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’ RURAL EXPENSES HIGH PER
CAPITA.

 

I HE major handicap is the fact that
the ability of farmers to pay is
low, while local expenditures are high.
Some states, however, are making en-
couraging progress toward a remedy
by assessing responsibility for roads
and schools on the state instead of
wholly on the local communities. A
legislative committee in New York
state has worked out a fixed rate plan.
Whenever the cost of schoolhouse con-
struction and school maintenance
reaches a point above the fixed rate.
the additional funds shall come from
the state treasury.

TOP 0’ MICHIGAN OFFICERS.

 

HE Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show
Association elected Fred Brudy,
of Wolverine, president at its recent
meeting. R. C. Bennett, president of

'the Michigan Potato Producers’ Ass0<

 
 

ciation, was elected vice-president. A.
C. Lytle and N. E. Glasser were re‘
elected secretary and treasurer re-
spectively.

The association has $300 in the
treasury to start the 1926 ‘show with.
Otsego, Cheboygan, Montmorency and
Crawford counties. have subscribed to
support the next show: Appropriations
are also expected from Alpena, An-
trim, Presque Isle and Charlevoix
counties.

TO SELL SEED POTATOES IN THE
SOUTH.

 

AVORABLE freight rates from

northern Michigan to the south
may induce Upper Peninsula growers
to grow certified Bliss Triumphs for
the southern trade. Mr. H. G. Moore,
of the college, believes that this trade
may rival the present certified seed
potato trade.

PREFER GETTING LIME IN FALL.

 

RAWFORD county is unloading
two cars of agricultural limestone
this month. On account of delays this
spring, there is a rising feeling among
our farmers to get the limestone in
the fall hereafter, for the next spring’s

  

' LOSS OF LIFE. -

 

HE awful toll of human lives tak-

en by war and disaster, is depict-
ed in a statement made in an address
by T. B. Kittredge, assistant director
of Red Cross societies, before the Pan-
American conference. Mr. Kittredge
said that, since 1914, a total of 9,000,-
000 persons have lost their lives in
war; 40,000,000 in epidemics; 5,000.-
000 in famine; 6,000,000,1n civil strife,
and 2,000,000 in earthquakes, 62,000,—
000 in all. And 140,000,000 have been
seriously injured, the total of dead and
injured persons including more than
ten per cent of the world's popula-
tion. In this is pointed out the vast
field of opportunity for the activities
of the Red Cross. '

A COOPERATIVE SUCCESS.

 

HE Canadian wheat pool has sign—

ed up 14,000.000» acres for this
year. The pool includes the territory
of the province of Manitoba, Saskatclr
ewan. and Alberta. The membership
of the pool totals more than 125,000
farmers, and it is said that two-thirds
of the wheat grown in these three

 

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nation of its kind lathe World. Most
of "the crop the pool handles is mar--
' keted direct to foreign countries.~

FIRE WARNING .ssnvucs.

 

SPECIAL fire—weather warning

service, to be conducted" by the
weather bureau, in cooperation with
the forest service and various state'-
and private agencies, has been organa
ized. An appropriation of,$20,000 has
been made available, and will be ad-
ministered by the weather bureau. An
investigation for the purpose of work--
ing out reliable methods of forecast-
ing weather favorable to forest fires
far enough in advance to mobilize fire
fighters and supplies at danger points,
is. now under way. Lightning is known-
to be a prolific source of forestxffires.

 

WANT TO LIVE IN AMERICA.

 

IF the immigration bars Wbre let

down this country would be over-
run with millions of immigrants from
Europe. Chief DuBois, of the Pass-
port Control in the department of
state, estimates that 1,500,000 Euro~
peans are desirous of coming to the
United States to live. This figure is
based on estimates of American con<

 

 

Building Up Markets

HE constituent lines of the Michigan Railroad Associationwill expend
nearly $25,000,000 this year for additions and betterments to the

respective properties.

better freight service.

These outlays will provide for greater safe-guards to
human life, more comfort for the traveling public, increased facilities and

Michigan Railroads may justly claim more than their modest slogan—
They have contributed to the upbuilding of the
industries of the Commonwealth, as perhaps no other group of rail lines in

We Serve Michigan.

America has done.

justified this farosighted policy of the railroads.

In encoura ' g industrial up—building, the railroads have also, in a
measure, creatgeldl a Home Market that absorbs the bulk of the products of

our farms, orchards, gardens, etc., right at home.

Two‘ decades of tremendous industrial expansion

So true is this thafwith

increased production, the railroads are annually hauling farm commodities

less and less.

All of these—except the hay crop—are consumed at home.

IS tremendous Home Market is the ideal/market. But the expansion

policy means more.
grown in other states.

single transfer only.

It has created an outlet for similar products

The track market at Detroit, for instance, handles
40 different perishable commodities from the cars direct to the dealers—a ,

To illustrate: Fresh tomatoes are found at the green

grocers for seven months in the year, thanks to expedited service and the

refrigerator car.

Shipments are made from Old Mexico and five s‘outhern

states before the Michigan crop has matured. This is so for the entire
list of fruits and vegetables.

With our present railroad system the average -wage earner of today
enjoys a far wider range of delicacies on his table the year round than did
the Kings and Nobles of Europe of a century or more ago. ‘

THE Mchigan Railroad Association, then, takes justifiable pride in
announcing its program of improvements and betterments for the
current year which will further aid the state’s industrial advancement, give
even greater importance to the Home Market, and contribute still
towardsraisingthesandardoflivingofallthepeople. .

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plays too, much
‘ ”It in the.

suls abroad. This year, with a quota
of 34,000 for all foreign countries, 93,~
000 requests to enter the United
States have been received already.

News of the [Week

Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, the
famous Los Angeles evangelist, who
was reported missing about four
weeks ago, has returned. She was
held for ransom, but escaped her Mex
ican kidnappers. 2

The officials at Washington honored
Richard E. Byrd, who recently flew
over the north pole. President Cool-
idge presented him with a medal of
va or.

Eighty thousand automobiles trav—
eled to Mundelein, Illinois, to take
part in the final rights of the Catholic
Eucharistic Congress, which was held
in Chicago.

Aristide Briand, the French premier,
has succeeded in forming his tenth
cabinet in the past few years, indicat-
ing the troublesome political situation
in France.

During the first six months of this
year, 164 people were killed by autos
on the Detroit streets. This is twen-
ty-five per cent more than were killed
in the same time last year. ~

The United States sub‘chaser SCN—
432, was driven on the rocks at Mack-
inac by a gale'on June 20.

Although the United States treasury
has a large surplus,.President Cool—
idge warns business men not to ex-
pect any new tax reductions. He he-
lieves that a change in business con-
ditions might alter considerably the
tax income.

The American Cyamid Company’s
bid for Muscle Shoals is being favored
by southern congressmen.

By a vote of the German people, the
ex—kaiser will be allowed to retain his
riches, 14,899,000 favoring seizure, but
5103 0i-(tféluired number of votes was 19,-

The production of passenger autos
during the first five months was 1,727,-
978 cars, the highest record ever
reached during a like period. 2

The president of the Amity Society,
a new-thought organization, says that
man ought to live to be 150 years old.

Seven thousand women from all
parts of the British Isles marched in
London a short time ago in a plea
against war. Many peace speeches
were made. -
Joan Lacosta. a woman auto driver
from France, broke the women’s auto
speed record by driving a mile in 45.8
seconds in Minneapolis recently. ,
The income tax returns has brought
the United States government a sur-
plus of $300,000,000.- ' .. .
The “Big Parade,” 8. war movie, has.
been *barred in Australia .‘ been.“ 1'...-
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‘ VOLUME CLXVII

 

 

D wEEKLK

PUBLISH;

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A Practical. Journal for the sfgral Family

MICHIGAN SECTION THE GAP

,ER FARM PRESS

 

‘ QUALiTY .
RELIABILITY
SERVICE

NUMBER I

 

 

 

 

How to

,WEET clover hay is high in pro-
teih, and has much the same feed-
ing value as alfalfa and clover

hay. It is more difficult to cure, and

is more likely to be stemmy and
' coarse, but anyone who has a field of
~ sweet clover not needed for pasture,
and will need additional high protein
hay, can well afford to make sWeet
. clover into hay.
Sweet clover hay should not be of-
. fered on the market, since it is not
well known, and there are no grades.
~ The few lots that have been offered
, have been of inferior quality and have
‘ hada tendency to prejudice the mar-
- ket against it. On the other hand, It
‘is a valuable farm feed, and many
-.farmers have reported excellent re-
sults from using it.
Time and Height of Cutting.

Sweet clover should be cut just be-

fore the blossom buds appear. The

stage of growth at'which sweet clover
is cut determines very’ largely the

*quality of hay secured. lf allowed to
I come into bloom, the stems become

woody, the leaves fall off, and a very
, IPOOI‘ quality of hay results.

' The height of cutting is very im-
portant. The second year sweet clover
does not propagate from a crown as
does alfalfa, but propagates from buds
in the axils of the branches and leaves
on the lower portion of the stalk. If
the first cutting of the second year is
made below the young branches,
' which bear the leaves, the stand will
be destroyed.

The results secured from. cutting
sweet clover hay at different periods,
and at different heights of stubble at
the Michigan State College, support
these statements. All cuttings at
three and onehalf inches destroyed
the ‘stands. The cuttings made at
five and one-half to six inches high
only slightly injured the, stand when
cutting before blossoming time; nearly

Make Sweet C over Hay
.4 Few Requirement: Mcwmry for .S'atz'yfactmjy Results
By C. R. Megee ofM. S. C.

destroyed the stand when the plants
were beginning to blossom, and totally
destroyed the stand where the plants
were in full bloom when cut. The
plots cut nine inches high were not
injured, at all where the work was
done before blossoming and when the
plants were beginning to bloom, but
when in full bloom the stand was
nearly ’destroyed by cutting at this
height. These tests demonstrate that
this hay should be harvested before
the plants are in full bloom, and the
stubble should be cut at least seven
or eight inches high. A seven or eight-
inch stubble can be left by replacing
the shoes, of the mower with higher
shoes made of strap iron by the local
blacksmith.

When out at the proper stage, sweet
clover contains practically as much
digestible protein as alfalfa, and more
than red clover. High quality sweet
clover hay is well liked by all kinds
of live stock when once they become
accustomed to it.~/

Many cases have 'been reported
showing that when cut in full bloom,
a coarse, stemmy hay containing but
few leaves resulted. Nevertheless,
when no other protein roughage is
available, this hay may be used with
good results.

As a hay crop, sweet clover is con-
sidered inferior to alfalfa, where a1-
falfa can be grown successfully. The
yield of sweet clover hay is usually
less than from alfalfa, but is some—

 

 

The Farmer with a Field of Sweet Clover Has Many Options: He Can Use
it as a Green Manure Plant, for Pastiure, or for Hay.

times greater than that secured from
clover.

Sweet clover is more difficult to
cure into hay than either alfalfa or,
red clover. This is due chiefly to the
large amount of moisture within the
plant at the time of cutting, delaying
the curing of the stems until the
leaves have dried so that they shatter
from the stems. That the leaves con-
stitute the best part of the hay is
shown by analyses made by the bu-
reau of chemistry, United States De—
partment of Agriculture.

The samples used were taken from
the first cutting of the second season.
The protein content of the leaves is
nearly three times that of the stems,
while the crude fiber content of the
stems is over four times that of the
leaves.

How to Cure This Hay.

One of the most successful methods
of curing sweet clover hay is to allow
the plants to slightly wilt in the
swath, then place in the windrow with
a. side delivery rake, and a few hours
lateLplace in small upright cocks. The
hay shouuld be in cocks before the
leaves have dried out sufficiently to
crumble or shatter. The hay is then
left in the cock until cured sufficiently
to put into the barn (:1 :tack. This
may be only two or three days, or
maybe two weeks, depending upon the
weather conditions. The small cocks
may be handled with practically no
loss of leaf.

It is reported that a few farmers in
Tuscola, Huron, and Macomb counties
are harvesting sweet clover hay quite
successfully with the grain binder. It
is harvested just as the plants start
to bloom, bound in small bundles and
cured in long shocks the same as oats
or barley. When the bundles are 0p-
ened in the manger all the leaves are
present, which is very important, since
much of the food value is in the leaf.

Farmer Psychology

Farmer Rum] Oberon/27'0”: of an flgrz'czt/Iztm/ C 01172231 flgem‘
. By C. L. Nash

N observation not novel at all,

just human, is that farmers are

influenced by the method with
which they are approached. Of all the
devices of a rural worker, perhaps the
greatest is the one of making the oth-
er fellow feel that it was his idea and
that he is doing the job.

" You come to recognize types of in-
dividuals who need such methods.
.There are a few among farmers, as
[there are among business men. You
talk with one of that type and you
drop the remark that you are going
over to his neighbor’s to help him put
in a. septic tank. The next: time you
' see him he jumps on you for not giv-
ing him the opportunity to have one
,of those, tanks made; in fact, he hears

_ . on pretty hard. You observe that you
have not only won him over, but you

have over-done the job. You promise

convince him with argument; you
couldn't win him by shame; or by
bull-dozing, but he, like all of us, if
our observations are correct, is sus—
ceptible to that subtle influence of sug-
gestion.

Farmers often think, or at least,
make themselves think, that they don’t
want certain new things, when they
really want them very much. You
break down the barrier by making
:them think‘ they thought of it first.
Now, this is no criticism of“the farm-
er that does not equally apply to other

' people.

Over-enthueiastic.
Then I have been in a community
where, in order to get cooperation, it

had to be over-sold. You could hardly
ineve them, but once they got to may?
a ing you had to apply the brakes.
I. believe ,in‘ farm organizations, but rec-

You

ognize its limits. in comes the man
who would have an iron-clad organiza-
tion. You know he is a good, con-
scious citizen, but under economic
stress he’s gone radical. You must
not curb, but you must direct his en-
thusiasm. ,

This information is needed along
production, as well as organization,
lines. I have actually had farmers tell
me, in good faith, that cutting off a
hog’s tail would cure cholera. That
kerosene would prevent cholera, but
I have aided in vaccinating hogs on
the farm where John D.’ s remedy was
used These later cases are over-
drawn, they are exceptions, but farm-
ing from the standpoint of the indi~
vidual farm can never be too efficient.

It has not been particularly popular
these past ten years to talk produc-
tion. There has been much misunder-

standing. Over-production is a com-
munity, state and national problem,
not an individual farm problem. This
misunderstanding of each other’s
viewpoint has made rural problems
and rural organization difficult the
past few yeais The connection be
tween cooperative marketing and reg-
ulation of production has not always
been evident. The result has been
two schools of thought. one demand-
ing at times, unsound methods of con-
trolling production~the other seeing
efficient production on the farm, and
maiketing through cooperatives the
way out of the financial woods the
farmer has been wandering in. At
times the latter has perhaps, .in his
way, been just as radical as the
former. ‘

One cannot help but recall in mem-
ory those farmers whom,
years you have come in contact with,
who seemed to be making the most

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VOLUME CLXVI NUMBER ONE

DETROIT, JULY 3, 1926
"‘2 CURRENT COMMENT

ANY readers will

 

Building appreciate the
building plan service

Plan which is being inaug-
Service urated with ,this is

sue. The plan s for
a substantial, yet simply constructed
milk-house, are given on another page.
It will be the purpose of our editorial
department to run each month. at
least one set of plans for farm build-
ings.

As explained elsewhere, specifica-
tions and bill of materials will be fur-
nished with these plans at a very nom-
inal cost. The directions given will
aid the farmer who is handy with
tools, to go ahead with jobs that oth-
erwise would require the services of
a skilled builder. In order that we
might make this service of the high-
est value to our patrons, we are anx-
ious for suggestions and opinions.

HE past few years
have been ones of

Real .

E t t booms in real estate,
3 a 3 especially of city and

Boom resort property. Peo-

ple from all parts of
the country have bought land they
have never seen, and in many cases
are now sadder but wiser.

Florida was the chief center for get-
rich—quick activities, but New York,
Detroit, and other large centers have
also been very active. The boom is
flattening out, but still strenuous ef-
forts are being made to find suckers.
These efforts will be made in sections
where the salesmen think the people
are not “wise” to the situation.

Many of these professional real es?

tate operators have transferred their
activities to other parts. And one of
their favorite spots is Michigan, where
‘ much property has qualities making it

   

tate booms, enough lets ”have been

laid out to triple the summer. resort:

population of' the state. , Such a rapid
development is not healthy, and un-
doubtedly will have its reaction. Ek-
perience shows that some will make
money, but the average investor will

probably take a loss.

The, situation has grownito such an
extent that it has come to the recog-
mition of the Michigan Securities Com-
mission, which is making efforts to
stop illegitimate offerings. We be-
lieve that at this time those of our
.readers who have money to invest in
property will get better results to in-
vest it in good farm property. 'Farm
real estate has had its slump and is
.coming back in a healthy and gradual
way. But better yet, we believe the
investment in better farming, instead
of more farming, will pay the biggest
profits.

HERE is nothing

The that occupies the
public mind, and the

Volstead political mind as well,
1401' as does prohibition.

Perhaps no public
question has such decided pro and con
advocates as this one. It seems such
a debatable subject because of the
violations of the law which prevail.
These sometimes even make a anti-
iliquor advocate wonder as to the effi—
'ciency of the law.

During the recent congress, volum-
inous testimony for and against the
Volstead act was presented to the
committee in charge. One bit of tes~
timony not presented in person be-
cause of illness, was that of Evange-
:line Booth, commander of the Ameri-
can Salvation Army. Perhaps no one,
or no institution, wet or dry, knows
.better the results of the enactment of
the dry law. So what Miss Booth had
.to say is of interest.

She does not deny that the liquor
law is violated as much, or more, than
other laws, but the Salvation Army’s
experience with down-and-outers leave
no doubt of the efficacy of the law in
improving conditions. In the old pre-
.prohibition days, boozers were gath-
ered up by the Salvation Army and
fed on Thanksgiving Day. Often one
thousand would be assembled in a sin-
gle hall. Now, Miss Booth says, such
a gathering would be impossible to get
together in any of the Salvation Army
halls.

A; Fifty per cent of the cases of im-

morality in women used to be caused
by liquor; now liquor accounts for
only one per cent of them, and applica-
tions for relief from poor families
have been reduced fifty per cent.
Miss Booth says: “These state-
ments are not the result of heresay.
They grow out of the army’s intimate
knowledge of the life of the poor,
which I think all will hesitate to gain-
say. We know this thing which pro-
hibition debars has sold more homes,
armed more villains, slain more chil-
dren, snapped more wedding rings, de-

throned more intellects, dishonored
more womanhood, and dug . more
graves, than any other poisoned

scourge which has swept this country.
Let there be due hesitation before res
instating as a legalized traffic, this
ruthless despoiler of mankind.”

AST week we call-
A ' ed upon a pro-
gressive Monroe coun-
ty farmer who is nom-
inated for the Michi-
gan Master Farmers’
Club. Many executives in our indus-
trial centers would feel puffed up to
receive the income this farmer is get-
ting from his eighty-acre farm.
During our interview this man re-
marked that results are cumulative.-
'When aperson gets a sound idea and

Cumulative

Effect

9. fund of special information.
is interested in a better hog, or fowl,

‘ or car of corn, he Will persistently

pets with him.

