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ESTABLISH GRADES FOR EGGS.





 





COMMITTEE appointed by the

New York handlers of eggs pro

has com-

menced work on specifications and

grades for the eggs handled by them,





.with the assistance of the state mar-





keting officials of New York, New Jer-

sey and Pennsylvania. The form of





egg grades and market specifications





adopted states in definite terms just

how the eggs should be .gathered,

packed and shipped, and outlines the

.grades“as follows: EXtras, 23-ounce

eggs and over; pullets, 19 to 23-ounce

eggs; pewees, eggs under 19 ounces.

Not more than twenty-five colored

.eggs can be allowed in a case of

whites.





POULTRYMEN EXPAND COOPERA-

TIVE EFFORTS.





 





' OULTRY keepers are fast becom-

' ing leaders in cooperative market-

Iing. Specialists "in the department of

agriculture estimate that thirty per





went more eggs were marketed cooper-





atively in 1925 than in 1924. In addi-

tion to the regular,poultry coopera~

tives, many creameries and elevators

are handling eggs as a service to their

members.



Producer-owned and cooperatively

operated sales agencies in the consum-

ing markets of New York, Detroit, Chi~

cage, St. Louis, and other cities have

marketed large quantities of eggs for

cooperative associations located in the

producing regions. In some of the

states many local units are federated

under an Overhead selling exchange

or agency. It is said that there are

numerous opportunities for practical

economies and securing increased pric-

es through cooperative selling of eggs

and poultry.





EFFICIENCY IN DAIRY SERVICE.





 





HE dairy industry conference with



the United States Department of

Agriculture, April 19-20, is the first ef-

fort of the kind in agriculture. Seven-

teen national dairy organizations affil-

iated with the American Dairy Feder-

ation are participating‘in this effort of

the dairy people to investigate what

the department is doing for the dairy

interests, and of the department to as-

certain what the industry wants done.





RADIO PROGRAM FROM WKAR.





 





 





URING the spring, Station YVKAR,



Michigan State College, East

Lansing, will broadcast three nights a

week, Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day nights. The noon program has

been enlarged to include market re-

ports, weather forecasts and the read-

ging of questions and answers.



The program for the coming week is

as follows:



April 24—12:00-12:30, weather, mar-

kets, questiOn box.



April 26——12:00-12:30, weather, mar-

kets, question box; 8:00 p. m., Farmer-

kins bedtime stories; 8:15 p. m., gar-

dening; 8:35—9:00 p. m., engineering.



April 27—12200—12130, weather, mar-

kets; question box.



April 28—12:00-12:30, weather, mar-

kets, question box; 7:45 p. 111., land

scape architecture; 8:00-9:00 p. m.,

musical porgram.



April 29——12:00-12:30, weather, mar-





, kets, question box.





April 30-—12:00-12:30, weather, mar-

kets; question box; 7:45 p. m., land-

scape architecture; 8:00-9:00 p. m.,

state department program.





CONSCRIPTION BILL GETS SUP-

PORT.





 





HE Capper bill which contemplates



the conscription of industry and

capital, as well as man power in time

of war, is receiving strong support

from many sources. Leading military

men have testified in its favor before

the senate military affairs committee.

The Capper bill would prevent war

profiteering, said Mr. Taylor. Secre—

tary Davis said it would tend to elim-





 





 





inate slackers and profitbers. “It

would insure equal service for all and

special. profit for none,” Mr. Baruch

argued.





POTASH PRODUCTION INCREASES.





 





THE production of potash is assum-

ing considerable proportions in

this country, according to the bureau

of mines, department of commerce.

The output of potash in the United

States in 1925 amounted to 51,544

short tons of crude potash salts con-

taining 25,439 short tons of potash.





BETTER FOREST PROTECTION.





 





ENATE bill 3108, which has just



passed the house, provides more

efl‘icient cooperation between the

states and the bureau of forestry in

the protection of forests. Under this

bill it is believed that more efficient

cooperation will be obtained than un-

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News of the Web}





 





 





Luther Burbank, the famous horti-

culturist, died at his home in Santa

Rosa, California, on Sunday, April 13.

He was buried in the gardens of his

home grounds, which he loved so well.



Plans are in progress for the forma-

tion of chapters of the American As-

sociation for the Advancement" of Athe~

ism in various university towns.

These chapters will be styled after the

Society of the Damned Souls which

was recently organized in New York.



In the clean-up of the prohibition

forces. Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge

of the federal work, has discharged

875 dry agents for just causes.





Cottonseed hash has been made by

Dr. David Wesson, chemist, of the

Southern Cotton Oil Co. , which, it is

said. can not be distinguished from

the regular boarding house hash. Dr.

\Vesson believes that synthetic beef—

steak, made from cottonseed oil, is al<

most within the reach of the chemist.





Tulips were made to bloom in an

hour by artificial light in the green-

houses of the Peter Henderson 00., of

New Jersey.





The Metropolitan Life Insurance

Company has made a statistical study

of the cost of raising children. They

find that it costs $6.167 to raise a girl

to eighteen years of age, and $6,077

to raise a boy to that age.



Theatrical censorship, which has ex-

isted in Australia since 1850, has been

declared void by the courts and will

be abolished. Only theatrical perform«

ances which violate the penal code

may be stopped now.



August Thyssen, patriarch of the

Ruhr, Germany, industrialists, died in

Berlin at the age of eighty—four. He

amassed a fortune. after losing one,

after the war by converting gun plants

to peace time uses.



The German minister of finance,

Reinhold, said that the German gov~

ernment should take the United States

as a model for the curtailment of gov—

ernment expenses. ‘



The American Bible Society issued

9,069,120 Bibles during the past year.

its one hundred and tenth year of ex-

istence. These Bibles were printed in

150 different languages.



One hundred and ten bishops of the

Protestant Episcopal Church have pro

tested against the ratification of the

Lausanne Treaty with Turkey. Their

protests have been sent to every mem«

ber of the United States Senate.



Riots have occurred at Herrin, 111.,

during its election. This mining town

is known for its disregard of law, and

its riots last year.



Due to the fall in the Cuban sugar

market, the Cuban cabinet decided to

prevent over-production in sugar dur-

ing the next two years. The plan is to

cut the present year’s crop ten per

cent.



The dirigible, Norge, of the Amund-

sen-Ellsworth polar expedition, flew,

from Pulham, England, to Oslo, Nor-

way.



France and Germany have signed

compacts which will permit the link

ing of Paris and Berlin by airplane

lines. '



To make dancing more popular.

French, Dutch, and German dancing

masters have staged, in Berlin, adano-

ing exhibition showing the evolution

of the dance from the dawn of history

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The Little Red Schoolhouse





Can it 14,941}: 56 Made Me Pride of Me Community?

By Roy W. Alexander





HAT’s the matter with the rural



one-room school? It is receiv-



ing a lot of criticism these days,

especially by rural parents and high

school teachers. It does deserve crit—

icism, but it is not so bad that it can—

not be redeemed.



As a teacher of ten years’ experi-

ence in rural one and tworoam schools

and one year in the junior department

of a twelve-grade school, I wish to

give my ideas on the subject.



Prof. C. L. Goodrich, Assistant Sup-

erintendent of Public Instruction of

Michigan, stated at the State Teach-

ers’ Association that he had asked a

representative group of high school

teachers if they found their rural ninth

grade pupils below standard, and if

so, in what respects. The answers he

received were remarkably similar;

most of them stating that the rural

ninth graders used poor English, and

were unable to use a dictionary, en-

cyclopedia, or index intelligently. One

English teacher told me that rural pu-

pils were deficient in general informa-

tion. A Latin teacher stated that rur-

al pupils were often poor in English

grammar. A mathematics teacher

found that they Were not thoroughly





larger schools. This shows that they

are hurried through too fast for good

work.





Colleges are censuring the high

schools for sending them poorly train~

ed students; the high schools in turn

are placing the blame on the grade

schools. Yet, on the other hand, many

rural parents are complaining that the

State examinations for admission to

high school does not give their chil-

dren a fair chance with the graded

school children, who take their tests

from their own teachers. For this





reason many of the rural parents are

even going so far as to take their

children out of the home school at the

end of the seventh, or even the sixth

grade, and sending them to the grad-

ed school.





These conditions are lowering the

respect for the rural school among all

the people of the community. They





are leading many to the opinion that

rural schools, like rural Churches, will

soon be institutions 01' the past;

consolidated schools

their places.





that

will soon take

But country folks gen-





 





.» promises to become a common prac-





trained in fractions, mensuration and

Yet they often average

younger in years than their classmates

who have done grade work in the





percen tage.





 





With But Little Added Expense the Author Feels that Many of the Advan-

tages of the Consolidated School May be Had in One-room Schools.





erally are not taking kindly to this

radical change. They find many draw-

backs to such a change. In the first;

place, the cost of building, equipping,

maintaining, and the transporting of

of: the pupils is too great. The rural

schools could be model institutions

with the money required for the con-

solidated school. Secondly, the chil-

dren on back roads have to stand at

corners in all sorts of weather waiting

for school busses. Thirdly, the commu‘

nity center is removed too far from

the home; often to towns Where the

farm children find interests and infiu~

ences that lead them directly away

from the farm. These. are a few of

the reasons that farm folks give for

sticking to the crossroads school.

What, then, is the remedy, or where

shall we place. the blame? Let us comv

pare the teaching torces of the rural

and graded schools. in our county, at

present, we have 143 one~room schools.

Seven of these are taught by life cer-

tificate teachers, twenty by teachers

holding linlilc'd certificates, and 10.2

by teachers with second and third

grade certificates. The other thirteen

I was unable to learn. Of the eighty-

eight high school teachers, fifty hold

life certificates, twunty hold limited

state or county normal certificates,

and only sixteen are teaching on sec~

(Continued on page 567).





Farmers Establish a Refuge For Game





‘ Some Interesting Fawn“ 115021! a State Game Refuge

By J. A. Kaiser





:NE of the most significant and

O wide-spread developments in rur-



al life of today, is found in the

rapidly growing interest in the conser-

vation of wild life. The farmers of

Michigan are changing, have changed,

in this matter.



The experiments conducted at var-

ious stations; the space given to the

subject by newspapers and magazines;

and the inherent liking for wild things,

found deep in the hearts of most of

us, all have a bearing on the change

of sentiment so marked in our rural

districts. Closed seasons at all times,

for the quail and the mourning dove,

and a realization of the benefits to

farmers, from the presence of these

birds, have no doubt helped much, in

awakening an interest in all wild crea-

tures. Not only the birds, but the

predatory animals, like the skunk and

the raccoon, have their beneficial side,

and farmers are finding it out.



This growing interest in wild life

has found material expression in Hills-

dale county, in the establishment of a

state game refuge. The refuge which

has an area of 350 acres, is located in

Litchfield township, on the farms of

F. N. Sherk, C. R. Barnard, and J. M.

Landis. The territory embraces wood-

lots, cleared fields, thickets, and

swampy ground. In this diversified

area, all wild life will oe protected for

at least five years. Here, the pheasant,

the quail, the rabbit, the squirrel, the

skunk, and the muskrat can thrive un-

molested. The step is most significant,

as marking the beginning of what





 





tice in the interest of conservation.



In the state game refuge, farmers

who wish real protection for the wild

creatures can get it. The law speaks

in no uncertain terms in this matter,

and the penalties for trespassing are

heavy. The signs furnished by the

conservation department are so con-

spicuous and so numerous, that no one

can plead ignorance of the fact that a

game refuge is located there. Not only

is it forbidden to carry firearms or

allow a dog in the territory, but it is

unlawful to shoot within 150 feet of

the boundary line.



Mention has already been made of

the change of sentiment among farm-

ers, in regard to conserving wild life.

Without this change, it would be im-

possible to establish such protected

areas. The owner of the land must

first be Willing. But in the case of

the Hillsdale county refuge, much of

the credit must go to an organization

now widely and favorably known

throughout the entire country. To the

Litchfield boy scouts belongs much of

the credit for the establishment of the

refuge.



Conservation of wild life is one of

the points in the boy scout creed. In

assisting with the work necessary to

the setting apart of this protected

area, the Litchfield boy scout organi-

zation gave material expression to one

of its fundamental teachings. Posting

of the refuge was done in the manner





,. prescribed by law, by the Litchfield





scouts, all of Wham will have a vital

interest in the project.



Out of this work of the scout organ-

ization, comes another very important

and interesting development: The boys

of today are receiving a training along

this line not known, or thought of, in

the youthful days of their fathers. It

is not expected or even desirable that

the age-long desire to hunt and fish

will be obliterated in the coming gen—

erations. It is desirable, however, that

the boys of today and tomorrow, prac-

tice nothing of that wanton waste of

our natural resources characteristic of

preceding generations. All honor to

any organization which fosters in our

youth, a desire to conserve our wild

life and our natural resources along

any line.





In the setting aside of this territory

in the interest of conservation, may

we not see, also, a larger beginning

in the proper care and preservation of

our wood-lots? In spite of the evident

waste on every hand, which has al-

ready reduced this country to the

verge of poverty in regard to timber,

too many farmers exercise as of old,

no judgment whatever, concerning

their timbered tracts. The portable

saw-mill continues to do its work,

leaving farm after farm absolutely des-

titute of forest trees. For a few hun—

dred dollars in the hand, the farmer

is willing to sell the wooded acres

which have an incalculable value, not

only for himself alone, but also for his





children and his children’s children.



Is it not logical to suppose that the

establishment of a game refuge will

carry with it more wisdom in the sys—

tematic care of wood-lots? The wild

things love their forest homes. Judi

cious cutting of trees in the place of.

wholesale slaughter, will leave for the

wild, t'urtive folk, their wooded homes.

The forests of a nation, and the wild

life they shelter, are assets which are

bound to grow in value and import-

ance, with the passing years.



In referring to this game refuge, the

term, “All wild life," has been used.

This phrase is subject, however, to

certain limitations, as is the case with





all similar tracts, whether state or na-

tional.

owls, for instance, are not protected

by law, at any time.

animals not so protected, may be kill-

ed by the state or by the owners of

the land, who are supposed to cooper—

ate in every way, in the maintenance

of the refuge.





Some species of hawks and





These and all





In conclusion, it is only fair to state





that interest in the project had its

origin in the biological department of

Hillsdale College.

department, Professor Barber, is an

authority on Michigan bird—life, and

awakens in his students, a keen inter—

est in the conservation of wild life

generally.





The head of this





Cooperation was essential





to the materialization of the enter-

prise, and all forces mentioned in this

article have worked together for the

achievement of the end sought. Those

most interested believe the refuge is

an end worth while. .
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NUMBER SEVENTEEN





APRIL 24, 1926





VOLUME CLXVI





DETROIT,

CURRENT COMMENT.





HE date for clos-





 





 





[08in ing nominations

DC Ng for the Master Farms

ate ow er’s Club will be post-

May 15 poned two weeks. The





failure of the roads to

improve has made it impossible to be-

gin the work of checking up on these

candidates, so we have postponed the

date, which was set at May 1. to

May 15.



There are already enough nomina-

tions filed to make the Master Farmer

movement in Michigan an assured suc-

cess But we want no miscarriage of

justice in the personnel of the mem-

bers if this can be avoided, and to this

end desire that the leading farmer of

caci community be nominated as a

candidate for this honor. Any person

wishing a score card on which to nom-

inater a neighbor or himself should re—

ques: same from the Editor.





T last the admin-

Jardine istration has made

public its position on



Talks 0'? farm relicf legislation

FarmReIlef through Secretary



Jardine. In responso

to a. letter from Senator Cappcr, the

secretary of agriculture set forth an

opinion which is regarded as the ex—

pression of the government.



In this letter the secretary included

in his plan all the demands of the corn

belt farmers, save the equalization fee

provision. The plan provides for a

federal farm board to work in conjunc-

tion with the department of agricul-

ture. It would issue information to

aid farmers in maintaining a proper

adjustment between production and

market requirements, assist farm mar-

keting agencies in finding market out-

lets and in securing credit, and pro-

mote the development of sound mar-

keting agencies.



“The government has spent and lost

millions in stimulating agriculture pro—





 

 





duction through reclamation and other

means,” says Jardine, “and it is now

high time that we, as a nation, make

th ne ,essary provision, even though

it result in some financial losses, for

.olving th problems growing out of

burdensome upplies.” He regards the.

creation of a federal farm board as

constructivs legislation.



In the meantime the senate agricul-

tural committe“ has approved the corn

belt committee’s bill, including the

equalization fee scheme, as a rider to

the dministration’s cooperative mar-

keting measure; while the house has

finished its hearings on the various

bills offered to bring relief to farmers,

and is expected to report out a bill

soon.



Much attention seems to be directed

now toward the McLaughlin bill which

aims ) reliev. agriculture through eco-





. nomi; guidance by decreasing cost of





production, reducing waste on the

farms and in the markets, and by em-

ploying economic means of disposing

of any surplus. It proposes to license

farm markets and commission mer-

chants, to give guidance as to acreage

of crops to be planted, and to amount

of live stock to be kept. Machinery

is provided for carrying out the plan.

Unlike other schemes proposed. it ap-

plies to all farm products.



It is difficult to foresee how matters

will end. The opinion is general that

the real fight from now on will be

over the equalization fee, and it is

predicted that this fight may ultimately

destroy hope of securing any action

from the present congress.





HE health of our





Child children is the



wealth of. our nation.

Health Throughout the coun-

Score try on May Day, ‘will





sound the call for the

nation to rally in the march toward a

more perfect childhood.



The American Child Health Associa-

tion is emphatic in declaring that, in

proposing May Day as Child Health

Day, it has no intention of adding an-

other day to the already over-long list.

It urges, rather, a consistent, commu-

nity-wide child health program, work-

cd into the fabric of daily life. May

Day is merely the occasion for its pub-

lic expression.



“’0 need each to accept, as a pledge,

a share in this great national parade

if we are to reach its ultimate goal,

Vi‘e no (i to cooperate with the forces

by which health is maintained. The

sunshine, air, water. and food which

the physical body takes in; the habits

which direct and control the functions

of the mind and body; exercise which

gives development and stamina to the

musclesj play which gives outlet and

balanco to the physical, mental, and

en‘otional forces; and the contribution

which proper environment in the

home, school, and community makes;

those are the keystones of health for

the individual child.





It is the individual parent who must

translate this great health aim into

the reality of daily life and living. We

shall move just so fast in this march

toward the more perfect child as the

ideal is incorporated into the intelli-

gonce and understanding of the Amen

ican parent.





N April 11, Luther





Luther Burbank died at

B b 1! Santa Rosa, Califor-

ur_an nia, in the midst of

Dies the paradise that he





himself created. He

has been laid to rest in the same gar-

dens Where he did his work of love.

A work of love it was, for shortly

after his death a close friend of his

made an announcement which Mr. Bur-

bank requested should not be made

until after his death. This announce-

ment revealed that Burbank started

his work among plants after love

among humans failed him Early in

life he had a. disappointment, so his

affection was turned toward plants,

which never were untrue to him. He





 





did not marry until he was'in- the six-

ties, and then he married his, score.

tary,~who had been his faithful assist-

ant for years. .



Burbank had hard going for many

years. It was not until a ricl. friend

gave him a large order for plum trees

that he got a start financially. Then

later he. gave up a ten—thousand-dol-

lar-a-year nursery business to devote

his whole time to creative work. He

was an artist, not a. scientist or a busi-

ness man. His love for his work pre-

dominated everything else, and it was

through this love that he almost cre-

ated miracles. He has innumerable

varieties of plums to his credit, pota-

toes, spineless cactuses which will

make the deserts fruitful, flowers of

all kinds, fast-growing forest trees.

Few things in vegetable life have not

been touched by. his work of improve-

ment.



A few weeks before his last illness,

Burbank made a religious announce-

ment which startled the world. But

regardless of this statement, his heart

and mind were full of the essentials

that constitute Christianity. ‘*



There has come to an end the life

of one of the world‘s outstanding men.

Burbank was one of those rare indi-

viduals who in his seventy-seven years

has given the world a hundred fold

more than he has ever taken from it.





HERE are few



things in life .ov-

er which we have ab

solute control. Most

things are more or

less beyond us, are

acted upon or influenced by someone

or something outside ourselves. He

is very wise who is always able to dis-

tinguish between what is within his

power and what is beyond it.



Contentment, after all, comes from

within. It depends very largely upou

our attitude toward things. Here is

one place where we have full power.

No one can change our mental atti‘

tudes, our ways of taking things,

against our wills. And it is this alone

that counts. Circumstances, as such,

can make us neither happy nor mis-

erable.



He is a true philosopher who de-

sires only to be a free man, unafraid

of what fate may deal out to him.

Things external cannot make or break

him, for they cannot touch his real

self. That real self will react to every

challenge of life. The faults of others

will not disturb him; he would not

expect them to be faultless. Inclem—

encies of Weather will not disturb





Where

Content-

ment Lies





him; bad weather is included in ,the»





very nature of things. Loss of fortune

will not disturb him; lands, automo~

biles, the price of beans are not a

part of his real self, but external toit.



