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DETROIT, AUGUST 28, 1926

CURRENT COMMENT





MONG the many





NUMBER NINE





 





 





The pests with which



. the raiser of poultry

ChICke'! has to contend, the

Thief chicken thief has be-.

come one of the most



formidable. In fact, he has become a





source of loss to such an extent that

many have quit the chicken business

in despair.



Chicken stealing is on the increase

because of the great ease with which

people in the cities can get into the

country. The automobile, one of the

great sources of pleasure, as well as





one of the greatest in ug’lity and time-V





saving, is the cause of the trouble.





0 People of all sorts use the automo-

bile, and some of them for evil pur-

poses as well as good. In these days

Of the automobile and other mechani-

cal means of entertainment and com-

fort, the problem of “keeping up with

the Joneses” is much more acute.

Therefore, stealing, and other criminal

acts have become more comrfi‘on, for

the, thought of “keeping up with the

Joneses” has extended to all classes

of people, and the “essentials” of keep-

ing-up must be obtained by some

means or other.



Reports indicate that in Illinois at

least $1,500,000 worth of poultry is

stolen from farm coops in a year.

Michigan probably has a proportibnate

amount stolen,





The need for curbing this chicken





stealing is the same as that needed to-





curb all crime. There is a great need

in this country now for a stricter en-

forcement of the law, and that will

only occur when the public will arise

and demand it,

sympathetic to law enforcement will

be put in position to enforce laws.

One New York authority said that we





.r 1. roads, as used in the olden times in

1 pe, to impress upon the public the





,in touch with the entire nation.





Then men who are





 





time. Whither we are going is hard

to predict. But to one of vision, the

future looks good.





The trio from which we, can hope

for much is agriculture, chemistry, and

industry. And chemistry is the key-

stone of the arch. Through chemistry

we have been able to produce things

we never before thought possible.



Chemistry has enabled man to make

everything from gun powder to paint,

from the cotton plant. Nearly the

whole cotton plant is now used in the

making of numerous articles of com-

merce, and great industries have de-

veloped in the manufacture of these

things.



More corn is used in industry than

exported, and ninety-two commercial

products, other than food stuffs, are

made from corn. Milk, straw, rye, bar-

ley, and husks are also used in mak-

ing articles of commerce, including

everything from motion picture films,

printers’ ink, airplane dope, and radio

parts, to articles resembling marble,

metal, leather, ivory, onxy, pearl, silk

and linen.



American agriculture is so efficient

that it produces too much for the

home population, but is too far from

the pioneer stage to compete with

newer lands iii supplying the food

needs of immense foreign markets.

But through cooperation with chemis-

try and industry, more of the farm

surpluses will be used at home, and

even as the population increases and

the demands for foodbecome greater,

chemistry will show us how to produce

more from the land we have available.





T a recent New





Rural 08 York session . of

Urban 50- the National Farm

. . _ School, Dr. Thomas

Clablllty Wood, a professor of

physical education,



said: "“The cities have a better social





consciousness than the rural sections.

A generation ago social life in the

country was highly successful. Today

this is not so. The farmer has reduc—

ed his social life to the confines of his

own home, aidedmy the radio, the tel-

ephone, and the automobile. He does

not need his neighbors to satisfy his

social wants. This makes for less

effective community consciousness?



Upon hearing this report, the execu-

tive secretary of the Agricultural Pub—

lishers’ Association, answered' "with

this:



“It seems to me that the radio. the

telephone, and the automobile, instead

of reducing the social life of the farm~

or to the confines of his own home,

really enlarge it. The radio puts him

The

telephone increases his social contact

with neighbors and friends. As for

the automobile) I do not see how it

can possibly reduce his social life to

the confines of his own home, as the

very act of using the autom‘obile pres-

ages making a journey from home.





“It seems to me to be quite genera

Z ally agreed that community cbnsciousa





 





 





no ruralemiii ed. Woj Often - >

talk- about “the good old doys, ” but

those same talkers, undoubtedly, would

not want to change the automobile for,

the ox cart, or the radio and telephone

for the lonely isolation of the pioneer

home. In fact, “the world do move,”

and rural folks are enjoying the pro-

gress and the social consciousness

with their friends and neighbors that

compares favorably with that of, urban

folks.





 

 





N the little village





Britt i of Dunmow, Enge

H g 3? . land, lives a simple,

ome e hard-working peasant

Bacon folk, with a quiet dig-





nity and a fine phil-

osophy of life. In their simple way

they havehit upon a great truth. They

have set up a. standard of life that

would shame most of us ordinary

mortals.



Summed up, the whole of their sim-

ple philosophy of life is tied up in a

flitch of bacon. Every year at her-

vest time, a flitch Of bacon is given

to every man and wife who have lived

together for twelve months without a

cross word. This premium is- put on

good manners in the home. It is a

very old custom in the community

around this quaint little village, and

has made a proud and courteous group

of people. -



It is not the value of the. fiitch of

bacon in which the inspiration lies,

but in the thought for which the bacon

stands.



For us the harvest has come again,

but how‘many of us could bring home

a Dunmow fiitch of bacon? If we are

to strive for a higher standard of liv-

ing, our homes must first be happy

ones. To make them happy is a job

in which every member of the family

must make an earnest effort to do his

part.



In a broader sense, the same applies

to communities and neighborhoods.

The haggling, arguing, and ill feelings

that are holding them apart and keep-

ing community welfare and coopera-

tion in a turmoil would, in many cas-

es, give way to‘a smile and a. cheering

word. A Dunmow flitch of bacon

would be a worthy goal for folks and

communities to strive for.





HERE are many





Farmers evidences that the

Arc agricultural depres-



. sion is being relieved.

Buying A m o n g these, the





farmers’ purchases of

farm equipment and machinery is an

outstanding one.



A recent report of the department

of commerce at ‘Washington shows

that the farmers have bought $55,000,—'

000 worth more of machinery last year

than in 1924. The total sales for do-

mestic use during the past year was

$332,845,204, as compared with $277,-

927, 547 the year before. Farm trac-

tors and traction engines lead all other

equipment purchases. '





This is a. good sign, not only of re-

turning ,prosperityg but of the fact that

farming operations are being modern-

ized in many cases. There is no doubt

that doing things with machinery on

the farm is the efficient and econom-





ical way to do them.





As the cost of production will be a

great factor in future farm economics,

farm machinery must play an import-

ant part. A man who will use his

time as related in the article, “Where

Power Will Pay,” in this issue, has a





wrong conception of economy. There





are still too many Who are using their

energy for things which can be done

much better in every Way by ma-

chinery.



Man is endowed with a mind with

which to think and plan. When he

uses a great portion of his energy in

doing mechanical work, he isn’ t using,

as he should, his God-





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The increased Jase. o rite





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E are building





. ., T5. ‘ Whomes with more

a . . . ‘ '- rioonv‘emences an d

L . .ng c‘omerts, and of

“ Idea greater appeal to the





eye, to r a rt and

science have evolved domiciles for

even those of moderate circumstances,

which are more livable than the pal-

aces of the kings of old. But still,

with all these, the camping idea is

rapidly growing popular. '





The spread of the camping idea is





undoubtedly due to the fact that with—

in most of us there is the desire to

get back to the first principles, at

least once in a while. The automo-

bile has made it easy to fulfill this

desire, for it enables us to rave and

roam like the care-free, wandering

tribes of old.



The camping idea is a good one, for

it gets us next to nature. It gives us

a chance to do as Bryant, in the

couplet quoted on the front page of

this issue, has hidden us to do. .



The popularity of the tourists’ camps-

for travelers, community camps for

rural folks, boys’ and girls’ club

camps, private camps for children of

the rich, fresh air camps for the poor

indicate that many will agree with

Emerson when he said:



0, when I am safe in my sylvan home,





I mock at the pride of Greece and

R0 0;me





And when I am stretched beneath the

pines



When the evening star so holy shines,



I laugh at lore, and pride of man,



At the Sophist’ s schools and the learn

ed clan;





For what are they all in their high





conceit,





When man in the bush with God may

meet?





Cross lVom’ Puzzler





 





I AIN’T interested in cross-word puz- .





zles a hull lot, ’cause I ain’t used

ta lots 0’ the words they~use, and I

ain’t fer lookin’ in the dictshunary all

I’d rather read

detectuve stories than the dictshunary.



How’s this look ta you: I employed

finesse in gurgitatin’ the trepidation o’

the commonalty. ‘I suppose you know

all about what that means, don’t you?

Well, I kin bet you don’t. But, bein'

a expert in langwich, ’cause I worked

a cross-word puzzle or two, I kin tell

you all about it. It’s about a fellow

braggin’ about himself, ’cause he says

in every-day lang-

wich: I used skill

in stirrin ’the

emoshuns o’ the

people.



I’ 111 just tellin’

you about this, so

you kin see I

kn ow somethin’.

It ain’t cross-word

1 puzzles w h a t is

botherin’ me, it’s cross words what

puzzle me. Just why is cross words?

For what use are they They don’t

do nobody no good, and they often

gurgitate the trepidation o’ folkses.



It takes a bump in a oughto acci-

dunt ta. make folkses sore ateeach oth-

er. It don’t make no differunce how

many neanaccidunts you have, you

smile at each other about’ em, but just





 





,touch each other a littul bit and its





cross words. Each wants ta get there

first, but even if folkses was polite,

and say, “you first,” maybe they’d be

cross words anyhow, ’cause eacii’d

cuss the other ’cause he don’t go first;



Cross Words is caused by the storms

0’, life.

nothin’ in life what is sunshine all the

time. Natchur ain’t the same no two

days alike, and we’re like that, ’cause

we’re part 0’ natchur.

changes in life what keep it interest-

in’. The troubul with us farmers is,





 





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l ever the state resemble this one, ex-

‘. ~cepting perhaps that they are frame

‘ and not brick." ‘





But why should We strive to build





farm houses that are different in gen-'





eral design? Certainly one built in

Spanish or French style would hardly

"be in keeping with Michigan surround-

1113‘s, The design of a house is g0vern-

'ed 'by the general outlines and the de-

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does not prune his orchard each year)

is especially suited to an open fire?

.Why? . Because the sparks do ,not

snap, thereby avoiding all danger of

fire, caused by a spark flying beyond

its allotted hearth area.‘Not only does





this chimney house the fireplace, but‘





it provides a flue for the house heater

as well. The coat closet so near the

front entrance is also a convenient

feature.





 





 





 





 





 





Brick is 3 Logical Material for Farm Harries.





they should be ,left unchanged and

more importance paid to the detail





‘ . features.





Even though the first cost may seem

prohibitive, the logical material for

the exterior walls of a. farm home

should be non-combustible, such as

brick, cement, tile, etc. Few farm-

houses have fire protection, conse-

quently if a fire once starts there is

little hope of saving the building. _In-

,surance rates are lower on a masonry

A bank

will also lend a larger amount of mon-

ey on a brick house than on one built





; of frame.





While the'main exterior lines of this





,. building are similar to many Michigan





farm houses, the interior shows many

features more in keeping with modern

suburban homes and their correspond-

ing conveniences. After passing

through the vestibule, we enter the

living room, large and cheerful, with

a huge fireplace on one side. We farm-

ers all have woodlots. Why not use

some of the wood to cheer, not only

withits Warmth, but also with its glow

and flickering flames? Do you -know





. that apple wood (and what farmer





N these days when power is so rap-

idly replacing labor, and where la-

bor-saving devices are being install-



ed in most every line of business, it

is quite astonishing to 'find so many

of our farmers overlooking a. few im-

portant places where power could well





, be used to advantage.





’Recently, while calling on several

dairymen in the county, while re—or-

ganizing a cow testing association, I

found one ,of the members of the asso~





'ciation who is pumping’Water by hand

"for over fifteen cows and four horses,





besides the water used for the house-

hold and for cooling the milk of the,

dairy herd. The operator of this farm





is a renter, and perhaps feels that lie "





is not: able to stand the purchase prices





Opening off the living room is the

owner’s bedroOm, with a clothes closet

and adjoining bath. Could you expect

a greater convenience in an expensive

flat in the city? It is also possible to

pass from here to the stair hall, well

lighted at the bottom with a large

window. Upstairs two roomy bedrooms

open directly off the hall. These rooms

have ample closet space under the

slanting walls of the roof. Everyone

knows how exasperating it occasion-

ally is to search for something in a

dark closet. These closets secure

light and ventilation from thewindows

'which are placed near the floor, to

avoid the expense of building dormers.

The balance of the second floor is oc—

cupied by attic space. This, however,

could be used for a men’s dormitory

during the months when extra help is

needed on the farm. One part, directly

over the sink, might be turned into a

shower room, with dormer windows

towards the rear. With such attrac-

tions, it should be easy to keep help

on a farm.



The most important part of this

house, the kitchen, with its accessor-

ies, should be especially noticed. This





have been a profitable business propo-

sition to have sold the poorest cow in

the herd, located by the cow testing

association records, and usedthe mon-

ey for installing a gasoline engine to

do this monontonous, useless, hand

work at a cost of somewheres around

$50? Would not such an outfit been

worth far more a. year than the prof-,-

its from such a cow, saying nothing

for the‘added hours for leisure and

constructive thlought forbettering‘ the

farm business?_ ,



Perhaps you will say that this is

only an isolated case, but such is not

true in this part of the country. It is

a. commdn sight to see farmers spend-





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room has cross-ventilation, even air

from three sides _if doors to wash room

or pantry are opened. What a relief

to a farmer’s wife who spends the

greater part of the day in this room,

to know that at any time she can have

all the fresh air she needs. If you will

study the arrangement of this kitchen,

you will notice how few steps must be

taken to prepare a meal. The refrig-

erator and all supplies are kept in the

pantry. These are selected and placed

on a. cabinet directly next to pantry

door. Here the food is prepared. It

is just a turn of the heel to reach the

Water, and from here about five steps

to the stove. The food, when cooked,

is dished out on the table and brought

into the dining room.



A Michigan farmer’s wife recently

related, quite indignantly, that she had

attended a lecture at which the speak-

er said, “Some kitchens are so large,

one must walk five miles to bake a

cake.” This statement was exagger-

ated to the 100th degree, but in this

kitchen you could almost bake a cake

with five steps, and not five miles. The

sink and the china case are also con-

veniently arranged. The soiled'dishes

are stacked on the cabinet, or right

side of the sink, washed, and drained

on the left side. Then dried and placed

directly into the china case, another

five-step operation. The close prox-

imity of the case to the dining room,





and the resulting convenience, is very





obvious.





Women no longer walk miles in "our _

modern kitchens. Many an old kitchen





can be remodeled-with no expense, by

simply moving the furniture. It, is

often best to arrange a counter clock-

wise movement. In this kitchen the

washing of dishes is arranged in this

manner,

meals is clockwise. If you [cannot

work both operations according to the

counter clockwise rule, at least try

your dishwashing that way.



Directly off the kitchen is the dining

room, large enough for the average

threshers’ dinner. This room also has

light and air from two sides.





The washroom is so arranged that

it can be entered from the outside,

and from it doors lead into the kitchen

and into the dining room. The men

coming in from the field can wash and

go directly into the dining room. This

gives the housewife the kitchen to

herself, without being bothered with

“men folks” standing in her way. As

the opening to the stairs is exactly op-

posite the washroom door, the traffic

through the dining room is in a

straight line and does not interfere

with the setting of the table.



The porch on the south, extending

along the kitchen and dining room,

shades the windows and gives apleas-

ant place to sit, when work does not

allow absence from the kitchen for

any length of time. Can you guess



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a few hours of leisure with the family.



The dumbest kind of creatures can

operate a pump handle at any time in

the year, and the'best kind of a farm-

er can always find places where he

can place his labor at advantage, so

it seems to me to be a very poor piece

of management to waste time at such

an occupation as this. I do not wish

to infer that men who do these things

show lack of abilityor are dumb, be-

cause nine times out of ten it is sim-

ply due to the fact that they have not

thought of the great waste of energy

or time that should bespent otherwise.



It makes‘no difference whether a

man is. a farmer, busineSs man or oth-

erwise, he is apt to overlook some





things that an outsider would notice.

,at once, and undoubtedly this is one

A careful application; j;





 





 





of the up-to—date methods would un-

doubtedly reduce the working hours

of the average farmer and make life

more pleasant and enticing to the

younger generation which will have

to be the farmers of tomorrow.





WHEN YOU GET STUCK.





 





F the motorist who is stuck in'





a mud-hole, and his rear wheel"





accomplishes little outside of spinning

futilely, will gently apply the emer-

gency brake, he will find that the fric-

tion of the engaging brake drum on

the spinning drum will generate a lit-

tle heat.

the brake and drum, causing the wheel





to slow down, the opposite wheel tak-e 1

ing the power and taking the car out





of a situation that might .otherwise

obligate you to a friendly motorist to '





 





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This, in turn, will expand."
I and will not be sold to the Bad Axe





 





 

 





   

 





 





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‘ized associations. To join the New

Jersey organization, the roadside mar-

ket man must agrg to a restriction

of products as to perc ntage that must

be produced by the vending farmer,

and the percentage that may be pur-

chased by the farmer from within and

without the state for resale on his

stand. The motto of the association

is, "Real Native Farm Products, Hon-

estly Packed at a Reasonable Price.”

