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federal law enforcement, hasibeen giv-
en to understand that he will have the
unqualified support of the , administra-
tion in his attempt to divorce the pro-
hibition bureau from pelitics.” Never-
theless, Secretary of the Treasury Mel-
lon announces that General Andrews
will not appoint administrators in any
particular district who may be object-
ed to by senators in that district,
which means that he has a big ’ job
ahead of him. Divorcing any govern-
ment activity from politics would be
It is evi-
dent, however, that the government is
making headway in prohibition en-
forcement. It is becoming daily more
diflicult for the rum runners to carry
on their law-breaking business.

BUILDING ACTIVITIES BREAK
RECORDS.

 

UILDING construction throughout

the country has gone ahead of the
demand for the first time in several
years, according to a. department of
labor survey. The nation’s housing
requirements have been met, and there
is danger of over-supply and depres-
sion in the building trades. Washing-
ton is an exception.

commercial city, and the government
forces are being reduced, residential
building operations continue on a vast
scale, with little evidence of meeting
the demand. The explanation appears
to be that organizations of every de-
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One of the most interesting facts about the Fisk Red-Top Tire is that
the men who sell and repair all kinds of tires, nine times out of ten, use

The Star Service Company of Meridian, Miss, writes this about their

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and when We sell a customer a Red—Top we always sell him another one."

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beauties and educational advantages
of Washington are “coming from every ‘

part of the country to makes their

homes here; It is confidently predict; ‘

ed that Wishington will have 3. mil- ‘

lion population within'a few years. >

oppose. TAX neoucrlon.

 

S OME farmer representatives say
they donot favor the proposed tax
reduction scheme; they think that

the proper-course would be for .the
government-to keep the taxes at the
present rate and reduce the govern-
ment debt with the surplus accumula-
tions. They maintain that the time to
pay the government debt isnow when
wages and the general price level is
high and money comparatively easy to
get; that it will be unfair to the peo-
ple to postpone government debt pay-
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News of the Week

National

 

Gertrude Ederle, an American girl,
failed in her attempt to swim across
the English Channel after making rec-
Swallowing too much
salt water made it necessary for her
e up when near her goal.

The United States-Belgian debt com-
misswn agreed on terms for refund-
ing the Belgian debt to this country.
Sixty-two years will be allowed to pay
$427,000,000 with low interest rates.

The Firestone Tire Company has ac-
quired one million acres of rubber
plantation in Liberia. to insure itself
a supply of rubber.

Explorations in Florida show that
man was a monster 50,000 years ago.
He compared in size with other pre-
historic monsters.

The City of Chicago is leading a re—
volt against rural domination in state
legislatures. Chicago wants to have
the Chicago district formed into a sep~
arate state.

The Wanderwell auto tourists have
returned to Detroit after traveling 45,-
900 miles in thirty-nine different coun-
rice.

The big government dirigible, the
Shenandoah, will visit Detroit on Sep-
tember 5.

There is quite a. fight on regarding
the selection of a. normal school site
in northeastern Michigan. Cheboygan
and Alpena are the contestants.

The city health authorities are co-
operating With the citizens of Detroit
in combating the mosquito nuisance.
This is the first time for a long time
that mosquitos have gotten on the
front page of the newspapers.

The recent rain storms have cost
the city of Detroit over a million dol-
lars because of the floating away of
the wooden block pavements in certain
sections.

Victor F. Lawson, editor and pub—
lisher of the Chicago News, and one
of the most prominent newspaper men
in the country, died recently at the
age of seventy-five.

The excursion steamer Mackinac,
running out of Newport, R. I., was
destroyed by her boiler exploding.
Nearly forty people were killed and
over a hundred injured.

The MacMillan polar expedition has
been ordered abandoned at Mr. Mac-
Millan’s suggestion, as the weather
makes further progress impossible.

Leopold Schepp, wealthy New York
merchant, who recently asked the pub-
lic's advice on how to spend his mon-
ey, received 82,000 letters.

Foreign

A Canadian “dry” delegation is in
this country conferring with our ofli-
cials to plan cooperation in the pre-
vention of liquor smuggling across the
border.

Twenty-five thousand French troops

in a four~hundred-mile drive.

The Prince of Wales is being en-
thusiastically received in Argentine,
South America. ~
- A thyroid gland from a guillotined
criminal has restored to normal a men-
tally defective girl in Paris.

A strike, of 2,000 postal employee in
Shanghai, China, caused the suspen-
sion of deliveries. -

Five thousand Riffs have surrender-
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HEN one is touring‘on M-11 go-
ing south from 'Holland, he

comes to a section where there,

is a turn in. the read every little while.
There is no chance for speeding be—
cause of these turns.

One thing is noticeable ; at each of
these turns there is a road stand sell-
ing fruit and other refreshments. One
is also impreSsed by signs offering
cherry cider for sale. It is unusual to
see this sort of cider offered for sale,
and one begins to wonder why this
particular section should specialize
in it.

After you have made several of these
turns, you come to another turn where
there is a stand, a little more preten-
tious than the others, set in the shade
of the trees at the edge of the spa-
cious lawn in fro'nt of the house. The
place looks inviting. Over the top
of the stand one reads, “The House by
the Side of the Road.”

If you stop there you Will probably
buy cherry cider. It is cider par ex-
cellence, a little different and a little
better than any other drink you have
had. You Will also be drinking cherry
cider at its source, and at the stand
the success of which has been the
cause of the others in the community
coming into existence.

The “House by the Roadside” be—
longs to Mr. Edward House, fruit
grower, and incidently, one of the
most successful farm road-side oper-

\

AM not one who believes that the
present situation warrants an ex-
pansion in wheat acreage. A con-
siderable expansion will result in over-
production, low prices and small prof—
its. On the contrary, I believe that
poor wheat land should be put to oth-
er uses, and that only those soils which

- can average fifteen or more bushel-s of

wheat over a ten—year period, should
be seeded to wheat. Such a policy
would eliminate most of the unprofit-
able wheat production that always ac-
companies low yields and waste of
labor.

Speaking of wheat in Ohio, Director
C. G. Williams, of the Ohio Experi-
ment Station, has said, “The experi-
ment station has not yet discovered
any land on which it has not paid to
use some sort of commercial fertilizer
on wheat.” Which is a strong state-
ment, considering the fact that the
Ohio Station has been studying this
subject for thirty-one years.,After hav—
ing made numerous observations in
Michigan, over a period of years, I
firmly believe that the same can be
said of the soils in Michigan. At any
rate, it will do no harm to review the
wheat situation with especial refer-
ence to the profitable production of
the next wheat crop through the use
of proper fertilizers.

A good variety, good seed, good soil
preparation, sowing late enough to

. avoid Hessian Fly, and a liberal appli-
' » cation of a good fertilizer are the

 

   

‘ secreted success in wheat growing.

ators in the state.

made into‘ the House cherry cider.

Some years ago Mr. House noticed
“the increasing tourist traffic in and
out of Saugatuck, a. resort town which
lies just south of his farm. He also
noticed that the autos had to slow
This, suggested

down at his corner.

Mr. House grows .
various kinds of fruit. His crab apple
orchard this year is a sight worth be-
holding; Hyslop crabs, a bushel to the
tree, and about nine hundred trees.
Mr. House also has a cherry orchard.
This is where cherries grow which are

he House Beside the Road

thch Made a Success W 1th the Cider Road

that he had a good road-side stand lo-
cation. He started with a little table,
which is still in use, but now has a
substantial and attractive stand.

Mr. House wanted something differ-
ent, and so he worked out his cherry
cider and has put it over in a great
way. His success has caused the other
stands to start at nearby corners.
Their existence is evidence that he
has made good, for “imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery.” And be-
sides, they sell House cherry cider,
thus helping the sale of his product.

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In Both Good and Poor English we

Might Say, “Mr. House by His Road-

side Stand(s).”

Looking Toward the 1926 W

Larger Yields 072 Fewer Acres Should Increase [Vet
By Ovc F. Jensen

.-Dr. M. M. McCool and his staff at

Michigan State ’College have studied
the question of fertilizing wheat, and
have made the following recommenda-
tions:

Two hundred to 300 pounds of‘ the
fertilizer below is'the proper amount
to apply at seeding time. In addition,
a spring application of forty to seven—

of poor quality. Good quality is usu-
ally' associated with high yield. The
experiences of many growers, as well
as tests by state experiment stations,
indicate that greater weight per bush-
el, plumper kernels, earlier maturity,
and greater disease resistance, accom-
pany the use of fertilizer on wheat.

Hessian Fly Injury—Hessian Fly

 

 

No mixed meadow, manure, or green

Mixed meadow, clovers, alfalfa, or soy beans in

Manure in rotation

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Sandy
Sands, Loams,
Light Silt
Sandy beams,
Loams. Clays.
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ty-five pounds of ammonium sulphate,
or sixty to 100 pounds of sodium ni—
trate is recommended on sands and
light sandy loamsr
Some Effects of Fertilizers on Wheat;
Yield—The primary object in fer-
tilizing is to increase the yield. Tests
in Michigan, as well as in Ohio and
Indiana, show that of all the general
farm crops, wheat generally, responds
most profitably to proper fertilizing.
Quality—Every year many farmers
lose money by marketing grain of in-
ferior quality. Much of this loss is
preventable. Poorly nourished grain
will be shriveled, light in weight and

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can be controlled by observing the
safe sowing dates recommended by
the county agent, college or station.
Late seeding makes the use of fertiliz-
er all the more important, because the
wheat needs to be given a quick start.

Winter-killing.——\Ninter injury last
year caused the heaviest abandonment
of wheat acreage on record. 0n the
average, one out of every sixteen
acres of wheat has been abandoned in.
Michigan in the past fifteen years.
Much of this loss can be prevented by
proper fertilizing. A good‘supply of
plant icodpmakes stronger plants with
heavier tops that protect the plants,

   

Mr. House gets a good yearly in-
come from his stand. From .good
sources we learn that it pays the en- .
tire expenses of the farm, and prob- '
ably a little more. His entire-Mont-
morency cherry crop is disposed of as
cider. He has his own mill and makes
the cider according to his own form-
ula. Some of the fruit is usually put
into cold storage in Holland where it
is kept frozen until needed for cider
making purposes. Thus he extends
his cherry cider season into fall.

The cider is both wholesaled and
retailed. From a glass to a gallon is
sold at the stand. And if you get a
glass full, you will want to take a
gallon with you. One thing is notice—
able. Whenever a jug of the cider is
sold the cork is pierced. Mr. House
has said that the cider gets to work-
ing quickly when shaken up in trans-
portation. So the vent hole has to be
made to keep the bottle from popping.

The “House by the Roadside” sells
other things besides cherry cider. The
usual stand refreshments are carried,
lunches and hot coffee served, such
fruits as the farm produces are sold
in season, and honey also finds a ready
sale. But the big seller is the cherry
cider, sometimes over a hundred gal—
lons a day being sold. This is what
has made “The House by the Side of
the, Road” a success for Mr. ngse,
and has given him a market foruhl's
cherries which is unsurpassed.

eat Crop

Returns

and larger root systems that are not
heaved so easily by frost. The strong'
er plants get an earlier start in the
spring, and are carried on to earlier
maturity.

Effect on Clover Crops Following.—
The effects of liberal fertilizing of
wheat are by no means confined to the
wheat crop. The influence may extend
over several years, especially if clover
follows wheat. There are soils where
clover fails on account of phosphorus
hunger. On_such soils, the sheet 011
clover is very striking.

CALLS ANOTHER AGRICULTURAL
CONFERENCE.

 

RESIDENT COOLIDGE will ask his

agricultural conference to meet

again for the purpose of develop-
ing a legislative program for farm aid,
it is announCed from the summer cap-
ital in New England. Western poli-
ticians who claim to speak for the
farmers have visited the President this
summer and have told him that the
chief need of the farmers is coopera-
tive marketing legislation, and the
President has decided to refer the
problem once more to his conference,
of which Secretary of Agriculture Jars-
dine is a member

 

A portable radio station recently
broadcasted two concerts for the sum
mit of Pike’s Peak in the Rocky Moun-
tains, in an attempt to reach the Mac-
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CURRENT COMMENT
HERE are things

Something which can be de.
scribed more interest

For the ingly than they are;
Dairyman other things fail alto-

gether to respond to
the pOWer of words. One of these lat-
ter is the National Dairy Exposition
'to be held this year at lndianapolis,
Indiana, Oétober ]0~l7. It is indescrib-
able.

This much might be ventured: This
show reflects the very latest ideas and
methods in dairying from the produc-
tion of crops for feeding the cows,
down to the effects of the use of dairy
products on the human system.

Such an institution naturally has a
wide appveal~~one that is universal.
Every one is directly concerned. The
dairyman, however, has besides a
physiological interest, all those hun-
dreds and thousands of little sugges-
tions about methods and ways of do—
ing things that go to make the. work
of producing milk a more attractive
business. He, therefore, is the man
who can ill afford to stay at. home
when this up-to-thednstant super-school
is in Session.

For the next six weeks dairy facts
and experiences from every corner of
America will be iolling into Indian—
apolis for the benefit of the cow-man
who is alert and ready to become a
better husbandman.

ANY a live stock

raiser has learn<

Nat How d th t It 1 1d
e a qua 1 y s 1011

Many Bat come before quantity.

How Good \Vhen a given line of

live stock has demon-
strated its usefulness on the farm, the
temptation is to increase that line to
a. point. where the profits will show up
big. It is very easy. when operating
with this idea in mind, to overstock
the farm. We mean by that, to gather
,more live stock about than the farm
and its equipment can economically
handle. The result, too often, is slow-
er gains, scant pastures, disease and
parasites, and, in consequence, less
profits than were formerly made with
half the stock.

The best and most successful farm-
ers and stockmen have been those
who operated on a moderate scale,
raising only such crops as they could
take good and timely care of, and
” ‘pcping only such live stock around as
$63k 'feed supply, their .pastures and

that enthusiasm can not make up for:
Expansion,

lack of good judgment.
should extend only so for as quality
and good care can keep pace with it.

care, will keep right on pay'ifijg as the
mortgage, where the man who has
tried to hog the business has many
times found the banker foreclosing it.
Most farmers have a place for a small
flock of sheep to grow and increase
at a good profit, 'but one man was
around trying to make a. living selling
life insurance who had tried to make
a killing with sheep and went broke.
Our cow testers are demonstrating
every day that it is the good cow, giv-
en good care, that makes all the prof-
its, and so it goes. There is more truth
than poetry in “the little farm well
tilled,” etc.

FEW days ago a

Let Com- dealer, who is in

. . full sympathy with
petition the cooperative move-
Continue ment among farmers,

called upon us for an
opinion on the propriety of undertak-
ing to market a quality product in
competition with certain cooperative
organizations.

Our reply to him was that we are
thoroughly convinced of the final tri-
umph of the principles of cooperation
in the conduct of the farmers’ major
business transactions. But now or in
the future, if in fair competition a. pri-
vate company can successfully com—
pete for trade, then that company is
rendering a service which it ought to
render. In fact, it is just such fair
competition that will, with certainty.
hasten the day when the soundness of
the principles underlying true coopera-
tion will be proven.

We observe' that we are not alone in
our position. Since advising this man
the following statement was made be-
fore the Institute of Cooperation at
Philadelphia, by George R. Wicker, of
Illinois: '

“Cooperation must find its justifica-
tion in service. Unless it can render
a service better or cheaper, or with
more equitable returns to its members,
there is no good reason why it should
displace other agencies. If coopera-
tion is to attain that degree of effi-
ciency and success we wish for it, it
must‘ necessarily conform to those
practices upon which other successful
business is conducted. There is no
inherent power or magic 111* the term
‘cooperation.’ In its literal interpreta-
tion it means ‘work together.’ and in
its application we must give emphasis
to those two words."

HERE are few

The words which sug-
gest life as the words

YOUth youth and movement.
Movement Youth itself suggests

motion, and life and
motion are almost synonymous. So
the youth movement would indicate
life at-its liveliest. The term youth
movement is given to the organized
activities of the young in various coun-
tries. In certain European countries
these youth movements are much in
evidence. Sometimes they are anti-to—
bacco or anti-liquor crusades. Or they
might have for their purpose a peace-
ful rebellion to certain other existing

customs. Some are of a constructive
nature entirely. y
We, in America, have our youth

movements. The Boys’ and Girls’
Scouts, the Boy and Girl Club Work,
the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., and cer-
tain student organizations in college,
show that the youth in America are
wholesomely active. But there is an-

other youth movement which is regret-

able; it is the crime activities among

the young. Statistics show that most
of our crimes are committed by those

A few of the best hogs, given the best. 1 .

it. but the profits.“ aim of
perhaps the big inducement.
we more mature people have a ranch-
slbility.

Each unlawful drink we take, or
each unlawful not we perform Which

adds to the profits of crime. is making

crimemuch more strongly entrenched,
and also much more attractive to our
youth.‘ The wealth organized crime
has accumulated makes it, so much
greater a problem, for with this wealth
it can often make itself immune to
justice. So, asiderfrom the duties we
owe ourselves, in being law-abiding cit-
izens, we owe our youth and the fu—
ture of our country our own obedience
to law. The sane law-abiding citizens
of this country, of which the farmers
are the rock-bed, should actively put

their influence with those youth move- ’

ments which will make better men
and women. Full strength for these
wholesome activities is needed to com-
bat the enticements of evil. The Boys'
and Girls’ Club Work affords rural peo-
pie 8. great opportunity to support a
worthy movement which will make for
good and wholesome citizenship in the
future.

' T the recent meet-

Keep of the Michigan

C Potato Growers' Ex-
O'OP" . change there was a
Democratic contest over the issue

of the delegates hav-
ing a. free hand in carrying out the
wishes of their constituents. The sus-
‘picion that the administration was lay-
ing out a program for the delegates to
follow may have been all a myth. Nev-
ertheless, that suspicion existed and
the delegates insisted that such chang-
es be effected as would do away with
all “appearance of evil." This leads
to the thought expressed by one cool
headed delegate, “that it ought to be
the ambition of every director and offi-
cer in a cooperative organization to go
out of his way to prove to the mem-
bers that they are having a square
shake.” Member confidence is the
solid foundation rock upon which co—
ops are built. It is essential to
these organizations as the protected
ballot is to American institutions.

NFERIOR products

Work For bring in small in-
Quality comes. Wormy ap-

ples, scabby potatoes,
PrOJUCts ancient eggs, are not

wanted. The only way
producers can sell the things that are
not wanted, is to take a reduction in
price. The farmer these days cannot

.prosper when his products go to mar-

ket at cut priCes.

On the other hand, quality products
are sought after. People reach out
with eagerness to get them. This zeal
011 the part of the buyer enables the
producer hopefully to ask a compen—
satory price. Furthermore, consumers
of quality products are life. converts.
There is economy as well as satisfac-
tion in the use of goods of quality.
This is the rock foundation upon
which quality production is based“
satisfaction and economy.

HE recent “monk-

[8 He -. ey” trial gave the
T most of us an incen-
oo tive to think about re~
Modern? ligion. We c o u l d

weigh in the balance
the different thoughts presented, and
decide for ourselves which we pre-
ferred.

Of course, there are many folks who

ridiculed any opposing thought be-
cause they have accustomed them-
selves to certain conceptions of things
and have therefore definitely, and per-
haps infinitely stabilized their thoughts.

Such is probably the case down in
Indiana. There a. man by the name of
E. A. Kundred has gained national
fame as a breeder of gladioli plants.

In this, it

’ myself.

banned from an orthodox church
cause the authorities felt that: in his
hybridizing work he was interfering
with the divine scheme of things; that
if God wished a better gladioli he
would have produced. it.

We just wonder if those people
would preterm sirloin steak from a
wild Texas steer, to that from a. prize
beef; pork from the wild boar than
from the modern hog. Would ‘they
prefer fig leaves to clothing made from
the cotton of'the modern cotton plant,
or from wool which comes from the
modern sheep, which grows somuch
more wool, and of better quality, than
the sheep of ancient times. And fruit,
surely a good Jonathan or Spy is much
better than the wild apple. ’

Agriculture is all wrong if such con-
ceptions would generally prevail. When
man first tickled the ground, he start-
ed to improve things, and has been at
it ever since. Perhaps it is a part of
the divine scheme to keep man busy
improving thing‘s. God knows that man
must be kept busy to keep him out of
mischief, and we feel sure that as long
as he is making things better he is not;
working with the forces of evil. Cer«
tainly there cannot be any harm in
picking out the best of the things
which God grows in such profusion
and making them better, more beau-
tiful or more useful.

szm‘m’
SUPPOSE you folkses knows it‘s
been rainin’ some this summer.
Well, you know when it rains you can’t
work outdoors, so rainy weather is
lazy man's weather. But it ain’t fer
me. No weather is lazy man’s weather
fer me. Every time Sofie finds some-
thin’ fer me to do. Fer inst, this time

it is paintin’ the kitchun.

I tell you I kin slap a wicked brush,
but I don’t like this cleaning every-
thin’ before you
paint. But that’s
the regulashuns,
so that's what I
g o t t a do. The
other day Sofie
wanted me to var-
nish the floor
when she was
awa y. Well, I
washed it 0. K,
I thought, and then varnished it. But
when I come to look at it there’s still
a lotta dirt under the varnish. Now,
the dirt is where Sofie can’t get at it.

 

 

 

 

 

You know, I learned somethin' about -

paintin’. Fer inst, it’s easy to put a
dark color over a light one, but it ain’t
so easy to put a light one over a dark

one. You gotta keep adoin’ it and
adofi1' it ’til the dark don’t show
through no more.

Now, ain’t that just like life. If you

do somethin’ dark and dirty it’s awful
hard to cover up. Maybe you’ll be as
good as you kin be, but still that darl!
and dirtiness shows through. But be
as white as you kin and then let one
little black spot get on your character
and the white is covered up. So, If
you wanta change color, start white
and then get darker, if you wanta.
But if you start black and wants turn
white you gotta job ahead 0’ you. But,
just like in paintin’, it can be done.

It don’t make no differunce how
much you varnish yourself on the out-
side, if there’s dirt underneath, it's
goin’ to show through sometime. \

You know there is some of this kind
0' paint they call sunshine paint. I
like it ’cause it makes things bright
and cheery. It makes pleasant sur-
roundin’s ’cause it reflects all the light
and cheerinessthere is around. Seems
to me there’s some folkses what could

‘use some 0’ this sunshine paint on

themselves. Sometimes I gotta look
at myself to see if I donfineed some
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. a 'wemfatth‘e‘seventy-sixth annual

" Michigan at... can win be the United
5 States Department or. Agriculture dis-'

play which‘has’jss its Object the teach-
mg of better farming 'methods.

