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Since the Chrysler “58” was

announced last June, nearly

10,000 men and women

have testified every month

by their orders that this won-

derful car gives most for the

money.





Such striking performance

advantages as 58 miles an

hour, 5 to 25 miles in 8

seconds and 25 miles to the

gallon of gas—combined

with many other outstandv

ing superiorities—won for it

instant acceptance which

caused it to outsell competi—

tion everywhere in its own

particular price group.





Now the electrifying new

lower prices make Chrysler

“58” more unmistakably

than ever the value supreme

in its class.





 





In the accomplishment of

these new prices there has

been no change in body





quality, comfort or style, no ‘





change in the high quality

design, materials and work-

manship which won spon—

taneous and Widespread pref-

erence and admiration for

Chrysler “58”.





Your nearest Chrysler dealer

is eager to show you that at

these new lower prices Chry;

sler “58” continues to ofl'er

precisely the same quality—

precisely the same perform.

once—precisely the same fine

appearance-r-precisely the

same beautiful body and

chassis—which those who

know motor car quality

agree have placed Chrysler

“58” on the topmost value

pinnacle.





NEW “58" PRICES ‘ .

CHRYSLER“58”—Touring Car,.$84f; Roadster S ' $890; Club Coupe, $895; Coach.





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Coupe, $1795; Brougham, $1865; Royal Sedan, $1995;





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Crown Sedan,$2og5. DISC wheels





CHRYSLER IMPERIAL “SW—Phaeton, $2645; Rodster, (wire wheels'standard equip-

ment; wood wheels optional) $2885; Coupe, . ompassenger, $3195; Sedan. five—pmsenger.

$3395; Sedan. seven'Passenger. $359.5; Sedan imousine. $3695.

All prices f. o. b. Detroit, subject to current Federal excise tax.





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





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are in position to extend

attractive plan.





hrysler service everywhere. All dealers

the convenience of time—payments. Ask about Chrysler’s





All Chrysler models are protected against theft by the Fedco patented car num—

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that the American consul has adVised





_America.ns to stay out of the country.





Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

who returned to sing in grand opera.

after an absence of nine years, was

encored eleven times when she made

Isle; appearance. . She is sixty-five yea-rs





Fifteen thousand educatol‘s in'ses-

sion at Washington, D; C.,'passed a

resolution ,warning state legislatures

to keep their hands off the courses of

This was with special refer-

ence to the “anti-teaching evolution

laws" passed by some states.





Cyclonic winds during the latter part

of last week raised havoc in many of

the southern states.





The H. J. Heinz Pickle Company re-

cently celebrated the fifty-seventh day

of the fifty-seventh year of fifty-seven

varieties.





The U. S. Steel Corporation complet-

ed its twenty-fifth year in business on

February 25. Judge Elbert Gary has

been head of the company since its

start.



Twenty-five lumber companies in this

country have consolidated to form a

$40,000,000 corporation,



Prince Carol, of Rumania, who re-

cently renounced his right to the

throne because of differences with his

parents as to governmental matters, is

expected to return to his country as

a. national hero.



Beniamino Gigli, grand opera singer,

recently fled from giving a. concert in

Detroit because of a black hand note

threatening his death.



Dr. Patty Gurd WilsOn, a ,former

woman professor of languages in a.

Pennsylvania college, recently complet-

eda thousand-mile tour of Europe on

a bicycle. -





The state of Mississippi passed a law

barring the teaching of evolution in its

schools.





George Wright, a former Boston base

ball player, is given credit. for intro-

ducing golf in this country. In 1869

he put a. stock of golf balls and clubs

in his sporting goods store. A Scotch-

man was the first purchaser.





A herd of wild elk, numbering 379,

were transported from Moiese, Mon-

tana, to the Nemasket range near Mid-

dleboro, Mass, where they will be fat-

tened and killed for the market.



General Alvaro Obregon recently an-

nounced that he would seek the pres-

idency of Mexico.





The General Motors Corporation

earned a net profit of $116,016,277 in

1925. This is seventy-one per cent

higher than its previous best earnings.





Dr. Charles H. Mayo, the renowned

surgeon, of Rochester, Minnesota, said

that outdoor life is necessary to main—

tain perfect health. .



Lady Fisher, at British society wom-

an, has lived twenty-eight days on

fruit juices alone. On the twenty-eighth

day she took a. three-mile walk. She

said that she is through with full

course meals.



A Scotch cloth weaver said that

American men either handed over

most of the family money to the wom-

en to spend on themselves, or the

American clothing salesmen did not

know how to sell clothing.





Three thousand miners in the West

Virginia coal regions ended their walk-

out by returning to work.





The Russian Soviet government is

not cooperating in peace movements.

The'Red army now numbers 562,000,

and it is proposed to establish military

schools, according to the announce-

ment of VV'ar Commissioner Voros‘hil-

off at the celebration of the eighth an-

niversary of the formation of the Sov—

iet army.



Two hundred and seventy-five stud-

ents “flunked” at the University of

Michigan at the end of the semester

and have been sent home. Only forty

of‘those expelled Were women stud—

ents. ‘



French diamond merchants recently

paid the Russian Soviet government

$2,924,550 for the crown jewels of the

late Czar.



The church choir in the Wilshire

Congregational Church ofLos Angeles.

has been dismissed and will be replac-

ed by a jazz orchestra.



George Bernard Shaw, the famous

English playwright and author, refused

a million dollars for the picture rights

of his plays.

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MICHIGAN SECTION THE. CAPPER FARM PRESS





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On tfle Ten W fie Score tee fz'zgéeyl tfle Mzeflzgmz Farmer PVI/l Confer

tée Degree of Master Farmer





ERE is a plan for honoring the

ten best farmers in the state.

Who are they? Is the best farm-

er in your community one of them?

He should have a chance for the hon-

. You should see that he is nomi-

nated. If this is done he will be com-

pared with the best farmers of other

communities of the state, and finally,





from the list the ten who stand high-

est ‘in all-around qualities will be chos—





. er the degree of Master Farmer.





en to receive from the Michigan Farm-

Be-

sides this degree, each of these ten

men will be awarded an attractive gold

medal and a certificate suitable for

framing.



Only real dirt farmers are eligible

to nomination for honors in this con-

test. The effort here will be to render

honor to those men who have, and are,

showing by their work, the way to bet-

ter farming and farm life. The person

nominated need not necessarily be the

owner of a farm. He may be a tenant,

or the manager of some other person’s

farm. The important thing is that he

be a man who is actually responsible

for the success of the farm, and the

farm home in which he lives.



Every good farmer in the state

should have a chance at these honors.

To this end nominations will be ac-

cepted fromfl‘a ,county agent,‘ banker,

elevator manager, teacher, preacher,

member of the family, or even the

farmer himself. '





The men nominated will be compar-

ed by the score card method. For this

purpose the score card published on





g this page. has been arranged. This





card not only gives the nominee credit

for good farming, but also for business

methods'employed, his home life, and

his participation in civic duties. The

usefulness of this score card can be

extended far beyond the purposes of

this contest. Every reader of this pa-

per who operates a farm can afford to

spend time honestly to score himself,

to learn how nearly he measures up





_ to the worthy goals here suggested.





Every nomination must be accom-

panied with a score card properly filled

out. Before setting down the scores,

read carefully the “detailed sugges-

tions on scoring” which follow. The

name and address of the ,party doing

the scoring must also appear'on the

score card. We shall regard all this

information .as confidential. Names of

nominees will not be printed; only the

names of those who are finally select-

ed to Ieceive the degree will be pub-

lished.





Accuracy and fairness in filling out





the scorecard is necessary. These





' scorings will be verified and corrected





in a number of ways. In this checking

up, should there be any serious mis-

representations or gross errors of judg-

ment, the name will be dropped from

consideration. After the scores are

finally revised and verified to the point

where we feel they are as accurate as

it is possible to get them, the degree





‘- of Master Farmer will» be awarded to





‘ ~ score.





the ten farmers having the highest

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.ination another year,





naturally will not be eligible for nom-

already ’ being

members of' the organization. Others





'will then have a chance. To this end,





we suggest that every reader of the

Michigan Farmer score himself care-

fully to see wherein he falls short of





.the high standards set by these scor-





ings, and then go about the task of

putting his farm and home in order for

the benefit it will bring to himself, his

family, and his community, as well as

preparing the way later to become a

member of the Michigan Farmer Mas-

ter Farmer’s Club.





The splendid response of readers to

other appeals from these columns leads

us to have faith that this effort to ren-

der unto the good farmers of the state

the honor they deserve will have the





heartiest support and cooperation. We

want the ten farmers finally selected

for this honor to be the ten best all-

around farmers in the state.



Nominations must reach us not later

than May 1. Awards will be announc-

ed late in the summer, probably about

the first of September. It is not nec-

cessary that the farmer be a. subscrib-

er to this publication to 'become eligi-

ble to this honor.





Detailed SuggestionsIon Scoring





I. Operation of Farm—a Total of 270

Points.

1. Maintenance of Soil Fertility—

70 Points.

Manure. ~——If all manure is carefully

saved and hauled to the fields with

least possible loss, make no deduction





 





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Michigan Farmer’s Score Card

for Farmers





HILE this score card was designed for the purpose of select-



ing the ten men on whom degrees of Master Farmer are to

be conferred, it will have its greatest value in assisting farmers

generally to measure their farm accomplishments.





l. Operation of Farm—270 Points. Score.

1. Maintenance of soil fertility ................. 70

2. Crop rotation ............................. 35

3. Efficient use of man and horse labor ........ 30

4. Products~yield and quality ............... ‘. .. 35

5. Seed ...................................... 10

6. Feeding and care of live stock ..... . .......... 30

7. Quality of live stock ........................ 20

'8. Adequate tools, machinery and equipment,



V well housed and repaired .................. 20

9. Convenience of farm arrangement ........... 20





ll. Business Methods and Ability—200 ‘Points.

.1. ' Relation of income to expenses .............. 100





2. Accounting methods ........................ 50

3. Business reputation ........................ 50

Ill. General Farm Appearance and Upkeep—90 Points.»

.. 1. Repair and upkeep of buildings .............. 30

2. Condition of fields: .......................... 20

3. Maintenance of fences and ditches ........... 20

4. Freedom from weeds and rubbish ........... 20

IV. Life—400 Points.

,1. Convenient house ......................... 50

2. Labor-saving equipment in home . . . . 75

3 Character as a husband and father .......... 100

4. Education and training of children ........... 75

V. Citizenship—440 Points.

1. Neighborliness ............................ 40

2 Interest in school and churches .............. 40

3. Interest in other community enterprises ...... 30

Interest in local, state and national government. .. 30

‘ Total ..................................... 1000





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under this head. if barnyard and ma-

nure piles are so located that manure

leaches badly, deduct seven points. 'If ‘

half or more of manure is left in yards

or piles during summer, deduct eight

points; other cuts in proportion.



Lime—If soil is so badly in need of

lime that red clover will not, make a.

good stand at least three Years out of

four, or if testimony of county agent

and the state experiment station indi-

cates that lime is necessary to profit-

able crop production, deduct twenty

points if no lime has been applied. If

lime has been applied in the amount

recommended by the county agent and

the experiment station, make no deduc-

tion. If less than this amount, cut in

proportion.





Legumes Plowed Under.—If most of

the grain is sold, at least one-fourth of

the cultivated acreage should be in a

legume crop each year, and at least

half of this plowed under. If this is

done, make no deduction under this .

head. If no legumes are plowed under

on a grain farm, deduct twenty points.

If less than one-eighth of the total crop

acreage produces a legume which is

plowed under, make deductions accord-

ingly.





Commercial Fertilizers—If used in

sufficient quantity to replace plant food

removed by crops, make no deduction.

If not, deduct accordingly up to fifteen

points. If other methods of maintain-

ing fertility are followed, as given

above, disregard this point.



2. Crop Rotation—35 Points.



A good crop rotation must keep at

least twenty-five per cent of the culti-

vated acreage in legumes. Deduct one

point "for each one per cent in which

the rotation falls short of this.



The crop rotation should include a.

maximum of the most profitable crop

in the case of a grain farm, and of the

feed most needed in the case of a live

stock farm. It should provide for effi—

cient distribution of labor. Cut in pro-

portion as it falls short of doing this.





3. Efficient Use of Man and Horse

Labor—30 Points.



The most efficient farmers handle

from sixty to eighty acres in crops per

man, and twenty-five acres per horse,

or its equivalent in tractor power. De-V

duct two points for every acre short

of this in each case.





4. Products—Yields and Quality—35

Points.



‘ If crop yields (five—year ave-rage) are

twice the five—year average for the

county, make no deduction. For every.

bushel of grain, and for every 100

pounds of hay per acre short of this.

deduct one point up to twenty points.

The remaining fifteen points is to be

credited to quality of product. In this

the scorer or judges will have to use

their judgment in each case.





5. Seéd—10 Points.

If seed corn is not tested, deduct '

five points. If small grain is not treat-

ed for smut at least every other year,

deduct five points. If legume and grass

seeds containing seed of ‘ noxious

weeds are used, deduct five points. ’1:

seed of mixed, unknown or unadapted

varieties is used, deduct five points.





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NUMBER TEN





MARCH 6, 1926





VOLUME CLXVI





DETROIT,





CURRENT COMMENT





FEW months ago

the Detroit Dairy





 





Dflryiarm- and Food Council was

hers re organized in the city

Interested of Detroit. This or-





ganization is now tak-

ing the first steps toward addressing

the Detroit public on the valuz;l of dairy

products as food. A few days ago Dr.

E. V. McCollum, of Johns Hopkins Uni-

versity, leading food specialiSt of the

country, spoke to its public-spirited

members, which include representa—

tives of the boards of education and

health.



Already the activities of this group



' have avvakened the schools to the ad-

vantage of putting on health programs,

and the demand for speakers along

this line is growing apace. Dr. McCol—

lum‘s mission was to advise with those

who will fill speaking engagements in

the schools and before other audiences.



This, however, will be only one

phase of the educational work planned.

Every available means of getting in-

formation into the homes of the city

will be used. Parents and children

alike will be impressed with the food

and health value of milk. Movies, lan-

tern slides, radios, posters, mechanical

exhibits, bulletin boards, advertising

space, press stories, plays~in fact, ev-

ery means of communicating thought

will be employed to encourage the larg-



\ or use of nature’s best food, and thus

to make Detroit’s people healthier and

happier.



It is unfortunate that the influence

of this campaign cannot beaextended

to the farm homes of the state. It is



- rather paradoxical that those who pro-





duce. milk use less than do those who ‘





are Obliged to buy it. No doubt the

weeding out of the scrub cows, 3 clean-





ing up of the dairy barn, and more'





care in handling the milk, would aid





at quantities of dairy prOducts by‘ farm

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sta'ndpolnts—he‘aith' and better mar-

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Putting lest and biggest

U . of our country's enter‘



8e "I prises, is the amuse-

Amusement ment business. Its





sole pu‘rpose is to

amuse the populace, and it exists be-

cause the populace supports it.



Country folks are not troubled with

an abundance of amusement. They do

not have the opportunity of becoming

show weary, wheneven good “stunts”

fail to react favorably. Many city peo-

ple do, though, and frequently do not

know what to do with themselves.

Country folk have to furnish their own

amusement to a great extent, and that

is to their benefit.



One does not tire of wholesome ac-

tivities in which he is taking part, for

there is a fascination iii-doing pleas-

urable things, and inthe spirit of con-

test. The old singing circles, debates,

husking bees, barn dances, spell-downs,

and other similar amusements, furnish

an enjoyment which can not be par-

alleled by any show, regardless of the

price paid. Such things are positive

amusements because of one’s partici-

pation in them. They are in contrast

to the other kind, where one sits idly

by and watches others.



To get more enjoyment out of living

in the country, start something. Make

the grange hall. the school, and the

church places of: Wholesomo entertain-

ment, where you and your neighbor

may have opportunity to reveal to each

other'unexpected good qualities.





ARM ERS are going





Get a into t h 9 horse-



breeding b u s i n e s 5

Better again. Registrations

Start of stallions Show an





increase for the first

time in nine or ten years. Every per-

son having good horses is now turning

an eager eye toward this form of prop-

erty, believing that it will increase in

value.



Mongrel types of horses prevailed on

the farms of America from the begin-

ning of our agricultural development.

The pioneers are not to be blamed for

this, since they used what they could

get. But, today, after the ill-bred

equines have been largely dissipated

through their exportation for military

purposes, and their gradual dying off

in a period of depression of the horse

market, it ought to be our policy to

use only good horses in breeding up

a new generation.



This seems to be the only safe policy

to follow. Poor horses will not have

"a ghost of a Show in the power com-

petition that now prevails. To breed

inferior types is to put. the horse off

the map. Good horses, on the other

hand, can be used efficiently. They

will find a secure place in our business

activities. Men will choose to look

upon a well-designed machine in pref-

erence to a homely horse; but who can

design a power unit that will win the

eye from, a well-bred Clydesdale,

Percheron, or Belgian? By looks and

efficiency in certain kinds of work, the

good horse will continue to be the

helper of man. But the course of the

mongrel horse is nearly run. Interest

in him is petering out. He is going.

along with the scrub cow, hog and hen

to that happy hunting-ground where

they pay homage to ugliness, and bow

down to inefficiency.





ERHAPS the above





The title is a misnom-



. er. “The narrowing



B roadenmg world” may have been

World equally as good, be





cause the world does



not seem to be as large as it did a few

generations ago. ,



Then it seemed far to get even to



théiother side of the state. Florida ap-



peared to be way off, and a trip to Eu-





" ropejeemed almost an impossible ven-





’ ary ‘ pleasure: or





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" "diamante: as one

takes them. ‘ ' ~ “ '.



‘We «take down the telephOnd.ficeiver

and enjOy a chat with a. friend five, or

ten miles away. We ask a question by

wire of someone a thousand miles away

and get his answer in a few hours. We

step on the starter button and, in less

than a working day, are enjoying the

company of friends several hundred

miles away. We turn the dial in our

own room and listen to, voices thou-

sands of miles away.



Thus, in a geographical way, the

world appears to be smaller, but it is

becoming bigger in humah thought and

accomplishment. Prejudice-s and mis-

understandings are being broken be-

cause we have opportunities to under-

stand each other better. We are be-





, Coming more open-minded and, as we.





grow in open-mindedness, the beauties

which surround us become more evi-

dent to use. We are truly in a great

period of adjustment.



And in all this the farmer can not

remain stationary, for he is also. in-

volved in these changes. He must

keep his mind and eyes open in order

to keep in touch with the many new

things which are constantly revealed

to make farming more efficient and

more profitable, and rural living more

enjoyable.



To get the most good out of life, we

must keep ourselves open to the good

things it offers. Then our world will

become a broader. more beuatiful, and

more useful woi'ld to us.





‘E often have





Asleep gold mines in our

at the back yards and don’t



. know it. This is on

Switch pecially true of the





apple growers of Mich-

igan. At the recent pro-spring meeting

of the State Horticultural Society,

President George Friday hit the nail

upon the head when he said that there

was something radically wrong when

western apple growers can produce

8,000,000 barrels of apples and sell

them on our markets, with a sixty

cents per bushel freight handicap,

while our state grows only 2,000,000

barrels, and finds western competition

serious.



The whole thing in a nut shell is,

that the western follows got busy.

They had to to save their necks. But

we, in Michigan, keep going in the

old way and grumble about things.



For instance, in the west, with a.

much newer apple district than ours,

they had the same variety question

that we have, but they have solved it

already. They have eliminated all but

a few good standard varieties.



We, in Michigan, have over a hun-

dred varieties, and such a polygot lot

has no show in these days of modern

merchandising. The only way for

Michigan to get a. real “graft” on the

apple markets of the world is to graft

——or cut out. So, if you are an apple

grower, get your axe or grafting tools

ready and eliminate, or change over,

all those varieties which are not good

market kinds for Michigan to grow.





When Michigan growers get busy,

the western fellows will be sorry, be-

cause they will have competition that

will be unsurmvountable—and Michigan

apple growers will be happy. So let’s

start this spring to graft or cut our

way to happiness.





N. our primal in-





Tendency stincts we all have

Toward criminal tendencies.

But, through self-re-



Crime straint, and considera-





tion for others, we be-



come respectable, law-abiding citizens.

If only one person existed there

would be no crime, because of the lack

of opportunities for it. But when peo-

ple multiply, consideration for others

and criminal tendencies, have a bat-

The, denser our population, the

greater, the opportunity for crime.





Each person added to the» world makes ,





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There "in Wine doubt regarding ~.th‘o

prevalence cf crime at present." It 'is

.alwaysjprevalent, as there are always

some Who-.arelselfish and do not prac-

tice self-restraint. , ‘ .

The‘mere fact that crimeris' becom-

ing so noticeable will bring its own

defeat. Crime itself always brings

about means to curb it. As Ear-Presi-

dent ‘Taft has said, violations of the

prohibition laws will be greater before

they become less. Therefore it seems

foolish to attempt to abolish the law,

or radically change it in this period of

adjustment. Those who have the long

range view of the matter feel sure that

better law enforcement, and therefore

a better citizenry, are coming. Crime

has become a problem that we will

solve, but it cannot be solved bylegal-

izing those things which now are crim-





 





Sneeze:





GUESS maybe I got the roup or



somethin’. And they say that after

a chicken is‘ got the roup it ain’t worth

nothin'. That’s me—I feel like I was

worth maybe a postage stamp, ’causo

I could be licked easy now.



Anyhow, I’ve got the sneezes. My

nose is going ta break a record for

speed. 'cause it’s doln’ some real run-

nin', and my eyes look like I’ve been

ta my mother-in-law’s funeral. I was

lookin' at myself a while ago, and I

says ta myself, “You don’t look like no

exampul o’-righteous livin’ now."



Ain’t it funny how interested. folkses

is in you when you got a cold. They’s

so charitabul ta. tell you just how ta.

get rid 0' it. I

kinda. amuse my—

self while I’m in-

exposed, by tryin'

t h e s e differunt

remedies. I find

that one works

just as good as

another.



Sofie says if I

just snuff camfer,

an' do it right along, it’ll cure my cold.

I guess that’s so, ’cause your cold’ll be

gone after a while, whether you die or

not. Aunt May says eat lots 0' lem-

ons. John Hundson says, “Feed 3. cold

an’ starve a. fever," but. Sadie Smith

says, “Don’t eat nothin' but fruits an’

vegetabuls." Oscar Wilson says/Snuff

salt water," but Sam Jones says, “Ta

get any good outa salt water you gotta.

drink it." Mary Scully says, “Take a.

hot bath and a hot lemonade and soak

your left sox in cold water and put "it

around your throat." Jim Sears says,

“Don’t take no bath, ’cause it opens

your pores and makes you ketch more

cold.” And etc., and etc.



I’m faithful ta everyone 0’ the direct-

shuns above. Sometimes I take a bath.

but not all the time. Sometimes I

drink a. lemonade, but not all the time,

an’ I smell camfer once in a while. And

sometimes I eat, but between meals I

don’t. And you know, after a. while I

get rid o’ my cold. So I kin recom-

mend theso remedies, providing You

take all 0’ them, and then otherwise

do as youplease.



Sofie says I musta gotten my feet

wet. Sadie says I musta. gotten in a.

draft, and Sam says I shouldn’t 3. got

my hair out ’till spring. I guess maybe

they’re right. Anyhow, I'm entertain-

in’ the bug the scientists says I got,

but can't see.





I got a couple 0’ sneeze’s comin’ on,





 





so I’ll have to quit. 'Scuse me. Well, ~

that's over. But I’ve got another com-

1n'. So, good-bye. HY SYCKLE,





Better to qualify themselves to un:

derstand the relation of agriculture to

the business of banking, 93 Indiana.

bankers recently took a short course

in agriculture at Purdue University.

So delighted were these men with the





information gained and the associate.





 

 





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.faiucccss ~ in Eighty Acres





A Graizot County Former W 00 2'! Making Good





' DIFFERENCE of Opinion makes

horse races, political parties, pres-





idents, prohibition, wars, feuds,

”men of affluence, and paupers; causes





'divorces, strengthens sewing Circles





and builds cigar factories. It was a





,'dii'ference of opinion regarding theF.





"0. B. mill price of sugar beets in- 1910

"that caused Fied Bradford, of Gratiot





county, a grower of sugar beets, to for—





‘ ever pass up the culture of this sac-





cachrine product, and to become a

pioneer exponent of the pure-bred cow,





' alfalfa, and the crop rotation system





of farming. Today the Bradford Dairy





‘Farm of eighty acres, in Arcada town-

“-Iship, four miles southwest of Alma, is

"a' viSible and aesthetically pleasing





demonstration of the wisdom of Mr.

Bradford’s cerebration.

In thus abruptly switching his ag-





’ ricultural allegiance from'the sweet——





but slightly cloying—vegetable, to.

dairying, Mr. Bradford gambled on his





.» -.faith in the value' of the pure—bred





:Guernsey cow as the proper basis for

profitable dairying. The practical util-





ate means. ”The Bradfords’ ambition

Was to build a herd of 'twenty-five

cows, all of one family—cows that as

adults, would produce 10,000 pounds of





milk and 500 pounds .of butter~fat

annually.





A Guernsey heifer was purchased in

Pennsylvania for $200. This heifer was

the dam of May Bradford, the cow that

became the foundation of the present-

day herd of about thirty head belong-

ing to Bradford & Son. Their. original

ambition has not yet been realized, but

the -“pot of gold” they envisioned fif-

teen years ago is dangling from the

agricultural horizon almost within

'arms’ reach. '





Bradford’s May produced 61,422

pounds of milk and 3,080 pounds of

butter-fat over a ten-year period, an

annual average of over 6,100 pounds of

milk, and 308 pounds of butter-fat.

Bradford’s Daisy, of the second gen-

eration, averaged 8,634 pounds of milk

and 432 pounds of butter-fat each cal-

endar year over a four-year period.

A little two-year-old, Busy Bee, has





 





 





 





 

 





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Use lime—it acts as a base, neutral-

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While Fewer Farmers Have “Buss Piles” Now Than Formerly, it is Possible

to Make the Wood-lot a Permanent Source of Fuel.





,itarian principle of the slogan, “Buy

”one and raise a herd,” has been agree-

.._,any emphasized and accented by Mr.

iBradford and his son, R. D., who is

“associated with him in the enterprise.





In fact, father and son, under the





.title of Bradford & Son, in the inter-





'. vening yeals have demonstrated four





'_.agricultural axioms, as follows:





The





. value of the pure-bred Guernsey for





dairy purposes, the possibility of de-





' veloping a herd under the. “Buy one





and raise a ‘herd” plan with a small

initial outlay of capital, the adaptabil-

ity and value of alfalfa for both hay

and pasturage, and'the combination of

dairy and alfalfa for maintaining and





improving soil fertility.





The Bradford farm has been owned

by Mr. Bradford since 1885,- and from

that time up to 1910 was operated





_ along the lines of orthodox opinion.





Then came the controversy over the

price of sugar beets, and Mr. Brad-

ford’s radical departure from the agri-

cultural avenues of a generation. Up

to "this time he had had the average

success in his field of endeavor; he

had educated his children, provided a





',_good living for his family, and accum-





ulated little of this world’s goods.

His son had reached an age where

he was ready to take over his share of





' the burden of wresting a. living from

’ the soil. Doubtless, too, he had arrived





at that period of youthful sapience

where he was also ready to aid Dad

with the priceless advice that exuber-~





'. antly bubbles from the found of knowl-l

edge possessed by every youth at some

stage in his life.





.Then came their decision to. “Buy

..one ”and raise 3. her, ” a slogan that

ttained national currency,





produced over 8,000 pounds of“ milk,

and 375 pounds of butter-fat in an un-

completed year. These are typical of

the records made by the Bradford herd.

The records were valuable, not only

because they showed the progress that

was being marked, but also by reason

of the fact that they disclosed uner-

ringly the unprofitable cows. They

were also of benefit in checking up

feed combinations.



And here’s how the Bradford system

of crop rotation was made effective and

profitable. Bradford & Son, at the

start, were aware that if it became

necessary for them to go into 'the mar-

ket to buy feed for the herd, the finan-

cial success of the project would be

seriously jeopardized. They solved

their problem by crop rotation based

upon alfalfa for hay and pasturage.

The eighty-acre farm produces approx-

imately 100 tons of silage, 1,000 bush-

els of com, 500 bushels of cats, and

sixty tons of alfalfa hay, in addition

to pasturage for forty cows and heif-

ers. The Bradfords put fifty acres into

alfalfa, twenty acres into corn, and ten

acres into oats. Each year the combi-

nation is shifted. The alfalfa is seed—

ed in the oats, the oldest ten-acre field

of alfalfa. is manured and put into corn.

The corn is planted on a field two

years in succession, but the soil grows

a legume five years out of eight. The

alfalfa fields are in hay three years

and in, pasturage two years. In the





fifth year the alfalfa is subject to





heavy pasturage, which has a tendency

to weaken it, and incidentally decrease

the label- necessary to turn the sod

for corn '





Since 1917 the dairy has been under





'the active management of the son, R.

, D, Bradford. ..The buildings andeguip-

:—ment-- contain virtually every modern





device fer sanitation and efficiency.

one of the moat upotodate





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‘Lsc'ISLATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE





 





 





NATIONAL GRANGE.





 





HE National Grange. executive com-



mittee favored the enactment by

congress of legislation setting aside

one day to be known as Agricultural

Day, which shall not be a legal holi-

dayzfincreasing appropriations for the

eradication of bovine tuberculosis to

$6,000,000 for 1927; pending legisla-

tion. for the prevention of worthless

foreign seeds being used to adulterate

domestic seed, and opposed the Stan-

field grazing bill as detrimental to na-

tional forest Conservation. .

The committee conferred with Sec-

retary of Agriculture Jardine relative

to amendments and changes in pending

agricultural legislation, and held a con-

ference with Thomas G. Cooper, chief

of the Bureau of Agricultural Econom-

ics, urging more complete study of the

taxation problem as it affects agricul-

ture.





STATUS OF DICKINSON BILL.





