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A Practical Journal for the Rural Family





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NUM-BER XII





 





 





 





 





[told a School BUilding Bee





T flare Farmers Provide Scéoo/ chzm/ztzer A/Mougé Capital 15 Lav/6mg





HERE are corn husking, barn

raisii'ng, church building, and

many other kinds of bees but‘





one rarely hears of a school building

bee. _I am asked by the editor to de-

soribefa school‘building bee which‘I





Lsucceeded in staging withrthe Finnish





farmers of our community. In reciting

this experience, ”I do not wish to ap-

pear as favoring this method of school

building as a general practice. Usu-

ally public finance is in such shape





, that school buildings are undesirable

’ and unnecessary.





_ Last year it so happened that there





were not suflicient funds to enlarge





our school building to relieve a much

As a. last re-

sort, our school board decided to move

in an abandoned school house. This

’act would fit the pocket book, relieve

congestion, and eliminate much danger

from fire. But it would ill fit the fu-





' ture‘ development of the school and





community. Time would be close at

hand when overcrowding would again

become apparent. The school district

would then again be facing the build-





_ ing of a new wing to the school, with





a cost so high as to make the task of



building as difficult, perhaps, as ever.

The principal called a meeting of the



community club, known as “The Mer-





' ry Makers,” and explained the situa-





. 7 tion.





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He presented the idea that, if





’ the farmers would hold bees to ex-





' into shape for school purposes.





cavate, haul sand and stone, as well as

any other material which might be

needed, then a new addition might be

constructed as cheaply as the old

schoolhouse could be moved and put

The

idea was to build a well-lighted base-

ment on the south side of the school-

house in preparation for the new wing

of the building. This community meet-





ing after hearing the explanation vot-





The Farm Garden





’ the health of their families, and fur-‘





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OMPARATIVELY few farmers ap-

preciate the value of the farm

garden as a factor in promoting





nishing an abundant supply of palatable

and nourishing food at all times dur-

ing the growing season. -In the first





place, there is a. lot of satisfaction in '





having fresh vegetables from one’s‘own

garden; and, in the second place, a

good garden makes a direct appeal to

the family finances. And, by no means

the least of gardening pleasures is the

feeling that you have proved an effi-

cient gardener by going your neighbors

one better, and getting peas, early po—

tatoes,_iir sweet corn, a few days ear-





- lien than they do.





 





Some farmers complain that they

have no good garden land. That is a

poor excuse for neglecting to grow

some of the vegetables. one can easily

raise at home. One must balance the

arguments for and against any partic-





ular spot for the garden, and pick out





It is a mistake to





the hen available.

" ' from the house.





 





 





By P. P.





-- ed unanimously in favor of the project.





Soon afterward the principal and

Roy Toivanen, a bright young Finnish

farmer who had graduated from high

school and served in the world war,

made a house to house canvass of the

parents of the 230 children,attending

the John A. Doelle School. The school

building bees were explained to these

Finnish farmers by Mr. Toivanen, who





’ acted as interpreter, and to our amaze-





ment, two farmers only refused on ac-

count of valid reasons. All the others

said, we will be there with teams,

wagons, and tractors, and that if more

assistance is needed to let them know.



Now the 36x48x12-foot high annex is

a reality. The school board has been

spared their embarrassment to bring

out the old schoolhouse, and the com-

munity can progress normally. with the





Banker





development of the John A. Doelle

School, of which'it is proud. The

farmers came in on the appointed days

just as they said they would, and ev-

erything progressed without a hitch.

The biggest jobs were the excavation

of the six foot of dirt from the 36x48-

foot basement, the hauling of the sev-

enty loads of sand, 'and the bringing

the rocks for the walls. Miss Ells-

worth, the teacher in the domestic

science department, served tasty

lunches which likewise helped lighten

the hard work being performed.



The new basement annex, with its

many Windows on the south side,

serves not only as a well-lighted study

room, but also as a community house.

It serves for study 'room, moving pic-

ture auditorium, general meeting

house, and gymnasium. The. change





 





 





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They Plowed, Scraped, and Dug, Hauled Stone, Sand, and What Not.





from one to the other is quite easily





done by willing hands of the various

groups which use the room.

school population increases to where

an enlargement of the school again is

necessary, the completion of the pro

posed new wing of the building will no

longer be hampered by the excessive

cost of having to build from the

ground up.



Soon after the erection of the new

annex to our school building was com—

pleted, it developed that a waiting—

room was necessary at one of the as

sembling points of our seven school

bus lines. Again the farmers came

forth and contributed all the labor,

While the school district furnished the





materials. The size is 10x10x8 feet

high. The framework is of two-by—

fours. The sides, the floors, and roof





are covered with boards, while the en-

tire exterior is covered by heavy root

ing. The farmers are delighted with

this waiting-room, because it not only

affords protection against storms While

eighteen pupils assemble for the bus,

but it is a handy waiting—room for the

farmers themselves who come to the

same place to transact business

through the mail carrier. Thus this

project is proving a double blessing

which, through this cooperative ar-

rangement, has cost the. school distric:

less than twenty-five dollars for build-

ing materials.



Do I believe in these school building

bees enumerated? Most assuredly.

when there is difficulty in getting the

money to finance that which ought to

be done. Perhaps there are other com-

munities where church, school, or other

worthy projects could be put across

by a bit of similar cooperation. Such

communities can take courage and in-

spiration from our Finnish farmers in

what they have done.





Various Pro é/emr rm 1/ 12‘s xl/Imzy Porriézfitz'er

By W. M. Kelly





be neglected if the distance is too far.

from the buildings and water supply.

Sandy soil, with an abundance of or-

ganic matter in it, is the best for early

garden crops. But if {one has no sandy

soil, he need not abandon hope of hav—

ing an early garden. The standard

early vegetable crops will grow in any

soil that is reasonably fertile and well

prepared. On heavy clay. soils there

is greater necessity for plowing under

organic matter and ‘thoroughly pulver-

izing the lumps‘and clods. '





Of first importance to the proper de—‘

velopment of most vegetable plants is-

an abundant supply of moisture from‘

start to finish If this is limited, no

amount of plant food, care and atten-

tion will bring complete success. In a

sense, water is the limiting factor in"

plant growth development,- for their

food must be taken in liquid form. In‘

other words, the capacity of a soil to

produce fine crops of vegetables de-'

pends upon its powers on retaining

moisture 'until‘such aftii‘ne as it is'



coded by .the' : growing gcrcps. The





_shallow—harrowing and leveling,





 





chemical changes with which plant

foods form compounds of nitrogen, pot-

ash and phosphoric acid—are hastened

by properly preparing the soil to hold

an adequate supply of moisture during

the periods of dry weather. Thorough-

ly pulverizing the lumps and clods not

only creates favorable conditions for

the tiny roots of plants, but provides

greater storage capacity for moisture

and hastens the availability of plant

food. Getting the surface smooth by

pre-

pares a fine seed~bed and leaves a soil

mulch to check the escape of moisture.





Rich, well-composted farm manure is

the best fertilizer for the garden. Ma-

nure not only contains readily avail-

able plant food, but it furnishes the

scil‘ with organic matter; thus keep-

ing it open and porous, and in condi-





tion to absorb great quantities of mois?





ture and retain it until needed. It will

give the best results spread on top or





   





the soil, disked in and plowed under. j

That leaves the bottom of the furrow 3





free from ciodswhen. the crop is plant-





ed. If the supply of manure is limited,

or in case one desires to hasten the

growth and maturity of certain crops,

it may be ‘done by using special high-

grade fertilizers, or making a mixture

of twenty—five pounds of nitrate of

soda, fifty pounds of sulphate of pot-

ash, seventy—five pounds of acid phos-

phate, 100 pounds of tankage, spread-

ing it broadcast on the plowed ground

and harrowing it while preparing the

ground for planting. There is little

danger of getting the soil too rich to

produce crops of fine vegetables. A

well fertilized, properly prepared soil

is the foundation of a successful farm

garden.





There is nothing more disappointing

to the gardener than to have his labor

of, preparing a good seed-bed 'go ._ to

naught because of poor seed of low

germinating powers, or varieties not

true to name. By all means buy gar-





den seeds of responsible seedsmenand,

get_ the best tested Seed you can find. i ’.





It is always safer to order seed early.





(Continued on page 396).

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By delaying the matter the chances 1‘.

are one may not get the desired val-leaf

ties, and the seed may be old and lights .





 





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VOLUME CLXVI NUMBER TWELVE





DETROIT, MARCH 20, 1926





CURRENT COMMENT

URING the hear-





Dickinson ings on proposed

. measures for farm re-



B'" lief legislation before

Scrapped the house agricultural





committee last week,

the corn belt spokesmen were made to

understand by the members of this

committee, that further efforts would

be useless until a practical detailed

workable plan is presented. Repre-

sentative Tincher, of Kansas, charac-

terized the Dickinson Bill as a “skele—

ton made up of generalities.” Chair-

man Haugcn, of Iowa, also stated that

the program outlined by the corn belt

men was “not worth the paper it was

written on.”



The proponents of this bill then of-

fered a new proposal providing for a

federal farm board and a. revolving

fund of $250,000,000 provided by the

government to cooperate with existing

farm organizations in the disposal of

crop surpluses. Tile new plan also

contemplates the collection of an equal-

ization fee upon the commodities as



. the means of stabilizing prices. This

fee, instead of being levied on produc~

ers, will be collected from manufactur-

ers, processors, or exporters, but will

be deducted from the price paid to the

farmers. This new plan appeared, how-

ever, to be as objectionable to the

members of the congressional commit-

tee as was the Dickinson Bill.



Congressman Ketcham, of Michigan,

foals that this proposed measure

would offset the effects of years of ed-





ucational work looking toward orderly.

marketing, and further, that it might





destroy all incentive to cooperation

among producers. With the federal

goVernmentv pledged to maintain fair

prices for farm products. he feels that

the country might go wild in the over-

production of farm products. It was

- also the contention of Chairman Heu-

' gourmet-all. efforts to stabilize prices





 





Of.a_g1‘ioulturul products would be fruit»





' these commodities are swam





Apparently the chief trouble with

the movement. for farm relief is a sur-

plus of leaders and a shortage of in-

telligent. forceful leadership. Careful

observers declare that one spokesman

armed with authority to speak for the

farmers, and with a definite compre-

hensive program founded on facts and

sound conclusions, would prove more

effective at these congressional hear-

ings than a score of men, each determ-

ined to play up his own particular





’4 views.





Senator ,McKinley, of Illinois, sets

forth the views of congress on the

farm situation when he says, “There

are now such a multiplicity of propos-

als before congress that the issue is

confused. Some of the suggestions

come from earnest and misguided zeal~

ots. Others are introduced with the ev-

ident intention of confusing and defeat-

ing proper demands of agriculture. It

is necessary that we cast aside these

half-baked suggestions to determine

what agriculture wants, and should

have, and enact into legislation meas-

ures which will provide the machinery

to give agriculture the equality which

it must have.”





N our issue of March





‘ first, we announc-

Getting ed plans for awarding

Many .Nom- the Master Farmer

inattans Degree to Michigan

farmers. Since this





issue was published, every mail has

brought in nominations for this honor.

Besides, we have received many fine

letters expressing appreciation for the

opportunity given farmers in this con-

test. Naturally, too, we have had let-

ters making constructive criticisms of

some features of the contest.



From the tone of all these letters,

we feel more confident than ever that

this effort is going to result in much

good to Michigan agriculture. Already

there is evidence that certain farmers

who now feel that they have little or

no chance to compete for these med-

als, are planning to bring their farms

and homes into such shape that in

some future year they will be prospec~

tive candidates for the honors.



A few of the parties submitting nom-

inations failed to send in the score

cards, properly filled out with the

scores of their respective nominees.

This is necessary, and no name will be

considered until such preliminary scor-

ing has been done. In case score

cards are not available, write the Mas-

ter Farmer Editor, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, for extra copies. Nomina-

tions will not be closed until May 1.





E have heard the





What thought express-



ed that farmers were



Are Op- likely to let opportu-

portumties nities go by, but were





inclined to grab pseu-

do-opportunities. This is not a failing

of farmers; it is a general human

weakness. It is what makes good liv-

ing for sellers of handsomely engrav-

ed stock certificates, and other “prof-

its on paper.” We all like the easy

way, and when something is presented

as such, we are likely to accept in full

what is claimed for it. Then we pay

out hard-earned money for our “future

fortune,” on1y.t0 find that we have

been one of the blocks on which the

salesman has stepped on his own road

to fortune.



Thus from strangers we accept

smooth claims, while real sound op-

portunities about us are untouched.

For instance, the agricultural colleges

and experiment stations are constantly

giving us thoughts and suggestions

which would improve our farming and

increase our income. Still, the multi-

tudes are ‘slow in accepting them. _ Per-

sistent efforts on‘the part of the col-

lege workers do not win Converts as

easily as do the appeals of these sup-



males-men.



ePerhaps these. workers aretoo hon-

est, too sincere, in their, purpose to





’ real bonanzas.





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we are the real losers.



Therefore, may it not be wise for

each to recognize his humhn weak

nesses, and to use caution in accepting

what; may be false promises, flattery

and other tools which are generally

used to “sell” one. On the other hand,

good judgment shduld lead us to ac-

cept the results of authentic agricul-

tural investigations, for they are the

"They cost us little be-

sides thought and effort, and the re-

sults received from them are invar-

iably satisfactory.





E have noted





on considerable dif:

P bl. ference in the atti-

u ‘c tudes of city people

Matters ,. and country folks in





regard to public ques-

tions, especially those having to do

with the expenditure of public money.



All any group of individuals has to

do. if it wants to put across the ex-

penditure of public money for certain

“improvements” in the city, is to get

the proposition on the ballots, and its

0. K. by the voters is certain, whether

the proposition is sound and econom-

ical, or not. '



The reason for this is that a great

many city voters are not property owu-

,ers, except perhaps a lot or two out

in the undeveloped outskirts. ‘They

want these “improvements” because

they want to enjoy them, and very of-

ten the “improvements” may influence

the value of their lots. Then the tax-

payers howl, but what isthe diff‘érence,

they are in the minority.



But in the country most voters are

also those who know the stress of pay-

ing heavy taxes. They are, therefore,

careful about putting burdens upon the

tax-paying public. One is likely to be

careless about spending other folks’

money, but careful regarding his own,

especially for taxes. This may account

for the difference in the rural and ur-

ban attitudes toward public finances.





HE political and





Better economical rela-

. ' . tions of the country

Find Th" have been much dis-

Man turbed of late by the ,_





discussion of the

troublesome surpluses of farm crops,

and the consequent serious situation in

which these surpluses have placed our

basic industry, agriculture.





But, while farm leaders, economists,

statesmen and politicians have been

greatly exercised in this connection,

and have gone to much trouble to

place before our lanakers facts and

fancies covering the situation, the sec-

retary of the interior department re-

minds us that work is now going for-

ward on old irrigation projects that

will require $60,000,000 to complete,

and that new projects now pending be—

fore congress will require as much

more to finish, While fifteen other pro-

jects of this sort are .being urged upon

the department this winter to cost in

the neighborhood of $40,000,000



From this it Would appear more easy

to promote projects that will increase

the production of farm products, than

it is to place the business of agricul-

tur’e on a sound financial basis. Per-

haps we have not located the right:

salesman to sell to congress the idea

that farming has been in a bad,way.

The above somewhat paradoxical situa-

tion would suggest that he be looked

for among those who have interests in

the arid regions of the west.





HE ° National In-



$730 dustrial‘ Confer-

Per ence board recently

gave a. repert on farm



Year conditions which





should satisfy the

most pessimistic. This report indicat-

ed that the farmer earned last year an

average of; ,8780. while industrial wot-k-





 





ers made 51.2565» {@390331‘19“; men,» 1' ‘





lines of employment coming at least

8500 more than the farmer.

these figures mean "and board” for the

tamer, it is hard to tell who has the

advantage. The “and boar ” port of

city living makes big amounts. ldok

small when the end of the week or the

month comes around.



Under our present system of distri-

bution,it1 costs nearly as much to get

many products to the consumer in the

big cities, as it does to produce them.

The consumer has to pay that. Be-

sides, there is the “Keeping-upwith-





Tho l’ytalnfy looks-bad. with other 3 .





But. if.





the-Joneses” problem, which each of





us has, but which is multiplied many

times in the city, because there are so

many more Joneses to keep up with.



A person pays for the privilege of

living in the city, and he pays for the

privilege of living in the country. In

other words, getting something for

nothing is a rarity. B1111 still, it is a

debatable question, when taken in an

all around. unprejudiced way, as to

whether one is ahead by making $730

in the country, or $1,250'in the éity.





From the figures given in the first par?





agraph one would almost be inclined

to take up the ministry.





Bet}: ’ Sold





I ’VE been gettin’ some free entertain-

munt this winter listenin’ ta sales

men. It mfree, ’cause I didn’t buy.

but if I‘d bought, the salesmen would

a’ had entertainmunt at my expense.

There‘s been nursery agunts around





 





what tried ta sell me strawberries and 1,





raspberries and fruit trees what would

make me rich. And stocks and bonds,

and etc., what’d soon have me spendin'

my winters in Floridy. And even Flor-

idy land what'd make me fortune enuf

ta buy out the locul bank. But I

wasn’t sold. Nope,

them’s gold pots

at the end 0' the

rainbow, but it's





them gold pots as

it is ta work for

your livin’, so I

wasn’t interested.



I kinda like ta.

. .buy, but I hate ta

I just figure them salesmen

make their li‘vin’ out 0’ sellin’ folkses,

and the more they kin get folkses ta

believe they’re buyin’ “easy money,”

the more easy money they make. It’s

a failin’ 0’ human natchur ta want

somethin’ fer nothin’. It don’t make

no differunce how convincin' salesmen

talk, they’re speakin’ twice fer them-

selves and once for you. So I never

Sign on the dotted line until after I

kin get by myself ta puncture the

salesman’ s bubble, and let out] the hot

air, and get some facts he ain’t told

about.



Another funny thing is, these sales-

men are mostly sellin’ things you know

nothin’ about. If they’d_sell somethin'

you know somethin’ about. you

wouldn’t be lookin’ for rainbows,





 





be sold.





’cause, as soon as we get ta. know a.





just as hard ta. get .





thing, we know rainbows and gold pots 1





ain’t got nothin’ ta do with it. So it

looks ta me that, after we get to know

about what the salesman’s tryin’ ta.





sell us, we find it ain’t got no more ;

rainbows than the things we know ‘





about now.



In everythin’ we’ do we’reeither sold

or we buy~we use somebody Else’s

judgmunt or our own. There’s lots 0’





times when usin’ somebody else’ 5 a‘udg—





munt is O K., and there’s lots 0’ things ‘.





bein’ sold what are good. But, even

we should buy instead 0’ bein’ sold.

Now, I can’t figure out if I bought. or

was sold, when I got Sofie, but I kinda.

think she used a littul salesmanship.

But even so, I guess I was some sales-





‘man myself, cause I think I got a bet-





ter bargain than she 11111.. ,

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' ~ year to _' thirty dollars, we began to

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ANa man realize proflip from for-



‘ apt trees which he himself has



. planted? This subject of for-

,6sz has become quite popular, but

being a long-time crop, few have be—

' come actively interested in forest trees

thinking that the returns from them

W111 not arrive until the next genera-

tion. f . '

I am not an old man. I tell the boys



, that I am yet able to do as big a day’s

'work as they can. Yet, despite this





youthfulness, I have lived long enough ,





to realize returns from forest trees set



. out by my own hands.

I am writing this to the Michigan

'I‘Farmer at this particular time, because





‘iof being engaged in harvesting some.





r"trees from such a plantation. My wife

‘,just inquired the cause of a big noise

“back of the barn, to which inquiry I

";replied that we had just felled the big

2 Carolina poplar tree that measured ten

ffeet‘in circumference at the top of. the





A Farm Forestry Exferzment

ByS. K. Kinney -"





lath and two or three hundred cords

of wood yet to cut.



I just mention these facts to show

that profits can. be realized during a.

person’s own lifetime in setting out

forest trees, if he sets the right kind.

Those we have had experience with

are, in order of their value, Carolina

poplar, cottonwood, willow and box

elder? ' To be sure, it might be more

profitable fonthe next generation to





set out hardwood trees, but, by the -





Carbon trouble

in your Ford

can be a rarity!





DID you ever stop to think that there are little bon.

fires of fuel and oil in your engine when it isoper-

ating? Drop by drop the lubricating oil is thrust up by

the rings. It may encounter a heat of 2000° F. to 3000°





Way, the six acres where we are tak-

ing off the cottonwood is nearly cov-

ered with young hardwood trees from

five feet to fifteen feet in height. There

are oak, cherry, ash, elm and mulber-

ry. So the next generation will be

provided for. _



The wonder is,'how all these trees,

except the elm, got there, and espe-

cially the oak, as there are no oak trees

within a. half mile of the lot. We

sowed some elm seed in the woods one





 





 





A Peculiar Sense of Satisfaction Comes to the Farmer Who Has Enough-





Buzz Wood to Keep





stump. The body of this tree, also

measured seventy-five feet in length.

It will make three saw logs, twelve

lath logs, and two cords of wood.

This tree was set in 1900. A few

years later, I took small limbs from

this tree, cutting them up with three

buds on each, and set them in the

ground. I made the rows about thirty

feet apart and planted the trees two

feet apart in each row. Two of the

' buds were buried to start roots, while

.the third was above ground to form

- the top.‘ We now have trees where I

once raised potatoes. These trees

1 measure four and one-half feet in cir—

cumference and are eighty feet tall.

The same year I setout cottonwood,

box elder, willow and catalpa trees.

All of these grew fine, and now furnish

me with all the wood we need, and will

' continue to do so the rest of my life. I

am also selling some of this wood at

three and four dollars per cord. .

The other day we buzzed a big pile

of wood. Every stick in this pile was





from a tree that I had, some day in»

In the pile there.

Were thirteen diflerent kinds of wood. .

., greatest victory won by union labor





the past, set out.





About the year 1902, my brother and

I purchased six acres of low land cov-

ered then with young growing cotton-

wood trees, about two or three years

old, and from one to two inches in

diameter at the bottom, standing as

thick as they could grow on one-half

of the ground. We thinned the thick

part by taking out some of the trees





,and setting them over on the other ‘

half, and then let nature do her share'





in producing trees. ‘But, as taxes kept

crawling up from. three dollars per





 





His Stoves Supplied.





spring. This experience leads us to

believe that if we do our part nature

will do the rest.





 





HIGH COST OF RASPBERRY GRow-

me.





 





‘FROM a survey completed last year





in southwestern Michigan, it was

found that many g1owers a1e produc-

ing black raspberries at a very high

cost. Fiom cost figures collected on

twenty-nine different plantations, vary—

ing from two to thirty acres in size,

it was learned that one grower was





~producing berries as low as $1.15 a





crate, while another had a cost of

$20.72 a. crate- The average was $2.53.

Fm'ty-one per cent of the twenty-nine

growers lost money growing rasp-

berries. ‘





 





LABOR BILL WINS.





 





NE of the conservative farm or-

ganization representatives in Wash-

ington declares that the enactment of

the Watson-Parker bill will be the





since the passage of the Adamson- act.

It will wipe out fifty yems of grange

effort in securing legislation to protect

the public, and does away with any

possibility of securing lower freight

and passenger rates in many years to

come.





 





Worn bowls, spindles, and bushings

and improperly operated cream sep-

arators have resuited in heavy losses.

of cream, according to dur cow testersC





, M. E. Parmelee, of Allegan county,





.whose success with potatoes was re-





cently reported In. this ojournal, also





, ; grew ninety-two bushels. of corn per

. 3 acre, forty 111131131391: wheat“,- anif’ from ..





* our 0 fire tons of alfalfa in 1925.





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 

   

 

 





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F. in the combustion chambers.





Naturally, each bonfire leaves a little carbon. But if

your engine is operating properly and the oil is suited/e,

the carbon will blow out the exhaust pipe.





To minimize carbon 111 your Ford or Fordson engine,





four factors are important:





1. Avoid too rich :1 mixture of gasoline or kerosene.





2. Avoid unnecessary idling.





3. Avoid carrying the oil at a level higher than the upper





pet cock.





4. Use only an oil of the highest quality whose body and

character are scientifically correct for the Ford or





Fordson engine.





An economical demonstration—





Mobiloil “E ” is the Vacuum Oil Company’ 3 specialized

oil for Ford engines. Their oil for F ordsons is Mobiloil

“BB” in summer, and “A” in winter.





For economys ’s





VaCuum Oil Company, branches in

principal cities. Address. New York,

Chicago, Kansas City or Minneapolis.





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correct grades of Mobiloil 1n your Ford and F ordsonp

A week’ 3 use of Mobiloil will show you how it conserves

power and adds to smooth running. And as the weeks

become months, your new freedom from carbon will

prove a big comfort to your pocketbook.
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The capacity of the 28x46 is large, and the power require-

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Lubrication cut down the power needed, the time of oiling up

and end hot boxes.

The famous 4 Threshermen, the Big Cylinder, The Man Be-

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CALL FOR BIDS ON MUSCLE

SHOALS.





 





HE resolution authorizing the ap-

pointment of a. special congres-

sional committee to receive bids for

the Muscle Shoals power and nitrate

plants, has passed the senate, with

three amendments, and now goes back

to' the house for further action;

The resolution was vigorously op-





power interests, and the government

ownership advocates. It was favored

by the American Farm Bureau Feder-

ation, the National Grange, and the





of those connected with the super-

power interests.





TRUTH-lN-FABRIC BILL REPORTED

OUT.





 





ENATOR Capper’s truth-in-fabric



bill has been reported favorably by

the senate interstate commerce com-

mittee. It has a fair chance of pass-

ing the senate. It is making little pro-

gress, however, in the house commit-

tee. It is suggested by its friends in

Washington that now is a propitious

time for organized sheep raisers and

farmers generally, to make a drive for

the enactment of this bill.





HEARINGS 0N TARIFF SCHEDULE

ON MILK.





 





HE tariff commiSsion has given no-



tice of a preliminary hearing in

Washington at ten o’clock, March .25,

to make preparations for a public hear-

ing to investigate difference in costs

of producing fresh milk, sour milk, but-

termilk and cream in this country and

in foreign countries, with a view to

recommending an increase in the tar-

iff on these products. Representatives

of the Vermont dairymen have been in

Washington urging an increase in the

tarifl rates on milk and cream, which

are now coming in from Canada in

considerable quantities, to the disad-

vantage of domestic dairymen.





BUTTER IMPORTS DECLINE.





 





MPORTS of butter dropped from 19,-



4404,816 pounds in 1924, to 7,212,013

pounds in 1925. It is claimed by the

creamerymen, however, that even this

small amount has a. bearish effect upon

the home market, and causes heavy

losses to the dairy interests.





CREAM AND MILK IMPORTS LN-

CREASE.





 





HE amount of cream imported in-



creased during the year from 4,-

197,449 gallons, to 5,171,788 gallons,

and milk from 5,192,344 gallons to 7,-

422,133 gallons. It is believed that the

increase in the butter tariff from eight

to twelve cents per pound, with sim-

out all foreign butter, and with sim-

ilar increases in the milk and cream

schedules, the dairy industry will be

adequately protected by the tariff.





 





AMERICA INVITES WORLD’S SOIL

‘ EXPERTS.





 





HE fifth international conference

' ‘of still science is to beheld in the

United States in 1927. A joint resolu~

tion in congress would authorize the

President to.extend invitations to fob

eign countries to send delegates to

this conference, the object of which is

to obtain an accurate” determination of

agricultural possibilities throughout

the world as reflected by soil types.

The conference is made up of soil





 

 

 





 

 





 

 





 





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procedure in the handling of soil prob

lems of like character in all cOuntries

with the aim of eventually effecting a

correlation of the soils of the entire

world. The last soil conference was

held at Rome, Italy. ‘





NATIONAL" AGRICULTURAL DAY.





 





HE first Thursday in October would





. ' be designated National Agricultur- -

al’ Day, under aresolution by Senator





Capper, of Kansas. As it is not to be

a legal holiday, and the bill doesnbt

require an appropriation, it is expected

that Senator Capper’s resolution will

have little opposition in congress. {It

is sponsOred in the house by Repre—

sentative Ketcham, of Michigan, and





' j has the backing of the National





Grange.





AD'VISES PUSHING SINGLE PRO-

JECTS.





 





HE research and extension branch

esof the department of agriculture

and the state colleges, should have one

Common purpose, Secretary of Agri-

culture Jardine told the eastern exten-





sion WOrke’rs at their annual c'ohferg





ence in lVashington. A single program

which all' agricultural workers of the

country are enthusiastically putting

forward is necessary to the accom-

plishment of this purpose.



The cooperative marketing of farm

products was emphasized as worthy

the encouragement and aid of all agri-

cultural extension workers.