Thus when we realize that the

source of our happiness lies within,

and that we alone have power over

ourselves and our thoughts, fate no

longer can affect our inner content-

ment and we learn to take What we

must with serenity as a. gift which

we may accept and use.





report from the





Farm Pop- department of ag-

. riculture shows that

ulatlon there was a decrease

Decrease: of a half million in





the farm population

during the past year. A few years

ago such a condition would have caus-

ed alarm. Back-to-land movements

would have been started and the star-

vation of the future population would

have been predicted. But now the re-

port goes almost unnoticed.



That is because things are different.

Emerson says that there is nothing

more certain than change. That has

been especially true during the past

ten years. Few of us realize the great

changes which have taken place in

the entire scope of living and thinking

since the war.



Social standards have been modified,

thoughts have been liberalized, and

production mechanicalized. On the





farm, in ' the factory, everywhere, '1;





man can do more now than he could

in the past, because of machinery. Mr.

Ford, perhaps the greatest disciple of

the new order of things, is producing

more at his factory in less time and

with less men, than before. The five—

day week is prevalent in his plants,

because of principle, not of necessity.

His theory is that good wages and

more leisure make for greater pros~

perity. .



We feelsure that the tendency of

the times is toward the fulfillment of

this theory, even on the farm. Even

now it takes fewer people to supply

the food needs of the natibn, and in

the future farmers will accomplish their

tasks easier. The from-sun-uptosun—

down day is fast becoming a. thing of

the past.





So, this decrease in farm population

is not. alarming. It is rather an indi-

cation that the farmer is adjusting

himself to the same influences that are

changing industry and life in general.

Individually, he will profit most who

realizes these changes and adjusts him~

self to them.





Sprmg Fever

I’M sick again. I just get over the

measles and I get the spring fev-

er, and I got it bad. I don’t feel like

doin’ nothin’ ’cept settin’ around and

baskin’ in the sunshine. I even think

0’ that fishin' invite I got a while ago,

but I’m afraid the fish bite too fast

for the way I’m feelin’ now. It’d be

too much exertshun for me.





Years ago spring fever used ta mean

sulfer and molassus. Now it means

eatin’ green fodder and eggs, accordin’

to these health fellows. Vi'ell, I‘m

glad they made the change ’cause I

like them kinda eats better’n sulfer

and molassus.





The only troubul is, we got plenty

0’ eggs just now, but nothin’ like green

vegetabuls. ’cept some silage, and I

ain’t got yet so

I’d like that. Sour

kraut is supposed

ta be good, but:

Sofie won’t let me

walk on ours

when we make it,

so we don’t make

none. Cabbage

keeps pretty well

when it ain’t pick-

uled, so we eat ours that way, ’cept

when we have spare ribs, then we like

sour krant with it. Then we go over

ta Adoph van Dusen’s and get some.



Well, that ain’t got nothin’ ta do

with spring fever, is it? Anyhow, Sofie

says I ain't got spring fever, and if I

have, I’ve got 'it all summer. She says

any time there’s any work around, I

get the same symptoms. Well, if it's

work that affects me that way. I got

ta. blame work for it.



This here weather ain‘t accommo»

datin’ at all. We’ve had wintcr right

along and now it comes summer right

away so you gotta rush inta work

when you don’t feel like doin’ it. Farm-t

in’ is got lots 0’ hardships, and this

doin’ the hardest work when you feel

like doin’ none atall, is one o’ ’em.



It’s awful hard ta toll in the mornin’

whether you should put the heavies on

or not. The heavies is too heavy for

heavy work if its warm, and‘the lights

is too light for light work if it’s cold.



From a business standpoint, spring

farm work is got a pretty good turn-

over and I understand what they want.

is turn-over in business. Spring work

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the rooster says it’s time ta get up.

lVell, anyhow, it depends lots some-

times on how you turn over your soil

on what kinda turn-over you get in the

harvest.



So, boys, I guess the best thing we

kin do is ta heave to and turn-over.

I’ve got a couple miles walk with a.

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pen in its stall and'take my horses





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’fc‘RatSl’ Day of Reckoning ‘





Destroys T /zem as» Efi‘ecl‘ua/[y as Did Hz’r





Modem Pied Piper





'1‘ looks very much as if the way of

the rat might be harder from now

on. Irresistible forces have been



organized against him. He is fore-

doomed to play a less important role

in the nation’s waste bill. For which,

of course, we are glad.



Of all pests about the farm, the rat

is the most reprehensible. We have

about the same love for him that we

do for a lizard or an over-sized snake.

He gives us a chill whenever we see

his wicked eyes and tapering, crawly

tail.



He does us a bit of damage, too.

Diseases have been brought to our

door by this wandering varmint. He

shows no regard for sanitary laws.

Quarantine regulations are broken

without compunction, and he travels

frdm dwelling to dwelling spreading

disease, while the victims Wonder how

it happens. ”



And every year in America he eats

and destroys nearly a quarter of a

billion dollars worth of food and prop-

erty. At least, so say the experts fro-m

the farm end of our government at

Washington. A single rat will con-

sume two dollars worth of food each

year; and destroy much more. Not

infrequently fires in dwellings can be

traced to his depredations.



In fact, this fellow is becoming so

unpopular that in a. number of sec

tions organized public opinion is mov-

ing against him. Early this month, in

Cass county, Agricultural Agent Bar-

num held ten demonstrations to show

(farmers various means of keeping the

pest under subjection. \Vhile he and

his expert aids reviewed many of the

familiar ways of decreasing the num-

ber of rats about the premises, spe-

cial emphasis Was given to the use of

fumigants.



In the talks to these farmers two

general lines of preventive measures

were described~eliminating hiding

places and keeping food supplies out

of reach of the rat. These were treat-

ed together.



First, buildings should be made rat-





-EW varieties of fruit have a fas-

cination for most of us. Some-

what like oil and mining stocks,



or other get-rich-quick schemes. Just

recently a grower wrote to the depart-

ment of agriculture stating that he

was about to order enough Cortland

apple trees to plant several acres. The

Cortland is a cross between McIntosh

and Ben Davis, and has received con-

siderable praise in New York state.

However, it has shown little promise

in Michigan. It very often happens

that a variety will be very satisfactory

in another section. This lack of adap-

tation has caused considerable loss in

many instances.



New varieties are necessary for the

advancement of fruit growing. All of

the standard varieties» of today, even

though superior to the varieties of a

generation ago, have their faults. It

is only through the new varieties of

the future that these faults will be

eliminated. There probably never was

a better realization of the need for

better varieties than at the present

time. Certain periods of the ripening

season are sadly lacking in suitable

varieties. Many of our standard varie-

ties are very susceptible to certain

insects or diseases. It would be a

great economic advantage to be able

to replace them with others of as good





proof. Keep the rat out. Buildings

with floors should have foundation

walls extend at least thirty inches

into the ground. This is the maximum

distance that a rat ordinarily will dig

to get under a building. If one does

not wish to carry the walls down this

far, a flange of cement a few inches

below-the surface, may be extended

outward from the wall for a foot or

eighteen inches. In burrowing the rat,

coming to this flange, will continue

along the wall and fail to get under it.

Structures not requiring walls should

be raised high enough to avoid hiding

places. Corn cribs ought, at least, to

be a foot above the ground. The cribs

can be further protected by nailing

wire netting two feet wide around the

bottom of the crib, and immediately

above the netting a foot strip of sheet

metal. The rat can jump about three

feet from the ground. He also can

crawl up the netting. But the sheet

metal stops him on both counts.

Chicken houses give much trouble

in protecting against rats. It is im-

practical to build a house that will let

the chickens in and out, and not give





Killing Rats with Fumigants.





access to rats. The best method of

discouraging the invader is to do away

on the inside with all hiding places.

The floor should be clear and all equip-

ment high, or so arranged that rats

cannot hide about it. The food supply

must also be placed out of reach.



These preventative measures should

be supplemented by destroying the

rats now about the premises and in

the neighborhood. There are many

known ways of doing this. The use

of guns, traps, dogs, cats, ferrets, wa-

ter, poisons, fumigants, or a club in

the hands of a two—fisted man who is

more than ordinarily active upon his

feet, constitute a portion of the list.



Of these methods, traps are prob—

ably used to the greatest extent. But

their use is not satisfactory for the

reason that in a few days the pres-

ence of the traps is broadcasted to

every rat about the premises. The-n

they simply avoid them. The one sug-

gestion is to put so many traps on the

job that you have them all caught be-

fore they become wise.





Mr. Barnum also described how to

use poisons. Three types of bait are





From this Den Thirty Rats were Taken.





Fumigants Work Effectively where Burrows Are Otherwise lnaccessible.





New Varieties of Fruit





T/zez'r V (1/116 [)2 Programme Fmit Growing





By Stanley Johnston





Supt. Sow/1 Haven





or better quality and greater resist-

ance. How splendid it would be if we

could develop an Elberta peach of

really fine quality; a high quality, at-

tractive peach ripening early in Aug-

ust; another one the last of August;

and still another one following the

iElberta; a blight resistant pear of the

Bartlett type, or a Bartlett that would

ripen late and keep until Christmas;

a Jonathan apple that would be free

from Jonathan spot; a Rhode Island

Greening with a red color; 2. Baldwin

or a Spy or King free from bitter pit.

And so we could go through our list

of varieties, picking flaws here and

there. Each could be improved to the

great benefit of the fruit industry.





The new varieties that are constant-

ly being introduced, of course promise

to fill all these gaps, to meet all these

requirements. Oftentimes the claims

that are made are extravagant; fre-

quently the descriptive statements,

though glowing, are fairly accurate,

but close scrutiny reveals the fact that

they are as significant for what they

fail to say, as for what they say. Fail-

ure to recognize these facts has led

many a grower to plant rather reck-





Experimmt Station





lessly of varieties almost entirely un-

tried and often such planting has oc—

casioned serious lesses. For instance,

the J. H. Hale. peach, which was in-

troduced in 1912 was so attractive in

appearance, in fact, no more handsome

peach grows than the J. H. Hale, and

it was such a. splendid shipping peach,

that it was planted in great numbers.

Solid blocks were planted to this one

variety, but when they came into hear-

ing the disappointment was very great,

for full-grown trees would set only a

small portion of a full crop because of

self—sterility. it was very easy to make

this mistake, as practically all of our

standard peach varieties are self—

fruitl'ul. .





What, then, should be the attitude

of the grower toward new varieties?

Undoubtedly it is a. good plan for the

prospective grower to obtain all the

information possible concerning the

variety in question, and this informa-

tion should be obtained from an un-

biased and reliable source. The ex-

periment station more nearly fills

these requirements than any other

agency. In fact, it should be the duty

of the experiment station in each state





A72 cz'em‘ Predecessor





used—meat, fruits or vegetables, and

cereals. Bait from each of these three

classes is selected and mixed with

powdered barium carbonate at the rate

of one part of the poison by weight, to

four parts of bait, adding water if

necessary to make the bait moist. In

a small square of paper or small paper

bag a teaspoonful of bait is wrapped,

doing each kind of bait separately. A

small package of each kind is then

placed where the rats are likely to

feed, but out of the reach of children,

irresponsible persons, or domestic an-

imals. Each morning the uneaten

baits are removed and replaced with

fresh baits each evening. Continue

the practice till the rats are gone. Oth-

er foods should also be removed or

placed where rats will be unable to;

reach them.



Now, as to the use of fumigants.

These have but recently been employ-

ed against the rat. and the chief rea-

son for holding these demonstrations

was to show farmers how this method

can be employed with safety. During

the demonstrations from ten to thirty

rats were killed and recovered at each

of the ten farms visited. Many more

were undoubtedly killed, remaining in

the burrows.



The fumigant used was calcium cy-

anide. It is a powder. ‘N’hen exposed

to the air, this powder gives off a.

deadly gas that destroys animal life

quickly, when confined, The residue

left after the gas has escaped is just

ordinary lime. While (nation must be

used in handling this material, it of--

fers no more difllculties than is expe-

rienced in the Use of arsenites in

spraying.



The operator administers the pow-

der to the rats by means of a duster

with a few feet oi hose attached. Af-

ter the duster is loaded, the hose is

placed in a rat hole and the dust pump»

ed in. All other holes from which the

dust escapes, are plugged. When suf-v

ficient of the dost has been forced in

to permeate all the recesses of the

dens, the hose is removed and the re»



(Continued on page 565).





furnish growers With information con--

cerning the relative merits of the new

varieties of fruit This service is avail»

able in most the grower has

only to use it.



New Apples.



Among the apples only one new va-

riety, the Delicious, seems to be of

promise for Michigan apple. grown‘s.

Possibly the Delicious can hardly be

classed as a new variety, although it

can be considered so in Michigan, due

to its limited planting The Delicious

is apparently self—sterilm and precau

lions should be taken to interplant it

with Jonathan or some other suitable

variety as a pollenizer. For Michigan.

it would Seem that this variety should!

be limited to plantings for home use

and local markets, rather than

more general growing.



The New York Agricultm'al Experie-

ment Station at Geneva, New York,

has offered several new apple varieties

the past few years, including Cortland,

Early McIntosh, Macoun, Medina, Lodi’,

Orleans, Milton, Sweet Delicious, and

Sweet McIntosh, of these the Cortland

has received the most publicity. it

has already been mentioned as being

unsatisfactory in Michigan. The Cen-

tral Experimental Farm at Ottawa.

Canada, has also introduced several

new varieties of the McIntosh tynq,





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‘ including the Melba, a variety matur-

ing about Yellow Transparent season.

,the Lobe, Pedro and others. These

varieties are all being tested by the

‘Michigan Experiment Station, but not

enough is known about them at pres-

,ent to recommend their planting. —





New Pears.



Scarcély a pear of any value has ap-

peared for a considerable period of

time. Bartlett, Bosc, Seckel, Kieffer

and Howell are still the leading stand-

ard varieties. However, several new

or uncommon varieties have been test-

ed. These include Gorham, Pulteney,

Phelps, and Cayuga, from the New

York Agricultural Experiment Station;

Patten from Iowa, and the Conference

pear from England, all of which ap-

pear to have some potential value for

Michigan pear growers. Tile Confer-

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Haven Experiment Station for twenty-

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ripens a little ahead of the Bose, is of

good size, somewhat variable in shape,

although usually having the long neck

of the Bose. The color is greenish-

russet and it is not as attractive in

appearance as the Bosc, although it

is of better appearance than many of

our Commercial pears. The quality is

unusually good. This variety is being

propagated and distributed among the

.pear growers of the state for a thor-

ough trial. The Gorham pear from

New York is supposed to be almost

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valuable characteristic if the variety

should prove to be desirable in other

respects. The Pulte-ney and Phelps

pears, also from New York, are like

wise of the Bartlett type.

teney ripens about four weeks after

the Bartlett, while the Phelps is an

(early winter pear. These varieties are

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increase of citrus and other competi-

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FAVORS LONG-TIME CANNING

CROP CONTRACTS.





 





E have seen considerable recent.



1y about long-term contracts for

cherries,” said Dr. V. R. Gardner, of

M. S. C., in an address at the annual

convention of the Michigan Canners'

Association. “I believe they represent

a move in the right direction, yet I

presume there is some hesitancy on

the part of growers to Sign up, know-

ing as they do that prices ol'Ien fluc-

tuate from year to year. There may

be a fear that the canners are trying

to drive sharp bargains in writing

these long-term contracts, and for that

reason I would suggest the contracts

be written on a sliding scale basis.

That is, if the wholesale price of can-

ned foods is $5.00 a case. the price

for the raw product should be so much,

and pro-rated up or down as the Whole-

sale price rises above or falls below

$5.00. It seems to me that. would be

a fair proposition for both canners and

growers.”



Dr. Gardner said farmers used to

look upon the canning factory as “the

market of last resort,” but times have

changed in recent years. Many gro‘w-

ers now make the canneries their pri«

mary market and lhesw farmers, he

said, as a rule are making money out

of the production 01:" fruit. Producers

realizing the most money from their

fruit crop at present, were said to be.

the cherry growers, who sell ninety

to ninety-five per cent of their cherries

to the canning factories.





 





WILL REQUIRE SPRAYING.





 





IN writing contracts for cherries this



year the canners indicated they

were going to require the growers to,

spray their orchards according ot the

recommendations of the state college.

Arrangements are being made by the

canners’ association to secure a supply

of “cherry fly” bulletins from the cob

iege and one copy will be attached to

each contract.





 





The output of Michigan canning fac‘

tories in 1925 was estimated at $20,-

000,000, and represents more. than '15

per cent of the total farm value of all

farm products produced in the state.





A thorough overhauling of the spray

outfit should be given before the sea-

son’s work is started.
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0 ~ We BUILT‘A SHOWER BATH.





 





NOTHING has given us more pleas-

ure than a simple device for tak-

ing a. shower bath, which was put up

at very little expense. We chose a

sheltered location on the western side

of the barn, but a basement provided

with drainage would be equally as

good.



A common wash tub, holding about

twenty gallons of water was set on a.

platform ten feet from the ground. A

half-inch iron pipe was inserted near

the bottom of the tub. This extends

out and downward at a right angle. At

a distance of seven feet above the spot

where the bather stands, a cut-off is

located and the sprinkling end of an

old tin sprinkler is soldered on.



With the tub full of water, all we





get under. A pipe from the eaves of

the barn runs to the tub and provides

‘water as 10ng as the rain holds out.

We have a stepladder handy so the

tub can be filled as often as necessary,

when the rains do not provide a.

supply.



The location on the west side of the

barn allows the afternoon sun to heat

the water somewhat. This is assisted

by a window sash kept over the tub,

which is hinged at one side and can

be raised and lowered as desired.



This device cost less than five dol-

lars to build, but it has given us hun-

dreds of dollars worth of pleasure, and

profit as well—C. H. Chesley.





 





SEED DYEING BILL PASSES THE

SENATE.





 





HE Gooding-Ketcham seed dyeing



bill passed the senate without

amendment. It has been reported out

of the house interstate and foreign

commerce committee and is now on

the calendar. Congressman Ketcham.

of Michigan, who has the bill in

charge, is confident of favorable ac-

tion in the house soon.





 





POTASH DEPOSITS IN TEXAS.





 





RICH potash deposits have been dis-

covered in Texas, according to the

United States Geological Survey. It





west Texas outranks in potential pro-

duction and richness the Germany pot-

ash field, averaging ten per cent pure

potash, and covering an area 200

miles long and 100 to 150 miles wide.

Samples taken from wells in New Mex-

lco yielded on analysis potash in

amounts ranging from 1.35 to 9.40 per

cent.



What this means to American agri-

culture may be indicated by the fact

that it will soon be necessary for our

farmers to use 600,000 tons of potash

annually to maintain crop production,

and that at present the German-

French potash syndicate has control

of the world supply.





 





RATS’ DAY OF RECKONING.





 





(Continued from page 563).

maining hole closed. The process is

repeated until all rat holes about the

premises have been closed.



In conducting these demonstrations

the operators left the holes open, the

better to show how the material work-

ed. A few minutes after the first shot,

of gas was pumped into a burrow, the

rats would begin coming out, only to

die a short distance from where they

emerged.



Considering the condition of the

roads, the demonstrations were well

attended, and County Agent Barnum

is to be congratulated in promoting

this constructive type of work. After

the series had been completed he said,

‘1 consider'lthis campaign an abund-

antly justified effort from an exten-

sion worker’s point of view, because it

got a-lot of people stirred- up to de-

clare war on rats, and gave them an

recently discovered

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Plows, Tillage Tools, and Seeding Ma-



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broad scope of the attached implements as-

sure full use of valuable Spring time and the

maximum saving of expensive labor charges.

The burdens of production costs are kept

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adds appreciably to crop yield.





Then, when the seed is in the soil, the ex-

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These tractors, besides being always ready

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Now, with the full producing season ahead,

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DUSTING

Potatoes is today being





recognized as the approved progressive practice.





It has been adopted and enthusiastically recommended by leading

growers everywhere because it has produced results. They know that

becauseit was possible to make application at the right time. Dusting

has brought crops through to a clean, beautiful harvest, which would

have been impossible with the old, slow, more cumbersome methods.

These growers almost to the man have Dusted





THE NIAGARA WAY





Dusting the “Niagara Way’ ’ means that the growers are using

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when Blight comes to destroy your crop.



2. NIAGARA DUSTS are machanically correct and scientifically

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3. NIAGARA SERVICE is a service backed by the Niagara Scientific

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It will pay you, too, to dust the NIAGARAiWAY





Talk with your dealer or write us.





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Here's how—when you buy lime

you are really buying lime oxide (its

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For $125.00 you can buy, on an average, delivered to your station,



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10 tons Hydrated Lime containing 7}; tons lime oxide.

You obtain 66% more actual lime for {your money when

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Spread Solvay this year—note the bumper crops—and

you’ll spread Solvay every year!

Write for booklet.





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for fourteen years been a resident of

the United States.





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AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.