G. W Dickinson, secretary-manager
of the fair, in keeping with his policy
to minister to the needs of the farmer
first at all times, obtained this exhibit
after lengthy negotiations” with the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing-
ton. vThe government exhibit will be
open'every day‘of the fair, from Sep-
tember 4 to 13.

The Michigan exhibition, by the
'way, is the first for this new display,
which. has beenprepared by the gov-
ernment chiefly for the- purpose of ex-
hibiting at the National Dairy Show
in Indianapolis. The fair management,
therefore, feels quite elated in having
obtained it for its premier showing.
The exhibit will be housed in the Dairy
Building. '

Exhibits Teach Profitable Lessons.

There will be a number of divisions,
one showing the value of market news
service to the farmer and others. Co-
operative marketing is the subject. of
another division, a symbolic exhibit
showing the benefits derived from (:0-
operative marketing.

Another department tells why un-
derfeeding is uneconomical, and shows

‘ the importance and profit of proper

feeding for dairy cows. The need for
better bulls, which shows thé'worth
of rotation of cooperative bulls, is cov-
ered in another department.

That pastures can reduce feeding
costs is revealed in a division which
shows the relation of good pastures to
the cost of feeding dairy cows. Better
cows, better income, is the title of still
another exhibit. It brings out the re-

‘ lation between production of butter-fat

and income above feeding costs, and
how the type of cow influences im-
provements of the farmstead.

The value of cooperative cow test—
ing work is covered, too, the worth of
this plan being well illustrated. The
need for culling is a division that there
always has been and always will be
a need for culling the dairy herd, as
revealed by cow testing records.

A department that covers records
over a number of years should be in-
teresting to every agriculturist. It
shows the trend of prices for milk,
butter and cheese for a period extend—
ing from 1907 to 1924.

Dairy Exhibits Exceptional.

‘ How to produce clean milk is a de
partment that by models shows the
methods and equipment necessary for
this important work. Other subjects
covered by the governmental display
include: Farm organization, milk for
the family, use of dairy products on
the farm, dairy industry statistics, soy-
beans for the dairy farm, value of
pure-breds, care of calves, and cooper-
ative bull associations.

“Michigan farmers who attend this
year’s fair will see in the United States
exhibit one of the best dis-plays ever
assembled for the benefit of the man
on the land," said Mr. Dickinson, in
commenting on this feature of the
fair. “There Will be men from the
extension service of the department
of agriculture on hand at all times to
explain the several exhibits, which
should be seen by every farmer who
visits the fair.”

Michigan State College Exhibit.

Born- of the Michigan State Fair
back in the antebellum days of the
Nineteenth Century, Michigan State
College has always been closely allied
with the parent institution. Every year
that the fair. is held, and it has been

  

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1? Michigan. Stolélijol‘lege

to the people of the state what the
college does for the farmer. .

This. year Michigan State College
will have a liner and; larger exhibit
than ever before. The building, for-
merly known as the Gleaners’ Temple,
and acquired through purchase as its
own by the fair, has been turned over
to Michigan State College to do with
as. the school authorities please. Dr.
Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of the
college, has given assurance that every
bit of available space will be utilized.

“It may be interesting for those not
familiar with the history of the fair
and State College, to know something
of the start of both,” said Mr. Dickin-
son. “The fair was founded in 1849
by a group of Michigan pioneers who
realized what its value would be in
developing agriculture, which was then
just getting started in Michigan. It
was the first fair west of the Alle—
gheny Mountains.

“So successful was the first fair,
held in Detroit on the site that is now
Grand Circus Park, that it was decided
to make it an annual event. Soon there
started a movement by the same men
to establish ‘an agricultural college.
It was not till 1856 that the legislature
authorized the school. Work was start—
ed as soon as the land at East Lan-
sing was deeded to the school. An in-
terestng feature of the school’s estab-
lishment was that the president of the
fair was the first president of the col—
lege, and the fair secretary became
professor of horticulture at the school.”

DON’T HAVE A “CARRY ME”
GATE.

 

FAR too many farms have gates that
have to be carried or dragged
around when one wishes to enter or
leave the farm. This is poor economy
when one stops to consider the amount
of time and energy that is absolutely
wasted every time the gate is opened.
A good gate, serviceable and eco-
nomical, may be built and “banged”
so that it will open quickly and read-
ily, for a few dollars. Many gates that
now have to be dragged around could
be fixed to open easily by hanging
them on proper sized hinges. Too
many times the farm gate is swung
on hinges that are too small. Quite
often the trouble is in. the gate post.
In making fence of any description
strong end and gate posts must be
used if the fence is to remain for any
length of time.

A good gate not only saves time and
energy, but it also adds to the appear-
ance of the farm: It is one of the big-
gest» labor-saving devices on the farm
for what it costs—H. Holt.

 

THE BEST PRODUCING DAIRY
HERD.

 

OHN OLSON, of Ontonagon county,

had the highest rank among the
dairy herds of the peninsula during
June, reports J. G. Wells, dairy spe-
cialist of the Michigan State College.
This herd of six grade Guernseys and
Holsteins produced an average of 1,324
pounds of milk and 51.8 pounds of but-
ter-fat during that month. The On-
tonagon county association outranked
all other associations in the peninsula
during the month. A pure-bred Hol-
stein on the farm of the Michigan
State College Experiment Station at
Chatham was the high individual cow
for the month. . ~

 

More than 100 dairymen in the vicin-
ity of Carson City have organized a
cooperative creamery company. F. G.
Bailey was elected president; T. B.
Ryan, Vice-president: and C. A. Caryell,

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TRESPASSING CHICKENS.

A man owns a narrow strip of land
r-and keeps about 1, 000 chickens on it,

 

ff.‘ letting them run on his- neighbor’s
gland. destroying gardens
' .. things.

and other
Have told him to take care
. ”of them, but he says they are doing no

harm. ‘What can I do?—W. H. W.

The chickens may be taken while
trespassing and held until the damage
is paid. or suit may be brought for the
- . amount of damage—Rood.

LIABILITY FOR BAD CHECK.

\

I'sent in an order to a company for
a dress. I received word that they
were out of stock and after waiting
two weeks, I received a check which
they wanted me to re—order with. In-
stead, I cashed it here in the bank.
Last week I got a letter from the bank
for me to come and settle, as the com-
pany was in the hands of a receiver,
and the check was no good. Will I
have to pay the $4. 98?——A. S.

A person depositing a check in a
bank to be cashed, and receiving pay-
ment of the money thereon, is liable
to the bank for the amount so paid
as a. purchaser in due Course, regard-
less of any right against the person
giving the check—Rood. .

 

WILD CARROT.

 

I have a great deal of wild carrot.
I keep them cut so they don’t go to
seed this fall. Will the root winter-
kill or will it come up again next
spring? Does the seed lay in the
ground that is cultivated, and when
that field is seeded will it come up
again?——R. C.

Wild carrot is not usually much of
a pest in cultivated fields, due to the
fact that cultiVation tends to break
the root off just below the crown. If
the plants are cut off above the ground
this does not injure the crown and the
roots will live over the winter.

In case it is not advisable to culti-
vate the field this season the plants
should be kept cut so that the seed
bearing parts will not produce seed.—
C. R Megee.

SWEET CLOVER FAILS.

 

I have several acres of gravelly sand
that I sowed to sweet clover this
spring and it did not come only here
and there a stalk. I am wondering if
I should sow alfalfa on it this fall with
good commercial fertilizer. Should I
put a nurse crop with it? The soil is
light and run-down. I want to get it
to produce a crop and I find that next
to barnyard manure a leguminous fer—
tilizer is best. I thought if I got a1-
falfa to grow I could pasture it and
thus fertilize it with the stock. How
much should I sow and what would be
the best to sow with it?——E. 0

It may be possible that the dry
weather caused the sweet clove-r to
fail. However, from the remarks you
make concerning the piece of land, I
would advise you to send a sample of
your soil to Soil Department, Mich-
igan State College, East Lansing, Mich-
igan, with a request that they make a
lime determination for you.

Sandy soil that has been badly de-
pleted in fertility is very likely to be
acid and neither sweet clover nor al-
falfa do well on poor soils that are ex-
tremely acid. In case the soil is found
to be acid it will be necessary to apply
some form of limestone to correct this
acidity The amount which should be
applied will be recommended after the

'test has been made. On sandy soils,
fertilizers containing both phosphorous
and potash have been found advisable
for alfalfa seedings.

If the soil is so sandy that it blows
easily I would recommend that you
seed the alfalfa with a small amount
oi" oats, otherwise I Would seed it
alone.

It is customary to sow ten pounds
or sfarified Grimm seed, or twelve to

fourteen pounds of Common seed per
acre. Alfalfa should be seeded by the
middle of August. If seeded much lat-
er than this date it is likely to winter—
kill badly.‘—-——C. R. Megee. '

GETTING A JOINT DEED.’

 

If a man buys a farm before his mar-
riage how can he give the woman who
becomes his wife afterwards a joint
deed? If he fails to do so, what rl ht
can his widow have to his proper y?
Can wife have property deeded over
in her name if she applies within
twenty-four hours after his death?—
Subscriber.

No conveyance of any person can be
made after the owner dies, except un-
der order of the bate court in pay-
ment of his debts. The widow would
be entitled to one-third of the prop
erty if the deceased left a child or
children, and to one—half if he left
none. If a man desires to make his
property over to himself and wife by
entirety they should make deed to
another person and have it conveyed
back to them as husband and wife.

SEEDING SWEET CLOVER.

 

I have a field on which I can not get
a catch of clover. I seeded it in oats
two years ago. Last fall I put wheat
in and fertilized it with 250 pounds,
and this spring I sowed clover and tim-
othy as the frost was going out. But
the summer was too dry. Now about
sweet clover. When is the best time
to sow it? Should I put it in with
wheat in fall or in spring, or is it bet-
ter to sow it in freshly worked ground
as in oats? Should I make one cut-
ting and plow second down for ma-
nure, then sow oats and .seed with
alfalfa? When should you cut sweet
clover fox seed?—-H. A. S

Sweet clover is usually seeded dur—
ing the early spring. However, it may
be sown most any time from early
April until the middle of August. If
seeded later than the middle of August
the plants are not likely to make suffi-
cient growth to carry them through
the winter without a great deal of win-
ter-killing. A few farmers have se-

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cured 890d results by seedingunscari-

fled seed just before‘the ground freez-
es up in the fall.

In case you are desirous of sweet
clover for next year, I, would suggest
that you seed on a well-firmed seed-
bed by the middle of August, if possi-
ble. The method you suggest should
get the land in good shape for alfalfa.

Sweet clover should be cut for seed
when from sixty'to seventy—five per
cent of the pods have turned brown.
If possible, it should be cut when the
plants are slightly touched by dew or
mist to prevent the shattering of the
pods—C. R. Megee, Associate Profes-
sor of Farm Crops.

DBAINING sunF‘Acs WATER.

 

Has a. state a right to/ put a tile

- through a state road, thus draining one

man’s land on to another? The water
flows very near to the house and re-
mains there until it is very offensive.
We are afraid of sickness. They had
to remove the only tile that was ever
there before, after a short time on ac-
count of complaint. The water also
kills crops where it stands. Could we
build a dam on our side of the road to
hold the water back?——E. B.

No person has a. right to increase,
divert or stop the flow of surface wa-
ter from the course in which it is ac-
customed to flow. If such an act is
done the person injured may sue for
for the damage, have an injunction,
or abate the nuisance. In this regard
towns and cities have no greater
rights than individuals.

DISEASE ON WHEAT.

 

A year ago I bought good clean seed
wheat and planted it without treat-
ment. It grew fine until May and June
when about one- -third of the stalks
turned blackheads and this became
dust and blew off. My crop was dimin-
ished. The grain that remained ripen-
ed and is very nice looking wheat. Is
this black rust or smut? No smut in
grain after threshing. Will this grain
be satisfactory for planting this fall?

If it needs treatment advise me how ,

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‘ of a school district.

The diseade on your wheat is due

to loose smut. This disease should not
be confused with stinking smut. or,

hunt

The last named smut may be easily

controlled by the formaldehyde treat-
ment; however, the formaldehyde
treatment does not controlloose smut.
Loose smut may be controlled by the
hot water treatment; - however, this
treatment is quite difficult to handle
and is somewhat risky unless suitable
equipment is at hand. It is usually
more profitable to secure, seed wheat
known to be .free of loose smut than
it is to try to treat the seed.

In case there is a portion of your
field- where the loose smut.did not
show up. the seed might be saved from
this part of the field and planted.
While this is no guarantee that the
seed will be free of loose smut, still
it is quite likely that there will be a
much smaller per cent present.———C. R.
Megee.

SOME SCHOOL QUESTIONS.

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If a director of a school district has
the school census taken the latter part
of June instead of previous to June 1,
as required by law, swears that his
report is correct and sends it in, is
there any penalty, and what? A jus-
tice ofthe peace is elected moderator
He said he could
swear himself in and did so. Is he
moderator in the eyes of the law? The
school law states What amé’unt may
be expected for maps, dictionary, and
globe. If a school director exceeds
the state amount can he pay it out of
the general fund, or could he be re-
quired to pay the excess from private
funds?——M. W. A. R.

The school board is liable to the
district for money expended contrary
to law. No officer can administrate
an oath to himself. If a statute pro-

 

vides a penalty for doing an act, no"

other penalty can be implied—Rood.

Is SILVAGE mwmousr

 

Please tell me if silage is in any
way injurious to cows ?—L. R. B

The fact that silos have been used
in this country for more than thirty
years, and have increased in popular-
ity each year, especially in the dairy
districts, is abundant proof that silage
is not injurious to cows.

Corn, the giant of the grass family,
produces more food per acre for live
stock than any other known plant. Its
nature is such that it can not be eco-
nomically harvested at that stage of
its growth when it contains the larg-
est per cent of digestible nutrients and
stored like other members of the grass
family. If allowed to mature it, like
other grasses, develops a large amount
of indigestible matter—celulose tisshe
which is impalatable as well as indi-
gestible. Then, too, it is very bulky,
requires a large amount of storage,
and is bothersome to feed. Harvested
after it becomes ripe, and handled in
the very best known way, more than
thirty per cent of its food value is
lost. But if harvested when green, at

. the proper time, and stored in a good

silo, much more of it is digestible and
there need not be a loss to exceed five
per cent in food value.

Corn silage contains too large a per
cent of carbohydrates and is too bulky
to be used as a complete ration. It
should be supplemented by such foods
as clover or alfalfa hay, and the grain
fed in connection with it should also
be a protein food.

Silage also furnishes succulency to
the ration, and it is common knowl-
edge that a succulent food in the ra<
tion is quite beneficial, not only mak—
ing the ration‘ more appetizing, but

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Who‘s _ have : done ‘ well. In hddition,

. 1 alfalfa -at nightand when the green
' hay was not available they had dry

_ and sows about flfteenpounds of seed
‘ 'Per acre.-—-K. K. Vining. ‘

used for additional pasture.

' land to be idle. The area of idle plow

indicated by reports from New Eng-

. four lots—half bushel ‘of field run, U.

of? the

meanders "neid,
, . .-_ est. ~whieh'ihaa Ethane
sundae! this legume, the balance is in
Junegr‘ass. .1 3 .
win the early spring seventy-four hogs

    
 

there-has been twenty3two Jersey coin
in, for most _ of the time. The cows
have had no grain but have had green

alfalfa... Mr; Humphrey says that the
milk flow keeps up and he should
know, because he isxa ”member of the
West Kent Cow Testing Association.
He has sixteen acres Seeded for next
yearin oats and barley. He uses lime

FEWER FARMS IN COUNTRY.

 

SURVEY conducted by the depart-

ment of "agriculture shows that
there were 30,000 fewer farm:, and a
reduction of land in crops of 1,200,000
acres in the United States last year,
as compared with 1923. Of this de-
creased crop area 1,000,000 acres were

Somefarmers in nearly all parts of
the country are extending the culti-
vated area, either by clearing, drain-
age or dry farming, but for the conn-
try as a whole the survey shows that
many more farmers are allowing plow

land, excluding summer fallow, is plac-
ed at over 25,000,000 acres. The de-
crease in farm units is general in some
sections of the south, Michigan and
Missouri. The decline is greatest, how-
ever, in Colorado, Idaho and Wash—
ington. An increase in crop land is

land and the Atlantic Coastal plain.

OPPOSE CHANGES IN IMMIGRA-
TION LAW.

 

HE American Federation of Labor

has declared its opposition to any
modification of the immigration law,
charging those who favor permitting
entry of aliens ineligible to citizenship
with! being un-American.’ It is an-
nounced that candidates who believe
in flooding this country with foreign-
ers will be opposed in primaries and
at elections.

 

PRIZES FOR BEST'GRADED POTA-
TOES AT TOP 0’ MICHIGAN
POTATO SHOW.

 

POTATO growers in Michigan will
have an excellent opportunity to

learn about the exact requirements
of the United States potato grades
through a special class at the Top 0’
Michigan Potato Show this fall. This
special class, with-$100 in cash prizes,
is to be fostered by the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and will be called
“State Department of Agriculture Spe-
cial.” To compete in this class, an
exhibitor is required to furnish one
bushel of field-run potatoes, one-half of
which he must have graded according
to the Michigan grading laws. Thus.
he will have his potatoes divided into

S. No. 1’s, U. S. No. 2’s, and culls.
These lots will be inspected by one of
the trained inspectors to see if any
potatoes have been misplaced. The
premium will be awarded strictly on
the ability of the producer to interpret
the Michigan grades. The first prize
will be $50 in cash.

Announcement of this class was
made in a letter from Mr. A. C. Car-
ton, director of the bureau of agricul-
tural industry, to Mr. A. C. Lytle, sec-
retary of the Top 0' Michigan Potato
Shgw. According to Mr. Lytle, the
growers innorthern Michigan appreci-
ate very much the interest which the
state department is taking. intheir af-
fairs,tpartieularly the show. This show

e- seen, this year.- . .

 

 
 

 

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Doctors, tourists, salesmen, and all who

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The fact is, that with its admirable

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linen, hang up cur-
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fabrics carefully cut and
adorned—all for the pur-
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facts of food, shelter and
clothes.

Advertisements enable
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, Your

State F air

STATE FAIR is an arena for friendly competition.

It is an educational opportunity. It is a medium of
exchange for ideas and property. It is a social event. It is a
reflection of agricultural optimism. It is an annual census
of progressive agriculture. It is a pageant of progress.

The crop and livestock products of a great common-A

wealth are on display.

The best grains, the most nutri-

tious grasSes, and the finest farm animals on exhibition
give evidence of man’s progress in soil husbandry.

Ever keeping pace with the progress of the world’s basic
industry—agriculture—has been the development of the
Nation’s arteries of transportation. Interdependent as are
agriculture and transportation, it is becoming more and
more evident that the prosperity of one depends upon the

success of the other.

Always in the lead to recognize the needs of the country,
the New York Central Lines have spent millions upon

millions of dollars in pr

oviding livestock cars, box cars

for grain and refrigerator cars.

When visiting the State

Fair, consider also the fact that

the progress reflected there is, in a large measure, pos-
sible through the foresight and progressiveness of the
builders of our great railroad systems.

      

 
 

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BADGER STATE MAN Act RI" 0. 7.
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‘ Sine

. ENERAIJLY when there is an ar--
gument at our house, I sign off.
first. I might as well anyhow,

: V‘ as: a woman alwayswill have the last
' . word- If it is, a three-cornered argu~v

'ment- there is also ’an advantage. I
can generally get/some ‘fun out of
what follows—there are two women at
our house.

fort at any cost. I know it don’t pay
as far as results are concerned, but a
man must show occasionally that he
is boss in his own house. This is more
necessary now than it used to be when
one could talk over the weather in the
grocery store or swap fish stories at
the barber shop. Now these safe re-
treats are gone. The young store-
ont .the chairs,
covered the counters, and thrown out
the box of sawdust. And as for the
barber shop, the flappers keep coming
in to get their head shingled or their
neck shaved—a. man might better stay
at home. ‘

But that is not as dull as it might
have been without my new music box.
Not that I’m so strong for this new
jazz music, but I can have the other
kind too, if I want it. It’s a talking
machine, too, and when I turn it on
strong, it sometimes stops the argu-
ment, if it happens to be over some—'
thing else.

But last night it didn’t work that
way. You see, this is one of those
new~fang1ed machines that bring the
music or speeches from all over the
country right to us. We simply turn.
the knobs on the box and there it is
right in the room. The only trouble
is the whole family knows how to run
it and all want to be doing it at the
same time. ‘

Last night, though, I insisted on
having my way. I’ve got some fat
hogs about ready to sell and wanted
to get the market reports, so I just
told the women to clear out till I was

LTHOUGI—I the opening of the
A business session of the Michigan

Potato Growers’ Exchange at
Cadillac last week was tense and
somewhat strained, the delegates
speedily transacted the business and
closed in complete harmony. An en-
tire new set of by—laws was adopted.
These provide for the five-year con-
tracts and made provision for the en-
forcement of the new method of mar-
keting.

II: * II:

The by—law declaring that an officer
of the exchange should not also be a.
member of the board of directors, was
retained. Since the present manager,
Fred Smith, of Elk Rapids, is also a
member of the board of directors, the
delegates requested his resignation
from the board in order to live up to
the letter of this law and still retain
him as manager. A*ctign was deferred.

*

To enforce the five-year contract
agreement, the delegates voted to fur«
nish counsel for its locals in all litiga~
tion involving 30mg”? violations.

The delegates adopted a resolution
asking for more aid from the federal
government to promote the use of bet-
ter seed among growers, and enthusi-
astically indorsed the assistance which
the Michigan State College is giving
cooperative maike’tying in this state.

* .

It was voted to continue the short
closed sessions of delegates at annual
sessions, notwithstanding that the re-
sults of such sessions this year did
not appear to be altogether satisfac-
tory.

III * i

By a large majority C. E. Hawley,
of Shelby, was elected director, to suc-
ceed Samuel Rogers, of East Jordan,
and Fred Harger, of Stanwood, was
elected to succeed O. S. Wood-of Bar-
Henry Curtis Was re-elected

Joseph Bussey, vice-president;

 

 

Hawley, secretary; Fred J. Harger;

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throughwlth that, and then; they could ;

go to itas‘loug as they liked. i

Now, I- pride myself on always keep r
ing my word—just as good as a bond, 5
and all that. But on this" subject, my .
women folks don't seem to know it. 1
Right away there was an argument i
that would give somebody all of the r
fifty-seven varieties of blues at once. i
They were declaring, separately and i
severally, that I wouldn’t get: through
'—that I didn’t realize how rapidly the i
time passed and that, each of them ‘1
was set on hearing something more ,
important than "any old market re—
ports—that I could get the market re-
port any day, but what they wanted
were features" that wouldn’t be re-
peated..~ '

-I mentioned“ that they. would prob—
ably not be worth hearing, much less
epeatfng, but anyhow, that business
came before pleasure, and this time
they’d have “to wait. But I realized
all right how the time had passed
when I finally tuned in on the market
reports and heard:

“This is station MKT signing off.”