 





HE forces promoting. the Dickinson

surplus disposal bill are about

ready for action. George N. Peek, of.

Illinois, is their leader. This bill, how-

ever, will not have easy going. Its

chances of becoming a law during this

session of congress are exceedingly

slim. It lacks the united support (if

the farm leaders, even from the middle

west. Those who are shouting loudest

for surplus disposal-legislation are not

agreed as to all the provisions in the

Dickinson bill. The leaders; would-be

and otherwise, agricultural and politi-

cal, are more hopelessly divided now

than they were two months ago. The

surplus disposal advocates have not

only failed to keep out of factional

fights, but have succeededin getting

mixed up with party politics.



The so-called Vrooman plan provid-

ing for the creation of a farmers' ex-





ARIOUS plans for the division of

V the revenue from the gas tax and

weight tax laws enacted a year

ago are providing the basis for consid—

erable contention just now in the spe-





 





 

   

   





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Mention the Michigan Farmer When timing to Advertisers





cial session of the state legislature. In

his message, Governor Groesbeck de-

clared that the appropriation for trunk

line maintenance was only half large

enough, and further, that if the law-

makers favored continuing new con-

struction at the present rate, they

would have to provide some new

source of revenue.

In 0| 3|



As yet no bills have appeared to in-

crease either the weight or gas tax

levies, but two proposals are pending





 





 

 

 

 

 

   

 





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green or ripe. wet or dry; lifts them into the crib;

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which would give the governor in-

ALL ABOUT creased funds for use on state high-





way projects. The senate has already

passed, by a vote of twenty—five to

three, the bill fathered by Senator O.

E. Atwood, of Newaygo, which increas-

es the amount of weight tax revenue

appropriated for .the maintenanceof

state trunk lines from $2,000,000 to not

exceed $4,000,000 annually. This bill

makes other minor amendments to the

weight tax, law one of which would

discontinue all state aid in the main-

tenance of non-trunk .‘ine highways.

There is every indication. that a strong

effort will be, made to have this pro-

vision stricken out of the bill in the

house. '





 





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faimends the 19.25 gas tax law- by reducv l.

in: the, menu, :3 ‘wmeh .yoeld be. es ‘

aired" t. the. gown counties ewes





port corporation, hasbeen resurrected

and is .being vigorously [pushed by. a

certain middle West group as a coun-

ter political move in opposition to the

DickinsOn bill. ’





THE PRICES FOR MEAT.





 





 





A STUDY of meat prices in Wash-

ington has been undertaken by

Senator Arthur Capper to ascertain

whether there is not too large a spread

between the farm price and the retail~

er’s price.



This is a question in Which Senator

Capper has long been interested. The

farmer gets from eight to ten cents a

pound for beef on the hoof, and he

works three years to produce the car-

cass. The packer dresses it. and de-

livers it in Washington at" fourteen or

fifteen cents a pound. The senator has

found that beef sells in Washington

anywhere from thirty—five to sixty

cents a pound, according to-the- cut.

The difference between the‘prices the

farmers and wholesalers recevie, and

the prices the consumers pay, make

the question interesting for study.



Conditions in Washington may be

typical of those in other cities. The

problem seems to be in the method of

marketing and distribution, and this

is the big problem which the senator

is trying to solve.





 





CONGRESS SETS DATE OF AD-

JOURNMENT.





 





ONGRESS has decided to adjourn



May 1. The tax bill being. out of

the way, leaves the time open for the

supply bills and the program of new

legislation, including agricultural relief

and railroad legislation, MuscleShoals

and other, matters. An attemptmay

be made to change some of the tariff

schedules, but there is much opposi-

tion to reopening the tariff discussion

at this time.





News From the State Capitol





From Our Lmzxz'ng Corrc’rpondent /





1926 on the delinquent highway awards

from $2,000,000 to $1,000,000 and pro-

vides that in future years the counties

would receive $2,000,000 annually until

all these past due accounts are settled.



“rhile the foregoing provision will

probably not meet with much favor

among farmers and county officials,

there are two features of the bill which

are unquestionably commendable. In

the first place, definite dates are pro—

vided for the payment all? the several

amounts, the $1,000,000 to be paid the

counties during 19.26 would be paid on

June '1, and in future years the 'coun-

ties would be paid $1,000,000 on Feb-

ruary 1, and $1,000,000 on June 1.



The second obviously equitablepro-

vision of the bill is that the state defi-

nitely recognizes the claims of the

townships as well as the counties, and

would pay these amounts to the town-

ships regularly and in full, on the first

of April of each year, until all the

claims-from the townships have come

in and have been settled by the state.

This measure “outlined above is being

sponsored by Representative Eugene

Kirby, of Covert, chairman of the

house roads and bridges committee.



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When the Kirby bill, discussed in the

preceding paragraph, was up for con—

sideration before the house committee

of the Whale, a fiery debate was pro";L

clpitated-in which several members ex-

pressed themselves as unwilling-to

vote on important bills of» mum

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SPRING





. —plans for re-decorating

the home, for the garden,

. for the family, for the

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thoughts of Spring call

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i are supplied in Ward’s

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Work. Clothing

R09fing

Fencing A

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This Spring your Ward Catalogue will enable you to bu

three things for the usual price of two. -

You have a copy of Ward’s Spring Catalogue — or a

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or curtains for the home, a rug, or milady’s dress, Without

extra cost. The price is paid by the saving you make in

using Ward’s Catalogue to buy all your needs for Spring.





" $60,000,000 in Cash Was'Used

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Wise buying is, largely a matter of deciding where to buv.

Who can make the lowest prices? Who has the power to

buy goods cheapest?



You and 8,000,000 other customers give us a buying

p0wer so vast, so enormous that we contract for shoes by

the hundred thousand pair, we buy the new live rubber for

our tires in the Orient. $2,000,000 worth of rubber was

bought when prices were low. ‘



$60,000,000 in cash was used to make possible these low





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low price. We never sacrifice quality to make a low price.

We make our low prices by big buying, by the use of cash,

not by cutting quality.





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Tires '

Batteries

Accessories

Fishing Tackle

Cameras





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IRCLE 1 is a microscope photograph

of Red— Clover seed grown in

Central States and cleaned there to



It looks good, it





is fairly high in purity, apparently con-





the nice quality shown.





taining only a few weeds.





But Dickinson recleaned this seed by a

special “Pine Tree" process, and look what





happened 1





Circle 2 shows a sample of what special

methods and special machinery re-cleaned

out of the ordinary “ country-cleaned ” seed.





Circle 3 shows what was left.





Does [fig-cleaned Seed Pay?





Note such

dangerous weeds as quack grass, buckhorn

and dodder, and the large proportion of





Look at Circle No. 2 again.





dirt, trash and broken grains. Also





clover seeds lost in the re- -cleaning process.





If seeds were as big as potatoes,





wouldn’ t need a high- -power microscope, or

highly specialized and delicately adjusted





machinery to clean them out.





 





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dealer for a free copy of it, or write





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Does a widow share ina hquand’

deed brother’s property The prep'erty

left is valued at several thousand 1101- i

lars. It is all in the state of New

York. One brother is living. There





~ are three widOws of deceased brothers.





Can living brother hold all? There is





no will. ——E. M. S.



The Widow takes only from the hus-

band, not from his relatives. ,The law

of descent is controlled entirely by the

law of the place where- the land-is.—

Rood.





SCH 00L TAXES.





 





Can anyone be taxed $100 for school

tax, if he is not married and has no

children going to School ?~——F. L.



"The statutes do not tax persons for

school purposes. Only the property is

taxed, and the amount depends on the

value of the property as assessed. The

residence of the owner, and whether

he has children to attend the-school,

is immaterial—Rood.





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MAKING COLLECTIONS.





 





I have a friend who went to Florida

two yea1s ago While there he did

some Work and did not get all of his

pay. Can he collect it from Michigan,

or has he got to go back to Florida to

collect?—~J. H.



The law still holds that if you would

catch a flea you must in some manner

get Where he is. Under the facts given

above, I do not see how any point of

contact can be made in Michigan. The

collection might be made perhaps,

through some attorney or collection

agency in Florida—Rood.





TAX ON FOREST LAND.





 





If a note is made and dated on Sun-

day, is that note any good? If a man

has forest trees planted on his farm

is he exempt from taxation on that

land?--C. N.



A note made on Sunday is void, re-

gardless of the date written on it. Ex-

emption from taxation of land planted

to forest can be obtained only by com-

plying with all the provisions of the

statute. There is no exemption unless

the entire tract is 160 acres or less,

one-half of which is improved and de-

voted to agriculture; the exempt re-

serve cannot be more than one-quarter

of the tract; all spaces filled to ap-

proximately six feet apart each way;

of the varieties named in the act, (ash,

beach, maple, pine, hickory, locust, wal-

nut, butternut, iron-wood, cedar, larch,

etc.), all stock must be fenced off the

land till ninety per cent of the trees

are above two inches in diameter;

claim of reservation exemption must





 





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be filed with the county treasurer; and

thereafter no timber in the tract can

be out except for firew00d or for build‘

ing on the premises, without written

license by the clerk, and payment of

five per cent of the value of the trees

taken. While the reservation is main-

tained, the land is still assessed at $1

per acre. See Public Acts 1917 No. 86.

——Rood.





 





RIGHT TO MANURE.





 





I rented my house and barn to a

road contractor. He bought his feed

from another source. Can he sell the

manure from the farm?——lA. H M.





, If the refuse brought to the prem-

ises by the contractor was kept sep-

arate and apart from the feed raised

onthe farm, he has a right to remove

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INTENT/lO'N TO DECEIVE.





 





 





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of fereclosure. can I hold A for the

four acres and have it deducted from.

the principal?~——Réader , .



In the absence of fraud the prelim-

inary negotiations are merged in the

final contract signed, and it would re

quire clear proof of intention to de-

ceive, and that in some way'the buyer

was induced to sign the contract thh-

out reading it to'enable him to recover

on this’_ground.—-Rood.





PROPERTY DISPOSAL.





 





A man dies, leaving all property, to

his wife. His wife marries, but keeps

her property in her own name. She

wills the property to her mether. She

and her husband had the use of the

property for some time. A child is

adepted but the will is not changed

Who will be entitled to the property,

the child or the woman's mother?

E. W. S.



The wife may dispose of he1 proper-

ty free from any claims of her husband

surviving her, and this disposition may

be either by deed or will. If she had

made no will the husband and adopted

child would have been her heirs. There

is one deciSion in another state that

the adopting of a child revokes the

will previously made, but it is not be-

lieved that our supreme court would

follow that decision. ‘I .





INTEREST lN TELEPHONE. ,





 





What is the law in the state of

Michigan on telephones? I sold my

land, .and the man did not want to pay

me for the telephone what it cost me.

The company is incorporated for about

$1,000 Don’t they have to buy my

share?—F L.



The purchase of a farm puts the pur-

chaser under no obligation to buy the

stock or interest in any company in

which the seller was a shareholder.

Whatever interest he owned in them-

strument, by reason of its being .at-

tached to the land, would pass with

the land if it were a fixture. but, as I

understand it, the instrument belongs

not to the owner of the land, but to

the company, and therefore would not

pass—Rood. '





DAMAGE BY AUTO.





 





While driving a car, I lost control

when. turnmg a corner, and plunged

into a ditch,‘ striking a telephone pole

and breaking it so that it had to be

replaced. The pole was old and rot-

ten. Can the company collect for a

new pole and for expense of repairs

to wire, new braces, labor, etc.? , My

machine was broken and the parties in

the machine injured by the pole.~~

Subscriber.



The subscriber is liable for the dam-

age done, including the expense of

re-wire and replacing the pole, but is

not liable for a pole of greater value

than the one destroyed—diced.





 





STOCKHOLDERS' LIABILITY.





 





Whe1e an incorporation of, say sixty

members or stockholders, are interest-

ed, and the directors give their ind1<

vidual notes to one or more banks, if

the directors refuse to renew the notes

can the banks take the property or go

aft? the directors for the money?—~





Wheie directors of the corporatiOn

give their individual notes for the debt

of the co1poration, it would be presum-

ed in the absence of endorsement of

the notes by the corporation, that the

notes were taken in payment of the

debt; and the only recourse of the

bank would "be against the signers of





‘ the notes individually. But if the cor-





poration also endorsed the notes, the

bank could take the property of either

‘ the individual directors er of the cor-

ht be most conven-





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surplus disposal legislation. It is said





that a new bill will soon be introduced





in congress which, while somewhat

similar to the Dickinson bill, will more

nearly meet the approval 01? the ad-

ministration. .It will provide a farm

board that will cooperate With the co-

operative marketing association in

handling the surplUses of staple crops,

probably functioning through a farm

export corporation to be formed by

the cooperatives as is contemplated in

the farm bureau plan.





 





SMALL POTATO SEED.





 





N New York state, where whole



small tubers were planted, the yield

of potatoes was at a rate of 529.13

bushels per acre, as compared with

511.83 bushels Where pieces of large

tubers were planted. The proportion

of small potatoes in the crop was not

materially increased by the use of the

whole small seed potatoes.





 





DON’T TALK TO THE CORN BORER.





 





LL the oratOry in the world will not

convince the moth of thé European

corn borer that she should not lay her

annual quota of from 200 to 500 eggs

on the‘leaves of the corn plants next

June. The only convincing argument

of. which we know, is the thorough

burning of the cornstalks before the

first of May.





INSPECT THE TIRE VALVE.





 





HEN a tire goes flat over night,

don’t blame it on a- puncture un-

til you have inspected the tire valve.

It may be a loose valve stem or a

leaky valve. A puncture usually leaks

fast. Either remove the tube and tight-

en the nut at the base of the valve

stem, or test the valve plunger to sée

if the leak is there. The latter cause

is the more common—W. G.





BEAN BLIGHT.





Is there any way to treat bean seed

for bean blight?——J. W.



Bean blight can usually be controll-

ed by planting seedwhich is appar-

ently free from this disease. Blighted





 





~ seed tends to cause heavy infestations





of blight, especially when the weather



conditions are favorable for its spread.

Crop rotation is also advisable.

There is no seed treatment which is



satisfactory.——-C. R. Megee.





FOREIGN PRODUCTION GROW'S.





 





RESENT conditions in Europe do



not lend much encouragement to

those who. are making a paramount

issue of the crop surplus disposal ques-

tion in this country. Indications are

that the foreign demand for American

farm products in 1926' will be no better

than in 1925, if as good, unless an un-

favorable season should reduce produc-

tion abroad of competing" products. Re-

ports to the department of agriculture





. show that, while the purchasing power





of foreign countries may increase, pro-

duction there is also increasing.





It has been figured that a nickel’s

worth of gas will separate 8,000 pounds





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grind twelve bushels of feed, shell fifty

bushels of corn, cut" two tons of en-

silage, churn 400 pounds of butter, or

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The 01110 State expenses. Station





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THE APPLE oU-TLOOK.





 





FROM a long-time, viewpoint apple



growers appear to have turned the

corner, even though the present price

situation is not particularly satisfac~

tory. With the decrease in bearing





; trees, as shown by the last census fig—'

: pres, growers can expect marketing

conditions to be reasonably satisfac-





tory during the , next ten or fifteen

In the eastern and central





cial producing acreage is held at the

present level, reasonably satisfactory

returns may be expected over a period

of years. In the northwest, where the

trees reach bearing age more quickly,

there seems to be little reason for in-

creasing the bearing acreage at pres-





ent, though apples probably will con-





tinue to be profitable in most sections

now yielding adequate returns.

In considering the present situation,





that "twenty-three per cent, or twenty-

three packets out of every 100 'were

absolutely worthless for planting pin-

poses. Packets of the same kind and

and variety of seed varied ,widely as

to selling price”, size and weight of coil-

ten‘ts, number .‘of: seeds: per. ounce,

amount of foreign material,7a;nd ability

to germinate. in general, all of the

seeds sold by each seedsman are of

the same quality, and the reputable

seedsmen have no hesitancy in having

their goods examined and compared

with the best on the market.





THE OUTLOOK FOR GRAPES.





 





HE grape outlook is dominated by



the tremendous production in Cal

ifornia, and it is generally agreed that

new plantings should not be undertak-

en in that state at present. Around

10,000 cars were left on the vines in

California this past season, due to frost





 





it should be.





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This contest closes March 15.





 





Farm Garden Contest





HE vegetable garden is in evidence on most every farm, but in

most cases, it is not developed or cared for to the extent that





Practical investigations of the effect of diet on the individual

show that vegetables should be used freely in order to maintain

Therefore, from the standpoint of the well—beinglof

the family, the vegetable garden should be given due consideration

when laying out the season’s work.



In order to stimulate greater interest in the farm garden, we are

offering prizes for the best six-hundred-word articles on “How we

Manage 011‘: Vegetable Garden." containing the most practical gar-

The first prize will be $5.00 in cash;

third prize: $2.00, and the next five prizes. $1.00 each.





Garden Editor, Michigan Farmer,





second prize,





Please send your articles to the

Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





it should be remembered that profits

from apples since 1913 have‘not been

sufficiently great to stimulate plant—

ings. The number of bearing trees is

steadily decreasing. the eighteen lead-

ing apple producing states Show a de—

crease of 6,500,000 trees, or approxi-

mately eight per cent, during the past

five years, according to preliminary

census figures. In eastern and central

states, most of the decrease has been

in scattered orchards that are either

outside of the main.commercial sec-

tions, or are too small or too unpro-

ductive to justify the use of efficient

spraying equipment, Some unproduc-

tive orchards also have been aban-

doned in the boxed apple states, and

the tendency has been to replace the





poorer varieties in the older orchards.





For the country as a whole, the number

of trees not yet bearing is about the

same as five years ago, and is not suffi-





cient to maintain the present number





in bearing.



So far as commercial production is

concerned, the decrease in the number

of bearing trees in the scattered farm

.orchards has been more than offset by

increased production in the commer-

cial sections. The rate of increase in

the commercial sections seems, how-

ever, to be slowing up, and in the box-

ed apple states, the point of maximum

production seems to have been nearly

reached.





Looking ahead, it seems that the





. yearly increase in population will be





sufficient to take care of such increase

in production of commercial apples as

is to be expected from present or-

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injury and poor market conditions, and

returns during the past few seasons

generally have been unsatisfactory.



Grape production in California is on

the increase and probably will con-

tinue upward for a. few more years

without additional plantings. Total

carlot movement for the country in

1925 was 80,000 cars, or an increase of

110 per cent during the past five years.

Of this 1925 movement, California sup-

plies ninety-three per cent, even

though weather conditions were unfav-

orable during the harvesting season.

The carlot movement from California

during 19.25 was one-fourth greater

than in 1924, although for’the entire

country, it increased only thirteen per

cent. The almost total crop failure in

Michigan from frost, and lighter pro-

duction in New York, the two states

leading in the production of the native

type of grapes accounted largely for

this situation. The heavy increase from

California is due to extensive plantings

in recent years, and to the fact that

one-third of the crop of the varieties

normally grown for raisins, has been

shipped fresh during the past two

years.



In favorable localities in states

where the native type of grape is

grown, and where table grapes of high

quality can be produced for local mar-

kets, it is probable that some increase

in plantings can be undertaken with

prospects of fair returns, this depend-

ing largely upon favorable sites and

local market conditions. Prices have

varied during the past few seasonsas

to location and crop conditions, but

they have not been sufficiently high. to

cause more than a moderate amount at

plantings 'in most sections. Acreage





, has remained fairly constant, on the





whole, With the exception of Ozark dis-

trict, where plantings totaling around

15 000. acres have been made in the

.past seq: yea-rs. :-





 





 





 





 

 





   





 





 





 





 





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mo _’ . ‘Th‘e carl‘otvmovenient'frofii'the

Ozark district increased. from 344 cars

in 1924 to'487 cars in .1925, and with

favorable weather conditions may be

doubled in 1926. The movement from

(this district is earlier than from other

sections producing the same type of

,. grape, and 'the'status of the grape juice

industry probably will play an import-

ant part in its development.

’_ This development, and the heavy

supply from California, are factors to

be considered by all eastern growers.

,Although the California grapes are of

.a different type, and the bulk of the

'cr'op'moves as juice stock, all growers

Chit. the native typeof grapes face keen

..competition from‘ the California pro-

duct. ' ' ' .





 





 





 





.Pomrsss ON PRUNING.





 





DURING Farmers’ Week, Prof. R.

‘1 , . E. Marshall gave the fruit grow-

,‘ers the results of his pruning tests

during the past year. His experiment

.in the Farrand orchard, near Grand

Rapids, showed that the size of the

fruit was enlarged, and the color im-

proved by pruning, but the total yield

was not as large as that from un-

pruned trees. These. pruning tests

showed that pruning has a marked in-

fluence on quality, and greatly increas-

ed the percentage of grade A apples.





 





TO STANDARDIZE FRUIT CONTAIN—

ERS.





 





LIKE the proposed truth-in-fabrics

legislation, a standard containers

bill comes up in each congress to be

discussed in committee hearings, and

then passed over until another session.

This year a new bill introduced by

Representative Randolph Perkins, of

New Jersey, to fix standards for hamp-

ers, round stave baskets and splint bas-





kets for fruits and vegetables, has}





been referred to the committee on

weights and measures.



.. The exact size ofeach standard con-

tainer in cubic inches is prescribed in

the Perkins bill, and it is left to the



. secretary of Agriculture to allow such

tolerances as he may find necessary

to provide for reasonable variations

occurring in the course of manufactur—



‘ing and handling. A standard three-

fourths bushel basket is provided, in

addition to the other sizes.





Grape growers who made serious ob-



. jections to the former Vestal bill will

- be interested in knowing that the Perk-

ins bill does not apply to Climax grape

baskets, berry boxes, and till baskets

.which comply with the provisions of

~ the standard container act of 1916.

This bill has the backing of farm on

-ganizations, and most of the opposi—

tion to former bills to standardize con-





tainers for fruits and vegetables has

. been eliminated. .





 





OPPOSE THE USE OF ARSENIC ON

’ APPLES.





 





" DWIN A. FOLEY, United.‘ States

" agricultural commissioner at Lon—

? don, has recently reported- to the de-

partment of agriculture that the agi-

tation in Great Britain against Amer-

ican apples developing out of the

charges that large quantities of arsenic

is being found on them in foreign mar-

} kets, is gaining strength. Many of the

.'English newspapers are conducting

{pure food campaigns in this connec-

~ tion. ‘ I,



L Many high-class stores are refusing

“to handle American fruit. Next sea—

( 'son, according to Mr. Foley, there may



_ me little or no cash buying in the Unit-

ed States {pr export, as 'a result of the

present situation.



The English trade is demanding a





‘ ;1_.:,”g'.uaranty from Australian shippers that

their apples arefrpe from arsenic, and. .

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the tires on your car will thatthe wide, flat wagon wheel

carry you where you want to gave over the earlier narrow

go no matter what the weather rimmed wheels. In addition,

is or how bad the roads are. the USCO Balloon has a high-

The great success of the shouldered tread that takes a





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U. S. Royal Balloon-Type

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Houston, Texas Spokane, Wash. Wichita, Kan.

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Addressing the nearest Federal Land Bank or





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For All Crops





“AGRICO” Fertilizers contain all the elements

of plant food which have long beenregarded as

essential to the fertilization of growmg crops,

as well as other elements which have not been

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OUR BREAKFAST PORCH IS

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. LL winter we have. been enjoying

our breakfast porch. This perch

was fixed up by our local carpenter

The porch was just off

It was nearly eight feet

deep and twelve long. The wall of the





,‘ ghouse runs to the outer edge of the

.{ ,porch, which keeps the floor warm, as





:there is a furnace in the basement.

,This also made it easy to put a regis-





' “ter in the room. The porch was board-





ed up and sealed for a distance from

the floor and down from the top, a

foot; then the intervening space was

given over to a row of windows. With

the porch facing south, you can imag-

‘ine how this light room is enjoyed by

the members of the family, and partic-

ularly those whose age keeps them in-

side more than is best for their health.





We have our meals in this room. It





saves the women folks much work

now; and is particularly convenient

when we have ext‘ra help about the

place. Were I to build a new home, I

certainly would plan to have a break-

fast porch where we could bask in the

sun during the winter days—R. S.

Fowler.





TO PREVENT HALTER PULLING.





 





SEE in the Michigan Farmer of



February 13, how to break a horse

from pulling on the halter. I can tell

E. E. S. how to break his horse of

that habit. Take a new three-quarter-

inch rope fourteen feet long. Tie a

knot in one end, then tie another about

two feet down on the rope; leave last

knot loose until you put the end over

her neck and down through the loose

knot, then pull it up tight. Put the

other end of the rope through the chin





i piece of the halter, and drop the rope





in the manger and through the hole

you tie her to. Then fasten it around

her front leg just above her knee. You

are ready for her to pull a few times.

That is a sure cure. I never knew it

to fail.——Recd Page, Elsie.





LESS TIME FOR TREATING POTA-

TOES.





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AT best it is not a desirable job to

treat seed potatoes. However, this

work is necessary. If we are going to

grow clean potatoes, particularly in

soil that has had lime applied, we must

submit to the inconvenience at a very

busy time ‘of the year.



The usr: of corrosive sublimate was

effective in making the crop safe

against scab. But it is more trouble

to use this material than hot formal—

dehyde. Properly used, this latter me-

dium is effective. Here is how we do

it: The tubers are immersed for two

minutes in a solution composed of one

pound of formaldehyde to fifteen gal«

lons of water brought to, and main-

tained at, a temperature of from 122 to

125 degrees Fahrenheit. After being

immersed for the two minutes, the po-





placed in a pile, and covered with a

blanket or canvas for, say an hour.

The covering is then removed to per-

mit the tubers to dry off; They can

then be stored or planted—D. Stanley.





FARM FENCE BILL CAN BE

LESSENED.





 





ONCRETE fence posts are attrac-



tive to the eye, easy to make right

on the farm, and are not expensive. By

making them in spare time, a supply

of, well-cured posts will soon accumu-

late and be on hand when needed,

Forms of‘metal may he purchased in

town, but home-made ‘wooden farms

will do very well. . The size and. shape

of the posts may vary) hit'meording





 





tatoes are removed from the solution,-





 





to conditions, but, a good alt-around

size is one five inches square. at the

bottom and tapering on two sides, to

three by five inches at the top.



A rich concrete mixture and proper

reinforcement are necessary, because

strength is the principal requirement

in ‘good posts. The best proportions

are one part cement, one and one-half

parts clean sand, and three parts. peb-

bles or crushed stone, with no particle

of the aggregate larger than a hickory

nut. Just enough water to make a

workable mixture should be used. The

concrete should be mixed up in small

batches, enough to last not more than





an hour, since concrete begins to set,





as soon as the water is added to the

cement.





In filling the molds, first place a lay-

er of concrete not more than three-

fourths of an inch thick. Then put in

two reinforcing rods, each about three-

fourths of an inch from the edges. The

.rods should be of steel, about a quarter

of an inch square. Then fill the molds

with more concrete to within three-

fourths of an inch from the top. Lay

in two more reinforcing rods, placed as

before, and fill the mold to the top

with more concrete. Finish the top

edge with a wooden trowel.





The concrete must be carefully tamp-

ed down during the filling process, so

as not to disturb the position of the

reinforcement. In some of the com-

mercial molds, the concrete is com-

pacted by shaking or “jigging.”



At least twenty-four hours should

pass before the post is removed from

the forms. Letting them remain in the

molds twice that long is even better.

Care should be taken in handling the

green posts, standing them on end in

a place protected from the sun and

wind and allowing them to cure for

at least a month. During this period

they should be wetted thoroughly each

day so they will not dry out too fast.



A number of methods for fastening

the line wires of the posts are in use.

The best and simplest, perhaps, is to

build a short piece of galvanized wire

around the post from the back, and

twist the ends tightly around the line

wire with a pair of pliers—l5. 0.





Over two-thirds of the farmers who

won in the one-hundred bushel corn

contest in Ohio were tractor farmers.





 





An increased acreage of potatoes of

more than ten per cent this 'year is

inadvisable.





 





Cow testers throughout the country

are -bringing the attention of farmers

to losses running into thousands of dol-

lars annually through poor skimming

by out-of—date, or improperly adjusted

cream separators.





FERTILITY AND CROP PRODUC<

TION.





M" ._..__.





HE above is the title of a book.



Therbook was written by S. F.

_ Hinkle, farmer, student, teacher,

investigator and writer. The author

has succeeded, to a very high degree,

in putting in this book, from a wide

range of sources, data and material

related to soil fertility and crop pro-

duction. He has done for these sub-

Jects what Henry did for the live stock

world when he published his “Feeds

and Feeding.”



It is a big waste of time for the

farmer or student of agriculture to go

through scores .of pamphlets, bulletins,

and volumes to find information on

some. soil or crop subject. Mr. Hinkle

has spent four years gathering and

compiling the contents of this book

He has placed related materialin a.

single chapter for convenient study

and comparison. Persons who value

their. time,.and those who desire to

have available a wealth of data that

to date has been largely hidden from

the la.1nan,~will,,mre “they've ‘ ’

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"It, Feedlnd and Care of Live Stock}—

' . 30 Points. _ j _

On a dairy or beef cattle farm, if no





, silage or nolegume hay,'or an insufll- '-





cient quantity is produced and fed,

deduct ten points. Whatever the class

of live stock, if grain is not properly

supplemented. with protein feeds

(homegrown or purchased), deduct ten

points. If used in insufficient amount,

- deduct accordingly.

healthy,

{ properly housed. It not, deduct ac-

cordingly. ‘ .

Add five points to final score it suffi-

cient alfalfa hay is produced for all live

V stock. Add five points if cattle herd

is U. S. Accredited. Add five points

if hogs are kept immunized against

_' cholera. Deduct twenty points if con-

' tagious disease is present.

7. Quality of Live Stock—20 Points.

If all sires are pure-bred, and all fe-

males productive and high grade, make

,no deduction. If all females are pure-





bred, add ten points to total score. De-





duct ten points for each grade or

scrub sire in use.

8- Adequate Tools, Machinery, and

Equipment, Well Housed and in

Good Condition—20 Points.