 





 





News of the Week ;





 





 





A protest has been made to Presi-

dent Coolidge that the all-American

ship canal through New York state

from the Atlantic to the GreatLakes

would be prohibitive in cost.



Hamtramck, the city within the city

of Detroit, was under state police con-

trol because of a political upheaval.





Major General William N. Haskell,

former chief of the American relief

administration in Russia, warns the

United States that the time is not ripe

for recognition of the Soviet govern-

ment.



A thousand more textile Workers in

the Passaic, N. J., region, have joined

the strike.



A twelve-hour air line between Ham-

burg and New York is being planned

by Germans.



It was announced recently that the

American and Canadian railroads haul-

ed about 375,000 carloads of explosives

Without a single death or injury.





Luther Burbank, the famous plant

breeder, of California, celebrated'his

seventy-seventh birthday on March 7.





The senate has 0. K.d President

Coolidge’s plan to appoint a congres-

sional commission to negotiate a pri-

sratte lease of the Muscle Shoals pro

ec . -





Sixty-nine were'entombed in a mine

near Bluefleld, W. Va., because of a

blast. Thirty-seven were rescued.





Several thousand farmers from. all

over Michigan, and parts of Ohio and

Indiana, will visit the Ford Motor Com-

pany to inspect the Ford industries,

and learn at first hand Henry Ford’s

much discussed theories of “business

farming.”



Endeavors are being made to get re-

established .the citizenship rights of

Eugene Debs and other socialists,

whose sentences for the violation of

war acts have been commuted.





Palmer Hutchinson, a Detroit news-

paper writer, was- killed-in“ Alaska at

the bee 'iquartersof the George Wilkins

arctic expedition, when he walked into

a whirling airplane propeller.



Paris, France, celebrated, its mid<

lenten festivities by three riotous pro~

.cessions, and by crowning twenty-tw

“queens.” "



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On June 6th a year ago Immel





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had 108 acres in corn.





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hand,the delays of weather and soil conditions cannot 1"?” 28th The-‘fcult‘f’ated .gj



. . ~ . . thls corn three tzmes In ten v;



interfere With the raismg of a profitable crop. days with Fordsons and two





row cultivators.





Over half a million Fordsons are in use and farmers The certified yield was 6,480





 





everywhere report their help in building a proper seed bushels of good quality com,

bed increases not only the quantity but the quality of 01' :35,184-00 worth of 001”"

th . . 1d whzch would have been a total



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Ask your Ford dealer about the

payment plan Which makes 1' t easy

’ . - for you to be sure of a better

' crop this year W1' th Fordson power.





 





 





 





 





 





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Plain Drills

Fertilizer Drills

Double—Disk Drills

SinglevDisk Drills

Hoe Drills

Shoe Drills

Tractor Drills

Horse-Drawn Drills

Broadcast Seeders

One—Horse Drills

Lime Sewers

Grass Seed Drills





 

 





OR OVER FIFTY YEARS

these double-run and fluted—

feed grain drills have been known

and used by American farmers.

Each year has brought improve-

ments; today these good drills

represent the finest seeding equip-

ment the market offers. This

nation-wide popularity is based

on their excellent design, long life,

and ability to do good work in

every soil. See these good drills at

the store of your local dealer.





 





 





 





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DAMAGE TO noon





 





A. went into B.’s place of business

one day, and the door was frozen on

the bottom. A. pushed the door and

the glass came out. Does A. have to

pay for it? It being a place of busi-

ness, does not B. have to keep the

doors workable?——M. D.





By keeping a place of business one

implies invitation to extend to all

prospective customers to enter the

place, and they are not liable for any

damage resulting from their doing so,

unless they did some act which they

,had reason to believe would cause such

damage.





PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES.





 





We heirs of a certain estate find it

necessary to employ an attorney, but‘

have no means with which to pay him.

How may we get one 7—“7. H. E





If the estate is of any certainty, or-

dinarily an attorney can be found who

will render the necessary services and

wait for his payment until it can be

realized out of the estate. If the es-

tate is some ancient foreign claim, it

may be more difficult to obtain some

one who will advance the necessary

services on the contingent possibility

of recovering them out of the estate.

If the property is located in this state

there should be no difficulty.





 





,MARRIED WOMAN’S CONTRACT IS

' VOID.





 





I have a note given by a man and

signed by a married woman who has

money in her own rights. Now this

man says he cannot pay this note, and

I am informed that a married woman

cannot sign as surety with anyone. Is

this true? Or can I collect from this

woman? The note is a plain negoti-

able one—D. M. S.



By the common law, married‘ wom-

en’s contracts were void. The statute

of this state provides that married

women may make contracts with ref-

erence to their property as if unmar‘

ried. It is manifest that the note has

no reference to the married woman’s

property. Her signature upon it is

therefore void—Rood.





BARRED FOR STATUTE OF LIMI-

TATIONS.





Nearly twenty-two years ago Mr. P.

borrowed money from his mother,

promising by note to pay principal and

interest at six per cent in five years.

The note was not paid when due, but

no action was taken. The mother al-

ways took it for granted that the son

would pay it some time. Can the

mother collect ?—M. L. C.



There being no renewal of the prom-

ise or payment of the debt, action on

it was barred by the statute of limita-

tions six years after it became due.





Rood.





PEDDLER’S LICENSE.





 





 





Must a farmer, gardener, or poultry‘

man, take out a license to sell his

products direct to Michigan City or

village consumer, operating from house

to house ?—E. W. G



Persons selling frbm house to house





would need a peddler’s license.——Rood.





 





DEED WITH CONTRACT.





 





A farm is deeded from father to son,

with a contract that so much be paid

annually to the party of the first part.

In case of the son’s demise what would

be his wife’s claim?

be willed, the wife assuming the con-

tract ?———Subscriber.



The question is whether the liability

is personal or a lien upon the prop-

erty. That question could be answered

only by construing the contract. If the





a consideration to be paid in the fu-

ture, there would be. a. lien upon the





 





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against the, grantee, and all . persons





. taking with inotice.’ at [Without may:~





ment of value.” The rights ofithe son's

Widow would be no greater than the

son’s rights—Rood. , . \ '





TO GUARANTEE BURIAL WISHES.





 





What proceedings may I take before

my death to have. my wishes concern--

ing my funeral and burial carried out ‘.’





Payment may be made to some per

son who can be trusted to take care

of such matters, relying on his good

faith for performance. Provision by

the will of the deceased for funeral and

burial expenses will.ordinarily be re-

spected by the probate courts if the

amount is reasonable. A person's body

is not his property, which he may dis~

pose of by wilt—Rood.





 





GRAN DCHILD'S SHARE.





 





I have a wife, one son, and One

granddaughter. Does grand-daughter

come in for a share of my property

when I die. or must I make a will or

deed her a share ?—J. D.





Grandchildren do not inherit if the

grandchild’s parent survive the grand-

parent. Property descends in a direct.

line to the nearest of kin, excluding all

persons more remote; except that

where there are several children and

some have died, leaving children be-

fore the parent, in which case the chil-

dren of the deceased child are allowed

to take their share by right of repre

sentation. If it is desired to leave

anything to the grandchild, a will, or

some other provision must be made for

such grandchild—Rood.





 





RIGHTS BEFORE MORTGAGE SALE.





 





There is to be a mortgage sale on

a farm. Has the one who gives the

mortgage a right to sell any timber,

marl, etc, before the day of the sale?

Has the mortgagee a right to halt the

cutting of timber, etc., before the day

of the sale? If timber and marl have

been sold before day of sale, who

must receive the money?~Reader.





The mortgagee has a right to enjoin

waste of the mortgaged premises





which might jeopardize his security.





The digging of marl or cutting of tim-

ber would be waste, and even if re-

moved the mortgage could follow it,

and realize upon it.——Rood.





STEPFATHER’S PROPERTY

RIGHTS-





 





VVhen my stepfather and mother

married, my stepfather had no prop

erty, but my mother had, property

which had belonged to ,my father.

When my mother died her property

amounted to about $5,000. Does this

all go to my stepfather? I have. four

brothers. There were no children by

the second marriage. I worked at

home until I was twenty-four years of

age. What right have I? \Vhat right

have my brothers? In case stepfather

Eagies again, what right have we‘?-~





The entire property belongs to the

children. The stepfather has no inter-

est in it unless the mother made a

will giving it to him—Rood.





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'BOY'S WAGES.





 





We have a son seventeen years of

age who works out. He makes quite a

little money, but wastes it all. One

place he worked we told his employer

not to pay it all to him. ’We told the

man for whom he now works the same

thing, but he keeps right on paying

him, but cheats him out of what he

can. Can not the parents’ collect this

boy’s wages?——N. V.



The father can collect the boy's wag-

es, notwithstanding payment has been





made to the bop—Rood. - , _. -





 





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AMERICAN FOREST WEEK, APRIL

18-24. ~





 





I P RESIDENT COOLIDGE has desig-





nated April 18-24, inclusive, as the’

1326 American Forest Week, according

to a recent official proclamation. The





‘ President, in his annual forestry proc-





lamation, while giving full weight to

the evils resulting from impoverished

forests and idle land, laid stress upon

the increased attention being given to

scientific forestry in industrial prac-





‘ tice and land usage.





‘ rearranging





1 men lay out the fields so that the time

' required for turning will be 1educed to





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“Too long have we, as a nation, con-

sumed our forest wealth, without ade-

quate provision for its wise utilization

and renewal," says President Coolidge.

“But a gratifying change is taking

place in the attitude of our industries,

our land-owners, and” the American

people toward our forests.”



An international aspect to this year’s

American Forest Week is furnished by

the President’s reference to the action

of the Canadian government which

likewise issued a proclamation desig-

nating Canada’s annual forest week

for-Apri1‘18-24, thus unifying the ef-

forts of the two countries. '





 





LARGE FIELDS ARE MORE ECO-

NOMICAL.





 





HE advantages of large fields are

more noticeable in handling culti-

vated crops. It has been figured that





, .one man with a one-row cultivator can





cover 5.3 acres adayi'in fields of less

than ten acres,’ and 9.1 acres a day in‘

fields of twenty acres or more. And

further, large units can be used to bet-

ter advantage in the larger fields. In

farms, many Michigan





a minimum





Students enrolled in agriculture in

the land grant colleges of America. dur-‘

ing the school years of 1923-24, num-

bered 13,685, as compared with 2,231

for the year 1903-4.





 





Index figures on the cost of living

in January shows a dec1ine of one

point from December of 1925, and an

advance of three points over January,

a'year ago.’ ‘





 





About one-third of the forest land re—

maining in the country is farm wood-

land. ' Such lands aggregate 150,000,000

acres, and produce an annual revenue

of nearly $400,000,000.





 





Insects will be discouraged where

farmers practice clean cultural meth-

ods With good crop rotations and keep.

the fence rows, ditch banks, and waste

places properly cleaned out.





 





Perhaps the most important spray

for the old orchard is the dormant





‘ spray, which aids in contr'plling scales,

:scab, aphids and mites.





Fer this pur-

pose the lime sulphur solution is most

popular





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bstitute to mend the breek.

using the ideal. place for:

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To carry through one of the greatest ex-





pansion programs in automobile history,

Dodge Brothers, Inc. invested more than

$10,000,000 in new buildings and advanced





new equipment.





Remarkable new mechanical processes

were perfected, making it possible, in many





~ instances, for one machine to do the work





formerly done by six, eight and ten ma—





chines—and do it better.





Making it possible, too, for one man more





quickly and accurately to do the work of

many. And clearing large areas of factory





space for greater output.





Tremendous increases in production have

followed. Vast economies have followed.

Finer precision in craftsmanship has fol-

lowed. Vital improvements in Dodge

Brothers Motor Car have followed—and, as

promised,astonishingly low new prices made

possible by these gigantic developments.





Your share in this great investment is the

money you save by purchasing, at the

Iowest price, the finest vehicle ever pro-





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Help Wanted 9





0 MAKE a profit, you must overcome



not only handicaps of weather, weeds



and pests, but also scarcity of help

and high wages.





The bright spot in the picture is that your

power and labor costs, which are under

your control, can be greatly reduced,

thereby giving you a profit year after year

in spite of all handicaps.





With a 12-20, 18-32 or 25-45 hp. Case trac-

tor you can face all your field and belt work

with a smile. You can plant, harvest and

market your crops in good season every year

with a saving on every power job.





Get the work and cost records of a few Case

tractors and see why Case tractor owners

prosper. No tractor is more efficient, more

thrifty in operation and upkeep, better able

1 3 reduce your power and labor costs to the

lowest point. Write for full information.





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the farmers can plant,

harvest and market their





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Always look before you buV. This year, look twice when bur

ing Grimm Alfalfa Seed. ‘

LOOK for the Blackfoot Brand Trade mark. LOOK for

the Pedigreed Grimm Certification tag as shown above. Here

is double protection. State Certification lus the backing of the





largest and most reliable Grimm Alf a Seed Growere’ Asso-



ciation in the world. Don’ t be misled. Genuine Grimm Alfalr



in Seed has proved it: unquestioned merit and com [etc do-



pendability. Insist on Blackfoot Brand Grimm Alfalfa Seed.

All Reliable Dealers can supply you.





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, uses cuss CLOTH on com

FRAME.





 





0N our farm we have always used

the cold frame to hurry along the

crops for the garden, since we have

learned from experience that the earli-

est possible use of garden crops aids

materially in keeping, the family well.é

,, Glass frames have always served-to§

cover these frames. Breakage, how-3

ever, was frequent, which added to the

expense. Since the introduction of wire

cloth, we have substituted it for glass;

and it works very satisfactory—R. Van

Dusen.





HOW TO MAKE A PRACTIGAL OIL

FUNNEL.





 





ELECT a round quart bottl'iI of

clear glass. Saturate a piece of

cord in kerosene or turpentine, tie

it tightly around the bottle about one

inch from bottom, and ignite the cord.





of the bottle sharply. The bottom will

break off where the cord was tied. Re~

sult is a practical funnel for pouring

oil into the breather pipe.





DRAWING GASOLINE FROM THE

TANK.





 





[F a gasoline tank is .not equipped



with a drain cock, the following

idea is of value when gasoline is want-

ed for priming or other purposes. Get

a piece of metal tubing, a few inches

longer than the diameter of the tank.





HERE should be some efficient



and effective method whereby



the farmer could. secure benefit

from the tariff law, declared, Master

Taber, of the National Grange, who

was the chief speaker on the program

at the annual farmers’ round-up at

Ionia, March 5. A square deal from

other classes, and from the govern‘

ment, would require that such benefit

be extended the farmer.



He thought the Dickinson bill was a.

step in the right direction.



The speaker did not, however, throw

his full weight behind this bill, feeling,

it appears, that some modification of

that measure is necessary to best meet

the situation. Further, he warned those

present that too high hopes be not put

in legislative remedies. Close atten-

tion to the economics of our business

brings the greatest rewards. Legisla-

tion can help, and through it the farm«

er may find the needed advantages to

put his work in the successful class;

but now, as ever, farming must find

its safety in eflicient methods, and

conscientious effort.



We should study to suit production

to demand. Often less production

brings us more money, he said. Hogs

and potatoes have demonstrated this

fact. during the current marketing sea-

son. If we can shift some of our pro-

duction to crops where there is no

surplus, the whole agricultural situa~

tron would be benefited. It perhaps

will pay us to labor a. little less physi-

cally and more mentally, as there ap-

pears to be a larger surplus of physical

than of mental effort.



The farmer’s situation will be bene-

'flted, too, .by a. more favorable tax sit-





- nation. We ought to be careful in the





matter of establishing new offices or

public jobs- They are easier to start

than to stop. Our government, he

it gets





 





 





. Insert the tubein the tank. with thumb





As the flame dies out, tap the bottom.





held .139ch over the outer end of

tube. Withdraw the tube and the one

which has entered it will be with-

drawn. ‘ .





«omvmc our OF RUTS.





 





TTEMP‘I‘ING to drive out of wdeep.

rut places a.severe strain on the.





parts of the front-axle assembly. But.

if the car is brought‘to a. complete

stop, the wheels are turned to one

side as far as possible, and the 1-08.1-

backed, the wheels will easily mount

the sides of the rubs without the least

strain.‘





USE DISTILLED WATER.





 





SE only distilled water in the bat-



tery, to avoid metallic impurities.

Even spring water, which is consid-

ered to be‘very pure, contains enough

mineral and metallic salts to ruin a.

battery.





DON'T KNOCK.

A knocking motor makes us stop at





 





once, .

Our engine must be free of any

flaws.

But when we turn and knock our fel-

low man,





We never stop to analyze the causo.

If he does not appear just what you





1 e.

If you don’t quite agree with what

he said,

Don’t knock, but turn within yourself

And start to clean the carbon from

your head.





Ionia Round-Up





{Farmers Here M r. T aéer of #2.? National Grange





which the Ionia people ‘ strongly fav-

ored. They applauded his statement

that every alien bootlegger should be

deported; that all other bootleggers

should be jailed, and that the wealthy

users who encourage the bootlegger’s

business ought to have the same treat—

ment.





In the program of agricultural re<

generation, the speaker held that bet-

ter organization of farmers will prove

the greatest help. It is the key move

“the essential step. With real co-

operation in education and business

the farmer will find substantial relief.





.At the evening banquet, Mr. Taber

emphasized the need of team work be—

tween town and country. The farmer

feeds the city and is the city’s best

customer. He pays forty per cent'of

the nation's freight bill. To make bal-

anced progress, the town and country

should get ’fogether and lay out a.

twenty-five-year program,



The farmer and his family are the

big factor in this whole matter. To

him, $500 land is a curse, in the opin-

ion of the speaker. The interest and

tax charges against such priced land

is more than farming can pay. We

should charge off more to the people

working on the land, and less to the

land. Human values need more credit,

while land has had too much. Every

eflort should be put "forth to stabilize

land values on a reasonable basis. Oth-

erwise, we will make peasants of our

farmers and destroy the great source

of ‘American leadership.





I. N. McBride explained the features

of the. Dickinson bill. Amos Welsh, of

Ionia, submitted a. resolution favoring

this bill. Out of an audience of prob-

ably 600 people, about 100 voted their

support to the resolution, and possibly

twenty-five opposed its adoption. Dora.

H Stockman, of the State Board of





 





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_ , .. testshave'now been‘made tofshow"

that ' the stocks of seed] cern in the

state need special attention this sea-

son, if corn growers are to escape ser-

ious losses from the use of. poor seed.

Germination tests show results varying

all the way from 100 per cent germ-





ination down to nothing. Some lots of 2

seed corn selected after freezing set .





in last fall, even where fire-dried, are

giving lowv tests. Seed-gathered after

freezing is not safe to use unless single





‘ ,‘e‘ar tests are made to weed out the





dead ears ' .



Some lots of 1924 seed corn show

better germination than many— 1925

lots. There is no reason for corn grow-

ers to-become unduly excited, but-they

should ascertain at once the condition

of‘their seed corn. Farmers are fa-

miliar with methods of testing corn.

In many sections the agricultural class-

es in the high school are conducting

tests for the farmers. However, the

work is to be carried out, it-s‘hould be

done at once. _ .





 





TREATING CLAY SOIL FOR CORN.





 





I have a field of heavy clay loam.

an old sod. which I intend to turn

over for corn. Would it be advisable

to apply acid phosphate? How much

when planting in check rows? This

field will be covered with stable ma-

nure before it is plowed early. Would

this“ tend to destroy cutworms ?——E.





Clay soils are usually deficient in

available phosphorus, and an applica-

tion of acid phosphate often gives re-

markable results. Where applied in

the hill, 100 to 150 pounds per acre is

the usual amount uSed.



‘Fall plowing tends to destroy cut-

worms by freezing. Spring plowing, if

postponed, till very late, after the cut-

worms have come out, would destroy

many of them, but late plowing is risky

on account of moisture difficulties.





WHAT WKAR WILL BROADCAST.





 





TATION WKAR, of the Michigan

, State College at East Lansing, will

send the following program over the

'air next week.



March 22—7 :00-7 :15 p. m., bedtime

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

school. '



March, 23—7:00~7:15 p. m., nature

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

radio school. '



March .24~—7:00-7:15 p. m., nature

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

radio school. '



March 25—7:00—7:15 p. m., nature

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

radio school.



2 March 26—7:00-7 :15» p. m., nature

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

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

partment program. '





The weather forecast is put on the V





air every day at noon, except Sunday,

on which day WKAR is silent all day.





It’s a good plan to get the machinery

repaired before the field work is on.





 





It takes time to get results in the

dairying business. The returns also

will be modest; but, under proper con-

ditions, they are certain. Our recent

agricultural depression has demon-

strated that the dairy‘cow gives sta-

bility to the agricultural industry.





 





In making the farm “rat proof,” ce-

ment floors and wall, steel cribs, and

bins, and the generous use. of wire





. screens OVer openings will aid in keep-





ing these pests out, once those on the

job have been gassed or dug out.





 





RE. nichemerg‘er, 70f Ohio, is the

onlyiarmer in the United States to





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HE amount of grain, except corn,



on Michigan farms is less than



one year ago, according to the

March 1 report of the Michigan Co-

ioperative Crop Reporting Service.

(While the percentage of the crop still

on hand in every case is greater than

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20f wheat, rye, oats and barley produc-

ed reduces the’ holding to a less quan-

tity.

. Wheat —The total crop grown in

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twenty-two per cent, or 3,079,000 bush-

els, 'remained in farme1s’ hands on

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cent remained, while the ten-year av-

erage is twenty—one per cent. It is

that fifty-five per

cent of the total crop has been, and

will be, shipped out of the counties

where grown, three per cent less than

last year, but three per cent more than

the average.



The total farm reserves for all the

Mates amount to 99,279,000, which is

nearly 15,000,000 bushels less than one

year ago. The stocks in country mills

and elevators are estimated at 75,429,-

000 bushels. The farm holdings are

the smallest on record.





Corn.~—The Michigan farm holdings

amount to forty-two per cent of the

crop, as compared with twenty—six per

cent last year, and twenty-eight per

cent, the ten-year average. However,

as the crop was much larger than one

year ago, and as the quality was in-

jured by a high moisture content, it is

natural that the quantity on farms is

much greater. The total crop produc-

ed as grain amounted to 39,408,000

bushels, of which there remain 16,551,-

000 bushels, as compared with 5,598,-

000 one year ago. Only six per cent

will be shipped out of the counties

where g1 own



The United States’ reserves are esti-

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Oats—Michigan farmers still have

forty-two per cent of the 1925 crop, or

22,364,000 bushels, on hand, as com-

pared with forty per cent last year

and thirty—nine per cent, the ten-year

average. The quantity on farms one

year ago was 26,880,000 bushels. About

twenty-one per cent will be shipped

out of the counties where grown.



The quantities on farms in the en-

tire country is estimated at 577,064.000

bushels, against 550,342‘)00 one year

ago.



Barley—Michigan farmers grow this

crop mostly for feeding purposes, and

only ten per cent will be shipped out

of the sections where grown. The

stocks on farms on March 1 amount

to 741,000 bushels, or twenty-four per

cent of the total crop. The holdings

one year ago were twenty-two per cent

and the average for this date are twen-

ty-three per cent.



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out the country is placed at 53,466,000

bushels, as compared with 43,127,000

bushels on the same date last year. '



Rye—The crop is less popular in

Michigan than it was a few years ago.

The production has declined steadily

for several years, and the stocks now

on hand amount to 567,000 bushels,

against 961,000 last year on the same

date. This is twenty-one per cent of

the crop, as compared with sixteen per

cent in 1925. About fifty per cent has





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The United States reserves total 6,-





830, 000 bushels.





Potatoes.——Reports indicate that





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cent. 0f the total crop will moment

of the counties where grown, as com—

pared with forty-two per cent of the

previous cxop





Apples. ——The quality of the apple

Crop was much above that of the pre-

vious year, and the quantity was also

considerably larger. It is estimated

that thir:y-eight per cent of the total

production has been shipped. out of

the producing: counties, as com-pared

with thirty per cent last year.





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shows very little change in values. as

compared with one year ago. There

has been a slight improvement in some

localities and a decline in others. While

there seems to be a slightly increased

demand, the number of farms for sale

far exceeds the demand.





Farm Labor. —Both the supply and

demand are much below normal, being

rated at eighty per Cent each. The

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ROPS are cultivated for two rea-



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chemical condition of the soil, and for

killing weeds. It is usually believed

that destroying the weeds is the most

essential of the two, but the former

is just as impo1tant as the latter, and

both objects may be accomplished

with thesame operation.





Cultivation may be, and often should

be, commenced before the plants are

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is in perfect condition. It frequently

happens that there are remaining

clods and ridges that can not be prop-

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son. In some instances, manure or

other fertilizer is scattered unevenly

over the soil thatt should become uni-

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Both lengthwise and cross-harrowing

may be done before the plants are up,

and just as they are coming up. After

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a peg tooth with a few of the middle

teeth removed, or driven up so they

will not injure the plants. With a

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may be harrowed each time through,

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times to advantage. It not only makes

the surface soil even and fine, but also

kills young weeds and works the fine

dirt about the young plants Without

covering them up or bending them

down.



Do not be afraid to barrow garden

crops. When the soil is 411 a good

working condition, it will do them

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teeth in just as the plants are coming

through, will assist many of the weak,

struggling ones to push their way

through the upper cruSt, in case a.

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,1“ , a prohibition lecture—it’s so dry.



Ti x 2 Some Ancient History.



-- Right outin front of me, on What I

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' ‘reality it’s nothing but a dollar and a

. , half pine table, there reposes an agri-

l' cultural paper that was published in

A ' the exuberant year of 1843. That was

when rye was sold by the bushel in-

stead of the gallon and, as I take a

l 3 slant through the pages and realize

’I what the clover-kickers was up against

3 , in those halcyon days, why, I’m glad

I I’m doing my stuff in the good old year

of 1926, when a guy at least has got



i an even break with Mama Nature.

l Eighty-three years ago, according to

3 this breezy journal, a man .could take

. his ponies and plow all day for his

neighbor, and when night come he’d

. ‘~ lug all‘ of a dollar and a half home.

i ‘ l Nine berries a week for man and team.

'2": ~ - Not so good! Or, he could hire out

‘ ‘ to cradle buckwheat or split fencerails

l or some other light occupation, and

\ he’d have to work a solid month be-

.I, fore he could earn as much jack as a

'0 1926 plasterer does in eight hours.

Twelve dollars! Whew! Money must

have been few, scarCe and seldom. As

usual, the alfalfa stackers was the



poorest paid of any kind of labor.



Low Cost of Living.



. Twelve fancy No. 1 eggs were good

1 l . for a nickle in trade at the corner

ll l store. That was probably before an-

_7 * _ gel-food cake or omelettes was invent-

l' _ ed. Butter was furnished in gobs and

' retailed for six cents per pound. If

you had unusually fine pork, and were

real lucky, they’d pay you two cents a

pound, dressed. Not much chance of

3 . bringing home the bacon, was there?

’ Choice navy beans were quoted at fifty

cents a bushel, and those were the

good old days when beans were pulled

, l ; by hand and flailed out. Potatoes were

5 3 : ' called “Kidneys” and retailed at eight-

‘ ' een cents per bushel, mashed, which

was about the same as we got last





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ll] 5?; vast fortunes made from farm produce

i . even then.





In another article the editor was

, loudly lamenting the fact that there

"i, ‘1 were a lot of unpaid subscriptions,

which is the same squawk most editors

‘ have in 1926. Only, in this case, ye

i editor was willing to accept supscrip-

, l ‘ tion in trade. That gave me an idea.

3 , The next time I get a dun from the

‘21 2 Michigan Farmer I’m going to send

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’There was one item in this little

periodical of 1843 that hit me kind of

hard, and that was where it said there

were ten times as many farmers as

there were men employed in all the

other professions put together. That's

ten to one. Was farming so much

more fun in those balmy days, that it

was preferred to selling life insurance

or teaching school? Or did it require

ten times as many apple knockers to

grubstake the. rest of the country? I

don’t think so.



In those times there was nothing to

draw a hick to the seething metropolis.

No manufacturing plants to speak of;

no twenty-story buildings going up; no

concrete roads to build. Fords were

just places where rivers was easily

crossed. Oil was a product used for

stomach ache, and the only filling sta-

tions they had in those days were

boarding houses. The plumbing trade

was an unknown graft. Our forefath-

ers performed their ablutions in a rain

barrel or in the trough of some friend-

ly log. Instead of ordering a suit of.

clothes from. your tailor, to be deliver-

ed the Saturday before Easter, you

went out to the barn and fleeced a cou-

ple of Shropshires out of a year’s

growth, and in a week’s time the glad

rags had “loomed up.” In fact, there

was nothing in the city to be manu-

factured.



Age of Invention.



And then, things began to happen.

