishment of a

school of aeronautics. The school will

be the only one of its kind in the

country.



Senate Robert M. LaFollette, from

Wisconsin, leader of the third party in

the last presidential campaign, and fa-

mous as a radical, died in Washington,

D. 0., June 18. Mr. LaFollette was

seventy years old.



President Coolidge refused to cut

the sugar tariff at present prices. He

wants to protect the sugar beet

grower.





Foreign





The anti-gas agreement at the Gen-

eva arms conference was signed by

twenty—seven nations. Limitations for

the traffic in arms and munitions was

signed by eighteen governments.



The up—rising of the Chinese against

foreigners in Shanghai still continues.

It is noteworthy that Americans are

not being attacked as are other for-

eigners.



Cold weather has delayed the Nor-

wegian rescue fliers in their search for

Amundsen-Ellsworth north pole ex-

plorers.



President Calles, of Mexico, deliv~

ered to the press a tirade against Sec-

retary Kellogg’s recent note regarding

the rights of Americans owning prop—

erty in Mexico. Our government will

pay no attention to it as it was not an

official message to our government.



One hundred and seventy-five thou-

sand dollars is‘ being raised in this

country by the Jews for a Hebrew

Teachers’ College in Palestine. It is





_ __ _ _ -— c-g said that 50,000 Jews have entered





Jerusalem in the last four years.



The Roald Amundsen-Ellsworth e'x-

ploration party is reported safely back

at Spitzenberg. Shortage of fuel caus-

ed the party to turn back after getting

within one hundred miles of the pole.



President yon Hindeahurs is curb-

r of the extreme monar-

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to be a member. The German flag will

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OR thirty-four years we have kept

poultry on our farm, as a limited

sort of side-line~—hens, turkeys





and ducks—but it was not until 1922,





that we really began in earnest with

hens. Before that, bees had been our

main “cash crop" and we had worked,

Quite extensively at that business. New

I regret that we did not start earlier

in life with hens as main work. Our





' farm isin Branch county, Michigan.





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A Few of Mrs. Swan’s Hens.





affair, and highly satisfactory. It has

the added virtue of costing but little.

It had been a sheep shed but was no





_ longer needed in its original capacity,





so it was converted into a hen house

by putting it on a cement foundation,

with cement floor. Then a. sheet of

sheeting paper was laid all over the

floor, and one inch depth of cement

put over that to prevent dampness on

the floor. It has a straw loft and the

windows are arranged to let in at the





‘top. In 1922 we bought 200 S. C. White





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T fle [Meteor]: Mar Helped Us Clear $1100 from Eggs in





 





By Mrs. John L. Swan





Leghorns. This was in November. The

following May we bought 525 baby

chicks. Of this number we raised 483.

Our' 1924 chicks were hatched by a-

poultry raiser who dOes custom hatch-

ing.



We have found that each month our

net profit increases. During the ten

months, from January ,1, 1924, to Octo-

ber 31, 1924, our record is as follows:

Number ofeggs laid, 51,831, or 4,3191%;

dozen. ,They brought us $1,734.31. De-

ducting the feed cost, which was $532,

and the expense of shipping, cost of

egg cases, etc., which amounted to

$618.78, it left us a net income on eggs

alone, of $1,115.53. Pretty good inter-

.est on money and time invested. And

this is what the rebords showed us.

Records are just as necessary on the

farm as anywhere else, for the mOdern

farmer is also a business man. _



We have learned that extreme care

must be taken with the produce if you

wish to receive a premium for first-

class goods. During warm weather

our eggs are infertile. They are gath-

ered three times daily, wiped clean

(never washed), candled for checks and

blood spots, graded and packed in

thirty-dozen cases. The- firsts were

shipped—some to New York City, and

some to nearer markets—while the

seconds were sold on the local market.



Our experience in raising baby

chicks has been that one of the most





important things is to keep an even

temperature in the brooder‘ house,

whichis easily done. We use‘a hard

coal brooder stove, and so long as we





keep the thermometer working prop- ,





erly, we have no trouble. Too low a

temperature or too high a temperature

has about equally bad results. If the

temperature runs low the chicks will

bunch up and smother, while if they

get too warm, bowel trouble will be

the result.



Our first feed is rolled oats. They

have egg and bran mixed up crumbly,

and bran in self-feeders. They are fur—

nished with plenty of grit and fresh

water, and with sour milk fed in earth-

en dishes or wooden troughs. I cool

the ashes from the brooder stove and

put in a shallow pan. The chicks are

just wild for the white ashes. Of

course, they are fed whatever green

feed is available. We feed five times

a day, and always change the drinking

water for fresh that has had the Chill

taken off. When the chicks are about

two weeks old they are given a grow-

ing mash in self-feeders. We also feed

a commercial chick feed.





I make it a, rule never to startle or

frighten the birds. You will usually

find that a frightened hen is pretty apt

to avoid the nest. This is particularly

true of the Leghorns, as they are ner-

vous by nature. Our laying ration is

much the same as the usual one. The





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scratch feed consists of corn, wheat ,

and oats. The dry mash contains



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oats, charcoal and meat scrap. The



late cabbage is kept to provide green ‘

feed for the hens during the winter,



and we also raise mangels for them.



The mangels are suspended from the



roof With a wire, at just the right dis-



tance from the floor so that the fowls



will have to jump for them. This



helps to give them the much needed



exercise, during the cold days when



they are confined.



An important factor in caring for

the laying hens is to keep everything

clean and sanitary. Birds can not do

well in close, foul-smelling quarters,

or a building that is badly infested

with lice or mites. Plentiy of ventila-

tion is necessary, but without a draft.





 





Mrs. Swan and the Family Pet.





From Stumps to Beef





How a Young (Map from tfie West Seared lVéere Others Failed

By D. Tucker





UR story is about a young fellow



who, about four years ago, came



cautiously out of the west, (some-

where in Montana, we’re told); in-

vaded the Upper Peninsula of Michi-

gan—that far-011 country north of the

Straits of Mackinac, spent that first

fall and winter cruising the rugged

lands about Iron county, sleeping in

tents by night and wading the drifts

by day; and the following spring

staked out his claim and—but just a

minute. We’re a wee bit ahead of the

yarn.



To_begin over—this story is about

one of the largest, and certainly the

most interesting and unique industrial

features to be found throughout the

Upper Peninsula of Michigan today——

and it’s also about the man who di-

rects that activity. The feature is the

Triangle Ranch—the young man, Mr.

Charles H. Shutz, and Aamsa, a small

mining community in Iron county, is

the nearest community to the setting

of our story. .All in all—~it’s a story

of action, in the _“great open spaces,”

where men are men, and all that. But





1 it's so new to the country, like the





Upper Peninsula of Michigan, that it

bears relating.





Any one who knows anything about





.-the Upper , Peninsula of Michigan





knows that aside from its popularity

‘as .3 summer rosart region, it is a dis-

triCt where a decade or more of active





lumbering operations have created mil-

lions of acres of cut—over, agricultural

lands—~some of the most productive of

which have been taken up and culti-

vated-and the majority of which lies

idle, year in and year out, waiting for

such projects as the Triangle Ranch,

and such men as Charles H. Shutz.



The Triangle Ranch is not, by any

means, the first project of its kind

attempted in upper Michigan. There

have been others——dozens of them, but

they’re all history now, and some of

them, rather dark, unwholesome his-

tory at that. They were all headed by

westerners, and they all started with

the same idea in mind-~to pick off a

few thousand acres of this idle, grass-

covered land, to tote in a few dozen

carloads of cattle, or sheep;‘ to run

’em around the lot in the summer;

ship ’em to market in the fall, and sit

in the club all winter until the next

shipment in the spring.



And the mere fact that the Triangle

Ranch stands today as the sole sur-

vivor of this westward-ho business of

raising beef cattle ought to mean

something, and it does. It means that





the Triangle Ranch, 'backed by ample





financial interests and directed by a

man who can hang in the saddle while





other men are pounding the bunks,





stands, today, alone in the field, as far

as upper Michigan is concerned. And

the Triangle Ranch, with its 10,180

acres of fertile territory; its. 1,000

acres under cultivation; its 1,000 acres

of hay and meadow and its 2,000 acres

of cleared land waiting for the plow-

is today a monument to perseverance;

to wise and efficient organization and

to an effort as yet unequaled in the

history of the northern Michigan

region.



We have said that the past several

years have seen them come and “go-

some with cattle, some with sheep,

and always, with a very few outstand-

ing exceptions, they have stayed their

years and gone again. Some have said

it’s lack of management, others lack

of money—and perhaps it’s been quite

a bit of both-but the fact remains

that, as far as the beef end of it is

concerned, upper Michigan boasts just

one up-and—doing cattle ranch, today,

and that’s the Triangle.



Late in the fall of 1919 a prominent

paper manufacturer conceived the idea

that the “great, open spaces” of the

Upper Peninsula of Michigan afforded

almost unlimited opportunities for the

running and feeding of beef cattle.

And that idea took shape when Charles

H. Shutz, experienced western cattle





man, quietly stepped off the train at

Crystal Falls, in Iron county, a few

weeks later, prepared for an extensive

cruise about the immediate district.

With his ten on his back, a skillet

and a strip of bacon strapped to his

belt, he hit off across the country to-

ward Amasa, and there, after a. winter

of the roughest kind of roughing—it, be

located the first area of what was to

be the largest' beef ranch throughout

the middle west. That tract was nam-

ed the “Triangle Ranch” by reason of

the fact that it is bounded 0n the

north by the D. S. S. & A. Railway;

on the west by the (3., M. & St. P.,

and on the east by the C. & N. W.-—an

ideal location, to be sure, as far as

transportation facilities are concerned. _

The spring of: 1921 found the Tri-

angle Ranch grazing approximately

1,100 head of Hereford cattle, on the

thickly-grassed lands of the company’s

holdings. Little was done that year

in the way of clearing for the raising

of feed, but approximately twenty-

eight miles of fence were built. “Our

primary purpose,” Mr. Shutz explains,

“was to graze a large herd of cattle

during the spring, summer and fall

months, ‘and then ship them to the

market—a practice commonly follow-

ed in the west with profitable results.

Like many other cattle men from the

west who had started out the same

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DETROIT, JUNE 27, 1925





CURRENT COMMENT





NE of the exten-

sion men of the

Michigan State Col-

lege who has charge





 





Dry Wea th-





er and





Fertilizers of fertilizer tests in

various counties of

southern Michigan, remarked last





week that this promised to be an un-

fortunate season in his line.



The dry weather has left the fertil-

izers in the ground undissolved, keep-

ing them unavailable to the plants.

As a result, to date, little difference is

apparent between many of the fertil-

ized plots and the checks.



This situation is, of course, a fault

of the weather. In most cases, the

fertilizer added to the land will be-

come available to the crops later in

the season, or in 1926.





N declining to exer-





President else the authority

5 k vested in him by the

pea s 'flexible tariff provis-





ion of the revenue act

to reduce the duty on

sugar as recommended by the United

States Tariff Commission, President

Coolidge gave voice to principles and

a policy governing the application of

tariff protection to farm products

which will have a far-reaching effect

upon agriculture. It means that as

long as the President’s policy is con-

tinued, farmers will enjoy the same

degree of protection in developing and

maintaining agriculture that manufac-

turers have long had in the develop-

ment of industry.



“The American farmer,” says Pres-

ident Coolidge, “receives advice on





on Farming





. every hand to diversify his crops. He





proceeds to do so by going in for sugar

beet culture, protected from the com-

petitive impact of cheap Cuban labor

by a tariff duty of 1.764 cents a pound

on Cuban raws. The American farmer

is thus in process of building up a

great home agricultural industry

which at once improves the farmer’s

soil, enables him to diversify crops

and tends to release the American peo-

ple from dependence upon the foreign-

er for a major item in the national

food supply. The farmer is entitled

to share along with the manufacturer

direct benefits under our national pol-

icy of protecting domestic industry.”

Pointing out that our farmers who

produce crops for export are subject





. to fortuitous circumstances in other

”parts of the world over which we can

have no control, the President main-





tains that as a nation we should be in-





an opportunity to adjust their crop as





 





far as possible to our domestic rather





than foreign markets it We would at

. tain higher degrees of stability in our





agriculture.



In taking this position President

Coolidge follows closely that taken by

the farm organization representatives

during the hangings when the Fordney-

McCumber tariff act was under consid-

eration- by the congressional com-

mittees. '





_ IKE growing gin-





' Some '-seng, pumpkins or

Picnic , beans, the conducting



. p of a farmers’ picnic

Painters should meet up with





certain requirements

in order to be successful. Since a spe—

cial effort is being made this year by

farm organizations, particularly farm

bureaus and granges, to put on some

good old-fashioned Fourth of July

farmers’ picnics, some pointers recent-

ly gotten together by the Iowa State

College of Agriculture should prove

most timely. The following sugges-

tions are made:





Have committees appointed for all

definite jobs.



Advertise thoroughly.



Make the picnic self-supporting,

financially.



Provide police, ushers and those

handling athletics with badges, which

will enable them to do their work

much better.



If the crowd is likely to be large,

start parking cars early.



Look well to an ample supply of

good drinking water.



Arrange adequate toilet facilities.



Start program on scheduled time.



Open up with music or sports, to

get the crowd interested.



Have games for every age and both

sexes.



Limit speaking program to one and

one-half hoursrand do not have more

than one outside speaker.



Invited guests and speakers should

be carefully entertained.



Have the platform and seats under

shade, and so arrange that the crowd

cannot get on all four sides of the

platform. Keep the automobiles at

least 200 feet from the platform, and

also all concessions and noise-making

apparatus.



Provide ushers to seat the people.



Have organized play for the young‘

sters during the program, but keep it

a. safe distance to not interfere with

the speaking.



Provide a lot of small prizes for the

contests rather than a few large ones.



Put someone in charge of, and make

them responsible for, a definite part of

the program.



It is our opinion that a general

knowledge of these requirements will

aid materially in producing successful

farmer picnics. We wish to commend

them to the progressive farm folks of

every community where picnics are be—

ing arranged. This one admonition is

added, that all work together for, in

no instance is it more essential to the

highest success that all cooperate,

than it is in our recreational activities.





N discussing the





Makin forming of good

B g habits to tame the

.etter place of less desir-

Nelghbors able ones, the late





professor James set

down, among other things, this advice:

“Keep the faculty of effort alive in

you by a little gratuitous exercise

every day. That is, be systematically

heroic in little unnecessary points; do

every day or two something for no

other reason than that you would rath-

er not do it, so that when the hour of

dire need draws nigh, it may find you

not unnerved and untrained to stand

the test.”



A growing sentiment for better com-

munities is now cropping out in every

quarter. Ways and means of bringing

about these improved communities are

being considered by many who feel a

responsibility for pushing this work.

If Professor James’ advice were gener—

ally adopted, we were wondering what

effect it might have in building such

communities.



For instance, it is unnecessary that





 





   





terest myself in the various commu-

niti activities—tile farmers' organiza‘

tions, the schools and churches, ath‘

letics, etc.,—-but a. little constructive





attention given to these institutions, ‘





even at some personal sacrifice, will

without doubt, make them better set-

vants of the community.



Unselflsh efforts of the kind men-

tioned by James, certainly contribute





to the happiness of the individual and,





his home. If to these advantages Can

be added a. community benefit, then

there could be no reason for not urg-





ing upon readers a general adoption





of this somewhat unusual but effective

practice.





0U may Judge





Wagtage of ‘ from the title that





Horse-





something a b o u t a

Power





gasoline engine. In

common understand.

ing, horsepower no longer refers to

horses, but in this case it does.



Experiments have shown that horse-

power is wasted on the farm by too

deep cultivation. We use up our ani-

mals needlessly by making them turn

over more earth than is necessary. In

fact, we even cut down our net results

by doing so.



Tests made over a twenty-four-year

period show that just enough cultiva-

tion to keep down the weeds has given

as good results as ordinary deep cul-

tivation, but less than the ordinary

light cultivation. The usual deep cul-

tivation gave a yield of corn averag-

ing two bushels less than producing a

light mulch, and still deeper cultiva-

tion further decreased the yield.





The purposes of cultivation are to

eliminate weeds and to form a dust

mulch to prevent evaporation. A light

mulch will do this as well as a heavy

one. So, why make our horses work

harder than necessary. Or, to get

back to gas engine terms, why waste

fuel and oil by making your tractor

do unnecessary hard work?





HE United States





New post office is go-



ing to try a new ser~



FOO}! vice which may help

Service bring the producer

and consumer closer



together. In fifty places in the coun-





try it is going to try the delivering of

food products from the farm on the

rural route, to the consumer in the

town.





On these routes the rural carrier

will pick up such things as vegetables,

fruits, meats, poultry, eggs, and dairy

products and will deliver them direct

to the consumer in the town in which

his route terminates. He will also

make collections for the foodstuff de-

livered.





The postage for this service will be

five cents. on the first pound and one

cent for each additional two pounds

or fraction thereof. This is certainly

a low charge for such service.



It is apparent that the great problem

nowadays is the cost of distribution.

We have cussed and discussed the

middlemen, but when we get down to

the finalanalysis of the matter we re-

alize that he is a necessity in the meth-

ods of distribution now prevalent.



It is possible, however, that in due

time these methods will be replaced

by ones more simple and efficient. So,

perhaps the post office’s experiments

may be starters of a new order of

things in the getting of food products

to those who need them. The’complex-

ities of distribution will be eradicated

because they are being given'the at-

tention oi; thinking men. America has

achieved wonders in ‘many other lines,

so we feel confident that she will in

distribution. We therefore watch





Again, it is unnecessary that i in-





this is going to be‘





these government tests, with interest. -





this country would starye because die...” A V





rural sections were under—manned It’s

different now;‘





want to. ” "





Production seems to





methods 'which have had their influ-

ence.



Our thought is that several things

have helped to bring this about. Ag-

riculture has gone through a period of

depression when . everything had" to

count. This brought, about, through

necessity, more efficient methods.

Work was handled better and means

of lowering the costs of production

were studied.



This same necessity brought about

the realization of the part machinery

plays in farming“ If the farmer could

dispense with a hired man by buying

a certain implement or machine, he

reasoned that it was economy to do so.



Farming, like industry, is becoming

more efficient through the use of ma-

chinery. The common use of the trac«

tor and the greater efficiency of the

other implements used with it, is

enabling man to attend his neighbor’s

farm, as well as his own, which will

leave his neighbor free to move, to

town if he wishes.