If equipment is inadequate, poorly





housed, or in poor repair, deduct ac





cordingly.





9. Convenience of Farm Arrangement





—20 Points.



Where builings are located in a man-

.ner requiring additional effort to per-

form work about them, deduct up to

ten points.

iently arranged as to' shape and size,

deduct up to ten points.



ll.

Total of 200 Points-



1.

100 Points.





If operating and living expenses (in-

cluding interest and taxes) exceed in-

come for an average-of. five years,

make full deduction. If income exceeds

or is equal to expenses, make no de-

duction except in the case of extrava-

when deductions

should be made according to judgment.





gant expenditures,





‘ 2. VAccaunting Methods—50 Points.





If a checking account is kept, and

complete record of expenditures and

receipts kept on stubs, give, twenty

If complete book account of

income and expenses is kept and bal-

anced at least once a year, give forty

If accounts are kept on a cost .

accoua.“ basis, on plans recommended

by the farm agricultural agent or the





points.





points.





agricultural college, give full score.

3.——Bueiness Reputatiom-'30 Points.





If bills are promptly paid, and if rep-

utation for honesty and square dealing

is good, give full score. If not, deduct





accordingly.

I I I. Ge ne ral





inge—30 Points.





Buildings should be kept painted and

If they fall short, de-





in good repair.

duct accordingly.

2. Condition of Fields-30 Points.





Fields arid fence rows should be

If they fall,

short of this standard, deduct accord-





neat and free from weeds.





ingly.





3. Maintenance of Fences and Ditches





20 Points.





Deduct for broken or rotten fence

posts, unstapled or broken wires, brok-

en or missing gates or ditches, weedy,

or clogged with rubbish, or that are





not working properly.





.4. Freedom From Weeds and Rubbish





-—20 Points.





Lots and yards should be neat and

r free from weeds and rubbish. It not,





deduct. accordingly.





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Live stock should ‘

productive, and I,





If fields are not conven-





Business Methods and Ability—





Relation of Income to Expenses





Farm Appearance and

, Upkeep—a Total of 90 Points.

1. Repair and Upkeep of Build-





,lV. ' Hpme Life—a Total of 300 Polnts.



Convenient Home—50 Points.

ot score on size or cost of farm

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American Maize Products Co.

New York and Chicago

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

St. Louis

Clinton Corn Syrup Refining Co.

Clinton, Iowa

Corn Products Refining Co.

New York and Chicago

The J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co.

Kcokuk, Iowa

The Huron Milling Co.

Harbor Beach, Mich.

The Keever Starch Co.

Columbus, Ohio .

Penick 85 Ford Sales Co., Inc. ‘)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Picl Bros. Starch Co.

Indianapolis, Indiana

A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Decatur, Illinois





Union Starch 8; Refining Co.





Columbus, Indiana





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Cot-u Gluten Feed, Anyp! the Above

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

for feeders and application blanks to enter in class checked below:





Aeeociated Corn Products Mfrs.

Food Research Dept.

208 SJ... Selle 8%, Chicago, Ill.





Name





_ feeder most of all and that is Profitable Production.





   





Corn Gluten Feed has again proved its value as the most economo

icalprotein feed when grain is cheap, just as it always has when

grain is high in price. Whether you are feeding to make beef or

milk and whatever your grain mixture may be Corn Gluten

Feed makes it a more profitable ration.

Many of the highest producing and best conditioned dairy cows ‘

this winter are those that came through last spring and summer

on a ration balanced with Corn Gluten Feed. Successful dairy-

men feed it every day in the year.

It should not cost you anything to test Corn Gluten Feed. You -

feed less on pasture than in the dry lot. Your cows will give

more milk, stay fresh longer and go through the summer in

better condition. The Corn Gluten Feed you buy will more

than pay for itself.



Enter This Great Prize Contest—Now

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

cattle you are urged to enter this great contest. It is a contest

between feeders. It is better than feeding for your state fair.



No Entry Fee—No Stall Rent





 





ll Pn'zee for Corn Teeh’n Association. 3 3,000.00

14 Prizes for Individual airy Horde 2,100.00

7 Prizes for Chum ionehl’p Come 1,000.00

14 Prisca for Beef attle Feeder: 2,500.00

12 Prize: for euperoieore or uerr'fien 2,650.00

24 Prize: for herd managers 1,250.00

37 Prizee for co-operating feed dealer. 2,500.00

122 Prizes, totaling 315,000.00





No state fair or livestock show has ever offered as many or as large prizes

for any one definite thing. We have chosen the one thing that interests the





A great number of feeders who are balancin their rations with Com

Gluten Feed will have better conditioned anima s and they will make more

money. Those who make the best records will win these prizes.



Don’t Put It Off—Enter Now



This contest starts April 1 and ends September 30. 1926. The prizes will



be awarded and paid December 1. In case of a tie each contestant tying



will receive the full amount of the prize. /



Don’t wait until the last minute to enter. No applications will be received

after April 1. Fill out and mail the coupon NOW-50 we

can enter you in the proper classification.



I The simple rules of this contest are given in Bulletin No. 4

which we send to ether with a valuable book on feeding-



: free of charge. Flease mail the coupon at once.



Associated Corn Products Manufactureri



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"It pays to use

Nitrate of Soda

for Sugar Beets





In 1924 sugar beet experiments

in Michigan resulted as follows:





1 l unfertilized plots averaged

19,634 pounds of sugar

beets per acre.





9 plots receiving 300 lbs.

each of Nitrate of Soda per

acre averaged 24,252

pounds.





   





The application of 300 lbs. of Nitrate of Soda increased

the average production of sugar beets over 4,500 lbs.

per acre. It pays to use Nitrate of Soda on sugar beets

and pays big.





Our free bulletins contain valuable information

which has helped thousands of farmers to grow bigger

and better crops. They tell how and when to apply

Nitrate of Soda for best results. A postal to our nearest

office will bring them to you. Name crops in which you

are most interested and, for our information, mention

the number 1527 ,





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with large white meaty grains weighing 44.40 lbs_ per

measured bushel of the highest quality. Seed furnished

as low as 65c per bushel in quantities. You should by





Home—75 pains. ‘





If no sewage disposal system, deduct

twenty points.

'If no heating system other than a

stove, deduct ten points.

If no lighting system other than ker-





osene lamps, deduct ten points.





If no power washer deduct ten

points.

If any of these conveniences are in-





efficient or in poor repair, deduct ac—





cordingly.

3. Character as a Husband and Father

——100 Points.





This must necessarily be a matter

of judgment, rather than of mathe-

matics. A man who is kind to his

wife, who does what he can to make

her tasks easier, who takes'her away

from home on a trip, or to an enter-

tainment now and then, who is a com-

panion to his children, taking a deep

interest in their training, their recrea-

tion, and in their problems, should re-

ceive a full score. Deductions should

be made in proportion as he falls short

of this standard.



4. Education and Training of

dren—75 Points.



Except in case of sickness, the cause

for which cannot be attributed to un-

sanitary conditions about the home,

fifty'points will be deducted for a child

of public school age who is not at-

tending; forty points for a. child of

high school age, not attending; and

thirty points for a child of college age

who is not attending. In case of more





Chil-





If no water system, deduct tWenty~

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adequate egeubply of good books and,



periodicals, deduct ten points If fath-



er does not assist children with their



school problems, deduct fifteen poihts.



v- CitiZenship—a Total of 140 Points.

1. Neighborliness—tw‘ Points.



Do neighbors regard him as a good

neighbor and a helpful friend? Is. he

cheerful and friendly, always ready to

help where help is needed, and willing

to do almost anything to avoid a quar—

rel With a neighbor? If so, give full

score. If not, deduct in proportion as

he falls short of this standard.



2. Interest in Schools and Churches-—

40 Points.



If he votes regularly at all school

elections, give ten points.



If he visits school occasionally, or

shows other evidence of active interest

in school affairs, give ten points.



If he goes to chulch at least thiity-

five times a year, give ten points.



3. Interest in Other Community En-

terprises—30 Points.



If member of no farmers organiza-

tion, deduct fifteen points.



If an inactive member, deduct five

points.



If known in the community as a.

“knocker” on community enterprises,





.make full deduction.





4. Interest in Local, State and Nation-

al Government—30 Points.

Deduct twenty points for failure to



vote at last general election.

Deduct ten points for failure to vote





. at last township or local election.





Volley Ball at Springport





By J. F.





OLLEY ball is the most popular

form of recreation among the





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port, this winter.





townsmen and farmers of Spring.





Every Wednesday





evening eighty men, eighteen to sixty





years of age, can be seen on the floor

of the high school gymnasium, with

twice this number in the balcony look-

ing on. They have been practicing

and playing for the past eight or nine

weeks. Only three or four of the men

had ever seen a volley ball, or heard

of the game, until a year ago, when

a Volley Ball League was started

through the efforts of the school sup-

erintendent, Mr. Hall.





Half of the men live in the little

'village of Springport, and the other

half are farmers living around spring-

port. The interest in this type of

recreation has increased to such an

extent that membership in the Volley

Ball League, and participation in the

games, had to be restricted. In order

to do this a method of restricting en-

rollment of new members was resorted

to. This is done by limiting member-

ship to men living in the township and

to those in the adjoining oeunty of Cal-

houn, which lies two miles west of

Springport, who live within five miles





Thaden





teams are looking forward to the big

banquet which closes the season’s

work, at which time the five losing

teams will banquet the five winning

teams.





 





EARLY POTATO PROSPECT S.



M ICHIGAN farmers "who have pota-



toes to sell, will be interested in

prospects for the early potato crop in

the south. The acreage of potatO's in

the five states of Alabama, Florida,

Louisiana, Texas and South Carolina.

is estimated by agricultural depart-

ment men at 72,060 acres harvested in

1925, which is to be compared with an





estimated acreage of 65,800, planted, or

to be planted in 1920





In the Hastings district of Florida,

planting did not begin until about -he

eighteenth of January, and in the low-

er Texas district, no planting was done

prior to that date. Only seventy-niie

per cent of the Florida acreage was ;n

by February 8, as compared with nine-

t'y-six per cent in 1925. The move-

ment of the crop will, therefore, be

about as late as in 1924.





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farmers. there will put out more than

they did last year.





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If the high school gymnasium were

available two nights a week, instead of

just one night, possibly about twenty

teams, or a hundred and fifty persons,

would be participants.





Members of the high school athletic

teams are barred for obvious reasons.

‘Every team has a captain, who is chos-

en by the members of his team. Most

of the teams change captains each

year. Six of the ten captains are farm-

ers. Disputes over eligibility of mem-

bers are settled by the board, consist-

ing of the four officers and the team

captains. Business meetings are held





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With every roll of Anthony Fence

your dealer will give you our writ-

ten guarantee that it will outlast

or equal in service any other fence

now made, of equal size wires and

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RADIO PROGRAM FOR WKAR.





 





TATION WKIAR broadcasts the ‘



weather report at noon every day, ‘ '

except Sunday, on which day it is l,

silent all day. The following program '

will be broadcast next week.



March 8'.—7:00-7:15 p. m., bedtime

stories; 7:15-8:00 p. m., farm radio

school. ’





March 9.—7:00~7:15 p. m., nature





   

 





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intOthosround- townspeople, and all feel that the d01- study series; 7:15—8:00"p. m.,» farm





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radio school; 8:00-9:00 p. 131, musical

program.



March ‘11.——7:00~7:15 p. m, nature

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

1adio school



March 12. ———7: 00-7: 16 p. in. nature





lar dues for the season is the happmst

dollar they ever spent. Expenses are

practically nothing, and the surplus

will be turned over to the school to

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A Typewriter"





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Farmer: Find it a dezng Investment





'By L.G.





A GREAT many farmers are coming





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to appreciate the value and ad-

» vantage of a simply-equipped and

comfortable, small office.



Frequently this is one corner of the

dining-room or the family living-room,

where father may sit down when he

has a few minutes to spare after meals

or in the evening. »



A typewriter is as necessary for farm

business as for any other business,

and its use is very simple to learn. It

is not to be expected that the farmer





'will develop speed to enable him to





compete with any record-breaking sten-

ographer. Nor is it necessary.



After two or three times .trying, and

a little practice, he will find he can

run the typewriter successfully for all

practical purposes. Or maybe mother

or One of the girls will have time to

learn how. However, quite thefideal

way is for two or three in the family

to use the typewriter as each may have

occasion. .



A typewriter saves time, as a letter

may be written quickly, and\ has a.

more business—like appearance if Sent

out in typewritten form. It takes less

effort to mite a letter on the typewrit-

er than by hand.



The farmer has many things to sell

to the town dweller, and to.local and

big city dWellers. Typewritten letters

make a much better impression and

get a more business-like response than

pen-written ones. ‘



There is no reason Why'the farmer

should not have his office stationery of

good quality, like any other business

man. (A letter sent out upon a proper

letterhead, well typewritten, will bring

better prices for the goods, than a





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communication indiflerently prepared.



One farmer declares that his type-

writer has paid for itself many times

over just in the sale of! the poultry

which he buys locally and ships to the

city market at Thanksgiving time. It

has also increased his sale of other

products—eggs, maple syrup, broilers,

fruits, vegetables, etc.



While «the farmers around him are

getting a certain price, he nearly al-

ways manages to get more, due to

more forward—looking business meth-

ods, of which the typewriter is one.



Small portable machines are avail—

able at reasonable cost, or good, sec-

ond-hand rebuilt machines may be pro—

cured at a bargain if one watches the

market.



However, if one is not familiar with

a typewriter, and What it should do

and be, it is well to have some friend

make the purchase who can test the

machine, if it is a used one, and be

sure that it is not an ancient cripple.



Little potatoes make good seed only

when they come from high yielding

and disease free hills. There will be

a tendency this year to plant the small

ones. Those hoping for good crops

should do this only when they know

the ancestry of the spuds they plant.



\Vhile growers of early potatoes who

can put their product on the market

by the first of June, need have no fear

of over-production this season, grow-

ers in the intermediate and late potato

states Will need to exercise self-con—

trol in the matter of over-planting, lest

the profits of 1925 will be needed to

carry them over the season of 1926.





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Natco Silos are made by the largest manufacturer of

hollow tile building blocks on the American continent.

Natco faclories are located at convenient points east of





the Mississippi, one of which is near you.





Investigate before you buy. A Silo is a permanent

improvement. Before you commit yourself write

for our free book—“Natco on the Farm”-—the .,

text book of durable, fire safe farm construction.





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An insulating blanket of dead air built into the walls

makes the interior proof against moisture and co





l" A Natco Silo is a PERMANENT structure. It CAN'T

bum, rot, crumble nor blow down. It will last as long

as your farm without painting and, practically, with—





The first cost of a Natco Silo is surprisingly low; the

cost of upkeep is exactly nothing. Prices begin at $300-





Any contractor who can la}l bricks canasscmblc the

scientifically designed tile‘ units of a'Natco Silo. Only





Arrangements can be made to string payments out over

a long period. A farmer who can pay for any Silo will

I have no trouble paying for a Silo of Natco Hollow Tile.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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In far finer rformance, in looks, in rugged con-

staiction an in thorough quality, these Nash Special

Six, Advanced Six, and Ajax models—at their at-

tractively low prices—are easily the valueoleadcrs of

their respective fields. ‘ ..





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exerted particular care in creating a body design that

provides the maximum amount of seat space and leg

room for all five passengers. -



The fittings and appointments are of choice chap

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features of all Nash—Ajax models are 4-wheel brakes, _ »‘

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line and prices f.o.b. factory extend from $865 to$2090. . (30g) A
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' are being

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crops by using high

percentages of pot-

ash in mixed fertil-

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legan county.





F. G. Crane or: Al-

ichigan,

grew peppermint on two

ad oinin lots of mud:

soil.- g p heuseda fen

tilizer analyzing o- 5- -22 at

the rate of 3001 per

acre, his yield W3834ib’ o]

. oilperacrrmmthanwhere

no fertilizer was





For onions, celery, lettuce

andcabbnge,th e Michigan

Experiment Station recom-

mends 800 to 1000 lbs. per

acre ofz-B- 16, 0—12-12. or

0-8-24. Applications: on-

, ions, 800 to 1000 lbs; cel-

ery, 1000 to 1500 lbs, and

other crops 500 to 1200

lbs. per acre.

For mint, 300 to 500 lbs

per acre 050-12-12, or 150

' to 250 lbs per acre 0

o- o— 50 applied the first

' year; and subsequent an-

nual applications of about





i one half the above.





For carrots, parsnin tum-

ips, beets and radishes: 150

to 200 lbs pe1 acre of 0-0-

50, and 500 to 1200 Ibo

per acre ofo-8-24 are re-

commended. These anal-

ysis are also recommended

for sugar beets and sweet

corn.





Muck soils are yield.

ing big crops of cel-

cabbage. ar-

rota. onions, sweet

' corn, lettuce, cauli~ ‘

flower, potatoes,

mint, tomatoes.

sugar beet. and

other specialized





 

 

 

 





 





Plan now . . today!





BY figuring the facts now . . by making your





plans before gthe spring rush begins . . you can

remove many bars that stand between you and

bigger profit.





Consider drainage first! Don’ t spend any. time and

money on muck soil unless you have seen to it that the

drainage 15 good. No crop can do well in soggy soil.



Select your fertilizer carefully!

orLow lime peat soil, which some growers call“

“”5011: generally needs phosphoric acid and potash.

If the land has beenc pad for a period of years, nit-

rogen also is often neecfed and a complete high grade

mixed fertilizer—in addition to lime—may be r uired.



High lime peat soil, which you may know the

terms “non-acid’ ’ or “”sweet is generally lacking in

potash alone and the use of potash will result in profit-

able yields. Sometimes after a period of cropping hos-

phoric acidis also needed—4he fertilizer inthis case uld

be a high grade mixture of gphosphoric acidand potash



With good drainage. oodfertilization . .and the

other essential farm practices. .you can produce profit-

able ields on muck soil. .just as many other growers

are dbing.



FREE. We are now mailing a meful booklet raw

"Muck Landr"fiw to growm. Ifyou would Iii: to n

trim a copy, jut write to £160 addm: below

POTASH IMPORTING CORPORATION

OF AMERICA





10 Bridge Street. Dept L—ll New York

ATLANTA SAN JOSE. CALIF. 311er03-

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When you know your cost, and the value of

your outputr'it’ 3 easy to ascertain your

profit. In these days when farming must be

scientific to be successful, you cannot afford

to guess. For a slight error may mean the

difference between loss and profit.



Why guess when it costs so little to be cer-





poiu mm M tain? A Fairbanks Portable Platform Scale

shadow is a sure safeguard against loss—and will re-





 





Arrow-tip beam

1 retains accuracy





turn its cost to you many timesover by in-

creasing your profits.



With a Fairbanks you can scientifically

determine the amount of fertilizer needed

for every crop. You can measure feed rations

in the proper proportion to yield ob-

tained. And there are hundreds of other

uses about the farm for a Fairbanks.



Every vital part is rust-proof. and therefore

retains accuracy for alifetime See your dealer

or write for our booklet “Weighing for Profits,”

using coupon below. It willshow you the way a

Fairbanks will pay for itself on your farm.





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900 SO. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. ‘





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A SPECIAL INDUSTRY.





ENERALLY the middlemen and



merchants make the money on

farm produce. This is true of most

farm commodities, and as far as I can

judge will continue to be so. The

farmer works so hard with his hands

and so little with his head, because

when his body is tired and worn out.

his mind does not functibn. Then the

business man and commodity dealer.

and'all the other business people upon

whom he depends take What they

want, even if it takes all the poor

farmer has.



This will continue until the time

comes when the people of our country

realize that the production of food is

a special industry which must be pro-

tected and cared for as a. necessary

industry to be held above the ordinary

laws of supply and demand in all its

trade relations, because its production

is above those laws to a great extent.



Production can be partly regulated,

it is true, but no one can regulate the

seasons. And I believe that in the

near future} a wise government will

provide some better method of remun-

erating the labors of food producers,

than the present unfair hit-and-miss,

haphazard system of supply and de—

mand, a method which works fairly

well in business and industry, but is

absolutely of the dark ages when ap-

plied to food production by the farmer.



The manufacturer can regulate his

output. It would be impossible to reg-

ulate crops of fruit of any kind, grain

or potatoes, or any of the principle

foods, and attempts at such regulation

might prove disastrous to the well-be-

ing of the country—A. M. Smith.





CONSOLIDATION? NO!





VROM the Canadian side of Sault

Ste. Marie comes word that govern-

ment officials will be’presented with a.

plan for breaking up the industrial

schools, of the province into small

units. A resolution to this effect was

adopted by‘the city council, the pur-

pose being to give the students of

these institutions closer personal sup-

ervision in their work.



A county school commissioner of this

state Wrote the secretary of a. leading

normal college, inquiring as to record

of work and efficiency of students from

this county, attending that normal. The

secretary reported the work and stand-

ing of these students as being among

the very highest. This repOrt was pub-

lished in local papers in and outside

of the county. This county is a large

one, and there is not a. consolidated

school in it, and the high standings

obtained are a tribute to the worth of

our district schools and the intelli-

gence of parents who haye withstood

all attempts made to cajole or coerce

them into exchanging their time-tried

schools for something of which their

good judgment did not approve. If

anyone would like to raise a hornet’s

nest about his ears, he'has only to

come into this particular county and

talk “consolidated schools.”



There is abundant proof that eighty

per cent or more of the leading busi-

ness men of our country, from the

President at the V‘V‘hite House, down,

came from its farms and through its

schools, provided for' by the wisdom of

the fathers in the Ordinance of 1787.



In the electrical age just before us,

this school will doubtless share in the

general transformation, but will re-

main where it is now, near the homes

and hearts of its people, and will con-





~ tinue to Send out from its schoolrooms

' Strong





self-reliant *men and





and

Women.

Scientists tell us that it is quite like»





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' ing in our hOmes; we may lie in bed





and call Off the lights, or call them on,

we shall see over the radio.

as Well as hear, (in fact, seeing should

have come before hearing).



With super-power, the hOIIIS of la-

bor will be lessened to few hours a

dav, and in that golden age we all may

again attend school in the “little red

school house" tramnsformed and yet

find the dreams of our youth fulfilled



011 a warm summei evening‘hot

many years ago, a. chatauqua. lecturer

told his audience that somehdayfthe

audience room would be lifted up to

an Higher, cooler, altitude at will; they





would see'him come out on the plat-





form as he did that night, and hear

his lecture as we heard him then, but

he would be far away in his California.

home, r ading in his library.» Are there

not miracles today? Aladdin and his

wbnder lamp are not in it with the

things that are, and are to be.——-Sub-





. scriber.





SAVE THE FORESTS





UCH a threadbare bit of advice



seems entirely superfluous but,

judging by the ruthlessness with Which

most people slash their growing trees,

it can’t be too often repeated. It should

not be necessary to appeal to the own-

er’s selfishness; he should be glad to

save for coming generations, but usu-

ally he is not, and it isn’t essential,

since nothing could be more erroneous

than the prevalent opinion that, “I'll

never live to reap any of the benefit

myself ”



I know a. man who was married less

than thirty years ago and who, at that

time, acquired a farm with a consid~

erable brush lot. He says there were

no trees at the time large enough to be

appreciable at all—just good whip

stocks—but he thinned wisely, cleaned

out all “down stuff” that was in the

way, and cut nothing that could not be

spared for good results. Today he has

a. splendid forest from which he has

already sold some magnificent bird’s-

eye maples, and the uninitiated would

be amazed at the price at which he

holds his timber lot. Even so, he is

not in the least anxious to sell.



Maples are said to grow slowly as

compared with many other varieties,

but a. sturdy maple shade tree in my

father-ln-law’s back yard was planted

the year my husband was born—they

used to tell me, “That tree is just as

old as John”——and he died at twenty—

five.



Anyone who stops to think a bit can

find abundant proof that forest 'trees

do return an income within a. reason-

able time, but supposing they did not;

is that fact a reasonable excuse for

wasting the resources that should be-

long by right to future generations?

Yes, I k1'10w some people say, “Let the

youngsters lOokxout for themselves, I

always had to, ” but if we. have wasted

all the wealth with which nature e11-

dowed us, how can they look out. for

themselves? We of today are seriously

handicapped by the scarcity and high

price of lumber, the impoverished soil,

and the dearth of fencing material, all

of which werevunknown problems to

our grandfathers; but if we use up the

little that remains, what will become

of our grandchildren? My neighbor

says,

their day,” but will not these very

conditions tend to make financial diffi-

culties greater rather than less?



If I had any waste land I should cer-

tainly set it to native forest trees, and

I believe the returns therefrom would

insure me. a living in my old age, and





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our fields, and electricity Will be 13°C.: ‘ '

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it. COUNTY Agents Sims of Tuscola,

" and Vining of. Kent, displaying the

, i fine cups won through the unusually

‘ excellent county agricultural programs

planned and carried out "in their re-

spective counties; .-





If laughter is contagious, let’s pray

for epidemics. -





 





4‘ Farmers'. organizations'can do much

for their members, but individual effort

will count 'far more, in the long run,



_than all other agencies combined.





 





‘ The recent government survey shows

five per cent less cattle on feed in

Michigan on‘January 1, of this year,

as compared with the corresponding

date a year earlier.





 





, Michigan farmers are feeding a

I smaller number of lambs this winter

than they fed a year ago, which is also

‘1 ‘ the case the country over. '





 





L The Michigan State Farm Bureau re-

cently went on record recommending

compulsory public liability insurance

for all owners of motor vehicles.





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1 , . Union county, Kentucky, is the first



' county in all the country to be Without



a. scrub bull.» This county has also



1 .reduced the number of grade bulls

l from twenty-two to four.





 





l If government economists have takr





en the proper view of the onion indus-

try, there can be no appreciable ‘in-

crease‘inthe acreage of the crop with-

-out the probability of prices cutting

below production costs.





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The University of Michigan has been

asked by farm leaders to shorten its

medical course from six to four years,

in the hopes that students would then

feel that they could afford to practice

their profession in rural communities.





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, ,. , The next step in' the poultry busi-

t ; ness will likely bea“chickery.”_ Such a.

5 "plant would operate «in conjunction

" ‘ ' with. a. hatchery, and'would provide



pullets'for sale. Since it is the pullet,

. 9 “ and not the day-old chick that the





 

 

 





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. ‘ Well-placed windows in a hog house

3 thatruns east and west, will admit

nearly twice the amount of light ‘that

j)? would enter a similar house extending

‘3 north and South.- Sunlight is a neces-

= sity in keeping the hog house dry,

warm, and sanitary.





 

 

 





 





1A number ’of experiment stations

ought. to Concern themselves with

the development of a cow that would

efficiently convert ice water into warm



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loss of time in the critical harvest days. He avoids risk

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The Harvester Company is the only company making

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' odd millions of revenue dorlved front





I}. W McLain; of Quincy.





‘foregoing paragraphs—namely,





 





 

   





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(Continued from page 3083

the state had done with the twen





as





the present gas and weight taxes. One

of the mast impassioned pleas madé

along this line was by Representative

Representa-

tive _McLain said that the Senators and

representatives were being kept in the

dark and were being dictated to by the

executive branch or the government

which in turn, was not obeying and

carrylng out the laws passed at the

regular session , _'l .

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Another issue which is proving very

controversial among the representa-

tives is Senator Burney BrOWer’s billi





- authorizing the governor to enter into





arr‘certain contract With the officials of

the Grand Trunk Railroad. For ninety-

two years, the Detroit, Grand Haven &

Milwaukee Railroad, which is a branch





of: the Grand Trunk System, has been.





operating under a special charter grant-

ed» by the state, whereby its total taxes





amount to but slightly overr$25,000 a.»





year. If this‘railroad were taxed un—

der the general railroad law it would

pay about $350,000 annually into the

primary school fund.





The state now wants to acquire eight





‘

C’ or nine miles of the Grand Trunk right-





of-way between Detroit and Pontiac





for the purpose of widening Woodward

. avenue.





Preliminary negotiations have

been entered into between the Grand

Trunk and the state, whereby the state

will purchase and construed a new

right-of-way and will have the old

right-of-way for the Wider Woodward

project. It is proposed that the rail-

road should reimburse the state for the

the cost of this project at the rate Of

$200,000 per year. Meanwhile, it would

go on paying but $25,000 a year in tax-

es. However, when the entire cost of

the right-of-way has been refunded,

the railroad would relinquish its old

charter and become subject to the gen-

eral railroad tax laws. The house has

made several amendments to the Brow-

er bill, and it is doubtful what the out-

come of the Whole proposition will be.

* * III S -



- By unanimous vote the house ap—

proved Representative Ernest R. Dex-

ter‘s bill which appropriates $750,000

for the erection of a new main building

and library at the Mt. Pleasant Normal

School to replace buildings recently de-





stroyed by fire.

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The house has taken kindly to the

suggestion contained in the governor’s

message, that provision be made for

joint commissions to investigate the

cause of crime, criminal procedure, and

the disposition and treatment of crim—

inals. Each of these commissions

would be composed of four representa-

tives, two senators, and one person,

not a member of the legislature, to be

appointed by the governor. They would

make their investigation’ and report to





the 1927 legislature. It is expected that .





they would recommend the. simplifica-

tion and codification of the criminal





laWs and the repeal of obsolete

statutes.



> I- no: I:



The four subjects discussed in the





high-

way finance, the Grand Trunk deal, the

Mt. Pleasant appropriation. and the

Commissions to report on various phas-

es of the crime situation-ewere the





only matters called to the attentional? , , .





the legislature in the governor’s mes-

Usage and hence they are the only

things which the legislature can con-

sider unless the governor submits a

second message permitting the legisla-

ture to take up other measures



A resolution has been passed by both

the house and senate requesting the

governor to grant permission for the





? legislature to consider about sixteen

, other subjects, but 1t is doubtful if the

governor will see fit to have these oth- r: ._

er matters taken up at: this specie: _ ,





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keep on threshing for years to coine.