This. little paper said that congress

had appropriated 30,000 berries to in-

vestigate that new invention by Morse

——~the telegraph. From then on new

inventions. were made faster than

\Virigley makes gum, and with every

new one a factory or two had to be

built. Every time they built a factory

they sent out the S. O. S. for a few

more husky hay shakers until, by the

time they got down to the radio, the

average farming community looked

like it had been hit by the black

Take our local case, for in-

stance. Up untilvfive years ago our

district school boasted of from fifty to

sixty pupils each year. Today we have

all of fifteen scholars and, unless oil

is discovered in Ironton, the school

will never be back to within half of

What it used to be. Yes, sir, they’ve

gone, and there’s no young blood mov-

ing in.



What will it be like fifty years from

now? \Vell, if they continue to leave

at the rate they have the past eighty

years, why, a farm won’t be much

more than a landing field for aero-

planes, or a, golf course. Butdon’t let

it worry you. There’s a hundred and

some odd acres of land up here in

Snow Man’s Land where you can still

plant a row of onions, or a squash or

two. I’ll probably be on the shelf by

that time, but if I ain’t I’ll help you

hoe them.



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The Farm Garden





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DRY LlME-SULPHURS.





 





OR a number of years several so



called dry limesulphurs have been

sold on the market as substitutes for

the liquid lime-sulphur spray commons

ly used in the control of the San Jose

scale on fruit trees. Many investigat-

ors have tested their value as reme-

dies fo1 Ihe scale, but with varying re-

sults Recently the United States De-

partment of Agriculture has completed

some tests covering a period of three

years. They were conducted under.

practical conditions in four states.



TheSe tests, the results and discus

sion of which have just been published

in Department Bulletin 1371, have

shown that commercial samples of dry

calcium, sodium, and barium sulphurs.

even when used at strengths much

greater than ordinarily employed, do

not furnish a satisfactory control of

the San Jose scale.



A copy of the bulletin may be se-

cmed, as long as the supply lasts, by

w1iting to the United States Depart

ment of Agriculture Washington, D. C.





As a 1ule, the farmer will find it

more profitable to buy celery, tomato,

pepper and cauliflower plants than to

attempt to grow them at home. It is

better to go to some good market;

gardener and buy what one needs. Al~

ways bea1 in mind that bigness is not

a safe rule to follow in estimating the

value of vegetable plants Plants that

are stocky and well hardened off, that

is, which have been out of doors, day

and night, f01 a week or ten days, will

start growing quickly and move more

vigorous than the more tender ones

removed flom the rows in the hot‘

house and planted immediately in the

garden. The vigorous plant that has

become toughened to outdoor life has

a. tough, stocky, purplish appearance.





No time will be gained by tryingto

rush the season of planting seed in

the open giound. Not only should the

danger of cold weather be entirely

gone, but the soil must have had time

to warm up before the seeds and

plants are put in the ground. Good

tillage, ample fertilization, and clean

cultivation will do more to hasten the

early growth and maturity of gaiden

crops than the few days that may be

gained by taking a hazardous chance

and attempting to beat the season. A

safe 1u1e to follow is to plant the early

crops, such as radishes, lettuce, beets,

peas and onions when the peach trees

are putting out thei1 fiIst blossoms.

The later crops may follow as soon as

the weather warrants, and the plants

that me to be used we in fit condition

for planting.





Just as it is vitally important to

plant seeds at the right time, so it is

to plant them at the right depth, and

in the right way. These points are giv-

en in the table accompanying this arti~

019, although they should be varied

somewhat to meet certain conditions

of soil and tillage.





If the farmer arranges his ga1 den

skillfully and plants his crops in long

rows, the rank-growing weeds can eas-

ily be held in check with a one-horse

cultivator and a very little hand-lice-

ing about the plants and rows. There

is also the matter of convenience in

cultivating to be considered. Crops





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' : , nmg‘lthe‘farm garden, for the greatest

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.g'In'his efforts to produce as much

good food as} possible with a limited





.ggsupply of labor, the -farmer’s”first ob-





jectin planning the garden rows is to

avoid unnecessary hand work. He can-

not afford to have ‘a'little patchto dig

around in for.the fun of seeing the





_ crops grow, although he can afford, to

”some. extent, to have his garden an

Jornamental feature of the premises.





'There are, however, a number of gen—

eral principles, based on good common





' sense, which he can adopt to make the

,garden an ornamental feature of the





farm, and at the same time furnish the

greatest variety and quantity of vege-





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amount of labor, and this sort of a





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of anganu‘simsmne. so -it goes with

every‘klnd of garden plants on the list.

No matter how large or how small the

garden, it will pay the farmer to study

the character of his soil and the needs

of the different crops he grows in his

garden.





After providing for a bountiful sup-

ply of early vegetables, bear in mind

that it is equally as important to grow

an abundance of good vegetables for

winter, and until it is time to start the

garden for another year. A cellar well

filled with choice vegetables, both in

bulk and in cans, is a comfortable as-

surance of a table well-filled with the

good things that contribute to a well-

rounded country life. Furthermore,

there is nothing that goes further to-

ward reducing the cost of living, and

establishing a feeling of independence,

than growing a material part of one's

food supply for the complete rounds of





 





 





When to Plant Vegqtables

In Central Michigan '



, Distances to Plant



Crops. Depth

Rows to



Vegetables. When to Plant. In Rows. Apart. Plant.

Bean Dwarf . . . . May 5-Aug. 1. . . . . 2- 4 in. 28 in. 2 in.

Bean, Lima, ,..., May 20-June 10... 3 in. 36 in. 2 in.

Beet, Early. . . . . .. April‘June . . . . . .. 3- 4 in. 18 in. 2 in.

Beet, Late . . . . . April-August . . . . 3- 4 in. 18 in. 2 in.

Cabbage, Early . . April ............ '18 in. 28 in. 1,§ in.

Cabbage, Late . .. May-June . . . . . 18 in. 28 in. 1A,» in

Cauliflower ...... April-June ........ 18 in. 28 in. 1/2 in.

Celery, Seed ..... April ............ 1- 2 in. 12 in. I/é in.

Celery, Plants . .. July ........... 6 in. 36 in. 12 in.

Corn . .» ......... May 10-July 1 . 36 in. 36 in. 2 in.

Cucumber ....... May 10—July 10 48 in. 48 in. 1 in.

Eggplant . . . ..... June 1—20 ...... . . 24 in. 28 in. . . . .

Lettuce ..... . . April-August . . 2 in. 18 in. 14 in.

Melon, Musk May 15-June 15 .. 60-72 in. 60 in. 1 in.

Melon, Water . . . . May 15-June 15 .. 72-84 in. 72 in 1 in.

Parsley . . . . . ..... . April—May ....... 5 in. 12 in 15 in.

Parsnips . . . . . .. . . April .......... . 4 in. 18 in 1 in.

Peas ..... . . . . . . . April-June . . . 3 in. 48 in 3 in.

Onion ....... April 3 in. 18 in 1 in.

Peas, Smooth . . . . April-July . . . . . 3 in. 36 in 3 in.

Pepper, Plants . . June ....... . . . . . 24 In. 28 in. . . . . . .

Pepper, Seed ..\. .. June 1 ....... . .. 3 m. 18 in. 5Q in.

Potato . . . . . . . . April-June . . .,. 15 in. 28 in. 4 in.

Pumpkin . . . . . May-June 10 . . . . . 7.2 in. 72 in. 2 in.

Radish April-August ...., 2 m. 12 in. 1A; in.

Salsify . . . . . . . . . . April-May ..... . . 4 in. 18 in. 1 in.

Spinach . . . . . ... . . April-August 3 in. 18 in. 1 in.

t Squash, Summer . May . . . . 4 m 48 in 2 in.

Squash, Winter May-June 10 ..... 6 in. 72 in 2 in.

Tomato, Plants .. May-June . . 36 m 48 _m .......

Turnip .......... April-August 5 in. 18 1n % in





 





 





attempting to produce too much from

a small plot .of ground.’ If other farm

work is pressing, one-can gain more

satisfaction in growing a. few vegeta-

bles which the family particularly like,

than in. trying to crowd the whole list.



Neglecting to cover the seeds prop—

erly, and to press down the soil in the

rows is the most frequent cause of a

.poor stand of plants. Seeds cannot





- germinate properly and start¥out vig-

.. orous root systems in a dry, loose soil.





In transplanting young plants from the

hot~house, plant boxes or plant grow~

ing plots, it is just as important to

keep the soil about them firm and com-

pact. Plants that are properly set out

and the soil" about them firmly com-

pacted, may be depended upon to live,

and this operation must not be over-

looked in putting out the farmgarden.



By sowing garden seeds and trans-

planting plants it is well to make a.

careful study of the soil in different

parts of the garden, and try to select

the kind of soil best adapted to the

requirements of the different crops.

Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, radishes,

beets, melons and cucumbers, thrive

best on a sandy soil. Tomatoes, cab-

bage, cauliflower, turnips, corn, peas,

beans and onions thrive equally well





" On a heavier soil.





Tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, and





' all running vines need all of the sun





thatis available. If they are planted

in theshade they will yield unsatisfac-





tory. crops.- Peas and lettuce thrive





ell. is?” partly Shaded spots

. Wi get,,.soraokprotection

adow of . 'the





the_calendar. It is a mistake for farm-

ers to estimate their income all in dol-

lars and cents. Bushels, peeks, gallons,

quarts and dozens are just as import-

ant. It is what we save, just as much

as what we earn, that counts at the

end of the year. The question of how

much subsistence we can collect from

the soil, and how much it contributes

to our welfare and satisfaction. One’s

income of beans, potatoes, squashes,

root crops, corn, in fact, all vegetables

and fruits, may be so satisfactory as

to effect a big saving in the cost of

living. As a rule, this is safer than

figuring everything on the dollar and

cents basis; for in buying vegetables

and fruits the value of money fluctu-

ates from week to week. Then, too,

there is pleasure and health in getting

away from the bread, potato and meat

diet, and furnishing the family table

with the good things of the season. As

a people we are eating. too much meat

and rich, concentrated foods that do

not properly nourish. We Should enjoy





better-health if we ate more vegetables *





and fruits cooked in their skins and

natural juices.



Another matter which should be giv-

en attention in planning the farm gar-

den is that of planting peas, beans,

tomatoes, cucumbers, beets and corn

so ‘ that they will mature about the

same season and enable the housewife

to plan her canning season so that she

can put up enough food for winter in

two or three canning periods.‘ If the

crops are planted in‘ this way and, har-

vested before they become too mature,





they'will keep better in the cans and





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Origin offiirjewi/J .





HAT is why extraordinary precautions are taken and

no expense is spared to trace and definitely know

the exact origin of every pound ot“Pine Tree”Farm Seeds.





That is why every bag. of “Pine Tree.” Clovers and

Alfalfa is branded with its origin, machine sewed with z

a red string, and sealed with the orange and green “Pine {‘-

Tree” certificate.





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where grown, through every step of cleaning, testing and

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That Is Why you can buy with confidence





ll the red string and “Pine Tree" certificate are intact

on your bag of seeds, you are assured of getting Genuine

“Pine Tree” Brand of Known Origin exactly as branded,

and of known purity and germination eXactly

as tagged.





“Pine Tree” in Sealed Bushel Bags





For additional safety and convenience, “Pine Tree” brand

Farm Seeds are now available in lull-net~weight bushel

bags as well as in standard grain bags. Thus you can buy

your seeds in the original unbroken package, with brand

and seal intact. Your “Pine Tree” dealer will gladly show

you. Don‘t fail to see him and get a free copy of the valu-

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LOOK back a few years at a typical corn

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In 1920





Indiana farmers used 25,

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In 1924



Farmers in the same State

used 29 379.70 tons of avail-

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HE dairymen adjacent to Menom-



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. GRICULTURE is coming into its

. own in the consolidated school

known as the Harding School, in South

Bessemer. This fine, new building is

admirably located and equipped to

serve the rapidly growing farming

community surrounding it. Far-sight-

ed, enterprising members of the Bes-

semer Township Board of Education,

together with the able leadership em-

ployed throughout a period of years,

have made this excellent educatmnal

institution, with it strong agricultural

department, possible.



Whosoever was responsible had a.

vision. C. A. Mains, principal, is the

teacher of; agriculture, handicraft, farm

blacksmithing, etc.



Plans formulated by Supt. I. H. Dale-

bohn and Principal C. A. Mains, with

the cooperation of County Agricultural

Agent C. E. Gunderson, include a well-

rounded summer’s program of club ac-

tivities for the boys and girls of Bes-





semer township. Members in garden, ,





poultry, handicraft, calf and canning

clubs will be afforded.



But, best of all for the adult farmers

of the community, is a contemplated

crops experimental plot in the spacious

Harding School lot—one could almost

call it a farm. Here the soil will be

properly prepared for the seeding of

alfalfa, corn and potatoes. Every step

will be taken to insure the. crops a fair

trial. 'After the soil has been plowed,

disked and harrowed, it will be tested,

and if necessary, will be llmed and

fertilized. Quality seeds will be used.

The alfalfa will be inoculated and the

potatoes treated against disease. Cer-

tified northern-grown Grimm, and per-

haps some Ontario Variegated alfalfa,

certified Bliss Triumph and Early Ohio

seed potatoes and Wisconsin No. 25

corn will be used.



Soils and climatic conditions being

as nearly the same as that of the sur-

rounding farms as possible, the dem-

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periment farm at tll'e Harding School,

should prove of great; interest and

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PEAS AND FLAX POPULAR.





ETWEEN 500 and 600 mines of peas



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While thirty bushels per acre is a

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year. Peas have been grown in Chip-

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peas did not look so attractive at that

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, extension division urges the farm:





ers'of that state to sell their local ta-





ble stuck and purchase certified seed

”for growing their 1926 potato crop.

This circular mentions Michigan as an

important center where certified seed

is grown. Although the yield of po-

tatoes in that state averages seventy

bushels per acre, records of 750 farm

boys enrolled in potato clubs show an

average of more than 200 bushels per

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IT has been demonstrated at Purdue

UniVersity thatsoy beans may be

profitably grown in 'the row, or broad-

casted, where the crop is to be used

‘for seedp'roduction. On 177 farms in

’that state last year, solid planting

proved slightly more profitable than

row planting. The average yields were

13.2 bushels for solid planting, and

12.9 bushels where planted in rows.

More labor also was required to grow

the crop ingrows.





There are n-Early 1,000,000 radio sets

on farms in the United States, accord-

ing to the department of agriculture.





 





,This year 230 Ohio farmers will en—

deavor to produce a ton of pork in 180

days from a single litter of pigs.





 





A better quality of milk is produced

Where silage is fed to the cows after

the milking has been done.





 





To be a good citizen, says L. H.

Bailey, one must be actively interested

in the public welfare.





 





It is estimated that on an average

farm, Where machinery is given ordi-





nary care, the annual depreciation,





amounts to $150.





 





During the past ten years farmers’

business organizations have more «than

doubled in number, . and cooperated

membership more than trebled.





 





Economists figure that there will be

a larger volume of eggs to sell this

spring, and that the price will be cor-

respondingly lower, as compared to a

year ago. " ' z,





 





It should be understood that cooper-

ation is private business,'not social-

istic in nature. Membership is volun-

tary and no government money is used

in such organizations.





 





During the past five years, the beef

cattle industry has made skillful read-

justment in production. It has main-

tained its producing plant while our-

tailing its finished product.





 





Do away with “walking water” on

your farm. It is more economical to

have “running water." Then, too, it

pays to have the “running water” test-

ed to make sure that the family is pro-



‘ tected.





 





‘In fields averaging thirty acres, a

man and team turned under 8.25 acres

in the sameptime that he plowed five

acres in a six-acre field. In other

words, he gained a half acre each day

when plowing in a larger, field.





 





/

At present, fire seems the great en-



' emy of the corn borer. In sections

where this pest has gained a foothold,



every farmer should take special pains



this year to collect all cornstalks.and



refuse in the fields-and about the barn,



pile them and see that they are thor-



oughly burned. This work should be





:5 completed not later than-the middle





 





MQYQ, After that date‘,.the corn-borer





moms in. ‘ergieiromthewstalks and '





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THE man who is able to get his pro-

duce to town or station has it over

the other fellow-and if you notice it’s

the farmer who uses tire chains on his

truck or car who can take advantage of

high prices. He can get through no





matter how bad the road.





Dreadnaught Tire Chains for

your truck cost less than half the

With chains

you can smash through snow

drifts and keep a steady course





price of one tire.





When Prices Are Big

Bad Roads Do Not Stop Him!





on roads that’ll ditch the driver who

has no underwheel protection.





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every size and type of tire—Cord, Bal-

loon or Truck. These overweight chains

stand more grief than any other made.

Because of the patented Blue-Boy

Fastener, Dreadnaughts are almost as

easy to slip on and off as a pair

of goloshes.

Chains Always on the Ground”

they give your car a toe-hold on

the slipperiest road.





 

 

 





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For your farm requirements on

chains ask your dealer for Columbus

McKinnon Electric Welded Trace

Chains. Cow Ties, Log Chains,

Breast and Harness Chains manu~

lectured by the INSWELL Electric

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—more miles of satisfactory service——

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But—when a “Riverside” gives you

the utmost service—the last yard of mile-

age—why pay more money for a tire?





The Greatest Tire Value

In the Whole World





Ward’s is the largest retailers of tires in





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We buy our own new live rubber in





 





 





. The Oldest Mail OrderHouse is . , .

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lars’ worth at a time.



Riverside Tires are made

in our own molds, under our

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They are bigger, heavier,

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We use the finest quality materials—and

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Since 1872 Montgomery Ward & Co.

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HOOK an Eveready Columbia Hot Shot to

the battery side of your ignition switch and

hear that happy purr at the first turn of

the Ford crank. There are millions of

sparkling hot sparks locked inside Eveready

Columbia Dry Batteries, shouting “Let’s

They make the mot or fire at once, good

weather or bad. Put 1n Eveready Columbias

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ROADSIDE ADVERTISING.





 





OMETIME ago- you asked for opin-

ions .,regarding the value of the

farmer’s roadside advertising board. -I





.would like to tell you of. my observa-





tions- . For several years I have been

traveling in twelve states, and expect-

ing at some time to locate on a farm.

I have watched these boards with in-





terest, toknow xvi/{ether I wanted one ’





on my farm or not.



Before the days of autos the board

in front of the house fulfilled a good

purpose. That board is now out of

date, for the man in the machine is

past before he gets the idea settled

as to whethei he wants the articles

advertised. Not often will he stop and

return.



In some parts the farmer has gbne

down the road 500 or 1000 feet and

put up his board, and their the interest

aroused by its information gives the

driver a chance to think, and many

times he slows up and looks over the

display, ready to stop if he sees the

article is what he desires.



Places thus posted show by the

tracks that many have stopped at the

side of the road.



Now, allow me to state my opinion

as to the kind of'board. Have a neat,

plain board, and well-lette-red,' “John

Smith Farm, 1000 Feet Ahead,” (at the

left), if there is any question. Use

plain letters, easily read, and beneath

write, or better yet, print a list of the

articles on sale. About fine articles is

all the motorist will have time to read

while passing 1 ~



Such boards show evidence of b1ing~

ing lesults, but have a nice board foi

your products are likely to be judged

by the appearance of the board—D.

H. Lewis.





WILL LET FARM REST.





 





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_ nearby.





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0 long as we have One dealer, or



better, to every two farmers, who

make more money that .the farmer,

farming is not going to be financially

attractive.



I have a farm of 100 acres which has

failed to raise me a paying crop of

grain for some time. So, for the past

th1ee years I haven’ t grown any c1ops

except f01 my own use.



Some say, what Would others live

on if all did as you are doing? I say

in reply, that some of those who are

gambling in farm products should get

,out and raise some themselves, then

they will know what it costs to pro-





- duce it.





My motto has always been to pay as

I go. So, I am prepared to let my

farmjrest until farming pays better. I

am turning everything’l raise on the

farm back on it again.———AL J. F.





 





ABOUT APPLE VARIETIES.





 





HAVE been reading the articles and

editorials in your paper regarding

the multiplicity of apple varieties in

this state, and the endeavor to confine

the production to a few standard kinds.

I have an old orchard which has the

usual number of old-time varieties in

it. It would be fine if this orchard

was entirely of the accepted standard

varieties, but What am. I going to do

about inc‘omedwhile the orchard is be-

ing worked over? These trees have a

bearing capacity that it has taken

years to pioduee. If I graft. the t1ees

over I will cut away the hea1ing su1-

face to put in grafts, which Will take

several yeais to get back to beaiing

again. Even then the tree will lose

the increase in productiveness which

it. would'have made if~the tree had

not been grafted.



I believe that most of us would like

to have some of our old trees of differ—

ent varieties than they now are, but

We hate to lose the income the trees





 





 





Would produce if left untouched; even





   





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from unfavorable varieties. Perhaps

during a. term of years it would pay.





~ as the added price from good varieties





would make up for the cut in produc-





tion while changing the tree over.





Thus far I have not been able to figure

it out that way. If anyone can, I wish

he would show me. ——A. F. M.





ARE YOU FULLY INSURED?





-\ ._____.





WONDER how many farmers have

their buildings, live stock, feed,

g1-a.in,.etc., fully insured.



I fear that too many, like myself,

are neg—lectful and procrastinating as

regards the matter of fire insurance. I

cite my own case‘in this matter, for I

have. no deubt that it closely parallels

that of all too many others. "



Now, I believe that‘a great deal of

this woeful neglect is due to procras-

tination. As-in my own"'case:



A dozen years ago I bought the farm

on which we are living now;' simply

taking over all-the stock, tools, feed,

etc., of the former owner. And, along

with the rest, I also took ove1 the in-

suiante policy



Now, that insurance policy was not

so bad at that time, and with the,

then, amount of. property that. it was

supposed to cover. But, how about it

ten or twelve yeais later?



During the yeais building materials

had doubled in cost. And, besides

keeping these buildings in repair, I

had added others; (and this was the

most), a great increase in the number

and value ofthe live stock. Having

been in the cow testing association for

three yea1 s, my held of cows was nat-

urally a, suryival of the fittest” the

p001 e1 ones 11.11 mg gone to East Bufo

falo. And all this still carrying the

same amount of insurance.



Call this what you please: procrasti—

nation, negligence. In view of my own

pelsonal experience, I’d call it'financial

suicide!



The twenty- eighth day of April, 1925,

will always lemain a da1k epoch in

history, as regards my immediate farm

fly, from which to number our days.



In twenty-five minutes from the time

smoke first was seen, the barn, the

granary, ‘the corn-house and the sheep-

shed, togethe1 with the contents of

these sevel a1 buildings, were a thing of

the past.



Fonunately, the boys and I weze in

the fields with the work horses all

harnessed. But six of the ’cows, de-

spite the life—imperiling efforts of the

neighbors, remained in the basement

of the barn. Also four of their calves.



Perhaps this does not sound so

heart-rending in print; but I can say

from personal experience, that, “it

takes the poetry out‘o’ life.”



“1'11 I be insured after this?

don't ask such foolish questions!



Oh, the $1,800 I got helped a lot to«

wards rebuilding, etc., but it didn’t

restore nerve—my neighbors—~my

friends did that. FRIENDS! I Wish

that I had larger capitals to use in

spelling that word _ '



My old bam was a basement barn

with a concrete wall, which was not





Say.





damaged much and was used in my





building. I bought an old livery barn

in the city, three miles from home. My

neighbors all turned out and wrecked

this and hauled it home. I bought new

siding {01 this frame, and afte1 it was

erected “by more good help," I have

an excellent ham and gct along very

cheaply. But, as they say in the stars

ies, “that is another story,” and I will.

tell you all about it some other time.



And, in the meantime, get

about that insurance. 'Attend to it now;

for it’s too late when the smoke begins

to roll —Al Rice.





 





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Amelia Ann Myers, mother of chil-

dren 18 and 20 years of, age, is

New York’s healthiest mother.





 





 





The pupils of the Glenpak school, St. Petersburg, Fla.., represent 46

out of‘the 48 states In the U. S. and six foreign countries- It is

claimed that no other scl1001 can boast such a record.





 





The ice jam on the Susquehanna river, at Columbia,





had to be





broken with dynamite to save railroad bridges when the waters





were near flood stage.





 





 





The average persomuses 100 lbs. of drugs, 40

lbs. salts, 10 gals. alcohol, 5 lbs. aspirin, 10 lbs.





bicarbonatepf soda, and other drugs.





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Madame Schumann—Hank.





   





 





   





By the aid of this spwciul electric stethoscope, the sound of heart ’

beats can be transmitted successfully long distances and heard -,

in a class room far from the patients Sick bed.





   





 





   





 





 





W.‘ H. Miller’s resemblance to

'lheodore Roosevelt may give

him leading role in the movies-





 





 





seventy-nine wild elk from Dixon, Montana, reached





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Wearing a pair of cured elephant’s hoofs, Nydine z

Snow demonstrates how a giant pachyderm ;

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Uncle Sam’s .newfourteen-inch railroad gun, the mightiest weapon "

of its type In existence, has been dedicated at Fort MacArthur;





California, and will defend the west coast.
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h? "Wind vhmssl‘f 150:8. led?”

'grocks some? twenty to ' above

beach. The fibsur ' in'the





1..., ' i ’ the



’ . cliff through which he had crawled had



been formed ages ago by a convulsion

of nature. After the mighty upheaval, .





the rocks had settled down like a mass

of crystals, leaving spaces, narrow and

wide, with here and there a natural

cave formation, between them.

Crawling to the facecf the ledge,

Dick breathed deeply of the salt-laden

air, and watched the frothy spume ris-

ingfrom the beach below. Consider-

ahly exhausted by his labors, he





. sprawled out in the sun 'to rest and





regain his strength.





The beach Was below, and the top

of the cliff fifty feet over his head.

There were twenty feet .of sheer, per-

pendicular cliff to descend, but after





his former troubles, climbing down the -





face of a. straight wall did not alarm

him. He would accomplish it in some

way when he was rested. , '

Lying there in the sun, with his eyes

half closed, he was unconscious of

the presence of others until a foot-fall

on the rocks below startled him. He

sat upright, every faculty alert, sens—

ing a new danger.

piece of rock in his hand, he waited

for this new enemy to show himself.

There was a possibility that McGee

had missed him, and knowing of this

passageway to the sea had hurried

around to the clifl’ to intercept him.

Or perhaps he would be attacked in

front and back. He kept a wary eye





3 on the hole behind him, and cautiously





craned his head over the ledge to look





‘ below.





He was not greatly alarmed by what





' he saw. 0n the contrary a smile part-





you!”





i uncle.





. her face.





ed his lips. Alice Cutler and Mr. Blake

had halted directly beneath him, so

near that he could have dropped a peb—

ble upon their heads, or touched them

with a long pole.



They were silent for a few moments,

but it was: the silence of an awkward

pause between bits of unpleasant con-





gversation, as Dick soon discovered.





Miss Cutler finally broke in.



“I‘ll go back now, Mr. Blake,” she

said. “There’s nothing more to be

said."



Peering over the ledge, Dick could





see the man hesitate, and then sud- .





denly extend a detaining hand.



“One moment, Miss Alice,” he pro-

tested. “1 don’t want this to be final.”



The girl shrugged her shoulders, and

turned away. “But it is final, Mr.

Blake,” she added. “It’s absurd to think

I’ll change my mind. Why, I never

dreamed that—that—you'd seriously





‘ think of such a thing. It seems almost





ridiculous to me.”

Dick could see the face of the other





. flush and darken.





"Why should it seem ridiculous to

he demanded sharply. “Is it

because you’re rich, and I——” He stop-





} pod, and then added eagerly, “I told

.‘ you I was rich, or would be soon, Miss

: Alice.

perhaps.





I didn’t emphasize that enough.

Well, then, if you must know

the truth, I shall have enough to sup-

port you in the style you’ve always

lived in. I may be as wealthy as your

Who. knows?”

She turned, with an amused smile on

“'Do you think it's because

of that I’ve refused you?” she asked.

He hesitated a second, and then an-





j swered abruptly:





“Yes!"



“I’m sorry,” she replied, shrugging

her shoulders, “that your estimate of

me is so low. No, Mr. Blake, if you





. Were the richest man in the world, my





answer would be the same. I do not





1 love you, and that tells all.”





This seemed like a blow between the

eyes, for he recoiled a step, and looked

dazed. Then an ugly expression came





‘ into his face.





“Do you love anyone else?" be de—





. manded roughly.





Alice Cutler drew herself up and

tried to freeze him with a stare. “It’s





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By George Ethelbert Walsh





Seizing a ragged-





 





 





needless to say, Mr. Blake, that you’re

forgetting yourself. -Such a question

is an'insult. Let me pass, please.”



“Do you-love that cub you smuggled

aboard the! yacht and turned loose on

this island to spy on me,” he added,

steppingin front of her to block the

way.



'For a second his blazing eyes and

flushed face startled her, andthe an-

swer that sprang to her lips died- un-

expressed.



“Oh. I know he’s here,” he continued,

sneering. “I’ve met him on the island.

