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VOLUME CLXVII


DETROIT,


CURRENT COMMENT


HE factor of econ-


Quantity omy in quantity

production in our


. Farm. manufacturing indus-

Productlon tries is well known.


It enables American

manufacturers to pay a higher labor

wage than is paid by the manufactur-

ers of any other country, and still

compete for business in the open mar-

kets of the world.


Quantity production on the farm has


not been given 'such general consider-~


ation, nor is the term a popular one

with farmers. This is natural because

. of the fact that the term, quantity

production, is generally associated

with the idea of increased production,

when production in most lines is al-

ready well above demand for domestic

consumption and a further increase in

the quantity would tend toward les-

sened income for tho entire crop by

bringing about reduced prices.

However, the term quantity produc-

tion does not necessarily mean in-

creased production. The meaning

which we would give to the term in

this comment, as applied to the indi-

vidual farm, is quantity production

along some one line Which would mean

lessened production along other lines

on the same farm. The farmer who

specializes in some one line of produc-

tion, which is made the main depend-

ence for such a cash income, is able

to utilize the factors which. mean so

’much in the manufacturing industry.

He is better able to supply himself

with the best labor-saving equipment

' for production along a. single line than

, is possible along several or many

" dihes. Consequently the units of cost

“5111 the operations in that particular

«line of production are lessened, and

generally the yield in salable prod-

iota materially increased in its rela-

ﬂan to the time expended in the proc-

‘ on of. production

‘mgcxamlc.


.,. :


the _ dairyman who»


nomic handling of dairy cattle,

7 culls out the poor cows from his herd


and replaces them with better produc-

ers: who gives more attention to the

feeding of a. suitable ration to encour

age the greatest production at the

least cost; who milks his “cows at a

uniform time, and adopts other meth-

ods of proven economy in this line of

production, will not only make a much

larger income proportionately than the

man who dabbles. a little in dairying

along with a lot of other things, but

:will make a much greater proﬁt per

unit of labor invested in the business.


The same thing is true in any other

line. The potato grower, for example,

who makes potato growing his main

dependence for a cash income; who

buys equipment with which to grow‘

the crop economically; who so plans

his crop rotation as to grow a. maxi-

mum crop at a minimum of cost; who


plants good seed, and performs every


operation in a manner at the time

when it will give the most economic

results, will not only have a. larger in-

come but will secure far greater re-

turn for the labor invested per unit on

the growing of his crop.


Viewed from this standpoint, quan-

tity production is as desirable on the

farm as in the factory. Greater e‘ﬂi-

ciency in production methods along

more restricted lines will mean a.

greatly augmented income on any

farm over a period of years, provided

the special line of production is wisely

selected and consistently and efﬁcient-

ly followed.


s


LL work and no


Regarding play makes Jack

R l a. dull boy. Likewise,

ura. Jill loses her eager-

Recreatlon ness for the adven-


tures of life if her

play spirit is not satisﬁed. The work

and play question, on the farm, has

been, for generations, 3. problem in

rural communities. To keep the farm

boys and girls satisﬁed with rural

life, content to live on the farm,

and their minds directed towards con-

structive things, there must be an

even balance between work and play.

Recently the Institute of Social and

Religious Research made a survey of

ﬁfty-three rural communities to ﬁnd

out what farm young folks like best

'in the way of recreation. About two

thousand farm boys and girls of high

school age were asked to name their

three chief recreations.


When summarized, the results for

the boys stood as a tie for swimming

and base ball, with hunting, reading,

basket ball, ﬁshing, and foot ball be-

ing popular in order. With farm girls,

reading headed the list by a good

lead. Over twice as many farm girls

voted for reading as for swimming,

the second recreation on the list. Bas-

ketball, writing, dancing, tennis, and

hiking were also popular for girls.


We would do well to give careful

thought to the recreation preferences


of these rural young folks. Club

agents, school teachers, community}

workers, and playground directors


could be guided by them in their en-

deavors to link rural boys and girls

more closely to rural communities.


T is a matter of


The c o m m o n knowl-


edge that the unity of


Greatest thought of a class of

Need p e o p l e is necessary


for the advancement


of that class. The results at a recent


farmers’ institute indicate that there

is still need of unity of thought among

xarmers.


At this institute, 192 farmers were

asked to state what they thought was

the greatest single need of agricul-

ture. Sixty different needs were giv-


en. They mged from more coopera-.


tion, to using autos less and doing

more farm work.


It is pleasing to note that. coopera-

tion received more votes than any othv


who" " ;

farm methods ten, better roads. and


life?


eight. better drainage. naps mm bus

reau members, community activity.

and more sociability had sevenradm-

csatoe each. ‘~


Our thought is. that cooperation,

community activity, and greater cools.

bility are important needs, as they

bring farmers together. The last two

put the ﬁrst in practice in a social

way, as these is no getting together of

people without some cooperation.


It is apparent from the results of

the farm relief efforts in congress dur-

ing the last session, and the results of.


this farmers’ institute vote, that the


greatest agricultural need is not the

things voted for, but unity of thought

——cooperatlon in studying the great

farm problem, and in determining

what will solve it. The big farm bug-

aboo, which is handicapping agricul-


ture as compared with industry, can-l


not be brought down by buckshotac—

tivities. Good marksmanship with long-

range bullet purposes, however, will

certainly hit the mark.


HERE is a quite


i- g e n e r 3.1 agree-


Needl Ag; ment with President

cu tar“ Sam H. Thompson, of

Policy the American Farm


Bureau Federation,

that America’s greatest need today is

a. new agricultural policy. As Mr.

Thompson aptly says, the United

States has an economic policy, an in-

dustrial policy, and a. foreign policy,

but no deﬁnite agricultural policy to

meet present conditions.


And the public is asking with Mr.

Thompson: “Who knows what the

policy of the government shall be in

its relation to agriculture and rural

Who has given, or is able to

give, the ﬁnal word as to policies af-

fecting agricultural credit, or land eco-

nomics, taxation, transportation, mar-

keting, farm tenantry, rural education,

local government and cooperation?


To solve these problems and formu-

late the outlines of a. national con-

struction agricultural policy is held

to be the big job which the farm or-

ganizations have before them, and

which must be settled if any progress

is to be made toward securing the nec-

essary legislation to make effective a.

permanent agricultural policy.


ANY can remem-


The bar when Mich-


Old igan was in clover.


But somehow clover


Skunk doe s not take hold


as it used to. Many

have said that it has run out and that

the days of clover are past.


When clover was in its prime, this

state was the foremost producer of

clover seed in this country, now we

rank 9. poor third. Instead, we import

alfalfa seed and grow luxuriant ﬁelds

of alfalfa} which is superior'to clover

as a soil builder and as a feed. Thus

the “running out” of clover in a. way


has had its beneﬁts as well as its dis-V


advantages.’


“Running out” was not a reason for

the behavior of clover, it was a gen

erality with no foundation. But now

we have a reason of which mamr will

be surprised to learn.


It is this way: The skunk likes

bumble bees, and. bumble bees are

necessary to fertilize the clover blos-

soms. Since skunks have become

more prevalent; {maer protection, bum-‘

ble bees have become less numerous.

Thus we are almost deprived of the


bumble bee, with his long probocis,'


which is the only one that will

reach far enough into a clover blos~

sum to insure fertility. Recently an-

thorities investigating the matter have


agreed. that red -. clover’s running out.


is due to the skunks’running about,


Is this not an indication that often ,

. changes in ﬁrming are {or-m, W


in their causes, as  well as


to ﬁnd the cause, and not. be content

with generalities. '


Motheris vacation is unheard of in

many homes. Even when mother goes

on a. vacation trip she has most of the

work to do, so that vacations are often

harder on mother than staying at;

home. But mother needs a. real raw.-

tlon perhaps more than others, be-

cause she does not have the same op-

portunity to get away as the rest of

the family. In several counties moth-

ers’ camps have been established. At

these camp’s mother mixes with other '

housekeepers and has a short play

spell away from the family. Let us

hope that mothers’ camps will become

annual affairs in every county, and

that they will be well attended, for

they will add joy to mother’s life.


Symposium Tad/e a” Hate


Oyou know what them words is?

Well, just ta, show you I know

somethin', I’m- goin’ to. translate ’em

fer you. V '

Now, symposium I always thought

was somethin’ about posies. It ain’t.

It’s gotta do with eatin’ and talkin’.

The Book 0’ Words says it’s a bou-

quet where there’s a. variety 0’ food.

Now, I ain’t et no symposiums, but

I’ve et hash which is made 0’ a. vari-

ety 0’ things. I ain’t never heard

hash called- symposiums, but I’ve

heard it called lots 0’ other things.

' They say the old Greeks, not the

kind what is running restaurants now,

used to. call their

_ feasts Where they

at, drank, an

talked together,

symp‘osiums. They

would kinda take

in food, ap’ let out

talk, and a. gener-

al good time was

, ‘ . had by all, except.

’1“, //////////// , ,when next morn-

ln’s headache come about. If that’s

what symposiums is, I've been ta some

alright. I’ve been ta. some 0' those

aﬂairs where some folkses ’d talk so

-much they couldn’t eat, and others’d

eat so much they couldn’t talk. I’d

call some 0’ those Ladies’ Aid eats

symposiums.


But that’s where the table d’hote

comes in. When you see that in con-

nectshun with cats, it means a meal

for lots 0’ folks at the same time and

at the same price. Only it don’t sound

the way it looks. The way you should

say it is, table dough. The dough part

means the money you gotta spend.

You gotta know the French sianguige

like I do ta say it right.


Well, we had one 0’ those sympos-

ium table d’hotes when the Womin

,Workers had their picnic last week.

It. was asymposium alright, ’cause we

had 16 kinds 0’ pie, 10 pans o’ beans )1

lots 0’ pickules, one meat loaf an’ six

glasses 0’ jelly, three cakes and hot

coffee. Now, ain’t that a’symposium?’


y/"ﬁV/ﬂ/WW


Just think, you could have beans from


ten differunt kinds 0’ cocks. And pies,

fat or thin, pale or tough, and some

0’ them looked like symposium pics, I;

couldn’t tell what they were. Well.

anyhow, I didn't see that meat loaf

loaﬁn' about anywhere. I didn’t get a

smell 0’ it, but when I got through

with them beans, I felt like a. “has

bean. ” ‘


It was table d’hote fer ﬁfty cents, ,

and eat all you could stand. an’ I see


.most o’ the tomes sittin’. They were


makin’ their jaws .work both ways,

chewin’ grub and the rag.


When we got home. Soﬁe we I .

was the noisicst o’ the bunch. I don’t -


see how it could be. cause 1 did my; 7


share (3' guise. Anyhow,
‘ ‘ each section of Michigan is definitely


MICHIGAN


vows/IE , chvn


HEN we speak of green manur-

Ing, we mean the plowing under

of green crops. This may be

' done for two reasons. The ﬁrst and

chief reason for turning under green

crops is to increase the organic mat-

ter content of the soil. The Second

and nearly as important reason, is to

increase the amount of available plant

food, the term we often refer to when

we mean the total plant food of the

,soil. The total amount of plant food

is not always increased by the plow-

ing under of a crop. It depends upon

the crop.


The soils of Michigan are variable.

The many types in the state not only

vary in their drainage relations, mois-

ture, texture, and available plant food,

but also in their organic or humus


A Green Manured- Crop.


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rccn Manuring and Crop

‘ A 72 .Eﬁ‘ieiem Way to Mate Soil Fertile


By 0. B. Price


content. The sandy soils of western

and northern Michigan are relatively

low in organic matter, while the soils

,of the southeastern and Thumb dis-

trict are relatively high. The muck

'soils, of course, which are found in

,practically all counties are nearly all

yorganic matter. The amount of or-

ganic matter in the same type varies

according to the crops grown, tillage

methods used, and farm manures ap-

plied.


Most all soils in Michigan, with the

exception of the muck soils, would be

greatly beneﬁted by turning under a

good crop of green manure every few

years. Since the supply of farmyard

manure is inadequate to supply either

the plant food or the organic matter

necessary to maintain the productiv-

ity of the soil, farmers must turn to

commercial fertilizers for their plant

food supply and to green manure for

their source of organic matter. By

the proper use of both of these mate-

rials the farmer need not worry about

decreased soil fertility, and through

it, lowered production. Long-time soil

fertility experiments have shown that

the productivity of the soil can be

maintained by the use of fertilizers

and green manures. This does not

mean that a farmer should be care-

less With his handlingrof barnyard ma-

nure, for that is one of the farmer’s

greatest by-products. It does mean


that a farmer need not worry about

the small supply of manure. He can-

not justly use that excuse for the de-

creasing fertility on his farm.


The kind of crop grown for green

manure will affect both the amount of

organic matter added, and the amount

of available plant food. Some of the

more common green ’manuring crops

grown in Michigan are sweet clover,

alfalfa, June clover, soy beans, vetch,

rye, oats and buckwheat.


When the green manure is a leg-

ume, such as sweet clover, alfalfa,

June clover, soy beans or vetch, .the

soil not only receives more organic

matter, but the amount of nitrogen is

increased, depending on the activity

of the soil bacteria and their ability

to take the nitrogen from the air and

store it in the tissues of the plant.

When a non-legume is grown, such as

rye, buckwheat, oats, wheat or corn,

plant food supply is not increased, but

only converted into a more available

form by the decaying of the plant ma-

terial. The amount of organic matter

added in either case, will be depend-

ent on the tonnage of green material

turned under. It is much better to

use a legume because of the additional

nitrogen added. The total phosphoric

acid and potash content is not chang-

ed, but may be made more available.


In an average crop of green manure

from two and one-half to ten tons of


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material is turned under. Of this one-

half ton to two tons is dry matter.

The balance is water. This causes the

decomposition to be faster than if or-

dinary crop residues, such as wheat

or cats, straw, or cornstalks are turn-

ed under.


It is generally best to turn under

green crops when their succulence is

near the maximum. This encourages

a more rapid decomposition and more

complete decay. When crop residues,

such as straw, corn stover or dry

weeds are turned under, the decompo-

sition is slow. The action of the cap-

illary water is also likely to be slow-

ed up during the decomposition. With

green material containing from sev-


(Continued on page 83).


No Green Manure Used.


Some Suggertzom 072 Gett272g Me Bert Rem/2‘s 272 Harvertmg

By P. R. Miller


HERE are approximately one


million acres of wheat har-


veéted in Michigan each ye r,

producing upwards of seventeen 1-

lion bushels. This yield, as farmers

of the state well know, cannot be safe-

ly called a sure crop until it is cut

and under cover. From the time the

seed is poured into the hopper at

planting time, until it‘ is threshed in

the summer, it is constantly exposed

to the ravages' of nature and the ele-

ments.


The hazards of autumn are mani-

fold, chief among them being impropi—

,‘tious weather which delays planting,

subsequent dry weather, Hessian ﬂies,

and early frosts. Winter brings the

meril of ice sheets and winter killing.

In spring there is freezing and thaw-

ing to be feared, coupled with heaving

and-drowning out? Later the ripening

wheat is assailed by summer storms,

{aided by their silent, but all too eﬂec—

tive allies, rust, smut and insects. Na-

' (ture has yet another menace for the

maturing grain-the harvesting may

be delayed by unfavorable weather.


Crop damages caused by these many

yperils may be greatly lessened by the

.rvigilant farmer.- A fly-free date for


and of it he takes advantage


:puts it in a properly prepared seed-

bed, and gives careful attention to the

matter of fertilization and top-dress-

ing. Tile is an effective safe-guard

against loss from heaving in the early

spring, as well as drowning out. A

light dragging at the proper time acts

as a stimulant to the wheat after its

long winter rest, as well as checking

weed growth.


But having expended much energy

and thought to assure himself of a

good stand, the man who farms from

the shoulders up, as well as from the

shoulders down, ﬁnds another call up-

on his good judgment. As he tours

around and through what he proudly

calls “a Crackin’ good piece of wheat,”

he asks himself the vital question,

“When shall I cut it?”


This is still a moot question and a

perplexing one, to which many con-

ﬂicting answers are offered. The most

common answer is, “When it looks

ready," but .one might as well answer,

“I don’t exactly know,” and be nearer

the truth, and no less helpful.


'True it is, that Did Dame Nature


ﬁnd Old- Father Time have a lot to say


on. the matter. ., ,Hay on the ground,


- corn or beans to cultivate. a sick cow

., demanding attention, or the irresisti-

seed " hie lure 'ofthe tinny? tribe may keep


er, insects, or disease, is very great.


,the binder a few days longer on its

trucks in one corner of the ﬁeld or in

the yard. Old Dame Nature can

achieve the same end by simply send-

ing an unwelcome rain that gums up

the bull wheel and moulds the bun-

dles, if harvesting is attempted before

she approves.


Farmers and investigators have not

been content to accept such answers

alone, however. Experiments, both

practical and scientiﬁc, have been con-

ducted in order to secure data which

would form a reliable basis for a deﬁ-

nite answer to the question, “When

should wheat best be cut?”


At the Michigan State College, in-

vestigations were conducted by the;

author, with four leading Michigan

wheat varieties, each harvested for

thirty successive days, at stages vary-

ing from the milk to advanced dead

ripe. During the early stages of

growth, and during the ﬁlling out pe-

riod, it was found that increases in

wheat per bushel of from 2.2 to 3.1

pounds during a. twenty-four-hour pe-

riod were not uncommon for each of

the four varieties. It is apparent that

this is a critical stage in the wheat’s

formation, and a period when the pos-

sibility of injury from adverse weath—


Too early harvesting resulted in loss

in weight, quality and yield.


At the last cutting all the wheats

were past dead ripe. The straw was

very brittle, the heads were bending

at nearly right angles, and abundant

shattering was taking place. The bind-

er caused further shattering, the re-

,sult being that some heads were en—

ltirely devoid of grain, and the ground

was literally peppered around.


The investigation results indicated

that the best time of harvesting, from

the standpoint of yield, weight, milling

-and baking qualities, was at a stage

when the kernels could be crushed be-

tween the thumb nails. In this con-

dition the kernel is at the late dough

stage and of moderately hard texture.

Natural color, plumpness, and uniform-

ity were not impaired by cutting at

this stage, but in fact, were improved.


Too early cutting lessened all the

above-mentioned qualities, as did too

late harvesting, in addition to the

losses before cited.


From these data it would appear

that Michigan farmers are not justi-

ﬁed in unduly exposing their wheat

crops to our humid weather condi- .

tions, and might more wisely begin.

harvesting before full maturity in o

der to avoid losses from shattering

storms, sprouting, insects, birds,

other causes that are well 11119 n;

the farmer. .
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W iA‘TE '7


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5 .NEW DIVISION OF COOPERATIVE

\MARKETING.


' HE new division of cooperative

, marketing in the Bureau of Agri-


, "cultural Economics, created by the co-


operative marketing law, has begun

Operations, with Chris ,L. Christensen

in charge. Mr. Christensen has had

M-charge of the cooperative marketing

' activities of the bureau for some time.

Farmers throughout the nation will be

. gratiﬁed to know that now, for the

ﬁrst time since the department of ag-

riculture was established, as much at-

tention will be given to the develop-

} ment of cooperative marketing among

farmers as has formerly been extend-

ed to problems of production.

Specialists will be employed, ac-

cording to Secretary Jardine, who will

be a connecting link between the co-

operative associations and men and

agencies engaged in research work.

He says that schools in cooperation,

education of the farmers of tomorrow


State Farm News


DYNAMITE FOR DITCHES.

UST 250 pounds Of ditching dyna-

mite was required tO make two

ditches six feet in width, four in


depth, and each one 325 feet in length.

The two ditches run parallel twenty—

seven feet apart, and in three hours a

roadway across a marsh was made.


LESS WHITE DIARRHEA INFESTA-

TION.


UCH less bacillary white diarr-


hea has been complained of by


farmers in Livingston county this

spring, who have purchased day-old

chicks from commercial hatcheries.

This doubtless is due to large extent,

to the accredited work being carried

on by most hatcheries.


DIGGING WHITE GOLD.


HE Pioneer Marl Company have


been digging marl continuously in


Allegan county since the weather

permitted. this spring. Fifteen hun—

dred yards have been dug for Edward

Nicolai, of Hopkins; 600 for A. M.

Wynne, Of W‘ayland, and 600 for H. B.

Calkins, of Wayland. Nearly all of

this marl has been sold. Several oth-

ers desire their services if marl is

found in sufficient quantities in ad-

joining lakes.


GOOD BLOOD COMES TO MICHI-

GAN.


W0 high-class registered Guern-


seys were brought into Cass coun-

ty from the National Sale at Chicago.

Sunnyside Farm, Dowagiac, added a

female to their herd, and Dr. Shellen—

barger, of Pokagon, bought an unusu-

ally good sire. '


The Michigan State'College plant

“breeders have developed a smooth

awn barley that matures about ten

days earlier than usual. It is so prom-

ising that its plantings are being in-

creased. The college will, probably

have it available for ﬁeld planting in

a year or two.


H. L. Barnum, of Cadillac, former


' salesman of certiﬁed seed potatoes for


the potato Growers’ Exchange, has

,_ been appointed county agricultural

. agent for Missaukee county.