It' 18 no trick to run the Nicholsfl

Shepard Thresher; the 4 Thresher-

men, the Big Cylinder, the “Man

Behind the Gun,” the Steel Winged

Beater and the Beating Shakers, make

sure that you will SaVe all the grain.

The Red River Special threshes all

grains and seeds. »

The Hyatt Roller Bearings with Ale-

mite-Zerk Lubrication cut down the

power needed to pull the separator,

eliminate hot-boxes and do away with

most of the work of oiling up. _ __

The N 8 S construction of practi-

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This high quality Nichols Ed Shepard

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University of Iowa students watch-

mg the Foucault Pendulum

which registers earth’s rotation. ida.





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Dr. and Mrs. George T. Harding, parents of the last President Hard-

ing, are shown spending the winter’s vacation at Daytona, Flor—

Several DHbliC receptions were held in their honor.





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





Capt. Carl Graalfs (right) rescued

Capt. Jenke R008 and crew when

the latter’s vessel was wrecked.





 





rocks, where she was securely lodged.





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Here is the year’s freak ship-wreck. The motor fishing boat, M-

Della Providenza, when lost in the fog, took a flying leap onto





 





 





 





The state police of Dresden, Germany, have adopted roller skates

to make better time in cases of emergency, and to cover their

beats more frequently and efficiently.





 





 





The boys of Emmett School. Chicago, recently

took advantage of the heavy snow to practice

their ability at sculpturing.





 





 





 





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The osily‘man to‘i'pro've' that heireceivedxbroadcasting from foreign

stati us during. International Week, was Francis R Hoyt, of (3011- Florida, for purpose of holding annual Gasparella' festival, at which





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These American girl swimmers made new rec-

ords during the National \Voman’s wamming

Contest at St. Augustine, Florida.





Richard F. Grant, president U. S.

Chamber of Commerce, is credit—

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The pirate ship commanded by King Gasparella captured Tampa,

parades, dances, and other’festivities were prominent. , d, i





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~one on thatside of the yacht.





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ICKflait‘e tohearno moresThe

, rectiy upon th "deck: He slipped





out. , It was. dark, and there was no

In the

gloom, he saw the dark outlines of

trees and rocks, with the land rising

abruptly from the water to a sort of





peak, topped off by allow, rambling





structure, whose chimneys stoodsil-

houetted against the sky like gaunt

fingers. . '

Lights twinkled here and there in

the distance, some stationary, others

.moving, and voices broke the stillness

occasionally, as one called to another.

.At hisleft, the phosphorescence of the

ocean gleamed fitfullyin the half iightr.

The .yacht had landed: at a dock that

jutted fat-out into'the water. _) ~

Dick glanced at the end, measured

the distance to the island, and decided

that-his safest way would be to drop

overboard and swim ashore. The com-

motion in the cabin, caused by Marie’s

screams. had extended to the dock,

and running feet could be heard ape

aching. ’

Climbing over the rail, he lowered

himself with a rope until his feet

touched the water. He shivered a little

at the chill, and then dropped noise-

lessly in the cold brine and began

swimming quietly toward the shore.

Marie's alarm after all helped him,

for-it drew the attention of the whole

crew to the cabin, and by the time

anyone thought of searching the out-

side of it Dick was pulling himself

upon a rock, completely sheltered from

view. He sat there wringing his

clothes when Marie. accompanied by

Brent, crossed the gangplank and land-





ed on the dock. She was still protest- '





ing superstitiously that she had seen

aghast.



“He came right through the wall,

Cap’n Brent,” she moaned. “I nearly

fainted when I saw him.”



“You’d better not tell Mr. Cutler you

saw a ghost on his yacht if you don’t

want to be fired,” replied Brent. “Now

get up to the house,,or Miss Cutler

will—”



"Captain,” interrupted a voice out of

the darkness, “What’s all this noise

about? Mr. Cutler sent me down to

inquire."



Dick recognized the voice _of Mr.

Blake.



“Nothing but a hysterical woman,”

growled Brent. "She thought she saw

something—a ghost—and she let out a

shriek like a fog whistle. Hustle her

up to her mistress. I got enough to

do without looking after her."



“Oh, Mr. Blake,” wailed Marie. “on

my word and honor I saw something—

a man—"



“Thought you said it was a ghost,”

jeered Brent.



“W'ell, sir, it was a man ghost—~a tall

young man, with dark hair and black

eyes, with—with a White face."



Brent laughed hoarsely. “We got a

lot of dark men in the crew, Marie--

good lockers, too.”



“But I never saw him before; he was

nbt in the crew. He was different—~a

gentleman.”



Blake and the captain exchanged

glances, and the latter finally said:



“Well, if he’s aboard, Marie, I’ll find

him, and when I do I’ll bring him up

for you to identify. If he’s a gentle-

man he won’t try to frighten 'you

again; but between you and me and

the fishes, I don’t believe there was

anybody. If there was, it was one of

the crew." .



Brent turned and walked away.

Marie shuddered, and murmured, “Oh,

no, sir, he wasn’t one of the crew. I

know all of them.”



“Go up to the house, Marie,” Blake

interrupted sharply. “Your mistress

is waiting for you.”



CHAPTER V.



In the darkness,.Dick had little op-

portunity to explore his surroundings

with any degree of satisfaction, and

rather than risk discovery through





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blundering, he contented himself with





watching the yacht tied up at the dock ’





until the moon came up. .Then, with





its rays making everything as clear as careful or you’ll spoil the whole plan 1





day, he/climbed the rocks and cau-

tiously made his way in the direction

of the house. .'



It was a. big rambling affair in the

moonlight, low of root-but spread out ,

over so much ground that it. bulked.

large and formidable. It blended so

well with the rocks and trees that it

seemed a part of the landscape, grow-

ing naturally, like a huge mushroom

from the ground itself.



Light twinkled in different windows,

but a portentious silence seemed to

brood over it. There were no voices

to break the silence; no laughter; no

music; nothing of humantorigin.





Dick concluded that the occupants a good night for" sailing. Captain Brent} 3'

will be out of Sight long before morn-v





were so tired with their long sea trip

that rest and sleep were demanding

their attention. This conclusion seem-

ed corroborated when the lights in the

windows began to go out, One at a

time, until the great building was wrap

ped in gloom.





they began to talk.

“I tell you, Marie,” Mr. Blake was

saying, a little irritably, “you mustbe





for us. If- you appear too familiar with

me, Miss Alice will take notice. '

risky for you to call me out.

she’d caught you at my door?” ..



. ,;‘{What difference does 'it make ifshe

didl’hwas. the quick retort. “Youlove

,me, don’t you? Then what else mat-

ters? Miss Cutler has her lovers. I

don’t see why I can’t have mine, too.”



“Don’t talk thatway, Marie,” inter-

rupted Blake harshly. “We can’t be.

ordinary lovers—not here!”



“Why not? We were in the ,City.

Why is it different down here? Isn’t

the moonlight beautiful?” 1



“Yes,” replied Blake moodily. “It’s





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"No, he’ll hang around until I want

him—out of sight, of course. I’ll in—

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Alice. I owe itto her ,beCause of :my

position with .her, uncle.-..-That’s 'all

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. Either-satisfied by athis‘expian «ion

or unwilling “to pursue ‘the sub ct

further, Marie nodded, and they re-

traced their steps to the front door of

the gloomy house.

they had disappeared, and then drew

along breathof surprise. . ~ ;

“Things are. getting as: muggy and

thick as the weather," be reflected

aloud. “and that‘s saying a good deal,

. gr ”there‘ll be a storm before morn-





This prediction proved true, and

. within half an hour the rainfall; Dick

,hu-rried ,down to the dock and» found

, shelter in a boat~house filled "with can-

. this and. catamarans. In! ”one of the

' former he curled up and fell asleep.-



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on the upper floor in the front of the

building. When it disappeared, Dick

shivered slightly, as if left suddenly in

the cold.



But almost immediately it flared up

again, brighter than before.

for an instant that an increase of its

candle power had been miraculously

given to it. It twinkled brilliantly for

a moment, and then went out again.



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it appeared again and went out as be-





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thing, of course, does she?”



“No. “Why should she? But in the

morning”———shrugging her shoulders——

“it may be different. She\was furious





here.”



“Of course. I expected that, but she

will blame me, and not you. That’s

why I am sending the yacht back—to

get the servants—taking the responsi-

bility upon myself, you see. Mr. Cutler





pouring through an open doorway in

which stood a figure that" he did not

instantly recognize. It was apparent

from her eyes and face that she had

.seen him first, and had been dubiously

watching him as he slept. 1





“Hello!” he said, sitting up with a.

grin and blinking at the strong rays

of sunlight. “You got the surprise on

me. I was out late last night. What

time is it?” '



“It’s early,” was the calm reply, “so

you needn’t apologize. The sun is

just up." ‘



“You rise with it?” he added, recog-

nizing the speaker for the first time.



Alice Cutler nodded. She was dress-





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hair confined in a jaunty cap. “Yes,"

she replied, “I generally rise with the

sun when down here, and take a paddle

before breakfast.”



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smiled. “And I’min your canoe,” he

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came in time, twinkling an instant as

before, and then went out for the last

time.





“Looks like a signal of some kind,"

he mused. Then, recalling the words

of Blake to Captain Brent, he swung

around and glanced down at the dock.

A peculiarly bright light was Shining

from the mast-head of the yacht, and

as Dick looked it dipped three times

and remained motionless.



“That’s Brent answering,” he said.



First up at. the window and then

down at the yacht, he glanced, watch-

ing for a rt‘newal of the signals, but

they were not repeated. ‘The house

was wrapped in darkness, and the

lights on the yacht stationary.



But the latter did not remain so for

long. While Dick looked, they began

moving seaward, gliding through the

darkness with an almost imperceptible

motion. Captain Brent evidently had

received his signal from Mr. Blake, and

was leaving with the yacht for Marsh

Inlet, there to wait for further orders

by wireless. ,



“I wonder what it all means,” Dick

mused. “I suppose I ought to arouse

old man Cutler, and tell him—”



He was suddenly cut short by two

shadows moving across the moon-lit

way in his direction. He had barely

time to duck behind a clump of bushes

before they were upon him. Dick





ing? Did Alster say?”



"No, he doesn’t tell me much. I

don’t know. But Miss Alice is worried

about her uncle—more than about the

servants.”



“Too bad—for her sake.”



There was genuine sympathy in the

voice, and Marie turned quickly and

glanced at him.



“Why should you be sorry for her?”

she. asked, with awakening jealousy.



“W'hyl—Oh. no reason whatever,”

Blake stammered. Then halting ab-

ruptly, he added: “W'e must go back

now. You’re lucky if you can reach

your room withOut disturbing Miss

Alice.”



“Why go in?” Marie anSWered. “The

moon is beautiful.”



“Yes, but it’s getting late. Come

now, you must leave. I’ll see you to

the door. No, we’ll say good night

here.” .



It was a perfunctory kiss he gave

her, but it awakened slumbering emo-

tions in the girl. She flung both arms

around his neck, and drawing his head

down lavished kiss after kiss on his

lips, cheeks and forehead.



“You’re my man.” she said emotion-

ally. “You love me, and I love you.

If you ever love any other woman, I’d

die. No, I’d kill her—kill you. I’m

that kind. Allan. Yew understand?”



"Don’t make a scene, Marie," replied





“Yes,” she replied gravely when he

attempted to climb out. “But never

mind. I don’t think I 11 take a paddle

this morning.”



“I hope finding me here isn’t going

to spoil your morning’s sport. I’ll leave

right away.”



She sat down on an overturned row-

boat. placing her feet squarely on the

floor of the boathouse to give her body

support, and in this attitude she re—

mained silent for a. few moments while

Dick got to his feet and prepared to

leave. .



“Wait, please,” she commanded.

“You’re the fisherman who rescued my

bag' from the river three days ago,

aren’t you?” .



“Yes, Miss Cutler,” he grinned, fish-

ing in his pocket for her card; “and

here’s the reward you handed me.”



She glanced indifferently at. it, but a

tiny frown creased her forehead. “Did

you come as one of the crew?” she

asked suddenly, and, as Dick thought,

hopefully. “I can’t imagine how else

you got here.” - ‘



“No,” he answered frankly, “I smug-

gled myself aboard the yacht and came

as a stowaway.” , ,



“\V’hy‘?‘ _



Dick shrugged his shoulders. A slow

flush came into her cheeks. When he

did not answer, she rose from the up—

turned boat. “I won’t question you





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to that trouble. I brought enough food

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sleep anywhere outdoors-in this cli-

mate." ’ .



She was quiet agaianatching him

closely. ,



“That’s all,” he added, uneasy under

her scrutiny. “I’ll go now.”



“Where will you go?” ,



“0h; anywhere. I want to explore

the island." '



“Suppose,” she began meaningly, “I

forbade that." '



"Why?” ‘he asked in genuine 'sur-

prise. ' ‘ 1 '



She did not answer for some time.

but studied him from head to foot With

slow, appraising eyes. Dick grew rest—

less, and moved toward the door again.



“I suppose you know," she began

quietly, “that we’re practically alone

on this island, that is, Uncle, Dr. Alster,

Mr. Blake and my maid. The servants

aren't here. It’s a. little mysterious to

me. I don’t understand it. They were

supposed to-have been here a week

ago .to have everything in readiness

for us.” '



“If they Were here how’d they get

away?”-Dick asked. “They couldn’t

go on strike and just walk off the 15-

land."



“No, and they had no boat——nothing

but these canoes and rowboats, and

they’re all here.”



“Queer!” mused Dick, his mind busy

with the machinations of Mr. Blake

and Captain Brent. “I can’t account

for it."



“You don’t know anything about it,

then?"



Dick turned a startled pair of eyes

at his fair questioner. the blood mant-

ling his cheeks at the expression in

her face. She suspected him of being

involved in some way with the. mys-

terious disappearance of the servants.



“I see," he drawled affectedly to con-

ceal his anger‘, “you believe I’m mixed

up in some plot to deprive you of the

services of your employes, and fearing

that I've hidden them somewhere on

the island, you don’t want me to get

out of your sight.”



He hesitated a second, and then ad-

ded defiantly: “Suppose I am! What

would you do——attempt to hold me a

prisoner?”



Again she refused to give him a di—

rect answer, but after a pause counter-

ed with another question:



“Did you know the yacht. left unex-

pectedly and very mysteriously in..the

night?” .



"'Yes, I saw it go,” he replied, smil—

ing. “At least I saw her lights moving

out on the mean, and I took it for

granted it was leaving. ‘When will it

return?”



“Perhaps you can answer that ques-

tion,” she replied, “better than I. 'When

will it return ?”



Dick turned his back to her. All

desire to confide in her, and tell her

of the conversations he had overheard

between Mr. Blake and Captain Brent,

vanished. Her attitude of suspicion

piqued and angered him.



“Ask Mr, Blake,” he said, turning in

the doorway. Then smiling mockingly,

he added, “I’m going now; but I’ll be

somewhere on the island. With the

yacht gone, even I can't get off.”



CHAPTER VI.



Walking unchallenged from the boat-

house, leaving Alice Cutler white and

quiet behind, Dick made a complete

tour of the island before any of the

others were up.



It was a larger island than he had

been led to think. In all it comprised

at least several hundred acres, half of

it low and flat, and-the rest rough and

rocky, with the south side ending in

a precipitous bluff. The rambling

house was built on the highest point,

commanding an unobstructed View of

the ocean in all directions.



The west side was somewhat shel-

tered, and a dock had been constructed





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that formed a. safe basin for boats. It

was in this basin that the Pelican had

landed its passengers the night before.



In the early mprning glow, the island

was a shimmering jewel of rare beauty

rising abruptly from the sea, half trop-

ical and half temperate in its climate

and vegetation. The air was neither

sultry nor chilly: but of just the right

temperature to soothe the jangled

nerves without enervating the owner.



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tivation, showing considerable expendi-

ture of time and labor in advanced ag-

riculture. Gardens of fruits and veg

. etables’bloomed. in the warmsunlight;

trees bearing-flowers and buds of fu-





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was a touch of primitive nature—wild,

rugged and untamed. The gray walls

of rocks beat back the wildest surges

of the sea, and the gnarled, twisted

trees that grew on their sides and

tops, were mute testimony to their long

defiance of wind and waves.



Dick found this side of the island

more to his taste. It was possible fer

one to seek shelter from the storms at

any time in the caves, fissures and

depressions between the rocks, and in

an emergency one could find a spare





”living there. » Seavbirds had their rook-





eries in sheltered places, screeching

and squawking intermittently the day

long, and in the pools below, left there

by the receding tide, whole schools of

fish and crustaceans were‘ caught.



“With an occasional raid on a hen

coop and the dairy, I could live here

like a king,” Dick observed, whimsi-

ally smiling. “A veritable paradise

flung down in the ocean.”



Not exactly sure of his next move,

and unwilling to force matters, Dick

lazily explored the rough side of the

island, hiding in the caves whenever

any suspicious noise alarmed him, and

otherwise enjoying himself to the ut-

most. In this way he spent the morn-

ing and early afternoon.



Toward sunset, he was watching the

shimmer of the ocean on the north

when a tiny speck, bobbing up and

down on the waves, attracted his at-

tention. He watched it indifferently

at first, and then with more concern.

He shaded his eyes with both hands,

and came to his feet with an exclama-

tion of surprise. .



“It’s somebody clinging to a life-

raft!” he said.



He watched it a few moments long-

er, and then added, “He’s nearly all in,

and trying to reach the island.”



Hurrying down the rocks, he reach-

ed the edge of tho water. The ship-

wrecked man on the raft was swim-

ming freely now, and with powerful

strokes propelling his frail support to-

ward tln- island. Dick waved his hands,

and shouted:



“This way! I’ll help youf"



There seemed to be a moment of in-

decision on the part of the swimmer,

and then as it" Dick’s. words had been

the signal he threw up both hands, and

called faintly:



“Helpi Help?”



Dick lost no time in throwing off his

superfluous garments and plunging in

the sea. The surf was not heavy, and

he had no great difficulty in reaching

the exhausted swimmer. He caught

the frail raft with a hand and began

towing it in.



“Can you hang on 1.0 it?” he called.



The swimmer nodded, and across the

raft eyed Dick rather curiously. He

seemed far from exhausted. and as

Dick recalled his recent powerful

strokes,.he wondered.



He was a seaman. with a round, bul-

let-like head, a scar across one cheek,

and a. squint in one eye. As most of

his body was under water, Dick could

only judge of its size and strength by

the breadth of the shoulders, bull-like

neck and great hair arms and hands.



“Shipwrecked?” he asked, between

two rollers.



The seaman nodded. “What ship?"

Dick added a moment later.



“The yacht Pelican!"





Dick almost lost the power of his

arms in his surprise, and a big roller

tossed him back a few yards before he

could recover from the shock.



They were in the worst of the break-

ers after that, and it took all their

combined strength and skill to battle

their way through them to the beach.

When they were finally tumbled ashore

beyond the reach of the sucking wa<

ter, Dick dragged himself to his feet

and looked at the seaman.



. “You say you’re from the yacht Pel-

ican?" he said. “What happened?

W'ere you knocked overboard?”



“No, Sir, I come to get help. I’ve

been in the water for ten hours. Reck-

on I'd never made land if you hadn’t

seen me, sir. I was nearly in. What

part of the coast is this?”



“The coast? This is an island—Val—

halla!”



The .man groaned and threw up his

arms in despair. “God, then I ain’t

done no good!” he said. "That swim’s

all fur nothing. I thought I was swim-

min’ fur the mainland.”





He appeared so genuinely grieved

and disappomted that Dick said sym-

pathetically, “It’s too bad!!! But tell





me about the Pelican. Where is she? .





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“The usual thing, sir. She ran on



the shoals in the. storm last night, an’



she’s goin’ to pieces. ”Can’t last twen-





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sir; ”she being such ‘a line. b0at;,'and-:—3"





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One gets an idea of how the New

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tion. Then, the old contention about

who was the best man, came to the

surface once more. The men wrangled

among themselves as to who would be

the lucky man in the days to come,

and would get the best political ap-

pointment.

- And yet Jesus was calm through it

all. He knew in whom He had be-

lieved. He was certain that God was

His Father, and that all would be well.

This is something that no amount of

learning can beget in the soul. It must

be born there in some other way. It

is the triumph of religious certainty.

He was aware of His power. Back of

Him, about Him were infinite resources

and He could draw on those resourc-

es. That also is true of us, but only

a few sense this and fully grasp its

meaning. Those who do are strong.

They fear nothing. There is nothing

to fear. “Perfect love casteth out

fear.”





 





No matter where we go. we are

never free from temptation, which

means we are never free from danger.

Some people assert that they have got-

ten past the temptation to sin. But





- they have not, because when they say





that they show that they are tempted

to lie, and they do not always risist

the temptation. We never come to the

place, if we are to believe the words





Life

is an upward pull, all the way. Do

you remember Ignorance in Pilgrim's

Progress? We see Ignorance for the

last time at the very end of his jour-

ney. Vain-hope ferries him over the

river of death, and he goes to the gate

and expects to be instantly admitted,

as the others had been before him.

But the watchman asks him for his

certificate, and poor Ignorance fumbles

in his bosom in vain. Then the king

cOmmanded “the two Shining Ones

that conducted Christian and Hopeful

to the City, to go out and take Igno»

ance and bind him hand and‘foot, and

have him away. Then they took him

up, and carried him through the air,

to the door that I saw in the side of

the hill, and put him in there Then

I saw that there was a. way to hell,





as from the City of Destruction”





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time; Tuesday a day of teaching; Wed- _





of the saints in all centuries, where,





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had given all things into His hands,

and that He came forth from 'God, and

goeth to God, riseth from supper, and

layeth aside His garments, and took a.





towel and girded Himself ” and pro- ’





ceeded to wash the disciples’ feet: But

is it anti-climax? Naturally one womd

expect something greater than such

an humble piece of service, after read-

ing the majestic wards that Jesus came

from God and was going/ to return to

God. But, He hada'll his three years

of teaching been telling people that

self-denial, the forgetting of self,1is the

way to life. '

words. Some one of the disciples

Should have done this. But they had

forgotten it, being full of their'own

little ambitions. Their Master did not

hesitate.



Is self-renunciation the way to life?

In short, the law of life? It looks that

way, even apart from the teachings of

the Galilean. Illustrations areall about

us. Take plants, they live. for others.

The flower, with its perfume and its

color, lives for the fruit that follows.

The fruit lives for the seed, and the





seed lives, then dies, that the next gen-‘ ‘





eration may be born. Everybody in

the whole process seems to be think-

ing-’of somebody else. .



This is vividly broughtout in Drum-

mond’s “Ascent of.Man.’? Take bees.

All bees live for each other, or, more

accurately, for the-colony. To begin

with, when the young queen flies away,

she is fertilized high in the air. by a

pursuing male. In the inst-antthat the

love-embrace takes place, the male

falls to the earth dead. He has given

his life for the colony. But the queen

is now able to become a. mother to

coming generations. The worker bees

show the same spirit. A_book I was

reading some time ago states that

worker bees literally wear themselves

out in toil, shortening their lives by

their unceasing labor. They are buf-

feted by the wind, their wings are of-

ten slit and ragged from collisions with

leaves, but they do not stop. On moon—

light nights they often work, that there

may be plenty in the cupboard to eat,

and} that everybody may be happy.





They do not propose to hays the ex- I





perience of Old Mother Hubbard. They

give themselves inself-fOrrg‘etful labor,

and thus the colony lives, and thus we

have honey on the table. This princi-

ple of the stiuggle f0r the life of oth-

ers is to be found throughout nature.





ESUS states that this is also the



prime principle of the. kingdom.

You cannot be a member of the king-

dom, certainly not a, profitable member

of the kingdom, if you are unwilling to

lose yourself. Love, says the Bible, is

the fulfilling of the law, and that is

because love forgets itself. This is

what the Master did that, day. To

wash the feet of the guests is the labor

of slaves, or house servants.

done, or was at that time, very gener-





ally through the east, to ease the feet.





of the tired and hot traveler,-in much

the same way that we who the over-

coat of our guest and hang it up. But

it was menial toil, unbecoming a gen-

tleman. Yet He did not hesitate to do





this, as a vivid object“ lesson to the,





disciples.‘ They, too, were to be willing

to be servants. They were to forget





-. themselves in their’ enthusiasm’for hu~





manity. “.He that saveth his life shall





- lose it. He that loseth his life for my ‘





sake, the same shall find it.” Does

this really work out in life? Ask the

bees. Ask the wheat crop. Ask the

flowers in the garden. Ask the men

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"He let-out another groan, and strug-

gled to ,an..upright- sitting, position.

“You say .thisis-an island?’ he added.

“You sure'it ~ainlt’ilre mainland?





“‘Itd hardly make a‘ mistake like ,

‘ that,”- replied Dick. Then, “If the Pel-I,





ican’s on the rocks ‘why doesn't she



s'ummOn aid from the shore? She s.



equipped with wireless.” 7. '

“Yes, sir, but it ain’t worklng no





more. The storm, ripped the wires to





pieces an’ flooded the dynamics. No,

sir, the capt’n can't send a message

ashore. That’s why I volunteered to

swim it. I thought I could do it with

this raft, but thetide and Wind gnust

have drifted me wt of my course.



.Dick nodded and said nothing. . He

Was'thinking hard. Was this a. part

of the mysterious plot? Or had the

yacht been wrecked and the seaman

risked his life in an attempt to get help

before she went to pieces?



He eyed the man ‘furtively. He re-

called his extraordinary strength In

battling the waves until he saw Dick,

and then his subsequent collapse. The

man, in spite of his appearance, did

not seem so terribly exhausted. He

was breathing almost normally.



“Can you walk?” Dick asked sud-

denly. “If so you’d better get up to

the house and make a report to Mr.

Cutler. It’s his yacht—”



He stopped'in the middle of his sen-

tence, and stared up at the rocks that

rose abruptly from the beach a few

yards back from the water’s edge.

Standing on a projecting ledge withm

ear shot, as if she had just stepped

out of the mouth of a sea cave. that

yawned back of her, was Alice Cutler.

Dick was satisfied that she had been

there for some time, and had listened

to the sailor’s story. .



“There’s Miss Cutler now,” be added,

pointing. “You can repeat your story

to her, or,” slowly, smiling—“perhaps

she heard you.”



“Yes, I heard,” the girl replied grave-

ly. ‘It won’t be necessary to. repeat it.



She began making her slippery de-

scent from the rocks. Dick offered a

hand to help her, but she ignored it.



“You were one of the sailors on the

Pelican,” she said, addressing the man.

“Yes, I remember your face now.

didn’t up there. . You’re a new man

aren't you? .Not one of the old crew





that uncle- had under Captain John-





ston?"



“Yes, ma'am, this is my first cruise

in the yacht.” The man touched his

forehead automatically as he spoke.

but Dick thought be detected a bold

leer in the eyes. “An I'm afraid,

ma’am, it’s the last." .



“You have no idea where the yacht

is?”



“If I had, ma’am, I’d tell you in-

stantly. The cap’n didn’t know either.

Mebbe he does now. Pity I hadn’t

waited until daylight, an’ then tried

to reach land." '



”Yes, it is a pity.” replied Miss Cut-

ler, with a peculiar drawl in her voice.

“All right,” she added briskly. “Go up

to the house, and report to—to~—-Mr.

Blake. Uncle’s not up yet."



"Yes, .ma’am!"



He touched his head again with a

hand, and then slowly ambled away.

Dick watched him in silence, expecting

the girl to follow, but she remained

standing until the sailor was out of

sight. Then she slowly turned to him.



“I saw him swimming in," she said

significantly, “but he didn’t seem to

need any help until you called. Then

I noticed he lost his nerve. Rather

strange, wasn’t it?”



“Yes, it struck me so,” replied Dick

seriously. “Even when I hauled him

in, I thought he had mori strength

than I.- But the poor fellow may have





been frightened. A night in thewater





would unnerve anyone."



“Do you think he was in the water

all night?" sheasked, a little bit too

pointedly to suit Dick. .



“Why—he said so. I couldn’t say.”



She gazed at him with a challenging

look in her eyes. Dick returned it with

asmile of admiration, for with her

windblown hair loose, and her eyes

flashing with strange emotion, she





made a picture of striking beauty.





Suddenly she smiled.

“Perhaps I’m misjudglng you',” she





~ said. “and was harsh with you this.

morning, but the day’s happenings are -





getting-on my nerves..- Mr. Blake ase

sumes all responsibility for the dis-



appearance of the yacht last night."

“Yes, he sent it away,” Dick' replied.

-r"I-Iow did you know that?” she asked

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the yacht away last- night?"





three bright lights from the yacht.

After that the Pelican got under way.

I took the lights as signals.”



The girl frowned and watched him

with grave, serious eyes. After a long

pause, she asked:



“What were you doing in front of

the house at that time of the night?”.



“Oh, just hanging around,” he an-

swered lightly. “You see, I’d been

pretty cramped in myinarrow berth

on the yacht, and needed a little ex-

ercise.”



There was still doubt and suspicion

in her eyes when. drawing a deep

breath, she added, “Where were you

on the yacht that nobody discovered

you?”



“In—in—" he hesitated. ~ -



“Go on, please,” she urged when he

stopped.



“You wouldn't believe me if I told

you,” he answered, smiling. “It would

sound a bit too~—too improbable.”



“Anything seems probable to me

now. Go on.”



“Well, it was in a secret compart-

ment that only two persons in all the

world know of, if we except the archi-

tects and builders."



She looked incredulous, but nodded

her head. “Who were the two per—

sons?”



“One was the former owner of the

Pelican, and he's dead now.“



“Mr. Van Ness, you mean?”



Dick nodded. -



“And the other?” she added inter-

rogatively.



“I don’t think I’ll mention the oth-

er’s name," he replied, shrugging his

shoulders. “Of course, you know it’s

1. That's suflicient.” ' '



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thing wrong up at the house. 'Mr. Cut.-

ler was at no time visible. ’Whether

he was sick and confined to his bed, -

Dick could not learn.



Mr. Blake frequently came out and

scurried around, sometimes alone, and

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Blake and Alice remained standing

a few moments, the wind tossing and

whipping her skirts and golden hair.

