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alfalfa field gives. any farmer a
pleasant and soul-satisfying feel-

ing, but for a fruit grower who has -'

work horses and a few cows to feed,
it is satisfying to the seventh degree.

Perhaps I feel that way because I
am a fruit grower and have in the
past experienced the woes and irrita‘
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A Fruit Grower’s Alfalfa Field.

or nearly all, of his hay and other
feed.

A man who lives in the midst of a
highly intensive fruit country natural-
ly wants to have as much of his farm

as possible in fruit. Furthermore, the
fruit grower has his farm equipped
and geared up to grow fruit. That is
the thing which he can do most effi-

, ciently and with a minimum of lost
‘ motion and expense.

The fruit specialist is not, as a rule,
equipped to raise grain, and if he tries
to raise some corn or other grain on
the side, he will sooner or later find

' himself between the horns of a dilem-

ma. He finds that he has to hurry
over or neglect some part of his fruit
growing in order to take care of the
grain, or he has to tend strictly to his
fruit and let the grain go.

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Neither alternative is desirable in
these days of high efficiency and small
profit margins. The alternative of
neglecting his orchard operations is
especially undesirable, as sometimes
a. few days’ neglect proves disastrous.

To cite an instance, a neighbor of
mine had a nice field of corn started
which was at the time badly in need
of cultivation. The weather was warm,
weeds were growing lustily, and a lit—
tle more neglect would mean a weedy
corn field. On the other hand, it was
time to spray his apples. What to do?
He finally decided that the apples
could safely wait a few days lenger,
so he went into the corn.

After the corn was cultivated and
he was just getting a good start on
the spraying, it began to rain, not an
ordinary shower, but a week’s rainy
spell. As a result, scab obtained a
foothold in his orchard, to the detri-
ment of his pack at harvest time.

'He told me that his loss from that
false move was much more than the
entire corn field was worth.

This is an age of specialists. A man
must put his hand and brain to Some
special line if he expects to make
good. The jack of all trades is a back
number. Whatever he tackles he finds

himself competing with experts who,

can run rings around him.

There are few lines of business
which require'such a high degree of
vigilance, judgment, knowledge and
strict application as does the growing
of high~grade fruit. A good motto for
a. fruit grower is: “Hew to the line
and let some other fellow pick up the
chips.”

Considering farm efficiency we found
that the only feed crop that we could
safely raise on our fruit farm was,
hay. So we seeded some spare land

to clover and timothy.‘ For several
reasons this plan did not prove to be
ideal. .First, the clover and timothy
would run out and need renewing.
Second, our feed bill remained rather
high, because we had to buy grain in
considerable amounts to supplement
"the hay, and also because the hay crop
from the land available was not
enough to carry us through the season.

Alfalfa, however, comes as near the
ideal as possible. It stands many
years without renewal. It has high
feeding value, thus cutting the grain
bill down to a minimum, and finally,
it yields a large amount per acre, thus
enabling the fruit man to iaise enough
feed on a small acreage to carry him
through.

We cut our alfalfa twice in a season
because, if we out three times, the
last cutting interferes with the fall
fruit harvest. Incidentally, we found
that cutting only twice preserves the
vigor and life of the stand, and makes
practically as much hay as three cut-
tings.

In these days of certified and adap-
ted seed, the problem of getting a
stand is not nearly as acute as it for-
merly was. However, on much of our
fruit belt land a new seeding still
needs considerable coddling for suc-
cessful results. Several plans have

been tried out on our farm, and I will'

briefly describe the one plan that has
for us proved practically infallible.
Most of our seedlings have been
made directly following fild sod as We
wished to obviate the necessity of rais-
ing a cultivated crop for a year before
sowing alfalfa. The ground is plowed
late in the summer after the hay crop
is off and is occasionally worked with
a spring-tooth harrow until winter sets
in. During the winter, or early in the

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lfalfa for the Fruit GroWer

A/fiz/fiz fVoné: in Well wztfl Me Fruit Grower’ 5 Program

0 be the possessor of a good ,.

lspring, it is given a good coating of
marl. Then, as early in spring as pos-
sible, it is thoroughly disked and again
kept worked to kill weeds and sod
until about the fifteenth of June; at
that time the ground is given an ap-
plication of about 250 to 300 pounds of
acid phosphate per acre. This is har-
rowed in and then the ground is seed-
ed, without a nurse crop, and with the
best certified northern-grown seed
available. The seed is lightly covered
with a spike-tooth harrow and then
rolled down with a land roller. Some
time in midsummer, the field is mow-
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Fruit Growing is a Specialized Busl.
ness That Does Not Mix Well With
General Farming.

pings are left on the field unless heavy
enough to cause danger of smothering
the young alfalfa. After the first year,
a light application of acid phosphate
is given annually. When seeding is'
made in the above manner the use of
the ground is, of course, lost for one
year, but a certain and long-lived

’stand of alfalfa is surely ample com-

pensation.

Dig and Pick Potatoes Carefully

No Amount of Organization Cam Overcome Me Damage Dorze éy Care/er: Hand/mg

ROWERS of potatoes in Michi-

gan realize that greater profits

can be secured by placing a well
graded product on the market. Not
until the State Department of Agricul-
ture promulgated the U. S. Standard
Grades for potatoes in 1923 did the
growers realize this fact fully. With
the action of the 1925 State Legisla-
ture. in adopting the U. S. Standard
Grades as the official standard grades
of potatoes for Michigan, the full val-
ue of correct grading will be realized.
In 1923 investigations by the ,writer
on the larger consuming markets
where Michigan potatoes were hand-

' led, showed that over twenty per cent
of the Michigan potatoes shipped were.

culls and were not suitable for food.
Field run potatoes average about one
bushel out of five as culls, which

. shows that there was very little grad~
, ing other than sizing done by Michi-
_ gan shippers and growers.

Buyers of table stock areinfifienced ‘

in their selection by first appearance.
The. old saying that, “First impres-

By J. W.

sions are the most'lasting,” is appar-
ently true of the potato buyer. Ap-
pearance makes ninety per cent of the
sale. If potatoes are ripe, clean and
bright, and free from bruised, sliced,
jabbed and rotten potatoes, the appear-
ance of the stock will be good on its
arrival at market. By careful hand-
ling of potatoes at harvesting time one
can do much to give his potatoes the
appearance they should have.

If the ground is dry and sandy at
harvest time, so that the dirt runs
through the digger apron before the
potatoes are more than a third of the
way up the apron, remove the agitator
sprokets from the main axle and put
on round ones so the apron will run
smooth. Padding of viner tines with
burlap will prevent considerable bruis-

_ ing of "the potatoes.

The use: of crates will assist L in
careful handling in the picking and
hauling operations. One shOuld'avoid

Weston

the temptation of throwing potatoes at
the crate. Bruised, skinned or other-
wise injured potatoes are the ones
that become affected with molds, dry
rot, wet rots and discoloration of the
surface. This is especially true of im-
mature potatoes.

In hand digging, handle the forks
and hooks carefully so as not to jab
or hook the potatoes. The potatoes
shipped from the new land section in
the northern part of the Lower Pe-
ninsula where a digger could not eas-.
ily be used, showed in some instances
sixty per cent of fork prick injury.
The grower would be ahead to leave
all hooked, pricked or sliced potatoes
on the field to be picked up separately
for his own use, or to be fed to live
stock or left as fertilizer. Potatoes
are valuable as food for hogs, cattle

_or poultry. Four bushels of culls are

worth as much for feeding purposes-
as one bushel of corn.

It is estimated that 1‘01 every one
per cent‘of low grade potatoes mar-
keted the price of the better grades
will drop two per cent or more to
meet competition. Last year Michigan
growers realized as much, or more, for
the U. S. No. 1’s, as all their potatoes
would have brought had they included
the culls. And it is a. question wheth?
er or not they would have disposed of
the entire crop had it not been for the
grading regulations that kept the culls
at home.

If the ground is wet when it is nec-
essary to dig, allow potatoes to lay on
the surface a couple of hours before
picking. This will allow the skin to
toughen, reducing danger of bruising.

If potatoes are dug and allowed to
lay during the heat of the day so that'
they become warmed through, the
storage house or cellar should be left
open at night to permit all the fresh
air possible to circulate through the
pile. Cool down the potatoes rapidly
after placing in storage so that loss

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Not to take a more ac-
curate inventory of

so the crop supplies for
Bad the year. As a whole,

Michigan is again in
.an enviable position. Her corn crop
is fully twenty million bushels above
the crop of 1924, although the national
yield promises to be below the three
billion mark. Of potatoes, Michigan
will take her portion of the hundred
million bushel decrease over last sea-
son’s bumper harvest, to enjoy prices
that mean a profit. This shortage in
the potato harvest, together with the
recent rainy weather, should prove an
aid in marketing Michigan’s heavy
bean crop. She advances to second
place in the production of sugar beets.
The second cutting of hay increases
the tonnage to near the three mil'iion
mark, which, with the heavy carry-
over from last season’s record crop,
makes the situation generally favor-
able. These conditions, together with
a generally higher range of prices,
ought to make the season of 1925—26 it
more cheerful one for the farmers of
the state, and again demonstrate the
advantages of diversified farming.

ROM the Wiscon-

Have sin Experiment
Faith in Station comes a bul-
. letin on “Intensive
Quality Dairying in New Zea-
land.” These south

sea islands, now familiarly known as
“the dairy farm of the British Em-
pire,” has not only displaced Canada
as the leading source of cheese sup-
plies for the United Kingdom, but bids
fair to wrestle from the Danes the
British butter market.

How can these islands, located half
the distance around the world from
their chief market, compete so suc-
cessfully with the countries more fav-
orably situated? It appears from this
bulletin that they have some climatic
advantages, but these are over-balanc-
ed by soil disadvantages. The human
equation, it would seem from the evi-
dence gathered by Wisconsin’s re-
search men, is the chief factor in'NeW
Zealand’s ability to double her output
of dairy products in seven years, and
find a ready market for the surplus
in countries from four to twelve thou-
sand miles away.

Her men have faith in quality. They

duce ”the highestnph
parts have visited America, Denmarlf
and the Argentine. to learn the latest.

methods of dairy production.“ These
experts went home. and put what they
found into practice. They. «could do
this because ninety-four per ' cent ‘of
their entire production is by cooper-
atives.

Michigan dairymen will lose out in
competition with other states and oth-
or countries unless our dairymen see
‘to it that our products are equal to
the best. In Detroit much of the but-
ter trade has gone to Minnesota con-
cerns because they are making better
butter. than. are the Michigan cream-
eries. The western butter-makers are
able to do this because the farmers
bring them sweet cream. In turn, the
western men fear what New Zealand
might do to them. ,

There is just one course by which
Michigan dairymen can hold their
markets for these products. That
course is by making the best dairy
products. There is no other way than
by quality. Our dairy experts have
done much toward working improve-
ment. But not enough has been done,
and not enough can be done without
the fullest cooperation of every dairy—
man and every dairy organization.

0T a little senti-
ment, and some

Federal

very substantial back-
Tax Dis- ing, has been devel-
tribution oped against the idea

of federal-state activ-

ities. This movement
is opposed to the federal and the
states’ governments joining in enter-
prises such as extension work, federal
aid roads, and enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment.

The basis for this movement is to
foster “justice,” it is claimed. States
like New York should not be called
upon, the sponsors say, to pay taxes
for supporting work and service in
other states. All the federal taxes
paid by New York, they claim, ought
to be spent only for federal service.
In industrial centers particularly, this
idea is gaining in popularity.

But is New York state, for instance,
the goat? Qoes she and a'few other
states carry the burden of federal tax-
ation? Internal revenue returns show
that New York paid 28.8 per cent of
the federal income tax; that is, it was
collected through New York state.
.But did her citizens pay it? The
$16,000,000 collected from the United
States Steel Corporation was credit-
ed to New York; yet, only two of the
,145 plants of that organization are lo-
cated in theEmpire State. The Union
Pacific does not operate east of Oma-
ha, still the $4,500,000 income tax paid
goes through the New York office.
The Southern Pacific gets as near the
metropolis as New Orleans, and its
$5,000,000 income tax is also added to
the totals of the eastern state. In
fact, practically all of the nation-wide
public service corporations pay federal
income taxes through New York.

Taking these matters into consider-
ation, it is probable that our legislat-
ors can find somewhere a "happy me—
dium point” that will cobbine certain
federal and state activities, and there-
by bring to the people of the Whole
nation the maximum of justice.

THOSE who have

Fixing given 0 a r e f u I
thought to increasing

the . . .
‘ production in dalry
,Results herds realize that the

cow testing associa-
tion is of first importance. It is selec-
tion reduced to a scientific basis. But
results obtained by selection, unless
fixed by breeding, are not permanent.
Only when selection and breeding are

tions. A prepotent bull can no more
easily be selected from pedigree or ap-
pearance, than can a productive cow.

The commercial value of a cow is de-_

termined by, the amount and quality

.of her milk. The commercialvalue of‘

a bull is determined by the productive
quality of his daughters. His daughé
ters are the true test of his value as
a sire—not his pedigree or his indi-

viduality. His value must be proven

the same as the cow’ s, before he is
used indiscriminately, if permanent re-.
sults are to be had.

It is an inexpensive proposition,
comparatively speaking, to test a cow
for economical production. Simply
weigh the milk, test it for quality and
determine the cost of production. But
it is quite a different proposition to
test a bull. His value can not be de-
termined before he is four years old,
for his value is determined by the
quality of his daughters.

For one breeder to keep a bull till
he is four years old,, only trying him
out on a few cows, and then discard-
ing him if he does not produce results
that are satisfactory, is rather expen-
sive. But to do this through a cow
testing association would require but
little cost.

If each cow testing association
would also organize its members into
a bull association and test their bulls

1 before they use them indiscriminately,

a basis for establishing the gains
made by testing the cows would be
established.

SHORT time ago

The a bunch of agri-
S b cultural editors took
0 oer a trip into Canada to
Scribes study Canadian agri-

culture. The study
vxas an interesting one and, as a con-
sequence, many of the» United States
farm papers will have articles on farm-
ing in our sister country across the
line.

Canadian hospitality was unsurpas-
sable and, not being under the influ-
ence of the Volstead Act, ample op-
portunity was given for a soft time
with hard drinks. Banquets present-
ed a spectacle which would make a
“wet” man go wild. Beer, real beer,
often, and sometimes two kinds of
wine.

But the guests were editors of agri-
cultural publications which represent-
ed ten million farmer subscribers, the
ten million which probably had more
to do with putting the Volstead Act
on the map than any other. And,
these editors, being representatives of
a dry people, were true to the senti-
ments of their constituency.‘ Believe
it or not, after the banquets there were
rows of beer bottles and wine glasses
untouched.

Please do not misunderstand; a few
of the party imbibed a bit, but invar-
iably they were not editors. The edi-
tors were either weaned from it so
long through their respect for the law
that they lost all desire for it, or they
had never acquired a taste for it in
the old days.

There is no moral to this. It,‘mere-
1y passes on to you the information
that if your farm paper editor writes
“dry” editorials he is very likely prac-
tising what he preaches.

E hear at times

Placing voiced criticism
’1 regarding the motion
t e pictures, or the mov-
Blame ies of today. Some

time ago that term
“movie” was a word of the streets and
one to be shunned. But with the evo-
lution of the picture drama it has
gathered respect and true expression.
It went in the back door of the home,

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motion
to Satisfactonly supply that demand,
must have to sell what the public
wants. ConSiderable time and ex-

pic

pense are given to determining the "

reels that, are' the “best sellers,” and
with them as a. model, the corpora-
tions form the scale for future produc-
tion. So, when the public Criticizes

the movies it is in reality criticising

itself.

By its patronage, the public can
either make or break the movies. But

the progress that has been made in-_
filming the silent drama is most evi-

dent in the great historical, education-
al, and religious productions that are
shown on the silver screen, and this
progress records the public’s approba-
tion of the present-day movies.

There are movies that are good, and
perhaps there are movies that are not
so good, but on the whole, the evolu-
tion of the movies has brought about
productions that stand paramount
abOve those of a decade ago, and with

the public behind them, they will keep -

climbing. in the future.

Amide” tr

ACCIDENT is a old word what has

been layin’ around not doin’ much
fer a long time until the oughto came,
and then it begun to be used.

Now, it ain’t the fault o’ the ough-
toes that accidents is used more in
our languige; it’s the ones what use
them what is ta blame. In the old
'days, when all you could do was ta
stay at'home and work and go ta
church, there wasn’t much accidents,
only like fallin’ off the kitchun chair,
goin’ ta sleep in church, and havin’
your wife hit you with a flat iron, etc.
It sure would be a accident if she
would hit you, but it wouldn’t be no
accident if she would throw the flat
iron. But, in these days of safety-
first they have
cords tied ta
them new-fangled
irons so they
can’t be thrown.
And besides, in
the cities, . 11us~
bands and wives
ain’t together
enuf fer the wife
ta get a chance
ta throw.

These safety-first days is great
Most folkses figure on havin’ safety
first, and then have accidents after-
wards. And besides, with all this in-
surance business the relatives don’t
care so much whether you have a ac-
cident or not, ’cause it ain’t what the
insurance men call such a financhul
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You know, the word accident is bein’
used so much that folkses is gettin’
tired o’ it. Now, instead 0’ sayin’-
they had a accident, they say, “I bump-
ed a,fellow today,” or, “I knocked a
couple down before breakfast this
mornin’. ” Or if you are the one what
the accident happened to, you just say,
“I got bumped today.”

I’m writin’ this ’cause I got bumped
the other day, and it made such a im-
presshun on me I can’t get it outta
my mind. I can’t dance a jig now,
but I’m glad, ’cause my beauty doctor
says them black and blue spots, where
I got hit on the street corner, is just
temporary, and the former good com-
plexshun will return. As long as they
don’t ruin my complexshun, or put
permanent waves in me, like they
bump inta oughto fenders and put into
women’s hair, I guess I have ta call
it a happenstance instead of a.acci-
dent. Seems like they figure if you
can’t collect no insurance on a bump,
it ain’t a accident. HY SYCKLE.

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' by a physician.

'ones at Jud’s expense.

UR steamship entered the Bay

0 of Naples on sunday mernin'g

. . met at sunrise. The view of the

harbor Was beautiful. On this partic-
ular morning the water was calm, and
gave a perfect replica of the surround-
. ' Viewed from a dis-
tance, the city of Naples is very at-
tractive indeed, owing to the nature
of the topography and the light col—

‘ ored stone buildings.

Upon landing, the passengers were
required to pass medical and other. in-
It would appear that when
one comes into Europe from the Orient,
hecis likely to bring with him some
terrible and contagious disease. The
inspection consists of a rapid glance
This glance costs
about «$2.00.

Naples is a city of one million in-
habitants, and owing to its numerous
filthy streets, and the large numbers
of paupers' and beggars, the greater
part of it is not attractive, although
I consider that the buildings in the
central part of the business section
are quite artistic. The pavements of the
streets, as a whole, are very rough»
Many people cook and live in them,

’ owing to the great shortage of houses.

A tourist finds excellent hotel ac-
commodations in Naples. Where we
stopped, a large room and private bath
cost us about the same'as it would
in the larger cities of this country.
The St. Januarius Cathedral is one of
the chief points of interest in the city.
There are nearly three hundred
churches in the city—one of which is
Protestant..-

The majority of the people live
mainly on bread and wineand mac-
aroni, although some fish and vegeta-
bles are included in their diet. It is
interesting to watch some of them eat
macaroni,
doing it. One, the more refined meth-
od, consists in winding the tubes
around a fork With the aid of a knife,
and then placing .them in the mouth.
The other consists in placing one end
of the tubes in the mouth and draw-

DROPPED in at the store to look
in on,the weekly meeting of, what
Doc Tanner jokingly called, the

- “Spit and Whittle Club,” last Saturday

afternoon, just as the boys were dis-
cussing Jud Aken and his new ma-
nure spreader.

“Who’d a’,thought” Bill Briggs was
saying, when I came in, “that old Jud,
after all these years of spreading ma-
nure from a farm wagon with a fork,
would ever come to spend $160 for
such a thing as a spreader?”

“Does beat the band,” remarked
light—haired Peter Wagenor, and two

'or. three others nodded their heads in

knowing assent.

You see, Jud has a reputation of
being just a little close. The boys at
the store used to pull a lot of good
Almost every
story they told on Jud had something
to do with his Scotch ancestry. I re-
call one of Doc Tanner’s. Dod said
that he had it on good authority that
old Jud went out behind the house one
Christmas eve with his shotgun, fired
it off in the air, then came in and
told the kids that Santa Claus had
just committed suicide.

Another mean one that someone
told on Jud was about Jud’s inspira-
tion on seeing his wife carrying a
bucket of water up to the house from
the spring in the orchard. They said
that Jud hustled to town and bought a

- the rough streets.

there being two ways of,

th’ wfletso that she could

7 ByM. M. McCool

ing them into it by the coordinated
action of the lips, tongue, and jaws.
The latter is far more interesting from
the stand point of the spectator.

As is customary of tourists, we went
out to see -Vesuvius and the ruins of
Pompei. party of us hired a taxi
and guide. On the way out we saw

. the suburbs of Naples and were_ im-

pressed by the terrible congestion and
In fact, the driver
drove on the rails of the street car
tracks the greater part of the way.
When he did not do this, riding in a
lumber wagon on a clay road after a
rainy season, would be a pleasure in
comparison.

The soil in this region is mainly vol-
canic ash,'having been blown out of
the volcanoes located near the city.
Therefore, it is new, and has been
leached comparatively little; hence,
when irrigated it is very productive.
This region is the most intensely cul-
tivated One that I saw in Europe. The
fruit trees have grape vines trained
to them, and vines are also planted
between the rows of fruit trees and
in turn beneath these, early maturing
crops are produced.' Thus, there may

be several crops occupying the same
land at the same time. I noted that
the rows of potatoes were twelve inch-
es apart and the plants stood about
six inches apart in the row. Farther
away from the cities and towns, irri-

gation is not practiced, and potatoes ‘

are planted in rows two feet apart.

The site of Pompei lies somewhat
higher than the surrounding bountry,
as is typical of the older cities in the
Mediterranean region. Such sites were
chosen for defensive purposes against
human enemies, as well as against
malaria infested mosquitoes. Pompei
existed at least as early as 500 B. C.
Its oldest building, the Doric Temple,
was of the style of the sixth century
B. C. The volcano that erupted and
buried this city in 19 A. D. stands not
far away.

Our guide stated that, contrary to
general belief, it was not Vesuvius
that did this deed, but the mountain
adjacent to and back of it. Since we
were not present at that time, I am
willing to let the discussion rest here.
At any rate, the burying of this~city
and two thousand of its inhabitants,
and its excavation, which was begun

 

 

The Older CitiesAof' Italy were Built Upon the Hills to Give Protection

gainst Human and

Aken Bought a Spreader

Am! How Me Old C1775 Got a Lzz‘t/e Jolt

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carry two buckets at a trip instead of
only one.

But this particular day, while the
boys were discussing Jud"s latest lapse
of regular form, Jud’s second oldest
boy, Tom, came into the store for a
breast strap for a harness.

Asa Brown ,saw him first and, giving
the rest of the boys the wink, called
young Tom over. Now Asa himself
was never accused of being what you
might style a spendthrift, but then,
it’s usually these real tight old wads
who like to tell how close other people
are. I guess they think that, in that
way, they draw attention away from
themselves.

