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‘, PEAKING in favor of the pending

' Haugen-McNary price stabilization

ibill, Senator Arthur Capper declared

1that agriculture is standing today at

the parting of the ways. Whether we

shalLdevelop and preserve a robust,

virile farm population, or Whether our

basic industry shall languish and with-

er, depends upon the public policy

adopted during the next ten years.



“Eighty years ago, England faced

the same question. At that time she

decided on a policy that brought ruin

to her agricultural production, com-

pletely changed the character of her

agricultural population, and laid the

basis for the hopeless economic condi-

tion which she now faces.



“Which pathway the United States

shall choose is of far greater import-

ance to our future as a nation than

most of us realize. Sooner or later in

the life of every nation arises the

question, ‘Shall we grow our own food

supply, or shall we buy it where we

can get it the cheapest?’ Frequently

this question translates itself into this

form: Is the farmer to be considered

merely as an instrument to supply the

cheapest food to industrial workers,

or is he to'be considered a major fac-

tor in the community, with power to

charge enough for his products to as-

sure himself equal social advantages

with his urban neighbors?”





FARM MAIL CH EAPER.





 





HE senate has passed the bill fix-



ing postage at one—half the regular

rates on farm products mailed directly

from farm by delivery by rural

routes. The bill provides that the

rate of postage on farm products mail-

ed from farm, garden, orchard or





_ grove for delivery at the post office





from which the route Starts, or on

such route, shall be one-half the reg-

ular rate otherwise applicable for ser-

vice on the route.





A TAX SU RVEY.





 





THREE-YEARS survey at farm



taxation in Michigan will soon be

undertaken under the direction of R.

W. Newton, 3 tax specialist now in

the bureau of agricultural economics,

who will soon join the faculty of the

Michigan Agricultural College.



While in the department of agricul-

ture, Mr. Newton has been conduct-

ing a general survey of taxation

throughout the whole country. Ahques-





 





 





 





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question was asked: “Are farm taxes ’





going up, staying where they are, or

going down?” ' »



Replies. received from 3,700 farmers

widely scattered, seem to show an in.





, crease intaxes between the last year





reported and the previous year, fifty

pei' cent of the replies showing an in:

crease, thirty-eight per cent a de-

crease, and twelve per cent reporting

no change during the year. Informa-

tion from county tax ofiicials give the

basis for an estimate of .total farm

taxes of $870,000,000 in 1925, compared

with $845,000,000 in 1923. i



It was found that farmers pay pro-

portionately higher taxes than other

groups. This according to Mr. New-

ton, is due to the fact that local gov-

ernment in, farming communities .is

more expensive than in city communi-

ties. The schools cost more per prop-

erty valuation. A survey in North Da-

kota showed the cost of teacher ser-

vice in rural schools to be $6.25 per

pupil, and in city schools $5.25 per

pupil. It also costs more to provide

highways to connect farm homes than

city homes.



Mr. Newton says the great bulk of

farm taxes are local. In Indiana fifty

per cent of farm taxes are for local

community uses, thirty-six per cent

for the county, and fourteen per cent

for state and federal. expenditures. -





Through its market advices, the

Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc, claims

to have saved Michigan fruit growers

about $600,000. The fruit growers

were urged to hold off for better

prices from the canners, which were

received. Six cents was received for

cherries instead of five, and twelve

cents per pound for raspberries in—

stead of ten. ’





News of the Week





In eight months of economic war-

fare, America has broken the foreign

monopolistic control of the raw mate-

rials used in rubber making, says Sec-

retary of Commerce Hoover.





In the rain and electrical storm

which raged in Illinois and Iowa on

June 13, the lost was twelve lives and

$1,000,000 in property.



In the explosion of a. coke oven in

the steel mills in Gary, Indiana, four-

teen men were killed and 100 injured.



The University of Michigan honored

Henry Ford with the degree of Doctor

of Engineering.





Uldine Mable Utley, a fourteen-year-

old girl preacher, is having great suc‘





 





 





 





 





cess in converting people in New

York. Sixty came forward in one

meeting. She preaches the funda-





mentalist religion.





In Chester, South Carolina, all busi-

ness was stopped for an hour on June

14 while the churches prayed for rain.



In ,‘1925 over 22,500 people were kill-

ed in automobile accidents. This is

2,200 more than the year before.





Dr. C. De M. Sajous, professor of

the University of Pennsylvania, has

found a principle of chemical action

which sustains life. He claims that

an oxidation of phosphorus produces

the heat to sustain life.



The Tacna-Arica plebiscite has brok—

en down and it is thought that Chill

and Peru will fight for the disputed

territory. ‘



Delos G. Smith, United States Dis—

trict Attorney, endorsed the efforts of

the Narcotic Education Association of





Michigan to establish a sanatorium for-





the treatment of addicts. He said that

Detroit was one of the worst drug

centers in the west. _



A reduction of about $1,000,000,000

in the public debt of the United States

is expected during the fiscal year end-

ing June 30.



The Reds in Moscow arelincensed

over Great Britain’s note to Russia.





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protesting the sending of Soviet mon- ,





ey to itbe_British_ strikers. ’ ‘_

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_ A Practical Journal for the Rural F amily’

MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPI'ER FARM rasss





Delayed Application of Fertilizers





 





 





QUALITY .

RELIABILITY .

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NUMBER XXVI .





 





 





 





 





May Aid Crops in Overcommg the Ham/Imps oftée Search





CBS it pay to apply fertilizers





after the crop is planted, and if '





so, what methods or precautions





' . should be used in the application?





These questions are likely to be ask-





’ .' .ed this year by a considerable number

', of fertilizer users, who, because or the.

,‘rush of eleventh-hour ordering, have

‘ received their fertilizers too late to





apply before or at the time of plant-

ing. If the fertilizer treatment can be

made within a week after corn or oats

are planted, or within two weeks after

potatoes are planted, there need be no





' Iapprehension as to getting the full

‘ effect of the fertilizer.





In such cases,

.where the fertilizer can be applied





Ibefore the crop has germinated or ap-





peared above the ground, the effect

lot the fertilizer will usually be prac-





I-tically the same as if applied at the

. time of planting.





Late Application on Potatoes.

Even after the crop is well up, it





. will certainly payto make a delayed





.fertilizer application, rather than to

One year in





‘ducted a potato fertilizer test. Be-

cause of a delay in freight shipment,





, the fertilizer did not reach its desti-

‘ nation until after the potatoes were

4 six inches high. Rather than not have

, any test at all, County Agent Lytle





applied the fertilizer broadcast, and it

When

the potatoes were harvested, it Was

found that the yield had been increas—

ed forty-three bushels an acre, or at

the rate of 172 bushels, of potatoes for

a ton of fertilizer. Practical potato





, growers in the east often follow a





practice of making a second applica-

tion of fertilizer when the vines are

from six to eight inches high.





._. Top-Dressing Oats.



It is entirely practical and profitable

to top-dress cats at any time during

the tillering or stooling stage. As

soon, however, as the stems or stalks





commence to shoot up rapidly, it is too,





late for work of this kind. To top-

dress oats, use a fertilizer grain drill,

letting the hoes or discs barely .touch

the ground.

Side-Dressing Corn.



Within an astonishingly short time

after the corn is up, the feeding roots

meet and interlace between the rows,





 





ing' roots.





By Ove F. Jensen





comparatively near the surface. Thus

any soluble plant-food material ap-

plied anywhere between the rows is

soon available to this network of feed-

The principal thing, then,

is to get the fertilizer on and worked

into the soil so that the growth of the

plant will not be interrupted. Since

the plant-food in the seed is exhausted

by the time the corn seedlings reach

a height of six or seven inches, the





application should be made before that





stage of growth has been reached.

How to Apply.



1. Use the common grain drill with

two of the hoes or discs set high over

the row of corn. Close the openings

in these two tubes, so that no fertiliz-





 





 





lntensive Farming Proves Fertilizers Valuable when Applied After Planting.





Observations of Rural





The Cdrzferyiozz: of a County flge’zzl





told of their mysterious ways.



Horse traders have opened up

and expOsed their nefarious methods.

Other more dignified and exalted

professions and occupations have had

many an inner secret to tell. In all of

these there has been brought out

something of value—a little keener

The val-





F AIR fakers have confessed and





the frankness of the one enumerating

them, and his ability to observe and





. record human nature.





Rural life has been undergoing far-

’reaching changes in the past ten

years. As an extension worker, the

writer has had an opportunity to ob

serve agriculture at both its front and

back door.

nity to see country people and study

country reactions first-hand and to

register certain impressions as a re-





' suit of these centaots.





It is ,to' present some got these im-

pressions that this article is written.

They are presented as observations of





 





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By C. L. Nash





ourselves, first, and to know what oth-

ers think of us, second.



Each observer of any passing event

is affected in his viewpoint by his ex-

periences, and by the position from

which hemakes his observation. The

ability to draw proper conclusions af-

ter having observed a given event, is

not inherent or acquired by all of us;

hence the :things set forth in this





article may be entirely wrong, never- .





theless they are the impressions actu-

ally gained by one who has spent ten

years working with rural people. Any

social group makes some sort of im-

pression on its observers. The fact

is, right or wrong, it is the impression

left. —



During this period agriculture has

gone, from a fairly safe and sound con-

dition preceding the war, to dizzy

economic heights, and in turn, down

to the dark woods of economic de-





spair. During this period farm organ-,





iZation received added stimulus. In

the hey—day of their enthusiasm, farm

fdlks and others caused the air at

times to be charged ‘with organization





 





 





es in the observers’ ears, which made

it difficult to discern from what source

came all this impetus to assist agri-

culture. It has been difficult to sep-

arate the good from the bad, to rec-

ognize the demagog, and to be sure of

the sincerity of those who proposed

to help agriculture. Observation leads

me to believe that of all the distract-

ingthings workers with rural people

have had to meet in recent years, per-

haps the worst and most pernicious

is that group of political opportunists





-who, bi-annually at election time, tell





the farmer the things he wants to

hear, not the things he ought to hear.

They are keen students of public sen-

timent. They are the ones today who

do all the shouting for laws to allow

the farmer to solve his own problems.

That phrase sounds good, in be main

is good economic sense, but i is being

worked to death by those who are

pleased to dodge the main issue.

These men never advocate anything





me. If they spent half the time study-





_ing concrete problems of rural life

that they do studying the public pulse.





plant-food materials.





 





that would be unpopular with the peo- .





er will be dropped on the corn.



2. Apply with a regular fertilizer

distributor. If yours is not of the

type which has feed spouts, use burlap

bags on the distributor to prevent fer-

tilizer dropping on the young plants.



3. Use a. fertilizer attachment on

the cultivator. This cultivates and

fertilizes in one operation.



4. Use the two-row corn planter

with fertilizer attachment, and drive

astride the rows. This is better than

hand application, but not so good a

method as the others mentioned.



5. Use a one-horse. or five-hoe grain

drill, such as is used for seeding win-

ter grains in standing corn.’ This ma-

chine is also most excellent for apply-

ing side dressings of fertilizer to pota- .

toes, cabbages, tomatoes, and in fact,

to all rowed crops.



If you use a fertilizer broadcaster,

cultivate or work the soil immediately

after applying the fertilizer. This mix-

es the fertilizer through the soil so

that the small feeding rootlets can

get to it. Do not work deep enough

to cut the roots.



is There Any Danger of lnjuring

the Crop?



furnish concentrated

A single bag of

high-analysis fertilizer usually con-

tains more elements of plant-food, and

in a more available and quick—acting

form, than half a ton of ordinary farm

manure. Therefore, do not apply the

fertilizer too close to the plant, but

let the roots reach out for what they

need The only danger arises from

getting fertilizer on wet foliage, and

this can be easily avoided. '





Life





they might stand ‘out in the fore-

ground as leaders of rural progress

instead of trailing along in the wake

of agricultural advancement.





Fertilizers





'Atf times it has been necessary to

call a spade a spade when meeting

just this sort of stuff. It has been





- distracting at times to see farm folks





follow false leads, but there has been

some satisfaction in the thought that

all reverses make for some progress

after all. Life is largely a huge ex-

periment, a case of try this and try

that and rural people are not immune

to this method.





Observation leads us to believe that

farmers are very much like other

folks in their fundamental character-

istics. Other folks have, and so have

farmers, gone down roads that they

have to back out of. Can we then

blame the farmer so much? True it

is, he is an individualist, but this very

individualism, properly directed, is a

saurce of strength. Individually his

thinking is often crooked, but collec-

tively his opinions stack up as well a

as any other industrial group of, ir’

people. .



If any one impression stands out in.



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VOLUME CLXVI NUMBER TWENTY-SIX





DETROIT, JUNE 26, 1926

CURRENT COMMENT





LTHOUGH coop-





 





Tbe eration is the cf-

c- fort of today and the

04’" hope of tomorrow, it

Toll has had its toll, as





have all great move.

ments. -Nearly every great human en-

deavor has had its share of failures,

and agricultural cooperation is no ex-

ception. .



The birth and death records of over

one thousand farmers’ business enter-

prises furnish some interesting mate-

rial. These one thousand dead co~ops

had about 150,000 members and did a

yearly business approximating $98,-

000,000. The average life was a little

over six years. The dairy associa~

tions lasted longest, having an aver-

age life of ten years. Grain market~

ing associations lasted six and a half

years; fruit organizations, four years;

live stock shipping associations, a lit-

tle over three years.





Two hundred and thirty-seven of

these associations were organized in

1919 and 1920, the periods of greatest

agricultural changes. These were un«

doubtedly organized as efforts to re-

lieve the situation. The year of great-

est mortality was 1923, when organi-

zations fell .by the wayside from the

eflects of the agricultural depression.





It is interesting to note that only

seven per cent of the organizations

failed because of dishonesty, but sew

enty-two per cent had to quit because

of inefficiency. Many of the organiza-

tions had no beaten paths to follow,

so they really needed men with more

» than ordinary foresight and judgment.

Such men are hard to find.

, . There is no doubt that much of the

7trial and 'error phase ‘of cooperative

: fmarketing is past. There is plenty of

xpefience behind us now,‘ which

ӎ uld, guide existing organizations.





Us





. ,lithe stress and strain of the. ag-





command from ' now I on, ‘ the hope _ is





that things will be more stable. ;

Just because many co-ops have fail-

ed in the past few years should‘ not

put one against the cooperative move-

ment.

an'\ essential to agricultural progress,

and one can almost be safe in predict-

ing that from now on agricultural co-

operation will have a conservative and

successful development. ,





ROGRESS is be-





Master ing made in the

F inspection of the

("finer farms of those nomi-

Candsdates nated to the Michigan





Master Farmers’ Club.

While this is a real job, it, is revealing

such a fund of valuable information

regarding the leading farmers, that

one is eager to continue until the en-

tire list is completed. Of course, the

information gathered will not be pub-

lished until after the judges have

made their decision. But we desire

to assure our readers that they have

a real treat ahead.

. One matter we would like to empha-

size here, and that is, we are finding

many really worth-while things about

the farmstead can be provided with

comparatively little capital if one just

has an urging desire and a little nat-

ural or acquired ability to go after

them. In other words, we are discov-

ering that it is not necessarily the

man who has sunk the largest amount

of money in his farming enterprise,

who is realizing the greatest satisfac-

tion. More and more we are being

convinced that it is the type of man

on the farm who determines what the

results from that farm will be, rather





than ideal natural conditions for

farming.



ORE than one



producing over 4,000,.



121““! NM," 000,000 pounds of milk



lng on us annually, 571,000 bar-





rels of sugar, daily

refrigerating capacity of 76,410 tons,

an army of 51,000 men and women,

4,500 plants, and a half billion dollars

of invested capital—these are some

of the items that were required to sat-

isfy the American appetite for ice

cream last year.



Nutrition specialists claim for this

popular dessert many health-giving

vitamins. It is their belief that clover

is the source of these mysterious prop-

erties. The cows feeding on the C10

ver and grass in the sunshine develop

these vitamins in their milk and make

them available. Pure milk and cream

are the basis of all ice cream.



Statistics tell us that the per capita

consumption of milk in New York has

tripled during the last thirty-five

years. The same is true of many oth-

er cities, but it is very doubtful if the

milk consumption of the farm has in-

creased at that rate in the same

length of time. When the milk cheek

means ready money, we are apt to cut

our home supply to the minimum. But

in so doing we are robbing the family

of one of the most healthproducing

foods of the farm, and one of the

cheapest.





ECENT primary





The election returns in

Iowa indicate t h a t



Unsettled former Senator Brook-

Farmers hart has won over the

present incumbent,



Senator Cummings. Brookhart is un-

orthodox, he has advanced views





which some call radical. His election

indicates that the farmers of Iowa are

still in a state of unrest. His prom-

ises for agricultural relief undoubtedly

gained him his primary election.



We have relatively little unrest in

Michigan{ for our .. diversification in

farming has been our salvation. We

have our problems and we have felt

thegreaction in farming, but ‘when one





 





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the firmer m;

crop. It , 96mm 0

the whole wdrld’ ook’ wrong to him.

This condition in e mid-west states

have made them the present political

battle ground of the. nation.’ The

whole country is watching the attempt

to solve their problems. '



The old advice, “do not put all your

eggs in one basket,” has much funda-

mental good in it for farming, as well

as for investment and business. We

may feel fortunate that our state af-

fords us such opportunities to distrib-

ute our agricultural eggs in several

baskets. If one basket gets hit’ we

still have some eggs unharmed in the

others. '



We feel sure that Michigan will al-

ways be known for its agricultural, as

well as its political, sanity because of

the natural resources with which God

has endowed us.



Detroit's slogan is, “Where Life is

Worth Living.” This may equally ap-

ply to the entire state. But just now

,there are people in other sections who

might ridicule such a. slogan for them-

selves.





 





N various ways ef—





Stop forts have been

Growing made to impress up-

on farmers the de-



cor” structiveness of the

corn borer. It has





been said that when the borer gets

down into the real corn belt of Illinois

and nearby states, the agriculture of

that region would be changed.



Many have ridiculed such thoughts

because they have not conceived that

an insect could cause such radical

changes. But, here is a bit of news

from Ontario, Canada, where the borer

got his first real foothold. Dr. W. C.

Crawford, chief of the field and truck

crop pest work in the Canadian de-

partment of agriculture, has recently

said that the corn acreage in Ontario

will voluntarily be reduced seventy

per cent this yeavr because of the dam-

age the borer has done during the

past few years. In other words, many

of the farmers of Ontario have decid-

ed that it would be altogether unprof-

itable to try to grow corn for the bor-

er to destroy. '



The borer is spreading rapidly in

Michigan, and it will be only a short

time when the same conditions will

prevail in our present infested areas

as are found in Ontario.‘





Our scientists and entomologists are

aware of the danger, which is unpar-

allelled in the history of our agricul-

ture. But the great necessity is to

awaken in everybody who grows com,

the realization of the fight that is com-

ing, and of the need of diligence and

thoroughness in combatting this crop

destroying insect. ‘



There is no doubt that the borer‘is

invading our territory. It is up to us

to realize that he is a formidable foe,

and to act accordingly. The corn

states are already preparing for him

When he comes, but we who are on

the firing line should take immediate

action.





N the days when





Michigan '3 Michigan was more

Idle of a lumbering state

than an agricultural



Acres one, acres upon acres





of land were laid to

waste in wanton carelessness. These

landS'have been “no man’s land” in

reality, because nobody wanted them

after the timber crop had been cut.

But recent developments have brought

about new visions. The chief ‘cause

of the change is a Michigan product——-.

the automobile. It has made available

the quiet open spaces of the country





. to the millions living in noisy conges-





tion. Every spot of beauty, or of fish-

ing and hunting possibilities, is now

(sought. . ' . ’



The. state has , on handvjrom delin-





quent taxes, more than 700,000 acres ,.





of land, half of which has





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as . bite-field "ants in ‘t ,. .

now“ the thought 18* to?» reforest' the

to give us a stead supply of timber in

the future, to make wild life refuges,

or to be used as public hunting

grounds and places of recreation and

outing.





 





 





With'the development of the resort-





and tourist business, this new thought

for the use of the delinquent lands has

also grown. Thus instead of remain-

ing liabilities, they are, visioned as

some of the greatest assets of the

state. Wild life and natural forests

are getting scarcer in this country, so

”that every place that can be keptin

its natural 'state' will become a haven

where people can heed that perpetual

call to get back to nature. ‘

The urge to get back to nature will

be heeded more and more, as the in-

creasing stress and strain of modern

city life necessitate more periods of

rest and recreation in order to main.-

tain a balanced life. Michigan is fast

becoming an I

these tired city folks, as within our

borders we have ample means for sat-

isfying this longing, and feeding them

as well.





The hope of the future is that these

idle acres will become attractive to

outside people, thus creating at our





doors a valuable market for our agri« .





cultural products.





