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“counties of‘the state over a. period of

twelve weeks. Counties certain to he

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News of the Week

National

A series of severe earthquakes did
over forty million dollars damage to
Santa Barbara, a prominent California
aesolrt. Twelve persons are reported

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Cloudburstsin New York City flood-
ed basements and subways.

Colonel John Coolidge, the Presi-
dent’s father, took suddenly ill and
was operated on. The President was
called to his father’s bedside. The
colonel is recovering nicely.

The Lutheran missionaries going to
darkest Africa are taking White Leg-
horn and Rhode Island Red chickens,
pigs, cattle and goats along, with the
hope that these animals can become
acclimated there. ~

Fourteen states now observe day—
light saying time always“, and fifteen
part of the year. ,

Indications are that there will be a.
coal miners’ strike about August 31
when the present contract between
the operators and miners ends. Oper-
ators will probably ask for a fifteen
to twenty per cent reduction in wages.
PreSIdent Coolidge is endeavoring to
effect a peaceful settlement. '

Assistant Secretary of Labor W. W.
Husband, said that ignorant foreign-
ers who are trying to evade the immi-
gra‘nt quota law are being mulcted of
thousands of dollars by immigrant
smugglers.

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A. Syracuse, New York, teacher wins
against the local school board which
refused to have her granted a life
teacher’s certificate because she smok-
ed cigarettes in her home.

Farmers in New Jersey held praise
services after a. drenching rain, the
first in seven weeks.

White Court at Swampscott, Mass,
where the President is spending the
summer, may be bought as a perma~
neht summer White House.

Blanche Cavitt, an Oklahoma per-,
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their organization.

Foreign

American banking interests have
loaned $15,000,000 to the city of Berlin,
Germany, for the purpose of extending
its subway system.

The general feéling against foreign-
ers in Shanghai and other Chinese
towns is still serious.

Quebec’s, (Canada), oldest newspa-
per, 161 years old, suspended publica-
tion June 30. It Was the Quebec Daily
Chronicle and Weekly Gazette.

General Pangalos, who headed the
successful revolt against the old Greek
government, heads the new cabinet.
He promises to aid refugees and pun~
ish profiteers. .

'American interests headed by Har-
vey Firestone, are endeavor-lug to se-
cure huge rubber plantation conces-
sions in Liberia. e

Hunger among the lower classes in
Mexico City is killing five a. day, “it is-
reported. _

President Kalenin, of the Russian
Soviet government, admitted that com-
munism failed. He states that the
present systemis one of transition.

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wrote a letter to
the celebrators of the two hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of
Fehrbelin, in which he hoped that Ger-
many would return to Prussian vir-
tues. This has aroused the. anti—mon-
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ICHIGAN has alivays been one
of the leading, farm. states in
mutton and weal production, at

ameng the states east of the Missis-
The feeding and fatten-
ing of western lambs is also an im-
portant and thriving industry through
out southern Michigan. This article
will deal only with the breeding flock.

While sheep raising is an important

, industry the census of 1920 shows that
’ sheep are found on only 35,454 farms

of the 196,447 farms in the state, and
that the average farm flock numbers

9 only twenty-four head over one year of

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: mend an expansion of the sheep bus-

- iness, but rather to advise that every

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farmer should carefully study his sit—

euation and the market outlook with

the idea of engaging in the sheep bus-
iness where all conditions are favor-

V able.

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The sheep business, like all other in-
dustries, is subject to marked fluctua-

ftiOD, periods of low prices being fol-
; lowed by higher prices and lucrative

' returns.

Since the last depression in

. 1922 sheep have been one of the most
iprofitable classes of farm live stock.

Many express the opinion, therefore,
that after this year we will see lower
prices: No doubt there will be con-
siderable fluctuation in the market and
the present dry weather may cause a
sufficient liquidation to temporarily
demoralize the market this fall. This
should, if it develops, provide an ex-

' cellent opportunity to lay the founda-

tion for a farm flock and at the same
time should be an incentive to every
man who is in the business to retain

his flock if at all possible to do so.

Sweet

‘ pasture.
' pend u'pon red clover for hay has found

, crop.

HIS season has been one to dem-
onstrate the value of alfalfa and
sweet clover both for hay and
The man who has had to de-

himself on the short end of a forage
The man wiih any kind of a

‘ stand of alfalfa has fared better, hav-

ing superior quality and more tonnage.
Sweet clover has not been used so

' much as a hay crop, but it is filling

the pasture bill. Here is a crop that
in the driest weather does not wither

‘ up and blow away and leave the dairy

farmer in the lurch when his resources
are taxed to keep up the milk flow.

In Kent county are five farmers who
can testify to the value of sweet clover
as a pasture crop during the past six
weeks of extremely dry weather. Lynn
Bradford, who lives north of Sparta,

phad a twenty-acre field with a fifty per

cent stand of sweet clover. There was
June grass and other clovers in the.
balance of the field. Sixteen head of

:‘cattle have been pasturing in this

field. They have been getting rye, oats
and clover hay ground together for a
grain ration. These cows have held
their production. Mr. Bradford'knows,
because he belongs to the West Kent
Cow Testing Association. One thing
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A Practical Journal for the Rural F amfly

SECTION THE CAPEER FARM PRESS

e heep Industry 1n Mmhlgan

A DISCZIHIOIZ 0ftfle Condition: Aflctmg Tézs Important Bra/72M of szestocé

By G. H. Brown

Prof Amma/ Huréandry, M. S. C.

Regardless of the number of sheep

raised industrial conditions which of-‘

ten result in much unemployment will
always cause a rather wide fluctuation
in the price of mutton and wool. Rath-
er than discouraging the producer,
these should but serve to stimulate
the practice of more economical meth-
ods, the use of more efficient animals,
and a careful study of the industrial
situation.

As yet there has been no marked
increase in the numbers of sheep since
the last period of low prices, the high

temporary fluctuations due to indus-
trial conditions and eratic marketing,
the outlook for sheep production is es-
pecially favorable.

Why Live Stock?

There are three main objects in'

keeping live stock. The first is to
utilize the coarser roughages which
every farm produces. Due to the high
freight charges the most profitable
way of marketing roughages is through
the medium of live stock.

Second, the live stock population
'Iargely determines the price of our

 

They Convert Coarse Roughages Into High Priced Products.

prices serving to stimulate the mar-
keting of ewe lambs. For several years

the sheep population has been de—
creasing and the human population in—
creasing. Forty years ago there was
in the United States one sheep for
each person; today there is but one
sheep for each three persons. The
world sheep population has also de-
creased to a marked extent. Baring

grain crops. Over eighty per cent of
the corn, barley and oats produced is
fed to live stock. Any marked de-
crease in the numbers of: live stock
fed results in a surplus of grain being
placed on the market and consequently
much lower grain prices. On the oth-
er hand, an over-production of farm.
animals will often create such a de—
mand for feeding grains that the price

IOVer Keeps up Mi

Tfle Experiences of Five Kent Farmers

By K. K.

that tlfe cows kept the June grass
down but readily ate the SWeet clover.
He has sweet clover seeded for next
yean

Jacob Spangenberg, a neighbor of
Bradford’s, has fifteen acres of.a good
stand. This was seeded in oats last
year and pastured last fall. About five
weeks ago the cattle were turned in—
twenty—eight cows, five two-year-old
heifers, and twelve yearlings were in
part of the time. The sweet clover is
pretty well chewed down, but the herd
has been tided over a precarious time
and production has been maintained.
The cattle had no grain in this time.

Mr. Sangenberg estimates that $100
in grain bills was saved the first month
the sweet clove was pastured; in fact,

.he got more milk than on winter grain.

Or, to put it another way, he figures
that he received more money off an
acre of sweet clover than any other
acre of ground this year. He has twen-
ty—two acres seeded for next year.
Elmer Jacobs is another Sparta man
to find value in sweet clover pasture.
He has ten acres which was seeded in
oats last year. Part of the field had
lime, and here was the heaviest of the

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Vlnlng
sweet clover. He is pasturing ten Jer-
sey cows and three horses. His pro—
duction is keeping up. For grain the
cows are getting a little ground oats.
The thirteen head are not eating all
the sweet clover, by any means, and
wha: is left Mr. Jacobs intends to
plow down for corn. He, too, has a
field seeded for pasture next year.

Still another Sparta man to find this
legume valuable for pasture is G. S.
Felt. He has ten acres that was seed—
ed last year. He pastured it hard last
fall and so kept off for awhile this
spring. Eighteen head have been pas-
turing on this field this spring. The
first day the cows were turned in they
didn’t come up at milking time and on
going to the field Mr. Felt found them
still eating. He has no trouble to get
them to eat it and his cows have come
up on production since feeding on the
sweet clover. He, too, has a field seed-
ed for pasture next year.

Up at Kent City is \another dairy-
man who has found sweet clover pays
for pasture. He is H. A. Fick. He
thinks there is nothing like sweet clo-
ver. He has twelve acres in the field.
The stand is far from a. perfect one.

    

  
  
  

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RELIABILITY
SERVICE

   

NUMBER TWO

 

 

is forced to a point where it is not
profitable to feed, as a result of which
feeding operations may be conducted
at a loss for a short time. _

Third, a rational system of live stock
production enables the farmer to mar-
ket his crops at a remunerative price
and still have left on the farm three-
fourths of the fertility which the crops
took from the soil, and with the liberal
use of legumes the nitrogen content of
the soil may be even increased.

Sheep fulfill all of these objects to
a marked degree. Under many con-
ditions a flock can be maintained and
the lambs sold without the use of
high-priced grain. Under practically
all conditions the proportion of rough-
age utilized is greater, and grain less
than with other classes of live stock.
Sheep require less feed per hundred
pounds of gain than :10 cattle, and
give a larger return for grain used.
The conditions under which sheep are
kept provide ideal conditions for the-
conservation of a maximum amount
of the fertility contained in the excre-
ment. Sheep render valuable assist-
ance in keeping a farm free of nox-
ious weeds and, in the newer sections,
aid materially in land clearing by
keeping down the second growth. Oth-
er advantages of sheep are that the in-
vestment in buildings is comparatively
small and a minimumamount of labor
is required in caring for them.

Most sales or purchases of breeding
ewes are made during the fall months
as they are usually lower in price at
this time, and it is during the fall sea-
son that the foundation for the next
season’s success or failure is laid.

A great deal depends upon the type

(Continued on page 32).

k Flow

Eighteen head have pastured on it for
the past six weeks. His production has
kept up and there has been no grain
fed. On examination of Mr. Fick’s
Cow Testing Association herd book the
fact is revealed that cows which fresh—
ened in December are producing more
milk now than the month they were
fresh. Fick has a field seeded for pas~
ture next year.

Here Are Some Observations From

These Men.

The cows will eat the sweet clover
but keep the June grass and other elo-
vers nipped down.

There is apparently no trouble from
bloat.

Production will keep up. Four‘of
the above five men belong to a cow
testing association and their herd
books show it.

That more than a cow to the acre
can be kept at the pasture, and still
the sweet clover will grow.

Sweet clover can be pastured in the
fall.

They have faith enough in it as a
pasture to seed fields for next year’s
pasture.

Their neighbors are interested and

the acreage in these neighborhoods
will rapidly increase.

  

   
   
     
  

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VOLUME CLXV

DETROIT, JULY 1], 1925
CURRENT COMMENT

N spite of her long
Country 1 hours of work, the
country woman has

Women the best chance of at-
Lwe Longer taining a 1ipe old age,

accmding to Hygeia,
a medical publication. The authority
states from a study of mortality sta-
tistics, that she lives longer, on the
average, than the city woman, the city
man, or her country husband.

No attempt is made to explain why
this is so. It may be that her life is
a testimonial to the advantage of hard
work, or living a quiet existence, or
to being in and out of doors. How-
ever, this longevity is some compen-
sation for the burden she has carried,
and it is to be hoped that she may
continue to enjoy the blessing of long
life, and at the same time have the
advantage of modern home conven—
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her to establish still greater records
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NUMBER TWO

 

 

N open meeting of

Important bean growers and
those interested in

Bea." the industry has been
Meeting called for July 13 at

one o’clock in the af-
ternoon at the Michigan State College,
East Lansing. This call by the sec-
retary of the State Farm Bureau is
the result of a general feeling that the
time is ripe for some forward step to
be taken in the merchandising of one
of Michigan’s major cash crops.
While no definite program of action
has been prepared for this occasion, it
so happens that growers and handlers
of beans have been working to perfect
a plan for pooling of beans not imme-
diately wanted by the trade, particu-
larly during the fall months when do-
liveries are heavy. As indicated else-
where in this journal, this plan will
be presented at the East Lansing
meeting by a large committee of in-
fluential growers, elevator men and
jobbers. "
While this venture will require the
cooperation of the whole industry, the
tentative plan is in effect a growers’
pool. Unless it has the general support
of a large body of bean growers, it
cannot be successful. With their co-
‘ operation it promises to mean as much
to Michigan bean producers as the
Idaho pool has to growers of great
fnorthern beans, and the Lima pool to
.,.the Californians producing that va-
"‘riety.

. from thei1 lands.

communities send representatives to
the, East Lansing meeting to partici-
pate in the discussion of this and oth-

er matters that may come up for de-‘

liberation.
HE relations be-
tween landlords
n x er-,
A. E p. ' and tenants has often
lment In been f r a u g h t with
Tenanty many, misunderstand?

vings. It has most al-
ways been an unsatisfactory relation-
ship, perhaps because the tenant could
seldom see anything ahead of him. It
usually seemed like a big up-hill climb
for the tenant to emerge from the/ten-
ant to the ownership class.

In cities it is easyvfor a tenant'to
become an- owner; almost too easy.
Real estate men often bring about a
hardship by offering property at a
small payment down and monthly in-
stallments. This property, however,
is not income producing, it is for a
home. But as long as a man keeps
his job he can probably make his pay-
ments on his place. In farming,
though, the farm is both a home and
a source of income, and the selling of
farms on small payments dowu and
the rest 0n installments has not been
worked out satisfactorily.

In the west they are now trying a
new plan. The Laura. Rockefeller
foundation is backing a corporation
which has for its object the purchase
of farm land and tenanting it with the
thought that it will be eventually sold
to the tenant The strong point in
this plan is that the corporation will
have experts advise the tenants so
that they can get maximum returns
In a proposition of
this sort the company must of neces-
sity be interested in the success of its
patrons, and do all it can to help bring
it about.

One of the chief objections to farm-
ing is that it requires quite a little
capital, especially to do it right. But
it seems that with the backing of a
good corporation and under its direc-
tion, an ambitious young man can be-
come an owner in due time, and also
become a better farmer.

It is hoped that this experiment will
prove a. success. If it is, it may re-
sult in similar institutions being de-
veloped in other sections of the coun-
try to make farm ownership possible
to many, to whom it has been almost
impossible before.

HIS peculiar ques-

Are tion was suggest-
Parents ed by a movie bill-
board. We (1 0 n ’ t

People? know what the movie

was. but the question
is a legitimate one; one which exists
in many young minds

To young folks, parents we differ-
ent. They act .diffe1ently to them than
other people do. Other ,people would
not think for one minute to boss them
around, telling them to wash their
faces or behind the ears, as parents
do. Other folks don't tell young peo
ple when to go to bed and when to
get up, and all such things.

Perhaps one reason why this ques-
tion arises in the minds of young folks
is that often parents maintain too
much the governing attitude of mind
toward their children. Unconsciously
they impress upon the child the su-
periority of parenthood instead of
showing the palship of parents and
children.

It seems to us the parents should be
the guides of the children, not their
overlords. They should get back of
the young folks and say, “now, you
go ahead and I will tell you when you
are going wrong,” instead of being
over them and dictating their actions.

We read of one well-known man
whose son always called him “John”

instead of father orldad. This is un‘

would urge, too, that been grovving"

come pats.

The farm family is a Stronger unit ‘
than that of the city because there is
a common interest and a workingto-

gether on the farm. 80, we feel» that
'fortunate‘ indeed is the child in the
”farm/family where comradeship ‘is the
prevailing spirit.
family pride and unity wherever that
spirit exists. If you haven’t already,

/ try it on your children now and see

how it works”. 4'

A CENTURY ago it

Promote required, accord-
Farmin ing to one economist,

. . 3' six times as many
Efftaency men to grow a thou

sand acres of ‘wheat
as it does the average American farm-
er of today, and twenty times more
men than where the most advanced
methods known to our farmers are
used.

If these figures be true, and good
judgment would seem to confirm them,
it appears that our farmers can re-
duce the labor required in the produc-
tion of this crop a. greater amount
than has been done since Jefferson’s
time.

Another case in point is the efficient
methods of curing alfalfa hay ‘worked
out by the crop experts of the Mich-
igan State‘College. This method saves
fully forty per cent of the man labor
required to make good alfalfa hay.
Yet, in hundreds of miles of travel
over the state dpring the harvesting
of this year’s first crop, one observes
that comparatively few farmers a1e
availing themselves of this new sys-
tem.

Farm records show that a farmer
operating a. two-row cultivator can
cultivate eleven acres in a ten-hour
day as easily as he can five and six-
tenths acres with‘ a one-row machine.
In other words, it takes a man with
the larger cultivator nineteen days to
cultivate sixty acres three and a half
times; or thirty-seven days with a
one-row cultivator. Here the saving
in the man’s time—would be sufficient
to pay for the two-row cultivator in
three years, or it would pay the dif-
ference between the one and two-row
machines in a single season.

The fact is that we have not reach-
ed perfection in farm practices by a
long ways, notwithstanding our Amer-
ican farmers are the most efficient
farmers in the world.

Further advance along the line of
efficiency in farming means much. It
releases great armies of men from
producing food to engage in other in-
dustries, not only to add to our gen—
eral prosperity, but to multiply the
comforts and conveniences of life.
Through it, too, the farm woman is
relieved of much drudgery to assume
her rightful place as home-maker and
citizen, and children of the farms en-
joy larger educational advantages.

In truth, efficiency in farming meth—
ods is transforming the old farmer of
unceasing physical toil into a business
man who, besides being a leading’fac-
tor in production and trade, is capable
of utilizing the practical findings of
the scientist and the engineer.

. posishun.

SCHOOL is being

- conducted at the

In
Work]! g Michigan State. Col-
!" t e lege this week for in-
nght structing solicitors of

the farm bureau ‘in
membership work, preparatory to
launching a membership campaign in
twelve counties of the state next
month.

The time has come when the work
of this organization is fairly definitely
understood and it is, therefore, feas~
ible to take advantage of the class
room in passing information as to its
economic status from experts to
others.

tion when parents and childr‘e be}.

There is a sort of 1

on the thing they plan t0! pass on to
prospects. Surely, more harda work
will be required; but, in the long run,
intelligent presentation will get farther
and’ will undoubtedly accomplish more
good.

\

ERY noon we
see a. demonstra-

The. .

. tion of the change.
Mdk‘ which has "come in
Battle the past few years.

the wets notwith.
standing. We see workmen in their
noon rush carrying milk bottles from
the store instead of beer bottles. in
can not help but impress us that it is
a change for the good. There is no
rushing to the bar for a can of “suds”
or for Mike Hegan’ 3 big schooner. In~
stead, nature’s own sweet milk, her
health-giving food-drink is used.

We do not wish to convey the im«
pression that the substitution is com—
plete, for there is a blind- -pig just
across the alley. From it come only
those who are on the ragged edge of
life, often pitiable excuses for man-
hood.

But,
question, we are glad to note that
milk consumption is increasing, and
that milk bottles are more and more
in evidence around our factories.

 

Bug:
BUGS is, but why they are I don’t
know. I know potato bugs is,
’cause I kin see them. But why they
are I don’t know, 'cause I. ain’t never
done nothin’ ta them ta’ make them
take out their spite on my potato crop.

Bugs ain’t accommodatin.’ If potato
bugs would wait ’til the pctatoes got
ripe, they could have the tops and
we’d take the bottoms. What we ob-
ject to is that they take the tops be«
fore there is any bottoms.

