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Dean William Smyser, of the Ohio '





Wesleyan University, has predicted



that within five years, men will be go-



ing to college to study home-making

The work on a sixty-five-story buil -





' ing, which will be eight feet taller than





the Woolworth Building, was recently





started at 122nd Street and Broadway,

' New York. It will be the largest build-





ing in the world.





Governor Groesbeck has announced

that he will call a special session ‘of

the‘ state legislature to consider high-

way finances and other important mat—

EI‘S.





Colonel William Mitchell, who has

been prominent because of his criti-

cism of the war department’s aviation

activities, has resigned from the U. S.





_ air service.





Viscount T. Kato, the premier of

Japan, died atJI‘okio of influenza.





The United States Sen-ate favored

this country entering the world court,

by a. vote of seventy-six to seventeen.





Rifle practice and military training

by high school girls in Chicago, has

brought a protest from Mrs. Johanna

Grteigg, a member of the board of edu~

ca on. '





_ Michigan poultry raisers'are appeal-

ing to congress for help to get hard

coal for use in the hatcherie‘s.





The twenty—fifth anniversary of the

death of Guiseppi Verdi, the great Ital-

ian operatic composer, was generally

observed throughout Italy.





The general council of the Trade

Union Congress of London, accepted

from the Dowager Countess-of War-

w1ck, her gift of her Essex estate, with

one thousand acres for a trade union

college.





_ All efforts to come to an agreenient

1n the anthracite strike have been of

no avail.





Dr. D. T. MacDougal, director of the

Carnegie Institute laboratories ,for

plant physicology at Tucson, Arizona,

has produced a living cell through

science. It absorbs food and chemi—

cals as plants do.





The Ford Motor Company has just

finished the delivery of 10,000 tractors

to the Soviet government of Russia.





A second-hand dealer, of Ottawa,

Kansas, recently purchased a sofa from

a home in which seven girls were rear-

ed, courted, and married. When he

took the sofa. apart, he found forty—

seven hairpins, forty-six buttons, three

moustache combs, thirteen needles,

eight cigarettes; five photographs, 217

pins, some grains of coffee, six pocket

knives, fifteen poker chips, a vial of

headache tablets, thirty-four lumps of

chewing gum, nine toothpicks, and four

buttonhooks. . '





Dr. C. C. Francis, in a talk before

the retail milliners of New York, said

that the small hats women are wear—

ing, are causing squinting, and squint—

ing causes wrinkles. He felt sure that

larger-brimmed hats would become

popular on that account.





Helen W‘ills, the high school girl

who is champion woman tennis player

of the United States, has won every

match she has played in France, and

is now ready to go after the French

championship.



The aurora borealis, or the northern

lights, considerably crippled telephone

and telegraph service in the United

States recently, because of its electri-

cal influence. '





The Haugen bill, to establish a co-

operating marketing division in the

Federal Department of Agriculture,

was passed by the house of representa—

tives.



Detroit radio fans tuned in on Lon-

don, Vienna, and Buenos Aires during

International Radio Week.





Dr. A. D. Lagenour, a Texas astron-

omer, saysrthat three gigantic spots

are visible on the sun through smok-

ed glasses. The largest spot is said

to be over fifty thousand miles in di—

ameter. .



The Studebaker business was estab-

lished in South Bend, Indiana, in 1852,

with a capital of $68 and two forges.

The first vehicle built gave forty-three

years’ service.



The American Federation of Labor

has joined other organizations against

prohibition, in efforts to get congress

to modify the present law.





A request for ten Bibles was for-

warded to the Society of the Gideons,

an organization of Christian traveling

men, by “Hotel Hoosgow,” the jail in

Cleveland, Ohio. ‘ .



' The Prince of .Wales, who is an ex-

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NY scheme to relieve farm de-

pressmn without providing means

of preventing a huge surplus from





,’ accumulating, is not based upon the

‘ correct principles.

farmer keeps ahead of the demands of '





So long as the





the consumers, prices cannot advance

with the prices of other commodities

which do not suffer from an over-sup-

ply at certain times.



This fact is generally understOOd,





j yet most of the remedies that are pre-

' scribed fail to provide means for pre-

- venting this surplus coming on the





markets. Cooperation may eventually

work wonders in keeping this surplus





‘ off the markets; but, at best, it will be





a long time before farmers can agree

on any sensible plan of cooperation

,that will accomplish the deSIred re-

Price-fixing by the government

It must be

backed by authority to limit the acre-_

age of certain crops and the produc-

tion of live stock. Otherwise it would





. only aggravate present conditions by

’ creating a still greater surplus to han-





dle. It is a question in the minds of





. most students of the problem whether





or not the rank and file of farmers





would be in favor of having the fed-'





eral or state governments dictate their

agricultural policy.



‘ The situation could be improved in

many respects if the government would

aid the farmers in exporting as much





as possible of the surplus, thus help-





- markets.





' known as the highest,





ing to improve condition on the home

This policy, however, if car-

ried too far would, undoubtedly, prove

a hardship to the consuming public,

especially if we faced a world shortage

of food products. It is important that

these problems be given due attention





. in any plan to relieve us of a surplus.





To permanently cure an organic

weakness of long standing. it-is neces-





AST winter I read a lotvin the





papers about a fish from Finland

named Paavo Nurmi who was

widest and

handsomest of steppe-rs—the fastest

thing moving on a cinder path. They





y; said that boy could pick ’em up and

--lay ’em down so fast it would make

‘ you dizzy to watch him, and he has

' broken mOre records than the Victor





Talking‘Machine Co. I’d like nothing

better than to get this baby to strut





. his stuff before the Ironton Athletic





- secretary,





.Assasination, of which I am president,

and audience. I love to

watch a good runner, except in one





. of my silk sox.





With a Finlander leading the field





. in running events; with the Scandix





navians excelling on skiis; with the





. Hollanders capturing most of the skat-

. ing honors, why, it begins to look like”





the boys from the northern localities

were speedier, and maybe the reason





‘ is that they earlyyacquire the habit of

- moving lively to keep warm.





Up here in Snow Man' s Land where





M eyenkthe‘ colors are fast, we’ve gotan





‘ step a mile in five de-

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MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS





' ‘ Save ' the F oundauon

In Our Present Agricultural Dz/emma lVe Must Wald Our Step

By M.W. Kelly





sary to remove the cause. This is a

faCtor that seems to have been over-

looked by those who have been active

in prescribing for the farmer’s ills.

We are not producing too much; we

are, however, producing more of some

things on our farms than our home

markets can assimilate, and neglecting

other things that could be made to

yield satisfactory returns. The lesson

is plain. If our. farm leaders and farm

organizations would direct their efforts

to encouraging farmers to produce

some of the food products, fabrics, and

building materials now being imported

in large quantities, it would take up

the slack in certain lines and enable





~ us to operate our farms at greater





capacity more months during the year.

Such an increase in farm production

would afford industries a better mar-

ket'for their products and make it

possible for farmers to increase their

business at higher price levels.





At the end, of the war many manu-

facturing plants faced the same prob-

lem of finding new markets or chang-

ing their line of products. It was nec-

essary to hold their fine organizations

together. .By working out their prob-

lem along these lines, they suffered

but slight loss of: business or deprecia-

tion of plants, and some have found

better sales for their products than

they ever had before. Farmers have

gone on blindly heaping up an enor-

mous surplus of staple products and

given no attention whatever to devel-

oping new lines to remove the pres-

sure or take up the slack. Labor has

left the farm for the industries; farm-

er’s economic position has been weak-

ened; the value of property has ‘depre-

ciatcd until our credit is impaired.



If some of our agricultural efforts

could be directed toward producing

staple necessities which our people are

now importing from abroad, and which





 





 





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The Agricultural Situation is a Matter that is Discussed Everywhere.





~We Call Our lee Boat “Nosey”-—





My , Goat/72655 How 556 Ram!

By Harv Hess





don’t believe it, come, on up some

breezy afternoon and we’ll treat you

If Paul Revere had.

only had one in the fiscal year of 1775,

Longfellow’s celebrated poem would

have been as flat as an apartment.



By this time, Ihsuppose you are sim-

ply dying with curiosity to know what

this mile—eater is and, to end your

breathless suspense, I’m going to tell

you. ‘It’s an ice boat. ' Now don’t get

cold feet, but read on.



The way- I happened to get acquaint-'

ed with one was through‘ a neighbor

whom we’ll have to call Sall, as that





happens to be his name, and he has





charge of the ferry that Operates be

tween the shores of our beautiful, but

wet, lake. Having handled fairies for

the past twenty years, he’s used to fast

company, so he buys one or these ice

boats. (He blew his money). .The

night follOwing this purchase we had

them down for supper. Oh, we ain’t

so Slow! However, nothing was said"





about ice boats until we trotted out





the W wcgcaan. the? dessert made by





W 4 Jeff





cranks, and I thought it a good time.





to open the subject.

“Sam,” saysI,





a mortgage renewed, and somebody

was telling me you had bought an ice

boat”



“It must have been the teller,” says

be, without batting an eye.



“Yeh, I guess so; but what’s the

matter, can’t you go fast enough in

your car?” I asked.



“Sure; but riding in an auto is so

much more dangerous and expensive.

Now, with one of these ice boats, if

you’re clicking OK eighty miles an

hour, you don’t need to be scared of

hitting the ditch or another machine,





and you ain’t ever bothered with the





dust—”

“But, Sam, ain’t you afraid you’ll hit

a hole some time and get a good 10-.

ing?”'I interrupts.

. f‘Not on an ice boat. You don’t stay

in one place long enough to sink. All

you got to do is hold the “tiller, lay

back, hang on and take the air._





. “I vaulted into the

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could be produced profitably at home,

it would add to the prosperity and

comfort of both farmers and consum-

ers.

would add to the income of the farmer

and stabilize markets for the reception

,of products now produced in too large

volume. Among the crops and prod-

ucts that could be produced profitably

on our farms without. competing ser-

iously with the crops now being pro

duced too abundantly, are sugar, flax,

forest products, seed crops, nuts, veg-

etable oils, and medicinal plants.



Among the domestic animals the

sheep could be used as a means of con-

verting large quantities of roughage

and grain crops into profitable com-

modifies. Here we are. meeting world

competition in the production of wool,

but mutton raising can be made profit-

able. 1 am not mentioning sheep farm-

ing as a profitable undertaking if con-

ducted as an exclusive business, but

to be developed as a new market for

our feed crops, and to be used as a

lever to increase or decrease the pro-

duction of our meat or dairy products

Without closing down our plants. If

every farmer would keep four good

sheep in place of every poor cow in

his herd, it would take up the slack

in the production of milk and its prod-

ucts, and make the remaining cows

profitable.



I mention sheep as being used as a

lever to balance animal husbandry, be-

cause the more our farmers abandon

stock raising and turn to crop produc-

tion for market, the more our market

problems are intensified. The import-

ant crops produced in this country are

not food for human beings so much as

food for animals. Animals, not.hu—

mans, eat the forage, corn, oats, bar-

ley, rye, hay, straw, and wheat by-

products. Seventy per cent of our



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did you ever stop to think, you can go

one hundred miles on nothing?”



“You mean ‘in’ nothing, don’t you,

Sam?”



“No, I mean ‘on.’ I d0n’t need

gas, tires, crankcase service, or alco-





hol. Just wind, and mighty little of

that. They’re cheaper to run than a.

canoe.”





“Listen,” he goes on,

take a little spin tomorrow if there’s

a breeze and, if you folks will come

down, I’ll give you a real outing.” '



So the next afternoon we ankled

down to where Sam had his Twentieth

Century Limited anchored.

anchored. That’s one nice thing about

one. You don’t have to have a dock

to smash up trying to land, or a buoy

to go around four or five times before

you can grab it. You can simply step

any place you want to and get out and

walk.



I had never seen an ice boat closer

than a photograph and, honestly, when

I looked it over I wanted to bust'right

out laughing. If an outfit like that





can be Called a boat, then a handcar '

I’ve seen gravy boats





is a Pullman.

n. (Continued on page 166).





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DETROIT, FEBRUARY 6, 1926





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What and file of Amer-

. ican farmers want is

Farmers. an even break, or, in

Want the words of Roose.





volt—“A square deal.”

They are not seeking class lc-gislation

or special favors. They do seek. and

with good cause, to see an end to class

discrimination against farmers” by the

federal government. ‘



This country is definitely committed

to the policy of: maintaining a protec-

tive tariff for the benefit of our do-

mestic industries and workmen. The-

oretically, this tariff protccts Ameri-

can farmers, as well as other business

men and workmen. Actually, in many

cases, it does nothing of: the kind. In

every case, where there is production

of any foodstuff in excess of the do-

mestic demand, the tariff is inoperative

and its benefit to the producer is nil.

The surplus product must of necessity

be sold in the world market at the

world price, which fixes the price for

the entire season’s product at the

world price, less the cost of transpor-

tation and handling, to the grower,

who, in turn is obliged to pay a pro-

tected, American price for the goods

he buys. .



Senator Capper has well said that

the farmers of the middle‘ west are

getting not a little tircd of 'this kind

of tariff law. They are seeking legis-

latioii which will give them an even

break with the operators of, and work-

men in, other industries. This is what

the farmers of the central west were

dinyng at in the McNary-Haugen bill,

which failed of passage in congress.

This is what they are trying to get

through the advocacy of an export cor—

poration, under government control, to

handle the exportable surplus of our

major farm products. They want an



--American” price for their products

. which is comparable with the Ameri-

' fcan price fixed for the products which





stab‘uy. through the o.



If» American farmers could control

production to meet our needs for con-

sumption, there would .be‘ no such

problem. The tariff on wheat, for ex-

ample, would then operate in their fa.-

vor,,an.d the same would be true of

most other products. But this is 1m—

practical, not alone because of their

number, their lack of organization,

their location, etc., but also because of

the uncontrollable factory of climatic

conditions which affects production so

greatly. If, then, this seemingly en-

tirely fair, and wholly desirable result

is tobe attained, it‘must be done by

some artificial means'of price control

other than the tariff.



Most economists and, we believe, a

majority of thinking people are oppos-

ed to arbitrary government pricofixing.

It is probable that the provision for

fixing an arbitrary base price operated

for the defeat of the McNary-Haugen

bill more strongly than any other sin-

gle factor. . It provided for the fixing

of prices on the basis of ancient price

history. On the other hand, the tariff

fixes, within fair limits of trade com-

pletion, an Americzin price on the basis





of current world price history, on those ' ”





products which are in actual practice

affected.by it.



To coordinate with this fact, the fair-

est measure to give farmers an even

break in this respect should operate

in like manner. The most simple meth-

od of ”bringing this about would be

through the payment of an export

bounty" on these surplus products

which would approximate the differ-

ence between American and European

production costs, which is the principle

on which tariff rates are fixed. This

plan has ardent advocates but its adop-

tion is not as simple 'as its statement,

for several reasons which will be dis-

cussed in a future comment. .



Another possible method of accom-

plishing the desired result is through





the proposcd medium of an export cor»





poration through the adoption of some

modification of the McNa-ry-Haugen

plan, which mid~western farmers are

now advocating. This and other pro-

posals for farmr “relief” legislation

will also be discussed in future com-

ments.





. N another page of

A Suggest- ‘





this issue a sug-



. gestion has been made

ton to which we b e l i e v e

Dazrymen ought to have .the

careful consideration





of dairy farmers. The suggestion is

that these men could materially im-

prove their business of producing and

marketing dairy products by replacing

every poor cow with four good sheep.

The basis of this suggestion is, that

One can make profits producing meat

at present feed and mutton prices.



The position taken by this writer

seems sound. It has the support of

the practical farmer, as well as the

student of economics who is ever urg-

ing the elimination of unnecessary pro-

duction costs. -More efficient cows

would serve such an end. Further, the

balance in the farm program could be

maintained as between live stock and

crops by following the suggestion.



A few sheep can be economically

kept on the average farm. They mean

comparatively little care} thcsc ani-

mals consume much that ofherwise

would remain unmarketed; they are

excellent weed scavengers; finally in

the heart of the lover of animals, the

sheep always has a warm spot. We

commend this suggestion to those who

may be in a. position to profit by it.





GREAT change



The has been wrought



.' during the past twen-

Roadside ty—five years through

Market the ' improvement in





transportation. The

autOmobile has been the great factor

in these changes. It has taken country

people to" the city, and city people to

the country. Because of this. a. new





 





~ roadside ,mrk





this

at. ‘ ,

As with Topsygth‘e‘n ma ‘_ . ket

”just “growe‘d,” li‘because ”the - opportu,

nity was there for “it to grow. Now

the roadside market has becOmesuch





   





 





a factor that laws may be needed to”





regulate it.



There is a. growing sentiment among

farmers that there is need for state

inspection and supervision of these

markets in order to protect the cus-

tomers, as well as those who are run-

ning them legitimately.



Roadside markets have been success-

”ful, otherwise they would not be so

popular. But their success, like the

success of anything else, has caused

unscrupulous ones to engage in the

business. The business done at such

places reflects upon ”all roadside mar:

kets, and cauSes loss to buyers.



It has been suggested that these mar-

kets be licensed and inspected. Would

this be advantageous? The opinion of

those who have had experiences with

such markets would beaappreciated.





Give us any ideas you may have on ,





this subject.





E are speaking





Better . of Michigan. The

Than position of this state,

. from the standpoint

Florida of being a. national

playground, is more





advantageous than is that of the much-

talked—of-commonwealth, Florida.



We are nearer folks. Michigan has

within the ordinary resorting radius

fully forty million people. The south-

ern state could probably claim half

this number, or less.



But we have an even greater advan‘

tagc. Michigan is available for play-

ing in the summer time, when thou-

sands and millions of city people plan

to take their outings. Conservatively

estimated, seventy-five per cent of our

population desire their play-time dur-

ing the warm months of the year. Flor-

ida. must choose her winter-resort pa-

trons from the other twenty-five per

cent.





This all means that in a resort way,

Michigan is going to grow. Some may

like it, and some may not; but, no

matter what the attitude of mind, it

is coming to pass, and that more quick.

ly than we can imagine.



The thing for farmers to do is to rec-

ognize, in adopting farm plans, that we

are in a great resort area. This play‘

ground business, for short periods,

brings millions of extra consumers

within the borders of our state. Is

there any possible way in which this

fact can be made an agricultural asset

——a chance or opportunity for individ-

ual farmers to improve their economic

conditions?





HERE is no doubt





Cost that the cost of



f education has advanc-



O . ed considerably—most

Education farmers who pay tax-





es realize this. How-

ever, rural school education has not

increased in cost as much as education

in the city has, unless it be in those

sections where there are consolidated

schools.



Figures indicate that the average

American city now spends $12.87 per

capita for education, while in 1903 it

spent only $3.86. These figures also

show that the cost of public education

,in the cities has increased during the

same time from thirty-five to forty per

cent of the total public eigpendiures.



Education is one of the greatest fac-

tors, if not the greatest, in the‘devel-

opment of a good citizenship. It. also

gives the‘individual a. broader view of

life which enables him to get more

out of life. ‘ “



In this country’s efforts toward a

greater democraCY; ‘in fact, in the

world’s efforts .toward that end, a. bet-

ter system of universal education is

the real hope. In the days of monar-

chies, education was purposely kept

from the great mass of. people. Later





it was given ”0,1937,th men,‘ Putiznow





' ”recent





,Jform of legislati





., 9a at

from. south‘ern'imo _ , _ .,

the need ‘ for extending ‘rcducational ‘ ad-

vantagesin orderthat Amelicanfideals .

be made afpart off-their lives. ”





 

 





 





 





These are among the things that ‘





have brought about the higher cost of



education. They are worth the ‘In- !

creased cost, for 'therels ”a. satisfaction l”

in coming in contact with people who l

know how to get the most out of life. 5

Fundamentally, that is the purpose of }

education. - ” ”





However, with these rapid changes, :

there probably has been much waste. i

in order to bring about the. elimina- !

tion of any waste, a. special commis- 5

51011, consisting of Secretary of Cdm— ;.

merce Hoover, Secretary of Interior

Work, and Dr. Frank Ballou, has been

appointed. The duties of this commit-

tee is to make an investigation and to

study means and methods of securing

better returns from the nation’s two

billion dollar annual bill for publicf

school education. ”





 





C amequeflces





OU know there’s lots. 0’ advan- !



tages about not knowin’ anythin’ {

about 'somethln’. Then, if you try ta. ;

find out, you find lots about it that

most folkses don’ know.



Now, the other day my friend, the

perfessor, says the word consequences.

I didn’t know ”who or what he was;

talkin’ about, so I investigated. ”



'Well, now I figure, that is, my con-i

clushuns is, that consequences is like i

a disease, it’s the result 0’ somethin’.

Like when you’re sick you’re takin’ the

consequences 0’ doin’ somethin’ what,

made you sick. Folkses don’t get sick .

by chance; the littul draft you was in,

or the wet feet, ain’t the real cause 0’ ”

the sickness. It’s

maybe what you

have been eatin’,

drinkin’ or breath-





 





in’, what made

you sick.

But sicknesses ‘





and Consequences .

is lots alike. We .

think a whole lot



, . about the sickness



or the consequences, ’cause they’re un-



comfortabul, but the causes is more



necessary ta notice.





We folkses hate ta suffer the conse-

quences 0’ our actshuns, but if it

wasn’t fer consequences ”most 0’ us’d

be runnin’ wild. It’s consequences

what-makes us do the’ right thing. The

only fault I gotta find about conse-

quences is, that sometimes they don’t"

come” soon enough after the cause. It’s

like bein’ spanked a year after doin’

somethin’ wrong. If the consequences

come after the cause, it’s easier to

know what the cause is. ”





.We hear so much about “sufferin’

the consequences” or “takin’ the con-

sequenCes,” that consequences is most-

ly thought ta. be som‘ethin’ disagreea-

bul. Well, it hin’t always—you’ve si-m« .

ply gotta take the consequences 0’ i

gOOd and right actshuns, of hard work,

and etc. Of course, it ain't hard ta.

take them kind o’”consquencs,but it’d

be kinda hard not ta take them, ’cause

a fellow wouldn’t get no.1‘eward fer.

doin’ the right thing. That’d be kinda.

discouragin’. But there’s alwéys sOme ”

kinda reward, even if it ain’t the kind

you’re lookin’ fer. ,



I kinda. figure that if I look out fer 3

the causes, the consequences will take

care 0’ themselves. Fer inst. Sofie is

always yellin’ at me about workin’;

well, I know too much hard work ain’t

good, and I don’t want ta. suffer the

consequences 0’ ,overdoin’, so I’m look-

in’ careful after doin’ anythin’ what

might cause it. HY SYCKLE.





 





 





 





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will begin hearings on: thesurplus dis~ ,





posal bills, of which there are many,

as soon as the Iowa ”peoplearel able

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2 watch legislative affairs,

and national, and do not hesitate to .

‘ let them know when we are displeased

...wit_h any proposed legislation We are





xford *‘Club





By Lee





HE North Oxford Farmers' Club



was organized} in December,



' . 1926, for the purpose ofcreating



a better and more worth while com-



.munity. The preamble to the Consti-



tution states that anyone interested in



agfiichlture and its problems, is eligible



'to join on a family basis of $2.00 per

year.



Our club is naturally bound, more



or less, by the school district, although



we have members in Lapeer county,





' 'as' well as in the village of Oxford.





'We meet once a month at the homes





‘ of members as their names appear on

~the roll.





At each meeting there is a,

pct~luck dinner or supper, then a bus-

iness meeting, followed by a program

arranged by a man and a woman-whom

we term as “lecturers,” and who are

elected annually, the same as the pres-

ident, vice- president, and the secretary-

treasure1.



At the, business session we discuss

the needs of the community, which in-





Oficm Plan W art/z W/zi/e Program:





Does Thlngs





Noble it





some of our members make such ar-

rangements, and most everyone goes

—grandfather, grandmother, and the

“kids,” which are parked on the side—

lines when tired out. W'e always have

the quadrille, rye-waltz, schottische,

heel-and-toe polka, and sometimes

money-musk and the Virginia reel. We

have our own orchestra and a couple

of old-time “fiddlers,” who take turns

on the piano or other stringed instru~

ments. If Henry had known about our

“old-timers” he could have saved some





' expense in bringing “Uncle Mellie Dun-





ham” all the way from Maine.



Our program consists of singing, de-

bates, games, spelling bees, and mu-

sic, with sometimes speakers from “our

town,” as well as from the county seat

town, and extension workers from our

colleges. Our last program was given

entirely by the junior members of the

club, featuring the Junior Jazz Band,

led by the girls’ club leader.



We believe that the life and success





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This Man Says a Little Lime or Fertilizer Added to Well-tilled Land Reduces

the Bushel "or Ton Cost of Growing Crops.





 





 





variably results in the appointment of





a. committee to work out and put the

project across. .-

Some of our more important activi-

ties are promoting picnics, socials,

"tours, volley and base ball games, (and,

by the way, Mr. Editor, if you know

of any community in this grand old

state of ours who think they‘can play

volley ball, and who are genuine “hay-

seeds,” why, just take them on for us),

good roads, better schools, institutes,

and get-togethers with town folks as

well as other nearby communities.

We sponsored the boys’ and girls’

club work. We were instrumental in

securing a curb market at Pontiac. We”

organized Oxford’s first milk local, and

started the ball rolling for one of the

best farm bureau local elevators in the

state. We recently placed several farm

magazines on the Oxford Christian

Library table. At our last meeting our

roads were named, and we are now

making the signs (with the help of our.

boys’ club), for spring erection at all

crossroads. As yOu leave Oxford, on

read M-69, which leads into the heart





. of our community, you will find a wel- .

_coming sign from the North Oxford





Farmers’ Club. We cooperate when-





-ever possible with the grange, glean-

.ers, and other farm and civic organi-

, zations.





We have been gratified by

the cooperation of other nearby farm-





’ers’ clubs, such‘as the Addison, Oak~





wood, West Oxford, and Seymour Lake

clubs, and have had the pleasure of

often working with them in their com-

munity projects.



I wanted to mention that we also

both state





 

 

 





to provide for more working capital.





-. be held in Detroit, October 9-16. It _‘

~ will likely be put on at the state fair '





of any club or organization depends

upon having‘s’omething worth While to

do——a job, a vision—then working it

out. Of course, it must include social

and recreational diversions.





Because of the scarcity of hard coalq

many of the chick hatcheries are us-

ing coke and other substitutes in their

incubator stoves.





 





Kamala, a brownish powder obtained

from a plant in India, has been found

satisfactory for 1emoving tapeworms

from hens and tuikeys.





 





Two species of European corn borer

parasites have become established in

infested regions of the great lakes

region. It 'is hoped that they will be-

come effective borer enemies and will

assist in its control.





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In order to affect more efficient mar—

keting, the IMuskegon Celery Growers’

Association, and the Cooperative Cel-

ery Growers’ of Muskeg’omhave merg-

ed into one organization, known as the

Muskegon Celery Growers’ Associa-

tion. '





 





The Michigan State Farm Bureau is

asking its members for information re-

garding taxes paid on autos and gas-

oline during 1925. This information is

desired in order for the farm bureau

to take a definite stand in regard to

road financing.





 





The Fremont Cooperative Produce

Company will sell $11,000 more stock





The association hasmade a very sat-

isfactbry growth during the year.





"The ’1026 National Dairy show will





   





 

   

   





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G1ve them. the hardest





work on the farm!





“U. S.” Blue Ribbon boots and

overshoes are built to stand it





 





   





“UHS “ Blue Ribbon

. / bootsa'remadcwithstur-

"E’ dygmysolcs.‘1'hcuppers

an either red or black

—l(nec to hip lengths.





UGGED strength—and plenty of it—

that’s what farmers want when they

buy all-rubber overshoes or boots.