I was too mad to see any fun in
what followed. Mother and Sally had
a. fierce argument about who would
have the next chance. I knew all the
time how it would come out, but I had
some satisfaction along with Sally
when the loud speaker said:

“You have just listened to an ad-
dress by the president of the Women’s
Rights Club. This is station WRC.
signing off.”

I didn’t feel sorry for Sally, either“
when she finally got her inning and
heard the announcement: .

“This is station JAZ signing off.’

I’ve concluded that I might as well
“sign off” on the idea that my women
folks will get any sense about this
thing. I’m going to try to get the de‘
partment of commerce to regulate it
somehow, and if that don’t work I’ll
have to install another radio in the
barn.——J. R. B.

Potato Growers’ Exchange
Note: 071 Annual Meeting

treasurer. No change has been made
in management. ,
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During the past yea? the Exchange
shipped 2,926 carloads of potatoes and
other products. Of the potatoes ship<
ped, 1,595 cars were plain U. S. No. 1
grade; 1,110 cars of “Chief" grade, and
162 cars were sold as fancy stock. The
average price for the season was nine-
ty cents per hundredweight, f. o. b.
Cadillac, with the highest price coming
on June 1, when a single car brought
$1.72 per hundredweight and the low-
est selling on April 29 at fifty-five
cents. '

all :3 * t.

The membership campaign which
was authorized by the delegates two
years ago resulted thus far in signing
up 7,800 members on the five-year con~
tract. -These members have approxi‘
mately 33,000 acres devoted to the pro
du‘ction of potatoes.

II‘ =I:

The five—year contracts provide for
optional pooling by local associations.
The type of pool to be adOpted by the
locals is left to the discretion of the
members.

* II: *

The total amount of certified seed.
handled by the seed department this
past year was reported at approxi.
mately 60,000 bushels. Of these 41,000
bushels were Russet Rurals, 9,000
White Rurals, 3,000 Green Mountains,
6,500 Irish Cobblers, and 100 Early
Ohio. '

II: * *

Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, president
of the Michigan State College, empha-
sized the production of quality pota-
toes as the first step in the successful
marketing of this crop, in his address
before the delegates and visitors.
There are, he said, between 600. and
700 cooperative organizations in‘this
state. * * *

W. H. Esslinger, who has charge of

state department of agriculture, de‘
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tary Training Camp in Mass.

Robert S. Reger, who started as a young‘ messenger boy in the
post office department, was sworn in this month by Postmaster-
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Edwin R. Scott, of San Francisco,
claims to have invented a twen-
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Federal dry agents raided a garage building in New York and found
what they claim to be N W York’s largest bootleg plant. There
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Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy have just begun
a course of instruction from which they Will eventually emerge
as qualified fliers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First of the fourteen-inch rifles, hurling shells

on the Pacific Coast.

 

 

 

The head of Chief Two Guns
weighing 1,560 pounds, are ready for defense . White Calf adorns the Buffalo
nickel in your pocket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarge crowd at Bolling Field, Washington, was
thrilled to see Diavolo Krantz hang by his
knees from the axle of an aeroplane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Glacier picnic can be -high 1y recommended for hot summer days.
So says this party upon returning from a picnic in one of the
great crevices of Nisqualiy Glacier, in Ranier National Park.

 

 

 

 

Reports from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the widow of America’s. war
time president, indicate that she intends to present the Wilson
home in Washington to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.

 

 

 

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r

e of Perkins.
ranch in the mountain sentien,
d as his holdings lay in a kind of
hi 0r ravine between two hills, with
it 300dosized stream running through,
as had plenty of water to tide over the
dry times, and raised good crops year
fatter year. The few settlers in the,
valley below, not having the control

of the mountain stream, found it hard
' ,to get sufficient moisture to raise even

a fair crop, in especially dry seasons.
The toWn Improvement Club said

“said that “Old Perkins" was a monop-
.olis‘t, and should be routed out ofthe.
'hills, and the water running through

his land made to benefit the farmers
below. A delegation of leading citi¥
zens approached Mr. Perkins on the
advisability of selling his ranch to the
Improvement Club for a dam site, to
impound the water for irrigation pur-
poses. ‘
“Wa’al,” .said the old man to the
spokesman of the party, who was
lawyer Turner, a man of alleged shady

transactions, it was rumored, "I don’t
know about selling my land. I ain’t
ready to sell. You come around in

about a year and I’ll talk to you.”

. “That won’t do, Mr. Perkins!” chirp-
ed the lawyer.‘ “The people are suf-
fering down in the valley for want of
irrigation, and it’s downright hoggish—
ness for you to refuse a fair price for

your land. Any public spirited man
will say so.’ ,
“Wa’ a1, ye talk well, an’ I’d think

ye was next door to a saintwif I didn’t
know different. Yer language is first-
rate. I like yer talk, but yer meaning
is camouflaged under a cloak of deceit
—catch my words?”

“I didn’t come here to be insulted!”
snapped the lawyer, “and what’s more,
I will not take no for any answer. I
want that land for public benefit, and
I represent the town Improvement
Club. VVe’ll get the land if we have
to start condemnation proceedings.
You're an old fogy that has got stuck
in there like a tooth—pick in a water-
melon. VVe’re going to rout you, and
we won’t be long about it either. You
can just pick up your duds and get
ready to vamouse. \Ve have stood you
long enough, with your arrogant man-
ner of monopoly of the people’s
rights,” fumed the lawyer, with “-211 or
assumed dignity. Turning he took a
step or two, then waited to see if the
farmer had anything to say, further.

“Just as I thought. i thought ye’d
say that. It’s just like a shyster law-
yer to say things. I notice that ye
part yer hair in the middle. Maybe it
takes with the women, but it cuts no
flgger with Old Dave Perkins, except
to place ye in the catagory o’ a—are
ye goin’ so soon? Call again, gentle-
men, I’ll be glad to see yet,” was his
parting words.

The lawyer, the banker, and three
real estate dealers who formed the
party, stuck their heads in the air and
marched away. Dave Perkins went in
the house and talked with his wife,
who was a pleasant-faced woman of
forty. “W‘a’al, Martha, I guess we’ll
have to get out 0’ here. Them town

{He owned a “

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Improvement Club folks .has‘ it in for
me, and they won’t rest until they
start condemnation proceedings to get
my land for a dam site.”

“Oh, if they’d onlyflwait until you
could get that other business settled
up, it would give us a chance. ‘Just
now, I don’t see what we can .do if
we’re Ousted from our home.” 7

“Oh, we’ll hang out somewhere, I
guess, though it’ll be a hard pull to
get settled right. I guess we can live

his dicisiou in favor of the Improve-
ment Club. He was a member him-
self. Dave Perkins moved into his
barn, and the work of starting the dam
begun.

With all this assurance of profitable
times when the lower land would be
irrigated, and many acres of heretofore
unused land brought to a' bearing
state, the dealers in real estate got
busy. First, they pressed the settlers
for an immediate accounting. The

Ode to A Farmer Maid

By Helen Janet Miller

Have you seen her blithely swinging through the pastures and the meads,
With her starry eyes, and lips as red as ripe pomegranate seeds?

HaVc you heard her gayly laughing in the Dawn’s blushing face

Where the little streams meander, weaving patterns sheer as lace?

Have you felt her sparkling presence
Where the crystal bubbles gurgle. like

near the gushing, spring- -born wells,
a thousand little bells?

l have sought her many mornings where the golden cow-slips bloom,
As fantastic and as exquisite as breaths of rare perfume.

’Ere the break of day l spied her in the periwinkle mist,

And I spied a dainty imprint where her feet the dew had kissed.

Through the clover-fields she rambled,
Vivid as a tiger-lily, swaying when the

singing to a pink-splashed sky;
wind flees by.

Through her hair a tipsy wind capriced, and tossed it airily—

Oh, the hair that danced and rippled like the waves beside Capri.
I could hear her softly crooning as she tripped her way along,
And I strained my ears to hear her unintelligible song.

As I crossed the fields to meet her, violet eyes were turned to me
From .a face like alabaster in its chiseled purity.

’Erc a brief, bewildered moment,

like a startled bird she’d flown,

Like the storm-cloud blots the sunshine, left me spellbound and alone.

But I’ve met her many mornings since
In the twilight;

that forgotten day

in the moonlight, dallied blissful hours away.

In the morning on the marrow, when the foggy shadows fade,
I shall hasten to the clover-fields and claim my farmer-maid.

 

 

in the old barn, on that lower flat lot
that I bought of the Atkins boys when
they left for Montana,” mused Dave,
running his fingers through his gray
hair and seeming to meditate.

There was no time lost in starting
procemlings to oust the gulch land
owner. Everybody seemed to be in
favor of it, though no one except the
heads of the Improvement Club, had
any grudge against Dave. They just
thought the water should be for public
use, and ignored the fact that Dave
Perkins was the first settler, and had
his pick of the land. Besides, Dave
had said of his own accordkthat he
intended to build a dam across the
gulch, and furnish water for the set-
tlers. He wasn’t quite ready, he said,
but would get at it in a year or so.
In the meantime. the settlers were only
raising half a crop, their homes were
heavily mortgaged, and it was nip and
tuck to barely exist.

It took a little time to thrash out

the trouble in the law courts, and it
was mid-summer before the judge gave

mortgages had run long enough, they
said, and must be paid. The poor set-
tlers couldn’t pay, so the money-lend-
ers, land-sharks and owners, foreclos-

ed and took the lands and houses from,

the settlers. They professed great sor-
row at this necessity, and with seem-
ing generosity, allowed the settlers to
remain on their places as tenants, and
pay rent—the latter raised to a high
figure. All the land had been grabbed
up by these dealers, and they adver—
tised farms for sale at nineteen times
the former prices.

Dave ,Perkins was busy with private
business that often took him to a dis-
tant city. He was seen. at the state
capitol once or twice, but nobody paid
much attention to him, as they
thought he was a back number, now
that the Improvement Club had it all
their way. But old Dave knew his
business, and he was a queer old fel-
low anyway. He used to answer some
of the smart Aleck-s when they were
guying him, by repeating an original
rhyme that seemed to ease his
feelings to a considerable degree.

flctz'w'tzer of .4! Acre:— Too 2" 01mg to Stufl for t/ze Wa/fi and to Old too btufjfor t/ze T aé/e

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- . May: on y’ b
But only» when ye 'cpun cth g,

Can ye tell how far he’ll jump. ”

rounding country. A man who was a
descendant of the first Spanish family
that tilled land in the west, raked up
an old land grant that covered nearly
feur sections of land in and around
the valley It-took in all the high-pric-
ed land that the real estate dealers
were coining millions on. If valid, it
would take first claim of all this now
valuable land. It was threshed out in
the law courts, and, just as might be
expected, Old Dave Perkins had some-
thing to do with it. He procured the
best lawyer in the land, and after
nearly a year of lawing, won the suit.
The land belonged to Dave and his
brother Sol. .

’ The first thing that Dave did wl “n
he got possession of the land was -_
take down all the signs offering land
at eight thousand dollars an acre, and
place instead, sign reading: “Land at
eight dollars an acre, to poor people.
while it lasts.” ~-

Dave was approached by the settlers
«who had been paying high rent for
their homes that they didn’t own. They
asked about his terms in regard to
rent.

“Them houses,” said Dave, “has
been paid tor over and over, by yer
hard work on the land. I guess ye
needn’t pay any rent; an’ what’s more,
ye needn’t pay anything. I figure that
the houses and lands 0’ yours, is yours.
I got a lot 0’ deeds made out for ye,
an’ here they is. Take ’em, an’ call it
square. I know ye suffered for lack
0’ water on yer land, but I couldn’t
do anything until I got that land grant
settled. That’s all I was waitin’ for,
ter help ye.”

Dave was the most loved man in the
community, from that day. His rhym-
ing replies to 'duffers and bluffers, be-
came the slogan of the town. Many
of the housewives, who now lived in
their own homes, had the little rhyme
framed and hung up in the best room,
as a tender memento of a good man.

“A frog that sits upon a log, may have
a homely hump,

But only when you punch that frog,
can you tell how far he’ 11 jump.

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out good their folks are not always to
blame. So when they don’t turn out
bad, why blame the folks. Julia says
her folks always worked hard for the
kids, and that’s all she asks. If the
kids don’t turn out well the neighbors
ought to have a lot of charity. She
says .lots of things happen in life
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a ippi. . The traVellng. Christians
‘ got there and apparently were
there several pays, before anything un-
usual happened. Then it happened
quick and hard. A slave girl was own-
ed by a number ormen, and from her
the lazy parasites got their living. She
possessed some unusual powers of ven-
triloquism, it would seem. The great-
est living authority on the journeys of
Paul is Sir William Ramsay, professor
in the University of Aberdeen, Scot-
land. Sir William has devoted years
of study and large sums of money,
delving into the life of the greatest of
the apostles. He has traveled the
routes that'Paul traveled. Of what
happened at Philippi helsays, “There
was a slave-girl who was a skillful ven-
triloquist, and who gained thereby a
considerable income for her masters
by pretending to reveal future events
and tell fortunes. For the successful
practice of such
an art it is neces-
sary to possess a
certain sensitive-
ness of tempera:
ment; and the
girl s e e m s to
, _ have appreciated
1 in .some subtle
’ way the spiritual
‘ """'“‘ influence with
which the apostle and his companions
were endowed. Day by day she fol-
IOWed them, calling out, ‘These men
are slaves of the Most High God, who
proclaim to you a way of salvation’."
This was not such an advertisement
as Paul cared for. These cries did
not help him nor his work, and at last
he turned on the girl, and, addressing
the spirit, which, according to ancient
ideas, resided in her, commanded it to
come out. “The spiritual sensitiveness
which she really possessed placed her
under the influence of a more power-
ful nature, and from that moment she
lost her skill," says Ramsay.

 

HE girl having lost her cunning as

a psychic medium, her masters
were furious. They had an easy liv-
ing, better than a government pension.
Note that the record does not say that
the girl became a Christian, but sim-
ply that she no longer exercised her
peculiar gifts. To express their re-
venge, the enraged girl-owners raised
the hue and cry of foreigners against
the strangers. Very likely they said
that Paul, Silas and Luke were not
“hundred-percenters.” Very likely they
were accused of being wops, dagoes,
chinks, greasers. Probably they were
said to be un-Philippian, foreign, and
all the rest of it. And, of course, a
certain element of the population was
with them. It always is. They all
united in the general outcry and
brought them before the magistrates.
'Now, here is one phase of this Phil‘

ippian episode that I like. They
brought them to the court. Mark that
down. Put a pin through it. The mob

did not tar and feather the strangers,
or stone them, or lynch them. They
did not seize them and drag them out
of town at dead of night. They were
disorderly, but they were orderly in
their disorderliness. They brought
them before the court. They did not
attempt to take the law into their own
hands.

AVING said that, we have to add
that the magistrates did not seem
any too judicial. They were carried
away with the pressure of popular tu~
mult, and did not give the accused, at
least so it looks, a fair trial. But still
the point remains. It was all done
within the law. ‘
The penalty was terrible. Many
stripes means that they were beaten
unmercitully. The Jewish law pre-

' 'scribe’d thirty-nine blows, but the Rome

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were sometimes died under the lash.
In addition, the men were placed! in
prison, and fastened in the stocks. It
looks as though Luke was not arrest-
ed wfth the two others.

The two men, Paul and Silas, were
not overwhelmed with fear or sorrow
at their treatment. And during the
night they sought to lighten their feel-
ings with song. Probably they sang
some of the psalms, on which they had
been brought up, and which they had
memorized as boys.

Earthquakes are ‘not uncommon in
this region, but it would look as
though this particular earthquake may
have had a supernatural origin. It
came at the right time, and the oper-
ations of nature are expressions of the
mind .of God. In that sense, it was
without question of supernatural ori-
gin. Prison walls give way and the
terrified jailer is about to kill him-
self, for it was the law that when an
officer permitted a prisoner to escape,
his own life was forfeit. The jailer’s
heart is Open and salvation comes that
night to him and his.

You will note that when the jailer be-
lieved, that “he and all his” were bap-
tized. The same was true of Lydia.
The head of the home believed, and
the entire family became Christians.
That was a type of family authority
that we do not have now. I do not
mean that the father or mother should
do all the deciding for the children,
but nevertheless it sounds good to
read that when father believed all the
sons and daughters did likewise.

HE next morning the scene chang-

ed. The authorities wanted to let
Paul and Silas go, but the two men
said, “Not this time. We are Roman
citizens, and we have been condemned
and-punished without trial. We stand
on our rights.” We like the sound of
that. Just why the two men did not
make their Roman citizenship known
when they were being whipped, and
thus escape it, we do not know. Per-
haps the fury of the mob was so great
they could not. But now things have
cooled off. The magistrates begin to
see a bright light, as they learn that
these men are citizens of the empire
and as such have the right to a full
and deliberate trial at law for any of-
fense. One of the most pressing ques-
tions before Americans is, how to
make the law more respected.

Really, it was not a case of offended
pride alone, either. For if the men
had left the city quietly and without
protest, it would have looked as
though they had been guilty. Right-
eousness must be vindicated. The state
represents God, in its civil relations.
God does no wrong, and the state
should exert itself to the utmost to do
right. Righteousness is not the rule
more frequently because righteous folk
do not press the matter and demand
it. A little more of William Lloyd
Garrison’s “I am in earnest, and will
not equivocate, I will not apoligize,
and I will not retreat a single inch,"
would be well for the society of our
time.

Note how simple and direct is the
challenge to the jailer to become a
Christian. The response was immedi-
ate and baptism followed at once. This
does not mean that they needed no
instruction. That they got, undoubt-
edly. The straightforward. direct ap-
proach to men is the best.

 

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
AUGUST

 

SUBJECTz—Paul and the Phillppian
Jailer. Acts 1646 to 40.

GOLDEN TEXTz—Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and thou shall be sav-
ed. Acts 16—31.

 

Life’s greatest idiot is the man who
refuses to have anything to do with
the man who holds different views
from his own.

 

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. COME this year to the great-

est Of all State Fairs. Take

Off a day, several days, or a week

and bring the family to enjoy

this wonderful inspiring, educa-

tional and entertaining exhibi-
tion. .

There is everything to interest
the farmer --- Agriculture and
Horticulture Exhibits, H or s 6
Show, Cattle, Sheep and Swine
Exhibits, Dog Show, a wonder-
ful educational display by the
United States Department of
Agriculture, one by the State
Department Of Agriculture and
another by Michigan State
College.

The Fitter Families—-Happier
Homes contest and Better Babies
Contest are interesting depart-
ments that should prove attrac-
tive to Michigan folk.

In the way of entertainment
there will be “The Burning Of
Rome,” and a spectacular fire-
works display nightly,high grade
vaudeville, daily band concerts,
the famous World at Home
Shows, Auto Races, Auto Push
Ball, Rodeo Contest and many
other worth while events.

Don’t fall to attend this great
exhibition. Most everybody is
coming-«make your plans now
to be one of those who will see
this wonderful Fair.

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NE of the surprising facts we
learned from the recent World
War was that “human scrubs”
were developing rapidly as compared
to “human thoroughbreds. ’1 Conceding
this fact, to the betterment of the
health .of the families in Michigan, the
Michigan State Fair has added a new
and interesting department this year,
known as the Fitter Families—Hap-
pier Homes Contest.
Plans for the operation of the de-
partment are now being made by Dr.
G. Van Amber Brown, of the Wood-

ward Clinic, who is the superintendent. .

Mrs. Mary T. Watts, of Des Moines,
who has had a great deal of experi-
ence in this work, has been named
supervisor of the department and will
be in Detroit some time before the
fair opening to organize her work.

“The new department will fit in
nicely with the other educational work
the fair has been undertaking for
years and I am quite certain that it
will be a great success,” said G. W.
Dickinson, secretary-manager.

“The superintendent, Dr. Brown, has
just recently finished a lecture tour
through the Upper Peninsula which
had an object very similar to this new
department of the fair, the teaching of
better health to the citizens. He is
going ahead with his plans and is de-

 

Sc/zool Days!

NLY a few short days, now,

before the kiddies will grab
up their lunch basket and be off
to school. “School days, school'
days, dear old Golden Rule days,"
as the songster put it. And
Golden Rule days they are, even
as they relate to the lunch bas-
ket. The contents of the school
lunch basket often form the
“rule” of the child’s future food
habits, which mean so much to '
his health in later life.

With this in mind for a con-
test this week, we will give five
handy rubber kitchen aprons for
the five best letters describing
how you plan the lunches for
the better health of the kiddies
you are sending to school.

Send your letters to Martha
‘Cole, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,
Michigan, before September 4.

 

 

 

cidedly enthusiastic over the prospects
for carrying a better health message
to the people of the state.

“The department will be housed in
the model rural school house building.
TWO floors of the school will be used
for the contest. The building is now
being prepared. We anticipate the
entry of several hundreds of Michigan
families in the contest, which will be
a permanent department.”

The contest is open to all Michigan
families of ordinary health. Entry en—
titles every member of the family to
a thorough physical and scientific ex-
amination by experts. Each person
will be scored and examined as an in-
dividual, the average of the individ-
uals constituting the family score.

The examinations will include den-
tistry; eyes, ears, nose and throat;
structural tests covering weights,
measures, and posture; general medi-

Fitter Fam111es---

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eal examination and laboratory analy-
sis. All examinations will be strictly
private, only winning scores being an-
nounced. Trophies and medals will be
awarded for points of excellence but
the great benefit that every family en-
tering this contest will derive from it

 

Better health is the aim of this gen-
eration because with this growing fac-p
tor we are bound at become a happier.
people. So seldom is it that we get
a free trip to a doctor—an expert doc-
tor—let us look to the health of our
family and join the ranks of the Fitter

Preparing for it Fitter Families—Happier Homes Contest.

is the knowledge concerning the
health conditions of its members.

Families will be divided into four
classes and the winners in each divis-
ion will receive awards. The classes
are as follows: Man and wife; man
wife and one child; man, wife and
two, three, or four children; and man,
wife, and five or more children.