   

 

keeps thinking about it, he soon hash
If he

possible for the aver , ' '

Then othe p , .
' want his products, and
lling to pay a premium be

sive farme
they are

cause the use of the improved hog, or f

fowl, or ear of corn will pay the pre
mium and give the buyer a good profit
over the results that could be obtain-
ed from the use of common stock.

It is not inconsistent with the idea
of diversified farming to indulge in
some specialty. In fact, the highest
achievement in many es of special
farming is possible only where oner is
practicing diversified cr pping.- Soil
improvement and insec and disease
control are greatly simplified through
rotation; besides, labor is more effi-
ciently managed.

But the big thing is that the spe
cialty puts interest in farming. Seek-
ing constant improvement in these
farming specialties is the very best of
adventure. You watch for the outcome
intently. ‘It has more thrills than

seeking what lies beyond the hill. It'

fills one with pen, and the very en-
ergy one injects into the development
of such a specialty puts it across in
a big way.

It, of course, means a. life work: so
it should be something worth while.
But a life devoted to something defi-
nite is worth more than a life devoted
to nothing. And the fact that it will
lead to things different from what the
rank and file see, assures one that he
will be paid in satisfaction as he goes
along, if he does not receive a dollar
more for his work. But, all expert
ence also shows that these men great-
ly multiply their chances of increasing
their income.

CENTURY and a.

The half ago, this
First Fourth, a body of
men, now famous in

Fourth our history, signed a

document which pro-
claimed the Thirteen Colonies free
from monarchial rule. The Liberty
Bell, now cracked but honored, was
rung to let the world know that the
people of America were to fight for
the principle that men were created
equal
The signing of the document did not
bring freedom; it only signified the
intention to fight for it. But since
then America has fought and won var
ious freedoms which have been beacon
lights to other peoples of the world.
But there are many misnomers for

freedom which bring unrest. The real ,

freedom, that which is the ideal of
America, is the freedom to enjoy hap~
piness. That liberty to do as one
pleases in committing wrongs upon
himself and others, is not freedom.

We are still fighting for freedom,
and will continue to do so, for free-
dom is a progressive thing. We still
seek freedom from disease, freedom
from enslaving work, and freedom
from human selfishness. We are mak-
ing progiess, for we are making our
lives bigger, broader and more enjoy~
able.

The signing of the Declaration of
Independence was one of the greatest
events of the world’s history, for it
was the germination of an ideal which
has enabled America to show the
world the road to Utopia—to the mil-
lineum.

We should be extremely thankful
for the foresight of our forefathers,
who decided on July Fourth, 1776, to
break a new road to freedom. Amer.
ice. of today is a. justification of their
judgment.

FTER considera-

ble filibustering

Farr; and delays, the Mo-
'Rehe iNary farm relief bill
,' Killed was brought to a vote

 

in the senate. and

went down in defeat by a. vote ‘of for--

ty—five to thirty-nine.

The western farmers and their he“ 1;.

  

, chine home unless the bill was put to

. , representatives
were told by their constituency not to

a vote. The battle waxed warm, and
the results lockeduncertain until the
vote was taken. It was expected that
the southern senators would stand by
the ma, but many of them failed
when it came to a. show down.

There is need for some legislative
help to put agriculture on a basis
equal to that .of industry, but it will“
be difficult to get the various factions
together because of the varied agri-

cultural and industrial interests of this

great country of ours. Each phase of
farming activity is likely to consider
its problems from its own standpoint
rather than in relation to agriculture
as a whole.

The advocates for farm relief are
not downed. They are going to fight
the harder because of this defeat. The
agricultural interests of the country
cannot afford to rest at this time, for
it is a critical period. for farming. In-
dustry has grown so fast during the

past generation that it predominates, ' ‘

and if the right attitude is not taken
toward farming, it will in time sink
to a state of peasantry and put the
nation on a shaky foundation. Un-
doubtedly the attitude of farmers to-
ward their own business will have con
siderable influence with the agricul-
tural attitude of the nation. Farming
now needs a conservative aggressive-
ness and a modest self-reliance.

 

Summer Err/tum

IN’T summer grand, when you kin
lay in a hammick and read about
fair ladies and their nights, or knights
I guess you call ’em, when you kin let
your mind wander to the fairy land 0’
thrills, excitements and loves and dar~
in’ deeds? And then when you git
tired doin’ that you kin sleep, git up
and dance or sing, or go fishin’, swim-
min’, or paddul a canoe and be a night
(knight I should say) to a fair lady
with short skirts, short sleeves and
short hair. but with long eye lashuses,
long tongues, and long legs. Now; ain’t
that nice? _
That’s summer—summer ficshun,
’cause it ain’t so with most 0’ us. It's
a sort 0' dream 0’
what most 0’ us
think we’d like,
but don’t have.
It’s the kinda
time city young
folkses save up a
whole year fer
just ta get two
weeks 0’ it. And
t h e 11 they get
boardin’v-house hash, mosquito bites,
and sun burn.

There’s lots 0’ Iongjn’ and wishin’
in life fer most 0’ us. We want ta
make our dreams come true but don't
know how. Most 0’ us don’t know the-
reaiizishun 0’ our dreams is in our-
selves, mostly. We’re half sick ’cause
we don’t know how ta take care 0’
ourselves. When we’re fully healthy
we’re happy, and we’re happy and
healthy when our human machine is
hittin’ on all fours. The troubul is,
we ain’t machinists enuf ta understand
our own machinery.

Summer ficshun stirs our emoshuns,
but it don’t get us thinkin’ about
what’s at the bottom 0’ things. Some-
times it’s good ta read summer fic~
shun. It’s a recreashun, and all hard
workers have recreashun. Me bein' a
hard worker, I’m settin’ in the ham-
mick when I kin, and readin' summer
ficshun. It’sa kinda vacashun from
work, and the problums o’ livin' on the
farm. Sofie ain’t taken ta summer
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HE transportation of pupils has

passed beyond the experimental

stage, and many interesting dis-
coveries have been made. Occasion-
ally the statement is made that trans-
portation of pupils cannot be done suc-
cessfully, but usually it is made by an
individual who is not acquainted with
the facts;

Last year 6,810 pupils were trans-
ported to rural agricultural schools. It
is estimated that at least double this
number were transported to one-room
schools, small consolidated schools,
and township unit schools.

The law provides that the vehicles
used in the transportation of pupils to
rural agricultural schools and by dis-

Corz‘r are Being Redueed

tive intereston the part of the bus
drivers in the success of the project,
since slight changes have to be made
'in the routes as families move in or
out of the district.

The tax-paying school electors real-
ize that there should be the closest
cooperation on the part of parents and
patrons who live on the transporta-
tion routes. If the children are al-
ways ready when the bus arrives, and
if the parents lend assistance with a
spirit of good will when emergencies
arise, it will tend to make the job of
transporting children more inviting.
The result will be that contracts can
be let to better advantage, resulting in
a definite saving to. the tax-paying

 

 

Here Are the Busses of the Meridian
to Their

tricts that vote to discontinue school
for the ensuing or current year, shall
be of ample capacity, shall be enclos-
ed to keep out the rain or snow, and
be provided with robes and foot warm-
ers during cold weather.

It has been found advisable to make
a survey of the district where a large
area. is involved, to determine the ex-
act location of the homes from which

children must be transported, the con-

dition of the roads, and the probable
length of routes. After this has been
done, the school board should careful-
ly lay out the routes, keeping in mind
the importance of reducing the max-
imum distance that children should be
required to ride. In general, it is ad-
visable to avoid, as far as possible,
drawing children away from the school
when enroute to the school. This nec-
essitates careful planning and an ac-

Stack Threshing

Will We Get Back to It flgdzh .9"

OES it pay to stack grain rather

than to thresh from the shock?

When I .was a small boy just
starting in to help with the threshing
work, everyone stacked their grain,
and no threshing was done until the
grain had had time to go through the
sweat, and hence threshing started
later, and often the last jobs were not
finished until the weather got decided-
ly chilly. I can remember very dis-
tinctly how much commotion it made
when the first few farmers started to
thresh out of the shock, and how the

. better farmers looked upon it as a
.slipshod, wasteful method of thresh-

ing.

Millers have repeatedly expressed
the hope that stack threshing would
become more general. Trials have
been made with shock and stack—

, threshed wheat, both sustaining the

same amount of rains. Wheat thresh-

stack not only graded
in meanest high-
Jami:

 

 

the wastage of shock threshing will

4138-; ‘ rung» sun

 

 

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Consolidated School Taking Scholars
Homes.

electors. In fact, there has been a.
great reduction during the last few
years.

In many communities, the township
road commissioner and township
board are making a special effort to
improve the roads over which children
must be transported. Where the town-
ship is the school unit, a transporta—
tion policy can be worked out most
advantageously. All parties should
cooperate to the fullest extent in the
interest of economy and efficiency,
thereby reducing taxes.

Constructive criticism, careful plan-
ning in laying out the routes, the right.
kind of cooperation on the part of the
various agencies, and an- appreciative
interest by parents and patrons in the
eflorts of the school board and bus
drivers, will all be conducive to the
best results—B. J. Ford.

proves the quality and color of grain.
This is especially valuable with wheat
and rye. Grain which goes through
the sweating process in the stack is
better than that which is left to sweat
in the bin; Heavy rains will not hurt
well stacked grain. Oats are decidedly
susceptible to dampness and will not
readily dry out in the shock.

Stack— threshed grain can be piled
in a smaller place than shock- threshed
grain, with less chance of injury
through heating. It does not require
so much watching after storage. It
Can be stored for months in the stack
if necessary, and this will work in'
with the more orderly marketing of
our grain. Sudden showers during
threshing time do not delay operations
when working from the stack. When
threshing from the shock, the reverse
is frequently the case, and all hands
"must wait, because the shocks in the
field have become watersoaked.

Also, my observation has been that

.run' several times that of stack thresh-

You can’t get
along without it

VERY day you probably run across something that
drives home to you how indispensable power is. In
horses, tractors, stationary engines—you realize you’ve got
to have it.

“But,” you naturally ask, “how can I be sure of; every
bit that’s due me?”

By stopping up powerleaks—where power may slip
away unnoticed. For instance—

Do you think of oil in terms of power? Thousands of
real, running tests on the Wasson Motor Check have proved
that the wrong grade or quality of oil drags down the power
in an engine. In many cases, from 10 to 30 per cent! And
these same tests prove that the right grade of Havoline
builds up power and holds it.

Your own car—your own farm engines—can duplicate
these tests. Consult the Havolz'ne 01'! Power Guide:—
the tabulated results of more than 60,000 tests, checked
against twenty-three years of laboratory findings. And ask
your dealer for the individual power guide for your make
of car, and for the Oil Power Guide for Trucks and Trac~
tors—or write to us.

You can get Havoline in 5-gallon cans
or 30 and 50 gallon drums. Its power is
your economy! Order now and be sure of
your supply. Immediate delivery from your
dealer or your local Indian plant.

Indian Refining Company

Incorporated

Lawrenceville, Ill.

 

The same crude, the
same refinery and the

- oemeworkmen produce
Havoline Oil and In-

dian Gas. Both are
Central States prod-
ucts—Havoline a na-
tional leader, Indian
sold only in territories
close to the

For quahty, bet on In-
dian. You' reluc to
be living 11; one the
etatee' 111 which this top-
uotch gas is sold!

HAveLiNE

~ the power oil

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shatter many heads. Sparrow .s} and

know how to but Qa good stack that

 

 

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S UPREM

The satisfactory per—

‘ formance of any car,

' truck, tractor or station—
ary engine is absolutely
dependent on its spark
plugs—that is why en—
gineers who design the
finest cars and engines,
bdth in this country and
Europe, have selected
Champions as standard

» equipment and why two
out of three operators of
cars, tractors or station-
ary engines, the world
over buy Champions
regularly.

Dependable Champion Spark
Plugs render better service for a
longer time. But even Cham—
pions should be replaced after
10,000 miles service. Power,
speed and acceleration will be
restored and their cost saved
many times over in less gas
and oil used.

CH AM P 10 N X
exclusively for
Fords—packed

the Red Box

60"

  
 
 

CHAMPION-
for cars other
than Fords—

packed in the
Blue Box
7 5 f
Each
C DcpendablMc for Every Engine

Toledo Ohio

   

 

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.other. grain-eating birds in great num-
bers live off the shock and the total
consumption must be heavy. And the
loss in handling also is heavy, since
in 'a threshing crew most of the men
have no idea of saving anything ex-
.cept work. When the grain is damp,
it is .almost necessary to open up the
shocks to dry, and I have seen this
done by driving a team and wagon
rapidly over the shock rows. All this
wastes a great deal of the grain. The
wet season of 1915 was a record-break-
er in the loss of unstacked grain.
.Grain that was well stacked that year
,came through in good shape, while
thousands of acres on which the
weeds had grown up higher than the
shocks, never were threshed at all.
The chief objections to stacking
grain are the greater labor costs and

   

-shape.

labOr to stack, but when one considers
the much less labor required to thresh
from the stack, and the 105s of time
in repaying threshing help, and the
wasteful habits so many of these have
in feeding teams, it has always seem-
ed quite debatable Whether the total
labor cost of stack threshing would not
be less than that for shock threshing.

One ‘method occasionally used for
cutting down the labor costs, is to use
an ordinary portable elevator for put-
ting the bundles on the stack, pitch-
ing the bundles from the wagon'onto
the elevator, and letting it drop them
on the middle of the stack. This
keeps the stack middle better filled
and better packed, and makes for .a
better stack—l. W. Dickerson.

 

 

‘SEPTIC TANK NOT VERY EXPEN—
SIVE.

 

ANY of our readers hesitate

about putting in a first—class
sewage disposal system because of a
fear that it will cost quite a large sum
to build the septic tank. Often the
cost of such a tank, where the farmer
does his own labor and has to buy
only the cement and the fittings, will
not be over $20; and the cost under
most unfavorable conditions should
not run over $60. In most cases, the
cost of a septic tank will not be very
much greater than that of a cesspool,
and is incomparably safer and better.
In fact, a cesspool should never be
constructed, if the farmer cares any-
thing about safety and convenience.
In most soils, the filth from the cess‘
pool saturates the ground and closes
up the pores, with the result that in
a short time it fails to operate and
must be cleaned out two or three
times a year. 'Where the ground is
open enough to keep a cesspool work-
ing; there is consideiable danger that
the pollution will be carried into the
water supply.

When p1operly constructed and op-
erated, however, a septic tank often
runs for several years before the min-
erals and sludge accumulate to suCh
an extent as to require removal, after
which another long period may be ex-
.pected. Information on septic 'tanks
and sewage disposal may be obtained
free from the Farm Mechanics Depart-
ment of the Michigan State College,
East Lansing.—-D.

BOILING HAY ROPE PREVENTS

TWISTING.

 

Nl.’MBER of subscribers have

written in that they have prevent-
ed hay ropes from twisting by putting
them in a kettle of water, bring it to
the boiling point, and boil for twenty
to thirty minutes, then take it out and
stretch it tightly while hot, and let it
dry. This is said to prevent any ser«
ious trouble from twisting. The boil-
ing is also said not to injure the
strength of the rope.

A CONVENIENT HAY RACK AR-
RANGEMENT.

 

VERY convenient and labor-sav-
ing piece of haying equipment is
made of an ordinary flat hay rack
fourteen to sixteen feet long and seven
to seven and one-half feet wide, with
the regular type of front stake or
ladder
Along each side of this hay rack a

the boards, or on top of them if pre-
ferred, and fastened solidly to the
{Across-pieces by bolts. These can» be

 

ordinary onemurth-inch one with .ihe

Isa-inch iron pipe is placed between'

   

 

sides of the heads cut away, so they
will go down through a slot in the
top of the pipe, the bolt also passing
through a 5-16-inch hole in the bottom
of the pipe, and through the rack
cross-pieces.

On top of these pipes is set a false
rack the same Width, and half the
length of the main rack, with stakes
at the front, but none at the back.
Guides hold this rack in place, so that
it will slide back and [forth on the
pipes as a track. A rope is fastened
to the middle of the front cross-piece
of the false rack, and to a gas pipe
Windlass at the front of the main rack.

To use, place the false rack at the
rear of the main rack, where it is
loaded to the usual height of the load.
Then this false rack and the half load
is pulled to'the front'of the main rack
by means of the Windlass and rope;
then the rear half of the load is load-
ed on the main rack. The pipes are

will turn Water and keep in good} .
It does require a little more“

  

the neCeSsity or moving. the hay as
delivered by the hay loader, the full
length of the rack, about all that is
needed being trampling down. Then,
in removing the load, the hay divides
at the middle and a much neater and
more compact bunch can be picked up
by the hay fork. Where farmers have
tried this device out, they are very
enthusiastic as to its labor-saving pos-
sibilities. ——I. W. D.

 

LESS HOEING BRINGS BETTER
RESULTS.

 

SOMEHOW farm folks -. have gotten

the idea that the more you hoe the-
more you grow. But it doesn’t work
that way. One can cultivate too much
for the good of the crop.

Since getting my land in good con,
dition’ as to fertility and physical
make- up, I have been able‘to reduce
the number of cultivations of the hoed
crops by about half, and the crops are
generally better. Further, the cultiva-
tions, instead of using much horse
power} to make them deep, are shal-
low, except for the first time over be
fore the root system of the crop has
become fully developed, we usually
run the cultivator deepest. ‘

Here is what I feel takes place
through excessive cultivation of our
hoed crops: - It deepens the mulch.
This brings moist soil to the surface
where it driesout. It allows the cul-
tivator teeth to cut off and generally
break up the fine root system which
nature is organizing to take advantage
of the good plant food prepared in'the
top soil to make a maximum of growth.
I know of a‘fact that I save money,
and also have more time to devote to
haying and other duties, when for--
merly I was riding the cultivator. This
whole matter, however, is built upon
the piemise that one has gotten his
soil in first class shape. -—T. D. Fred-
ericks

 

NEWS

  

WILL HOLD ROUND-UP AT CHAT-
HAM, AUGUST 14.

 

HIS year’s Annual Farmers' Round‘

up at Chatham will be held Aug-
ust 14. It will be preceded by the an—
nual Boys’ and Girls’ Club encamp-
ment, when about 400 club members
andleaders will enioll for a week’s
instruction in club problems.

Several new features will attract
farmers and their families this year,
says G. W. Putnam, superintendent of
the station. Two new barns that re-
place the ones burned last year are
completed. The dairy barn, with its
labor-saving devices and solid cement
basement, is the last word in dairy
barn construction. The horse barn
likewise has all the latest ideas for
making horses comfortable.

In addition to the barns, several in
teresting animals have been added to
the already excellent herds there. The
Traverse herd. sire is developing into
an excellent individual. A Belgian
stallion from the college barns at East
Lansing, and four pure-bred Belgian
mares arrived at Chatham this week
to be added to the live stock family.
They show excellent individuality and

it isexpected that many horse lovers

will visit the station to see them.

The new hogs and sheep will also
come in for their share of attention,
as they are rapidly becoming an im‘
portant part of the experiment station
activities.

LflVERLAN .I

.line,” stated Mr. Wright,

  

on. has planned three poultry/feeding

FREIM

  

team in pounds, will be demonstrated.
This machine will be used at six or
seven fairs this fall, and the demon--
stration at Chatham will be in prep-
aration for these events.