Hay Tflere





BOUT the only thing I kin think

0’ is vacashuns, flshin', oughtoin’,

etc.. so I guess I'd better write about

hayini That's a subject what’s forc-

in' itself on my attenshun considera—

bully lately. -

Hayin' ain’t no pleasure, but it's

ork what's got pleasure in it. Fer

inst, if I gotta work and sweat, I'd

rather work myself, and my pores, too,

out in a hay field than in some old

stuffy place. It sure is fine ta have

a breeze coolin’ your sweatin’ body

while you’re histin’ hay on a rack. And

odors o' the hay

field is lots bet«

ter’n other places

you kin sweat in.

There’s somethin

clean and whole

some about the

smell 0’ hay. It

seems like they

oughta make hay

perfume; it’d be

lots better’n some 0’ the stuff womin

use nowadays. Wouldn’t a woman

smellin' like hay be sweet?





There ain’t much nicer scenery than

a nice alfalfa field. It looks nice

standin', and then when we lay the

scenery flat it looks good, too. And

alfalfa is as good as it looks. The

way the cows like it, I sometimes

wish I was a cow.





You know, a cow is got it gasy.

Nothin' ta worry about but eatin’. It

kin eat and spend the rest 0’ the time

chewin’ what it ct. It’s we cow ser-

vants what is gotta work.



But speakin’ about hay, it’s hay here

and hay there, nowadays. And lots

0’ lookin’ to the skies ta see what the

weather is gom’ ta be; When the

weather gets bad, Sofie "is always yel-

lin’, “Hay,“ there, Hy, get your hay,

there," pointin’ ta the barn. , Then the

weather and I race, and sometimes

the weather wins. ‘ "





But talk about steppin’ around, well,

steppin’ around in hay on top 0’ the

load all day don’t fit a feller fer step-

pin’ around much evenin’s. If any:-

body gets tired'walkin’, he should just

spend a day on a hay load loadin’,

and then walkin’ll, be easy after.



If anythin’. is worse than anythin:

else in hayin’. it’s - bein' in the mow.





 





 





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Anpx

M“.-r- ,
N securing long life and maximum

service out Of a hay rcpe or any

rope used on the farm, several



things must be taken into considera-

tion. .. ' ..



First, the rope selected must be of

good quality and the proper size for

the work to be done. Good ropes are

made of properly selected new fiber

Which has been prepared and handled

in such a way as not to injure the

natural strength of the fibers; but un-

yfortunately, ' some manufacturers

cheapen‘ the rope by mixing with the



. neW, certain percentages of fiber

Which has been injured by over-expos-

ure in cutting and preparing, or in

storage, and in some extreme cases a

considerable proportion of old fiber is

mixed in.



The best guarantee of getting first-

class rope is to buy some of the trade-

marked brands, or of a reliable dealer

who can guarantee that he buys only

from high-class manufacturers. As for

the proper size, this will depend on

the work" to be done and the probable

stress the rope will have to meet. Oth-

er things being equal, it is better econ-

omy to buy a size larger than that

actually called for, since the differ-

ence in first cost is usually very small

indeed.



, Second, the rope must not be chafed

or kinked while in use, as these are

the two chief ways in which ropes are

damaged. Chafing may be caused by

dragging across a sharp corner on a

timber, or a roof, or stone, by two

ropes rubbing over each other, by a.

pulley which is too small or has sharp

projections, or which does not swivel

easily. Any kink or sharp bend puts

a terrific stress on the outside fibers

of the rope, and if any heavy pull

comes on such a bend, some of the

fibers are likely to be ruptured and

,the rope will probably fail at this

.place. Kinks are particularly destruc-

tive to inre ropes. Any knot acts

somewhat like a kink, and hence the

most successful types of knots are

those which do not bend the rope too

sharply.



The usual cause of kinks is too

much twist, and this is the reason





vwhy so much care must be taken to





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keep hay ropes from twisting. Twist-

ing is due to the fact that when a

rope is pulled through two or three

pulleys with a heavy load on it, the

twisted strands bearing on the pulleys

have a tendencyvto give a screw-like

turning which increases the twist in

the rope. Various methods are used-

to keep down too much twist:

' 1. Turn the rope end for end occa~

.sionally.



2. Drag the rope through stubble.

‘ 3. Coil the rope and lay in tub of

hot water.



4. Use ball-bearing swivel where

attached to hay fork carriage.

Of these the last .is by far the most

effective; since the twist is naturally





worked toward the carriage end, and

it freely turning swivel is provided

here, the twist will be worked out as

fast as it collects. Such ball-bearing

swivels can be purchased on the mar-

ket for a very small sum, or can be

made from an auto or bicycle ball-

bearing. Dragging the—rope fills it full

of dirt and grit, and probably causes

excessivewear.‘ Reversing the rope

end for end, helps about taking out





 





 





 





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"j; Some Practical Suggeytzom For [a Farmer





be coiled and stored while wet, but.”

should be thoroughly dried first. Some

authorities recommend lubricating a

rope with hot tallow or hot linseed

oil, but it is doubtful-if this pays for

ropes that are kept dry and free of

dust.



Very important factors in securing

long service are proper whipping,

crowning, splicing, and knotting, and

every farmer and farmer’s boy should





 





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twist, but takes quite a lot of time

and trouble.



Rope should be protected as much-

as possible against dust and grit.

which produces excessive wear, and

against dampness, which is likely to

produce rotting. A rope should not





Uses to Which Rope Can Be Put.





be thoroughly posted on how these

things are properly done. At least, it

is easy to secure bulletins giving the

necessary details, from the State Ag-

ricultural College. Most of the rope

manufacturing firms also put out very

valuable booklets—I. W. Dickerson.





Next Winter’s Egg Yield





W fiat Can he Dom





Now to I nflumce it





By R. A. Hill





HIS may seem like looking a

long way ahead, but to be suc;

cessful in the poultry business

you have to do it. Check up on your-

self and find out just where you could

improve on what your flock did last





. winter.





Was there frost on the inside of

your houses? If so, knock a few holes

in the front, up near the roof and

cover them with light weight cotton.





Was the floor damp? If so, throw in

a few wagon loads of sand, or better

still, put in a double board floor with

tar paper in between, and cut a few

holes in the wall under it for ventila-

tion. These should be covered with

sand screen. The ventilation under

the floor is very important. If not

ventilated the board floor will get

frosted underneath and will carry the

cold through.





 

 





 





HOW is your roosting space? We

ran across a poultry house the other

day that had two scantlings'leaning

against the wall, with poles placed

across for roosts, and no drop board.



This is bad for two reasons. The

hens will always fight to get on the

top roost, and without a drop board

the hens were tramping in the drop-

,pings all day long. The owner was

complaining about his hens having the

roup all winter. We told him he was

lucky to have any hens left.



These are just a few questions you

might ask yourself in preparing for

next winter. They are the three most

important items about the poultry

house. .Ventilation, dry floor, and the

proper roosting places.



If your house lacks any of these,

your best care. in feeding, culling, or

high-grade stock will not amount to

anything.



It is not too early to start fixing

up your houses, as this can’t be done

when the pullets are housed, and that

time will soon be here.



By this time you should have your

young cockerels in the fattening pen.

The longer you leave it the less you

will get.



Make sure they get all the water

they can drink, The best thing for

hot weather is a barrel shaded with

boards, and a ,tap turned so that it

drips slowly. Dig a little furrow to

take care of the overflow.



The pullets should be getting a good

feed of gro’Wing mash morning and

night——a pullet that has to keep on

the go all day to get enough to eat

will not mature properly.





VARIETAL INFLUENCE 0N CROP

PRODUCTION.





 





HE influence of variety upon crop

production was graphically point-

ed out by a Louisiana sugar planter,

on a visit to the department of agri-

culture, who said that on one large

sugar plantation the yield of cane of

the variety commonly grown in Lou-

isiana was five tons to the acre. Side

by side a new variety brought in from

the tropics through the aid of the de-

partment of agriculture yielded forty

tons per acre. The state experiment

station has held that the low yields-

of sugar cane in Louisiana were due

to the exhausted condition of the soil.

Large—scale tests on this plantation

have shown conclusively that variety

has had much more to do with the

yield than the condition of the soil.

This is in line with the experience



of a New York state farmer who says

he sowed three varieties of cats in a

twenty-acre field side by side. The

land was given the same cultivation

and fertilization, and the seed was

sown on the same day in the same

way. One variety yielded sixty-three

bushels to the acre, another thirty-

two, and the third, twenty-five bushels.





 





 





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thresher there is none of the

anxious waiting while his grain

gets so dry that it shells or so

wet that it sprouts in the shock.





He is ready to thresh, just the

day his grain is lit.





Last year, this Company gave

the farmers the first full roller

bearing separator. Now other

new improvements make

threshing simpler, and aid the

famous 4 Threshermen in

saving all the grain.





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within the means of any farm-

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agents for Root's bee supplies.

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CRETE.





 





MANi of our readers have asked

us about the practicability of us‘

ing field stones in concrete walls and

hours, since they have the stones in

the way and are anxious to get rid of

”them. and at the same time save some-

thing on the cost of the concrete.





Field stones. if hard and solid and

clean. can be used very satisfactorily

tas filling in concrete walls. footings.

and so on. They should be washed

clean with a. hose, and should be well

soaked with water a short time before

being used so as not to absorb water

from the concrete. but the surface

water should be given time to dry off.

The concrete should be jelly-like rail»

er than thin and watery, then a layer

of concrete put in, several stones laid

in so they do not touch each other or

the forms, then another layer of can

crele. and so on. This is much better

than laying up a loose wall of stones

and then pouring thin concrete 011 top

and working it down among the stones,

as with the latter method it is dililcult.

to get a wall that is solid and leak-

proof.

sizes watched so they will fit in fairly

well, a considerable portion of stones

can be worked in and still have a solid

water-tight wall. Twisted wire re-in-

forcing can usually be used, even

when the stones are used for filling in.





Where the field stones are to be

used in floors and feeding pavements,

it is more difficult to use the larger

stones, and I have seen many floor

failures where this was carelessly

done. The smaller sizes are much

more desirable and it is often advis~

able to sledge up the larger stones.

Often the stones can be used in con-

nection with gravel for building the

sub-guide, or foundation for the floor;

but. if this is done, particular care

must be taken to wet the gravel and

to see that everything is tamped down

good and solid. As a general rule,

however,

be Used in the floor itself, unless they

are covered with at least two inches

of good concrete. Woven wire re-in-

forcing helps much in preventing

hearing and cracks—D.





WIRES CAUSE LEAK IN CISTERN.





We have a cistern with one wall in

the cellar. and water seeps through,

mostly where wires went through to

hold the forms. This was built about

four years ago. and the walls are about

eight inches thick. What can I do

to make this water-tight? Will it be





 





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necessary to plaster it inside?—L. M.

i If the eight-inch wall was prOperly

ibuilt, and the leaks are apparently

only where the wires went through, it

is probable that it will not be neces-

sary to plaster it inside. When the

wall is dry. go over all the suspicious

looking places inside with hot paraffin,

painting it on with a brush several

times.— and I believe this will stop the

trouble—D.





LIME IN WATER TANK.





 





We are having considerable trouble

with our water system. We have a hot

water tank which is attached to the

stove, but,for several months the wa-

ter has not heated properly, and we

think that lime has formed and plug-

ged up the water front. Is there any-

thing which can be put in‘ to dissolve

this deposit? Any suggestions will be

appreciated. ———M.



About the only practicable way to

remove such deposits, which is prob-

ably the cause of failure to heat the

water, is to remove the water front,





 





part commercial hydrochloric acid to





 





four to five parts of water, let this

‘ . til th flex





If put in as suggested. and the





large flat stones should not.





and then fill it with a solution of one.





 





pesits get soft, and then pour out the

solution, and wash the sludge out with





a hose. In bad cases, it may be use

enemy to put back the solution and

give it another soaking. Sometimes

the water front can be baked in a hot

fire. and then the solution loosened

by hammering it with a piece of wood.

We should be glad to have the experts

ence of our reader; along this line.

—-D. W.





 





REMEDY FOR TOO FLAT ROOF.





 





Our wood shingled poultry house

roof has only three inches pitch to the

foot. and the width of the building is

thirteen feet, with the result that it

is not so waterproof as it should be.

Should it be. tarred the same as a felt

roof. or what is the most practical

thing to do? It is a shed-type of roof.

A1161! rigggestions will be appreciated.





Probably the simplest solution for

such a trouble is to give the roof. a





I roof paint or cea-





ti .. 59W

,ment, such :11 in put out by a number





of commercial firms. , While these. are

intended primarily for felt and metal





roots, they are said to work pretty.





well on wood shingles where the root

is not too rough and does not have too

much slope, We should be glad to

have the experiences" 'of- some of our

readers who have tried these paints

on’wooden shingles—G. W. D.‘





coma oven A BUMP.





 





The proper way to take a bump in

to throw out the clutch and coast

slowly over it. Do not dash madly

into mud holes and ruts, and then

blame the manufacturers of the car

with poor workmanship.





 





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raelites fought for possession of Pal.

estine. are represented an Egyptian

monuments as a race of blue-eyed

blue-eyed blondes.





 





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kinds of money, some of which are

good in all provinces, while other

kinds are accepted in only a’ few.





 





 





 





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SEIZURE OF PROPERTY.

0



My father was caught spearing fish

at night. He was using my gasoline

lantern. The game warden took the

spear and the lantern away from him.

My father paid the fine to the justice

and I went there for my lantern. He

told me that the lantern had been

turned ov e1 to the game warden and

he therefore had nothing to do with it.

I went to see him. He was gone

wrote to the state game warden. He

told me that the justice could con‘

dema the lante1n.I want the lantern

and cannot get it. —A. U. H.



Compiled Laws (1915) Section 7 460,

makes it the duty of the game and

fish warden to seize “all apparatus or

appliancos found in use in violation

of the laws of the state." It is be-

lieved that in order to recover the

property it would be necessary to

show that it was obtained by the per-

son using it without the knowledge

or consent of the owner, or in substi‘

into that it had been stolen from him

by the person using it.—Rood.





 





A SHARE RENTAL QUESTION.





 





I own a farm and furnish seed. A

man puts the crop in, harvests the

Crop, pays the threshing bill, and

hauls the grain to the elevator. What

share am I entitled to?——J. B.





Under the above conditions, it is

quite a common practice for the land-

lord to furnish lands and one-third of

seed, twine, and threshing bill. If

seed will offset other costs mentioned

in above proportion, the method will

work where the landlord receives one-

third of the income and the tenant

two-thirds.—F. T. R.





ADVERTISING STRAY ANIMALS.





 





How long muSt I advertise the fact

that some domestic animals are stray-

ing on my property before I can claim

ownership, providing the owne1 does

not show up? How can I make any-

one prove that they are the rightful

owners?—A. G.



Compiled Laws (1915) Section 14,-

77 9 14, 795, provide, that when any per-

son is injured in his land by sheep,

swine, horses, asses, mules, or meat

cattle, trespassing, he may distrain

the beasts doing the damage, and shall

put the beasts in the public pound, if

there be one kept by the township,





notifying the pound- -keeper of the.

amount and nature of his claim; and ;





if there be no public pound, they and

be kept and fed by the person d .

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and if not. the person impounding,

shall within forty-eight hours cause to

be posted in three public places in the

township, and any public place in

each of two adjoining townships, it'

within four miles of the place where

the beasts were taken; a written no-

tice describing the beasts, the time,

place and cause of impounding. If no

person appears within seven days alt

ter impounding, a notice shall be pub-

lished for at least three successive

weeks in some newspaper published

within twenty miles from the place of

impounding; the first publitmtion to be

within fifteen days after the impound-

ing. If the claim is not paid within

fourteen days after the last notice is

published as stated, the person who

impounded them may apply to any

justice of the peace and obtain a war—

rant to two disinterested persons to

be appointed by the justice to hscer-

tain and determine the amount of the

damage, costs and expenses, and if the

sum so found is not paid, the person

impounding may cause the animals to

be sold at public auction in the town—

ship where the impounding took

place; first advertising the sale by

posting notice in rthree public places

in the township for five days before

the sale. From the proceeds of the

sale the damages awarded, and the

costs and expenses are first paid, and

the balance deposited in the treasury

of the township for the use of owner.





PAYMENT FOR INJURY.





 





My husband was killed in a mine.





. The company offers me compensation





for 300 weeks. Why should I accept

this, when the law says I am entitled

to‘ 500 weeks? The information given

by the labor and accident board does

not conform with the law. Attorneys

here will not take my case—A. M.

,The determination of the accident

board is final unless appealed from.

Act 64 Public Acts (1919) Part 2 Sec.

tion 5, specifies the weekly compen-

sation for a period of 300 weeks from





the date of the injury. We do not





find any statute extending the period



to 500 weeks—Rood.



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SUMMER PINCHING THE BRAM-

BLES.





 





XPERIENCE has shown thatsum—

mer pinching of the new shoots





is to be recommended for the black-4





berry, and the black and the purple

raspberries; it is undesirable in the

case-of dewberries and loganberries,

and of doubtful value with red rasp-

berries. The real object of the prac-

tice is to make the plant self-support-

ing. ‘It checks the terminal growth of

the shoot and stimulates the develop-

ment 'of lateral branches, thus making

the cane more stocky and tree-like,

and incidentally increasing bearing

surface and providing more “tips" for

propagation.



These factors are of importance in

blackberry and black and purple cap

production. On the other hand, most

red raspberry canes do not branch

freely, so that summer pinching does



f not materially aid in increasing yield

furthermore, they are stiff enough to

be self-supporting when given the cus-

tomary winter, or dormant pruning.

Dewberries and loganberries produce

plenty of bearing surface without sum-

mer pinching, and their trailing habit

precludes any possibility of making

them self-supporting.





The height to which the young

shoots should be allowed to grow be-

, fore they are pinched or headed ba‘ck,

varies with the vigor of the variety.

Those of the weaker growing varieties

should be headed correspondingly

lower than those of the stronger, more

vigorous growing varieties. Black

raspberry shoots should be headed

back when about two feet high; those

of the blackberry and the purple rasp-

berry when two and one-half to three

, feet high. If headed too low the fruit

will be borne too near the ground and

picking is more difficult; if headed too

high the fruiting cane becomes top-

heavy and is more easily 'blown over

and broken. .



Summer pinching should be done as

soon as the shoots have reached the

desired height, rather than to allow

them to grow considerably beyond the

proper point for heading, only to be

severely cut back later. This con-

serves the strength of the cane, re

sults in larger laterals, and lessens

danger from subsequent winter injury.

If the work is done at the proper time.

the tender growing tips may be pinch-

ed out readily with the thumb and

fingers. It is usually necessary to go



' over the patch several times, each

time heading back the shoots that

have reached the proper height—R.

E. Loree.





 





TO ADVERTISE FRUIT.





 





HE citrUS growers of Florida are

planning to spend $1,000,000 to ad—

.1e1tise their fruits. The plan is to

f fo1m a Corporation fo1 the purpose of

:financing and directing the advertis

ing. It is hoped that seventy-five per

' cent of the groweis will be 1nte1 ested.

' The method of financing is to make a

small assessment per box. The pros-

pective increase in the production of

oranges and grape fruit is what

prompted this program. If it goes

through it will undoubtedly have an

effect on the consumption of fruits

grown in the northern states.





 





ORCHARDIIST ‘GETS DAMAGES.





 





A PENNSYLVANIA orchardist re-

cently brought suit against a Ten-



. nessee nurseryman for selling him

'_ 6,600 misnamed trees. He asked $100,-

‘I 000 damages. The Tennessee court

,gave a verdict in his favor for $50, 000,



‘_. plus $3. 500 for interest. The grower





had experts'mgo into his orchard and

check 0! the misnamed trees. The

testimony of these experts was hard

to combat. The case will probably be

carried to higher courts.





 





ANNUAL ORCHARD TOUR.





 





HE 111an orchard tour of the



Michigan State Horticultural So-



ciety will be held July 23- 24, in

the vicinity of Manistee and Traverse

City. It will have an added interest

to those but mildly interested in com-

mercial fruit growing, because of the

scenic beauty that abounds in that

part of our state.



The red raspberry section at One-

kama will be visited the morning of

the first day. Last year 10, 500 crates

to the car were shipped by the One-

kama Farm Bureau, with a net return

of $2.74 for a twelvepint crate.



The “Thrushwood Orchards" of A.

J. Rogers, near Beulah, will be visit-

ed. These orchards contain apples,

peaches, pears, and sweet and sour

cherries.





Other orchard stops of the day will

be at the 400-acre orchard of the Man-

istee Orchard Company, the “Crystal

Lake Orchards,” and the apple or-

chard of A. L. Hopkins, at Bear Lake,

who is a strong advocate of thinning.



The tour of the second day will start

with an inspection of the Grand Trav-

erse Packing Company plant, which

will be canning cherries at that time.