Kiddies’ Clothes

T is usually quite a problem that
I confronts the woman with two or
three children, for whom she must
prepare comfortable and attractive
wardrobes, before the school begins.
And if she is not a woman of lim-
ited means she may buy the ready—
made garments; but when this is done,
the thrifty mother must sew the but-
tons on mo1e firmly, work the button-
holes over, and go over the seams to
make sure there have been no places
missed, in the stitching. For this rea-
son, as well as the initial saving, it is
a great convenience for farm Woman
to be able to sew enough to make
their children’s clothes, and those
women who are not so fortunate, will
find the time and trouble expended in
learning, a very profitable investment.
In regard to materials, we always
find linens, cotton suitings and the like
suitable for the small boy’s wash suits,
while for the girls, something a little
lighter in weight is to be desired. For
spring and fall wear ginghams, cham-
brays, and cotton crepes are suitable.
The younger girls of the family should
always have bloomers to match their
wash dresses. If the bloomers are
worn, petticoats are not needed, ex-
cept during cold weather. I really
think the bloomers matching the
dresses are really a. little more modest
for the average rough and tumble girl,
than the white ones, as well as saving
work, for all busy mothers. —
You will find that the_ straight one-
piece dresses with an unattached" sash,
or with no sash at all, are the most

 

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Family—Happier Homes Contest- at

the Michigan State Fair.

WHEN IT’S SWEET CORN TIME-l

 

I WAS quite sure that my apprecia-
‘tion of sweet corn was both genu-
ine and adequate. I had eaten it
from childhood and had raised a con-

for School Days

sensible for either the six-year—old
daughter, or for her older sister who
is in high school, for they are so sim-
ple and easy to wash and iron. It
certainly pays in the long run, to buy
goods that wash and wear well, and
use trimming that will not fade. And
a busy. mother certainly should not
try to keep a bunch of active young-
sters clean, in white or very light
school garments. A white muddy suit
is lovely for either the girls or the
small boys, but blue or pink fadeless
wash suiting is just as attractive.

Do not worry if daughter insists on
wearing oxfords to school. Her feet
may be just as comfortable in trim
oxfords as in high shoes, if she wears
woolen stockings, and is provided with

a pair of jersey leggings for the cold -

weather. And the fact that “the other
girls do" means much to the. young
girl.

If the girls wear dark wool skirts
and middies to school, their bloomers
may be of sateen, either black or in a
color that matches the skirts.

Do not neglect the little things in

preparing your child’s-school wardrobe.
The whole effect of a delightful wash
suit may be spoiled by a “stringy”
necktie or a crumpled hair ribbon.
Plain stockings, neatly mended, are al-
ways preferable to’cheap ones in the
fancy, showy designs or colors. Every
school child should have-a supply of
school handkerchiefs for their own
use, so that they may always have a
clean one in their pockets, at all times.
——-Nelle Partrey.

' . canned or dried corn.

siderable quantity

Then I, moved to the shore of- Lake
Superior.
short to grow it very successfully. The
fresh corn that was shipped in did not
look very fresh and I did not buy any
of it. For nine years, during which
time I did not happen to be south in
the green corn season, we ate only
It was good and

we ate a lot of it.

I returned to southern, Michigan
near the end of a summer season—in
time, however, to get a few feeds of
Golden Bantam. My! but it did taste
good! That variety was just being in—
troduced when I went north, and I
had not yet become acquainted with it.
It was worth a long period of absti-
nence from fresh corn to enjoy that
sweet: luscious taste. '

The natural way to eat sweet corn
is directly from the cob. If you have
washed your hands there is no use for
fancy silver cob-holders. The only real
grievance a person has who must wear

' store teeth is that he can no longer

bite the corn from the cob.

However, it is not to be despised
when out from the cob and cooked
with plenty of rich milk and butter, or
made into succotash~especially if the
beans are limas. No 6119 who is at all
reasonable would think of declining
tender string-beans and corn boiled
with a piece of nice smoked ham» or
shoulder, or even bacon; and corn-frit-
ters with maple syrup or other good
sweetening make an excellent dish.

There are three ways or using sweet
corn in the winter:

1. Parch the ripened grains and eat
them so, or run them through a coffee
mill and eat with milk.

2. Cut and scrape from the cob and
can by means of a pressure cooker-—
the only may to make sure it will
keep. The bacteria that infest corn
will not always be killed by cooking
in an open vessel.

3. Cut and scrape from the cob and
dry. This Can be done over a range
or oil stove, in the sun, or by means of
a regular fruit dryer. Because of its
tender skin Country Gentleman is
preferable to Golden Bantam.

And let me caution the good house-
wife. Don’t make too much fuss in
case the boys, and their father, too,
if he is of the boy sort, sometimes get

into your bag‘of dried corn and eat -

quite -a lot of it—it will not hurt them.

Let us give thanks that in western
New York in 1779, among the Susque-
hanna Indians, Sweet Corn was dis-
covered and that since that date it has
been so greatly improved—L. K. Long.

WHEN IT'S JELLY-MAKING TIME.

 

Please tell me how to determine if I

have enough apple or pectin in my.

jelly to make a firm jelly.—'—Mrs. F. A.
You can determine whether you
have just the right amount of pectin

in your combined fruits to make a.

good jelly, by following this test: Mix
one teaspoonful of the cooked fruit
juice, one-half teaspoonful of sugar,
and one-quarter teaspoonful of epsom

salts; stir until dissolved anl let stand

for five minutes; if the mixture “sets”
in that time, it will make a good jell.
Or you may use a tablespOonful of
cooked juice with one tablespoonfm
of alcohol. ‘3 If sufliaie’nt pectin is pres-
eat, it will collect in a whim -

     

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FIT AT FIFTY.

 

'IFTY usedvto‘ seem like a great»
age to me. 'But I am now fifty
myself, and justly indignant with

anyone who intimates that the fifty
line is very far past the confines of
youth. For that matter, there was a
time when I thought thirty a great
age, whereas now a man of thirty is a
mere youth. , The important question

'is not “Are you fifty?” but “Are you

fit?" And I feel safe in saying that

I am fit.

Men and women of. fifty must bear
in mind, however that middle life
brings with it certain inevitable chang-
es. Oné of the commonest is the
change in the elasticity of the crystal-
It is not so flex-
ible as heretofore. It is beginning to
harden and never again will work
quite so wellas in the days of youth.
Your vision may be as keen as ever
for long distances but you need “read-
ing glasses” with slightly convex
lenses. From forty to fifty there are
few who escape these changes. a

This is typical of what is going on
all over the body. There is a very
slight hardening of the arteries. Per-
haps it is not sufficient to make two
degrees difference in your blood pres-
sure. Still it exists. The heart is no
longer equal to the excessive strain
that youth puts upon it with impunity.
It may stand it once or twice, but if
you continue there is trouble ahead.
You have not reached the “stop” sig—
nals by any means, but on every hand

1‘!- [er-rip

are signs that, properly interpreted,

read “School of Experience. Drive
Slow!”

Wéll, why not?
good time. You are much more valu-
able now for counsel than for war.
Why not save yourself a little so that

your days may be long in the house of

.the counsellors? There are only a few

things to observe and practically all
of them are written in the great book
of Common Sense. _ Bdt there are a
few special matters of immense profit
to the man of fifty; things that I have
learned from practice and experience;
things too confidential to put on the
printed page for the eye of the casual
reader. I have included in a special
letter a. number of “Hints for the Man
of Fifty” that are of immense value.
Any subscriber sending a stamped, ad—
dressed envelope may have a copy.

IS A MID-WIFE ADVISABLE?

 

I am expecting my first baby in
October. Do you think it safe to trust
a mid-wife?—B. F. T

A midwife who has been theroughly
trained and is an educated person,
able to appreciate surgical cleanliness,
is good help in the absence of a doc-
tor. But I know of few such mid-
wives A young wife expecting her
first baby owes it to the little one, her
husband, herself and the children yet
to come to secure the very best care
possible. If the best possible is a
mid—wife, let us hope that she is both
intelligent, educated and experienced.

 

  

 

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UST as the sun was bidding “Good
morning” to the dew drops, and
casting a bright ray into the sleepy
eyes of the little birds to waken them
to sing their morning song to the
world, the three Woodland Wanderers

' started on their way.

The “Little Old Man of the Woods”
had told them to follow their noses if
they were to find the way to Happy
Land, so, armed with the key he had
told them, in the note, they would
need, they followed their noses and
went straight ahead. Bruin had the

  
  

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They Pushed Their Queer Boat to the
Other Bank.

key securely tied on a long string

around his neck to be sure not to

lose it. ‘

‘ On their way they found some ber-
ries for their breakfast, and they each
had a cookie they had saved from
their supper the night before.

As Bruin, Roliy Rabbit and Brownie
trotted'along the rough path they talk—
ed of What they might find when they
got to Happy . Land. Suddenly they
came to the end of the path, or rather
a big river cut the path in two. Far
on the OEher side they could see where

the path to Happy Land began again,
but how to get there they did not
know. This was a big river—very
wide and very deep.

“I have an idea,” said Rolly, “let’s
make a raft.”

“But we haven’t any nails and not
even a hammer,” said Bruin. '

“I can make a raft without any nails
or a hammer, either,” boasted Rolly
Rabbit.

Neither Bruin nor Brownie could see
how Rolly could make a raft without
nails or hammer, but they agreed to
let Rolly be “boss" and they would
do just as he told them.

It was not long before they had col-
lected toegther several logs that had
drifted down the river and lodged
along the bank, and a great heap of
vines of every variety. Bruin carried
the logs while Brownie brought the
vines. 1,

And then the work of building the
raft began. With Rolly Rabbit as boss
Bruin and Brownie tied the logs to—
gether with the vines. They poked
them through this way and that, tying
them at every turn, and at last had
the logs securely fastened together.

“Heave Ho! one, two, three go!”
shouted Rolly Rabbit. Bruin pushed
and Rolly Rabbit pushed, and even the
Little Brown Bear helped, too, and the
raft floated out into the water.

One by .one the three Woodland
Wanderers climbed upon it. By means
of some long poles, they soon pushed
their queer boat to the other side.

“That’s the way to do it,” said Bruin
to Rolly when they were safely on the
other bank. “If you can’t find a way,
make one."

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Some I nterertz'ng Letter: From Merry Ciro/er: -' V

~Dear Uncle Frank: .

At last I have the inspiration to
write. You can make up your mind
it is a strong one, because I can re-
member when the boys’ and girls’ page
was first started, and this is my first
‘ letter.

I think that oak of yours (ours)
needs watering, so here is a drop in
the bucket.

I am in favor of dropping the prizes
until those radios are paid for.

Uncle Frank, have those twins of
yours write to their cousins once in a
while—Roy Anther, Cass City, Mich.

Thanks for the money for the Fund.
It helps the fund to grow. Many have
favored Roscoe Bloss’s proposal to cut
the prizes and use the money for the
fund, but someone might win a prize
'and not like it if he didn’t get it. Be-
sides, I would like it much better if
the fund grew from contributions in-
stead of eliminating prizes. You were

 

 

Lucille Burns and Brother Bobbie
Have Fun with Pet Calf.

slow in starting, but maybe you’ll keep

up now. My twins are boys, and boys
don’t like to write much, you know.’

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

Probably you think I am a most neg—
lectful little niece, because I have writ-
ten you only once. I was rather start—
led when 1 saw a letter from a Web-
berville Merry Circler. I did not know
there was such a thing here.

I like books and, as my teacher
says, I am a “regular book worm.” I
am now reading “The Keeper of the
Bees? by Gene Stratton Porter. This
is the only story I have ever read
about a girl that likes to do Girl Scout
work. This is a bee story and it has
plenty of bees in ‘lt. Say, Uncle Frank,
do you like bees? I do! But they
don’t like me!

My sister Ida wants to know what
you put her name on the cross word
puzzle for. She says it does not be-
long there. .

We have a radio and I can (11me
realize what it would mean to those
children at Howell Sanitarium. I Will
have to close for now—Your niece,
Francis Mastic, Webberville, Mich. .

P. S.~—She is no little niece. ~ She 18
your big one. She is trying to fool you
some—Ida.

So, you don’t like it when the buz—
zing bees get busy? Don't you know
that this stinging business is harder
on the bees than on us? It kills the
bees, but only makes us sore. It doesn’t
make any 'difierence whether they are
big or little, they are nieces just the

same.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: _ .

I notice “Dee” spoke about liking to
watch an approaching storm. I am
sure she is not the only one. Why
not have a. contest on “The Storm and
its Effects Upon Me?” I always think
of 3. Byron in connection with a storm.
He expresses the emotions brought
about by it so well.

I agree with Emma Benson about be-
ing a “pa ” to the boys. Take an in-
terest in their games and contests; be
ready to help when lessons prove too
. hard; and leave all the artificial mask

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so common with the modern

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be our true selves. , 8‘1,
Please let us have some good essay

contests. We mustn't.fo et'hothto
write~ during vacation.—- M. C.
Niece, Bernice M. Ball, Charlotte,
Michigan.

Thanks for your contest suggestions.
I'll say Amen to what you say about
artificial mask. I hate to see girls
make painted puppets of themselves.
It advertises immodesty and subjects
them to ridicule by men and boys. If
the girls who daub it on knew the im-
pression it made they wouldn’t do it.
We’ll have a story contest some-
time.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

Say, girls, did you hear Herbert’s
suggestion? I’ll tell you somethi ,
too: Let’s di in. If we don’t we’l
be coming be ind like a cow’s tail.
Herbert certainly can “rave” about the
girls, can’t he? ' . > ‘

Quite awhile ago “Cousin Lilly" ask-

Some Description-s

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ers. Well, here I. am; What is a more
thrilling and impgpssive“ ‘way of ex-
pressing the thoughts or feelings?
Name it for me.
Sunbeam," (especially). seems to come
directly from our Great Maker to our
hearts. Don’t you? ‘ .

Now, Uncle Frank, remember this
isn’tsthe only timeJ've tried, and you
don’t know. how our‘s truly. would
jump out of her 3 oes it this should
appear on the “Girls’ and Boys? Page"
inn black letters on white ' er.-—
“Everybod ’s Little. Brother). heila
Littleton, . 0., R. 1,. Amadore,» Mich.

Must be you wanted to be~ a boy, or
like boys, signing yourself “Every-
body's Little Brother.” I really don‘t
think they are such bad things to
like, especially good boys, like vaas
once. Thanks very much for your

“Widow’s Mite." Please don’t Jump out'

of your shoes.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

May another lonesome nobody join
your circle of merry friends?

I have oftimes read the letters of
the boys and girls ,but never before
have written to you.

I find. it very interesting to read
their lettersLand some of the topics

W/zz'c/z May Furm'r/z Amuremmt But Not Mac/z Infirmatz'on

By Dagmar Thomson, Pentwater,
Michigan.

In my mind’s eye I have a picture
of Uncle Frank. I shall describe him
to you.

He is a tall man, not overly tall, but
just right. He is not fat and he is not
thin. He weighs about 150 pounds.
He is about thirty years old and has
pretty blue eyes, chestnut color hair,
and a nose that isn’t long and pointed
as most of the M. C. artists portray
him. He is what I call “good lookin’.”
He is not so old but what he is inter-
ested in the young folks, and he is not
too young to think of just his own
affairs. (Even if his sweetie does
live in the country). He dresses neat-
ly because he wouldn’t want “her” to
see him otherwise. Isn’t that the way,
girls, with most boys?

Uncle Frank must have a clean and
pure mind or, surely, he couldn’t have
answered some of the letters he does.
He also sees the right and wrong sides
to the young folks’ quarrels. He is
broad-minded and thoughtful. I think
part of this comes from traveling.

Those girls you visited on your last
trip ought to know what you look like.
If you visit around like that, you sure-
ly ought to know what the Michigan
Farmer readers think of you.

 

By Ann Mulder, M. C., Grand Rapids,
Michigan.

Here is what I’ve been waiting for,
a contest giving us the privilege of
writing what we think you are like.
Of course, we all know you aren’t as
bad 'as some of the cartoons paint
you. We couldn’t give our true idea
of the looks of a person in drawing
unless we werereal artists. ~

My idea of you isn’t at all funny.
I think you are of medium height and
build, with blue or gray eyes and
brown hair. You are somewhere in the
early thirties, and by what you have
occasionally written, I suppose that
you are married and have a family, I
don’t know how large. " I

So much for that. As for your dis-
position, you wouldn’t be human if
you didn’t get cranky once in a while,
but on the whole I guess youare a
pretty good sport, and I think I’m not

 

far out of the way when I say that
you have many friends besides the
M. C.’s. . ~

You have patience and a keen sense
of humor. I say patience, because of
what you stand for from. the M. C.’s,
and a sense of humor because of your
answers to our letters and some of
the contests you think up.

Another thing in your favor, in my
opinion, is your love for the country.

I gather this from the work that you'

do. You wouldn’t take the job of
communicating with boys' and girls
from the country if you didn’t like it.

I wonder if I am very warm in my
guess. I suppose if I am you will

think that I have been looking into
Well, perhaps I have. I_

my crystal.
believe I saw same things very clear-
ly, but no matter how hard I looked I
couldn't see such a funny face as Rus-
sel Carter drew of you. I think he
had a bad dream.

 

By Hyacinth Blackmer, Pewamo,
Michigan.

Here comes my opinion of you. I
hope it is true.

I think you are a happy “woman.”
I may be wrong, for you could be a
man just as well as not:

But I have reasons for thinking so.
Here they are: The way you write
and answer the boy-s’ and girls’ letters.
I mean the way it seems when I
read it. ' .

Also, onc'e‘I used to read and write
to another farm paper, (we don’t take
it any more), and there “Uncle” turn-
ed out to be a woman;

I think you are about thirty,' weigh
about 130 pounds, and have brown hair
and blue eyes. I think you have a
“big smile” for every one.

You said in this week’s paper that
your “sweetie” was staying on a farm,
and I guess “he” is your husband, or
still, maybe “he” is “she” and your
“wife," for you may be a man. .My!
What a mix-up! " .

Anyway,.l think you’re just the
“thing.” . . _

I have seen so many funny pictures
of you, I hardly know what to think.
I» hope :I may know sometime in the

ed to hear h’om, some more music lov- wk

I. think the. song.” "A -

{on which you sent me.

‘join in with us.

   

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' I imagine some of‘tlre discussions
would be helpful in debate. . In tact,"

Willie“ “treatment-'- '
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they have really been debates on pap.

per. Please don’t call yourself allo-

body. You will be lonesome as long

as youte’el that Way. Just beans or
us, that’s all. _ _ ' <

 

Dear Uncle Frank: ” ’ '
Lwantto think you for the fountain"
_ I am writ ,
his letter with" it now. When I loan
it' in the mail box I could hardly wait
Until I got it unwrap ed. I must close
now for it is d me—Your niece,
Agnes M, Halsey, Charlotte, Mich.

I am glad you likelthe prize sent.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: -‘

Here is our contribution to the chil-'
dren afllicted with tuberculosis, for'
their radio. We both thank you very
much for our M. 'C. '
like to write some friends, but they.
only give their nick-names and so we
can not write. Hoping that all the
cousins do their share, we remain, as
ever, your niece and nephew, Lola
Ewal , . 0., Urban Ewald, M. 0.,
Unionville, Mich.

Those who Just give nick-names get
left. Even I can’t write them, because
Uncle Sam does not know where
“Bob,” “Tommy," “Sweetheart,” and
such others live.‘He knows me though,
because he is delivering letters to me
every day.

 

‘ \
Dear Uncle Frank: ‘

Is there room in your heart to wel—
come another girl as your adopted
niece? Goodness knows, you have
enough, but perhaps my pleadings will
gain admission. I have written, but
the Merry Circle card and pin did not
come home to me, so I have decided to
try again.

Don’t you think it would be nice to
tell “Ghost Stories ?” Hallowe’en Night
is not so very far away and all the
M. C.'s would like to hear some, so
when ghosts are plentiful:

The house we lived in was near a
“haunted house” (the memories that
phrase awakes), and we, often saw
mysterious things around there, but
one of the most important was a light
we could see every evening. It was
something like the rays of a lantern,
only much brighter. Some neighbors
saw it from close range and they said
that the features of a man could hard-

  

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corlne Bellanger’s Dog and Hen Both
Enjoying Themselves.

1y be distinguished. All the' dogs
would seek shelter when‘that light
was around. This place is in, Macomb
county, not very far away from Mt.
Clemens. We have 'sold the farm
Since then so I don’t know if the thing
is yet in existence, if an existenCe it;
has. I wish someone would tell me
what made that thing appear. Some-
times there were two. I shall have to
close—Mary Krause, .Holly, Mich.

There is aIWays room for more, 30
Ghost stories are t).
jibetter

K. for a change, but we had

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We’ll? hare to take amnion from con--
" ‘ but we can hare another

Correspondence scramble.

‘ Most of you know how they are run.
'Just write a nice sensible letter to
1' “Dear Unknown Friend, " or some sim-

liar- title, address a letter to 2yourself

“ " and put a stamp on it, (don’t forget

the stamp), and then put the letter
and your envelope in another envelope
and address to Uncle Frank, Michigan
Farmer, Detroit, Mich. If you are over
twelve years of age put the letter B
on the envelope; if. under twelve, the
letter A. This Scramble closes Sep-
tember 6, so dpn't wait too long.

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INSECT LIFE.

 

HERE age many wonderful insects

in the meadows that we never no
tice.
change into the most beautiful butter-
flies and silvery moths.

All insects have no bones. Their
skin is hardened into a sort of horn.
It has been cut into rings which move
easily upon one another. But they are
as solid and strong as any animal with
bones. . Instead of lungs and blood ves-

sels like ours, they have curious little,

breathing places all along their sides.
They have small air veins which are
filled from these, and make the whole
body light.

Have you ever noticed the long
horns on grasshoppers and beetles?
These are the feelers. They turn
every way and are what they hear
with.

If you watch some of them when
they hear a noise you will see them
stretch out these feelers and keep
them motionless, as if they were list-
ening. When the noise is over they
will move them about carelessly again.

The eyes of insects are wonderful

‘things; they have many in one. Under

a microscope they seem just like paved
streets. These strange eyes do not
help to see at a great distance, but
they are very useful when the insects
go inside of flowers. For a fly every-

, ish color.

Even the ugliest worms will'

a covering over his face like a mask

It is a dragon fly. They have broad
wings as thin as a fly’ ‘3, that glitter
like glass in the sunshine, and their
backs are Just like blue steel.

You will always find them in the
hot summer months flying through the
fields or over ponds and rivers. This
swift creature grows from an ugly
bug that crawls over the mud at the
bottom of the pond.

Little white eggs are laid on the

water, the ripples carry them far away
and then they sink into the mud. The
warm sun hatches them, and from
each .egg creeps a tiny grub of green-
They are very hungry crea-
tures and eat every little insect that
comes in their way.
, They lift their small hairy legs. But
it is not the legs, the head does it.
Suddenly it seems to open, and down
drops a kind of visor. with Joints and
hinges.

It is nearly a year before this ugly
looking grub gets its wings. A little
while after it is hatched four tiny buds
sprout from its shoulders. Inside of
them you can see the wings coming
through.

I have told you of the 0mm
in the world that wears this mask.

Well, I will close my chatterbox and
give somebody else some room—From
another M. 0., Margaret Hahn, R. 2,
Daggett, Mich.