The man turned occasionally, and

while he seemed to be talking to her

Dick thought he eyed her greedily.



They sat down on a sheltered rock,

still talking and looking seaward. A

great desire to creep up behind and

listen urged Disk onward, but the ven-

ture was too risky.





Suddenly another pair of eyes caught

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AR was declared on Germany,

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measured. Nothing short of a

world catastrophy was necessary to

point out to the American people their

responsibility in the matter of health

and well-being. While food cannot

solve the entire problem of health, yet

it is one part of the program which

the housewife should give careful

consideration. This matter of feeding

the family may mean strong, healthy,

erect individuals who are a joy unto

themselves and an inspiration to oth-

ers, or it may mean a malnourished

family with many aches and ailments.

A family, radiating with health and

happiness, is mother’s reward for

spending time and energy in bringing

together the right kind of foods, pre-

paring these foods for the table and

serving them attractively.



According to a recent magazine,

ninety-five per cent of our mothers em-

ploy no domestic assistance, hence the

importance of careful planning on the

part of mother, and a close coopera-

tion on the part of all members of the





family, for after all, mother should be

a. hostess to her family, rather than a.

servant who looks afte1 ev e1y possible

detail.



In planning [meals one must consider

the needs of the specific family. Where

many of the members are engaged in

occupations requiring much exercise

in the out of doors, more fuel foods,

such as starches, sugars and fats are

needed._ This is OSpecially true of the

farm family. But other foods are nec-

essary to supplement and balance the

above mentioned foods.



Children Need Tissue-building Foods.



A smaller quantity of the tissue-

building foods, such as milk, eggs and

meats, are required by the adult to

keep the body in repair than by the

children and invalids who are con-

stantly building new tissues, as well

as repairing the old ones. But our

bodies are so complicated in form that

starches, sugars, fats and proteins are

not sufficient to supply all our needs.

Certain minerals, as iron, calcium,

phosphorus and iodine are equally im-

portant in the repair and functioning

of the body. For this reason, the

housewife must see that the menu con-

tains a generous supply of milk, milk

products and oranges, for these are

some of the foods especially rich in

calcium.



Dr. E. V. McCollum, of Johns Hop-

kins University, and others, tell us

that every child shouldhave at least

one quart of milk each day, and every

adult at least one pint each day, to

supply the necessary lime or calcium.

Some good sources of iron are eg'g





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By Julia E. Brckkc





bran, milk and milk products, such as

cheese, dried beans and peas, and en-

tire grain products. The Michigan

State Health Department advise that

iodine salt be used in order to supply

the iodine needed. '



Minerals Hide in Vegetables.



These necessary minerals may be

made available by using daily a vari-

ety of vegetables, fruits, entire grain

products, and plenty of milk and eggs

seasoned with iodine salt.



Another dietetic factor is the cellu-

lose or bulk of the food. This is the

fibre which serves as a framework

for all fruits and vegetables, and since

it is not digested it gives bulk to the

food and helps to eliminate waste.

Then there are the vitamins to be con-

sidered; these are growth promoting

and health protective substances found

in such foods as egg yolk, green vege-

tables, orange juice, and other fresh

fruits, raw cabbage, and in many other

foods. We can say that to avoid any

dangers due to shortage of these pro-





 





Joy and Happiness to Any Meal.





,tective foods, the diet must contain a

generous amount of milk, fresh vege-

tables, eggs, butter-fat, entire grain





products, and some citrus fruits or

tomatoes.



A pleasing combination of flavors is

a most important point in menu plan-

ning. Can you imagine eating, with

any relish, this insipid and colorless

dinner?



Creamed Vegetable Soup

Boiled Fish with White Sauce

Boiled Potatoes

Baked Macaroni in Milk

Bread 1 Butter



Vanilla Custard





Everything in the menu is bland.

Try substituting something savory and

tart, and see how your mental enjoy-

ment of the meal in prospect goes up!

For instance, put in a highly seasoned

tomato sauce instead of the white

sauce, a crisp lettuce and fruit salad

in place of the macaroni.



Another factor to be considered is

the price of the meal. Money can be

saved by using foods that are in sea-

son, and by utilizing home-grown

products. Why buy oranges and serve

orange salad, when it is tomato time

on the farm? Occasionally serve a





rmixedvegetable soup. ’. The fiollowing





recipe is inexpensive when these vege-

tables are in season or found in the

store room, either in cans 0r common

storage. With bread and butter and a

simple dessert, this combination makes

a. palatable meal

1 tb. chopped onions

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and cook. Add the dry ingredients,



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or both, may be added to the mixture.

Cottage Pie.



1 lb. beef (cheap cut)



6 potatoes (medium size)



1 carrot, diced





1 turnip. diced

1 tb. chopped onion 2 (.11..





Cut meat into small pieces; sear.

Then cover With afgen’erous aniount of

water and cook tmtil meat is tender

and the stock is reduced to about one

cup. Drain stock and make a. sauce by

cooking chopped onions in the fat.

Then' add stock and seasoning and

cook until smooth. Next add the. ecok-

ed carrots and turnips.



The potatoes are cooked separately

and mashed. Cover the bottom of the

baking dish with a generous layer of

the mashed potato, then add the vege-

table and meat mixture. Cover the top





tsp. salt

3th. fat.





with the remaining potato and bake‘





until brown.



Not much is necessary to complete

this meal. Whole wheat bread and

butter and a. fruit salad, or stewed

fruit, may complete the meal.



To begin right the breakfast must be

right. It is well to begin with a fruit,

such as baked apples, stewed fruit or

a. fresh fruit. Then serve a cereal and

preferably an entire grain cereal. The

more hearty breakfast may also con-

tain poached eggs on toast or some

other protein dish, with some addition-

al fuel food. Don’t forget that Mary

and Johnny must have their milk, so

add a generous amount of whole milk

to the cereal, and also serve milk as a.

d1ink.



Muflins,prefe1ably made from entire

grain flows, are a happy change to any

breakfast menu.



Graham Gems.

1 cup graham meal :18 cups milk





1 cup-white flour

2 tb. sugar 2 ch.“ melted butter

4 tsp. baking powder





1 tsp. salt



Sift white flour with sugar, salt, and

baking powder; mix in graham. Add

milk, beaten egg and melted butter.

Bake in hot oven in hot greased pans,

about twenty-five minutes.



The resourceful housewife will leave

nothing undone to make the meals

from day to day adequate, interesting,

and served in an attractive manner.





EARLY PANSIES ARE LARGEST.





 





PANSIES will bloom during the'hot

weather but the blooms will be





small. To have the fine large blooms





we prize, the seeds must be planted ’





early enough so that the plants will

be in bloom while the weather is cool.

I have planted the Seedsiin March,

for they will not become weak and

spindling from being grown inside'like

many plants do, preyidéd they’are’ not

too badly crowded. If you have plenty

of room you may pot ‘them' in tiny pots

in March and set these on a bed of

sand to keep from drying out too fast.

The little clump of foliage will be

sturdy by the time the weather is

waArm enough for them to be set out.

—— H.





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an aim toward better farm homes.



Fer a number of years, there has



been a general better homes move

ment throughout the "country. But this

new movement is perhaps more direct,

in that it will exert its entire effort

toward improvement of rural homes.

There is little doubt but that every

farm woman knows what she wants in





'- her home, and how she wants it, but





it is quite a different matter to get

workable plans for such changes and

additions. Then, too, every woman has

her dream of a new home,‘ but, not

being an architect or an engineer, she

cannot draw up workable plans 'for

such a home.



“'ith this demand in mind, the Amer-

ican Society of Agricultural Engineers

called a conference, February 18-19, in

Chicago,\of all organizations interested

in better farm homes. The American

Farm Bureau Federation, National

Grange, Division of Building and Hous-

ing‘ of U. \S. Department of Commerce,

General Federation of Women‘s Clubs,

Bureauvof Home Economics and Divis-

ion' of' Agricultural Engineers of U; S.

lepartment of Agriculture, American

Home Economics Association, Better





Homes of America, and American Ag— ,





ricultural Editors’ Association, were

represented.



William Draper Brinkloe, agricultur-

al engineer, who has conducted farm

homes contests for different maga-

zines, said that he had found in his

work, that a wash room, a thing un-

known to city homes, was one of the

things that farm women want. One

woman wrote, “My wash room is so

setthat the men can enter it directly

from out-of-doors and then go to any





When You/ Buy Silk





Szth/e T extrDetermz'ne W lzefl Silt i: all Silk





“71TH the approach of spring, the

_ stores are flooded with new-tex-

tiles, new silks, and other ma-

terials. Womenkind just naturally

turns her thoughts to new dresaes.

clothes, and draperies. And this year

there is an abundance of lovely mate-

rial. , delicate in colors and beautiful

in design, from which to choose. _

Whenbuying silks, one is almost in-

variably attracted first by the color

and sheer beauty of the textile. Next.

one thinks of design or fashion. Sel-

dom does one choose a piece of silk for

fabric alone. True silk has an unusual

degree of softness. Its weight is low-

est among textile fibers, and it will last

for years, though given hard wear.

Silk Substitutes on the Market-

Efforts to cheapensilk have tended

to develop numerous processes which

give the effects that pass for real qual-

ities with the ordinary consumer. For

this reason, a few simple tests are in-

valuable to the thrifty woman who is

anxious to get the best value for her

money.

Quality Determined by Wea’ve.

To test the weave, stretch the cloth

lengthwise and crosswise over the

thumbs. If the threads pull or shift,

the silk will be apt to pull on the

seams when made up.

A very sure way to test silk is to‘

burn a sample of it; True silk burns

slowly, the ashes curling up in little





tiny, balls on the edge of the burning ~





material. An odor like burnt feathers

is given off. If there is a large amount

of ashes left, or if the sample retains

its" shape after the silk is burned, it

contains weighting. A‘heav'ily weight-

ed piece catches-fire very slowly. The

more weighting iasllk contains, the

weaker will be its fibers, and conse-

huentlyiits me will be shbxrter.





 

   

 





 





 





 

 





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part of the house without going through

my kitchen.- It gets on a woman’s

nerves, to have men folks traipsing

through theeikitchen when she is fussed

up, hurrying to serve .a meal."





The bath room, he said, was another

thing that farm women wanted‘ incor-

porated in their homes. Ninety-eight

per cent wanted this convenience, forty

percent called for hardwood floors,

and fifty per cent had fireplaces, to-

gether with other heating plants. The

six-room house was most popular, with

the five-room house next, followed by

the seven-room house.





The joint resolutions committee of

this conference recommended that the

following committees be appointed:

Committee on house design, on remod-

eling farm homes, on fire prevention!

and protection, on farm home utilities,

on furnishing and decoration, on land-

scaping, and on financing the building

of farm homes. r’



These committees will attempt to

work out plans whereby rural people

may receive more complete informa-

tion on how- to make the farm home

more comfortable, more convenient,

and a better place to live.





Approximately $50,000,000 in farm

buildings were lost by preventable

fires in 1 25. Much of this loss could

have been avoided by proper chimney

construction, proving that a rural build-

ing code would be of economic value.

A committee is already at work on,

such a code that will give the mini-

mum requirements for good construc-

tion, and will serve-as a guide to the

farmer and rural builder in order that

they may have reliable information

upon which to base recommendations.





silk. They do not leave the droplet

form of ashes found when burning true

silk.





TEL L~TALE 'NITI ALS-





 





 





One whose name begins with S,

Does his best and never less;

He's as worth his board and keep,

As a wool-producing sheep!

These initials are’designed to

use as embroidery patterns on

things for children, on pockets,

romper yokes, napkins, pillow cas-

es or_ any other place for which

the size, would be correct. They

may be. transferred directly from

this design through carbon and em-

broidered as the stitches indicate

in the patterns;





If fudge. hardens before it can be





poured from the pan, it may be treated,





like fondant and made into chocolate

creams. To do this knead small

amounts of the hardened mixture with

buttered fingers until his the consist.-

ency'of fondant, and mold into balls.





If a teaspoon of peanut butter is ad-





;; “ Urge-for Better Farm Homes

' Confi’rmce at Chicago 7P/amf for I mpmnemeizt of R‘zgm/ Home:

MOVEMENT is under way‘with-r





' ,AN Y house-owners today



will answer that question

by saying, “Paint made of

Dutch Boy white-lead and pure

linseed oil.” Why?



Dutch Boy white-leadis pure

white-lead, corroded from the

metal, lead. It makes an all-lead

paint which resists the attacks

of the weather. It insures you





against loss from decay. It in-

creases the value of your farm.



If your farm buildings are be-

ginning to look a bit weather-





 





Dutch Boy





 

 

 





 





What paint- will you use this Spring}:





worn and shabby, cover them

now with Dutch Boy-white—lcad

paint. It is reasonable in price.

Only 100 pounds of Dutch Boy

white-lead is required to make

seven gallons of pure lead paint.

The real economy, however, in

using this paint begins after you

buy it. Dutch Boy white-lead

paint gives a smooth, even filmthat

is tough, durable, elastic—a film

that does not crack or scale. It

enables you to save the cost of

repairs you would have to make

sooner or later on unpainted and

deteriorating property. It length-

ens the period between repaint—

ings. And each succeeding year

the appearance and the condi-

tion of, the house painted with

white-lead make evident the su-

periority of a pure lead paint.

“Decorating the Home ” is a

new free booklet illustrated in

color which suggests decorative

treatments for exteriors and in-

teriors. It will be sent you, along

with a booklet which gives direc-

tions for painting wood, plaster,

metal and masonry, if you write

our nearest branch.

NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY

New York, 11). Broadway; Boston. 131 State

Street; Buffalo. 116 Oak Street: Chicago,”

West 18th Street ; Cincinnati. 659 Freeman

Avenue ; Cleveland, 820 West Superior Avenue:

St. Louis, 722 Chestnut Street; San Fransisco.

485 California Street: Pittsburgh. National

Lead and Oil Co. of Penna., 316 Fourth Ave.





nue: Philadelphia, John '1‘. Lewis & Bros. 00..

437 Chestnut Street.





 





You will see the figure of the Dutch Boy Painter on every

keg of Dutch Boy whireJead. It guarantees a W of

the highest quality. in addition to white-lead there are

also made under this trademark: red~lead solder, bobbin

metals, and flatn’ng oil for use with white—read in painting

Interiors. "





White-Lead





Makes an All‘Lead Paint





 





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When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention

, The Mlchigan Farmer





 





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We are now equipped to manufacture your virgin wool

into bed blankets and batting at moderate cost to

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Of course, you know.good

old Muster-Ole; how quickly,

how easily it relieves rheu-

matic and neuralgic pain, sore

ioints and muscles, stifl' neck

and lumbago.



We now want you to know CHILO

DREN'S MUSTEROLE, made es-

pecially for infants and small childncn.



CHILDREN’S MUSTEROLE is

just good old Muster-ole in milder

form. Unemelled for the relief of

oroupy coughs and colds; it penetrates,

soothes and relieves without the blister

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No waste, when you use Calumet. It has

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S a child, I had no use for March.

It was always blowin’ in with

unassuming gestures and suave

curtsies. Then, some of the old sages

who had seen many Marches come and

go, would say: “Oh, well, she'came

in like a lamb, shell got out like a.

lion.”



That prediction alw ays botheied me

considerably. I was afraid during

those days of March, that our little

white schoolhouse would blow away.

Then besides, it was March that

slapped me in the face with its gut-

tural breezes—and brought the big

brown freckles that loomed up like

myriads of Sphinxes. Back in those





 





 





 





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old days, I used to secretly wash my

face with strong home-made soap,

tthinking that it would put the dread

intruders to exit. But alas, it never

did anything but render severe pains

in the face.





Use this department to help solve





your household problems. Address

your letters to Maitha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





REMOVE PRINTING FROM SUGAR

SACKS.





 





I have several sugar sacks that I

would like to use for different purposes

about the house. Can you tell me how

to remove the printing from them?—-

‘Mrs. M. J. T.





To remove printing from sugar sacks

so that they may be used for dish tow-

els or other purposes, boil them in a

tub with this solution:



Dissolve one box of lye, five cents

worth of horax and salts of tartar

each, in two gallons of hot water. Re-

move from fire and add five cents

worth of dry ammonia. Use one cup

of this solution to a boiler of suds in

which the sacks are to be boiled. fl‘his

solution is also good to bleach other

things on wash day.





BRIGHTEN UP THE BRASS BED.





What can I do to remove the tarnish

from my brass bed ?—Mrs. A M



To clean a brass bed, mix two tea-

spoonfuls of salt in a. half cup of vin-

egar. Rub this briskly over the brass,

Wash, and polish with a soft cloth.





MARMALADE FROM APPLES.





 





Please tell me how to make marma-

lade from apples. Also I have some

lard that has a. burned taste and .is

strong Can you Sign me what to do





- with it ?-—Mrs.

For apple marmalade use seven

~ pounds of apples to three oranges. Dice;-

. the oranges and shred





 





 





.3 By Hazel B. Girard





I was a dozen years old anyway, be-

fore I finally got reconciled to March

—that- the going “out like a lion” was

a mere -,simile and that freckles were

but sun kisses that weren’t passed out

to everybody. I realized that by wear-

ing a large hat, patterned like a beach

umbrella, I could evade much trouble ;

that a few freckles did not matter any-

way—just showal that I Was an R. F.

D. girl and liked “the great, wide, beam-

tifu1,wonde1ful world ”





Now, since I have gotten old enough





to cook vitamines and calories, help _





to elect presidents, and do. other .worth.

while things, I like Marchbetter each

passing year. It is a broadcaster an-

nouncing that the cold, dismal days of

winter will soon be signing off, and

that station S-P-R'-I—N-G will entertain





, Is. The Sunny Day’s Orchestra will





play “The Robin’s Return,” “The Bee

March,” and__others. Then once again,





the toil-scarred earth .will appear on .





the panorama and wewill look into

the future at what lies ahead.





I recall a warm March day a» féw

years ago when I was digging up some

loose soil for the tomato seeds. I sud-

denly hoed up a toad that had been

sleeping the winter months away down

in the underground realm. To all ap-

pearances he was surprised to be so

brought back to real life; And so I

remember March as the month to plant

tomatoes and other garden “doc-dads”

that need all the time they can get to

reach maturity.





It is the month when everyone is

building potential air castles and chas-

ing luminous rainbows; when the

year’s plans are “cut and dried.” So,

bless it, I say, for the “carry on” spirit

and the vainglorious hopes that it in-

stills within us each new summer.





 





arately. Extract the juice from the

apples by boiling with as little water

as possible until soft. Mash and drain

through a jelly bag. Add orange and





peel, and cook for twenty minutes. “Add.





five pounds of sugar, and cook until it

jellies. Pack into jars and seal.



To clarify your lard, melt it in a

large kettle. When hot, add two raw

potatoes, peeled and quartered. Cook

until they are dark brown. They will

absorb the disagreeable taste. Remove

the potatoes from the laid and store

it ina cool, dry place.





MINCEM EAT UNCOOKED.





 





Has any of the readers ever made

mince-meat by cooking the meat and

adding the fruits uncooked?e—Mrs. L.





If any of our readers have tried this

method of making mincemeat, drop a.

card to this department, telling of

your success—M. C.





TO REMOVE STAINS FROM TABLE

LINEN.





Please tell me how to. remove tea

and coffee stains from table linen.—

Mrs. J. A. M. ‘





To remove coffee stains from a. table

cloth, soak the stains in cold water and

then immerse in the boiler with the

other clothes. If the ordinary process

or washing does not completely re-

move the stain, leave the cloth in the

sun for a. few days. _ '



To remove tea. stains 11‘

cotton or linen, soak in

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MORE ABOUT GOITER.





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T is because goiter is so hard to

I cure, short of a surgical operation,



yet so easy to prevent, that I re-

mind you about it two or three times

a year. Remember that there are some

districts in' Michigan in which resi-

dents are especially likely to develop

goiter. Those are the districts in

.which the natural deposits of iodine

are infinitesimal. In such districts

goiter is quite common, but can be

prevented by following the recommen-

dations of the state department of

health to use iodized salt, or in'some

other way take very small quantities

of iodine in food or drink. This is es-

pecially important for girls approach-

ing the age of puberty.



The gland that swells and makes

“big neck” is the thyroid. The secre-

tion of this gland, called thyrotoxin, is

the substance which determines how

readily your body will appropriate food





hie. its own, uses. It is likened to the





action of a pair of bellows to a fire;

the more it works the quicker the ac-

tion. This being so you readily under"

stand that any lack permits the body

to increase in weight. You must re.

member that an enlargement. of the

thyroid gland into a goiter does not

necessarily mean that more of this

thyrotoxin is secreted.





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The essential point to bear in mind

is that in districts in which iodine is

lacking in normal food and water,

goiter is likely to occur in children,

especially in young girls, unless pre-

vented by its administration in small

quantities at intervals.



I mentioned the thyrotoxin to bring

out the explanation of why thyroid ex-

tract is used in patent medicines that

are advertised as flesh reducers. Tak-

en as a medicine, it makes the body

burn up its fuel more quickly and thus

consumes the extra fat. At first thought

this seems very much to be desired.

But those who have studied the sub-

ject find that there are many dangers

connected with giving this powerful

agent, some of which are much more

to be feared than the discomfort of a

few extra pounds of fat. Chief among

them is the effect upon heart action,

which may be very serious. As a phy-

sician I count the use of preparations





of thyroid substance very valuable:





They do sometimes some a real pur-

pose in weight reduction. They may

be very useful in certain persons

whose lives are handicapped because

of a natural lack of these substances-—

those Suffering with cretinism or myx-

edema. But, like two-edged swords,

they may cut more ways than one, and

only an experienced physician should

be trusted with their administration.





 





       

 

 





 





19 F0 Rec u R K:

LITTLEeFoLKS





 





Adventures Of Tilly and Billy





T he T rick t/zczl‘ Failed





Stingy Sparrow had done for a

week. It was all because Tilly and

Billy had hung up a crumb tray in the

old cherry tree out in the garden.

Here they put crumbs for the hungry

birds who stayed in the north in the





S COLD, scold, scold, that’s what old





_winter time.





“If I could only keep all the other

birds out of the garden,” thought

Stingy Sparrow, “we could have all

the crumbs ourselves."



Now, Stingy Sparrow was the leader

,of all the other Sparrows so he called

a council of all the Sparrow family.



They met in the old shed in the far

corner of the garden. A little door

had been made in the peak 'of the roof,





 





When Billy Opened the Door, Out

Flew All the Birds.





just-large enough for the birds to fly

in and out.



"If we could keep the other birds

away, we could have all the crumbs

to ourselves," Stingy Sparrow told the

Sparrows when they had assembled.



“I have a plan,” chirped Smarty

Sparrow.



“Tell us, tell us," chirped the who!

family of Sparrows. ,



“We will can a council of all the





, birthright here in the Oldp'shed," he





d.'.,_“Whenthey are all inside and

“filly-chi '





g and shattering ' togeth¥





er, we Sparrows will slip out one by.





one. When the last one is out I will

close the door." Smarty Sparrow whis-

pered that last so that not a single

bird outside might hear the secret.

“We will keep them in jail in the old

shed, without any food, until they will





promise to leave our crumb table





alone.”





“A fine plan,” agreed all the Spar?





I'OWS.





So the very next day a council of all

the birds met in the old shed. One by

one the Sparrows slipped out while the

other birds were chirping and chatter-

ing together. “'hen the last Sparrow

was out, Smarty Sparrow closed the

door and locked all the rest of the

birds inside.



“Let us out, let us out," called all

the birds inside, when they discovered

the trick that the Sparrows’had played

on them.



“W'e will let you out when you prom-

ise to stay away from the crumb tray,”

said Stingy Sparrow. ~



“But the crumbs are ours, too," said

the birds in the shed, and they would

not promise.



The Sparrows went away.





“The birds will promise when they-





have to go without their dinners,” they

said.



Now, that very morning Tilly came

over to Billy’s house to slide down hill.

Billy always kept his sled out in the

old shed. When they went out to get

it, out flew all the birds.



“The birds are planning a secret,"

said Tilly.



“I don't think so. See, they are very

hungry," said Billy as the birds flew

straight to the crumb tray. ,



The Sparrows never knew how the

birds got out. But they were so asham-

ed that their scheme had failed/that

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that eggs vary in vitamine content.

Hens in direct sunshine, with cod liver

oil in the ration, were found to pro-

duce eggs which may have nine times

the vitamine content of the eggs pro-

duced byhens lacking sunshine and

cod liver oil.

Sunshine Valuable.



That is why it has always paid to

turn the breeding stock out to range

as early as possible. It has given them

a. chance to absorb more of the direct

rays of the sun. It will pay poultry-

men to build their laying houses so as

to mm as much pure raw sunshine as

possible. Possibly the glass substi-

tutes which do not filter out the violet

rays will be used instead of glass

where poultry house windows are need-

ed. In houses now deficient in light,

.cod liver oil can be used as a substi-

Even if the

cod liver oil is used, it will doubtless

pay to furnish as much sunshine as

possible. This year sunny days have

been scarce in some sections and, in

spite of the best kind of poultry hous-

es, the cod liver oil will still be of

value in improving the condition of the

breeding stock.



Cod liver oil can be given in the

mash, using one pound of the oil to

100 pounds of the mash. Another meth-

od recently used by some poultrymen

consists in feeding cod liver oil with

semi-solid buttermilk or cottage cheese.

In either case, one part of the cod

liver oil is mixed with sixteen parts

of the semi-solid buttermilk or cottage

cheese by weight. It mixes very easily

and some poultrymen like it much bet-

ter 'than mixing the oil with scratch

Allowing four pounds of this

milk and oil mixture to 100 hens each

day has produced good results. If a

feed of that kind will increase the

hatchability of eggs, it is equivalent to

a great increase in egg production. At

present so many eggs are wasted be-

cause of the great number of chicks

that die in the shells. It would

greatly decrease the cost of replacing

pullet flecks, if less eggs were requir—

éd to produce the required number of

tpullets in both farm and commercial

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may be the quantity of . frebhl- green

feed so plentiful in the spring. Adding

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breeding stock may be another Way to





increase the hatchability of eggs.

Sprouted oats are probabl the best

form of green food, but any type of

succulent green feed which adds bulk

and vitamines to the ration will be

useful.

Milk Good to Feed.



We have usually found that our\



birds, receiving plenty of milk to drink.





have laid eggs of higher, hatchability V





than the flocks receiving no milk, but

with twenty per cent meat scrap in

the dry mash. Hens with an the milk

they can drink are still allowed ten





per cent meat scrap in the laying





mash to keep up production.



Exercise is a. factor in keeping hens

healthy, and the healthy hens have

the best chance to place a. vigorous

spark of life into their eggs. Feed the

scratch grain in litter so they will have

to dig. Let them out on the range as

often as possible, as this naturally

stimulates their activities.



Hens that are naturally overfat, even

with the best of balanced rations, are

apt to be beef type culls which should

be marketed. These overfat hens are

apt to produce eggs low in fertility and

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THE SECRET OF sécunme FER-

TILE .EGGS.





HY does the hen cackle after



laying? From close observation

of the habits and natural instincts of

the ‘l’owls, several of the leading poul-

trymen have come to the conclusion

that the hen cackles before and after

laying to notify the cock bird of her

whereabouts. When a hen has layed,

her cackle is different from that before

laying, and this difference is under-

stood by the cock.



‘ Nature intended every egg to hatch,

and hatch a strong and vigorous chick

intended to live. Man must assist na-

ture; he has learned this in agricul-

ture and other lines. He must assist

nature to get the best results from

poultry. It seems impossible to expect





all fertile eggs from pens of from‘





twelve to fifteen hens or more. Na-

ture never intended such matings.



The cock bird is naturally of a gal-

lant nature and will starve himself

looking after their wants. He is used

up in a short time, both from the want

of the proper amount of feed, and wor-

rying over the welfare of his mates.

Of course, the fewer 'the hens to a.

pen, the larger will be the percentage

of fertile and hatchable eggs, and

strong, livable chicks, but by employ-

ing the proper \system it has been

demonstrated that one cock bird can

head a. pen of from fifteen to twenty

hens, if kept separated from the flock

in a. pen by himself.



Method ls Economical.



The system explained below can be

put to use by anyone who raises poul-

try at a minimum outlay of labor and

expense, and when practiced according

to instructions will not fail, to work,

and produce a strong chick from every

egg.



To put the system in practice, divide

your pen in half. ' Use the nest boxes

to form part of the partition. Elevate

the nest 'boxes two feet from the floor,

boarding up the space underneath.

Then tack chicken netting on top of

the boxes to the height of about three

feet. The penis thus divided, one pen

for the hens, the other for the cock

bird. Then there. is the trap nest part

of the system which prevents those

hens that have laid from coming back





into their own pen, but one compelled





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place, by a. similar door, hinging this

one on the outside. In this way the

hens must enter the cock’s pen after

laying. Place platforms in front of

the nests so the hens can walk in and

out with case.





This very simple but practical device

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be taken of the layers before return-

ing them to their own pen..—F. R.

Teppen.





HOUSE FOR THREE HUNDRED "

CHICKS.





Do you have good plans for brooder

house? If you have. will you please

send one to me? I would like one

which would hold 300 chicks—I. S.





You can obtain plans for a colony





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ROUP AND CHICKEN-POX.





Can you tell me the trouble with

our hens? Eyes and nose get watery,

mouth and throat fill up with hard mat-

tery substance, eyes swell shut, full

of the hard substance. Then some

develop no more than just black scabs

on their heads. They eat and linger

along a week or two before they die.

Some will be over it in a few days. If

this is roup, could birds that were

brought into the flock carry the dis-

ease, and they be immune? Will dis-

posing of the fowls, and a thorough

disinfecting of the hen houses, be so

we could get chickens right away and

not cause any farther tI‘oublc?——I. B.





The flock may have a combination

of roup and chicken pox. Birds with

mild cases of chicken pox may be cur-

ed by painting the sores with iodine.