If, he's your lover, Miss Alice, you’ll

have trouble in finding him.”





s—had a talk with him. But I didn’t

sm gle him aboard, nor help him to

get own here. Will that satisfy you?”

“No, it won't!" came the blunt? re

ply. “I. don’t believe you!” .

“Thank you!” was the rejoinder.

“Now let me pass. I’ve taken enough

{if your insults. When uncle’s bet—

er~fi0 ,

‘f—you’llhave me discharged ?” ~

‘ "Perhaps.” _ . , ' , ‘

'He laughed in an ugly way.

won’t have that pleasure, Miss Alice,”

he sneered. “lye already discharged

myself. I’m master downhere. Your

uncle’s dying. Dr. Alster says it’s





 





Our Daughter





By C. E. Gerberich





Our daughter has decided to buy a hat and dress,



She has sent away for catalogs—two dozen, more or less;



She turns their pages o’er and o’er at morning, noon and night,

And when we call her to her meals, she scarcely eats a bite.





I admit she’s very tasty and always dresses neat,



Her garments are a perfect fit, there’s nothing incomplete;



In caring for her wardrobe she takes a worthy pride,



But when it comes to choosing gowns, seems like she can‘t decide.





Her hat must be the latest style, and just the proper size,



With floral decorations and birds of Paradise;



l have advised a modest hat, trimmed up with lace and voile,

Something with last qualities that will not show the soil.





l have tried to help her choose a dress, but those that I think nice

Do not appeal to her at all—she says, “Look at the price!"





She thinks I am not competent to judge a fashion plate,

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While mother washes dishes and sweeps the kitchen floor,

And dusts off all the furniture and makes up every bed,



.And bakes the cakes and doughnuts and apple pies and bread.





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And fix up fancy dishes like milk toast and Johnny cake;



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She thinks selection of a gown is the important thing.





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“Who are you talking about?” she

managed toask.



For reply, the man smiled craftily,

with a gleam of triumph in his eyes.

“Very odd that you shouldn’t'know,”

he said finally. “Very innocent, aren’t

you, Miss Alice! You. haven’t seen

him since that day he fished our bag

out of the river. You didn’t s nd him

down to the yacht with a fake package

so he could get aboard and hide? Of

course not. You’re innocent of—"



“Please stop, Mr. Blake!" she inter—

rupted. “You’re getting quite silly. If

you mean that I’m pretending not to

know that the man who picked my bag

from the river isn’t here on the island,

I’ll save you further explanation. I

know he’s here. I saw him yesterday





doubtful if he ever regains conscious—

ness again. We may have to bury him

here on the island.”



“0h!” she shuddered.



He seemed to relent a little, and

went on more gently:



“I don’t want to alarm you, Miss

Alice, but you had to know the truth.

He’s sinking rapidly. But he’s-an old

man, and hasn’t many more years to

live. VVe’re young, both of us—«and

we~—«" He paused and eyed her greed.

ily. “Have you stopped to consider

our position here, Miss Alice?”



“What position?” she murmured.



“Our position on this island. We’re

marooned here, and may have stay

herefor months. There is no ay to

got word ashore, and boats rarely ap-





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ently, and?”





She had stopped and was gazing.





half curiously at as it he were

some kind of new animal she, had just

discovered. The expression in her eyes

irritated and then angered hint. "



“If you mean I may change my mind

about' marrying on, Mr. Blake,” she

interrupted, shak ng her head, “you’re

deceiving yourself.»Nothin'g‘ can change

that . d’e claim." '





“Not even force?” he blurted cut _





angrily.





“Force!" ‘she repeated » in , an even . '

' tone." “What do you mean by that ?l’





Completely losing control of himself

for a moment, he clut hed her hand,

and drew her to him. I mean that I





can make you do. what I please here,"





he replied, thrusting his face close to

hers. “You're within my power, Miss

Alice. There’s nobody on this, island

you can go to except your uncle, and

he’s past helping anyone. If I say the

word, I can make you my wife

whether you will or not. I can—3'



“Oh, you reptile!” came explosively

from the lips of Alice Cutler, accom-

panied by an exhibition of physical

force that Blake. was entirely unpre-

pared. for. She wrenched her hand

from his grasp, and throwing all her

strength into the effort she sent him

reeling backward against the wall of

me s.





Before he could recover his balance,

she was running in the opposite direc-

tion, tripping as lightly over the beach

as a child, and with nearly as much

speed as a man. Blake essayed to fol-

low, but her long lead in the race to

the house discouraged him, and he

stopped mid—way to vent his wrath in

muttered threats.



Dick had once thought of interfer-

ing, but when the. girl defied the man,

and threw him backward, he felt like

applauding. “Don’t believe she needs

me yet,” he grinned. “Psychologically

that would have been the wrong mo-

ment to butt in. Women don’t like to

be helped in such affairs until there’s

real danger.

-—“I’m afraid it’s coming when she’ll

need all the help she can get."





Blake’s revelations concerning af—

fairs up at the house Lad disturbed

him. If Steve Cutler was unconscious,

slowly dying without chance of regain-

ing _ his senses, what companionship

had the girl? There was Marie, her

maid, but Dick knew she was in love

with Blake, and more or less involved

in the plot. There was Dr. Alster. But

what sort of man was he?”



So far Dick hadn’t met the family

physician, and there seemed to be a

ray of hope in the thought that Alster

would prove a friend and help to Miss

Cutler. “I’ll have to get in. communi-

cation with him,” he muttered, “and

establish some sort of entente cordiale‘.

Between us we might put Blake and

McGee to rout.”





With this idea, in mind, he waited

until Blake left the beach, and then

slipped down the rocks to the level

below. Following a widecircuit that

led to the rear of the. cliff, he worked

his way gradually up to the house, us-

ing every caution to conceal himself

behind trees and shrubs. His theory

was that Blake would be in .the front,

and by approaching from the rear he

could slip into the kitchen unobserv-

ed. McGee, he reasoned, would still

be at the cave on guard duty.



He was successful in his ruse, reach—

ing the rear of the big house without

attracting attention. He tried the back

door, and finding it unlocked opened it

and slipped inside. The kitchen was a

large, pretentious affair, suitable as a



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workshop for a large army of servants.



It was. completely deserted now, giv-

ing it a forlorn, unpleasant appearance.

All the latest appurtenances for cook-

ing and serving dinners and banquets

were present, but without cooks or

waiters they seemed a hollow mockery.



“What is a home without a cook?”

Dick murmured in passing.



He entered the butler’s pantry ad-

joining the big, commodlous kitchen,

and nearly ran plump into a pair of

flour and dough-covered arms. Alice





‘Cutler, under the stress of necessity

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'arms, and a fancy boudoir cap cOVering

'her head. An ample apron protected





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flour and dough distributed here and

there in irregular patterns.

She glanced up with startled eyes,





and then, as calmly as if meeting an





old friend, she said, "Well! What is

it you want now?"

Dick was the more embarrassed and





confused of the two. He grinned sheep—





_.ishly, playing for time to- gather his





wits.



“Are you hungry?” she added coolly.

“If so I’m afraid I can ’t help you much.

I’m taking my first course in cooking,

and it would be a brave man who’ (i eat

what I' m coficocting. I long for a dog

to try it on, but there isn't a pug or

poodle on the island. ”



Dick‘s grin increased until it spread

almost from ear to ear. “I'll be the

dog,” he said "Feed it to me, and if

it kills me you can call it justified

homicide.”



She gazed abstractedly at him, her

beautiful eyes wonderfully ioustrous

and bewitching.



‘ I don't think I want to kill you yet, "

she replied after a pause. Dick thought

he detected a lurking twinkle in the

corners of her eyes, which was encour-

aging. “No, I won’t do that."



She began wiping the flour and

dough from her hands and arms.

“Maybe you will answer my first ques-

tion now,” she added. “What do you

want here ?”



Dick smiled, having recovered from

his surprise.



“To see you, first,” he said,

second, to see Dr. Alster.”



“What do you want to see Dr. Alster

for?” she queried.



"To find out what s01t of a man he

is—to see if he’s for you 01 against

you.’



She was quiet for a long time, watch-

ing and appraising him. Finally, she

nodded her head. “I’ll take you to

him,” she said quietly. “Perhaps you’re

right. We ought to know whether he’s

for us or against- us. I have my doubts





“and





sometimes.’





CHAPTER X.

Dick thrilled a little when she used

the word us, he had distinctly used the

singular pronoun, and it was her owu





choice of the plural. He reasoned that,





consciously or unconsciously, the word

implied a. trust in him that he had not

dared to believe before.



He watched her graceful movements,

as she cleaned and washed her hands

and arms, dried them on a roller tow-

el, removed the apron, touched her





, , hair with deft hands, and then, after





feadjusting her boudoir cap, nodded to

11m



“Follow me. I’ll take you to him.”



Instead of leading him through the

front hall to the main stairway, she

conducted him up a back way intended

for servants. Once or twice she stop-

ped and listened. When they reached

the upper landing, she opened the door

ofta room and motioned for him to

en er.





, Dick obeyed, and when the door clos-

ed behind her (he walked to the win-

dow and looked out. The view was

down thefslope of the hill in the direc-

tion of the farm.



Ten minutes later footsteps along

the hall announced the approach of

some one. When the door opened Dick

ptepped back in the Shadow of a por-

1ere



“Doctor,” he heard Miss Cutler say,

“a friend of mine is in here. He wants

to see you. I’ll leave you together for

a few minutes.”



“A friend, Miss Alice!” a deep voice

said in astonishment. “What friend ?"



“He’ll introduce himself," was the

calm reply, as, without another word,

she closed the door and disappeared.



ofDr. Alster was a. short, thick-set man



ofperhaps forty, with black hair and

beard, and dark, shifty ey‘es. Dick’s

first impression was not very favor-

able. When he stepped forward to

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brows Widenfit‘i1 n‘ surprise, and then





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demanded truculently.



“A friend of Miss Cutler’s You

heard her say that.”



“But your name?”



“For the present, names are imma-

terial. I'm greatly concerned about

Mr. Cutler’s health. How is he?"



< “Bad, sir—very bad,” was the reply,

accompanied by a solemn shake of the

head. ~



" 'What is the nature of his disease?”



The doctor glanced again suspicious-

ly at him. , “I can’t go into the tech-

nical nature of his trouble, sir, but it

is a complication of diseases—~very ser-

ious.’



“He will recov er?"



“I doubt it. ”



“Then shouldn’t we call in a consult-

ing physician?"



The doctor smiled and shook his





head. “Perhaps you can tell me how

to do that. We're isolated on this

island?”





“Isn‘t there some sort of a wireless

that we can use?"



The man started violently

ed suspiciously at Dick. “Wireless!"

he repeated heavily. “\Vhy, no, there’s

no such thing here. Mr. Cutler never

had one put on the island."



“But couldn't we rig up one? I'm

somewhat of an expert—mechanical

turn of mind. Perhaps together we

could do it."





The other shook his head. “Count





me out. I don't know anything about

such matters. I'm as ignorant as a.

child."





Dick decided to change the subject.

He had a. depressing feeling that the

man was keeping something from him.

Was he in the plot also?



“Can I see Mr. Cutler?" Dick asked

suddenly



“See hlm'” repeated Alster in sur-

piise. Then, f1owning and shaking his

head, he added, “No, sir, I couldn’t

grant that request. It might prove

dangerous to him in his weakened con-

dition."



“If he's unconscious. what harm

could come of it? You can't surprise

or shock an unconscious patient."



“He might regain his senses for a;

moment, and the sight of a stranger—”



“A~—a. friend."



“\Vell. even a f1iend 11 e didn t expect

to see here might give him a shock

that would kill him.”



Dick smiled with exasperating cool-

ness Alster': face slowly mottled and

turned red. using his polite manners,

he asked abruptly, “Who are you, sir?

Aren't you the stOWaway that came

down here unbidden?" ,



“I came down on the yacht. If you

choose to call 'me a stowaway, all

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you," added the doctor. “He’s been

very anxious to see you. I’ll summon

him."



“It isn’t necessary,"

“I’ve met Mr. Blake several times.”



“I'll summon him at once.”



He moved toward the door. Dick

made no attempt to detain him. It

opened and closed behind the man, the

lock clicking in response to the turn

of the key on the outside. Dick smiled.



On the other side he could hear

voices in an altercation. Alice Cutler

was speaking authoritatively.



“You must give me that key, doctor

—at once.”



“I can't Miss Cutler " replied the

other. “He’s a. dangerous man, and I

must summon Mr. B1 ake.”



“I’ll be responsible for him,’ out in

the girl. “Are you going to give me

that key?”



“No, Miss Alice!”



There was a sound of heavy retreat-

ing footsteps, gradually dying away in

the distance. Then a. voice called softly

through the key hole.



“You must -escape! Mr. Blake will

be here soon.”



“Don’t worry about me, Miss Cut-

ler,” Dick called back. “I can take

care of myself. But”-—hesitatingly—~

“I wouldn’t put too much faith in Dr.

«Alster. I don’t believe he’s for us.”



Dick had surveyed the outlook

through the window with just such a

possible contingency in view, and it

required little exertion 'or hazard on

his part to climb out on the roof of

the back porch and slide down one of

the pillars. Before Blakeand Dr. A1—

ster appeared in the room, he was in

the woods, watching the window at a

safe distance.



“Blake will know by this time I’ve

escaped from the cave,’ ’he maintained.

“Therefore, he’ll set McGee on my

trail again. Perhaps this time I’ll be

pre. ed for him. "



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mean to me? I asked myself that q‘ues- urrectidh goes contrary to everything

,tion some days-ago and jotted down a we know. According to all the rules,

few thoughts, which ran something as Jesus should have stayed dead. The

follows:





tomb should have held Him tight; But



He broke the rules. He sprang a Sun?

prise on everybody—on His clb’sest

friends, on His enemies, on the World.



That is one of the beauties of His life

teaching. He did not go by the rules.



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The whole thing looked impossible.

It was impossible for everybody except

Himself. He did the amazing, the

crashing, the stupendous thing; He

did the impossible. If a man says he

cannot believe the resurrection, he

cannot believe it, that’s all. He may

live an exemplary life by the teachings ,

of Christ, but the best of it he will

never get. It comes .lxy faith, just

as the finest things of life come by

faith. The greatest achievements are of

faith. ‘When the Panama Canal was

begun, it was an act of sheer faith. No

one knew that success would crown

the American’s efforts. The French

had not been. successful. For every

few yards of dirt dug they had"lost a

life. No one knew that the Americans

would fare any better. And yet, in a.

year or so someone wrote,



A man went down to Panama,



Where many a. man had died,



To slit the sliding mountains,



And lift the eternal tide. ,





A man stood up and Panama,

And the mountain stood aside.





Again, I thought of the bitter jest

of it all. The inscription was put over

the cross as a sort of practical joke,

by Pilate. He would get back at the

Jews, someway, for pushing him into





an execution he did not approve. To ‘





be sure that all the Gentiles could

read it, he had it written in three lan-





guages, Latin, the language of the gov— '





ernment officials; Greek, the language

of the learned and cultured, and Ara-

maic, which was spoken by the com-

mon people, “Jesus of Nazareth, the

King of the Jews.” I imagine "he chuck-

led as he thought of it. How the Jew-





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themfienies that they have g°°d 1“ of the Sanhedrin, the wealthy of Jeru-

them. Some are very lofty .and en—r salem, would rage when they saw that.

nobling. Take Buddhism for instance. And no one would dare tear it down,

Buddhataught that desire is the cause while the Roman guard stood by.



of all the owl in the world. If we did

not want so many things we would not

break the laws of right in trying to .

get them. Take away desire and you Quakers. One day when grand 01d





remove most of our temptations. That dGe-orge Foxfwas ‘Stanldmg in .3311“. un-

sounds well, and maybe it is so. But er arres or pieac mg in 9 Open-





it is theory, after all." Buddha was a he bade the judge quake, in the pres-

wise and good man, but it is doubtful enceof GOd' From that hour he and

if he got rid of all desire. But with all his followers were Quakers. Today

Christ the whole of His teachings Quaker 1? a name 0f highesthonor. No

come from His experience. He tasted Qluaker 1s ashamed 0f 1t‘ It 13 his

death. He died, at a certain time, in g cry.



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turned out otherwise. There were the





students in Oxford University, Eng.

teachings about the future‘ life center land, got up early in the mormng to

in what He Himself experienced. read the testament. ”They went to the

.. . - prisons and prayed with the felons.

In that respect His resurrection is They were dubbed the Methodists be-

.like the Declaration of Independence. cause they were so methodical. The

That mighty document was written in name still sticks, and no one‘objects,

a. particular city, by a particular man, least of all the Methodists themselves.

,and it gave'rise to. well known, con- ' *

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philosophical treatise on the theory of thing mortal man has, never done. And

democratic government. yet, the humblest believer whpg'trusts





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"That means three to one against

me, not counting Marie," he reflected.

It was noticeable that he did not in-

clude Miss Cutler in this grouping, but





that. was because he had personally

assumed her burdens and intended to ,





relieve her of all responsibility.





He decided his next move was to

pay another visit to the wireless plant,

and learn if possible, where the yacht

was located. There was no question

in his mind that Blake was communi-

cating with Captain Brent, exchanging

messages of some sort or another. The

reason for this was still a good deal

of a. mystery to him.



“Brent’s a member of the gang,” he

reasoned. “Then why should he re-

main away with the yacht?”





There were only two possible ex-

planations for this. One was that

Blake wished to give the impression

that the. yacht was actually wrecked,

and in the meantime press his suit on

Miss Cutler until, through loneliness

and despair of escaping she yielded to

his solicitations. The others, with the

possible exception of Marie, would ably

abet him in his love suit.



The second explantion that occurred

to Dick was that the crew of the yacht

might prove loyal and steadfast to the

owner, and by keeping them in ignor-

ance of what was going on, Brent and

Blake were eliminating any risk of in-

terference from them. .



“I’d like to know if any of dad’s old

crew are aboardj’ he reflected, with

brightening eyes. “If they were, I

could depend on them. But”——ruefully

—-“I don’t suppose they are. Cutler

probably got rid of them when he dis-

charged Captain Johnston for Brent.

A pretty costly exchange for him!”





Dick remained a long time watching

the window and the back of the house.

If anyone emerged through the door-

way, he could see him in ample time

to get away.



There was no sign of any one stir-

ring about, and he finally abandoned

the watch. Retreating into the woods,

he made his way cautiously to the





,beach, and from there to the face of





the clifl, which offered so many ad-

vantageous hiding places.



Concealing himself in the mouth of

a small sea cave, where he had a clear

view of every line of approach, he fell

to meditating upon his next move. If

he destroyed the wireless plant, he

would cut off their last chance of get-

ting a message ashore or to a passing

vessel. On the other hand, if he left

it intact, he permitted Blake to hatch

up any sort. of a plot with Captain

Brent, or to carry out his original

scheme.



“Which,” be reflected With a scowl,

“I’m still ignorant of."



The position he had taken was di-

rectly under the face of the cliff, which

towered high above his head, with the

water lapping against its base fifteen

or tWenty feet below. There was no

beach at this point.

sullenly up to the rocks, breaking its

head against them in a ceaseless battle

to wear them away. The perpendicu-

lar wall dropped out of sight into twen-

ty fathoms of bluish green brine.



The minutes slipped away swiftly.

After his exertions, Dick felt tired and

sleepy. The reaction from the excite-

ment made him doze in cat naps.

Arousing himself from one of these, he

heard voices over his head. They came

from the top of the cliff, which was

just visible from his hiding place. They

were angry words, spoken in a high-

pitched, feminine voice.



“I saw you with her! You needn’t

deny it! I’ll scratch your eyes out if

you touch her again!”



It was Marie, venting her jealousy

upon her unlucky lover. Dick smiled,

enjoying the conversation. Blake spoke

in a lower. more guarded voice.



“No, I won’t keep still!" the maid

added a moment later, “You got to

promise to leave her alone, or I’ll tell

her all. You’ve deceived me, and—”





her lover in a menacing voice. “If you

don’t, I’ll—J’



“What will you do?” mocked the

maid. “You’re a coward, and don’t

dare to touch me. I know you.”



“Be careful!”



Marie laughed defiantly, taunting

him only as an aroused, jealous wom-

an could; but in the midst of it there

came a new note, which made Dick

glance upward hurriedly. It was as if

the laugh had Suddenly turned into a

scream—a frightful cry of fear and

horror. 0



A moment later a wriggling, twist-





, lng body shot through the air, missing





the ledge on which Dick stood, by less

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ome Needs More Beauty





T flare Readers lVou/d Spam] Money 272 Dz'flErmt Way: to Mate Home: Beautiful





lAUTY is inexpensive, but it is

B essential in our lives, no matter



what the cost. And beauty in the

country is more easily obtainable than

in the city, for the woods and fields

supply plants and trees to beautify the

home grounds and, in themselves, are

a background for the home setting.



Recently many readers took time to

write a letter to this department, tell-

ing how they would add more beauty

at. small cost, to their farm home.

Some of these 1ette1s have been pub-

lished. Splendid suggestions f1 0111 oth-

ers follow.



One faim woman from St. Joseph

county would make paint her first item

of expense. She thinks a well-painted

house is essential if our home sur-

roundings are to be beautiful. She

would surround her newly painted

home with a well-kept. lawn and gar-

den, an item of practical beauty.



“A neat home made by a happy moth-

er is always a beautiful home,” says an

Ottawa county mother. “Every woman

who spends‘part of each of 'the 365

days in her kitchen, needs tools with





 





So quotes a homemaker from Lena—

wee, and she thinks more money

should be spent to keep those things

that we already have around the home,

in better shape, and thus make the

whole more beautiful.



“I would add more beauty to the

front yard if there were a few extra

dollars lying idle in the family pocket-

book,” says Mrs. M. M. “Here the

passing tourist could enjoy it also. The

inside of ‘the home is often judged by

the outside. Shrubs and flowers are

very inexpensive and are a delight to

take care of, for they call us out into

the out-ofdoors, away from the grind

of housework, at least once a day. If

folks would only plant more flowers, I

do not believe we ‘would have to plan

a “Smile More” Week so often, to

keep our spirits up.”



TEST OVEN WITHOUT THER-



MOM ETER.

T the very last minute, food that

has been so carefully prepared,

can be so easily spoiled in the oven





 





 





 





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An Ample Porch and Shrubbery Makes Mrs. Marian May’s Home Attractive.





which to work. With a few extra dol-

lars to spend for home beauty, I would

select some new kitchen conveniences

that are really labor-savers. A kitchen,

well-arranged and neatly kept, is worth

the money spent there.”



Mrs. R. E. V. thinks she would spend

the first hundred dollars she could get

to beautify her home by buying new

curtains and rugs. Pretty curtains and

rugs go a long way toward making a

home cozy and beautiful, she says.



“With the first money available for

home beauty I would have a kitchen

sink and pump installed. Perhaps this

convenience would not add much direct

beauty to my home, but it certainly

would take and keep many wrinkles

out of my forehead and my disposi-

tion,” says Mrs. E. O.



“For years my dearest dream has

been that some day I could have a

stone porch, large and roomy, with

stone pillars, built—in flower boxes,

sereened for summer, and glassed for

winter. I would have it equipped with

awnings, a porch swing, rockers, and

Here I might

serve lunch sometimes, away from the

heat of the house, read, rest, sew, and

entertain my friends. \Vith the first





available money,” says Mrs. G. H. _F.,'

’ "I am going to have just such a porch





added to my home.”



“'A little farm well tilled,



A little house well filled,



A little wife well willed,



With everything in order, tidy and





eat. .

'Will make a home happy, healthy, and





. complete. . . _





that“ it is a wise cook that will take

a few‘ seconds to test her oven before

the cooking process begins.



Custards and meringues will need a

slow oven to keep the egg white from

separating from the other ingredients,

and the whole becoming watery.

Sponge cake and angel food will need

a slow oven, other cakes and cookies

will require a moderate temperature

for baking. Baking powder biscuit and

pastry bake better in a hot oven.



If you have no thermometer by

which to judge the temperature, you

will have very good success by ._the

flour test. A simple test is to place

a teaspoonful of flour on a piece of

unglazed paper in the oven. If the

flour browns lightly in ten seconds, the

oven is hot; if in thirty seconds the

temperature is moderate; if in sixty

seconds it proves that the temperature

is low. If the oven temperature runs

up faster than you wish it to, set a

pan of water in the corner of the oven.

A pan of steaming water set in one

corner will keep food from. browning

too much, or the crust becoming too





hard. . . .'





PALATE PLEASERS.





 





HOT salmon loaf will be a wel-

come change from plain salmon

for Sunday night lunch, or for supper

on a. cold spring day.

To make it you will need:

1 can salmon





2 8m

2 cups bread crumbs 1. Pint mill; , _

i cup drained pen Bait. Dewar -. ; L.





Flake the fish and/ mix with the

bread crumbs. Season and add the

peas. Beat the eggs, add the milk and

mix all together. Turn into a buttered

baking dish, dot with butter, and bake

in a moderate oven for one hour.





Cheese loaf is an appetizing substi-

tute for meat. To make it you will

need: -





pint milk

slices stale bread





Soak the bread in the milk, add the

cheese, and season. Beat the eggs and

fold them in. Turn into a buttered

baking dish, and bake in a. moderate

oven for three-quarters of an hour.



Some day when you get tired of

frosting your cake the same old way,

try this plan. Prepare your white ic-

ing as usual, and ice the sides of the

cake and irregular spots on the top.

Then mix cocoa orpchocolate, as you

prefer, with the remaining icing, and

finish icing the cake with this, draw-

ing the brown and white patches ir-

regularly together. The effect is unique





11,5 cups Era-ted chm

3-8883





and everyone will get a little of both

white and chocolate icing.





It was Ben Franklin who said. “Silks

and satins put out the kitchen fire.”

But at least,>the"ki.tchen fire is a good





'way of telling whether silk is all silk.





 





Vegetables, fresh fruits, fresh air,

exercise, and plenty of pure drinking

water—this is the recipe for a. good

complexion.





To clean piano keys, moisten a cloth

with alcohol, rub them well and wipe

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He: Which would you prefer, a dia-





'mond ring or a pair of silk hose ?”





She: “A. real diamond ring?”

He: “As real as your ruby lips.”

She: “I’ll take the silk hose.”





 





 





“Happiness is a perfume—«you can-

not pour it on others without getting a

few drops on yourself'.{’—Emerson.





What’s the Hurry?





W fiat Profit, if we Gain an Hour éut Lore f‘oya'afa Perfect Day





N Englishwoman, who visited

A this country~ a few years ago,



went back and told England that

the American people just made her

dizzy. Everything was a perpetual

hurry! hurry! over here. __ Even the

little school children, she said, were

taught to hasten. In town, it was:

“Hurry home tonight~—-maybe we’ll all

go to a show.” In the country, it was:

“Hurry home tonigl1t———mama has

something for you to do,”



Famous beauty experts of France

say that American women can not long

retain their looks unless they “slow

down.” They argue that no one can

be truly beautiful when haste is em-

bossed on the contour in capital let-

ters.



From everywhere, we are chided as

a nation of “nerves.” And what is the

cause? Is it because we are a super-

ambitious people who look upon the

tasks of today as the triumphs of to-

morrow? Or, is it because we are a

greedy people, to whom the worldly

riches do not come soon enough, and

we must needs go pell-mell through the

twenty-four hours at hand to be ready

for the next shift laden with golden

hours?



Where does our haste lead us? What

does it profit us if we gain a whole

hour, but lose the joy of a perfect day?

There is scarcely a railroad crossing

in the country that does not stand as

a veritable 10w of white eiosses. Our

automobile casualties are appalling

We see cases of dyspepsia, indigestion

and similar ailments on every hand.

Most of them are the'potent results

of haste—~all very expensive tolls to

pay for a few extra moment's.



Truly, it is an undeniable accom-

plishment to always be on‘time but

the day-attenday hasty regime is whol-

ly inexcusable. There are- epitaphs

with more meaning than: “.8118 was

always on time.” Perchance, if we

would all live our days a little slower,

much of the unrest we hear so~much

about, would depreciate. .



Our grandmothers and their. moth—





- are before them, scarcely recognized! _

that Worn “hurry”





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courage, patience and forbearance,

they had an immense mission to fulfill

—that of building a nation. Hence,

they lived their days slowly and sanely.

They did not dare be nerve-tagged or

upset- when the covered wagon was

moving westward—or their fragile

,craft was starting across the surging

Atlantic. It took composure and a

staunch heart to keep imbued with the

spirit of the second mile.



Capable souls, indeed, were those

dear grandmothers—those fittest of

the survivors! They slaved and work-

e.d all day with but the dire necessities

of life. but eveningtide found them as

calmand deliberate as when Aurora

drove her rosy chariot out of the east-

ern hills. Perhaps that was the secret

of their growing old with such ex-

quisitegrace, a finished something with

which even the charm of youth can-

not vie.



