‘ (It .V gziljlk i mill \ . "lellliil‘k fijnlynujh’l‘lwgk (HEJIIIJvki/figgiihxl I ill} » [,1 ‘ 1:11: \ \ f .\1 k 0 2‘... . .5. z 4 . » k \ XI! 119.! in} I... VOL. GLXVI. N0. *8 Whole Number 4702 “Let us i mpart all the b1 11 o 1 VU: 9 m u. .01 9 m. m. .m. o 'J m Du u ml. nd. 3 DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY S essmgs we possess, ”—Wash or ask for ourselves, g ton a 1n FEBRUARY 20, 1926 I‘llmdlll’11Il'HlHUiHul ‘ wlnnlm 11qu m. :mu‘lmtm mhIIL ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS 83.00 81.00 / . r llllll} v!) ’D 5:. f 4‘ . .‘.;;._:__3_ E .A A r. . .7! . Dodge Brothers, Inc. have by a gigantic expansion of announced astonishingly buildings and equipment. 10W new prices. Ten million dollars so in- They have announced im- vested p’ermit great savings portant refinements in their through vastly increased product. Always building volume and efficiency. an exceptional car, they are now building better than ever. . Part of these savings goes in- to further betterment of the car. The other part goes di- Better in many ways—in .rectly back to the buyer—in beauty, comfort, driving vis- the form of a price reduction ion, engine smoothness, that staggered the industry. snap, elasticity, and get- Those who chose Dodge away. Brothers Motor Car in the The simultaneous offering past invested their /_money of lower prices and vital im- wisely. Today they invest provements is made possible more wisely than ever before. Old Price New Price Old Price New Price Touring Car - - - ' 875 3 795 Coupe . - - - 3 960 ’ 845 Readster - - . - 855 795 Panel Commercial Car 960 885 Type-B Sedan - - 1045 895 Screen Commercial Car 885 810 Special Type-A Sedan 1280 1075 Chassis - - - - .730 655 F. o. B. Detroit ‘ DODGE-BRETFHE-RSJNEDETROIT Danae- Bao-rHe-ns (CANADA) Loam-rem TDRONTD. ONTARIO DDDEE BROTHERS MOTOR CARS ® Please Mention The Michigan Farmer When‘Writing to Advertisers . "I;S'H Biehin hos horns. [mouthful- and.“ flood. 1: sh now. 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Accept only “Bayer” “package Mum: mom - ~ which contains proven directions. rad-mot“ W‘fiu“ . , r _ . . , Hand “Bayer” boxol of 12 tablets: ' Aim tin of 24» andieomnww Aspirin in the trade lurk or layer Manufacture of Monoacetlcacidester at Salidyuencld ‘ ' News am... was ' . . . ,3 ~v‘ WWW ': T. Thomas' Edison says the U 1d - States will be dry in. the future, ime dry law is effective for twenty yea-Its.- He celebrated his seventy-ninth birth- day on February 11. . 1 Dr. William Spencer, president 'of Hillsdale College, says that modern youth is no worse than that of past generations. For the first time in history, the state of Texas celebrated‘Lincoln's birthday this year. ' Captain George Wilkins, the ,Austral- ian explorer, who is sponsored by De- troit citizens, has sailed from Seattle in preparation for his flight to the north pole. The police of Athens, Greece, have been provided with long planks, well studded with nails for use in stopping speeding autoists. The speed laws have been freely Violated there. Commander Ramon Franco and-his comrades completed their air flight from Spain to Buenos Aires, making a. record continent to coutinent trip .of 6,232 miles. The Commercial Protective Associa- tion, of Canada, is endeavoring to get the Dominion to prevent smuggling across the‘ American border. It is thought that a great conspiracy to de— fraud the government will be exposed by the committee now investigating customs frauds. Over two million dollars have been paid to steel workers as pensions, dur- ing 1925, through the Carnegie and U. S. Steel pension fund. The state senate of Kentucky, by vote, favored retaining the pari—mutuel system of betting, and the use of pari- mutuel gambling machines at the race tracks. Mrs. S. M. “'ainwright, eighty~seven years old, recently completed her nine~ ty—second trip across the Atlantic. After twenty years of juggling form- ula, the alchemists have produced a. gram of precious metal, which is un— doubtedly gold, according to Jollivet Castelot, president of the Society of French Alchemists. The professor says that he is nearly bankrupt because it takes enough silver to stock a bank to make a gram of gold. The state board of education, at a. meeting recently in Detroit, chose Pe- toskey as the place where the new northern Michigan normal school will be built. The legislature appropriated $350,000 for it last year. The United States Senate recently voted to repeal the tax on motor cars, amusements and estates. P2715“ 617261] Bil/r WE farmers been swallowin’ lots 0’ pills durin’ the last few years, and most 0’ them’s been bitter; for inst, debts, poor prices, taxes, and etc. Like lots 0’ other pills,'these don’t cure, but derange the farmer’s systum. Now. our medicine men make us pay bills fer pills, but considering legisla- itvely, we’re tryin’ ta get bills ta get rid o’ pills. Now, bills ain’t never been interestin' ta me. I ain’t never liked ta read bills from the grocer, etc, ’cause they don’t give me any. What you call ela- ticn. Now, these legislashun bills is nearly as interest- in’, ’cause they look like they was Written in a for- eign langwhich. But somethin' you don’t understand is kinda mysteri . ous, and is always interestin’. I just Wish some 0’ the b11319]; I get wouldn’t be so understand. a ll . ‘ ' These legislashun bills is remedies, they’re ta cure troubuls like medical pills is supposed to. So there’s hope in ’em, anyhow. Now, this Dickinson bill is one 0’ them. If you want a half hour’s interesting readin’, and not know what you’re readin’, just read it. I kinda take it this bill is goin' ta take care of the farmer’s surplus. Well, the farmer ain’t had no surplus; he ain’t had enuf. And, if it’s .tatake care 0’ the farmer’s surplus money, I ain’t interested, ’cause I kin take c 0’ it myself,.when and if, I get it. if it is ta give me a. surplus, I’m fer-it. Well, I'm kinda hopin’ somebody’ll translate this bill for me, ’cause .I want ta know What I’m fer or against. This surplus businuss is o’ considerabul con- sequence. :I’ve.~gott_a‘-fget a surplus. (cause. I certainty “WOW ‘0’ thirds} A, ,_ , was new: \. ) 1 5...... “muklatzw ."‘-—~‘-. . «~19 Wane»..- 5... _,__.,_ - ~. -Aw- ."m m ,. ..-... 1\ ,_,. MICHIGAN ‘ VOLUME chvI AIRYING, as seen by the dairy- man’s wife, depends to a great extent, upon her childhood train- ing, whether or not she has been taught the stability and worth-while ness connected with the old farm and dairy. To be proficient and contented . in our' work, we must see and under- stand the life and beauty in all nature. in this great out-of-doors. All my life has been spent on the farm, and practically the same farm—— and I claim, if the old dirt farm can be made to pay, it’s the best place on earth to live. Farming, intermingled with dairying, either on a large or small scale, is exceedingly interesting, and a wonder- .ful study. Or, if it’s thrill you want—- something of a thrill worth having—e just walk to the green pasture at sun- rise, while the dew is yet on, or at quiet sunset, just as many birds are singing their good night songs, and look down upon a sunny slope dotted with peaceful, grazing dairy cows. During our first and most important years on the farm, did our parents make companions of us and impress upon our minds from infancy, that their interests were our interests; what belonged to them belonged to us, and their entire success depended as much on us as themselves? Very for- tunately, my father was my best old “pal” on the farm and, as a successful farmer, ranked above standard. It was through him and an uncomplain— ing mother that we youngsters receiv- ed our first lessons in farm manage— ment and the upbuilding of a farm herd. At ‘home 'we specialized in fat cattle and, not until we had settled on a farm of our own for some time, did my husband and I decide to take up the dairy business. You know, it’s adventure that makes life interesting and worth while, and I see more fun in one week on” the farm, than in the city in a whole year. Every last thing on the farm is dear to me, but the dairy herd is my hobby. wflgwfth’ L Y: PUBLISH \ meter :5 TAB SHED / A Practical Journal for the Rural Family MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS Dairying asSeen by the Wife Whit Me Otéer Senior Partner in Me Dairy Blarney: Tern/é: By Mrs. Gordon T. Warren Why do so many farmers’ wives go through life, hopelessly suffering under the delusion that farm dairying is drudgery? Very infrequently we hear dairying spoken of as drudgery. The real definition of drudgery is “slavish toil,” or work with thought left out. No line of rural activity invites more thought than the development of a dairy herd, and the handling, and final disposal of the product. I will admit that the dairyman’s work is never done. When a man in this position admits he has nothing more to do, one or two alternatives are inevitable—either it is time to call the undertaker, or he is a failure. No matter how one looks at it, to the true dairy husbandman, the one who be lieves in his work, who is realizing ever-increasing success, who loves the work and appreciates the means with which he is working, dairying ranks high and the gulf between it and drudgery is broadened. To make a real success in life, I be- lieve women should be interested along the same line of work as that of their husbands. It’s the spirit of coopera- tion and partnership that makes farm dairy life attractive, interesting, and fascinating. Your ideas and ability to do and see many things about your dairy herd might be of great value to your husbands. Did it ever occur to you that possibly the busy women of today fail to find time to display the required amount of interest in the dairy proceedings of their farm and home? Do they visit the dairy barns occasionally, or do the poor animals go wild and hang themselves in their «‘5... Father and Son Banquets Stimulate a Wholesome Companionship Between‘ Parent and Child which is Beneficial to Both. _ QUALITY ’ RELIABILITY {SERVICE NUMBER VIII stanchions at the sight of a woman? Do you know if your husband is milking five cows or twenty? Do you know if your husband has one cow for sale, or ten, or not any? Do you know which ones, and the price he asks, should the men folks be away when. the buyer calls? Are you familiar with any of the characteristics that go to make up a cow of good dairy type? If not, why not? Study this, you will find it very interesting. Surprise your husband by telling him which one of his cows scores the highest, and note the happy look in his face when he discovers you are really interested and cooperating with him in his business. If his herd is looking fine, tell him so. Ask him what rations he is feeding, and the proportions. It’s possible that some time he may be away, or ill. In either case, it might come in handy to help out occasionally, as dairy help is not always easily obtained at the oppor— tune moment Study how to breed, in other words, how to produce a good cow. After you , have produced her, study how to keep her producing. Study her records. What are they? Or did your husband wish to join the cow testing association, but, upon asking your opinion in this matter, did you inform him that you didn’t feel like boarding the cow tester and hav— ing his old paraphernalia around the kitchen? So hubby advised the cow testing association that, after giving this question due consideration, he had concluded his herd would not be a paying proposition this year, owing to the fact that they were tested last year. So he goes on, year after year, with his held at a standstill. The real dairy farmeI who works and lives by cattle a] me, as even I, probably can not afford to test officially. But the subject of testing is of great importance in the dairy industry today. It’s getting time we study our busi- (Continued on page 262). Some Common Poultry Medicines Aéout Weird Every Poultrymem Semi/4' 1020a) By Edw. A. Williams HE following kinds of drugs and remedies will often be found ' useful in poultry plants where sick birds of considerable value are 'treated, or in any plant for the treat- ment of a flock. They should be kept in a small cupboard, where they are available at all times. Calomel is a. very useful alterative medicine 'for fowls of‘ all ages. One- grain pills are usually used. One. fourth grain is a good laxative. It has a very good effect upon the liver. It should be followed in two hours by a dose of castor oil. Cayenne is an excellent liver stim- ulant when given in not too large quantities. In case of colds it is very Useful, and is often used as one of the ingredients in stimulants so often fed to stimulate or increase winter egg productions . grown fowl is a'Standard dose. ‘ befed‘by ~mixingin soft'feed; but a . much more eflectiye plan is ’to allow; and of the tincture from two to five drops. Castor oil is one of the best and most common remedies for diarrhoea. This affliction is often caused by some sour or fetid mass in the intestine; a dose of castor oil will often remove this, and thus allay the diarrhoea. 'It is also a valuable factor to aid in tihe reducing of an impact crop. A tea- spoonful of castor oil poured down the (throat, and then the crop manipulated until the softened mass is caused to move on freely and properly. Epsom salts is one of the cheapest and most useful of all drugs. It is especially useful in liver trouble and diarrhoea, Half a teaspoonful for a It can ;. the; him. to go without teed £91: a. few. 5.613”! 34331‘3’ fifv‘fnur 3'; 5-}.- {ac-2‘- 2“. w. '9‘; hours and then dissolve the salts in warm water and pour down the bird’s throat. Cottonseed oil and olive oil are use- ful when hens are egg-bound, for diarr- hoea, and for external and internal use in dressing torn flesh and bound- up crop. Bichloride of mercury, a one to one thousand bichloride solution, is a germ- iclde and disinfectant for external use, cleansing and preventing infection. It is highly poisonous, and to prevent it being. mistaken from water, it is well to color it with laundry blue for iden- tification. Medicines ‘in tablet form, are desir- able, because they are much more con-v venient and easily administered, when ‘ in a compact=‘f0rm.'. They are admin- istered 'very' easily by holding the bird’s mouth open with one hand, and ,.. .W'rl '...:( ‘1 ' "sa. 1'. with the other thrusting the tablet far back into the bird’s mouth so it will! be swallowed. The following four drugs in this form are useful: Salicylic acid, two and one-half grains, for use in cases of rheumatism. Aconite roo‘t, one-tenth grain, for use in fevers. Bismuth subnitrate, one grain, for intestinal irritation. Iron, quinine and SH ychnine tablets, for use as a tonic. Dose, three per day. The following ointment may be made by the poultryman, and will al- ways be found useful in treating cuts and wounds of all kinds: Oil of origanum, one ounce crestol, three-fourths ounce; pine tar, one ounce; resin, one ounCe; clean axle- grease (or vaseline), eight ounces. 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VETERINARY:——Prompt advice from expert Veterinarian. . LEOAL:—Opinions on all paints. from I prominent lawyer. HEALTH:—Prs.ctical personal advice from In experienced doctor. FARM:——Answers to all kinidi‘ (:1 form qua- tions, by competent spec a 1s 9. HOME—Aid in the solution of all kinds of home problems. VOLUME CLXVI NUMBER EIGHT DETROIT, FEBRUARY 20, 1926 CURRENT COMMENT E» have read re- cent reports on Jug} how all creeds have Gaul"? set aside their differ- Together ences and united to build in New York, that magnificent cathedral of St. John the Divine at a cost of fifteen million dollars. One can put over against that effort much ungodliness, and still have it quite evident that the public has a very keen sense of some com- mon ground in the spiritual world that is fundamental. Likewise, booksellers tell us that in recent years there has been an amazing progress in the abundance of religious books put out. And the pur- chasers of these books are not confin- ed to, specialists in religion, but to laymen and non-churchmen as well. Probably one reason for the change is that the shelves of the book store hold many new volumes that look up- on religious matters from the view- point of the practical man. Neverthe- less, here is an avenue through which minds, that were once far apart, are now traveling together. This is a most significant thing. It strongly suggests that we are working toward a common ground. For, if in spiritual lines we show this tendency, it should not prove difficult for us to get together and work together in sec- ular business; and, if we can cooper- ate in our every-day business it is cer- tain to react favorably again in our religious and social life. This business of just getting togeth« or is one of the most worth while movements of the time. It means that we are going to do more, live more, and be more. As is so often thought, it does not mean the sacrifice of indi- viduality. Rather, it means giving to the individual greater opportunity than he ,ever before has had. His own ini- tiativewill be encouraged by the co l, Operation of a sympathetic community. URING the last week in January 8. conference was held in Des Moines, Iowa, to consider nation. a1 farm relief legislation. This con- ference was participated in by dele~ gates appointed by the governors of twelve states, of which Michigan was one. eluded representatives of the leading farmers’ organizations. and others prominently identified with the state’s agriculture. The deliberations of the conference resulted in the endorsement of the principle of House Resolution 6563, in- troduced in congress by Mr. Dickin- son, of Iowa. A committee was ap- pointed to promote the ideas of the conference, on which two Michigan ' men, Hon. L. Whitney Watkins, State Commissioner of Agriculture, and Hon. Peter Lennon, of Genesee county, were named to serve. A local conference of those who at- tended the Des Moines meeting, and others designated'by Governor Groes- beck to represent industry and finance was held at Michigan State College last week. This did not take the form of a deliberative conference to con- sider the provisions of the bill in ques- tion, but was a set program in which the speakers expressed their ideas of the need of an adjustment of the ag- ricultural economic problem. Refer- ences to the bill indicatedthat it was looked upon as the embodiment of an idea rather than a perfected plan, and that amendments to or changes in its text might be necessary. In view of the action taken to tie up the farmers of Michigan with those of the mid—western agricultural states in the support of this measure, or at least its principle or plan, we-deem it essen- tial that the farmers of the state be immediately acquainted with its pro- visions. Accordingly we are printing the full text of the bill herewith, that our readers may have opportunity to study it individually in their homes and collectively in their gatherings. As a means of crystalizing farmer senti- ment, we shall. be glad to hear from as many of our readers as possible, giv- ing their views regarding it. The text of the bill follows: Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to promote the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural commodities in domes- tic and foreign markets; to encourage the organization of producers of agri- cultural commodities into cooperative associations; to prevent speculation and waste in the marketing of agricul- tural commodities; and to eliminate as far as possible the effect of world prices upon the prices of the entire domestic production of basic agricul- tural commodities by providing for the disposition of the domestic surplus of such basic agricultural commodities. Federal Farm Advisory Council. Sec. 2. (:1) There is hereby estab- lished a Federal Farm Advisory Coun- cil (hereinafter referred to as the “council”), to consist of representa- tives of each of the twelve Federal land bank districts, not to exceed five members to be elected from 'each dis- trict and to serve without salary. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, after conference with the rep- resentatives of the bona fide farm or- ganizations and cooperative associa- , tions in each district which he consid- ers to be representative of agriculture, prescribe the number of members to be elected from each such district and provide by regulation for the election of the members of the first council. (b) The term of office of each mem— ber first elected shall expire one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, and vacancies occurring during such period shall be filled in the same manner as the original election. There- after successors shall be elected and vacancies shall be fined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary of Agriculture after conference with the members of the council, the term of ofiice of each individual so elected to expire one year from the date of the expiration of, the preceding term. - - (e) . expiration of the term for which he was'elected may continue in office un- til his successor takes office. ‘ (d) The members of such council may be paid by the More! Farm The delegates from this state in«‘ Any member in office at the mud (established 4.. section! '4 ”and hereinfater referred to as the "board”) a per diem compensation of not ex- ceeding $25 for attending meetings of the council. Each member shall be paid by the board his traveling ex- penses to and from the meetings of the council and his actual expenses .while engaged upon the business of the council. ' Duties of Council. Sec. «8. The council shall—— (a) Meet as soon as practicable af- ter the enactment of this Act and nom- inate to the President eighteen individ- uals eligible, under subdivisions (f) and (g) of section 5, for appointment to the board. (b)’ Meet thereafter at least twice in each year at a time and place desig- nated by the Secretary of Agriculture; or upon a petition duly signed by a majority of the individuals elected to the council at a time and place desig- nated therein. ' (c) Nominate, upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, individ- uals to fill vacancies occurring in the board. , ' ((1) Consider such questions and formulate such recommendations in respect of cooperative marketing, and cooperate-with the board in such man‘ ner, as the council deems most effec- tive to carry out the purposes of this ct. Federal Farm Board. Sec. 4. There is hereby established in, the Department of Agriculture a. board to be known as the Federal Farm Board and to be composed of seven members as follows: (a) Six members (one to be desig- nated as chairman) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the indi- viduals nominated, as provided in sec- tion 3 ;,and . (b) The Secretary of Agriculture. Appointment and Qualification of Members. Sec. 5. (a) The terms of ofl‘ice of the appointed members first taking of- fice after the enactment of this Act shall expire, as designated by the Pres- ident, two at the end of the second year, two at the end of the fourth year, and two at the end of the sixth year after the date of the enactment of this Act. A successor to an appointed mem- ber shall be appointed by the Presi- dent, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate, from the individ- uals nominated, as provided in sub- division (d) of this section, for a term expiring six years from the date of the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed. (b) Any person appointed to fill a. vacancy occurring prior to the expira- tion of the term for which his prede- cessor was appointed shall be appoint- ed for the remainder of such term. (0) Any member in office at the ex- piration of the term f0r which he was appointed may continue in office until his successor takes office. (d) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board or whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture, a. vac- ancy will soon occur, he shall notify the council thereof and request that such Bouncil nominate at least three individuals qualified under subdivisions (f) and (g) of this section to fill such vacancy, and upon receipt of such nom- inations he shall submit their names to the President as the nominees for such vacancy. (e) Vacancies in the board shall not impair the powers of the remaining members to execute the functions of the board, and a majority of the ap- pointed members shall constitute a. quorum for the transaction of the bus- iness of the board. (f) Each of the appointed members shall be a citizen of the United States, shall not actively engage in any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as a. member of the board, and shall receive a salary of $10,000 a year, together with actual and necessary traveling and subsist- ence expenses 'while away from the principal office of “the. board on busi- ness required by this Act. (g) The appointment of themem- bers, exclusive of the chairman, shall be made with due regard to the knowl- edge and experience of (1)— one ap- pointee in the production and market- ing of live stock, (2) one in the pro- duction and marketing of grain, (3) one in the production and marketing of dairy and poultry products, (4) one in the production and marketing of cotton and tobacco, and (5) one in the production and marketing of fruits and vegetables. General Powers of Board. Sec. ,6.