81.00 33.00 ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS 1926 14, I, ‘ SATURDAY, AUGUST '3 r e t t a B s e mm. L e h ,6 , MICH DETROIT 7 VOL. CLXVII. No. Whole Number 4726 Anal“ \ THE PERFECT MOTOR on. I Is the Lowest Priced Help on the Farm and it is the most dependable! In comparison the wages a farmer pays his men are high. In farming, as in every industry—some labor is good—— and some is not. Labor is one of the uncertainties a farmer has to reckon with. On the other hand, Polarine is help the farmer always can depend upon—day or night, spring or fall. It is made to perform a definite service and it does it. Polarine pm tects the tractor from the wear and tear of friction under all conditions of heat and temperature. It keeps the tractor in perfect trim and enables it to run with a maxi- mum of steady power. The tractor represents brute force—cxtraOrdinary power —-—but all its force and power depend upon oil. If it is not lubricated properly it will not run properly. And a tractor that breaks down is worse than no tractor at all. Polarine is the perfect motor oil for automobiles, trucks and tractors—the result of a multitude of experiments and tests by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) staff of lubricating experts in the laboratories, on the road, and in the field. There is a special grade for your tractor. Polarine is the lowest priced help on the farm ——and the most dependable! Standard Oil Company 910 s. Michigan Ave. (Indiana). Chic-ago, Illino \ *4- 185 . Tractor Chart of . Recommendations TRACTORS " Motor Motor Trade Name Oil Advance-.Rumely Oil Pull ........ EH. Allis Chalmers 15- 25, 20-35 ....... S. H. Allwork .......... SH. Appleton ......... S.H Aro .............. H Case, 12-20, 15-27, 18-32 .......... H. Case, 22-40, 4042, 25— 45 .......... S. H. Caterpillar, 2 ton. .H. Catermllar, others .E.H. Centaur .......... H. Cutter ........... F. Eagle ............. H. E. B ............. S. H. Fitch Four Drive. .3. H. Frat ............ S H Gray ............. S. H Hart Parr ........ EH Huber ........... S. H J. T .............. S. H John Deere ....... S. H Motor Trade Name Oil . Acme ............ H. Aro .............. H Beeman. . . . . ..... H. Bolens ........... H. Bready. . . ..... H. Centaur .......... H. Clip Mora. . . S H Do-It-All ......... S. H Federal .......... H den‘ ........... H Gro-Mor ......... H Gro-Mor Jr ....... S H Gravely ..... . . . . .H. Kin Kade ........ H. If tractor is operated in cold weather, use next % of Polar- . lighter grade. N. B.—For recommendations ine to use in automobiles and at any StandardOil Corn Trade Name Oil Keck Gonnerman. .S. H Lasz ........ E.H. Lauson ........... S. H. Little Giant ...... S. H. Lombard ......... S. H. ' McCormick- Bearing ........ H. , Mead Morrison. . .S.H. H- Minneapolis. . . . . .E..H ‘ Moline ........... S; H. Monarch ......... S. H. Nichols & Shepard E.H. Nilson ........... S. H. Pioneer ...... p. . . E..H Rock Island Heider S.H. Russell. (except Giant). .5. PL Shawnee ......... H. Tioga ............ H. Topp~Stewart ..... S. H. Toro ............. H. Townsend ........ EH. Traylor .......... H. ' Twin City, (except 40-65). . .S. H. ' Wallis..‘...........SI-l - Waterloo Boy ..... S. H. ' Wetmore ......... S. H. -: Wisconsin ........ S. H. Yuba Ball Tread.. .S. H Motor Trade Name Oil N. B ............. H. Red E ........... H Shaw ......... . . .H. Spray-Mor . . S H. Spry Wheel ....... H Standard ......... H KEY H.-Polarine Heavy . S.H.~—:Polarine Special - ~E._H.——Polarine. Extra F.--Polarine F bf. , 4 I - «IRA? 'ESTABL’ A PchticaI Journal for the Rural Family MICHIGAN SECTION THE CAPPER FARM PRESS QUALITY _ RELIABILITY SERVICE NUMBER VII . . 1TH a- consistency that seems. ’i _ _, elmost a paradox, the farmers ' 6 .r '. . , ’ of South Manitou Island, situ- ' eted in the waters of Lake Michigan, ten miles north of Glen Haven, have won the world’s recognition as cham- pion rye growers. Agriculturists, —. grain. growers and scientists oft agri- cultural colleges concede highest hon- ors to the group of twelve farmers who grow nothing save rye on this 9,000 acre paradise. ‘ The island is a natural garden and perfectly adapted to the growing of .banner crops. The Michigan State College Farm Crops department about 'five years ago realized the value of ; the site as a special breeding plat and . succeeded in gaining the cooperation of the inhabitants in their plans for the development of a super-variety of rye. The families of George and Louis Hutzler are in a way the regal society of the island. At least everyone on , the island is related to the two peters of' these two families. Old German ,' blood runs true in their veins. The farm of the two Hutzlers, a 200 l' acre plat, was chosen by the scientists ‘ ; from the college as ideal for the ex- ‘ periment inaugurated five years ago. :It is isolated on a sort of bluff and includes a plat of one acre similarly isolated from the main part of the farm. Hereon the experiment was started. ' The isolated plat was planted with a‘hardy strain of rye and the crop matured in due time. The next step xin the experiment was the selection of seed for the fol- . lowing year which showed a higher strain than the average. This selec- ~' ‘ T present \and indicated future A. prices, wheat is one of the most profitable crops that can be pro- duced. The purchasing power of wheat today in the United States, cal- culated on the 1914 basis, is consider- ably higher than that of corn, cotton, or hay, and higher than that of any . animal products, excepting wool. . Statistically speaking, wheat is in practically as strong a position as it . was last year at this time World 3 stocks of wheat, according to trade reports, were about 30000 000 bushels smaller June 1 this yearAhan last year. United States stocks were un- l _ susually small, with stocks in com- :mercial channels totaling only about 7,12, 500, 000 bushels compared with _ ; about 31, 000, 000 bushels at the cane- spending time ,last year. Since wheat price actuates to a large extent the adjustment in acreage, it seems prob- able that the winter wheat acreage , ., needed this fall will be at least as f , " large as that seeded last fall. ls th6 Acreage of Winter Wheat . e Evolution. of Rosen Rye How tee Phrzety 15 Improved and Kept Pure ”By Allen B. Cooke tion was made by Professor J. R. Dun- can, research assistant of the college. The following” year’s planting all over the island was made of this super-seed distributed to the other 11 farmers by Messrs. Hutzler. In this way all common rye was eradicated from the island and the experimenter ~was assured that the strain on the island would be pure in the next crop. Every year for the past five years. the isolated plat has given its crop, . seed selection has been made by Pro- sessed of plant characteristics which have brought the world’s honors at the international grain shows. It is called Rosen Rye. The first yield since the inaugura- tion of the experiment on the Hutzler acreage was 10 to 15 bushels per acre and the past year’s crop brought a yield of 32 bushels to the acre. Higher quantities are expected as the yearly selection continues. The results obtained show the value of seed selection in improving this One of the Fields on Manitou Island Where Pure Rosen Rye Grows. fessor Duncan and seed has been given to the farmers of the island to sow their new crops. This has resulted in a rye crop far exceeding the yields of the average plantings on the mainlands and pos- ancient grain, and the value of choos- ing one hardy strain and working on its improvement. Professor Duncan makes his yearly trip to the island about three days before the rye is ready to cut. He Making the Wheat Crop Pay Wear Mzeflzgmz Farmers Mtge! Hope to {/0 MM Tflzr Slap/e ~By O. -F. Jensen amounting to 32 to 33 million~acres annually, of which 28 million acres were harvested. Under the war-time stimulus the acreage was very greatly increased, the maximum of 50 million acres being harvested in 1919. The larger part of the increase took place in the semi—arid regions of the west. It took a number of years to recover from the damage resulting from war- time expansion; in fact, the recovery did not begin until after the 1924 crop was harvested, In the past two years,.the acreage sown to winter wheat, has been stabil- ized at around 40 million acres. In the opinion_of many observers, the United States is rapidly‘ going to a domestic basis in Wheat production. The increase in population each year increases our potential consumption, leaving_a smaller quantity available for export. . In view of these consider- etions, it seems unlikely that the , acreage of winter wheat seeded this. fall will be further reduced from the average or the past two years,—_40 of bothdend and labor. wheat acreage harvested in 1926 was slightly greater than that harvested in 1925, and was approximately equal to the pre-war average. Making Labor Pay on Wheat. Is a yield of seventeen and one-half bushels of wheat to the acre profit— able? One year with another, that is the average yield for the state of Michigan. Some acres are producing more than seventeen and one-half bushels, and some less. If we grant that a, yield of seventeen and a half bushels will just‘ pay the cost of pro- duction, then there are a considerable number of farms where wheat is being produced at a loss. Yield per acre is the largest factor in determining costs. Land rental, Seed, and labor for plowing, seeding, and harvesting are practically the same whether the yield is large or small. Any. practice, then, that in-' . creases acre efliciency, is worthy of careful consideration. Using fertilizer, cembined with other good practices, is a good way to increase efliciency makes a minute inspection of the standing rye’ on the isolated plat and chooses heads of plants which show super-characteristics, are of a definite type and that show no indication of disease. These heads are sacked individually and sent to the Michigan State Col- lege where each and every one is scientifically inspected. Thereafter they are threshed in a miniature threshing machine constructed espe- cially for the experiment and then‘ passed through a small fanning mill. Each kernel is then inspected and the finest are returned to the island, to be planted by these good farmers for the next crop. The government of the island is very simple, patterned after the civic institutions of our small villages. Community meetings determine poli— cies, society is an all~island institu— tion,——in fact work—a-day events of the farmer folk are communitized. C0- operation is the watchword. The cattle of the farmers graze on a high ridge which rims the island. It is known as a public range, sup- ported by the entire community. The effort to breed pure and champion rye has also taken hold of the farmers as concerns their stock. The herds con— sist of only pedigreed Holsteins, for dairying, and Shorthorns for beef cat- tle. Once in a year, in the late fall, there is a group butchering when all hands turn to. Uncle Sam has located a coast guard battalion on the island and the stalwart crew with the lighthouse keeper are the only other inhabitants. A government mail boat affords trans- portation for the islanders. Professor C. E. Miller of the Michi- ’ gan State.College has compiled some striking comparisons of the costs and labor required to grow equal amounts of wheat on treated and untreated soils, based on results obtained in actual field trials. On untreated’ sandy soil, 29.5 acres were required to produce 189 bushels of wheat. The labor requirements were 313 hours of man labor, and 938 hours of horse labor. On treated soil, the 189 bushels were produced on 10 acres, requiring only 318 hours of horse labor and 106 hours of man labor. The cost of fer— tilizer and lime for the ten acres was $49. 30. Against this there was a sav- ing of $58 50 in land rental (figuring land at $13 per acre), and 207 hours of man labor and 620 hours of horse labor. _ On a heavy soil, 23.5 acres were necessary to produce 203 bushels of wheat on untreatedsoil, as against 10 acres on treated soil. The hours of man labor were likewise reduced from 249 to 106, and the horse labor from 747 hours to 318 hours. The treat}. ment in this case cost $26.00 for the ten acres. This investment saved (Continued on page 136) I experiment station and his agricul- * A“ 11/11ng pu-LI ,. mingled Weekly Established 1843 'coprrlsht me , The Lawrence Publishing Co. , Editors and Proprietors » 882 Lafayette Boulevard Detrolt. Michiun Telephone Randolph 1530 NEW YORK OFFICE. 120 W. 42nd St. CHICAGO OFFICE 008 South Dearbom St. CLEVELAND OFFICE 1011- 1013 Oregon Ave” N. E PHILADELPHIA OFFICE 201— 263 South Third St. ARTHUR (‘AI’PFR ....................... President MARCO MORROW ............ ' ....... 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Question: farmer who is doing an excellent job of growing and marketing crops and live stock. His crops were fully fifty per cent better than those on the neigh- boring farms. Furthermore, he was realizing better prices for his products because of the care exercised in pre- paring them for the market. This man is of the unselfish type. He has a real desire to serve} his neighbors and his community. He “Worked hard and sacrificed much to secure a good school building for the children. Every possible effort was made by.him to organize boys’ and girls’ clubs. Local meetings, tours, camps, lectures, entertainments, and every sort of community work have been subscribed to by this good farmer. But some of the neighbors whom we called upon and-who are scarcely mak- ing ends meet on some of the best soil in the state, were jealous of this man. They have eyes but they see not. Their prejudices cloud their vi- sion. They have the opinion that this man is “stuck on himself.” We re- plied to their remarks that “this man had something worth while being stuck on,” and they acknowledged that he did. “ . It is a most short-sighted thing for any one interested in agriculture to cast aside the experiences of good farmers. One of the most valuable .3th5 of the young farmer is the op- ' portunity to get advice and counsel of the good farmers in his community. Tr311y, farming business should forget his {3911111 college with its helpful extension fim However. if he hepes to make eel progress in the farming business, not “stuck-.1113." ' change ideas. no young man entering the‘ the mock who are inheriting the earth. They started out humbly look- ing everywhere for information and advice. They experimented and asked questions that they might have more light. Too often one becomes puffed up when in the presence of these suc- cessful farmers because of their con- tinual questioning. They are always ‘seeking to know the other fellows’ experience. Questioning is their habit. And to get more light on the business every farmer, especially every young farmer, ought carefully to train himself to ask intelligent uuestions. What a great boom it would be to Michigan agriculture if the tillers of the soil in every community in the state would recognize and make use of the'experiences of their own master farmers. - HE effort of the Gluts m i d-w e s t e r 11 group of farm leaders and to secure relief for Fammes farmers f r o m t h e Federal deernment has not yet downed. These leaders are following up their work in an ef- fort to get for the farmers an oppor- tunity to sell surplus crops abroad without lowering domestic markets to unprofitable price levels. Contrast this effort in the corn belt to the campaign just inaugurated by the largest commercial dairy organiza- tion in the country if not in the world. The object of this dairy campaign is to increase the production of milk over certain periods of the year in the area covered by the organization. For two months the agents of this institu- tion, extension men and others, will be among the members discussing ways and means of placing larger quantities of milk on the market to care for a. demand already existing. This situation gives the members an opportunity to demonstrate how well they can meet this market situation. To do it right will require the co- ordination of all members to adjust production to consumptive demands throughout the year. But surpluses in one field of agri- culture and famine in another suggest the nature of the big problem now confronting the American Farmer. In its last analysis, the problem is one of production. While price levels will ultimately bring about the desired ad- justment, this influence works too slowly for the best interest of the mass of farmers. We know what is needed to main- tain proper adjustment in the agri- cultural field, namely, reliable and adequate information on the demand and supply of farm products, and Second, farmers who will respond to this information. The difficulty is to get information in which producers will have confidence and to educate them to respond. This is what is be- ing tiied by our dairy friends. We shall watch the experiment with deep interest HE movement Vacations which has for its . ’ object the establish- Inspire ment of camps for Mothers mothers, like the one described on another page of this issue, is most significant. For at least three years these camps have been held in Michigan and a few sister states. It is stimulating to the imagination of rural-minded folks to know that at last rural women can and are gather- ing together, in such groups to ex- ’One is almost inelined to envy the sense of adventure and fulfillment which such an experience must bring to these women who, for ,so long, have thought it impossible to leave the home plant for more than one day at a. time. . -'U13ually,theyz are; *1 s “ ‘ .to their homes and communities re- freshed in body and mentally inspired to the; importance of their 6011A sense of having a. part in something broader than one’s own home would also \possess them. They have re-. ceived a vision of better things that helps much tocarry one over the d154, couragements and every day problems of life. ‘ HAT isthe gen- I Rural Ed, eral tendency . in rural educational ' ucatrom'fl circles? Does the one: Tendencies room school render the same service it has in the past, or are changes taking place? It would appear that, in spite of the fine sentiments expresSed about this fundamental American institution, it is having more and more difficulty to ‘maintain its respect among our American 'farmers. According to federal statistics, there were in 1924 a. total of 165,417 one- room schools in the United States, as compared with 175,444 in 1922, a. re- duction for the two years of 10,026 of this class of schools. Consolidated schools, on the other hand, have increased in number, there being one new consolidated school for every four one-room schools aban- doned.' The latest figures show a. total of 14,913 consolidated schools scat- tered over forty-six states, which is an increase of 2,603 schools over the number reported for the year of 19.22. In thirty-five states where statistics are available, it is observed that nearly a. million children are, each day during the school year, transported from their homes to school and back again. In forty-six states having the cost of transportation figured out, the total costs of transportation of school children amounts to $26,328,252. Perhaps one'of ’the‘strongest testi- monials for the larger type of schools for our country boys and girls is that these schools are gaining in number in spite of the generally recognized higher cost per student of such schools. A further testimony is the willingness of people to re—bond for new consolidated schools where form- er structures have burned. The chang- ing from the one-room to the bigger type of schools, at least, challenges the serious study of every parent. TRIP to the The . north-western Community part of the state re . vealed a plan which Dinner is worthy of emula- tion by other com- munities. It was the Sunday evening picnic dinner. In two communities, quite close together, on the same day, these dinners were noted. Sunday is a day different from the rest of the week. It is to most of us a day of rest and religious worship. It gives one a. chance to think and to refresh oneself for another six days of work. The afternoons on the farm' are often spent quietly, especially dur- ing hot weather. But, when the chores are finished and the sun starts down on the western horizon giving some relief from heat, Why not pack up a basket of goodies, get the neigh- bors to do the same thing and hie ofi to one of nature’s beauty spots where refreshments, sociability and relaxa- tion can be enjoyed? What better ending can a day of re- laxation have than to be with friends and good food in a. place where beauty made By the Architect of the Universe is still preserved? There is no better time than the Waning of the day to enjoy oneself in nature’ 5 own. It energizes one ’3 body, broadens one ’3 by bi‘oadéning sin? acquai once wt . And after such an , event, we would go home rested and mind and is strengthening to the, our neighbors. inspired to take 'on another week’s work. . , Because ;of all the good things: which can ceme from these gather- ings, we hope that the Sunday even- ing community picnic dinner will be- come a common Michigan institution. Ougétc A Rwerz'zz " ‘NIEBL, me and Sofia and the kids took a. oughto tower and just got back. We just put some speed juice inta. the car and oiled her up a. bite and then loaded her up with the family, a tent, a. mattress, Some blank- e‘ts and‘a few dishes, and away we went. We left the farm and the cows and ., the chickens, and fergot all about them. We rode when we felt like it, stopt where we wanted ta. and et when we wanted ta. And at night wherever we was, we put up out tent and it was our home. 1125 kinda. nice ta. carry your home and everything with you and ferget everythin’ else. Its like Iivin’ a. gypsy‘lifo and it stirs the spirut o’ rovin’ in you. We’ve all got , 'but maybe its ‘ sleepin' in some 1 - r ‘ folkses. . ~ \ It kinda does a fellow good ta see somethin’ differ uni: than his own neighborhood once in a. while. It kinda. giveSIhim a. dif- ferunt idee 0’ life, and makes him feel good. ‘ Its nice in the evenin’ when you’re fixed fer the night in a. tourist camp. There’s all kind 0’ tents and all kind 0’ people. Folkses get acquainted easy in them camps. Everybody is friends and bankers and city folkses say “good mornin” ta. cow milkers and chickun tenders. There ain’t no class there ’cause they’re all campers. Even the folks what has negro maids with ’em is socishuble. Time ain’t nothin’ in a camp. When the sun goes down and it gets dark, things begin ta get quiet and in a. littul while folkses is sleepin’. ain’t no night life in camp 'cause there ain’t no .bright lights fer it. But in the mornin’ when the sun is creepin’ up in the east, folkses begin’ ta. creep out 0’ their tents. with their hair all mussed up and sleep in their eyes. It’s sure fun ta. sleep in a. tent and ta. go ta bed with the chickuns and get up with ”am. Here Sofie butts in and says I don’t go ta. bed with the chick- uns but at the same time they do. I guess she’s right. Well, after you get up without the chickuns, but at the same time they do, you eat breakfast, bacon and.etc., cooked in the open, and then you wait fer the sun ta dry your tent, and after- wards you pack up and start 'goin’ up and down hill, seein’ scenery and have bees fly into. your car, and go through towns like they was (lots on the map. There, ain’t much work ta. it and lots 0’ fun, so its the life for me, and I guess lots 0’ others folkses, the way you see ’em on the road. , HY SYCKLE. Izrael Zangwill, the famous English Jewish author and playwright, died in London, Aug. 2nd. He was the fore- . most Jewish literary genius of his all A hydroplane is lacing built in Ber- lin, Germany, which will hold 251” pas- sengers. \ It Will be used on a. mute between iterrean ' Egypt and North friendly spirit of the community to so,» get together. , , . that rovin’ spirut There . umpean ports on the Med-1J0; \ .4”; Jul-A— W’ A mg to make him grow tall, short, fat, or thin is hard to tell. Of course, heredity is a great influence; this is proven constantly in our work in livestock breeding where great suc- cess has been attained in getting 09n- , formation. to type. But what in hered- -;JUST what there is in a human be- Six feet seven inches and 180 pounds at twenty years of age, are three facts about Vennice Rossman. It is certain that he will get older, he is likely to get heavier and there is a poss1— bility that he will grow taller. He wins the first prize in our contest. ,ity causes it, is a guess. 