 





My husband’s father was bOrn in

Canada. My husband was born in the

United States but believes he is not

a citizen, as his father did not take

out papers before my husband was of

age. Is this true ?——M. ,D. M.





All persons born in the United

’States are citizens, regardless of

where his parent or parents were born

or to what country they owed alleg-

lance—Rood.





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DELAYED TAX RETURN.





 





I should have filed an income tax

blank, but on account of sickness of

one of the members of our family, I

was unable to do so at the time I

should have, while the federal agent

was there. I went to Port Huron and

to Mt. Clemens but could find no one

there who could tell me anything.

CouldC y((>)u give me any information?





It is believed that a letter written

to the Internal Revenue Department at

Detroit, explaining the situation, would

be the proper procedure, and quite

likely an order would be made waiv-

Ing the penalty because of the circum-

stances of the case—Rood.





 





LOST PARCEL CLAIM.





 





. On January 9, 1926, I returned an

auto tire to a company. The company

never received the tire, and the post-

master at the. post office address of.

the company has no record of receiv-

ing such an article. The postmaster

here has refused several times to make

out my application for a claim. Could

I have the application filled out by a





justice or a notary, or is it his duty '-

W'ho would stand the





to fill it out?

cost if I had an attorney collect the

Iclaim?—A. J. B.



I No suit can be brought against the

IUnited States, nor against the post

lofficc. If the postmaster refuses to

’make out statement of claim, write to

fthe postmaster-general at Washington

for directions—Rood.





! CONTRACT VIOLATION.





 





\Ve recently sold a piece of property

to a family on a land contract. The

contract states the property is to be

used for “residence” purposes only.

The people who have bought this

house are taking roomers. They have

been behind in their monthly payments

two or three times. Once they missed

a payment entirely. Are we entitled to

enough from the income they have

from the roomers for the monthly pay-

ments?——~R. J. C.



It is believed that taking roomers'

is not a violation of the restriction on

the use of the property. The seller is

entitled to bring suit at once upon (16

fault on any payments, or to serve

notice of forfeiture of the contract and

recover the property.





LIABILITY 0N OLD DEBTS.





 





How long is a resident of Michigan

liable for a debt contracted in Indiana,

after paying payments for three years

on the contract? No payments have

been made within the past year and

nothing has been said about it.—R. H.





Action on simple contracts are bar-

red in the courts of Michigan six years

after the last payment of principal or

interest became due or was paid, or

after the last written acknowledge-

ment or indebtedness.





 





ELIGIBILITY TO PRESIDENCY.





 





Can a person born in the United

States be eligible to the office of Pres-

ident of the United States, if legally

elected, if his parents are not natural-

ized citizens of the United States?——

A. O. B.





The constitution of the United

States provide, that no person except-

ing a natural born citizen, or a citizen

at the time of the adopting of the con-

stitution shall be eligible to the office

of president; neither shall any person

be eligible who shall not have attained

the age of thirty-five years, and has





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ond or third grade certificates. This

excepts two that I was unable to learn

the kind of certification. From this

you can see that generally speaking,W

the trained teachers are in the graded

schools, while the untrained onesmare

in the rural schools.



Now, if inexperienced teachers could

get their first year’s experience in a

.school that keeps a superintendent,

,they could get much valuable help and

'be able to do good work, but such

schools would rather pay a larger sal-

ary to an experienced teacher, while

the rural schools hire the beginners

because they will teach at a lower sal-

ary, yet they often expect them to

give as good service as an experienced

and trained teacher.



Discipline vs. Teaching.



Some say that many of our best

teachers are not normal school train-

ed. That probably is true in a few

cases, but I have succeeded both train-

ed and untrained teachers. I have ob-

served both in the class-room, and I

have found that the trained teacher is

invariably far superior to the untrain-

ed. I am afraid teachers are often

judged by the discipline, rather than

by their actual teaching.



The problem of training is already

solved in Michigan, however, for a law

requiring at least one year of normal

training for all teachers, goes into ef-

fect this year.



Another drawback to the rural

schools is inadequate supervision. This

work falls to the county commissioner

of schools, who is far too busy with

other work concerning the schools, to

pay more than a few hours visit a year

to each school. This is not supervis-

ion when compared to that of the

graded schools, which maintain a sup-

erintendent for each sch001.





Let us look at some results of this

:poor supervision. I will start with my-

.self as a type of untrained teacher. I

started teaching on a third grade cer-

tificate on completion of ten grades

of high school work, plus sixteen

weeks’ review of the subjects required

for teachers’ examinations. I called it

[normal work then, but. now I know

(better. I studied a few books on how

to teach, and started in. I set out to

follow the course of study for Michi-

gan schools, as was my duty, but found

I couldn’t teach phonics, for I had nev-

er learned how. I was afraid to at-

ytempt third grade geography for the

same reason. Yet I thought I was

doing well enough, so the following

term I asked for a raise of ten dollars

per month, and the school board

agreed to pay it. I made a try at

phonics this time, but\ with poor suc-

pess. The bright pupils learned them,

but the slower ones didn’t. I was

learning by experimenting on my pu-

pils and getting paid for it. The third

term I received another raise in salary

{to continue my experiments. Then it

was that some of my mistakes of the

two previous terms showed themselves.





The lower grades were failing to fin- ‘





ish the work laid out for them in the

course of study. The fourtl- grade

found their geography text too difficult

and the fifth grade their physiology

vtext likewise, but I laid the blame on

{them and no one told me I was wrong

in doing so.





Experimenting With Teachers.



I felt the need of ,more education,

however, so finished high school and

two years of normal work, after which

I started teaching again. I succeeded

some untrained teachers and found

they had failed quite as much as I

had during my first three years at the

work. I am not'censuring them, nor

myself. We did the best we knew

how and the law allowed us to teach

and school boards hired us.





Yet the inexperienced and untrain-

ed teachers are often criticized. They

are often tried for one term, then for



*onexmon oranother. are dismissed





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





and another one tried, often making...





as many mistakes as their predeces-

sors, so are likewise dismissed at the

end-of the (term. This means a. great

loss of time to the pupils, but they are

usually advanced a grade a year,



whether they have completed the re-

quired work or not, and the parents

are none the wiser until the state ex-

amination comes in the seventh and

eighth grade years and finds the chil~

dren unable to pass the required

standings, when the present teacher

gets all the blame. These teachers

often keep in the good graces of the

parents by marking the report cards

higher than the children’s work mer-

its. Parents should learn from the

teacher just what work each grade is

expected to do by the course of study

and check their own children up on it.





It is sometimes charged that the

rural school is expensive. In our town-

ship, we do not find it so, when com-

pared to the village twelve grade

school. The tax rate for the village

school is $017266, while that of our

rural school is only $00582. We are

paying $1,140 tuition money to the vil-

lage school for our high school pupils,

which nearly doubles our expenses.

Most of the rural schools have a tax

rate for school purposes of about three

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pare with that of the consolidated

school, while the results would com-

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HE old man’s face reddened at the

memory. “I. was so mad I could

not talk plain,” he went on.

“Told ’em if they wasn't off my

land before I got'to the house and got

my shotgun, I’d shoot every last one

of them—because they killed so many

quail! Mary wouldn’t let me take the

gun out of the house.”



He smiled ruefully. “The fellows

just laughed at me, but they went all

the same. I didn’t find the hole in the

fence till the next day. They cut it

to let their dogs through.”



Haynes nodded. “There are funny

chaps running around calling them-

selves sportsmen, these days,” he said

gravely.



“Mary says I get too stirred up over

this trespass business,” Lyons resum-

ed. “but I tell you, Mr. Haynes, I’ve

had a lot of trouble. It’s different. than

it used to be when Dan an’ Dolt was

about the only ones that fished or

hunted on the place. Three years ago

a young fellow come out from Silver—

wood, fox trappin’. He put out poison

baits, and killed my old shepherd dog,

the first week. I’ve had a. horse shot

and hurt so bad I had to kill him, and

last spring fishermen burned the marsh

down here, same’s they did this year,

and it run across the meadow and al-

most took the barn. Mary and I work—

ed two hours to put it out. It don’t

seem right to me!”



“It’s not right,” Haynes said warm-

ly. “not right at all!”



In the grove of ancient oaks just.

above the Creek, the two men stopped.



"\Vell,” said Haynes briskly, “what

do you say? Do you want to sell?”



”\Vhy, I don’t know, Mr. Haynes,"

Lyons said uncertainly. “There's a

lot to think over. Price an’ all.”



Haynes did not quibble. He spoke

swiftly, with an air of finality, almost

of impatience. “I’ll give you fifty

thousand."



The older man was speechless for a

long minute. \Vhen he spoke his voice

was suddenly tired and quavering, the

voice of a man broken with age in an

instant.



“That’s a lot of money, Mr. Haynes,"

he said. “A lot of money. Are you

joking?”



Haynes smiled and took checkbook

and pen from an inner pocket and

wrote hurriedly. “Five hundred dol—

lars, payable to cash,” he said as he

proffered the check, “to bind the bar-

gain till next Saturday. I’ll bring my

attorney out then, and draw the pa—

pers, and I’ll have a certified check

along for the balance.”



Warren Lyons took the slip of pa-

per in a trembling hand. “VVe’ll sell.”

he said, “we’ll sell. I tell you, Mr.

Haynes, we’ve, liked this place a lot.

and we‘ve been happy here. But we’ve

worked mighty hard, both of us, to

make a livin’ all our lives, and we’ve

gone without a lot of things. I’ve liked

this place—but sometimes I’ve hated

it, too.”



Long past their customary bed-time,

the old couple stayed up that night,

gloating, planning, carried back almost

to the blithe estate of childhood by

their great. good i'orttine. A younger

couple would have tempered their joy

with some skepticism. \Vould have

hesitated before laying plans that

might have to be abandoned. Not so

with \Varren and Mary Lyons. They

aCCeptcd Haynes’ offer as final, consid-

ering the five hundred dollar check

less evidence of good faith than the

man's sincerity, counted the bargain

closed.



Warren‘s weather stained old face

was relaxed, all marks of strain and

effort erased by the sudden feeling of

rest, close at hand. Mary was excited,

restless as a girl.



“And We. can more into Silverwood.

and have just the place We want, \Var-

ren,” she planned eagerly. “Maybe we

could even buy the Robinson house.

Uh. do you s’pose they’d sell?"



\Varren nodded, smiling calmly.

"Sure they’d sell, Mother.” His was





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the assurance of newly gained riches.

“Anybody will, if they get their price.

Same as we did."



Mary’s lighted old face grew sober.

“But maybe We couldn't afford it,” she

said hesitantly. “They'd want a lot

likely.”



“They likely would," Warren agreed

smiling to himself. “Much as five or

six thousand, likely. What a dent in

our titty—at our ages, too!" His bent





He laughed happily. “Why, Moth—

er, we can have both. Don’t you see.





we'll be rich! ”





She sighed contentedly.

so,” she said slowly.





0h, it’ll be a relief.”





“We’ll just soak ourselves full of

rest, Mother,” Warren agreed. He sat





“I guess

“The thing I’m

most glad about though, is the work.

After all these years, no more hayin’,

no more thrashin’, no more chores!





 





 





A Day in Spring

By Mildred M. North ‘





Morning





Morning in springtime!





What a joy to waken





To grass alight with dewdrops still unshakenl

To hear the robin’s clear sweet reveille

Calling the feathered hosts to greet the day.

Blue bird and oriole and shy brown Wren

Answer the call. and sing and sing again.





Dear feathered guardians





of our orchard trees,





Spring were not spring without the birds and bees.

How sweet the fragrance of cool apple bloom



Coming from out the morning’s twilight gloom.

Sweetest of scents that fill the springtime air





it always seems to me a





call to prayer.





Noon.





Up from the west a swirl





of smoke-g ray clouds





That swiftly all the radiant sunshine shrouds;



A whirl of snow; a dash of silver rain,



And sudden gusts that lash and pull and strain



At quivering branches, bending to and fro.



Faint and far off the thunder mutters low,



Then near and nearer, till with mighty crash



lt centers overhead, and comes the storm.



Distance is blotted out and e’en the form



Of nearer things grows dim, seen thru the screen



Of wind-swept raindrops driving in between.

Evening.



Fair lies the earth, new-washed when sinks the sun



Into the west, his daily journey done.



Against the wood a rainbow shimmers bright.



Out of the elm a robin calls. "Good-night."





 





old shoulders shock with mild mirth,

and the beaming smile came back to

Mary’s face.



“Oh. I'd like that," she cried. “I

never seen that place but I wished it

was ours!"



\K’arren was still smiling, calmly,

indulgently. “Mary,” he asked ab-

stractedly, “do. you remember that

plush coat you wanted, the second fall

after we was married. It hung in

Spicer's window all fall. That was the

year the potatoes all froze in the

ground, and we couldn’t make it that

fall. Never seemed able to after that

either." The silvery haired old woman

watched him breathlessly, eagerness,

mild vanity playing over her face.



“Well, I'm goin’ to get it for you

now,” \I’arren finished deliberately,

"only it's going to be fur!"



“Pshaw,” she told him-airily, “what

use have I got for a fur coat at my

age,” but the sparkle in the faded old

eyes belied her words. “I'd a sight

rather See you have the car you’ve

wanted the last two or three years.”





up suddenly, struck by a new thought.

“Why, do you know, I even believe I'll

go fishin’, if I can fix it with Mr.

Haynes so he’ll let me come out here.”



He stood up suddenly, yawned.

“Lord, Mother, let’s go to bed. They

say, ‘Once a man, twice a child,’ and

I guess it goes for us this time. We’re

worse’n kids!”





CHAPTER III.



Haynes came early the following

Saturday. , With him, when he alighted

from the car, was a second man. A

man younger than himself, seemingly

more energetic. The attorney he. had

promised to bring. Warren Lyons,

crossing the yard to meet them, noted

the presence of the stranger and smil-

ed contentedly. Everything would go

as they had planned now, smoothly

and quickly.



“I've had a bad time this week, Mr.

Haynes,” he told the prospective pur-

chaser, when they had shaken hands

and the young lawyer had been intro-

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there. They seemed to come in droves.

Mighty impudent, too, some of . them

was. It'll be all right when you get

possession. Once they know you mean

business they’ll keep out. They don’t

pay much attention to an old man like

me. Figure I can’t do nothin’.”



Haynes smiled faintly and made no

reply. He was taking rod cases and

creels from the car, fidgeting, nervous‘

ly uncertain.





“We thought we’d wade the length

of the stream when w-e’d finished with

the business,” he explained. “Gibbs

here is some dry fly artist himself.”



Gibbs watched him, while he putter-

ed with the tackle, as though waiting

some event, some statement of im-

portance, involving the three of them.

Haynes was oddly silent, making no

further allusion to his purchase. Lyons

sensed' finally that something was

amiss. He cast about, seeking a ques

tion that would not sound impertinent,

but would give the big man an open-

ing to talk, speak what was on his

mind. Haynes himself relieved the

awkward silence after a minute, re-

verting to his usual directness.



“Mr. Lyons," he asked, “to your

knowledge has there ever been any

state fry planted in this stream of

yours?" .



“Why, yes," Warren told him won-

deringly. “Yes, Dan Church and Dolt

Moore put in four or five cans each

spring, for two or three years before

they died. Said the crick was gettin’

fished out and needed it.”



“Are you sure those were state

trout?” Haynes asked soberly.





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“Sure. They got ’em from the new

hatchery up at Glen Springs. It was

just started then. Why?"



Haynes shook his head, looked





away, leaning heavily on his rod case.

Gibbs was frowning, and he, too, avoid<

ed the old man’s eyes.



“I hate to tell you, Mr. Lyons, and-

I’m almost as disappointed as you’ll

be. But I guess I can’t buy your

place!"





“Can‘t buy it—" Lyons’ eyes went

uncertainly from one of them to the.

other, beseeching, while his world tot«

tered down in roaring tumult about

him—“VVhy, Mr. Haynes—why not ?”



“New law. Passed the legislature

early this spring, and the first test just

concluded in supreme court this week.

Everybody expected to see the lower

court’s decision reversed and the law

held unconstitutional, but it wasn’t.”

Lyons was waiting, not understanding,

lost in the confusion of words.



“The law says,” Haynes went on,

“that all waters in the state in which

fry have ever been planted, are public

waters, available for fishing, and the

land owner along the bank cannot pro-

hibit wading of the stream in any

part, regardless of the location in

which the fish were released.”





“But they can’t do that," Lyons cut

in angrily. “A man’s got a right to

control his own land. Land he’s scrap-

ed for years just to pay taxes on!"



“That’s the funny thing,” Haynes

replied. “That's what the supreme

court decision means,” he explained

patiently. “That they can do it. There

is no appeal from the supreme court,

you know. Of course, the fishermen

can’t come out on the banks, but as

long as he stays in the stream, he can

go ahead." ‘





Lyons shook his head slowly, barely

comprehending as yet the power he-

hind written and approved law that

could overrule a man’s unwritten

rights.



“I’m sorry, Mr. Lyons,” Haynes con-

tinued. But you can see the place

wouldn’t be any good to me. I want-

ed for the stream, of course.”



Warren nodded slowly, apathetically.

“I’m sorry, too,” he said wearily. He

drew forth a sweatstained old bill fold,

extracted from it Haynes’ check for

five hundred dollars.





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quietly. .



Haynes waved the slip of paper

away. “That's yours,” he said briefly.



Warren shook his head. “No,” he

answered. “It‘ ain’t your fault you

can’t buy. I don’t want this, Mr.

Haynes. “It ain’t mine, honestly.”



Haynes pushed his hand aside. “You

keep it and buy something”—he

sought quickly a. way to‘avord offense

to the old man’s pride. “Something

for your wife. I realize that this

means disappointment to both of you,

and I think the law is an outrage! But

we can’t help it, either of us.”



Warren Lyons’ mind went back to

the plush coat that had hung-one fall

in Spicer’s window, and thinking of it

he slowly replaced the check in the

bill fold, and returned it to his pocket.



CHAPTER IV.



“'arren sat hunched in his chair,

moody and silent. Mary moved quietly

about her work, her features set in

grim forbidding lines that masked the

weariness about her mouth, hid the

tears that welled dangerously close to

overflowing in the faded old eyes.

Catastrophy sat heavily upon them.

The ruin of their hopes was as defi-

nitely final, as overwhelming, as is dis-

aster to children. Childhood lacks the

foresight to see new structures rising

on the crumbling foundation ol' blight-

ed plans. Age, knowing the futility of

hope, and the transientness of time.

lacks the resiliency to rebound from

great disappointment. So it was With





   





Warren and Mary. Too old they knew,

for good fortune to come to them again

in different guise, and too old to make

any new beginning, save to take up

the broken threads of the old weaving,

where they had been dropped.





“I don’t mind about the things we

can’t have,” Warren said finally. His

words were thick, slow, like the

speech of a half drunken man, “I don’t

even mind goin’ back where we was—

havin’ to work like we always have,

and all not much, because it’s what

I’d always planned on. “’hat hurts is

knowin’ that every Tom, Dick and

Harry can fish that stream down

there, burnin’ marshes and raisin' cain,

and I can‘t help myself!"



“Dan and Dolt used to go quietly

along, fishin’ and watchin’ birds and

things. These fellows are different,

and it's my land they‘re on, and I

can't do a thing!"



The silvery haired woman looked at

him. masking sorrow and sympathy

behind her sternness. “You make me

tired, \\'arren," she said testily. “I

tell you, you take this trespassing too

serious. What do you care who fishes

that crick’.’ Land knows, you’ll never

have time yourself!”



He gave no heed to the sharp words,

had not even heard.



“It’s a great law,” he said bitterly.

“.\ law to rob a man of his own land

because he‘s old and poor, and just. a

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SPRING TONICS.





 





HEN I was a very young doctor

Kl» with lots of time on my hands,

I used to write rhymes, some

of my very warm friends called them

poems, other warm friends had a very

different name for them. 1 still pre-

serve the following that came, when

challenged, to produce a spring poem:

Sweet, gentle spring?

Nay! Biting, bitter season!

I see in you no poem, rhyme or reason.





If I shall give you welcome, ’tis ironi/f. .

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You bring.



Sweet spring,



One bitterest thing;

A Tonic!



But we don’t hear so much about

spring tonics nowadays; thank good-

ness. They were a bad lot, mostly.

One of the old-time spring blood medi«

cines (you can't buy it anywhere now)

contained thirty-one per cent alcohol.

You may be sure that it did something

for the blood of any man who took it

faithfully, and many did.



But what shall we do about spring

medicines? \Yhat shall we take our—

selves and give. to the children?



Nothing! Just nothing at all!



If you have been living properly and

in good condition all winter, just keep

on about your regular daily routine,

and rest assured that no medicine is

needed. As to that feeling of languor

that comes with the flowers that

bloom in the spring, it isn’t a dis-

ease; it’s a feeling.



It is more or less inevitable. Every-

one gets it. When you feel it at its

worst, if you will get up from your

chair, walk home, breathing deeply of

the spring air on your way, take a

small dose of sassafras tea, and return

to your work, you will feel much re-

freshed. If you can’t find the tea,

never mind.