’ I

w. Corn bogged down in tests at M. S.

0, .brought a dollar per bushel in val-

"uegas hos feed-


in cooperation in the rural schools,

and the use of motion pictures to show

the development and practices of co-

operation are planned as a part of the

work of the division. But the cure for

excess production, he maintains, is

cooperation that goes back of the mar-

keting processes and begins with the

production plans of the farmers.


TH E POTASH SU PPLY.


INETY per cent of the potash con—


sumed in this country last year

was imported from ﬁelds controlled by

the Franco—German potash syndicate,

which the department of commerce in-

sists is a monopoly, notwithstanding

this is denied by representatives of

the syndicate in this country.


The department of commerce is

making extensive preparations to de-

velop the potash resources in the Unit-

ed States under the act recently enact-

ed by congress, which provides $100,-

000 to investigate the potash deposits

in this country. An ofﬁcial Of the bu-

reau of mines will leave soon for Tex-

as to cooperate with state ofﬁcials in

developing plans for exploring potash

deposits there.


THE CORN BORER’S WORK.


ITTLE hope is held out by the de-


partment Of agriculture of com-

pletely stopping the spread of the Eu-

ropean corn borer, but a strenuous ef—

fort will be made to slow down the

advance Of the insects and gain time

to work out control measures to keep

down infestation, says W. R. Walton,

in charge of the work.


Last year the department had 200

inspectors in the ﬁeld. There were

2,500,000 automobiles stopped in west-

ern New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and

Michigan. From these cars, more than

170,000 ears of corn were taken, and

in these ears were found 2,000 corn

borers. There are now 60,000 square

miles infested.


It is reported by the bureau of en-

tomology that several scientists are

now in Europe engaged in studying

the life habits of the corn borer in its

native land, and collecting the para-


sites Which keep' down its numbers. 7.


Five imported corn borer para—

sites have been established in this

country, but it is said that it will be

along time for these parasites to

catch up in numbers with the corn

borers so as to become effective agents

in the control of their spread. A large

number of Italians and Frenchmen are

being employed this season to collect

such parasites for the bureau of ento-

mology scientists and speed up the

work of introduction.


SEEKS CORN EXPORT MARKETS.


S it practicable, as well as possible,


to enlarge the demand for Ameri-

can corn in European countries? This

is the question Dr. G. B. L. Amer, of

the bureau of agricultural economics

has been assigned to solve. He has

left for Europe to make the study in

England and Germany, which will also

include the causes underlying changes

in the demand'for other staple Ameri-

can agricultural products.


FUMIGATE CEREALS AFTER HAR-

VEST.


UMIGATION immediately after


harvesting to rid wheat, corn and

other cereal crops of insect pests is

advised by entomologists of the Unit-

ed States Department of Agriculture

as a means of saving farmers many

dollars. By treating the grain with

fumigants, such as carbon bisulphide,


“carbon tetrachloride and a mixture Of


the latter with ethyl acetate, it is said

that farmers could hold their crops

longer‘and realize later on good mar-

ket returns, and the cost is small.


NOON PROGRAM FROM WKAR.


TATION WKAR, Michigan State


College, East Lansing, will broad-

cast the following program for the

coming week:


July 24—12:00 noon, weather, mar~

kets, animal husbandry lecture.


July 26—12:00 noon, weather, mar-

kets, soils lecture.


July 27—12:000noon, weather, mar-

kets, forestry lecture.


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July 28—12%00 noon, weather, mar-

kets, entomolégy lecture. V


July 29—12%) noon, weather, mar-r

kets, home economics lecture.


July 30—12:,00 noon, weather, mar-

kets, veterinary medicine lecture.


News. of the Week


The big gas baloon, “Detroiter ” w n

the Elk’s balloon race. It landed (at

Jennings, Florida, 854 miles in an air

line from Chicago. This is believed

to be the world’s record for distance.


Greece is rapidly takin the ru -

making industry from Turkgy, becausge

Greek rug makers are leaving Turkey

for their mother country.


A blast at the navy’s principal am-

munition station at Lake Denmark in

New Jersey, near Dover, caused at

least $93,000,000 damage, killed twen-

ty, and injured hundreds. Four to

ﬁve thousand are homeless. Debris

was found twenty-two miles from the

explosron.


A party of journalists traveled over

seven European countries in a week,

via airplane routes. They found avia~

tion more developed in Germany than

in other countries. In Germany, one

can travel. in an airplane just as cheap

astegyargilf. Intother countries the


r rom

higher. en to ﬁfty per cent


General Theodore Pan alos the -

tator of Greece, has exitlzed labor gigci

tatorsto an is and in the Aegean Sea

for “Silent me itation.” ’


The American people owe a total f

$122,000,000,000, which is more thigh

one-third of what they own. They

pay $7,500,000,00.0 interest on it.


Three hundred deaf mutes san the

Star Spangled Banner with their ligands

in perfect unison at the Opening of an

educational center of the Adult Deaf

Welfare Society, in Cincinnati. The

Singers were so thrilled that they

clapped their hands in delight after

the song.


An English expedition is bein made

to the South Atlantic .to detirmine

whether whales are polygamous or

not. If they are found to be, the

males will be safeguarded to further

propagate the species.


Michigan and the Great Lakes‘states

won their battle against Chicago when

the water diversion bill was blocked

by adjournment of congress. -


A $75,000 Persian rug donated to the

DetrOIt Art Museum by Mr. and Mrs.

Edsel Ford, was stolen from the mus-

eum building, but recovered again and

the thieves found.


The American Society of Dancing

Teachers has evolved two new dances

which will succeed the Charleston.

They are called'the Valencia and the

Savannah.


The Rockefeller Foundation, which

has made an investigation of vice con-

ditions throughout the country, has

foundDetroit to be one of the cities

in which it is most prevalent. '


In Canada only one divorce is grant-

ed. to every ﬁfteen marriages, while in

this country one in every seven mar-

riages end in divorce.


Edward Evans and Lipton Wells

completed a record-breaking trip

around the world by.arriving in New

York in twenty-eight days and four-

teen and one-half hours. They had

expected to make it in twenty-eight

days. The previous record was made

in 1913 by John Henry Mears in slight-

ly more. than thirty-ﬁve days. Mr.

Mears did not have airplanes to help

him. His trip cost $800, while that of

Evans and Wellscost $25,000.


John W. Weeks, ex-secretar of war,

died at his home in Newton, yN. J., on

July 12.


Lincoln J. Carter, famous writer Of

stage thrillers, died at the age of

sixty-one, 1n Goshen, Indiana. '


The court is bein asked to close

the Sesqui—centennia Exposition on

Sundays, by the Methodist Episcopal

Church committee of one hundred.


Captain Riiser Larsen, right-hand-

man of» Roald Amundsen, a Norweg-

ian, says that Captain Perry never

reached the pole, but that his mum

trymen were the ﬁrst to discover the

north and south poles.“ . _ , . -


. More ~than ﬁfty people, were killed


and ‘500‘ hurt. in the.;1926. Fourth-pf .


July .celebratiqn‘. _ It 18: with“ ' ‘


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ed genuine interest in demon-.


strations of modern hay Curing

methods cenducted by the Michigan

State College this summer. Farm ma—

chinery companies, farmers, county

agricultural agents, and crops’ special-

ists cooperated in eighteen of these

demonstrations in as many different

counties, while the ﬁrst cutting of al-

falfa. was being harvested.


The new method of curing is known

as the Dain system, and was ﬁrst

worked out by W. B. Adams, of Ottum-

,wa, Iowa It inVOlves the use of the

side-delivery rake as soon as possible

after cutting; and the curing of hay

in such a manner as to retain the

maximum percentage of leaves and

color


Demonstrations of the Dain system


M ICHIGAI'N farmers "have evidenc-


Ias conducted this year, required two


days. On the ﬁrst of these, a quan-


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the juicy stems at the bottom of the-

swath. By the time those stems have

dried, the leaves have become so dry

as to be brittle, and many of them are

lost in the ﬁeld and by later handling.

Since forty per cent of the weight, and

sixty-ﬁve per cent of the food value is

in the leaves, their retention is of ut-

most importance. According to fed-

eral inspectors, one of the chief trou-

bles tending to discount Michigan a1-

falfa on the market is a lack of leaﬁ-

ness. By getting the hay in the win-

drow as soon as possible after cutting,

Michigan farmers are ﬁnding the

stems and leaves cure more nearly to-

gether, and the leaves are retained

on the hay. -


A common, though incorrect, im-

pression concerning the new system


'is, that hay is put in the barn in a


tough, or moist condition. Such, how—

ever, is not the case. The new sys-


Clinton County Farmers Watching the Lefthand Side Delivery Rake Pick


Up Heavy Alfalfa into


tity of alfalfa was cut in the morning

after the dew was off, and it was rak-

ed within an hour by a left-hand side-

delivery rake. Three different imple—-

ment companies cooperated in furnish-

ing left-hand rakes and other haying

machinery. "


The advantages of the left- hand de-

livery are that it will rake against the

heads of hay in the swath, tending to

work the leaves towards the center of

a loose, ﬂuffy windrow and the thick,

juicy stems to the outside; that by

driving in the same direction in which

the hay was mowed, this rake delivers

two ﬁve-foot swathes, over on clean

stubble, in one well-made windrow.


Right-hand rakes, as ordinarily driv-

en, rake against the butts of the hay

with more of a tendency to drag it in

wads. Driven against the heads,a

right-hand rake will deliver its Wind-

row over on- the fallen hay, rather

than on clean stubble. It can be used

in the Dain system, however, by divid-

ing the ﬁeld into strips which can be

cut in two or three hours. The raking

is then started at the center of the

strip, rather than at the outside, as in

the case with the left— hand rake.


Plenty of capacity is needed in the

side-delivery rake in order to keep the

windrows loose and airy. This is es-

pecially true when hay is being turned,

and turning rather than tedding, is

one of the features of this system.


During the second day of the dem-


-, onstrations, when windroWs had about


half dried, they were given a half turn

with the outer end of the rake, driven

in the same direction as When the hay

was raked the ﬁrst "time. This loos-

ens the windrows, puts the moist side

on top and delivers it.on dry stubble

again. In severai instances, by the

evening of the second day, hay was


, ready to go in the barn.


The arguments offered by advocates

, . sit


a Loose Airy Windrow.


tem probably slows up drying in the

leaves, but speeds it up in the stems.

Part of this is due to assistance which

leaves, which are alive, give to the

stems in giving off moisture, ahelp

not given by leaves dried and made

crisp in the sun.


Any added speed thissystem of hay—

makiug may have is due to a great

saving of handling and labor. Mr.

Ralph Hudson, through the keeping of

careful records on hay making costs,

saved forty per cent with the Dain

system, as compared to curing and

handling hay in cocks.


That farmers are keenly interested

in the new system is evidenced by the

large number who attended the dem-

onstrations, many of whom immedi-

ately secured new equipment in order

to immediately put the system in op-

eration.


Over two hundred attended the Kent

County Hay Day on Matt Bowman’s

farm near Rockford. About the same

number were at hand on T. G.

Knight’s farm near St. Johns. Good

crowds attended the demonstrations

at Jackson, Allegan, Paw Paw, and

Hastings, while the record probably

goes to the crowd of ﬁve hundred at—

tending the Saginaw County Hay Day

on L. Conklin’s farm at Chesaning.

Six more county hay days are sched-

uled for the second cutting of alfalfa,

and in addition the new system will

be demonstrated at the Michigan

State College on Farmers’ Day, which

will- be held on July 30.


COOPERATE'TO PREVENT FIRES.


HE United States Weather Bureau


and Forest Service have entered

into a cooperative arrangement for

furnishing advance notice of ﬁre-

breeding' weather conditions to per-

,sons interested ofﬁcially in forest ﬁre

prevention. The Upper Peninsula is

districted with Minnesota for this ser-


d,_ vice, headquarters being at Duluth.


Not. only will ﬁre warnings be sent

‘ “ , butja special study of meterologi-


e


as related, to, forest


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WANT ELECTRICAL TRAP FOR

BURGLARS.


\ . .

Please send me diagram and direc-

tions for electrifying a metal door-

knob, a hook, or some similar thing

so that when the thief takes hold of

the metal that is electriﬁed he cannot

let go.—-—M. H. .


, I do not believe that a safe and prac-

ticable device of this kind can bear-

ranged with the equipment which can

be secured on the ordinary farm. A

(voltage and current strong enough to

Ihold a person when the ground was

'dry would be quite expensive to install

i’and maintain, and would be very like—

ly‘to give a fatal shock in case it

touched by a barefoot child when the

ground was a little damp. Also, by

putting on rubber boots or rubber ov-

ershoes, a, person would not be affect-

;ed by such a device.


By far the best protection is afford-

ed by a good burglar alarm .which will

ring a bell when a window or a door

of the poultry house is opened. This,

with a double~barreled shot gun load-

ed with buckshot, will make you pret-

ty safe against thieves.


\’ PRICE FOR USE OF BINDER.


How much an acre should I pay my

neighbor for cutting thirty-ﬁve acres

of wheat and ﬁfty-ﬁve acres of oats,

where he furnishes binder and oper-

ator, and I furnish horses, twine, and

(iii? The land is entirely level—C.


Where the land is level, and the

grain is-standing up well, about tWen-

ty-two cents per acre is a fair price

;for the use of the binder alone. Where

the ground is rough or stumpy, or the

grain is badly tangled, twenty-ﬁve

cents per acre is about right for the

use of the machine. As the operator’s

wages should run from $3.50 to $4.00

{per day, the same prices per acre

would not be very far off for his pay.


PAINTING INSIDE OF GALVANIZED

TANK. ‘


I have a galvanized tank in my hay

mow about the stable, which feeds

the drinking cups for my cows and

calves. This tank was put in ﬁve

years ago and has now started to leak.

Please let me know what material to

paint the inside of the tank with. I

have thought of using asphalt paint. If

you have any better suggestions I

shall be glad to have them.——O. F. N.


Asphalt paint is about the most sat-

isfactory coating for such a purpose,

as white lead should under no condi-

tions be used, because of the danger

of lead poisoning, and any linseed

paint will likely soften and peel where

in constant contact with water. The

manufacturers of asphalt paint will

furnish you full directions with the

paint. -'


HITCHING TO EXTRA BOTTOMS

BEHIND TRACTOR.


I have a 15-30 tractor which is built

to pull three bottoms and run in the

furrow. It will pull the three-bottoms

as deep as I want to plow, but would

like to have it arranged so I can pull

ﬁve bottoms for shallow plowing, and

still run the tractor wheel in the fur-

row. Had thought of putting a gang

plow behind my three-bottom tractor

,plow. Any suggestions will be appre-

ciated—U. L. C.


I believe that you can hitch your

two-bottom gang behind your tractor,

'with a chain or cable hitch from the

{end of your tractor drawbar. The rear

' plow will produce a little side pull on

(the tractor tending to pull the front


wheel out of the furrow, but with only

,two bottoms running shallow, the pull


' ' will hardly be enough to interfere


with the tractor’s operation.

A more serious trouble will be the


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each end, once to lift the plow out,“ I


and again to let it in. If you can plow

round and round. this trouble will be

avoided. Under your conditions it


would seem a better plan when plow- ,


ing shallow; to use your extra power

for pulling a disk harrow or pulveriz-

ing harrow behind your three-bottom

plow, and thus put your ground in

shape for planting as you go along.


Service Department


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'RIGHT To SELL son.


My neighbors stopped people buying

sod from me by telling them I would.

get into trouble, as I was selling real

estate. I have rented this farm for

twelve years and the only contract I

have is a paper signed by myself,

agreeing to pay rent, and the owner

agreeing to give me three mbnths no—

tice to leave. Now the heirs are sell‘

ing the farm to real estate men. If I

put grass seed on it, I can’t see that

I am taking oil? anything, but what is

raised on the place. I haven’t any»

contract with the real estate people,

but One man said he wanted me to

stay a few more years on this farm.

The ground is pasture and it ﬂoods

every spring. Isit all right to sell

the sod?—-R. E. R.


The only person who could com--

plain is the owner of the land. It is

believed that the cutting and carrying

away of sod is waste for which the

owner could complain.


GAVE WRONG .AGE.


A sixteen-year-old boy leaves home

in Florida and goes to New York City.

Not having money, he enlists in the

U. S. Army. He passes himself off as

eighteen, and sends for veriﬁcation of

his age to his father. Another person

gets the letter and sends word to the

army that the boy is eighteen. If the

government ﬁnds out his correct age,

what.are the consequences? Is the

father liable for what he never did?

What may happen to the boy?——M. B.


There is ,no occasion for worry. The

father is not responsible, and no dis-

ciplining by the army officers is prob«

able.——Rood.


CHILDREN BECOME CITIZENS. .


A foreign man with foreign-born

children came to Michigan and took

out citizenship papers before any of

the. children were of age. Will they

have, to take out papers upon becom~

EngBof age, or are they citizens?—


. The foreign-born man being natural—

ized, all his children then under the

age of twenty-one years become citi-

zens, and do not need to be naturale

ized.———Rood.


’CAN NOT CHARGE FOR SERVICES.


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I left my work to care for my father

and mother. There was no income, so

I was left very poor ﬁnancially as well

as physrcally. Can I collect pay for

my servrces from the estate? There

are two other children, married, neith-

er of whom gave any help—C. O. T.


The estate is not liable for the ser-

vices of the child in taking care of the

deceased parent, in the absence of

express agreement to pay for thorn——

Rood.


A QUESTIONAO’F INHERITANCE.


A. dies and leaves no will. He has

no children. His estate is not probat-

ed. His widow dies in about two

years. She has two children by a for-

mer marriage. Can they claim her

share ?-—-F. A. B. - - f


Upon the death of the husband, the

widow inherited apart .of the estate.


the share depending on . whether, he" ~» . -

left father, mother,» brothers ’ and» sis-w v .


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DON’T ONEGLEeTV YOUR RHUBARB.


. 0 not fail to take good care of

‘ your rhubarb plants all season

as well as in the spring when you are

making use of' the tender stems for

After the_fﬂrst few

cuttings of rhubarb stems, many gard-

eners neglect this crop until the fol-

lowing spring.


Harvest of the rhubarb crop should

be completed in from six to eight

weeks’ time. After this period has

passed, allow the leaves to remain.


Stir the earth around the plants at

least once a week in order that the

weeds may be controlled, and that the

leaves may store plenty of plant food

in the roots without weed competition.

By so doing, the plants are aided in

producing a large crop of tender stems

the next year. Keep the seed stalks

broken off all summer. If these are

allowed to develop, the plant food will

go to seed production rather than into

the roots where it is desired.


In the fall, if your rhubarb plants

are old and losing their vigor, dig

them up and divide them by cutting

through the crown with a sharp spade;

.then plant them again with the crowns

just above the surface.


Rhubarb needs plenty of plant food

for good results, and the best material

to use is barnyard manure. Heap the

manurearound the plants in the fall

and dig it in when spring comes. Or

.an occasional application through the

summer will cause vigorous growth of

the plants, consequently the roots will

have plenty of food manufactured for

and stored in them to produce stalks

.early the following spring.


CABBAGE WORMS.


.ABBAGE worms and cabbage

aphids usually make their appear-

ance about this season of the year in

more or less destructive numbers.

,Farmers will ﬁnd a cheap and effec-

tive remedy for controlling the pests

in the use of lead arsenate and nico-

tine.

The most, effective mixture is one


',containing ﬁfteen parts of powdered


lead arsenate to 100 parts of hydrated

lime. This is dusted on the plants

and does not in any way impair the

use of the cabbage for human food, it

is said.


Repeated doses of the poison dust

,are necessary during the season, par-

ticularly when the heads are forming,

if really effective control is to be se-

cured. '


Where cabbage aphids are present

in any appreciable numbers, it is sug-

gested that one per cent nicotine be

added to the poison dust. This will

rid the plants of the lice at the same

time that protection is provided

against the ravages of the cabbage

worms. , ‘


RASPBERRY MOSAIC.


N the control of mosaic in red and


purple raspberries, roguing out dis-


eased plants has been demonstrated to

be a successful control measure.


The use of stock practically free

from mosaic is essential in setting out

[new plantings of red or purple rasp-

berries. All wild and cultivated rasp-

berries should be removed within two

or three hundred feet of the new

plantings; Success. in keeping mosaic

nmder control depends upon careful


.. (reguingthe ﬁrstand second year.


The‘roguing must) hedone so as to

prevent the «scattering? of, aphids on


eased plants be dug up and removed

from the planting, for all parts of dis-

eased plants harbor the m-osaic virus.

To be on the safe side, the plants ad-

jacent to a diseased plant should also

be removed, for in many cases they

have already been infected when the

diseased plant is discovered.


The ﬁrst roguing should be done as

soon in the spring as the leaf symp-

toms are deﬁnite enough, which is

usually in late June. One and two‘

yearaold plantings should be rogued at

least two or three times during June,

July and August. Planting mosaic-

free stock and roguing should insure

practically no losses from mosaic for

ﬁve years under average conditions.