Hello





“Hello, is this you?”



“No, it’s me."



I was just readin’ about this “Hello"



business. It said that “Hello” ain’t

used much no more. Maybe it’s ’cause

0' eflishuncy nowadays that they just

leave the “0” off. .

. But it can’t be that either, ’cause I

see the telephone companies is teach

in' civilized folkses how not ta act

like savages over the fphone. They

tell you about all the Hello the tele-

phone girl gets and about how not

ta swear over the

telephone ’cause

the p r e a c h e r

might be listenin’

in, and how ta

make your voice

friendly 10 o kin’

over the ’phone.



In talkin’ over

the ’phone you

. should say "Mr.

Smith speakin’.” Of course, if your

name is Jones you kin use Jones in-

stead 0’ Smith if you wanta.



The telephone is a instrument 0’ con-

venience. It’s put the village gossips

outa business. Now all you gotta do

is ta go ta the ’phone and listen and

you kin hear lots 3. things the gossips

never thought about. It’s also nice

fer tellin’ a lie. You kin lie ta 8. feller

without lookin’ him in the eye and

you kin tell him what you think about

him, knowin’ he ain’t goin’ ta hurt

you, anyhow until the next time he

sees you.



Ain’t telephone languige funny? Fer

inst, somebody tells 'you somethin'

and then you say, “I see.” You’re the

biggest fibber agoln’ ’cause you don’t

see atall; you're listenin’. Then some‘

body says, “Now listen.” I wonder

what you’re holding the dumb thing ta

your ear fer. Maybe ta hear your wife

ask you ta. do somethin’?



Some kids asked me why a kiss

over the telephone was like a straw

hat. Of course, I didn’t know. But

they says “ ’Cause it ain’t felt.” Well,

I don’t know about that. Some 0’

them kisses would hurt your ear, I’m

a thinkin’. Of course, I don’t know

fer sure. ’cause I ain’t never» had none.

My telephone number is 406-411, ‘ and

my ears is good and strong. , »



Mr. Syckle ringin’ off. Goodbye.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





the slogan seams tacit

xbe, “let them go to the cities if they g j





Why this change of attitude in 89.

‘5 short “a time?

be keeping up fairly well with the de—

". mend ”of our rapidly growing cities.

There must be something in farming,





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that must be fenced against by line

fences. The most definite statement

, that" is found is that it shall be such

_ afence asxwill turn the stock ordinar-

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FENCING LAKE OUTLET.





 





A‘man owns a farm right by a lake

but the‘land'does not go clear down

to the shore but the outlet runs across

his land. Can the person owning next

compel the first person to fence the

outlet? That is the only way that the

first person can get to the lake if





fenced. No cattle ever try to cross-





'the outlet—F. F. -



It is not lawful to construct any

fence so as to interfere with the nav-

igation of any navigable stream.—

Rood.





 





LEGAL INTEREST.





 





Has a state bank got a right to

charge five per cent bonus and seven

per cent interest on renewing notes

or on a loan of money?—E. M.





The limit of interest banks can law-

fully take is seven per cent per an-

num in advance. If more has been

taken it is probably covered by some

other charge—Rood.





LEGAL FENCE.





 





If a man has no sheep and his neigh-

bor'has, does the one without sheep

have to build line fence to keep the

sheep of the other out of his crops?





Seed Potato Growers Meet





Hold Annual Meeting at Cadillac





IFTY seed potato producers at-

F tended the first annual meeting of



the Michigan Certified Seed Po~

tato Growers’ Association at Cadillac,

June‘12. The officers elected last fall,

at the time the associatiog was organ—

ized, will hold over until next June,

so no election was necessary. Frank

Smith, of Luther, is president; David

.lnglis, of Van, vice—president;

Weston, Michigan State College, cor-

responding secretary, and H. L. Bar-

num, treasurer.





During the past two years certified

seed growers, who sold their crops

through the Michigan Potato Growers’

Exchange seed department, signed

simple agency contracts for one year.

The members of the new association

took a step in advance by endorsing a

five-year contract to run from the

members to the association. The as-

sociation, in turn, contracts with the

exchange seed department for the sale

of the seed potatoes grown by its mem-

bers. \





Another important matter consider-

ed at the meeting was the proposal

to federate the seed potato growers

with the certified grain grovvers in the

Michigan Crop Improvement Associa-

tion. The potato growers especially

desire this union of the two associa-

tions, and they were assured by offi-

cials of the crop improvement associ-



' ation that such a federation was pos-

sible. ,





The potato growers were addressed

by Henry ,,.Curtis, president of the

MichiganflgP‘otato Growers’ Exchange,

who Welcomed», them' to Cadillac, the

"City of Quanta”: He said the‘busi-





 





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'No'more‘deflnite rule has been es-

tablished than that the fence must be

fifty-two, inches high and so construct—





ed as to turnithe stock ordinarily kept _





on farms. The fact that the adjoining

Owners keep different kinds of stock

would seem to be immaterial—Rood.





 





EXCUSE FOR SICKNESS.





 





My children were sick during the

winter months and stayed at home.

Now the truant officer arrested my

husband and he has to pay a fine that

the children were absent from school,

buthe does not find out the real cause

first. Can a father be arrested for

keeping children home on account of

sickness? Is there such a law in Mich-

igan?——Mrs. T. L.



Public Acts 1919 No. 132, provides

that if any person having custody of

any child of school age shall notify

the truant oflicer that the child is phy-

sically unable to attend, the truant

officer shall secure a‘written statement

from a. competent physician, certifying

that 'the child is physically unable.

Without such certificate physical in-

capacity ‘of the child is no excuse for

the parent or guardian.~Rood





DIVISION OF PROPERTY.





 





A husband and wife own property

(real estate) jointly. The man owns

some bonds. He has no children, hav-

ing married a. widow with two chil~

dren. If he should die first would the

bonds be hers as well as the property

which they hold jointly?———B. W. F.



The Widow would take the person-





alty up to $3,000, and therest would





be divided half to her and the other,





half to husband’s parents, or if none,

then to his brothers and sisters.—

Rood.





this reputation and profit by it. He

warned them, however, to emphasize

”quality in the growing and marketing

of potatoes and not ship anything that

might discredit the organization they

had created or the town in which it

expected to do business.





The relationship of the State College

to the better seed movement in Mich-

igan was discussed by Professor J. F.

Cox, of the Farm Crops Department.

H. C. Rather, secretary of the Michi-

gan Crop 'Improvement Association,

described the work of the certified

grain growers. H. C. Moore, chief of

potato inspection, discussed changes

in the rules for potato seed certifica-

tion. Gifford Patch, Jr., explained the

principles involved in agency and own-

ership contracts. J. W. Weston report-

ed on the progress made by the asso-

ciation during the seven months since

it was organized.





In the report of H. L. Barnum, pres-

ent manager of the exchange seed de-

partment, it was shown that nearly

60,000 bushels of seed had been hand-

led during the past season, ninety-five

per cent of. it being sold for seed pur-

poses and a five per cent surplus going

onto the market at the end of the

season for table use. All sales are

pooled by varieties so that all the

growers share alike in the net pro-

ceeds of the sales. This plan has been

followed for two years with general

satisfaction and will be continued‘in

the future.





A half ton of weeds require twenty

tons of water-for their growth. When

water is scarce, as it has been this





season, the wise farmer will allow as-





little" tonnage 'to grow in his cultivated





 





 





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ItsavesZOto 2001bs.offeed ‘ 

—one lb. of salt properly fed '





Report on experiments at the Iowa

Agricultural Station at Ames





 





“The outstanding

thing in the Iowa ex-

periments this yearis

the exceptionally

great importance of





The Diamond Crystal

Salt Guide





Diamond Crystal

Salt is made is

pumped from the

purest natural salt

beds 2,000 feet





salt——-it is possible as ”£33,," Dggogggwggggggkg deep in the earth. Be-

a result of a large Household handypourin cartons) cause Diamond Crys-

number of experi- U“ §§$§$fan £1223:- tal is so mild and pure

ments at Ames to say sanitary muslin bags). anim a l 5 en} oy it.

that a pound of salt For Curing Diamond Crystal Coarse Given free access to

properly fed to hogs Mm“ lstill3§;:)?5'lb' and 70‘ it, they get their full

Will save from twenty For Bm_ Diamond Crystal Flake salt requxrement.Yet

t o t w o h u n d r e d Making 2: Flltale mkel sa‘litban it costs no more than

_ _ 80- . aper- inc ar- ' . '.._

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, 688.01. vvar ,, ca S It For Cheese: Diamond Crystal Cheese y

white gold . Making Salt (in 28041:. paper. an easy way to get

lined bmeh)~ full profit from all





This report was

published recently in

one of the leading





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Salt, Diamond Crystal

Pine Flake (Table Salt),

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that salt can do for

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farm papers.ltis part 53.1.8353.) 2804b. Use the salt

of the great body of F L‘ t k ' d C ta; N 1 gui l



or 3 0C , Diamon W5 0.

new knOWICdge that Salt'i‘hfg Hay, Common Salt (in 2804-

has come to farmers Killing lb. barrels, in bags and For table use, for

recently on the sub- we‘d" “c‘ m 504‘" ”“1“" cooking, for curing





 





ject of salting stock.



With horses, cows, mulcs’and sheep—as

well as hogs—Wonderful results, it is known

today, can be secured by special care in

feeding salt—~and above all in selecting and

buying it.





The big difference in salt





Have you ever tasted ordinary stock salt?

It contains impurities that make it bitter—

that burn your lips and sting your tongue.

Because the taste is disagreeable animals do

not eat enough of it.



Progressive farmers are today giving their

stock a salt that is eXCeption ally free from all

impurities—Diamond Crystal Common Salt.



There is a vast difference in the natural

deposits of salt. Some yield far more im-

purities than others. The brine from which





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meats, for canning

and butter—making, Diamond Crystal is

still further refined by a special patented

process. It is the only salt that government

tests show to be always over 99% pure.



There is a Diamond Crystal Salt for every

farm need. The guide printed above shows

which type is best adapted to each purpose.



For healthier, more profitablelivcstock—

for fuller, more delicate flavor in the foods

you eat, use Diamond Crystal Salt. If you

don’t know where to buy it in your locality,

write us.



The Diamond Crystal Salt Company,

since 1887 makers of Diamond Crystal,

"The Salt that’s all Salt”, St. Clair, Mich.



FREE—Many women have been interested

in our booklet, “101 Usesfor Salt”. We will

be glad to mail it toyoufree upon requert.





stal

Salt





There is a Diamond

Crystal Salt for each

farm need. No. 1

Common, for stock

feeding, come: in 280-

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and in 5d- . loci:





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That’s the verdict coming from all over the coun-

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Users get enthusiastic over its performance; neighbors

join in—there’s a real welcome for the





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belt and drawbar work easily,

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Simpler by hundreds of parts,

lighter by hundreds of pounds—a

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the soil or mire down. Low and

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Fewer and sturdier parts—

made over-size—of the finest ma~

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Complete enclosure of work-

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case, thoroughly lubricated by





a simple,





oil bath.





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8015mm, lelet: and Sudan Vaiudéle for EmergencygFar-agr:

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Ari-mien: Mfuror {affirm Grey, M. S. G.





ERY few people are living who

have seen a duplication of the

drought experienced since last





, fall. Only an occasional good field of

:_, clover is seen and in many fields the





clever is heading out with the old





‘ wheat and cat stubble plainly in sight.





Alfalfa is much better, but lighter

than usual. An every hand one sees





' great demonstrations of the value of





alfalfa. No one needs to praise the





' alfalfa crop this season, its perform-

, ance’is apparent.





But what of the farmer who does

not have alfalfa and whose clover is

a failure? In those sections where 10-

cal showers hIave moistened up the soil

somewhat there is still time to sow a

short seasoned crop that will produce

a fair yield of hay. Soy-beans, millets,

and Sudan grass are the ones most

commonly used. Corn sown thick, and

sorghum, are sometimes used.



The relative yielding ability on aver-

age upland soil is about as follows:





Golden or German is best adapted to

upland soil and the Hungarian to muck

land. Millet’s should be sown at the

rate of from twenty-five to thirty

pounds of seed per acre. They should

be cut for hay -just as the seeds are

forming, since millet hay containing

mature millet seed is sometimes in-

jurious.



With adverse growing conditions ex-

tending well over the entire northeast

section of the United States, there will

apparently be a hay shortage next sea-

son. There is no question but what

there will be a shortage on many Mich-

igan farms. A few acres of soy-beans,

millets, or Sudan grass will do much

to relieve this situation. It will at

least help reduce next winter’s feed

bill.



Just how late these crops may be

successfully sown depends upon fall

weather. A farmer who is short of





hay should not hesitate to sow one of





the short seasoned crops during the





 





Three-year Average Yield of Air Dry Hay at M. S. 0., East Lansing.





Tons

Crop. Per Acre.

Sudan 3.3

Golden or German millet. . . . 3.2

Billion Dollai g1 ass ....... . . . . 3.2

Soy—beans 2.6

Hungarian millet . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4

Common millet . . . . . . . . ....... 1.9





Quality.



Rather coarse. Feeding value much

the same as timothy.



Much the same as timothy.



Very coarse. Not to be recom-

mended.



Very palatable. Feeding value much

the same as clover and alfalfa.



Much the same as timothy.



Much the same as timothy.





 





Insofar as feeding value and palata—

bility are concerned, soy-beans are far

ahead of the other crops. Being a

leguminous crop, the hay’ has about

the same feeding value as clover and

alfalfa hay. They are more difficult

to cure than millets. The important

thing in sowing soy—beans is to get the

right variety. This is shown by the

following variety test conducted at M.

S. 0., East Lansing.





2-yr. Maturity



Aver. First Week

Variety. Yield. September.

Manchu . . . . . . . . . . .4 Seed formed.

Ito San ........... . Seed formed.





Seed formed.

Seed formed.

Seed forming.





2 1

Black Eyebrow . 1.9

Early Brown . . .1.9

Medium Green ....1.8

Wilson ........... 1.7

Wisconwsin Black. .1 5

Ogem 0.8 Seed mature.





Mammoth Yellow. ..06 Blooming.



Seed of the Manchu, Ito San, Black

Eyebrow and Midwest varieties is fair-

ly plentiful and may be secured from

most of the leading seedsmen of the

state.



Soy-beans are usually sown in twen-

ty—eight—inch rows at the rate of thir-

ty-five pounds of seed per acre. When

drilled solid it will require ninety

pounds of seed per acre. The major-

ity of farmers prefer to sow in twenty-

eight—inch rows. The seed should be

inoculated.t 'Material for inoculation

may be secured from the Department

of Bacteriology, East Lansing, Michi-

gan. The price is twenty-five cents

per bottle and each bottle contains suf-

ficient material to inoculate a bushel

of seed. Full directions for applica-

tion accompany the material.





For a detailed discussion of the time

and method of harvesting and curing

soy-beans, secure Bulletin No. 100

from Director R. S. Shaw, East Lan-

sing, Michigan.



Sudan grass is considered a little

safer feed than millet hay. It also has

the advantage of producing one crop

of hay and considerable aftermath that

may be used for pasture or for plow-

ing under. Sudan should be sown at

the rate of twenty-five pounds of seed

per acre. An ordinary grain drill set

to sow two peeks of wheat will sow

approximately twenty-five pounds of

Sudan grass per acre.



The millets produce a. finer hay than

Sudan and are. very dependable. The





Seed mature.





 





Seed forming. ,





first part of July, provided conditions

are such that he cannot sow earlier.





PUBLIC WELFARE TO BE EMPHA-

SIZED.





 





HE farmers’ Fourth of July picnics



Ipromoted by the American Farm

Bureau Federation and the National

Defense Day programs, make a good

combination, according to war depart-

ment officials. “The farmers are the

most peace-loving group in America,”

says President Bradfute, of the Farm

Bureau, “but they are vitally interest-

ed in adequate national defense. The

present plan of mobilization for de-

fense day, harking back as it does to

colonial days when farmers gathered

together on muster day‘ with their own

rifle or musket, expresses such a de—

fense system totally free of militarism.

One of the purposes of our Fourth of

July picnics is a renewed, patriotic

devotion to our nation. In carrying

out our picnic plans we have sought

and secured the active cooperation of

a. number of large national organiza-

tions, such as the American Legion."

The acting secretary of war says that

the motives prompting these two cere-

monies have much in common, as both

center about community life, welfare

and patriotism.





MANY STUDY ‘COOPERATIVE

PRACTICES.





 





NTEREST in the educational pro-



gram of the National Council of

Farmers’ Cooperative Marketing Asso-

ciations is increasing rapidly, accord-

ing to Secretary Peteet. A number of

large associations are now preparing

for systematic educational work dur-

ing the summer and fall months.

There is a distinct trend among co~

operatives to be more careful in the

selection of new members, many hav-

ing found by experience that some.

farmers are very undesirable as mem-.

bers of cooperatives, and until further

educational work has been done, Mr.

Peteet thinks it is better for some of

these men to be left on the outside





. than to be taken inside where they are

a constant source of expense and dif- ‘





ficulty.





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, 'tcapacity,~‘_and made the trip into town

in the shortest time possible. All wen’t '





and many loose belts in the engine.





constant trouble until finally traded in

for $180. ‘





instruction book, was placed in the cab





. what power I have, I now save dollars





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spring laid the rig up in a'garage for 7





a week. During the overhauling, we

found a bent axle, a twisted frame,





It‘ required $45.75 to put it on theroad

again, and from that time on itegave





When my second machine was

bought, I resolved to show the folks

how long it would last, so I went over

it carefully and saw that everything

was adjusted before starting out. The





as an adviser, and all hauling depend-

ed upon the weathervand condition of

the roads. .. '



Whenever something went wrong, I

stopped long enough to investigate,

and minor troubles were fixed before

they became serious. Oil was chang-

ed frequently, especially during the

heavy hauling season, and “doped”

fuel Was never used to give extra pow-

er. I kept’ a record of results and soon

found that I was doing more hauling

with less expense than with my first

machine. I learned also, that I lost

no time by being careful.



Keeping watch on the minor things

prevented the usual repair bills, and

being careful as to the grade of oil

and fuel gave me a smooth running

engine. '



In this way, I lengthened my truck’s

life; thereby reducing the cost of op-

eration, and I still have a reserve'of

power for any emergency. Instead of

losing money in trying to find out





by making it last.”—-—F. R. Cozzens.