Bugs is a small word, and so is bugs
small, but they cause a large amount
0’ trouble. It just
seems ta me like
bugs is here fer
the poison mak‘
ers and the spray‘
er m a k e r s ta
make some mon.
ey. If it wasn’t
fer bugs them fel<
lows would die in
the poor house.
And, I guess bugs find rich harvests in
poor houses.

Bugs is here fer ta teach man eter-
nal vigilunce, the perfessor says, but
it makes me feel more like eternul
damnashun Bugs is fer ta remind a
fellow that he ain’t in paradise Now,
I don’ t need bugs fer that, ’cause Sofie
reminds me 0’ that right along. But
you know, thele’s lots 0’ times on
moonlight nights, paradise would a
been light there if it wasn’ t for mus~
keetoes, an’ such like. And in fishin’,
thexe’s lots 0’ times a fellow would
get a bite if it wasn’t fer said mus-
keetoes.

 

If I was a cow I’d give sour milk in
fly time fe1 what flies’ d do ta my dis
And every time I see a pic-
ture 0’ those girls dancin’ on the green
with a ya1d o’ cheesecloth on them
I t1y ta just think 0’ what I would do
if I was a muskeeto.

They say we got bugs ’cause Adam
ate that apple. Now, if Adam woulda.
splayed and prayed after his act 0’ in-
desaetshun, he woulda killed what
bugs come from it. But Adam didn’t
have no one ta sell him a. spray ma-
chine, so the bugs got the best 0’ him.

This sure is a. buggy wor.ld There’s
bugs fer eveiythin’. They even keep
you company at night. Sofie says I’m
the biggest “bed” bug she ever saw,
’cause I like ta stay in bed so long.

HY SYCKLE.

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regardless of the prohibition

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. never ready to call to order.

goodrand all.”

In a day or-two we‘meet another
;' who will say something like .this, “If .

9 our grange would meet in tovvn, ‘we

1

I cOuld * get along much better.

’ i automobile has changed‘things. These

' agriculture

. from the farm. ’
. some effort should be made to edu-
; cate these growing children in such a

; self-sacrifice
children might have a better lot in
. this world.

:as belonging to men.

small ,granges out .in the country
i should be put' together in some nearby

‘ tow-n and'people would drive their cars

‘ fartherand more willingly to a large

I organization than to meetings of small
granges where even less than a'quor-
um is likely to be present if the night
is bad, or if pressure of work is gen-
eral in the community.

The writer always replies that “It,
Yes, it depends in town

depends.”
and country alike, upon the local lead-

ership. Here is a story of one grange

. a few miles south of the straits, out in
the open country, and a rather new
country at that. '

Wilmot Menter Grange is remark-
able for a number of things. First, it
has a membership that let no small

_ obstacle keep them from the regular

, meetings. Second, it just naturally and

, easily, as it would seem to an “out-
sider,” keeps doing things worth while
at the meetings, so that every one
wants to come next time.

Third, its members have been con-
tent and happy so long as they were
; able to keep their meeting place as

convenient and comfortable as the av~
' erage home in the community. When

they met in a schoolhouse, which they

HE discussion was about the ills
and welfare of agriculture.
Women were there who had
3 spent years of toil in rearing a family
. and doing a woman’s work on a farm.
- They showed stains of weary toil and
undergone, that their

Their hands gave signs
of doing tasks which are thought of
Their faces
showed cuts of sharp wind-s, the bites

, of cold and the blisters of heat.

These women. were the kind that

3 made the conquering of the wilder-

ness possible, for without woman the
farmer is helpless. These women were
the kind who underwent hardships and
sufferings of the hour in hope .of bet-
ter things in later life. They faced
privation, loneliness, and hard toil, to
the end that a civilization be founded
and the frontier be beaten farther and
farther back.

At this meeting these women were
looking forward with hope of a better
in the future, as their
mothers looked forward with hope in
the pioneer days. They had faith in
agriculture and their desires were to
remain on the farm.

Regret was expressed that the farm
boy and girl were being educated away
It was thought that

way that they would prefer farm to
city life.” —. ‘

The lures of the city and attractive-
ness of city employment have two inn

, fluences on rural life and rural people.
, In the first place, it takes the strong,
; virile young manhood and womanhood
> ~, of the rural

community and it causes

 

[OW and“ flan com (me says to
us. “A Stdnée.jiim*not -be.kept . . _
. at its bestin'tohvn. When. peo- . l’
ple come, to, town they come-for so
'1 many reasons that the grange is neg— -
‘Hected, if not fOrg‘otten, and we are
By the
. {time grange is out, every one is so
“tired they feel like giving 1L up for ,

The

did'for years, though it was too small
to accommodate the members with
much comfort or, 'convenience, they
crowded close together, and smiled and
waited , for a better .day when they
could build a home of 'their own.

In the'autumn of 1928; the‘work of
building was begun. In planning for
this project, they used the same care
and good sense that had been in evi-
dence all aloug. They did not plan
larger than they could build and pay
for, and they purposed to do most of
the work themselves. The building is
24x40, and has a good basement. The
hall is seated with benches. They are
hardly as easy as chairs, but they are
the work .of'the faithful members of

 

      

that grange,, and they evidence the
kind. of manly independence that is
less common than we might wish.

The hall is practically finished and
is the property of the grange, and free
from debt. ‘ It stands out there in the
open country, modestly witnessing to
the quality of those who make up the
membership of that grange. The hall
will be dedicated some time this sum-
mer. ‘

The writer was at a very pleasant
meeting of this grange not long ago,
and will net soon forget the welcome.
given him on this occasion.

One cannot be in a meeting of this

'grange long Without noting the re-

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The Home of the Wilmot Menter Grange.

* A N cw Era for Farm

Economic, Social and Cultural Goya/filo”:

By J. T.

a. shortage of labor on many farms.

In pioneer days much more labor
was needed on the farm than at pres-
ent. The land needed clearing. There
were fences to build, land to plow and
drain, houses and barns to build, and
many operations to perform which are
now done in the town.

The changes which have come about
in industry during the past one hun-
dred years, have caused many of the
operations once performed on the farm
to be done in the city factory. Ma-
chinery is made in the city. Flour is
made at the mill and in many in-
stances is baked into the loaf before
it gets to the farm. The wool is wash-
ed, spun, woven, and made into cloth-
a shortage of labor on many farms.
feed for live stock comes from distant
sections of the country. The farmer’s
meat is no longer a. product of “butch
ering day,” but comes from one of the
large packing centers.

There are not so many people need-
ed on the farms today, because there
are fewer things done in the country.
Also, the general use of improved ma-
chinery makes it possible to get along
With less help.

This trend of population from the
country to the city is just a hatural
consequence of our national develop-
ment. It is not due to the use of city
text books 'in our country schools or
the farm boys and girls being educat-
ed away from the farm. Economic
conditions and economic changes are
the reasons for the trend away from

the farm.

There are many attractions about

city life which appeal.
rapid life in the city appeals to youth
more forcibly than the quiet hard toil
of the farm. The vim and vigor of
youth seeks the activity of city life,
longs for the new sights and is lured
by the recreational side of life within
the town.
new things and learn.
its many phases of
merce, and pleasure offers wide fields
for new experiences.
city also offers a greater immediate
reward for the services of the young
man or woman, so naturally the trend
of population is cityward.

family ties, ambitions, ideals, go by

H orner

The vigorous,

Youth is ever eager to see
The city, with
industry, com-

lndustry in the

Farm folks who have toiled a life

time to clear up and improve a farm,
dislike to see their children leave and
go to town.
to establish an estate
which will continue down through the
generations.
be on the old farm where he has spent
his life of toil.
years to come should be on the old
farm where the pioneer has given his
life labor.
have really a part of the character of
the men and women who have wrung
them from the wilderness.
dren like the dear old farm, but it is
not a part of their lives as it is of
their parents.
same years of labor and hardships.
Youth looks to the future.
backward. Where the brightest pros~
pects are there goes youth, while sent-
iment perishes.

Every man really wants
and family

This, in his mind, should

The family home for

These old pioneer farms

The Chil-

It does not mean the

Age looks

In the march of economic progress,

  

a Greater Necesrily T do}: Lora/lion
.* .By W. F. Taylor

ditions in the city
pare the rewards of city and farm oc-
cupations followed for a
or than compare the wee

i

to dawn.
expected to toil like a slave,
undesirable quarters, deprive herself
of wholesome social life, and forego
those dainties and cultural things dear
to every woman’s heart.

in the air. You need not look long
for one of the causes. "

Brother'Charles Norton is worthy
master. Brother Nortén is a rural mail
carrier. He makes his round befOre
dinner and works on the farm the rest
of the day when necessary. Brotherl
Norton is a lot of things that we would
mention were he not still alive. After
all, the old Roman was wrong. It is
the good and not the evil men do, that
lives after them. ‘We will chance one
or two things about Brother Norton,
though, even though he is alive. We
mention them because they are neces—
sary to leadership in any public ser-
vice. First, he has a kindly interest
in everyone in the grange. I watched
him as the hour for calling to order
arrived. Just before his gavel fell, the
door opened and in came one of the
families of the community. From his
desk station, he greeted them. He did
not miss the little one either. I do
not think he lost a single chance to
speak a. kind word to a brother or sis-
ter, or a child that evening. Another
secret of his success is his discipline.
He does this as naturally as other
things. He does not ask more than is
right, and he is obeyed.

Does this grange dance? Yes. Of-
ten for a while after the meetings, and
now and then the grange puts on a.
dance. At these dances the same dis-
cipline is in evidence. Brother Norton
is one of the most kindly men we have
met when things go right, but he be-
lieves in' keeping things clean, and
neither these dances," nor meetings of
this grange, are good places to bring
“moonshine.” We could with with all
our hearts that everybody everywhere
in public places had Brother Norton’s
talent for keeping out certain influ-
ences that are poisoning young life in
too many places.

Women

on Me Farm are [mpro clog

the wayside.

those activities which seemingly offer
the most.
on the farm may regret the movement
from the country to the

will continue just as long as the city
offers more

Youth forges ahead into
Mothers and fathers back

city, but it
comforts and a fuller life.
Youth should be taught the real con-

and be able to come

lifetime rath—
‘ kly wages.
The past generation experienced the

change from a hand to a machine ag—
riculture,
a commercial agriculture.
ation pr
the wild
ment of a civilization possible.
ing both these periods the
farmer Were hard.
ous life and under
ships.
to indicate that the
complishments of this
the next generation will
zation of science among
and a marked improve
conditions, soci
the farm.

and from a self—sufficing to
_ The gener-
ior to that forged its way into
erness and made the develop-
Dur-
tasks of the
He lived a strenu-
went many hard-
The signs of the times seem
agricultural ac-
nation during
be a popular-
rural people
ment in living
a1 life, and culture on

The day of the farm woman is about

Not much longer will she be
live in

The fruit of the vision of the farm

women of days gone by is on the tree.
The harvest is about to be gathered
and with it will come the rural life
which has, heretofore, existed mainly
in vision. ’

 
   
    
 
     
       
   
  
 
   
   
    
  
    
   
  
   
 
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
   
   
   
  
  
   
   
  
    
    
    
    
   
    
     
    
    
     
   
   
  
   
    
   
     
  
    
      
    
    
     
    
   
    
    
  
       
     
    

   
  

   
    
  
  
    
    
 
 


 

 

   
   
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
  
  

 

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SPREADER IS—
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The man who owns aJohn Deere Spread- Only86inchest8thetl210p
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HAVE IT SURVEYED.

 

I wish to build a line fence. How
shall I proceed to have it right on the
line? Is there any chance for a county
surveyor to favor either party when
he locates the line? To whom can, I
appeal in case I am- not satisfied with
the survey? Does only parcel of land
(say forty acres) ever contain as much
as seven acres over or under forty
acres? It has been claimed that this
forty acres under discussion contains
thirty-three acres. Or I should say
‘ quarter of quarter of section—S. W.

To err is human, but the most sat-
isfactory way to determine the line is
by survey. The law provides that the
county surveyor shall make survey of
any section, or part of section, on re-
quest by the majority of the owners,
and the costs of such survey may be
assessed on» the land. All “fortys”
vary somewhat in size; but those on
the western edge of the township are

fractional and vary a great amount,
' from double or more down to almost
nothing.——R'ood.

    
       

 

SILAGE FOR HORSES.

 

I have a silo which is not half full,
and my cows do not eat it. Silage is
_ in good condition. How much should
” I feed to horses and a quick way to
fatten them?—N. N. N.

Silage is not a very popular horse
feed. Some veterinarians say not to
feed it at all. The writer knows of
several instances where the death of
horses has been attributed to their
eating silage. Yet if the silage is in
first class condition it can safely be
fed.

You should begin with a. small ra-
tion, a milk pan full, five pounds, and
increase carefully. You can never feed
horses the quantity of silage you can
cows, but a small quantity with their
other feed is beneficial. It furnishes
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Good Silage Saves Grain

Good silage cuts your feed bills and increases the milk How.
It’s easy to fill your own silo when the corn is at its best.
Just put a Papec on the job. You can operate it with less
help because no man is needed at the feed table. Light
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Fordson, McCormick-Deering, Cletrac, etc.

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Farmer

agents wanted to solicity orders from their neighbors.
Write us for delivered price and sample by return mail.

7 :13: if

it’s not mouldy or that the mould, if
any is not harmful.

The writer is unable to understand
why the cows will not eat this silage,
as cows are usually fond of it. It may
be it is too sour, made from too im-
mature corn. If so it is a question if
you should feed it to horses.

Don’t by any means take the other
feed away from your horses and try
to make them eat a lot of silage. This
will do with cattle but not with horses.

OHIO.
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'FOR NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.

 

The township boards of two town-
ships were petitioned to form a frac-
tional school district by taking land
out of four school districts. The peti-
tion was voted down. To whom would
further appeal be made, and what
steps would be necessary, and how
much would it cost?~\V. L. K.

We find no provision for appeal.
Make it an issue in the next election
and elect favorable boards, and try it
oven—Rood.

RUTABAGAS FOR COW FEED.

Is there too much water content in
rutabagas so that in winter time. cows
will nearly freeze if they are fed to
them? How many could be fed to a
cow a (lay harmlessly?-L. L. L.

The analysis of numerous samples
cf rutabagas ShOWS an average mois-
ture content of 88.6 per cent. While
the average moisture content of man-
gels is 90.9 per cent, and corn silage
73.6 per cent. Thousands and thou-
sands of cattle eat silage every day
during the winter and do not freeze,
and in the past, before we knew how
to preserve corn in the form of silage,
rutabagas and mangels were fed al-
most as universally as silage is now.
And in some sections roots are fed
quite extensively now. There is noth-
ing in this notion except that it is not
' wise to feed any succulent feed to an-
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~weather‘. This feed should be fed m-t '

‘ decrs' where the temperature is above
freezing.

‘ An?” animal must have a -certaln.

amount of water every day and if they
eat‘a succulentlfoo'd they require less
Water'to drink. With the weather and
air below. freezing; ‘the water an ani-
mal drinks is warmer than the air, but
the succulent food might be,.and prob-
ably would be, as cold as the air, hence
the animal would be more affected by
the cold in eating the succulent food
than in drinking water.
ter and the "succulent food, however,
would gradually become the same tem4
perature as.the body, and the animal
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A DOCTOR’S SUIT.

'In the fall of 1923 I‘ went tovsee a.

 

doctor as I was not well, and he said '

I had cancer of the liver and he per—
formed an operation for hemroids and
dld not do a thorough job of that, and
gave me about eighteen treatments on
an electrical machine known as the
“Abram’s machine,” which is a. fake,
and we paid him $125 medical fees and
as I was the same as I had been be-
fore I went there, we have not paid
him the balance and he ”has put it in
the hands of a lawyer to collect, and
I would like to know if we will have
to pay it.-Mrs. F. C. C.

All the matters stated are likely to
be in dispute on a trial, and most of
them could only be established or re-
futed by medical experts. Defense of
such a suit without a competent med.
ical expert would be very difficult, and
such witness might well cost more
than the doctor’s bin—Rood.

 

A POLITICAL QUESTION.

 

. A farmer would like to know if the
inspectors of elections at town meet-
ings should act as inspectors at the
one o’clock meetings. Could the super-
v1sor act as moderator and the town

clerk as clerk when both on ticket for
re-election? Has the town board a
right to create a debt against the town-
Ship and issue orders for the payment
of the debt when such debt has not
been authorized by vote of township
or by provisions of law?—-—H C.

The inspectors elected at the open-
ing of the polls act throughout the
day. No person up for election can
act as inspector. If it appears on the
face of the records of the town meet-
ing that the electors took no action to
provide money for highway repair and
improvement, the town board may vote
money for that purpose. Also, if fif-
teen or more electors of the town peti—
tion the highway commissioner for
special emergency repairs, and the
commissioner thinks them necessary
and so notifies the town board, the
board may vote an additional amount
not eXCeeding $1,000.—-Rood.

 

SHARE RENTING.

 

I saw by your paper, rules for let«
ting farms on thirds. but did not see
anything that explains who was to
feed the threshers, silo men, hay bal«
ers, etc. Some think the landlord is
to furnish a portion. Is it ruleable for
horses to be fed out of undivided part ?
And isn’t silo filling bill to be paid
for on the same shares as other such
bills IaInd not all paid for by landlord?
«J. .

In renting a. farm on one—third, two«
thirds or a fifty—fifty basis, such cash
expenses as threshing bill, machine
costs for silo filling will be borne by
the landlord and tenant, same propor.
tion as income. The boarding of ma-
chine crew (men that operate the ma-
chine) is a part of the cost and should
be borne by both, parties same as
above. However, all labor and board
of labor outside regular machine crew
should be furnished by the tenant.

The best and most satisfactory plan
is to feed horses out of the undivided
feed—F. T. Riddell.

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A load of hogs taken twelve miles to
market by old methods shrunk fifty
pounds in weight and the journey
took an en tire day.

VVith the Ford truck the round trip
was completed in a few hours, the hogs
marketed with negligible shrinkage.

At $12. 00 per hundredweight the added
profit for hogs on this trip was $6.00,
and at a minimum of $1. 00 per hour for
his time, the farmer-saved atleast$5. 00.

It doesn’t take many trips at $11.00
extra profit per trip to pay for a Ford
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Now Being Distributed at 260 Points in Michigan
'Are you feeding

HIS tremendous distribution deserves attention
to the best advantage?

Cows fed Milkmaker produce more milk and butter fat.
healthier and stronger animals. Your feed cost is lower.

Every one of the ten milkmaking ingredients' is listed on every bag.
pound for pound. Not an ounce of filler. You know exactly what
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If there is no co- operative association or agent near, write for infor-
mation how to co-operate with your neighbors for car lots of Milkmaker
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Also write for booklet on Milkmaker and feeding suggestions.

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MOVEMENT is under way to
form a pool

Several preliminary meetings of
growers, elevator operators, and job—
bers have been held to consider ten-
tative plans for such a pool. At all of
these/meetingsrit has been generally
acknowledged that ‘a properly‘cdntroll-
ed pool would be a great factor in sta-
bilising the bean trade. As it is now,
these groups are compelled to gamble
in an attempt to earn a living wage.
Close cooperation between them ought
to insure a fairer return. 'To this end
the organization of a. non-profit corpor-
ation which might be called the “Mich-
igan Bean Growers’ Pool, Inc. ”, was
suggested at a conference held in Sag-
inaw, July 1. a

At this meeting growers, elevator
operators and jobbgrs were represent-
ed. Leading farmers from nine im-
portant bean-growing counties took
part in the discussion. At the end, it
was unanimously voted that the fol-
lowing tentative plan (which is slight-
ly abbreviated on account of lack of
space) is favored and that a commit-
tee be appointed to present it at an
open meeting of bean growers and
others interested in the industry, at
the Michigan State College at one
o’clock on July 13. The operation of
the tentative pool would be something
after the following .plan:

Pooling Would Be Optional.