Titus Brothers’ 7,000—tree apple and

cherry orchard will be the first or-

chard stop of the day. Titus Brothers

have been successful in packing their

sweet cherries in small boxes. The

orchards of Roy H. Hooper, K. O. Ladd,

Walter LaBatt, and G. L. Barnum, on

the Old Mission Peninsula, will also

be visited.



A stop at Golden Tower has been

arranged. From this Tower, 250,000

fruit trees can be seen. At this point

the “Blessings of the Blossoms” festi-

val is held each year. It is not until

you reach this point that you fully

realize the magnitude of the concen-

tration of fruit growing on the Old

Mission Peninsula»



Circulars giving details of the or-

chard tour can be obtained from H.

D. Hootman, secretary of the M1011“-

gan State Horticultural Society, East

Lansing, Michigan.





 





 





State Farm News





CORN BORER CLEAN-UP WEEK.





 





 





 





HE corn borer burners have about



completed the work of cleaning up

the 1925 corn crop and the county now

stands very well cleaned of all corn

refuse so that the infestation the com-

ing year should show a very little in-

crease, if any.



While these burners do a very good

job, of cleaning up, the opinion of

every farmer who has looked at them

and watched them work is that they

are too expensive for common use,

and most of the farmers have determ-

ined to clean up the corn by the corn

shredder method, rather than wait for

the burners—«C. L. B.





NEW BERRY CFlATES.





 





T a meeting held June 3, in One—

kama, the berry growers of that

section adopted a new style crate for

the shipment of their. berry crop this

season. The new crate is approxi-

mately three inches wider and four





inches longer, being so desighed as





to give the utmost ventilation. The

crate is manufactured exclusively for

use by the Onekama' Farm Bureau, a

farmers’organization which markets

berries in carioads.—J. C.‘C.





,~ ' CHEAP LIME.





 





ARMERS in the vicinity of the, city

of Manistee have a wonderful op-’

portunity to sweeten their land. Sludge

lime can be obtained from the Filer

Fibre Company at fifty cents per load.





culture in Manistee county. ——J. C. C.





POULTRY TRAINING SCHOOL ‘





 





FORTY-ONE people in Van Buren



county have already signed up as

leaders in the county poultry training

wOrk, and 145 have signed up signify

ing their desire to be members of a

poultry study class in their commu-

nity under the leader selected. The

leaders are expected to relay the in-

formation they have acquired in the

training schools, to a class of any,-

where from five to ten people in their

community. There is little doubt that

if this system can be carried through

in proper shape, that we are going to

have more people with brass tack in-

formation on poultry feeding, housing,

diseases and culling than we could get

i1! many years’ work of indiscriminate

poultry demonstrations. It is expect-

ed that each leader will be furnished

with a convenient note book, and that





Observations





fportunity for the betterment of agri- 1-.1' khan“ _,,.N M.





 





 





M ONROE county :reports that the. ‘

Second Annual Area Test for cats .





:tle tuberouiosis is about completed,





and practically every township show-





ed a very marked improvement over

the test conducted .in 1925. ‘

One-half. of a township, which on

the first annual test showed twenty

per cent of reactors", on the second

annual test only brought Seven 1eact—

‘ors out of over 1 ,000 cattle-a record

which is. hard to beat in most, any

section.

_ The township of Raisinville had a





few herds opened up on the second,





which shOwed no reactors on the first

test; and the trouble has been traced

very largely to the existence of avian

tuberculosis in practically each of the

flocks where reactors were found. It

is apparent that some method or clean-

.ing up avian’tuberculosis will have to

be put in Monroe cdunty in the near,

future.-—-C. L. B.





of Rural Life





(Continued from page 803).





all this complicated mass of experi-

ences in the past ten years, it is that

communities having a community on

'ganization are making the most rapid

progress. Perhaps this organization

is a result of a progressive attitude,

but I am inclined to think that a com-

munity organization is both a result

and a tool. Somehow, someway, a

community becomes progressive

enough to further a community organ

ization and this organization is used

as the instrument to make bigger

things possible.





I have seen communities where the

community atmosphere was two below

zero. I have gone into them, started

the fire for their meeting, even swept

out the hall,.and then heard them con«

demn the speaker for not making a

better speech, forgetting, if they ever

recognized the fact, that environment

is one ’of the two largest factors mak-

ing for success or failure in all human

endeavor. The speaker merely took

on the spirit and atmosphere of the

community in.which he worked. I

recall once in a meeting where a farm

organizer desired to get several peo-





ple to go out and do a certain piece





of work. He‘explained the work to

them; no response; He argued with

them with the same result. He finally

shook them loose ’by actually shami g

them into action. This cOmmun ty

had no organization. They never met

together except to vote. They had

never sold the idea of cominunity ac-

tion to themselves. Red Cross work--

ers and others dreaded to go into this

community. Communities, like people,

have certain characteristics. The hope

ful thing is that these characteristics

are not fixed, but being plastic, they

can be changed.





And then there comes to mind -an-'

other community I have met with, the

old. home of an ex—governor and agri-

cultural leader. You enter the hall, it

is clean and carpeted, the ex—gover~

nor's picture is on the wall, you _'are

greeted by a dozen handshakes, an or-

dbestra or quartet starts off the pro-

gram. ‘VVhen the speaker is through

he is told what a fine address he has

made.

community? Can cooperation ambng

farmers and rural people progress in

the two." below zero type of com-

munity? We are thankful there are

so few of this type. Farming is a

business. The bank or merchandizing





establishment, with a. cashier or head





clerk of the arctic zone temperature

does not get the business. Our ob

servations lead us to believe that the





’rural community that warms up to the

had





occasion, that is, alive, active. was

is the One that offers the only hope of





 





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“with people.

to learn in this reSpect? “





 





building a satisfying rural life. A suc~

.cessful working local community. group

is fundamental to agriculture’s finam

cial as well as social and moral wel—

fare. We incorporate our business to

give it personality. Consciously or

unconsciously we are giving to our

community a personality and it affects

us and our attitude toward life. We

reap what we sow.





Economic Pressure Affects Thinking.



Again we are quite sure of this ob—

servation being true; that because ag~

riculture has in the past few years

been grinding under an adverse eco~

nomic condition, it has caused many a

farmer to think crooked and grasp af«

ter false economic hopes. Half-matun

ed economic schemes-of all sorts have

been offered as cures for the farmer's

problems. In meeting some of these,

it _has necessitated the taking of, at





times, an unpopular stand. Misunder- ‘





standing of your work and people who

really desired to aid agriculture re«

sulted in many cases. I recall one oc«

casion where a large sum of money

was to be raised to organize a cooper.

ative venture. The idea was all right,

but the financing was wrong. In ops

posing the plan to save the farmers

from this sort of an investment the

very ones we were trying to protect

accused those holding out, of being

ultra conservative.





These occurrences make one won.

der after all, if it is all worth while,

your faith in humanity is tested. You

wonder if this method of condemna-

tion was applied in the-rhome instead

of a word’ of praise or guidance for

the child, if it would make for a bet

ter trained youth. You wonde1 if the

hired man on the farm would do more

work if “cussed" every time he made

what 'he thought an honest effort to

give service but failed. Or, is there

a better method? Has not the farmer

something to learn in the way of get-

ting service out of his organization

leaders? I know of more than one

co—op manager whose spirit of cooper-

ation has been broken by just such'

tactics- This is no brief for the mis«

takes of rural organization workers.

I merely want to point out some. ob-

servations and set my readers to think-

ing as individuals and as communities.

As we lay aside our individualism, we

must understand the art of working

Have we not something





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with their dogs and guns.



on Sunday morn ng I looked out

to see two hunters passing. I imagin-

ed where they were» heading for, so

slipped out over to where I, thought

they might enter the marsh land. I

caught them standing at the edge of

the marsh watching their dogs as. they

scented rabbits. When I ordered them

off, they told me, with much emphasis,

where I might go to, and went on

hunting. A visit to the county seat

the next morning, told me that I could

sue them for damages, which might be

six cents, but I would have to take it

up in my own township, or in an ad-

joining township. .



We have a fine piece of oak timber

which is the home of numerous fox

squirrels. On Sunday this resembles

an army in action. It is forty rods

from my buildings, and no doubt many

of our “farmyard pheasants” lost their

lives. One Sunday I drove sixteen

hunters out at one drive.



I have a twenty-acre pasture some





'distance down the road, and every





spring before I turn the stock in, I

have to go around this pasture and fix

the fences that the hunters have cut.



I bought a small tract of swamp

land for a marl bed a few years ago.

This piece was covered with second

growth of timber. In the fall after I

bought it, I went down to look it over

and make preparations for mining the

marl. I found one-half of it burned

all over, and the timber down on the

ground. W'e didn’t want to cut it, as

it was young and thrifty stuff, but had

to save it at a loss of about $300.



What we want is a law that does

not require the unsightly non-trespass

signs, but that will forbid any tres-

passing by hunters.-—R. V. Root, Ken-

dall, Mich.





FARMER HAD TO HAVE ARM

AMPUTATED.





 





N March, 1922, and for several years



previous, there had been living in



a hollow tree on our farm, a pair

of raccoons. The fact seemed to be

common knowledge among the hunting

and trapping fraternity who have been

warned not to trespass on our prop-

erty. The farm had been posted with

proper signs prohibiting hunting, al-

though these were sometimes torn

down.



On the day mentioned, someone in

an effort to smoke out these coons,

set fire to these trees, which, when

darkness fell, drew our attention to

the fact and I went to investigate. I

found a man, an entire stranger to

me, waiting for the coon to appear,

that he might get them with a shot

gun he carried in his hands. I remon-

strated with him for his trespass,

when apparently in a fit of sudden an-

ger he turned the gun at me. and fired,

shattering my right forearm, and am-

putation was necessary.



He was arrested, tried and convict-

ed and sentenced to one of our pens

alty institutions for a number of years.

In the course of the trial, the circuit

judge said, had I ordered the trespas-

ser off the premises and he refused to

go, I would have been justified in us-

ing any amount of force in rejecting



111.



Had I started civil suit for trespass

against this man, I would have un-

doubtedly won, but little good would

it have done me, as the only thing he

possessed in this world was a wife

and baby, and I was already supplied.

‘ I believe that every farmer should

have certain wellrdefined police pow-





 





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ers while on his own premises. I be-

lieve. that any. person found on the

premises of another without a written

permit of the owner, and carrying fire-

arms, or accompanied by a hunting

dog, should, on demand of said owner,

be guilty of criminal trespass. I be

lieve the sportsmen clubs are in gen-

eral fostering the right spirit, and I

meet many members who are very

conservative in the privileges they

claim for themselves. It is a pleasure

to extend courtesies to that class of

people.—~B. W. Mattoon, Durand, Mich.





THINKS FARMERS ARE DISCRIMI-

NATED AGAINST.





 





HAVE fifty or sixty pheasants on

my place when the rabbit season

opens, but when winter comes I

have only five or six left I feed these

regularly in my farmyard. but cheap

hunters come in and kill them.

On the other hand, a farmer cannot





time to save our barn from fire. Some-

one carelessly made a tire . while we

were away and it was running up the

fence row to the barn. Not long ago,

our neighbors had a nice. mule shot

down by hunters.-—W. R. Bryant, Man-

ton, Mich. .





HAS sHEn PARTLY spam-:0.





 





HAVE upon my farm some low



land which furnishes very good



rabbit hunting. Two years ago

there were sixteen men andthirteen

dogs crossed this area between morn-

ing and noon one Sunday. When or-

dered off, these hunters simplystood

and laughed at me. I have often seen

them go to .the fence, kick down the

top rail, to let their dogsaover, and ‘go

on without putting it back in place.





This low land is enclosed with three





barb wires. Every winter since I have

lived here, this fence has been out.

One Sunday morning a year ago,





 





better understanding of the

pass laws.





space to print them all.





thanks for their trouble.





paign.





the farmer enjoys his rights





 





Will Improve Rural- Urban Relations





HE reading of the letters on this page will help toward a





Scores of other letters were sent in response to

our appeal for experiences with trespassers.





Because of the part that these letters will have in this com-

mendable movement, we feel it appropriate to extend publicly to

those who stopped in a busy season to write their experience, our





The campaign is hardly started.

of every good citizen. Your experiences will help in this cam-

'We feel confident of the continued support of all who

wish this issue settled in a manner that will be just to all.

and the city man fully understands

the farm trespass situation, it will not be difficult to promote clos-

.er cooperation between these two classes to the benefit of both.





situation in regards to our tres-





We regret not having





It will need the cooperation





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clear his farm to good advantage, for,

if he wants to burn a brush pile or.a

pile of stumps, he has to get a permit,

which is good only for four days. I

have a neighbor who is trying to clear

a farm, and it is necessary for him to

work at it as he can. When he has a

few hours to spare to pick up and

burn the brush and stumps, he has to

go to the trouble of getting a permit

every four days in order to be pre-

pared to clear his land. Yet the sports-

men can have a bonfire any time they

wish.



I am not against resorters coming

to the country, and I am willing to do

anything that will make it pleasant

for them, but we farmers do not want

all our rights taken from us.—-—Frank

S. Codill, Branch, Mich.





KILLED VALUABLE SHEEP.





 





T one time, a bunch of hunters



shot and killed a good sheep that



I had paid twenty dollars for. On

Sunday, it is a continual bang, bang

all day long. I have to bring my sheep

out of the woods—A. D. Ellis, Ver-

montville.





HAS MULE SHOT.





 





ISHERMEN and hunters have let

our cattle out in the read, out new

woven wire fences, and one time

in particular we arrived home just in





while we were calmly resting at our

home, a fellow shot a rabbit not sixty

feet from our back door. When asked

what business he had there, he calmly

picked up the rabbit, reloaded his

gun and walked away, with all the

gusto in the world. My neighbor on

the south, had one of his steers, which

he was fattening, shot by a hunter.

While the steer did not die. he was a

long time recovering from his-wounds.

My neighbor on the west had a sheep

shed near the bank of the lake. Some

sports camped in the shed, t00k good

rails of! the fence and made a fire in

the shed, which burned off one corner

before it was discovered and put out.



If the Michigan Farmer can assist

us in getting laws passed to protect

our properties, we shall be very thank-

ful indeed—E. K. Lent, Scotts, Mich.





9.





rue FENCES cur.





 





E live only three miles from

Traverse City on M-11. A trout

stream crosses our place, and



as soon as the season opens our trou-

ble begins. Fences are cut, gates are

left open, stock gets out, and there is

no end to our troubles.



Several of my cows have been shot,

not killed, but injured. A year ago

when we killed a yearling, we found

several shot marks on her side. On

one side of our wood lot pasture there





. her bag “was? i





,lre

:TW' ,3? .

28, ecause

_ ‘ ured by a fence. which

the hunter’sh‘a cut. “ " “ '



We thank everyone who comes and

asks permission to. hunt or fish, and

have, always given them permission.

and invited them to come again—W.

H. Peace, Traverse City. .. .





Loses coon cow T0 HUNTERS.





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IVING on the Muske n river, and



surrounded by w that make



ideal game cover, we get our full

share .of posters. They have even gone

so far as to shoot cattle for us. One

valuable cow was killed with shot in

her back and side.



They .anchor their boats along the

meadows, build fires and fry steaks.

Then go away and leave the fires. It

would take a small book to tell about

the things we have put up with in

the past seven years.—-—Justen Elwell,

White Cloud.. ' ' ~





EVERY MAN’S LAND.





 





PEAKING of no man’s land. one

would think it is every man's land

from the time the first apple dares

to blush, until the last pheasant and

rabbit are killed. Even the women

will call the farmer a hog if he asks

them to move from under his hickory

nut tree—Horton Smith, Stockbridge.





HAS YOUNG TIMBER LOT DE<

STROYED.





 





PLANTED a piece of timber a

year ago last fall. It was set on

fire one Sunday by, I believe, hunt-

ers. The damage was at least $500. I

would like to have a law against tres—

passing—J. J. Oten, Owendale, Mich.





THE COURTEOUS. ARE WELCOME.





 





HERE is a swamp of six or eight

acres on the back of my farm.

Wild ducks nest there and rear

their ducklings. We never molest

them. There is also good trapping

for muskrat. When the season opens

this is everybody's property. Mine

only to shut gates and repair fences.

On another farm, two and one-half

miles from here, there is a lake. Here

boats were taken, locks broken, fences

cut, and sheep deliberately shot. '

We’welcome all who are courteous

and ask permission to hunt or fish,

merely requesting that they. leave

things as they find them, and be care-

ful of fires. I would not want this

fifty-seven-year-old forest destroyed for

many thousands of .dollars. Person-

ally, I am a lover of forests, lakes,

streams, game and fishing—G. P. Ras-

mussen, Trufant.





HOLD LICENSE ENTITLES THEM

TO HUNT ANYWHERE.





 





RECEIVED a sample copy of The



Michigan Farmer. The item on.



page one is right.

sure “No Man's Land.” They come

out from the cities Sunday mornings

at sunrise and shoot everything from

a squirrel to a cow. The dogs scare

the life out of our sheep, and one

place I found where they had cut three

strands of my wire fence to let the

dogs through. I have my farm posted.

I caught two men in the woods. I

asked them what they were shooting,

and they said any darn thing they saw.

I told them to get out, and they said»

they had a license to hunt anywhere

they wanted to. I pay the taxes, and

my farm was assessed for as much-

as it would sell for. I guess we will

have to take the law in our own





is forty rods of fencing. Someone, we .hands.——I. M. Vernon, New Lothrop.





Activz'tzer of A! Array—Maw Acre: Say: T hey Deserve a Strawéerrjy S/torfcaée.





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VERY day letters are received



r expressing an earnest desire that



an answer be gIVen in, the very

next issue. “It is very important that

I have an immediate reply,” writes C.

E. L.



Very well. C. E. L., but if so import-

ant why not risk giving your name

and address, and two cents for post-

age? ,



I may as well tell, you that in nine

cases in ten it is impossible to print

replies “in the very next issue." The

next issue “of the paper, is probably

ready to go to press when your letter

gets to me. I can’t even promise that

your reply will go in the next follow—



”ing. Nor can I assure you that it will

be printed in the paper “at all. If it

is just a matter that concerns you, and

no one else, the ‘chances are that it

won’t be printed, because space is lim-

ited and the few letters that can be

answered in the paper must be those

of general interest.





One other thing: We cannot print

in the paper letters that have to do

with matters peculiar to sex, repro-

duction, and other intimate subjects.

It is perfectly proper for you to seek

Such information, and it may well be

that the questions that you ask are of

greatest importance. It must be re-

membered, though, that this is a family

paper, read by young and old alike, and

certain things that are perfectly prop-

er for you to know are far too ad-

vanced for children to read.



But you can get an answer, very

quickly, on any matter concerning

health by the simple process of putting

in with your letter an envelope ad-

dressed to yourself and stamped. I

suppose the reason you have neglect-

ed this is" because you think I don’t

answer letters personally. But I do.

It is part of my business. And it is

much better for you than depending

upon an answer through the paper.

About the only letters coming to me

that I do not answer are those in

which the writer does not even give

name and address.





STOMACH TROUBLE.





 





. I have been troubled with my stom-

ach. Tried every remedy I heard of,

and nothing helped me. It comes in

hard pains which “take my breath

aways—G. W.



Chronic stomach trouble can only,

be cured by finding out exactly where

the deficiency lies, and correcting it.’





You may be secreting too much of a .





certain digestive fluid, you may not be ,

secreting enough. Analysis of, the

stomach contents by a competent phy-

sician, together with an X-Ray exam‘.

’ination will give definite information.

It is no good taking medicine haphaz-

ard. The only sensible plan of treat-

ment is, first to get a thorough diag-

nosis. In this case there is sometimes.

tion in my mind whether the main dif-

ficulty is not due to some heart dis‘

jturbance. -





DON’T D‘ALLY WITH TUBERCU-

LOSIS.





 





_,Do you think blood spitting always

means tuberculosis? Why may it not

be that the blood just comes from the

thrbat?-—L.‘ L. S.



Possible, but not at all likely. If

the bleeding comes from the throat,

the next question is to ask what is the

. matter with the throat. If that is tu-

hereui‘a‘r the chances are that the

lungs "are ‘too. In cases of suspected

tuberculosis, it is fully to try to hide

the I ‘ ’WiSev plan is to face ‘





 





 





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.the disease. Many people are con-

quering tuberculosis now every year,

but this is not accomplished by hiding

from the truth.





H EART TROU BLE.





 





My wife has a trouble called “heart‘

asthma.” She coughs a lot and raises

a good deal of phlegm. What brings

such a condition?———M. B.





' This condition is not really asthma.

It depends wholly upon the heart,

which evidently does not do its work

efficiently. Give the heart a chance to

catch up. Have her stay in bed for a

,period of several weeks so that the

heart may have complete rest. This

means staying in bed, being waited

upon, and not getting up for anything.

