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closely with the manufacturer, giving special

consideration to the design of the Fordson and to

the work it is expected to do.





IN MAKING the above recommendation, our





By using Polarine “Special Heavy” you will get

the maximum of service from your Fordson; you

will be able to keep it in the field practically all

the time; you will have a minimum of repairs, and

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But, change your motor oil very frequently.

Drain your crankcase, thoroughly cleanse the

motor with Polarine Flushing Oil, and refill with

fresh Polarine “Special Heavy.”





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RELIAFILITY

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NUMBER ELEVEN





 





 





‘ ‘ i“ of your engine.

« ' 4 ~ culation but a moment and your

’ " motor is gone

‘ cations

burned hearings and the like, but the

lack of on Will be. self evident.

. So we‘llg‘ recognized ‘is this danger

that most cars are now provided'with

.v a, visible: oil. gauge as a sort of me-

: chanical pulse for the engine, by





self, from time to time, that oil cir-

~culation is normal. Few engines fail,

these days, from a lack of'oil. .

But suppose. the blood stream be-

. comes poisoned and instead of circu-

lating- a _life-giving, wearsaving— flow

of clean oil, it carries a thin dirty

stream laden with particles of abra-

sive grit. The oil gauge will continue

to show normal circulation and there

will probably be no sudden and/spec-

tacular breakdown of the engine but,

if little by little, the working parts be-

come infected and an insidious dis-

intigration, heralded by sundry knocks





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and rattles creeps upon it, until‘ at the"





end’ of a few thousand miles a major

‘3 operation, known in automobile circles

" as 'a “complete overhauling” is neces-

sary to make it again deliver quiet

and satisfactory service.



If ‘you would avoid such a situation

as I have described, you must see that

your engine has not only plenty of oil

but that it is clean oil that is being

circulated when your motor runs.



Two things are continually happen-

ing to the oil in your engine when

you use your car. It is constantly

thinning out or losing its lubricating

,1 body, and it is constantly accumulat-

‘ ing abrasive particles of dirt. En-

gineers aptly the terms “Dilution” and





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EBRICATING oil is the life 111on .

Stop the oil (Sir-y





A'n‘ autopsy at the .





nearest garage may disclose oomph--

ssuch as sacred cylinders, ..





means of which you can assure your- _





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1 .g 7 ~ , Lubricap'on Engineer





“contamination” to these conditions.





Dilution is due to the presence. in“





the “lubricating oil of "considerable

qitalities of gasoline. It accumulates

"faster in winter than in summer;





mere rapidly in cold weather than in '





warm. It is' at its worst in cars

driven by physicians or salesmen, who

make frequent stops and starts,

lowing the engine to cool down in be

tween. It frequently becomes so pro-

nounced that the engine apparently

uses no oil at all and the crankcase

seems to be full even after. several

hundred miles, but an. examination will

show ,that the oil is thin and black and

has entirely lost its slippery feeling.





on to thin it out?

rwho are familiar with the results of

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It has no lubricating "body.” The

fact that an engine is apparently

using less than a normal amount of

lubricating oil is generally an indica—

tion of severe dilution.



How does the gasoline get —into the

To many people





dilution, the cause is still a mystery.



When you started your car this

morning, particularly .if it had stood

all night in a cold garage, you pulled

out the “choker” before you started

to crank it, and very likely you drove





several blocks before you considered





the engine warm enough to run with-

out using the choker to some extent.





 





 





 





 





Not Only the Car, But the Tractor Engine Needs Care in Lubrication.





The “choker” simply gives your en-

gine an additional amount of gasoline,

probably from three to ten times as

much. as is necessary to form an- ex-

plosive mixture. You use a “rich”

mixture an a cold day because the

air does not contain heat enough to

readily vaporize the gasoline and you.

must have a vapor to get started.



But what happens to the remaining

gasoline that enters the engine cylin-

ders in liquid form. It condenses on

the cold cylinder walls and dissolves

the lubricating oil off of the piston

rings. On the down stroke of the pis-

ton, some of it is carried down into

the crank case to mix with the oil

there.



Now we depend on the oil around

the piston rings to form a seal and

make our cylinders gas tight, as well

as to lubricate the moving parts, and

if this oil seal is dissolved'by gaso-

line, we no longer have a tight cylin-

der. More gasoline and even the pro-

ducts Of combustion can then work

their way past the piston rings and

into the crank case.



Gasoline and oil are chemically very

similar, both being products of crude

petroleum, and is ,very easily dissolved

in gasoline in any proportion. That

is why we use it as a cleaner to take

grease spots out of our clothes.



Any gasoline reaching the crank

case is immediately absorbed by the

oil and makes it just that much thinner.

As the oil gets thinner it loses its

“body” and becomes a poorer and

poorer lubricant. This thin oil does

not give as good lubrication as thick-

er oil, and more wear takes place be-

tween the moving parts of the engine.

Further, this thin oil does not make

as g35d a piston sea] as thicker oil



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1 T SW1ne Sanitation Pays





Wflat Happened W 11672 St. Joseph Hera/5 were Gwen Specza/ Care





AST fall 11 swine management

meetings were held in St. Joseph

County, Michigan, Mr. V. A. Freeman

of the Animal Husbandry Department

_ of Michigan State College, and Dr.

‘1’ George McCollister, Federal Veterin-

i arian, assisting, explaining in particu-

lar methods for, securing larger litters

3 of healthier pigs at weaning time. The

3 program outlined involved certain

3‘ features of the management of the

i ‘ sows before farrowing, and the follow-

' ing of the system of swine sanita-

tion kno\n as the McClain County

System i

To see how the instruction “took,”-

and- to get a comparison of results

obtained by swine growers using dif~

ferent systems of management or none

at all, 140 letters were sent to differ-

ent farmers in the country, most of

whom had attended the meetings last

fall, asking them about the manage-

ment of their sows and litters in re-

gard to the following points: (1) Were

soWs gaining in weight at breeding-

time? (2) Did they get plenty of ex-





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(4). Minerals? (5.)





them at farrowing time.





,7 i" _ ereise during the winter? (3) Did they '





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the farrowing pens at fat-rowing time?

(6)Was the farrowing ,pen scalded

out? (7) Was the sow’s udder washed

before she was put into farrow? '(8)





Did the pigs run on clean pasture





where hogs had not been run for at

least a year previously?



Twenty-five farmers, representing 97

sows, have answered. All reported

that their sows were gaining in

weight at breeding time and had

plenty of exercise during the winter,





”angjpractically all got-_protein feed





and minerals of some kind, and clean

litter was supplied to about all of

There were

12 farmers owning 52 sows who fol-

loWed only these first five points in

the program. These 52 sows raised

336 pigs to weaning age, an average

of 6.5 pigs per litter.

reported as unthrifty.



Six men with 21 sows carried out

the same five points .and in addition

kept the young pigs on clean pasture.’

These 21 sows raised 160 pigs, an av-

erage of 7 6 pigs per litter, 2 pigs out





~ of 160 reported unthrifty





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Eight litters owned by 4 farmers

were given all the care indicated by

the questions asked with the excep-

tion of supplying clean pasture, raised

64- pigs, an average of 8 per litter,

no unthrifty ones reported.



Sixteen sows owned by three farm-

ers who carried out all eight of the

suggested points in the program raised

135 pigs, an average of 8.6 per litter,

5 out of the 135 being reported un-

thrifty.



These results show that those who

exercised some precautions about hav—

ing clean quarters and clean pastures

for their pigs to protect them from

parasites and disease raised from 7.6

to 8.6 pigs per litter, while those who

did not averaged only 6.5 pigs per

litter to weaning age, and the per—

centage of unthrifty pigs among the

latter was 6%, While among the pigs

kept under better conditions there

were only 2% unthrifty.



' A striking instance of the value of

this extra care is seen in the results

obtained this year by C. .V. Huff and

Sons, of 'Méndon. The Huffs are Du-





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roe breeders and large numbers of

hogs have been kept around this place

for years, running in the same lots

and in the barnyards. Last year at

least 20% of their pigs were infested

with roundworms, or at least their

appearance indicated that they were.

it was specially bad among fall pigs.

This spring all the sows farrowed

the last week in March, and shortly

before they were due Mr. Huff and

the boys, Carl and Lee, cleaned’and

scalded eight “A” type houses and

moved them out to a clean clover

seeding, about 4 acres of Which had

been fenced off to form the clean hog

pastures this spring. It took them a

day and a half to get ready, then when _.

the sows were about to farrow each

one was well brushed and washed to

remove any mud and dirt, and moved

to her individual house, each of which

had a small pen attached made of

movable gates, which were later re-

moved and the pigs all ran together.

From the eight sows they now have





, 65 fine pigs, not a real runt among





them, and not over five that are not

as large as the rest. There will be





no more little pigs running in the old -a





muddy lots on the Huff farm.





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CURRENT COMMENT





URING Septem-



Watch ber, farmers need

to be on the lookout



For com for the European corn

Borers borer. Entomologists





declare that the borer

will spread to new territory in Mich-

igan this year. Corn borer quaran-

tines, and the precautions of individual

farmers, will aid materially in check-

ing the spread, but, as long as the bor-

er moths can fly and the wind blows,

the pest will be carried to ne pas-

tures in spite of the efforts of man.



Early inspections indicate more bor-

ers present in infected areas this year

than heretofore.

itself known by the presence of brok-

en corn tassels, stalks broken at plac-

. es not accounted for by storms or dis-

eases, and by small holes in the corn-

stalks.



Farmers should be ever alert for

these evidences, and should not hesi—

tate to make known the presence of

the pest to their county agent or to

the State Department of Agriculture.





N the city of Chi-

A cago, the Interstate

Commerce Commis-

sion is opening a ser-

ies of hearings look-

ing‘toward a re-exam-

ination of the transportation rate

structure of the country, with special

consideration to be given to relative

price levels and economic conditions

obtaining within the various industries

whose products move by rail across

state lines.



Fifteen years ago, with regard to the

duties of the traffic manager of a rail-

road, Mr. Lane, then a member of the

commission, made these statements:

“The function of the traffic manager

is that of a statesman; he determines

zones of production and consumption,

the profits of the producertland the

cost to the consumer; he makes his

rates, if he so pleases, to offset and

' nullify the effect of import duties and





I Big Respon-

sibility





determines the extent and character .





of our foreign markets.



“This necessarily gives to the car-

rier the right to measure the amount

of profit which the shipper may make,

and fix its rate upon the traffic mana-

ger’s judgment as [to which profit he

will be permitted. This theory en-



‘ titles the railroad to enter the books

3.. of every enterprise which it serves,

and 'to raise or lower rates without

res'pect'to its own earnings, but solely





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The borer will make ,





sion, it ought generally "to be under-

stood that in the Interstate Commeru

Commission we not only have an

agency for the making of transporta-

tion rates, but, if the purposes Ofthe

congression resolution under which

these heari are being {made-amper-

ried out, we also have a-""commission





which, through its authority to, adjust





rates, is in a position to regulate to'

an appreciable degree the industry and

commerce of» the country.

ECENTLY in one

' - of the smaller cit-

'80,” t ies of the state a

tune prominent c i t i z e 11

Providence died of typhoid fever.

The various local and

county organizations passed resolu-





tions of condolence, each of which be-





gan with the common words, “Where-





as, Providence has seen fit to remove ,





from our midst, Mr. D———,” etc. ‘



A prominent local physician, who

was chairman of the board 'of health,

was shown a. copy of, these resolu-

tions. After reading it he replied,

“Don’t place the blame for this death

upon Providence. Our officials are to

blame. For five years “we have been

trying to prevail upon them to install

a safe water supply and a modern

sewage system.”



This health officer had seen the re-

sults of contaminated water supplies,

and the danger coming from the care—

less disposition of sewage. In munici-

palities this is a momentous question.

It should also command first place in

the interest of the farmer. Not a few

deaths, and much ill health, result

from a well, the water from which is

poluted from nearby stable or privy.

Indifference, not Providence, should be

blamed for illness or death caused by

such sources of disease.





URING the past





Counting few years, only a

I! few really brave men

t ? have had the courage

BIessrngs to recount aloud the





blessings of the farm-

er. The feeling that nothing worth

while remained in farm life, seemingly

had captivated a high percentage of

farm folks. The fact remains, how~

ever, that the panic likely would have

taken on a more serious aspect, if that

were possible, had it not been for

those who could see a silver lining in

the dark clouds of depression.



When nfen are down and are con-

stantly brooding over their misfor-

tunes, it is of the highest importance

that they take note of any advantages

that may be remaining to them, for it

is upon these advantages that they

must build anew. This obtains in the

business of farming. .Good farm man-

agers seem to have the faculty of find-

ing encouraging things in times of

stress and, on the other hand, during

periods of prosperity they keep them-

selves down by persistently watching

the things that promise to put an end

to their good times.





.HILE many addi-





A tional duties have



P I been turned over to

Opt? ar government supervi-



Union sion, making it more,





expensive to carry on,

there appears to be a solid front. at

least among property owners, in favor

of the purpose of the Tax Payers’

Union. This institution has as its

goal the4elimination of unnecessary

taxation.





There seems to' be special need for,





an extensive growth of the member-





‘ship of this unio'n where it can in-





fluence local and state taxation. From

the director of the federal budget we





 





. While this duty of the making has- .

beenrtransferred, as it should be, from *

traffic managers to a, public commie;





the local and state governments take

64 per cent. ,. :-





A ,lot of study must be given local ~-7





and state taxation problems. Reduce

tions ' are certain ~to' be made.

are going to insist on that in the very

near future.





antly. That may cripple services

which ought to continue.

the concentration of public attention

on the subject is imperative. The Tax

Payers' Union hopes to some degree





to get voters interested, ‘

’ ~ HE human _ race

Talking in has seen much"

Their comedy and» tragedy

connected, in one way



Sleep or another. with per-





sons who talk in their

sleep The inhabitants of every com-

munity have experienced one or more

occurrences of the kind. While there

is'some question as to the reliability

of the mind to reveal accurately under

the coma of sleep, any thoughts it

might contain, there is a persistent

belief among a large percentage of our

inhabitants that in some respects the

utterances of the sleeper often are

more dependable than are the thoughts

expressed when awake.





This may be so It is possible that



one brooding over some secret may,

in his sleep, let something out that

would not be given expression when

he was on guard. But, by and large,

we would ,rather depend upon the

words of a man who is wide awake.

’ The wide-awake man in any com-

munity is the one we had rather tie to,

not the dreamy, irresponsible person

that talks—everlastingly talks—and, to

all practical intents and purposes, also

sleeps. The wide-awake man may not

be the popular man of the community,

because it requires energy to keep up

with him, but nine timesout of ten he

is the man that will inspire one to do

the things that count for progress and

success.





9





HE old proverb





Those says, “Distant pas-

. tures look greenest.”

Dwtant Things we are accus-

Pdu‘llres tomed to often look





common to us, no

matter where we happen to be. We

can get so close to great and wonder-

ful things that their proximity takes

away the wonder of them.



It would do us all good if we could

go away from our farms, from our

communities, from our state for a

time, occasionally, and look back upon

our own pastures ‘from a distance.

They would look greener to many of

us than we suppose.





Every good community has a citizen;

or citizens, who has gone to distant

lands to make his fortune, only to re-

turn, after months or years, satisfied

to spend the rest of his days around

the home town. ..\





The man at a distance sees Michigan

as a great place for summer resorters;

he sees her as a state with enormous

manufacturing plants; he sees her ag-

ricultural interests very widely diversi-

fied; he sees within her boundaries

some of the finest educational institu-

tions in the world; he sees her re-

markable transportation facilities. He

learns that Michigan is as popular

with tourists in summer as Florida is

in winter; he learns the; the young

folks of Michigan may go to college

with others from all over the world,

and specialize in most anysubject un-

der the sun, without going outside the

state; he learns that her chief city,

which is one of the world centers of

trade, has a habit, of one hundred

years’ standing, of doubling its popu-

lation every ten years; that this same





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per cent of our total taxationabinwmle .





Voters ,





If they are not made

, intelligently; they will be made- ignor-





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sinners rapidly c'ongregating within a

{few hours’ travel from his own door-

step; the future farmer of the state

has, much to lfeiid him encouragement.

He is in the midst” or the greenest pas-

tures in thesc'ontinent





 





- ' _ Bump: ‘

0U know“ folkses, I got a bump

t'other day. ‘ My bean patch and



Lem Siresby’ s bean patch fine. Now,





Sophie had got me out so early in the





mornin’ dustin’ out them beans, that





’long ’bout the time the sun was at a

quarter, I got tired. I judged my time

’bout like Len? did, and we got ta the





*end 0 the row ’bout the same time.





Now, that line fence 0"our’n never

did look so good. I perched myself

onta the topmost rail. Lem took the

invitashun, too,,and did likewise.

Then, we two fellers begun talkin'

beans, ’taters and corn. Lem bet he’d

have nigh onta a

hundred bushels

in his patch. To

be sociable-like, I

started ta tellin’

Lem ’bout them

500 bushels I‘had

shelled by hand

lfrom that ion

ac re s of n ew

ground back in

I hadn’t only ’bout half fin—





 





the 80’s.

ished my story, when I got my hump.

Lookin’ 'round, there was Lem dustin’

beans half way down the row.



The only thing 'bout that bump that

was like the one I got last winter

when I slipped on the ice, was the





surprise. That ice bump left me with

a mixture of black, blue and purple all

in one spot, and mighty stiff in the

bargain.





Now. t’other day at the Hoggens—

ville County Fair, I got another» kind

of a bump. I was goppin’ ’long the

Midway, lookin’ at the'kpretty girls in

the side shows. When a feller is look-

in’ at a‘pretty girl, he (‘n’t see two

things at once, and I bumped kerplunk

inta Sain Jenkins,

just as much as I was. That was a

happy bump, ’cause I hadn’t seen Sam

fer nigh onta ten years. So, in parody

ta what the gal sung at the movies

t’other night, “There’s bumps that

make you happy, an’ there’s bumps

that make you blue.”





Onct, I heard a feller talkin' over a

telephone what hain’t got no wires, an’

he was tellinfv’bout some folks havin’

a bump o’ genius. Now, maybe that’s

what I got, but hain't been able ta tell

which one it is yet.





In my oughto, me and the whole

family gets lots 0’ bumps. We get

’em top side, bottom side, and on both

sides. Sophie is always hollerin’,

“watch out fer the bumps, Hy.” It

seems like she hollers all the more

when we get ‘inta town. But I Can’t

see how a feller is goin’ ta watch out

fer the bumps and them High school

girls on the sidewalk, all at the same

time.





Well, now, if I don’t get ta. dustin’

out them beans, Sophie’ll be out here

an’ I’ll get another bump, an’ it’ll be

one that makes you blue, so now fer

the beans. HY SYCKLE.





 





Efficiency crept into shops after sen-

sible bookkeeping found its plaCe in

the Offices of manufacturing concerns.

Farming will have to pass the same

stages of evolution. It is coming for

the subject of farm accounts is now

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'ixte 11 ounces to the dozen they are

_ ‘ bout two~thirds as much as a

dozen of' the twenty—four-ounce size

When the hen’ s 9ggs are worth forty-

five cents per dozen the pullet eggs

should be. worth thirty cents. and cus-





tomers are often glad to buy them at





that price. Mixing small pullet eggs

with large eggs is not goOd business“

_ Our roadside sign has been a great

help in finding new "egg cuStomers and





' . many of them come back every week

‘It is a double blackboard three feet'





high and four feet wide Two four-by-

four pieces were set in the ground

with a four-by-four cresspiece on top.

, .The top pieceqprojects over four inch-

es on each side.

blackboardis suspended on books so

it can beremoved easily. The frame

' is painted white and stands out in the





headlights of passing motor cars at





night.



The double—faced blackboard at right

angles to the road is easily visible to

motorists from either- direction. We

had the sign made by a regular sign

painter and the cost was returned to

us in increased profits in about a

week. It is much more useful than

the small signs we formerly used





whenever We had a surplus beyond





the demands of regular customers.

Future. Egg Prices.



At the Michigan Egg Contest last

year the eggs were sold locally ac—

cording to the U. S. Standard Grades.

The average prices received for all the





"grades amounted to fifty-one cents in“





November; sixty-three cents in Decem-

ber; fifty-sin cents in January, and

45.3 cents in February. Wheat is cost—

ing more than last year, but there is

a fine chance for the corn crop. It

should mean a successful winter for

poultrymen with the right kind of pul-

lots and the skill to manage them

properly for heavy winter pioduction.



At the Michigan Laying Contest in‘





If they only weigh





'In this frame the'





:1924—25 the scratch grain, composed

of equal parts of cracked corn and

wheat, cost $2 .80 per 100 pounds. The

laying mash cost $2. 30 per 100 pounds

and consisted of thirty pounds of corn

‘meal, twenty pounds of ground oats,

twenty pounds of bran, twenty pounds

of middlings, ten pounds of meat scrap,

three pounds ’of calcium carbonate and

one pound of salt. In addition con-

densed buttermilk cost $3.50 per 100

pounds. Grit cost $1.25 per 100 pounds;





Sanitation is a Mflor Requirement in

this House the

ficiai Lights.





oyster shells, $1.10 per 100 pounds, and

charcoal $5. 00 per 100 pounds.



Under farm conditions it is frequent-

ly possible to gather together quite a

lot of feed for poultry at a very mod-

erate cost beyond the labor of pro-

duction. Skim-milk, cabbages, man—

gels, clover and alfalfa chaff, cull veg—

etables, corn that cannot be marketed

profitably, screenings and the insects

and green feed from an abundant





'range help-to cut downthe cost of





production. Hens can clean up a lot





 





 

 





By R G Kirby





of material that is Worth money but

hard to market. Fresh eggs are not

hard to market. ‘ , .



However, poultry do not pay on a

scant ration. The things you cannot

raise you have to buy. If you save

money by neglecting to purchase items

like oyster shells and the ingredients

for the laying mash, you lose money in

reduced egg produétion and increased

mortality'in the flock. Itbelieve the

balanced laying mash which helps to





the Profitable Production of Eggs. In





ens Are Given an Extra lnducement to Lay Through Arti-





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keep up the vigor and production in

the flock is also a great help in cut-

ting down mortality. Hens with full

crops of mash are not tempted to fill

up on trash on the range, and there

is less bowel trouble to reduce the

vigor of the birds and make them

more Subject to disease.

Chasing Dirt Pays.



One of the greatest assets in the

poultry business is the ability to per-

sistently chase dirt in a vigorous man—

ner. Colony houses rapidly accumu—





late dirty

mites.

needs changing when it breaks up.





litter,





Dust gathers over everything. Mites , .

soon breed on unprotected roosts. The ' '





more hens you, have the more houses

you ”need and the greater the neces-

sity of sanitation.





Soil soon becomes contaminated





when hundreds of chicks are growing -





on a limited area. Regardless of'the





size of the range both the chicks and~

the hens are apt to spend most of‘





their time near the feed hoppers and

the houses.

soil is the safest way to continue in

the poultiy business. Turn under the

fertilizer and turn up clean /soil in

which the hens can scratch.



A stiff barn brush, scraper and

spray outfit are. useful equipment in

keeping houses clean. I find I have

the best luck in chasing dirt regularly

when the cleaning tools, spray dope

and sprayer are hanging on nails in-

side one of the hen houses. The spray~

or can be quickly filled any time by

pouring a little coal tar disinfectant

into the sprayer and diluting it with

water from the drinking pails. Then

you are ready to give the red mites

a bath without hunting for equipment.



In managing poultry it helps to have

a proper balance between the bird life

and the green crops on the range.

Keep enough hens so they will eat

down the grass on the range and keep

it like a lawn. But do not keep so

many that the grass is killed out, leav-

ing bare, hard ground to hold the

manure. '



The soil seems to keep clean much

longer When it is covered with a green

crop to use up the manure. Of course,

sandy soil is probably the ideal loca.

tion for a poultry farm because such

soil drains easily. But most of us in

Michigan have farms possessing fairly

good soil that will grow crops of corn,

clover and alfalfa. Such land may

not be the very best for hens, but it

gives fine‘satisfaction if proper pre-

cautions are taken to keep the soil

clean.





Stretch the Manure Pile





Some Hints 072 How MI: May 56 Done on the Homage Farm

By 0. B. Price,





HlLE manure is not a balanced



plant food, nevertheless it



should allbe saved and applied

economically. Enough manure is not

produced to meet the needs of the av-

erage farmer. Where the supply is

limited it is better to apply four to'

six tons per acre over the entire field

rather than use a heavy application

over a smaller area. The efficiency per

ton of manure is“ greater where the

small applications are used.





After manure is produced, great care '

should be observed in preventing the”

loss of the plant food elements. Bac-

teria are constantly working in ma-

nure, liberating much of the ammonia. '

This loss can readily be detected by:

the strong odor of ammonia in the

barn. This is a product of decompo-

sition and fermentation. It can be‘





'prevented to a great extent by pack-





ing or keeping thoroughly moist. This

slows up or prevents the bacterial ac-

tion which‘ liberates the ammonia. Ma-





: nure in a thoroughly dry and compact,

condition, or thoroughly wet, does not





ferment very fast. When it is mod—





erately moist the bacterial action is





.\,





fastest. _

Much of the yalue of manure is also

at b ‘weathering and leaching In

large amounts of nitrogen.

r‘ie acid, pot-

BI: ”trashed





 





away from the manure piles that are

allowed to remain in the barn lot un—

protected. Liquid manure which con—

tains much nitrogen and potash is of-

ten lost through the drainage waters

around the barn. Phosphoric acid does

not leach away to as great an extent

as does nitrogen or potash.



Much of the plant- food in manure

can be saved by immediate "applica-





tion to the land. " The topography of

the land, of course, is an important

factor. When manure is spread on

hillsides there is danger of consider-

able loss by erosion unless it is work-

ed well into the soil. This should be

done immediately after application.

Applications during the winter should

be delayed if possible. When applied

on the snow much of the plant food is





 





 





The Swiss Cheese, Pasha?! at Mosele

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Where a Group of Farmers Are Mak-





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carried away with the melting snow.

If it is kept compact or wet, or if it

freezes there is little loss through fer—

mentation. Where the land is level it

can be applied at almost any time con-

venient and can be hauled directly

from the barn.