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HAT is the “Izaak Walton



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association of amateur fishermen, but

the executive secretary of the Mich-

igan branch of the league, Mr. J. A.

Doelle, in a series 'of talks in the pe-

ninsula. recently, explained that the

league stands for conservation in gen-

eral—the conservation of forests,

game, streams, soils—the economical

utilization of the fourteen million acres

of cut-over lands in Michigan. Speak-

ing at Marquette on June 8, Mr. Doelle

expressed the opinion that we have

farms enough and should devote these

idle acres to forests in the main, thus

re—establiShing our waning timber sup-

ply, game cover, and hence game and

fish themselves, and provide large

tracts for the recreation of the people

that are bound» to come north from the

populous centers farther south. All

this is on the program of the Izaak

Walton League.





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A survey of Allegan’ county by the

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As a-result of local rains over a

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SAYS PURE FOOD LAWS BREAK-

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FORCES are conitnually at work in

Washington to undermine laws

that were thought necessary to pro-

tect the public. The purpose of the

pure food act have been practically

nullified by executive orders of secre-

taries of agriculture, according to Dr.

Harvey W. Wiley, who, while chief of

the bureau of chemistry of the depart-

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TRADE COMMISSION DEFENDS

OLEO.





 





HE oleomargarine interests have

found a real defender, it seems, in



the newly constituted federal trade

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that the Wisconsin Cooperative Cream-

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adopted a. resolution calling on dealers

to discontinue the sale of butter sub-

stitutes inasmuch as they are injur-

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on the part of the Wisconsin cooper—

atives, has ordered them to desist from

combining themselves to hinder or ob-

struct the sale of: oleomargarine Which

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The commission says its findings

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STATE PARK OPENED.





 





HE beautiful “Bishop’s Hill State



Park,” off Route 15 between Mar-

quette and Negaunee, will be open for

public use about July 1, the depart-

ment announces. This affords a. re-

markably fine view of lake Superior

and the hilly shore line for miles. It

is surrounded with timber, has good

spring water and abounds with wild

, strawberries, etc., to its. very top.

Travelers this way will not want to





 





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however, are either starVed out or are . I





‘meager living from their, barren hill-





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William Leider has earned his way

through college as a. brick layer

and won two scholarships.





Marie Lawley, 13 years old, of Harrisburg, Pa., was .the only girl

among the 64 competitors in the third annual Nat1onal Marbles

Championship Tournament at Atlant1c City.





 





 





 





 





Forty—nine barrels of bonded liq-

uors were captured in this “car-

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Broadway, Los Angeles, all dressed up for the fifty-first annual con-





clave of the Imperial Council, Order of! Mystic Shrines.

than $150,000 was spent in decorating miles of streets...





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Dr. Mary B. Harris is a newly appointed field

.executive secretary of the International As-

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Rep. M. L. Davey, of Ohio, has of-





\Governor-General Wood has issued a plea to Americans to raise

More $1,000,000 to care for this Philippine leper colony on the little

Island of Culion, Where 5,600 lepers are kept on 14 cents a day.





 





 





 





 





 





Secretary of Navy Wilbur presented the sword

to Henry E. Hubbard, honor man of class of





fered a $4,000 scholarship to pro- 0

1925 at U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis.





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A throng of 145,000 watched Peter D. Paolo cross, the finish line of

-the.annual 500-mile Memorial Day classic in the Indianapolis





Speedway with an average of 101.13 miles per hour.





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The U. S. Naval Academy Eight (Annapolis) came over the finish

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Copyright. by Underwood t. Underwood, New York
e nibbled fragile curls of Melba

e..a lettuce leaf, and half a sug-



_s grapefruit. It lessened his en-

} yment of his own oysters. steak "cof-

es. He thought that she always eyed

his gfood a little avidly. for all her ex-

pressed indifference to it. She was

how a little haggard, .too.



_ “ e theatre’s next door," he said.

“J t a step. We don’t have to leave

he 8 until after eight.”



,“That’s nice." She had, her cigar-

ette. with her coffee in a mellow sens



suofis atmosphere of enjoyment. He

‘wasltalking about himself a good deal.

He felt relaxed, at ease, happy.



' “You know I’m an architect—at

least, I was one. Perhaps that’s why

I like to hang around your shop so. I



get sort of homesick for the pencils



and the drawing board—the whole

. thing.” . . ,



“Why did you give it up, then?”



"Nothing in it.” '



“How do you mean—nothing in it?"



“No money. After the war nobody

was building. Oh, I suppose if I’d

hung on—”



"And then you became a banker.

h-m? Well, there ought to be money

enough in a bank.”



He was a little nettled. “I wasn’t

a banker—at first. I was a bond sales-

man.”



Her brows met in a little frown. Her

eyebrows were thick and strongly

marked and a little uneven and inclin-

ed to meet over her nose. Paula’s

brows were a. mere line of black—a

Carefully traced half-parenthesis above

her unmysterious dark eyes. “I’d

rather,” Dallas said. slowly. “plan one

back door of a building that's going

to help make this town beautiful and

significant than sell all the bonds that

ever floated a—whatever it is that

bonds are supposed to float.”



He defended himself. “I felt that

way, too. But you see my mother had

given me my education. really.

worked for it. I couldn’t go dubbing

along, earning just enough to keep me.

I wanted to give her things. I want-





“Did she want those things? Did

she want you to give up architecture

and go into bonds?"



“Well—she—I don’t know that she

exactly—-” He was too decent—still

too much the son of Selina DeJong—

to be able to lie about that.



“You said you were going to let me

meet her." .



“Would you let me bring her in? Or

perhaps you’d even—would you drive

out to the farm with me some day.

She’d like that so much."



“so would I.”



He leaned toward her. suddenly.

“Listen, Dallas. What do you think

of me, anyway?” He wanted to know.

He couldn’t stand not knowing any

longer. '



“I think you’re a nice young man.”



That was terrible. “But I don't want

you to think I’m a nice young man. I

want on to like me—a lot. Tell me,

what aven’t I got that you think I

ought to have? Why do you put me

off so many times? I never feel that

I’m ~really' near you What is it I

lack?" He was abject.



“Well, if you’re asking for it. I do

demand of the people I see often that

they possess at least a splash of splen«

dor in their makeup. Some people are

nine-tenths splendor and one-tenth

tawdriness, like Gene Meran. And

some are nine-tenth tawdriness and

one-tenth splendor, like Sam Huebch.

But some people are all just a nice

even pink without a single patch of

royal purple."



"And that’s me, h’m?”



He was horribly disappointed, hurt,

wretched. But a little angry, too. His

pride. Why. he was Dirk DeJong, the

most successful of Chicago's younger



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popular. After all, what did she do.

but paint commercial pictures ‘for fif-

teen hundred. dollars apiece?



“What happens to the men who fall

in love with you? What do they do?”



Dallas stirred her coffee thoughtful-

ly. “They usually tell me about it.”



“And then what?” . , .



“Then they seem to. feel better and

we become great friends.” *



"‘But don’t you ever fall in love with

them?" Pretty sure of himself. “Don’t

you ever fall in love with them?"



“I almost always do.” said Dallas.



He plunged. “I could give you a lot

of thin 5 you haven’t got. purple or

no purp e.” ,.



“I’m going to France in April.

Paris.”





“What d’you mean! What‘





I want to do portraits.





Paris.





Oils.”

He was terrified. "Can’t you do them

here?"





“Oh, no. Not what I need. I have

been studying here. I’ve been taking

life-work three nights a week at the

Art Institute, just to keep my hand





1n.’



“So that’s where you are, evenings.”

He was strangely relieved. “Let me

go with you some time, will you?”

Anything. Anything. '



She took him with her one evening,

steering him successfully past the

stern Irishman who guarded the en-

trance to the basement classrooms; to

her locker, got into her smock, grab-

bed her brushes. She rushed down

the hall. “Don’t talk.” she cautioned

him. "It bothers them. I wonder

what they’d think of my shop.” She

turned into a small, cruelly bright,

breathlessly lot little room, its walls

whitewashed. Every inch of the floor

space was covered with easels. Before

them stood men and women, brushes

in hand, intent. Dallas went directly

to her place,‘fell to work at once. Dirk

blinked in the strong light. He glanc-

ed at the dais toward which they were

all gazing from time to time as they

worked. On it lay a nude woman.



To himself Dirk said in a sort of

panic: “Why, say, she hasn't got any

clothes on! My gosh! this is fierce.

She hasn't got anything on!” He tried,

meanwhile, to look easy, careless crit-

ical. Strangely enough, he succeeded,

after the first shock, not only in look—

ing at ease. but feeling so. The class

was doing the whole figure in oils.





The model was a moron with a skin

like velvet and rose petals. She fell

into poses that flowed like cream. Her

hair was waved in wooden undula-

tions and her nose was pure vulgarity

and her earrings were drug-store

pearls in triple strange but her back

was probably finer than Helen’s and

her breasts twin snowdrifts peaked

with coral. In twenty minutes Dirk

found himself impersonally interested

in tone, shadows, colors. line. He list-

ened to the low-voiced instructor and

squinted carefully to ascertain wheth-

er that shadow on the model’s stomach

really should be painted blue or brown.

Even he could see' that Dallas’s canvas

was almost insultingly superior to that

of the men and women about her. Be-

neath the flesh on her canvas there

were muscles, and beneath those mus-

cles blood and bone. You felt she had

a. surgeon’s knowledge of anatomy.

That, Dirk decided, was what made

her commercial pictures so attractive.

The drawing she had done for the

Great Lakes Trust Company’s bond

department had been conventional

enough in theme. The treatment, the

technique, had made it arresting. He

thought that if she ever did portraits

in oils they would be Vital and com-





pelling-portraits. But Oh, heiwished





she didn’t want to do; portraits in oils.





He wished—





It was after eleven when they emerg- ' ‘





ed from the Art Institute doorway





and stood a moment together "at the '>





top of the broad steps surveying the

world that lay before them. Dallas

said nothing; Suddenly the beauty of

the night rushed up and overwhelmed

Dirk. Gorgeousness and tawdriness,

color and gloom- At the right the

white tower lot the Wrigley Building

rose wraithlike against a backgrbund

of purple sky. Just this side of dt a

swarm of impish electric lights grin-l-

ned their message in scarlet and white.





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then blackness, while- you waited

against your will. In red: ’

THE FAIR





Blackness again. Then, in a burst of

both colors, in! bigger letters, and in

a blaze that hurled itself at your eye-

balls, momentarily shutting out tower,

sky, and street:





SAVE MONEY





Straight ahead the but of the Adams

Street L station in midair was a'Vene-

tian bridge with the black canal of

asphalt flowing sluggishly beneath.

The reflection of cafeteria and cigar-

shop windows on either 'side were

slendershatfs along the canal. An

enchanting sight. Dirk thought sud-

denly that Dallas was a good deal like

that—like Chicago. A mixture of

grandeur and cheapness; of tawdri-

ness and magnificence; of splendor

and ugliness.





“Nice," said Dallas. A long breath.

She was a part of all this. -



“Yes.” He felt an outsider. "Want

a. sandwich? Are you hungry?”



“I’m starved.”



They had sandwiches and coffee at

an all-night one-arm lunch room be

cause Dallas saidher face was too

dirty for a restaurant and she didn’t

want to bother to wash it. She was

more than Ordinarily companionable

that night; a. little tired; less buoyant

and independent than usual. This gave

her a little air of helplessness—of

fatigue—that aroused all his tender-

ness. Her smile gave him a warm

rush of pure happiness—until he saw

her smile in exactly the same way at

the pimply young man who lorded it

over the shining nickel coffee contain-

er, ag she told him that-his coffee was

gran .





HE things that had'mattered so

vitally didn't seem to be import‘

ant, somehow, now. The people

who had seemed so desirable had be-

come suddenly insignificant. The

games he had played appeared silly

games. He was seeing things through

Dallas O’Mara’s wise, beauty-loving

eyes. Strangely enough, he did not

realize that this girl saw life from

much the same angle as that at-which

his mother regarded it. In the last

few years his mother had offended him

by her attitude toward these rich and

powerful friends of his—their ways,

their amusements, their manners. And

her way of living in turn offended him.

On his rare visits to the farm it seem

ed to him there was always some drab

dejected female in the kitchen or liv—

ing room or on the porch—a woman

with broken teeth. and comic shoes and

tragic eyes—drinking great draughts

of coffee and telling her woes to Se-

lina—Sairey Gampish ‘ladies smelling

unpleasantly of peppermint and per-

spiration and poverty. “And he ain’t

had- a lick of work since November-4'

“You don’t say! That’s terrible!"

He wished she wouldn’t.

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naughty girl) tithings that Dirk had

taken quitegseriously. The fox hunts.

for example! Lake Forest had taken\

at 10x, «hunting, and the Tippecanoe

crowd kept kennels. : Dirk had learned

to ride—pretty well.-. An Englishman

-.—a certain Captain ‘Stokes-Beatty—‘





had initiated the North Shore into the





mysteries of 'fox hunting. Huntin’.

The. Nerth Shore learned to-say nec’-

shy and‘ conservat’ry.

Beatty‘ was a tall, bow-legged and

somewhat horse-faced young man, re-

mote in manner. The nice ’Farnham

girl had seemed fated to marry him.

Paula had had a hunt breakfast at

Stormwood and it had been very suc-

cessful, though the American men had'

balked a little at the devilled kidneys.

The food had been patterned as far as

possible after the pale flabby viands

served at English hunt breakfasts and

ruined in an atmosphere of luke—warm

steam. The women were slim and per-

fectly tailored but wore their hunting

clothes a trifle uneasily and self-con-

seriously like girls in their first low‘

cut party dresses. Most of the men

had turned stubborn on the subject of

pink coats, but Captain Stokes-Beatty

wore his handsomely. The fox—a wor—

ried and somewhat dejected-looking

animal—had been shipped. in a crate

from the south and on being released

had a way of sitting socially in an Illi-

nois corn field instead of leaping fleet-

ly to cover. At the finish you had a.

feeling of guilt, as though you had kills

ed a cockroach. ‘





Dirk had told Selina about it. feeling

rather magnificent. A fox hunt.



“A fox hunt! What for?"



“For! Why. what’s any fox hunt

for?"



“I can’t imagine. They used to. be

for the purpose of ridding a fox-infest

ed country of a nuisance.

foxes been bothering ’em out in Lake

Forest?"





“Now, Mother, don't be funny." He

told her about the breakfast.



“Well, but it’s so silly, Dirk. It’s

smart to copy from another country

the things that country does better

than we do. England does gardens

and wood-fires and dogs and tweeds

and walking shoes and pipes and leis‘

ure better than we do. But those luke-

warm steamy breakfasts of theirs!

It’s because they haven’t gas. most of

them. No Kansas or Nebraska farm—

er's wife would stand for one of their

kitchens—not for a minute. And the

hired man would balk at such bacon.”

She giggled. '



“Oh, well, if you’re going to talk



like that."

, But Dallas O’Mara felt much the

same about these things. Dallas; it

appeared, had been something of a fad

with the North Shore society crowd af-

ter she had painted Mrs. Robinson

Gilman’s portrait. She had been in‘

vited to dinners and luncheons and

dances, but their doings, she told Dirk,

had bored her.



“They’re nice." she ‘said, “but they

don’t have much fun. They're all try-

ing to be something they’re not. And

that’s such hard work. The women

were always explaining that they lived

in Chicago because their husband’s

business was here. They all do things

pretty well—dance or paint or ride or

write or sing—but not well enough.

They’re professional amateurs. trying

to express something they don’t feel;

or that they don’t feel strongly .enough

to make it worth while expressmg.”



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through many communities beyond.

' The revivals of

the present time

do not have any

suCh wholesome

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1y. The sound of“

the machinery is

so loud that one

forgets the prod-

ucts that are sup-

posed ,to be turn-

ed out. People are weary, it would

seem, of the professional evangelist.

Doubtless in time the pendulum will

swing and there will be. room for the

genuine evangelist, who has a mes-

sage. In fact, there is room for such

men now. But the best revival is one

in which the members of the church

et out and work with individuals,

showing a genuine interest in. them

and winning them to the better way

by friendship. This is being done

more and more, and it works. More-

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cripple at the beautiful gate of the

temple, and his cure. Such remark-

able healings do take place now, and

by the use of spiritual means. Per-

, haps that is a strong statement to

" make. But I really do think it true

and could bring some pretty good evi-



dence for it. However, bitter disap-

pointment may follow,,if people are

encouraged to believe that they will

certainly be healed by prayer. Some



tragic things have taken place within



. recent months, of this nature. There

{ remains a mystery about it. Paul him-

’. selfwas never healed of his distress-

; ing malady, and surely no one would

say that it was due to lack of faith.

i There is a ministry of pain, through

I; which the soul enters larger kingdoms.

Lesson Three—A. chapter of Divine

Enthusiasm. The people were happy,



, and their happiness was so genuine

. ~ that it appealed to people everywhere.

‘ They loved each other so that theyde-

cided to live in communism and

brought their property into a common

‘ store. Some people have thought that

this is a sign that all Christians should

_, \ pool -their resources and live as do

.- the Shakers and similar communities.

Nothing can be said against this, if

people are so disposed, but the gospel

is not tied up with any particular form

of economics. There are socialist

Christians, democrat and republican

Christians, tory and labor Christians,

and Christians who do not know to





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they belong. “For in Christ Jesus

neither "circumcision availeth anything,

nor uncircumcision, but faith which

worketh by love.” “For the whole law

is fulfilled in this, thou shalt love th/y

neighbor as thyself.”





   





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indifference Ins well as ”by oDPOistion,

and the indifference maybe the more

deadly. If'people waxed destructive,

threw bricks, organized tar and feath~

er parties for Christians, things would

not bedull, at any rate. There can be

no doubt, I think, but that the world

is a hostile world today, but it is more

sophisticated, less crude and rude, and

blocks the path of religious" progress

more skillfully than it did in the days

of the martyrs.,,v»ls the type of courage

required-for modern discipleship lower

than that of early church days? When

a man attempts to live the golden rule

in his business as a few are doing.‘

how much encouragement, does he get,

from the busineSS world? “Business

is business!” .



FiVe.—Total abstinence. All good

people in America know the benefits

of total abstinence. How would you

like to drive along a crowded street-

where every fourth driver was half

shot?