I like to slip into the living-room of

my old home and look at the picture of

my grandmother. Something about her

kindly eyes and the tender curve of

her lips' says with certainty: “Take

your time, child.” -



The human life itself is very much

like those precious crystals *‘of radio.

And likewise, there is technique to the

"tunin’ in” on the things of life] To

what extent have we. farm women op-

ened the vistas of our hearts, minds,

and soulsby tuning in on the things

about Us? The lark songs of early

morning f1 om the fields; the whisper-

ing breezes that direct the swallow

towards the crooning call 01’ his new—

found mate; the liquid notes of the

robin in the crabapple treaFall are

magic crystals to which we may listen

free of charge, if we but take the time.



Take a look at ourselves in the mir-

ror. Are our eyes fiery balls of haste,





like a hunted doe? Are our lips curled .





in a permanent wave that speaks aud—

ibiy, "Isn’t that kettle boiling yet?” Are

our foreheads covered .. »

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TOUCH of embroidery here, some



applique there, with a bit of: lace



all around,“ make the simple de-

signs in kiddies’ clothes very appeal-

ing. What little miss could fret and

frown if she had any of the pretty

designs in No. 11087, appliqued to her

play frock! This pattern contains

twenty-eight motifs, in right and left

design, from one and one—half to six

and three—fourths inches high.





No. 11002 contains three scallop bor-

ders that are very dainty on any of

baby’s clothes, or on lingerie and hand-

kerchiefs. There are three yards of

each width on border, one inch, half

inch, and five-eighth inches in .Width.



If you have a use for a conventional

border, you will like design No. 11082.

It contains two borders, one three inch-

es wide, with one and seven—eighth

yards in the pattern. The second one

is one andone-half inches wide and

contains two and threefourths yards

of pattern. Either of these designs are

effective on dresses, aprons, hats, and

household articles.



Floral border ,No. 11045 has three

and three-quarter yards of stamping de-

sign. ‘It' is most suited to babies’

clothes and lingerie.



A border thatis diflerent, but very

effective, is NO.“ 11096. It has four

lengths of border, each four and a

quarter’inches Wide and nineteen inch:

es long. Itmay be applied to the low;

or part .of infants’ garments, or on

scarfs, “pillows, and". towels. . _

Scallop design No."11021 is always





’ useful.“ “Itroontains three yards each

Mae??? i Wank inch. andthree—





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dren’s clothes.



There are twenty-six flower spray

designs in pattern No. 11085. On lad-

ies’, misses’. and children’s lingerie,

they add a dainty touch.



For doilies,infant’s pillows, carriage

covers, and lingerie, No. 11106 is most

appropriate. It contains designs

enough for five doilies.



No. 11097 is a design for pillows. It

has four motifs, ten and one-quarter by

seventeen and one-quarter inches, one

eight by sixteen inches, one twelve and

one-quarter by ten and one-quarter

inches, and one six by four inches, all

suitable to infants’ wear and fancy

pillows.



To obtain any of these patterns send

thirteen cents each to the Pattern De-

partment, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan.





UNCOOKED MINCEM EAT.





 





IN response to Mrs. C. L.’s request

for making mincemeat without

cooking it, I am sending this one that

I have found it to be very good.





2% lbs. lean meat 2 tsp. mm



1% lbs. suet 2 tsp. cloves



0 lbs. apples 2 (BB. cinnamon



2 lbs. raisins 1% gill rose water .

2 lbs. sugar 1 on beef stock



3 tsp. salt





Boil beef until tender and grind.

Chop suet and apples and raisins. Mix

and put in jars and keep cool. One

can use cider instead of rose water.

D6 not cook the fruit or the suet.—-

Mrs. H. T. ‘



Mrs. C. M. S.’, of North Adams, says

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WILIHIRE. OHIO’ .

From one of the founders of the chick industry 24 years in the business.

An old reliable hatchery. which has been putting out guaranteed chicks for-r

- years. Our hooks are the result of can-elm breeding and culling over 0.

.. ‘ wind of years. All our flocks have been state accredited end

-.“ 4' Birds have been leg-banded





mend themselves. 8. C. White Leghorn.

r. L. E. Hensley Egg Basket Strain Buff





Wrap BUY MIGHIGAN STATE AGGBEDITE





by the state; What seen. our .ch

Barred Rocks. Rhoda I

W.» Wflta for {1:89 00.05105





use. “mums.





 





 





   





Gloves





LADY is known by tho’gloyes she

wears.” If this be true, and we

often hear it. ‘repe‘ated,then it





care of the gloves she wears. '



If they are Chamois, add a. few drops

of ammonia to a basin of warm suds.

Soak the gloves in this for fifteen min—

utes, then squeeze gently and transfer

to another soapy water of the same

temperature. Wash by squeeiing rath-





‘731' than by rubbing. Rinse in Water to





which has been added algteaspoonful of

olive oil. Press between folds of a.

towel to extract as much water as pos-

sible, pull into shape and hang up to

dry. When the gloves are still a. little

damp, rub them between the hands to

make pliable, and repeat after they

,are thoroughly dry.





If you wish to renovate kid gloves,

the worn spots may be covered up to

a. certain extent by touching them with

a. camel’s hair brush dipped in a mix-

.ture of olive oil and ink or dye.





If you wish to ‘clean washable kid

gloves, wash them on the- hands in

,warm suds of white soap, rubbing them

gently with a. piece of well-soaped flan-

nel. Rinse in soapy water and press

with a Turkish towel before removing

from the hands. Hang up to dry, and

grub between the hands to restore .fle-x—

.ibility.





If you are fortunate enough to pos-

sess a. pair of white kid gloves, they

may be cleaned, when only partly soil-

ed, by rubbing the soiled parts gently

with art gum.



, Either white or colored kid gloves

may be cleaned by sponging with a.

,flannel moistened with alcohol. Or

they may be soaked in .a glass jar

filled with gasoline. When clean, rinse





and hang in the open air to dry.



Suede gloves may be cleaned by put-

ting them on the hands and “wash-

ing” them in fine corn meal. if the

soil is not entirely removed, put the

,gloves into a paper sack together with





4a cupful of powdered magnesia. and





one-fourth as much cream of tartar.

Shake vigorously and let stand over

night. Put the gloves on the hands

and remove the remaining powder by

rubbing with a. piece of white flannel.

This treatment can be used for light-

tinted and white gloves only.



0





DOOR BUMPERS SAVE BACKACHE-





T is hard to imagine door bumpers

preventing backache, but that is

just What they will do if you give them

a. chance. I_mean the ordinary rubber-

.tipped, wooden door bumpers that

screw into the wall just back of the





- door. Supplied with four such bump-





ers, I chose my most comfortable

kitchen chair, and screwed the'bump—

ers into the bottom of the legs, thus

raising the height of the chair at least

four inches. I can now work at table,

lsink, or ironing board without standing

on tired feet, and it gives more sup—

port to my back than the high stool

which is so popular for kitchen work.

When a. child, who has outgrown a.

high chair, but is too small f0 sit on

an ordinary dining-room chair, is a

guest in our home, my kitchen chair

again comes in handy.





A neighbor with a. low sink has

screwed these rubber-tipped bumpers

into the corners of a board a. foot

squire, and her dishpan is set on this

platform at dishwashing‘ time. A care-

flil housewife will appreciate the fact





will not mar the enamel-Of {the sink.

Numerous other uses for these handy

little contrivances 'will'suggest them-

selves, after-you are once" interested.





Md” A work table-that is too flow"may‘ be

,raised in this-Way, and especially if. the





piece of ‘_ furniture "is then ‘wflnishog

nofpné wrenching-but ‘ A





 





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(5 IA Bil





By Careful Wax/22kg my will magma/z“ Longer





behooves her to take the best; possible ‘





them in clear/gasoline, pull into shape.





that, used in this way, the rubber tips .

- place, but will. start nicely in la. warm.





 

 

 

 

 





 

     

 





of the tableflwere made with the extra.

little oval knobs at the’bottomééMr-s.

N. P. ' ' ,





HINTS FOR avEfiv'nhv. ‘ I





Saturday—If candle holders are- not

procurable, decorate the top of your

birthday cake with marshmallows and

stick a. candle in each 0110;,“ ‘



Sunday—Leftover _'sandw'iches may

be made appetizing by serving asipan-

cakes. Dip each sandwich intosa. bat-

ter and fry to a. golden brown in fat.

Serve hot. ‘ ' '



Monday—When serving egg on toast

to children or invalids,‘ cut; the toast.

in cubes, leaving the slice in its or-

iginal Shape before putting on the eggs.





The toast is more easily eaten.





Tuesdfy—If baking powder, soda, or

other leavening can'be ‘mixed with

liquid that is slightly warm, the tex-

ture of the baked food is’ better, and

the dough will bake more evenly than

when the outside is heated from the

oven some little time before the middle

is warm. ‘ -



Wednesday—If the snaps are fasten-

ed before the garment is washed, the

wringer will not injure them. -



Thursday—1f a pinch of Soda. is ad- '

ded to the whites of eggs While they

are being beaten, and then the hot.

syrup poured over them, as for frost-

ing, the frosting will remain soft and

creamy. ’ '



Friday—Don’t waste the green stalks

surrounding the head of cauliflower.

Cut them lengthwise into two or three

pieces, according to their thickness.

Fill in a. bundle and cook as asparagus.

Serve with white or Hoilandaise sauce.





TELL-TALE ’NlTIALS..





 





If you start in life with W, e»



Manners are what’s bound to trouble

you; ” » '



You’ll be happy, handsome, hale,



As a splashing, spouting whale.



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 carbonand em-

broidered as the stitches-indicate

in the patterns. ' v

Because they areso seldom used, let-



.Q, U, V, X, Y, and Z will not be print-

ed. —They may be obtained upon re-

quest. .





 





START THE CANNA BULBS EARLY.





ANNIA bulbs will grow and bloom

if planted after they cdn’be safe





.outside, but it 'will take flinch longer

"for them to become effective. I prefer





[to plant the bulbs in pots very'early,

and when'planted Outside will be more

advanced. ‘ v .1



They do not need a specially warm





partially lighted'gbaSemenL‘I have even

watered the clumps towardsrflnx and _

placed'in the light undies grow



when warm.» push ' .' "3
ARE’vou DEAF? ~





tween a deaf person and a deaf-

ened person?



People who are interested in helping

deafness speak only of those born with-

out hearing as “deaf” persons, and ap-

ply the word “deafened” to the others

Most of those who have had good hear-

ing at one time, and later have become

deafened, -still retain at least a slight

vestige of the faculty of hearing, and

are able to take advantage of one or





DO you know the difference be-





other of the many devices that are on ,,





the market for assisting them to hear.

Unfortunately, that great body of

111431 cenary wolves Who prey upon the

public through the sale of patent medi-

cines, etc, were quick to find out that

a deafened person will try almost any-

thing in the hope 'of regaining hearing.

Therefore, it soon developed that any

number of forms of apparatus were of-

fered for sale, making all kinds of

promises and being able to deliver very

little in the way of performance.

There is an association called the

American Federation of Organizations

for the Hard of Hearing, which has its

office at 1601 Thirty-fifth Street, N. W.,

Washington, D. C., and has for its chief

object the protection of deafened per-

4 sons from becoming the victims of

these fake cures for deafness. This

association makes a point of testing

{out every device for the relief of deaf-

ness that is put on the market, and is

ready at all times to give information





to those wishing to know as to the

dependability of such devices.





The Federation will tell you all you

want to know about earphones, schools

of lip-reading, “fake cures” for deaf-

ness, the proper education of hard of

hearing children, local clubs for the

hard of hearing. In fact, it will tell

you anything you want to know about

deafness.





So far as I know, the association has

nothing whatever to sell, unless it

might be a subscription to a magazine

which they issue, called The Volta Re-

view. I am quite sure that they will

give information, regardless of whether

you take a subscription, and since the

devices for assisting hearing are often

quite costly, it will pay very well in-

deed to take advantage of the offer

that this organization makes to give

assistance in making a proper selec-

tion. -





EYES GET RED.





W‘ould you please tell me what is

the cause of my eyes getting red very





often, and in the moxning the lids feel





kind of stiff. The right eye is worse





than the left one. I am thirty-five

years of age—Mrs. P. S





This may be due to a simple inflam-

mation of the lids, or it may be due

to granulated eyelids (trachoma). It

is not safe to depend upon guesswork

with so important an mgan as the eye.

You should 11a e a personal examina-

tion by someone competent to judge.





 





 





 





Adventures of Tilly and Billy





T he Fm! Bzrt/zo’ay Candler





er had promised that she might

have a. birthday party and a birth-

day cake with "little lights all over it.”

This year Tilly was to have seven

little lights on her cake, and her moth«





IT was Tilly’s birthday, and her moth-





er had promised to tell her why little,





people have candles on their birthday

cakes. ’



So when Tilly’s mother brought in

the birthday cake, all lighted up with

seven little candles, she gathered Tilly

and her little guests around her, and

told them a story something like this.



“Once upon a time, when all the

fields were woods, there was a little

girl .named Phoebe. She lived with

her father and mother in a little house.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Seven Little Candles Lighted Up the

Birthday Cake.





Wherever she went, she had to go

through the woods. But Phoebe was

.not afraid. One day Phoebe’s mother

sent her to her grandmother’s house

with a note. \

- “ ‘Follow the path and come right

straight home; said Phoebe’s mother.

p ‘ f‘Phoebe obeyed, but on the way





,‘hemoshg-mw tired andsatdown to





 





 

 

 





in Dreamland so long that when she





awoke it was dark. p



“ ‘Oh, oh, oh!’ cried Phoebe, ‘Now I

can’t find the way home.’



“ ‘Followr the light and you will find





the way,’ said a little Wood Fairy, who w...“

had been watching over her while she “"005 “LAN” ““3

TON





slept.





“ ‘What light?’ asked Phoebe.



“When she looked again, the Fairy

was gone.

glowed out among the trees.

ran to it.

in an acorn cup. As she picked in up,

she spied another

ahead of her. She ran to it.

found another little candle burning in

an acorn cup. And so Phoebe followed

the candles that the Wood Fairy light-

ed for her, and she was soon home,

carrying with her seven little candles

in acorn cups.



“Phoebe’s mother was very glad to

see her little girl, for she was worried.

Phoebe had always been home before





Phoebe





_ dark.





“ ‘Where did you get the candles?’

asked Phoebe’s mother.





“Then Phoebe told her mether how

the kind Wood Fairy had lighted them

so that she might find the way home

after the sun went to bed.





“Phoebe’S= mother was very happy.

‘We shall have the candles on, your

birthday cake tomorrow. There are

just seven of them—~one for every year

you are old. You 'see, the kind Wood

Fairy knew just hold old you are.’



“And ever since that day, children

have \wanted little candles on their

birthday cakes," said Tilly’s mother,

as she served each one of Tilly’s little





guests with a" big piece of birthday“





cake. .





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Our careful selection and breeding has made our stock especially early in maturing.

right into our birds. Official records. Egg production at an early age means more money for you. Every

bird that. produces hatching eggs for us is BLOOD TESTED FOR WHITE DIARRHEA. This in out sec-

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BUY INSURED CHICKS





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Each breed on separate form under special breeder. Egg records actually

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you may become acquainted With this stock.



Chicks Delivered to You Guaranteed 100 per cent Perfect.

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WHITE. BROWN. BUFF Let us send you these Chicks or Eggs this year. Full descriptive Circular



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Egg production bred





 





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'Buy Our State Accred

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Inspector left only big profitable breeders in our flecks. 15 best varieties ever

produced, 9c and up. We have some pcdmrced coekerels in our flocks. Some win-

ning 151; and 2nd prize in production c.1ass Also trapnestlng the Tancred bullets.

So our chicks should be as good as money can buy. Hatching eggs. Get free

circular with big discount before buying elsewhere.





BEGKMAIIII IIATGIIEIIY, 26 E. Lyon, Grand RapidsMiclI.





Downs Strain White Leahoms have been bred for 888 production for nineteen

years. They are great winter layers. Many of Michigan's largest m farms

purchase their chicks from us each year. One reports 64% production in No-

vember from 775 pullets Our flocks hatchery and chicks are all itod

by Mich. State Poultry Improvement Assn. and Mich. State College. Write (on

our free catalog today. Prices reasonable. 1





W. A. Downs Poultry Farm, R. F. D. 1, Washington. Mich





 





 





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Buy Michigan sm- Aocrodltod chicks from Lakeview. Breeders for years. of high-

quality strains. At Egg Laying Contests they have made good. Every brwder has

been inspected and passed by representatives of the Michigan State College. We

guarantee 100% live delivery prepaid. Order from this ad



Varlet lea Prices on: 25 60 100 500 1000

White Leghorn: (Tone ted) .......... ...1 ......... $3 75 $7. 00 813 862 Write

Barred Rocks (Parks strain) ................... 4.57 15 72 (or



C. 8: R. C. Rhode Island Reds .............. 4. 2 8%?) 15F 72 Special

Especial Mating: Higher. Mixed Chicks :10 per 100. All heavies $.12.

outdo: tells all about Lakeview Chicks. LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARIm II. II. 8. Box 6. HOLLAND. HIGH.





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Every Michigan State Accredited

Hatchery has had all its docks in-

dividually inspected by the Michi~

nan State College. All male birds

have been individually leg-banded

with a State sealed and numbered

leg band. Parent stook of all Ac-

credited Chicks is pure‘bred and

tree from all major standard dis-

uualiiications. All breeders ap-





 

 

 

 

 

 





the truthfulness and reliability of

the advertisers' statements.

Such advertising has been approved

by the Michigan State Poultry Im-

provement Association. and by the

Michigan State College.

For a list of MICHIGAN STATE

ACCREDITED HATCHERIES and

,further informNation,



A.H Secretary,.

Mich. State College. East Lansing,

Michigan.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





of parent stoek. All with low vi-

tality or disease have been removed.





 

 

 





 





 

 

 





 





 





   





 





lWASH‘IENAT/V Baby CthkS/ffil

12:: BABY cIIIcKs sens. -- iii





We have not only selected our breeding stock and mated our birds for best results but we have Joined.

the Midiigan Accredited Association An inspector from the Agricultural College approves every b.ird This





work is for your protection and gives you the most up— to«date in baby chicks Write for literature and

price list. Our chicks cost no more and you can feel safe. 100% live delivery. Write today.





Get Our Illustrated lItoraturo

We hove prepared a big. illustrated circular which tells all about our chicks.

get it it you expect to buy chicks this year.

PRICES: Our prices are reasonable. Our chicks are good. Write today.

WASHTENAW HATCHERY. 250i Redd“ Road.





UNDERMIIN CHICKS





Chicks that are hatched from free range breeders carefully selected. Our

docks and hatchery inspected and passed by representative of Michigan State

College. Reler you to State Commercial Savings Benkz.5 Order from this ad.





Prepaid prices on 100 500 1009

8. C. White J: Brown Leghorn: ........ .3245. 00 370 00 $13 362 50 3120

Barred necks & B C. R. I Reds ................... 4.75 8.0015 72.50140

Mixed Chicken—310 per hundred Free catalog. 100% Live Delivery prepaid.



10% down books your order. Our Chicks on Michigan State Acored ted.





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«GDUNDEE PURE BRED CHICKS





State Accredited. Blood tested for White Diarrhea for the

past two ears. Three Leading Breeds, B. P. Rocks, R. I.

Reds and nglish White Leghorns. Write for catalogue and

- price list. 100% live delivery guaranteed.





DUNDEE HATCHERY

BOX A., - DUNDEE, MICHIGAN.





 





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nvestigate one of Michigans oldest and best hatcheries. Eighteen

years' experience Every chick hatched from selected, rugged iree- ~range breeders

Oihcialiy. passed by inspectors from Michigan State College. Absolute satisfaction in

the hands of old customers necessitated increasing our capacity. White Leghorns. Large

Type English, Special Mated American; Barred Rocks: Anconas: S. C. R. I.



Buy your Michigan State Accredited chicks of an old reliable concern. with an

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It. will pay you to 1





Michigan accredited chicks from flocks which have stood careful inspection. Our r~

White Leghorn Ceck Bird won lst at Eastern Michigan Poultry Show, 1926. in

bath production and exhibition classes. We won 1st in pullet class. Catalog tree.



Prices (post paid) on 25 50 100 500 10 00

9- C White Lezborns ........................... 34 4.00 37 50 $14 00 $67. 50 $130

Bar. Rocks, R. 1. Beds. Anconas a; BL Minorcas 4. 25 8.00 1500 72. 50 140

White Rocks.. White& &.S L. Wyandottes. 4.50 8.50 16.00 77.50 150





Assorted Chicks 312. 00 per 100.

BOX C. BIRMINGHAM. IICH.

MICH. STATE





WHITE LEGHORN S ACCREDITED





ENGLISH

The Big. Deep Bodied Hens With Large Combs That Produce The Large White Eggs.





TYPE

Your successwith poultry depends on your foundation stock. Start right. Our new 1926 FREE Cata-

xogtells how and what to do to raise chicks profitably. Send for your copy before you buy any chicks





OTTAWA HATCHERY





ROUTE 10, BOX 42-M HOLLAND, MICH.





I. on 5%: S I LER , S PURE BRED CHICKS





BLOOD TESTED

Parent stock all State Accredited and Blood Tested. All males are banded with

a. State seal. Every chick is examined separately before being shipped 100%





live delivery guaran ant.eed Two leading breeds, BARRED PLYMO TH R CK

S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS. Write for our catalogue and prices. U 0 3"





THE SILER HATCHERY





DUNDEE, MICHIGAN.





ACCREDITED CHICKS AND EGGS





‘ White LeghomsfiAnconas. Chicks hatched from free range. Mich.

.f State Accredited flocks. Send for our catalog and prices on chicks and

~ ‘ eggs. We guarantee 100‘}7 oLive Delivery and insure chicks for one

week. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write today.





.-_ ,, M.D.WYNGARDEN

" ROUTE 4, - BOX 1. - ZEELAND, MICH.





 





 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 





FROM STATE ACCREDITED FLOCKS EXCLUSIVELY.





Strong, Healthy Chicks from these selected flocks. Inspected and Culled by ex-

pert State Inspectors. Cargully selected for heavy laying abilities.



ENGLISH. BARRON 9ND TANCRED STRAIN WHITE LEGl-IORNS. 8. C.

BROWN LEGHORNS. HEPPARD ANGONAS. BAHRED ROCKS. RHOOE I8.

LAND REDS and Assorted Mixed Chicks. Postpaid and Full Live Delivery

Gmanlteed. Bank Reference. Write me at once tor Circular and full price

p cu are.





WINSTROM HATCHERY. Albert Winch-on. Prom. Box 0.6. Iceland. Michigan.





“MICHIGAN’S BEST" BABY CHIGKS.

When youbuy buyPine Bay Chicks you get chicks that are. first of all. bred right. and secondly.

hatched wright. We have been in the business since 1904. Yearly we have increased our

Marya) care oi our needs. Ourstock has demonstrated its claim to a place among

Michigan's Best. Black Miners“. 8. C. White Leghorn. s. c. Mottled Anconu,

, . Write for special prices on large numbers. Pine Bay Chicks ore vigoroua raised.

,, Parent. stock” reared in Michigan climate is healthy and hardy Bend for tree descriptive

list. 100% Live Delivery. Guu'anteed. Post paid.

HOLLAND. BIC":





 





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BIG HUSKY CHICKS





with my hens. They com to get

and drag one leg.

them they seem to get all right in a.

few days. —-—A.



When a. hen suffers from leg weak-

ness for a short time, andthen recov-





. ers, it seems to be due to a temporary





paralysis probably caused by a. lack of





‘ sunshine, a deficienCy in the ration, or





a. combination of both. The trouble is

reported more often than usual. this

winter, probably due to the great lack

of sunshine.





When the hens are on range in the

pure rays of the sun, they will prob-

ably show incfé‘fised vigor.

meantime isolate hens with leg weak-

ness so they will not be injured by the

healthy members of the flock. Provide

all the hens with a. balanced ration,

in arwell ventilated house where they

will receive as much direct sunlight as

possible. '





 





INFLAMMATION. 0F 'VGIZZARD.





 





Could you tell me why my chickens

are dying. Every morning I find at

least two or three dead. I examined





gizzard, and there is water inside the

gizzard.———E. L.



Chickens are subject to inflammation

of the gizzard, and such cases are diffi-

cult to treat, except by prevention. The

use of a. balanced ration, and succu~

lent green feed, helps to prevent the

digestive disorders that may cause

such conditions in the gizzard.



Try feeding a. laying mash composed

of 100 pounds each of bran, middlings,

meat scrap, ground corn and ground

oats. Give the hens as much sunshine

as possible, and turn them out on good

days to increase their vigor. Unless

the losses are due to some specific dis-

ease, like tuberculosis, the condition of

the flock may improve with better

weather. If you suspect tuberculosis

it will pay to have a. veterinarian in-

.spect the flock and make recommenda-

tions.





HENS EATING FEATHERS.





My chickens eat feathers. Even

pick them off each other. Could you

Cdv'Ii‘seS me what to do to stop it?—





Feather eating'is often caused by

idleness and lack of something in the

ration which the birds crave. Over-

crowding in a small poultry house

brings the birds in close contact with

é'ach other, and may start the habit.

One of the best remedies is to turn

the hens out on range, where they will

separate and become interested in oth-

er things.



One poultryman reports that feeding

a little raw ground bone each day

seems to satisfy the bird’s appetite and

they stopped picking at each other.

Feed a. balanced laying mash and plen-

ty of green feed. Scatter the scratch

grain in straw litter so the hens will

keep busy. If only a. few hens have

the habit a. short observation of the

flock may locate the offenders, and

they can be isolated.





Eating feathers frequently cause-s

hens to be crop bound. Watch for this

condition and any crop—bound birds can

be treated before the clogging of the

digestive system weakens them and

makes treatment difficult.





 





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Some time ago I saw an article in

the Michigan Farmer about feeding

little chicks sweet milk. What else did

they feed ?——Mrs. W. K.





Sweet milk is not advised in the

chick’s ration. Chicks do not handle

the milk sugar to the best advantage,

and changes from sWeet to sour milk

cause digestive disorders. As it is dif-

ficult to keep sweet milk from sour-lug

the fountains near the warmbrooder

stoves, ' it is \best' to give only son;





>11111k,01' buttermilk, to chicks. . The

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Efficient methods save time,

chickens and jmoney.

Slip-shod equipment has no place in

the poultry» yard.

The accompanying sketch shows how

to make a' Combination coop tor the

sitting hen and her brood.





The back half is covered with root-

ing, and the front half with one-inch

mesh netting. The open space marked

A. is used to ‘slide boards through

when shutting the hen and her brood

in for the night.



When the hens are setting, the coops

may be placed close together, thus sav-

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Handy for Setting Hens.





they can be easily moved when the

chicks come out, to give them flesh

ground.



The back end of the coops should be

held in place with buttons or hooks for

convenience when setting the. hen and

removing the nest.



A Feeding Coop.



When hens and chicks are running

together, the young stock usually suffer

at feeding time. This can be, prevent-

ed by making a feeder coop. The coop

should be about six feet square and

made of slats placed about two or

three inches apart. The young stock

can get in and feed in peace.



A Fattening Coop.



W'hen getting the young cockerels

ready for market, place them in a coop

made very much like the feeder coop

above, with slats about two inches

apart. Place your trough to feed out-

side the coop and you will be able to

feed them in less time, and the yard

will not get foul and dirty so quick.

The troughs should be taken away and

scalded with hot water every day.



A water Fount.



Take an empty barrel and put a

small tap in the bottom, put it in a

shady place, and let the tap drip slowly

into a shallow pan or bucket. A small

drain should be dug for the overflow

to run away. The water, in this ay,





is always cool and the pan will be kept '





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clean.

How to Cut Feed Costs.



Dry bread fed properly, is one of the



best and cheapest poultry feeds you





Some Helpful Suggem'om

By R. A Hill





can use. Cut the bread in thin slices

and dry it thoroughly in the oven, or

over the top of the stove. Then put

it in a box or pail and chop it up with

a spade.



When feeding this, pour the hot wa-

ter on it, then pour it right on. Do

not let it soak or" it will become soggy.





Then put in enough. mash to make it, '





crumbly.





The finer particles of this makes.





excellent feed for growing baby chicks.

, Now is the time to get busy and

make up some of the c'oops I have de-

scribed. Do it now. You won’t have

time to do it later on.



Next time I am going to tell you how

to build a poultry house that is a “bum

dinger” for saving time. The idea

may be used on a poultry house of any

design, or you can remodel your pres-

ent one at small cost.





WHOLE CORN OR CRACKED.





 





RACKED corn works into the



straw litter better than whole corn

but the digestive system of the hen

seems to handle whole corn to good

advantage. Using cracked corn per-

mits a better distribution of the corn

among the ilock.‘ Hens seem to like

corn better than other grains and when

whole corn is used the rapid eaters

in the flock may obtain more than their

share because of the ease with which

it is gathered. .