Most standard varieties, such as

Cuthbert, Marlboro, June, Ontario, and

Oolumbian are easily rogued, but mo-

saic spreads rather rapidly in them

so that they are scarcely proﬁtable if

mosaic is very prevalent. Herbert and

St. Regis, on the other hand, escape

infection quite regularly, while Lath-

am, a new variety from Minnesota,

shows considerable resistance to the

disease in that the plants are less ser-

iously affected than those of more sus-

ceptible kinds.


CONTROL OF ONION MAGGOTS.


I would like to know what to do for

maggots in our onion patch. Just

about as soon as the onion seed is up,

and about two inches tall, the maggots

start to work. We have used tobacco

extract, and sowed salt with them,

and also slacked lime, but nothing

seems to do as much good as using

strong soapsuds.-——R. W.


Onion maggots can best be control-

led by wetting the soil with a solution

of mercuric chloride. It is perhaps

too late to do much now, but the grow-

er may be able to save some of the

crop, even at this late date.


I would use the same method which

has been so successful in controlling

the cabbage maggot on radish. Dis-

solve one ounce of Corrosive sublimate

in eight gallons of water and wet the

soil around the plant with this solu-

tion. A sprinkling pot can be pre-

pared with a wooden plug and a quar-

ter—inch hole, to do this work.


Paint the inside of the can with

asphaltum or with something that will

keep the solution from touching the

metal, since the solution will be ruin-

ed if it comes in contact with metal.

Then wet the soil on each side of the

plant two or three times, about a week

apart. .


Great care must be observed in

handling this solution, since it is ex-

tremely poisonous.


CUCUMBER BEETLES.


Y method for controlling cucum-


ber beetles is to use a mixture

composed of one part of calcium arse-

nate and twenty parts of land plaster.

This will not only poison and repel the

beetles, but will act as a fertilizer for

the soil. This can be applied with a

shaker made by punching holes in the

bottom of a tin can. I make the ﬁrstr

application when the young plants are

through the ground, and during fair

weather make two applications a

week. Usually ten or twelve appli-

cations are needed in one season. I

have tried various materials, but this

beats all others—E. A. Kirkpatrick.


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the outlook is for 82 per cent ofa

crop, or 1,166,000 bushels, ascompar-

.ed: with 592,000 last year. This is the

highest condition on June 1 since 1916.


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A Forum For?

WOMAN—HER WORK AND ITS

WORTH.


HIS is a subject which has receiv-


ed much consideration, just or oth-

erwisepand is regarded today with a.

great variety of views, and an, outline

of this important subject is all that

.the writer can ‘hope to offer for the

reader's consideration.


When ,God had created man - and

[placed him upon the earth, and given

him dominion over all therein con-

tained, there appeared to be some-

thing yet lacking, and to supply that

lack, woman was created to be man’s


companion and helpmate, and how

'well she has fulﬁlled her mission is

the purpose Of this article.


The deeds and daring of man are

recorded with much fullness, while the

no less important work of woman is

given but a subordinate place and

credit. If Adam, when in Paradise,

needed a companion, how much more

did he need a helpful companion in

his fallen and sin-cursed estate? And

this may justly be considered to be

the duty of woman.


The position in the moral and social

scale of a. nation ls correctly shown

by the place allotted, and the regard

'shown to the women, of that nation.

Whatever may be the character of the

laws of a. nation, the women of that

nation decide its morals. Does not

our nation’s strength rest in its chris-


tian homes, made and maintained to


,a large extent by the women of our

nation? Without .the reﬁning and

helpful inﬂuence of woman, man would

sadly degenerate towards barbarism.


History records the brave deeds of

man in battle, and upon the deciding

moral battleﬁeld where ‘the conﬂict

is ever raging, where deeds of moral

[heroism are ever shown, how much

credit is justly due to woman who, by

,example and precept, comes to the

rescue, and, like The Old Guard of

Napoleon, makes victory possible.


“If “man’s inhumanity to man makes

countless thousand-s mourn," it may be

said with equal truth that woman’s

tenderly sympathetic words and ways

have lightened the burdens and cheer-

ed the hearts of millions.


Hermer says, “A beautiful and

chaste woman is the perfect workman-


‘ship of God, the glory of Angels, and


the rare miracle of the Earth."


Hargrave tells us “Women are the

poetry of the world, as the stars are

the poetry of the Heavens."


While woman has attained a high

position in literature and art, yet it is

in the home where she exempliﬁes all

,those quiet virtues which enshrine her

in the hearts of her family and gives

the inmates of the home a. taste of

the Christian’s Home in Heaven.


And let it be remémbered, it was

unto woman’s keeping that God gave

the earthly care in the early years

of the Savior of mankind.


Last to leave the cross and ﬁrst at-

the sepulchne was woman.


Let not man. then fall to place a.

high and intrinsic value on “The Work

and Worth of Woman,"eJ. '1‘. Dan.-

iells, born Christmas Day, 1840.


REQUIREMENTS FORSTEACHING.


E have had our: attention called


-to the school laws concerning

granting of teachers’ certiﬁcates after

September 1, 1925.


We have read and re-read the ﬁve

pages beginning Page 121, Section 5.

Among the provisions, there are just

a. few outstanding facts that are not

likely to be changed with the new or-

der of things, the consolidated school.


Our.» Reader? bptltubm,


“Provided further, that any teacher .

who has completed two years of 'pro- ~

. fesslonal training shall not be. required _

; to take further professional training . erl

' "t'o‘sé‘cur’e’djrenewal of liar create." ., ,


NotOur:


‘ To our high school graduates deslr-V


ing to teach, thlsis the one thing

they can be sure of among the many

provisions which come to an end in


September, 1925, so far as county ex»


animations are concerned: '

“Provided, that there shall be no

public examinations conducted by the


‘board 'of school examiners for teach-


ers, under the provisions of this act,

after the teachers’ examination held

on the second Thursday of August,

1925, unless it is deemed necessary by

the superintendent of public instruc-

tion to provide teachers for the schools

of this state." -


After this there is to be a one-man

rule, it seems, but in the chaos of

many changes, the one thing not likely

to be annulled is a life certiﬁcate from

a state normal—K. C. E.


RURAL HEALTH

L By Dr. 0. 'Hngiga


GIVE MORE DETAILS...


I have had a backache for many

years. Doctor says I have no kidney

trouble. I have a. tired feeling, iwith

backache during the day, and it aches

at night, but worse towards morning.

I have some stomach trouble and have

seen many doctors. I took all kinds

of medicine, but it hasn't helped any.

I am tired of taking them.—Z. D.


I am sorry not to be able to give

you positive advice. You tell me very

little; not even whether you are man

ried or single, male or female, over-

weight or underweight. These things

make a lot of difference in diagnosing

backache. The mere term “stomach

trouble” may cover dozens of diﬂerent

ailments. What you need to do is to

go to a good general clinic where you

can be examined from top to toe and

from inside out. It is useless for

you to expect to gét well simply by

trying to remedy a. symptom here and

there.


SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS.


Does a. cramping pain in the pit of

the stomach mean appendicitis?

Sometimes this pain lasts a very short

time, and at other times for hours.

Usually just before it ceases I have

two or three sharp, cutting pains. I

take medicine for indigestion, but it.

doesn’t seem to do any good. I usu-

ally have these attacks after eating,

and sometimes the pain goes through

my stomach to my back, and I can’t

tell where the pain is the most severe

then. Can you tell me, please, what is

wrong? My doctor thinks it is appen-

dicitis, but my side has never both-

ered me.—-E. C.


- It has enough symptoms of appendi-

citis to make it important that you

should lose no time in ﬁnding out, for

an attack of appendicitis that goes

wrong is fatal. The X—Ray will give

some help if used by an expert. Do

not lose any time. Secure an expert

consultant at once. Symptoms of an

pendicitis are not always in the side.


GLASSES ARE NEEDEDQ


Is there any medicine to take for

eyes that tire in reading, and are weak

when in the sun? ”Would eye-strain

account for it?—F. L.


Eye strain would certainly be sulﬁ-

cient.to account for your symptoms.

I do not think that you should expect

to get relief by themes of medicine in

such a. ’case. The thing .to do is to

get properly ﬁtting glasses to relieve

the strain. - In cases of this} kind It is

best to go to a. doctor Who'vhas made

a .very careful study of the subject,

for your glasses. ‘ ‘ '


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table and turned to face the two men.


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, more," she said simply.

to go to the mill, just once.”


The stranger tack very gently the

mud-that‘still lay unconscious on his

garm.. Its. clasp had tightened with her


.gearnestness. . .

2.,“Anemone,” he said with smiling‘


certainty, “The windﬂowers go every-


u'where upon the hills, where the sun


You will .go outside; some


:day!"

.2 “The windﬂowers?” she repeated.


“What do you mean by that?”


The square of soft light in the kitch-

en door was darkened and the outlaw

knew, without turning, that old Pete

had come in. ' .


The hillman’s voice was grim. “You

are .a damn fool," he said slowly. “I.

thought you’d have sense enough to

'be gone when I come back. Nem,” he

shouted suddenly to the girl, “Light

the lamp!" -


She crossed to the clockshelf and

took doWn the heavy oil lamp, lifting

the chimney and lighting it with ﬁn-

She set it on the


Whitbeck had taken his riﬂe to his

milking. He had set the pail down

and was covering the stranger now,

his hands shaking with anger so that

the leveled barrel trembled.


“By,G0dl" he screamed out savage—

ly, “if I thought they wouldn’t hear it

outside, I’d shoot you there in your

tracks!”


There was a movement like the dart

of a swooping hawk, a soft sv'vish of

:lotIP—and the girl stood between the


we.


“Gran-dad!” she cried.


“Get back there!” he blazed at her,

and in the same instant, with a move

even swifter than her own, the outlaw

stepped ahead so that she no longer

shielded him.


“You’re goin’ now,” Pete Whitbeck

told' him. “I‘ ain‘t sayin’ whether I’ll

shoot you when you’re thirty feet out-

side the door or not! But you’re goin’

anyway. Git!” He jerked a free

thumb toward the open door.


With a scarcely perceptible turn of

the head the stranger measured the

distance to his own riﬂe in the corner

behind the stove. Too far. This, too,

was mastery, and in the hands of the

other man.


He turned and moved slowly across

the room. the brown barrel following

him. unwavering now. He reached the

table. His hand shot out suddenly and

shadows leaped along the walls as the

oil lamp swung in a ﬂashing arc! The

missile struck with a crash against

the wall, close above Pete’s head. The

light went out for an instant, save for

a ﬂickering point like a candle ﬂame,

.where the wick had fallen at the edge

of a pool of spilled oil.


In that space of darkness red spurts

"of ﬂame leaped three times from out

the corner where the hillman had

dodged away from the ﬂying lamp.

Then there was a second softer crash.

The sound of two bodies hurled to-

gether, and overturning~—a grunt of

surprise or pain, and close~ on the

heels of this the soft “Phuff!” of oil

igniting suddenly over a wide space

of walls and ﬂoor.


Lurid ﬂames leaped up, ﬁlling the

low ceilinged room. They showed An-

emone huddled back in a corner,

breathless with fright. The ﬂames bit

into seasoned pine—grew red—and in

their gleam, the girl’s sapphire eyes

turned garnet. The two struggling ﬁg-

ures locked together on the ﬂoor, roll-

ed to the very edge of the pool of ﬁre.


Flicking yellow—red tongues reached-


up and brushed at their shoulders and

faces. They broke apart and twisted

to their feet, glaring at each other

across the barrier of dancing ﬂames.


Whitbeck circled the ﬁre, edging to-

ward the robber’s riﬂe in the far cor-

ner. The other saw and leaped to

head him off. They crashed together


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A Complete Story in Two Issues


and went down again, on» the -very

threshold of the outer door. But in

the instant of the bandit’s leap, Ane-

mone had crossed behind him, like a

ﬂitting, heavy-shadowed math, and

caught up his riﬂe in her own hands!


When the two men rolled through

the open door and down the steps to

the hard packed ground of the yard,

the girl stepped quietly, deliberately

out after them. Let the ﬁght go as it

might now between their strength and


savagery. The ﬁnal move would rest


in her slender hands, on the polished


gether again. While they fought that

ﬁnal round. outside the rim of .hills

men saw the red glow mount on the

sky, with strange, - half superstitious

fear. The-old house in Plum Holler-—

Pete Whitbeck’s house—~was burning!

While they watched, nOnedaring to

cross the rim, even under cover of the

night, the affair in the shadow of the

burning walls came to an end.


The ﬁghters stood up this time,


swaying and whirling, each trying for'


the fall, and each ﬁnding the hard,

bare strength of the other. Pete


'SUCCESS‘


By Ida M Budd


Q.


Not one of us all, I presume to declare,

Would decide in a deﬁnite way

That his life should be ﬁfty per cent

below par;

And yet, all around us today


Are those who are getting no more


(many less)

Than half of what life has to give.

Now, wouldn’t you count this as sheer

foolishness

When you think what it costs one

to live? \_


I want “the full worth of my money,"

donW you?

And I’ve learned (am still learning)

the way

To get this is just to be faithful and

true '

Whatever the wiseacres say

0f the wisdom of putting a capital I

With its interests ﬁrst in‘one’s plan,

To me it brings more satisfaction to

try

To help someone else when I can.


There are others whose burdens are

greater than mine;

Whose woes are more grievous to

bear;

Shall I selﬁshly harden my heart and

decHne

To think of their sorrow and care?

I may have more money to put in the

bank,


And more leisure time, if l do,

But I'll have no one else but my own

self to thank '

For the lossrthat will surely accrue.


A heart can not harden but some of

the best

Of its life in the process is lost,

And success, as men count it, and seek

it with zest,

May be purchased at ruinous cost,

For what shall it proﬁt a man, the he

gain

The world with its whole treasure

store »

If he lose his own soul, and greed's

heavy-linked chain

Drag him downward and down ev-

ermore?

Tho’ I may be a failure, so far as

wealth goes,

And can make no

.fame, -

I have gained some true/3 friends (and

perhaps a few foes,

But immunity who will dare claim)?

So I walk toward life’s sunset, rejoic-


pretensions to


ing if I

Friend and foe may impartially

bless,

And trust that some day, in the glad

bye-and-bye,

I shall prove what God means by

success.


riﬂe stock. Victory no longer lay in

the thud of hard ﬁsts on straining

ﬂesh—in the pull of muscles or the

grip of ﬁngers on a throat! It waited

now the steady gaze of Anemone’s

blue eyes, down the line of the riﬂe

sights!


The men broke apart and came up

again, panting for breath, heedless of

the girl, forgetting the crackling

ﬂames that had burst through the tin-

der-dry roof of the lean-to. The small

circle that would see the ﬁnish of the

battle was lighted now with red, un-

certain light, and shadows ﬂickered

on the fringe of scrub oaks, as the

ﬁre leaped higher along the cabin

roof.


A brief pause .for balance and

breath, and the two men rushed to-


Whit‘beck drove his head low into the

other’s chest, out of reach of jabbing

blows, and brought the man close

Within the coil of his arms. The ban

dit’s breath became heavy in the grip

of them about his ribs. His own arm

curv up over Pete’s bowed head,

twisting down till the strain on the

bent neck broke the old man's locked

hands apart. They sprang free and

together again in the same breath,

and Whitbeck’s lowered head snapped

back at the crack of the stranger’s ﬁst

between the eyes! Too high to stun,

though, and in that second rush Pete’s

calloused hands found and locked on

the lean pillar of the other’s throat.

One brief minute while his- face

blackened, he was a jabbing, gouging

ﬁend—a brute, ﬁghting withpa brute’s


.uii'


Egg; reasdnxot fedéedom

ﬂung back


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, hill: .30"

_ .. . unclenchedi” ﬁsts and

caught the little ﬁngers or those chok-

ing hands! No;man has strength in

those lesser digits to- withstand the

sudden tWist of a strong man’s arms.


Pete’s strangling grip gave way, and

for one unguarded instant he left.an

extended wrist, lifted. high. enough for

the other to catch. ‘


The tranger’s left hand closed upon

it and e spun ;the older man by the

rigid lever of his own arm. The ban-

dit’s ﬁst snapped up from the height

of his hip, and at the dull chock of it

in the angle where jaw meets ear.

Pete Whitbeck wilted sudde 1y and~

slumped down, falling toward ene-

my like a tree at the last deadened

Moved the chopper’s ax! ‘


The younger man leaped upon him


ngt sav ery. of


* and there were swift, deft movements


that the‘girl in the shadows at the

edge of the yard could not follow.

0n 3* she saw when the man stra‘ight~

ened, that Pete lay still,‘an unmoving

shadowy hulk.


She took one swift step forward out

of the shadows then. and the ride

came up in her hands till it found the -

center of the stranger’s‘eyes.


“You can’t leave." she told him. Her

voice was low and unafraid, and dead-

ly ﬁnal. “I believe it now. You’re a

robber. You killed a man before you

come here. I heard you tellin’ him

an’ I didn’t believe it then, but now

you've killed him an’ I know!"


He watched steadily for a minute

the girl’s eyes, unfaltering behind the

riﬂe sights. His hand lifted then to

l’llS coat lapel and turned it slowly

back. In the red light of the ﬁre, a

sheriff's badge gleamed, sudden and

bright.


“I haven’t killed him, Anemone,” he

said, “Just knocked him out and hand-

cuffed him. Going to take him in now,

for robbing the bank at Bigspring this

noon."


The riﬂe muzzle wavered and lower-

ed. The girl came toward him into

the warm glow of the ﬁre. “Do you

mean that?” she asked uncertainly.


The sheriff nodded. “l was in the

bank when he held it up, but he had

the drop on everybody then. I came

out With the boys hunting the hold-up

man and got lost from them, down at

the edge of the swamp there. Cut

through here just by accident. When'

he came around the corner of the

house there, I knew I’d hunted far

enough.”


Anemone bent over till she could

eaten the dull glint of the steel bands

on Pete’s wrists.


“Why didn’t you take him then?”

she demanded. ‘


“I wanted to ﬁnd out ﬁrst where he

had the money hid,” the sheriff ex

plained. “I knew most, likely he’d

bury it somewhere and go back to it

later. When he went into the cow-

shed there at milking time, I knew I

was ready for him." ,


The girl straightened slowly and

flaced him. She held the riﬂe out to


1m.


f‘I don’t dare go against a sheriff,”

she said. “I know better than that,

anyway.”


“Would you want to, Anemone ?" he

asked gently. -


She shook her head. “No,” she said

simply. “Not you.”


The golden light of high promises

was warm in her ﬁre-stained eyes

then; After a minute she added, “I’ve

had enough of him anyway.”


“And now,” the youn sheriff said,

“lets’ get ready you an I, to go out

of Plum Hollow.”


A moment the girl paused before the

old hillman.


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  The Passover .

Our Weekly Sermon—By N. A. McCune


HE plagues were over, all save

one. These are dramatic chap

ters along here. They are good


A enough to be told to children inst-cry


form.- The ”frogs had come, the ﬂies

and the locusts, but now comes the

one that strikes home- The stars in

their Courses do seem to ﬁght for the

right, (Judges 5.20). God seems in-

Yet He is not. He

is Waiting; waiting for the opportune

time to strike.


Careless seems the great avenger; his-


tory’s pages but record


One death-grapple in the darkness,

' 'twi'xt old systems and the


. Word;


Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong

forever on the throne— -


Yet that scaffold sways the. future,

and, behind the dim unknown,


Standeth God within the shadow, keep-

ing watch above his own.


And we must have faith to believe

that. Otherwise we are lost. I mean,

if we do not have

such faith, we

will not hold on

until the angels

o f deliverance

come near. Moses

held on. Once

started, nothing

could shake his

grip.


’ .....__._......... The death an-

gel smote the homes in Egypt, the

ﬁrst born of humans and cattle being1

stricken in each home. The only ex-

ceptions were the Hebrews. They had

sprinkled the front door with blood

of a lamb, and, seeing this, the minis-

ter of death passed that home by. It

thus became known as the Passover.


‘Now, account for this in any way

we choose, the fact remains that the

Christ who came long after, say

twelve hundred years, was as a lamb.

He called Himself a lamb, and the

part that the cruciﬁxion played was

that of the lamb that saved the Heb-

rew family. Or, to put it differently,

the passover was a type of the Christ

who came long after. '


The home was the center of the re-i


ligious ceremony that saved it from

death. The home is older than the

church. and should be the place of

religious inﬂuence. The Bible, prayer,

religious conversation, all these were

daily facts before a temple was built.

And today, all the churches that mon-

ey will buy cannot take the place of

religion in the home. This is primary,

and there is no substitute. Burns has


drawn for us the picture of the Scot--


tish father reading the family Bible

and leading in prayer. -


To rid the nationof the sin of en-

slaving these Hebrew people required

blood. Only by expiation can a great

wrong be righted. There seems to be

no other way. Suffering must follow.

Christ died on the cross, the just for

the unjust. He Himself said He was

a ransom. Now, just how this takes

place, cannot be explained» Only in

the deeps of Christian experience is it

demonstrated that it really is so. And

from the experience of millions who

have looked at the cross,"believed, and

felt ‘the pardoning‘power of forgive-

ness, we know that atonement is not

ﬁction, but cold fact. The old rugged

cross stands. Sinis a violation of the

most fundamental ’ organization , of

things, and musttbe-righted. 'It‘ is de-

or. the Most High, and must be

seway. _ ‘ . 1‘ ’.