Six—The simple narrative of a per-

sonal worker. More such stories could

be written, if church folk practiced the

art of conversation on religion. It is

not so difl‘icult as is often imagined.

One night, when pastor of my first

church, I went to see a man and his

wife about becoming Christians. I was

scared, no other word for it. I wished

I hadn’t gone on that errand. But'I

rang the bell, went in and sat down.

In a few minutes the man of the house

said he had often wished he was a

Christian, but didn’t know ..how to be?

gin. Of course, it was plain sailing

from that time on. It isn’t so hard as

it looks, although it is hard enough, as

all worth while things are.





HE seventh lesson is the narrative



of the most remarkable conversion

on record, that of Saul. And yet that

is an extravagant statement. Many

conversions have been as straightfor-

ward, decisive as his, and with almost

as great results. Take that of Wesley.

On a certain night in May, 1738, “I

felt,” he says, “my heart strangely

warmed.” He went out from that little





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chapel to preach and teach up and

down England, and to organize socie-

ties. It is said that the results of his

sixty years of indefatigable labors

saved England from revolution like

that which filled France with blood.

Conversion is a mighty force, and, one

not out of date, either.

‘ Eight.——Saul goes to work. He did

not do things precisely as the modern

preacher does. For one thing he did

not preach over a. radio, and for an-

other he did not see his congregation

departing of pleasant Sundays for the

homes of relatives, via the gas route.

He had serious difliculties, but also

forget not, that the modern preacher

has his. There were sheep and goats

in Paul’s day. You could tell easily

who was a Christian and who was not.

But now there are so many alpacas

that the distinction between sheep and

goats is considerably reduced.

Nine.—~Miracles. Aeneas, Dorcas &

Co. Miracles are possible today, in

the church, and are by no means un~

known. We see them when we look

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SUBJECT z—Review.



. GOLDEN TEX'I“:—Ye.shall be my wit-

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Judeau and Samaria, and unto the

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why not? Do you cater to the

needs of your family or to the whims

of their appetites? Plenty of milk will





help give your children, big and little, =

the chance of health that duly helongs‘

- to them.





Look at the children who do not get

milk, but tea and coffee instead. Aren't





every ailment in circulation, plus other





ones thrown in for. good measure,





Their scrawny, stooped, undeveloped





. bodies are crying out in a wee small





voice, “I am undernourished." .

There are always many; sick chil-

dren in cities and in countries where

milk is scarce. When milk prices go

up, milk consumption comes down.

Mothers begin to economize on milk,

hence more sickness inaugurates.



And I fear too many farm women

economize on milk when the price of

butter-fat waits upward. Do not let

your family. your children especially,

be the recipients of such direful risks.





Give them plenty of fresh clean milk .





and help them to grow up well and

strong and conquer the fight against

disease—the strength to meet their

Waterloos and cross their Rubicons.



Save on other things if you must,

but never on milk, your child’s best

body-builder. It contains lime, the par-

amount requirement for strong, white

teeth and defying frame-work. Right

foods, and not drugs, is what children

need. Even adults need lime because

the bones and tissues are constantly

wearing away and need replenishing.



Milk also renders the vital ingredi-

ent called fuel, which enables children

to romp, play and work—much the

same a: an automobile needs gasoline,

a. locomotive needs coaL



It is a much cheaper fuel than meat.

Doctors who study vitamines and cal-

ories tell us that a quart of milk is

equal to a pound of lean meat or eight

eggs—and contains the three vita-

mines—A, B and 0.



Milk, however, should not be the

oonly food for children. They need veg-

etables, fruits and cereals. Do not

think of it as a. refreshing drink, but

as an essential, nourishing food.



Skim-milk is good but does not con-

tain the fats found in whole milk, of

course. Corn meal, rolled oats and

rice are delicious cooked in skim-milk.

Use the same amount of milk, as when

water is used to cook. For rice, four

or more cups of milk to one of. rice.

Cook for an hour in a. double boiler.



Do not forget to spring numerous

applications of cornstarch puddings,

cutards, milk toast, creamed fish,

creamed vegetables, cottage cheese

and escalloped dishes. All are excel-

lent ways of using milk. _ .



Never be ashamed if someone drops

in at supper time and finds you eating





bread and milk or good old-fashioned,





corn meal mush doing an Annette Kel-

lerman in Ole Cherry’s creamy milk.

You are rich indeed—rich as kings!





 





MAKE THE STUMR USEFUL.





 





AKE that eye-sore look away from

the old stump. This was a fine

apple tree but it blew down in a wind-

storm. Now it is useful as well as





ornamental. The wren house is built.





from the remains of the tree. The

cross-pieces, seeing the twigs, are ar-

ranged log-cabin fashion, with the

house on top; and the wrens live there,

too. Another year it will have ferns





and trailing vines to grace the falling .





 





bark. if the tree had not blown down





we might not have thought of the

wren hOuse; and wrens add much to

the joy of a day, and compensate for

the loss of,the‘__tree.-Mrs. O. T. _





 





 





PLAN A BRIGAND 8TEAK PICNIC

'FOR JULY 4» A ‘





 





A BhoAND steak picnic is the kind

most of them pale and sickly? And,





notice, too, their susceptibleness to





you Can ’t forget. Savory whlfls

of bacdn, union, and steak dripping

their juices into the campfire from

sharpened sticks bring. real Joy to the

picnicker. Such picnic foods are de-

licious when eaten between slices of

toasted bread or bread rolls served

with pickles.



To prepare a brigand steak, put a

slice of bacon on the sharpened stick,

and then a slice of onion and a. square

of meat. Repeat two or three times

or until enough meat and onions have

been added to make a sandwich. Since

the bacon will cook more quickly than

the other foods, it is well to place it

on the stick farthest away from the

fire.



. Apples and marshmallows make an

appropriate dessert for a picnic of this

sort. The picnickers will enjoy toast-

ing the marshmallows on the sticks

after roasting the meat and onions for

sandwiches.



Few Utenslle Needed.



The only utensils required for such

a picnic will be a coffee pot and

enough cups and spoons to supply the

party. Forks are not necessary on a





 

 

 

 





enjoy eating the foods with "their-an- _ .





loose; align paper mks may housed,

to ho! "





 





ionic: amt.“ ’ d





gets in true picnic lesbian. Cardboard,





Qfie raw'foods, pickles, bread,...-__ »_ .7 .

rolls. lump cfiga‘r,‘ apples, and marsh- g

mallows. They should :be burned after;

the picnic is over. , , g



The group who purchase the food ‘ J

for such a picnic will need to plan-





 





 





 





the quantity of food according to the-

number to he présent. Two medium- ‘ .

sized onions, six or seven- slices of. _' '

bacon, ninesqnares of steak threabie- , ,-_ . _

cults, and three pickles is a safe

amount to plan for each person. Un-

less the group is very small, it is well



to buy the'.marshmailoW5 and, lump

sugar bygthe box ‘ Then there will be



the pepper and'salt, coffee, cream, and

apples which will be needed. _ For the

camp. coffee it is well to use a heaping

tablespoonful of coffee for every cup



of boiling water and to add one extra

tablespoonful for the pot. ‘





 





BRIGHTEN A CHEERLESS

KITCHEN. '





 





AINT your kitchen chairs some col-



or that will look ,well in that

room. Black is good, or dark gray if

the walls are light gray, or dull green

or dull blue if the walls are white or

buff, and so on. Attach to the seats,

by cord, cushions covered with bright

colored washable material, and see

how cheerful it will make the room

look, and with little work and still less

expense.





 





When cooking old potatoes, put a

tablespoonful or two of sweet milk in

the water in which they are boiled

and the potatoes will not turn dark.





 





 





 





 





Doings in





W lzere Bird: Ha‘ve Swmgr





RUIN, Rolly Rabbit and Brownie

followed their noses just as Sir

Hoppy Toad had directed them to

do, and it was not long before every-

thing about them was strange and

new. They were in a new country.





There were even different kinds of





trees, and vines clambered over many

of them. Now and then they saw a.

house but they were all much different

from those in Woodland.





“Look! Look!” said Brownie. “See





the swing,” and he ran to it, Rolly

Rabbit and Bruin following.



And it was a. real swing, but one

A big





that Mother Nature had made.





 





 





 





 





   





ll-‘WH'WI I."

./ 4:; \, I in thMw,

//I9- My \\Y(/;





Little Brown Bear Takes a Swing.





grape vine had growed and growed



until it grew over a limb and up again,



making a grapevine swing.

The‘Little Brown Bear climbed into





the swing and with Rolly Rabbitpush- .





ing, away -Mother Nature’s swing took

him up into the tree tops. Back and

forth the little bear went up into the

tree tops. and down, swing, ' sWing,





1





 





 





Woodland





swing. And what fun.



He was enjoying his swing so much

that he never noticed that someone

else was having a swing in the very

same tree until he heard "Yeep, yeep,

yeep.”



“Rolly,” called Brownie. "Look!

Someone else is having a sewing in'

this same tree."



“I don’t see them,” said Rolly Rabbit

as he looked around.



“Up there on that topmost bow,"

said Brownie. “Swing me higher so

that I may see them."





Then Bruin swung the Little Brown

Bear higher and higher, because he

was taller than Rolly Rabbit.



Soon Brownie could peep into the

other swing.



“There are three little birdies in:

it," called Brownie. “Each one has his

mouth open." -



“That is an oriole’s swinging nest,"

Bruin told Brownie as he stopped the

grapevine swing. “The mother and

father oriole build their nest to a‘

bough. When the Merry West Winds .

blow it swings back and forth." ‘



For a minute, Brownie almost wish-

ed was a. little oriole if he could have

such a nice swing as that. _



Then he said, “What a‘w'isTfa'tfir

and mother they are! When their ba-

bies cry when they are away, the “

Merry Little West Wind can Just say,

“Blow, blow, blowey,” and they are

rocked to sleep.”



Then the Woodland Wanderers trav~

eled on for fear they might frighten

the baby orioles. 7 . ,_ ~ »
CE“. a





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Mfiwfir- ,.,.~ ,. .,





them.





‘ “ ‘ " liiflEE‘ASAIR; .

LL of us know of people who sell



‘ the farm, stock;_household geods,

everything ' they. ' possess. ‘, and





,_move someWhere in search of health.

‘We know'of people who spend afor-

{tune 011 patent medicines. ,We‘know .





of those who journey a thousand miles

to some famous hospital. I am now

looking for those who know enough to





gather health from the things “free as





air and sunshine" that cost. not one





, single penny. ‘





Last week I inspected some experi-

ments in animal therapy. A doctor is

trying the effects of “ultra violet rays"

produced by a quartz mercury vapor

lamp. He finds that these rays will

keep chickens from having “weak

legs,” which is analogous to the dis-

ease called “rickets” in children. The

experiments go to show that such rays

of light are almost as good as sun-

light. They open up many possibilities

for combating disease, both in animals

and human beings. It is even thought

Wthat treating poultry food ”with the ul-

tra violet rays and then adding it to

the chickens’ diet will be effective in

supplying the deficiency caused by the

lack of sun.



But I get back to the basis of the

whole matter and I find that sunlight

itself—the sunlight that shines upon

our homes day after day—has all of

the ultra violet rays that anyone can

use, whether for chickens or babies.

It is there for our use; available with-

out the aid of a five hundred dollar

therapeutic lamp or the prescription

of a doctor. But many and many a

mother fails to use it for herself, fails

to use it for her babe.





It is not enough to have the sun

shining outdoors, while you and the

baby are .in the house. Those ultra

violet rays will not penetrate window

glass. The only way to profit by sun-'

light is to get out into it—walk in it,

work in it, sit in it, idle in it. This

is true of mother and babe alike. I am

very sure that one reasonflfor that

“tired feeling” that afflicts housekeep-

ers after a long winter is insufficiency

of actual contact with the ultra violet

rays of the sun.



DEALING WITH THE LIQUOR

HABIT.





 





Will you kindly inform we what

recipe is good for the liquor habit?—

Subscriber.



The liquor habit is never cured by

drug treatment alone, yet there are

certain drugs that will help. The





. drugs selected depend upon the spe-





cial case and are too powerful and

deadly to be trusted to the prescrip-

tion of anyone but a physician.





REDUCING WEIGHT ON MILK.





 





Please give me some information

about reducing my weight by the milk

diet. Should milk be the only food

used? How much daily? How about

the drugs advertised for flesh reduc-

ing?—D. F.



In reducing weight by a mil-k’diet

the best plan is to have a period in

which milk is used exclusively, except-

ing for the addition of some fruit (ap-

ples or oranges) to assist the bowel

action. Take a day with nothing but

water. Then begin taking in addition

to water, each day, four half pints of

milk at intervals, half pint every, four

hours. Some patients manage to allow

themselves something to munch on,

such as dry crusts of bread, and still

make a good reduction, but you will

need to watch this very carefully for

the bread may spoil the plan. Some

find it necessary to have the milk

skimmed. The advertised .‘drugs are

not, always harmful, but so many of

them are that the safe way is .to avoid





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





per hour-500‘ Miles





This gruelling test proves the

outstanding superiority of Fire-

stone Full-Size Gum-Dipped Bal-

loons. With practically no change

in cars and drivers from last year,

and over the same rough, uneven

brick track, laid sixteen years ago

—Firestone Balloons racing under

a blazing sun—beat last year’s

world record on thick-walled,high—

pressure tires by a wide margin.



Of the 2 1 cars which started,

only 10 finished “in the money”

--every one on Firestone Balloons

—Gum-Dipped by the extra Fire-





 

 





 





Posi-





 





TIIE FIRST TEN

MONEY WINNERS





—all on Firestone Full-Size

Gum-Dipped Balloons





tion Driver Miles Per Hour





1 De Paolo . . . 101.13

2 Lewisnliill . . . 100.82

3 Skater-Morton. 100.18

4 'Hartz . . . . 98.89

5 Milton . . . . 97.27

6 Duray . . . . 96.91

7 De Palma . . 96.85

8 Kreis . . . . 96.32

9 Shattuc . . . 95.74

10 Bordino . . . 94.75





AVERAGE





 





 





Setting





strength and flexibility, and elimi-

nates internal friction and heat.





Call at our principal branches

—inspect one of these Full-Size

Balloons that travelled the 500-

mile race without a change.





These wonderful Gum-Dipped

Balloons that stood this terrific

grind, will give you safety and

comfort—and thousands of addi-

tional miles—on the worst coun-

try roads—in daily conflict with

sharp stones and gravel,worn-out

macadam and broken concrete. See





Win Battle

of Tires





‘ At Indianapolis, May 30

aNew World

Mark of 101.13 Miles

without Tire Trouble





 





stone process that adds extra MOST MILES PER DOLLAR nearest Firestone dealer today.

I

AMERICANS SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR OWN RUBBER.... ..





 





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Selected Mating





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EGG BRED Luggaghhg‘lyxs \g’hite Leghorns. Leghmus

’ Br. Leghorns,Anvonas. Mated to Pedigree Sires





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or $ 9 per 100_ $11 per 100 $13 per 100

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need free range stock. By insured Parcel Post Prepaid to your door.

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Early

Maturing





Mix'ed (All Heaths) .

Order fish: from this Id. for prompt attention.





 





   

 





BABY GHIBK





All our breeding stock has been blood tested for Bmillary White Dial-men.





 





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MILAN HATOHERY, Box 4. MILAN. MICHIGAN.





From Pure-Bred

Blood‘l'ested Stock





100% live delivery.

50 ‘ 100 500





Postpaid prices on 1000

Select 13. P. Racks 0: R. I. Beds ........................................ $6.00 $11 $50 3100

Extra. Select B. P. Rocks & R. I. Reds .................................. ”(.00 13 60 120

Foreman Strain B. I'. Rocks 5 R. 1. Beds ............................. 8.00 15 70 140

W. P. Rocks. W. W. .................................................. 7.50 14 ..

Utility and Eng. Barron 8. C. W. Iieghoms... 5.00 9 45 90

Tailored American, 8. C. W. Warns ... .............................. 6.50 12 55 no



‘ I"





Cut in four





; N0. 5093—Child’s Dress.

A four—year





sizes, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years.





:size requires 11/2 yards of 36-inch ma—

Price 130.





‘terial.





 





No. 5094*Ladies' Blouse. Cut in

seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and

46 inches bust measure. A 38-inch

size requires 2%; yards of 40einch ma-

,terial if made with long sleeves. With

short sleeves two yards will be re-





 





 





'quired. Price 13c.

No. 5116—Gir1s’ Dress. Cut in four

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





size requires 21/2 yards of 36—inch ma—

terial, with 14 yard of contrasting ma-

terial for collar, cuffs, belt and pocket

facings. Price 130.





 





_No. 4816—Girls' Dress.

Sizes, _8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12-

year size requires 3% yards of 36—inch





Cut in four





 





material. Price 13c.
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ue to “out prices when our “which IMO”

chicks. Order new—ears money. , .

Extra Selected Berton





 





 





msleeom of 250 to 280 20' 00 100 000 1000

hens 8 90.





m amuse." 0010 110.00 000.00



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—. Stock ...... ...........11.00 1.76 9.00 11.00 80

all; 001' 1:00 3035?; 2’00 ' J V '

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melee ":1""1'x;"' ""'§.‘.;.H,,,..“1“' 3.00 5.15 11.00 52.00 100

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k mm B Bock .............. ...ue 1.00 10.00 01.00 110

33°33? 51:; BM ’ ........ .100 0.00 1.00 00.00 to





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Profit Producing





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Order NOW at These Low Prices





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' BM 25 Chick!- “Chicks. I00 Chicks. 000 Ohleke. 1000

Touched end M Barron Whit. Ieghorne. ....... 2.50 30 .00 89 .00 $42 3 85





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2:"Baby Chicks





 





erred ... 000 11.00 02.50 105 .

ii"? 1131. 1100. 0.00 0.00 11.00 02.50 100

Broiier Chicks ...... ........ per 100 is 00; per 000 :37. 00

Bury Bred Broiler Chicks ....... ....... .................... ......... 9.00; per 500 2.50





100

8 to 10 weeks-old Pellets st sttrective prices. Big fine oeteiog free. Write t.odsy Satisfaction

guaranteed.

Box 10. HOLLAND. HIGH.





 





 





 





 





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ArmieumeotyearweplenmuteeueofourNortherncus— ..