By the way, this languor is not so

very surprising when you consider the

sudden changes in temperature that

we often haVe in our middle and west-

ern states. Spring often seems to come

lovernight. .



It is time to leave off hot cakes and

syrup, to eat less fats and sweets, and

to take more in the way of vegetables,

canned and fresh fruits, milk and eggs.

'Seasonable vegetables really do quite





a good deal 01’ good for the blood. You

know, of course, how much iron there

is in spinach. Rhubarb is another

product that is a very good system

regulator. Fresh vegetables. greens

and an abundance of pure water are

the best spring regulators you can

take.





REST, FOOD AND FRESH AIR FOR

TUBERCULOSIS.



Please tell me it" you think that we

ought to send our boy to Arizona. or

New Mexico? He came home over a

year ago and our doctor has just told

us that he believes he must have tu-

berculosis and better go West. He

does not Sf‘t'nl very sick some of the

time, and then again he does.#S. T.



If your boy has tuberculosis his best

chance to get well lies in rest, good

food and fresh air. Michigan air is

'just as good as that of Arizona. Per-

haps the dry climate of Arizona has

a trifle the advantage for such condi~

tions, but it is more than offset by the

fact. that out there the boy would be

homesick. unhappy and restless. I

hope the day will soon come when

doctors and laymen will learn the les-

son that any good fresh air will cure,

tuberculosis, if combined with com-





fort, rest and good nourishment, and





without these three things there is no

climate that will cure it.





NO CLIMATlC RELIEF FROM

RHEUMATISM.





 





Will you please tell me if there is

any place in the United States where

one may go to escape rheumatism?

Are the southern states free from the

disease? Are colds and throat trouble

as prevalent there as in the northern

states? ls health in general better

there than north ‘?——C. P.





It is a common delusion that health

is better in the southern states. This

is not borne out by statistics. The

people develop a lassitude that. does

not make for resistance, and succumb

to diseaSe mere readily than their

hardier brethren of "the north. Rheu-

matism is not dependent upon climate.

If you have abscessed teeth, diseased

tonsils, purulent nasal sinuses, and

other such foci of infection, you will

suffer as much with rheumatism 1n the

south as you will in the north.





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ing, and keeping the house in order

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0 meal is complete without





J- vegetables, and the home

cook needs to serve them in

many different ways that her





family will not tire of them.



So join our contest this week

and send in the recipe for pre-

paring one of. the vegetable dish-

es that is most favored in your

family.



To those who send in the five

best recipes we will give one of

our new recipe files, containing

a complete set; of filing and blank

cards.



Send your recipes not later

than April 30, to Martha Cole,

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Make these groups convenient in them-

selves and to each other.



“Measure large pieCes of furniture

and plan the rooms to fit them.



“The living room should be large,

light, and airy. If necessary, sacrifice

the size of the dining room to make

a larger living room, or have only a.

(lining alcove, or make a combination

living and dining room.



“EconomiZe also on something else

if necessary, and have a generous, sub-

stantial fireplace in the living room.

“'ith a good Central heating system a,

fireplace is not needed for heat, except

perhaps between seasons, but every

home needs the beauty and cheer of

an open fire. An ash chute to the

basement lessens the work of caring

for a fireplace.



“A pass closet or cabinet for china,

silver, and the table linen, built into

{the wall between the dining room or

alcove and the kitchen is a great con-

venience.



"The kitchen is a whole problem in

itself, but to put it briefly it should be

as compact as possible with equipment

set at comfortable height and grouped

into well—lighted, well-ventilated cen-

ters for the various jobs, with ade-

quate storage facilities for utensils and

supplies. ,



“Light, air, and privacy are the

prime considerations in the bedrooms.

A clothes closet wide enough for a

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cubby hole that tries 'to pass for a

closet, should connect with every bed-

room. '



“A closet for linen and bedding is

also needed in this section of the

house. Every house should also have

a storage plaCe for trunks, suitcases,

and clothing not in use. If the house

has two stories, try to have acloset

for cleaning supplies and tools on the

second floor as well as the first. .



“A sleeping porch is very desirable.

It will be more convenient and com-

fortable if screened against flies and

mosquitoes and fitted with windows or

canvas curtains to keep out rain and

snow. Broad overhanging caves are

also a protection against wind, weath-

er, and light, and give privacy.



“Keep the bathroom small so that

there will be less floor space and wall

space to clean. If possible have a

built-in tub which leaves no parts of

wall and floor difficult to reach‘for

cleaning. By all means have a cup

board for toilet supplies and the small

articles that often clutter the bath-

room, and a small closet for storing

towels.



“The stairway, whether boxed in or

open, should have steps of a height

and width that are easy to travel, and

should be well lighted at night as well

as during the day.



“These points mentioned so far have

to do especially with the inside of

the house. Porches, steps, and walks,

however, greatly influence comfort,





convenience, and the work required to

keep the house clean.”





BUTTERMILK PIE.





 





HANKS so much for the recipes

you sent. Our family is very fond

of buttermilk pie. Perhaps some of

my sister housewives will enjoy it.

It ought to be a good farmers’ diet.

To make it use:

4 cups buttermilk 1 tsp. soda

2 cups white sugar 2 well—beaten eggs

3 heaping tb. cornstarch

Mix eggs, sugar, and cornstarch. Add

buttermilk with soda dissolved. Bake

in a pie shell that has previously been

cooked. This is enough for three pies.

“Mrs. W. B.





A HINT FOR EVERY DAY.





 





Saturday—If the end of the thread

is dipped in glue and allowed to hard-

en, it will be easy to string small

beads without the use of the needle.



SundaytA decoration that is novel

for slices of brick ice cream is a small

flat chocolate mint for the center, with

five halves of blanched almonds used

for petals.



Monday—«When you do not have

cracker crumbs ready, roll croquettes

in crushed corn—flakes or bran. The

flavor is delightful.



Tuesday—VVhen your pies run over

in the oven it is a sign that your oven

is too hot. Open the tiny cleaning





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OOD gracious! what will I cook

G for dinner today?” How many



times we ask ourselves this ques-

tion. Then we grab our recipe book

and search through the maze of our

accumulated suggestions for preparing

food. But our recipe book has been

brought to our rescue so many times

that it has become worn and tattered,

thumb-stained and bespattered with a

daub of all the cooking ingredients we

ever used. Finally we are unable to

locate the recipe we want in this con-

glomerate of clippings and, at last, re-

sort to cooking the same thing we had

for dinner the day before.



My own experience has proven to

me just how often a home cook goes

through this one act domestic play if

she does not have a recipe file. Mine

is only a little oak box with a cover

that lifts at the top, but it holds a





 

 





 





 





 





A Recipe File with Other Good Equipment Saves Time on Baking Day.





veritable gold mine for me in the way

of collected and tested recipes and

hints. I often wonder how I ever kept

house. without it. Each recipe is writ-

ten on a filing card and placed under

its proper heading, such as cake, veg-

tables, meat, etc.



This little device has proven to be

such a convenience that I believe the

readers of our department will enjoy

them as prizes for their excellent work

in our contests. Each recipe file will

contain one tested recipe for each di-

vision.



In the future all recipes requested

in our Household Service Department

will be printed on standard size file

cards already to be slipped into your

recipe file. Don’t fail to join'our vege—

table recipe' contest, and other con-

tests we plan to have in the future. to

try to win a recipe filel—Martha. Cole.





 





 





 





 

 





door just below the oven door and the

oven will cool off rapidly.



Wednesday—The baby’s shoes usu-

ally wear out around the heels first.

The life of the shoe will be prolonged

if a piece of surgeon’s plaster is plac»

ed over the worn part and a coat of

shoe dressing applied to the whole.



Thursday—When grating lemons,

put them in very cold water for an

hour. They will grate much easier

than when dry. '



Friday—If tinware is rubbed with

lard and thoroughly heated in the oven

before it is used it will not. rust.





 





 





Household Service





REQUESTED RECIPES.





 





 





 





Chop Suey.



Dice two cups of White meat, either

pork, chicken, or veal, or even beef

is good, and fry in a. small amount of

fat until crisp. To this add two cups

of diced celery, one cup diCed on-

ions, one cup mushrooms, and cook.

slowly until the vegetables are cooked.

Then add either one cup of thin brown

sauce or three tablespoons of soy

sauce. Season to taste and serve with

cooked rice—Requested by Mrs. G.

C. J.



Overnight Cookies.





3 cups dark brown sugar 35 cup lard.

1 cup granulated sugar .3 cups flour





fl eggs 1 tb. soda

-)4 tsp. salt. 1 tb. cream of tartar

1A; cup butter 1 tb. vanilla.





Cream the sugars, butter, and lard

together until light. Add the beaten

eggs and vanilla. Sift in the salt,

flour, soda, and cream of tartar. Mold

in a loaf and let stand in a. cool place.

such as a refrigerator, over night.

Slice off in the morning and bake in

a moderate oven. Do not let the loaf

freeze during the night—Requested by

Mrs. E. H.



Apple Shortcake.



To make apple Shortcake, better

known in our family as “Apple Grunt,”

half fill a deep pie-plate with apples,

sliced fine. Maiden Blush or similar

variety is excellent. Then cover with.

a rich biscuit dough made as follows:





1 cup sour ere-am $4 tsp salt

1 scant tsp. soda Flour

Use enough flour to roll a soft





dough. Bake fifteen to twenty min-

utes in moderate oven. When done

turn out on inverted plate, sprinkle

over with one cup of sugar, dash of

cinnamon, and dot with butter. Serve

warm With cream.





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What is the best soil for gladiolus?

Also for_ dahlias? We have heavy

sandy son with clay subsoil. Would

barn manure or hen manure improve?

«~Mrs. G. G.





Any well drained soil will grow

dahlias, providing there is an abund-

ance of sunlight and free circulation

of air. Manure may be spaded in a.

full spadeful deep in the fall. Acid

phosphate at the rate of one-ham

pounds to twenty square feet is desir-

able when the ground is gotten ready

in the spring.



Rich ground, suitable for corn or

potatoes, will grow gladiolus in good

shape. After planting a mulch of well

rotted 'manure' may be applied, when

the spikes are about one foot above

the ground. Drainage is essential and





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An Egg Blow.



Two leaders are appointed to choose

up sides. Each side lines up on oppo

site sides of a table on which an empty

egg is placed. To make this, prick a.

hole in each end of an egg with a

darning needle and blow the white and

yolk out. The guests on each side try

to blow the egg off the table on the

opposite side. The side that succeeds

in doing it, wins.



The same groups can line up facing

each other for another stunt. Each

person is given a graham cracker or

something else not easy to eat quickly.

At a signal, the two persons at the

foot begin to eat. When they finish,

the next in line commences, and

so on, each one waiting until the one

below has finished eating. The one at

the head of the line who swallows her

cracker and. Whistles first, wins for

her side.



Find the Whistle.



Send one or more guests from the

room. The rest of the party forms in

a circle. One of the persons that is

out of the room, is’called in and blind-

folded. He is then told that his lungs

need testing. Several players tap him

on the back. Meanwhile, someone

secretly fastens a whistle on his back

by means of a long string. Different

ones in the circle blow the whistle

when his back is turned and he is

told to guess who has the whistle.

When he discovers the trick, another,

who has been absent from the room,

can be called in and the stunt repeat-

ed.——Mrs. F. B., of Homer, Mich.



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the men, a farm or labor-saving hint.

The judges can be chosen by vote, the

women judging the men’s hints and

the men judging the women’s. Imagine

a man being able to tell the best house

hold hint for women, but try them.

There will really be enthusiasm on

both sides before they have finished.

Appropriate prizes should be given to

the winners.

Question Box.



For the church or Sunday School

party, why not have a Question Box?

.Each one writes some question that

they would like to have answered.

Choose \One person to read the ques—

tions and ask each one to give his or

her version of it. Last, let the minis-

ter, if present, explain the subject. In

this way, many new and different

ideas will be brought out. Also it will

bring in things that we do not get

from our ministers’ weekly sermons.

—Mrs. A. W. R, Rushton, Mich.



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took it out of his pocket often and

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Every one of them had listened to its

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tick, tick," and wished he had a watch

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Hickery. dickery, dockery, d0e,

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but it was some time before the feath-

ers had been replaced and the birds

did not prove profitable as layers all

winter.



Feather Pulling Habit.

The vice may start from the acci-

dental pulling of a feather, when the

bii'd is picking herself to relieve an

irritation caused by a. louse. If there

is a. lack of animal matter in the diet,

the blood at the base of the quill tastes

good to the hen, and she proceeds to

do the same thing over again ‘until

she has learned the trick. From her

the habit spreads to others until the

whole flock may be affected. If a. bird

is found doing it she should be re-

‘moved from the pen at once. Preven-

tion is better than cure, however. and

plenty of beef scraps in the ration will

prove effective.

Idleness is something that should

not be tolerated in the laying pen.

Plan the feeding so the birds will have

to work practically all the time to get

the amount of hard grain they need.

The only time of day that the hens

should have enough grain to fill up

quickly on is at night, just before go-

ing to roost. A little should be scat-

tered in the morning and again about

noon, just enough to give zest to the

hunt for it.

Egg Eating.

I Egg-eating is another vice that hens

sometimes learn when kept in close

confinement, or are not fed sufficient

animal material. The trouble usually

starts from a hen scratching in the

nest and accidentally breaking an 838‘.

If she does it once, the chances are

good that she will try it again, and

the habit is soon formed. To avoid

the formation of such a. habit, and to

cure it, in case it is formed, all nests

should be more or less dark. A long

covered box, with a single entrance at

one end, is most practical for the

\nests. Nest eggs are not at all neces-

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opinion to the contrary, they serve no

practical purpose. Feed and care for

the birds in a way that will make it

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Fresh air, sunlight, deep, dry litter

in which to scratch, with plenty of

mash rich in animal protein, should

prevent the forming of bad habits.

Once formed, these habits are hard to

cure, but we need not give up in‘

despair. Remove those birds which

appear worst, and correct the diet,

treat for lice, and hang up strips of

salt pork. The chances are that you

can cure the bad habits which have

been formed—C. H. Chesley.





 





CARE OF YOUNG DUCKS.





 





“7ARM weather and parasites sel—



dom hurt ducklings. For this

reason you can fill the incubator with

duck eggs after the hatching seasou

for chicks is over. And then the duck-

lings will be ready for market before

many of the chicks are large enough

to sell. If generously fed, the young

ducks are very rapid growers.



In warm weather very little artificial

heat is necessary. In fact, I have

brooded them, Without artificial heat,

by keeping them in packing boxes at

night and covering them with old piec—

es of carpet.



We start ducklings on corn bread

and sour milk, adding alfalfa meal and

corn chop as their appetites demand

more bulk. Meat scrap is an aid to

rapid growth and early feathering.

Fattening is best accomplished by

feeding heavily on corn chop moisten-

ed with skim-milk.





Keep Ducks From Dampness.



The watering dishes should be cov-

ered so that the ducklings can not get

into the water. Ducklings and damp-

ness do not go well together; chilling

is the result, and it sometimes proves

fatal. Provide dishes deep enough so

the whole head of the bird can be im—

mersed, as that is necessary to its

health.





Keep the ducklings out of the wet

grass three or four weeks. This can

be done by providing a dry coop and

cleaning it often. Let the flock out in

the grass when the sun shines. They

like green grass and will consume a.

large quantity of it. The ducklings

should be provided with ample shade.



01d ducks need no particular care.

They should have a place where they

can keep dry at night. In the winter

any dry house will answer for quar-

ters. They can travel about in the

cold and snow during the day. but at

night they should have a. warm place.

Eggs are usually‘ laid in the early

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birds shut in until all have laid. Do

not try to keep ducks and hens in the

same pen. Ducks need a. soft feed and

they are dirty about their eating, so

keep the two separate.——Mrs. L. H-





 





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Would you please tell me if ducks

or geese eat their own eggs? It was

the first duck egg we had, and when.

found there was a big hole in the shell.

Looked as if something had sucked

the inside—A. B.





I have never received a. complaint

of either ducks or geese forming the

egg-eating habit. They are not forced.

for eggs like. hens, and seldom are

confined in large numbers in limited

quarters. This helps to prevent a.

habit of that kind. The egg may have

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eaten out by chickens. Keeping a hop—

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Murder!





Our Weekly Sermon—By N. .4. McCune





" LITTLE boy came home from

Sunday School not long ago.

When asked what the lesson



was about he said that the teacher



told them all about Cain and Mable.



Cain and Abel. A typical story of



jealousy, fury and murder. Alas! that



such stories should continue in our

day. But we still have them.





Murder will come out, and the mur-

derer is known—by somebody.

you ever read the speech of Daniel

Webster at the trial of a man for the

murder of an old sea-captain? It is

known as the Captain Joseph White

case. Webster was one of the great-

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He was called in in this case to direct

the prosecution. The crime had been

cold blooded. An old man who was

not knowu to have an enemy in the

world, was found slain in his bed.

Webster’s description of the working

of the guilty conscience cannot be

surpassed.





“Meantime,” says W'ebster, “the

guilty soul cannot keep its own secret.

It is false to

itself. It labors

under its guilty

possession, and

knows not what

to do with it. The

human heart was

not made for the

residence of such

an inhabitant. It

finds itself preyed

on by torment, which it dares not ac-

knowledge to God or man. A vulture

is devouring it, and it can ask no sym-

pathy or assistance, whither from

heaven or earth. The secret which the

murderer possesses soon comes to pos-

sess him; and, like the evil spirits of

which we read, it overcomes him, and

leads him whithersoever it will. He

feels it beating at his heart, rising to

his throat and demanding disclosure.

He thinks the whole world sees it in

his face, reads it in his eyes, and al-

most hears its workings in the very

silence of his thoughts. It has become

his master. It betrays his discretion,





 





-it breaks down his courage, it con—





quers his prudence. When suspicions

from without begin to embarrass him,

and the net of circumstance to en-

tangle him, the fatal s:~cret struggles

with still greater violence to burst

forth. It must be confessed, it will he

confessed: there is no refuge from

confession but suicide, and suicide is

confession.”





These words, which drive at con-

science, like a regiment of cavalry

against the foe, only echo the tremen-

dous sentence in Genesis. “Thc voice

of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me

from the ground.” And this was a

church quarrel! It began at church,

over a part of the service of worship!



One of. the brothers offered a cheap

sacrifice, which probably reflectcd his

own character. He had a cheap God,

and he made a. cheap offering. The

other brother brought the best he had,

the very first fruits of his labor and

his love. He could offer nothing better

than what he brought before God. And

this was the token of the way he felt.

He loved his Creator. He would se-

lect the choicest of his life with which

to show that love. His spirit was

large and noble. His older brother

brought the second best. He perform.

ed the offering because he felt it was

his duty, and it was a duty reluctantly

discharged. Very likely, he muttered

to himself, that the Lord of Creation

was very insistent in his demands. He

would give Him something, but not

the best he had, no, not by a. long

way. This religion business was en-

tirely too expensive!





It was not the gift which was reject-

ed. but the spirit in which it was pre-





 





   





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sented. The widow with the two mites

did not make a princely offering. Two

mites would not make many repairs

on the temple, feed many poor, or send

a missionary far. But her spirit was

everything. She gave all she had, said

the all-seeing Master.



“Not what we give. but what we share,

For the gift without the giver is bare;

Who gtilves himself with his alms feeds



11'69,

Himself, his hungering neighbor, and

me."





One time a man got up in prayer

meeting and said that he, for one, was

glad that salvation was free. He had

been a member of that church for thir-

ty-eight years, and it had cost him less

than a dollar, so far. Contrast that

with what an old man told me the

other afternoon. He told me how he

had gone out and collected the sub-

scriptions that built a little brick

church at the “Corners,” in a certain

Michigan county. He headed the list

with fifty dollars, and when the build-

ing was almost up, be doubled that,

and later gave some more. He is old

now. He is not heading subscription

lists, nor pushing building fund cam-





paigns. But how much satisfaction

those memories give him! They are

the memories of days well spent,





which fill the mind, like fields full of

shocked grain.



But i fear we have gotten away

from the two brothers and the deadly





deed. \I'hy are you angry? asks a

Voice. of (L‘ain. It is not worth get-

ting angry over. If you have done





Otter a better

Ask forgive—





wrong, make amends.

sacrifice the next time.





ness, then, with the Divine blessing

go your way.

Ilut Cain does not do that. He al-





lows the demon within to kill his soul,

while he in turn kills his brother. Have

you considered the. proper place of

anger? It has a place. and a big one.

Did Jesus ever become angry? He did.

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and burned like hot irons. When]

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Language and Prohibition

T /26 T Mug/22‘: of T we Merry Ciro/er:





Dear Uncle Frank:



Well, here I am again. This time

with a little drop for the fund.

Couldn’t we do wonders by means of

the fund if everyone did his share?