.1


passover that was being celebrated

when Christ was arrested» and cruci-

ﬁed. In the Christian church other

great days have taken its place—-

Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday.

These great festivals are precious be-

yond words. They keep alive in the

memories of the succeeding genera-

tions the events on which religion and

civilization rest.


SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

JULY ,


SUBJECTz—The Passover. Exodus


11:1 to 12.

GglfDEN TEXTz—First Corinthians,


Instruments to record temperatures,

pressures, drafts, etc., have saved mil-

lions of dollars worth of coal in steam

plants.


Follow the Arrows


—the Safety way—


to the Fair Grounds

Detroit


to,” she said _-


ALWAYS LABOR DAY WEEK

September 5th to 11th

D E 1‘80! 1'


The Greater

Michigan State Fair


_ A .i’,


I“ By the VVay"T


NOT EXPRESSIVE ENOUGH.

Mother——“Did I


hear you say

‘darn’?” _

Susie—“No, mother, I don’t use

baby talk.”


WILL PROBABLY RAISE TROUBLE.


Mother—“Johnny, what do you

mean by feeding the baby yeast?”


Johnny—“She swallowed my nickel,

and I’m trying to raise the dough.”


A CALLING.


“Remember,” said the serious friend

of the senator, “your country is call-

ing you.”


“Yes, yes, I know,” replied the sen~

ator, “but different parts of the coun-

try are calling me different things.”


BESSIE.


Boy—J‘I wouldn’t drink out of that

cup if I were you. That is Bessie’s

cup and she has just been drinking

out of it.”


Everyone ’s

Michigan’s


history !


* Manama dart mm


_ - . I feel; ‘

honored to drink out :of Bessie’s. cup,


7 Who is Bessie—eyour sister?”


Boy—“No, my dog.”


'MISTAKEN.


Mother—“You’ve put your shoes on

the wrong feet, dear.”


Edward (in wonder)——“No, I have

not, mummy. These are my feet.”

I


JUST. SEEKING KNOWLEDGE.


First Student—“Say, she’s the dumb-

est girl I ever met.” '


Second Student—“How come?”


First Student—“Why, she wanted

to know how many quarters to a foot-

ball game.”


Second Student—“That’s nothing,

mine wanted to know if a football

coach had wheels.”


A MODERN STUDENT.


Teacher—“I'm surprised at you,

Sammy, that'you cannot tell me when

Columbus discovered America. What

does the heading of the chapter say?”


Sammy—“Columbus, 1492.”


Teacher—“Did you ever see that be-

fore?”


Sammy—“Yes, but I always thought

it was his telephone number.”


‘—


LITTLE Story

6 about a

mo Fair


Mark Labor Day Week—Sept. Sth-Ilth

-—big on your calendar and in your mem-

ory. For it's the week of the Greater


MICHIGAN STATE FAIR, at Detroit.


going to the Fair this year—

great agricultural exposition—


of equal interest to city man and farmer.


A few of the high spots tell the story of

this bigger, better Fair that will make

Prizes totaling $134,000—new

competitions, buildings and exhibits—

thrilling harness events, sanctioned A.A.A.

auto races—free ﬁreworks—the best in

amusements—a new and greater Fair.


You’ll enjoy every bit of


this splendid program!


ls YOUR FAIR ,
HE institution of sun baths for


babies and young children in


any American community is not

easy, because tradition and convention

have been opposed to them for many

generations. Climatic conditions in

many parts of this country make warm

clothing a necessity during the winter

season. During the spring, summer,

and fall, however, babies and little

children wear much more clothing

than is necessary.


One has only to take off a baby’s

or a little child’s clothes and watch

him play in the sun, to know that it

is convention and not instinct which

demands clothes at this age. Tradi-

tion also says that sunlight may in-

jure a baby’s eyes. If the baby’s face

is turned so that the eyes look away

from the sun, or if the older child

wears a cotton shade hat in hot

weather, the eyes will not be injured.

Old traditions and conventions are

hard to break. New traditions and

conventions mhst be established by

small groups, and slowly the rest of

the community will follow.


The technique of the sun bath will

vary somewhat according to locality,

climate, season, weather and facilities

in the home. Sunlight is free to all,

and sun baths can be given to all

babies at some season of the year.


Southern babies can have outdoor


, sun baths the year around. Northern

babies are less fortunate, but even in

our climate partial sun baths can be

given nearly all the year, and com-

plete sun baths all the summer

months. In practically all parts of the

United States, preliminary outdoor sun

baths can be started by the ﬁrst of

March.


A corner of the yard or porch should

be selected where the morning sun

shines warmly, but where the child

will be protected from the wind. Here

the baby’s hands and faceand head

may be exposed to the sun for vary-

ing lengths of time, beginning with

ﬁVe or ten, or even ﬁfteen minutes,

and increasing gradually during the

month as the Sun gets warmer. If the

baby is turned ﬁrst on one side and

then on the other, both cheeks may be

exposed without injury to the eyes.

The hands may be exposed, at ﬁrst,

' one at a time, later both together. The

bonnet may be pushed daily further

back until the whole head is exposed.


In many parts of the country these

preliminary sun baths may be started

in February or even January. During

these sun baths in early spring, sun—

burn need not be feared because the

intensity of the sunlight is not yet

”very great. Later in the season short-

-er exposures may be necessary at

ﬁrst.


THE SWEETNESS OF CORN DISAP-

PEARS ON TRIP FROM

STALK TO KETTLE.


HAVE the water boiling in the ket-

tle when you start going after

roasting ears, is the advice of corn

breeders.

, The sweetness in sweet corn begins

getting less as soon as the ear is tak-

: f. en from the stalk. More than half the

sugar is changed to starch twenty-

, 10111- hours after removing the ear,

. specialists in crop breeding say. In


warm weather the sugars turn to

starch most rapidly.


Roasting ears are only at their

prime a very short time. The early

varieties, such as Golden Bantam,

gardeners ﬁnd, reach their prime twen-

ty days after silking, and the later'

varieties about twenty-two days after

silking. If the gardener picks the

corn befOre this time, it lacks consist-

ency, and if he leaves it too long it


eral days. In other words, we are try-

ing to lengthen its prime period.”


KINKs FOR CANNING DAvs.


HEN doing your summer can-

ning, instead of labeling each

jar of fruit, or vegetables, try labeling

the shelf space in storeroom or cel-

lar. It saves a great deal of time. By


doing this, one" label is enough for


Sunshine and Shadow.


will lose its sweetness and quality by

developing starch.


“Our selections in sweet corn are be-

ing made to get a variety,” M. T. Mey-

ers, in charge of experimental work in

corn at Ohio State University, points

out, “that will develop starch slowly

enough after the ear is taken off the

stalk to keep the corngood over sev-


Talk With


ACATION days are over. That


is for me. Those of you who did


not go so early in the season

have a pleasurable experience to look

forward to. But those of you who

have"already vacationed this year have

many a pleasant memory to think over

and undoubtedly you have come back

recuperated in mind and body.


One of the pleasant memories of my

vacation is a little log cabin up on the

shore of Lake Michigan, just where

the shore line ﬁrst bends to the north-

ward. Here I forgot all about “beds,

biscuits, and brooms,” and enjoyed a

real vacation. I did just what I want-

ed to do, rested when I wanted to

rest, and thought what I wanted to

think._


In the quiet of this next-to-nature

camping ground,'I was reminded, as

I often have been, of how very human

are our friends, the trees. Some of

them are gay and sociable—~they al-

ways live in crowds. Others are quiet

and retiring, and we ﬁnd them stand-

ing apart from the throng.


We see, here and there in this north-

ern country, a group of towering

pines that, for some reason or other,

avoided the slaughtering ax of the

woodman in lumbering days. HOW

statesmanlike are these tall colossal

pines! Here a group of them confer-

ring together, there one standing


apart in reserve, so like our eminent .


men in history.


On a higher ridge of ground, we

meet our friend the oak. Weary, we I

throw ourself down in its shade and

drink in its strength and grandeur

until we are refreshed. » ‘


each kind of canned goods, regardless

of how many jars there are.


When cooking butter or preserves

that burn or stick easily, a large iron

ring such as may be found in nearly

any farm junk pile, will prove valu-

able to put under the kettle. This

,does not allow enough circulation of

(air to keep the fruit from boiling, but


the Trees


And have you not seen the human

counterpart of the maple? She never

allows environment to crush her good

nature, but makes the best of it, even

when. crowded by her neighbors. Giv-

en room, she grews torbeautiful form

and generous shade, each year sacri-

ﬁcing of her life blood to sweeten

mankind.


And there is the elm. In youth, how

awkward and ungainly, but in early

maturity it grows in grace, beauty,

and usefulness. How like the sewing

circle are the poplars as they gossip

in whispers among themselves. But

we mustnot judge them too harshly,

for they mean no harm, no more than

do the birches who not only broadcast

their gossiping whispers on the wind,

but supply the silvery bark on which

to write them.


Next we come to a beech, who, want-‘

ing to be different from her neighbors,

arranges her branches in leafy stories.

\Ve might even call the) mountain ash,

the jeweler of treedom, as it gives its

golden jevvels to the children to be

strung as necklaces and crowns.


How much human nature is portray-

ed in the locust and the wayside apple

tree. Beautifully dressed they are, but

so thorny When we trespass too near.


And so, even though we may vaca-

tion alone, we can ﬁnd abundant hu-


man companionShip with our friends.


the trees. Or, from our kitchen win-

dow, we can even study them vhile

mixing the bread or washing the dish-

es, and they in their beauty will whis-

per back to us messages that are in—


aspiring, refreshing, and companion,


ablérs-M Q. , ,


ewer Clothes-More Sum-For lbesﬂ


Szm Bath Prove 2‘0 56 Ounce of Prevention


does greatly lessen the danger of

burning.

While making jellies and preserves


' do not forget to ﬁll a fewf“gift jars.”


These will be gladly remembered‘

when the holiday season approaches

and you ﬁnd it difﬁcult to think or a

suitable gift for a city friend. Such

gifts will be even more acceptable if

you remember the special likes and

dislikes of each friend for whom the

goodies are being prepared.


If you are ﬁnding the summer heat

and hard work exceedingly tiresome,

why not—instead of making so much

jelly—can the fruit juice, plain and

unsweetened, to be made into jelly

this winter, when working over a hot

stove will not be such a task, and

when it will be necessary to keep a.

'ﬁre anyway. Such juice may also be

used in drinks, and for various pud-

dings and sauces.


Have you ever tried using your tea

wagon on canning days, to' save many

steps?


CHASE FLI‘ES AWAY WITH KERO.

SENE.


ITH three small children run-

ning in and out, it has always

been a problem for me to keep the

ﬂies out of the house during ﬂy sea-

son. Usually I have followed the plan

of trapping the ﬂies in the evening

when they collected on the ceiling. By

;fastening a glass, half ﬁlled with soap

suds, to the end of a long stick, and

placing the glass over the ﬁles as

they collected on the ceiling, they

would fall in the soap solution and be

trapped. I also used sticky ﬂy—paper

\but neither of these methods were

very effective because they did 'not

keep the ﬂies away from the porch.

Last summer I used kerosene for

chasing away "the ﬂies and it proved

very successful. I kept a can of the

oil, With an old paint brush in it, on

the back porch. Three or four times


a. day I would paint the screen with '


the kerosene and shake it 011 the

brush around on the porch. I was so

well pleased with the results of the

kerosene treatment for ﬂies that I

would like 'to have others try it. I

have my kerosene can and brush ready

this year for the ﬁrst ﬂy that shows

himself.——Mrs. J. H. G.


WITH THE HOME DEMONSTRA-

TION WORKERS.


HE new assistant state leader of


home demonstration agents in the

Upper Peninsula is Miss Margaret

Harris. She takes the place recently

vacated by Mrs. Bernice W. Wells.

Originally from Iowa where she has

had county experience as home dem-

onstration agent, she comes to us

from the Lower Peninsula, where she

was in charge of local leader work for

clothing projects


Good results are reported from the

recent tour of the home convenience '

truCk throughout the Upper Peninsula.


and it is predicted that many farmers . . «


will install hot water boilers, sinks .f::~


The Menominee


., .County ASﬂculturaIScheol

model


and septic tanks.


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;?AN°THER


No.


376—PPrincess Frock. Cut

sizes 16 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44


in


inches bust measure. Size 36 requires

3% yards of 40-inch material, .with 15

yard of 27-inch contrasting and 2 yards

of binding.


No. 323—Bloomer Dress. Cut 'in siz-

es 2, 4 and 6 years. Size 4 requires

1% yards of 36-inch material for dress

with the blobmers.


No. 194—Style for Stout Figures.

Cut in sizes 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50 inch-

es bust measure. Size 44 requires 35/3

yards of 54-inch material with 17$ yard

of 36-inch contrasting.


No. 220—Dress with Short Kimono

Sleeves. Cut in sizes 16 years, 36, 38,

40 and 42 inches bust measure: Size

36 requires 27/8 yards of 40—inch ma-

terial with IA y‘ard of 27-inch contrast-

ing and 3% yards of binding.


No. 455—‘Cunning Bloomer Frock.

Cut in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years.

Size 8 requires 2%, yards of 40-inch

material with 1/; yard of 32-inch con-

trasting.


No. 238—Long-waisted Slip-on Dress


.Cut in sizes 14, 16 years, 36, 38, 40


and 42 inches bust measure. Size 36

requires 3% yards of 40-inch material

with 5%. yards of ribbon.


These patterns can be obtained

through the Michigan Farmer Pattern

Department, Detroit, Michigan, for 130

each. Enclose 13c extra when you or-

der your patterns, and a; copy of our

large Pattern Catalogue will be sent

to you: .


«Household Service


1 ,

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WAY .‘Fon‘ PICKLED

. BEETS.


boil until done. Plunge into cold wa-

ter to peel, and pack in cans while

still hot. Have ready enough boiling

vinegar, to which one cup of sugar

has been added, to ﬁll a two-quart can

of beets. Seal and store in a dark


”place—Mrs. J. L.


SAVES BITS OF SOAP.


T was always a nuisance to use up


the bits of toilet soap that were

about the sink, until I hit upon this

plan. When the bar of toilet soap is

nealy gone, I dip it into hot water a

minute and stick on the new bar. This

method does away with the messy job

of melting up bits of soap—Only a

Little Farmer.


ANOTHER WAY TO REMOVE LIME.


NUMBER of years ago I tried this


method of removing lime from a

teakettle with great success. The lime

had become "so thick in the kettle that

the water would scarcely boil. I emp-

tied the kettle and set it on the ﬁre

until thoroughly dry and very hot.

Then I put a tablespoonful of lard into

it. After it was melted, I ﬁlled the

kettle with cold water, took it outside,

turned it upside down, and the greater

part of the lime slipped out.—Handy

Mam ‘ '


SUNDAY COMPANY FROM TOWN.


MANY busy farm Women ﬁnd a

.houseful of Sunday company


from the‘city, eitpecting a dinﬁmj of .

- 4 fried chicken, fresh fruit, and vegeta-

j bites, and. home-made ' pies, almost a


‘y the


my farm-mother. Yet-

n' lite-long friends,

and folks whos’e company you could

enjoy, had you the time to do so. ' For

a good many years, _my mother has

followed a plan that is satisfactory to

her and the family, and certainly

seems so to our town friends, for they


' come again and again.


On the ordinary farm there is plen:

ty of fruit, vegetables and young

chickens. Also milk, butter and cream.

The fruits and vegetables are prepar-

ed, and the chickens conﬁned to a

coop. The company is expected early,

and the women and girls come with

their aprons. “Many hands make light

work,” and the chickens are soon

dressed and frying. All relishes, sal-

ads, cakes and pies are brought by

the company.


On Monday morning the house is

not in the usual after-Sunday condi-

tion, for the time is spent out under

the trees. The tables are also spread

on the lawn, sometimes on the ground,

and sometimes on improvised tables.

The tablecloths are usually furnished

by the company also.


After dinner the dishes are not a

dreaded task, but one that is soon ﬁn-

ished, with everybody helping. Then

the remainder of the day can be spent

in really resting. A dinner for twenty

or more can easily be managed, with-

out tiring unnecessarily, if this plan

is followed—Mrs. N. P.


SUITABLE CAMP TOGS ARE OUT-

lNG SUCCESS.


AKE only the necessary and suit-

able things on your vacation camp.

Usually all the necessary garments


M rest gm. " already; in - the] wars ,


\


toga should be comfortable, clea _

ily, be, necessary, and be present

sufﬁcient quantity. ,


Ft


Knickers and blouses are superior g;


to dressesuas outer garments, as they '


provide more comfort and less‘restric-

tion in camp activities. Several wash-


able blouses, the number depending on ,


the length of the camp, should go

camping with you to refresh the cos-g

tume.


Jewelry of all kinds is unnecessary

and easily lost, therefore should be

left at home. Even the watch is not

necessary in camp.


Select comfortable shoes with broad I


heels and heavy soles. Oxfords are

superior to pumps or other fancy foot-

Wear. Lisle hose stand rough wear

and are in harmony with the other

garments worn.

mits you to enjoy the cool mornings

and late evenings.


Nights are often cold in camp. Any-

one who has attempted to sleep when

cold can realize the discomfort, and

knows the value of plenty of warm

nightclothes, even if it is summer. Do

not forget a warm kimono or bath-

robe.


Include plenty of undergarments, as

camp laundering facilities are scanty.

The emergency kit will contain pins,

needle, thread, and darning cotton.

Soap, comb, tooth brush, towels, and

a lotion for sunburn complete the

camp toilet preparations. Rouge and

other makeup are not for sport life.


The bathing suit and rubber cap are

indispensable if the camp recreation

includes bathing.


Says Sam: If: reformers would only

laugh once in a while! But then, may-

be they wouldn’t be reformers.


K”


Adventures of Tilly and Billy


Tzl‘For Tar


TILLY and Billy were off on a

visit to Aunty Lou’s house. They


thought it just heaps of fun,

this packing their own little satchels

and starting off like real tourists. Of

course, Aunty Lou lived' only a mile

away, over on the road that ran to-

ward the North Pole, as Billy called

it. But Billy and Tilly pretended on

their trip that they were going hun-

dreds of miles. To them, every fence.

post was a mile post on their make-

believe journey.


Tilly and Billy always liked to go

visiting to Aunty Lou’s, for she told

them such nice stories. The very ﬁrst

story she told them was about Kenny

Kingﬁsher and Slinky Sly Fox and it

ran something like this:


One day Slinky Sly Fox thought he


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Kenny Kingﬁsher Gobbled up All the

Fish But One.

would play a trick on Kenny King-

ﬁsher. So he watched along, the bank

of the brook, until Kenny came along

to ﬁsh for his dinner. Then Slinky

Sly‘ Fox erept out from" behind the

bush from where he had been spying.

“A ﬁne day his, Kenny Kingﬁsher,"-

greeted Slinky 'Sly Fox “Won’t you

aims to dine-with ,me today ?'_’ '

1,-Now. Kenny Kingﬁsher was“ very


.9.


him tit for tat.


hungry so he accepted the invitation

at once and they were soon oif to

Slinky Sly Fox’s.


After carefully washing their faces

and paws, they seated themselves at

Slinky’s table. The table was groan-

ing with everything good to eat, but

the strange thing about it was that

the food was all hard and crunchy and

had to be chewed a good deal.


Now, a kingﬁsher does not have any

teeth with which to chew. So Kenny

nibbled here and nibbled there. But

Slinky Sly Fox had such good teeth

and such a big mouth that he gobbled

up everything on the table before Kerr

ny Kingﬁsher had gotten more than a.

mouthful. However, Kenny Kingﬁsher

said not a word. 4


Of course, this was not at all a po-

lite thing for Slinky Sly Fox to do, but

this was the trick he had planned to

play on the Kingﬁsher.


Time went on, and not long after-

wards it happened that Kenny King-

ﬁsher met Slinky Sly Fox one day

down by the creek just at noon time.


“A ﬁne day it is,” greeted Kenny

Kingﬁsher. “Won’t you please come

to have dinner with me?”


On this day Slinky Sly Fox’s cup-

board was nearly empty so he imme—

diately accepted Kenny’s invitation.

When the two were seated around

Kenny’s table, there was nothing on

it but a heaping platter of ﬁsh. Of


course, a kingﬁsher lives on ﬁsh. He

can gobble one up at a hurry and,


swallow. it whole. And that' is just

what Kenny Kingﬁsher did. But Slinky


Sly Fox had to stop and pick out the.

So Kenny licked the platter "


bones.

clean and Slinky had time to eat

one little ﬁsh. - ,_ "


Slinky’s trick had been returned


.


A warm sweater per; «


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From M.


C. Poets


Some Inspiration: Produced Perﬁap: 5y Perrpz'ratian


Girls.

Girls enslave our fellowmen,

Whom we love so dearly,

Rob our pocketbooks for private gains,

Which touches us more nearly.