These features, coupled with the us-
ual crops and poultry tours, will fur-
nish a very interesting day for all who
wish to attend.

BOYS' AND GIRLS’ CLUB WORK
GOING STRONG.

 

HEALTHY growth is shown in the
summer enrollments of Boys’ and
Girls’ Club work in the Upper Penin-
sula this year, according to‘Mert
Wright, assistant state club leader.

“There is no great boom in any
“But each
department shows a good increase,
and we are very well satisfied with
the prospects. More adults are becom-
ing interested each year, and people
are beginning to see the results of
past years’ work, thus making "it eas-
ier to secure local leaders that are so
necessary in putting on a program of
club work.”

Miss Emma DuBord, in charge of
girls’ work, is enthusiastic over the
results of her winter program, and
looking forWard with a great deal of
pleasure to the summer season, with
camp activities, state fair contests-etc, ,

County Agent Johnson, of Van Dur-

A horse dynamometer, designed to

measure the pulling strength of a,

doos‘ my With .

 

 

    


 

 
 

 
 

  
 
 
  
  
   

PEACH enoP PROSPECTS.

 

ICHIGAN peach] growers have
' M in prospect are largest peach
crop they have harvested since
1922. A trip through the peach sec-
tions of the state will convince one of
this fact, H. D. Hootman, extension
specialist in horticulture of Michigan
State College, has said. .
Reports from competing peach grow-
ing states indicate that the crop in
sight will be from one-fourth to one-
half larger than the crop of 1925. In-
diana predicts the largest crop they
have produced for ten years. New
York and Ohio have in prospect crops.
from twenty 'to fifty per cent larger
than those of last year; while Illinois,
whose peach crop goes on the market
just ahead of Michigan’s, has in pros—
pect a crop over twice as large as any
produced during the last ten years.

- The government reports of the bu-
reau of agricultural economics inti-
mate that the peach crop for the Unit-
ed States will exceed that of last year
by 12,000 bushels. Should these
forecasts materialize, the markets will
be well supplied with peaches. Judg-
ing from the history of well supplied
markets, only large, well graded and
well packed fruit will sell at a profit-
able figure. _

Peach Crop Should be Thinned.

A thorough thinning of the peach
crop can not be too earnestly recom-
mended. XVhen peaches are scarce,
any grewer who has a crop can usu-
ally secure a good price for his fruit;
but in years of a big crop, such as the
present promises to be, it is the grow-
er who produces high quality fruit
that makes the most money, and finds
it the least trouble to sell his”fruit.

Thin After “June Drop."

Peaches should be thinned, follow-
ing the “June Drop” and before the
pits harden. The old rule of thinning
peaches, leaving them six inches apart,
on the individual branches, is a good
one to follow. However, each tree is
a problem in itself, and the rule of a
six—inch distance between fruits must
be adapted to fit individual cases.

Varieties such as New Prolific, Kal-
amazoo and Golden Drop, will require
more severe thinning than Elberta.
Young and vigorous trees are capable
of sizing up more fruits in proportion
to their size, than older trees. The
position of the bearing wood on older
trees greatly influences the thinning
distance. Vigorogs wood, as is usu-
ally found in the tops, will generally
size up most varieties when thinned
to a distance-of six inches; while fruit
borne in the center and lower parts of
the tree, on slower growing wood, will
require more severe thinning. Trees
of low vitality must be thinned more
severely than vigorous trees. Finish
thinning one limb at a time, and work
from the inside of the tree. All over-
loaded trees will produce a large per-

, centage of small, under-sized fruit if
not thinned.

In the light of present prospects,
Michigan fruit growers cannot afford
to grow small peaches, neither can
they afford to weaken their trees by
over-production.

FERTILIZERS FOR CUCU MBERS.

 

I wish you would inform me what

kind of commercial fertilizer I may.

use for pickles. Last year I planted
a. few rows, and. in some spots where
the manure , was enough, with few
days of warm’weather they dried out.
This year I have one acre, and I did
not put'bhany manure at all. It seems

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‘the most economical method is to ap-

ltn pr whateto £10.,

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first year that it Was plowed—F. I.
The use of manure in the hills of
cucumbers and melons is very apt to
lead to serious results in a dry season.
The soil around the hill dries out,
causing either a poor stand of plants
or very slow growth. However, in a.
season when the moisture is sufficient,

ply manure, providing it is well de-
composed. A commercial fertilizer
consisting of the formula 4—12-6 would
probably‘give the best results on eith-
er of these crops. This should be ap-
plied at planting time at the rate of
500 to 1,000 pounds per acre. Any fer-
tilizer drill is satisfactory, or it may
be spread by hand." Often an addi-
tional application of sodium nitrate
will give very good results. However,
this should be a small application—
not over 150 pounds—as a larger
amount would. tend to produce vigor-
ous vine growths and delay the ma—
turity—E. P. Lewis.

LITTLE CODLING MOTH.

 

HERE will be less damage in an
ple orchards from the codling
moth than usual this season, accord—

 

Thoroughness in Spraying is Essential

ing to Dr. A. L. Quaintance, of the
bureau of entomology. The late spring
has been unfavorable to codling moth,
while apples have made their normal
growth. It is estimated that this pest
costs the fruit growers some $25,000,-
000 annually.

PEACH TREES POISONED.

 

RSENICAL injury is what is troub-

ling many of the peach trees of,

the southwestern part of the state, ac-
cording to Prof. C. W. Bennett, of the
Botanical Department of M. S. C.
This injury is due to the use of ex-
cessive amounts of arsenate of lead,
or insufficient amount of lime, when
spraying. To prevent the trouble,
which shows mostly on older trees,
use plenty of lime in making dry lime-
sulphur for peach spraying. That is,
in the 16-8-100 formula, use an addi-
tional eight pounds of lime. Keeping
the trees in good vigor will help them

to resist the injury, acCording to Pro— '

fessor Bennett.

The injury shows up usually after
mid-summer. The twigs take on an
unhealthy appearance and the leaves
on the new shoots begin to droop, roll,
turn yellow and drop. Bennett says
that if these twigs are examined close-
‘ly a dark reddish discoloration will
be found at the base of the new
growth. At first the injury extends
only part way through the bark, but
later may girdle the twig. The injury
may also be found around the buds.
Dark spots appear and may kill the
thirds. ‘

      
   
    
       
     
      
        
      
    
        
       
     
     
      
        
     
     
       
     
 
  

  

   

 

 

The rear weight rolls
on the rolling landside
—-no dragging friction.

 

 

 

the John Deere No. 40.

Fordson.

gladly tell you all about it.

operate.

their John Deere “40’s". See

 

 

Ask Your Neighbor
' Fordson Owners

--those lucky ones who are using
the John Deere No. 40

Not far from you there is a Fordson farmer who uses

He bought the “40” after he convinced himself that it
has important advantages over any other plow for the

Now he knows by experience on his farm—in condi-
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He will tell you the genuine John Deere bottoms do
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makes the “40” pull lighter; how the guaranteed beams
and hot-riveted frame connections insure longer life for
the “40”, and why the “40” is the easiest plow to

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for use with your Pordson. See your neighbors 3. out
the “40" on displa;l
town. Write for free folder full of facts about t
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They relax. They let down. You get the last drop.

It is long lasting.
Dr. Hess Fly Chaser has the odor of the pines.
Because of this odor it serves a threefold purpose:

First—It is the most 'eEective fly and mosquito repellent
known to science—quick in action, long lasting.

Second—It is an excellent disinfectant. Therefore, while it
is keeping the flies away, it is also destroying the disease germs
that attack your cow’s body—disinfecting your barns, and
injecting into the atmosphere a most healthful odor.

Third—No herd sprayed with Dr. Hess Fly Chaser ever suEers
from. warhles, which cause a great annual loss to_§lairymen and
farmers.

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keeps the mosquitoes away. ,,

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AVE you noticed that mothers
no longer dread “baby’s second
summer?” The hot months used
to be'very ‘trying on babies. and the

number of little coffins needed in July,

August and September were vastly

more than at any other season of the

year.

We did not' understand how much

of this was due to infected milk. Now-

adays mothers are particular about '
having absolutely sterile bottles and

nipples for'every feeding. They will

give no milk that is not fresh and

sweet. They never warm over the un-

used portion of a previous feeding, as

used to be a common practice. There

are few indeed, who boast, ‘11 give my

baby everything-just the same as the

rest of the family.”

On the other hand, it has been dem-

onstrated that babies may be given

other foods than milk with safety, if

good judgment is used in their prep

arations. Even as early as six months

of age a little well—cooked cereal of

the cream of wheat variety may be

given. “Well-cooked” means cooking

in a double cooker for three hours.

The amount given is only a single

teaspoonful, three times daily, to be-

gin; though it may be gradually in-

progress. With few exceptions they
were men eager to grasp new ideas
that would make for efficient produc-
tion. They were the men who tried
Red Rock wheat, who grew Grimm al<
falfa, and fed their hens mash in the
hopper. They were also the men who
'coupled this with good market prac-
tice and were usually firm supporters
of the local co-op. They were also
the men who were active in the com-
Time and time
again have we observed that the lead-
i'ers sought out by the Red Cross, state
board of health, and other county-
wide enterprises would almost exactly
dupliCate the leaders in extension
work.
Is this just a happenstance, or is it
an attitude of mind of the man him‘
self, that makes him interested in so-
ciety and, incidentally, a better farm—
er? Do farmers farm just to make
money, or do they desire a certain
social approval made possible by high-
er standards of living which cost mon-
ey? Our observation leads us to be.
lieve that there are stronger motives
moving men and women of our farms
to action than mere money-making.
A situation that is at present clear-
ing up, but was quite evident three
years ago, even to the most casual ob-
server, was the effect upon progress
of the frame of mind of the farmer.
At times it is hard to understand why
farmers, when they are up against it
financially, tell everybody about it,
and thus lessen their credit and value
of their products, and force land val-
ues downward. The banker never tells
you when he is hard up financially. He
buys a new suit/of clothes. Possibly,
after all, the farmer’s attitude in such
'a situation is more natural and more
altruistic than other business men’s,
but nevertheless it appears to have
been a big factor in any movement
designed to assist agriculure.
I. This is not a lecture on Christian

l‘Scie’nce, but on common, everyday ob-

‘servation. Agriculture cannot be im-
proved, home life on the farm can
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creased to three table'spoonfuls by: the
time eight months is reached.

Still more surprising to the older
generation is. the fact that green vege~
tables are not only allowed, but rec‘
o‘mmended as food'for babies from
eight months of age up. The vitamins
and minerals of these vegetables help
to a more sturdy growth of tissue and
they are also of value in helping to
digest other foods. Among those rec~
ommended are carrots, spinach, Swiss
chard, and cooked head lettuce. The
vegetables must be cooked until ten--
der, seasoned with salt, strained and
mashed to a pulp. The vegetable wa~<
ter is not thrown away, but serves to
mix up the soft pulp that is fed to
the baby. At first only one teaspoon—
ful is given, but as the little one
shows his ability for digestion, it‘is
increased until two to four ounces are
given once daily. Baked potato in '
small quantities is begun about the
same time.

The tendency in this is to develop .
the bony framework, avoid rickets and
scurvy. and give better teeth. Moth-s
ers must remember that all changes

\of food must be made cautiously, es

pecially in hot. weather. At any sign
of trouble go back to the simple food
that is known to agree.

Farmer Psychology ‘

(Continued from page 3).

of despondency. We sincerely believe
that the thinking of farmers does af«
feet their ability to de the things that
wouldxhelp them out of their difficul-
ties.

In the opening of this article, we
mentioned confessions. We presume
you have wondered if this was a con-
fession, or merely a chance to ex-
haust, rid one’s system of a few ideas.

There have been times when those
you most banked on failed you in a
crisis—dimes when you wondered if it
was all worth while—if it would not.
be better to get into the game and
capitalize some of these things your
self, and let the rank' and file trail
along, times when you became a
doubter—you didn’t sleep nights—you
procrastinated.

There have been times when, due
to the very impetus of numbers of
those who said, “it can’t be done,” al~
most smothered your own enthusiasm
and desire to put it across. You have
been criticized when in earnest, and
worst of all, you have made mistakes
you know you ought not to have made.
These things, and many more have
almost brOken your spirit.

But the next morning some leader
calls up and wants you to come out
and plan a community affair—the
thing is to be a great event. It is a
winner. His very enthusiasm chal-
lenges you, and again your red blood
begins to flow, obstacles are forgotten,
your enthusiasm barometer rises and
the storm passes and you get up and
go to it again. After all, much soocall~
ed criticism is just growling, and not
just complaint. It is only the just
complaints that hurt permanently.

Rural people are facing a new day
with new economic, social, religious,
and educational adjustments to be
made. We must retain what is good
in the individualism. of the past, and
put it to working“ cooperatively to
Solve the problem's Of the future. To
do this, we must study our-Selves indie
' vidually and as communities in input .
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N conversation/ with the superin-

tendent of the Borden Condensary,
at ~Mt. Pleasant, recently, I learned
about the herd that sent the greatest
amount of milk to his factory the past
year. My curiosity was aroused to
such an extent that I drove out to see
the herd and to have a talk with the
owner and manager, and learn, if pos-
sible, how it was done. .

I found Wesley Welch (that was the
owner’s name) at home on a' very
good farm of 120 acres, and in a pro-
gressive community. The farm is
equipped with substantial, but not im-
posing, buildings, and the dairy oper-
ated as an important adjunct of a gen-
eral farming practice. The herd num-
bers eleven head in milk, with a few
heifers from his best cows being rais-
ed to keep up and improve the herd.

The production «for the year, as
measured in terms of milk actually
delivered to the condensary, totals, in
round numbers, 12,000 pounds for each
of the eleven cows, and the checks
returned average $240 per cow. No
record~was kept of the calves sold or
the milk used in the family. This pro—
duction is approximately, three times
the average for the country, and it
was interesting to me to learn how it
was done, and something about the
costs and profits.

The herd might be truly described
as a practical, working, dairy herd.
No fancy pedigrees or high-priced
stock, just big, strong, rugged, cows
of practically pure Holstein blood, but
unregistered. No special or high-pric-
ed feeds, just lots of ensilage and al-
falfa, or pasture, and home-grown
grain, such as corn, oats and barley,
with just enough purchased concen—
trates to balance the grain ration.

Mr. Welch is his own herdsman,
and with one hired man cares for the
cows, in addition to doing the regular
work of the farm. No effort is made
to keep the cost records on the herd
exact, so definite figures were not
available, but Mr. VVelch carefully es-
timates the annual cost, including ev-
erything the cows eat, at $120 each.
Allowing another $20 for incidentals,
such as interest, taxes, insurance, etc.,
there is still left $100 per cow to be
classed as labor income.

It seems to me that there are at
least three real reasons for the place
this herd holds at the very front
among the many good herds in this
section. The reasons are, good land,
good cows, and good,care. This com-
bination is a sure winner, even in
these days when profits on the farm
are not easily cornered. Therein lies
the secret of success and permanency
in agriculture—P.

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IZE WASTE.

 

ANY a man who has been swish-

ed in the eye by the tail of “old
bossy" at milking time has heartily
wished there were a substitute for the
switch, without realizing that the nice,
long hair on the end of the tail of the
cow adds a. little to her commercial
value. '

Many breeders on looking over their
hogs, think only of the firm, fat and
nice, flesh which fills out their skins,
without thinkinganything at all about
the hair that grows on the outside.

_ As. a. matter of fact, last year nearly
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stock. This was money which the pro-
ducers would not have received ex-
cept for modern packing house proc-
esses. In the old days, and even to
some extent now~—when‘hog hair, for
instance, in the summer, is too short
to be of commercial value—this prod-
uct had to be turned into fertilizer,
but the hair from hogs in the winter
time, and the switches from the ends
of cattle tails are used extensively in
the curled hair business.’ Curled hair
as handled now-a—days is a very resil-
ient and sanitary product used in the
making of the best types of mattresses
and upholstery, Horse tails, cattle
switches, horse manes, and hog hair
are used. They rank in quality and in

price about in the order listed, for not _

only the strength of the hair, but its
length and color, are important fac-
tors in price.

The hair as it comes from the pack-
ing plant, goes through a very partic-
ular process of cleaning and steriliza-
tion, and then is braided and twisted
into ropes, so that each individual hair
is curled into a miniature spring. Spe-
cial treatment of these ropes of hair
fixes the curl with a truly “permanent
wave,” and after the ropes are combed
out, these thousands of little springs
are used to make the highest quality
of mattresses and upholstery—highest
quality because most comfortable and
longest lasting. There is no other ma-

(Continued on page 16).

 

  
   

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“ Compare an im roved De Laval side-by-
side With any ot er. See it yourself; and
when you do you will not need an expert to
tell you which one is by far the better de-
signed and made, sure to last longer, do bets
ter work, and prove the better investment.

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D is ty go a step further and try a De Laval side-
. . by-side with any other. Not one buyer in a
huden‘ hundred ever does that and fails to choose
the De Laval. Your De Laval‘ Agent Will
gladly arrange a trial for you.

Then after you have seen and tried the
improved De Laval, after you have convmced
yourself that it is better than any other, trade
in your old separator as partial anment on
the new machine, which you can . uy on such
easy terms that it will pay for itself out of
the savings it makes.

If you do not know the name of your low] De Laval
Agent. write the nearest De Laval office below.

THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO.

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how much
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HE early mo 1‘ _ggcli “hi: w-
in a gray Wave over the are
green crest of the spruce forest;

and shortly the intervals was . . .
, summed with shimmering gold as the .

  

reun’s first beams fell upon the mist
curtain that overhung the low-lying
ground. Each tiny atom of moisture
among the millions in the dew-laden
atmosphere reflected the golden tint
radiantly, then slowly dimmed and
was absorbed by the new warmth that
came creeping into the air. As the
last curling wisps of vapor dissolved,
the sunlight swept over the wild
meadow, disclosing its rich enameling
of wild flowers and lush green grass.
Where the earth dipped slightly to
hold the seeping water of a turbulent
stream that flowed near by, a shallow
mere fringed with purple-glowing flag
was the last to yield its dew coverlet
to the spreading rays. ,

Emerging from the black wall of
trees that rimmed this quiet glade, a
she bear with a single cub at her side
cast appraising eyes over the spark—
ling expanse. Halting for a moment
I at the meadow’s edge, she sniffed the
‘» air inquiringly, then shambled through
the wet grass to drink at the pool.
The cub’s tiny bright eyes snapped
with mischievous interest in each ob-
ject that met his view. He suppressed
his exuberance, however, for already
he knew that quietness and caution
were advisable in the open spaces un-
til they were examined thoroughly for
lurking dangers

The mother bear drank of the clear,
cool water, and with her morning
thirst satisfied, quested the meadow
for breakfast. The cub was in the
kindergarten stage of schooling and
learning to supplement the lessening
maternal supply of nourishment with
more solid food. With twinkling baby
eyes, he watched his mother as she
sought the roots of Indian turnip and
prairie crocus and plowed them up
with her snout. The cub sampled them
and found the crocus roots eatable,
but the pungency of the Indian turnip
was rather too biting for his sensitive
throat. Anyway, he had breakfasted
on more familiar food back in the
warm den under an overhanging rock
in the heart of the forest, and was not
very hungry; and after gratifying a
merely curious interest in the proven-
der which his mother found so appe-
tizing, he nuzzled her furry black flank
impatiently.