A doctor who understands heart trou-

bles can give a great deal of help in

a case of this kind. ‘





INSULIN FOR DIABETES.





 





What about insulin in diabetes? Is

it making good?——X. Y. Z.





I am glad to say that it is. Please

bear in mind that it is not claimed for

this treatment that it .will actually

cure diabetes. What it does is to help

the patient to take care of a certain

amount of carbohydrate food, elimi-

nate his poisons, and thus bring him

to a. better state of nutrition and en-

able him to keep about his affairs as

long as he is careful to watch his diet.

It has worked wonders for some very

desperate cases.





 





 





 





“By the_Way”





JUST A FAIR JOKE.





Tuify—“Say, kid, where’s the fair?”



Percy—“Fair? I haven’t heard

about any fair."_ 1



Tully—“Then the paper lies; it says

‘fair tonight and Wednesday’."





SUCH A H EADACH E.





“Mamma, I’ve got a‘stomach-ache,”

said six-yearsold Nellie.





 





 





 





 





 





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Youfd. feel mteriif‘ycu 1 had





something in it." -» - . .

That afternoon the minister called





to hays tea with them, andcomp‘lain—

ed of'having a severe headache.



“That’s because it’s empty.” said

Nellie, “you’d feel better if you had

something in it.” '





ISN’T HE CRUSTY?

Mrs. Newlywed—“Where is the pa-





per plate I gave you under your pie,

dear?”





 





 





“Mr. Newlywed—“Oh, was that a

plate? I thought it was the lower

crust.”





SOME COW.

For Sale—a full-blooded cow giving

milk, three tons of hay, a lot of chick-

ens and several stoves.





LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.





 





 





Employer~“VVhy are you lighting

the lantern?”





A Three Months Retrospect





Our W eat/y Sermon—By IV. A. Mr Cane





Ehave seen the beginnings. “In

the beginning God created the

heavens and the earth." That

is the most sublime statement

on creation ever written. If one fact

is certain, it is that this earth and its

life is not the product of chance. It

was said in olden days that no man

could study the structure of the eye

and remain an atheist. The same

might be said of many other forms of

life. Of the heavens Addison wrote:





In reason’s car they all rejoice,

And utter forth a glorious voice,

Forever singing as they shine,

“The hand that made us is divine.”





Man was to subdue the earth. He

has been doing this for a long time,

and, alas! much of his conquest has

been pillage. When we think of the

forests that once grew in our own

state, slaughtered without rule or rea-

son, we are led to

ask ourselves





man’s conquests

might not have

been better done

by some other

order of animal.

But, on the other

hand, other forms

of subduing the

earth are going

w h i c h are salu-

tary. As civiliza-

tion advances, it seems as though

man’s enemies also increase. The en-

tomologist declares that it is going to

be a race between man and his insect

enemies. Perhaps. But think, also,

how man has contrived to keep just a

little ahead of his enemies so far. The





 





 





 





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OUGHT TO BE A MOVIE

MUSICIAN.





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





“Daddy,” said Tommy Jenkins, “this

book says that Orpheus was such a

fine musician that he made trees and

stones move."



,“Your sister, Dorothy, can beat Or— .1“;

pheus any day,” grumbled Mr. .Jen- "1

kins. “Her piano playing has made

twenty families move out of these

apartments in the last two months.





WET TIME. “2*





 





“I wonder what is wrong with my "J

watch?" said the father. "Possibly it 31

needs cleaning.” ' - “



“Oh, no, daddy,” said his little son. ;

“It is clean. I had it in the bathroom .

yesterday and washed all the works."





malarial swamps are drained, and the

spiteful little mosquito must retire to

other climes. Fever and ague that

used to harass the pioneers of Michi-

gan so, are among the relics of the'

past.

Contagious diseases, such as small

pox and its cousins, are met face to

face in the middle of the road and giv-

en such a lively scrap that they hurry

to get out of the way, only once in a.

while a germ daring to bite some one

and give him a mild case of the dis-

ease. Think how dreadful scarlet fev-

er used to be, once it got started in

a community. It is not a picnic now,

but it has, to a large degree, lost its

terrors. Everyone will think of other

enemies that are being knocked down '

and dragged into the brush out .of

sight. It is man fulfilling the mandate

of long ago. He is subduing the earth.





NOAH is a good man, part of the

time. Why is it he is better in

the early part of his life than

the latter? But he is by no means

alone in this. Every now and then a

man lives a. good life for many years.

then seems to slip. Young fools are

bad, but old fools are worse. An old

fool is inexcusable. He knows better.

No wonder Noah’s children were

ashamed of him. Better be bad while

you are. young, if you must be bad.

and change your ways by the grace of

God, than to begin being good and

end in anti-climax. ,

Isaac was a good man, but not good

enough. That is, he was not dynamic

in his goodness. He never stepped

on the gas. He never said, “No!” so

you would understand it the first time.

It is not necessary for a man to be

led about by the ear by his wife, as

was flaccid Isaac. ‘

Abraham is a grand character. He

is built on large lines. He fills the '

picture clear to the frame. Although

we do not see him until late in life.

he is active, resourceful, dynamic even 7‘:

then. We imagine what he must have '

been in early life. I suspect he was

president of the International Camel

Corporation, and he probably had an

experiment station of his own, study«

lng animal diseases. The attractive "

part of Abraham’s picture, however. 7'

is his largeness of soul. His faith is

very simple, not unlike that of a child. s

and that is the kind of faith that the '

Great Teacher praised. And it is sur«

prismg what execution such faith will .‘

“Faith is the victory,” '

says the old gospel song, and it is

true. “This is the victory that over

cometh the world, even our faith,”

says John. 5-

. Jacob is a study all by himself. He ' is

is typical of many of us. Success is

his motto and success he will have. 3'?

even though he attimes pays a high

price for it. As the story goes on. ii-

we see that it is too high a price. and

Justice begins to turn back on his

tracks and sing the most dreadful

s ngs in Jacob’s ear until he is like

_C rence in Richard III, who, on awak«

1ng cries, “Methought for a season.

that I was in hell, such terrible im‘

pression made my dream.” And yet -

the mercy of God was on him, too.

With e'vening comes the calm that fol—

lows the storm. Jacob had resolved

to follow God’s leading, and at last he

is brought to Egypt, to see the son

from whom he had been so tragically

separated, years before.





 

   

   

   





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

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_ learned "

from the Book of Genesis. _ 1 .~ p

GOLDli‘N TEXT—«Romans 8:28, -
Hunt Out the





 





Cleaned am! Refi'm'rfled, Tfley fire 'More BeazZflfiII Mm: Some Modern Furniture





IT is a very easy matter to adapt

antiques to the farm home. By



that I mean that most of the spec—

imens of early American chairs, ta-

bles and beds fit in nicely with farm-

house surroundings. They are sturdy

of build, yet not too much so to be

attractive. They are practical, plain

enough to be useful, while sacrificing

nothing of beauty. They were hon-

estly made, and are today, after the

passing of nearly two hundred years,

still as good style as the day they

were made.



In looking around for antiques, we

rarely need go further than our own

attic. This is particularly true of

families where changes of residence

do not come often. Rare indeed, is

the home where some fine piece of

mahogany or walnut cannot be locat-

ed. It may be grandmother’s bureau

or old chest of drawers, often found

in the garret, used possibly as a stor-

age place for winter bedding; but

quite as likely] to be full of cast—off

articles of clothing. The chances are

. these things will remain right where

they are for years yet, while the old

bureaus should be placed in the posi-

tion of honor which they deserve. I

know of one old chest of drawers

which was emptied of‘rubbish and

placed in a prominent place in the

home, where it attracted so much at-

tention that the owner was sorry she

had not done this years ago.



Take the matter of stands and ta-

bles. I have seen exquisite little SBWr

ing stands utterly disregarded, weath-

er-beaten, and going to pieces on a

porch, or in somebody’s kitchen. These,

whether with or without drop-leaves,

have one or two drawers. They are

usually in black walnut, or the equal-

ly valuable cherry. Sometimes curly

maple has been employed in whole,

or in the drawer fronts. The original

pulls were probably plain wooden

knobs. Glass knobs are appropriate,

but not brass on a table of this kind.





There are other kinds of early

American tables less rarely seen. The

pie—crust, the tip-top, in round or

square, the small fall-leaf, called a

Pembroke, and the regular size old-

time fall—leaf dining table. All are in

good demand by collectors at the pres-

ent time, which means that they are

worth rescuing from attic or back-

bedroom, and given a more fitting po-

sition in the home. If one of these

is for sale, all that is necessary is to

put it on the front porch and buyers

will speedily present themselves. Let

no one be foolish enough to part with

any of them for a song, unless it is

an unusually valuable song.



There is scarcely an old-time farm

home where there are not some valu-

able chairs. By this, I do not mean

chairs of carved mahogany or walnut,

although, of course, these are includ-

ed.. But what I have in mind is the

smaller side chair once commonly

used in the kitchen. They are of plain

wood, few,

1originally painted black. Across the

top slat was a bit of stenciling. The

,« seats were of flag construction. Not

‘ “ all of these are the prized Hitchcock

chairs, but some of them undoubtedly

are. All‘are worth preserving. If

necessary, have new flag bottoms put

in. ‘ Paint the woodwork flat black and

the flag seat ochre. If the stenciling

"v~‘\ean be res1aced. all the better. or put





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By Ella E.





a bit of striping in the color of the

seat, around the back slats. Don’t

make the mistake of painting these

chairs white.



Perhaps you have an old Windsor

chair somewhere about

These are recognized by the hoop

back with round spindles. There are

many styles in Windsors, from the





' elegant comb-back with arms, down to





the plain hoop back kitchen chairs,

but a Windsor is always entirely of

wood. The original ones had cross

stretchers' below the seat, with more

or less fancy turning. The legs are

”raked,” or slanted outward. But there

are many modifications of the Wind-

sor, which is one of the best sellers in





furniture stores of the present day.’





An old chair of this style is worth

something.



So is an old bannister back, with its

upright-slats, perpendicular instead of

horizontal, as with the slat-back. Lad-





der-backs and slat—backs are the same. '





Some slats are curved and some are

straight across, but they are all slat-

backs and date from Pilgrim days.



I hope every woman who reads





these lines will at once begin an in-,





ventory of the antiques. The collector

is abroad in the~~ land, seeking for

these very things. If they were your

grandmother’s, don’t sell them, but

get them out, polish them 'up, have

them repaired if necessary, and yen

will be the envy of your less fortunate

neighbors.





KIDDIES’ HAVE OWN PARTY.





 





E have a family of four children,



and frequently my husband and

I are invited out to dinner or to a

party where the children are 'not in-

vited, or where it would be too late

for them to be up.



The, children have been brought up

not to complain of our leaving them

at home with auntie, but they often

looked wistful when we went away.

Of late I have adopted the plan of

allowing them to invite in one or two

of their little friends on afternoons or

evenings when we are away. They

have a picnic lunch out in their tent

or on the porch, as they wish. I plan

one or two little surprises for their





the house. -





Rockwood





lunch, and now, instead of feeling





woe-begone at mother and daddy be--





ing away to a. party, they are tickled

at the prospect of a party all their

own—Mrs. D. L.





CHARCOAL PREVENTS ooon

FROM cur FLOWERS.





 





I DISCOVERED something last sum-



mer that makes flower/s even a

greater joy to me than before. We

have all noticed that cosmos and oth—





 





 





 





Any little miss would look her pret-

tiest in this dainty little, dress, clev-

erly embroidered in a "ducky” design

with either silk floss or yarn in deli—

cate colors. She undoubtedly would

have a name for each little ducky.





 





 





er flowers that stay fresh for a long

time when out and kept in water,

become an offense to the nostrils

while still a joy to the eye, due to

the fact that decay sets in before the

blossoms wilt. I found that pieces of

ordinary charcoal, taken from the

hearth or stove, and dropped in the

vase, prevents this disagreeable odor.

This is also worth remembering when

growing water bulbs, such as the nar-





 





 





Why Antique Collectors Go Mad





Whats that you say—you wanted to





se



If you could get some old things from

me?



Why we sold our farm, and I tell you



VVe’ve bought things that are nice and

new.



You see, when we moved here to town



We didn’t want old stuff around.



New golden oak was more our choosin’



What all real high-class folks was

usin’,



So when we came out here to stay,



We gave away, and gave away.



High chests of drawers, and Windsor

rockers,



Bent candle sticks and old brass

knockers,



Spool beds—we had more than four,



Three spool tables with a drawer,



We had a comer cupboard, too,



Oh, yes, of walnut sound and true,



’Twas in our way—J ’spose you ’ll





lau g,h

We soldu it for a dollar and a half, '

Sure, wef had chairs with backs like





I recollect they went to the junkman,

For each he gave us fifty cents, ’

Mary and I thought that immense.

You want a ladder-back straight chair,

Why Mother had one—I declare

Who’d a thought that was any good,

We chopped it up for kindling wood.

A little cherry drop leaf stand?



Oh, yes—ewe had one—carved by hand,

Let’s see—~what did become of that,

Oh, yes, we traded it for our cat.



She was a comfort to our house,



We never saw another mouse.



We had a walnut drop-leaf table, ,



I ”member putting lit in our stable,’

It made a dandy ace for tools,

Until ’twas kidked ly one ’f the mules,

A big old armchair with a wing; _ .

Oh, yes, I chopped up that old thing.

A hanging what-not—oh,’ law me.



I stacked three up behind a tree



And set ’em afire one fine day,

’Cause no one would cart ’em away;





 





My goodness sakesawhat is the mat-





 

 

 





' one to every foot.

this way it is not difficult to iron the‘

‘ material straight. ——Miss C. I. ‘





scales, folded a blanket ill-Um mm





 





cissus or the Chinese Sacred Lily,

which are often grown in water in-

stead of soil. -—-_Mrs. N P.





 





FOR THOSE WHO LIKE CHEESE.





 





OST folks like cheese, if not in



its unchanged form, then in dish-

es that are a bit more tasty on its

account. For supper try





Cheese Puff.



1% cups mted cheese 1 cup hot water



1% cups soft bread 1/3 tsp. salt



crumbs 4 eggs beaten separately



Mix well, fold in stiff egg whites

last. Pour into greased baking dish

or ramkins, set in pan containing one

inch of hot water, and bake twenty

minutes in a moderate oven.



Red-Top Potato Cones.



To one cup of mashed potato sea-

soned with salt, pepper, and cream,

add one-half cup grated cheese. Form

into cones, roll in grated cheese,

sprinkle with paprika, and bake till

light brown.



Savory Pie Crust.‘



Add to the crust for apple or pump-

kin pie, about half cup of grated

cheese, reserving one tablespoonful of

cheese for sprinkling OVer the top.

Fold and roll the cheese into the crust.

Make and bake the pie as usual,

sprinkling the tablespoon of cheese

over the top when pie is ready for

the oven.



Cheese and Pepper Salad.

1 cup grated cheese 1 red pepper, minced

2 green peppers Lettuce

1,5 tsp. onion juice French dressing



Mix cheese, onion juice, and red

pepper with enough French dressing

to make it moist. Fill green peppers

with this and chill. VVhen\ready to

serve, slice with a hot knife and serve

on a bed of lettuce with French dress-





‘ing. .





CLIPPED FROM LETTERS.





 





' TO clean my sink, I keep a small





oil can with kerosene in it, close

at hand. When..cle‘aning the sink or

tub, a few squirts of the kerosene is





rubbed over it, and there is no need'





for further scrubbing.—-—-Mrs. L. D.





I have found that pockets do not.





tear off from my aprons and the chilo

dren’s clothes if I sew a piece on the

wrong side a little larger than the

pocket. I sew these pieces on at the

same time that I sew on the pocket.

—Mrs. R. S.



At my little daughter’s last birthday

party, I made inexpensive favors for

the little guests by cementing small

animal crackers to little square wafers





' by means of a spoonful of chocolate





frosting—Mrs. I. P.



I always shrink all cotton wash

goods before making up. It is really

quite simple if the goods aremerely

left folded as they are cut from the

piece and allowed to soak in a tub of

water for two or three hours. Then

I pin the material to the line with

pins without wringing. .I use sewing

pins instead of ,cIothespins, putting

When shrunk in





Having no baby scales with which“

.to weigh the baby, I fastened the dish

drainer securely to my ordinary





 





 





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Use this department to help solve

your household problems. Address

your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





FRESH ENING RANCID BUTTER.





I have some butter, that I packed

down, that has become rancid. What

can I do with it so that it will not

be wasted?~—Mrs. M. N.



First soak the butter in water to

which a handful of baking soda has





..been added. After soaking for six or





seven hours, drain off the water and

wash the butter in sweet milk, then

work thoroughly. The rancid flavor

will have gone. ‘





BLANCH BEFORE CANNING.





Should vegetables be blanched be-

fore canning?-——Mrs. . E.



If you can by the cold pack meth-

od of canning, vegetables should be

blanched before pfitting into the cans.

This insures a better pack. If vegeta-

bles are canned by the hot pack meth-

od of canning, briefly described in the

issue of June 19, they do not need to

be blanched before putting into the

cans.





STRAWBERRY DU MPLINGS.





My husband says his mother used

to make strawberry dumplings. Will

you please tell me how to make them?

—Mrs. G. R



['se two cups of flour, half teaspoon

of salt, four teaspoons of baking pow.

der, two tablespoons of butter, one





- moisten.





inches.





 





strawberries, and milk to

Work the butter into the

dry ingredients which have been sift-

ed together. Add suflicient milk to

moisten. Roll out one-quarter-inch—

thick and cut in circles of four or five

Placetwo or three large ber-

ries in the center, cover .with dough

and press the edges firmly together.

Brush with milk, sprinkle with sugar

and bake in a hot oven for twenty

minutes. Serve with crushed straw-

berry sauce and. whipped cream.





cup of





EASY TO ROOT ROSES.



HERE only a few cuttings of



some favorite rose is desired, it

is easy to root them. When the bloom





is about to fade, pull the stem from-





the bush so a heel of the old stem is

attached. Cut off the flower and wood

enough with it to leave not over six

inches, and remove the lower leaves.

At least two healthy leaves should be

left. Set firmly in the ground 011 the

east side of the bush and turn a quart

fruit jar over it. Water if the soil

becOmes very dry. Remove the fruit





-jar when new growth gets well start-





ed, and take up and set where want-

ed the following spring. Many root





the cuttings taken as above, in wide“





mouth bottles of water, changing the

water often, and potting in sandy loam

as soon as roots start, but I have had

best success by first method—A. H.





“Honor thy father and thy mother,

but not a stranger’s checks.”





 





 





 





 





Adventures of Tilly and Billy





T/ze Bird/cf in/zmzage





INKER and Tonker stopped the

chariot in which Billy and Tilly

and Nicky Gnome were riding,

before a queer little tree. The





two adventurers had been very

thoughtful after meeting the little rab-

bit w th the wobbly ears. But now





avhat a surprise awaited them!





Nicky Gnome climbed clumsily out

of the chariot with his crutch, but

Billy was so anxious to get out that,

111th one leap, he was out over the

w.heel Tilly wanted very much to do

likewise, but she didn’t think that

would be at all proper for a little girl

to do in Gnomeville, so she tried to

be patient until Nicky Gnome was

safely on the g1ound.



ll hat a. bedlam there was in this





/./ \T / \71. /’ ”\‘ZQ‘ivlkP‘llnlu

“i101". : .





, .11.





 





“What a Bedlam therewas in the

Tiny Tree."





tiny tree! “Chirp, chee, chee, cherry

chee, phee, ee, phee,” chirped a hun-





‘ . dred tiny birds all at once. Every one





of the hundred seemed to have its

mouth wide open, and what big

months they had for such tiny bodies!

Their feathers were just stick feath-





' ers,‘ with here and there a bit of down





On their uncertain legs, they teetered





aandoth’ottered about on the branches.





me; many many. many



m. ordained Tilly

igoik Bald Billy “some of



long legs





 

 





where all these baby birds come from.





Where are the mamma and papai





birds?” asked Tilly.



“I can not tell you that, Miss Tilly,

for my story would be too long,” re

plied Nicky, “but look! see the two

little ones sitting on that low swaying

branch?” and he pointed to two tiny

baby birds that were trying to see

who could get the biggest half of the

worm that a little Gnome had just

given them. “We found them when

they were only a few days old.”



“-VVhere?” asked Billy.



“In their little mud nest down near

the swamp. I was coming that way

home when I heard, ‘purr, purr, purr,’

not far away,” Nicky told them.

“When I came closer, the purring stop-

ped. Then quick as a wink, Robin

Redbreast flew to the ground not far

from. me to pick up a worm. Pounce!

and 1n a clocktick, a big cat had gob-

bled up Robin-Redbreast, feathers and

all. I hunted and hunted for the baby

blrds, but finally a daffo—down-dilly

told me where Robin Redbreast had

hidden her nest. That is how they

came here. There is a story like that

for every one of the tiny birds in the

tree.”