- The board— v, 4' _ (8.) Shall maintain its principal .of— fice in the District of Columbia. , (b) Shall have an official seal which 311?“) be judiciallynoticed': -' c vi; -4-;.»I-‘. :u‘f :. r (6)7 mm a * basic agriculturej Shall make an annual‘report to the Congress. - . u once with the ~ dhd such experts and, subject to the provisions of, the civil service" laws. such other (2) make suc expenditures (including expenditures for rent and personal ser- vices at the seat of government and elsewhere, for l w books, gerio'dicals, and books of re eren‘ce, an for' print- mg and binding), as may be necessary for the execution of the functions vest- ed in the board and as may be pro- - vided for by the Congress from time to time. All expenditures of the board shall be allowed and paid upon the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the chairman. Special Powers and Duties. Sec. 7. (a) The board shall meet at the call of the chairman at least week- ly, and at such other times as the Sec- retary of Agriculture or the chairman deems advisable. (b) . The board is authorized— (1) To obtain, from any available sources, information in respect Of crop prospects, supply, demand, current re- ceipts, exports, imports, markets, transportation costs and facilities, and prices of agricultural commodities, and economic, legal, and financial informa- tion in respect of the organization, pro- gress, and business methodauzf cooper- ative associations in the United States and foreign countries. ' (2) To disseminate any such infor- mation, or analyses or summaries thereof, from time to time, among co- operative associations and farm organ‘ izations in the United States. Disposition of Exportable Surplue. Sec. 8. (a) The board shall keep ad- vised by investigations, from time to time, made upon its own initiative or upon petition of any cooperative asso- ciation, of the domestic and world prices of basic agricultural commodi- .ties and the existence of a domestic surplus of any such basic agricultural commodity, or any food product thereof. (b) Whenever the board finds (1) that.there is or may be during the ensuing year a surplus above domestic requirements of any basic agricultural commodity, or any food product there- of, and (2) that a substantial number of the cooperative associations or oth- er, organizations representing the pro- ducers of such basic agricultural com- modity are in favor thereof, the board shall determine upon and declare an operation period in respect of such basic agricultural commodity. (0) During such operation period, the board is authorized to assist in re- ’ moving from the domestic market the surplus above domestic requirements of such basic agricultural commodity or food product thereof— (1) .By advising cooperative associ- at1ons 1n the disposition of such basic agricultural commodity or food product thereof; _(2) By entering into agreements with cooperative aesociations engaged 1n handling such basic agricultural commodity, or with a corporation .or association created by one or more of such cooperative associations, for the payment (out of the equalization fund hereinafter established and undensuch terms andconditions as the board may prescribe 1n the agreement) of losses and expenses arising out of the pur- chase, storage, sale, and, or contracts for the purchase, storage, or sale (af- ter such agreement has been entered into and in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof) of such basic agricultural commodity or food product thereof. (d) x If the board is of the opinion that there is no such cooperative asso- cration capable of carrying out any such agreement, the board may, prior to the expiration of two years from the enactment of this Act, enter into any such agreement with any other agency. (e) If the board is of the opinion that there are two or more coopera- tive associations capable of carrying out any. such agreements, the board, in entering into such agreements, shall not discriminate unreasonably against any such association and in favor of any other such association. , Purposes of Equalization Fee. Sec. 9. In order that the producers of each basic agricultural commodity may pay ratably their equitable share of the losses and expenses to be paid by the board in respect of such opera- tion period; and in order to prevent any unJust discrimination against, any direct burden or undue restraint upon, and any suppres ion of. commerce in commodities with foreign nations ’in favor of interstate or intrastate commerce; and in order to encourage and stimulate .the normal and usua ' be error tinned . . ,(C_' , :1 r . 1.3x ‘ . \ commodities. an equalization .tee and ’ Wish " I ,. . so ' ‘ . lassiflfi. ‘ blot :‘of . ’ 1923,11: the Stilettos of""-‘a 's'eob-etagry- cers and employees, ‘and' 1 current of fore and" in er- . state commerce in basfci‘gggflcultdral . i —. . .~.. .,__I . __ a,‘ ”W .0. .~ ....‘,,. ,,...» v~..-. —, . qr» ,na.<:é~'°-- \l ._fi 1‘ “:25. _.1>av.~r . ._,.-. , , .- . 3... .4» «yew—w m, ‘ ine of Hay and YERS Hand and Power Pumps and Com. pleteWater Systems are known through. out the world for quality—service— and lasting satisfaction. Whether it is a hand pump {Or the house or. barn—a power pump for general servrce—or a complete water system for the home, farm or country estate—— there is a Myers outfit that exactly “fills the bill.” For low cost operation—and years of dependable service—Myer. Pumps and Water Systems laid the field. Myers also makes a complete DoorHangers, Grain Unloading Tools- and Spray PumpsandPowcr Spray Rigs. See your dealer or write us to- day for his , that interest you. 1/ ~ ms SYSTEMS—HAY TOOLS" 0 e -m MYERS MNMGERS Thé F. E. Myers 8L Etc. Company 26‘ Orange Street Anhland, Ohio (it ' i H orti—culture}? r. \' ... ,_ A72 ‘Addrerr at Dedication of Harriett/ruralthz/a’mganI S. C. By Jason, Woodman - HE study of Michigan horticul- ture, its early history, and the history of the men who began and continued its development, to me has been a. most interesting task. It has caused me to read books of “an- cient vintage,” to go over the reports of meetings and discussions of long ago, to learn something of the early organizations of fruit growers, what the members knew, or thought they knew, and the glowing predictions they made concerning the future of horticul- ture in Michigan.’ ‘ V'hat do we really mean when we use the term horticulture? The word brings before our mental vision stately orchards, broad spreading vineyards, and fields, not mere patches, of small- er fruits. W'hen we say horticulturist we mean a man who grows fruit in commercial quantities. The general public has. assigned that. meaning to the term, and with that popular defini- tion in mind, I present my portion of the program. Early Settlers Plant Fruit. The French settlers, who nearly two centuries ago, cleared land and made homes along the Detroit river and the shores of lakes Erie and St. Clair, plantedapple and pear trees. They were still bearing fruit a century later. It is also a matter of history that peach trees were planted at St. Joseph by fur traders before the Revolutionary War. s It is probable that the first extensive fruit plantation in the state was the orchard of apples and pears set in 1825 on his farm near Detroit, by VVil- liam VVoodbridge. It contained 2,000 trees. The planting of this orchard may well be termed the first “high ,0“- WI. ”‘9‘. 'MF—7 ' vine, 9 possible While you farmers of the cold sections of America are digging your way out to your snow-covered barns in order to feed and water your live stock; while you are sufi’er— ing‘ a forced'fdleness because of blizzard weather conditions, the farmers of the Southland are shipping their first crops and receiving in return therefor substan- tial prices. ’- All-year-’round growing conditions in the South: living conditions; lower labor costs and aplen~ did transportation service success of Southern f Write us todw for full on l the success of other Northern farmers who have moved South. and information an to how we can help charge for our guise—now or ever. G.A.PARK General! ation&lnd Mum We; Nashville 5.. , the greater d free particulars about - horticulture. , 7, (flows 8’ NASHVILLE“: NR . .1 spot” in Michigan horticulture. Early Farm Orchards. In 1825 Michigan was a territory and its interior was an uncultivated wilder- ness. Fifteen years later it was a state with a population Of 12,000 people. William \Voodbridge was governor. In the southern counties, on “the open- ings” and the prairies, were many thousands of well improved farms. Around almost every homestead was a cluster of fruit trees, mostly seedling apples planted for family use. The pioneer,farmer thought of agriculture in terms of wheat and corn and live stock. For years fruit growing was not a money making proposition. With the advent of the railroads, however, came an outside market for the surplus products of the little or- chards. Seedling trees were top—work- ed, and by 1850 Michigan Baldwins, Spies, Greenings, and other desirable varieties, raised with little effort, gave to the ordinary farmer an extra tidy bit of easy money. Some Early Fruit Plantingsv. As has been said, the first peach trees were planted in Michigan while it was yet British territory, and a seed- ling tree was still standing on the bluffs of St. Joseph when that place was settled in 1829. It had lived there for more than half a century. Mr. B. E. Hoyt, one of the first settlers at that place, took the hint that tree convey- ed and planted peaches. From his trees came the first shipment made from St. Joseph, and probably from Michigan, This was in 1839. The next menced the business of transporting peaches in barrels and dry goods boxes on his vessel to Chicago, where he sold them at an enormous profit, some- times realizing 345 a barrel.” I quote ,this sentence from “The Fruit Regions of Michigan,” by Henry S. Clubb. This shipment, made by Captain Boughton, marks another “high spot" in Michigan Thirty years after that shipment there were“ 600,000, peach treesin the St.‘Joseph-Benton Harbor fruit growing region, and peaches were " N. , . year “Captain Curtiss Boughton com: ‘ \ being grown from St. Joseph to Trav—' erse Bay—that was fifty-six years ago. In 1870 there were 250 to 275 acres of grapes in the northern part of Ber- rien county. Mr. Clubb states that grapes were being grown in various places along the lake shore as far north as the Traverse region, and that the quality of the fruit was very good. There is no doubt as to the truth of his statement. All Michigan grapes are good, but some‘are/ better than others. Start of Grape Industry. The “high spot” in the history of Michigan grape culture occurred in 1868. During the spring of that year A. B. Jones and M. H. Biteley plant- ed the first vineyards in the Lawton district. In a few years the fact was demonstrated that the dry, gravelly hills and plateaus of that locality pro- duced grapes of the highest quality. It was near enough to Lake Michigan to secure fair immunity from the late spring frosts. It was far enough from the lake so that the summer days and nights were hot, an essential condi- tion to the perfect ripening and high sugar content of the products of the vineyard. For a while in this locality the grape industry developed slowly. Later, when the older vineyards had fully proved themselves, there was an accelerated expansion in this branch of fruit growing until there are in that district at least 18,000 acres of vine- yards producing a total average annual income that mounts into the millions of dollars. Society Organized. On July 5, 1871, in the city of Grand Rapids, the State Pomological Society, the forerunner of the present horticul- tural society, was organized. Its arti- cles of association were signed by: A. T. Linderman, G. S. Linderman, John Suttle, A. C. Barkley, George Perry, Henry Holt, Edward Bradfleld, G. W“. Dickinson, J. P. Thompson, C. L. “’hitney, and acknowledged before Henry C. Clubb, notary public. J. P. Thompson was the first president, and C. J. Dietrich the first secretary. With- in a year over 500 men became mem— bers of the association. With the formation of the pomolog- ical society, an influence entered into the affairs of this state that has been far-reaching. It is not my intention to trace the history of the organization under either of its names, but I do wish to call attention to this building, a monument to its labors and its in- fluence, and to the splendid staff of men who have succeeded the little calss—room and the solitamr professor of botany and horticulture of half a century ago. Old Timers Forgotten. I have read carefully the list of the first members of the old pomological society; with the exception of a few public men and agricultural college professors, I find the names of less than thirty men of whom I have ever heard. A few of these are written high upon the walls. The rest are for- got-ten. Who were J. P. Thompson, C. J. Dietrich, Jacob Gaughorn, Suttle, Barkley, Bradfield? I do not know. Do you? I find no history of them, only these names recorded as among the first officers of the society. Who were Henry S. Clubb, Townsend, E. Gidley, J. 'W'ebster Childs, and Benja— min Hathaway? Do these names mean anything to you? Henry S. Clubb lived in Grand Haven. He was one of Mich- igan’s leading journalists. Served in the senate of the state, was a widely known writer on horticultural subjects, and was keenly interested in the de- velopment of fruit growing along the Michigan lake shore. J. Webster Chiids ".7: . z“ 7"" .MW -w—l ’ Rana. f. - ‘w-“u - . .— ~ “hm-ls w—w 'wfin,» A‘ .vN—uu—é- ~ 1% s- - a, «l -. erot-unus \‘d.’ ,A . n. . __ 1‘ , er£--and..a man ‘otex: traordinary :abmty; Townsend. E. _;Gid- leyf was one, of , those land barons of « Whom Michigan had nota 'few in those early days. ; He lived onra'_.,f_arm of 1,600 acres in Jackson county... In 1833 he raised a 300-acre wheat crop. He helped to frame the. first cdnstitution of this state; served'six years lathe house and aucther six in thefsenate.‘ In 1851, he was the Whig candidate for governbr and 'a change of less than 4,000 votes would have elected him governor of Michigan. Later he moved to Grand Haven, __ purchased 2000 acres near that city and planted the largest peach orchard of-sthat day in Michigan. He was a man of marked character and influence. S. D. Bingham in his “Michigan Biographies,” says of Mr. Gidley, “No man has had a larger ac- Orchard Meetings Are Some of'the quaintance with the men and happen- ings of the first fifty years of Michigan as a state.” On the southern border of Little Prairie Ronde in Cass county, lived Benjamin Hathaway, farmer, fruit grower,,student, scholar, a writer of classic prose and smooth harmonious verse. I live only a few miles from his old homestead and knew him well during my younger years. With his home and its beauties, his orchards, his plantations of forest trees, I was familiar. One of my highly prized privileges in those‘days was to be his guest and to walk with him among the fruit and forest trees his hands had planted. ' Again beneath the orchard trees I ‘ stray ' The trees I used to climb. But, Oh! somehow the apples lack to day, The flavor of old time. Though still their shining globes lie thick below, In blushing heaps green, red and gold, I see This change; is it, alas! I hardly knew, In them or me Since forty years ago? The spot where stood the house that; gave me birth, With grass is overgrown. Alone is left of all that ample hearth One solitary stone. These lines are quoted from one of his poems. ,1 thought of them when, last autumn, I drove by the place » wihere, forty years ago, he planned and . labored, dreamed and wrote. Only remnants remain of the orchards that were his delight and pride. Gone is the spacious farm home, and grass grows within its blackened foundation ‘walls. I have resurrected the names of these few men from the dead ashes of the past, because they were types of those hundreds who, half a century and moreago, began the work of ad'- ’vancing Michigan horticulture to its proper place. Whether or not they, or we, in our‘turn, remembered or forgot- ten,‘is'only a minor matter. The work ; they began-,‘jand that iwe are striving antisonv / «to, gently fifths fall-import days of, Thompson, Dietrich, Whitney, “ 5- plants..- g‘I-I‘is’poor‘soilhas turned to be ablessfns " K-s m 1 of, the scientist: - new " rig atheism?“ ' mifflmsinvesngaubns: ms.“ research: ’-' work "and “discovsriesr on. thereipéris ments that .t9110w, and the general piactices'that finally result. Especially is this true of'horticultur'e. In the Dyckman, and Gang-horn, onlyva few fruit diseases and insect enemies had to be consiidered. Today a knowledge of‘these things is of first importance. ' Sometimes I try to imagine what conditions would be if there was no botany, no entomology, no bacteriol- ogy, or plant pathology, no knowledge of any natural science. One might al- most as well try to think of plant growth without light or water. A knowledge of natural science is essen- tial to civilization. So this building has been erected to provide a fitting place for those who work with us in the furtherance of a great and essen- tial industry. The completion and ded- High Spots in Modern Horticulture. ication of these halls marks one of the high places in the history of this col- lege and of our commonwealth. MODERATE PRUNING BEST. F you’re an extremist, don’t trym-t‘o prune any fruit trees. No pruning at all is one extreme; pruning too much is the other. Both are unprofit- able, experienced fruit growers will testify. The middle course is best. Young trees thrive on light pruning. Bearing trees require more and more pruning as they get older. In pruning apple trees one aim is to give all the branches breathing space and sunlight. The lower limbs and spurs won’t deVelop and bear with- out sunlight. Thin out by pruning the outer and upper portions of the tree, but do not prune to leave large holes that allow direct sunlight to strike large branches and induce sun scald cankers. Con- fine most of the cutting to small branches, well distributed, taking out large branches only where crowding exists, or to keep trees from getting too tall. As peach trees come into heavy bearing begin pruning for an open center. Keep tall branches cut back to strong laterals, and where neces- sary do additional heading back on these laterals. Fruit is borne on. one- Iyear wood; prune to keep a normal amount of vigorous growth well dis- tributed through the trees. Prof. U. P. Hedrick, a graduate of Michigan State College, and horticul- turist of the New York State Experi- ment Station, Was awarded the twelfth gold medal by the Massachusetts Hort- icultural Society. He is the first ex— periment station worker who has been honored with this award. John Mavis Settled on a sandy farm near Freesoil twenty years ago;_ and could not make a success of it. Then he noticed that dewberries did well in light soils.'. 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Traflic in Washington, D. .C.'was delayed three hours when an in- g‘olmingSPhilfdelphia tram jumped the track at Florida Avenue and ird tree . Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince Consort, Prince Henry, of H01- land, inspected the damage done by the recent floods in Holland, in this small skiff. ' Appearances are to the contrary, for these two Professor Bergoni, _ be-whiskered- gentlemen are Colonel Theodore ‘ , Roosevelt and his brother, Kermit, in India. ‘v-‘w‘ , have u. » - ._ This Indian elephant in a park in Germany. .astounds visitors by ,. I ., . "holding thehead‘ ofphis keeper lovingly in his mouth. 'Not such " ' .» ,- acomfortable place to lay [your head! . ,- , a s. French radiologist, devoted his life for radium research. ‘ ' 7 “Conn-ill“: by Underwood 5 Underwood. New You Senators Swanson, Lenroot, Robinson, and Cur- tis, are the four princpal reasons Why the U. S. will adhere to the World Court. World—famous Fer the first time in a decade or more, the famous cathedral of: Notre Dame, in Paris, France. was blanketed with snow, and even? snowbound. . ‘ ~ ' ‘ ,i ”Wk! / ‘ * initial-mensesms » private- d a place where he had no business to be, when a ‘ ‘ pleasure yacht slipped down the river and came to anchor in midstream near- ly abreast of him. At first Dick was no more than mildly interested, for he knew the screen of spiles would effect- ually conceal him from View on the water front; but a moment 1 ter he began leaning forward, forgett ng his fishing pole and the glowing pipe in his hand, so eager was he to read the name on the stern. “The Pelican!” he muttered, frown— ing. “It’s the old Beacon. I’m sure of that! I’d recognize her anywhere.’ Then came pleasant and unpleasant memories to occupy his thoughts. His fishing tackle was neglected, and when a fish nibbled at the bait he made no responsive jerk. . “Cutler got the yacht in the final break-up, I suppose,” he mused. “That’s why she’s renamed.” _ .Before the financial crash came that ruined his father, Dick had only to Sig- nify a desire to take a cruise in the Beacon and it was at his serv1ce. Now the yacht was Steve Cutler’s, the man who had profited by his father’s down- fall He stopped in his musings to watch a small boat being lowered over the side of the yacht. , When it came plunging through the water under the powerful oars of two sailors, Dick gath- ered up his line. . n “This must be Cutler’s private dock, he'grinned. “Rotten luck to be caught fishing on it. wouldn’t recognize me-Tnever had a speaking acquaintance With him. Guess I'll wait." . It was the impossibility of escaping without attracting attention that changed his mind, and as he was well concealed by the row of spiles he re- mained motionless, waiting for the small yacht tender to land. A big float was anchored to the end of the dock, with steps leading up from it. The boat was making for this. _ There were only two passengers in it—a medium-size man, with dark hair and gray eyes, and a nose inclined to hook a little at the end, and a girl in her early twenties, with fair hair and blue eyes. Dick studied them closely from his hiding place. "If that’s Steve Cutler,” he mused thoughtfully, “he’s younger than dad_ trials by twenty years. Thought he was er.” He turned his attention from the man to the girl. “Cutler wasn’t married," he resumed after a pause. “Therefore, she"—’- meaning the girl in the boat——“cant be his daughter. A guest, maybe.” The sailors warped the small boat alongside the float, and the first to come ashore was the one who held the center of the stage. The easy, grace~ ful way in which she jumped to the float, a little recklessly, it seemed at a distance, won Dick’s admiration; but her companion, who had leaned for- ward to forestall her action, appeared annoyed and distressed. . “You should be more careful, Miss Alice," he protested, landing clums1ly. “Please don’t be so reckless.” . For reply the girl laughed mernly. “Oh, fudge! I'm old enough to look after myself. There’s uncle wavmg to me.” She flaunted a strip of gauzy lace in the air in response to something white fluttering over the rail of the yacht. Dick watched her, and reached the con- clusion that her relationship to the owner of the yacht was no nearer than that of niece. Meanwhile, the sailors had been dis- missed, and were rowing lustily back to the parent craft. The girl continued watching, until the small boat was haul- ed out of the water and swung to the davits of the yacht. “I wish uncle had come with us,” she Actz'w'z‘zkr of All Acr€——N0w Slim Mtg/2t T 73/ For Caz'muIllz'rzozlr ’l p; .. 