AN INTERESTED CONTRIBUTOR.’

 

AM quite an old child, only sixty-__
eight, but I do like to read the

children’s letters. There are some
that have been so interesting to me,
and the one that we are all interested
in is the dear afflicted ones, so I want
to send our mite. My daughter Cora,
and myself send one dollar, fifty cents
apiece, for the fund. Hope,you will
be able to get enough before the cold
winter sets in, so they can enjoy the
radio—Mrs. H. H. Smith, R. 1, Wood-
ville, Mich.

I wish to thank you for your contri-
bution. The boys and girls I know,
also thank you for helping out on the

Fund. I am very glad you find the
department interesting

 

 

 

Mostly About Poultry

By L. B. Reéer

AST winter the boys brought

'home a. pup, and therein lies a

tale; two tales, in fact, the pup's
tail, which quickly wagged its way into
a permanent home, and a tale of un-
ceasing vigilance on my part to keep
the hens in a healthy condition. Here
is how come. The pup drags home all
the dead chickens and refuse from
calf butchering he can find. This car-
rion quickly becomes infested with
maggots; the hens eat the maggots
and acquire a severe case of limber
neck. Their symptoms are exactly as
described by people who write to the
poultry department of our paper. The
hen loses the use of her legs, her head
droops and even lies on the ground,
It is
caused by eating live maggots. I have
cured some desperate cases by pouring
melted lard down the hen's throat.
Now the scientists will\ laugh at this
but it seems to be a fact that the mag-
gots stay alive in the crop ‘and stone
begin to bore holes in all directions,

‘hence the paralysis. The lard kills

 

  

the maggots and the hen recovers:

 

Prevention is a heap better than cure
though, and prevention lies in hunting
out all such decaying matter and bury-
ing it deep. Hens like carrion and will
scratch out such matter unless it is

- buried quite deeply.

While-I am talking about hens I
might just mention that there is no
feed like corn for laying hens. I man-
aged to get a few bushels of old corn
from a neighbor] Our hens had ap-
parently quit laying during the hot
weather, although I was still feeding
them oats and bran. Shortly after I'
added whole corn to the ration they
began to shell out eggs and once more
we take the full egg basket to town.
Thirty-five cents a dozen for eggs
helps out finely with the weekly gro-
cery requirements. The other day I
finally found time to clean out the hen
house. I oiled the roosts with crank
case drainings and thus wrote the Obit-
uary for thousands of mites.

Some one once told me to use sas-
safras poles for roosts and the mites
would not stay 0n them. He was
mightily mistaken. The sassafras pole

“ the night before. The crank case

ith the blood he had sucked

drainings sure executed them in fine
style.

I did think I was going to originate
a new breed by crossing the Blue
Dorking with my Jersey Giants. The
cross worked all right and I have a
number of dark blue hens now, but like
all half-breeds, they are full of evil.
They take supreme delight in tor-
menting us in a hundred different
ways. Whenever I hear an irate
neighbor chasing hens from his berry
patch or garden I know it is some of
my blue ones.
in our garden where a measly hen has
picked holes in tomatoes or melons I
know it is one of those pesky blue
ones. They won’t stay at home, they
can creep through a knot hole and fly
over a telephone wire, but, on the oth-
er hand, whenever I hear a ,joyous
cackle I can be almost sure it is one
of those blue hens, as they certainly
do shell out the eggs.

The hen house of my dreams, that
fairy castle of hen delight which was
surely to be built this year, vanished
in one night last spring when the
freeze cleaned up my grape and peach
crop. The old shanty will ’have to do
another year. One good thing about it
is, that it certainly does not lack for
ventilation; you can throw a cat
through a crack most anywhere. Every
year about this time a hen comes
marching proudly out of the tall weeds
with a big flock of chickens and every
year I am foolish enough to try and
raise them. They always make runts
and are a general nuisance. If any
come out this year I shall surprise my
dearest enemy by making him a pres-
ent of a hen and a whole flock of
chickens. Of course, we ought to kill
them at once, but who would have the
heart to do that?

Well there, I was going to tell about
my wonderful corn and my sweet po-
tatoes over a foot long, and here I

  

Whenever I see places]

pesky hens. , anyway, the time

forty cents a pound either. If it did
we .would do without, as those boys of
mine don't know when to stop eating,
Come on over, folks, we have some
young Jersey Giant roosters arid they
are fairly asking to be fried.

THE EGG LAYING CONTEST.

 

HIS week the Leghorns are lead-

ing by one egg. The Royal Hatch-
ery pen stands first with 2,014 eggs.
Right behind is the pen of Rhode Is-
land Reds, belonging to the West Neck
Poultry Farm, with 2,013 eggs.

Third position is held by the St.
Johns Poultry Farm pen which has
1,932 eggs to its credit. This pen is
of Leghorns, as is also the next one
belonging to J. P. Gasson with 1,855
eggs. The leading Barred Rock pen
takes next place with 1,811 eggs.

Among the Leghorn pens there is a
gradation in the number of eggs pro-
duced, but in case of the Rocks and
Reds the leading pens are far above
their closest opponents. For instance,
the first Rock pen has produccdrlfill
eggs, while the next shows only 1,696.
The leading red pen has a record of
2,013 eggs and its closest opponent has
produced only 1,595.

The leading pen this week is a Mich-
igan pen. The second pen comes from
New York, the third from Missouri,
the fourth from Ohio and the fifth
from Canada. The sixth is a Ken~
lucky pen and the seventh belongs to
the home state. So, this year the con-
test truly shows itself as an interna-
tional one.

The production is being well main-
tained. The Leghorns show 59.2 per
cent production; the Reds. 52.07 per
cent, and the Rocks, 49.04 per cent.
Over ten pens produced over fifty eggs
during the week, the high pen produc-
ing fifty-six. This means that the hens
are on the job.

 

NEWS

  

$0M E CROP TESTS.

 

N the farm of the County Infirm-

ary of Menominee county, are be-
ing conducted a series of demonstra-
tion tests, including an oat variety
test, a pea variety test, fertilization
demonstrations on sugar beets and red
beets, a corn variety test, and an “ear
to row” test. The last test is for the
purpose of determining what variety
of‘corn is best suited to the local sit-
uation. One-half of each ear is plant-
ed this year and the second half is
stored. The ears which mature soon—
est this season will be seeded next
year

NEW CLUB LEADER.

 

HE new assistant state leader of

boys’ and girls’ plub work in the
Upper Peninsula is Mr. Merton Wright,
of Wisconsin.- He graduated from the
school of agriculture of the university
of that state in 1917, took part in the
World War in the aviation service,
was county agricultural agent of Craw-
ford county, Wisconsin, emphasizing
club work as his principal activity.
For three years he was club leader in
Marathon county, Wisconsin.

RE-TEST SHOWS UP WELL.

 

URING May, eighty infected dairy

herds in Gogebic county were re-
tested for bovine tuberculosis. These
comprised 933 cattle. Only two react-
ors'were discovered in the process. It
is. proposed to test twice in the year
all infected herds. It is repbrted that

LUVERLAN I

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the testing of tuberculous cattle in-
creases the demand for dairy products
in the area.

It has been reported that untested
animals were being brought into Go-
gebic county from the neighboring
state of W'isconsin and this led re-
cently to a visit to the county of a
representative of the Michigan depart-
ment of public safety to check up on
the situation. Indeed, it was this in
flux of foreign cattle that has been
charged with the making necessary a
re-test of Gogebic cattle this year.

ECONOMIC SURVEYS MADE.

 

NUMBER of economic surveys

have been made by the bureau of
agricultural economics in areas sur-
rounding growing cities. These sur-
veys are carried on through the or»
operation of the bureau of agricultural
economics with the experiment sta-
tions and extension division of the
state colleges, the state bureau of mar-
kets, chambers of commerce, farm bu-
reaus and other local organizations.

These economic surveys involve a
study and analysis of the prohibition
and marketing of agricultural prod-
ucts. The markets within the area are
studied as to quality and quantity of
products demanded, source of supply.
prices paid, and marketing methods
followed. The outside markets for
products that are produced in the area
or can be produced in excess of local
requirements are studied in the same
way. An inventory of agricultural pro-
ductionin the area is made. The most
effective production methods and prac-
tices are studied.

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HAT proper, practical denying
despite a. lower price fer milk
practices will produce profits
and a. higher cost of feed has been
demonstrated during the last year by
Israel Chantiny, of Standish township,
Arenac county. Mr. Chantiny :gives

‘ full credit for his year’s showing to his

membership in the cow testing asso-
ciation.

“I have been a member for two
years,” he says, “and I am going .in

\for a third year because I believe‘it

to be one of the best investments I
can make.” ‘

Other farmers in Arenac county——
some not affiliated with the association
—-through following out cdnscientious~
ly the methods of their association
member neighbors are also metamor-
phosizing potential red figures on the
ledger to fascinatingly attractive black
figures.

Mr. Chantiny neglected to keep fig-
ures during his first year’s connection
with the cow testing association. How-
ever, he has been keeping books since
and during the last year these figures
Show conclusively that with a'lower
price for milk and a higher cost of
feed, he has made more money than
in the previous year.

" Here are his figures" for two years

'tion per cow has

Three Cows Were sold during the
first year’s testing. Two more Were
disposed of in 'the seocnd year, and
three well-bred two-year-Olds- were ad~
(led to the herd. The average'produc-
' increased 2,015
pounds of milk and sixty-four paunds

~of butter-fat during the year.

With a decrease in price, the gross
return was greater the second year
than the first through the increased
production. The net profit was greater
despite the increased feed cost .‘

cross
each dollar of fBed.
year to $2. 78 the s; fond year, the in-

  
 

creased flow of milk chéaperied the
unit cost. Eran with no reduCtion in , ,'
this cost, howemr, an increase of units 1
of product produced would have in:

cresSed the profit
What Mr. Chantiny has done by cull-
ing the least profitable cows, and also

through the use of sweet clover pas--

ture and more grain of higher protein

., analysis in boasting profits can be
Culling gave Mr. Chantiny a. better"

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Mr- Cau’abcmer Experzence m Nari/26m Mzc/zigmz

UR-ING the war period a. number
D of sheep men came to northern
Michigan from the western range
country. The western range at that
time was overstocked and that, to-
gether with some other adverse condi-
itons, made the sheep game out there
a. difficult one.
But northern Michigan conditions
were different. Most of these ranch-
men could not or would not adapt

 

Price of milk per cwt
Value of production
Grain fed, ..................
Cost of feed, including roughage
Profit above feed cost
Returns from $1. 00 feed.

Average number of cows .............
Average production of milk, lbs ......
Average production of butter- fat, lbs. .

.................
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Feed cost per pound of fat ........... ,
Feed cost per cwt. of milk ...........

1923224. 1924-25.
11%, 9
.......... A. 5,956 7,971
...... 224' 288
............ .3 1.96 s 1.59
.......... . . 116.62 126.21
............. 836 1,471
............ .s 36 84 3 45.49
............ . 79.73 80.72
............. 3.11 2.78
.............. .17 .16
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operation in Michigan.

profits or loss

and management of the herd.

fat content.

their mothers.

milk and butter-fat produced.

one tester.

Cow Testing Association.

 

 

 

Getting Fact; 022 Dairy Cows.
By 0. E. Reed

HERE are now 106 Cow Testing Associations organized and in
More than 2,540 farmers in these'106

communities have joined these cooperative testing associations in
i order to know just what their cows are doing in the way of making

A Cow Testing Association is an organization of not more than
twenty- six farmers who hire a man to go from place to place and
' keep records on their cows and make suggestions regarding feeding
This tester spends one day out of
each month at each dairyman’s place, weighs the milk of each
individual cow morning and night and tests the milk for its butter-
He also weighs the amount of feed consumed by each
cow. These records are recorded in a book and from them he is
able to determine the profit or loss made by each cow.

' At the end of each year the farmer knows just exactly what
his cows have done and he is able to better judge as to whether
he is making any progress in this farm enterprise.
Show whether the individual cows are paying more or less than
the market price for the food they consume and they can be used
as a guide in selecting breeding animals to be kept in the herd.
It is also possible to determine the merits of the herd sire, that is,
Whether the daughters of the herd sire are equal or superior to

One of the greatest advantages of a, Cow Testing Association
is in its relation to economical feeding.
balanced ration and should also be fed according to the amount of

Cow Testing Association records create values on cows, they
take the guess work out of the business.
are created by Cow Testing Associations was recently reported by
A farmer had a grade cow that was struck by lightning.
The appraiser from the insurance company called to appraise the
loss that had been sustained. He placed a. value of $60 on the cow.
The owoer objected to this value, stating that this cow had pro:
duced more than. 354 pounds of butter-fat during the year in‘the '
He presented his figures and the value
was promptly increased to $85.
, cited to show that Cow Testing Associations pay.
value of Cow Testing Associations is that the owner has an exact
record of his cows and is able to handle this farm enterprise on
an intelligent and buSlnesslike basis.

These records

Cows should be fed a.

An example of how values

Many" other instances can be
The greatest ,

 

 

f It would some? '

their operations to the conditions
found here- At about‘this same time
the post-war slump threw the sheep
business into a chaotic state. Wool
and lamb prices took a sheer. drop to
the lowest levels of recent years.

The result of this combination of'

conditions was to practically wipe out
this new industry which promised
much toward utilizing our idle cut-
over lands. '

Among those who came from the .

western country was John Cassabone.
He experienced about all the losses
and discouragements incident to that
period. Others dropped out one by
one, but he stuck. Just why is not

'«hard to know after you have a talk
with him. He has grown up in the,

sheep -game. He knows sheep and,
more important still, he is a. student
of his business and can adapt himself
to conditions. He can change his
ideas. These things, coupled with per-
severance and hard work has “brought
him throng. ”

He came first to the Sagola district
with several others, but finally trans-
ferred to the Kenton district where he

is new operating. His partners have .

drifted back west, but he is strong
for northern Michigan.

Mr. Cassabone says that. the ‘chief
basic points for profit in the sheep
business here are to hold down “over-
head.” to feed right, but only as much
as necessary, to regulate lambing time
so that the lambs are born not earlier
than May 20, and to breed according
to market needs.

He‘ owns no land, but finds no diffi-
culty in leasing plenty of range on
satisfactory terms. The large land
companies have the land on their
hands. There is no present market
for it, and the ever-mounting taxes
have caused much land to go back to
the state through the delinquent tax
route. Thus, many of the land cem—
panies are glad to lease the land for
a period of years, With the payment. of
taxes as the rent.

About ten miles cf woven wire fenc-
ing have been put in this spring. It
is thirty-two—inch wire with two barb
wires on top. 7

Very few improvements of a. perma-
nent or expensive nature are required.

.'1.1e sheep shed is fifty feet by 100

feet, which is plenty large enough for

the 1,000 sheep wintered at present.’

In fact, the owner says it would suffice
for 2,000 head. It is constructed on-
tirely of rough lumber.

The meat prontable and desirable '

type of sheep, according to 111.com-
bone, is to cross the Merino.-
wool type, with the long or 111 um
wool type. He has time 7’
nlte system of W 11.5 M

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there for some time. and have recov-

"cred from any adverse conditions in-
loident to the winter feeding season.
‘The range supplies all the feed until

after the lambs are sold in November.

At that time they weigh about seventy

pounds each and bring near the top of
the market in Chicago. They are ship-
ped in“ regulation double deck sheep
cars of 225 to 250 to the load.

The ewes are kept on the range
without, any other feed until about
December 15, when the snow gets too
deep. The winter feeding then begins.
Clover hay or oat straw is fed at the
rate of two pounds per day per ewe.
A small amount of corn is also fed.
The hay is .fed outside on the snow,
and the corn in the same way, only on
the tramped down places where hay
has been fed. "Even during the feeding
season the sheep are allowed to run
out on the range as they want to, and

. “my shed is always open.”

The feeding season lasts about 100
days, after which the range supplies
all their sustenance.‘ In order to sup-
ply a deficiency in minerals during the
feeding season a small amount of a
commercial brand of mineral feed is
given at intervals, totaling one pound
per ewe for the season.

At the present time there are about
2,000 sheep, including the lambs, on
this place. This year’s lamb crop is
about ninety per cent. In small flocks
a larger percentage can be obtained.
The owner says that a minimum unit
of about 250 ewes is necessary for eco-
nomic handling as it takes that num-
ber of lambs to make up a carload.

One of the greatest dangers to sheep
is from coyotes and timber wolves.
Foxes also kill very young lambs. This
matter has been worked out so that
very small losses are entailed. State
Trapper Bennett is stationed at Ken-
ton and, of course, cooperates in this
work of controlling predatory animal
losses. Only three sheep have been
lost this year from this cause.

W“
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CONDUCTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR.

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en. Letters should lute fully the history and lymptomo oi
each one and give. name and address of the writer. Initial-
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Bruised Foot—We have a three-
year-old colt that bruised. her foot;
since then she has been lame and
seems to be growing worse. We ap—
plied a blister to coronet, this failed
to help her. We then applied turpen-
tine with no better results. I have
been told she had thrush. She has
bog spavin on both hind legs, which I
have blistered, but the bunches are
still there. T. E. C., Pickford, Mich.—~
If she has thrush, apply .calomel daily.
If bruised, poultice"with bran, or stand
her in wet clay for two hours daily.

Goitre.——Have aHolstein cow and
bull. Ever since I bought them her
calves were born with bunch in neck,
which gradually left the calf. Are
this breed of cattle likely to have such
an ailment? G. L, Whittemore, Mich.
—The cause of goitre has never been
definitely ascertained. However, if the
mother be supplied, during pregnancy,
with a limited quantity of potassium
iodide, her produce will more than
likely be born free from enlarged thy-
roid glands. After birth, give calf five
grains of potassium iodide twice daily
until the glands reduce in size, or
paint the bunches with tincture of io-
dine three times a week.

lndigestion.———I would like to know
what can be done for a calf which
does not have a very good appetite for
milk. It was strong when it came,
bowels are in fairly good condition.
R. H. S., Whittemore, Mich—Give calf
a half teaspoonful of bicarbonate of
soda in its milk four times a day. The
calf’s bowels should be kept open, if
ituis oostive. give one ounce of castor
o .. .. ., ..

Maw 30 11y this time the Sheep
are out on the range ahd have been

   
 
 
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  
    
  
 

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Get a boar from us and get a good one. 01' a bred
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We suit you. P. P. POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.
either sent, by the great Boar. The
Fa“ PENQS Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best

W. E. Livingston. Mich.

nice spring and fall Boers.
Choice bred gilts. 12th year.

of dams. l’arma

Hampshires For Sale

 

 

 

JOHN W. SNYDER. R. 4. St. John. Mich.
SHEEP
' Extra fine large yearling;
RambOUlHet Ramsmw c‘wm. all registerul.

From mm
B. 2.

shearing thirty pounds. H. W. HART.

Greenville, Mich. ’Phone Gmitan, Mich.

 

For Shropshire Rams ”11.32323“.
8808.. Route No. 3. Fowlervillo. Mich.
yearling Shropshire ewes.

40 yearling rams. also ewe and ram lambs.
andS grivo right. Flock Established 1890. C.
&. O.NS Dexter. Mich.

Z—yr. shock ram.

The maples ShrOpSEhims yrarlings and ram lambs.
Also owrs C. ELAND R. 5, Ann Arbor. Mich.

 

head registered a few
Qualitv

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One

 

' Ulu wooly type. 15 yearlings,
Shropshires 35 ram 11mins. DAN soo-
HER, R. No. 4. Evart. Mich. —

 

Both Foiled and Horned for
sale. Come and see them.
4, Albion. Mich.

DELAINE RAMS

tell, Box 20. Wakeman, Ohio.

RAMS

Delaine Rams
HOUSEMAN BROS" R.

 

fins ones. Photos
free. F. H. Rus-

 

Cotswold. Lincolns.
fords,

Karakules. 0x-
Tunis & Shropshire all ages

 

Sent on approval. LeRoy Kuney. Adrian. Mich.
Hampshire rams and ewes.
Registered best of breeding. Priced to
sell. W CASLER. Ovid. Mich.

 

HORSES
FARMERS ATTENTION!

We have mine airs good Percheron and Belgian
Stallions of size and quality.l International .11 State
Fair prize winners. I! “am 11mm elm n
good Stallion. you cool]:

breeding Nancie than—service foe plan. FRED 0.
STEVENS, 00.. HIOn mum-1m MM.

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Tuesday, August 25
Wheat ‘

’DetrOit.-—No. 1 red $1.70; No. 2 red
$1.33, No. 2 white $1.70; No.12 mixed

Chicago—Sept.‘ $1.58%@1.59; De-
cember $1.57%@%; "May $1607/3@1.61.
Toledo—Wheatc $1.71@1.72.
.. orn

Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.09; No. 3

yellow $1.08.
Chicago—Sept, 98%@98%c; De-
cember\85@851,éc; May 88%@88%c.

Old Oats

at 46
New Oats
Detroit—No. 2 white at 42c; NO. 3
at 40c.

' Chicago—Sept, 38@38%c; Decem-
ber at 411/2c; May 45%c.
Rye
'Detroit.-—NO. 2, $1.13.
Chicago—Sept, $1.00%; December
$104%; May $1.19%.
Toledo.~$1.19.

Beans
Detroit. —— Immediate and prompt
shipment $4.55@4.60.
Chicago—Navy, fancy, $6.50; red
kidneys $12.00. ‘
New York—Choice pea at $5.75; red
kidneys $11.75.
Barley
Malting 83c; feeding 780.

Seeds
Detroit—Red clover cash at $17.00;
December alsike $13.95; timothy $3.65.
Buckwheat
Detroit.—$2.20@2.25.
Hay

, Detroit—No. 1 timothy $24.50@25;
standard $24@24.50; No. 1 light clover
giziged $24@24.50; NO. 2 timothy $22

No. 1 clover mixed $20@21; NO. 1
clover $18@20; wheat and oat straw
at $11.50@12; ‘rye straw $12@13.

" Feeds

Detroit—Bran at $34@35; standard
middlings $36; fine middlings at $41;
cracked corn $46; course cornmeal at
$43; chop $34 per ton in carlots.

Small' Fruit—Prices at Chicago

Blueberries—Michigan uncultivated,
fancy, 16-qt. cases $3.00@4.25.

Blackberries.——Michigan, fancy,
16-qt. cases $4.

Red Raspberries—Michigan’s, 24-pt.
cases $4.00@4.50.

Huckleberries _ 16-qt., Michigan
fancy, $2.50@2.75; choice, higher.

Plums—Michigan 500@$1.

Pears.——Clapp’s Favorite $1.75@2;
Duchess $2; Sugar pears $1.75@2.

WHEAT .