I would rather have cracked corn

made from whole corn grown in the

community, and not degerminated. The

germ in the corn contains a lot of the

vitamines and protein, and corn Witlll-

out the germ must be of reduced value

for poultry feed. Corn cracked at the

local elevators can be used in the

scratch grain ration economically by

sifting it to remove the fine powdered

corn which might be wasted in the

poultry house litter. This fine corn

meal can be used in the laying mash.



In the night ration the purpose is to

fill up the hens with grain, and give

them a feed that will last as near to

morning as possible. For that purpose

I cannot see where cracked corn has

any advantage over whole corn. I have

fed cracked corn to some sections in

my laying houses, and used whole com

in others, and have not been able to

see any difference in the production

mhealth ot‘ the flocks—K.





Good crops cannot be grown from

poor seed, nor can good layers be pro-

duced from poor chicks. It is money





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Bother bred cost no more than ordinary chicks. Order from mac-1.1.. F000-

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deliveries when sou want them Send for folder and



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last year. Bend for descriptive

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Pure-Bred Baby chicks





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Unéle Frank should take pity on the

boys’ and girls’ letters that never get

printed. Some who write letters get

them printed the first time, the next





.time. and so forth, and others never





get their’s printed.



Uncle Frank should not feed the

waste basket as much as he does; it

might develop in a serious sickness

to his stomach, because of overloading

him so. .



He should not let his name, picture,

or any feature of himself be known, as

the interest of the M. C. corner will

then be lost. He should not make

such hard contests as in the past.



He should make improvements to the

M. C. C. by the following means: Give

names, addresses, and amount receiv-

ed for the fund; by mnning rhyme-a.-

line to make folks laugh. The first

will wake some folks up to the fact

that they have not contributed to the

fund for the children at the Senator-

itun.~Albert Faber.





It is unfortunate that some letters

get printed and others do not. I’m sorry

1 can’t work it some other way, but I

really feel that I must print the most

interesting letters, regardless of who

writes them.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am wondering, as I write this, just

What that Merry Cil'cler, who suggest-

ed this contest on “How I want Uncle

Frank to act,” had in mind at the time.

I wonder.



And now, how do I want Uncle Frank

to act? I don’t want him to act at all.

I want him to be Uncle Frank, of our

circle, just as he has always been.



I realize that many answers shall

come concerning this subject, and I

know there will be lots of good sug-

gestions in them for Uncle Frank. I

don’t mean that he should not make

use of them if he chooses, but, oh—

I don’t want him “posing.” If he did

he wouldn’t be Uncle Frank. He would

be acting‘under the influence of some

one else’s personality.



I want him ashe has been. Some—

times I, feel so near him, as I read our

page. Uncle Frank, please be original,

just as you are now, and have been

these past few years we have known

you, and be the Uncle to all the M.

C.’s of the Merry Circle in our boys'

and girls’ page—Mamie Balich.



I like this letter because it accepts

me, with all my faults.





IT is a. privilege we have this week,

a. message to our farm boys from



former Secretary of Agriculture

David F. Houston. Dr. Houston was

born in North Carolina, and was edu-

cated in South Carolina, and at Har~

vaid College. He served for sometime

as piesident of the A. & M College

of Texas, and later of the University

of Texas—then as chancellor of Wash—

ington Univeisity at St. Louis. He was

regarded as one of the strongest men

in President VVilsofns cabinet





HE same qualities which make for

success in other businesses are

essential for successful farming. Among

them I should mention (1) honesty;

(2) a. spirit of careful inquiry; (3)

team work, or cooperation, with neigh-

bors, both in production and market-

ing; (4) industry, and (5) persever-

ance; Unquestionably, the farm boys

who have made fine. records in all

parts of the country have revealed

these qualities and will continue to





 





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manifest them in their large actiVin‘_“





Some Personal Suggestions





Given éy M._’C.r. to U. F.





myself at all times, but there are times

when that is even hard. I sometimes

think the hardest thing to do is to be

one’ 8 self.





Dear Uncle Frank:





Say, Uncle Frank, you sure have a,





funny contest a-going this time. Of

course, you know, and We know, how

you should act. Well, Uncle Frank,

the first thing that should come flying

to my mind is to. be friendly, and

cheerfully help out our next neighbor

when he is in need._ I know, Uncle

Frank, there is not a. better man nor

beast upon this lonely world that can





cross your path and tell you how to»





act. Why, man! if every person would

act as kind as you do, this world would

be like a. paradise. If you pick up a.





paper nowadays, the“ only thing you

see is intoxication, robbery, and other

downright foolishness. Yes, sir, Uncle'





' Frank, if you do what is right, you will





be the man that will be called when

the judgment day approaches.



There is many a. child that runs the ,

wrong way and does not even know it.“

Why, if they would rEad your page,

they would learn how to actufrom you,

and they would not have to tell you

how to act. Because you are the per-

son that the children should learn from

on how to act. And so, let’s all walk

the right way, and act the way we

should, and not go out. with boys who

don’t know how to acts—Herbert

Hauck.





I think that Herbert is getting ready

to ask me a favor. Maybe you M. C.’ 5

don’t know it, but I believe I am learn- '

ing as much from this department as

you are. Anyhow, thanks, Herbert

Don’ t worry, they won ’t Disk me out

for the judgment day—there are many

others ahead of me.





About the M. C. Fund





1% [Way to Spread Happz'neu





HE other day I was very pleasantly



surprised to get a nice fat envel-

ope from theSanatorium at Howell. It

contained a. letter from Dr. Huntley,

superintendent, and thirty—six other

letters. Dr. Huntley’s letter read as

follows:





“I am enclosing a. few letters from

the children. I trust you will forward

them to the Children’s Home at Farm-

ington. We are anxiously awaiting

your visit to the institution.”





I read through several of these let-

ters, and wished that you M. (ls, who

furnished the money for the radios,

could have read in these letters, as I

did, of the enjoyment these radios are

giving.



A short time ago I received another

letter from Dr. Huntley." It contained





the following, which will interest you.





“In Ieply to your letter of February

22, the two radios which the Merry

Circlers installed in the children’s cot-

tages are giving excellent service. The

children are veiy much pleased with

them, and I assure you that you have

made a. good choice in selecting them.”





I give this information because I

know that you will be glad to know

how the Merry Circle radios are acting,

and how they are appreciated.





I hope that the letter I forward to

the Children’s Hospital will start a.

correspondence between the children

at the Hospital and at the Sanatorium.





In the meantime, I hope every Merry

Circler will do his share toward get-

ting that radio for the Children’s Hos—

pilot—Uncle Frank.





 





 





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Deai Uncle Flank: ‘ \





I have just finished the answer to

this week’s problem. It was a. hly

inteiesting one to me. I have card

many discussions upon the curriculum

and the importance of education this

year in our more democratic classes.

We have had all kinds of ideas advanc—

ed for and against.



It seems that this department is im-

proving greatly. I am glad the more

or less frivolous discussions of clothes





Three Success Essentials

” Says H071. David F. Homton '





ties when they become mature, farmers.



The farm boys have demonstrated

that they have exercised intelligence

and foresight in soil—building, in the

discriminating use of fertilizers, and in

the employment of approved agricul-

tural methods. "I‘heir plans, made two

or three years in advance, to build up

the land, have revealed unusual fore-

thought. Every boy who has made

his demonstration of good farming, is

not only helping himself and his fam-

ily, but is also serving his community

and his state. He hasifurnished valu-

able object lessons To the great in my

of farm boys who are actively study-

ing and piacticing improved methods

of production and demonstration, the

south will lookin no small measure,

for the further rapid advancement of

its agriculture. They must help to





and summer.

love to correspond with you, but I ' '

really was so busy.





.and bobbed hair are slowly losing out.





Our time can be used to so much bet-

ter advantage if we will.



' I notice that yOu have suggested evo»

lution for a topic. Why can’t we start

the ball rolling with a. contest. I am

bubbling over with ideas on that. I

wonder what the World Court would

do to the present peaceful quiet of the

Merry Circle?—-—Bernice M. Ball, Char-

lotte, Mich.



At your suggestion, we’ll start the

evolution question with a. contest. Then

we’ll see what happens Even educa-

tion is getting more democratic these

days

DeaI Uncle Frank: _



I haven’t seen anything like what

I’ve heard conditions were before pro~

hibition in the cities, and I don’ t ever

Want to. Maybe prohibition can’t be

enforced so no one Will violate it; but.

still, it’s kept pretty well checked.—

Rolland Anderson, Chief, Mich.



I agree that, although there are quite

a few violations, things are not as bad

as before prohibition became efl’ective.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I want to thank you for the cute

little box of candy which you sent a

few days ago, also for. the other prizes

which I failed to thank you for in the

past. Also,- I want to take this oppor—

tunity to thank the boys and girls who

wrote me such nice letters last spring

Cousins, I would just





You know,I do

chores and work out of doors just as,

much asany boy of my ag ‘ and When

work is done I just want:





the remaini





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Herry‘k. Lech mu “We found Worm-Zen a

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Lyle W. Funk oayu "It la a real satisfaction to

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J. C. Fiche! and Son any: “Worm-Zen. lo the.

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"(Helene Farm coy" “It in a wonderful worm

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claim." _ .

W. D. Hone-moan any” "’We tried “out with

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Mercy Farm rays: "Worm-Zen like other ano-

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Mn. II. A. Daniela uye: "It moved the worms

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Warren Form: any: “Worni-Zen In most efiideot,

besides it’s so very convenient to administer." "

Bradley Brod. my: “A most convenient and

valuable remedy for birds afflicted with intestinal

worms."

H. V. Tormohlen toys: "I know of no better

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taken up by the new

surroundings and customs, that I did

not feel equal to writing just then. I

am taking up a commercial course, not

because it is the easiest, but because

I will be able to begin earning sooner

than other courses would allow.

lish and typing are my easy subjects,

while French and shorthand tax me to

the utmost. But, I’m going to get

through them just the same. And then,

Uncle Frank, when I have my diploma

I am going to Detroit and apply to you

for a position.——Verda Cole, M .

MI am glad to learn that you are busy

and ha’ppy. Isn’t it funny howsonie





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hard to others? But with your determ-

ination, you’ll get through all right.

I don’t know what position I could

put you in.





CROSS-WORD PUZZLE CONTEST-





HAVE a few requests for cross-



word puzzles, but I have no good

ones on hand. Therefore, in order to

get some to use, we’ll have this as a.

cross-word puzzle-making contest.

Those who send in the best original

cross-word puzzles will get the prizes.

The usual ten prizes will be given, and

all who send in good puzzles will get

M. C. membership cards and buttons,

if they are not now members of the

Merry Circle.



Please make two forms for your

cross-word puzzles,’ one filled in with

the answer, and the other with the

blank spaces properly numbered. With

the latter, also give the usual list of

,explanations, to help one in filling in

the puzzle.



Please send your contest paper in

,before March 26, as the contest close-s

then, and also please put your letter

and the two puzzle forms on separate

sheets of paper.



Address your lettersto Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





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HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST.





COUNT of the contestants show



that they are decidedly in favor

of a high school education. Only one

was unfavorable to going to high

school. It pleases me to know that the

M. C.s think as they do on this subject.

It is especially significant when one





considers the letter that was run when

the contest was announced. The one





anti-high school paper will be run,

even though it did not win a prize, in

0rd 1' that you may read arguments

bot ways. Several of the prize-win-

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course.



On the basis of merit in the argu—

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were selected as follows:



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Melba Sutton, Boyne City, Mich.

MiBfirnice M. Ball, R. 1, Charlotte,

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Dictionaries.

chla Marie Crankshaw,

Mich.

Bertelle Wilson, Belleville Mich.

Guilford Rothfuss, Norvoll, Mich.





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June Nelson, Filion, Mich.



Lillian Klut, R. 1, Omer, Mich.

Mgrfiorgia L. Morley, R, 6, Cassopolis,



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T'HE MERRY CIRCLE FUND.





which the Merry Circle is to buy

for the Crippled Children’s Con-

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coming in more freely. They are com—

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Circler would send in a pickle, the

fund would go across in fine shape.

The following have sent contribu-

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1 T is possible to train farm boys and



girls for their future lives in the

rural centers, where they will be in

the natural setting of their profes-

sions.” ' '



This is the answer to a query made

by a radio fan recently. The radio

fan, a farm mother of northern Mich-

igan, presents her problem as follows:



.“We have been on the farm for fif-

teen years and have paid for twothirds





'of our 120-acre establishment- We

'. have only one child, ”Who will~be of





high school age in a year.



“In order to give her an education,

and at the same time keep her at home

(and we consider this as important as

an education), it will be necessary for

us to leave the farm and become a.

laboring family in the city.



“I know of five such cases which will

Occur in our community during the

next year. Many of our friends have

forseen this condition and have already

moved to the city.





“The free tuition law assures educa-

tion .or rural children. But the legis-

lators should have gone farther and

passed a. law requiring each township

to either provide a. high school, or

transportation to one nearby.”



This mother thinks that the farmer

is forced to leave the farm to educate

his children. She also believes that,

by moving into the city he takes away

from the children any desire to go back

to the farm. It is the age-old problem

of keeping the young folks on the farm.



But Prof. B. A- Walpole, of the agri-

cultural education department at Mich-

igan State College, says that by the

proper use of the consolidated school

system the farm children can be taught

close to their homes, and in the envir-

onment where their agricultural edu-

cation will do the mo-st good. He offers

,the consolidated school system as a.

solution of the problem of keeping the

boys and girls on the farm.



“All parents desire happiness for

their children,” says Professor Wal-

pole." “Agricultural parents are no dif-

ferent than others. But pioneers of

agriculture have had much physical

suffering and small compensation for

their labor. The essentials of educa-

tion have been for the other profes-

sions to settle. Naturally, these edu-

cational movements have been in the

interest of urban professions.



"I care not What educational‘system

is adopted. Vocational schools, high

schools, will train the agricultural lead-

ers of the future. If we can train

these future farmers intelligently we

have no fear of the leadership of the

farming public- The first year agri-

cultural training will be done in the

rural high school of the future. Why

not? Cannot education of the farm

be just as well taught off the campus

as on the campus? This means a.

radical reform in the college teaching,

but I prophesy it will be done, and in

the near future.



“Let those who find themselves plac-

ed in the situation of this Michigan

familjr call together the other families





of their acquaintance in the same pre-r





dicament and let them organize fora

consolidated school district. Through

the taxation of this district it will be

possible to build a school that will

comprise all the grades through high

school, and it will be Centrally located

for the children in that district. This

plan has been carried out in many





p parts of the state, and new districts





It is the

today.

“In the tone of this woman’s letter,





feeling that tosbeoome a. laboring tam:

fly in the city. Will curtail the tinde-





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up in this home through fifteen years

of struggling to pay for the farm, now

almost completely theirs."



The professor apparently believes

that if the ability of this family to ed-

ucate its child will keep the child on

the farm, then the solution of the prob-

lem of keeping America.’ 5 youth on the.

soil lies in the consolidated school

system.





 





TH E EGG-LAYING ' CONTEST.





 





HE production during the eight-



eenth week showed a. substantial

increase of that of the previous week.

The thousand hens in the contest pro

duced 4,829 eggs during the week, an

average production of 68.9 per cent.

This is the highest weekly average in

the history of the contest. The Leg-

horn group had a réduction of 71. 3 per

cent, while the Reds had 68 3 per cent,

and the Rocks 63.1 per cent.



Hanson's White Leghorns, from On-

egon, produced sixty eggs for the

week, giving them an average produc-

tion of 81.1 per cent since the begin~

ning of the contest. It is believed that

this pen has the highest record thus

far of any contest pen in the country.



The high hen for the month of Feb

ruary was a Barred Rock in the Ontar-

io Agricultural College pen, which laid

twenty-eight eggs in twenty—eight days.



The high pen in the contest is Han-

son’s Leghorn pen, with a production

of 1,023 eggs. Second





 





Harry Burns’ Leghorns, and .

exander’s Barred Rocks. Leghorn

pens take the next two places, they

belong to St. Johns Poultry Farm, and

R. B. Slack respectively.





 





SELLING EGGS FORPRESERVING.





 





THE use of water-glass by many



‘ housewives in the cities is giving

them a. chance to preserve spring eggs

for fall use. The farmer with private

customers and a roadside sign, can

often furnish these eggs in fifteen doz-

en lots at a premium of ten or fifteen

cents per dozen. When the wholesale

price of eggs in the community is about

twenty cents, the carefully selected

fresh eggs for preserving can be sold

for thirty or thirty—five cents; The con-

sumer buying such eggs can use them

in the fall when strictly fresh eggs are

scarce, and worth sixty cents a. dozen.



The eggs sold for preserving should

be of good size, and clean without

washing. This means that plenty of

clean straw must be placed in .the

nests and the eggs gathered often, e84

pecially in rainy weather. It is best

to sell infertile eggs for pleserving.

Eggs placed in the watenglass can

neverlbe any better than when they

enter the preservative. If the germs

have started “to grow in the eggs, ' they

will be in bad condition when removed

in the fall.



Fertile eggs will keep very wen in ~

water-glass, but such eggs should be

gathered often and placed 'in' a cool

cellar. They should be placed in the ‘

water-glass crooks as soon—“as possible

and placed in a cellar where the tem-

perature will not go abova fifty-five 01.

sixty degrees, even on the hottest sum-

mer days. I find that customers who

buy eggs for Water-glass have good

success with them, and the some buy-

.ers will come back year after year for

their supply. This helps to sell'a. lot

of eggs direct to the consumer when

production is heavy and above the nor-

mal demands of the private egg cus- ,

tomers —K. . "





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T. F. a. .SOTHAM PAssss. ON.'





T his home in St: Clair, after a



brief illness, Thomas F. B. Sotham

recently left this life.- With his pass-

ing there comes to a close an experi-

ence that is unique among the lives of

men. Endowed with a broad vision,

an immense vitality, and a boundless

enthusiasm, he was able to get a great

deal out of life. He believed in doing

big things in a big way and..backed

by a firm belief in himself, he did

them. 0



His greatest interests in life have

centered around Hereford cattle, and

it is doubtful if any one man in his-

tory has had more to do with promot—

ing the interests of this great breed of

cattle, andspreading their character-

istic white faces by the millions over

the farms of Michigan, the plains of

the great. west, and the pampas' of

South America, than has Thomas F. B.

Sotham. ‘



Born of English parentage on Long

Island in 1864 he, early in life, added

his strength and aggressiveness to the

work his father had begun on this side

of the water. At the age of twenty-

five he was secretary of the Michigan

State Fair; at twenty-nine he took a

shipload of Hereford cattle to the Ar-

gentine in South America; at thirty-six

be wasxproprietor of one of the largest

breeding establishments in the west,

and at his Weavergrace farm, at Chil-

licothe, Missouritdeveloped the great-

est show herd of his favorite cattle

that had ever been known up to that

time... .



Along with his many outstanding

achievements, Mr. Sotham met with

his full share of reverses of fortune,

but. it may be said, to his credit, that

his great faith carried him over these

difficult places and let 'him continue



_liis chosen work with the same en~

thusiasm as before. The first blow

that ever, seemed to have. any effect on

his indomitable spirit was the tragic

death of his son and partner, of which

this, paper made mention two years

ago. To a man of his character and

great ambition, this was too great a.

blow fer him, at his age, to overcome.

and his earthly ending was not a great

surprise to those who knew him best.





BUTTER TARIFF INCREASED.





(ITING upon recommendations of



the federal tariff commission, un—

der the provision of the flexible tariff

law, President Coolidge has issued a

proclamation increasing the tariff on

butter from eight to twelve cents per

pound.



The basis of the increase was placed

on the difference between the cost of

production in Denmark, the chief ex?

porter of butter to this country, and

in the United States. The efiect of

this change will not be felt, to any

large degree, in rural trading points

until the storage supplies are distrib-

uted.





 





DAIRYMEN tract-:0 To JOIN co-

‘ ' ;0PERATIVE.





RTER production methods of dairy

‘ [products have attained a certain

degree of efficiency, further progress

ceases until assembling and selling

methods are 'made more efficient,” de-

clares H H. Bakken, of the University

‘uf’Wisoonsin. .



Producers of foreign cheese cannot

be expected to produce better quality

until such labors are rewarded 'by bet-

terprljces. The general adoption of a

grading system for both cheese and

' ‘ ,awl...~%&fisrelsnment of a mar-

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way back to the individual farmers

who are responsible for quality, is a

logical step in the development of the

cheese industry.



“Much has already been accomplish-

ed toward this end,” maintains Bakken,

“but much more remains to’b‘e done.

A long time educational program is

necessary. During the past year 24,-

000 people have been reached in the

172 meetings that have been held in

the foreign cheese districts, yet only

a beginning has been made in the de-

velopment of the selling agency.



“On the other hand, the Wisconsin

Cheese Producers’ Federation, with

over ten” years of successful experience

back of it, has shown that the collec-

tive selling of cheese is a practical so-

lution for the problems that confront

the industry.” >





MORE PROTEIN FOR HEAVY MILK-

ERS.





I have seven cows which were mak-

ing an average of forty—five pounds.

They have lost nearly fifty pounds a

day in the last month. I feed ensilage,

alfalfa, and one bushel of shelled corn,

and two bushels of oats. mixed to-

gether and ground. I feed all they will

clean up. They were all fresh in Oc—

tober. I warm the water they drink.

~R. T. R.



Heavy milkers require more protein

in proportion to their live weight than

medium or light milkers. And, while

you have been feeding a well-balanced

ration, it is probable that with your

heavy milkers there should have been

a larger proportion of protein, say one

pound of cottonseed meal for each cow

per day.



The following ration is suggested:

Thirty pounds of silage, twelve pounds

of alfalfa, seven and one—half pounds

of corn and oats, and one pound of

cottonseed meal. This will give you.

2.88 pounds of protein, while the aver-

age cow requires only 2.5 pounds per

1000 pounds live weight. If your cows

weigh more, the ration should be in-

creased. Of course, you should con-

sider that cows that have been giving

milk for five months would naturally

fall off a little in their milk





 





GRUB IN THE HEAD.





I am writing you in regard to sheep

that are affecred with gid in the head,

more commonly known as grub in the

head. I have already lost five head,

and more are affected. 1 am quite sure

that this is the trouble, as I have had

an examination of the head and found

a*grub, which is about oneeighth of

an inch long, and it laid near the optic

nerve—P. B '





The grub in the head of sheep is a.

larvae of a fly which lays its eggs in

the nostrils of the sheep during the

summer time. A little pine tar put on‘

the nose of each sheep, that is, a little

smeared on each side of the nose, next

summer when the hot Weather comes,

will—drive the fly away and help pro-

tect the sheep.



It is also a very good practice to

plow a fresh furrow in the fields dur-

ing hot days of June and July, when

the flies a bothering. If you do so,

the sheegveill place their noses against

the fresh soil and close the opening

so that the flies will not be able to!

reach them. It is interesting to see

how quickly sheep will arrange them~

selves along a furrow of this kind, as

soon as the fly appears.



This creature that you have found

is not the true “gid,” but the false gid.

The true gid is the embryo of tape-

worm. I tell-you this in‘ order that

you may avoid confusion, if you hap-

pen to read about; the matter in books.



The matter of getting rid of' the

grubs'in the heads of sheep would be





a. situation to be dealth by a. vet- ,.





military—~11. H. Pettit.





 





 





 





 





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sent to five million farm families. How would you like

to win this honor and the $1,000.00 prize?





. Some dairy cow owner is going to win first place on his good-

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14 Prizes for Individual Dairy Herd: 2,100.00

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1‘ Prize. for Beef Cattle Feeders 2,500.00

12 Prizes for supervisors or verifier; 2,650.00

24 Prizes for herd managers 1,250.00

37 Prizes for co—opersting feed dealer: 2, 0.00

122 Prizes, totaling $15,000.00





These prizes are for feeders who make the best production

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was around where anyone' was: test-

mg.”

BrownCity, commenting on the record?

he has just finished on “Hagand‘ale

Pontiac K. Sylvia 7 94559”—~a record of

32.581 pounds of butter in a week from

618.1 pounds of milk, average test 4.2

per cent. Many a. breeder of Holsteins

who tests annually for a lifetime fails,

to bring, out as good a record as Clark-

son has developed on his very firstr try.



A fact that makes the record itself

more valuable, is that the cow was

only three years, nine months and

twenty-five days old when she freshen-

ed—just a heifer with her second calf.

Of interest, too, is the normal way in

which the cow was handled. As far,

as quarters were concerned, the barn

is very ordinary. A little extra room

was found, through the courtesy of the





‘ only purebred COW in the herd who,





at Clarkson’s suggestion, gave up her

stanchion next to Sylvia. For feed,

there was no soaked molassesed beet

pulp, no sliced beets—~just all the good

alfalfa hay and silage that she cared

for, and for grain, a well—known com-

mercial grain feed, fed in sensible pro-

portion to milk flow.





“She made it easy? said Clarkson,

“didn’t seem to trouble her a. bit. She

I’ll show you how

calm she takes life.” So he haltered

Sylvia and led her outdoors for inspec-

tion. She did indeed reveal a. pacific

nature, posing wherever her young

master halted her. Even when County

Agricultural Agent John D. Martin, and

J. G. Hays, secretary of the Michigan

Holstein Association, praneed around

her with professional interest, feeling

her hide for quality, examining milk

veins and udder, she showed no skit-

tishness. She is one of those good

natured bossies that make good com-

panions.



A sweet disposition is not all of Syl-

via’s attributes, however. Martin and

Hays Vouch for the fact that she is a.

good individual, showing plenty of ca-

pacity and mammary development.



The tester—Van Camp—of the local

cow testing association, happened to

be testing were at the time of the

writer’s visit. This brought to mind

the fact that the Clarkso-n herd stood

second in Miehiga‘n'this last year, with

over 2,000 herdsiconsidered. According

to the dairy department of the state

college, his herd averaged in produc-

tion, 13,057 pounds of milk, 65.168

pounds of butter.



Sylvia did her youthful share in es-

tablishing this remarkable average.





year-old, she made in ten months, 12,-

225 pounds of milk, practically 570

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NLY seven breeders of Holstelns



successfully battled the snow of

February 25, and finally reached Fre-

mont, 'where the annual meeting of the

Newaygo County Holstein Association

had been scheduled.





But seven is a lucky number. And

this seven proved a. Devil)" outfit, so

that? the meeting was really a success.

The center of discussion concerned the

plans for making a. real show of Black-

and-Whites at the county fair, and at.

the state fairs. Not to. mention the

National Dairy Show, if the show stuff

is qualified to step out in such dizzy

society. County Agricultural Agent H.

C. Stimson, together with R. Van Til

and Raymond Kempf, were elected as

a. committee to see that the Show pro-

ject did not languish by the wayside-



The successful showing made by last

year’s calf club accounted for the liVe—

ly interest shown at this meeting in

this project. After County Agent Stin-

son gave an account of the work of

last year and the prospects for'this,

the body, as a whole, pledged him sup-

port in putting his outlined program

across.



Secretary Hays, of The Michigan Hol-

stein Association, gave a.» short report

on the 1925 activities of that associa-

tion, and showed how the parent asso-

ciation could team up with the Ne-

waygo county crew. Hays" right to

fraternize with the Newaygo seven

Blizzard Busters, was established upon

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She is a sister to the former world’s

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ing sired by Beets W’alker.



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ranging from one year eleven months,

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pounds of butter-fat. Three of them

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This herd has shown a remarkable-

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ICHIGAN andOhio have rather



well—defined sections in which



barn-fed lambs feature largely

in the system of many farmers. Be-

cause of the weighty feeders available

last fall, and the high prices that had

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sumed.



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taken out as feeders should have been

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An Abundance of Alfalfa, Silage and





ted himself to a lamb with a better

frame; at the same time mounting

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ods than formerly, that his product

classes mostly killing weights and kill-

ing condition when it first arrives at.

slaughter points.



With ewes at current high prices on

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ducer can no longer afford to deliver

lambs at Omaha and Chicago, weigh-

ing down “in the 40’s.” A lot of little

Western banks have been squeezed out

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easy sheep paper is over! A firm face

and policy behind the bank window has

gone far towards putting the range

sheep business on legs, so to speak,

that can carry it through both thin and

thick. ‘



In the eastern lamb feeding center,

the working farmer in easy circum-

stances—who has his farms paid for,

and need seek no bank assistance to

finance himself—is likely to stay with

the business as long as an average of

years can be made profitable. With

such a. stable worker to supply stiff

competition, the younger farmers, the

renter and the men who dare take no

financial risks, must weigh possibilities

in kindred lines.



Native finewooled lambs have never





pects—«lacking the fine uniformityand

freedom from parasites, as well as

beingshort of real satisfactory mutton

conformation. But the men who laid

in native delaine grades last fall ex-

pect to clip them and sell to a better

advantage than the othei fellow, be-

cause the handy weights on the pres-

ent market go towards compensating

for a carcass not quite round, and filled

.0 out in all respects.