.“Are there no mamma and papa

birds for all the rest of the little baby

birds?” asked Billy.



“No,” said Nicky Gnome. “They

have all been killed by naughty boys

mth stones or guns, or have been

caught by some beast of prey.”



“Who feeds them?” asked Tilly, for

she felt, very sorry for the little or-

phan birds.



“We do," answered Nicky.



“What becomes of them when they

grow to be big birds?” asked Billy.



“When they. are grown, they fly

away to make little nests of their

own,” said Nicky Gnome.



“Please, Nicky, won’t you tell the

little robins about the little round

birdhouse in our backward?” asked

Tilly. “Maybe they will build their

nest in it next year.”



Nicky promised he would, for he





..thought Tilly and Billy would be very

. filings”:





twbirds new. since their visit to

Hospital.





 





 





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FTER reading “Vic’s” letter, it

stirred within me something that

has caused me to write this let-

He surely put facts quite bare,

The

advice put forth was good (or rather,





ter.





but then, that’s the way to do it.





it would be advice if taken right).





Girls, it’s up to us to make the best

Now, for our side of the ques-

tion, girls, be careful whom you pick.

Most of you expect to marry some-

Remember, when you are mar-

ried you’re married for a long, long

Knowing this, “what kind of





of life.





time.





time.

companion would you want?"





A man that will drink is no man at

Being drunk, he could not help

He could not help





all.

in time of trouble.

when one is discouraged, he would





not be a fit father to stand in the





presence of any child.



A man that smokes is a bad exam-

ple because others look to him. And

what can we expect the results to be?



A man that will run around with

any girl he sees is another bad sign.

Because a man that will do that be-

’fore he is married will do it after.

Girls,





faults. Study them and try to mend

them. By no means are any of us

faultless. By all means don’t let it





be said of you, “Divorce court ground

out a divorce for her.”——The Silent

Watcher M. C.





 





I was reading the Michigan Farmer

and came across the Boys’ and Girls’

page, and just had to run and write

my opinion on sweethearts. You

know, I think Vic’s opinion” is very,

very peculiar. 4



He talks as though a man picked

out a wife in much the same way he

would a cow or a horse. A wife does

not have to be a “work-machine” t

be a true helpmate. ‘



I prefer a girl who is beautiful and

one who is good company. Some girls

are homely and can Work more than

three ordinary people, but they can

talk about nothing but work.



I know several pretty girls who can

cook and bake, sew their'own dresses,



‘ play the piano, .read and discuss

books, dance, and in general, provide

good entertainment for any man. Men

like to be fed, but they like better to

be entertained, they want a compan-

ion who can give them encouragement

and pleasure. No man wants to be

ashamed to take his wife with him in

public, but some girls are so homely

and uninteresting to talk with that a

man is glad to leave her at home

and go alone. Men like beautiful .and

attractive homes, and only a beautiful

girl can’make them attractive. A girl

must have a sense of artistic beauty

to be a good wife.



I don’t believe girls like to be “ap-

praised” in terms of health, looks and

other such conditions any more than

the boys like to be thought of in

terms of money.



A wife should be sought because of

love, and not because of what she can

do for you,'or for what she is. If a.

girl Can’t cook and bake and keep



. house, she is not to blame; it is her



mother’s fault. .



, A girl who is talented and beautiful



'- will make a better mother, because





5 she will teach her ”children that it is





the fines and higher things of life

thet count mere than money and ma--





,Ji’edgl things. If a good cook marries





i man Who ispoor, she " cannot have





don’t be blind to your own





 





More Abdut‘Sweethearts





From T wo Merry Circle”





nice thing! to cook, and if she mar-

ries a traveling man her talent is

wasted. Therefore, I say to you, boys,

find a girl who will make a good com-

panion, and one who will teach your

children that everything in the world





is not money—A MerryCircle Reader,”





Alphonso LaVaul.





Our Letter Box





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:





I do not agree with Magdaleen Van

Kampen on the subject of farm boys

and girls not attending high school;

It is the duty of every farm, also city,

boy or girl to grasp the opportunity

if offered them, and do their best to

gain a good education if possible.

Boys and girls who are raised on a

farm know what work is, but at the





hand and our hearts, to help them

bear their burdens.



For probably they, too, trod, the

narrow path until they came to a little

lane with a little turning. It may have

looked beautiful to them and they fol-

lowed it, not being able to look-around

the turning runtil it was too late. -



At any rate, this girl had a lovely

mother, so she didn’t miss that love

which means a lot to all of us, even

though her life ended tragically. She

at least had one Who loved her, and

who understood her heartache; and

who shared her burden and sorrow,

consoling her in her deepest despair.

That is the greatest blessing God gave

us—“a mother.” .



Now, Uncle Frank, I’ve given you



my say. I will say good-night, and let

some of the rest “tune in."——-Your

friend, “Ginger." ~.

. Your comments-on “The Outcast”

are fine, and your thoughts of com-

passion are worthy ones. It is hard

to judge another, and it isnot wise

to do so.





 





Dear Uncle Frank: .



Virginia Roberts is not the only one

who has kept on trying, for I, too,

have tried five or six contests and





 





Chad Reford’s Reason for Using One Horse





lnstead of Three, is that the





Job will Last Longer.





same time farm work should not take

all of their time.



People who live on a farm must de-

velop both physically and mentally,

and also be ambitious. I think farm

boys and girls could do their work in

the morning before attending school,

and at night after the close of school.

They need an education as well as a.





merchant or any other business man '





or woman. Agriculture and all other

subjects are useful to a farmer, and

thesemay be studied while attending

the high school. There they learn how

to combat the disease of certain crops.

Also, they should have a business ed-

ucation along with their farm work,

to become more efficient farmers.



I have a brother who has been grad-

uated, and a sister who is to be grad‘

uated this year from the high school.

I am a freshman. We have not yet

found that our time and money have

been wasted, nor that “we have not

been able to use our education on the

farm. ‘



Thanking you for the dictionary I

received, I am, Lois Robison. '



I am glad to get your viewpoint re-

garding high school, and agree that a

high school education is necessary to

all boys and girls. Going to high,

school will be neither time nor money

wasted.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I think that the poem, “The Out-

cast,” was one of the most pitiful I

have ever read. It touched me deeply,

and I felt very sorry for the girl. The

page was wet’when I finished reading

it. .I could feel the sorrow and the





grief expressed so beautifully. And I





know that even if she has sinned, she

will llbe forgiven by Him 'who loves

us a . , -



We have no right to judge; for some

of the most modest of us girls might-

have done the same thing had we been

in her “boots," who knows?‘ Just be

cause 'we have always. kept-“on the





not scorn others who fell along1th'e

wayside. ' But we 3h991d'199d their -’





 





 





 





other. to greeteg. Success t. . .. 8i

. Rr Chques 1H,: mm fellsm“

wilted





Straight and narrow. . path, we ‘isho‘uld; *

g .





 





have never won. I imagine more than

half of the Merry Circlers have done

the same, but that’s not so bad, as

our motto is, “Work to Win," you

know.



Say, Uncle Frank, you don’t print

the letters of -Merry Circlers who have

guessed your name, do you? Now,

Uncle Frank, don’t blush. I know what

your name it, but I will not mention

1t, because it’s lots of fun to read the

letters of the others who try to guess

what it is.



By the way, Uncle Frank, what is

the Golden Circle, and. what must one

do to become a member of it? Is

there any difference in. the Golden

Circle and the Merry Circle?



Well, here’s hoping that Monster

Waste Basket is asleep for once.—

Your niece, Sylvia Mortensen, Brees—

ville, Michigan.





You are practicing persistency in

working the contests. I hope you





won’t tell my name, if you really know

it, and thus help me keep a secret.

The Golden Circle is a special honor

given Merry Circlers for extra good

work. Only a few Golden Circle but-

tons have been awarded. ‘





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I just woke- up.

quite a while, don’t you think so? "I

have so many things to do.

I go to the Y. M. C. A- Tuesday, I

take art metal work, 'where I‘ make'

lamps, book ends, candle sticks, fruit

dishes, and many things of brass. On

Wednesday, I go to scout meeting.

Thursday, to Y. M. C. A again. Fri—

day, basket ball practice or games.

Saturday, I usually go to Jackson, and





Sunday to Christian Endeavor. So, .1





you see, my nights are all taken up.

I go to the Michigan Center High

School. I am in the ninth grade. we

have base ball, football and basketball

teams. I like football best. What's

your idea on this? Well, I must close.

—Your nephew, Merwin Ripley, Jack-

son, Michigan.



You certainly have a good schedule.

I does one good to keep busy, and the

things which are keeping you busy

will develop habits-which will profit

you in later life.





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Dear Uncle Frank:



Uncle Frank, do you remember the

trip to Pinetum, the time Mr. Turner

said that he had a hunch that it was

not going to rain? I heard about that

trip—Your niece, Electa Murray,

Milan, Mich.



You [bet I do. I carried several

loads of girls back from Pinetum to

the college. I carried nine girls at a.

time in my old gasoline buggy. Mr...

Turner was no weather prophet then.





DRAWING‘CONTEST.





 





OUR artists have been writing me



that they want another drawing

contest. Undoubtedly, being through

school, they have some time to try

their hands at drawing, and therefore

want the contest.



This time I am going to ask you to

personify my Waste Basket, which we

all know as W. B. Draw in a humor-

ous way what you think W. B. looks

like. Put a head, arms and legs on

him if you wish, but make him look

funny.



The ten best drawings will be

awarded prizes. The two best will be





given the handy hard-rubber clutch‘





pencils which have proven so p0pular.

The next three, our handy dictionar-

ies, useful to any boy or girl. And the

next five, unique pocket knives that

are different from regular knives. -

This contest closes July 2, so you





'had better get busy with your artistic





ability. Send your drawings to Uncle

Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit,

Michigan, before the above date,





What Can You Do Best? -

T lzdt, SayrDr. Mayo, I: Wfiat You Should D0





IN response to the request that I name one or more qualities that will





help you win success, let me say:





First, find out as soon as .you can by asking others, and by trying for





grouc'h gets nowhere





hilm.\~C. H. Mayo.-





 

   





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ether 11117011813 ;

tier: you! have





yourself what you can do best.



Second, do it. I mean, stick to your main object and

don’t beled away from it by things which seem for the

moment to be more important.w '- . .



. ,_ Third, get' the habit of being cheerful. , A chronic





and has mighty little joy in life. The





cheerful man has a good time, 'teyen if fate “is against him





. TWO of the greatest surgeons in the world, if not the

two. greatestin the world; are “two brothers, Div 011

H.~Mayo and Dr. William?

sota. They have set ”1.6158613le





 





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POULTRY PRODUCTION INCREAS-

mo,





 





HE present rapid increase in pro-



ductiOn of poultry products in the

United States leads to the inevitable

conclusion that within a' few years

this country will be producing an an—

nual surplus of eggs and poultry,

which will have the same effect upon

the market as the wheat surplus. In

preparation for this situation, the poul-

try specialists in the Bureau of Agri-

cultural Economics have made an in-

vestigation of foreign markets to as-

certain the possibilities of developing

a' market for American poultry in Eu-

I‘Ope.



Poultry in the United States has

been increasing at an astonishing rate,

both as compared with other farm an-

imals and as compared with the popu-

lation. Since 1880 our population has

slightly more than doubled, sheep have

declined in number, hogs have remain-

ed about constant, milch cows have

increased twenty-five per cent, but

poultry and egg production is more

than four times that of 1880.





The bureau of specialists say that

Europe with its large consuming pop.

ulation offers a satisfactory outlet for

our surplus production, particularly in

the case of dressed poultry. We are

now exporting considerable quantities

of poultry and eggs, and as the Euro

pean financial ‘conditions improve, the





demand for our products should in-0





crease. But we must know the mar-

ket requirements of Europe in both

poultry and eggs, that we may de-

termine how to prepare our own prod-

ucts for export.





WHAT WON OUR BUSINESS.





HIS spring we purchased 200 baby

chicks. Before deciding to place

our order, we wrote to two parties

that were hatching the breed we want-

ed. Both replied promptly. There

was two cents per chick difference in





.the price asked by the two hatchers.





That would make a difference of $4.00

on the 200 chicks. But the hatchery

with the lower-priced chicks replied

on a scrap of tablet paper, hastily

scrawled with a pencil, while the oth-

er letter was neatly typed on an at-

tractive letterhead, with the name of

the farm in bold type. Perhaps the

lower-priced chicks were just as good,

and perhaps the flock was just as

good .producers, but we thought it

looked doubtful just because the let-

ter was such a poor advertisement.

Therefore, our order was placed for

the higher-priced chicks, which, by the

way, proved to be fine, healthy young

sters.



Neatness in a business letter is not

expensive. Attractive, printed sta-

tionary, purchased in quantities, is

very little more expensive than tab-

lets and envelopes, and far cheaper in

the long. run, ,A rebuilt typewriter,

practically as good as new, may be

purchased for 8.15 or $20. And if Dad

or Mother think their fingers are too

stiff to'learn to operate one, there is

usually a youngster in the family who

will be glad for the chance. As far

as that is concerned, it is surprising

to note how easy it is to learn to type

fairly fast, and with a fair amount of

accuracy—N. P. Davis.





 





souacE or: stacKHEAof





IT is thought by many veterinarians

and others that the eecnm worm

'Meh immts the blackhead dis-



, ' ied. over in the





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





the blind pouches of the hen’s intes-

tines.



The history of the disease shows

that blackhead did not prevail twenty-

five years ago, but since turkeys and

hens have been allowed to roam to-

gether it has become serious.



' The poultry men of Massachusetts

used to have conSiderable trouble with

this disease until they adopted new

practices, which are as follows: Arti-

ficial brooding of poults;

of poults in yards on ground to which

poultry has not had access for two





years; weekly shifting of yards to new





ground.





.





EGG LOSSES H EAVY.





R. M. A. JULL, chief poultryman





of the United States Department 1'





ohAgriculture, says that $15,000,000

worth of eggs are lost every year

through preventable causes. One-

third of this lotss is said to be due to

fertility of the eggs sold for consump-

tive purposes.

is due to carelessness.





CURE FOR BEE‘ STING.





 





HE gathering of honey from the



bee hive is quite a task some-

times, and very seldom a person will

finish that task without getting stung.

Still, any person is liable to get stung

either while picking flowers or work-

ing near an apiary.



I never was afraid of bees nor a

sting, as I kept bees in Illinois the

last twelve years, and I know how to

cure a sting. As soon as I get stung,

L cut an onion in half,’ take one. half

and rub ovef the affected spot, squeez-

ing the juice from the onion, at the

same time while rubbing. I keep rub-

bing for about ten minutes and the

sting never swells. It may itch for a

while, but I never pay any heed to

that.





it is necessary that this onion cure .





,W a 9-... {yttrium





be applied immediately after being

stung, because bee poison travels

through a person’s system in ten min-

utes and in that case is apt to be in-

jurious. I used to try all kinds of

remedies before I knew about the on-

ion cure, but none have proven as sat—

isfac1ory as this method. Many of my

friends have also tried the cure and

all have been pleased with its results.

——A11tonie Linderer.





POULTS WILL NOT EAT.





 





I feed my turkeys after they are

sev enty-two hours old, with boiled

eggs (chopped fine), oat meal, dande-

lions and bran. G1 avel is bef01e them

all the time. But they do not eat, and

there is only one left from the batch.

Have m01e to be hatched. Hundreds

of people raise them. What is the

secret? Does a person feed this egg

and milk with a spoon, that you lec-

ommend?-—-Mrs. B.





It is not necessary to feed younggr





turkeys with a spoon, and young tur-

keys which had to be forced to eat

would seldom have enough vigor to

live and grow. Sometimes young

birds will not readily eat a feed with

which they are not familiar. Poults

are naturally seed eaters and insect

eaters, and do not thrive on sloppy

mashes. If they do-not take readily

to the mixture of chopped boiled egg

and cat meal which you have tried,

give them cracked Wheat or a little

fine commercial chick scratch feed.

Some poultrymen have success in

feeding poults corn meal and bran

bread baked quite hard and then

crumbled. They use three parts of

corn _meal to one of bran. The dry

crumbled bread is a little like fine

grain, and the poults may eat it more

readily than a mash.

. The losses may have been due to

disease or general weakness.





 





 





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Hyardenflrai

-'[‘_ancred Hollywood Barron White Leghorn





B A B Y C H I C K S

MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED.





‘Your Iucceas with poultry depends largely upon the quality of

stock you select. Wyngarden Chicks are from pure-bred. production

SPECIAL type hens with many high egg records. _



FIVE ofour hens laid 270 l[Eggs at the 1925 Michigan lnternntlonal

PRlCW Egg Laying Contest. TE birds 1924 Contest averaged 231 Egg.





and finished THIRD place.

for Junezs-zs We also hatch Brown Leghoms and Anconns. FREE Catalog

given full Information and tells why leading egg farmers choose

Ju‘y 6-12 Wynzardcn Strain Chicks. Send for copy.





ORDER nmEcv AT THESE LOW PRICES.

Prices for June.

50' 100 500 1000





   





 

   

   

   

   

 

 

 





S. C.W Leghorns, A Mating ........... $7. 00 $13.00 $61.00 $115

:8. C. W. Leghorns, B Mating ........... 5.50 10.50 48.00 90

S. C. W. Leghorns, C Mating ........... 4.50 8.70 39.00 75

Mottled Anconas and Brown Leghorns 5.50 10.50 48.00 90

Broiler Chicks (Not. Accredited). . . . . 4.00 7.00 34.00 68





Wyngarden Farms 8: Hatchery, Box M, ZeeIand, Mich.





 





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he “PSI: or 055 :suf‘ College. At. an- laying canteens men" stock has made 6000 OHIO? "0m "“3 “1





 

 

 





 





 





 

 





Reduced Prices for July Deyliver





unma- Poctpaid Prion on 1000

Win thoml (Tsncred) .-. .............. 82’ 50 84. 75 8‘ 9. 000 S42 00 Write (or

Boned Rocks. (Park’s Strain); ............. 3.25 6. 00 11.00 52 00 Special

I. C. & 3.3110(10 Island Rodi. . .E ...... 3. 25 6. 00 11.00 52 00 Prices

100 300 500 1000

Heavy Broilers ............ .. ................. $9.00 326.00 342.00 3 .....

Light Broilers .............................. 8.00 ...... 37.50 70. 00

Anchicks Michigan State Accredited. Smith hatched. Every breeder passed by representative,“ Kickin-





Cam





Lakeview Poultry Farm, R. R. 8, Box 6, Holland, Mich.





 





 

 





 





They cod} no more and you can feel safe.





on these fine pure-bred. baby chicks. Bsmo Mail I

Reduced Prices quality and good service. but. lower prices. Write for

Special Stock prices on extra quality chicks. Our literature cells





the stoxy.

. 25050100 500 1000

8. C. White. Br.. Buff I oghornj, Anconu. .8.03 85. 25 810. 00 845. 00 S 90

8. C. dc RC. Rods. 13111.. “'11. Ilka. Blk. Min. 3. 25 6.25 12.00 57. 00 110





 

   

   





Bun Orpixigtons White 11 3 andottes ....... 3. 75 6.75 13.00 \‘ 02.00 1 IMMEDIATE

amine: amalgam“ . é. . .s. .................... 4.00 7.25 14.00 07.00 . WNW!"

orsey 1:11 . Hamburg! ........ 6.00 11.00 20 00 95.00 0RD ll

“11:13.35st (Not Accredited) ........ .. .. . . . . ................... 310.00 per 100 rome

Mixed. Light (Not Accredited) ...... ...... ....... ...... ..... . 8.00 per 100





100% live delivery. Order today.





WOLF MATCHING AND BREEDING 00.. .IBIONBUR‘ "IO.





Michigan State Accredited Baby Chicks





at a great reduction in price for June and July. Now hatching from our best flocks 02117.01“: in

86191 non (‘ull 11111.11 , Breeding and the introduction 0 high bloodlines from other high record stock has made

it possible this year that we have the finest. Breeding birds we have war had.



. 7 The improved Tom Barron strain 3. C. White Les;-

homs. the large kind with. the big combs and low:

bodies—heavy winter layers—51nd our famous Shop-

Dard strain Antonas. 50 100 500 1001)



$32 00 $5. 50 $10 $15 $81)

The Evergreen Strain of



White Wyandottes ..... 3.7 5 7.50 14 ..



Broiler or Mixed (1111115. 2.50 4.50 8 38 ..

Order dirert from this ad and we assure you of our

best efforts to please y.ou We guarantee 103% live

delivery postpald. After Juno 20111 all chicks 1 cent:

less. We have a hatch every Tuesday. July 13th will

be our last hatch {or this season.