Thus, a painful duty we perceive,

Just in this hard matter,

Slavery or our actions free,

Oh! won’t we choose the latter?

—Chester Lattin, M. C.


One August Eve.


It was in the month of August,


The roses were blooming late,

That a certain young Herbert and


Helen,


Strolled past the garden gate.

She had a question to ask him,


A question—want to be known,

A question concerning Herbert,


And Herbert only, alone.


.


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d"? .14. M

Helen Has Pictured W. B. as One of

Ferocious Appetite.


’Twas about the sticky powder

He had mentioned once before,

That she wanted the recipe of

Because there was none at the drug-

gist’s store.

For a moment he hesitated,

Then shyly, answered he,

“I’ll tell you then—oh, then——

I like you, don’t you like me?”

But, of course, we must forgive them,

’Cause they were children then,

For Helen was only seven,

And Herbert only ten. '

——By I. E. K.


- To Uncle Frank.

I want to join your Circle.

Invite me in your row,

For I have read all your letters

And would like you’s all to know


There is one I would like to meet,

And that is Uncle Frank.


I know his answers to your letters,

He never was a crank. “


I know he loves the girls and boys,

In every class and age,


By his interest in their writing

On the Merry Circle Page.


Best wishes to Uncle Frank, ,

That he will never have cause for

tears.

I hope to live to greet you all

Through many coming years.


There is just Brother Jack and me,

And I am ten years old.


Please ﬁnd room for two more

Within your Circle fold.


My grandpa reads this paper,

And we anxious wait the mail,

That brings the Michigan Farmer.

Oh, may it never fail!

———Margaret Swaby.


Sunset.

The beautiful sun is setting,

It’s golden rays are gone,

And beautiful, majestic shadows

Are spreading across the lawn.


Golden, ﬂeecy clouds are swimming,

Up in the skies so blue,


And the green grass is shining

From the glitter of the dew.


The dark will soon enclose us,

For the night is falling fast,

Oh, yes, the golden sun is set,

And the beautiful day is past.

—Gladys Maine.


Little Things.

Just one word of kindness,

But it ﬁlled a soul with peace,

Just a loving caress,

But it made the heartaches cease.


Just a happy smile,

And like a sunshine ray,


It warmed a weary traveler’s heart,

And made happier his way.


Just a glad “Good Morning,”

In the busy, thronging mart,

But it touched a chord of feeling,

In a. tired shopper’s heart.


Just a song of gladness,

That made the tear drops start,

But it took a load of sadness,

From a widow’s breaking heart.


So now, my brother, do your bit,

With a song or with a smile,

It’s just the little things that count,

And make this life worth while.

——Nelly G. Priest.


Dear Uncle Frank:


What Was it that Alphonse La Vaul

said about it’s being the mother’s fault

because a girl can’t cook, bake and

keep house? Why blame the mother?

I think it is the girl’s fault just as

often as it is the mother’s.


I enjoyed Geneva Kohlenberger’s let-

ter, and agree with her about electing

oﬂicers. I think Uncle Frank can run

it lots better than the M. C.’s.


Well, I will close my chatter for this

time—An M. C. Niece, Lucile Pearce,

Osseo, Mich.


I ask the same question, “why blame

mother?” Mother, at least, cannot

teach those who will not be taught.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I admire Ginger’s soft-heartedness.

Isometimes cry over stories when I

read them. Mother laughs at me and

says, of course, it isn’t true, but some-


, timesl think most of the stories are

’ taken from life, don’t you think so?


\ “-I agree with you, Mr. Alphonso, as

‘ to the fact that men want, and need,

g-companions as well as slaves, but I

don’tiiike the clause, “Only abeautiful


rl'can make a home attractive? I’ll'


_ t you'll say, “that girl is nix for

ks”. ,Well, sir, .Ihave, heard some

wasn't-hard. to look at. I’m


as? 9%


enema LETTER BDX


sure the berries.

a. copy' of that was in existence. Many "

I recall that-


just stating this to show‘ you that I’m

trying to ward off the hee—haw.

I can prove that a little, freckle-faced,

kind-hearted woman can make as at—

tralctive a home as a baby-doll—faced

gir . ,


Is it always the mother’s fault that

a girl cannot cook and darn and sew?

Say, if I can’t do all these things it’s

my own fault. I like to cook and I

love to sew, but to get ﬁrewood, scrub,

wash dishes, and wash clothes, etc.,

that gets my tintype. I can do these

things also, but I doan wanna—Chris-

tine Zeck, Algonac, Mich.


To be soft hearted and sympathetic

is no detriment to anyone. Beauty

does not make happiness unless it be

inward beauty, which always shows

itself to those who can see. There

are many things most of us have to do

that we “dean wanna.” .


Dear Unc: ‘

That old-time stuff about me was

I didn’t s’pose that


thanks, Cousin Thomas; ,

I had a letter printed that ,year, and


‘1 said, “I think that this Club would


be better if the. members did 't


relfsbmuchﬂit »


and the girls were having their tiff)”.-

Just imagine me saying that! But'I

sure have changed since then. ~


I passed .. the eighth grade exams

and wrote them all left-handed, be—

cause I am- left-handed naturally. My

writing bespeaks that. I can’t execute

the Charleston, but I nearly execute

myself to. learn it!


'My advice __to those girls Who “can’t

stand any more of Herbert Estes,” is

to sit doWn, Tomboy hasn’t anything

on me. I was riding a blind horse the

day after my birthday and she got in


- the ditch. She used me pretty rough


by making a feather tick of me for ‘a

minute, but I escaped with a badly

wrenched leg and a severe pain in it.


Helen Piper missed me, or rather

my letters. Well, I’ll close, as dinner

is ready and I want to hurry,-as We

are going to have a strawberry short

cake. 0h, boyl—Herbert Estes.


I, too, would quit writing letters for

strawberry short cake any time. You

must be a sort of left-handed rough

rider to not be able at stay on a blind

mare.


Dear Uncle Frank:


I have tried to become an M. C., but

so far have failed, and am trying

again.


I read the boys’ and girls’ page and

ﬁnd the letters of the cousins very in

teresting. I agree with Herbert Estes

about the boys not writing. I believe

that the boys should write, just as

well as the girls. Well, I will close

with best wishes to all.—Harold Sny-

der, Kalamazoo, Mich.


I wish the boys did write just as

well as the girls, and as often. You

are an M. C. now, so constant trying

brought you success. I hope that you

will continue to help hold up the boy


end of the M. C. .


Dear Uncle Frank:


Say, why don’t you have the Letter

Box changed, seeing that the heading

is? I think Peter is a swell drawer,

don’t you? How many of you boys

and girls read what Mr. Hoover said

in a recent issue? I did.


Uncle Frank, please put a stop to

this “old-time talk” regarding man

descending from monkey, etc. If any-

body wants to know about the simple

truth, they can’t go to me or you or

anybody else and ﬁnd out much. Do

you think so?


I do not know much about the

League of Nations, but I think that if

the President can’t decide, we Merry

Circlers can’t. Let the cabinet mem-

bers ﬁnd out for themselves—Ruth

Leavitt, Dublin, Mich.


I think you have the wrong idea re-

garding public questions. The presi-

dent or congress often decide things

in accordance with the prevailing


thought. In that way the common peo-


ple help decide'many


fer that, _


Dear. Uncle Frank and Family:

I’m sure you’ll: forgive me for not


, , , , , publisiiuéstiénéi

No, you-can’t prove “it by me thatgman ..

descended. from monkey‘s.- _


. .. q , I? don't.' ..

know my ancestors back far, enough ’_


writing before, when you ﬁnd out how-


busy. I have been.~ You see, I‘just grade ,

uated from .high school last month,—


and I’ve ~ been rushing all .the' time.

I’ve been cultivating today, so if son

are unable to read this letter, I give

you-permission to give our old culti-

vator handles a calling down. ‘


We received our Michigan Farmer

today, and I read “Our Page” from be-

ginning to end. Wh‘enl read Herbert


Estes’ letter I thought it was from a .


girl——until I saw the signature.


We have six little goslings. I won-

der how many of the M. C.’s know that

little goslings are green!


How old must one be to be no long~‘

er an M. C.?—-Dagmar Thomsen.


When you once are a Merry Circl‘er

you always are, only after eighteen

years of age, yOu cannot take such an

active part. Herbert’s letter must

have been a mild one to be taken for

a girl’s.


Dear Uncle Frank: ,


I read the letters on “Our Page”

with much interest, and now, may I

express my views?


Uncle Frank, don’t you think the

questions of our government, laws,

etc., are a bit too serious for the

younger ones? If a club was formed

for those over eighteen, I think ques-

tions of that sort would then be ap-

propriate, but from the ages of thir-


cﬁmgn an): um: can".


I I I

WIWAVYIA


Ariel Has Made W. B. Look About as

Bad as Most M. C.'s Think He Is.


Work is Great Virtue


According to Our Own Senator Ferris-


WAS born and reared on a hill farm in Iioga county, New York. In my


addresses I frequently refer to the


education I received on the farm.


There I learned obedience, sobriety, self-reliance, self-sacriﬁCe, loyalty, and


Of course, these virtues were

of WORK. I was


thrift.


.and Women ’of this country.

- on the’farm may 9


. Senator‘WWdhﬁdse NI. Ferris 18;-

thiscountry has produced.’-’ As a ,


‘ 5 30 many boy-si‘andw

$0 .


‘ Uriﬁedﬁtatea‘

' ﬂanks;


ago; and not very .unlike the .boy of today.

cry for the privilege of working on the farm; but I had

a father who, though he could neither read nor‘write,

was nevertheless a real educator.

work so I might be of-some service to my father

mother, my sisters, and the neighborhood.


’The old-time virtues are still on the market at one

hundred per centum. I am delighted to'learn that your

Boy Army is working along the same lines that I. work--

ed. .Only ,you live in a. diﬂerent age. You live at atiznje

when whatever you do is quickJY‘I’QCOgniged by the men

I congratulate you upon your success. .Whetb

eryou, ride in a. Ford or aPierce, Arrow, [hope that‘thefvirtues‘l‘ac

‘ bei‘a parfnfot your aqusitiqn-tw dbrid


all bound together in the one virtue

like the ordinary boy of sixty years

I did not


He insisted that I

and


i’r
— “p! 1.111“ . __..

.' f. ‘. - o ‘ ‘r

. ‘. ,


1 right '- " “

., am 111 emcee. 1111.1

‘Ic no pecial beauty gained


i by the “‘gyish bob " in fact

. m1n§~the opposite


f any

. 1 .1111 1.11611-

ion that boys out o 0 ve grs

CODY everything the do. Am I right?

I think juSt bobbed air is all ri ht, in

fact, very comfortable, but gir s, be

sensible and don’t follow the fashion

and the ﬂapper. -


I suppose, by now, you 've all formed

the opinion that I’m a prinkish, crit-

icizing old maid, but listen—I m not.

I’ 111 just a modern farm girl. For the

last two years, I’ve pursued the style

of bobbed hair, and I also use powder,

but I do not paint. Some people, to

my way of thinking, ought to be

ashamed to be on the street, but evi-

dently they’ re not.


I very much disapprove of the to-

bacco habit for young men. They lit-

tle realize the serious effects it might

cause. The habit can be broken if

enough will power is applied. ——A Mod-

ern Farmerette. ,


Perhaps questions of government

are a bit heavy for the younger M.

C.’ s, especially those who are not used

to being governed. You have a sensi-

ble idea of bobbed hair. Am glad you

disapprove of the tobacco habit. If


more girls strenuously objected to it"


less tobacco would be used.


Hello, Everybody:


Say, you girls who say that boys

have no good qualities are wrong. I

know a lot of nice boys. Why can’t

We look at ourselves and pick out our

bad qualities and change them for bet-

ter ones?


One thing that hate about. boys is

the smoking ha gh! 'When I see

a boy smoking,I eel as if I could slap

him. How do the rest of you girls

feel about it?


Well, I guess I've said enough, so

will close. Here’s hoping that W. B.

has indigestion so that some of the

boys that smoke can read this letter.

—~.Your Niece, Bernice Michel, Dryden,

Mich.


Another anti-smoker. Let’s hear

from others. .One thing worse than


smoking, I think, is chewing tobacco.


Dear Uncle Frank:


.I like “Our Page” for a name better

than “Our Boys and Girls.” Before,

the boy was ﬁrst. Now, “Ladies’

First," that'a way.


I think, Merry Circle reader, you


"were a little hard on those homely


girls. Forgetful, don’t you know when

homely girls are dressed up they can

be just as “beautiful” as these charm-

ing young ladies you talk about. Also,

not always is it the mother’s fault if

the girl can’t cook, bake. and keep

house. There are lots of “homely

girls” that can bake, sew, or keep

housejust as well, or better, than the

“beauties.”


I am writing this in “jerks,” because

I keep getting up to let cats and “Dog"

in and out. I bet you think we have

millions—of them, it seems like that.

I just put one cat out and another

comes in. I call that perpetual motion,

don’t you?


This is a one-sided conversation so

far, but it is nice to talk to one’sself

for a change.


Through this M. C. page I have got

some very nice correspondents. I, for

one, am very glad I’m not eighteen——

Your Niece, Helen Piper, Spruce,

Michigan.


I don’t-see how ladies are ﬁrst in

the new head. It seems to me that it

is a neutral affair. I’m glad you have

received some good correspondents

through the Circle.


EN'THUSIASM, ’WINNERS.


HE following girls and boy won


the unknown prizes in the contest

‘in which the line in the quotation 011

enthusiasm were to be put in proper

order. I would like to know how the

winners like the prizes. "


' Cuff Links.


Walter Warren, M. C., R. 1, Pincon-

ning, Mich.

Beads.


Nona Mae Welbaum, R. 1, Galien,

Michigan


Marian. Cool, M. C., R. 4, Plymouth,

Michlga


Helenn Zernheld, R. 1,


Pontiac,


g ingdale a,Michigan.


Michigan.

Robert J Harpham, Box 94,'Bloom-


rt Lehnen. M C..


Munising, ‘


JEWELRY CONTEST.

O

ERE :is one that is a little differ-

, out It’s about jewelry, and jew-

elry will be given fOr prizes. Below

are the names of ten kinds of jewelry,

mixed up. » Just straighten out the ten

words,

neatly, giving them the same numbers

given below, put your name and ad-

dress in the upper left-hand corner of

your paper, and if you are a Merry

Circler put M. C. after your name.

This will test your knowledge of spell-

ing, and jewelry as well. All of the

neat and correct papers will be placed

in. a pile and ten lucky ones picked

out. The lucky girls will be sent

bracelets or beads, while the boys who

are picked as winners will be given

cuff buttons or tie pins.

Send your papers to Uncle Frank,

,Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan,

before July 30, as the contest closes


write your corrected words -‘


Here a :


‘1.—-—Cohor'ebs 6——-M. shayts‘ '

2—Modnsida ‘ C 7—7D ~ aysr

,3—Snigr 8—--Eti 6 assl


4—Irwts Tacwesh 9—Pahisp-

5—Cenlaksec 10—Riseutquo


THE MERRY CIRCLE FUN.


E now have $100 in the fund for


the purchase. of the radio for

the Crippled Children’s Home near

Farmington, and we are now negotiat-

ing for a radio. This does not mean,

however, that the fund activities

should cease, as we will soon have

another project to work for.


Following are the names of those

who sent in money from July 1 to 16

inclusive:


Marion Hill, Esther Larson, Alberta

Coleman, Mabel Brendemmekel, Eliza-

beth Woodin, Herbert Estes, Louise

Slemin, Marie Slemin, Lina Caldwell,

George Thum, Nellie Thum, Marjorie

Thum, Lucile Kizer, Opal Brawler,

Myra Smith, Wilma Fry.


REDUCING POULTRY FOOD COSTS.


CORRESPONDENT in this col-


umn hit the nail on the head


when he warned poultry keep-

ers of the danger of feeding soaked

bread.


Soaked bread in the ordinary sense

of the word, is one of the worst things

you can feed poultry, either young or

old, but there is a way of feeding

stale bread that transforms it into one

of the best and cheapest poultry foods.


To do this the bread must be cut in

slices and dried over- a stove or in

the oven, until it is dry enough to

crack, put the bread in a pail, or stout

box, and chop it up with a spade.


When ready to feed, put a quantity

of this in a pail, cover with hot water

and pour water off in about one min-

ute, then mix in enough mash so that

it will crumble. For summer or win—

ter feeding this cannot be beaten as

an egg or ﬂesh producer. The ﬁner

particles of bread left-in the bottom of

the box when chopping up the bread,

makes an excellent food for small

chicks and may be fed dry.


Now is the time when the hens and

chicks will relish a feed of green stuff.

The grass is no longer young and ten-

der. When thinning out vegetables,

save them for the poultry. They will

also relish the lettuce you cannot use.


Making Room for Young Stock.


July and August are good months

for culling your old and young ﬂocks.

Hens that have stopped laying now

are not worth keeping, and any imma—

ture pullets might as well be put in

the fattening pen. They will never

pay their way, and the young pullets

will make good use of the room they

take up.


It is far better to start the winter

with seventy-ﬁve pullets in a house

built to hold 100, than to put in 110

and try to make yourself believe that

you will cull them later.


It’s never done. It’s like the binder

you are going to put away next week,

and it stays out till the snow, ﬂies.


Cull your stock now, and if you

haven’t got enough to ﬁll your pens,

bustome. The young cockerels of

marketable size that are running

around are eating their heads off, too.


Now is the time to clean up your

ﬂock‘ and look out for sickness. The

axe and spade are the best remedy

for those sickly looking ones.


'By the way, have you “swatted the

rooster yet?” He will only be a bill

of expense for the next six or seVen

months.--R. A. Hill.


CHICKS WITH SORE EYES.


" backward: and can 1111 large orders promptly.


many of them will have their eyelids


stuck shut. If I detect them soon

enough and wash out with boric acid,

they get all right, but if left alone the

eye becomes inﬂamed and the chick

soon dies. These chicks are housed

in a good brooder coop, well ventilat-

ed and free from draughts We feed

a home— mixed mash, using the formula

but out by the Michigan State College.

—Mrs. J. C. B.


Chicks may have sore eyes because

of dusty brooder houses or slight colds

caused by over-crowding. Bits of for-

eign material, like straw or bran,

sometimes lodge around the eyeball

and start irritation. Washing the

gummy material from the eyes with a

mild disinfectant, as you have done,

is the best treatment. Keep the brood-

er chicks outside on the range as

much as possible, even if it is neces-

sary to close the brooder house door

for a few hours. This reduces the

amount of scratching in the dry brood-

er house straw, and may help prevent

eye trouble.


UNTHRIFTY GOSLINGS.


Can you tell me what to do for my

goslings? I have taken them from the

hens as soon as they hatched. I have

three that hatched about April 5, and

they did ﬁne, and ale nearly full

grown. Then I have nine hatched on

May 7. Part of them are growing

ﬁne, one is extra large. About three

of them are small, and not as large as

one gosling hatched May 20 I thought

small ones, especially one, would die,

as they don’ t seem to be well. Then

six goslings hatched May 31. They

seemed to all grow alike, then two

became weak suddenly and staggered

around some and died in about twelve

hours. All had same care. I have


been careful not to over feed and they

have a yard with shade trees to run

in. I have kept them out of the rain.

——Mr.s W.


When goslings are weak and stag-


ger and seem unthrifty, the trouble

may be, Caused by worms Mix one


fourth pound of sulphur, one-f0 urth.


pound of epsom salts, and two ounces

of powdered copperas in twenty-ﬁve

pounds of~ the mash. Feed a little of

the mash containing the medicine

each day until the condition of the

goslings improves


Another remedy occasionally recom-

mended is a half-teaspoonful of tur-

pentine for each gosling. This is plac-

ed as deep as possible in the bird’s

throat with a medicine dropper. Gos-

lings sometimes have

the brain, supposed to be caused by


acute indigestion, sudden fright, or to '


the presence of parasitic worms.


A new poultry building at M. S. C.

will be asked for by the Michigan

Poultry Improvement Association. A

committee consisting of K. A. Zim-

merman, of Mason; A. D. Schimmel,

of Pontiac; and George Caball, of End

sonville, are drafting a legislative pro-


gram to be submitted to the State'


Board of Agriculture and the legisla<

ture early in 1927.


A Leghorn hen in Nebraska, nine

years old, is out after the long dis

tance egg~laying record. She has laid

1,186 eggs thus far; the present rec-

ord is 1,385. During her seventh year

she laid 143 eggs. H1 1' highest yearly

production was 206 eggs. She weighs

only three and a quarter pounds, but

her eggs weigh sixty grams apiece,

half again as large as most eggs.


According to estimates made by E.

C. Mandenburg, of the State Depart-

ment of Agriculture, it costs about


$13 per acre to burnstanding corn for


the control of the corn borer. Be—

tween eighty and one hundred gallons

of oil per acre are used. One burner

will cover about ten acres per day.


A broody hen, if taken the ﬁrst day

she is broody, will come back to pro’

duction in three days if she is put in

a cool, slatted coop and fed liberally

with mash and milk.