Manure should be evenly spread for

best results. This is difficult to do

without a manure spreader. In some

places it is the practice to haul to the

field, put into small piles, and then

spread from these piles by hand. There

is no advantage to this, but it does

increase the lab01 cost. ,,



The value of manure can be greatly

increased by the addition of some re-

inforcing mateiial. Gypsum or land

plaster, rock phosphate and acid phos-

phate are commonly used. Acid phos-

phate is the best to use. Besides tak-'

ing up much of the ammonia, which

would be lost through fermentation

and leaching, it adds an available form

of phosphoric acid to the manure. This

is important, for manure is low in

phosphmic acid. When acid phos-

phate is used at the rate of forty to

fifty pounds per ton of manure it sup-

plies plenty of available phosphoric

acid for the average crops. Limestone

may be used with manure but it will

not have the same effect on the .am-

monia that acid phosphate does.. Hy»



(Continued On page 217). ‘





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The litter in the laying-houses ‘





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r ith $16,493,160, havin





The mammoth dirig’ible, wShenani

doah, pro rty, of the United [Stgtes

Navy, bro e in three parts, when at-

tempting: to. drive through a storm in

eastern ‘Ohio, while on “a 3,000 mile

trip. 'Fourteen‘ persons, including

Commander Lansdown'e, were kiiied,





caped byflclingi-ng to the wreckage.





. The 1924 income tax. reCei'pts were

less than thosevcollected in 1923. The

0rd Motor Company leads the list

nosed-- out the

Unl'ted States, Steel ‘ orporation for

first ‘place. John: D. Rockefeller, Jr.,

paid the highest personal tax, which

was $6,277,669. ‘ . ' «





One of the navy airplanes, on a

scheduled non-stop flight frOm San

Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands,

failed to reach its objective because of

fuel shortage, and was forced to light

on axheavy sea. The ship has not yet

been located.





Former officers of the German army

and navy are again permitted to wear

their uniforms by an official decree

signed by President Hindenburg.





United States Attorney—General John

G. Sargent, head of the department of

justice, declares that prohibition in

America is worth while, and a—success.



In its September review, the depart-

ment of agriculture views the outlook

of the farmer as the most promising

since 1920.





The Grand Army of the Republic

held their fifty-ninth annual encamp-

ment in Grand Rapids last week. John

B. Inman, of‘Illinois, was elected com-

mander-inchief for the coming year.



The antharicte coal strike has re-

sulted in thousands of workmen leav-

ing the district for othersections to





 





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WANT MARKET QUOTATIONS.





 





HE radio specialists in the bureau



of agricultural economics say the



rapid increase of radio on farms

is due to the need for prompt market

information, to the desire for better

educational facilities, and to the enter-

tainment features. Illinois leads in

number of sets on farms, with 46,000

sets. New York comes next with 39,-

000 sets. Ohio has 27,000, and Michi-

gan 19,000 sets on farms. The corn

belt states show the greatest develop-

ment in the use of radio on farms.





 





SUGAR BEET ACREAGE SHRINKS.





 





A SOMEWHAT smaller beet sugar

production is forecasted for this



year than that of last season.

Sugar beet acreage of all the leading

foreign governments in sugar beet pro‘

duction has been reported to the de-

partment of agriculture. The total

acreage for these countries is 5,749,000

acres, compared with 5,874,000 acres

for the same countries last year, a de—

crease of 2.1 per cent. The total pro-

duction for Poland, Hungary, the Neth-

erlands and the United States is fore-

casted at 14,077,000 short tons.





 





TO CALF CLUB MEMBERS.





 





BOY and girl members of all dairy

calf clubs in Michigan Will com-

pete for a_ free trip to the 1925

National Dairy Exposition at Indianap-

olis, October 10 to 17, offered by the

Blue Valley Creamery Institute as a

part of that organization’s farm devel-

opment work. This trip, with all ex-

penses paid, is awarded to the cham-

pion dairy calf club member of the

state, selected by Nevels Pearson, as-





‘sistant state" club leader, under ar-





n ments made by the National

ghrrfifilittee on Boys’ and Girls’ Club

work. In addition, the Blue Valley or-

ganization will award one gold watch

to each boy or girl owner of. the grand

champion calf of the Ayrshire, Brown

Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein-Friesian and

Jersey breeds at the Exposition.



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COOPER’S APPOINTMENT TEM-

PORA . r. .





 





1" ’ a intment of Thomas P.

‘7 - Iggopefiwhe new chief ofthe bur-

. can of agricultural economics, suc-

ceeding Dr. Henry C. Taylor, is only





 





 





temporary. He will have tog-go“ through





secure employment until the miners”-





and two injuredehile twenty-eight es-~.





MiATteacRICUL -





tions throughout the country.





 





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erence‘s 1W

Leon Trotsky, of Russia, is askin~

the aid ‘ongmericapn specialists to deg-

velop super-hydro electric power . sta-





th the operators are ad-





'tions in that'ccuntry. ‘

' The income ‘of American railways

showed a net increase of‘over twen‘

‘ty-five million dollars for the month of

July, as compared with a year ago.



The Pontiac Board of Commerce has

established a travel bureau.



E. R. Stettinius, New York banker





of world fame, dies at his New York

home.x .





. The American Bar Association, in '





session in Detroit, is urged to bar in-

sanity as a crime plea.





Three Indiana cities were disturbed

on September 2 by a slight earthquake

shock. , 5



El Paso, Texas, is threatened by a

big flood. \-_ .



Jackson faces a milk shortage

through failure to satisfactorily adjust

complaints _made by nearly three hun-

dred farmers. -



Railroad presidents, in sessitm at

Washington, declare that government

restrictions on their business, and

heavy taxes, block progress.



Elaborate plans are being made by

the army air service for international

air races at Mitchell Field, Lpng Is-

land, October 8’40.»



Governor Groesbeck explains the

$3,300,000 increase in Michigan’s tax

budget as being due to the greater cost

of operating ,our state institutions.



Former Representative Patrick H.

Kelley is seriously ill at Garfield Hos-

pital, Washington, D. C.





 





the formality of passing a civil service

examination. It is claimed that other

candidates for the position are prepar-

ing to take the examination, and un-

less Mr.‘Cooper is certified as one of

the three highest» in the examination

all precedent will have to be set aside

if his appointment is confirmed in reg-

ular order by the civil service com-

mission. It is not thought, however,

that he will have any difficulty in bold-

ing his position. The a pointment‘ was

made by Secretary Jar ine in spite of

the civil service requirements, and is

the first case of the kind on record. It

is feared that if this procedure is es-

tablished, it may be used in the future,

for the purpose of 'nullifying the civil

service classification act in regard to

federal appointments.





LOWER lNTEREST RATES ARE

PROMISED.





 





AYS and means of reducing the

interest rate on loans to farmers

_ was a live subject for considera-

tion at the annual meeting of the Joint

Stock Land Bank Association. The

association has been making loans on

farm real estate at six per cent, but

is aiming to reduce the rate to five

and One-half per cent, and later to five

per cent.



It is announced that upwards of: $75,-

000,000 of joint stock land bank bonds

will be sold between now and January

1. The sixty-nine banks operating in

the system now have outstanding net

mortgage loans of $508,799,925, secur-

ed by farm property, an increase of

$62,000,000 this year.‘





WANT NATIONAL POULTRY

SHOW.





P ROMINENT poultry breeders have

written Dr. M. A. Juli, superintend-



ent of the poultry division of the

department of agriculture, asking his

aid in the promotion of a national

poultry show, to be held in Washing-

ton next Jan ry. The only entries to





 





be allowed wo id be first prize win— ,.





ners certified by the American Poul-

try Association shows and state fairs,

which would make this show the cap-

sheaf of all‘the poultry exhibitions. It





is said thatthis planxhas never been '





tried. In addition to the final tryout

otfthe big'show prize winners, prizes

would be offered for exhibit” of those

hens "winning first in the egg-laying

contests staged by various ..organizp.~'





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10.5 bushels to the. me with an av;





 





. 'flivi'ng nearithe :Do‘wa‘giac River, has

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Sohobl. In thQ sphlng and summer; he»

put his knowledge into‘ practiceg‘?“ .

' certified Rebust beansga firmg'wel'l



tilled and fertile’seedibed‘ and clean;



.éultivation "were responsible for. his '

yield. " . .. "g ,. - . -. -.

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erage ,tota‘l’ income-of $31.50. What

the School boy DeLong did to these

averages is obvious. ' ' ’



Which again punctures the argu-

ment that Michigan land— is, too poor

to grow beans. . -





DeLong’s record is exceeded by that

of William G. Schweitzer, of Bay

County, who averaged 42 bushels to

the acre.‘ DeLong used the same seed

as Schweitzer. .





 





 





SWISS FARMERS MAKE CHEESE





\ ABOUT 1912 a cooperative creamery

was'established on the east side

of Kent County near Moseley. For

several years it flourished and pros-

pered. Then came the war and the

demand» for more Whole cmilk from

the city of Grand Rapids, at higher

prices, tended to draw from the cream-'

ery much of its butterfat. This

coupled with‘some poOr management

saw) the organization go into bank-'

ruptcy about 1921. Following that

the plant lay idle. ’ . -



Among the patrons of the old

creamery’ were a number of Swiss

farmers. The east side of Kent coun-

ty and the west side of Ionia finds a

considerable settlement of these peo-

ple. They are thrifty folks, excellent

farmers and just naturally take to the

dairy business. They, too, sent milk

'to the city and continued doing so

until the problem of ‘the surplus be-

gan to bother them. They Were a

long way from the city market and

the cost of hauling was considerable.



Ten of these men got together and

decided to make Swiss cheese. One

of their number, Fred Blaser, had been

a cheese maker .in. the old- country.

To him was entrusted the job. It was

some problem at first to get cultures

to make good cheese. But they kept

at it, and the venture now looks to be

a success. This is the third season '

that the plant has been in operation.

The milk is delivered daily and is

pooled for the season. One hundred

twenty-five pound bricks of cheeses

are made. Early this spring when the

milk supply was low and the weather

cool some five-pound bricks were also

made. ' .-





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





In 1923 after all“ expenses were paid

the ten men were paid“ an average of

$1.82 a hundred for milk. The next

year things didn’t go so well and only

$1.18 per'hundred. was paid. This year

one payment has already been made

on the five-pound bricks. That re-

turned $1.72 per hundred. Indications

are now that the returns for the bal-

ance of the year will be more than

that. The cheese has been’sold' for

the most part to Detroitand Chloago

parties. Last year it went to the Kraft

interests. Albert Blaser is \president,

Fred Blaser is secretary and treasurer

and with, them G. Bieri and Rudolph

Wittenback make up the board 0f di—

rectors. ; Rudolph BrawndtT is the

cheesemaker.':Vin'ing. ' ‘ . - I





 





James Pendergrjas, ; a 2‘ muck ‘ farmer





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Production ' of Chrysler quality cars—

the Six and the Four—is now proceeding

at the amazing total of 800 per day.





Yet even that huge volume falls short of

satisfying the public demand for results

which only Chrysler can give.





Two weeks after the Chrysler Four was

announced, it was on a production

schedule of 500 per day.





It is doubtful if any new car has ever

been forced to meet such an avalanche

of buying orders as immediately de—

scended upon the Chrysler Four.





People found in this cara new expression

of four-cylinder value; a finer interpre—

tation offour—cylindereconomy;abetter-

balanced combination of beauty, per—

formance, roadability and smoothness.





In short, they discovered a generosity of

quality and soundness of value such as





they had never before seen in the four-

cylinder field. ‘





At the same time, the epoch-making

quality, unprecedented results and prov—

ed durability of the Chrysler Six were

sending its public demand higher and

higher menth by month.





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





The sales record—greatest in ”the history

of the motor car industry—which the

Chrysler Six set up in its first year ap-

Ipears to be only the beginning.





Today, with the most modern factory

facilities and scientific manufacturing

processes, world—wide demand for both

the Six and the Four has sent them to

new peaks of quality production.





You who are justly prideful of Chrysler

ownership, you scores of thousands who

enjoy the new results which only Chry-

sler can give, have long since learned the

soundness and the depth of quality in

Chrysler materials, and Chrysler craftSv

manship. Increasing thousands of buyers



enthusiastically acclaim the tremendous

advance registered by Chrysler results—



in performance, in ride—ability, in como



pact roominess, in economy.





America wants that kind of quality and

that kind of results. It clamors for

Chrysler cars because they, and they

alone, satisfy every quality requirement.





You will find your nearest Chrysler deal—

er eager to give you a conclusive dem—

onstration of either the Six or the Four.





CHRYSLER SIX—Phaeton, $1395: Coach, $1445; Roadster, $1625 ' Sedan, $1695 ; Royal





Coupe, 8 1 795 3 Brougham, s 1865 ,- Imperial,





3 1995; Crown-Imperial: $2095.





CHRYSLER FOUR-Touring Car, $895; Club Coupe, $995 ; Coach,$1045; Sedan, $1095.

All prices I. o. 1). Detroit, subject to current Federal excise tax. '

Bodies by Fisher on all Chrysler enclosed models. All models equipped with balloon tires.





There are Chrysler dealers and superior Chrysler service everywhere.





All dealers are in





position to extend the convenience of time-payments. Ask about Chrysler’s attractive plan.





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No charge

for overtime





RIGHT among your friends and





neighbors you will find plenty

of car owners who have found that

Exides outlast other batteries. Yet

this overtime is not paid for by

the Exide owner---it pays him.





The original price you pay for

an Exide is extremely low, and

this rugged battery stays on the

job so long that it proves most

economical.





A nearby Exide Dealer has the

economical battery for your car.

You can also get a complete line

of Exide Radio Batteries at Exide

Dealers as well as at radio dealers.





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Philadelphia

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probable that the current comeskoman Exile. ExideBatteriee

unmade for eoe‘rypuzpoae lay/the world’s largest manufac-

turers of storage batteries.





 





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herb‘ called horehoimdi, It'h‘as spread

all over my yard and kills-gthe grass.





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The ,horehoundi'plavufit‘a has become ll.





. commonweed in Michigan. an, a perf-





ennial, living 'o'ver from one year ,to

the next." Clean ' cultivation for a sea;-

-son will destroy the plant, but. if one

does not desire to p10w the infested

area it may be killed out in One year

by keeping all growth cut down close-





 





BULL‘ nuns AT LARGE.





 





. ‘ Our neighbor has a bull, about three

years old, which: he allows to run in

the road and onia’IGO-acre farm, which,

has been rented,~but was vacant last

summer. The school children take a’

short cutthrough ,this field, and the

bull goes after the children, but the

owner does not keep him locked up.

Can the owner be stopped from letting

the bull run on the road, and also on

the other property? What can be

done?—M. B.



By Compiled Laws 1915 Sec. 7305,

the owner of the bull is liable in the

sum of $5.00, to be recovered on com-

plaint before a justice of the peace of

the township, filed within thirty days





from the time of the oftense.-——Rood.





 





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REFUSE TO DELIVER ABSTRACT.





 





A. and wife purchased farm from B.

and wife on contract. On payment of

one-half contract, A. and wife were t‘b

receive deed and abstract, abstract be-

ing a. verbal agreement. Before con-

tract was taken up, B. died, leaving

his wife administrator of estate. A.

received deed, but B.’s wife refused to

give abstract. Cah\B.’s wife be cem-

pelled tolgive abstract to A. and wife?

—R. W. . ‘





When the parties enter into a writ-

ten contract it is presumed that their

entire contract is contained in\the

writing; and ordinarily no recovery

can be had upon any contemporaneous

verbal understanding not incorporated

in the contract—Rood.





 





TR ESRASS.





 





Can my neighbor throw stones un-





Vder the line fence, allowing them to





roll three or four feet over on «my side? ‘

Can he place them under my share of

the fence? What would it cost to ap-

peal a case to the circuit court. and

WdUld I have to have an attorney in

order to do so?—D. W. M.





Putting anything onto the land of

another is a. trespass, for which the

wrong—doer is liable to the injured

party to the damages assessed by the

court or jury. Appealing a case costs

the payment of the costs in justice

court, plus $5.00 for making the return

on the appeal. For such work an at-

torney should be employed—Rood.





 





MIXING HYDRATED LIME WITH

ACID PHOSPHATE.





 





Please tell me why the result would

be any different with stone lime than

it would be with hydrated lime—H.

V. H.





It will do no harm to mix either

hydrated lime (calcium oxide), or

ground limestone (carbonate of cal-

cium), with acid phosphate. Acid phos-

phate already contains gypsum (sul-

phate of lime) which results from the

accumulation of phosphate rock.



Many times acid phosphate is not

spoken of as fertilizer, although, Iof

course, it is. But it is quite common

to speak of it separately, just as

thotgh it was distinct from other com-

mercial fertilizer. Now, it is wreng

to mix caustic lime (hydrated little)

with a f§rtilizer containing nitrogen.

BecanSe the Caustic limewill produce





4 a chemicalpchange in the'nitrogenous





 





 





matter. and ammonia, a. form of nitro-





 





How can a: person get ,ri'dfof the -





1y, so that no green leaves are allowed '

' to appear.—George E. Starr.





 





en, 'ixwlill be set "free'andlost Don’t





5... _. . . .

useli‘yiimfed' lime in, stables” or hen





houses, or mega Witha complete for





gtilizer._"_ iGy’psum (land plaster), sul—

‘..phate of lime“, or ground limestone, is





,th'eform Of lime._"to';use in these in-r





stances; They Will. not 'createchemi-

cal action and cause loss 'of ammonia.

Or, better, still,',use acidgphosphate in

,the'sta'ble andphen coop‘. It will'not

only 'make them clean-and absorb the





liquid manure. as well as gypsum». er ’





ground limestone, but it will form's.

cembination with the volatile Salts fof

ammonia, fixing it so it will not escape

as vapor. » ' ~ ‘





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EXTENDING" MORTGAGE





 





MuSt I foreclosea mortgage-after

ten years, or can I have a new one

made outfland have 'ithe old one re~

leased,.if the party agrees?--C. E.



.From every poinkof view it would

be better to leave the old mortgage

'in operation, merely providing in

writing for further extension of the

time of payment for a short time, by

making out new notes reciting on

their face that they are made in ex-

tension and not in payment of the





old notes, and that they are secured.





by the original mortgage. By this

means the expense of making and re‘

cording a. new mortgage are avoided,

as well as the risk that some change

in the title has occurred " since the

first mortgage was made, by which a

reexamination of the title would be

necessary. The only need of‘ renew-

ing the promise to pay ‘in writing is

to have proof to avoid the debt out-

lawing by the statute of limitations.

——J.R.R.



“FALSE” BLOSSOMS ON CUCUM-



BERS.





 





 





What is the reason there are so

many false blossoms on cucumber

vines, and will spraying do any good

to increase the crop?——-Subscriber.





Cucumber plants always bear two

types of blossoms—the male blossoms

which supply the pollen, and the fe

male blossloms which produce the cu-

cumber fruits. The male blossoms

never develop into fruit. These are

the ones which you know as the false

blossoms. These always appear in

large numbers early in the season, and

often very few of the female blossoms

appear until later. Spraying will be

of little value as 'far as aiding the de-

velopment of these blossoms in'the

fruits, although it is valuable in con-

trolling some of the diseases which at-

tack the plahts.—R. E. Loree, Assist

anthrofessor of Horticulture.





 





CON-TRACTED CROPS.





 





If a man has thirty acres of sugar

beets and has delivered practically 200

tons, but hasn’t been given a fair tare,

can he sell the remainder of the beets

to another firm, or can this first com—

pany force him to let them have the,

remaining beets? If he has sold a car-

load of beets to a second company and

has 'the car half loaded, and the first

company tears the tags oif of the car

and bills it out to their own factory

without permit, and signs this man’s

name, isn’t that forgery and a peni-

tentiary act?—H. H. W. ..



If the farmer has contracted to sell

all the beets grown on a given place,

in a given year, to a sugar company,

the fact that the company charges him

improper tare does not release him

from his contract, and the company,

on performing its part of the contract

might recover the beets by replevin,

or take peaceable possession. The

farmer might bring the company to

terms by the method above attempted,

or by suit, or by; refusal to délivervany

more till proper settlement._ Presum¥

ably the contract would make suit the

only satisfactory * remedy ”it a". was





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from land receiving lime nitrogen and acid phosphate;

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'What Happens to ()il in Your Car?





at right from





’ , (continued from page 209).





and therefore allows more gasoline to

work past the _ piston _rings the next

time the "car is started:



In other words, the sheets of dilu-

tion are cumulative. The more gaso-

line getting ‘past the piston rings'the

greater the dilution. The greater the

dilution, the more gasoline will get

past, until the process becomes a vi-

cious circle and tends to continue in-

definitely as long as you stop and start

your car. .



Contamination works in the same

way. The thinner oil, containing grit-

ty particles causes greater wear and

greater wear produces more gritty

particles of metal ,to be picked out

by the oil. Contamination is frequent-

ly aggravated" by quantities of road

dust and fine particles Of carbon which

also work past the piston rings and

get into the oil. '



Some engineers claim that the thin-

ning out of the oil by dilution would

have but little effect on the engine if

contamination could‘be prevented and

the oil kept clean. Other engineers

are just as positive that the fine part-

icles of dirt which constitute contam-

ination would be harmless if the work-

ing parts were separated by a film of

thick undiluted oil. ’



Engineers may take their choice of

these theories, but the repair man re-

quires no higher mathematics to dem-

onstrate the results of operating an

engine on thin, dirty oil. He sees too

many motors which show evidence of

excessive wear after a few thousand

or, in some cases, only hundreds of

miles. ‘ '



Now that we know the dangers of





running our engines on diluted and

contaminated oil, what can we do





' about it?





, This question has been the subject

of extensive scientific investigations

on' the part of the U. S. Bureau of

Standards, the Society of Automotive

Engineers, and the American Petroa

leum Institute for the paSt three or

four years, and these learned gentle-

men, aftervmuch experimenting, are

now able to draw some definite con-





'clusions -which can be used by the





average car owner to. .prevent these



troubles to some extent. ’

Briefly, these engineers have found



that» the: causes of dilution, in the





 

 





 





2. Excessive ‘use bf the choker.



3. Use of an over-rich mixture.



4. Use of poor gasoline which does

not Vaporize readily.



To make practical application of this

information and avoid additional re-

pair bills as far as we can, let us re—

solve for the good of our engines to:



First: Keep the engine warm by

covering the radiator in cold weather,

or even by throwing a robe over the

radiator until the water gets hot after

starting up on a cold morning.



Second: Use the choker only when

necessary and never drive with it on.

A motor in good mechanical condi-

tion should not require excessive

choking to start.





Third: Use the leanest miXture at

all times and if possible overcome the

temptation to “give her more gas”

every time the motor spits on a cold

morning. «





Fourth: Buy gasoline from a de-

pendable refining organization which

maintains a uniform product.



Finally, we must recognize the fact

that we will always have a certain

amount of dilution and contamination





of our lubricating oil under even the,





best operating“; conditions, and that

eventually the oil in the crank case

will become too thin and dirty to pro-

vide proper lubrication and prevent

wear. When this time arrives there

is nothing to do but drain out the

dirty oil, throw it away, and refill the

crank case with clean, fresh oil of the

proper grade. In winter, this should

be done every five hundred miles to

be safe, and even more often for cars

which are started and stopped a great

deal in cold weather.





Oil is cheaper than bearings and in

this case it certainly pays to follow

the manufacturer’s instructions.





 





The .hills of northern Michigan are

producmg a bumper crop of black-

berries and a large number of pickers

are gathering in the harvest.





Local granges in some of the states

are advocating that all persons con-

victed of violating the liquor laws be

gnéen a prison sentence rather than

a. ne.





The International Institute'of Agri-

culture at Rome is authorit for the

statement that‘- complete data will

probably show a wheat crop consider-

ably in excess of that indicated by the

present figures. The sam’e authority

reports an aggregate decrease of area

devoted :to sugar beet production’ of

4%; as’compared with last year-when

the. crop was greatlyextended. .- i





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“over-salty,” slightly bitter taste?





What lies back of it? Not lack of skill in





curing—nor lack of





reason Diamond Crystal dissolves far more

rapidly.



When you use it for curing meats, it ene-

trates quickly to the bone. Diamond rys—

tal does not form

crusts of undissolved





 





care—but one simple





factthatisoftenover- salt on the outside.

looked- . The Diamond Crystal That means firm:

All ordinary salt 8 l . evenly cured meats

containscertain com- a t Guide wrtl} no chance of

m0“ 1.mPu““es- ForTab Diam dC stalShak 31"" age"

When _it is used for Rachel: and Saltol‘freewflowing, ierl ,

seasoningonthetable Houuhold ndeourin cartons) Fmer flavor

or in cooking these Use or Diamon Crystal nd .

prevent the salt from Task salt ““1120?! o): a Insurance

. a tan mus ' age . ’ '

developing the full For Curing Diamond Crystal Coarse aga‘nSt 8110.! lage

flavorofthe food, but Meats Salt (in 35’lb. and 70. For full, delacxous

they frequently eS— F B lb’bafish meat flavor without

cape attention. 01' “3“" Diamond Crystal‘ Flake l‘OVCr-Saltlness”, for

It is when salt is Makm‘ ggofilgf EdZE-‘lirlgbg: insurance against

used in quantity as [clam in bags). \ spoxlage, use Dia-

m curing meats that For Cheese- Diamond Crystal Cheese mond Crystal Salt.

these impurities are Maldfls Salt (in 280—1!» paper- ThereisaDiamond

im m ed 'l‘ a t ely 0 it;— P C . Dlmed hinted-hm] Flak Crystal Salt for every

served. hey can e °' ”mm" “mm“ . 'V‘ e farm need. Use the

easily detected also Xfi‘éflfif; $11,: B;i‘§€¥fblfg’;fi$f guide shown at left to





just by tasting any

ordinary salt by it-

self—whether coarse

or table grade. Sec





Saki Ha

how they burn your. Killing y,

lips and sting your Weedslctc.





 





or Diamond Crystal

Fine Salt (in 280-lb.

barrels or bags).

For Livestock, Diamond Crystal No. 1

Common Salt (in 280-





lb. barrels, in bags and

in 50alb. blocks).





get the right salt for

each use and the

greatest value for

your money. If you

don’t know where to

get Diamond Crystal





 





 





tongue. That un-

pleasant bitterness

eft in your mouth is caused not by the salt

but by the impurities in it.



In home-cured meats they are the one,

big cause of that "over—salty” flavor.





- It is so easy to prevent

“over-saltiness”





There is a great difference in the various

kinds of salt offered for sale. Some contain





- far more of these impurities than others.





There is only one kind that is always shown

by government tests to be over 99% pure—

Diamond Crystal Salt.



You will be delighted when you get your

first mouthful ofmeat cured with Diamond

Crystal. , No bitterness. No “over-salty”

taste. Just the true natural flavor of the

meat.



This salt is so exceptionally pure because

it is refined by a special, patented process

that no other manufacturer can use. And

the same process gives it to you in delicate

flakes soft as snow instead ofin tiny, hard,

gritty cubes as in all ordinary salt. For this





Diamond Crystal





 





in your locality, write





to us.



FREE—T0 get the valuable and author-

itative booklet, “How to Butcher Hogs and

Cure Pork,”j ust fill out and mail the coupon

below.