Wheat prices swung back and forth
over a range of several cents in the
past week. Stocks of Wheat_in com-
mercial channels are usually light at
all points of the compass. The effect
on prices of the light stocks has been
minimized by the fact that Canadian
and European wheat will move to mar-
ket in increasing volume through the
next eight or ten weeks. Also, the
spring wheat movement in the United
States is getting under way. Strength
in Liverpool has been relatively firm
due to the small stocks abroad and
afloat and to the failure thus far of
new European wheat to come to mar-
ket in volume. Total exports, includ-
ing flour, since July 1 have been about
15 million bushels.

RYE

Rye prices are largely dependent on
wheat. Receipts at leading markets
have increased, but demand from mills
and a moderate movement for export
have absorbed the arrivals and re-
sulted in a further decrease in the
visible supply. The ample European
crop will probably become available in
the next month and reduce our export
business to smaller volume. Russia is
supposed to have a goodly surplus, but
transportation and trading conditions
in Russia are such that clearance of
both wheat and rye will probably be
deferred for several weeks yet.

CORN '

Corn prices had a fair bulge in the
past week. Speculative activity was
largely responsible as there has been
a strong bull party in corn for several
weeks and conditions have been turn-
ing a little more in its favor. The»,
visible supply is small and it has de-
creased for nine consecutive weeks.

'1‘ new corn crop outlook contin-
ues avorable, although opinions are

in

GRAIN QUOTATIONS i-

Detroit—No. 2 white at 490; No. 3"
c.

  

   
  

divided as to e

men-t’s forecast 117111 be!"
observers believe the crap
three billion bushels. . The
of an early frost remains
serious menace. »'

liability
._ the: only

OATS . j! W .
Our prices dragged {0‘- the“ lowest
point since last April. New cats are
moving rapidly to primary markets,
cash demand is only fair, and large
additions are being made each week
to the visible supply. Sales for ex-
port have been made, and. roping
from abroad indicate that further bu ~
ness may develop. '

. SEEDS , .

Prices of clover and timothy iseed
are slightly lower in some markets
than a week ago, although they are sub—
stantially higher than at this time last
year. Unofficial reports suggests de-
cline of 10 to 20 per cent in the crops
of clover and alfalfa seed.

HAY

Hay prices are holding firm in most
markets, particularly in the west
where dry weather has increased the
demand. Some buyers are willing to
accumulate because of the small crop
and expectation of light receipts. In
general, the receipts of good quality
hay are less than the trade require
ments, and the tendency of prices is
upward.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Egg prices have declined during the
past week. Receipts of eggs of good
quality have been fairly generous as
a result of recent moderate tempera-
tures and arrivals of all kinds of eggs
are rather heavy for this time of the
year. Interior dealers have been hold-
ing back shipments in order to take
advantage of the seasonal advance in
prices, and these eggs are now com-
ing into sight.

Prices for spring chickens are slight-
ly lower than a week ago. The carry-
over Of .frozen poultry in storage is
larger than usual, and the season is
near at hand when storage accumula-
tion usually begins. Dealers suffered
losses on poultry stored last year and
are not inclined to buy freely at the
prevailing level. Receipts have not
been especially heavy, however.

Latest Quotations: Chicago—Eggs,
fresh firsts, 29@ 2934c; extras, 34%@
351/20; ordinary firsts, 28@281,éc;

  
  
  

  

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Butter prices advanced sli htly in
the past week. Receipts at"
ing markets are- showing the usual
seasonal decline, and dry weather is
. , production in parts of the
northwest. Some. operators continue
willing" to buy butter for storage.
Stocks of butter instorage are not 7, an,
from ' the average for this season of-
the year. Prices are higher than last
year, for this Season of the year.
Prices are higher than last year, but,
about the same as two years ago when
the storage situation and the. outlook
for ‘ fall production were much the
same as this year. .

Prices on 92-score creamery were:
Chicago, 41%c; New York, 430; Bos-
ton, 440; Philadelphia, 44c. » ‘

POTATOES

The potato market took a downward
course in the past week. The move-
ment of the late potato crop is getting
under way at an earlier date than
usual, and the price level in the past
month has been relatively high. On
the Chicago carlot market, Minnesota
partly graded Early Ohios are bring-
ing $1.75 to $2 per 100 pounds, and
Wisconsin Round Whites, U. S. No. 1,
are quoted at $1.85 to $2. '

APPLES

Summer and early {fall varieties of
apples are bringing mostly $1.25 to $2
per bushel basket in Chicago

BEANS

Present indications are that Mich-
igan will produce the largest crop of
beans in her history, the outlook now
being for an increase of one and one-
half bushels over the crop of 1924.,
Contrary to expectations operators in
New York saw prices turn upward last
week when they were confidentially
waiting for declines. In Chicago the
“street” demand continues good with
spot fancy navy beans quoted at $6.50

by jobbers.
WOOL

While buying is by no ”means gen-
eral, manufacturers have been taking

 

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DETROIT

Cattle.

Receipts 169. Market steady.
Good to choice yearlings

dry fed ............... $10.25@11.00
Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.50@11.00
Handyweight butchers . .. . .
Mixed steers and heifers

Handy light butchers . . . . 5 00@ 6.25
Light butchers . . . . . . . 425(6) 5.00
Best cows 5.0062) 5.50
Butcher cows ........ . . . 4.00@ 4.75
Common cows .......... 2.75@ 3.25
Canners ................ 2.25@ 3.00
Choice bulls, dry-fed . . . . 5.00@ 5.75
Heavy bologna bulls . . . . 4.50@ 5.25
Stock bulls . .. ........ . 400(5) 4.25
Feeders ........... . ..... 5.00@ 6.00
Stockers ..... . . . . . . . . . 4.00@ 5.50
Milkers . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... $45.00@90.00

Veal Calves. l

Receipts 249. Market steady.

Best .................... $14.50@15.00
Others ................. 4.00@14.00

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 1161. Market steady to 250
lower.

Best lambs ....... . ...... $13.00@13.75
Fair lambs ............. 12.00@12.50
Fair and good sheeps.... 6.0061) 7.00
Culls and common 2.50@ 3.50
Light and common ...... 8.00@1,0.00
Heavy sheep ............ 4350@ 5.00
Buck lambs ............ r 12.00@12.50
Hogs,

Receipts 1270. Market 30@35c lower.
Mixed hogs'and yorkers.. 13.25@13.35

Mixed hogs . . . . . . . . ..... 13.60
Pigs ...... 13.25
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Tuesday, August 25,

CHICAGO

Hogs
'Receipts 18,000. Market moderately
active; me ium and heavy weight
butchers, 1 @15c lower and others
largely 250 lower than average; all
buying better; 1160-210 lb. weight,
$11.75@13.00; top $18.10; bulk 140-150
lb. weights, $12.50@12.80; 225-325 lb.
butchers, $12.00@12.50; bulk packing.
sows, $10.00@10.65; good strong
weight slaughter;3 pigs, $12.25@12.60.

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Receipts 7000. Market better grades
fed steers 25c higher; top up; lower
on weighty kind; last weeks decline
regained on choice yearlings and‘
good heavies; top $15.75; long year-
lings, $15.60; bulk grain fed, $11.00@
14.00; .western killers steady at $7.50
@825; bulk packers slow; top firm,
bulk higher; vealers steady at $12.50

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@130 .
Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 21,000. Market fed lambs
active; bulls steady; early bulk na-
tives, $14,00@14.25;' few sorted loads,
$14.50; medium to good western, $14
@1450; few fed lambs, $14.25@14.35;
steady; best feeding lambs, Monday,
few fat native ewes, $7.00;

BUFFALO

Hogs '
Receipts 3610. Hogs closing steady;
heavy, $13.00@13.60; medium, $13.50
@1365; light weight, $13.50@13.75;
light lights and pigs, $13.75;" packing
sows and roughs, $11.25@11.50.
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Receipts 500. Best lambs, $14.25;
ewes, $5.00@7.00. ‘

. Calves '
Receipts 200.» Top, $14.60.

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resumed“ since the British

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'Saturdra , ’15 markets were .2 ‘ needed
with products of all“ kinds; f‘g
was. made active but, i not
enough. to clean up all ‘ that was,
offered. The small supply of buckle-
berries and strawberries cleaned up
qmckly,ga.nd the small offerings to!
peaches did not last long. More plums
were offered «but the demand wasn’t
much -stroner. _,,.Pears: were. in * fair
deniand ”wit, “Clapp’s - Favorites show-
ing an advance in price. Apples were
moderate sellers. First quality canta-
loupes moved off well but others had
few buyers.

Good firm tomatoes were good sell-
ers. Some, early pink ones Were
snapped up at $5.00 to $6.00 a. bushel.
Spinach and peas were in ready de-

‘ mand and No. 1 cauliflower was an
easy seller at $2.50 to $3.00 a bushel.
There was a fair demand for bunched
stuff, though radishes slumped with
many being sold for 75c a bushel.

. First class sweet corn had a good
early sale, but old stuff went begging.
Lettuce and other greens were taken~
slowly. The demand for beans, cab-
bage, peppers, squash and celery was
quite limited. Potatoes had a fair
sale at $1.50 to $1.65 for the average
run. Offerings of poultry and eggs
Were heavier and the demand a little
more brisk.

Saturday morning’s, prices were:.
apples, NO. 1, $1.25@1.75 bu.; No. 2,
$1.00@1.25 bu.; crabapples, $1.50@2.00
bu.; elderberries, $1.50 bu.; grapes
No. 1, $2.00 bu.; 20c lb. ; cantaloupes,
No. 1, $2.00@2.75 bu.; No. 2, $1.50@‘
1.75 bu.; pears, NO.
No. 2, $1.50@1.75 bu.; caches, NO. 1,
$3.00@3.25 bu.; No. 2, 2.00@2.50 bu.;
plums, NO. 1, $2.00@2.50 bu.; No. 2,
$1.25@1.75 bu.; beets, 50c@60 doz.
bchs.; beets, 75c@1.00 bu.; wax’"beans,
$1.25@150 bu.; green beans, $1,00‘@;
1.25 u.; carrots, 500@60 doz bchs.;
cabbage, green, 75@90c bu.; red, $1.00
@125 bu.; cucumbers, slicers, 500@
75 bu. ; dills, $1.00@2.00 bu. ; gherkins,
$2.00@4.00 bu.; leaf lettuce, 50c@65
bu.; lceberg‘ lettuce, 75c bu.; green
onions, 600 doz. bchs.; dry onions,
$2.00@2.50 bu.; pickling onions, $4.00
@700 bu.; peas, $2.00@3.00 bu.; new
potatoes, fancy, $1.80@1.90 bu.; No. 1,

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$1.50@1.75 bu.; N0. 2, $1.00@1.25 bu.; -

round radishes, 300@50 doz. bchs.;
spinach, $1.75@2.00 bu.; local celery,
No. 1, 65c doz.; NO. 2, 35c@50 doz.;
Kalamazoo celery, NO. 1, 35c@45 doz.;
No. 2, 25 ,30c doz.; turnips, 50c doz.
bchs.; dil , 40c@50 doz. bchs.; Italian
squash, 50c@2.00 bu. ; summer squash,
500@75 bu.; sweet peppers, 500@1.00
bu.; hot peppers, $1.00@1.50 bu.;
sweet corn, White, 806213 doz.; yellow,
80@15 doz.; butter, 600@65 lb.; eggs,
wholesale, 40@41 doz.; retail, 45c@55
doz.; hens, wholesale, 30c lb.; retail,
32@35 1b.; leghorn broilers, retail, 32c
1b.; colored broilers, retail 320@35 1b.;
Dressed poultry:
springers, 45c@50

GRAND RAPIDS

State inspection of cantaloupes is
improving the demand for this
Michigan product in‘ Grand Rapids.
Consumers are buying more melons as
few green melons are coming to mar-
ket with the inspectors on, duty at
producing points. Sales were brisk
here this week around $2 bu. or crate
for the best. Peaches also were in
good demand. Prices were: Peaches,
St. Johns, $4@$4,50 bu.; Carmens, $3
@$4 bu.; early Michigans, $3@$3.50
bu.; plums, Bradshaws, $1@$2.50 bu.;
Burbanks, $1@$1.25 bu.; Lombards, $1
bu; Green Gage, $1 bu.; pears, Clapps,
$2@$2.50 bu.; sugar pears, $1.50@$2
grapes, Champions, $1 jumbo
basket; tomatoes, $1.75@$2 bu.; cu-

hens, 39c@40 1b.;
lb. "

cumbers, 400@$1 bu.; pickles, $1@$2' 1'

bu.; cabbages, $1 bu.; cauliflower,
$1.25 flat; onions, $1.50@$2 bu.; tut-~-
nips, 500@$1 bu.; potatoes, ‘800@$1
bu.; celery, 15c@50cldoz.; leaf lettuce, ‘
500 bu.; head lettuce, 60c@85c box;
wheat $1.48 bu.; rye, 88cbufilztrbeans,

$4.10 cwt ; livestock ', and
changed; butter fat,"4ic@fo

  
   

 

    

 

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masters, 17c; ducks, 19c; ' .

180; turkeys,'20cri ,_ ‘ ‘= __ 5.4.x

' Detroite-LEggs‘“ fresh» candied and
graded, 3.0 @311)“. ,._,,->_Liv poultry, ‘ . _
‘broilers,r27 30c;..heavy,'hens,_28@290;:: be ' j“, ,_
light hens, 219; masters, no» access, We
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three hundred; ban deters on Wednes-
,, singularly pleas-
ing but effective paragraphs on the
essentials of business stabilit . 0n
the same occasion Prof. J. F. ox, of
the Michigan ‘StatefiCollege, pictured
how Michigan’s, work in the standard-
ization bf seeds , is, being
lark L.
Brody also sounded the new note in

; cooperation as a more serious feeling

of responsibility on the part of the
members for'the success of the organ-
ization to which they belong. The last
address by Congressman J. C. Mc-
Laughlin, of Muskegon, reviewed‘the
steps leading to. the adoption‘of our
present extension policy by et® de-
partment of agriculture and the state

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MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.

 

. ' THERE has been a decided improve-

ment in the condition of nearly all

crops during the month of July,
and the cultivated crops are now gen-
erally above \the ten-year average.
Wheat and rye are yielding much bet-
ter than expected and, while oats and
barley are short in straw, they are
more promising than estimated earlier
in the season, according to the August
1 report issued by L. Whitney Wat-
kins, commissioner of agriculture, and
Verne H. Church, United States Agri-
cultural Statistician.

Corn.—The present condition of 85
per cent is four per _cent better than
one month ago, four percent above
the ten-year average, and 17 per cent
better than one year ago. The present
outlook is .for a production of 58,757,-
000 bushels, as compared with 43,836,-
000 in 1924. Stands are generally good
_Eihroughout the main producing coun-

es.

The United States crop is estimated
at 2,950,340,000 bushels, against 2,436,-
513,000 last year.

Wheat—The average yield per acre

‘ as reported in the Augustvl inquiry is

16.5 bushels, a' marked increase over
earlier predictions. This increases the
state’s production to 15,576,000 bush-
els, which is nearly up to the ten-year
average, although over four millions
less than last year’s bumper crop. The
quality is excellent, being rated at 90
per cent. Spring wheat shows a con-
dition of 79 per cent, equivalent to a
production of 126,000 bushels. '

For the United States, the estimate
for winter wheat is 415,697,000 bush~
els, and for spring wheat, 262,749,000
bushels. Last year, the country pro-
duced 590,037,000 bushels of winter
wheat and 282,636,000 bushels of
spring wheat.

Oats.~—There was a gain of 11 per
cent in condition since one month ago,
the present figure being 70 per cent,
equivalent to a production of 46.267}
000 bushels, in comparison with 67,-
200,000 last year. Eight per cent of
the old crop is still on farmS‘ as com-
pared with six per cent one year ago.

The country’s crop totals 1,387,349,-
000 bushels, while that of last year
amounted to 1,541,900,000 bushels.

Barley.———The condition is rated at
68 per cent, a gain of eight per cent
during the past month, and represents
a total production of 3,488,000 bushels
against a crop of 4,743,000 bushels in
1924. The carry-over is reported to be
two and» one—half per cent, last year
it was two per cent.

The entire country Will harvest an
estimated total of 213,596,000 bushels,
in comparison with 187,875,000 in 1924.

Rye—The prospective yield is 12.5
bushels per acre, or a total crop of
4,275,000 bushels. Both the acreage
and yield are less than last year when
6,006,000 bushels were harvested. The
quality is rated at 89 per cent.

The United States has an estimated
production of 51,968,000 bushels in
comparison with a crop of 63,446,000
last year.

Buckwheat—There is an indicated
increase of five per cent over last year
in the acreage planted, making a total
of 64,000. The present condition of 81
per cent is equivalent to 881,000 bush-
els from this acreage, a slightly small-
er cr’op than that of last year.

The production for the entire United
States is placed at 16,378,000 bushels.
Last year it was 15,956,000 bushels.

Potatoes—The stand varies greatly
in different localities and in individual

' ' fields but, on the whole, the outlook is

for a normal crop, the condition being
81 per cent. This condition, if main-
tained to the end of the season, will
nesmi in a crop of 26,629,000 bushels
against a . 7 of 88,252,000 in
1924; 35, .066 in 1323, and 37,842,009

in 19 . , .
.. "The total for the country is estimat-

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last month,;and‘flve‘per cent above the

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; a gain 01';st points over

  

ten-year average, and equivalent to a
crop of 7,282,000 bushels. If this vol-
ume is realized it will be the largest
on record for the. state. The 1924 crop
totaled 5.848.096 bushels. "

Sugar Beets—Sugar beets have also
made a decided gain over the July.1
report, the condition being 82 per cent.
While there are some more or less ir-
regular stands, the majority of, the
acreage has a normal stand and mak-
ing an excellent growth. Diseases
common to the plant have caused but
little damage to date.

Hay—The hay crop, has improved
during the past month and the pres—
ent estimate is for a total tame crop
of 2,427,000 tons as compared with 5,-
010,000 tons in 1924. The condition is
rated at 50 per cent. The yield of
timothy is placed at .55 ton per acre;
clover, .56 ton; clov and timothy
mixed, .65 ton. Th condition of al-
falfa is 76 per, cent, a gain of three
per cent over last month. While it is
in the best condition of any hay crop,
it is somewhat below the average of
other years. . '

The tame ‘hay crop of the United
States is estimated at 77,713,000 tons
as compared with a crop of 97,970,000
tons last year.

Fruits—Apples are of excellent
quality and show a prospective total
crop of 8,356,000 bushels, of which
1,448,000 barrels are rated as commer-
cial. These figures are a little higher
than last year, the total crop having
been 7,333,000 bushels,.and the com-
mercial, 1,222,000 barrels. The crop
is lightest in the southwest counties
and the percentage generally increases
northward through the state. Winter
varieties are relatively better than
summer and fall.

Peaches show a decline of four per
cent during the month, the present
outlook being for 36 per cent of a crop,
or 588,000 bushels. Last year’s pro-
duction was 464,000.

Pears are generally light and show
a prospect of only 27 per cent of a full
production. This is equivalent to 410,-
000 bushelsywhich is about one-half
the amount harvested last year.

The prospect for grapes is very dis-
couraging, especially in the southwest
counties where the condition in Ber-
rien c unty is only 18 per cent and in
Van uren county, 28 per cent. The
crop is estimated at 24,811 tons for
the state.

The condition of other fruits is as.

follows: Blackberries and raspber-
ries, 64 per cent; plums, 29 per cent;
and melons, 70 per cent. The produc-
tion of cherries amounted to 52 per
cent of a full crop as compared with
70 per cent- last year.

The United States total production
of apples is estimated at 161,148,000
bushels, and the commercial portion at
30,364,000 barrels; last year’s crop was
179,443,000 bushels and the commercial
portion, 28,701,000 barrels. The esti—
mated total crop of peaches is 47,385,-
000 bushels, against 51,679,000 last
year; and of pears, 17,669,000 bushels,
compared with 17,961,000 last year.

COUNTY CROP REPORTS.

St. Joseph 00., Aug. 14.——Wheat and
oat harvest completed. Threshing is
nearly finished. Wheat and oats are
,yielding extra good. Second cutting
of alfalfa good. Corn promises heavy
crop. This year’s seeding of clover
and alfalfa looking fine. Plenty of
moisture for fall plowing. Wheat at
$1.54; rye $1; oats 400; potatoes $1.
Club picnics well attended. Acreage
of all crops same as last year. Fruit
very scarce—H. C. .

Calhoun 00., Aug. 14,—The acreage
of alfalfa is being increased. Farmers
finding out that they can not depend
on clover. First crop of hay nearly a
failure. Farmers have not out much
of second growth. Many pieces will
go better than a load to the acre.
Wheat and rye just about half. Oats
very poor. Not many auto trips plan-
ned by farmers, as they haven’t the
money. Everything growing, and lots
of rain—L. J. D.

Kalkaska 00., Aug. 13.——Corn crop
acreage is normal, but backward. Po-
tato crop acreage small, but, looks
well. Hay short, except alfalfa and
sweet clover. Buckwheat normal and
looks fine. Oats are fair. Cucumbers
larger and bearing well. Farmers pic-
nic was held August 12, with a large
attendance—A. H. W.

Kent 60., Aug. 17.—Crop conditions
are very good. Corn about the same
as last year. Beans about fifty per
cent increase. Wheat is turning out
from ten to thirty bushels, average is
about fourteen bushels. _Oats twenty
to fifty bushels, average about thirty
bushels. Wheat $1.56; rye $1; oats
506. The Farmers Cooperative Elevat-

or had the best report in six years.
Paid interest on stock and have a sur-

. , ._ t. an
outlook is for 88 per - cent.

 

    

W. 2' .

,_ . . 81280121011. Many have
learned the alfalfa lesson this year.
so much of it will be sown—C. P. M.

Houghton 00., Aug. '14.——Farmers’
tour attended by 100 farmers, took place
at diflerent farming centers in the
county August 5. Pure-bred live std'ck
and poultry, Kota wheat (rust resist-
ing), certified Green Mountain pota-
toes, and alfalfa fields started last
spring were given special attention.
Crops made a good showing the early
part of the season, but with only two
inches of rainfall in the last seven
weeks the crops have suffered a se«
vere setback and caused earlier ma-
turity of grains with smaller heads.
Early potatoes are in the market and
are selling for 50c per peck.

  

 

COOPERATION CONTINUES TO
GROW IN DENMARK.

N official survey of cooperative ac-

tivity in Denmark was made last

year. The results as reported to
the United States Department of Ag—
riculture are remarkable. It was found
that the milk from eighty-six per cent
of the milk cows in Denmark was man-
ufactured into butter in the coopera-
tive creameries in 1923, as compared
with eighty-four per cent in 1909 and
eighty-one per cent in 1903.