In the fall of the yea1 the grower
would sell to the elevator man and
leceive cash for such portion of his
c10p as he was obliged to dispose of
at that time. The balance could be
delivered to the elevator man f01 pool-
iLg 13'.u1poses The farmer would re-
(vim fiom the elevator man a pool
receipt for the pooled beans reduced
to choice basis These beans would
be picked to choice grade, officially
inspected and graded, and thexeafter
moved as fast as the elevator man se<
cures full corloads, to a bonded term-
inal warehouse. The Michigan Bean
Growers’ Pool, Inc., would issue a. pool
1eceipt to the elevator, the elevator
being under bond to the Michigan
Bean Growers’ Pool, Inc. Should the
elevatm man be unable to hand— pick
these pool beans, within three Weeks,
then they must be forwarded to some
terminal elevatm designated by the
Michigan Bean Growers’ Pool, Inc., to
be handpicked and prepared for the
market.

The elevator man will receive for
cleaning, picking, bagging, loading in-
to cars, and furnishing bags, fifty
cents per hundred weight and cost of
hand—picking based on schedule, or for
taking in, cleaning, bagging, furnish-
ing bags, loading, but not hand-pick-
ing, thirty-five cents per hundred
weight. The terminal elevator, where
these overflow beans are hand-picked,
will be paid fifteen cents per hundred
weight for taking in from the elevator,
hand—picking and reloading, the cost
of hand~picking to be based on sched-
u e.

It is the intent to market the Pool
beans throughout the balance of the
crop year on a. monthly basis, the P001
to be cleaned up each year if con-
sumptive demand permits.

Should the farmr require an ad-
vance on beans pl ced in the pool,
such advance would be made th1ough
the Michigan Bean Growers’ Pool, Inc.,
up to fifty per cent of their current
value, but not to exceed two dollars
per hundred weight, hand-picked basis.
The current rate of interest would be
charged on this loan. After the beans
have been shipped, the elevator man’s
responsibility ceases and the farmer

Pool would also pay the elevator man
and the terminal elevator the fixed
charges mentioned above at the time
the beans are placed in the terminal
warehouse.

Each jobber would'handle the beans

" contributed to the Pool through his

line of elevators. Funds from beans
sold would be distributed to various

 

 

  

growers contributing to the Pool each

. , r Michigan beans;
‘ , . The objebt of this movement is
to return to the grower :a‘ fair price"
commensurate with the labor and in:
vestment involved in prbductlon, and
based also on the quantity of beans-c,
I‘Droduced eaéh year and the demand}:
therefore.

deals directly with the Pool office. The ,.

 

sixty «has on business ending the last
day of e previous month.

    

  

‘ .. Ten to‘- cofitrol Board.”
9;; him of the Pool woild. be un-
der’; rec-t control on board of direct-
ors emulating of fxiom twenty to twen-
ty-flye members. 1

.. - tr. nemesenta‘tlon on this
' Member being. elected from
each: of. {be important been growing
counties. 11131111 Elevator Ex-
change and the various important job-
bers of the state would also be en—
titled to representation“ It is suggest-
ed, too, that the let's-tor men in dif-
ferent sections of e state be entitled
to three men on this board.
, The board would meet monthly. At
the first meeting of each crop year,
the board would establish the opening
basis of pool' advances. - The board
would appoint a managing director and
financial agent. An executive commit-
tee would also be appointed, consisting
of seven members—four farmers, two
jobbers and one elevator man. This
committee would be elected from the
directors and by them. The executive
committee in conference with the di-
rectors would declde on the amount of
beans to be released from the pool
each month. The executive committee
would hold meetings every month, or
oftener as required.

The financial agent should be au-
thorlzed to borrow on beans placed in
the P901 to provide funds for paying
for services rendered and for loans
necessary to farmers.

The farmer would receive the full
sum for which the pool beans were
sold to the wholesale grower, or con~
sumer, less the folldwlng items as
heretofore mentioned:

(1) Fifteen cents per cwt. to the
jobber.

(2) Fifty. cents per cwt. to the ele-
vator man and cost of hand- picking
per schedule, or

(3) a—Thirty-five cents per cwt. to
the elevator man, and

b—Fifteen cents per cwt. to the
terminal picking elevator, and cost of
hand- picking per schedule

(4) Actual. administrative expense
for handling the Pool, storage, insur-
ance, shrinkage, etc.

It is further understood that if
any grower be able to render the
same service as a local elevator in
cleaning, hand-picking, and preparing
for market, beans in carlots, that he
be entitled to the same pay for this
service.

Careful analysis, based on the pres-
ent crop, by those who have given the
plan exacting study would make it
seem that one dollar per cwt. addi-
tional could be paid to the farmer for
his crop if marketed according to the
above plan.

A. B. Cook, of Owosso, former pres‘
ident. of the Michigan Bean Growers’
Association, was chosen to act as tem-
porary president of the organization,
and J. M. McFarland, manager of the
Farmers’ Elevator at Merrill, was
made secretary. The committee to
present the plan to the growers at the
Michigan State College on July 13 in-
clude the above officials and the fol«

  
 
 

lowing: Earl McCarty, Huron county;
William (Dowling, Tuscola; A. L.
Wright, Sanilac; Earnest Thomas,

Genesee; James N. McBride, Shiawas-
see; L. W. Oviatt, Bay; Clarence Mus-
cott, Gratiot; H. Hubble, Saginaw; ‘C.
A. Hart, Ingham; Mr. Doyle, Midland;
Mr. Horton, president of the Michigan
Elevator Exchange; F. Nolan, presi-
dent of the Michigan Jobbers’ Asso-
ciation.

Since the meeting at East Lansing,
which was called by Clark L. Brody,
secretary and manager of the Michi-
gan State Farm Bureau, is open to all
it is suggested that every farmer con-
cerned in the business of growing
beans, should give this proposition
careful study and, if possible, be pres-
ent at the meeting to take part in the
discussion.

It should be observed that the above
plan is entirely voluntary. No grow-
ers’ contracts will be required. It is
a growers’ pool. It would act as a
reservoir to hold back beans during
the heavy marketing season, which

otherwise would work to depress the.

market below what the annual supply
and demand would warrant

Growers would have,

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held on Fifth Avenue.

 

Fifteen thousand Knight Templars visited New York City. Those
Shown here were preparing for a monster parade Wthh was

 

Fish poles grow wild in China.
This bamboo is also used for
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The Yale University eight, defeats the Harvard crew in the annual
contist between the two schools. Fifty thousand people watch-
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Frank Neuhauser, eleven—year-old

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Thirty-nine were killed in this wreck near Hackettsville, New Jer-
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to Germany.

 

    

 

 

 

 

The girls of the Forest Park High School in
Baltimore are given fencing as part at their

physical training.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friendly Moors in Northern Africa flock to the French encamp-'
ment during the trouble that the European powers are havmg
with the Riff tribes in Morocco.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary of Agriculture Jardine helped to remove the last bar~
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‘sleeve'had not been empty he would
have made a large and
fuse with both arms. .

Selina was not in the neat quiet
~h0use. She was not on the, porch, or
in the yard.» Meena Bras, phlegmatic
j and unflustered, came in from the
‘ kitchen. Mis’ DeJong was in the fields.
"She would call her. This she proceed-
ed to do by blowing three powerful
blafis and again three on a horn which
she took from a. hook on the wall. She
stood in‘ the kitchen doorway facing
the. fields, blowing, her red cheeks
ufi'ed out outrageously. “That brings
er,” Meena assured them; and went
back to her work. They came out on
the porch to await Selina. She was
out on the west sixteen—the west six-
teen that used to be unprolific, half-
drowned muckland. Dirk felt a little
gneasy, and ashamed that he should
ee so. -

_ Then they saw her coming, a small
dark figure against the background of
sun and sky and fields. She came
swiftly yet plod ingly, for the ground
was heavy. The stood facing her, the
four of them. As she came nearer
they saw that she was wearing a dark
skirt pinned up about her ankles to
protect it from the wet spring earth
and yet it was spattered with a border
of 'mud spots. A rough heavy gray
sweater was buttoned closely about
the straight slim body. On her head
was a battered soft black hat. Her
feet, in broad—toed sensible boots, she
lifted high out of the soft ,clinging soil.
As she came nearer she took off‘her‘
hat and holding it a little to one side’
against the sun, shaded her eyes with
it. Her hair blew a little in the gentle
spring breeze. Her cheeks Were, faintly
pink. She was coming up the path
now. She could distinguish their faces.
She saw Dirk; smiled, waved. Her
glance went inquiringly to the others
——the bearded man in uniform, the tall
girl, the man with the dark vivid face.
Then she stopped suddenly, and her
hand went to her heart as though, she
had felt a great pang, and her lips
were parted, and her eyes enormous.
As Roelf came forward swiftly she
took a few quick running steps toward
him like a young girl. He took the
slight figure in the mud-spattered skirt,
the rough gray sweater, and the bat—
tered old hat into his arms. ‘

   

’I‘HEY had tea in the farm sitting
room and Dallas had made a little

moaning over the beauty of the
Dutch lustre set. Selina had enter-
tained them with the shining air of
one who is robed in silk and fine linen.
She and General-Goguet had got on
famously from the start, meeting on
the common ground of asparagus cul~
ure.

“But how thick?” he had demanded,
for he, too, had his pet asparagus beds
on the farm in Brittany. “How thick
at the base?”

~ Selina made a circle with thumb
,’ and forefinger. The General groaned

-‘ with envy and despair. He was very
comfortable, the General. He partook
largely of tea and cakes. He flattered
Selina with his eyes. She actually
dimpled, flushed, laughed like a girl.
But it was to Roelf she turned; it was
on Roelf that her eyes dwelt and rest-
ed. It was with him she walked when

Seated next to Dirk, Dallas said, in
a low voice: “There, that’s what I
mean. That’s what I mean when I
say I want to do portraits. Not por-
traits of ladies with a string of pearls
and one lily hand half hidden in the.
folds of a satin skirt. I mean charac-

   

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a right arm. You'felt that‘it‘tiiealeir :

sweeping ’ ges- ~

are really distinguished looking—dis-
tinguishedly ,‘American, for example——
like. yourmoth'er.” - .

Dirk looked up'at he'r quickly, half
smiling, ’_as though expecting to find

her smiling,too. But she was not smil-

ing. .“My mother!” ,
“Yes, if, she’d let me‘. ’ With that

fine splendid face all lit up with the

\light that comes from the inside; and

the jaw-llne‘ like that of the women
who came over in the Mayflower; or
crossed the" continent in a covered
wagon;' and her eyes! And that bat-
tered funny gorgeous bum old hat and

- j ” corxmofl, im'f ionising PAGEapOMPA's‘v‘

father had once said, whenyou were
a little girl, that there were. only two
kinds of people who really mattered in
the world. One kind was wheat and

the other kind emeralds. You’re wheat,

Selina.”-- .
“And you’re" emerald,” said. Selina
quickly. . ‘

The General was interested but unr

comprehending. He glanced now at
the watch on his wrist and gave a.
little exclamation. “But the dinner!
Our hostess, Madam Storm! It is very
fine to run away but one must come
back. Ourso beautiful hostess.” He

 

 

A HEAPCO’ DIGGIN’
(PI/it}: apalogie: to Edger 1!. Guest. )
By Lillie Flanders Overholt

A garden ain’t a place that ye can make in just a minute;
It ain’t a garden either till there's somethin’ planted in it;

Down in it’s soil there’s got t’ be some

little seeds an’ then

There’s got t’ be sortie sunshinc'an’ some rain a fallin’ when
Ye’ve got ’em covered nice an’ warm, an’ careful in a row,

80 ye can walk between ’em a carryin’ a hoe; ,
For weeds will come a prancin’ up’ long side the plants, an' so,
It takes a heap o’ diggin’ just t’ make a garden grow.

Ye’ve got t’ sweat around yer. brow, ye’ve got t’ sit an’ fan

When ye’vc hoed, an’ hoed, an’ hoed, an’ hoed as long’s ye think ye can;
An’ when the balmy breezes come an’ pat yer sunburncd face,

An’ dry the perspiration till ye lose its every trace;

An’ yer weary muscles are relaxed, an’ rested is yler back,

An’ ye're feclin’ somewhat stronger since ye ate the dainty snack;

Ye just start in afresh again adown another row;

It takes a heap o’ diggin’ just t’ make a garden grow.

Yc’ve got t’ wear a smilin’ face, an’ keep yer courage up;
An’ learn t’ bunk with hardship if ye’d have a brimmin’ cup,
Fer the weeds ’ll keep a growin’, an’ a thrivin’ in each row
If ye don’t keep always at_’em with a digger, or, a hoe;

An’ if ye miss one an’ it blooms, an’ scatters 0’ its seeds,
Yc'll find next year ye’ll surely have another crop o’ weeds.
Yc’ve got t’ love each tender plant, an’ tend ’em row by row;
it takes a heap o' diggin’. just t’ make a garden grow.

 

 

he could' not comprehend. .
turned in his chair to stare at his
mother.

then.
ing, seen nothing. When I think of all
the places I was going to see!
things I was going to do!”

ter portraits of men and women who You remember you told me that your

Actz'w'tzey of A! Array—«Percy Pal/r [Wormhg Gloria and #1672

the white shirtwaist—and her hands!
She’s beautiful.
mous at one leap.

She’d make me fa-
You‘d see!”

Dirk stared at her. It was as though

Then he

Selina was talking to Roelf.
“And you’ve done all the famous

men of Europe, haven’t you, Roelf! To
think of
and you’ve got it in your hand. Little
Roelf Pool.
In spite of everything.”

it! You’ve seen the world,

And you did it all alone.

Roelf leaned toward her. He put
his hand over her rough one. “Cab-
bages are beautiful," he said. Then

they both laughed as at some exquisite
joke. ' .
life you’ve had, too, Selina. A full life,
and a rich one and successful.”

Then, seriously: “What a fine

“I!” exclaimed Selina. “Why, Roelf,

I’ve been nowhere, done noth—

All the

 

mouth is smaller th
Mrs. Storm from here to here”~he il-
lustrated by turning to Dallas, touch-
ing her lips, her eyes, lightly with his
slender
smaller than from here to here.
the mouth is smaller than the eyes
there is no real beauty.
here—”

eral.
ious, but these dinners!
would I remain here on this quiet and
beautiful farm.”

picked up Selina's

had sprung to his feet.

“She is beautiful, isn’t she?” said

Selina.

“No,” Roelf replied, abruptly. “The
an the eyes. With

powerful brown fingers—“is

When
N ow Dallas

“Ye-s, me,” scoffed Dallas, all agrin.

“There’s a grand mouth for you. If
a large mouth is your notion of beauty
then I must look like Helen of Troy to
you, Roelf.”

“You do,” said Roelf, simply.
Inside Dirk something was saying,

over and over, “You’re nothing but a

she was silent and the others talked. I’ve been here all these years, just; rubber stamp, Dirk DeJong. You’re
It was as though he were her one son, where you left me when you were a nothing but a rubber stamp.” Over
and. had come home. Her face was boy. 1 think the very hat and dress and over.

radiant, bé’flmlllfl. I’m wearing might be the same I wore “These dinners!” exclaimed the Gen-

“I do not wish to seem ungrac~
Much rather

“You’ve been everywhere in the At the porch Step-s he turned,
world,” said Roelf. ”YOU’VE 8691} all brought his heels together with a
the places of great beauty and light. sharp smack, bent from the waist,

rough work-worn

Some

   
   

., ‘ . a», , IN“ ’ before”,

‘ he stood on ”theeporch' steps and
‘wavedat them as they were whirled
swiftly away, the tour of. them.” A
slight little figure in vthe plain white
blouse and the skirt spattered with the
soil otxtho‘farm, ,- _ .
gnrnwu come. out again?" 'shteghad
paidsto Dallas. And Dallas had said
yes, but—that she was leaving soon
forPar’is, to study and work.

‘When'l come back you’ll let me
do your portrait?” . , . .

“My. exit-alt!” Selina had exclaimed,
wonde glr.’ . .' ,

~ Now as the four were whirled back
to Chicago over-the asphalted Halsted
road they were relaxed, a little tired.
They yielded to the narcotic of spring
that was in theair.

Roelf Pool took off “his hat. In the
cruelspring sunshine you saw that the
black hair was sprinkled with gray.
“On days like this I refuse to believe
that I’m forty-fiVe. Dallas, tell me
I’m not forty-five.” , .

“You’re not forty-five,” said Dallas
in her leisurely careissing voice.

Roelf’s lean brown hand reached
over frankly and =clasped her strong
White one. “When you say it like that,
Dallas, it sounds true.”

“It is true,” said Dallas.

They dropped Dallas first at the
shabby old Ontario Street studio, then
Dirk at his smart little apartment, and
went on.

Dirk turned his key in the lock.
Saki, the Japanese houseman, slid si-
lently into the hall making little hiss-
ing noises of greeting. On the correct
little console in the hall there was a
correct little pile of letters and invita-
tions. He went through the Italian
living room and into his bedroom. The
Jap followed him. Dirk’s correct even-
ing clothes (made by Peel the English
tailor on Michigan Boulevard), were
laid correctly on his bed—trousers,
vest, shirt, coat; fine, immaculate.

“Messages, Saki?”

“Missy Stlom telephone.”

“Oh. Leave any message?”
“No. Say s’e call ’gain.”

“All right, Saki.” He waved him
away and out of the room. The man
went and closed the door softly be-
hind him as a correct Jap servant
should. Dirk took off his coat. his
vest, threw them on a chair near the
bed. He stood at the bedside looking
down at his Peel evening clothes, at
the glossy shirtfront that never bulged.
A bath, he thought, dully, automat-
ically. Then, quite suddenly, he flung
himself on the fine silk-covered bed,
face down, and lay there, his head in
his arms, very still. He was lying
there half an hour later when he heard
the telephone’s shrill insistence and
Saki’s gentle deferential rap at the
bedroom door.

THE END.

  
   
  
   
    

    
       
   
   
  
  
   
   
 
  
 
 
  
 
   
 
   
 
  
 
   
    
   
 
  
   
 
  
  
   
     
   
  
  
   
     
    
  
 
 
  
  
    
    
  
  
    
   
 
  
      
       
   
    
     
   
  
  
  
 
   
   
  
    
  
    
      
   

 

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We had a visit from a city flapper
last summer and she learned a lot—
and so did we. The first evening we
had hot biscuits and honey for supper,
and she said, “Is that honey raised on
your own farm ?” When I replied that
we bought it from a neighbor, she re-
marked, “Living right in the country, I
should think you would keep a bee
yourself.”

The next morning, she came run«
ning downstairs in her nightgown. We
were having a four-thirty breakfast as
usual. “What’s the matter? Is some-
one sick? Are you going for the doc-
tor? It’s the middle of the night.”

“I want to help, let me get the
eggs," she said. She came back with
the brown eggs in the basket and two
white ones in her pretty hand. “Should
I bring these in, are they done? They

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' ‘ . second Antioch, known asAnti-

/ ‘och'i-n .Pisidia. sup-nose we quote a _

line or two from the Bible dictionary,
in deScriptlon of this city. “Antioch
(as Arundel discovered) is situated
about two miles east from Yalowatch,
in a strongsituationabout 3,600 feet
above sea level, overlooking a large
and fertile plain, which stretches away
to the southeast. The ruins, which
are impressive and of great extent,
have never been carefully examined.
Antioch was a great seat of the wor-
ship of Men Askenos. But the large
estates and temple-slaves were confis-
cated by the Romans. Jewish colon-
ists were always favored by the kings,
who found them
trustworthy sup-
porters. M a n y
thousands of Jews
were settled in
‘the cities of Phry-
gia, and a SYna-
gogue is mentions
ed in Antioch,
Acts 13:14. The
influence ascribed
to the ladies is characteristic of Phry-
gia and Asia Minor generally, where
women enjoyed great consideration,
and often held office in the cities.”
We have gotten a trifle ahead of our
story. Two men entered Antioch, not
three. John Mark had turned around
and gone back. It took Paul a long
time to overlook this defection of
Mark’s, because Paul felt that he quit
at a time when he was most needed.
Mark may have gone back for reasons
of cowardice. Not a few have thought
that. The country was mountainous,
and the people primitive and savage.
Highwaymen abounded. But he may
have felt that his mother would worry
over his long absence. Health may
have been a reason, though that is
hard to accept, as, if little Paul could
endure the rigors of the roads, the
climate and the food, a younger man
could. At any rate, he was off. Paul
forgave him afterward and reinstated
him (Col, 4:10,2. Tim 4:11). Barna-
bas evidently felt that Mark (his neph-
ew) was justified in .going back. This
throws a little sidelight on the folk
who built up the early church. They
were not plaster-of—Paris saints, dress-
ed in white and spending the entire

 

‘time reading Psalms. They were folks,

like the folks we know, like the folks
we are, save that they had had a very
real and genuine experience of inward
religion, which gave them 'a great zeal.