Well, anyway, Asa called Tom over
and said, “They tell me you’ve got a
nice new green and yellow spreader
out to your place now, and that you
boys all put on your Sunday suits
when you spread manure.”

“We’ve got a new spreader, that’s
right,” answered Tom, good naturedly,
“but you’re all wrong about those Sun-
day clothes.”

"What the heck ever induced your
father to invest in a spreader at this
stage of the game, anyhow?” asked
Asa. “I never knew that you young
skates over there on your farm ever
broke so many fork handles working
that the old man would figure he’d

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save money by buying a spreader.”

“Oh, we haven’t .broken any fork
handles lately,” replied Tom. “In fact,
the only fork handle that’s been brok-
en on our place in the last year was
the one you broke when we threshed
last fall, and Dad always insists that
you were leaning on that one when it
broke”.

That sort of turned the laugh on
Asa, for that’s exactly what did hap-
pen over at Akens’ last fall. The joke
was that young Tom himself had
switched forks with Asa at noon and
had given him an old fork with a rot—
ten handle and when Asa used it to
help himself down off the wagon, it
snapped.

“No, I’ll tell you about that spread-
er, if you care to hear the truth of
the matter,” Tom went on after the
laugh on Asa had died down. “No one
sold Dad that machine. It sold itself
to him.”

That sounded like a queer sort of
statement. Nobody said anything, and
Tom went on:

“You all know the McPherson farm
over in Hoyt township. You all know,
too, that it is considered about the
finest farm in the county and, wheth-
er you know-it or not, that farm is
held up as one of the high producing
farms of this state. When I was at

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in 1748, has given the world a vivid
picture of the ways in which the peo-
ple'lived in those times. The wall"
around the city is said to be about one
and one‘fourth miles in length. Con-
siderable of the city has been excas
vated down to the street level, and the
pavements are doubtless cleaner than
they were when the city was alive.

The industry of the city consisted or
wine making, fishing, the manufacture
of mill stones from lava, and the mak-
ing of pumice stone. As one walks
along the paved streets he sees the
deep ruts made in the granite by cart
wheels, and the remains of houses, all
of which are one story in height. Also
of note are the Temple of Jupiter, two
Forums, 9. large and small theater, a
wrestling place, bathing places, and
the amphitheater.

Many of the houses had complete
arrangements for the bath room, warm
and hot chambers, heated by hot air,
swimming tanks and very beautiful
private gardens. The gardens were
small and entirely enclosed. The walls
were painted with fresco"and orna-
mentations, there were numerous col-
umns and Mosaic floors. There were
present marble and bronze tables,
lamps in which olive oil was burned,
and which were of artistic shapes. We
noticed that the kitchen utensils were
very much like those of the present
day, as were the hairpins, combs,
brushes and mirrors. There were
scales for weighing, musical instru—
ments, surgical and dental instruments
-—not very different from some I have
seen in some doctors’ offices in this
country.

We saw a public drinking fountain
where those who leaned over to drink
rested on one arm or the elbow, and
by so doing had worn a. depression in.
the granite rock several inches in
depth. They Were sanitary in respect
to drinking of running water without
drinking cups! We also noted large '
wine vats, as well as the apothecary *-
shops, flour mills made from huge

(Continued on page 272).

the college taking a short course last
year, the teachers kept talking about
soil fertility and the methods of build-
ing up worn-out land, and they often
spoke of the McPherson farm here in

“We had quite a talk with Mr. Mc-
Pherson had built 11p his land from
practically nothing, to one of the fin-
est farms in the state, simply through
a. systematic fertility program and a.
herd of dairy cows.

“I came back home this spring and
told my father about this McPherson
farm, and how they did things up
there. Dad listened at first, but after
a while he got tired and told me that
he didn’t believe all that those teach—
ers told about the place, and so on.»
Finally, I persuaded him to go over
and visit the place with me. I wanted
to learn more about it, and I believe
that he was just a little bit curious
himself. To make a long story short,
We drove over.

“We had quite a talk with Mr Mc-
Pherson The old fellow seemed glad
to tell us about his place, and how he
had built it up. He took us over his
fields and explained his system of fer-
tilizing. On the way back to the house
we went through the barnyard, and
there we saw his manure spreader'
standing under the manure shed. The
old gentleman, stopping a minute,
turned to Dad and said, ‘There's the
most valuable machine on my farm.
I couldn’t have built this place'up

 

    


 

 

 

 

   

EARLY five and

a half million
farm buildings in this
country are burning
without sign offlame or
smoke. This burning is
so slow that it is not
noticed. Perhaps your
own farm buildings are
burning and you don’t
know it. They are if the
surfaces are not painted.

This burning, also
known as combustion,
involves oxidation, dur-
ing which oxygen is
taken from the air.
There are three kinds of
combustion—explosion,
which is instantaneous;
fire, which is rapid com—
bustion; and decay,
which is slow combus-
- tion.

 

It is 51020 combustion,
or decay, that is destroy-
ing the millions of farm
buildings. This combus-
tion, or burning, goes
on ceaselessly wherever
unpainted surfaces are exposed to
the atmosphere. It causes porch
columns, window sash, exterior
Walls, to decay and crumble.

Lead paint will prevent your
farm buildings from burning. You
can keep your buildings safe from
deterioration, from this smokeless
fire, by keeping them always cov—
ered with a film of lead paint.

Why use Dutch Boy
whitevlead

Thousands of farmers use Dutch
Boy white-lead paint to protect
their property. Dutch Boy white-
lead is pure white—lead. It contains
no cheapening adulterants. It is
groundfine (it must pass through a
silk screen containing 27,000 holes
to the square inch). This gives a
smooth dense film with the maxi-
mum of spread. It makes a tough,
elastic and waterproof film that sticks
to the surface, that does not crack

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and scale, th at has great
hiding power.

For covering the out-
side of your buildings
use a combination of
Dutch Boy white-lead
and Dutch Boy linseed
oil. For interior flat fin-
ishes mix Dutch Boy
White-lead with Dutch
Boy Hatting oil. The
paint in either case can
be tinted to any color
desired. Dutch Boy
white—lead and flatting
oil, either white or
tinted, make a paint
that gives particularly
soft, beautiful flat fin-

   

 

, ; are I’m putting,

' l». a
spread evenly and well. *1 'weairxout
.one of those machines-"every two years
and I buy a new one that often: ”-

“I noticed Dad looked a. little wild-
eyed when he heard that, and when
the old gentleman told Dad that he
paid $160 for his last spreader, Dad
asked- him if heldidn't think that was
a lot of money to be spending for a
spreader every two years.”

“Mr. McPherson said, ‘I used to
think so at first, but I’ve come to be—
lieve that it’s the best "investment I
made on my farm. That machine pays
for itself in less than two years, oper-
ating for. the last six months on ’vel-
vet, you might say.’ That last state-
ment did stump my father. .

“About two weeks after that visit to
the McPherson farm, Dad came home
one evening towing a new manure
spreader behind the wagon. He’d been
in town all day dickering with Harve
Jameson. He finally worked a deal
with Harve by trading him a buggy
and an old feed cutter, but he came
home.with the spreader. The first
thing he said when I went out to help

 

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gmake one pay? ror‘x’nseu in that
pay out. if we can nurse it along for
eight years or maybe ten.’ ‘

“Now, that’s the story. I expect that
some of you dufiers got quite a jolt
when you heard that my father had
bought a spreader, but I know of at
least three of you who don’t have. one
and who never have had one, and it
might not be a bad piece of business
if you’d go oVer and havea talk with
Harve Jameson. He’s got a new car-
load in and he’s pretty anxious to get
rid of them.” .

With that, young Tom left'the store.
There followed a prolonged silence
among the members of the “Spit and

. Whittle Club,” which was finallybrok—

en by Peter, one of the spreaderless
farmers. .Peter rose quickly to his
feet, and remarked that he had better
be going home. With one accord some
unseen spirit moved the other mem-
bers of the club, and they, too, left,
without so much as suggesting that
at future sessions the matter of Jud
Aken and his manure‘ spreader be
further discussed.

 

 

THE NEW ZEALAND BUTTER
POOL.

 

R. SOREN SORENSE’N, Danish
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Dutch Boy red-lead

keeps rust from attack-
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trucks, metal equip-
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It has become the stand-
ard for protecting metal
as has Dutch Boy White-

United States, has returned to Den-
mark to report on an investigation he
recently made of the dairy situation
in New Zealand.

The most important movement; in
the world dairy situation, according
to Doctor Sorensen, is the government
controlled pool organized to handle
New Zealand butter exports. It is
just now going into operation with the
opening of the seasonal heavy produc-

 

lead for saving wooden
surfaces.

' Free paint booklet

We will be pleased to send you a
new booklet, “Painting, Protective
and Decorative.” This booklet tells
what paint is, What paint does, and
why paint protects the surface. It
contains color plates of house ex-
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In the famous Dutch Boy series
of products made by National Lead
Company, besides white-lead, red-

tion season.

This pool is designed to prevent big
shipments of butter at one time,
which in recent years have unsettled
European markets, with a tendency to
depress prices. It is merely an effort
to secure the orderly marketing of
New Zealand butter.

Doctor Sorensen believes that this
will tend to prevent fluctuations in
European butter markets, and will also
tend to prevent large shipments of
Danish butter to the United States,
which in the past have unsettled our
markets.

News \of the Week
National

John Douglas, a farmer living near

lead and flatting oil, there are sol-
der, linseed oil and babbitt metals.

National Lead Company makes,

Washington, N. J., struck a stone while
plowing in a field. Further investiga-
tion revealed it to be a bust of George
Washington, carved in granite, about
two and a half feet high and six inches
wide.

in addition, lead products for prac-
tically every purpose to which lead
can be put in art, industry and
daily life. If you desire specific in-
formation about any use of lead,
write to our nearest branch.

Mrs. Hannah Eldred, of Baldwin, L.
I., celebrated her one hundred and
third birthday. She is proud of her

descendants, which numbered 200.

The heads of the United States Navy

are studying the plans of the dirigible

airship which is being made by the

Ford Motor Company.

 

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Secretary of Agriculture Jardine O.
K.’d the merger of the Armour and
Morris meat packing companies.

The governors of Georgia, Alabama,

 

u/i North Carolina and Virginia have is—

sued proclamations calling on the peo-
1ple to pray for rain. The drought is
causing serious injury to crops in the
entire south.

The number of persons in the fed-
eral prison have doubled since 1921,
and it is said that prohibition viola-
tions are the cause of the increased
number. A survey shows that it has
cost the government over $19,000,000
to enforce the prohibition law.

A recent investigation shows that
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Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., won in}
his race for United States Senator in
Wisconsin, by a large margin in the
recent election. He is the son of the
late Senator LaFollette.

A race board has been formed in

‘Detroit to investigate the differences

between the whites and the negroes.

Secretary of Commerce Hoover has
recommended a radio conference next
month to consider restricting radio
broadcasting.

A Colorado cattleman drove his herd
of eighty-eight he,ad,of beef cattle 200
miles to market, using the old method
because freight rates were too high.
It took the stockman and four cow-_
boys two months to complete the trip.

A weaver in one of the New Jersey
mills recently completed a thirty-five-
day fast, during which he worked four-
teen hours a. day. He lived entirely on
water, and lost forty—four pounds in
weight.

Accidents ithhe United States cost
an average of twenty-five dollars per
individual. There were 22,600 fatal
accidents, and 670,000 non-fatal street
and highway accidents in 1923.

The first national airplane reliabil-
ity tour will start from Detroit on Sep-
tember 26, and will go through eleven
cities.

Detroit will get airmail routes to
'Cleveland and Chicago.

Foreign

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of
Sherlock Holmes, and now a spiritu-
alist, claims that spiritual messages
indicate that the world is approaching
a great catastrophe which may last
for three years.

The French are making gains in
their attacks on the Riffs in Morroco,
but the Spanish plans of attack have
been upset.

At St. Catharines, Ontario, thou-
sands of birds have been seen flying
south, and old settlers are puzzled to
know whether it is to be an early Win-i
ter. It is an exceptionally early time
for birds to start their southern mi-
gration. '

A French scientist says that sight
by wire will be a fact in two years. \

Samuel Sloan, the armless treasurer
of Arkansas, signed 1,300 bonds with‘
a pen held in his teeth.

The French minister of education
was the first member of the French
government to pay a friendly visit to
Berlin since the war. ‘

Some members of the Mexican Con-
gress are proposing a bill which will
prohibit deputies and senators from
carrying pistols during sessions of the,
parliament.

Joseph Caillaux, who was at one
time exiled from his country as a
traitor, is being proposed for election

' to the French Academy in place of his

late friend, Anatole France. He is.
now proclaimed the financial saviour
of France.

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time, we can sort of make this thing

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much time for the holding ‘ ability ‘of'
many folks: who, for lack of patience,
or. faifli, or financial Strength, «have
closed out their business and gone to-
the city to toil in the shop's. Those
who have stuck to the old farm and
kept it going in the usual manner,
however, are now seeing the wisdom
of their way. ’ ’ ,
Here is ‘an individual case that has

  
   

‘ recently been brought to. our attention.

One of our geod farmers out in ’,the
state, who has determinedly carried
on his regular system of well-balanced

i husbandry, reports 'the total amount

of sales from his farm for a series of
years. This report showsvconclusively

 

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Squash and pumpkins mayalsobe pre-
serve’dgin the same way. ;It is said
that this method will keep them all
winter. Of course, the dipping, should
be thorough, as the purpose of it is
to exclude the air, thus preventing the
development of rot. , ‘

THEM STATE GRANGE MEETING.

HE Michigan State Grange will

hold its annual meeting this year
at Adrian, October 27-29. Lenawee
county holds the record in member-
ship, but this is the first time that it
will be host\fo the State Grange.

 

NEED MORE COWS.

CCORDING to a recent investiga-
tion it is' figured that Michigan
will need 110,502 more cows by 1930 to
supply the needs of its growing popu-

The Soil

Taken from Light Soil.
The Abundance of Growth Testi-

 

 

fies to the Fact that, in Handling These Light Soils in Particular, the
Man is Seventy-five Per Cent of the Farming Equation. ah
how the pendulum swings, and that lation. However, if the Michigan

the upward swing has gotten well un-
der way. The report follows:

1918 ........ . ............... $6,364.66
1919 .. ........ ........5,843.94
1920 . . ................ . . . 4,725.67
1921 ........................ 4,620.34
1922 . . ............... . ..... 3,810.31
19.23 ........................ 3,349.71
1924 . . . . . ................... 4,856.23
1925 (Partly Estimated) ...... 5,400.00

This income may lap over from year
to year to a certain extent, but the
general trend would not be markedly
effected. 4h» *-~...p’ as... .. »
‘ The many favorable signs of the
times are too evident to be disputed.
The Irishman says, “when it clouds
'up all around and pours down in the

middle it is a good sign of rain.” Like-,

wise,when the banks are full of farm-
er deposits it is a pretty good sign
that farmers are making money and
saving it. That is the condition with
many of our small town banks in the
good farming sections of Michigan to-
day, some of them reporting that they
have more farmer money on deposit

7 “ this fall than ever before in their his-

tory. That does not necessarily mean
that all farmers are prospering. Many
of them, 'who have been heavily in-
volved, are still hard pressed. But it
does look like many of them were
gradually throwing off the load and
learning the feel of real money again.
That they are content to let it accum-
ulate in the bank is taken as a good
indication that prosperity is coming
to stay with us awhile—An Isabella
County Farmer.
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PRESERVING MELONS.

\ F any’of‘ our readers wish to pre
serve melons, here is a good way. Dip
the melons in" melted parafi‘ln and

4 breds and modern dairy methods, the

farmers adopt the policy of using pure-

state will need only one-half of that
number. These conclusions are based
on figures from hundreds of cow test-
ing reports. '

 

QUALITY OF APPLE

MOTH CUTS
- CROP.

‘

RECENT trip into the apple grow»

ing districts of the state reveals
that the codlin moth has been busy.
The peculiar weather this summer
made the determining of the appear-
ance of the moth difficult. Cool weath-
er during the development of the first
brood delayed the apeparance of part
of it, and the recent warm spell caus-
ed many worms to appear, most of
which develop to be side-worms.

MlNT GROWERS DO WELL.

EPPERMINT oil is selling for $13.50

per pound, the highest price in the
history of the industry. This high
price is undoubtedly due to the slump
from which the industry has recently
emerged. When prices were only
eighty cents a pound many quit the
business. The consequent shortage:
and a good demand, has put the price
up to the record point.

At the present price a man can
carry $1,000 worth in one hand. Banks
are offering storage space in their
vaults for the mint grower’s crops.
The high prices will unddubtedly stim-
ulate production which, in turn, will
bring prices down.

 

The trouble with family trees is
that so many of them are shady.

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Comfortable
.. _ Heat for the
_” Whole House

BE sun and warm this winter! Install a
Mue er Convector—the warm air furnace
that heats the whole house without pipes,
radiators, or wall registers.

  
 

 

 

 

The Mueller Convector difi'ers from the ordinary pipeless furnaces in three

important respects:

1. The Convector’s "zone of better heat circulation”—— a wide, roomy throat
and unobstructed, straight air passages — permits large volume, gentle circula-
tion of uniformly heated air all through the house. The ordinary pipeless
furnace With a narrow, restricted throat, shoots the warm air out, creating un-

comfortable, unhealthful drafts — spotty heat.

2. There are no openings in the Convector casing to admit musty air from

cellar or basement into the rooms above.

3. The Convector, because of the scientific design of its radiator and com-
bustion dome, has more direct heating surface than the ordinary pipeless
furnace and consequently produces the greatest amount of heat from fuel
burned. It is more economical.

The gfipendability of the Convector is vouched for by more than 100,000
sansfi owners and by a concern that: has been manufacturing dependable
heating equipment for 68 years.

There is a Mueller dealer near you who is a qualified heating
man. Through hm: you can arrange for a Mueller installation
on easy monthly terms. Mail the coupon for full information.

L.J. MUELLER FURNACE COMPANY, Dept. 5:9 Milwaukee, Wis.

  
 
  
   
  
     
   

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Address

L. J. Mueller Furnace Company,
Dept. 3-9, Milwaukee, Wis.

Heating Systems of all Types

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Where Greater Capacity is Required
The Mueller Double Radiator Warm Air Furnace
has practically twice as much direct heating sur-
face as any other warm air furnace of equal grate
area. Consequently it produces
‘ MORE HEAT with L E S S
FU E L —— is tons of coal
cheap er than the ordinary
urnace. Burns any

kind of fuel.

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INSECT or] GOLDEN GLOW.

 

_ Please tell me what insect was on
f my goldenglow. Am sending some of
' same in separate package. Is there
any remedy for them?——-Miss E. P.

It happens that this insect is a com-
mon plant-louse, which usually appears
on golden glow about this time of the
year, but which is, in this case, almost
completely parasitized. There are
scores of plant lice, every one of which

contains a parasite belonging to the‘

genus Lysiphlebus. Under the condi-
tions, I would leave nature alone, since
the parasites are doing a much better
job than could be done by spraying.

, The parasitized plant lice have turn-
ed brown and are swollen, and in each
one there appears a round hole, from
which a wasp-like insect emerges,

' which makes it her business to lay
eggs in other insects, and so carry on
the good work.——-R. H. Pettit.

TELEPHONE COMPANY’S RIGHT

TO TREES.

 

Our place extends to river front,
a distance of about five rods from the
house, highway between house and
river. Has the telephone company the
right to cut down all trees and let lay
along the bank of the river? It is
outside village limits—Subscriber.

Telephone companies have no right
without the owner’s consent, to cut
down or mutilate trees in putting up
their lines.—-Rood.

REDEMPTION 0N TAX SALE.

 

When one’s home is to be sold for
taxes is it not the duty of the county
treasurer to let the home owner know
about it? Or can it be sold, the owner
not knowing a thing about it until
after it is sold? (Notified afterwards).
The taxes unpaid were $18.54. Now it

has doubled up to $42.28, which in?

cludes $5 for repairs. How long has
one to redeem his place ?——A. H.

A tax sale is valid though no notice
of the sale was given to the owner.
If he can show that the taxes had
been paid the sale will be cancelled at
any time. If they had not been paid
he can redeem within the year after
the sale by paying one per cent per
month, and $5.00 in addition to the
price at which the land was sold, and
after a, year from the sale he can re-
deem by paying 100 per cent addition—
al. After notice to bar redemption
he has six months yet to redeemr—f
Rood.

 

SOME RENTAL PROBLEMS.

 

Can a farmer make his tenant, or
hired man, pay or stand the cost of
windows that get broken while he is
living in the house? Can the tenant
make the farmer pay for overtime in
the evenings and on Sunday ?—N. K.

Both items are matters of contract.
There would be a liability for the
broken windows, though broken with—
out the fault of the person living in
the house if, by his contract, he
agreed to return the house in good
condition, otherwise he would be liable
only in case it was done through his
fault or negligence—Rood.

 

FAILURE TO FULFILL CONTRACT.

 

I took a draftsman’s course from a.
Chicago man. He was to train me to
be a first-class draftsman. He didn’t
do this. How can I get my money
back?——~M. K-

If the contract Was not performed,
M. K. is entitled to his money back,
but it would usually be easier to go
out and earn some more money.

 

GETTING RID OF QUACK GRASS.

 

Can you tell me a sure method of
,. getting rid of quack grass? 'Is it good
to spade it all out ?—-——F. L. - ..
If your quack grass is confined to
small areas, one of the best methods

   
 

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Of eradication would be ?to spade it
out. Care should be used in making
sure that all pf the roots‘are removed
from the soil, since a small piece of
root containing joints will establish a
new plant. ,

If’possible, the roots should be re-
moved and the, ground allowed to re—
main for a few weeks without a crop.
In ’case’ all of the roots have not been
rem0ved, young plants will appear and

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total! plow rather deeply.

sive cultivation will be necessary, how-

ever-,since quack is a difficult crop to,

eradicate.-.—"C,.' R. Megee, ' ' .

 

The. theatrical section of Broadway.
New York, is known as “The Great
White Way,” because the signs use
1,095,841 electric lamp bulbs, and .a
special crew of fifty men makes the

rounds of these signs nightly to rel'

place burned-out lamps.

A Rainy Night Special

. OUBTLESS there is not one who
reads what follows who has not
experienced just such a rainy

night on the farm. I refer to one of
those nights when a steady rain sets
in an hour or so before chore time and
continues a steady drizzle until long
after every respectable person should
be in bed and asleep.

One tramps around in the west pas-
ture field after the cows and the sheep.
Every other night they would be wait-
ing at the bars, but on this rainiest of
all nights you find them at the farthest
end of the field. After much “Whay—
ing” and “Shooing,” you drive them
to the gate. All go through but the
last one, which suddenly decides to
gallop back to the far end of the pas-
ture field.

But eventually all the live stock is
coralled in the barnyard, the milking
done, and supper eaten. We scan the
daily paper for a few minutes, and
then betake ourselves to bed, for lack
of something better to do, and find
our bed the best place to get warm on
a rainy night.