When the roots palled, she accepted
the hint and the two moved off toward
the stream. Here the old bear sniffed
along the water’s edge, seeking any
disabled fish that might have been
cast up, and rooted among the stones
in the shallows for tadpoles. A scur-
rying crawfish she hooked up with
her claws and drew to the bank for
her oflispring’s edification, watching
him with shrewd eyes as he cautiously
moved it about with his paw and
smelt the strange-appearing thing Sus-
piciously. A nip 011 his tender muzzle
from the tiny pincers sent him back
on his haunches with a whimper of
astonishment; and the mother, appar-
entlysatisfied with this first lesson in
the habits of crawfish, crushed it be-
neath her foot and swallowed the fit
bit with smacking satisfaction.

The stream yielded very little food
this morning and her hearty appetite
impelled her to seek a more bountiful

 

repast. Giving the cub a low, guttural
command to follow, she started off
across the meadow and into the

woods, heading for a chain of burnt
hills that lay to the east. On: the
r‘other side of this low range she knew
of certain unused pasture-land where
grew a fruit much to her liking.

A part of the way was rough going,
and she frequently helped the cub
along over the boulder-strewn rise of
ground, pushing him up with her nose
and occasionally cufling him into ac-
tion when he hesitated before the ob-
stacles that lay in their path. At
length they passed over the crest of

 

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, Jutlror of “Gram Timber Trailr” \'
A Short Story Complete in Two Issues

 

 

the rise, bald of trees save for the
somber gray rampikes that thrust up-
ward out of the undergrowth—stark
ghosts of hardwood killed by a forest
fire that had swept the ridge many
years before. They threaded their
way through these grim sentinel boles
and scrambled down the slope to gain
the open ground that lay below. This
was a stretch of stump~land pasture
where a settler once had 'grazed his
meagre flocks, but long deserted and
now with little likelihood of human
intrusion.

As the two descended to the open,
an enticing fragrance in'the air caus-
ed the older bear to sniff hungrily and
shuffle along at a faster gait. The
pleasing aromatic quality that reach-
ed her nose arose from a low dense

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growth that matted the ground—a car-
pet of wild strawberries, the tiny
deep- red fruit glowing brilliantly
among the half-shielding green leaves.
He1e the rich humus of the ancient
forest floor in which they were 1ooted
fed the berries lavishly; and watered
by the limpid night dews, they devel-
oped an ambrosial perfection of flavor
quite unknown in the cultivated vari-
ety. The early summer sun had 1ipen-
ed them and set the sugar in their
delicate tissues, and their delectable
profusion promised rich feeding.

The older bear fell to the feast rav-
enously. She curled her long, thin
red tongue a10und each heavily clus-
tered plant and drew fruit and leaves
into her mouth, expelling the coarser
leaves and stalks and champing the
luscious berries noisily. As she gulped
them down, she expressed her relish
of their spicy sweetness .vvith low
grunts and woofs.

The cub watched her with interest-
ed eyes. Here was something in the
way of food that was new to him, and
apparently it was a very desirable
food. The mother occasionally ceased
her feeding to nudge him while she
rumbled low in her throat, evidently
to encourage the youngster to emulate
her methods. His sharp little teeth
pierced the delicate pulp and he lick-
ed the sweet juice from his lips and
found it distinctly pleasing. The forest
younglings learn rapidly, and soon he
was eating with greedy delight. At
first he seized the berries with his
teeth, but he quickly found the proper
use of his tongue in gathering the
clusters.

He ate until he could hold no more,
his skin stretched so tight with his
first meal of strawberries that he
could scarcely waddle along after his
more capacious mother. Finally even
her enormous appetite was glutted,
and she sought a warm grassy pocket
between the roots of a large stump
and curled up to bask in the grateful
midday heat while she digested her
cloying meal. The cub sprawled be~
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distended. She licked the sticky sweet-
ness of the feast from his soft fur
while he alternately dozed and made
protesting passes with his paws at the
solicitous maternal face.

When he had rested long enough to
feel the need of renewed activity, his
playful sallies ended his mother’s
sleepy comfort and she rose and
sauntered off across the pasture, the
cub following in her footsteps. She
knew this region of old and was aware
that the small group of primitive farm
buildings that lay at the pasture’s
lower edge had been forsaken by their
former human occupants. She had all
a bear’s overweening curidsity and felt
today in a mood to gratify it concern-
ing these peculiar dens that once had
harbored the enemy of her kind. Un-

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til the present she had not succeeded
in getting her courage up to the point
of investigating the log structures, but
now she sensed in their long-contin
ued desolation a promise 'of safety,
and she approached them without mis-
givings.

No trace of human odor lay around
the little abandoned farmstead. She
nosed about the cabin and crude pole
sheds expectant of discovering some-
thing of an eatable nature; but noth-
ing rewarded her keen nostrils save
the medley of scents left by porcu<
pines and mice and squirrels that for
years had made the place a rendez-
vous. From his perch on the ridge-
pole of the cabin, a red squinel dis-
covered her presence, and ran up and
down the moss grown “scoop” roof,
chattering wrathful insults at the in-
truders. The bear eyed him malicious-
ly for a moment, then ignored .the in-
solent little blackguard and continued
her explorations.

The cub at first kept close to his
mother’s side, ill at ease in these
strange surroundings. But gradually
youthful curiosity overcame his tim-
idity and he strayed from the protect-
ing presence to do a little investigat-
ing on his own account. While he
sought to fathom the mystery of some
rotting timbers overgrown with weeds
that lay in the rear of the cabin, the
old bear pursued her vague quest
around the outbuildings.

A sudden muffled squalling brought
her racing toward the sound, fur
bristling along her back and eyes
snapping with angry apprehension.
The cry was plainly for help, and she
was ready to battle any living thing
that threatened her offspring“ But no
marauder was in sight, nor even the
cub, for that matte1, though the plain-
tive squeals still filled the ai1, sound-
ing st1angely unreal but unmistakably
his, and quite near to her. Puzzled
and anxious, she sought out his tracks
with her nose, but these were so criss-
crossed that they only confused her.
Her rangings gradually drew the dis-
tracted mother closer to the outcry,

             
   
 

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The cub tFluid tumbled. into an old
well, the wooden curb or which lay in

decay about its mouth, overgrown
with a screening mass of green. For-
tunately it was dry and so matted at
the bottom with litter that the force.
of his fall was broken, and the fat
little body had suffered nothing worse
than a severe shaking up. Terror-
stricken with the sudden plunge and
the quick enveloping blackness, he
squawled miserably for his mother.

Soon he heard her questioning calls
and saw the silhouette of her head
against the disk of blue light above
him. But her arrival brought only the
comfort of her presence, she was in-
capable of rescuing him.

With yearning eyes the mother
bear circled the opening, crouching at
the brink now and again to look down
into the dark hole, whining anxiously
and with low rumblings bidding him
to try to climb up. The cub whimp-
ered in reply, and strove vainl to find
footing up the straight walls. At first
she could not discern the small black-
furred form in the denser blackness of
the bottom, but as her ceaseless
trampling about the edge broke down
the weeds the light filtered in and
made it possible for her to distinguish
him. She flattened herself on the
ground beside the well and stretched
down first one fore- -paW and then the
other in a fruitless attempt to reach
the imploring little captive; and once
she tentatively backed to the verge to
essay a descent by the usual bear
method. But the crumbling of the
earth as she sought for a foothold
with her hind- feet discouraged her, -
and she renev ed her circling and im-
potent whining entreaties.

Suddenly she lifted her head to a
new and startling sound. It was the
beat of quick footfalls that came to
her ears, and as they drew closer she
growled menacingly and bared her
teeth in sullen defiance. Whatever it
might be, it was advancing upon the
cabin from the pasture, and dimly she
associated the intruder with her cub’s
imprisonment in the pitfall. This of
a certainty was the author of his mis«
hap, and all her dormant ferocity blaze
ed into being as she lurched forward
to give battle to the unknown enemy
before it could complete its designs.
It was coming rapidly nearer and she
rushed to the front of the cabin to
intercept it. As the enraged mother
bear rounded the building a flying
form darted inside before she could
strike it down, and the door crashed
shut against her snarling, savagely
grinning face.

And to her angry amazement the
following instant she was assailed
from behind by a screeching fury of
teeth and claws. Immediately she
found herself engaged in a battle to
the death with a second enemy of
whose approach she had received no
warning. _

A little earlier this same day an
ancient buckboaid holding two young
people deeply interested in each other
crept over a seldom-traveled back-
woods road that skirted the eastern
edge of the abandoned farm. The
slender, pretty girl seated beside the
sturdy youth who was driving looked
up into his eyes shyly as he told her
of, his plans for the future. Happily
the plow-horse drawing the ram-
shackle vehicle was set and staid in
his ways; else the young country
swain could not have given so much
of his gaze to the fresh, blue-eyed face
upturned to his own.

Jeff hadjumped at the hint dropped
by the girl’s mother that Sally was to
return home that day from her spell
of nursing old Mis’ Hammersmith at
Big Forks; and he had volunteered to

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a perhaps Sally ingalls was not so
- Insurers of what they might be as be
imagined. Jeff's eyes said much that
his tongue found it dificult to frame.
Now he was leading to the almost
importan phase of his reams, for the
mortuni y .he had long sought had
come; and the time and place were
an inspiration for the avowal.

An unclouded summer sun distilled
from the red-fruited chokecherry
thickets and massed blooms of brier
rose and wild raspberry lining the
rutted tracks, an essence that the
light breezes dissolved into an un-
matchahle fragrance. And young blood
was responding to the urge of the per-
fumed air, vibrant with the cheerful
notes of song-sparrows and the carols
of flashing thistle-birds that lighted on
swaying milkweed stalks and rose and
lighted again farther on as the buck-
.board with its absorbed occupants
pursued them slowly along the wind-
< ing road. .

But the ancient vehicle was traitor
to the lover’s cause. As it rolled over

a “thank-you-marm” on the down

grade of a hill the forward axle snap-
ped and broke—and so did the thread
of the young man’s discourse. . At the
sudden lurch Jeff threw his arm
around Sally’s waist to prevent her
falling forward upon the horse, who
stopped in his tracks as the whittle-
tree came down about his heels. Sal-
ly’s always blushing cheeks blushed

redder with the contact and she
nimbly drew out of his embrace and
stepped to the ground. Jeff covered
his lapse with a hasty examination of
the wrecked vehicle and a string of

mild expletives over the mishap. ,

“Burn the blame’ thing! We cant
noways get home in it now, Sally,” he
complained. “Wish I could fasten up
that axle, but I hain’t go no Wire.’

He pondered over the situation for a

moment. “Tell you what we’ll have

to do, Sally,” he continued. “I’ll tie

Whitey here to the fence an’ foot it
back to the Forks an’ get somebale
wire; an’ you can set here an’ wait fer
me; I won’t be gone more’n an hour.’

“I reckon that’s the best we can
do,” Sally agreed. “But tell you what,

Jeff; ’stead of waitin’ here I’ll tramp

  

  

 
 

  
 
 
 

  

I HE Jews are, in many respects,
the most extraordinary people on
earth. They are to be found in

almost every occupation, from the
humble rag-gatherer to officials of gov-
ernment of the greatest nations. They
are international bankers, financiers,
scientists and authors. They have a
vastly greater power than their num-
bers would naturally warrant. They
cannot be kept down. They are irre-
pressible.

Do you suppose that these qualities
were bred into them during the period
of their slavery in Egypt? To answer
the question, this experience in Egypt
probably does not account for these
qualities wholly, but began them. For
the Jews, for hun‘
dreds of years,
suffered in, Eu-
rope almost as
much as their an-
cestors did in
Egypt. They were
oppressed, driven
out of one coun-
try after another,
in many nations
not permitted to own real estate. The
qualities which characterize the Jew,
and which are so disagreeable, often,
to the Gentile, were bred into him by
Gentile treatment.

Well, we find’ them this week in
Egypt. Old father Jacob had gone
there to see his long lost boy and had
been so well treated, that others had
followed. Before they knew it, the
”Egyptians found that they had an
alien nation in their midst, who would
.not intermarry with others, and whose
religion also kept them separate. They
were getting numerous and strong.
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pasture lot am’ nobody can harlly ever
goesthere berryin'. You can stop to
home with Ma an’ me fer supper an'
have some 0' them, too," she offered,
smiling rosily.

Jeh' grinned happily. “Now that’s
fine, Sally; you bet I will! An’ I got
an old grainbag under the seat you
can pick ’em in.” He fished it out,
and, handing it to Sally, strode rap-
idly back along the road they had
traveled.

Sally’s lithe young figure swung eas-
ily over the rocky tree-grown rise and
shortly she came to the desolate
stump~land pasture where the wild
strawberries grew. Here the profus-
ion of small scarlet fruit that peeped
entitcingiy from its leafy screen de-
lighted her eyes, and she stood for a
moment gazing over the inviting pros—
pect. At the far side of the pasture
she had a fleeting glimpse of two
bears, mother and cub, just before
they vanished around a hummock.
The wind was blewing toward Sally
and they apparently had not become
aware of her presence. The sight
brought no fear to the backwoods-

bred girl, for she knew that unless .

provoked into defense the black bears
of the region would avoid humankind
whenever possible. Rather, she found
delight in the- incident.

“The cunning thing!” Sally murmur-
ed smilingly, as she noted the funny
waddling gait of the cub. “He’s got
a tummy full 0’ berries, I reckon, an'
can only just toddle after his ma.”

She fell to picking the fragrant
fruit. Gradually she approached the
north edge of the pasture, where the
gloomy spruce forest reared its dark
green-and-black wall. A peculiar chill
grew upon her as she drew nearer to
the wood. She frowned impatiently
at the unpleasant sensation and sought
to shrug it away. But it persisted and
something impelled her to glance half
apprehensively toward the uprearing
tree growth.

Concluded next week

Ada—“How would you classify a tel-
ephone girl? Is her work a business
or a profession?”

Ida—“Neither. It’s a calling.”

The Chosen People Enslaved

Our Weekly Sermon—By N. .4. Mchme

of us moderns have learned first-hand
what it is. But persecution does not
accomplish its ends. It strengthens
the people on whom it is practiced.
Ever read “The Rise of the Dutch Re-
public?" Get it. It is the story of
William of Orange and how he led his
little nation of Holland to resist the
Spanish. It is a tremendous tale.
When all was over, and the shootings
of the Dutch, and the hangings and
beheadings were all past, Holland rose
more determined than ever to be a.
free people. Persecution helped make
America. If old George III had been
indulgent and generous, very likely
there would be no international boun-
dary line between Canada and the
United States.

Does persecution pay? It does not.
It always reacts in unexpected ways.
And, incidentally it is not right.
Bringing misery into the lives of oth-
ers does not make for righteousness
in the world.

The Hebrews learned much, from
their taskmasters. .They learned to
endure. They were compelled to keep
on, day after day, “as seeing him who
is invisible.” They also acquired me-
chanical and industrial reformation.
Building two cities for the king, as
Exodus tells us, they were plunged
into a new sort of life. Previously
they had been a pastoral people living
chiefly in tents. Now they felt for
the first time, the influence of an an-
cient and powerful civilization. “Mos-
es was learned in all the wisdom of
the Egyptians.” Thus out of the black-
ness of their long night came the
breaking of a new day. With the help
of God they transformed their weak-
ness into strength.

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IE, said to be man’s most univer-
P sally favorite dessert, originated
in England and nursery rhymes
of olden days. Thosetold-time pies
were a sort of meat pie, commonly
associated with the street vender of
pies, as he plied his savory trade, cry-
ing out, “Here’s all ’ot—toss or buy!
up and win ’em.” But it remained for
us Americans to make a pie all our
own—a fruity concoction that has
been the cementer of many home ties.
If a man brags of his wife’s prowess
in pieology, it is a sure thing that he
won’t stray far from the hearthstone.
His better half has woven a chain of
flaky pie crust and juicy fruit about
him that keeps him toeing the “matri-
monial mark.”
Pie is a Woman’s Art.
A noted French chef, in one of our
.eminent eastern hotels, claims that
pie—making is a woman’s art. He says,
“I don’t know why it is that a woman
does it, but a.
woman’s pie has
a different taste.”
With this admis-
sion by a noted
cook, it behooves
us housewives to
do our best to
hold our honors
in this cusine art.

In spite of the
continued masculine (perhaps fem-
inine, too) popularity of pie, indiges—
tion has been said to lurk between its
savory covers. Undoubtedly this un-
warranted bad name is largely due to
the fact that pie is eaten after an al-
ready satisfying meal. Dr. Hawk, one
of the leading authorities on nutrition,
in reporting certain food studies,
states, “Pie with crust, if properly
made, could by no means be classified
as difficult for the stomach to handle.”

Most every home manager has her
rule for making pie pastry, but, for
the young housewife, flaky and per—
ous pie pastry is a bane to her begin-
ning housekeeping. In the first place,
the principal of good pie crust is good
materials. When the proportion of
flour and fat that best suits the family
taste is decided upon, these should be
mixed, handled as lightly as possible,
and rolled out with light, even strokes.
Painting the crust with egg white be-

fore the filling is added will help to
prevent a soaked under c1ust Blush-
ing the top of the pie with milk will
insuie a “ell-biowned crust that is
more pleasing to the eye than a pale
one. '
“Unless some sweetness at the bottom
lye,
Who cares for all the crinkling of the
Pye?”

And so we taste beneath the covers
of the pie before we pronounce it good.
No other pie can approach apple pie
as a general favorite. The formula
for it is very simple, using two cups
of sliced apples, one tablespoon of but-
ter, three-fourths cup of sugar, and
one teaspoon of cinnamon or nutmeg.
'At this season of the year when ap-
ples have lost a bit of their flavor, a
teaspoon of lemon juice will improve
fithem.

g-‘F . Hurrah for Cherry Pie.

N But now that Mother Nature has.
."brought the cherry season again, we
7 [look forward to that first fresh cherry

 

‘ Tilzpie, the crust all bumpy with luscious

A liberal sprinkling of

' , red cherries.

  

flour on the bottom crust will‘prevent
it from being too juicy, and add a few
drops 'of almond flavoring, with a lib-
eral amount of sugar.

Berry pies always add variety to the
pie menu, but the uncooked berry pie
can be gotten ready in a hurry if you
have an extra pie shell left from the
day before. Mix one-half cup of whip~
ped cream with two cups of fresh ber-

 

Daddy’s Little Helper.

ries. Fill the shell with them, sprinkle
with powdered sugar, and top with
another cup of whipped cream.

As a change try a mock mince pie.
This is a two-crust pie. Mix ingredi-
ents in the order named:

1A cup cracker crumbs 1,4 cup melted butter

1 cup sugar 2 eggs. beaten

1% cub molasses 1 tsp. cinnamon
1,4 cup vinegar 1.2 tsp. cloves

Raisin Pie is Healthy.
Everyone likes raisin pie. I have
found this recipe the most popular:
2% cups water 1 egg
1%; (-up raisins 3 th. lemon juice
1% cups sugar 3 tsp. grated lemon rind
41/2 cups flour

Wash raisins and soak two hours in
the water. Mix sugar and flour, add
seasonings to beaten egg, add raisins
and liquid, and cook fifteen minutes in
a double boiler. Cool before filling
pie crust. A latticed top is best.