The sign of the market is an ear of

corn. '





The Michigan organized roadside

market farmers agree to maintain

their markets in a sanitary condition;





STOCK SUBSCRIBED TO KEEP

CARO ELEVATORJ





 





ARO Farmers’ Cooperative Elevat-

or Company will remain in Caro





Grain Company, as proposed and we

viously announced. This was decided

upon July 31 at a meeting held at the

court house. The additional stock of

$8,000 was subscribed, thus giving the

company the necessary working cap-

. ital. Bert Pomeroy will continue as

manager.



Atthe annual meeting of the com-

pany on July,10, the propositién to

sell to the Bad Axe Grain Company

was brought up by the directors for

consideratiOn, the price offered being

$18,500, with merchandise at inven-

tory. Stockholders asked for two

weeks to secure sufficient funds to car-

ry on the business, and they reached

their quota on Saturday night, the lim-

it of time‘set. The company had been

paying dividends and interest of great-

er amount than stock subscribed.——M.





that they will not offer for sale any

fruits or vegetables that are wormy

or in any stage of decay, and that they

will not misrepresent any fruit or veg-

etable package by excessive facing

with mature, large, well colored, sound

and quality stock, with immature or

otherwise inferior stock beneath it,

nor will they knowingly misrepresent

the varieties.





 





SAGINAW ASSOCIATION TESTS

UNFERTItlZED GROUND.





LEENHOUTS IS ADVANCED.





 





 





ANY farmers in the territory cov~



ered by the Michigan Central

Railroad, know E. H. Leenhouts, agri-

cultural agent of the railroad. His

work in behalf of the agricultural ad-

vancement of his territory has been

so favorable that he has been appoint-

ed to the position of general agricul-

tural agent of the western division of

the New York Central Railroad, with

headquarters in Chicago.



Mr. Leenhouts is a graduate of M.

S. C., and since the war has been serv-

ing in the Michigan territory for the

Michigan Central Railroad. His suc-

cessor here has not been appointed,

but whoever it is, he will be under

Mr. Leenhouts’ supervision.





THE experiments carried on by the

Saginaw All-crops Soil Society

have been considered by the officials

of the soil department of the Michi-

gan State College, to be the most ex-

tensive experiments of a practical na-

ture to show the relative value of fer-

tilizer on crops and soil types yet at-

tempted in the state. '



In order to carry out these experi-

ments so as to enable the farmers to

collect data with a minimum of labor,

a strip of unfertilized ground is left in

fields where fertilizer is used. In this

way the effect of the fertilizer is quick-

ly determined. Cards have been fur-

nished members of the society by the

county agricultural agent to tabulate

the results, which are gathered to-

gether and valuable statistics are com-

piled later on.



More than 300 farmers agreed to

carry out the principles of the society

during the soils campaign conducted

last winter, so that they could get





NEW FARM RELIEF PLAN.





 





HE farm organization leaders are

giving some attention to the new

farm relief program, said to have been

conceived by Secretary of Commerce

Hoover, and now being considered by

President Coolidge. According to the





to conform to the general food law; ‘





more valuable information on fertiliz-





ers, the relative values of which are

open to much argument. These farm-

ers return the cards to the county ag-

ricultural agent’s office, . which show

the results secured on wheat and oats.





It is expected that information derived

”from a tabulation and study of these





cards will be available as soon as

threshing is done—J. C. M.





EARLY SURVEY OF BARRY MARL

BEDS.





 





A MARL survey of Barry county,

similar to the one made by the

state in Allegan county last year,

were started in July, County Agent

Paul Rood announces. The work is

in charge of Dr. Chester Slawson, of

the mineralogical department, Univer-

sity of Michigan.



A crew of six specialists are making

the survey. Locations of marl beds

‘are being charted, estimates made of

the probable tonnage available for ag-

ricultural purposes, and analyses made

to determine the purity and richness

of each deposit. .



The state is undertaking this work

to aid farmers in locating lime sources

for use in treating soils before sowing

alfalfa and sweet clover.—-J. Mills.





INJUNCTION DISMISSED.





 





HE Supreme Court of the District





of Columbia has sustained the mo-

tion of Secretary of Agriculture Jar«

dine to dismiss the suit of injunction

brought by several Cincinnati fruit

handlers who sought to prevent the

department of agriculture from put-

ting into effect a proposed plan for

federal cooperation with the fresh

fruit and vegetable industry governs

ing the handling of these products.

The court held that the scheme of

proposed cooperation between the de-

partment of agriculture and the hand—

lers of fresh fruits and vegetables is

not a compulsory regulation, but an

offer by the department of a purely

voluntary cooperation. The plaintiffs

claimed that the use of the depart-

ment’s insignia. by dealers who abided

by the regulation would work harm to





 





press reports, it is proposed that large





 





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banking groups, insurance companies

and mortgage loan companies organ-

ize a pool of $100,000,000 or more, to





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be lent to farmers’ cooperative mar-

keting organizations for financing the

holding and marketing of farm pro-

ducts.



The professed purpose of this plan

is similar to that of the Fess farm

relief bill, but the funds would be

loaned by private interests, instead of

by the federal government. Its chief

advantage over the Fess proposition

and other farm relief schemes, is that

it would not require the creation of a.

federal farm board.





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SAPIRO PLAN NOT POPULAR.





 





ARKETING contracts on the Sap-



iro plan are not popular with

members of farmers’ cooperative mar—

keting associations. This is indicated

by figures tabulated by the division

of cooperative marketing, which show

that only sixteen per cent of the mem—

bership of cooperatives is bound to

them by marketing contracts. In the

north central states where the largest

number of cooperatives are found, ,

fewer than ten per cent of the associ-

ations have the contract system.





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' ROADSIDE MARKEIS ORGANIZE.





 





2 .HE roadside market farmers are

.. organizing. The department of

(agriculture says that farmers in eight

aunties of New Jersey, and a. group





 





 





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the business of those who did not ac-





cept the plan,but the court held that

the danger of loss to such dealers was

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News of the Week





 





 





 





 





A cherry pie three feet in diameter,

made at Traverse City, will be sent

to President Coolidge at Paul Smiths,

N. Y., where he is vacationing. Wal-

lace H. Keep, a collegemateof the

President, who spends his summer in . = .

the Traverse region, will take the pie .

to the Coolidge summer home. . "



W. W. Farnsworth, an Ohio orchard- _

ist, well _known to many Michi an ‘

growers, is seeking the ofiice of le'u<' .

tenant governor of Ohio.



President Coolidge has approved the

first two national airways under the

new air act, one from New York to

the Pacific, and the other from Chi- a "

cago to the southwest. The first will

be called the Transcontinental Airway

and the second the Southwest Airway.



They will carry passengers and

freight, 'and will givedaily service.





The young Catholics in Mexico are

boycotting banks by withdrawing their /

funds in order to get the government

to relept in its attitude toward religion.





H-29, a British government submar-

ine, sank in the Devonport basin near

London. It is the fifth British submar‘

ine to sink since the war.





A report from Saline, Kansas, says

that the thermometer went to 112 de-

grees on August 9, and that a tin





 





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patch on a roof became so hot that it

ignited the roof. -





A copy of the first edition of Rob- ’





ert Burns’ poemswas found by a tem

ant in the wall of his cottage near if

Lamlash, Scotland. The entire first i

edition netted Burns about $100; one i

volume of that edition is now worth . ;

$8.000. ‘3 .,

John Barr, a veteran newspaper man - '

of Detroit, who has been furnishing a

the Michigan Farmer with grain mar-

ket reports, died Friday, August 13,

after a lingering illness. '





The Anti-cigarette League will soon

launch "a sharp campaign against wom~

en smokers, according to W. H. ‘Ma—

honey, secretary.





The Pope’s crusade against immod- .

est dressing by women has invaded . ‘

England. The Pope’s ruling is that 3.

holy communion will not be given to A;

women who have their arms bare

above the elbows, and who wear low-

necked dresses. ,





The President of the Philippine sen-

ate, Manual Quezon, says that General

Leonard Wood is not wanted as gov- .

ernor—general of the islands, as ’ the ' 1'

breach between him and the senate is - 3

irreparable. ‘ ‘





An aged Arkansas negro, Tom Strib-

ling by name, went on a hunger strike '

for sixty-five days in order to cheat

the electric chair. He was sentenced

to‘- death for murdering another negro. -

He died of pneumonia. ,’





Mahatma Ghandi, the famous India

prophet, and advocate of non-resist

ance, is new teaching a bible class at

the National College in London in a

course on the New Testament.





A ten-year~old pacer, which was

bought at, one time for $38, was re-

cently sold to a Milwaukee man for "’

$10,000. This horse won every one of

the eleven races he qualified in this . ,

year. .

A Hindu botanist, Sir Jagadie

Chandler Bose, claims that he has

seen the beating heart of a snap«

dragon, and contends that plants have

a circulatory system like humans. ‘





The Japanese government has sent

50,000 yen ($406,775) to its consuls in >

Brazil for the relief of Japanesefanr ,.

ilies who have been made 'destitute 1- '

through droughts during the past two ' ,-

years. . ; , - '



The military committee in session ~ I

at Geneve voted in favor of some in‘ ' :

ternational control of armament. The ‘ ‘

American members of the committee

voted against it.





A few weeks ago 'an Indian leopard





escaped from a 200 at Red Bank, N. J.

and - about a week after an .ape he-





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s the Greaty'Northem than Was

rumbling across" theglprairles of

Minnesota, .North Dakota, and





Montana, .1 read a book. Part of the .





time there .were landscapes, Worth

looking at, but. they had to be fairly

attractive to get 'me away from the

printed page. The book was, “Steeples

Among the Hills,” by A. W. Hewitt,

and it is an appetizer for. rural life.

The ‘author has been the pastor of a

country church in? Vermont village





' for twenty years. It is'the only church

'he has ever had, and he says he ex-





pects to remain there until he trans-‘~



fers'his ‘church membership to' the



skies. ‘ '

He seems to get a lot of fun out of '





'Mcc'une





much' like looking forward pleasantly

' to the time when one hopes to be act-

ing chairman of. the Holy Trinity.”



He makes much of the long pastor-

ate. “‘Stay Where you are!” he cries

to the preachers who are forever mov-

ing somewhere else, leaving others to

piece out the ragged ends of their un-

finished work. People are just as

mean in the next church where you

are going, as they are here. You have

gotten some of them changed for the

better since you came, why not stay,

and get the benefit of their improved

ways, rather than letting another reap

what you have sown‘?” /



This man likes the country, and

country people. He cherishes no secret





 





 





 





 





Seeding Wheat with‘a Fertilizer Grain Drill. A Heavy Fertilizer Application

Here Pays Handsomely on Succeeding Crops in the Rotation.





 





it, and that counts. When a man gets

fun out'of his vocation he ought not

to change, for less than a' thousand

dollars a day, and expenses. This man

is caking an impression on his state.

He says that “for ten years Vermont





' has had no senator or representative





in congress, no justice of the superior

courts, no state officer or leader in

legislature withmwhom l have not been

on terms of more or less familiar per-

sonal acquaintance. For ten years the

state has had no governor who has

not either been to my home, or invited

me to the executive chamber, to take

counsel with him on some matter of

state.” _The point of this is, that a





- man living in a rural village can make





worth while contacts with the outside

world, if he has it in him to do so.

The meanness of rural church folk

have net passed him by. Whether he

speaks of himself under disguise can-

not always be deciphered, but he

speaks as a man who has. "been

there.” One year, he says, the pastor

had had a hardtime. Sickness and

death had come to the family, and the

salary was much in arrears; But the

chairman of finance of his church

sent word that he could not stop to

collect the back salary, even though

it was the end of the ahurch‘year, “be-

cause his sows were pigging.” On an—

otheraoccasLion, the chairman of the

board of stewards, without intentional

humer, said, “the salary is five hun-

dred dollars a year, and there is just

fifty dollars deficit. Our pastor prac-

tices tithing, so we are coming out

just even.” He has more to say about

the cussedness of the saints. But in

spite _of all this, he says, “The man

who redeems the country church must,

on‘ one chosen spot, love it mightily





and for many years,” and, “I do not





care who you are; if you area-any less

person than‘Jesus Christ Hiniselfr-if





“ _ youjare 4‘Moses, saint Paui,'jMichael-

smear Shall





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longing for the great white way, or

the dust and roar of the city. “I missed

Galli—Curci in Chicago,” he says, “but

I heard the song—sparrow at home. 0,

the fragrances of the open country——

.lilacs, new-mown hay, balsam trees,

stacks of murdered lumber, white dais-

ies, or yellow kale in blooming barley!

Chickens, cabbages, calves and cats——

good are these, and those who live

among them. Selah!”



He sees the humorous side of coun-

try people—frequently when they are

innocent of any intention to be funny.

There was the old man in prayer meet-

ing who got up solemnly and said that

from earliest youth he had been adap-

ted to liquor, but he had been deliv-

ered from it. The preacher held him-

self in until he got home. And there

was the presiding elder who was en-

tertained over night by a widow. In

the morning the preacher asked what

he might do in return for her kind-

ness. It was a very dry summer, and

she suggested that the good man

might pray for rain to save her gar-

den. He promised he would, and rode

away. Soon came along a cloud-burst

which washed all her cabbages and

carrots into the river. She looked out

on the ruins and moaned, “O, dear!

those Methodists always overdo

things so!”





‘A certain small religious sect whose'





members made noise the chief tenet

of their creed, was having a meeting.





Suddenly one of the members with as





very dirty exterior jumped up and be-

gan to yell, “I’ve been washed whiter

than snow!” A wag on the back seat

called. out, “Say, Pete, they’s a big

spot back of your ears they didn’t

hit.” One day at a country funeral the

undertaker called out to a group of

men outside, ‘fHey there, you fellows

by the wood pile! If you think you be

agoing to see these corpse, get a wig-

gle on you and come in! We ain’t

.agoin’ to keep him‘ waiting all‘ day.”





EIn‘. a» villageficemetery in his state is

.. to boround ‘





rotation.





 





T costs money to have your truck



.“go lame” during the precious days

of the harvest. There’s no time to

nurse old tires along, when every day

sees the work of months brought uno

der shelter—or hauled to the market

and turned into cash.





Across the fields—down rough lanes

—out on the highways—you need the

faithful service of tough, strong, new

Goodrich Silvertown Heavy Duty

Cords. They save you time when time

is money. They cost you less by the

mile than ever before. Their prices

have just been reduced to new low

levels. Get them now, from your

Goodrich dealer—let him put them on,

it’s a cheerful part, of his service when.

he sells you a tire. ‘





‘THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY .





, . Akron, Ohio .





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Demonstrations of How to Clean Seed

Will be Made at State and County

Fairs, Farm Implement Division





4 Seed-Kleen





Will Increase Your Profits





Clean, Vital Seed, Free of all Weed Seed,

is a Big Factor in Good Crops





A way has been perfected whereby any farmer

can clean his own seeds at a cost of three or four cents

per bushel in 10 or 15 minutes of t1me.~



This method consists of the use of a specially

treated sodium carbonate, water, the famlly wash tub,

and a piece of cheesecloth. .



There are 1200 known different kinds of weeds,

and over 1100 of these weigh less than the maJonty of

good seeds, Timothy and Oats excepted. Therefore by

adding the sodium carbonate to water the gravity .of

the water is sufficiently increased to drive the majorlty

of the weed seeds, seeds of low vitahty which means

poor germination, broken, immature seeds, screenings

and other impurities to the top of the solution where

they can be skimmed off and destroyed.



The good seeds will go to the bottom, restin on

the cheesecloth, where they can be lifted out an air

dried sufficiently in about one hour’s time in normal

weather so they will not stick in the seeding machine.



Seeds should be cleaned in the manner described,

about one or two days before planting, as germlnation

tests have proven that the good seeds immersedln thls

solutliim have increased their germination qualltles ma-

teria y.





Co-Ops Will Stock Seed-Kleen





Arrangements have been made with the various

farm co-operative companies in the state to handle

Seed-Kleen in 50 pound packages, for resale to the

farmers at $3.00 per 50 pound package, whlch w1th

ordinary care should enable the farmer to clean 100

bushels of seed. -



The time is so short between now and this fall’s

planting that it will be necessary for the. farmers who

wish to clean their seeds to co-operate w1th thelr local,

co-operative organizations to the extent of elther plac—

ing their order for Seed-Kleen by hone or when in

town drop into the co—operative o ce personally, at

which time if so desired a demonstration can be made

of how seeds can be cleaned. However, full instruc-

tions of how to clean seeds will go with each 50 pound

package of Seed—Kleen.





The endorsements of various Farm Organizations

of the state follow:

List of Weed Seeds Used in Demonstration for

Removing Weed Seeds from Good Seeds--—by

Gravity, with Seed-Kleen and Water.