So much for a rainy night on the
farm. Let us turn to a rainy night in
a big city. The only feature these two
kinds of nights have in common is an
over—abundance of wetness. When late
afternoon sets in for a rainy night in
the city, the average working person
either puts on a long face, or sum—
mons all possible courage, and begins
to whistle that song composed for
rainy days alone, “It ain’t goin’ to
rain no more."

Unless you are blessed with an un-
usual streak of luck in your life’s
cycle, you find yourself downtown,
perhaps five, more likely ten miles
from home, without a coat or umbrella,
and flivverless.

When the closing hour strikes, you
don your hat and huddle around in
the doorway, sorta' waiting until the
rain is over. In time, hunger drives
you to the nearest hot lunch counter,
dodging between the rain drops so as
not to spoil your “everyday and Sun-
day” hat.

Somewhat refreshed by a lunch you
wouldn’t look at if served at home,
you decide that perhaps it will stop
raining in a couple of hours. A crowd
a block long is waiting in the jitney
line. Everyone is huddling under an
umbrella or the latest copy of the
evening paper. How consoling (?) it
is to think of your three umbrellas
resting peacefully and dry in the um-
brella rack at home!

To while away that couple of hours
you. again dodge between the rain
drops to the nearest show. At the end
of that one hundred and twenty min-
utes you emerge from the punkest
show you ever saw, grab a jitney and
skid home, drenched to the skin.

Usually there are not many varia-
tions in rainy nights in a big city,,but
on the particular rainy night I have in
mind I got the biggest thrill I’ve had
in many a moon.

This rainy night program progress-
ed as “per usual” up to the time I came
out of the show. But- there I caught

 

In 4 Jitney De’Luxe

a jitney right in front of the theater,
and didn’t have to wait in the rain.
Even as I climbed into the jitney the
thundering notes of unharmonious jazz
echoed in my ears and the sordid play
had carried my spirits even lower than
a rainy day. If I could only forget
it all.

I huddled into the rearmost seat of
the jitney, attempting to lose myself
in higher thoughts. The rain pitter-
pattered its drowsy melody on the
top of the jitney. I closed my eyes.
We were scarcely a block away when
this drowsy melody changed to “Love’s
Old Refrain,” played in beautiful or-
chestral harmony. How strange! Was
I dreaming? Weary from a busy day’s
work, I hesitated in pinching myself
into reality. As we bumped across the
car tracks at Hamilton street I sat
at attention. That beautiful refrain
seemed to become more of a reality.
Could it be that we were passing a
high—powered radio with a street horn.
Not possible—those soft notes could
not come from such an instrument.

I listened—then my eyes came to
rest upon something in the front seat
of the jitney in which I was riding. I
blinked, to be sure that I was not
dreaming.

In all reality, placed beside the driv-
er was a rather small loud speaker.
Upon questioning the driver, I learned
that he had installed a three-tube set
in his automobile in preparation for a
little vacation trip north. He was giv-
ing his. patrons the benefit of this un-
usual installation for a couple of
nights before leaving.

And there we were—skidding along
over the slippery street, and liStening
to a first-class musical program from
New York, without even a ground con-
nection. When the announcer came
on the air,»you thought it was the
gentleman sitting next to you speak-
ing.

There I had spent two hours in that
sordid show when I might have been
listening to my favorite composer
playing in New York.

They tell us music is in the air and
everywhere, and right then my jitney
ride De Luxe proved it more than
even—L. M. W.

 

OBSERVATIONS IN SOUTHERN
. ITALY.

(Continued from page 269).
granite rock, and stone bake ovens
where the bread was baked.

On many of the walls were inscrip-
tions or scribblings such as one sees
in public or semi-public places today.
The theater tickets were interesting
and unique in many respects. If one
were a musician and attended the the-
ater, he received an ivory check shap-
ed like the musical instrument upon
which he played. If one were wealthy,
he received a medallion, and if one
were very,poor, he received a fish.
(Perhaps it is here that the term
“Poor Fish” originated). Tickets in
the form of pigeons-were handed out

_to‘ those ‘who seated themselves in'the

gallery, and skulls were given to those
who‘sat in the bald-headed rows. Judg-

   

,. _ , springplow
“shallow; and. summer fallow until the

:-»quack is killed out. Rather inten- “’

g 000 acres.

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ing‘about, thirty miles south of Rome,
near the sea, are of historic interest.
They consist of anarea' of about 150,-
They ’Were formed,y‘it is
said, in pro-historic times when-this
plain became inundated, due to ,a rise
in the elevation of the land near the
sea, and the subsequent ,formation of
These obstructed
the outlet-for the water from the hills
and mountains. The plain is flooded
in winter and spring, and as the water
gradually settles away a deposit of
silt is left over the area. During the
summer months only the lowest places
are swampy. The soils, of course, are
extraordinarily fertile. They now pro-
vide an abundance of pasture, and in
some places where there are drainage
and irrigation canals, other crops are
grown. On the pastures of this dis-
trict are raised many long horned cat-
tle, which frequently are used as
beasts of burden. Water buffaloes are
used also for working the land and
for cleaning out the weeds that grow
in the drainage canals.

 

DIG_AND PICK POTATOES CARE.
FULLY.

 

(Continued from page 267).
of moisture and the tendency to heat
will be checked.

Potatoes should be emptied and not
dropped or dumped into the storage.
If it is necessary to carry the crates
onto a pile or bin, one can pad a
plank with old burlap bags and move
it around on the pile'with very little
skinning or bruising of the potatoes.
If potatoes are let down through a
chute, a funnel can be made of burlap
that will break the fall. A padded
chute is better than a bare one. Some
growers have mechanical conveyors
that carry the potatoes on an endless
belt to the storage bin.

If a storage house where potatoes
can be cooled down thoroughly is lack-
ing, the use of temporary shallow pits
in the field will meet the requirements.
The pit should be covered with a lay—
er of clean straw and a. thin layer of
dirt. After the potatoes have sweated
out and cooled off before cold weather
sets in, the stock can be graded and
placed in winter storage at the con-
venience of the grower. All defectives
should be removed at this time, such
as forked, sliced, bruised, second
growths, and those affected with
growth cracks. If some potatoes have
been field frosted before digging, this
temporary pitting will be almost nec-
essary to sort out the frost injury.
Slightly frosted potatoes often do not
show up until late spring, but ordinar-
ily this temporary pitting and sweat-
ing will reveal frost injury so that
specimens affected can be sorted out.

The sizing of the potatoes by run-
ning them over a mechanical grader
to remove the small ones, is only a
part of the job of grading. The rejec-
tions on grade come principally on the
presence of defective potatoes, such
as field frost, rots, molds, mechanical
injuries, and now we must include
hollow heart.

We know that the problems of pro-
duction and marketing are insepar-
able. Market requirements demand
standardization. Standardization is a
collective effort, requiring adaptation
to soils, climatic conditions, and to
consumers’ demands.

Success will come when the individ-
uals of a community realize what the
market wants and prepare to supply
the need in an efficient manner.

The things the consumer wants that
Michigan growers can give are pota-
toes free from defects, of medium size
and of good cooking quality. The
careful handling of potatoes at har-
vesting time will help to meet these

demands. -

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Another interesting-ritourf extended ._ !
"frOm Rome southward ”through ihei \ -,
Pomtine marshes. These'jmarshes, ly-

 
     
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
   

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‘- planned by
_ Office Department.

“opening sell to begin idth. But in' an

”bid like bed on one- part of the place -.
. ‘ 11,1”: 5,11 extensiis deposit of marl.
' spring Mr Wimnd planted/ a large

Last

field to earn 0n part or this land he

' put a liberal- dressing of marl, but the
‘ rest of it was not so treated. The
corn on the marled land is a good two

feet taller than that on the untreated
land, and its color is much darker and
healthier looking. The experiment has
proved to the owner and to the neigh-
bors that one thing needed by light
sandy soils [of the vicinity is lime.—
H: Spooner.

PUT LIME~ON SURFACE, DON’T

PLOW IT DOWN.

 

Is sugar beet factory lime good to
use on land, especially if it has laid
for several years? I am thinking of
preparing a field for alfalfa and was
going to haul about twelve loads of
manure to the acre, filling the spread-
er about three-quarters full of manure
and the rest with lime, plowing this
down in fall.—C. J. S.

Refuse lime from a sugar factory is
all right if it doesn’t cost too much
to handle it. Ground limestone can be
used as a basis for cost. What will
it cost delivered at your station? If it is
dry and ready to apply, it can be applied
with a lime—spreader rapidly and at
slight expense. When marl or refuse
lime is as dry as ground limestone,
they are worth no more per ton. If
soaked with water they are worth no
more than half as much. Then you
must consider that the limestone is
where you can get to it. Sometimes
it is difficult to haul the marl, or refuse
lime, from where it is.
considered.

Lime should not be plowed down,
but mixed with the surface soil. It is
this surface soil that you want to
sweeten. Here is where the young
plants start to grow, and where they

_ want the most congenial conditions.

The lime will leach down into the sub-

, soil soon enough without plowing it

down.

Refuse lime, marl and ground lime~
stone can be used with manure, but it
would not do to use caustic lime with
manure, for,it would set free the am-

, monia. You could spread your manure

and plow it down, and then spread the
lime on the land after plowing and
harrow it in. It would be just as well
provided
none of it washed off this winter. The
manure and lime can both be applied
in the spring.

It would be a splendid thing to use
acid phosphate when you seed to al-
falfa. Nothing would give it, and the
barley, a more vigorous start.

HUNTERS TRESPASSING.

 

What is the law in regard to keep-
ing hunters from running over the
farm and breaking fences, leaving
gates open ?—F. G.

Any person trespassing upon the pri-
vate property of another is liable in
damages for whatever injury results;
and in the absence of proof, nominal
damage is presumed. The only excuse
of the hunter is presumed invitation,
which, as a matter or fact, is usually
lacking. The presumption can be ov-
ercome by posting notice forbidding
trespass by hunters, and so forth, in
conspicuous places. There is also a
statute making persons guilty of mis-
demeanor who commit such trespass
after notices are posted in three con-
spicuous places on the property.

The ewe lambs should be supplied

. with a bone and muscle-making food.

It is not advisable to make them fat.

 

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The riding comibrt of a motor car is not dependent ,
upon its length, weight or cost, any more than the

comfort of- a home depends upon its size.

If the seats are deep enough and the proper distance
from the floor; if‘the seat backs are correctly pitched
for relaxation; if the upholstery is sufficiently stuffed
and there is plenty of leg room; above all, if the springs

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are rightly designed and of proper length, you will have

exceptional riding comfort.

Otherwise, you will not.

. Dodge Brothers, with characteristic thoroughness,

’ studied and experimented with these details ibrgyears.
Their findings were ultimately incorporated in the

design of Dodge Brothers Motor Car—without ques-

tion now a vehicle that ranks with the first in this

vitally important feature.

DDDEE— BROTHERS.|NC.DETRDIT

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$2.75 PER TON
at the mines. West Virainia lump. Hand picked and
shaker screened. Best quality guaranteed. Farmer
agents wanted to solicity orders from their neighbors.

Write us for delivered price and sample by return mail.
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Cuts down trees and saws them' up FAST—one
man does the work of ten-saws 10 to 25 cords a
day. Makes ties. A one-man outfit. Easy to run
and trouble-proof. Thousands in use. Powerful
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equipped with WICO Magneto. s and power
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L Our W eehfy g~SermaIz
, . S 0119' travels through the coun-
" try via~motor, he comes upon

‘ many unexpected turns and
views. That is’one : of the joys of
motoring. And” that may not be a bad

way of reviewing the past three
mont s. '

As we come up were hill we meet
the first foreign missionaries, as they
start away on their first journey of
love and good will. The fact that we
pass these men in an automobile is
not going to spoil our plan, for we are
not going to let a trifle like nineteen
hundred years interfere with our
scheme of review. Perhaps one fact
that strikes us forcibly at first is,
that these men should do so much on
foot.‘ Pedestrianism is passe now.
The man who exercises his sole is
swallowed. up in clouds of dust, is
hustled off the road by the glare of
headlights. But that is only a remind-
er of a fact that has been dodging in
and out of the
fence corners and
shouting at us all
the way: namely,
that mechanical
speed is not the
only token of pro-
gress. These ear~
1y pioneers made
progress such as
makes us wince
in comparison, and they never had a
faster means of locomotion than to
be drawn by mules or oxen. The first
missionaries! Some people would not
thrill at that. But we know nothing
greater‘iat which to marvel. A long
line has followed them, and some are
living who are .worthy to be known as
their descendants. If America were
as good, as unselfish, as sincere as her
Christian missionaries, the story of
our relations with foreign nations
would be different.

 

As we drive among the mountains
of Asia Minor, our motor gets pretty
hot as it laborsrup a series of rocky
hills to the ancient city of Antioch in
Picidia. We have to get out and let

,’er cool, and put fresh water in the
As soon as we get inside.

radiator.
the limits, our car is held up by a
traffic cop. He informs us that no one
will be allowed to pass that way for
several hours. All streets are roped
off, and there is no passing of cars
except police cars. The trouble? Trou-
ble enough, he declares. There has
been a riot, a religious riot, and things
must calm down a bit before the city
is safe. It seems that two men have
been in the city, have been teaching a
strange doctrine which has come into
conflict with the teachings of the usual
religion of the people. Only prompt
action on the part of the chief of po-
lice and the patrol wagon saved the
city from serious trouble. The two
strangers were already outside the
city and on their way elsewhere. The
two evening papers speak highly of
the decision and promptitude of the
police department in handling this
ticklish situation.

The next morning we pay our bill

‘ at the hotel and drive on.

“How far to Lystra?” we asked the
bewhiskered man at the filling station.
He seems inclined to be truthful.
“Thirty-six miles, and the worst road
in the country. Watch out for hold-
up men, too.” That is a comforting
send-oh"!

AGAIN in Lystra—for we got there,

though we had to have a garage
man come six miles out into the coun-
try to tinker up our poor old machine
—it was the same story over, only
much worse. If our car had not given
out we would have been in the thick
of it. This time the mob had dragged
Paul out of the city and stoned him.
The police department was slow and
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the departmental; Antioch. Theilittle

man was supposed to be dead. But
no, he fooled them again. ‘We had
long wanted to see this remarkable
man, and we resolved that we should
not miss him this» time. Onlyva few
friends were gathered in the house
where we found him, for the mob had
slunk away, believing he was dead.

He was rather short, and not stout, _

as we had supposed, but thin and with
a worn, tired look. And yet, when he
came to, and looked arbund, we could
see at least part of the reason for his
command of men. His eye! His voice!
They were not the eye and ‘voice of
the common man. He made no com-
plaint of what had taken place, but
closed his eyes and prayed softly, and
seemed to ben‘epeating the'words of
a psalm. When he had drunk a little
and eaten something, he spoke of go-
ing on. Going on! That was his bread
and drink. Going on, more people,
more teaching the good news, always
at it. Going on and on. That was
Paul.

The auto trail from this part of the
world to Jerusalem is anythingvbut
poetry. But it was necessary for the
missionaries to return to Jerusalem
for an important meeting, and we
thought it best to offer Paul and Barn-
abas a ride in our car. However, they
very courteously declined, as they said
there were many places on the way
where stops had to be made, and there
was plenty of time. My traveling com-
panion remarked that if it was the
stops that the apostles had in mind,
our car could accommodate them, as
it was especially strong‘on stops. How-
ever, we did not press the matter.

‘NIE arrived at the Holy City some
days before the council, and
spent the time visiting the spots fam-
ous in sacred history. The places that
attracted us most were those associ‘
ated with the Savior. We followed the
route His bleeding feet trod, as He
painfully made His way toward Gol-
gotha. .

When the second missionary tour
was projected by Paul and Barnabas,
we hardly thought that we would visit
the places and cities in their itinerary.
But so strong was the pull of their
purpose that we could not resist. We
planned to camp along the way, as far
as the highwaymen would permit, usu~
ally selecting some camp site near a
large town. When Paul and his com-
panion arrived at the city we pur-
posed to be among their hearers, in
'At the
first stop we were surprised to find
as Paul’s colleague, a man who was a
stranger to us, a man named Silas.

The most dramatic moment of my
life I consider to be the morning after
Paul had had a strange and powerful
dream, in which he saw a man calling
to him from across the Agean Sea,
and pleading with him to come and
help them over there. Paul was deeply
moved. He did not sleep for several
nights, but paced the floor and was
much in prayer. At length the party
of us crossed to the other side, the
distance across the Agean at that point
not being much more than across the
Straits of Mackinac. We had difficulty
in getting our car on board.

The man who we met there proved
to be a find. Educated, refined, a man
of much reading, he had also been a
great traveler, and was an earnest
Christian. Paul seemed to know him,
and they fell into long conversations.
He called him Lucas, of which our
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR
_ SEPTEMBER 27.

SUBJECT2—Review.
GOLDEN TEXTz—“Whom not having
seen ye love; on whom, tho now ye
see him not, yet believing, ye re-
joice with joy unspeakable and full
of glory.”—I Peter 1:8.

 

  
   
   
  

  
 
  
  
   
   
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

 
  
  
     
   
     
    
   
    
 

 
     

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'IERE are the experiences of two
. Cass county farmers. These men
handle the matter of seeding in. dif-
ferent ways, but both are enthusiastic
boosters ‘for SWeet clover pasture.
Sinith & Mellore, of Dowagiac, have
two fields seeded to sweet clover.
They are pasturing one of the fields
this ’year. The cattle cannot keep

ahead of the crop, and enough of the '

plants will- go ”to seed to secure a
stand for next year. This fall the cat-
tle. will be taken from this field and
put into the one that went to seed
last year. That field has been com-
ing on all spring and summer. The
stock can run there the rest of the
fall and next year, until the other field
is again ready. They have followed
Theircat—
tle are in good flesh and milking well
in spite of..the recent dry weather.

The other farm is the Star Farm of
500 acres near the Indiana line just
north of Elkhart. This year they have
eighty acres of sweet clover pasture.
The manager, Mr. John Dale, says:
“You cannot recommend it too highly.
We use it for all classes of‘ stock.”

Their practice is to seed with oats
each spring, pasture it that fall and
the next year, and the following sea-
son plow it up. By having the crop
in the rotation all the fields get the
soil-building and soil-loosening bene-
fits of the plant. Sweet clover bids
fair to be the best solution of the sum-
mer feed problem.——H. H. Barnum.

AUBETTER PASTURE CROP THAN
ALFALFA.

 

RLIN GRAHAM, living near us,

seeded thirty~five acres tosweet
clover a year ago this spring, with
wheat as a cover crop. Last fall he
pastured it till late, and it was eaten
pretty close, but it came on fine this
spring. He fenced off six acres and
plowed the rest under. All this year
he has had sixteen head of cattle pas-
turing it night and day, besides five
horses all the time, except when in
the harness. '

We have fifteen acres of new alfalfa
seeding which we are pasturing. In
the spring a flock of sheep ran on it
till about the twentieth of May, and
nineteen head‘ of cattle also; This
seeding is eaten down close to the
ground now, while Graham’s sweet clo-
ver is still about knee deep. These
two fields furnish a good example of
the value of sweet clover for pasture.
—G1en Colthorp.

 

KEEPS MUCH STOCK ON TEN
ACRES.

 

I LIVE in the township of Beaver, in

Bay county. I have ten acres of
sweet clover pasture, on which I have
nine milking cows, tour head 7of young
cattle, and five horses, and still the
clover keeps ahead. It is green and
rank. The cows are milking as well
as they were in the spring—VV. Em-
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I a tap at Greenville the youth-
ful appearing passenger in. the
day ceach rose from his seat and

. b. The young man stopped stash/e
water cooler, and in a leisurely man-
, ner helped himself to a cup of the
tepid contents-whereupon the florid
'visaged one grunted relievedly and re-
laxed, though still keeping an unob-
t‘rusive eye on the other..
a. The engine whistled; the train quiv-
'. ered, jerked and started; and the stout
person sagged deeper into the red
plush, and sighingly brought his res-
giration back to its normal. Then sud-
enly he leaped to his feet, his lips
forming a strppressed oath, and bound-
ed flown the aisle. The young man
apparently, had dropped the tin cup
from which he had been reluctantly
sipping, jumped through the door, side-
stepped the startled conductor who
was just entering, and swung off the
steps to the Cinders. Only a spry
youth could negotiate the leap, and,
besides, the clumsier man had been
blocked by the conductor, and when
he gained the platform the speed of
the train made alighting impossible.

“Blast the whelp!” he exploded.
"Hey, conductor, stop the train—stop
it, I say! Give you ten dollars if
you’ll stop her!”

The conductor, still puzzled beyond
speech, looked covetously at the green-
back, then spat philosophically over
the steps and recovered his tongue
sufficiently to say, “Cain’t do it, sir;
cain’t do it noways,” and passed on
into the car to remove himself from
temptation. The stout man, his face
now a still ruddier crimson that verg-
ed alarmingly on apoplexy, spoke un-
kind words to himself for his foolish
impulse, and returned to his seat to
speculate on the sudden move of the
youthful passenger.

Perhaps the lad’s action was entire~
1y natural; he might suddenly have
decided that he wanted to get off there
——or he had not heard the station call-
ed and saw the nameboard just as
the train pulled out. He couldn’t pos-
sibly have known he was being fol~
lowed, and therefore wasn’t trying to
evade anyone. Anyway, it would have
been an unwise move to follow him
from the train in that fashion; it
would have given the game away with
nothing to be gained. He mentally
blessed the conductor for refusing his
request.

Lane Parker, when the momentum
of his flying leap had exhausted itself,
dug his heels into the sloping cinder
bank, and turning at right angles to
the track, struck off into the hills
without even a backward glance at
the train. At no time during the
hour’s ride from Chattanooga had he
evinced by look or manner the slight—
est interest in the stout passenger. A
veiled scrutiny of the car’s occupants
when he boarded the train had satis-
fied him that this florid individual was
the man against whom he had been
warned; and his actions as Lane left
the train, observed from the corner of
an eye, had proven the identity. “Might
as well fool him as far as I can; he
won’t be sure that I was onto him, and

,he’ll try to think 1 just naturally de-

cided to get off as I did for purely
personal reasons,” Lane mused as he
trudged over the hills. His objective
was a cabin nestling in the hills not
many miles from where he had left
the train, and he believed he could
reach it almost as quickly as though
he had gone on to Hicksville and
thence by buckboard.

Lane “holed up” in the cabin of Jud
Waring for nearly a week to throw
his pursuer off the scent. He had vis-
Jted there a few weeks earlier, after

  

 

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_ By William GerardChapman ,

 

 

Jud, a former fellow townsman, had
written him at his home in the Ver-
mont hills of something peculiar that
he had noticed in the soil 0n the slope
of Overlook Mountain. Jud’s Yankee
curiosity had impelled him to send a.
specimen of the soil to Lane, who had
dipped into chemistry at the academy
back home, and Lane had found it to
contain bauxite, a disintegration of
feldspar rich inaluminm from which
commercial aluminum is derived.
Large deposits. of bauxite are scarce,
and the Aluminum Products Corpora-
tion was always in the market for
tracts containing them, as he had as-
certained by careful inquiries of sev-
eral manufacturers by letter.

All this sounded to Lane very much
like the knock of Opportunity for

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it» at the very fair price Lane offered,
He made a mental reservation to pay
them a reasonable bonus over the pur-
chase price when the ultimate sale of
the aluminum concern was completed.
Thus he salved his New England
conscience, which began to prick him'
slightly at the thought of buying these
rich deposits at such ridiculously low
figures.