'is gland activity that determines how .a fellow should grow. It must be something like that because we as in- Idividuals have no control over the i matter. What ever it is, it has made the gprize winners in this contest grow 3 tall. And from what they say tallness iis no disadvantage. A fellow might E bump his head once in a while, but he Eis likely to have a reach that other ' i people will envy, besides think of the ioutlook upon life that a tall fellow E has which we short ones can not have. * Our noses are too close to the ground, gand we are likely to get lost in a ' ‘crowd. Crowds are not feared by the tall boys, and Qwhen it comes to step- 5 Ray Anderson looks in this pic- ture, every bit as tall as he is. He has six feet six inches to his credit and at twenty—eight years of age he weighs 170 pounds. He is the second prize winner. I ping, they are of the slow speed metor type-they can cover a lotrof distance :3 without much speed: One time I al- '.m“0‘taf~1=un' my legs off. trying to keep if these tall fe‘llov‘vs. and 7 Prize Winner: In Our Canter! Some say it - g and we wdnder who the shortest ones next shortest, and two dollars. for the .mitted'should.be actual farmers, and the head keeps track of what the feet are doing; my feet get tangled up even at my closeness to them. It looks as if most of us would have to look up to Vennice Rossman. Six foot seven is all he measures and he is running a 256 acre farm at that. You ~can’t tell what he will measure when he .grows up foi- he is only twenty years old. He is standing on the bottom step of the summer porch and it looks 'as if he would not be able to get in if ,he was on the top step. He gets most of his bird’s-eye view of this earth from Lapeer County where he lives. Ray Anderson is just a little shorter being six foot six inches. Ray weighs 170 pounds and wears a 11-size shoe. I don’t wonder at the latter as a fel- low needs‘a good base to carry so much above. He has been farming since he was 13 years old and now “he is 28. He says that farming has made a man of him, and the picture is evi- dence of it. His wife is a little over five feet in height and she says that they look like Mutt and Jeff when to- gether. Ray lives in Osceola County. Theron J. Alford comes next in our tall farmer contest. He is up in the air six feet and 514 inches. His little \ Doesn’t the child look small be- side-Theron J. Alford? He ex- tends six feet five and one- quarter inches up in the air. He _ weighs 185 pounds and is 26 years old. Mr. Alford ‘Won the third prize in the tall farmer contest. girl standing beside him makes his tallness appear to advantage. He weighs 185 pounds and is twenty-six years old. He is farming it in Ingham County. SHORTEST FARMER CONTEST. E have found some of the tallest} farmers in the state, so ourl minds go immediately to the contrast, are. There are advantages in being short. One does not have to stoop so far to reach the ground and the ground is the thing the farmer works themost. Short fellows are usually of the high speed type, therefore their legs get them there about as fast as those ofthe other fellow. We will give a prize of five dollars for the picture of the shortest farmer and a description of him. Anything interesting regarding him will add to the possibility of winningf the prize. Three dollars will be given for the‘ third. Those whose pictures are sub- we would like to have them give some of the advantages of being short. This contest will be open until ‘ ”st 30th. Please send the pictures the '30 x 31/2 Reg.Cl.Cord Gllflff/lfg a! 2‘0 Who MadcThcm THE NAME of Goodrich is on every Radio Cord. This tells you immediately that a foremost tire manufacturer has produced it and accepts full responsibility for its service. Moreover, that its low purchase price is backed by sound quality— and assured mileage. Let there be no doubt about this. Goodrich would never put its name to a product in which quality was low and risk high. But Goodrich Radio Cords offer more than complete dependv ability at low price. The full service facilities of the Goodrich Dealer go with it. Free application of tires to rims—inspection of rims—use of his air lines—personal suggestions on saving your tires—(changes from wheel to wheel to increase mileage. By all standards of comparison, Goodrich Radio Cords are " the best present-day tire buy in the rural field—bar none. 30 x 3%. '29:: 4.40 \OVERSIZE . RADIO ! .CLINCHER BALLOON E ' W basement cistern from leaking? ,1 .A\ _ , ‘Il'om'r ‘IN CISTERN WALL LEAKS. Can you tell me how to preventTnlily e leaks seem to be where the cistern walls join to the cellar. walls. Two years ago I used water glass on the inside and it stopped it from leaking for a. year, but now it is worse than ever. I hope I can find something to stop the leak and not have to make a new wall, as the cistern is now full of fresh rain water. Any suggestions will be'appreciatedr—D. J. B. This is a very common trouble with this type of cistern, where the cistern wall is joined to an existing wall, as it is rather hard to make a watertight joint under such conditions. I doubt whether you can do anything while the cistern is full of water. When it is emptied and the walls are reason- ably dry, paint over the leaky places on the inside either with hot paraffin, hot asphalt, or with some good asphalt paint or cement. I think about two coats of either of these will stop the leak for some time. If the crack is opening up when the pressure comes on it, you may have to fasten some kind of reinforcing across the corners and then plaster this part with two coats of rich ce- ment plaster. But I think the paraffin or asphalt coatings will do the trick. —I. D. LENGTH OF THRESHING BELT. I have a small threshing outfit run with a small tractor. I am using a 100—foot belt but am wondering whether a 75-foot belt would operate just as well without unnecessary strain on the bearings, or is there any difference between a long and a short belt? Would rather use a shorter one for threshing in small lots and close places, as it would make it easier to set the outfit and for the operator to look after both machines—N. Y. Yes, a 75-foot belt will work satis- factorily with your small tractor out- fit. After the distance between pulley centers reaches 25 feet, little advan- tage is secured by using a longer belt except that the greater weight of the belt has a certain fiy wheel effect, and this is more or less balanced by the greater trouble when a side wind is blowing. The longer belt lengths came into use with steam tractors ‘ partly to cut down the fire hazard from sparks. If a first-class belt dress- ing is used, it is possible with a 50- foot belt to transmit the full power and still have the top of belt reason- ably slack. WOODEN CISTERN HAS HARD WATER. I have a wooden cistern, the water in which gets hard right after a mm. It doesn’t leak, for it never has been dry. Have pumped it out and cleaned it thoroughly and thought it would stay soft, but it did not. Can you tell me what to do With 1t?~—G. K. About the only suggestion I can make is that there is a leak fairly well up on the cistern through which the hard ground water enters at cer- tain times. You could tell if this was the case by pumping it out after a heavy rain and seeing if the ground waterthen comes in. If this is the trouble and the staves are beginning to disintegrate, about all you can do is to staple wire fencing to the walls and floor and then give it about two 7 good coats of cement plaster.—D. 1 ICE AND FAN MAKES A COOL BREEZE. ‘ . F the breezeSuaren’t cool enough to suit you and you have an electric “fan and, ice, then you may manufac- thro'your own breeze of a. lowered superstars Often this is desirable. roam. ”r the“. sick ' L ‘ ‘ unk otice in a large bowl, THE "mm = ANS. Ixcnam_ _ in diameter. Behind this bowl of ice ’set your electric fan. Turn on the switch and the cool‘ breeze will begin. The ice bowl may be inade attrac- tive for a dinner party or any other kind of entertainment by filling it - with ice and then decorating it with fragrant flowers. With a fan behind the bowl prepared in this manner, not only will cool breeze be furnished, but it also will be laden with the scent of the chilled‘flowersr—D. REPAIRING CEMENT FEEDING FLOOR. We have a cement feeding floor that has a few poor spots in its surface and we are planning on putting another layer of cement on top to re- pair it. Will a thorough cleaning be sufficient to warrant a good job? We believe freezing was the cause of this trouble. Is there anything that can be applied to the old concrete to make the new concrete hold? Any sugges- tions will be appreciated—W. M. If the feeding floor in general is thick enough and of good quality I hardly see the necessity of adding another layer on top, and believe the best plan would be to put in new the places which ”have , Stalled. ure was caused by water collecting ~ under the floor. and; then freezing,‘it' ‘ will be of no use to patch these places or put on another coat until the Water is prevented from collecting under the paving. One way would be to dig'av trench 18 to 24 inéhes deep all around the outside of the floor, put in drain tile, and carry this to some outlet. This would probably "prevent water from collecting under the floor. To patch the broken places, break out all loose and crumbling material clear down to the foundation. If there is enough of this to break out to allow of putting a line of “tile under the pavement and connecting it to the tile around the outside this should be done. Then be sure the foundation is solid, which can be done by tamp- ing in gravel while it is wet. Soak the edges of the old concrete 'very thoroughly so they will not draw water from the new concrete, then mix up a concrete of one bag cement, two cubic feet sand, and three cubic feet of coarse gravel, and fill. in the broken places. Just before pouring the new concrete, paint the edges of the old concrete around the holes with a cream-like mixture of cement and water. After the new concrete has set, cover it 'with canvas, straw, dirt, or something to keep off the sun, and keep it well soaked for several days. —D. Applaud Pulling Contests Farmer: C rotor! Aiisz’zzk/zmtrr to W air/z H one: Compete at Big Farmerr’ Day Gar/wring By Allen B. Cooke TREKING their way from all parts of Michigan, 8000 farmers, their wives and families took posses— sion of the Michigan State College campus on July 31, enjoyed a novel program featuring a horse pulling’ contest, a- minute inspection of the college buildings and experimental plats, a program and a social gather- ing, attendant with much joviality, The entire day was given over to the visitors and the hosts, professors of the college, county agents and exten- sion workers, bent every effort to make the day, an annual custom, the success that it was. The evidence of the applause augurs Vwell for the judgment of the casual observer that the horse pulling con- test was by far the most thrilling for the rural assemblage. Two teams, one christened Bill and Barney, owned by A. G. Vanderbeck, of Alma, the other Dick and Dan, owned by Allen Haskins, of Ionia, strained at their stout harness to a decision. A description of the contest would only suffice to tell of the keen struggle for supremacy. As the crowd seated in the amphi- theatre, erected in Sleep Hollow, a renowned spot on the college campus, Professor H. A. Gallagher called the contestants to the arena, urging the partisan crowd to be quiet. Bill and Barney, a stalwart team of chestnut brown horses, were plainly eager for the fray, as they reared and plunged to get into action. They started first on a small pull at the dynameter. The dynameter is a contrivance mounted on a truck, measures the ability of the horses to pull a dead weight of different capacities. Mr. Gallagher explained that pulling the dynameter 27% feet with the gauge set at 3100 pounds accomplishes a task equal to the draught'of pulling the same load from a well 27% feet deep, or aload of 103% tons in motion. With little coaxing Bill and, Barney pulled the initial load as did Dick and Dan, the bay team belonging to Mr. Haskins. capacity was- increased. Excitement ran rife throughout the contest. One. was reminded of motions at a boxing bout swinging asthetr favorite eiiv-» Hours sped by as the load" ,diately following the contest. “gee-up" as the contestants dug in the turf and tugged to move the load. Bill and Barney, the team owned by champion after having pulled the dynameter, with weights set at 3150 pounds, a distance of 43 feet while Dick and Dan stopped with the same load at 34 feet. The winner was ten- dered the prize of $50 awarded by the Ionia Free Fair. Mr. Haskin’s team weighed 3520 pounds and Mr. Vander- beck's pair tipped the scales at 3375 pounds. John A. Doelle, secretary of the Michigan Realty Board, at Lansing, former State Commissioner of Agri- culture,» addressed the farmers imme- He stressed the problem of conservation which he opined was “Michigan’s most important consideration at the present time and in the future.” The potentialities of Michigan, as a wonder state were brought out. Lik- ening the state to an empire, with Detroit as a center, he quoted facts to bear out that Michigan was a state first in more agricultural resources than any other state. He pointed out that the farmer had an extensive home market. Only 34 per cent of Michigan’s populace eat food produced in the state,” he said. During the morning hours the visit-_ ors were escorted through the college laboratories and made acquainted with the members of the faculty. Much in- terest was evinced in the e'xperimenta plats. ’ The annual town and country church choir singing contest elimina- tions were conducted during the morn- ing with the following winners: Benv sonia, first; RockWood, second; Read- ing,' third; Fowlerville, fourth, The prizes, given by R. E. Olds of Lansing, were distributed from the speakers stand. ‘ Professor J. Cox, intimately con- nected with the farmers of the state, Dean Shaw and others, t rough "whose efforts the ninth annual Farmers Day iii cm was made a, possibility commentedo-n the success of the get-together, “Dean Shaw saying, “This is a day we ,19' ' forward ‘to- and feel that m - ed.‘ as If the tail} mass "tam cenCert.‘ towards home, the smile, only brought about‘by satisfaction and by the cuia mination of a forth. NEW METHOD OF MAKING CORN - SUGAR. ‘ A NEW process for making sugar ‘ from corn has been developed in. the Bureau of Chemistry of the De- partment of Agrciultu‘re. This process produces maltose s'ughrfwhich is 95 per cent as sweet as cane or beef. sugar, and only seven to ton.hours' are required to convert the stirch into fine sugar. « I " Nothing we’ntfamiSs, the, fweather. V was ideal and as the visitors turned “good timo" beamed. l The system or corn sugar manufac- , ture now in use in several Western factories produces a sugar called dex~ trose, which is about 50 per cent as sweet as cane sugar, but possesses high preservative qualities. The method of producing maltose sugar is said to be simple and inexpensive. ' News of the Week A nose dive in an army plane at Grapevine Haven, Mass, resulted in the death of three army men and two passengers. Due to the religious trouble in Mex1co, no preparations were made for Sunday services in the Catholic churches for Aug. 1st. This is the first time in the 405 years that Christianity has been in Mexico that no Sunday services were held. _The Ford interests have opened an air line from Detroit to Grand Rapids for general commercial business. Mrs. Dell Skinner, a prominent club woman of Kalamazoo, and eighty years of age, has started to study law. Severe sun burns caused the death of Edwm Noll, a Cincinnatti youth. .Sih Eu-Yang a Chinese girl is in the Michigan University studying business administration so that she can go back. to China to take a position in the Shanghai Woman’s and Commercial Savings Bank, which is run entirely by women. Two hundred miners-returned to work in an open shop pit nearWheeL mg, W. Va., after a strike by the union. The Elm Grove Mining Com— pany which operates the mine and used to work under an agreement with the union, expects to open other mines on a non-union basis. Suzanne Lenglen, the world’s cham— pion woman tennis player, a Frenc woman, has turned professional and will "tour the United‘States this fall givmg exhibition games. The tire makers of the United States will become independent of the British rubber trust in fifteen years if_the land policy of the Phillippines will be changed to permit American interests to plant large acreages there. The Islands are well adapted to growing rubber. There is dissension in the Russian army and navy because of a clash between the chiefs. The hand of Trotzky is seen in this trouble in what seems to be an endeavor to overthrow the Stalin party which is now- in power. The K. of C. has asked the U. S. to take a hand in the religious troubles which are now occuring in Mexico. WThere Owen: 135» less divorces in ayne oun y, uring Jul than i July of last year. y n , Chicago’s diversion of [water through the drainage canal for sewage purposes is roiling the Canadians. as 1t, they say, Violates the Niagara Falls trea y. Ford’s new air flivver is being a try out at Ford’s Aviation field in Dearborn. ' The traffic‘ on Wall Street, New York, the financial market of the world was ,. stopped the other, day to let a mother cat carry her kitten across the street. ' ' ' Fourteen'elephants went on a ramp. age during a circus parade in Edmon- ton, Alberta, Canada. They were suc-t cessfully captured by a. clown who 'u K C given ‘ bought all the bread he could find and», enticed the elephants to him With the L bread. Four the . " 900Germ W “ if Flt " ‘ W J ' Amway-mos ' P “Syria-mu- C \ . enney ,9 s DEPARTMEN TORE'S , ‘ J0 ,.-._._;_ .—-—- .— ...—_- ..—— ._..—-_.— .._.—. .— .. _— .—-—'—-" geufiiweztgr; E .—-—-——— e§EEEEEEEEl vEEEEEEEBEBflffi7 EWEERPEEREEEV VEHEPuPfiararw; uflEWWPHFFHFF_ “”Vnmugfiw ;luL' J. C. Penney CO. Bldg, Executive and Buying 087000, New York City. kzmmercr, Wyoming}— in, '1902 Ode fulfilled Vision: ofa f AMERICA’S PIONEERS of the past century won fame by blazing their trails toward the unknown West. It has remained for American genius and enterprise of the Twentieth Century to bring forth another type of pioneer— one who, coming out of the West, \Where Some of Our ha 1 d tht ardtheR'in Sn. Back to School sceave new pa s o_w 18 g u 745 Stores Are , , i ' ' ‘ Located The boys and girls of America a" James C.. Penney, the pioneer, started a small §tore on April 14th,; ofi‘ ,0 school within the mm few 1902, at Kemmerer, Wyoming. It was called the Golden Rule Store. MICHIGAN days. Your nearest J. c. Penney Eleven years later, With 48 Stores in operation, the name was changed 'Adfian hon wood Company Store has everything to the J. C. Penney Company. Since then, gro'wth has been continu- Albion Ishpcming 2:23:28? mm“ them f" th‘ one, new Stores spreading gradually through the West and then 211:; a 112::er LSchooltpads, pencils and supplies mto the EaSt and South. gait?“ 31;??? ' P . u n o u r 3 of every kinda « ” . In developing this Nation-Wide servtce, the J. C. Penney Company Cadillac Manisfique Fume my"? pxmnefl" S‘m" abandoned beaten paths and set up new guide-posts for the conduct Calumet Marquette With two pairs of knickers,at$l3;75. f “ t i] b . Caro Monroe "True Blue” Play Suits, equally ‘ 0 a re a usmess _ Cheboygan Muskcgon serviceable in school, at 79c. N - . - . Goldwater Niles . 7 _ ot how high a price wall our patrons pay, but for how 11 um can For the girls-High-grade Gme- we afl'ord to sell— ' Egg]? 2;ng ham Dresses at 3139‘ Washable To wrap into each package the fullest possible Value for the money Holland port Huron School Frocks at 98c. Coats in latest received — Houghton Saginaw mades' To hold no “sales,” but to fix upon the lowest possible price and Ionia Sault Ste. Marlo For the Boy and Girl—Hats, maintain this price the year round— Iron Mountain Sturgis Shoes, .Hosiery. Acme value it To sell for cash and thus give the public the benefits which cash 1‘0” River T‘avme City low prices in our children’s as buying and selling afford— WISCONSIN well ‘3 adult “’9‘“- To put in charge of each Store a man trained by the Company, who Antigo Marshfield _ has a one-third ownership in his. Store. - Appleton Monroe Ask or Write to our nearest Store for . _ . _ Aehland Oshkosh our mutated paper These few practical rules of busmess explain why in every one of Beaver Dam Portage "THE STORE NEWS" our 745 Department Stores today you get the fullest possible Value 3311):; :ecinrfak delcribi . - . ice c “m“ ”M in goods and serv1ce for every dollar you spend. Chippewa-Falls gRicmand Cent" 6"“: Fond du Lac Sheboygan ,. Green Bay Stevens Point The J. C. Penney Company is «natural, Jancsvillc Water-town adding to its list of Stores and ha. open.- ings forkemyounzmcuwmmuana- m andCo—pamucu. ANArION-WIDE * "“2:me _ ms TITUZ'ION- * I N enney . , e. _ C. a DEPARTME NT STORES *Maintain Production Field tests made overa period of years by the Pennsylvania. Ohio, and Illinois Agricultural Ex periment Stations have shown that rotation of crops, including clover, has not main: tained production without the use of manures. fertilizers, and lime. In Pennsylvania the addition of potash in the fertilizer in- creased the average annualyield covering a period of 40 years as follows: Corn 8.5 bushels Oats 5.2 ., Wheat 3.2 ,. Hay 0.54 tons In Illinois, at the CutlerField, the addition of potash in the fertilizer also increased the yields over a period of 15 years. The average annual increases were: Com 20.