 





Quack Grass Bind Weed Large Seeded False Flax

Wild Onion French Weed » Penny (‘reSs



‘Prickly Lettuce Knot Weed Wild Darnell



Pepper Grass Sow Thistle Brown Eyed Susan

.ltussisn Thistle Shoens Sorrel Oxed Eyed Daisy

Canadian Thistle Poverty Weed Butter & Egg



Tumbling Mustard Johnson Grass Greater Rag Weed

‘lndinn Mustard Burdock Rag Weed



Black Mustard Stick-tight Chess or Cheat





Lambs Quarters

Yellow Fox Tail





Largo GSmall Crab Gnu

Yarrow





B'au Mustard

Hare Ear Mustard





Wild Mustard False Flax Velvet Weed

Wild Oats Hawk Weed Wild, Rose



( ommon Plantain Blue Weed Salt Bush

Chicory Cinsafoil Yellow 'rrerou





. We, the undersigned, have on this date, July 14, 1926, in the

office of George S. Hedrick, Macomb County Agricultural Agent,

Mt. Clemens, Michigan, witnessed a, practical demonstration of

removing the above named weed seeds from such good seed as

Wheat, Alfalfa, Rye, Red, White, Sweet and Alsike Glover; and are

of the opinion that this separation by gravity with Seed—Kleen is

practical and economical, and should be given serious considera-

tion by the Farmers in General.





 





 





 





 





 





W. P. McKinney, ,

. . Detroit. Soda Products Co., ' '

Seed-Kleen Division A





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, a twisted rod,‘ loose bearing, scored ,

bearing, burnt-out bearing, or side,”





mus'r' [HOLD To PLEDGE.





 





I pledged some money to a building

fund for a, recreational building, but

since have met with expenses that I

did not foresee. On account of this

fact it would be very hard for me to

make the payment on my pledge. Can.

I be forced to pay this pledge? Is it

binding as a. note?~—W. M.





Whether the pledgor is bound de-





consideration given for the pledge.

Where’ several persOns promise each

other to join in making a fund for a

common purpose, the promise of each

is consideration for the promise of the

other and therefore each could be en—‘

forced The circumstances of the

pledgor would be no defense—Rood.-





INTEREST PAYMENT DOES NOT

CANCEL NOTE.





 





If a man has a note in a bank and

has paid an interest of twelve per

cent until it covered principal, can

bank collect note?—Subscriber.





The fact that the note provides for

usurious interest does not render the

actual debt void. Only the interest is

afiected by the usuary.—Rood





HIRING TEACHERS.





 





As thereflwere too many children ,for

one school year last year, the school

board decided to have two schools. It

was also voted by the taxpayers to

have two schools fer one year. , Now

the old school board hired two teach-

ers again for the following year. Did

they do right in not waiting until the

new board met? Were they right in

having the taxpayers vote again for

not having the two schools this year?

Is the old board liable for this teacher





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,_ having her contract signed? Please

. advise—A. S. ’





The'school district is bound by the

contract made by the old board... al-

though the work of the teacher began





after the term of the board expired,





If it were not possible for the old

board to hire a' teacher, and one had

to be procured within the short time

between the "school meeting and the

opening of school, it might be impos-





sible to obtain aproper teacher within ‘





that period. In a number of cases our

supreme court has held the school dis-





. trict bound by such contracts. Tappan'”





v. School District ‘44, Mich. 500. Davis

v. Public Schools, 175, Mich. 105.





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Our neighbor across the way has an

ugly, unruly bull that runs in the pas-

ture, the second field from the road.

All of these fences are very weak and

the bull breaks through into the field

next to the road every day. It is also

a very easy matter for it to break

right into the road. My daughter lives

with her two children a little further

down the road, and the little boy often

runs up to our place, and is in great

danger if the bull happens to break

loose at the particular time. The own-

er refuses to do anything that will

remedy the situation. Has the animal

any right to be in a pasture where the

gangs are too weak to hold him?——~





The owner has the right to run his

bull in the pasture. If the fencesare

insufficient and the owner will not

remedy it, any person especially im~

periled may maintain an action for

abatement of a nuisance; and if the





general public is involved, an action.





may be brought by the prosecuting

attorney—Rood.





 





 





DRAINING A POT HOLE.





 





I have a pot hole, or sink, on my

farm, which fills up after a. hard rain,

into a pond about half an acre in ex-

tent and about three feet deep at the

center, but which is all gone in two

days. It is about the best land I have,

and fine for garden stuff, but it stays

wet long enough to hurt the crop.’ Do

you think that if I dug a well or a

hole six or eight feet deep, it would

drain quickly enough to prevent dam-

age?—I. S. “



Vertical drainage on such places is

always more or less of a. gamble, as it

depends a great deal on the strata be«

low. As this seems to drain out rath-

er rapidly now, it is probable that a

hole put down several feet would has-

ten the drainage, although I would

say that fifteen to twenty feet would

be better than six. You can get ordi-

nary six to eight-inch earth augurs

with handles, into which gas pipe ex-

tensions can be screwed, and thus a

twenty-foot hole be put down without

much trouble. Some prefer to put

down a charge of dynamite ten or

twelve feet‘ and explode it, so as to

blow out a crater, then fill this with





.brush and trash so it will not fill in





so closely again—I. D.





CONNECTING ROD KNOCK.





 





HE connecting rod knock is dis-



tinguished from other knocks by a.

characteristic "bump or thud. The

best method to locate it is by short-

Circuiting the' spark plug, when two

knocks will be noticeable, since the

explosion pressure is eliminated. Con-

necting rod knocks may'be caused. by





 





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rod bearing will make a much louder

noise than a piston hearing, as the lat—

ter will make more of a tapping sound

than a. knock. Another good indica—

tion of a connecting rod bearing knock

is that the knock will not be nearly

so prominent when the spark is re-





,tarded with the motor running idle.





-—W. L. G. ‘ '





LEAK IN HOT AIR PIPE.





 





F considerable gasoline runs out of

the carburetor after the engine

stops, it indicates that the air enter-





ing the carburetor is not warm enough .





to evaporate the fuel. The gasoline

accumulates as a. liquid and runs out

as soon as the suction stops. Look

over the hot air pipe and sleeve

around the exhaust manifold for leaks,

or have such a pipe installed if none

is used—W. L. G.‘





PAIN-rim}. TH E RADIATOR.





 





HEN he car has been in service



for some time, the fins of the

radiator become discolored from the

water running over them, and from

the dirt and grit which is drawn in,

and the car owner is often tempted to

give it a coat of enamel. But ordinary

enamel is not suitable, as it will de<

stroy the radiating properties of the

fins; and as the radiator requires all

the radiation that it can get, over-

heating, is a likely result. A paint

which proves effective and can 'be

made very easily, consists of aminture

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firécommende‘d‘" by‘the U. S. - Department ,-



161 Commerce,- probably mine, is at,

"more ' eventual 11nportance‘to farmers .

than that of making better use "oi the





shorter lengths of lumber. ,

Due to various causes, a very large





.proportion of the present available





lumber must be cut into lengths, of

"eight ,feet or'less'. Often avcrooked .or

"defective”tree will net make a ten or





twelve-foot log, but Would easily make

'~ several .good eight or six-foot logs;





but under 'present marketing condi-

tions, the demand for these shorter

lengths is so small that they are a,

drug on the market. Hence much good





V clear short lumber is left in the woods





. dealers, hontractors,





or is sold for. crate and box material,’

.for which a poorer grade of lumber

could be used.



Several surveys of the problem have

shown that of the lumber over eight

feet long delivered to a number of

‘jobs, eighty-nine per cent of it was

cut to smaller measurements, and that

at least one-third of it was cut into

lengths less than eight feet. These

figures show a great possibility for the

use of shorter, lumber stock for house

and barn construction, and especially

for small farm buildings, such as hog

and poultry houses.



The question, however, is two-sided.

While the lumber manufacturers are

strongly in favor of some arrangement.

which will further the use of short

lengths of good lumber,'and are co-

operating in every way with the de-

partment of commerce in trying to

solve the problem, many retail lumber

and carpenters

are averse to changing the present

handling methods. From the viewpoint

of the contractor and carpenter, more

labor is required for handling so many

short pieces; while the lumber dealer

also objects to having ' the shorter

length stock mixed in with longer

lengths, because of the greater labor

of handling and storing, and the slow-

er sale'of the shorter lengths. Prob-

ably the best solution of the problem

is for the lumber manufacturer to bun-

dle the short length material separ-

ately, sell it as such, and make the

price low enough so that contractors,

farmers, and other builders will be

encouraged to use it Wherever possible.





EXPECTS A GOOD HONEY SEASON.





 





fiOMAS J. Davis, of Rudyard,

(Chippewa County), who is the

proprietor of the Peninsula Honey





' Farm, and one of the pioneer bee men





in this district, reports as follows:

“Last fall I had 155 swarms of bees.





’I placed part of" them in a cellar





November 4 and they were there 171

days, being taken out April 4. The

rest were put in December 2 and re-





‘mained there 143 days. 'When we took





them out one colony was dead and

another became chilled later and died.

So our loss for the season was 2





V colonies out of 155.





' “All but a few have enough honey to

keep them until the new honey crop

wintered much better than the Ital-

ians and used less honey for food. I

am looking forward to another suc~





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into the feed without harm.



A Hen Cafeteria.



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vails. The laboratories at the mill

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results, so in that way they are sure

to get unprejudiced results.



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experimented on there was little ben-

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fects.

Quality in Beef Scraps.



The quality of meat scrap was being

tried out in another series of pens. It

is known that, although two kinds of

meat scraps may have the same pro-

tein, carbohydrate and fat content, one

may have a free acid fat while the

other has fat of good quality. The re-

sults of these tests indicate that it

pays to know the source of the scraps

and that much free fatty acid is not

desirable. ‘





Dry milk products are also being

tried out in various tests, both on

growing stock and "the mature produc-

ing birds. In general, it is found that





will provide ample animal food in

place of meat scraps. ,

There was a very interesting experi—'

ment in the control of 'coccidiosis. The

seriously affected birds were isolated

and fed special feeds containing but,

termilk. The coops were cleaned: every

four days, as the coccidium produce a

new generation ,about every six days.

Just an ordinary‘cleaning of the drop-A

pings board and floor is necessary, as

the coccidium cannot live except in.

moisture. The birds in the sick pen

were of this year’s hatch, and looked

like healthy, normal chickens. It is,

said that after they recover, they are

quite immune ' from the trouble, as

even when the coccidium are injected,





. ”they'jfaiiled to take hold.





Several pens contained C





 





 





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- control of mites.





about ten per cent of milk products,





like*‘White Rocks and the females like,

Barred? Rocks. These breed‘ true to ‘

this diderence in color about seventy

per. cent of the time. The different

colored males and females enable err»-

perirnen'ters to pick out the sexes im—'

mediately after hatching: Thus feed-

ing: experiments can be startedxrig'h‘t --

from the first feed Without making al-- »

lowances later for the males.



The tests on this farm are in three

general groups: chick feeding, grow- , ,» .

ing rations, and laying rations. They -

are fed as chicks until seven weeks

of age.‘ . _ " '



They like the straw loft type of coop

at this farm, as it keeps dry and still

has plentyof ventilation without draft.

The straw in the loft is changed about

every two years. .Carbolineum, a wood

preservative, is used as a paint on the

masts and droppings boards for the

One. application a





 





year is effective.



For littenthey use peat moss and

'buckwheat hulls, one-half of each. The

peat moss is very absorptive and the

buckwheat hulls keep the litter from

packing down. This makes a very ef.

fective, and economical litter as it

does not have to be changed as often

as straw litters.



Handy Coop for Growing Stock.



An outdoor roosting coop, such as

they have on this farm, is ideal for

growing stock or surplus males. The

sides are of wire and there is no floor.

The coop can easily be moved to a.

new location as it is about seven by

nine in size. It is a very economical

000p for growing stock.



In the permanent poultry yards the

Mammoth French White Jerusalem ‘

artichoke is used as shade for the

hens. This is a thrifty-growing arti-

choke which gets about eight feet high

and is valuable because it is a per-

ennial. The only caution necessary is

that it should be protected from the

poultry when it first starts growing,

as the birds seem very fond of it.



The‘farm has a. complete veterinary

laboratory", as well as a large modern

barn in which fifty-two cows are kept,

milked and fed various experimental

rations to determine the effect in milk

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My apple trees are dying, and I

won d like-to know the reason, and , ,

whether, there is any remedy. The ,_

same is happening to the rose bushes. ""

A great many buds never open, but

just dry up. Has the dry weather any 1

effect on them ?-—C. (H. i





There is nothing on the foliage of

the apple leaves you sent, to indicate

:what the trouble is. , Undoubtedly,

there is something below which is the

cause. Perhaps your apples have

girdled, or they may have been in-

jured by the winter; thus causing the

restriction of the sap. This would not

be noted until about this time of the

year, as there would be enough nour-

ishment in the top of the tree to start

the foliage in the springQAt this time, .

”when it is dry, any restriction of the

sap would 'be noted inlthe top. It "

might be well for you to take a knife

and cut into the bark in various places

to see Whether it is green and healthy. , . .

The rose twig shows no disease and (i5. "

the only thing we can account for the ~

blossoms drying‘away is that the frost ~ , f .

may have injured them. The interior , '

of the blossom you'sent was dead, sim- l

~llar 'to‘ the Way frosted blossoms usu.

ally are. i we "doubt ‘ that the dry

weather has had a‘ny’effect; either on

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posterior all his ‘difiidence. In three

" 'lstrides he had crossed the fioor’and





 





., It chanced that precisely one minute

later Farris was padding softly along





the porch and happened to glance.





through a window. He stood for an

instant staring in at the lovers. The

situation was one he resented both

from a personal and a business stand-

point. He had a strong fancy for Vir-

ginia himself, but he knew this feeling

. could not be gratified. She did not

like him and would give him no con-

sideration as a suitor. For this rea-

son he was in the employ of Feruccio

to further the interests of that gen-

tleman.

Without the least hesitation Farris

.made straight for the sunny south

' room used by Mrs. Newcome as a

library and office. He followed his

knock so immediately that the sena—

tor's wife was startled. Depending

, from her fingers was a rope of pearls.

On the table before her lay an open

_ jewel box.





“You appear to be in a hurry, Mr.

Farris,” she said with icy sarcasm.



The secretary guessed that she had

,sent for her jewels from the safety

deposit vault to wear at the ball of

the British ambassador. At sight of

the diamond tiara in the box, his eyes

glittered. For it was on the cards

that this immaculate young man con-

fronted exposure as a stock exchange

gambler unless he could raise money

enough to cover a bad check he had

given his broker.





He recalled himself to his mission.

“I thought it my duty to tell you at

once that Mr. Kent is making love to

Miss Newcome in the Blue Room.”



The horrified matron rose. “What!

Did you say—erwmaking love? Ex-

plain yourself, Mr. Farris.”



“I was passing on the porch when I

chanced to glance in. He was kissing

her, Mrs. Newcome.”





The lady was in danger of apoplexy.

but she succeeded in dismissing Farris

»with dignity. The pearls and dia-

monds went in a huddle into their box,

which in turn was flun ' nto the safe

hurriedly. Mrs. New‘co e turned the

combination and gave -her whole at-

tention to the battle. She bore down

upon the Blue Room like a. man of

war cleared for action.

What happened there is too painful

, to record. It is enough to say that

Virginia was reduced to tears and

Lawrence Kent given to understand

: that henceforth the Newcome resi-

dence was forbidden territory. He

shortly found himself looking at the

' front door from the outside.





. But even Mrs. Newcome could not



. depress Kent today. Virginia loved



~ him. Amazing, incomprehensible as it

seemed, she loved him. He trod on

air. The blood sang in his veins. In

the absorption of his ecstacy he

scarcely noticed that it had come on

to snow and that the large flakes were

falling momentarily faster. His steps

took him unconsciously toward a park



. at the end of the avenue. He wan-

dered along byways that brought him

to the edge of a lake where children

with their nursemaids were wont to

gather on fine days.



It may have been a half hour later,

that the editor was snatched out of

his air castles. TwO policemen were

confronting him dubiously.



One shook his head. “Not the guy.”



“Perhaps he’s seen him,” the other

suggested.



“What can I do for you?” Kent

asked.



“See anything of a man running?

We’re after a diamond thief.”



Lawrence shook his head. “No.”



“Guy sneaks into Senator New-

come’s house, works the combination





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of the safe, and walks off with twenty

thousand dollars iworth of jev‘vels,"

one of the policemen contributed by

way of explanation.



“And you think he came this way?”



“We chased him into the park and

lost him in the storm. The dame dis-

covered her loss while the fellow was

still in the house and Casey here hap-

pened to be handy.”



It was on the tip of Kent’s tongue

to say that he had been in the house

himself within the hour, but on reflec-

tion he changed his mind and let the

officers depart without that informa-

tion. What was the use'of subjecting

himself to needless arrest?”



He turned up the collar of his coat

and wandered into the nearest path.

So immediately did helose himself in

day dreams that he presently forgot

all about the jewel robbery and the

storm. It was up to him to find a. way

to wipe out the objections of Senator





 





The eyes of the man had lost their

stony look. He recognized that brace-

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. “Your 0 rd, sir?” he faltered, tak-

ing the bi of jewelry.



- “Tell Mrs. Newc0me that I gave you

the bracelet for a card and that I'm

waiting in the Blue Room.