One of the biggest tracts, and from
indications, the most valuable, was
held by a. farmer who was visiting his
son in the western part of the state,
and Lane learned that he was due to
return in about two weeks. He would
sell; his wife assured. Lane of that.

. The price offered was well above what

the land was valued at, and the farm-
er’s wife was as anxious for her hus-

 

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By James Edward Hungerford

Lovin’ thoughts don’t cost a cent,

An’ they’re straight from heaven sent;
We can think ’em all we please,
When at work, or when at ease,

An’ they’ll make our burdens light;
Keep our hearts an’ faces bright;
Fill our darkest days with cheer—-
Bring us heaven, now an’ here/l

Lovin’ thoughts are livin’ things;
Angels—’cept they’re minus wings!
Thoughts 0’ joy an’ happiness

Blot out troubles an’ distress;

Help to smooth our earthly way;
Bring us blessin’s ev’ry day;
Melt away the clouds o’ gloom—-
Make the .barren places bloom!

Lovin’ thoughts are gifts 0’ love——
Straight to us from up above;

If we’ll think ’em now an’ here,
We’ll partake o’ heaven's cheer!
An’ those thoughts are ours to find—-
In the garden 0’ our mind;

Finest thing that God has wrought,
is a blessed lovin’ thought!

 

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which he had held a listening ear ever

_since Patty Witherspoon had entered

into his scheme of life. The acres of
his father were few and worn—he had
toiled his share in wearing them out
since he was knee high to a milking
stool—and his thoughts for two years
had centered on the purchase of an
adjoining farm which was for sale.,
Possession of these acres, and the
modest house and farm buildings they
surrounded would mean possession of
Patty. Jared Witherspoon would not
give his daughter to a landless, pen«
niless youth—but Patty had been will-
ing to wait. Lane was industrious and
enterprising, but it was a’discouraging
task to get together even the modest
sum needed for a first payment on the
property, with the very limited busi-
ness opportunities afforded by a farm-
ing community. He never could do
with the savings from farm wages,
and he was alert for the chance to get
at something more lucrative. And then
the glittering prospect of locating a
bauxite deposit had come out of a
clear sky.

He drew his slender savings from
the bank, after confiding to Patty the
tale of golden promise, and with her
buoyant encouragement singing pleas-
antly in is ears, journeyed from his
own Green mountains to the richer
hills of Tennessee. Directed by Jud
Waring, he had found the slopes con-
taining the rich clay, and satisfied
with the depth of the deposit by mak-
ing borings, he sought the owners and
secured options on several small tracts
for a few dollars. Only on one side
of the mountain did he find the pre-
cious clay. The land itself was bar~
ren and considered nearly worthless
by the owners, and they were delight—
ed with the opportunity to get rid of

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band’s return as Lane was. He must
take his chances of meeting this man
later, and perhaps it was just as well,
fie (Lane had about exhausted his
un 5.

He returned home, his pockets heavy
with clay, but empty of cash, with his
amazing _tale of riches held in the
common looking stuff he exhibited.
Lane sold his horse and buggy and his
yoke of yearling steers, borrowed all
the money he could, and persuaded his
father to mortgage the farm to com-
plete the sum necessary to take up
the options. Lane gave assurance of
the immediate marketability of the
land and showed in substantiation the
letters from the Aluminum people of
whom he had inquired. With the funds
in his possession he returned to Ten-
nessee. The morning after he arrived
in Chattanooga there came a letter
from his father. The missive read:

“Dear Son: There has been a man
here just after you left Wednesday,
asking for you at the village. I think
he means no good. He came down to
the house and I told him you had just
gone to Chattanooga and he looked
taken aback, and then tried to pump
me. I didn’t tell him much. Said his
name was Hammersmith, or some
such. He went back to the village and
took too much and talked about how
he knew what yo‘u were up to, and he
Would trail you and find out. Lemuel
Peters came down to tell me about it.
The man showed a letter you had writ-
ten to some company asking about
bauxite. Look out for him. He is a
squatty sort of man, fat, with a red
face, and bald. I am writing this in
haste, as I reckon he might turn up
down there, as he left the next day
and asked Sim Hankins at the depot
about train connections for the south.”

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cause complications. _
out‘i’or a s’quatty sort of ' n w :9
he remained for another day in the
city to buy some .new soil angers.
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ly into him—or at east so it had
seemed.

Jud Waring lived alone in a cabin

of his own building, in the highlands -

of eastern Tennessee. A rover by in-
clination, he had left the hills where
he had been born, to “see the world,”
and after a Year or so. of mild adven-
ture he found himself 'in the Great
Smoky Mountains, where the lure of
the wild and rugged knobs held him
fast. Rifle and fishhook brought him
all that he needed to supply his wants.
and he spent his time in prospecting
lflor coal, which lay somewhere in the
ills.

He was more curious than hopeful
over the result of his enterprise in
sending Lane a specimen of the pe-
culiar earth formation he had noticed
while on one of his prospecting tours;
“I reckon it may be something as good
as you say,” he said to Lane, as they
Sat before the cabin during the last
of their evenings togethez, “but I can’t
noways sense its value. I’ve never
heard tell of aluminum, but then, you
have had a sight more schooling than
me, and I reckon you can give me a
quarter of what you make and we’ll
call it square.”

.They discussed the probability of
Lane’s follower stepping in and inter-

fering with his plans for acquiring the

principal bauxite tract, should he dis«
cover the location of the deposits; and

various means of throwing him off the‘

trail were suggested. Far into the
night they talked, with the result that
Lane wrote out an order for delivery
of the boring tools to Jud, who would
go to Hickstown and get them the next
day—when Lane also would leave for
the purpose of taking up his options.
These would expire in a few days, and
when the deeds were safely filed he
still had to find the owner of the big-
gest tract and negotiate its purchase
before the interloper discovered the
location of the field. Lane felt that
the fellow would endeavor to seek out
his sphere of activity with the cun-
ning of a fox; his quick jump to Ten‘
nessee and picking up Lane’s trail at
Chattanooga indicated pertinacity and
craftiness, and Lane’s intuition warn-
ed him that he had a dangerously cap-
able opponent in the squatty man With'
the red face.

Lane took up- his options, paying
over the cash to each owner, and with
the deeds in his pocket, journeyed
to Hickstown, the county seat, to file
them; and not until they were safely
in the hands of the recorder did he
venture to show himself in the one
hotel of the town.

As though in fulfillment of a wish,
a short, fat, red visaged man sat doz-
ing in a chair in the fiy-specked, dingy
office of the hostelry. Lane saw him

glance up, waken instantly, and then .,

drop back into his sleepy state of
boredom, Five minutes later, as the
newly arrived guest turned .on the
stair landing on his way to his room,
he saw the occupant of the office chair
rise, walk over to the register and
scan it with seeming satisfaction.
Just after Lane had seated himself
in the hotel dining room that evening
the stout man entered, and after a
word with the negro at the door, the
man was shown to a seat at the same
table. As he sat down he looked in‘
tently at Lane, started with pleased
surprise, and shot out his hand across
the gray, spattered cloth. .
“Well, well,‘” he cried, “I’m sure 1t’SV
Lane Parker aren’t you Lane Parker,
of Mapleton, Vt.? Of course, you don’t

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of’Godfrey Hammerton?” .

“Yes, I think so,” admitted Lane,
eyeing him with frank Scrutiny. “Yes,
I am quite sure I do remember him
speaking of you. And I really believe
I remember you myself, though, of
course, it was. a long time ago and I
mightn’t have recognized you if you

hadn’t spoken.” Lane’s smile showed

real pleasure at meeting an old friend

of the family in such a lonely, out,of,

the way spot.

“This is certainly great luck, my
meeting you down here in this neck
0’ the woods. Just ran down for a
few days’ turkey shooting. What
brings you so far from home, Lane}:
I suppose I can call you that, my boy.

“0, been visiting a fellow I used to
know back home; lives near here in a
cabin ‘in the timber. And prospecting
around some. How’s the shooting?”

“Fine. What say we go out together
for turkey tomorrow? Good. .We’ll
get an early start and put,1n the
day.”

The meal passed pleasantly for both
men, and Hammerton’s hospitality,
that of an earlier arrival to the newer
guest, would not brook the danger of
Lane becoming lonely in a strange
place. Until bedtime they talked of
many things, the conversation fre-
quently being led around by the older
man to the possibilities of. rich min-
eral deposits in the wild hills that
surrounded them.

“I shouldn’t wonder a.bit,” offered
Lane, when the topic had been adroit-
1y introduced for the sixth time. “Fact
is, I may want to ask your advice
about something.” ,

“Be glad to give you the benefit of
what I know about minerals, my boy,
any time,” interrupted his companion
with a degree of eagerness. “What
is it? Here, have a smoke. Now, let’s
sit here comfortably and let the old
man air his knowledge of—what did
you say it was you wanted to know
about?”

Lane rose and yawned sleepily.
“Thank you. That’s mighty good of
you, but I’m tired to death tonight,
and you must be, too. I won’t bother
you with it now. Some other time.
Guess I’ll go to bed. Good night.”

Ha‘mmerton concealed his disap-

pointment bravely, but his good-natur-
ed laugh was a little forced. “Guess
you are about all in. Well, another
time. See you tomorrow at 6:30. Good
night.”
, Lane went to his room well satisfied
With the drift of affairs. He no longer
feared Hammerton. To keep him oc—
cupied with. his endeavors to extract
the information he sought would be
an easy task, and one not wholly un-
amusing to the Green mountain boy.
Then, until the return of the farmer
who owned the big tract that Lane
could rot tear the thought of losing,
he would guide Hammerton’s pernic-
ious activities so that they would
bring down upon him his just desserts
for the questionable methods he was
employing to get hold of the bauxite
deposits. .

Lane had waited until now to read
the letter from Patty that had awaited
him at the Hickstown post office, and
to this pleasant duty devoted himself
before turning out the coal oil lamp.
Then, with his mind cleared of schem—
ing plans and filled with thoughts of
a well kept farm in the Vermont hills,
'with Patty singing about her tasks in
a snug little white painted house with
green shutters, he sought his corn
husk mattress to dream of the day
when this would come to pass.

The quest of the wild turkeys the
next day led the two sportsmen
through a bewildering variety of cov-
er. Hammerton seemed willing that
Lane should lead the way, only occa-
sionally taking the initiative himself.
The older man made several casual
attempts to introduce the subject of
mineral deposits, but none was suc-
cessful. The younger and more en-
thusiastic sportsman at each allusion
to the subject became vitally interest-
ed in the proximity of game, and a
warning “S-sh!” brought silence and
an interest, well simulated even if per-
functory, in the possibility 'of flushing
a gobbler. Between them they brought
down three fine turkeys before the
morning was over.

At noon they stepped out of a
“slashing,” dense with brush and sec-
ond growth, onto an outcropping of
rock that overlooked a beautiful and
rugged prospect.

As Lane glanced about he came to
a sudden stop and turned to face his
companion. “Let’s find a better place
for lunch; ,it’s too windy here.” He
spoke hurriedly and started back into
the timber. His manner betrayed to

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We can’t find a better place for eating
lunch,” he ’laughlngly insisted. “This
little wind shouldn’t faze a Green
Mountain boy!”

“Oh, all right, if you say so,” Lane
grudgingly assented, and turning away
from the view nervously attacked the
cold snack they had brought with
them.

“Great view this,” Hammerton re-
marked genially, and scanned the pan-
orama with appreciative and curious
eyes. Something over on the slope of
a high bill which had been denuded of

timber seemed to hold his glance. He‘

looked curiously at Lane, who seemed
oblivious to everything but the sand
wich he was munching.

“That’s Overlook Mountain, isn’t
it?” Hammerton asked, pointing to the
scarred eminence. “Ever been over
this way before?”

“That’s what they call it, I think,”
responded Lane, glancing up. “Yes,
I’ve been looking around some, here-
abouts. Better eat your share of the
lunch or it’ll all be gone.”

The slope of Overlook Mountain was
dotted here and there with clear evi—
dence of earth borings, and Lane
knew that the practiced eye of the
bauxite expert had instantly discov—
ered the indications of recent tests.
When they finished their lunch Ham—
mertpn seemed quite as willing as
Lane" that they return to the hotel,
and they struck off in nearly a straight
line for the tOWn, having mutually
agreed that they had shot enough
game for one day’s sport.

They ate supper together that even-
ing, but both appeared tired from the
day’s tramping and separated soon af-
ter the meal to go to their rooms.
When Lane went to bed his mind was
busy with a variety of thoughts, which,
however, did not prevent him from
{)alling instantly into untroubled slum-

er.

The next morning Hammerton did
not appear, and Lane learned from the
clerk that he had departed at daylight
in a livery rig, saying that he was
called away suddenly and would re-
turn in a day or two. This was ex-
actly what Lane had expected, and
after breakfast, he, too, left the hotel.

On the second morning following,
Lane returned to Hickstown. While
seated in the hotel office happily im—
mersed in a letter from Patty, he was
brought backto realization of his im-
mediate affairs by a heavy slap on the
shoulder. Hammerton stood before
him, a self—satisfied grin curving his
ips.

“Well, my boy,” he rumbled, “that
was a corking fine bauxite deposit you
uncovered here on Overlook Moun—
tain! Just finished getting under op-
tion what I didn’t buy outright. Cost
me so far $15,000, and worth a whole
lot more.”

“Do you mean the land that we
could see from where we ate our lunch
the day we went after turkey?” Lane
asked the question cooly.

“Sure, I’d been willing to bet you ‘

couldn’t keep away from your discov-
ery if I gave you plenty of rope. And
you weren’t quick enough to keep the
old man from spotting it, either, when
you tried to turn back.” He chuckled
gleefully over the memory.

“You’re certain it was my discovery
you’re speaking of?” Lane persisted,
seemingly unable to understand the
full significance of what he heard.

“You bet I am. It’s the slope you
tested to a depth of thirty-two feet.
Pshaw! that must have been some
work. Saved me a lot, for I only had
to look at the cores to see the value
0 1.”

“Then you just depended on what
you found on the surface? Didn’t
make any borings at all?”

“Didn’t have to.
know bauxite when I see it? Why,
my boy, I’m the head of the mining
department of the Aluminum Products
Corporation, and I can tell the hydrate
as far as my eyesight carries.”

“Well, all I can say is, you’re as fine
an example of a business buccanneer
as ever cruised on land. You only
lack a cutlass and a red bandanna
around your head to complete the pic—
ture of one of your distant relatives
who looted ships.”

Hammerton exploded into a roar of
genial laughter. “Why, bless me, my
boy,” he gurgled, “you flatter me.
Can’t make me mad. We’ve got to
have bauxite, and if we can’t get it
one way, why, we must another.”

“Glad you feel flattered,” Lane re-
sponded dryly. “But, seriously, I can’t
understand why a level headed busi-
ness man would be willing to pay out
several thousand dollars for land
merely on the strength of surface in-
d1cations.” ~\

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Which School is Best? ‘

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These are my reasons: In the win-
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Some time I wish to marry and
then carry out married life as women
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One-half of the Women marry now-
a-days for money and good times. And
after they are married they care more
for themselves than their husbands.

I have been a sort of a flapper in
my time, and can say it is a good life
if you like it, but I don’t care for that
kind of life. I would rather be what
I am now, “a happy woman with a
young man’s true love.”

Now, he didn’t just come and say
he loved me. No; he has proved it
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I have not been well and I have
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man I go with, but he has been brave
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will be for love, and to become a Wife,
mother and companion to my husband
and his children.

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I think they are, because they help
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your words.

Our teacher brings them

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time. She says they do us as much
good as a class. They say that all our
soldiers will needin the next war is a
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the men and women that commit all
our robberies and murders, like the
two young men in Chicago that killed
the Frank’s boy, might better have
been spending their time solving puz-
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I think that cross-word puzzles are
beneficial for the following reasons:
First. They increase the vocabulary.
A young person who tries to solve
these cross-word puzzles learns many

new words that will'be useful to him, _

and keep him from using “baby”
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number of words, over and over again,
is not nearly as interesting a. talker
as one. who uses a variety of words.
Second. They furnish amusement.
When someone has a few spare min-
utes he can try a cross-word puzzle.
Working these puzzles‘is not nearly
as harmful as some other amuse-

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Third. They are a change in
lessons. We had some-cross-word puz-

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very interesting subject, they are a
welcome change from the daily work.
It is also interesting to make them.

Fourth-There are also cross-word
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Dear Uncle Frank:

I am answering my second contest
'and I hope I will win. If not, I will
try again.

I always look at the Boys’ and Girls’
page first when the Michigan Farmer
comes. I like to read about the ambi-
tions other people have. Pardon me,
Uncle Frank, but don’t you think our
page would be better if the boys and
girls did not find so much fault with
each other? We will have to call it
the “Fault Finding Circle” instead of
the “Merry Circle,” if they keep it up.
It is not very Merry, with a lot of
fault finding, I don’t think, anyway.

As far as girls being better than
boys, and vice versa, there are excep-
tions to both sides. Some boys and
girls are not fit company for good
people to be with—Vera Clawson, Al-
bion, Mich.

No, I don’t think this will turn into
a Fault Finding Circle. We just have
a little good natured banter occasion-
ally. I agree that some girls are as
bad as some boys.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

Thanks very much for the Golden
Circle pin and card.

I guess I hadn’t better say anything
about the “Boy and Girl Question,” be-
cause I have one brother and one sis-
ter, and think it best to keep on the
good side of both.

I am what you call a “jack of all
trades." I guess there aren’t many
things I haven’t done out doors on the
farm, or in the house, either.

Besides helping both my father and
mother, I keep a stamp collection. How
many other Merry Circlers do?

I think it is lots of fun. I also have
a flower garden and have flowers in it
from early spring until late fall.

I also read lots and have a note
book full of different authors whose
books I have read, and their. lives; I
think it is very interesting to keep
such a note book. 1
I have what you may call a hobby

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of pressing tree leaves, and flowers,
and writing their names under them.
I have 137 different flowers pressed,
and twenty-nine leaves, and I 'know
the names of most of them.

My little brother and I are taking
up the study of birds this summer, too.
I think they are very interesting to
watch. Don’t you, Uncle Frank?

So, you see, I am a pretty busy girl.
I am another one of those lovers of
the great outdoors.

I think Herbert Estes is as big a
Chatterbox as any girl ever was, so I
don’t think he has anything to “blow”
about. Ha! Hai~Yours truly, “Sis.”

You certainly have some interesting
and wholesome hobbies. They are all
educational, and are especially valu-
able because they keep'your mind oc-
cupied in a wholesome way. I think
you will agree that being interested in
wholesome things is just as much fun
as in unwholesome ones, more fun be-
cause the unwholesome ones injure
one in due time. Let’s hear about your
hobbies once in awhile.

 

Dear Uncle Frank: \

I would like to express my opinion
of smoking here and now, whether it
hits or misses.

I do not object to young boys smok-
ing. In fact, I think they look rather
out of place if they do not smoke. I
can say this with a clear conscience,
(I smoke occasionally myself), and I
thinkthe boys think more of you if
you are a sport. What do you think
about it, Uncle?

I propose the name be chang
“Our Boys and Girls” to “T
Circle Corner.”

I have spoken my piece, s
off. May I come again ?——Fro
“Flapper.”

I am glad you have freely expressed
your thoughts. I admire you for being
so frank. A lot of fine men smoke,

 
 
 
 

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but I rehave yet to find one who would
not admit that he would be better off.
As ~to being a
Boy‘s like- ginls to be sports,
but the real wholesome boy or. man
does not think that doing things
which are harmful to One is sports-
manship. And smoking is without a
doubt harmful. 'I feel certain that a
girlis mistaken if she thinks she has

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to smoke, or do vulgar things, to be a .

true sport. And if I were a girl I
would hesitate to go with men who

think such things are all right for

girls, or even themselves, to do.

Dear Uncle Frank:

As I haven’t written to you for sev-
eral months, I thought I’d ‘make my-
self heard again. I am at work now,
so excuse the “Stationery.” I am six-
teen years of age and am doing stenc-
graphic work. I have a fine position
and an excellent boss.

. What do you think of the Darwinian
theory of evolution? Don’t you think
that might be a good topic for discus-
sion among the Merry Circlers? I
think it’s all the “bunk.” If man de—
scended from apes, why are there still
apese. ‘I’d just as soon believe that
my ancestors were human' beings.
The monkey trial in Tennessee sure
aroused a lot of interest in the subject.

What do you do with all the letters
that you get from the Merry Circlers?

know it must be impossible for you
to save them, for you would have too
many. It must be nice to be popular
like that, and have all the young ladies
Writing to you. I’ll bet you think you:
are IT, don’t you?

Uncle Frank, why don’t you begin
writing confidential letters to thos‘e
boys and girls who enclose stamped,
self-addressed envelopes, and we could
all come to you for advice? '

I have already sent in a contribu-
tion to the Merry Circle fund, and
some day when I have some more
money that I don’t need I will send
you some more. In spite of the fact
that I’m getting a pretty good salary,

 

M erry Circle Fund

UPON my return from my va-
cation, I found that the Mer-
ry Circle Fund had grown very
nicely. When we counted up
the money we had a total of
$179.15, which is about $18 more
than we had before I left. We
now have just a little over $20
to go to reach our limit of $200.
So, let’s make one final rush to-
ward our goal. Money comes in
pretty well when I am gone, but
I really would like to see if it
could come in fast while I am
here. Let’s see what we can do.
The radios are being arranged
for, and will be ready for use
at the Tuberculosis Sanitorium
at Howell some time this fall.
Have you tuned in on this fund
yet? If not, just remember that
our wave length is'money, any
amount, and our station is Uncle
Frank, Michigan Farmer, De—
troit, Mich.

 

 

 

I’m always broke. I hope you succeed

in getting enough to buy the radios
for the children at Howell.

I’m, going to sign this letter the
same as several others I wrote you,
namely, “Sweetheart.”

I am glad you have such a nice job,
but don’t you think you ought to save
just a little out of that nice salary
you are getting? I will be very glad
to answer confidentialletters, and an-
swer them confidentially. I always
like to give advice, you know. It cer-
tainly is fine to receive so many. let-
ters from nice girls, etc" but I «don’

feel at all chesty about it. Maybe we ‘,

  

can conduct a monkey trial in our.
column. Who wants to ‘ it!“

 

   
 
  

   

 

 

 

 

   
 

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be fight unto-date in such matters.

so we are going to have a real Home-
coming Week. This will be during the

-' .week in which 'our issue 'of October

24 appears. For that issue I would
like letters from those Merry Circlers
who are now beyond the’age limit of
eighteen, and therefore do not take an
active part in the Circle doings any
more. There are a lot of‘o‘ld-timers
from whom I know we all 'would like
to hear. Please tell us about yourself,
what you have done since we heard
from you last, or discus-s some sub—
ject which you think would be of in-
terest to Merry Circle readers. I

would like to have a real rousing get-v

together of old-timers at this Home-
coming Week. The members of the
Circle who are active now should urge
any of those they know who were in-
terested in the Circle before, to take
part in this week. Letters should be
in by October 10.