Say, Uncle Frank, don’t you think

Edith Kingdon’s suggestion is a good

one? And, as she will have to leave

us so soon, I think we ought to give

her a chance to take her last active

part in the Merry Circle.



About the parents’ letters, Uncle,

weren’t they fine? I enjoyed them





 





 





It Looks as if Alice Skelton Likes

Her Dog.





very much, especially those giving opin-





ions about “White Amaranth.” Since

the others have given their opinion of

“\Vhite Amaranth,” I think I’ll just

hand in one, too.



If the words “White Amaranth” used

are in her vocabulary, and she knows

what she is talking about without

looking her own words up in the die-

tionary, then I think she is perfectly

all right. We should always make our

compositions or writings as effective

and elegant as we can, and if we are

fortunate enough to possess such

words as “White Amaranth,” I think

we ought to appreciate it. Here are

six rules that every American boy and

girl ought to follow:



A pledge to respect the mother

tongue. I promise: That I will not

dishonor my country’s speech leaving

off the last syllables of words; that I

will say a good American yes and no

instead of an Indian grunt, “uhuh,”

or a foreign “ya” or “yeh” and

nope;” that I will improve American

speech by enunciaitng distinctly, and

by speaking pleasantly and sincerely;

that I will try to make my country’s

language beautiful for the many peo-

ple of foreign nations who come here

to live; that I will learn to articulate

correctly one word a day for a whole

year; that I will try to think clearly

and express my thoughts in apt, sim-

ple words.



Remember “White Amaranth,” that:

“To have a thought is knowledge, but

to be able to express it is art.” My

goodness, Uncle Frank, it’s getting

late. I hope I haven’t kept you too

long.~~Florence Litkowski, R. 3, Sag-

inaw, Mich.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Tonight, while walking home from

school with a girl friend, we had a

little argument. She said, “Prohibi-

tion cannot be enforced.” That made

me real angry and I haven’t got over

it yet, so will take it out on you.



Any person who will say that pro-

hibition cannot be enforced is a poor





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a





citizen and a traitor to his country,

and ought to be ashamed.





Who made the prohibition law? Our

parents, and as long as it is a law it

is our duty, the duty of us growing-up

girls and boys, to live up to the laws

and see that they are obeyed, not only

for our country's sake, but for our

own.





W'hy make laws if they cannot be

enforced? Useless, of course! But—-

there is no such word as can’t, and

probably with the help of those who

sit back and say, “It can’t be done!"

we could do something to better the

condition in our country today.





 





I’ve been brought up to be an honest

and upright citizen, and to obey and

defend the laws of my country. To

say the least, I have no respect for

any person who will knowingly break

the law.



Now, let’s get out of the habit of

saying that word “can’t.” Lincoln

never did, and see what he has done.



We of the younger generation will

soon be taking the cares of the world

into our hands. How are we going to

take our responsibilities if we don't

face them with the attitude, “Do or

Die?”



No, this is not a sermon, butjust

my views. Uncle Frank, I know you

agree with me, so come on “can’ts!”

I’ll debate this question until I’m blue

in the face, and when we’re debating

you’ll know what I think of you.—~

Your friend, “Ginger.”





 





 





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Well, U. R, I think Melvina Strong’s

kid brother is just about right about

the Charleston dance, don’t you?



Uncle Frank, let’s have a hobbie

contest. I think that would be real

fun, don’t you? My hobby is learning

poems. I have learned about one hun-

dred since I was six years old, that I

can recite. My favorite poems are as

follows.



I. Sheridan’s Ride, by J. Buchanan

Read.



2. Barbara Fritchie, by H. \V'. Long-

fellow.



3. The Saving of Nome, by Margar-





et Sangster.

4. The Girl at Newvilley Cross-

roads, by V. V. Steaven. This poem





was written by one of my brother’s

chums while he was in France in 1917.

5. The Birds, by Bessie Keller.

6. Little Blossom, author unknown.

Well, I guess I will stop my chatter-

box.—E. Naomi Sheldon.

You must be some reciter, and in

addition you must have a memory. A

hobby contest would be good.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



This is the second letter I have

written to the M. 0., although I am a

Circler. I think I ought to be ashamed

of myself, don’t you? Well, what do

you Merry Circlers think of the

Charleston dance? Some folks think

it looks like some little two-year—old

trying to imitate a clown in the cir-

cus. To me it seems to be very good





exercise. Of course, you should not

overdo .it, any more than any other

exerCise.



How much has been contributed to-

ward the new fund? I’ll bet those

children will enjoy that radio. I am

sending a contribution toward the

Quick—Beatrice Carpenter, Byron,

- 1c .





As I write this, we have $49.89 in

the fund. A nickel apiece will make

it grow fast. So, you like the Charles-

ton, too? Well, there are a lot of

things worse.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Well, how’s the world going with

you? .



I have an interesting topic today to

talk about, and it will be still more

interesting to you, if you are a wom-

an, as some M. C.’s think. It’s about

our club which we started about two

months ago. We call ourselves the

“Lookout Girls.”



We intend to go camping this sum-

mer, and so are trying to raise some

money. At our next meeting, we will

have about twenty dollars. I think

that’s pretty good, don’t you, for just

two months? We earned this money

by selling jello at ten cents and buy-

ing it at six cents. I guess if this

weather keeps up though, we won’t

go camping, hey?



We each have names of flowers,

mine is “Daisy.” We have a lot of

fun at our meetings. We never knew

when we organized what fun we’d





A Message to Boys





From Dr. 672ch Eliot 0726’ of ([26 Greater! American Educator:





‘T is a promise of success in life if a boy learns by the time he is twelve

1 years old, to use his eyes, ears, and hands accurately; that is, if he learns

to see things exactly as they are, to hear the various sounds of nature

and art with precision and enjoyment, and to touch or handle things deftly

and effectively, whether at work or at play. 2:

It is another good sign if a b0y works hard while he works, and plays

hard while he plays, and tries both at work and at play to take a hearty





part in “team play.”





It is another good sign if a boy keeps his senses and his mind on the

alert, watchful to do a serviceable deed, or perform a kind act.

Again, the promising boy will be on the alert for new suggestions,





new lessons, and new objects of interest.





He will not be content mere-1y





to follow the beaten path; he will wish to explore, discover, and invent.

I advise all boys on farms and in villages to join the Boy Scouts, if

that organization has been established in their neighborhood, and to pass





the tests and examinations in their order, at the appropriate ages.





Finally,





it is the diligent, cheerful, and honest boy WhO wins success.

(In the heading of this article we have spoken of Dr. Charles W. Eliot





as "one of the greatest American educators.”

called him "one of the greatest Americans.”-





We might just as truly have

For forty years (from 1869





to 1909) President of Harvard University, he tremendously influenced the

lives of thousands of the most eminent Americans of this generation, and

as a thinker and writer he has influenced the thoughts of millions of 0th-

ers who have never seen Harvard. Now in his ninety-third year, Dr. Eliot

still writes and speaks with the vigor of youth, and our farm boys should,

consider themselves fortunate in having from his ripened wisdom the not—





able “Success Talk” above).

(Standard Farm Paper Editorial





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Service. Copyright 1926 by Clarence Poe).





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





have. I almost forgot to thank you for

something which I use so much; it’s

my dictionary. Thanks ever so much.

———'Pa.ula Pirscher.





I am interested, even though I am

not a woman. Your plan is a. good

one and I know that you will have a

good time camping. I do when I go

camping.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am enclosing some money for the

Merry Circle Fund for the Crippled

Children at Farmington. Neighbors

of ours have a. little girl there, and

they think there is no place like it.



I am an interested reader of the

boys' and girls’ page, although I sel-

dom get time to write. I live on the

farm and am chore boy, hired man,

or help wherever daddy needs help.



I think the World Court is a very

good discussion, but I do not think the

United States ought to join. Our coun-

try is large, and hard enough to man-

age, without adding foreign affairs to

bother about.



When our own country is under

complete control, or more so than it

is now. I think we can then turn

foreign political affairs, don’t you think

so?——Your usually silent niece, Elnora.

Wilson, Harbor Beach, Mich.





So you are daddy’s all around man.

It is fine that you can help if you

don’t overdo. Your thought about the

World Court is good. We ought to

clean house first.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Wow! what a time we are having

over White Amaranth’s and Mrs.

Cole’s letters. I admire a person that

can use long words correctly, and I

also admire a person that can explain

himself in plain English. Both types





 





Looks Like More Dog than Boy. The

Latter is Mary Gleason's Brother.





are all right, so why quarrel over

them? _



I say nix on that “Merry Circle Of-

flcers’” business! You are enough of

an officer for 5, Uncle Frank. We

are not well e ough acquainted with

each other to elect officers, and we’ll

all be happier, I think, without them.



What about another drawing con-

test? We haven’t had one for a long

time—Your niece, Ada Carpenter,

Bronson, Mich. ‘



One that can handle anything good,

including words, is to be admired. But

that's the trouble, we don’t know each

other enough to elect officers. Besides,

it might cause jealousy or other feel-

ings Merry Circlers should not have.





 





Dear Uncle Frank and Fellow-sufferers:

Well, I couldn’t stay away any long-

er. I’ve answered a heap of contests

but never have I been guilty of writ-

ing a letter to the Merry Circlers. But

I couldn’t stand it to see everybody

taking my name in vain and not do

or say anything in defense of myself.

First, I get called a “fusser,” and now

I’m a. “gusher.” Gee whiz, what will

it be next? ‘

I know I’ve written a lot of apple-

sauce to the Merry Circle in my time,

but the best thing I can say is, “con-

sider where it comes from and pipe'

down.” Miss Denton, perhaps if I

were an artist I would endeavor to

draw you a new boy and girl to adorn

our page; but it happens that as an

‘artist I’d make a peach of a bricklayer.

Nope, nothing stirring in that line. ‘

As for evolutioneecpunt me. but.» I

never‘monkey w1~th,anything‘l don’t

know anything about. 'man 8998.113

from monkey, all ' ' ' ’
for

it’s

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lRemarkaible Experience of Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-

ing White Diarrhea





The following letter will no doubt be of

utmost interest to poultry raisers who have

had serious losses from WhitevDiarrhea.

We will let Mrs. Bradshaw tell of her ex-

perience in her own words:





“Dear Sir: I see reports of so many los-

ing their little chicks with White Diarrhea,

so thought I would tell my experience.

I used to lose a great many from this cause,

tried many remedies and was about dis-

couraged. As a last resortI sent to the

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Iowa, for their Walko White Diarrhea

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and my chickens are larger and healthier

than ever before. Iwhave found this company

thoroughly reliable and always get the

remedy by return mail.-—Mrs. C. M. Brad—

shaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa."





 





Cause of White Diarrhea





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Readers are warned to beware of White





must have been pretty weak, for he

didn't spring far enough. (No, I didn't

say anything about women).



Say, Uncle, our ‘friend, Tomboy, has

got the English slanguage down pretty

pat, hasn’t she? I wish 'I could spout

like she can. ‘



Down in front, Mr. Wlastebasket! go

lay a brick—Guilford Rothfuss, Nor-

vell, Mich.



I have often wondered why you did

not enter some of the lively discus-

sions on this page. I am glad to see

that you have started: Come again.





 





Hello,‘Unclc Frank and Cousins:



I think the boys and girls ought to

have a little discussion on “How boys

and girls should act in company.”



When you have lost your pin do you

have to send in your card with the ten

cents? \Yell, good-bye. an M. 0., Eva

Vt'ortley, Rushton, Mich.



No, it is not necessary to send your

card with the ten cents. as we have a

membership record here.





 





SPECIAL DRAWING CONTEST.





Circlers found fault with our

Boys’ and Girls' Department head. She

said that the boy and girl pictured

therein were old-fashioned. Perhaps

so. But regardless of whether the de-

partment head is old—fashioned or not,

we have used it for some time. and per-

haps a change would be welcome.



So, this contest will be an effort to





get a. real Merry Circle department de- ‘-





 





Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it kills half your





 





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Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind.,

writes: “I have lost my share of chicks from

White Diarrhea. Finally I sent for two

packages of Walko. I raised over 500 chicks





and I never lost a single chick from White





Diarrhea, Walko not only prevents Whiter





Diarrhea. but it gives the chicks strength and

vigor; they develop quicker and feather earlier.‘.





Never Lost One After First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah, Iowa,

writes: “My first incubator chicks, when

but a few days old, began to die by the





dozens with White Diarrhea. I tried differ—

ent remedies and was about discouraged with

the chicken business. Finally. I sent to the

Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa, for a box

of their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. ’It's

lust the only thing for this terrible disease. We

raised 700 thrifty. healthy chicks and never lost

a single chick after the first dose.“





 





You Run No Risk





We will send Walko White Diarrhea:-

Remedy entirely at our risk — postage?

prepaid—so you can see for yourself what.

awonder-working remedy it is for White,

Diarrhea in baby chicks. So you can prove;

—-as thousands have provenwthat it will'



stop your losses and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 50c for package,

of Walko (or $1.00 for extra large boxl—give it

ln’all drinking water and watch results. You'll

find you won‘t lose one chick where you lost

dozens before. It‘s a positive fact. You run no

risk. We guarantee to refund your money promptv

1y if you don‘t find it the greatest little chick

saver you ever used. The Leavitt & Johnson

National Bank. the oldest and strongest bank in

Waterloo, Iowa, stands back of our guarantee.





WalkerRemedy Co., Dept 500 Waterloo, Iowa.





 





POULTRY





BARRED ROCKS & REDS





CHICKS from blood tested pure standard

bred. Choice selected flocks.

Prices 50 I00 500





Foreman Strain B. P. Rock: - - $9.00 $17.00 $80.00

Selected B. P. Rocks - - - - - 8.00 15.00 70.00





ScIecIed R. I. Red: - - - - - -8.00 ‘ 15.00 70.00

lizedHe-vy - - ~ ' - - - - - 12.00 60.00

100% live delivery guaranteed.



Parcel Post prepaid.





Holterman's B. P. Rocks Trapnested Hatch-

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Order from this ad.

Second year of blood testfor White Diarrhea





IIIIIIEPEII POULTRY FIRM &. III-IIIHEIII

.MILAN, ‘MICHIG'AN.





mm.m.‘.mc lineamuwmmL-c-

thin. Write riot priceo. um lilo deli . -

nun. 0mm Humane“. cumwmm.





- he does reference books, and therefore

:he wished to show his appreciation in

. this way. I do not know if he uses a





,an Carncross, Leon Carncross, Alice





using now. Something not as deep

might even be better. “'9 do not want

to take up Inn much room on our page

with a head.



The usual prizes of two pencil boxes,

three. dictionaries. and five pocket pen-

cils will be given. in addition, we Will

give a special prize. of one dollar for

any design we should accept for use

as a department head.



This contest closes April 30, so be

sure to send your drawings to Uncle

Frank, Michigan. Farmer. Detroit,

Michigan, in plenty of time.





MY DARLING DICK.





My darling Dick, I lean on you:



Without you, oh, what would I do!



I surely never could go through,



My darling dictionary.



The above poem, addressed to me,

was received with a lot of other pa-

pers. Undoubtedly this man of learned .

mind uses his dictionary as much as





 





Merry Circle dictionary or not. If he

does, he is using a good one—Uncle

Frank.





FOR TH E FUND.





Dear Uncle Frank:



I am sending a check for one dollar

($1.00) to be applied on the radio

fund for the Crippled Children’s Home

at Farmington, Michigan.



This money has been given by the

school children of Licklys Corners,

Dist. 2 Fr, Hillsdale county—Very

truly yours, (Mrs) Neva Henvey,

'Teacher.





 





THE MERRY CIRCLE FUND.





HE following have contributed.



from April 9-16, to the fund for



the radio which will be bought for

the Convalescent Home of the Chil-

dren’s Hospital of Michigan, at Farm-

Jngton:



Helen Hunt, Austin Manning. Gert-

rude Finkel, Edward Oberlin. Clara

French, Ruby French. Elizabeth Heald,

Paul Mielke, Robert Burd, Violet Lick-

ly, Ora Carlisle, Ralph Wade, Earl VViil-

son, Mildred Burd, Richard Laser, Lyle

Peebles, Willard Mohr, Dorothy Stuck,

Leslie Stuck, Imo Tew, Lindon Tow,

John Erven, Maurice Reighter. Louise

Reighter, Russell Tim'berman, Orville

Timberman, Karl Timberman. Doris

Timberman, Everett Timberman, Fran-

cis Risk, Nellie Risk, Eugene Risk,

Lewis Robinson, John Robinson, Vivi-





 





Glendening, Doris Glendening, Donna

Thompson, Marian Thompson, Mildred

ghfimpson. Ivan Hill, Opal Hill, Ovel

~I .





 





 





 





Varieties Prices on: 60 100 500 1000 ~,.

White Leghorn: (Tattered) ....................... $3.75 $7.00 $13 $02 Write ~:’<///,/A

Barred Rocks (Parks strain) ................... 4.75 8.00 15 72 for “‘.\<>‘,—:‘

8. C. & R. C. Rhoda Island Reds .............. 4.25 8.00 15 72 Special ’<'\\\;“_

Special Matings Higher. Mixed (‘hicks $10 per 100. All heavies $12. Free ’





 

 





'L, White Leghornsi- r—Anconas. Chicks hatched from free range. Mich.

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

eggs. We guarantee 100% Live Delivery and insure chicks for one

week. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write today.





M. D. WYNGARDEN

ROUTE 4, - BOX M, — ZEELAND,MICH.





 





BRED-TO-LAY CHICKS

MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED

MEMBER INTERNATIONAL BABY CHICK ASSOCIATION

8.0. White and Brown Leghorns, Anconas, Black Minorcas,

and Barred Rocks. Order quick for early deliveries. 1926



Catalog Now Ready. Write for FREE Copy.

WE GUARANTEE 100% SAFE ARRIVAL IN GOOD HEALTH





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LAKEVIEW ' Pounav FARM:





Buy Michigan State Accredited drinks from Lakevlew. Breeders for years, of high-

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

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

guarantee 100% live deliicry prepaid. Order from this ad. Smith Hatched.



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Primes. '

cal—£108 tells all about Lakeview Chicks. LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM. R. R. 8. Box 6. HOLLAND. MICH.





 





A, UNDERMI-IN CHICKS-





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

flock: and hatchery inspected and passed by representative of Michigan State

College. Refer you to State Commercial Savings Bank. Order from this ad.





Prepaid prices for May 3-10. 25 50 100 500 1000

I . .. “01. and Brown Leghorn; .................. $3.75 $0.50 $12.00 $57.50 $110?

‘Barred Roi-k8, S. I'. RHIS ........................ 4.25 7.00 13.00 62,50 13f





Mixed Chicks. $8 per 100: all Ill‘dllt‘s, $12!, Free catalog. 100% live delivery. Dre.

paid. 10% down books your ordr-r. Our chicks are Michigan State Aconumfi,





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' Our big husky chicks are monuv makers. Every bros-dc carefully selected.

I 0 O K tested, culled by experts. CAN SHIP AT ONCE.

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50 m.) 500

White. Brown, Buff Leghorns, Heavy, Mixed ....................................... $0.50 $12.50 $00.00

Barred Rocks, Black Minorcas, It. I. Reds, Both (Tombs ............................ 7.75 15.00 72.50

\Vhite. Buff Rocks and V‘Vyandottes. Bufi' ()rpingions. .r. ................................ 8.50 10.00 77.50

White ()rpingtons. Silver Wyandottes. White. Black Langshans ..................... 0.00 17 00 82.50





Light. Weight Mixed, $5.50 per 50; $10 per 100. Light Brahnms. $12 per 50; $22 per 100. Sheppard's

Anconas. $7.50 per 60; $14 per 100. May chicks. $1.00 per 100 1933. June chicks. $2.00 per 100 16119.

Add 350 extra if lean than l00 chicks are wanted. 100"? lim dulivvry guaramovd.



Postage prepaid. Bank reference. Grand Rapids National Bank. Hatching Eggs. Free catalog.





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We offer you chicks that are bred from blood lines of proven laying ability OH:





R0 personal attention is given to all orders. You haic your choice of three brew-l. ~

F / sall arc profitable.

O . GET OUR SPECIAL SALE PRICE LIST.

6“ \Vrno for complete information on this money saving special sale of Michigan

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25% reduction certified chicks and hatching eggs May 18.





Every chick and egg sold is produced on my own plant. No stock is farmed out. All males used In

breeding pens are from hens with record» of 2-10 to 321 uggs in one year. Yearling breederq’ eggs must

weigh 24 025. to the dozen to be used for hatching.

CERTIFIED CHICKS AND HATCHING EGGS



Every male and female in our fleck has been handled and passed by an inspector from Michigan State

College. Only three other flocks in the state have met these rmuirmncnts. I bred and raised the birds

Winning first and third places in the 1024 Michigan Egg Contest. Some of the dams and sires that pro-

duced these winners are now in my matings. Write for prices and mating list.