Diamond Crystal Salt Company, since

1887 makers of Diamond Crystal, “The

Salt that's all Salt”, St. Clair, Michigan.





.—_





 





l Diamond Crystal Salt Co., Dept. V 1

St. Clair, Mich.





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I] Booklet “How to Butcher Hogsand

Cure Pork”





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There 1': a Diamond

Crystal Salt for each

farm need. No. I

Common, for stock

feeding, came: in 280-

16. barrels, in be I

and in ,50-15. Mari:

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Why hopes—cured meat so _ e '

often tastes “mo salty” ‘





Who hasn’t noticed it at some time or other

when home-cured meat is served—that
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is may; or. m the form of a dust. .





~ jinmte,ffor two managements fifty

"T; Kittens of‘water, with four saunas of



soap dissolved" and added" to the .mix-‘



” turet‘o: make the spray adhere to the ,



,toliage. _, If the poisonis applied in the



f tor.m of a dupiruse‘ one part arsenate

not; lead p6wder to four parts of air-





sl'aked lime. Mix thoroughly and api-

gply when the plants are covered with

flow. There is no danger from poison-





.the inside—George B. Starr.





 





LAW on Co‘lireuasonv SPRAYING.





 





A neighbor whose trees are close to

“our orchards, refuses: to spray. Is

"there anything we can do to protect

liourselves‘?—M. M. '



The state law requires all persons

having trees infested with dangerous





finsects, such as San Jose scale and





canker worm, or with infectious dis-





trees, such as peach yellows and black

knot, to take proper measures to de1

stroy them.



This would include the spraying of

the trees for insects, cutting down and

pruning trees with peach yellows, and

cutting off infected branches and de-

stroying black knots on plum and cher-

ry trees. Just what can be done in

cases such as reported, depends on the

condition of the trees.



The law contains nothing which re-

quires the spraying of fruit trees un-

less they are infested with dangerous

insects, and the fact that the trees

referred to have not been sprayed,

does not make the owner subject to

the law, unless such insects as the var—

ious scales, or the canker worm, and

similar dangerous insects, are known

to be present.



Under such conditions, the matter

should be reported, either to the town-

ship supervisor or to the State Depart-





. ment of Agriculture, Orchard Inspec-





tion Department, Lansing, Michigan.

In townships where dangerous insects

or diseases are known to exist, it is

the duty of the township board to ap-

point three inspectors, who must visit

orchards in which dangerous insects

or diseases are supposed to exist, and

examine the trees for the same. If

dangerous insects are present, the own-





‘ ers should be notified in writing and





ordered to take the proper steps with-

in a reasonable specified time. In the

more important fruit growing sections,

fruit growers should insist on the ap-

pointment of orchard inspectors by the

township boards, in order to protect

themSelves against neighbors who may

fail to give their trees proper atten-

tion.



No law can be effectually enforced

unless public sentiment is back of it,

and while the law, itself, is broad

enough to make the spraying of the

orchards compulsory in practically

every township in Michigan, it would

be difficult to enforce the law to that

extent. Hence, the terms, “dangerous

insects” and “infectious diseases’i are





en the lives of the trees.



With most: of the other insects and

diseases, owners of orchards who are

endeavoring to give them proper care,

will find it possible to protect their

own trees, even though the neighbors

fail to do so. In most cases, however,

it. would be at a slightly icreased ex-

pense—L. R. Taft, Chief Horticultur-

ist, State Department of Agriculture. .





CROIPS ON LAND HELD JOINTLY.





 





Can crops be levied upon for the hus-

band’s debts when the land is held in

joint deed with the wife?——J. J. M.



,The crops grown upon lan‘d help by





entirety bylhusband and wife, are lia-





 





 





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, Lon 'his‘ia‘rm. It required, himeaactly

l threehOurs to maké'thejsignypa‘int it,

' and,,put'-git; :up; , It? has been" working

- for him” for trio years” The pastl-year

' he took insomething like a hundred

.‘and titty. dollars; this year,"..he1has

taken “inmost three hundred dollars,

' and, thetpsrgn is still an the job.



This 'signusupplies all the adVertise—

inedtthht the owner needs to sell his

produce—H. H. ‘ ‘ ' ‘





\STRETCH THE MANURE PILE.





 





(Continued from page 211).



,, drated lime'should never be used 'in

direct contact with an application of

manure, for it has a. tendency to lib-

era‘te. additional ammonia. It is much

better to apply anuind of lime sep-

arately.





It makes little difference if the mar

nure is plowed under or used as a-

top-dressing. This will depend upon

,where it is to be used. When used

for corn it is best to plow it under,

when used for wheat, it is generally

put on as a top-dressing. A light

dressing of manure on the soil for clo-

vers and alfalfa seedings is a great

aid in establishing a good stand. There

is danger, however, of introducing nox-

ious weeds when this is done. Well-

rOtted mantire is best for top—dressing

for it contains fewer weed seed.





Use the manure on the lighter and





less productive spots on the farm.

Much of the nitrogen and organic mat~

ter can be supplied in this way. It

should be kept in mind, however, that

additional phosphoric acid is needed to

make a balanced‘plant food. _





 





RECENT FARM HAPPENINGS.





 





'Unusual interest was taken in. the





recent poultry show at Holland. Judge ~





Wise, who placed the fowls and who

has a national reputation, declared it

to be the biggest and best show he

had ever attended. 'More than three

thousand fowls ‘were shown. The

production type led in\the number of

entries. ~





Doctor Henry C. Taylor, chief of the

Bureau of Agricultural Economics of

the Department of Agriculture has re-

Signed at the request of Secretary

Jardine. A «difference in policies ap-

pears to have been at the bottom of

this request. Thomas P. Cooper, Dean

of the :Agricultural College of the

UniverSIty of Kentucky succeeds Dr.

Taylor.



Results on the demonstration farm

of‘ the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-

pany, located at Howard City, have

been most satisfactory this year.

Operating costs on this farm have

been reduced $ ,200 during the first

six months of 25, according to B. O'.

Hagerman, the railroad’s agricultural

agent. He is confident a profit will

be realized this season. "





The latest report on the Farm Bu-

reau membership campaign in Alle-

gan County indicates a membership of

practically six hundred farmers.





Articles of association of the First

National Fur Producers, Incorporated,

have been filed in Kent County. Cap—

italization or the company is $150,000

with $85,200 subscribed and paid in.





The preliminary classification for

the. coming International Livestock

Exposition to be held at Chicago, No- ‘

vember 28, to December 5, is now avail-

able and can be secured by addressing

the Secretary-treasurer at the Union

_ Stock Yards, Chicago.



. American fruit-is now rapidly gain~

. Jug-a favorable reputation in’ Europe.



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the. little'om schoolhouse Which was,

- the center of. most cmnmunity~ activi~

j mother was an: ardent'dhurch worker

along all other lines, and the person

quickly noted this deficiency. She was

strong for duty and when the parson

‘ made his appeal on this ground, grand-

(merrier promised to join in the sing-

ing the following Sunday morning. '



She kept her promise, too, as she

always did. But at the “close of the

.service the person hastened down the

_ aisle to where grandmother-stood chat-

ting with a. pioneer neighbor, and with

embarrassed but commendable -cour-

age'said:



“‘Sister, I think you have done your

full duty. You needn’t sing any more."



The fact was that grandmother

wasn’t a song-bird. She might have

had music in her soul, but when she

attempted to VOiCe it, it added not at

all to the spirit of the meeting, except

the spirit of levity on the part of the

irrepressible younger generation.



Grandmother’s deficiency of artistic

expression through the voice seemed

to be‘complete, and in its complete-

ness was passed on to future genera-

‘tions. I cannot remember ever hear-

.ing my father attempt to Whistle, even

to the dog, much less raise his voice

in song, and that was equally true of

.a large family of brothers and sisters.



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“Do,——ra,—me— ¥-.”



“Stop!”



Up went the hand of the “singing

master” in wild gesture.



“You may sit down while the others

try it again.”



He pointed his finger at me and I

“took the count” while the other

youngsters tried again. The “singing

master” had been unable to find any

trace of “chord” between my raucous

voice and the tones of the “tuning

fork” held at his ear.



He was conducting aacommunit‘y'

“Singing school” in the new school-

house, which, like its predecessor, was

the center of all community activities,

and was drilling the youngsters at

school for a. junior class.





When, in’the midst oia musical pro-

vgramv of any sort the audience would





would come the belated consciousness

that the tune-being rendered was “The

Star Spangled Banner.” ’





influence. Possible atavistic tenden-

cies could not be safely or pea’ceably

developed by training or practice. Even

the great out-of—doors was all too small

for such an effort. Those within hear-

ing simply couldn’t stand the strain.





It seemed evident that if any of our

family ever attained any musical abil-

ity, or even sense, it must be through

the new1y heralded, but little credited,

theory of evolution. While a. poor bet,





it seemed to be nature’s last. chance.

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"Why! Will’!

could sing!” ,



This exclamation came from my

Cousin Jane in the rear seat of the

automobile. It was occasioned by an

audible effort on my part to dispel

that drowsiness which is a dangerous

indulgence for the driver of a modern

vehicle.





"I can’t,” I replied. “But, Cousin

Jane, how come? I didn’t know you

were Such a judge of music.”





“I know the answer," broke in the

Missus, (from the rear seat, of course),

“It’s the radio that has educated both

of you.”





. I guess, after all, there must be

something in that evolution theory. I

supposed from what I read that it had.

something to do with religion—“Fun-

damentalism” versus “Modernism,”

whatever that is. But if listening to

good music over the radio has enabled

me to voice anything that might be

construed as song, and led Cousin

Jane to recognize it as such, I think

that must be evolution. Anyhow, it' is

a good deal of a change, which I un-

derstand means the same thing. One

thing is sure, though; it’s both “Mod~

em” and “Fundamental.”—L. M. G.





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Tfie Stream of Life

By Philip Kane

PISCATORIAL pursuit link together two large and awkward





words. Better that I should begin this tale of a pleasant day

by saying that my lad and I “go a fishing.” In such pastimes





 





 





there is relaxation from farm labor, the joy of small adventure,

perhaps a. lesson to be found. So with rods and lines we set

forth, following a. small stream crystal clear. We could see the

minnows disporting themselves, the larger of the tribe in lanquid

contentment resisting tempting lure. With small success we

pressed on, to come in time to a larger stream. And here where

the waters merged there was marked contrast. ,



Dark and-odorous the waters of the stream rolled on, bearing,

upon their crest refuse from a great manufactory. And where the

friendly brook in laughing purity joined its bigger brother its (.

waters, too, became tainted, stained. If there was life beneath

that turbid flood I could not see it. Saddened, I turned back.

A great stream polluted and a smaller one which should have

remained pure losing its opportunity for usefulness. V



How like, I thought, the stream of life. Like- unto the life,

of my own dear lad. Pure and sweet as the little stream is

babyhood, filled withhigh hopes and idealism is ,boyhood. If,

it is to remain undefiled, untainted, the life of my lad must not

merge with other lives which are dark waters of dissipation or

disbelief. I can at control the larger stream but I might, had I. —

time, divert the’ ittle, one which goes singing on its way so that

it would remain clean and pure. So I can control the channel of

my lad’s life by being pal‘to him as he stretches upward toward

man’s estate. Give thought to these things, \friend, if you have a

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STORY OF MY POTATO CLUB

'- WORK. ‘

‘5 THIS is mi third year in pa £0

oiub work. I have learned r_e

each year about growing potatoes

than if I had just watched and helped

with somebody else’ 3 field.



Ighave been. gr'oWing certified seed

ovary year, increasing each year and

planting a‘ larger plat. My father said

I could have; all the land I Wanted,

but had to clear it for the rent. May

16 I beganto clear. I cleared up brush

and piled logs and burnt them up.‘ My

father and I plowed it with a. breaking

plow and, oh,‘ boys, how the stones

did roll out. When we got done- plow-

ing I picked eighteen two—horse wagon-





loads 'of, small stones off, and I began

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picked I disced and harrowed it until

it was" nice and mellow. '



i . June 7 we planted the plat with a

p ' ' planter, sixteen bushels of certified Pe-

5 toskey' Golden Russets which I had

saved from last years’ crop. I spike-

-too’th dragged them four days after

planting to loosen the soil for the ten-

der plants to break through. July 5,

the plants being about four inches

high, I shallow cultivated .them with

a one-horse cultivator and a week lat-

er cultivated them again. Cultivated

them four different times, the fourth

time slightly ridging them.-





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to spray with Bordeaux mixture, 5-8- 50,

and Paris green I have learned that

spraying is one of the most important

things; keeping the plants healthy and

free of diseases, gives the tubers uni

,3" derneath every chance to develop. I

sprayed, four 'diiferent times that I

counted and many other times I had

partly sprayed, when it rained and‘I

‘had to do it over again.



I am a member of the Michigan

Potato Produ‘cers’ Association again

this year. The first field inspection,

July 29, and passed; second, August

22, and passed. September 6 we had

'a a rather early frost which killed the





late blight.



I exhibited my potatoes at the Iron

County Fair and won first and sweep-

stakes, bdth in club and field. And

also exhibited at Sagold Community

“Fair and wen a first place.



Cotober 2 began digging potatoes,

took four and one-half days, and har—

vested 198 bushels. Final inspection

was made'Ootob’er 18 an'd'passed O. K.



I enjoyed my potato club Work, but

'each‘ year when harvesting I Wished

I had more. I think” club work is

'azfinetraining for bays andl‘girls, it

teaches them how‘ to work in‘ a busi-

Lness way to make a success—Joseph

H.’ Drake, Iron County, Michigan.





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'3. , .g of birds in a community can be in-

{w creased by providing boxes and suit-

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What a mat was the rare ham dance, a

generation ago. ’ The fiddler scraped lively old

time: from 4 little old fiddle—shouted the

dearer—led the grand march. But there or-





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Some are bought





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fortable shirtsleeves. Laughter, song,

music, plays—everything the. city has to

make life joyful comes right‘into the farm





ehome now—with a Radiola.





It is all clear-toned—real! The Radiola

brings to the farmernot only the best in

radio—but quality that is sealed in—to last.





One of the most famous of Radiolas is the Radiola Super-

Heterodyne that needs no antenna or ground wires—no connec-

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for selectivity—for picking out the station you want,‘without

interference. It maintains its leadership by its lone quality.

Radiola Super—Heterodyne is here pictured in the ”semi-port-

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14;»: -' .. .'-‘ “L."w, ~ v . p .

.L."fl.L—x..’kvw Mu. .-...-,.,.,. . ,\ ..:.‘ .
. ROPE on a halt-hundred ‘Michi-

' gun farms were, left to the ele- I 13 .1,

' f » ménts, and the resident rarm'an-

was consigned to a quiet week’s va-

cation on. the back .- forty, while their

owners spent the seven days from‘

August ”to 29 piloting the family ,

cars along 700, miles of Michigan trails ‘ c in

on the first official Michigan State ..

“Grange’tour. ' _ ’



. The ‘ crops and animals apparently g

thrived during the interim, and the 200 ‘

odd grangers were just enthusiastic ' .

enough to agree unanimously that the

Michigan. State Grange tour must be



'made an annual event. Almost a\do'z- .

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) fifiggggflgm five days on "the road; almost_every

/ 9W 1., »\ ' different farming condition akin to

- - - . Michigan came under observation, low- ,

x . ayes, highlands, fine farm lands, and 4‘ l

4, sand and jackpine‘country; all came '

fl ./ VI»- , in for investigation at some stage of

the tour. Meetings were held, both .,

/ . noon 'and night'when feasible, to al—

, low the travelers to become acquaint-

/“ ' 3mm ed with fellow farmers and their prob-

: / ‘ Pete'rPIn lems at each stop. Practically all the

r ' 4 . . “arm"Pmk' ~ state’ grange officers were present on

O the tour. 3 *

~ ° _ Southern Michigan Grangers gather- /

Any communlty wlth ed at East Lansing on Saturday, Aug- ‘

‘ l . ust 23 for the oflicial start. A short é

PARAMOUNT PICTURES x 1» by

M county grangers on Saturday evening f

o 0 - was followed by a chapel service Sun- .

IS a better place to live ' who “”3331“ day, the intervening time being utiliz~ l

. mm“? di ed in making and renewing acquaint- \ ‘

N enjoyable life is a varied life, not be so, today, with Better Roads, ‘ ngsgg m " ances. Early Monday morning the car- i

and variety is exactly what Autos, Radio, and Paramount PICo avan moved out of the college grounds ’ r; i

Paramount Pictures bring to any 'tures at a theatre near you. and headed northward. City officials f .

community, a tremendous variety The Thundering Herd, Peter Pan, of Saginaw met the train and led the 1“

of wholesOme, stimulating enter- The Devil’s Cargo, Without Warn. way to the new city park where a 4.) a”

” tainment. ing, Tongues of Flame, The Top i$§e°foX§stefed t‘md 3‘ my? we; ;‘ }

Food, clothing and shelter are of the World, The Golden Bed, . . Stigma: county gringggnspeop e an ‘ ' >

only a part of life. The school, the Worldly. Goods-these and many Betty Compsou L. W. Oviatt then piloted the cara-

church and the theatre are the other other Paramount Pictures offer fas- . The Ffmlgmv‘” van northward past Bay City, where ‘

part. The better pictures of today cmatmg vrsmns of adventure and . ”Thackgamggg' the state park on Lake Huron had i

can become the greatest force we romance. ‘ . ' _ been chosen for the first night’s camp. ‘ ,

have for right, active enjoyment But don’t go by the titles of Steaming coffee prepared by Bay coun- t "





of life.





What a wonderful spell Para—



mount exercises over people’s im'



aginations to empty so many thoua



. ; Sands of homes in every state every

1'5. 'day for two hours, and to return

everybody happy and satisfied and





pictures. Go by the brand name,

Paramount. That is your lasting

assurance of uality because it in—

dicates the big ideals of the organ-

ization behind each and every Para-

mount Picture. Personalities may

pass but Paramount’s standard of





ty grangers was found waiting, and

the visitors had only to resist the

temptation of a dip in the lake before

coming in for their share. A short }





 





program of speeches by state and local

grange officers and a State College





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who appears in





PeecofCIav the first day on the road l

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Enjoy life as it passes! See the

better pictures! The clock tums

back for no man.





Is this true of your family? Is life

all chores? Do the young people

want to leave home? That should





through the widely diversified country (1'

bordering the Dixie Highway brought ‘

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é :. y . ‘ gram was held in the big new grange , l

" this name and trademark hall before the caravan again struck \ g , }‘





out through the pines toward Hubbard

Lake, where plans had been made for

the night’s camp. A boat trip around

the lake, bathing, fishing, and a fine ,

dinner were some of the details in the r

' scheme of the entertainment which 5

Mrs. Mable Maddison, state executive ;





 





 





 





committeeman, and her fellow Alpena

county grangers had prepared for the

evening. The big meeting on the lawn ‘s

of the Maddison home drew 300 farm- 3

, _ ers from the surrounding county. , :

Among the members who spoke briefly 5’





 





 





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New York
m apti’ste, scaler’and timekeeper,

entered. in was growing dark and

show was beginning to fall again.



, fLafe had not lit his ,stov'e, though

rathere had been a thermometer





 





erobly less than zero. . ,

aThefi-li‘ttle timekeeper looked at Late

fl-‘dflentiy; (then he went forward with

his characteristic springy gait, sat

. 'qu-beside him, and placed his arm

‘ Valiant Lafe’s shoulder. “It ain’t so

, _ bad,” he said. '

. 7 VLa‘fe ,

' Marie Baptiste saw that he must use

_'e medicine of flattery to restOre his

‘. e‘nd’ns self-respect.

' "You see, pLafe, Jean Bigot ees

strong,” he explained. “Strong arm,

strong leg, always chopping wood

~' slnce‘fhe is a leel boy. And you work

; ', with the arm—yes, but you also work

V 3 '. with the head. If you fight Jean Bigot

r , ‘with 'the head, you beat him. But if

you fight with the fists, he beat you.

£3583, It does not matter. It ain’t so





Late Council, the middle-aged repre-

sentative if the Adamson Pulp and

Paper Company upon the seigniory

whose timber rights the N. Y & N. E.

Company had acquired, raised his face.

It was still light enough to see the

faint discoloration that still remained

from a ”couple of badly bruised eyes

in the fight two weeks before.



“Shut up, Baptiste!” said Connell.

“You mean it all right, I know. You

listen to me.



“I’m an American and it hurts to be

whipped in a fair fight with a French

Canuck'from the backwoods of Que-



, bec Province, even if he is a bigger



' man. He said he’d whip me if I went

snooping over that jobbing land he’s

got to see what sort of wood he was

cutting, and he kept his word. But

that isn’t what hurts.



“I’m forty-five, Baptiste, and I guess

my fighting days was over when I

settled down ten years ago. I don’t

want to fight now. It’s lost its ap-

peal to me. When I was twenty~five.

like Jean Bigot is, I could have downed

him—~maybe not at his age now—-but

if he was forty—five. That’s all Igot





 

 

 





 





 





to y about that. That ain’t what

hur , Baptiste.

"It’s this:





"These folks up this way don’t take

to me, and maybe it’s my fault for

not having taken to them. I don’t

like French.ways. I don’t like to see

a green and yaller house with a blue





and red gallery and no plumbing in-

side. Maybe I've brought it on my

head, but I don’t like every half-baked





kid in St. Jean and every baby in

giuafores yelling after me about Jean

igot having beaten me.

“I don’t like to see the clerks in the

store winking when I go in to buy





supplies. That does hurt, Baptiste;

tglut I'm no quitter. I could stand for

at.





“What I can’t stand for is the way

the men take it. I didn’t guess how

many enemies a man can have till I

got knocked out by Bigot. I can’t

handle them no more, Baptiste, and it

ain’t fair to the company.



“That’s why I’m going to give notice

first of February. And jobs are mighty

scarce in the United States just now,

and there’s the mortgage to meet on

my house in Binghampton,- and my

wife and the kids to feed and dress.

That’s what hurts most, Baptiste, be-

cause I haven’t the right to stick it

out as I’d like to.”



Jean-Marie Baptiste did not know

what to do, so he struck a match and

lit the stove. The dry birch-wood

flared up in a moment, and the blaze

roared up the crackling pipe. The

little foreman turned to his friend.



“It ain’t so bad,” he said; but there '

was no conviction in its voice.



The old Kennedy seigniory had sold

its timber rights to the N. Y. & N. E.





 





 





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people, who shipped. to

Cornwall. Late, as representative of

the paper manufacturers, was attac ed

to the company to keep tab on‘ th m

and see that they lived up to their

contract. , _ _ ’ 4

. Every cord of wood that floated,

log by log, down the'Rocky River on

its way to the slicing and rossing

mill was inspected by him; "black

spruce Went as black spruce, white

spruce as white; black .and' white "pine

were realities and not fanciful appel-

lations. The ”company liked Lafe no

better than’the men, though its “rea-

sons were different. . .

Jean Bigot was one of the three





dozen odd jobbers who leased small





sections from the company and em-

ployed hands to' cut the timber and

snake the logs to the Rocky River.

Jean Bigot was anxious to make

money fast. His lot was at the north-

east extremity of the seigniory,’ ad-

joining government land. Late had

suspected that he was cutting outside

his boundaries. He also drew a neces-





 





.the mills: at‘ -





.Exactly’ a week later Late, who

hardly remembered - the incident, ap-

peared in front git Bigot’s Shack.



Bigot had no forgotten his threat.

He had been drinking, and he had

heard that Lafe‘ was on his way

,through the limits. Bigot stepped to



the side of .the sleigh and shookhis



fist in Lafe’s face, calling him a name

which was, and had to be, an invita-

tion to fight.



In a moment the jobber’s men, who

had "been tipped off, were—in a ring

round them Baptiste wanted tovlaugh

the ismideent away. ant Late knew a

situation “when he was up against it.



He had not tough: for a dozen years,

but he got down and began ’stiifening

his- rather flabby biceps. ’As he did

.so Bigot came, rushing at him like a

bull. W,



It was a reflex action

Lafe’s fist into the Frenc

splitting it open. It might have

stopped an ordinary man. it failed to

stop Jean Bigot. -



He went 1at Lafe hammer and tongs,





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Be a; Happy as a Bird

By Al. Brice





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When the wheat has turned to stub-

bles 3

On a landscape cold and grey,

And the siren song of failure you have

. heard;

Then\ just sing away your troubles

in a cheerful roundelay:-—-

‘ Be as happy as a bird.





in the harvest time hereafter,

Oats will take the place of wheat,

And the feeding value beats it by a

third.

Chase the blues away with laughter,

As the morning sun you greet:—

Be as happy as a bird.





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O, the birdie has his sorrows

When the winds are chill with rain,

But his heart with happy song is ever

stirred;

For he sings of bright to-morrows,

And we join his glad refrain,—

Just as happy as a bird.





When grim fate has shot a missile

From the gun of dark despair, 7

And we suffer from the wounds of



hope deferred,

Then it’s time to tune or whistle

;g that chases care,

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sary distinction

balsam.



“'I out where I cut!” shouted Jean

Bigot, red with wrath, as Baptiste,

seated beside Lafe in the sleigh, trans-

lated Lafe’s remarks.



“Tell him if there’s any more fir-

balsam mixed up with the spruce I’ll

have to turn down the load,” said

Lafe to Baptiste. “Likewise we can’t

stand for no cutting on government

land. He’s got his own section and

it’s got some good trees on it.”



Jean Bigot "allowed Baptiste to flu-

ish only the first part of his transla-

tion.



“I work for the company, not for

the paper mill!” he shouted. ”Ask

him if he wants to fight. He knows

me; you know what I do to that Three

Rivers fellow, Baptiste!”





between spruce and





“Shucks!” answered Lafe. “ t ain’t

no use getting mad about i-t_. That

balsam game has got to stop. ee?”





he continued, looking straight a , the

irate habitant. Bigot muttered angrily

as they drove away. When they were

out of hearing Baptiste said:



“He say if you go there agairf he





thrash you, Lafe! He’s mad all

through. Too much brandy! too

strong. Strong legs, strong arms,





body like a bull. No use making him





mad, Lafe.”





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beating him back by sheer force until

Lafe stumbled over a root and went

down, his adversary on tOp of him.



There is no chivalry in woods fight-

ing. Lafe called the fight “fair” after-

ward, and considered it so. In a neat

ring, with seconds and sawdust, Lafe

might have won in the end.



But all he saw was the mocking,

jeering faces and cursing lips of the

Canadians; Jean’s fists drove right

and left into his face, and he never

had a chance to get his reach after

he managed to rise. The men fought

for five minutes.



Then Lafe collapsed. Bigot began

kicking him. But some of the men

who had been drinking less pulled him

away. Baptiste took Lafe home. That

was two weeks before.