During the twenty years from 1903
to 1923 the percentage of pigs slaugh:
tered in cooperative bacon factories
increased over one-half. Twice as
large a percentage of the cattle in the,
kingdom was handled through cooper-

c- he». ground is «I

. pennants reeds ..
a through their, cooperative associ-
eggs from 26.5 per cent of the hens in
1923. About twenty-seven per centof
the cows of Denmark were tested
through cooperative cow testing asso-,
ciations in 1923. . ,

 

 

SUGAR CROP DEVELOPS UNDER
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.

 

ROSPECTS are reported favorable
for both the cane and beet sugar
_ crops by the department of a -.
culture. The Cuban crop will proba ,ly
be as large as the one now nearly com-
pleted. In the Philippines and Hawaii
favorable growing seasons are- report-
ed. A larger cane crop in the United
States than last Year is predicted,
which will partly offset the expected
decrease in the beet sugar crop.

 

Ophthalmiar—Have young mare that
first had trouble in one eye; this eye
has partially cleared, but now the oth-
er eye is clouded a little. A. W. G.,
Chelsea, Mich—Dissolve a teaspoon-
ful of boric acid in quarter pint of
clean water, apply to eyes three times
daily. -

Splint Lamenese.—-—I 'have a horse
that has a splint which is causing
lameness. F. R., Applegate, Mich——
Clip off hair and apply one part red
iodide of mercury, eight parts lard to
bunch every four or five days. The
splint may be caused by striking; if
so,'apply shin boot, or other protec-
tion.

 

 

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

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

tising, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.

at. classified rates. or in display columns at commercial rates.
Rate: 8 cents a word, each insertion, on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more
consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as, a word each abbreviations. initial or number.
display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order
Live stock advertising hal'ilaparate department and is not. accepted

charge I0 words.

Try it for want ads and for adver-
Poultry admrtising will be run in this department
No

' as classified. Minimum

 

 

   

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diumflnuanu ndm
or (hang: If cm In-
rmdcd fir th: Claulfied Dtparrmmt mutt nah thi: ofitc tan
day: In advent: ofpubll'ta mm data.

Special Nootic

 

REAL ESTATE

AIREDALE PUPPIES—Pedigreed. Fine farm dogs.
Cheap. Wm. C. Brown. R. 2. Battle Creek, Mich.

 

TOBACCO

HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing five lbs. $1.50; ten
$2.50; smoking five lbs. $1.25: ten $2: pipe free. pay
when received. satisfaction guaranteed. Co-opetatlve
Tobacco Growers, Maxon Mills. Kentucky.

 

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO. Chewing 5 lbs. $1.60; 10,
$2.50. Smoking 5. $1.25: 10. $2. Mild 10. $1.50.
Pay when received. F. Gupton, Bardwell, Kentucky.

FARM MACHINERY s

RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester. poor man's price—

only $26.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat-

?(log showing pictures of harvester. Box 528. Salim»
ans.

 

 

FARM DITCH DIGGER~Build your
particulars write C. G. Alden. 225 E.
Pa. Representatives wanted.

own. For
10th Street.
Eric.

 

FARMS FOR SALE~IIave hundreds of farms for
s . with or without equipment. All sizes, any lo-
cation within 75 miles of Detroit. Sell productive
farms only, priced from $50 to $150 per acre. Phone
or write us just what you want. Square deal guar-
anteed. no misrepresentation. All farms shown by
appointment. Westrick Farm Agency. 10450 Shoes
maker Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Phones Lincoln 1003.
Lincoln 7103-R.

IMPROVED FARMS, extreme South Georgia, any
size, fifty to 2,000 acres, liberal terms. Write for
information. Fields Roberts. Quitman. Ga.

FOR SALE—First—class farm, 122 acres, free and

clear. Good buildings. 3 mill-s from Lansing on im-
proved. road. l'oor health. Special price for quick
sale. S. W. Hcmpy. R. 7. Lansing. Mich. ‘-

 

40 ACRES. good land, 3—room cottage. 15 acres clear.

 

Near Houghton Lake. Address. Charles Borgcson.
Houghton Lake. Mich.

WANTED~vgood farm to rent or manage. Box
SIS—A, Michigan Farmer, Detroit. Mil-ll.

 

WANTEDgTo hear from owner of fzmn for sale, for
fall delivery. 0. Hnwlcy. Baldwin. ‘Vis.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED—~01d postage st 3 mps. on or oil’ envelope.
Will pay good price for those I can use. T
(“0 R. II. li‘yt‘o & (30.. Detrmt,

clowr and min-denim alfalfa. Qual—
Ask for dclivcrcd priccs. Harry D
Jackson. Mich.

Livingstone. Mich.
I IAYA~TIm otby.
ity Ll'lllll'illllk't‘tl.
Gun-s Company.

ALI. W001. liNl’l"I‘ING YARN for sale from manu-
facturer at grunt, bargain. Samples free. 11, A,
Bartlett, Harmony, Maine.

NEW SAG-ANA SIM) with root", size 10x30, price.
$100. Geo. II. Shunkliu. R. No. 10, Box 88. Dom-mt,
Mich.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

AN INDUS’I‘RIOUS. Wl-JLL-TO-DO FARMICR. with
m-Ilgrmvxf sons, anxious to help, may learn'of an
exceptional opportunity to become Ultel't‘St/Jd lll the

Dairy Busincss on most. favorable terms. A well
located IIW()~llllll(ll'0(l‘{14TH farm In one. of the best
of the southern tier of counties In Michigan. A hard

of 30 liugistcrul Dairy Shorthorus, l'cm'hemn Horses,
hogs and numerous otlicr animals. alfalfa. corn. oats.
ctc” everything modern and up—to~datc. Details‘and
proposition to right. man. RwomIm-mlation rmmred.
Address "Shorthorn," Michigan Farmer, Detroit. Mich.

PET STOCK

I SPECIALIZE IN RAISING FERRETSe-EIO years’
experience. September prices. males, $3.25 each: females,
$3.50 each. One dozen. $36. Yearling females, 5w
cial rat catchers $5.00 each. Yearling males $4.00
Will ship C o. p. Instruction book free. Levi
Farnsworth. New London, Ohio. —

FOR. SALE—A litter of extra line Walker and Eng-
lish fox hound pups. $10 alndk$12 leachf. urGngalntm
' or money so : use 0 .
to make good James Milligan. Lincoln,

 

POULTRY

PURE 200—EGG STRAIN White Rock (.‘ockerrels. 33
up. Fully guaranteed. Sent on approval. Excep-

 

 

tional values for early orders. Woodsroad Place.
Buchanan. Mich.

 

CO(‘KERELS—I’ullcts: Rocks. Reds, Leghoms.
keys. Goose and Ducks. Send for prices.
Farms Association, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Tur-
State

 

TANCRED VVIIITE LEGIIORNS. Buff Orpingtons.
Barred Rooks. State Fair Winncrs. Fcnner Bailey.
Montgomery. Mich.

 

SHIP US YOUR FAT HENS and fresh one every
Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East Coast Poultry
(20.. 1300 Division St” Detroit. Mich.

 

PULLETS. WHITE LEGHORNS.
largo. Wholesale and retail. 60
Knoll. .Ir., Holland, Mich, II No

small. medium.
cents and up. H.
. l.

 

500 SINGLE (‘OMB White Leghorn hens,
.Iolm llass. Bettcndorf, Iowa.

S. (‘.. BUFF LICGIIORN (‘OCKICREI.&7Prices reason—
able. Willard Webster, Bath, Mich.

BABY CHICKS

pullets.

 

 

 

 

 

SUPERIOR CHICKS—90 up. 12 varieties. Heavy
layers. Delivery guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank refer-
ences. Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery, Box 856.
Windsor. Mo.

SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

SIZED WHEAT FOR SALI-lelit-higzm No. 1. a heavy
_vig-ldlng beardloss red whcat, and American Banner.
:‘f’bmrdlcss white variety: both produced under the
finest conditions. and thoroughly cleaned and graded.
We are the largest growers of wheat in the state,
and use the best seed obtainable. Write at once for

 

 

 

prices. Gotfredson Farms. Ypsilanti, Mich.
STATE INSPECTED" secd wheat for sale. Orval
Walker. R. 3. Pontiac. Mich.

 

PRIZE WINNING pedigrccd Red Rock Wheat. C. D.
b‘inkbein’er. Clinton. Mich.

HELP WANTED

 

 

WANTED—An cxpex-ieIn-cd cow stable man. married;
must be a good milkcr. Reply. stating wages. flupt.
Balmoral Farms. Ithaca. Mich.

AGENTS WANTED

MICHIGAN MEN with sales ability and well known
through county. can make large income weekly selling
mmranteed Motor and Tractor Oil in drums and hall'-
drums on thirty-day terms to farmers and preferred
dealers. Must have auto. State ago. Will ammgo
interview. We ship direct from nearby branches.
Division Manager. Look Box 135. Saginaw. Mich.

FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three load m
sponslbla farmers to so with you to inspect California
state approved lands. Opportunity for one good man
In each community to Join lamest land selling organ-
ization in U. 8. Write for details.

 

 

. - t ‘al. Herman Jams.

Rg‘gfis' Ten days 11 1195 Transportation Bldg” Chicago. Ill. - -
E PUPS FOR SALE—Prices reason- AGENTS-wont Wold Cleaning Dulce.
935.31%. PROLIL‘C Bergman. Cassopolis. Mich. wash.“ and dries windows. sweeps. cleans stalls.
u'mbs. mops Costs less than one

 

HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDS cheap. Fur finders.
Catalogue. Kaskaskennels. F 183. Herrick. Ill.

 

. brooms. Our
profit. Write Harper Brush Works. 173. 3rd fitn'
Fail-field. Iowa.

    

     

ations. The cooperative egg "market- ,1
ing. associations were handling :the , ..

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, Aug ust‘ 25

Wheat

’Detroit.-—No. 1 red $1.70; No. 2 red
$211.33, No. 2 white $1.70; No», 2 mixed

Chicago—Sept. $1.58%@1.59; De-
cember $1.57%@%; 'May $1607/8@1.61.
Toledo—Wheat $1.71@1.72.

 

 

 

  

  

Corn
Detroit—No. 2 yellow $1.09; No. 3
yellow $1.08.
Chicago.——Sept., 98%@98%c; De-

cember 85@85%c; May 88%@88%c.
‘ Old Oats ‘ .

a
New Oats
Detroit—No. 2 white at 420; No. 3
at 400.
' Chicago.-—Sept., 38@38%c; Decem-
ber at 411/2c; May 45%c.
Rye
Detroit—No. 2, $1.13.
Chicago—Sept, $1.00'7/8; December
$104%; May $1.19%.
Toledo—$1.19.

Beans
Detroit. —— Immediate and prompt
shipment $4.55@4.60.
Chicago—Navy, fancy, $6.50;
kidneys $12.00.
New York—Choice pea at $5.75; red
kidneys $11.75.
Barley
Malting 830; feeding 780.
Seeds

Detroit—Red clover cash at $17.00;
December alsike $13.95; timothy $3.65.
Buckwheat

Detroit.—$2.20@2.25.
Hay
, Detroit—No. 1 timothy $24.50@25;
standard $24@24.50; No. 1 light clover
gigged $24@24.50; No. 2 timothy $22
No. 1 clover mixed $20@21; No. 1
clover $18@20; wheat and oat straw
. at $11.50@12; -rye straw $12@13.
‘ , " Feeds

Detroit—Bran at $34@35; standard
middlings $36; fine middlings at $41;
cracked corn $46; course cornmeal at
$43; chop $34 per ton in carlots.

Small' Fruit—Prices at Chicago

Blueberries—Michigan uncultivated,
fancy, 16-qt. cases $3.00@4.25.

Blackberries—Michigan, fancy,
16—qt. cases $4.

Red Raspberries~—Michigan’s, 24-pt.
cases $4.00@4.50.

Huckleberries — 16-qt., Michigan
fancy, $2.50@2.75; choice, higher.

Plums—Michigan 50c@$1.

Pears.——Clapp’s Favorite $1.75@2;
Duchess $2; Sugar pears $1.75@2.

WHEAT

Wheat prices swung back and forth
over a range of several cents in the
past week. Stocks of wheatjn com-
mercial channels are usually light at
all points of the compass. The effect
on prices of the light stocks has been
minimized by the fact that Canadian
and European wheat will move to mar-
ket in increasing volume through the
next eight or ten weeks. Also, the
spring Wheat movement in the United
States is getting under way. Strength
in Liverpool has been relatively firm
due to the small stocks abroad and
afloat and to the failure thus far of
new European wheat to come to mar-
ket in volume. Total exports, includ~
ing flour, since July 1 have been about
15 million bushels.

RYE

Rye prices are largely dependent on
wheat. Receipts at leading markets
, have increased, but demand from mills
and a moderate movement for export
have absorbed the arrivals and re-
sulted in a further decrease in the
visible supply. The ample European
crop will probably become available in
the next month and reduce our export
business to smaller volume. Russia is
supposed to have a goodly surplus, but
transportation and trading conditions
in Russia are such that clearance of
both wheat and rye will probably be
deferred for several weeks yet. '

CORN

Corn prices had a fair bulge in the
past week. Speculative activity was
largely responsible as there has been
a strong bull party in corn for several
weeks and conditions have been turn-
ing a little more in its favor. The,
visible supply is small and it has de-
creased for nine consecutive weeks.

The new corn crop outlook contin-

, ues favorable, although opinions are

red

in

Detroit—No. 2 white at 490; No. 3‘
t 460.

divided as to Whether “ the . 4 govern:
ment’s forecast will be fulfilled. Some
observers believe the crop Will exceed-
three billion bushels. ‘ The possibility;
of an early frost remains the only
serious menses. ‘

OATS

Our prices dragged to; the lowest
point since last April. New'Oats are
moving rapidly to primary markets,
cash demand is only fair, and large
additions are being made each week
to the visible supply. Sales for ex-
port have been made, and re
from abroad indicate that further
ness may develop. ' ‘ '

‘- , SEEDS

Prices of clover and timothy seed
are slightly lower in some markets
than a week ago, although they are sub-
stantially higher than at this time last
year. Unofficial reports suggest a de-
cline of 10 to 20 per cent in the crops
ofclover and alfalfa seed.

HAY

Hay pricesare holding firm in most
markets, particularly in the west
where dry weather has increased the
demand. Some buyers are willing to
accumulate because of the small crop
and expectation of light receipts. In
general, the receipts of good quality
hay are less than the trade require—
ments, and the tendency of prices is
upward.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Egg prices have declined during the
past week. Receipts of eggs of good
quality have been fairly generous as
a result of recent moderate tempera-
tures and arrivals of all kinds of eggs
are rather heavy for this time of the
year. Interior dealers have been hold-
ing back shipments in order to take
advantage of the seasonal advance in
prices, and these eggs are now com-
ing into sight.

Prices for spring chickens are slight-
ly lower than a week ago. The carry-
over of ,frozen poultry in storage is
larger than usual, and the season is
near at hand when storage accumula-
tion usually begins. Dealers suffered
losses on poultry stored last year and
are not inclined to buy freely at the
prevailing level. Receipts have not
been especially heavy, however.

Latest Quotations: Chicago—Eggs,
fresh firsts, 29@ 291,90; extras, 34%@
35%c; ordinary firsts, 28@281,éc;

I Live Stock Market Servic_e_j

Tuesday, August 25

DETROIT

Cattle.

Receipts 169. Market steady.
Good to choice yearlings

dry fed ............... $10.25@11.00
Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.50@11.00

Handyweight butchers . 8.00@ 9.50
Mixed steers and heifers 600@ 7.50
Handy light butchers . . . . .00@ 6.25
Light butchers . . . . . . . 4.2561) 5.00
Best cows . 5.0061) 5.50
Butcher COWS ........... 4.00@ 4.75
Common cows .......... 2.75@‘ 3.25
Canners ................ .25@ 3.00
Choice bulls, dry-fed 5.00@ 5.75
Heavy bologna bulls 4.50@ 5.25
Stock bulls ...... . ...... 4.0001) 4.25
Feeders ............ . .00@ 6.00
Stockers . 4.00@ 5.50
Milkers . ..... . . . . . . ..... $45.00@90.00

Veal Calves.

Receipts 249. Market steady.
Best .................... $14.50@15.00
Others 4.00@14.00

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1161. Market steady to 25c
lower.

Best lambs . . . . . . . . . .$13.00@13.75
Fair lambs ............. 12.00@12.50
Fair and good sheep 600@ 7.00
Culls and common ...... 2.50@ 3.50
Light and common ...... 8.00@10.00
Heavy sheep ............ 4350@ 5.00
Buck lambs ............ : 12.00@12.50

Hogs,
Receipts 1270. Market 30@350 lower.

Mixed hogs and yorkers . . 13.25@13.35
Mixed hogs ..... . . . ..... 13.60
Pigs nnnnnnn by... "‘.' co. e 13.25
Roughs .\_. I Q 0 OIIC Q Q h I O O 0 11.00

 
   
  

$7.5

. aifecting production in parts‘ of the

  

  
     

checks. 120mm '-"Liv cums, tans, states... a w more
' 19@25c; broilers,'28c: 'springcrs,*i27e;5 Tamale; that‘the recent d
roosters, 17c; ducks, 19c; geese,16@

180; turkeys,‘ 2001 . , »
Detroit—Eggs fresh candied , and
311)“. Live poultry,

28©29c; ‘*

graded, 30%@
broilers, 27@30b;. heavy, hens,
light hens, 21c; roosters, 17c' geese,
18c; ducks, 22’@24c; turkeys,\ 6c: .
BUTTER .
Butter prices advanced sll htiy in
the past week. Receipts at 9 lead-

ing markets are ~ showing the usual
seasonal decline, and dry weather is

    

 
 
  

floods , is fair « satisfactory with some

 

, g in g severed instep Foreign
”1‘3”th '11:? trim?” 111ng “i as ring
O.-.a a , .. 'q 'onf e, ' .
Britishbuiing-in ihust' is has“ an
~ resumed since the ' British... mill. age
‘ dispute has been practically settled;

DETROIT CITY MARKET
'Saturda ’s markets were flooded
with pro uce of all kinds. Buying
was made active but not heavy
enough to clean up all that was
offered. The small supply of buckle-
berries and strawberries cleaned up
quickly, and the small offerings of
peaches did not last long. More plums

were-offer * i: th "
Prices are higher than last year, but much ~.strog(gez§u_, Pegrsqevrgefigd 1:73:35:

about the same as two years ago when ‘demand with Clapp’s,Favorites show-
the storage Situation and the oltlitlotgk ing an advance in price. Apples Were
for, fall production were muc e moderate sellers. First quality canta-

same as this year. v
Prices. on 92-score creumery were: $21,? tagged 01! well but others had

Chicago: 4113;"; 1:19;: YZZk’ 43°; Bos- Good firm tomatoes were good sell—

ton, 440: lade D a, c. ers. Slome ‘teaigly pink ones were

snappe up a .00 to $6.00 a bushel.

POTATOES Spinach and peas were in ready de-

The potato market took a downward mand and No. 1 cauliflower was an

course in the past week. The move- easy seller at $2.50 to $3.00 a bushel.

ment of the late potato crop ls getting There was a fair demand for bunched

under way at an earlier'date than stuff, though radishes slumped with
usual, and the price level in the past

_ . many being sold for 75c a bushel.
month has been relatively high. On First class sweet corn had a good
the Chicago carlot market, Minnesota early sale, but old stuff went begging.
partly graded Early Ohios are bring-
ing $1.75 to $2 per 100 pounds, and
Wisconsin Round Whites, U. S. No. 1,
are quoted at $1.85 to $2. -

APPLES

Summer and early fall varieties of
apples are bringing mostly $1.25 to $2
per bushel basket in Chicago

BEANS

Present indications are that Mich-
igan will produce the largest crop of
beans in her history, the outlook now
being for an increase of one and one—
half bushels over the crop of 1924.,
Contrary to expectations operators in
New York saw prices turn upward last
week when they were confidentially

because

 
   

 

   
 
 
  

 

 

northwest. Some operators continue
willing to buy butter for storage.
Stocks of butter in storage are not ar
from' the average for thisw~ season of
the year. Prices are «higher than last
year, for this season of the year.

slowly. The demand for beans, cab-
bage, peppers, squash and Celery was
quite limited. Potatoes had a fair
sale at $1.50 to $1.65 for the average
run. Offerings of poultry and eggs
were heavier and the demand a little
more brisk.

Saturday morning’s, prices were:v
apples, No. 1, $1.25@1.75 bu.; No. 2,
$1.00@1.25 bu.; crabapples, $1.50@2.00
bu.; elderberries, $1.50 bu.; grapes

No. 1, $2.00@2.75’bu.; No. 2, $1.50@
1.75 bu.; pears, No. 1, $2.00@3.00 bu.;
No. 2, $1.50@1.75 bu.; peaches, No. 1,
$3.00@3.25 bu.; No. 2, $2.00@2.50 bu.;
plums, NO. 1, $2.00@2.50 bu.; No. 2,
$1.25@1.75 bu.; beets, 50c@60 doz.

waiting for declines. .111 Chicago the bchs.; beets, 75c@1.00 bu.; wawaeans,
“stree” demand continues good With $135 1.50 bu.; green beans, $1,00’@;
spot fancy navy beans quoted at $6.50 1.25 i1-; carrots, 50c@60 doz bchs.;

by jobbers. cabbage, green, 75@90c bu.; red, $1.00

WOOL @1.25 bu.; cucumbers, slicers, 50c@

, , 75 bu.; dills, $1.00@2.00 bu.; gherkins,

While buymg IS by 110 means Sien’ $2.00@4.00 bu.; leaf lettuce, 50c@65
eral, manufacturers have been taking bu.; Iceberg lettuce, 75c bu.; green

onions, 60c doz. bchs.; dry onions,
$2.00@2.50 bu.; pickling onions, $4.00
@7.00 bu.; peas, $2.00@3.00 bu.; new
potatoes, fancy, $1.80@1.90 bu.; No. 1,
$1.50@1.75 bu.; No. 2, $1.00@1.25 bu.;
round radishes, 3OC@50 doz. bchs.;
spinach, $1.75@2.00 bu.; local celery,
No. 1, 65c doz.; NO. 2, 35c@50 doz.;
Kalamazoo celery, No. 1, 35c@45 doz.;
No. 2, 25@300 doz.; turnips, 50c doz.
bchs.; dill, 40c@50 doz. bchs.; Italian
squash, 50c@2.00 bu. ; summer squash,
50c@75 bu.; sweet peppers, 500@1.00
bu.; hot peppers, $1.00@1.50 bu.;
sweet corn, white, 8c@13 doz.; yellow,
8c@15 doz.; butter, 600@65 1b.; eggs,
wholesale, 40@41 doz.; retail, 45c@55
doz.; hens, wholesale, 30c 1b.; retail,
32@35 1b.; leghorn broilers, retail, 32c
1b.; colored broilers, retail 320@35 1b.;
. ducks, 25c@29 lb. Dressed poultry:

hbens, 39c@40 lb.‘;_ springers, 45c@50

GRAND RAPIDS

State inspection of cantaloupes is
improving the demand for this
Michigan product in‘ Grand Rapids.
Consumers are buying more melons as
few green melons are coming to mar-
ket with the inspectors on. duty at
producing points. Sales were brisk
here this week around $2 bu. or crate
for the best. Peaches also were in
good demand. Prices were: Peaches,
St. Johns, $4@$4,50 bu.; Carmens, $3
@$4 bu.; early Michigans, $3@$3.50
bu.; plums, Bradshaws, $1@$2.50 bu.;
Burbanks, $1@$1.25 bu.; Lombards, $1
bu; Green Gage, $1 bu.; pears, Clapps,

CHICAGO

Hogs
Receipts 18,000. Market moderately
active; me ium and heavy weight
butchers, 1 @15c lower and others
largely 25c lower than average; all
buying better; ,160-210 lb. weight,
$11.75@13.00; top $13.10; bulk 140-150
lb. weights, ’$12.50@12.80; 225-325 lb.
butchers, $12.00@12.50; bulk packing
sows, $10.00@10.65; good strong
weight slaughteib pigs, $12.25@12.60.
ttl

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Receipts 7000. Market better grades
fed steers 250 higher; top up; lower
on weighty kind; last weeks decline
regained on choice yearlings and
good heavies; top $15.75; long year-
lings, $15.60; bulk grain fed, $11.00@
14.00; western killers steady at $7.50
@825; bulk packers slow; top firm,
bulk higher; vealers steady at $12.50

@1300.
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 21,000. Market fed lambs
active; bulls steady; early bulk na-
tives, $14,00@14.25;' few sorted loads,
$14.50; medium to good western, $14
@1450; few fed lambs, $14.25@14.35;
steady; best feeding lambs, Monday,
$15.50; few fat native ewes, $7.00;
steady.