I am looking forward to a real rally
during that week. If you have not
taken part in M. C. activities for some

   

 

" “(SCHOOL gibAYs CONTEST-

 

, 'CI-IOOL days are back again, which “

means that all the school activities,
with their pleasures as well as their
disagreeable features, will again be
a part. of life for most everyone of
school age.

This thought led me to think that
the words “School Days” would make
a good basis for a contest. Just see
how many words you can make out of
the letters in those two words. I think
you will be surprised at the large
number you can make if you get right
down to business on it. Those who
make the largest number of words,
proper names and foreign words not
included, will get prizes as follows:
The two highest, handy pencil boxes;
the next three, dictionaries, and the
next five, pocket knives. All who send
in a good list will get M. C. buttons
and cards. Please number your words
and arrange them so that it will be
easy for ‘us to look them over. This
contest closes October 2. Address
your letters to Uncle Frank, Michigan
Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

DON’T TAKE COLD.

 

ALL weather brings great relief

from the heat of summer, but with

it comes a' warning against catch~
ing colds. Do not think that a cold is
a mild ailment that can be dismissed
with the words, “just a cold.” Almost
all colds are contagious. Very often
they lead to bronchitis, pneumonia
and other very serious ailments. Colds
do not “run into” influenza, because
that is a specific contagious disease
that comes quite independent of any-
thing else. However, a person who
has a cold is a much easier prey, not
only for influenza, but for many other
debilitating diseases. It is my opinion
that if all diseases could be carefully
classified the simple little “cold” is
responsible for more illness and death
in the course of a year than any other
one ailment.

Now comes the question of preven-
tion.. To avoid cdlds keep your body
in as good condition as possible. The
skin should be active at all times and
for this purpose there is nothing quite
so good as a morning bath, followed
by a brisk rub with a harsh towel. A
person who is over-fed takes cold eas-
ily. So does one who is under nour-
ished. To prevent_colds, maintain a
balanced diet that will nourish you
well, and at the same time has suffi-
cient roughage to help the bowels
throw off waste. Sleeping out doors
is a good measure to prevent colds.
Common sense in dressing is absolute-
1y essential, and common sense in this
connection will keep you both from
over dressing and under dressing.

If you are shut up in heated rooms,
try very particularly to see that some
fresh air is admitted through an open
window, and also moisten the air of
the room by keeping a supply of‘water
with a large open surface in such con—
nection with your heating apapratus
that its moisture will be constantly
thrown off into the room.

The best room temperatures for

health are in the neighborhood of six-

tyeight degrees, but persons who are
beginning to feel the effects of age,
or are feeble because of poor condi—
tion, may find it necessary to go as
high as seventy—two degrees, Which,
however, should be the highest tem-
perature permitted in' a living-room.
Sleeping-rooms should be much cooler
and should always have windows open
at night.

Une who has repeated colds every
fall and winter should have a careful
examination of tonsils, throat and
nose, as there is a probability that a
chronic infection exists which must
be cleared up before one can expect
any improvement in the colds. It is
an undoubted fact that one who lives
much in the open air is less suscepti-
ble to colds than the person confined
to the dry air of artificially heated
rooms.

HAS SORE ON FACE.

 

A nasty little sore has come on my
face where I squeezed out a black—
head. It was ten weeks ago and the
thing doesn’t get well, but is bigger
than at first. Every time I think it is
going to get well something happens
and it gets bad again. What can I:
do ?—Michigan Heusewife.

I am glad you wrote, because you

need to know that such sores are not
trifling matters, but need serious at-
tention. In a goodly number of cases
such persistent sores have become can~ “
cers. You do not give your age, but
if over forty you must be especially
careful. Of course, this may not be
cancerous, but don’t take any chances.
Have it carefully examined by an ex—
pert physician while it is still in its
early stages. An ordinary sore of this
kind will get well of itself if left alone.

CAN PYORRHOEA BE CURED?

 

Do you think pyorrhoea can be cur-
ed? I am forty years old and have
just been told that I have it. Some
say itSisThopeless. What do you think?

It depends a great deal upon how
far it has progressed. Pyorrhoea is
not so much a disease ofthe teeth as
of the bony processes in which the
teeth lie. If they have been neglected
until they are all broken down with
pus, it is not much use to take treat-
ment. But if the teeth and gums are
still in fair condition there is a good
chance for recovery. It will need the
combined work of dentist and doctor.
The dentist will clean up the teeth,
remove deposits of tartar, drain pock-
ets of pus and give general repairs.
The doctor will give medical treat-
ment and build up the general health.

 

The United States has one telephone
for every seven of its population, as
contrasted with one telephone for

every 185 inhabitants throughout the
rest of the world.

 

  
    
     
     
     
    
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
  
  

 

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ARD work, children, debts, m-

ness, trying to make two ends

meet, hired help, company, and
various other things known to young
married couples made fifteen or twen-
ty years fly by with hardly enough
‘time to look in the mirror, or care
what the world had been doing; but
the awakening came when I realized
that other women, with no less in the
way of work and burdens than I had
gone through, were well dressed, pro-
gressive, intelligent, companions for
their husbands and children, and in-
terested in civic, religious and literary
work, while I was on the shelf, and
nobody had put me there but myself.
I had even thought with self com-
placency that there was one real wife
and mother in the neighborhood, while
other women were gadding about and
spending money.

Early Training Proved Itself.

”Well, after the spasm of self pity
had moderated, my early training
came to my rescue and the old say-
ing, “There is no situation so bad that
it can not be helped,” flashed through
my mind. Then and there the first
battle was won. While the family
went off to a community supper, with
the frosted cake and the chicken over
which I had worked so hard, I got out
a mail order catalogue and ordered a.
modest outfit. The rest of the evening
was spent in hair brushing and work
on my neglected hands. The first trip
to town in my new garments found me
hunting a pair of rubber gloves to
care for my “old lady hands” Ln wash—
ing dishes, and some ten cent cotton
gloves to use in putting wood and coal
in the stove. It had never seemed im-
portant to look after myself before,
though I had always cautioned the
children to be careful of physical ap-
pear-ance.

After the family had become used
to my new garments, and my ventur-
ing forth to church services and some
neighborhood gatherings, they found
out that my long neglected music and
fancy work were receiving some at-
tention. In the little evening concert
the children had one evening with
some school friends, I took my place
at the piano quite as a matter of
course, but without telling of the
hours of trying to limber my stiff
fingers when they were in school. It
brought tears to my eyes to see that
they were actually proud of my play-
ing, though it was a poor excuse.

-The Big Surprise.

But the crowning surprise came
when the president of our community
club, in sheer desperation, asked me
to give the paper, or talk, at the Sep-
tember meeting. It was a busy time
and everybody else had begged off, so
she probably thought I would be flat-
tered.

No one will ever know what hours
of thought and study went into that
talk, but the day proved rainy so that
a big crowd came and the president
was frankly uneasy until the first few
sentences were uttered. It was noth-
ing great, but the fact that nobody
expected anything from me made it
difficult for them to conceal their sur-
prise.
pared, and the knowledge that the
new dress made from a pattern bought
in the farm paper was really becom-
ing, gave me self possession, and I
was not surprised at the generous ap-
_ plause.

Getting Off the Shel-f ‘

By One Wfia Did It

The fact that I was well pre--

 

Now I am in the place I should'have
occupied all these years. I can never
regain lost ground, but at least I am
01! the shelf, and off to stay. It was
not an easy fight, but it is in the past
and I am doing my best to keep it
there. Instead of detracting from my
efficiency as a homemaker, there is
every evidence that it is the other
way. Actually, we are more prosper-
ous, because I threw away the old
garments and use the-“time for recrea-
tion and simple home pleasures that
I once spent.in putting patch upon
patch.

We have less illness and more hap-

. brads, rivets .
tone the sinker work table where. 011%"

 

 

   
 

 
 

, [or tire glue. race he-
stands» most, and the softness and
spring of the rubber rests ones feet; .

When dirty, these rubber rugs ean
be swished through a tub of water and
dried quickly in. the open air.

 

" Besrr'Pors FOR OURxBULBS.

 

FOR blooming bulbs in the window

in winter, the ordinary pots are
not as well adapted as the shallow
bulb pots, which are about half as tall,
and because .of this are so much light.
er to handle for the planting room
they give. Bulbs do not root/so deep

and do not need the extra soil, and if ,

they are kept too wet the soil sours
and is a decided disadvantage. With
bulb pots and good drainage, there is

 

 

NANNY’S WA Y

“ By Carolyn Treffinger

 

When Nanny was a baby
So they say; '
I caused heaps of trouble
In every way. ,
Pinched little sister’s ear; -‘
Pulled her dear pink toes;
And flowers never did grow ,
Where I was, goodness knows:
But now it is so different
With Nanny chasing about; ‘
She’s a hundred times more mis-
chievous
Than I ever was, no doubt.
It keeps a boy a—humpin’
In every way; _
To keep a goat out of trouble
I’m here to say!

 

 

piness, more time to help the children
with their lessons, more time to read
and study; in short, our‘reorganized
household is progressive and enjoy-
able. To any woman who finds her-
self outgrown by her husband and
children, I should like to say that you
can help yourself, but nobody can help
you, and it is well worth making the
fight—Hilda.

RECOMMENDED RECIPES.

 

Pineapple Pie.

$5, can crushed pineapple 1/4. clip granulated sugar
1A; cup hot water

When this boils, thicken with two
tablespoons of cornstarch which has
previously been moistened with a little
cold water, as for lemon pie. When
thickened, remove from stove and add
one tablespoonful of butter. When
cold, put into a baked crust and use a
White of egg meringue, flavored with
vanilla.

A Delicious Molasses Cake.

2% cups flour 1/5 cup lard

2 tsp. soda 1A; cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup molasses

% tsp. cloves 1 cup black cofi'ee

Any spices desired may be used.
Bake in a moderate oven.

Home-Made Ginger Snaps.

1 cup sugar 1 egg. pinch of salt
1 cup molasses 1 tb. ginger (ground)

1 cup shortening 1 tb. baking soda

Dissolve soda in hot water. Flour
to make stiff dough. Roll in small
balls with hands, setting a few inches
apart in pan, and bake in a slow oven.
These are excellent.——Mrs. W. G.

 

LET TIRES SAVE YOUR FEET.

 

WORNOUT inner tubes from your

car are useful when out into rub-
ber bands, but they are also useful
when woven into a rug to rest tired
feet. To make this rubber rug, cut

the inner tube into strips an inch wide
and weave into a mat'the desired size,
using the in-and-out basket weave, or
felt rug weave. The different braiding
can be used and put together with
heavy cord. Fasten. the- ends- with

 

very little danger of over-watering bul-

bous plants, as they naturally want

a fairly moist soil. For the smaller

    

barbs, imserresés'i'asfaEg“dyer-these "

my, the Wide, very shallow pans called
seed, pans,"_ will be still better. , These
are sometimes called’iern pans. "They
are-«about a: third as deep as a pot of
the samediameter, and ten or twelve-

~ inch sizes madeideal blooming places ‘
for a nice lot of these small bulbs;

4A. H.

 

TO MAKE STEAK TENDER

 

MANY people use a knife for
pounding beefsteak, in order in
make .it more tender before frying.
’It cuts the fibers slightly, 'and thus
makes the-steak a little more tender.
A far 1, more effective method, How-
ever, is to dip the steak in flour,
then pound it well, on both sides, with
something heavy, as a potato masher.
The heavy metal mashers are best of
all for this purpose. Steak treated in
this wayv will be found amazingly
tender and delicious. , .

 

HINTS WORTH TAKING.

 

A wire sieve, milk pan shape, that
has become too worn to serve its or-
iginalipurpose, need not be thrown
away. Turned upside down over the
open stove it makes an excellent toast-
er, also food may be kept simmering
Without burning, if set on the inverted
sieve—Mrs. J. C.

 

Many housewives have the impres-
sion that they must always use butter
in cake making. I find that lard does
just as well by using a pinch of salt
with it to lessen the flat taste. As
one pound of lard costs only one-fourth
as much as butter, and as most house-
wives bake at least one cake a week,
just think What the housewife will
save in one yearn—Mrs. M. H.

Sundaying at Sunday S/chOol

' By Hazel B. Girard

OMETIME‘S mid the ravenous hur-

ry and flurry of modernism, it al-

most seems that we are too busy
for Sunday.

Of course, we would not desire go-
ing back to the ancient Blue Laws—
but certainly we cannot deny that the
parents of old, fashioned a church-
going habit into their children that
has stood the test of time, and many
splendid Christian men and women
have resulted. ‘

Perhaps every one of us know doz-
ens of children who, Sunday after Sun-
day, do not even attend Sunday School.
It is indeed a shame for them to be
deprived of the valuable Bible teach-
ings.

Old Bible stories are grossly neglect~
ed for lighter, ~ later day reading, and
a bigger mistake cannot be made. Not
alone is there the loss of spiritual ben-
efit; they are also being denied the
choicest of literature.

Some. people argue that going to
Sunday morning services, or even per-
mitting the children to go, just com-
pletely spoils the day for them. First-
ly, comes that accentuated kill-joy task
Of getting the children ready; second-
ly, it usually spoils the picnic lunch or
the jubilant flivver ride. But need it
be so?

The whole situation invariably de-
pends on the mother. If she decides
in the affirmative, and all plans'are
made to fit, everything “out and dried"
the day before, the habit soon be-
comes an automaton and is accepted
as a part of the day’s regime: Sunday
becomes a day fuller and, more beau.
tiful than ever before. .

No longer are children expected to

 

listen in on cosmopolitan erudite ser-
mons way “above their heads.” Pres-
ent day ministers seek to teach prac-
ticalism more than ever before. Many
churches these days are equipped
with kindergarten chairs for the chil-
dren which prevents their little legs

from dangling as reflexively as "Sim-

on says—‘Wiggo! Waggol’”

Many ministers who have 'a vital in-
interest in children, prepare special
children’s sermons, sermons of their
very own. Children listen intently and
become inoculated with many truths,
the lessons of which remain with them
throughout the months and years. Is
not that adequate reward for all ef—
forts expended?

Parents cannot send their children
to church Sundays when they them-
selves are home planning something
else. The little ones naturally reason
that if the services are not interest-
ing enough for Dad and Mother, they
are not interesting enough for them,
and can we (blame them‘ for their
childish philosophy?

Few parents would hesitate to ac~
company the kiddies to Sunday School

and church if they could only visual— '

ize the better years beyond for those
loved ones—the result of Golden Rule
teachings.

For the children who cannot attend

‘Sunday School, there are many won— .

derful books of Bible stories. They
are‘written simply for, juvenile minds.

Those containing colored illustrations ‘

are. better.

The story of the Life :of
Jesus never

fails to interest children. .

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EANS need not become ‘monoto-

nous in the .diet it this vegetable

is served in the many ways rec-
ommended by our readers. More of
the recipes submitted for the contest
will be printed later.—M. C.

Bean Loaf.
. 1d boiled beam 1 tb. onion
i $3. 03.7911 beaten , 1 cup bread crumbs
2 tb catsup Salt and pepper to taste

strips of broiled bacon; or mayonnaise
is good.
Bean Salad.

One cup beans, boil until thorough-
ly done. When cool add one onion,
about the size of an English walnut,
chopped fine. Moisten the whole with
mayonnaise.

’ Beans With Tomatoes.

To each quart 'of boiled beans add
one cup of, catsup, or canned tomatoes
seasoned rather highly with salt, pep-
per, cayenne, and mustard, and bake.
—Mrs. M. L. S., of Litchfield.

Baked Beef and Lima Beans.

Cut one cup of beef into small pieces
and put in frying pan with two table-
spoons, of drippings and three sliced
onions. Stir in one and one-half tea-
spoonfuls of salt and'a dash of mace
and pepper. Place alternately in lay-
ers with the three cups of cooked lima
beans in a baking dish, spreading two
cups of stewed tomatoes between the
rayers. Barely cover with boiling wa--
ter and cook for three hours in a slow
oven.

Macaroni and Kidney. Beans.

Cook one cupful of macaroni, broken
in small pieces, in salted water until
tender. Make a’sauce of two table-
spoonfuls of chopped onion in two ta-
blespoonfuls of,bacon-fat until soften-
ed. Add flour to thicken, and half

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cans

7‘!

cup of stewed tomato; season well
and add to the macaroni a little grated
cheese. Stew one cupful of red kid-
ney beans and season with one tea-
spoonful of salt. Drain the beans,
pour in the center of a platter, and
surround with the macaroni covered
With the sauce. ,
Bean Pie.

$5 pt. mashed beans Yolks of 3 eggs
1 tb. of flour 35 cup sugar
’75 pt. sweet milk 1 tsp. of cinnamon

Mash the beans thoroughly and then
add yolks of eggs, milk and flour, sug-
ar and cinnamon. Put into an unbaked
crust and bake until firm. Beat the
whites of eggs and put over top. Re-
turn to the oven and let brown—Mrs.
E. G. W., of Grand Rapids.

WINNERS OF BETTER BABY CON-
TEST STAND HIGH.

 

UDGING from the 686 entries to the

Better Babies Contest of the Mich-
igan State Fair, Dr. E. P. Mills, direct—
or of the contest, believes that the
general health of Michigan’s babies is
on the increase, because a better class
of babies were entered for examina-
tion.

The grand champion baby of the
contest was Bertha Jean Donglas, of
Detroit, with a score of 99.8. The best
boy baby was Armand Van Acker, of
Detroit, with a score of 99.2.

The winners in the class of rural
districts and towns of 1,000 or less
were: Twelve to twenty-four months,
boy, Thomas Henry Deplanche, R. F.
D., Dearborn, 96.2; girl, Dorothy J.
Bailey,‘ Romeo, 96.7; twenty-four to
thirty-six months, boy, Leland Fay
Baker, of Spring Arbor, 98.2; girl,
Martha Jane Drake, R. F. D., Ypsi-
lanti, 98.6.

 

 

 

Doings in

 

Woodland

W/zere T/zere’r a Will T/zere’r a Way

INCE their game of barber shop,
S Bruin, Brownie and Rolly Rabbit
trotted on their way toward Hap-
py Land, much cooler than before.

Late in “the afternoon they came to
a bend in the path and just around
this bend something made them stop
double-quick. A big rock lay right
in their path. It was a great, great,
big rock, too, so steep and sharp they
could not climb over it.

“Now what are we going to do?”
asked Rolly Rabbit.

“We can’t climb over it,” said
Brownie, who came tumbling down af-
ter he tried to climb only a little way.

The Woodland Wanderers sat down
to ponder what they would do, for
they very much wanted to reach Hap-
py Land.

“I wish I had wings like a bird,”
said Brownie. “I’d fly over.”

“I wish I had a big enough hop, I
could hop clear over the rock at one
jump,” said Rolly Rabbit.

“I wish I had a ladder that would
reach to the top of the rock,” said
Bruin. “Then we all could climb
over.”

But they knew their wishes could
not come «true. And each one looked
very discouraged.

Then Rolly Rabbit’s long wobbly
ears caught a sound. It was only the
whisper of a gentle breeze, but when
he looked to see where it was coming
from, he discovered a crevice in the
side of the rock. In one place it was
very narrow, but he could see light
on the other side.

“Ah, ha!” he shouted.

“A way
through,” and, he hopped

into the

crevice, Brownie and Bruin following.

In one place the crevice was very

narrow and Bruin was so much bigger
than Brownie and Rolly Rabbit that
he couldn't get through. But Brownie
and Rolly pushed and pulled and
squeezed him until all three were safe
on the other side. »

On the other side, everything looked
difierent. Even the animal people

 

“What a Queer Fellow,” said Rolly
Rabbit.

were different than those they had

ever seen before.

“Ha! Ha! Ha!” shouted Rolly Rab-
bit. “There’s a fellow who don’t need
a swing.”

Bruin and Brownie looked, and there
was a new animal to them, swinging
from a. branch of a tree by his tail and
one foot. This queer fellow was a
monkey, but the Woodland Wanderers
had never seen one before.

“What a. queer fellow,” said Rolly.
“He has such a. long tail, and no cars
at all. 'I have such long ears and no
tail at all." ‘

“This is a queer world and it seems
to be getting queerer,” said Bruin.
“Butcome, let’s hurry along to Happy
Land,” and off they trotted.

 

 

 

 

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Michigan Farmer Pattern Service

No. 5217—Child’s Dress.
sizes, 2, 4, 6 and 8 years.

Cut in four
A four-year

, size requires 1% yards of 32-inch ma—
terial, with 3/3 yard of contrasting for
Price 13c.

yoke and cuff portions.

    

No. 4852—Child’s Coat. Cut in four
sizes, 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A six-year
size requires two yards of 40-inch ma-
terial. Price 13c.

.45 75

   

.No. 5231-Girls’ Dress. Cut in four
Sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10-year
size requires 2% yards of 40-inch ma-
terial, with 1/1, yard of contrasting for
collar_and a. twodnch-wide sstraight
belt, if made as in the large View.
With long sleeves 2% yards are re-
quired. Price 13c.

No. 4875—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

 

sizes, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 12-

year size requires 37/3 yards of 32-inch

material. Price 130.
No. 5225-Ladies' Dress for Stout
Figures with Slender Hips. Cut in

nine sizes, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46. 48, 50, 52
and 54 inches bust measure. A 42-
inch size requires 41/; yards of 36-inch
material, with 1/2 yard of contrasting
for collar, cuffs and pocket facings.
Width of skirt at the foot is 214 yards.
Price 130.

 

No. 5218—«Ladies’ Dress. Cut in sev-
en sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46
inches bust measure. A 38-inch size
requires 1%, ards of 54-inch material,
with 1/2 yar of contrasting to trim
as illustrated. Width of skirt at the
foot is 1%, yards. Price 130.

Any of these patterns, and many
others, can be obtained from the Pat-
tern Department, Michigan Farmer,
Detroit, Michigan. If you do not find
the pattern you wish illustrated here,
send for our catalog of Fall Patterns.
Autumn frocks for mother and the
kiddies are attractively illustrated.
The price is fifteen cents. When or-
dering patterns be sure to state the
size wanted, and write your name and
address plainly.

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‘HEN Wiri-i' TUMOR

w-I‘have aghen that ghasja large lump
hanging. loose -from,\her breast. It
came onfthere lastifall. It is nearly
the size of a baseball, not very hard.
She seems healthy otherwise, comb is
red, she eats: well, and is fat. Start-
ed to cutthegrowth off One day, but
had to backt-Jdown, didn't have the
nerve, .What would you advise doing
with her, don’t llketo kill her, for she
is a pet—Mrs. M. B. C.

If the large lump seems to be in the
crop it may be easily removed in the
same manner that crop bound opera-
tions are performed. Sometimes a
mass of fodder will cake in a hen’s
crop and hang down, even though the
bird Still eats/and enough material'is
digested to still keep the bird in fair
health. In Such cases a slit is made
in the crop to remove the material.
Then the crop and the outer skin are
sewed separately with silk thread, and
the bird given soft feed until wound
heals.

Hens may have various kinds of tu-
mors or growths in different parts of
the body. Sometimes they can be tak-
en off with a. slight operation. Usually
the operation and care of such a. case
take more time than the bird is worth.
When the hen-is of special value it
might pay to have a. veterinarian re-
move the trouble. Only an inspection
of the bird makes advice of much val-
no in a case of this kind.

 

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POULTRY FEEDING QUESTIONS.