Five minutes later Lawrence was

telling his story to the august lady he

had chosen for a mother-in-law. She

overflowed thanks, for the jewels

were the pride of her life. Indeed she

even condescended to a half apology

for her severity.



“I have no personal feeling against

you, Mr. Kent———-none at all. We have

other plans for Virginia. It wouldn’t





be—‘riglt to let her give way‘ to the

first girlish fancy she has.

you’ll understand that.” ,



Kent had not been an intercollegi-

ate debater for nothing. He put the





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and Mrs. Newcome to him as a son-in-

law. The graft charges were only an

excuse. He believed the Senator was

too big a man to stand out against

him merely because his paper occa-

sionally criticized Newcome. Vir~

ginia’s mother was the real obstacle

in his way. She had her eyes fixed

on some title across the Atlantic.

Just now Count Feruccio was the

candidate who stood highest in her

favor.



Kent had come to a park bench

covered with snow two inches deep.

For some minutes he stood frowning

down at it without even knowing what

he was looking at, but at last it just

reached his consciousness that this

was a seat. He sat down. A sense of

discomfort both sharp and chill

brought him to his feet again. He

looked at the place where he had been

sitting and saw in the crushed snow

a red cloth bag. As he pick this up

there spilled into his hand a pearl

necklace, a diamond tiara, and a small

avalanche of jewelry. '



It took Lawrence several seconds to

come out of his daze and connect this

find with the robbery of Mrs. New-

come’s jewels, but when the truth

flashed home to him he smiled. Luck

had put into his~ hand a card of ad-

mittance that Would open the New—

come door for.him. He guessed that

the robber, hardpressed by the pur-

suit, had tossed his spoils in the snow

on the bench, trusting that the falling

flakes would cover the evidence. If

he escaped no doubt he would return

later for the treasure.



The Westerner dropped the jewels~

into an outside coat pocket and

walked briskly back to the Newcome

residence.



The man that opened the door

looked at him with an impassive face.

“Mrs. Newcome is not at home, sir.”



“Miss Newcome then?”



“Not at home.“



Lawrence smiled. Virginia’s mother

had lost no time in giving the serv-

ants their instructions.



He drew from his pocket a diamond-

studded bracelet and held it out to the

man.



“I rather think Mrs. Newcome has

returned since I knocked, Jenkins.





other side of the case promptly and

forcefully but without effect. Indeed

he looked so resolute that his hostess

wondered whether it would not be a

good plan to take Virginia to Italy

where she would be out of danger.

Dear Count Feruccio would then have

the advantage too of being on his na-

tive heath. But she did not tell Law—

rence what she was thinking. Instead

she dismissed him graciously with re«

newed thanks.



A young woman in furs was coming

up the steps just as Kent was going

down them.



“You here!” she cried joyfully.



“Virginia! ”



“Let’s walk,” she said quickly; and

after he had fallen into step, “Moth-

er’s jewels have been stolen, Law-

renoe.”



“And returned.”



She looked at him





“When?”



“Just now. I brought them back.”



He told his story. She had some-

thing to add to it.



“I’m almost sure I know the thieves.

I was standing at the window of my

room with a note I wanted to drop

you if you came back. A man ran

out of the house. It was Farris. He

had something in his hand held under

his coat. He met a man on the sides

walk. They talked for half a minute.

Mr. Farris gave the other man the

parcel he had and came back into the

house. Just then mother raised the

alarm and the man outside began to

run. Lawrence, I couldn’t help think-

ing he was Count Feruccio.” ,



Her lover’s eyes gleamed. “If we

could only prove that! It would sicken

your mother of counts.” After a

moment he added hopefully: “And

there’s a chance. When he thinks it

is safe he’ll come back for the jewels

where he left them on the bench. I'll

be there too.”



“And I,” Virginia cried.

Let’s hurry.”



She slipped her arm under his and

they walked lightly through the

storm. Their hearts beat fast with

hope. In this adventure they were

alone, together, and the divine youth

in them soared on brave pinions.



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Just take my card in and find out.”





the. little murmured. . ejaculations that

are coherent as sentences to the elect.



The sound of" footsteps brought

them back to earth. A man was an-

proaching cautiously. They could see

his frightened eyes peer here and

there through the .,snow. He had

reached the bench and was groping

along thegseat. Virginia thought she

heard a gasp of dismay. .



The man straightened in alarm just

as Lawrence closed with him. The

two struggled. Kent forced his op-

ponent’ backvfard to the bench and

from the bench to the ground. They

rolled over. Virginia saw now that.

the Westerner had his man by] the

throat. The Captive suddenly col-

lapsed.



“I’ve got him,” the Westerner cried.



The girl moved forward. She nodded

to her friend. “Just as I thought—-

Count Feruccio.”



Lawrence got. a twist on the other's

arm.



\' "Get up,” he ordered.

The Italian, very pale and fright-





. ened, did as he was told. At sight of





Virginia be poured forth a. flood of

protest in his bfoken English.



“You had better save that for

mother and the police,” she advised.



They walked back to the Newcome

house. Kent’s \arm was locked in

that of his captive in such a way that

the count could not struggle without

causing himself severe pain. But he

could talk—and he did, incessantly.

He protested against this proceeding

as an outrage such as high heaven

had never before looked down upon.

Was the proud blood of the Feruc-

cio’s tamely to endure such insult?

Nevair! He would have blood——

blood! Yet beneath his simulated

anger the man was plainly very much

frightened.



Kent grinned, at Jenkins when that

automaton opened the door.



“Count Feruccio is my card this

time,” he explained.



.“Where’s mother?” asked Virginia.



“In her library with Senator New-”

come, Miss.”



The count’s attempt to bolt was

frustrated. Kent tightened his hold

and coerced the unhappy foreigner

into the south room.



Mrs. Newcome gasped. “Whatever

are you doing, Mr. Kent! Release

Count Feruccio instantly."



The count grew incoherently voluble

as he explained to his dear friend,

“whom I have lofed as a mother most

truly,” the indignity put upon him.

He, Feruccio, of the proudest blood

in Italy. had been kicked and cuffed

by a rufiian from the uncivilized West.



The old Wyoming cattleman looked

at him very grimly. He had seen that

furtive white-lipped braggadocia in

the days of the vigilantes.



“That'll be enough just now, Count.

We'll hear from Kent,” he decided.



Lawrence told his story and Viry

ginia hers. Feruccio'gestured and ex-

plained and implored. He called all

the saints in high heaven to witness

that he was innocent. Newcome was

not even listening. He was making

up his mind what to do with the fel-

low. Clearly he could not hand this

precious rascal over to the police

without making his wife the laughing

stock of the city. There appeared no

way open except to kick him out and

be done with it. .



The Senator stepped close to the

psimdo nobleman. “I don’t just knowr

how much of a faker you are when it

comes down to this count business,





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He inserted his \knuckles between

the count’s collar and his neck, pro-

pelled him into the hall, and kicked

him into the street. From this , ath-

letic occupation the Senator came

back shooting his cuffs. Unwonted

exertion had flushed his face but his

eyes were shining. During the past

five minutes he had come to a deci-

81011.



Mrs. Newcome groaned. “To think

how I’ve been deceived by that Vil-

lain! I suppose he’ll tell everybody

and the papers will write pages about



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“Don’t worry," her husband assured

the lady dryly. “He’s a mighty

scared faker. 'H ’11 not quit running

till he gets aboard a boat. And I’ll

yhave a talk with Farris, too—1f I can

find him,” he concluded, grimly.



"It shakes one’s trust in human na-

ture. In whom can one have faith

these days?” _ .



The mouth of the Senator tightened.

“Our kind of people, my dear. Old

fashioned Americans, brought up on

Lincoln and pumpkin pie and the pub-

lic schools, the kind you really like

best down in the bottom of your

heart, the kind Jin wants to marry.”



His wife flashed a startled look of

inquiry at the senator. For a moment

she gathered her forces for the battle.

But her husband gave her no time.



He turned to Lawrence and offered

his hand. “I've been talking with

Conway. He got in today from Chey-

enneugives you an absolutely clean

bill of health on those graft charges.

Not that I really needed his report for

my own satisfaction. I guessed how it





as.’



“Oh, Daddy, and all the time you—”



“If’ you and Jin are sure you know

what you want, Mrs. Newcome and I

haven’t a word to say against it. All

we want is our little girl’s happiness.”



Virginia flew into her mother’s





arms.



That lady kissed her with real emo-



tion. She was wise enough to know

that the battle was lost.

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Ten Commandments

Our Weekly Sermon—~By N. A. McCun:

AST week we touched on those

, I commandments which enjoin our

duties to God. This week we

study those which teach duties

- to man.

“Honor thy fatherand thy mother.”

' Years ago Isat, a small boy, listening

to the stirring addresses of Edgerton

R. Young, missionary to the Indians

in the far north, in the Hudson Bay

Company. He told of temperatures of

sixty below, of endless dog-train jour-

neys on the snow. He spoke of the

moral life of the Indians. It was not

all bad, by any means, but they had a

cheap conception of family unity, of

filial responsibility. An Indian’s moth-

er died during the winter, and her son

told the mission-

ary, with no com-

punctions of con-

science, that he

had choked her to

death. He said

she could no long-

er WOrk around

the tepee, could

not —go out and

gather berries,

nor dry skins, for

his use.



. Such an ideal of

family _hfe, ofxcourse, would never lead

to a high eivflization. Veryidifferent

is the case of Mrs. Haldane, mother

of Viscount Haldane, who died last

year at nearly ninety. He wrote her

every day of his life, and she kept up

with all the current events of the

time. , .



“Thou shalt not kill.” One hesitates

to write on this, for we Americans

are probably the worst violators of it

in all history. Something is radically

wrong With our .social life, for mur-

ders are appallingly frequent, We

have .more human violent deaths a

year In one of our great cities than

all of England. But that is not all.





Skillful methods. of taking life exist, -





where no directguilt exists. Life is

no longer as Simple as it was in the

time of Moses. As someone has said,

a. hundred indirect, long-distance, im-

personal methods now exist oi’ taking

"life, despoillng virtue, stealing prop-

erty, that were not dreamed of, when





 

   

 

 





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not kill," directly and deliberately, or

or indirectly, impersonally and at long

distance. ~Miles do not count much

with God. ' .



' Adultery is another form of wrong-

doing of which less is made than for-

merly. I mean, it is less commented

on, because it is commonly reported

in the press. In this there seems to

be a deliberate return to the beast.

Poultry yard morals are the vogue,

with a large group. This cannot con-

tinue. Society will rot, with such an

infected stream coursing through. The

better side of men’s natures will sure-

ly come to the top. . The moral code

of pigs and chickens will not do fer

humans. *



“Thou shalt not steal.” Names do

not make much difference. Many prac-

tices are stealing, in substance, though

not .so described. Gambling is steal-

ing, is it not? But it has grown to

such proportions in England that the

government proposes to tax betting.

This, however, is not worse than col—

lecting taxes on liquor, to which many

of our high-minded citizens would re—

vert. Getting government support out

of wrong-doing can never be right. We

in the United States have gotten away

from one form of this, and it is heart-

ening to note that the conference of

governors at Cheyenne, Wyoming,

now going on, takes the position that





prohibition must stay. There cannot





he, say these state executives, any

backward step, in this great social

reform. Liquor-selling is one form of

stealing, for it is accepting money for

something that brings curses in its

wake.



“Thou shalt not covet.” How to be

perfectly miserable, though well off?

Learn to covet. It will bring you to

that state of mind with sure and rapid

strides. This is one of the causes of

so much unhappiness among the weal-

thy. Heaven or hell exist within.





SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR

AUGUST 29.





SUBJECTz—The Ten Commandments

——Duties to Man. Exodus 20:12





to 21.

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at hand after the long summer



vacation, and mother is extra

busy adding to her store of good

things for winter days, maybe she will

appreciate a few suggestions from one

who has traveled the long, cold or

hot road to the little red schoolhouse

many, many times.



Sometimes we are prone to forget

that “the world do move,” and what

was good enough for us is not good



’ enough for our children. It isn’t really

a matter of being good enough for

them, but a matter of custom, much as

the usingr of a sewing machine, a car-

pet sweeper or any of the labor—saving

devices now so generally used by farm-

ers’ wives. We are no better than

our mothers or our grandmothers, but

that does not signify that we should

spin our own thread, weave our own

cloth, and make it up by hand. So it

is with our children. Perhaps we car-

ried our lunch in a syrup pail, or at

best a dinner pail. Certainly we can

all remember that our pie sometimes

got mixed up with our sandwiches in

a most uncongenial way.



Lunch Needs to be Well Packed.



There is really no call for this in

this day. If we must send the chil-

dren’s lunches in a tin pail, see that

they are well packed. For a small

sum you can buy waxed paper enough

to wrap their sandwiches for the en-

tire term, or in this day of package

goods one can save much clean wax

paper from boxes and bread. The

papyrus waterproof cups which the

heavy tourist and out-door living of

the past years have brought into such

general use, give a dressed—up appear-

ance to the lunch and will safely hold

moist cottage cheese, jelly, or even

custard. While the small glasses are

most generally used for this purpose,

it would not be a bad idea to have

some of these cups on hand to use in

preparing a surprise lunch occasion-

ally. Let the children feel that they

have something prepared especially

, for them.



When baking cake, make a small cup

’cake for them in an attractive patty

pan or jelly mold. Save all vaseline

"5r cold cream jars and fill them with

apple or other jelly, or bake small cus-

tards in them. Of course, the thermos

bottle is the most practical thing to

use. Soup or cocoa may be kept hot,

or milk or lemonade kept cold in it

for several hours. Many of the rural

schools now have hot lunch equipment

and if this is true in your district, see

that you do your part. The education

of our children is much more import-

ant than we are liable to think it is.

And the physical condition of the child

is more than lialf his education for, if

he is physically fit and mentally bal-

anced, he can be taught. '



New Studies—More Time.



Remember, also, that each year new

interests and new studies are added

to the school life of our children, and

these call for more intensive study.



. For this the child must be given the

' gopportunity to study at home without

’ interruption. He should, however, be

given his tasks, but if necessary they



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jects, than they know themselves.

Often Dad is forced to call upon Bob-

by to help him rig up the radio, or

even wire up the flivver. This is noth-

ing to be ashamed of; our own fathers

wouldn’t make a very brilliant show-

ing if given a gang plow drawn by-a.

tractor and told to plow with it, or in-

structed to use a milking machine on

old Jersey.



Rural Youth Making Good Showing.



Now our rural boys are winning

trips every year to the State Fair for

their ability to answer questions on

road building, cattle judging, modern

agriculture and horticulture. These

questions are not prepared by thought-

less youths, but by men who have

made a study of these particular

things. It is a wise parent who doesn’t





,fewer foods and plenty of them, has





no need to worry.



By following this method, time and

energy are saved for the housewife,

and the threshers'are just as satisfied.

Threshers are not interested in novel

and unusual dishes. .After working

hard all day, they want plenty of

wholesome, appetizing food.



An ideal dinner for threshers con-

sists of onekind of meat, two kinds

of vegetables besides potatoes, bread,

butter, and a relish. Pie is the best

kind of dessert to serve, since it takes

the place of cake and sauce, ‘and is a

typical dessert for men. Then, too, it

is easier to serve, for it can be cut and

put on the table before the threshers

sit down to eat. One woman of my

acquaintance always uses paper plates





 





 





None of these Foods Should go into the School Lunch Basket.





meet new suggestions which daughter

or sonny brings home from school

with “I don’t believe in that,” or, “Oh,

pshaw, what does that teacher know

about that?” If that is the attitude

which parents take, we might as well

burn our schools and send our teach—

ers into the factories to work.



It is a remarkable fact that Ameri-

can parents are usually reasonable and

not narrow~minded, and that is why

America is sending out such fine men

and women into the world. Remem~

her, that to be educated, it is not nec-

essary to be a college graduate. Make

the best of what you have, and to be

a thinking man or woman is to be

full of'hope. That is really What we

want to give our boys and girls. With-

out hope we could scarcely have stuck

it out in the grim, bare days when we

were paying for the old farm. Co-

operate with the teacher in inspiring

the children to do their best.



Don’t scorn the little red school-

house so long as you must send your

children there. Dress them as well as

you can, and neatly always. Remem<

her that you are rearing the future

American citizen and you are largely

responsible for him.





MEALS FOR THRESHERS MAY BE '





SIMPLIFIED. "~





 





00D, wholesome food is a thresh-

er ’s delight, for simple food always





' pleases the hungry man best.





The coming of the threshers at this





season of the year uSuaily means nine _





for serving pie to large groups, thus

saving many dishes.

Since there are generally a few





threshers who are present for break-"





fast, too, it is-well to make a few

plans for the morning meal. A well-

balanced breakfast consists of fruit,

cereal, eggs, bacon, and coffee. For

supper it is now customary to serve

the meat warmed over in an appetiz-

ing dish, or to serve a meat substitute

dish of cheese, eggs, or fish. Cold

sliced meats grow rather monotonous

to threshers. _



In order to make the meals at one

farm home sufficiently varied from

those served at the farm house just





visited, many women have found it





satisfactory to get together while plan-

ning their meals for the threshers.—

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MAKE OLD FLOOR" LOOK LIKE

N Ew.