} bushels Oats 4.5 .. Wheat 6.1 ,, Clover .52 tons Potash gives best results when used in connection with a sound soil fertility plan. It is our pur— pose to discuss it from. this view- point in accord with the fertili programs of the various agricu . tum! forces. 1" - '33.; New? Spreaders 0? .30 ~ 30-30-30—-:Io—-30—v30—'30mac-305304.30mac—Jon: l ‘ .3 I... PULVERIZER A 5mm croprotadon chen- makes a profit. But a rotation alone is not likely to give the greatest pomible profit. . In fact a rotation may not even maintain production *. Other farm matrices areiike- wise necessary if you wish to getmaximum production at: the lowest. cost per acre. One of these is: the use oi the right kind of len- lilizer. There are sound tests which show that. in a rotation including winter grain-s clover hay, a suitable fertilizer containing potash. applied in the. {at on wheat benefits the entire rotation chieflythrough increased yields of clover. More clover hay meansirv- creased soil fertilrty and smaller feed bills. Clover is a “potash-hungry” crop,_,but it is farm economy to apply this necessary potash to the wheat or other fall grain in which the clover and grass are seeded. On many soils—especially loams and sandy loams— from 4% to 6% of potash can be used with profit in Fall Fertilizer mixtures. The small increase in cost makes fertilizer with these percentages of potash worth a U'ial this Fall. ' ~ FREE—Our new booklet “Fall Fertilizer Facts” tells how to recognize symptoms of potash starvation by a study of clover leaves. It also contains other valuable information. Send for a copy today. Potash Importing Corporation of America Dept. A41 10 Bridge Street, New York Please Menliun The Michigan Farmer Winn Writing Molina Ehio'hiohi‘OhiOhiOhiOhiOhiOhiOhiOh. ms 'v . A." Sm Danny to .HE; second day was distinctly a. cherry day. It was mainly spent . in the Old Mission peninsula, although the start was an inspection of the plant of the Grand Traverse iPacklng Company, a farmer owned in- ?sstitwtibn, which: cams and. freezes at "the who of. seventy—five tons of cher- ' ries a. day during the season. The: canning is done entirely. by mouldin- ery, including the washing and pitting. The frozen cherry industry was started in: a. small way. by an order from a. Detroit pie concern for sixty- five barrels: That concern now hand- les. one thousand barrels of four hun- dred pounds each per year. For pie fpurposes, the cherries are put up at Ether rate of three pounds of cherries 7110 one of sugar. In storage the cher-e tries. Are kept at. eight above zero. The visitors. were served cherry pie and apple cider by the company. 3 There was no limit to; the pie which ,Was made from cherries frozen last "year, so the hungry ones had two or three pieces. Pack Fancy Cherries. Rain dampened the ground, but not the enthusiasm of the crowd. By the time the caravan got to the first stop the rain subsided. This stop was at- the orchard of Titus Brothers which contains 7,000 apple and cherry trees. This orchard has not had a. drop of spray on it this year, dust being used entirely. The condition of the trees bespoke the effectiveness of the me- thods used. These brothers have built up quite a. trade with three and five pound? boxes of sweet cherries. The three pound box is sold for 80c and; nets the; Tituses 130 per pound for the cherries used. The boxes are ventilated and are printed for mailing. A. short stop was. made at the farm of Ray H. Hooper which is one of the most profitable small farms on. the peninsula. It has'a splendid orchard of sweet cherries which tend not to crack because of timely spraying; It is said that. spraying toughens, the skin so that it does not crack- Mr. Hooper is successfully grafting, his . Duchess apple trees over'to McIntosh. 5 At the orchard! of E. 92. name the g yisiting. fruit men. saw some Oddl me- ;thods of keeping. up the fern-lilo! of lthe orchard. He has alfalfa or sweet . clover growing between. the rows. and '~ allows all that he cuts to: go back to the ground. His trees have made. us- ‘ual growth and have averaged four . ‘ cases per tree during: good? crop years. 3The sod is not allowed to grow up to ' i the trees, but! the tree rows are disked. lTwo pounds of sulphate of ammonia lper tree is also used each year. Mr. iLad‘d‘ plants the trees 20x27 feet apart, following methods contrary to these of Mr. Rogers. Mr. Lad‘d uses dry lime sulphur entirely in his spraying. ‘ A stop was made at Golden Tower which is erected on a. hill £09.. thus afiording a fine View of the surround- ing country. Over 250,000 fruit trees can be seen from this tower; AW Hm .Tw/ good results and thus far he has handled. the work alone, except for har- vesting the fruit. \ -. ' Filled "With cherries both mentally and gastromically, many of the cm. van members started on short yaCa- tion trips through the scenic'nortlgern parts of the state. This was easily voted the most popular and interesting tour the state’ society ever had. GRRSSHO‘PP E R BA l T. E. grasshoppers are on the. job this: year. They destrd‘y annually thousands oil dollars: worth of crops.— hay, oats, rye, peas, and Wheat. Poi— soned baitis the best method of. con- trol. The control measures should not cost more than 50 cents an acre. The bait for five acres consists of : Bran ............ _ ............ 25 pounds or bran mixture (one-half bran and omhalf. sawdust)» White arsenate or pearls. green.1 pound Salt ......................... 1 pound Banana oil ........... 12' teaspoonfuls or 6 whole oranges (ground in meat chopper). Amyl acetate or banana oil ‘may be obtained at any drug 312088; - Water ............... . ...... 10 quarts Some precautions suggested include: 1. Measure the amounts carefully; do, not guess. 2. Mix the material's thoroughly. 3‘. Add enough water to make the mash crumbly but no sloppy. ‘ 4. Apply the bait early in the morn- ing or" late in the evening. 5. Scatter broadcast, not in piles. 6. Use only about. 5' to 7 pounds to the acre. Scatter the most where the grasshoppers are thickest. 7. Before applying the poison bait, keep it away from children, stock and \ chickens. 8. Wash out carefully-all containers used in mixing the bait; do not let the calf lick them out. 'CARE OF ASPARAGUS. I. wish. to know when the tops should be cut off of, asparagus. and how far. I wish ’to know what. kind of fertilizer should be applied and if it should! be put around! each- hill. This, crop has keen: noglected and I wish to get it in shape again. The plants are three years old.——A. H. The tops should be left. on. aspara- gus. plants until they are thoroughly killed by frost. for: the plants store up food: in. the storage root-s through the action of the tops and; if the tops aro~ green when. out the crop. of the suc- ceeding year is curtailed. Some growers cut the tops in the. fall but I believe it a better practice to: leave them. until; spring, as they furnish a. certain amount (if protection.- to the roots and. tend. 110110111 the snow. As the plants in question are now two years old, it is likely that there will be a small? cutting in the spring. If this is the case the season should not extend“ over four weeks; and after this a good complete fertilizer of a. imhifihiohithQE-‘aiohiohi0h: Make Fall Seed Grow Your fall seeding will get an early. start and a sure growth if you fit the soil with this Pulverizer. It crushes every lump to bits, firms out the air spaces under the furrow slice and stirs the surface to form a loose mulch, thus retaining the mainline. - It gives. your: fall seeing nffim bed oi mel- low soil; to start and: grow' in. ‘ 7 \ Ask dealer fat Special Gold’ Fund Oficr o OHIQ‘ Warmers. ~ The Ohio Cultivator Co. Grafts Duchess to McIntosh. The last stop of the day was at the orchards of G. L. Burnham. Here 144 Duchess trees have been grafted. to McIntosh. with successful. results. Many northern growers are working over their Duchess, but failure often; resultst because the. old stufll is cut, out can moldy. For the well being of? the tree, it. needs plenty ofi leaf surface. Also the growing clams. need growing limbs near them to W th sap to them. A tree cum be warned , «emu. twp yearns. but same yearn ‘ éare needed ‘to entirely eliminate the » old growth. -JOi‘iOiJOfiIQ"30-:30-30'-30:30-30+.-:<.>.-<-:ro—-:r<>-—: o sea -1} being kept {on the farm.~ He ‘five" acres with a tractor, nohorses . formula 4-8-6 should be applied broad— _cast “and thoroughly worked into the soil. The ohiect. in; fertilizing? at this time is to induce a. large growth of tops in order.- to: get an ampb food storage in the roots for the next: year’s crop—Geo. E. Starr. ~ The Michigan Potato Growers, Ex«' change h'as strengthened. its selling organization by the addition of H... H Ewing, of Chicago,'._ well-known sung {the potato brokers. He will tel-i: the place of Charles Richner. who has been promoted‘to the posi- tlon‘of sales manager, formerly held ,. '1 ;. .M I ".....,» ' ‘suflicient. _{ ‘ «brass: at a dis ; ce‘. The party has neirer ..il:éturhéd t e first notevl ‘gave him. - He claimed it' was lost. \What could -I do in this case? Should lask for a writing that Would clear ‘me of the ' first note? How. should such a writing be: worded? When there is only a verbal agreement to pay rent and rent goes unpaid, may suit be brought in Justice Courtor the wages taken by ' garnishment?——‘E. R. G. ‘ Parole proof could be made that the _ new note was given for the old, but it would be better'to have a writing Signed by the payee stating that fact. Any wordsexpressing the thought are _ Action may be maintained for rent on a verbal lease and wages . garnished—Rood. COST OF SEPARATOR AND 'rimc~ ’ TOR IN THRESHJNG. Four' neighbors plan On buying a ' threshing outfit this fall. One has a tractor, while the other three will buy the separator. What will you consid- er a fair-ratio in the. settling of ac- counts. In other words, is the use of separator worth more than the use of tractor! Would‘ not tractor outlast separator? Any suggestions Will b appreciated—Subscriber. . As a general rule, the daily or hour- ly cost of the use of a separator will just about balance the hourly or daily cost of the tractor with oil and grease, without including fuel. This is rather surprising at first thought, because the tractor usually costs considerably more, and has a'much shorter life, hence we would expect the tractor cost to be higher than that of the sep- arator. It is easily”understood, how- ever, when one considers that the sep- arator is used only a very few days per year, while the tractor‘ ordinarily will be used two or three times as .many days per year, hence cutting ,down the interest, shelter, insurance, :taxes, and other overhead cost. Take a. medium-sized separator cost- ,ing, say $750. As ordinarily used in ,a four—man ring, with an occasional outside custom job, this ‘will not be used to exceed ten or twelve daygper year, and if properly taken care of should do. excellent work for at least .fifteen years, perhaps more. At this rate, the yearly overhead charges for interest on the investment, deprecia- .tion, shelter, insurance, taxes, and so .on, will run in the neighborhood of - $105. With ten days’ use per year this .is $10.50‘per day, twelve days is $8.75 per day, fifteen days is $7.00, and so on. Now, take a medium-sized tractor costing, say $1,200. We figure under ordinary conditions a life of about seven and one—half years, of thirty-five to forty days per year. At this rate the yearly overhead cost for interest, depreciation, repairs, shelter, insur- ance and taxes will run about $266. Allowing thirty—five days per year, this will run about $7.60 per day, and with an allowance of $1.15 for oil and grease, this would make the daily charge $8.75, or just the same as for . the .separator. . Other. sizes of separatorsand trac- ; tors would work out in much the same way, the life being shortened and the ,,depreciation greatly increased where ;a smaller tractor is overloaded, with . 3a separator too large for it. ‘ So that {in general, the use of the separator can usually be about‘balanced day by _ day by the use of the tractor with oil and grbase. Fuel and wages for the ‘men who work with? the outfit should be charged as expenses at an agreed ”price for thef‘labor,‘ and at 4:081: for, the fuel. 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This sea- son’s output is reportgd to be excep- tionally fine in quality. One producer Bees have plenty of white clover to feed on. DELTA HAS WINNING HERD. ELTA County took first honors among the Upper Peninsula cow- testing associations during June. The high average went to an association averaging 860 poufids of milk and 33.3 pounds of fat per cow. FORM SUPERVISOR ASSOCIATION. PPER Peninsula supervisors have formed an association following out plans adopted at Escanaba in May. Their first meeting will take place at Marquette on August 19. The boards of supervisors in eleven of the fifteen counties of the peninsula have already voted to join the association. Permanent organization will be ef— fected at Marquette. MOVE TO PROTECT FARMERS' FLOCKO? HE “Michigan Farmer” recently re- ported that the sheep industry of the Upper Peninsula was how seriously threatened with extermination unless adequate protective measures against wolves and coyotes were put through. Since then officials of the Department of Conservation have visited the in- fected district and have promised to engage such additional hunters as are required to meet the situation, so far as present funds of the department will permit. ALFALFA IN CLOVERLAN D. FTER an inspection of the alfalfa fields ,of Gogebic County, C. E. Skiver, extension crop specialist of the Michigan State College, pro- nounces this crop a success in that county. He predicts a revolution in the dairy industry of the county as a result. of the extensive growing of al- falfa there. Farmers .are learning how to handle the crop and hence their present success. The essentials to success include the use of northern- grown seed, limed soil and clean, firm seed-bed. If the game is played ac- cording to the rules, success is cer- tain. CLUB WORK GROWS APACE. S compared with last year, there is a four-fold increase in club- work in Dickinson County, reports the county agent. There are 110 mem- bers of 12 calf-clubs. Of these mem- bers, three-fifths own Holstein calves and the rest Guernseys. The calves are pure-bred. Eight girls are mem- bers of these clubs. Many calves will be on exhibit at the county fair this fall. The county agent is in direct charge of club-work in Dickinson County. FARMERS ENJOY PICNIC. VERY successful farmers’ picnic took place at Foster City, Dickinj son County, July 29. There are re- .ported to have been 130 automobiles of farmers assembled on the grounds. Mr. J. G. Wells, U er Peninsula dairy specialist, talked nd announced the winners in the‘cattle—judging con- test. Mr. E. G. Amos, assistant state __§.P 4%“ i LMERL _ One of the projects to be undertaken leader ’of county agents, urged the. . farmers to visit the Chatham Experi- meet Station whoée . Work. he 49" , fig r g _. ‘fl scribed. Prof. H. C._.Rather of the crops department. Michigan State Col- lege, spoke on the desirability of’ adopting modern methods in farming to increase the per acre yield. He described the method followed at the college in develoning improved varie- ties of grains. There was a tug-oiL war and a horse-pulling contest. DEMAND INCREASES FOR FARM SUPPLIES. 1I, N Marquette County 26,000 pounds _. of pyrotol have been distributed «_ to farmers at cost. Five carloads of ’ lime have been used by farmers this season. Four fertilizer tests have been started by Mr. L. R. Walker, county agricultural agent. . Gogebic County farmers are assembling pyro- . tol orders, reports the county agent. i READY FOR FORESTRY WORK. HE clearing of the site for the administration building and the I tree nursery of the Upper Peninsula l branch of the Lake States Forest Ex— I periment Station has been completed. by the station will be the effect of forest fires on the quality of the soil. It has long been «appreciated by soil experts that the repeated burning over of the surface of the land is deleteri- . ous to the hum s and other produc- tive agencies of he soil, but to what extent it is destructive has not been. , definitely determined. Eventually the station hopes to have definite data on. this matter. MAKING WHEAT CROP PAY. (Continued from page 129) $67.50 in land rental (figuring the land at $5 per acre) and also 143 hours of man labor and 429 hours of- horse labor. Maintaining Fertility With Fertilizers. , The question sometimes arises, how long can productiveness be maintained with commercial fertilizers? The old- est test bearing on this question is that of the famous Broadbalk Field at the Rothamstead Experiment Sta- tion, where the eighty-fourth consecun tive wheat crop is being grown this year. The soil is a strong clay, which was only moderately producing at the beginning of the experiment. . Beginning with 1852, the average ten-year yields of wheat on the un- treated land have been reported as follows: 15.9, 14.5, 10.4, 12.6, 12.3, 10.9, and 9.1, the last figure for the decade 1912-1921. A plot on the same land treated with commercial fertilizers has yielded as follows for the same ten years periods: 36.1, 40.5, 31.2, 38.4, 28.5, 37.2, and 27.4. On an adjoining plot where the land has been heavily manured the yields have been approxi- mately the same. The outstanding) lesson here is that fertilization either with chemical fertilizers or by barnt yard manure can maintain the pro- ductiveness of the soil apparently in- definitely. For most farmers in this country an adequate soil improvement program will probably be found in a. combination of manure, fertilizers, and legumes, with lime where needed, to make soil conditions favorable to the nitrogen storing plants: ' Present Fertilizer Use Not Adequate. The average fertilizer consumption on fall sewn Wheat and rye in Michi- gan amounts to abOut ”seventy-five » pounds per acre. If. should be nearer two hundred pounds. On most'soils, upwards of four hundred pounds per dcre of a high analysis grade fertiligerfi can befuwd ' with profit. ‘Tw hun- dred and ’ ‘1 . This sea hawk decided to make her home where electric service can be easily secured.’ The schooner, Charles W. Morgan, the oldest whaling ship in the world, here flying the colors of all the new Bedford whahng agents, was dedicated as a memorial to the industry. “Kianger,.” the only hybred be- tween the wild horse of Tibit and the wild ass of India. = ‘ Jack Beresford wins the diamond scull prize at Henley, England for the second time. Should he win next year, he will be the proud owner of the much valued diamond. Pearl Cummins, a dancing teach- er, wore out 76 pairs of shoes in one year. Since receiving the vote, women have decided to add suspenders to their attire. __ ‘ The Inlewood portable court in session dealing out justice to auto- ' thuslcsa’ving time for both officials and Speeders, but ”may to: the latter.‘ Japan’s tennis champions play on the royal tennis courts for the benefit of the Prince Regent who is an ardent tennis fan A small assemblage was invited to witness the matches Pike caught by President Coolidge will ,be mounted for the New York Museum. Alvin C. York, war’s greatest hero, plans to give lads of Ten- nessee educational opportunities. 4 "Jewel” the favorite elephant at Central Park, New York who has the edge on the human residence of the metropolis for she always carries her shower bath with her, . 88-12 - . HE doctor and Rancher Tom went r ~ date the living‘room. Rancher Tom ‘ ’ .carried himself stiffly and limped ' mba‘dly. The cowman sat down in a lgpstraight-backed chair and eyed the 5_cr 'f k narrowly as he inhaled and ex- . ha ed cloud after cloud of tobacco smoke. Switser soon learned that he was thus closely watched and he flared up hotly— . “I sure hope you’ll know me next time you see me!” “I will, all right,” was the easy re- ply. “What’s your name, son?” “None 0’ your business. What’s yours ?” “Bud Ketcham.” " “Mine’s Cain’t Ketch ’Em,” quirked Connie. “Say, you’ve got an awful foot. I’m goin’ to call you ‘Number , Ten Boots.’ ” “And I’m goin’ to call you ’Rat o’ the Rancho.”’ , , Connie darkened even more. Those rat nicknames annoyed him. “If I was as big as you, do you know what I’d do?” he asked suddenly. “I’d beat you up, that’s what. Say, Number Ten Boots, did you ever steal cattle?” “Steal cattle!” It was Ketcham’s turn to darken and he certainly did it. “Who says I stole cattle?” Switser took a parting puff at his cigaret and deftly snapped it straight through the open doorway that led to the living-room. “Bull’s-eye!” he observed. “Oh, no- body says it. I just wondered. Bring me another smoke-stick, Number Ten Boots.” Bud Ketcham rose with not very much grace and went for it. Rancher Tom met him at the table. The doc. tor had gone. “Another cigaret already?” Alden frowned. “Not on your life, bud—~no more until morning. Better stay with him until midnight and don’t leave him then if he ain’t restin’ easy and sleepin' sound. I’m in the left front bedroom, if you want me. Good-night.” He limped away. Ketcham went back to Switser’s bedside and sat down. “Rancher says there ain’t nothin’ doin',” he told Connie, “until broad daylight in the mornin’.” I:The big rube!” cried- Switser. 6‘ e__’l ' “Aw, shet up,” Ketcham broke in. “You make me tired. You don’t know what you’re talkin’ about. Rat. Ranch- er done several things for you that I wouldn’t ha’ done.” The little crook sneered. "Why number Ten! Oh, dear and you lovin’ me the way You do! It’s awful touchin’. What was it he done, anyway?” Bud Ketcham bent forward, his el- bows on his knees. “You hit them fool sorrels when you was drivin’ through the gate—remem- ber? They jumped and smashed the left front wheel on that rotten snag pine; then they hung the left hind wheel against the tree and pulled it right down on you and the buckboard, smashin’ it to splinters. One 0’ them sorrels, “Brimstone, the worst one, he got all tangled in the wire 0’ the fence and fell down. There he laid, kickin’ twenty kicks to the second and hittin’ the tree half an inch from your head every time. You was layin’ under the tree with blood runnin’ out your mouth. “So what does Rancher do?” the cowman continued. “He runs in and the boss soaks him half a dozen licks that would ha’ busted your pecan-shell head. It sure looked like certain death and I don‘t yet see why it wasn’t. He’s bruised blue and black all over. Notice how he walked? Then he had to take out that gun Bill Maddon put on him and shoot‘ the Brimstone boss to save you. Why, Rat o' the Rancho, that hoss, low- down mean as he was, was wo’th a heap more’n you!” Number Ten-_;B00ts -_ ' By Hapsburg Liebe A * A Story in Two Installments “Then Rancher, what does he do? . He. lifts that tree off 0' you, carries you here and sends me cuttin’ the buck after the doctor. And that pine snag was some heavy, too, Rat. I tried to lift it myself when I got back from Dale, and I sure couldn’t! All 0’ them things he done for you, Rat, when it was your own fault. Now you got the nerve to call him a ‘big rube!’ It ain’t right, by jingoes, it ain’t right!” Connie Switser’s eyes searched the heavy copper~brown countenance of his temporary nurse for some sign of a lie. He found none. Ketcham had given a modest enough account of the accident. . Switser turned his face from the yel- low-flamed lamp and was silent for a .“Any man owes a debt like that to humanity.” Alden smiled a little. “Judgin’ by the smells that’s comin’ from the kitchen, you'd better get up if you feel like it; if you don’t I’ll bring your breakfast to you.” Connie Switser rose. . An hour later Switser walked weak- ly out toward the barns and bunk- houses and came upon the ranchman giving orders to Bud Ketcham and another cowman, both of whom were mounted. Ketcham glared wickedly at Switser and Switser deliberately made a face at Ketcham. Alden fin- ished his talk and turned to Connie. The cowmen whirled away. . “So long, Number Ten Boots!” taunted Connie. Ketcham pretended that he didn’t NEWS FROM THE’FARM By Ldura Blackmer. Dere Jim: I take my pen in hand To write to you a letter. Altho’ we have our troubles here, The farmin’ can’t be better. The huntin’ seasons open, And altho’ my place is posted, They set the swamp on fire and now The woods is darn near toasted. While we was fightin’ fire a bunch Came down the road a tootin’, And killed my pure-bred rooster ‘ With their gol derned wild-fire shootin.’ Then Sunday, tho’ in our county Huntin’ that day ain’t lawful, They shot our dog in our front yard; His cryin’ was just awful. by , 33m ‘ardly have been‘jmere mystify. But the beauties of a farm, dere Jim,, Can’t be put in a letter. .And tho’ we’re troubled now and then, The farmin’ can’t be better. long time. It was a strange thing, an almost unbeli ble thing, a thing un- heard of in all his life before, that a man whom. he hardly knew had shot to death a valuable horse, taken- se— vere punishment, even narrowly risked his own life, to save him—him, a little, mean, Worthless crook. When he awoke, day had broken. He could hear\the quarreling of Jays, the chattering of cat—squirrels, the melody of a mocking bird. He saw that the lamp on the dresser was still lighted and then he saw Rancher Tom dozed in a chair beside him. Connie resisted temptation for about the first time in his life and did not wake Alden to ask him for a cigaret. For half an hour, Switser watched the ranchman closely and thought and thought, over and over again, of the vast difference between them and of that which the ranchman had done to save his miserable life. Then Tom Alden stirred, yawned, sat up stiffly in his chair and looked toward the slender figure in bed. “Good mornin', son,” he said cheer- ily. “How you feeLin’? Black Isham’s goin’ to give us some pancakes and real ‘ham-and’ for breakfast. Reckon you can eat some?" _Connie actually grinned. “Man, whisper it-sweet and low! Eat some? I ain’t had a square in a year, honest. I’m feelin’ pretty good-— all but I’m sore across my shoulders. Say, I thought that Ketcham feller was settin’ up with me, and it’s you.” “I couldn’t sleep," was Alden’s ex- planation. . ~ Connie’s face became sober again. “How come it, Rancher,” he asked pointedly, “you done what you done for me?” , flctivz'tzrr of [1/ Array—Slim’r M z'drummer Day Dream hear. Alden’s brows puckered. “What’s the big idee, son?" asked Alden. “He wears number ten boots," Con- nie said with about a fourth of a smile.. “You found the tracks 0’ that sort o’gbpots every time you lost cat- tle, you said.” ' “Think it was Bud, eh?” “Oh, no, I ain’t thinkin’ at all. All the same, that big soak wears number ten boots! Say, Rancher, does Ketcham know you found them big footprints when your cattle turned up missin’?” “No'! Except for tellin’ Bill Maddon, I’ve ‘ kept it to myself," answered Rancher Tom. He shook his head and went on: “It wasn’t Bud, son. He’s been with me for three years and he’s a good man. I sure couldn’t sus- picion him. There’s more men than just Bud that wears number ten boots in this country. son. What made you think it was him?” “I’ve seen lots 0’ crooks, Rancher,” Connie muttered. “There’s somethin’ about .’em you get to know when you see it. When I first laid eyes on Bud, I says to myself, I says: ‘There’s a feller who’s so crooked he cain’t lay still in his sleep,’ I says. I couldn’t never tell you why, but that’s the way I felt about it. Anyhow, you watch him! You sure got to ketch the thief in thirty days, Rancher, or lose a lot!” “Lose a lot!” echoed Alden. “I’d say! You keep quiet about it, son, hear.me ?” , Connie smiled. “Quiet! Rancher, I’m a tombstone.” Days and days passed. and more and more cattle disappeared. There was no trace of their going save for a few big, dim footprints in the sand. ‘ . \ I 139 asha ehed up’at . monster ship-of the air, ,it , Tom Alden watched ,by day and he watched by night and he; rode the country over in the attempt to find which way his cattle had gone, all to. no avail. {Connie Switser,'too did a great deal of watching and- ith no morevsuccess than attended the efforts of Alden. The common dislike between the» big cowman, Ketcham, and the” little' erstwhile crook had groWn into a' Once itrwould have ' cordial hatred. reached bloodshed, doubtless. had not Rancher Tbm’ interfered. Ketcham had drawn back one of his huge legs to giva Connie the feel, of a number ten boot, when Alden caught the burly cowman by the 'shirt~collar and fairly lifted him oi! his feet: It was this final. _touch that changed Switser’s f admiration for Alden into nothing less . than idolatry. From that hour. on, Switser followed Rancher Tomrlike a' cg. The twenty-ninth day dawned and‘ Alden ; the rustler was still un‘caught. tried to hide his disappointment and couldn’t. When he had finished his breakfasting, he went into the big, plain living-room and walked the floor with folded arms, drawn brows and a face as grave as death itself. He didn’t dread losing his ranch nearly so much as he dreaded losing the girl—that was the insufferable part of it. Alice certainly would not marry him without her father’s permission. Bill Maddon had only her. He beCame aware that a pair of keen eyes were watching him from the front doorway and he wheeled irritably. ‘ z “Welly" he snapped, f‘What is it, Connie?" Connie walked in. He now wore a shirt and trousers of khaki; they had been Alden’s and Black Isham had boiled and boiled them until they had shrunk almost to a fit. One of Alden's old broad—rimmed gray hats sat ludri— crously on the back of his head. “When you ketch him, Rancher,” muttered Connie, his voice sympathy itself, “you’ll ketch him at night. There’s one more night left.” . “Yes,” gloomily replied Tom Alden, “and it’ll be just like all the rest 0' the nights." «. “There ain’t any tellin,’ Why“ Rancher, you’ve got to get him! You simply cain’t lose!" - Alden's smile was poor indeed. “Real pretty,” said he, “to talk about, Different when it comes to doin’ it.” Switser jerked his thin shoulders up. “I thought," he said, “you was a real sport. Re sports lives until they dies, Ranche . You try this one more night, Rancher, and you try like the devil.” ‘ ’ The face of Tom Alden went a little ashen with a touch of anger. “You ain’t got any kick comin', Con: nie," said he. “You’ve took on about fifteen pounds weight since you been here and you’re goin’ to get plumb well. What kick have~you got. Con- 1118." . . “Since I commenced eatin’ ham-and and breathin’ air instead 0' cigaret smoke, yes,” nodded Connie. ’“But I ain’t talkin' about me. I’m talkin’ about you. You fight the fight right on out, Rancher. You be a real sport. "You go to bed early tonight like you was sick; then you sneak out and take up the watch over your cattle and I bet you’ll have the irons on Bud Ketcham before daylight!" 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RUGS THEY WEAR NAND W'EAR'NAND WEAR) ”‘ A - 5...; --.. ‘- * =..,.<.,~t.-:, - ‘ ‘ .1, x i i: l v ”5 deletemri _'.rest. if .1 :3. lflaflm ‘ J 3 A"; ,- [1’ . ¥ ‘ » ” eContinued from. pa 8 $88) ' ' ‘ I' win. you've , job here “It Rancho , , if wouwant it.” “‘ . “I want it,” Connie said quickly. Early that nigh: Switser told the Cowman that .Al ,nrhad gone to bed all tuckered out and didn’t want to be bothered, which Wasn’t all falsehood, and immediately afterward went to his own bed.. Half an hour later Rancher r‘Tom_ crept from the house and went toward his cattle. _ He had hardly entered the palm: ett‘os When Connie, armed with a. shot- gun, himself crept from the house. Connie did not attempt to follow Alden. Two men at different pomts, ‘Switser figured, could do twice as much toward spotting the rustler as *twr' an at "one point. He took up w , little way from Alden—across tht a of palmettos. . be all the long hours of that high he neither saw nor heard any- thing out of the ordinary. He watched t‘ e dawn come, quickly as it always me, with a sinking feeling in his breast. Tom had lost, for this had been the last night. Had he caught the thief, there would have been a noise, of course. ‘ At daybreak Switser slipped back to the Rancho Alden’s big house and peered through a dining-room window. Alden sat at the table with a cup of coffee in his hand; his eyes were fixed stolidly on some object on the other side of the room. Connie thrust the shotgun under the house and went unseen back to the palmettos. He crept deep into- the shade, stretched himself out on the carpet of soft pine needles, went to sleep and dreamed finally that he was a pall- bearer at the rose lady’s funeral. . Switser sat up with a start, his brow flecked with cold. perspiration. The rose lady! He hadn’t forgotten the little lady of’the roses. It was then that he thought of the way out. It was a hard way. out, but it was the only way. He’d have to be a man of courage, like Rancher Tom or Bill Maddon, if he did it. He decided that he would do. it. It was as much for the sake of the rose lady as it was for Rancher Tom. The plan came to his mind complete from the first. There was nothing to finish, nothing to think out. He went to the big house and found Black Isham ‘tidying the living-room. “Where’s Rancher?" he asked. “Misto Alden," Black Isham an- swered promptly and very pompously, “he have done gon, to Dale, suh, on biz’ness. He driv t e new yallah boss and the old one and he told me to The Flat Tire By Mrs. A. I M Y husband, Abner, is a man of strongjopinions and few words. Now that’s a combination that ain’t always easy to git along with, but after livin" with him most twenty years, I’ve got so’t I can guess pretty accurate what he’s a-thinkin’ about and can sidestep his opinions. The trouble comes when you’ve got two children and the boy is as much like his father as two peas in a pod, but 'A‘bner does have some axi’ms that he says over and wear, oh, like “Silence is Golden” (he mostly says that for my benefit) and whatever is Worth Doin’ at all is Worth Doin’ Well,” but his favorite sayin’ is “When You Start a. Thing, Finish It,” and it is because he was always a—sayin’ that axi’m that this story come to be writ. Don, our boy, is a senior in the high school in the little city five miles away, for we are farmers, and the night they had the Junior-Senior prem, which is jest a high-toned name for a dance, Don was put on as chair- man of the decoratin’ committee, for he is awful good at that sortof' thing. We had jest set down to supper when Don come a~rushin’ in and says, “Give me somethin’ that I can eat quick, as i've only got an hour to get myself ready and go after Jean,” ’who lives five miles on the other side of town, of course, “and get back to. the school for. they’s a lot to do yet,” and he grabbed some bread and a slice of meat to put between it as he started up stairs he said, “I’ll have to take the other car tonight, dad,*~they’s a - flat. tire on Lizzie‘I didn’t have time . to change” it.”- “Howgitar did you drive on it?” . asked Abner. ~ : , '.‘It-’sj,the; old (one, (right- hand, rear 5. . flat {on' me about a" ' ‘1 -' , . -;_. - .. _ ,i' wavin' this a few pennies, at a time, 3% nah “ready"aa't .one' o’clock than; sub." ' . '«Gone to throw it up. Connie told himself. :Gone to give overall he had" on earth. Gone topay his bet like a gentleman.- Connie -jumped. He ‘ looked at the face of the nickel-plated alarm clock on the table. It was then half-past twelve; he had until four of that afternoon before the thirty days would be done. As he turned for the front door he heard footsteps on the veranda just beyond it. He opened the door and there stood Rancher Tom. He drew Alden in and rushed him to the privacy of the left front bedroom. “Good old Tom,” he said feelingly, “it was you teached me to be a game- cock. I sure cain’t bear it to treat you so low-dowu mean. You ain’t failed to ketch the rustler, Tom. You’ve got him right now and it ain’t too late. It was me! I wore a pair 0’ number ten boots to_ fool you! Take me to Bill Maddon and the jail, Tom. It’s all off. You ain’t lost the ranch nor the rose lady. Put your irons on me, Tom, before I change my mind and run!” He held out his arms, but Tom Alden had no irons for those slender wrists of SWitser’s. He took Connie’s hands in his and looked, his eyes brighter than new gold, toward the open door-way. Connie’s gaze followed Alden’s. There stood Bill Maddon and the little lady of the roses, and they were quite dressed up. “Did you hear that?” smiled Rancher Tom. ,“Bill Maddon, when it comes to sporting blood, you and me ain’t anything but pikers. This little man here, he’s the real sport of us all, all right. You understand it, Alice, don’t you?” Alice did understand fully. She went straight to Switser and kissed him, her lips tremulous, on the fore- head. Connie swayed at the sweet- ness of it. “What’s the matter, Rancher? What does it mean, anyhow?" “It means," quietly answered Tom Alden, “that I caught Bud Ketcham— I was awful su’prized—drivin’ off cat- tle last night. He drove ’em down the edge 0’ the river, where the water would wash 'out their tracks, to a couple 0’ pals. And it means, fu’ther- more, that Bud is in jail and I’m a married man and the good woman who just kissed you out o’ the fulness 0’ her heart is my cherished wife. “The only thing I regret about it, son, is that I didn‘t have you for a best man at the weddin’. Surely to goodness you’re the only man in this part 0’ the country that’s got any real right to wear number ten boots.-" The End. R. Arford knew his father would tell him he couldn't take that other car. I don’t usually go right ag'in Abner but I did that time and I helped Don git out the front way so’t he wouldn’t meet his father who was a-waitin’ for him’ in the kitchen, for I didn’t want the boy’s good time spoiled that night. But the next mornin’ at breakfast Abner began ag’in. I’ve said he was a man of few words but he certainly wasn’t then and all Don said was, “Well, dad, you’ve always said when I started a. thing to finish it, and that’s what I was a-tryin’ to do. I couldn’t finish it and change that tire." “Finish What?” growled Abner, “fin- ish som fol-de-rol decoratin’ for a dance a d spoiled a brand new tire I jest paid $12.75 for.” D“But it was my job, father,” said on. Well, for most a week we had that blasted tire for breakfast and for sup- ‘per and the only reason we didn’t have it at noon was because Don didn’t come home. It got so it didn’t matter whether I was eatin’ beafsteak or custard pie it all tasted like rubber to me. Abner talked more that week than he usually talked in a year. ' He talked about that $12.75 and rattle— brained kids till you’d think we was wasa—settin’right onto the front door step to the poorhouse and that Don didn't amount to nothin’. Finally, one night, Don laid some money by his father’s plate and said, “there’s that $12.75, father, and I sup- pose you’ll want to know where I got it. I wOuldn’t tell you but I suppose you’ll think I stole it. I knew when it ..come to graduation there’d be a lot of things I’d Want that you wouldn’t . vemm the“ money for because you’d t ink they was foolish; so I’ve been , I 811... these -four years.“ Many a .time- "I’ve stayed at home when the other mi‘ ‘ ‘ as out somewhere and I've . ,. '_ .‘ of thing . He knew life. may a , year. ' this time, but ‘-I want you to take this and never --_say ‘tire’ to me again, but I’ve lost faith in the axi’ms I’ve been brought up on, I find they don’t work.” Well, Abner looked the foolishest I ever see him and I’ve known him all my life. I really think he’d got as tired of that flat tire as the rest- of us had but he didn’t know just how to let go of the thing. Abner may be a bit close but he ain’t mean and he said right away, “No, Don, I don’t want your money." “Neither do I," snapped Don' and went off in the other room. I \ And then that money lay there on the table between ’em for neither of ’em would touch it ’till it got to be most as bad as Abner’s jawin’ and I still think Providence took a hand in clearin’ things up even if it did seem like an accident, and it was all Abner’s fault. There had been some rainy weather that Week and Abner had been cleanin’ up around the barn and the shed and had brought in some old shingles and kindlin’ and put it on the floor right in front of the furnace sayin’ he might as well have it where it would be handy. Now Abner has a habit that 'worries Don and me terribly. He will take his ashes up in old bushel bas- kets. We giv him a galvanized ash pail for a Chr stmas present one year, and he fills that up and then fills the baskets and then takes a morning and empties them all up. Well, of course, you know what happened. A live coal set a basket on fire and it ran into the kindlin’s and we had a pretty good sized blaze before we discovered it. And then Abner lost his head com- pletely. He went to drawin’ pails of water, and you know the water sup- ply in the country is limited. It was '4 3: Don who thought to dump the ashes standin' there onto the fire to smother , ., 5 .‘ it, and it was Don who thought :0 get_‘ the 'garden hose so every drop of water would count, and by the time Abner, who had been a-rushin’pround the, neighborhood yellin’_“Fire” had his bucket brigade organized, Don had the fire out, with no more damage to the house than a little smoke in the upper rooms. - The next mornin’ Abner handed Don. a check for $50.00, but it wasn’t so much the money as what he said that counted, for it was the only time I ever heard Abner apologize. He said, “I beg your pardon, Don, for all the mean things I’ve said about rattle- brained kids. If it hadn’t been for you, maybe we wouldn’t a had any house this mornin’. That $12.75 is gone and I’m glad of it, there’s been. trouble enough about it already. They was so many folks here we couldn’t- even guess who took it. Use this money and if you want any more, ask for it. I don’t want you to make a. business of runnin’ around the coun- try on flat‘ tires but I know I can trust you and I still think my advice is good, “When You Start a. Thing, Finish It.” Now, maybe you folks would like to! know what become of that $12.75. That mornin’ about ten o’clock one of the neighbor women come in and she says, “I found this money on the dinin’ room table and they was so many folks around, I thought I’d better take care of it.”~ Well, Abner didn’t want it and Don didn’t need it, so I put some butter and egg money’with it and I’m a-wearin’ the stylishest dress to church I ever had. A Sagacious Father-in-Law Our Weekly Sermon—By N. A. Mchme N the \picture as painted in Exodus 18 we see Moses as judge. We have seen him as liberator, as law giver, as shepherd, as fugitive fleeing from justice. But now he comes on the stage as judge. A big man can do several things well. He must have been a good judge. Think of the ex- perience he had had! He had met all sorts of people, and could read them like a printed page. He had been down on his luck, and had taken the first job that promised board and lodging. He had been on the heights. Moreover he was con- siderate, for are we not told that “the , man Moses was meek above all the men that are on the face of the earth?” He surely must have been a good judge. But he was being worn 'out with petty cases. Somebody had a pet calf, and it fell into another man’s well and was drowned. Two young bucks loved the same girl, and had had a fight over her, without settling it. One man beat his Wife more than she ‘thought he should, and she had gotten her brother to complain. See the cases brought before other men in authority in the Bible: I Kings 3: 16-28; Nehhemiah 521-13, and Acts 6:12 When you have a couple‘of millions of people with their griev- ances, great and small, it becomes a task. No one man could endure it, even though he had been hardened and bronzed by desert wind and sun. It was wearing a strong man out doing chores. Now Moses was blest with a father- in~1aw. He had picked out a good one. Perhaps when he had married his wife had seen to it that she had a real dad. This man was the priest of Midian. That means that he had had years of experience With people. He could judge folks. Hehad, that knowledge of people that/ no {amount of book study can give, though it may help, but which is learnt by contact with flesh and blood of all types, sizes, de- grees, colors and speeds. He had been getting scolding wives to make up with their husbands, and good~for~ nothing husbands to go to work, for ,‘ 339.991.1193? and finds his son~in-law, who be supposed had some sense, up to his eyes in a mass of de— tail that would make a nervous wreck of him, in a few months. He gives his son-in-law a straight talk, and Moses has sense enough to listen. Jethro did not give his son—in—law advice until he had some to give. It was simple and workable. Said he “divide the people roughly as an army is divided. Put a good man in charge of a thousand, divide that into ten hundreds, with a chairman in charge of each hundred, divide that again into two fifties, and that into tens. Make each man responsible for the number under his charge, and let him judge his crowd, unless the case is too diffi« cult, in which case let him carry it up. Do you handle only the very difficult cases." ‘ - Moses did it. It worked. Notice now this additional fact. All the men who were thus made' chair- man or judges, were jointly responsi- ble with Moses for making the expedi- tion a success. Every man of them wanted to see the great movement move. He wanted his own group happy and contented, and he would put himself out to make them so. That made for peace all through the camp. Draw a red line under the kind of men to be appointed—“able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating un- just gain.” They were not to be numbskulls or peanut politicians, or Bathhouse Johns, or Hinky Dinks. They were to be able men, men who feared god, and above a bribe. Old Jethro was a wise man. In the church, in the community, when responsibility is shared, it makes for success. One man cannot do it all. People like to have respon- sibility and the ,honor that goes with it. Let them have both. Christ used the same method. Some of his followers were prominent. Some were obscure. But contentment follows, where each does the work assigned him. The golden rod is as happy as the hard maple that towers ' seventy-five feet ab0ve. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR AUGUST 15. ‘ SUBmoT:—-“Jethr'o’s Wise came Exodus 18:13-24. ' _‘ 1.4%": ,. GOLDEN TEXT : “-f'Mark :13 :14; . Make Ice Last Longer» By Oére‘rvifig a Few. Simple Rules Wém Using Your RWzgera/tor I. W. Dickerson " ECENT surveys indicate that in Rsome states as high as 60 per cent of the farms use ice, and while this proportion will probably not hold for all localities, the propor- tion of such rural ice‘users is quite high and the labor and cash outlay for refrigeration is very large. With the rapid increase of rural electrifica- tion, the electric refrigerator will prove the solution for thousands of farmers, doing away with practically ‘all the labor and bother at little if any increase in cost; but still ice will be the great standby for many years to come. Hence a few suggestions as to the best way to use ice will be help- ful. Use Nothing But a Good Refrigerator. A cheap poorly insulated refriger- ator or one with poorly fitting doors is much the more expensive in the long run. The difference in the first cost between a good and a poor re- frigerator is usually not more than a few dollars, and the poor one will of- ten waste enough ice and food the first year to entirely pay the differ- ence in cost; and as a good refriger- ator should last for a great many years, the saving it makes goes on year after year. Have the Refrigerator Large Enough. Too small a refrigerator will not hold enough ice to keep the tempera- ture right, and the food must be stacked and crowded in such a way as to prevent proper air circulation. The size of the refrigerator has but little effect on the amount of ice re- quired for any given amount of food. Keep the Refrigerator in a Cool Spot. The most important environment for causing a refrigerator to waste ice is a hot breeze, next a cool breeze, then sunshine, then heat from a stove. A good rule is to keep all these away. Still air is one of the very best insul- ators. The‘ideal location is a closed cool basement. room, probably the next best a cool closed entry away from sunshine and drafts. Keep the ice Chamber Well Filled. The larger the ice surface, the more rapidly can the air come in contact and the more quickly will the tem- perature reach the desired point. The ice melts more slowly when a large supply is on hand and nothing is gained by letting it run low before re- filling. \ A Keep the Doors Closed Tightly. Even a small leak lets the cold air out and the warm air in quite rapidly. Plan the household work so that two or three trips with a tray will do the work, rather than a dozen trips for one thing at a time. Don’t Cover the Ice. The whole surface of the ice is needed to chill and purify the air. The practice of putting newspapers or blankets on the ice is entirely wrong, as it does not save the ice in the long~ run and (ices raise the temperature so that some of the food is sure to spoil. Never Put Hot Food or Milk in the Refrigerator. Not only must every B. T. U. in the A Sunday Reformation YOUNG woman of my acquaint- ance who married a fine young man found to her dismay that Sunday was the hardest day of the week in the old homestead to which he brought her. She was aware that his father, an elderly gentleman, would live with them, paying his and plain. They rose late on Sunday, so they could stand the delay. Also she broke up the habit of fill- ing the machines with fruit and vege- tables for the home trip. Even the young husband rejoiced at this. “When Aunt Hat kept house for us she had me in the garden pulling beets and lonia’s Second Annual Achievement Day Was a 805m to Extension Work. ’\ board and they paying cash rent for farm and house, but she was not in- formed as to the number of Sunday guests the old house sheltered each~ week. Shrewdly guessing that under the cloak of coming to cheer up Grandpa, many of the visitors were there only for an outing and a good dinner, she set to work without an— nouncing her intentions to have a re- formation. Coming home from church to find two families in the cheering up busi- ness, she leisurely started to get a very plain meal. Nobody came from the sitting room to assist her, so it was quite late when at last theplain food was.set on the table. The food was good and abundant, but evidently not what the housekeeper had set out, in fact the young husband remarked that something seemed to be wrong with the dinner. It didn’t seem to be as usual. The next Sunday Grandpa, as the whole family connection called him, was persuaded to go to church with his son and new daughter-in—law, and this time the bride carelessly proposed a trip to the cemetery with dinner at a. cafeteria at the county seat. As the old gentleman had been wishing for this trip for» some time, ,he Was childishly delighted to be invited and so a quiet day was secured. But- her best hold 'was the. plain food sh served, for it soon became evident that the visitors were much diasp- pointed. On Saturday she Would picking beans all day Sunday,” he said. “I’ m glad you discouraged that _from the first.” . It took\time but it paid. was no longer a long nightmare of cooking and dishwashing followed by a day of utter weariness when she wished to be about her work. The house looked better and the inhabit- ants were able to go to church com- fortably not expecting a whole com- pany when they got home. innovation remarked that Seemed like a real day of rest with the lack of visitors. And then when peace and order was restored the young husband cently took .all the credit to himself and his wife wagfwise enough to say nothing. “I believe it was my stop- ping the endless round of filling their machines with country truck that set- tled the business,” he said with pride.‘ “Wonder I didn’t think of it long ago. Now we can invite folks when we want company and really enjoy them instead of~. having a mob drop down upon us. ” ,. , . And the new mistress of the farm house Smiled and said, “Well, John, I’m glad you thought of it when you 7 —did for Sunday is for rest and worship and not for cooking and dishwashing- exclusively.” Mrs. H4 R (Many rural heuse have this name comp solve. 110 you follow th of thi , brfde‘ sidi- Sunday' Even the father who had looked askance at the' inno- » hot food be taken away by the melt- ing of more ice, but the chances are that the food may partially spoil be- fore it chilled loiv enough. This is especially true of warmhmilk. Air is a. very poor conductor of heat, and a can of warm milk set in a refrigerator. may take ten times as long to reach a Safe temperature as it would if the can were set in cold Water with only the thin metal for the transfer of heat. Keep the Refrigerator Scrupulously Clean. ' All housekeepers know that even a few drops of milk or other 'food let accumulate in the refrigerator will quickly produce contamination and bad odors. And still many housekeep- ers do allow just this same thing to occur. TEMPTING EATS FOR WARMER DAYS. Peach RoH Pudding 2 eggs, well beaten 1 tsp. baking powder cup sugar pinch of salt. 35 cup flour Bake in a tin as for roll jelly cake. Spread with crushed peaches or her- ries, roll and slice. Serve with whipped cream or fruit sauce. _ Fruit Fritters. Fritters are a welcome change at most tables, and require very little sugar. This is the recipe I use: Heat one cup of milk till lukewarm, add well-beaten yolks of two eggs, one tablespoonful of sugar, two cups flour sifted with one heaping tea- spoonful of baking powder, a. pinch of salt. Stir well, and add the two stiffly beaten egg-whites fruit, fresh or canned, you may de- sire. They are very good, plain. Drop by spoonfuls into hot lard and fry 3. nice brown. Syrup is nice to serve with them, also honey. Pea Timbales. Cook _one tablespoonful of flOur, in one and half tablespoonfuls of butter, »when bubbling stir in gradually, one- half cupful of milk, cook until smooth, and season with a little salt and onion juice. Remove from fire, add three beaten eggs, and one cupful of cooked ‘ peas, pressed through a sieve, turn into greased timbale molds. them in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderately hot oven. Turn out on heated plates and serve with white sauce. Currant Sherbet. one pint of red currant juice, one 1 pound of sugar, lemons, the juice of three one pint of boiling water, Dissolve sugar in boiling water; when _ cold add currant juice and freeze. Makes three pints. Eggs With Creamed Celery. Leftover creamed cele‘ry, peas, or carrots may be warmed by setting dish in cold water and letting water come to a bOil Just before removing from heat, add three chopped hard boiled eggs, serve on toast. This will make a delightful supper dish for warm days. ‘ ’ x. ‘ .r“ . ' ' PROBABLY HALF SHOT ig‘gt.,g and any ‘ Stand ' ,_. A-.. .. _ «.__A~.,_v, ”W.” 1 .1‘ HE third annual camp for moth- ers 0f Washtenaw County has now passed into history but to , the group of mothers enrolled in the \ camp it is histOry full of pleasant memories of rest, recreation, and in- spiration. The camp, sponsored by the Wash- tenaw Farm Bureau, opened August 2 at Camp Birkett on- the beautiful shores of Silver 'Lake. During the week more than a hundred mothers throughout the county enjoyed free- dom from household responsibilities, with time to rest, play and talk over their home and community problems. About thirty- five mothers spent the en- tire week in camp. 1 The primary object of the camp was rest fer rural women through change of physical labor to mental in- spiration and play. One mother was heard to say, “It has been a wonder- ful week with plenty of time to think, no meals to get, no beds to make, and no floors to sweep.” The camp activities were in charge of Miss Julia Brekke, assistant home. demonstration leader and H. S. Qsler, county agent. On Monday Miss ’Brekke gave an interesting resume of the Farm Women Institute that had been held at Michigan State College the previous week. Many of the women were inspired to attend the institute next year. Rev. J. J. Halladay, of the Federated Church at Salem, talked to the moth- ers on the moral and physical condi- tion of our great country. He said that the lack of discipline was respon— sible for many of the problems con- cerning our younger generation today and that rural communities need more organization in order that they ,may work together more effectively and efficiently. Rev. Halladay was chap- lain of the Rainbow Division during the World War. , During the round table discussions, the important subject that was always bobbing to the top was the consoli- dated school problem. Loyal patrons of these institutions expressed their appreciation of their value to their community. “When people learn to appreciate the children” of their com- munity more than live stock, automo- bile, and the almighty dollar, con- solidated schools will come,” one en- thusiastic mother'was heard to re- mark. “ Annual 91er Camper: yWae/ztemw Inspires Mat/zen to the Importance of T/zezr Home—Mezémg I05: ‘ Miss Barber, of the nutrition divi- sion of Kellogg Company, spent one day in camp and showed the women how to prepare a simple nutritious meal. Mrs. McDonald, of the Douglas Pectin Company, explained the mys- teries of making jellies and preserves to the homemakers. Many of their worrisome problems were solved by her interesting demonstration. Miss Viola Armstrong, social recrea- tion worker of Detroit, injected the play spirit into the group and demon- strated many games and tricks of program and recreation leaders. Every mother in camp was vitally interested in the interior decoration lectures given by Miss Brekke every morning. They returned home with a heap of new ideas on arrangement of furniture, pictures, and room ac- cessories, color harmonies, and win- dow decoration to apply to the indi- vidual rooms of their own homes. Miss Brekke also directed the calis- thenics of the camp and saw to it that each member kept fit. Mrs. Louise Campbell, state home demonstration leader, was a most wel- come guest in camp on Wednesday and talked to the mothers on the in- spiration of service. Mrs. O’Brock of Ann Arbor was also a very popular leader among these vacationists for shetaught them how to swim. Many of the mothers be- came, quite water ducks before the end of the week. The camp had its own bi-weekly paper and it was well filled with newsy news. Mrs. Farley, its capable editor even succeeded in filling “wanted” and “for sale” columns. Thursday night was stunt night and it proved to be a rousing success, each group putting on some very clever stunts. We often hear, “what is home with- out mother,” but many homes in Washtenaw County went motherless for at least a few days during camp week. Undodbtedly, these mothers were all the more appreciated upon their return. They could not help but go back to their individual communi- ties and neighborhoods with a wider conception of the possibilities of their jobs as rural homemakers and in- spired with the enthusiasm of exten- sion ideas, ready to preach and to practice standard of better farm life in Michigan. Use this department to help solve your household problems. Address your letters to Martha Cole, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Michigan. CHASE AWAY RED ANTS. Can you give me a remedy to de- stroy tiny cinnamon- colored ants which are less than an eighth of an inch long?-—A Reader. Tartar emetic, a poison, mixed with four or five times its volume of syrup and placed about thecupboard in shal- low dishes will very soon drive away any kind of house ants. A syrup made by dissolving sugar and borax in boil- " ing water will also attract and kill -quamfiiss in many ants. "i”_.“—‘"——.~— CA’N’ YOU HELP US? I would like to can a quantity of string beans this season, but it is such a task to can in jars, I am wondering if they cannot be preserved in larger brine as cucumbers.— .Mrs. R~»-R . If so, please send a letter to this de- partment telling all about it.——Martha TO REMOVE FRUIT STAINS. Recently my young son got his tan rompers badly stained with cherry juice. Can you tell me what will 1e- move it?——Mrs. I. It is quite difficult to remove fruit stains of any kind after they have be— come set. 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Can make big money schema: mm rm an: . .. , . Gnu! . 91:; rd; ‘ n Et.‘s'.‘d.,l.....:?xo..m‘:.l Mingle. gtwgufficgfd' Wk“ ”"0““ I‘m” ”'1'“; '1“ “th- and delivered prise. w'o siren; m or you; 3153‘ vv H (FERTILE‘ E Gcs SPOIL EAsVI.'_Lv.L-.f Lea Iglrli‘wheat‘mce a day. leashes; cubate at 68 degrees and at 90 degrees feather out, and those seem to get _ . ,what the cause of that is.—~Mrs. F. A. hFemfi eggsdurlng the summer cost "Goslings often become weak due to t e p0 trymen in the. United States , ’ ~ , - V over 50 million dollars a year, accord- giggiuigdgezgggggtfsflnaleggglzo: isntitéz e§i§2fifie§5deofbyggficgllfiffg lings will probably thrive better on a, Fort _ t d h 3.1 ‘ ' mash than on wheat as their digestive 3’ W0 an one- . f per cent or the system is better eduip ed' to handle fertile eggs marketed in the summer' gro‘und grain A mash? com'Tised of are unfit for food when they reach the two parts shorts and (me part corn consumer. Roosters sold early in the meal should give good results If summer will bring a higher price than worms are noted in the droppings try those sold late and leave a larger es— giving each gosling a. half teaspoon: tate in the form of good marketable ful of turpentine. This should be\ Emdd care for dlti{0ksi:i kl have been ee ing sour mi , c 0 feed, roiled ” . oats, bread and curd, varying it each cfififientg%%gl.edngv 132311 111%,; fitwng meal and removmg them from the get rid) of them" Please advise ——E‘ feeding pen as soon as they are fln- M R ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ished eating. I" also cut grass 1; " ' ' clover for them and mix sand With 1 think the “fleas” you have seen in‘ foals, Anni Ilgivoin‘girilght? th it led the hen house are really red mites elg ors e me ey r ~ - . raising ducks and when they were which dld not look red because they for a few minutes they fell over back- hens. When a. house becomes in- :Baid’s -2:6:1dd died. Whallt WOPdld_tCi;«1use tested with mites all the litter should peaning tonmingylv can av01 1 ap- be removed and spread as far as pos- I keep mine in a box, changing the sibld from the hen house. Remove paper I have on the bottom each time all portable equipment and sweep out I feed. I take them out to feed. I have no running water and plan as much 0f the dust'in the cracks and on putting a tub in the ground for crevices as you can reach. Then spray them when they are older. They are the house with commercial coal, tar Pekin ducks.—-I. A. M. disinfectant. Ducklings sometimes die from too Usually a hen house is quite ffee much exposure t0.h0t sun and It is from mites if the roosts are protected. necessary to Dr0V1de a shady range They should be occasionally painted for them duringfithe heat 0f the day. with strong coal tar disinfectant, kero- Ducklings sometimes have fits caused sene oil or the engine oil drained from by digestive disorders. Plenty Of a crank case. Carbolineum painted green feed in the ration helps to pre- on the roosts once each year gives vent such troubles. good satisfaction when applied accord- The ducklings d0 Pot 1199‘} running ing to directions. Mites often hide water or any water 111 Whlch to swim around nests. This can be largely but the drinking water Should be prevented by cleaning and spraying given in diSheS deep enough SO they the nests every few weeks and apply- can immerse their heads and wash ing the spray dope.‘ out their eyes. The method of feed- ing you are using will probably pro: duce good results. Mites are more dangerous than lice, as the mites take the blood from the FEEDING MOULDY CORN MEAL] ity' ‘ : wrong with my hens. I lost quite a few very shortly. I opened one but I . didn’t find anything Wrong except the we had a new 9001) made last year lungs had yellow spots on them. 7W9 12 ft- by 30 ft. Wlth ten double Wm- feed ground, oats and corn meal, ome dQWS on the south, bill: the carpenter ground. The corn was mouldy. I like failed to jput in ventilators. This win- to know if the corn meal is good for ter my 0 ickens contracted the roup. hens also for ducklings. For lice. on NOW about half Of them have it. Just hens I used sodium flouride. Please hPW W911” a person go about it to get i tell me if that hurts them.——J.. M. ’ 3311;); lynu WIFE Sltzlf and 311116: where - -‘ 0 Du n eifven acre or Feeding mouldy corn meal 1s rather this size coup? I plan on keeping a sure way of making hens sick- about 100 hens—Mrs. V D. , Spofled feed W111 ruin either young . It is diffi cult to advise the best chicks or ducklings in a short time. method of ridding a flock of roup with« Always sort carefully any 0:01‘11 can out seeing the birds and if you have a taining mouldy or decayed ears and large flock it will pay to have a vet- discard all that are not fit for food. erinarian. inspect them and make D088 can (usgorge- material that recommendations. ' In general the moves harmful to them but when a serious cases had better be killed. hen or‘chick eats spoiled grain or de- Some may be cured by’ surgery and cayed meat it must pass through the the use of commercial roup prepara- entire digestive system and often it tions. ‘ , . kills the bird. For thatreason only . gig: geznygfifilgufitigfil be "1' open front heuses to use a square foot Sodium fluoride is safe to use on :20 glass to ”fight” squire feet of hens to kill lice and seems to be the 11 ed specter; ‘ cefas muc space is most generally recommended 01’ all hirdwzie Slogan 113th cgvered’ 31:}; the louse killing materials. curtains in times:l of 'sgiggflgftorms costmes ”sleep esouno caAlN. X39333; 311$??th ;_h°“9§:%n:“pzz ’ ' [rant separatism. ‘ ‘ Please tell me if you know what is TIGHT HOUSE CAUSED ROUP. I had a flock of “19 littleiigoslings Which twere snowing .p-goode and «'81! seemed healthy. ,1, have them» ienced in our orchard. ; utan acre. fi'At first read ' . . . , numbers. Write r _, r‘y~ agMichigan Farmer Liner rim. Burt 1: Sons, so: 49; . , . Dino ,,- . , _ . . , . , 5 GGiv daughthe “shutt infillghe-«orchggtrd._; Vi [ARM weather will quickly spoil a 9* . em res 1W“ 3” '99 °r"":°“r«i . . .- vs. mes a day from a .stone. well.- Some: ,. . fertile eggs. .They start to in- are sixyr'eeks old now and startingtb' blood vessels form'rapidly. The blood weak, 1.3-” fOrwardend die in a few- -' :"A decays and a rotten egg is the I'éSlllt- minutes time, I would like to .know, ~ eggs. , placed as _deep' as possible in the ’ ird’ L i h L ' I RAISING DU CK Ll N G S. b s throat w t a medicine dropper. Will you please tell me how to feed I‘FLEAS" IN HEN HOUSE‘ birds at night and reduce their vital- It is a commdn rule in. ventilating .. “w".-.um‘ ._,.,-..\A _.~‘.. .g . Muenm.