“It ain’t so bad, Lafe,” said the

timekeeper again. “Maybe they’ll for-

get all about it, and you won’t give

no notice on February 1. You go

slow, Lafe. Good night now; I got

to bring in a load first thing to-

marrow.”



Lafe rose from the camp~bed after

Baptiste had gone. He was alone in

the little shanty; Baptiste had gone

tohis shack, and Carson, the company

manager, who shared the place and

used it for an office, was not expected

from Quebec for some days- Lafe





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Clarice, and: his two daught‘

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As his rig passed-slowly uphill-“be

,‘tWeen the ,lines of cottages he. saw

turtive glances interchanged bet-ween

the women. An old man, seated on a

barrel outside his shanty, waved his

pipe to him and shouted something in-

cornprehensible,

complimentary. _ .‘



The clerk who served him ”had a





grin across his face which ‘jdid not





seem to have been evoked by the sale. >





of a sack of self-raising flour, twelve-

pounds of bacon, and an assortment

of hardware.



The little boy who came .out from

between the legs of- Lafe’s «horse

yelled at him and bolted round the

corner of the store. ~



A httlegiri in a pinafore, who had

been staring at .L'afe, her finger in

her mouth, was stricken with panic,

tried to,run, and fell face down in

the sand. She lay there, howling and

kicking her legs. When Lafe picked

her up she screamed and called him

something which he didn’t understand.



“Them kids don’t seem to take to

you, Mr. Council,” said the clerk, who

had followed him to the door. He was

a Frenchman, but had worked in the

cotton mills at Lowel and spoke Eug~

lish with easy fluency. “They’re Jean

Bigot’s kids, you know. Did you hear

what Marie called you?” “



“I didn’tquite get it,” said Lafe.



“She said—Oh, never mind what she

said. I guess she didn’t know what

it meant. And little Jean said ‘you

were the man his father licked. Guess

you’re stronger on head work than on

fist work, Mr. Connell, ain’t you ?"



One of the loafers in the store

doubled his arm and felt his biceps in

ruminative fashion, as if he thought

he could lick Lafe. The others

laughed. ‘ '





A stout but comely woman came

quickly out of one of the near-by shan-

ties and drew the little girl roughly

toward her. She spoke to her brother

angrily, ordering him indoors. She

approached Late and shook her fist

at him, muttering invective.



"It’s Jean’s wife—she don’t like

you,” the clerk explained, and then

translated for the 'benefit of the loaf-

ers, who laughed again.



Late got into the sleigh, and the

horse moved slowly across the shaky

bridge that spans the gorge of Rocky

River. 4’





He was bewildered by the universal

hostility. An easy-going man, he had

never counted upon the venom in hu-

man nature. His own attitude toward

the people had beenhalf jovial, half

contemptuous; he did not know that

with a thousand gestures he had

wounded the sensibilities of St. Jean.



It was not in homan nature to re-

sist making merry over the discom-

fiture of the American who had slight-

ed the village-folk, who occupied a

position of an anomalous nature, who

was known to be in disfavor with

the company—which gave the tone of

the demeanor of the store clerks——

and who had been ignominiouslr

thrashed by Jean.



Jean Bigot was a good enough man

when he was sober. He was never

harsh to his family. He 'had kept the

love' of his wife and children.



Mme. Bigot, who thought that Lafe

had tried to drive "her husband out

of his section, felt equal pride in her





 





 





 





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bad," he said. ‘





agenda self-respect.



- "You see, .Lafe,

strong,” he explained.

strong leg, always

since "he is a leel boy.





,4 with the head.

' with «the head,

you light with the fists, he beat you.

Seez, It does not matter. It ain’t so

Late Connell, the middle-aged repre-

sentative if the Adamson Pulp and

Paper Company upon .the seigniory

whose timber rights the N. Y & N. E.

Company had acquired, raised his face.

It was still light enough to see the

hint discoloration that still remained

from a couple of badly bruised eyes

in the fight two weeks before.



“Shut up, Baptiste!” said Connell.

“You mean it all right, I know. You

listen to me.



“I’m an American and it hurts to be

whipped in a fair fight with a French

Canuck‘from the backwoods of Que-

bec Province, even if he is a bigger

man. He said he’d whip me if I went

snooping over that jabbing land he’s

got to see what sort of wood he was

cutting, and he kept his word. But

that isn’t what hurts.



“l"m forty-five, Baptiste, and I guess

my fighting days was over when I

settled down ten years ago. I don’t

want to fight now. It’s lost its ap-

peal to me. When I was twenty-five,

like Jean Bigot is, I could have downed

him~maybe not at his age now——but

if he was forty—five. That’s all Igot

to say about that. That ain’t what

hurts me, Baptiste.



“It’s this: - .



“These folks up this way don’t take

to me, and maybe it’s my fault for

not having taken to them. I don’t

like French.ways. I don’t like to see

a green and yaller house with a blue

and red gallery and no plumbing in-

side. Maybe I’ve brought it on my

head, but I don’t like every half-baked

kid in St. Jean and every baby in

glinafores yelling after me about Jean



got having beaten me.



“I don’t like to see the clerks in the

store winking when I go in to buy

supplies. That does hurt, Baptiste;

but I'm no quitter. I could stand for

that.



“What I can’t stand for is the way

the men take it. I didn’t guess how

many enemies a man can have till I

got knocked out by Bigot. I can’t

andle them no more, Baptiste, and‘it

ain’t fair to the company.



“That’s why I’m going to give notice

first of February. And jobs are mighty

scarce in the United States just now,

and there’s the mortgage to meet on

my house in Binghampton, and my

wife and the kids to feed and dress.

That’s what hurts most, Baptiste, be-

cause I haven’t the right to stick it

out as I'd like to.”



Jean-Marie Baptiste did not know

what to do, so he struck a match and

lit the stove. The dry birch~wood

flared up in a moment, and the blaze

roared up the crackling pipe. The

little foreman turned to his friend.



“It ain’t so bad," he said; but there

was no conviction in ln‘s voice.



The old Kennedy seigniory had sold

its timber rights to the N. Y. & N. E.





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Lumber Company when Jeanr

vie Baptiste, scalar and timekeeper,





, The little timekeeper looked at Late

silently; then he went forward with

' characteristic springy gait, sat

beside him, and placed his arm



“It ,ain’t so





I Late did not budge a muscle. Jean-7

arie Baptiste saw that he must use

e medicine of flattery to restore his





Jean Bigot ees



“Strong arm,

chopping wood

, And you work

. with the arm—yes, but you also work

If you fight Jean Bigot

you beat him. But if





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show was beginning to fall again. ‘. ‘ . B] V “19" mm ~ »

had not lit his ,stov‘e, though

had been a thermometer

guide it would have registered con-





the paper manufacturers, was attac ed

to the company to keep tab on‘ th m

and see that they lived up to their

contract. ' -



Every cord of wood that floated,

log by log, down the’Rocky River on

its way to the slicing and rossing

mill was inspected by him; black

spruce Went as "black spruce, white

spruce as white; black and white pine

were realities and not fanciful appel~

lations. The company liked Late no

better than'the men, though its rea-

sons were different. .



Jean Bigot was one of the three

dozen o'dd jobbers who leased small

sections from the cempany and em-

ployed hands to cut the timber and

snake the logs to the Rocky River.



Jean Bigot was anxious to make

money fast. His lot was at the north-

east extremity of the seigniory, ad-

joining government land. Lafe had

suspected that he was cutting outside

his boundaries. He also drew a neces-





. (A Complete ‘Short Story) . ~ _





people, who shippedfito the mills at" Exactly a week later Late, who

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hardly remembered the incident, ap-

peared in front of Bigot’s shack.



Bigot had not forgotten his threat.

He had been drinking, and he had

heard that Late was on his way

,through the limits. Bigot stepped to-

the side of the sleigh and shookhis

fist in Late-’8 face, calling him a name

which was, and had to be, an invita-

tion to fight.





In a moment the jobber's men, who

had been tipped off, werew-in a ring

mound them. Baptiste wanted to laugh

“the incident away. —But Late knew a

situation when he was up against it.



He had not fought for a dozen years,

but he got down and began stiffening

his rather flabby biceps. As he did

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It was a reflex action flgthat sent

Lafe’s fist into the Frenc man’s lip,

splitting it open. It might have

stopped an ordinary man. It failed to

stop Jean Bigot.-



He went at Late hammer and tongs,





 





Be as Happy a: a Bird





By Al. Rice





When the wheat has turned to stub-

blos

On a landscape cold and grey,

And the siren song of failure you have

heard;

Then\just sing away your troubles

In a cheerful roundelay:—-—

\ Be as happy as a bird.





in the harvest time hereafter,

Oats «will take the place of wheat,

And the feeding value beats it by a

third.

Chase the blues away wlth laughter,

As the morning sun you greet:—

Be as happy as a bird.





0, the birdie has his sorrows

When the winds are chill with rain,

But his heart with happy song is ever

stirred;

For he sings of’ bright to-morrows,

And we join his glad refrain,—

Just as happy as a bird.





When grim fate has shot a missile

From the gun of dark despair,

And we suffer from the wounds of

ho". deferred,

Then it’s time to tune or whistle

To a s: :9 that chases care,

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sary distinctiOn between spruce and

balsam.



“I out where I cut!” shouted Jean

Bigot, red with wrath, as Baptiste,

seated beside Lafe in the sleigh, trans-

lated Lafe’s remarks.



“Tell him if there’s any more fir-

balsam mixed up with the spruce I’ll

have to turn down the load,” said

Lafe to Baptiste. “Likewise we can’t

stand for no cutting on government

land. He’s got his own section and

it’s got some good trees on it.”



Jean Bigot allowed Baptiste to fin-

ish only the first part of his transla-

tion.



“I work for the company, not for

the paper mill!” he shouted. “Ask

him if he wants to fight. He knows

me; you know what I do to that Three

Rivers fellow, Baptiste!”



“Shucks!” answered Lafe. “It ain’t

no use getting mad about it; That

balsam game has got to stop. See?”

he continued, looking straight at the

irate habitant. Bigot muttered angrily

as they drove away. When they were

out of hearing Baptiste said:



“He say if you go there agairf he

thrash you, Lafe! He’s mad all

through. Too much brandy! too

strong. Strong legs, strong arms,

body like a bull. No use making him



mad, Late.”





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beating him back by sheer force until

Lafe stumbled over a' root and went

down, his adversary on tOp of him.



There is no chivalry in woods fight-

ing. Lafe called the fight “fair” after-

ward, and considered it so. In a neat

ring, with seconds and sawdust, Lafe

might have won in the end.



But all he saw was the mocking,

jeering faces and cursing lips of the

Canadians; Jean’s fists drove right

and left into his face, and he never

had a chance to get his reach after

he managed to rise. The men fouht

for five minutes.



Then Lafe collapsed. Bigot began

kicking him. But some of the men

who had been drinking less pulled him

away. Baptiste took Lafe home. That

was two weeks before.



“It ain’t so bad, Lafe," said the

timekeeper again. “Maybe they’ll for-

get all about it, and you won’t give

no notice on February 1. You go





slow, Late. Good night now; I got

to bring in a load first thing to-

morrow.”





Lafe rose from the camp-bed after

Baptiste had gone. He was alone in

the little shanty; Baptiste had gone

to his shack, and Carson, the company

manager, who shared the place and

used it for an office, was not expected

from Quebec for some days- Late





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Clarice, ’andhis‘two daughters, seated '.





on» the stoop of the rmree~thousand-

lat house which he :had been buy~

dug in mnghaiupton. . ~ ‘ ' -.



‘Td like to get that mortgage paid,

but .I guess they‘ll foreclose on me,"

he muttered as he turned in. .-



. Lafets entry into St. Jean the fol-

lowing day was the signal for the

usual amusement. , ‘



As his rig passed slowly nonmag-

[tween the ,lines of cottages he saw

furtive glances interchanged between

the women. An old man, seated on a

barrel outside his shanty, waved his

pipe to him and shouted something in-

comprehensible, but obviously not

complimentary. _ ,» »



The clerk who served him ”had a

grin across his face which did not





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





seem to have been evoked by the sale.





of a --sack of self-raising flour, twelve

pounds of bacon, and an assortment

of hardware.



The little boy who came -out from

between fire legs of ,, Laie’s horse

yelled at him and bolted round the

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been staring ,at Lafe, her finger in

her mouth, was stricken with panic,

tried to,run, and fell face down in

the sand. She lay there, howling and

kicking her legs. When Lafe picked

her up she screamed and called him

something which he didn’t understand.



"Them kids don't seem to take to

you, Mr. Connell,” said the clerk, who

had followed him to the door. He was

a Frenchman, but had worked in the

cotton mills at Lowel and spoke Eng-

lish with easy fluency. ”They’re Jean

Bigot’s kids, you know. Did you hear

what Marie called you?” '

who



“I didn’t/quite get it,” said Lafe.



"She said—Oh, never mind what she

said. Iguess she didn’t know what

it meant. And little Jean said ‘you

were the man his father licked. Guess

you’re stronger on head work than on

fist work, Mr. Connell, ain’t you ?”



One of the loafers in the store

doubled his arm and felt his biceps in

ruminative fashion, as if he thought

he could lick Lafe. The others

laughed. ‘





A stout but comely woman came

quickly out of one of the near-by shan~

ties and "drew the little girl roughly

toward her. She spoke to her brother

angrily, ordering him indoors. She

approached Lafe and shook her fist

at him, muttering mvective.



“It’s Jean’s wife—«she don’t like

you," the clerk explained, .and then

translated for the "benefit of. the loaf-

ers, who laughed again.



Lafe got into the sleigh, and the

horse moved slowly across the shaky

bridge that spans the gorge of Rocky

River. '





He was bewildered by the universal

hostility. An easy-going man, he had

never counted upon the venom in hu-

man nature. His own attitude toward

the people had beenth jovial, half

contemptuous; he did. not know that

with a thousand gestures he had

wounded the sensibilities of St. Jean.



It was not in human nature to re-

sist making merry over the discom~

fiture of the American who had slight-

ed the village-folk, who occupied a

position of an anomalous nature, who

was known to be in disfavor with

the company—which gave the tone of

the demeanor of the store clerks——

and who had been ignominiouslv

thrashed by Jean.



Jean Bigot was a good enough man

when he was sober. He was never

harsh to his family. He 'had kept the

love'of his wife and children.



Mme. Bigot, who thought that Lafe

had tried to drive ‘her husband out

of his section, felt equal pride in her





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made a. mess of things; Clarice and

the girls must sutter.



Nevertheless, he was going to do--his

duty to. the end, and he meant to. go

over to: Bigot's land again in a few

days and see what sort of wood he

was cutting.



He felt physically as well as men-

tally sick that night. In Carson’s

absence the men did. not pull together

well; they needed daily directions,

which nobody was competent to give.-

The pulp company was calling for a

hundred, thousand cords as soon as

navigation opened, and it looked as

it they would have to go; on halt-time

or find another source of supply. ‘-



It Carson had been there he would

have kept things going lively; Late

had been urging him for weeks to start

cutting along the western boundaries;

but Carson, fertile with promises, had

gone his own way. Late knew that he

was planning to put him in bad odor

with the pulp people. .



"I’ll tell him I’m going when he

'comes back,” said Late to himself. .



He mooned about the seigniory dur-

ing. the next two or three days. Bap-

tiste began to look at him narrowly

in the evenings. .



“You ain’t feeling well, Late, eh?”

idle inquired anxiously on the fourth.



ay.

“ ot a bad cold with a touch of

fever, I think,” said Late.



“Oh, it ain’t so bad!” said the little

timekeeper. “Say, Late, Jean Bigot’s

been on a toot for nearly a week now.

His boys got in a keg of brandy after

Tom Carson went to Quebec. I think

he won’t keep up with his contract

this winter. You wasn’t thinking of

going there again, was you?” '



“I’m going to see it he’s cutting any

more of that fir-balsam,” answered

Late doggedly. “That’ll be about my

last job here, I reckon. I’m going to

give Carson notice when he comes

back.”



“He ain’t cutting fir-balsam, Late,”

answered Baptiste. “Jean 318%;

ain’t cutting no wood at all. The

all drunk up in his section. You don’t

want to go up that way, Late. Maybe

Mr. Carson will put him out when he

gets'back. Anyway, you ain’t a well

man, you know, Late; you got to take

care of yourself.”



He went unostentatiously out of the

hut and squeezed his eyelids hard to-

gether. Two tears ran down his

cheeks. , .



“Ah, Mon Dieu,” said the little time—

keeper, “it Late goes up there while

Jean’s drinking he’ll kill him for sure!

I know!”



But, knowing Late, he had kept this

knowledge to himself.



Late certainly felt sick that after-

noon when Carson was to return. He

had arranged to meet the manager

with his sleigh, since the postman, who

was to bring Carson as far as the

company store could not leave his

route to drive him the four miles into

the woods.





Late’s head was aching badly when

he harnessed the mare and started

along the trail, and the jingling bells

became a torture. It had been bitter-

ly cold the past few days, but now

the temperature had risen to around

the zero-point, and the fine, powdery

snow that an increasing gale blew

into his face stung like hail.



Baptiste had offered to drive down

to Rocky River, but Late had refu “ (1.



He didanot know how ill he was

until the sleigh was skimming ‘over.

the trail. The wind was strong in the

woods, but it was almost a hurricane

in the village. The whirling snow

filled the whole air; Late could hardly

discern the road a yard in front of ‘





5.‘ him.





As he crossed the bridge he saw





.0 the postman’s sleigh approaching by





the shore road. M. Tessier sat hooped

up behind -the waterproof. front, but





- Late could see that the sleigh con-





tained no passenger. Evidently Car-





: son, had not arrived.





The sleigh went whirling up to the





. store, and the two men met there.

,. Tessier confirmed Lafe’s view. The





postman had waited as long as he

dared; then he had gone on without

Carson, who would probably be spend-

ing the night in St. Boniface, waiting.





0-for the storm to pass.





.Lafe turned toward the door to face

the uphill drive again. The clerk

came forward.



“My, Mr. Connell, you're sick, ain’t

you?” he asked.



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g _ :to rest up awhile. ~T ‘ere s lots

of it-in‘" St. Jean. It’s measles”. , ,

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"That’s it,” said the store clerk.

“Little ”Marie Bigot’s pretty sick with

She got it yesterday. The cure

thinks she’s going to die. She must

have give it to you that day you

picked her out of the mud.”



Late looked at the clerk in. horror

and, went slowly out of the store. The

clerk and the postman were talking

together. They did not seem greatly

concerned. Evidently the clerk had

not grasped the significance of his

own remark. _ /



It Little Marie’ Bi ot could have

given Late the meas es, Late might

equally have. given it to her. '



He‘ stood beside his, sleigh irreso-

lately, and at that moment a child’s

wail came out at the shanty nearby.

"‘Papa!” she cried. “Papa!”



Father Sebastien, the cure, emerged

from the door and strode toward Late.



The priest was the only physician

in St. Jean, and his knowledge was

limited. Generally the habitant pre-

ferred to rely upon the efficacy of

prayer; there would" have been scant

earnings for a medical man in the

St. Jean neighborhood.



“Ah, it is M. Connell!” exclaimed

the cure. “Will you come here? You

are not afraid of measles?”



“No! I’ve got them,” said Late.

But the cure was already striding

ahead and had not heard.



‘ Inside the shack were two rooms:

one, the kitchen and dining room, the

other the bedroom. Upon a cot lay





 





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ittle Marie Bigot, tossing restlessly

in fever. , Her face was flushed and

she was gripping at the bed quilt. Be-

tween her cot and the larger bed

kneeled Mme. Bigot, in prayer.



“Papa!” wailed the girl, opening her

eyes and fixing them on Late’s with-

out seeing him. '



‘ The cure turned to Late.



“You see, monsieur,” he said "She

cries that all the time. Her father

is in the woods, and there is nobody

to go for him. All the horses are in

the woods. If he comes, perhaps, she

will live. If he doesn’t come, she may

die by morning.

cases.”



“I’ll go,” said Late.



The cure spoke in French to the

woman at the bedside. She looked

up, saw Late, and recognized him. She

scowled and muttered something. The

cure silenced her.





“I’ll go,” said Late.

Bigot.”



“Bring him at once,” said M. Se-

bastien. "I will wait here. You should

be back by ‘ten o’clock, and I think

the wind is going to die down.”



Late strode back toward his sleigh.



As he approached it the little boy

darted out from between the legs of

the horse. He grasped a handful of

snow in his little hand, made a ball,

and flung it at Late with all his force.

It broke at Late’s feet,. and the child

stamped in rage and shrieked at the

man.



As Late drove off another ball struck

his horse’s withers and sent it gallop-

ing across the rocking bridge that

spans the river.



Jean Bigot had reached the climax

of his libations and, having ascended

to the Olympian heights, was begin-

ning to slide down hill into the melan-

choly stage when he heard Late’s

sle'gh coming along the trail.



he brandy keg had been finished

that afternoon, and his hands and be-

taken themselves to their shacks to

the last boon of brandy-sleep. He

was seated alone in his own shanty,

and planning for the days when he

would own the timber rights upon the

seigniory. ' g



A week of steady drinking had left

marked effects upon the man. He was

unshaven and dirty, and' just now filled

with a- vast love for his home and

cursing the fate that brought him into

the woods. in midwinter.



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the father’s. That winter the father

packed his grip and went to the agri-

cultural 'college and took a short

course in farm crops. - '



He was more open minded than most

men of his age.



He knew that it wasn’t all luck that

produced the larger yield in his boy’s

field;





THESE good folk in Berea studied

_ the Bible, as they never had be-

fore.

than some people of our day who will

not apply any new'methods of study

to the Book of Books. , Undoubtedly

they took on a new lease of life as a

result. Dean Hodges said,‘ “The Bible

is a dangerous and dynamic book, rad-

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ocratic, and puts all our conservatisms

in peril."



Note a. vital fact. ‘ These people‘did

not swallow everything they were told,

eyes shut, mouths agape. No, they

tested the statements ‘of their teacher

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teachings were sound. The early

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gullible persons. Doubtless it had its

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people of sound judgment who knew





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second fight began.



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had hardly ealed. and the blood

drenched him. At first he tried to

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son with him; but he might as well

have tried to stop a mountain. ’



Lafe felt the giant’s arms about him,

and the two men wrestled in the snow.

Now. Lafe was down, and Bigot was

pounding‘ his face, driving his blows

from the elbow.



Lafe twisted himself away ~and

gained his distance. He fought then

with all the old-time cunning of un-

redeemed youth. He was a youth

again, in mind.





He dodged and married, he drove at

the giant’s face, he pounded the big,

short~winded body until Jean gasped.

all the while evading the hammer-

blows, any of which would have put

him to‘ sleep under the pines. This

time there were no bystanders to-

pluck Bigot away.



If Bigot won, he killed.



But Lafe was fighting for more than

himself this time. He saw a vision

of a little girl, lying with face fever-

flushed and calling; and, oddly enough,





the younger one, in Binghampton.



Lafe ran in and put all his strength.

into a body blow. It struck the giant

over the heart and sent him reeling.-

Next moment Jean had looked his

arms about him again. This time he

was hugging to kill.



He had once figught a man so, and

pressed his ar about him till the

ribs snapped. . - ' .



Late felt his senses leaving him.

His free hands struck unavailingly at

Bigot’s face. They waved in the air,

impotent. The snowy trees were rock-

ing, and a black mist was settling over

his eyes.



Then the memory of an old woods-

man's trick came back to Late. dimly .

down the vistas of memory. He placed ‘

one hand upon Bigot's chin and threw

the head back. The other compressed

the throat, and with the thumb dug

hard into carotid, shutting ad the sup-

ply of blood. He clung thus with all

his strength he had almost ceased to

know where he was clinging.



-Slowly the pressure about his ribsl

relaxed. Lafe drew in a deep chest-

ful of air. The snowy trees swung'

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ality seemed in his fingers.





Suddenly Jean Bigot tottered and

pitched forward. He lay face down

in the snow, breathing stertorously.

One of the hands, who had been sober

enough to be awakened by the sound

of the fight came out of his hut and

recognized Lafe. He saw the pros-

trate figure.



“Ah, mon Dieu, he has killed Jean

Bigot!" he screamed, and darted back

and bolted the door. I



Bigot’s eyes opened, and all the !

drunkenness was gone out of him. He

staggered to his feet and stood staring

incredulously at his conqueror.



“Where am I?" he muttered thickly.

“I thought I had killed you.”



Then he fell to trembling, and raised

his arm to shield his face from the

expected blow, retreating toward his

door.\



Lafe took him by the arm. “You are

wanted at St. Jean," he‘said.



The giant caught the last word only.

Hedropped his arm and watched Lafe





ruse.



“St. Jean. Allez!" said Lafe. Votre

femme.. Votre fillel" Which compre-

hended the larger part of Lafe’s

French ,. vocabulary. ,



“We’ll get there in the sleigh in no

time,” he continued.



“Then, glancing back, he became

aware for the first time that the

sleigh was no longer there. The

horse, knowing the way home, had

bolted in the direction of the com-

pany stables, three miles away and

far oh the St. Jean trail.



"We’ll walk,” said Lafe. "I’ll get

your maskinaw for you.” '



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came back, "so thick was the snow.

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matoes and another layer of cheese

and crackers. Sprinkle with salt and

pepper, pour on a half-cup of boiling

water, and place in a moderate oven.

It may be necessary to add more wa-

ter before the tomatoes become well

cooked. Brown nicely and serve hot.

Some may like a bit of sugar added.





I used to think everyone was famil—

iar with our favorite dish—buttered

peas and carrots—but last summer

during threshing

them several times and the relish with

which the men ate them, as well as

the remarks on the unusualness of the

combination made me think many

housewives did not list this dish in

their summer and fall menus. The

carrots are pared and cut in “sticks”

and boiled in salted water with an

equal amount of fresh peas. When

both peas and carrots are tender allow

the water to boil off until there is

barely" enough to cover. Then for an

ordinary sized dish, add a rounding

teaspoon of sugar and a pieco of but-

ter the size of a walnut. Allow to





' simmer a moment and serve.





Apple roll makes a change from the





usual dessert, and during these last





’ deed welcome.





season we served





Make Vegetaéle: Halal T lair n 172 Fall





By Nelle Portrey





hot days a change in the menu is in:

Make a biScuit dough

—-either baking powder or soda—with

two cups of flour. R011 to one-half-

inch thickness, and spread with four





apples, pared and Sliced. Roll like a





jelly roll and slice in slices an. inch

and a”. half 'thick. Make a syrup by

boiling one and a half' cups of sugar

with one and a half cups of water in

a deep'bread pan. Lay the sliced apple





roll in the hot syrup, put’a dot of but-'





ter on the top of each roll, sprinkle

with sugar and cinnamon, and bake in

a hot oven till apples are tender——

about halfwan hour. Serve with rich

milk. This makes eight servings, and

is truly delicious.