THE trials of travel of that day

have been described by Dr. Geikie’
thus: “Often there would be hardly
any road at all, but a rough camel or
donkey track. If any bridges ever
crossed the many- torrents, they would
be traditions of the past. Boulders,
landslides washed out in the track;
a hundred fordings of ice-cold, arrow-
swift torrents, would be the continu-
ally changing experience. The scenery
was grand, peak rising on peak, on
every side.”

Paul preached a fairly long sermon
the first Sunday. You will find a
skeleton of it in chapter 13:17-41. He
showed his hearers that the Jews were
members of a chosen race, and he
traced enough history to prove his
point. He came to the big point in
his sermon when he said “To us is
the word of this salvation sent.” That
must have sounded good to the folk
who were gathered there that day. It
was like saying to us that Americans
are the finest people on earth. But
.Paul was a true preacher. He was
not there to curry favor. Life was too
short, too real, for that. He nowr shows
them how the people of their race had
rebelled against the Christ, had put
Him to death. Yet He had overcome
and risen from the dead. But the

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speaker was there not alone to blister,
but to bind up. He held out the offer .
~of salvation to all who would accept
the life-giving promise in Jesus Christ.

‘ . HE sermon made“ an impression.

- People leaving did not talk entire-
ly of the weather, the cold church or
the hoarseness of the tenor. The peo-
‘ple, many of them, followed Paul and
Barnabas and asked them to come and
speak again. Next Sunday the ushers
had to bring in chairs and put them
in the aisle-s, while others sat on the
steps of the platform. “Almost the
whole city was gathered to hear the
word of God.” The message had got-
ten under people’s skins.

,, But success breeds jealousy some-
times. The professional priests could
not stand it to see such attention paid
to these foreigners, and they got up a
riot. Even the women of the better
class joined in. Very likely some of
these were office holders, as was the
custom with the Pisidians. Their bet-
ter judgment was over-ruled. They
were carried away with the senseless
fury of the hour. That happens with
good people sometimes. Not every
man who has joined in a lynching
party would care to have his face
published.

W HEN it was found that the Jews‘
were going to make trouble ev—
erywhere the apostles went, they cut
the knot in two with a big decision.
They would go to the Gentiles, primar—
ily. They would make another sort of l
appeal, to a different sort of people.1
It became so, from this time on. Paul,
felt that his call was to the Gentiles,
while Peter kept on with his work
very largely among the Jews. How
radical a decision this was is evident
from the fact that one of the worst
things the Jews could say of Paul
was, that he consorted with, taught,
Gentiles. Listen to the account of his
great defense of himself in Jerusalem,
long after the time of today’s lesson,
(Chap. XXII). “And when the blood
of thy martyr, Stephen, was shed, I
also was standing by, and consenting
unto his death, and kept the raiment'
of them that slew him. And he said
unto me, Depart! for I will send thee
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gave him audience unto this word, and
then lifted up their voices, and said,
‘Away with such a fellow from the
earth, for it is not fit that he should
live. And they cried out, and threw
off their clothes, and threw dust into
the air.” It was a subject, you will
agree, with dynamite in it—TNT.

How much do you suppose it cost
St. Paul to come to this decision? To
leave his own people and give his at-
tention to the people whom Jews did
scarcely consider human? But the .li—
vine voice must not be slighted.

Notice also how God 13a this man.
We think of Bible characters as living
a sort of unreal existence, as if they
acted automatically, like toys with
springs in them, that you wind up. It
is hard to get the idea clearly that
they .were men of like passions with
us. But so it was. Paul learned his
greatest lesson in the school of expe-
rience, as we do. He learned, for in-
stance, that he was to go to the ‘ren—
tiles, only when the Jews refused to
hear his message. He learned that
divine healing was not for him, only
when he found that he could not be
healed. He learned by events, as we
may.

 

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
JULY 12.

 

SUBJECTz—éThe Gospel in Antioch of
Pisidia. Acts 13.14-52. _.

GOLDEN TEXT:——~Behold, I have giv-
en Him for a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander to the pee-

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Science Declares War
on Ground Hogs

Groundhogs are facing extermination in those sections
of the country where they are doing heavy damage.
Farmers are up in arms, and it looks bad for the ground-
hogs. These destructive rodents are difficult to hunt or
trap, but science has found a means of reaching them
with a gas attack that they cannot dodge.

CYANOGAS

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

CALCIUM CYANIDE .,

placed in small quantities in the openings
to burrows gives off hydrocyanic acid gas .
which kills the groundhogs where they live. .

  
   
   
 
  
 
   
 
 
 
  

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
groundhogs in 80 burrows for $2.50.

Write for leaflet 5- P

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' LD Father Timé moves ever on-

ward; the great timepiece of

Life moves on and on.‘ Each

and every one of us are children of

.Time, members of the large society of
the world.

Once more Father Time has decreed
the planting season, and again the tiny
seeds have been placed in the ground
to bring forth abundant harvest or
beauty, whichever the case may be.
Each and every one Of those infinites-
imal seeds has its own work to do, its
own battles to fight. How very much
like humans they are!

Many of them look identically the
same—take, for instance, the cosmos
seed and the cabbage seed. It takes
an expert gardener who has seen
many plantingseasons come and go,
to discriminate them.

But all the cabbage seed in the uni-

,. verse planted" just outside your kitch-

en window would never give you the
joy of the picturesque cosmos.

Yes, we certainly do stress the qual-
ity and purpose of the seeds we sow.
Do we apply as much seed sense to
human nature? I’m afraid not. Per-

- chance, it is because our cosmoses
laugh at the cabbages because they
are too awkward to waver to and fro

ing; the cabbages rebuke the mos-
moses——“Neither can you make sauer-
kraut.” Certainly they cannot. They
aren’t supposed to.

Before we can be authentically suc-
cessful, we must know what we are.
If we are a cosmos, we must not try
to decide whether we shall be a baby
blue or a shell pink one—we were
born one way or the other and Father
Time himself, or the miracles of Moth-
er Nature can never change us. How-
ever, we can decide to be the best
flower in the posy bed.

If we are a cabbage, we cannot dic-
tate that we will be an Early Win-
ningst'tdt or a Flat Dutch; but if we
are the former, we can decide to have
our hearts so tender that the Maker
Will never regret our advent; if we are
a Flat Dutch, we can be tolerably good
keepers.

Perhaps this particular seed sense
applies directly to us mothers who are
prone to force all our children into the
same mold. We forget, oftimes, that
they have different characters, abili—
ties, temperaments, etc.

Right now in the plastic days of
childhood, let us give .those children
of ours the chance that duly belongs
to them—a foundation molded four-
lsquare, developed simultaneously in
body, mind, soul and spirit.

For those years beyond, today, plus
a few tomorrows away-are theirs in
the future, let us prepare them, if pos-
sible, to be as sweet and pure as the
cosmoses, stalwart-like and good keep—
ers as the cabbages, each'after his
own special kind and the nucleus of
his character.-—Mrs. H. Girard.

 

 

 

 

A HEALTHY DESSERT.

 

ONE of the best dishes that I have

learned about for a long time is
tapioca bread pudding. The ingredi—
ents are always in the house and this
dish may be prepared in a very few
minutes, which means much when com-
pany comes unexpectedly. The chil-
dren enjoy tapioca bread pudding im-
,mensely, and I give it to them quite

    
   
   
  

 

Study Yam

when the faint zephyr winds are blow— _

  

for six or eight generous portions:

Three slices of stale bread, cut in
small pieces; three cups of hot milk;
two tablespoons of quicki'cooking tap-
ioca; one egg, one—half cup of sugar;
one cup of raisins; salt, and vanilla or

lemonflavoring as you prefer.

Cook bread crumbs, tapioca and salt
fifteen minutes in the hot milk in a
stirring occasionally.
Add to this mixture the well-beaten
egg yolk, sugar, flavoring, andraisins.
Put in buttered baking dish and cook
for thirty minutes in moderate oven.
The beaten egg white may be used as
Serve plain or with cream
if you wish. Either way will please

double boiler,

meringue.

you—Mrs. E. B.
WRAPPING PAPER MAKES FINE
LAMP SHADES.

 

OMMON manila paper, a simple
frame, an inexpensive Japanese
print, bound round with brown cloth,
and held together with liquid glue,

 

makes an attractive but inexpensive
lamp shade. If given a coat of shellac
it will sparkle in the daylight and is
more easily cleaned.

 

KENT WOMEN HOLD ACHIEVE-
MENT DAY.

 

HURSDAY, June 4, was “Achieve

ment Day” for the women in Kent
county who have been participating in
the sewing work offered by the Home
Economics Extension Department of
the M. S. C. How Well they have been
interested can be attested by the fact
that 150 attended the meeting, saw the
exhibit and listened to a pleasant pro-
gram. Miss Agnes Sorenson, who has
been the instructor for the past year,
is given credit for the successful car-
rying on of the work. The exhibit and
program was held in the First Metho—
dist Church in Grand Rapids. The
forenoon was spent in getting ac-
quainted and studying the exhibit. At
noon a lunch was served in the church
dining room. The exhibit included de~
tails of the course. Sewing machine
attachments, short cuts to sewing, tail-
ored pockets and buttonholes, pattern
alteration, construction of a perfect fit
ting pocket, selecting proper equip-
ment, making of dress forms and a
number of one-hour dresses ,were
shown.

 

{Mi/dren T érougé Comm: dm/ C aééages
often, for it contains threepf the fodds .

they need—milk, tapioca and raisins.
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The afternoon program was presid— rice, or escalloped potatoes made with
ed over by Mrs. Leon Dennison, of cheese, bacon, ham, or pork chops.
South Gaines. Instrumental music'was A tamale pie offers a pleasant sur-

--furnished by Mr. and , Mrs. Simon prise for the children. It may be made
Clemens and .Mrs.’Brown. Miss Opal by lining a casserole with cornmeal
W’addell and Miss Hazel Allen gave mush, filling it with Hungarian gou-
readings. Mrs. Frost and Mrs. J. B. lash mixture, covering it with another
Carpenter sang solos. Miss Sorenson layer of, mush, and baking it in a mod-
gave two very good talks. R. J. Bald- erate oven. _ --
Mrs. Louise H. Campbell, State Leader Buttered . rolls or bread and butter
of Home Economics Extension Work, sandwiches are the most conveniently
gave uwoyery good talks. R. J. Bald- carried, and they may be prepared
director of extension work, gave a talk before the journey by the younger
touching on this phase of extension members of the family while the moth-
work. , er is preparing the 'main casserole

Miss Sorenson’s report showed that dish.

101 meetings were held by the local
leaders with a total attendance of
1,145; 364 families were reached, 225
dress forms made, and 248 dresses
made, in addition to the work with
patterns, sewing machine attachment,
better equipment used, and many short
cuts in sewing. as any prepared dessert. For a real

No piece of extension work has tak- treat, nothing can beat apple turnov-
en quite so well with Kent county ers With cheese:
folks as has the sewing work. Four— Lemonade or other fruit-ade is the
teen communities started in the fall. best picnic drink for children, and it
Thirteen finished. There has been an may be carried in a thermos bottle or
insistent demand that the work be in its own container.
carried on the coming season. Some
time during the next two months the
local leaders will be called in for meet-
ing and plans made for carrying the
work on another year. At that time
some kind of a women’s organization
in the county will be set up to foster
this kind of work—K. K. V.

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GOLDEN CARROT BALLS. V

Choose Tempting Dessert.

A cold dessert is very appropriate
to carry on a picnic of this sort. Chil-
dren are fond of fruit gelatine pud-
dings which have plenty of uncooked
fruit and nuts in them. Fresh fruit is
easy to carry and is just as healthful

 

 

Household Service

TO RENEW JAR RUBBERS.

 

 

 

IF the life and elasticity seems to
have gone from your last year’s
canning rings, try this remedy.
Boil them for three minutes in a
_ solution of one pint of water to which
S CRAP? “(1.13011 several large can has been added one teaspoonful of
rots Ill belllng salted water until soda
tender. Rub through a sieve or potato You will be amazed at the number
press and measure. For each cup 0f of old rubbers ou will be able to use
carrots, put into a sauce pan over the for thi - '
s sea'o c .— . . .
fire, add one—half tablespoon of flour 5 ns annlng Mrs C T
and one-half cup of milk stir until R ‘
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thick and smooth; season to taste S OR RHUBARB~

“'ij Sf“? and pepper, a few drops 0f . Please tell me how to make rhubarb
0111011 311109, and one teaspoon of ChOD- marmalade and what fruits to combine
ped parsley, cook two minutes longer With 1L~MTS- G- L-

and set away until cool and firm. Form Rhubarb, like apple, 1'5 an excellent
into ball-s, dip each into slightly beat- foundation for other fruits, the bulk
en egg, roll in sifted bread crumbs and being increased without destroying the
fry until a golden brown in smoking fruit flavor. Usually one pound 'of
hot fat. Serve immediately. White sugar is used for one pound of rhu-
sauce may be poured over if desired.—— barb. If another fruit is DOt added,
Mrs. O. E. H. the rhubarb needs lemon. Add from
H one to five sliced, to four pounds of
SUMMER DAYS SUGGEST DINNER rhubarb, cooking the sliced lemon ten-
. OUT-OF-DOORS. der, (twenty to thirty minutes), in a
little water before adding to rhubarb.
VERYBODY has enough of the One—quarter cup of cut preserved or
primitive about him to want to candied ginger, or one or two pieces of
break away from his “civilized cave” ginger root, peeled and minced, may
at this time of the year and to spend be added.
a day touring the open country and. In adding other fruit, use up to half
woodland with some scenic spot for a rhubarb. Strawberries alone, 01‘ in
destination. The farmer and his fam- combination With shredded pineapple,
ily should by no means neglect these are delicious. Orange is very good,
picnics, especially when the scenic the grated rind 0f the oranges being
spot is so easily available. added, and if liked a little mace and
One~meal dishes are considered the clove (about half a “33390011 each to
most practical if the family prefers to two pounds 0f pulp). A good combina-
have a hot dish for the picnic rather tion is tWO pounds 0f rhubarb, one
than the ordinary “sandwich-pickle” grapefruit, two tablespoons 0f grated
type of meal. If the food is baked in orange rind, half CUP 0f orange juice,
a casserole, wrapped in oiled paper two teaspoons 0f grated lemon rind,

 

 

 

'and heavy brown paper, and carried in and three tableSDOODSHOf lemon juice.

a basket in the back part of the car, Gooseberry is good. To four pounds
it will keep sufficiently hot for the din— of each add three tablespoons lemon
ner. A hot-cold jar is especially good juice and half 011D 0f orange juice.
for keeping the food warm and is a .
wise investment if the trips are taken Buy a large tooth-brush at the ten-
frequently. ' . \cent counter and use to clean the cel-
Savory and appetizing dishes for a 8133’- This beats any kind of brush I
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DAMMING THE BOWELS.

 

AMN‘!’ I thought I heard the doc-

tor say. I listened closely for
. he was figt a profane man.”
“151111111 the bowels!" I distinctly heard.

This was worse than ever, .

. “Him the bowels and you have. dis-
ease!” My blushes ceased for now he
used language that I understood and
endorsed. “Sluggish. dammed-up bow-
els are a freduent. source of slow pois-
oning that makes trouble with the art-
eries, trouble. with. the heart, trouble
with kidneys, and, of course, trouble
with blood pressure."

The doct’br was right beyond dis-
pute. We do‘ not believe very. much in
the old bogey of. auto-intoxication but
we know surely that an ever sluggish
It pay be caus-
ed by absorption of certain poisons
that should be exoreted, 'it may be
from bacterial invasion of the blood
stream; whatever the cause the dam-
age is undeniable.

The cure does not come by repeat-
edly taking laxative and cathartic med-
icines. A brisk cathartic may serve
well as “the opening gun,” but fre—
quent repetition merely encourages
constipation.

Twentieth century fashions in table
customs gave a vigorous boost to
health in popularizing the salad. ‘A
fruit or vegetable salad, in good quan-
tity, once daily, will go far in assisting
the bowels to regular action and pre-
venting the disastrous damming. Un-

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» mend to all constipated human beings

fortunately the salad, may be served in
too scanty portions to be of value. A
good serving of heads lettuce with any
nice salad oil is a splendid medicine
for the bowels. .

At this season of the year I com-

the well-known “apple fast.” Try it
for'two days. Omit all protein foods.
Stay your stomach with apples, helped
out by appropriate cereals and milk.
Your overworked excreting organs will
have a rest from the heavy, protein
foods with which they have been clog-
ged. You will feel so uplifted that you
will be inclined to have an “apple day”

every week. You will "keep the doc:

tor away” so completely that he may
become profane in another direction.

PETS AND CHILDREN.

 

If a person keeps a cat or .dog and
there are small children in the family
is there any danger that the animals
will suck the breath of children and
perhaps kill them?—X. Y. Z.

I think there is no danger whatever.
However, there are certain things that
need care in such a case. It is quite
possible for a big cat to curl itself up
on the face of a young child and cause
death by suffocation. I have personal
knowledge of such an occurrence.
Furthermbre, domestic pets may carry
infectious disease to young children,
and this is probably the greatest dan—
ger of all. I do not say that no pets

should be allowed, but certainly they
need watching.

 

 

 

 

Doings In

T he _W nod/am! W andererx Meet Peter Party

HE three Woodland Wanderers

were in a strange land, now. On

every side they saw something

new and interesting. Even the people

who lived here were strange. Bruin,

Rolly Rabbit, and Brownie had .never

seen them before. But they believed

everyone to be their friend' and were

anxious to make friends with every
stranger they met.

But that was where they made a

mistake. It was true that most of the

animal folks who lived in this strange

 

The Little Bear Stared at Peter.

land were friendly folks, but not all
of them. These animal folks were
much like real people are, some are
to be trusted but others are not to be
trusted.

As Bruin and Rally Rabbit saunter-
ed along, and Brownie trotted ahead.

he saw something move in the grass,

and. of course, like all little bears,
was anxious to see what it was.
“Who are you?” asked the Little
Brown Bear when he was near the
stranger.
The little stranger trembled with
fear, for even though Brownie was a

9

Woodland

little bear he was ever so much bigger
than Peter Porky, so big that he tow-
ered above him like a giant, or at
least it seemed like that to Peter.

“I am Sir Peter Porky,” answered
the stranger in a voice that he tried
to make as deep and gruff as Brown-
ie’s had sounded to him.

Nevertheless, Peter’s little heart
went pitty pat. Brownie stared at
this little stranger. \Vhat a funny
little fellow he was! When he bristled
up, he looked- like his back was a
needle cushion filled full of needles.

Since the Little Brown Bear stared
so at Peter, he was more afraid than
ever. But the Little Brown Bear didn't
mean to frighten Peter Porky at all.
Of course, it was very rude of Brownie
to start at the stranger, but to Brown-
ie he was the most unusual creature
he had ever seen.

“come here, quick!” called Brownie
to Bruin and Rolly Rabbit, who had
been sauntering along behind.

As they came running up, Peter
Porky was more frightened than ever.
Bruin was so big he thought he must
be a really and truly giant.

Right then Peter Porky decided it
was time he did something. These
stranger people were coming too near
to him. He bristled up his back even
stiffer than before. Then, swish!
Away went the prickly needles from
Porky’s back in every direction.

"‘Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" yelled the
three Woodland Wanderers as they
scampered away. When safely hidden
behind the bushes they stopped to pull
out the needles, and between them-
selves decided to be more carful the
next.time they made friends with a
stranger. ‘

low cost.

 

F or the Rough Side Roads
05s The Highways '

Balloon“ Tires are an even greater necessity for the
_ rough country side roads off the main highways.