‘ M % w... Ma .M-v ». . bump-M vv'n-l .01 «r .WMM \ vneed have no fear qt ordinary contact, PUMPING our THE STOMACH. , "doctor wanted to pump - ES sir - out her stomach, but I wouldn't have no such cruel instruments used on my wife!" The expression carried me back to my childhood days when frequent ref— erence was made to “the stomach pump.” My childhood imagination used to picture a device like the cis- tern pump that stands in the kitchen sink, with long handle and extensive tubing. As a matter of fact the stom- ach pump is a very simple contriv- ance which a doctor carries in a small corner of his bag. It is nothing more than arubber tube with which is con- nected an aspirating bulb much like those used on catarrh sprays. It is no great trick for a skilled doctor to pass the stomach tube down and empty out the stomach contents; in fact patients can learn to do it for themselves. So when you hear of the stomach being “pumped out” or “washed out” don’t think of it as a barbarous operation, and if your doc- tor suggests that he can help your case along more quickly by the use of that simple measure don’t shy off from it. Be sure that you have a skilled doctor, though, for a bungler or novice may do fearful things. One urgent time for the stomach pump is when poison has been taken. If the doctor gets -there quickly he may empty the stomach before the poison has got its work in very far. He might not attempt its use if the poison should be corrosive for fear of perforating the stomach. Many cases of old chronic gastric catarrh get a lot of help from having the stomach washed. This is espe- cially true when the stomach is dilated and has sagged down. It gives the pa- tient a new lease on life, and used with discretion may result in cure. One would think the stomach tube scarcely necessary‘when vomiting is already going on. \ But this is one of the best times to apply it. The doctor empties the stomach completely of the obnoxious substance that the patient is trying to vomit; then fills it again (through the tube, which remain in place) with a soothing, cleansing soluo tion, and repeats this until all is clear. There are many other ways in which the stomach tube is very help- ful both to the patient in relieving pain and distress, and to the doctor in making his diagnosis. If skillfully handled it is quite harmless. A good doctor knows better than to use it on patients with heart disease, far ad- vanced tuberculosis or other condi- tions that might make it dangerous. So don’t be afraid if your doctor sug- gests its use. IS PNEUMONIA CONTAGIOUS? Do you consider pneumonia a con- contagious disegse? What steps ought the family of patient take to keep it from spreading'Z—L. V. S. There is no doubt about the fact that pneumonia is a contagious dis- ease, although the contagion does not spread so rapidly as that of such dis- eases as measles, scarlet fever, etc. The patient With pneumonia should " always be placed in avquiet, comfort- able room away from the rest of the household, both for his sake and that of the family. . The room should be kept Well aired. Linen~from the sick- room should be boiled. Dishes should be kept separate. Those in attendance the bed, or other matters of intimate touch. . SYMPTOMS OF TUBERCULOSIS. Will you kindly give full description of tuberculosis in its early and more advanced stages?———L. A. R. Anyone can tell you the symptoms of tuberculosis in the advanced stage. It is then that you have cough, hem- orrhages, night sweats, cavities in the lung and emaciation. The important thing is to find it in the early stages when it is quite curable. Symptoms to be looked for are persistent cough, tired feeling, slight loss of weight, loss of appetite and rapid pulse. These symptoms do not positively mean tuberculosis, but when they go with a persistent cough they are warning symptoms. Get complete rest in bed and good food to cure them. Thermite, a chemical which burns at a. temperature of 5,000 degrees Fah- renheit, is being used experimentally to attempt to melt icebergs. Only time and use will prove the real merit of any machine.‘ Actual test under all kinds of conditions, for a long time, will show whether or not it is reliable and durable. 5 . The Auto-Oiled Aermotor has been thru the testing period in every part of the world. For 12. years 1t has been giving the most reliable service to hundreds of thousands of owners. ' Auto-Oiled means that the gears run in oil r and everypart subject to frittion lS constantly flooded with oil. The gear case is filled with oil ' and holds a supply sufficient to keep every bearing perfectly oiled for a year or more. . The im roved Auto-Oiled Aermotor, is a wonderfully efficient .V windmil. 3 time you are taking a cut. There is nothing better than the Auto-Oiled Aermotor which has If you buy an windmill which has not stood the test of ong chance. But you do not have to experim demonstrated its merits wherever windmills are used. CHICAGO KANSAS CITY AERMOTOR C0. ' DES MOINES DALLAS, OAKLAND MINNEAPOLIS 2901 East Jefferson Ave., 00rd Wood Wanted Prices wanted on car load lots of Oak,Hickory or White Birch in two-foot lengths, loaded in in car, ready for shipment. WM. WRIGHT COMPANY, Detroit, Mich. LIMESTONE PULVERIZERS $195. Five different slzel. Swing Hammer Feed Mills $150. four different sizes. free catalogue. O. B. WISE COMPANY Knoxville, Tennessee. Write for, Try a Michigan Farmer Liner ALWAYS LABOR DAY WEEK September 5th to 11th ~ I) E ‘l' R 0 I ‘l‘ The Greater Michigan State Fair Follow the Arrows ._the Safety way... to the Fair Grounds Detroit ’ i—Zi Meet Your Friends. ' At The STATE FAIR Sept. 5... to 11... The primary purpose of the Greater Michigan State Fair is educational—- but the Fair Grounds is a place where you can have a royal good time. Thousands are planning their vaca- tions during Fair Week Sept. 5th to 11th at Detroit, so they can visit the exposition this year. For they will see a bigger, better, more interesting Fair. Come on the trolleys,'pbusses, railroads, or in your own car— but come! There ’s a Big Treat In Store For You! Is YOUR FAIR* l “\“(t \ ilk“ . Take Time ' ! Say: Edwin Mart/mm, W riter of “T lze Man W #12 21126 Hoe” ‘1 m I "i ' DUILUY” For Culture C , HILE I counsel you to be industrious, I also counsel you not to be ultra-industrious. slave of the fields. picted by the great painter Millet in his famous painting, Don’t let yourself become a serf of the soil, 8. Don’t become “The Man with Hoe,” the man de- the bent and brutalized toiler, the man I tried to portray and defend in the poem that I wrote in the dawn of the twentieth Century and that went out to the four , winds of the world. This Hoe—man is the taller who has nothing but brute labor in his life—ethe toiler who had never come into contact with education, , nor ever felt the fire of those noble hopes and dreams that make us men. ' So I recommend that you leave room in your busy life for a certain amount of literature and art—for reading some of the great romances, some \ .-.-.......,~um 6" ... ~‘~——-—/ I I ( y letters. .usehis mind, I suppose. .. 3, ,way we .all should do. . '~r.._.‘Vic, surely can write good letters. So can George and Guilford. -;he.’wfhte;1t._n 0. boy. ’ flat ' i? of the great dramas, some of the great poems. kindled with great ideas. you must not feel that your education is complete: you must feel that your education is only in its begin- ning. What the School gives you is only the power to go ahead, to aCQuire by your own unaided efforts the higher and richer education that lies waiting in the great books of the world. Every farmer’s boy should have upon his evening table the romanCes of Victor Hugo, a large-type edition 0f ShakeSDeare, Abbott’s “History of the French Revo- tion,” Carlyle’s “Heroes and Hero Worship,” Ruskin’s “Sesame and Lilies,” Emerson’s “Essays.” You must keep your minds After graduation from school, These will ' help to form the solid or more serious reading of a man’s life time. You young men should also have some contacts with the great poems. They carry lightning flashes for our souls. Milton’s “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso,” Robert Burn’s “Tam O’Shanter,” Wordsworth’s I am thinking of such poems as William Blake’s “The Tiger,” “The Daffodils,” Shelley’s “The Skylark,” Keat’s “The Nightingale,” Byron’s “The Dream,” Tenny- son’s “Tears, Idle Tears,” Browning’s “The Pied Piper.” This bring us (it? to the modern men—down to Oscar Wilde’s “The Ballad of Reading Goa,” to John Masefield’s sea ballads so full of wind and foam. There arr.1ny other poets of high renown. You will get a feeling of them in “The Oxford Book of Verse” and in Jessie Rittenhouse’s three little collec-\ tions of American verse. of the higher culture. These will give you a fine beginning in this line _ Young gentlemen of plough and hoe and reaper, why do I turn aside . from the more usual advise to urge these books upon your attention? Be- cause the knowledge of these books will give you power, power over your- self and power over men. They will not only strengthen character, but they will also help to sweeten toil, help to soften the daily grind. Young men of tomorrow, I send you my lyric blessing. friends. Let us EDWIN MARKHAM. Note to Boys—“I was myself a farmer’s boy in far-away California. I know your life, every inch of it. culties, your disappointments, your determinations.” I know your hopes, your labors, your difl'i-' So says the famous, venerable and beloved American oet, author of “The Man with the Hoe,” in sending this week’s “Success alk for Farm Boys,” We hope all our boy readers will try to follow his fine advice. (Standard Farm Paper Editorial Scriicc. Copyright 1926. by Clarence Poe.) OUR LETTER BOX -Dear Uncle Frank: I don’t know whether to agree with Vic or hot. Here’s my opinion. If a man came home from his work tired out and his house was nice and neat, but his wife was dirty, would he like it? Or if he came home and found his house dirty and nothing neat or tidy, but his wife clean and neat, which would he rather have? Per- haps he would come home and find a neat house and a neat wife. If she was not good looking, wouldn’t she look good to him? I have met many beautiful girls who 'I wouldn’t choose for my wife and lots that perhaps I would if I were choosing.—-—A1ways an M. 0., Billy. I don’t know how old you are, Billy, but you are thinking serious thoughts in a sane sort of way. It is not time for one to choose a mate until he has chosen an occupation. _ Dear Uncle Frank: Herbert always has such interesting Why? Because he seems to That’s the naeorge, [agree with what you said bout education. , Uncle Frank, would you talk about your , sisters like Harold did? I wouldn’t. .I Wonder if his sister knows 5 fissile~ finds out I enclose a little sum for the radio for the children at Farmington. I like the letters from the children at Farm- ington very much. With best wishes, —Julia Anna Bishop, M. C., Willis. Our boys are interesting writers, are they not? “they are not?” Do I hear some say, I think Harold’s sis- T/irs {8’ WI”??? 16 .,, a ‘ be. ter knows all about what he wrote. She knew he was just kidding”! am sure. ‘ “ ' Dear Uncle Frank: I am visiting here and saw in the Page” so I thought I would write in some of my opinions. I think we ought to discuss things which are more closely related to farm life and farming than paint and . powder and sweethearts don’t you, Uncle Frank? I wonder what the Merry Circlers think about large and- small farms. I think a large farm is the best because you can grow more crops and grow them cheaper. You have to have a team of horses or mules on any farm and they work only part of the time on ,a small farm whereas on a large farm they work most of the time at the same expense of keeping them. Also on a' large farm the farmer can raise enough grain to feed‘a large number of cattle or sheep through the winter and thus keep himself busy at work earning money both winter and summer. If you have a large farm you can have larger fields and thus fewer fences will be required thereby lessening a great expense considerably. When the fields are large you will not have such short rows and will not rest so often consequently you get more work done. On a large farm you will not notice crop failure nearly so much as on a small farm, because you will have lots of other things growing be- sides. On a large farm you usually keep a hand. You can take turns with the chores and be gone on longer trips to towns than as thoughyou had to be back at night to do the chores. On a large farm machinery is able to be put to better and more use and thus will give more money per dollar invested. Small farms have advan- tages, but I think large farms have many more—A Reader, Waldron, The size of the farm depends on the kind of farming to a great extent. We start the kind of subjects you mentioned, but they “die aboming.” I would be pleased if such subjects could be kept a going. _ Dear Uncle Frank: . I have come to ask a few questions. Now please answer them. How can I become a Merry Circler? Is there an age limit? Must all M. C.’s live on a. farm? The boys and girls know how to make their letters interesting. I would like to say something regardin the Charleston. It wasn’t a bit nic for Viola Brunais to say a cow can dance the Charleston. That dance is all right in my estimation—but listen here: How many of you can do the Charleston and still not like it? Boys and girls who dislike the Charleston are the ones who can’t do it. They are jealous of those who can (I know I was). But, please, kids, argue about something else .. for a while. The Charleston is nearly worn out by everyone talking about it. Don’t you think so, Uncle Frank?——A want-to-be- Niece, Brown Eyes, Saranac, Mich. Yes, I believe the Charleston is “ worn out and perhaps those who dance it. The Charleston is passe :- ' / Ellie pu ,osbl-ofgvducation. kn M ,_ . 2 cos (no any .‘e'jyou‘ ‘a' ow . e,— ‘ but. it gives you a: chance-for receive ,- inst. beg: - , ' «‘- now, the valencia‘ is the latest. the old waltz and two step still live.' You’ll live. to take'part in the contest to become an M. C. If you Work a__ contest right you get a card‘and but- ton. Living on the farm is not neces- sary to become an M. C. ‘ Dear Uncle Frankz. ' I’ve read some of the discussions on . “The Use of Powder and Rouge.” It‘ seems just as easy to me for one to look nice without Powde or rouge. I’m too lazy 'to use e ther- nd look just as well. A shiny nose won’t kill any- one. Why some girls in my own neighborhood are even afraid of sun- burn or tan. I don’t say it looks nice or feels pleasant, but I dislike wearing a hat.——Your—want-to-be Niece, Athena McDonald, Coleman, Mich. Tan and shiny noses won’t hurt anyone. than the war paint some girls put on. Perhaps the girls who make them- selves look rediculous think men are admiring them because they are look- ing at them. If they heard the com- ments men make, they wouldn’t think 50. Dear Uncle Frank: I have not written for some time, Warren Finkbeiner and His Pet Jersey “Priscilla.” but now I guess I will open my chat- terbox. , - Now about “Prohibition.” I think it could be enforced if people were not let ofl on such easy terms. What was the law made for anyway if they were not going to enforce it? . I think Guilford Rothfuss better start lecturing. Don’t you, Uncle Frank? Uncle Frank, when are you. going on your vacation? It will be a lonesome time for the M. C.’s when you do. Oh my, I hadn’t ought to have said anything about vacation, had I? It might mike you think about it so that you” couldn’t work. Don’t let it bother you, Uncle. Frank. - " Now I must say good-day as W..B. might choke if he got too much in his mouth. Your niece,——Beatrice West, Drydon, Mich. I’ll be on my vacation‘ when you read this. The M. C.’s won’t miss me “at all.” I’m going to spend my vaca- tion in the state camping. What we need about as much as anything is law enforcement. Dear Uncle Frank: ,‘ Why do many answer correspond- ence scrambles if they will not answer ' the letters they receive? I know of a neighbor boy who wrote in the last scramble the same time I did and neither of us have heard from our unknown friends. . \~~ ' Education! What does it mean? Does it simply mean knowledge? Nor it doesn’t. It is more than just knowl- edge? ‘It will lead to many a great thing. It is needed even by the farm- ers’ wife. _ Even by one who is to com— -‘ nut some crimHlthough this ls‘not EduCation. r position, :4: .. tier your oi Q . “A But ‘7 They often look 100% better , w- A ”My“ tit-her :9: a. H :2: HQUHQU‘" u". - dbd'dfir"! éfi'safifii Zgflfipfififi i=1< h—I “hear Uncle Funk . :F-rank’s ~ read it.» W0" ‘ strom, Doris ChumhllLAnna Hradsk , ' :Guilford‘ now = Lucile, thcu,,i§r§} . . . _ a, You lmow;-. Uncle Frank. it seems * 7th I read the column amaze more boys should write, but When I think} off them personally, it strikes me, al- imost' silly for I can hardly imagine a boy that’s upeand doing sitting at a. table. composing ’a letter for Uncle column where everyone can Did it ever strike you that “coo-coo.” But then that’s the Way I feel, but maybe you’ll get my idea. I want to say that some of those descriptions of our sweethearts were, absolutely illogical or in other words “Coo-coo." But then that’s the way boys are. You don’t have to contra- dict them, they will do it themselves if you give them time. . My letter is developing in size so, Uncle Frank, if you don’t let your old waste basket swallow this up 111. tell you what I look like and my env1ron- ment the next time.’ I suppose you do not care to know, eh, column folks? Well, ta, ta,——A Merry Circler Friend. Why shouldn’t boys write letters as well as girls? Don’t they have thoughts to express Of course, boys are more active and it is harder for them to sit down and write, but it won’t make them sissies to do so. If it did, lots ,of our famous writers would be Sissies. ' VACATION PICTURES. HAVE just gotten back from vaca- tion and enjoy looking over the vacation pictures. I therefore, be lieve that it would be nice to print some of the good vacation pictures of the Merry Circlers. We will give ten prizes for the best pictures taken on a vacation trip or on a one-day picnic. What we want are photos of some summer pleasure jaunts M. C.’s have been on. Only one photo from each M. C. will. be entered in the contest. The prizes this time will be those fancy neck beads which have proven so popular with the girls, and base balls fer the boys. The contest closes Aug. 27th. Send the pictures to Uncle Frank, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich. ' , TWENTY PRIZE WINNERS. HERE were a lot after those twenty prizes, Must be boys like cuff buttons’and girls beads. This is a hard contest on us as it takes a lot of work to go over the papers. One girl sent in over 500 words and we had to cut out about three hundred of them. So some sent in many words that could not be allowed in the con- test. The highest number of real words, those we could count, was 368. The prize winners are as follows: ' Cuff Buttons. Bernard Herolthowagiac, Mich. Wlllle Nelson, Filion, Mich. _Harvey M.- Seeley, Grand Ledge, Mich. - La Verne Gale, Ypsilanti, Mich. John McMorran, Romeo, Mich. Leon Dusa, Harrietta, Mich. Beads. Frances Herring, Litchfield, Mich. Helga Brufla-dt, Rothbury, Mich. Lillian M. Barry, Albion, Mich. Frances J. Boer, Jenison, Mich. Lera Seely, Grand Ledge, Mich. Louise Hurley, Williamston, Mich. Thelma Corey, Litchfield, Mich. Marthaflapola, Covington, Mich. Alberta Matues, Unionville, Mich. GeneVIeve Greek, Waldron, Mich. Caryl Currier, Buchanan, Mich. Jennie Pelica, Akron, Mich. Juanita Loose, Goldwater, Mich. Lauramae Barker, Grand Rapids Mich. ' r ~ THE. MERRY CIRCLE FUND. The following have sent money to the Merry Circle fund which is being used to purchase/a radio for the-con— iridescent home at Farmington of the Crippled Children’s Home of Michigan. The names given below are of those whose money was sent in- from July 17—August .6» inclusive. ’ . '. Julia. Anna Bishop, ‘ Anna Quara- . Klyns «wreath. . n1 1* Wu% together. ‘ {bereft y ’Woiidefi, Beatrice: “Shaw, Ruby hum; "Ann, Esther Alice Aldrich, Pauline Cutler, Mary ' Brickbats. »- and Bouquets -~ ‘ A Forum For Our Readerr’ Opinions, Not Ours FOOD VALUES. primarily the world’s food producer. Food is usually bought and sold by weight or measure, and to the high- est bidder, with little regard to the health and strength derived from it. Science has recently' demonstrated the importance of various elements in right proportions and in abundant-not —redundant-supply for food. Starch, sugar, fat protein, minerals, vitamins, and calories are becoming familiar terms. Consumers are studying how to get most food value instead of the most weight for their money. They want the formula or analysis of in- gredients, as well as the net weight printed on the package. If this was done voluntarily by the dealer, or by cooperative action of the farmers, 'it would encourage study of home mar- kets, and the sale of the farmers’ sur- plus to the-farmers’ friends at home, at their relative food value. As the pound is the unit of value, the value per pound in the essentials should be given. The staple foods, both raw and prepared, should have their cal- orie value and their content of vita- mines and minerals plainly marked on goods, or posted with the sale prices. Consumers should be furnished free a buyer’s card showing relative merits of foods in all forms, classified for easy reference and comparison. The DEpartment of Agriculture at Washington in Farmers' Bulletin No. 1313 gives information on Proportions of Food in Diet which every one who eats or provides food should have. It suggests bills~of-fare with due regard to health, strength, quantity and cost. farmer is a ‘StrOba, Hazel Snyder, Ada Carpenter, Wand, Anita Sylvia Miller, Virginia Booth. Grace The calories required by active 01" sedentary adults, growing children and others are given so one can select foods to satisfy at prices to suit.— C. E. Reeves. The home convenience truck, oper- ated by the Michigan State College, which recently made nine stops in Menominee county, has greatly in- creased the interest in this type of sewage disposal for the farm homeH and several tanks will be built in the county during the next year. o v‘ ‘6 .0 ' ’ l- o 4%.: l Adventures of Tilly and Billy ' T /ze Ginger M an and t/ze Cinnamon Lady UNTY Lou Was baking cookies. Of course, “that didn’t mean so very much to Tilly and Billy for they had never known Aunty-Lou’s cookie jar to be empty. But? on this particular day, Aunty Lou had promised to bake them a Gin- ,ger Man and 3. Cinnamon Lady and now these two cookie folks were about ready to come out of the oven all toasty and brown. , "Will the Ginger Man have raisin buttons on his jacket?" asked Billy all apectation. “We’ll have. to see,” said Aunty Lou, and with a holder, she took the tray that held the Ginger Man and _.,-——~~ l “ “Let's Run Away,” Whispered the Ginger Man. the Cinnamon Lady from the oven. “One, two, three, four, five,” counted Billy. “Kee,.kee, kee” sang Billy for he was very pleased to see live raisin buttons on the Ginger Man’s jacket. “Be careful or your Ginger Man and ' your Cinnamon Lady will run away,” cautioned Aunty Lou. “Run away?" questioned Tilly. “Yes, once they did run away,” said Aunty Lou. '1 “Tell us about it,” begged Tilly and a» ~ bean nasty Lou; - Lady had just popped out of a hot oven, they were placed on the kitchen shelf by the window to cool. .“‘Let’s run away’, whispered the Ginger Man to the Cinnamon Lady, ‘and then we won’t be eaten up.’ “The Cinnamon Lady did, not want to be eaten up any more than did the Ginger Man, so away they ran. Out by the barnyard gate, they met a Cock-a-doodle-doo. Now Cock-a-doodle— doo was very hungry. “ ‘Won’t you please give me one of the raisin buttons on your jacket?’ he begged of the Ginger Man. “ ‘Oh, no sir, I can’t spare even one,’ replied the selfish Ginger Man. “‘Won’t you please give me one of the bright currant buttons from your dress?’ he begged of the Cinnamon Lady. “ ‘Oh, no sir, I can’t spare even one’, answered the selfish Cinnamon Lady, and away they ran leaving Cock—a- doodle-doo still very hungry “As the Ginger Man and the Cinna- mon Lady ran through the pig sty, they met Peter Pig. Now Peter Pig was very hungry, too. ‘ “‘Won’t you please give me one of the raisin buttons on your jacket?’ Ihaegged hungry Peter Pig of the Ginger an. - “ ‘_Oh, no sir, I can’t spare even one’, replied the selfish Ginger Man. “ “Won’t you please give me one of the bright currant buttons from your dreiss?’ he begged of the Cinnamon y, , “ ‘Oh, no sir, I can’t spare even one’, replied the selfish Cinnamon Lady. "“All right sir’ said Peter Pig, ‘if you won’t give me even one raisin button or one bright currant button, I'll_eat you both up; and before the selfish Ginger Man and the Cinnamon Lady could run away, hungry Peter Pix godhbled them up with one mouth: What: we: the. last at mamh H e a It hf ul ' 1 I- .Restful ‘ . Vacation Trips . Round Trip, in- cludi n g Berth and Meals. Chicago Detroit to 0 Detroit Chicago 1'” On the luxurious steamship; Eastern States and Western States. Music, dancing, wireless, and deck games aboard. Hostess in attend- ance. Unlimited stopover privileges at Mackinac Island and either Detront or Chicago. Service three times weekly from Molt June24th to Sept. 4th; from Chicago June 26th to Sept. 6th. Tickets limited to sleeping accommodations. " This trip has been so far beyond ourexpeclofions that I Dangyou and your company to know it. "McaLs undaeroice moulding a credit to any hotel in the country. ' . . §)\;ernig(htt1 Service minestwjfek- rom ‘ icago or to: , une Island 22th to Sept. 6th. Week-end ' round-trips. Fare includes berth saw P and meals. - I Ist. between Buffalo and Detroit on. the largest steamers of their , type in the world. Fare $6.00 one Bufi‘alog wa ; $11.50 round trip. Nightly to co. lst, between Cleveland abound:- OVemight Service daily to Nov. and Detroit $3.60 one way; $6.50 round tri . Also daylight trips between leveland and Detroit during July and Au ust. Autos carried. Wireless a. card. 4 Buffalo to Chicago or Chicago to Buffalo. 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And at night every dog should be either securely chained, or secured within some building—G. Everltt. NO RETEST ALLOWED. test my cows over right away ?———J.C.G. No, this is not allowable. Cattle not subject to retest and must be slaughtered within six months of date of reaction if state indemnity is to be received. There is no set price. Ac- cording to the law the cattle are ap- praised at the time of slaughter. This work is done by the regular rtfiireo sentative of the State Department of Agriculture and appraisalsare made as nearly on the basis of cash value as possible. Indemnity according to the law is 50 per cent of the appraised value but cannot exceed $30.00 for a grade animal or $60.00 for a registered animal. .There is also a clansein the law which provides that'the salvage received from the carcass of any par- ticular animal plus the indemnity paid by the state cannot exceed the ap— praisal. If this herd was tested by a state or federal veterinarian, as it would appear in this letter, he would be entitled to federal indemnity also. The length of time which it takes to ‘make settlement depends somewhat upon the owner of the cattle; ‘Accord- ing to the law, it is necessary for the owner to clean and disinfect the premises according to the instructions , _ furnish , site“ in case animals ' I st... the dog or dogs that they may own, - May \I have another veterinarian - which react to the tuberculin test are . given and make a sworn statement a and, salvage fogms must be filledifout .. ' and sent into this (Since. it »;.,~necessary-._ to ’ weeks until settlement wouldif‘belreo‘; caved—H, "W. N6rton ‘Jr., director Bureau of Animal Industry. 7 ‘ REPORT-S sic HOG. " RAISED a pure-bred Poland China which, when eighteen months and . eleven days old, dressed 825 pounds. I wonder- if any farmer in the state , ,1 , produced a larger pig than this.—-—Ray Darnell. ' ‘ cowl-mic or: GUERNSEYS. IN reply to a letter from E. E. T. asking for the descriptionotcolor for pure-bred Guernsey cattle as ap- proved by the American Guernsey Cat- tle Club, Prof. O. E.» Reed of Michigan State College writes as follows: A shade of fawn with White markings is the usual description. The celor descriptions recognized on the appli- cation for registratibn are the follow- ing: faWn,\red fawn, brown, and brindle. Perhaps the red fawn would describe the color of your calf. I have seen pure bred “Guernsieys whose fawn color was almost a red and do know that in some families these deep reddish fawn colors pre- dominate. I would suggest that E.E. T. take this matter up with the Sec- retary of the American Guernsey Cat- tle Club at Peterboro, New-Hampshire. RABIES ON THE INCREASE. ABIES among the dogs is on the increase in this country,'accord- ing to the United States Public Health A Well-Bred Ewe and Her Trip- ; lets, All Doing Well.’ Service. The unusual prevalence of rabies has led the authorities to renew their warnings fpr all persons to guard themselves against this disease, the infection of which is usually transmitted to man by the bite .of an infected dog. The states have dog muzzl’ing laws, but they are freduently violated. Dog owners are warned, however, for their oWn protection, the safety of their family and the public ' to keep their dogs securely muzzled during the summer when the rabies is most prevalent. .FINDS coco FEEDING PAYS. OUGLAS Dean of Berrien Springs has high herd in butter-fat pro- duction in the South BerriEn Coopera- tive Cow Testing Association for the ' sultry month of July, his. five pure- bred and grade Guernseys averaging 41.23 lbs. of fat. _ 4 Mr. Dean has fed strictly according to butter-fat productions for over a year and a-‘half, and will continue to f ' “ "do. so, as he finds’it pays. "Last year» ; r at this time, the herd consisted‘of’nine . head '1 White, fawn, light fawn, dark - ll‘ "5 PI: ‘1"? )r i. v. e. >e 10 (iv or. | I to 3e, .13] an 08. 17 )d, he' lic ‘ .85 'herdno Wilden in the two year old class was keen,‘ tweIVe. heifers pro- ”dosing better than forty pounds of ~ ~ ' fat, and ten or‘ these making forty- “ A ,four pounds. Warren Toney’s “Frau- Frauline of Hm Top- line of Hill Top," the “Critter” who was" high for May and June was still at the head of the list with 50.59 lbs. for July. Frauline is a pure-bred Guernsey. ' ' , For the third consecutive month “Colantha Maid," a. pure-bred Holstein owned by Doan Stroab of Gallon, was high three year old, with 66.25 lbs. of fat to her credit for July. . In the four year class “Minita,” a pure bred Holstein of the F. J. Plym Farm of Niles was high with 52.88 lbs. of fat; While Fred W. Knott’s grade- Guernsey led the mature class with 60.30 lbs. of theimost important con stituent of the most'perfect food in the universe—Nathan Brewer. ' MINERAL DEFICIENCY. We have ten pigs about twelve \ weeks old and as long as we could let them run, they seemed to do .just fine. We had to shut them up in a pen about 20x40 feet and fed them' ground oats, corn and'sour milk. They are lively and eat well, but they seem to root a lot. Can you tell me what is lacking in their ration that causes _ them to do this?——-C. C. A. The pigs no doubt miss the green feed, roots, etc. that they were able to get while out in the pasture. Keep the following mineral mixture where they can have access to it all the time: 20 lbs. steamed bone meal and finely ground lime stone and 1.0 lbs. common salt—Burrows. DAIRY MEETINGS ANNOUNCED. , T a conference of oiiicials of the American Dairy Federation at their Washington headquarters, Presi- dent E. M. Bailey of Pittsburg, an- nounced that the annual banquet of the federation will be held at the Book-Cadillac hotel, Detroit, October 9, during the National Dairy show. N. P. Hull of the National Dairy Union was appointed chairman of a reception committee to represent the dairy industry of Michigan. R. W. Balderson of Philadelphia was ap- pointed chairman of an entertainment committee to arrange for the program. The annual meeting of the federation will be held on December 1 in Chi; cago. The vocational livestock judging - contest to be conducted by the Fed- eral Board of Vocational Education will be held at the Michigan state fair grounds, Detroit. during the National Dairy Show, October 7-9, and will end with a banquet to the winners on the last day. ' The ,Milk Dealers will meet on December 68, in connection with the dairy show, , and the National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers on December 11-14. ' J DAIRY census DELAYED. REPO, _ 7 alft’r ll): ighehprggficgéon and _ m_. e..,'g_ States in: {9‘31 And 123 ‘ has Just been as I}; _ liAgrtcultural ' ,cussflon as to which set of figures Was International Association of , « per .at one; what hospitalityme‘ans. Kl ‘1 . list can _ twm‘xreaus. ~fi’his'lomnsegomuch d s- correct. In 1925 it was agreed by the bureaus ,1 to compare their reports of a‘ similar nature before releasing them to the public. The Bureau of the Cen- sus has only recently got its report into shape for comparison with that prepared by the Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics, thereby delaying the report several months. The report as issued by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows a total production of 116,505,395,000 pounds of milk in 1925 and 114,666,-, 201,000 pounds in 1924. Of this amount, 54,637,352,000 pounds or.47 per cent was used in manufacturing various dairy’products in 1925, and ‘ 52,777,000,000 pounds in 1924. In 1925, 40,982,046,000 pounds of milk were used in producing 1,951,~ 526,000 pounds of butter, and in 1924 a total of 41,177,680,000 pounds of milk- were used in the manufacture of 1,956,080,000 pounds of butter. _ It took 4,475,140,000 pounds of mllk to produce 447,514,000 pounds of cheese in 1925, and pounds of milk went to produce 417,- 940,000 pounds of cheese in 1924. In 1925, 4,394,645,000 pounds were used to produce 1,757,858,000 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk, and in 1924, 4,251,370,000 pounds of milk produced 1,700,548,000 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk. A vast quantity of milk is now used in preparing ice cream and milk choc- olate.» .In 1924,'a total of 3,926,313,000 pounds of milk was used in ice cream, and in 1925, it required 4,437,524,000 pounds of milk to meet the require- There were 158,770,000 pounds of milk used in preparing milk chocolate in 1924, and 228,822,000 pounds for this purpose in 1925. HOLSTEINERS TO HOLD FIELD DAY. HE fourth annual field day for friends of the black and white will be held under the auspices of the Michigan Association on Thurs- day, August 19 at Liliberk farms at Homer. J. F. Berkheimer, owner, will be the host of the day. The invitation is sweeping; anyone interested in Holsteines is welcome. The object of the meet is to renew friendships and make new ones amongst the Holstein fraternity. A subsiderary purpose is to inspect one of the leading Holstein herds in the country. A program of field events, a judging contest, with a young bull provided as prize by Lili- berk farms, and a speaking program with but a signal speaker scheduled, are planned. Bring your own eats, excepting that liquids and deserts Will be provided by Mr. Berkheimer. Lili- berk farms are located two miles south of Homer in Calhoun County on M-34, or eight miles south._ of Albion. Morning trains will be met at Albion, which is on the main line of the. Michigan Central.———J. G. Hayes. A HOLSTEIN TOUR WITH GENUINE ATMOSPHERE. u LISSVELD Farms, De Hoop Bros, Van De Bunte, Knoohuizen and Hiemsta,-——These were the farms that were visited not as might sup- posed in the Netherlands, but in Ot- tawa County, Michigan, U. S. A. With a hint that these farmers were dairy- men, three guesses will be allowed as to what breed they kept! Correct, Edythe, Holstein-Friesians! The tour was under the auspices of the Ottawa.- County Holstein Associa— tion. Most of the tourists were. of Holland descent, the conspicuous ex- ceptions being the county agent, C. P. Milham, and an Irish trio, Peck, Culli-r gan and Hays. The last named is Michigan State Holstein secretary. Milham’s nationality is shrouded, he was born at Kalamazoo. ‘ At the Blissveld herd ninety pure bred Holstein females were inspected ———all but three having been born and raised on the farm. The Junior herd. sire is a “foreigner”, however, being from Ohio’s yearly champion producer, White Beauty Pontiac Mahomet with 1,387 pounds of butter in a year from 32,676 lbs. of milk. The longest stop was at Van De' Bunte herd where Sec. Hays talked over cow points, using a two year old for a werking model. At this and. the other stops, the effect of the use of good sires was easily pointed out. "All five herds were in cow testing associ- ation work so that points re ing production could be established. Pe- culiarly enough,»the herds are split up between three dimerent associations, that operate in Ottawa county. Cigars were distributed at three of the stops, lemonade at two, and a sup: Surely the Dutch knows as .. It fits oft e - 4,179,400,000 of milk I ‘ THE LEADING SIRE dunno-n. m coma, ; f “mil/e me with a DoLm/al 104 143 132 New York 165 Broadway If BREEDERS’ DIREC'NRY Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Twelve Davs before date of publication FOR SALE Four young Guernsey bulls: one fifteen months old: 2 about eight months; one four months: three of them have All dams. F. E. ROBSON. Room 303. M. C. R. R. Depot Building, Detroit. Mich. FOR practically pure-bred GUERNSEY or HOL- STEIN calves. from heavy. rich mllkerl. write EDGEWOOD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater. Wil. For Sale: 10 High Grade Guernseys Fresh soon. ALBERT BIELBY. Lake City. Mich- P RACTICALLY pure-bred Guernsey heifer calves— the heavy milking kind—eight weeks old. $20 each. NORMAN B. MEYER, Maple Plain. Minn. Echo Sylvia King Model is the Leading Sire of Honor List daugh- ters for the past year. His daughters scored 339 points, a lead of 68 points over his nearest competitor. Select one of his sons for your next herd sire. MICHIGAN STATE HERDS. Bureau of Animal Industry Dept. C Lansing, Michigan 7 .. STAT! HEIDI swan-u noun»: awn.- HOlSTEINS, Young Bulls, Heifers Foundation cows with high records. Herd is fully accredited and headed by one of the good bulls of the breed. Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich. our Reg. Holstein herd For sale 01' EXChange sire, 30 1b. sire. sure and easy to handle. plenty of heifers to show. Also some young bulls and heifers. WHITNEY BROS.. Onon- daga. Mich. FOR SALE—Daughter of King of the Pontiacs and her two daughters from 42-lb. sire. F. .I. LANGE. Sebawainw Mich. a yearling Holstein bull with WANTED good breeding. Give price and color. D. E. DEAN. Holly. Mich. HEREFORD STEERS 22 Wt. around 1100 lbs. 69 Wt. armmd 1000 lbs. 74 Wt. around " 725 lbs. 81 Wt. mound 025 lbs. 45 Wt. around 550 lbs. 60 Wt. around 600 lbs. Good quality. dark reds. dehomed, well marked 'Herefm'd Steers. Good grass flesh. The bed type are usually market toppers when finished. Will sell your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can also show you Sher-thorn §teera yrls or 3 yr old. Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello C0,, Iowa. Flying Fol: Jerseys For Sale In order to avoid inbreeding, we must sell our senior herd Sll‘e. Champion Pretty Fox 170652. He is eight years old. and of excellent show qualities. Fifteen of his daughters averaged 48% lbs. butter fat for the month of June. We shooter a few of his sons and. grandsons from two weeks to sixteen months" of no. “#53: write L. RUHSTORFER & SON. Kaw. wfin. . I ‘ ready to]:- 3-71 ChoircedJleLx-sey Egls “3“}, ‘31,“, ,3: :3: Hana. Howell. loll. ' H 'cwa.43ummn.ot Down. a.” ‘5 Hut m o! u. 5.1:. (not. out: i: Limo ma. cows, other method of milking. . 'In a recent questionnaire received from 1160 De Laval Milker users in 47 states, this question was asked: “How does it agree with your cows? ” 98.52% answered this question “vol-ably. 35. 83:6 “ Fine." Chicago 600 Jackson Blvd. TheywouldSay , ‘ . T IS a fact-proved by thousands of De Laval Milkers in use on more than half a million that the cows like it better than an “ All right.” ‘6 6| Good." “ “Better than hood mum.” All the nest—except 13 out o! 1150- gove favorable answers. The De Laval pleases the cows because it milks them with the same uniform, gentle and soothing but stimulating action day after day and year after year, without variation. produce more milk when milked the De Laval Way than with any other method, and owners say they have less udder and teat trouble with a. De Laval. . a great deal of time and is easy to keep in a clean and sanitary condition. The De Laval Separator Company Cows almost invariably And of course the De Laval saves San Francisco 61 Beale Street A..— Milking Shorlhorns For Sale 325$... ”:2? was; and November. One Roan, eight months old. bull calf. one five year old, grandson of Glenside Dairy King. kind and gentle. Inquiries solicited. Visitors wol- come. Prices reasonable. BELAND 8:. BELAND. Tecumseh. Mich. Shorthorn Red Roan Cattle five cows. 3. heifer. and one young bull. Priced right to close out. (tome and see them. IRA W. JAYNE FARM, one mile south of Fenton. Mich. Davison. Michigan. Breed— Ilavuson Eslale Farms 0,, 0. pm...“ Show...“ Cattle. Two extra good, dark roan yearling bulls for sale, very reasonably priced. Alex Bruce. Herdsman. A few choice young SHORTHDRN FOR SALE BULLS sired by a son of Maxwel- ton Monarch. Write H. B PETERS. Garland. Mich Shorthorns Best of quality and breeding. Bulls, cows and heifers for sale. BIDWELL. STOCK FARM. Box D. Tecumseh. Mich. ' for sale. Write or see Brown SWISS Bulls them. Visitors welcome. A. A. FELDKAMP, Manchecter. HOGS ZDUROCS Bred gilts, spring and {all boars. Michigan’s Premier Duroc Herd. Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich. ‘ growthy fall slits. due DUI'OC Jerseys last of August. for sale. Spring boars. JESSE BLISS 8:. SON. Henderson. Mich. B IG TYPE CHESTER WHITE SPRING BILTS, bred sows and fall boars with size. type and LUCIAN HILL, Union City. Mich. Mich. , Large. quality. Stack of all ages for BIG TYPE CHESTER WHIIES We. 5...... by Chm. pious, bred from Champions. MAPLE HILL STOCK FARM. Rt. 2, Can City, Mich. LARGE Type bPolland C'hinas. pigs and sows. now oming inquiries for fall ‘ . JAS. G. TAYLOR, Balding. Mich. pigs Biglype Poland Chinas with quality. We have them. Write us on t . . CLARK. Breckenridge. Mich. y r wans- E. .A SHEEP Shrops hires —-—Oxfords Yearling and ram lambs. Also a few Mc- Kerrow bred Oxford ewes for sale. Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich. WE START ON THE FAIR CIRC AUGUST 25TH ‘ Now is the‘time to buy your Delaine or RambouiL :E’egu’garg.t Sixty head to select from. Don't stop to u come an see them. CALH N B .. Branch 00.. Bronson, Michigan. 00 R08 THE MAPLES, SHROPSHIRES For Sale: 25 yearling rams of ri t st0ck rams and a few ewes. 8h type and quality. C. R. LELAND. R. 2, Ann Arbor. Michinn Phone 734 F 13 B REEDING EWES, for sale in carlots. 500 good. young Delaine ewes. also 200 black Faced m. Telegraph address. Roekwood. Mich. Postal address. South Rockwood. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN a. SDI]. ' {or sale. 200 each month. Shrop- 321w”: Ewes shire. Ha pshire grades and creme 3. All yearlings. V. B. urnin. Nashville. um. Shopsbire Yearl' Rams ”m °" AHMSTRONBIHROS" R. 3:3. FWIefmg‘hg? THREE Thousand Yearr . A i hundred thousand reeling m Mogammmq -_responslble firm. Wool Growers Oath film a? , -’ rm- wool and - I A mucous“. Ewart. one... Wmhdro ~~ \ I “a. >..-’ m“, V’vr‘j “""f-l‘ -‘7.yvr_ mm. : 1'5 yar- ' £10 to! 2:» . ‘2‘ GRAIN QUOTATIONS Tuesday, August 10. Wheat. Detroit—No. 2 white $1.36; No. 2 red, $1.36; No. 2 mixed $1.35. Chicago—Sept. at $1.40%; Dec, $1.43%; May $1.49%. Toledo—Wheat $1.36@1.38. - Corn. ‘ Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 880; No. 3 yellow at 87; No. 4 yellow 84c. Chicago—Sept. 851/2c; Dec. 89%0; May 9614c. Oats. Detroit—No. 2 Michigan at 421730; No. 3 45%0. Chicago—Sept. 411/2c; Dec. 4439c; May 48140. Rye. Detroit—No. 3, $1.05. Chicago—Sept. $1.0317fi; Dec. 1.07%.. Toledo.—-—Rye.—$1.10. Beans. Detroit—Immediate and prompt shipment $4.10@4.20. Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy hand-picked at $4.65 per cwt; red kid- neys $8.75. New York—Pea domestic $4.75@ 5.25; red kidneys $8.75@9.25. Barley. Malting 75c; feeding 68c. Seeds. - Detroit.———Cash red clover at $17.75; October alsike $.20. Hay . Detroit—No. 1 timothy $22.50 standard $23.00; No. 1 light clover, mixed $22@23; No. 2 timothy $21@ 22; No. 1 clover $20@22.50; wheat and cat straw $12@13; rye straw $13. Feeds Detroit.