CCORDING to experts at Iowa

State College, floor finishes which

have been badly damaged by ordinary

wear, or the skipping feet of children

may be removed by either hand or

electricity.

If electric power is available, a sand-

ing machine will do the work quickly





 





and satisfactorily. The sandpapering.





may be done by hand, placing the pa-'

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pressure even, or by using a- steel

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or a commercial varnish remover,

which are applied with a cheaprbrush,

allowed to stand until the surface is

sticky, and then scraped off with a

putty knife. .Wipe the surface with

gasoline, turpentine or 'benzine, ob-

serving precautions regarding fire.



To remove stains, use a solution of

one teaspoonof oxalic'acid in one pint

of water. Repeat’the application if

necessary. If this bleaches .theWood,

apply Weak ammonia to restore the

color. '



When the old finish and stains have

been removed, smooth the surface

with sandpaper, steel wool or a steel

scraper. Gloves should be worn if

wool is used. Dust the surface before

applying a finish.



If the natural color of the wood is

too light for the floor, which should

appear darker in relation to the wall

tone, stain may be applied with a





. brush or cloth. Filler will be needed





only when the previous preparation

has been harsh.



Much helpful information on floors

and floor coverings can be obtained

from Farmers’ Bulletin 1219, “Floors

and Coverings,” Which may be'obtain-

ed free on request from the:U. S. De-

partment of Agriculture; Washington,

D. C.———I. W. D.





PRESERVE STRING BEANS IN

BRINE.





 





HAT string beans can be preserv-



ed in brine, the same as pickles,

was proved by the deluge ,of letters

that were received in answer to Mrs.

R. D.’ s request. The rather unusual

thing about all these letters was that

these readers all put the beans down

in brine in exactly the same way. And

this is it:



Slice tender beans lengthwise. Pack

in stone jars, putting a layer of beans

about three inches deep, then a layer

of salt (about two handsful) and al-

ternateth’é layers until the crock is

full. Weigh down with a heavy weight

and if they‘do notpmake their own

brine in a. couple of days, add enough

heavy brine to cover them. Beans can

be added from time to time 'if there is

not enough to fill the jar the, first

time. But be sure the beans are al-

ways under the brine.



If you like them, two or three small

red peppers can be added to each lay.

er of beans. When you are ready to

use them, put the beans to Soak in

coldwater for a day, changing the wa-

ter two or three times during the day.

They are fine when cooked with spare

rib or ham, baked with bacon, or serv-

ed with cream sauce.



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and chopped olives



4 stalks celery Mayonnaise

$5 cun broken nuts Lettuce



Use shapely pears and cut off a bit

of the broad end so that they will

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fruit core1 remove the center of each

pear, leaving only enough to make a

thick cup. Dice celery and add minced

nuts and olives. Blend with mayon-





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milk, flour and butter‘rubbed together.

Add the tuna fish and heat hot. It is

delicious served on buttered toast, but

equally nice served as any creamed

fish—Mrs. E. A.





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HEN you wish to press a dry

garment in a hurry, sprinkle it,

roll in a newspaper, and put it in a

hot oven for a few minutes. When

heated through, the garment will be

evenly moist. Be careful that the oven

doesn’t get too hot.

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T lze Potr’ and Pam" Party





T was bedtime for Tilly and Billy.

IT T-hey had been playing hard all

day, and now, just as they were



all ready to skip off to Slumber-

land, there was a tink, tink, tinkee

sound out in the kitchen.



“What’s that?” asked Tilly of Aunty

Lou, just a wee bit frightened.



“I think maybe that’s the Pots and

Pans having another party in the

kitchen,” said Aunty Lou.



“When did they have the first one 9”

asked Billy, for he felt very sure that

Aunty Lou knew all about it.



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. the Pots and Pans who attended that

first party are now battered and brok-

'en, and have long since been chucked

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Big Spider was sent to invite the

Dishpan, the middle-sized Spider hop—

ped down to the end of the row and

invited the Pie Pan, and the Wee

Little Spider skipped off to invite the

Patty Cake Pans. By the time the

old clock tick- tocked ten «0 c’lock, all

the Pots and Pans were there.



“ ‘Oh, dearie me,’ said the Skillet to

the Kettle: ‘How can we have a party

without any eats?’



“ ‘We will find something in the

cupboard,’ said the Kettle. But when

they went to the cupboard, like Old

Mother Hubbard, they found it bare.



“ ‘Oh dearie me,’ said the Kettle,

‘what Will we do now?’



“ ‘I know, I know!’ said the Patty

Cake Pan. ‘We’ll make some cakes

and everyone will help.’



“ ‘Fine, fine,’ sang all the Pots and

Pans together. “So the pitcher ran off

for some milk, the Bowl ran off for

some flour, the Cup ran off for the

eggs, and the Sauce Pan brought some

sugar. In a wink they were all back

with the makings and trimmings for

the party cakes. They dumped them

all together into the Bowl.



“‘I’ll beat it,’ said the Spoon, and

he hopped in and went to work.



“Then they poured the batter into

the Patty Cake Pan and popped it into

the oven. When the cakes were done

the Pets and Pans ate so much that

they were soon very sleepy. So they

hopped into the Dish Pan, washed

their faces until they were bright and

shiny, and then hurried back into their





places and were soon of! to Slumber-





land."

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Some . Exciting Times

T lze Expenencer of Prize W inner:





DON’T have to sit under a tree and

think long about my most exciting

‘ time, as it happened this morning

‘ while my little brother and sister and

I were picking blackberries. We had

our dog with us, and she started to

dig in a stone pile, and we heard a

funny noise and went to see what it

was. We thought it was a big rabbit,

so we were going to help her catch it.

We called mamma and we began to

poke him. He started to snap and

chew our sticks, so mamma sent the

little children after pitch forks and

the axe. We poked and poked, but he

was so tough, we couldn’t get our

forks through him. Mamma moved the

stone and he jumped right up and

grabbed the dog. Mamma called to

me to hit him with my fork. I struck





 





 





 





Martha Schram Gets Enjoyment From

Feeding Her Pet Stock.





at him and mamma struck him with

the axe and killed him.



Mamma didn’t know what it was,

but thought it was one of the animals

that gets so many chickens. We want-

ed to have some fun out of it, so we

fixed it at the bottom of the barn

stairs where the back part of the ani-

mal showed, so as to fool father in

making him think he had found some-

thing. I was so excited I skinned my

fingers on the stones and didn’t know

_ it.——Susan G. Holland, Quincy, Mich.





 





The professor in our school was a

man about six feet seven, with a Rom-

an nose, large and firm mouth, and

masterful feet when it came to size.





He did not have perfect control of his

temper, which everyOne could easily

notice: '



The setting of the story is in a

civics’ class just before dinner. «We

were arranged with a boy and then a

girl, and so on. I was placed beside

a boy on the right named William

Blanchard, “Bill”. for short. Bill was

a. rather homely lad, whom many peo-





ple said looked like an ape, and knew .





about as much as one.



Prof. was explaining a tax problem

to us. Everyone was quiet, as far as

I could ever remember, but quicker

than a wink of an eye, I could see the

professor coming my way, talking as

fast as possible, and stuttering. My

heart was going thump, thump, thump.

I could remember nothing I had done,

but just the same I was frightened.

But——! instead of me, it was Bill that

the professor was mopping the floor

with. Professor had grabbed him and

was certainly setting an example of

him that we never would forget. Nor

will we forget the promise of jumping

over his desk and throwing us out of

a two-story window when he loses his

temper.——-Hope Van Wagner, Angola,

Indiana.





 





The most exciting time I ever had

was one afternoon when I went to my

Uncle Everitt’s farm for a rooster.

When I reached the farm, uncle was

in the upper part of the barn throwing

down hay through a square hole in the

floor for the horses below. I told him

what I came for, and he said I could

have any rooster I wanted if I could

catch one. I chased it around until

the rooster and I were both tired; just

as he stopped, I grabbed his leg and

the next thing I knew I was down in

the bottom part of the barn in a pile

of hay with the rooster, which went

with me, but as I fell I let go of him

and he ran in a corner. When I rolled

out of the hay, I caught him. Looking

up, I saw uncle standing by, nearly

frightened to death. I started to laugh

and he laughed, too, and told me the

next time ,I chased a rooster to watch

for the holes in the floor.—A1ice Orvis,





Charlevoix, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have been rather a silent mem-

ber of the M. C. in the past. I was

reading “Ginger’s” letter in one of the

issues of the “Michigan Farmer” and

sure do agree with her about the pro-

hibition law.



I agree with Marian Pickup about

evolution. I don’t think it will do me

much good to tell my ideas anyway,

as I have never had a lettter in print

yet. ‘



I wonder if any of the cousins have

a sewing club in their school. I think

it is a real nice thing to have as long

as the children do their own work.

Well, I must close and say good—bye to

all.—Your niece, Marie McBride.



. If you had given some of your ideas

instead of the paragraph stating that





you didn’t think it worth while giving





any, you would have had more of your





eas, in print. Sewing clubs are





mighty fine things.





     

 





'Uncle Frank-z ‘

, .Well they say if at first you don’t

maeed try again, so that’s what I’m

W This is not my first attempt,

- 6’16: ejbee unsuccessful. ‘





_ I certainly enjoy reading the letters

in the “Michigan Farmer.” I always

turn to that page first. I live on a

farm and like it real well.



Well, I don’t want to make my letter

too long because, it surely will find

the waste paper basket, if I do. So

will close.~—Norma Ingersoll, Manlon,

Mich.



Perhaps the reason your other let-

ters were not used was that you didn’t

say anything. This letter would also

have gone to W. B. but I wanted to

'tell you and hundreds of others that in

order to get letters in print they must

‘say something.’





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I read "Our Page” and like it very

well. I wish' the M. C.’s would write

more about education than about what

people are today. I think the girls can





don’t use too much.

I also belong to two. clubs, “Young





 





wear knickers when they are out rid~ ‘

ing, camping and living in the coun— .

. try, but using rouge and. a little bit of



powder is alright too. As leng'as they *





“Well, I hope Mr. w. B. is busy with

some different letter~lvolun Forsten,

Auburn, Mich. -





You wish that M. C.’s would start

other subjects and then you discuss

the old ones. Why didn’t you start

something? i ,





 





Dear UnCle Frank: -



I am writing for the first times I

hear the girls say boys are lazy. Come

on boys show them we are not» azy,

but just bashful. Let us show t em





that powder is a useless thing. 'Do





you agree with this?



I live on an eighty acre farm three

miles from Lake Huron. We often go

bathing in summer. I must stop talk-

ing and give somebody else a chance.

I am your nephew and cousin—Mike

Repp, Croswell, Mich.





‘Just how can you show by letter

that you are bashful? I don’t believe

that boys are lazy, but often too busy

to write. >Maybe some boys think it

is dangerous to monkey with powder,

that’s why they say nothing about it.

Come again, Mike.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



Yes, I agree with others .that we

ought to change the discussxon from

“Bobbed hair and knickers” to some-

thing else. Prohibition, for instance.



You know, Uncle Frank, we didn’t

take this paper for about a year and

when we subscribed for it again, I was

sure surprised to see the same old

topic in discussion. ,



Well, I must ring off and leave room

for others—Your loving niece, Tommy.



Apparently the subjects we discuss

are perpetual ones. It is real hard to

find something new under the sun.

We don’t prohibit a discussion of pro-

hibition, in fact we have discussed it





quite a little.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I have taken an especial interest in

the talks given in the Merry Circle

column by those famous men. How-

ever, one of them, in a paper several

issues back, said that in choosing our

vocation in life, we should decide

early in our lives what we want to be

and then strive steadily to gain that

position. I cannot agree with him,

for I do not think one should decide

his life’s task too early, because he

will not have considered it carefully

enough to know whether he is most

suited for it or not.



If he starts out on a task early in

life, as he, grows older he will realize

that he has made a mistake—that

some other task would suit him better,

and thus he grows discontented and

lacks the interest in work necessary

for success.



If he had waited until later years,

and had diligently studied all trades

and professions, he may have had a





, sign, “Wolverine.”





1





liking for he could have chosen" more

wisely—could have taken a job which

he would be‘i‘nterestedgin, and Would





make a succeSs of, Vandanother wreck





on the seaof life Would have been

prevented. - ‘ ‘ ' -



I think that I :hadbetter stop or this

will seem like an endless s_tory.——Will





,I think. there is gamma in What





 





Looks as if Theresa U‘lrich’s Pet Cat

Knew it was Being Photographed.





you say. Many get to be square pegs

in round holes, because they have not

chosen wisely.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I’m an M. C., so I’ll write you a letter.



If I could only say more, my letter’d

be better.





Next year I’m a freshman in high

school,



That means I must obey the teacher’s

ru e.





I have five sisters and one brother,

And all but the baby help mother.





Maybe you think I’m not much of a

poet

I don’t need to think, I already know it.





I hope that this letter to Mr. W. B.

don’t go, - ‘



But that Uncle Frank will give it a

show.





Now let me tell you I’ve a very freck-

led nose,

And wishing you all luck, this letter

I’ll close.

-—Your Niece, “Freckles.

Maybe you know that you are not

a poet, but you have told a few things





in a. brief and interesting way.





 





STO’RY CONTEST.





 





PERHAPS quite a few Merry Circ-

lers have been reading stories this

summer, or have had experiences

which might suggest good stories to

you. So, I believe that now, just be-

fore school starts, it would be a good





Be Interested Experimenters





Say: T Izomar Edison, 7amour I ”center





AM not surprised that you champion the cause of the farm boy so warm-



I 1y, for we are all under obligation to him for much of the advancement

that has taken place in agricultural progress in recent years. I am in-

clined to think that the sucCesses of the modern farm boy—yes, and the

farm girls, too—rare due to the fact that they are enthusiastic experimenters

and are untrameled by the traditions of the older gen-





eration.





 





 

 





all sorts of trepical things.





ture apparatus,~he isstill Work;

Agyeh _ .d It I) . '





Writer’s Club” and ,,the,FrenchtoWl1‘ ’

Club.” ’. . . j ,7





It‘ is greatffnn.



_ Nobody needs tobe told who], Thomas- . .

world’s greatest inventors, but. one .9er harneststflki

'.sonalitie’sr<lnventor of the phonograiph,..‘hi ‘





Besides, they are quick to take advantage of

’ scientific knowledge that is now 80 generally dissemir

, nated throughout our country. .



So, I take off my hat to the farm boys and girls,

and in sending them a greeting, .17. shall express the

hope that they will keep up the good work. '



' ' I am a ‘bit of a farmer myself, with .a present ambi-

tion to see Arnerica'grow her own rubber. ,



. acre farm I own, down in Fort Meyers, Florida, .I am ,



' planting all kinds of rubber treesand vines thatl have _ .

gotten from allover the world. ‘ Besides these,”’lzegrow ~ -





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mi of a story

you 111111911, as long as it is not over

300 words long. ‘ That Will give you

practice in short story writing. We

will give ten prizes—Tbeads to the girls

Who win, and base balls to the boys.

The contest closes September 3, so

send your stories ' to Uncle Frank,

Michigan Farmer, ‘Detroit, Michigan,

before that time. '





VACATION CONTEST WINNERS.





GUESS that M. C.’ s do not take

pictures on their vacations, or per-

haps I ran this contest too early in

the season. Anyhow, this contest is

a record breaker, it has the smallest

number of entries we ever had in a

coniest, just six, and everyone will get

aLprize. Now aren’t you sorry that





you did not send in a picture? Four

5 more prizes, and no one to give

them to.





‘ Here are the names of the five girls

and one boy who get prizes:





Base Ball.

Paul Millke, R. 3, South Haven,





. Mich.





Beads.





Marcella C. Cox, Rockwood, Mich.

Mary Stroud, Chassell, Mich.

Frances Haiiidl, Cooks, Mich.

Evelyn Forsberg Blonde, Stephen-

son, Mich.

iLoraine Church, R 3, Fremont,

h.





 





 





RURAL HEALTH

By Dr. C. H. Lerrigo





 





 





 





DISINFECTANT FOR T. B._





 





Is it necessary to occasionally dis-

infect a room where a tuberculosis

patient is convalescing where every-

thing is kept open, having plenty of

fresh air and the sputum is properly

cared for and burned? If so, What

Wu}? be the best way to disinfect?—





So long as the patient continues to

occupy the room there is no object in

disinfecting it under such circum-

stances as you mention. When the

patient leaves, it is well to scrub the

woodwork with a solution of Cresol,

and repaper the room before it is oc-

cupied by another person.





BROKEN ELBOW.





 





Our boy broke his arm at the elbow

a couple of weeks ago. Doctor put it

up in plaster and nothing has been

done since. Is it all right to just leave

it alone?———-J. T. C.





You must take your boy back to the

doctor at once. By this time the

splint should come off- and a certain

amount of passive motion be begun to

keep the elbow from becoming stiff.

The doctor will show you how to mas-

sage the arm and what motions to

make and you must see that the work

is done faithfully, no matter if it does

hurt at first. Fractures in children

should never be immobilized for a

long time. It is important to get mo~

tion as early as possible so as to save

stiffness in joints and insure good

function. Do not be discouraged if

you get only slight motion at first, but

keep it up.