Pie should be baked in a hot oven.
This cooks the crust before it becomes
soaked with juice. After the pie is
browned in the oven, the heat may be
reduced during the later part of the
cooking period.

VACATIONING WITH BABY.

 

ACATION season is almost upon
us with its problems of travel by-
giene for the little ones. All the pre-
cautions observed while at home to
guard against disease-producing germs
should now be redoubled. Before start-

ing on the trip it is well to have had

the entire family, as well as the chil-
dren, vaccinated for smallpox, and im-
munized against typhoid and diph-
theria.% _
Many babies will join the tourist
caravan. For these the mothers will
find powdered cow’s milk a conven-
ience, as well as possessed} of a great-
er certainty for cleanliness and good
quality.
ing with boiled water according to the
directions on the can. The resulting
liquid has practically the same con-
stituents as whole, fresh cow’s milk,
and may be used for cooking, as well
as for drinking, by the whale family.

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The water should be boiled first and
allowed to cool somewhat before the
milk mixture is made.

In fact, all water used while “gypsy-
ing” should be boiled, the possible ex-
ception being water taken from a
source. which is marked safe by the
local health department. All water,
boiled or pure, must be screened
against insects, and kept in clean con-
tainers.

Water may be boiled over the camp
fire for five minutes, then covered and
kept covered till used, or a solid al-
cohol stove may be carried for this
purpose. These are small, cheap and
eflicient.

If the baby is taking a formula, the
bottle and nipple, spoon and mixing
bowl, should be boiled for five min-
utes before making up the feeding.
The hands should be thoroughly wash-
ed before preparing the milk. Unless
a portable refrigerator is part of the
outfit, it is better to only make up one
or two bottles at a time. 'The most
carefully assembled formulas may
spoil in hot weather after being sub-
jected to the vicissitudes of “auto gyp-
sying.”

 

DON’T THROW AWAY OLD WIN-
' DOW SHADES. ‘

 

OUR twin girls have become very

much interested in geography and
like to save every map they get. So
that these maps might be always
ready for use, we have pasted them to
an old window shade and fastened the
shade to its original rollers, low on
the wall. Now the girls can have their
maps before them by merely rolling
down the curtain, and the maps are
kept in much better condition.

Following the same plan, I tacked a
strip of old oilcloth to the wall in the
play room where their little sister
plays. On this she can paste pictures
and make any kind of grouping she
wishes. When she wishes to paste on
new pictures the old ones can be
washed oft—Mrs. C. G.

TRIED AND TRUE HINTS.

 

MOTHS do not like printers’ ink,
so I make my own moth-proof
cases for storing woolens for summer,
instead of buying them. By wrapping

 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
  

  
    
 

   

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the garments in newspapers and sealv
ing them With gummed'paper tape, the
moths do not bother at all.-——Mrs. K. L.

When company arrived unexpected-
ly the other day, I had one pie shell
to serve eight of us. The idea came
to me to make a cream pie, which I
did, to serve the five grown-ups. For
the three children, I made individual

desserts of the rest of the filling, ad-

ding a sliced orange, and topping with
an animal cracker. They were more
pleased with their individual desserts
than they would have been with pie,"
and it was better for them—Mrs. F.L.

 

CAN ALL YOU CAN.

 

BY this time the canning budget is
all made out and the housewife

has her quota of rhubarb and pineap-
ple, and perhaps a few strawberries.
But usually the first luscious red ber-
ries taste so good that it is impossible
to get enough ahead to can until later.

Here is a table that may help you
in judging amounts when canning:

One and one-half pounds of spinach,
or one pound of chard will make one
pint.

Three-quarters of a pound of string
beans—one pint.

Two quarts peas—one pint.

Twelve to fifteen baby beets—one
pint.

Four small ears of corn—one pint.

One bushel of tomatoes—eighteen

quarts. . .
One bushel of cherries—nineteen
quarts.
One bushel of plumse—twenty-four
quart

One bushel of peaches—twenty-two
quarts.

If you do not have a bulletin giving
the complete time table for canning
all fruits and vegetables, send five
cents in either stamps or coin to Mar-
tha Cole, Desk M, Michigan Farmer,
Detroit, Michigan, and a bulletin will
be sent to you.

 

WARM WEATHER RECIPES.

 

HEN the family gets"‘fed up”'
on your usual ways of serving
vegetables, try these on them:
,Vegetable Loaf.

179 cup green peas 1% cups milk
libgups cooked green at tsp. salt

1 8 tsp. pepper
1/9 cup chopped boiled t4 tsp paprika
carrots 981:
95c small onion. chopped 111m) .205 t bread crumbs
Press peas through sieve, cut'beans
in small pieces, and combine with oth-
er vegetables. Add milk, eggs beaten,
crumbs and seasoning. Turn into
greased baking dish and bake in a
moderate oven until firm.
Egg and Asparagus Loaf.
1 dozen asparagu tips 2 '
2 hard- cooked eggs 1 251:5 cooked rice

1 cup liquid from 1 cup milk
asparagus Salt and pepper

Line a mold with asparagus tips.
Mix beaten egg with rice, milk, aspar-
agus liquid, and seasonings. Peur into

a mold and cook twenty to thirty min-

utes. Serve with egg sauce. Garnish
with parsley.

Asparagus tips are delicious Served

with small new potatoes about the .
size of walnuts, two cups of these to -

one cup of asparagus tips. Melt two

           

 

    
  


 

 

 

  

 

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.. 17561‘It Was introduced into this
country by Mistress Dolly Madison,
wife of the fourth president of the
United States, when she was the first
lady of the land. She served ice cream
at a state dinner in the White House
during her husband’s administration in
1809, and so ; was the pioneer in this
country in serving a food that has be-
come our most popular dessert.

Ice Cream Has Great Food Value.
For more than a hundred years’ we
have been using .ice cream. Today
nearly every civilized nation knows
about ice cream, It is one of the first
delicacies foreign visitors seek out and
sample, for in other countries refrig-
eration has not been developed as it
has been here. But this is the only
nation that has recognized the true
worth of ice cream and officially pro—
claimed it as an essential food. It is
now so recommended by prominent
physicians and leading diet experts.

- Try This New Dainty.

Almost any housewife can, upon a
state occasion, serve chocolate bombe.
This recipe won first prize in a recent
competition for frozen desserts among
cooking school students. Take a quart
of well frozen vanilla ice cream, and
with a hot tablespoon scoop out six
‘holloy's Fill these with chilled chop-
ped and sweetened strawberries;
spread a thick layer of chocolate ice
cream over the top and mask with
chocolate fudge sauce. Garnish the
top with spoonsful of whipped cream
dusted with chopped nuts. All ingred-
ients must be ready, and when the ice
cream is opened the bombe must be
speedily prepared and served at once.

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HIGH COST OF BABY CARE.

ATHEMATICIANS have often at-
tempted to estimate the cost of
children, and of their care. It is

a thing that cannot be estimated in
terms of money, says Hygeia.

Recently a. different standard has
been applied. The time given to the
care of babies under one year of age
by their mothers has been estimated

Al owing the customary eight hours
for sleep, eight hours for work, and
adding nearly six hours for the care
of the baby, there is not many hours
left for. the mother to play. It might
be well to take this into account when

censidering the nature and amount of

work other than caring for the baby
that may be included in mother’s work-

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W'H ITEWASH FOR CELLAR.

I wish to whitewash our cellar. .VVe
always use the refuse from our llght-
ing system for whitewash. What can
I put with it to make it a thorough
disinfectant?—-Mrs. F. T

An ounce of carbolic acid added to
a. gallon of whitewash, will make the
wash disinfectant and take away all
odors that will taint milk and meat.
Copperas. is also a disinfectant and
will drive away vermin. It should be
added to the wash until it is yellow.

 

TEA STAIN IS PERSISTENT.

i have several tea stains that don’t
come out of my every-day Cotton table
cloths. What will remove them?—
Mrs. B. F. ~

Very old penetrating tea stains must
be removed with a bleach, such as a
javelle water solution. Soak the stains
in equal parts of javelle water and hot
water until the stain disappears. Rinse
thoroughly in several waters, and flu.
ally in water to which a little am-

monia has been added. Javelle water ,

can be purchased, or made at home.
If you wish the recipe. please send
your address.

Because of the germ-killing power
of sunlight, it has been suggested that
indoor swimming .pools should be built
with skylights glazed with fused
quartz.

The newest one dollar bills, made of _

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Adventures of Tilly and Billy

Fourt/z of July Party in Gnome‘vz'l/e

UESTS so seldom came to Gnome-

ville that Nicky Gnome decided
that the visit of Tilly and Billy
was an occasion for a party.

"Let me see ” he said, as he was
talking about it to Nomonie Gnome,
who was his chief helper, “perhaps it
would be better to invite the Wood-
land folks this time. Tell the cook to
prepare ’a big feast.”

So Nomonie sent Tinker and Tonker
out to invite the Woodland folks. and
he himself went to tell the cooks to
prepare the big feast.

At the appointed hour, just as the
sun 11 as slipping off to bed behind the
hills, and the little stars came twink—

 

“Bang, Biff Bang, Biff Bang, Went the
Bunch of Firecrackers."

11%; one by one from their daytime.
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they all had at the Gnomeville party.
All the games that the little Gnomes
and the Woodland people knew, were
strange to Tilly and Billy, but they
tried to play nearly every one. The
big excitement happened when Billy
joined in a three legged hunt for a
hidden treasure As Billy went smab—
bling off on two feet and one hand,
something fell out of his pocket.

Of course, Billy-was not nearly so
spry on three legs as the Woodland
folks and the Gnomes, so he soon
dropped out of the race. When he go)
back from where he started from, he
found the rest of the party folks in a
group about this thing that had fallen
from his pocket. It proved to be none
other than a bunch of bright red fire-
crackers. But the little Gnomes and
the Woodland folks could not imagine
what the pretty- -colored cylinders
could be, and they crowded about in
their curiosity.

All would have been well if Letty
Lightning Bug’s curiosity had not got
the best of her. She wandered close
to the red cylinders and wiggled her
fire wings just at the wrong time.

“Bang, bang, biff, biff, bang ” went
the bunch of fire crackers, and away
up in the air went the party- -folks, too.

‘But it was all very much fun, for
no (me was hurt, and they begged
Billy for more “fire bangers, ” as they
called them. Billy was very sorry
that he had not more with him.

Next they had the big feast that all
the little Gnome cooks had prepared
for them, and with their little tummies
very full, the Woodland folks thanked
the Gnomes for their nice time, and

,7;__.waddled back home- very tired but

happy

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Two Boys and a Girl .

Interesting Letter: éy Popular M. C ’1.

Dear Uncle Frank:

What’s this I hear about a new head
for our page? Can’t we have some-
thing reminiscent of the earlier days,
without some fashion addict has to
demand a new head because the pres-
ent one isn’t ultra fashionable? rThis
isn’t a fashion page, but a page where
boys are boys and girls are painted
pipers!

I have received a good many digs
from the ambitious (?) girls, but I’ll
let by-gones be dead doggies, and let
the rest of the world go by! So there,
Brother Baxter.

Say, Uncle Frank, don’t the boys
write any more? I’m sure I haven’t
seen any letters printed. What’s the

 

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Merrill Frey Has a Big Bath Tub.

matter? My word, boys, if you really
possess such a thing as a backbone,
get to work and show evidence of it.
What do you suppose the girls think
of your ambition? And the old folks
that read our page are disgusted, I’ll
bet. From the hazing and chiding the
girls have given you, I should think
you’d get busy and do something about
it. What will you amount to later if
you can’t obtain an equal footing in
this club with the predominating
girls? A person would think you had
fallen into a coma, or had contracted
the sleeping sickness. You can write
it you feel like it, and I know it to be
so. Can’t you use a pencil as well as
the supposedly weaker-sex members?
Sure you can, and get busy right now
and see if you can’t really make it
“Our BOYS’ and Girls’ Page.” If you
want to carry off as many honors,
you’ve got to wake up.

Resuscitate and stage a comeback!
Follow the advice of the men that
write articles on our page, and keep
in mind what Ben Franklin said, “The
sleeping fox catches no poultry.” Are
you appalled and fascinated by the
' girls’ brilliant (?) letters? Show your
abilities instead of disabilities! All
right, let’s go! “Success Talks to
Farm Boys” are great, especially
the one by Rabbi Wise. Say, Unc, is
Frank short for frankfurter?——I am,
very sincerely yours, Herbert Estes,
‘M. C.

 

Dear Uncle Frank and 00.:

Who said thirteen was unlucky? I
maintain that it’s my lucky number,
because I’ve just won my thirteenth
prize in Merry Circle contests. Thanks
. oodles for the pencil, Uncle Frank.
- It's absolutely the pussy’s bow-wow,
and I. don’t mean purr-haps. But I got

' torwondering what made it tick,'so I
took it .apart.

Result, one perfectly,
:2, good pencil lead is a total loss. The
v next time (if any) I’ll let Nature take
"its course, or «what have you?
Children! Children!

 

How many,

times must I tell you that discussing
evolution is as bad as eating hash?
You know what I mean—you’re taking
quite a chance, when you try to delve
into the mysteries of the unknown
like that. Let Darrow and Darwin and
W. J. B. fight it out among themselves.
And for the luvvamud, let’s snap out
of it and find something more interest-
ing to jangle over than plus-fours and
boyish bobs. Vocabularies are out of
date, too. And the Charleston—the
less said about that, the better. No,
Uncle, I don’t think it should be exe-
cuted. Leave it alone and it will die
a natural death all by its lonesome.
Izzat so, Kathryn Kafer? So you look
upon the Charleston as a sort of a.
“daily dozen?” “Daily Doesn’t” would
be more like it. If you need exercise,
why don’t you take a walk? I never
could see anything particularly grace-
ful about that dance, anyway.

“Vic,” I surely agree with you. I’m
glad to know that there are others
who think the same as I do. I too,
read that article on “our Sweet-
hearts,” and liked it immensely.

Well, folks, if I don’t sign off before
long, I’m liable to get tuned out, so
Adios, and pleasant dreamsl—Guilford
Rothfuss. ' ‘

 

Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:

All my other letters have been ad-
dressed to Uncle Frank, but this one
is to the whole Merry Circle. This is
my last letter as a member, so it must
be the best I have written. Much de-
pends.” on the first and last impres—
sions, but the last one means the most.
They can always change the impres-
sion they get first, but the last one

they will probably always remember.

I have, enjoyed this club so much
that it is hard to leave. The friends
I have made through it, and,-the fun of
doing the contests, would not have
been possible if I had not been a Mer-
ry Circle member. A

I wish to say a word about choos-
ing officers, as some wished. All you
members can see how much better it
is with Uncle Frank running it. None
of‘us could ever begin to do what he
has to keep our interest so. I wonder
whether Uncle Frank gets as much
credit as he should? We just like
him when he puts ours in, and don’t
like him when they hit the waste has-
ket. That waste basket ‘is sure a
great help, for you’ve got to be very
good, or else the basket will let you
know about it. ,

Every year is another milestone in
your life, but I wish that this one

u

’would never come; "Still, I hope to'

come back some time as a has-been.

Why don’t you have something
about girls once, Uncle Frank? So
far, the Success Talks have always
been for boys, though everyone gets
something from what those men say.

You know that it doesn’t seem pos-
sible that just us mere boys and girls
could do the things we do; write
poetry, draw, make up contests, and
write like we do, until we try‘ them,
and everyone is good atrsomething.

I wanted to leave such a. good im-
pression, say so many things, that all
of you would not forget me right away,
but it is hard to say what you want
to when it is the last time.

If I don’t quit soon, all of you will
sigh with relief that I am no more.— '
A has—been, Geneva Kohlenberger, 'M.
C., 309 Sheridan Avenue, Big Rapids,
Michigan. ‘

 

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

This is the first time, but not the
last, I have written to you. We have
taken the Michigan Farmer for many
years and I can remember the time,
before Uncle Frank came, when daddy
was the only one who read it. But
now it is a scramble to see who reads
the Boys’ and Girls’ Page first. My
younger brother has tried several
times to become an M. C., but so far
he has failed, and now, I am trying.
Now, Uncle, you can’t even guess how
much I envy the Merry Circlers, and
how I would like to feel that I "was a
member of such a prosperous club and
happy group.

Wishing you and the cousins the
best of all good wishes, Rosabelle
Imus, Galesburg, Mich.

I certainly am glad that the Merry
Circle has interested you so. I’m sure
that you’ll become a member soon,

Be Inquisitive About Life .

Supreme/y Necémary to Succwr, Say: E. M. Stat/er

EVERAL outstanding personal characteristics, such as honesty, dili-
gence, and resourcefulness, are usually found in the so-called success-

ful man or woman.

In my opinion, however, none of these traits, as

essential as they are, contribute more to success 'than an intelligently in-
quisitive attitude toward life; or to say it more specifically, than a down-
right desire to know the real cause of every problem

faced. ,

years

later success.

 

cause.

A boy has this attitude rather crudely in his early
He looks into the works of his father’s watch,
sometimes too industriously. He breaks open his drum
to see what is inside. '
when properly developed, becomes a prime factor in his

But this same inquisitiveness,

With this desire to find the real cause of any situa-
tion with which he is confronted, be early in life learns
that what appears on the surface is seldom the real
He learns that usually he has got to dig for the

cause. He learns that only by analysis, study, and diligent work can he

determine that cause.

But, when the real cause is found, then is opened

the way to the solution of the problem, no matter how complex or how

old that problem may be.

Gorgas could not stop yellow fever, which almost devastated Cuba,
until he had found the real cause——a germ carried about by a mosquito.
Having discovered that deadly combination, the remedies were then quick-
‘1y devised and applied, and yellow fever was almost wiped out.

Every problem in business, yes, in life, is quickly subject to solution as

soon as the real cause behind it is found.

boys is this:

Therefore, my advice to you

Develop an inquisitive attitude toward life; constantly search for the

. real cause of the problems you face.

The rewards of diligent search for the

cause, with the remedies intelligently applied, make the effort worthwhile;

-E. M. STATLER. .
‘ E. M. Statle'r, the

 
 

_ author of this Week's "Success Talk” .for our-farm
boys, is one of the world’s greatest. builders and managers 0f: hotels—ether

famous Pennsylvania Hotel in New .YOrk, and‘the Statl‘er‘Hotels in; 11

Cleveland, Detroit, and St.“ Louis;
actly in line with what Franklin
secret of,.success: “Keep asking 7w
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and hope that you will be an active
one. There is no reason why you
should envy the Merry Circlers, for
you can take part in all M. C. activ-
ities.

 

Dear Uncle Frank:

I have not written for a long time,
because I had an accident about a.
year ago. It happened this way: I
went out hunting one day and shot off
my left hand. I had to be in the hos-
pital for two weeks, and when .I came
home, I stayed for one month so that
my band would heal up. I missed con-
siderable in‘school, so when I started
to school, I took up the seventh and
eighth grades together. I’ll tell you,
it was a hard job to make it in that
short time, but I passed the grades
with an average of 95.7 per cent.

But I will write again.—Fred Bess-
ler, Engadine, Michigan.

I admire your pluck and your suc-
cess in passing ,the grade with such a
high average. Yours was an unfortu-
nate accident. I hope you will write

again. Are you going to high school?