 

I have 200 pullets of last spring and
they all look fine. I do everything I
can for them, but they are not doing
as well as in January. They were then
laying seventy-five to eighty eggs a.
day. They are now down to forty-five
to sixty a day. I feed them good but-
termilk and keep it in ten-gallon milk
or creamery cans. I boil oats and add
a tonic to it when still warm. How
warm should they have these oats?
Is it good for my buttermilk to stand
in the cans, or does it poison the milk?
I feed egg mash also. How much corn
and wheat shouldEa. flock of 200 have

There is no definite temperature for
feeding boiled oats, except they should
be cooled down enough to avoid scald—
ing the birds’ throats if they should
eat them ravenously. I do not think
the buttermilk will develop a poison
unless it is next to galvanized iron,
when it is said the acid acts on the
lead impurities in the galvanized iron.
Earthern crooks or cast iron dishes
are best for feeding sour milk or but-
termilk. Possibly buttermilk can be
carried in galvanized iron cans with—
out. developing enough poison to in-
jure old hens, but it should not be
stored a long time in such receptacles.

Hens need approximately two ounc-
es of scratch grain and two ounces of
mush each day. The practical method
is to give all they will clean up at
night in about fifteen minutes and
feed a third of that amount in the
morning. Two hundred hens would
require 400 ounces, or twenty-five
pounds of_scratch grain per day.

To prevent egg eating, gather the
eggs often and have the nests dark—
ened so the eggs are not easily seen.
Feed a. dry mash and green feed so
the hens will always have something
to peck at without troubling the eggs.
Hens are not much tempted to scratch
in dark nests. The layers enter on a
track at the rear and the eggs are
removed by dropping a hinged door
in front.

 

AVOIDING GAPE WORMS.

 

Will you please tell megwhat to do
with the ground around the buildings
on our farm? We can raise'no chick-
ens as they get the “gaps” and die.
What can we do to get rid of this con-
dition?—-Mrs. B. D. P.

Sell on which chicks have been rais-

ed for several years is apt to become

. infestedz"“viith“ _
..-~w,bfms: have thév-Iishsrr‘3't0 1.4% ever ,
lap-“the sell from year ,to (year... The

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hard} “reforms.

away "from, buildings where poultry
have been ranging. The soil Which has

and parasites, and the young -éhicks
respond readily by making .a rapi
growth. — '
Old soil can be cleanedup by plow.
ing and liming. Sowmg oats, rye or
any forage crop in the poultry yards
is a help in using up the fertility ad-
ded to the soil by the birds. Turning
under the surfacesoil helps to destroy
the gape worms and other internal
parasites which trouble poultry.

 

‘ DRY MASH BENEFICIAL.

 

We have lost four laying hens with-
in the last two weeks. They sit around
and mope and have a diarrhea. Their
rectum protrudes until it sweeps the
ground, and then they turn over and
die. I have been feeding them cooked
potatoes and beans, together with
wheat, ,in the morning: and oats and
wheat in the evening. Have been put-
ting copperas in their drinking water
and fumigated the coop—T. W .

Sometimes the oviduct of a hen pro-
trudes, due to the strain of laying. In
the first stages the parts can be touch-
ed with vaseline and returned. If they
will not remain in normal condition,
it is best to kill the bird. Bran and a
sprinkling of charcoal in the mash is
a help in keeping down bowel trouble.

A postmortem oh the hens that die
may be necessary to determine the
cause of losses. Note the condition of
the liver. I think the‘use of a. bal-
anced dry mash, along with the other
feeds, will improve the general condi-
tion of the flock. The boiled beans
and potatoes hardly take the place of
the dry mash inhelping to keep a
flock of hens healthy and productive.
A mash composed of equal parts of
ground corn, ground oats, middlings,
bran and meat scrap will produce good
results. Also add about one pound of
fine table salt, two pounds of ground
limestone, and a sprinkling of charcoal
to each 100 pounds of mash, and you
have a laying mash that will be very
beneficial to the flock.

 

HOW TO OPEN A'HIVE.

 

WE never open a. hive from the
front. The natural home of bees
is in a. cave or hollow tree, and the
idea. of 'an intrusion from the .rear
seems to take them' quite by surprise.
As soon as the cover is gently lifted
up, a puff of smoke is blown into the
hive, and the bees become completely
demeralized and act as they do in any
emergency—fill themselves with hon-
ey—so as to be ready if it comes to
abandoning their home, to take enough
with them to make a start in house-
keeping elsewhere.

Now, when filled with honey a bee
rarely stings, and this, combined with
the panic, so breaks'up the organized
“spirit of the hive” that manipulations
are performed with ease and comfort.
—H. W. Sanders. ’

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THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST.

 

THE Royal Hatchery Leghorns are

still in the lead with 2,194 eggs.
The West Neck Poultry Farm Reds,
from Long Island, which have made
such a good race of it through the
entire contest, are second with 2,165
eggs. St. Johns Poultry Farm Leg-
horns come third with a score of 2,10.
eggs, and J. P. Gasson’s Leghorns are
fourth with 2,043 eggs to their credit.
The fifth place is a tie between Win-
ter” Egg Poultry Farm Rocks and GE
B. Ferris’ Leghorns, eachhaving 1,978
eggs. 1‘ '

    

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CHAMPION MIL'KER FOR MICH-
IGAN.

 

ILKING honors for Michigan

were captured at the State Fair
by Leland Graham, a lad of fourteen
years, from Reading, when the judges
awarded him the championship in the
annual milking contest. The title has
been held for several years by Hen-
rietta Rinke, of Warren. J. C. Blade,
an eighteen-year—old boy, of Cass City,
and Miss Ethyl Schoenherr, of Utica,
finished second and third respectively.

 

RE-TESTING cows _IN MAR-
QUETTE.

 

M ARQUETTE county has been re-
testing its dairy cows this season
for bovine tuberculosis. > Up to August
28, 182 infected herds had been tested,

 

[925 Dairy S/za'w'

HE big dairy show of the
year is to be held this fall
at Indianapolis, and the date is
October 10-17. The last word in
those things pertaining to the
greatest branch of agriculture——
dairying—will be brought to.
gether at the National Dairy
Exposition. For months, experts
have been going up and down
the country gathering animals,
crops, data, conveniences, equip.
ment for the information and in-
spiration of patrons of this Ex"
position.
The Exposition concerns ev-

erybody. It is distinctly cosmo-
politan. Producers, carriers,
processors, merchandisers and

consumers are all directly inter-
ested. The show is designed for
both the young and the old. The
boys’ and girls’ department is
given a major place in the con-
tests, demonstrations and exhib-
its. The Dairy Exposition has
an appeal to every member of
the family.

Without referring to the first
sentence, can you repeat the
place and date of this event?

Panama

 

 

 

and only fifteen reactors were located
out of 1,899 animals tested. Several
rural townships had no reactors at all.
It is believed that this year Marquette
county will qualify as an accredited
area—Chase.

CLOVERLAND CATTLE GO TO
ILLINOIS.

 

S IX carloads of cattle were recently
purchased in Ontonagon county by
buyers from Illinois. This confirms
the idea already expressed in these
columns, that when our farmers suc-
ceed in establishing a reputation for
good stock, buyers will find them out.
This purchase included some culls
that were wanted for beef purposes,
but the better grades will go onto Ill-
inois farms. County Agent Clark re-
ports that these buyers favored On-
tonagon cattle because they were free
from bovine tuberculosis, because the
farmers had been using pure-bred
bulls, and because they could be rais-
ed at a lower cost than on the high:
priced lands of Illinois.

One carload of grade Guernsey heif—
ers was shipped to Ingham county,
Michigan, destined for farmers near
Webberville. This is quite a change
from the old days when no one ever
thought of coming to the Upper Pe-
ninsula for anything in the line of live
stock. Indeed, the present writer

 

 

knows where hay was one time ship-
ped from Detroit to the copper coun-
try to feed such few heads of stock
as had been brought thither by boat.
Whether the hay grew in the streets
of Detroit was not reported. Times
have changed—Chase.

DRYING OFF A COW.

 

OFTEN it is difficult tO dry Off a
cow. Many practices are followed
by different farmers. The practice of
milking cows but once a day is most
common. It is often the sole method
used to end the period of lactation.

There are, however, other ways to
assist in drying up the cow. Some
milk at irregular intervals. Others
milk often, but do not milk dry. Elim-
inating the grain from the ration is a
practice that is quite commonly fol-
lowed. Feeds rich in protein, like
grain and alfalfa hay, and also succu-
lent feeds, can be taken advantageous-
ly from the animals while drying them
off. There appears to be a general
notion among the best dairymen to
let up gradually on both the feeding
and the milking to encourage the cow
to dryness.——W. B.

TB WORK EXPANDS.

 

URING the fiscal year just ended

404,573 cattle weretested under
state and federal supervision in Mich-
igan in the area counties. This is the
largest number tested in any one year,
so far, showing an increase of more
than 11,000 over last year, and nine
times as many as were tested in 1921.
The records show a marked increase
in testing during these years, as fol-
lows: ‘

Cattle.

Tested.
1921 ......................... 44,984
1922 ......................... 158,457
1923 ................... 274,014
1924 .......................... 393,217
1925 ......................... 404,573

While the total number of cattle
tested during the year was greater
than in any previous year, the per-
centage of infection was lower, partly
due to retesting a number of counties.
Of the 404,573 cattle tested, 8,374, or
2.07 per cent, were reactors, a remark—
ably low percentage as compared to
most of the states in the dairy belt.
Several of the eastern states show
more than 'ten per cent infection
among cattle tested. This is only one
argument for pushing the work in
Michigan as rapidly as possible to re-
move the infection before it becomes
as widespread as it now is in the old—
er dairy sections.

A BALANCED RATION WITHOUT
COTTONSEED 0R OIL MEAL.

 

Will. you give me a balanced ration
for dairy cows? For roughage I have
good corn silage, alfalfa
shredded corn fodder. I have corn
and oats, bran, cottonseed meal, and
Oil meal for grain—G. S.

With plenty of hay it is not neces-
sary to purchase oil meal or cotton-
seed meal to make a ration containing
the proper proportion of essential in-
gredients.

30 lbs. corn silage. . . .42 lbs. protein
14 lbs. alfalfa ......... 1.63 lbs. protein
5 lbs. cornstalks . . . .07 lbs. protein

Total roughage ..... 2.12 lbs. protein

Five pounds of corn and oats con-
taining .46 lbs. of protein gives the
required amount of protein, or 2.58
lbs. If your cows can not eat that
amount of roughage, you can cut out
some of the silage and not materially
affect your ration. If you want to
feed some oil meal or cottonseed meal
you can cut out five pounds of alfalfa
and substitute two pounds of oil meal
or one and one-half pounds of cotton-
seed meal. ’

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pound or more each day? Or are they
wormy? »

Here's how you can tell:

     

Give them a course of

Dr; Hess [StockT’Tonic

Start in by giving the worming dose
(I tablespoonful twice a day to each
I 00-pound hog) for a week or ten days,
until the bowels move freely (physic) .

Make sure that each hog gets its full
share. Mix it in the feed or swill. That
will bring the worms.

 

PRICES , . .
25 lb Pail $225 Then continue the Tonic With the
10015.1)“, 3,00 regular feeding dose (mix 2 pounds
1000 lbs. 75.00 Tonic with every I00 pounds feed).
2000 lbs. I40.00

This will tone up your herd and put
them in a fine thriving condition.

Dr. Hess Stock Tonic supplies the
minerals so necessary to 130116 and
tissue building—pork production.

Except Far West.
Canada and Far
South

 

 

 

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not end unlit you are satisfied that your investment is a profitable one. Other-
wise. return the empty container to your dealer and get your money back.

DR. mass & CLARK, lnc., Ashland, Ohio

._ Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant

 

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Can You Sell?

tWe have need Of a few good salesmen. For in-
formation regarding this interesting proposition
write at once to

E. A. SHEARER,

Desk C, The Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.

Hay and Fodder Grinder

MY DEAR I'M SIMPLY Stun-'50 Mow COULDN‘T TAKE
ANOTHER BITE- THE 8053 GIVES US LETZ.
FEED- MAKES IT RIGHT HERE FROM OUR OWN
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lime: or cow.,NWr12ts or 'phone 116 F 21. ROY
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Some real bargains in. res-
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young bull. w. TV. smurf} whitish... Migh.

 

High Herd Production
Means Profit

The quickest and‘ cheapest way to breed
high production into your herd is to use the
right kind of herd sire. '

Michigan State Horde have 14 sires in ser-
vice whose dams average 1067.5 lbs. butter
and 24,5998 lbs. milk in a year. The cows
in these herds are high producers. During
the past year 824 cows in Michigan State
Horde avenged 10.188.7- lbs. each.

Use a sire bred by Michigan State Herds
to insure high production in your herd.

  

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mm Anim Ind t
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Lancing, Michigan

 

  

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Sons of Michigan’s Premier Holstein
Bull For Sale

No. 2. A straight calf just a year of age. out of
a. 21-lb. 2-year-old. This is a growthy hull of good
type. Price $250.

No. 3. A lO-months’—old calf out of a 17%»1b.
junior, three-year-old heifer. A straight calf with
a good development. Price $150.

No. 0. A January call out of a. 21.7-lb. three-year-
old heifer. Price $100.

Send for pictures and extended pedigrees. Also

11 shires and Durocs.
“LACIEEFIELD FARMS. Clarkcton. Mich.

FINANCIAL KING JERSEYS

For sale. young bull ready for service. also a few bull
calves. from Register of Merit cows. COLDW‘ATER
JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.

 

Bulls ready for service.
Jerseys For Sale .1... . m. females. in
from R. of M. dams. Accredited herd. smith I.
Parker. R. D. No. 4. Howell. Mich.

5 Cows. 4 Bulls from R. of M. Cows. Chance to

1 select from hard of 70. Some fresh. others bred

for fall freshening. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.
Best of quality and breeding.

Bulls,
Shorthoms cows and heifers for sale. BIDVIELL,
STOCK FARM. Box 0. Tecumseh, Mich.

WILDWOOD FAR” w
hill—Six lendid an we -

2R ElAso two bu]? calves.ygmi¥osfoglsd. All of best
milking ancestw. Beland c. Beland. Tecumseh. Mich.
Brown Swiss Bulls. service-

FOR SALE able nae or younger. A.A.

Fcldkamn. Manchester. Mich.

HOGS

DUROCS

Bred Sow:

Spring Boarc .

Shropshire Rams
LAKEFIELD FARMS. Clarklton. Mlch.
Plum Creek Stock Farm is
DUTOC Jerseys offering some very choice
spring boars for fall ’ service. at reasonable prices.
Write for particulars, or come and see. F. .l.
.DRODT. Prop.. Monroe, Mich.

D U R o c s s: g... pried a}? mem-
X“ 01‘ 00.
BUSH BROS.. Romeo. Highs. ca

 

REGISTERED 0. l. c. GILTS
ready for breeding for (all furrow. Boers ready for
service. Also some extra good spring pigs. both sex.
All stock shipped on approval. FRED w. KENNEDY.
R. No. 2. Plymouth. Mich.

 

- Chester Whites—Real Spring boars
Big Type with size and quality. A few
good zilts.

LUCIAN HILL, Tekoncha. Mich.
' March boars of quality
ChQSter Whites at reasonable prices.
F. W. Alexander. Veuar. Mich.

FRANCISCO FARM

Poland-China: and Shorthorns
Get a boar from us and get a good one. Or a, bred
heifer worth the money. Only the best suits 'us:
We suit you. P. P. POPE, Mt. Pleasant. Mich.

 

k - either sex. by the great Boar. The
Fall PIQS Wolverine. Priced reasonable. Best
of dams. W. E. Livingston. Parma, Mich.

_, SHEEP
400 BREEDING EWES

For sale, 1 to 5 years old, mostly black-faced, good
size and good condition Postal address. ALMOND
B. CHAPMAN G. SON. South Rockwood. Mich. Tel-
egraph Address, Rockwood. Mich. Telephone New-
port. 23 Milec South of Detroit.

' Both Polled and Horned for
Delalne Rams sale. Come and see them.
HOUSEMAN BROS.. R. 4. Albion, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

DELAINE RAMS

cell. Box 20. Wakeman, Ohio.

tine ones. Photos
free. F. H. Ruc-

 

Good large Delaines
8: Shropshires. V. B.

Breeding Ewes For Sale
FURNISS. Nashville. Mich.

' and Delaine Rams, combining size.
MCl‘an long staple. heavy fleeces, quality.
.Write 8. H. sanders. R. No. 2. Achtabula, Ohio.

OXFORDS

MANN. Dancville, Mich.

XFORD RAMS—25 years' breed , ih t,
priced to sell. Shipped on aligns]. 8 viii.

or phone. Wm. Van Sickle. Decker-ville, Mich.
Oxford yearlings and rain lam .
F or Sale registered. The kind that plmgg.
ace. T. Abbott. Palms. Mich. Tel. Deckerviiie. 78-3.

 

rams. yearlings and ram
lambs. Registered. H. W.

Shropshire: 1° ”“1118 mm and c few run
‘ lam sliced
0. J. sunscreen. Rockford. m ‘3 32° ’° 33° W

    

WILL ENCOURAGE CL
. . AND GIRLS.

 

   

foe BOYS ,

IN order to encourage the club boys

and girls of the state who are grow-
ing any one of the fine wool breeds of
sheep, the American Merino, Ram-
boufllet, Delaine, Standard Merinarand
Black Top Breeders \who are members
of the Michigan Fine Wool Breeders’
Association, will gladly allOw the club
boys and girls the privilege of breed-
ing at least a portion of their sheep
to these breeders’ stock rams, thus
enabling the club members to get ao-
Cess to the best sires of the different
breeds. This service will be free 'to
the club members. - _

Any one desiring to avail himself
of this opportunity, and not already
acquainted with the leading breeders
of the class of sheep he is breeding,
can get in touch with these parties by
writing to R. J. Noon, R. No. 9, Jack-
son, Michigan, secretary of the asso-
ciation, or to E. M. Moore, of Mason,
president of the association.

 

It is hoped that club leaders will
take note of this offer and encourage
the club members to avail themselves
of theopportunity to have access to
the very best blood in the respective
breeds in order to build their club
flocks on the best foundation obtain-
able.

 

A CENT MORE FOR WOOL.

 

IN lacing the wool—box with ordinary

twine the farmer makes it impos-
sible to use the wool for the manu-
facture of the best woolens. Fibres
are certain to break or separate from
the twine and become mixed with the
wool. N0 process is available for re-
moving this fibre. It goes through and
becomes a part of the fabric." But not
taking dyes as does wool, the fibre
impairs the appearance as well as the
quality of the goods.

 

 

 

 

To avoid this difficulty, paper
twines are being used. These have
no fibres to mix with the wool. When

the fleece is unwrapped, all the twine
can be separated. With such wool
there is no trouble from vegetable
fibres, and the manufacturer is able to
make the finest cloth of which the
grade of wool will permit. And, the
peculiar fact about the use of this
twine is that it is cheaper than many
of the other twines.

Large buyers publicly announce that
they will pay one cent more per pound
for wool tied with paper twine. They
can well afford to do this. The wool
is worth more. Every owner of sheep
should see to it that begets the extra
cent for each pound of wool his sheep
produces.

 

DEVELOPING THE EWE LAMBS.

I CONSIDER it of great importance

.to give the ewe lambs special care
the first year, as improvement in the
flock depends as much upon them as
any other one thing. I find it the bet-
ter practice to separate the ewe lambs
from' the flock as soon as taken off
pasture, as they do much better and
are less likely to suffer from being
underfed.

Ewe lambs by nature are timid and
fearful. They will not do well if allow-
ed to run with older sheep. They
should be encouraged to eat well and
develop large frames and robust con.
stitutions. It has been my experience
that ewe lambs do splendidly if given
a fair chance. They need plenty of
range, protection from storms, and reg-
ular care.

After pasture is done I feed my ewe.

lambs liberally on nutritious roughage,
such as clover hay, bean pods and
corn stover.

I find a. light feed of -

   

corn silage ls’good, arid-"suppliesfi'suc-

culence‘” to the} ‘ ration. “ Arv'light :vgrain

ration of “cats and wheat’b‘ran should
be supplied.—,—Leo C. Reynolds.“

LARGER LITTERS SWELL THE
.» mom-rs. ' .

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THE _ave1:age AmerICan sow raises
less than four pigs to the litter.

The keep of a. sow through the year
is a. heavy financial burden to the bus-

iness, and the manwho fails to secure ,

more than the above number of pigs
muSt do good feeding to overcome a.
high overhead. ‘

This overhead. requires all the in-
come from three good average pigs
from each litter. When the farmer
saves four he is able to reduce his pro-

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dog in” a1sneepi'raisinggcommunity ii I

 
  

more or lees in dismay-because; at: if;
the misdeeds of his kind» ' Andihere ‘

is no doubt that the good watch dog ;,

that stays'at home is. aflvalue to the

farmer. ~ _ ' , t
The following sections of the law are.

' . of, especial interest: Sectibn 2: From.

and after ,Januaryf’:10,51920, it shall be ‘35:“
unlawful ”for" any person to own any ‘
dog four months old or over,” unless
said dog is licensed as hereinafter pro-
vided, or to own any dog four months
old‘ and over, that does not at all
timeswear a. collar with metal tag at-‘ ,
tached as hereinafter provided, except
when engaged in lawful hunting, ac-
companied by its owner or custodian; .
or for any owner of any female dog
to permit said femaledog to go be-
yond premises of such owner 'when

 

This Well-matched Pair of Mares, Owned by c. E. Pope, Are Delivering a
Tractive Pull Sufficient to Keep a Ninety-ton Load in Motion on the Pave-
Ment. The Picture was Taken at the Isabella County Fair. '

 

 

duction costs about $1.70 per hundred
pounds of pork. Litters of five and
six pigs cut down still further the
cost of making pork.

Many farmers, in reckoning the av-
erage pigs per litter, forget to count
the gilts or the old sow that fails to
breed. Often, too, some sow has twins
and they are permitted to run with
another sow for convenience. The cost
of keeping these must be charged
against the pig 'crops. A few such an-
imals puts a. burden on the owner that
makes profits impossible.

To produce a. hundred pigs a, year
requires sixteen sows, if they raise an
average of three per litter. If through
proper selection and care this average
can be increased to seven per‘litter,
then to secure the hundred pigs, one
will be required to keep only seven
brood sows. The man who has sixteen
sows to raise the hundred pigs must
keep nine more than does his neigh-
bor, whose animals raise seven per lit-
ter. The cost of keeping these extra
nine brood sows a year is a cost that
the good farmer ,will eliminate. He
would rather have that money in his
pocket. So he looks well to the kind
of breeding stock on his farm.

One good farmer, F. Dobbins by
name, raised an average of 11.3 pigs
per year from each of his twenty-
eight sows, making the average cost
$6.68 per 100 pounds of pork. Four.
neighbors raised an average of 5.3
pigs a. year at an average cost of
$11.37 per 100 pounds of pork—O. S.

 

THE NEW DOG-LAW.

THE new dog law will be of interest

to farmers owning watch dogs, as
it is more strict than former laws, and
yet a thoroughly good law which’all
dog owners should be anxious to obey
for their own good, as ' well ‘ as the
good of neighbors.