Roup is a. very general term. A bird

might be very sick, with both eyes

swollen shut and the throat filled with

canker, and not be worth trying to

save. It might be only a. mild case,

easily treated with'commerciai disin-

fectant.





For colds, remove the mucous as far

as possible from the eyes and nostrils

with tissue paper. Inject commercial

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medicine dropper. Surgery is required

when the head of a bird becomes pack-

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which is caused by roup.



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I would like to know if beet pulp

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By soaking a. little and mixing it with

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then7—B. H. C.





Dried beet pulp is occasionally used

in apoultry ration as a. substitute for

green feed. It is appetizing to the

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moderately and not- used so extensive-

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' a. noon feed about the same as man-





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Booklet in Response'





Dear Uncle Frank: *



I hope you don’t object to my calling

you that, because I’m not a. Merry

Circler, but hope to be in the near

future.



The object of this letter is to tell

you how much I enjoy the Boys’ and

Girls’ Letter Box. I read it every week.

In the discussions, I have often won-

dered why the boys and girls “spit" at

each other like “cats and dogs.”



It would seem nice to me, for them





 





 





 





John Vlock Finds that it: Is Fun Help-

ing Out with the Tractor.





to write friendly letters, and not argue

so much as to who will “reign su-

preme.”

It seems to me that girls should keep

their places and boys theirs. They

won’t ever gain anything by trying to

be something they aren’t.

Of course, you understand, I am just

giving my opinion, and don’t expect

them to pay the slightest attention to

what I say, or might say, on the sub—

jec . .

Uncle Frank, _will you allow me to

make a suggestion, or rather, I am

asking a.-.favor. I should like very

much for the boys and girls to write

on “Why they are so ‘crazy’ to be in

one another’s society, and yet, in their

letters find so much fault in each oth-

er. This is a. problem which has puz-

zled me for some time—Your friend,

and hope-to—be niece, An Old—fashioned

irl.

' You are right; no one gains any-

thing by trying to be what he is not.

It is natural for boys and girls to want

to be 1 each other’s company. The

fault-fin ing is mostly done in jest. I,

too, hope you will be a. M. C. in a short

time.





Dear Uncle Frank:



Screech, skwak, ark! Lots of static

tonight, Uncle Frank. Say, static or

not, this pencil can’t be beat! It is

just what I’ve been wanting for a long

time. I sure was surprised when I

ook it out of the mail-box. I thank





Some M. C. Letters \





fT/m: W. B, Did Not Get





you very, very much for it. I stuck to

our “work to win” motto, to get it.



What say, Uncle Frank, let’s talk

about evolutiofl‘for a change. Seems

to me that discussions are getting dull

lately. There's a lot of talk about evo-

lution nowadays, so let’s join in and

beat the scientists to it.





Say, where have the rest of the boys

gone to? No wonder everything is

dull, only the girls are doing the talk-

ing! If you boys would wake up and

do something, there would be a. little

life to our page. ’Smatter with ya,

froze up? I guess that’s what’s the

trouble with you. So come on, fellows.

I know we can drown out the girls if

we try. ..\



Well, I’ve got to get my solid geom-

etry lesson for tomorrow, or I’ll have

to stand up the corner, which “ain’t

very pleasant.”~—-Edward Trutsch, M.

C., Allegan, Mich.



It’s funny, but every time we cut

out haggling about knickers and bob-

bed hair, some folks think things are

dull. I wonder if a. discussion on evo-

lution would evolute. Let’s try it. I’m

glad that you like the pencil. It pays

to “work and win,” doesn’t it?





Dear Uncle Frank:



Uncle. Frank, you were right when

you said, “Some folks throw fits over

what others do.” For example, a. girl

got her hair out boy bob on her own

judgment. She, of course, did not look

well. Some people think it something

terrible, and just throw fits over it, as

you said. She did not get it cut to

please everybody. You cannot please

everyone. Let her have experience,

as mother always says. Experience is

always the best teacher. Boys and

girls have clear ideas, and rather

strong ones, too. They have to break

the door sometimes to let them escape.



Best regards to M. C. and friends,

Dellice Ratzloff, Mason, Mich.





Yes, it seems that often others con-

cern us more than we do ourselves. It

is easier to look out upon others faults

than in upon our own. Experience is

the best teacher, but the wise one

uses the experience of others as much

as possible to guide him.





Dear Uncle Frank:





Say, what if we have a. “picture

scramble?” Instead_of writing letters,

send in your name and address on the

back of .a. picture of oneself. Then

scramble the pictures, and send them

out. I’m sure it would be heaps of

fun. All those that get the picture

should write a letter to the person

who a dress is on the picture. What

do yo ay?



“Peter” sure wrote a good letter. It’s





 





 





A Talk





What will you leave for him?

to the truth about you

among men in his time?





chance to touch it?





building on them his own?





 





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This is your problem in life—«the.

to you than any or all others. How will you meet, inasa man or

as alfooll’t It Comes before“.you.,tqday:an,d.everygda‘yiifiafidthpliourot

your} chaice ié- tfieflorisis: in' youraiestinylelesvidStemi‘fim “





to Boys ,1





Some T Izougflt: By David Starr Jordan Wort/z Remembering





‘N7E have received some remarkable messages in our series of

“Successful Talks for Farm Boys,” but perhaps none more ar-

resting than the following striking appeal from Dr. David Starr

Jordan, former president of Stanford University of California. We

hope every farm boy who reads the Michigan Farmer will give what

Dr. Jordan says, at least two careful readings:





Your first duty in life is toward your afterself.

man you ought to be may, in his time, be possible, be actual.



Far away in the years he is waiting his .turn. His body, his brain,

his soul, are in your boyish hands.





So live that the





He cannot help himself.





Will it be a. brain unspoiled by lust or dissipation; a. mind train-

ed to think and act; a nervous system true as a dial in its response

Will 'ou, Boy, let him come as a man





Or will you throw away his inheritance before he has had the

Will you tum over to him a brain distorted, a

mind diseased, a will untrained, to action, a spinal cord grown

through and through with “the devil-grass, wild oats?” '



Will you let him come and take your place, gaining through your

experience, happy in your friendships, hallowedthrough your joys,





problem which is.,,vastly more} 7‘





 





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always the way—a dyer-son always

comes back and is himself, after ,try—

ing to be something different. “Bonnie

Blue Eyes” sure-is a good writer.‘ I

agree with' her in every way. I hope

we get many more such letters on our

gage. Love to cousins and Uncle.—‘

over. _





I doubt whether it is “always the

way.” Many never come, and quite a.

few of us never find ourselves. To

know how to be oneself is quite an

asset. We’ll try a picture scramble

some time, but I do not think that it;

will prove as popular as the letter

scramble, because so many have. pic—

tures that they think do not look like

them.





Dear Uncle Frank:



Friendly criticism is never objection-

able, and usually beneficial. I, for one,

welcome it, especially when it comes

from a compeer; but when some dis-

gruntled interloper with a. mental com-

plex presumes to intrude upon our

friendly Circle with venomous criti-

cisms aimed at our best writer, it

moves me to retalllation.



If poor, busy Mrs. E. B. 0. had been

able to comprehend “White Amar-

anth’s” beautiful message, couched, as

it was, m dignified phrases that gave

one a. feeling of exaltation, and allowed

him to forget momentarily the slack

speech and slangy phrases so deplor-

ably universal today, instead of going

to the dictionary and other sources of

information in an effort to find flaws,

I venture to predict her criticism would

have found more favor in the eyes of

those interested in good literature.



It is a. lamentable fact that people

of mediocre intellect resent the abili-

ties of their superiors, and find some

satisfaction in holding them up to the

ridicule of their kind which, sad to say,

is too often in the majority. '



It is a. significant fact that those let.

ters containing slang and by-wor‘ds es-

caped her criticism altogether. Thus,

by elimination, stamping them With

her approval.



But take heart, “White Amaranth,”

a. man’s worth is judged not more by





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his friends than by his enemies, and





 





 





Harley' J. Mackin Says that this

Gobbler is an Ugly Oneg





no one ever yet stood for the highest

and best but that the mob tried to

drag him down to their despicable lev-

el. Forge on; I expect some day to

hear from you in a larger sphere.——«

Another of White Amaranth’s friends,

Dorothy Unterkircher, M. 0.. Bronson.

Mich.



You are rather hard on those of

"mediocre” intellect. Often it is hard

to tell who has a mediocre intellect.

Sometimes the “uneducated" are the

most educated. However, it is a. woro

thy ambition to excel in good language.





Dear Uncle Frank:



"‘W’hite Amaranth,” I acknowledge

your. supreme r ht in using every

baffling, stupendo expression in Web-

ster’s complete dictionary, if you like.

I frequently indulge myself in such

things. But I maintain that sixty per

cent of the American population don’t

harass themselves by learning the

meaning of any more words than is

actually needed in pursuing their daily

life. (Maybe I should have said lives).

After all, what is language for, unless

to make known to each other our daily

wants, ideas, ideals,,likes. and dislikes?





We want something. -Why express that -

want in-a. lot .of flowery words when,





a few,simple,‘direct ones are sudieient. -





 





and so much easier handled,,,and





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'Amaa‘ant ,"’.:.£.ai:i‘davone-.of. action.» filming:z .

men‘act,‘ they have no time for; spe ch,





. I hope I haven’t said too much. These

3 - , , ’ are just my thoughts, on the English

3 ‘ . language, I expect» they are iallable in

I 1 - a good many ways—IolaEfHar y.

“ } I : Wouldn’t it be good practice if more

I I people harassed themselves by learn-

ing more words? Language is a means.

for self-expression.- The better the

I . means, the better the expression.





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank: . .

I have read the boys’ and girls' page

of the Michigan Farmer for several,





ested in the letters that have appeared,

and being a teacher I shall await with

interest the letters on “Should we go

to High School?” for I well remember

when I was a boy on a. farm in Mich-





the high school. Then I was not

satisfied and went to the university,

from which I graduated with two de-

grees, and I have often wondered if

it were not the undoing of a good farm-

er, and the making of only a teacher.

—~.Yours sincerely, E. H. Harriman.



P. S.—=I met-an old lady the other





Lincoln with hot biscuits and honey,

and she said he was very fond of them.

‘I think there are members of the Mer-

ry Circle who agree with Lincoln, that

biscuits and honey are all right—E.

H. H, ‘





Mr. Harriman is the head of the

science department in an Illinois high

school. The subject he mentions will

be. the subject of this week’s contest.





HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST.





 





HAVE received a letter from a



Merry Circler requesting a



contest in whichthe discussion

will be, “Should we‘go to High

School?” Another letter in this

column on the high school subject

will be interesting. Everyone who

takes part in this contest should

read that letter. We will use the

above quoted subject for this con-

test. Please try to keep your dis-

cussion within 250 words, and do

not forget to put your name and ad-

dress in the upper left‘hand corner

of your paper.



Everyone sending in a good re-

ply to this contest will get a mem-

bership to the Merry Circle, if not

now a Merry Circler, but the ten

who write the best papers will get

prizes in addition, as follows: The

first two, handy pencil boxes; the

next three, pocket dictionaries;

the next five handsome pocket pen-

cils. These prizes are worth work-

ing for.



Send your contest paper to

Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, Michigan, before March

12, as the contest closes then.





CONTEST WINNERS.





 





X ELL, I got some goodghintsl on



actions, and hereafter, if I’ll fol-

low them, I’ll be perfect. The trouble

is to follow the advice others give one.





papers submitted, as follows:

Pencil Boxes.

Guilford Rothfuss, M. C., Norvell,

Mich.





Harbor, Mich.

Dictionaries.

Albert Faber, M. C., R. 3, Hudson-

rille, Mich.

Herbert Hauck, M. C., R. 3, Birch

Run, Mich.

Christine Zeck, M. C., R .1, Algonac,





 





 





Mich. .

‘ Pencils.

". Joy Bradshaw, M. C.. Engadine,

' Mich.





i Fred Hauck, Birch Run, Mich.

?_ Esther Allen, M. 0., Shelby, Mich.



I. D. Christensen, R. 2, Box 7. Ed—

more, Mich.



Erna Werner, Engadlne, Mich.





 





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farms represented at the Grain

ShOw at the fifteenth annual





' meeting of the Michigan Crop Improve-





ment Association, were about the same

as a. year ago, but the quality of the

entries was better especially 'if we

except the corn classes. '



Those distinguished samples which

placed among the first ten at the 1925

International Grain and Hay Show

were on display, but not in competi-

Those Michigan farmers who

were unable to attend the International

thus had an opportunity to see some

prize winning samples, and thusget an

idea. of the quality of entries at the

Chicago show. Among those samples

on display were the first prize samples

of Rosen rye and Field beans exhibited

by George and Louis Hutzler, of South

Manitou Island; John Wilk, ' of St.

Louis, grew the sample of Manchu soy-‘

beans which won sweepstakes over all





 





M zc/zzgan Farmers See I ntemattonal .Exluézt:





HE number of entries and: oi" Michigan,





~ he exhibited corn with us.‘





Rev. Elmo r Vaughen, of

Hanover, won first on Turner' 8 Goldzgn

Cross, a variety developed by D.

Turner, of Mosherville. Many will re-

call that Rev. Vaughen surprised us

last year by winning first place in the

ten-ear class. ' 1925 was the first ‘ time

we were

glad to see him back again this Year.

Second in this class was won by Milo

Robinson.



In the ten-ear White Cap class, we

find four boys from Hanover. The

community around this town has long

been interested in good corn, and these

boys show'u‘s that interest is stillrke'en

for good- seed Corn. Jesse Armstrong

won first, and Richard Wooden second,

both having Falk’s White Cap, a vari-

ety developed by Mr. Folks in that

locality. '



In the ten-ear Yellow Dent class. for

the balance of the state, first place was





won by a sample of Pickett corn grown





 





 





 





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These Men Are Spraying their Bean Crop to Control the

This Insect is Slowly wor’king

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soybean entries—this is quite a feather

for Michigan, as comparatively little

is done with soybeans in this state.

Another first prize sample was the

Scotch green peas exhibited by Martin

Peterson, of Bruce’s Crossing, in the

Upper Peninsula. There were, also, red

and white wheat, flax, red kidneyheans

and alsike samples, which placed

among the first ten in their respective

classes. .



In order to make it a. real farmers’

show, professional exhibitors were re-

quested not to make entries, and only

one entry'in a. given class from one

farm was allowed. This resulted in

twice as many farmers getting in on

the. money this year as did’last year,

omewhat over seventy-five farms hav-

ing samples which won prize money.

As a. result, a number of new names

appear among the prize winners this

year. This is very gratifying to us,

and we are hoping that a larger num-

ber of farmers will compete next year.





In





.were not all that could be desired. Not

only in the crib do we find mouldy and

dead ears of corn, but, also, is it found

in corn saved for seed. And some of

this poor~corn could be found in a.

large number of the entries. In fact,





I most of the placing was determined by





the seed “condition” of that corn.

Pearl Smith, of Mulliken, who has

been growing Duncan corn for seed for

several years, won first place in the

ten-ear 'class of yellow dent for south-

.ern Michigan. This sample was a good

.one, free from injury, and with good-

type kernels.





 





known Seed corn grower. of Un ’

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This year, as last, the corn samples





It, also, won the sweep-_

-lstakes, being the best ten ears cf corn

1 in the show. Second place in this class

.went to‘- Milo Robinson another well- ,0





:«ususlly, Off color.





(Pickett. This 11m

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by D. R. Geddes, of Saginaw; A. P.

Shankel, of Wheeler, won second place.

D. A. Goddess, of Swan Creek; was





first ‘in the fifty-ear class (this was





Pickett corn), and P. P. Ferden & Son,

of Chesaning, won second, with corn





which they have been developing for K





their section





The single ear class was open to all

the state.- An ear of Duncanvwe'n for





Pearl Smith—looks “as though Mr’.’





Smith must have some pretty good

corn, doesn’t it?

ear of Pickett placed second.



Red Rock wheat upheld its reputa~

tion by winning first for C. D. Fink-

beiner, of Clinton, and second for 'A.

J. Lutz, of Saline. Mr. Finkbeiner’s





name is familiar around the show._





Growing a high quality of Red Rock is

a. matter of pride with him, and his

samples always make a. creditable

showing.



In the white wheat class, a. new

name heads the list: Kalk Brothers, of

Fremont, winning first, and H. L.

Houghton, of Alto, winning second.





.A sample of Wisconsin Pedigree»





barley [weighing fifty-three and one-half

pounds per bushel, of excellent color,





and free, of course, from mixtures, won '





first place for D. A. Geddee, of Swan

Creek.



The Fairgrove district made a Strong

bid .in this class, Second, third, and

fourth. places going to Henry Lane, F.

H. Mantey, and W. R. Kirk, respective-





ly. They didn’t have quite as good - 1





color as the, first prize salmple. .,

The Upper Peninsula can grow large





yields of oats, plump and heavy, but '

But this year Paul _,

Stindt, of Topaz, had some Wolverines -





which had nothing wrong With the. col-





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organization two years ago

' again demonstrated the value of team

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Home a definite gpal each ypi

the Pinconnins senators with.





 





' organization of {armoriand merchants, .





have been accomplishing wonderful re-





suits for northern Bay county since its

It has





the building up of a‘ prosperous, con—





tented community.





At the third annual meeting Some 215-.

tonishing facts were revealed. It was

disclosed that forty pure-bred dairy.

sires had been brought into this terri-

tory since the organization of the club.

A cow testing association fostered by

the club is about to enter its third

year. Farmers are constantly rubbing

elbows with merchants, and each are

learning more about their own busi-

ness because of these contacts. A gen-

uine community spirit is being built





.up which is a power for getting for

’Pinconning what it deserves, material-





ly as well as genuine contentment.



When the organization was started

two years ago, the filst force enlisted

to assist it in its agricultural proglam

was the agricultural department of the

New York Central Lines. Th1 ough this

departmwent contact with the Michigan

State College was established and

much aid was obtained from that

source. ‘



A series of educational meetings

were held each year—one every three

weeks—at Which some authority dis-

cussed a certain phase of farming or

community building. These meetings,

held in the community opera house,

were very largely attended. In fact,

empty seats were always at a pre-

mium.



Each year a definite objective was

chosen, and the addresses were usually

pointed in that direction. The first

year, a. cow testing assOciation for the

community was the goal, and by May

1, 1924, it became an actuality and

twenty-six farmers in the vicinity were

getting the benefit of this indispensi-

ble‘ agency in efficient dairying.. The

next'year, the Boosters' Club concen-





trated its effort on pure-bred 1-dairy-





sires. Besides focussing the subject:

matter of the meetings on this project,

it induced the agricultural department

of the Michigan Central Railroad to

lease three pure-bred sires, free «of

charge, to three communities widely

apart, as object lessons. It also ar-

ranged for a campaign during the sum-O

mer in which the merchants gave num-

bered tickets to their farmer’patrons

with each purchase, the holder of the

lucky number to be given a valuable

pure-bred dairy sire. As a result of

all of this work, at least forty pure-

bred dairy sires have been added to

the herds of this vicinity since the

campaign opened.



This year, the third, the Boosters’

Club have chosen for their objective

the securing of the services of a coun-

ty agricultural agent for Bay county.

The following are the odicers: Dr. J.

L. Millard, president: J. R. Fothering—

ham, treasurer; S. M. Perry, secretary.





‘FEED sow CAREFULLY.





 





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twenty-four hours after farrowing.

She' should, however, have all the hike-

Warm water that. she desires. One

should gradually increase her ration of

light .feeds of bran and ground grains,

so, that in ten days or two weeks she

will be receiving a. normal feed.





,COST OF ‘PASTURING .SHEEP.





 





Having more pasture than I can use,

I plan to rent to neighbors. Would

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If the sheep- are the large, coarse

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pasturing ithem per. head. than you

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worth, say fiftycents per week to pas-





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~ five cents to pasture a 100- pound





sheep, but, if the sheep weighs 200

pounds, then it is worth ten cents a‘

week. to pasture each sheep.





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Can you explain why some fresh

eggs are smong after they are cooked

and you cut into the yolks the odor is

like a. spoiled egg, and 1et they are

gathered every dav.— -.F W.





There is such a thing as fresh laid

stale eggs, although, fortunately, they

do not occur often. This is caused by

fully dereloped eggs remaining in the

warm body of the hell for several days.

One hen in a flock might be in this

coudition and cause all the trouble.

The bird can be located with the trap

nest, or note the appearance of the

egg and try to locate the bird in that

way by watching nests and gathering

the eggs at frequent intervals. A hen

with this oviduct trouble should be

killed and used foz meat to avoid the

risk of marketing stale eggs. Eating

or too much

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FOUR COUNTY HOLSTEIN ASSO-

CIATIONS MEET.





 





NOTE“ ORTHY fact regarding the' 1'





1926 annual meetings of four of‘



Michig an's live County Holstein

Associations is, that‘the main interest

in each case centered around the Boy-s’

and Girls' Calf Club work, and exhibit-

ing Holsteins at the county fair.



In Eaton county the board of direct-

ors was autholized to provide a suit-

able trophy for the champion calf club



exhibitor at the Challotte Fair Ofli-



cers elected were: G. T. Warren, 01

Dimondale, president; A. N. Loucks,

Charlotte, secretary-treasurer. Loucks

was also chosen as county sales man-

ager. '





and federal supervision for the eradi-

cation of bovine tuberculosis was the

main project bitten off by the Gratiot

County Association. lratiot breeders

realize that Holstein progress will be





 





inhibited as long as TB. test work is‘ ‘





The old officers were re-

elected as follows: President, F. B.

Himes, oI' Perrinton; secretary-treas-

urer, George D. Clarke, of Ithaca. Mr.

Clarke was elected county sales man-

ager. Glen Boyd, of St. Louis, was

chosen as calf club deputy.





Visible evidence of interest in the

calf club project in Jackson county was

evidenced by a fine silver cup provided

by the County Holstein Association for

the lucky exhibitor of the grand cham-

pion calf club female at the Jackson

Fair.

choice of a year’s subscription to a

dairy or breed publication. Another

cup is offered for the breeder exhibit-

ing the. best five head, {our females,

one ball; the cup to become the perma-

nent possession of the exhibitm win-

ning it two times if he is also thel

breedel of the females, otherwise he'

must win the cup three times to own

it. Officers elected were: President,

Ben L. Smith, of Rives Junction; sec-'

retaly-treasurer and sales manager,

A. H. Perrine, of Rives Junction. The

meeting was helped to success by a





deferred.





Washtenaw county breedels also

pulled off a feed—a banquet held in

the evening at Saline. Members of

the association put on a musical pro

gram following the banquet. The main





features of the speechifying was a re: ’





port by Hugh Austin of his trip to the

National ‘Dairy Show. Each year the

Washtenaw County Holstein Associa-

tion sends to the show the boy who

has been outstanding in calf club work.

and Hughlwon the trip last fall. The

old oflicers, after making axshow of

“maidenly modesty" were prevailed up

on: to carry. on. President Wm. Aus-

tin, of Saline, secretary, Walter Spald-

ing, ‘of Chelsea; treasuwr, Frank Geig-





er, of Rushton. Austin was later chos— -

on as county sales manager.





state Secretary J. G. Hays assisted“





.6 Jon .the’ program or each of these four. :





@111!“th entire We: lsl'r'

acon'elct ’T'eii”’lange sheep j.;_;

more: food lbw; a 1,000- :'

j.podud cow and, on the‘ other hand,’ a '

~-'fv1$00-pound cow will require more food 3’

than. ten small sheep. ' p - . . j.





 





Getting the whole county under state 1' 3-





 





The dunner-up is to have the





IVE stock breeders in

Canada grow rich.

The men who farm in

your easily- -reached

neighbor country find

every encouragement for

raising high quality beef

and dairy cattle.





At the great National

Dairy Exposition at Indian-

apolis in October, 1925, the

most coveted prize offered—

first award for State Herd—

was captured by Canadian

Holsteins. The Senior and

Grand Champion Female was

a Canadian cow. Likewise,

the Junior Champion Bull

came from Canada. Of 24

animals entered by 10 Cana-



/~dian breeders and shown

against approximately 300 of

the best dairy type animals

produced in North America,

18 won individual prizes. The

uniform high quality of the

exhibit from Canada was

conceded by all and was very

generally commented upon.





If“,





Equally great are the

opportunities in Canada for

grain growin , mixed farm-

ing and frult and poultry

raising. Cheaper land, larger

crops and bigger profits

await you—along with a

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pendent life. Three hundred

million acxes of North Amer-

ica' s richest agricultural land

—virgin soil on which the

best hard wheat in the world

can be raised at lowest cost

and marketed at highest

prices!





This most productive land

is fully served by railways.

Freight rates are lower than

in the States. Land taxes,

too, are lighter. Good roads,

markets, schools, and

churches. Rural telephone 1

service. Good neighbors, who -

probably include folks from - l

your home district. Yet the -

cost is only $15 to $20 an acre ' ‘

—-—with long-term payments

arranged, if desired. Farther

back from the railroads, free

homesteads, partially wood-

ed, are still available within

reasonable distances. In 1924

Americans took up 608 of

these homesteads; during the

period from January to

November, 1925, Americans

took up 657 homesteads in

Canada. ’





If you are a farmer, or a

young man eager to farm

under ideal conditions, do

not put this paper down until

you write a letter to salaried

officials of the Government 1

of Canada who are at your 1

service to assist you in ‘

moving and getting suitably :

located. Canada wants you 3

and is willing to serve you. '

Act at once!





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FEED IT WITH LINSEED MEAL. With corn low in price. the

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But the danger lies in getting an unbalanced ration—too much

carbohydrates, insufficiently balanced with the proper protein con—

centrates. Which protein will prove the most profitable in balancmg

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Buyer for Swift E9“ Co, says: "For

a concentrate in connection with

corn, you can‘t beat Linseed Meal

for cattle feeding."



Frank H. Shields, Cattleman, of

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Meal has a tendency to improve div

gestion, sharpen the appetite, give

the hair a more glossy appearance,

and make cattle sell better when

sent to market."



R. J. Barrett, Cattleman, Dallas

Center, Iowa, says: “Linseed Meal

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to forty days over straight com and

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iar sound. Few days have pass-

ed within the last twenty years,

in which the writer has not thought

about it. Nor has he tried to keep his-

thoughts to'himself. The subject, how-

ever, is by no means exhausted, though

much progress has been made. The

talks that we institute workers used

to give, about the importance of a dairy

breed, the value of the pure-bred sire,

and the worth of a rightly balanced

ration, ‘were usually correct in as far'

as we know today, though broader

knowledge and added experience are

giving a more practical interpretation





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to the general rules upon which we

once based our dairy talks.



Then, too, in some respects, we find

ourselves shifting the emphasis. For

example, we have heard many men

say, “I don’t care how a cow looks so

long as she produces well. I keep

cows to produce milk and butterfat,

and the thing that makes them look

good to me, is the profit they make

above the cost of feed.” Perhaps the

writervmay have said something like

this himself, but if he did, he was cer-

tainly wrong, for it. does matter very

much to the wire dairy breeder, how

his cows look.



In order to produce milk, econom-

ically, the cow must use as little of the

feed as possible in support of her body.

This means that her body, in its con-

formation, must be adapted to the ob-

ject for which she is kept.

speaking, the dual purpose cow has

not proven practical, because all

through her life she must nourish body

.Weight and form that are not needed

in the production of milk. To do this

requires extra feed, which returns no





steers, or in the worth of her body

after her work is finished. ~ Since beef

is often worth less than costof produc-

tion, the dual purpose cow is not very

popular.



We often hear it said, “You cannot

judge a cow by looking at hér. The

only practical way is totest her.” And

while this is largely true,.as it relates

to. her performance at the: pail, it is





future herd. , The; writer], i'wafuliy re:

“polvedv that he» will not keep ‘ai c





 





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value, except as it is reflected‘in beef





certainly not true, itiwe would measure ~'

her value as a mother of apart of- the,





Improving the Dairy Herd}.

Suggest: 4 Forward Step - V ‘

' By'W. F.





’ RULY, this subject has ;a mm‘n- tion is not right. ' It «iaicomparativel'y





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easy to assemble a herd 0t cows that

look well and produce ~Well. . But to

discover a desirable sire is not so easy.

There are literally thousands of bulls ’

in the country that are not Worthy the

places they occupy. Again, many ex-

cellent bulls are slaughtered at year

or two 'before their value is known.

If we are to make the prog’resathat we

should make in’ thedevelopment of our

herds, the matter of the sire .mustr're-

ceive more careful and intelligent '1 at-

tention. , ,

FirstLhis breeding should be right;

second, he should look right, and third,





"is. ,. .

a;r‘.~.s;a..j.;s_





The Sire of this World’s Record Guernsey Cow was Bought for $150 ' He

Has Eleven Daughters that Have Made Fourteen Records.





we should let him‘ live long enough to

know whether or not he is right. ~His

daughters will tell. ' . p > .

Too much cannot be said inifavor of

the “Cooperative Bull Association."

There are only a few really’ great sires,

and they are worth a lot of money. No

small dairyman can afford to own a

bull good enough for his herd, but he

can unite with his neighbors and to

gether they can purchase one that in

time will greatly increase their profits.

The buying of the bull is usually a

. matter requiring more care and better

judgment than is apt- to be employed.

Many bulls are sold athigh prices be-

cause they happen to be Closely relat-

ed to some great dairy sire; but too

often, inferior cows are bred to these

sizes, and very ordinary calves result.

The males sell solely onthe reputation

of their sire. They are used with lees

discrimination, and so ithappens that

the third generation develops ,many

poor cows and sires that should on no

account he used for breedingpurposes.

Here, in Oceana county, we have

been breeding Jerseys for: many years.

Much progress has been made, and a

considerable number of coin and heif-

ers have been recorded in the "Regis-

ter of Merit" class. We have a‘county

Jersey Cattle Club which, will continue

to live. However, it will live longer

and serfs better if we concludejo take

a forward step that has 'been in . the

mind of the‘writer tor,- sometime. 'In

our ' judgment,- the momma of..-’this

"club” should elect moonimittemwhose ,





duty; it. is“: to . inspect-(every .