There is no doubt that nativelambs,

will be looked upoh next fall with

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finished westerns The higher price

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farm flocks of this kind. In fact, an

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current year, whereas all other live

stock stands stationary, or shows a

decline.



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take on contract at $14 per hundred

weight for gain put on.



The large preponderance of barrows

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now indicates that gilts have been bred

freely. With more ample supplies of

pork next winter, and easier prices at

meat markets, lamb will lack. the sup

port that a stiff dressed pork market

has supplied all this winter. This is

an element that has to be taken into

account by the lamb finisher of lim-

ited means when he is tempted next

fall to pay strong prices for weighty

prospects in the way of feeding lambs.



With ewes for restocking purposes

so hard to get, there is reason to be:

lieve that some weighty ewe lambs

now waiting for a market had much.

better been hayed through the winter

and turned to grass this spring to be-

come the basis of farm flock methods

that would put the Michigan farmer

in a way to produce the entire eighty-

five pounds of lamb, and owe nothing

to the rancher who offers him a too-

lieavy feeding lamb.





While n01 mally we. export very little

corn, we do send abroad an average of

10, 000, 000 hogs in form of pork prod-

ucts. Since each hog represents, about

ten bushels of corn, virtually we are

exporting about 200,000,000 bushels of

this crop in the form of pork each year. '





It has been estimated by field .ob—

servers, reporting to the Sears-Roe-

buck Foundation Institute, that there

will be a fraction of a per cent less

corn planted this year than last, and

that forty-four per cent 04’ the corn





planted will be with tested seed.





It has been concluded from field cost

accounts that a farmer can reduce the

cost of producing corn eighteen per

cent, by grewing it on twentyecre ln-‘

stead of ten-acre fields:





 





The largest item in come! produc‘ .

ing corn is labor, plowing no.1 cultivat-

ing, ‘requiring sixty-seven per. cent of
um moms»

V-,’-‘,‘ M





 





‘ FHRTHER gains inthécattle mar~



ket during the past week placed

"average prices for beef steers on‘the

highest level since the end of Decem-

ber. Fat cdws and heifers are the high-

est since last August, and it is neces-

sary to go back several years to find

a time when bulls were selling as high

as at present.



Conditions seem to favor a continu-

ation of. the. rising trend in the next

two months, although nothing spec-

tacular is probable. Remaining sup-

plies of cattle on feed are more (strong-

ly held. Slightly smaller receipts are

probableyif: past experience is a safe

guide. Spring, demand for grazing will

accent the. shortage of cheap killing

cattle available to packers. While Tex-

as will have more grass cattle to be

marketed in April and May than last

year, those early grassers will not

counterbalance the small supplies of

similar grades from other sources.



No prime steers are arriving at pres

cut, so that top sales at Chicago are

around $11.25, which is as low as at

any time in more than a year, 'and $1

lower than a year ago. A rise in top

prices for cattle as spring progresses,

may occur because of the arrival of

steers in‘higher finish, rather than be-

cause of improved demand in relation

to the supply.



The calf market has probably started

on the toboggan. A week ago, average

prices were above $12 at Chicago, but

declined fifty cents to $1 in the last

few days, and a drop of possibly $2

more will feature the next thirty days.

Receipts at leading markets in the last

two or three weeks, have been consid-

erably lighter than last year, but larger

than in otlfir recent years.



Shipments of stocker and feeder cat-

tle into several leading corn belt states

in January and February totaled 267,-

000 head, against 240,000 last year, and

291,000 head two years ago. Supplies

of suitable steers remain scanty, and

average prices are seventy-five cents

to $1 higher than last year.





 





DAIRY COM‘MITTEE TO PROMOTE

COOPERATION.





 





HE committee appointed by the



American Dairy Federation to pro-

mote cooperation between the depart-

ment of agriculture and the dairy in-

dustry held a conference in Washing-

ton recently with the officials of the

bureau cf dairying and the bureau of

agricultural economics. This commit-

tee consists of Henry N. Woolman, of

Philadelphia; George W. Slocum, Mil-

ton, Pa.,, and Prof. A. A. Borland, of

State College, Pa.



During the conference a plan was

proposedfor, 'a larger conference, to

which representatives of all. branches

of the dairy industry will be invited.

The committee found the department

carrying on a large amount of funda—

mentally important research work,

which they felt should be much more

generally known by the dairy industry.





 





——





COOPERATIVE VIOLATES ACT.





 





USINESS honesty is as essential in



the operation of cooperative mar-

keting associations as in any other

line of business. This is the conclu-

sion reached by Secretary of Agricul-

ture'Jardine in suspending the Chicago

Producers’, , Commission Association

from registration as a market agency

for thirty days, for gross violation of

the packers’ and stockyards’ act.





WILL STUDY PEASA‘NT FARMING.





 





.EASANT farming in fifteen coun-



tries is-to be investigated by Dr.

C. ’J. Gal-pin, of the bureau of agricul-

tural, economics. Dr. Galpin says that

fear thhtthé‘ American farming class

i momma, peasantry 'is the

Jo, find. ofit just





, to it. out n... the. life. of the , mm:

' pea-n farmer





” care. He wants





 





   





, differs from American

farmers in the way of health, educa-

tion, information and pleasure.





 





REVIVAL IN OTTAWA COUNTY.





 





ICHiGAN gained another County



Holstein Association when twenty-

seven Holstein breeders met recenlty

at Zeeland and organized. County Ag-

ricultural Agent C. P. Milham, and J.

G. Hays, secretary of the Michigan

Holsttein Association, who were largely

responsible for calling the meeting,

were present to assist in forming the

new outfit.



The breedeis were mainly interested

in providing for moving surplus stock.

Ray Knobbuizen, of Holland, was elect-

ed county sales manager. He, with

the thirteen other county sales man-

agers, will work with Secretary Hays

in caring for the increasing trade Mich-

igan is enjoying to out-of—"state buyers.

A tour was endorsed for summer, the!

county agent to arrange details.



Directors elected were: Emmet Cul-

ligan, of Nunica; Ray Knoohuizen, of

Holland; George DeHoop, of Zeeland;

L. H. Peck, of Coopersville; John J.

Nyenhuis, of Hudsonville. Officers for

the association will be elected by this

'weird from its members. As the great

majority of the Holstein breeders of

Ottawa county are of direct Dutch lin-

eage, the success of the County Hol-

stein Association should be assured.





 





The agricultural department of Gen-

tral Michigan Normal School will send

out, at cost, "as long as the supply

lasts, the shrub, Thunbergii aBrberry

(Berberis Thunbergii) seedlings, six

to ten inches high. This shrub, when a,





full-grown, is from three to four feet‘





high, bushy, with a very pretty foliage,

and bears a red berry that stays on

the shrub during the winter. The

bushes are very pretty in clumps, when

planted two to four feet apart, as in-

dividual plants, or for hedge purposes.





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Kalkaska CO., March 12.——Snow is

eighteen inches deep on the level, and

four feet in some places. M-13 has

been impassable for the last ten days

for man or beast. Farmers are unable

to do any marketing. About the usual

amount of spring crops will be planted

in this locality. Not many cattle are

being fed on account; of scarcity of

feed. There are about fifteen cars of

potatoes on hand yet—W.



St. Clair Co.—Winter wheat should

come out good, as it has been well cov«

ered with snow to date. Wheat brings

$1.65; rye 80c; oats 350; beans $3.70;

barley $1.35; hay $20 per cwt. Stock

prices are high, and the outlook for

feeders is good; rough feed is scarce,

for which reason dairying is not as

satisfactory just now as it might be.

Farmers here want the automobile

weight tax cut, and one cent more ad-

ded to the gas talc—G. Q.





 





     





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mummué

a. s. BURROWS.





 

 

 





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY





Skin Trouble.-—We have two or three

cows that have some sorfl of itch in

their skin. I think it is caused by

some oil we used last summer for flies.

I noticed-a rash where the hair-was

thin, so stopped using it, but all this

winter, when they have gotten out

they have licked their back and legs,

and a scruff rises in the hair. Could

you say What would be good for them?

W. D.—-Where the skin has been par-

tially blistered from the use of fly kill-

er, it remains dry and scaly for a con-

siderable length of time. Good results

are obtained by rubbing a little vase-

line into the skin, which will loosen

the dry scales.





Indigestio'n.—We started in with sev-





 





en cows, all coming in from December





25 to March 18. They were in good

condition when they left the grass.





Three of them have freshened at pres-





ent Writing. I am feeding five quarts

of cooked beans and ' re-ground buck-





wheat bran twice a day. Just before





they come in they are taken with cen-





be, in pain. The first one. that took





 





 





sick’ wasfive' weeks and Vlookedas if -





she had starved to death. She quit

eating before she died. The last one I





took sick after she had freshened four

weeks. We have had a veterinarian

twice, but don’t seem to be satisfied.

—-W. W.——The nature of the trouble

would indicate some error in feeding.

There appears to be a tendency toward

constipation, or impaction of some part

of the digestive tract. Beans being

very rich in protein, would be better if

mixed with one rich in carbohydrates,

such as corn. Would suggest that you

feed less beans, and add cornmeal and

wheat middlings to your present feed.

Feed one pound for each three and a

half poundsof milk. Closer attention

to the bowels-would probably save you

considerable trouble. Try giving a

mixture of equal parts of dried sodium

sulphate and sodium bicarbonate, and

one—half part common salt. Give heap-





 

     

 





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ing jtablespoonful in feed twice daily.

Difficult Breathing.——-I have a eleven-

year—old Jersey cow which has been

tested for T. B. twice, passing each

test, the last one being in June, 1925.

She is in good flesh and seems all right

exceptfor the fact that it seems hard

for her to breathe, but only at times.

She can be heard all over the barn. We

thought at first her bell strap choked

her, but removed that, and she still

acts as though something were chok~

ing her. She has been this way for

about three months. Can anything be

done? C. B.——It is difficult to state

just what the exact condition is, that

is causing the spells of hard breathing.

Abscesses in the region of the throat

frequently cause difficult and loud

breathing as a result of pressure they

produce. Paint the throat with tincture

of iodine once daily.





 





 





Whatever kind of soil you b ve, there's an Isboll strain of alfalfa that





80!! will ' ou wo derful old. were imported seed of unknown purity. ger-

131:5? minn‘tligi’and hagdinuayl/itality and adaptation to soil and climate are bred

into lsbcll seeds. Send today for your can of Iabell's Seed Ann -the authori-



1 926 tntive book on seeds and crops. Samples 5 owing quality sent on request FREE.

catalog 5. u. IIIILI. a. co. load «mm 21 I Mechanic 3:. (:4) Jackson. men.





 





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AM ' tt C°""°‘° ST



3110 a. Everlasting IO / A

20 x 60 ft. (Largest Silo erected last year).

was selected by owners—Because—It's Per-

manent, Fire Proof, Wind Proof—First cost

last cost—Delivered and erected, and has

Handy Red Wood Hinge Doors—Owners say

it's most satisfactory and keeps ensllagg .

fine—(They have 12 other makes).



Write To-day for information on Concrete ,5,

dc Wood 8110!, Special March Discount. 7!-





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MARIETIA SllO CLO.





NiADIETTA OHIO.





SHIP YOUR HOGS AND CALVES NOW





TO

OTTO F. BERNSTEIN

2478 RIOPELLE ST. - DETROIT, MICII.

“COMMISSION MERCHANT

Togo sent on request. Established 21352.





References:

Wayne Co. Home Savings Bank. Michigan Live

tock Association. Detroit. .





 

 

 

   

   





 





 





 





 





CATTLE





 





Having decided to discontinue the dairy business,

we will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION on our farm, 3

miles north of Fenton or 12 miles :outhpf Flintgon

the Fenian-Flint road.





Wednesday, March 24

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN CATTLE





The herd consists of 26 head. all T. B. tested and

Mind. Only two animals in the herd over 5Ayears

old. 13 giving milk. 2 yearllngs. 9 heifer calves. 1 bull

calf, and the herd sire. a 3—year-old son of King

Ona Champion.



The cows all have creditable C. T. A. records as

high as 12.900 lbs. milk and 440 lbs. fat in a your.

A 2-year-old produced over 11,000 lbs. milk and over

400 lbs. fat last year. The sale also includes a 2-

year-old daughter of a 29—11). A. R. 0. cow and a 2-

year-old daughter of a cow with a (3. T. A. record

of over 15.600 lbs. milk and 520 lbs. fat.



The herd is strong in the blood of Maplecrest Korn-

dyke Hengcrveld and King Ona Champion.





SALE OF CATTLE AT 2 P.M.





3 cows due in June. (is lb.: 6

R02. Shorlllfll'lls heifers. 3 bred and 3 open. 8%!)

1b.: 6 bulls. 7 to 10 Mo. old.. $76 each. souuzv

anos.. St. Louis, Mich.





 





FOR SALE 1.... Dual—”W” Shrug...”

bull calf of September.



by Laddie Boy by Roan Archer. DICK L. DE-



KLEINE. R. No. 3. Zeeland. Mich.





 





 





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HOGS





LAKEFIELD FARMS DUBUBS





Brod sown and elite. Fall boars and elite.





Likeficld Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

O-l-C- HOGS on lime 3535.58;





Originators and most extensive breeders.





THE L a. SILVER co., Box 196, Salem, Ohlo

L. T. Poland. Chinas





TAYLOR. Balding. M lchlgan.





 





 





bred sows Popular

strains. IAMES O.





 





L ARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS for sale. Bred

gllts weighing 400 lbs. at $75. Also fall Digs.

either sex. . A. FELDKAMP, Mich.



Just a few extra. choice fall





B. T0 P0 C0 gills. l'herything also sold.





GEO. W. NEEDHAM. Saline, Mich.





Manchester.





 





 





HESTER WHITES—Must sell entire herd of

foundation stock. Some fine show prospects for

next year. Bog—rs, bred sows and gills. JOHN C





WILK. St. Louis. Mich.

Poland China Gills ffiw‘fnfihfiifif,‘$mmmm‘





Registered free. WESLEY HILE. lonia. Mich.





 





 





SHEEP





of the Woolly type. bred to

my best rams. Call on DAN

Evart. Mich.





 





SHROPSHIRES





BOOHER. R. No. 4.





 





HORSES





 





 





Guy E. Dodge, Manager





E. C. SEVERANCE & SON

SHORTHORNS





Cows with calves, bred heifers and. bulls. Will make

very attractive prices for the next 60 days. Over 100

head of well—bred cattle to select from. Herd founded

at a time when we can afford to sell at farmers'

prices. Write to Supt. GOTFREDSON FARMS. Yn-

silanti, Mich.





Milking Shorthornéflft‘fiyfifléghwg; in“;





 





Percheron Stallion Diamond

110051. ten years old. color

Sound, sure foal getter. a. good

IIM





FOR SALE





black. weighs a ton.

individual. Will sell cheap it taken at once.

WELCH. Millbrook, Mich.





 





and colt for sale.





Registered Porcheron Tcam A1,, m“...

LEROY COCHRANE, SAND LAKE, MICH.





Two young Belgian stallions with



For sale size and quality. Sire and dam both.

imported. F. L. BROKAW, Eagle. Mich.



Pair 5-yr.—old Registered Percher-





 





 





 





Mnn‘h. 1925. Price $125. Also others. IRVIN

DOAN &. SONS, Croawell, Mich.





FOR SALE on Mares. black, 3.300 lbs.. sound.





a fine pair. Price $050. F. E. Rice. Millington. Mich.





 





4 miles north, 2 1-2 miles west





March





his dau hters and 6 granddaughters, and 8 dang

KING 100 (Register of Merit sire)





~ ‘ Write for

COL. JOE FLESHER. Auctioneer





DISPERSION SALE





{OF REGISTER OF MERIT JERSEY CATTLE

AT BROOKWATER FARM





of ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN





23, 1926





This offering includes: MAJESTY’S INTENSE 127191 (Register of Merit sire) with 13 of





hters and 5 granddaughters of BENEDICTINE





FEDERAL ACCREDITED HERD





a catalog





J. B. ANDREWS, Mgr.





 





J'uSt South 011' of





Warren Rdcn

' Wed. "March 3lst,





we stock:

25 head of Grade and Pure-blooded Slim-thorn





sets of Harness and Collars. and probably

tum County. Come and

will be served. at. noon.





 





, ' ' r. A. CLARK.





fu'mw Apr. 15 to May 15. 8 head of Grade Percheron Geldings and Mares.

adayatonooftbeleadinglllvesumkli‘wnsmml





DSON LAND CO., YPSILANT I, MICHIGAN-





stipation and grunting. They seem to . GOTFRE





BIG PUBLIC AUCTION





Having sold part of our farms. and being forced to reduce the size of our herds and flocks. we will

sell at public auction at our Headquarters Farm, which is situated 1% miles West of Cherry Hill.

the Warren Rd. or North from Ypsilanti. 4 miles on Prospect St. than East 2 miles on





and





1926 at 10:30 A. M.





Cattle. 60 head of Durac Jersey bred sows. due to,





the best lot of Farm Implements ever sold in Wad!-

chlgan. Free lunch,





' Farm Manager





 





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' 3

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VB.
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, 'March 16.





Wheat.





Detroit—No. 1 red $1.79; No. 2 red

$1.33; No. 2 white $1.79; No. 2 mixed





Chicago—May $1.63@1.63%; July at

$1.42%@1.4214.

Toledo—Wheat $1.76%@1.771/é.





Corn.





Detroit—New, No. 3 yellow at 760;

No. 4 yellow 70c; No. 5 yellow 65c.

Chicago—May 77%c; July 81%0.





Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at

460; No. 3, 450. .

Chicago—May 40%c; July 410.

Rye

Detroit—No. 2, 880.

Chicago—May 88040; July 90c.

Toledo—870.





’





Beans





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4.10.



Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand-picked $4.60@4.65 per cwt; red

kidneys $9.25@9.50.



New York.—~Pea, domestic $4.75@

5.35; red kidneys $8.50@9.25.





and prompt





Barley

Malting 73c; feeding 680. .

Seeds

Detroit—Cash red clover at $21;

alsike $17; timothy $3.60.

Buckwheat.

Detroit—Buckwheat $1.60@1.65.





Hay

Detroit—No. 1 timothy $22.50@23;

standard $22@22.50; No. 1 light clover,

mixed 321506322; No. 2 timothy $20@

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

No. 1 clover $20@21; wheat and oat

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



Feeds





Detroit—Bran at $31; standard

middlings at $31; fine middlings $35;

cracked corn $37; coarse cornmeal at

$35; chop $31 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





After following a downward trend

for nearly two months and a half, the

wheat market turned decidedly strong

(in the last few days. Eastern specu-

lative operators who forced the decline

have reversed their position, foreign

markets have stiffened up, and the

close adjustment of supplies to pros-

pective demand is again inflaming

trade sentiment. The decreases in the

domestic visible supply are not large

enough to be exciting, and primary

receipts hold up fairly well. The ex-

cellent prospect for the crop in the

southwest may lead to selling stocks

of old wheat very closely from farms,

and thus maintain the movement to

market. Flour trade has occasmnai

spurts, but shows no sustained activ—

ity. Mills are not operating at as

high a rate as last year. These are

weakening factors in the Situation

but will not prevent a further use.





RYE





Farm reserves of rye on March 1

were 6,830,000 bushels, against 8,113,-

000 bushels last year, and 12,241,000

bushels two years ago. The visible

supply is nearly 14,000,000 bushels. To—

tal stocks are ample unless foreign

demand becomes much more active

than it has been thus far. During

the past week, rye prices in Germany

were reported more firm, and domes-

tic rye prices probably will reSpond

if wheat continues in an upward





trend.

CORN ‘





‘ The movement of corn to primary

markets has been light in the last ten

days, and demand has broadened, re-

sulting in some strengthening In the

prices in spite of the report showmg

large farm reserves. Bad country

roads, low prices, and the fact that

present prices of “live stock show .an

Excellent profit on the convers1on

process, are factors responsible for

the moderate sales from farms. The

clearances for export average about

500,000 bushels a week.



,The official estimate of March 1

farm holdings 'of corn was 1,319,000,—

000 bushels, against 759,000,000 bush-

els last year. Less corn disappeared

from farms during the preceding four





months, either by sale or by feeding,

than in the same period a year ago.





OATS





: , .Oats prices reached a new low point

'5th 'the .crop during the, past week.

- The large commercial stocks, the re-





 





port of heavy farm reserves, and the

narrow commercial demand, were fac-

tors. Prices are so low that further

declines are likely to be very small,

and a moderate advance could easily

occur if other grain prices strengthen.

Farm reserves wee estimated at 577,-

000,000 bushels, or slightly more than

last year, and considerably more than

the average amount used from March

1 to August 1.





SEEDS





The seed business is continuing at

an active pace, with prices generally

steady or a little higher. The spring

demand is excellent and stocks of all

seeds are moving in- a satisfactory

manner. Fancy domestic red clover

stocks have been practically depleted,

so that trade is shifting to imported

seed. Sweet clover prices have been

marked up again, due to the active

demand. Demand for red and sweet

clover and alfalfa seeds is expected

to be greater than last year, but

slightly less for alsike clover, timothy

and sudan grass, according to infor-

mation gathered by the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture.





FEEDS





Feed markets are still dominated

by plentiful offerings and a light de-

mand. Wheat feeds have been mark-

ed down again in the past week, in

line with lower grain prices. Feeds

generally are expected to continue

cheaper than last season, during the

next few months.





HAY





The hay market steadied last week.

The bulk of offerings is ordinary, or

poor hay, which is hard to sell, but top

grades were firm at slightly higher

prices. Alfalfa hay is in active de-

mand, and with receipts light, prices

are very firm. Pastures in southern

states are improving, and on the Pa-

cific Coast are excellent, reducing the

demand for hay from these districts.





EGGS





Fresh egg prices have moved irreg-

ularly over a narrow range during the

past week. Receipt-s at the leading

markets were more liberal, showing

an increase of 16 per cent over the

previous week. Eggs at retail are





"*“ARKeransponr‘





cheap, however, inducing a heavy con-

sumption, so that stocks are not ac-

cumulating. A year ago, buying for

storage had already commenced. The

dealers are slower to take hold this

year, and support from this buying

may not show up for a little longer.

The heavy egg production during the

first two mouths of the year is believ-

ed to be due as much to favorable

weather as to an increase in the num-

ber of laying poultry, so that there

may be'some reaction to. the heavy

production during the next two

months. In this case, prices are like

1y to rise as the season advances.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts'f26%@

27c; extras 34@35c;

25440; miscellaneous 26c; dirties au

23%c; checks 220. Live poultry, hens

300; springers 320;

ducks 320; geese 20c; turkeys 35c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 27@28c. Live poultry, heavy

springers 32@330; light springers at

28c; heavy hens 31c; light hens 28@

30c; geese 22@23c; ducks 36@37c;

turkeys 42c.





BUTTER





The butter market has steadied

again, and prices are expected to hold

around the present level. Supplies

are more liberal, receipts at the lead-

ing markets last week being the larg-

est in months. Retail prices have

been reduced in line with the lower

wholesale costs prevailing in the past

fortnight, however, so that consump-

tion is broadening. The import duty

on butter has been raised 50 per cent

to 12 cents a pound, which removes

the possibility of any imported butter

being put on our market. The butter

market should continue steady if pric-

esgdo not rise far from the present

level, but any substantial advance

would curtail consumption and auto-

matically force prices down again.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:



Chicago 430; New York 43140. In

Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

for 41%@43%c.





POTATOES





The potato market is trending up-

ward again, and the outlook for the

next two months favors a good outlet

at high prices for old stock and a sat-

isfactory demand for the new crop.





 





 





Live Stock Market Service I





 





Tuesday, March 16.





CHICAGO





Hogs



Receipts 20,000. Market is uneven;

mostly 10@15c higher than Monday’s

best price; light lights and killing pigs

show less advance; big packers are in-

active; bulk.240-325-lb. weight butch-

ers $11.60@12.50; major-it‘sr desirable

200-225-lb. weight $12.90@13.50;' better

grades 180 lbs. down, largely $13.75@

14.10; top 130 lbs. up $14.15; 160 lbs.

up $14.10; packing sows $10.60@11.10;

good killing pigs $14@14.25.





Cattle.



Receipts 13,000. Market fed steers

dull; about like Monday’s close; bet-

ter grades 25@400 under close last

week; quality plain; bulk $9@9.75;

few of value to sell at about $10.25;

fat top moderately active; steady;

light heifers weak; uneven to lower

than last week’s liberal supply; can-

ners and cutters offered mostly $4.25

@475; vealers 500 lower; $11@12 to





packers.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 19,000. Market slow; sheep

and feeding lambs steady; indication

fat lambs around 25c lower; no early

sales; fat sheep and shearing lambs

steady; few loads fat ewes at $8.60@





8 . 7 o.

DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 487. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings,

dry-fed ................ $ 9.50@10.50





Best heavy steers, dry-fed. 9 00@10.00

Handy weight butchers . . 7 .25@ 9.25

Mixed steers and heifers... 7.50 8.50

Handy light butchrs . . . . 6.25 7.50

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.25

Best cows ........ . . . . 625(0) 7.00

Butcher cows. . . . . . . . . . . 4.75@ 5.75

Common cows .. . . . . . . . . 4.00@_ 4.50

o.-.-..o._,r.‘.u‘o'.-’. ‘3-00@ 4





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Stock bulls . . . . . . ....... 5.50@ 6.50

Choice bulls ............ 5.006) 6.50

Heavy bologna bulls . . . 4.50@ 6 00

Feeders ................. 6.50@ 7.75

Stockers.......... ....... 600@ 725





Veal Calves.

Receipts 570. Market steady.



Best ..... ........‘...$14.50@15.00

Others............... 7.00@14.00

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 832. Market steady. -





Best .................... $13.75@14.00

Fair lambs . . . . . . . .. ..... 12.50@13.00

Light and common . . . . . . 10.00@11.75

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





Culls and common 300(5) 4.50





_ H 093.

Receipts 1,294. Mixed hogs 25c high-

er; others steady.





Mixed grades ........... $ 13.75

Roughs ................ . ‘ 10.50

Pigs and lights . . . . . . . . . 14.25

Stags ................. . . 7 .50

Yorkers and lights . .,. . . W, 14.25

Heavies . . . ............. 11.50@12.25

BUFFALO

Hogs





Receipts 3,530. Hogs are closing

strong; heavy $12@12.50; medium at

$13.75@14.60; light weight at $145061)

16; light lights and pigs $15@15.25;

packing sows and roughs $10.75@11.~



Cattle.



Receipts 175. ‘Market is steady;

1100 lbs. up- $8.50@10; no prime here;

steers 1100 lbs. down $6.50@9.75;‘ a





load of long, yearlings $10.25; heifers

-$5.50@9; cows $2.50@7.50; bulls $7. 4





“' Sheep and. Lambs.





$113.50,





own.





 





 





ordinary firsts .





roosters at 210; ,





Remaining stocks of old potatoes are

smaller than “usual at this season, and

although reports now indicate that

the new crop acreage may be larger

than reported earlier, the crop will

not be excessive.

whines, U. S. No. 1, are quoted at

$3.90@4.10 per 100 pounds, sacked, in

the Chicago carlot market.





WOOL >





Wool prices have slipped a little



- again as a result of slow demandfrom

manufacturers, who reportdisappoint-

ing sales of heavy weight goods. The





 





MARKETS av RADIO.“ ' I





 





AlLY market reports rand:



weather forecasts are broad '

cast each week day at 2:15, east-

ern standard time, by the Detroit.

Free Press, Station WCX, and at

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

troit News, Station WWJ" You

can also get daily weather re-

ports at 12:00 M. o’clock over!

W'KAR, Michigan State College,

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

over WREO, Lansing. Market

and weather, reports can also be

obtained from WGHP, of Detroit,

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





Northern round





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fact that the pressure of the new clip

will be felt in another month also en—

courages mills to neglect acquiring

raw wool. Ohio delaine are quotable

at 49@500 at Boston, a seine short

combing fine and fine medium territory

wools have sold at $1.10@1.16, clean

basis. In Arizon, sales at ‘$37%@41c

have been reported, with littleactivity

elsewhere in the west. Except for an

occasional distress lot, stocks are not

being pressed for sale.

foreign markets continuefirm may

stabilize domestic prices, although im—

provement in the demand for goods

also is needed as a basis for better-

ment in wool values.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Parsnips were in moderate demand,

but carrots, beets and other roots were

pretty slow to sell. Root parsley mov-

ed off fairly well at $5 a bushel. The

demand for apples was much lighter

With no one grade being especially

preferred. The supply of potatoes was

not so large, and selling started off

slow, but picked up at higher prices

later. Leeks and horseradish had a.

moderate sale. Live poultry and eggs

were in ready demand, but there was

little call for dressed veal and hogs.