W. C. ECKARD, l3 MADISON STREET, PAW PAW, MICHIGAN.





 





BUS Quality Glass A CHICKS





Iriiiismigoo Ciiiiituii-Eriile.’ a. 2-H. Iceland. Mich. Gets Results-





ERRIS wmmmTECHICKS

r ed 11%; 23:11“de E " ‘

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Brown Leghorns 12C: Sheppard's A3601)“ ~an for Special Sale Bulletin and Free ConlegHEN

13c; Barred Rocks and n. I. Reds 140; Gaoamuuus.mum-.GRANDMHDSMICHEGG J

Assorted Chicks 10c. No money down

with order. Pay full amount ten day!





an than. “as 99:: “has: A Michigan FaLmeroLme‘

ry no.
Sore-tree





No small part of the “knack" of making

money from dairying lies in keeping a con.

stant watch of the udder and teats. If the

delicate tissues of this important organ are

always normal and comfortable the milk- flow

is free and generous-the job of milking is

made easy.





Bag Balm is a wonderful healing, pene-

trating ointment—prepared especially for the

quick healing and restoring of injured udder

or teats. For chaps, teat sores cracked or

stepped—on teats, cuts, inflammation, caked

bag, bunches or cow pox Bag Balm has no

equal. Healing begins at once; all irritation

goes promptly.





Bag Balm cannot taint the milk; it is clean

and pleasant to use. Big 10-ounce package

goes a long way and has hundreds of uses for

all animal sores, harness galls, etc. 60c. at ieed

dealers, general stores and druggists—or di-

rect from us if your dealer is not supplied.





DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO., Inc.

Dept. D





Lyndonville, Vt.





 





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Haves. Coughs. Condition-

1 or. Worms. 1 Most for con.

_ -.' 1, :wo cans satisfactory lot

.1“ eaves or money back. 51 2D

‘ ”’5, pet can. Dealers or by mail.

The Newton Remedy CO-

Tolodo. 0M0.





 

 

 





 





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Corn Binder





is the only Corn Binder handling the stalks

in an inclined position on which the knota

ter and needle can be raised or lowered

without stopping the machine or leaving

the seat. Built low—no danger of tipping

over. Free from neckweight or side- draft.

Largest drivewheel used on any corn bind-

er makes draft light.





Gets All the Corn





The corn is handled gently by special fingers instead



he'y packers. Th e Binder icks up and binds all the

corn without breaking of? the ears. holding or

power bundle carriers are supplied if wanted.

However long you may use the Corn Binder you can

always get repair parts. This holds good also {or every

Masseyvl‘latris Machine.





Write for our large Catalog and

name of Massey—Harris dealer.





Massey-Harris Harvester Co.,Inc.





Makers ofWam-anted Farm

Machinery” Since 1850





Dept. F Batavia, New York





   

   

     

 





 

 

 





‘Good t M Ices

E‘“‘5’"‘" 4.3mm"





mal husbandry department.





ager,

before May 15.





 





7’ I" HE mother of my litter is a big

type, 0. *I. C., six feet long and

about, the. same size around, and



of :1. kind and motherly disposition.



,She is three years old and has given



:birth to sixty-nine pigs, of which num-



ibcr she has raised fifty. This is her



fthird ton litter, although it is the first.





i . . . . . ,



toihcrally recorded in a Miclngan I‘on

lLitter Contest. She now is raising

lhcr fourth litter of nine pigs. She is





always led regularly 011 cooked beans

land buttermilk, with some corn.





“'0 have always been careful that

,5111‘- has a clean l)1~d at all times. Tllu

‘ - o -

farrowrng 111111 is 2111 1nd1vidual hog





house with a pig rail mound the in-

side to ptotmt the pigs.





Because he had only 141011211 good

teats we rt1is1d L110 01 the thi1t11n

pigs in the litter by hand. (me1 of





these did not. do Well, and only weigh-

’ed 185 pounds at the end of the 180—

day period.



At first the mother was

tle bran and warm water.

third day we gave the





given a. lit-

About the

sow some





 





POT is a Shorthorn-Jersey cross.

' She was nine years old the fall the

cow testing association was first start-

(d in Ogemaw county. The owner,

Mr. William Matthews, regarded her

as a fairly good cow, and had had her

milk tested at two different freshen-

ing periods. These showed a lower

test by far than her average test was

found to be later. This naturally gave

the owner the wrong impression of her

real worth, as is often the case when

but one test is taken occasionally. Be-

cause of this and her age, she was

condemned to go to the block as soon

as she could be dried up and fattened.

The testing association was started,





 





 





 





 





 





   

 

 





How I Raised the Winners

By Hug/1 Ward





Editors Note. —Mr. Hugh Wa1d,of Fowlerville,

Michigan Ton Litter Contest conducted by the Michigan State College ani-

To qualify in this contest, a litter must attain

a. weight of a ton or more within 180 days after farrowing. Mr. Wa1d’ s thir—

teen- -pig litter weighed 3,025 pounds at the end of the 180 day period. Pros-

pective entrants for the 1926 contest must. 1egister their names with local

county agriCultural agent, or communicate with Mr.





A.





was winne1 of the 1925





Freeman, contest man-





of the animal husbandry department, Michigan State College, on or

A number of valuable prizes are offered the winners.





 





This is the Winning Ton Litter of Michigan for 1925.





ground oats and buttermilk, and when





' mum





 





the pigs were about ten days old we





added some beans and a little corn.

When the pigs 111-11)





about eight ‘





weeks old they were. weaned and giv-t





en a good clean nest.

clover pastur1-. ‘We did not ring them

at all, and they were not out of their

little lot for a moment for six months.

The pigs were not. 101 ced at any time.



\Ve just kept them glo11 ing and never





left feed in 1111- trough.

“hen the pigs were about four

months old we began feeding some





ground barley ' and oats, and the last

1110 11111 ks corn and butt11'1nti‘k



11,. 111 ighed them at different times.

They Weighed an average of 127

pounds at four months. The 1-ntire lit-

t1-1 weighed 3 02.3 pounds at 180 days

of ago. 'J 11111: were thirteen in all.

We also weighed some of them at

eight weeks, and at that time they

had been gaining a pound a day.



The only change I would make this

year would be to uSc a little, more corn

in the feeding ration.





 





Here is the Mother of the 1925 Winners Doing Her Best to Make Real Hogs

Out of Her 1926 Offering.





, Saves a Good Cow

; Am/ Mam Many Do/lar.r





and much to the surprise of

the owner, the first month’s return

from Spot was found to be $16.20

above feed cost, and she finished the

first year with $107.90 above the cost

of her feed, which was considerably

more than she would have brought for

beef, and the owner still had the cow.

She is still with the herd and has Vfin-

ished three consecutive yearly records

as follows:



First year—359.7 pounds of butter-

fat with an average test 'of 4.8 per

cent.



Second year—374.1 pounds of butter-

fat. '



Third year—355.4 pounds of butter-





however,





Thcy had some“





 





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Your Soil.





 

   

 





 

   

   

 





 

   





ON’T pass up the opportunity



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of your soil produce bumper crops

Banner-limestone (pulverized and

k1ln-dried) will make the poorest

soil sweet and highly productive

because of its extraordinary neut-

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depend upon Banner to increase

your profits just as it is doing for

thousands of farmers If your

dealer doesn't handle Banner. send

us his name or write us and we w1ll

tell you where you can get it in

any quantity you want, as quickly

as you want it and at prices de

cidedly economical





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lllllsdale. Niel.





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SPRTNG is the time to clean

up and disinfect. .





Time to get busy with the

sprinkling can charged with’

a solution of Dr. Hess Dip

and Disinfectant.



Sprinkle it in the poultry-

house—in the nests, roosts,

floors. Spray it in the cracks

and crevices to kill the mites.



Sprinkle it in the cow

barns, in the pig-pens, sinks,

drains and closets—wherever

there is filth or a foul odor.

It kills the disease germs,

keeps everything, everywhere,

healthful and clean-smelling.





DR. HESS 8: CLARK, Inc.

Ashland, Ohio





D'RIHBS S DIP

and DISINFECTANT





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





 





 





POULTRY





 





 





 





 





 





 





For White Diarrhea

In few hours, disease is stoppedand

sick chicks full of pep.





It's easy to stop losing chicks from white

diarrhea. All you need do is drop an Avicol

tablet in the drinking water. Thousands of

poultry raisers, year after year, raise nearly

every chick in every hatch, by this simple

precaution.



A free test oi Avicol will show how easily





white diarrhea is prevented and stopped. The

way it makes sick chicks lively and healthy, in





!realized the value of the cow sooner.





lenough by finding out what this cow

.is, to pay the cost of my testing for





» improve his

'feeding methods.”~W.

'lCounty Agent.





. cient

.mals in a. herd, and that the test is





. cattle maintained at the State Experi-





ably accurate.





ICONDUCTED BY DR. s. BURROWS.





going good in her fourth year, despite

the fact that she is now thirteen years

old. She has left three daughters in

,the .herd during this time, and there

would have been more had the owner





Mr. Matthews says, “I think that I

can safely say that I have gained.





ten years to come. There is nothing

like the cow testing association work

to help the dairyman who wants to

herd and improve his

E. McCarthy,





TUBERCULIN TEST ACCURATE.





HAT the tuberculin test is now ap-

plied 'to dairy cattle is highly effi-

in detecting the, diseased ani-





seldom misleading is strikingly illus

trated by its use on the herd of Jersey





ment Station at Geneva, where 902

tuberculin tests have been made in the

past twenty—five years, with only three

instance. in which there was any

doubt a“. to the accuracy 01‘ the test.

Although the test is not infallible, it.

proved to be more accurate in the sta-

tion herd than it is generally acknowl-

edged to be, declare the station au-

thorities, who maintain that, when

used as the veterinary profession rec-

ommend, and when the results are in-

terpreted properly, the test is reason-





umrmummmmmmmmnummmmlmnmg





a Veterinary.





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Advice through this column in given free to our subscrib-

erl. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

each case and Eive, name and address of the writer. Initial.

only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the

service becomes private practice and $1 must be enclosed.





 





rat; snugly, her was yearshe made a. p .,

,mflt above .feed cost of $93.79, and is





ATCH your horses

carefullythese days.

Guard them against strained

tendons, stifl' joints, trouble-

some growths. Treat them

with Gombault’s Caustic

Balsam. Keep this wonderful

remedy ready for emergen-

cies. For 42 years it has been

giving quick relief for

Sprains, Spavin, Splint, Cap-

ed Hock, Curb, Fistula,

horoughpin, Shoe Boils,

Poll Evil, Wire Cuts, Muscu-

lar Inflammation.

Won't scar or discolor hair.” Apply

it yourself. Directions with bottle.

Get it at drug stores for $2.00 or

direct from us on receipt of price.





The Lawrence-Williams Co.,

Cleveland, Ohio.





GOOD FOR HUMANS, TOO,





GOMBAULT'S





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.4 SELL THE MILK AND

‘ RAISE YOUR CALVES 0N

W0! 5 CREAM CAIF HEM





You can make money byuslng

Ryde’s Cream Calf Meal. Sell

the Cow's Milk and Cream. and

buy Ryde's Cream Calf Meal

for one-third of what you get

for the milk and cream. Two-

thlrds of in. price you get for the

a} milk ls clear cash profit. Ryde's

Cream Calf Meal is an unequalled sub—

stitute for milk. It contains every

element necessary for rapid and

thrifty growth, for calves and other

younfihve stock. Build better calves

with yde’s Cream Calf Meal, at your

Dealers, or write





RYDE AND COMPANY





 





 





 





Mastitis.—-Last summer one of my

cows used to give. a little thick milk

from one of her teats once in a while.

Last fall the teat seemed to crush up

and blood came till it closed up. I

have another cow that has begun to

give thick milk. Could you tell me

the canse and cure‘.’—~J. E. B.—-This

can be caused by bruising of the ud-

der, cliilling-——fi‘om the udder resting

on the. cold floor, or not milking the





 





Just a few hours, will amaze you. Write for



free sample, or send 50c for a full-sized package



to Burr-ell — Dugger 0., 671 Nelson



St. Indianapolis. Ind. It costs nothing to I

try the 50c package,because Avicol is guaranteed



to do the work or money refunded. But if you



prefer. try the free sample first.





 





 





Tancred

and Tom Barron





s.c.White Leghorn





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From Padloreod. Blood-touted. Trams-ted 8. ELM/hit.

‘Loohornt. Every bird in our floek is Michigan State

CERTIFIED. a step higher in the scale of good chicks

than Accredited Stock. Write at once for your copy

or the “Story of Sunrise Farm.” Describe In detail

our better flock: and chicks. and :how you can make

a his success with poultry. Copy FREE.





km. to w. s. .mnn a. son Grey!





 





 





cow dry. (live one pound ol’ epsom

salts. Bathe the udder with hot water

and milk out affected quarter every

two hours. At night massage with

camphorated oil. It is better to take

away the grain until the milk returns

to normal. Give one—half ounce of for-

maldehyde in one quart of water twice

daily for tour to five days.





, Fails to Breed.——I have three cows

in my herd that dropped their calves

in November and do not come in heat

now. What can I do for them? L. H.

~This is usually dll“ to the condition

of the ovaries. Cysts, or “yellow bod-

ies,” being the most frequent cause.

It would be advisable. to have the cow

examined by your veterinarian, who

would be able to determine this, and

give such local treatment that he. finds

necessary.



Eczema.~~Since last fall my horse

has had a skin disease. Small lumps

appeared first On her neck and back,

and then all over her body. All the

hair comes out by patches. New hair

comes in its place, but the skin stays

rough and seems like dandruff. but is

not sore or open. It seems to itch

little. The horse is healthy. I have

been using disinfectant given by a vet-

erinarian. I have also given her blood

medicine; changed her feed at different

times. A. B.~Your horse is probably

fat and well fed, and not working very

regular. It would be advisable to re-

duce the amount of feed, particularly

1f fed corn. , Jive one-half ounce of

Fowler’s solution three times daily.

Also mix dried sodium sulphate, two

pounds; baking soda, one and one-half

pounds, and common salt, three-quar-

ters of a pound, and give one table-

spoonful three times daily in feed.





Intestinal Parasites—What can be,

done for a cat that coughs up worms-

eight or ten inches long? E. J. L.——-

Withhold food for twelve hours, then

give santonin, one gram, and calomelp

one-half grain in capsule. This can





 





 





.3... n, 1 wanna mm m.





be repeated in one week.





Dept.

5434 w. Roosevelt Road

Chicago, Ill.





 





 





 





SELDOM SEE





a big knee like this, but your horse

may have a bunch or bruise on his

ankle, hock, stifle, knee or throat.





ABSOPBINE





TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAI. OFF.





will clean it oil without laying up



the horse. No blister. no hair

. gone. Concentrated—only a few

drops required at an application. 32. 50 per

bottle delivered. Ducribe your case [or special inntructiom.

and Book 8 Rfree. ABSORBINE. JR... the Inti-

scptic linlment for mankind. reduce. Painful Swellinzu.

Enlarged Glandl. Went. Bruises. Verlcme Veins: allay.

Pam and Inflammation. Price $1.25 a bottle at druggim or

delivered. Liberal trial bottle poatpaid for 10¢. P‘





w. r. vouuc, IN

50-5055 SAVCS MlI-K .'





o

"AEQJ, So-Bose Cow Hobble 85 Tail Holder.

(4f; prevenlocowa kickingorawilchinglail.

‘ " 75¢-’hardware stores oreenl prepaid.

- SIMONSEN IRON WKS., Sioux Rapids, Ia



POULTRY



SEND N0 MONEIfiLAxfifil'lICNS

W. IIIID C. 0. D. and guarantee 10m live delivery

of sturdy. pure—bred chicks. Wh.. Br, 5: Butt Les—

homs. 13c; Bd. Rocks, Wh. Rocks, S. (.‘. Rods. An—

conas. 14c: Buff Rocks, Buff 0mm. \Vh. Wyatt, lion;

Black Minot. 15c; Mixed. 100. Less than 100 (‘Illt‘l(3,





To each more. SILVER LAKE HATCHERY. Box

M, Silver Lake. lnd_





SPEC I AL PRICES





on Mir-higan Accredited Chicks, I'ullets, Cockcrels and

Yearling liens. (‘ircular free. Member of V. B. l‘. A.

FAIRVIEW HATCHERY &. FARMS. Dept. M.. R.

2. Iceland, Mich.





     





468 Lyman St, Springfield, Mass.





     





 





 





 





 





 





Am over-stocked with

cows and calves. F.





Registered 'Guernseys





W. BUEHS. Caledonia. Mich.





 





 





DO YOU THINK?





Do you think that the herd sire is the most]

important animal in your herd? Then you

will be interest/rd in the one we are offering.

He was born July 30, 10:25, and is 90%

whim.



Il'is sire is Echo Sylvia King Model. a 3li-Ib.

grandson of May I'II‘III) Sylvia. His dam is a.

(laughter of a 2:142). tor: and sired by a son

of Duchess Skylark ()rmshy. the first 1,500-

Jh. butter row. IIis seven nearest dams av-

erage 34.05 IIIN, bum-r and llllli lbs. milk in

7 (Ian. ‘





Send for pedigree of Ear Tag 615.

Bureau of





Animal Industry

Dept. C





Lansing, Michigan





 





S'I’ATE NF R05





 

 





nvclsvnro

MOISTEIN

(nus





 

 





 





 





 





 





Registered Holstein: for .3an

«some just t‘reshcned. Apply

Clinport. or Clippert Brick Company.

Avenue. Fordson. Mich.





Have Several

Charla: F.





Wyoming 8. Southern



Ilcuislcrcd Holstein Swingers. vearling

For sale lieii'urs, 6: months old, herd sire.

CHAS. METZ, R. No. 3. Evart. Michigan.





HEREFORD STEERS





170 “'1. around 925 lbs, m: \\’t. around 800 lbs.

RN “'1. around 7:20 1m, 82 “'t. around r35'!) lbs.

RS Wt. around 550 lbs. 48 Wt, around 500 lbs.

Good qualiti, rlnrlt reds. (Ilfilltil’nl‘tl. Wt‘ll marked llam-

i'ord Steers, Good hIlM'litir order. The boot typo am

llsllillh market town-rs when finished. Will will your:

choir-o or am lmnvh.





Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello Co., Iowa.

HEREFORD STEERS FOR SALE





 





 





 





 





137-500 1m; 17:;ruoo lllx; Slirsoo llw.

C. F. BALL. Fair‘flcld. Iowa.

Registered Bulk from ll. of .\l. Dams, sons and





Vii-W's Majesty. whose darn madu

From Accredited um}. Writ»

Ohio.





grandsons. oI' IIlKlt!

8529 pounds of butter.





WM. DUNIPACE, Bowling Green,





FINANCIAL KING JERSEYS





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

COLDWATER JERSEY FARM. Goldwater. Mich.





FOR SALE-2 BULL CALVES i’Jerseys)





I burn lbw. l-l. lI'25. «iru .\l.-l\;1_t'< \W-‘olo Baromhla

sire. Nohln’~ H‘IIMI'HIIIII Luriil lTx'llH. l hum Jan.

ll, 19:»; from ow o!‘ Xolvlo llnronk IIIIIILIll'r‘II'S. I’ri‘w

151:5 trawl). SOREN HANSEN. R. l. Manistee, Mich.





 





ready for service, and





Choice Jersey Bulls





 





bull valves, for sale



from R. of .\l. dams accredited herd. SMITH &

PARKER. Howell. Mich.



4 Bulls ~lrom R. of M. Cows. Chance to





1 Cows.

select from hard 01' 70.

for {all (reshaping. (‘olon t1.





S‘HORTHORN SALE

THE EATON CO. SHORTHORN BREEDERS

will hold a

P U B L I C S A L E

at the Fair Grounds. Charlotte. Mich., on

THURSDAY, MAY 61h, 1926, AT 1P.M. FAST TIME.

35 Head of Good Choice Cattle

A few Bates bred, but mostly Straight Scotch breeding

A. J. Adams, Auctioneer. I. P. Zimmerman, Secretary.

Dimondale, Nlich.





Some (rash. others bred

Lillie. Coopersvule. Mich.





 





 





 





 





15 Mo. old. light roan, Au

Shorthorn Bull Wm “M.. ,,,,... $135. ‘

E. MORRISH, R. No. 5, Flint, Mich.





 





OR SALE OR TRADE for young stock. ilS-pourltl

sire. (imd indnnlunl, li‘or intornmfion write

MART DOEZEMA, R. No. 3. Grand Rapids. Mich.





Ihreo Shorlhorn Bulls





Union City. Mich.



Bust of quality and breeding. Bulls.

Shorthoms row.» and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.

éTOCK FARM. Box D, Tooumloh. Mich.





also a. few to-

BARNUM.





for sale,

muloq. I. A.





HOGS





DUROC BRED GILTS





April furrow. cholera immuno and Weighing over 425

lbs. in growing condition. Also hours.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





 





 





 





l . road} for aortic». Also March.

rDhesier White Bears it..- .1- M mm m...

lsonablo. F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar, Mich.



l -::«ly for servica,





Chester White Boar.