 





 





rounds: . j,





“U. S.” Blue Ribbon boots and overshoes are

built strong—they’re built for farmers and

farm wear—made to stand months of kicking

through ice, slush or mud in the barnyard

and around the farm. --





At each of the four points where wear is hardest—

ankle, back of the heel, instep, sole—“US.” Blue

Ribbons are reinforced with from 4 to 11 layers bf

‘heavy fabric and tough rubber. Strain them—bend

them—work them as hard as you please—they stand

up!



Seventy-five years’ experience in making rubber

footwear is back of “U. S. ” Blue Ribbon boots and

overshoes. Every pair is built by master workmen-—

and built right.



Ask for “U. S. ” Blue Ribbons.

pay you in comfort and wear!





United States Rubber Company





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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FIVE TIMES its length it stretches '-

‘I'hat's what a strip of rubber cut from

any “US." Blue Ribbon boot 0':- ovcrv

shoe will do. - l
Countme in on that!





Time was, as the elder generation will remember—and as the

younger generationrnever will—when farm life seemed more

than all work and less than no play. Today nobody with young

ideas stays home when a few miles by the speedometer takes

you to the motion picture theatre.





The farmer of years gone by might have been content to

wear himself and his family out with all work and no play,

but 1926 is a different story!



The motor car is part of that story, and good roads leading

to better theatres showing Paramount Pictures are another—

and the telephone, and radio, all bringing hints that there’s a

time to quit chores and come out of the kitchen.





Some families get away to Florida or California in winter,

but it’s a queStion whether they travel farther or get more

excitement than those who see such motion pictures as The

Ten Commandments, A Kiss for Cinderella, Seven Keys to

Baldpate, The Trouble with Wives, The Pony Express, The

Ancient Highway and the wonderful Zane Grey productions,

Wild Horse Mesa, The Vanishing American, and many others.





By daylight or moonlight the road is open to the nearest

theatre. There all the members of the family may sit together

under the same spell of enchantment, refreshed by the whole-

some flood of make- believe, light, music and laughter that not

so very long ago was part of a world so very far away.





Personalities of Paramount

and their Paramount Pictures

D. W. Griffith Bebe Daniels





i; now dilfictinz Paramaiint who stars in

ictures. is first is u at Lovers in uarantine

Royle Girl," which will be Miss Bluebgard

coming to your theatre soon. The Crowded Hour

The Manicure Girl





Raymond Griflith

who stars in

Forty Winks

Paths to Paradise

A Regular Fellow

(He's a Prince)





 





Lois Wilson

who appears in .

The Pony Express

The Thundering Herd

Welcome Home

Irish Luck





MINI





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Esther Ralston

who appears in





The Lucky Devil

The Best People





Zane Grey





who wrote





Wild Horse Mesa

The Border Legion





   





 





 





 





 





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FIOBUCIO"

mm“ mm

new zonal-mums!





- “If It’s a Paramount Picture It’s the Best Show in Town”





 





 





 





SEED CORN GETTING ATTENTlON





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- es for farm products.





 





 





 





EPORTS from the'middle west in-

dicate that seed corn testing is a

popular movement. Some poor corn is

being found, testing fifty per cent or

lower germination. One Iowa county '

has established a seed corn exchange.

A seed corn survey located 5,000 bush~

els picked before the fall freezing

weather, that is growing better than

eighty per cent as it comes from the

crib.





EGYPT HANDLES SURPLUS PROB—

LEM.





 





GYPT has an pffective way of hand-

ling the surplus cro’p problem. Ac-‘

cording to reports to the department





» of agriculture, 3. royal decree restrict-





ing cotton acreage in Egypt was pro—

mulgated recently. This decree pro-





cotton during the year 1925, more than

one-third of the land possessed. Cer-

tain exceptions are permitted, but in

case cotton is. planted on forbidden

areas the plants will be uprooted by

government officials and the owner

subject to a fine.





GERMANY’S OUTLOOK UNFAVOR-

~ ABLE.





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CONOMIC conditions of Germany

and other northern countries of

Europe at the beginning of the new

year, were not very favorable to the

marketing of the products of American

farms at present or in the near future,

says Commissioner of Agriculture

Schoenfeld in Berlin. German indus-

try is greatly depressed, and German

agriculture is suffering from low pric-

This is affecting

seriously conditions in the Scandinav-

ian countries.





INVESTIGATE EFFiCIENCY 0F

COOPERATIVE MARKETING.





 





AST year the senate directed the



federal trade commission to make

an inquiry and report regarding the

growth and importaDCe of cooperative

associations, including comparative

costs of marketing and distribution,

and the extent of interference with,

and obstruction to, the formation and -

operation of cooperative marketing as-

sociations. This work has been as-

signed to the legal investigation divi-





 





 





 





When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention

The Michigan Farmer





 





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'A..K..at1&m319—94





sion of the commission, and is actively;

proceeding. A series of conferences

with large cooperative organizations

in the middle west is being held this

month, with Commissioner Thompson

taking part.



The weather bureau is planning to

use the airplane extensively in making





HE supply of domestic-grown red

clover seed is praétically ex-

hausted, and inferior and import-





'ed foreign Seed is rolling in by the





shipload.‘ It is reported that during a

recent three weeks’ period, over 3,000,-

000 pounds of foreign red clover seed

was unloaded at New York. Two mil-

lion pounds of this imported foreign

seed was consigned to the nearby

states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and

Wisconsin. ‘



Will this foreign seed find its way

into Michigan? Very likely some of it

will; however, with an abundance of

high-yielding adapted Ontario Varie-

gated alfalfa seed available at a price

of from $3.00 to $5.00 per bushel less

than red clover. seed is being quoted

at, it is not likely that wide-awake

Michigan farmers will purchase this

foreign red clover seed



Every indication points to maxi; year,





 





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weather observations.





hibits all persons from cultivating in p .





g The





 





It 'is «said «this

will do away with the necessity of

maintaining-some of the field stations.





 





COOPERATIVE MARKETLNG BILL

PASSES HOUSE.





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HE house has passed - the. Haugen





bill to establish a division of co .

operative marketing in the bureau of





agricultural economics," by, a vote of

357 to three. This bill, which is known

asthe administration measure, carries





an appropriation of $225,000 for the ;

first year’s work ofthe new division. 5 -





Its friends in the house made]. plain





that it; is ‘not an emergency measure.





It does not cOnflict with the surplus





disposal scheme.





Assurances are had »





that the senate will pass the bill at i





an early date.





Radio Briefs





Program of Station WKAR.



We hear much these days about

shopping in an easy chair, and now

the radio has made‘it possible to go to

school in that same comfortable con-

venience. This interesting program of





 





 





 





 





the Radio School WKAR, Will' be:





broadcast on 285.5 meters.





February

time stories; '7:15~8:00 p. m., farm rad-





8.—7:00-7:15- p. m., ‘bed- 5





10 school; 8:00-9:00 p. -m., dancepro- ,





gram.

February ‘9.—7:00—7:15 p. m., nature ,





study course; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm '

ladio school.

Febiuary 10. —7: 00~7: 15 p. m, na-





ture study course; 7:15@8: 00 p. m.,

farm radio school;

sical program.



February 11.—-7:00-7 :15 p. m., nature

study course; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm

radio school._



February 12.——7:00-7:15 p. m., natuie

study course; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm

radio school; 8:00-9:00 p. m., basket-

ball game, M. S. C. vs. Earlham Col-

e





8:00-9:00 p.'m., mu 1





Weather forecasts aie broadcasted _

from Station WKAR every day at:





12:00 o’clock noon, except Sunday, on

which day the station is silent all day.

Germans Get Easy Marks. '



The German post office department



collects thirteen million marks a year





from radio listeners, in the form of a ‘





radio license.





That’s three million,





dollars in real money. There are still i





a few free things in Free America, and 1





radio is "one of them. We only hope

that congress doesn’t get wind of the

German system of raising money.





To Dry Damp Coils.

Should the coils in your radio set





become damp, they can be “dehydrated”





by placing a lighted electric light bulb '

inside the cabinet for a few hours. In .

case there is no electric current avail- ‘





able, the drying can be done by plac—

ing a small dish filled with calcium

chloride inside the cabinet. This ab.

sorbs moisture very rapidly.





Clover. Seed Supply Serious

But Afizmdame of Good Alfalfa Can Be Had





as the greatest alfalfa year Michigan





ever experienced. During the prolong-

ed drought of last summer, alfalfa

demonstrated its yielding ability and





extreme drought resistance as never.





before in the history of the state. This

alone has interested many farmers in

alfalfa. There are still other condi-

tions' that will influence the acreage

of alfalfa sown this next season. (As

stated above, the supply of. domestic

or native grown red clover seed is very

low. The price is high,“ ranging from

$20 to $23 per bushel, while adapted,

high-yielding Ontario Variegated alfal-

fa. seed may be secured for from $17

to $18 per bushel. ,



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Because this page is printed to offer

you this book—and to give you Five

Good Reasons why Ward’s new Cata-

logue with its wonderful money—saving

Opportunities should be in your home

this Spring.





Reason No. 1 . ~

A $50 Saving in Cash

May Just/as Well he Yours





This year, yes, even in the first six months,

there can be a cash saving of $50.00 for you——

if you write for this book—if you use this

book—if you send all your orders to Ward’s.

Because—Every Ward price is a Money-

Saving Price.



We used over $60,000,000 in cash to secure

these low prices for you. Cash always gets

the lowest price. And buying in the largest

quantities, by' the car load, by the train load,

yes, even contracting for the entire output of

a factory, we are always able to secure a

price that means a saving for you.





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otthe Whole World -

.Our complete organization of buyers, our ex-





perts in all kinds of merchandise, go to every

market in their search for the new thing, the





new pattern or design, for bigger bargains, or

for better quality at the price.



All the year round we have buyers in

Europe—the rubber for our tires comes di-

rect from the Orient, we buy silk in Japan—

we buy wherever and whenever we can se-

cure the best bargains for you.





Reason No. 3

We never sacrifice Quality

to make a low Price





At Ward’s your satisfaction is our first

thought always. Will this shoe, or this chair,

or this stove give our customers complete

satisfaction? That is the first thing. We

never “cheapen” an article to make the

price seem lower.



A low price at Ward’s always is a genuine

low price because it is never a low price made -

at the sacrifice of quality.





Reason No. 4

You Always Buy On

Approval—at Ward’s





Montgomery Ward 86 Co. published the first

mail order guarantee: “Your money back if

you ask for it.” That was the Golden Rule





policy upon which this business was estab—





lished and which we have lived up to for





“ fifty-four years.





This “deal as you would be dealt by” .

policy will govern every transaction with

you. And furthermore, when you write to us

or order from us, you can be sure that your

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In the last four years twice as many families

have commenced sending their orders to

Ward’s. The growth of Ward’s, our success

in pleasing our customers, in giving them

sterling values, has made us hundreds of

thousands of newfriends.





* The same opportunity for saving and satis-





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and shipped within 24 hours. That saves time.

But besides, one of our seven big houses is near

to you. Your letter reaches us quicker. Your

goods go to you quicker. It is quicker and

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make value. When you get the best quality goods possible

to buy, at the price you pay, then you are getting top value.





For over fifty years the Goodyear “Gold Seal” trade—mark

has stood for top value in rubber footwear. No better rub-

ber footwear at any price is obtainable than “Gold Seal.”

Yet “Gold Seal” goods are not high-priced.





If you want top value for your money, insist on getting

“Gold Seal” rubber footwear. Look for the trade—mark on

the goods. It is your assurance of extra-quality. “Gold Seal”

boots, rubbers and overshoes are made for the entire family.





GOODYEAR RUBBER COMPANY

General Offices: 134-136 Duane Street, New York





‘Branch Oflices:

Philadelphia, Pa., 26 N. Fourth Street

Chicago, Ill., 31 5. Franklin Street l.

Milwaukee, Wis., 85-9 Buffalo Street

St. Paul, Minn., 371-7 Sibley Street

Kansas City, Mo., 807 Baltimore Ave.

St. Louis, Mo., 1103Washington Ave.

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for every kind or building. Also Ready-Made

Ganges and Farm Buildings. We control every

operation (mm the raw material to the finished

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if finances" permit;

raise better seeds, poultry and fruit,

and if you would be healthy, eat- more

of Michigan farmers’ own wholesome

products—milk, eggs, and fruit. That,

in a sentence, sums up the program

preached by the exhibits and demon-

strations at the 1926 Farmers’ Week.

The number of farmers who “want to

be shown” is always increasing, it

would seem, for this year, as never.

before, the exhibits View with the pro-

grams for attracting interest.

Mechanical Attractions.



Most of the Farmers’ Week visitors,

on their arrival, gravitated to the ag-

ricultural building to register. The

adventurous ones soon found the ag-

ricultural engineering exhibits in the

laboratories on the first floor. Here

they saw farm machinery galore—dif-

ferent makes of farm lighting plants,

pressure systems, gas engines, septic

tanks, and home conveniences. It was

an ideal time to talk over with experts,

that new lighting plant or water sys-

tem, and many farmers took advantage

of the opportunity.



Three features were entirely new

and novel with the 1926 Show. The

first was a practical demonstration of

the meaning of the term “horsepower,”

that vague power unit. Charts and

set—ups were also presented, illustrat-

ing the meaning of “Watt” and “Kilo~

watt,” terms which farmers need to

know, now that electricity is coming

into use on Michigan farms. Some of

the visitors had seen the dynamom—

eter in use before at the summer

fairs, but most of them had their first

view of the truck dynamometer

which was demonstrated on occasions

during the week. Power farmers got

a head full of tractor talk in the power

house, where the college’s tractor ex-

perts presided over their machines.



Dairy and Fruit Displays.



All the merits of dairy products,

milk, cream, cheese, and butter, were

appetizingly exploited on 'the second

floor of the dairy building. Down

stairs all of the commercial apparatus

of the dairy was in operation. Milk

was being cooled and bottled, ice

cream being made, and cheese and

butter in the various stages of produc-

tion. The usual exhibit of cream sep-

arators of the last type also interested

dairymen. ‘



Believers in the old “apple’a day”

adage, after viewing the horticultural

show, certainly must have concluded

that there could be no more sickness

in Michigan at least. Sixty bushels of

apples isn’t so much in a bin, but





'when they are all bright red ones and





put on plates in one big room, they

look like more. The horticultural

show was held in the second story of

the new horticultural building, and

more than forty exhibitors competed

for the $1,000 prizes offered. On the

first floor, directly below the fruit ex-

hibits, was the new power grading ma-

chinery, which was kept going a good

deal of the time. The large cold stor-

age room, where many exhibitors had

had their fruit stored since fall, creat-

ed much interest, and the huge ice

plant directly beneath was a subject

of considerable inquiry and discussion.

The greenhouses are directly back of

the main building, and the farmers

who inspected them were well reward-

ed by the flower and vegetable shows

held there for the first thne.’ Toma—

toes, beets, parsnips, turnips, cucum-

bers, and lettuce, which are very much

out of season just now in Michigan

farmers’ gardens were displayed by

ho'th'ouse growers. Flowers of many





different section of the greenhouse-s.

Most of the visiting horticulturists

were willing to concede, after their in-

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It was quite a. distance from the.

Horticultural Building to the tractor

court, nearnthe engineering building,

but any poultryman will tell you the

walk was worth while. Not only did





.the Michigan Poultry Improvement





Association have charge of theexbibit

of Michigan’s prize show birds and

layers in the poultry show, ‘but poultry

products were also [accorded an hon-

ored place in an egg show. The nec«

essity of a. balanced ration in the pro-

duction of, eggs was shown pictorially.

Another scenic and elaborate exhibit

pictured the rocks which the poultry-

man must avoid to achieve success.

The beneficial effects of accreditation





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work, as introduced by the new Poul- i

try ImprOVement Association, were il-





lustrated in another exhibit.

Radio Station WKAR is located only





a short distance from the tractor court :





and many fans and listeners wore in—

terested in seeing the “works.”

studio where the speakers and “school

of the air” instructors perform, is lo—

cated high in the home economics

building, but the station proper is in

the college power house.

See Exhibit That Starred at Chicago.

The Michigan Grain and Potato

Show, which held forth this year in

the old horticultural show’s headquar-

ters in the college armory, was the last,

and one of the biggest, exhibitions.

There were several different divisions.

the Michigan Crop Improvement Asso-

ciation show, the state potato ShOW’,

and the boys’ and girls’ club shows,

each with numerous classes, taxing the

capacity of the space available. The

place of honor was accord-ed a display

of Michigan grains which placed at the

International Hay and Grain Show, and

which attracted a lion’s share of atten-

tion all during the week. Some visit-

ors had their first glimpse of the dread-





ed European corn borer at the ento~ ,





mology department exhibit, which trac-

ed the life cycle of the pest and pre-





sented the facts now known concern- ;





ing its suppression—~Cook.





TO OPERATE FORESTRY TRAIN.





 





O stimulate a. greater interest in

forest fire prevention and suppres-





sion, to present the latest and best

methods in land clearing, and to aid

in molding a stronger public sentiment

for reforestation, are some of the pur-

poses of a forest fire prevention and

land—clearing train to be run over the

Mackinaw division of the Michigan

Central. There will be three cars, in~

eluding a lecture car, exhibit car, and

private car for the lecturers and oth-

er members of the personnel. A num—

ber of local and state agencies are co—

operating in this undertaking. Besides

addresses, there will be motion pic-

tures, various exhibits of devices for

fire fighting and land clearing, and a

number of charts and maps to make

clear the lessons which it is hoped to

teach. The following schedule of stops,





based on central standard time, has ,





been arranged:





West Branch . Feb 8, 12:30 p. m. ‘

Sterlmg Feb 9, 12:00 1). m.

Gladwin ......... Feb. 10, 1:30 p. m.

I’lnconning ...... Feb. 11, 12:30 p. m.

Alger .............Feb. 12, 1:30 p. m

Standish ..... Feb. 13, 12:30 p. m. '

Roscommon ......Feb. 15, 1:30 p. m.

Lewiston and



Grayling . . . . . . .Feb. 16.

Frederic .........Feb. 17, 1:30 p. m.

Gaylord ..........Feb. 18, 1:30 p. :11.

Vanderbilt .......Feb. 19, 1:00 p. m.

Wolverine . . . . .Feb. 19.

Cheboygan .......Feb. 20, 12:30 p. m.





We have just completed the reading

of the “Twentieth Century Fair,” 3.

comedy for farm organizations and oth-

ers, that ought to have a generous re—

caption by those putting on ’pldy‘s ‘in

rural‘communities. It is published by

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have 5 ,ed the problem of the

, ~ high‘i'tiost ,. of burial. Twenty

eight Italian farmers in northern Ber-

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. years ago. The Old practice of solicit-





ing funds in case of death has ”been re“-





a death occurs each family in the so-

ciety is assessed a like sum to replen-

ish the treasury. In this manner the

unfortunate family is materially aided





Most of the Italians are young farm-

ers who have two to five children.

They are engaged “largely in raising

fruit. 'All but a few families moved to





this community from Chicago j since‘





the war. .Only two of the ,thirty' Ital-

ian families in the community are not

members of the chiety. ,x-Th‘e members

meet four timess‘afi‘ear for business

and social purposes. At a (fifth meet-

ing, eachyear, new officers are. elected.

A fifty-cent fine is the penalty for non-

attendance at any meeting. This in





part accounts for the 100 per cent at- f.





itendance at practically every meeting.



Contracts have been made with an

undertaker and with a priest for their

services when a death occurs. Should

a. family lose a child under five years

of age, the society gives the family

fifty dollars. Should the child be be-

tween five and twenty years of age,

$100 is given the‘family, and in case

of the death of the husband or wife,

$200 is the sum allowed.



During the past year four deaths

have occurred in the society, and in

each instance the society’s death ben-

efit check was virtually waiting for the

families upon their return from the

cemetery.





 





CLEANING LAMP REFLECTORS.





 





AMPBLA-CK, a soft black powder



' which Can be purchased at any

drug or hardware store,_is excellent to

clean lamp reflectors. A little lamp—

black one soft cloth, rubbed over the

surface of the reflector, will‘ quickly

restore. its brilliancy. Rub With a cirl

cular motion. It will. not scratch, and

at the same time it leaves a certain

film on the surface that prevents tar-

nishing.



If the surface is badly tarnished,

use a paste of lampblack and water,

finishing with another cloth and dry

lampblack. '





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Quite often a motorist cannot under-

stand the cause of a blowout when

the tread of the tire is still good. If

blowout is near the rim, see if the rim

is bent. A bent rim is often the cause

of rim cuts, of tires blowing from the

rims, and -breaking of the Wire cablest

at the base of the tire.





There are over seventeen million

cars in use in the United States today,

more automobiles than telephones.





 





One of the most difficult questions

for the young breeder to learn, it ap-

pears, is that only a. comparatively

small number: of the pedigree pigs rais- ‘

ed are of: sufficiently high merit to

warrant their use‘as breeding stock.

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Apple growers in the state of Ohio

have formulated a definite program for

Miting the number .of' variety of ap-

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Plans are being formulated for the





expansion of cooperative marketing of _





live stock in the provinces of‘Mani—

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Thanks to the swiftly climbing

sales and steadily swelling pro

duction volume Of Chrysler “5 8”,

new and greatly lowered prices

are made, possible which render

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Chrysler “58” sped far away from

all possible competition months

ago in its own low—priced field, outr

selling everywhere when it provide

ed such striking performance feao

tures as 58 miles an hour, 25 miles

to the gallon Ofgasoline,and apicko

up of 5 to 25 miles in 8 seconds.





Precisely the same quality— precisely the same perform'

ance—preciSely the same fine appearance—precisely the

‘ same beautiful body and chassis at these new prices

deal a body—blow to anything even remotely seeking

comparison with the “58”, which will instantly be





motor car values.





Touring Car $845

Roadster — — 890

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recognized, with a thrill of delight, by every student Of .





Club Coupe $895

Coach - f 935

— $995





Disc wheels optional. Hydraulic four-wheel brakes at slight extra cost.

All prices F. O. B. Detroit, subject to current Federal excise tax.





CHRYSLER SALES CORPORATION, DETROIT, MICH.

CHRYSLER CORPORATION OF CANADA, LIMITED, WINDSOR, ONTARIO





 





 





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I
the use of Nitrate of ' Soda is in-

creasing.





In 1899,16,000 tons of Nitrate of

Soda were used as fertilizer in the

United States.





In 1925, 650,000 tons were used

as fertilizer in the United States.





Largely this is due to the growing

knowledge of the necessity of using

more nitrogen and the realization

that no other form of fertilizer nitro-

gen will produce nearly as good re-

sults as





NITRATE or SODA





Note some brief statements of re-

sults in the next column.





Detailed information is-given in

the Bulletins we issue for farmers

who wish to grow their crops more

profitably.





There is a sure way of learning

definitely just how profitably you

can use Nitrate of Soda on your

own land. Demonstrate it on one of

your own crops.





Mark off two plots of one acre or

half an acre each. On one of the

plots, use Nitrate of Soda, 200 lbs.

per acre for cultivated crops or 100

lbs. per acre for other crops. On the

second plot use no Nitrate.





Harvest the plots separately and

weigh or measure the results.





The cash value of the increased

crop on the N 1trated plot over that

on the check plot will show you just

what profit comes from the use of

the Nitrate.





If you want our Free Bulletins full

of truths about Nitrate of Soda, send

us your address, name your principal

crops and for our information add the

number 1521





Chilean Nitrate of soda—EDUCATIONAL BUREAU

Dr. \‘v’iiiiam S. Myers, Director

401 Hibernia Bank Bldg. ., New Orleans, La.





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Agricultural authorities have estab-

fishedi by careful experiments that 100

pound s of Nitrate of Soda applied to

the following crops under proper con-

Eliitlions produad increased yields as



o ows:





Apples so to 75 bushels

Asparagus 100 bunches

Barley 400 lbs. grain

Beans (white) 225 lbs.



Beets 4900 lbs. tubers

Cabbages 61 00 lbs.



Carrots 7800 lbs.



Celery 3o %



Corn 280 lbs. grain





Ensilage Corn 2260 lbs.





Grape Fruit 29 boxes

Hay upwards of 1000 lbs. barn cured

Hops 100 lbs.

Mangels 1 23.7 bushels

Oats 400 lbs. grain

Onions 1800 lbs.

Oranges 22 boxes

Potatoes 3600 lbs.

Raisin Grapes 347 lbs.



Rye 309 lbs. grain

Strawberries 200 'q uafts

Sugar Beets 1330 lbs.





Sweet Potatoes 3900 lbs.





Tobacco 1 00 lbs.

Tomatoes Ioo baskets

Turnips 37 %



Wheat 360 lbs. grain





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THE PRACTICAL FARM ORCHARD.





HERE are very few farm orchards



which pay. They are usually neg-

lected so that inferior fruit is harvest-

ed, which in the aggregate, causes the

local markets to be flooded with poor

stud in such a manner that the com-

mercial orchardists have to suffer with

the rest. As a. result, the commercial

.men are apt to regard the farm or-

chard with extreme disfavor.



Some of the best informed fruit men

feel, however, that the farm orchard

has its proper place, but only if it is

properly cared for. Instead of advo-

cating the total abolition of the farm

orchard, they are trying to bring it to

ss. stage of profitable bearing.





Cooperative Spraying.





 





550 lbs. Nitrate of Soda

rooolbs. Acid Phosphate

200 lbs. Sulphate Potash

produced 1532 lbs. of leaf tobacco per

acre.





An acre in the some field which re-

ceived the same fertilizer with 200 lbs.

of Nitrate of Soda added, produced

2128 lbs. tobacco. while the check re-

ceiving no fertilizer produced 976 lbs.

per acre.





These some fields in 1025 with no

fertilizer of any kind that Year pro-

duced 4o, 53. I and 25.5 bushels of

wheat respectively.





7000 lbs. Potatoes per acre were

groun in Ohio in 1924 using 390 lbs.

Nitrate of Soda, an increase of 2169

lbs. over the check where no Nitrate

was used.





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In Missouri 3 different farmers using

300 lbs. Nitrate of Soda per acre in-

creased the yield an average of 32

bushels of potatoes per acre over the

check 11 here no Nitrate was used.





Sugar Beet experiments in Michigan

in 1924 resulted as follows.





II unfertilized plots averaged 19,634

pounds Sugar Beets per acre.





9 plots receiving 300 pounds Nitrate

of Soda per acre averaged 24, 252 lbs.





5 plots rccsoeiv ing 300 pounds each of

Nitrate ofSo do and acid phosphate

averaged 26, 784 pounds of beets per

acre.





Tomatoes in 1924 on 1! plots re-

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per acre showed an increase of I. 83

tons tomatoes per acre over the plots

receivmg no Nxtrate.





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Very, few farmers to whom the or-

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ébost spiaying of their fruit. Neither

are they versed in the intricacies of

ipiuning. Yet, unless a farm orchard

is both sprayed and pruned according

to the best modern practices, it can

not be profitable in the true sense of

the word.



In many of the states outside of the

commercial belt, the County agents

are doing a nice piece of work in get-

ting the farm orchards rejuvenated.

They call together a dozen or more

interested farmers living in one com-

munity, and organize spraying and

pruning rings. Enough money is rajs.

ed to get powei splays and to buy ma-

,terials wholesale, and a man is hired

{to make the rounds of all the orchards,

‘getting a ceitain amount of help from





' each farm in the ring. Pruning is done





in the same cooperative manner.





Solving the Marketing Problem.



Granted the proper varieties, and a

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‘to encourage the keeping up of the or-

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'vazleties to make carload shipments

:feasible. And there is a well defined

idea. that good prices cannot be obtain-

ed at local markets for good fruit,.be—

cause of the competition of a. flood of

inferior windfalls.



That this condition is not necessar-

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Wisconsin counties "through the enter-

prise of spray rings and local grocers.

The merchants set aside a show win-

dow for the selected apples of the ring

members; the fruit was displayed at-

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and graded; and was offered at a sub

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prices. The consuming public, being

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PRUNING PLUMS.