9 my waif}; on ' the mwfif' Bu ”—reflectively—“he _ By Gorge Ethelbert Walsh observed; then, speaking half petulant- ly, “I don’t see why—” A sudden gust of wind tore at her lace scarf, and in her effort to recover it she jerked both hands upward. Something light and glittering flew in the air and landed with a splash in the water. A little exclamation of dismay escaped her lips. “Oh, my hand-bag!” she cried. “It's in the river, Mr. Blak ! ‘Please get it! It’s full pf my papers and cards—Oh, what shall I do!” She ran to the edge of the float as if to plunge in afterthe bag, but a re- straining hand detained‘ her. “I’ll signal for the boat to come back and pick it up, Miss Alice,” replied Mr. Blake calmly. “Don’t do anything rash now!” , . “But it’s sinking, and the tide’s car- rying it away. Oh, can’t you get it for me?” “Not very well without—without—” curve directly for the floating bag. It seemed for ,an instant that Dick had over—estimated the distance, and some- thing approaching a sigh escaped the' girl's lips, but a second later it was changed to an exclamation of pure de- light. “Oh, you’ve got it!” she cried, clap- ping her hands. The hook had caught in the lacy mesh, and as if he were hauling a trout out of the stream, Dick lifted the bag from the water, and swung it with- in reach of the eager owner. "If you’ll unhook my catch,” he said, smiling, “I’ll be obliged.” Before she had the dripping bag clear of the hook, Mr. Blake was mounting the steps to the dock. A- near view of the man’s face was not friendly. He was clearly annoyed. “That was a lucky throw of yours, my man,” he said. “Of course, you know fishing is forbidden on this dock, Dick, the hero of our new serial, prise you. Read the First Installment HE shabbiest trick fate can play on us is to bring us into- the world with a silver spoon in our mouth, and then, when we grow accustomed to it, change it into pewter metal, so thinks this story of daring adventure, unusual romance, and thrilling mys- tery, Dick surprises himself, even as the end of the story will sur- This short serial will be completed in about ten issues. Don’t fail to read the first installment! " “In Valhalla and Out.” But in He stammered and stopped, for the blue eyes were challenging him to do the foolish but heroic. A glance at the rippling tide made him. shudder and draw back. “I’m a poor swimmer, Miss Alice,” he apologized weakly, “and the tide is strong. I’ll have the boat back in a. few minutes.” “Oh, dear, it will sink before they get here.” At this juncture both were startled by a voice that seemed to come from the air directly over their heads. Dick had risen fromrhis- hiding place, and stood in clear view on the end of the dock. “I think I can get it for you,” he an- nounced calmly. They glanced up at the tall, lithe figure, as if it were an apparition, Mr. Blake frowningly and Miss Alice with the light of expectation in her blue eyes; but if either thought to see him plunge recklessly into the river the disappointment was mutual. Dick was calmly gathering in his line for a cast. In more than one cast- ing tournament he had won out against all contestants. The bag was floating down on the tide, fifty feet away, sink- ing gradually below the surface as the water soaked in it. It was some lacy contrivance, with a soft leather foun- dation that would protect the contents for a few minutes. The long bamboo pole was not the kind he would choose for a casting tournament, and lacking all pretence of a reel to ‘control it, the line was liable to whip and snarl in the wind; but there was a heavy sinker on the end, and Dick gauged this against the wind before he threw. The two below watched the hook and sinker describe an arc in «the air, hes- itate a moment over his head, and then, as if propelled by some invisible force, both went hurtling in a graceful but as you’ve done Miss Cutler a ser- vice we'll overlook that.” He fumbled in his pocket and drew out a bill. “I'll reward you for saving the bag,” he added. “But you must positively leave the dock, and not re- turn. Here, take this!” Dick glanced from the man’s face to the bill extended to him, a slow, slum- berous anger in his eyes. Then he sud- denly smiled and took the bill. Crumpling it in his hand, he made a wad of it, and deliberately thrust the hook through it. “This might be good bait for suck- ers,” he remarked. “Anyway, I’ll try it.” He flung the money-baited hook back in the water, and calmly reseated him- self on the pier. Mr. Blake glared fur- iously at him, his eyes glinting danger- ously; but before he could speak, Alice Cutler was up the steps and by his side. Dick could see by the amuse- ment in her eyes that she had witness- ed the whole proceeding. “Oh, let him fish here as long as he wants to, Mr. Blake," she exclaimed impulsively. “I owe him that much." Dick smiled into her eyes, but when she fumbled in her bag for something his face grew red and hot. “Now please don’t use this for bait,” she said merrily, “But keep it until some day you may need it. It’s more than a card of introduction. I’ll re— deem it in any way you ask at any time.” Dick looked at the white piece of pasteboard thrust into his hand. It was an ordinary visiting card, with her name engraved neatly across the face. CHAPTER II Wealth thrust upon us at birth may not be the greatest blessing in life; it many times proves a curse, and un— doubtedly often handicapping the pos- sessor of it by weakening the will to do and achieve. Nevertheless, nine out oh man’s son.- , play on us isto bring us into the world with a Silver'smon in the mouth, and then, when we grow ac'customed to it, change it into cheap pewter metal. It leaves an unpleasant taste for years after, and some never quite get rid of that tin-coppery-brassy flavor. Dick Van Ness was an amiable young man, without more than his share of faults, and possibly» with as many virtues in a potential state as the average man carries around in. his system, when fate subjected him to this acid test. - How he met it is not‘ necessarily nearly so interesting and spectacular as many fiction writers would invent for their heroes... He was a bit put out by it, considerably chagrined and disappointed, but being young and in fine health he thought the" world was his oyster, and he could open it. A chip of the old block, why couldn’t he make a fortune" as easily as his father? There was’no reason, except that apparently he didn’t inherit the peculiar quality of mind that had made the elder Van Ness a power in the financial World. Dick didn’t know it at the time, but it was revealed to him in the course of years. Combined with the utter lack of all experience and training, the handicap was fatal. He drifted and floundered, driven from pillar to post, making fool mistakes that, an office boy could have put him straight on, and in the end he returned in disgust. Dick had a vein of romance in his system, inherited from his mother per- haps, and a love for adventure; but neither .of these had found lodgement in the elder Van Ness, which may have accounted for his remarkable success in finance. They are not necessarily incompatible with achievement, but they have to be held in subjection when business calls. Self~acknowledged, and by common consent admitted by the world to be a failure, Dick had no samples in giv- ing full vent to his imaginings. For- getting his fishing, he dreamily pic- tured scenes quite different from the reality, until suddenly aroused by the footsteps of the watchman. He effected his escape from the pri- vate dock with much, greater celerity and safety than the previous owner of his fishing tackle. Once on solid land again, he gave a last wistful look at the Pelican. “I’d sell my’ right hand for a long cruise in her again,” he sighed. “I’d even be willing to go as a deck hand." He stopped, and looked startled at his own suggestion. Why not? Then he answered himself with a. sad shake of the head. Because he had no ex~ perience or references, they would not employ him even as a deck hand. Deck hands had to know something. “And I don’t know anything worth knowing!" he, blurted out in disgust. Nevertheless, all that afternoon and evening, the fancy clung to him, that his future was in some way inextric- ably mixed up with his father’s old ”yacht, and the girl who had rewarded him with the gift of her visiting card.. He fingered this many times n the course of the day, gazing furtively at it at the most unexpected moments. She had promised to redeem it in any way he asked, at any time, and if he went to her and‘begged a berth on her uncle’s yacht, she would undoubtedly grant his request; but such a course was repugnant to him, and not to be considered. Late in the evening Dick, still lin- gering in the vicinity of the water- front, as if fascinated by the smell of 7 the ships and the salt brine across the harbor; rubbed elbows with a couple bound in the opposite direction. The night was dark, and the waterfront Frank R. 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He took advan- tage of every favorable street lamp to study their backs, and once, when the second man stopped to light a Cigar, he got a glimpse of his face. ’ "‘That isn’t old, man Cutler either,’ he said, frowning. “Too young for him, 'and too big and husky. If I re- member rightly he was a small, wiz- ened, dried-up man.” .‘ The one accompanying Mr. Blake was anything but that. Tall, square- shouldered, and bony of arms and legs, he. was the Very picture of health and muscular strength. Dick caught a glimpse of gold braid onan arm sleeve, and the flash of something on his cap. “The captain of the Pelican," he breathed. He smiled as he recalled the amount of‘gold braid and emblems that his father’s skipper wore. Captain John— ston! Where was he? Had he. lost his job with the sale of the old Bea- con? Apparently he had, for this one was the very antithesis of the short, fat navigator of the yacht under its former ownership. _ When the couple reached the private dock, they crossed the street and made their 'way leisurely along it. Dick could see the flicker of the lights aboardthe Pelican in midstream. The dock-was in dense gloom, except for red "lights burning at the end, and a white one at the entrance. There was no sign of a watchman, and as the men were unchallenged, Dick followed. When they stepped abruptly at the head of the steps leading down to the float, Dick was within twenty feet of them. He~slid behind a spile and re- mained motionless. “You'd better coal early in the morn- ing, Captain Brent,” Mr. Blake was saying. “Take enough aboard _for a couple of months. We may need it. We don’t want to get caught short.” “ReCkon’ not, Mr. Blake,” replied the other chuckling. “ ’Twould sort of let the cat out of the bag if we had to sneak into some harbor for coal be- fore the time was up.” . “Yes, we must guard against any such contingency. I’ll ’phone to Blank’s pier the first thing in the morning for all the coal you can store aboard.” “W'hat time’ll the old man want to come aboard?” queried Captain Brent, pufi‘ing volcanically at his cigar. “Shortly after sun-down. Lay off here at sunset, and when you see the signals send the boats ashore.” “There’ll be a lot of dunnage, I sup- pose ‘2" “No, nothing but light traps—chiefly personal things of Miss Cutler’s. Most of the baggage will go aboard earlier. I’ll see to that." ” “You say there’ll be four of 'em? "Yes, Mr. Cutler, Miss Alice, her maid, and Dr. Alster." “And yourself ‘3” “Certainly!” added Mr. Blake a little \“Mr. 2.,Blaike,” he mused, I tartly. . “I'll come down with the party." _ “All right! I'll have everything ready. Reckon now if I don’t have any trouble finding that island, well have a pleasant voyage.” “Why do you say that?” demanded Blake uneasily. “Have you any doubts about finding it?” , “Why, no, if the map you gave me s correct.” “Well, it is!” snapped the .other. “I’ve verified it in every particular. You‘don’t think I’d slip up on such a small thing as that, when there’s so much at stake ?” . . “No, I reckon not, but it’s a bit puz- zling in places. Some of them dots and marks look like as if they’d been put there for private use. You don’t suppose now, that captain was up to any misleading tricks, marking the lo- cation wrong and shifting the channel buoys, do you?” . Mr. Blake smiled and shrugged his shoulders. . 7 “You forget," he said coldly, “that I’m running this little expedition, and The chart is correct.” “All right!” replied Brent, moving toward the steps. “Then we’ll pick up the island in a couple of days.” He stopped and stared ’out into mid- stream. _“Why don’t they send that boatashore?” he added irritably. ”Here it comes now!” ’."Weii, rn be going. I got to put in' a night doing some figgering.” _ Blake nodded, and waited for him to descend the steps,and walked to the-fond otvthe float- A few minutes liter not?» tender“ . . appeared. and . Gibtegegrent m.-svihiakeciout into n » thewm The anfthe read 92- the ~, 1 dockremcinedmotipniess until it was ptly in histracks, andwat'c -’ ‘2‘ \md' «th " . kly a ay. : .' .. _ Dick’s first impulse was .to follow, and then he changed his mind. He came from behind his hiding place and stood , near the steps, watching the lights flickering on (the river and run- ning over again in his mind the words he had heard. They were a little puzzling; but the main fact was clear to him. Steve Cut- ler and his niece were starting on a long cruise in the Pelican the follow- ing evening, sailing under the cover of darkness, which might or might not mean anything unusual. Mr. Blake was to accompany them, and, accord- ing to his own statement, he was run- ning the expedition. _ Their destination was some island whose exact location was a mystery to Captain Brent. Who was Mr. Blake, and what island was it? Dick. puzzled over the situation for a long time. He recalled the reference to some mys- terious captain who might have played a trick on them by marking the map wrong. Who was he? . Piecing one thing upon another, Dick finally came to the conclusion that the takénby Cutler for .the furtherance, of some personal scheme that he wished ' to keep secret, and Mr. Blake was man- aging it for him. So far all seemed plain, but the mys- tery of the island to which they were going introduced a puzzling factor that baffled Dick for a long time. It was hours later when the truth seemed to dawn upon him. . “That’s it! !” he exclaimed, suddenly, bringing his two hands together. “It’s a treasure hunt, or somethinglike that. Old Cutler’s come in possession of some old sea captain’s chart of an is- land where the treasure is buried. And, hog-like, he’s tricked the owner of it, and intends to gobble up the whole thing. It’s like Steve Cutler!” He went over the conversation again, sentence by sentence as he recalled it, and in the end his conclusion was strengthened. All the facts fitted ad- mirably into this theory. With the chart of the unknown island in his pos- session, Cutler intended to pay a visit to it, and, if there was any treasure on it,.dig it up and add it to his al- ready swollen fortune. In the event (Sue Hundred Dollars Won HE Michigan Mystery is done! readers send in their solutions to this Story Contest. About fourteen hundred and fifty Some four hundred of this number guessed that Jed Furtaw murdered Henry Cot‘ on. But part of them failed to give his motive for the crime, while others gave the wrong motive. of the contest. Still others did not Qualify under the other rules The ten readers who worked out solutions which were most nearly like the author’s, have been awarded the prizes as follows: First—Mrs. Vitus M. Hartsell, R. No. 2, Eau Claire, Mich. Second—D. T. Davis, R. No. 4, Hesperia, Mich. Third—Mrs. Harry James, GregorY, Mich. ‘\ Fourth—Lottie Szymanowski, R. No. 2, Plymouth, Mich. Fifth—Mrs. E. E. Dempsey, Flushing, Mich. Sixth—Lewis Wightman, Caseville Mich. 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Bush; Elwood Sandy Sanderson; Alvin D. Cowan; Emma Mae Bearse; Mrs. Albert Roediger; Ruth C. Vance; Barbara Snure; Rus- sel C. Johnson; Mrs. Claude A. Shel- trown; Mrs. Leo J. Blakely; Mrs. Nels Hanson; Lloyd Perry; Mrs. John Klein. ' Mrs. F. P. Norman; Mrs. Frank E. Benham; Mrs. Hazel Rippey; Mrs. Grace Browne; John’Rockey; Z. M. J. Davis; Mrs. Tliurlow T. Gillette; Wes- ley Christopher; Wm. R. Sherman; Mrs. Herbert R. Potter; George Ald- rich; Mrs. Mable Nye; Emil Klopfen- stein; John Rogers; Myrtle McLaury; Ruby Gray; Lynn Aldrich; W. G. Tut- tle; Clarence Norton; Mrs. George H. Thompson; Vern T. Mahrle; Leon C. Wheeler; Mary E. Lulham; Mrs. Clay- ton Taylor; Mrs. George Betz; D. F. Sager; Leota Wiles; Roger M. Car- roll; Hilda Parmenter; Gladys Reddy; Mrs. Jos. S. Watson; Mrs. Alvin Jack- son; Evangeline MCDiarmid; Mrs. Lew- is Sanford; Mrs. Edwin V. Willison; Mrs. C. S. Colby; Forrest L. Griffin; Allan Brown; M. M. Cade; Rufus L. Maynard; Mildred Seidel; Ruth E. *Nash; Mary E. Wilson; Bernice Cook; Mrs. John Baluss; Emma Bore; Mrs. Frank Morgan; Don P- Carr; Mrs. D. U. Walling; Nowell. Mowy; Frances Liskow; Mrs. 1W. A. 'Ridiey; Mark R. Westbrook; Mrs. ‘Sherman Wilson. expedition was“ an adventure, under? Mrs- ofiits‘proying shoes; he could has-huh the matter, and no one but a few of: iiis servltors would be any wiser. , "-A treasurehunting expedition in the' Pelican!” Dick mused thoughtful- ly. “What an adventure! I wish I were going." He cast longing glances at the yacht in mid-stream. The wild idea entered his head of swimming out to the craft and smuggling himself aboard. As a stowaway he might make the trip and" bluffoit out when discovered. But this was impractical for several reasons. The tide in the river was strong, and even if he made the yacht safely, the chances were ten to one that he could not climb aboard unob- served. That, he concluded, would have to be his last resort. The yacht would coal at Blank’s pier in the morning. Could he disguise him- self as a coal beaver, and, during the bustle, hide in one of the bunkers? Dick knew every nook and corner of the craft, and he felt if he could once get below decks, he would be safe from discovery. Then the card that Alice Cutler had given him jogged his memory. He took it out and stared at it in the gloom as if trying to read some message from it. For a long time he sat in puzzled silence, frowning at the bit of white pasteboard. Then an eye lid flickered. and his lips parted: a smile slowly spread across his features, and a chuckle broke the silence. “I could work it,” he mused, “with a little luck. I believe I’ll try it in the morning. At the worse, I could say it. was just a lark—an original method of making her redeem her promise." He chuckled softly, and waved a hand, as if in farewell to the city that had treated him so shabbily. “I’ll bet," he murmured, “it will be a. big im- provement on this smoky, godless city of Mammon!” CHAPTER III Dick Van Ness proceeded deliber~ ately to put his little scheme to the test; but first he provided himself with a few hours of sleep to refresh the body and steady the nerves. By day- light he reviewed the situation calmly, and decided that the plan was as feas- ibee as it had appeared the night be— ore. He ate a hearty breakfast at a near- by restaurant, and then ordered a huge batch of sandwiches, wrapping each one in oiled paper as if for a picnic. Leaving these to be called for later, he paid a visit to a dry goods store where he selected an oblong paper box big enough to contain a man’s suit} of clothes. With wrapping paper and stout twine, he returned to the res: taurant for his sandwiches. They only half filled the box. The rest of the space was stowed with hot tles of water and sweet drinks. pickles. olives, fruit, cakes and candy. The proprietor of the restaurant smiled when he clapped the cover on the box. “Looks as if you were loading up to last a week,” he remarked. “I may need it,” replied Dick frank- ly. “I’m going where grub may be ,, hard to get. I don’t want to take a chance!” As he paid for the food and trouble. the restaurant man made no further inquiries, and Dick volunteered no ad— ditional information. When the box was wrapped, he borrowed pen and ink, and wrote on the outside: Miss Alice Cutler, Steam Yacht Pelican, Blank’s Pier, City. “I guess that will do,” he chuckled, admiring his chirography. Five minutes later he was on his way to Blank’s pier. The Pelican was already at the dock, coaling. Dick took a swift survey of the scene, and then whistling nonchalantly, with the box under his arm, he walked toward the end. ' No one challenged him, and when he reached the Pelican’s side he stop~ ped. A dozen grimy men were storing coal aboard, a deck hand checking off. on a card the number of bags carried ‘ into the hold. A small gang plank’ was thrown from the main deck to the pier. ' Dick started up this and reached the deck before anyone challenged him. Then a booming voice right behind him caught his ear. “Hello, there! What d’you want? Don’t you know this is a private yacht?” It was Captain Brent. “Sure!” replied Dick nonchalantfy. “It’s the Pelican, isn’t it? Mr. Cut- ler’s yacht?" “Well, what if it is?” growled the captain. ; “Nothing, except I guess I’ll take-a rest here." Hot day, isn't it?" He re- ' moved his hat and began wiping his forehead , , . j. “Yes, it’s-ho but it may be bother ‘ if you don’t l sharp. What you. got ~. ' in that box?” . (Continued next week). ‘ fi‘ ‘ sll‘ \ U - $‘r ”W “t (v éw: . ‘ 't I}, "°°§Q . ‘31 The days when exorbitant claims and un- proven statements Would sell fence are gone forever. Today the business of run- ning your farm demands that you secure the utmost return from every dollar iIfiIested. In Page Fence you will find a full meas- ure of value—quality, durability and satisfaction; proven by over 43 years of constant use by farmers everywhere. Constructed of wire manufactured by Page in the Page mills, this remarkable fence is heavily coated with galvanizing to assure against corrosion and rust. It is easily erected and will adapt itself to hills and hollows as well as even ground. Good business judgment demands that you buy the best fence—ask your dealer to show you the various Page styles. You’ll find he carries the pattern you need. Page Steel & Wire Company An Associate Company of the American Chain Company, Inc. 