Reference: Zcelsnd State Bank.





fRELlABLE POULTRY FARM 8r. HATCHERY, R. 1, Box 42, ZEELAND, MICHw





ACCREDITED @IlfllCKS





3! CIALLY ENDORSED HIGH PRODUCING STOCK!

Better bred. cost no more than ordinary chicks. Order from' ad. Got-lo. Free.

glhmpootpaid. Ask about our Special Matings. 50 100 ,

“New home ........ ....... ... ..... 83. 00 85.75 811.00

Sheppard Strain Anconas .................... 3. 25 6.25 12.00

C. R. I. Reds.Bar1-ed Rocks .............. . .

White anndottes ........................... 4. 00 7.60 14.00

Mixed (‘hicks (Light) ........................ 2. 75 5.00 9.00

Mixed (‘hlcks (Heavy ........................ 3. 00 5. 75 11.00

CARL POULTRY FARMS. Dent. A. Montpemcry. Mich.





.. 7"“ Blood- Tested Chicks





BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 3. 0. WHITE LEGHORN Chicks. hatched from

bure- -bred. blood tested. accredited flocks.100% safe arrival guaranteed Terms

10% with order. balance 5days before shipment.





Box 43.





Tm 5‘"R INSPECTION





 

 





 

 





 





 





 

 





100 500 1000

Barred Plymouth Rocks. . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . ..... . ....... 812. 00 $55.00 8110

Barred Plymouth Rocks AA. . . . . . . . . .. ........ . .......... 13.00 62.50 120

S. C. White Leghorns ................................. 10.00 45.00 90





SILER HATCHERY. DUNDEE. HIGH.





we HAVE EEu Pnonucmo and shinninc hm



FOR ZGYEARS (lass. well h bed “Chicks from our mire-bred. heavy



' of pleased custom and murdering the best 0! nt—

‘aS’lM “0°“ ‘0 “mm“ 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed.





 

 

   

 





‘ do the same lot-10“ in 1921;



Pg'céiévg EY’VEECTIVE JUNE 7th AND AFTER. so I“ 500 1000



White anndottes, Whle Minerva: ........................... 36,215 31300 $57.00 "12



Extra Quality Barron White Lesrhoms ......................... 5.00 9.00 42.00 3,)



8. White Brown. Bull and BI. Leghoms Alumnus” 4.50 8.50 4000 18

Barred andl Wh. Rooks. 8. C. and B. .Reds. BL Minorcas ................. 5-75 11. 00 53.00 mg





..............................

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PARIPSl PEDIOREED BARRED ROCKS. 15 each





led 20th CENTURY iCHICKS. five them a trial this year and be

§:D::ELG;0:J fl JNMhuofoeefsgsrgrs order direct fromth and and save time. Rel. -—Commercial Bank

m CENTURY HATCHERY Box K. NEW WASHINGTON. OHIO.





 





Queen Hatchery Accredited Chicks





ransom; arr-amen uncanny

Reduced Prices on Michigan Accredited Chicks





Juno Prices—o- 50 100 500 0000

a c ' Mm m. w m coo-o.so.cocoonsoncolo'oco-Iooooouc'. ' .o” C“... .”

HUT.“ SCI! m.“ c. Id. ooooonlcobotooloI.0..not-OOIOCOOOFOOOIIOOOD '0‘. “no" CI.” m





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‘Julv to on- chtck Inn.

.005!" HATCHERY.





HA' HA! LO0K!m BUY OURCAN BIG HUSKY. MICITIE‘GAN ACCREDITEIMS

Every breeder approved ofby state experts. Buy the best at the lowest price. 14 m- ,j





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bud varieties. Handgun can. In: circular find his discount baton mm film! _ , /





GRAND RAPIDS. momma! I" I
New Low Prices on Michigan Accredited Chicks

It will pay you to investigate one of Michigan's oldest and best hatcherles. Eighteenv

yun' uperjanne. Our increased capacity. made necessary through absolute satisfaction .

of our chicks in the hands of old customers. enables us to make you a. big savinc.

Every chick hatched from selected nursed. tree-range breeders officially passed by





inspector's from Michigan State College. > _



S.C. White Leghoms S.C.R.1. Reds,



(Large Type English) (Special Muted American) ‘



Anconas, Barred Rocks,

SEND FOR SPECIAL PRICE LIST





Let us send you our special price list on Michigo- Accredited Chicks. which shows how you can save

money. Get your chicks from an old. reliable coma-n with an established reputation for square dealing.

100% live delivery prepaid. Satisfaction guaranteed.





Write Today for Free Catalog Which Gives Complete Information





VAN APPLEDORN BROS., Holland Hatchery -& Poultry Farm

R. 7-C, Holland, Mich. .





 





Special Summer Prices---Our 17th Year





 





For 10 years we have culled our flocks for quality and egg production. We knowjhat

we can please you the same as thousa of our satisfied customers. Dont In} to

take advantage of these prices, for the chicks will be of the best quality. Including





our No. 1 grade and specials. We will ship any number of chicks {mm 25 up.

On order. for 25 to 75 chicks, add 25c extra to your order. - '1

S. C. Ant-ones. S. C. Wh. & Brown Leghorns ............................. 10c each

S. C. & R. C. Reds. Boned & White Rocks ...... ................... 12c each

White 61 Si]. Laced \‘i’yandottes . .............. . ........................... 13c. and]

(‘olumbian Wyandottes. S. C. Wh. Minorcas ................................ 150 each

S. C. Bun Orpingtons, S. C. Blk. Minorcas ........................ . ....... .146 each

All heavy odds and ends ........................................... . ..... . ........ . ............... 10c each .

Odds and ends, heavy and light as they come ......... . ............................... .. ..... 90 each

All light odds and and: ......................................................................... 80 each





Order direct from this add. Special catalog free.

with each order amounting to $I0.00 or more.

HUBER‘S RELIABLE HATCHERY.





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A book on chicks and poultry worth dollars given the

E. High st., FOSTORIA, OHIO.





'_$‘Cj'rtwr iii/rte CULT





, FARM

Reduced Prices on Michigan Accredited Chicks





Order your chicks at prices In this ad for delivery week or June rat and 80:. Every

breeder passed by inspectors under 81113911181011 0’ Michigan State 0011030.





         





 





Varieties Postpaid prices on: 100 500 1000

S. C. White and Brown_LeIzhorns.S. C. Anconas .......... $10.00 $45.00 3 90.00

Barred flecks ................................................. 13.00 60.00 100.00

I Mixed or Broilers .................. . .......................... 8.00 40.00 80.0

Emmi Matings at slightly higher Drives: After week of June 8. 1c per chick less.

‘ . GET OUR NEW CATALOG—IT’S FREE. .

Bend for our new catalog and learn why Town Line chicks must be good. All flecks“ milk fed. All





chicks Newton hatched. Egg contcst records and

on 8-10 week old pullets now ready for shipment.





J. H. GEERLI N GS, Owner

RED. 1, BOX M, ZEELAND. MICH.





Diligent Chicks Did It & Will Do It For~You





Ideal Weather is with us now. and look at. "our prices. Our stock («died by the

very best exports. Do not pay fancy prices for chicks that are not better.





winnings fully described. Write for low prices





 





We guarantee safe delivery. Ten years of honest dealing behind us. Send

us your order today. Pullets after May first.



500 100 50 35

S. C. White Ifixhoms ..................... 342.50 8 9.00 $4.75 $2.

Barred Plymouth Rock}; .................... 62.50 11.00 5.75 3.00

S. C. Rhoda island Reds ............... 52.50 11.00 5.75 3.00

8. C. Mottled Anconas ................... . 45.00 9.50 5.00 2.75

Mixed Chicks ......... . ................... 32.50 7.00 3.75 2.00





DILIGENT HATCHERYG; POULTRY FAIlM. Harm .I. Knoll. II. No.

HOLLAND. MICHIGAN.





TRA I

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n t. n freshai htched. breachicks

SUMMER PRICES thirtieswill all?“ you morneya.’ Ordermrlirfht from this

ad and save time. 100% Live Delivery Postpaid. Member International B. C. A.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





a Ohio C. A. Bet. Athens National Bank. Free Catalog.

POSTPAID PRICES EFFECTIVE MAY IRII. 5 [00 500 ION

White. Buil‘ and Bm longhorn ............. ..........85.50 $10.00 $45.00 I 85

Ancona, R. C. Brown Leghorn... . . . ........ .... .. 5.50 10.00 45.00 86

anal and Wh. Rock, Reds. Bl. Minorca ... ... ..... . 0.50 12.00 55.00 105

' ' W11. and Si]. Wyandotte. Bufl Groinston ........ ...... . 3:8 13.33 33.33 :5:

Tapered Leotmrns. White Minorcas ....... . . . . . . .

ATHENS CHICK HATCHERV. I“ a. ATHENI. OHIO





 





some... BABY CHICKS





From Pure-bred Blood Tested Stock





We cull. we trapnest. we blood test all our breeding stock. Our upstate; is yoursgumnteleo of quality,





e reduction. l’riccs Postpaid on 5 5

mg Sig-all) P. B. necks & R. I. Beds ...... $4.50 $8.50 $16.00 $75.00

I". S. B. P. & R. 1. Beds ...................... ............ 3.75 7.00 13.00 60.00

Select B. 1". Books & R. 1. Beds .............. ...... ........ 3.25 6.00 11.00 50.00

Special American 8. C. W. Leg. (Tam-red) .................. mm”... 3.50 6.50 12.00 55.00

Utility & Eng. Barron S. C. W. Leghoms .................... . ...... .. 3.00 6.00 9.00 45.00

Mixed Chicks. (Heavy or Light) ....................................... 3.00 5.00 900 46.00





Order direct from this ad with full remittance. to save time, or write for circular telling why our

foundation stock, with their high official records. assures you of high average egg production. Member

of 1. B. C. A. MILAN HATCHERY. Box 4, MILAN, MICH.





     





_ Our his husky chicks are money makers. Every brood- oerduily “loom

0 K ' tested. culled by expats. CAN SHIP AT ONCE.

0 Order direct from this advertisement. flay. tint

lo 100 500

White. Brown. Bun Lefliorns, Heavy, Mixed ........................ 80.00 812.50 800.00

Barred Rocks. Black Minorcaa. R. 1. Beds. Both Combs ...... ........... . .15 15.00 13,50

White, But! Rocks and Wyandottee. Bun Owingtons... ....... z ...... ......... .50 15.00 1 .00

White ommgtons, Bilver Wymdottes, White. Black Langshuu ............... . ..... 9.00 17.00 sue

"Blood-tested. Tancred, White Leghoms, 306—931; typo. ............................... 8.40 16.00 75.00

Light. Weight Mixed. 35.50 per 50; 310 per 100. Light Brahmas. $12 per 00: 82! DH 100. Skeptical





Anconas, $7.50 per 50; $14 per 100. June chicks, $1.25 per 100 less. Add 350 extra it lost than I00

chicks are wanted. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Good Bank Reference. Free catalog.





LAWRENCE HATCHERY, R. 7, PHONE 75751, GRAND RAPIDS, MlCll.





 





 





Inchinn Accredited chicks from flecks which have stood careful inspection. Our

White Leghorn Cock Bird won first at Eastern Michigan Poultry Show. 1926. in

both production and exhibition classes. We won first in pullet class. Catalog tree.

Prices diet-me June 1st. Postpaid on: 2 50 100 500 1000

85.25 $13.33 $47.50 s





5- C. 90.00

6.25 .57. 50





........................ $2.75

., Anconas. Blk. Minorcas 3.25 110.00





White Berks White and 811. w andottes.... 3.50 c. 13. .

Amned Chicks. 39.00 per 100. y 75 00 62 50 ”0'00

DEAN see FARM a. HA?CHEBY, eox c. BIRMINGHAM. Inc».





 





BUY MICHIGAN STATE ACCREDITED CHICKS

AT SPECIAL JUNE PRICES \

mmmammrzrm with... ham...” "' “2..th

years. Our flock result of cunt] breedina and culling out 0

pm of years. All our flocks have been state acct-edited and our nu.

Birds have been leg-banded the state. When seen. our chicks nonm-

mend thanselvu. B. C. White Leaner-us. Barred Rocks. Rhoda Handmade.

Dr L E Boa-1w In Basket Strain Intrusions. Write turnout-1m.





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DAIRY EDUCATIONAL WORK IN

FLINT.

FLINT, Michigan, with 133,000 popu-

> lation, has been added to the cities

organized for dairy council work, as

the result of a joint meeting of na-

tional and Detroit Dairy Council repre-

sentatives with dairy producers, deal-

ers and local health authorities. Plans

are already under way for summer

work, the active educational work on

dairy and other food products in

schools and clubs to start in Septem—

ber. Council workers from the nation-





al office in Chicago, and the Detroit

Council will take charge.





 





COOPERATIVE LIVE STOCK ACTIV-

ITIES.



MORE than 4,800,000 head of live



stock, valued at $126,400,000,

‘were handled in 1925 by the thirteen

'agencies established" by the National

.Live Stock Producers’ Association, of

Chicago. Market expenses paid by

the sales agencies amounted to ‘55,-





483,669, and the earnings were $213,—

000, according to information gathered





 





'by the Bureau of Agricultural Econom-

o





ics. The live stock came from twen-

ty-seven states and Canada, and total-

ed over 67,000 carloads. The move-

ment of 69,000 feeder lambs was also

directed from range to feed lots. Dur-

ing the four years that the producers’

associations have been .7 functioning,

they have handled over 250,000 car-

loads of live stock which have been

isold for about $370,000,000. Earnings

{for the four years amount to over

2 $1,000,000.





 





MAKING DAIRY HISTORY.





IN 1905 few men realized that his-

tory in dairying was being made in

Fremont, Michigan. A few men start-

ed the first cow testing association in

the United States at this point, and

by the close of 1906 the first year’s

work had been completed. This oldest

cow testing association in the country

is now so firmly established in Neway~

go county, Michigan, that the matter

of yearly testing work is an incident

in the lives of dairymen in this com-

munity.



Many years of testing work have

been completed. One of the most suc-

cessful years ever completed by the

members of this association has just

drawn to a. close, with Garret Meeu—

wenberg doing the testing work. Con-





 





 





 





 





 





stantly, year after year, good produc-





gtion has been the aim of many of the





herd owners Whose hérds have been

tested in this association.





 





 





 





Meeuwenberg, the tester, shows that





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were accomplished during‘ the year.

‘ All soils were sampled for acidity, and

marl and lime were used by the mem—'

’ hers in improving and correcting sour

soil. , I," '

The acreage in alfalfa has been in-

creased, and sweet clover is coming

to the front as a desirable pasture

crop. Forty-six cows out of 220 under

test, met the requirements for Michr

igan R. O. P. Twenty-two out of the-

forty-six cows making these require,

ments, wore mature cows.





 





HOLS'TEINERS HOLD ANNUAL

MEETING.





ICHIGAN Holstein breeders who

attended the' convention of the

Holstein-Friesian Association of Amer-

ica at Des Moines, Iowa, report a good

meeting. The main discussion of the

convention centered around “selective

registration” and “super—registration.”

These two measures are aimed at the

elimination of the common, or the

“scrub” pure-bred. The necessity for

some such system of barring from reg-

istry undesirable stock, and for rec-

ognizing superior animals is evident

when you reflect that over 1,000,000

females have been registered in the

breed, as well as approximately 500,-

000 bulls. .

After a very thorough discussion of

these two measures, a committee was

appointed to consider ways and means

of handling such measures, and to re-

port a definite plan. at the next an-

nual convention. Michigan breeders

are in favor of some workable plan

along this line—~as evidenced by fav-

orable action taken at the last Annual

State Meeting.





Considerable favorable disucssion in

the convention centered around a

“Herd Test P1an”—a plan of some

sort wherein a breeder entered his

entire herd—not just the best produc-

ers. The test to be a. one-day test

with a preliminary dry milking. This

matter was referred to the board of

directors with power to institute such

test division. .





Milk marketing problems came up

for thorough discussion. A resolution

was passed requesting the officials of

the American Dairy Science Associa-

tion and the Dairy Division of the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture to amend the present score card

for market milk so as to provide a.

minimum fat content of 3.25 per cent,

and total solids not less than 11.75 per

cent, for perfect scoring milk. The

fact that standardization of market

milk—either adding or taking away

fat therefrom—is universally practic-

ed by milk dealers, although in most

states illegal according to law, caused

the delegates to pass a. resolution urg-





 





 





 

 





 

 

 





 





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~
- ‘irln-"g legislation making standardization

' ' legal, and further making it compul-

sory to label all retail milk containers

with the minimum fat content of the

.milk enclosed therein.

Ex—Governor Frank O. Lowden, of

Illinois, was unanimdusly retufiféd as

president of the Holstein-Friesian As-





‘, Hilda” “E I.

fall in milk



y afidallnextWinterunlesstheyare



“ fed containing besides pasture





1





right now! ‘sociation of America. H. W. Norton,

“Summer Feeding” _ Jr.. of Michigan, was re—elected to

P__.A_Y._S “start his third term of four years as





a director of the association.



‘ The sale following the convention

was a very satisfactory indicatiom of

the popularity and value of the H01«

stein breed. .Fifty-four head sold at

an average price of $747.



Michigan buyers secured seven‘head

of the best, ranging in price from $425

to $2,600. Detroit Creamery Company

purchased three head, and one each

was bought by Ben W. Spencer,.of

Quinnesec: Wm. Tyson. of Vl'ashing

ton; M. D. Buth, of Comstock Park.

and the Traverse City State Hospital.





Feed Butterine Dairy Feed or

Hammond Dairy Feed now as a

supplement to grass. These feeds

supply what the grass lacks. Keep

aoowongrassaloneandshewill

get less and less mineral and pro-

tein. Finally the amount she takes

in drops below what she has to

have to live on and to put into the



’ milk she is producing. She, then,

either commences to rob her body

for minerals and proteins to put

into the milk or else she gives less

milk or both To feed





Batten-inc Dairy Feed

(17%_Protein) OR

Hammond Feed

(16%% Protein)

now counts heavily—it puts extra

profits into the milk pail. You

utilize all of your grass, 'get more

milk the year ’round, save on next

Winter’s feed bill nd make more

money at every turn when you

feed these ideal concentrates They

contain protein, fat and carbo-

hydrates in just the proper pro-

portion. Every cow in your herd

will get plenty of nutritious sub-

stance on which to build muscle



and strength.





For Feeding Economy

no other I ed on the market com-

pares witi Butterine or Ham-

mond. Thousands of dairymen use

these great feeds year after year.

Get a few sacks from your local

feed dealer now. If he cannot

supply you, write to us and we will

see that you get what your cows

need and what you want—Butter-

ine or Hammond Dairy Feed.





NOWAK MILLING CORP.

Hammond, Indiana





feed Now for Next

Winter’s Milk Production





WORLD'S CH EESE SUPPLY.





 





1X countries supply nine-tenths of



the world’s cheese. These coun~

tries are the Netherlands. New Zea-

land, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and

France. The United States ranks

:third as an importer of cheese. Im«

ports in 1925 amounted to 62,402,000

pounds. as compared with 59,176,000

pounds in 1924. The imported types

are mainly not those made in the

United States, and are consumed

chiefly by former residents of foreign

countries who prefer types to which

they are accustomed.





 





INCREASE PRODUCTION OF DAIRY

PRODUCTS





RODL’CTION of butter and cheese



appears to be gaining in the Unit-

ed States at a. faster pace than the

demand, judging from the larger car-

ry—over in storage. More. than twice

as much creamery butter was in cold

storage in this country on June 1 as

on the same date last year. according

to the department of agriculture re

port. 011 that date'there were 30,711,-

000 pounds of butter in storage, com-~

pared with 13,036,000 pounds June 1,

1925. and a five-year average of 16.-

076.000 pounds, and 39,343,000 pounds

of American cheese, compared with

29,550,000 pounds June 1. 192.3. and a

five—year average of 21,505,000 pounds.





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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Twelve Dave before date of publication





lDallinwood Guernseys

May Row—Glamour! bred bull for sole.

F. w. WALLIH, szsou, mcH,





 





“In.





G unabashnvs for h mlleo. $81,230me ‘ ‘W

V0

am on «hm-”mg mm“? mm m 1 v_ LIVE STOCK GRAZING INCREAS-





re. .1111

HICKS. a. I. 3.111. crunch ING.





 





 





REGISTERED, GUERNSEYS





ORE live stock is bein razed

Herd Sires: Lone Pine Banger: Dam‘ 5 Record 936 lbs. g g





h





fat. Brookmeads Master Warrior. «11115 nearest mm in the' national forests this year

MlsvlfiletMsamk Aldlm'ifibmigh. d1m1.111011%naming; than in 1925, according to the United

camdon. Mich. States Forest Service. The downward





 





trend in the number of live stock us-

ing the national forests continued dur-

ing 1925. but from present indications

it is believed that last year represents

the lowest point in the downward

movement. and that the numbers of

stock grazed during 1926 will show





Reg. Guernsey Herd Bull





tar Venture. 4 yrs. old. Also ew.res cows and

Big-lien. E. A. BLACK. HowardClty. Mich.





pacticnlly pumbrod GUERNSEY or HOL-

FOR SrTEIN calves from heavy. rich mllkers.





mm EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewltor. VIII.