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chicks. and we have just cut our pricee, due to advent: encing

season. Let as supply you with GOOD. STRONG. eDISEASE-

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less than 100 lots add. 250 to your order. For 500 or more. write for prices. We prepay postage

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Chicks from our hewnery come up to the standard set by Ohio state Uni-

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test. Order today for immediete delivery. or send tor cetsiog. or our

chicks and feel safe. Prices (Postpdd) on:



20 50 100 000 130%?)





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13.50 01 123 shipment 100%





13.50 01 120 ‘ . .

00 20.00 91 195 live delIvei'y

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25 8.00 00 80

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Early Summer and Harvest Hatched Chick.





Prices edective June 1.

100% Live Delivery Guersnteed. Poetpnid prices 25 50 100 500 1000

White. Brown, Bqu' and Black Leghorns, Black

Minome ....................................... 81. 50 $5.00 $9.00 $40 880

Baned&th.g,ltocksS.C&B.CRedWll.

A,Wynndottee Butt Orpingtons. S S. Hsmhurge“ . 3.00 6.60 10. 00 48 95

Hutch every Manda; until July 15th You will make good money on than

Chicks at these prices. Order right from this ad. BBL, City Netionnl Bans. To help us fill orders prompt-1y

case of shortngéoon one variety we can then another choice





Item efirst. eecond and third choice. in fiiion

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YEAR! OF EXPERIENCE





Bed Rock Prices for June and July hm,“ ma

hatching qualities In as DEAN in the Poultry Industry. We own and opergte a. Real





Poultry Farm. not merely a Hetehery. We hove epecislized in White om.

100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Leah for many





 





”an prices 25 50 100 500 1000

White Leghorn: Speciel Extra On t!- o.. . . "83.00 85.00 810.00 347.50 3 90



Barred Rocks. ode .. ............. .-.......... “...”... . 9.60 .00 61.50 110



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Single 0 D W111“ mm, o e‘ee e e eee

n ama 1900mm Been “...". m ... ' ° ‘2'.” ’12:” 30:.”

s O. Mottled Anoones ..... 5.0.: 10.00 41.60

0. 3110110 I 0.00 11.00 02.00

Mixed Colgate ....i&.&.‘;&é& 8“. “liver."- L00 Write 1.000“! - 3:150

Pull ready enersnteed. or

Wmmmhaummmmunmummnotauyahga:





Nonmuudbo





 





 





DILIGENT HA'I'OHERY‘,‘m & PULLET FARM. Holland. Mien. Harm i. Knoll. Owner.





 





 

   

 





   





 





, My Dear Uncle Frank: a: -

1' Did you ever have an inspiration,

‘ which came upon you, caused by some





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





magic power thrusting its spell upon

you? - -. .





One beautiful night in May, I stood

gazing from the window of my house.

at the beautiful green woods of‘God’s

own handiwork. The longer I gazed

the more entranced I became. Some

irresistible force drew me from the

house, I found my feet following the

footpath to the woods. The beautiful

sun was leaving that part of the earth

into the invisibility which concerns us

not. It seemed to Huger on the hori-

zon,’ casting one last long look upon

the earth—l wondered would it return





 





Re'x Ellis, Himself, Taken this Spring,

Fifteen and One- half Years Old.





bright and fair on the morrow, or

would an ugly cloud mar its beauty?



I kept on going till I reached the

woods, wandering, as one in a dream.

I came to a. fallen log, lying dead and

forgotten, alone, cold and friendless

save for a. few ferns who were trying

their best to cover the ugly surface.

Will We, when our life’s work will have

been completed, lie useless and forgot-

ten, alone? Thus I wondered.





Soon my mind soared from the

thoughts so sad to the blue above.

How like a huge drawing room was I

seated in. A richer floor covering

carpeted the ground than man has

ever created. The trees were the peo-

ple of nature gathered at the party.

No need'of florists and decorators.

Oh, no, my drawing room was ever

decorated by one far-reaching, unseen

hand, that of nature. Flowers were

strewn on the floor, ferns embedded

in the corners. Everything was pure,

innocent and untainted by the crea-





‘ 'tions of man.





As the sun went down my orchestra.

played sweeter and sweeter-4 was

thrilled— thrilled and thrilled-—my

eyes closed. The old frogs thundered

their bass—the crickets chirped and

drew their bows across the strings—

the robins rippled the sweet notes of

tenor and from the lusty throats of

the bobolinks came the alto, while the

larks and thrushes in harmony carried

the notes of the sweetest lullaby I

have ever heard. Farther and farther

away it seemed until it stopped linger-

ineg-I know not when. i only know

that I will hear these notes played on

and on forever as did Wordsworth see

the daffodils when he laid in a. pensive

mood. The light grew dim. The arms

of the trees, my companions, were lift-

ed in a prayer of awe and reverence

to the Almighty Creator. The flowers

stood with bowed heads- the feath-

ered natives were quiet in this mo-

ment'of thanksgiving, and then of a

sudden the stars began to twinkle and

the spell was broken—yet I felt. awe-





' stricken—I feltwoh, I cannot express





 





it in words. It is a. feeling too deep to





T 12: Interesting Expenmce: 0y “101151212!”





.. understand But I know that when

the 01:11.00 began to appear I did not.- fit





' card.





111—4 felt enchanted no longer—the

spell was broken. 1





So I departed home, leaving the tub-

lean of evening for a character more,

I now realize that

all my future inspirations 'will' spring





fitted to it than I.





from that time of day when the sun

is kissing farewell to the earth. .

Perhaps, Uncle Frank, this sounds

foolish to you, but it actually is the

pure truth. It is ,_ exactly as I felt.





Perhaps if this escapes the waste pa;





per basket some Merry Circler. will

understand it as I do.—-Your sincere

niece, “Jonquil.”





No, Jonquil, I- don’t think it foolish.

I believe your experience beautiful.

Such are the times when one can say

he is in time with the Infinite.





 





 





Our Letter B010





 





 





Dear M C.’ s and Uncle Frank.



I enjoy the Boys’ and Girls’ Page,

and my mother enjoys it almost as

much as I do.



I think it is lovely for the M. C.’ s

to help the sick children. How thank-

ful we had ought to be to the dear

Lord because He gives us such good

health.



Please find enclosed some change

to help toward radios for the sick

children. I am sure they would enjoy

it very much.



Heping Mr. W. B. don’t find this,I

remain your loving niece and cousin,

Hazel Crispin, R. 2, Sand Lake, Mich.





I am glad your mother likes our

department, too. We should be thank-

ful for good health. Thanks for what

you sent to help bring cheer to the

sick young folks.





Dear Uncle Frank:





You should have seen "youré truly"

jump up and down for joy, when she

received the Golden Circle pin and

I just can’ t thank you enough.

This pin means a. great deal to me,

Uncle Frank, for my chief ambition is

along a literary line. I say my chief

ambition. i have several but none of

them “burn” for any length of time.



When I am in one of my high alti-

tude moods, one of my various ambi-

tions will rise, and burn furiously for

all of four or five days—or as many

minutes—only to die down and give

place to another.



Now, what do you think of that,

Venerable Uncle? Will 1 amount to

as much as thirty cents, all spent or

won’t I? I don’t thinkl Iwill.



Yet, I have something over the safe,

sane, and sensible members of the G01-

den Circle. It is this: They have but

one burning ambition and if they can ’t.

realize that, it’s all up While with

Captain Mollie, if she can ’t write short

stories, she can write books on nat-

ural science. If she can’t write books

on natural science, she can be a. mag-

azine illustrator. If she can’t be a

magazine illustrator, she can be a

public speaker. If. she can t be a. pub-

lic speaker, she can be a. "cranky old

maid school teacher,” and take the

“unruly young ones” across her ging-

ham apron—By Heck! -“Captain Mol-

lie,” Stanwood, Mich —



If you don’t think you will amount

to thirty cents, perhaps you won’t.

But if you will confine your efforts to

one ambition, even a cranky old maid

school teacher, perhaps you will be

one. It‘s better to use a bullet instead





of buck-shot to go after your game.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I’ve never seen nor heard a. radio,

but I once had a. little M. 6. girl and

I am sure if she were here she would

want to do her part, so here it: is.



I always read your page and remem-

her how she used to enjoy it. I hope

the M. C.’s will not neglect sending in





their bit as l have been doing the last ‘





few ‘weeks. I believe many of them

just put it all thinking there is no

hurry —-—“Beet Wishes. “





 





 





 





 





 





 





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The reason I make this a contest is

that I am anxious to get Some good

opinions of girls on this subject for

boys to read. Perhaps the boys can

get some worth-while hints from the

results of this centes t.



Girls, please make your discussion

no longer than 250 words. Write on

one side of the paper only and be

sure to put your name and address in

the upper left hand corner» If you

are a Merry Circler, put M. C. after





V your name.





The ten best papers will win prizes

as follows. The first two fountain

pens; the next three, dictionaries, and

the next five, cute little boxes of candy.





‘ All who send in good papers and are





not Merry Circlers will get M. C. but-

tons and cards.



This contest closes July 2, so send

your papers to Uncle Frank, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan, before that

time. Every girl Ought to be able to

say something about this subject.





 





THE MERRY CIRCLE FUND.





 





LITTLE while ago I compared the



fund with the oak, in that it was

slow growing but worth while. It

surely is rivalling the oak in its

growth, but it is growing, and that is

the main thing.



I am sorry that the strawberry crop

was such a failure this year, because

I believe it affected our fund. I really

expected a lot of our members to pick

berries this year and send at least a

small share of their earnings to the

fund.



It is certainly pleasing to me that

ladies’ sewing circles, literary clubs





 





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MICHIGAN POULTRY INDUSTRY.





 





HERE are in Ottawa county six



hatcheries with incubator capacity

in excess of 20,000 eggs each, with a

total hatching capacity of 2,995,000

eggs, and.we believe that there are

at least one hundred thousand egg in-

cubator capacity that we have not list-

ed in that county. As a conservative

estimate there are at least 6,000,000





chicks sold from these hatcheries each.





season, selling for at least $750,000.

The hatcherymen in that county pay

the farmers producing their eggs, an

average premium of ten cents per doz-

en above market price, representing

an income annually of at least $100,000

to the farmers of that countynmore

than they would receive for the same

eggs if sold for market purposes.





There are in Ottawa county 500,000

hens producing, conservatively, 50,000,—

000 eggs per season, 38,000,000 of

them sold for market purposes, at an

average price of thirty cents per doz-

en, representing an annual $950,000

market egg income to the farmers in

that county. In addition to this, we

have the $400,000 paid to farmers by

hatcherymen for their eggs, and ap-

proximately $700,000 paid to farmers

for market fowls, (hens, males and

broilers), sold for table purposes. This

gives us a total of $2,900,000, the total

annual income of poultry products

alone in Ottawa county, which does

not take into consideartion the large

number of birds sold for breeding pur-

poses, as eight-week-old pullets, and

at all stages of maturity, up to adult

birds.





_ Using these figures as a basis for

the entire state, we have the 15 ,000,-

000 hens in Michigan, producing 125,-

000,000 dozen of eggs at the average

azrket price of thirty cents per doz-





 





 





   





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also appreciate very greatly the con-

tributions which have been sent by

mothers who have had their children

taken by thedreaded T. B., and those

sent by other mothers and their chil-

dren who have denied themselves that

they might contribute.





The fund now amounts to $106.02.

You. see that it has some to ’go yet

to reach the amount we need to get

those radios and to install them. A

shower of nickles and dimes would

make the fund sprout right up. Can't

you at least send a drop in this

show%r?





CELEBRATI N'G TH E FOURTH.





 





By Ruth Tabor, Belleville, Michigan.



I have a vivid imagination of what

comes to my mind as an ideal way to

spend the Fourth.





I think a very nice way for the peo-

ple of the city to do is to pack a lunch

and go to some quiet dale or grove in

the country and enjoy the pleasures

which our country affords. Also to

render thanks to the Almighty that we

have such a country. and that we are

at liberty to give our ideas of. how so

prosperous a country should be gov-

erned.





I think this would be a very wise

change from the way that we used to

celebrate it. As it was before, many

children had fingers blown off, or arms

and faces badly burned, and many of

the more ignorant class spent what

little money they had to burn up a lit-

tle powder just to see the flash or

hear the explosion, and then they had

nothing in return. I believe the mon-

ey of this country could be used more

wisely and the lives of the children

could be guarded to a. greater extent.





 





 





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en, a total of $37,500,000 annually. Ad~

ding to this, $15,000,000 as an estimate

of the value of the poultry sold for

table purposes, and $1,000,000 as the





ridfference between the value of the





market eggs and those used for hatch-

ing, we have the annual value of the

poultry crop in Michigan, totaling $53,—

000,000, not considering breeding stock

which will run into a millon or more

dollars annually—J. A. Hannah.





POULTRY QUESTIONS.





 





I would like to know at what age

roosters have to be before it is time

to caponize them. Would also like to

know how to cull out the hens that

don’t lay. What ought young turkeys

be fed, ones that run with the hen

turkey?—~—Mrs. D. J





Cockerels are usually caponized

when about three months old. Culling

at this time can consist in removing

birds that are overfat or moulting ear-

ly. Sell the beef type of birds of the

heavy breeds and retain the alert busy

hens with the refined heads. Discard

the crow-headed hens, and hens with

thick heavy skulls. Culling will prob-

ably be covered quite thoroughly in

other issues. Best results in culling can

be obtained along in August when the

heavy moulters are rough looking and

still busy, while the summer moulters

are looking fine in the new feathers

and producing no eggs.



Stale bread soaked in milk and

squeezed nearly dry is a good first

feed for poults. This is followed with

fine chick scratch feed and larger

grains as the poults develop. Turkeys

are seed and insect eaters and do not

thrive on sloppy mashes.



Some farmers have been tempted to

re-sow fields where spring crops have

failed, to some short-time hay crop

like'so’y-beans, millets or Sudan grass.





 





'Desk C, The Michigan Farmer,





 





 

 





Progresswe Growers!





Destroy Apple Aphis

and Pear Psylla





by dusting with \





CYANO GAS





(REG. u. s. PAT. OFF.)





CALCIUM CYANIDE





It’s worth trying.' It will even kill aphis in

curled leaves.





Your dealer has Cyanogas (Calcium Cyanide)

or can get it for you. Or, we will send you a

hundred lb. drum of B Dust for eleven dollars

f. o. 1). East St. Louis, Ill.





Send for free leaflet No. 18-P which gives full information





AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY





of Delaware





* 511 FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y.





 





 





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Devries Grandview Poultry Farm

at Zeeland Adopts





Even the Largest Poultry Farms Ca‘nnot

Afford to Use Cheap Feeds.





HY should you waste your opportunities for making big money out of

vv poultry b using any but the best result- producing feeds. he in-

creased broiler-profits" and egg— income’ which result from the

growing—power of Vitality Feeds will reps you many times over for any

difference in price. 'I he finest of oat meal without hulls]. buttermilk. bone

meal, wheat middlings, green alfalfa meal. and meat scraps, as scientifically

balanced In Vitality Feeds, cannot be beaten for producing results in grow-

ing or in production from mature birds. Write for ‘Scientific Poultry Feed-

ing and Management’ . Sent free.





GRAIN MARKETING COMPANY





ert. MF—208 S. La Salle St.. Chicago

’7 Successors lo ROSENBAUM BROTHERS

ALI Your Dealer





ID OWN S

1 332 St"..f.‘;"’..éi{“%.”.tfii tam. that“.resumes: ts. 1 925

HIGH QUALITY WHITE LEGI‘IORNS





this local business we have built up a reputation for

That has brought us results over a murh larger field than we had anticipated. We now make that following

prices. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Postpaid. Ref” Romeo Savings Bank. Romeo. Michigan.

For Delivery on and. after June 13L. Postpaid 25 50 100 500 1000

Tom Barron Selected VVlIite Leghorns ................................... $2.75 $5.00 $9.00 $42. 50 $85. 00





HONESTY IS OUR MOTTO and our business has been founded and built up on this principle. Get some

of those good Barron June Chicka They will prove a mighty profitable investment for you. Cocketrals will

be fully matured {or 1920 breeding season. Get our Free Catalg.





W. A. Downs Poultry Farm, Box 104,

CH I X





100%





 





TAI‘IC RED ' BARRON





LEGHORNS





 





Washington, Michigan





 





We make no extravagant claims. We know you want GOOD CHICKS and

that is just what we will furnish you, from good. bred—to-lay, pure-bred

flocks. carefully selected. Our business has been built up by having satisfied

Live Dellvery.‘ Postpaid prices on



50 100 500





25

White. Brown or Buff Leghorns ................. $4.00 36 00 $10 $50

White Rocks. Buff and Barred [leaks ...................... 4.25 6.50 12 (30 120

Rhode Island Reds ........................................ 4. 25 (i. 50 12 00 1:30

5% dim-cunt on orders for 500.10% discount on orders for 1000 and over. Rel" Bramh

County Savings Bank. Order right from this ad.

COLDWA‘I'ER HATCHERY. BOX 53.





Can You Sell?





We have need of a few good salesmen. ' For in-

formation regarding this interesting preposition

write at Once to





E. A. SHEARER,





Detroit, Mich.





customers.

100!) "





 





COLDWATER. MICHIGAN.«
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511 FIFTH AVE.





 





g) -~ * *Who 1s . Supportm

,. ~ Your Ground Hogs.

The ound hogson your farm "live'on the crops you plant.

The? grow fat on the results of your labor. " They also

undermine embankments (and levees). ' ,



‘ It is time. to make a serious efl‘ort to get rid of these

pests, and fumigating with Cyanogas (Calcium, Cyanide) Is

the most satisfactory and economical way to do it.





CYANOGA





(REG. u. s. PAT. OFF.)





CALCIUM CYANIDE





placed in small quantifies in the openings of the burrows

gives 03 hydrocyanic acid gas. The fumes

penetrate the burrow and kill the grdund

hogs almost instantly. They cannot escape it.

Your dealer has Cyanogas (Calcium

Cyanide) or can get it for you. Or, we will

‘ deliver a 5 lb. tin sufficient to kill all the

ground hogs in 80 burrows for $2.50.





Write for leaflet 5--P





AMERICAN CYANAMID 'COMPANY





of Delaware





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BREEDEIIS’ DIRECTORY





t Cop or Cancellations must .resch us

Chonrgseove Dasis before date of publication





 





Fond SALE- Reg. Guernsey Bull Cali





Banger whose dam bu an A. B.