Gum- Dipped Balloons-«way strand of every cord
saturated with rubber—give farmers greater service
because this added process provides extra strength
to these wonderful tires.
bumps are smoothed out.

Enjoy the greater safety, economy and comfort of
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Firestone Dealer will equip your, car quickly and at

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PULLETS PULLETS PULLETS

10,000 Pullets for immediate delivery, 6 weeks old, 70 cents; 8 and 9
weeks old, 85 cents; 12 weeks old at $1.00 each.
very best English W. Leghorns.

KNOLL’S HATCHERY, R. 12, Holland, Mich.

Nothing but the

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SEND NO MONEY

lor

Silver Lake chicks

Just mail your order, we ship C.
O. D. and guarantee prepaid
100% live delivery of sturdy
pure— —bred chicks from healthy
bred- to- lay flocks.

White Leghorns ........... 8c
Br. and Buff Leghorns, An-
conas ..................... 90
Bd. Rocks, S. C. Reds, Wh.
and Buff Rocks .......... 9c
Buff Orps., VVh. VVya11d., Blk.
Minorcas ................. 11c
Mixed ....................... 70

Lots of less than 100 chicks,lc more

SILVER LAKE HATCHERY,

Box M, SILVER LAKE, IND.

 

 

 

High
Producers

PULLETS

Blue and Gold White Leghorns.‘ su-

parlor 111:1: Quality
. White Leghorm; Burn-Ii [Km-ks; it. i.
at Speual “His; s. 1.. WI'zImlnItI-s; Biz-1111 Mim
nuns and Amona IIIIll1ts. Spa-la]
. prices for dIIiIery this month.
Pnces Stale Farms Association,

Kalamazoo, Mic.

 

Ferris White Leghorn Pullets 3:3; :3:
hull1 tin and {Ira catalog

Thousands of hen]
uni males It }( price

Winners for2.1 years.
()fiicinl Contest records. Satisfnction guaranteed.
Write today for mice. GEO B. FERRIS.
634 Shirley St. .. Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

/‘ Mid- Summer Sale on Pure- bred Stock

(‘hicks 81 up; pullers 1:.-n up:
up. BISt paying
. /fcrmati0n free.

Fairview Hatcher. R. 2. Zeeland. Mich.‘

yearling hens
leading varieties. In—

 

 

 

 

 

QUA LITY
CHICKS

Get your chicks from a hatchery and poultry farm
where quality counts rather than quantity.
For July 8 and 16 delivery.

S. C. W. Leghorn Barron Strain .......... 813 each
Brown Leghorns ........................... 81: each
Rhode Island Red ......................... 11c each
Barred ROI-k ............................... 110 each

in Lots below 100, add 35c for postage.
Pallets, 8 weeks. 750 each. Order from this

311011 CENTER POULTRY IAIIii

Byron Center, Mich.

 

 

 

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that Pays

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Classified Ad. to sell
your surplus poultry, or

to get that ‘extra help.

They bring results with little

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males of 250 to 280 $2.

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horns.
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Extra Sole -ted

Ant-ones sired by 200 to 250 cm;

males
S. ‘
Selected Parks Brcd- to— lay Barred Berks.
Broiler, mixed (hl(ks

Choice 8 to 10»weeks- old Tom Bar
delivery. 12 pullets. $13; 25 pullets
and corks or (ecskerel

24;

on e from this ad. Cash with order or send C. O. D.
Order at c We also have pullets ready for immediate shipment.

maranteed. prepaid to your door.
our prices.

Mottled Am on as.

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SILVER WARD HATCHERY,

 

PIIIIIES SMASHED

Our saving through unusually good hatches has enabled, “
us to cut prices again on our exceptionally high Grade

Ordcr now—save money.
Selected Barron

sired
1000
$ 90

50 500
$5. 25 $1100 00 $45. 00

25

Iloaxy Laying

4.75l‘9.oo 42.50 so

Sh( npard Mottled
11. 00

13 00
7 00

52.50

02. 50
35. 00

0 5.75

Standard
................... 3.75 7. 00
3.50
Get our prime on yearling hem

if desired. 100%

50. $40; 100, $00.
live delivery

BOX ZEELAND. MICHIGAN.

 

  
  

Heavy Winter Laying Stock Produced by
Michigan’s Old Reliable Hatchery

Pure-bred Barron English whille Leghorns
Pure—bred Shepards, Anconas
Pure-bred Barred Rocks ..........................
I’urtrbred R. I.

By Insured Panel Post prepaid to your door.

der at once from this ad. and got this low price.

Holland Hatchery & Poultry Farm,

Reds ........................

100%
years' experience. giving absolute satisfaction to thousands.

Special Closing Out Bargain Sale

Assorted lots of broiler chit-ks at $7.00 per 100 for immediate delivery. Quality of stock guaranteed. 0r-
Valuablo Illustrated Catalog free.

500 100 50
...... ........... $40 8 9 $4.75
. ............... 45 10 5.25
.............. 50 11 5 75
................ 50 11 5.75
live delivery guaranteed. 17

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Prices effective June 1.

A Ilatrh Ivory Monday
chicks at these prices Order right from this ad. R(f..
name first setond and third choiu
Spud for Catalog. LANTZ HATCH ERY

Early
Maturing

Postpaid DI‘l(€S on
Select B. l’. Rocks & R.
Extra Sole-t B. I’. Rocks & 11.]. Reds
Rodd; & III I.

S .................

Foreman Strain B. 1’. Beds ........
W. I’. Roars. W. W. .............................
Utility and Eng. Barron S C. W. Loghorns ........
Tanned American S. (‘. W. Leghorns .............

Mixed (All Ilemies)
Order right from this ad

CHICKS w. LEGHORN BARRED ROCK
BLACK MINORCA- ANCONA

Official International Egg Contest
Records up to 254 £993.

6c and Up for June

Before ordering your 1025 chicks send
for em (‘ATA LOG. Our LOW PRICES
will astonish y.ou
Our 20 years experience assures your
satisfaction.
nt b PARCEL POST PREPAID.
$8017., yLive Delivery Guaranteed.

PINE BAY POULTRY FARM, Holland, Michigan.

..............................

for prompt attention.

 

Established
in I904

 

Will Hake

ERBIS WHITE LEGHORNS 3,, mm,

H I \ I F r Y
5;: get bent odicial“ net I)prol'it at ship- it
MW Golly worid' s largest Lethom 7“
Farm Emcblc Apulleu. heumaln C.O.D .atbamin prices. ca“ git—‘3

GEO B. FERRIS. 08‘ Umou. GRAND Ramos MICH. “p9
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Early Summer and Harvest Hatched Chicks

100% Live Delivery Guaranu‘pd. lPoztpaid grime; 25 50 100 500 1000
White. Brown, Bufi‘ and Blmk leg arm at

Mlnorcas ........................................ $2. 50 $5. 00 3 9. 00 $40 $80
Barred & Wh. llmks S. (‘. Jr R. C. Reds Wh.

Wyandottos, Bull Owingtons, S. C. llamburgs.... 3.00 5.50 10.00 48 95

until Aug.

in case of shortage on one variety we can then

BABY GHIGK

All our breeding stock has been blood tested for BacillIu‘y White Diarrhea.

 

good money on these
us fill orders promptly
fill on another choice.

Established I906.

Ist. You will make
City National Bank. To help

OX- J, TIFFIN, OHIO.

From Pure-Bred
Blood Tested Stock

100% live delivery.
60 100 500 1000
..................... $6.00 311 $50 $100
..................... 7.00 13 60 120
..................... 8.00 15 70 140
..................... 7.50 14 . . . . .
..................... 6.00 9 45 90
..................... 0.50 12 55 110
..................... .50 )0 45

Barred lloclts & Reds

Illuckslrom blood lasted pure sland-
ard bred Choice selected flocks.

l’rit cs 50 100 500 1000
Foreman Strain B. I’. Rooks..$0.00 $11 $55 $108
Choice select B. l’. Rooks... 5.50 10 50 100
(‘hoice It. I. Rods ............ 5.50 10 50 100
Mixed Heavy ..................... 45 no

8 to 10«woek—old bullets, $1.00 each.
100% live delivery guaranteed. Parcel post prepaid,
Order from this ad.

Krueper Poultry Farm 81. Hatchery
Milan, Mich.

Clllx C. 0. DJEL'Lngsrfiwr? 13‘? will;

Books. 510; Ass td 88 We hatch until Sept. Order

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I think I will also give my opinion
on smoking, for we unsmoked must
defend ourselves I do not believe in
smoking, because it ruins many a
man ’5 health and pocketbook. I know
of a man th0 says he Could not do
Without tobacco, for he smokes from
before breakfast: till bedtime. I think
it is very improper to smoke in so-
ciety with girls. Iiwill ring off for this
time —Albert Meekhof, Lucas, Mich

I do not think it necessary for non-
smokers to defend themselves because
they have nothing .to defend. The

Tobacco is a habit which- benefits no»

‘ bod-y.

Dear Uncle Frank:

My ambition is not very good, but I
play hired girl and hired boy both. My
father is alone and is in need of a.
man. I have to help my mother in
the forenoon and my father in the af-
ternoon. I have plowed fifteen acres

 

Frank Ward and Ralph Enjoying Hot
Weath _er.

of land this year. Some days I can
do more than others. Today I helped
my mother iron and this afternoon I
plowed.

I don’t like the boys that smoke.—
Margaret Feather, Dowagiac, Mich.

Your ambition is O. K., especially
as you make yourself useful. Divid-
ing your time between father and
mother is fair to both.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I received my fountain pen and am
taking this opportunity to thank you
for the same. It is a nice one.

Say, Uncle Frank, I have a scheme
to unfold Inasmuch as the M. C
Fund is growing rather slowly, why
not do away with the weekly contest
prizes until the coveted sum is reach-
ed. Or, at least modify them and use
the money thereby gained to. add to
the fund. I am sure that most of the
M. C.’ 8 do not win just for the prizes,
but for the sake of winning. 7

Therefore, we could sacrifice the
prizes for a short time perhaps, and
enlarge the Fund greatly.

What does everyone think of this ?—
Yours truly, Roscoe Bloss, M. C., Dun-
ningville, Mich.

I, too, would like to know what the
Merry Circlers -think of this plan.
Your opinions and suggestions will be

thankfully received.

Comment yous partes vous, Uncle
Frank and Cousins:

Well, I’m back again, but this time
have something important to ask you,
uncle.

I’m writing you in regard to the M.
C. age limit. After a. member is eight}
con and discontinues to be a. member,‘
must be send back his membership
card and pin? Can a member still
keep on writing to the Boys’ and’ Girls’
page?

Also another question: If a mem-
ber comes to Detroit can she or he
pay you a visit? I go to Detroit quite
often—in fact, I was there last ‘Sun-
day. If I had known your address and

 

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Some Merry Czrcle Menage: f -

Found In "

smokers need to work up a; defense.‘

- bacco inside.

 

had had enough courage I would have

_ been over for sure. 'If you don‘t allow ,
anybody to come and visit you I sup—

pose I'll have to keep my nose at
home. I’d juSt love to see that Mr.
W. P. B. I’d give him a piece of my
mind. Yes, siree.

Say, uncle, I saw your picture the
other day in the Michigan Farmer. I

.surely was surprised. e I’d call you—

oh, let's see—hansome! That’s it!
Ha! Ha! Ha Your age, I calculate,
is around thirty-eight. Your foot about
five foot six “Inches Brown hair and
brown eyes. Am I a. fair guesser?

Thank you for printing 11131 last letv
ter. I was disappointed, ough. I
knew you’d find a way to get out of
telling your name, etc. Maybe if you

told us your. name and we wouldn’t .

like it," we’d stop writing‘to you—then
you wouldn’t have so much bother.

Oh, yes, why couldn’t you let‘ us or—
ganize some branch clubs. Then we
could have entertainments, etc. More
money for the M. C. would come in,
too. Let’s hear from all the M. C.'s
about this, and you, too, uncle Of
course, you’ll find fault with this and
that and say “NO.”

It’s all your fault’ cause I wrote this
letter. With my last letter you print-
ed you said, “Come again, Bob.” Well,
fimchere. I’ll closel—Au revoir, Bob,

.Your membership card and button
are yours forever, but after eighteen,
.the members are supposed to retire
from active part. in the Circle. How-
ever, I like to hear from the beyond-
age members. Sure you can visit me,
but it will be hard to find me Sundays
because we usually 'go out in the coun-
try. Yes, you’re just a fair guesser
and you wouldn’t do at all as a judge
of~handsomeness, I guess you call it.
I’ll have to discuss branch clubs some
other time;

Dear Uncle and Cousins:

Well, George Conway, I want to tell
you that you’re kindly mistaken. I
write to six people and they’re all-
girls. How much did you bet, George?
Hand it over if you please. Now I’m
not saying that the other girls don’t
write to boys, or vice versa, as I know
my sister Betty does. Sh! Please
don’t tell her. She writes to four boys.
But, then, she writes to quite a. num-
ber, (I don't know how many) girls,
00.

must say that I do not agree with
Ga ret Klinge. I will admit that I do
use powder. But powder is not one-
sixth as bad as smoking. I most heart-
ily agree with Marcie Rowe, Nora Sev-
erance, and all the others who say
cigarettes are unhealthy. I used to sit
right in front of a boy who smoked
about a package of cigarettes a day.
His breath smelled terrible! He is a.
tough boy and I think cigarettes are
to blame for his toughness—Grace
Cramer, Comstock, Mich.
From what I can learn, more girls

write to girls than to boys, but what
is the difference as long as the cor-

respondence is sensible? I agree about
powder and tobacco. I’d rather have
powder on the outside of me than to-
'But I don’t use either.

Dear Uncle Frank:

Say, Uncle Frank, do you like rub-
ber bands in your eyes and on your
legs. Well, that's just what you would
get if you were in our school. The
boys shoot these on you. Today in
school I was hit by one—Elsie Brolin,

_ Manistique, Mich.

Yes, I know the rubber band stunt,
although rubber bands were not as
plentiful in my day as in yours. It’s
a. dangerous thing to do.

 

  
 
  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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zles. which won a prize in the,
cross. word puzzle making contest we
recently had It was made up by Bea-
trice M. Hanis, of Perkins, Mich

Just fill out the spaces in the out-
line below, using the two lists to help
you‘ find the correct words. You all
know how to work cress word puzzles,
so it will'not be necessary for me to
give further directions Please be sure

to put your name and address on the .
.lines below the diagram, and if you

are a. Mei‘ry Circler put M. C. after
your name. ’ ...
All the correct. puzzles will be mixed
together and the ten lucky ones pulled
out. The first two prizes will be foun-

 

Name .

Address

.............................

tain pens, the next three, dictionaries,
and the next five, pocket knives.
.Send your answers to Uncle Frank,
Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan
before July 17, for the contest closes
then

Horizontal.

1. Mother’s brother.

5 Boy’s name.

10. Emperor who burnt Roms
12. Used in driving a horse.
13. Climbing plant.

14. Bleat of a sheep.

16. Pay for professional services.
17. Town editor (abbr.)
18. Farm beast of burden.
19. Central America (abbr.)
20. Before.

22. Advertisements (abbr.)
23. Boy’s nickname.

24. Perform.
'26. Rural route.

27. American coin.

29. Bruin.

31. Adult male person.

32. Girl’s name.

34. Kitchen utensil.

36. Conjunction.

37. Lift.

39. Toward.

40. Tilling the soil.

41. Thus.

42. A southern state.

43. Northern state.

44. Like.

Vertical.

1. Brought together.

2. Not ever.

3. To weep.

4. Behold.

6. Railroad (abbr.)

7. American Expeditionary Force.
8. Brother’s daughter.

9. Presses in a mass.

11. Poets and singers.
‘14. Ladies’ fur tippet.

15. Beast of burden.

21. First garden.

23. A snare.

25. Upon.

26. Note of the scale.

27. A vehicle.

28. A kind of crown.

29. A hollow vessel.

30. To decay.

31. Angry crowds.

33. Not bright.

35. Part of Foot (pl).

37. Tattered fragment.

38. Finish.

 

GIRLS ONLY WINNERS.

BELIEVE that a lot of girls are

bashful about writing how they
would like to have boys act toward
them. At least, they did not respond
to this contest as they have to some
others. I want to say, though, that the
papers I did get were all leal sensible
ones. Several of these papers will be
printed in future issues.

The prize winners are as follows:

Fountain Pens.
Addie Bradshaw, Boyne Falls, Mich.

ERE is one o , the cross word puzy '

“ ' ~ Dictionaries.

Zelda. Preston, Chippewa Lake, Mich.
Joy Bradshaw, Boyne Falls, Mich.
Elva. McClinticé, aHgmer, Mich.

an
.Lura H. Lincoln, Harbor Beach,

Mich. *

Anne Lucille

Osten, Star Route,
Crystal. Falls, Mich.
'Ruth Rawson, R. 3, Manchester,

Mich.
Violet Kridner, Elsie, Mich.

Estell Hendricks, Potterville, Mich.

 

 

Poultry-

WATCH THE FOUNTAINS.

 

HEN the water fountains are dry

the chicks suffer. Then they are
trampled in the fight for water when
the supply is replenished.
tryman reports marking and watching
certain chicks around a fountain for
one hour. One chick came to drink
fourteen times in an hour. It proved
to him that frequent small drinks
seemed to be the requirement for the
growing chicks. When water is al-
ways present the chicks like to take
it frequently in small quantities. This
is probably much better -for growth
than a great thirst which can only be
quenched by long continued drinking
of cold water.

Fill the water fountains at sundown
and you are sure to have plenty of
water ready for the poultry at sunrise.
They are very thirsty in the morning
when emerging from a warm brooder
house. Growing mash takes a lot of
water to wash it dOWn. The chicks
can scarcely eat the growing mash un-
less the fountains are nearby and al-
ways filled. Keeping the water supply
in the same place is a help in keeping
the chicks comfortable. They are crea-
tures of habit and seem to thrive best
when they always know where to look
for feed and water.

The best fountains we have can be
opened up and scrubbed occasionally.
Keep a stiff brush near the well and
use it about every other day to rub
the .scum from the inside of the foun-
tains. The cleaner the drinking water
the less the chances of spreading dis-
case.

If the dry weather continues many
chicks will soon be in yards and on
ranges Where succulent green feed is
very scarce. Swiss Chard 011 rich
moist garden soil will often develop a
lot of leaves when field grasses are
drying up. The chard leaves are ap-
petizing green feed for the poultry.
Green feed helps to keep the digestive
system in good condition. I have no—
ticed that chicks seem to thrive the
best after a long warm rain has sprout-
ed a lot of fresh green feed. The old
dry grass becomes tough and unappe—
tizing and chicks do not like it.~—
R. G. G.

TH E EGG-LAYI NG CONTEST.

 

HE Leghorns are, now leading ;he
contest; the Royal Hatchery pen
having a production to date. of 1,682
eggs, while the West Neck Poultry
Farm have 1,677 eggs to their credit.
The St. Johns Poultry Farm Leg-
liorns come third with 1,607 eggs, and
J. P. Ga‘sson’s Leghorns fourth with
1,521 eggs. Next in line are the Barred
Rocks of the “Winter Egg” Poultry
Farm with 1,471 eggs. Then follow
Dr. L. E. Heasley’s Leghorns with

456 eggs.

Since hot weather has set in the
contest hens are being fed a moist
mash and a larger amount of green
feed. They are given three feeds of
green stuff a day which is keeping the
hens in good condition. The moist
mash in the summer seems to keep up
the consumption of mash. Grain ra-
tions are being reduced in order to
permit of a larger consumption of
mash.

 

One poul- '

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

BUILDING UP

 

Feed Ful-O-Pop
Chick Starter first
six weeks,for strong
bones and swift
growth

 

Feed FuI-O-Pep
Fine Chick Feed
from second to sixth
week

 

Feed Ful-O-Pep
Growin g M ash
from sixth week
through five months

 

Feed Ful-O-Pep
Coarse Chick Feed
lrom the sixth week
to the fifth month

 

Begin f ceding Ful-
O-Pep Egg Mach
at fifth month and
feed all year round

 

Feed Ful-O—Pep

Scratch G rains

from sixth monthon
- one quart per day

to each twelve birds -

      

Fur.-

the Big Producers

One of the finest investments you
can make in building up a heavy
laying flock, is Ful-O-Pep Grow-
ing Mash.