 
  

The time has gone by when sheep,

she is in heat, unless such female dog
is held properly in leash; or for any
person, except the owner or author-
ized agent, to remove any lic‘ense'from
a dog, or for any owner to allow any
dog to stray beyond his premises un-
less under reasonable control of some
person, or when engaged in lawful
hunting, accompanied by his owner or
custodian. '

Section 3. Every dog shall at all
times between sunset of each day, and
sunrise of the following day, be con-
fined upon the premises of its owner
or custodian, except when said dog is
otherwise under the reasonable control
of some person. ‘

Section 6. On or before the tenth
day of January, 1920, and on or before
the same date of each year thereafter,
the owner of any dog four monthsold
or over shall, except as provided in
Section 14, apply to the‘county treas-
urer in writing for a. license ’for each
such dog owned and kept by him.
Such application shall state the breed,
sex. age, color. and markings of such
dog, and the name and address of the
last previous owner, and shall be ac-
companied by a. fee of three dollars
for each male dog, six dollars for each
female dog, and two dollar's for each
unsexed dog. '_

Section 12. If any dog tax is lost,
it shall be replaced by the county
treasurer, upon application by the own-
er of the dog, and upon production of
such license and a. sworn statement of
the facts regarding the loss of such
tag. ‘
, The new dog law is Act No._339 or
the Public Acts of 1919, and farmers
can probably obtain a copy, as the
writer did, by addressing the Secre-
tary of State, Lansing, Michigan. The .
complete law goes into the discussion
of the protection of live stock in a
thorough manner and -should,he. of in-
terest to livestock ‘

  

          

 

 
  
 


      

     
    
  
  

 

    
 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
  
  
 

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SHEEP
Oxfords---Registered Ram Lambs

 

JOE MURRAY. R. No. 2. Brown City. Mich.
' Hampshire Yearling Rams. Call
Registered or write CLARK HAIRE RANCH.

West Branch. Mich.. Charles Post. Manager.

 

30 registered
Farmers' prices.

AMPSHIRES and LINCOLNS.
rams, a few ewes and lambs.
H. C. SKINNER, Dimondale, Mich.

SHROPSHIRES

Yearling Rams
Ram Lambs

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

0R EWES. write or
call on ARMSTRONG
Mich.

 

 

For Shropshire Rams

BROS.. R. No. 3. Fowlérville,

SHROPSHIRE RAMS

One 2-yr. Wardwell stock ram. Yearlings and lambs.
priced right. D. Chapman &.Son, 80. Rockwood, Mich.
a car load: TwentyLflve

Shropshll‘es Yr.-rams. Twenty~tive ram
lambs. Fifty ewes. All ages. ARTHUR DODDS.

Lancer. Mich. Phone 4l9-J.
' offers registered Shropshire
TWIN Lake Sl00k Farm Rams. one 3-yr.. also 5 year—

lings. W. E. JENKS, Balding, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

1501 brand, mixedsages
an reeding, 7.00
C. A. Palmer, gelding. Michigan.

BreedingiEwes For Sale

per head.

40 isssniiginrssauedissemin-out“;

andsgli‘llcse rbirlttier,Flllllgh.esmthhed 1890. C. LEMON
One 2-yr. stock ram,

The Maples Shropshires -
1
Also ewes. c. R. LELAND,y?iI.r Emir"? (1111533, ‘h’i‘é’f:

 

' the wooly type.
Shropshires 35 ram lambs.

HER. R. No. 4. Evart, Mich.
20 RAMBOUILLET EWES.

lings and 2-year-olds.
breeding. E. M

15 yearlings,
DA N 800-

i‘zflso cfiiolce rams. year-
on omeyer strain of
. MOORE. Mason, Mich.

Cotswolds. Iincolns. Tunis Kara-
Rams F or sale kules and Oxfords. All record-

ed. Papers with each. L R. Kuney. Adrian, Mich.

FOR SALE—200 head of good. big breeding ewes.
all ages. Some yearlings and 2-year-olds. $8

per head. C. B. Stoner, Box 2l4, Clinton. Mich.

 

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HORSES
FARMERS ATTENTION!

We have some extra good Percheron and Belgian
stallions of size and quality. International & State
Fair prize winners. It your locality is in need of a
soodfltallion.yonoen seamoneouour

rviee fee plan. FRED, O.

assoc on—Ie
STEVEN§ .09". Inc. Brunei-Idle. lleh.

 

itcbiattnueif frompagezdfzsx
note of' worry crept ‘; into, his voice.
Lane’s confident tone was slightly dis-

 

' concerting. * ,

“Onlythat you’d.better make some
borings yourself.” Lane eyed the puz-
zled expert with a tolerant smile.

“Let’s have it. Where did my foot
slip?" demanded Hammerton with a
mirthless grin.‘.Something in Lane’s

erred at some point in his piratical op-
erations. - _

Lane recounted his experiences up
to the time when Hammerton had rec-
ognized him at the hotel as the son of
an old friend, riot omitting the details
of his knowledge of Hammerton’s es—
pionage from the time of the latter’s.
visit to Mapletown. The expert’s face
grew "longer and longer as the tale
proceeded, but he permitted himself
the indulgence of an occasional grin of
somewhat sheepish quality as
sense of humor rescued him from ut—,
ter humiliation. , ,

“But I don’t understand yet how
you’ve ditched me,” he complained as
Lane paused. “I’ve cinched that rich
slope of Overlook Mountain, haven’t
I? That’s the main point.” ‘.

“Yes, you’ve got hold of the south
slope of Overlook Mountain, all right,
and it’s a. fine sheep pasture, though
rather expensive at the price you paid
for it; but all the bauxite it holds is
in the cores of my borings of the north
slope which my friend Jud Waring
carried OVer and spread around. That,
was ‘while you were trying to pump
me here at the hotel during the morn—
ing of our turkey hunt, you know. Jud
bored some holes in the south slope
and threw the cores in the river, leav-
ing those from my tract around the
openings. I’ve got the deeds to my:
land in my pocket. Want to buy it?”

Hammerton rose and pulled himself
together with an effort. His face grad-l
ually worked itself back into its habit-
ual state of good natured arrogance.
Finally the old smile came back and
expended into a. laugh of fairly gener-
ous proportions, and he slapped Lane
almost affectionately on the back.

“You’re one wise boy, Lane. I must
be getting old. You’ve certainly put it
all over me this trip. Yes; I’ll buy
your land—pay you four times what,
you’ve spent on it. I’m empowered,
you know, to pick up any bauxite
tracts I locate. Will you sell?”

“Yes, the amount satisfies me. When
do you pay it?” Lane almost felt sor-
ry for the man he had bested; he was
a good loser, and his crestfallen man-
ner was quite pathetic.

“I’ll go out tomorrow and sink a
few holes in both slopes just for luck,
and then when I’ve proved it up I’ll
wire Chattanooga for the money and
take over your deeds there. So long,
Pierpont.” He bestowed a. parting grin
of admiration on his late adversary
and went off to his room to pack up.
Lane waited until he disappeared
around a bend in the stairway, and
then rushed over to the railroad depot
and sent off three telegrams; one to
Patty, one to his father, and the other
to the owner of the farm on which a
little white painted, green shuttered
house nestled in a. grove of apples. ‘

ADVANCES TO SECOND ,PLACE IN
SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION.

 

MICHIGAN, with a prospective pro-
duction of 954,000 tons, steps

ahead of Utah to second place
this year, according to a statement is—
sued by Verne H. Church, U. S. Agri—
cultural Statistician, and L. Whitney

Watkins, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture. Colorado outranks it with 1,230,-
000 tons. Utah reports a crop of 928,-
000 tons; Nebraska, 656,000; Califor—

nia, 531,000; Idaho, 331,000; Ohi0,322,—
000, and Wisconsin, 117,000. The to-
tal for the United States, according to
the September estimate, is 6,109,000
tons of beets, and a prospective yield
of 792,000 tons of sugar. The season
has been generally favorable for the
crop in Michigan this year, and most
fields are in a thrifty condition. Dis-‘
cases are less prevalent than usual.

APPLE CROP IMPROVES.

 

THE commercial apple crop of the
United States promises to be larg-

er than last year, the September
1 estimate being 30,394,000 barrels, as
compared with the final estimate of
28,701,000 in 1924. While the total ag—
ricultural crop is not quite as large as
a. year ago, the quality is much better
and a larger proportion will go into
commercial channels, according to‘
federal crop reporters. From a com-
mercial standpoint, Washington leads
with a crop of 8,150,000 barrels; New.
York is second with 4,809,000, and
Michigan is third with 1,770,000. Vir—'
ginia reports a crop of 1,221,000 bar»
rels; Pennsylvania, 992,000; West Vir-
ginia, 674,000; Oh1o, 652,000; Illinois,

 

 

1,250,000; Missouri, 658,000; Arkansas,

manner ,convmced him \that he had:

his ,

.384.
.nia, 1,202,000. The Michigan crop is
better than last year, both in quantity
and quality. It is estimated that 57

. per cent of the state’s crop consists of
Winter, 24 per cent of fall, and 19 per
cent of summer varieties. The heavy
volume this year is in the western
part of the state, from Allegan coun-
ty northward, the percentage increas-
ing toward the north.

BEANS SUFFER FROM RAINS.

 

 

SEPTEMBER is usually the critical
month in determining the volume
of bean production. With good
prospects earlier in the season, grow-
ers’ hopes are often dashed to the
ground by wet weather during the har-
vesting period, and what may have
promised a. good yield actually be-
comes a partial crop of poor quality.
This year, conditions were generally
favorable up to the end of August, ex:
cept that blight and anthracnose, the
two menacing diseases -of Michigan
beans, w‘ere prevalent in various sec-
tions, according to a statement issued.
by Verne H. Church, U. S. Agricultur-
al Statistician, and L, Whitney Wat-
kins, Commissioner of Agriculture. ,
The prospect was for a. crop of 7,-
288,000 bushels which, if attained,
would be the largest crop on record,
but rains during the past week have
undoubtedly lowered the quality of
those in process of harvesting which,
with the prevailing diseases, will cause
a considerable pickage. The Septem-
ber 1 estimate for other leading states
was as follows: New York, 1,924,000
bushels; Montana, 464,000; Colorado,
2,525,000; New Mexico, 179,000; Idaho,
1,722,000; California, 2,965,000. The
total crop of the country was estimat-
ed at 17,569,000 bushels, as compared
with 13,327,000 last year, and 16,004,-
000 two years ago.

POTATO CROP IS SHORT.

 

HILE September weather condi-
tions often materially affect the
size of the potato crop, growers

may feel quite certain that fairly good

prices will prevail this year. The
acreage is much below normal and the

condition on September 1 indicates a

national production of approximately

40,000,000 bushels under the normal

amount consumed. The total crop

was placed at 344,391,000 bushels,
which is 110,000,000 less than produc-
ed 1ast year, according to a statement
issued by Verne H. Church, U. S. Ag-
ricultural Statistician, and L. Whitney
Watkins, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, Rains during the present month
may add materially to the yield, but
it is not probable that it would be in-
creased to the point of creating a. sur-
plus over consumption requirements.

The Michigan crop was estimated at

26,529,000 bushels, against 38,252,000

harvested last year. New York, with

33,353,000 bushels, has the largest

prospective crop. Maine is second with

30,586,000, and Michigan is in third

place. Pennsylvania reports 25,511,-

000; Wisconsin, 23,463,000, and Minne-

sota, 26,210,000 bushels.

CATTLE SHIPMENTS FROM
MENOMINEE.

 

ENOMINEE cattlemen have ship-

pe'd recently 128 head of cattle

during a. period of three weeks,
and additional shipments are in pros-
pect. Some of these went to Illinois
and southern Michigan, reports County
Agricultural Agent Karl Knaus. Good
prices are received. Menominee coun-
ty, it is reported, has more dairy cattle
than it can feed well, and is ready to
dispose of its surplus. It has for some
time been recognized that, when Clov-
ci‘land farmers are known outside the
district to have high-class stock for
sale, they will have no difficulty in
finding a good market for it.—Chase.

ADVlSES DEER YARDS.

 

N a. recent visit to the Upper Pc-

ninsula, Mr. David R. Jones, of

the State Department of Conserva-
tion, pointed out that the establish-
ment of deer yards on private lands of
the Upper Peninsula should be. popular
with land—OWHers. These yards are
tracts where deer live and food in the
winter. The state takes a lease of
such lands for a term of years, paying
the taxes thereon, as a means of deer
conservation. In this way, timber
owners can themselves ascape paying
taxes and thus escape the need of im-
mediate cutting of timber.~L. A. C.

Through a process developed by the
department of agriculture, it is now a
commercial possibility to keep sweet
cider the year round. The process
consists essentially of freezing the
fresh apple juice, grinding this frozen
material, and then, by means of a cen-
trifugal process, separating the essen-
tial solids from the frozen water. Five
gallons of cider are reduced by this
process to one gallon of concentrate.

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, . September 22.

Wheat.
Detroit—No. 1 red $1.70; No. 2 red
Egg; No. 2 white $1.70; No. '2 mixed

Chicago.—-Sept. at $1.50@1.5014- De?
geggber $1.50%@1.5014; May 31.531746)

. %.
Toledo—Wheat: $1.68@1.69.
' orn
Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 950; No. 3
yellow 94c.
Chicago—Sept. 97 %c; December at

803/ @ 7/ c. .
4 8 Old Oats
Detroit—No. 2 white 49c; No. 3 “C.
New Oats

Detroit—No. 2 white at 44c; No. 3
white 42c. '

Chicago.——Sept. 3734c; December at
40%c; May 450.

R ye
Detroit—No. 2, 99c.
Chicago—Sept. at 82c; December at
87540; May 92% @92%c.

Toledo.—93c.
Beans
Detroit—(Old) immediate and
prompt shipment $4.60@4.65; (New)

$4.50@4.55. -
Chicago—Navy, fancy, $6.50; red
kidneys $12@12.50.
New York—Choice pea at $5@5.50;
red kidneys $11.50@12.25. ,
Barley
Malting 81c; feeding 76c.

Seeds‘
Detroit.——-October red clover $15.35;
timothy $3.90; December alsike $14.
Buckwheat

Detroit.—$2.20@2.25.
H ay

Detroit.—~N0. 1 timothy $23.50@24;
standard $23@23.50; No. 1 light clover
mixed at $23@23.50; No. 2 timothy $21
@22

Na. 1 clover mixed $20@21; No. 1
clover $18@20; wheat and oat straw
at $11@11.50; rye straw $11.50@12.

Feeds

Detroit—Bran at $33@34; standard
middlings $36; fine middlings at $41:
cracked corn $45; coarse cornmeal at
$43; chop $37 per ton in carlots.

Small Fruit—Prices at Chicago
Plums—Michigan, 16 qt., 75c@$1.15.
Strawberries—Michigan Everbear—

ing, 16 qts., $3.

Pears—Michigan Bartletts, per bar-
rel $7@7.50; bushels, Michigan Seck-
els, fancy $2@2.25.

Peaches—Crates of six baskets at
$1.50@2.75.

Grapes—Michigan, 5—lb. baskets at

26@360.
WHEAT

Wheat has shown strong resistance
on declines recently, but advances
have not gotten far. Contlnued
strength in the domestic cash Situa-
tion, and a change of front on the part
of some speculative operators were,
the main sinews of strength.

Depressing influences have not been
absent. Foreigners are still inclined
to look for a substantial decline in
the price level. This leads to restric-
tion of their purchases from exporting
countries and to pushing Canadlan and
European wheat on the market as fast
as possible, in order to get the ben-
efit of present prices.

The action of the market strongly
suggests, however, that values will
not go much lower. It 1s poss1ble, of
course, that absorption of wheat in
world markets in the next two months
will not be rapid enough to take care
of the outpouring from Canada. In
that case, a decline of as much as 15
cents in the world price level might
occur. Our markets would probably
follow, as they are not likely to Wld-
en their premium over world prices
until later in the season.

RYE

Receipts of rye have continued to
increase. They are not as heavy as
last year, but the decline in amvals
is offset by the smaller sales for ex-
port. Russian rye has not been ex—
ported as rapidly as expected, due. to
unfavorable weather, but importing
countries are not buying much from
North America. Rye prices dropped
to a new low for the season last week.

CORN

Corn prices declined in the past

' 'week.‘ . General rains checked the
i ~.drouth and heat which was hastening
~ ‘ the crop to maturity too rapidly. The
cash demand was slow because of the

belief that prices will be lower-assault

. .

as new corn becomes available in
quantity.
tremely light, but there is a reserve of
6,390,000 bushels in the visiblesupply
which is more than usual at this time
of the year. In another month or six
weeks, new corn will be fairly plenti-
ful. With reluctant buying at this
level, it is very doubtful if prices will
be forced much higher as a result of
exhaustion of supplies at terminals.
It is equally doubtful: if there will be

 

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MARKETS BY RADIO.

 

HOSE having radio sets can

receive daily market reports
and weather forecasts by listen-
ing in each week day at 2:15,
eastern standard time, for the
reports of. the Detroit Free
Press, Station WCX, and at
10:25, 12:00, and 4:00 for the
reports of the Detroit News Sta-
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any marked decline in prices now of-
fered for new corn for~December ship-
ment, as they are already 12 to 15
cents below the present cash market.

OATS

, The cats market continues to act as
though it is on bedrock. Primary re-

ceipts have diminished sharply, and'

the visible supply is not gaining so
rapidly. Clearances for export are
running at more than one million
bushels a. week, and domestic demand
is rather active. If wheat and corn
show strength, oats prices are quite
sure to advance.

FEEDS

Feed markets are generally dull,
with trade sluggish. There is little
pressure to sell. Recent damage to
pastures may send dairymen into the
market, and prices would strengthen
under any improvement in demand.

SEEDS

Demand for clover seed is improv-
ing and prices are strengthening. The
movement of new seed is earlier than
a year ago. Spring seedings have been
damaged by drouth, necessitating re-
seeding. Demand for fall seeds was
delayed for a time by dry weather.

Primary receipts are ex-y

  

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The, barley are}! of 222,000,000 bushy
els is 9 largest since 1918. Receipts
at lea ngj'markets are rather“ heavy,,
and the visible supply is gaining n
spite of liberal clearances for expo‘rt.‘

In the last'five weeks, nearly 8,000.--

000 bushels :of barley, not including
malt, have been shipped abroad.

POULTRY AND EGGS

Egg prices are working higher, and

conditions point to sustained values.
A shortage of good fresh eggs, since
a large part of the receipts are in poor
shape with hot weather defects still
apparent, is an aid in keeping the
market firm. Receipts are decreasing
sharply from week to week, and esti-
mates as to the» probable fall lay are.
being reduced. Sales of storage eggs
are being pushed in an effort to move
stocks faster. “
' The fall Hebrew holidays offer an
excellent opportunity to market fat
live poultry. High prices are secured
during this holiday season for poultry
that is well fattened and can be grads
ed as prime. _The Hebrew New Year
has already been celebrated, but the
Feast of Tabernacles on October 3-4,
and the Feast of Law on October 10-
11, are good times to sell poultry, as
prime quality love fowls, ducks and
geese are in big demand. Best mar-
ket days for the first holiday run from
September 29 through October 1, and
for the latter, on October 7-8.

Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 32%
@331/20; checks 20@250; fresh firsts
321/2@34 c; ordinary firsts 29@31c.
Live pou try, hens 23%0; springers at
24c; roosters 16c; ducks 200; geese
15c; turkeys 200.

Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and
graded 31@331,éc. Live poultry, broil-
ers 28@.29c; heavy hens 27c; light do.
21c; roosters 14@15c; geese 16@18c;
ducks 24c; turkeys 25c.

BUTTER '

Butter prices are firm, although they
have climbed fast Yor so early in the
season and are already up five cents
a. pound from the low a month ago.
While further advances are not likely
for awhile, lower prices are not indi—
cated. Consumption apparently has
not contracted at the higher prices.
Production is declining, and the market
still reflects. the recent hot weather
through defects in quality. Fancy
grades ,are scarce, contributing largely
to the market’s strength. The recent
rains came too late to make fall pas-
ture of high feed value. Storage but-
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Live Stock Market Service I

 

Tuesday, September 22.

DETROIT .

Cattle.
Receipts 131. Market 25c higher;
common and light bulls slow; others
steady.
Good to choice yearlings
dry-fed ................ $10.75@11.50
Best heavy steers, dry~fed $.75@1g.75

Handyweight butchers .. .75 .00
Mixed steers and heifers 6.50@ 7.25
Handy light butchers . . . .’ 5.50@ 6.50
Light butchers .......... 4.25@ 5.25
Best cows .............. 5.00@ 6.00
Butcher cows ........... 4.25@ 5.00
Common cows .......... 3.00@ 3.50
Canners ................ 2.25@ 3.75
Choice bulls, dry-fed 5.00@ 5.50
Heavy bologna bulls . 4.50@ 5.00
Stock bulls ............. 3.50617 4.50
Feeders ................. 6.25@ 7.50
Stockers ' 00 00

................ 5. 7.
Milkers and springers. . . .$45.00@ $100
Veal Calves.

Receipts 312. Market steady.
Best ..................... $15.50@16.00
Others ............... . . . 4.50

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 3,161. Market steady.
Best .................... $14.75(a)16.00

Fair lambs .............. 12.50@13.75
Fair and good sheep . . . . 6.00@ 7.00
Culls and common ...... 2.00@ 400
Light and common ...... 8.00@10.75
Heavy sheep ........ . . . . 4.50@ 5.00.
Buck lambs . . . ._ . . . . ..... 10.00@13.50
H328. ~
Receipts 1,083. arket steady.
Roughs ................. =11.
Heavies .......... . . . . . . 12.50@13.00
Mixed and yorkers . . . . . 13.90
Pigs ....... I l O I O O 0 O I I O O O ' 13025
tags 8.50
Light lights 0 O O O 0.". I O I 0 l O 113:25

packers in best demand; sh

chaise feeders, $16.85; ewes a; $6,505 00% sheen. nf‘pstusssiommse
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BUFFALO

‘ Hogs ,

Receipts 5,700. Market is closing
steady. Heavy $13.50@14; medium at
$14@14.15; light weights at $14.15@
14.25; light lights $14@14.25; pigs at
$13.75@14; packing sows and roughs
$11.25@11.50.

Cattle.

Receipts 150. Market steady.
Sheep and Lambs. ,
Receipts 1,200. Best lambs $15.50;
culls $7.50.

Calves. .
Receipts 400. Tops $14.50.

CHICAGO

Hogs
Receipts 17,000. Market slow; early
sales mostly steady at Monday’s aver—
age; light weights uneven to 10c low-
er; big packers inactive; bulk of bet-
ter 140-225-lb. weight $13@13.50; top
$13.55; good 240-350—1b. butchers $12.90
@1330; packing sows $11.50@12; bet-
ter stock slaughcter lpigs $12.50@13.
att e.

Receipts 10,000. Market fat steers
predominating; mostly at $9.50@12;
$13.85 on heavy; few lots yearlings
$14.50@15.25; western grassers fairly
active; steady; killers $7.50@9; coun-
try demands of feeders slow; yearling

' e stock
fairly steady; calves $13.50@14; bulls
strong to 100 higher.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 18,000. Market fat lambs
opening slow; few early sales 15@25c-
lower; medium to good western at-
$14.75; native bulls $14.50@14.75; fed
loads $15 (115.25; fat sheep and better;
grades o, feedinglambs are steady; .