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Four young Guernsey bulls; ono ﬁfteen months old:

2 about eight months; one four months; three of them

have AB dams. F. E. ROBSON. Room 303. M. C.

R. R. Depot Building, Detroit, Mich.


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fat. Brookmead's I‘Master 1Warrior.ellml$ nearest Dam


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Wallinwood Guernseys

May Rose—Glenwood bred bull for sale.

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practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

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write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater, VIII.


Pure—bred and Grades. all axes.

Guernseys single or carioad in Grades. Send

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Our 1000 POUND COWS


Michigan State Herds now own 10 cows with

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Traverse Colanths. Walker with 5 records from

1.041 lbs. butter in 305 days, to 1,267 lbs.

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Reformatory Coronia Lunde

Northern Aaggie Longﬂcld

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Beformatory Century Aaggie 1100. 50 lbs.

5 from 1029. 6 to 1050. 8 lb.

17 others from 907.6 to 981. 7 lbs.

To insure production in your future herd use

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1147. 90 lbs.


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two years old from A. R. 0. stock.

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

88 Wt. around 550 lbs. 48 Wt. around 500 lbs.

Good quality, dark reds dehorned well marked Hue-

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BEST TIME TO MAKE SILAGE.

EXPERIMENTS conducted by the

United States Department of Ag-

riculture, indicate that almost any for-

age crop will make good silage if out


. at the proper stage when the moisture


content is right. If the moisture is

too high, the silage will be waterlog-

ged -and much of the feed materials

lost by drainage. If the moisture is

too .low, and not enough water is ad-

ded, the silage will not be succulent

and palatable and will not pack well

enough to prevent molding.


Corn was found to produce the best

silage when eighty per cent of the

ears were in dough and twenty per

cent in milk, this stage giving the

least loss of feed constituents. Sun-

ﬂowers are usually cut when too im-

mature, the tests indicating that any

time after all the plants are in ﬂower

and before the petals fall, is equally

(good for this crop Sudan grass, out

’either at the early blooming stage, or

tat the middle to late blooming stage,

makes very satisfactory silage—W. D.


CEMENT SILO HAS PEELED OFF.


I have a. concrete silo built in 1916,

the inside ﬁnish of which has all peel-

ed off. This silo was always left for

summer feeding, but last winter was

fed out ﬁrst to empty entirely A

heavy coating of frost would form on

the inside, and every time it thawed

off, the peeling would take place. Now

the surface is very rough and I would

like to know the best way of repair-

ing it to make it smooth. I am afraid

that cement plastering would not

stick, and simply whitewashing with

cement would leave the walls too

rough. Paraffin has been recommend-

ed, but am afraid it would not make

the walls smooth, and am wondering

if it would last only one year. Any

suggestions .would go appreciated.—

H. .


Under your conditions it would seem

that probably the best remedy would

'be to give the inside of the silo one

or two coats of cement plaster. Go

over the inside with an old hatchet or

a pick, and be sure that all the loose

parts are chipped off, then wet the

surface thoroughly so the water will

not be absorbed from the plaster, then

wash with a cream-like grouting of

cement and water, and immediately

plaster it with a. mixture of one bag

of cement to two cubic feet'of sand.

Probably two coats will be necessary,

if it is as rough as your description

indicates.


If the surface is only moderately

rough from the original cement wash

peeling off, it probably is not rough

enough to interfere with the silage

keeping properly, and no treatment at

all may be absolutely necessary. Still

.it would be better if it had a. coat of

parafﬁn or asphalt applied hot when

the wall is dry. Neither of these, how-

ever, will have much effect in smooth:

ing up the walls.


Before doing any repair or other

concrete work, it should be well to

!write to Portland Cement Association


for this free bulletin on silos and silo'


repairs


IMPROVING HERDS IN SANILAC.

’D URING June, in Group 1 of the


Sanilac Cow Testing Association,

the herds of A. Musselman, R. Garbutt

and Leo Foley, were tested for tuber-

culosis, with only one reactor. Roger

Garbutt, Leo Foley, A. Musselman and

Waldo Wixson purchased .8 pure-bred

sire from the Bagwood farm at Romeo.


Three new silos are being erected,

and two milking machines have been


m installed.

The high herd is owned by A. Mus!


selman, producing 1, 225 pounds of milk

and 462 pounds of butter-tat The


..


producing 1,207 pounds of "milk, and

452 pounds of butter-fat. The tests

last month run extremely low. There


were tWenty-three cows producing .-

over ﬁfty pounds of butter-fat, forty-‘


three between forty-ﬁve and ~ﬁfty

pounds, forty-seven cows producing

over 1,250 pounds of milk, andsixty-

three between 1,000 and 1,250 pounds.


PRACTICABILITY OF WATER _

TANK ON HILL.


We have a well in a small valley,

or creek, about 500 feet from the farm

buildings, and would like to know if

it would be practical to build a stor-

age tank on top of a nearby hill about

seventy feet higher than the well,

force the water up into this tank by

means of a. windmill, and then pipe

from the tank to the different build-

ings—E. V


This plan should be entirely prac-'

ticable, provided you use one and a.

quarter-inch pipe from well to tank,

uSe a. back-geared mill with an ad-

justable stroke, and use an air expan-

sion chamber with the pump to secure

a steadier ﬂow spread over both

strokes of the pump. An eight-foot

windmill on a good high tower will

probably handle the work, but a. ten-

foot mill will be well worth the extra

cost. The windmill will have to be

placed at the wall.—D.


SHEEPMEN WANT PREDATORY

ANIMALS CONTROLLED.


UST after the World War, because


of bad conditions on the western

range, there was a. notable inﬂux of

western Sheepmen into the Upper

Peninsula, where range conditions are

usually good because of ample sum-

mer rains, as against drought condi-

tions in portions of the west. It was

soon discovered, however, that this

section also had a. handicap in the

presence of wolves and coyotes that

prey upon sheep. Some of the west-

erners gave up early in the game, and

but few have persisted. A recent Iron

River report states that these also will

depart unless wolf conditions are

ameliorated.


Sheepmen insist that this can be

done if one or two more trapper hunt-

ers are .kept on the job permanently.

They claim that their losses are due

to the removal of trapper-hunters from

their section of the state. Some sheep-

men report a loss of ﬁfty per cent

from this cause. The losses are not

conﬁned to the kills, but also to the

poorer yields of wool and condition of

the animals due to worrying by pred-

atory animals. It is possible that dogs

are not blameless in the matter.


Sheepmen assert that range condi-

tionsin the peninsula are. ideal, if the

predacious animal menace canbe re-

moved, ,and an effort has been made

recently to rouse greater interest in

the problem'on the part of state offi-

cials responsible for predatory animal

control. It may be presumed that

these efforts will bear fruit—L. A. C.


WEST OCEANA cow TESTING

ASSOCIATION.


HE West Oceans. Cow Testing As-

sociation ﬁnished its year’s work

on May 26,1926. Tester Lyle Kitchen

reports that the average production

per cow is 6,895 pounds of milk, with


an average test of 4.77 percent, giving"


328.88 per cent butter-fat. The total


number of cows tested was 219, .the

average feed cost for one pound of


butter-fat was twenty- -six cents, while


- the average feed cost of 100 pounds of,


milk was $1. 28. Government fl

show that labor and ovf


‘ Association,

- Moines, Iowa.


County Agent H. S. Osler introduced '


istered Holsteins, hold high place

milk production,


butter-fat.


Henry Meyers is also the owner of_

the Registered Jersey having the high-

eSt butter-fat production.


540.69 pounds of fat.


turned $2. 90 for each $1. 00 spent for

feed.


Otto Ochs, of Montague, is ”the own-

er of the cow having the highest milk

production. She produced 11, 733. 9

pounds of milk and 471. 36 pounds" of

fat, 1eturning $2 28 for each 81. 00 spent

,onefeed.


This association has

herds averaging more than 300 ”pounds

of butter-fat per cow. This leaves only

a. few herds with less than" a. 300-

pound average—C. Hemstreet.


A WHALE OF A HOLSTEIN MEET!


S the state Holstein secretary


shimmied his way, fearful any mo- -


ment that the old ﬁiv might disinte-

grate, toward the farm of William

Austin, Saline, W‘htenaw county, he

consoled himself with the reﬂection

that his arriving '-late would make no

difference for the following reasons:


1. There wouldn’t“ be much of a.

crowd anyway.


(3.) Looked very rainy. ..


(b) Night meeting—farmers don’t

turn but so well on summer evenings.


(c) July ﬁrst—busy time. Also

close to the “Glorious Fourth,” farm-

ers might, therefore, stay at home to

husband physical resources, etc. -


All wrong, including the etc., for he

found over 250 gathered for the fes-

tivities. This establishes a, new rec-

ord for numbers present at any sort

of a county Holstein rally within the

experience of the secretary.


The ﬁne attendance was due,

part, to the pleasant time experienced

by the Washtenaw Holsteiners at pre-

vious similar functions. For'the sum-

mer meet is an annual affair.


Nobody “ran away mad” from Mr.


Austin’s hospitality. First on the pro- ,


gram came a. judging contest, on a.

ring of four yearling pure-bred Hel-

stein heifers. Two members, as a


7 team from each of four calf clubs pres-


ent, judged, and then one of the team

reported his placings, with reasons, to

a. committee made up of Walter Spald-

ing, ‘R. B. Watrous, of Chelsea, and

the secretary. Prizes were offered by

the Washtenaw County Holstein Asso-

ciation. First prize of $5.00 was won

for his club by the representative of


,. the “Wide-awake Club; ” second prize


went to the “Blue Ribbon Club; ” third

to the “Lincoln Club. ”


Dusk having now fallen, a string of

lights provided for the occasion were

turned on and the program continued

in an outdoor theater, with the porch

cf the handsome Austin homestead as

stage.


Interspei-sed with offerings fromthe

Saline Band came a little playlé't, a

“Yiddish” speech on labor troubles,

and a selection of songs by local tal-

ent. The secretary of the Michigan


Holstein Association gave an account _


of the doings at the forty-ﬁrst annual

convention of the National Holstein


a novelty when he showed. with a


«tare; or local Hoffman cm,

as show


n. M Nears eight cow hard or 1...


seventeen ’"


in‘


held recently at Des .f


averaging- 9.7616 _,

pounds of milk and 828.3 Pounds of g ‘


This cow

produced 11, 081. 7 pounds of milk, and‘

It might be in- .

teresting to know ’ that this cow re- ‘


.-


,9
1.


’0


, _';,leub:Leader Essick, 9?“; members of

” washtenaw‘ County Holstein Associ-


‘ ‘ent Osler,


an tr"


ation. headed by’the association presi-


dent, ‘W‘illiam Austin. ' .Jupe Pluvius

,. gets credit for holding off the threat-


ening rain. . » _


The size of the crowd, the “pep” of

the meeting, the ﬁne entertainment,

all speak for the high interest in the

Holstein breed held by these Wash-

tenalw dairymen.——J. G. Hays.


'PORK HIGHEST SINCE 1920.


THE hog market has reached the

' . highest point in six years, the

price advance last month being the

greatest during any May in twenty-ﬁve

years, except for certain wartime in-

ﬂation years.


With a supply of hogs in sight for


slaughter no greater than last year,»


with pork products in storage twenty-

seven per cent, or equivalent to 1,500,-

000 hogs less than last year, hogs are

in an exceeding strong position for

the next-ﬁve months. The hog corn

price ratio is near the highest on rec-

0rd. ' '


It is‘ distinctly time now for. hog

producers to bear in mind the violent

downswing in prices that has been

.caused in times past by over-expan-

sion under- similar rice relationships.

——J. C. M.


BE FIRST 0N ARKET WITH

SPRING PIGS.


WINE specialists are conﬁdent that


pork prices next fall are going to

be high, and are advising farmers to

“crowd” their spring pigs, on the the-

ory that feeders will proﬁt most by

being early in market. Good grains

are obtainable, they state, by feeding

corn, tankage and minerals, self-fed

along the pasture—J. M. '


, BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR SHEEP.


ESPITE the recent declines in the


sheep and wool market, the sheep

farmer now faces better prospects

than at any time during the .past ﬁf-

teen years, is the opinion of C. J.

West, federal statistician, after a

study of both prices and sheep farm-

ing practices.


Last year’s experience with high

prices, and this season’s lowered price

level, have eliminated speculation

from the sheep business for the time

‘being; and farmers can now expect

to make money as sheepmen, not as

sheep traders.


“The present slow demand for wool

is temporary,” Mr. West said. “As

long as we {consume something like

twice the amount of wool produced in

this country, there is not much

chance of very low prices unless farm-

ers and ranches proceed to produce

more sheep than can be used for the

time being.”—M. J.


GREEN MANURING AND CROP

. RESIDUES. ’

(continued fromrpage 69).

enty to eighty per cent water, there

is little drain on the soil moisture

during decomposition.

In turning under a heavy green ma-


' nure crop, or even crop. residues, it is


not desirable to turn it to the bottom

of the furrow slice unless it has been

previously disked up to- thoroughly in-

corporate the residue with the .soil.


' This will cause a. more rapid decompo-


sition in the case of‘dry residues and


-~ will prevent any interference with the

. rise of Water for the growing crop


which follows.; - , , '

There/sis; a common belief among

u, “ s th‘ , heavy crops :01 green


‘1


ia'the ..


«found to decrease the ﬁrst two. weeks


us ‘5


after thrning under—after that it

slightly increased until at the end, of

nine months it was only slightly

greater than the check which had a

lime requirement of three tons of

ground limestone per acre. “Another

investigation found that turning under

green manures increased the alkalin-

ity, except where rye was turned un-

der. In this case only temporary acid-

ity was the result.


, It is evident from these and other


experiments, that the turning under


of green manures is a very small fac-

tor'in the acidity of soils, if it can be

called a. factor at all. If the soil is

naturally acid, lime should be applied

before gFOWing the manures, especial-

ly the legumes.


Sometimes we see farmers cutting

green manuring crops to plow under.

~If the object in cutting is to allow a

second growth to come to plow under,

the idea is all right, but even then

there will be a loss in value of the

material cut. The Ohio Experiment

Station found that one ton of green

clover, when out and allowed to re-

main on the surface of the soil for

about seven months, lost about two-

thirds of its weight. Of this loss the

soil only took up about four per cent.


When straw or stover are used to

increase the organic content, it is bet—

ter to plow it under, rather than allow

it to decay on the surface 'of the

ground, as a top-dressing.


The ravages of the European corn

borer. are making it more imperative

to turn from crop residues to green

manuring for our supply Of organic

matter. This relates especially to corn

residues.


Sometimes it is difﬁcult to work a

green manuring crop into a rotation.

There should be one or two in a four

or ﬁve-year rotation. On the lighter

soils a rye crop can often be seeded

in the fall and plowed under in the

spring for corn, soy beans or alfalfa.

Sweet clover is probably one of the

greatest green manures on sandy soils

where lime has been used. It being a

biennial, the farmer will not allow it

to stand for six tO'ten years, as in the

case of alfalfa. When plowed under it

decomposes very rapidly so that with-

in a short time the soil has a better

structure and a larger supply of avail-

able~plant food, particularly nitrogen.


Whether the soils are heavy, as we

ﬁnd them in the lake bed regions, or

sandy as we ﬁnd them in western and

northern Michigan, the growing of

green manure is equally imperative. It

is necessary to have considerable or-

ganic matter or humus in the heavier

soils in order to have a soil that is

well areated and granular in struc-

ture. Many farmers on the Brooks-

ton and Miami types of soil are ﬁnd-

ing that turning under a good growth

Of sweet clover or alfalfa is working

wonders with the.ti11age operations of

their so-call'ed clay points, or knolls—

many spots Of this kind that have not

been productive can be made produc-

tive .by keeping them stored with


plenty of organic matter. ~


On the sandy soils the addition of

organic residues not only improves

the fertility, but has a direct effect on

the moisture relations which are so

important on these types of soil. Ob-

servations and ﬁeld tests have pointed

out conclusively that when green

crops are returned to the soil, the suc-

ceeding crops do not suffer so much

from drought. It is necessary, of

course, to have this organic matter

thoroughly incorporated into the soil

and in a high state of decomposition.


On many Michigan farms, farm ma—

nures are inadequate. On these farms

the proper use of lime, green ~manure

and commercial fertilizers will be the

deciding factor in. proﬁtable. produc-


.a.


arrange- "manures; Were‘psed,‘ the acidity Was '


. anusnioue anus. o. No. a. rmmulec‘iba‘lﬁ


CONDUCTED BY DR. s. BURROWS.


Fails to Breed—I have a high-bred

Guernsey cow which came fresh about

November 15. She now fails to come

in heat. Could you give me a cure?

G. P.——The failure to come in heat is

usually due to an abnormal condition

of the ovaries, “yellow bodies” being

the most frequent cause- It is neces-

sary to dislodge these, which is done

by passing the arm in the rectum,

reaching downward over the uterus

and locating the ovaries, where the

yellow bodies can be felt and squeezed

out. It would be best to let your local

veterinarian make an examination,

and give such treatment that he ﬁnds

necessary.


Cows Kick When Being Milked.—-—

When we ﬁrst turn our cows on grass

in spring they kick so badly it is near-

ly impossible to milk them. Do you

know of a remedy? W. M. W.——Feed-

ing them some choice dairy feed to at-

tract their attention during milking,

along with gentle handling, ought to

be sufﬁcient to keep them quiet until

they get accustomed to the change.


Lymphangitis.——I have twelve-year-

old mare that stocks up in hind legs

from ankles to gambels. Her ankles

are naturally a little large, but at

times she stocks more when not exer-

cising. She is in fairly good ﬂesh,

eats well, and has never been sick

during the two years I have owned

her. H. R. T.——This is caused by a

sluggish circulation, though the con-

dition is aggravated by generous feed-

ing, particularly when not worked reg-

ularly. A dessertspoonful of salt petre

night and morning helps by stimulat‘

ing the kidneys. A good plan is to

give a. bran mash twice a week, con-

taining four to six ounces of epsom

salts. The bowels should not be al-

lowed to become costive. Epsom salts

could be given more frequently if

found necessary. A reduction in the

amount of feed would be advisable,

also more exercise.


Diarrhea-4 have a seven-year-old

Percheron gelding which has bowel

trouble. Bowels are loose most of the

time, passage being preceded and fol-

lowed by considerable water. Alfalfa

has a bad effect upon him, and timo-

thy good. He is a good feeder and

feeler, but does not carry the meat his

mate does, and eats more. F. L. P.-——


EEPING a cow on pasture

alone is cheating both the


cow and yourself. As pasture gets

short and dry, the cow gets less

and less protein and mineral. She

cannot eat enough grass to main-

tain her body and keep up her

full milk production. She then

consumes her reserve tissues

stored up during winter’s heavy

feeding. This causes her to lose

weight and give less milk. It

means poorer milk production

through the following winter in

spite Of heavy feeding. It is

much easier to keep production

up than it is to regain it after it

is lost. Take no chances! Feed


Batten-inc Dairy Feed


(17% Protein)

0R

Hammond Dairy Feed

(16%% Protein)

Either of these feeds make ideal

supplements to grass. They


supply what the grass lacks, sus-

taining a full milk flow without

loss of body weight. Your sum-

mer proﬁts are increased and the

cow stays in top notch shape for

heavy winter milk production.


More Milk Now-—

More Milk Later


is the certain result if you feed either

Butterine Dairy Feed or Hammond

Dairy Feed. Avoid that late summer

slump I Don’tlet your cow: milk off early

———build up a reserve 0" protein and min-

eral. Butterine Dairy Feed or Hammond

Dairy Feed will solve your problem. And

thousands of dairyrnen‘have proved it.

Try It !


A few sacks of Butterine Dairy Feed or

Hammond Dairy Feed will tell you the

whole story. See your local feed dealer.

If he cannot supply you, don’t takea

substitute, but write to us and‘we Will

see that you. are promptly supplied.


NOWAK MILLING CORP.


Hammond, Ind.


Grass is MostlyWoter!


Summer Feed for Better


Year Round MilkProfits


Try limiting the amount Of drinking

water, by giving one pail three times

daily, instead of watering from trough,


CATTLE


also, don’t water just before com-

mencing work. Take equal parts of

powdered catechu, ginger and prepar-


Silver Creek.


CRYSTAL- SPRING STOCK FARM.

Allegan County,


Michigan


I

BUTTER BRED JERSE‘EASELLS


e‘d chalk, and give small dessertspoon-

ful in feed three times daily.>Cont1nue

feeding the timothy hay.


Sore Neck.—I have a horse nine


Two FuII Blood Jersey BuIIs $0.1...

Iérw$ng T.


and 8 months,

Tormenbor

prices.


Farmers’

Mich


B. tested. good type.


MANTLE, R. No 2, Vandalia.


years old that had a sore neck two

years ago. It healed up good 'and

smooth, but as soon as he is driven

enough to warm him up, he tries to


Shorthorn Red Roan Cattle


ﬁve cows. 9. heifer. and one young bull.

to close out.

.FARM. one mile south of Fenton.


Come and see them. _

Mich.