This remarkable feed contains all
the elements for swift growth, strong
bones, well-formed bodies and the
surplus of vigor required for big and
steady egg production.

When your chicks are six weeks
old switch from Chick Starter to
Ful—O-Pep Growing Mash and keep
them on this ration till five months
old—then put them on Ful-O-Pep
Egg Mash and watch the eggs roll
out and the profits roll in.

Read the Experience of this Successful
Poultry Raiser:

I have been raising poultry for six years and this spring
decided to give Ful-O-Pep Feeds :1 trial. I hatched out
2,000 chicks starting March Ist, and fed them all Fulso-
Pep Chick Starter. I lost less than 4%. This is the small-
est loss I ever had and I give Ful-O-Pep the credit. My
mortality has never been so low before.

I have about 250 pullets today and they are in fine shape,
forI keep them full of Ful-O-Pep Growing Mash. Some of
the earliest ones are laying already, but they will be kept
on Ful-O-Pep Growing Mash until they are five months old.

Am feeding Ful-O-Pep Egg Mash to my 200 odd old hens
and they are laying in great shape.

“The Ful-O-Pep Way makes Poultry Pay" is the motto
of every thrifty poultryman. -—/Vlartin Hanson

Some good dealer near you sells
the Ful-O—Pep line of feeds. See him.
Talk it over with him. He can sup-
ply your needs.

The Quaker Oats @mpany
Chica o, 111.
FREE—Ful—O—Pep Poiltry and Record. Book

Containing 52 pages of authoritative instructions on
poultry raising and all of the essential points contained in
our famous correspondence course. Send the coupon.

-PEP

GROWING MASH.

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TthuakerOatsCoq Dept. 75, RailwayExchangeBldg. Chicago,U. S.A.
Please send me. without obligation. complete new Ful- O- Pep Poultry

Book.
Name ....................................................................
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fat during fly-time.

Pleasant and healthful
flies and mosquitoes.

with a kick.
It’s

You Can’ t Milk a
F ly-Pesterecl Cow Dry

She retains the last—the richest.
. That’s why your milk always tests lower' 1n butter-

Dr. Hess Fly Chaser

——hos the odor of the pines

Remember, Dr. Hess Fly Chaser is thé fly chaser

the odor that does it.

It does not taint the milk, gum the hair nor blister.
It is most economical to use.
last the average farmer all summer.

Unconditionally guaranteed.

If Dr. Hess Fly Chaser doesnot prevent the mill: slump,
make your cows milkable in fly-time, save your horse-
flesh all summer long, it will not cost you one cent.

Dr. Hess & Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio

 
  

  
 

 
  
 

 
   
  
 

to folks, but repelling to

   
   
  
 

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The Truth About A Lye

For cleaning:
Dairy utensils
Poultry houses
Garages

Hog houses
Outside toilets

and
50 other uses

MANY, many people have made
their year’s supply of soap with
Lewis’ Lye year in and year out.
They save money when they use
LeWis’ Lye because they get the best
of results and always find it a mar-
velous soapmaker. Lewis’ Lye iscare-
fully tested during manufacture and
then packed in safety friction top
cans, in our own plant. This guaran-

tees you satisfaction. Try Lewis’ Lye; '
you’ll be pleased with the results. Send this ad for a copy of
our free booklet. Your neighborhood grocer who aims to
give service will be pleased to order Lewis’ Lye for you.

Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.

Dept. O

 

Philadelphia, Pa.

 

 

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Twelve Days before date of publication

 

FOR SALE- Reg. Cuemsey Bull Calf

Sire by lone Pine Ranger whose dam has an A. R.
record of 17, 644. 2 lbs. Milk. 936. 6 lbs. Fat. No Fo-
males for Sale. Write J. M. Williams. North
Adams: Gilmore Brothers. Camden, Mich.

 

young bull; ltchen's
GUERNSEY BARGAINS may Ma, Km,
bloods whose two nearest dams have over 450 lbs. B.‘
overal good foundation cows. Accredited herd.
GEII).S E. SPIES 81 SON. R. 1, Dover. Ohio.

 

Wallmwood Guernseys
Young bulls from A. R. cows for sale.
F. W. WALLIN. Jenison. Mich.

 

Reg. GuernseyA Cows, Bulls and
For Sale Bull Calves. A. R. Record May
Rose Breeding. JOHN E,BELS R. 2, Holland, Mich.

 

ready for service, from A. R.

GUERNSEY BULLS no... mo right a]... herd

Come and see. Glenn Clark, Eau Claire. Mich.

 

Holstein Cows and
Young Bulls

When buying a young bull. secure one bred for great-
er production and better type. We have them of
desirable conformation out of cows with very credit-
able records. Also a few young cows safe in calf
and with records up to 25 lbs. as Jr. 3-yr.-old.
Sand for extended pedigrees.

Lakefield Farm, ., Clarkston, Mich.

 

Great Production

During the month of May, 620 cows and
heifers in the Michigan State Herds pro-
duced 745,275 mg. of milk. an average
of 1202 lbs per cow.

You can increase your herd average by
using a herd sire bred by Michigan State
Herds-

Bull calves and service bulls from cows
with ofilcial records of milk and butter
production and sired by the great bulls
in service in Michigan State Herds at
reasonable prices.

Send for our printed list, with prices.

Bureau of

Animal Industry
Dept. C

Lansing, Michigan

Hereford Steers

56 Wt. Around 950 lbs. 60 Wt. Around 850 lbs.
(36 Wt. Around 740 lbs. 80 Wt. Around 650 lbs.
142 Wt~ Around “00 lbs. 47 Wt~ Around 550 lbs.
52 Wt. Around 500 lbs. 58 Wt Around 450 lbs.
Also many other bunches. Deep reds. dobomed. good
stacker order. Real “(11111.33 Hafiordfl are “filial”

r when ms so your c oce
market tonnes VAN B. BALDWIN. Eldon, Wa-

 

 

 

 

rrom any bunch.

nello 60., Iowa.

Reg. Holstein Bulls.
For Sale Cows. Herd Fed
'3 yrs. C. T. A. Records finished
uals. Reg. Oxford sheep. show stock.
WARD. R. D. 3, Elsie. Mich.

, 1d.
HOLSIEII or GUEBISEY 3%”a2flvfi‘néawifirk’dpl
111.9111 Edoewood Dairy Farm. Wh I'Mstur. Wis.

R. 0. WOOD-

 

: breeds most numerous arid popular in
ithe state are the Shropshire, Ramp-

 

shire and Oxford of the down Or mut-

All of these breeds and their high

conditions. Where one is selling his
lambs off, from grass during the surn-

‘ mar 01' early fall the medium wool or
. mutton bree’ds are preferable.

Where
ewes are being bred to lamb late in
the spring and the lambs .fed the fol-
lowing winter the fine wool breeds are
no doubt preferable. In large flocks
the fine wool breeds also prove their
superiority. '

If abundance of winter feed and
warm quarters are available, it is
sometimes desirable to breed ewes to
lamb during the late fall and early
winter and sell the lambs as springers
in March and April. Rambouillet, De-
laine or'i-Iampshire ewes are excellent
for this purpose but, in any case, a
compact, thick-set sire of one of the
early maturing mutton breeds should
be used.

In starting a flock it is preferable
to purchase healthy, young, sound
ewes of good breeding [and individual-
ity. Since a breeding ewe is past her
period of usefulness at from five to
eight years of age, '(fine‘ wool ewes
last somewhat longer than medium
wool ewes), age is an important fastor
and can be determined from the teeth.
The lamb has eight milk teeth, these
are narrow at the base with wider
crowns. At about fifteen months 'of
age, the central pair of milk teeth are
«replaced by permanent teeth which
are much larger, closer together and
of equal Width from base to crown. At
about two years of age, the second
pair, or one on each side of the cen<

. tral pair of permanent teeth appear.

The third pair of permanent teeth ap—
pear when the sheep is from two and
one—half to three years of age, and the
fourth pair, or two corner teeth, at
from three and one-half to four years
of age, when the sheep has a. full
mouth, the teeth being close together
and at nearly a right angle to the jaw.
After this time the age of the sheep
is quite largely a matter of guess-work
although with advancing age the teeth
spread apart and set forward at a.
greater angle to the jaw.

In starting a. flock which is to be
retained, ewes from one to four years
of age shéuld be purchased. Where a
farmer desires a ,flock for only one
reason, to consume his roughages and
utilize a temporary pasture, full-mouzh-
ed western ewes can often be purchas-
ed on the markets at very reasonable
prices. These ewes Will produce one

, or two crops of lambs and should be

fattened and sold along with their
lambs.

Watch the Parasites.

Health is an important matter with
the ‘farm flock, especially as regards
freedom from parasites. Stomach
worms and tapeworms have caused
more farmers to abandon the sheep
business than all other causes com-
bined.

The presence of worms in a flock is
indicated by the lambs becoming dull
and listless, the wool dry and harsh;
the skin, which should be a bright
pink, becomes pale, and the eyelids
when turned back shows the mem-
branes to be clear, instead of a net-
work of blood vessels. In the last
stages, a dropsical swelling appears
under the jaw. When worms are pres-
ent, the lambs should be drenched
with some vermifuge and changed to
fresh pasture. Copper sulphate, com-
monly known as blue vitrol, is an ex-'
cellent remedy, but one that must be
used with extreme care, owing to its
poisonous nature.

Sheep to be treated should be kept
off feed and water for eighteen hours

 

ton breeds; and the Rambouillet and
, Delaine' Merino of the fine wool breeds?

grades are well adapted to Michigan

for a mature sheep, four ounces. Any

of the solution left over should be de-

strayed, as it is not safe to use unless

fresh. A solution can best be obtainin- -
ed by suspending the ounce pf copper ‘ ‘
sulphate in a. cloth and lowering it in '

the Water only far enough to sub-
merge the copper sulphate. In meas-
uring cut the doses, the size and
strength or the lambs should regulate
the amount rather than the age. A
weak lamb, somewhat small"for.,its
age,shou1d not receive as large a dose”
as indicated above. We follow‘the
plan of drenching our own 'flock twice
(fall and spring) during the winter
season and" then starting in early in
June, we drench_ the entire flock of
ewes and lambs every four to five
weeks, until the middle of Oétober.

~ Where tapeworms are suspected to,
be present in addition to the stomach
worms, it is well to use tobacco along
with, the copper sulphate, using one
per ‘cent dried snufl’. The snuff should
be allowed to soak over night in a
quart and a half of hot water and the
solution strained in the morning. Then
the ounce of copper sulphate dissolved
in a quart and a half of water, and the.
two combined and the liquid made up
to three quarts. This gives one ounce
of copper sulphate and one ounce of
_tobacco in three quarts of solution, or
a one per cent solution of both to—
bacco and copper sulphate. The dos-
age is the same as for the copper sul-
phate alone

It would be best for one who has
never drenched a sheep to have his
local veterinarian administer the first
treatment and familiarize him with the
method.

A healthy flock taken onto a clean
farm would not need the above treat-
ment, although the sheep should be
examined frequently and the treat-
ment given immediately if the symp-
toms appear. Ticks and lice when
present cause considerable irritation.
The sheep will rub or pull their wool
and more feed is required to winter
the flock. A dipping tank should
therefore be a part of the equipment
and the flock dipped annually where
these parasites are present.

(Another article from Prof. Brown
dealing with care, quarters, feeds, etc”
will appear in an early issue. ——Eds )

DAIRY NOTES AND NOTINGS.

 

It does the bull no good to lie around
without exercise. Lacking other means
it is piofitable to lead him out every
day for a walk. But, this should be
done with a good ring and stout staff.
It should be remembered, too, that the
end of the staff ought not to be borne
to the ground by the head of the bull
pressing downward. That gives him
a chance to break it, and then there
may be trouble.

 

The best cow has her home on the
farm of the best Owner.

 

One milk pail, made of good heavy
tin, will outlast three or four of thin,
poor material.

 

No matter how good a strainer we
have, we cannot get particles of filth
out of milk once they get in. The
only way to get them out is to keep
them out by clean milking

 

One of the dirtiest tricks any milker
can have is that of wetting the hands
with milk to make the job a. little eas-
ier. No such milking should be toler-
ated on a first class dairy farm.

 

We take all possible pains to wash
clean our pails, pans and cans, but
sunshine can make them still purer
and sweeter. They should be turned
up in the open air every day to let
Ellie sun’s rays find their way into

em.

 

A good thermometer can guess bet-
ter as to the temperature of milk and
cream than any man or woman can by
sticking his finger into it. And it’s
lots cleaner, too.

ounces; for a yearling, three 6unces; '

 
   

  

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IVHAVE noted with interest your. re-
cent article in the Michigan Farm-
er treating (it the necessity for a prop-
‘er supply "of salt for the farm stock,
and the thought came to me to send
you a sketch and description of a. salt

3

 

box which I made and attached to the
side of the barn in the barnyard some
forty years ago, and from which the
stock take salt when they desire.
Dimensions are: Height and width,
fifteen inches; depth, twelve inches.
The top extends two inches over each
end and the front to prevent rain and
snow from reaching the salt. The door
on the front is of proper dimensions

to permit its being pushed within the .

box by the animal seeking salt. It is
hung on leather hinges as indicated
in the illustrations—J. T. Daniells.

 

ALFALFA RESISTS DROUTH.

. LFALFA is proving a lifesaver
this dry year on live stock farms.
Fortunate indeed, is the man who has
a. field of it well established on his
farm. A new seeding of alfalfa on
our farm has cut, this dryest of years,
a good ton per acre the first cutting.
Another ten-acre field' of two years’
standing has furnished forage for fifty
head of sows and pigs since the first
green bite was available and we are
harvesting the first cutting approxi—
mately seven tons of the choicest hay.
In comparison we also have upwards
of twenty acres of mixed new seeding
that in an ordinary season we would
expect to out not less than two tons
per acre from. The soil on which it
grows is rich and the stand thick and
even, yet because of the extreme
drouth it will do well if it yields one-
han ton per acre. Our hay mows
would indeed be scantily filled, and
would surely be bare long before

   

 
 

supply of .
live stock through the «long winter and
thus save the day, regardless of dry
weather.—Pope." ‘ '

DAIRY PRODUCTION INCREASES.

than in any previous year, ac-
cording to reports made public by the
department of agriculture. The cream-
ery butter production was 1,356,080.—
000 pounds, an increase of 103,876,000

 

ORE dairy products were produc-

~ pounds over,1923. The per capita con-

sumption was also increased. In 1923
it was seventeen pounds, and in 1924
it was seventeen and a quarter pounds.
Notwithstanding this large increase in
production there was a net import of
11,148,194 ounds. This caused a large
quantity 0 butter to be placed in stor—
age during the summer months, the
holdings amounting “to 156,440,000
pounds on September 1, but all was
removed by May 1, this year.

The production of cheese increased
to the extent of 19,243 pounds over
1923, the total producing being 413,-
940,000 pounds. The per capita con-
sumption of cheese moved up from 3.9
pounds to 4.2 pounds.

The production of condensed and
evaporated milk during the year was
effected by the heavy stocks at the be-
ginning of the year. This industry,
however, was able to control its output
and hold it low enough to prevent ex-
cessive holdings at the beginning of
the present year. The production of
condensed and evaporated milk in 1924
amounted to 1,700,548,000 pound-s,
which was a decrease during the year
of 74,333,000 pounds. There were 206,-
013,758 pounds exported and 6,431,000
pounds imported. The per capita con—
sumption of condensed and evaporated
milk for the year 1924 was fourteen
pounds, as against thirteen and one-
l'ourth pounds in 1923. "

The production of skim-milk powder

showed an increase of 6,968,000
pounds, the total being 69,219,00
pounds. Condensed buttermilk in-

creased 12,004,000 pounds, and butter-
milk powder production increased 5,-
026,000 pounds.

The estimated consumption of milk
and cream in households for the year
was 52,777,000,000 pounds, compared
with 50,440,000,000 pounds in 1923,
making a per capita consumption of
54.75 gallons.

The department specialists figure
that this vast increase cannot be

'charged to the weather as there was

an increase in the number of milk
cows on farms. In 1924 the estimated
number of milk cows was 24,786,000
while the January 1, 1925, estimate
was 25,319,000 head..

There has been a re rkable recov-
ery in the Russian dairy industry, re-
ports t'o the bureau of agricultural
economics show. Before the world
war Russia was a large exporter of but—
ter. Exports of butter were resumed
in 1923 with shipments to Great Brit-
ain of about 1,000,000 pounds. In 1924,
the exports of butter from Russia
were greatly increased.

 

food in the pastures for his cows,
parent at the present time.

very marked.

terial growth.
who sells milk and cream.

butter-making it is accepted.

although he may not realize it.
water, if practical.

the warm weather particularly.
cle of high quality always pays.

 

Dairy Hintsfor Hot Wedtfier
By 0. E. Reed, M. S. C.

THE hot weather and lack of rainfall thus far in the season are

beginning to cut into the profits of the dairymen and this cut
will continue if the dairyman does not use all the resources he has
to’overcome the handicaps he is working under.
man or cow man can produce a lot of milk where there is plenty of

keep the flow of milk up under such adverse conditions as are ap-
Hot weather always causes a decline
in milk flow but when it is acompanied by a drouth the decline is

Every effort should be made to keep up the milk flow even if
the cows barely pay for the feed they consume. Dairy cows should
have extra feed on the short pasture.
will not be as profitable when the grass does come back or when
barn feeding becomes necessary. .

Hot weather also affects the quality of the dairy products.
causes the milk to sour because conditions are favorable for bac-
There are many losses sustained by the dairyman
\Vhere milk is sold for direct consump
tion it is returned to the farmer if it is sour, but when sold for
The acid condition of the cream
does not unfit the cream for buttermaking, but when the bacteria
which causes milk and cream to sour grow so rapidly the same
conditions cause other types to grow. These types produce unde-
sirable odors and flavors and the quality of butter deteriorates.

The producer is the one who really stands the loss on quality
Milk and cream should be cooled
to the lowest temperature possible with cold well water or ice .

Cream should be delivered to the manufacturer often during
Care taken in producing an arti-

Most any dairy-

but it takes a real dairyman to

If they don’t get it they

It

 

 

  
 
 

  

the-richest hay to use the

ed in the United States in 1924-

  

    

  

 
       

       

nomical of all milkcrs.

a De Laval—but. you can’t

operator;

it pays for itself.

New York

 

De. Laval +‘ Milker
Outfits Now Sold for

175...

and up ~ depending
on the number of
cows to be milked

The Most Eoohomical As Well
As the Best of AllMilkers

After nine years, and with more than 25,000 in use, it is an established
fact that the De Laval Milkcr is not only the best but. also the most eco-
This is especially true in view of the recent;

rice reduction and the addition of the De Laval Junior Milker Outfit,
or milking small hcrds, to the line of De Laval Milkcrs.

W hcther you have 5 or 500 cows there is a De Laval Milkcr Outfit
exactly suited for your needs, which will pay for itself in saving time
and labor and increasing the quantity and quality of milk, and by
making dairying more pleasant and profitable.

It is possible to get. mechanical milkcrs for less than the first cost, of
ossibly get the same results. ‘
time that De Laval Milkers lave been on the market and with the large
number in use, the following facts have. been established:

——we have never known of one to injure a cow;

-—the action of the De Laval is so pleasing and stimulating that cows

almost invariably produce more milk;

-—-thc De Laval is practically fool—proof and does not require a skilled

-—it not only milks better but faster, thus saving more time;

——it. is easy to wash and keep in a sanitary condition.

Therefore, the De Laval is by far the cheapest in the end. In addi-
tion, it. is sold on such easy terms that you can have the use of it while

The De Laval Separator Company

165 Broadway 600 Jackson Blvd.
Chicago

 

 
 

During the

 
   
 

 
   
     

61 Beale St.
San Francisco

 

 

Flies hate it!