_ERY little difference was noted in

the behavior of heavily pruned

plum trees, and trees receiving much

less pruning in tests conducted over

a number 'of years with several stand-

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Experiment Station at: Geneva. These

tests show that most varieties of

plums require but little pruning sub-

sequent to the proper shaping of the

trees after they are planted. '

Since little pruning gives just as

good, if not better, trees, it is regarded

as a waste of time and effort to pay

too much attention to the.pruning of

plum trees. The chief recommenda-

tion is to thin out thick growths where

necessary, and to remove broken or

injured branches. ~

Little Pruning Best. 1

Ten varieties of plums were used in

the tests, including Abundance, Brad-

shaw, Burbank, DeSoto, Grand Duke,

Wayland, Pottawattamie, Reine Claude,

Shropshire, and Italian Prune. Prac-

tically the only difference between the





trees subjected to the two styles of'





pruning was that the little-pruned

trees had larger and broader heads.

The heads on the little-pruned trees,

too, were more symmetrical than those

which had been given heavier pruning.

The increased, size, however, in no way

retarded the maturity of the fruit, or

impeded harvesting



The size of the trunks and branches

of the two lots of trees.were practi-

cally the same, and there was very

little difference in the height of the

trees. The outstanding feature seemed

to be the larger and more uniform

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WHY DOES POP CORN POP?





OP CORN is still a mystery. Not



even the scientists of the United

States Department of Agriculture can

definitely say what it is that makes

pop corn pop. Always they insert a

“probably” in their answer to the ques-

tion.



The exact nature of popping is not

well understood. Formerly, popping

was supposed to be caused by the

expansion of oil in the kernel on being

heated.



Now it is believed to be due to the

expansion of the moisture contained

in each of the many starch cells with—

in the kernel. The general belief now

is, that on thhe application of heat, as

from a bed of coals, this moisture ex-

pands with sufficient force to cause an

explosion of the cells, and the kernel





turns inside out, practically enveloping -





the embryo and hull.

Air Expansion Probable Cause.



It is probable that the expansion of

the air within the seed cost also has

something to do with the, popping.

The seed coat should be sufficiently

hard and dry to affoxd much resistance

to expansion.



Knowing that the moisture content

of pop corn has something to do with

its popping, it is easier to understand

why some corn pops more readily than

some other. Old corn sometimes will

not pop because it has become too dry;

the popping quality may be restored

by moistening or sprinkling it with

water. If very dry, it may be put in

a shaded place outdoors for a while

to absorb moisture from the air.



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Robert A. Smythe, former president,

and also former secretary of the Mich-

igan State Horticultural Society, and a.

fruit;grower of Benton Harbor, died

recently after a long illness.





The Southern Michigan Fruit Asso—

ciation elected the following officers:

President, George S. Dunham, of Law-

ton; vice-president,“ H. L. Sutton, of

Decatur, sec tary, O. B. Wheeler, of

Mattawan; treasurer, F. M. McKeyes,

of Lawton; directors, M. H. Pugsley,

of Paw Paw; Frank Nelson, 9f Paw

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if not with tears.



. Now for this particular evening,

Mother had planned a. new kind of a

party—that'is, it was..entirely new to

us. It was just a little family‘aflalr. '

But Mother had determined that every

member of the family should be there.

It wasa new. step "in her scheme of

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entertainment, she thought, would de-

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was not to be moved. You could count

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ies, and not even count the smallest

'one at that. But those times stood

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sore thumb. He just didn’t like them.

However, all this dislike was actually

ancient history. It was "more than a

decade ago that Dad had had his mov—

ie initiation, and since then, times had

changed as well as the movies.





New Dad was a good. sport, and

Mother knew there was just one argu-

ment that would carry the day. After

her announcement of the proposed

party, she never intimated by a word





was going. ‘At supper, the whole topic

of our conversation was the anticipa-

tion of a movie with Dad and Mother.

Through his shaggy eyebrows Dad





grasped the situation and registered ..





the sparkle of joy in our faces. No,

he just couldn’t disappoint them, even

if he didn’t like movies, and just this

once he would cast aside all prec'e

dents and go. -



So 7:30 found the chores all done

and the whole family rambling toward

town, their ultimate destination, a

movie. .



Now there was in store for Dad, a

real surprise. The plot of the movie

was set backxin the days when Dad

was a boy, and he enjoyed every min-

ute of it. In all, it was a first—class

movie, above any he had ever seen

or imagined could be produced. But

Mother’s inning, for all her efforts,

came the next week, when at the sup-

per table one evening, Dad announced,

“Got about half an hour’s chores to

do. Then, what say, we all go to the

movies?” Needless to say, everyone

was waiting at the door in half an

hour.~——His' Daughter. '





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from widely separated sources. .011-

tario, Canada, is offering large sup

plies. The northwest sectiOn,‘ of the

United States;

and the Dakotas, have a surplus. The

southwest seetion, which includes Ari-

zona and parts of California, annually

produces a surplus of alfalfa seed. Anr

nually heavy imports are made from

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from South Africa. What of the adap-

tability of these various lots of alfalfa

seed? ,

In the spring of 1921 there was seed





 





plats, the seed of which, had been se-

cured from many of the seed-producing

sections of the United States, and of

foreign countries. The object of this

test was to determine the relative val-

ue of seed from various sources for

Michigan conditions. The results of

this test shows that the seed from var-

ious sources can be divided into three

groups.



Group one consists of those strains





that have been proven to be exceed-





ingly winter-hardy and high-yielding,

and consequently well adapted, and are

to be recommended for Michigan con-

ditions. The Hardigan, Grimm, Cos-

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to this group.



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time, and under favorable conditions.

iSome of the more important strains

of this group are the common lots from

‘Idaho, Utah, and Montana.



The third group consists of strains

representing a great bulk of seed

which is not winter hardy, is not. adap-

ted to Michigan conditions, and when

seeded, results in disappointment and

great financial loss. In this group we

have the common seed of Arizona, the

Hairy Peruvian lots, also of this sec-

tion the great bulk of Argentine seed

which is shipped to this country, as

well as considerable seed shipped here

from South Africa.



The following yields from the college

plats give'some idea of the relative

value of the three grohps:





Group l—-All Plats Seeded 1921.





 





Yield



Variety and Source.‘ 19.25.



'Hardigan, from Michigan . . . . . . .3.12



‘Grimm, from Idaho . . . . . . . ..... 2.60



Grimm, from South Dakota . . ..... 2.53

! Group II.



Common, from Utah . . . . . . . . . . .207

Common, from Idaho . . . . . . . . . . .\ 1.87

Group Ill.



Common, from Arizona ........... 0.38





Hairy Peruvian, from Arizona . . . .0.32

In another test seeded in 1923, the

South American lots compare quite

poorly with northern-grown domestic

seed.

Domestic Seed.





Yield



Strain and Source. 1925.

Labeau, from Michigan . . . ,. . . .325

Grimm, from Idaho ............... 3.25

Cossack, from Utah .............. 2.97



Imported Seed From Argentine.



Forty—five degrees south ......... 0.96

Chubut ................... . ........ 1.03

Thirty-five degrees south ......... 1.45





In the spring of 1923 still another



series of plats were put out, in which

the Ontario Variegated was compared

with the Grimm, Cossack, South Amer—

ican, and South African lots. The On-

tario Variegated, Grimm, and Cossack

came through the winters in excellent

shape. The South American lots win-

ter-killed so badly that the stand was

not worth leaving, and the South Afri‘

can lots completely winter-killed the

first winter.

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strain are considered, the Ontario Var-

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phine—our introduction of 1924 (one packet

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Vaughan’s 1926 ardenjng Illustrated

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5 shredded cornstalks and. long corn

' stubbles before May 15 last year to

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. Since, conditions have been unfavor-

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it "is important that an early testing of.

the seed supply be done, tor-give one

opportunity; for finding other seed in

. case the home supply lacks vigor and

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COOPERATIVE MARKETING BILL

"GETS GENERAL SUPPORT.





 





, HE administration measure, known



. as the McNary-Haugen Cooperative

i marketing bill, to create a division. of

. cooperation in the bureau of agricul-

7 tural economics, is not an emergency

measure, but a long-time program, de~

clared Secretary of Agriculture Jar-

, dine, at'the opening of the hearings on

proposed agricultural legislation: be-

fore the house committee on agricul-

, ture. Neither does it conflict with the

Dickinson bill, or overlap any other

bureau or department. He is convinc-

ed that cooperative marketing is fund-

amentally sound, but it needs the ac-





agriculture.





 





 





the Times, Drove its Occupants to

Other Quarters. '





 





Midland county’s new agricultural

agent, B. L. Braamse, assumed his new

dfities on January 4.





 





Sixty-three Ohio farmers grew. 1,000

bushels of corn, or more, on ten acres,

and thereby qualified for membership

in the loo-bushel corn club of that

state.





 





’ Agricultural College Students all over

the country will give special attention

to the subject, “The Contribution of:

Live Stock to Stability in Farming,” in

the inter-collegiate essay contest _for

1926. ,





 





. The Holstein-Friesian cow, Berks

Spring Farm Pontiac, owned by A. S.

of Pennsylvania, has just

broken the record for fat production

in' the senior two-year class, by yield-

ing 1,044.53 pounds of fat in one year.

She gave 26,359.7 pounds of milk dur-

ing, this period. ' .





 





A long-time experimental program is

to be undertaken by the experiment

stations of eighteen states, to find an

.answer to the short question, “What

makes meat tough?” It is expected

that these investigations will aid stock-





a. way 'to produce a higher quality of





 





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More Profitable





HE other day one of the great American



leaders, a self-made man to whom other men



listen with great respect, made two very

simple statements that have an important bear-

ing on farming.





First, he said: “One great problem before us is the

need of reducing costs. Success comes to the man

who makes anything as good as anybody else,

but also makes it cheaper!”





Here he has hit on the farmer’s biggest job. To-

day the old methods, old-iashioned equipment,

and slow muscle power that turned out a good

day’s work in 1913 are eating deep into farm econ-

omy. The profit is bound to be slim for the farmer

who does not cut costs to the bone. He must adopt

the faster, more productive methods that add to

income,and so raise his family’s'standard of living.





The further advice of this man is: “I don’t be-

lieve in Ben Franklin’s maxim about saving

pennies. If you watch the big things the pennies

will take care of themselves. ”





This is a plea for the most practical kind of

economy—a plea for making money rather than

saving money. It comes from a man who began





at the bottom of the ladder and built up a great

business. If he had hung onto pennies, afraid to

invest in money-making equipment, he never

would have been heard of. In industry the old

equipment is scrapped, no matter how costly, as

soon as better, cost-reducing equipment comes

on the market. In farming it must be the same.





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A new year of farming is ahead. How profitable

can you make it? The question hinges largely on

equipment. The methods of 1860 would force a

family into poverty to-day. The methods of 1913,





"too, fall far short of the changed needs of to-day.





You are living and farming in the mechanical

power age. The McCormick-Deering builders

have developed a long line of modern, big-scale

machines to work with McCormick-Deering

tractor power and to help the farmer in his battle

with production costs. -





This winter, check your old equipment against

the work to come next spring and summer, talk

things over with your family and resolve to make

your farming more efiicient, and make it easier,

too. See the McCormick-Deering dealer; profit-

able farming begins at his store.





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LIKE every plant disease . . it

has a cause . . a symptom

. . and a cure.





Lad»: of available potash istheprimary

cause. Some growers call it ‘potas

hunger.”



There are several symptoms! In some

cases, stalks reach normal size . . but the

yield is low . . the ears are chad-”starchy,

and undevelo ed. These symptoms show

lack of potash.





In other Eases the plants are dwarfed

and generally die prematurely. This

shows lack of phosphoric acid and pot-





ash combined.





In dwarfed plants root rot is easily

detected. In plants of normal growth . .

e stalk lengthwise you can





by splitting t





detect the urplish-brown accumulations

of iron anti) aluminum compounds which

appear in the joints.



To revent root rot . . many grow-

ers an authorities a ee' that available



cash must be apfiflized. So far as is



own, root rot never occurr

where sufficient potash was available in

the soil.





This disease is widespread through-

out the corn belt, especially eat of the

Mississippi River. You can prevent it

by using the rifllt fertilizer . . prefer-

ably a high ana ysis mixture containing

a good percentage of potash.



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wear or usage to throw it out of balance. At a con-

servative . estimate, out-of-balance bowls are costing

the American farmer in, wasted cream, millions of

dollars a year—proba ly double the cost of all the





Imported from Belgium





less ball bearing and spins like a top.

balancmg, and Without any rebalancing it skims as

perfectly after three, five or even twenty years of

eemce as when new. Neither wear or usage can





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cream by remlxmg Wlth milk.

spine 25 minutes after you stop cranking unless brake ls

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TENANT on SERVANT.





I have worked for a farmer ’by the

year for ten years. My year isn’t up

until March. He tbld me to quit and

move at once. I have a little baby,

aud winter is here. Can this farmer

compel me to move before March, or

have I a, right to stay in the house

until spring?—E. H.





A servant may be discharged at any

time for cause, or without cause. If

the discharge is Without cause, the

servants may, in an action for dam-

ages, recover the difference between

the price he would have received by

finishing the term of service and what

he was able to earn elsewhere during

the remainder of such term. The fact

that he was to occupy a house for the

convenience of the. service makes no





a. notice to quit. If he is tenant of a

premises for a term, he cannot be

ousted during the term without his

fault—Rood.





 





LEGAL FENCE.





My share of the line fence is woven

wire, and my neighbor’s share is four'

strands of barbed wire. What kind of

a fence is lawful? Does one have to

fence against sheep and hogs?—S. W.





The statute declares, “all fences four

and one—half feet high, and in good

repair, consisting of rails, timber,

iboards, wire, or stone walls, or any

combination thereof, and all brooks,

rivers, ponds, creeks, ditches, and

hedges, or other things which shall be

considered equivalent thereto in the

judgment of the fence viewers, Within

whose jurisdiction the same may he,

shall be deemed legal and sufficient

Efences.” .. The statute does not specify

1what kinds of stock shall be turned by

Illle fence;. but the courts have said





1ithat it was intended to turn such stock





 





 





, as is usually kept on farms; and this





would seem to include sheep and hogs.

——Rood.





LICENSE TO SELL REAL ESTATE.





What is our state law in regards to

a person acting as real estate agent?

That' is, buying and selling land on

commission plan—J. E. L.



The statutes provide that every con-





tract or agreement to pay commission





estate shall be void unless the agree-

ment or contract is in writing, signed

by the party to be charged, or by some

person by him lawfully authorized. An-

other statute forbids persons to engage

in business as brokers of real estate

or business chances, without first ob-

taining a. license from the Michigan

Securities Commission, and payment

of license fee—Rood.





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PROVISIONS OF WILL.





I am in trouble about a will which

I made, leaving everything to my wife.

\Am I in duty bound to leave anything

to my son by my former Wife ?——W. S.

There! is a notion in the minds of





many people that a man must mention





_ all his children and relatives in his





will, or it will be void! This is not

the law; and is due, no dbubt, to the

presumptions usually indulged, that the

omission was unintentional and the

common statutory provision that for-~

gotten children shall take as if no will

had been made, and that all children

not provided for shall take in the

same manner, unless the omission ap-

peared to have been intentional. It

will be seen that in such cases the will

is ineffectual to the extent of the

child’s inheritance, and in the case of

sole heirs the‘will is practically de-

feated. It is generally held that proof-

of intention not to provide for the

child may be made evidence outside

of the will; but the best way is either

to make some small provision for the

child in the will, or state in it ex-:





 





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difference, and does not entitle him to. i ‘





upon the sale of any interest in reall





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Thousands of mothers tell us

they would not. be Without

Children ’s Musterole, the new,

milder form pf good old Mus-

terole especially prepared for

babies and small children.



At night, when awakened by the

warning, croupy cough, rub the clean,

white ointment gently over the child's ._

throat and chest.



Children’s Mdsterole, like regular

'Musterole, penetrates the skin with a

warming tingle and goes quickly to

the seat of the trouble. \



It does not blister like the old-tach-

ioned mustard plaster and it is not

messy to apply.



Mafia from pure oil of mustard, it

takes the kink out of stifi‘neoks, make.

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, ecause of

that, are also interested in a preventa-

tive of that great summer pest of flies.





For ten years we have/been trying -





out the various commercial fly dopes

coming" at various prices, from one‘

dollar up, and getting very unsatisfac»

tory results.



During last summer, necessity com-

pelled us to devise something quickly

_from materials at hand, and now we

are glad of it. We used equal parts of

cheap kerosene with old cylinder oil,

and found it as good as any preventa-

tive_we have ever used. »



The used cylinder oil can usually be

obtained’from any oil station Where

crank case service is given, and with-

’ We use a compressed air

sprayer and the job is quickly and eas-

ily done. We find one application a

day is reasonably effective.



The engine oil prevents the kero-

sene from injuring the skin, and the

kerosene prevents the oil from becom-

ing sticky and coloring the hair.



We find, too, that anything that will

prevent the annoyance of the ordinary

stock flies will also decrease the num-

ber of warbles to be found in the cattle

in the spring. \ > _



Many times the dairy herd are en-

tirely free from them, while young

stock, running in the same pasture,





. will be'severely affected—B. W. Mat-





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300v SQUEAKS.





‘ MIXTURE of kerosene and lubri-

cating oil, forced between the body

crevices with a squirt gun, or a brush,

will overcome body squeaks. Rocking

the car will permit the mixture to‘pen-

etrate. Of course, it is necessary to

see that all bolts are tight. .

Another excellent remedy is to loos-

en the body bolts, then back them up

with grease. The grease will work

over the bolts when tightening and

prevent many squeaks from this source.





TIME TO TAKE ACTION.





 





HE driver of a taxi was recently

fined for beingintoxicated at the

wheel. Suspicion was aroused when

he started to slow down at‘corners. A

motorcycle officer started in pursuit.





.A few blocks farther the taxi driver





came to a complete stop at a street in-





tersection to allow an aged couple to





cross. He was placed under arrest

immediately.





REMOVING THE ENGINE 0R BODY.





 





S the private garage is not equip-



ped with a hoist, a good method

for removing engine or body is to jack

the whole car as high as possible. Re»

move all bolts. Fasten the body or

engine with ropes to the roof beams

or joists. Then lower the car to. the

floor and roll out the chassis.





Horace Sessions, who has been quite





~prominentfin Michigan fruit circles,





has returned to Michigan after a three-





' year investigation of the fruit districts





of Florida, California, and the Ber-

mudas. Mr. Sessions plans to set about

forty-five acres per year for a period

of years.





 





' Agricultural authorities are urging

a. strict test of seed corn this spring.





. The autumn freeze has hurt the seed





considerably, they say. Test your seed





and save a risk of planting some that





Will not sprout.‘





 





Prof. John T. Horner, of the econom- ,





ics department of Michigan State Col-





; lege, has written a‘book'onFAgricul- _ _

tural Marketing.” UEvery-phage of~mar- ,_ 2



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Feed Less Grain

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Associated Corn Products Mfrs.

Food Research Dept. Feb.

208 S. La Salle St., Chicago, I“.





Name





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" their skill in feeding.





" cattle, you are invited and urged to enter this contest.





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Please send “Bulletin No. 4” governing your big prize contest

{or feeders and application blanks to enter in class checked below:





 





 





When there is a surplus of grain and the price is low, a vast amount

of it is wasted by overfccding. This burdens both your animals and

your pocketbook. Feed ‘a properly balanced ration only in amounts

your animals need. Then you will save grain which you can sell.





Our $15,000.00 prize contest for feeders will encourage feeders every-

where to study their animals and their feeding materials as never

before. The most successful feeders will receive big rewards for





122 Prizes--$15,000. 00 -~





If you are milking six or more cows, or feeding forty or more beef

There is no

entrance fee and no stall rent to pay. The prizes are as follows:





14 Prizes for Cow Testing Associations ,8 3,000.00

14 Prizes for Individual Dairy Herds 2,100.00 .





14 Prizes' for Beef Cattle Feeders 2,500.00

12 Prizes for supervisors or verifiers 2,650.00

24 Prizes for herd managers 1,250.00

37 Prizes for co-operationg feed dealers 2,500.00





m Prizes, totaling $15,000.00





You can feed your home grovm grains or an ready mixcd feed so long as 7.5% or

more of your gain mixture is Corn Gluten eed—thc best of all protein feeds for

making milk or meat at low cost. In case of tie each contestant tying will receive

full amount of prize.





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This contest is on the same high plane as our national livestock and dairy shows

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NOTHER year of profitable en-

deavor has been added to the

annals of poultrydom. Produc-





tion of both eggs and poultry during





1925 was up to normal volume. Egg

prices averaged the highest since 1920,

and chicken prices the highest since

1921. The ratio between feed and poul-

try product prices was favorable for

the year as a whole, and the gross in-

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eral years. .

Over-production Not Likely.



The approach of-the pew egg year,

which starts March 1, makes an ap-

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man very timely. Consideration of the

main factors which determine the mar-

ket’s trend leads to these conclusions:



1. Commercial production of eggs is

on a “normal” basis, based on the long-

time trend. While the output during

1926 may exceed last year, there is

little danger of serious over-production.



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This chart shows the cycles of profit

and loss in egg production during the

last thirty years. The combined price

of one bushel of corn, wheat and oats

was used as a barometer of feed cost.

both for feeds and

eggs, were used.

of feed cost to egg prices for each

month, were based on the ten years,

1904 to 1913.





der 1925. The inclination of dealers to

pay less for eggs to store will tend to

keep prices down, but extremely low

prices are not anticipated.



3; If egg prices should be low

enough to induce liquidation of flocks,

poultry price's may average lower than

in 1925.



4. Consumptive demand is at a high

rate, and there is nothing to indicate

any immediate cessation. The busi-

ness outlook through the first half of

1926, which is as far ahead as. it can

be‘clearly discerped, is satisfactory.

With labor well employed at good wag-

es, there is certain to be an active de-

mand for poultry products.



5 Feed costs are likely to continue

moderate unless something goes wrong

with the new crop prospects.



6 The trend toward specialized

poultry plants and commercialized

farm flocks still has some momentum,

which means a~ further increase in sup-

plies of quality eggs, as well as more

efficient production.



Changes in Output.



During the past five years, the poul-

try flock has been more profitable than

in any similar period in more than a

quarter of a century, yet over-produc-

tion has not resulted. Barring the war

era of high grain prices, particularly

in 1917, the history of the poultry and

egg industry does not show the recur-

rent periods of heavy over-production

and resultant liquidation which are fa-

miliar in'some phases of agricultural

endeavor. Over-production has never

been of long duration, and tendencies

to that end usually have been correct-

ed by liquidation without great dis-

tress among producers. ‘



The combination of low egg prices





‘ early in 1924, and high feed costs late





in that year, and early 19.25, proved





the cure for the expansion in the poul-‘

‘try yards “which less than two years

ago threatened to be disastrous. Pro-



duction' or eggs-an .1924: fell-short, 9g

' , .1923, the peak year by ten per cent.





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The'early inception of cold Weather

last fall, curtailed egg production, and

receipts at the large markets during

October and November, actually fell

short of the corresponding months in

the year previous. The increased pro-

ducing capacity of flocks did not begin

to Show its hand until late in Novem-

ber, when weather conditions becauie

more normal. Since then, production

has kept far ahead of last year, and

practically seventy per cent of the in-

crease in receipts at the big markets

forrthe year, over 1924, came in Decem—

her, when arrivals were the largest for

that ‘month on record. January receipts

also are starting out to establish 3. rec-

ord for the month: - '





, Price Range Higher.



Both farm and wholesale prices of

eggs averaged nearly four cents a. doz-

en higher in 1925 than in 1924. Farm”

chicken prices were five per cent high—

er, and wholesale prices fifteen per

cent higher than in the preceding year.

In spite of these higher prices, how-

ever, distribution into consuming chan‘

nels was only slightly smaller than

in 1924. .



Since December, when production be-





..gan to increase so rapidly, and receipts





of fresh eggs became hard to move,

prices have been declining steadily.

From bringing sixty—five cents a dozen

on December 1, prices have broken

twenty—five cents a dozen, to forty

cents at the end of the first week in

January.





The storage egg deal is winding up

less favorably than last season. Deal-

ers paid fully a nickel a. dozen.more

for the eggs they stored last spring,

than in the spring of 1924. In spite

of the higher costs, about 800,000 cases

more were put away. The surplus

has been very slowly reduced. The

trade is already almost entirely on a.

fresh egg basis, and there is little

chance that the entire supply can be

moved except at lower prices. It is to

be expected, then, that dealers will be

more wary of the market this spring,

and that they will make every effort to

buy eggs cheaper. -





Poultry Prices Advanced. .

Trading in eggs for April delivery

is already under way on the Chicago

market at around twenty-eight and

three-fourths cents, compared with

thirty and three-fourths cents last

year. This price is higher than was

paid in the spring of the four years

1921 to 1924.





Poultry prices have been quite sat-

isfactory to producers, but as long as

eggs were on a high level, they were

not inclined to market fowls closely.

Consumers are showing no apparent

distaste to the high prices'which are

demanded for table poultry. Prices in

the last quarter of 1925 were fully

twenty—five per cent higher than in

1924. Should egg prices decline during-

the spring, to a level that would induce

closer culling of flocks, then larger re-

ceipts of poultry and lower prices are

to be expected.





The Only Cloud.



So far as demand during the next

few months is concerned, there is noth-

ing discouraging to be found with the

outlook. Consumption promises to be

satisfactory as far ahead as the busi-

ness outlook can be safely gauged,

which carries us through the first half

of the year. Probably the darkest cloud

on the horizon is the possibility that

the increase in egg production that is

in prospect for 1926, might face some

curtailment in, consumer demand in’,

the latter half of the year. Some time

or other,-industria1 activity will not

be as great'as inthe past year ortw‘o.

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4 'mu’ch‘interested in your article of





' January ,2, (relative to club work. I,

‘ tho, believe that the rural Club has





‘dOne much to teachlus' team work, and

the value jOf organization.



I am particularly interested in young

people’s clubs. I am not speaking too

strongly when I say it is the most

important work carried out in a coun-

ty." Theprogram of tomorrow, in ag-

riculture, will reflect the. work done

by you and 1' today with the young

folk. . '



Taking up, first, live stock clubs:





‘It teaches young folks what can be





accomplished by proper care, feeding,

etc. It matches, also, the cost of pro-

duction. How many farmers know the

exact‘cost of producinga pound of

beef, pork, or mutton? It gives the

boy or girl a feeling of Ownership, or

more properly speaking, a feeling of

partnership. It also develops a feeling

of pride in the farm job. Did you ever





‘ look into the faces of young folks lead-





ing their animals into the, show ring?

It’s worth while.



Grain clubs are just as valuable.

One boy in Michigan went into a po-

tato club to demonstrate to his father

that it was just as’easy to raise 400

bushels of potatoes to the acre, as two

hundred. He did it, too.



Canning clubs, sewing clubs, and

cooking clubs make our girls efl‘lcient

housewives.



With the long winter before us, let

us not be content in our community

if there is not at least one club for our

young people. We have not done our

bit for posterity, or been fair to the

younger generation, if we neglect this.



I have often likened my own children

to steam engines. The excess steam

must escape somewhere, and club work

furnishes a fine outlet.



Don’t hedge them in with walls call-

ed “don’ts;” the answer to “thou shalt

not” is “I will.”



Don’t measure them with your sticks





‘fashionéd from your own old whims.





Look back a few years. What you like

today is not what you liked yesterday.



Give them some club work to do.

Set a goal and watch them scramble

toward it.—Mrs. Isabel Kinch.





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HE average farmer has many

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the chief is his inability to stick. He

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and the porus plaster. Look at the

list of' cooperative enterprises that

promised to lead him out of the Wil-

derness of trouble and lack. They had

a brief (more or less) existence, and

‘then disappeared from view, “unwept,

unhonored, and unsung.”