 





TEMPERATURE AND H EART

BEATS.





 





What is the normal temperature of

an adult? 98 degrees or 98. 6 degrees?

Also what is the normal number of

pulse beats per minute?——Miss H



The normal temperature of an adult

person is 98.6 and normal pulse rate,

while at restp 70. However, none of

these rates are absolute. 'Many per-

sons in excellent health find it difficult

to bring a'thermometer even as high





‘as“‘98, and the pulse rate may vary

2o or 30 beats according to the tem-





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FOR SALE





Four young Guernsey bulls; one fifteen months old;

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

have AR dams. F. E. noesou, Room 303, M. c.

R. R. Depot Building, Detroit, Mich.





 





 





 





FOR practically pure—bred GUERNSEY or HOL-

STEIN calves, from heavy. rich milkers,

writs EDGEWODD DAIRY FARMS. Whitewater, Wis.





 





' Dairy Heifer Calves. actically

Guernsey pure mm $25.00 each. ”We ship

C. 0. D. Write L. Terwilliger, Wauwa-tosa. Wis.





 





RACTICALLY purebred Guernsey heifer calves——

the hesw milking kind—eight weeks old, $20 each.





 





NORMAN B. MEYER, Maura Plain, Minn.

lFOI‘ Sale 10 Rogistered Guernsey Bulls, almost





ready for service. May Rose breeding.

'Chesp. Write JOHN EBELS, R. 2, Holland. Mich.





 





 





Marathon Bess Burke 32D





A son of “Fobes 6th” now heads

the famous Traverse City State

Hospital Herd. This young sire

is a real show bull backed by

wpnderful production. His seven

nearest dams average 1144 lbs.

butter and 24795 lbs. milk in a

year. His sons are now ready

for service.





MICHIGAN STATE HERDS.





     

 





49,. . Bureau of

"A" "m” Animal Industry

: lm‘l’l’ll" DOD:' C

I “m' Lansing, Michigan





 





 





 





 





HOLSTElNS, 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.





HEREFORD. STEERS





2 t. around 1100 lbs. 69 Wt. around 1000 lbs.

72 glib. around 725 lbs. Wt. around 626 lbs.

45 Wt. around 550 lbs. 15 Wt. around I500 lbs.





Good ‘t . dark reds. horned. well marked

Haeforduasllelers. Good gross flesh.’ The beet type

are usually market toppers when finished. Will sell

your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can

also show you Shorthorn gteers. yrls or a yr old.





. Van D. Baldwin, Eldon,Wapello C0,, lowa.





- . for service. and

Chorce Jersey Bulls {,fid’mm, ,0, m.

from R. of M. dams accredited herd. SMITH l.

PARKER. Howell. Mich.



.4nmmmn.oru.Caws concern

15 Selme'c't from“ hard of 70. Some fresh. others bred

I'm full ire-honing. Colon C. Lillie. Coonsrsville. Mich.





Shortho Best 0: uuslity and breeding. Bulls,

, ' "13 cows sud heifers for ssle BIDWELL.

1 : garcons FARM. Box 0. Tow-uh. Ilsh.





.t " 7‘ I Three bred heifers to

-- ~ lilting Shorlhorns F0! Silo freshen in Septemba

‘ pad-:11 her. One Roan, eight months old bull calf,

‘mnvs your old, grandson of Glenside Dairy King,

,..Wnd and gentle. Inquiries solicited. Visitors wol—

‘Prlces reasonable. BELAND 8t BVELAND.

~th. mun. . _





g Iborlhorns $311313... 1W3”? £53





3‘1." Thompson, R. No. 4. Ludlnnton, Mich.





 





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“GOOD" VS. “POOR” CARE OF THE

' HORSE STABLE.





 





HE farmer who has good horses



and keeps them in good working



shape, always has good stables

for them. In fact, if you look into a.

man’s stables, you can pretty well

judge what kind of a horse he owns,

Without seeing the animal. Many men

are poor and will always remain so by

having to purchase a horse or team

every year for necessary farm work.

They have “bad luck,” they say, with

their horses. They get crippled, get

too much to eat, get too hot, or some-

thing else happens that makes it nec-

essary to drag them off to the bone-

yard. If you will make a careful sur.

vey, "you will usually find that it is

lack of proper care that has caused it

all in some way.



The horse stable need not be a. par-

lor, yet it can be easily and cheaply

made comfortable and convenient, as

well as safe. Many good horses are

annually crippled or killed during the

season, because of lack of carefulness

on the part of their owners.



If the stall is built so that the horse

can get his head or legs under the

partition, or other immovable parts of

the stable, the animal is almost sure

to become injured, and in many cases

lose his life.



The stall should be tight around the

base, and the floor should be smooth

and firm. A solid raised earth floor

is as comfortable as any, but a. con-

crete floor is far better for saving all

the liquid manure.



The horse is an active animal, and

for this reason, the stall should be

roomy at the sides and rear, both for

the comfort of the animal and the con-

venience of the attendant in grooming

and harnessing.



A good manger of medium height

and depth, with a grain box at the

side, will aid the horse inVSecuring all

the feed given, and also prevent much

needless waste. No horse will clean

up everything that is put under his

feet, and I don’t blame him, but if put

in good mangers, they will clean up

about all that is fit to eat, and then

you can fork the balance out into the

manure at will.



The good horseman will provide his

horse with plenty of good dry bedding

at all times of the year when they oc~

cupy the stables. The horse that works

hard all day must be very tired at

night, and whether it lies down or

stands up during the resting period, a.

deep bedding of dry, clean straw will

enable it to rest more perfectly, hence

it will be in much better condition for

the following day’s work.



Comfort in sleeping is an aid to

nature in restoring vigor and building

up waste tissues, hence the well—bed-

ded and comfortable stall will main-

tain the flesh of the horse on less

feed.



Plenty of windows end ventilation

in our stalls are also necessities, not

luxuries. The horses need light and

air just as much as we do, and if not

given plenty, their vitality will be low-

ered. We would not think for a. mo-

ment of building a house to dwell in

ourselves without having plenty of

windows to properly ventilate the

building. And so it is with the horse;

he is a. lover of fresh air, just as well

as ourselves, and we must not over-

look this fact when arranging for his

comfort.



There is another matter associated

with this subject, to, which I would

like to call special attention. I refer

to the relative merit of single and

double stalls for horses, It is just a.

little more expensive to fit up single

stalls, . so that each horas stands in' L?"





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4—".- 1 4’..- _‘ Z. Lei" :3 ' 1





we find them, I have found that much

better care can be given them in sin-

gle stalls. When horses areyat heavy

work everyday, they are apt to be-v

have themselves, but on ‘ the farm,

there'is a considerable period of idle-

ness, though the more or less slack

season of Winter, and there is some

danger of expensive accidents occur-

ring. Doubling up often causes the

“bad luck” some have—R. B. Rushing.





‘NEED cow TESTERS.





 





OUNG men geing to college need



money. Young men who have

worked in a. cow testing association

for a year or more haVe money and

a fine, matured experience when they

come to college. Like in 1925, it is

likely that about ten or more of our

testers will come to Michigan State

College this September. '





Capable young men, preferably grad-

uates of agricultural high schools, are

needed to fill the vacancies on our

tester force. Prospective testers should

write at once, stating their age, dairy

experience and agricultural training in

the high school; or report at the col-

lege for a week’s “C. T. A. tryout,”

beginning Monday, August 30.



More than a year ago the Dairy De-

partment, Michigan Agricultural Col-

lege, instituted a Record of Perform-

ance of Michigan dairy cows. This

Record of Performance recognizes

cows of special merit which have

made a profitable showing in rMichi-

gan Cow Testing Association work. It

also gives recognition to good sires

'and herds so that the dairymen have

further proof about their dairy oper-

ations.



There are 1,342 cows, both pure-bred

and grades, entered in the first volume

of the Record of Performance. For

each cow entered a certificate of R. 0.

P. has also been sent to the cow own-

er. Every certificate holder has also

received 3. COPY of this volume of

R. O. P. -



The Record of Performance plan is

continuing with renewed energy. 'More

than 300 new applications have been

received recently for entry in the sec-

ondglilume. The second volume of

Record of Performance will close on

December 31, 1926. A new feature has

been added to the Record of Perform~

ance where a herd certificate will be

issued whenever a. dairyman has more

than half of his milking herd entered.

The herd certificate will list the yearly

production of milk, fat and test of all

cows in the herd—A. C. Baltzer.





FATTENING CALF’ FOR BUTCHER.





 





What seems to be the best method

of fattening a calf for the butcher?

We always raised our calves and so I

do not know anything about fattening

them. I have a\nice young cow and

would like to take as good care of her

as I can. Could you advise me as to

the best way of attending to her?—

Subscriber.





Probably the choicest ‘veal is made

by allowing the calf to run with its

dam. This is nature’s Way. but for

the dairyman it is not practical and

absolutely not profitable. In fact this

method is admissable only with the

special beef breeds where cattle can

be kept .on .the range or other land

that it is not practical to till.



The dairyman must get more for the

use of his cow than the growth of the

calf. He can not afford to allow the

calf to suck the cow until it is fat--

tened, because this method gets the

cow into, bad habits and she will not,





produce as much milk after the calf '





is fattcned as she will if milked from

the beginning. She be '

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Shorthorn Red Roan Cattle





the cows, s. heifer. and one young bull. Priced ridit

to close out. Come and see them. IRA W. JAYNE

FARM. one mile south of Fonton. Mich.





 





HOGS . ’





DUROCS





Bred gilts, spring and fall boars.

Michigan's Premier Duroc Herd.





Lakefield Farms, Clarkston, Mich.





UROC JERSEYS. Fall and Spring Boers from

D large prolific strains. Write or come and see

them; JESSE BLISS &. SON, Henderson, Mich.



I0 TYPE CHESTER WHITE SPRING RILTO.



bred sowst id boars , and

quality. LUCIAN HILL, Union City. Mich.

no m5 cursun WHITES mandrel:





pious. bred from Champions. MAPLE HILL STOCK

FARM. Rt. 2, Cass City. Mich.





Bigl Poland China: Wieq‘iiniizu 3233:" €31".

OLA K. Breckenridge, Mich.





 





 





HAMPSHIRE boar pics of spring and sunimer far-4

row to sale. 13th year in business. JOHN W.

SNYDER. . 4. St. Johns. Mich.





SHEEP

for wool and mutton. 15 yard





Shropshu‘es rings. 40 ram lsmbs. 10 ans.

DAN BOOHER. Evsrt. Mloh.. Route No. 4.





Shropshires ——Oxfords





Yearling and ram lambs. Also s few Mc-

Kerrow bred Oxford ewes for sale.





 





 





 





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on. LELAND. _ ’ mm, Michigan





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Lnkefield Farms, *Clarltston, Mich.





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being tufi'ar

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Auction Sale

Pure-bred Guernseys





Sept. '9," 1926, 2:00 PM.





Forest Hills Farm, R. R. 5,

Out Butterworth Rd.,

6 Miles from Grand

Rapids, Mich.





Clean herd, no T. B. or abortion.

Three heifers, about 11 months

old, one yearling , bull, and three

cows, one fresh 3-yr.-old, one 3-yr.-

old to freshen soon, one bred 4-yr.-

old. Also one grade cow, heavy

milker. All carry the blood of

some of the champion producers in

the country. Write for pedigrees to





M. Hompe, R. R. No. 5.





Terms of Sale, Cash or 60-Day Notes.

SHEEP





BREEDING EWES





Always on Hand in Car Loads or Train Loads.

Both NativeJnd Range Yearling Ewes.

6,000 beautiful Delaine Ewes.

I ship all over the United. States on mail orders.

guaranteeing as represented.

Feeding wethers and lumbs.

Send stamp for leaflet, “40 Years in Sheep Bus.

mess," a Resume of Sheep Industry.

Please wire before coming.





George M. Wilber. OAKLANDS, Msryrvillo, Ohio





DELAINE RAMS





good as Photos free.

40, Wakeman. Ohio.





I

'sHBOPSHlHES—Choice yearling rum and ram

lambs. sire. Imported Butter ram—Dams. Minion

Butter 3: Bibby bred. Prices very reasonable. 6.

-£. VHEELAND. R. F. D. 5. Ynlilanti. Mich.





' 11 c th 1 " m

Eczsmopshire Rams 3f “1 Ngwgm'orsme’

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Also a few breeding awa,

B nzaoma Ewes. for man. cal-lots. too good.

young Delaine ewes, also 200 black Faced ewes.





Telegraph address. Bockwood. Mich. Postal address.

’80“!!! Rockwood. ALMOND B. CHAPMAN l. 80M.





 

 





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The wool and

mutton kind. As

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' f r 200 . Shrop- 4

Breeding EV“: all . Hammerzchgnndgmand cross-





brads; All yearlings. V. .B. Esrnlu. 'Ilshvmo. Ildl.





For, Shropshire Yearling Rm .write or





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. .wotim. Especially is this true of a





young cow or heifer.



So, the dairyman ‘ should take into

considerition‘the results or effects on

the cow as well as the calf when he

veals his calves.



A calflshould never be allowed to

nurse its dam more than once or twice

to get the colostrum, or first milk,

and it is even better for the cow to

not allow the calf to nurse at all for

this first milk can be fed by hand

from a pail as well as the after milk.

But this is done for the benefit of the

cow not the calf. The cow’s affection

for her calf increases the longer it is

left with her.



The sooner the calf is taken away

the easier it is for the dairyman to

get her to transfer some of this affec-

tion for her calf to him, and the more

he succeeds in doing this, the greater

success will he have in training the

cow to yield her milk to him instead

of the calf. If he is unable to trans-

fer any of this affection to himself

then he will fail to produce the great-

est milk production from the cow.

The cow doesn’t yield milk because

she likes to, or has to, but because she

wants to sustain the life of her calf.

Now, the right kind of a person can

succeed in getting himself substituted

almost entirely in the affections of the

cow for her calf and if he does he is

on the road to develop the cow to her

full capacity as a milk producer.



Hence, the best dairymen separate

the calf from the cow very soon after

birth, by being kind. to the cow en-

courage her to bestow some of her

affection for her calf on him and feed





, the calf from a pail all he will eat





until properly fattened. You will get

just about as good veal, few butchers

can tell the difference, and you have

not spoiled your cow as a milkpro—

ducing machine.





THE COUNTRY LIFE.





(Continued from page 117).

Here lies old Dodge who dodged all





00 ,



Andgnever dodged the evil.



He tried in vain to dodge his death



And couldn’t dodge the devil.



Those who are having a hard time

of it with church finances might adopt

the scheme of a resourceful Vermont

youth who raised the money for decor-

ating the church. He asked each farm-

er interested, to fatten a calf for three

months, after which it was to be de-

voted, veal, hide and summary, to the

beautifying of the church. This was

duly carried out. The calves were

enabled to postpone'the visit of the

butcher for the summer, the farmers

felt no financial burden, and the house

of worship was redecorated. It is to

be hoped that the bovine interior of

the little church does not produce bo-

vine thinking on the part of the wor-

shipers.





KENT BREEDERS HAVE A PICNIC.





HE favorite flower of the Kent



County Holstein breeders has



been discovered. It is the water-

melon; For once again the members

of the county association, as guests

of Dudley Waters, immersed them-

selves in this luscious viand.



The only rival the melons had for

popularity was Prof. O. E. Reed, Head

of the Dairy Department, Michigan

State College who stopped in on his

way by to chat over Holstein and

dairy topics with the Kent “bathers.”



All this was on the occasion of the

annual summer picnic. If the rinds

can be cleaned up in time, there will

be another round next year for it has

been‘thoroughly proven that inhaling

watermelons has not the slightest

dampening influence on this body—

one of the livest county associations

in the state.





MICHIGAN HEREFORD BREEDER'S

TOU '





HE Annual Tour of the Michigan

Hereford Breeders' Association

was held in the central part of

the state, on July 29-30., ,





 





.St'oek Fagin near De Witt.





:«E-The first stop . Was at Pine Bros-





 





 





   





Tirol-Pincherd consists ofabout '38:-





’ cows, and it was very interesting, to

.note the results of Mr. Pino’slcrossels

of bloodlines as explained by him. We

next visited the farm of Jo . Felds-

pausch, where we saw some n e cows

and good calves. Mr. Feldspausch's

herd numbers about 20 registered

Herefords.



Weisgerber Bros.’ farm, south of

Ionia, was the next stop, where we

saw the herd they are fitting for the

fall fairs. They have about 20 head

of registered Herefords. .



After the business meeting, movies

were taken of the crowd, and we left

to View one of the Harwood Herds. A

feature at this time was the judging

contest and demonstration given by

V. A. Freeman.



The herd of Wm. Kneale & Son,

consisting of 25 head, was then visited.

Mr. Kneale not only has good Here-

fords, but he knows how to make good

maple syrup, as anyone who was pres-

ent will testify.



The remainder of the Harwood herd

of 140 was then looked over, where it

was grazing in one of the good pas-

tures on the Harwood farm. From

there we drove to Heart Lake Here-

ford Farm, near Lake Odessa, owned

by Homer Van Buren, and saw his

good herd bull and 17 cows.