Priced right

IRA W. JAYNE


get his head down onto one side if he

is checked up. This makes it very

hard to drive him. J. S.——If you feel


Milking Shorlhorns


Write your wants. Irvln Donn 8.. Sons. Croswell. Mich.


of quality.

Mostly Glenside


cows and heifers.

breeding.


satisﬁed this habit is due to the old

sore, apply a blister of red iodide of


mercury, one-half ounce, and vaseline ton


FOR SALE


Monarch.


Writ/a H. B PETERS, Garland,


A fuw‘choir‘o young SHORTHORN

BULLS sired by a sun of Maxwal~

Mich


four ounces. Rub in for ﬁve minutes

and wash Off and grease with lard in


twenty-four hours. Will be necessary ME“


REGISTERED SHORTHRRNS sex.


milking strain Both

EL-


All ages.

WESTBROOK, Croswell, Michigan.


to keep in barn several days.


Shorthorns


STOCK FARM.


Best of quality and breeding.


Box D. Tecumseh. Mich.


Bulls.

cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL.


WOOL BED BLANKETS & BATTING


We are now equipped to manufacture your virgin wool

mto bed blankets and batting at moderate cost to


FOR SALE


JOS. W. SALISBURY, Roscommon,


Mich.


Thoroughbred Registered

Red I’ollcd Bull. Gentle.


you. Custom work a speciality. Give us a trial. West

Unity Woollen Mills, I08 Lynn St.. West Unity. Ohio.


o f I. .

Brown Swnss BuIIs meg: “31mm


Write or sea

welcome.


A. A. FELDKAMP. Manchester. Mich.

SHEEP W GATTIE no...

DIRECT FROM THE RANGE D U R O C S B“ W ”U W ”6“


Buy your good feeder lambs. feedin an

ewes and feeder cattle direct from the Westeg'nblgﬁieig

We can load in Montana or Wyoming on Railroads

taking the 10Wcst rate to your farm and your market.

Loaded on a. through billing and fed in transit.

Dellvery date to suit the buyer. Customary contract


Iluroc Jerseys

D BO 01'. Monroe, Mich.


type. quality. and breeding.


now out of Michigan's Grand

Champion. J. M. WILLIAMS. No. Adamo. Mlch.


A few choice fall boats with the right

F. J.


angv down payment.


e can supply you in car load lots of either cattle

or sheep: Tell-us your requirements. We will gladly

quote prices. We fill orders on commission only. We


LARGE


JAS. G. TAYLOR, Balding. Mich.


Type Poland Chinas.

now booking


. pigs and sows.

inquiries for fall pigs.


are not speculators. Write or wire


H. F. PATTERSON C0., _ Billings, Montana

References: Stock Yards National Bank, So. St. Paul.

Minn: Montana National Bank. Billings.


SHEEP


chesIer While Boars


sonabls.


BIG TYPE CHESTER WHITES


Dions. bred from Champions.

FARM, Rt. 2. Can City. Mich.


F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich.


ready for service. Also Much

Pigs. either sex. Priced re.-


Stock of all ages for

sale. Sired by Cham-

MAPLE HILL STOCK


REEDING EWES. for sale in carlots. 00


B young Delaine ewes. also 200 black Facaed :33;

Telegraph address, Rockwood. Mich. Postal address.

South Rockwood. ALMOND ‘B. CHAPMAN 8:. SON.


FOR SALE ,gywugg, 11.1...m.....$


. hu ed

cent lamb crop. GAL STONER. Clinton. Mich.


we and fall boars with 812.

LUCIAN, HILL, e


Union City. Mich.


Em


quill”.


O. I. c... 15 Choice 2 Mo. on no...


CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich. ,


sl-IEEP, Leicester. a show or breeding bunch For

sole. six, ewes. three rams. Tm .

L. R. KUNEY. Adrien. Mich. whatayon m“


For Shropthire Year’ Rants "I“ °" '


0M.


at the Fairs. GEO. W. NEE‘DHAM. sll


Bmlimﬂdoo. mm:


B. T. P.C. Spring Pigs 353,23 "gum“? .

m. "in. .


o . o ' mm ‘1 . I I ‘ I V

”I? Poland (limos was“... 3.... '32.?" em. A:

I. Q . » . , 4 'I “‘


I. ,
‘ mm

a .


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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

Tuesday, July 20.


Detroit—No. 2 white $1.55; No. 2

miéiﬁii $15321 1 s ’

. cago.——— uy at 142?; Sept. at

31.43%; Dec. $1.47%. 4

Toledo—Wheat $1.46@1.47.


Corn.


Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 900; No. 3

yellow at 890; No. 4 yellow 86c; No.

5 gelllow 7503 1 ’76 S


icago.— uy 81 c; ept. 86 0;

Dec. 8844c. - 17$

Oats.


Detroit—No. 2 Michigan at 460; No.


, 45c. .


Chicago—July 4036c; Sept. 42%c;

Dec. 45%0.


Rye.


Detroit—No. 3, $1.12.


Chicago—July 81.0614; Sept. $1.08;

Dec. $1.12%.


Toledo—Rye $1.10.


Beans.


Detroit.~lmmediate and

shipment $4.10@4.15.


Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand—picked at $4.65 per cwt; red kids

neys $8.75.


New York.— Pea domestic $4.50@

5.10; red kidneys $8.75@9.25.


Barley.

Malting 73c; feeding 68c.

Seeds.


Detroit—Cash red clover at $22;

éélgélst alsike $15.50; August timothy


prompt


Hay

Detroit.——No. 1 timothy $23.50@24;

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

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

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

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


Feeds


Detroit—Bran at $30@32; standard

middlings at $31; ﬁne middlings $36;

cracked corn $34; coarse cornmeal at

$33; chop $32 per ton in carlots.


WHEAT


‘ Wheat prices have had a sharp ad-

'vance as a result of an unexpectedly

low forecast on the Canadian, crop.

In addition, milling demand has con-

tinued equal to the heavy primary

movement, creating a healthy under-

tone. The Canadian crop forecast

was 349,000,000 bushels, as compared

with 422,000,000 bushels harvested last

year. Previous to the report, the be-

lief that the crop would be as large

as in 1925 was Widely held. The world

£supply and demand situation is closely

adjusted, so that a decrease of this

amount in a leading exporting country

meant a decided shift in the balance.

'VVhile the indications are that wheat

“prices will advance further, the use

may be quite choppy and erratic.


CORN


The official forecast of a corn crop

of only 2,661,000,000 bushels caused a

big jump in prices in the past week.

The forecast was 240,000,000 bushels

less than last year’s yield, and ﬁve

per cent below the average of reliable

private reports. If the ﬁnal out-turn

proves to be as low as the forecast,

the foundation has been laid for much

higher prices. The change of senti-

ment caused by this report 'was

heightened by the fact that the critical

period of growth is at hand, and the

weather since July 1 has been unsea-

sonably cold, with many important

sections in need of more rain. The

crop forecast tended to tighten up of-

ferings of old corn and probably in-

creased the demand for storage pur-

poses. This reduced the effect of the

large stocks at terminals. Cash de-

mand has improved from some of the

dry areas of the northwest and from

the Paciﬁc Coast. ,


OATS


The oats crop forecast of 1,334,000,-

000 bushels was 11 per cent less than

last year, but practically the same as

the ﬁve-year average. The large vis-

ible and the expanding‘movement of

new oats to market in the absence of

aggressive demand, prevented the cats

market from sharing fully in the rise

. in other grains. Further reports of

crop damage and the poor condition

' . of meadows and pastures are likely to


,- bring higher prices for oats.


FEEDS ‘


The feed market has ﬁrmed up re-


7“ 1 ”cently. $131933}; “demand continues


dull. Higher grain prices, and a de

crease in the offerings of wheat feeds

from mills are reﬂected in the strong-

er feed market. '


BARLEY


The barley crop forecast was 191,-

000,000 bushels,- compared with 218,-

000,000 bushels last year, and a ﬁve-

year .average of 186,000,000 bushels.

The ﬂax seed crop was placed at 19.9

million bushels, compared with 22,000.-

000 bushels last year, and a ﬁve-year

average of 17.8 million bushels.


. Rye prices have advanced with

wheat. The ofﬁcial crop forecast at

39,700,000 bushels was not as low as

expected, and foreign demand remains

rather slow. But,“ belief that condi-

tions will result in higher prices later

on has stimulated extensive buying.


POTATOES


A larger potato crop than was pro-

duced in 1925, but a smaller one by

90,000,000 bushels that the large crop

harvested in 1924, is forecast by the

department of agriculture. The esti-

mated yield of 334,000,000 bushels is

below the average requirements, and

probably will mean another year of

satisfactory prices. The condition of

the crop was reported as six per cent

below the average, and favorable’

weather for the balance of the seasonl

might bring the production up to nor-

mal. However, the acreage is smalle

than in any recent year, with the ex-

ception of 1925, and it is improbable

that any surplus will be grown this

year, even under the most favorable


conditions.

EGGS


The fresh egg market continues

ﬁrm, although progress into higher

ground is slow. Statistically, the mar-

ket is in shape for an advance. Pro-

duction is declining rapidly and re-

ceipts at leading distributing markets

are only fractionally larger than at

this time last season. Consumption

apparently has been stimulated by the

relatively low prices prevailing, and

more eggs are disappearing into con-

sumptive channels at the four large

markets than in the corresponding pe-

riod a year ago for the ﬁrst time in

three months. The shortage in stor-

age stocks of eggs under last year on

July 1 amounted to 366,000 cases and


is considered a factor in favor of'high-

er prices.


Chicago—Eggs, fresh ﬁrsts-27 %@

28c; extras 281,50; ordinary ﬁrsts 25%

@263“; miscellaneous 27c; dirties at

25c; checks 241,50.

25c; broilers at 30c; s‘pringe'rs 330;

roosters 18c; ducks 260; geese 21c;

turkeys 26c. . _ - ,1

' Detroit.-——Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 28612291793. Live poultry, broil-

ers 38@40c; heavy hens 28@29c; light

hens 24@25c; ducks 32@33c.


‘BU'I'I'ER


The butter . market declined last

week under the pressure of liberal

supplies of fresh butter and large

stocks of butter- in storage. Produc-

tion h’as shown only a slight falling

off from the high point and receipts at

the leading markets so far in July

have been larger than in the corres-

ponding period a year ago. Consump—

tive gemand continues to fall short of

last summer when priceswere fully

four cents a pound higher so that re-

serves are being built up at a more

rapid rate. The surplus in storage

holdings over a year ago had been in-

creased to 28,000,000 pounds on July

1 when stocks were the largest on

record for that date with one excep.

tion. The market has already recov-

ered from the break and the supply

situation is believed to be largely dis-

counted in the present level of prices.

Unless production of fresh butter is

maintained on an unexpectedly large

scale, prices should be able to hold

close to the present level.


Prices on 92-score creamery were:

Chicago 3844c; New York 40c. In De-

troit fresh creamery in tubs sells for

35%@39c per pound.


WOOL


Wool trade has quieted down after

its recent spurt of activity. The vaca-

tion and inventory season has had its

usual effect and the strike in the New

York clothing trade has created some

uncertainty.

clined to wait until the volume of or«

ders resulting from recent light weight

openings is better known before stock-

ing up with additional raw material.

At the same time prices-paid for wool

are about one cent higher than a week

ago. Goods prices quoted by the Amer-

ican Woolen Company run about 10

per cent less than last year. While


Live Stock-Market Service I


Tuesday, July 20.


CHICAGO


Hogs.


Receipts 21,000. Market is generally

weak to 100 lower; medium butchers

generally 15@25c lower; packing sows

15@25c lower than Monday’s average.

Tops $14.40 paid for 140180 average;

bulk of good 160-210-1b. weight $14@

14.35; bulk 240-325-lb. butchers $12.85

@1360; packing sows $11@11.50;

throw-outs down to $10.50; bulk good

slaughter pigs steady at $14@14.25.


Cattle.


Receipts 7,000. Market on better

grade fat steer yearlings and desir-

able light weight heifers 10@150 high-

er; light lights mostly active; lower

grade steers steady; $10.65 paid for

yearlings; steers $10.60; several hun-

dred head of yearlings and medium

weight $10.50; she stock 250 higher;

vealers largely 50@75c up; bulk to

packers $13, few at $13.50; outsiders

up to $14.

Sheep and Lambs. _


Receipts 12,000. The market on fat

lambs steady to shade higher. Eight

double decks of 75-1b. Idahos $14.40;

early sales of natives to packers at

$13.75; fat lambs $5@7; two double

decks of 64~lb. Montana feeder lambs

with killers $14; one double deck of

72-lb. feeder yearlings at $10.45; two

double decks of 65-66-lb. Idaho feeder

lambs $13.50; few 76—77-1118. at $13;

steady with last week.


DETROIT


Cattle.


Receipts 262. Market steady.

Good to choice yearli s..$ 9.50 1, .

Best heavy steers, dry- 8.50

Handy, weight butchers . .

Mixed.steers and: heifers ' _

Handy» light butchers . . . 1, 1

Light lights/169 01:". v v e e o e


Bestcows .............. 5.75@ 6.00

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.75@ 5.25

Cutters Dee-DOOICQOOOIOIO 4'00@ 4'25

Can-Hers DIOOOOOIOIIIOOOO 3050@ 4'00

Choice light bulls . . . . . . . ‘6.00@ 6.75

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.75@ 6.50

Stock bulls 5.00@ 5.50

Feeders . . . . . . . . . ... . .< 6.00@ 6.75

Stockers ................ , 5.50@ 6.50

Milkers and springers. . . .345.00@ $100

Veal Calves.

Receipts 390. Market steady.


Best ..... $14.00@14.50

Others 4.00@13.50

Sheep and Lambs.


Receipts 89. Market steady.

Best .............. . . . . . .313.50@14.00

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

Light. and common . . . . . . 8.00@10.00

Yearlings .. . . . . . . . .... . . . . 7.50@13.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00


Culls and common .. . 2.00@ 4.00


H 098.

86. Market steady.


eeeeeeee-eeeeeeeen


14.65

Heavjes ee eee eoeeeee eee ' 12.00@12o50

Yorkers eeeeeeoeeeeeeeee- ' 15.00

Roughs e ‘1' ee e eede eeoeeee 11¢25@11-50

Sta-gs eeoeeee-eeeeeeeeeeee 9000


BUFFALO

{ Hogs.


Receipts 1,200. Market is closing

steady; heaVies $13.75@14.50; medium

$14.75@15.50; light li ts at $15.50@

15.60; light lights an pigs at $15.50;

packing sows and roughs $11.50@12.

. " - .vcattle.u _,,‘


Receipts 300. Market steady.


Sheep and Lamb.


Receipts

Mixed .


“@759“ .

Receipts. 130.9%. Wat}?!


4.


Live paultry,- hens .

. beets 606800 dozen bunches;


In addition, mills are in--


' ' 8:30 a. m., meeta’t

. ' its 601 '


wool is 15 to 20 per cent cheaperthax

a year-ago, it‘ constitutes only‘abo'ut -

half of the. cost. Foreign . primary;

DETRIOT CI'I'Y MARKET.~


Asparagus-"V $1@1.50 dozen bungee“

cab age‘ '


95c@si_bu; wax beans 51.75623 our” : ;

green beans $2.75@3 bu; cucumbers.


l


MARKETS BY RADIO. ‘


AIL-Y market reports and

weather forecasts may be

obtaln‘ed each week day from

the' followlng Mlchlgan statlone:

,WKAR—M‘lehlgan State Col-

lege, 12:00 noon.

WCX—Detrolt Free Preee. at

2:15 P. M. . ‘- ~ '

WWJ—Detrolt News, 10525 A. '

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

, WGHP—Geo. Harrleon Phelps,

7:00 P. M.


45@90c dozen; sweet cherries $5.50 ‘

per 24—qt. case; sour cherries $4.50@‘

5.50 per 24-qt. case; currants $4.50@

5 per 24-q.t case; local celery 45@75c

dozen; gooseb 'es $4@4.50 per' 24-

qt. case; leaf 1 cc 4060500 bu; head

lettuce 75c@$ u; kohl-rabi 50@60c

dozen bunches green onions 50@750

dozen bunches; old potatoes $1@'1.25

bu; new potatoes $1.75@2 .bu; peas

$1.50@2 bug— round radishes 75c@$1.20

dozen bunches; long radishes 50@650

dozen bunches; rhubarb 50@600 doz-

en; red raspberries $10@11 per 24-qt.

case; black raspberries $5@6 per ;24-

qt. case; _spinach 90c@$1.25 per bu;~

strawberries $5.50@9 per 24—qt. case; ‘

squash $4@5 bu; tomatoes $2@3 per

1431b. basket; butter 55@60c;ﬁ eggs, re-

tail _40@45c; hens, wholesale'.30@320;

retail 35c; broilers, wholesale 42c; re-

tail 45 50c; Leghorn broilers, whole-

sale 30 320; retail 35c; ducks, whole-

sale 32@350; retail 38@400; dressed

poultry, hens 40c; springers 48@50c. -


GRAND RAPIDS


Raspberries and cherries were the


- principal fruits being marketed in


.Grand‘Rapids this week. Prices ruled

steady to ﬁrm. Raspberry yields were

very disappomting. Sales early in the

week were made as follows: Rasp-

berries, red $4.50@5.50 per 16-qt. case;l

black $3.50@4.per 16—qt. caSe; cher-

ries, Richmonds, $1.75@2 case; Mont-

morencies '$2@2.25; black sweets $3

@4 case; dewberries $4@4.~50 case; '-

currants $1.‘75@2.25 case; gooseber-

ries $1.75@2 case; green apples $161)

1.50 bu; strawberries $3@4.50 per 163

qt. case; new potatoes $1.50@2 bu;

wax beans $3@5 bu; peas $1.50@2.50

bu; beets, carrots, turnips, green on- .

ions 20@25c dozen bunches; hothouse '

tomatoes $1.25 per 10-lb. basket; cu-

cumbers $1.20@1.25 dozen; celery 20.

@70c dozen; lettuce, leaf 25@350 bu;

head 40@650 bu; spinach 750 bu;

wheat $1.35 bu; beans $3.60 per cwt;!

eggs 26@27c dozen; butter-fat 42c lb;=

old hens 18@24c lb; broilers 20@28c..


ANNUAL HEREFORD HIKE-l


Thursday, July 29.


9:00 a. m., arrive Pino Brothers’

Stock Farm, Dewitt; leave 9:30 a. m.

.- 10:30 a. m., arrive Hereford Stock

Farm, Joseph Feldspausch, Fowler;l

leave 11:00 a. m. ' '


12:00 m., arrive W’eisgerber Broth-'

ers Farm, Ionia; leave 12:30 p. m.« ,


12:45 p. m., arrive Harwood- Here- "

ford Farms, Ionia; leave 2:30 p. m.


(Arrangements will be made for

some organization to serve dinner on

thg garwood lawn). , .-


: p; m., arrive. uali

Farms, W.‘ H. K Q ty Hereford

leave 3:15 .p. in. -


1014 d 0% p. m.,}:rﬂvdgeartBLak 0 ’Here- , ,

arm, omer an ur '


Odessa ; leave 4:30p. m. ‘ en, Lake


6:00 p. m.,a'rrive J. E. Hunter, ver-


-montville; leave 5:30 p. m.


*(Supperand night‘vat" Lansing .‘

‘Frldayﬁ‘Jul so. )- ’


1395: Burn. ans:


Recei 09150. , ~ I y ;. .,.

was .5“ ”959????st 314-69: ea


neale & Sons, Ionia; . » .
KIVWUHZBGHW ﬁvvg '


- HIT T 7", T 'I'E",'|


TWWHHW


0‘ 1:031


9“! ‘l'-‘


£' ‘.1,‘.!‘."!_ H'I W 'I


farmer rilevwxcahaid ,_


1% ‘ n, the same date last

, ,, . .tl‘i'fte_1.,e:;ception ofcorn,

.. uringwheat and beans; all crops, in-,


«binding all ofxvthe fruits, showed a

higher'condition ﬁgure than one year

’ Iago; aco'Ordin-g to the official July re-

' port issued by Verne H. Church,.U. S.


Agricultural Statistician for Michigan,

and- L. Whitney Watkins, Commission-

er of Agriculture.

. Corn. ,


~Corn was the most backward of any

of the grain crops, due to the abnor-

mally cold weather that continued up

to the latter portion of June. Cut-

worms were unusually numerous .and

'did extensive damage. Some inJury

was also caused by high winds on

lightlands, and heavy rains on heavy

lands in local areas. As a result, much

,replanting was necessary and the

" stand isbelow normal. The condition

“is rated at 62 per cent, which is equiv-

alent to a forecasted production of 39,-

506,000 bushels from 1,593,000 acres,

as compared with 65,680,000 bushels

‘ harvested last year from 1,642,000

acres.


The nation's acreage is slightly less

than last year and the production cut-

look is for a crop of 2,660,780,000 bush-

els against 2,900,581,000 in 1925.


‘ Winter Wheat.


Mitch improvement was evident dur-

ing June, and the condition at the end

of the month gave promise of a crop

of 14,126,000 bushels from the revised

acreage of 900,000,_as compared with

13,906,000 bushels last year produced

on 818,000 acres. Many ﬁelds are spot-

’ ted and will run low in yield, but in

other portions of‘ the state the stands

are quite satisfactory and promise

good returns.