Take, for the latest example, the

“pools” of various kinds, or, to be

specific, the potato pool. Many farm-

ers signed up to sell through the pool

for a specified number of years. Pric

were low, and private buyers were

making unsatisfactory offers, and the

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The pool promised to be of benefit in

securing just that, so he joined, and

'all went well—while prices were low.

But, .owing to a combination of circum-

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the pool caufd safely prdmjte its p‘a—





trons. v ‘ ,.





Did the farmers who had joined the

pool all stick? They did—not. Some

stuck, of course, there are lots of good

men who count their word of more

value than cents, or dollars. The cer-

tified seed pool sent out a circular let—





'ter "to those'who had agreed to sell:





through the pool, urging them to stand

by, explaining'the' situation, and telling

of the prospects. .We were. discussing

the letter,'1 and the'subjeét in general,

when one spoke up and. said, “The

pool can, go to thunder this year.”

Right there is Where'you have the

attitude of too many farmers. If prices

are low they are glad of help from any

source, but let prices get to climbing

and they stampede to the highest bid-

der, without any regard to the future.

“The pool can go to thunder!” They

might as well remark, “The future can

look out for itself, we will take what

the present offers.”



The independent buyer must chuckle

to himself when he views their short-’

sighted policy, fOr he is well aware





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.present gain.





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the rag-bier: Would it not be well for the





grower to look at the future as Well '





as at the present, and govern his ac-

tions accordingly? The pools, and the

cooperative buying and selling organi-

zations are for the benefit of the farm-

er, but they cannot function" with 100

per cent efl‘lmency unless the farmers

stand back of them and refuse to be

stampeded by the prospects of a little

Those who think, and

say, “The pool can go to thunder this

year,’ ’are not being just to themselves

or their fellow farmers. All will agree





far less competition. But will that help- :





   





that the pools were organized" for ,the 2

benefit of the farmers, then why *not ,.





stand by and give the organizations a

chance to do what it was intended

to. We all know instances where co-

operative" organizations have been suc-

cessful, and of untold benefit to the

members, but it has been where the

members loyally stood" by, through

good and bad season‘s, low-and high

prices, and as a result, success has

been the reward of their faithfulness

—Apollos Long.





We Call Our Ice Boat N osey





sztmuea’ From Page 151





with almost as much seating capacity

as this rig had. Webster defines a

boat as “a small, open vessel.” Believe

me, this one was entirely'too Open to

suit me. The hull was sixty feet long

and only fourteen inches wide, with a

little basket affair toward the rear end

Where four people could pour them»

selves into and appreciate the feelings

of a poor little sardine. There wasn’t

even room enough for the name, so

they had to write that on a. pennant

and tie it to the mast.





The shape of this refrigerator was

like the framework of a kite, the kind

we used to make when we were kids,

and you remember what a kite does—

it flies! Joseph Lincoln, I think it

was, likened an ice boat to a “dime’s

Worth of pie.” That might go for the

shape, but an iceboat is lighter than

most pies. There were three runners;z

one 011 each end of the cross piece,

and one that acted as the rudder; She

was equipped with two sails, one call-

ed the mainsail and the other the jib.

Sam said there was ninety yards of

canvas in the mainsail alone. Sonnds

more like a tent,-don’t it? One-half of'

one per cent would have been enough

sail for me, but the icemen that

handle these boats think they’re stag—

nant if they can’t do at least sixty

miles every sixty minutes.





After we’d inspected her from stem

to stem, we hoisted these two wind

catchers and then we climbed on to

the hemlock upholstery. Sam takes a

crowbar and pries her loose from the

ice, and right away we started moving.

Honestly, it must have taken us all

of a minute to go the first mile. I

never dreamed there was «anything

built that could take you away from

home so quickly!





Travel! Sweet cookie, how that

elongated iceberg could ramble! You

have no idea of the speed one of them

will attain. \Ve’d look ahead at the

opposite shore line, some four or five‘

miles distant, and in a couple of sec-

onds, it seemed, we’d be coming<about

to avoid colliding with it. “Coming

about” is the nautical term for turning

around, and~I don’t recall a single

thing that can do it with half the

alacrity and vim of an ice boat. The

skippel hollers when he’s going to

turn her around, and that’s a signal

f01 you to hold on with everything

you’ve got, or else you’ll find the ice

rushing up to meet you, and we both

know how hard ice can be if it wants

to. Even soft water don’t make soft

ice. Every time an extra puff of wind

would hit her she’d rise right off the

ice, and my heart would rise right of!





.. its moorings. To me. after riding on





one of those things, a s'ailboat regatta

is as exciting as a turtle race. Really.

there’s no sport to compare with it.





As far as writing a description of

an ice boat ride, I wouldn’t even at-

tempt to qualify. Maybe-some Contrib-

utor to “Breezy Stories” might do it

justice,. but not me. You; go too fast

to notiCG anything outside of the? cold.

Once I stuck my head up over the hur-

ricane deck to take a glance. around,

but the scenery was just one big blur.





‘ If. you want to take a scenic ride some-





time, don’t ever pick an ice‘boat. They

weren’t built for comfort—nothing but

speed, and more of it. Now, that’s one

trouble with them. An ice boat ought

to be equipped with four-wheel brakes

and then you could slow her down

once in a While and look a1ound. And

I would hire to See the 1926 models

come out With sedan bodies. or at

least, Windshields. ,





And ain’t it a shame the oceans

don’t freeze over? Think 110w it would

revolutionize commerce and t1a11spo1ta—

tion.

en in your iceboat f1eighter at 8:00 a.

m.__ with a cargo of applesauce for the

Prince of Wales, and he could have

some of it for supper the same even-

ing. Or your





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You could hop as f1om Hobok« ;





wife could take the ;





chauffeur and slide across to Paris in j





lingerie, and be back in time for the

matinee.

could have milk customers in Berlin

or Rome. 01‘





, the morning to buy a little piece of ‘.

Dairymen along the seaboard j





try and imagine. the _





United States navy as an ice fleet. %

There isn’t a gunner living who could 1

hit a ship that didn’t have no more hull ,

than an ice boat and, besides, after it 3

once got under way, an ice boat could ;





beat a shell.





Come up some winter and we’ll give

you a good dusting off.

That’s all.





Utah poultry producers, consisting

of 1,600 members, are marketing eggs

in New York City. The annual move—

ment of eggs out of that state since

the association was Organized, has in-

creased from seventeen to 365 cars.



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Of the 143 communities in Michigan

which once served electricity to their

people, seventy-five have abandoned

their plants, sixty-two ,have changed

to private service,“ While thirteen re-

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This contraption of an automobile

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Private Stephen Boudreau established an unoflicial record at Sel-

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Alfred Palzel, inventor of this iron horse, which

rears and plunges worse thana bucking bron-

co, claims no one can ride it.





J. Pierpont' Mofl’at is the officer in

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industry leader, was injured when Durant’s private car telescop-

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Domalaka Nageguilak, Eskimo reindeer herds-

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the jinx of this family,” Harriet



.,Billsbur.y exploded, .flirt‘ing the



z " flustcloth out of the window of the

:whimsical old house, to which each

-‘.owner had added a postscript. They

moved into it reluctantly when her hus-

band, Henry Pillsbury, became assist-

ant cashier ot’ the Citizens’ Bank of

Urbandale. They could not be too

choosy on an assistant cashier’s salary.



,The merciless sunshine of the June af-

ternoon streamed in and showed up

every fleck of dust on walls and fur-

niture, and advertised every thread-

bare spot on the carpet.



' “You’re a designing woman,” Clover

Hamilton, Harriet’s younger sister, de-

clared, glancing up from her geometry,

as she sat on one silk-stockinged foot

and dangled the other, disclosing a

very shapely ankle. Being a senior,

Clover was rising fast in her own es-

timation.



“If I dared burn that bird and split

that piano into kindling, I’d consider

this day well spent,” Harriet contin-

ued, shaking a small, smudgy fist at a

grubby stuffed peacock 'in the corner

of the narrow hall. She vigorously ap—

plied the dustcloth to the. stocky, legs

of the lumbering piano, a Pillsbury her-

itage of an uncertain period, occupying

one-third of the living-room.



“If you lay hands on either, the Pills-

burys for seven generations will ap-

pear to you.” Clover remonstrated in

pretended panic.



“Down in his heart Henry hates

these dead echoes of a Pillsbury past,

but we can’t discard them for we

haven’t the money to invest in new

furniture. Anyway, that peacock is

headed for disaster,” and on Harriet’s

face there was a look of grim determi-



— nation.



“Watch Harriet, the. Valiant, smash

the Pillsbury idols to smilhereens.”

Clover laughed, catching up the dust-

less mop and. applying it to the wood-

grain border around the shabby rug.



“The peacock really belongs to

Uncle John, he being next in line of

descent after Father Plllsbury’s death.

However, he went west and never re

turned, so this bird, which is the Pills-

bury emblem, should really perch

above Aunt Sophronia’s door. Henry

and Aunt Sophronia are the last leaves

on the Pillsbury tree and she adores

everything that pertains to the family,

but has never called for the peacock.

Will the day ever come when I need

not rest my eyes on that frazzled old

thing?”



“‘Quoth the peacock, Nevermore,’ ”

Clover parodied.



“You know it is proverbial that a

peacock brings bad luck, and it cer-

tainly has to the Pillsburys. The claw

of calamity has clutched them time

and time again. Grandfather Pillsbury

had a giant tin peacock over the high

arch of the front gate, it’s long tail

painted in the gaudiest of peacock col-



rs. Within a year after it was placed

there, Grandmother Pillsbury was car-

rying a kerosene lamp which exploded

and burned her so frightfully that she

died. The following winter Grandfath—

er was accidentally shot by hunters

while inspecting his timbered land in

northern Michigan.”



“Worse than breaking the mirror or

walking under the ladder,” Clover ex-



claimed, in awe—struck tones.



' “And what with Father Pillsbury



killed in an auto accident, and Mother



Pillsbury walking off into an open ele—



vator shaft at the hospital to a miser-



able death, l’m scared pink. I know

that if that bird remains in this house,



Henry will be the next victim,” and



her face was tense and white.



“So, because it is the family emb-

lem, that old bird must stay on until

the last Pillsbury has tottered to an

untimely fall,” Clover demanded, mak-

ing a threatening pass at the placid

peafowl.



“Well, not exactly,” Harriet contra-

dicted. “My reason or that bird is

surely going,” and ‘she laid irreverent





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and un-Pillsbury-like hands upon the

unresisting peacock and bore it in ma—

lignant triumph to the kitchen. Clover

followed in half-concealed trepidation.

Too well she knew that the grim Har:

riet would be in a state of terror, as

soon as the excitement of burning was

over and she realized that she must

face the outraged Pillsburys.



With a vicious slash, Harriet laid

open the breast of the bird, revealing

the hard-packed cotton beneath. She

tried to cut off the head, but the wires

resisted the shears.



“The poor thing looks as if it had

committed hari-kari, and I can close

my eyes and see the sod heaving as

all the departed Pillsbury’s turn over

in their graves. What will Henry and

Aunt Sophronia say?” Clover exclaim-

ed, as with an involuntary shudder she

watched Harriet lay the peacock in





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thing is indestructible,” she muttered.

“The house smells likeAraby the blest

and we’ll have a good time explaining

to Henry.” - .



Harriet came down in a gown of

becoming blue, and daihty.white apron.

“It won’t burn, and it must come out,

or we can’t get a fire to cook the

steak.” -. She lifted the soggy mass of

oil—soaked, half burned cotton and ran

into the back yard. There she stood

in troubled perplexity. Her sin was

determined to .find her Out. In desper-

ation she turned the/empty garbage

can over it and returned to the kitch-

en where Clover was pounding the

steak.



There was a smirch of black across

Harriet’s forehead and some cindery

spots on her White apron, as she kiss-

ed Henry~at the door of the front hall.



“The Oldridges are coming to take





 





 





“Time 1'72”‘.”/l.l/l Opportunity





By James E.





Sometimes it pays to “listen in”

To topics folks discuss,

For “hints” are dropped, that help us

win—

Are meant, my friends, for us!

Some people say that “talk is cheap,”

But sometimes it comes high,

And we can often learn a heap

From “talk” that we pass by!





For words are golden, now and then,

And mos-t of us who win '



In this old world—the wisest men—

Hear most, and “cash it in!”





Hungerford





if we’ll be wide-awake, and hark

To what some “pass up cold,”



Mayhap we’ll hear a wise remark

That’s worth its weight in gold!





From mouths

drips,



’Twas said by some wise sage,



As well as from the lisping lips

Of babes of tender age!



And if we’ll wisely “listen in"



To what is said—and here,

We’ll hear a heap to help us win

The things we want and need!





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the kitchen range and bring the kero-

sene can from the back storeroom.



“We must keep it from them as long

as we can and perhaps we shall be

divinely guided when the time really

comes,” she dropped in a lighted

match and retreated as the oil ignited

and the flames roared up the chimney.

' “I hope this offering is acceptable to

the gods,” Harriet muttered between

tightly closed teeth, as she poked the

burning cotton under the raised stove

cover. She was almost hysterical in

her elation at ridding herself of the

bird which she had long held in super-

stitious horror.



“You tidy up a bit while I perform

the rest of the ceremonies. It’s near

five o’clock and you should look your

prettiest at dinner tonight. You must

be as enchanting as the Sorceress of

the Nile so Henry’s thoughts will not

turn peacockward,” and Clover gave

Harriet a playful push toward the

archway of the dining room. Clover

lived with Henry and Harriet while at-

tending school, and both were lost

without her when she returned to her

home over the week ends.



Harriet glanced at the peacock’s cor-

ner as she passed through the hall on

her way up stairs. It’s emptiness fair-

ly shrieked at her. “Henry will miss

that bird as he would a front tooth,”

she called quaveringly to Clover, for

the reactionpf terror at the conse-

quences 'of her rash act had set in.



Clover raised the covers and loos-

ened the cotton so it would burn fast-

er, but the wires held it tight and

there it smouldered. “The diabolical





us for a ride this evening," she said,

planting her slender self between him

and the deserted corner.



“That’s fine,” Henry replied, with an

effort at enthusiasm. “Is there any-

thing burning, dear?”



“Clover is browning the pan gravy.

You know you like your gravies real

brown,” Harriet fibbed glibly.



Henry sniffed a bit incredulously,

but Clover erupted conversation like

Vesuvius. The Oldridges drove up in

their car, and things moved on smooth-

ly tuntil the next morning at break-

as .



“What has Johnson’s terrier unearth-

ed ?” Henry inquired, looking up from

his coffee and newspaper.



Glover’s 'grapefruit nearly choked

her, and Harriet turned deadly pale.

In his frolics, the dog had overturned

the garbage can and was dragging a

queer, blackened object around ‘the

yard.



“Probably something left by the Al-

ward’s, who are moving out,” Clover

ventured, spearing desperately the

first idea that came wandering through

her brain.





Henry made no comment, but watch-

ed the dog as it tossed the thing about

the yard. Abstractedly he arose and

put on his overcoat, and his eye wan-

dered to the corner vacated by the

peacock. Harriet turned to ice.



Clover scented the fray and appear»

ed on the red rim of battle. “We are

cleaning'house,” she declared sternly.

“Everything is disarranged.”



“Housecleaningl” Henry moaned in

mock dismay. “In that event, I shall





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“I’m scared pink,” Clover stormed. ‘





“Can’t you hear 'my heart? Sounds

like a baby pounding on a pumpkin

with a wooden spoon. If it hadn’t

been" for me, I believe you would have

told him then and there.” ’



Clover caught up her school books.

“Poor old peacock-peeked sister,” she

bantered,’caressing the two incorrig—

ible curls in the back of Harriet’s pret-

ty neck, as she passed her in the hall;

The school bell was ringing thin and

clear on the‘morning air.



If Henry Pillsbury guessed the fate

of the peacock, he was too considerate

to mention it, and it was about a.

month after the cremation that he was

sent by the bank on a business trip to

a neighboring city, to be gone over

night. Harriet and Clover were alone

In the house. The telephone clanged

raucous-1y at the grisly hour of five in

the morning. Clover was beside it in

an instant. ' ,



“Ye gods!” she muttered.



“What is it? Oh, Clover, tell me?"

and Harriet sat up in bed in trembling

expectancy.



“The worst ever,” she declared.

“Aunt Sophronia is coming on the

10:45 train. Is there nothing we can

lay on the track?” and Clover made a

wry face at the telephone.



“Coming? Is she coming? She’ll

ask for it right away. What shall I

ever tell her?” and Harriet slumped

in a sobbing heap among the bed

clothes.





“Tell her the truth and let her spout.

It will make a real snappy kick-off.

We knew she would call for it some

time when we burned the thing. Might~

as well be now as later,” and Clover

hurried down stairs to dust the living-

rooms before starting for 'school.



“I never dreamed ,it would be so ter-

rifying. The Pillsburys have awful

tempers and lose all control some-

times \on the most trivial occurrences,”

Harriet wailed.





' When Clover was gone and Harriet

was alone in the kitchen, she could

see nothing but Henry’s rather pale

and slightly reproachful face, and Aunt

Sophronia’s outraged visage when the

fearful truth should become known.

She was trying pitifully hard to make

her scanty allowanCe stretch to cover

the added expense of a'guest. She

chopped the remnant’s of yesterday’s

roast, and through the magic of eggs

and bread crumbs, evolved sufficient

croquettes for the luncheon. She hull-

ed the strawberries and hurried to

the depot as the 10:45 rounded the

curve'on the outskirts of the town.



A small, ~florid.faced, white-haired

woman, wearing a black straw hat, a.

few white daisies perched precariously,

hit or miss around the cr0wn, with

black silk coat and gown, catapulted

from the Pullman. Aunt Sophronia was

Harriet gave her an-

energetic hug, for she really loved her

husband’s aunt, in spite of her wor-

ship of Pillsbury ancestors, peacocks

and family traditions.



,Arr-ivedat the house, Aunt Sophron-

ia hung her hat and coat on the rack

in the hall and smoothed her hair be-

fore the mirror. “Isn’t this a grand

old chair?” she purred, sinking into

one of the lumbering, claw—footed Pills-

bury come-downs. -



' “Yes, it is quite out of the ordinary

—real period furniture,” Harriet has-

tened to assent.



“Harmonizes with the massiveness

of the piano,” Aunt Sophronia con‘

tinued.



“In perfect keeping,” Harriet replied

and groaned in spirit at her own per-

fidy. She excused herself to put lunch-

eon on the table with hands that were





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“You are greatly favored in having

the Pillsbury furniture, which is aris—

tocratic in any ‘environment,” Aunt

Solphronia exulted as she buttered the

r0 1.



“We certainly are,” Harriet assented

feebly. _



“However, I have decided to take

the peacock home with me and add it

to the Pillsbury collection. Brother

John will never’call for it after these

years,” and Aunt Sophronia helped

herself to the nicely browned cro-

quettes, before attacking the dessert.



Clover’s face was blazing and her

hat was in the ring. Only quick work

would save Harriet from messing ev-

erything. “Aunt Sophronia, that pea-

cock is a kill-joy and a trouble-bringer,

besides being an untidy, strlngy old

thing. I can’t see why anybody should

want it around, but if you must—”



Clover stopped abruptly, for Aunt

Sophronia was on her feet, her eyes

straining until the white of the eyeball

was ’exposed. Her lips were parted

in horrified amazement. She pointed

a threatening forefinger at Harriet:





“You viper, warmed in the Pillsbury . '





nest. You scoff at the Pillsbury em—

blems and permit this vixen to do so,”

she lampooned in a high-pitched voice.





She paced back and forth, hands.





clenched, lips working, breath coming

fast, “Henry Pillsbury allows this in

his home. I noticed the bird was gone

from the hall. I have made my will

leaving the Pillsbury estate to Henry,

but today I change it. This change

shall be made in. your own house,

where the Pillsbury’s have been flout-

ed. I shall telephone for Judge Brack-

ett to come at once.” Her words came

chokingly.



Harriet sat marble white, but Clover

fidgeted angrily. “I knew we’d get a





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wigging. If she is too mad I'm ready

for her.” Then in alarm—5‘01). Har-

riet, look at her face.” The girl sprang

to Aunt Sophronia’s side as she crump-

led to the floor. ~



Dumb with terror, Harriet slipped a

pillow under Aunt SOphronia’s head.

“First aid says heads low,” and Clover

pulled the pillow aside and sprang to

the telephone to call their family phy-

sician, Doctor Burton.



With the assistance of Harriet and

Clover, Doctor Burton placed the un-

conscious Aunt Sophronia on the

couch. With his ear to her chest, look—

ing up into Harriet’s agonized face, he

said, “Heart seizure but coming all

right.”



A terrible silence pervaded the room.

the clock pounded off the seconds while

sledge-hammer blows. Aunt Sophronia

moved uneasily, raised herself on her

elbow and stared, about her dazedly,

as the door opened and Henry entered.



“What’s the big idea? Everybody

looking as solemn as an owl Conven-

tion. Thought you’d be glad to see.

me,” he bantered. “Instead you look

about as cheerful as though you were

on your way to the electric chair.”



Harriet thre‘w herself into Henry’s

arms, sobbing hysterically. “It’s dread-

ful. Aunt Sophronia will tell you all

about it,” she wailed.





Clover was trembling and white, but

true to the eternally feminine, her eyes

were fastened on the tall, well—groomed

man accompanying Henry. He stood,

hat in hand, in the hall, trying to ap-

pear that he was not seeing this bit of

melodrama obviously not intended for

him. There was a puzzled expression

on his good-looking face, and Clover

wondered whether he was a book

agent, a chiropodist, or the English

ambassador.



Aunt Sophronia’s face relaxed into

a welcoming smile. She loved Henry,

for wasn’t he the last of the Pills-

burys? Furthermore, he was the only

man who had kissed her since she

could remember, and he kissed her

now. She looked pleadingly at Harriet

and Clover, “Don’t tell him how cross

I’ve been.” Turning to Henry. “We

were not expecting you.”



“So it seems, but permit me to pre-

sent Mr. Richmond, an attorney from

the west, who wishes to talk over a

matter of business with us.”



Mr. Richmond sat down and drew

from his pocket an ,appallingly legal

looking document, at sight of which

Clover slipped out of sight, but within

hearing distance. She simplycouldn’t





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we cannot always heal the eye. we can

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.« heart.





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them short. He was.not minded to go

into, philosophical questions just then.

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tration of the cargo of food for the

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fiqm a foreign government? Another

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proportion of carbohydrates to pro-

teids, in the cargo Still another want-

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.ture. But the first thing is always to

relieve the person before us. ’





0U cannot always ‘sayof a man.

“He suffers because he brought it

on himself.” if he is a drunkard Or is

dope fiend, you may say so. But there

are a thousand ills of humanity that





were. not brought on by- those who »





suffer them. The Book of Job is a

study of this question, and its answer





. is, that suffering is not always armat-





ter of chickens coming home to‘roost.





Christ settled it, too, in a few short-





sentences When referring to the tower

of Siloam, which fell on a number of.

good people, (Luke.13-4,5). Who did





sin, this man or his parents, that he





was born black, or crippled, or stupid,

or idiotic, or deformed? "Beware how

you cast stones at a man’s. ancestors;





we have" all come from savages; and

'we may be proud of ourancestors





chiefly because we do not know them.”



But the man was cured. That- is? the

main fact. And he had to do all he

possibly could, to assist in the cure.

He did not rebel as Naaman had, long

before, (II Kings, 5). He went, and

was healed. It not this a parable of

life? An acted parable? With what

repeated teachings has the Divine at-

tempted to get humanity to see that?

VV'e are expected to act wisely and

energetically and at the right time.

There is no substitute for personal en-

deavor. Many of the people whom

Jesus healed had a part in their own

cure. They had to cooperate. Their

healing was in their own hands. And

that is true now.





heard, “Go, wash!” Do your part!





HE question naturally comes up, of





Twhat use, then, is prayer? Have

you never noticed that the best pray-

ers are men and women of action?

They do not pray as a substitute for”

work, but they pray that they may

work the better. Prayer is electricity.

(Some people pray as if the current

were turned off). It energizes and gal-

vanizes the soul. it enables us to do





~ what we could not haVe done other?





wise. It affects the higher reaches of

the soul. It seems to get at the sub—

conscious part of us. Thoughts, feel-

ings, inspirations come when there is

real prayer that come at no other time.

And such feelings are often the most

valuable inner suggestions that we get.

“For thou wilt light my candle, the

Lord will enlighten my darkness. -For

by thee have I run through a tioop;

and by my God have I leaped over a

wall.” Prayer does that!



But note. Remaikabie cures of blind

ness are wrought today, which attract

but little attention.

vanced far beyond what it was once.

And if it had not been for favoring

conditions, conditions that were recep—

tive to new ideas and new methods,

such surgery would be impossible now.

This last summer tWo mountain girls

in West Virginia who had congenital

cataracts on their eyes; were taken .to

the hospital at the state university,

and operated upon. Friends raised the





necessary-money to get them "t‘o‘tlie‘.





hospital, and the rest of it was free.

They were cured. For theflrst time

intheir lives they could‘see their na-

tive hills, the changing sky, the green

grass, the rippling mountain streams,

the grazing sheep. Was not. this wen-

derful?

was also healed in souli He became a

follower of Christ. The secbnd heal-

ing was more needful than the first,

and that is a healing that all may haVe.





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

FEBRUARV 7.





 





SUBJECTz—Jesus heals. and saves a

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‘0 far you have shOWn up mighty

well,” said the examining doctor.

“But we must‘not forget that at



fifty, thOugh not so old, a person isat

least past the flush of early youth—\

say ‘middle-aged. It is in middle age

that we generally get the aches and

pains that used to be thrown into one

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‘ rheumatism. Now we know that most

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some source of infection that is com

‘stantly feeding just a little pollution

into the bloodstream—say, diseased

tonsils or abscessed teeth. How about

"such rheumatic pains? Let’s take a





. look at your teeth.”





I had to admit that several months

ago, after a swimming party in which

my eldest daughter had been teaching

me a new overhand stroke, I experi-

enced a “neuritis” in my left shoulder

and arm. At first I ascribed it to the

strain on little-used muscles, but since

it persisted I secured an X-Ray picture

of my teeth. This disclosed one “dead”

tooth with an abscess at its base,

which was promptly extracted. The

neuritis did not .go away completely

for two months. Otherwise the teeth

showed no trouble, though the gums

had a tendency to “recede” and to

bleed easily.



“That recession of the gums often

means the beginning of pyorrhea,” ob-

served the examiner. “I’ll recommend

a toothpaste that gives wonderful re-

sults in such cases.”



I haven’t used .it yet, but expect to

begin at once.



“The analysis of urine was excellent

inmost respects,” reported the doctor.

“I made not only the” usual chemical

test, but also a microscopical test,

which I think a necessity in anyone

above forty. There were a few epi-

thelial cells, but no tube casts, no gran-

ular cells, no pus, nothing at all to in-

dicate that the'kidneys are in any but.

excellent condition. The urine showed

a trace of sugar. If I remember right-

ly, the specimen was taken just after

luncheon, was it not?”



“Yes, after a rather hearty luncheon

in which [may have used quite a little

sugar-making food.”



“We should have taken a twenty—

four-hour specimen, which is much the

better method. VVe’ll examine it again

in ninety days. Meantime, I suggest

that you let the sugar bowl go by with-

out dipping in. I don’t think this means

diabetes. But there’s enough of a

warning about it .to say ‘cut out sugar.’

You don’t need it, anyway. Few men

of fifty do.

down your waistline? Play golf?”



“No, sir. Setting-up exercises just

like we did in the army. Ten minutes

each morning in a cool, spare room

next to the bathroom does the trick

better than three hours of golf twice

a week. ”



The doctor changed the subject. He

is thirty, pounds overweight in spite

of his golf.





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TH E PILLSBURY PEACOCK.





 





(Continued from page 169).





and Aunt Sophronia looked as if wait—

ing for their death sentence.