Drive off the flies before they
drive off your profits. Fewer flies
mean a larger milk yield—better
work from horses—more comfort
for yourself.

One gallon of Cow—Ease sprays
about 200 cows. Twice a day at milk-
ing time in fly season keeps the flies
away. Cattle ticks, grubs, and hen
lice and mites hate it, tool Will not
blister or gum. Try it! A sixty—cent
Cow-Ease Sprayer does the -triék.

_ If your dealer cannot supply you, send
his name and address and $1.50 ($1.75 west
of Missouri River) to Carpenter-Morton
Co., Boston, Mass, and we will deliver,
prepaid, a gallon can of Cow-Ease.
Cow-Ease Sprayer 60c extra. Give both
postal and express address, as we ship the
, cheapest and quickest way. We guarantee
entire satisfaction.

 

  
  

 

 

FOR SALE

Times excellent young cows. also a. few bull calves.
from Register of Merit cows. Prices reasonable.
COLDWATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.

 

 

Flying Fox Jerseys
Young bulls and heifers. 2 months to 2 years.
cows producing 50 to 74 lbs. buttcrfat per month.
Sired by Champion Pretty Fox, Grandson of Oxford's
Daisy Flying Fox No. 83284 and Foxhall’s Caroba
No. 230085. L. RUHSTORFER &. SONS. Kaw-
kawlin, Mich.

from

 

Bulls ready
also a few
Accredited herd.
Howell, Mich.

BUTTE R BR E D JEESE‘QASEJL“

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.
Silver Oreke‘ Allegan County, Michigan

service.
females. All
Smith Jr.

for

Jerseys For Sale
from ll. of M. dams.
Parker, R. D. No. 4.

 

 

M. Cows. (‘hance to
Some fresh, others brC‘d
Lillie, (Jooprrsville. Mich.

Cows, 4 Mills from R. of
select. from herd of 70.

for fall freshoning. (‘olon (J.

 

\. Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.
chOFtlIOI'nS cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.
CTOCK FARM. Box 0, Tecumseh. Mich.

Gotfredson Farms
Shorthorns

licrd headed by Maxwalton Mack, a good son of the
celebrated Rodney. Good 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.
Cotiredson Farms, Ypsnlantl, Mich.

Francisco Farm Shorthorns

(inc beautiful red bull, 10 mo. old. from heavy milks
ing dam. Also one roan yearling heifer, safe in.
calf. not akin to above bull. P. P. POPE, Mt.
Pleasant. Mich.

WILDWOOD FARM

FOR SALE—Six splendid young cows and two heif-
ers. Also two bull valves. 8 mos. old. All of best;
milking ancestry. Beland &. Beland, Tecumseh, Mich.

 

 

red and roan. right in
Shorthorn Bulls pedigree. individuality
and price. w. E. MORRISH. R. 5. Flint. Mich.

 

Brown Swiss Bulls. service-

FOR SALE able age or younger. A. A.

Feldkamn, Manchester, Mich.
HOGS
BUY DUROCS NOW

Spring pigs now weighing 100 lbs. We can fumish
boars and gilts unrelated. These are sired by grand
champion boars and out of prize winning sows. Also
September 3'” \w.
Mich.

 

 

a. few bred some. for August and
LAKEFIELD FARMS,-Clarkston,

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, July 7. . 3
Wheat. '

Detroit..——No 1 red $173; No.2 red
$11.33.; No.2 white $1.72; No.2 mixed

1.Chicago —July $1. 47%@1. 47%, , Sep—
tember $1. 447/3@1. 45%; December at
$1. 4617501. 4614.

Toledo. ——Wheat $1. 64@1. 65.

Corn.
DetroitH—No 2 yellow $1.07; No.3
yellow $1.06; No.4 yellow $1.02.
Chicago. —July 99%@99%c; Septem-
$880 $1 04%@1. 04%; December at 87%

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 white at 540; No. 3
at 5134c.

Chicago—July 46%c; September at
46%@46%c; December 47%0.

Rye.

Detroit. —No 2, $1.04.

Chicago. —July 981/20; September at
$1. 00%; December $1 .027/.

Toledo. —99c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt
shipment $5.10 per cwt.
Chicago—«Navy, fancy $6.10; red

kidneys $10.50.
New York—«Choice2 pea $5.10@5.15;
red kidneys $11. 75@12
Barley
Detroit. wMalting 900; feeding 850.

Seeds. '

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at
$16.25; alsike $13.75; timothy $3.70.

Buckwheat.

Detroit.——$2@2.05.

Hay.

Detroit.~No. 1 timothy $21. 50@22; ;
standard $21@21. 50; light clover mix-
ed $21@21. 50; No. 2 timothy $196020; "'
No.1 clovei mixed $17@18 ; No 1 010
ver $15@16; wheat and oat straw at
$10.50@11; rye straw $11@11.50

Feeds.

Detroit—Bran $31@32.; standard
middlings $33; fine middlings at $39;
cracked corn $48; coarse cornmeal at
$43; chop $36 per ton in carlots.

Small Fruit—Prices at Chicago.
Strawberries—Michigan 16-qt. cases,

$2@3 25

Gooseberries.-—~Michigan $1.50@2.25
per 16-qt. cases.

Cherries.——Michigan, 16 qts., sour at
$1.25@3.25; fancy black $3@3.50.

WHEAT

The wheat market slumped sharply
during the past week. The domestic
situation points strongly to higher
prices ultimately, but trade sentiment
is dominated by bearish factors at
present. The carry-over of old wheat
in this country is larger than antici-
pated. Each day without damage be-
ing reponed makes a big crop in the
northwest and in Canada more certain
European c10p forecasts continue to
point to consideiably larger yields
with smalle1 imports than last year.
Our prices are above the world level.
More important than any of these
things, speculative leaders have not
begun to give support.

Our new winter wheat is beginning
to move to market freely in spite of
the smaller crop and the reported ten-
dency in the southwest to hold for bet—

ter prices.
RYE

Rye prices declined with wheat.
Larger clearances for export and light
receipts resulted in a substantial de-
crease in the visible supply last week.
It is only half as large as a year ago,
but is above normal for the end of the
crop year. European rye crop reports
continue favorable. with a forecast of
240,000,000 bushels for Poland against
144,000,000 bushels in 1924. ‘

CORN

The corn crop is making splendid
progress in practically all sections ex-
cept the southwest where dry, hot
weather prevails. Private forecasts
point to an increase in acreage over
last year and to a yield of about 3,200,-
000,000 bushels, which would be close
to a record crop and nearly a third
larger than last year. Weakness in
wheat with a fine new crop prospect
pulled corn prices downward last
week. The current level of around $1
at Chicago is curtailing the movement
from the country and stimulating the
consumptive demand, so that the vis-

ible supply has begun to decrease
again. The visible is still so large,
however, that commercial scarcity is
some distance away. ’

. . OATS" ,

Private forecasts of the oats crop
show about 1,225 000, 000 bushels
against the official estimate of 1,,295-
000, 000 bushels on Junel , and 1,5,42-
000, 000 bushels harvested‘ last year.
Weather conditions are favorable for
maturing the crop and final returns

.may show some increase over present

estimates. The visible supply. of oats
is 35,268,000 bushels against 5,264,000
bushels last year and is next to the
largest on record at this season.

SEEDS

The red clover outlook has
greatly improved by rains and cool
weather and the market worked lower;

last Week. If present conditions are
maintained until harvest ,the final
yield will be far more satisfactory

than seemed probable a fortnight ago.

FEEDS

Trade in feeds was dull last week
and prices were generally easier, the
wheat feeds being affected the most.
Satisfactory pasturage conditions were

chiefly responsible for the light de—,

mand.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Strictly fresh eggs advanced again
last week. but values on undergrades
were iregular according to quality.
Fine quality eggs are scarce and many
shipments contain a mixture of held
and fresh gathered stock. Production,
as measured by receipts at the four
leading markets, is decreasing. The
daily movement of eggs into storage
is gradually declining and holdings
are being increasingly drawn upon to
satisfy particular buyers. With con-
sumption on a higher scale than last.
year and the storage situation piacti-
cally as strong, prices are likely to
continue on their upward course with
only temporary setbacks.

Chicago. ———Eggs, miscellaneous 30%c
dozen; dirities 26@28c; checks 25@
2754c; fresh firsts 3034(03310; ordinary
firsts 291/20. Live poultry, hens 221,40

broilers 260; springers 31c; roosters
13c; ducks 180; geese 18c; turkeys
200 pound.

fresh candled and
Live poultry, broilers
fight hens

Detroit. —Eggs,
graded 32@33c.
4;0@41c heavy hens 27c;

been)

are purchasing in volume

 

201:; f roosters 15@160;

ducks 26c; turkeys 25c c. 5

The decline in the butter market
was halted last Week, and prices Were
higher at the close. The cool, rainy
weather has given pasture new life
”and the outlook for butter production
has been greatly improved. While
more favorable production conditions
will tend to check any substantial ad-
vance from present levels, it is prob-
able that butter values during the rest
of the summer will follow a different
trend from last year when prices in
July, August and September each were
lower than in the preceding month.
Receipts at the four leading markets
during June were the smallest in that
month» since 1921. Even if production
is maintained at- the present level
throughout July, total production
would not equal 1924. Although June
prices averaged the highest for any
June since 1920, the amount of butter
disappearing into distributive channels
at the large markets was only four per
cent smaller than in the same month
last year, or considerable less than
the difference in receipts. Storage
holdings of butter are smaller than at

the corresponding time in 1924 and-

buying for this purpose will probably
be active during July.

Prices on 92- -score creamery were:
Chicago 41@411/zc; New York 4136c;
in Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells
for 39@420 per pound._

WoOL

The recovery in wool prices is still
in progress, with Boston quotations 15
to 20 per cent higher than at the bot-
tom of the decline about two months
ago. Buyers are less active in the
bright wool states, but they have rais-
ed their bids fOr territory wools and
Utah and
adjoining states are said to look for
45— cent. wools soon. Some growers are
holding for still higher prices. Manu-
facturers are buying because of their
actual needs, and conditions in the
goods market suggest that consump-
tion of wool by mills will increase in
the last half of the year. American
buyers seem to be getting ready to
purchase actively both at London and

in Australia at sales starting July 7

and July 13.

POTATOES

Potato prices advanced sharply last

 

 

I Live Stock Market Service J

Tuesday,

CHICAGO

Hogs.

Receipts 20, 000 Market slow. Good
light and medium weight are mostly
25@400 lower than Monday’s high;
plain kind and butchers 10@25c lower
than Mondays average; bulk 140@
175-1b. average $13.90@14. 20; sorted
180 to 210— lb. kind $14. 20@14. 40; early
top $14. 50; bulk 225 to 325 lb. butchers
$13. 90(6014. 15, bulk packing sows $12@
12. 50; slaughter pigs 25c lower; bulk
strong weight $13@13. 50.

Cattle.

Receipts 8,000. Market fed steers
and yearlings of value to sell at $12
upward, steady with Monday’s aver-
age. Most others are dull and weak.
Stots lower; Best weighty steers, ear-
ly $13.75; some held higher; several
lots at $12.50@13.40; native grass
steers largely $7.25@9 to killers; little
change on other kinds; vealers are 50c
higher; packers upward to $12

Sheep‘and Lambs.

Receipts 12,000. Best native lambs
are steady. Asking higher on western.
Good native $14.75@15; sorting mod-
erate; heavy bulk native lambs at $13
@1350; culls mostly $10.50; one deck
of choice feeding lambs steady at‘$14;
sheep scarce and steady; odd lot na-
tive ewes $6@7.50.

DETROIT i

Cattle.
Receipts 615. Market is strong and
good; very dull on half-fat cattle.
Good to choice yearlings,

dry— fed ................ 9.75@ 11.50
Best heavy steers,dry-fed 7.00@10.50
Handyweight butchers 8.00@ 9.25
Mixed steers and heifers 7.00@ 8.00
Handy light butchers .. . . .6.00@ 6.75
Light butchers . .. . ...... 5.00@ 5.50

5.00@ 5.75

Best COWS OODOOIOCoooo-o

 

July 7.

Butcher cows ........... 4.001713 4.50
Cutters ................. 3.00@ 3.50
Canners ................ .25@ 3.00
Choice bulls, dry-fed . 500@ 6.00
Heavy bologna bulls . 5.00@ 5.50
Stock bulls ............. 4.00@ 4.75
Feeders 5.00@ 6.75
Stockers ................ 5.00@ 600
Milkers ................. $45. 00@85. 00

Veal Calves.
Receipts 505. Market steady.
Best .................... $13.00@13.50
Others .. . . . 8.00@12.50

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 427. Market slow.
Best lambs ............. 14.50
Fair lambs .............. 12.00@14.00

Fair to good sheep ...... 5.00@ 7.00
Culls and common ...... 2.00@ 3.00
Light and common ...... 7. 00@10. 75

Hogs.
Receipts 1,114. The market is 25@
400 lower.

Mixed hogs, heavy yrkrs.$14.50@14.75

Pigs and light lights . .. . 14. 0.0@14 50

Stags .......................... 8. 00

Roughs .\. .............. 11. 75@12. 00
BUFFALO

Hogs.

Receipts 4,180. Culls closing slow.
Heavy $14.75@14.85; medium $14.85@
15; light weight at $14 90@16. 10; light
lights and pigs at $14. 906915; packing
sows and roughs $12.75.

Cattle.

Receipts 100. Market steady.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 100.
lambs $14. 50; ewes $6@7. 50.

Calves.
Receipts 900. 011118 $13@13.50.

   

. forecast.

‘ bunches;

Market steady. Best

geese 15c; »Week. High prices for new potatoes

have sustained the market for old
stock and cool weather has helped the

. Mity. The heavy movement of early
potatoes is about over and a relatively

light crop in intermediate states is

intermediate states is forecast at 8,-
520,000 bushels, a reduction of 26 per
cent from 1924, but about 13 per cent
more than in 1923. Acreage is esti—
mated much below that of the two pre-
ceding years, and the yield is mate-
rially less than last year. Arkansas
and Oklahoma sacked Bliss Triumphs
were quoted at $2.60@2.75 per 100 lbs.
in the Chicago carlot market. North-

» ern round whites, U. S. No. 1,’ were

held at '$1.35@1.50 per 100 pounds...-

DETROlT CITY MARKET

Strawberries were good sellers,
while the movement of currents Was
slower. Peas and wax beans were
ready sellers and good white celery
was taken quickly. Buyers were eager
for spinach, paying as high as $2. 50 a.
bushel for some top quality stuff. Rad-
ishes were bought liberally, but beets,

carrots and other bunched stuff did

not sell well. There was a fair de-
mand for most green stuff with prices
holding firm. Tomatoes cleaned up
early. The supply of old potatoes was
small. Heavier buying of eggs boost-
ed the wholesale price. The demand
for'live broilersand hens, on the oth-
er hand, was lighter, with buyers tak-
ing more dressed stock.

Strawberries $6.50@10 per 24-qt.
case; currants, No. 1, $3.50@4.50 per
24-qt. case; sour cherries, No. 1, $3.50
@450 24-qt. case; sweet cherries, No.
1, $6@7 case; red raspberries $7@9
24-qt. case; black raspberries, No. 1,
$6.50@7 case; asparagus $1.25@2 doz-
en bunches; beans $7 bu; beets 75@
90c bu; beet tops 50@600 bu; carrots
75@900 bu; collards 40@50c bu; en-
dive 50@60c bu; leaf lettuce 40@600
bu; head lettuce 50c@$1 bu; green on-
ions 40@50c dozen bunches; root pars-
ley 75c dozen bunches; curly parsley
50@60c dozen bunches; peas, No. 1,
$3.50@5 bu; potatoes, No. 1, $1.25 bu;
escarole 40@500 bu; kohl-rabi 75@80c
dozen bunches; round radishes 75c@
$1 dozen bunches; long radishes $1@
1.50 dozen bunches; rhubarb 40@500
dozen bunches; turnips 60@75c dozen
local celery 600@$1.25 per
dozen; Kalamazoo celery 40@85c doz-
en; mustard 40@50c bu; spinach $1.75
@225 bu; honey $1.15 per 5-lb. pail;
butter 55@600; eggs, wholesale 370;
retail 45@50c; hens, wholesale 28@_
300; retail 32@33c; Leghorn broilers,
wholesale 28@32c; retail 35@40c; col-
ored broilers, Wholesale 42@45c retail
45@50c; ducks 260; veal 15c; dressed
poutlry, hens 38@40c; young ducks 50‘
@550; broilers 50@550.

GRAND RAPIDS

All Grand Rapids markets were libr
erally supplied with fruit early this
week. The double holiday caused an
accumulation of ripe fruit and prices
averaged lower on some varieties,
more particulasly on raspberries. Quo-
tations were: Red raspbe1 ries $3. 50@
4.50 per 16- qt. case; blacks $3@3. 50
24- -pt. case; cherries, sour $1.25@1.50
case; sweets $2@3 50 case; strawber-
ries $4@5 case; currants $1. 75@2. 50
case; gooseberries $1. 75@2 case; old
potatoes 70(1‘900 bu; cabbage $2@2. 50
bu; spinach $1@1 25 bu; 1hubarb $1@:
1.25 bu, asparagus $150@175 dozen
bunches, lettuce 750(fD$1. 25 bu, celery
40@90c dozen, tomatoes $1. 60@1. 65
per 7- lb. basket; cucumbers $1.60 doz-
en; carrots 25@3OC dozen bunches;
radishes -10@121/2c dozen bunches;
pork 17c; veal 14((Dl5c; poultry, fowls
15@22c; broilers 20@3OC; eggs 30@
320; butter-fat 43@45c; wheat, old at
$1.44 bu; new $1.24 bu; beans $4. 65;
rye 900 bu.

BOY MISSING.

John Nester, seventeen—year—old son
of Frank P. Nester, 1997 West Grand
Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, commons
ly called Jack, left home April 26 with
a. desire to go farming. He is five
feet six inches in height, has chestnut
hair, brown eyes, wore gray suit, low
tan shoes. His mother is sick and
would greatly appreciate it if any one
who knows his whereabouts would
communicate with her. He has a small
mole on his neck in front.

 

COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.‘

 

Oct. 8—~Howell, Mich. Barnes-Van Kw '
Fishbeck.

ren Dispersal sale,F
Sales Manager.

 

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Mil, Bouncers" m.“
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hiladelphia, November 23-

s P. . .,
“i. 25, in conjunction with the- annual

., convention of the Interstate Milk Pro-

mists.

'ducers' Association“ In making this
announcement, Secretary Charles W,
Holman says that during the past
year ‘great progress has been made
throughout the dairy districts in or-
ganizing new cooperative dairy asso-
ciationsand the olderassociations re-
port substantial gains in membership
and more efficient methods of conduct-
ing their business- . . ‘

The prese‘ntmembership of the feds
eration consists of 300,000 active dairy
farmers affiliated with twenty-eight
regional associations extending from
New England to the Pacific Coast.
These associations do an aggregate
business of $400,000,000.

 

VIOOUNTRY WATCHING CROP DE
VELOPMENT. '

 

CROP development. now holds the
center of the stage, say the de-
partfhent' of agriculture econm
The season has been fickle,
and not altogether encouraging. Win-
ter'wheat ripened prematurely over
much of the western part of the belt.
Threshing so far has turned out un-
satisfactory yields. The winter wheat
crop is decidedly short of last years
crop. The spring wheat section has
.better prospects.

The central fact in the present out
look, as viewed by the government
specialists, is that while production
will be ample, agriculture Will not be
in the market this fall with any con-
siderable surplus of the major prod-
ucts. Given strengthening live stock
markets and fair feed crops, plus fair
returns from wheat and cotton, farm-
ers would come out of 1925 better
than they have in most of the years
since 1919. The present nice balance
in both live stock and crop production
is a tribute to the readjustments made
by the farmers since the fall of 1921.

 

FARM PRICES STEADY.

HE level of farm prices as measun

ed by the price index of 30 farm

products declined from 147 in April
to 146 in May, and increased to 147
points in June. Wholesale prices of
all commodities and of the non-agri-
cultural groups decreased one paint
from April to May. As a result, there
was no change in the relative purchas-
ing poWer of farm products in terms
of non-agricultural commodities. The
present tendencies in the general bus-
iness situation point to little change
in prices of non-agricultural commodi-
ties and consequently no change in the
purchasing power of farm products
need be expected soon.