-—-—Bran at $30@32; standard middlings at $31; fine middlings $36; cracked corn $34; coarse cornmeal at $33; chop $32 per ton incarlots. WHEAT The wheat market has quieted down decidedly after several weeks of rather erratic fluctuations. Cash de- mand has slackened to some extent, as mills have provided for much of their requirements for the next few weeks. Export demand has broadened slightly, and primary receipts hav started to decrease, so that no real pressure from cash grain has ap- peared. Speculative demand has been checked by forecasts of a larger do- mestic crop, and by the lack of agree- ment as to Canadian crop prospects. The movement of wheat to market centinues enormous, although receipts in the last day or two have been smaller than a week previous, Indicat- ing that the peak of the movement Is ast. p The average of four private esti- mates on the wheat crop as of August 1 was 818 million bushels compared with the official forecast a month ago of 767 million bushels. The gaIn was almost entirely in winter wheat. . Forecasts on the total Canadian crop‘range from less than 300 mlllion to as high as 390 million bushels. The difference between these. two figures means a big difference In the pros- pective world price level. RYE The rye market has been rather fea- tureless. The new crop movement 1S starting and export demand shows no sign of the increase expected to result from smaller yields in Europe. Clear- ances for export in the last two weeks were the smallest for any lIke period since early in April. Prices have al- ready given response to the stronger 'market outlook for the crop year by a marked reduction in the discount under wheat. CORN Corn prices have lost nearly a third of the July advance in spite of re- newal of low forecasts on, the new crop. Unofficial estimates as of Au: gust 1 averaged 2,605,000,000 bushels; 300,000,000 bushels less than last year’s harvest, and less than ~ the July 1 official returns. If the crop "is no larger than this, considerably «higher prices seem probable in the or practically ecourse of the next twelve months. The if ‘01) period of low prices has un- dpu tedly stimulated farm consump- 4- tion and” this factor will be increas- ‘ ortant. . ' igfgl‘ilzeitggur e of prices will hinge on crop wasps cts. If therest of the sum-.Best cows ............... mer and fall should be favorable for maturing the Crop, a period of weak- ness migh be seen. There are still numerous full cribs on farms that would be .sold if anample new crop were assured, eSpecially since current prices are more attractive than those offered a month or two ago. Actual cash demand is rather slow, and spec- ulative buying would be likely to slacken if crop news should become less exciting. Small quantities of the large stock of corn at Chicago have been reported as spoiling recently, and this has caused some anxiety among holders. OATS Oats prices have been firm along with corn. The movement of new oats from the middlewest has not become large enough to exert pressure, al- though the current week may see the beginning of accumulation at termin- als, as cash demand is rather lifeless. Private estimates on the crop average 1,290,000,000 bushels, or 44,000,000 bushels less than the July forecast and 212,000,000 bushels under last year. Offerings of barley remain rather light and prices have been firm. Export de- mand is quiet in Pacific coast markets. SEEDS Prices for red clover seed are dom- inated by the smaller acreage. than usual and the small carryover both at home and abroad. The size of the European crop is not known as yet, but the high prices in this country probably will attract liberal offerings even if the crop should be small. All foreign seed will be partly stained this year and should be easily recognized. FEEDS Demand for feeds is dull and prices have weakened again. Higher prices for bran and middlings as well as for corn feeds are expected later in the season, so that dealers are not in- clined to push holdings on the mar- ket. HAY The movement of hay to market has been heavy recently with harvesting making rapid progress. Prices are being adjusted to a new crop basis. Demand is showing the usual dullness during the harvesting period. Southern buyers are not in the market for hay in any large quantity but are waiting for offerings of new hay to increase be- fore taking on any sizeable stocks._ Prices on strictly fresheggsmf ex- cellent quality have- again; been marked higher and .this time the ad- vance should be maintained. The mar- ket should gradually work higher from this point; although progress will be slow. Receipts continue to run'larger- than at this time last year, so that al- though consumptive demand is on a broader scale, the shortage in reserve stocks at the four leading markets as, compared with 1925 was reduced .duri Ing July. The supply of fancy quality eggs Is steadily decreasing and the range according to quality. will widen. Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts, 286) 29c; extras, 29%@30c; ordinary firsts, 25%@26%c; miscellaneous. 27%c; dirties, 22@24c; checks, 2.2@24c. Live poultry, hens, 24c; broilers, 30c; springers, 300; roosters, 18c; 25c; geese, 16c; turkeys, 34c. Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and graded, 28%@30%c. .Live poultry, broflers, 37c; heavy hens, 27c; light hens, 20c; roosters, 18c; ducks, 25c. BUTTER The butter market has had a good advance, and it is believed that the low point for the season has been passed. Production is falling off and , with pastures generally in poor con- dition, there is little reason to expect. that the fall make will be larger than normal. Quality is showing the effects of hot weather and sooner or later the decline in the supply of fancy but- ter which is normally expected at this time of year will become a supporting factor in the price situation. Con- sumption is not as large as at this time a year ago, and the large surplus of storage holdings has been further increased during the paSt month, but current prices, which are several cents lower than last year, are believed to discount these factors. Prices on 92 score creamery were: Chicago, 390; New York, 40%c. In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells for 36@39%c per lb. ~ POTATOES With growers in some sections holding back potatoes, supplies have been more moderate in the past week but demand is dull and prices are weak. Kansas has reached the height of her shipping season, and shipments of Eastern Shore Virginia potatoes are about through. By the end of August, however, the shipping season will be Tuesday, CHICAGO _ Hog . Receipts 23,000. Market 250 lower than Monday’s average; tops $13.65; 170-190 lb average decline; tops good 210-1b down $13.20@13.50; mostly 240- 300 1b butchers $12.75; packing sows $10.15@»10.40; few light weight butcher order up to $11.00; light lights and pigs very uneven; best slaughter pigs $13.25;, few 140~150 lb average around $13.35. Cattle. Receipts 12,000. Market largely on steer yearlings and few choice weighty steers; steady, and others 10@15c lower; general trade slow; best year— B lings and medium weight, $10.65; choice weighty steers $10.00; she stock steady; bulls steady to strong. . Sheep and Lambs. ‘ Receipts 18,000. Market slow on fat lambs; mostly 25c lower; early sale on seven double decks of Idaho lambs ' $13.90; $13.50@13.75 to packers; big culls 25c lower at $9@9.50; sheep steady to weak; bulk ewes $6.50@7.50; indications steady, mostly on feeding lambs late Monday. Light feeding lambs steady; other kind weak as compared to closing market last week; bulk $12.50@13.25. — DETROIT - Cattle. Receipts 188. Market strong. Good to choice yearlings dry fed ........ . ....... $ 9.75@10.2 Best heavy steers, dry-fed - 8.758 9.7 Handy Weigh-t butchers 8.25 8.7 Mixed vsteers and, heifers. 7.25@ 8.0 Handy light butchers . r. . 6.503 7.25 Light lights . .\ ...... 5.00 g 62 Live‘ Stock'Market SerVicc V Aug. 1'0. Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.75% 5.25 Cutters ................. 4.00 4.50 Canners ......... . . . . . . . . 3.00@ 3.50 Choice light bulls . . . . . . . 6.00@ 6.75 Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.50 Stock bulls 5.00@ 5.50 Feeders ........ . . . . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00 Stockers ............ . . .. 5.25@ 6.50 Milkers and springers. . . $55.00@ $100 , Veal Calves. Receipts 315. Best grade steady, others slow. Best Iice...-eli....¢olen$15e00@15050 Others 0 C re a e I e e e e e e a I one 3.00@14-50 Sheep and Lambs. , Receipts 260. Market slow to steady. est eoo'u ..... cocoon-e... 13-25@14-00 Fair lambs ...... . . . . . . . . . '12.00@13.00 Light and common . . . . . . 9.00@10.25 Yearlings J. o a - o e e e e e e 00-. 7.50@10.75 Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 6.00@ 7.00 Bulls and common . . . . . . 2.00@ 4.00 . Hogs. Receipts 558; 25c down; 15@25c lower; 25c higher on others. Mixed ...............'....$ 13.35 Roughs .‘O....‘.'....l.. 10|2 Heavies .......7..........$11.00@12.00. Pigs IDDODOOI‘OOVIOOOOOIII.‘ 1. Stags eeeeeo5‘e--eeeeeeeeee ‘8-00@ 8.50 BUFFALO; -—' ' H ‘1...’ “ Receipts 2720. liga'rket closin slow; heavies $12@13.25; mediums: 13.25? 14.00; under zoo-lb kind~ 0146.314} ‘; packing sows $9.50@10.00. . ‘ . .. “Cattleflj Receipts 150.. Market closing steady. , ‘v .Sheeoa‘nd . “ "Q . ‘3"..9‘. .3... ' Receipts: 200,5th lambs $14.26, POULTRY mmcs‘ - ducks, . ' , pies sold moderately well. gearly peaches and plums were offered steers } .. trek of grease” .,.y .; k,“ opening in all "the main ' crop and map , ” states lies should be liberal.“::Ksfim_ and.Miss'0uri Irish Cobblers, U: 8.» Na; ’ , ‘ $13.5 to $2 rel-21005: pounds. sacked, in the Chicago carflct, 1. are at market. - WOOL " Wboi' markets are quiet but prices; are *firm with occasional small ad- vancesnoted. Some mills are still waiting, but the gr Ids situation has improved because of partial settle- ment of the clothing workers’ strike MARKETS BY" mow; , AILY market reports and , weather forecasts may be obtained each week day from the following Miehlgan etatlone: WKAR—Mlchlgan State Col- lege, 12:00 noon. ,ch—Detroit Free Press, at 2:15 P. M. " ~ WWJ—Detrolt Newe, 10:26 A. M., 12:00 noon, 4:00 P. M. WGHP—Geo. Harrison Phelps, 7:00 P. M. , . and the absence of large stocks. .Con- I sumption of wool‘..by mills has begun to increase. Imports of raw wool in the last two months have been light, foreign markets remain rather steady and enough of the new domestic clip has gone into the hands of mills al- ready to reduce pressure ”from that source. The official estimate of the clip was 269,054,000 pounds, an. in- crease of 15,147,000 pounds over last year. At Boston, best territory 1,4 blood wools are selling at $1 to $1.02, clean basis, % blood at 90 to 92 cents and quarter blood at 78 to 80 cents. Ohio fleeces, grease basis, are quoted at 44 to 45 cents for half blood and 43 to 44 cents; for quarter blood. GRAND RAPIDS ' The potato and apple shipping sea- son was about to open in the Grand Rapids section this week. Prices were: potatoes, $1.40@1.50 bu; apples, 7506:) $1.50 bu; dry onions, $1.50 bu; celery, 25@500 doz; beets, $1 bu; carrots, $1.50 bu; spinach, $1@1.25 bu; cauli- flower, $1@1.50 flat; tomatoes, hot- house, $1@1.10 7-lb basket; outdoor, 75c basket; wax beans, $2@3 bu; peas, ‘$1.50@2 bu; red raspberries, $4@4.50 16—qt case; strawberries, $4 case; blackberries, $3 case; dewberries, $2 @250 case; sour cherries, $2 case; plums, $2 case; early peaches, $2 bu; eggs, 28@29c doz; butter fat, 430 lb; old hens, 18@25c lb; broilers, 18@28c lb; wheat $1.19 bu; rye, 85c bu; beans,- $3.75 own DETRIOT CITY MARKET .The demand for most lines has been fairly heavy and trading generally brisk. Raspberries were fairly plenti- ' ful and a little cheaper in price. There was.a fair call for currants, goose- berries and cherries. 'Good-sisz fap— ew but the demand for them was limited. ?l?ckbernes and huckleberries had a a r sa 8. . Though there was a big supply of sweet corn, the demand for it was good and prices well-maintained. To- matoes were ready sellers; Celery moved off well. Spinach and quality beans were taken quickly. Bunched stuff of all kinds was in fair demand, while most greens were slow to ‘sell.’ Cucumbers and eggplant sold readily but the number of peppers and squash 7 wanted was small. The call for pota~ toes was stronger. . Most of the poul— try and eggs offered went to the re- tail trade. ' . _ An abrupt decline in receipts has given the cattle mar et a _ flash of . ‘ a. freely, partly-I'm to commissionvzhogose appeals and the up emu! ‘m 3:31:11 ' tern ‘ ,The country, mafilong ted , , 'reSPQnse , f, . market is hardly .. . , I t“, an minimisation of the Goodmg- Ketcham’” seed¥dyeing law is - . re ceiving considerable attention from \the Farm Bureau Federation and other farm organizations. A hearing “ will be held at the Department of Agriculture on November 15 at which time data will be furnished to estab- lish the unadaptability of South American alfalfa and red clover seed for seeding in this country. It will apply particularly to Argentina seed, which is held to be subject to winter- killing in inest states.- y... ATKESON RESIGNS. 7T9. recent meeting of the execu- tive committee of’ the National Grange the resignation of Dr. T. C. Atkeson as Washington representative of the Grange was accepted to take effect January 1, 1927. It. is under- stood that Doctor ‘Atkeson will remain in Washington and act in an advisory capacity at'vGrange headquarters until the end of the next session of Con- gress. . . FARM BUREAU STUDIES TAXATION. FARM taxation is the subject of a. nationwide investigation being conducted by the Washington oflice of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion, in coOperation with the tax de- partments of the state Farm Bureaus. It is the purpose of this investigation to assemble all the tax programs of the state Farm Bureaus. This in- formation is to be summarized and used as a guide in connection with proposed Federal taxation legislation. The Farm Bureaus of Illinois, Mis- souri, California, New York, Michigan, Iowa and Alabama have all done ex.' cellent work in their efforts to equal- ize the farm tax burdens in their states. ~ WILL HOLD LEGISLATION RALLIES. . on ' _. t9. tanner, as readied tn, . 1,1 ’ H which is yielding from 20”t' .215 bush- els. Several are!" harvesting oats, which is a very good crop. : Corn has improved wonderfully the past two weeks. Late potatoes are looking 'flneg' Not much help to be had. Farm- ers changeawor’k. The average farmer doesn’t keep many cows in this sec- tion Cannot get help to milk. A number of dairy cows have been sold to eastern buyers at good prices rang- ing from $75.00 to $125.00. Live stock in general is looking well. Prospect for fruit of all kinds is good—F. E. S. Kent County.—-—Farmers are progres- sing nicely with their work. Wheat and rye nearly all harvested. Some threshing done. Yield is around 20 bushel per acre. Oats will yield about 30 bushel per acre. Hay is short crop. Corn is small. Pasture is drying up. No help to be found. Dairying is developing very nicely. Wheat is $1.25; corn 75c; eggs is 35c; buttonfat at 41c and potatoes are $1.50 per bushel—W. N. Kalkaska County.—Farmers are hauling wheat and threshing. Wheat yielding around 20 bushels. Some cats are being cut, outlook fair. Corn 'doing well but about two weeks later than common. Pasture not good on account of hot and dry weather which hascut the milk supply. Short on pig crpp. Wool is 400. New wheat, $1.25 @$1.30. Apples and peaches looking good, with good yield in sight. Hay is much better than last year. Dry yeathfir has hurt the potato crop.— Calhoun County.—Farmers have their haying done and wheat cut and nearly taken care of. Some threshing, done. Wheat average about 1.2 bushels per acre. Oats are a good crop and about ready to cut. Hay about % of a crop. Corn is looking good but is late. Early potatoes poor owing to the dry weather. Pastures are dry, but we have had alittle rain lately. Spring pigs are a light crop. Fruit is about 1,2 crop. There is no help avail- able for farm work.——I. E. H. Huron County.——Farmers are pro- gressing fine with season’s work. Corn and beans are well taken care of. Wheat is a light crop, but it is going to be a fine quality. Rye is a fairly good- crop. Hay is also a good crop. Oats and barley are bumper crops. Corn is late. Beans and sugar beets are coming fine. Dairying is our main dependance in this section selling both milk and cream. Pasture has been good this season and the cows are doing the best ever. Fruit is poor this year, but no insects to bother.-—A. M. Wexford County.—Everything is a little late this year but keeps the SERIES of legislative rallies will. farmers on the hump to keep up. be held in Michigan beginning August 23 and continuing ten days, under the auspices of the Farm Bu- reau. Every part of the state will be covered. Afternoon and evening ses- .sions will be held. at which the pro- gram of the American Farm Bureau Federation will be presented by Ches- ter Gray, Washington representative, and the Michigan program by Stanley Powell, assistant secretary of the Michigan State Farm Bureau Federa- tion. Similar rallies will be held later in other states. WHY PAY FREIGHT ON WATER? REIGHT is one of the cost barriers between the producer and the con- sumer and the freight we pay on water which is in our food products is tremendous. For that reason dehy- dration, orthe process of extracting water from food, would seem to have a future. . In many dehydration processes the air is allowed to,come in contact with the food product. This unites with the iron compounds in the food and causes a change of color. A new method uses carbonic acid gas which has no effect on color. ' ' - Many dehydration processes cause a carmelization of the food due to the high temperatures used. This new process uses lower temperatures and gradually draws the water out, thus preventing the destruction of the vitamins in the food. . COUNTY CROP REPORTS. Odemaw County.-—-Farniers are get- ting along fine with,their work al- I though‘help is scarce. Very few men I! ' to be had at any price. Wheat and rye are being cut and promise a fair as to medium crop. ,.~0ats.loot fora fair to ‘_ is poor ‘ I I. . _ , ; unset . spotatoes ‘ "much Potatoes» ‘ are - Farm help is uncertain so not many count on getting any help. No fall grain. Oats are late. Corn is poor. Cattle are being tested. The percent is not running very high. This may give an impulse to dairy buSiness. Live stock is in good condition but pas- tures are drying up. No wool in this community and not much fruit. Good weather for potato bugs and grass- hoppers and not much being done to control the latter.-—G. A. E. Emmet County.—For ten days the farming. has been progressing very satisfactorily. Help has been quite plenty but rather high in price for farmers. Wheat and rye is just about normal; just turning. Oats are rather poor but gaining of late. Hay is a normal crop. Dairying is good. Beans are good. Pasture so far is good and prices are fair. The business has in- creased over ten per cent since last year. Fruit outlook, except apples, is very good. Apples are not a full crop. Fruit diseases are not over trouble- some—F. M. . naturism ohuue l0 worth. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING This classified advertising department ll ambushed for the con Small to bring best results under chained headings. venienco mung. miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange. Poultry caverns Rate. 8 meant . or ind disp‘lhay‘columnsm at mm ial rates. 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Refer to Dun or Bradstreet. p us your next case. ZENITH BUT" TER &. EGG 00.. I70 Duane St. New York. N. Y. 0. Detroit of Mich I Try it (or want ads fifu‘fiv: his will be run in thin dwartment Initial or number. No malnu- » datlon stock. egg-bred 26 years. WANTED FARMS WANTED—ow hear from owner of (am or unm- proved land for sale. 0. Hurley. Baldwin. Wis. _ MISCELLANEOUS BAGS—10.01mce cotton 'grain. light and heavy weight burlaps. guaranteed free from holes. clean and ready for use. Price is right. Shipped subject to inspec- tion in lots of 100 or more. C. B. Knappen. Rich- land. Mich. 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. WANTED—maple syrup. Let us know what you have. Blossom-Cream Apiaries. Frankenmuth. Mich FILMS DEVELOPED MAIL YOUR KODAK FILMS to us, we develop roll. make 6 good prints and return for 25c coin or stamps. Cowic Studio. 12 Fountain Ave. Springfield. Ohio. PET STOCK BEAGLE PUPPIES. 2 months old, dandies. from real hunters. guaranteed to please. Pictures on re- quest. Females $8.. males. $10. Meadowbrook Farm. Stockbridgc. Mi h. HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDS CHEAP—Fur find- ers; iCatalogue. Kaskaskennels. F. W. 59, Herrick. no 5. COLLIE PUI’S. natural heelerrs. Males $7.50. Fe< males $5.00. Ward W. Dunston. Clarkston, Mich. Trial COON. opossum. skunk. rabbit hounds. cheap. cheap. C. O. D. Ginger Kennels, Herrick. Ill. REG. COLLIES. from natural healers. photos. Cloverleaf Farms, Tillin, Ohio. RAT TERRIERS. fox terriers. Illustrated lists 10c. Pete Slater Box L. P. C. Pana. III. REGISTERED COLLIES. all colors. natural heelers. Silvercrest kennels. Gladwin. Mich. Write Er CORN HARVESTER RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester, poor man‘s price—- only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat- ?{log showing pictures of harvester. Box 528. Saline. ans. SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK CLOVER. alsike and timothy equally mixed. $9. bushel. Crimson clover $8. Timothy $4.25. Fancy alfalfa $12. Grimm Alfalfa, $20. Freedom-t Certified Seat! (30.. Pickford. Mich. WANTED—Mixed Rye and Vetch. Give price and how much for sale. C 11. fihurte. Union Stock Yards. Chicago. Ill. ' FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed oats. beans. of A. B. Cook. Owosso. Mich. TOBACCO HOMESPUN TOBACCO GUARANTEED-—Chewlng. five pounds. $1.50: ten. $2.50. Smoking, ten. $1.50. Pipe free; pay when received United Farmers. Bard- well. Kentucky POULTRY WHITE LEGHOBN HENS AND MALES now half price. Thousands of laying Pullots. Big discount on spring Chicks and Eggs. Trapnested. pedigreed foun- dation stock. egg bred 26 years. Winners at 16 egg contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. George B. Ferris, 934 Union, Grand Rapids. Michigan. 6000 PULLETS now ready for shipment. nicely ma.- tured, 10 weeks old. for $1.00 each. 12 to 14 weeks old. for $1.25 each. All our pullets are from 2 year old State Accredited Hens. Big English Type. Please order from this ad. No discount on large orders. Knoll’s Hatchery, Holland. Mich. WHITE LEGHORN SENS AND MALES now half mice. Thousands of eight-week-old Pallets. Aln Baby Chicks and Eggs. Tnpnested. pedigreed foun- Winners at 16 on contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free. I ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction. Geo. B. Ferris. 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan. WHITTAKER'S BLOOD-TESTED. ACCREDITED REDS—March-hatchcd Single Comb Red pullets. $24 per dozen during August. Cocks and Cockerels. Cat- alog free. Interlakes Farm. Box 9. Lawrence. mch. PULLETS—~2,500, English White Leghoms. Ii. Knoll. Jr.. R. No. 1, Holland. Mich PULLETS——Woll sized. All ages. Low prices. Boa Hatchery. Zealand. Mich. - BABY CHICKS SPECIAL SALE—CHICKS 8c AND UP.——Tancred and Tom Barron White Leghorns, Parks Barred Rocks. S. C. R. I. Reds. and broilers. chicks both heavy and light breeds. Send for our very instruc- tive catalogue today. We have a hatch every week until Oct. lst. Order your chicks now for immediate delivery. or for August and September. as we are booking orders for these months. Late broilers have Droven profitable. 100% live delivery and satisfaction lgg‘ndrangle‘egl Box 40. Drummer dz Frederickson. Hol- HELP WANTED DRIVER SALESMAN—Zs to 35 years age. Penna- nent employment; good future. Write us if inter- fifi. Belle Isle Creamery. 8600 Forest 13., Detroit, 0 . WOMAN (WHITE) FOB GENERAL. Husband as- sist and work in yard. $80 month, cottage rent free. Farmers preferred Box 11. Dexter. Mich. One Four One Four 10......" _ . ........ . 120 ACRES ON DIXIE HIGHWAY. 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M ,» - \ STORAGE BATTERIES of the Edison Alkaline W99 new: 1: ”Expect Wo fhmgs from your Yi‘Ol‘f , , Smooth starting aloiie isnt enough You“ should get the greatest Obtainable freedom 4 The smoother starting and stopping whiCh follow" the use of today’s Mobiloil “E” in your Ford engine result from the ability of this oil to keep the trans- ,- mission bands soft and pliable. The band surfaces do not become hardened and glazed. Thus jerky" action in starting and stopping is ended. Even more important: The lfe of the 54nd: if greatly increased. Titus replacement cost is lowered— .a very substantial raving. from carbon,too-.because~ * , . . , ['1 . Mum .W N www N . . ..-§~rwwv1mrr.-u-.-.m W’MW%% ~ . 7%, ‘gfi ‘ 1‘ :THE. correct grades of GargoyleMobiloil for ‘ engrne lubrication of prominent passenger cars are specified below. The grades of Gargoyle Mobiloil are indicated by the letters shown- below. “Arc" means Gargoyle Mobiloil Arctic. _ Mobiloil Chart at your dealer’s. 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