“It has taken me a number of

months to locate the Pillsbury’s, but

at last I am successful,” and the at-

t01ney looked almost affectionately at

Aunt Sophionia. ”Your brothel, John

Pillsbur,y died some time ago leaving

a will, in which he disposed of his

property, consisting of valuable hold-

‘ings in the oil fields of Big Muddy,

Wyoming. I will read this will, of

which I have a copy.’



Fé'om the document in his hand he

re a



“After the payment of my just debts

and funeral expenses, I give, devise

and bequeath all of my property, both

real and personal, to that member of

our family who shall have in his or

her possession the Pillsbury peacock,

a stuffed bird which is the emblem of

the clan and has been in the family

for gene1ations.”



“And sneeiing at the Pillsbmy in-

signia,’ Aunt Sophlonia commented

acidly, looking straight at Harriet.



Harriet was deadly white, but Clover

darted away, to reappear in the door-

way a moment later bearing a senile,

patriarchal looking stuffed peacock, so

like the Pillsbury bird that only the

mother peafowl could have told the

difference.





Aunt Sophronia swelled with pride.

“This is the stately bird by which the

patrician Pillsburys are known. Right—

fully, it is now in my possession, for

I was taking it home with me this

afternoon. It was only left here tem-

porarily.”



“We shall not dispute your posses-

sion of it, only do take it away.” Har-

riet exclaimed shudderingly, with an

agonized questioning look at Clover.



“It didn’t come from above,

1ummy,” Clover whispeied in Ha11iet’ s

ear as the 1est wele eng1ossed in in-'

specting the bird. “Uncle Andy let

me have this from his taxidermic em-

porium, for the forty- -seven dollars I

had in, my savings account. I bought





     





it on my way- to school this morning,





and Uncle Andy put it in the wood-

shed. So lucky we did not tell anyone

the othe1 was buined. Isn’t it the

spitting image of the late lamented?”

and Clover blew a kiss at Aunt Soph-

ronia’s unconscious back.



Clover listened to Aunt Sophronia’s

declaration that she would settle Hen—

ry in a home of his own as soon as

the John Pillsbury estate was closed,

and tinder her breath she muttered:

“Clover Hamilton, thank your stars

that the Hamilton’s don’t know a coat

of arms from a can-opener. If Aunt

‘Sophron'ia will take that peacock from





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No matter what kind of

farming you have in-

dulged in, you can do

better in the Southland,

because of better living

conditions, lower living

expenses, lower labor

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'; ing room in the house, as well as the

.onevhere I spend the most time, was





“ waking hours.

. to have a beautiful, restful home, than





 





Y husband and I had been saving



for several years, intending to



take a really worth while vaca-

tion. We did take one, but not in the

way we had planned. For two years

I had practiced the most rigid economy

in the house, going without some of

the simplest conveniences which most

people consider a necessity, to save

for this much-talked-of vacation.



As the time drew near I began to

loathe the inside of the house as never

before. I could scarcely wait for the

’day to come when I could have a vaca-

tion from the familiar walls and fur-

nishings where I had lived and worked

for so many years.



In my kitchen the walls were dingy,

the woodwork was scarred, the dishes

of enamel cracked and battered, but

I had tried to “make it do.” The rest

of the house was in no better shape,

and it seemed to me that nothing look-

ed right. I was tired out in body and

mind, and a vacation seemed to be the

one and only answer.



Just at this moment fate stepped in,

in the form of an unpaid note which

my husband had endorsed for a friend,

said friend having suddenly disappear-

ed. Nearly all of our vacation money





 





 





MOTHER.





 





Whose hands are‘ever busy,



Whose feet are ever going,

From sun-up ’til sun-down?



Ah, we know without the knowing—

No one but Mother’s.





Whose heart often aches and breaks.

For some poor misguided soul?

Whose welcome is ever true

The we hit or miss the goal?

No one’s but Mother’s.





Whose prayers are for our sake,

As unworthy as we are?

Whose efforts soothe our ills,

Whose spirit is our guiding star?

No one’s but Mother’s.

—J. Roy Zeiss.





would be required to meet it, and it

had to be met.



After spending a sleepless night ov-

er the disappointment, an inspiration

came to me in the early morning light.

If I could not get away from these

surroundings, why not change them?



Even if I could and did go on a va-

cation I would be obliged to come

back and live in the same surround-

ings.



The small amount of money left af-

ter paying the note would worl' won-

ders in the house, if I did the work

myself, with the help of my husband.

Then, too, we could eat out-of-door-pic-

nic fashion, which would make a wel-

come change and reduce the labor of

getting meals.





Rare is the person who is not influ-





‘enced by harmony of line and color,





or discord in rooms in which we work

and spend so large a portion of our

It really costs no more





an ugly, inharmonious one, and I am





’_ glad I found out that it is never too





_ late to make a beginning.





Kitchen Gets First Attention.

, The kitchen being the most depress-





; made our'first point of attack.





We began by moving out everything





possible and then painting the walls





a" light grey.

. rest of the woodwork,,were painted a





. The doors, and all the





a





By Mrs. ~Gene Martin





dark grey, which we find is very satis-

factory. The paint is easily washed

and the color .dOes not show smoke.



For the floor we'would have liked a

blue and grey linoleum in squares to

put down, but found that we could not

afford it. Instead, we gave the floor

three coats of paint and one of water-

proof varnish. If anyone objects to so

much paint, the floor could be left un-

painted, and rag rugs in grey and

blue used.



\Ve bought some kitchen chairs at

an auction, which we enameled grey.

An old Boston rocker which we first





 





Cretonne Bedspreads Are Especially

Effective In a Girl’s Room.





thought we could fix up for the living-

room, but decided that it was too com-

fortable to take from the kitchen, was

given a coat of paint and a new cush-

ion cover. This chair, placed by a

kitchen window, near the table, which

had also been paintedand enameled

grey, makes an inviting place to drop

down and rest a minute.



In looking through the attic, I came

across an old lawn dress with blue

flowers, which made good-looking cur-

tains for the windows.



Makes Attractive Buffet.



The next room to receive attention

was the dining-room. The paper was

tan, and I decided to clean it myself

with wall paper cleaner. The wood-

work was given two coats of white

paint, and one of cream white enamel.





As the‘ dining-room is on the north

side of the house, tan and cream white





seemed just the thing to give the room





a summer look.



The old white marquisette curtains

at the windows must be made to do

further service. Keeping-in mind the

blue rug which we hoped to buy in the

near future, I added a touch of blue

to the curtains for the sake of har-

mony. A flock of blue birds was sten»





oiled across each curtain.





Everything was removed from the

room except what was absolutely need-

ed in a dining-room; old chromos from

the walls, calendars, pictures of dead

fish and fowls, not a thing left on the

walls. I had no buffet, but there was

an old-fashioned black walnut dresser

upstairs which was not needed. First

we removed the mirror. The finish

was in poor condition, so it was re-

moved by using a solution of lye and

water—one can of lye crystals to two

quarts of water. The solution must

not remain on the wood longer than

necessary, or it will make a dark stain.

After the finish was removed it was

waShed several timesrin clear water,

and allowed to dry. A heavy coating

of linseed oil, thinned with benzine,

was then applied and left on for twen-

ty—four hours. Any remaining oil was

then wiped off, and a waxed finish ap-

plied. It required a great deal of rub

bing, but the satiny look which result-

ed amply repaid all of our effort.



The bureau now makes a buffet of

which we are proud. An old blue wil-‘

low ware sugar bowl and teapot which

originally belonged to my grandmoth-

e'r, grace this improvised buffet, and

add a lovely spot of color, together

with two glass candlesticks holding

blue candles, which stand like sentinels

at eitherend.





Living-room is Made Livable.

The living-room, which is on the sun-





ny side of the house, was saved for

our final effort of the year. Living-

rooml What a misnomer: It was the

deadest, dreariest, most uninviting





room in the whole house, and it never"





 





 





Taking Self Out of Selfishness





HESE days, the child of pro-school age is much the center. of attention: '

In the past this study has been very much neglected. We wonder how

only a few years ago, his domain did not seem to be a no-man’s land





of education.





But wise are the leaders of such an educational movement, for





there is no more logical time for the fountain of school training to bubble





forth than before he begins school.





Experience has taught us that we can





adjust ourselves with more ease and appreciativ‘eness to a change in our

life’s program if we are trained for such a change.



Every mother has it in her power to make the path of her children more

smooth if she but trains them in the. simple, but all-important duty of living

together, which, after all, is one of the greatest problems of life.



Of course, no one likes to see a child deprived of a plaything or a pleasure





that will add happiness to his little childish sphere.





,But the “Ain’t he cute?





He’s only six” attitude toward his carelessness with clothes, furniture, or

play things, does more than keep the house in a Bedlam. On it depends how ~

he will later expect his little school friends to look upon his selfish, careless





actions.





.An amusing incident happened the other day.

—< candy and kept urging his Aunt Jenny to take some.





Little Jimmy had a bag of

When his mother





inquired why he urged only Aunt; Jenny to take some candy, and not the oth-





ers in the room, he replied, “,Well when I pass it to Aunt Jenny, she nesser ”





takes any. She just thanks me and gives it back!” »

Such little happenings, and many, many more, handicap the youngster





by not teaching him that in fair play "thine’.’ is as sacred as “mine, ” and that »





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‘thine” and “minor” together make “ours,” in which we are all jointly.





concerned





It will be years before a child can appreciate his lessons of selfishness, but .V





when he does appreciate them, they will be to him a most valuable community; .-





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Enjoyed Cfiange of Scenery at Home Instead oft": Foray” State 5





had been really lived in. The. pictures

hung high on the wall, and tipped at

an angle of about thirty-five degrees.

The windows. were filled with plants,

obscuring the light.



(Continued on page 174).





TEMPTING RECIPES FOR CANNED

‘ BEEF. ’





 





0W is the time-of :yearto pack

meat for thesummer’srnse... Beef





.is one of the best;,co_ld-packed {it is'





fine, but so many :make the-remark

that the family gets so tired of it .pre—

pared that one way. These recipes are

for canned beef and vegetables, and

are special favorites with my family.





2 cups bread crumbs 1 qt. beef. gro'unw



15 lb. fresh or 1-3 lbs. Pepper and sage at! de-

salt pork, ground sired



2 6838





Mix well and place in greased pan,

bake or steam slowly for one hour.

Tomato and Beef Loaf.





1 qt. bee! 3 eggs

2 small onions 2 cups thick tomato pulp

2 cups cracked crumbs Poppet





Heat beef, pour off liquid, and grind

with onions and mix well. Place in

oiled pan, bake slowly until thoroughly

set and browned.



Corn Mould. _

1 qt. beef. chopped 1 cup bread crumbs

; 19);}; 35m corn. drained Pepper and salt



Mix into greased pan and steam one



hour.





This loaf is fine made with macar-

oni instead of the corn. Cook the

macaroni before mixing." " "'



‘ Combination Pie.'

1 qt. beef »1 cup-cooked macaroni

1 cup corn -1 can diced carrot

1 cup Lima. beans 1 onion ~



Mix in baking dish: seasoning with

salt and pepper.‘



Cover with crust made of:





1 cup cream 1 tan. Aisling Dowda

36 cup milk Flour-to

Salt ,

Beef Relish.

1 can bear (it “fish cup of pepper

2 sweet peppers (red and

green) lounge lemon gelatlns





Chop the meat, set in oven so liquid

will separate from meat- Heat this

to boiling, adding water to make two-

thirds of a pint. Dissolve gelatine in

this. ,When cool add meat and chop-

ped peppers, and then set in cold place

to harden.





One cup of diced cheese added to i





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The pattern contains six motifs five

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motifs two and one-half inches square,





eighths of an inch wide.



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BRUARY is the month of» the til-a;

ditional groundhog;

Valentine, of great birthdays, of



indifferent sunsets and dubious atmos-



phere. The broad fields stretch their

whiteness to the rim of the uncertain

skies, the snow-capped hills stand as

alabaster altars to God.



Someone has said that February is



“She’s ever change-



However that may be, it can





always bring the inevitable. “We have

become very suSplcious of this partic-

ular month. Many is the time it has

brought brilliant sunshine that almost

coaxed the maple sap to ebby forth,

called for volunteers among the wild.

geese, and invited the ice to loosen its

frozen pack. Then pell mell! in the

next consecutive breath, intermingledf

its cordiality with sleet, slush, and gen-

eral cold wave.



Somehow, you have to hang on with

your teeth, your fingernails, toenails,

and even your eyebrows at times. You

have to penetrate through the whole

month Without any possible assistance

from the weather—~march into the

arena of the outdoors with your cour-

age in your hands, your marching re—

galia on, and manage February by

sheer will-power.



All in all, it’s a. season that reminds

one of life itself, with its paths so

steep and rugged. But, like everything,

it has an answer. For a minute let us

focus our vision on the easy livers.

Verily, “lilies of the field””~—ablebod-

led men-and women who refuse to

climb if the way is 1ough; who spend

their time seeking the sunny spots, the

flowery beds of ease.



It does not requiie a _microscopic

search of their souls to note how sin-

gularly self-indulgent, selfish are they.

Like a veneer on the top surface—it





   





Vof- good St. L'





lies open to view.

our course and hunt out the workers





of the world. The field of labor is





filled with unthing work-abodies—g-





brave men who work like galley slaves '





down in the innards of the earth, and

send up coal to warm a country’s

shins; brave women who hear children

that others may be relieved'of the sac-

rifice; brave men and women who are

not afraid to roll 11]? their sleeves in

the process of filling the soil, “that a

nation might live.” Those, combined

with 'the million other bread-winning

tellers for the inconquerable army of





"‘brother’ s keepers. "





I never fecus my eyes on an easy

liver that I do not thank my virgin

stars I was not a family darling, but a

member at a large family, where all

contributed toward the daily bread. I

realize that life Was good when it

taught me the virtue of a few blisters.

As the passing years go on, I realize

more fully the inexhaustible fervor of

my dear father and mother who, forty

years ago, erected their humble dom-

icile mid the vast wilderness of north-

ern Michigan—back when the wild

bears dared to rear their young within

a few feet of the back door; when the

stalwart pines and towering maples

monopolized the light of day.



I am sorry from the bottom of my

heart that they suffered the «ardent

hardships, dire poverty, and inestim-

able sacrifices that consequently went

with the adventure, but I am‘glad they

planted the song of the, toil gladiator

in our hearts. .



And February,the trying month of

slipperiness and false pretenses, is

very much like that. It has good

points as well as 'bad.- It is a good

time to bring your soul into the open

and feed it on courage and forbean

ance.





F‘armwife Takes a Vacation





(Continued from page 172).





an accumulation of years, wedding

presents, Christmas presents, anniver-

sary presents, gifts from loving, but

not discriminating neighbors.

and shape, they ranged from pressed

golden oak to copies of Roman chairs

in black and walnut atrocities uphol-

stered in red plush.



Here, again, we removed eveiything

from the room. I made up my mind

that not one thing should be brought

back which was not either useful or

ornamental. Even the family portraits,

with their ugly frames, were banished

to the attic. Nothing should be kept

for sentimental reasons if it could not

qualify. The living-room wall had been





' covered with dull brown paper, large-





figured, which must come off. The

woodwork had been painted brown to

match. This had begun to scale off.



After removing the pape1 flom the

walls, book shelves were built on each

side of a window, which we think we

can affo1d to sacrifice and use the

space for a fireplace, to be built as

soon as we can afford to do so. The

book shelves and woodwork were

painted cream white, and the walls

covered with a. rather dark grey.



The rug in this room was a good

domestic-made rug, as good as new,

but with floral designs in brilliant reds

and greens. It would never do in" this

made-over room We had it dyed a

soft grey blue. The figures appeared

darker than the rest of, the rug, but it

has added to its beauty, and it looks

lovely with the grey'wails and cream

white woodwork.



To dress up the windows, plain net

was hung next to the glass, and some





 





lovely cretonne having a light backstfl

ground on Which was printed bird of}

paradise figures in blues with, splashes ‘,





of red made the overdrapes

Just two pictures





In color . paper.





walls—one picture is called “The

Birches,” and its greys and greens add

a harmonious note against the grey

The other picture is of a Vene-

tian scene in color; this gives a note

of warm yellows and red._ There is





left much wall space in a rather large.

. room, but we find it restful. ' '





The mirror, which was removed

from the walnut dresser, ,was rectangu-

lar in shape. This was hung flat

against the wall with two wires above

a small, old-fashioned walnut table,

and hung so.it functioned. I could

now get a full length view of myself

for the first time from any mirror in

the house, without standing on a chair.



For several years an old stand‘with

one drawer had stood on the back





porch to serve as a wash stand. One ‘

'l'ainy afternoon my husband added to .





it two pine board drop leaves just the

size of the top. This wasfpainted a





Chinese red, a few lines of black and.





gold were added, then a coat of var-





nish This now serves as a desk. One





of the old splint-bottlimed chairs talc--





en from the kitchen was painted to A.





match this table. and makes a com-

fortable desk chair. The'drawer. is

large enough to hold writing materials

and my house-keeping accounts.

red of the table serves to accent the

splashes of red in the window draper-

ies, besides adding a bit of color. .

The days were too short to do all

we planned, and much remains to be

done.

has been under thirty-four dollars. We

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Please tell me how to pack sausage

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Sausage may be packed in large

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or narrow muslin cases, or dried and

cold—smoked for summer sausage. Bulk

sausage probably takes the least

amount of time. Pack in large stone

jars, and \cover with a thin coating of

lard to keep it air—tight, and keep in

very cold place——even frozen. Another

popular method is to mold the sausage

into patties, fry them, pack in crooks,

and seal by pouring enough hot lard

over them to cover.





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.. hog or sheep casings are used for

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reasonable price is required. Narrow

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they are made eighteen to twenty





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I have a very pretty vinegar cruet,

but “mother” forms in the vinegar if

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If you will add one-half teaspoon of

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King Bear Never Even Woke Up.

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nose, and even his big toe, but Sir

Bear only wiggled a bit, grunted, turn-

ed over on his other side, and kept

right on snoring.



“Such a sleepy fellow,” said Billy.

“Don’t he even wake up to eat?”





“No,” said Bunny Long Ears. “He

eats so much in the fall, and gets so

fat that he don’t need to eat until

spring.”



“But he has such a short tail,” said

Tilly. .



“Yes,” said Bunny Long Ears.

happened this way:





“In the days when all the animal

folks frisked about in .the big woods

and were happy, bears did have tails.

But one day in the late fall, King Bear,

the biggest and strongest bear in the

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tree and went to sleep.





“In the winter when he was sound

asleep, 3. woodchopper. came along and

decided this fallen tree would make

good wood.



““Chop, chop, chop, chop,’ went his

axe into the fallen tree, but King Bear

never woke up.



“At length with one bound the tree

split in two, but the wood-chopper had

cut King Bear’s tail off. The wood-

chopper was very frightened at this,

and ran away, but King Bear was so

sound asleep that he never knew what

had happened.



“In the spring when he woke up and

found that his tail had been chopped

off, he was very angry. ‘I will not he

laughed . at,’ thought King Bear.



“Then King Bear ordered that all-

the bears in the Big WOods should

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wnv aces FALL IN PRICE.





LONG in January there seems to

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Eggs have been close to sixty cents in





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apparent warning, the wholesale buy-

ers begin paying thirty-five cents.

Why do the eggs drop from fifteen to

twenty-five} cents per dozen in value

almost over night? That is the ques-

tion which many are asking.





Some of the reasons are easy to un-

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begin to lay soon after January first.

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‘A Prize-winning Light Brahma which

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son for use next fall,.so the cold stor-

age buyers are not laying in "large

stocks, as is the case in April.



The egg requirements of the hatch—

erieS’and the farm incubators are not

large in January. Possibly some buy-

ers for home use are short of cash af-

ter the holidays and cut down their

egg purchases during the first month

of the new year. Consumers who have

not been eating sixty-cent eggs may be

slow to return to their diet, of break-

fast eggs when the prices begin to fall.

After the stores receive plenty of fresh

eggs and begin to use them as lead-

j,ers the consumption of fresh eggs rap-

lidly increases.





The use of artificial lights has ad-

vanced the season of production, and

there seems to be more fine quality

fresh winter eggs on the market than

ever before. If it was not for the pros

perity in many manufacturing cities, I

feel that the demand for fresh Winter

eggs would be much less than at pres-

ent. The hatcheries are turning out

fine quality Leghorns in larger num-

bers than ever, and many buyers have

learned to feed their Leghorn pullets

for heavy fall and Winter production.

When we have this supply of fresh

eggs on the market, and then add on

the eggs from the farm pullet flocks,

it is easy to see why eggs také a. big

drop in January.





Possibly the drop in price has a. good

influence on prospective poultrymen.

if eggs held up to sixty cents until the

spring hatching season, nearly every-

one on the farm would want to be a.

poultryman. In about a. year or two

it could hardly help but cause an over-

production of eggs and poultry meat,

and a lot of producers would have to

cease operations the first. year of 1111‘-

usually high grain prices. . '





 





 





The fact that eggs are_,lower,_ than





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usual in the late winter reduces the '





cost of filling the incubators aim set-

ting liens. At the same time it does

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one remedy for low egg prices at this

time may be the production (it good

early-hatched chicks which will be old

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RULES FOR RAISING CHICKS.





HATCH early. Marchl to April 15

for heavy breeds; March 15 to

May 1 for the light breeds, will give

best results.

Put young chicks in clean house on

fresh ground.





Have brooder house ready before the





chicks awrrive



Rest chicks in boxes for a. few hours

before putting into brooder. ‘



More chickens are killed by feeding

too soon than by starving.



Feed five times a day for first two

weeks.



Don’ t feed too much at atime.‘



Chicks must have greens, grit, grubs,

grain, gumption ground, and direct sun-

light. Q



Follow some good method of feed-

ing. Don’t change your method after

starting, at your neighbor’s whim



There are several good methods. Use

one.



Teach birds to roost early— —prevents

crowding.



Keep rats, skunks, etc., away from

chicks.



Treat for lice if necessary, with pow-

der on young chicks. Dipping is too

severe. '_



Segregate cockerels from pullets as

soon-as possible. Keep forcing pullets

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Get into layiné quarters a, couple of

weeks before they commence to lay.



Always use common senSe.—J. P.

Hockyana.





 





ISOLATE SICK TURKEYS.





 





About Thanksgiving, I purchased a

lovely young tom turkey to keep for

next spring’s breeding. After we had

him about a week, he contracted the

chole1a.1f he should get well, would

he be a fit bird to keep for breeding

purposes?~Mrs. B. H.





If the turkey tom had some simple

form of digestive disorder due to the

feed, or sudden change of ration, and

recovers rapidly, it may be all right

for a. breeder in the spring. All will

depend on the apparent vigor'of the

bird If the bowel trouble is the be-





ginning of blackhead, it might end in _





the loss of the bird within a short

time. Isolate the bird from the flock

where it can be keptunder observa-

tion. This may help in preventing

fulther infection of the dock if the

turkey dies of blackhead.





 





VENTILATING THE HENHCUSE IN

COLD WEATHER.





 





N cold, severe mid-winter weather



the Winter-egg man gives attention

to keeping his poultryhouse properly

ventilated, as he knows from past. ex-

perience, that cold temperature and

moist atmosphere, do not. go 'weil

with winter egg production. Too fre-

quently, as cold weather comes, the

poultryman begins to close the Win-





,dows at night and pullsldown the cur-





tains, which all goes to make matters

worse, and causes marked decrease in

egg flow.



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Farm has been that laying hens will

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an average production per hen of 37.9

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OUTLOOK FOR POULTRYMAN.





(Continued from page 164).

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letters which



were received from M.



girls. These letters touch upon

the vital subject of conduct of life.

Life, to a great extent, is what we

make it, and we make it mostly by

our attitude toward it. The two

letters discuss the same subject in

different ways. I would like your

comments on them ”and on the

poem. Parents’ comments will also

be appreciated.~Uncle Frank.





I have used cosmetics of every sort

and description—even beauty clay, and

I am only seventeen years old. Rolled

stockings, find no favor with me—-I

have not pretty knees. Smoking holds

no comfort or joy for me, yet it has

been a. common occurrence that I

smoke a. proffered cigarette. Petting

parties hold no thrill for me—“I am

past that state,” as we say.



At twelve years of age, I entered a.

high school away from home. I was





 





Hornbaker’s Conception of a Happy

Farmer. That’s a Michigan Farmer

in His Hand.



indeed glad to shake off the shackles

of family ties. It did not take me long

to become fashion’s devotee. There

soon was no girl as popular as I in

.town. I gloried in my popularity.

Quite soon the novelty wore off, and

I looked for new devices aside from

daring and make—up. Psychologically,'

I went about a different way to hold

my much-coveted position—flattery,

sympathy, praise, and much-studied

generosity were my new t001s.

Meanwhile, lines began to trace a

pattern around my eyes, (which were

my most expressive asset). So much

excitement, the irregular routine, and

the “gilding” of my own skin caused a

siege of physical disorders.



Naturally, one 'WOlild suspect that

my career as “most popular girl” end-

ed. It didn’t. I returned to my home

in the country and "began establishing

honest habits before the plastic mind

of childhood had formed unbreakable

neurone connections.



These are the basic rules I set up

for myself:



1. Thank God for making you real-

ize the purpose of life. ‘



2. Work with nature—mot against it.

3? Cultivate the higher emotions,

such as music, art, and literature ap—

preciation.



4. Moderate the lower emotions,

such as envy, hate, and anger; bring

out joy, love, sympathy, and the like.



5. Be individual~not “one of the

crowd.”



6. Keep clean mentally and physi-

cally. ‘



8. Find Chri t in every face.



I cannot” ve up to, my rules as I

ought," but “practice makes perfect.” ,I

do not hope for perfection, but why

not outdo my former self and come

near to it?





 





 





 





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M. C. Girl: Dircuu a Vital Sufi/rot in szerent W ayr.





w... E'RE are two went back to‘ the town of rmy high"

a.





school years. Jack and I were sitting

out a. dance at the Thanksgiving party.

We were talking of the striking sim-

ilarity of the passing dancers. “Do

you know, Peter,” he said, “You have

changed considerably in the five years

that I have known you. We used to

chase you because we wanted to step

with the classiest girl in town. Now

we want you for what you are. Makes

me think of ‘All is not gold that glit-

ters’.”



I said I have potted, smoked, posed,

and used cosmetics, (I still use “pure”

powder). There is no return—I have

learned by my experience. I can only

resolve to do better in the future.—

“Peter."





 





I read in the Michigan Farmer, quite

a. long time ago, a letter about “T—

S——.” A girl said she learned a lot

from them. It’s my opinion if a, girl

reads them she believes they are true,

but ‘if a girl really thinks her’s .will

come out like a story, she is usually

disappointed. I am inclosing a poem,

“The Outcast,” and I think there is a.

truer lesson in it for girls, than in

“T——- S.” Don’t you?



The girls—some of today—just say

to their mothers, “Oh, ma, you’re. so

old-fashioned!” They pay no heed to

their mothers’ words. They constantly

think all there is, is beauty and a good

time. There are many pretty girls

who have good “reps.” But a girl who

smokes, drinks, swears, and says any-

thing to a boy——her career, a very sad

one, is yet tor come—may God forgive

her.



I do not mean to boast, but I’m

proud to say I and my three sisters

have good “reps,” and we were left

motherless, the oldest eleven years old,

the next ten yearsold, me eight years

old, andvthe youngest six. p The young-

est is not yet fifteen. We'didn’t have

any step-mother, but just learned as

best we could by the help of our

aunts, etc.





Bea‘uty, money, liqubr, tobacco, and

disobedience are the curses of a young

girl’s life—unless she respects her

name. Beauty is often excused, as

some pretty girls are often just as

happy as anyone not so pretty.



Petting parties often lead girls to

disgrace, but they won’t lead me, for

I won’t!!! follow—Bonnie Blue Eyes.





 





THE OUTCAST. ‘

And this is New Year’s. Eve, mother?

0, mother, can it be?

Oh, what a sad, sad change, mother,

this has wrought in me.