 

POU LTRYM EN COOPERATE.

OULTRY producers are pretty good

’cooperators. A survey of D. L.

James, marketing specialist of the
bureau of agricultural economics,
shows that in 1924 a total of 183 farm
business organizations handled eggs or
poultry. Of these, thirty-one were of
the truly cooperative type. More than
70,000,000 dozens of eggs were sold
during the year for approximately
$22,000,000.

Cooperation among the specialized
poultry and egg producers is a com-
paratively easy matter, Mr. James
finds, compared with the effort to es-
tablish a successful cooperative asso-
ciation composed of farm flock pro-
ducers. By far the larger percentage
of the total egg supply of the United
States comes from what is termed “the
farm flock.” In this field an almost
completely disorganized . marketing
condition exists, since very little effort
has been made to change or improve
the methods that have been in vogue
since the beginning of American agri-
culture. Production conditions are
not uniform; the size. color and qual-
ity of the farm flock product vary
greatly. More care must be exercised
in grading and candling in order to
put out a uniform product.

The handling of farm flock eggs by
the cooperative creameries as is done
to a considerable extent in Minnesota
and some other states, is ideal for as-
sembling and handling, but it has its
limitations in respect to merchandis-
ing. The quantity of the product band-
led usually is not sufficient to warrant
the employment of persons experi-
enced in the marketing of poultry
products. Mr. James suggests that
much better results could. have been
accomplished if several creameries in
a district had been federated into one
large organization, each creamery
serving as a local unit for receiving,
candling, grading and packing the pro-
duct; the sale of the product being

. handled by a manager whose training heaves.

 
  

 
 

0?. . . . ’. :
"gThh suggestion ~
the ecoperative poultry marketing as-
sociationseverywhere. Mr. James re-
cently returned from an inspection of
the Maine and New Hampshire egg co«
operatives. . Together they could main-
tain an efficient selling organization.
Separately they are competing with
one another, neither one having a suf-
ficient volume of eggs to warrant the
employment of an efficient sales man-
ager. ' '

In his investigations Mr. James
found that many farmers are produc-
ing eggs of inferior quality because of
lack of proper feeds, keeping the
flocks confined in insanitary pens and
yards, and other hindrances to the de
velopment of first«class eggs. He re~
gards the production problem as im.
portant as the marketing problem in
the case of eggs and poultry.

  

\PIG CROP ELEVEN PER CENT
BELOW LAST YEAR.

DECREASE of about twenty per
cent in the number of sows far-
rowing in the eleven corn belt
states in the spring of 1925, compared
with the spring of 1924, is indicated
by a preliminary tabulation of the
June, 1925, pig survey. The survey
was made as of June 1, by the depart—
ment of agriculture in cooperation
with the post office department through
the rural carriers, the result of which
has been released by Verne H. Church,
U. 3. Agricultural Statistician, and 1.
Whitney Watkins, Commissioner of
Agriculture.
he number of pigs saved, however,
is indicated as only about eleven per
cent less this spring than last spring,
due to the larger number of pigs saved
per litter. The weather during March
and April this year was exceptionally
favorable for spring pigs. This condi-
tion, together with the smaller number
of sows to care for, and the increased
value of hogs, resulted in an increase
of eleven per cent in the average num-
ber of pigs saved per litter.
Thenumber of sows bred, or to be
bred for fall farrowing in 1925, is re«
ported as about ninety—eight per cent
of the number that actually farrOWed
in the fall of 1924. Previous surveys
have shown that fall farrowings have
been from twenty to twenty-five per
cent less than the number reported
bred. However, because of the very
considerable improvement in hog
prices over this time last year, it is
probable that breeding intentions will
e more nearly carried out than they
have been during the past three years.

GOVERNMENT TO STUDY GRAIN
MARKETING.

STUDY of grain marketing will be

made this summer in Illinois by

the United States Department of
Agriculture, cooperating with the farm-
ers' elevators and state experiment
station. ‘

Information will be collected and as-
sembled regarding the form and meth-
od of operation of the farmers’ ele—
vators, and the movement of grain to
market from every locality in the
state, covering the period of a year,
the purpose being to bring out a com—
plete understanding of the routes used
in moving to point of final sale of
grain from each county of the state.

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Shy Breeder.——I have a cow four
years old which was in heat last fall
but I failed to have her served. Since
then she has never been seen in heat.
Please advise me what to do in order

to bring her in heat again. M. E,

Dublin, Mich—Flushing her with
warm water twice a day, also giving
her one-dram doses of ground, or fluid
extract of nux vomica at a dose in
soft feed twoor three times a day,
she might come in heat.

Mare Fails to Come in Heat.—-Have
a mare ten years old which fails to
come in heat. H. H., New Baltimore,
Mich.——There is much uncertainty (as
to results) in the treatment of such
cases as this. Try flushing vagina
once or twice a day, using clean tepid
water; also give her one dram, doses
of fluid extract of nux vomica in feed
or in drinking water two or three
times a day.

Laryngitis.—-Have horse that coughs
a great deal, but it is not a case of
O. H. G., Ovid, Mich—Rub

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will also apply to

  
 

in soft, feed or in drinking water three
or four times a day. -

Horse Does Not Sweat Enough.—
During hot Weather my horse sweats
some in the morning, but soon dries
up and then pants badly. What shall
I give him? S. H., Batavie, Mich.—
Your horse may have a weak heart.
If so, he should not be severely ex-
erted while perspiration is checked.
Give him one ounce of sweet spirits
of nitre in one pint of cold water as
a drench every hour until he perspires.
Covering him up with a woolen blanket
will help start the perspiration. His
bowels should be kept open. Try giv-
ing him forty drops of fluid extract of
nux vomica at a dose four or five
times a day.

Sore Eyes.—-—For some time my year-
ling colt has been troubled with sore
eyes. He is kept in a roomy box stall,
fed clover hay, oats and bran mixed.
R. B., Marshall, Mich.-——Dissolve forty
grain of boric acid, forty grains of bor-
ate of soda in a quarter pint of clean
water, apply to colt’s eyes twice a day.
This colt should be in pasture every
night, also cloudy days.

Bunches on Tcats.—Our three-year-
old heifer has two bunches on one
teat, but milk flow is not checked. F.
S., Millington, Mich—Apply vinegar to
bunches every day or two and it will
remove them. Doubtless the bunches
are warts.

Imperfect Teat.~—On the first day of
June our two-year-old heifer came
fresh; three of her teats are perfect,
the other seems to fill with air and I
am unable to draw .much milk from
this quarter. Mrs. C. W., Rogers City,
Mich.—Dilate the lower part of teat
canal, using a sprind teat dilator or
sound. If the passage can not be suf-
ficiently opened with the sound it may
be incised by the hidden bistoury.

Holmes,Siuwe Co.,2429 Riopelle Si.

Commission Merchants. Dressed Beef, Hogs, calves;
poultry. Live it Dressed. Provisions, etc. Correspon-
dence Solicited. Ref. Wayne County it Home Savings
Bank. Bradstreet, Detroit. Mich. Cherry 7654

 

 
  
   

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givetwodrams of muriate of. ammonia

section boxes. comb' foundation.
smokers. etc. Everything for the
bees. including beginners’. outfits.
Top market price paid for boom
Sand for supply catalog.

BesryBaskets and Crates

high grade wood
baskets and lfi-ot. crates.
Send for price list. Can
ff quote special prices 0 largo
orders. Two hundred
sent postpaid to points with-

   
 

We carry

$2.35: 600 for $6.85

M. H. HUNT & SON,
Box 525 Lansing, Mich.

HOGS

 

REGISTERED o. I. c. GILTs
ready for breeding for tall narrow. Boats ready for
service. Also some extra good spring piss. both sex.
All stock shipped on approval. FRED W. KENNEDY.
. No. 2. Plymouth. Mlch.
either sex, by the great Boar. The
Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best
Livingston, I’arms. Mich.

Fall Pi s

of dams. . E.

B 10 TYPE Chester White Spring Boar-s, show pros—
pects. Prize winning blood lines. Sows bred for
litters. LUCIAN HILL, Tskomha. Mich.

fall

' ' ll 5 . I" 18 t
B. I. Poland China Pigs Efrain; viiii $1qu
CLARK. care E. A. Clark. St. LOUII. Mio'n.

 

 

 

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 a
good Stallion. you can easily secure one on our
breeding association—service {es plan. FRED B.
STEVENS 00., lns., Breckenridge. Mich.

 

 

. ‘ SHEEP '

Lincolns. Tunis, Cotswolds.
Sheep For sale Karakulas. Oxfords and
Shropshires.

I! you want show sheep come and pick
them out. or let me send you some on approval.
LeROY KUNEY, Adrian, Michigan.

DELAINE RAMS

firm ones. Photos

 

free. F. H. Rus-
sell. Box 20, Wakeman. Ohio. ..

 

 

sing miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word.
display type or illustrations admitted.

Mlnlmum charge. I0 words.

 

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING—7

This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers.
Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings.

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

Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four hisertions; for four or more
(‘ount as a word each abbreviation. initial or number.
Remittances must accompany order.

Real estate and live stock advortlslna have separate departments and are not accepted as classified.

Try it for want ads and for adver-
Poultry advertising will be run in this department

No

 

 

 

   

Four One Four
$2.40 26 ........ $2.08 $0.24
2.64 27 ........ 2.10 0.48
2.88 28 ........ 2.24 6.72
3.12 29 2.32 5.05
3.30 30 . 2.40 7.20
3.60 31 . 2.48 7.44
3.84 32 . 2.56 7.68
4.08 33 . 2.64 7.92
4.32 34 . 2.72 8.16
4.56 35 . 2.80 8.40
4.80 3 ........ 2.88 8.64
5:04 37 ........ 2.96 8.88
5.28 38 ........ 3.04 9.12
5.52 39 ........ 3.12 9.36
. .. 5.76 40 ........ 3.20 9.60
2 00 6.00 41. .. ..... 3 28 9.84

III advanldu up}
dinonflnuanu "do"
or (hang: of up] In-

ifiétial Notic

do]: In advent: prublim lion dale.

fmdld flir 1h: Claiiifird Department mutt nails ihii ofir: m:

 

POULTRY

 

l‘ULLETS— S. C. English W. Leghorns only 0,001)
for June 30. July 21 and Aug. 4 deliiery at 85 cents
each. H. Knoll, Jr.. R. 1, Holland. Mich.

 

IIATCHING EGGS VVANTED~~Fr0m purc-bred Bar—

red Rock flocks. Now contracting for next season‘s
supply. “'ill call and arrange. Write Iiowo's
Hatchery. I'Issoxville, Mich.

 

SHIP US YOUR FAT HENS and fresh ens every
Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East Coast Poultry
(10.. 1300 Division 81.. Detroit, Mich.

 

S. C. BUFF
Willard “Blister. Bath,

LEGIIORN CSCKERELS and bullets.
Mic .

 

 

BABY CHICKS

 

 

REAL ESTATE

 

‘A _‘ T" V .

unim—
Wis.

of farm or
Bu ldwin,

WANTEDs—to hear from owner
proied land for sale. 0. llawlcy.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

one Indian ringer trap,

BOYS~-0ne how, two arrows.
Indian Art Store. Good

all for 50 cents I’ost Paid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hart, Mich.

PET STOCK
MALI-J li‘EIlItETS, white or brown. $4.00 each. Thos.
Scllars, New London. Ohio.
FOR SALE l'vdigrccrl I’olico I’ups. Boat 0! Breed—
ing. (‘llll'ord l’i'rsons, ()livet, Mil-h.

TOBACCO
I
l
‘IIIOMICSI’UN TOBACCO: (‘hmving ilw pounds. $1.50;
lion. $2.50; smoking, five pounds. $1.25; tcn, $200;
jpipn i'rcc. pay whcu remain-(l. satisfaction guaranteed.
§(‘()-rml-rii.ti\‘c Tobacco Grown-s, Muxnu Mills. l\',\'.

 

.HOMESI’UN TOBACCO. Phi-wing 5 lbs. $1.50? Ten
$2.50. Smoking 5 lbs. $1.25' Te-n $2. Pay when H»
cciicd, pipe and recipe free. li'nrmcrs' Union. l’aducah.
Kcntucky.

LOOK IIEllEI Guaranteed. fragrant, mellow, rich.
homespun tobacco. ll‘ivc pounds chewing, $1.50;
snmking, 31.25. Samples. 10c. (‘lurlr‘s Iliwr l’liui-

tzition, 190, Ilazcl. Kcntucky.

 

$1.50: 10.
Ill, $1.50.
Ky.

IIOMESI’UN TOBA(‘(‘O: Chewing. 5 II)\'..
$2.50. Smoking, 5, $1.25: 10. $2. Mild.
l’ay when received. F. Gupton. Burdwcll.

 

FARM MACHINERY s

RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester. poor man's‘ price-—
only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat-
1105 showing pictures of harvester. Box 528. Saline.
Kans. .

 

 

TRACTOR FOR. SALE—Huber Light Four. In ex-
cellent condition. J. H. Krausc, Box 12", Lansing,
Mich.

FARM DITCII For par-

DlGGER~Build your own.
C. G.

timilars write Alden, 225 E. Tenth Street,

 

Erie, Pennsylvania.-

 

l

'(‘osts

JUNE LEGIIORNS are profitable if properly bred.
A fleck or our pullets, hatched July 9th. last season
laid first on November 18th. laying 50% by Decem-
bcr 13th and kept it up. Every chick produced on

our farm. Every hen trapnestcd continuously. Eves-y
male pedigreed from dams (Her 24‘.) eggs. All birds
blood tested. 100% live delivery guaranteed. W. S.

llainnali dc Son. It. 10. Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

BABY (‘IIICKS from flecks bloodiested for Bacillu'y
White Diarrhea. All flocks teetedfisecond test on
Rocks and Reds. ‘All popular varieties. Ask for
('utaloguc. l’ierce Hatchery. Jerome. Michigan.

 

SUPERIOR CHICKS—90 up. 12 varieties. Havy
layers. llcliicry guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank refor-
onces. Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery. Bax 856,
Windsor. Mo.

 

 

SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

 

.\lll.I.IONS-~(‘ablmgo and Tomato Plants. $1.00 per
1.000. W. \V. Williams, Franklin. Vii.

 

 

AGENTS WANTED

 

EASY
Oils.
try.

TO SELL GIIOI‘ERIES. Paints. Lubricating
from samples to consumers in towns and court»
l'riccs meet all competition. No capital or ex-

porienco necessary. Profitable. steady work. Com—
mission advanced. Satisfaction guaranteed; 53 years
in Imsllinss. Write Loverin a. Browne (3,0,, VV‘holtr
Milli Grocers. 1770 So. State St.. Chicago, Ill.

 

FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three good ro-
sponsiblo farmers to go with you to inspect California
state approved lands. Opportunity for one good man
in each community to join largest land selling organs
ization in U. 8. Write for details. Herman Janss.
1105 Transportation Bldg, Chicago, Ill.

 

AGENTS ~0ur new Household (‘loaning Device, washes
and dries windows, sweeps, cleans walls, scrubs. mops.
less than brooms. Over half profit. Write
Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St.. Fail-field. Iowa.

 

WANTED AGENTS—4n every county to sell IlidsEzy
Snubbers for Ford (‘ars on Money Bark Guarantee——
Something new. “’rito {or particulars, Good ltoads
Equipment Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

SELL WHAT SELLS BlG~~pcrcale, gingham, hosiery,

notions and other fast sellers. Money makers. Maur-
ice Schwartz. 5714 Missouri Ave. Detroit. Mich.

Please Mention The Michigan Farmer
When Writing to Advertisers

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askots ‘
in 150 miles of Lansing for ,

 


 

 
   

A good, farming

program . .

Good seed, thorough v'prepara-J

tion of the seed bed, seeding late
enough to avoid the Hessian fly,
and a liberal ’ application of a
good, high analysis fertilizer, are
the secrets of success in profit-
‘able wheat growing.'This is the
experience of leading Experiment
Stations and successful farmers
everywhere.

Of this program, possibly the
most important is the selection
of the fertilizer you buy. A

V liberal use of Swift’s Red Steer
Fertilizer means bigger yields of
" high quality wheat.

A large yield in northern

Michigan
“On August 15, 1924, I threshed
529 bushels of wheat by ma-
chine measure,” writes William
Stein, of Pigeon, Michigan, “an
average of 66% bushels per acre.
I also want to inform you I have
been using Red Steer Fertilizer
almost exclusively for nearly ten
years.”

Sowed late, gets 55 bushels

“Although the field was sown
very late,” writes Milton J.
Beader, Akron, Michigan, “it
did remarkably well throughout
the year. I threshed an average
close to 55 bushels per acre. I
am more than pleased from the
use of Swift’s Red Steer Fer-
tilizer on other crops as well as
wheat.” ‘

What Michigan Experiment
Station recommends
The Michigan Agricultural
Experiment Station recommends
for wheat and rye: ‘
Sands, light sandy loams,
heavy sandy loams, silt loams
and clay loams; no mixed

. meadow, manure or green ma-

nure in rotation; 2-16-2 or 2-12-2.
Mixed meadow, clover, alfalfa,
or soy beans in rotation; 0-16-0.
Manure in rotation; 0-16-0.

Muck soils: 0— 1 2 - l 2 or muriate
of potash.

Come in and. see us

Let us tell you how many other
progressive farmers in this local-
ity have found the use of Swift’s
Red Steer Fertilizer the means
to profitable wheat growing. We
will help you "select the analysis
and amount per acre of Swift’s
Red Steer Fertilizer to make you
the most profit.

\
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A
D

Authorized Swift Agent

' Red Steer

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
 
  

  

You must raise a certain number of Bushels of
wheat on every. acre to pay for the cost of produc-
tion. Each extra bushel you raise is profit.

And the number of extra bushels depends
largely upon whose fertilizer you buy and the
amount used per acre. #

The right fertilizer means not only more “extra
bushels” but also a much better grade of wheat—-
the kind that brings the top market price.

Six leading Agricultural Experiment Stations
have proved over a long period of years that the
use of fertilizer produces an average increase of
more than 12 bushels of wheat per acre. Figure
the extra profit such an increase in your crop
would make.

Why farmers prefer Red Steer Fertilizers

Farmers prefer Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers be-
cause they pay big profits in increased yields of
better quality wheat. Moreover, they help secure
a better catch of clover and bigger yields of hay
following wheat. The extra tons of hay, alone,
often more than pay the fertilizer bill.

Swift’s Red Steer Fertilizers are manufactured
to a definite standard of quality. It is a standard
always in keeping with the Swift reputation, more
than fifty years old, for making ’each product the
best of its kind. Thus, Swift’s Red Steer Fer-
tilizers are made from the best and most productive
sources of plant food, evenly mixed and thoroughly
cured. -

Swift’s

Fertilizers

“It pays to use them”

Extra profit from Wheat

V Hammond, Indiana

   
 

  
    
   
     
 

They enable you to plant late and thus escape
the ravages of the Hessian fly. They furnish the
necessary plant food to make a quick, sturdy top
growth and a strong root system which helps the
wheat crop to resist damage from 'heaving and
winter killing.

Red Steer Fertilizers also promote ample stool-
ing, healthy stalks and well filled heads of high
quality wheat.

Learn what Swift Service means

It will pay you to get acquainted with the A.S.A.
(Authorized Swift Agent) in your community.
He is a man who can give you valuable advice on
farming methods as well 'as fertilizers. Through
Swift 8: Company, your State Agricultural College
and your County Agent, this man keeps informed
on profitable farming methods. He knows the
wheat growers’ needs and problems and will give
you a worth-while'service.

He will explain how you can increase your profits
by a liberal application of Swift’s Red Steer
Fertilizers. . .

Look for the sign that marks his place of business.
He is a good man to know. If you cannot locate
him readily, write us.

SWIFT 6: COMPANY
Fertilizer Works, Dept. 45

_ Cleveland, Ohio

 

 

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