Apples $1@2.50 bu; beets 500@$1

bu; carrots $1.75@2 bu; collards 75c

bu; cabbage, green $2632.25 bu; dry

onions $1.50@1.75 bu; root parsley at

$4.50@5 bu; curly parsley, 50c dozen

bunches; potatoes $2.35@2.70.bu; win-

ter radishes 75@90c bu; topped tur-

nips 75c@$1.50 bu; parsnips $2@2.25

bu; leeks 75c@$1.25 dozen hunches;

bagas 75c bu; butter 50(a360c; honey

$1 per 5-lb. pail; horseradish $4@5 bu;

eggs, wholesale 30@33c; retail 35@

45c; hens, wholesale 33@34c;, retail

35c; Leghorn hens, wholesale 29c; re-

tail .32@34c; ducks, retail 40c; geese,

retail 300; turkeys, retail 420.; veal.

20c; dressed hogs at 17@19c; dressed

hens 38@420; springers 38@400.





GRAND RAPIDS .





Potatoes were in slightly better de-

mand in Grand Rapids this week at

$2.25@2.35 a bushel. Other prices were

as follows: Beets 50@75c bu; carrots

75c@$1 bu; radishes 40@50c dozen

bunches; leaf lettuce 9@10c1b; apples

$1@2 bu; beans $3.50 cwt; wheat $1.57

bu; rye 68c bu; pork 16@17c; beef

8@14c; veal '15@17c; lamb‘ 22c; '01d

hens 22@26c; eggs 26c; butter-fat'46c

per pound. - . *. . . .





 





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Receipts 500. Best lambs $14.‘75@. .. 'bor, Mich .

3153311181313“ “inimsfsi’gfft? M. a 24" n 'Cqmglmranee‘ “ ‘ “ ‘l

‘ - ; ng'yea’r n’gs“ ,. . ; ar .--'- .‘.'Se"'e' . ',..

aged wethers .$g.5i0@10; ewes. 38(039. . FentonhMich. v ‘1‘ S”- “f

Recess 409- Ton seems we): March; “,





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sine rob

selling at perm Parties are Mbuy-

in‘g earloads of milch corvs for Illinois

markets.- Butter-fat brings 51c; eggs

There _is plenty of show, which

ng for next year‘s hay

orig). Creamery butter brings 44c.—





lonia 60., March 12 .—-There has been

plenty of snow and ice. County roads





are in good condition, but township





roads are badly drifted. Very little

produce is being marketed at this time.

Hay is scarce, and high in price. Other

feeds are plentiful. Good prices pre-





:vail at public sale, with horses and

‘cows leading in favor.





Wheat is cover-

ed with "snow’and ice. It looked fine

before the snow came. Wheat brings

31 60; potatoes 32; cats 43c; corn 80c;

beans 33. 60; cream 460; eggs 28¢.—



Genesee Co.——There has been _quite

a few auction sales during the past

few weeks. Potatoes are bringing from

32.26@2.75 in'-Flint. A few farmers

have been selling corn, beans, .and po-

tatoes. Live stock is in good condi-

tion, although a. few farmers will face

a hay shortage before pasture time.

Some cattle have been butchered and

marketed at the int Municipal Mar-

ket. Prices have en good on all pro-





duce There ~ has been. considerable





 





 





during the past few weeksf

Globe- 00., March 12. L—The ground

here is covered with snow and all fall

grains and grasses have wintered well,

so far. Potatoes bring 32; apples at

31.25: butter 40c; egg gs 27c; hay $22,

baled, and 318 loose; wheat 31. 60; com

750; oats 40c; rye 600. ——J. W.





Leelanau 00., March 10. ——A heavy

blanket of snow is covering the ground

now. In fact, the ground has been

well covered throughout the winter,

which promises well for the fall’sown

grain. Farmersare kept busy getting

ice and cutting their year’s supply of

wood Live stock is in good condi-

tion. The feed supply may run short

before grass coines. There is, how-

ever plenty available. Most of the live

stock was disposed of last fall. Dairy-

men are getting a fair price for butter-

fat. A few potatoes are left in farm‘

ers’ hands, for which they are receiv‘

ing 31. 90. —J. W.



.Lake 00., March 11.—The outlook for

the coming season is good. The ground

has had a covering of snow all winter,

and still a large amount on hand. The





farmers are feeding fewer beef cattle y





this winter. Cream is the main pro-

Idauct, and is bringing a good price!—





 





Small advertisements bring best resul

tiring. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





consecutise insertions 6





sham W,lii words.





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This clatsilled advertising department is established for the convenience d

ts under chained





dhendings. Try it for want uniform adva-

Poultry adrertising will be mil in. am:





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



Rates 11 cents a word, each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

cents a word. Count on a word each abbreviations, initial or number. No

display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order



stock advertising has a separate department and Is not accepted as classified. Mini-uni





 





One Four our

10........30.80 32.40 26........32. 08 36.24

. 2.34 2.16 6.48

l2........ .06 2.33 .24 6.72

13........ 1.04 3.12 20........ 2.32 3.23

14........ 1.12 3.30 3 2.40 7.20

13........ 1.20 3.33 31........ 2.48 7.44

l 1.2 3.84 32....... 2.33 7.68

17........ 1.36 4.02 33........ 2.64 7.92

13........ 1.44 4.32 2.72 8.18

12........ 1.32 4.33 33........ 2.80 8.40

ro........ 1.60 4.20 3..."... 2.83 8.64

2 1.33 3.04 2.06 8.82

1.76 3.23 33........ 3.04 0.12

23........1.34 3.32 3.12 9.36

2i........ 1.02 3.76 4 3.20 9.60

2.00 3.00 41........ 3.28 9.84





 





. 0 All dumbing «g

SpeCIal Notlce ditconllnuanu order



or (hang: of (0)] in-

tended far the Clam'ficd Department mun nath fhil tufts m

«lay: in advance afpublfca “an daft.





   





S0 ACRES I-JQUII‘PED good cow. 30

fowls. all farming tools, 13 m-res alfalfa. 18 men

woodland, plenty of fruit, good buildings. good soil,





$4, 000 Terms. Free illustrated catalog. C. C. Otis.

“The Fuim Bargain Man.’ ' Plainwell. Mich].





FOR SALE—SO—acre farm, with or without stock and

tools. ii 111 consider house and lot in desirable loca-

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

Johnston, R. No. 2, Tecmnsch. Mich





 





FOR SALI-I~-400-acrc farm on main pmed road. near





Detroit. Modern buildings. Low price. We Mrs.

Shore. 5850 St. Antoine _St.. Detroit, Mich. ‘Phone

Northway 12‘ '71- J.





 





GOOD 400-ACRE FARM TO RENTellenter to take

possession at once. A. H. Foster. Allegsn, Michigan.





 





WANTED FARMS





 





WANTED—4P0 hear from owner of farm for sale for

spring delivery. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.





 





REAL ESTATE





OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA are

better now than ever for the man of moderate means.

who desires to establish a home on a few acres that

will insure him a good living in a delightful country.

Lands are reasonable in price and terms attractive

Crops best suited for different localities are well

proved. Efficient marketing organizations are at your

service. Southern California has a climate you will

like—an enjoyable twelve months open season. There

are thousands of miles of paved roads. Seaside and

mountain resorts offer recreation for everybody. Let

me mail you our illustrated folder containing depend-

able information on Southern California. C. L.

Semaves. Gena-9.1 Colonization Agent. Santa. Fe Ry..

012 Ila. Exchange, Chicago.





 





 





EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY to buy on very favor-

able terms. improved irrigated farms owned by Amer-

ican Beef. Sugar Company. at Lamar. Colorado. Only

ten per cent cash and balance spread over 3455

years at 5% per cent interest. Lands \ery produc-

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

30 bushels barley, 77 bushels oats, and 41 bushels

winter wheat. Ideal conditions for dairying and con-

stant markets. Beet sugar factories contract with

growers for beets at good prices. Leading live stock

profitable. Fine schools and churches Good roads

and wonderful climate. For detailed information

write C. L. ves, General Colonization Agent

Santa Fe By.. 993 Railway Exchange, Chicago.





 





8NOW~. ICE AND A LONG. cold winter saps the en-

ergy of the northern farmer, while down south cattle

are grazing. the farmers are planting strawberries, po—

tatoes and' truck crops. which will be sold on early

high- priced markets before the northern spring begins.

Why not mme to the coun'. ry where farming pays?

No hard winters. expensive living, nor The! bills.

Fine old farm. 340 per acre. . Rich virgin land. 320

an acre. For full information and how to save 31.000

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

gration Agent. Room 674. Southern Railway System.

Washington. D C.





STROUT'S SPRING FARM AND BUSINESS CAT<

ALOG—FREE COPIES now ready. Pictures and de—

tails of hundreds of bargains in many states. Manes-

making equipped farms for poultry, fruit. grawln dairy,

etc” ebb. whiz variety of splendid business chancm.

Pg. 58 shows 40 acres in Mich.. Buick auto, 6 cattle,

horses. crops. valuable machinery: 6-mom house. on





 





Improved road. only 31.700. easy terms. Many others

just as good sure to: go if you delay. Write today

for your free cs telog. Stmut Agency. 205-_BC.





Kresge Bldg. . Detroit Mich.





THERE NEVER have been such farm bargains in

Glsdwin COuntv. Mich” _as I have to offer you this

spring Write me explicitly your needs. Free list.

U. G. Reynolds, Gladwin. Mich.





240‘ACRE FARM—Because of old age, 11. am

obliged to sell one -of the best equipped forms for

dairying or stock raising In central Michigan A card

will bring. you full particulars. James Eden. Lake-

vimv. Michigan. .





FOR SALE—Bfl-scre farm. with or without stock and



. Will considn' house and lot in desirable 10cc-

or $.00!) .sh, balance on mortgage. Elmer P.

Johnston. RNe. 2, Tecumseh. Mich.





lilo—ACRE FARM on gravel road. near good market.

l‘lrst~class findings, tile silo. Productive clay loam





 





 





 





 





“1. well drained. Splendid dlhy or slack form. A

rulbuyet340nerecre down paymentnnd

For complete description write 0. L.





terms.

n.3, Evert. Mich. _





703 ACRES—300 in him state of cultivation, 10‘

rounhonea. necessary complementing. stock and





form. Prise

. BMW;





 





HAY AND STRAW





ALFALFA and all kinds hey. Ask for delivered

prices. Harry D. Gates Company. Jackson. Michigan.





 





 





00117111211»; 32. 50:000 Gibson 33.:30 Premiers 34.00:

100 Dunlaps 60c;.1000 Champion Everhearihg 37. 30:



200..32 00. 30 Mastodon EVerbesrlng 33.00.13 Concord

Grape plants 31. 00. 100 Black or Raspberry plants

32.00. 36 Flowering Gladioli Bulbs 31. 00. Ontario:

Free. Box Westhsuscr's Nurseries. Sawyer.

Michigan. '





 





FOR SALE—Fresh dug and trimmed plants. Dunlap

Strawberry, 34. 00 per 1, 000. 0 other varieties. Cuth-

bert and Early King Bed. Raspberry, $15 per 1, 000.





Cumberland Black Raspberry, 312 per 1, 000. Lucretia

annex-n $12 per 1.000. Fred sum... Bangor.

15 c .





 





SEED CORN—90-day Yellow.

Yellow Dent, Developed from

Corn. tested and ready to plant.

Chester Fowler. Seed Com Specialist,

ville, Ind.





90—day White: Reid’s

International Winning

33.50 per bushel.

Crawfords~





 





NEW ALBOTREA sweet clover. just out from Wis-

consin Experiment Station. Wonderful for pasture

and hay. New pedigree barley. Four new leaders in

cats. Bed clover, Etimolhy. alsike. alfalfa seeds. Write

for circular II. E. Knieger, Beaver Dam. Wis.





SEED PMAmES—Pcwekey Russet Rnrals. No. I.

l to 1 7-8 inches diameter. From certified nominee.

Grown on virgin soil. The best. seed to buy for table

stock production. act promptly. C. W. Heflin. El.-

mira, Antrim 00.. Mich.





FROST-PEWF CABBAGE PLANTS—lending varie-

ties. Onion. Beet, Lettuce. Postpaid. 100, 300: 300.



5c: 300, 31. 00: 1.000. 31. 50. Not prepaid. 5.000.

34.“;10,000. 38.00 Satisfaction guaranteed. D.

Jamison. Summerville. S. C.





 





 





 





CERTIFIED SEED GRAIN. from latest hnproved

strains of highest yielding varieties under Michigan

mediums. Wolverine oats. Robust beeps. 1926 seed

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





1.1.000 WELL'R ROOTED GRAPE PLANTS. 32!. Straw.





500 ENGLISH wnrrs monom- LAYING ‘m.

mm, 31. so. _.0 A.Bra.me‘n. Polo. Mich. -





WHITE ORPING'l'ONs—Egss $9. mstpaid. M. Thomp-

son. R. 10. Box 92 Detroit. Mich.





JERSEY BLACK GIANT EGGS—From

Black Beauty's. Eve Bennett. Rockford. Mich.





CHOICE warm ROCK HATCHING EGGS. To-

Lennon. B. 2, Three Rivers. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





BABY CHICKS





BABY CHICKS from superior quality. heavy' laying

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

eries in the Middle West. 25 years' experience in

mating. breeding and hatching standard bred poultry.

r100" 11 live arrival. Prepaid. Every chick guaranteed.

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

Paul, Nebr. -





 





 





QUEEN ACCREDITED CHICKS—Weill” approved

by the State of Michigan. every mm by

State Insperoors. and etery male blinded by Imectors

Our accredited Lerhoms represent 12 years of careful

brooding. Tancred. \Hollvwood. S. C. White Leghorns.

Browns. R. I. Reds. Ask for hprice and circular free.

Queen Hatchery, Zeeland. Mich





 





WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from big white em.

8211 anywhere C. 0. D Guaranteed to live. Low

prepaid prices Egg contest winners for year; Trap-

nesbed. pedigreed foundation stock. Hundreds of cock-

erels. bullets and hem. t our prices. Catalog free.



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





 





BABY CHICI(S——From flecks culled and. mated for

production. type and color. Our chicks are strong.

healthy and vigorous. Hatched from free fluke flocks.

Write for prices 100% delivery guaranteed. Homer

Hatchery, Homer, Mich.





 





SEED OATS FOR SALE—Worthy Wolverine. grown

from certified stock on the Upper Peninsula farms of

Dr. E. H. Webster. Write for prices to Albert ’V.

Hardesty. Manager. Rudyard, Mich.





PROSTPROOF CABBAGE PLANTS—“‘akafield.

Charleston. Copenhagen, Flat Dutch. 200. 00c: 500.

900: 1000. 31.50. Postpaid. Brown Plant 00..

Havesvllle, Ky.





 





 





ASPARAGUS ROOTS—Thur; some for home garden

or commercial field. Washington and other varieties.

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

ton. Mich. ,





 





FOR SALE~Grimm Alfalfa. Sci-,d

fled seed on my

per bushel.

ins Mich.





DOZEN GOOD GRAI‘FYINES— $1. 00 postpairi, Red.

\Vhiw and Blue I; pcs1h,2 to 3 ft Ycllow Free-

stone. early and late. $1.00 postpaid. Goblcs Nurser-

ies, Gables. Mich.





gmwn from certi—

farm in Oscoda county. Price 326

Sample on roqucsl. F A Neil, Com-





 





 





MILLIONS. Cabbage, Tomato and Onion Plants, 31,





 





1000. Catalogue free. Clark Plant 00.. Thomasville,

Georgia.



SWEET CLOVER SEED. $2. 50 per bushel. White

blossom. (Unhulled). Bags extra. S. Bell,





Glennie. Mich





SEED ( ‘OltN—471925—90 day Yellow Dent J. S. C.

Tost 87%. M 00 per bu. Bags furnished. C. W.

Ettinger, R. No. 1, Dearbom, Mich.





 





ASSORTED COLORS GI ADIOLi BULBS—~00 large.

or 125 flowering si/c, $100 postpaid. Martha. Os-

mond. Fostnrla, Midi.





 





ASPARAGI'Smfi’sshington Rust- -.proof Good sturdy

roots, $1. 25 hundred; $0. 00 thousand Prepaid. Ken-

nel' s. Sndshury \illc, Pa.





 





GOLDEN YI‘ILLOVV SEED CORN-TPSts

Hand huskcd and air dried In crib.

Nccdham, Saline, Mich.





94 -97%.

“Write. Geo. W.





 





MISCELLANEOUS





WE ARE IN A POSITION to supply you with good

second-hand egg crates. including fillers and cover,

complete for shipping. at the following rates: Car—

Ioad lots. 15c each. less than carlosd lots 18c each.

This is the 30-do-zen size case. Also have fillers and

flats for sale. “’illiam Spitz 8.: Sons. 2645 Chene

Si... Detroit, Mich.





 





 





MARL—MARL—We do contract digging and sell marl

digging machinery, featuring the Mussclman Bucket.

Pioneer Marl (20., East Lansing. Mich.





 





FOR SALE—~Small car cull bcans for feeding pur-





 





poses, $15 ton, sacks included. F. O. B. Pierson.

Pierson Elevator (30., Pierson. Mich.

CEDAR POSTS. dircct from forest to user. Ask for





delivered price. E. Doty. Atlanta. Mich.





COPENHAGEN CABBAGE

Large, ODOR field-grown.

l'lant C0., Quitman. Ga.





PLANTS—~31. 00.1 .000.

Proth shipment. Quitmsn





 





CERTIFIED. Robust socd beans. Purity 90%.

ination 90%. Tested December, 1925. Wm.

zor, B. No. 3, Bay City, Mich.





Germ -

SCIIWt‘Ilt‘





 





GLADHHJ'S BUIBS~100 for $1. 00. Price list free.

(‘olvin' s Glad Gardens. Berricn Springs. Mic.higan





 





CERTIFIED WOLVERINE OATS Michlgan's leading

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





DAHLIAS—lutest beauties. Cawtalog

Gardens. 283 W. Tupper St.. Buffslo,N





RAISE HULLERS OATS—the best. yet. Fine for

poultry. Sample free. H. Welder, Fennvillc, Mich.





NDoty Dahlia

. Y.





 





 





FOR SALE—Nevwomh Automatic Loom. Mrs. J. A.

Craig. Stoekbridge. Mich.





FANCY DAHLIA BULBS—Seven djflerent colors for

31. 00. Prepaid. Jacob Dekker, Bridgman, Mich.





 





 





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





CABBAGE PLANTS—My frost-proof cabbage plants

will mature hard heads three weeks earlier than your

home-grown plants. Varieties: Copenhagen Market,

Wakefields, Succession and Flat Dutch. Prices by

parcel pest. 500 for $1.25; 1000 for 32.25, postpaid.

By express. 1000 to 4000 at 31.50 per 1000; 5000 to

9000 at $1.25 per 1000; 10.000 and over at 31.00 per

1000. Order now. Prompt shipments. first. class

plants. P. D. Fulwood. TlfLon. GI





 





FAIRGRUNEV ASSOCIATED SEED GROVVERS-

Growers of Certified and Registered Seeds. Worthy

Oats. Wisconsin Pedigree Barley, American Banner

Wheat. Pickett Yellow Dent Corn, Improved Robust

Beans. Inspected and certified by the Michigan Crop

Improvement Association. Grown in Tuscols. County.

“The Heart of the Thumb." For information write

W. R. Kirk, Secretary. Fairgrove, Mich.





 





REGISTERED AND CERTIFIED seed corn sndoats.

Clemmt’s waits cap yellow dent, and Duncan‘s yel-

low dent. Fire-dried. on racks. enr- tested and germ-

ination guaranteed. From high- ~yielding stock. Beg-

istered and Certified Worthy cats. a stiff straw and

high— yielding variety. developed by the Michigan State

College. All seeds grown under inspection of the

Michigan Cron Improvement Association. Michigan's

largest producer of seed corn. Paul C. Clement.

Britten, Michigan. .





 





FROST PROOF CABBAGE AND,0NION PLANTS—

Varieties Charleston and Jersey Wakefields, SHN‘ ‘

Plat Dutch and Copenhagen Market. Prices. parcel

postpaid. 250. 31.00; 500. 31.50; 1.000, 32.50. Ex-

press collect. 1.000, 31.30; 3,000, 31.25 per 1.000:

10.000 and over. 31.00 per 1,000. We guarantee to

ship promptly a good-sized plant that will please you.

Tifton Potato Company, Inc., Tifton, Ga.





mos'rrnoor ciBBAGE.

TOES—Leading varieties.





ONIONS. ALSO TOMA—

Immediste shipment Strong.





hardy plants, 100, 400; 600. $1.10:1..000 32..!!!) 1;,083- .





Paid. Express collect. 3. 000 36 25:10,000 $12.

per. 100. 50c: 1.009. 32.30. Postpaid. East Texas

Plant 00., Paula. '1‘.e\xss





FOR SALE—Certified Wolverine Oats. Golden Dent



Seed Corn {Germination 93%). Manchu Soy Beans



and leading varietiesol clearly and late potatoes. John



C. Wilk. St. Louis. Mich.



BIG DISCOUNTM on m noes, grapevine. strawber-

.uneragus. Mandamus-limes shrew-y.



etc. 13-14mm. melanoma-annulus...





CERTIFIED M We“ .iseproved

Methane um.rm1m w





 





PET STOCK





SELECT YOUR SILVER AND BLACK FOXIGS from



Fur Bred Strains. Raccoon, Mink ’and Muskrats. We



can start and stor‘k your fur lamp Booking orders



illowhfor fall delivery. Levering Fur Farm, Levering.

1c .





 





WANTED—50 clean,hes.ltl1y. white rabbits

2 to 4 lbs. each. Get prices paid.

pigs, 8 to 11 ounces

488. Detroit, Mich.





weighing

Al~o 100 guinea

Write Parke- Davis & (10.. Box





FOR SAI I‘—~Pedigrced German Police Puppies. sired

by our Imported Stud dog. 320 each. Also young

{ignited-ed brood matron. E. A. Black, Howard City,

1 li‘ .





TOBACCO





HO\IP.SI’UN TOBA(‘(‘:0 Chewing, five 1b.. 31. 50; ten,

32. 50: smoking. five 11)., 31. 25; ten. 32: cigars. 32 for

50 guaranteed. Pay when ruched. pipe free. Roy

Carlton, Maxons Mills. Kentuc.ky





HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.

five pounds, 31. 50, ten. 3" 50 Smoking. ten. 31.50.

Pipe free; pay when received. United Farmers. Bard

well, Kentuczky





 





KENTUCKY NATURAL LEAF SMOKING TOBAC-

CO-—-6 pounds 32.00; 10 pounds 33.50; cash with or-

der. Postage prepaid. Tobacco Club, Msyfleld, Ky.





HOMESI’UN CHEXVING or smoking tobacco. 5 lb.

$1.25; ten. 32: twenty, 33. 50. Satisfaition misran-

teed. United Farmers of Kentucky. Paduca ah. Ky.





TOBACCO—red. rich and mellow,

$1 75:10 lbs..- 33. 50.

lbs” 32. 40. Collect.





chewing. 5 lbs.

Smoking. 5 lbs., 31.25; 10

er do Dyer. Sad-Ila, Ky.





 





POULTR Y





WE PAY MORE for poultry. eggs and veal. A trial

shipment will convince you. East Coast Poultry Co

Eastern Market. Detroit, Mich.





 





IMPERIAL Ringlet Barred Rock Eggs from a State

accredited filth. 36.00 per hundred. Robert Martin.

0





mm m ROCK EGGS for hatching;

from our heavy laying strain. 32.00 per 13 33. 00 per

I). 39.03 per 100 F. 2:. Po om memes. h.





{WHITE WANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY—Ens 33.00

mm Raymond Essh. Shipmewens. Ind.





 





 





ACCREDITED CHICKS—Low Prices. Lending varie-

ties. From flocks officially endorsed for high avenge

egg production. Foremost egg strains. Live delivery.

Catalog Free. Smith Brothers Hatcheries. Box 219.

Mexico. Missouri.





 





BBB!) T0 LAY—Barred Rocks and Pure



White Leghorn chicks and eggs Stock blood tested

three years. Catalogue free. Michigan Accredited.

Aseltine Poultry Farm. 1827 Belden Ave. Grand

Rapids. Mich.





 





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

W. Leg. Chicks. direct from our M. A. C. Demon-

stration Farm Flock at extremely low prices. only llo

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

try Farm R. 4. chland. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS from stock all newly blood-tested for

Bacillary White Diarrhea. Third year blood—testing.

Eight popular breeds. Hatchery State Accredited.

Catalog and price list ready. Pierce Hatchery. Jere

ome. Mich.





BABY CHICKS—White Leghorns, $10 per 100; VVhito

Rocks. R. I. Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks. 312

per 100. prepaid by parcel post. Snowflake Poultry

'Farm & Hatchery. R. 5. Middlevllle, Mich. L. Van—

Schie. Proprietor.





 





SELECTED CHICKS from flocks subjected to most

rigid tests for standard production and health. Twelve

leading breeds at living prices. 80% of old customers

X's-order. Free catalog. Litchfleld Hatchery. Litch-

field. Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS—Eleven varieties. from free range

culled and inspected flecks. Liberal discounts in large

numbers. Send for circular and price list, Estab-

lished 1910. Shepard Poultry Farm. Litchfleld. Mich.





 





STURDY CHICKS—Blood tested for Bacillary White

Diarrhea. also State Accredited. chhorns. Rocks.

Reds. and White Wyandottes. flunnybrook Poultry

Farm, Ilillsdale, Mich.





 





WHITTAKICR'S TRAPNESTICD RIIODE ISLAND

REDSHBoth (omhs. Michigan State Accredited.

Bloodtestcd \Iu 111g.1n s Gicatest color and egg strain.

Chicks and Eggs. Sixteentl Annual Catalog Free.

Interlakcs Falm. Box 9,1.aw1unc \llch.





 





ClllCIiSr‘BARRED RO(‘.KS——EGGSV~Ofl‘lcial records

hack of them 207-293. Winners, laying contests and

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

G. (.‘aball. Hudsomille, Mich.





 





 





 





’PURF-BRI‘ID CHICKS from State Accredited Stock.

Fourteen \srieties. Poultry Manual Free fitouflsr

Egg Farms. Route 26. Mount Morris. Illinois.





BABY CHICKS. hatching eggs from our Ideal Barred

Rocks from hcavy laying strain. good healthy flocks.

Farmrange Chick Hatchery, Charlotte, Michigan.





 





BABY CHIC I\S AND EGGS~ Superior Ringlet Barred

Rocks. Rose (‘omb Reds. Whine Leghorns. Catalog.

Wyndham's Ideal Poultry thds, Tiffln, Ohio.





 





S. C. BUFF LEGHORN BABY CHICKS from State

Accredited Stock. Send for circular. J. W. Webster.

Bath. Mich.





 





(HICKS «State Accredited English White Leghorns.

Barred Rocks rind Black Minon as. Circular. Hill-

side Hatrhery.R .,3 Holland Mum!)





RICHARDSON‘S Rocky Ridge Barred Rock Chicks.

$10 per 100. Stuck blood tested second time for

Bacillary “'hito Diarrhoea. Hanover. Mich.





 





 





TURKEYS





MAMMOTH GIANT Bronze Prize Tom. 40 lbs. Ex-

cellent big range-grown young toms and females. soon

Iatgig. This quality Scarce. Shiek Farm, Oxford.

M 1.





CONTROL THE CORN BORER with White Holland

turkeys. I have the best. Also Toulouse Geese.

Alden Whitcomb. Byron Center, Mich.





 





 





TURKEY EGGS—all breeds. Striatly pure-bred. Book-

ing orders for early spring delivery. W Ohio

l‘oulm Farm. Beallsvillo, Ohio.





FOR BRONZI' TURKEY’S

Noble. Saline. Mich.





 





-—Toulouse Geese. “its M.





 





 





SITUATIONS WANTED





SINGLE MAN “'ANTS WORK on poultry fnrm. Ad-

(lrmu John Dormer-1m. 2252 24th 81.. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





HELP WANTED





. WANTI'JDHSlnglc man who understands tractors and

Harm machinery and general farm work. Wages 370

per month and board. State age and experience.

Huron Farms Company. Edison Bldg, Ann Arbor.

Mich





 





 





AGENTS WANTED





SELL GUARANTEED PAINT to home owners: freight

1 «repaid Big pay; no invesuncnt. Experience unnec-





 





.csssry; exclusive territory. Nationally known com-

l-any. We deliver and collect. Box 4021 Station

‘A." Kansas City, Mo.





 





Au) NTS—Oui New Household Cleaning Devicem

and dries windows.

Costs lms than brooms.

Berber m Works. 273 $12 St. Fl





 





some!!!“ ,

stock poueas. cleaner .eu. Bigler Company x 333'.





Springfield». "limit.





 





Bennett's.





wr. rs! use IONTBLY SALAR .mm our all





 





sweeps. cleans wells. scrubs. m ~~ '1

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