Last year there was no lighter step,

there was no brighter eye,

There was no merrier heart than mine.

Now, mother, what am I?





A theme for every idle jest, sunk low-

er than the slave,





With blighted name and broken heart, ,





   





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and very near rays" ave; - ' ‘



For I feel my days are: up" bered, my

life is- waning rast,;‘ '- _ j .



And the thought is: strong within me,

that this night will be my last.





’T1s just two years ago today,»sincc

, _ Mary Ann was laid,



Amld the tears of young and old, with-

in the churchyard shade; ‘



How sad we thought fate was, for one‘

so young and gay, -. .



To die thus in the morn of life; up

her marriage-day. ~





But now I envy her the doom; what

joy for you and me

If I had died then, mother, when inno-

cent and free, . ' ‘

’Ere I became what I am now, the

saddest thing in life——- .

Fallen, deserted,, and betrayed—a.

‘ mother, not a. wife! .. .





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Of a group of lads and lassles, me-

thinks I caught a lance.



My old companions are t ey'all hieing

to the dance?



And they will pass the night away in



noisy mirth end glee,



While the shelter of a. prison house



alone remains for me. -





I remember last year’s sleigh ride,

, over the frozen snow,



And how we danced"till daylight, and

the skies were in a glow;



I was the lightest-hearted of all the

merry throng, , ;



And he was by my side that night,

whom I had loved so long. ‘





Yes, I was very fond of him, he seemed

so far above



The other youths, and all the girls

were envious of his love;



And I was young and guileless, and

how could I believe, '



That when he spoke of love to me, ,he

meant but to deceive?





I think I was bewitched, mother, by

the light of those dark'eyes,



By the murmured vows of tenderness,

and all those flattering lies; .



I had scorn enough for others who

sought to win my love, . .



And he seemed to my unpracticed eye,

as guileless as a- dove. -





And even now I cannot think so ill of

him as you,



I cannot think his heart was bad, as

many others do;



I know he done me cruel wrong,_and

bowed my head with shame, .



And yet the fault was not all his—l

might have been to blame.





I know how oft you warned me, moth-

er, you told me oft the truth,



That village girls were seldom wed by

high and wealthy youth;



But I thought of many tales I’d read,

and of the songs I’d sung,



How noble men loved noble maids if

beautiful and young. ,7





But judge him not too harshly, moth-

er, though I so sad beguiled,



Though now he strives to blight my



‘ name, and willunot own his child.



But time may come when he may feel

his need to be forgiven,



And you’ll forgive him for my sake,

when I am gone to heaven.





Some there may be who’ll not regret

that I am brought so low,



And I was proud and haughty then,

but I am humbled now.



I prized too much my beauty, which

so fully proved my bane,



As I scorned the honest and the true

that offered me their name.





And now they will not speak to me,

they think I am so vile,





Push, Not Pull





Secret of Success Sayr Senator. Hiram Jo/zryon





HERE is the inspiration which ‘

Hiram Johnson, senator from



. California, a nationally-known



student of politics, gives the boys

on the farms of America). He gives



a. real thought when he says that



it is push, not pulL.which brings



sucCess. Next week’s message will-

be from Albert E. Smith, governor



of New ‘York.——Uncle Frank .





It takes push to succeed. Push on-

ward always, withwa‘deflnite, tine, wor-I-~

thy goal in view.“ "Pull wm get ,you«'-ifo-I'

where.





 

 





 





 





Enter politics 'if “you have a“ , ’





worthy purpose, for America needs

men in politics, in~community, state,

and nation, with high ideals.

no matter how humble, is divine; sloth

is decay. Be true‘to yourself in all‘

things.

culture, like thé future of our national

life, depends upon who.





Work,





The/ future of American agri~





t the. boys of





 

 

 





 

   

 

 





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, 3.1-1 I‘m-ink! know; 1 ., ..



If they had borne what I had borne,

- I could. not treat them so.





 

 





 

 





But you have been so kind, mother,

' though I’ve disgraced

‘ name; ,

You soothed me in my sorrow, nor

-- . ’spoke a word of blame.

I should have; been a solace, mother,

I . in your declining years;

., ‘ I should have brought you comfort—‘

,' I have only brought you tears.





 





. I never can repay you, mother, for



'0 3 your patience and your love,



But your kindness and your tenderness



~ are registered above;



‘ And He will sure reward you, who

said to one of yore, .



“Neither do I condemn thee, daughter;

go and sin no more!”





s‘.”





, Ia...» V»-





Oh, how we mourned when father

died; but now ’tis well ’tis so;



He never could have borne with me,

as youihave done, I know.



He was so jUSt, so good himself, he

could not understand,



The temptations that beset the weak,

the snares on every hand.





. I





, But now he sees more clearly, in that

‘ blest home above,

And he will judge mildly and welcome

me with love,



. ‘ When I leave this weary world to find

a heavenly home



; Where sinful souls are purified, and



I sorrows cannot come.





But you will keep my babe, mother,

and rear her as your own;



May she repay you better. mother,

than ever I have done.



Poor babe, she has her father’s smile,

his bright and beaming eye;



Had she a right to bear his name, how

peaceful I could die.





If she is mild and gentle, and easily

controlled——

.; Unlike her hapless mother——O, let her

i. not be told;

‘ Oh, let her never hear her wretched

. mother’s name. .

v - To sadden her young spirit, and flush

her cheek with shame.





. But if she’s like her mother, as way-



a ward and as wild,



Though ’tis a painful legacy to leave a

guiltless child,



Then tell her all my story, though she

thinks of me with hate,



Better scorn her mother’s name, than

share her mother’s fate.





>' . And now, good night, dear mother; I

* hope that ’ere the sun

Sheds its first ray tomorrow morn, my

troubles will be done.

And do not weep for me, mother,

when I have left you here,

“'ithin a peaceful dwelling place, will

, dawn my next New Year.

These pitiful lines were written





some years ago by a poor, unfortunate

girl, about twenty years of age, who

had been picked up on the street in-

toxicated, and nearly frozen to death,

early in the evening on New Years’

eve. After being brought to her

senses, she-addressed these lines to

her mother, as she sat in the guard-

room of the police station.





READ-AND-WIN.

HIS is one of the first types of can-

test. It is probably original with

our department. It is still a popular

form of contest, and is a very helpful

one, I think.



You can find the answers to the ques-

tions below, in the reading columns of

this issue. When you find the answer

to a question, put it down in as short





 





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Chlcks that are hatched

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All the papers which have therten

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and “ten lucky ones pulled out. The

first two will win completely equipped

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pencils.



Please put your name in the upper

left-hand corner of your paper, and put

M. C. after your name, if you are a

Merry Circler. This contest closes on

February 11. Send your papers to

Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, De-

troit, Michigan. .



1. What were the

hung on the walls?



2. In What article do you find,

“You have to penetrate through the

whole month without possible assist—

ance from the weather?”



3.. What does live stock club work

do for boysand girls?



. How does the future

horse dealer or breeder look?



5. How many unprofitable cows

were sold out of Michigan dairy herds

in the past year?



6. What was the percentage of in-





two pictures





of the





 





crease in sweet clover acreage last

year among cow testing association

members?



7. How long did Sail handle fer-

ries?



8. What makes a good fly dope?



9. What does it cost to produce

eggs from the Leghorn hens at the

Egg Laying Contest?



10. What does the future of Amer—

ican agriculture rest upon?





TH E LAST CONTEST.





 





E had another contest which was

too hard. Not one got the cor—

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papers together and pulled out ten

papers, which were awarded the prizes

announced.

Some of our others have been so

easy that most everybody got them

right, so we thought we would make

them a little harder, and I guess we

did.

The correct answer to the contest is:

It’s the rain of the morning that gives

us the grass,

And lthe night and the darkness the

( ew.

Oh, there‘ isn’t a thing ever coming to

pass

But it brings us a blessing or two.

The names on the ten papers picked

are:

Pencil Boxes.

Elaine Black, R. .2, Fosteria, Mich.





Frances G. Moldover, R. 4, Hesperia,

Mich.





 





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LANSING. MICHIGAN





 





 





By A.C.





.ICHIGAN dairydom is making

strides for its self-betterment.

Cow Testing Association figures





. just released by the Dairy Department,





Michigan State College, show that 25,-

000 cows under test during 1925 made

an average production of 7,559.9 pounds

of milk, and 292.6 pounds of butter-fat.

The census figures for 1920 of the U.

S. Department, of Agriculture show

that‘ the average Michigan cow pro-

duces about 160 pounds of butter-fat,

and 3,700 pounds of milk per year.

Definite results are accomplished,

through continued teSting. A study of

the average milk and butter-fat pro-

duction in the' following table will

show that Michigan cows have prob-





Cows Are Gettlng Better”.





Htré 1; Same Fzrrt-Hand Evidence





 





Baltzer





es beyond the farm to his neighbor’s. -

farm, and even into neighboring com-

munities. New associations have been

"formed through this process of passing

on the good results found in cow test-

ing association work from neighbor to

neighbor.



Other benefits and improvements "

have been brought to Michigan dairy-

men through these organizations. ‘Sev—

enty-iive and four-tenths per cent of .

the cow testing association members

are growing alfalfa on their farms.

The average acreage seeded to alfalfa

~ameng these dair'ymen was 14.4 acres

each, or a. total of more than 22,000

'acres of alfalfa seeded on cow testing

assOciation members’ farms. There are





 





This Herd Has Averaged 375 Pounds





ably never before produced more effi-

ciently than they have during the year

just closed:





No. Average Av.



Year Cows. Milk. Fat.



' ' Lbs. Lbs. ' Lbs.

1921-22 3,128 7,147.4 274.8

1922-23 .. . .13,006 7,047.2 281.9

1923-24 ....22,514 7,201.2 277.3

1924-25 . . . .24,962 v- 7,559.9 292.6





' Michigan has approximately 3.5 per

cent of her cows under test in the 108

cow testing associations. This work

has grown like wildfire thrOughout

Michigan. Cow testing associations

bring definite facts to the dairyman.

Definite facts regarding the dairy bus-

iness are always good facts for a dairy-

man to have. The following “ table"

will give the reader some idea regard-

ing the rate of growth of cow testing

associations in Michigan during the

past five years:



19.21. 1923.01924. . 1925.

Number .. 11 105 108

Herds 242 1,483 2,641 2,716





Cows .. ..1, 967 16 162 30, 506 29, 223

A survey shows that more than 4, 600





different herds were tested in cow test-

ing associations during these, five

years. All cow testing «association

members agree that the influence of





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the cow testing work does not stop at'

,8. member’s farm. This influence reach-





 





of Butter-fat. Property of Dr. T. G.





Tiedebohl, of the Van Buren Associationa





.96 acres of alfalfa per cow among the

entire membership of“ Michigan Cow

Testing Association members. The

gain in alfalfa acreage among the as-

sociation members for 1925, compared

to 1924, was twenty-four per cent.

Sweet clover was also given a. large

share of attention by Michigan cow

testing members. The gain in acreage

in this crop was 82.8 per cent. -

Ninety-seven per cent of the. 2,716

cow testing association members use

pure-bred. sires. During 19253‘there

were 342 pure—bred sires purchased by

cow testing association members'Thir-

ty~three per cent of the cows under

test in [the 108 COW testing associa-

tions in Michigan were pure-bred dairy

cattle. This is, indeed, a demonstrarf ’

tion of faith incow testing ,-associa—

tions by the pure-bred cattleowners. ‘

Another item of great importance is

that 2,225 unprofitable cows were sold

out of Michigan dairy herds during the '

year just ended. These cows were

sold for beef and represent 105 car-

loads. Removal of such unprofitable

animals is, indeed, an outstanding sav-

ing to Michigan dairymen. Figures

from the U. S. Bureau of Dairying,

indicate that the feed cost for a cow

for one year is approximately $60. The
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dairy production of other dairymen’s

herds.



Further improvement is in store for

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to cow testing associations. Eight hun-

dred‘ and thirteen herds averaged

above 300 pounds of butter-fat produc-

tion during the year 1925. These men

were awarded diplomas by the Na-

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through these associations will contin-

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dairymen.





IS BUCKWH EAT HARMFUL?





Is buckWheat grain harmful! in any

way if fed right in proportions ‘to dairy

cows? Will you please give me a good

grain ration? I am feeding alfalfa hay

twice a. day, and corn stover once a

day—W. D



No, there is nothing in the idea that

buckwheat is harmful. In the proper

amount it canbe fed as safely as corn

.or oats. _ . '



With plenty of alfalfa, the following

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' Twelve pounds of alfalfa, furnishing

1.40 lbs. protein; 8 lbs. cornstalks, fur-

nishing .11 lbs. protein; 5 lbs. oat and

buckwheat mixture, furnishing .47 lbs.

protein; 2 lbs. oil meal, furnishing .63

lbs. protein, making a total of 2.61

lbs. protein, an amount suflicient for a

LOGO-pound cow.





HOW ARE VEAL CALVES RAISED

PROFITABLY?





How can one raise veal calves profit-

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Many farmers think that at the pres-

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pay to produce veal, therefore, many

calves are “deaconed.” On the aver-

age it Will take ten pounds of milk to

produce one pound of gain in a calf.

If milk is $2.00 per cwt., then every

pound of gain costs twenty cents. If

it were not for realizing on the original

Weight of the calf, every pound of veal

would be produced at a loss. Suppose

a calf weighs seventy-five pounds when

it is born, and by feeding it to market-

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pounds. You have increased its weight

seventy-five pounds, and it has taken





’ at least 750 pounds of milk, worth $15.





You sell the calf for fourteen cents per

pound, or $21. You have realized $6.00

for the original weight of the calf, less

the expense of feeding and the cost of

marketing, for had you “deaconed” the

calf you would have received nothing

for the carcass, except, possibly, fifty

cents for the hide.



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,Wpole milk. There is no substitute

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Lem Patnode, of Clinton 00.,

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1. Unicorn-fed coWs keep l

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Maintain milk-flow for

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SECOND—Increase the efficiency of operations

by reducing unnecessary steps.





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I land is used to produce forage chops,

‘ ten per cent for tobacco and textile





plants, such as cotton and flax, and





tion‘ of human fodd. And nosmall

percentage of ..the product's? room. the





producing textile and human-food mode





The by- products from" packing

mills, and cereal plants find





fowls. ‘

houses,





used in feeding live stock.





Why Not New Lines of Farming?

Our general agricultural system,





crops for animals, has proved to be

the best method in the- long run for

sustaining human' life. With such a

system there is no grave danger of our

farming conditions becoming worse so

long as a proper balance is maintained.

This can be maintained (best by the

government fostering an agricultural

policy of purchasing thousands of

acres of unprofitable farm. lands and

converting it into forests; putting some

of their experts at work helping to

develop new lines of production that

do.not compete with those we are on-

gaged in at the present time. These

are remedies that can be relied upon

to restore our agriculture to its former

position, and Work no hardship to the

farmer or the industrial population.





' We can not afford to overlookthe real-





 





 





thirty per cent of the land rusedsfor





ucts is used for feeding animals and,





their way back to the farm and are





which includes the growing of food”





 





 





Weigh the Feed, if You Would Know

Where You Are At.





ities of existence in working out plans

for the betterment of the farmer. Our

present system of feeding our people



isthe best ever devised by human in-

1gsenuity, and must not be destroyed by

economic fanatics who are undermin-

ing the very foundation upon which it

rests.





The United States Department of

Agriculture could be made of great

value in showing farmers how: to de-

velop these new ideas, and aiding them

in inducing manufacturers to locate

plants where they would be needed to

handle such production. A program of

this kind on the part of agricultural

leaders, farm organizations and the

farm press, would aid materially-in re-

storing the farmer to a more dignified

position among his fellowmen, and

prove better for all parties concerned

than any form of price—fixing on the

part of the government or farm or-

ganizations.





Where Danger Lurks.

During the last ten years there has





our farm leaders that is now casting

its shadow far and wide. Old and in-

fluential publishers and editors of the

farm press have succumbed to its sub-

tilties, and preached it until the-y have

lost much of their former influence

among the real thinking farmers of

the country. Now that the department

of agriculture and the state. agricul-

tural colleges have given it official rep

ognition, it is being fostered upon the

farmer as the accepted and orthodox

canon of rural economics.





the fact that the value at a large crop





 





developed an economic fallacy among





Briefly, the basis of this sophism is ,





is often less than that of a smaller;

one, and also that the farmer receives"

* less than one-half of the consumer’s

{dollan Building on these premises, its





champions challenge this. whole spirit

of agricultural education whose” p114

’ma‘ry Object is an in“ ' of

' only twenty per cent for the produc- -





 





methods, and holds it up to MM





a. deception and a. share, The pophlar

quotatidn *from SW‘lft, that he who

makes two blades of grass grow in

place cf one is a benefactor cf the

human race, is scoffed at as empty

rhetoric, fit only for patient dupes. .11:

is vehemently preached ’that the en-

couragement of fa1m production is a

false policy that merely stimulates the

farmer to greater exertions with the

only increase in profit going to trans-

portation companies and middlemen,

and that the farmer is worse off finan-

cially when he produces sixty bushels

of \ corn instead of forty. ' ' All these

seditious sentiments have a baneful

influence on the general attitude of





.the farmer toward production, aswell , ‘

That the '



United States Department of Agricul—

'fure has lent a receptive ear to such





as his business in general.





theories is not at all surprising when





we Consider the fact that it is dom1-..





hated by politics.

Could Preservers Help?





’As .a concrete example of how the





price of corn could be held up through

developing the production of new

products, let me suggest that prices

could be maintained, and the'surplus

handled effectively during years of

large crops by using the surplus in the

manufacture of sugar and other com

products. This is no new idea: it is

being done today, and should be en-

couraged. In a similar way some of

our other farm crops could profitably

be used in different forms. This coun-

try leads the world in the production

and'quality of its canned meats, fruits,

and vegetables, and these may be





transported safely to every civilized~





nation. Would it not pay for our age

ricultural and canning interests sto'go

after this export business. Such sales

methods would stabilize home markets

for fruits and vegetables, and enable

farmers to carry on their business at

full capacity. SOme efforts have been

made along these lines, but more bus-

iness could be developed.



Our big industrial concerns have

found it profitable to sell'to foreign

buyers in large quantities at lower pric-

es than they do at home. Is there





any logical reason why the farmer,





like the great manufacturing C0ncerns,





could not take care of his surplus- in





the same manner? Where would our

meat producers be today wereit not

for the big packing houses and, their

efficient methods of handling and dis—

tributing our meat products? And still

the farmers are prone to criticize the

policy of these concerns who are doing

for them the very things they should

"have been doing for themselves for the

last fifty years. There is no reason

for tearing down our present efllcient

systems of distribution unless we have

something better to take theirfplaces.

' Again, if the government really» de-

sires to do something for the- fruit

growers of the country, let us have

a. pure fruit juice law so that the farm-

ers may be able to sell their pure juice,

nourishing and rich in healthprodu‘cj

ing acids and vitamines, to curlpeople,

instead of filling them up With syn-

thetic drinks to undermine health and

digestion. Such a law, properly en-

forced, would not advance the price of

coal drinks, and it would make it pos-





sible for the fruit growers to dispose _





of their fruit at from fifty to! one hun-

dred per cent higher prices.





Efficient Production on Less Acreage.





It is, and always will be, thesound- ~ '





est of economic doctrines for the farm-





er to bend his energies towards in- ,





creased production. It may .-pay1him..





   

 

 





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vests bring rich blessings upon the

whole population, producer, consumer,

capitalist, and laborer, city born‘and





' country-bred. -'Every farm has a sur-





plus to 'sell forcash; transportation

lines employ a full quota of men;"t‘he

consumers can afford to buy more and

better 'food,_hence have better health

and better strength, and do more and

better. work.- When the farmer has

money to spend, the factories are busy

in getting out his orders, the worker

finds employment, and his wages go

cut and buy more and better food from

the fields, trees and feed-lots, and so

goes on the reciprocal round'of life.

When-we accept the theory that

there is no reward for greater produc—

tion, ‘we aim‘a stroke at the very vit-

als of American agriculture, paralyze

its energies and rob it of that ambi-

tion which has lifted men through all

ages' to his present estate. The phil-

oSopher, the sociologist, has no diflicul-

ty in tracing the decadence of farm

life in this country as concomitant

with the acceptance of this theory.

Once convince the farmer that there is

no reward in better farming, and re-

move all ihcentive to progress, and the





., face of this nation is effectually turned





back toward barbarism.





 





HERD SHOWS REMARKABLE PRO-

DUCTION.





 





DURING the calendar year just

closed the pure-bred Holstein herd

at the Traverse City State Hospital

made a remarkable showing in milk

production for a herd of its size. Nine-

ty-six cows and heifers of all ages pro-

duced a total of 1,271,167 pounds of





is certainly remarkable, and indicates





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not only a herd of high quality and

great capacity, but also the best of

care and feed, as well as excellent

judgment on the part. of .those imme-

diately in charge.



The average production of the cows

of Michigan, according to the last fed-

eral census, is 3,918 pounds of milk

per year, and on this basis the Trav-

erse City State Hospital would require

a herd of 324 cows of average produc-

ing ability to take the place of the

present herd of ninety-six, which is

supplying the institution with milk.





WHAT TO FEED WITH ENSILAGE

AND BEAN STRAW.





 





I am now feeding good ensilage and

bean straw to my cows. What would

you advise me to feed with the en-

silage and bean straw to make a bal-

anced ration?—D. W.



It is not difficult to compound a good

satisfactory ration if one has good

ensilage as a base. This cheap, suc-

culent food helps in getting results

from other foods. Bean straw, while

not as good as alfalfa or clover hay,

can be utilized to great advantage

where one has ensilage to feed with it.



The following ration is suggested:

Thirty pounds of silage, containing

.42 lbs. protein; 15 lbs. bean straw, cOn-

taining .54 lbs. protein; 2 lbs. oil meal,

containing .63 lbs. protein; 8 lbs. oats

and wheat bran, containing .912 lbs.

protein, or a total of 2.592 lbs. protein,

giving a liberal flow of milk. If the

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milk, an average of 13,2466 pounds

per cow. _The highest individual pro

duction during the period was 22,918

pounds, and‘the next was 21,153.\ Six

other cows made above 19,000 pounds,

and these eight made a total of 160,016

pounds, or an, average of 20,000 pounds

each. Sixteen cows ranged between

15,000 and 19,000 pounds each. The

combined production of the twenty-

four highest producers, each above 15,-

000 pounds, was 426,390 pounds, or an

average of 17,7662 pounds each. Forty-

eight others produced from 10,000 to

15,000 pounds each. Thus seventy-two

cows and heifers in this herd produc-

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the year. The total production of these





Seventy-two cows and heifers "was 1,-\





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an average of 14,425.9‘





33,000 pounds





more roughage than this, give it to

them, for this is the cheaper food and

the chance to make the greater profit.

111 the practical application of the bal-

anced ration, it is not necessary to

weigh the food for each cow, but feed

the foods in the proportion indicated.

Give each cow all the silage and bean

straw she will eat, but keep about the

proportion indicated. Then give each

cow two pounds of oil meal per day,

and enough of the ground oats and

wheat bran (mixed equal parts by

weight) to make one pound of grain

for every three pounds of milk pro»

duced, if the milk tests above four and

one—half per cent, or one pound for

every four pounds of milk produced if

it tests less.“ In this way you feed

each cow, what she will consume, and

you" feed the protein and carbohydrates





results from your ration.





in proper proportion to get economical





 





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Outage





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Orders received now-'for immedi-

ate or future delivery—assure lower

price: than later in season. We can

make an interesting a ency propo-

sition. Write for comp etc literature





THE THOMAS & ARMSTRONG C0.

Dept. D London, Ohio. Est. 190.





 





 





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FOREM08T_AMONG BETTER GRINDEBS

_ Crush and grind all the grains that grow; “no for

mass or coarser for cattle feeding, Corn in basis,

Head Kallro and all small grains.



Strength bur-billty and Sorvlco radiate from

everylme 0* these Masterful Grinders. Simple, yet





 





LIGHT RUNNING -' lONG lIFE "- EXTRA CAPACITY

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l effective in adjustment. Last a lifetime.





10 sizes—2 to 25 H._l’. or more. Also Sweep Mills.

It pays well to investigate. Catalog FREE.





l Lane 1). N. r. Bowsller Co., South Bend, 1nd.
[Horses eager





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You cannot





a course of





 





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the pail





 

 

 

 

 





fbr PLOW TIME:





ROUGHING through the winter means 3

soft, unready team for spring. When plow

time comes, you cannot afiord to harness

up a rough-in-the-hair, run-down, worm-





furrow end on trembly, panting horses.

Remember, the season doesn’t wait on you;

and it’s the early oats that’s oats, the early,

corn that’s corn.





Condition your workers right now with





Dr. Hess Stock Tonic





It will give their systems a spring house-clean-

ing—~loosens up the bowels, tones up the liver and

kidneys, enriches the blood, drives out the worms.

Will help them shed their winter’s coat.

you have a team that can go down one side of the

field and up the other without a stop.





Then you get your crops out on time—in the

ground, growing. That’s what counts at harvest.



Get your pail of Dr. Hess Stock Tonic to-day.

Also give it to the mare in foal.





25-“). pail, $2.25; 100- lb. drum, $8.00

(Except in the In Wat, Seed and Canada)





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REMEMBER—When you buy an

responsibility does not end ant





your investment is a profitable one. Otherwise, return the

empty container to your dealer and get your money back.





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





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





. sells horses.





HORSES PICKING UP.





 





LLEN RAMSEYER, whose farm

lies up in, the thumb section of

Michigan, is a great admirer of good

horses. .As a special feature of his

farming practice, he buys, feeds, and

During the Winter season

when there is time to be spared from

.the usual farm work, he may be found

scouring the country in search of good

farm horses that are capable of taking

on increased value with a. few weeks

or months of good care and liberal

feeding.

The early spring invariably brings a.





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good demand and, increased prices. The.

«reputation for fair dealing that Mr._





 





 





that he could locate. He sowed lots

of alfalfa, and the next season had

a whole field full of green alfalfa and '

big black hogs. The herd now is one

of the good ones in the state, and is

making plenty of money for its owner.

About the same time, the. little lady. ,

of the house bought a'settingpf eggs

of her favorite breed. of chickens. The

chicks, were given good care and, the

following spring, their eggs were sav-

ed for hatching. Now there is a beau-

tiful flock of around 200 fine, healthy

chickens, all alike, the pride of the

neighborhood, and from! all around

‘come orders for hatching eggs. .

This is but an actual illustration of

what a little money, a little time, and "'





 





   





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Dr. Hess product, our

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DnHess Dip and Disinfectant





 





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BREEDERS’ DIREC'NRY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Dave before date of publication





 





 





The Best is the





 





 

   

   





 





I-“li M°3t

“(I‘m ‘ c

Q 199%?! {J Econom1cal





   





It costs the same

per pound to ship

average beef ani-

mals to market as

it does prime beef

animals, yet the

latter dress 10%





\1’ more.





wuanooo FARMS





' ORION, MICHIGAN

I .E. SGIIPPS, Prop. SIDNEY SMITH. Sup.





 





 





Wallinwood Guernseys





‘ » A" EXCEPTIONAI. YEARUNB 3"“. FOR SALE

“ wh dun me two

' ”fix—glfimfié’égfl'fi 1115;" “he. who... on .151...





average 570 lbs. fat.

Dam :~—Bell of Richlands \Iissaukee B88512" ll lgtilérlbl.





513 lbs. fat. at two y.ears to

:33: sold in 1925 for $51. 000.





~ F. W. WALLIN.





FOR SALE- Reg. Guernsey Bull Cali





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





JENISON, MIOH.





hum anA. 11.

Biro byInn ePine Run or whose dam 8‘

record Milk 936. 0 lbs. Fat. No 0-

males $0! 11361:: ”Write l. M. Wll llllanl. North

Adams: Gilmore Brothers. Camden. Mlch.