We the}; visited Mr. R. A. Dodds, a

new Hereford Breeder, who is making

a good start in the Hereford game

with 6 registered cows.



The last stop was at J. E. Hunter’s,

of Vermontville, who has 17 registered

cows. Mr. Hunter also has some good

horses, of which our movie operator

shot a few pictures. After being

served with lemonade and cake, the

day’s tour was ended.



The next day was spent in inspect-

ing the Michigan State College herd

and enjoying the activities of Farm-

er’s Day held there.



It is planned to have next year’s

tour in the Upper Peninsula of Michi-

gan—Dan C. Miller.





E— Veterinary.

MWWMWWIWWWWWE





CONDUCTED BY DR. s. BURROWS.





Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib-

ers. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of

each case and give. name and address of the writer. Initial-

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

mice becomes private practice and 81 mun be enclosed.





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Ringworm—My cattle have a skin

disease. I call it ring-round. The hair

comes off and leaves a white scab. it

spreads from one to another. Can it

be cured? T. A. B.—~This can be cured.

Saturate the scabs twice daily with

olive oil, until they can be pulled off.

then paint them twice daily with tinc-

ture iodine. Paint an area about two

inches wider than the diseased sur-

face.



Ailing Cats.—We are unable to keep

cats. After having one for a week or

so, it will refuse food, then begin vom-

iting,

days, die.

ing to vomit. The disease is contag-

ious, as we have had four die inside

of a week. We have had only one cat

ever live through it, and this one

seems to be immune to it, as cats have

died around here since, and he has not

contracted it. Could you prescribe a

treatment? Mrs. L. H.———It would seem

as though there must be something

that the cats eat, that is poisonous,

instead of a disease. It might be ad-

visable to give an ounce of castor oil,

as soon as the first symptoms are no-

ticed.



Ailing Cow.——We have a cow that

has been failing ever since she was

put in last fall. She passed the tuber-

culin test then. Now she is extremely

thin and doesn’t eat much. There is

a lump under her throat which seems

to be getting bigger. Is there a. cure?

0. L.—C1ip hair from bunch on throat

and paint with tincture iodine once

daily. Take fluid extract of nux vom—

ica, two ounces; fluid extract ginger,

one ounce; aromatic spirits of ammon-

ia, two ounces, and water to make one

pint. Give one ounce four times daily.

If bowels are not in good condition,





give one quart raw linseed oil. There ’





is always a possibility in this kind of

a case, that the cow has swallowed a.

nail, or some other foreign body. Re-

covery in these cases is doubtful.





Chronic Cough—I have a. black

mare which weighs about 1,550.. She

is nine years old. She coughs 1n the

morning when I feed, her, and has done

so for about a year. When I feed her

cat straw» the cough is not as bad as

when I feed her dry hay. G. S.—

Dampen the hay before feeding. Give

one-half ounce of Fowler’s Solution

three times daily. Also take guaiacol.

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Tuesday, August _24.





' . Wheat.



. Detroit—No. 2 white $1.32; No. 2

red $1.34; No. 2 mixed $1.32.



Chicago.:——Sept. at $1.35%; Dec. at

$1.39; May $1.44.



Toledo.-—~Wheat $1.341/§@1.35%.





- Corn.

Detroit—No. 2 yellow at 820; No. 3

, yellow 81c; No. 4 yellow 78c.

Chicago—Sept. 78%c; Dec. 83540;

May 900.

' ‘. Oats. _

‘ Detroit—No. 2 Michigan, old, 450;

new 400; No. 3, old 44c; new 39c.

Chicago—Sept. 38%0; Dec. 421750;

May 46%c.

Rye.

Detroit—No. 3, $10014.

Chicago—Sept. 97%0; Dec. $10214.

Toledo.—Rye 98c.





Beans.





Detroit—Immediate

shipment $4@4.15. .

Chicago—Spot Navy, Mich. fancy

hand-picked at $4.65 per cwt; red kid-

neys $8.75.

New York—Pea domestic $4.75@

5; red kidneys $8.75@9.25.

Barley.

Malting 67c; feeding 74c.

Seeds.

Detroit—Cash red clover at $17.75;

October alsike $20.





and prompt





Hay

Detroit—No. 1 timothy at $22;

standard $23.00; No. 1 light clover,

mixed $31@32; No. 2 timothy $20@

21; No. 1 clover $18.25; wheat and

cat straw $12@13; rye straw $14.

Feeds





Detroit—Bran at $30@32; .standard

middlings at $29; fine middlings $34;

cracked corn $38; coarse cornmeal at

$36; chop $31 per ton in carlots.





WHEAT





Wheat prices were highly .erratic

during the past week. Opinion 18 crys-

tallizing that Canada will produce ful-

ly 10 per cent more than the recent

official estimate, and not far from last

year’s yield. Estimates for France,

Rumania and Russia have been reduc-

ed unofiicially, so that improvement in

export business is taken as confirming

the view that European crops are not

turning out as well as expected. A_us-

tralia’s new crop also is encountering

some difficulty. Primary receipts are

gradually diminishing as the peak of

the movement of winter wheat is. al-

ready past. But, last week’s v151ble

supply report showed another record

increase, and, with one exception, the

total is the largest on record at this

season of the year. Flour business re-

mains rather large, and clearances for

export average about 1,000,000 bushels

daily. Receipts at mid—western pri-

mary markets have been nearly 2,500,-

000 bushels a day, and arrivals at Gulf

and Atlantic seaboard markets have

been over 1,000,000 bushels daily.

Basic conditions are subject to rather

rapid change, and the shift of scenery

in the last few days may ave the way

for a rising market. A et harvest in

Canada, or frost or drouth in Argen-

tina or Australia would alter the world

balance sheet of supply and demand

enough to justify much higher prices.

The world situation shows no excess

of supply that might cause extreme

depression in prices, however, and it

is logical to expect that enough

strengthening factors Will appear

eventually to push prices over-their

recent high points. Reports of inten—

tions to plant indicate an increase of

14.4 per cent in the acreage of Winter

wheat, compared with the amount

planted last year.





RYE





An increase of 17.4 per cent is in—

dicated in the rye acreage to be sown

this fall. No rye was cleared for ex-

port in the last two weeks, no sales

abroad have been reported, and the

visible supply is increasing as a result





I -. of the new crop movement. The trend of





quite dependent on export





prices is

and European crop reports





~ business,





still arouse hope that it will appear.





CORN





A decline in corn prices in the past

n ”days wiped out about two-thirds

the advance during the preceding

ix'weeks. Stocks available for ;deliv-

_ remain rather large in, spite of





 

 





 





gradual reduction in the visible supply

during the summer. Some improve-

ment in new crop prospects also help-

ed to change sentiment. While it is

probable that still higher prices will

be reached in the course of the next

twelve months, conditions at the mo-

ment favor a further period of weak-

ness. Of course, the crop is late and

an early frost would cause the market

to shoot upward.





OATS





Primary receipts of cats are increas-

ing from ’week to week, although they

are not especially heavy for this sea-

son of the year. The visible supply is

mounting again. With the corn mar-

ket declining, a break in cats prices

was almost inevitable. No basis for

an important advance in the immedi-

ate future is apparent.





POULTRY AND EGGS





Prices on strictly fresh eggs resum-

ed their upward trend last week after

a slight setback. Receipts continue

to decline. The large percentage‘of

ordinary quality eggs in *market ar-

rivals has increased the discount for

them. Holdings of eggs in storage at

the beginning of August were only

190,000 cases smaller than a year ago,

whereas on June 1, there was a so-

called shortage of 500,000 cases.



Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 28%@

29c; extras 30@301/20; Ordinary firsts

251/2@27%c; checks 20%@24c. Live

poultry, hens 201/é@251/zc; broilers at





29c; springers 27c; roosters 19c;

ducks 210; geese 15@20c; turkeys at

340 pound.





Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled and

graded 29@31c. Live poultry, heavy

hens 320; light hens 24@25c; ducks





25@26c

BUTTER





The butter market advanced last

week to the highest prices for the sea-

son. Statistically, the market has im-

proved its position sufficiently to war-

rant the higher prices. Production is

agging behind the corresponding pe-

~ind last season and feed and pasture

onditions do not favor a heavy fall

make. Summer temperatures through-

out the country have been reflected in

the quality of current receipts, and

fancy butter is scarce. With smaller





 





"stocks of fresh butterfthe movement -

into storage has shared down and the '





surplus over last year has been frac-

tionally reduced. ; -



Prices for 92-score creamery are:

Chicago 40c; New York 4214c; Boston.

420; Philadelphia 43c. ' :





SEEDS





The timothy seed crop is estimated

to be 10 per cent larger than last year.

Domestic and export demand were be-





low normal last season, and the carry-

over was larger than usual, so that





altogether, the

seems liberal. _

little later than usual, but has pro—

gressed rapidly under favorable weath-

er conditions. Prices paid to produc-

ers for new crop seed average about

$1 per hundred pounds less than at

the opening of the season a year ago.





FEEDS I





The feed market is quiet, with both

buyers and sellers content to stay out

of the market until needs are a little,

more acute. Unsettled grain prices are

reflected in the market for by—product





feeds. ,

HAY -





The hay market continues in a firm

position, with supply and demand

closely adjusted to each other. Top

grades of hay are scarce and com-

mand a premium in many cases. The

hay crop in the central states will be

smaller than a year ago, but slightly

larger than in 1924. The reduction in

the crop for the entire country, the

small farm stocks of old hay, and the

relatively poor condition of pastures

indicate a strong market for hay this

fall and winter.





BEANS





It is difficult to make safe estimates

on the prospective bean crop of this

state. Recent rains have been a ben-

efit in a. few sections, while in some

other localities the crop is turning yel-

low from too much moisture. The

Michigan crop will probably not ex-

ceed 5,000,000 bushels this year, and,

due to the lateness of the crop, the

chances for a heavy cut in the produc-

tion are easily possible.





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Live Stock Market Service





Tuesday, August 24.





BUFFALO





Hogs.



Receipts 1,390. Light and medium

weight 15@25c higher, others steady;

200 lbs. down $14.50; few $14.25; 210—

225 lbs. $14@14.25; mixed around 240

lbs. $13.50; 290 lbs. $12.75; 300 lbs. up

$12@12.50; packing sows $9.75@10.50;





pigs up to $14.50.

Cattle.

Receipts 250. cMarket steady.





alves.

Receipts 250. Market steady to 25c

higher; native vealers $15.50@15.75.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 400. Market is active and

steady; top native lambs $15; culls

around $11.





CHICAGO





Hogs.



Receipts 22,000. Market is uneven;

finished hogs average 250 lbs. down;

active, down to 10c higher; others

weak; heavies in narrow demand;

packing sows 10@15c lower; big pigs

inactive; tops $13.90; bulk good 210

lbs down at $13.50@13.85; 240-300—lb.

butchers $12@13; bulk packing sows

early $10.15@10.65; few light weight

up to $10.85; heavies down to $9.75

and below; pigs about steady; bulk

tops strong weight $12.75@13.25; few

up to $13.50. . '



Cattle. ’





Receipts 11,000. Market fed steers

and yearlings strong to 250 higher;

heavies active and advanced; ackers

and stockers and feeders stea y; top

yearlings $10.85, some 1,450 lbs. at

$10.25; western rangers to killers are





mostly at $11.50 down; some she stock-





steady; kinds in cutter flesh active,

bulls steady 50¢@$1 up, $14.50@15.50.





Sheep and Lambs.





   





Receipts 14,000. Market slow; fat,





lambs mostly 250 big .ergz. some West'-





.:highe.r. . _

Mixed 6... oor.Ido.OO_III“I‘1,3075@|14‘25

‘ , 10.453





held above $15; top natives to city

butchers $15; early bulk at $14.50@

14.75; culls 250 up; bulk at $9.50@10;

sheep strong, fat ewes at $5.50@6.50,

early sales 65-lb. feeding lambs $14;

indications strong market.





DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 249. Market steady.

Good to choice yearlings

dry-fed ................ $ 9.75@-10.50

Best heavy steers, dry-fed 8.75@ 9.75





Handy weight butchers . . 8 25@ 8.75

Mixed steers and heifers 7.00@ 7.50

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.50@ 7.25

Light lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 6.50

Best cows 5.50@ 6.25

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

Cutters OI‘OOQOOCIOOIOOII 4‘00

Gunners ...oooonooolocooo 3-00@ 3'50

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

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.50

Stock bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.50

Feeders 6.0061) 7.00

Stockers ..... . ..... . . . . . 5.25@ 6.00

Milkers and springers. . $55 00@ 90.00





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Veal Calves.



Receipts 328. Market steady. '

Best . ..... . .$15.50@16.00

Others . . . . 3,50@15.00



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 648. Market steady to 250



higher. '





Begt IIIIIII I d O I l O 0.. I O I_l$13-50@13075

Fair lambs . . . . . . . . 12.00@13.75

Light and common . . . . . . 9.00@10.5_0

Yearlings _ ........ . . . . . . . 7.50@11.00

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

Bulls and. common . . . . . . 2.00@ 4.00





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Receipts 797. Market steady to 25¢:





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Production of cheese is on’ the

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' . POTATOES ’





The. potato market has strengthened





withrcarlot shipments "running lighter '





than in August, 1925; Prices have av—

eraged lower than in the Correspond-





»ing period a_year ago, and growers





have not dug heavily. . Prices to-grow-

ers; in July averaged $1.05 per 100

pounds, compared with $1.30! a; ”year

ago. Only a third of the increase in

the total production over last year is

in the leading surplus states which are

Just beginning to ship, ,so-that supplies

from now on will be moderate,» and a

gradually advancing market is to be





expected. ,

. APPLES ,





The market is over-supplied -with

summer apples and prices are cheap.

Opening sales of northwestern apples

are reported at prices nearly as high

as last season, however. The crop of

commermal apples is estimated to be

the largest on record, and prices are





. expected to aVerage lower than last





year. Illinois Wealthy, No. 1, large

Size, are quoted at $1@1.25 per bushel.-





at Chicago. .

WOOL





Wool prices .are firm at the recent

slight advance. Goods trade appears

to be more active than a year ago,

and there are no surplus stocks de-

pressing the ‘market. Holders of wool

are inclined to wait for higher prices.

In the west, sales of fineand fine me-

dium Oregon wools at 29@32c have

been reported. In the bright wool

states, growers are asking 40@42c,

With dealers offering 37 @380. Boston‘

reports some activity in demand for,

14 and %-blood Ohio wacls at 43@44c,

With some choice lots up to 45c.-

Abroad, a little improvement in French

exchange, and in the British coal

strike Situation are encouraging influ-

ences. The new Australian clip is

estimated at practically the same as

last year, but the carryover is much

smaller. Stocks of wool on June 30,

1926,. in the hands of manufacturers

and dealers making official reports,

were 397,000,000 pounds, as compared

with 383,000,000 a year previous, 410,-

333.3000 in 1924, and 532,000,000 in





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Trading is quite brisk, with and

quality stuff going well, but a limgited





demand for poor stuff. ' The supply of -





berries was quite small and the mov-

ed off early. Early plums and piaches

were fairly plentiful, but the trade

did not take many of them. Well-col-

ored red apples were easy sellers, but

others moved slowly at $1601.25 a

:figeg 1“Ett‘i’elw faé'rfqualgty cantaloupes

ere an oun read

$2.50@4 a bushel. y sale at





First-class sweet corn was i

demand for 15@20c a dozen,11 523%

small, inferior stuff was slow to bring

10617150 :1 dozen. Egg plant were pick—

ed up early. The supply of tomatoes

was much larger, and good solid stock

sold well at a slight advance in price.

Many of them Were soft and of poor

quality, which made them pretty

cheap. Beans were plentiful and

cheaper, while fair peas were ‘moder.

ate sellersat $1.75@2 a bushel. First-

class cauliflower was a quick seller.

Cucumbers continued to be a drug on

the market, and they sold as *low as

500 a bushel. The demand for most





- bunched stuff was a little better. Only





a limited number of pep ers u

and greens were wanted:p The 830553

market was stronger and some grow-

Ego 1%“ng a bushelfafior their No. 1

. ere was a 1‘ call for -

try and eggs, with poul





getting most of them.





 





The turken, supposed to be .c

between thelturkey and the cmaekeioig

found to be a bare-necked chicken

brought from . the. West Indies. 7' A

cross between the two fowls is no

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HE Amaican xp‘ort trade in

dairy products. steadily declines.-

This is especially noticeable in the





' decreasing European demand, indicat-





ing that dairy products, along with

other farm cemmoditie's, are feeling





,the effects of the widespread effort of

» European countries to become agriCul-





turally self-sustaining. In milk there

is"1ittle.,change in the exports of the

condensed product, althOugh the ship-

ments of evaporated milk has greatly

decreased. This is explained by the





department of commerce specialists as





due to the fact that the condensed

product goes largely to the tropics

and the far east, where domestic con.

ditions are practically unchanged,

while the evaporated milk has gone

mainly to European countries, where,

since the war, there has been a con-

tinual improvement in the domestic

supply of milk, both in quality and

quantity. In addition, tariff barriers

have led to the establishment of

branches of American factories in cer.

tain countries which have been im-

portant customers in the post-war

years.





FOR WQOL GRADES.