 

Dear Uncle Frank: .

I wonder what the M. C.’s think of
4H Club work? I belonged to a sew-
ing club and I thought it was lots of
fun. I won first prize in Ionia county
for sewing. Well, Uncle Frank, this
isn’t a very long letter, but it’s all I
can think of.-—Bernice Shumway, Lake
Odessa, Mich.

I do not know What M. C.’s think of
4H. Club work, but I think it is one
of the greatest educational factors
ever put across. I would like to see
every M. C. a club member.

 

Dear Uncle Frank and Cousins:
Today when I opened our Michigan
Farmer, I was met with an unexpect-
ed pleasure. You all must know, with-
out me saying what it was. “Our
Page,” of course. Such a change, and
so attractive. I‘am sure our Merry,
Circle population will increase, as it
215 becoming greater and greater every
ay. . *
Has anyone seen a cow, dance the
Charleston? According to. what one
of my brothers says, a cow can do it;
At least, one of ours can. He said
that every time he milks Rose '(our
cow), she dances the'Charleston.
Anyone .who smokes does not look
like a. man, but mere like a baby who
cannot control his desires. Boys who
try to be big by smo,’ , are going in
the wrong direction; ,1 you want to
be a "man”"you' can’t 'do it by smoking ~
tobacco. ' ~Will- close «with best ‘wlshes
to elk—An {1184 .CSI Niece and Cousin;

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T is easier to think of funny things

during hot weather than serious
ones. Therefore. this contest will re
quire that yOu think of your favorite
jokes. Not very hard, is it?

For the ten who send the best se—
lections of three jokes each we will
give prizes. The first two will receive
those popular hard rubber pencils that
everybody wants to carry. The next
three will get our handy little diction-
aries which have pleased so many.
And the next five will be given unique
pocket knives. All who send in good
jokes and are not Merry Circlers will
get M. C. buttons and membership
cards. This contest closes July 9.
Send your jokes to Uncle Frank, Mich-
igan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.

 

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PARASITES CAUSE HEAVY POUL«
' TRY LOSSES TO MOST
FARMERS.

ERMIN are exceedingly destruc-

tive to poultry, and in many cases
cause such heavy losses that the busi—
ness becomes a failure. An unrelent-
ing war against parasites should be a
part of the farm program, because
they increase very quickly in warm
weather, and to get a start of them.
the parent stock that has survived tht
winter must be exterminated before
it has had time to lay its million of
eggs, which later on hatch out into
more mites.

There are a great many different
kinds of lice that attack the fowls, but
they can all be considered under three
classes, as they attack in three differ-
ent ways. These three classes are
body lice, head lice, and mites. The
body lice are on all parts of the fowls'
bodies, but more especially in the soft.
fluffy feathers, and as a rule remain
on the fowl and increase very rapidly.

It has been estimated that within‘

eight weeks one of\the lice will have
125,000 descendants. You can readily
see from this how much easier it is
for you to destroy these pests before
they get well started in the spring.
Body lice, however, are not considered
blood-suckers, but live on the roots of
the feathers and scales of the skin.
causing great iiIritation to the fowl. In
getting rid of them, you will find
that nothing equals a good insect pow.
der, which should be dusted and rub-
bed well into the roots of the feathers
down next to the skin. Hold the fowl
by the legs, head down, and dust the
powder into the feathers near the
roots.

Head lice are considered true blood-
suckers, and with their long bills they
puncture the skin and the blood ves~
sels. beneath, and are a constant drain
on the health, and strength of the adult
fowls, fastening themselves on their
heads and sucking the'blood from a
position over the brain. As the chicks
are hatched, these lice leave the old
hen and fasten on the chicks. If you
will pick up a droopy chick and ex
amine its head, You will almost be
sure to find these lice fast by their
bills, busily sucking blood. ' You must\
look close, or you will mistake them
for pin-feathers. These head lice, if
allowed to remain on the fowl, will
, cause such extreme weakness to the
p , bird, that the bodily organs are unable

       

 
  

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4. Farmers who live along New York
Central .lines who do not know their
New Central neighbors. New York
Central Lines—13:789.

5. 15.9 pounds. Nowak Milling
Corp.—796—20.

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Pencils.

Louisa Johnson, Bark River, Mich.

Josephine E. Pierce, Grass Lake,
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Irene E. Williamson, Palms, Mich.

Elizabeth Fennema, Byron Center,

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lone McKinley, Grant, Mich.
Lloyd Lee. Lake, Mich.
Harold Van Kampen,
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them. To destroy these, simply rub
some sweet oil or lard well into the
feathers and skin on the heads of the
chicks, and the older fowls, also.

Mites are even worse than the body
lice or head lice, as they will hide
during the day in the cracks and crev-
ices of the poultry house, especially
about the roosts, and attack the fowls
at nightafter they have. gone to roost.
Mites are very small, and if you see
them, you are likely to mistake them
for dust, for they have that appear-
ance. They, too, are blood suckers,
and rapidly deplete the health and
strength of the chick or adult fowl.
To destroy them, you will find that a
liquid is much better than a powder.
I have found the following solution
very effective: Crude carbolic acid
and coal oil (kerosene), mixed half
and half. Paint the roosts and spray
the dropping boards and walls—E. A.
Williams.

 

M. S. C. POULTRY SCHOOL.

HE third annual poultry school

judging will be held at Michigan
State College during the week of July
5. Besides the staff of the poultry deg
partment, Prof. W. R. Graham, Pro-
fessor of Poultry Husbandry, Ontario
Agricultural College; Prof. J. G. Hal-
pin, of the Wisconsin University; and
Prof. W. G. Krum, Extension Poultry-
man of the Cornell University; will
give instruction in various phases of
poultry husbandry.

The work is planned for three to
four hours of lecture work, and one
laboratory period per day. During the
latter period practical work in judging
will be given. Moving pictures of poul-
try subjects will be features of even-
ing sessions. The school will close
with a banquet Friday night.

Those interested in this school
should get in touch with Prof. C. G.
Card, Michigan State College, East
Lansing, Michigan. - \

HATCH ERS TO MEET.

HE annual convention of the
hatcherymen of the United States
and Canada, known as the Inter-
national Baby Chick Association Con-
vention, will be held at West Baden
Springs, Indiana, August 3— 6 The
meetings of this convention are open
to all visitors. A display will also be
given showing the late developments
in incubation, brooding, feeding, egg
production, and other poultry methods.

An African plant is known as the
because if the

    
     

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S. c. White Leghorn: (English) ................ .. .............. .. . $4.75 9.00 $42.50
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Anconas .......................................... . ....................... . . . . 5.25 l0.00 45.00
8. C. R. I. Reds ................................ . ........................... 6.25 l2.00 55.00
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I. C. dc R. C. Rhode Island Reds. . . . . .. 3.25 6. 00 11.00 52 00 PrIcos
100 300 500 1000
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25100 5001000
B. C. White. Br.. Bull Loahorns. Anconas. 53. 00 555. 25 $10 00 545. 00 5 90 ,
s. c. a: 3.4.. Reds. Brd.. wn. 1m” 3117 Min. 3. 25 0. 25 I2 00 57 00 110 ,MMEDMTE
Buii’ Orpingtons. White Wyandottcs ....... 75 6.75 13.00 02.00 120
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B. C. White Loahorns .......... ............ 33.00 55.75 811.00
Sheppard Strain Anconas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25 12.00
S. C. I. Reds. Barred Rocks .............. 3.50 6. 75 13.00
White Wyandotles ............. . . . ....... 4.00 7.50 14.00
Mixed Chicks (Light) ........................ 2.75 5. 00 9.00
Mixed Chicks (Heavy) ........................ 3.00 5. 75 11 00
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100 500 1000
Barred Plymouth Rocks ............ ............ ......... $12.00 $55.00 $110
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Reds. Anr‘onas. ten cents: Black Minorc as. eleven
cents; Buff Rocks. Buff Orpingtons White Wynn—
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mixed chicks ten cents.
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strained, swollen tendons. ligaments or
muscles. Stops the lameness and pain
from a splint, side bone or bone spavln.
No blister. no hair gone, and horse can
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Describe your case for special instruc-
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BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Chance of Copy or Cancellations must reach us
Twalve Dave before date of publication

 

 

 

The Best is the
Most
Economieal

It costs the same
per pound to ship
average beef ani-
mals to market as
it does prime beef
animals, yet the
latter dress 10%
more.

WILDWOOD FARMS

 

(Continued from page 9).

terial which can compare with curled
hair for resiliency, hygiene and com-
fort.

The cattle switches and the hog hair
are obtained from the meat packing
plants. It takes about ten cattle
switches to make a pound of clean
curled hair worth at present prices, a.
little over forty—five cents a pound in
the raw state, that is, as it leaves the
packing house and before it is chem-
ically treated and put in condition
suitable for the curled hair. plant.
From the winter run of hogs, about
three-fourths of a pound of hair per
animal is secured, and while this is
worth only about a fifth as much per
pound as the cattle hair, the total val-
ue last year of the clip is estimated
as three million dollars.

ALTERING AND DOCKING THE
LAMBS.

VISIT to the local shipping sta-
tion, or stockyards, in the fall
when farm-grown lambs are being
marketed, reveals that many flock
owners fail to give timely attention
to altering and docking the lambs.
This failure has cost many a flock
owner a. good many dollars and cents
loss when marketing time comes.
There are a number of good reasons
why attention should be given to prop-
er altering and docking the
First, wether lambs fatten better than
buck lambs. If buck lambs are allowed
to run with the ewe lambs during the
fall season while being fitted for mar-
ket,'they begin at a very. early age to
worry the ewe lambs. Second. buck
lambs are always discounted on the
market. Buyers will not pay as much
for a mixed bunch of buck and ewe
lambs as they will for a straight bunch
of wether or ewe lambs. A great many
farm-grown lambs marketed in the fall
find their way back to feeding pens to

 

be finished. Feeders do not want buck
lambs, consequently such stock must
be slaughtered, even if not. in prime
killing condition.

Docking the lambs is equally as im-
portant as altering, and should be giv-
en proper attention. There are several
prime reasons why all lambs should
be docked. Lambs retained to replen-
ish the flock should be docked to facil-
itate cleanliness about the hind quar-
ters and to prevent parasitic infesta-
tion1 Long tail lambs are discounted
on the market for feeding purposes,
as feeders do not want this class of
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lambs.\ and

very little danger of loss from the o’b-I ,.

oration. ——Leo C. Reynolds. , __"-- '1

LEADS AGAINST STRONG COMPE-

TITION.
W

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Testing

 

in the South Berrien Cow
Association,

high-grade Guernseys averaging 51.01
pounds of butter-fat.
taken, verifying the above record.

Mr. Beehler also had high mature,
cow for the month in “Molly,” who,

secreted 1, 453. 0 pounds of five per cent
milk, or 72. 70 pounds of butter—fat. For
the ninety- three days since the asso-
ciation started its new year’s work,
Wally’s cows have averaged over 130
pounds of fat apiece, an amount which
places him in a position of-being a
out yearly by the. Buchanan State
Bank for the herd having the1 highest
butter—fat average, and which was last
serious contender f01T the cup given
year won by Mr. Edith Franz, of Niles.

Fred \V. Knott, of Niles, had second
high herd, which, considering the fact
that Mr. Knott has seven head of
young cows and one dry included in
the average, places the herd in high
esteem. The twelve head of grade
pure-bred Guernseys averaged
41.7? pounds of fat. Second and third
high mature cows, with productions
of 72.27 and 69. 05 pounds of fat re-
spectively, were grades of the same
herd.

George Currier, of Buchanan, had
third high herd for May. George dis-
covered a boarder through his first
two months of testing, and had the
butcher do his duty. Now his chances
of remaining on top of the list are ma-
terially increased.

 

SHEEP COMPETITION WILL BE
KEENER.

MERICAN farmers who are con-
templating increasing their sheep
flocks may well consider the situation
as regards the sheep and wool indus-
try in other parts of the world. Aus-
tralia is the world’s greatest sheep
and wool producing country, furnish-
ing twenty three per cent of the
world’s wool production in 1922-24, ac-
cording to department of agriculture
wool specialists. And Australia is in-
creasing her sheep flocks.
There were 90,000,000 head of sheep

Best Cows in C. T. A. Work

Rem/tr of '1 toting During April S/zo‘w: Fol/owing Clam Leaders

Ten High Cows Under Three-Year Class.
Breed.

Date Fresh Aver. Milk. Test. Aver Fat.
73. 94

'1.,

ALLACE BEECl—ILER, of’ Niles,
had high herd in butter-fat pro-i;

among . afield,
where five herds averaged over forty.
pounds of fat for the month, his seven,

A re-test was,

     

ORION, MICHIGAN

 

 

W. E.$0RIPP$,Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Sun.

 

Reg. Guernsey Herd Bull

Ml we Venture. 4 yrs old. Also few rec. cows and
heifers. E. A. BLACK. Howard City. Mich.

practically pure-bred .UERNSEV or HOL-
FORB TEIN calms from heavy. rich minim
.‘ write EDOEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wll.

Pu r—e bred and Grades. all “a.
Guernseys single or carload in Grades. Send
for circular. WOODLAND FARMS, Monroe. Mloh.

' Heifer Calves. Practically
Guernsey pilgrim, 8 weeks old. We ship
0. 0. D. Write L. Terwilliner. Wauwatota. WII.

regi stared. priced low.

Guernsey Bulls 8L1 redlted herd. GLENN

QLAIIK. Eau Claire, Mich.
a '9" you“.

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film ers. All A-l stock. M. HOMPE.
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Sanllac No. 3, Joseph Lapeer ............ . ...... ...PB H 3- 7-215 1884 3.8 71 59
Shiawassee,‘ H. A. Knapp ................... ......l'B H ....... 1788 4.0 71.52
Mat-0111b No. 1. E. A. Hardy ................ .......PB H 3-22-26 2391 2.97 71.01
(‘hm-lmoix, Elmer Murray ..................... ....G1- G ....... 1461 4.7 68.6
Macomb No.1 E. A. Hardy I“) .......... .. .PBH 3-25.25 1791 3.65 65.37
Washtenaw Ann Arbor, (‘. E. Vretland (’l ........ PB H ....... 1593 4.0 63.72
Oakland, Pontiac State Hospital (“l ............ . .PB H 1— 4—20 2121 3.0 63.
Msvomb No. 2 \Vm. Krause ...................... G1- J 33—17-25 990 6.3 62.37
Livingston, Michigan state Sanitarium (‘) . ..... ....Gr H 1— 2—25 1701 3.5 59.5
Ten High Cows Under Four-Year Class.
Livingston, M. J. McPherson Village Farm (“0) . . PB H 4— 7»-. 2055 4.5 92.47
Livingston, Michigan State Sanitarium (') ........ PB H 4~ 84") 2158 4.1 88.51
Ottawa-Coopersville. John Longneck It) ............ PB H 3—18-25 2592 3.4 88.13
Macomb No. 2. E W. Fulton (') ............... PB H 3-15—21 2258 3.8 80.53
Innis-Lake Odessa. Tony McCaul (" r) ..... ..PB H 2-23-25 1923 4.2 80.77
Shiawassee, George Winegar‘dz Son (1') ..PB J 2-18—21) 1210 6.25 75.68
Oct-aha East. Ernest Height ............. . ..PB G 2-23—21 1110 (5.7 74.37
Oakland. Pontiac State Hospital l“) .. ..PB H 227-26 2607 2.8 73.0
Genesce No. 3, Altkeln & Helms ("l ..PB H 3— 4—26 2118 3.4 72.01
Alger, U. 1’. Experiment Station (*) ..... PB B 3-13-26 2822 3.1, 71.98
Ten HIgh COws Under FIve-Year Class.
Oakland. Pontiac State Hospital ("1-) ..PB H 3-17—26 2902 3.45 ‘10031
Oakland. Pontiac State Hospital I") ...... . ...... .113 H 2-28-26 2421 3.7 89.6
Ksnt- Grand Rapids. Lynn Bradford (1') ..... . .PB H 2-30-26 1641 5.3 81.07
Kent— East, Mankind Farms (”l .‘ ............... BH 345-20 2238 3.8 85.04
Maromb No.1. Gabe! Creamery Company (’) ......PB 11 ....... 2184 3.7 81.44
Ottawo- Jamestown. John Shoemaker (r) ........ PB G 2-14-26 1551 5.0 77.51
Kent-Grand Rapids. L. Ohler (’1') .................. PB H 4~ 7-22) 2156 3.5 76.52
Allecm-W'est. v. D. Benders _ ....... . ...... . .. ..Gr. J 4-10-26 1302 17 74.21‘
Dickenson. Joseph Bernard . ..... ......... PB 3- 3-26 2061 .3-5 7.2.14
Newaygo, mm & Nlewsm ......PB J 1- -26 . 1407 4.9 68.94
Ten High Cows Over Five-Year Class. ~
Ionia—Beldlnz. Michigan Reformatory ("0) .93 H 3-.1«26 . 3975 3.5 -
Livingston. .M. J. McPherson Village Farm ("0 ) ...PB B 4-12-26 ' 1989 -47
Lancer. Michigan Home (1-) ....................... PB H 3—21126 27.68 . 3.84"
Genesee No. 3. Michigan School for Deaf (“rl . ..PB 11 ....... 3,7
Sanflac- Croswell C. Evans ( 'r) ........... . H. 4- 1:26 4.1
Maromb No. 3. Arthur Flstler l‘) .. B, 2-15-26 3.77
Ana-.p P Experiment Station (') H. 3-16-26 as
Monroe, GeorgeJ s (r) .............. B 3-16726 4.25~
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Best and Mostheliable Market'in
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application. We sold Ten Thous-
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HEREFORD STEER‘S

60 Wt. around 925 lbs. 66 Wt. around 800 lbs.
80 Wt. around 730 lbs. 82 Wt. around 660 lbs.
88 Wt. around 550 lbs. 48 WI. around 800 lbs.
Good quality, dark reds. dehorned. well marked Haa-
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usually. market toppers when finished. Will sell your
choice of any bunch.

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fully accredited and free from disease Write for
extended pedigree. and pictures.

Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.

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demo accredited herd. SMITH ls
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2 reds. and 9 1110.. lwhite, 2 mo.
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GlSTERED yearling Shorthorn bun.“ best. of
RE and quality. Write or call on CLYDE
CADY, R. Nona. Gran Lake. Mich.
Shorthoms Best of quality and bmedlns. Dunn.

cm and heifers for sale. BIDWELL
STOCK FARM. Box 0. Tau-uh. Illeh.
for sale. Write or, see

Visitors welcome.
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BUY your fall boo:

D U R O C S now out. 01 Mmhlldlnayerhnd

Champion. 1. H. WILLIAMS. No. Adamo. Mich.

A few choice fall-boars with the right
type. quality. and breeding. F. .l.

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Monroe. M loll.

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. then {conceded tolbe too
carrying capacity of the land. In view
of this .fact, it is believed that wool
production has about reached its limit
in Australia. Wool production 1111926
is expected to reach 750,000,000
pounds in the grease, against 737,000,-
, 000 pounds in 1925, and 676,068,000
pounds for 1924. '

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tralia chiefly for the wool, but in re-

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fer meat aswell as wool. The Merino
is the leading breed, but cross-brads

mainly from English stock are kept in

some sections.
Most of the shearing in Australia is

done by machinery. The wool is sold ‘

largely to foreign buyers by auction
in the local markets prior to being
exported, largely in the, grease. Im-
portant sales are conducted at Syd-
ney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide,
and other great wool markets.