For the country as a whole, the

prospective crop is 567,762,000 bushels,

as against a little less than 400,000,000

last year. The acreage is nearly twen-

’ ”W per cent greater.


' ’ Oats.


The condition of oats is rated at 84


per cent, one per cent better than the

ten-year average, and 25 per cent

above last year. The acreage is esti-

mated at 1,697,000, two per cent more

than sown in 1925. The forecasted

production, based upon these condi-

tions and acreage ﬁgures, is 58,445,000

bushels, an increase of more than ﬁve

millions over last year.

_ The nation’s crop is estimated at

1,334,260,000 bushels, a decrease of

‘ 168,000,000 as compared with 1925. The

acreage is nearly one-half million

greater.


Barley.


It. is, estimated that 123,000 acres

were sown, as compared with 126.000

in 1925. Seeding was about two weeks

later than usual, and growth was slow

in the beginning. Favorable weather

during June caused decided improve-

ment ‘and the condition at the‘ end of

the month was 85 per cent, the same

as the ten-year average, and 25 per

cent better than one year ago. The

outlook is for a production of 3,241,000

bushels. ‘ .


The acreage of the entire country

is 615,000 greater than in 1925, but

the condition is lower, so that the

forecasted crop of 190,959,000 bush-

els is about 27,000,000 bushels less

than produced last year.


Rye. ' *


The indicated average yield is ap-

prox1mately 12.8 bushels per .acre, bas-

ed upon the reported condition of 80

per cent, and a revised acreage of

199,000,‘or a total production of 2,547,-

000 bushels. The condition is eight

per cent better than last year, but

nine per cent below the ten-year av-

erage. \ ’ -


The outlook for the United States

is rather poor. The acreage is about

ten per cent less than last year, and

the prospective productitm of 39,666,-

000 bushels is 9,000,000 less than in

1,925, and only about .60 per cent of

the 1924 crop. ,


. . _ Potatoes.


Growers have evidently proﬁted by

the experience \of the past, and in-

creased the acreage only ﬁve per cent

over 1925, notwithstanding the high

prices obtained-for last year’s crop.

The preliminary estimate is 249,000

acres, and the condition is placed at

86 per cent, three per cent above one

year ago and three per cent below the

_ .ten-year average. While it .is too early

to .forecast the actual production, the


condition ﬁgure, based onthe results

' of :past years, is equivalent to a pro—

duction. of 26,768,000 h'els.


, Only about two per cent more acre-

agewas ‘plantedpin the United States

Inn-519,151; year. The July ;1_.condition

“indicated a. crop . of 334,044,900 bush-

els n scent Ms than 11.000300


4


10: 614,000,- the

y ..harvested last year.


acreage has been planted


The plum .,.¢,l.‘09>1s rated


» .24.; .


Much darnage

has been done by, maggots and, cut-

worms; and some ﬁelds have been in-

jured .by high ~winds, and others by

excessive moisture. The condition is

rated at 73 per cent, as compared with

82 per cent last year and 87 per cent,

the ten-year average. Much re-plant—

ing has been necessary, and many

stands are more or less uneven. On


the other hand, there are many good


stands in sections that suffered no in-


”jury. The condition ﬁgure translated


into bushels is equivalent to a crop

of 5,603,000 bushels. An increased

in other

leading bean states, except Idaho, and

the prospective production is some-

what greater than last year. However,

the large increases are in Colorado and

New Mexico where the Pinto bean is

the principal variety grown, and

which does not materially affect the

white bean industry.

Tame Hay.


The prospective acreage is 2,923,000,

as compared with 3,006,000 last year.

Many clover seedings were lost by

drought last summer, which explains

the principal reduction in ,acreage.


.Haying is well advanced in the south-


ern districts. Stands vary between

different sections as the distribution

of rainfall has been quite uneven.

Many stands are short, but quite thick

on the ground. The condition of 75

per cent is 30 per cent better than

last year, but ﬁve per cent below the

average. The production is placed at

3,683,000 tons,‘ against the ﬁnal for

last year of 2,971,000. The conditlon

of the various kinds is as follows:

Timothy, 74; clover, 69; clover and

timothy mixed, 75; alfalfa, 85 per cent.


The hay crop of the United States

is placed at 77,818,000 tons, as com-

pared with 86,474,000 produced last

year, the average condition being only

71.9 per cent of normal.


Sugar Beets. ' . .


The outlook for sugar beets IS some-

what better than on the same date

last year, but three per cent under the

ten—year average. Labor shortage in

some localities has delayed weeding

and thinning. On the whole, stands

are about normal and plants are in a

thrifty condition. The preliminary es-

timate of acreage planted is 136,000,

and the condition of 83 per cent is

equivalent to a production of 906,000

tons if normal conditions prevailed to

the end of the season. Colorado leads

with 219,000 acres, Michigan is second,

and Nebraska, with 81,000 acres, is

third in rank. Utah reports 71,000

acres. The total for the United States

is placed at 764,000 acres, with a pros-

pective production of 6,748,000 tons of

beets.


' Apples.


The early varieties promise well in

all sections of the state, but fall and

winter varieties have dropped heavily.

The Baldwin crop will be light in

many orchards, and there are but few

Spies in any section. Other late varie-

ties have been greatly reduced in

quantity. The condition is placed at

63 per cent, which represents a total

production of 7,973,000 bushels, and a

commercial crop of 1,382,000 barrels.

While the condition. is 14 per cent bet-

ter than reported on the same date

last year, the outlook decidedly im-

proved during the latter part of the

season of 1925, so that the actual pro-

duction, 9,000,000 bushels for the total

crop, and 1,700,000 barrels for the

commercial portion, was considerably

greater than is now forecasted for the

current season.


The United States’ crop is estimated

at 208,412,000 bushels, of which 37,-

514,000, barrels is rated as commer-

cial. This is an increase of approxi-

mately 20 per cent in the Commercial

crop over last year.


. Peaches. \


The prospect for peaches is excel-

lent and many orchards require thin-

ning. The conditiOn is 85 per cent, or

a total of 1,414,000 bushels, as com-

pared with'592,000 produced in 1925.

The nation’s crop is also much larger,

being estimated at 61,680,000 bushels,

against 46,565,000 last year.


_ Pears.


Pears show a condition of 63 per

cent, or a production of 822,000 bush—

els, against 450,000 in 1925. The coun—

try’s crop is estimated at 24,613,000

bushels, which is nearly 5,000,000

more than last year’s production.


‘ Grapes. f


While the crop suffered some dam~

age from-freezing in southwest coun-

use. the outlook is much better than

one year ago. ' The prospective crop is

57,600 tons, as compared with 22,100

tons last year. The estimate for the


as a whole, is 2,435,455 tons."


country ,

mammals in 1925.


' Plum ” . .»

at 71 per


_ "33.: p“ ‘..-.. .y u' 1 1,. - .7 .


same as. ‘was' actually


_ w . .alzdistijct,‘ ivvhi

heaviest preducing‘ " .‘sectiOn. 7

_ 9"Ol‘l$."“"

The season prior to Jul 1 was too

cold for satisfactory grow h, and re-

sulted in the low condition ﬁgure of

62 per cent. .With favorable tempera-

ture and moisture conditions, consid-

erable improvement may be expected.


CHILD DEATH RATE.


IX countries have a lower infant


death rate than the United States.

These are Australia, the Netherlands,

Switzerland, England and Wales, and

the Union of South Africa. Deaths of

infants under one year of age per

thousand of live births in the United

States, are giaven by the Children's

Bureau of the Department _of Labor

at seventy-two for 1925.


COOPERATES IN COOPERATION.


HE United States Department of


Agriculture has long been friendly

to cooperation among farmers. County

agricultural agents and other exten-

sion workers of the department have

advised groups of farmers in the for-

mation of over 8,000 cooperative mar-

keting associations during the past


attest. a six


. - . ears . master-gramme ~'

0pm ‘nt wash-mo when nearly 2,000,813, .

sociations Were assisted in getting a» '

start. The (8,000 associations transact:

ed business during their ﬁrst year Of ’

activity amounting to more than 82153,


000.000.


OUTLOOK FAVORABLE.


EVIEWING the agricultural situa-'


tionlspecialists of the bureau of ,

agricultural ecbnomics say that with

the stage set for strong hog prices ,1

well into next year, with prospects for

,wheat growers moderately good, with

cattle coming back in the west, and

the dairy industry picking up in the

cast, it appears that this may well

prove to be another season of improve- -

ment in agricultural conditions. An

inquiry just completed by the bureau,

covering 15,330 farms in all parts of

the country, indicates a net ﬁnancial I

return last year of $1,297 per farm, as -

against $1,205 in 1924; $1,020 in 1923,

and $917 in 1922.


Fires on farms cost a total of 3150,-

000,000 per year, or about $25 per

farm.


tising. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.


display two or

charge I0 words.


CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING


This classiﬁed advertising department is established for the convenien of

Small advertisements bring best results under classiﬁed headings. ce Michigan farmers.


at classiﬁed" 8 rates. or ind display mcgmumns at commercial rates.

can I a wor . eac , on 0 on for loss than four insert! ns;


consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as a word each abbreviations. o for four or mm


illustrations admitted. B-ittances must accompany order.


Live stock advortlulno ban a «punts department and I. not accepted an olauillod.


Try it for want ads and for adver-

Poultry advertising will be run in this department


initial or number. No

Illnlmlll


50:5 ’ £603: SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

2.84 . . 6:48 ALFALF‘A—PLANT LYLIAN’S PEDIGREED Grimm ‘

i, . 6.12 Alfalfa. Make up your mind today to sow a liberal

2.12 2. 6.” acreage_of the greatest forage crop and soil-builder

3.88 .4 7.20 over discovered—Lyman's Genuine Grimm Alfalfa!

8.6. 21 ........ 2.48 .44 Buy your seed direct from the Introduccr, and know

2.3: gm"... :: z-gg that your foundation stock is pure. pedigreed seed—

4.22 M ........ {14 8.18 developed from the original Wendclin Grimm plot in

2.56 ll -------- 2.80 ‘40 Carver County, Minnesota. A. B. Lyman, Box 393.

. 4:80 “-3.2“: 2.8 8:64 GILnLn Alfalfa Introducer, Excelsior, Minn.

21 ....... . 1.68 6.04 87..."... 2.96 8.88 FOR SALE—Celery plants. French Golden Self—

.. .. us 5.1: as ........ 3.04 0.1: bleaching. new strain, $2.00 per 1,000; 81.75561:

24 ........ Lg: Egg :3. . .... g}: 333 1:039. {1211 5.000 or more. F. 0. B. Grand Rapids.

. . ----- - - e epold r. R. N. . . scad

an ..... 2.00 0.00 41 ........ 3.20 9.84 Grand Rapids.e Mich. ° 3 Box 117 ca 6 mm’

REAL ESTATE FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed on. '

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

WONDERFUI OPPORTUNITIES—Southern Georgia

farm lands. 1Write for complete information. Chain. TOBACCO


her Commerce, Quitman. Georgia.


WANTED FARMS


WANTED—to hear from owner of am or unim—

proved land for sale. 0. Hawley. Baldwin. W .


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 and amperage desired. Ad-

dress B. Hawley Smith. 306 Washington Ave. Dan-

bury. Conn.


FluGAIR—Keeps food cool anywhere without ice or

electricity. One of greatest inventions of the century.

Shipped by express anywhere in Michigan, 818. Write

for circular. Agents wanted. Michigan Frigair Sales

00.. 610 Charlevoix, Bldg, Detroit, Mich.


INCUBATOR FOR SALE—Doublodeck Newtown In-

,cubator. 18,000-ogg capacity. Perfect condition Price

right. Goret‘s Hatchery. Corunna. Mich.


WANTED—maple syrup.

have. Blossom-Cream Apiarles.


Let us know what you

Frankenmuth, Mich


City.


AMERICAN AUCTION COLLEGE. Kansas

Missouri. Tuition $100. Home Study $25


BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES


$8.000 WILL BUY controlling interest in well es-

tablished Fox and Fur Farm with 10 pair Registered

Prince Edward Island Silver Foxes. Northern Mich—

Igan Resort district, small lake on property. Excel-

lent equipment. Will teach you the business. Dr,

H. G. Malloy, Levering, Mich.


FILMS DEVELOPED


FREE—4x11 enlargement of ankaodsk ﬁlm with your


roll developed and sixprlnts: Special Trial Offer—


{3513 World's Photo Supply, Box 62, Westerville,

o.


MAIE YOUR KODAK FILMS to us. we develop roll,

make 6 good prints and return for 250 coin or stamps.

Cowic Studio, 12 Fountain Ava. Springﬁeld, Ohio.


PET STOCK


THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS breeds of tree. an

and trailing bounds. noted for brains. earage. voice

and hunting qualities. Trained. partly trained and

untrained. Pups all ages. Prices reasonable Will

exchange ﬁne quality pups for skunk. coon. fox or

rabbit hounds. Send ten cents for photo group, and

2:; andaadoguprlce east, torDcome and look our stock


. .m as w -o stroll: on five-mile road.

Lakeland Fur Exchange. Salem. Mich.


FOR SALE—Registered Oorang Airedale puppies and

Superb! Ken-


brood matrona, Write for circular.

nels. Plnconning. Michigan.

REG. COLLIES. from natural .hoaler Write (or

photos. (nova-loaf Farms. 'rm‘ln. Ohio.

J


Conn Hanmm

men more - Corn


w mt}


. .


only $25.00. m... on: attaches-at. ru-

ﬁmﬁmum an m. ma.


SPECIAL smoking or

chewing. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded.

four lbs. 81: twelve $2.25. Pipe free. United Far-1114

ers of Kentucky, Paducah, Ky. '


HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—Chewing.

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

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

well. Kentucky.


GUARANTEED TOBACCO—chewing or smoking. 5

lbs., $1.25; ten, 82; pipe free, pay when received.

Farmers‘ Association, Maxon Mills, Kentucky.


POULTRY


WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES now half

pnco. Thousands of eight-week-old ‘Pullets. Also

Baby Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed (oun-

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

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin (no. I

ship. C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. Geo. B.

Ferris, 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan.


SPECIAL SALE OF WHITTAKER'S REDS—Cocks.


Hens. Cockerels. I’ullets and Chicks. Michigan Ao-


credited, Bloodtested, Trapnested. Write for special


bargain prices. Interlakes Farm, Box 9, Lemma.

C .


PULLHI‘S—Well sized.

Hatchery. Zceland, Mich.


BABY CHICKS


SPECIAL SALE~CHICKS 6c AND UP.—-.Tancred

and Tom Barron White Leghoms, Parks Barred

Rocks, S. C. It. I. Reds, and broilers. chicks both

heavy and light breeds. Sand for our very instruc-

tive. catalogue today. We have a hatch every week

until Oct. lst. Order your chicks now for immediate

delivery. or for August and September. as we are

booking orders for these months. Late broilers have

proven proﬁtable. 100% 'live delivery and satisfaction

fuganﬁffdi Box 40. Brummer & Frederickson. Hol-

an . c .


BABY CHICKS all through July. Eight breeds.‘

Parent stock. all blood-tested for Bacillary ' White

Diarrhea, and culled by man from Michigan State

College. Ask for catalog. Pierce Hatchery. Jerome.

Michigan.


SALE—Homespun bobacco.


All ages. Low prices. Boo


' srrua‘nons WANTED


WANTED—position as manager of stock farm or

general farming. Would accept a. furnished farm.

Can take position by October first. Can furnish 800d

reference. Clyde Howe. R. No. 3. Farwell, Mich.


HELP WANTED


DRIVER SALESMAN~23 to 35 years ass. mac

nent employment: good future. Write us If inter-

3% Belle Isle Crmmary. 3600 Forest E.. Detroit.


I


AGENTS WANTED


MAKE 875 to $125 A WEEK selling to small town

and farm trade, remarkable remedy for ridding fowl '

of lice and mites. Easiest... quickest known method.

thoroughly tested for three years On thousands of

ﬂocks. No dusting; no Spraying: no handling. Safe.

Economical. Hamxless. Fine for baby chicks. '

keys and

testimoni


You can build. 9. pr

ness. Write at once for mu details.

try Farm, Route 6. Hamburg. N. Y


AGENTS—Our New Household Cleaning


and dual windows. News. cleans walla. ,


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pnesooeur


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Claim Adjuster

E. FREEMAN

AsmaNClam-Adjm


Hiehipn farmer.

1632 Lafayette em.

Detroit, Mich.


Gentlemen:-

In reallr. Angu- B. Lint,

Blanchard. ﬂick.


from an automobile.


to the assured.


taken in the mtter, we are


June 83-36


P0116: 267663 mum-70099


le are pleased to enclose herewith our check in

the amount of $12.86, which in in full. and final settlement

or the claim presented by the above neared for injuries

that he sustained under date of lay 15th. when he was thrown


This check covers a period or total disability fro-

W 16th to lay 26th. and we would thank you to forward some


Thanking you {or this favor and the interest you have


Your. very truly.


ee-


P r otec t1 o-n


This reproduction of - let-

ler and check shows what

Travel Accident Protecs

tion meant to One of our

family. '


You can have the same

. protection at. a cost of _ ,

less than two cents ,.


per week. A


You do not have to ' go

through a physical. ex-

amination when applying

for Federal TraVel Acci-

‘ » dent Insurance, and you '

are assured that there y

will be no extra aSses—

ments, as this policy is

‘ issued and backed by The

Federal Insurance Co.,

‘168 N. Michigan Ave.,

Chicago, 111., a company

that has done business


of Illinois for 28 years.


surance in ~force at the

present time;


$1 Per Year


is. the » total cost ’


Here is the Protection this Policy Gives:


For loss of life, sustained by the wrecking or

Pays $79500 disablement of a railroad passenger car or

street, elevated or underground railway car, passenger steamship

or steamboat, in or on which the insured istr-aveling as a fare—

paying passenger; or for the loss of hands, feet or sight as speciﬁed


in policy. .


For loss of life sustained by the wrecking or

Pays $39000 disablement of any public omnibus, taxicab,

automobile stage plying for public hire while operated at such time

by a. licensed driver, and in which insured is’traveling as a fare-

paying passenger; or for the loss of hands, feet, or sight as speciﬁed

in policy.’


Pays $2,000


disablement of any vehicle or car operated by


any private carrier or private person in which the insured is riding,

or by being accidently thrown therefrom; or for the loss of hands,


feet, or sight, as speciﬁed in policy.


By being struck or run down while on a

Pays $1,000 public highway by any public or private ve-

hicle; by being struck by lightning; by cyclone or tornado; by the

collapse of the outer walls of a building; by drowning at a. public

beach where a life-guard is regularly stationed; by the burning of

public buildings in which the insured shall be at the beginning of

the ﬁre; or the loss of hands, feet or sight, as speciﬁed in policy.


Pays $10 WEEKLY For a period of 15 weeks for all in—


weekly indemnity).


,, Ask Our Salesmen About this Big Family or Group Offer .


Each Michigan Farmer salesman is licensed by _the

State Insurance Commission to collect your premium

and forward your order to this ofﬁce. Ask him about

this sensational protection when he calls, or take ad-

vantage of our Family offer as listed below, and send

your order today. ,


Our Family Offer

This protection is available to.each member of the

Michigan Farmer family who 1s a aid-in-advanc'e

\reader of Your Own Horne-Farm Wee ly for the pe-

riod of time the pollcy 1s in force. ‘


For loss of life sustained by. the wrecking or '


, p _ juries sustained in the manner dew

scribedabove and spemﬁed in policy. All speciﬁc losses shown in

policy increase 10 per cent each year for ﬁve years (except this


10 and ’70 years can secure one of these


If you are nota paid-in-advance reader, $3.00 will

renew your, Michigan Farmer for three years, or‘156

issues, and cover the cost of ‘yOur insurance coverage

for one year. The Michlgan Farmer is regularly, one

year, $1.00. Note the savnig'. ‘ . , " ' ,


You can renew your policy each year that you are

a paid-in-advance .reader for $1.00 renewal premium,

as long as you desue to keep the insurance in force.

Fill out the coupon and, mail today.


APPLICATION


for $7,500 Travel—Accident Insurance Policy issued by The Federal

Life Insurance Company as a servxce by The Michigan Farmer. '


I- certify that I am a paid-in-advance reader of The Michigan


_ Farmer, am more than 10, and - not over, 70} years of age, ,


that I am neither deaf nonblind, (and that} am not crippled to the

extent that I cannot travel safely in public places, and hereby ’apply

torthe $7,500 Travel-AccidentBolicy,in'the.,Federal Life Insurance

Company, issued through The Michigan‘Farmer. ' ,


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addressed,to llllllllll rOOI‘CICOIOOODOOO..CII>V....I‘..‘I..I'.C..

Write below the name and'taddress of person to whom-you want


insurance paid in case you are killed; otherwise it will be paid


to your estate. ‘ , r .


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NOTICE—Not more than one policy. will. be issued to one


person, but any or all members of the retail ahetween‘lhe’Agesm


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