W. FORRETT, Lonox Mich.





_\l.ir:-h plus. 8.





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aim





 





 





0 I. C.'3. ('holeo full boars owl ullts. Hired by

- (lizmt Boy and .lumho's I;\‘Il lioy, llmwn Swiss.

MILO H. PETERSON. R. 2, luuia, Mich.

IG TYPE (.‘hvs’ler \\'liilr~;. (‘lmim fall sills and

hum-u, :1]in sprint: hour his: in. \V'I‘dlllllg time.

LUCIAN HILL, Union City, Mich.





 





L ARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS for .‘wllltl, Brod

gills weighing 1100 lbs. or $75. Also fall pigs.

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



Gills and young boars. Cor-





 





BREEIIERS' DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Davs before date of publication





GUERNSEYS for sale. males. females. sired by

urea whose dams have records of 19,460.50 milk.

909.05 fat. and 15,109.10 milk, 778.80 fat. T. V.

HICKS. R. I. Battle Creek. Mloh.





Dairy Heifer Calves, Practically

Guernsey Pure-bred, 8 weeks old. 320 each.

We ship C. 0. D. Write L. Terwillioer. Wauwatola. Wu.





Some reel bargains in rec-

Guemseys istared cows and heifers. one

young bull. W. W. Burdlok. Wllllamton. Mloh.





[FOR





 





practically pure—bred nussussv or HOL-

STEIN calves. from boa rich milkerl.





v.v.

; write EDBEWODD DAIRY FARM3, Whitewater. Wit.





POIand Chma SOWS respondenro solicited. Inspec-

tion invited. Barber Stock Farm. R. 5, Bellovue. Mich.





 





HORSES





‘Nf 100 head of Road IIlll‘St‘n. 5 to 8

anted .Vrs. old. 1100 to 1250. Must be

sound. SHAW BROS.. 572l Lawton Avenue, Detrort.

Michigan.





FOR SALE





a. fine pair. Price $650.





For Sale--Belgian Mare





MoOully. Pittlford. Mich.





A Few





individuals.





Pair 6-yr.-old Registered Percimr-

on Mares. black. 3.300 lbs.. sound.

F. E. Rice. Millinqton. Mich.





ago (i. 1800 lbs.

S o u n (1. WM.





Shetland ma res and Stallions

Excellent breed ins and choice

DIVAN. Monroe. Win.





good

left.

Prices low. F.
“'.'T.‘._:‘.‘. .g'g‘gié

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GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, April 20.

Wheat.

Detroit—No. 1 red $1.79; No. 2 red

$1.78; No. 2 white $1.79; No. 2 mixed

. 8. . .

Chicago—May $1.651/2@1.657/3; July

$1.431/_»@1.43%.

Toledo—Wheat: $1.781/2@1.89%.

orn





Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 810; No. 3

yellow at 78c; No. 4 yellow 730; No.

5 yellow 68c.



Chicago—May 73%fi)73%c; July at

773462777430.



Oats.



Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at

48c; No. 3, 470.



Chicago—May 423/30; July 43%0.



R





ye.

Detroit—No. 2, 95c.

Chicago.—~May 91%c; July 94%,.

Toledo—940.

Beans





Detroit.——lmmediate

shipment $3.95@4.

Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand-picked $4.50 per cwt; red kid-

neys $9.25.

New York—Pea, domestic $4.50@

5.25; red kidneys $8@8.75.

Barley.

Malting 74c; feeding 650.

Seeds

Detroit—Cash red clover at $21;

alsike $17; timothy $3.40.

Buckwheat.

Detroit—Buckwheat $1.70 per cwt.





and prompt





Hay

Detroit—No.1 timothy $23.50@24;

standard $22.50@23; No. 1 light clover,

mixed $22@23; No. 2 timothy $21@

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

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

Feeds

Detroit—Bran at $34@35; standard

middlings at $33; fine middlings $36;

cracked corn $37; coarse cornmeal at

$35; chop $32 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





After more than a month of hesita?r





tion and several false starts, the wheat

market finally began an upward trend

in the past week. Improved foreign

demand, less promising new crop pros-

pects, and a reversal of position by

speculative operators were the chief

motive factors back of the turn.



Strength in the international supply

and demand situation is gradually

coming tothe front. Large takings by

non-European countries have compell-

ed foreign statisticians to raise their

estimates of the requirements of im-

porters during the rest of the crop

year. Crop conditions continue mostly

favorable, although the official condi-

tion report was lower than expected.

Seeding spring wheat is proceeding

rapidly, but some complaints are made

of lack of reserve moisture in the

northwest which may be important lat-

er. The same is true of Canada which

is unlikely to duplicate the large pro-

duction of last year.





RYE





Rye followed the rise in wheat, al-

though at a sluggish rate. A little ex-

port business is reported, but not

enough to indicate a cleanup of.old

crop supplies. The outlook for prices

in the next year is strengthening, With

chances of a smaller crop both at

home and abroad and larger export





demand.

CORN





A stronger tone has entered the

corn market in the last ten days. The

light receipts, with small decreases in

the accumulation at terminals, and

prospects of a continued light move-

ment to market for another month

Were the apparent influences. Prices

are down to a level, also, where they

are less responsive to pressure. Im-

proved demand was reported in some

quarters, notably from the Pacific

Coast. The rise in wheat prices exert-

ed some sympathetic effect. An up<

ward trend has probably started in the

corn market, but the underlying Situ-

ation remains weak, and advances in

price will be limited unless the new

crop becomes distinctly unfavorable.





OATS





Oats seeding was hampered by ex—

cessive moisture again during the past

week. Late planting usually results

in some reduction of yield. This sit-

uation helped to support oats prices

during the past week. In addition,

primary receipts are light, the move

ment from terminals is fairly large,

and steady progress is being made to





 





' over through the summer.





'4"IMARKET REPORT ‘





ward distribution of the excessive vis-

ible supply. Export buying has quiet-

ed down. Oats prices are on a. level

that will make them responsive to con-

tinuation of unfavorable planting con-





ditions.

SEEDS





Cold and rainy weather still persists

over wide areas and demand for seeds

has failed to show any improvement.

Prices have been shaded by dealers

who do not want a surplus to carry

Demand

for red clover is slow in spite of re-

ductions in cost, but sweet clover prob-

ably will be sewn as long as cats are

being seeded, so that demand will con-

tinue. Alsike clover seed has been

unsettled, and prices have eased off.





FEEDS





Feed markets have worked higher

under a more active demand and light

offerings. The approach of pastures

and the relatively low coarse grain

prices make a sustained advancing

feed market improbable, however, and

sales for future shipment are small.





EGGS





The egg market held steady last

week, although receipts are increasing

somewhat faster than the consumptive

demand. High country costs will keep

prices firm in distributing markets. A

year ago, the peak of production came

toward the end of April. With the

season generally so late, the high

point this spring probably will not be

reached before May. The demand for

eggs to store is not so broad as last

season. Holdings on April 1 totalled

857,000 cases, compared with 1,240,-

000 cases on the same date last year,

and a five-year average on April 1 of

1,030,000 cases. Dealers are predicting

heavy supplies of eggs once the be-

lated spring arrives, so that prices

may hold around the present level a

while longer.



Chicago.~Eggs, fresh firsts 28c; or-

dinary firsts 27c; miscellaneous 27140;

dirties 260; checks 251/2c. Live poul-

try, hens 32((1‘2330; broilers 45@55c;

roosters 21c; ducks 30@32c; geese at

210; turkeys 30@35c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and





graded 29@291,éc. Live poultry, broil-

ers 45@6OC; heavy hens 32@33c; light

hens 34c; geese 22@23c; ducks 38c;

turkeys 42c.





BUTTER





Butter prices descended further

down the scale last week to a new low

level for the season. It is a case of

too much butter for the demand.

Fresh production has already recov-

ered from the temporary effects of un-

favorable weather and receipts again

are large. Stocks of storage butter

are of record size, and reductions are

much smaller than at this time last

year. Holdings on April 1 showed a

surplus of nearly seven million pounds

over the same date a year ago. The

carryover into the new butter year on

May 1 will undoubtedly be the largest

in the history of the butter market.

Retail prices have been reduced in the

past week and consumptive demand

may increase. Wider distributing out-

lets Would be of great help in steady-

ing the market.



Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 37c; New York 38c. In De-

troit fresh creamery in tubs sells for

37@380 a pound.





POTATOES





Potato prices soared to new high

levels last week, but demand slowed

down and prices settled back a little.

Supplies are being closely cleaned

up, with shipments decreasing sharply

from week to week. New potatoes are

in limited supply, and prices are well

maintained. Northern round whites,

U. S. No. 1, are quoted at $4.60@4.95

per 100 pounds, sacked, in the Chicago

carlot market. Double head barrels

Spaulding Rose new potatoes are held

at $17 in the same market.





WOOL





The recent spurt in wool trade ac~

tivity was short lived, as buying has

slowed down 'in the west as well as in

seaboard markets. Mills are buying

sparingly, and report that sales of

goods are made on such a low basis

that they can only make mean offers

for raw material. Ohio wools ranging

from fine to quarter-blood prices at

46 cents in Boston failed to attract





 





 





Live Stock Market Service I





 





Tuesday, April 20.





CHICAGO





Hogs



Receipts 22,000. Market slow; most-

ly steady to strong at Monday’s aver-

age; few killers underweight 5@10c

higher; big packers inactive; majority

240-325 butchers $11.60@12.45; bulk of

better 200—225 weight at $12.55@13.15;

sorted 180 down largely $13.25@13.60;

top 140 average $13.85; packing sows

$10.50@10.90; choice killing pigs are

around $13.75.



Cattle.



Receipts 10,000. Market- fed steer

trade steady at Monday’s close; un-

even; in—between heifers slow; medi-

um supply hold—overs from Monday of—

fered; lower grade scarce; fully steady

both to killers and feeders and veal-

ers; best heavy $10.35; few loads at

$10@10.25; mixed yearlings up to $10;

bulk of fat steers $8.75m‘1960; good

active trade on all grades and classes;

vealers firm to higher at $10.50@11.50;

packers mostly $9.



[Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 12,000. Market fat lambs

active; 25@50c higher; heavies show—

ing big end of advance;good clipped

lambs averaging 97 dowuward mostly

$12.25@13.50; good choice handy

weight shippers to city butchers at

$13.75; most fat wool lambs at $15@

15.25; fat sheep strong to 250 higher;

good fat ewes averaging 160 pounds at

$9.75; few clipped ewes $8; nothing

done on shearing lambs; practically

none on sale.





DETROIT





Cattle.



Receipts 573. Canners and cutters

steady; others active 10@15c higher.

Good to choice yearlings,



dry-fed ................ $ 9.25@10.25

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8.50@ 9.75





Handy weight butchers . 7.50@ 8.65

Mixed steers and heifers 7 2543 8.50

Handy light butchers 6.25@ 7.15

Light butchers . . . . . ..... 5.50@ 6.15

Best cows ..... . ...... . . 6.25@ 7.25

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . 5.25@ 6.15

Cutters 4.25@ 5.00





 





Canners ................. 3.25@ 4.25

Choice light bulls ....... 4.50@ 6.00

Bologna bulls ........... 5.50@ 6.25

Stock bulls ............. 5.25@ 6.65

Feeders ................. 6.75@ 7.85

Stockers ................ 25@ 7 35





6. .

Milkers and springers. . . .$45.00@80.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 770. Market steady.





Bulk good ............... $13.00@13.50

Best ..................... $13.00@13.50

Others .................. 4.00@11.50





Sheep and Lambs. _

Receipts 499. Lambs 500 higher;

sheep steady.

Best ..................... $12.75@13.00

Fair lambs .............. 11.00@12.00





Light and common ...... 6.50@10.75

Fair and good sheep . . . . 8.50@ 9.00

Culls and common .. 3.50@ 5.50





Hogs.





Receipts 1,708. Market steady.1





Mixed grades ........... $ 3.35

Roughs ............... . 10.25

Pigs .................... 14.00

Stags ................... 7.50

Yorkers ................. 13.75





BUFFALO





Hogs



Receipts 1.600. Market is closing

steady; heavy $12.50@13.25; medium

$13.50@14; light weight at $14@14.25;

light lights and pigs at $14.35@14.50;

packing sows and roughs $11.



Cattle.



Receipts 300. The market is slow,

with steers 1100 lbs. up at $8.50@

10.50; steers 1100 lbs. down $6.50@

9.50; yearlings $10; heifers at $5.50@

8.50; cows $2.50@7; bulls $5@6.50. '



Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 300. Best clipped lambs at





$14; no wools here; load of clipped

aged \wethers at $9.50; yearlings $11@





11.50; clipped ewes $7.50@8.50.

Calves.

Receipts' 400. Tops $13.50; culls

at $8.50. -





 





 





 





buyers. Purchasing in the west was

so brisk for a time that a small ad-

vance in prices resulted, with Idaho

wools up to 36 cents and Utah clips

at 35 cents, but the market has quiet-

ed down noticeably. Foreign markets

are steady to firm, and some foreign

wools held in this country have been





reshipped.

BEANS





The market for pea beans is steady,

with a fair demand, and slight price in-

creases. Other kinds are slow, and

price concessions are necessary to

stimulate trading;





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Fairer weather and better condition

of the roads brought a liberal supply

of.produce and caused a drop in the

price of some products—particularly

root crops. Parsnips, carrots, cabbage

and leeks were cheaper, and moved

off fairly well. Horseradish and root

parsley were very slow selling. The

first green onions sold readily at 800 a.





 





MARKETS BY RADIO.





 





AILY rnarket reports and

weather forecasts may be

obtained each week day from

the following Michigan stations:

WKAR—Michigan State Col-

College, 12:00 noon.

WCX—Detroit Free Press, at

2:15 P. M.

WWJ—Detroit News, 10:25 A.

M., 12:00 noon, 4:00 P. M.

I WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelps,

7:00 P. M.





 





 





 





dozen bunches. Rhubarb was more

plentiful and prices were lower. Pota-

toes were in liberal supply but the

movement was only moderate. Apples

were more in demand. The fair sup-

ply of poultry found easy sale and

there was a good call for eggs. Flow-

ers {and shrubbery were in limited de—

man .





Apples $1@3.50 bu; beets 75c@$1

u; carrots $1.25@2 per bu; cabbage,

green, $1.50@2 bu; red $1.25@2.25 bu;

dry onions $1.50@1.75 bu; green on-

ions 75@800 dozen bunches; leaf let-

tuce $1.50 per 611). bu; root parsley $3

@4 bu; curly parsley 50c per dozen

bunches; potatoes $3.25 bu; winter rad-

ishes 75@900 bu; round radishes 900

@1.05 per dozen bunches; topped tur-

nips $1@2 bu; parsnips $1.50@2.50 a.

bu; bagas 75@90c bu; leeks $1@1.50

dozen bunches; vegetable oysters 80@

900 dozen bunches; rhubarb, fancy 75c

@$1 dozen bunches; horseradish $2@4

bu; Hubbard squash $2 bu; butter 50

@600; honey $1 per 5-lb. pail; maple

syrup $3.50 gallon; small celery 25(5)

500 down; eggs, wholesale 30@32c:

retail 35@400; hens, wholesale 34@

370; retail 38611400; roosters, whole—

sale 35@36c; retail 38@400; veal 18

@200; dressed hogs, small 200; dress-





ed hens 45c; dres ed ‘

ducks 500. s roosters 45c,





GRAND RAPIDS





Hothouse leaf lettuce prices touched

the highest prices of the year early

this week in Grand Rapids, the Grow-

ers’ Association making sales over a

wide area around 180 pound. This

price represents an advance of 100 per

cent in less than a. week’s time and

is just double the prevailing quotation

one year ago. Potatoes were easier in

a range of $275033 bushel, but dry on-

ions, both red and yellow, were weak

around $1 a bushel. Green onions

were steady at 20@25c dozen bunches.

Hothouse radishes were higher at 60c

ggggiliybundches. Agples were in liberal



, an s ow. pies sel in at 1.50

@3 bushel. Other varieties wgere Inev-

ing at $1@1.25 bushel. Eggs were

steady at 25@27c a dozen, and butter-

fat declined to 40c a pound, the lowest

of the year. Broilers started this week

at 45@60c pound, and heavy fowls

were easier at 28@30c. Pork was firm

at 15@16c. Beans were weak around

$3.60 per cwt., and wheat was holding

around $1.59 avbushel.





 





COMING LIVE STOCK SALEB‘





 





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May 5.—Curtisa' '
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Bear ‘Lake. Mich.





COUNTY. CROP REPORTs.





5 Manlstee 00.,“ April 13.-——There is

very little change in plans of farmers

this spring as to crop acreages. Farm-

ers are hauling manure and may start

plowing this week. Cattle are looking

good. This has been the longest feed-

ing winter for forty-two years—N. W.





Midland 00., April 12.—Farmers are

not doing much on account Of the

backward spring. They are being em-

ployed at hauling manure and cutting

wood. There are still some snow

drifts, and high water in the streams.

Farmers are planning the usual acre-

age of crops except potatoes, which

will be increased about ten per cent.

Live stock is in fair condition. The

feed supply is a little short. Very lit-

tle marketing is being done. Beans

are selling at $3.80; eggs 250; butter—

fat 45c; potatoes $2.25.—M. S. B.



Sanilac 60., April 15.—Nothing is be-

ing done toward seeding as yet. Farm-

ers are busy with odd jobs—saWing

wood and repairing machinery. Very

little spraying is done here. Not much

commercial fertilizer used. Our live

stock consists mostly Of dairy cows

which are in good condition. At pres-

ent roads are in bad condition. The

bean acreage will be about normal. A

larger planting of sugar beets will.be

put in than a year ago. Beans bring

$3.70; oats 350; eggs 27c; butter-fat

39c.—-—C. M.



Missaukee 00., April 11.—-—The roads

are bad. There is still plenty Of snow.

No produce is being marketed. Oats

bring 40c; potatoes $3; hay $28 a ton.

Beans $3.25; feed is scarce. No farm—

ing yet. Fields are covered with snow.

—A. M. . .



Genesee 00., April 13,—As yet no

field work is being done in this sec-

tion. Gravel and dirt roads are impas-

sable in many places. Hay is short

and selling at $20@25 in barns. A

smaller acreage of beans will be sown

than last year. Wheat does not show

up very well. Some will probably be

torn up.——S.





CONDITION OF WINT_E—R CROPS.





 





INTER Wheat—Notwithstanding

the fact that much wheat was

sown unusually late last fall and

attained only a small growth, it has

apparently come through the winter in

better condition than expected, accord-

ing to the April 1 report issued by L.

Whitney Watkins, commissioner Of ag-

riculture, and Verne H. Church, agri-





-rHE3MicHi





erallythe most severe month on fall-

sown grains, but this year the ground

was covered with snow during the

greater part of the time. Correspond-

ents reported an average condition of

76 per cent for Michigan, nine per cent

below last year’s figure on the same

date, and eight per cent lower than the

ten-year average for April 1. As the

crop was under the snow at the time

of the report, opinions varied greatly

as to the true condition and a more

definite statement can probably be

made at the time Of the next report.



The condition for the country as a

Whole is 84.1 per cent, as compared

with 68.7 per cent one year ago.



Rye—Rye is a less pOpular crop in

Michigan than formerly and many

farmers have discontinued raising it.

Much of the acreage was sown late in

the fall, due to adverse weather con-

ditions, and made but little growth be-

fore winter set in. The condition is

reported at 81 per cent, against 87 per

cent one year ago and 88, the ten-year

average for April 1. With ample mOIS—

ture now in the soil, both wheat and

rye should react favorably when the

growth starts. ,



The United States’ crop report shows

a condition of 80.2 per cent, four per

cent below that of one year ago, and

nearly eight per cent under the ten-

year average.



Pasture—Owing to the lateness of

the spring, it is too early to report a

condition on pasture in Michigan. For

the entire country, the average condi-

tion is 82.1 per cent. Last year it was

85.5 per cent on the same date.





Farm Rental Values—The results of

a special inquiry on this subject indi-

cate that the average rental value Of

farms is $4.60 per acre: Of plow lands,

$5.80 per acre; and pasture lands, $2.30

per acre. The respective values of

these three classes of lands are $81,

$89 and $41 per acre.





 





Michigan Farmer, Detroit





SHIP YOUR

LIVE POULTRY

DRESSED POULTRY

DRESSED CALVES

DRESSED HOGS

ROASTING PIGS

TAME RABBITS





TO

DETROIT BE E F 00.





DETROIT. MICH.

36 years in the commission business in the same

location and under the same management.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





cultural Statistician, U. S. Bureau of $250,000.00 capital and surplus. Prompt returns.

Agricultural Economics. March is gen- “rite for free shippers guide.

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1 story. per pack of 5 hives. 8 frame. wood covers. $0.80.

Semi for special price list of all Bee Supplies.





covers. $13. 35.