, A Building Service

You Can Build t/zz': Suértantz'a/ Milk/20mg from P/am Furm'r/zed

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by readers of the Michigan Farmer
might obtain plans and specifications
of various farm buildings, and then
build theistructures themselves. On
an average building, the labor charge,
if hired done, is quite often almost as

OR some time we have felt the
need of a blueprint service where-

These blueprints, bill of materials
and specifications, together with a de-
scription of the construction details,
will be mailed to you for $1.25, upon
request of the Editorial Department,
Michigan Farmer, Detroit. Michigan.
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Vx'e are sure a great many of you have
an assortment of tools, and with a
working knowledge of ordinary con-
struction, can take these plans and
erect the building without calling in
professional help. The plans will show,
not only all important dimensions, but
will include a bill of materials—the
various items, and in the quantity re-
quired—~together with a complete de‘
scription of the steps to be taken.
Work of this kind will fit readily into
rainy half-days and spare time.

The first plan in this series is that
of ‘a concrete milk-house which can
be adapted to practically any farm,
and if the ground is somewhat sloping
near the well, so much the better. This
milk-house is ten feet wide and eight-
een feet long. It should be two or
three feet underground. With c011-
crete blocks, the interior will be no-
ticeably warm in winter and cool in
summer. In one end and along one-
half of one side are two cooling tanks.
The water flows into one and out the
other, into a. pipe which can conduct
it to the above-ground water tanks for
the stock in the yards. There is also
ample space for the separator, a small
work table, and the electric motor or
gasoline engine which may be used
for operating the separator.

This milk-house has a solid concrete
slab roof, well reinforced, (described
in detail in the specifications), and is
not difficult‘to make. There are two
'windows on one side and a door in
one end. The plans will show you
clearly each step to take and just how
to take it. ‘

If you would prefer to build this
house of hollow tile or solid concrete,
slight alterations can be made and the

, plans followed anyway. There is some-
. , thing of more than passing value in
the ‘ ssesflon .of. a herd of milch

   
 

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soon, along your own lines and to fit
your own needs, please let us know.

We will be glad to answer your build—
ing or construction questions. Vl'e

have in mind, following this milk-
house with a series of blueprint fea-
tures which will include hog wallows,
ice houses, outside root cellars, poul-
try houses, etc. Send in your remit-
tance today and the plans will be
mailed to you at once.

 

PLAN TWO TOURS THIS SUMMER.
C OMPLETE plans and details of
the two caravan trips of the Mich-
igan Automobile Tours’ organiza‘
tion have been made by the tour mans
ager, J. H. Brown, of Battle Creek.
Since the first tour seven years ago,
these annual tours have increased in
interest and numbers of tourists.

One caravan travels to the Pacific
Coast next August, September and Oc-
tober. The start will be on Tuesday,
August 3, from Battle Creek. The
route will be by way of, and with
stops and camps at the following cit-
ies: Michigan City, E'lgin, 111.; Du-
buque, Iowa; Iowa Falls, then over the
Custer Battlefield Highway to Billings.
One day stop over at Rapid City and
Sheridan for sight-seeing.

From Sheridan to Billings, Cody,
into Yellowstone Park, where four
days will be spent, with special camps
each night along the way through the
park. Then on to Butte, Whllace,
Spokane, Seattle. Four days there,
with one day on an ocean steamboat
to Victoria. Then down the Pacific
Coast to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
San Diego. Return by way of Bakers-
field, Fresno, Yosemite National Park,
Sacramento, Reno, Salt Lake City, Col-
orado Springs, and home. Tour takes

. three months. ~

The caravan tour to the Philadel-
phia Exposition will start from the
Senator Norman B. Horton farm,
Fruit Ridge, near Adrian. Gather
there on Sunday, July 18. Start the
next morning and camp that night at
Akron, Ohio. Succeeding camps are
at Jamestown, New York; Hornell,
New York; Williamsport, Harrisburg,
Lancaster, Fennsylvania. Special camp
at Philadelphia. .Return over Lincoln
and National highways. This trip
takes two weeks, with four or five

, are gm 'at ‘a’frapid rategmuch ‘
attention being given to the breeding

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For nearly forty years Corn Gluten Feed has
been recognized as the feed which always supplies
total digestible nutrients at the lowest cost.

In New York where feed costs must be watched
very closely, the dairymen are feeding 150,000
tons of Com Gluten Feed per year because it
pays them to do so.

Corn Gluten Feed contains 23% or more pro-
tein, also valuable minerals and vitamines. It is nearly
all digestible. This is why it produces more milk at a
lower cost per gallon.

For Feeding Poultry

Corn Gluten Feed is just as good for poultry.
J. C. Dunn of Waterford, Conn., fed a bunch of cockerels
two months and they averaged 6.8 lbs. when dressed. He
fed the following mash:

Corn Gluten Feed, 300 lbs.; Corn Meal, 100‘
lbs.; Ground Oats, 75 lbs.; Middlings, 200 lbs.; Linseed
Meal, 100 lbs.; beef scrap, 100 lbs.; salt, 5 lbs. This is a
wonderful mash for market fowls or developing early

layers.
A Good Book For You

Read the experience of practical feeders as given in
our new 64—page book, “The Gospel of Good Feeding,”
which we will be glad to send you, free of charge.

Buy Corn Gluten Feed from your dealer. If he does
not sell it any manufacturer will be glad to sup
:ply it. But write for the book today.

 
  
 

Ask for Bulletin 5-! ..

Associated Corn Products Manufacturers (-3,
Feed Research Department
Hugh G. Van Poll, Director
208 South La' Salle 51., Chicago, Ill.

No. 50
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Through the Ohio-Michigan Wool Growers

Sell your wool ON GRADE. The'pool recognizes good wool and pays according-
All wool graded. Cash advance if you want it. 1924 and 1925 pools ran 3.500.000
Final settlements were made in Sept. and Oct. For information write

Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool,
210 Cedar St., Lansing, Mich.

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BLOOD TESTED BABY CHICKS

New low prices for June and July delivery.
50

Hi You are Really Interested

Prices per 100 500 1000 l . ,
Extra Selected n. P. Rorks..$7.00 $13 stagg $123 . To Get Into the First Transcontinental
elected B. r. Rocks & Beds 6.50 12 57. 11 ‘ - -
100% live delivery guaranteed. Parcel post prepaid. Caravan -to the Paslfic Coast, or
CARLETON HATCHERY. Carleton. Mich. if You Wish to

Visit the Philadelphia Exposition before the immense
crowds jam the roads and lu‘xpmition Grounds. sand
4 rent»: in stumps to J. H. Brown. General Manager.
Michigan Automobile Tours. Battle Creek. for the big
84-pagc Tour Book for 1023“.

NARBAGANSETT TURKEY 300K FREE

It tells all about the Wonderful new Narragansett
turkeys which are so easy to misc and lay their eggs at
home with the 5'lllrkons. it tells how in get started
with those turkeys that do not wilt and droop and
sleep and die, but grow and feather up and fatten
from the day they hatch. Give.» nwords of remarkable
results with turkeys all Over the U. S. Interesting
pamphlet of lnstrurriro “turkey talk" free to farmers.
Address

Burns W. Beall, B. F. D. 36. Cave Oily, Ky.

WOOL BED BLANKETS & BATTING

We are now equipped to manufacture your virgin wool
into bed blankets and batting at moderate cost to
you. Custom work a speciality. Give us a trial. West
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Order from this Ad Now

CHICKS

 

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Tom Barron W. Leghorn: . .
50-$4.00; loo-$8.00; soc—$37.50; loco-$70.00 RY a Michigan Farmer

Rocks. 50-$6.50: loo-$10.00; SOD-$57.50
Broilers, $7.00 per 100.

Boot Quality Chicks-«all our flocks in-
dividually inspected by Michigan State
College of Agriculture. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Catalog free.

KNOLL’S HATCHERY

Classified Ad. to sell

your surplus poultry, or
to get that extra help. ,
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, June 29.

Wheat.
Detroit—No. 1 red $1.46; No. 2 red
flag; No. 2 white $1.46; No. 2 mixed
Chicago—Sept. at $1.318/,@1.31%;
Dec. 31351116313535 .
Toledo.-Wheat $1.40@1.41.

Corn.

Detroit.-No. 2 yellow at 73c; No. 3
yellow at 72c; No. 4 yellow 69c; No.
5 yellow 660.

Chicago—Sept at 75@75%c; Dec.
at 77 @77 56c.

Oats.

Detroit—No. 2 white Michigan at
411120; No. 3, 401/50.

Chicago.~—-Sept. 39%@391/;c; Dec. at
41%0.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 2, 930.

Chicago—Sept. 940; Dec. 97%0.

Toledo—Rye 93c.

Beans.

Detroit—Immediate and prompt
shipment $4.20@4.25. .
Chicago—Spot Navy, MlCh. fancy

hand—picked at $4.70 per cwt; red kid-
ne 3 9.
Kiev: York.- Pea domestic $4.50@
5.25; red kidneys $8.75@9.50.
Barley.
Malting 7 3c; feeding 68c.
‘ Seeds.

Detroit—Cash red clover at $22;
August alsike $15.25; August timothy
$3.65.

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

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

straw
Feeds

Detroit—Bran at $31@.32; standard
middlings at $32; fine m1dd11ngs $35;
cracked corn $34; coarse cornmeal at
$33; chop $32 per ton in carlots.

WHEAT

Increasing receipts of new wheat
have relieved the tension in old crop
supplies, and prices have been on the
down-grade as a result. Both domes—
tics and foreign crop news has been
more .favorable than recently, although
rains over the southwest in the last
few days have aroused apprehensmn
over a wet harvest, and Europe is also
reporting extremely wet weather
again. No way of measuring the im—
provement to be expected from recent
rains is available, but a total yield of
775,000,000 to 800,000,000 bushels
seems possible, at least, if the spring
wheat belt receives further timely
rains in the next month. Of course,
if dry weather spreads over the north-
west, again, crop prOSpects _w111 be
modified accordingly. The rains .thus
far will practically carry .all w1nter
wheat to maturity. Threshing returns
in Kansas and Oklahoma are exceed-
ing expectations. Importing countries
will be obliged to draw heav11y on
North America during the next three
months. Canadian wheat 15 being
cleaned up, and present stocks_are not
much greater than last year _1n spite
of the large crop produced in 1925.
Domestic prices for cash wheat are
close to a world level, so that condi—
tions are favorable for expansmn of

export sales.
CORN

Corn prices have dropped to at new
low level for the season in spite of the
fact that primary receipts have de-
clined nearly 60 per cent since the run
was at its height early in. June, and
that a little improvement in cash. de-
mand was reported. Basrc. conditions
in corn remain quite week. Last
week’s increase in the v1s1b1e_ supply
brought it to record size, receipts are.
not much below seasonal volume, de-
mand appears inadequate to absorb
the supplies that will be available dur-
ing the summer and new crop pro-
spects are generally favorable. Ex-
ports are running about 300,000 bush-
‘. els a week, but this does not make

much of a dent in supplieshwith over
31,000,000 bushels in the v1s1ble, and
primary receipts of 3,000,000. to 4,000,-
000 bushels a. week. Corn industries
are grinding about 1,250,000 bushels
Feeding demand 18 slow, as
most sections are well supplied al-

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OATS

Oats crop prospects have been im-
proved by recent rains, althoughflthe
yield will be only a moderate one. The
market situation shows no change, be-
ing dominated by the large visible
supply, ample current receipts, slug-
gish demand and the approaching
movement of new oats, which will get
under way inside of a month. ,Texas
new crop cats have been filling south-
ern demand since two‘or three weeks

ago.
SEEDS

Conditions have been more favor-
able to seed crops recently, and pros-
pects for yields of clover and timothy
have improved.' Prices on old seed
remain firm, however, as stocks are
short, and the acreage is small, so

that, even with a perfect growing seam

son, a short harvest is expected.

FEEDS

Feed markets have held the slight
advances which were scored in the
reaction following the recent decline.
Grains are declining, however, and
with summer feed demand usually
dull, the market may not be able to
remain steady.

RYE

Rye prices declined sharply in the
last few days,
was due chiefly to speculative buying,
based on the stronger market outlook
for this cereal. Rains were too late
to bring much improvement in the
crop, and reports from Poland and
Germany continue to indicate a small
yield. Export clearances have in-
creased again.

EGGS

Fresh eggs continue to arrive at the
large distributing markets in liberal
quantities in spite of reports from the
country of decreasing collections. Con-
sumptive demand is absorbing a larg-
er quantity of eggs than at this time
a year ago, but prices have been kept
lower. So far in June, fresh firsts in
the Chicago wholesale market have
averaged 28.5 cents a dozen, compared
with 29.6 cents in the corresponding
period a year ago. Quality has been
better than normal so late in the sum-
mer, and more eggs are being stored

 

as the previous rise

than at this time last year, so that the
shortage under a year ago has been
somewhat reduced. In the mountain
and Pacific coast states and the mid-
dle west, reserve stocks of eggs on
June 1 were practically as large as a
year ago. The shortage of half a mil-
lion cases was chiefly in the Atlantic
coast states where egg production is
wholly on a commercial basis.
Chicago.—Eggs, fresh firsts 271,é@
34c; extras 30@3014c; ordinary firsts
261/z@27c; miscellaneous 27c; dirties
23@250; checks 22@24%c. Live poul—
try, hens at 2615c; broilers 30@31Q;
springers 35c; roosters 17c; ducks at
200; geese 210; turkeys 260.
Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and
graded 28@28%c. Live poultry, broil-

ers 42@44c; heavy hens 8c; light
1531:? 23@25c; roosters 18c; ducks 32
g c.

POTATOES

Potato markets are firm in spite of
liberal supplies. Consumption is stim-
ulated by the relatively cool weather
which has continued late into the sea-
son, so that demand is of large pro—
portions. In spite of a larger total
production in the early potato states
than last year, prices have averaged
higher. Returns to growers in this
section in May averaged around $2.50
a bushel, as compared with $1.35 dur-
ing the same monthJast season, and a
four-year average for May of $1.85 a
bushel. Southern Bliss Triumphs, U.
S. No. 1, are quoted at $4@4.50 per 100
pounds, sacked, in the Chicago carlot

market.
BUTTER

The butter market has weakened
again after a short-lived period of
strengthening prices, although the in-
crease in producti 11 following the im-
provement in pas ure, was not as large
as expected, and advices from some of
the prominent dairy sections indicate
that the peak has been reached. Pas-
tures are in better condition than a
fortnight ago, however, and it is prob—
able that butter production will be
maintained on the present scale
throughout June. More butter is be-
ing stored at the large markets than
at this time last season, although
some of it is on dealers’ account to
save selling at a loss. This has pre-
vented butter from accumulating on
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Tuesday, June 29.

DETROIT

Cattle.
Receipts 229. 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 ............. 5.50@ 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 . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5003 6.50
Stock bulls 5.00@ 6.00
Feeders ....... 6.00@ 7.75
Stockers .......... 00@ 7 00

I I I 1 O O 60 I
Milkers and springers. . . .$55.00@ $100
Veal Calves.
Receipts 583. Market steady.

Best ....,. .. ....... .....$13.00@13.50
4.00@12.50
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 109. Market steady.
Best .............. . . . . . .315.00@15.50

Fair lambs ............. 13.00@13.50

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 1,088. Market steady to
25c lower.
Mixed OODID-l.QCOIOOOIOIO$12I75@12-85
Pigs ODIOOOQCQOOOOOOI'CIOO 15000
Yorkers IC‘COOOOOOO-Clouloo 15.00
Roughs 0.00‘000 009.00.... 12n00©12n25
StagsofiOilOOOOIOOOOOOOOO 9.00@ 9.25
HeaVies IIOOOOOIOIOCIIDIOO 13l25@14000

BUFFALO

H

one. - .
Receipts 16,000. Market is closing-

slow; heavies" $14.@14.75; medium at

@1475; culls mostly at $11.50; shee

$14.75@-15; under 180-1b. kind $15.25@
1@5.132550packing sows and roughs $12.25

Cattle.
Receipts 125. Market steady.
Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 100. Best fat lambs $15.50;
ewes $4.50@7.
Calves.

Receipts 250. Tops $13.50.

CHICAGO

Hogs.
_Receipts 23,000. Market fairly ac-
tive, steady to 10¢ lower, others are
around 15@25c lower, with packing
sows off; more in stots, 210—1b.‘aver—
age $14.40@14.65; mostly desirable
240-325~lb. butchers at $13.60@14.25;
bulk good packing sows $11.75@12.25;
heavy roughs, throw-outs, down $11.45
or below; practical tops $14.65; few
sorted 130-140—lb. average to shippers
up to $14.75. '

Cattle.

Receipts 10,000. Market on weighty
fat steers slow, steady to weak; good
yearlings and light weight heifers ac-
tive to 15c higher; killing quality on
best matured steers at $10@)15; some
around $10.60; yearlings at $10; she
stock slow, about steady; bulls are
unchanged; vealers are about 45@50c
higher; bulk to packers at $11@12;
to outsiders up to $13.

Shee and'Lambs.
Receipts 11,‘ 00. Market slow: na-
tives mostly 250 lower, bidding unev-
enly on westerns; few natives $14.50

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@650: Idahos 73

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, AILY market reports and.
. weather forecasts may be
,_ obtained each week day from
the following Michigan station"
vWKAR—Mlchlgan State Col-
lege, 12:00 noon. _
WCX—D‘etroit Free Press. at
.2115 P. M.
. WWJ—Detrolt News, 10:25 A.
M., 12:00 noon, 4:00 P. M. '
WGHP—Gco. Harrison Phelps,
7:00 P. M. ,

 

 

 

sumption has been stimulated by the
cool weather and low prices, however,
and so far this month, 2,000,000
pounds more have disappeared into
consumptive channels at the four
large markets than in. the correspond-
ing period last year. The long-time
outlook for the market is not clear
cut, but prices are not likely to go
much lower, at least so long as buy-
ing for storage continues, and the
make of fresh butter is no larger than
at present.

Prices for 9-2-score creamery were:
Chicago 380; New York 41c. In De-
troit fresh creamery in tubs sells for
36%@39c a. pound. '

WOOL

Distinct improvement has appeared
in the wool trade in the lastweek or
ten days, and prices are a cent higher
in many cases. Mills have bought
more freely, and goods trade has im-
proved, the leading company report-
ing that its sales for the year to date
have been larger than last year. Ohio
quarter-blood, particularly, has been
in demand at Boston, with sales re-
ported at 42@43c, and a few delaines
at 450. Buying in growing sections
has been quickened, with some im-
provement in prices. Oregon wools
are being bought on the basis of a.
little over $1, clean, landed Boston.'In
the bright wool states the range. of
prices paid is 35@400. Clean-up sales
are being held in Australia, with pric-
es fairly firm. The new Australian
clip is estimated at 2,242,000 bales, an
increase of 142,000 bales over last

year.
GRAND RAPIDS

Strawberries were lower in Grand
Rapids this week, with supplies the
heaviest of the season. Prices were
in a range of $1.50@3 per 16-qt. case.
Cherries were in larger supply in a
range of $2@3 case. Tomatoes $1.10
@1.40 per 74b. basket; cucumbers at
$1.10@1.30 dozen; potatoes $1.50@1.75
bu; beets 50@600 dozen bunches; car-
rots 30@40c dozen bunches; radishes
10@121,§c dozen bunches; onions 10@i
15c dozen bunche/s; leaf lettuce 40c
bu; head lettuce 50@75c bu; celery
25@50c dozen; spinach 35@50c bu;
romaine 50@75c bu; asparagus $1@3
125 dozen bunches; turnips 50@600-
dozen bunches; greens 500 bu; beans,
pea $3.80 cwt; wheat $1.34 bu; broil-
ers, Leghorns 22@25c; heavy 30@35c;‘
old hens 20@28c; eggs 2..@28c; but-
ter-fat 41c pound.