, $2@$2.50 bu.; sugar pears, $1.50@$2

BUFFALO bu.; grapes, Champions, jumbo

Hogs - basket; tomatoes, $1.75@$2 bu.; cu-

Receipts 3610. Hogs closing steady; cumbers, 40c@$1 bu; pickles, $1@$2
heavy, $13.00@13.60; medium, $13.50 bu.; cabbages, $1 bu.; cauliflower,
@13.65; light weight, $13.50@13.75; $1.25 flat; onions, $1.50@$2 bu.; tur—~
light lights and pigs, $13.75; packing nips, 50c@$1 bu.; potatoes, 80c@$1
bu. ; celery, 15c@500 doz.; leaf lettuce, ‘

sows and roughs. $1l1.25@11.50.
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a te 50c bu.; head lettuce, 50c@85c box;
Receipts 500. Best lambs, $14.25;

wheat $1.48, bu.; rye, 880 but beans,

   

  
   

     

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penalties that should promote discre«
tion. ~' -
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' Hon. Perry F. Powers delighted the
three hundred banqueters' on Wednes«
day evening with his singularly pleas-
ing but effective paragraphs on the
essentials of business stabilit . On
the same occasion, Prof. J. F. ox, of
the Michigan State College, pictured
how Michigan’s work in the standard-
ization bf seeds is being ublished
throughout the country. lark L
Brody also sounded the new note in
cooperation as a more serious feeling
of responsibility on the partof the
members for the success of the organ-
ization to which they belong. The last
address by Congressman J. C. Mc-
Laughlin, of Muskegon, reviewed‘the
steps leading to the adoption of our
present extension policy by the de-
partment of agriculture and the state
agricultural colleges.

 

MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.

THERE has been a decided improve-
ment in the condition of nearly all
crops during the month of July,
and the lcultivated crops are now gen-
erally above \. the ten—year average.
Wheat and rye are yielding much bet-
ter than expected and, while oats and
barley are short in straw, they are
more promising than estimated earlier
in the season, according to the August
1 report issued by L. Whitney Wat-
kins, commissioner of agriculture, and
Verne H. Church, United States Agri-
cultural Statistician.
. Corn—The present condition of 85
per cent is four per cent betterthan
one month ago, four per cent above
the ten-year average, and 17 per cent
better than one year ago. The present
outlook is .for a production of 58,757,-
000 bushels, as compared with 43,836,-
000 in 1924. Stands are generally good
giroughout the main producing coun-
es.

The United States crop is estimated
at 2,950,340,000 bushels, against 2,436,—
513,000 last year.

Wheat—The average yield per acre

 

~ as reported in the August-1 inquiry is

16.5 bushels, a' marked increase over
earlier predictions. This increases the
state’s production to 15,576,000 bush—
els, which is nearly up to the ten-year
average, although over four millions
less than last year’s bumper crop. The
quality is excellent, being rated at 90
per cent. Spring wheat shows a con
dition of 79 per cent, equivalent to a
production of 126,000 bushels. '

For the United States, the estimate
for winter wheat is 415,697,000 bush-
els, and for spring wheat, 262,749,000
bushels. Last year, the country pro-
duced 590,037,000 bushels of winter
wheat and 282,636,000 bushels of
spring ‘ wheat.

Oats—There was a gain of 11 per
cent in condition since one month ago,
the present figure being 70 per cent,
equivalent to a production of 46,267,—
000 bushels, in comparison with 67,-
200,000 last year. Eight per cent of
the old crop is still on farmS‘ as com-
pared with six per cent one year ago.

The country’s crop totals 1,387,349,-
000 bushels, while that of last year
amounted to 1,541,900,000 bushels.

Barley—The condition is rated at
68 per cent, a gain of eight per cent
during the past month, and represents
a total production of 3,488,000 bushels
against a crop of 4,743,000 bushels in
1924. The carry-over is reported to be
two and one-half per cent, last year
it was two per cent.

The entire country will harvest an
estimated total of 213,596,000 bushels,
in comparison with 187,875,000 in 1924.

Rye—The prospective yield is 12.5
bushels per acre, or a total crop of
4,275,000 bushels. Both the acreage
and yield are less than last year when
6,006,000 bushels were harvested. The
quality is rated at 89 per cent.

The United States has an estimated
production of 51,968,000 bushels in
comparison with a crop of 63,446,000
last year.

Buckwheat—There is an indicated
increase of five per cent over last year
in the acreage planted, making a total
of 64,000. The present condition of 81
per cent is equivalent to 881,000 bush-
els from this acreage, a slightly small-
er crop than that of last year.

The production for the entire United
States is placed at 16,378,000 bushels.
Last year it was 15,956,000 bushels.

Potatoes—The stand varies greatly
in different localities and in individual

' fields but, on the whole, the outlook is

for a normal crop, the condition being
81 per cent. This condition, if main-
tained to the end of the season, will
result in a crop of 26,629,000 bushels

$8,252,000 in

against a production of
11224; $6,796,000 in 1923. and 37,842,009 -

1 Q
The total for; the country is estimat-

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on: its .
t .o

T, 9 present outlt'wk is for 88. ,per cent
i’of, a, crop, a gain of six points over
:- last. month, and five- per cent above the
rten-year average, and equivalent to a
crop of 7,282,000 bushels. If this vol-
ume is realized it will be the largest
on record for thestate. The 1924 crop
totaled 5,848,000 bushels. ‘ '

Sugar Beets—Sugar- beets have also
made a decided gain over the July.1
report, the condition being 82 per cent.
While there are some more or less ir-
regular stands, the majority of the
acreage has a normal stand and mak-
ing an excellent growth. - Diseases
common to the plant have caused but
little damage to date.

Hay—The hay crop has improved
during the past month and the pres—
ent estimate is for a total tame crop
of 2,427,000 tons as compared with 5,-
010,000 tons in 1924. The condition is
rated at 50 per cent. The yield of
timothy is placed at .55 ton per acre;
clover, .56 ton; clov and timothy
mixed, .65 ton. Th - condition of al-
falfa is 76 per cent, a gain of three
per cent over last month. While it is
in the best condition of any hay crop,
it is somewhat below the average of
other years. - '

The tame 'hay crop of the United
States is estimated at 77,713,000 tons
as compared with a crop of 97,970,000
tons last year.

Fruits—Apples are of excellent
quality and show a prospective total
crop of 8,356,000 bushels, of which
1,448,000 barrels are rated as commer-
cial. These figures are a little higher
than last year, the total crop having
been 7,333,000 bushels, and the com-
mercial, 1,222,000 barrels. The crop
is lightest in the southwest counties
and the percentage generally increases
northward through the state. Winter
varieties are relatively better than
summer and fall.

Peaches show a decline of four per
cent during the month, the present
outlo k being for 36 per cent of a crop,
or 58 ,000 bushels. Last year’s pro-
duction was 464,000.

Pears are generally light and show
a prospect of only 27 per cent of a full
production. This is equivalent to 410,-
000 bushels, which is about one-half
the amount harvested last year.

The prospect for grapes is very dis-
couraging, especially in the southwest
counties where the condition in Ber-
rien c unty is only 18 per cent and in
Van uren county, 28 per cent. The
crop is estimated at 24,811 tons for
the state. .

The condition of other fruits is as
follows: Blackberries and raspber-
ries, 64 per cent; plums, 29 per cent;
and melons, 70 per cent. The produc-
tion of cherries amounted to 52 per
cent of a full crop as compared with
70 per cent last year.

The United States total production
of apples is estimated at 161,148,000
bushels, and the commercial portion at
30,364,000 barrels; last year’s crop was
179,443,000 bushels and the commercial
portion, 28,701,000 barrels. The esti-
mated total crop of peaches is 47,385,-
000 bushels, against 51,679,000 last
year; and of pears, 17,669,000 bushels,
compared with 17,961,000 last year.

 

COUNTY CROP REPORTS.

St. Joseph Co., Aug. 14.~——Wheat and
cat harvest completed. Threshing is
nearly finished. Wheat and oats are
,yielding extra good. Second cutting
of alfalfa good. Corn promises heavy
crop. .This year’s seeding of clover
and alfalfa looking fine. Plenty of
moisture for fall plowing. Wheat at
$1.54; rye $1; oats 400; potatoes $1.
Club picnics well attended. Acreage
of all crops same as last year. Fruit
very scarce.~I—I. C. S.

Calhoun Co., Aug. 14. The acreage
of alfalfa is being increased. Farmers
finding out that they can not depend
on clover. First crop of hay nearly a
failure. Farmers have not cut much
of second growth. Many pieces will
go better than a load to the acre.
Wheat and rye just about half. Oats
very poor. Not many auto trips plan—
ned by farmers, as they haven’t the
money. Everything growing, and lots'
of rain—L. J. D.

Kalkaska Co., Aug. 13.—Corn crop
acreage is normal, but backward. Po-
tato crop acreage small, but, looks
well. Hay short, except alfalfa and
sweet clover. Buckwheat normal and
looks fine. Oats are fair. Cucumbers
larger and bearing well. Farmers pic—
nic was held August 12, with a large
attendance—A. H. W.

Kent Co., Aug. 17.—~Crop conditions
are very good. Corn about the same
as last year. Beans about fifty per
cent increase. Wheat is turning out
from ten to thirty bushels, average is
about fourteen bushels. _Oats twenty
to fifty bushels, average about thirty
bushels. Wheat 81.56; rye $1; oats

 

.506. The Farmers Cooperative Elevat-
or had the best report in six years.
Paid interest on stock and have a sur-

 
 

.. . 2 area spar ,
(is 1 are . m fexc’ellent ' condition.

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Sci . ‘
_ sustain
, to. Most wheat ground is
plowe in this section. Many have
learned the alfalfa lesson this year,
so much of it will be sown.—C. P. M.
Houghton Co., Aug. 14.———Farmers’
tour attended by 100 farmers, took place
at different farming centers in the
county August 5. Pure—bred live stock
and poultry, Kota wheat (rust resist-
ing), certified Green Mountain pota-
toes,-and alfalfa fields started last
spring were given special attention.
Crops made a good showing the early
part of the season, but with only two
inches of rainfall in the last seven
weeks the crops have suffered a se~
ver_e setback and caused earlier ma-
turity of grains with smaller heads.
Early potatoes are in the market and
are selling for 50c per peck.

 

  

 

COOPERATION CONTINUES TO
GROW IN DENMARK.

N official survey of cooperative ac-

tivity in Denmark was made last

year. The results as reported to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture are remarkable. It was found
that the milk from eighty-six per cent
of the milk cows in Denmark was man-
ufactured into butter in the coopera-
tive creameries in 1923, as compared
with eighty-four per cent in 1909 and
eighty-one per cent in 1903.

During the twenty years from 1903
to 1923 the percentage of pigs slaugh:
tered in cooperative bacon factories
increased over one-half. Twice as
large a percentage of the cattle in the,
kingdom was handled through cooper-

wfl‘i‘ifbe h at in
This «Will be

 
     

izers through their cooperative asshol-
ations. The cooperative egg market-
ing associations were handling the
eggs from 26.5 per cent of the hens in
1923. About twenty-seven per cent of
the cows of Denmark were tested
through cooperative cow testing asso-
ciations in 1923.

 

SUGAR CROP DEVELOPS UNDER
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.

 

PROSPECTS are reported favorable
for both the cane and beet sugar
crops by the department of a -
culture. The Cuban crop will proba ly
be as large as the one now nearly com-
pleted. In the Philippines and Hawaii
favorable growing seasons are report—
ed. A larger cane crop in the United
States than last year is predicted,
which will partly offset the expected
decrease in the beet sugar crop.

Ophthalmia.——Have young mare that
first had trouble in one eye; this eye
has partially cleared, but now the oth-
er eye is clouded a little. A. W. G.,
Chelsea, Mich—Dissolve a teaspoon-
ful of boric acid in quarter pint of
clean water, apply to eyes three times
daily. .

Splint Lameness.—I have a horse
that has a. splint which is causing
lameness. F. R., Applegate, Mich.——-
Clip ofi hair and apply one part red
iodide of mercury, eight parts lard to
bunch every four or five days. The
splint may be caused by striking; if
soyapply shin boot, or other protec—
tion.

 

 

 

tising, miscellaneous articles for sale on exchange.

Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion. on 0rd
consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as,
display type or illustrations admitted.

charge l0 words.

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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.

. Reunittances must accompany order. ‘
Live stock advertising haalleparate department and is not accepted as classified.

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

era for less than {our insertions: for four or more
a word each abbreviations. initial or number. No

Minimum

 

 

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REAL ESTATE

FARMS FOR, SALE~—Ilave hundreds of farms for
sale, with or without equipment. All sizes, any lo—
cation within 75 milcs of Detroit. Sell productive

farms only. priced item $50 to $150 per acre. Phone
or write us just what you want. Square deal guar—
anteed, no misrepresentation. All forms shown by
appointment. Westrick Farm Agency, 10450 Shoe—

maker Avenue. Detroit. Mich. Phones Lincoln 1003.

Lincoln 7103 ~ R.

IMPROIVED FARMS, extreme South Georgia. any
size, fifty to 2.000 acres, liberal terms. Write for
information. Fields Roberts, Quitman, Ga.

 

form. 122 acres, free and
3 miles from Lansing on im<
Special price for quick
Lansing, Mir-ll. "

FOR SALE—First—class
clear. Good buildings.
proved road. l'oor health.
sale. S. W. Hcmpy. R. 7,

40 ACRES, good land, 3»room cottage. 15 acres clear.

 

Near lloughton Lake. Address, Charles Box-mason,
Houghton Lake, Mich.

WANTED—~good farm to rent or manage. Box
98—A, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

 

WANTEDA-«To hear from owner of frmu for sale, for
{all delivery. 0. IIawlcy, Baldwin. Wis.

V

AIREDALE PUPPIES—_Pedigreed. Fine farm dogs.
Cheap. Wm. C. Brown. R. 2. Battle Creek, Mich.

TOBACCO

HOMEBPUN TOBACCO—Chewing five lbs. $1.50: ten
$2.50; smoking the lbs. $1.25; ten $2; pipe free. pay
when received, satisfaction guaranteed.
Tobacco Growers, Maxon Mills,

 

Co-operative
Kentucky.

 

 

IIOMESPUN TOBACCO, Chewing 5 lbs. $1.60: 10,
$2.50. Smoking 6, $1.25; 10, $2. Mild 10, $1.60.
Pay when received. F. Gupton, Bardwcll, Kentucky.

 

FARM MACHINERY s

RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester, poor man's price—

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free oat-

?{log showing pictures of harvester. Box 528, Sauna.
ans.

 

 

FARM DITCII DIGGER—Build your own. For
particulars write C. G. Aldon. 225 E. 10th Street.

Eric, Pa. Representatives Wanted.

 

 

 

PopLTRY

PURE 200-EGG STRAIN White Rook (.‘Ockerels. $3
up. Fully guaranteed. Sent on approval. Excep—
tional values for early orders. Woodsroad Place,
Buchanan, Mich.

 

(‘O(‘I{IGIII‘ILS—l’ullcts: Rocks. Reds, Leghorns.
keys, Goose and. Ducks. Send for prices.
Farms Association, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Tur-
State

 

TANCRED WHITE LICGIIORNS, Buff Orpingtons.
Barred Rocks. State Fair Winners. Fcnner Bailey.
Mont gomcry, Mich.

 

SHIP US YOUR FAT HENS and fresh eggs every

 

 

 

Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East Coast Poultry
Co., 1300 Division St., Detroit. Mich.

PULLETS, WHITE LEGIIORNS, small. medium,
large. Wholesale and retail. (:0 cents and up. H.
Knoll, .Ir., Ilolland, l\lich.. R No. l.

500 SINGLE (‘OMB White Leghorn hens, pullots.
.lolm llass, Both-ndort‘, Iowa.

 

S. (‘. BUFI“ LEGIIORN l‘O(.‘l(l‘lRlCI.&.~Prices reason-
able. Willard VVobstor, Bath, Mich.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

\VANTliD—Old postage stamps.
Will pay good price for those I

on or off envelope. ‘
. T.
li‘yl’e 8: Co., Detroit, Mich.

can use. W

 

 

Livingstone, c-o II. II.

lIAY~—'l‘lmolll_\‘. clovcr and mixed gals}: alfalfa. Qua-l—
ily guurunllwl. Ask for dcliwrcd pru'cs. llurry I).
Gates Company, Jackson, .‘Ill'll.

ALI, \VOOII KNITTING YARN for sale from manu-
facturer at great bargain. Samples lrco. ll. A.
Bartlett, Harmony, Maine.

 

SAGANA SILO with roof, slzc 10x30, price,

NEW .
Geo. II. Shuuklin, R. No. 10, Box 88, Ut‘Ll'IHt,

$100.
Mich.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

 

AN INDUSTRIOIIS, WIGLL-TO-DO FAllMl-le. with
Wcll grownr sons, anxious to help, may learxnof an
exceptional opportunity to become interested 1n the
Dairy Business on most favorable terms. A well
located twodumdrwl-acre farm in one of the best
of the southern ticr of counties in Michigan. A hard

of 30 Rugistr-rcd Daily Shorthorns, Percheron Horses,
hogs and m ‘l'ous other animals, alfalfa, corn, oats,
ctc., t'VBl'ytllfileh-I'Il and up—to—datc. 'Detnils and
proposition to 'ght man. Recommendation rwuured.
Address "Shorthorn," Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.
PET STOCK

I SPECIALIZE IN RAISING FERRETS—~—30 years‘
experience. September prices. males, $3.25 each; females, -

$3.50 each. One dozen, $36. Yearling females, spe—
cial rat catchers $5.00 each. Yearling males $4.00
Wm ship C o. 1). Instruction book free. Levi

Famsworth. New London, Ohio. -

FOR SALE—A litter of extra line Walker and Eng-
lish fox hound pups, 310 and $12 each. Guaranteed
to make good or money bank; also. four good fox
hounds. Ten days' trial. James Milligan, Illncoln,
Mich.

. POLICE PUPB FOR BALE—Trice: reason-
Elfigmg. R. E. Bergman, Cassopolis, Mich.

HUNDRED HUNTING I-IOUNDS cheap. Fur finders.
Catalogue. Kaskaskennels. F 183. Herrick, Ill.

 

 

' BDCGS.

BABY CHICKS

SUPERIOR CHICK5-90 up.
layers.

 

12 varieties.
Delivery guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank
Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery, Boa
Windsor, Mo.

SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

SIZED WHEAT FOR SAIJCvxlIiclugun No. 1, a heavy
Holding beardloss rod wheat, and American Banner,
:t beardlcss white variety; both produced under the
finest conditions, and thorrmghly cleaned and graded.
We are the largest urowurs of wheat in the state,
and use the best seed obtainable. Write at once for
prices. Gotfrcdson Farms, Ypsilanti, Mich.
STATE INSPECTED seed sale.
Walker, It. 3, Pontiac, Mlcll.

PRIZE WINNING pedllzrocd Red Rock Wheat. C. D.
It‘lnkbelnel'. Clinton, blich.

HELP WANTED

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WANTED~—An experienced cow stable man, married;
must be a good milker. Reply, stating wages, fiupt.
Balmoral Farms. Ithaca. Mich.

AGENTS WANTED

MICHIGAN MEN with sales ability and well known
through county, can make largo income weekly selling
guaranteed Motor and Tractor Oil in drums and half-
drums on thirty-day terms to farmers and profound
dealers. Must have auto. State age. Will arrange
interview. We ship direct from nearby branches.
Division Manager, Lock Box 135, Saginaw, Mich.

FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three Hood re<
sponsible farmers be so with you to inspect California
state approved lands. Opportunity for one good man
in each community to join lamest land selling organ-
ization in U. 8. Write for details. Hormel Jams.
1195 Transportation Bldg” Chicago. Ill.
AGENTS-woul- new Household
washes all dates windows.

 

010mm: Device.
sweeps. cleans walls.
n-mbs, mops. Costs less than brooms. Over halt
profit. Write Harper Brush Works. 173, 3!!! any
Fairfleld, Iowa.

  

 


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a 4L“ ANNIVERSARY

Begins Tuesday, September ,1'

Watch the Detroit Daily Newspapers ”forDetdils

a “y HIS sale Celebrates not only the forty-fourth anniversary of
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the founding of this buSiness but the completion of our new
fifteen -story building. 01 The increased facilities of this new

Farmer Street building, together with the addition of two stories to
our entire Woodward Avenue building, have made it possible for
us to provide for this sale greater aSsortments, greater quantities,
greater values and better service than ever befOre. 01 Every depart-
ment , 31 the store will be represented. Every piece of merchandise
in the anniversary sale is new, for fall and winter—of Hudson
quality—Fand at a decided saving.

 

 

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firms; Strut bsubiidgng, til: Hudsg V I -
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