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But it is one of the most neces— sary spiritual exercises for the modem to practice. The lack of it drives hun- ' dreds into nervous prostration, neu- rasthenia, insani- ty. It is the._most powerful balanc- ing agency in life. Genuine trust in the Unseen is an art to be practic- ed, and a. gift to ‘ ' " be craved. Th e other truth is, that the trusting soul is serene. Jesus was not in a hurry. He could have prevented his friend from dying, as the sisters reminded Him. But God is not to be hurried. Some- times it seems to us that. he is pain- fully slow. But His plans work out, and we will find, if we work with Him, trust Him, that we must take long steps, travel at a rapid rate. As Nor- mal McLeod sings: Courage, brother, do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There's a star to guide the humble: Trust in God and do the right. F Jesus had been there, say Mary and Martha, the brother would not Jesus was then hemmed in by a. physical body. He could be butin one place at a time. He could not be in Bethany until He got there. Not so now. He will be with us at 1 any, at all times. If He is not with us ence and realize it, there is but one person at fault, and that is ourself. We do not need to’wait, as they did, road with donkey or afoot, in order that He may look. into our face, or say the calming word to us. When He arrived He was so wrought upon by the spectacle of grief that He. too, wept. “Jesus wept.” The short- est verse in the Bible. In the days gone by, when we Sunday‘school boys were asked for a verse, one was al- ways sure‘ to give this one. We thought it fun. Its meaning had never occur- red to us. We thought of tears as girlish, unbecoming to big boys. In that, of course, as many other things, we were mistaken. Nothing so as the fact "that He sorrowed with those in sorrow. “\Vhat is more hu- man than tears? The first utterance of the newborn babe is a cry, the rosy cheeks of childhood are wet with tears, mother weeps, and the man of iron breaks dOWn and sobs like a. child. In and in palace,‘in every age and under every sky, in joy and in sorrow, tears flow from human eyes- This is a. touch of nature that makes the world akin.” HE tears showed the genuine inter- est and comradeship of Jesus. Any- one who saW» Him that day, .or who reads this chapter now, knows that His grief was not feigned. That is the way in which the best passages. of are Old Testament picture God; now, so that we understand His pres-1 for Him to come toiling over the'ho‘tr shows the real humanity of our Lord . the cradle and at the grave, in cottage ' “In 2111 j their affliction He was afflicted, and . the angel of His presence saved them.” “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pi’tieth them that fear Him.” . ‘ But an obstruction reared its ugly‘ form in thegvery path of Jesus’ goods ness. The stone lay over the grave. Note that He did not remove the stone by His own power. Others had to do that. We humans are expected to co« operate. And stones today must be removed before the message of healing can reach people. Ignorance gets in the way, and that is a. bulky thing to remove. Prejudice is often worse, be- cause it is more deeply seated, and there is less excuse for it. The love of money is as big as a. mountain to many. They simply cannot seem to get over it or around it. These stones cannot be taken away by human strength alone, but the Divine must work with us’f‘and we with Him. ' But a. still greater“ obstaCIe 110w sprawled its unlOvely length in"front of them. "Lord, by this time the body decayeth, for He hath been dead four days.” But even here theMaster tells them that the glory of God will 'ap— pear. if they will only believe. He does not dWell on the sordid or the. ugly side of life, as we are wont to do. It all depends, he says, on how you look at it. To a. city man, a. manure pile is a repulsive heap of stendh, but the farmer knows there in the}. heap is life and beauty, smiling . raps and hap- py fields, which is another way of- Say-i 'ing that in that heap of manure is»de—_ licious food for your table next win» .ter. Emerson says somewhere that to the chemist there is no dirt, to the botanist no weed. In many an ob- streperous and annoying boy there are gifts of ability waiting to be discov-_ ered and brought out. 0_ see into things, to see the worth and beauty in life, is one of the 'most valuable attainments to be cul- tivated. In the decaying corpse the, Prince of Life could see the glory of God. To get Himself ready for this act of bringing life to the dead, Jesus uséd prayer. That is also true of an the striking experiences of His life. He alWays prepared Himself by prayer. ‘Look into the record carefully for yourself. The disciple cannot be above ‘ the Master. If we are lame attimés, and humiliatingly impotent, may not- the cause be traced here?" We have not received that indefinable strength, life, efficiency, call it what you will. that comes from intercourse with God. But when the dead man came forth, that was not all. Something still re- mained to be done. He was bound, af- ter the manner of the time, with grave- clothes. These had been wound and wound about'all parts of. the body. He could not walk. He must be unwound and unbound, With whatlightning fin- gers did they do, this! How they must have made short work of thoseband- ages! And much of this'must be done now. People’s minds and souls are bound today with a most surprising assortment of mental bandages. Say one tihing in an address or article, and people will often give it an entirely different meaning from .what‘ was in- tended. Their minds must be unbound. This is true of sin, and it is true (if mental images. Peopleneed cleansing from sin, but they also need minds willing to receive the lightand re- inforced souls to'live the. light when they have received it. Lazarus repre- sents usall. ' ‘ ' SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 21. SUBJECT: -—Jesus raises Lazarus from .the dead. John 11:1 to 12:11.. ‘ ’GOLDEN TEXT: ——1 am the mar-rec- - tion and the life; he that believeth on Me,t the he die. yet shall be live John 11: 25'. ’ tions, ;.careful consideration. tS FAVORB LICENSED ROAD STANDS ‘ CTING on invitation extended in the editorial, “The Roadside Mar- ket, ” in your issue of February 6. , I am operating a farm on a main trunk highway, in the southwestern part of Michigan, and to help out in disposing of. fruits and vegetables, we have set up a roadside market. ‘IAt first this method of selling prov- ed more satisfactory'than it has later. With a decided rise in the volume of . summer highway traffic, there has been a decreasing call for. these things, a .pondition/especially noticeable during the past season. The reason for this falling-on in roadside purchases is to be found in the direction pointed out in your editorial; namely, supplying interior or shipped-in, stale, goods, which is tendered as fresh, and home- grown. This practice, coupled with a lack of courtesy in deallng with strang- ers, has brought a feeling of distrust with prospective customers, which is working_,_against this method of mar- ,ke’ting. 'VVhen the roadside market was a new enterprise, it was almost wholly conducted by the growers themselves, but now this field has been invaded, and extensively so, by non-producers, and those who come and go with the ,season—and who have but little con- cern in the future welfare of the bus- iness. As a suggestion for improvement, I ,haVe nothing better to offer than state license and inspection, as you have mentioned in your editorial. This should serve to eliminate unscrupulous or irresponsible selling—and help to ‘ restore the buyer’s confidence—H. G. Krake. WHAT A MILLION DOLLARS CAN DO. I-IIS brief article is calculated to submit a proposition to producers " and consumers of farm products, and has special leference to conditions as they exist in Michigan and Detroit. The writer does not claim infallibility, but feels the necessity of making a radical change in the marketing end 0g agriculture. Under present condi- it costs the farmer nearly as much. to deliver his produce as it does to develop them. The main reason of this‘situation lies in the fact that he Works too much singlehanded. ‘ It has come to pass that the average farmer will never be satisfied to sell his produce to jobbers or commission men. It is not necessary to state that this system of distribution is the main stumbling block to successful and sat- isfactory fa1ming. Instead of a well- to—do, happy, contented set, there are too many farmers who become discour- aged and reluctantly concluded that ,the business is a failure. Everything worth while should be worked out according to a well-arrang- ,ed plan. The proposition about to be presented is entirely feasible, and it is hoped that it will be given due and It is based on cooperation in a “live to let live” sense. It truly means more money for the farmer, as well as to the city consumer. There is not a concern in Detroit that can place in the home farm products any cheaper than the farmer can. Read and see how this Can be done. ' It is proposed to organize what will bucalled for. the present, The Michi- gan Reduce-Exchange. Take out arti- cles of incorporation and organize this Concern similar to a steak company, authorizing a capitalization of $1, 000,- 0.00 par value, $1.00 $10, or $100, as those intimated might determine. Be permit the -' moms lather, mimmmtethathestaadsready and Bouquets An Open Famm. for Our Rem/em to Sascha. $100 or $1, 900 mud said ' In other words, he , capitalization. would be one of 10,000 or 1,000 to pro- ceed to finance such an exchange. This exchange‘is to be empowered to do business 'just like any other concern: that delivers the goods to the consum- er. This certainly would work a great accommodation to the city wives. It is furthermore proposed to purchase a sutlicientn‘umber of delivery trucks to ‘_ look after city and suburban distribu- , tion. The plan would-call for ware- houses built upon city limits. Instead of shivering in an outdoor market, and waiting for bus- iness, the farmer grades his products, loads them on a truck and delivers the sameto one of these warehouses.'The exchange will employ men to drive said trucks and deliver the produce direct to consumer. Each truck will cover a given route, daily, except Sat— ' . urday, and it is' proposed to purchaSe a sufficient number toaccommodate all families. If it shall transpire that penses takes place, dividendsx‘may be declal ed them time to time to take up the surplus Thus briefly the plan is stated; of course, it may be modified to suit the majority, but carried out as the plan is outlined, it can be made a huge suc- ‘ cess. As some may be skeptical re- garding the financing, the writer sug— gests that the farmers would not be alone in this matter. proached, it would be found that many people of Detroit would take stock, as the possibility of dividend distribution might interest them. I make a motion that the Michigan Farmer in some way inaugurate a movement that shall pave the way to . organize The Michigan Produce Ex- change, as a farmer and consumer’s? business. Bear in mind the details may be carried out to the satisfaction of all concerned. If it shall put any jobbers, commission houses, or fruit and vegetable stands out of business, let them go to farming—E. W. Good. WI DE-TRACK SLEIGHS. HIS is our second season of the wide-track sleighs and, after our- experience with them, would simply- hate to return to the narrow treads . again. Roads are so much safer, and the horses have so much more room. ._ There is no excuse for crowding as in - the old days. Of course, where ponies of 1,100 or 1,200—pounds used, it may be different. But, in old Chippewa county, where we grow and- use heavy draft animals, the roads commission sent out questionaires two years ago, to feel the sentiment in regard to wide sleighs. The an- swers were so favorable that they Wid- ened the snow plows and rollers. So, now we have dandy roads, of course, too narrow for cars, but then, we have ' too much snow anyway in winter to use cars in the country through Janu— ary, February, and nearly all of March. Because of better roads, even some of the dyed-in—the-wool objectors have widened their sleighs this winter.—A booster for wide sleighs. COUNTRY LIFE CONFERENCE AT MT. PLEASANT. HE Annual Country Life Confer- ence, which has grown to be a reg- ' ular feature among the activities at- Central State Normal College at Mt. Pleasant. will be held this year on - March 5. Prof. M. A. Cobb, head of the agricultural department, reports that they have secured the services of ‘ ,f Aaron Sapiro, Mrs. Edith M. 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Pro— tect them from the cold winter, and force them for early selling. Even rhubarb brings a very goodly sum in the very days of its appearance. ’ Flowers Make Dollars. Parsley, mint, dill and peppers are easily raised, and as easily sold. Local stores or private sales will usually dis- pose of all you will have. A lady who loved flowers, and loved [to work with them, devised a way to use them as a pin-money. crop. She With Little Helpers and Careful Study, Mother Can Make the Farm Flock Produce a Few Extra Dollars. ,studied catalogs until she knew hardy lvarieties of perennials and the time iof their blooming. Then, in her flout lyard she planted rows of flags, peon- ies, Shasta daisies, and lilacs. Be- tween the rows she planted zinnias, .marigolds, and phlox. She took orders for special occasions and sold flowers lfar and near. She devised a mail order system of he1 own lor letting clubs, churches and hotels know her prices \ .and her daily supply. She also had a lgate sign reading “Flowers for Sale.” New Way of Marketing Eggs. price for your eggs, send them to town in made—up salad dressing, or special orders, or to regular customers. work up a market and get your price fairly fixed, and your sales will be assured. If you raise ground cherries for your own table, plant more and sell the canned conserve. It is unusual, and brings the price of the unusual article, if you simply make a name for it. Finds Pin Money in Waste Land. One friend of mine sells black wal- unut kernels to a. candy manufacturer. netting himself a neat income. Anoth- er woman I know, realized a smallsum of pin-money from selling leaf mold which she gathered in the ravines in their wooded pasture. She sacked it and sold it to town people who were having their laWns landscaped. Even the pumpkins along the fence line, if cut into jack lanterns for the Hallowe’ e11 season, will provide a. bit of pin- money. Think out the needs of your commu— nity; plan a selling campaign; study . out the thingsyour land can produce, interested in' - every woman there is some, way.- by which she may fill'her purse with‘ If you want to get double market ' ~ Coffee .and bake. Plan Pin-Money Crops Early Farm Women Can Find Dal/4771~ 2'72 iVell— Planned Garden Snrpldr By Mrs. L. H. Funk your la',nd and then get busy with your pin-money crop. MAKES HEMLOCK FLOOR COM- FORTABLE. OUR winters ago we tacked the' problem of a creeping baby and a cold hemlock floor. To anyone who has been vexed with a hemlock floo1, there is no need to desciibe the splint- ers which get into little hands and feet, not t.0 mention the. mop when we are cleaning the flooi Our pocketbook was in such a flat- tened condition that it would not pel- mit 11s to buy linoleum 01 cal pet. One day my hUSband came across with this idea. We had two rolls of three-ply roofing left from re-roofing the barn. After filling the cracks with pieces of wood to fit, he laid the roofing on the floor‘withthe edges just meeting. No nails were used. ' For a cheap and durable substitute for flooring, it can’t be heat. It is far easier to clean than the wood floor, with the added» advantage of being warm. Our neighbors same plan, but laid the roofing with edges overlapping, and it is wearing badly on these seams—Airs. L. H. TAKES THE BUGBEAR OUT OF WASH DAY. ASH day is a necessary evil, but here are a few suggestions that. will save time and energy. First have a place for all washing accessories, so at one trip you have your soap. starch and bluing. Every one has their own method of washing, but if a cup of salt is added to the rinsing water the clothes will not freeze so quickly and, unless very cold, not at all. I hang all the white clothes on the clothes bars while in the house, putting a folded table cloth over the top to keep the wind from blowing the smaller things offs I then put the clothes bars out on the porch to freeze. At night I bring them in the kitchen, and the next morning they are ready to iron. The heavier clothes followed the” I hang on the line, using a cloth pin bag made of one yard .of ticking, cut the ticking in half-yard lengths, cut a circular hole in the front half, the size of a dinner plate, bind around the —edge, put both sides together,: and Stitch together ovei a coat hanger. This hangs on line and pushes along. At one end of my ironing board I have several folds of bath toweling to irOn embroidery, braiding or buttons .on; also a piece of beeswax in a. cloth in case of a sticky iion. ——Mrs. A. C. C. ' TELL TALE ’Nl-TlALS. :\ \\\\\\\11mmu% 11511 Skilled. but modest, you will be; If your name begins with P,. » Don’t hide talent in a garret, Show your colors like a. parrot. These. initials are designed to use as embroidery patterns on things for childien, on pockets, romper yokes, napkins, pillow cas- es or any other place for which the size would be correct. They may be tlansferred directly from this design through carbon and em- broidered as the stitches indicate in the patterns. WH EN TRACING DESIGNS. HEN stamping goods with carbon paper, instead of placing the car- bon paper between pattern and goods, pin the pattern on the wrong side of the goods to be stamped, and place'tho carbon paper .on- the table 'with the right side up. Place the right side of the goods down on the Carbon paper and trace the design. This method avoids the carbon marks of pins. Plan a Patriotic Dinner ERHAPS no one thing is more in- dicative of a housewife’s culinary ability, than a meal, well-planned in every detail, and well-served. Here is a patriotic dinner suitable for this, the most patriotic month of the year. Roast duck with cherry sauce Lady Washington rolls Potato cutlets Beet favorite Celery heart's Patriotic salad George’s cake Cherry nut ice cream Lady Washington Rolls. 1 cup boiling wawr 1 tsp. salt 1 cup potato yeast 2 tsp. shortening 3 runs flour 1 egg. beaten 1,4 0111) sugar Mix ingredients as for bread mix- ture, adding egg after first rising. Cut as for thin biscuit, brush tops with butter,, and place in baking pan in pairs, one on top of the other. Bake in a hot oven. Roast Duck with, Cherry Sauce. Cover ducks with thin slices of ba-‘ con and stuff with favorite force-meat, Serve withsauce made as follows: ‘ 4 f with white icing With Add to the baking pan one cup of , hot water, a Sprig of celery, one 111019,; one bay leaf, and stir until boiling." Strain and add one cup of preserved cherries, together with two tablespoons . of juice. 7 ' ' Potato Cutlets. 1 cup mashed potatoes mmbmad crumbs 1 cup mashed lima. beans “cup cup tomato juice 2 peppers. mini-0d Salt. pepper _ : Combine and shape into cutlets, dip into beaten egg and roll in bread crumbs. ' hot o'ven. Serve with horseradish . Beet Payorite. ' 2 cups diced cooked beets 2 u. it 2.11 mm... 2 tb. flour:- ‘75 cup water Blend buttei and flour over low flame, add remaining ingredients, and - cook five minutes. Lastly, add the diced beets Serve white hot. Patriotic Salad._ ~ Airange crisp lettuce leaves on 111-" Salt. pepper .dividual salad plates, together with red cherries, blue plums, and diced apples. pot with mayonnaise. ' ~ weshington canal, , Use your fayorite cake '- BrOWn in a greased tinin'a ~ For Well-Dressed Women Flarér, F71”: and F/ounce: flda’ 67247712 to #26 Sprmg Frock: No. 355—Dress for Full Figures. Cut in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. Size 36 requi1es 3% yalds of 40 inch material. No. 2131—— One-piece Beltless D1ess. Cut in sizes 16,18 and 20 years Size 18 requires 2% yards of 54-inch border- ed material, with % yard of 36—inch contrasting, and 1A, yard of 36—inch ma- terial for frills. No. 248—New Design. Cut in sizes 14 and 16 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inch- es bust measure. Size 36 requires 41/, yards of 40-inch material, with 1%,, yard of 32-inch contrasting, and 214 yards of binding. N . 2011—Jaunty Style. Cut in sizes 8 and 20 years. Size 16 requires 4% yards of 40—inch material, or 27/3 yards of 54~inch material. No. 356—Cunning Style for Girls. Cut in sizes 6, 8,10,12 and 14 yea1s. Size 8 requires 23/8 yards of 32—inch matexial, with 5/8 yard of 18 inch con- trasting. No. 247~One-p'iece Dress. Cut in sizes 16 years, 36, 38, 40, 2 and 44 inches bust measure. Size 3 requires Backup”, glaby Tifkells'damblln“ .Ohf‘mgac horkilatch‘ilnguatndnfrgeding Stipfik. Mom. International B. create. 09 as all all er. 0 hic ua y a nu as o own: I Live Arr val 61111: 11.0.“ Pee teald Prieee on 25 50 ~ I00 500 WW 8. C. White Bufl'. Brown, Black and R. C. Brown Leghorn: ........ 53. 75 $7.00 "3.00 . 560.00 ”20.00 Barred and White Book- 3. I. Bede. 8. C. Anconae.. ....... ......... .54. 0 5.00 I5.00 72.00 135.00 8 C. Bl lack Minot-cu, White Wyandottee, But!i tOI'Dingtons .......... 4.75 5.50 I6.00 77.00 “4.00 Black Langiham. Silver Wyandouel. R. I. Whi .................... 745 8.50 I.6 00 77.00 “4.00 don Ind Colombian W: andott ee. 8. C. White Minorcas ............ 5. 00 II. 00 20.00 95.00 I95.00 Lt. Bra.1mu.ABlue Andalusiana, Partridge Rocks. B. C. 6.00 II .00 20. 00 95. “5.00 “Mix edA uo.rted $10 so! “10. um? Anorted. $I3 £05“ I90. All other breed: priced reasonable Solon d.I BM. Illustrated, clef Plate -eIx Pan Oa lane.” Stamp: appreciated. Dm't tail to get this Cate a team In the Femu The most profitable in- take: and {your earth Veltment you can dam in the poultry I‘ield right now. BARRED DEBOOKI {as cook I 19115.1? o Lemon unmet-1213:1111?“ r Mal Exhibition and Tflpneat 11111111111101; Chicks gang eaanu.q'flamburge, Polish Lakenfelders, Buttereupe, Houdane, Campinel. Suuex. Spanish. Dark 00511152. -BUY INSURED CHICKS THESE LIVE—anow—PRODUCE Each breed on separate farm under special breeder. Egg records actually made on customers‘ own you . you an} become acquainted with this stock. Ohlolu Delivered to You Guaranteed I00 oer aent Perfect. 'IHeteII no Eue—AII , ”up and you thee Chicks or Eggs this year. ugwm from customers own terms. 1. . 3% yards of 82-inch material, with 1 yard of 40-inch contrasting For any one of these patterns, send 130 to the Pattern Department, Mich- igan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. RADIO PROGRAM FOR WKAR. February 22.—7:00-7:15 p. m., bed- time stories; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm radio school; 8:00-9:00 p. m., dance program. February 23.—7:00-7:15 p. m., nature study course; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm radio school. February 24.—7:00-7:15 p. m., nature study course; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm radio school; 8:00-9:00 p. m., musical program. February 25.—7:00-7:15 p. m., nature study course; 7:158:00 p. m., farm radio school. February 26.——7:00-7:15 p. m., nature study course; 7:15~8:00 p. m., farm radio school; 8:00—9:15 p. m., basket- ball game, M. S. C. vs. Western State Normal. 40 Popular and Rare Breeds, including Jersey ‘afllbe Strain m. on NATGHEBIES, Box [3.2. «new. 0111.). Advantage to new customers so that also Turkeyt. Gee-e. Ouch. Full descriptive Circular Brdede: 7. ~w~.....w.................... .. . / . . . . >-)"-~M . ...a ”nu...“ . ., I g . I_‘. 5 1 l i ANADA is the Land of Promise to- day. Canada promises prosper- ity, health and happiness to those who come prepared and determined to work. And, on her promises, Can— ada makes good. If you are strong and willing, you can make yourself independent in Canada, no matter if your cash capital 18 small. Take the Case of C. A. Dunning C. A. Dunning came to the Province of Saskatchewan in 1903. He wasan immigrant boy from England, only seventeen years old, not over strong, no money, no knowledge of agri~ . culture. But he wanted to work and he was looking for a job in Saskatchewan,ae aea start. He was determined to make good. He got the job. It was on a new farm in Saskatchewan, thirty miles from the end of the rail- way. His pay was $10 00 per month and board. He lived in a sod shack and slept on the floor. To-day, Charles A Dunning is Premier of Saskatchewan, Chief Executive and Leader of the Provincial Government, and one of the most successful farmers in Canada. A Great Country Canada is a great, rich, varied country with the glorious power cAJ-owmmc We. . Saskatchewan The LiVingProof’ 771st Canada » l-h‘m akes Good 1 and vitality of youth, She is already the greatest exporter of wheat in the world, although only about one-fifth of her good farm land has as yet been brought under cultivation. Canada’ 3 wheat crop in 1924 was 262,000,000 bushels; in 1925 it is officially estimated at 391,000,000 bushels—wan increase of 129,000,000 bushels. Other branches of fanning—dairying, Y stock— —raising. etc.,-—arc increas- ‘ ing proportionately. Canada 19 , increasingly rich in beef and g i dairy cattle, 1n horses and sheep, and in poultry. C. A. Dunning has shared in this development . and prospered accordingly. a g . “1...... ~............,,,, ~.