 





8 en cows. three heifers. 3081!-

tcgved Angus. before the first 0‘

Montague. Mich.





km. 100. sired b!

d 19..480 .WTmflvk.





FOR SALE

March. FRANK RAGER.



1 sale. males.

Gawain. .. w...

009.06 and 1610 9.10hmilksh- 718.80 fat.





fat.

. HICKS. R. l. Battle Cm





Gael-use





 

 





Some recgl mum in res-





hmodco and half.“ on

young bull. W. ‘slurdlck. Wllllcumcn. Ilch.





‘ may Hum all”

Practically “Wumm °’

mull». Edam Dairy Feral. Whitewater. 1111..





' A‘Ctun. Bull! and

:2". she-11:5“: 011“an n. 2. nllollcncd. silt!





 

 

 





   





 





LAKEFIELD FARMS





Home of





count Veeman Segis Piebe





A champion son of the great “PIEBE”.

His dam produced 1273 lbs. butter in a



ear. His sister is America’s champion

butter producer. We offer his sons at

bar ain prices. All of them are out of

big record dams. Also will sell a few

cows with records up to 29 lbs. that are

safe in calf to this great bull.





Herd is Fully Accredited.





Lakefield Farms

Glarkston, Michigan





 





 





SHE LEADS THE LEADERS





The new list of Holstein-Friesim leaders in

the 305-dsy division includes the name of

Travme Colantha Walker 5 times. No other

cow appears more than twice among the first

10 in the different classes.

Traverse Colantha. Walker stand}-



First in the senior 2—yr.—old class



Fifth in the senior 3—yr.-ol.d class



Eighth in the senior 4-yr. -old class



Second and sixth in the mature cow class.

Production and breeding of this sort has

made the Traverse herd famous the worl over.

Improve your herd by using a herd sire from

Traverse City State Hospital. ~





Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C





Lansing, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





“llaclarmco” Holstein:





LE TYOUR NEXT HERD SIRE be a

"MACFARMCO" Colantha bred Bull

from high producing A. Rt 0. & C. T.

A Dams.



Visitors alwa s welcome to our 20th





century new urn.

Hm fill M. __llowcll. NW





tions, covering three or four years,

brings numerous horse buyers to his

farm in the rush season. The out-

standing feature of this year’s cam-

paign is that the horse market is de-

veloping strength much earlier than

usual. At the very beginning of the





 





new year, the greatly increased prices/

at which good horses are held, as com-

pared with the prices asked in the late

fall, are very noticeable. It is plainly

evident that the low period in the

horse market has safely passed its

greatestdepression, and that the up-

ward trend in prices is well on its

way.



Economic history shows that the

price range of horses is slow to change,

due to the years required to eliminate

a. surplus, or to raise them to market-

able age to supply a deficiency. The

great majority of horses in the country

today are showing their years, and will

soon be passing out. There are few

young ones coming on to take their

places. The market has been slow in

reflecting this condition, and naturally,

it will also be slow in overcoming it.

The future, for ten years or more,

therefore, looks bright for the horse

dealer, or the raiser of good horses,

as a period of rising prices of any

commodity is always accompanied'by

a cmresponding period of prosperity.

———Pope.





GETTING RESULTS QUICKLY.





 





UST a few years ago a. young man

came up into Michigan from Indi-

ana and bought one of those rich, level

farms for which the central section

of the state is so famous.



His young son joined the pig club

and got a pure-bred gilt to raise. She

grew out to win a prize. That fall the

father was a quiet, unassuming bidder





at a few of the pure-bred hog sales;-

and took home a few good gilts at cont

servative prices. His next move was





 





to purchase the very best herd sire





Mr. Sheffer, of Delta County, is Preparing for 'the Day when Good Horses

Will Bring Good Money.





Ramseyer has won through his opera-





 





 

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

 

 





loyalty to an ideal will accomplish.

Who knows but that the ideal origi-

nated with the boy and his pet pig?—

Pope.





 





GESTATION, PERIOD FOR swme.





v





How long after breeding a sow

g‘hould we expect her to farrow?——





The period during which the brood

sow is carrying her litter, or, the pea

riod of gestation, is 116 days. Sows

will not, as a usual thing, vary much

from this time. Pigs come occasionally

in 112 days from breeding time, and

have been known to go 118 days. We

always aim to be prepared for them to

arrive in 112 days.





 





FEEDINGUNTHRESHED BUCK-

WHEAT.





 





We have quite a quantity of buck-

wheat that we were unable to get

threshed. We have been feeding it to

horses, cows, and sheep. Some tell us

it is not good to feed. we feed it once

a day, and so 1111, can see no bad re-

sults. Please advise. —-M. B





The danger in feeding any unthresh-

ed grain is due to the fact that it is

difficult to tell how much grain is be-

ing fed, and sometimes animals are

over-fed. There is no more danger in.

feeding unthreshed buckwheat than in

feeding any other unthreshed grain.

Buckwheat is a good food, and gives

nothing but good results if properly

fed. ._



It would be a good plan to thresh or

shell the amount now being fed to an.

animal so you may know the actual

amount of grain you are feeding Them

you will have a better idea. as to the

amount of the unthreshed product to

feed with safety. ’ ~



We gather from the inquiry that you

are a careful feeder and will have p0 '

bad reenlt’s. ’= ‘





The Northern Mic

Alfalfa. seed 12W.
. . g ; Pisamht"





 





 





 





Tfledfiml February 9th





 





Sale of Cattle, at 1 o’clock. 29

Head; Purebred Holstein Cows.

Full Line of Farm tools, Farm

situated 1-2 .mile North of Elm

Station on Middle Belt Road.





Six miles East of Plymouth





ELF RAM BROS., Props.





Jersey. Bulls





We have. on hand several exception.

ally well bred young bulls, old enough

for service, which we purchased in dam.

These being not of our own breed-

ing, We are offering them at from $50.

to $75. Use one of them on your grade

coWs andincrease the value of your herd.





THE OAKLANDS

Box 396 Ann Arbor, Mich.





FlNANCiAL KING JERSEYS





for sale. excellent bull calves from R. of M. dams.

OOLDWATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mloh.





 





Bulls ready for. service.

Jerseys For Sale so a few females. All

rom- R. of M. dams. Accredited herd. Smith G.

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





 





BUTTER BRED JEi‘Sfi’hifi’EL”





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County, Michigan





1 Cows. 4 Bulls from B. of M. Cows. Chance to

select from herd of 70. Borne fresh. others bred

for fall freshening. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.

JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE. Send for our latest



circular. Ravine Farm. breeders of Pure-bred

Jersey Cattle. Prairie View. III.





F O R S A L E

Two Shorthorn Bulls. son and grandson of Imp. New-





ton Champion. aged 5 yrs. and 10 months. . Red

roans. Write Chas. Bowditch 81. Son. 0mm. Mich.





M ILKING SHORTHORNS-For immediate sale. cow.

her heifer calf and yearling heifer. Outstanding

individuals. The rest of the herd is of beef breeding.

F. E. SHEPARD &. SON. Charlotte. Mich.



born in August. Pure





I I

Milking Shorllmrn Bull W... 0... 0. a mm...

of General Clay and a son of Glensidc Roan Clay.

Also some roan heifers. iRVIN DOAN 8i. SONS,

Crcsweli. Mich.





Shel-thorns





STOCK FAR“.

Registered Milking Short-





FOR S ALE horn bulls. old enough



for service. WASTA HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.



13 Reg. Shorthorn cows. due in the spring, 1 bull

by Imp. Rodney. I'rice (lo lb. SONLEY



8808.. St. Loull. Mich.





FOR SALE One Whiifl Registered





l’olled Shorthorn Bull Calf.

Quack. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.





Polled Shorlhorns 63°?





Come or write.





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.

cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.

Box D. Tooumseh.“Mish.





 





Millistrain

Paul





 





heifers and bull calves.

C.'s and C. W. sows. bred.

Frank Bartlett. Dryden. ‘Mich.





HOGS





iiiEHEin FARMS nunuos





‘ Bred sows and gills. Fall bears and gilts.

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





Pill Creek' St .k F l

Duroc Jerseys 05.2... some m...” ‘Z'i'ioic:





spring boars for fall service. at reasonable prices.

Write for particulars. or come and see. F. l.





DRODT. Prom. Monroe, Mich.

C iii-:srisii WHITEs—Must sell entire herd of

foundation stOck. Some fine show prospects for





next year. Bears. bred sows and elite. JOHN C.

WILK. St. Louis. Mich.





The Beat in Big Type Chester Whites.

for March





LUGIAN HILL.

' - bred gilts and fall pigs of

CheSter Whltes size, type and quality. F.





W. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich.

Write for





0.|.'C. HOGS on time HogBook





Originatorsand most extensive breeders. .





THE l. B. SILVER 00., Box 196, Salem, Ohio





' a 10 Choice fall bears. and

0- I . C .5- But: Roe Cockerels.





CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.





0.. I. 0. H065 FOR SALE





Tried sows and gilts. .lainos Leaveno, Linwood. Mich.





FOR SALE 2-,,1,





H. W. MANN. Dansvllle. Mich.





L. T. Poland Chinas





TAYLOR. Balding. Michigan.

Granddaughters“ or the





Elg Typo Poland Dirius ' world's Grand Champion.

6:31 for April (arrow. Cholera immune. Fall pm

ei- sex. bonus HOVER. Akron. Mich. - '





DgQGHINA eius

Metam- are. it...





 





 





 





 





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Gilts bred

and April. Also fall boar pigs.

Taken-ha. Mich.





 





 





 





c. GILTS. bred for

and May farmw.





bred sows,

strains.





Popular

JAM E8 0.-





 





 





 





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o silver-tongued





 





harassing 6AM-

PAIGN. . ‘1 4 _





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HE principal speakers at the



Development Bureau meeting held

at the Seo,‘ on January 14, were

Professor 0. E. Reed, of the Michigan

State College, and C. F. Colllsson, of

Minneapolis. The occasion of this meet-

ing was the wind-up of two years"

work on a pure-bred sire campaign

staged in the Upper Peninsula by the

Development Bureau and the Michigan

State College extension forces. Seven

hundred and fifty dollars were distrib—

uted to the winning counties for the.

second year.



Professor Reed showed the value of

the 363 pure-bred sires placed in the

two-years’ campaign by producing fig-

ures that proved that in three years’

time these animals Would add close to

a. quarter million dollars in added in-

come to farms in the Upper Peninsula.

This was arrived at by assuming that

each bull sired ten heifer calves a year

for three years, and each heifer pro-

duced fifty pounds of butter-fat more

than their dams, and also assuming

that this sold for forty cents per

pound. Not a hard goal to reach, by

any means. He also showed that; this

was only just the beginning. '



Professor Reed also pointed out the

value—of cow testing associations. He

congratulated the Upper Peninsula on

its eleven c‘ow testing associations, and

told the audience that the Upper Po

ninsula had over five per cent of its

cows of milking age on test, which is

a higher per cent than any like area

in the United States.



Mr. Collisson took as his subject,

“The Cow Path." This was one of the

best dairy talks ever given in the Up—

per Peninsula.



He proved conclusively that wher-

ever the cow paths are found, there

also was found prosperity. .He con-

trasted the dairy districts of the Up-

per Peninsula to the one-crop grain

districts, and presented statistics to

uphold his arguments.



His facts and figures coupled with

oratory and bubbling

wit, held the crowd of 200'peop1e for

nearly two hours in rapt attention. He

dressed the dairy cow up in entirely

new clothes, and told it in an unfor-

getable way. So‘imprcssive was his

talk that directly after the meeting a.

banker was heard to ask his county





his bank to finance buying more dairy

cows for the farmers of the district in

which the bank was located.



President Hamar, of the Develop-

ment Bureau, presented the $750 in

prizes to the winning counties. These

prizes were offered to the counties re-

placing the most scrub sires with pure—

breds in the respective counties.



Chippewa county won first place, and

$300 by replacing thirty-three scrubs.‘

Dickinson county won second, $200,

with twenty—four replacements; On-

tonagon county, third, $100, With nine—

teen replacements; Gogebic, fourth,

$75, with fourteen replacements, and

Iron fifth, $75, with thirteen replace—

ments. Delta, Marquette, Luce, Hough-

ton, Alger, and Menominee followed

in the order named—Amos.





e





The Thompson Institute for Plant

Research has found that putting seed

potatoes in a chemical compound

hastens their sprouting. ‘





Francisco Farm Stock Sale





FEBRUARY 17, 1926 .

Shorthorn Cattle, Belgian Horses. Poland China Hogs.

Watch this space for display announcement. P. P.

POPE. Mt.‘ Pleasant. Mich. ,





FOR SALE A ‘8‘”





Gilts.

May; good ones. Price reasonable.





MEADOWBROOK FARM-





B. T. P. 0. FOR SALE





NEEDHAM. Saline, Mich.





PURE BRED





and registered.





 





 





 





large type Poland

bred .for April and

Come or write.

Stockbridoe, Mich. ‘-





One herd boar. fall beer

and sow pigs. GEO. W.





 





B. '1‘. P. C. Gilts. bred for March

and April (snow. They are nice

W. EQHENRODER. ids. Mich.





 





 





agent if he could work out a plan for ,





 

     

 

 





Don’ t ‘Forgetl'Be-He’r Farm Equipment Week, ‘

March 15 to 20. See the John Deere Quality

Line on Display at Your Dealer’s





 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





The Syracuse process of

chilling makes the hardest

plow metal known and leaves

moldboard wearing surface

smooth and regular.





 

 

   





JOHN DEERE-SYRACUSE

1841-1441 SERIES

Penetrate, run steady, are durable.

Take either chilled or steel parts—do

better work in any soil anywhere.

Left-hand and right-hand.





The Syracuse share is chill-

ed throughout its cutting

edge and point, on the under

side as well as top. One Syr-

acuse chilled share will

outlast two similar shares

of other makes.





\





 

 

 

 





Landside is chilled on face

and runner, with extra deep

chill at heel—the plow runs

steady and even for a longer

time.





Moldboards intended for.

severe conditions have de-

tachable shin piece which

provides new cutting edge

quickly and at small expense.





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





 

 





JOHN DEERE-SYRACUSE

NO. 821 SERIES HILLSIDE

The last word in hillside plow desi .

White iron or tempered steel ‘xno d-

board adapts them for any soil. Close-

fltting joints—no clogging. Beam will

not bend or break.





   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

   

   

   

   





Die-dropped malleable

standard insures a smooth,

uniform base for the perfect

fitting of all parts.





Syracuse double - beaded,

high-carbon steel beams are

guaranteed not to bend or

break.





 





JOHN DEERE-SYRACUSE

N0. 210 SULKY

Lightest draitApllow of its type. Roll-





   

   

   

   

   

 





ing landside. weight carried on





wheels.





John Deere-Syracuse Chilled Plows wear longer in hard, stony

ground—in any soil where sand and grit. are present. There’s a. Syr-

acuse for every nplowing need. Write for literature. Address John

Deere, Molina, ., and ask for Folder bio-522. ‘





J Sim K3771





.; THE TRADE MARK OF QUALITY MADE FMAOUS BY GOOD IMPLEMENTS ’





FRANGISGO FARM PUBLIG SALE

Wednesday, February 17, 1926.





16 Head Dual Purpose Shorthorn Cattle

12 Head Big Type Poland China Hogs



3 Head Belgian Horses, one great young

Stallion coming three years old, weight

'nearly a ton.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





Sale in the big barn, rain or shine

.4 MILES SOUTHWEST 0F MT. PLEASANT





P. P. PoPE, MT. PLEASANT, Mioii.

DISPERSION SALE





REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE

At the farm, 5 mim. W. of Howell, Michigan.





Wednesday, February 17, 1926 at l :00 o’clock P.M.





HERD ESTABLISHED lN 1895





35 head, all females, but two, includes a 28-1b. 4-yr.-old cow and three

of her daughters, also a son; 2 daughters of a 36-1b. cow by high record

sires. Other cows with good records, and their daughters. Our 2-yr.-old Herd

Sire, who is from a 30-1b. daughter of 30-lb. cow, is included in the sale.

One of the oldest and best herds in Livingston County. Entire County





on Accredited List. ‘ .‘

For Catalogs address





MUNSELL & SATTERLA, Howell, Michigan





 





 





 





 

 





 





SPIKE};P ‘ ' Am offering 8 bred ewes and

ShrOPShlres 6 choice ewe lambs at reas~

250 good sized. good shearing, enable prices. C. J. THOMPSON, Rockford. Mich.





   





For Sale





 





close wooled breeding ewes. Bred





to lamb in May. 1 to 4 years old. Priced reasonable.





 





 





Pure-bred





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





'r. P. c. l'Ol' able. spring piss. either sex. Cholera r i m we. 1 h ite. CAL s NEH. ‘ Eight-Pen Choice

3- immune. Also Brown Swiss bulls. Write or see ClintlinfecMich. teegrap or wr l0 FOR SALE ShmD-‘hh'e yearling ewe lambs.

them. A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester. Mich. at reasonable price. F. F. Goblin. Holloway. ‘Mioh.



A FEW registered Hampshire ewes for '

Poland ca... ants WWW” is! em . . 1..., mam cornea

. 0 to mono. rams. us 0 am fer a . . . , ~



Rammed free. WESLEY HILE. Ionla. Mich. a. Son. R. No. I. lonis. Mich. HORSES

H m - Bears all sold} Bred Registered Shropshire bred A OR SALE—Black Perch ron Stalll



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Yéfl- ’0 m. ,0. Line» a sous. Dexter. mu... . rm”





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_ GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, February 2.

Wh t





ea .

Detroit-«No. 1 red $1.95; No. 2 red

gidg: No. 2 White_$1.95; No. 2 mixed





Chicago—May $1.76@1.76%; July

$1.54@1.541,§. '

Toledo—Wheat $1.94@1.95.



Corn.





Detroit.~——New, No. 3 yellow at 840;

No. 4 yellow 78c; No. 5 yellow. 74c.

Chicago-May at 837/8c; July 861,60.

Oats. ,

Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at

47c; No. 3, 460. '

Chicago—May at 437/8@44c; July at

44%c.

Rye





Detroit—No. 2, $1.06.

Chicago—May $1.08%@1.08%c; July

$1.08%@1.087/8c.

Toledo—$1.04.

Beans

Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.40@4.55.

Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand-picked $5.35@5.50 per cwt; red

kidneys $9.75@10.

New York.—-Pea, domestic $5.25@

$5.65; red kidneys $9@9.60.

Barley

Malting 75c; feeding 70c.

Seeds

Detroit—Prime red clover at $20;

alsike $16.50; timothy $3.70.





Buckwheat.

Detroit.—$1.75@1.80.

Hay





Detroit—No. 1 timothy $24@24.50;

standard $23@23.50; No. 1 clover, mix-

ed $23@23.50; No. 2 timothy $210322.



No. ] clover mixed $20@21; No. 1

clover $20@21; wheat and oat straw

$12.50@13; rye straw $13.50@14.



Feeds



Detroit—Bran at $36@38; standard

middlings at $34; fine middlings $38;

cracked corn $39; coarse cornmeal at

$37; chop $32 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





During the past week, the wheat

market recovered a third of its recent

losses, although the upturn was not

fully maintained. A good-sized reduc-

tion in the visible supply, lower estl-

mates on Canadian and Argentine sup-

plies, a better tone in the Liverpool

market were the chief developments.

The domestic visible supply decreased

over 3,000,000 bushels last week, and

is only 46,000,000 bushels, as against

81,000,000 bushels a year ago.





CORN





Corn prices rallied with wheat dur-

ing the last week. Receipts remain

moderate for this season of the year.

While offerings increase on advances,

producers are holding for better prices

or for an opportunity to convert the

surplus into live stock, or live stock

products. Industries are taking more

corn than usual, and the “southwest

and the Pacific Coast are buying at

Missouri river markets.





OATS





The oats market remains sluggish,

'with moderate receipts encounterlng

only a fair demand. The visible sup-





and prompt





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ply is too large to permit any big ad-





vance.

SEEDS





The spring seed trade is beginning





to open up in some sections. Demand

for domestic red clover seed is good,

in spite of the high prices. Foreign

seed is attracting more interest,’ as

imports are declining and are likely

to be of poorer quality from now on.

Both timothy and alsike seed were

steady last week.





FEEDS





The feed market is quiet, with ten-

dencies toward lower prices. Actual

consumptive demand is very slow, al-

though recent colder weather should

stimulate sales. Supplies are liberal.

Increased flour sales are giving mills

more wheat feeds to dispose of.





HAY





The hay market has been well sup-

plied during the past week, and buy-

ers are buying only for their immedi-

ate needs. Prices averaged easier.

Good hay was in best demand, of

course, and the discounts on poor hay

are steadily widening.





EGGS





The fresh egg market was firm at

practically unchanged prices last week.

Production has steadied as a result of

colder weather, consumption has been

stimulated by the lower retail prices,

and demand from dealers is active.

Fresh eggs are plentiful, however, and

if February proves to be a month of

favorable weather, egg production will

be ata high rate. Poultry values fin-





ually reached a point where consumers

refused to buy, and prices‘have ,de-





clined recently. Receipts .are not

Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts «33%@





33c; dirties 229230; checks 21c. Live

poultry, hens 5@28c; springers 29c;





roosters 20c; ducks 30@32c; geese at





20@23c; turkeys 30@35c.

Detroit.~—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 34@35%c. .Live poultry, heavy

springers 30@31c; . light springers 25c;

heavy hens 30@31c; light hens 25c;

geese 22@230; ducks 35@36c; turkeys





42c nd. «

a Do“ BUI IER





The butter market steadied last

week after a period of dull trading. and

irregular prices, and an advance of

three cents a pound was made in the

Chicago wholesale market, chiefly as a

result of better consumptive demand.

Trade is being changed from storage





to fresh butter, thus increasing the}.





outlet for the current production, but

slowing down still more the reduction

of storage stock. Feeds are relatively

cheap, and dairymen are being urged

to market their low-priced corn

through their dairy cows. This means

that production during the next few

months may show even more than the

usual seasonal increase. Prices on 92-

score creamery:

Chicago 44%0; New 461/2c.





BEANS





The bean market continued slow in

all varieties, and the general tone was

easy, with prices tending a little low-

er. Pea beans maintained their prices

with difliculty, while red kidneys had

to be shaded a little to bring sales.





 





 





Live Stock Market Service I





 





Tuesday, February 2.





DETROIT





Cattle. .

Receipts 563. Market steady on can





ners and packers; all others 250 lower.

Good to choice yearlings,



dry-fed ................ $ 9.50@10.25

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.00617 9.50

Handy weight butchers . .. 7.25@ 8.25

Mixed steers and heifers 700@ 7.75

Handy light butchers . . . 6.00@ 6.75

Light butchers .......... 4.75@ 5.75

Best cows ............... 5.50@ 6.25

Butcher cows ........... 4.25@ 5.00

Common cows .......... 3.75@ 4.00

Canners ............. 3.0060 3.75

Stock bulls .............. 5.25@ 6.25

Choice bulls .............. 5.00@ 6.25

Heavy bologna bulls 450@ 5.00

Feeders ................. .00@ 7.00

Stockers 50@ 5





................ 5. _ 6.

Milkers and springers. . . .$45.00@80.00

Veal Calves.





Receipts 522. Market steady.

Best ..................... $16.00@16.50

Others .................. 7.50@15.50





Sheep and Lamps





Receipts 1,713: Market steady.

Best .................... $14.75@15.00

Fair lambs .............. 11.50@13.00





Heavies .................. 13.50@14.25

Bucks and common ..... 8.00@-10.75





 





 





FIRE INS





the Pioneer Reserve Mutual, Detroit. Fourth

ago. Barrows no money, pays no interest.





ments. All pay in advance.





years, never a special in the Rodded Class.

paid February lst, 1926.





vance at rate of$3.26 per thousand per year.

If you want time we will extend credit to





know about fire insurance.





send to us if you want to insure with us.

alone paid.





 





$2.94 PER $1,000





INSURE your Farm Buildings and Personal Property in Michigan's leading company.





ments in advance, 3, 6 or 12 months as insured prefers.

which brings members 25% more in case of loss.





Highest assessment ever collected $3.30 per $1,000. Only eight assessments in nine





$3.26 Rodded, and in our fire extinguisher class only $2.94 per $1,000. Rate in 1925 was

$3.26- Always lots of money to pay losses promptly. $35,000 in the bank and one loss un-





Conservative. splendid management. growing. and as solid as the Rock of Ages. We

invite every good, responsible, careful and conservative farmer to join our company. Costs

to join: Policy fee $1.50, 10¢ per $100 membership and assessment 3, 6 or 12 months in ad- .





ing expense and assessment for one year for six months, six percent. No signer necessary.





We have Just issued a 32-psge magazine on “Farm Fire Insurance”, containing infor-

mation every farmer should know. Send for a copy. it’s free. Tells you what you should





Will be glad to send you application blanks for insurance which you can fill out and

Agents wanted everywhere. Liberal commis-





Pioneer Reserve Mutual Fire‘Ins. Co.

2972 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit. ' 5





URANCE





largest in the state. Established nine years

Maintains Reserve Fund. Collects assess—

Issues members Blanket Policy,

No bad debts of uncollectable assess-





Average yearly cost $2.30. Now assessing





any farm owner by taking his note for join—





1!





JAMES SLOCUMIan-tarysnd Manager. a ..





 





 





 





steers 1,100 lbs. down $6@10; heifers

$5.50@8.50; culls $2.50@7; bulls $4@7.





Fair and good sheep ..... 47.50@ 8.50

Culls and common ...... 3.00@ 4.50





Hogs.





Receipts 1,695. Market steady to 10¢ '





lower.

Mixed ODOOIOCCIICOOIIDI I

Roughs . ....... . . . . . ..... 10.50@10.75

Heavies ........... . ..... 12.00@12.75

Pigs, yorkers and lights. . 13.75@ 14.00

Stags . . . . . ........ ‘ ...... 7.50@ 8.00

CHICAGO

H ogs

Receipts 35,000. Market is irregular;





medium- and heavy weight ’butchers

steady to strong; stats 10c higher;

lighter weight slow; mostly 10@15c

lower than Monday’s best prices; ship-

ping demand moderate: bulk 250-300-

lb. butchers $12.50@12.8_5; majority of





0 desirable 200-225-111. weight at $12.90@





13.30; bulk of better 130 lbs. down at



$13.35@13.55; top, all weights $13.60;



packing sows mostly at $11.25@11.45;



few choice killing pilgs up to $13.75.

att e.





. Market on fat steer trade is down;





about steady with Monday’s average

market; quality is very plain; most

steers $8.50@10; best yearlings‘$11.25;

heavies $10.80; medium weight at $11;

fat steers weak, showing decline;

largely steady on others; vealers are

steady to strong; top higher on choice

shipping kind; bulk vealers to packers

$11@12; outsiders $13@14.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 14,000. Market fat lambs

opening slow; few early sales to city

butchers and shippers around 25c low-

er; choice handy weight $14.75, a few

early sales desirable yearlings steady

at $12.75@13.25; few loads fed lambs,

early, weak to 250 lower at $14.50@

14.75; odd lot of fat aged sheep steady ;

fat ewes $8.25@9; aged wethers $10.50;

medium weight two-year-olds $11.75.





. BUFFALO-





Hogs

Receipts 4,800. Market is closing

steady; heavy $12.75@13.25; medium

$13.25@14; light weight at $14@14.25;





_ light lights and pigs $14.25; ackin

* sows $10.50@10.75. p g





Cattle.

Receipts 175. The market is slow;

steers 1,100 lbs." up at $8.,50@10.26;





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 2,200. Best lambs $15.25;





» (132311;?) $14.25 down; "best yearlings$12@





ewes, $8@9.50.