Wefnlllffimelba Milk. 986.6 lbs. Fat. N0 Erie-h

males (a Sale. Write I. M. Williams. No

Adams: Gilmore Brothers. Camden. Mich.





Wailinwood Guernseys





nuns R. cows for sale.

Y bun'lgmiifinum. Jeni-on. Mich;





 





Reg. Guernsey Cows. Bulls and

For Sale Bull cum. A. Reogrdmlidar

Rose Breeding. JOHN EBELB. R. 2. Hollan , c .





 





Grandson of a World’s Record Cow





‘ good straight-backed. shuns-ramped call.



30111 November 6. 1924. Nicely marked. about



hall white.

‘ 'n Echo Rauwerd. 353211. a.



8"“ Punch! May Echo wlvia from a 34—

m. 3-yr.-old daughter of an 1113—15. cow.

Bil full sister Just made 1107 lbs. as a

4-yt.-old.



' lantha Walker 5th 778125

Dag. 21.3."!7“ 11%,); Butter. 7 days. 21.91;

Milk, 488.6; butter, 80 days. 90.1; Milk,

1760.6. Her dam. Traverse Colantha Walk-

er. has five I—day records averaging 35:95

lbs. and six WIS-day records averaging

1012.97 lbs. in addition to two assay

records which Emacs 1.239 lbs. butter and

mi

£21229 13:39“ dams average 83.11 lbs. but-

ter and 677.3 lbs. milk in days.

WORLD’S RECORD BREEDING.

Send for pedigree of Ear Tag No. 572.





Bureau of Animal Industry,





BINDER TWINE





at sttractivetearicuwflges: qualitylgnaranteed. Farmer

ts wan or camp

.Tfieéb. BURT Gt. SONS. MELROSE, OHIO.

A. man





 





Shipment Prepaid ‘





30 Days Trial

EMPIRE-BALTIC





Cream Separator





» with "Million holler

”Bowl. ”mm as $28.75. lone back



.‘ guarantee. Free service an

\ for lyear. Get ricee, low monthly

terms W in romptly fr%





 

 

 

 





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Empire Cream Separator

Sales Company, Inc.



Dept. 6 Louisville. Ky.

Exclusive U. S. Factory “Representative





nan". $31.3 saws-i





“WES-‘1‘“





 





 





DOPE C5 Lansing, Michigan





 





 





Holstein Cows and

Young Bulls





t-

enbu gayounsbulbseaueonebredrorsres

ghprodugitlbn and :better type. We have theu‘gdig

desirable conformation out of cows with 2317 iii if

able reco Also a few young cows 3 e '31:].

and with records up ‘to 25 lbs. as Jr. 3-yr.

Send tor amended pedigrees.





Lakefield Farm Clarkston, Mich.





dairy calv 7 week: old.

HOLSIEIN OI GUERNSEY 320 each, :‘nted for Imp-

ment. Edoewood Dairy Farms. Whitewater. Wis.





Hereford Steers





Around 501B 60 Wt. Aroundmms.

2: iii: Around .940 lb:I 00 Wt. Around 650 lbs.

142 Wt. Around 600 lbs. 47 Wt. Around 550 lbs.

52WLArm1nd5001be. “WLAroundIUObs.

Also many other mocha. Dew reds. dehorned. good

stacker order. Reel quality Herdords are mean:

market toppers when flmsh' ed. Will sell your chplce

Irom any bunch. VAN B. BALDWIN. Eldon. :-

pello 00.. lows.





flufifig HEREFORD BULL CALVES





for the next few days to be delivered at weaning



fin fellows and at reasonable prices.

Cg; 21168013 at. them. WARD w. DUNSTON.

Giarkston. Mich.





FmdalKing Jersey: 332 Elinn‘l'm' '.o'“ic'





htwehaunhhgilleelvudum





 





8E? FARM. Goldwater. Mich.





 





 





 





 





Plowed

Its Way to

Leadership





WHEN you see an owner



of a three-plow tractor

out in the field, unusually

proud of his plowing and his

plow, you will more than like-

ly find the John Deere No. 5

on the job.





It’s the plow with an

earned reputation for doing

the work the way the farmer .

wants it done.





Any farmer who has used

John Deere plows knows the

advantage of having three

genuine John Deere bottoms

at work behind his tractor.





Write today for tree folder

on the No. 5 to John Deere, -

Moline. Illinois. Ask tor

folder? MK-622.





 





 





   





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, the Insane at. Newberr‘y, has. a an





1 (herd of purebred Cattle and this is or





value in promoting better dairying in:

Cloverland because‘ it makes 300d

foundation stock available to ‘our'farm-

ers at reduced cost. Indeed, the priCes

at which recent sales or bulls/:have

taken place to local farmers are Said

to be one-half the advertised prices.

The bulls are listed at from $100 to

$350. The state has another fine herd

at the prison at Marquette. Most of

the state cattle are Holsteins.“ ' ,





MANY» cows ARE UNPROFITABLE

PRODUCERS.





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REPORTING on the year’s records

, of the Gogebic County Cow Test-

ing Association, the tester states that





cow was 7,534.3 pounds and of butter-

fat, 295.2 pounds. The records of the

association showed that forty-one cows

kept by members of the association

_did not pay for their keep, and these

were sold or killed. During the year

265 cbWs were on test.





COW TESTERS GET TOGETHER.





 





CONFERENCE of cow testers in

the Upper Peninsula. was held at

Escanaba, May 21. This was the first

such meeting held in the district. The

testers compared notes and received

counsel from the experts of the Mich-

igan State College. Mr. George Amund-

son, of the extension department, land

clearing division, discussed home

made cdnveniences about the farm and

promised soon to be in a. position to

distribute plans for a home-made silo

based on present Upper Peninsula. ex-

perience of farmers. Prof. O. E. Reed,

of the M. S. 0., stated that there are

now 106 testers at work in Michigan.

The officers of the Upper Peninsula

Cow Testers’ Association were chosen

as follows: President, A. M. Wertin,

Marquette county; vice-president,

Howard Adams, Chippewa county; see-

retary-treasurer, Ed. Nordgren, Dick-

inson county; directors, Thomas Nax-

on, North Menominee; Armas Pers-

kari, Alger county.





 





FLEMING, KALAMAZOO TESTER,

ANNUAL REPORT.





 





THE No. 2 Kalamazoo Cow Testing

Association has completed a. year’s



work with J. E. Fleming, testing.

The herds averaging above 300 pounds

of butter—fat in this association are as

follows:



D. B. Kolvoord, 10 Gr G & J; H. E.

Falcon, 6.9 PB & G J; D. E. Kuhn &

Son, 7.1 PB J; C. M. Case, 11.4 Gr G;,

C. T. & D. C. Richardson, 12.3 PB &

G J; B. N. Case, 10 PB & Gr J; R.

W. Weinberg, 7.4 PB & Gr J & Gr D;

A. B. Imus, 16.6 Gr H & G; L J. Brad-

ley, 14.5 PB & Gr J; A. C. Schuyler,

14.6 Gr J & G.



This association is continuing the

work with J. E. Fleming doing the

testing.





RIVES JUNCTION JACKSON 0. 'r.

A. COMPLETES I=OURTH YEAR.





 





 





HE Rives Junction-Jackson Cow

Testing Association has completed

the fourth year of testing work.

Jess Bird, the tester, who has com-

pleted two years of testing ,in this as-

sociation, reports that seven herds av-

'eraged above‘300 pounds of butter-fat

production. These herds were owned

by the following members:

J. Lewis, 9 PB & Gr G; Gates





' Adams, 3.8 PB G; J. Z. Ballard & Son,





13 Gr H; W. Clarke, 23.3 Gr H; A. H.





_Perrine, 10.8 PB H; W. E. Hale &





Sons, 9.6 Gr H.



The four poorest producing herds in

this association averaged 6,113 pounds

of milk and 203.9 pounds of butter-tat.





dour cows. _

rd, the tester, reports 'muchinter-





 





est in sweet clover. One .hundi-ed





 





 





. Hn Michigan st... assign" la.





the average production of milk per





These four herds were made up of-

‘ ‘ gore-bred and'grade Holsteins, totaling

ft ‘ ’ ~





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mosarebeing seedethd .

_§hle timing to be , uses»- tor; suture.

Vengecarloads of: crushed slime ;-.1'ock

move been'distributed from Rives Junc-





' flop...“ Five very? [poorly- .bred‘ 'eires ' ‘





_ were-‘és’éiltLté ithsz‘bumher and seven-

teernh unprofitablegcows were sold-





is" modulation is continuing ’the‘ .





testing work with“‘ Kermit Young 'as

tester.'ffl'»- A. 4 ‘ . “





 





‘ The' organization of a. cow testing

association in Houghton county seems

assured, nearly sufllcient farmers-hav-

ing agreed to join. , . ‘





 





THE BUTTER SITUATION IS

’ STRONGER.





 





THE butter situation is peculiar at

- this time of year. Official figures



, show an increase in consumption

of butter of 3,000,000 pounds a month

over last year. Oflicial figures also

show a. decrease in production for the

year up to June 1, of nearly 5,000,000

pounds a month. This is an abnormal

decrease in production. With produc-

tion decreasing and consumption in-

creasing, the question is asked as to

where the butter is coming from. Up

until the present it has come largely

out of cold storage. On January 1

there was the largest cold stordge

holdings of butter ever known. Now

the stocks are about depleted, the cold

storage holdings being very low.



The cold storage season opened with

butter five cents a. pound above last

year’s prices. It is thought that’with

increasing prices imports from Den-

markrand the Southern Hemisphere

will begin to come in in larger quanti-

ties over the present tariff wall.





 





TESTING WORK EXPANDS.





D URING April 105 Cow Testing As-

somations were active in the state

_ of Michigan. Not all of these as-

sociations reported, the monthly tabu-

lations representing only eighty-two

associations. -Among these eightydwo

associations, 1,986 herds were tested,

totaling 18,781 cows. There were 2,364

cows that produced over forty pounds

of butter-fat during the month, and

2,556 “cows that produced over 1,000

pounds of milk. Thirty-one pure-bred

sires were purchased by members, and

410 are keeping daily milk record

sheets.

‘ The highest producing cow in the

, under-three—years’ class was a. pure-

bred Holstein owned by W. E. Robb,

Genesee No. 7 C. T. A.

In the under-four-years-ofiage class,

seven of the ten cows fire pure-bred





 





Holsteins, and the other three are Jer- ‘





seys, two .being pure-bred and one

grade. In the under-five-years-of—age

class, nine are pure-bred Holsteins and

one a grade Durham. Mr. Fred Lang,

of the Genesee No. 4 C. T. A. is the

owner of this grade Durham which

produced 70.51 pounds of butter-fat and

1,533 pounds of milk during the test-

ing period.



Mr. W. L. Rundel, of the Washte-

new-Saline C. T. A. has the high”ma.-

ture cow for the month. His pure-bred

Holstein produced 2,981 pounds of

milk testing 3.29 and making 98.07

pounds of butter-fat on a re-test basis.

In addition to Rundel’s cow seven oth~

er cows were re-tested.



The re—test rule in use in the Michi-

gan Cow Testing Associations requires

that when a cow produces above two

and one-half pounds of butter-fat a day

on a twice—a—day milking, or three

pounds a. day on a three and four-time

milking, a re-test be conducted on her.





 





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C OWS with good clover pasture

that chew on bones and wood, may



be relieved through generous feed-

ing of salt and grass. I find that fairly

good results follow giving apomor-

phine hypodermically once a week for

three weeks—two grain dose. , This

treatment should’ be applied by a. vet-

erinarian.~—Fair.





 





 





In our cities the interests of the

individual have been subsidized more

or less to the advantage of the whole



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precedent for rural communities to

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down to a point where a margin of.

profit is assured the grower, it pays

him to give them good care. Although





. there are many farms in Michigan on





which not a hog is left, there are al-



ways a few forehanded, faithful men

who raise hogs every year and are

thus in line this season for the good

returns that are sure to be theirs when-

market time arrives.



Albert Collison, on his good farm up

near Coleman, has a fine lot of young-

sters coming on. He does not like

to confine them closely but gives them

the run of.a large field of alfalfa. He

has some sixty acres, and says where

the pigs have range enough, they keep

in perfect health and injure the alfalfa

not at all. His pigs are all pure-bred

and he talks of marketing them this

fall via the public sale.



Down in the corner of Midland coun-

ty near St. «Louis, Sonley Brothers are

raising a farm full. They have some

ninety head of spiing farrow that are

also foraging out of sight in the al-

falfa and rapidly forging their way

to hoghood. These hearty little feed-

ers will have a run to the corn fields

this fall, and after harvesting the gel-

den grain, take it to the market in

the form of high-priced pork.



A subscriber just over the state line

has had plenty of trouble in the late

years in keeping his pigs alive and

free from worms and disease. This

year, with more SOWS than usual, he

has much larger litters saved and they

are a healthy, thrifty, frisky bunch.

This, too, on the same ground in the

same old hog lots, and with little at-

tention given to sanitation.



On our own farm we have had more

than ordinary success. Five of our

SOWS have saved forty-three pigs and

they have come to weaning age in as

high a degree of thrift and vigor as

we have ever known them. We have

heard few reports of heavy losses this

spring, and, while it appears from our

own observation, that the number of

sows farrowing is greatly reduced, yet

the average raised per litter is notice-

ably greater, and the evil effects of

worms and lice are much less evident.

This more thrifty condition of the

spring pig crop, indicates to me, also,

a thriftier condition of the hog man’s

purse—Pope.





BEEF COWS PAY.





 





WAS visiting recently with one of



the best farmers in Michigan, Mr.

George R. \Vheeler, of Isabella count;

Mr. Wheeler practices a diversified

system of farming which includes

dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep and

swine; and all the staple farm crops

of this section, including sugar beets

and beans. V



W'e stood out in the pasture facing

a group of white-faced cows and their

big lusty calves, resting and chewing

their ends. Asked what he thought of:

the beef cow under present conditions,

and after several years’ experience

with her, Mr. Wheeler said: “I have

got more clear money in sight right

here before me now, for this year,

than in any other single enterprise on

the farm. Here are a dozen calves





that are good for around $100 each





as baby beef. They represent com-

paratively little eflort on my part and

their cost in cashable products is

small. They have saved and turned





”into potential cash several acres of





cheap grass, some corn fodder and

beet tops. They have also taken a few

tons of alfalfa, of which’ we have so

much we hardly know what to do with





"it and some silage made from soft





These Heretoms do not mean





a fortune to' me, to be sure, but they

surely have saved a lot of roughage

that would otherwise have been large

ly wasted, and waste saved is dollars

earned.



By getting all the gains possible on

rough feeds and rich grasses and us-

ing grain only to put on the finishing

touches we can produce prime beef

cheaply from good beef cows. Our

last shipment handled in this way top-

ped the market in Detroit, selling for

over twelve cents per pound—B.





SOUR MILK FOR PIGS.





 





I would like to know if the following

is good feed for little pigs eight weeks

old? We have no cows milking, so I

go to the creamery and get separated



m,ilk about twenty-five gallons at a

time. Of course, I can’t mix all this

at once, so let half stand till later.

(One barrel lasts about one week).

We have six little pigs.

gets awful thick. That is what we

wanted to know, if it was good for

them so sour. They seem to like it

and are growing We mix with the

milk oat chop and cooked potatoes.—

H. S.



Sour milk, oat chop and cooked po‘

tatoes for young pigs is a good feed.

As long as the pigs relish it and seem

to do well, I should not worry about

the degree of sourness of the milk.

Sour milk is fully as good as sweet

skim—milk for little pigs and perhaps

somewhat less liable to cause constipa-

tion. Stir thoroughly at each feeding

and feed liberally, three times a day,

at two to four months of age. They

will be much healthier and do better

with plenty of fresh forage, such as

clover or alfalfa, where they can run

at will, than in a dry lot—P.





FROM STUMPS TO BEEF.





 





(Continued from page 803).

way we ‘flivvered',—due, largely, to

lanch and climate conditions entirely

different from what we had in the

west.”



That is where the management of

the Triangle Ranch learned a valuable

lesson—a lesson which their predeces-

sors in the field had failed to heed,

and a stumbling block which had sent

them all back west

heads and, perhaps, wishing they had

never tackled it. That lesson, taking

it from Mr. Shutz, was: “That We

must clear the land, and provide shel—

ter and feed adequate to winter the

herd of cattle.”



And—in brief—that’s what the Tri-

angle Ranch has accomplished. Last

year, the Triangle Ranch had shelter

for 1,000 head of cattle, with sufficient

crops in the field to provide ample

feed, not only for the cattle but all

other live stock maintained on the

ranch. The shelter and feeding ca-





pacity will be raised until 3,000 head"





of range steers can be covered. In

other words, the Triangle Ranch is

providing one acre of cleared ground

and two acres of pasture land for eve—

ry animal in the herd, and that is the

basis of their effort.



It has been a long tough job for

Charlie Shutz and his gang. They

have waded into the rugged, stump

and brush covered lands with their

tractors, plows, drags, discs and dy-

namite. They have converted seem-

ingly hopeless tangles of stumps and

brush to gently rolling fields of grain

and forage crops. They have knocked

the tops off the cradle knolls and

dumped the surplus into/ the holes and

depressions. They have constructed

barns and sheds—the largest to be

found throughout the Upper Peninsula

of Michigan. They have battled every

conceivable obstacle known to land

clearing and cultivation—and today

they are on top with an industry

which is destined to play an important





part in the agricultural history of the '

forest ,regions of the middle west.





 





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Suitable for houses. barns,



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CATTLE





 





MICHIGAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB





Pure- bred or grade cattle for lsale. Can quote prices



on individuals or carloads. t. of M. and Cow Test.-



Ing lAssociation 1eror rs.d



H. .DENNISUN. Field Man. East Lansing, Mich

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BUTTE R BRED JE;‘8§£.E§LLS

CltYSl‘AL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan





Gotfredson Farms

Shorthorns





Herd headed by Maxwalton Mack. 11 good son of the

celebrated Rodney. bulls and females for sale

at all times at prices that are reasonable. We invite

you to inspect one of the good breeding plants of

the country. Write to the Superintendent.





Gotfredson Farms, Ypsilanti, Mich.





 





 





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and price. W. E. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint. Mich.