-.,.o., new... .. .mo ..._,.. C. A. Dunning’s story of success on the farm can be multiplied ,, thousands of times in the difl'er- ; j ent Provinces of Canada. Do " YOU want to get ahead? Do YOU want to succeed and make a home for yourself on a low- cost farm where you can prosper and be independent? Come to Canada, the land of bigger crops and cheaper, richer land. Ofiicers of the Canadian Government - will help you, free of charge, to get suitably located; if desired they will supervise your start and give you all the help and counsel you may ask. Good land near the railroads sells at from $15.00 to $20.00 per acre. Free homesteads farther back. Full particulars will be found in the Canada Books issued by the Government. Send for one to- day. They’re free. Use this coupon. Opportunity is knock ing at your door. I 1 I , . »' Clip this advertisement from “Michigan Farmer” and send it, along with a letter describing the kind of farm you would like to get in Canada, to: J. M. MacLACHLAN, Canadian Government Agent (D-34) 10 J efl’erson Ave. E., Detroit, Mich. ited chicks. HUBER' 8 0(3ch C.K8 OUR 17th YEAR For 16 more we have culled our flocks for 9111; production and quality. Every bird in our flecks traNlnefld bio tho POULTRY DEPARTMENT of OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. ARE GETTING HIGHEST OUALI TY AND N.) guess work or no uncertainty. produced we would produte them Ohio accnnb ‘1as been selected and 1011- banded by “$863! EGG PRODUCTION IN If, better chicks could he FINE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG FREE. Tells about our hatchcrlea. our flocks and RELIABLE CHICKS which have pleased thousands of customers. broader stoves before Inning this season. Valuable free book out-hicks and poultry with each orda. live delhery. HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY. Hatch 13 varieties. Or-t our combination offer on ChlLkS and 1005’.» E. HIGH ST.. FOSTORIA. OHIO. filleliable chicks Make Reliable Layers. All Flock! Michigan State Muted lied. We hatch Barron White Leahoms. A11- conaa. White Wyendottee~producins chicks that. Live and Lay—and giro Egg Profits. Free Catalog gives particulars about the finest pens we have ever had; Write for copy. RELIABLE POULTRY FARM & HAT Route I, 80114 2. OHERY' Zeal and. Niobium » . . ,. f- ' . ~““"?""-"‘,.’.“‘7"‘" MSW .. t ». » . . . , kCaIfart¢$9«vn 1:: ton-oss-nrsuus —be’cause Calumet is sold at the lowest price it is possible to offer a pure, dependable leayener. You get full value—full weight. -because it possesses more than ordinary leavening strength. One spoonful equals two of many other brands. Goes farther. —because it is sure—does away with all failures— prevents waste of flour, sugar, eggs, butter and other baking materials. Always produces pure, properly raised, wholesome food. Every ingredient used oflicially approved by U. S. Food Authorities. CAll/IIET THE WORLDS GREATEST BAKING pownEn SALES 2']: ms THOSE OF ANY OTHER BRAND Meniinn the Michigan Farmer When Writing l0 Advertisers F-I-S-H 100 lbs. Choice Newly Frozen Yellow Perch $4. 85: Whiting (Sea Pike) $6 85; Herring $5 35; Pickerel round $8.85; Pickerel headless and dressed $10. 35; , Yellow Pike $17. 35; Bayflsh 0r Mullets $5. 85: 'l‘ulibee Whitefish $11. 35; Steak Codflsh $112.35;Salm011 $14. 35: Halibut $17. 35: Smoked BIudins,10-lb (aliOnS, $1. 20; Smoked Tulibee Whitefish $2.1’nrtel post shipping weight. 01: Smoked fish, 11 lbs. Frozen fish cannotgo parcel post. Write for complete price list. JOHNSON FISH 00.. GREEN BAY. WIS. F or up to date quotations and infor- mation on winter-caught'fish send for our complete Price list. Consumers Fish Co., Green Bay,Wis. choice new frozen fish. order from this advertise- ment. Herring. round. large, 4c: Herring. dress- ed. 51': skinned. 8c; Yel- low Perch, large, 4c; Perch laigc skinned, 10c; Piokerel. 8350' Headless drmsed. pickerel,10%(: Whiting. like Pike. or Sucker. 50: Bullheads, skinned 190: Escalmomltmfialibut.160;Pike,18(-;Codiish 12c; Flounder-s, 100: Carp. round 4%0; (‘ at! eye Whitefish, 10c: Trout 22c: Mackerel 14c. Order any quantity. Package charge 35c extra. For smoked. salted spiced. and other kinds of fish. send for complete price list. GREEN BAY FISH CD, Box (in. Green Bay, Wis. RUB-NO-MORE This Now FREE BM notes you the low Q apricot: on Quol 'eot- urn-cos. lam enamel comb notion “”0081 8101i! coma. 121 Rochester Ave. Kalamazoo-Mich- ‘A Kalamazgg. Trudi MurK Dil’eCt to You Hi Qlfiti r: u Dan‘tnegletta €013 Dangerous sickness often starts With a cold. Ward 011' your colds With Musterole. be- fore pneumoma starts. Musterole is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard. It has all the healing properties of the old-fashioned mustard plaster without the blister. At the first sneeze take Musterolo from the bathroom shelf and rub the . ointment gently over congested spot. It penetrates the skin and goes right down to the seat of the trouble. Rheumatism, tonsillitis, lumbago, coughs and colds are all symptoms that call for Musterole. To Mothers: Musterole is also made in milder form for babies and small chil- dren. Ask for Children’s Musterole. The Musterole Co., Cleveland. Ohio How HOUSANDS of people suffer daily who should be enjoying splendid health. Thousands of others are not able to do their best work, and do not realize the cause. They go on Working from day to day under depressive physical and mental handicaps, wondering why they are not feeling fit, because they have thought- lessly neglected the most important thing of all—i. e., How to Sleep. Without Sleep Man Cannot Live a Week. Here is a scientific truth, yet how many people know, or even think, about this startling fact. and it plays an important role, ,yet of individuals who have fasted for many days, and even several weeks, without injurous results. Sleep, how- ever, permits of no such abstinence. The body must have rest, for rest is' imperative. We live only as we sleep. One of thefirst lessons that we are taught in physiology is that the human body is composed of multitudes of tiny cells. Every thought, every action, ev- ery tiny impulse consumes or exhausts these cells. Thus the human body is constantly wearing out. But—it is just as constantly being renewed. For as these little cells are destroyed or con- Plenty of Sleep and Exercise in the Fresh Air Made a Gymnast of this eight-months-old Youngster. He is Using ‘aClothes Hanger for Trapeze. sumed, new cells are created to take their place. This process is continu- ous, but nature gets in her best work at night, and so, in a. great measure, we overcome the loss that we experi- ence by day by the gain that we make in sleep at night. How Much Sleep is Essential? Nature, in her wisdom, has given us day and night—reserving night for rest and recuperation—and so approximate- ly one-third of our life is, or should be, devoted'to sleep. Much, however, de- pends upon the individual, for different people require different durations of sleep. ._ Infants need more sleep than adults. Folks in the prime of life usually re- quire less than the aged. But it is not the quantity of sleep that counts so much as it is the quality. We Are Only as Good as Our Nerves. Anything that has to do with ,the nerves is exceedingly important, for the nerves govern the functioning of our‘muscles and internal organs, and so we come to our spine. The spine is not only the backbone of the body—it is literally the back- bone of life, for down through the cen- ter of its bony vertebrae the spinal cord, or great nerve of the body. runs. This nerve is the main trunk line of the body’s intricate network of nerves —a direct connection between the brain and the millions of nerves that go branching out into various parts the spine. t0 , _ , Acqum? Proper P030707: m {/23 Land. of Nod We look upon fo'od as an essential - there are records, amply authenticated, of the body through myriad outlets in - .cep Obviously,any injury tithe ’spine must have an effect upon the spinal cord and this, in turn, must effect the other nerves. If. the spine is wrenched or subject to shock, it follows that the spinal cord must also experience sim- ilar disturbance. V Severe injuries are usually the result of accident or carelessness. But there are other little spine strains also, that cause considerable trouble. The fact that we may not be immediately con- scious of them, or their cause, does not affect the result, for it makes its ‘ presence felt—sometimes by little .aches and pains, and at other times “Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir- tree. "——Emerson. by annoying little internal disorders. Now, it may nevenoccur to many of us that these little disturbances may be caused by improper sleeping conditions, but very often ’our bed-' spring is guilty because fails to prop— erly support the spine. The bed—spring may sag or slope away in the center. When we rest upon it, the hips (because they are heaviest) rest in the spat of deepest depression. The result is that we sleep in an are, or modified U shape, with the hips low and the head and shoulders, and knees and ankles high. The spine, instead of being supported at every point, is forced out of its natural curves. Strain affects the spinal cord, and other nerves suffer. Their nourishment may be cut down. Their efficiency is checked. There is additional strain on cramped muscles, kept too long in an awkward of un- cdmfortable position, and we wake up in the morning, paying the penalty of pain that an inefficient bed-spring, plus our own thoughtlessness have caused. To retire at night healthily fatigued; to stretch out easily and comfortably upon a perfect bed-spring, and feel its soft, resilient, restful support; to breathe the refreshing aronm of cool. night air, and freshly laundered bed- linen; to experience the luxuriant sen- sation of drooping eyelids, flickering shadows, hazy thoughts, and‘ then— drop off into calm, untroubled sleep. is a boon that even kings might envy. Yet it is the heritage of every man and woman. TO RE-WASH WOOLEN SWEATER. I washed my woolen sweater and it became hard and shrunken. What can I do to make it wearable?—Mrs. J. M- It is quite difficult to make a wool sweater soft and flexible after it has . been shrunken by improper washing. In fact, it cannot be made like new again, but you may remedy it by wash. ing it something after this process: Measure the size you wish your sweater to be when thoroughly dried, and either make a heavy cardboard form, or map this outline out on a screen frame. Wash the sweater in lukewarm, soft water, to which a solu- tion of soap has been added, enough to cleanse the sweater. Then rinse through three or four waters of’tho same temperature, or a. little warmer. Place the sweater over the cardboard frame, or pin on the wire screen frame as you measured it. Never hang a sweater on a hanger while it is wet, as it will stretch much longerandwill be narrower through the shoulders. Dry the sweater rather slowly, as a too hasty drying tends to harden the wool. Line baking dish with mashed po’ ‘2 tatOes. Put canned meat 111mm, dot with butter sprlh /;~ . . 'f‘ is“ i...- LITTLEWFDLKS Adventures of Tilly and Billy T be Greedy Gray Squirrel MUST leave you, now,” said Bunny Long Ears, when he had finished telling the adventurers about the . trick Porky had to beat all his animal friends making his winter bed. “I must skip over to neighbor Cottontail’s house and see how her new family of Cottontails are. Keep to the right and perhaps you may learn more secrets,” laughed .Bunny Long Ears as he skip- pedewayl. “Keep to th ., a. {it I w " . 6 .‘ull to harden. handling the lye mixture. cakes. e right, keep to the right, / , /j./,. x' \ ."/ . idly. REGARDING DAMP WALLS. Letters have come from Mrs. E. G. and Mrs. N. S., stating that the room Mrs. H. D. wrote about might have been plastered in winter. and salt ad- ded to the plaster to keep it from freezing. If this is the case, there is no remedy except to replaster. _ THE DICKIN_S_0N BILL. One, Two, Three, Four, Fve, He cram- med Them Ali Into His Mouth. keep to the right,” sang Billy and Tilly as they skipped along. It wasn’t long before they heard a strange “crack, crack, crack,” some- where out among the trees ahead of them. “Listen,” whispered Tilly. “Sh, sh,” said Billy. "I hear it, too.” Then they/started tip~toeing ever so quietly right toward where the crack- ing noise was coming from. “Maybe it’s a. fairy,” said Tilly, who believed in fairies. “Maybe it’s a. bear,” said Billy. As they tip-toed along, the two adven- turers peeked behind every tree and stump. The cracking grew' louder and louder. Then all of a sudden, as Billy and Tilly peeked from behind a big stump, what do you suppose they saw? A Gray Squirrel. Yes, and this big Gray Squirrel was eating his lunch of hickory nuts and he was cracking the nuts right with his teeth. “Oh, you naughty fellow, don’t you know you should not crack nuts with your teeth?” said Tilly. “You will crack your teeth instead of the nuts.” The Gray Squirrel was very fright- ened when he heard someone so near to him. In a wink he spied Billy and Tilly. Billy took a step toward him. He wanted to make friends. But with his quick little pav’vs the (Continued from pa e 234). the board showing the payments of the losses and expenses under agreements entered into under section 7 shall be audited at least once every year at such times and by such auditors as the board may direct. The report of such auditors shall be included in the an— nual report to the Congress. Cooperation with Executive Depart- ments. Sec. 14 (a) It shall be the duty of any governmental establishment in the executive branch of theGovernInent, upon request by the board, or upon Executive order, to cooperate with and render assistance to the board in car- rying out the provisions of this Act and the regulations of the board. The board may, in cooperation with any such governmental establishment, avail itself of the services and facili~ ties of such governmental establish- ment in order to avoid preventable expense or duplication of effort. (b) The President may by Execu- tive order direct any such government a1 establishment to furnish the board with such information and data per— taining to the functions of the board as may be contained in the records of sueh governmental, establishment. The order of the President may provide such limitations as to the use of the information and data as he deems de- sirable. (c) The board may cooperate with any State or Territory, or department, agency, or political subdivision there- of, or with any person. Dissemination of Information. Sec. 15. The board is authorized honey, then pour into molds. Set away Care must be taken in It is well to put a paper bag over the hand while stirring. Stir lye mixture with a stick. Do not use tin or aluminum utensils for making sOap. All soap should stand in a moderately warm temperature un- til hard, and then it may be cut into Home-made soap should stand for several weeks before using, thus giving the water time to evaporate so that the soap will not dissolve so rap- From 07253972131266 To Milken .ON MARCH 10, 1876,'a singlet transmitted over a wire,» 'sentence was heard over the‘ brought his assistant from an-j utelephone. Now, after half at 'other part of the building. Andi Icentury, 50,000,000 conversa-l ,‘ with his coming, the telephone! ‘tions are heard each day. became a dynamic factor_ in \“Mr. Watson, come heretlll human affairs.” (want you,” spoken by Alex-J Since that first call untold" lander Graham Bell, the invenz millions of sentences have beenl ltor, was the first sentence. heard over the telephone. Men? His first crude instruments’l have traveled vast distances in' lhad been tested by sounds and; answer to its calls. The wheels [single words; the patent had" of great industrial enterprises been granted; the principle wasl have turned at its commands. established from which a world Everything that man can say. of telephones has since resulted. to man has been carried to a lBut at that time the telephone distance over its wires, and the; \had not proved its practical use- thoughts and actions of nations’l ifulness—its power to command. have been influenced through. "iBell’s words, electrically 'its use. I l l l J AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANg AND, ASSOCIATED COMPANIES. ‘ SYSTEM trrsem-cemeumn YEAR me can. srsnm Loon‘f6»{ wan to cormsuap pnooasss m renames: conuumclmou. ' D ACCREDITED CHIC BREDfmm SIRS 9' 200280 EGG STRAINS LIBERAL DISCOUNT 0R FEBRUARY ORDER: \ I When you buy Silver Ward Accredited Chicks you get State endorsed breeding 1! P80 can. so assurance otfihicku sure to become wonderful layers. All ourhreetz ng pens and ks under d super-Vision Mich. State College Poultry Dept. JVAiEERICA’S POREMOST mm srgolmbgd w Bump English 8. C. White Le horns from 50 to e ‘n utock; Tapered American 8. C. White Jeghorne; Sheppard’s Anconal from 200 00 250 egg bred foundation Itock; Park a Bred to Lay B and directed to inform cooperative as- sociations, farm organizations, and pro— ducers that any material increase in production will lessen the benefits of the operations under this Act by caus- ing a corresponding increase in the losses and decrease in the amount of Gray Squirrel grabbed up his nuts as fast as he could. One. two, three, four, five, he crammed tlzem all into his mouth. “Oh, oh, how can such a little mouth hold so many?” asked Tilly. dividends. Then, taking the last two nuts in his Discount ofl Ndotes and Evidences of . m n ebtedness. little paws the Gray Squirrel sca p- Sec. 16. Paragraph (1) of subdivis- ered to the top of the nearest tree. “What a funny little squirrel, why _ 'did he leave us?” asked Tilly. “Don’t you understand?” said Billy. “He is a very‘selfish little squirrel. He did not want to share his nuts with anyone. I think we must name him Greedy Gray Squirrel.” ion (a) of section 202 of the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, is amend- ed by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu there- of a comma and the following: “or any note or other evidence of in- debtedness issued by the Federal Farm Board under the provisions of the Ag- ricultural Act of 1926;” Definitions. Sec. 17. As used in this Act—— (a) In the case of grain, the term ‘sale or other disposition” means~ (1) The first sale in the United States of grain, after the beginning of an operation period in respect thereof, for milling or other processing for mar- ket, for resale, or for delivery by a common carrier; and (.2) The milling or other processing for market of grain, if not acquired in pursuance of a sale described in par- agraph (1) of this subdivision. r (b) In the case of cotton, the term “sale or other disposition” means—— (1) . The first sale in the United States of cotton. afterthebeginning of an operation period in" respect there- Household Service HOME-MADE SDAP EASY TO MAKE. I would like a simple recipe for hememade soap—Mrs. J. K. Try this method. One pound can of lye, dissolved in three pints of cold water; melt five pounds of fat, and add one and one- half. tablespoonfuls of borax, and half cupf'ul or ammonia. ' When‘th'e lye-(mixture is cooled. add unet- . pccrmom. PRICES‘SATIEI Might alums mm w customers turning 90 to 951 : It lets laying at c a W“ °'> “s” "‘9‘“ p”°"“°“%°£.’lfii‘;°‘fi:‘§f altars“ marina mgggglfilfiiri? rigggnwogihahalgopgsefition at shows. Every Silver ud Accredited ' k can- tb reedin and ancestry necessary for poultry success. Liberal discount 33:1: orde’i: seat in durigg Februu' up Free Booklet gives the facts about breeding obwtaned with Silver lea c Iekn. mu. m u now. LAYING /:"“" ’ ifiiitii ARD HATCHERY cmo " ‘ Wells l‘fllchardson ca; assistants» EV}. “Dande- - do ill {\‘n " .. . HE dairyman who would keep his herd at the maximum of effi- ciency, must be constantly re- newing it, and this means that he must raise a certain number of calves. The calves born in March and April, or at 7 least those that may be called spring calves, are V'preferred, although we / ' would not hesitate to keep a calf born at any time of the year, if from an especially good mother, or of better than average ancestry. rSomehow it seems that the‘spring sunshine is a little more favorable for the growth of young animals than that of any other time of, the year. The heifer or bull that is raised by hand, should be allowed to suck its dam for at least ten days, and perhaps even longer. The idea that it is difii- cult to teach them to drink if allowed to suck too long is erroneous, as it is usually easier to teach the calf to drink than it is the one of two days. 'We have seen calves a few days old that it seemed almost impossible to teach anything. Better leave them with their mothers a. little longer. Then there is the advantage that they will gain in the start upon whole milk. The first milk of the freshening cow- also has laxative qualities, and is need- ed by the new—born calf. Even after hand—feeding is started, the calves should have from five to nine pounds of whole milk per day, that amount depending upon the size of the calf; small Jerseys will need the smaller amount, while large Holsteins should have nearly twice as much in order to keep them growing. If it is conven- ient to do so, three feeds per day will be beneficial for the first three weeks, then feeding morning and night will suffice. It is possible to give too much milk, just asvrtoo little may be given. used in this, and also in the matter of changing from Whole to skim—milk. This change should be a gradual one. The milk should be fed at a given temperature, from which there should be little variation. The best tempera- ture for feeding is around ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit, but it is better to feed at a. lower temperature all the time than to have much variation. The calf likes his milk clean and sanitary, so never use pails without washing. Lots of farmers do not think of this. But the pail which the calf is fed from .‘ ’ ‘ Raising theDairy Calf Requires (\IanfuI Attention By C.H. Cheasly The judgment of the feeder should be' Electricity is'b‘esiir‘red mascomcala‘aai Suva“ lath! inst - “ ob at 4 Ax, should be as clean as the pail used for milking Scald out the feeding pails and let them dry and cleanse in. the sunlight. Many cases‘ of scours and other calf troubles may be traced to dirty feeding pails and troughs, Be- cause troughs are‘not easy to clean, we, prefer the pails for use in feeding. - We have seen good calves raised without having been turned outta“ pas- . ture the first season, and, on the other hand, we have seen. equally “as good ones that were given a goodwpasture run by the time they had reached the age ofthree months. I would never turn the calves out to pasture until they were at least two months. old, no matter wihat time of the‘ year they were born. A good deal depends up‘On keeping the bowels open andthe appe- tites keen. Do not over-feed withmiik at any time. Better supplement the milk with a Small amount‘of grain in the form of ground oats, bran, or mix- ed feed. ‘ . Finally, do not raise a. calf unless ‘it came from good stock. Thereis no reason in raising all the heifers unless they are all good ones.‘ Better keep fewer cows and have them good.