R ’i't 1300 cap” those ' i



, eceps .2..o a--».;



$12.50 down. x." . “3”. Fe“





aged wethers at $10.50@11;_‘





 





34c; ordinary firsts 320; miscellaneous





 

 





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. POTATOES . _

,Potato prices, averaged 10@250 "r

100 pounds lower last week. Growggs

are confident that higher prices are

to prev-ail later in the season so that

they refuse to sell on a decline, and

periods of weakness are quickly cor-

rected by reduced shipments. Carlot

shipments from late potato sections

this season have been heavy, and re-'

maining marketable supplies are not.

large. Northern round whites, U. S.

No. 1, are quoted at $3.70@4 per 100

pounds, sacked, in the Chicago 'carlo

market.





— 7‘ W001.-





" While wool prices at the London '

sale showed mare of a decline than





 





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DAILY market reports and



weather forecasts are broad ._ ‘

cast each week day at 2:15, east.

ern standard time, by the Detroit

Free Press, Station WOX, andat

10:25, 12:00, and 4:00 by the De-

troit News, Station WWJ... You

can also get daily weather re-

ports at 12:00 M. o’clock ,over'

WKAR, Michigan State College,

East Lansing, and at 10:00 a. m.

over WREO, Lansing. Market -

and weather reports can also be

obtained from WGHP, of Detroit, '

at 7:00 p. m. each week day.





 





 





 





expected, as compared with December

values, a fairly broad demand has been

uncovered, showing clearly ”that buyers

are in need of wool. Prices in the do

mestic market remain much the same

as in the last two weeks, with mills

taking fair amounts right along. Re-

ports from Australia indicate firm

prices_compared with those quoted

early .in January, and prices in South

American markets seem to be tending

upward. The peak of pressure from

southern hemisphere wools on the

world market has been passed so that

prices may consistently shew a more

buoyant tone.





" DETROIT .





The break in the cold snap brought

a revival in trading on the markets.

Offerings were fairly liberal, and many '

«buyers were stocking up. Leeks were

fast sellers, but' celery moved off slow-

,ly. There was a fair call fonparsley,

horseradish, and turnips. The move-

ment of fancy apples was slow, but

good sound, medium-sized ones were

taken readily.





Apples $1@2.75 bu; beets 75c@$1.25

bu; carrots $1.25@1.75 bu; cabbage at

$1.50@2 bu; dry onions $1.50@1.75 bu;

root parsley $2@2.25 bu; curly parsley

50c dozen bunches; potatoes $2.65@

2.80 bu; topped turnips $1621.50 a bu;.

local celery _35@40c dozen; hagas ’75c

bu; pop corn $2 by): butter 55@65c

lb; eggs, wholesale 400; retail 45@

600; hens, wholesale 30@33c; retail

35@36c; colored springers.-l wholesale

30@33c; retail 35@36c_; Leghorn hens,

wholesale 26@27c; retail 30c; geese,

wholesale 26c; veal 18c; dressed hogs

17@180;‘ dressed poultry, hens 38@

400; spmngers 38@400. ,





GRAN D RAPIDS





The‘egg market was 811 t1 unset-

tled in Grand Rapids earlyglihi; week.

Competition from hatcheries, however,

tended to hold prices in a. range of 33

@350 a dozen. Butter-fat was higher

at 48c per pound, and poultry was eas-

ier. Heavy hens and springers 22@

25c; light hens and springers 18@20c;





.. pork 15@160; beef ,8@12c; lamb 25c;





mutton 10@120; potatoes $2.50 bu;

beans $4.20 cwt; onions $1.25 bu; ars-

nips $1.25 bu; celery 30@45o; cab age ‘

75c@$1 bu;; carrots 750 bu; leaf let-

tuce 9@10c; radishes 40©50c per doz-





bushel.





en bunches; wheat $1.73 bu; rye 81c





. ,,CQMING LIVE STOCK SALESC '«





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Feb. 7—Francisco Farm . I

Mt. pleasant, Mich. ' P P"-P°?‘B~’



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. 'yéar’s=-‘crops._,_0n accountef the low





'— through on rougher feed than usual,





.--few potatoes '.are being sold, but they





to Detroit at association prices,—R. P.





‘ papers.





 





isl.::.y¢1_ico.._lani 25"~’-s-‘EW“ 9"”

going chores. 330....0101111105 101' $11.15





, , and-.bean‘prices. it appears that

‘» cropsiwm ’b‘e quite-.dIVersified, although

the'good potato market may lead, to

a. greater acreage. ' There isvery little

snow; Live sto’ck looks well; the feed

supply is generally shert, horses gomg





and very little good‘ feed.for sale. A





are about cleaned up; they bring $2.00



”per bushel. Not much grain moving,

with beans bringing $4.10 per cwt.;

oats, 37c; .wheat‘, $1.76; eggs, 32c; but-

ter, 48c.—eR. .





'St. Clalr_Co‘., Jan. 28.—There is very

little snow. Little live stock is being

fed. Some wheat is being marketed

at $1.85; 'hay, icose, $14@16. Mllk goes





Newaygo Co., Jan. 28.-—VVe .have

plenty of snow, which is badly drifted.

Feed supply is holding out well. Cat-

tle are in fair shape. Hay is selling

at $18 per ton; potatoes, $2;





340. Farmers are in better shape‘ than

last year. More taxes were paid on

time. They all state they will go slow





on potatoes next year, so we may get,

a fair price again—C. J.





Sanilac 00., Jan. 26.——There is very

little snow here. Farming outlook is

favorable. Dairymen are generally sat-

isfied. Young cattle are scarce. All

surplus hay sold.‘ Very few young cat-

tle kept over. Beans bring $5; wheat,

$1.78; barley, $1.10 per cwt.; Grimm.

alfalfa, $156516. Very little grain beingi

sold. Main trunk lines are being kepti

open this winter.——G. L. ]





Calhoun Co., Jan. 25.——Not much live

stock being fed in this section. Hay

cropvwas poor. last year. A few hogs

are being sold at $11, and some wheat

at $1.75. A few farmers are selling

milk at five cents a quart; others sell

cream only. Butter-fat brings 44c;

eggs 35c.-—-F. E. S.





Huron 00., Jan. 18.—~VVe have plenty

of snow, and roads are almost impas-

sable for cars. Live stock wintering

good. Feed is scarce with fifty per

cent of the farmers. Not much being

marketed on account of road condi-

tions. Beans have been selling at

$4.20 per cwt. Farmers are having a

quiet time, doing chores and reading





 





 





Neuritis.—The nerves in the leg are,

no doubt,'somewhat irritated, as a re-

sult of injury, though this should grad-

ually disappear. Bathe the leg with

hot water and massage once daily.

Keep the bowels in good condition

with an occasional dose of castor oil.





 





 

 

 





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flt’Distempel'.Pink-Eye.. .

influenza. Laryngitis. ,

Cataerhal Fever. Epizootic. ‘

C\ Coughs or Colds.





720” Horses.

Mules 8: Dogs,

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For up to date quotations and infor-

mation on winter-caught fish send for our

Complete Price list.





Consumers Fish Co., Green Bay,Wis.

SOHOOL BOX ' "

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This classified advertising deplrtment is established for the convenience of Michi farmers.

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. m





tiring, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





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

Rates 8 cents a word. each insertirm. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

consecutive insertions 6 cents a Word. Count as a. word each abbreviations, initial or number. No





Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





- 1 ' NEAR ATLANTIC" CITY. World's best mar-





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t. 15 acres. Cal. bungalow. . :Poultry houses, 200

chickens. Tools. Furniture. Aged owner will sacri-

fice for $1.900. Cash $700. Details free catalog.

American Farm 'Agcncy. 1005—NN Land Title Bldg.





80-ACRE FARM-Modern Buildings, black clay loam.

all tiled. all workable. Priced to sell. Send for par-

ticulars from owner. E. R. Vincent, St. Johns. Mich.





TO SETTLE ESTATE, will sell lilo-acre farm in Cass

("ounty. Good buildings, 30-acre woodlot. Mrs. Wm.

Vanness, Niles. Michigan.





FARMS FOR SALE in North Carolina. Write P. A.

Reavis. Realtor. 2 Wcst Martin Street, Raleigh, N. C.





120-ACRE FARM FOR SALE—Good buildings. Write

the owner, Bert Pine, Almont, Mich.





clsl Records 207 to 293 back of them, $5.00 and 81.00

each on approval. Also chicks and eggs. G. Cuban.

Hudsonvillc. Mich.





 





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS for hatching.





from our heavy laying strain. $2.00 per 15, $5.00 per

50. $9.00 per 100. F. E. Foglc. Okemos. Mich.





 





 





JUNGLET BARRED ROCK COCKERELS. bred on

Ilomewood Farm.

$3.00 to $5.00 each.





where they lay. weigh and win.

ltobt. Martin. Woodland, Mich.





 





S_ (4;. RIIODE ISLAND RED COCKERE'LS—Good

supp y.

S. Hawley. R. No. 3, Ludlngton, Mich.





Exceptionally tine. dark red birds. Wesley





 





TOP PRICES AID for fryers or broilers weigh-

ing 1% to 2% 5.

Co., 1360 Division St.. Detroit, Mich.





Ship today. East Coast Poultry





 





FARMS FOR RENT





FOR RENT—Well stocked, well equipped dairy,» gen~

ersl live stock and grain farm in Kalamazoo County.

160 acres of good sandy loam. ‘carrying good acreage

alfalfa_ 60 acres of woodlot and pasture. Ill-cow

dairy could be increased to thirty. V; mile from sta-

tion, good roads. near good towns. Splendid oppor—

tunity for tenant with capital. When writing, state

experience and ability to finance share lcasc. Ad—

dress Box 597. Michigan Farmer. Detroit. Mich.





 





FOR RENT—Farm. 102 acres. 23 miles south of De:

troit, on M-10, cement rond. Good buildings. good

soil. Claude W. Grow. 789 Waterman Ave. Detroit.

Mich. ‘





HAY AND STRAW





ALFALFA and all kinds hay. Ask for delivered

prices Barry D. Gates Company. Jackson. Michigan.





MISCELLANEOUS





PEDIGREED SILVER BLACK FOXES. Let us sup-

ply your foundation stock, fifteen years in inset' fox

amp





business. Reasonable prices, time pnynicnts_

for particulars. Valley Silvcr Fox Farm, St. Stephen.

N. Canada.





 





 





 





 





BERRY BASKETS made up ready for use, $7.50 per





thousand. Berry Boxcs. in flat, not made up. $5.00

per thousand. Central Basket Co., Bcrricn Springs.

Michigan.





 





PHONOGIIAI‘II RECORDS—Lowest Prices. Edison

Amberola 35 cents. Edison Disc and Others. Send

name of machine for latest catalogs. William Ititt.

Dept. NE. St. l‘ctcr. Minn.





ALL WOOL KNITTING YARN for sale from manu—

facturer at. great bargain. Samples free. II. A.

Bartlett. Ilurmony, Mainc.





 





 





CANDICE INCUBATOR 71,800 Egg. cheap. Mrs. Ncil

Cochran, Tckonsha. Mich.

CEDAR POSTS. direct from forest to user. Ask for





delivered price. E. Dory, Atlanta, Mich_





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED seed corn and oats.

Clement’s waitc cap yellow dent. and Duncan's yel-

low dent. Fire—dried, on racks. ear-tested and germ-

iuaiion guaranteed. From high-yielding stock. Reg—

istered and Certified Worthy cuts, a stiff straw and

high—yiclding variety, developed by the, Michigan State

College. All sccds grown under inspection of the

Michigan Crop Improvement Association. Michigan's

largest producer of seed corn. Paul C. Clement.

Britton. Michigan.





 





 





1000 “'ELL-ROOTED GRAPE PLANTS. $22. Straw-

bcrry plants, $2.50: Gibsons $3.50: Premiers $4.00:

100 Dunlaps 00c: 1000 Champion Everbearing $7.50:

200. $2.00. 50 Mastodon Everbcsring $5.00. 15 Concord

Grape plants $1.00. 100 Black or Raspberry plants





$2.00. 36 Flowering Gladioli Bulbs $1.00. Catalog

Free. Box 304. Westhauser’s Nurseries, Sawyer.

Michigan.





 





INSPECTED Cuthbcrt Raspberry plants, 100, $2.25:

500. $10 prepaid: 1.000. 310. F. O. B. St. Johns.

0rdcr early if you want some of the finest red berries

grown. Write for special prices on larger amounts.





Tony Motz, R. No. 1. St. Johns. Mich.





CERTIFIED SEED GRAIN. from latest improved

strains of highest yielding varieties under Michigan

conditions. Wolverine oats. Robust beans. A. B.

Cook. Owosso. Mich.





GLADIOLAS—benutiful mixture of colors, 100 small

bulbs (bulblets) postpald for only 20c silver. Larger

bulbs (blooming size) 100 for $1.00. Ruth Field.

Shenandoah. Iowa.





SEED BARLEY. Oderbrucker, one of the largest-

yielding variety, highest in protein barley grown, at

farmer’s pricc. A. Brickcr, St. Clair. Mich.





GOLDEN GLOW YELLOW DENT SEED CORN—

Worthy Oats and Barley. All excellent quality. . Sam-

ples frcc. E. R. Vincent, St. Johns. Mich.





FOR SALE—~Sccd Corn, Pride of the North. yellow,

90-day early maturity varicty. tests nearly 100‘}.

Address Marion Day. Georgi-min, Ohio.



OVER $2000 AN ACRE, with Biggest Full Struwbcrry.

Full Information for 2c Stomp. Sumner Nursery,

Bloomingdale. Mich.





CERTIFIED “'isconsin pedigree barley, improved ro—

bust boans. Fritz Manley. Fairgrovc, Mich.





 





 





 





FOR SALE~"CERTIFIED” Culhbert Raspberry

Plants, $30 per 1000. Gct your orders in early.

Andrew J. Barrett. R. 1. Edmorc, Mich.





 





GLADIOIJ—twcnty choice assorted bulbs. prepaid. for

$1. Frank Eby, Holland. Mich.





 





display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order.

We stock advertising has n separate donsrlment and is not accepted as classified. Minimum

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3.64 17..."... 2.16 6.48 illustrated equipped money-making farms, village

2.88 28 .. 2. 6.72 homes, inns. stores, gas stations. etc. See acres

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8.30 7.20 valuable machinery: (i—room housc, on improved road.

15......" 1.80 3.60 7.44 only $1.700, casy terms. Pg. 62 shows loo-acre mid-

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. . 4” admiring "a alfalfa, yielding 10 tons per acre. Located two miles

pec‘a 0 Ice dlmnflnufla "4'" from town on Scenic. paved highway. $250 per acre

. . arrhanra If a)! l" with small initial payment. Balance. easy terms.





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REAL ESTATE





EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to buy on very favor—

able terms. improved irrigated farms owned by Amer—

ican Beet Sugar Company, at Lamar. Colorado. Only

-ten' per- 'cent' cash 'and balance spread over 34%

years at 5% per cent interest. Lands very produc-

tive. averaging per acre, 3 tons alfalfa, 10. tons beets.

50 bushels barley. 77 bushels oats. and 47 bushels

winter wheat. ‘ Ideal conditions .for dairying and con

stant markets. Bcct sugar factories contract with

growers for beets at good prices. Feeding live stook

profitable. Fine schools and churches. Good roads

and wonderful. climate. For detailed information

write C. L. Serigraves. General Colonization Agent,

Santa Fe Ry., 993 Railway Exchange. Chicago.





OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA are



betternow than ever for the man of moderate means.



who desires to establish s'home 'on a. few acres that



will insure him a. good living in a. delightful country.

_ Lands are reasonable in price and terms attractive.



Crops best suited . for different localities are well

proved. Efficient marketing organizations are at your

service. Southern California has a. climate you will

like—an enjoyable twelve months open season. There

are thousands of. miles of paved roads. Seaside and

mountain resorts oler motion . .a

me mail you our illustrated folder containing dopami-

sble information. on Southern California. C. L.

lemmas. Generdpolonlzstion Agent. Santa. Fe Rm.

912‘ By. Exchange. Chicago.





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Green pastures all year, ready markets nearby. and

modern transportation. 52 miles from San Francisco

and Oakland. For full information write Tracy

Chamber of Commerce, Tracy, California.





FOR SALE—by Owner, 90 Acres. 5 miles from Lan-

sing, near Holt. 9-room house. oak finish, steam heat.

3 l'c. bath, lighting plant, other necessary farm bulld-

ings. Rock well, windmill. Land level. soil rich.

and ideal home on State Road. Quick sale, $100 per

acre. Terms. T. R. Graham. - or. Y. M. C. A..

Lansing. Mich.





 





REAL FARM~165 acres all cleared. good soil. level.

separated from town by Muskegon River, with half

mile frontage on river. Fine 10-room house with

basement. furnace. lights, fireplace. bathroom oak lin—

ish. 2 big barns. one silo and one silo-basement.

Short distance to High School and Normal School.

assessed valuation $9.000. pricev$9.000, $5,000 down.

Must be sold to close estate. Write .W. F. Umphrey.

Evart. Michigan.





 





DOUBLE YOUR INCOME by farming on James

Ranch, California. No tcr ere, no drouth.

Crops growing ,365 days in every year. and the best

markets offered anywhere. Land is' state inspected

and .s approved. A going proposition for s. suc-

cessful srmer. 'Write me for details. Herman Janss.

Dept. 1195. San Joaquin, Fresno County. Calif.





 





TRUCK AND DAIRY FARM—280 Acres. All antler

cultivation. Located on main Cleveland-Toledo high-

way. Fine lam buildings. City electric power and



ts. Traction line handy. Can be divided into





smaller terms. Be sin for qulk sale. Terms,

Adams; me. 803 8;}. Norwslk. (Ohio. ' ’~





CERTIFIED “'OLVICRINE OATS#MI('IIIgan's leading





 





variety. C. D. Finkbciner. Clinton, Mich.





 





PET STOCK





PEDIGlll-ZED GERMAN POLICE PUI’S, five and six

months old, $20 to $35. Ono brcd female, one year

old. priccd low. Homestead Kennels, Saranac. Mich.





FOR SALE Thoroughbred “bite Scotch Collie Pupv- .

pies. Chas Kepner, Carson City. Mich.





 





TOBACCO





IIOMESI‘U’N TOBACCO: Chewing, five lb, $1.50: ten,

$2.50; smoking. five lb., $1.25; ten. $2; cigars. $2 for

50. guaranteed. Pay when received. pipe free. Roy

Carlton. Maxons Mills. Kentucky.





POULTRY





SCNRISE FARM White Leghorns are making names

for themselves in leading Egg Contests. Watch our

pens at Oklahoma. Texas. Washington. New York,

Maryland. Connecticut, and Michigan. On our farm

we arc trap-nesting 1.000 layers. and last season

raised 4.200 wing-banded, individually pedlgrtM

chicks. Now oil's-ring cockerels individually pedigreed.

with dam's records from 200 to 304 eggs. Baby chicks

of known breeding after Feb. 22 at reasonable prices.

Write for our booklet. Of course, we are Michigan

State Accredited. W. 8. Hannah & Son. R. 10.

Grand Rapids. Michigan.





(‘OCKERELS AND GEESE—R. 0. Red (lockerels; ex—

ccptionally fine birds; excellent breed type: production

stock. Pair 2-year-old Toulouse Geese. Write for de-

scriptions. State Farms Association. Kalamazoo. Mich.





ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS—Hogan tested.

seven years'for high egg production. Tompkins' strain

eggs. $9 per 100. Corker-sis, $4 to $7. Satisfaction





 





TURKEN——Hnlf Turkey, Half Chicken





‘ Good layers.

Eggs, Malcs For Sale. Turkcn Home. Fayette, Iowa.

and Dodgevillo. VViSconsin.





 





 





CHOICE "RINGLE'I‘" .Barrod Rock Breeding Cooker—

cis. large type, nicely barred. Write Earl Murphy.

Britten. Mich.





 





CHOICE BUFF ORl'lNGTON (‘OCKERELS. $5.00

car-h. Hatching eggs. $10 per 100. .I. E Seckingelr.

Manchester. Mich. , ‘





 





\VIIITE “'YANDOTTE (EOCKI‘IBICLS, I Regal Dorcas.

SDCCIHI matings direct. $3.00 and $5.00 each. “2 H.

Mir-ll.





(fonboy. (.‘heboygan,





 





LARGE TOULOUSE GEESEwhcns, $0.00; genders.

$7.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. Don Bevan, Knu-

kukcc, Ill.





 





HOLTERMAN'S STRAIN Barred Rock Cockerels.

Mrs. Ncil Cochran, Tckonshn, Mich.





   

 

 

 

 





(‘0(‘.KEREI.S-Whilc Wyandotto Cookerels. Frank





Perkins. Oak Grovc, Mich.





 





.I’URE—BRED Ringlct Barred Rock Cockercls. choice

birds. $5 to $15. II. (3. (.‘hristianscn. Clinton. Mich.





TOULOUSE GEESE and Genders, from heavy stock.

S. Woodward. R. No. 1. Burt, Mich.





 





 





BABY CHICK S





BABY CHICKS from superior quality, heavy laying

stock. "We have one of the largest and oldest hatch—

crics 1n the Middle West. 25 ycars’ experience in

mating, breeding and hatching standard-bred poultry.

IUOC’o live arrival. I’rcpnid. Every chick guaranteed.

Catalog frcc. .Loup Valley Hatchcry. Box 340, St.

l'nul. Nchr.





“'IIITE LEGHORN CHICKS from big White eggs.

Shipped anywhere (I. O. D. Guarantocd to live. Low

prepaid prices. Egg contest winners for years. Trnp~

nested, pedigreed foundation stock. Hundreds of cock—

crols, pullets and hens. Gct our prices. Catalog free.

G00. B. Ferris, 034 Union, Grand Rapids, Michigan.





 





 





 





BRED TO LAYAsBzu'rcd

White Leghorn chicks and cggs_

three years. Catalogue frcc.

Aseltinc Poultry Form, 1827

Rapids, Mich.





Rocks and l’urc Hanson



Stock blood tested

Michigan Accredited.

Ilcldcn Ave. Grand





 





WIIIT'I‘AKER'S TRAI’NESTEI) REDS~ Both Combs.

Michigan's Grculcst Color and Egg Strain. Michigan

State Accreditcd, Bloodtcstcd. Chicks and Eggs. (Eat—

alog Free. A few Single-comb (‘m-kcrcls Left. In—

tcrlakes Farm, Box 0. Lawrcncc. Mich.





 





ENG. “I. LEG. CHICKS —-Cuarantoed, pure-bred Eng.

W. ch. Chicks, din-ct from our M. A. C. Demon—

strution Farm Flock at extremely low prices, only llc

each in lots of 500. Send for circular. Model Poul~

try Farm R. 4, chlnnd. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS from stock all ncwly blood—lcsted for

llncillary White Diurrhcu. Third yczu‘ blooddeeting.

Eight popular brccds._ Hatchery State Accredited.

Catalog and price list ready. l’icrco Hatchery, Jer-

omc, Mich.





 





Sl-ILEI‘TEI) CHICKS from flocks carefully culled for

production. standard and health. Twelve leading

breeds at living prices. First ban-h March 8. VVribe

for catalogue. Litehllcld Hatchery, Litchficld, Mich.





 





BUY YOUR CHICKS from a poultry farm. 1500

Brccdcrs brcd for cgg production. Barrcd and Buff

Rocks, licds. Orpinglons, Wyandottcs and Leghorns,

$15 per 100. Fair-view Poultry Farm, Gulion, Ohio.





 





PURE—BRET). CHICKS from State Accredited Stock.

Fourteen \arleties. Poultry Manual Free. Stoufler

Iagg Farms, Route 26, Mount Morris, Illinois.





 





“LIII'I‘E ROCKS—Chicks and E gs from State Ac-

credited and B10()d-f(‘5l.cd Stet-k. Mrs. Lois Holcomb.

North Adams. Michigan.





 





BABY CHICKS, hatching eggs from our Ideal Barred

Rocks from heavy laying strain, good healthy flocks.

Farmrangc Chick Hatchery, Charlotte, Michigan.





FOR EARLY LAYERS. order Miown Rhode Island

lied Baby Chicks. Silimwd wcckly. Arthur Blake.

Battle Crock, Mich. 321 N. Kendall.





BABY CHICKS AND EGGS Supcrlor llinglet Barred

Rocks. Roso Comb lcds, White Imghorns. Catalog.

\Vyndllam’s Ideal Poultry Yards, 'l‘ifiin. Ohio.





S. C. BUFF LEGIIORN BABY CHICKS from State

Accroducd Stock. Semi for circular. .l. “'. \Vcbstetr.

Bail). Mich.





 





Ll-JGIIORN CHICKS from State Accredited Stock.

(\‘fitzhlog frce. Shadylewn Hatchery. R. 2, Zeeland.

. 1c .





 





THOROUGHBRED BABY (‘IIlX——\l'21ilc \Vyandotm.

Barred Rocks. It. I. Reds. \Vhito Leghorns. Mrs.

Grace Millikan. Fenton, Mich.





O‘TURKEYS





TURKEYS'Anll breeds. Strictly pure-bred. Get our

special DI'ICOS. Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm. Bealls-





 





 





 





 





 





ville. Ohio.'

TURKEY’S Pure-bred Bronze, vigorous birds. choice

stock. Order early. Mrs. Charles Boone, R. o. 5.





Traverse City. Mich.





BRONZE TURKEYS, Toulouse Geese. Guineas, Beagle

(\iogleight ‘months old. Write. M. B. Noble. Saline.

.Ill'l, '





CONTROL THE CORN BORER with Vi'hilc Holland

turkeys. I have the best. Also Toulouse Geese.

Aldon “’hin-omb. Byron Center, Mich.





MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY'S—choice young stock.





 





 





weight 22 to 24 lbs, $10; over 24 lbs., $12. Mrs.

\Valtor Dillman. Dowagiac, Mich.

PIIRE»BRED Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, toms and





Earl and lllcrlc Phelps. Downgiac, Mich.

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYSwGoldbank Strain.

Mrs. Perry Stebbins. Ssranac, Mich.



HELP WANTED





WANTED—Tenant for modern dairy farm, joins city

loma. E. S. Yeomans, Ionia, Mich.





hens.





 





 





AGENTS WANTED





WE PAY $200 MONTHLY SALARY. furnish car and

expenses ,to introduce our guaranteed poultry and

stock powders, cleaner ,etc. Biglcr Company X 683.

Springfield, Illinois.





AGENTS—Our New Household ("It-lining Device washes





and dries windows. sweeps. cleans walls. scrubs. mops,





 





guaranteed. Don Bevan. Kankaloee. Ill.





Hatching Eggs for Sale. Winners at State Fairs and .

Great State and National Shows. George





B. 3. Mason. Michigan.





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REGAL DORCAS White Wylndotw Cockorels and'f





Costs less than brooms. Over half profit, .Write

Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St. Fairlie-Id. Iowa.





B. Haskell, i SALESM’EN WANTED everywhere to represent no a.

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“I now do in a couple of hours with



my Fordson the work it formerly



took a day to perform,” says Milton



gefier, whose farm is near California,

10.





“This is the third year I have had my

Fordson and it has paid for itself sev—

eral times. I can ut the 'ound in

much better con ition an , as a re—

sult, there has been quite an improve—

ment in both the uality and quanti-

ty of my crOps. It as enabled me to

overcome the handicap of time in

the early spring.





 





~ 7 A DaY’s Work in wo   o ” :x





‘ “.I’ve kept a record of a the cost of





operating my Fordson and find my





- average cost for plowing ~ is. 65c an





acre. , . . ,, 7 4

“During the winter I use the Fordson

for sawing wood and various odd jobs.





“I also have a Ford Touring car, put"? ” ' -.‘ ‘





chased in 19.19, a' Ford Sedan bought

in 1923, both of which are used al-

most dail and giving excellent serv—

ice; as we as a Ford One-Ton Truck, .

bought in 1920, which I use for haul—

ing my produce to market.”





 





You can.do more this year with a Fordson. Aslc the

nearest Ford dealer about the easy payment plan.





 





FORD MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN ‘





 





 





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