OME time ago there was in pro-



gress a movement to have the $56,-

000,000 made in profits by the United

States Grain Cbrporation returned to

the individual wheat growers, but so

far this movement has not been suc-

cessful.

Another movement of a similar na-

ture is now under way which prom-

ises effective results. In the federal

government's wool dealings during the





and p n

berries are about ever and.‘ a good

:‘crop. Cows are falling off on milk;





 





World War, a surplus of $250,000 was

left, which is lying

treasury and cannot be used without

congressional action.

-The Ohio State Farm Bureau and

Ohio Wool Growers’ Association, work-

ing in cooperation with the washing-

ton office of the American Farm Bu-

reau Federation will make an effort

when congress meets, to get a bill

through which will permit the use of

this $250,000 for standardizing and es-g

tablishing more definite wool grades

than are now in use. .

The wool growers, it is siad, feel

that there are too many grades of

wool as established by the Bureau of

Agricultural Economics. While they





other wool specialists in the bureau,

in wool standardization, they insist

that there should be fewer grades.





 





COUNTY CROP REPORTS.





Shiawassee 00., Aug. 16. ——On ac-

count of the hard rains, farming is

much delayed. Wheat is all harvested,

and some of the threshing has been

done. The yield and the quality of

the wheat is very good; but the oats

are not yet in condition to be cut.

Corn and potatoes have improved

since the rainy «spell; the bean crop is

fine. The cows, owing to the weather

of June and July, are below normal.

The outlook for fall and winter fruit

is good. Live stock is in fine condi-

tion; the pig and lamb crops are about

normal at present, but early farm-wed

pigs in many cases did not live. Hired

help cannot be obtained. No plowing

for fall wheat has been started to any

extent. —D. H M.





Kent 00., Aug. 16.—Farmers can ob-

tain all the help they want. Wheat

yields twenty to twenty-eight bushels

per acre. No rye here. The meadows

are pretty well dried up. The cats

crop is fair; hay is a good crop; corn

is very backward, but is coming along

nicely now. Potatoes look good. A

good rain this week. The dairy situ-

ation is good; prices are about the

same. No wool here. Many apples

this year.———H. S. .



Calhoun 00., Aug. 9.~—Farm work is

rather slow; no extra hel ucan be se-

cured. Wheat yields 15 ' rye 12;

cats 40 bu; hay is good. Corn, beans,

and potatoes are fair. The dairy busi-

ness was cut short by dry weather;

hogs are not plentiful; pasture dried

up and the live stock is poor. Wool

brings 38c. Early fruit is plentiful,

but late apples are scarce. New





flooding is in a bad shape. —-L. J.D





 





in the federal3





 





appreciate the excellent work accom-.





plished by George T. Willingmyre and‘

$100 acre. 1').





or r? done

88: very POOP.





   





cream brings 400; fruit is about a





half of a crop. —N.



Mason 00., Aug. 10.——Farmers are

pretty well up with, their work. Farm

help is scarce and hard to get. Wheat

is slim shocks; threshing is progress-

ing. The quality of wheat is good,

but small, yielding only twelve bush-

els to the acre; the cat crop is fair,

being hurt by the drouth. Meadows

are in a poor condition on account of

drouths. Corn is small and backward.

Potatoes~and beans are fair. Dairying

is about the same as last year. Stock

is in fair condition. Small fruit is one-

half of a crop; insects are not doing

much harm; seeding is going to be

late on account of the late harvest.

Oat harvest has just commenced—~—





Marquette 00., Aug. 12.—Haying is

about finished; hay is better than for

the past three years. The cats crop

is not promising, but the barley and

pea. crops are very good. Potatoes and

garden truck are fair. The blueberries

are good, and there are pickers every-

where. Butter 450; eggs 40c. —R. 0.



Midland 60., Aug. 13. ——Farmers are

making fair progress, although extra

help is scarce. The yield of wheat

and rye is about normal. Spring

grains and hay about twenty-five per

cent higher than last year. Cultivated

crops are very late this season, but

are looking fine, considering the late

planting. -Meadows are in a fair con-

dition; hogs are scarce; cows normal;

live stock fair; fruit is a 100 per cent

crop. ——M. S. B.





cchigfryw and





Senator ,

Capper Say s—





 





 





   





‘ ‘ The farmer must have}, help or

the entire country willsnffer' ’





Agricultural Bond &Credit will help the farmer,





in this way:





Implements for use on the farm (no luxuries oil





any kind but exclusively power driven imple-

ments) may be bought w1th ca 'ng char

added by any good farmer worthyo credit came

and two falls credit; yet with any and all cash dis-

counts allowed the prices figured from the ml

cash prices on long time credit.



If interested now or within the next few months

in the purchase of a tractor. thresher rpowerplow.

ensilage cutter or any other power- r1ven tool or

implement, send your name and address 91010.





Write NOW!





Circular explaining the new A BC plan will be





mailed without charge and without obligation. .





When writing, state what kind of purchase you





may want to make. state how many acres you





own and how many acres you rent.





Agricultural Bond & Credit Corp.

c-470 nan-Is Trust Bank Bldg.,Chlcago. ll.





 





FOR 50R YEARS





Mil.” : s1- Efi's'





HAVE LED ALL IMITATORS

Write Le Roy Plow Co., Le Roy, N. Y.





 





 





CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING





This classified advertising department is established for the convenience of Michigan far-men.

Small advertisunents bring best results under classified headings. Try it for want ads and for adver-





tising miscellaneous articles for sale or exchange.





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



Rates 8 cents a word, each insertion. on orders for less than four insertions: for four or more

consecutive insertions 6 cents a word. Count as a word each abbreviations. initial or number.

display type or illustrations admitted. Remittances must accompany order



Live stock advertising has a separate department and





Ill words.





Poultry advertising will be run in this departmmt





No





is not assented ill classified. Mlnimun





 





 





shares

All slur-sill“ up

SPCCiaI Notice (Jinn-sinuous: "do"



or change a] to!) in-

tended for the Cleuified Department mull nah thin of“ "a

do]: in advance quubllm flan data.





 





Four to

10 ........ 80.80 81.10 86.24

1 ........ .88 2.64 8.48

11 ........ .96 I. 88 0.12

18........ 1.04 8.1! 0.98

14 ........ 1.12 8. 88 1.30

10 ..... 1.20 8.09 f.“

18. . 1.18 , 8.94 .68

. . . 4.08 1.91

4.82 8.18

4.00 8.40

4.80 8.64

5.04 8.88

8.88 0.12

0.62 9.86

0.16 9.80

0.00 9.84





   





 





 





REAL ESTATE





EIGHTY ACRE DAIRY AND GRAIN FARM. five

miles Milan, level. best sugar beet. corn. alfalfa.

black clay loam. Good house. flowing well, barns for

12 cows. silo. Interest in silo filler. and $100 month

milk route goes with farm. Priced below market.

0. Lovelnnd. Milan. Mich.





STOCK. CATTLE AND FARMS-"Cattle in car load

lots, 500 to 800 lbs. Herefords. Shorthorns and

Angus. Write bcfme you buy, as to breed and

size wanted. Got prices on real bargains in Iowa





 





land. C.has R. Martin. Bloomfield. Iowa.

SPLENDID STOCK FARM, 120 acres between

Northville and South Lyon. Less than $200 per acre.





McMullen, 8011 Colfax, Detroit. Mich.





Georgia.

Cham—





OI’I’OII'I‘UNI'I‘IICS - Southern

Write for complete information.

Quitman, Georgia.





WONDERFUL

Farm Lands.

ber Commerce.





part cleared. also hunting

Lake. NIICII.





FORTY ACRE FARM.

camp. Louis Smith, Trout





FARM OWNERS, want to sell good farm, fair price:

Write M. Steinwl. 957 10th St.. Denver, Colo.





 





 





WANTED FARMS





WANTED~—To hear from owner of land for sale for





 





 





FERRETSHYOUIIIZ and





_ _ yearling stock. Get booklet

and price list. Thos.





Sellars. New London. Ohio.





 





RAT TERIIIEIIS, fox terriers Illustrated lists 10c

Pete SlatI-r Box L. 1’. C. I’nna, 11.1



REGISTERED COLLIES. all colors. natural heelers.

Silvercrest kennels. Gladwin. Mich.





 





 





CORN HARVESTER





RICH MAN'S Corn Harvester poor man's price—-

only $25. 00 with bundle tying attachment. Free cat-

$1105; showing pictures of harvester. B01! 528. Selina.

\Mls.





 





 





 





SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK





 





FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE buy seed oats.

beans. of A B. Cook Owosso. MiI-.h





—-—-———_.____.__—._

I’IIJDIGREII‘D RED ROCK \VHEAT—Three tiimes win—

ner at International Grain Shows. C. D. nkbeiner.

Clinton, \iiIh.





 





TOBACCO





 





HO‘iESI’UN TOBACCO GUARANTEED—«Chewing.

the pounds 31. 50; ten, $2. 50. Smoking. ton. $1.50.

line from pay when received United Farmers. Bard—

wcli. Kentucky





 





GUAIIANTII} II‘D IIOMESI’UN TOBACCO—chewing or

smoking, 5 lbs. . $1. 25; ion. $2. 00. Cigars. $2. 00 for

50 iipc irec. PM when received. Farmers' Union.

.\lII.onI Mills. Ky.





 





SPECIAL SA] 1)





Homespun tobacco. smoking or

chewing. Sntistmtion guaranteed or money refunded.

four lbs. $1; twelve 52. 25. Pipe free. United Farm-





crs of Kentucky, Paducm Ky.





 





POULTRY





c.0110 PULLETS now ready for shipment. nicely ma-

tured. 10 wccks old. for $1.00 each. 12 to 14 weeks

old, for $1.25 ear-h. All our pullets are from 2 year

old State Accredited ch5. Big English Type. Please

order from this ad. N0 discount on large orders.

Knoli's Hatchery, Holland. Mich.





 





 





WHITE LEGHORN HENS AND MALES new half

price. Thousands of eight- week- old Pallets Also

Baby ChiIks and Eggs. Trspnested. pedigreed foun-

dation stouk, egg- bred 26 years Winners at 16

contests. Catalog and special price bulletin free.





 





 





 





 





 





., . ship C. 0. D. and guarantee satisfaction.

fall demon“ 0- HWW- BaldWmI W‘s- Ferris. 934 Union. Grand Rapids. Michigan.

~ MISCELLANEOUS l‘UI.I.lII'I‘S-WelI sized. All ages. Low prices. Boa

Hatchery. Zealand, Mich.

STORAGE BATTERIES of lthe Ed‘iisotn Alksi‘l‘inr: tut): I

do not have the faults of end no we. 0 una

purchases from the Government. and other large us— ~ BABY CHICKS

0” make possible ”I "“1 bu!" A“ ”"5“” and “m" WE WILL HAVE BABY CHICKS for shipment





For radio, motor boats and farm lighting





perages. . _

Before buying batteries get my interesting 11t—





plants.





 





 





erature stating voltage and amperage desired. Ad-

dress B. Hawley Smith, 306 Washington A19... Dan—

bury. Conn.



ALL WOOL YARN for sale from manufacturer at

bargain. Samples free. H A. Bartlett. Harmony,

Maine.



WHY WILL THE FERGUSON plow harder ground





than any other plow? Ask your nearest Ford dealer





for the answer.





 





PET STOCK





FOR SALE—Some extra fine Police Puppies. best

bloodlines. Papers furnished. Prices reasonable. Write

Benjamin Scott and Sons. Bannister. Mich.





 





COON. SKUNK. RABBIT and Combination Bounds

for sale. None better. Trial given. Sold on time.

Lakeland Fur Exchange, Salem. Michigan





 





maxim GERMAN, roman campus

m price $1211 and :20 m.





S from Im-

Sire Hill

Reward (31mm,





Pine





 





Manistae 60., Aug“. 12. wHelp is men-I'm





 





through September. Barred Rocks and R. I. Reds.

other breeds if ordered in advsme. All from blood-

tested. State inspected stork. Will be profitable sold

as broilers. or as masters. which reach height of prim

in midwinter. Have also White Leghorn pullers ready

for shipment. Write for particulars. Pierce Hatch.

cry. Jerome, Mich.





HELP WANTED





MAN AND WIFE: women must be good, clean cook.

also assist with housework. “an to hdo general and

gardening. Family of four. Good home. Position

pays $100. month. Couple must get along 310*.

Write or see Mr. Berlin. care Dave’s, corner Wood-

ward and Montcalm. Detroit. Mich. ‘





DRIVER SALESMAN—23 to 35 years age. Pan‘-

nent employment; good future. Write If m-

ested. Belle Isle Creamery. 8600 Fox-mt E. Detail.

Mich.





AGENTS WANTED





AGENTS~OUT New Household Cleaning Device

es and dries M12130“. sweeps. cleans 'Wwalls .





brooms.

Yrite Harper Brush Works. urns





 





 





   





 

 





 





   

   

   





   

   

   

 





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HUDSON’S ‘ ”





45TH Anniversary Sale

Begins September 1





During the State Fair at Detroit '





This anniversary sale is the most important annual merchandising

event of one of the largest stores in America—Hudson’s, Detroit.





What this means to you is that it brings the outstanding opportunity of

the entire year to obtain merchandise of real quality at exceptional savings.





Note These ImportantFacts about the Sale}





01 Every ofiering in the sale is of new Fall and Winter merchandise.

01 Every offering is a remarkable value. Only exceptional articles are

permitted to come into this sale. UL Allsthe merchandise is of standard

I-ludson quality. UL Assortments are very large. '





_We Invite You To Visit This Store





You will ‘find it a friendly, convenient place to shop;

Enjoy Its services and hospitality to the fullestextent.





If you wish to shop by mail write the Personal Shop?

ping Service—Booklets listing many of the Anniver-

, ’ sary Offerings will be mailed free upon request.





 





 





 





 





 





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Telephonesafublie')’ [it ‘Fai'rner





 





The J. L. HUDSON COMPANY





WO‘ODWARD ‘AjND FARMEm Ar GRVA'rIo'r.‘ nernorr”





 





’ First» Floor 7' ‘ 7:4





' Unhrens -' W {chat .,

, Sindmluao 'wm'slfilg‘iml' '





W's Hosiery Leather Goods





‘ Men's Furnishings





Fountain Pens V ‘ Toilet Goods

Ribbons Neckwssr Dress Poms

Buttons Artificial Flowers Notions





Mezzanine

Books Stationery Favors

. Clocks and Silverware





Desk Accessories Men‘s Bathrobes

House Coats Caps Hats Underwear





Second Floor

B ' Cl 1: dF '

r3. rattler”

Men’s lothing Men’s Sweaters





rts Go - Auto Tires

Radio and Accesso» ries .

Trunks and Luggage ‘« *



Third Floor r

Bedding and Blankets Yard Goods.

Trimmings Embroideries

Laces Art Goods Linens

F ourth» Floor





lnhnts' Clothing and Furnis

vCirls' Clothing and Furni ' s'

Chil ‘s Shoe's . 7

Children’s Barber Shop _





Fifth Floor





Women’s Sports Apparel



Women’s Underwear



Waists and Sweaters



Wash Dresses and Aprons

Women‘s large Size Apparel

Corsets Nashua





Sixth Floor

Women’s Dresses Women's Costs

Misses'



Women‘s Suits Misses' Suits

Furs Evening Wraps

Seventh Flam

Women’s Shoes , Millinery

Veilings Millinsry Trimmings





_ Hair Goods ' Besuty Parlor





Eighth Floor





Draperies Oriental Rugs

Carpets Lamps

Tapestries and Upholstery Goods





. Ninth Floor





Beds Mattresses and Springs

Studio of Interior Decoration





Tenth Floor





Housewares China and Glassware

Electrical Appliances Lamps





_ Eleventh Floor





Oflice Furniture





Twelfth Floor





Toys Auditorium





Basement Store

Women's and Misses' Costs

Women‘s and Misses’,4Dresses

Women's and Misses' Suits

Women‘s Large Size Dresses



' . and Cosh



Girls' and Inniors' Wear

Corsets and Acceuories

Ncculees and Robes



ouse Dresses and Aprons



omen's and Children‘sUnderwesr

Women's and Children's Millinery

Women‘s and Children's Hosiery

Women‘s and Children's Gloves

lnisnts‘ and Children's Wear

Women's Fur Costs

Boys' and Girls' Shoes '

Blouses and Sweaters

Women’s Shoes Men's Furnishings

Boys' Clothing and F ' gs

...inens and Wash Goods





Silks and Dress Goods,

Rugs and Floor Coverings

Curtains and Draperies ‘ Lamps





 





STORE SERVICES





Floor Building





' Adjustment Bureau 12 Farmer





"Ask Mr. Poster"

Travel 03cc 5 ,Woodward

Cashier s Ofiice 11 .Woodward





 





. Cfldit Ofice ‘ 11 Woodward





ornen‘s) . 12 Farmer





DIST“. , ,

“i" V?" Woodzqa





‘C

3am Dept. 2 Woodward





4 srxner '





ward





Music Stare

(A Separate Hudson Store as 1250





Libra Avenue just across the park

from t Farmer Street entrance.)





I First Floor—Records and small





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