- This is the great lesson which many'dairy- ' men have yet to learn. . ' JERSEY BREEDERS SMILE. THE spirit of optimism prevailed at the annual meeting of the Michi- gan Jersey Cattle Club, held‘ingcon- junction with Farmers' Week. The number of breeders of Island cattle present on this occasion exceeded the attendance at any previous .meeting. Improvement was noted in the demand for. cattle, as well as in prices. The banquet was an enjoyable event. The toastmastership rested buoyantly on the hemispherical curvature of C. V. Ballard, while K. K._.Vini_ng',recite‘d . Jersey accomplishments in' Kent coun- _ ty, and L. L Drake deClared that the Jerseys were multiplying and gaining prestige in northwestern». counties of the state, in the hands or 'Ordinary men. ProfessOr Reed emphasized the great need for'quality dairy' products. Michigan cow owners mustihsisthn producing the best butter and other dairy goods, or lose their good markets. the to outsiders who are catering to wants of the consumers. ' o , 935.5579: '1‘ W'mfdmci-‘v? 'i‘fi '.WWW s 1:: ow‘ruqcnsfsasesraps in 3 Minute. mags: tree. Saws them down level to the ground. outfit for any {am one. tachodts :: Free-Book and Here’s How to Avoid Losses at CALVING What chances you take — what losses you suffer. when you leave to luck the health of your cows as they approach. and go through calf-birth. :At this critical time—when the-require- ‘ . [memos winter feeding alone impose a' heavy burden on her vitalitya cow needs outside assistance to maintain her health . , and productive vigor. Row-Kare supplies this help in just the form most needed— -by building up the vigor of dlgestlvo and genital organs so that disorders and diseases cannot gain a foothold. To insure strong, productive cows and healthy calves Row-Karo is used regularly in thousands of the best dairies. Row-Kare does more than light disease- it puts more milk into yourpails by enabling your cows» to assimilate all the milk-values in the feed consumed. It stops food-waste—puts added dollars on your milk check. A table- spooni'ul in the feed one week each month ' works wonders—an improvement you can't help seeing. Our valuable book. The Home Cow Doctor. " tells how to fight cow diseases. and the part Kow- Kare plays in treating Barrennoss, Abortion, Retained Afterbirth. Secure. Garget Lost Appetite. etc. Send for free copy. if you have the least trouble finding Kow- Karo at your feed dealer's. general store or druggist‘s we will send it post- paid. Large size $1.25; medium, 651:. Dairy Association Co., Inc. : Dept: 7D Lyndonville, Vt. :Saws Wood Fast 'I'hisone; refit M’l'l‘E Saw wuses Kerosene. Gas-Oil. istillate or Gaso e and will cut from locofieordsotwoodaday. 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Other indications ,of good beef are its bright red color and creamy white fat. hand, common beef is of a dark red color, and the fat lies chiefly on the outside, and is often yellow. The post- er is printed in four- colors. ‘BEEF CATTLE BREEDERS'OUT IN FORCE; T the annual ,meetings of the breed.- ers of beef cattle, held at the Mich- igan State College during Farmers’ Week, there was a full attendance. Contrary to expectations, after five years of depression in the pedigreed beef cattle industry, the interest man- ifest at all the breed ‘meetings was keen, and. a firm faith in the immediate future. of the industry was freely ex- pressed. Breeders generally have got- .ten away from their notions of high prices, and are thinking more of the practical beef-making side of the bus- iness. This speaks well,lindeed, for the improvement of the beef cattle stocks of the country. A study of eco— nomical production, efficient market- ing and critical selection of the best to be retained in the breeding herd, is the order of the day and these ques- tions are but sign posts on the straight road to progress. There are unques- tionably better days ahead for the breeder of pedigreed beef cattle. A GOOD HOG TONIC. R. F. E. HAYNES is one of Mich- igan’s leading hog feeders and breeders. He has raisedand develop- ed many champions and grand cham- pions, so naturally we listened when and uses as a tonic and worm exterm- inator. With his permission we pass it on to Michigan Fa1me1 readels as follows: To two bushels of cha1coal and ash, which may be p1epa1ed on - 1‘90st snows QUALITY »‘ aposter has been is- ‘ On the other ACREAM separator is supposed to make money for its oWner-—-yet there are hundreds of thousands in .use today losing money because of poor skimming. Their owners’ profits are going into the skim-milk instead of the cream can. Here is an easy way to show up such cream thieves. Ask your De Laval Agent to bring out a new De Laval and try this simple test: Alter separating with our- old separator wash lts bow and tin. were lo skim-mun. llold the sklns-snllk as normal room tor-a grams and sun It through anew Laval. Have the cream thus recovered welglsod and tastedt than you can call exactly ll your old machine In was mend will save. Thousands have tried this plan and have found a new De Laval would to $200 a year. The new De Laval is the crowning achievement in 48 years of manufacture. The De larval Miller If you milk five or more cows, a De Laval Milker will soon pay for itself. ~ More than 35, 000 In use giving wonderful satisfaction. Send for complete information. /# See Your De Laval Guaranteed to skins cleaner- The new be Laval has the wonderful “floating bowl"-—the reatest separator mproveinent in 25 years tis guaran- teedto skim cleaner. It also runs easier with ' . going through the bowl, and lasts longer. SIZES Hand'EIcctric- -Belt increase their cream money from $25 $69.91:; l43_°now~ ‘ Balan the best cream separator ever made— E co in 15 Monthly , $121; and my the New De Laval ‘ TRADE in your old Separator e 4‘ x“ . W «$0 ‘9‘ 6’6 4° .5» e“ STRAWBERRY PLANTS Raspberry Blackberry Grape. etc. Fruit Trees. Roses. Ornamentals Buihs.lr‘1ces reasonable. Catalog (use R. N9. 6. Bridgman. mob. the farm, add twenty pounds of lime, ten pounds of salt, ten pounds of sul- phur, and ten pounds of ground cop- peras. Mix thoroughly and keep be- fore the hogs in self-feeders. SELECT CHAIRMAN OF CORN.- BORER COMMITTEE. AS advertised in a memorandum on January 22, a meeting of the corn- borer committee was held in the en- tomological lectu1e room at the Mich- igan State College at 1: 00 o’clock, on Wednesday, Feb1ua1'y 3.Unfortu11ate- ly, only a few members were pzesent, due, no doubt, to the various other fo1- mal and informal meetings scheduled However, a brief report of the appointment of the com- of the permanent chairman was an- Commissioner L. Whitney Watkins, ricwulture and the state 'boa1d of agii- culture as well, has consented to ac- cept the chah. Vie am fortunate in having as chairman one whose connec- tions through these organizations keeps him in closer touch with matteIs pertaining to agriculture, and at the same time confers more authority to carry out research, educational and re- strictive measures, than any other one man. Following these announcements, an informal discussion on the corn- -b0rer situation was held, and the meeting adjourned. 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Tells the wonderful discoveries science has made through feeding minerals. hows how minerals slash feeding costs. restore health increase profits. It is illustrated, attractive and Free. Getyour copy today! éimply send us your name and number of livestock on farm. MURPHY PRODUCTS CO. , :55 none: eraser nunuuorou, WISCONSIN *We use no agricultural limestone nor rock phosphate.because theyare rm e largely indigestible, of little feeding value and may ha th annual. Please Mention Michiganiarmel When Writing in Advertisers alrymga. A a turning point. ,We are competing with Denmark, where over twenty-five per cent of all cows are in cow testing associations, but here only ‘ one per cent of our cows are in on testing association work. we are only guess ‘1 . ing at the other ninety-nine per cent, and, as a result, millions of "unprofit- able cows are today consuming food and space of those more productive.‘ Stop guessing. Weigh your milk. It can be done in less time than it takes to light your pipe. Know where you are at, and what you are doing, and when the scales tell you a certain cow isn’t paying her board—out she goes. If she isn’t too poor, she’ll make good beef. ' Our~ experience leads us to thecon- clusion that, in order to sell pure-bred .calves, either male or female, they must come fmni tested dams, and the stronger [the record the more buyers are willing to pay. Therefore, breed- ers in general will find it wise to in- crease the amount of testing, as it is records embodied with individuality that Sell, the animal, as well as bring the profits. - I believe it is ample time for us to turn on the searchlight of knowledge, and with that knowledge proceed to build a. prosperous dairy industry upon the firm foundation of good and profit- able business methods. Cooperate with your county agent. President Calvin Coolidge said that when it was discov- ered that two people could, together, roll a heavier stone than could be done by one alone, that was the beginning of cooperation. It is hard to believe that some breed- ers are not making substantial pro- gress along the lines cf type improve- ment. This is most clearly shown when the young classes or, in fact, all class- es, are brought out at the fairs and dairy shows. Ibonsider it the duty of every progressive dairyman to make a. special effort to exhibit his herd our agricultural fairs, and especially be loyal to our own home county fair. This splendid opportunity not' only makes this an annual event to be proud of, but gives us a. chance to inspect other herds and swap experiences with the other fellow, as well as affording us a. valuable education along the lines lOf type and herd improvement. Al- though type is important, we should not forget that production is even more important. It is fundamental for the very practical reason that to get results, type and production go hand in hand. It hasbeen demonstrated many times that economic production is the cornerstone of the popularity of any breed. The truly successful breeder is the one who is able to combine the ac- ~cepted ideal type of the breed with heavy, persistent, well-balanced pro- duction. Success as a breeder cannot be achieved when either type or pro duction is absent. It might be interesting to know why one selects a particular. breed of dairy cattle, rather than another. But, let me say, whatever breed you select, make a study, or hobby, of this partic- ular breed. You will love them better, and they will do better for you. Frank- ly, I like every one of the breeds, but when we started into the dairy busi- -. ness, we selected the Holstein-Friesian cow, not the pure—bred at first, but the best type of grades obtainable, and always a pure-bred si‘re.‘ Almost be« fore we were aware of it, we had work- ed up to a high-producing herd of pure-breds, and I firmly believe we have the breed best adapted tothis locality, and for the all-around dairy farmer. But, we must continue .to_ prove it. -We can’t prove it by ‘big [sev- v . ‘ _, (Continued from pagé ' nose. American dairying has reached en—day records alone, but, must, do it ‘ by profitable dairy l'productionzrecords, ithe ‘u r In? ' .4 231).} L year after, year, v under, ordinary "farm dairy " conditionsecqnditlbns‘iiavfaflable ' to any good farmer who is’inotjzgafrald of hard work, and who-.18. willing to give-his time and ehergy toi'the ‘old cow wlho, if treated wen, will more _than.reward you with it. good flow of milk. ' I»; . ' E Special emphasis, however, must be placed upon the' impbrtance" or boys’ and girls’ club work in the develop- ment of better dairying incur home communities. What are we doing to- day to help'these boys and, girls in their club work? A cammendable thing, indeed, is the interest 'we ShOuld take in assisting and encouraging our junior club 'workers, that they. may be helped along the right lines. There- fore, those in charge cannot, be too . careful in starting cut these'lOcal boys and girls, for many.» times‘the results. ' experienced, and the teachings demon- strated, tend to moldyouthful-Opinions for or against. dairying. Let us by. all _means keep them interested,- as this is an important factor. The time has come when an invaluable link has been formed between the pavements and-the pastures, the people in the cities and the folks on the farm. Nevertheless, I must admit many of us small dairy farmers have at times been discour- aged in the last few years, some have .left their farms, but most of them will 7 return, more enthusiastic than before. For the man who sticks, Is the man who licks. Let.the_good wife enter in— ’Tw111 lighten your load ' As you travel the road, And with her help you’ll win. MICHIGAN JERSEY JOINS GOLD MEDAL CLASS. ' A JERSEY cow owned by Joseph W. Fordney, of Saginaw, has complet- ed two ofiicial tests with honors. She is now on test for the third time, and in the first five months she has aver- aged seventy-five pounds of butter-fat per month. In her first test, started as a. senior two-year-old, this cow, Sophie’s Marthy H., produced 518.32 pounds of butter- fat, and 9,486 pounds of milk in '305 days. With this record she qualified for a. silver medal, and for the senior two-year-old 305-day championship of Michigan. - In her latest completed test,Lwhich" was started when she was six years of , age, she yielded 715.89 pounds of but- ter-fat and 13,981 pounds of milk in 365 days. With this recurd she quali- fied for a gold medal. Her owner has more than thirty pure-bred Jerseys on test at the present time. During the past six months, the transfer of pure-bred cattle fromMich— igan have picked up very rapidly. In Michigan the consumption of dairy products exceeds production. Our butter prices ayerage five cents higher than in surplus producing states. ‘Yet; . some of these other states are taking aWay our markets because we are fail- ing to meet their standard 10f 'quality. In the Allegan Cow Testing Associa- tion the average production of fat last year was 394 pounds per cow. Nine— - teen of the twenty-three herds in this ' ' association are- Jerseys. - It has been many years, said Profes- sor Reed, of the dairy department'pf ‘ 4 the Michigan State Collegefslhce“ live 7 . stock breeders radiated aslmuch'op' j. timism as was sent. forth At their 7' meetings during Farmemi Weekw - : Cheerfulness and hope: couldib‘q’notbd ; ~ Demand re:- ~~Dllre—bred everywhere. stock'i 1m ble . iys lts. ‘ ’118 all g as en he {id .58, I‘ll 1r- ve ill 7 3t- 1e id 11: ’1’!” o' | 0‘48: “WWW autism '0 o V . y~ HE twenty-shrill. annual meeting of Michigan Holstein Association was held February 2, at the College. “Look- ing Ahead in 1926”~—«a talk given by can Cooper, director of extension .for the Holstein-Friesian Association of Americaé-was followed by a lively dis- cussion of breed‘problems and activi- ' ties. Cooper was kept busy answering questiOns. Considerable interest was aroused when J. E. McWilliams, of the Detroit Creamery Farms, said that the farms sold about 3,000 quarts of Holstein milk a day in Detroit, mainly on orders of dectors for infants and invalids; this trade has grown up without a bit of advertising._ S. H. Muns'ell,'treasurer of the state assiociation, reported about $400 on hand. " ' Secretary J. G. Hays reported that the joint arrangement between the State College and State Holstein As- sociation has operated successfully for 1925, the third year. Sales managers reported an increased call for cattle. The sixth cooperative national sale, managed by the Michigan Holstein As- sociation at Grand Rapids last June, established the high average selling price of $763 on fifty-nine head. Out ,of the twenty-five buyers, Michigan furnished sixteen who paid in almost seventy per cent of the sale total. The new departure instituted by Michigan in handling the annual» con- vention of the National Association, proved so popular that it will undoubt- edly be the rule henceforth. During the year the secretary attend- ed twenty meetings held by sixteen county associations. In respect to sus- tained interest, Tuscola, Washtenaw and Livingston again lead, with Jack- son showing increasing enthusiasm. Macomb was the only county associa~ tion to conduct a. sale. There are about 3,500 dairymen in Michigan actively engaged in breeding pure-bred ,Holsteins. Secretary Hays made the assertion that the Holstein business- was “pick- ing up," basing such a claim in part on the following: 1. More .Holsteins registered in the‘ U. S. A during last half or 1925 than similar period of 1924. 2. More Holsteins sold in the U. S. A. during the last half of 1925 than during any equal period since 1922. Six hundred twentyeight more sold in Michigan in 1925 than in 1924, and 710 more than in 1923. County sales managers report almost forty per cent increase in sales for 1925 over 1924; grades are moving out in great num- bers to the east. 3. Market conditions are improving notably in the east, where the states are testing’ for tuberculosis with in- creased activity, and the percentage of reactors is high. Michigan, the clean- est of the dairy states, will get heavy trade'in tested cattle to replace react- ing eastern cattle. 4. Holstein leaders everywhere are trying to evolve feasible plans for se- lective registration, and for some sort ’of herd test plan that will produce more authentic records than cow test- ing association records, but will retain the desirable features of cow testing association work. Both plans are aim- ed at the greatest menace to the pure bred industry, the “scrub pure-bred.” A resolution adopted by the meeting urged the management of the 1926 State Fair to re-instate county herd classes, and to pay additional premium to Michigan exhibitors. . The following ofilcers were elected: President, . M. 'W. W‘entworth, Battle Creek; vice-president, J. E. McWil- Hams. Mt. Clemens; directors, H. W. Norton, Jr., Lansing; J. B. Strange, Grand Ledge; D. E._ Waters, Grand Rapids; John C.:Buth, Grand Rapids; Elli.- Bayes. Rafi-nee: Fred Knapp. Jr., BMW 1w .Dedxe. can. ~ 4. FQHOLSTEINS MEET 'old Shafley. St. Johns. ~. , “largest yet." The program was label-‘ ed “Calif Frolic,“ and was built amour]. the idea of. junior extension work. The speakers were: Elmer Mitchell, from Tuscola county; Raymond Laser, from Hillsdale county; Novels Pearson, as- sistant boys' and girls’ club leader, M. S. C., and Earl ‘Cooper, formerly junior extension leader for the Holstein-Fries- ian Association of America. 1926 OFFICERS OF LIVE STOCK~ ASSOCIATIONS. HE ftfllowing are the newly elect- ed oflicers of the various breed associations of Michigan, selected at the recent annual meetings at the Michigan State College. Michigan Improved Live Stock Breed- ers’ and Fecders' Association. President, Alex Minty, Ionia; vice- president, E. C. McCarty, Bad Axe; secretary, G. A. Brown, East Lansing; Assistant secretary, W. E. J. Edwards, East Lansing; treasurer, H. F. Probert, Jackson; executive committee, S. H. Pangborn, Bad Axe; W. E. Livingston, Parma; H. W. Norton, Jr., Lansing; Alfred Henrickson, Hart. Michigan Sheep Breeders' and Feed- ers’ Association. President, Austin E. Cowles, of St. Johns; secretary-treasurer, V. A. Free- man, East Lansmg. Michigan Fiine Wool ciation. President, E. M. Moore, Mason; sec- retary, R. J. Noon, Jackson; first vice- president, L. B. Roberts, St. Johns; second vice-president, F. S. Freeman, Lowell; third vice-president, L. B. Law- rence, Chelsea; fourth vice-president; L. W. Hendee, Pinckney. Michigan Shorthorn Brecdcrs' Associa- tion. President, S. H. Pangborn, Bad Axe; vice-president, H. W. Hayes, Chelsea; secretary-treasurer, W. E. J. Edwards, East. Lansing. Michigan Hereford Breeders' Associa- Brceders’ Asso- tion. President, Harold Harwood, Ionia; secretary-treasurer, Dan Miller, Crapo Farms, Swartz Creek; executive com- mittee, V. A. Freeman, East Lansing; Otto Pino, Dewitt; Warner Ramsey, Port Hope. Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association. President, James Curry, Marlette; secretary-treasurer, Avery Martin, Northstreet. Michigan Red Polled Cattle Club. President, N. C. Herbison, Birming- ham; secretary-treasurer, Mark R. Westbrook, Ionia. Michigan Guernsey Brecders' Associa- tion. President, John Endicott, Birming- ham; vice-president, G. F. Hoffman, Monroe; secretary, C. F. Myers, Grand Blanc; treasurer, Hoyt Woodman, Lan-- sing. Michigan Jersey Cattle Club. President, Alfred Henrickson, Hart; secretary-treasurer, Samuel Odell, Lan- sing; vice-president, Joseph Fordney, Jr., Saginaw. Michigan Brown Swiss Breeder-3’ As- sociation. President, L. S. Marshall, Leslie; vice-president, Mila Peterson, Ionia; secretary—treasurer, Wm. J. Campbell, Dimondale. Michigan Horse Breeders' Association. President, L. C. Hunt, Eaton Rapids; secretary—treasurer, R. S. Hudson, East Lansing; vice-president, Sidney Smith, Orion. Michigan Poland-China Breeders’ As- sociation. President, W. E. Livingston, Parma; secretary-treasurer, A. A. Feldcamp, Manchester. Michigan Duroc Jersey Breeders' Association. President, Eugene Inwood, Romeo; vice-president, Harold .Shafley, St. Johns; secretary-treasurer, Raymond Lacer, Prattville. Michigan Hampshire Swine Breeders’ Association. ‘ President, Ray Skinner, Henderson; vice-president, A. G. Bovay, Jackson; secretary-treasurer, R. F. Seymour, Dexter. Michigan Chester-White Swine Breed» crs’ Association. President, W. R. Kirk, Fairgrove; vice-president, F. H. Knox, Portland; secretary—treasurer, Dan Miller, Swartz Creek. o . Michigan Spotted Poland-China Swme Breeders' Association. . President, G. S. 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Most fairs and shows are commercial enterprises. yet they are supported by all agricultural colleges, livestock associations and farm papers because they help the farmer and feeder. we have launched the greatest feeders‘ contest of all. rewarding feeders for their skill in ct- out of their feeding materials, there ore ry Fee—No Stall Rent l4 Prizes for Ind BE—JEEE_E§BQBEE Feed Less Grain : Make More Money E by Balancing more beef cattl ; the Ration with El Experts in feed 1926. No. 28 208 Sout l l ‘! l BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Twelve Davs before date of publication Wallinwood Guernseys All EXCEPTIONAL mnlms BULL FOR SALE Bire:—~Brookmeads Secret King, whose dam and two full sisters average 668 lbs. fat. Whose ten sisters average 570 lbs. fat. Dam:—-Bell of Richlsnds Missaukee Bessie. 11,611 lbs. milk, 513 lbs. fat. at two years. Halt sister to cow sold in 1925 for 851.000. F. W. WALLIN, JENISON, MICH- FOR SALE- Reg. Guernsey Bull Cali Sire oy Lone Pine Ranger whose dam has an A. B. record of 17.644.2 lbs. Milk. 936.6 lbs. Fat. No Fe- es for Sale. Write . M. William. North Adams: Gi!more Brothers. Camden. Mich. G UERNSEYS for sale. males, females. sir-pd by sires whose dams have records of 19,460.50 milk. 909.05 fat. and 15,109.10 milk. 778.80 fat. T. v. HICKS, n. I. Battle Creek. Mich. Dairy Heifer Calves, Practically Guernsey Pure-bred. 8 weeks old, $20 each. We ship C. O. D. Write L. Terwilliger. Wauwatooa. Wis. Some real bargains in reg- Guemseys “ma .0... m he“... 0... young bull. W. W. Burdiok. Williamston. Mleh. ' pure Guernsey or Holstein dairy Practically calves. 820 each. crated for shipment. Edoewood Dairy Farms, Whitewater. Wis. A 32-LB. SERVICE BULL Born Nov. 8, 1924. well grown and ready for semce. His seven nearest dams average 33.28 lbs. butter, and 662.6 lbs. milk in 7 days. His sire: A grandson of May Echo Sylva ,from a 34-lb. 3-yr.-old daughter of a 30-lb. Icow With 1,113 lbs. butter and 29,000 lbs. milk in a year. His dam: A 32-lb. Jr. 3~yr.-old with a 30- day record of 125.26 IDS. butter. Her sire an- other grandson of May Echo Sylvia. Her dam a 30-lb. cow with 908 lbs. in 305 days. Bred at Traverse City State Hospital. Send for pedigree of Ear Tag 1573. Bureau of Animal Industry Dept. C Lansing, Michigan m7: MINDS IIDI'TIIID MMIYIW ("cu i ran SALE . Holstein Bull Our 3-yr.-old herd sire. whose sire was from a 82-“). 4-yr.—old. and she from a 22-lb. 2~yr.