 





all ages.





 





Pure-bred and Grades.

Guernseys 111318 or carload in Grades. Send . ( . . ‘

for circular. WOODlAND FARMS. Monroe. Mich. a substantial meiease.

if C! . P ti all

Guernsey and; ”s'weé‘kleim rhea-ii. A GOOD FLY TRAP.





 





C. 0. D. Write L. Torwlllioer. Wauwatosa. Wis.





Guernsey Bulls.





CLARK. ,EIiI Claire. Mich.





, FOREST HILLS HIM





All A-l.

Grand Rapids. 111.11.





*  1131111 PRODUCTION





browluurehudbyuslngasonoflficho

Sylvia. Kim Model as a herd sire. His sons



bred. for production. This one is so

am good cult. born October 26 1925. three-

!e‘nnhs mm well crown.





 





HE experience of the United States

Department of Agriculture at the

Beltsville farm indicates that the cone

shaped fly trap is very efficient. It is

a. wire trap with a cone-shaped bottom

through which the flies enter. It is

baited with a sweet bait, consisting of

one part blackstrap molasses to three

or four parts water.





Ten traps used on the Beltsville

farm caught more than eighty-six gal-

lons of flies during the season be-

,tween May and November. These

traps will cajch the house fly but not

the stable fly which-bites. The latter

is’ being controlled at the Beltsville

farm by a spray of five pounds of

pyrethrum powder to ten gallons of

.kerosene. This spray should be ap-

. _ plied» lightly on the cattle as it may '

.l'bll'sterfi It is best to spray the flies

they rise. in flight. 1





registered. priced low.

. accredited herd. GLENN...





 





oflers for sale a. few young

registered. Guernsey cows

stack. M. HOMPE. R. 5.





 





 





sim:lt4yrs10mosofue:

dang





3 84.81



Button 305 days. 864.83. Mllk. 21320.3

Hi! second dam ls e ll32.9-lb. daughta- of I

Blame nearest dams average

“.1 lbs. butter and 625. 5 lbs. milk in 7 days.





unnummarum. 62?.

WW STATE HERBS. ”





Bureau of

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CONDUCTED BY DR. S. BURROWS.





 





Blindness—I have a horse fourteen

years old that began to become blind

about six months ago. At that time

when he would be standing still, he

would seem to go to sleep and would

fall down unless he caught himself in

time: then he would stand up natural

again. He seems all right otherwise.

He has not been blind six weeks. A

white milky film has formed over both

his eyes. I have another horse stand-

ing next to him that has gone blind

in the eye that is on the side next to

this horse. The other eye seems to

be affected also. The other horse in

this barn does not seem to be affect-

ed. Is this blindness catching, and is

it curable?—~J. E. T.——If there is only

a milky film over the eye, try blowing

a little calomel in the eye. If you are

sure the sight is lost, of course medi-

cine would be of no value. The com~

mon eye troubles of horses are not

contagious.





Swollen Ankle—My mare, who had

been on grass all summer, was stabled

in November when herbag began to

swell in the left half. The swelling

went along her belly. She got so

lame in her left fore leg she scarcely

could get around. The leg swelled

some from the hoof up, and seemed

hot. The swelling is gone, except on

the front leg between hoof and joint.

The left hind fetlock joint on outside

is getting large and is hard and fev-

erish. I have given her two pounds

of condition powder and one pound of

sulphite of soda, but it hasn’t helped

her much. She. gets alfalfa and sweet

clover. She is extra fleshy. H. M.—

Apply a blister of one-half ounce each

of red iodide of mercury and pow-

dered cantharides and four ounces of

vaseline. Clip off the long hair, and

rub in for five minutes. Tie so she

cannot reach it with her mouth. W'ash

off in twenty-four hours and keep

greased with vase-line. It might be

advisable to feed a little less and re-

duce her weight.



Difficulty in Getting Up.——-VVe have

a cow that seems perfectly healthy

except for the fact that it is very dif—

ficult for her to get up. She gets on

her front feet and then hesitates as if

she were in great pain. groaning the

while. At times we have to help her.

She eats well and eliminates well. The

party from whom we bought her had

her tied behind a wagon and led her

seven miles. B. IVE—This is no doubt

due to a soreness in the region of the

loins, and may be due to an injury

of some kind. Take strong ammonia,

one ounce: turpentine, two ounces.

and cottonseed oil, 12 ounces. Rub

over region of 10ins once daily.



Constipation—My dog gets so sick

he vomits. ll’on’t eat, gets chills,

shakes all over, and gets thin. He

has a habit of laying his front legs

and head down and standing on hind

legs. He has been this way for some

time. Please give cause and cure. C.

F.—Am inclined to believe your dog’s

trouble is due to constipation. Give

rectal

olive oil. Also give one—ounce doses

of castor oil, or equal parts of syrup

of buckthorn and castor oil. The dog

has probably not been getting enough

exermse.



Dissatisfied Sow.——In December I

bred my Duroc Jersey sow (three

years old), who was in good flesh at





the time. Now she seems always dis-

satisfied. She eats manure. I put

salt and ashes before her, feed her





tankage, fresh ears of corn, and slops

each day. She has plenty of exercise.

W. H. Vii—This is frequently due to

constipation. Your ration is very

good. though the addition of alfalfa





might prove of value, also the addition ,





of a. little oil meal. Add one ounce

of epsom salts to the slop once daily

until the bowels are loosened, then

give an occasional dose as needed.





Eczema—I” have a number of last

spring‘s calves which I am feeding

barley and oats, chopped, and half

timothy and half clover hay. Scaly

spots form on them, first around the

eyes and ears, and then a sort of scurf

forms on the necks under the hair.

It seems contagious. Thinking it to

be. ringworm I treated it with a stock

dip, but obtained no results. Would

you give me a remedy? E. Q.—Try

adding bran and oil meal to your pres-

ent ration. Take dried sodium sul-

phate. one and one-half pounds; sodi-

um bicarbonate, one pound; common

salt, half pound, mix and give one

desertspoonful twice daily. If bowels

become too loose, give once daily.





Don’t let grease or mud remain on.

the. can longer than absolutely neces-

sary. This is injurious to the varnish.





injections of warm water or.





 





 





 





 





 





 





An Old Friend





of Yours





Every horse owner knows





Gombault’s. For spavin.

splint. Curb, capped-hock,



, fistula and other ailments.

Easy to use. Leaves no scar

or blemish. At your drug-

gist’s, $2.00 a bottle, or

direct from us on receipt

of price.





The Lawrence -Williams Co.

Cleveland, Ohio.





GOMBAULT’S

“081'“:

B A L S A M





GOOD FOR HUMANS. TOO





 





WE BREED

HOLSTEIN CATTLE. POLAND CHINA H005.

SHROPSHIRE. HAMPSHIRE. AND

SOUTHDOWN SHEEP.





Write us your wants.





BARBER STOCK FARM

R.F.D. 5 BELLEVUE MICH. F. P. Hampton Mgr.





HEREFORD STEERS





()0 W1. around 925 lbs. Cr; Wt. around 800 lbs.

80 Wt. around 730 lbs. 82 Wt. around 650 lbs.

88 Wt. around 550 lbs. 48 Wt. around 600 lbs.

Good quality. dark reds. dehorned. well marked Hem-

fonl Steers. Good stocker order. The beef type am

usually market toppers when finished. Will sell your

choice of any bunch.





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





2. thrifty. vigorous. yearlingl

Hereford Buns by Farmer Fairfax (801680).

priced moderate. E. I. TAYLOR. Fremont. Mich.



BUTTER BRED m... “we



FOR SALE



CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM,



Silver Creek. Allegan County, Mieluzan



ready for service. and





Choice Jersey Bulls bun cum ,0.

from R. of M. dams accredited herd. SMITH





PARKER. Howell. Mich



REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS. all 1189;. Flying

Fox and Interested l'rinre breeding. Duns pro-



ducing 35 to 45 lbs milk daily. Selling at Isa-mats”





prices. L. Rumtorfer a. Son. Mloh.



15 Cows. 4 Bulls tropfiB . of M. Cows. Chancerto

select from hard of 70. Some fresh. others bred



for {all lreshenins. Colon C. Lillie, Cooper-grille. 11101:.





Three Milking Shorthom Bull Calves





z reds, 7 and 9 mo.. lwlme. 2 mo.

0. I. BROWN, R. No. IO. Kalamazoo.





Shorthoms

STOG K F A R M.





Roan Shorthorn Bull





W. E. MORRIS“. R.





Milking Shodhorns





Write your wants. Irvin





 





 





 





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Kawkawlin.





 





Mich.





Best of quality and breeding. Bulls.

cows and heifers for sale. BIIIWELL.

Box 0. Tecumseh. d1.





ready {or service. Would also

price a. few rows and heifer!

No.5. Flint. Mich





of quality. cows and heifers

Mostly Glenside breeding.

Dean 8:. Son1.Croswell.MIoh.





 





Write or so»)

welcome.





. f l .

Brown Sw1ss Bulls meg; 5“ 315......





A. A. FELDKAMP. Nancheoter. Mich.





 





 





HOGS

BUY your fall hard boar.





D U R O C S now out of Michigan's Grand





Champion. 1. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adams. Mich.





 





 





A few choice fall boars with the rim»

Burnt: Jerseys type. quality. and breeding. F. I.





DRODT. Monroe. Mich.

1 5 Choice 2-mos.«old boars. and 8 slits for Aus-

ust and September Yarrow. CLOVER LEAF





STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

ready for service. Alsousmh





Chester While Roars Pigs. either sex. Priced rea-

sonable. F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar. Mich.

Stock of all cues for

red by (‘1)





BIG TYPE CHESTER WHIIES 8...... 31 , .m-





pious. bred from Champions. MAPLE HILL STOCK





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





FARM. Rt. 2. Can City. Mich.

B "3 TYPE CHESTER WHITE SPRING GILTS.

bred sows 11nd (1111 boars with size. time and

quality. LUCIAN HILL. Union City. MICH.

large In» Poland China: “mammfinmi‘o” 31‘?

1A3 a. TAYLOR, “dill. MM.

SHEEP





 





 





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Isle ~
GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, June 22.





Wheat.





Detroit—No. 1‘red $1.54; No. 2 red

$11553; No. 2 white $1.54; No. 2 mixed





Chicago—Sept. at $1.33%@1.33%;

Dec. $1.35%@1.35%.

Toledo._\Vheat $1.50@1.51.





Corn. .



Detroit.-No. 2 yellow at 76c; No. 3

yellow at 74c; No. 4 yellow 710; No.

5 yellow 68c.



Chicago—Sept. 74%@75c;

767/8c.





Dec. at





Oats.





Detroit.—-No. 2 white Michigan at

45c; No. 3, 440.





Chicago—Sept. 4004c; Dec. 43%@

4394c. -

Rye.

Detroit.~—No. 2, 91c.

Chicago.~Sept. 94%0; Dec. 980.

Toledo—Rye 93c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt

shipment $4.30@4.35.

Chicago—Spot Navy, ’Mich. fancy





handpicked at $4.70 per cwt; red kid-

neys $9.

New York—Pea domestic $4.80@

5.25; red kidneys $8.75@9.50.

Barley.

Malting 75c; feeding 70c.

Seeds.

Detroit—Cash red clover at $22;

alsike $17; timothy $3.60.

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 $13.50@14; rye straw $14.50@15.





Feeds





Detroit—Bran at $31@32; standard

middlings at $32; fine middlings $35;

cracked corn $34; coarse cornmeal at

$33; chop $32 per ton in carlots.



The condition of the oats crop on

June 1 was 78.8 per cent of normal

compared with 79.6 last year and a

placed at 81 against 83.1 last year, and





WHEAT





Fair quantities of new wheat are

reaching southwestern markets and

prices for current arrivals are losing

their premium over those quoted for

late June or early July shipment. The

outlook for prices later on has been

strengthened, however, by unfavorable

crop reports from Europe, by the pos-

sibility of a wet harvest in the south-

west and by confirmation of severe

damage in the spring wheat belt.

Present indications are that the de-

creased crop in Europe, and reduced

world carry—over, will more than offset



- the larger yield in the United States.

But, the surplus in this country Will

be large enough to necessitate keep-

ing our prices close to the world lev-

el. The outlook will vary, of course,





as crop prospects change for the bet—.





ter or worse. Past records show that

the yield in this country may eas11y

vary 100,000,000 bushels up or down

from indications in the middle of

June, and still greater changes have

been known to occur in Canadian crop





proSpects.

CORN





Better weather over the corn belt,

and heavy receipts in the face of slow

demand, have weakened the corn mar-

ket again. Any danger of a crop scare

has been eliminated for a while, so

that the market will have to depend

chiefly on merchandising factors for

any strength that it displays. While

there has been some falling off in the

movement in the last few days, pri—

mary receiptsin the last two or three

weeks have been the largest at this

‘season for several years. _The Vis1ble

supply has increased until it is the

largest on record at this time of the

year, barring one exception. The slow

demand does not forecast _any rapid

reduction in stocks, even if receipts

decrease, as they undoubtedly Will

during the summer months. EXports

remain small because of cheaper of-

ferings from Argentina. While these

conditions are bearish, they are quite

well discounted in current cash pric-



, es so that no important decline is in-

, dicated and the market may even work





higher during the summer.





OATS





but in some sections, the dam





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have inipr‘oved the oats crop.-





 





age was past the stage of repair. Pri-

mary receipts have been relatively

light recently, and demand has had an

occasional spurt, but price advances

have been hard to maintain. The vis-

ible supply has decreased each week

since the end of January, but remains

“next to the largest on record at this





season.

RYE





The rye market outlook is favorable,

as the indicated yield is the lowest

since 1912, and European reports in-

dicate broader export demand than in

the past year. The domestic crop,

with the carry-over, will furnish a

substantial surplus, so that the mar-

ket will be dependent on foreign de-

mand and on the extent of competition

from Russian rye. Rye prices have

been stronger than any other grain in

the past week.





SEEDS





The seed market is largely at a

standstill. The past ten days saw

some improvement in the new crops,

but prospects are for a short clover

and timothy seed harvest. Higher

prices on remaining stocks of old crop

seed are anticipated.





FEEDS





The strength in feeds occasioned by

higher prices of feed grains, and poor

pasture conditions, has been partly re-

tained in spite of the recent improve-

ment in the latter from heavy general

rains. The trend of the market during

the next month will be determined by

how pastures progress. At this time

last summer, feed prices started on

a downward course which lasted into





August.

HAY





Hay markets are practically steady,

although receipts are gradually on the

increase. New alfalfa hay is moving

from Kansas and Oklahoma and the

Nebraska movement is expected soon.

The market usually drifts lower on

the appearance of the new crop. Im-

provement in pastures during the past

week probably will curtail the demand

for hay for a while. A short crop is

in prospect, however, and prices prob-

ably will remain relatively strong.





EGGS





The expected strength in the fresh

egg market has failed to materialize,

but prices held fairly steady. \Veath-

er conditions favor a relatively heavy

lay, and while reports from the coun-





try indicate lighter collections, sup-

plies --at the large" distributing mar-

kets are liberal. Quality averages bet-

ter than usual so late in» the season.

'The shortage in storage holdings un-





der last year has been further increasu





ed at the four leading-markets during

the first half of June. Since fresh

production will continue to fall off, and

the first wave of summer weather will

cut into quality, the ‘egg market will

eventually start on the summer ad-

vance which usually is under way by

now.





Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 28@

2835c; ordinary firsts 270; miscellan-

eous 2750c; dirties 260; checks 2514c.

Live poultry, hens 261/gc; broilers 31

@320; springers 37c; roosters 16%0;

ducks 24c; geese 210; turkeys 26c.



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded 28%@29c. Live poultry, broil—

ers at 43@45c; heavy hens 28c; light

hens 25c; ducks 32@33c.





BEANS





The bean market is practically un-

changed, with choice hand-picked

whites quoted at $4.30 per hundred

pounds, sacked, f. o. b. Michigan ship-

ping points. Consumptive demand is

dull, and stocksavailable are liberal,

so that dealers are not buying ahead

of actual needs. Planting of the new

crop, which started early in June, is

about finished.





BUTTER





Under the certainty of a liberal sup-

ply, the ,butter market declined sharp-

ly to the lowest prices on the cor-

responding date since 1922. Heavy

rains throughout the prominent dairy

sections improved pastures and assur-

ed a sustained flow of milk for the im-

mediate future, at least. Receipts at

the leading markets for the first half

of June were more than ten per cent

larger than in the corresponding pe-

riod a year ago, and reports from man-

ufacturers also indicate an increase

over last year. The surplus in storage

holdings of butter over 1925 is steadily

being added to. The increase at the

four markets alone so far in June has

been a million and a half pounds. '



Butter in the Chicago wholesale

market now costs five cents a pound

less than at this time a year ago,

which pretty well discounts the bear-

ish features in the market. The weath-

er has been unusually favorable to

butter production, but a quick change

to summer temperatures would un-

doubtedly curtail the milk flow, in-





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Tuesday, June 22.





‘ CHICAGO





’ Hogs.



Receipts 23,000. Market steady to

100 lower; big packers are inactive;

bulk 240-310 lbs. at $14.20@14.55; 210

lbs. down 551465611480; tops $14.90;

packing sows $12.60@12.90; killing

pigs $14.75@14.90.



Cattle.



Receipts 10,000. Market on choice

fed steers fair, down; others slow;

steady; tops $10.60; several loads ma-

tured steers $10.25@10.50; yearlings

order $7.40; she stock active, steady;

bulls down; vealers 50c up; bulk to

packers $10.50@11; outsiders $11.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 7,000. Market on fat lambs

active; few natives at $15.25@16.25;

for strictly choice Idaho natives most-

ly $10@11.50; Montanas $12; sheep





steady, bulk fat ewes $5@6; two dou-'





ble-decks of Idaho lambs without fill





at $14.50.

DETROIT





Cattle.

’ Receipts 271. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings’.$ 9.00@10.50

Best heavy steers,- dry—fed 8.50@ 9.50

Handy weight butchers .. 8.50@ 9.00





Mixed steers and heifers 7.50@ 8.25

Handy light butchers . 6.00@ 7.50

Light lights ............. .50@ 6.50

Best cows ............. . 6.50@ 7.75

Butcher cows ........... 5.25@ 6.00

Cutters 4.50@ 4.75

Canners . . . . . .- ...... . . . . 4.00@ 4.50

Choice light bulls . . . . . . ‘. 6.25@ 7.25

Bologna bulls . . . . 1 . . . . . . 5.506;), 6.50

Stock‘ bulls . . . .- ....... 5.00@ 6.00

Feeders................. 6.00 7.75

StOCkBrS On‘ooonoolo-o'...‘ 6'00 V7200,

pflnsem. :Q‘O o’fiOboo ’100 ‘





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Veal Calves.





Receipts 610. Market steady and

500 higher.

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

Others .................. 4.00@12.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 446. Market steady.





Best ....... . ............. $13.00Q?13.50

Fair lambs ..... ‘ ....... 12.506P13.00

Light and common ...... 8.00@11.00

Yearlings .......... , ...... 8.00@14.00

Fair to good sheep ...... 6.50@ 7.50

Culls and common ...... 2.00@ 4.00





Hogs. _

Receipts 1,433. Mixed 15c lower;

others steady. ‘





Pigs ......... . . . . ....... 15.50

Yorkers . .......... . . . . . 16.25

Heavies . . . . . . . . ...... $13.75@14.50

Roughs ......... 1275





Stags . . . . . . 9.‘00@ 9350





Ho 3.



Receipts 1,900. Market is closing

strong; heavy $14.75@15.25; medium

$15.25@15.75; light weight at- $15.50;

under 200 lbs. at $15.75@15.85; light

lights and pigs $15.75@16; packing

sows and roughs $13.



Cattle.



Receipts 325. The market is steady

and is selling to $10, mostly 15

@25c lower; steers 1100 lbs. up $8.50

@1050; steers 1100 lbs. down $6.50@

10; best yearlings $10.25@-10.35; few

fancy 1100-lb. heifers $6@9; culls $2.50

@7; bullse$5@7.25. - ' .



Sheep and Lanibs. 7‘ , .



Receipts 300.. Best. spring lambs at





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$15@1&50;' yearlings $11.50@12'= aged:

,wethers,'$8.50; best ewes $5@7.’r -’





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crease the/demand for fluid milk and

ice cream, and reduce the amount

available for butter. June is usually

the month of IOwest prices for butter.