Franciscmrm Shorthorns





One beautiful red bull 10 1110.01d,fr0m heavy milk-

ing dam. Also one roan yearling heifer. safe in

(air not akin to above bull P. P. P.0PE Mt.

Pleasant, Mich.





 





 





 





 





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FOR SALE ski-True.“ ‘21:. you‘iigser. “Adz.

Foldkamp. Manchester. Mich.

HOGS





 





BUY DUROCS NOW





Spring pigs now weighing 100 lbs. We can furnish

boars and slits unrelated. These are sired by grand

champion boars and out of prize winning sows. Also

a few bred sows for August and Soptmnbor furrow.

VLAKEFIELD FARMS. Clarkston. Mich.





 





 





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I REGISTERED O. I. C. GILTS



(ready for breeding fer lall 1arrow.Boa1-s ready for

senice Also some extra good spring pigs both sax.

All stock shipped on approval. FRED W. KENNEDY.

R. No. 2. Plymouth, Mich.





 





' either sex. bv the great Boar. The

Fall Plgs Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best

of dams. W. R Livingston. Parma. Mich.





 





for Growthy Chesttr White

More Money s... a... 1.... t... 1.-

cratlve business. We have the best blood lines of the

breed. anB for our plan and presper. X

FARM. Portland. Mich





 





Bpec IG TYPE Chester White Spring Bears. show pros-

l’rize winning blood lines Sows bred for





fall plitters. LUCIAN HILL. Tekonsha. Mich.





 





Registered Big Type Poland

China Pigs





seven weeks old. $20 each with certificate.

Giant herd boar, “Pontiac Buster" No. 152787.

great boar will be three years old this fall. and is

a guaranteed bargain:‘ price $30. Come with your

truck and get him. LONE CEDAR FARM. III N.‘

Johnson Ave.. Pontiac, Mich. ’Phone l288-J.





Also. our

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WILDWOOD FARM





FOR SALE—Six splendid young cows and two heif-

ers. Also two bull calves. 8 mos. old. All of best

milking ancestry. Beland dc. Beland. Tecumseh. Mich.





MILKING SHORTHORNS

Good individuals. Best milking inheritance. Both

not. All ages. GEO. T. FULLER. R. In. Battle

Creek. Mich.





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' nice spring and {all Boars.

Ham Shires For salfl Choice bred tilts. 12th year.

JOH W. SNYDER. R. 4. St. Johns. Mich.





 





HORSES

FARMERS ATTENTION!





We have some extra good Percheron and Belgian

Stallions of size and quality. International & State

Fair prize winners. If your locality in in need of:



good Stallion. you can easily secure one on our

bleeding association—service fee plan.

STEVENS $0.. loo" Breckenridge. Mich.





 





 





 

 

 

   

 

 





 





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:1
GRAIN QUOTATIONS ~

' Tuesday, June 23.

Wheat.





Detroit—No. 1 red $1.85; No. 2 red

$.32; No. 2 white $1.84; No. 2 mixed





-Chicago——July $1.55%@1.55%; Sep-

tember at $1.54@1.54%; December at

$1.55%@1.55%.



Toledo—Wheat $1.80@1.82.





Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.15; No. 3

yellow $1.13; No. 4 yellow $1.08.

Chicago—July $1.047/3@1.05; Sep-

ggi'lr/iaber at $1.057/8; December 88%@

c.





Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 white at 55c; No. 3

at 53c. , ~

Chicago—July 47%0; September at

481/20; December 5073c. .

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, $1.12.

Chicago—July $1.06%@1.07; Sep-

tember $1.08%@1.09; December $1.11.

_Toledo.—~$1.07.





Beans.





Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $5.30@5.35 per cwt.

Chicago—Navy, fancy $6.10; red





kidneys $10.50.

New York—Choice pea $6.35@6.50;

red kidneys $11.75.





Barley.

Detroit.——Malting 94c; feeding 89c.

Buckwheat.



Detroit.~——$2@2.05.

Seeds.





Detroit—Prime red clover cash at



$17; alsike $14.50; timothy $3.70.

Hay.



Detroit—No. 1 timothy $18.50@19;

standard $18@18.50; light clover mix-

ed $18GD18.50; No. 2 timothy $16.50@

17.50; No. 1 clover mixed $15@16;

No. 1 clover $13@14; wheat and oat

straw $9.50@10; rye straw $10.50@11.



Feeds.





Detroit.——Bran $35.50@36.50; stand—

ard middlings $37.50; fine middlings at

$42.50; cracked corn at $55.50; coarse

cornmeal at $43.50; chop $55.50 per

ton in carlots.





Small Fruit.





Strawberries—Michigan 16-qt. cases,

fair $1.50@2; choice $2.50@3.50.



Gooseberries.——Michigan $2.50 per

16—qt. cases.





WHEAT





Wheat prices were on a sharp down

grade early last week but rallied lat-

er. At the bottom of the break, the

market was about half way back to

the extreme low point reached early

in April. Undoubtedly, the extreme

bullish edge has been taken off the

situation by the continued favorable

progress of the Canadian and Europe-

an crops and by ample rains in our

northwest. Many observers report

Canadian prospects the best ever

known at this season. Broomhall es-

timates European wheat and rye pro-

duction at 480,000,000 bushels more

than last year. A large part of the

increase is in Russia and that country

is credited with a probable export sur-

plus. Conditions in Australia and Ar-

gentina are favorable for planting and

high prices point to a record acreage.

The small crop of winter wheat in the

United States is the only unfavorable

factor. _



Crop news will probably determine

the main trend for some time to come.

.Continued good progress might easfly

result in still lower values, but a

change for the worse, such as a black

rust scare in the northwest, could

bring a pronounced upswing. Rust

has been discovered already and the

weather is favorable for its spread.





RYE





Rye declined along with wheat. Ex-

port sales reported during the week

were small, although there was some

increase on the extreme break during

the week. There has been practically

no decrease in the visible supply for

five weeks in spite of a sharp drop in

receipts at the leading markets. The

estimate new crop and the carry-over

at terminals suggest an export surplus

of around 25,000,000 bushels, compar-

ed with clearances of about 52,000,000

bushels in the year now closmg.





CORN





Corn receipts have declined fully 50“

per cent in the last two weeks. Appar-

ently, the after—planting movement is





 





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only 1,000,000 bushe





in the last





month, whereas in the corresponding 1

period lastiyear it decreased 4,000,000:





bushels. Receipts were about thesame





in both cases so that com is notffdise.





appearing so rapidly from commercial

channels as last year. Rains last week

removed the danger of dry weather

damage to the new crop for a while.

Corn prices declined sharply in the

general slump in the grain markets,

abetted by the improved outlook for

the growing crop and the failure of

the cash situation to develop any spe-

.clal strength. They rallied again at

the close, however. . ‘





OATS .





Oats prices declined more than corn.

They had advanced sharply in the pre-

vious week, rains have improved pas-

ture and hay prospects considerably

and favored 'the new oats, crop. The

big merchandising trade in oats also

has subsided. The new crop has been

so badly damaged, however, that a

rather strong situation is indicated for

the crop year. Unofficial forecasts

point to a yield of only 1,161,000,000

bushels, or about 25 per cent under





last year.

HAY





The hay market continued in its

firm position last week. Prices are

working higher as receipts decrease

and demand becomes more active. De-

mand for lower grades has improved

as a' result of the scarcity of good hay.

Although an unusually large amount

of hay remained on farms this spring,

on the basis of the recent official fore-

cast, the total supply including crop

and carry-over will be only about 112-,

000,000 tons, compared with 125,000,-

000 tons in 1924-25, and 120,000,000

tons in 1923-24.





SEEDS





Clover seed prices hesitated in their





upward trend last week following an





improvement in weather conditions

and general rains. Damage from ex-

tremely hot weather and drouth can-

not be wholly repaired, however, and

the combination of a probable short





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FEEDS





sympathy with lower-

Pastures have been he ped somewhat

by recent rains, but the prospects of

stronger grain markets and of poor

pastures during the summer have in-

creased the demand for concentrates.





POULTRY AND EGGS





The egg‘ market, was irregular“ last

week and firices eased off at the close.

Receipts s owed a slight decrease, but

thedeinand Was quiet with consump-





tion apparently affected brthe recent:





hot weather. Quality is poor so that

strictly fresh eggs find a more ready

sale, than undergrades. Lighter re-

ceipts from now on are to be expected,

and as the supply of first class eggs

diminishes, prices for them should

gradually advance.





Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 28%c

dozen; dirties 26%,c; checks 26c; fresh





firsts 29@29%c; ordinary firsts 28c..





Live poultry, hens 2395c; broilers 27c;

roosters 13c; ducks 18c; geese 13c;

turkeys 20c.





Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 29@3lc. Live poultry, broilers

48c; heavy hens 280; light hens 216;)

22c; roosters 15@16c; geese at 150;

ducks 300; turkeys 25c.





BUTTER





Improvement in production condi-

tions was the chief reason for the un-

easiness in the butter market last

week and the lower prices at the close.

Reports are variable, but the outlook

for the summer make of butter was

undoubtedly improved by heavy rains

last week in many sections. The sea-

son of flush production has about run

its course, however, although slightly

heavier receipts than a week ago indi-

cate that the effects of the very hot

weather have probably passed. Some

of the butter arriving at market shows

summer heat defects, but on the whole

the quality is very good and the range

in price between the finer and second





 





 





 





Live Stock Market Service J





Tuesday, June 23.





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 22,000. Market opened

fairly active to shippers, yard traders

and few small packers. Unevenly 10

@25c higher. Big packers inactive and

bearish. Bulk of good 225-lb. average

and upward $13.60@13.65; extreme top

at $13.70; better 190-220-lb. average at

$13.45@13.55; bulk of good 150-180-lb.

at $13.25@13.40; a. few good packing

sows $12((D12.40; slaughter pigs are

scarce; good strong weights mostly at

$12.75@13.



Cattle.



Receipts 8,000. Market on most kill-

ing classes 15@250 higher, active. Top

yearlings and heavy steers $12; sev-

eral loads at that price. Mostly mixed

steers and heifers, are full steady to

strong. Vealers 25@75c higher, most-

ly at $10.25@10.75 to packers; _Shlp—

pers $11.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 10,000. Good fat lambs and

yearlings strong to 25c higher; cull

native lambs are active; stots at $15

up; bulk of good natives $15.75; a few

decks at $16; most cull natives $10.50

@11; six double decks of prime 82-lb.

Idaho lambs $16.50; straight odd lot of

fed yearling wethers, $13.50; medium

Texas wethers at $8; average weight





around 85 lbs; several odd lots of fed .





native ewes at $7.





DETROIT

Cattle.



Receipts 428. Market is steady to

strong.

Good to choice yearlings, ‘



dry-fed ................ $10.00@11.60

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.00 10.50

Handyweight butchers $.* 8.00 9.50

Mixed steers and heifers 7.006), 8.50

Handy'light butchers . . 6.25651)- 7.25

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.00'





 





 





Best cows 5.00@ 6.00

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . ,. 4.00@ 5.00

Cutters 3.00@ 3.50

Canners ............. . . . 2.25@ 3.00

Choice bulls, dry-fed . . 5.00@ 6.25

Heavy bologna bulls . . . . 5.00@ 5.50

Stock bulls ............. 4.00@ 5.00

Feeders 5.50@ 7.50

Stockers ........ . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.25

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

Veal Calves.

Receipts 605. Market steady.

Best .................... $11.00@12.00

Others .................. 500601050





Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 138. Market on good spring

lambs 50@75c higher; sheep and year-

lings steady.





Best lambs ..... . . . . . . . .$16.50@17.00



Fair lambs .............. 12.75@15.00



Fair to good sheep ...... 5.50@6.50



Guile and common . . . . . . 2.00@ 3.75



Light to common ........ 8.00@10.50

Hogs.





Receipts 1,242. Market 350 higher.

Mixed hogs and heavies . . . . . . $13.85

Pigs and lights . . . . .' .......... 13.00

Roughs ........ . ..... . . . . ...... 11.50

Good yorkers ..... . . . . . . . . . . . 13.10

Stags ........ o-ooooue-eoooeeoou\.8.00

Light lights n.0oeoe:--c-oooo-o~o 13.50





BUFFALO





Hogs.



Receipts 10,560. Medium hogs $14 ,

15; light weights $14.10@14.25; lig t

lights $13.50@14; packing sows $13.50;

roughs $12.



Cattle.





. Receipts 250. Market slow.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 400. Best lambs $17; ewes

$5.50@6.50. *' . ‘ , ‘ .

Calves.





Receipts 500., Tops at’;1‘i@j11.5a§“?“

a few at $12. ‘ a ‘





 

 





Food prices declined last week inr'lth

rain markets.





 





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, ‘ f 'Y .3 0... his not;likely-

at 12.81: year’s" ‘ ital;

equalled this season. .

Prices on . gz-score creamery were:-

Chicago 421,430; New York 426.1n139-





 





38@420 per pOund.





POTATOES





troit fresh Creamery in“ tubs."‘sells‘v'for~





The potato market. strengthened.





early last week but eased off at the

close. Demand is slow and inactive.

Receipts are increasing but the move-

'ment is no tas large as at the cor-

responding time a year ago.

worked slightly higher last week due

to, a sharg reduction in supplies. North-

ern roun whites. were quoted at $1.10

@130 per 100 pounds in the Chicago

carlot maket. Southen Bliss Tiumphs

wee herld at $2@2.35 pe100 pounds.





BEANS "





Bean prices are lower than a week

ago, with C. H. P. whites quoted at

$5.60 per 100 lbs, f. o. b. Michigan

shipping points. The turn to favor-

able weather resulted in heavier sales

by growers and greater. willingness to

clean up holdings on the part of ele-

vators. The broader demand noted in

the previous week continued, but the

increased offerings were too much to

absorb without decline. *





WOOL





A firm tone pervades the wool trade

with mills buying on a fair scale at

seaboard markets, and sales in the in-





terior above a parity with Boston. The .





British markets are slow, but South

America reports a. small increase in

values and there is less fear of the

effect of the resumption of selling at

London and in Australia’in July. The

goods market is distinctly better in

some lines. Fine and fine medium

wools in Ohio and Michigan have sold

as high as 500, which is several cents

more than would be. justified by Bos-

ton quotations and some buyers have

withdrawn from the field. In the west

a few sales at 36@38c are reported but

most growers refuse to sell on the

basis of the Boston market so that

business is more or less at a. deadlock.





GRAND RAPIDS





Strawberry prices continue high in

Grand Rapids early this week as the

berry season began to near its close.

Quotations ranged from $2.50@6 per

16,-qt. case. Early sour cherries began

to take the place of strawberries, and

sweet cherries were in fair demand at

$2.50@4.50 a case. Gooseberries were

steady at $2 a case. Quotations on

other products were: Tomatoes $1.25

@150 per 7-lb. basket; cucumbers at

$1.30@1.60 dozen; new beets 50@650

dozen bunches; carrots 35@40c dozen

bunches; turnips 40@5OC dozen bunch-

es; radishes 10@20c dozen bunches;

silver skin onions 20@30c per large

bunch; leaf lettuce 750@$1 bu; head

lettuce 75c@$1.25 bu; romain 75c bu;

old potatoes 60@75c bu; celery 60c a

bunch; eggs 26((1728c dozen; butter~fat

45c~lb; poultry, fowls 16@23c; broilers

18@3OC; stags 10@12c; veal 130 lb;

pork 16c; beans $4.85 per cwt; wheat





$1.61 bu.

CHEESE





Chees prices in distributing markets

declined last week in line with lower

country costs. Receipts are rapidly

increasing and demand is only for im-

mediate needs. Very little cheese is

being bought for storage since dealers,

while they prefer June cheese for this

purpose, are waiting for lower prices.



Prices on No.1 American cheese on

June 20 were:



Chicago, Twins at 22@221,4c; single

daisies 221/,@221,éc; double daisies 22

@22140; longhorns 22@22%c.



New York, flats 22@23c; single dais-

i2? 23%@24c; young Americas 23%@



c ,





Philadelphia, flats, 23@231,g,c; single

daisies 23%@24c/; longhorns 23%@

24c pound.





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





 

 





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l L .mphanaltlse—Chmle We Heel.

1— ave a ten-y'earaold mare whose left

hind leg is thickened from hoof to

hook. Loc‘al veterinary says her blood

is out of order, also has grease heel,

but his treatment failed to help her.

.She is not lame or stiff and swelling

goes down on exercising. R. V., St.

Joseph, Mich.—-A chronic ailment of

this kind is usually incurable, but if

she has daily exercise, bowels kept

open, fed-lightly on grain, if idle; also

give her a dessertspoonful of acetate

of potash in drinking water once a

day. Apply sulphur ointment to heels





’ daily.





Chronic Cough—incipient Haves.—

Would be very thankful for some ad-

vice in regard to my horse. She has



‘been coughing. for about five weeks

and now seems to show some early

symptoms of heaves. Is there any

remedy that will prevent her getting

the heaves? 'J. W. T., St. Joseph,

Mich—Feed grain and grass, also give

her three drama of Fowler’s Solution

at a dose in drinking water three times

a day. 'Also give two drams of muri-

ate of ammonia in soft feed twice a

day. Don’t feed clover or musty, dusty.-



. dry fodder of any kind.



Shy‘ Breeders.——-Have two cows that

came fresh last spring, and nelther of





them have since been in heat. ,I am

anxious to breed them, as I. don t like

to discard them from my dairy. J. M.,





Mich.—G1ve each cow sixty

drops of fluid extract of nux vomlca

at a dose in drinking water three

‘times a day; also flush vagina with

warm water twice a day. _



Depraved Appetite.-—W111 you please

tell me what to feed cows to stop

them from eating boards and rails?

Have been giving them some ground

gentian, but it fails to do them much

good. The cows seem to be right in

other ways. They are ravenous, Just

tear at buildings and fences as though

they could not help it. J. R. M., Imlay

City, Mich—Mix quarter pound of car-

bonate of iron, quarter pound of gen-

tian, quarter pound of fenugreek, half

pound common salt, one pound of fine-

ly ground bone, or “bone flour,” and

give each cow a heaping tablespoonful

and three tablespoonfuls of powdered

wood, or cob charcoal at a dose in

feed three times a day. Grass is the

best kind of food for these cows.



Cough Laryng.itis.——I have a mare

that has a cough, started last winter.