6.75; heavy down- to $5.

holdings, show daily declines? -- . - ,
Prices on 92-81mm. creamer-y; were:

Chicago ,46 . 1m. \

Detro 1; free creamery sells" 01-430."

    

5:; new York. 8c."
45 are per; pound. ‘ a 7
, "POTATOES
The general decline in potato prices
was checked temporarily last week.

_ with adrances of‘10@35c, per 100 lbs.,

but the market was irregular at the
close. This is an .in-between period in
potato markets which often sees pric-
es marked ,up. Early and intermedi-
ate states have, stopped: shipping, and
movement from the late states is hard-

ly in full swing. Northern Rurals,‘ U.

S. No. 1, were quoted at. $1.90@2.10
per 100 pounds in the Chicago carlot

market. _
BEANS

Heavy rains in ‘Michigan boosted
prices last week. C. ~H. P'. whites
were quoted at $5 per 100 pounds I.
o. b. Michigan at the close. Buyers
were reluctant to follow the advance
and even shippers were not optimistic
over maintaining the upturn. In spite
of considerable dama 6, there will still
be a large crop. ed kidneys are
quoted at $8.75. 1'

WOOL

Foreign wool markets are strong
and are having a stabilizing effect on
the domestic trade. The sale at Syd«
ney, Australia, showed an advance or
about 10 per cent, and the auction of
Colonial wools at London, starting last
week, showed a small advance on Mero
inos and firmness on cross—breds as
compared with the previous sale.
whereas a small decline was expected.
Continental countries were the princi-
pal buyers, although Japan has been
active in Australia.

GRAND RAPIDS

Fruit prices continued about steady
early this week, with consumers active
for supplies of peaches, pears, plums
and grapes. Peaches, Elbertas $2.50
@3.25 bu; Hales $4.50@5 bu; Late
Crawfords $4 bu’; Kalamazoo, Engles,
Prolifics, Banners and Chili $2@2.75
bu; pears, Clairgeaus $1.50@2 a bu;
Anjous $1@1.50 bu; Seckels $1@1.25
bu; Duchess $1; plums, Lombards $1
@125 bu;, Monarchs $1.75@2 bu; Oc-
tober Purple $1.50@2 bu; Grand Duke
$2; grapes, Concord‘s and other blue
varieties $1.75@2.25 bu, or $3 a dozen
2-qt. baskets of table grapes; Dela-
wares $3.50 per dozen baskets; apples,
Crabapples $1.25@1.50 bu; Wealthy
a d Wolf River 50@75c bu; Gideon.
Aexander and Maiden Blush 40@65c
bu; Twenty~ounce Pippin 75c per bu;
Strawberry $1@2 bu; cantaloupes $1
@2 bu; watermelons $1.50@2.50 doz—
en; potatoes 75c@$1 bu; onions 7506;)
$1.25 bu; carrots,‘beets, turnips, bagas
50@75c bu; peppers 50c@$1.25 bu;
celery 15@50c dozen; head lettuce 50
@650 box; eggs 35@360; chickens 18
@25c; butter-fat 50c lb; pork 15@17c;
wheat $1.48 bu; rye 75c bu; beans
$4.25 per cwt.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

Apples, all grades $1@1.75 bu; crap-
apples $2@3 bu; grapes $2.50@4 bu;
cantaloupes $1.50@2.50 bu; watermelv
ons-$1@1.25 bu; pears $1.50@3.50 bu;
peaches $2.50@5 bu; prunes $3693.50
bu; beets 60@65c per dozen bunches;

wax beans $1.50@2.25 per bu; green”

beans $1.75@2.50 bu; carrots $1.25@
1.75 bu; cabbage, green 65@75c a bu;
lima beans $1.75@2 bu; dills $1@2
bu; gherkins $3@5 bu; leaf'Zlettuce
40@650 bu; green onions 60@650 per
dozen bunches; dry onions $1.50@1.75
bu; curly parsley 35@400 per dozen
bunches; potatoes, No. 1, $1@1.30 per
bu; round radishes 40@50c per dozen
bunches; long radishes 60@75c dozen‘
bunches; turnips 50@60c per dozen
bunches; tomatoes, red $1@1.50 bu;
local celery 30@65c dozen; winter

squash $1@1.25 bu; Italian squash 500 '

@2 bu; sweet corn 12@16c a dozen;
strawberries 25c qt; pumpkins 75c a
bu; Quinces $4 bu; eggs, wholesale.
40@42c; retail 50@600; hens, whole-
sale 28c; retail 30@35c; colored
springers, wholesale 280; retail 30@
35c; Leghorn springers 23@250; re-
tail 28@3Qc; dressed poultry, hens 35
@40c; springers 40@45c.

COMING LIVE STOCK SALES.

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beans are poorly harvested; acreage is.
above average years; late potatoes are

looking fine; sugar beets promise a
‘go'od drop; fall pastures are splendid

but little stuff is being marketed.—
C. E. G. _ _ . 7 . ~ »
Genesee 60., Sept. 17.—Wheat yield
is much. better man was expected, ow-
ing to our dry, hot summer. Oat yield
was a disappointment. Some fields of
good. but most of it not up to the
average. ‘Somehave filled their silos,
taking more acres than expected to
Soaking rains have kept
farmers off-of land for a week, as far
as fitting wheat ground, cutting corn,
or pulling beans, is concerned. A few
sowed wheat the fore part of last
week. Would say the outlook was
for a larger acrea e ”this fall_ than
usual. Many will 9 delayed 1f the
weather does not allow them to get
off their beans; pasture is good—L.

R. P.

‘ lngham 60., Sept. ’14.—VVheat is an
average yield 01/18 bushels per acre;
oats, average yield of 35 bushels; bar-
ley, average yield of 22 bushels; beans
will be above an average yield, with a
large acreage; corn is looking good,
yield will be above average; hay was
light, first cutting would average about
a half ton per acre, second cutting. of
alfalfa is fair; sugar beets are looking
fine, and will have a large tonnage,
but there is only about one-half of the

average acreage planted; potatoes are

looking good, and will be an average
yield. There will be a larger acreage

of wheat sown this fall than usual.—,

 

 

ClOverland News

CLUB WORK IS GOING STRONG.

 

 

 

THAT club work among boys and
girls pays out, is believed to have

been demons rated by the club ex-
hibits arranged or the Iron County
Fair. Forty pure-bred calves were on
hand for the exhibition, while it was
anticipated that every one of the sev-
enty-nine poultry club members would
be represented in the poultry exhibit.
Potato club members were prepared
with a better quality, if not quantity,
display than was shown last year. It
appeared early that the canning club
exhibit would be four times as la e
as a year ago. The winning portio
of this exhibit are destined for the na-
tional exhibit in Chicago this fall. Hot
lunch, handicraft and other club work
also had a. place at the fair. Iron
county has a club leader, Mr. A. E.
Hagen.

HOLD FARMERS’ TOUR.

RON county recently put on a coun-
try-wide farmers’ tour. There were
about seventy-five persons in it. con-
veyed in twenty cars. In the stock
judging contest staged as a. part of
the tour, two women took, respective
ly, first and second place. Both have
been connected with club work. There
was a poultry-culling contest, and

there was a talk on sheep by the:

county agent, Mr. Roberts.
WIN JUDGING HONORS.

HE little town of Topaz, Ontona-
gon, is proud of double honors re-
cently acquired in Upper Penin-
sula agricultural events. Mr. Rudolph
Stindt dropped in on the field day at
Big Bay, Marquette county, and won
first prize in the dairy judging con-
test. Prof. O. E. Reed, of the Michi-

" gan State College; W. W. Marsh, of

Waterloo, Iowa, and Barney Sheridan,
of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, were the
judges. Then Lyle Hawley took first
prize——a pen of pure—bred Rhode Is-
land Reds—in the poultry judging
contest.

PLAN LARGE FOREST RESERVE.

HE United States. Forest Service

has been trying to block out a

large tract, said to amount to 400,-
000 acres, for a national forest in this
territory. Dr. Raphael Zon, forest ex-
pert of the bureau, and director of the
Lake Forest Experiment Station, and
Mr. J. J. Ashe, land purchasing agent
for the forest service, have been in
the peninsula recently looking over
the ground. It is probable that much
of the land will be donated to the gov-
ernment for this purpose. Such a;
large forest reservation will be an im—
portant aid to reforestation and con-
servation in the district.

his. movement toward the estab-
liShlmlnt of -.a national forest in the
peninsula is one phase of the chang-
ing status of our twelve million acres

. , s ace . ‘ :mmysgoodz,
" barley halo (Home .3 early potatoes
acreage- and poor yield;
corn or ‘p,.‘go“o'd,-,with a. fair scream;

   

/ , “ .9. , "f; d: it
afiemhers of" the; Chicago ' Hamil
“11b for a-game and fish reserve, part-
ly for private hunting, and partly, for
conservation of wild life. It would
not be surprising if other outside in.
terests _mad other similar acquisi-
tions from , ese vast unused holdings.

COUNCIL LAYS our BROAD PRO-
* GRA ‘

STATE council on conservation

was recently created at Lansing

by representatives of a large group
of organizations directly interested in
the problem. Mr. G. E. Bishop, of the
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau,
was made a member of, the executive
board of this council, being associated
with Mr. Clark ‘Brody, of the Michigan
State Farm Bureau; Arthur W. Stace,
of The Grand Rapids Press; Harry
Black, of the Kiwanis Conservation
Committee, and Mr. Felix Pedensteck—
er, of the Michigan Manufacturers’
Association. The council went on rec-
ord in opposition to promoting new
agricultural developments on unsuit-
able land, and in favor of the promo-
tion of prosperity for the farmer a];
ready on land, rather than the open—
ing of new farms. It favored not un-
dertaking any plan of reforestation,
agricultural development or recrea-
tion where there is not a good pros-
pect of success. The council favored
greater protection of second-growth
timber and greater attention to slash-
ings disposal. It favored a. national
forest of atleast one million acres in
the state, and larger state forests. It
favored county and municipal forests.
Natural restocking of wild life should
be encouraged and artificial restocking
resorted to only when natural meth-
ods fail.

/ George Barnes

large yearly records.
dyke.

record butter Champion).

Car lots only.
stamp for “The Golden Hoof.”

 
  
  

 

George M. Wilber,

iii. in

33¢ .; is“. V'. at] . Wu (J

Will reduce Inflamed, Strained.
- Swollen Tendons, Ligamento,
'orMusclee. ‘Sto sthe Iameneeoand
pain mm a Sp int. Side Bane or
Bone Spavin. No blister, no hair
gone and horse can be used. 82. 50 a
battle at druggists or delivered. Dc-
scribe your case for special instruc-
tions and interesting horse Book 2 R Free.

AMORIINE, 13., the antiseptic linimcnt for
mankind, reduces Strained, Torn Liga-
Swoflcn Glenda. Veins or Muscles:
Heals Cute. Sores. Ulcers. A pain. Price
”.25‘Ibottlcudalenordellvemd. Book ”Evidence" free.
If.

F. I00“. In." 468 [man 81.. Sprlilgflull. lass.

      
   
  
  
   

 

7. Ann ' . Mich
WANTED FARMS

 

WANTED—POULTRY FARM—Will lease with option
to buy. Must have buildings for not less than one
birds. 9 and poultry houses must be in
good repair. Small acreage desirable. Give full de-
tails. including location. rental. ‘prlce. etc. Address
Box 27-B. Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. ' .

 

WANTED—To hear from owner of farm for sale, for
fall delivery. 0. Hawloy. Baldwin, Wis. '

 

WANTED. to rent, good farm with option of buying.
Experienced farmer. Box 430. Michigan Farmer.

HAY AND STRAW .

HAY—Timothy. clover and mixed—also alfalfa. Qual-
ity guaranteed Ask for delivered prices. Harry D.
Gates Company. Jackson. Mich.

 

SHIP YOUR
LIVE POULTRY
DRESSED POULTRY
DRESSED CALVES
DRESSED HOGS
ROASTING PIGS
TAME RABBITS

TO
DETROIT B E E F 00.
DETROIT, MIC".
36 years in the commission business in the same
location and under the same management. $2 50,-
000.00 Capital and surplus. Prompt returns.
Write for free shippers guide.

 

Etc.—-Small consignments from
producers in your territory bring
rices NOW. Prompt ro-
tums always. elor to Dun or Bradstreet.
Ship us your next case. ZENITH BUT-
TER a EGG 00.. ‘70 Duane St" New York. N. Y.

PIIBLHI AIIIITION

OCTOBER 15, 1925

17 head milking Registered Shorthoms. T. B. tested.
All in Cow Testing Association Cows. due soon.
Extra. good sire, 2 yrs. old. Write for 115mm.

T. E. LAMOREAUX, Hadloy, Mlch.

Eggs!

very attractive

Double Dispersion Sale
75 Registered Holstein Cattle 75

J. I. Van Keuren

Howell, Michigan

Thursday, October 8, 1925

Two Herd Sires from high record dams. ‘
4 cows with large yearly records. .
records 20 cows due in Oct. and Nov. A granddaughter of Mabel Segis Korn-
20 daughters of Maple Plane King Johanna. ,
Hengerveld Pontiac, who is a full brother to a former Worlds record cow.
2 granddaughters of May W‘alker Ollie Homestead (The American yearly

4 young bulls from dams with
18 with C. T. A.

5 daughters of Fayne

Livingston County is on the Accredited T. B. List.

For Catalogs, Address F.

THOUSANDS OF BREED.
INC EWES

Lambs and Wool much more than pay for them in 12 months. (100%).

World Shortage of Sheep

Yearlings to matured ewes.

J. Fishbeck, Howell, Mich.

No old ones. Send
A resume of the Sheep situation.

Marysville, Ohio

 

Small advertisements bnn' 3 best

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

charge l0 words.

 

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

This v tlin department is ambushed for the convenience of Michigan farmer-n
classified ad or s g rewlts under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for adver-
tising. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Poultry advertising will be run in this department
at classified rates, or in display columns at commerctol rates. _ '

Rate: 8 cent: a word. each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more
Count as a word each abbreviations, initial or number. No
Remittances must accompany order.

Live stock advertising ha: a separate department and

in not accepted an claulfled. Minimum

 

 

   

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held for flu Clarified Datum: mun nub fhil (fit: all
44: in drama 0'"me lion dink.

REAL ESTATE

 

100 ACRES—Modem Buildings, 2000 Fruit Trees.
Equipment. Splendid Mich. farm on state road, with
horses. 8 cows. hogs. full machinery. former included;
best of city markets 8; advantages: all. rich. tillable
soil. money-making orchard: attractive 10-room house
with bath and W: big barn. silo. 0-mom tenant
house. packing and poultry houses. Widow sacrifices.
only 514.500. part cash. Her husband had previously
refused $17,500. Home a details pg. 151 111113.
196 pg. Outflow bargains throughout 24 sinus.
Free. sci-om. Agency. zoo-no. Kresge Bldg"

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(YIIAMI’AIGN ('OUNT’Y, OHIO. 154 acres. Near
Urbana. about 35 acres rich red clay loam. under-laid
with gravel; balance black 10am. Level with natural
drainage. Good water. Saxon-room house good con-
dition. bank barn 40x80. good fences. Near Centralized
school. Just right for stock or dairy farm. A bar-
gain for someone at $125 per arm. Paul E. Nollen.
Springfield, 0.

FARM. 120 ACRES. lovated on hnpmved highway.
7 miles from city of 40,000; 15 acres timber; first-
class pasture. running water; 2 orchards; 10\-roovm
house, new hardwood floors. furnace: 2 barns. chicken
house, garage; 40 loads hay, 12 acres cats, 8 corn.
5 buckwheat; 13 cows. team. all farm implements:
threshing machine. ensilage cutter: 5 shares creamery;
$8,500. John Olander. Bemus Point. N. Y.

 

GREENE COUNTY. OHIO. 140 acres. Level. yellow
clay loam underlaid with gravel, well drained. Two
good wells. Modern seven-room house. hot. water heat:
Delco 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 net, in low price for this
desirable property. Paul E. Nollen, Sp 0.

 

OWNER WILL SELL thousand—acre combination pe-
can and stock farm in Northern Florida. Pecans
worth price of entire farm. Beautiful estate. Spring
water and ideal location. Do: 1028. Atlanta. '

 

AN OPPORTUNITY to secure 804cm farm for
$1,500. near railroad. town. School. All loamy rich
soil. Spring wator. Fruit. Good 7-room house.
ham. eta Act Quickly. German. Bolton. Mich.

B ACRES—house. orchard, Grimm alfalfa. $1.500.
Terms. Box 37-3. Michigan Farmer.

 

 

 

BALED STRAW WANTED—one or the car lots, F.
O. B. Northville. Mich. Red Rose Farms Dairy.

 

HAY FOR SALE, in car load lots. Write for price.
D. H. Young. R. No. 2, Sault. Ste. Marie. Mich.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

MARL EXCAVATING. 40c per yard. in 1000 yd. lots.
within a radius of 50 miles of Three Rivers. Feather‘
stone & Hull. Constantine. Mich.

 

ALL WOOL KNITTING YARN for sale from manu-
facturer at great bargain. Samples free. E. A.
Bartlett. Harmony, Mame.

 

FARM MACHINERY a

 

RICH MAN’S. CORN HARVESTEB, poor man's price
—only $25 With bundle tying attachment. We ship
Harvesters by Express. Free catalog showlng pictures
of harvester. Box 528. Salina. Kansas.

 

 

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 stork. Ship on trial any-
where. Semi for complete description. Photo group
ten cents.

 

 

I SPECIALIZE IN RAISING FERRETS~30 years’
experience. September prices. males, $3.25 each; females,
83.50 each. One dozen. $36. Yearling females. spe-
cial rat catchers $5.00 each. Yearling males $4.00
Will ship C O. D. Instruction book free. Levi
Tamworth. New London. Ohio.

 

FOR SALE—fox. coon and skunk hounds, five months
old. Also one rabbit hound. two years old. John
Atchlson. R. No. 3. Harrisville. Mich.

 

No. 3. Three Rivers. Mich.

LEONARD NORTON. R.
B , Flemish Giant Rabbits. choice bucks;

reader of
$2.00 each.

 

PEDIGREED Airedale puppies. eight weeks' old.
sound, healthy stook, priced right. Superior Kennels.
Plnconning, Michigan.

 

SABLE .AND WHITE Collie Pups. natural healers. '
satisfaction guaranteed. Males only. Price $7.00 for
quick sale. Meadowbrook Farm. Stockbrldge, Mich.

 

FERRETS—specializlng in small trained ratters or
hunters. Information free. Thos. Sellers. New
London. Ohio.

 

BEAGLE PUI‘S four months old. Write for descrip-
tion and price. M. B. Noble, Saline. Mich.

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

 

FOR SALEMRegismrni Collie puppies. natural heel~
ers. Silvcrcrcst Kennels, Gladwin. Michigan.

 

GERMAN POLICE PUPS FOR SALE—Prices reason-
able. Dr. R. E. Bergman. Cassopolls. Mich.

PEDIGREED WHITE COLLIE PUPPIES, Farmen‘
pncos. John Teller. Henderson, Mich.

 

 

150 PAIR Red Carncaux pigeons, fast breeders. Sac-
rifice. pair $2.00. Harriet Hoffman, Metamora, Mich.

FOR SALE—Black & tan hounds. males $105. female!

 

 

 

$7.00. Hamid Blackmer, Butternut. Mich.
TOBACCO

LOOK HERE! Guaranteed. fragrant. mallow, rich.

homespun tobacco. Five pounds chewing. $1.50;

smoking. 31.25. Samples. 10c.
tation. 190. Hazel. Kentucky.

Clark's River Plu-

 

HOMESPUN TOBACCO—Chewing five lbs. $1.50: ten

$2.50;_smoking live 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; ten. $2.50:
smoking. 5 lbs., $1.25; ten, $2. Guaranteed. Pay
when received. Pipe free. Albert Ford, Paducah. Ky.

HOMESI’UN .TOBACCO. 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.

 

 

 

POULTRY

(,IOCKEKELS—Pullets: Rocks, Reds. Lozhorns.
keys. Geese and Ducks. Send for prices.
Farms Association, Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

Tur-
State

 

SHIP US YOUR F‘A'I' HENS and fresh out av!!!
Tuesday. Write for a quotation. East Coast Poulhy
(10., 1360 Division St... Detroit, Mich.

500 SINGLE COMB White Leghorn h ullet .
John Kass, Bettendorf. Iowa. m D I

 

 

S. C. BUFF LEGHORN COCKERELfi—Prlcu reason
able. Willard Webster. Bath. Mich. ‘

 

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BABY CHICKS

SUPERIOR CHICKl—Oo up. 11 varieties. Hm
layers. Delivery uni-anions. Postpaid. Bank M.“
ances. Catalogue Fro. Superior latency. Boa 856.
Windsor. no. .

 

 

AGENTS WANTED

ONE DAY with our experienced man calling on
either city or farm homes in Michigan. will convince
you that the Vital Band Wireless Vacuum Cleaner
will sell. A chance for energetic men to make mona
ey. Write Vital Mfg. Co.. 1427 Washington Blvd.
Detroit. Mich.

ImMPNOALIrORNIA. summa-
sponaiblo farmers to (o with you to inspect California
state approved lands. Opportunity for one good run
in each commuglty to loin lamest. land nlllnz orna-

 

 

 

lzation in 0. Write for details. Herman Inn.

1195 Transvomtbn Bide. Chianti.

AGENTS-Our new Household Cleaning Doric.

washes and dries windows. sweeps. cleans wdll. '
scrubs, mops. Costs less than brooms. Over half

profit. Write Harper Brush Works 17: 3rd 8%..

Fairfield. Iowa. ‘

  

 


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Johnny Devine, six years old, swam One hundred thousan

the Hudson river near Grant’s baby parade at Asbury Park, N. J
Tomb, in thirty-six minutes.

(1 spectators viewed the thirty-fourth annual Mrs. Mary Ann Williams, 92 years

, he grand prize was won by old, is the only surviving widow
little Norma Dreyer, of Elizabeth, N. J., in her float. , of the War of 1812.

 

 

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Farmers near Salisbur , N. 0., make a tour of inspection early In order to facilitate followmg the tanksfiin the” spec
each fall to secure in3florniation in farming from their brethren in and tank_ maneuvers, the ordinanoe COIP tfl CalilnphMeadeéiMiaIly-
neighboring states. . land, deSigned this spemal fllVVel to cany t e 1gh 0 cas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          

Walton Atwater Green, former lawyer and ‘?d‘ Lieut-Conimanfler Zachary Lans- Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, died recently.at
nor, has been sworn in as the new Chlef owne, commander of Shenan- Portsmouth, R.’ 1. He is shown .here With
Prohibition Investigator. ' doah, was killed in the disaster. his wife and daughter, Gloria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lieut. W. R. Richardson, Chief Aerial Rhotographer of the ill-fated Commander John Rodgers and one Of his oflicers. 'Lieut. 13' J' Con-
Shenandoah. was the first of the survivors to describe his ver— nell, were lost in he Pacific when the naval plane, P. N. 9., No.
Sion of the catastrophe to Secretary of Navy Wilbur.

 

 

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