Vegetable cakes \with tomato sauce

are fine for supper, as you can

use left-over vegetables from dinner.

Mix two cups of mashed potatoes with





a minced onion, an egg and two cup5~ expense account.





of cold boiled cabbage mixed fine. Sea-

son to taste with salt, pepper and

paprika. Make into little cakes, lay

on a shallow baking tin and bake in

a very quick oven till lightly browned.

Serve with a sauce made by boiling

together two cups of tomato juice, a

teaspoon of sugar, salt and pepper to

taste, and butter the size of a walnut.

When boiling, add ’a teaspoon of flour

mixed with enough water to form a

paste.





FLAT METHOD OF SEWllNG





 





HE flat method of making the sim-



ple dresses now in vogue will be

found to be a real time saver and

labor conserver.



By this method the shoulder of the

garment is sewed up‘and finished first.

Then all trimmings, collars, necklines,

front or side closings, sleeves, cuffs,

belts, pockets, tucks, pleats, panels,

godets and the like are completed be-

fore closing and finishing the under-

arm seam and hem





IT does not take long to make a

bungalow apron or a child’s dress,

the way patterns are simplified now-

a-days, and ric-rac or other finishing

braid helps in the finishing process at

a rapid rate. For a harmonizing trim,





' part crackers.





 





Kimoiia sleeves, raglan" sleeves,

Chinese mandram’sleeves, the ‘d‘ro op

shoulder with straight sleeve attached

the regulation shirt or middy sleeve





settingwall of these are adapted to ,





this process.





HOUSEWIVES EXHAUST UNCLE

SAM’S SUPPLY OE BULLETINS.





 





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' NCLE’ SAM, one of the world’s

prolific, has a “best seller " The

publication, which became exhausted





Stretching





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in June, 1924;118s been revised for

the third time and will soon be ready

for distribution again It is On the

subject “Baking in the Home,” , and

was first issued in July;«1917,by the





’ “ United States department of agricul-





ture. ,, - . .-

During the period 1917 to 1924 more





than 2125, 000 copies of this bulletin‘





were distributed to the women of the

countryLOther individuals, and organ—

The popularity of this bulle-

tin Would seem to indicate that “bak-

ing day” is still an important institu-

tion in the American home.





the Dellar





HE average life of the 'dollar bill then I do not pay for thekfancy pack-





is about eight months. It is the

problem of every home-maker to





make it last just a little longer, or to





cover just a little more of the family

What follows here,





has been gleaned~ from the many let-





ters from home-makers, telling of their

experiences along this line.





 





.One of the economies I have prac-





ticed in my kitchen has been the use





of the cloth sacks in which a large

amount of dairy feed, calf meal, flour,

They are

made into dish towels and some of

the heavier ones are cut down the

sides and the ends sewed together,

Oth-

ers are used for sash curtains and’ for

the ironing board, and they can even

be colored and used for aprons and

quilt linings—Mrs. C. N. M.





salt, etc., are purchased.





making very good roller towels.





 





One way to economize when eggs

are high-priced, is to use rolled crack-

ers in place of eggs in making pump-

Use two crackers for a me-

dium—sized pie,‘ or use part eggs and

One can hardly tell





kin pies.





the difference. —-Mrs. R. W.





 





I buy groceries by the bulk, and





Ric-rac ’Round 21 Rosie





that is also quickly done, nee three or

four large pearl buttons on circles s:

the braid. Sew them on as indicated

in the sketch, carrying the stems of





the outside ones down to the pockets.





ages small quantities are" put ’up in;

I buy sugar by the hundred weight,

flour by the barrel, when we don’t

raise our own, and soap by the half

dozen bars—Mrs. W. G. B.





 





When the loWer part of my blinds

get soiled and faded and begin to show





 





Helping Grandma, Mrs. Houck, on the

Farm Near Vandalia.





the worse for wear, instead of buying

new ones, I cut them'straight across

about six inches above the hem, take

them off the roller, and tack,this end

to the roller;"'thereby reversing the





ends of the blind. Now, When the hem}





is turned up and sewed on the ma-

chine and the blind is put on the stick,

it will look as good as new and last

as long again—Mrs. S. M.





 





A good idea of saving-when making

apple sauce is to save the apple peel-

ings and boil them until well done,

strain, and to every cup of juice add a.

cup of sugar. Boil the juice about

twenty minutes before adding sugar,

as it makes a lighter colored jelly.

Heat the sugar in the .oven before

adding it to the juice. This makes a.





1 very good jelly—Mrs. C. V.





 





Saving is apt to be a troublesome





* process, but our saving on the meat





bill, is, we believe, as much of a help

to our health as it is to our pocket-

books. Cottage-cheese is the standby

substitute for meat, and we usually

serve it as a' salad, but when we are





having baked potatoes, I often pour





sweet cream over the curds; with mac

aroni as the main dish for the meal, I

make the cheese rich with butter and

roll it into little balls __





As a salad. Garnish with dressing-





celery and nuts or a bit of .currant .





jelly. This changes the looks and the





taste. Slices of olive pickles: 'with some





of the oil from the top: 0

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first at «all, let's have 9a generous-

med dinner 90.11,. Menus this



dive us room to put sohe things in

dishes and keep the lunch mars appe-

using. Every lunch must include the

sandwich, with" a change of filling

every day.Ja1‘ns, jellies, ground meats

with or without salad dressing, chop-





ped boiled e338. boiled mashed beans, ’

' cottage cheese, with chopped nuts and





celery: and many other nice fillings

may be found I have found the boiled

custards to be most welcome, and also

nutritious



These may be varied by adding ban-

unas, oranges, jello, cocoanut, or other

nuts. .Also make. it a chocolate cus-

tard sometimes. I use jars with the

screw tops, so no matter if the boys

do swing the pail the custard never

spills.



My children never tire of peanut

butter, used in various ways. I make

a delicious cake frosting by. mixing

peanut butter with powdered sugar,

and waiting up with hot coffee. Then

,in cold weather I mix cream with pea-

.nut butter and spread between cook-

ies, graham crackers, or the large

white crackers. A nice apple is always

acceptable, and also healthful.~—Mrs.

C. C., of Bronson.





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Make Individual Dishes.





I give my boy as well balanced a

lunch as I would a meal at home, and

change every day to something new to

tempt the child’s appetite. Sandwiches

may be all kinds of meat, egg, jelly or

nut bread. I never put in fried meat,

as it is hard to digest, and, to my

mind, uninvitlng. Home-smoked ham,

boiled, cut paper thin, put between

two thin slices of bread with a lettuce

leaf, makes a. sandwich pleasing alike

to eyes and taste. Hard boiled eg with

,a little butter and pickle make anoth-

er-tasty sandwich.



A small jar of abaked beans, potato

.salad, or any kind of vegetable salad

,isnice. Sometimes 'I bake a tiny bak-

Aing- dish of escalloped potatoes for him.





I use this same dish to bake rice, tap- ,





3ioca, lemon, ‘and all kinds of corn-

starch puddings in place of pie.



Always he has an apple, polished

until it shines, a banana, pear, peach

or orange. In ordinary weather a. pint

thermos bottle full of milk. In cold

weather this bottle full of hot bean,

cream of tomato, vegetable or beef

soup, with salted crackers, cookies,

and an apple make a hot, nourishing

meal. Most children are fond of co-

coa, which fits in nicely with a cold

lunch.





‘ Home-canned meats and vegetables

home in handy where one has to put

up many lunches in a year.—Mrs. G.





' 'R., Petoskey.





 





Don’t Use Too Many Sweets.





I have been told that I am too par-

ticular with the children’s lunches, but

I don't think so. ‘



Food that is tasty, health-promoting

and nourishing, should go into the

lunch box. I always (every day) put

in a small dish of fruit either stewed

or fresh fruit sliced with sugar, plenty





"of sandwiches, with fish, meat, cheese,





peanut butter, or any preferred filling,

and a piece of cake, a. cookie, or some-

times a couple of pieces of candy.

.Oth'er things-are crisp celery, a to-

mato, or whatever oUhat kind is pos-«

sible.’ Don’t put in a lot of sweets.





-Let sandwiches, fruit, and vegetables

*make' the main part of the lunch.





A bottle of milk is a good addition

whenever possible. And one must also





remember that the lunch box is quite





apt to be shaken up considerably, and

should be packed so that the noon





hour will find the lunch still in good

condition not with sandwiches soaked\





V in 1.1111 juice, and that sort of thing.—





Mrs. W. E. F., of Rockford”





[READERS RECOMMEND THESE

‘ necnpes.





 





 





Raisin and Grape Conserve.

3 cups mpes 2 cups sugar

1 cup water '3 cups seeded raisins

Grated rind of one . 1 cup chopped walnut

meats

Juice of two oranges

Mash grapes. Add water and cook

until seeds separate. Rub through

strainer and discard seeds and skins.

Add orange rind and Juice, sugar and

raisins and cook until thick (about

thirty minutes). Add walnut meats

and cook five minutes. Pour into ster-

ilized glasses and seal with parafln.

——Mrs. B. F.

Sweet Pickled Tomatoes.

Slice one peck of green tomatoes and

let stand in a brine made of a half

cup of salt and plenty of water to

cover. Let stand over night and in

the merning drain and add:





2 qts. vinegar 4 lbs. sugar

”A qt. sliced onions





Boil until tender.——Mrs. M. C.. S..

Applesauce Pancakes.

jh21kcups sour or butter: 1 tsp. 58.1





1 cup applesauce

1 tsp. soda





Bakevon a very hot griddle. These

pancakes surely make the men folks,

as well as the kiddies, smile when

they sit down and see the pancakes

piping hot—Mrs. B. B.



Baked Stuffed Squash, Tomato.



One cup of gifted bread crumbs, one

small onion, chopped, one-half cup of

milk, two tablespoons melted short-

ening, one-half cup chopped ham or

meat, one tablespoon of minced pars-

ley, salt and pepper, and thin slices

of bacon cut in half. Mix all ingred-

ients except bacon and stuff into cav-

ities, combining with vegetable-pulp.

Skewer bacon on top of each one,

sprinkle with more crumbs, bake slow-

ly, basting with any shortening, until

tender.-Mrs. B. B.





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Household Service





WASHING FEATHERs AND PIL-

LOWS.





 





 





 





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Can you tell me how to wash a

feather tick and pillows at home?-—

MIS. W.





Fill your wash tub two- thirds full of

water and add to it one cup of borax

and one tablespoon of ammonia.

Place soiled pillows or ticks in this

and boil thirty minutes. Scrub the

tick to make certain it is clean. Rinse

three times in clear water and hang

in the Wind but in the shade. One

may also wash the feathers in a thin

muslin bag and wash the ticks sep-

‘arately.





 





HOME-MADE GRAHAM WAFERS.





 





We are fond of graham wafers. Can .





you tell me how to make them at

home?— L.





To make glaham wafers use:





1 cup _tl1i1k cream 1 tsp, baking powder

3 cups graham flour 1 tsp. salt





Often cut in two and onehalf-inch

squares. Prick with a fork (before

baking). Total time (six batches)

forty minutes. Makes sixty wafers.





 





To varnish the ’paper behind the

sink so that it can be wiped off with

a damp cloth, coat it with a mixture

made as follows. One ounce of gum

arabic, three ounces of glue and a

bar of soap dissolved in one quart of

water. This amount will cover not

only back of the sink, but back of a

kitchen table, or where fat might spat-

ter from meat cooking on the stove.

-—Mrs. L. T.



When knitting or crocheting, put

your ball 01’ yarn in a small paper

sack, tie it loosely so the ball will

have room to turn as you work and

the thread runs smoOthly.





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No. 5224—Ladies’ Morning Dress.

Cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and

44 inches bust measure. A 381nch





size requires 37/3 yards of 36 inch ma-

Width of skirt at the foot 1%

Price 13c.





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yards.





 





No. 5015 Misses’ D1ess. Cut in

thlee sizes, 16, 18 and 20 years. An

18— —year size made with long sleeves,

requires 3% yards of one material 40

inches wide. With sh01t sleeves 31/4

yards will be required. Price 130





 





No. 5233—Child’s Dress.





Cut in four





 





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made of cont1asting,1/4 yard is re-

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No. 5006—Boys’ Suit. Cut in three

sizes, 2, 4 and 6 years. A four-year

size requhes 114 yalds for the blouse,

and 1% yalds fo1 the t10users cufis

and collars, 36 inches wide. Price 13c.



No. 5222—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in six

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

bust measu1e To make as illustrated

for a 38— inch size requires 3 yards of

40-inch material, with 14 yard of con-

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Women with Slender Hips. Cut in

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and 54 inches bust measure. A 45-inch

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with 17$ yard of contrasting for the col-

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is required. Width of the dress at the

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to digest is the fault of the cook rath-

er than lack of virtue in the cabbage.

That strong odor that pervades the





, house when cabbage is cooked may





also be avoided. If Cabbage is prop-

erly cooked it is quite as delicious and





Most

housewives think that to be edible,

digestible and nourishing, cabbage

must be cooked for hours and hours

This continued boiling transforms the

natural quantity of sulphur in the veg-

etablé‘ into an essence, which acts in

a very uncomfortable manner 0n the

ordinary digestive tract. Cabbage con-

tains both sulphur and hydrogen, and

both of these elements are required by

the system, so when: cabbage is prop-

erly cooked it has a. very wholesome

effect on the digestive organs.-





To boil cabbage properly is a simple

matter, and requires but" little time.

Remove. the outer rough leaves, out

the head" into quarters and remove the

heart. Soak it in cold water for half

an hour, then drain and press out the

water. While it is soaking, heat

enough water to the boiling point to

cover the cabbage. entirely. Add a

teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon

of\ soda. When it is boiling hard

plunge the cabbage in and cover close-

ly for five minutes. Then remove the

cover and continue boiling for twenty-

five minutes—and no longer. Be sure

not to keep the cabbage covered ex-

cept for the first five minutes, though

if the water becomes low, more may

be added, but be sure the water added

is boiling, so that the cabbage will not

quit boiling.





the fact that they are usually hard l'

gway. .. ,



jquite as delicious as

salt, pepper, and dots of Killian.





digestible as either of its cousins, the ’

1 cauliflower, or Brussel sprouts.





-and mix it with white sauce.





in the same way. I usually

with a liberal sprinkling of”





will find that the cabbage cooked- in





'this Way will be tender-“delicious and

absomtely harmless no matter how?





delicate your digestive organs may be.

And moreover, the kitchen will not





have the slightest odor of cabbage, to





tell all comers the tale of your dinner.

The cabbage cooked in this manner





may be used in many more or less"

‘Cabbagéau Gratin: '

v'is not difficult to prepare and is very,

.appetizing. Chop the idesired amount ‘

of the boiled‘cabbage lightly,lso that ~





elaborate dishes.





it will, not be crushed and “messy,”

Put it

in a casserole or baking dish and

spdnkle‘ with finely chopped parsley.

Cover the surface with finé’hread ,or

cracker crumbs, grated cheese, dots'oi.’

butter and a dash of paprika. Bake to

a nice brown. Left-over cabbage may

be reserved in this way.





MAKE SLIP COVERS.





 





Is your, dining room set 'mission

style? If so, try making slip covers





for the chairs and see how attractive





your room will be. The slip cover

should hide the entire .chair back and

tie on at the'seat. If the room is in:

clined to be dark use plain Aorange

linen or cretonne. The figured mate-





rials work up just as pretty, and with

a. table runner to match the chair

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HE way to Happy Land was



I very hard walking. Many times

the three Woodland Wanderers



sat down on a rock or stump by the

path to rest. But they were deter-

mined to reach this Land where every

animal would be happy and where

they would not have to always be





bang—bang gun.



“Swish, swir—r—Swish, swir-r!” they

heard in the air above them as they

rested. There was a great bird flying

above their heads.



“It’s an ugly, ugly bird,” said Brown-

ie as he ducked behind a blueberry





 





“It’s an Ugly, Ugly Bird,” said

Brownie.





bush. He was very much afraid of

this bird because of its ugly nose, as

Of course, birds don't

have noses. We call them bills. ‘ But

it was right where his nose ought to

be, so Brownie called it his nose.





 





The big bird with the ugly nose that





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Doings In Woodland





Bruin Fool: #26 Eager Eagle





the three Woodland Wanderers had

seen flying overhead was an eagle. His

bill crooked around like a. hook, ready

to take, hold of anything at the first

chance. I



And that’s just what Sir Eagle was

planning to do When he was flying

around overhead. At a glance, Bruin

saw what the eagle was after. Rolly





Rabbit saw, too, but he was also afraid ‘





of the big bird with the ugly nose, and

dropped his big ears and hid behind

another blueberry bush.



But aBruin was not even a wee bit

afraid. He saw the big eagle circling

around in the air overhead, making

ready to swoop down upon a Robin

Redbreast and gobble him up fér his

dinner. Robin Redbreast was so busy

digging for a big worm for his dinner

that he never saw Sir Eagle.



Right now, the big eagle was very

near to Robin Redbreast—one swoop

down and he would grab Robin Red-

breast in his big ugly tallons.



“Burr——-Burr—burr!” growled Bruin,

just as loud as ever 'he could growl.





Rolly Rabbit and Browniel"were even-





frightened at 'his fierce growl, but so

was Sir Eagle, just as Bruin. intended

he would be. In a wink the eagle flew

away among the trees.



Robin Redbreast was frightened, too,

and he flew up in a .trec and left the

wiggly worm behind. He never even

knew that a Big Bear saved his life

by that fierce growl. But the three

Woodland Wanderers went on toward

Happy Land, happier than eyer be-

cause of the kind deed they had been

able to do





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6042—Ladies’ Pajamas. Cut in 4



sizes: small, 3436; medium, 38-40;



large, 42-44; extra large, 46-48 inches



bust beasure A medium size requires



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5041~Ladies’ House Dress.» Cut in

6 sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches

A 38-inch size requires

4% yards of 36-inch material it made

with long sleeves. With short sleeves

3% yards will be required. The width

of the dress at the foot is 1% yards.

Price 130.





6191—Misses’ Dress. -Cut in 3 sizes:

16, 18, 20 years. An 18 year size re—

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If jabot is omitted %4 yard less is re-

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4964—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in 8 sizes:

36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 60 inches

A 38—inch size requires

4% yards of 40‘inch material. The

width at the foot is 2% yards, with

‘plaits extended. Price 130.





 





Cut in 4

Sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A 6 year

size requires 1% yard of 32 inch

figured material and 69 yard of plain,

if made as illustrated. Price] 130 c.

No. 4906. --Chlld’s Play sag. Cut in

4 Sizes: 2, 3 4 and 6 years. A

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INTEREST ,1 is becoming keen in the-

1 3 egg-laying chutest now in the last





‘ quarter at the MichiganState College. .





j Recept ”hot" "weather cut production,



' but‘tlie total to date leads the produc-

Ltion for the, corresponding period of

both'last year'and two years ago, be-

ing 151,942, 138,176 and 137,202. Should

the hens maintain their output on the

same level as‘obt'ained a year agqtit

is evident that a substantial gainin

average production per hen this year

will be made. .



The White Leghorns now lead. The

Royal Hatchery has the best pen with

a total of. 2,109 eggs to their credit.

The R. I. Reds of the West Neck Poul-

try Farm" of New York, is the ‘second

best pen with 2,089 eggs. Although

the contest still has two months to

go, one Barred Rock hen is contimnng

to score regularly with a total of 268

eggs to her credit, the best for any

individual hen.





* POSSIBLY TUBERCULOSIS.





 





I feed my hens oats corn and sour

milk, They have fresh water all the

time. They are about two years old.

From the spring until now I have lost

about twenty-five nice large chickens.

Some of, them die on their nest while

setting, and others get weak. Their

combs get dull looking. They keep

gettingweaker. They lose in weight.

They walk around a little, but are so

weak that they can hardly walk. They

are like this for about a week, then

theydie. I fed them some poultry

tonic last winter. Would that cause

them to die—G. J.



The poultry tonic contains harmless

ingredients that would not be respon-

sible for the hen’s dying. Perform a

postmortem on hens that die after be-

coming weak and thin. Note the con-

dition of the liver. The greyish spots

are often a symptom of tuberculosis.



The heavy hens found dead pr

died from an internal ruptu caused

by the strain of laying. Such losses

cannot be entirely prevented, but can

be reduced to a minimum by feeding

the hens balanced rations and making

them exercise. Culling out the beef

type sluggish hens is a help in cutting

down losses from apoplexy and other

internal. ruptures. ‘





RATTLING lN THROAT.





Our hens rattle something like a per-

son with phlegm in his throat. They

eat ’good- and their combs are red,

look all right, only the rattle, and af-

ter they have it a while they seem to

be short of breath.——C. H.





A'rattling' in the throat, and occa-

sional gasping for air, is a symptom

of bronchitis. This is often caused by

exposure on a cold windy range, or

roosting in a damp, draughty house.

Often vigorous birds will throw off the

inflammation in a few days and return

to normal condition.



Isolate the sick birds in a sunny

house, free from draughts. Give a ta-



" blespoonful~ of castor oil containing

eight or ten drops of turpentine. Feed

soft feed, such as a little laying mash

moistened ,with milk. If the trouble

does not run into pneumonia, the bird

is apt to make a fairly prompt re

covery. ‘



Examine-the throat as far down as

possible to see there is no canker

around the windpipe, or foreign mate-

rial lodged in the throat.





 





APOPL EXY.





 





Can you tell me what is wrong with

my hens? They seem to be well, but

once or. twice a week I find one dead

under the roasts, where they have

. I have both

heavy and light breeds. My hens all.

seem well, and are laying. I feed

. corn,” also dry mash





 





 

   





 





,in‘ a self-feeder, milk’hnd cabbage, red

beets. There are. some meat crack-





. lings ind oyster shell before them at





all times. . Is it heart trouble, or what?

Mrs. W. S. . ’



Hens sometimes die from hemor-

rhage of the brain, or apoplexy. It is

most often causedby the straining in

egg, laying, when the heps are rather

fat. Injuries to the head may cause

such losses. In a large flock of heavy

layers, a few sudden losses of this

kindmay occur during the spring, in

’spite of the best of management. It

is a. trouble which contributes to mak-



ing up the normal death rate in a

flock of poultry.





If such losses occur frequently it‘





may indicate too heavy feeding and a

lack of exercise. The losses can be

reduced by making the hens exercise

in deep litter, and reducing the scratch





grain so they will eat more dry mash. 1





Culling out hens heavy with fat will

reduce the death rate in the flock.





GRANGERS HIKE.





 





(Continued from page 220).

officers and local grangers joined in

the evening program.



Restoring their respective circula-

tions after a chill night, the grangers

left their camp in the pine grove early

Thursday morning and headed for

Copemish, where the big program of

the tour was to be held. A crowd of

farmers estimated at 800 gathered

from the sparsely settled district to

hear Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, presi-

dent of Michigan State college, deliver

the main address. Mrs. Phoebe Ben-

ton, county grange deputy, and Wayne

R Crampton, pomona master, who to-

gether shared the chief credit for the

day’s success, also appeared on the

program with state and local officers.

The dinner served by the grange 1a-

dies 31 the attractive Copemish city



rk was one of the best encountered

on the tour. Although, it was mid-af-

ternoon when the tourists left Cope-

mish, good roads made easy the pic-

turesque drive through the famous

game and resort district surrounding

Manistee, and night brought the train

to State Park on Lake Michigan, just

out of that city. Here a “silent” night

was observed to give the tourists an





opportunity to gather informally about-





the camp fire, and incidentally garner

a little extra sleep for the last big day.

The route followed Friday morning

wound about through the fine fruit dis-

tricts along Lake Michigan. Following

the lake southward the grangers stop-

ped at Hart to lunch with Oceana

county grangers. At Shelby one of

the many canneries which dot the dis-

trict was visited. Late in the after-

noon the string was met by an escort

of Grand Haven business men, just out

of the city, and piloted to the famous

concrete oval constructed upon the

sandy beach on the edge ’of the city.

Here a hot luncheon provided by the

chamber of commerce was waiting,

with speakers, to extend a Welcome

on behalf of the city. Toward evening

the grangers were escorted to the

dock of one of the steamship lines

Where an ocean—going vessel had been

placed at their command. All the beau-

ties of Lake Michigan, many times en-

hanced by a glorious sunset that illum-

inated the sandunes along the shore,

were revealed in the two-hour trip

which followed.’ Entering Muskegon

- harbor the ship docked and a farewell

program was held on deck. The moon

had risen when the ship was turned

about, and it was over moonlit waters

that the grangers pushed their way

back to Grand Haven and the official

end of the tour.





 





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RE you tired of me writing? I

bet so. Anyway, I just have to

write someone tonight. The

shadows of night have sent me inside.

Just across the fence from our grove

is about four-acresibeing cleared. It's

my special pastime to sit on a pile of

logs and watch the' others burn. After

the men go at night I can sit for hours

without tiring, either dreaming or talk-

ing to myself. Many pictures I can

see in the fire, but they soon fade. If

only some of my fancies were real.

Outside of watching the fires, I love

to listen to the signing of the pines.

We have many of them on the hills

around our home. When the land is

cleared I hate to see those giant pines

fall, yet lately there’s been a few of

them dropped by heavy Wind'storms.





Today I was out on Lake Susan row—

ing around. I went up the mouth of

the drain, and what do you think I

saw? Well, the trees were full of holly

as red as if it were Christmas time. I





 





., A City Cousin on One of Emily

Miller’s Pets.





hadn’t discovered before that it red-

dens through the summer. I also saw

another odd sight. In the top of a

cypress tree, between forty and fifty

feet from the ground was ahawk’s

nest. The outside was entirely made

of palmetto leaves. It was on the

Palatkaka River about three miles

from home. I row over there quite

often.





By the way, Uncle Frank, if you

ever want to have a real good time,

you should go to a southern picnic.

Everybody turns out in their best,

which i the loudest colors they can

buy. The men are, as a rule, dressed

like cow—punchers, (most of them are

cattle owners), with big hats and red

handkerchiefs tied around their necks.

They carry guns and generally have a

belt of shells around their waist. High-

heeled shoes, with overalls and leggins

finish their outfit. The women dress

much the same as we do, except for

the colors.





I went to one of these picnics and

had a fine time. They had swings and

plenty of boats on the river, and a

lunch in the afternoon. They stayed

until late in the evening and had a

watermelon feast about eight o’clock.

I didn’t wait for it, though.



I surely wish you could have a little

’bit of the rain that we have been have





A Bit of the South





By One of OursMenji Czrc‘ler: “





It coveredi‘ tge lending in

our lake by making the water rise so

high, and every Monday I nearly have

to swim in order to get wash water.