"inimal‘notalre'adit m M 7W , f #3553 f T

Judgment u‘ , _,
F L O R III) A

(91.67" 08a” Wam‘zer





HE rich Virgin soil on the up-



lands of West Florida is our

last frontier of fertile acres. Here,

land which will yield a wide div er-

sity of rodutts IS obtainable at

reasonafile prices.



Natural dm1nage——56 inches of

rainfalle-a 500-day growing sea-

son— lenty of sunshine—nights

coole vaulf breezes—mild VV in-

ters—a l- the- -Vear- mound green

“forage These conditions are eSpe-



- cially favorable to dau‘ym g and

p0\1ltry——raising.Satsuma oranges,

grapes, blue berries, pecans and

truck crops V ield abundanth and

find a readV market.



You need take nothing on faith.

The roductiV encss of the soil



i and t e comfortable profits w hich



5 it yields has been demonstrated.

And, too, there are good schools-—

low taxes- ure water—11 climate

of .perpetua springtime.





. For reliable information and booklets

writeH. L. Morrow, Secretary, Pensacola

Chamber of Commerce. Pensacola, Fla





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





some assurance to the buyer, and it





 





 





‘ , things that





register it. When a.- ma buys a pure-

1.1.511 animal, and pays a good price for~





 





1 . it, he has a right to expect value re- ’

" ceived for his money





A. regulation

”111:4. the above, would give at least





Would go a long way in the improve-

’ ment of the animals belonging to mem-

bers ‘of the association. _



This article is ”long enough, but in

closing may We re—state briefly the

are uppermost in our

minds. First; if onewould build a prof-

itable dairy herd, the cows used in the

foundation should be right, and look

right. They should look right because,

though there are many exceptions, the

rule is that good dairy performance

' goes naturally with good dairy confor-

,ma.tion. Therefore, attention to this

'matter in the beginning, will save the.

breeder from disappointments later on.



Second, time and experience estab-

llish more and more firmly our con-

sciousness of the importance of WIS-r

dom and care in the selection of a sire.



Third, in securing profitable produc-.

ltion, steady improvement in the herd,’

1and final success. proper care and prop-'

er feeding, rank in importance With?

right methods of breeding. .



Finally, I recall a. declaration fromi

the good old Book, “He that endureth‘

unto the endshall be saved.”





 





EVERY FARM SHOULD HAVE A



' SlLO.

HERE is nothing that the farmer

may construct on the farm that

will pay higher dividends than a g00¢

isilo. A few years ago there was a3

Egreat agitation among county agent}

lextension workers, and farm period-3

licals for the silo. As a result of this

pgpublicity. many farmers constructed;

silos. LIOWéfilel‘, a few of The better;

1ta1n1e1s did not do so. The silo is no

i'longei in the experimental stage. It 18'

[how to stay, and men farmer should'



investigate its merits.

1 One farmer told the writer that the

silo combines more good things, and





 





 





 





brings greater profits, than any other

building on the farm;





 





 





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the crop; utilizes wasteproducts—es-

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’and caring for stock. Exclusive of the

fine things enumerated above, it also

enables the farmer to clear the land

early in the fall for plowing; saves

feed in producing beef, butter and milk,

and acts as a tonic and appetizer for

the farm animals.



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‘Build for the future should be the'

jmotto. Good material, such as tile,

brick, or cement, should be used. Make

it high enough, and not too wide. If.

'it is Wide and not deep, there is dan-

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: because of not taking enough from the

top each day —H Holt





 





 





. The announced price of milk to the

membeis oi‘ the dairymen’ s league of





.uary is $2.39. This is on a basic price

of three per Cent milk delivered in the

, fbase zone of 200 to 210 miles from New

York City.



In protection of our supply of milk,

ithe Whole .proceeding'must naturally

'start at the farm. Unless clean milk

is produced, it is impossible to deliver

a product that thoroughly satisfies the

» peopel Who consume it.





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UT 3. De Laval side—by-side with any





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Then run the De Laval skim-milk through

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When you do this you wlll know

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De Laval skim: cleaner, is cooler to

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Above are the results of such a test between

aDe Laval and another new separator. Note

that the other machine left 25 times more butter-

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The new De Laval' is the best separator made

in 48 years of De Laval manufacture and leader-

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M mam/J Needed to Overcome Danger: 2'12 Modem Feeding





     





" By J. Murphy A i





the Bible, but intensive live stock

production has progressed more

in the past fifty years than during the

entire previous history of civilization.

When grandfather ’raised- live stock

they grazed and grew on succulent,

mineral-rich summer pastures, and win-

tered through as best the-y could on

dry forage and icycles. This system

made grandfather prosperous, because

land sold for a song, labor was cheap,

and he had no overhead.

Today forced production, rapid

growth and healthy animals are neces-

sary to make expenses, and a' return





A. NIMAL husbandry is older than





 





 





 





 





Some of J. P. Spitler’s Hampshires

Out For a Little Exercise.





 





 





on a. big investment. Heavy feeding

on mineral—poor concentrates has over-

balanced the natural growth and pro-

duction of fifty years ago, and animals

br down, fail to breed, and succumb

to diseases, unless all the raw ma.-

terials for intense production are sup—

plied.



Normal development of the animal’s

system has not kept pace with the arti-

ficial growing conditions to which they

have been subjected.



Just as folks suffer with an acid

stomach after a big holiday dinner, so

the breading down of proteins in the

digestion of modern rations produce

an excess of acid. Just as continued

heavy eating will produce gout, so the

continued feeding of heavy rations

throw such a burden of excess waste

on the organs that rheumatism fre-

quently results. This excess acid in

the system is one of the problems of

modern live stock raising. It frequent-

ly causes sterility because conception

will not take place when an acid re—

action is present in the womb. ‘



Most'disease germs thrive in an acid

media, and a. continued acid excess is

a most favorable condition for disease.

This unnatural condition promotes the

growth of disease bacteria. and encour-

ages common infections, such as gar—

get, scours, abortions, hemorrhagic

septicomia, and tuberculosis. These

diseases and many others, thrive in an

acid media, and one of the best safe-

guards against their invasion is the

maintenance of an alkaline reaction in

the intestines, the blood, and the tis-

sues. Heavy producing cows frequent-

ly produce acid milk. This, Of course,

is only an indication of the condition

of the system. Normal milk is slightly

alkaline. Feeding calcium carbonate

and hardwood ashes to cows producing

acid milk will remedy the condition in

from ten to fourteen days. , These al-

kalies will counteract the excess acid

and will frequently

bring a shy breeder back to a. normal





en” ' reproductive condition.





‘ Modern rations, both for live stock





and human beings, carries an exegesis i





amount ‘of magnesium. Much of mm





eral.





sheep; which naturally teed

eral-rich roughage mugt harevaddia





While valuable in its place, an

excess aniount of- ,it puts an added

burden on the Organs in disposing cf it. . i

A small excess is readily excreted, but 5





'the animal body apparently caimot dis-





tinguish between magnesium and cal-.

cium, and in an effort to throw off the

excess magnesium, it frequently ex-

cretes so much calcium that not

enough is left for normal " body proc-

esses. 3



When excess acid is present, it on-

courages magnesium infiltration into

the tissues, causing hardening of the

arteries, rheumatism, and ‘ paralysis.

This condition is gradually becoming

more serious-among humans, and hard-

ening of the arteries, paralysis, gall

stones, and allied troubles are gradu-

ally increasing. These are the ills of

modern civilization, and like- our live 3,

stock troubles, they have developed

with modern intense feeding on rich

rations without the proper mineral bal- 3..

ance. Alkalies are needed to counter-

act the excess acid, together with a.

plentiful supply of calcium salts to bal-

ance up the wastage caused by the

excretion of magnesium.



Finally, intensive growth requires a

stronger, ‘stouter, more rapidly develop

ing skeleton. The mineral content of

milk is a good indication of how mod-

ern live stock feeding has forced

growth beyond natural tendencies.

Cows milk contains .7 per cent of min-

eral matter, and the calf fed on this

milk doubles its weight in forty-five

days. Sows milk has .8 per cent of

mineral matter, but a pig doubles its

weight in nine days. _While rabbit

milk has 2. 5 per cent mineral and their

young naturally doubles its weight in )

six days.



In nature, a. cow gave only enough

milk each year to feed one calf. Now

she must give enough to feed ten. The

pig originally did not double its Weight

much faster than a calf. Man has

101 ced it to grow nearly as fast as a

1abbit.



These conditions require extra min-

erals, which as yet natural deve10p-

ment has not provided. Consequently

man, in forcing intense production,

must furnish not only the protein, the

carbohydrates, and the fats, but also





 





 





 





   





ln Several Districts of the State He

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the minerals, to make this intense pro—

duction possible. The cow producing

ten times the natural amount of milk

muSL have a vastly increased supply

of minerals, because one-sixteenth of

the total solids in milk are mineral

matter The pig. growing five times 3

as fast as nature intended. must have ,3

an added- supply of minerals tofnrnish

the skeletOn to carry this get) The



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CATTLE

FOR SALE Syrians re. .s.





WOOB' GUERNSEY. Niles. Mich.





odd.- .

'- counterabt magnesium infiltration. Ca1-

. clum’ carbonate and" unleashed. hard-





 

 

   

   

   

   

   





to build bone and tissue, and to





Wood ashes furnish the-alkalies, bone





' meal, and calcium phosphate precipi-





tate furnish the bone-building mate

rial, and all of these furnish the ex-

cess calcium required to counteract

magnesium infiltration. Common salt.

of course, is necessary, and iodine is

required where goiter and hairlessness

are prevalent. ,_ --



Above all, a successful mineral feed

must be digestible, and properly bal-

anced to be effective under the fore-

going conditions. J Sawdust and feath—

ers can be mixed so as to show a sat-

isfactory analysis for a perfectly bal-

anced ration, but common sense would

indicate to any farmer that they could

not be of value as a feed because they

are indigestible. So, too, ground rock

is largely indigestible, and in addition

usually carries a harmful percentage

of sulphates. Ordinary agricultural

limestone usually runs high in mag-

nesium and when used as a feed will

intensify the over-supply of this in-

gredient. Ground rock mixtures may

form a concrete in the digestive tract

and cause serious difficulty. and even

death.



The best results can be secured by

making a. mineral ration, usually of

pure sterilized bone meal as a base.

Calcium phosphate precipitate W111

furnish additional calcium and phos’

phorus, particularly for young animals.

Calcium carbonate and wood ashes W111

furnish the alkali and supply additional

calcium to the ration. A small propor-





 





 





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An illustrated booklet of 56 pages. just of! the

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‘ with calves. bred heifers sndwbulls. Will make

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head of wellbred cattle to select from. Herd tfoun ‘

at a time when we can afford to sell at armgrs

prices. Write to Supt. GOTFREDSON FARMS. u-





Iilanti. Mich.





' ' daughter of high U. S. but-

Milking Shmthomtmm 4-yr.-old cow. Mo. of

March, 1925. Price $125. Also others. IRVIN





DOAN G. SONS. Crolwell. Mich.



B t f quality and breedlns. Bulls.

Sh“ thorns 0025s 2nd boilers (or sale. BIDWELL.

STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumseh. Mich.

FOR SALE One White Registered Mllkstra-in





Polled Shorthorn Bull Call. Paul

Quack. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.





Beg. Shorlhorns





1b.; 6 bulls, 7 to 10 110. old..

BROS" St. Louis. Mich.





‘ _ 3 bed and 3 open. 8%0

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HOME OF MICHIGAN’S GRAND

CHAMPION HOLSTEIN BULL, COUNT

VEEMAN SEGlS PIEBE, DAM

a 1273 lb. cow. Sister, is America’s



Champion butter pioneer. ‘





Send for special sale list of his calves.





LAKEFIELD FARMS

CLARKSTON, MICH.





Will Exchange registered Silver Black.





Foxes with farmers for

herd of registered Holsteins or Guernseys, or good

grades. Want 20 to 25 cows. Heifers fresh. or to

freshen. Also herd sire. Buy or trade. Priced right.

FRED c. FEIERABEND, 18086 Mound Ave.. North





Detroit. Mich.

1...... For 5.1. .... ."té‘: ranch





iron 8. of M. thins. Accredited herd. Smith 5..

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





FINANCIAL KING JERSEY





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

GOLDWATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater.





Bulls





dams.

M lch.





 





Sophie Tormentor---St. Mawes Jerseys

Bulls from Register of Merit Dams making around

600 lbs. fat and up. Also a few cows and heifers.

1'. K. HATFIELD. Remus. Mich.





 





:5 Corn. 4 Bulls from B. of M. Cows. Chance to

select from herd of 10. Some fresh, others bred

for fall fruhenma. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersvillc. Mich.





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BUTTER BRED message”

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. -' Allegsn County, Michigan





 





 





JERSEY BULLS FOR SALE. Send for our latest 1





circular. Ravine Farm. breeders of Pure-bred

Jersey Cattle. Prairie View. Ill.





Bellevue Stock Farm, Merrill, Michigan.





Private Dispersion Sale of Reg. Aberdeen-Angus 0at-'

.tb. ‘Wo are snoring our entire herd. consisting of

My {males and one hard sire. Write for prices

and description. RUSSELL BROS.. 463 Glcnwood

Avc.. S. E.. Grand Rapids. Mich. ‘





68 Wt. arosmd 800 lbs. 00 'Wt. around 750 lbs.

82/“. aroundfifill lbs. 44 Wt. around coo lbs.

"9! Wt. around 626 ‘lbs. so Wt. around 460 lbs.

Good quality, dark reds. dehcmed. well marked Hm

ford steers, Good stocks:- order. The beat type are

market m m. ed. Will sell your.



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HOGS





LAKEHELD FARMS DURDGS





Brod cows and gilts. Fall boars and guts;

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





Choice fall hours with type,

DUYOC Jerseys quality and breeding. Inspec-

tion solicited. F. .I. DRODT. Monroe. Mich.





' Write for

O.|.C. HOGS on time “0.300,.

Originators and most extenswe breeders.

THE l. B. St“!!! 00., 80x196, Salem, Ohio

F1 2'0-lb. gilts due in April

0' 1' C0' atV§550€awh CLOVER LEAF

STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.





L. T. Poland Chinas





TAYLO R. Balding. M lehioan.





- . - ,' ' 1’ i .

B. T. P. C. lust 1" (home all pgs





one of our herd sows. GE .

W. NEEDHAM. Saline.





AuctionSaIe





March 16., l926

110 head Registered Spotted Poland China Sows. Gilts

and Boar-s, at farm. 2 mi. south of Pigeon, Mich.

This hard is in the blood line of Leopard lmprovcr

~nnd Arch Back King. families both known as prize-

winning stovk. OSCAR VOELKER. Prop.

good ones. bred l’or spring





POIand Clina Guts Yarrow. Cholera Immune.

Registered free. WESLEY MILE, lonia, Mich.





bred sows_ Popular

strains. JAMES (I.





 





L ARC-E TYPE POLAND CHINAS for sale. Bred

slits weighing 400 lbs. at $75. Also fall pigs,

either sex. A. A. FELDKAMP, Manchester. Mich.





 





SHEEP

SHEEP FOR SALE,





Having sold our ranch, we will sell our flock of 250

breeding owes. They are a. good strong bunch of ex-

ceptionally good shearers, bred to commence lambing

May lst. R; C. GREEN &. SONS. ,Lapeer, Mich.





'Phone 385 M

of tho Woolly type. bred to





SHROPSH‘RES my best rams. Call on DAN





BODN‘E'B. R. No. 4. Evan, .Iioh.





HIGH CLASS m, a... .w. .m. n...





lambs. c. LEMEN‘G. 8088. 09m. :Mich.





 





W t d To buy 26 pure—{bred ewes. st. Clair

an 0 County iMrm'ary. - A. i. McDonald.

Secretary. 600 Park. at. Port huron, Mich.



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2 to W ' t‘ excess. I





3 cows due in June, 6c 1b.: 6_





Also ‘

0





these ingredients palatable and digesti-

:ble.





will prevent goiter and hairlessness.

Adding a little charcoal may be an

advantage because it will absorb the

carbon dioxide liberated when ‘the cal-

cium carbonate is digested, and there-

by prevent intestinal distress.





SANILAC HERDS DOING WELL.





THERE were twenty-eight herds

” containing 291 cows in the Sanilac

No. 1 Testing Association for Febru-

ary. Ernest VVoodruff is owner of the

high herd. This herd consists of six

Holstein cows, and produced an aver-

age of 1,420.5 pounds of milk and 48.18

pounds of butter-fat during the month.

Alba Musselman had high cow in but—

ter-fat, a Holstein producing 2,100

pounds of milk and 79.8 pounds of but-

ter-fat. Mr. lVoodruff had a grade Hol-

stein that produced 2,262 pounds of

milk and 74.6 pounds of butter-fat.

Twelve cows produced over 50 pounds

of butter-fat; ten produced from forty

to fifty pounds. Ten cows produced

over 1,250 pounds of milk, and twenty—

tw0 produced over 1,000 pounds of

milk. Five three-time milkers were

tested during the month—«M. B. Beebe,

Tester.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





. Cheboygan Co., Feb. 27.—Live stock

,is looking fine. There is plenty of feed.

Hay is selling at $16@23 per ton; dairy

butter 500; eggs 400; dressed beef 11@

12c; no hogs are being offered at pres-

ent. The general agricultural outlook

is unusually good for this time of the

year. . The seed potato farmers are

planmng on a larger acreage than us-

ual. The high prices received for seed

stock has been quite remunerative.

This has encouraged them to put in a

larger acreage this year.—F.-W. B.





ed most of our snow, but there are

Signs of its returning. Farmers are

busy overhauling machinery for spring

work. Some are marketing wheat.

There is a large number of lambs on

feed, but few cattle are being fitted.

There is a large inquiry for dairy cows.

No farm real estate sales at this time.

There is plenty of all feeds excepting

hay. Corn is especially plentiful, but

some of it is damaged. There is very

little hired help. More tractors are

lbeing bought,



horses.——E. R. G





Kalkaska 00., Feb. 26.-——Live stock

as a rule, looks fine. There is a larger

percentage being wintered than ever

before. We have about fourteen inch-

es of snow. The state roads are open

and there is plenty of travel for this

season of the year. Potatoes bring $2

per bushel. Feed seems adequate, there

being plenty of hay, straw, and ensi—

lage. Some grain may have to be im-

ported. We have had a beautiful win-

ter,_ and everything indicates an early

spring—A. H. W.



Branch 00., Feb. 26.——Snow is about

all gone. Farmers will follow about

the usual routine of planting. Not so

many public sales as during the past

few years. Those being held show good

. prices. Brood sows are selling as high

as $100. Not much grain going to mar-

ket, nor much live stock on feed here.

The late-sown wheat is not looking

very good. Fat hogs are bringing 13c;

butter-fat 43c; eggs 26c. Some farm-

ers are dissatisfied, and always will be.



Missaukee 00., Feb. 26.—-Nothing is

gomg on here, excepting getting out

wood, and waiting for spring. The

snow is not as deep as usual, and it

has not been real cold as any time.

Beans are $3.75 per cwt; potatoes $3,

and not many moving. Feed is getting

scarce. Hay brings $20@25 per ton,

and straw $12. About the usual amount

of plantmg will be done this spring.

ENE figw farmers are hiring help.—~





 





but little inquiry for





 





Osceola 00., Feb. 26.—Everything is

comlng fine here. Potatoes bring $1.80

per bushel; eggs 36c; butter 400;

wheat $1.60. Not as many cattle are

being fed this winter as usual. Hay

was a short crop.

resort country, real estate is going to

take a boom here this coming summer.

There are seventy-seven lakes in our

county, and also some of\ the finest

farmmg land in Michigan. Corn was





of it, however, spoiled on account of

wet weather. This has been a fine win-





; ter here. Autos have been on the road



' at all times. We have much game



here, deer, rabbits, pheasants, 'part-’

. \





 





ridge and bean—A. J





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Iodide not‘to exceed one-tenth of.

one per cent, added to this mixture, j





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Hillsdale 00., Feb. 26.—Rain removm





This being a fine‘





_ : a bumper crop with us last year. Some-

.chistwcd Shropshire bred.





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1, , A; . If. I: if _. _.

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Cows need help





From A. j. Olson. Barnum, Wisconsin

Jan. 9. 1925





“l have been feeding Kow-Kare to put

my cows in good condition for calwn .

I find Kow-Kare a Wonderful rem y

for thislt also increases the milk flow.

It is] the only remedy I look for. for

. cow ailments and I always aim to feed

it about two weeks before freshenin‘."





No wonder so many cows have serious

trouble at calf birth. Housed in during the

long winter months, little opportunity to

exercise, dry, hard-to-digest winter foods—

how could they be expected to have the

extra vitality acow ought to have as she

approaches the severe strain of calving.





Thousands of dairymcn have learned the

value of special assistance at this critical

time. They have found that by giving a

tablespoonful of Kow-Kare with the feed .

two weeks before and after calving, the cow

freshens without trouble of any sort and

produces a vigorous calf.





Kow-Kare has saved hundreds of dollars for

many cow owners at calving time. For over

thirty years dairymen have used this famous

medicine forftreating cow troubles and for

increasing milk-flow.



Our free book, “The Home Cow Doctor”

tells the important part Kow-Kare plays in

the treatment of Barrenness, Retained

Afterbirth, Abortion, Scours, Bunches. Milk

Fever, etc. Write for your copy.

Kow-Kare is sold by feed stores, general

stores and druggists — or we send it by mail.

postpaid. $1.25 and 65c sizes. Order a can

today.





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HORSES





WILDWOOD FARMS BELGIANS





We will sell in the Michigan Horse Breeders

Sale to be held March 10th, at the M.S.C.,

East Lansing, the Belgian Stallion (LeRoy

Pelletier 13665), born April 8th, 1924. This

horse is sired by the International Grand





I Champion Stallion, George Henry.





I Write us for catalog and particulate.





' WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MlCl-l.





' \ HORSE SALE





Percherons and Belgians. mans and stall'o



good teams. Wednesday, March 60. 12:??- £03?

Sales‘l’avxlmn. M. S. (7. Mich. Horse Breeders' Al-

soclatlon. East Lansing. Mich. R. 8. Hudson. Scc'y.





 





 





BELGIAN STALLIONS

Roans)and Sorrols, young. sound and good weight.

Also lercherons. Greys and Blacks. [van save you

much moneyon a Stallion. half what the dealers ask.

h‘eurd. "1th téntgndliig sbuyers here. Fare paid from

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Detroit, Mich. VAN 550 King Avenue.

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'GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, March 2.

. Wheat.

Detroit—No. 1 red $1.74; No. 2'red

$1.73; No 2 white $1.74; No. 2 mixed

1.7





$ .

Chicago.May $1.58%@1.58%; July at





”$1.39%@1.39%.





Toledo—Wheat $1.72@1.73.

Corn.

Detroit—New, No. 3 yellow at 740;

No. 4 yellow 69c; N0. 5 yellow 64c.

0g/hicago-~—May 77%@77%c; July at

3C.





Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at

44c; No. 3, 43c.

Chicago—May 40%@40%c; July at





41@411/§c.





Rye

Detroit—No. 2, 84c.

Chicago—May 85%@85%c; July at

6





ago.

Toledo—840. ,

Beans

Detroit.——Immediate

shipment $4.15.

Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand-picked $4.60@4.65 per cwt; red

kidneys $9.25@9.50.

New York—Pea, domestic $5@5.50;

red kidneys $8.75@9.50.

Barley

Malting 720; feeding 670.

Seeds

Detroit—Cash red clover at $21;

alsike $17; timothy $3.40.

Buckwheat.

Detroit—Buckwheat $1.60@1.65.





and prompt





Hay

Detroit—~No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard $23@23.50; No. 1 light clover,

mixed $23@23.50; No. 2 timothy $.21@

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

clover $20@21; wheat and cat straw

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





Feeds





Detroit—Bran at $31@32; standard

middlings at $37; fine middlings $35;

cracked corn $37; coarse cornmeal at

$35; chop $31 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





The break in wheat prices in the

past week was the most drastic in a

long while. Milling demand was fairly

aetive, and export buying increased on

the decline, but eastern speculative op-

erators exerted much pressure and

forced liquidation of long holdings. The

stock of contract wheat in position for

delivery on the Chicago market is ex-

tremely small, and the total visible

supply at all markets is below normal.

The visible is not. decreasing with un-

usual speed, but the size and location

of commercial supplies makes the mar-

ket susceptible to bullish influences.

The combined acreage in winter wheat

in eleven countries that have reported

to date is 3.1 per cent less than last

year, and two per cent less than in

1924. The condition of the crop is

obscure, but seems to be more favor-

able in the United StatesOthan last

year, and it is fairly good in Europe.





RYE





The rye market still lacks special

strength. Receipts are moderate, but

export demand for the available sur—

plus is very narrow and the Visible

supply continues to increase, thus add-

ing to the burden which must be car-

ried on speculative shoulders. The

crop year is too far advanced to lndl-

cate any close clean-up of stocks be-

fore the next harvest. The acreage in

rye in eight countries that have re-

ported

than last year.





OATS





Oats prices have been rather stable

in the last few days. Primary receipts

continue light, but total demand 13 not

brisk, and the reductions in the Visi-

ble supply are too small to be ex01t-

ing. The visible now contains 60,279;

000 bushels. If it should decrease in

the next three months equal to the

most rapid decrease in the correspond—

ing period in either of the last dozen

years, it would still be. large enough

to prevent any pinch 1n commercml

supplies before the next harvest.





CORN





Corn prices held within narrow lim-

its in the last week. derlmaryi receipts

een libera , an eman as 2 0



have b so that the visible

Specu-





cient to absorb this lead. The, poor





:‘ f quality of the receipts checks the cash.





demand.





The. corn surplus sections still have'





to date is 10.6 per cent less.





 





a large quantity of corn available for

shipment if prices should become more

attractive. Some of this grain will

have to be shipped before the seeding

season begins, so that primary receipts

will continue ample. Terminal elevat-

ors have accumulated about as much

low grade grain as they care to ban-

dle. The large new crop in Argentina

is rapidly approaching harvest, spoil-

ing any prospect of big exports from

the United States. All these conditions

make a sustained advange in- corn

prices extremely difficult.





SEEDS





Prices on all seeds are well main-

tained and demand is reported as bet~

ter than at this time in either of the

past two years. Red clover is in good

demand, but growers are still taking

sweet clover seed inliberal quantities

at prices which are the lowest in three

years. Alsike clover seed costs more

than at any time since 1920, and the

high prices are causing some substi-





tution.

FEEDS





Demand for feed has dropped off and

the market has weakened. Declines

in prices of coarse grains have increas—

ed the feeding of corn and oats to the

exclusion of the higher-priced concen-





trates.

BEANS





The market continues quiet, with

some price concessions being made in

pea beans. The red kidneys are also

tending lower. The demand is only

fair and the supply is moderate. The

Chicago market shows a little more

life than the one in New York.





HAY





Demand for hay is small, and the

market held barely steady last week

in spite of light receipts. Farmers will

market more freely as the end of the

feeding season approaches, so that

stronger prices are not likely unless

unseasonable weather develops. The

mild winter to date has conserved the

hay supply, so that stocks which look-

ed meagre last fall have been more

than sufficient for the demand.





Fresh egg prices were marked down

to a new low level for the season last

week. Consumption has been stimu-

lated by the cheap costs, and daily re—

ceipts have been well cleared in spite

of being larger than last year, and, in

addition, substantially more storage

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eggs are being used than at this time





a year ago. Distribution at the four

leading markets thus far in~ February

has been nearly forty per cent larger

than in February, 1925. Receipts re-

cently have fallen behind the corres-

ponding weeks last year for the first

time since November. Production

should continue to increase from week

to week. Prices are not yet at the low

point for the spring season, although

they may not have far to go before





reaching a level at which the flush





supplies canbe absorbed.

Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts at 25@

251/2c; extras at 32%@33%c; ordinary

firsts 24c; miscellaneous 241,90; dirties

21@220; chicks at 200. Live poultry,





hens 28c; springers 31c; roosters 210;





ducks 32c; geese 200; turkeys 35c.

Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled' and

graded at 27%c. Live poultry, heavy

springers 320; light springers at 260;

heavy hens 30c; light hens at 26c;

geese 22@23c; ducks 36@37c; turkeys





420.

BUTTER





The butter market held firm at un-

changed prices last week. Receipts of

fresh butter are still running fully 10

per cent larger than a. year ago, but

consumption is broad enough to so

sorb the current receipts and, in addi-

tion, use up some of the storage stock.

'Butter prices are not firmly entrench-

ed at the present level, however. With

the fresh production continuing to in-

crease, supplies to be moved into con-

sumptive channels are large, and as

the season advances, holders of butter

stored last year are eager to unload.



Should demand slow down, stocks

would accumulate and prices tumble.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 431,420; New York 460. In De-

troit fresh creamery in tubs sells for

43@43%c per pound.





APPLES





Apple prices weakened last week at

both shipping and distributing markets.

Supplies continue liberal, and demand

is slow. Michigan and Illinois A2175-

inch Jonathans are held at $4.50@5.50

per barrel at Chicago. Washington

Delicious, extra fancy, large to very

large size, bring $3.75@4 a box.





POTATOES





Potato markets strengthened last

week and prices were marked higher.

Shipments are not as large as a year

ago. The outlook for old potatoes still

to be marketed favors higher prices.

l‘he preliminary estimate of early po-





 





 





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Tuesday,

' CHIHCAGO





Receipts 21,000. Market on heavy

weight butchers 10@15c higher than

Monday’s average; lighter weights

steady at yesterday’s close, or 250 low-

er than best prices; packers doing lit--

tle; 240-325 lbs. $11.85@12.50; good

200-225-lb. weight $12.75@13.15; sorted

180 lbs. down, mostly $13.20fi-1350;

top 150 lbs. up $13.75; 160 lbs. up at

$13.70; packing sows at $10.20@10.90;

bul7k5 of better killing pigs at $13.50@

13. .





Cattle.