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10 frame wood covers. $10.75. 10 frame metal

A. G. Woodman 00.. Grand Rapids, Mich.





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SPECIAL SALE STANDARD BEE HIVES





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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





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

Smul advertisements bring best results under classified headings.





tiring, miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





. l olumns at commercial rates.

at '35ng 3:2: aorwégd.di::c:yiifsartion. on orders for loss than four insertions; for four or more

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

display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order

Livo flock advertising has a upstate dopu‘lmont and





sharps 10 words.





Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department





in not aocopiod .ao classified. Minimum





 





 





 





Ono Four Ono Four

10........80.80 82.40 28........82.08 86.24

11........ .88 2.6g 27........ 2.18 6.48

12........ .98 2.8 2 2.24 6.12

18........ 1.04 8.12 20........ 2.82 8.80

14........ 1.12 3.86 2.40 7.20

15........ 1.20 8.60 2.48 7.44

18........ 1.28 8.84 82........ 2.58 7.68



4.08 88........ 2.64 1.82

4.82 84........ 2.72 8.16

4.58 85........ 2 8.40

4.80 86 8.64

5.04 8.82

5.28 8.12

5.52 9.36





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REAL ESTATE





A MILD \VINTER AND PLEASANT SUMMER. A

farm with a. commanding view of the entire country.

naturally drained. good productive soil. Land .at

$20 an acre. A new bungalow. the material costing

only $200. Two or three crops 3. year. General farm

crops with a. few cows. hogs, and hens paying your

living expenses. while early vegetables bring high

prices. making your money crops, and enable you

to pay for your farm in two years. Two-thirds of an

acre of radishes brought $270.50 net. March 18th.

Good roads. standard schools. pleasant neighbors. low

cash payment. easy terms. Can you beat such an

ofl'er? Write and let me send you full information.

W. E. Price. General Immigration Agent. Room 071.

Southern Railway System, Washington. D. C





120—ACRE FRUIT AND DAIRY FARM. Manistoa

County: productive hard maple land: modern nines

room house: large barn; eight acres bearing ordiud;

use of large sugar bush: six good markets near. A

lovely home, farm pays well. but have other business.

$7.000 takes it. Easy terms. Write M. C. Guild.





 





 





 





is S... are. we or ram-m

. es rum 6 . f terostad.

write H..§. Kucher. Rose City. Mich.





SPLENDID BIG FARM HOME‘132 Acres. 11 Cows

and young stook, bull. gas engine, saw rig, new en~

silage cutter and carrier. cream separator,

machinery. tools, etc.. thrown in: broad level fields.

30—cow abundantly-watcwd pasture, 400 sugar ma.-

plos, valuable woodlot, nice Orchard: attractive big





GA-VN FA R MER





wagons. I! dollar prepaid.





 





WANTED—For, rent, a

house for 2.000 chicks. Electric lighted.

tis. 2252 24th St... Detroit, Mich.





I. Dermot-





 





MISCELLANEOUS





PRACTICAL MUSKRAT BREEDING—The latest

treatise on the subject. written by the manager of a

successful ranch. Covers best Den plan in use.



Grass Lake Fur Farm. West Branch. Mich.





 





 





OLD (‘OINS AND STAMPS WANTED—~Buying list

fl‘i'n‘. Stamp and (‘oin Collector tells about stamps

and coins. 0 months. 25c. Kraus. 409 Chestnut.

Milwaukee, Wis.





 





CEDAR FENCE POSTS in car lots, direct from for-

est to user. Ask for delivered price. E. Doty. At-

lanta. Mich. .





 





FOR QUICK SALE—Price Right. 20-40 Rumely Oil

Pull Tractor. 30-48 Advance Separator. , G.

Creel. Lyons. Mich.





 





 





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





CONCORD GRAPE VINES. strong planting grade,

820 per 1000. Three~year Concord $75 per 1000.

Niagara, one year $40: two years $00. “‘orden. Aga-

wam. Moore’s Early two yr. $50 per 1000. (,‘uthbert

Rod Raspberry $12 per 1000: Cumberland Black $14.

(‘olumbian Purple 100 for $2.50; 1000 for $23. Straw-

berry Plants. all best varieties, $4 per 1000. Eldorado

Blackberry. 1000 for $15. Pedigreed Washington As-

paragus Roots. one year 1000 for $6; two years 1000

for $0: 100 for $1.25. Palmetto. one year $5 per

1000; two year 88: 100 for 81. Seven Splrea for 81.

Eight Dcutzia for $1. Shrubs. Everything to plant.

Free list. Prestage & Sons, Allegan. Mich.





 





 





 





 





TOMATO PI.ANTS.—Earlinna. Stone, Bonnie Best.

Greater Baltimore. Red Rock. Five Varieties Cab-

bage. three Collard. Celery, Lettuce. Beets. Onions.





Brussell Sprouts. Post paid. 100, 30c: 300. 75v:

500. $1.00: 1,000. $1.50. Not prepaid. 5,000, $4.50,

10,000, $8.00. Ruby Ring Pepper. Egg Plants: Pout





Paid, 100, 400: 300. $1.00: 1,000. $2.25. Moss Pack<

ed. Satisfaction Guaranteed. D. F. Jamison. Sum-

merville. S. C.





 





FROST PROOF CABBAGE AND TOMATO PLANTS

~~Varielies3 Charleston and Jersey Wakefields, Copen-

hagen Market. Succession and Flat Dutch. Tomato.

Bonnie Best. Earliana. Livingston Globe and Greater





Baltimore. Prices. Parcel Post Paid. 500, $1.50:

1,000. $2.50; 5,000 and over. express collect, $1.25

per 1,000. We guarantee to ship promptly as. good





size plant that will please you. Tifton Potato (‘O..





Inc., Tifton. Ga.





 





CROP SATISFACTION insurance is Certified Seed

from latest imprmcd strains of highest yielding va-

rieties under Michigan conditions. Wolverine oats. Rm

bust beans. two to twenty bushels clean. heavy.

treated. certified oats. all ready to drill. one dollar

a bushel. Over twenty bushels, ninety cents, F. 0.

B. Bags are free. In bulk at farm, eighty cents.

1020 seed circular, yours on request. A. B. Cook.

Owosso. Mich.





 





FROS'I'PROOF CABBAGE. ONIONS. ALSO TOMA-

TOES—Leading varieties. Immediate shipment. Strong.

hardy plants, 100, 40c; 500. $1.10; 1,000, $2.00. Post-

paid. Express collect. 5,000. $0.25: 10.000. $12. Pol)-

per, 100, 50c: 1,000. $2.50. Postpaid. East Texas

Plant (30.. Ponta. Texas.





 





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chicken farm and chicken HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEE





five pounds. $1.50: ten. $2.50. Smoking. ten. $1.50.

Pipe free: pay when received. United Farmers. Bard-

well. Kentucky.





 





POULTRY





WHITE LEGHORN IIENS and cockbirds now half

price. Thousands of eight-week-Old pullcts. Also

baby chicks and hatching eggs shipped quick. Trap-

nested. pedigreed foundation stock. egg-bred 26 years.





 





Winners at 10 egg contests. Catalog and special

price bulletin free. I ship C. 0. D. and guarantee

satisfaction. Geo. B. Ferris. G34 Shirley. Grand

Rapids. Michigan.





 





HATCHING EGGS—$1.10 per setting. postpaid, from

our matings of heavy laying prize winners in Blue

Andalusians. Buff, White Minorcas. Partridge Racks.

Lone Pine Poultry Farm, Silver Lake, Indiana.





 





PULLETS—IOOO Tancrcd and IIoilywoods. S. C. Legv

horns. TWclve weeks old. $1.00 each. February and

March hatched. H. L. French. Pomeroy. Ohio.





 





S. C. BRO\VN AND “'HI’I‘I'} LEGHORNS-332 98‘8-

Trapncsted. Pcdigrmd stock. eggs $1.00 up. Catalog.

Harlan Fulton. Gallipolis. Ohio.





 





IMPERIAL Ringlet Barred Rock Eggs from n State

Accredited fleck. $0.00 per hundred. Robert Martin.

Woodland. Mich. '





 





 





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK sees for hatching.

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

50. $9.00 per 100. F. E. Fogle. Okemos, Mich.





 





RHODE ISLAND REDS-R. C.

crels at $3 to $5 each.

Mich.





HATCHING EGGS—“mite Rocks.





Large Fancy Cook-

Bui-t Sisson. Imlay City.





Buff Orpingtons.





 





Won Egg Contest. Circular. Walnut Hill Farm.

Milford. Mich.

PARK'S BRED-TO-LAY Barred Plymouth Rock





Hatching Eggs. $1.75 per 15.





mont, Mich.

WHITE “TANDOT’I‘ES EXCLUSIVELY—Eggs $5.00





per hundred, prepaid. Raymond Eash. Shipshewana,

Indiana.





IMPERIAL “'HITE PEKIN DUCK EGGS. $2.00 per

11. Postpaid. Chas. Stutz. Saranac. Mich.





Clinton Farnam. Fre-





 





 





 





 





PURE TOULOUSE GEESE EGGS—ten for

Loyd Southworth. Allen, Mich.





$4.75.





 





 





BABY CHICKS





SPECIAL SALE—Tanned and Tom Barron Whim

chhoms. Parks' Barred Becks. S. C. R. I.

Reds. We are now booking orders for our

special sale which starts May 22nd. Svnd for our

very instructive catalogue and this special price list

today. and get your Chicks on time this year. Stats

Accredited. 100% me delivery, and satisfaction guar—

anteed. Brummer & Frederickson Poultry Farms.

Holland. Mich.





 





 





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 standardrbred poultry.

100% live arrival. Prepaid. Every chick guaranteed.

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

Paul. Nebr.





 





VEGETABLE PLANTS shipped anywhere- Unitcd

States. Will ship prepaid mail. 50 Wukcilcld or All«

head Cabbage Plants and 50 Bonnybcst or Baltimore

Tomato Plants (garden full) all for 50c. Cauliflower

and Pcppcr Plants (35c hundred, prepaid. (‘arlisle

Produce (‘0., Inc.. ValdOsta. Georgia.





 





FOR SALE—~Statc inspected Cumberland Raspberry

Plants. unusually thrifty. l2-acrc patch under ob-

servation of M. S. C. and State Dcpt. Agriculture.

$8 thousand, F. 0. B. Ftistor Bros, Hartford. Mich.

Van Buren (‘0.





 





CABBAGE AND TOMATO PLANTS—all leading va-





 





 





 





 





rieties. By express. $1.00 per 1,000: 500, 00 emits.

By mail. 100, 40 cents; 500, $1.25; 1,000. $2.00.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Address. W. L. Beardin.

Coolidge. Ga.



COPENHAGEN CABBAGE PLANTS. $1.00. 1,000;

Tomato, $1.00: Rubi King l’cppcr. $2.00: Sweet 1’0-

tato, $2.00: Onion, $1.00. Large open field grown.

Prompt shipment. Quitman Plant C0,. Quitman.

Georgia.





 





FOR SAI.E-—90—Diiy Yellow and Reid’s Yellow Dent

Seed ('Orn. shelled. L'l‘fidi‘d, ready for the planter.

better than 90% germination. $3.50 pcr bushel. Also

Soy Beans. Chester Fowler. LOckbox 18, (.‘rawfords-





 





ville. ind.



EARLY PLANTS-~Tomnro. Bermuda Onion. 1,000,

$1.75. Cabbage. $1.25. Sweet Potatoes. $2.50. Large

lots chi-aim: Livc delivery guaranteed. Catalogue

free. Progress Plant (‘o.. Ashburn. Georgia.





 





FOR SALFr—Certiflwi Wolverine Oats. Golden Dent

Seed (‘orn (Germination 05%). Manchu Soy Bonus

and loading varieties of early and late p0tat(x-s. John

('. VVilk. St. Louis. liIich.





 





 





PLANTS~~Leading Varietics, open field grown.

beige. $1.00. 1,000; Tomato,

pcr, $2.00. Prompt

Franklin. Va.





Cab—

$1.00: Ruby King Pup<

shipment. W. W. Williams.





Book order without



,. Leghorns. 12c each:



Rocks and R. I. Reds. 14c each. 1000 lot lo



less each. all delivered 100%. We are near you and



will please you with strong stock. Book order. we



will; ship on date wanted. Merrill Hatchery. Merrill,

1 n.





CHICKS—Folks. buy the best.

remittance. Prices. C





 





ENG. W. LEG. CHICKS—direct from our M. A. C.

Demonstration Farm Fleck. All chicks sold until

May 15. Prices after May 15th. $47.50 for 500. $00

for 1000. Live delivery guaranteed. Circular free.

Model Poultry Farm. R. 4. Zoclzind. 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. Jer

ome. Mich.





 





 





BABY CHICKS r~-Wlute Leghorns, $10 per 100: White

Rocks. R. Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks. $12

per 100. prepaid by parcel post. Snowflake Poultry

Farm & Hatchery, R. 5. Middleville, Mich. L. Van-

Schie, Proprietor.





 





iWHITTAKER’S 'I‘RAPNESTED RHODE ISLAND

REDS—Both Combs, Michigan State Aocrcdited.

Bloodtestcd. Michigan’s Grcatest color and egg strain.

Chicks and Eggs. Sixteenth Annual Catalog Free.

Interlakcs Farm. Box 9. Lawrence, Mich.





 





STURI)Y CHICKS—vBlood tested for Bacillary White

Diarrhea. also State Accredited. chhorns, Rocks.

Reds, and White Wyandottcs. Sunnybrook Poultry

Farm. Hillsdalc, Mich.





 





SUPER-QUALITY “'IIITE

heavy laying. 35 years trnpncstml

prices. Catalog in».

110. Columbia,





LEGIIORN CHICKS of

ancestry. I’I'l“WlLr

Missouri Poultry Farms, Box

Mim‘ouri.





 





BABY CHICKS AND iCGGS- Supcrior Ringlct Barre-d

Rocks. Rose Comb lit‘ds, White Leghorns. Catalog.

\Vyndliam's Ideal Poultry Yards, ’l'iflin, Ohio.





 





TWELVE two-year or twenty yearling grape plants.

Write for quantity prices. Root

Son, Bangor. Mich.





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





 





S. C. RUFF LEGIIORN BABY CHICKS from State

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

Bath, Mich.





CHICKS—State Accredited English

Barred Rouks and Black Minorcas.





 





“'hite Leglmms.





 





 





 





 





 





home. bath. running hot and cold water; 3 porches: 1000. Catalogue free. Clark Pl nt C .. .. . . Cirt‘lllfll‘. Hill-



27—cow cement—basement barn. large silo, tool house. Georgia. a 0" Thomasvllle, ’“de HMPMN- R- 3: ”Ullflfld. Mlch.



stable. etc. Woman owner’s low3 price $4'500'q part



cash. Picture and details pg. 1 big Illus. .pring AssORTED COLORS GLADIOLA BULBS~~60 lar TURKEYS



Catalog. Frco. .Strout Agency. 205—130. Kresge or 125 flowering size. 31.00 postpaid. Martha. 5:: .



Bldg. Detroit. Mich. mond, Fosmrjah Mich. THOROUGHBRED Bourbon Rcd Turkey Eggs. fifty

“If” figure. Order curly. F. J. Chapman, North—



. . GOLDEN YELLOW SEED CORN—Tests 94—970. "1 ‘3 ‘ “'L



12_0-A(‘RE‘r FARM in resort _region of Northeast Hand hugkw and a“. dried in crib. Write, Goo. é,-



Miclngnn. (‘lny and Loam. Admins good town. If“! Needham. Saline, Mich. TURKEY EGGS: Thousands of them. all broods,



buildings. House cost $2,500. Woven Wire fencing. strictly “(mummy Special price list free. Eastern





Equipped for sheep. Spring creek with old beavcr

dam furnishes ideal site for beaver raising as advo-

cated by Government. 20 Acres valuable timber and

wood. Can give immediate. possession. $3,500. half

cash. Address A. B. Co.. Michigan Farmer. Detroit.

Michigan.





FOR SALE—~Farm, to close an estate, modern dairy.

fully equipped and stocked with high—grade cattle, 120

acres level farm, IOU-acre woodlot. Good opportunity

to start milk route. Northern Michigan is starting on

the greatest wave of piospcrity it has ever seen. Now

is the time to buy. This farm is a bargain. Write

W. G. Notestine, Executor. Pewskcry, Mich.





 





80<A(“RE FARML -55 acres improved. Emmet C0..

right in the neighborhood where the choicest and

highest priced Michigan Certified Seed Potatoes are

grown by the Smalzricd Bros. Write Edw. Cost-n5.

Levering. Mich.





 





FLORIDA OPPORTUNITIES in agricul'nre. dairying.

poultry, trucking, fruits. Rich soil, healthful climate.

paved highways, bidding for real dirt farmers. Cham-

ber of Commerce Fl. Starks, Fla.





 





OWNER. WANTING TO SELL.

good Michigan farm. Write M.

Maple. San Antonio. Texas.





rcasona-ble price.

Steimel, 114 W.





 





WANTED FARMS





WANTI~TD~T0 hear from owner of

proved land for sale.





 





farm or unim-

0. Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.





 





 





TREES. shrubs. roses. vines. perennials. etc.

list. Aldrich’s Nurseries, Farmington, Mich.

RASPBERRHCSrr—(‘umberlanda State Inspected, Well

rooted. $8 thousand. Amos Green, Eau Claire. Mich.





Ask for





PET STOCK





PURE~BRED AIREDAI.I'IS»~Oorang strain, puppies

and grown stock. Will sell several fino brood matrons

that will raise you fine litters of puppies. Send for

circular. Superior Kennels, Pinconning, Michigan.





WANTED~MRIeS. pedigreed. eligible A. K. C. Pups.





Police, Airedale, and other breeds. Send picture.

pedigree, etc. Cash paid. John Benson. Dealer.

Mcdway. Mass.





 





FOR SALE—Scotch Collie. Puppies. Pure-bred. Mrs.

J. E. Lyon, 11.1910. 7, Flint, Mich.





REGISTERED COLLIES—all colors. natural healers.

Silvercrest Kennels. Gladwin. Michigan.





TOBACCO





KENTUCKY'S BEST LEAF TOBACCO—'Guaranteed.

3 lbs. chewing $1.00: 4 lbs. beet smoking $1.00: 6

lbs. medium smoking $1.00. Pay for tobacco and

postage when received. Co-Operative Tobacco Grow-

ers. Hawesville. Ky.





 





HOMESPUN TOBACCO: Chewing. live lb.. $1.50: tun.

$2.50; smoking. five lb.. $1.25: ten. 82: cigars. 82 for

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

Carlton. Maxons Mills. Kentucky.





 





Ohio Poultry Farm. Beallsvillo, Ohio.





 





COMMISSION FIRMS





WANTED—White chnery Eggs. Can use. 400 Doz.





 





per week. Only men that want a good. all year

around outlet. need answer. Prices to suit market

conditions. At present am paying 32 cents F. O. B.

Detroit. Give full details in first letter. Address

(‘arl F. Gords, Halfway. Mich.



\VE PAY MORE for poultry. eggs and veal. A trial

shipment will convince you. East Coast Poultry 00..





Eastern Market. Detroit. Mich.





 





 





HELP WANTED





MAN AND WlFEr—about 40 years old, without chil‘



drm. Wife to be fair cook. work in owncr’s resi-



deuce. Man good milker. Everything modern. Wag~



$1385 and board. Bazley Stock Farm. Ypsilanti.

lCl.





 





YOUNG MAN FOR FARM WORK~~G00d milkcr.

State age, experience and wages. Burger Farm. Sag—

inaw. W. S.. Mich. R. No. 4.





 





TWO MARRIED MEN on pedigreed seed grain farm.

Box 072. Michigan Farmer. Detroit. Mich.





AGENTS WANTED





AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device washes

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

Costs less than brooms. Over half profit. Write

Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St.. Fairtleld. Iowa.
Because of the great num—

ber of Buicks bought each

year, and because every dol-

lar of the savings Of great

volume goes back into

Buick value, Buick’s mo-

derate price buys quality.





Buick can, and does build

its cars the way all motor

car engineers would like to

build theirs, if their volume

or selling price permitted.





Only on the most expensive

cars will you find chassis

elements in any way com-





parable in cost and quality

to Buick’s Torque Tube

Drive; “Triple-Sealed”,

Valve-in-Head Engine;

Full Pressure Engine Lu-

brication; “Sealed Chassis”;

Controllable Beam Head-

lights and Mechanical 4-

Wheel Brakes.





Buick is selling more cars

today than ever before in

Buick history."6 The public

wants finer transportation

at lower cost. And in

Buick they get it.





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BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN





Division of General Motors Corporation

Canadian Factories: McLAUGHLlN—BUICK, Oshawa, Ontario





Branches in all Principal

Cities—Dealers Everywhere





Pioneer Builders of

Valve-in—H’ead Motor Cm





9K- For eight consecutive yearsgBuick has led, in volume of sales, all

members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.





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W'HEN. BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT,“BUICK WILL. BUILD,





 





 





 





 





 





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