She seems perfectly well, does not in-

terfere with work, neither does it af-

fect her breathing, she seldom coughs

when at work. Twice there has been

a slight discharge from the nose,

sometimes when eating she acts as if

her throat might be sore; have fed .her

ground oats. . Fennv1lle,

Mich—Give her a teaspoonful of mu-

riate of ammonia in feed two or three

times a day and apply camphorated 011

to throat once a day.



Tendon Lameness—-—Bunch on Stifle.

—I have a horse that went lame last

summer, but it came on gradual. Our

veterinary called it “tendon lameness”

and treated him for same, but he re-

mained much the same. Abunch came

on front part of stifle joint, and when

standing he rests this leg. R. M., Trav-

erse City, Mich—Apply one part red

iodide -of mercury and eight parts of

fresh lard to sprained tendon, also to

bunch near stifle once a. week. This

treatment should be kept up for sev‘

eral weeks. .



Wart on Teat.~—I have a heifer that

gives milk; she has one large wart and

a few smaller warts on teats. One of

them is the size of my little finger.

They seem to be growing. A. J. C.,

Ionia, Mich.——The large wart should

be cut off, then apply olive"oil after

each milking and the smaller warts

will disappear. Strong vinegar will

remove the warts.



Cow Fails to Come in Heat.—~I have

a cow six years old that does not come

in heat. She came in heat April 19,

since then we have not seen her in.

heat. She is seemingly healthy and

milking fine. E. A. H., Curran, Mich.

———Give her one dram of fluid extract of

nux vomica at a dose in feed or in

drinking water two or three times a

day. Veterinarians and dairymen fail

to obtain satisfactory results from

treatment in such cases. Yohimbine

hydrochloride is the best remedy, but

is expensive. .





AWARD ngss





Merrill,





 





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, Mutual Auto Insurance Company,



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Cit? Clyde 120. Henry, of Crytal Falls;

A. . .Wentz. ofAlpena; ‘S. R. Ketch-

um. of Kalamazoo; Hugh Nichols, of

Corunna. and Olin Russell, of Farm-

lngton. ~ ‘ ' .





NEW BU LLETINS.





“Cherry Leaf Spot.”9—-Cherry leaf

spot, or yellow-leaf, shot-hole, leafs

blight, as it is commonly called, is

probably the most serious and most

difficult to control of any of the cherry

pests and diseases. For this reason

and because of the fact that trees are

often entirely defoliated by the dis-

ease, leaf spot should be battled by all

The first sprays should

have already been.applied but a com-

plete dust spray, even as late as July

3, may prevent a loss of all foliage,

even in advanced cases. This bulletin

is No. 147 of the horticultural section.





“Air-cooled Storage for Apples."——-

The term “cold storage” is usually ap-

plied to processes of keeping fruit

where mechanical refrigeration is

used. In building an air-cooled storage

plant, that is, a structure not cooled

by ice or mechanical refrigeration, the

fact is made use of that cold air is

heavier than warm air. Proper venti-

lation and careful regulation of hu-

midity are therefore the most import-

ant factors in keeping perishable

fruits. In this bulletin, No.146 of the

horticultural section, Roy E. Marshall,

of the state experiment station, ex—

plains how storage cellars may be built

which will keep fruit above freezing

in winter and under spoiling tempera—

tures in the summer without artificial

heating or refrigeration.





 

 





 





storage houses.





Both of these bulletins may be ob-1





tained by writing to Director, Michi-

gan State College, East Lansing, Mich-

igan.—Cook.



“Canning Club Work” is the title of

the first general bulletin to come

off the extension press of Michi-

gan State College since the new col-

lege name came into effect. The bul-

letin is put out especially for club

members but it is essentially a general

text and» receipt book which would

find a use on any housekeeper’s, book-

shelf during the early summer months

of canning. It is declared to be the

most thorough and comprehensive

guide to canning ever published at

Michigan State College in pamphlet

form, as it is a. revision of all previous

texts written under the

Contained in it are outlines of all

steps in canning, the buying of equip-

ment, preparations previous to actual

canning, and even a list of the best

ratios of ingredients to be used in

making common soups, jellies and

jams. Besides the technical canning

part, the bulletin presents a treatise

on the proper amounts of canned fruits

and vegetables to be used in the diet

to supply the body with the necessary

vitamines, mineral salts, etc. Finally,

a complete “time table” listing the

length of time necessary to cook the

canned fruits, using the cold pack

method is given. Directions for the

use of the pressure cooker are pre-

sented, along with the other methods.

The bulletin is one of the most attrac-

tive to come out in some months. It

is completely illustrated with photo-

graphs and drawings. Anyone, old ex-

perienced housewife or young club

worker will find useful' hints in this

bulletin.



Bulletins on the subject of canning

which have been previously issued and

are now available at the extension of-

fice, are: “Home canning of fruits and

vegetables,” Bulletin No. 1211; “Dry-

ing fruits and vegetables in the home,”

Bulletin No. 841;

Bulletin No. 1190.—Cook. '





BOY MISSING.





HAS. HIRAM ROBINSON, called‘





Charley, Charles or Chuck, age

sixteen

left home of his father, Henry T. Rob-

inson, 1010 Holland Avenue, Saginaw,

Michigan, Monday, A. M., June 1. Last

seen going south on Dixie Highway

near city of Saginaw, on foot. He

wore gray cap, gray slipvon sweater,

blue gray trousers and rather soiled

white canvas tennis shoes. Is about

five feet seven inches in height. His

weight is around 140 to 145 pounds.

Build rather heavy. Somewhat round

shouldered. Hair is dark brown and

heavy. Prominent c0wlick at parting

of hair. Dark brown eyes. Cheeks

dimple when he smiles. Complexion

fair. May wear horn rim glasses.

Wire information to Henry T. Robin-

son, in care of American State Bank,

Saginaw, Michigan. Father very anx-

«ious to learn of his‘wv'he'reabouts.





Complete .

plans are given for the construction:

“of tuber cellars and above the ground ,





same title. ,





“Preserving eggs,” 3





would pass for eighteen;





jN. spite of "all" the‘vincreasedi outlay

and legislative appropriations ‘* for





forest fire control, this has been one

of the worst fire seasons which this

region has experienced. The situation

is one that concerns our farmers very

much for in the process farm property

is menaced and even destroyed, game





cover is destroyed, streams are ren-





dered unhabitable for .certain choice

varieties of fish, 'the young forest

growth is killed out, and the soil is

impoverished and rendered less cap-

able of reproducing the vegetation

which it carried before the fire.





FIRE PROTECTION





ECENT figures received from the

‘ State Department of Conservation

give the number of fire-towers erected

in northern Michigan for the discovery

of forest, brush and grass fires as 106,

with twenty now in the course of erec-

tion. These towers are placed so as

to enable the observer stationed on

them to sight across the country and

detect at long distances the smoke of

a fire. To be effective, such observa-

tions must be made at the outset of

the fire. Numbers of observers in the

peninsula, including farmers living





 





nt'dry periodand extra ,





fire hazard these towers have been ob—_





served to -be unmanned. If these tow-





ers are not manned at all times dur-





ing the fire danger the expense of

erecting _them-——and it is considerable

——will haVe gone for nothing. The next

step would appear to be some system

whereby the department can check up

on observers at frequent intervals

without warning.





’TOWN FORESTS





ITH nearly 800,000 acres of delin-



quent tax lands, and millions

more going in the same direction, it

is a vital question what to do with

this enormous quantity of now quite

useless real estate, which now is main-

ly a. great fire menace but which can

be made highlyxproductlve. One of

the definite projects which the league

is backing is the creation of town for—

ests. Cadillac has acquired through

gift some ten sections of land for this

purpose, and other towns are interest-

ed in the idea. These town forests af~

ford an object lesson of what real for-

estry can accomplish and train .the

public in forest protection and correct

utilization.





 





 





using miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. (‘ount as





I

% display type or illustrations admitted.

QMlnlmum charge.» 10 words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience 1' Mi hi

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. O c gan farmers.





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

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





Remittances must accompany order.

Real csiata and live stock advertlllnn have separate departments and are not accepted as classified.





'h'y it for want ads and (or adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





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. One Four One Four

1 10 ........ $0.80 $2.40 26 ........ $2.08 $6.24

I 11 ........ .88 2.84 27 ........ 2.10 6.48

12 ........ .96 2.88 28 ........ 2.24 6.72

18. ... . . 1.04 8.12 29 ........ 2.32 0.90

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

15 ......... 1.20 3.60 3 ........ 2.48 7.44

16 ........ 1.28 3.84 32 ........ 2.56 7.68

17 ........ 1.36 4.08 33 ........ 2.64 7.92

18... ..... 1.44 £32 34........ 2.72 8.10

19 ........ 1.52 4.56 35 ........ 2.80 8.40

20. . . ..... 1.60 4.80 36 ........ 2.88 8.64

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

I 22 ........ 1.76 5.28 38 ........ 3.04 9.12

l 23 ........ .84 5.52 39 ........ 3.12 9.36

_ 24 ........ 1.92 5.76 40 ........ 3.20 9.150

I25 ........ 2 00 0 00 41 ........ 3.28 9.84

, All advert!!!" no)!





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. day: in aduanu cf pub/1m rim duh.





 





REAL ESTATE





 





50 ACRES Close Lake, with 3 Horses. Poultry. 3

Cows. gas engine.

(tubator, machinery,

happiness here; on graveled road.

towns; 35 acres 10ch black loam.

flowing well and spring water. woodlot.

fruit and berries; 6—mom house, line cellar.

views, cement basement barn, granary.

For quick sale only $3,850. part cash.





Balcony Blrx-k, Holly, Mich.





vchiclcs included;

convonicnt 3 good

woven—wire l'ecnccs.

variety choice





W. R, Jones,





 





extra cood

orchard.

I am too





388 ACRES.

I buildings;

,nll kinds fruit:





all» cultivated. wcll fenced;

good water supply; nice family

everything best condition.





 





iold to use it. any longer. Seven miles northeast Ann

.Arhor. Box 70, R. It. 8. Phone 758-14323. Jacob

i lianscllenbergcr.



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72»A(‘llll hunk—best land. good buildings. Owner,





lJos. Goribo. Scottville, Mir-h.





 





‘WANTEDwto hear from owner of farm or unimproved

,land for sale. 0. K. Hawlcy, Baldwin. Wis.





 





 





MISCELLANEOUS





ur (hang: of :0” ln- .





cream separator. grain binder, in— _

prosperlty and I





beautiful :

poultry house. .

I BABY CHICKS





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





FOR ‘SALl-ZHch-table plants $10 per 1,000.

flowering and balding plants. Price or.

Chelsea lenlollse. Chelsea. Mich.





 





hiany

application.





 





 





 





CABBAGE l‘I.AN'l‘S~—Imrge, open-field grown. Lead<

ml: variemp‘. $1.00, 1.000. W. W. Williams, Frank-

lin, Ya.



I EDUCATIONAL





 





I (‘AN IIICLI’ a few more mcn and women. 18 to G5.



qualify for Government positions. $140 to $300



monthly. Write me immediately. C. Ozment, 167.

7 St. Louis. Mo.





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FARM MACHINERY s





’llll'li MAN'S (‘om Harvester, poor man's price—-



. only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat~

:11103 showing pictures of harvester. Box 528. Sallna.

\ilJlS.





 





 





POULTRY





’SHII' US YOUR FAT HIINS and fresh eggs every





 





Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East Coast Poultry





t‘o., 1360 Division St., Detroit, Mich.





 





 





JUNE LEGHORNS are profitable if properly bred.

A flock of our pullets, hau‘hed July 9th, last season

laid first egg November 181b, laying 50% by Decom-

bcr 13th and kept it up. Every chick produced on





our farm. livery hen trapnested continuously. Every

male pedigreed from dams over 240 eggs. All birds

blood tested. 100% live delivery guaranIN-(l. \V. S.





Hamish & Son, It. 10. Grand Rapids, .‘IIi'h.





 





BABY CHICKS from flOcks blood-tested for Baclllary





 





White Diarrhea. All llouks tested——socond test. on

Rooks and Reds. All popular varieties. Ask for

Catalogue. Pierce Hatchery, Jerome. Michigan.

SUPERIOR CHICKS—90 up. 12 varieties. Heavy

layers. Delivery guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank refor-

8111'85. Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery. Box 856.

Windsor. Mo.





 





’l‘llli MICHIGAN State Department of Agriculture

offers free helpful information on state certified lands.





lmarkcts. soils, crops. climate. accredited dealers.

“'l'ito Director of Agricultural Industry. 25 State

Building, Lansing. Michigan.





 





BOYSMOne hoW, two arrows. one Indian finger trap.





 





 





.all for 51) ("CHIS l’ost Paid. Indian Art Store. Good

{Hal-t, Mich.



PET STOCK

Il’l’l'S FOR SALE—three-fourtlls police, one-fourth





Splendid cattle and watch dog. Female-s $10;





collie.

Alvah Bum-go, Middleton, Mich.





mall‘s 312.





l

jMAHC FICICRICTS. white or brown, $4.00 oar-h. Thos.

‘SI-llui-s. New London. Ohio.



I



?(‘OI.LIE PUPPIES, eligible for A. K. C. Lester





‘Sllook, Climax, Michigan.





Tonacco





 





HOMESI’UN TOBACCO: Chewing, five pounds. $1.50:

ton, $2.50; smoking. five pounds. $1.25; ten. $2: mile

free. pay when received. satisfaction guaranteed. Co-

operative Tobacco Growers, Maxons Mill. Kentucky.





LOOK HERE! Guaranteed. fragrant. mellow. rich.

homespun tobacco. Five pounds chewing. $1.50:

smoking. $1.25. Samples. 10c. Clark’s River l'lan~

tuition. 190. Haul. Kentucky.





HOMESPUH TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs. $1.50: Ten

2. . 5 lbs. 81.2%: Ten $2. Pay when re-

ceived. pipe and recipe free. ‘armers' Union, Paducah.

Kentucky. -





rim TOBACCO———Chcwins. 5 lbs. 31:50; 10.

59$Ssmolm. 5. 91.25; 10. :2. Mild. m. 31.50.

Pavabou received. 1". Gupton. Bar-dwell. Kv.





 





 





S. C. BUFF I.I<1GHORN CHIPKS from selected stock

on free range, only one breed. Prices reasonable.

Circular free. Willard Webster. Bath, Mich.





 





BABY ('lIl(7l{S»—~All popular varictics. Extremely low

prices after June lst. Write. thchfleld Hatchery,

Lin-Illield. Mich.





("HICKS—Reduced prices

July. Standard varieties.

Lin-hllcld, Mich.





on chicks for June and.

Shepard Poultry Farm.





 





AGENTS WANTED





 





EASY TO SELL GI‘Ol‘lillIlDS, Paints, Lubricating

0115, from samples to consumers in towns and coun—

try. l’rlvcs moot all competition. No capital or ax-

pcrlenco nix-cssary. Profitable. steady work. Com-

mission advani-cd. Satisfaction mlaranueed; 53 years

in business. Write Lovcrin & Browns (30., Whole-

sale Grocers. 1776 So. State St., Chicago, 111.





FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three good re-

sponsible farmers to go with you to inspect California

state approved Iands.’ Opportunity for one good man

in each community to join largest land selling organ-

Write for details. Herman Jams.





izatlon in U. 8.

Chicago. Ill.





1 195 Transportation Bldg. .





AGENTS——Ou.r new Household Cleaning Device washes

and dries windoWs. sweeps. cleans walls. scrubs. mops.

Costs less than brooms. Over half profit. Writ.

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





YOU CAN MAKE MONEY selling Kinshams. percalo.

notions. hosiery. and other {get sellers needed in

every home. Write today or free i arr-mailmi

Maurice Schwartz. 5714 Missouri Ava. Detrmt. Much.



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HELP WANTED





WANTED—A first class Dairyman. must understand

the care of high class milk. also two farm hands.

must be good milkers. Reply. stating wages. to Supt.

Balmoral Farms. Ithaca. Mich. .
cheat you out of _ F arm PrOfits ‘" »





Pick up a handful of Italian red clover seed

and examine it as closely as you like.





It can’t be told from the finest Michigan

variety.

The two loo/e alike and feel alike—but right





there the likeness ends. They certainly don’t

grow alike.





Thousands of acres of winter-killed Italian .





red clover explain why farmers this year in—

sist on knowing the source of their clover seed

and are not picking by “looks” alone.





It isjust as expensive to pick oil by “looks."





The oest and the worst can look identical.

Your eye can't detect the difference.





But your motor can. It may not protest at

first. But your engine knows when it is being

cheated, and a wear—crop of repair bills is as

certain as death and taxes.





Make sure of tbe source

of your oil





Just as farmers today are going to dealers who

handle certified seed, so farmers everywhere

are making certain of the source of their oil.

More motorists are driving up to dealers and





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titres. ddo’reu: New Yorl',

Chimgo, or Kansas City





asking for, Gargoyle Mobiloil than for all

other brands combined. They don’t buy oil

of unknown quality and uncertain origin,just

because it is peddled around at the back door

and offered for a few cents less. Experience

has shown that cheap oil seldom means





cheap lubrication, and that low-cost—per—.





quart usually travels with high-cost—per-mile.

Gargoyle Mobiloil is made by the foremost

lubrication specialists in the world. It is sold

near your farm by a dealer who wants to

show you a cash-saving in your operating

costs. He wants you for a steady customer.

He knows that in actual performance Mobiloil

will save you real money over other oils.

The Mobiloil dealer sells more than just

oil. He gives advisory lubrication service

which assures the grade, or grades, of Mobil—

oil best suited to your car; tractor and truck.

He bases his advisory service on the Mobiloil

Chart of Recommendationsywhich hangs on

his wall. Those recommendations are the

work of a group of 38 engineers who spend

their entire time analyzing motors under every

conceivable operating condition. Their recom-

mendations for low-cost lubrication have re.

ceived the okay of ' practically every auto-

motive manufacturer in America. 4





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“C/zeap” red clover seed

and dangerous lubri-

mtz'ng oils have all file



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- winning varieties.





Tractor Lubrication





The correct engine Lubrication for the Fordson

Tractor is Gargoyle Mobiloil "BB" in sum-‘-

mer and Gargoyle Mobiloil “A” in winter.

The correct oil for all other tractors is spec}





. ified in our Chart. Ask for it at your dealer’s.





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engine lubrication of prominent passenger

cars are specified below.

The grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil are indicatedl

by the ~letters shown below. “Arc" means.

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