-old. His dam is a 29.04-lb. Bryn-old cow. giving 715 lbs.’ milk in _ days. He is very sure and breeds well. Also, some - younger bul from tested dams. WHM‘NEY 8808.. g... Oliodul. "we“ . . . . '. . . ,' . 14 Prizes for Cow Testin Associations 7 Prizes for Championship Cows 14 Prizes for Beef Cattle Feeders 12 Prizes for supervisors or verifier. Prizes for herd managers 37 Prizes for «co-operating feed dealers iTz Prizes, totaling Every feeder'of six or more dairy cows, or fort can feed anything you like just so the contains 25% or more of Com Gluten Fee Enter this contest and you will make more money. You will go through it richer-both in experience and money. Contest starts April l—ends September 30, The simple rules and conditions are given in our Bul- letin No. 4. Write for this bulletin and say whether ou wish to enter as Cow Testing Assoiation, Indivi ual Dairyman, or Beef Feeder, so we can send you the right entry blanks. AssOciated Corn Products Manf’rs Feed Research Department Hugh G. Van Pelt, Director BEEEE—ZEE—DEEEEQEE—ZE—EEE l ividunl airy Horde ou grain ration e is urged to enter this contest. ing will visit you and show you how. In La Salle St., Chicago, III. E; WALBRIDGE & LEAVITT . DISPERSAL SALE yELSIEPLMICH. .. . Wednesday, March 3rd. 35 Head of Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle. Sale of cattle at 1 o’clock. Farm tools at 10 o'clock. Free lunch at noon. This herd is strongly bred in the blood lines of such noted sires as Maple Crest Korndyke Hengerveld, the only living Century sire of to-day, and the leading sire of Michigan in R. O. P. Work. The herd consists of mostly all young cows from two to five years of age. and perfect in every way. The farm is located 7 mlleseast and 3 miles north of St. Johns, or 3 miles north and 1 west of Ovid. on good gravel roads. For catalogs, write GUY E. DODGE, 'Manager, CLIO, MICH. HOME OF MlCHlGAN’S GRAND CHAMPION HOLSTEIN BULL, COUNT VEEMAN SEGlS PlEBE, DAM a 1273 lb. cow. Sister, is America’s Champion butter. pioneer. Send for special sale' list of his calves. LAKEFIELD FARMS CLARKSTON, MICH. WI" EXChange Foxes with farmers 'for herd of registered Holsteins or Guernseys. or good es. Want 20 to 25 cows. Heifers fresh. or to freshen. Also herd sire. Buy or trade. Priced right. FRED c. FEIERABEND. "3086 Mount Ave.. North Detroit, Mich. 2 . . registered Silver Black Jerseys For Sale 33“ ‘23:" ’°' from B. of M. dams. Accredited Parker, R. D. No. 4, Howell, Mich. FINANCIAL clSlNG JERSEYS for sale. excellent bull ves from R. of M. dun GOLDWATER JERSEY FARM, Goldwater. MM: E BUTTER BRED J ir‘giiysrfii’m CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan JEflSEY BULLS FOR SALE. Bend for our latest circular. Ravine Farm on o! bred Jersey Cattle. Prairie View. in. Cows. 4 Bulls from B. or M. Cows. Chance’ to 15 select. from herd «‘10. Some fresh. others bred for fall freshenina. Colon crime. 000 , Mich. H A v gaggeen head‘s!o Registered‘neretord years old. and one registered bull coming [our years > oh for much céwsa-teedin mom" t"’il a" it- soil":3 cal-domino. m. -.,' : -' “-77.5 HE'principal reason for our farm- ers being in the cattle business, is that long ago they found out that farming without live stOck is “mining.” Michigan has hundreds of thousands of acres of light soil, that is warm and very productive, but must be fed to keep up its fertility, and this can not be done successfully without keeping cattle to work up the rough- age. The cattle industry in thestate is divided into several classes: The pure—bred industry; the highly special~ ized dairy industry; the cattle feeders Michigan Has a who buy yearlings or two-year-olds and fatten them for market; the grazers who buy in the spring and sell in the fall; and last and largely, the average Michigan farmer, with his ten or fif- teen grade milch cows. Although Detroit has the highest veal calf market in the country, these farmers who owu the grade cows of Michigan raise a lot of calves, and either fatten them for market on the farm where they are raised, or sell them for yearling or twoyear-old feeders. ‘ The greater majority of these farm- ers use grade sires; and the calves they raise from grade sires and grade milch cows, are an undesirable lot, from a feeder’s or killer’s standpoint. To make beef cattle out of them is like trying to make a road horse out of a. Percheron, or expecting a pair of saddle mares to pull a plow. It is not practical, and nine times out of ten' it is not profitable. It is to the owners of these grade milch cows in Michigan that we must look for improvement in our beef cattle, and for a market for your pure-bred bull calves. In years gone by, when the western ranges were at their peak of cattle production, they could produce stocker and feeder cattle more cheaply than the farmers in this state, but condi- tions have changed on the range. The majority 'of range cattle coming to market now are selling for beef. The highest priced stocker and feed- .er cattle market in the United States today is right out on the" western ranches, and especially in Texas. «It .costs from seventy-five cents to one dollar per hundre’dweight' to transport stockers and feeders from the range to Michigan; it takes several weeks to acclimate them after their arrival, and each Year itds a morewdiflicult task to- secure desirable stock, cattle ' at a rea- sonable price foreth'e Michigan feedersy . . ~. ers in». the western markets. ell us. Commercial Beef PrOdUC ‘T/iq Proéab/é T rend in M z'c/zzgarz 'i , By E. 0. Prince ‘ Of”): Detroit Stock Yard: ‘ V‘ ' l r .= - ' mentioned before, Good Market for Beef, Like that Shown Above, for that Market. The biggest stockerrltnd 'feederidealf , L tim— we need not expect any more cheap .stockers and feeders out ,of the, west, except when drouth or short crops force large numbers on the market for a. short period of time. ‘ In years. gone by it has been more profitable for the Michigan'farmef and owner of grade cows, to Sell his crop of calves as veal, but in'View of con- ditions in other localities,.;as we have the producer of stocker and feeder cattle in Michigan Will find each year a better and higher priced market at home, and our feed- er buyers would rather buy their cattle But She ,NeedS“ More Good Quality. ' at home when'they can get the desired- quality. ' ' It has not been profitable ln’linchlgain ' to keep high-bred beef type cows for the production of feeder calves alone, and the last three or four years have Witnessed the depleting of some very good herds of beef cows which had been kept strictly for the production of calves. ~ The high-priced veal calf market which Detroit affords is very tempting to the cow owners of Michigan, and should be used with the majority of calves produced today. However, to produce a $25 to $30 veal calf costs quite a little money, as this calf must have nearly, if not all, of the'milk from the dam during the six to eight . weeks of her best production. Some farmers are glad to sell grade calves when one or two days old, at from $2.00 to $4.00 per head. _ Now, the point we want to make is this: The average grade milch' cow of Michigan, when mated with a pure- bred beef type sire, will produce ,a feeder calf that will class as good to choice. This will not apply to a pure- bred dairy cow. ‘However, ninety per cent or more of the cows in Michigan are grades, and could the owners of these cows be induced tonne pure- bred beef type sires and raise the calves, they could supply Michigan’s demand for feeding cattle, and unless all signs hi], this sort or production in the years to come will be profitable. In the stock yards each market day we see concrete illustrations of What such breeding will do. For'ins'tance, in tile fall of the year when cattle are coming off grass, we will pick outza. -, good twoyear-old, LOGO—pound grass; fed steer thatwill sell at eight cents a pound. This steer'wae 3,th by a pare-bred beef bull and. the? ‘ ' " an average grade milch co the ~,s,ame load..-.we" ‘ the ‘sajme’ “ ' 'ot ; ’ IR 5d- '10 9-09 Fe pmmawamo HIV-'WTUF‘Trqm ——.c~w| w - «o. 1». 0’3. \OLOV-ERZ'LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.‘ Bean Growers: Beans picking up to one-half are being reduced as low as 43.9 6 pounds in pick. Mail a sample of your "beans to us for estimated saving by using our plan. You can make a better sale to your local bean buyer with the certified grade. Upon request we will refer you to your nearest dealer, and installation of the Judson machine. Let to refer you to the nearest users this wonderful machinc. Michigbean Growers Exchange 409 E. Fort St., Detroit CATTLE Bellevue Stock Farm, Merrill, Michigan. Private Dispersion Sale of Reg. Aberdeen-Angus Cat- tle. We are offering our entire herd. consrst-ing of twenty females and one herd sire. Write for prices and description. RUSSELL 8808.. 153 Glenwood Ave.. 8. E.. Grand Rapids. Mich. IIISBIIU 00. HOLSIEIII ASSOCIATION i offering about twenty choice Registered heifers. shitable for calf clubs. Can also furnish a few good bulls. ready for service, and a car of Registered cows that show production. Write or see BEN REAVEY. Sales Manager. Akron. Mich. HEREFORD STEERS (38 Wt. around 800 lbs. 80 Wt. around 7_60 lbs. 82 wt. around 650'1bs. 44 Wt. around b00 lbs. 94 Wt. around 525 lbs. 50 Wt. around 450 lbs. Good quality. dark reds. deiiogned, gall gieagketd Here-m ‘ ears. tocker or er. e e ype a ma St ' GOOd s shed. Will sell your ' k t to are when usual” m” e m) . BALDWIN, Eldon, choice from any bunch. VAN Wcoello 00.. Iowa. ‘SHORTHORNS w with calves, bred heifers and bulls. Will make signs attractive prices for the next 60 days. Over 100 head of well-bred cattle to select from. Herd founded at. a. time when we can afford to sell at farmers prices. Write to Supt. GOTFREDSON FARMS. Yn- ciianti.; Mich. ILKING SHORTHORNS—For immediate sale. cow. Miser heifer calf and yearling heifer. Outstanding individuals. The rest. of the herd is of beef breeding. F. E. SHEPARD a. SON. Charlotte, Mich. . born in August. Pure "IIIME Shorlhom Bu“ white. outmor 1? daughter f Gen eral Clay and a son of Glens e on ay. (Also some roan heifers. IRVIN DOAN l; SONS. Croswell. Mich. Shot-thorns Best of quality and breeding. Bulls. cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL. 8100K FARM. Box 0. Tecumseh. Mich. Wh'te R ’tered Mllkstain FOR SALE (lagged Sliorthglgrls Bull Calf. Raul Quack. Scott Ste. Marie. Mich. HOGS LAKEFIELI] FARMS IlUIlIIIiS . BM 80"! and SIRS. Fall hours and cuts. Lake‘field Farms, Clarkston, Mich. ' Choice fall boars with type. DUI'OC Jerseys quality and breeding. Inspec- tion solicited. F. .I. DRODT. Monroe. Mich. ' b ed gilt nd fall 1 of Chester Whltes 8126. gym: :1!!! quanta.” F. VI. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich. ' :. ' Write for OJ. C. HOGS on {me How,“ Originators and most extensive breeders. "IE LB. SILVER 60., Box 196, Salem, Ohlo 10 Choice tell he . Ind B Rock Cockenll. bred sows Popular strains. JAMES e. L. 1‘." Poland Chinas TAYLOR. Boldlnc. Michigan. UiNiiili-ihg- For Sale at Present . 1M“ cocoa HOVER.-.Atrou. Mich. »«P C ; rm lacunae fall piss. Also , _. 0 one of CREAM sows. “0., «I bull. fa . produce. 'of these two cattle as two-year-olds, .~ }‘ .a‘ as; a... . 1» consumed just as much feed, took just as much valuable barn space, as the good steer, and cost just as much to Yet the difference in value is $32. I am so thoroughly convinced that this system would be the quickest and most profitable way to improve our beef cattle in Michigan, that it would not disrupt present methods on the Michigan farm, that it would‘ be profit- ,able for the owners of the grade cows, that it would be producing a. good mar- ket for all the pure-bred bull calves that you could raise, that because of all these things I am in favor of re- . questing Professor Brown, of the Mich- ' igan State College, to seriously con- sider a demonstration here at the col- lege with a View of mating at least thirty average grade cows with the good Shorthorn, Hereford and Angus sires to be found right here at the col- ilege, and raising and feeding these . calves as a demonstration. I'HE DICKINSON BILL. . (Continued from page 255). of, for milling or other processing for market, for resale, or for delivery by a. common carrier; and (2) The milling or other processing for market of cotton, if not acquired in pursuance of a sale described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision. (0) In the case of tobacco, the term “sale or other disposition” means—— (1) The first sale in the United States of tobacco, after the beginning of an operation period in respect there- of, for processing or manufacture for market, for resale, or for delivery by a. common carrier; and (2) The processing or manufacture for market of tobacco, if not acquired in pursuance of a sale described in par- agraph (1) of this subdivision. ((1) In the case of live stock, the term “sale or other disposition” means— ‘ (1) The first sale in the United States of live stock, after the begin- ning of an operation period in respect thereof, destined for slaughter for market without intervening holding for feeding (other than feeding in transit) or fattening; and (2) The slaughter for market of live stock, if not acquired in pursu- ance of a. sale described in paragraph (1) of this subdivision. (9) The term “sale or other dispo- sition” does not include— (1) A transfer to a. cooperative as- sociation for the purpose of sale by such association on account of the transferor; » (2) A transfer of title in pursuance of a contract entered into before, and at a. specified price determined before, the beginning of the operation period. (f) The term “producer" means the person who first makes a sale or other disposition. (g) The term “person” means indi- vidual, partnership, corporation, or as- sociation. (h) The term “basic agricultural commodity" means wheat, corn, rice, cotton, tobacco, cattle, or swine. (i) The term “United States,” when used in a geographical sense, means continental United States. . (j) The term “cooperative associa- tion" means an association of persons engaged in the production of agriculs turai products, as farmers, planters, ranchers, dairymen, or nut or fruit growers, organized to carry out any purpose specified in section 1 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize as- sociation of producers of agricultural products,” approved February 18, 1922, whether or not such association is qualified under such Act. Appropriation. Sec. 18. 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JONES Auctioneer LLS 50 HEAD DOUBLE DISPERSION SALE Of 50 Head of Registered Shorthorn Cattle, On Wednesday, March 3rd, 1926 [N THE SALE PAVILLION In the city of Howell, Mich. we will offer both Herds of Registered Shorthorn Cattle belonging to W. W. Knapp and W. B. McQuillan. These are two of the oldest established Herds in Michigan. w. w. KNAPP w. B. McQUlLLAN [ I Props. P. M. (Fast time). mostly fresh. 6 bred heifers. sale. Herd numbers 25 head. Two young bulls ready for service. 6 yearlings and calves. A daughter of a 32-1b. cow, a daughter of a 29-1b. cow, a daughter of a 25-ib. cow, and others by sires from yearly record dams. Whole County on the Accredited List and cattle will be ro-tested before the WM. I. GRIF F IN, PROPRIETOR. COMPLETE DISPERSION SALE or ENTIRE HERD or REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE _ At the Farm 2 miles West of Howell Michigan (14 mile off M-IG) TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1926 Sale of Tools and Horses at 10:00 O’clock A. M. Cattle Sale at 2:00 O’clock 11 cows in milk, Pedigrees on day of sale. Pontiac No. 44444, who has 197 A. R. of daughters with over 40-11). records. PUBLIC AUCTION Having decided to quit fanning. we will sell our entire Il('l‘(l m‘ 20 Head of Registered Holstein Cattle and Farm Implements on the premises. 2’}; miles Southeast. of New Boston on the Huron River Drive. Monday, March lst, 1926 ~ ' At 10 O’clock Sharp This herd is headed by lilzevcrc Segis Pontiac Julu No. 435744: his sire was Julo Sogis Pontiac 258435. and his Dam has a. record of 46.81 lbs. of butter in 7 days; his Grand Sire was King No. Sogis O. Daughters. and the World‘s record for the greatest number EDWARD FLAISHANS & SON, P. 0 New Boston, Mich. E. H. Langworthy, Auctioneer Poland China Giits farrow. Cholera immune. LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS for sale. Brod gilts weighing 400 lbs. at $75. Also fall pigs. either sex. A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester. Mich. SHEEP SHEEP FOR SALE reading ewes. They are a good strong bunch of ex— ceptionally good shearers, bred to commence lambing Registered free. WESLEY HILE, Ionia. Mich. lambs. good ones, bred for spring HIGH CLASS Evegéstergtllso sngpshallned 2:: c. LEMEN a son's. Dexter. Mich. 100 Delaine Ewes lst. J. E. FROST. Armada. Mich. extra large. solid mouths. due to lamb about May Wanted secretary. 600 Park St. Having sold our ranch. we will sell our flock of 250 Shropshires onable prices. To buy 25 pure—bred ewes. St. Clair County Infirmary, A. l. McDonald. Port Huron. Mich. 6 'Am offering 8 bred owes and choice ewe lambs c. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mich. May lst. R. C. GREEN 8:. SONS. Lancer. Mich. 'Phonc 385 M. FOR SALE Ewes. seven registered Ram- ‘ bouillet ewes. Twenty Dollars per head if taken be- FOR SALE Twelve Registered Delaine at reasonable price. F. F. Eighteen Choice Purl-bred Shropshire yearling ewe lambs. Gobba. Holloway. Mich. fore March 1st. Don't write. but come and see them. CALHOUN BR08.. Bronson. Mich" Branch Co. SHROPSHIR of the Woolly type. bred BOOHER. R. No. 4. Evert. Mich. HORSES my best rams. Gallon DAIII) FOR SALE BULORIEN. 8mm. Illoh. Reels lion. toad taxed Percheron Stal- m. c. I. at recs- . l; . 1..“ .1 much”: 1, ..‘za.:v ,.« ...“. «3.x; v...’ 5.4.1 crimnmn * ? “Ev/4mm: l“ ' .1 , as. .whg-g shades/w. » ‘. . q. is .l GRAIN QUOTATIONS Tuesday, February 16. Wheat. Detroit—No. 1~red $1.82; No. 2 red $1.31; No. 2 white $1.82; No. 2 mixed 1. 1. $ Chicago.—~May $1.66%(&1.665/8; July $1.4914@1.493/g. Toledo—Wheat $1.81@1.82. Corn. Detroit.—-New, No. 3 yellow at 790; No. 4 yellow 73c; No. 5 yellow 67c. Chicago—May. 79%@79%c; July at 82%@825/gc. O ats. Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at 43%c; No.3, 42%0. Chicago.-—May% 411/2c; July 42140. 42140. Rye Detroit—No. 2, 940. Chicago—May 96c; July 97%c. Toledo.—~92c. Beans Detroit—Immediate shipment $4.35. Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy hand-picked $4.90 per cwt; red kidneys $9.50@9.75. New York—Pea, domestic $5.25@ $5.65; red kidneys $9@9.60. Barley Malting 73c; feeding 68c. Seeds Detroit—Prime red clover at $20; alsike $16.60; timothy 33.52%. Buckwheat. Detroit—Buckwheat $1.70@1.75. Hay Detroit—No. 1 timothy $24@24.50; standard $23@23.50; No. 1 clover, mix- ed $23@23.50; No. 2 timothy $21@22. No. 1 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 $33@35; standard middlings at $33; fine middlings $35; cracked corn $39; coarse cornmeal at $37; chop $32 per ton in carlots. WHEAT After showing symptoms that the up- ward price trend had been resumed, the wheat market had a severe break during the past week. The sharp break into the lowest ground since Decem- ber, following the upturn of a. week ago, is a strong hint that the trend may be downward for a while. The ac- tion is so erratic, however, that an- other reversal and resumption of the upward trend may develop soon. Basic conditions with respect to the total domestic supply, the shortage east of the Rockies, small stocks at terminals available for delivery on future con— tracts, and the narrow margin of ex- port surpluses over probable import requirements are still strong. These should assert themselves eventually, unless subsequent developments show that the estimates of supply and de- mand are in error. - CORN The movement to market has in- creased in the last ten days. Demand also has improved, but arrivals are suf- ficient to fill all buying orders for con- sumers and leave a substantial balance to add to the stocks at the terminals. Larger marketings of grain sorghums recently have supplied feeding demand in the southwest and reduced the de- mand for corn. The presence of much and prompt corn of high moisture content in the re- B ceipts tends to restrict the demand from other buyers. mm OATS Oats prices dropped during the week to a new low for the season, primarily as a result of speculative liquidation. Speculative holders have been carrying hedges against the large visible sup— ply, and the failure of prices to ad— vance finally tired them out. Consum- ing demand improved noticeably on the break, and the market seems un- likely to go much, if any, lower. SEEDS The seed business is gradually gath- ering momentum as the spring buying develops. Alsike and sweet clover are in good demand as substitutes for red clover. Alsike is not only cheaper than red clover, but requires less than half the quantity to seed an acre. De- . mand for sweet clover is believed to be the largest on record, and prices are advancing. Stocks are practically out of farmers’ hands. FEEDS The feed market weakened again last week, with offerings in excess of demand. Cottonseed meal is sharply lower than last year, and dealers in the southwest report that this feed is eing substituted for grain feeds and 11]) ay. HAY The hay market steadied last week after a period of declining prices. The storms over wide areas have caused heavier feeding, so that demand show- ed some improvement. Receipts show- ed some decrease, but, on the whole, supplies were entirely adequate. The scarcity of good hay has widened the outlet for the lower grades to some extent, but they still sell at a big dis- count. EGGS Fresh egg prices broke to sharply lower levels last week under the pres- sure of constantly increasing receipts. . x. 1"“ “K . . w E , a w; , ' \ _ . ' ‘T j . - m , ' :‘ _ ‘ . . .« V. , ’ ,, _ _ . ‘ .4 . . . - - . ., N. '. .< “6,3 . ,, w... V.‘ 1‘,‘ r ._ I, ~, 7,, 14: , _ '7 ’ in ' » 3.... > ' '2 i r. . . , . 1" -. 9.. . ”a. ’ . .4. . r... 16‘“, v a , J.“ . ,_ . . .. . Country offerings show no indication of slowing down, so that little im- provement in prices is to be expected. With prices so low, however, the mar- ket will be quick to respond to any adverse Weather conditions, and the recent general heavy snows have steadied prices. Remaining stocks of storage eggs yet to be moved into con- sumption are the largest on record at this time of year and are a depressing factor in the markets. Last year, the holdings at the four large markets had been practically depleted at this time. Chicago.—-Eggs, fresh firsts at 29c; extras 3,6@37c; ordinary firsts at 27c; miscellaneous 28c; dirties at 21@22c; checks 200. Live poultry, hens 26340; springers 29c; roosters 20c; ducks at 320; geese 200; turkeys 35c. Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and graded 28@29%c; storage at 16@17c. Live poultry, heavy springers 31@32c; light springers 260; heavy hens 31@ 32c; light hens 26c; geese at 22@23c; ducks 36@37c; turkeys 520. POTATOES The middle western potato markets were strengthened by light rceipts last ' week, and prices advanced somewhat, although eastern markets were'irreg- ularly lower. More interest is being displayed in seed potatoes as dealers have evidently decided prices are not going to be cheaper BUTTER Butter prices were unable t’o main- tain the advances of a week ago. and broke more than three cents a pound in the Chicago wholesale market. He ceipts were larger than in the preced- ing week, consumption has slackened as a result of higher prices, and sup- plies began to accumulate. Domestic prices are not likely to show much strength above present levels so long . as production is maintained, but sharp~ . ly lower pricesare not anticipated. Prices on 92-score creamery were: Live Stock Market Service] Tuesday, February 16. Light and common ...... 10.00@12.00 DETROIT Fair and good sheep . 7.00@ 8.50 , Cattle. Culls and common ...... 