Receipts 11,000. Market on fat steers

is strong to 15c higher; mostly 10@

150 up; she’stock steady to strong;

best yearlings, early $11; heavy held

at $11; bulk steers $10; other classes

$9@10.25; generally steady; vealers at

$11@12.50; mostly $11@12; outsiders

$12.50@13.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 19,000. Market fat lambs

opening active; strong to 250 higher;

packers now bidding weak to slightly

lower; few sales handy weight lambs

$15@15.25; several double decks $14@

14.25; clipped lambs $12®12-50; heavy

down to $10.50; fat sheep and shear-

ing lambs steady; fat ewes up to $9;

average around 72 lbs. at $14.





DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 391. Market steady.

Good to choice ‘yearlings,

dry fed $ 900@10.50





Best heavy steers, dry-fed 9:001@‘10.oo.





Handy weight-butchers . 7.25@ 8.50

Mixed steers and heifers——7.00@ 8.00





Handy light butchers . 6.25@ 7.00

Light butchers .......... 5.00@ 6.25

Best 00le .......... - ..... 5 .50@' 6.75

Butcher cows . . . ...... . .





March 2.



Common cows ........... 4.0061) 4.25

Canners ................. 3.00@ 4.00

Stock bulls ............. 5.50@ 6.75

Choice bulls ............. 5.256.) 6.25

Heavy bologna bulls . . . . 4.50@ 5.00

Feeders 6.50@ 7.5

Stockers ................ 6.00@ 7.00

Milkers and springers . . . . $45.00@85.00



Veal Calves.





Receipts 657. Market steady.

Best





Others .............. . 7.50@ 15.00

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1,223. Market is 25@50c

higher. . ,

Best .............. ' ...... $14.25@14.50

Fair lambs ............... 12.50@13.50

Light and common ...... 10.00@12.50

Fair and good sheep ..... 7.00@ 8.50

Culls and common ...... 3.00@ 4.75

Hogs.

-Rece'ipts 1,230. Market slow.

Mixed grades ........... $13.40@13.50

Roughs ................. 10.5

Pigs and lights .......... 13.75@14.00

Stags ................ . . . ' 7-50

BUFFALO

Hogs





Receipts 3,200. Hogs closing steady;

heavy $12.50@13.50; medium $13.50@

14; light weight $14@14.50; lights

and pigs at $14.50; packing sows and

roughs $10.75@11. -



- Cattle.



Receipts 1,250. Market is steady.



Steers 1100 lbs. up $8.50@10.25; steers





1100 lbs: down $6.50@10;. heifers $5.50 I,





@9; cows $2.50@7.25; bulls $5@7.

. Sheep and Lambs. . . ‘

Receipts 1,000. Best lambs $14-75@





15; yearlings $11.50@12.75; best aged





wethers $9@10;. best ewes $8@9.





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been-dc

the shipping season 'wil-lrbe later,.and

old potatoes will meet less. competition

than usual. Northern round whites.

U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $3.65@3.75





per 100 pounds, sacked, in the Chicago .





carlot market.





WOOL





The wool market is a slow affair at

present. Some mills are taking mod-

erate quantities from dealers, but buy-

ing of ”goods since the opening of the

heavyweight season has been listless,

so that-manufacturers feel no. strong

urge to acquire raw material. Foreign

markets are stable, stocks of wool in





this country are light, and buying of _ .





foods forthe next heavyweight season

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expected to start soon, so that the





general situation appears healthy.- No

buying basis has been established in

the west as yet, although some sales

of Arziona wools at $1.02@1.12, clean,

landed at Boston, are reported. Sales

of fleece wools from eastern. states

have been made at slightly loWer pric-

es than those quoted recently. Ohio

delaine, in the grease, is now listed at

Boston at 50@52c, with half, three-

eighths and quarter-blood at 51@520.





GRAND RAPIDS ,





Light fowls, particularly Le barn

hens, were in better demand in rand

Rapids this week, but heavy fowls

were easier as a result of more liberal

supplies of fat hens which have stop-

ped laying. Eggs were in moderate





supply and steady, and butter-fat'wam'





steady to firm. Heavy hens 22@27c;

light hens .20@24c; eggs 28@300; but-

ter-fat 46@47c lb; potatoes $2@

2.25 bu; parsnips $1611.25 bu;- onions

$1 bu; carrots $1 bu; cabbage 20 lb;

radishes 50@55c dozen bunches; let-

tuce 12c lb; beans $3.75 per cwt;

wheat $1.56 bu; pork 15@16%c; beef

10@140; veal 15@16c; wool 350-‘lb.-





DETROIT CITY MARKET





First class cabbage and parsnips

were cleaned up early, and there was

a good demand for carrots, parsley and

horseradish. The supply of potatoes

was not large, and buying was a little

slow. All grades of apples were fair

sellers. The demand for poultry was

.limited and only fair for eggs.



Apples $1@2.50 bu; beets 75c@$1

bu; carrots $2.25 bu; collards 75c bu;

cabbage, green $2@2.25 bu; red $1.50

@175 bu; dry onions $1.40@1.75 bu;

root parsley $2.50 bu; curly parsley



' 50c dozen bunches; potatoes $2.25@

2.60 bu; winter radishes .75c@$1- bu;

topped turnips 75c@$1.25 bu; local cel-

ery 500@$1 dozen; parsnips $1.75@

2.25 bu; winter squash $2 bu; "bagas

750 bu; pop corn $2@2.50‘ bu; butter

50@550; honey $1@1.15 per-5-lb. pail;

horseradish $2@4.50 bu; eggs, retail

40@50c; hens, wholesale 30@320; re".

tail 32@35c; colored springers, whole-

wholesale 280; veal 18c; dressed hens

sale 30c; retail 35c; Leghorn hens,

400; dressed springers 38@40c.





 





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Cows in Poor Condition—I have a

chance to buy two Jersey cows, six

, and eight years of age: Due to ill



health of owner, and long distance to



sire, these cows haven’t been fresh for



a period of three years. The six-year-



old one has had but one calf. The



owner tells me they come in heat reg-

ularly. Due to a shortage of feed, they

are in a starved condition. They both

give a little milk yet. The question is,

could these cows “be bred now and

make cows, or have they been neglect-



-ed too long? Dairymen differ on this

subject, so am asking you. Z. F. McC.

—As a rule, the longer cows go with-

out being bred, theharder it is to get

them with calf. It Would probably take

a year to get the cows back in good

dairy condition- The older the cow,

the less .chances there are of entirely

overcommg a starved run-down" condi-

tion. No doubt, if they could be got

with calf, with'proper care and feed,

they would still make a creditable

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supply: Exceptionally line. dark red birds. Wesley

S. HawIey. R_ No. 3. Ludington. Mich.





RHODD ISLAND REDS, R. C. Cockerels. 83 to 85:

puliets. $8 each. Burt Sisson. Imlay City. Mich.





IVHITI'} IVYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY~Eggs $6.00

per 100 prepaid. Raymond Eash. Shipshewana, Ind.





BABY CHICKS





BABY CHICKS from superior quality. heavy laying

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

erles in the Middle West. 26 years‘ experience in

mating. breeding and hatching standard—bred poultry.

100% live arrival. Prepaid. Every chick guaranteed.

Catalog free. Loup Valley Hatchery. Box 340. St.

Paul, Nebr.





 





 





 





W'HITE LEGIIOBN CHICKS from big white Eggs.

Shipped anywhere C. 0. D. Guaranteed to live. Low

prepaid prices. Egg contest winners for years.



nested. pedigreed foundation stock. Hundreds of cock~

erels. pallets and hens. Get our prices. Catalog free.

Goo. B. Ferris. 634 Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan.





 





BABY (‘HICKS~—From flecks culled and mated for

production. type and color. Our chicks are strong.

healthy and vigorous. Hatched from free range flocks.

Write for prices. 100% delivery guaranteed. Homer

Hatchery. Homer. Mich.





ACCREDITED CHICKS—Low Prices. Leading vario-

tins. From flocks officially endorsed for high average

egg production. Foremost. cog sirains. Live delivery.

Catalog Free. Smith Brothers Hatcheries. Box 119.

Mexico. Missouri.





 





 





 





500 ENGLISH WHITE LI-IGIIORN LAYING PUL-

LETS. $1.50. 0. A. Braman, Polo, Mich.



BRED T0 LAY—~Barred Rocks and Pure Hanson

White Leghom chicks and eggs_ Stock blood tested

three years. Catalogue free. Michigan Accredited»

Aseitine Poultry Farm. 1827 Belden Ave, Grand

Rapids. Mich.





ENG W. LEG. CHICKS—Guaranteed, pure-bred Eng.

W. ch. Chicks. direct from our M. A. C. Dcm0n~

siration Farm Flock at extremely low prices, only die

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

try Farm Ii. 4, chland, Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS from stock all newly blood-tested for

Ruoillary White Diarrhea. Third year blood-testing.

Eight popular breeds. Hatchery State Accredited.

Catalorfiand price list ready. Pierce Hatchery. Jer-

01110. "‘1.





 





$1.50: 10.000. $8.00. Satisfaction guaranteed. D. F.

Jamison, Summcrvillc, I. C.





SEED CORN—90-day Yellow, 90-day “'hite: Reid's

Yellow Deni, Developed from International Winning

Corn. tested and ready to plant, $3.50 per bushel.

Chester Fowler. Seed Corn Specialist. Crawfords-

ville, Ind.





 





 





NEW ALBOTREA sweet clover, just out from VVls«

cousin Experiment Station. Wonderful for pasture

and hay. New pedigree barley. Four new leaders in

oats. lied clover, timothy. alslke. nll'ulfa. seeds. Write

for circular. II. E. chgcr, lit-aver Dam. Wis.





 





 

 





 

 





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Make Reliable Layers. All Flock: Michigan State

Accredited. We hatch Barron White Leghorns. An-

conas. 'Whito \‘i'yandotics—producing chicks that Live

and Lay—and gi'e Egg Profits. Free Catalog gives

particulars about the fincstpcns we have ever had.

Write for copy.





RELIABLE POULTRY FARM & HATCHERY.

Route l. Box 42. Zeeland. MichioalL





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan farmers.

Small advertisements bring best results under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for adver—





tising. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





Poultry advertising will be run in this department





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



Rate. a cent- a word, each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

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

display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order.





Live stock advertlrlno has a unarato department and in not accepted an clamped.





charge ' i0 worth.





Minimum





CERTIFIED SEED GRAIN, from latest improved

strains. of highest yielding varieties under Michigan





circular yours on request. A. B. Cook, Owosso. Mich.





 





SEED OATS FOR SALE‘W'OIVIIIy “'olverine, grown

from certified stock on the Upper Peninsula farms of

Dr. E. II. Webster. Write for prices to Albert '\'.

Hardesty. Manager. Rudyard, Mich.





 





FROSTPROOF CABBAGE

Charleston. Copenhagen. Flnt Dutch. 200, IiOc: 500.

90c: 1000. $1.50. Postpaid. Brown Plant Co.,

IIaWcSl-ille, Ky.





ASI’ARAGUS ROOTS~—Plani some for home garden

or commercial ficld. “'aahington and other varieties.

Write for descriptive price list. J. C. Dunham. Law-

ton. Mich. .





 





 





STURI)Y CHICKS—Blood tested for Bacillary White

Diarrhea, also State Accredited. Logborns. Rocks.

llcds, and “hire Wyandottcs. Sunrivside Poultry

Farm. IIillSdIIlc. Mil-l1.





WHI’I‘TAKERS TRAPNICS’I‘ED RIIODE IS .AND

REDS~Both Combs. Michigan State Accredited.

Bloodtestcd. Michigan's Greatest color and egg strain.

(‘hicks and Eggs. Sixteenth Annual Catalog Free.

Intel-lakes Farm, Box 9, Lawrence, Mir-h.





CI-IlCKS—BARRICD ROCKS «EGGSrwomt-iul records

back of them 207-203. Winners, laying contests and

shows. State Accredited. Good color. Lots of eggs.

G. Caball. Hudsomillu, Mich.





l'UIlE—BRED CHICKS from State Accredited Stock.

Fourteen varieties. Poultry Manual Free. Btouffer





 





 





conditions. Wolverine oats, Robust beans. 1021‘- se-I-d lugs; Farms. Route 20, Mount Morris, Illinois.





 





BABY CHICKS, hatching eggs from our Ideal Barred

Hooks from heavy laying strain, good healthy flocks.

Fill'mrangc Chick Hatchery. Charlotte, Michigan.





 





BABY CHICKS AND I'iGGS-rrSuperior Ringlet Barred

ltm-ks, Rose ('omb Rods, White Loghor'ns. Catalog.





PLANTS—Wakcflcld. ‘Wyndllam’s Ideal Poultry Yards, Tiiiin. Ohio.





 





S. C. DUFF LEGHORN BABY CHICKS from State

Accredited Stack. Semi for circular. .I. W. Webster.

Bath. Mich.





 





CHICKS~State Avcrcditcd English \Vhite Leghoms.

orrcd Rocks and Illm-k Minorr-as. Circular. Hill-

side Hatchery, Ii. 3, Holland, Mich.





 





MILLIONS. Cabbage. Tomato and Onion Plants. $1.

1000. Catalogue froc. Clark Plant (30., Thomusvilio.

Georgia.





 





 





SWEET CLOVER SEED. $2.50 per bushel. White

blossom. (Unhullcdl. Bags extra. ‘. E. Bell,

Glennie, \Iich.





 





CERTIFIED “'isconsin pedigree barley. improved ro-

bust beans. Fritz Mautey, Fairgrove, Mich.





 





 





Four One Four



82.40 26. . . . . . . .8208 $6.24



2.64 .27 2.16 6.48



2.88 2.24 6.72



.12 . 2.22 8.88



8.86 2.40 7.20



. ' 8.60 48 7.44

10...”... 1.28 8.84 2 56 7.68





 





......1. 1.88 4.08 38...”... 2.64 .

fi.......1.44 4.82 34...“... 2.72 8.16

18......” 1.38 4.50 85...”... 2.80 8.40

20........ 1.60 4.80 80mm. 2.88 8.64

21......" 1.68 5.04 31........ 2.98 8.88

82...1.16 5.28 38........ 8.04 ,9.12

23........1.84 5.52 39........ 3.12 9.36

84......” 1.92 5.7g :0........ gag 3.32

35...“... 2.00 60 ’





 





1 REAL ESTATE





OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA are

better now than ever for the man of moderate means.

who desires to establish a home on aft-w acres that

will insure him a good living in a delightful country.

Lands are reasonable in price and terms attractive.

Crops best suited for different localities are well

proved. Efficient marketing organizations are at your

service. Southern California has a climate you Will

like—an enjoyable tWelve months open season. There

are thousands of miles of paved roads. Seaside and

mountain resorts offer recreation for everybody. Let

his mail you our illustrated folder containing depend-

able information on Southern 'California. C. L.

Seagraves. General Colonization Agent. Santa Fe Ry..

912 By. Exchange. Chicago.





 





SNOW. ICE'AND A LONG. cold winter gaps the en-

ergy of the northern farmer. while down south cattle

aregrazing. the farmers are planting strawberries. po-

tatoes and truck crops. which will he sold on early

high-priced markets before the northern spring begins.

Why not move to the country where farming pnysf‘

No hard winters, expensive living. nor fuel bills.

Fine old farm. $40 per acre. Rich virgin land. $20

an acre. For full information and how to save $1.000

in buying a farm. write W. E. Price. General Immi-

gration Agent. Room 674. Southern Railway System.

Washington. D C.





 





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'THERE NEVER have been such farm bargains in

Gladwln? County. Mich. as I have to oil’er you this

spring. Write me explicitly your needs. Free list.



U. G. Reynolds. Gladwin. Mich.



m I

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to buy on very favor-

able terms. improved irrigated farms owned by Amer-

ican.B_eet Sugar Company. at Lunar, Colorado. Only

ten per cent cash and balance spread over 34%,

years at 6% per cent infer-est. Lands very produc-

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

60 bushels barley. Thiamine): oats, and 4f hush-la

L W conditions for. dais-yum and con-j

eta. , Beet sugar factories contract with

beets at good‘prlces. Feeding live stock

,. cola erg! churches. Good roads



_. 'z- or





. ,. on ' .eoicniuuoflnnmll

. . or once. Chicago.





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FOR SALE—Two lots with buildings, and 25 acres of

land adJoining. in small village. 30 miles north of

Grand Rapids. 2 blocks from trunk line. 8-room

house. flowing well. chicken house for 200 hens. small





ham. chance for milk routes. Ideal truck farm for

right party. Reasonable. Write for terms. J. 11.

Moore, 170 Parkhurst Pl. E. Detroit, Mich.





FOR SALE—Tho biggest little farm in Allegan Coun-

ty. good 5011. good buildings. good roads. good neim-

bors, comfortable G—room house. good barn with two

cement silos. poultry house, 8-acre winter wheat. 11

acres alfalfa. 221,13 acres. $3.200 takes everything.

Free Illustrated catalrg. (f. C. Otis. "The Farm

Bargain Man." I’lainwell, Mich.





100~ACRE FARM on gravel road. near good market.

First-class buildings. tile silo. _ Productive clay loam

soil. wcll draihcd. Splcndid dairy or stock famI. A

real buy at $40 per acre. Small down payment and

easy terms. For complete description write C. 1..

Rose. Eval‘t. Mich.





NEAR MARION, OSCI‘IOIA (‘OUN'I‘Y—liill-acre. love].

good 5011: barn‘u'orth $2,000, other buildings. Bargain

price $5,000. Lasy payments. Herbert Bomber. High-

land, Mich.





IMPROVED 80. clcnr. Trade for farm furth r 0

Address Sum Lantz, Leslie. Mich. e S uth.





FOR SAL 3—80 acres clay loam soil. no waste land.

20 acres bcech and maple timber. No. 1 buildings. 9

in all. ”One mile from Rose City. Ogomaw (‘0. Write

me. “Illexplain. Geo. Campbell. Rese- City, Mich.





FOR SALE 80-.am-e farm, with or without stock and

illols. Will consider house and lot in desirable \loca-

iron, or $1,000 cash, balance on mortgage. Elmer P.

Johnston, ll. No. 2, chluusch. Mich.





 





 





118 ACRES. 20 timber. clay loam, brick house. barns.

on pavcmcnt. Old couple will sell, 380 per acre, no

trade. Terms: best buy in Southern Michigan. E.

O. Love-land. Milan. Mich.





 





FOR SALE—«iOO-acre farm on main paved road, near

Detroit. Modern buildings. Low price. Write Mrs.

Shore. 5850 St. Antoine St. Detroit. Mich. 'Phone

Northway 2371-J.





GOOD FARM, level. timber. l . . .

Anderson. Clarkston. _ “6 orchard. B W





Wamo FARMS





WANTED-40 hear 1mm





. am for sale to

spring delivery. r





, mar of .f

«0. Bentley. Baldwin. Wis.





. \Vcll, Kentucky.





GLADIOLUS BITI.IIS~—lil0 for $1.00. Price list free.

Colvin‘s Glad Gardens, Berricn Springs, Michigan.





 





CERTIFIED VVOIA'ICRINI‘] OATS—Michigan’s leading

variety. C. D. Finkbeincr. Clinton, Mich.





 





ASPARAGIJS—Washington Rust—proof. Good sturdy

roots. $1.25 hundrcd; $0.00 thousand. Prepaid. Kon—

nel’s. SadsburyIillc, I’a.





 





PET STOC K





POR SALE—Female English Shepard pups. 3 mos.

old. $5. Ordcrs taken for male pups. $7. to be

shipped when old enough. All pups are from my own

licelrdriving dogs. Satisfaction guaranteed. Earl

White. Live Stock Dealer, Arcade. N. Y.





 





 





REGISTERED SCOTCH COLLIES——natural healersl

Silvercrest Kennels, Gladwin, Mich.





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V .

SELECT YOUR SILVER AND BLACK FOXES from ,

Fur Brod Strains, Raccoon, Mink and Muskrats. we

will start and stock your fur farm. Booking orders

now for fall delivery. Levering Fur Farm, Levering.

Al’s-h.





 





RABBITS ~Rcul Flemish Giants. Bucks, 3 months

old. weight 6 lbs., $2.00 (‘Cl-l'll. From stuck weighing

11’ 17 lbs. Leonard Norton. Three Rivers. Mich.





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TOBACCO





 





RICHARDSON'S Rocky Ridge Barred Rock Chicks.

$11) por 100. Stork blood lcsml second time for

Bacillar‘y \Vhibo Diarrhoea. Hanover, Mich.





 





 





TURKEYS





MAMMOTH GIANT Bronze Prize Tom. 40 lbs. Ex-



cellent big range-grown young toms and females. soon



fiyifig. This quality scarce. Shirk Farm. Oxford.

Ic .





 





CONTROL THE CORN BORER with White Holland

turkeys. I have the best. Also Toulouse Geese.

Alden “'hiicomb, Byron Center, Mich.





TURKEY EGGS—all brcmls. Strictly pure-bred. Book-

ing ordvrs for early spring delivery. Eastern Ohio

Poultry Farm, Bcullsvillc, Ohio.





 





TWO l’URl-J-RRICD TURKEY IIENS——Mammoth

Bronze While Holland. Price moderate. Write Axel

Erickson. R. 2, ('orIIcy. Mich.



FOR BRONZE TUliKlCYS—Toulousc Geese. write M.

B. Noble, Saline. Mich.





 





 





 





SITUATIONS WANTED





 





’I'O “DINO—preferable for Adventist. herdsman or

lill'lll manager, or other work. Experienced. Single

mam. Address Box 832, Mulligan Farmer.



SINGLE MAN “'ANTS “'ORK on poultry farm. Ad-

druss John Dcrlucrics, 2252 illst SL, Detroit, Mich.





 





 





HELP VVANTFD





WANTEI)‘good first-class dirt farmer. married. for

205<acre sheep farm. 100 acres under cultivation. Must

be progressive and possess good judgment. Answer

t1301:1317. Saginaw, Mich. giving age. experience and

arm y.





WANTED AT ONCE—Blacksmith for stock farm.

Must be a good hol'soslioer. married man. with small





IIOMl-JSPU’N TOBACCO: Chewing. flve lb., $1.50: ten. or no family. Modcm house and garden furnished.





$2.50: smoking, lliP lb., $1.25: ten. $2: cigars. $2 for

50, guaranteed. l’uv win-n received. pipe free. Roy

Carlton, Maxons Mills, Kentucky.





 





 





I‘IOMIZSI‘IIN TOBACCO—Chiming. five pounds, $1.50:

10. $2.50. Smoking. tcn, $1.50. Satisfaction guaran-

teed. I’ai‘ when received. United Farmers” Bard-





 





HOMESI'UN CHEWING OR SMOKING TOBACCO—

5 lbs, $1.25: ten, 82: twenty. $3.50. Satisfaction

guaranteed. United Furmers’ Paducah, Ky.





 





Give ago, rci‘cI‘v-nce and salary wanted in first letter.

Wildwood Farms. Orion. Mich.





 





WAN’l‘ICI)——l\larricd man with small family, by year

on farm. Must be good band with poultry. live stock

and machinery. Box No. 274. Michigan Farmer.

Detroit, Mich.





 





WANTICl)——I'.‘xpcricnccd single man for farm work.

Osrar Paul. R. No. 0. Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





AGENTS WANTED





 





KENTUCKY NATURAL LEAF SMOKING TORA(‘- AGENTS~Our New Household Cleaning Device washes





(“0—5 pOunds $2.00: 10 pounds $3.50; cash with or-

der. Postage prepaid. Tobacco Club. Mayfleld. Ky.





POULTRY





12-WEEK-OLD PULLETS—heavy egg-laying strain.

S. C. White Lennon‘s 81.80. Barred Plymouth Rocks

$1.90. S. C. Rhoda Island Reds $3.00. Hatchinfi

eggs $10 per 100. Pine Hatcherv. 803 Pine SL.

Alma. Mich. Mrs. 0. G. Erway. Mn.





PEDIGREED "Tapered" White Leghorn. State Fair

Winning Barred Rocks. Buff Orpingtons. Light Brah-





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

('osis less than brooms. Over half profit. Write

Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St.. Fairfield. Iowa.





WE PAY $200 MONTHLY SALARY. furnish car and

expenses to introduce our guaranteed poultry and

stock powders. cleaner .etc. Blgler Company X 683.

Springfield. Illinois. '1





WANTED—Agents to handle milking machines. cream

separators. lighting plants. W. F. Wolf, Milford.

Iich.





MAKE MONEY *by selling baby chicks. We pay lib-





 





 





 





gornery. Mich.





, ; WE’PA'! Mm Ior paltry. eggs and veal. A trial

for delivered shipment will convince you. East Coast Poultry 00..

Eastern Market. Detroit. Mich.





 





HAY Main on“;

mam-A and; all m .

cries. Barry D..-MuCenWM. “Lon. Michigan.





 





mas. Prices right. Write. Fenner Bailey. Mont- cml commission. Shadylawn Hatchery. ZeelandiMlch. '





. SELL a UARANTEED PAINT .to home owners: fight





: prepaid. Big pay; an investment. "Experience ’unnee-w





essary; exclusive territory. NationalLv knowngcom-

We deliver and collect. Box 4027 Station





 





pally.

"A." Kansas City. Mo.
New





BED STRAND





Fen (:9 is different





Nationally recognized experts

and agricultural colleges have

carefully compared galvanized

wire with this new “Galvan-

nealed” wire. What they have

found out is very interesting

to fence buyers who want the

most value for their money.

'(Copy of “Official Proof of

Test” mailed free upon re-

quest).





The new patented “Galvan-

nealed” fabric is entirely dif-

ferent from the ordinary gal—

vanized kind. In appearance,

there does not seem to be a

great deal of difference but in

lasting qualities you’ll soon

see the real value of RED

SH‘RAND.





The new RED STRAND

fence is made from steel

which contains copper. This

makes it resist. rust at least

twice as long as fence made

from steel without copper.

Then also the makers of RED

STRAND devised and patent-

ed. the “Galvannealed” proc—

ess which applies an extra

heavy zmc coating to the wire.

Because of the copper-bearing

steel and the patented proc-

ess of “Galvannealed” protec-

tion, this new fence is differ-

ent from all others—~that’s

why it far outlasts the ordi-

nary galvanized kind.





You would expect that the

p a t e n t e d “Galvannealed”

fence, because of its extra

quality, costs more than the

regular standard fence prices.

That is not the case~—in fact,

it really costs only one—third

or one-half as much in the

long run, considering the

many extra years of service

RED STRAND fence will give

you.





Always look for the RED

S TRAND (top—Wire), it

stands for fence that Will be

in service and give satis-

o faction long after ordi~

nary galvanized

fences have to be

replaced.





 





 





last Chance

share in this





3150095511 Cas





Believing that better fenced farms are

worth more money and make more money

for their owners, we also want the opinion

of farmers on this important subject, so ,

we are offering 75 cash prizes for the best . ~ . . i l

letters or stories about “The Advantages of a Well Fenced Farm.” Anybody may ‘ ‘

enter this Contest who lives on or owns a farm. CONTEST CLOSES APRIL 5, 1926. 3' _

Here’s your last chance to share in this $1500 in cash. All you need to do is to _ :'

write a letter or story about your experience with fence—~you know all about its 3

advantages and benefits—why not try for one of these 75 cash awards? Any mem- ,

ber of your family may enter this Contest—with your help even your children ‘ ' L

have a good chance of winning one of these cash prizes. '





Write for FREE Contest Blank - f





The first thing. to do is write for Free Contest There are many interesting and important

Blank—~it tells all about “The Rules of Contest”

~“List of Cash Prizes,” “What to write about,”





to





etc. Each Contest Blank has

space provided for your story

or letter. It’s easy to earn

some of this money. Every

cash award is worth the time

it takes to write about your

fence experience. The $1,500

will be divided among 75

farmers or their families for

the best and most complete

set of ideas on “The Advant-

ages of a Well Fenced Farm.”



See the list of 75 Cash Prizes

~the first prize is $500.; the

second, $25‘O. ; the third, $150.;

the fourth, $100., and so on to

the 75th prize. Who will not





be interested in sharing

when it only requires a short tine to write down

your ideas? The 75 prize winners will be selected

and judged by the Bradley Polytechnic Institute,

Peoria, and prominent agricultural authorities.





KEYSTONE STEEL & WIRE COMPANY -





4963 Industrial St.





 

 





 

   

   

 





things you can write about, such as: A Farm . e

must be well fenced, otherwise crops can- '





 





 





LIST OF 75

CASH PRIZES





lst Cash Prize (Capital) $500.00





2nd Cash Prize .............. 250.00

3rd Cash Prize ....... , ....... 150.00

4th Cash Prize .............. 100.00

5th Cash Prize .............. 75.00

6th Cash Prize .............. 50.00

7th Cash Prize .............. 35.00

8th Cash Prize ............. 25.00

9th Cash Prize .............. 20.00

10th cash Prize .............. 15.00

11th Cash Prize .............. 10.00

12th to 50th prizes at .

$5.00 each. ................. 195.00

51 st to 75th prizes at .

$3.00 each .................. 75.00

Total ...... '. ............. $ 1500.00





 





 





this money,





 





Try for a

Prize





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





i

suggestions, also a copy of “Official Proof of - ‘

Tests” folder—these will greatly help you in writ- i,





ing your letter or story on “The Advantages“ __ _ ,4

of a Well Fenced Farm.” The fiirst thing to " i





do is get a Contest Blank—'write for it NOW.





PEORIA, ILLINOIS.





 





 





 

 

 





not be properly rotated or ,.

bogged down ;Delayed fence g

building usually costs sever- ;

a1 times Whatitsaves; Loose g

animals may die from over-

feeding; Valuable females l

may be bred to scrub males; ‘ ‘

Ownership disputes often

arise ever strayed - stock;

Damaged crops mean hard

feelings among neighbors

and sometimes damages to

pay. These are only a few

points that you are familiar

with —— you 'know of many

others.





Write for Free Contest Blank

today. We’ll also send our lat-





est Red Strand Catalog which _ . ,





contains a lot of good fencing





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





Contest Closes ‘ :

AN“, 192?





 





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