I’m afraid to go out far. on account of,

They are getting so

hold that they come up during the day

_ .Did

you ever see one that was free? They

surely are ugly looking creatures, and

My, but I hate them and





 

 





ing lately.





the alligators.





and catch unsuspecting ducks.





also savage.

all their kind.





Well, I must close and hit the bed. -—





Daisy Brown, South Clermont,,Florida.





We don’t get tired of anybody’ s writ-

ing as long as it is interesting. The





main thing is to have it interesting.

You must have some nice times.





MY GREAT AMBITION.





 





HE other day I got to thinking of

all the different kinds of letters

that have been printed on the Boys’

I thought most of the





and Girls’ page.

letters in which the Merry Circler’s

expressed their greatest ambition.

Then I remembered that I hadn’t

written a letter in which I told my

ambition, so I thought I would write





‘ _» ambition and th





w that everyone has’. it ‘c r





other they find 0 what this is. But





' most people at my age (thirteen‘ 3'

years) have not found their one great '





ambition. Now ’1 haven’t mdde up my

mind about what I consider the

greatest, because sometimes it is this

and sometimes it is something else.



.But I thinkgI would want..to be a

mechanic. 1 would start in by work-

ing in a garage until I had learned 3311

about engines, tractors and everything

a garage” man must know.-. To get

hold of some” old"machinery and take

it apart and then put it together again

.is great fun to anyone wanting to be

a mechanic. And while -I am; working

in the garage I will learn many new

things every day until I have learned

it all;





Then when I have learned it all I

will quit working in the garage and

build a garage of my own in some

town. The work I would do would be

to sell gasoline and'oil, and’repairs

for cars, and all machinery. I would

repair cars, trucks, tractors and en-

gines, and manage the whole garage.



I guess this is all I can think of

about my burning, ambition.



I will not sign my real name be-

cause the M. C.’s might poke fun at

my great ambition, do their letters.—

Ovei a1





 





 





1’60UR LETTER BOX





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





Mr. W. B. needs a rest, so let this

slip by him.



Say, Uncle Frank, don’t you think

“Mark Twain” is a good writer? I

have read six of his volumes and in-

tend to read the rest of them. I am

in the potato club Genesee county is

putting on. Most of the business men

of Flint are furnishing the rural school

pupils between the ages of ten and

fifteen, a bushel of certified potatoes

apiece. When we harvest them we re-

turn a bushel of our best potatoes to

our partner, of which a half bushel is

exhibited‘at a potato show. In the

evening of the day of the show our

partner takes us to a banquet. My

partner is a doctor. ,



It’s 3:00 p. m. and the dinner dishes

aren’t done yet, so I must s1gn off.—

Your cousin, Jennie Cummings. ‘



I like Mark Twain very much. Have

read most of his books. Your potato

club arrangement is a very nice one.

I hope your potatoes are doing well.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have read your page for years but

felt too old to join. Now, since I am

entering my second childhood, perhaps

you will take me in.



However, since your prizes are of

more value to others than to me, for

I have all of them, (vain), I shall not

put in my name and address.



I figured that puzzle to be, “White

signifies purity and blue means loy-

alty.” The white and purity were

brain—teasers.



Here’s wishing you good luck (which

you’ll have if you work for it).~Josh.



Thanks, Josh, for your letter, and

also the dollar for the fund. Your in-

terest in our Circle adds incentive to

my interest in the work. We are

going to have an Old Folks’ Week

some time this fall. L hope you will

take part in it. —





 





Hello, Uncle Frank and Cousins:





Well, I’m back again. This time I

want to give Herbert Estes a piece of

my mind. I presume he thinks his

letter wasn ’t sassy. Jus‘t'imagine! A

lady being told such an insulting thing

as “go lay a brick.” (If he were here

I’d crown him with one). The person

who said it was no gentleman.





Now, about Uncle Frank’s name. I’ve

done all. I could to get him to tell us,





but he seems to stick to his words,





“Won’tdoit.’ - _ .





Well, I’m glad some M. C.’s like my

letters. I just received my Michigan

Farmer and will have to look through

int. CS’long M. C.’s and Uncle—“Bob,”





Well, I guess you gave Herb a piece

of your mind, all right. Wouldn’Lthat

brick be pretty harsh treatment? I

don’t believe you would use it.





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Boys! Boys! , Aren't you going to

wake up? Don’t yousee that the girls

are still Winning most of the prizes?

Are you going to stand by and let

them run this club? Not much, if your

are the kind of boys you are supposed

to be! Boys, you don’t realize how far

behind we are. If you don’t believe

it read the list of contest winners and

you’ll see.





I hope Uncle Frank gets an ava-

lanche of letters from you fellows.

Also, I‘believe you’ll help us, won’t

you Uncle Frank? If the letters don’t

come flooding in I’ve a plan by which

you can help us if you will.





In the meantime I’m going to tax

my energies to the utmost to get help,





as I have a few plans of my own.

Attaboy! Let’s go! Work! Work!

——Herbert Estes, R. 3, Webberville,

Mich.





Time and time again I’ve wished

more boys-would write. I like to see

this at least a fifty-fifty proposition.

I hope, Herbert, that you can stir the





, at some time or“





   





 





It’s either 1,. or g, or





else you' re a fake.





You can’t guess what I do: to earn ”





my Spending money, and I buy my own

clothes. too.

our family of nine, and its not very

much fun either, but I don't mind it:



We have some immigrant neighbors,

too. They can hardly talk English.

but they are learning fast, and they

are ni,ce too. -



My younger brother and I have done

nearly all of the werk on- our eightyt

acre farm this year, hauling all the





. hay alone.





I don’t think boys work any harder

than girls, because my brother will: not

trade work with me for a week: I can

do my Mark and his, too, Tbecaus'e I

did when he was sick. _



Well, I hope you'll excuse my long





lette because I hardly ever write more

tBha once a. year. ——Your niece, “Farm

ee."





One of the names you gave was

right, but maybe I am a- fake, who

knows? You are getting a good train”-

ing in working for a living. If I we're

your brother I don’t think I’d trade

work either, unless to help you out.





 





Dear Uncle Frank.



I have been to the Pacific Ocean,

seen Yellowstone Park (with all of

its tame wild animals), bad lands,

Cascade range, Rocky mountains,

Coast Range, \Snake River, Yellow-

stone River and Columbia River. I

think I saw the country enough.



Gee, it seems good to look at the

Michigan Farmer again. Well, I must





'fing off. -—Your niece, Esther Luepnitz,





0., Moran, Mich.

It makes us feel good that you like





to see the Michigan Farmer again af—‘





ter hitting the high spots in the west.





 





Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:

Good-morning, Uncle Frank! That’s

the way I greet Mother every other

morning about 5: 30 or 6: 00 o’clock.

My sister and I take turns about get-





_, t1ng up in the morning and helping





Mother. I get up one morning and

my sister the next. That way I can

lie in bed in the morning. “Hot Dog.

But I never stay in bed much latger

than 7: 30 or 8:00 o’.clock





Say, some M. C.’ 3 think you look

like an old “Grandfather,” but I don’ t.





I saw your picture in the Michigan '





Farmer and you looked like a “young

shiek. ” But maybe I’ m wrong—maybe

you would look like a grandfather

without a wig. Which is right?



I’ll bet I know what your name is.

It’s Mr. Frank Nance, isn’t it? I feel

like telling the M. C.’ s where to find

it, but I can keep secrets so I’ll keep

this one





Well, I’ll close and sign the name

some schoolmates gave me.——Your

niece, “Pal.” ‘





You don’t need to keep 'a secret

about the name you gave because .it

isn’t the right one. I should think the

morning you get up early, it would be

hot dog, but the other morning it

would be cold dogs. I don't know





whether to feel insulted at being call-

ed a young shiek or not.





 





 





nails: ‘

Iz’ll‘ bet I know what your name is.





I wash the clothes from»
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'Antrim OtséSO. .





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four teams were chosen to represent\

that section of the state at the Detroit

State Fair. Seven counties, Wexford,



ChebOygan, Alpena,



Arenac and Charlevoix were represent-

ed by The teathich participated in

grain judging contests and potato

treatment demonstrations. These can-

tests were under the direction of Mr.



P. G. Lundin, the assistant state club

leader, ably assisted by the county

agents of that region.



The potato club demonstrations at-

traded the most' attention and the

team from Cheboygan county won

first place and the. one representing

Otsego took second. Both of these

will be sent to the State Fair, all ex-

penses paid, to compete for the state

championship. The Cheboygan team

was represented by Elmer Brudy'and

Gordon Reeves, and was coached by

Mr. Fred Brudy, a prominent farmer

at Wolverine. The Otsego team .was

made up of Clifford Miller and Edward

McVanel, and was coached by Mr. Joe

KOScielniak. g



In the .forenoon the members of the

Otsego county clubs, under the direc-





sf rapidlrgaining {flog-715mm}; youngsters participated every.





' ‘ - ‘Michigan was presented;

5'7xbeyond dispute recently when over

‘ fifty. boys and girls gathered there for

‘the elimination, centests, from which





 





club member being present.



One of the reasons for the revival.

of interest in club work in northern

Michigan is the active sponsoring of

it by the Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show





 





 





 





 





 





Drawn by Alta Kyle, of Richland.





Association. Last year one day of the

show was devoted to contests and fea-

tures for the boys and girls, and this

year still more attractive features for

club members are being offered. Many

of the directors are engaged in the or-

ganization of these clubs, particularly

potato clubs. Mr. A. G. Kettunen, the

state club leader, is giving the move-

ment all possible assistance.





 





 





 





DEATH FROM IGNORANCE.





 





“Mrs..R., A. Thomas, reaching for

a bottle of soothing syrup to admin-

ister to her one-month-old baby girl,

tonight by mistake got hold of a dis-

infectant solution which she gave the

In 15 minutes, the baby was

dead, before a physician could arrive.”



CLIPPED the above from a cur-



rent newspaper not that any of you

are likely to know Mrs. Thomas but

because it tells so much to those who

read between the lines. No, I don’t

blame Mrs. ThOmas. She may be a

young 'girl without much knowledge

or experience, .just such a young

mother as may be found in a hundred

different homes in any county in our

land. I do blame the social order that

allows a young woman to assume the

responsibilities of motherhood while

yet in such ignorance.



Yes, she must have been ignorant, or

at least uninstructed. You note this

from the very fact that she had a de-

liberate purpose to give soothing

syrup to a baby one month old. It

was a very- common practice some

thirty years ago, but none but ignor-

ant mothers follow it today. The edu-

cated mother learned long ago that

soothing 'syrup‘ never helps a child.

If it sends the little one to sleep it

does so in spite of whatever trouble

may have existed, not because the

trouble is relieved. It confirms and

makes chronic the nervousness of a

nervous child, the indigestion of a

colicky child, and the constipation of

a constipated child. It has caused

death in thousands of cases that never

do get into, the newspaper and the

ignorant ..'Mrs. Thomas merely substi-

tutedfa‘quicker acting poison for the

checks deliberately intended to give.

- But why did she have a disinfect-

ant solution, a known poison, in such

a place that it could be mistaken for

medicine? Lack of training again.

Perhaps she did not even know that

a. driig of sufficient power to kill germs

and parasites is sure to be poisonous

to all living tissue. No one had ever

impressed upon her the simple fact





., that} every disinfectant,- -mtimtic, de«

, odorizer and other such substance. no

matter ,in what Dorm, should be kept in





 





a locked cupboard from which it can-

not be taken by children or irrespon-

sible persons, and can be' obtained

only by one knowing its character.

These are elementary facts that should

be known to all. But study your own

household and premises, reader! Are

you quite sure that no such danger

threatens those of your own house-

hold?





HEART BOTHERS.





I am a man seventy-three years old.

Am awful short of breath, also my

heart bothers me. Have a numb feel-

ing from my waist line down. Have

also been told that I have sugar in my

urine. I cough a great deal. I am

weak all the time and have no ambi-

tion for anything. Please let me know

what disease I have, and if there is a

cure—D. F.





The sugar in the urine points to

diabetes, but I suspect that the difli~

cult breathing and thewcough mean

that you have also valvular heart trou-

ble. It is not the kind of case that

can be helped much by home treat-

ment. You should have the very best

medical care and if possible the bene—

fit of treatment at a sanitarium. No

doubt you will. get some improvement

from the “rest treatment,” which

means absolute rest in bed and very

careful diet over a period of several

weeks.





 





 





HAIR IS TOO OILY.





 





My hair bothers me all the time

because it is so oily. Why should I be

worse than other girls? What can I

do?——Maud S.



The oil glands of the scalp are ex-

cessively active in some people, usu-

ally young folks. It is a matter that

cannot be controlled by medicine. Diet

helpssomewhat and it is worth while

to exdlude fatty foods, as much as' con-





sistent with health. Constant care of ‘-""





the hair to remove the excessive oil

is necessary. Fats are more readily.

soluble in such agents as other and





alcoholic extracts, so hair washes con-





taining ether, bay rum and alcoholic

extracts are aids to hair dressing in

such cases.





implements and much





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Fifteen .rtatc committee: worlzt‘ng wit/J

tin national committee are now undying

mtbodr for further electrification of agri—

culture. Tl): committee on the Relation of

Electricity to Agriculture u compared of

cconomixt: and engineer: rcprcrmting t1):





Bittersweet

Wanted





Farmer Boys and Girls

should gather the Bit-

tersweet from along

the fences. Write for

instructions. we pay

10 cts. per pound for

good stuff. Hurry or

the season will be over.





Florist Supply Company





6221 hoquois Avo.,

Detroit, Mich.





 





 





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the 7 Barn Dry





The barn is a, pretty important building to

out agricultural industry. We can do With-

out somc paint on our front porch, but un-

less the nation’s barns are dry, our stock, out





of last year’s harvest





may be lost to us forever.





The electric {light and power industry has its

barns too (although they call them power-

houses); its live stock and its implements arc

the generating and transmission equipment

from Which clecrric service comes.





I





The cost of furnishing electric service includes

not only the money needed to produce and dis-

tribute electricity, but also the funds necessary

to “keep the barn dry”

for. the monies invested in the enterprise.





and a “living wage"





Under public regulation, all of these elements

are considered 1n fixing the price paid by the

public for electric service.





U. 5'. Dept:. of Agriculture, Commerce,

and the Interior, Amer. Farm Bureau

Federation, National Grange, Amer.

Society of Agricultural Engincm, Form

Lighting Mfg. Acc'n, and the Nutioml

Electric Ligbt Auociation.





If you are intermed in Ibis wore write for a booklet describing it.





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LIGHT ASSOCIATJ ON





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Farms And Farm Lands For Sale





ATTENTION DAIRYMEN

250-acre farm in fine agricultural section. 40 miles

north of Detroit House. 8 large barns to accom‘

modate 40 cows and 6 horses—~new silos holding 240

tons—sufficient tillable soil for summer pasture and

crops—well. windmill. gas engine. Three miles from

steam and trolley lines. also near two state roads

leadmg to Detroit. About 30 acres timber included.



For particulars communicate with Mr. Hartwull.



JUDSON BRADWAY COMPANY.



Realtor-

!633rm Majestic Bldg. ., 3l5





 





 





 





Woodward Ave.

irmlnohnm. Mich.





Advertising

that Pays





RY a Mich‘gan Farmer

T Classified Ad. to sell



your surplus poultry, or

to get that extra help.





 





They bring results with little“





cost, see rates on page 239 of





this' issue.

Michigan Farmer, Detroit





only 36 packages Chewing Gum ‘._.

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W} :lr‘

_ ipas‘t féwyéars hay, be

Lon‘es for the» iive. stockf-farme s.





" Sheep have been good property part

,~'of.-the time, but not untiimany sheep.

feeders went broke. Horses and beef

cattle have been “out of luck” contin-

ually since 1920. Hogs have lost plenty

of money for those who have put good

feed into them, until last spring. Is

it any wonder that the morale of the

live stock‘industry has been continu-

ally sinking lower? ‘ .

If there ever Was a time when it

required more faith to keep going than

the present, it was’ before our genera-

tion. But hope is the most eternal

thing in man, optimism is a natural

endowment of the one who lives and

works in the big out-of—doors. We are

always ' looking for, and expecting,

something better. For the last five

years we have, for the most part, look-

ed and waited in vain; and failure and

discouragement, year after year, have

broken down our morale, weakened our

spirit, dampened our ardor.





We know very well that this condi~

tion cannot always last. We know

that there are better times ahead, and

when we size up the live stock situa-

tion the country over, we areinclined

to believe these times are near at

hand. It takes courage, it takes faith,

it. takes a great deal of patience to

'keep on with the farm and the live

stock under such discouraging condi-

tions as these last few years have wit-

nessed, yet those are the very quali-

ties that bring the greatest rewards in

any line of endeavor. They always

have their reward sooner or later.



If the natural laws of economics do

not fail entirely, we can state with

a reasonable degree of assurance that

hogs‘are already back for at least a

period of high prices. With equal as—

surance we can look to a long period

of prosperity for good draft horses.

We cannot say just when beef cattle

are going to get back where they be—

long, but some recent sale reports, and

a study of supplies would indicate that

they are on their way. Sheep are al-



_ ready good property, and the dairy in—

dustry is stable. The threatened over-

production of a year or more ago has

been satisfactorily nipped in the bud.

We have every reason to believe that

the next five years will write a very

different story in the live stock indus-

try than the past five—A Live Stock

Man.





 





 





THE DRAFT HORSE MAKES A

SCORE.



THERE is one thing, at least, still ~



in favor of the draft horse on the

farm. He furnishes a ready market

, for the products of the farm. The

farmer is patronizing his own industry

when he does his work with drafters.

While the tractor farmer is giving of

his energies to keep the wheels of the

factories and the oil wells going, with

their short hours and long pay, the





. horseman is consuming the product of

his owu labor. He is eating his cake





 





in Many Sections of-Michlgan Beef is

Cost Them Little Money. The Ch

tening Influence That it Should Ha





"White year in the» last four, thereghast. 3

"beeh contentment in the dairy camp.-





, {and still havingitSSO I to speakwtl





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three-fourths. :ef the piertiliaing" réelef;





ments‘ ofhay and grain are"‘:féd;gto

horses on the,.far”m.i~»To the (manwho





sells them to buy gasoline‘iand iron'





there are 'no ’farther“.benefi_§ts. ;%They

are gone for good,»and the/residue of

gasoline and ‘ machineryris but noxious

fumes and junk—P; P. ‘



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EXTRA“ FEED FOR YOUNG LAMBS.





 





T is always advisable to feed young

lambs ”or any kind of young amok—~—

pigs, calves or chickens—extra. If you

would build a lamb run, that is, make

a pen large enough to accommodate





 

 

 





 





infirm

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, that should i be looked out for" before

constructing,“ the pond Appond to be





sanitary may r‘have to ”be, drained and-





.ci’eaned. With vthe‘gaboiIe, factors in

" mind choose a. place gthat is iowand

one that: will .not‘receiv'ertoo‘ much sur-

face drainage, as’" theregis. a possibility

that themud and soil from the adia-



‘ cent hillsides Will be” carried toit'he

pond andflll it" up. V





The time to make the pond is. this





 





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eron mares furnish





These six Perch





of Floyd Love. Th





 





the horse-power on theAlO-acre farm





ese two fine boys are his sons—Fred is seven and Charles





nine years old. Charles drives four of the horses on the sprin -tooth har-

row and also out four acres of oats inthree hours with three of these power





units.





the lambs so that they could get in

and out and sheep could not, you could

feed the lambs extra in this run. Feed

them ground oats and corn meal, and

ensilage also; in fact, anything they

care to eat. 'It might be well to let

them eat ensilage with old sheep, also

hay, but grain should be fed .alone so

the old sheep could not get to it. .It

is possible by this extra feeding and

care to make a big growth on lambs.

You could get them to market much

earlier. Extra feeding put into young

growing animals is never wasted if fed

with care.——C.





 





A POND FOR THE FARM.





 





HERE are many farms that have



no dependable running ditches or

other available watering places for the

live stock. Then, too, a good pond

serves as a bath for the hogs, as a

means-where the horses and cows may

stand and keep the files off of their

feet and legs. This‘is a service that

cannot be estimated in dollars and

cents. The significance of it may be





partly realized by watching the farm

animals on a hot day as they enjoy

such an experience as a pond offers, /





 





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Relatively Lou/“C‘ostvaecauafi _ _

This Method-“ls That "T e Eyepfi the._Master’.'





fall when the ground is dry. If there

is a flowing spring that may be made

over into a pond it will be much more

serviceable. ‘ ,





In digging the pond be sure that itw





is deep enough but that‘ there are

no “jump-offs" or sudden deep places

where the animals might get into deep

water and drown—I. Holt.





 





HOG MARKET UNCERTAIN.





 





HOG prices have had a fair rally in

the last few days, and bulges con-

tinue to hold. Receipts have fallen off

slightly, some export business in hog

products is being worked, and packers

are beginning to act a little more as

though hogs are worth the money.

The outlook for the next month or

six weeks remain highly uncertain.

September is usually the month of

lightest slaughter. If the crop of old

hogs runs out early, some recovery

from the recent low point may be

seen.» There is little doubt that the

new crop of pigs will be late. Last

year there was a gap in the market

supplies in early October. Conditions

are more favorable for such a gap this

year. Erratic fluctuations are prob-





 

 





 





   





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Cattlemen- , H ave- :Avaqusl'é as A





‘ ideal-of tithe should be spent

in vdecidingivupon the, site. as- thisjis

memos: important element in. build’f 37';



ing a pondzmrainageis another factOrr;





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, .1LAMikrfifi’lcss"confines Linen. '





 





AMB prices are} holding remarks

‘ .ablyiii‘rtnsRéCeipt’s ”have increased, '

s a i $851113 ~~ tendency”; may - set. air: ,_





 





at





again, although sufpliaS ,afii‘rriving ‘ara r ‘ .





below.‘ nOrmal . for; thief season of. :the

year. ~ Whether; this means "asmal'ler ,

lamb crop, than reported, larger re-

ceipts later-Ion, or a marked tendency.

to hold backewe lambs in order to:

expand flocks, cannot be determined." ~

" Choice light feeder lambs ' are cut;

selling fat lambs, and are about $2.00

over heavy feeders, so that the latter

may be [the safer purchase. The move-

ment offeeder' lambs from the twelve

leading markets into the corn belt

states since July 1 has been consid—'

erably'lighter than last year, but about

the same as two years ago. Scarcity

of suitable thin lambs, rather than un~

willingness to buy, seems to be respon-

sible for the decrease. '





 





 





WOOL MARKETJIS SLOW AGAIN.

' AFTER a. short period of activity fol-



lowing the small'decline in wool

prices early in August. the market has

turned; extremely slow again. Mills

are not uying except in a very small

way, a d some of the sales reported

sh‘ow slightly lower prices. Foreign

markets, however, are quite strong

since British buying has been resum~'

ed. There is little or no complaint

from woolen goods trade circles, and

the tendency to curtail mill operations

which has been in evidence since last

October is disappearing. The princi~

pal question mark in the outlook is

the way the market will take the lib-

eral southern hemisphere clip which

will be shorn in the next two months.





 





 





FEW CATTLE FROM RANGES.

THE United States Department of



Agriculture estimates there will be

about 250,000 fewer cattle marketed

from the range states this fall than

last fall. This is a decrease of about

six per cent. Most of the decrease is

in the southwest, where dry Weather





forced many cattle to market earlier

in the year. ' \





 





I

FEEDER DEMAND BROADENS.





 





FEEDER demand in the last six



weeks has been broader than last

year, although it is not equal to the

record of 1922 and 1923. The decline

in fat cattle prices .a week ago, and

larger receipts of rangers have result-

ed in slightly lower prices for stockers

and feeders, but no big additional de-

cline is anticipated.



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Business reports are to the effect

that 90% of the various lines of trade

and industry are making a better

showing than they were a year ago.
about

arcity

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' type.‘;of“ho . ‘

fir thing‘we' should look {or in a hog

this ‘fits‘ Vinodern requirements is’a





- slitting 'back,‘ uniform .13: Width from





fr" t to rear, and, unifurmly arched.

This is where the high-priced cuts

are; found,'and we. want it as near per-

fectlas possible. , We want to avoid a,

flatness ‘over _'th'e., shoulders, or any

,nar’fownesshcrOSs the _loin. , .



“‘ ”LOok well [to the side; we think

more of it now thanwe used to. It is





these deep, straight, smooth, sides that-





'cut up dnto nicely striped bacon. We

do not want t e value of these savory

slices marred ’ y creases or wrinkles.

They also cause much extra work in

scraping when butchering time comes

round, and the deeper you can get this





'side, the more bacon there is.

" : The hams andshoulders should also





be deep, well let down‘ on the body,

and well filled, but not necessarily

.bulging. They should fit neatly into

the body, and so ‘even- with the. side

that a straightedge held along the side

would touch. the body all the way. Too

much bulging inclines to coarseness,





and takes the growth that might bet:





ter be some place else. _



As the animal walks off naturally,

the underline should be straight all the

way. If the side-s are deep, the flanks

both front and rear are full, the hams

and shoulders, well let down, and not

too much nor too little jowl, the un-

derline will be all right, and likewise

the heart girth that we used to talk

so" much about. ‘ Q



And then the feet and legs: There





is not much meat on them, to be sure;

but they support and carry the whole





works. They are the'foundation and

you know the importance of the foun-

dation if it is a superstructure you

wish to build. So we want the legs

and feet of good size; and straight,





toes close together, not sprawly; pas-

terns short and straight and stalky,





not slender, long and sloping. Knees





that knock toward each other, and,





hooks set at too great an angle are

common faults and should be avoided.





 





ooN'T NEGLECT THE GRAIN.





 





THERE appears to be no economy



in trying to raise Pigs without

grain. Down in Indiana tests were

made between pigs fed grain and those

receiving other feed but. no grain.

Twelve per cent of the pigs receiving

no grain died, while only 3.4 per cent

of those enjoying a ration'of grain

failed to live. '





 





LAFE EVENS UP.





 





(Continued from page 227).





M. Sebastien had said that ten

o’clock would see Lafe’s return, but

he had not arrived by midnight.



The storm was then at its maxi-

mum. The shuddering habitants in

the frame shacks clustered about the

store heard the trees falling in the

woods. The howling wind raged over

the Gulf, and the snow-whirls had

blotted out the moon, though over-

head was clear weather.





At first Jean and Late had stridden ‘





side by side;' then Jean’s brandy-

sodden body had begun to feel the

numbing cold, in spite of his macki-

nawhand he had begun to lag. The

stinging snow clouds enveloped them;

they gropedior the trail and lost it,

found it agaln, and forced themselves

into the storm. The wind was a whip

of steel; they sank waist—deep in

drifts, and extricated themselves, and

struggled on.