The market will follow the usual trend

this summer unless production condi-

tions are more than usually favorable.





 





MARKETS BY RADIO.





 





AlLY market reports and

weather forecasts may be'

obtained each week day from

R the following Michigan stations:

WKAR—Mlchlgan‘ State Col-

lege, 12:00 noon. . '

WOX—Detrolt Free Press, a

2:15 P. M. . ,

WWJ—Detroit News, 10:25 A.

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

WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelps,

7:00 P. . M.





 





 





 





Prices on 92-score mreamery were:

Chicago 3§%(t;bNeiW ilgork 410. Fresh

creamery n u s n etroit sells for

35 %@38%C.





POTATOES





Markets are liberally supplied with

new potatoes, and prices are declining

as is usual at this season. The late-

ness of the season in southern states

has resulted in some overlapping of

competing sections on the market.

Consumptive demand has been stimu-

lated by the cool weather, and prices

still average higher than. a year ago;

Southern Bliss Triumphs are quoted at

$3.35@4 per 100 pounds, sacked, on

the Chicago carlot market.





STRAWBERRIES





The strawberry season is rapidly .





moving northward, and shipments are

now coming from the mid-season belt.

The supply is decreasing rapidly and

prices are being marked higher. Indi-

ana and Illinois Aromas are quoted at

$3@4 per 24-quart ventilated crate at





Chicago.

WOOL





The undertone of the wool trade ap-

pears to be improving gradually. Be-





lief is spreading that priceswill not '





go lower, and that a revival in the

goods trade later on will bring some

recovery in values. Prices to produc-

ers have strengthened slightly as deal—

ers have been willing to make conces-

sions in order to get possession of

wool. Sales in Idaho at 30 to 32 cents

are reported, and Ohio growers are be-

ing paid 35 to 36 cents, and as high

as.38 cents in a few cases. At Boston,

prices of Australian wools have been

advanced two to five cents because of

reshipment of some wool of this class

to England. Since January 1, 138,000,-

000 pounds of foreign combing and

clothing wool have reached Boston,

New York and Philadelphia, compared

With 90,000;000 pounds in the same

period last year. Stocks held in bond

at these points on June 1 were 79,000,-

000 pounds, compared with 73,000,000

pounds on May 1.





GRAND RAPIDS





Strawberries continued in good de

mand on the Grand Rapids market

this week. Supplies were increasing.





Sales were made in a range of 33.5069"





4.50 per 16-qt. case. Berrien county

cherries were offered at 32.506123 per

case. Old potatoes $1@1.25 bu; peas

$5 bu; cabbage $2@2.25 bu; tomatoes

$1.90@2- per 7-lb. basket; cucumbers

$1@1.20 dozen; lettuce, leaf 50c bu;

head 500@$1 bu; celery 35@600 doz-

en; radishes and onions 10@12%c per

dozen bunches; ‘spinach 25@40c bu;

rhubarb 60@75c bu; greens 50c bu;

asparagus. $1@1.25 dozen bunches;

last apples of season $1.25@1.75 bu;

wheat $1.36 bu; beans 3.80 per cwt;

butter-fat 40c lb; eggs 6@280; broil

ers 20@30c; hens 20@28¢; veal 156

16c; pork 16@181/,,c. . '





 





 





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., "(thefruits’wereflxbove . However, the

f outlook is c‘lm‘siderably better. than





- one yearago when all crops were





much lower in condition. Recent‘rains

hav‘erel-ieved the dry condition that





' prevailed during the fore part of May





and most crops are showing improve-

ment during the last few days, accord-

in .to the June report issued by L.



tney Watkins, commissioner of





' agriculture, and Verne H. Church, ag-





- Freezing temperatures

-- to some extent,





"statistician for Michigan.

injured fruits

especially grapes,

strawberries and sour cherries, but the

prospects are favorable for a good

crop of all kinds. .-

Winter Wheat.



The general outlook is not as good

as expected one month ago, and more

acreage has been abandoned in the





ricultural





‘ east-central district than anticipated.

' "While there are some very good fields,





especially those that were sown early,

much acreage shows bare spots, and

there are some thin stands. The con-

ditidn of 69 per oent is six per cent

lower than one menth ago, six per

cent lower than one year ago, and 11

per cent below the ten-year average.

With normal conditions prevailing up

to harvest time, this condition figure

represents a production of 12,358,000

bushels as compared with a final esti-

mate of 13,906,000 bushels for 1925.



The nation’s crop is estimated at

543,300,000 bushels against the final

estimate last. year of 398,486,000 bush-

els. The condition is rated at 76.5

per cent, ten per cent better than one

year ago, and about three per cent be-

low the average for the last ten years.



Spring Wheat.



The crop is principally grown in

the Upper Peninsula and a few north-

eastern counties of the Lower Penin-

sula. The condition is 82 per cent as

compared with 80 per cent last year,

and 88, the ten-year average.



The United States’ crop has a con-

dition of 78.5 per cent, nearly nine per

cent lower than last year, and 12 per





’ cent under the ten-year average.





“with'the final estimate of





Winter-killing localities.





Oats.



Owing to the late spring, seeding

,was later than usual, and less than

the normal amount of growth has been

made to date. The stands are genera

ally good, however. The weather was

comparatively dry until near the close

. of May, which also retarded early

growth. The condition of 83 per cent

is, three per cent below the average,

but five per cent above last year’s

June 1 figure.



For the entire country, the condi-

‘tion of cats is 78.8 per cent, nearly one

per cent lower than one year ago, and

nearly ten per cent below the average.





Barley.



As in the case‘ of oats, seeding was

later than usual, and not finished in

some eastern and northern districts

until near the end of May. Stands are

mostly good, but growth is somewhat

backward, due to the lateness in seed-

ing and to lack of moisture during the

greater part of the "month. The con-

dition of 83 per cent is six per cent

better than on the same date last year,

but four per cent under the ten-year

average. s



The crop of the country as a whole

has a condition 81.0 per cent, two per





cbntunder last year, and more than .





seven per cent below the ten-year av-

erage.





Rye.

Rye suffered. some damage from

winter-killing. As a result, some





stands are spotted and thin. Less than

the usual growth was made last fall

and it has been backward this spring.

The condition is rated at 79 per cent,

which is one per cent lower than on

June 1 last year, and eight per cent

below the ten—year average for this

date. The estimated production is 2,-

616,000 bushels, 84,000 less than last

year's final estimate.



The nation's rye crop is estimated

at 41,131,000 bushels, as compared

48,696,000

last year. The condition is placed at

73.4 per cent, five per cent below one





year ago, and 14 percent below the





average.



‘ , Hay.



, The condition as reported is 76 per

cent. Last year it was 71 per cent on

June 1 and the ten-year average is 85.

Timothy is rated at 77, clover at 72,

clover'and timothymixed at 76, and

alfalfa at 83 per cent, all being below





., theten-year average and only slightly





better than one year ago. Clover is

even one point lower than last year.

Many clover seedings were destroyed

by dry and hot weather last summer,

and the _ winter caused further injury

to them: stlfal'fa also suffered some

. Growth of all



slow, although rains

_ t foreskin-Ma . and since

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. , mulled. slates"... rescued 5176.0 .pér

w-w'f ncent._2121¥er cent under. the‘averase.

and all of thergrain 2,





and" 2.6 “per ' cent "lower” than, on the

‘same date last year.» ‘ ‘ ' j



‘ .‘ ‘ Pasture.~ ‘



'The condition shows marked im-

provement over one month ago, the

condition now being 81 per cent, as

compared with 54 at that time. This

is 12 per cent better than on the same

date last year, but seven per cent be-

low the average.



The condition of pastures through-

out the United States is 77 per cent,

two per cent better than last year.





Farm Labor.



The supply is reported to be 78 per

cent of normal and the demand, 86

per cent of normal, making the ratio

of supply to demand, 91 per cent as

compared with 92 per cent one month

ago. Some sections report an increas-

ed supply of farm workers and the

demand also has slightly increased

during the month.



The national labor supply is rated

at 87.7 per cent, and the demand. 90.9

per cent, or a ratio of supply to de-

mand of 97 per cent.





Apples. - ‘



The apple crop is estimated at 74

per cent, as compared with 68 per cent

one year ago. The prospect for sum-

mer and fall varieties is generally

good, although reports indicated that

occasional orchards in southwestern

counties were injured by the freezing

weather. The Winter varieties have

apparently not set as well. Spies in

many orchards are reported to be thin

and some report a light setting of

Baldwins. The orchards were still in

bloom at time of report in northern

counties, and correspondents were un-

certain as to the exact situation.



The condition for the country as a

whole is 78.3 per cent. One year ago

it was 63.4 per cent, indicating that

the present outlook is for a crop near-

ly one-fourth greater than in 1925.





Blackberries and Raspberries.

The condition is 78 per cent, as com-

par‘ed with 67 per cent on June 1 last

year. These fruits suffered practically

no damage from freezing.





Strawberries.



While the stand of last year’s plants

is not as good as in some other years,

and while considerable damage was

done by freezing to the early bloom

in southwestern counties, the present

outlook is for 72 per cent of a. crop,

against 37 per cent one year ago.





Grapes.



Freezes have reduced the grape crop

to approximately 70 per cent of a full

one. The damage was principally in

southwestern counties, where the ma-

jor portion is grown, and was variable

in extent. Vineyards on susceptible

exposures sustained injuries ranging

from 10 to 50 per cent. Other vine-

yards were not appreciably affected.



Pears.



Pears show a condition of 80 per



cent as compared with 44 per cent one





   





 





year ago. "The bloom was very heavy

in many orchards, and the. damage by

freezing was slight. ~The condition

percentage is equivalent to a crop of

861,000 bushels, against a final esti-

mate of 450,000 last year.



The nation’s crop is also larger in

prospect ,the preliminary forecast be-

ing 23,645,000 bushels, as against last

year’s final of 19,820,000.



Cherries.





The sour varieties of cherries suf-

fered the most severely from freezing

of any of the fruits. While it is spot-

ted, the damage was extensive in

many orchards, from Berrien county

northward. as far as Oceana and Ma-

son counties. The hard freeze occur-

red before the blooming season in the

Grand Traverse region, and the dam-

age there was slight. Sweet varieties

were injured but little. The average

condition for the state is 72 per cent,

as compared with 53 per cent one year

ago.





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.



Leelanau 60., June 6.——Farmers are

progressing very nicely with their

work at present, and are about three

weeks behind with same. Hard to se-

cure extra help. About a normal crop

of everything is being planted in this

section. Dairy situation is fair; con-

dition of live stock not very good.

Late season caused a shortage of feed,

and the grass was late in getting start-

:d.LOutlook for fruit is very good.—





Lapeer 00., June 14.—Farmers are

planting the usual acreage of crops.

Most of the corn is in, and part of

the beans. Help is plentiful. Cows

have advanced in price this spring.

Spring pigs are scarce. Calves bring

a good price. Wheat does not look

very good. Pasture is in good condi-

tion. We have had a heavy frost last

week. Cream 400; eggs 26c.—L. R. L.



losco 00., June 17.——Potat0 and corn

planting about done; beans are under

way; buckwheat not started; acreage

about the same as last year. The

deluge of rain on the fourteenth has

stopped farm work. Oats and barley

look well; meadows and pasture im-

proved; no material increase in dairy.

Live stock improving; spring pigs are

scarce; lamb crop good. Farmers are

not hiring much extra help. All crops

were put in late. Hay $18@20; veal

12@ 14c; springs pigs $10@16 per pair;

butter 40c; eggs 250; potato seed $1

bu; potatoes 31.50.701.75 bu; wool 35c.

Fruit outlook is fair.—-—G. C. A.



Midland 00., June 11.—Farming is

backward in this locality owing to the

wet weather and late season. Acreage

of early crops slightly reduced. Many

fields of corn failing to grow, after be-

ing replanted several times. Extra

help is scarce. Stock in fair condi-

tion. Outlook for fruit is good. Pig

and lamb crop scarce. Wool 36c; but-

ter-fat 400; eggs 27c.—M. S. B.





 





 





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FOR SALE—Registered Collie Puppies. NShlll'll Heel-

ors. Silvcrcrest Kennels. Gladwln. Mich. .





 





FOR SALE—Gemlan Police Puppies. females.

males. 825. Frank Davey. Ellsworth. Mich.





320 :





 





 





COMMISSION FIRMS





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

shipment will convince you. East Coast Poultry 00..

Eastern Market, Detroit, Mich.





 





 





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CORN HARVESTER





RICH MAN’S Com Harvester. poor man’s price—-



only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat-



?(log showing pictures of harvester. Box 828. Colin's.

ans.





 





 





 





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





 





MILLIONS CABBAGE. Covalhagcn. Danish 311M.

Late Flat Dutch, Succession, Wakefield and Collard

plants, 300, $1.00: 500. $1.25; 1000, $2.00 postpsld.

10,000. 310 Express. Baltimore, Stone tomato plants.

some as cabbage. .. Ruby King Pepper, 500. $2.00:

1000. $3.50 postpald. If you want good plants and

satisfaction guaranteed, order from Ideal Plant Co..

Franklin. Va.





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CABBAGE PLANTS. 5 ACRES. Ready June 13th

CopcnhagEu Market, Wakefields, Ballhead, Flat Dutch.

Prepaid. 100. 45c: 300. $1.00; 500. $1.25; 1000. 82.25.

Express. 5000. $7.50. Snowball Cauliflower. 100. 700:

500, $2.25: 1000. $4.00. Prepaid. Moss packed.

Critically assorted. Guaranteed. Buy near home grown

W. J. Myers. R. 2, Massillon. Ohio.





 





CABBAGE, Collard and tomato plants, lowing varlo<

ties, 500, $1.25: 1000, $2.00: postpaid. Largo quan-

tity $1.25 per thousand expressed. VI. Plant Farm.

Courtlmd. Va.





 





MILLIONS LATE CABBAGE. Collard and tomato

plants for late setting, Standard varieties. 300. 75c:





 





500. $1.00; 1000, $1.50. Postpaid. Express. 81.00

1000. H. A. Lankford & Son. Franklin. Vs.

COPENHAGEN CABBAGE PLANTS. $1.00. 1000:





Tomato. $1.00: Ruby King Pepper, $2.00: Sweet Po—

tato. $2.00. Large open field grown. Prompt ship-

ment. Quitman Plant (10., Quitman, Georgia.





 





MILLIONS CABBAGE. Collard and tomato plants.

$1.25. 1000. H. A. Lankford Company, Wholesale

Growers, Franklin, Va.





FOR SATISFACTORY INSURANCE buy seed oats.

beans, of A. B. Cook. Owosso, Mich.





 





 





TOBACCO





HOMESI'UN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.

five pounds. $1.50; ten, $2.50. Smoking, ten. $1.50.

l'ipc free: pay when received. United Farmers, Bard-

loll, lx'cntucky.





 





 





GUARANTEED TOBACCO—chewing or smoking. 5

lhs., $1.25: ten, $2; pipe free, pay when received.

Farmers’ Association, Maxon Mills. Kentucky.





 





POULTRY





 





WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half

price. Thousands of eight—week-old Pullets. Also

Baby Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stook. egg-bred 26 years. Winners at 16 egg

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I

ship C. O. l). and guarantee satisfaction. Geo. B.

Ferris, 934 Union, Grand Rapids, Michigan.





 





I’UI.LETS-VVhite and Barred Rocks; Buff Owing-

tons three months old. Cockercls in White Leghorn;

Barred. Rooks. “’rite for description and prices.

State Farms Association. Masonic Temple Bldg” Kal-

amazoo, Michigan.





 





SPECIAL SALE OF WHIT'I‘AKER'S REDS—Cocks.



Hens. Cockercls, I’ullets and Chicks. Michigan Ac-



credited. Bloodtested. Trapnesied. Write for special



bargain prices. Interlakes Farm, Box 9, Lawrence.

c .





 





WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS—Grandsons Egg

(‘ontest W'inners, $2.00, others $1.50. bullets. Light

Brahma. stock. Albert Henson. Beldlng, Mich.





 





PULLETS-—3000 English White Leghorns. «5... State

Accredited Flock. Different age and prices. ' H.





Knoll. Jr.. R. No. 1. Holland. Mich.





 





 





BABY " CHICKS





 





BUY YOUR WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from a

real poultry breeding farm. Foundation stock direct

from Hollywood and Tancred Farms. Hollywood pens

mated to males hatched from eggs from Hollywood

Farms, 200 to 220-9112. hens. Tancred pens mated

to males from Tancrcd Farms, 200 to 250-egg hens.

I produce my own hatching eggs and set large eggs

only from stock cullvd the year around for size, ino

and vigor, assuring you of chicks of uniform quality

and high production ability that will make more

money for you. June chicks, 110 each: July. 100;

less in 500 lots. .1. B. Dcnoen. Imlay City, Mich.





 





SPECIAL SALE—CHICKS 60 AND [IR—Tailored.

and Tom Barron Vl'hite Le oms, Parks Ban'ed.

Rooks, S. C. ll. I. Reds. and broilers. chicks both

heavy and light breeds. Send for our very instruc—

tive catalogue today. We have a. hatch every week

until Oct. lst. Order your chicks now for immediate

delivery. or for August and September, as we are

booking orders for these months. Late broilers have

proven profitable. 100% live delivery and satisfaction

guaranteed. Box 40. Brummer & Frederickson, Hol—





 





 





y.

Pectin-sea White Collies for July delivery. 812 each.





 





for silo. OuHSwley. 3mm WIS. '





; Homestead Kennels. Saran». Mich.





land, Mich.





 





BABY CHICKS, from stock all newly blood-tested for

Baclllary White Diarrhea. Third year blood-testing.





Eight popular breeds. Hatchery State Accredited.

Catalog and price list ready. Pierce Hatchely. Jen

ome. Mich. .





 





S. C. BUFF LEGHORN BABY CHICKS from Stale

gcgedigfidhsmck. Send for circular. J. W. Webster.

9. . c .





 





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DRIVER SALESMAN——23 to 35 years age. Per-mac

nent employment: good future. Write us if latch

ested. Belle Isle Creamery, 3600 Forest F... Detroit.





Mich.





 





YOUNG MAN—experienced for general farm work.

on Bil-acre farm in Washtenaw County. Write Box

333. Michigan Farmer. Detroit, Mich.





 





 





AGENTS WANTED





 





AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning Device wed»!

and dries windows. sweeps. cleans walls. mambo. mom-

Costs less than browns. 'Over half t. . _ ' -

Harper Brush Works. 173 3rd St... Fairlie! . Iowa.





Try a Michigan‘FarmerLinerl '
Commander Byrd radioed:





“Gargoyle Mobiloil functioned per-

fectly on sixteen- hour Polar Flight

‘ under severe operating conditions.

' BYRD”





 





JOSEFWHNE FORD

BYPO ARUI rrvsnmnu





The Monoplane, Joyepkine Ford. Motored by three

' 200 h. p. ., 9-cylinder Wright engines. Consumes

about 194 gallons of Mobiloil and 28 gallons of

gasoline per hour. Cruising radius about 1,400





King; Bay, Spitzbcrgen. North-

ernmost port open to nav1ga-





tion—a Norwegian possession. ~





Byrd left S. S. 'Chantier here.





'rLieut. Commander Byrd

‘dressed for the Arctic.





VACUUM





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Successful flight to North Pole 1n

MobilOil lubricated plane has a





special significance for farmers





BYRD’S history-making flight

marks another great achieve-

ment for flying, for a Naval aviator,

and for a Mobiloil-lubricated plane.





Commander Byrd chose Gargoyle

Mobiloil as the one oil supremely

qualified to meet the unusual de-

mands made upon the Wright en-





‘gines of his Fokker plane. He knew

correct lubrication would be, per-'





haps, the most important single

factor 1n the reliable operation of

the airplane’s motors.





Facing great hazards in Arctic ice,





.fog and winds, he Could take no





chances on faulty lubrication.





Tractor: Engines and

Airplane Engines





Your tractor, operating for long

hours under full load, makes heavy

demands on your lubricating oil.

But here was a test on lubrication

far more severe. The range of tem—





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perature was even wider, and 11142:"

engines ran at wide open throttle

for nearly 16 hours.





In Byrd’ s plane Mobiloil clearly:

demonstrated its superior ability t6»,T .

hold its body, and to maintain ‘

positive lubrication under full

load and extreme heat. These

same conditions occur in a less de-

gree in your tractor. Are you taking I

advantage of Mobiloil’ s ability to

meet them?





In 1924, Mobiloil lubricated the

engines used in the U. S. Army

Round-the—World Flight. The M0-

biloil used in these flights was not a

special oil prepared for the tests, but .

Was the same Gargoyle Mobiloil '

thatis on sale by good dealers





- everywhere.





Vacuum. Oil Company, Head?





_, quarters: 61 BrOadWay, New York.





DiviSion Offices: Chicago, Kansas

City, Minneapolis.





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