DETROIT CITY MARKET

Carrots $1.20 dozen bunches; aspar-
agus $1.25@1.75 dozen bunches ; beets
40¢@$1 dozen bunches; beet tops 5061))
75c bu; green onions 60@75c dozen
bunches; root parsley $1 dozen bunch-
es; potatoes $1.50@2 bu; round rad-
ishes 50@65c dozen bunches; long
radishes 50@75c dozen bunches; tur-
nip tops 40@500 bu; turnips 75c@$1
dozen bunches; Kalamazoo celery 50c
@150 dozen; cucumbers 45@90c doz;
rhubarb 40@600 dozen; lettuce 40@50c
per 10-lb. basket; head lettuce 50c@'

 
  
 

$1.25 bu; horseradish .$1@1.50 per'bu;l
spinach 75c@$1.25 bu; gooseberries
30c qt; strawberries
case; sweet cherries
cherries $3.50

 

355063150 ,24-qt.
5c per qt; sour
4.50 per 24-qt. case:
kohl-rahi75c@ 1 dozen bunches; peas

   

 
   

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Here is the program for the coming
week:

July 3—12: 00 noon, weather,
kets, econ‘omics’ lecture.

July 5—12:00 noon, weather,
kets, dairy lecture.

July 6—12:00 noon, weather,
kets, farm crops lecture.

July 7—12:00 noon, weather,
kets, horticulture lecture.

July 8—12:00 noon, weather, mar-
kets, agricultural engineering lecture.

July 9—12 :00 noon, weather. mar-
kets, poultry lecture.

counrv caiop aspou'rs.

Sanilac 60., June 22. «Farm work
here is pretty well caught up. Every-
one is busy cultivating. More beans
were planted than ever before, as so
many wheat fields had to be plowed
- up. Spring grains look fine. The dairy
business is booming. The farm bu-
reau drive went over the top. The
outlook for fruit is good, especially
for strawberries. Extra help is very
scarce—J.

Mason 60., June 21. -—The season is
late. Much of the corn ground will
bejplanted to beans or potatoes. Hay
and oats look good. It has been cold
and Wet. Garden stuff is backward.
The apple crop has been normal, also

mar-

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pears. The cherry crop is about fifty
per cent. Berries will produce a large
yield. Not much help available for

farm work, although there appears to
be plenty laying around town doing
nothing. The pig crop~is short and
brings $12@14 a pair. The dairy busi-
ness is growing—R.

Jackson 00., June 21.—Farmers have
completed corn planting, and many
beans are in. Hired help is very
scarce. The late spring, by delaying
corn planting. Will undoubtedly in-
crease the bean acreage. The late
rains have helped much. Pastures,
hay, and oats are looking fine. The
dairy interests are looking up, and
‘ good milch cows sell for a fine price.
Fruit will be very plentiful, although
it is too early to judge the apple crop.
The lamb crop is satisfactory, but
heavy losses have occurred among the
pigs. A large acreage is being planted
to alfalfa. —J. G. G.

St. Clair 60., June 21 .-It has been
too cold for good growth. Farmers
are unable to pay wages demanded;
besides, very little help is available.
Most crops seem to show the effect of
the backward season. The hay crop
is short in this section. There is very
' little change in the cow situation. The
best dairymen are making progress
where favorably situated, but the av-
erage farmer is about at a standstill.

Q

81:. Joseph 00., June 21. ——Most of
the corn is up, and cultivation has be«
gun. Very little extra help can be se-
cured. Most farmers are doing the
work they can accomplish themselves
and are suiting their farm program to
the labor situation. The dairy situa.
tion is good. Most farmers here are
.keeping from three to six cows. All
live stock appears to be in good con-
dition and pasture is fine. Alfalfa hay
is now being harvested. A few farm-
ers here have started producing pep-
permint. The outlook for fruit is good.
The pig crop was small and the lamb
crop good. Wool brings 420.—O. J. B.

Kalamazoo 60., June 20.—We are
getting plenty of rain at this time.
Oats are doing well. Hay will be a
light crop. The southern portion of
the county will have quite a little
wheat. In other localities the crop
is not doing so well. All farming con-
ditions are late. The pig crop is not
-up to normal this year. Nearly all

_.. ” WKAR will confine its
broadcasting to the noon program.-

 

fall pigs were marketed at about $14
per cwt. Wheat $1. 42; cats 40c; corn
550; eggs 27c; butter 40@500, accord-
ing to quality. ——F. H.

NATIONAL CROP REPORT. ..-.

HE June crop report issued by the
p, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
indicates that the weather this
‘ season has been unfavorable for prac-
tically all early crops except fruits.
No estimates have yet been made for
cern, cotton potatoes or other late
planted crops, but for those crops that
have been estimated the general show-
ing is the least favorable of any June
in fifteen years. The only extensive
areas where the crops are reported
1 as abovea Xerage are in the west and
southwest
The forecast of winter wheat pro-
. auction is 543,000. 000 bushels, which
i“ said he a crop approximaliter 150,-
" _ than‘ as year’ 8
0,000,000 bushels

 

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the usual

3 as yer-11g l1
. radio out wheat forecast represents
clin‘e of only 5 .000de bushels from

the f0recast issued last month.

In Kansas
prospects have been materially reduc-
ed by drought, but on the other hand,
there has been some improvement in
wheat in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois,
and a substantial improvement in
Texas.

The rye crop is now expected to
show the lowest yield per acre in near-
ly forty years, and the lowest total
production since 1913.

Spring grains are also in exception-
ally poor condition for so early in the
season. The condition of both spring
wheat and oats is the lowest ever re
ported for June, and the condition of
barley would be the lowest for June in
twenty-five years if it were not for the
fine prospects in California. .

The dry spring has also reduced the
growth of grass. In the country as a
whole, farm pastures are almost as
poor as they were at this time last
year, and they are poorer than in any
previous June during the thirty-year
period for which comparable statistics
are available. Pastures are particular-
ly poor this season in the North At—
lantic, South Atlantic, and North Cen-
tral groups of states.

The drought which has affected pas-
tures, has greatly reduced the prospec.
tive hay crop in the same areas. In
the southwest and the western group
of states, prospects indicate a very
good yield of hay, but in the country
as a whole the prospects for hay are
poorer than on any previous June first
for fifteen years or more.

Present indications point to rather
larger crops of apples, peaches, and
pears. In some of the important fmit
sections of the northeast the season
is so late that apples had not even
reached full bloom by the first of June,
and it is still too early to forecast the
crop. However, nearly all the import-
ant apple states expect at least a fair
crop, and over large areas suflicient
fruit has set to produce a very good
crop if moisture conditions are favor-
able during the remainder of the sea-
son.

Present indications point to the
largest peach crop in years. In Geor-
gia, the Carolinas, Illinois, Califo1nia,
and some other states, peach produc-
tion is increasing as a result of heavy
planting during the last few years, but
the large crop for the country as a
whole is due chiefly to the fact that
there are prospects for a fair to good
crop in practically every important
peach state.

The pear crop seems likely to be the
largest on record, the chief increase
being mainly on the Pacific Coast,
where the number of bearing trees is
increasing yearly. Oranges, lemons

and Nebraska, earlier

 

     

 

VETERINARY.

Tuberculosis—I butchered two oth
my young sows which had never been
bred. ~ They were ten months old and
weighed around 250 pounds each. Both
seemed perfectly healthy, but one’s
liver had white spots on it and there
was a sort of a sack grown into one
piece of it, and the sack contained a
yellowish fluid. The other liver was
covered with white lumps about the
size of a pin head. The lumps were
gritty, and one piece of the liver also
had a soft substance grown into it.
What was wrong? Is the meat all
right to eat? H. J. H.——The small,
white gritty lumps are characteristic
of tuberculosis. If the lesions 'were
not greater than you mention, the meat
would be suitable for food.

Obstructed Teat. —I have a .four-
year-old Jersey cow. She will be fresh
March 1. Just at the time we dried
her up, two months ago, she stepped
on one of her teats. It healed all right
and bag seems in line shape, but the
teat has no opening for milk flow.
Can one make another opening, or
what shall I do? L. J C. -—If you have
trouble getting milk out of the teat, it
would be better to let your veterinar-
ian examine it. An opening can be
made, but it would be advisable to
have this done by someone skilled in
that kind of work. Otherwise you
might infect and lose the quarter.

 

 

A REAL
BARGAIN

A son of College Butter Boy. ready for ser-
vice. A nicely marked hull of good type.
born July 4th. 1925. His dam is a 24-117.
cow and a reel producer. She will finish this
lactation period with close to 18,000 lbs. in
12 mos. We have only a few sons of Col-
lege Butter Boy left and none of the others
gretready for service. Price $125 cash at
on me

  
 

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“"3“" Animal Industry
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Lansing. Michigan

one“ cult?“ are also e1: acted to
_ . ce fair to good crops t s season.

CAN

‘ 11;. ,‘l‘uldon 8100. Home Study

KODAK

AUCTION COLLEGE. Emilie! Wei

 

roll developed and six prints: Special
3&1. World‘s Photo Supply. Box 62. Westerv
o. ‘

 

MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS to us. we develop poll.
make prints and return for 25cco crewman.
Cow-1c. Studio. 12 Fountain Aye. .. Springfield. orOhio.

 

FARM MACHINERY

 

A. '1‘. Birk. Ann Arbor. well .

 

 

FOXES

QUALITY DARK BLUE FOXES. SILVER FOXES.
MINK. Ten years' breeder.f reebooklet. credit plant.
$31? Cleary Fox Farms. Smith Bldg” Seattle.

 

 

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PET STOCK

 

FOR SALE~Registered Oorang Airedale puppies and
brood mam-om. Write for circular. Superior Kerr
nels. Pmconmn' 8. Michigan.

PEDIGREED POLICE PUPPIES. CHEAP—Sammy
tion guaranteed. Albert Storms. Jonesville. Mich.

RAT TERRIERS. fox terriers. Illustrated lists 100.
Pete Slater. Box BLP. Pane. Ill.

 

 

 

luarantaed

FOX TERRIERS—pups and grown don.
. Knoll. In. R. No. 1.

the best for faunas.
Holland. Mich.

 

 

T
COMMISSION FIRMS

WE PAY MORE for poultry. out and veal. A trial
lhiplnent will convince you.
Eastern Market. Detroit. Mich

 

 

 

CORN HARVESTER

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

only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free oat.

:(los shomn‘ 11 pictures of harvester. Box 626. Salim.
ans.

 

 

 

SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

 

10 MILLION CABBAGE—tomato and collard plants.
12 early and late varieties. $1.00 thousand: 6.000.
$4.60: 10.000. $7.50. Cauliflower and sweet potato.
33.00: 10.000. $25. Peppers. $2.60: 10.000. $20.
Prompt shipments. delivered safely anywhere. Farm‘
ers’ Supply Company. Franklin, Virginia.

 

PLANTS—Cabbage, Tomatoes. $1. 00: Cauliflower and.
Pepper. 53. 00; Celery. $4. 00 per 1000 by Express. 1?.
o. l). Vassar Plant Farm. Franklin Va

FOR SATISFACTORY INSURANCE buy seed oats,
beans. of A. B Cook. Owosso. Mich.

TOBACCO

HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.
five pounds. $1.50: ten. $2.60. Smoking. ten, $1.60.
Pipe free: pay when received. United Farmers, Bard~
Well. Kentucky.

 

 

 

BREEDING EWES

Feeding Lambs, Feeding Wethers
Always on Hand

Few cars pairs (ewes and lambs)
Forty years in the business

Ship everywhere in cm lots or train 103.115.3111}.
guarantee as represented. (‘ome or write.

GEORGE M. WILBER. OAKLANDS. Marylvlllou Ohio.

for quick sale.

 

 

 

mm upon
rm
trademark

THE M.

 

g MICHIGAN MILKMAKER DAIRY FEED

The local co-op or farm bureau agent can

supply you.
the success others-11am with it, write

If you want to know about

Dept. C

F. B. SUPPLY SERVICE
LANSING. MICHIGAN

 

 

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

This classified advancing department in established for the convenlen e of MI hi
:1 bring best results under classified headings. c c m ("mm

Small advertisemen

tiling, mi 5 articles for sale or exchange.

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

. on ordm for less than four insertions: for four or

oonncutive ins-tion: 6 cent; a word. Count u a word each abbreviations. initial or number. No
admlued. Run cos must

Live stool d«vol-thing ban a aunts department and I. not accepted an olaulnod.

Rates 8 cent: a word. each

chem l! word a.

Try it for want ads and for adver-
Poultry adierti-ing will be run in this department

accompany order
fllnlmum

 

 

   

One Four One [out

10. .....80.” 82.40 2G........82.0l 80.2!

11. g: 2.“ 17...”... 2.18 6.“

2.” 82..."... 2.24 6.72

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22 ...... . . 1." 5.22 0.12

28. .. I.“ I.. 2.26

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peCi otice dlumummnu order:

or change 0/ can Iva-
feudal fir the Clown! Mama mud reach thin of“ Ian
do: In advance «mu flu dot.

 

11mm": 2

 

FLORIDA FARMS of 5 or ill-acre units and up-
in Suwanee miles

on BALI—Doubled.“ m
oubatur. 18.000482 cepcclty. Peri t condition nice
we. m W. Cum: mon-

 

A GOOD STOCK FARM of 334 acres, fair buildings.
running water; 100 rods bordering on beautiful lake.
325 per acre to close estate takes it. One-half mile
from small village. and 7 miles from railroad. U. S.
Eby, Administrator, Cassopolis. Mich.

 

WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES Southern Georgia
Farm Lands. Write for Complete Information. Cham—
ber Commerce. Quitman. Georgia.

 

 

 

WANTED FARMS

 

WANTED—to hear from owner of
proved land for‘sale. O.

farm or unim-
Hawley. Baldwin. Wis.

 

GUARANTEED TOBACCO—chewing or smoking. 5
lbs. $1.25: ten. $2; pipe free. pay when received.
Farmeru' Assoeiation. Maxon Mills. Kentucky.

POULTRY

WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half
price, Thousands of eight-week-old Pullets. Also
Bahy Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun-
dation stock. egg-bred 20 years. Winners at 16 all:
contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I
ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. Goo. B.
Ferris. 934 Union, Grand Rapids. Michigan.

PULLETS—W'hito and Barred Rocks: Buff Orplng-
tons three months old. Cockerels in White Leghorns
Barred Rooks. Write for description and prices.
State Fanns Association, Masonic Temple Bldg. Kal-
amazoo. Michigan.

 

 

SPECIAL SALE OF WHITTAKER'S REDS—{30119.
. Cocksrels. I’ullets and Chicks. Michigan Ao-
credlted. Bloodtested. Trepnested. Write for special
bargain prices. Interlakes'Ferm. Box 9. Lawrence.
Mich.

 

PULLETS—Booo English White Leghorn. from Stem
Accredited Flodr. Different are and [111085. E.
Knoll. Jr.. It. No. 1. Holland. Mich.

 

BABY CHICKS

 

WHITE LEGHORN CHICKS from a
real poultry breeding farm. Foundation stork direct
from Hollywood and Tancred Farms. Hollywood pens
mated to males hatched from eggs from Hollywood
Farms. 200 to 220~egg hens. Tancred pens mated
to males from Tancrcd Farms. 200 to 250-egg hens.
I produce my own hatching eggs and set large one
only from stock culled the year around for size. type
and user, assuring you of chicks of uniform quality
and high production ability that will make

money for you. June chicks. 110 each: July. 100;
less in 500 lots. J. B. Deneen. Imlay City, Mich.

BUY YOUR

 

SPECIAL SALE—CHICKS 6c AND UR—Tancred
and Tom Barron: White Leghorns. Parks Barred
Rocks. S. (l. R. . . and broilers. chicks both
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. Law broilers have
proven profitable. 100% live delivery and satisfaction
fuaéangfidl. Box 40. Brummer a Frederickson. Kol~
an . c . '

 

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BABY CHICKS from stock all newly blood-tested for

Bacillary White Diarrhea. Third year blood-testing.
Eight popular breeds. Hatchery State Accredited.
Catalogiagid price list ready. Pierce Hatchery. Jer~
01119. c .

 

 

HELP WANTED

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

STORAGE BATTERIES of the Edison Alkaline type
do not have the faults of lead acid type. Fortunate
purchases from the Government. and other large us-
ers make possible a real buy. All voltages and am-
perages. For radio. motor boats and farm lighting
plants. Before buying batteries get my interesting lit-
erature stating voltage amperage desired. Ad-
dress B. Hawley Smith. 306 Washington Ave. Dan-
bury. Conn.

 

FRIGAIR—Keeps food cool anywhere without ice or
electricity. One of grutat inventions of the century. .
Shipped by express anywhere in Michigan. $18. Write
for circular. Agents wanted. Michigan Frigair Sales
Co.. 610 Chorlevoix. Bldg. Detroit. Mich

 

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Colts less than
Harper

DRIVER SALESMAN—zz to 35 years age.

nmt employment: good future. Write us if inter

3mg: Belle Isle Creamery. 3600 Forat E.
1c

 

YOUNG MAN—experienced for general form we
on 80-ecre farm in Washtenaw County.
333. Michigan Farmer. Detroit. Mich

 

MEN TO LEARN FOX RANCHING. Wonderful op.
portunity to man who will work and follow instruc~
tions. Breakey Silver Fox Ranch. Marshall. Mich.

 

 

AGENTS WANTED

 

dries win Kareem. cleans ”wells.

Brush Work. 173 3!" ll». 1mm

 

FREE—7x11 enlargement of any kodak film with your.
Trial Of!

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s‘ixtfi-gradelrhus the champion gree of Doctor of Laws conferred on him at New York Univer- six two-months-old Chows at a
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The “Whistler,” a new type of air-propelled boat developed for A 38—1b. barracuda, called the Tiger of the Seas on account of its

 

shallow water, had a successful trial, making 35 miles per hour. voracious habits, was caught Off Key West With a hook baited
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' ‘ 1 “Bu 1e Bird,” never before tamed, Viscount W‘illingdon has been se- At Santa Monica, (33.1., swift planes carrying life
fig‘fififigm a? the United States by Lewis lected as the next governor-gem guards, skim above the water to cast life
Daughtrey. The bird is charmed by radio. eral of Canada. preservers to bathers in distress.

 

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‘The clothing bill of Robert Gools- Little Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, daughter of Duke of Princess Posh-e-e-ho-we, of pure

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