Long before the distant lights of

St. Jean became. visible at the crest

of the hills, Jean Bigot was stumbling

and sliding wearily in: the cindery

snow, and Lafe was supporting him.



“Votre femme! ‘Votre fine!" said

Late. urging him on.



‘Ah,.ou|!" Jean would utter, and

go a little/farther and half collapse.



The Wind was subsiding, and the

bitter cold seemed to eat through

their fleshv.__ Late felt his. hands and

feet grow numb. . A deadly weariness

was stealing «eyer‘ him. ‘ ‘



The will that dirlpcted' him was all



, s1. Ody, and- he ’con—

tinged; , like, 1am. automaton, scarcely



.. his surroundings; and

g,» ., “o lean





   





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hog man describ-

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called for him. And now Monsieur le





,within the cottage.





. 1.3! fro , .



not, wait , cg?! ._

, pod as his head dropp‘e down

and; sr‘eyes closed: _ g '



fi-Votro fills!" said Late. 1; . ..

_ He- would pull him -’to’ his. feet, and

the interminable journey would begin

once more. "So, half dragging, half

Carrying Jean, Lafe made the descent

of Eagle Mountain.



Beneath him the lights of St. Jean

went out, one by one. The twinkling





 





 





line became only isOlated points of ,





light, except at the river month, where

a large star seemed to shine from .the

clustered cottages. '



\ It seemed to Lafe that so long as

thestar burned he could find strength

to journey on. ' '



Jean) had become a half-animate

thihg that slid with him down the

mountain. So long as they descended

upon the slippery snow they made fair

progress ;' but at the bottom the forest

began again, and Jean could not 11ft

his feet along the trail.

down, and immediately he was asleep.



Slowly- he felt the chill diffused

through his own limbs creep upward.

He sat down for a moment at Jean’s

side to recover strength. At once a

crowd of images thronged is brain,

so real that they seemed obj .ctified.



They were fighting again, nd Bigot

had him down, and was blinding him

withhis blows.



I, They were a long way back upon

the mountain, and could never reach

their destination. Was it worth while

,to try when his job would end so

soon?



i It was hard on Clarice and the girls,

but that was the lot of life.



l ”He had hoped to pay off the mort~

gage on their home; but still there

was a'little money in the bank, and

Clarice need not starve. He thought

of the days when he had courted her.

He had been a lumberman then, a

drinker and fighter; he had promised

Clarice that he would make a man of

himself, and he had kept his promise.

He must go to her and remind her of

that when he had rested.



Somebody was shouting in his ear.

He heard his name called again and

again:



“Late! Lafe!” '



He muttered drowsily and let his

,eyes close. But the voice would not

[be denied. It sounded at first like

.Clarice’s voice; and again it sounded

like a child’s voice; and again it was

both, and urging him to awaken.

He had never been a quitter, and it

would not be time to quit until he had

seen Carson./





He sat up. It was only the wind

.moaning through the pine groves. He

tried to rise, but his legs bent under

him, and he seemed to be staggering

on stilts. \



Beneath him, not far away, a single

eye was winking. It was the light

from Mme. Bigot’s house. As long as

it burned he knew that he must con-

tinue on his journey.



He saw a body beside him in the

snow. It was Bigot. Now Late re-

membered all, and with a desperate

effort he threw off the benumbing

drowsiness.

giant’s body in his arms, and placed

it astride of his back. Gripping the

limp arms, he stumbled onward.



At last he was on the St. Boniface

Road, passing between the lines of

dark houses. Now he was on the

bridge. above the roaring torrent. He

saw the light before him; he staggered

toward the door.



As he approached he heard the bells

of a sleigh, which approached and

pulled in. A little man sat hunched

up behind the waterproof. It was





 





Tessier, the postman, returning froml





his route.



M. Tessier looked at the two uncon-

scious bodies before the door.



“Sainte Vierge!” he muttered. “It

is the man with the measles!”



“And he carried him in," he explain-

ed volubly' to the clerk in the store,

next day, while the lumberman gath-

ered about him to hear his story.

“Miles he must have carried him

through the woods because little Marie





Cure says she will get well. You never

saw such a spectacle, monsieur, for

their faces were bruised and covered,

with dry blood, and all night M. Se-

bastien rubbed their limbs with snow,

for they Were frozen as stiff as

corpses, while Mme. Bigot prayed for

them. Assured‘ly he has the strength

of a dozen men to have carried Jean

Bigot.” ' ‘



“And to have thrashed him,” said

the store clerk in awe.



Little Baptiste kneeled at Lafe’s side





“So you see, Lafe, you must stay,”

he said. “The men say that you. got

to be their boss or else they quit work,

and the pulp company run short of

lumber. You stay, hein?” \

‘ “I guess I'll try it-‘a while longervif

they feel that way,” said Late. '



“Oh, sure! They won’t give you no.

more troubieunow, Late. I told you it





Lafe set him '





 





 





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_ '? expression was uttered by, one‘fo

- the great English live stOck-breed-ers

more than one hundred years ago. it

summed up his life-time experience in

breeding live stock. This is still -a

fundamental truth today in all'fields

or live stock breeding. ' . " >

' Progress in’ building a better herd

lies 'in the introduction of better blOod

through, the sire. Half of the inherit-

ance that eaCh animal possesses comes

from the sire. f ‘



‘The hull whose get are an improve-

ment in production and type over their

dams-is keenly sought by all dairy-

" men. Ten daughters of Chilmarks

May King produced .21 average of 119

pounds more butter—fat per year than

their dams. No accurate price or value

can be placed on such bulls.



Record keeping locates both the de-

sirable and the undesirable bull. Rec-

ord keeping based on ordinary farm

feeding and management practices is

a safe standard to use in comparing

and selecting bulls. The cow testing

association offers the best method to

properly gauge the transmitting ability

of a dairy bull because it takes into

account all the daughters sired by a

bull.



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‘Hjolsteins-in their herds. Bethe} the‘Se‘ hrs ' '_

herds averaged above “-500fpouh‘ds bigot, butteréfa -. .

hatter-fat. 7;, 2;? ' ~ milk. Sixth hobo .

Fourth honor belongs to arm‘emberiineyfi owner ; 91.5.58,- * ..

of the Genesee No.«'{Z—..Cow;:T_estihngs«A-r‘ne‘mhjr of the" {is case No

sociation. VLafayette;QPh‘illipssfi‘tester. Testing Associatio

W.’ E. "Robb ‘is, the , owner‘s: his hard, ' i me. ,Kriohlmkand been

which averaged: ‘495 poundsofbut- OWners of pure-bred andzritd

tor-fat. Mfi'Rob’bjalso‘ ownsfpure-bred and‘ members,viin "the" "

Holsteins. 7‘ ’ f‘ '

The first Jersey herd ,to appear in

the high herd table is owned by Henry

Myers, member of the ,chana County

Cow Testing Assdciation. " L. D. Leis-

enring, tester. ,Mr. Myers" six pure-





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HO has the best herds and the best individual cows of the three.

Wleading breeds of dairy cattle among- the herds now running in the

cow’ testing associations of the state? The following data from sev—‘

enty-nine active organizations, comprising over two'thousand herds which-

contain better than 21,000 dairy cows gives to the readers of the Michigan

Farmer a line on the leaders of these three breeds. .

The folloWing hig herds of Holsteins, as reported to the Dairy Exten-

sion Division of the Michigan State College, covers the cowtesting asho-

ciation year. from July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925.~ The names of the owners of ,

these herds, together with thew number of cow years and average producj





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period of service on one farm should" tion of milk and butter-fat, are as follows:





be re-located in another herd. Rec-

ords will tell how long a bull should

be kept. «



The greatest need for more profit-

able dairying in Michigan is better

herd sires—proven sires. Recently the

Dairy Department of Michigan State

College instituted the Record of Per-

formance where provision is made to

recognize proven sires. Fourteen bulls

in Michigan have met the requirement

of five or more daughters which have

made the requirements of the Record

of Performance. These dairy bulls are

aged sires. They have been given the

opportunity to prove their value. The

names of the bulls and the number of

Record of Performance daughters are

as follows:





Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld...

Noble Sensational Lad ...... . . . . . .

Alcartra Pontiac Vale DeKol. ......

Oxford Katherine’s Major ..........

Signal’s Golden Oxford Lad .........

Ypsilanti Sir Pietertje DeKol ......

Golden Chene of Riverdale .....

Houwtje Canary Cadillac Lad . . . . . ..

McKay’s Lad ............. . ........

Alpha Pontiac DeKoi King .........

Rosaire’s Fern Lad .......... . .....

Swigartdale Korndyke Hengerveld. .

Sophie’s Adora’s Son ..

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HIGH HERDS IN MILK AND

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. DURING the year July 1, 1924, to

1' June 30, 1925, seventy-nine Mich-

igan Cow Testing Associations com-

pleted a year’s testing work. A study

of the summaries sent in by the Mich-

igan cow testers indicates that Mich-

igan cows under cow testing associa-

tion work produce efficiently and prof-

itably for their owners.



Better than 2,000 herds are reported

in the summaries and a grand total «of

approximately 21,000 cows are oWned

in these herds. The highest herd av-

erageof this large group of dairy cows

is found to belong to Jay F. Bowlby,

of Ovid, Michigan. Mr. Bowlby is a

member of the Clinton-Shiawassee

County Cow Testing Association. He

has been testing for two years and

owns a herd of pure-bred Holsteins.

This herd averaged 14,584 pounds of

milk, and 539.4 pounds of butter-fat.

Mr. Bowlby is credited with 9.91 cow

years.



Second and third honors go to mem-



~ bers of the Sanilac No. 2 Cow Testing

Association, Robert Van Camp, cow

tester. The two members 'of this asso-

ciation, Glen Clarkson and W. J. Ben-

nett, both have pure-bred and grade





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B Nor“ CW Milk“ 'r t. - Fat

Assoeiation and Owner. reed. . es

Clinton-Shiawassee. Jay F. Bowlby ..................... PB 9.91 14538 3.71 539.41

Sanilac No. 2. Glen L‘larkson ........................... PBchr 7.91 13057 3.98 521.35

Sanilac No. 2. W. J. Bennett: ............... ....... PBéGr 6.00 12132 4.13 501.74

Genesee No. 7. W. E. Robb ......................... .... P ‘ 5.66 14351 3.45 495.1

Genesee No. 7. E. J. Hackney ........................ ... '. Gr 5.58 14100 g 3.46 487.86

Marquette-Alger. Branch Prison ......................... PB&Gr 16.20 14954 3.18 475.

Kent-West-Alpine, John C. Buth ....................... PB 16.00 14824 3.17 470.40

Clinton-North, l. Koenigslmicht ............. . .......... PB 8.00 11948 3.93 409.80

Sanilac No. 1. George Black ........................ ... PB 6.00 13005 3.50 467.60

Allegan-North, ,Bert Tex-Han ............ . .............. PB&Gr 17.58 13644 3.43"” 407.50





The following table gives the names of the owners of the ten highest

producing Holstein cows in all of the cow testing association work for Mich-’

-igan, covering the year July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925. These are as follows:





 





Association and Owner. ' , Breed. Age. Milk. Test. Fat.

Van Burch-Northpllalph Sherman ......... . ....... .... PB 7 17985 3.60 65.8.20

Washtenaw-Saline, W. L. Rundel ......... .. ........ PB 5 20543 3.83 786.45

Genesee No. 7, J. E. Post ......... . ................ ... PB 22583 3.27 738.40

lonia-Belding. Michigan Reformamry ............. . ..... PB 8 23217 ' 3.17 735.98

lonia-Belding. Michigan Reformatory .......... . PB 10 22833 3.18 720.09

Sanilac No. 2, Wm. J. Bennett ............... 7 14349 4.99 716.8

Genesee No. 7, J. E Post ..................... PB 19280 3.68 710.50

Sanilac N0. 2. Wm. J. Bennett .................... .... Gr 7 14310 4.88 098.33

Genesee No. 8, Jack Calvert .................... . ..... . PB 4 16880 4.10 094.70

Monroe, George Schroeder ............................. PB \ 7 16959 4.04 084.80





The following high herds in Jerseys are reported by the Dairy Exten-

sion Division of the Michigan State College covering the cow testing asso-

ciation year, July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925. The names of the owners of

these herds, together with the number of cow years and average production





in milk and butter—fat, are as follows: .

B ' Nor“ C" Min: '1' t. ’F t



Assoriation and Owner. oars. . es a

Cessna. Henry Myers ........................ . ......... PB 6.00 9155 5.40 493.35

Allogan»Central, Wm. Knoblock ........................ PB&Gr 16.20 9022 5.40 487.19

Allegan-Central. Leon Godfrey ..... . ................... PB&Gr 2.00 9022 5.20 476.68

Allegan-West, F. Nichols ...................... .. ....... Gr 5.00 9011 5.07 456.90

Sanilac No. 2, Edward Coupa .......................... PB 9.00 8081 4.57 450.60

Oceans, Sam Odell .................................... PB 11.00 8000 5.50 444.51

St. Joseph. W. C. & C. L. Harder ........ PB 11.00 9176 4.80 443.50

Grader-North, Earl Bayes ............................. Pug:- 6.83 9155 4.83 442.10

Newaygo, Henry Pekel» ..................................... B‘ 8.41 7492 5.88 440.00 .

Kent-Alto, B. A. Fen-all ........................ . ..... PB 6.30 7830 5. 2 440.00





The following table gives the names of the owners of the ten highest

producing Jersey cows in all of the cow-testing association work for Mich-

igan, covering the year July 1, 1924, todune 30, 1925. These are as follows:





 





Assoeiation and Owner. Breed. ' Ase. Milk. Test. Fat.

St. Joseph, W. C. 8: C. L Harder ..................... Gr 7 16536 3.9 652.5

Kent-Alto. C. W. Johnson PB 7 10422 6.16 641.8

Kent-Alto, G. C. Richards ........................... Gr 7 13107 4.86 036.5.

Allegan-Central, Wm. Knobloek a Son ................. Gr 9 12050 5.20 027.5

Newaygo, Henry Poke] ................................ .. .. 12153 5.09 024.

Osceola, Charles Warden ........................ . ..... PB 7 10202 5.97 609.3

Osceola, J. J. Coon ................................... PB 5 11209 5.38 003.

Sanilac No. 2, Edward Coupa .......................... PB 4 10215 5.90 601.7

Allegan-Central, “'m. Knoblock & Son ................. . PB 4 9413 6.30 595.2

Allegan-Central, Leon Godfrey ......................... Gr 8 11314 5.30 594.0





The following high herds in Guerase'ys are reported by the Dairy Exten-

sion Division of the Michigan State College covering the cow testing asso-

ciation year, July 1, 1924, to June 30, 1925. A total of seventy-nine Michigan

Cow Testing Associations, comprising" over 2,000 herds, which contained

better than 21,000 dairy cows, have been 'used in compiling the following

table. The names of the owners of these herds, together with the number





of cow years~and average production in milk and butter-fat are as follows:

’ No. of Cow . ’





 





Association and . Owner. Breed. Years. Milk. Test. Fat.

Newayso. E. E. ice ................................. PB 7.83 ‘8889 5.03 447.60

Genesee No. 1. P. S. '8; C. Faye Myers ................ PBkGr 10.00 8109 5.02 128.48

Cass. Jones & Aldredgc ...... ' ......................... Gr 10. ,0 8789 4.80 \ 423.80

Allegan-East. Harley McBride .~ ............... Gr 10. 2 8790 4.71 1 .4

Marquette-Alger. J. B. Duotsch 4.... PB 28.30 8233 4.96 408.40

Gogebic. Charles J. Olson ............................. PB&Gr 9.91 7985 5.09 . 407.90

Kent-West—Alpine. R.‘ B. Holmes ...................... PdeGr 9.00 8021 5.04 404.10 ‘

Jackson-Farms, Howard Kirby ...... Gr .1100 7959 5.00 399.40

Lancer North. George Chapin ........................... Gr 7.00 8341 4.76 3 7.

Kent—West-Alpine. R. A. Holmes ............. . ......... PB 13.00 7815 5.04 394.20





The following table gives the names of the owners of the ten highest

producing~ Guernsey cows in all of the cow testing association work for Mich-

igan, covering the year July 1, .1924, to June 30, 1925. , These are as, follows:





 





 





A comma and Owner. . Bred. - Age Milk. _ . Fat.

Mamusgtte—Alger. J. B. Duetsch ............ .. . . PB 7 12722 4.90 827.00 ‘

Marquette-Alger, J. B. Duetsch ........................ PB 6 12876 4.100 .

Marquette-Alger. J. ‘B. Duetsch .. PB a 1144s. 5.1g . 588.00 ._

Marquette-Alger, J. B. Duetsch‘ . . . . . . . . . . . ..y .. PB .8 10783 5.3 582.

Newaygo, E; -P. ~ Price ' .................. . . . . .‘.’, . . . . .. PB 9 1%” 5.00 1 573.00

Allegan—East. Harley McBride ..... ...........,.... Gr ‘8_ 1. 23 4,49 * 503.50

Kentswest-Almne.‘ Richard B. Holmes .3... ... . .‘. .. u . 4 ~ Gr. ' U . 8845 5.61 552.30 -

Genesee No. 1. C. H. 5.1.1. 8.,Myerse.....,............v. ‘ Gr. . :_ 1398:. fig 539.”.

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number, of cdws—Csixteen/andtw‘elve ’

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‘ Prisonehefdffir/Marquette.cdunty, ah . '1‘

the! highest. - yearly "- r'ailérase.’ hamélyfi V

14,954 pounds of 11511:.» on .;1;s.2: cow 1

Years. , John _C. Buth, of .,t_he..Kentss’





   

 

 

 

 





 





Van Buren-North: J. F. Bowlby, of the

Clinton4Shiawassee; W» 7. Robb,‘ of the . .

Genesee No. 7, sand.E.1:-«W.. Hackney.

Génesee‘...No,. 7,.1a11- had! herds which

averaged above 114,000 poundsyof milk. ‘

Berta -Tér Haas, got the 'Allegan‘North;

W. L. Rtmdel. «Wfléh‘t‘enaw-Saline; W.

'3. Harper 8; ”Sons, Kent-South, nd

' the Michigan 'Reformatory‘ of. the Ionia-

Belding Cow Testing AssociatiOns, are .

the other herds which ranked among

the ten highest in milk production for

this period. , ~ ‘





 





 





HIGH cows INMMICHIGAN’S HERDS

UNDER TEST.



THE following records on the, ten



highest butter-fat producing Cows

in each age classwe reported by the

Dairy Extension Office of the Michigan

State College covering the cow testing

association year, July 1, 1924, to June

30, 1925. A total of seventy-nine Mich-

igan Cow. Testing Associations com-

prising over 2,000 herds which con-

tained better than 21,000 dairy cows





have been used in obtaining. the fol-

lowing records.





In the mature cow class, W. L.‘Run~

del, member of the Washtenaw Saline

Association, has the highest producing

butter~fat cow for the year July 1,

19,24, to June 30, 1925. His pure-bred

Holstein produCed 788.1 poundsof but-

ter-fat and 20,534 pounds of milk. Sec-

ond and third high cows in this class _

belong to the Michigan’Reformatory

of the Ion’ia-Belding Cow- Testing As- '

sociation. Other dairyinen who had

cows which ranked among the .ten

high are as follows: W..J. Bennett

and Glen Clarkson, members -of' the

Sanilac No, 2; George J. Schraeder.

Monroe Cow Testing Association; W.

C. & C. L. Harder, of the St. Joseph .

Cow Testing- Association; Bert Ter

Haar, Allegan North; 0. WrJohnson,

Kent-Alto, and G. C. Richards, mem-

ber of the Kent-Alto Cow Testing As.

sociation. "



Eight Holstein and two Jerseys com—

pose the ten highest butter-fat produc-

ing cows in the over four and under

five age class. The high cow was a

pure-bred Holstein. Jack Calvert was

the owner of this cow which made 16,-

880 pounds of milk and 694.7 pounds

of butter-fat. This cow was tested in

the Genesee No. 8 Cow Testing Asso-

ciation. The next three coivs are own-

ed as follows: W. R. H-arper.& Sons,

of the ~Kent~South; Michigan Reforma-

tory, Ionia Belding, and J. E.‘ Post,

member'of the Genesee No. 7 Cow

Testing Association. These are also

Holsteins. Edward Coupa has the fifth

highest cow, a pure-bred Jersey in this

age class. He is a member of the San-

ilac No. 2 Cow Testing Association.

The-owners of the other high cows in

this class are as follows: I. Koenigs—

knecht, member of. the'Clinton-North;

Ernest Hagen, Huron-Ubly Cow Test

ing Association; 'Wm. Knoblock &

Son, Allegan-Central; W. E. Robb,

Genesee No“ 7, and Tom Kelsey, A'lle. ‘

gansEast ~ Cow Testing Association. 7

.. Seven pure-bred and gradeflolsteins,

two. purebred. ,JérsOys; and m m

bredéaiieraéé 10.0% " l

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'COLDWATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.





 





 





 





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tenths ‘whole herd is. what really



..ngh Herd Production Means Profit

824. cows ycnd boilers in. Michigan State

nerds produced 8.309.497 lbs. of milk dur-

lnfl the year ended June 30: 1925.



An Average of l0.lfl.7 Lbs. Per Cow

The average ”annual. tion of oil the

dairy (:0st in momma. according to census

figures, is 3.918’ lbs. per cow. 2%) _

high production in your future on! use

a. sire bred by





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Lansing, Michigan





 





 





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domes s

yfimg‘bull. W. ¥V. Bur-dick. Willismslon; Mlch._





Registered cows. heifers.

Some A





Gue:nscys . n. Others A.

herd. Write for prices





onto 0. Accredited

etshcussrsn nous. Inc.





 





Some. reel bargains in reg-

istered cows and heifers. one





calves.

R. par-





Wyobrooke. Pa.





made 22,603 pounds of milk and 736.5

pounds of butter-fat and 19,280 pounds

of mill; and 710.5 pounds of butter-fat

respectively. Otto Mietz, member of

the Macomb No. 1; J. G. Lewis. mem-

‘ ber‘ of the Washtenaw—Ann Arbor;

.Glen Clarkson of the Sanilac No. 2;

and R. C..Woodward, member of the

Clinton-Shiawassee Cow Testing Asso-

ciation. Sidney Robert and . Sam

Odell, members of the Oceans. Asso-

c’iations, have the seventh and eighth

cows in this class. These are pure-

bred Jerseys. The ninth highest pro-

ducing cow is a pure-bred Guernsey

owned by Earl Hemingway, of the Ber-

rien Cow Testing Association. The

tenth highest is a pure-bred Holstein





 





comb No. 1 Cow Testing Association.





 





Holstein Cows and

Young" Bulls





When buying a. young bull. secure one bred for great-

or production and better type. We have them of

desirable conformation out of cows with very credit-

able records. Also a few young cows safe in calf

and th records up to 25 lbs. as Jr. 3—yr.-old.

Send for extended pedigrees.





Lakefield Farm; Clarkston, Mich.





0m 6000 Jersey (low is Worlh

More than a Boron Scrubs





If you want high class Profitable Registered Jersey

Cattle. by all means arrange to attend the





Hillbrook farm

complete Dispersal Sale





Tuesday, September l5, l925

Ypsilanti, Michigan



h entire herd consisting of FORTY HEAD OF



EMBOICE COWS. OPEN AND‘ BRED HEIFERS and



a, few Good Bulls to be sold at your price. Many



of these cows already have register of merit records



others still on test and making big records.





Mr. Bert Shuart, Owner





For catalog address .

”Tom Dempsey. Sale Manager. Westervllle. Ohio.





FOR SALE





7 Head Registered Holsteins, 8 cows due this fall.



A Z-year-olds due thirs1 tall, 31 ytzsrlmg babies: Cow

e 00d reco sin e .ooman in



cows h“ 3 JOHN STERLING. R. No. l.





 





Testing Association.

Boaverton. Mich.





- Holstein cows and heifers fresh

RegIStered and some to freshen soon. _Good

producers and richly bred. Priced to sell. Satisfac-

tion guaranteed. 8. B. REAVEY. Akron, Mich.





° Bull 8.1! 34—11). breeding. white.

Holstein 7,1,0, °





 





 





satisfaction or money back.

3. E. KIES, Hillsdale. Mich.



' O ’ SALE 200 head well-bred Hereford

F R Steers, weighing from 000 to 700

pounds; All dehorned. Will sell now and keep same

until wanted. FRANK J. SNYDER. Fowler. Mich.



Resistered. Hercfords. one

FOR SALE herd~ 1111 seven cows with





n. w. BAKER. Marine c'ny. Mich;





FOR SALE





Three excellent young cows. also a few bull calves.

from Register of Merit cows. , Prices reasonable.





calves.





 





 





Bulls ready

also a. few





for service.

females. All





Jerseys For Sale





 





lrom ll. of M. dams. Accredited herd. Smith (I.

Parker. R. D. No. 4. Howell. Mich.

of M. 'Cows. Chance to





1 Cows. 4 Bulls from R.

select from herd of 70. Some fresh. others bred

for (all (reshaping. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvillo. Mich.





The Stanley J. Gardner Herd. Crosswell, Mich.





“MILKING SHORTHORNS"





Oil'er a beautiful dark roan bull. 5 mos. old: his

dam has a milk record of 10.505 lbs. milk and 423

lbs. B. 1“. He is a very good hard prospect. Also

good bred heifersf'cows and heifer calves.





Shorthorm igt of Quality and breedin .

C





g Bulls.

s and heifers for sole. BIDWELL.

QSTOCK liARM. x D. Tooumloh. Mich.





wuoluooo FARM

FOR SALE—Six splendid young cows and two heif-

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

milking ancestry. Belnnd E‘Bclsnd. Tecumseh. Mloh.





FOR SALE Brown em. Bulls. mu...





able age or younger. A. A.



Foldkamp. Manchester. Mich.



2P oLLED SHORTHORNS. Heifers due soon. milk

strain. young bulls. 0. I. C.. C. W. good ones.