3.00@ 4.50 Receipts 341. Market on canners . °93' and cutters_25c lower; others steady. M‘Regelptsdl,223. Market 500 IOWer. Good" to choice yearlings, i{ixeh gra es ........... $ 13.80 dry-fed ................ $ 9.50@10.00 PPUE S "”i: -------- 10-00 Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9.0063 9.50 Sigs and yor ers """" 12'00@1$'§5 Handy weight butchers . 7 5GB 8 00 ags """"""""""" ' 0 Mixed steers and heifers 700@ 750 CHICAGO Handy light butchers . 6 00@ 6 50 Hogs ‘ Light butchers .......... 450@ 575 .Receipts 28,000. Market, medium Best cows .............. 550@ 650 and heavy weight 15@25c lower than Butcher COWS ........... 425@ 500 Monday’s average; lighter weight 25 Common cows . .......... 3 75@ 400 @750 OK; mostly 500 lower;.all inter- Canners ----------------- 2;§@ 3% 'ests buying; bulk 240-300-lb. butchers Stock bulls -------------- 500@ 250 $11.50@11.80; better 200-225-lb. aver- Choice bulls "'b'i'l ------ 4mg 500 age, largely $12.10@12.50; bulk good Heavy bologna u S 600@ 700 180 lbs. down $12.85@13.25; top $14; £55313; ----------------- @ 180—lb. weight $13.25; packing sows at ................ 5.50 6.50 Milkers and springers. . . .$45.00@85.00 @ . Veal Calves. Receipts 580. Market steady. Best ..................... $15.50@16.00 Others ........... . . . . ... 7.00@15.00 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 1,334. Market steady. est .................. 13588193673 Fair lambs ...... . 12.5 . Heavies ................... 13.00@13.50 FIRE INSURANCE ago. Borrows no money, pays no interest. ments. 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Costs to join: Policy fee $1.50, 10¢ per $100 membership and assessment 3, 6 or 12 months in ad- If you want time we will extend credit to any farm owner by taking his note for join- ing expense and assessment for one year for six months. sixpercent. No signer necessary. We have just issued a 32-Dage 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 send to us if you want to insure with us. Agents wanted everywhere. Liberal commis- _ Pioneer Reserve Mutual Fire'lns. Q0.» ‘ . 5 x JAMESSLOCUM, Secretary and Manager 2972 meme Boulevard,“Detr0it§.‘;.fi' $2.94 PER $1,000 Maintains Reserve Fund. Collects assess- Averagc yearly cost $2.30. Now assessing $1(I)3@7150.50; better killing pigs at $13.25 Cattle. Receipts 12,000. Fat steer trade un- even; rather light on better grade kind of value to sell at $9 down; wholly steady; best weighty steers $11; good yearlings and bulk fat steers $8.60@ 10; lower grade she stock in broadest demand; wholly steady; bulls, top- heavy, tend lower; vealers 25@50c of; quality considered $12@13 to packers. ‘ Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 21,000. Market fat lambs slow; few early sales $12.75@13.25; around 25c lower; city butchers took two loads at $13.50; choice handy weight lambs held higher; nothing done on sheep or feeding lambs; early bidding around 250 lower. BUFFALO Hogs Receipts 6,400. Hogs are closing slow; heavies $12.25@13; medium at $13@_13.75; light weights at,$13.65@ 14; lights and pigs at $14.25@14.50; roughs $10.50@10.75. ~ Cattle. ' Receipts 160. Market slow. Steers 1100, lbs. up $8.50@10.25; steers, 1100 lbs. idown $6@10;. long yearlings at $10.10; heifers '85.50@8.50; cows $2.50 @7; bulls $4@7. = - . _ Sheep and _Lambs._ . .. Receipts ' 2,200. Best lambs- at .814: ‘some held at~$14.25; culls $13.50.:down; yearlings $12@12f0; aged. ..wethers at ~310@1.0.5o; ,ewesv sea, Receipts ‘100f‘pT’Gii. $316.50; ' ' ' ‘ ' trading was of fair proportions. Chicago 42c; New York 43c. In Da- troit fresh creamery in tubs sell for 40@42c per pound. ' - BEANS There was imported into this country last week 12,098_.hags of beans,- m a total from September 1, Of 269,454 bags, as compared with 116,715 bags for e same period a. year ago. Since Sep ember 1, there has been exported from this country 61 579 bushels. Common to fair Roumanian 'pea beans are selling on the New York market, at a dollar less per bushel than Mich- igan pea beans, and their choice grade runs about 50c less. ' WOOL Woolmarkets show a fair tone, with - mills willing to buy on a moderate scale at the current level of prices. The volume of orders for goods placed since the opening of heavyweight lines MARKETS BY RADIO. (a ' AILY market reports and weather forecasts are broad cast eachrweek day at 2:16, east. . ern standard time, by the Detroit' Free Press, Station WCX, and at 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 W'KAR, 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. is unknown, but some reports have in- dicated that buyers were waiting to be more sure as to style changes DETROIT. CITY MARKET Markets were moderately heavy and white cabbage was an easy seller at $1.75@2 a bushel. The call for carrots and parsnips was rather slow. Celery, leeks, horseradish, turnips and onions were fair. The medium and cheaper grades of apples had fair sale, but the number of fancy ones taken was lim- ited. Potatoes were a little slow. The moderate offerings of poultry sold eas- ily, but eggs went slowly even at re- duced prices. . - - Apples $1@3 bu; beets 50c@$1 bu; carrots $1.60 1.75 bu; cabbage, green $1.50@2 bu; ry onions $1.50@1.75 bu; Egot (parsley) $1.’;Jfi@2 bu; cu‘r’lysparsley c ozen unc es; potatoes ZQI2§Q bu; turnips $1@1.50 bu; loca eery, fancy $1 dozen; parsnips $1.25.@1.50 bu; leeks 75c@$1 dozen bunc ‘es; ve'g- etable oysters 750@$1 dozen b nches; kale 50@75c bu; butter 55@60c; phon- ey $1 per 5-lb. pail; horseradish, fancy $5 bu; eggs, retail at 40@60£:; hens, wholesale 31@32c; retail 35c; colored springers, wholesale 31@32c; retail at 35c;- Leghorn hens, wholesale 26@286; retail 30@32c; ducks, retail 40c; dress- ed hogs 18c; dressed poultry, hens 38 . @40c; springers 38@40c. . GRAND RAPIDS The hothouse leaf lettuce prices in Grand Rapids have responded‘to lighta: er production and a strong demand by swinging into an advance, starting this week at 11¢ per pound, with higher undertone in evidence. Radishes'also were in light supply and slightly stronger at 50c per dozen. bunches. While outside markets were unsettled. eggs were firm in Grand Rapids at 29¢ bid by produce dealers. Retailers Were using eggs and butter as trade leaders. Butter-fat easier at 45161460 a pound. Heavy hens were higher, with the pro- duce trade competing for stocks at 28c. Lightweight pork moved up fraction~ ally to 16 c a— pound. Veal was easier at 15@16 c; Wheat was lower at $1.6.5@J.67 per bushel, and beams were weak at $4 per cwt._ ' comma LIVESTOCK SALES- . ' ‘ 'Holstelnc.“ LL . M33101;l 3;Walbridg'e & Leann. Elsie. _- o,.- '~ _. M h 35w. =w.— Kna. n.,.,ana"- .v chlillani .H‘I’Wfififlé. 2.4 ..' 72W .1 .g, . . . ‘... ‘ and Will bring f C. . .Iouim. 602 North Ashlsnd Ave.. La. Grange. Illinois. mum. ifigfimbenilshs. orchard. ~8. W. ' "MUM-£901." Feb. 13.94'llhere: ‘13 '15... lines are being kept open for. train. Feed supply is short. some eighteen inches "of snow herei- -b!ying- now. ‘ Dairy products and eggs- - are the main :goods being marketed. Farmers“ are cutting wood and logs for ldinga—G. Y. . » -* Mackinac 00., Feb. 10.—There is about a. foot of snow in this vicinity. Condition of live stock is good. Feed supplies are ample. There are no gen- eral ‘marketing movements at this time—A. C: laser) 00., Feb. 13.’-—-Farmers are cut- ting wood, hauling ice, getting out ma.- nure,’ etc. Very little marketing is be- ing done. The attitude of farmers. is that about the same line of production will be followed this coming year. There may ,be some increase in the acreage of, potatoes and chickory. The Mag? » 4 “--oste40c£.m‘ , ; ’scoizim "1.2m. ‘ 30:5 .mtoesjai' butter 48c; butter- at. 44c; eggs 35e.—G. E. A. -' ' Kent '00., Feb. '10;-—'l‘here is not enough snow to never fall grains and meadows. We are short on hay, but have plenty of corn fodder and com. [About the ,usual number of animals are ’On feed this winter. New milch cows are high, bringing from $100 to $135 for good ones. Hay $20@22; milk $2.48 at farm. _Farmers are drawing gravel on roads—H. S. C H I X S. C. W. Leghorn: Only Talmud-English strain. Chicks hatched from our flocks from flocks produced by us but. now owned by neighbors. mated with our best pedigreed males. As good as the best and better men‘die rest. Better than 200 average at Michigan Contest last year. Send for descriptive catalog before buying. 5. Harkema and Son, Holland, Mich. £690, supply is. a. ”little short. Beans 4....» .41..“ Smell advertisements bring resume under 'Rates' 8 cents a word. esch insertion display shsrge I0 words. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING This clarified advertising department is estebllshed IO!‘ the convenience of best? classified headings. Try it for want ads and for sdver- thing. miscellaneous articles for sslelor exchtnse. Poniltlry ages-tiring will be sifisd rates. or in displs coumns e. commerce rs at clas, ’1 C, ont orders fats-diesshths'igngiiuiinsertiigjngilfor fourbo; ”N" ' utive insertions 6 cents a word. oun as s. wo esc s st one, or hum . o censor: type or lllustrstions admitted. Remittances must accompany order. ”we stock advertising has a ssssrste dessrlment and Is not accepted ss classified. Michigsn fumes-s. run in this department ‘5 our Four One iI........8'0.00 82.40 30........82.08 NQ‘OGGP 288332 . s “m"...dg . . s.ss . . n - an so........s.s: ........ .10 0.86 00......“ 1.40 . {seer-oer 1.80‘ 0.00 81...”... 2.48 . 1 ........ I.” 0.04 82......” 8.56 7.68 11..."... 1.06 4.00 00..."... 2.64 1.01 ........ .44- 4308 04...”... 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Santa Fe Ry.. 012 By. Exchange, Chicago. - SNOW. ICE AND A LONG. cold winter sans the en— ergy of the northern farmer. while down south cattle are grazing. the farmers are planting strawberries. po- tatoes and truck crops. which will be sold on curly high-priced markets before the northern spring begins. not move to the country where farming pays? No hard winters, expensive living, nor fuel bills. line old farm. $40 per acre. Rich virgin land. $20 an acre. For full information and how to save $1,000 in buying :- .fsrm. write W. E. Price. General Immi- gration Agent, Room 674, Southern Railway System, Washington. D. C. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to buy on very favor- sble terms. improved irrigated farms owned by Arna- icsh Beet Sugar Company. at Lamar. Colorsdo. Only ten per cent cash and balance spread over 34% years at 5% per cent interim. Lends very produc- tive. averaging per acre. 3 tons alfalfa. 10 tons beets. 50 bushels barley. 71 bushels oats. and 47 bushels winter wheat. Ideal conditions for dairylng and con- stant markets. Beet. sugar factories contract with growers for beets at good prices. Feeding live stock profitable. ‘Flne schools and churches. Good roads wonderful climate. For detailed information write C. L. Seagreves, General Colonization Agent. Santa Fe Ry.. 993 Railway Exchange, Chicago. 160 ACRES—pair mules, horse. 10 cattle, 28 sheep, 9 hogs. 40 poultry. 10 stands bees. tools and furniture included; 2% miles to town, mile school; 125 acres tillable, pasture, woodland. orchard; house; barn, tenant house. spring water; 1,500 feet elevation. de- lightful climate:_ aged owner has enjoyed health and prosperity here: retiring. all $2.700. Terms. Free Catalog. United Farm Agency. 114 Lfll‘, West 10th, Kansas City. Mo. MONEY-MAKING MICH. FARM—80 Acres Improved Road, 3 Horses. Cows, poultry, sow, implemtmts. har- nesses, 24 acres seeding. 4 a. wheat. also oats. com. potatoes. beans, apples included; handy busy town; 62 acres crop land; good orchard: pleasant 7-mom house. excellent. cement'basemellt barn, garage. poul- try house~insurance $4,500. Lucky buyer gets sll $5.500. part needed” Details pg. 58 big new Illus. Catalog money-making'fsrm bargians. Free. Strout‘ Agency. 205-BC Kresge Bldg. Detroit. Mich. BUY THIS MODEL DAIRY RANCH in Tracy, Cal- ifornia. 40 acres. thoroughly improved. and all in alfalfa. yielding 10 tons per acre. Located two miles from town on Scenic. paved highway. $250 per acre with small initial payment. Balance, easy terms. Green pastures all year, ready markets nearby. and modern transportation. 52 miles from San Francisco and land; 'For full information write Tracy Chamber of Commerce, Tracy. California. FOR SALE—Tile biggest little farm in Allegilu Coun- ty. good soil, ,good buildings, good roads. good neigh- bors. comfortable 0—room house. good barn with two cement silos. poultry house. 8-acre winter wheat. 11 acres alfalfa- 22% acres. $3.200 takes everything. Free illustrated catalog. C. C. Otis; “The Farm Bargain Man." Plainwcll. Mich. FOB SALE—fin account of losing my eyesight I am lured to sacrifice, my highly improved farm. located in one of the- b'est agricultural districts of Michigan. A you full details. In care 0 0 WANTED FARMS WANTED—~To hear from owner of farm for sole I. spring delivery. 0. Hewley. Baldwin. Wis. HAY AND STRAW ALFALFA and all kinds hay. Ask for delivered prices. Harry D. Gates Company. Jackson. Michigan. MISCELLANEOUS GET OUR CATALOGUE and prices and save money on plows. disc, lever. and orchard barrows. cultivator-s, spreader-s, cream separators, and gas engines. Hum- mer Plow Works, Seth S. Bean. Jackson, Mich. BERRY BASKETS made up ready for use. $7.50 per thousand. Berry Boxes. in flat. not. made up. $5.00 gfrltliousand. Central Basket 00., Ben-rep Springs. iciigan. ALL WOOL KNITTING YARN for sale from menu- facturer at great bargain. Samples free. H. A. Bartlett. Harmony, Maine. CEDAR POSTS. direct from forest to user. Ask for delivered price. E. Doty. Atlanta. Mich, U-Nl‘ll'lD-A HOT BAG (waterless) replaces the old hot. water bag. stays hot 20 hours one heating. Price. lamb paid. $1.60, worth $2.60. W. Moore. Decatur. 1(‘ . z W SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED seed corn and oats. Clanmt’s white cap yellow dent. and Duncan's yei~ low dent. Fire-dried. on racks. ear-tested and germ- ination guaranteed. From high-yielding stook. Reg- istered and Certified Worthy cats. a stiff straw and high-yielding variety, developed by the Michigan State College. All seeds grown under inspection of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association. Michigan‘s AT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF IND. GRETN FARMS. ALL—WILL BE SOLD ON Full Details of Sale. 700 Second National Bldg. Akron, Ohio. A NUMBER W " —“— INDIANA FARMS . BY ORDER OF . OHIO JOINT STOCK LAND, BANK. OF CINCINNATIhOHIO. ELEVEN GOOD FARMS H GOOD BUILDINGS. STOCK VERY EASY TERMS. 32 YEARS TO PAY. Sale will take place on the farms, starting _ MARCH Isl: to MARCH 9th inclusive. A T tel A of 3656 Acres of Land will be sold. Write for Catalog giving 0 orange Where held and terms and descriptions of the farms. WRITE OR WIRE THE LIQUIDATION DEPT. OF THE HESS REALTY CO. Col. C. M. Hess, Auctioneer. BU Y "GEN EV Inspected flocks. Best. strains. Martin Wynn. Perks Anconas. Tompkins snd Owen Reds. etc. 100% Live Delivery Gout—Postpaid prices 8 Art of Poultry Balslns." It's Free. It “Genus" Chicks for 1036. Wonderful Cemblnstisn Write us to-dsy. You tske no chance wh of Geneva. Member I. B. C. A. THE GENEVA HATCMEMES. Michigan‘s Best. Black Minorcas. s. . PINE BAY POULTRY FARM. “§‘i:§~l‘f¢h‘é€fllc "Geneva" Chicks ere prise Winners. Esrly Lsyll's. I. But. .1). White and Brown Leghorus ............ Bud, R. C. Brown do English Wh. Leg” Ancons.. Barred In White Rocks. 8. C. A: R. C. Reds ........ Buck Minor-cs. Wh. Wysndots. Buil' Orpingtons.... Silver L. Wysndots. R. I. Whites. Buff Minor-cu Golden L. Wyudots. Whita Minorcss t others ..... Assorted All Breeds ...... . ...... J 3.00 5.50 10.00 29.00 48.00 95.00 Assortednsll Lsrge Breeds ...................... .00 Also Super-Gunny "Isnm" Chicks from our Prize Winning Flocks. Get our Beautiful Cstslog entitled “flle is full of vslunble Poultry informstion sud shows our Birds and when they hsve Actually dond 00 Birds Won 28 Ribbons in l925. Buy 5 Kinds. From Heavy Lsyin .Eeol . m Holterlnsn Barred Rocks} 60003:. 25 50 100 300 500 1000 .00 37.50 “3.00 $38.00 $62.00 “20.00 . . 4.50 0.00 14. 40.00 65.00 l25.00 . . 5.00 9.25 “.50 45.50 74.00 ”4.00 . . 5.25 9.50 l6.00 46.00 75.00 MS.” .. 5.50 IO.” ”.00 40.00 79.00 155 00 .4 6.00 “.00 20.00 56.“) 95.00 ..s 4.00 7.50 l3.00 30.00 62.00 ”0 Winning. Heavy Laying. Profit m offer on “Ionsvs” Chicks. Broader House and Steve. on ordering “Genus” Chicks. We strive to satisfy you. Ron-Ben! Get full pss'tmu‘ lsrs obgut «gr "GENEVA" Chick Insursnce ox Plan. BENEVA. INDIANA “MICHIGAN’S BEST” BABY CHICKS. When you buy Pine Bay Chicks you get chicks that are. first of all. bred right. and secondly. batched right. We have been in the business since 1904. Yearly we have increased our oa- pecity to take care of our needs. Our stock has demonstrated its claim to a. place among 0. Leghorns. s. c. Mottled Anconas. Write for special prices on large numbers. Pine Bay Chicks are \‘igorouS. easily raised. Parent stock reared in Michigan climate is healthy and hardy. Semi for free descriptive catalog andprice list. 100% Live Delivery. Guaranteed. Parcel Post paid. HOLLAND. HIGH. ATlM Box 2A. THEMI YDfMElLOW CHEW POULTRY ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS—Hogan tested. seven years for high egg production. Tompkins' strain eggs. $9 per 100. Coekerels. $4 to $7. Satisfaction guaranteed. Don Bevan. Kankalcee. Ill. PEDIGREED “Tani-red” W'hitc Leghorns. State Fair Winning Barred Rocks, Buff Orpingtons. Light. Brah— mas. l’rices right. Write, Femlvr Bailey, Mont.- largest producer of seed corn. Paul C. Clement. Britten. Michigan. FROST PROOF CABBAGE AND ONION PLANTS— arictics Charleston and Jersey Wakefields. Successiom Flat Dutch and Copenhagen Market. Prices. parcel postpaid, 250. $1.00: 500. $1.50: 1,000. $2.50. Ex- press collect. 1,000. $1.50; 5.000. 81.25 per 1.000; 10.000 and over. $1.00 per 1,000. We guarantee to ship promptly a good—sized plant that will please you. Tifton Potato Company. Inc.. Tilton. Gs. INSPECTED Cuthbert Raspberry plants. 100, $2.25: 500. $10 prepaid; 1.000. 6. F. 0. B. . Johns. Order early if you want some of the finest red'berriee grown. Write for special prices on larger amounts. Tony Motz, R. No. 1. St. John}. Mich. CERTIFIED SEED GRAIN. from latest improved strains of highest yielding varieties under Michigan conditions. Wolverine oats. Robust beans. 1926 seed circular yours on request. A. B. Cook, Owosso. Mich. gomery. M ich. WE PAY MORE for poultry, eggs and veal. A trial shipment will convince you. East Cosst Poultry 00.. Eastern Market. Detroit. 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. Fogle. Okemos. Mich. RINGLET BARRED ROCK COCKERELS. bred on Homewood Farm. where they lay. weigh and win. $3.00 to $5.00 each. Robt. Martin. W'oodland. Mich. S C. RHODE ISLAND RED COCKERKLS—Good supply. Exceptionally tine. dark red birds. Wesley s. Howley. R_ No. 3. Ludlngton. Mich. ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN (‘OCKERELS $2 to $2.50 each. Eggs, $1.50 per $15; $8 per 100. Mrs. Claudia. Belts. Hillsdale, Mich. FOR SALE—Grimm Alfalfa Seed. grown from serti~ fled s on my farm. in Oscods. county. Price $20 pui’ bushel. Sample on request. F. A. Nefl’, (,‘orhins. Mich. GLADIOIAS—beautiful mixture of colors. 100 small bulbs (bulblets) postpaid for only 20c silver. Larger bulbs (blooming size) 100 for $1.00. Slicimndoah. Iowa. Ruth Field CHOICE Barred Rook Cockercls $5.00. Lucian Hill. LARGE TOULOUSE GEESE—hens. $0.00: genders. $7.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. Don Bevan, Kan- liakee, I . RHODE ISLAND REDS. R. C. kaerels. $3 to $5: pullots. $3 each. Burt Sisson. Imlay City. Mich. Union City. Mich. GOLDEN GLOW YELLOW DENT SEED CORN— Worthy Oats and Barley. All excellent quality. Sam- ples free. E. R. Vincent, St. Johns. Mich. FOR SAI.E~—Seed Corn. Pride of the North. yellow. {JO-day early maturity variety. tests nearly 100%. Address Marion Day, Georgetown. Ohio. ’ I CERTIFIED Wisconsin 'pedigrce barley. improved ro- bust beans. Fritz Mantey. Fairgrove, Mich. GLADIOLI—twenty choice assorted bulbs. prepaid. for 31. Frank Eby. Holland. Mich. .0 CERTIFIED WOLVERINE OATS—Michigan's leading variety. C. D. Finkbeiner. Clinton, Mich. PET STOCK PEDIGREED GERMAN POLICE PUPS. five and six months old, 820 to $35. One bred female. one year old. priced low.» Homestead Kennels. Sarensc. Mich. BABY CHICKS from superior quality. heavy laying cries in the Middle West. mating. breeding and hatching standard—bred poultry. Catalog free. Paul. Nebr. prepaid prices. Egg contest winners for years. Trap- nested. pedigreed foundation stock. Hundreds of cook- crels. pullets and hens. Get our prices. Catalog free. Geo. B. Ferris. 634 Union. Grand Rapids, Michigan. BABY CHICKS stock. We have one of the largest and oldest hatch- 25 years' experience in 100% live arrival. Prepaid. Every chick guaranteed. Loup Valley Hatchery, Box 340. St. WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from big white eggs. Shipped anywhere C. 0. D Guaranteed to live. Low BRED T0 LAY~Bsrred Rocks and Pure Hanson White Leghorn chicks and eggs_ Stock blood tested three years. Catalogue free. Michigan Aécredited. Aseltine Poultry Farm. 1827 Belden Ave. Grand Rapids. Mich. WHITTAKER‘S TRAPNESTED REDS—Both Combs. agWJHMCOILLIE PUPS—pure~bred. II. A. Knapp. Michigan’s Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Michigan csso. c . slog Free. A few Single’comb Cockerels Left. In- REGISTERED SCOTCH COLLIES—nstural healers. minke! Farm. Box 9. Lawrence. Mich. mob. 118 ACRES. 20 timber. clay loam. brick house. barns. on pavenient. Old magic wigoaeg. $80 13:111.! acre pro suns: , . em gsn. 0. Wound. Miles. Mich ' U-ACRE FARM—«Medan lullaby. black all! loo-I. “11%.us .,Pricedtossfl. Sndforpsr- Wham.~"nlmlt.lohns.m 50. guaranteed. Pry when received. 0mm mm 03 arson . 5 lbs. $1.20: ten. a: twenty. 83.50. Sstlstsctios. Breed 15 year summed. Silvercrest Kennels. Gladwln. ‘ ENG W. LEG. CHICKS—Guaranteed. purebred Ens. TOBACCO W. Leg. Chicks. direct from our M. A. C. Demon. ml “rial: {ohmoinlfik ‘émm‘lzmmmi‘i‘ogimiallc HOMEBP TOBACCOfChum Q's lb.. $1.50' 0C1. out! ' 0" c c ' ° ' sue: smoking. the is, use- lien. mu???“ Rig- "7 “m 3- *- W- melt roe. Carlton. Hum unis. Kmtu . . BABY cmcxs from stock all newly blood-test for c” Bacillal'y wen. bimbo... mo y blood Nuns It! HOMESPUN TOBACCMWIIIE. en pounds. 31.50; Elli" Wm m Ketch" mm mm State Accredited. Bloodtested. Chicks and Eggs. Cat-l BUY YOUR CHICKS from a poultry form. 1500 Breeders bred for our: production. Barred and Buff Rocks, Reds. Orpingtorls. Wyuridottes and Leghorns. $15 per 100. Faln‘lcw Poultry Farm, Gallon. Ohio. PURE-BRED CHICKS from State Accredited Stock. Fourteen varieties. Poultry Manual Free. fitouffer Egg Farms. Route 20, Mount Morris, Illinois. WHITE ROClx’Sht‘hicks and Eggs from State ACv credited and Blood~tcstcd Stock. Mrs. Lois Holcomb. North Adams. Michigan. BABY CHICKS. hatching eggs from our Ideal Barred Books from heavy laying strain, good healthy flocks. Farmrange Chick Hatchery, Charlotte, Michigan. FOR EARLY LAYERS. ordcr Miown Rhodc Island Red Baby Chicks. Shipped weekly. Arthur Blake. Battle Creek. Mich. 391 N. Kcndail. BABY CHICKS AND EGGS” Superior Ringlet Barred Rocks. Rose Comb Itcds. White Leghorns. Catalog. Wyndham's Ideal Poultry Yards. Tiliin. Ohio. S. C. BUFF LEGHORN BABY (IHICKS from State Accredited Stock. Send for circular. J. W. Webster. Bath. Mich. LEGHORN CHICKS from Slate Accredited Stock. Catalog free. Slladlliiwn Hatchery. R. 2. Zeeiiind. Mich. THOROUGHBRED BABY CHIX—Whlto Wyandotbel. Barred Rocks. R. I. Reds. White Leghorns. Mrs. Grace Millikcn. Femton. Mich. TURKEYS MAMMOTH GIANT Bronze Prize Tom, 40 lbs. Ex— cellent big range-grown young toms and t‘cmalcs. soon laying. This quality scarce. Shirk Farm. Oxford. LIiCh. TURKEYS-—all breeds. special prices. ville, Ohio. Strictly pure—bred. Get our Eastern Ohio Poultry Farm. Beau:- PURE-BRED Bourbon llcd turkeys, from registered tlom $9.50, $7.50. Eva Myers. Ionia. Mich. Star MILO. CONTROL THE CORN BORER with White Holland turkeys. I have the best. Also Toulouse Geese. Alden Whitcomb. Byron Cciitcr. Mich. . PURE