Come or write. Frank Bartlett. Dryden, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





FOR SAL $me clam smo$gxa Sgt; gavera veryhintlereséing talk on the R' "o' 2' “mow" "m"

eight nd but cents. J. n. scum. csuopoiiu. Mich. ami 19$ 0 e ree . covering those

a , that he had studied from coast to FRANCISCO FARM

. HOGS . coast. ' Poland-China: and Shorthorns

, . B. F. Reavy of Akron, county sales 09‘ a W" from “S and Set 9- Rood one- Or 8» bred

Large Type Berkshire Bred manager, reported on business he had $33.33;? has #301?th omymriheplggiiniunin‘clli:

So a and G'lts done and that was in sight for the ~ ' ' '

w ‘ members of the County Association. Fa" Pi 3 3,332,183- binmsg swat 331”. gm:

Also have some choice unbrcd gilt: and The number of dairy cows milked 01’ dams . E. Livingston. Pimaiuigiiii. 6' es

- ‘3" WRITE TALCOA FARM’ during 1924 increased more than in . SHEEP

RF-D- 7- LANSING» MICH- anyy recegt5ygar, th3e3 (number on Jan- S

M rch r . 1 and _- ua - 1» 1 2 . eing , 00 greater than ' 10 ymrlms rams and a few ram

DUROC 5 lie stmizimgim-inimer mills, on January 1. 1924. It is expected that c.l',.'°.‘3.il'.i.§§i 1m? ,fincfid- fit ‘20 t° ‘30 “Ch'

Grand ohms. arr. Gilt. State r n- 1923. Sired . - _ ' ° ' '° -

tumor-inc Chm“ n “W Satisfaction the number Will be reduced when oth ‘ H n' . .

' mm" nu ms Write B. ' E at; Ill-11288 oi. farming becomemore prof- Registered 0:33; 1a 1.???le gang)“ "gnu





 





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‘ HE high herd tor the month of



gust is owned by Chris Evans,

of Sandusky, producing an average of

1,248.16 pounds of milk and 41.96

pounds of butter-fat. The herd con-

sists of six pure-bred Holsteins. while

one of the cows has only put in twen-

ty-four days of the month.





A. H. Dafoe, of Yale. This herd con~

sists of nine pure-bred and grade Jer-

seys, With one dry. They produced

782.37 pounds of milk and 41.10 pounds

of butter-fat. Carl Sharrard was third

with 1,170.75 pounds of milk and 41.0

pounds of butter—fat from a herd of

twelve A shire and Holstein cows.

Chris Evans, of Sandusky, is owner

of the high cow. The cow is a. pure-

bred Holstein and has produced 2,014

pounds of milk and 72.5 pounds of fat

in twenty-four days of the month that

she has been able to put in. She is

on official test at the present time.

The milk range of over a. thousand

pounds for the month was 1,004 to

2,099. There are thirty cows produc-

ing‘over 1,000 pounds and under 1,250

pounds, and thirteen producing over

1,250 pounds. Twenty cows producing

from forty to fifty, and seven over

fifty pounds of butter-fat.





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NEW BUTTER LAW.





THE last state legislature enacted

a new butter law and the new law

became effective August 27, 1925. In”

addition to the regular butter-fat

standard which has existed for some

time, we now have the moisture stand-

ard preventing more than eighteen per

cent moisture. Under both the old

and new act the butter must contain

at least eighty per cent butter-fat. An

amendment was also ma 9 to the milk

law, which prohibits acceptance, at

factories, of milk that is adulterated

or below the state standard.





 





 





TUSCOLA COUNTY HOLSTElN

‘ PICNIC.

HOLSTEIN Breeders of Tuscola

County ttfrned out for a picnic

held at Vassar, August 20th, by

the County Holstein Association. '

After the cats the crowd inspected

the herd of J. T. Glady. State Secre-

tary, J. G. Hays, gave a cow judging

demonstration, using one of the good

ones for a subject.

Returning to the picnic grove the





.jThese :

. member ‘

_ of ”the Genesee No. 7.having the first

two highest producing cows' which





owned by Paul Eschinburg. 'of the Mop-J





The second high herd is owned by,





 

 

 





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You will be interested in the fine

pure-bred cattle from all over the

country. And in the exhibits show-

ing cows that produce 50% more

than their dams. The C. T. A. and

community bull club exhibits and

demonstrations Will Show 110w this

can be done. Come and see these

practical, everyday examples of how

dairy farmers an secure more profit





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crowd was addressed by J. E. Mc-

Wilhams, vice-president of the State

Holstein Association. Mr. McWilliams





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Thousands of Breeding Ewes





Lambs and Wool much more than pay for them in

12 months. (100%).





World Shorlage of Sheep





Car lots only. Yourlings to matured ewes. No old

ones. Send. stamp .or "The Golden Hoof." '

Resume of the Sheep situation.





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Ram Lambs





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. , WHEAT ACREAGE To" BE IN-

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less farmers reverse their tendency

to increase production of wheat, hogs

,and some other products.

"';intentions are carried out, and aver-





 

 

 

 





tion of both soft and hard winter

» cess of probable domestic require-

ments and place both these classes of

wheat on a world market basis, ach

cording to crop specialists in the bud

reau of agricultural economics.



If‘the reported intentions of farmers

to plant are carried out, theutotal sown



, acreage this fall will be close to 46,-

400,000 acres. With average abandon-

ment, and average yields, this would

produce a winter wheat crop about

forty per cent greater than was har-

vested in ‘1925. The indicated intend-

ed sowing this fall is 38.2 per cent

greater than the pre-war average an-

nual fall sowing. It is 8.1 per cent



' more than the average annual fall sow-

ing for the years 1914-1918.



The yield reported for 1925, of 12.?

bushels per acre, is the lowest since

1904, but even with this yield a har-

vested acreage of 40,424,000 acres

would yield 513,000,000 bushels, or

twenty-three per cent more wheat than

was harvested this year. In the past

five years the spring wheat crop has

averaged 253,000,000 bushels, which,

added to 586,000,000 bushels of winter

wheat the past ten-year average, would

make a total of 839,000,000 bushels.

This would produce an exportable sur-

plus of from 160,000,000 to 240,000,000

bushels in the face of an upward trend

in World production.



There is a tendency for‘the area

seeded to wheat to increase in many

countries. Europe is recovering. It

is expected that Russia will have some

wheat to export, and it is probable

with normal conditions that Russia

will continue to be an exporter. The

wheat areas in Australia, Argentina

and Canada have been increasing. The

wheat area of Canada increased from

a pre-war average of 9,945,000 acres to

23,000,000 acres in 1921. Argentina re-

ports a wheat acreage of 18,533,000

acres to be harvested this winter, com-

pared with 17,792,000 acres seeded last

year. The wheat area of Canada, Ar—

gentina and Australia is now fifty-three

per cent above the prewar average.



Unless, as is the case this season,

unfavorable weather conditions reduce

crop yields materially, those who have

made a study of crop yields and their

relation to prices can see ahead for

the farmers of this country, another

period of low prices and depressmn,

for which the farmers alone will be

to blame.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





GOOD FARM INCOM ES.





STUDY of the management of suc~



cessful 160-acre farms in central



Indiana, made by the Federal De«

partment of Agriculture and Purdue

University, shows the best ten per

cent of 400 such farms from 1910 to .

1922 made an average yearly income

sufficient to cover five per cent inter-

est on capital invested, and $1,465 for

labor and management. These farms,

in addition, produced a large share of‘

the family living, estimated at $605 a

year at farm prices. Some farmers

did Well, even during the years of de-

pression. For example, a 160—acre

farm in Clinton county averaged a

farm income of nearly $2,000 per year

for the years 1920 to 1923. Corn, oats,

or Wheat and clover, or mixed hay, are

the principal crops produced on these

,farms. Most of the grain is sold as

'cash crops. ‘Corn and clover is fed to

hogs, cattle, firk animals, sheep and

poultry,'hogs being in the lead.





IMPROVE—D FOREIGN MARKETS

FOR FARM PRODUCTS.





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





HE efficient and wide-flung foreign

service developed by the bureau

of agricultural economics under

the administration of Secretary Wal—

lace, is doing effective work in extend-

ing foreign markets for our farm prod-

ucts. In his report, just issued, 0. O.





 

 





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9”" THE immediate present agricultural

, x , situation is good. The outlook for

""the near futureis not so rosy, un-

r-If present.

age yields were secured, the produc-





wheats would be considerable in ex-r





 





. to the demand‘for our predudts, Grille:

termining

dude. : .

. ‘ More-p

distrib .. _

forms. on during the past four

than in all the previous hist‘c'

work. Statementsema‘natingi om the

foreignwseryice “or, r‘the department of

agriculture. {are : now appearing ,regus‘

larly in increasing. volume. in Imewsna-

pers,» agricultural~~and~~ trade publica—

tions. WithCiUtdoubhiarmers are bet-

ter informed than ever before upon

world agricultural conditions. ‘-





'~ WOULD IMPROVE MARKETS FOR

» PERISHABLES. ‘





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THE fruit and vegetable division of

- the bureau of agricultural econom-



ics is designed to aid in bringing

about better marketing of fruits and

vegetables by four methods, says W.

A. Sherman, in charge of this activity.

It is promoting 'a better system of

standardization, which means the in-





 





No M aréet Quotation:





N account of lack of market



quotations on Labor Day, 'no

market comments are made in

the first edition of this week’s

issue. Regular market quotas

tions will be given in the sec-

ond edition. Those receiving the

first'edition and wishing a. copy

of the quotations, may have‘

them by dropping a post card to

the Detroit ofl‘ices.





 





 





 





troduction of definite grades. It is

gathering and distributing information

to aid in the better handling and dis-

tribution of our carlot movement of

fruits and vegetables. Through an in-

spection service which gives effect to

the standardization program its mean-

ing is brought home to the producers

by applying the standard at his ship-

ping point. It is making a continuous

study of critical phases of the busi-

ness as they develop under the chang-

ing conditions of production and de-

mand.





STANDARD HAY GRADES.





 





‘ l 'HE official United States standard

grades for hay, which became ef-

;ive September 1 upon order of





“at and how-5132611 to: ma:





s has been made" inthe

tions! foreign agricultural In- ,.





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increase. r ob" abrér streams itet



production of 3,539,000aons Estates the





August ofiicial- ?‘feport ’

United States Department of ‘A‘ :





Agriculture at Rome. *- .





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The area to, be harvested” iii“ 19 is "that

placed at 423,000 acres, compared 2vgith' am;

’ , and compared with





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‘TUBERCULIN TESTING" PRO-

_ GRESSES. .





 





R. H. W. NORTON, JR., director

of the Bureau of Animal Industry

of the State Department of Agri-





culture, has made

tuberculosis

eludes facts of special interest to

per Peninsula farmers.





These include Baraga, Iron,





in the Upper Peninsula.





CLOVERLAND YIELDS ARE LARGE.





 





_ E department of agriculture’s

August report on crop conditions

in Michigan gives the yield of

wheat per acre in the Upper Penin-





sula as twenty bushels, while for the





state as a whole the yield is 16.5 bush-

The figures for rye are twenty





els.

bushels for the Upper Peninsula, and

12.5 for the state as a whole.

dition of oats was eighty-five for, the





peninsula, as against seventy per cent





for the sétate. The condition'bf pota-

toes in his territory was eighty-five

per cent, while it was eighty-one per

cent for the state. The condition of

tame hay was _s_ixty-five ‘per cent for





 





 





   





   

 





   





   





   





 

 

 

 

 





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Stine, senior agricultural economist,

., says that “with a large share of our

agricultural produce finding a market

abroad, the farming interests of Amer-

ica. are vitally concerned in‘everything

that influences foreign demand for

their products. Information as to the

methods of production, costs, poten~

. tialitiesand trends of production _m

Competing countries, together With





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 





 





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harmed is age 9135?:

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acres; , a d





a report on bovine if

in Michigan, which in-

Up-

At the com-

mencement of'the fiscal year of 1924

testing was in progress in the coun-

ties of Delta, Gogebic, Marquette, On-

tonagon, and Schoolcraft, in the Upper

Peninsula. There is a rather long

waiting list of counties that will start

work when funds become available.



. Dickinson,

Menominee, Alger and Luce counties





The con-





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tints?" to 5,949,900 acres for 19

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the peninsula,» and fifty per cent for

the state. ~ ' . '

‘ This situation as regards crops in

the peninsula as compared with the

state cannot bejattributed to more

abundant rainfall in this territory, for

we compare the weather bureau’s

report on weather .conditions in Mich-

igan it appears that the northern coun-

ties of , the state had a greater de-

ficiency of rainfall than the southern

counties. Houghton, for example, re-

ports the driest month on record. Tak-

ing a few typical Upper Peninsula sta-

tions of the United States Weather

Bureau, we find that the July precipi-

tation at Houghton was .94 inches; at

Calumet, 1.25 inches; at Chatham, 1.51





 





 





inches}- at Escanaba, 3.02 inches; at ,





Iron Mountain, 2.61 inches; at Iron-

wood, 1.33 inches; at Marquette, 1.66

inches; at. Menominee, 1.97 inches; at

Munising, 1.84 inches; at Powers,*2.36

inches; at Sack Bay, 2.55 inches; at

St. Ignace, 1.61 inches; at Sault Ste..

Marie, 1.24 inches. The Upper Penin-

sula average was 1.84 inches. The av«

erage for the northern counties of the

Lower Peninsula Was 2.23 inches; for

the central counties of the Lower Pe-

ninsula, 3.55 inches, and for the south-

ern Counties of the Lower Peninsula,

4.75 inches. The state average precipi-

tation was 3.27 inches. This shows

that the Upper Peninsula was well be-

low the state average, which is not

to be looked for at this season.





 





' HIGH PRODUCING COWS.-





A. REPORT on the work of the Up-

per Peninsula Cow Testing Associ-

ations for July shows that“ Mr.

John Isaacson, of Dickinson, had the

high-producing herd that month. His

eight pure-bred and grade Holsteins

yielded an average of 136.5 pounds of

milk, and 50.5 pounds of butter-fat for

the month: The high two-yearvold'was

from this herd and produced 1,051

pounds of milk and 53.6 pounds of but;

ter—fat. The high three-year-old was

from Ontonagon county. She was a"

grade Guernsey and produced 1,194

pounds of milk and 62.1 pounds of fat.

In the Ontonagon AssOciation each"

cow prOdIICed an average of 696

pounds of milk and 30.1 pounds of fat.





 





 





HON EV PRODUCTION INCREASES.





REPORTING on honey production

for his apiary, a bee-keeper at



Brimley, Chippewa, county, who

has 500‘swarms of bees, states that

the outlook this season is not especial-

1y favorable for; bee-keepers. ’Cl’over

was a poor yield to mid-summer, due

to bad weather conditions. FITBEWeed

was a failure'last'year but is better

this year. Last year the Brimley api-

ary produced 37,000 pounds of honey,

most of which was. sold inMic igan.

The honey' was mostly extracted" and

sold for 11.5 cents "per pound whole-

sale. Comb honey averaged twenty

cents a pound. . .





NoRTHERN FAIRS IN SESSION.





 





 





’ FOURTEEN fairs are .usted for the .





Upper Peninsula during September.



Chippewa, Alger and Gogebic coun-

ties' held their fairs the firstflwe‘ek of

the month. The Dickinson Ceunty

Fair opened September 4.~ Marduette -,

., . “relied-0n .

tember Sywhile Iron county- started

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co‘NpUc'rED BY Jon. W. o. FAIR. .





Mviee‘ through this column In given free to our subscrib-

ers. Mencken“ state fully the history and More!

each ease and give; name and address of the writer. Initial.

only are published. When a reply by'ma’il is requested the





 





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Gcw Holds up Milka—We have a.





good Holstein cow, milking six months.

Up until three~ weeks ago she has





- been ’milki‘ , good, then she held her





milk iup. in .. he .' mornings, and now is

bulging it up nights also. Would like





to . on. remedy for it. J. R., Filion,‘





Mich;——.Removal of the cause is the .





only remedy, and the writer doesn’t

know-what it is. Perhaps the milker‘

knows.



Injured Udder.—We have a cow that



has two bunches about the size of a

walnut situated between the teats.

When the bag is full these bunches

are hard, but after milking her they

are softer, one-quarter of. udder is

some swollen. What shall we apply?

G. M. A., Vandalia, Mich—Apply one

part fluid extract of phytolacca, four

parts vaseline to bunches and swollen

quarter twice a day. She needs plenty

of bedding.

. Grease—We have a Shire colt four

years old that, has had grease heel for.

the past eighteen months, and now

the disease is spreading. . B. T.,

Clinton, Mich—It should be under-

stood that grease and greaseheel are

constitutional diseases and rarely can

be cured by local applications. Your

horse should have exercise daily, also

bathe the affected parts of the leg for

ten minutes twice daily with cold wa-

ter, adding a teaspoonful of concen-

trated lye to each quart of water; give

him one-half ounce of Fowler’s Solu-

tion at a dese‘ in feed or in drinking

water two or three times a day. Don't

feed him much grain. There are many

other fairly good remedies, but you

should keep in mind that this ailment

is often incurable. .



Amaurcsis.—-I have a Percheron

horse eight years old that has one

blind. He seemed to be healthy; rst,

his eyes appeared glazed, since which

time they appear natural; there is no

discharge, but he is truly stone blind.

What ails him? T. H., Port Hope,

Mich—Your horse suffers from par-

alysis of the optic nerve and "is per-

haps incurable.



Horses Out of Condition—My hors-

es are not thriving; they pass few

worms, and I would like to fatten

them. A. M., Buchanan, Mich—Mix

equal parts of powdered~gentian, fenu-

greek, powdered sulphate of iron, pow-

dered cinchona, common salt, together.

Give each horse a tablespoonful in

ground grain three times a day. Feed

them some clover and roots and don’t

forget to groom them daily.



Abscess—I only have one cow, and

she is now due to freshen. About four

weeks ago a large bunch came on her

neck. Other bunches formed on dif-

ferent portions of body. They are ex-

ceedingly hard, but do not seem to en-

large or soften. C. H. . 0... Barry-

ton, Mich.-—Paint bunches With tinc-

ture of iodine once a. day; when bunch

softens,,open, then swab out caVlty

daily, using tincture of iodine.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 

 





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OTS of work to do before frost.



Keep your horses in shape. Use

Gombault'a Caustic Egsimciobr

S ' ,S '.~Sl't,Cappe cc. “'u

r333...- Tiziiznfihn. Shoe pails. roll syn.

Wire Cute and Muscular Inflammation.





Known and used everywhere for“ years. App



it yourself; Directions with everybcttle. Won t

leave scare or discolor hair. Buy It today. $2.00

at drug stores or direct on receipt of price.

The Lawrence-Williams Co.. Cleveland. Ohio.





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40 head registered yearling Shropshire ewes, a few



yearling rams. also ewe and ram lambs. Quality

and price right. Flock established 1890. c. LEMON

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' One 2oyr. stock ram,

IIIG Maples Shropshlres year-lines ,and ram lambs.

Also ewes. C. R. LELAND. R. 5, Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





' the wooly type. 15 yearlings,

Shropshires 35 ram lambs. DAN BOO-





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GREENE COUNTY. OHIO. 140 acres. Level, yellow

clay loam underlaid-v with gravel, well drained. Two

good wells. Modern seven-room house. hot water heat:

Dalco lighting system. Beautiful lawn and orchard.

Barn 40x80, well equipped with conveniences. Good

school facilities. only two miles from Antioch Uni-

versity. Price $130 per acre not. a low price for this



desirable property. Paul E. Nollen, Springfield. 0. ~





WANTED FARMS





WANTED—POULTRY FARM—Will lease with option

to buy. Must have buildings for not less than one

thousand birds. Home and poultry houses must be in

Small acreage desirable. Give f de-

tails. including location, rental, price, etc. A dress

Box 27-B, Michigan Farmer. Detroit.- Mich.





MISCELLANEOUS

HAY—«Timothy, clover and mixed-also alfalfa. Qual-





ity guaranteed. Ask for delivered prices. Harry D

Gates Company, Jackson. Mich.





 





 





ALL WOOL KNITTING YARN for sale from manu-

facturer at great bargain. flamples free. H. A.

Bartlett. Harmony, Maine.





PET STOCK





LAKE LAND FUR EXCHANGE. Salem. Mich.. (25

miles west of Detroit). The world's most famous

breeds of tree. den and trailing hounds. Trained.

partly trained and untrained pups. all ages. Import-

ed. registered and pedigree stock. Ship on trial any-

where. tflend for complete desalption. Photo group

an cen s.





 





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

Will ship C 0. D. Instruction book free. Levi

Earn-worth. New London. Ohio.





 





’Fon SALE—Wolf gray police pups. wholptd May

30th from imported sire. Beautiful specimens, priced

low. Homestead Kennels. Saranac, Mich.





 





HUNDRED HUNTING IIOUNDS cheap. Fur finders.

Catalogue. liaskaskennels, F 183, Herrick. Ill.





 





AIREDALE I’UI’I’IES——I’edlgreed. Fine farm dogs.

Cheap. Wm. C. Brown. R. 2. Battle Creek. Mich.





 





 





GERMAN POLICE PUPS FOR SALE—Prices reason-

able. Dr. R. E. Bergman, Cassopolls. Mich.





TOBACCO





HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing five lbs. $1.50; ten

$2.50: smoking five lbs., $1.25; ten. $2: cigars, $2

for 50, guaranteed. pay when received. pipe free.

Roy Carlton. Maxon Mills. Kentucky.





LEAF TOBACCO—Chewing. 5 lbs., $1.50; tcn. $2.50:

smoking, 5 lbs. $1.25; ton, $2. Guaranteed. Pay

when received. l'ipw free. Albert Ford. l'aducuh. Ky.





 





 





 





IIOMESI'UN TOBAC(‘0. Chewing 5 lbs. $1.50: 10.

$2.50. Smoking 5. $1.25: 10, $2. Mild 10. $1.50.

l’ay when received. F. Gupton. Bardwell. Kentucky.





 





 





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RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester. poor man’s 111100—-



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



R10“ showing pictures of harvester. Box 518. Saline.

ans.





 





POULTRY





I'URE ZOO-EGG STRAIN White Rock Cookerels. $3

up. Fully guaranteed. Sent or! approval. Excep-

tional values for early orders. Woodsmad Place.

Buchanan, Mich.





 





 





Delaine Rams Both l’olled and Horned for





sale. Come and see them.

HOUSEMAN 8808.. R. 4, Albion. Mich.





DELAINE RAMS





sell. Box 20. Wakcman, Ohio.





 





fine ones. Photos

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- Hampshire rams and ewes.

Reglstered best of breeding. Priced to

sell. . W. CASLER, Ovid, Mich.





O XFORD liAMS——25 yea rs‘ breeding, the best.

priced to scll. Shipped on approval. Write

or phone. Wm. Van Sickle, Deckerville, Mich.





The Old Reliable Angus Home Stock





Farm, of Dawson, Mich.

is offering for sale a. few choice Karalmle ram lambs

of the right fur bearing kind. Use a Karakuulu on

native ewes. Turn your dcad lamb loss to profit.

Ask us; we will tell you how.





Karakules For Sale 2 1‘5“" *‘W- 1 ewe mm.





1 1—year ranl. 1 2-u . .

$500.00 for bunch. L. Kuney, Adriai‘rifrlliiléii.





 





HORSES

FARMERS ATTENTION!





We have some extra good Percheron and Belgian

Stallions of size and quality. International a. State

Fair prize winners. If your looallty is in need of a

good Stallion. you can easily secure one on our

breeding association—service fee plan. FRED a.

STEVENS 00.. Inc., Breckenridge. Mich.





Poultry adiertising will be run in this department





Minimum





 





OIIAMPAIGN (‘OUN'I‘Y. OHIO. 154 acres. Near

Urbain. about 35 acres rich red clay Inanuundcrlaid

with gravel; balance black loam. Level with natural

drainage. Good water. Sewn—room house good coll-

dltlon. bank barn 40x80. good fences Near Centralized

school. Just. right for stock or dairy farm. A bar—

gain for someone at $125 per acre. Paul E. Nollen.

Springfield. 0.





 





FARM, 120 ACRES. looatcd on improved highway.

7 miles from city of 40.000: 15 acres timber: first-

class pasture. running water; 2 orchards; 10-room

house, new hardwood floors, furnace: 2 barns. chicken

ouse, garage; 40 loads hay. 12 acres oats. 8 corn,



buckwheat; 13 cows. team. all farm implements;

threshing machine. ensilage cutter: 5 shares creamery;

$8,500. John Olander, Remus Point. N. Y.





FOR BALE—First-class farm. 122 acres. free and

clear. Good buildings. 3 miles from Lansing on im-

proved rowd. Poor health. Special price for quick

sale a. W. Hempy. B. 7. Lansing. Mich.





 





 





 





(TOCKERELS—I’ullets; Rocks, Reds. Leghorns. Tur-

keys. Geese and Ducks. Send for prices. State

Farms Association. Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





TANURED W’IIITE LICGIIOIINS. Buff Orplngtons.

Barred Rooks. State Fair Winners. h‘cnner Bailey.

Montgomery. Mich.





 





SHIP US YOUR FAT naive and fresh mg every

Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East. Coast Poultry

C0,, 1360 Division so. Detroit, Midi.





BARRED ROCK COCKERELS, hatchcd May 181;.

Beauties. $2.00 if taken soon. E. H. Mudge, Beld-

lug. Mich.





 





 





500 SINGLE COMB \Vlllilr-Imgllom hens, pullets.

John Ilass, Bettendurf, lowa.





S. C. BUFF‘ LEGHORN COCKERELQ—Prices reason-

able. Willard VVebster, Bath, Mich.





BABY CHICKS





SUPERIOR CHICKS—90 up. 12 varieties. Heavy

layers. Delivery guaranteed. Postpaid. Bank refer-

ences. Catalogue Free. Superior Hatchery. Boa 856.

Windsor, Mo.





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





SEED WHEAT FOR SALEhMichigan No. l. a heavy

yielding bcaldlcss rod wheat. and Amcrican Banner,

8. beardlcss white variety: both pruduccd under the

finest conditions, and thoroughly I'lcallcd and graded.

We are the largest grovvers of wheat in the state.

and use the best seed obtainable. Write at onco for

prices. Gotfrcdson Farms. Ypsilanti, Mich.





REGISTERED American Banner Scod Wheat. a

high yielding white variety. Fairview Farm. R. No.

4, Jackson, Mich. ‘





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





HELP WANTED





WANTED—At once. reliable. experienced man to

work on general farm. $60 per month. 0. J.

Feldkamp, Pine Grove Farm. Saline. Mich.





 





AGENTS WANTED





MICHIGAN MEN with sales ability and well known

through county. can make large income weekly selling

guaranteed Motor and Tractor Oil in drums and half-

drums on I.llll'f‘y*(llly terms to farmers and preferred

dealers. Must. have auto. State ago. Will arrange

intcrv'lew. We ship direct from nearby branches.

Division Manager. Lock Box 135, Saginaw. Mich.





 





FREE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA. Get three good re-

sponsible farmers to go with you to inspect California

state approved lands. Opportunity for one good man

in each community to join largest land selling organ-

ization in U. 8. Write for details. Human Jams.

1195 Transportation Bldg, Chicago. Ill.





 





AGENTS—Our new Household Cleaning Dex-ice

washes and dries windows, sweeps. cleans walls.

scrubs, mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half

profit. Write Harper Brush Works 173 3rd St.





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